User talk:Ellis99/Archive IV

Opinion
Even if I never held a single Nintendo console, I must say they could've made it slighly more appealing. Let's see, if they released a Pokémon game, like X&Y, they could've designed it like Kalos Pokédex.  Energy X  17:56, August 29, 2014 (UTC)

Nectaria is well,
She's not leaving so you know she's going to be like me you know like me here once & then over there next you know,

So you know she'll be on here editing a little bit & then once tired she'll be over there okay she's like me like

i'll edit here for a while til like oh oneish - then eat take a break - after on there editing til sixish at night so you know after i'll be offline..

Got any more questions on Nectaria? let me know...Trainer Micah (talk) 18:40, August 29, 2014 (UTC)

Got your message & left you a message onto my talk page so you know,Trainer Micah (talk) 19:11, August 29, 2014 (UTC)

I see a new wiki i think i'll joining soon the Infamous wiki? - hmm *looks interesting* love the game i know might contribute there as a user see what it's like as a user...Trainer Micah (talk) 19:19, August 29, 2014 (UTC)

Hey i saw what you wrote on Nectaria talk page for the main page on pokemon answers wiki? so you know since she's a admin she'll do it for you to make it look like visitable wiki as a admin okay.. So you know...Trainer Micah (talk) 19:35, August 29, 2014 (UTC)

Archive
Eh, don't see much need in that. But, here is archive where the mention of Twitter is.

As for Infobox Game, I'll review it later.  Energy X  19:44, August 29, 2014 (UTC)

Changes!
Tell me which changes should I make to Answers Wikia's main page? Nect aria   (talk) 01:10, August 30, 2014 (UTC)

Pictures
Really sorry about Ellis. Pictures are my life. Moonlit got me confused when he/she said I could the artwork. She was talking about Gen III. I got to be careful not load duplicates.--Kyurem147 (talk) 07:24, August 30, 2014 (UTC)

What happened?
You said you got put on a "spammers list"? By who? What do you mean by that? You're not a spammer. . . Is a bully harassing you on Community Central?

Moonlit Sylveon   The Little Fireball  '   07:46, August 30, 2014 (UTC)

Ah ha! That's "Cloud-is-fast"! He's the evil troll who attacked our Wikia. He was infinitely banned when I reported him yesterday. He must have listed you as a spammer before he was blocked. I can't believe he attacked you too! You never even said a word to him! Evil little troll. . . He hates us and our Wikia, and he tormented me too. . . Make sure you contact Wikia Staff immediately, tell them that you are a member of the Pokémon Wikia, and let them know that the banned troll under the name "Cloud-is-fast" (his name is all one word, not separated by hyphens, but I spelled it like that because I can't post his username, as he is a blacklisted troll on Wikia now) has maliciously lied and listed you as a spammer. They know exactly who he is and have banned all his sock-puppet accounts forever. Wikia Staff should be able to help you remove that untrue spammer label.

Moonlit Sylveon   The Little Fireball  '   09:34, August 30, 2014 (UTC)

Okay, so you already asked them to remove you from the spammer list? Well, that's a relief. You'll be fine. The Wikia Staff knows ALL about that nasty troll. They'll help you. I'll support you in any way I can if you need any further help.

Moonlit Sylveon   The Little Fireball  '   09:50, August 30, 2014 (UTC)

Spam list
So, where is this spam list you are talking about?  Energy X  09:47, August 30, 2014 (UTC)

Icons
I am not certain where I would need to put those game icons in Infobox Game template, nor for which articles should it work (and why).  Energy X  16:23, August 30, 2014 (UTC)

Bean!
Can you tell me why do you want to move Bean to Bean (Pokemon)? I never saw a trainer who share the same name with this Politoed. Of course Politoed are Pokemon but I don't think it's good idea to move any nicknamed pokemon to "Random pokemon nickname (Pokemon)". Moving Bean to Bean (Pokemon) is like moving Zippo to Zippo (Pokemon). There is no a trainer named Zippo. Nect aria  (talk) 13:04, August 31, 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, that is not a good reason; there are many nicknamed Pokémon and putting that addition is unnecessary, unless there is already a character with the same name.  Energy X  14:53, August 31, 2014 (UTC)

News blog
Did you still want me to do the news blog this week? I saw you were active today, so I wasn't sure. --Shockstorm (talk) 02:21, September 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, just did it now. Sorry I didn't do it yesterday - I wasn't sure if you wanted to do it, plus I had a lot of stuff going on. --Shockstorm (talk) 22:44, September 1, 2014 (UTC)

Moonlit Sylveon...
...will leave on this wiki :(. Pl-Please read the blog and comment on the recent news ;_;. *stops crying* Sigh :(. Nect aria   (talk) 06:24, September 2, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Bot
Hey there Ellis99! Sorry for the late reply, I'm not always alerted to new messages on my talk pages and I don't check this wiki regularly. May I ask what you are planning on using the bot for? I myself am already covering most of the maintenance work here on the, so I don't really see the need in having two bots to do the same things, also have you already received an admin's permission to use a bot here? If not I would suggest you contact an admin and ask for their approval.

Cheers,

«Corey Chambers» 22:05, September 3, 2014 (UTC)


 * Hey! Alrighty, I saw the message that Energy X left on my wall. I'll be happy to show you how to use the bot. There's two different bots that you can use, either AutoWikipediaBrowser or you can use Pywikipedia. Personally I use Pywikipedia because it's a lot more powerful and you can completely automate your bot with it. However, I have almost no experience using AWB, I attempted to use it once and decided against it, so if you decide to use AWB to power your bot you'll have to find someone else who knows how to use it. However, if you choose PWB (another name for Pywikipedia) I can teach you.


 * Skype would probably be a better way to contact me so please feel free to add me, my username is VelthurMC.


 * Cheers,


 * «Corey Chambers» 17:31, September 5, 2014 (UTC)


 * Hey, I'd be happy to. If you'd like to hope on chat I can start explaining how to install the bot. «Corey Chambers» 17:59, September 5, 2014 (UTC)

Sandbox
Well, not entirely certain that the affiliation wiki template was moved to a better place. But I do know that the insertion of events is unnecessary; we got it covered in your news.  Energy X  19:20, September 4, 2014 (UTC)

Reply
Did that, though you'll have to put them somewhere (in a sandbox, at least). They seem to be unused, for some reason.  Energy X  09:07, September 5, 2014 (UTC)

Demotion
There was no restriction for it, though it certainly was odd.  Energy X  18:38, September 5, 2014 (UTC)

Yes, (s)he was able to.  Energy X  18:45, September 5, 2014 (UTC)

User pages
There's really no reason to make major changes to someone's userpage unless they request it. Also, do not change the Gen I-IV sprites back to the old version - it just creates more work for me. The sprites for should HGSS should be "HGSS # front.png". --Shockstorm (talk) 07:49, September 6, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Hi Rain
Done, thanks for bringing it to my attention. 09:47, September 7, 2014 (UTC)

Character pages
There is absolutely no reason to insert a space after the infoboxes. I've been trying to eliminate those spaces, and now you've added a whole bunch more, without any reason or discussion with others (yet again). Makes more work for all of us. Thank you so much. --Shockstorm (talk) 17:53, September 7, 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that was a bit unnecessary of me. Anyways, whenever you have time, it'd be good if you could remove those spaces. --Shockstorm (talk) 20:33, September 7, 2014 (UTC)

Return
Hello. That is a relief. I was once an administrator of this wiki and I remember that she did anything possible to eliminate her enemies and basically moved everyone from this wiki to another site so that she could rule this wiki once the other bureaucrat left. Now that she is gone, I may be able to have some peace in contributing and being part of the wiki again. I won't be able to spend too much time throughout the week, but I will try my best to slowly become more active again. 01:40, September 8, 2014 (UTC)

User rights
Well, all are good, though Wagnike2 is not an admin (I think), while Jellochu is the founder. By default, he is a bureaucrat and his rights cannot be removed without contacting the staff.  Energy X  09:32, September 8, 2014 (UTC)

Hmm... Ellis?
What do you think of my works as an admin on Answers Wikia? Sigh, Do you think I'm a good admin here :(? Both Energy and Micah told me that I'm a good admin on this wiki. Well, I'm posting  some pros and cons points about you here:

Pros: Cons: You can post your pros and cons about me if you want to. Nect aria   (talk) 15:02, September 8, 2014 (UTC)
 * 1) You're a great news reporter.
 * 2) You created some cool pages like the history of admins, rollbacks, bureau and chat mods page.
 * 3) You made some good edits to some random articles.
 * 1) Sometimes you made some bad changes like moving some page names by mistake or spelled wrong or trying to delete a page that is needed.
 * 2) Sometimes you can be a little jealous at other users or admins who have a bot :P. You wanted to become an admin so badly but first you need to become a rollbacker.

No, thanks
Thanks, but no. They're in that order because it's the order in which I had the games (except for Mystery Dungeon), and Platinum was my very first game of all of them. $Adrian$ $Perry$ $GZ$ 17:48, September 8, 2014 (UTC)

News
Well, reporting that some users got unblocked by an admin does not count much as news... in my opinion, that is.  Energy X  21:35, September 8, 2014 (UTC)

Reply
Saw your comment on the news. Well, I can only say that you give me too many messages, so I didn't notice. Unless I should review a game, which I have no experience in.  Energy X  09:35, September 9, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Hi Rain
Well I would much rather we used screenshots of our own and I highly doubt they would accept. They probably don't even let their affiliated sites share images with them. 17:09, September 9, 2014 (UTC)


 * Hmm they mustn't be as stringent as they used to be then. 17:12, September 9, 2014 (UTC)

Full time
That's very kind of you. I am a college student as well as an athlete, so I am usually very busy. I will try to contribute as much as possible. 19:31, September 9, 2014 (UTC)

Serebii
Like I said countless times, I am for it, but I am not certain what would Serebii benefit from that, they could have some demands.  Energy X  21:56, September 9, 2014 (UTC)

May you set up
Yeah we might as well. With the new layout guide and many new bits of information being added to articles everyday it would be benefitial to have that project back up too. Who did you have in mind? 18:34, September 10, 2014 (UTC)

Reply

 * 1) Bulbapedia is not a part of Wikia; they are independant site.
 * 2) What do you mean by "engine"?

 Energy X  10:35, September 11, 2014 (UTC)

Rollback
Congratulations, I have granted you rollback rights per your request and due to the supports. I am sure you'll be a great rollback and will be able to better fight vandalism with this new tool. 17:20, September 11, 2014 (UTC)

Congrats! Also, I restored this template since I think you're using that link as your signature under "My preferences". I deleted it since it wasn't linked, but then I noticed you used it on Rainbow's talk page. Sorry about that, it's been restored now. --Shockstorm (talk) 17:38, September 11, 2014 (UTC)

Reply
Hey there Ellis! Thanks for considering it but I don't feel like joining PokéPower at the moment. I am very busy with school and I only have now my phone to edit the wiki since my computer is really slow and I don't have the time to go on the computer when I am having school, so I am editing the wiki the past few weeks with my phone. I might join another time when I am not that busy anymore. Thanks for asking it though!

Lordranged7 (talk) 19:03, September 11, 2014 (UTC)

Saying Hello
Forgot to thank you for telling the admin for unblocking. Though I notice the wiki has changed A LOT in the past 3 years... what happened to BulletFrancisco, Crimson Navy, H-Star and the other admins? I noticed they weren't on the admins list anymore... :/ If you'd like to know anything about the wiki 3 years ago just leave a message on my talk page. I heard you're the reporter for pokewiki. :) We didnt have anything of that sort in my time. Anyways, catch ya later. I am Arceus... The God of Pokemon!! (And McDonalds!!)    09:25, September 12, 2014 (UTC)

PokePower
What happened to the organization PokePower? O.O Is it now defunct. ? I am Arceus... The God of Pokemon!! (And McDonalds!!)   09:29, September 12, 2014 (UTC)

Hmmm.... sad to hear the old guys left :( And yeah PokePower was the main organization in charge of editing articles and stuff. This place has lost a lot of its former glory in the past 3 years though :/ Though I'm sure with a working community, this wiki can regain its lost reputation :D I am Arceus... The God of Pokemon!!    13:43, September 12, 2014 (UTC)

Poke Answers Wiki
Oh so you're an admin in PokeAnswers Wiki? Cool. I can't believe that wiki is still alive. Glad to know that. Cuz I used to be an admin before... well anyways, great to know that you're doing a lot to keep this wiki up and running. :D I am Arceus... The God of Pokemon!!   15:13, September 12, 2014 (UTC)

Negotiations
So adventures wiki guys refuse to merge? Hmm... mind if I ask them? I am Arceus... The God of Pokemon!!  15:42, September 12, 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. And btw, it kinda sucks my name isn't on the PokePower honors list. :3 Though I guess I don't deserve it... :3 Nothing I did back then was "honorable" :3 I am Arceus... The God of Pokemon!!   15:50, September 12, 2014 (UTC)

Done making the request. Actually its a plea.

http://pokemonadventures.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Arceus_The_God_of_Pokemon/Becoming_Part_of_A_Better_World

And its a long story what I did. Come on chat if you wanna know. I am Arceus... The God of Pokemon!!   16:02, September 12, 2014 (UTC)

Promote
We already do (if you are meaning on Special:Promote). But I can't see the images, though.  Energy X  21:08, September 12, 2014 (UTC)

Ah, it needs images to get it sponsored, which do not appear.  Energy X  21:18, September 12, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Swearing
You mean the "asshole" part? Come on, Wikia is a site where only users who are 13 or older are allowed. You watch a PG-13 movie, you can hear all these words. :3 But kay, I'll minimize it. I am Arceus... The God of Pokemon!!  11:44, September 13, 2014 (UTC)

Alright fine sorry. I only did it once. And another thing, the "rule card" doesn't work. Read rule no-3 ;) I am Arceus... The God of Pokemon!!   11:49, September 13, 2014 (UTC)

K. Sure bro. I am Arceus... The God of Pokemon!!   11:52, September 13, 2014 (UTC)

Advertising
Apparently you didn't get the message, so I'll spell it out for you:

DO NOT ADVERTISE OTHER SITES ON THIS WIKI

If you like Dragon Quest so much and want to be an admin on that wiki so badly, then do so. Do not bring that nonsense over to this wiki. --Shockstorm (talk) 19:21, September 13, 2014 (UTC)

I was thinking of an affiliation rather than that. Besides, you'd have to speak to Jade or Slaying.  Energy X  19:36, September 13, 2014 (UTC)

I'll talk to one of them.  Ellis99  CODE   XANA  19:39, September 13, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Hey Jade
I don't see how being affiliates with them would benefit this wiki though (affiliations are supposed to work both ways). 07:28, September 14, 2014 (UTC)
 * (on this page: http://dragonquest.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Kingemocut/beep-boop-pokemon) was a tie on the matter. 07:31, September 14, 2014 (UTC)

RE:Swearing
Lol bulls**t is swearing?! Like seriously? Wth man...! no wonder this wiki lost a lot of ppl -_______-

I am Arceus   08:14, September 14, 2014 (UTC)

Re: What's the ban time
Depends how many times he has been warning, how many times he swears and what exactly he says. 08:20, September 14, 2014 (UTC)


 * Did he say bulls**t without the asterisks? And did he say what wtf actually stands for? Or did he just say those words exactly as you just said them? 08:25, September 14, 2014 (UTC)


 * Saying wtf is fine, it's just saying what it stands for is banned. The one on chat, you should have taken screenshots and immediately gone to an admin if it affected you. I'll have a little talk to him. 08:30, September 14, 2014 (UTC)

Talk
Hey can we talk for a minute?--Kyurem147 (talk) 14:18, September 14, 2014 (UTC)

Also good job with the mega images, I won't ask how you go them.--Kyurem147 (talk) 14:34, September 14, 2014 (UTC)

Somehow you and Adrian find out about these new mega's before any of us. What's up with that?--Kyurem147 (talk) 15:24, September 14, 2014 (UTC)

Reply
One does not simply make a main page. It takes weeks and months of development.

But, I guess you could see something here.  Energy X  21:05, September 14, 2014 (UTC)

Protection
You'd need to contact an admin (like me) to unprotect it. Which article is it, then?  Energy X  09:30, September 15, 2014 (UTC)

Bot
Hey, how's bot coming up?  Energy X  19:22, September 15, 2014 (UTC)

Sounds nasty. But I don't think it has any impact: it is just another account that is tagged as a bot that does many edits. That's as far as my knowledge goes, actually.  Energy X  19:28, September 15, 2014 (UTC)

So, why don't you ask him about it?  Energy X  09:22, September 16, 2014 (UTC)

Shockstorm, of course.  Energy X  09:29, September 16, 2014 (UTC)

Actually, I don't have a bot (and I've never used one, so I don't have any experience with that stuff). --Shockstorm (talk) 17:33, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

Idea
I don't think that is such a good idea. People want to read articles, participate in some contests (like FOB) etc., while Answers Wiki just offers to answer questions.  Energy X  14:36, September 16, 2014 (UTC)

Well, I agree. Maybe after our spotlight ended, a few weeks after you can also notminate for spotlights. Just remember the requirements.  Energy X  15:27, September 16, 2014 (UTC)

Mega Evolution
I think the gallery should stay non boxed. It's easier the way.--Kyurem147 (talk) 16:49, September 16, 2014 (UTC)

Maybe, but the way it make easier to see and add new photos. Boxes are too complicated. Let me talk to X, get his opinon.--Kyurem147 (talk) 16:54, September 16, 2014 (UTC)

Well yes, exactly.  Energy X  18:18, September 16, 2014 (UTC)

Main page
It looks quite simple, could be more appealing. Besides, did you ask Micah or Nectaria about that?  Energy X  20:39, September 16, 2014 (UTC)

Wiki
I am aware of that. And I am aware that they ignore us. I don't wish to do anything with them.  Energy X  10:15, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

They ignore us? wow, I didn't think that would happen.  Ellis99  CODE   XANA  10:16, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

Oh, yes. They have nearly 100,000 images, more than 11,000 articles and link to Bulbapedia instead of this site. If that is how they want to play, so be it.  Energy X  10:19, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

You could, but I doubt you would get a response. At all.  Energy X  10:53, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

Maybe a bit. For all I see, we sometimes have much more detailed and expanded articles that Bulb does not (yet) have. Plus, we have many images (primarily on manga chapters/anime episode articles).  Energy X  12:36, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

I've talked to one of the admins and he wonders what I meant about helping eachother, I have said to him that we help them and they help us, I haven't given the go ahead but what do you think of the whole thing.  Ellis99  CODE   XANA  21:09, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

Assuming what is their definition of helping... Well, I'd prefer to see the discussion.  Energy X  21:38, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

Here they are.  Ellis99  CODE   XANA  21:46, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

I expected a different approach that everyone could see. Hm. We shall see what will happen.  Energy X  21:59, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

What type of approach where you thinking of?  Ellis99  CODE   XANA  07:13, September 18, 2014 (UTC)

Tablet
Nope, never had one. Why, is something wrong with the design on tablet?  Energy X  15:17, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

Archive
You should do it. I don't know how.--Kyurem147 (talk) 17:50, September 17, 2014 (UTC)

Sorry my friend but I don't take pics from Serebii. And I would appreciate if you tell me how can I give them credits. They can only be credited in category holding these images]]--'Monfe rnape_ [[User_talk:Monfernape|If any problem? ]]' 20:12, September 18, 2014 (UTC)

It will be little hard to give credits to all pics. I have uploaded more than 1000 pics. I think its fine if you have taken permission from them.--<font color="#8A084B">Monfe <font color="#B4045F">rnape_ <font color="#DF0174">If any problem?  20:20, September 18, 2014 (UTC)

I will edit the category. Thanks for your suggestion.--<font color="#8A084B">Monfe <font color="#B4045F">rnape_ <font color="#DF0174">If any problem?  20:24, September 18, 2014 (UTC)

Feed
I don't know how to. I&#39;m Yoponot and I approve this message (talk) 19:36, September 19, 2014 (UTC)

Sorry Ellis I don't get you. Can you please give me the link to your source?--<font color="#8A084B">Monfe <font color="#B4045F">rnape_ <font color="#DF0174">If any problem?  14:17, September 20, 2014 (UTC)

Forget it.  Ellis99  <font color="paleturquoise">CODE   XANA  15:03, September 20, 2014 (UTC)

Blog
I am not certain who would be qualified. There are no pages that we could use as a model. It would be better to focus on current projects and once some have been cleared, to give this one a try later.  Energy X  18:55, September 20, 2014 (UTC)

Links
Hey, I have a request. The unaired Draglage episode has been moved to XY024 article, so I am asking that any link to the XY episode you come across that has a number 024 or higher to be changed with one number more (e.g. XY024 is XY025, XY030 is XY031 etc.).  Energy X  19:27, September 20, 2014 (UTC)

Hi there, sir
Well, yes. Because I know all of the Pokémon, and I know how they look like and their details. I'll continue on the other articles that needs several improvements. <span style="border-left:1px solid red; border-top:1px solid red; border-right:1px solid red; border-bottom:1px solid red;">Dekoshu talk contrib 19:54, September 20, 2014 (UTC)

Beta
Hm, I never heard of such a Wiki. Please give a link so I can see that.  Energy X  09:08, September 21, 2014 (UTC)

And I am not certain using templates as review is the best way, as it always needs to be updated and should be shown in previous news. Instead, I believe it is much better if you could ask people to write a review on your talk page so you could paste it on the news.  Energy X  09:14, September 21, 2014 (UTC)

Bah, it seems that wiki has (mostly) copied content, whether Bulb or this one. It does not need to be merged; not even 100 articles exist there.  Energy X  10:10, September 21, 2014 (UTC)

Winxfan1's leaving
Ellis99, I need your help. Winxfan1 is retiring from being a member on this wikia and I've learned that he's putting me in charge of make new episodes for the Pokémon anime series. I feeling a little cautious about this and I'm not sure I will do this without causing serious problems. Can you help me please? DragonSpore18 (talk) 13:50 September 24, 2014

DP174
So, why did you move the page? I am pretty certain that the last name was official, because I moved the article when doing the plot.  Energy X  15:56, September 25, 2014 (UTC)

I thought it was wrong but it was right after all, I'll change it back and a few more episodes need renaming like the first five or six on BW series.  Ellis99  <font color="paleturquoise">CODE   XANA  16:00, September 25, 2014 (UTC)

Countdown
Not a bad idea. It might be too soon, so let's say about a month before the release we could insert that countdown.  Energy X  09:37, September 26, 2014 (UTC)

Winxfan
Well, he got upset as a user on another wiki wanted a definite proof for the characters' voice actors. We don't do it around here, but that user took his admin rights and he got his account closed.  Energy X  13:45, October 4, 2014 (UTC)

Well, you did read that it was requested. Besides, Winxfan has closed the account and we have to move on.

As for the tags, I don't know exactly. I am guessing someone changed that, but I have no idea where the page is, nor who did that.  Energy X  14:02, October 4, 2014 (UTC)

Episodes
Very well. Shame you couldn't do others, but maybe we'll find someone else.  Energy X  15:40, October 4, 2014 (UTC)

Reply
Hm. Does not seem notable enough for an affiliation.  Energy X 

Fair point.  Ellis99  <font color="paleturquoise">CODE   XANA  18:40, October 4, 2014 (UTC)

Merge
It will have to be done, but we don't have any policies, templates or layout how the pages would look like. Something must be done about that first.  Energy X  15:44, October 5, 2014 (UTC)

Reply
Not sure why would I do that. If anything, he should work here. Besides, I talked to him and he said he does not have much time to edit.  Energy X  19:46, October 5, 2014 (UTC)

Bot discussion
I've moved the bot discussion to community:thread:741458. I hope you'll drop by and continue the conversation there! — CzechOut 21:08, October 6, 2014 (UTC)

User name
Aye, you are correct.  Energy X  21:17, October 6, 2014 (UTC)

User
No, why would you think that? *She* made some mistakes, but is good now.  Energy X  17:47, October 7, 2014 (UTC)

Manual of Style
I noticed your message to CzechOut. I assure you, ===Games=== headline is good enough, many Wikis use in plural. Making it singular just makes unnecessary confusion.  Energy X  17:53, October 7, 2014 (UTC)

Interview
Hey, I redesigned the Interview template. It has to be collapsed, as it looks bulky. Look here. I can only think of your news as a place to put the interview.  Energy X  23:50, October 7, 2014 (UTC)

I'll feature it in the news blog.  Ellis99  <font color="paleturquoise">CODE   XANA  08:41, October 8, 2014 (UTC)

Patience :)
Wow, you were really eager to see Nectaria be contacted, huh? Sorry if I gave you a heart attack there. I was proceeding in an orderly fashion down lists ordered by user group and time of last edit. If you think the contact grow was a little odd, that's because the thing that bound them was that they all edited in the month of October 2014. in other words, I was trying to summon a group of current editors. The last user group i got to was Rollback, which is the one to which Nectaria belongs. She was simply last on list, not someone to be ignored. :) — CzechOut 11:42, October 8, 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries :) Why would you realise it? You'd have to have been in my head. And, trust me, it's a good thing you aren't. :) — CzechOut 11:48, October 8, 2014 (UTC)

Why I asked the people I asked
As a long term admin on a big wikia, I've noticed over the years that relying on only the editors that have the most edits — when it comes to some broad decisions affecting the wikia — is unwise. There are many reasons for this:
 * It takes some users quite a long time to convert from being readers to being editors. But they still come to the wikia every day and use it.  In a case like this, where we're asking a simple yes/no question, there's no reason in the world why an editor who has 10K edits has a more valuable opinion than someone who is primarily just a reader of the site.  Big companies do this all the time with their logos: they'll put a logo change in front of people who don't work for the company and just ask them which they like. Consider what I did the calling of a focus group.
 * Some 1-edit users may not know about Pokémon, but they may well have decent graphic design sensibilities. Remember, the issue that happened in the thread before I arrived was not that you didn't know Pokémon, but that you didn't know graphic design.  It's entirely possible that by using this broad method of selection, we'll find someone who's not a major editor of the site, but who does have a good design sensibility.  Their opinion on this matter would be extremely helpful.
 * Number of edits is not a particularly useful indication of much of anything. I know people are proud of their edit count.  Heck, including my bot I've got about 1 million edits, Wikia-wide. But not all edits are of equal value. If a person makes 100 edits, and those edits are all adding huge chunks of reliable information to articles, that's probably a bigger help than the person who makes 2000 minor edits, half of which get reverted anyway.  People are not their edit counts, and there is no relationship between edit count and the value of a person's opinion about whether a wordmark is good.

The point of the particular selection of people I made was to achieve a broad cross-section of people, and to pay no mind to anything other than that they contributed at least once within the last week. That way, the decision can be viewed as being fairly arrived at.

Finally, I think you've misunderstood the selection criterion. It's not that I chose people who had made their first edit within the last week. Instead, it's that I chose people who had edited at all within the last week. So it wasn't that I chose new editors, but rather the most current ones. Many of the people selected this way had hundreds of edits; some, thousands. For instance, both of the users you had insisted that I write to were chosen because they edited in the last week.

Thanks for communicating your concerns! Hope that explanation helps to allay them. — CzechOut 13:03, October 9, 2014 (UTC)

Alternative wordmarks
While I am at this community's service, I don't have infinite time. I will make alternatives, but if the community seems clearly set on including the official logo, then that's obviously what my designs will include. I've done this sort of "wordmark selection" discussion before, and the best way forward is to shape the discussion in terms of the major elements, and ask, "Do you want this or that?" Then, if they go for that, I won't waste time creating this.

The point of Forum:Vote for new wordmark is to have the community vote on your proposal that the wordmark should not include the official logo. It's possible the community will reject your proposal. If so, I hope you'll understand that it would be an unreasonable use of my time on a wordmark concept the community as a whole doesn't want.

If you fail in your proposal, at least the wordmark will have been changed from its current look, which I think most observers would regard as inferior. And selecting a wordmark isn't a "forever" decision. It's wholly possible that you'd be able to convince people to change designs later on down the road. Remember, the broader goal here is just to make the wikia look better for the November releases. You might have to temporarily accept a design that's better-than-now-but-worse-than-what-could-be. Or it may be that you'll never be able to convince the community to come off their request for an official logo in the wordmark. Either way, it's all about getting the consent of the community. — CzechOut 14:54, October 9, 2014 (UTC)