Icaruspedia:Skyworld

Welcome angel, to Skyworld, your new home! Here at Skyworld, the community gathers to talk about wiki matters, such as:

• Affiliation with other wikis
• Major changes in design/content
• Ways to improve the wiki

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People, Companies, Music, etc.

Hello, the wiki Executive Board and I propose that we begin making articles for People and Companies involved in the Kid Icarus franchise, and improve on the ones we already have. We also propose that we begin working on creating music articles, if everyone could help out or give their opinions on what other articles we should begin working on, please speak up :) --Starphoria ^(C·E) 15:14, 26 February 2012 (MST)

Nintendo and HAL Laboratory are given as they made the Kid Icarus series and Smash Bros. Series respectively, but should we have an article about the Factor 5 rumors? They area listed as having a cancelled flight project for the Wii, and the older Pit concept art looks really similar to Magna's appearance. -RedTroopa 15:50, 26 February 2012 (MST)

Probably not, since we don't speculate around here. TOSE did a lot of work on Of Myths and Monsters I believe. We have the page for Nintendo, but it could use some work. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 15:56, 26 February 2012 (MST)

Understood, and I believe for the first game, Satoru Okada was the director, Gunpei Yokoi was producer, Yoshio Sakamoto was a major designer after he finished Metroid, and Hirokazu Tanaka composed the music. -RedTroopa 16:13, 26 February 2012 (MST)

You can make articles on those people if you like, it'd be greatly appreciated. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 16:16, 26 February 2012 (MST)

Thank you for making those articles. Keep up the good work. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 17:01, 27 February 2012 (MST)

Hmm, I'm not sure about music articles. I made all of the music articles on SmashWiki, and that was fairly easy, as you could explain where everything originates, where it played in Smash Bros., how to unlock it etc. But with Kid Icarus, you've not got much to say, just "Dark Pit's Theme plays whenever Dark Pit appears in Kid Icarus: Uprising", with a small section on the track's composers. A general tracklist style page could work, but nothing more. ToastUltimatum 19:14, 27 February 2012 (MST)

(nods) I agree, you can create that if you like. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 19:30, 27 February 2012 (MST)

Create a general tracklist for each of the games (or other media). Any notable or famous songs (should they exist) can then be given their own independent articles. Maxite 10:53, 28 February 2012 (MST)

Just a note for anyone that plans to make a music-based article, the word song should not be used when describing music tracks. Wiktionary defines song as "A short musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing." Intrumental tracks are not songs, so just call them tracks, music pieces, compositions or arrangements. Many Wikis feature this mistake beyond a state of repair, I don't want that to happen to Icaruspedia. Toast ltimatum 12:36, 28 February 2012 (MST)

Thank you for the information. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 12:41, 28 February 2012 (MST)

StreetPass Mii Plaza

Should the StreetPass Mii Plaza software for Nintendo 3DS have an article on here? One major part of the StreetPass Mii Plaza is Puzzle Swap, where StreetPassing can get you one of a certain amount of Puzzle Pieces to complete an image, which starts to animate in 3D once completed. One puzzle was recently released that is based upon Kid Icarus: Uprising. Is this notable enough? because I'm happy to make the article. ToastUltimatum 04:16, 28 February 2012 (MST)

Depends if the article has enough info, would it fit better as its own article, or on the Kid Icarus: Uprising page? --Starphoria ^(C·E) 05:31, 28 February 2012 (MST)

Meh, there's not much information to offer which is specific to the Kid Icarus panel, but if it were to get a full article, then we could go into details on how these pieces are obtained. If you want, I could make a test article in my userspace. Toast ltimatum 06:17, 28 February 2012 (MST)

That would be fantastic, thank you. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 09:53, 28 February 2012 (MST)

Judging by your test article, I think it has enough info to be an article. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 12:59, 28 February 2012 (MST)

No point in waiting then, I'll export it now. Toast ltimatum 13:01, 28 February 2012 (MST)

Alrighty, thanks. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 13:09, 28 February 2012 (MST)

Uprising: Lightning Battle

Hello. I am currently working on the Lightning Battle article for Uprising. Since many users are currently playing through the game and are most likely up to this level, I would like to know if anyone else is currently working on this page so no one's work goes to waste because someone posted first. Thanks! Darkstarblaze 19:50, 1 April 2012 (MDT) Hey there! I just finished that level today, so I wouldn't mind helping you out! Just ask, Im no good at images, but I'm pretty handy with text once you give me the layout. :)

Save The Sea Turtles 21:55, 15 April 2012 (MDT)

I could try helping although I'm a really new but I can provide a lot of specific details like enemy patterns and attack patterns , rooms, boss, and tweak some epilouges. But remember I'm really really new. Images, making links, and even making the Giant words with the line below I'm still trying to figure out. Forgive me. GBAer May 15 2012 19:15

New Skin Issue

Using Monobook, the logo link overlaps the Userpage link on top. I can't click my username on top. Only the logo. --HavocReaper48 19:03, 11 April 2012 (MDT)

Hm, can you provide a screenshot? I can probably fix it. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 20:41, 11 April 2012 (MDT)

Hello from the Strategy Wiki

Hello. I'm an editor on the Strategy Wiki, another member of the NIWA. I was wondering if I could use things like information and images from this wiki to improve our guide to Kid Icarus: Uprising. The guide is here if you're interested. Thanks for your consideration!--Salnax 21:14, 14 April 2012 (MDT)

You can totally use anything I posted! Aaliyah928. I don't know about the other users however.

Thanks for your help. We've added a link to you from our page.--Salnax 13:31, 21 April 2012 (MDT)

Polls

Can users suggest new polls yet? My suggestion is: "Which weapon category is your favorite so far in Kid Icarus: Uprising?" TheMan99 19:35, 17 April 2012 (MDT)TheMan99

"palms. definantly palms" PsyAbsolAceN

It has been suggested a lot - due to community consensus, we'll probably do it next. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 20:25, 5 May 2012 (MDT)

GBAer says: I suggest a favorite or most annoying, easiest, or funniest, epic-est, most serious character or boss. Then again that might be too many answers so maybe it should be categorized by god or warrior and boss.

Zodiac Weapons Articles

I've been trying to complete some articles on each individual Zodiac weapon. I was wondering if I could get som help in making them. PsyAbsolAceN 11:26, 13 May 2012 (MDT)

I could help. (GBAer) 11:15 P.M. 15 May 2012

Ok PsyAbsolAceN 14:28, 19 May 2012 (MDT)

Where are all the admins?

Icaruspedia is suffering from a terrible spambot attack, and the only admin I've seen doing anything is Anothrgamer1234. These spambots are clever in making userpages that only admins can delete, so we could do with more of them paying attention to the site. Toast ltimatum 08:53, 10 July 2012 (MDT)

I apologize, I've been really busy. We need to fix this, badly. Maxite is working on it. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 17:21, 10 July 2012 (MDT)

I suppose some new admins are in order. There are 2 users in particular who could use the rights, but I'm going to hold off on that. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 17:34, 10 July 2012 (MDT)

The spambots seem to be coming from one place, judging by the similarity of their spam and consistent use of the same phrases. Could a CheckUser extension could help track them down so we could block the IP range they happen to be using? --Anothrgamer1234 17:54, 10 July 2012 (MDT)

I'll tell Maxite. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 02:48, 12 July 2012 (MDT)

Looks like the next wave is coming. Toast ltimatum 18:41, 10 July 2012 (MDT)

Dear All,

I have already suggested this, but it seems to have been ignored. I urge this wiki to maintain a simple but yet effective idea. Autoconfirmed Users is what this wiki needs. The Mariowiki already uses this, so just refer to them if you're new to the term. Of my year and a half spent with them, I never came across a spambot. I am no tech geek, but is creating this process so hard? I am not questioning anyone, but a reply would be nice to receive...

JORDAN DEBONO 13:09, 18 July 2012 (MDT)

Main Page maintainer

Currently, the Main Page is outdated, obviously. It's because I've been too busy in real life to maintain it. If any administrator would like to take over the job, please speak up. I'll be around, but I won't be near active enough for this. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 03:00, 12 July 2012 (MDT)

I've updated it this time. Toast ltimatum 19:23, 14 July 2012 (MDT)

hi im jonahI woul be wilingto help I live u in hawaii visiting switzerlind —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jona2 (talk • contribs) 09:42, 19 July 2012‎

It has to be an admin, sorry. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 17:28, 19 July 2012 (MDT)

Dismissable Sitenotice

Our MediaWiki:Sitenotice is frankly huge, so it ought to be dismissable, but for that to be possible, we would need to install this [1]. I'd do this myself, but unfortunately, only users with root access to the wiki can install it, so I'll have to leave it in their hands. Whenever someone can install this, that would be great. Toast ltimatum 10:19, 14 July 2012 (MDT)

I'll contact Maxite immediately. ---Starphoria ^(C·E) 22:47, 14 July 2012 (MDT)

AR Cards

These pages, such as Medusa (AR Card) should be merged into articles based on certain categories. The three main armies (Forces of Nature, Underworld, and Palutena's Army) should be subdivided by minor and major characters (Bosses/Deities; Enemies; Centurions) while the lesser important three (Space Pirates, Chaos Kin, Unaffiliated) could remain in one page. Items and powers could have a single page. Weapons should be divided by weapon class. For now there are not enough pages to do so, but I think this is an important addition for the future; the pages we have now are stubs. IceBlue^[E] 21:33, 15 July 2012 (MDT)

Well, there is a difference between being really short and lacking information and being a short article that actually has the information it needs. Personally, I'm not sure if we should make articles based on categories, but I don't mind either way. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 21:37, 15 July 2012 (MDT)

All right they can stay. IceBlue^[E] 16:12, 16 July 2012 (MDT)

Link Colors

If we want to keep the light blue scheme for the templates and Sitenotice, we need to change the color of the links. My suggestion would be darkblue or or a shade of violet (a color that is dark). IceBlue^[E] 16:12, 16 July 2012 (MDT)

Can you find an exact hex color and use it in an example? --Starphoria ^(C·E) 18:36, 16 July 2012 (MDT)

What about This one? IceBlue^[E] 16:41, 19 July 2012 (MDT)

Green doesn't fit the look. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 17:27, 19 July 2012 (MDT)

Would you like a deep purple instead? IceBlue^[E] 20:14, 19 July 2012 (MDT)

That could work, but if you find a shade of blue that works on the templates and such, I rather go with that. Purple works, though, just not too light or pure violet. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 00:25, 20 July 2012 (MDT)

Ok then this? IceBlue^[E] 00:38, 20 July 2012 (MDT)

Get other opinions. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 13:08, 23 July 2012 (MDT)

This color works quite well, coincides with the white text. Purple's decent, too. Toast ltimatum 17:25, 23 July 2012 (MDT)

New Affiliation

Dear All,

since the Metroid series is considered the "sister" series of Kid Icarus, I propose an affiliation with the Metroid Wiki. It is only fitting, especially since we are friends with other (irrelevant) Wikis such as Wikisimpsons. So in the name of the Komayto, I say we do it :-D

JORDAN DEBONO 13:02, 18 July 2012 (MDT)

All right, but you need to get the approval of the staff on there to approve of it and go propose it to the admins on here. IceBlue^[E] 16:43, 19 July 2012 (MDT)

Ask Metroid Wiki first. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 17:28, 19 July 2012 (MDT)

I have written a proposal to them. Here's the link: [2].

JORDAN DEBONO 11:16, 20 July 2012 (MDT)

Thanks for adding to my proposal IceBlue. Let's just hope the notice gets a recognition at least,

JORDAN DEBONO 08:52, 21 July 2012 (MDT)

That's because it was moved here [3] Toast ltimatum 04:17, 23 July 2012 (MDT)

Oh I feel so stupid now. Can I delete my post please ??

JORDAN DEBONO 05:13, 23 July 2012 (MDT)

We could do to keep this conversation here, as it contains the link to the new location of the discussion which people are going to need, and general rules of archiving state that talk page/Skyworld posts should never be removed. If another admin says you can remove it though, then it will be. Toast ltimatum 06:03, 23 July 2012 (MDT)

Thank you ToastUltimatum for your response. I understand that rules must be kept. So, is there any other admin willing to be so kind...

JORDAN DEBONO 06:15, 23 July 2012 (MDT)

One of the Metroid editors have replied. I can't exactly tell if he the user wants to do it or not. Can someone check it out please?

JORDAN DEBONO 00:42, 2 August 2012 (MDT)

They have replied confirming their affiliation with us. I have contacted Starphoria, asking what must be done next but if anyone could answer beforehand please do so. For the convo just see above for the hyperlink,

JORDAN DEBONO 01:55, 3 August 2012 (MDT)

Templates

Recently I have dealt a lot with templates; mainly "Missing Image", "Stub" and "Incomplete". While Missing Image looks rather fine and tidy, the "Stub" notice could be narrowed a bit. Does it need to be that big ?? And the "Incomplete" is a total mess. Everything is shifted right and it has no proper border. If you ask me, THAT is incomplete and not the article it represents. To be honest, all Templates should be made as small as possible in my opinion. They make articles look uglier than they already would look. One good system which I've noticed and adopted is placing the templates at the bottom. This is a good idea and if we could all stick to it, these templates might become a little less annoying. I still hope they get fixed though...

JORDAN DEBONO 00:56, 23 July 2012 (MDT)

I'll fix them later. --Starphoria ^(C·E) 13:06, 23 July 2012 (MDT)

Thanks Starphoria, I'll be eager to check out some new designs.

JORDAN DEBONO 13:20, 23 July 2012 (MDT)

For the Incomplete template, there is some hidden padding that pushes it to the left, probably caused by a misformatting of the div box itself. I don't know the real problem of this. IceBlue^[E] 14:55, 23 July 2012 (MDT)

Thanks for the info IceBlue. If there is anyway I can fix these technical problems myself I would be willing to do them. I'd just need to be told how that's all.

JORDAN DEBONO 10:01, 24 July 2012 (MDT)

New Picture

Dear All,

I just uploaded a picture for Skyworld. If you don't like it I'll just upload a new version of the file.

JORDAN DEBONO 02:21, 24 July 2012 (MDT)

Ok good. It isn't necessary to tell us that here. This is for discussions. IceBlue^[E] 17:24, 24 July 2012 (MDT)

Look great! Thanks! -RicketyTrigger 00:53, 25 July 2012 (MDT)-

Well sometimes it's hard to please everyone, especially when it comes to something that is seen frequently. So instead of some user just deleting the picture without reason, it would best be discussed here.

JORDAN DEBONO 00:54, 25 July 2012 (MDT)

American Spelling

I've decided that all articles use American spelling to keep it consistent if that's okay with you guys. I've seen articles that use both European and American spellings, but I think we should stick to one. —RicketyTrigger 13:27, 12 August 2012 (MDT)

Symbols for all Articles

IceBlue has recently taken the initiative of adding the Forces of Nature symbol and likewise to all articles in need of it. This is a great idea, but how about we add it to ALL articles slowly slowly. Commanders etc. is great, but we might as well put the building symbol near buildings and the the unaffiliated symbol near the Fighters and so on. Even the AR Cards should have them. I know it's a massive project but we might as well start it off. What do you think, JORDAN DEBONO 01:20, 14 August 2012 (MDT) |}