User talk:SuperHamster

Spoiler template
It is broke and needs fixing. I have no idea what the problem is so I am asking you. Please SH, you're our only hope. Super  (duh... )Alpaca  19:11, 18 June 2013 (EDT)


 * Huh. Looks like the template is working fine, except that it breaks whenever it contains an external link...no idea why, though. SuperHamster ain't so Super. I guess we'll just have to experiment around with it. ~Super Hamster  Talk 21:29, 18 June 2013 (EDT)

Merging contributions and apologies
Firstly, I want to apologize for creating a new page when there was already a page for the subject. I'm used to a naming convention on wikis where the title would be "Fortune Cookie". I should've checked around the pages to make sure I had things right, I also should've done a more thorough look for the page.

Secondly, I was wondering if we could merge the contributions from the page I created into the already existing page. While, of course this includes some personal bias seeing as I did create the page, but I was thinking we could take the content from the redirect page and merge it with the content already on the page. Just an idea.

Again, I apologize for my mistake in the page creation.

Edit: I also want to say, since I saw the above section, that I am an editor on Wikia and before the move I edited the Wikia AC wiki a couple of times, and I have to say that the NIWA one is far better and professional. The Wikia one includes some of the newer features and, to say the least, they're unpleasant. – Jazzi  ( talk ) 10:29, 21 June 2013 (EDT)


 * Hey, no need to apologize! It's just a quick fix :) It's a wiki, after all. Nothing wrong with making more content. I only did a quick glance at what you wrote, so if you want to go ahead and add to or replace anything in the current article, go for it. Here's the link to your revision. And that's nice to hear; both wikis have their strengths, but we try. Cheers, ~Super Hamster  Talk 10:32, 21 June 2013 (EDT)


 * I tend to worry about overstepping boundaries when editing a new wiki. I have rollback (I think it's like patroller, I really don't know; it lets the user undo multiple revisions by a single user so I really don't know if it's similar or not) rights on Zeldapedia and bureaucrat/sysop rights on Pokémon Wiki so I'm well standing in the community. So when I come to a new wiki I'm always worried that I might be editing like I do on a wiki where I'm known in the community when I don't know the community. I just don't want to come across as a full-of-themselves new editor, even though sometimes I am like that! – Jazzi  ( talk ) 10:44, 21 June 2013 (EDT)


 * Totally understandable! I feel the same way when I go to a new wiki. Luckily we're pretty light-hearted here :) Do whatever you think is best. You're clearly experienced, so there's nothing to worry about. Nice thing about a wiki is that anything can be fixed ;) If you ever have any questions though, don't hesitate to ask! I'm sure you'll feel fitted in soon enough. I see you've joined our forums a long while back; it's a nice place to get to know other members, too. ~Super Hamster  Talk 10:49, 21 June 2013 (EDT)


 * I have a question on number standards. I was taught that unless the number is below 100, it should be written out. This varies with each person so I was wondering what the standard was here? – Jazzi  ( talk ) 11:07, 21 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Hrm...that's a toughy! I don't think we actually have an explicit rule written out anywhere about that. However, when a rule is in question, we usually default to Wikipedia's standards. In infoboxes and tables, numbers should always be written in numerical form. Otherwise, in the article prose, the number should be written out if it's >100 (unless it's something simple, such as "one million"). From 10 - 100, it's up to the writer, as far as I'm aware. If it's <10, it should be written out. And, like everything else in this world, there may always be exceptions (if anyone else reading this knows otherwise, feel free to call me out on it). ~Super Hamster  Talk 11:15, 21 June 2013 (EDT)

Donations?
Hey, Superhamster. Is there any way to donate to the wiki? I don't have much real world money, but I do happen to have ~$15 worth of Bitcoin. If the wiki doesn't have a donation page, why not add one? I imagine some extra income could probably help the wiki out.
 * Thanks,
 * Will1982
 * Thanks for the generous thought, Will! However, according to Jake, who keeps our servers running beautifully, the wiki is currently doing well in regards to funding. Our revenue from advertising is more than enough to keep the site up, especially with the higher traffic thanks to the release of New Leaf. If you have any more questions regarding the servers, though, feel free to ask Jake. Again, thanks for the thought! ~Super Hamster  Talk 18:02, 21 June 2013 (EDT)

Name
Yep, it is. RCT1 and RCT2 ftw. I don't like RCT3 because it lacks the awesomeness (and micromanagement) of RCT1/2. :-) Rctgamer3 08:21, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Ai! RCT3 has to be one of my favorite games. I suppose we'll just have to accept our differences ;) ~Super Hamster  Talk 10:11, 23 June 2013 (EDT)

Userboxes
When I had first created my userpage I had made my own userboxes, I was wondering if I could possible alter the templates on Nookipedia:Userboxes so that the colors were more neutral and less clashing? Examples of my work with userboxes can be found on my userpage here and on my userpage at Zeldapedia. – Jazzi  ( talk ) 15:39, 26 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Go for it, I'm sure no one would mind. Some of our userboxes could definitely use some work. ~Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 15:42, 26 June 2013 (EDT)

Templates
I created three new templates (Clr, Clrl, and Clrr) which does the same thing as <br clear="all/left/right" />. I made them because I personally feel it makes more sense to use the templates in place of using the actual code. If you feel they aren't needed feel free to delete them. – Jazzi  ( talk ) 08:23, 27 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Looks good! :) Nice job. ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 08:24, 27 June 2013 (EDT)

Jazzi Section
I figured since I have a lot of upcoming questions I'll make a little section for them instead of making 50 headers.

I was wondering if the template Antarctican could be deleted as the user who created it, SuperAlpaca, created it on the Wikia Animal Crossing wiki, where the template was created from Zeldapedia. The userbox originated as a joke. As you will notice no other wiki, or if there is one, has a "This user is Antarctican." userbox, because I'm fairly certain no one can live in Antarctica to procreate and then be Antarctican. You'll also notice from viewing SuperAlpaca's userpage on Zeldapedia that he himself does not use the userbox. And lastly, you'll notice that nobody on Nookipedia uses the template either. So it doesn't really make sense to keep it, since no one here would understand the joke. I personally don't understand the joke because it happened before my time as an editor. So... yeah. – Jazzi  ( talk ) 10:23, 27 June 2013 (EDT)

I would also like to request the permission to edit the userpages that user User home, User wish, and User country to switch it over to code since the colors kind of clash with the flags and there would be a lot of templates to create a counterpart. Alternatively, I drafted up how a few would look in my sandbox were we to change those templates into User Home US or something similar. – Jazzi  ( talk ) 10:27, 27 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Hrm...I kind of like the Anterctican userbox. I laughed the first time I saw it. (Or maybe I just have an immature sense of humor...)  If you really want it deleted, we could, but I don't think it's a big deal. You never know ;) Antarctic expeditions are getting more popular.
 * As for those userpages, I wouldn't individually substitute each userbox and adjust the colors - that would be up to each user to do. If you go ahead and create those templates, though (User Home US, User Wish US, etc.), updating users' userpages with the new userbox templates should be fine, to keep everything standardized. ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 13:53, 27 June 2013 (EDT)
 * I'll create the templates in place then. There's no problem with the userbox being here, it just seems weird, it not being used. – Jazzi  ( talk ) 13:58, 27 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Sounds good! Great job with the userboxes so far - they've been a mess for quite a while before you came. ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 14:00, 27 June 2013 (EDT)

NL Villager Artwork
Hi SH, great work on managing the wiki! All the new templates and information looks great. I was just wondering where you're getting the NL Villager Artwork from because I'd love to help out with it if I could!  Leem  0 1 02:49, 11 July 2013 (EDT)
 * Hey Leem - thanks for the kind words! I've come across a Nintendo image repository wiki called PidgiWiki (see their New Leaf category) - it's a small but great site that focuses on cataloging official Nintendo images and artwork, and will hopefully have the potential to join NIWA down the road. The editors there have access to various Nintendo press libraries, and were able to find New Leaf villager images for me. They found whatever they could, though unfortunately a good few villagers are still missing, most of them being the villagers new to New Leaf (which is what we need most, ironically). Right now, I've uploaded the majority of pictures they could find to Nookipedia. I'll finish the last dozen or so tonight. What's left to do now is add all those villager images to our articles/lists. Wookiee has already got a great start on that, though there's plenty left to go (eeurrghh). Thanks, ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 11:38, 11 July 2013 (EDT)

Like this?
http://nookipedia.com/wiki/Apollo SombreroGuy
 * Yep, looking good! And remember to sign your messages using ~ . Keep up the great work! ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 18:15, 12 July 2013 (EDT)

Changing Name on Staff List
Hey Kevin, quick question, can I make my "M" on my section of the staff list lowercase? I don't know if it is meant to be that way as that is how my actual username looks, but my username is meant to be with a lowercase, so can it be changed? - mlnintendo 97  22:11, 15 July 2013 (EDT)
 * Sure. Only reason it was capitalized was that your username is, technically, capitalized, nothing else :) ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 02:25, 16 July 2013 (EDT)

Inactivity
Hello,

Sorry again for being inactive, it is due to have no access to the internet and had a vacation. I promise I will edit again and I do look forward to be part of your staff members to help the wiki more. I want to inform you that I will start working on the characters and villagers pages as usual, since I have some high quality images which can be handy sometimes.

Sorry again and thank you, Wolfgang 12:27, 23 July 2013 (EDT)


 * No problem! Glad to have you back :) ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 11:24, 24 July 2013 (EDT)

New Leaf
Hello,

I was passing through the main articles of the wiki, like the Fishing Tourney and New Year's Eve, I noticed that there were no sections regarding the New Leaf in them and many other pages. I did update the above two, and added the needed information for them. But I do suggest you to inform all the users about it, since we have a lack of info regarding New Leaf in many articles. You can use the sitenotice. Sorry for disturbing.

Thank you, Wolfgang 22:03, 24 July 2013 (EDT)


 * Hey Wolfgang - thanks for the heads up :) I've been working to put together a checklist of sorts for things we still need to cover in New Leaf, I've just been pretty busy lately. When I finish, I'll be sure to include events we still need to cover on there. Thanks, ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 11:08, 25 July 2013 (EDT)

Wikitable Error
Hey Kevin, I know I really should be worrying about my userspace all that much, but can you tell me what I did wrong with the wikitable at the top of this page on my userspace? From what I can tell, the section merges with the one on top of it when I add "New Play Control!" instead of "Example". I would try to fix it, but I have been trying to keep my edits to my userspace to a minimum. A simple explanation would be nice as I would feel really bad for having you fix my mistake. - mlnintendo 97  21:38, 28 July 2013 (EDT)
 * Not a problem, Mike :) Though I'm actually not seeing any problems, in neither Chrome, Firefox, or the dreaded IE. Think you could provide a screenshot?
 * Regardless, I think I can tell you the problem: it's the exclamation point. You'll notice that a ! indicates a header row in a wikitable; having that at the end of "New Play Contol!" is probably screwing up something for you (thought it looks fine to me). ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 01:10, 29 July 2013 (EDT)
 * Odd, I went on the page to take a screenshot, but it appears as I would of liked it to. I only had the issue on my Windows XP computer, so it might be just an issue with my XP computer. Thanks for the help regardless! - mlnintendo 97  13:08, 29 July 2013 (EDT)
 * Huh, weird. I traded the exclamation mark for its HTML code (see this edit). When you get a chance, check it again on your XP machine. Should hopefully work then :) ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 13:14, 29 July 2013 (EDT)
 * I'll check it out on there when I have the chance, thanks again! :) - mlnintendo 97  13:25, 29 July 2013 (EDT)
 * Just checked it out on my Windows XP device, the HTML code fixed it. Thanks once again! - mlnintendo 97  23:02, 30 July 2013 (EDT)
 * Great, no prob :) ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 23:39, 30 July 2013 (EDT)
 * Also, out of curiosity, why is Special:BlockMe disabled? Sorry to go off topic. :P - mlnintendo 97  23:58, 30 July 2013 (EDT)
 * Oh wow - how did you stumble upon that? It's an ancient page, a remnant of past versions of MediaWiki. Did some investigating: apparently it allowed users to block themselves by inputting their own IP addresses. Interesting find. ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 00:18, 31 July 2013 (EDT)
 * I found it while looking for the current block list to see if we currently had anyone blocked. I checked it out to see if I could indeed block myself. Now I'm really curious to see if we will actually get that enabled. It's amazing what you find on the wikispace when you're bored, haha - mlnintendo 97  00:55, 31 July 2013 (EDT)
 * I don't think it can be enabled, as far as I know. I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it's completely removed from the MediaWiki software itself. There is no official documentation on it as far as I can find. As for blocking yourself, you can indeed. You can also unblock yourself, though. On Wikipedia, I've seen it used by administrators as statements to take responsibility for bad actions, or to enforce a break. ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 01:04, 31 July 2013 (EDT)
 * That's a shame, I guess it is like Special:Patrol in a way. It's good to hear that I can block myself at any given time, this will be handy if I ever become a bad mlnintendo some day... :P - mlnintendo 97  01:12, 31 July 2013 (EDT)

Illustrations
Hello. I'm an administrator of another Animal Crossing wiki called Animal Crossing Enciclopedia (Spanish wiki of Wikia Gaming). Days ago I asked this to Super Alpaca. I asked if we could use the 1300px New Leaf ilustrations that Aplaca uploaded, and also asked where did he find'em. He told me that we can use them and that you might know where did you find HD ilustrations. Sorry if I made mistakes, gotta improve my English.
 * -- Administrators of [es.animalcrossing.wikia.com/wiki/Animal_Crossing_Enciclopedia:Administradores Animal Crossing Enciclopedia].
 * PD: Nookipedia still hasn't changed the question "Who owns the main store in all Animal Crossing games? (Full Name)" that appears when you edit on a user talk page and you ain't logged in. I told SuperAlpaca. Maybe he hadn't got time or just changed it for the people who creates an account (because this question also appears there).
 * It was actually me that uploaded those photos ;) We got them per request from PidgiWiki, a site the uploads images from Nintendo's press image libraries. And as SuperAlpaca said, you are more than welcome to use them - they are Nintendo's images, after all :) Thanks for asking!
 * As for the security question, thanks for pointing that out - I'll let Jake, our site admin, know. If you ever need anything else, feel free to ask. ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 11:26, 29 July 2013 (EDT)

Cherry Blossom Festival and Chat
Hello,

I came to request you to help me in the Cherry Blossom Festival. I added info regarding the New Leaf in it, but it's low and I need more points to support that section. Like, I heard that leaves fall during that time and all those stuffs, but not sure. Can you see if you can find a solution regarding it? And, the chat of this wiki doesn't work for me. Is there any specific IRC host and channel it has? If so, please inform me about.

Thank you, Wolfgang 22:31, 29 July 2013 (EDT)


 * Hey there - I'll edit when I can, though I've been pretty busy these last few weeks. Regarding the chat, it's currently down - we don't have anything similar, and usually, there aren't too many users online at a time to make it worthwhile. To reach out to all editors, however, you may post at the Community Fountain, or make a thread at our forums. Hope this helps :) Thanks for your help! ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 15:12, 30 July 2013 (EDT)
 * Hey Wolfgang, if you'd like a chat service dedicated to Animal Crossing, try this one out. If you have any questions about this chat, let me know. :)- mlnintendo 97  00:02, 31 July 2013 (EDT)

Wild World/City Folk artwork
Hey, I've been searching lately for the official artwork of all Wild World and City Folk villagers. I found this source, which has the artwork of every City Folk villager but with small pictures and a lot to make transparent. I was wondering if you know of any sources to find Wild World/City Folk villager artwork (hopefully for every character) in high quality. A few examples of Wild World villager artwork are the pictures of Eloise, Jeremiah, and Teddy. As for City Folk, a few examples are Gabi, Teddy, and Bunnie. If you know of any of these, please let me know, and thanks in advance for any help! --Wookiee123 23:49, 30 July 2013 (EDT)
 * I might not be the great almighty SuperHamster, but I can suggest the old wiki, Animal Crossing City, as long as you don't tell any of the members there you're stealing thier images, haha - mlnintendo 97  23:55, 30 July 2013 (EDT)
 * Mike, I think we have all the same WW and CF images, since we merged after CF came out ;) I can't say for certain, but I think our villager image library is more complete anyway.
 * Anyway, I'm not too sure of any sources of the top of my head. I checked PidgiWiki - their Wild World images are similar to ours, while their City Folk images are lacking. I'll ask the editors there and see if any of Nintendo's press libraries have any more images for either game and get back to you. Thanks, ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 00:27, 31 July 2013 (EDT)