MarioWiki:Main Page talk archive 22: Difference between revisions

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==Instruction Manuals==

== Copier ==

Recently, our logo has been copied by [http://it.mario.wikia.com/wiki/Pagina_principale another Mario Wiki] on Wikia. Is someone fluent in Italian and please tell them to change their logo? {{User:Yoshikart/sig}}

Ahhh!!! And the Main page too. {{User:Princess Grapes Butterfly/sig}}

He knows Italian!?!?! But they stole the logo without permission. What can we do? {{User:Princess Grapes Butterfly/sig}} 20:05, 27 November 2008 (EST)

:They're using our stuff that's copyrighted, I think Steve should decide what to do {{User:Super-Yoshi/sig|SUE THEM! :O jk :P}}

Oh. Well I think this Mario Wiki is only in english. (Some one post a proposal to make a spanish wiki and it failed. So I'm asuming from that this Mario Wiki is only in english.) {{User:Princess Grapes Butterfly/sig}}

Try using [http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en# this] {{User:Dark Lakitu 789/sig}}I only know a few words in Italian.

Oh. Any ways I sent a message on the main page on Mario Wikia Italian one. Thanks DL 789 for the translation thing! -_^ {{User:Princess Grapes Butterfly/sig}}

== Logo ==

Per Steve.  So far the current logo has been there for about three years right, so it kinda out of dated. So should we have a vote on this? {{User:Princess Grapes Butterfly/sig}}

::This is the second time in the last five minutes I'm going to have to say, per Son of Suns.  It would make our job a heck of a lot easier.  That being said, we also cover the history of the Mario series.  And THAT being said, I feel that our references pages go way more in depth than necessary.  Yes, cultural impact should be noted, but we have more than enough examples from uber-mainstream sources such as prime time television (the Simpsons, Futurama, etc.), other video games, notable websites (Homestar Runner) and movies that we should never have to list random nods such as the one I mentioned above (Spaceballs TV show's parody of Yoshi and Peach).  In short, I'd emphasize the importance that references have on showing cultural impact, but also say that, in the event that a very minor, yet slightly mainstream, source (again, my example) popped up, we wouldn't need to list it. {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 18:47, 2 December 2008 (EST)

::::Yeah, I definitely think that by relying on games to tell a series' history, we're missing the greater story.  I think we should take the work Rooben is doing on Mario (series) right now and add a history section to it which includes the court case and popular culture impact - of course, we could site sources like crazy for the latter bit, and that would take away from the community issues. {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 00:32, 3 December 2008 (EST)

:::::I'd have no problem with that. There could be a section right below "Critical Reception" called "Cultural Impact". I think that not only would that solve our massive effort on the references pages, but it would also make that article fuller. I'm all for that. {{User:Stooben Rooben/sig}} 01:01, 3 December 2008 (EST)

What about SSX on Tour, in the Japanese version it different from the USA SSX on Tour. In the japanese version, Princess Peach wore some thing that young kids shouldn't see. (I not going to say it. O_o) Is that like hentais or something. {{User:Princess Grapes Butterfly/sig}} 15:34, 6 December 2008 (EST)

:No, that's because in Japan that's normal, not Taboo. {{User:Nerdy Guy/sig|What was it?}}

::She wore something that was removed in the USA version of the game because the was contant was too strong or something.  (Seriouly I not gonna say what she wear.O_o) {{User:Princess Grapes Butterfly/sig}} 16:12, 6 December 2008 (EST)

Personally, I feel that the various commercially released hentias deserve a mention. Unofficial as they are, they exemplify the Mario's otherwise intangible fandom. I see it as a kind of evolution that all fandoms eventually go through, one that Mario has yet to fully to through.

:As long as we only put no links of any kind, I'm OK with it. {{User:Nerdy Guy/sig|And no mentioning it for more than 2 times in a paragraph}}

::So, just to clarify, for an unofficial source to have inclusion it must (1) display the extent of the SMB series, ie, show how far it has reached or (2) have played a significant role in the fandom of the series or (3) obviously and knowingly (no speculation) effected the central series. {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 18:50, 13 December 2008 (EST)

== Can I use the old wiki logo? ==

Hello to all!

On the italian Mario Wiki(http://it.mario.wikia.com/wiki/Pagina_principale), the logo is the old one of this wiki, and somebody told me that: so I'm asking you: can I use it (giving credits)? If not, I'll remove it. Thanks for the attention :). --[[User:Enderjin|Enderjin]] 08:49, 6 December 2008 (EST)

== Japanese to English Translation ==

For anyone who knows Japanese, I was wondering what is being said at the very beginning of "[[Super Mario Issunboshi]]."  I just want to know how close it is to the original "Issunboshi" tale, where the elderly mother ([[Mama Mario]] in this case) wishes for a child, even if he is just one inch tall, and her wish is granted.  Any additional translation, including quotes, etc. would be appreciated, but not necessary: I just need to know if there is more information regarding Mama Mario's appearance in "Issunboshi" that I haven't yet added to her article... so it'd be nice to know if there are any more references to her other than the one where Mario asks her to let him explore the world (if that in fact is what she does).  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkDB76X5laM Here is a YouTube video of Issunboshi].  Thanks so much in advance! {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 20:00, 7 December 2008 (EST)

::Thanks so much, Ghost Jam! I'd given up! {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 18:46, 15 December 2008 (EST)

== Pyoro and Paper Plane ==

:I would say yes, and that we should have Banjo and Conker on this wiki, but only the games licensed by Nintendo, as they are as official as any other spin-off or cross-over.  There is an officially established link between Donkey Kong and Banjo/Conker (that is, those past games are still integrated into the greater Mario franchise and not fully independent), just as there is a link between Wario and Pyoro.  A remake, as we have established on [[MarioWiki:Canonicity]] and [[MarioWiki:Chronology]], is not more official than the original, and thus Banjo and Conker content should be re-established here ''in some form''.  Just as we cover games like [[Hotel Mario]], published by a distinct company Phillips, we should cover Banjo and Conker, developed by Rare and ''published'' by Nintendo. Both Phillips and Rare created Mario connections as separate creative think tanks from Nintendo, but because Nintendo recognized these semi-indepedent actions as legitimate, we cover Hotel Mario, and should cover Banjo and Conker. Blitzwing said it best in a current proposal: we deem some things "official" and some not, which is "nebulously defined criteria" that is "used to exclude everything the one who used it doesn't like."  This is what has happened to Banjo and Conker content - just because Rare was sold, somehow this information is deemed no longer official, although Mario content developed by Phillips, which Nintendo authorized on a limited basis and is no longer in effect (i.e. Phillips can no longer make Mario games) is considered official here.  Doesn't make sense to me. -- {{User|Son of Suns}}

== This doesn't look very good ==

Look this http://antimw.wikispaces.com/ =/

{{Unsigned|Eragon}}

== How many box arts should we show? ==

By this comment I'd like to draw some attention to my currently unanswered topic on the [[Talk:New Super Mario Bros.|New Super Mario Bros. talk page]]:

== The Forum ==

I bring this here because there is no point in saying it anywhere else right now. The forum needs new global moderators, and it needs them right now. I know people are going to say "We're discussing it in the sysop only board" or "I talked to steve about it on AIM" or something like that, but right now and for the past few days there's been a spammer coming here every day, he's been blocked and he always manages to come back. When ChaosNinji is around, he usually bans him, but he's around a lot more often than ChaosNinji, and earlier ChaosNinji was online while he was spamming, and did nothing(maybe he wasn't online, but that would be because the "who's online" thing shows people who where online as long as 15 minutes after they left).

== It's Over 9000 Articles ==

Let's a get to 10000 ASAP :) {{User:Wayoshi/sig}} 15:01, 4 January 2009 (EST)

:lol, congrats Lb2! {{User:Super-Yoshi/sig}}

OVER 9,000!! Wo0t. {{User:Princess Grapes Butterfly/sig}}