Talk:Animal Crossing Wiki/Archive 3

This page contains all discussions from the 5thof April 2009 to the 22nd of May 2009 from the main page. Please do not post on this page- use the page intead, as this is an archive.

August 2005 - 20 December 2008 Archive 21 December 2008- 4 April 2009 Archive To see a list of previous polls please see this page. Please do not vote on any of the polls, as this is an archive.

New Page
I've just archived the old page, at last! Mmm, feel that room! Have a stretch! Smell that new page smell! Dab 08:47, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Mmm, smells nice. Dragonfree 9 7 09:22, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Main Page- Week 7
Super week; this time though, we're going to need some suggestions for featured Articles. If you come across a good page, or have a good poll idea, please submit it. Any really good suggestions will be carried through to next week. Please link to your suggestion when appropriate.

Featured Article Suggestions
Criteria- Well presented (no writing hanging over pictures, headings and paragraph necessary) Useful pictures Grammar and spelling checked Complete information (no assumptions, inclusion of all games where appropriate)

Suggestions- If you agree with another's suggestion, please say so.
 * 1) Any pages from Forum:Project_Furniture could be considered?
 * We've had a featured furniture article quite recently, so unless we're stumped, we'll run it in a couple of weeks.


 * 1) Perhaps Cherry Blossom Festival, with a bit more work? Like how the festival is celebrated elsewhere, and if anyone can get their hands on the GCN version, perhaps what Tortimer says about it when you talk to him?  I had this thought the other day when I saw cherry blossom falling in the sky on my way to work, I can try and get a real-life pic of it too :) -Fleurione 21:52, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think this page is quite up to scratch yet. Dab
 * Yes, I said it needs more work. I will get onto that.. eventually :) -Fleurione 20:13, 21 May 2009 (UTC)


 * 1) I suggest the Tom Nook Point System page; we just need some images, and then it's done. Dab
 * Sounds good to me! -Fleurione 20:13, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Featured Media Suggestions
Criteria- High quality image Must belong to a page Corresponding page must have substantial information

Suggestions- If you agree with another's suggestion, please say so.
 * 1) Umbrella.jpg
 * A nice photo, but not a very nice page... Dab
 * But when the page is completed, it would be good. -Fleurione


 * 1) Bright Aurora.JPG
 * This one has a better page! But not such a good image. Dab
 * I like the image personally. But I agree it might not be so eye-catching on the front page. -Fleurione
 * Actually, I take that back. I think it would be fine on the main page as it would be quite large.  This one gets my vote! -Fleurione 20:18, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Poll Suggestions
Criteria- Must be interesting ! Make sure everyone can respond to the question Relevant to Animal Crossing.

If the criteria say 'everyone must be able to respond', who was it who added the CF-only poll with no 'I don't have CF!' option? :P -Fleurione 20:15, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

That was me. Sorry. :( See ya, Dragonfree 9 7  Or maybe talk to me later, or now? 17:17, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Suggestions- If you agree with, or have a slight modification to another's suggestion, please say so.

2)How often do you write letters to your favourite Animal Crossing character? 1. Every day! 2. Every week 3. Frequently 4. Sometimes... 5. Never ever. 6. Letters?
 * Sounds good. -Fleurione 20:15, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The 'Letters' Poll will be created on the 27th of May.

Successful applications will be featured on the main page for a week, starting on Wednesday.

Monitoring Pages
I'm also going to check how frequently people visit the featured article & featured media before & after being put on the main page; this way, we can see if we can put up pages that are good, but aren't being viewed. Dab 09:51, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Exotic Series- 174 End of the week- 475 (nearly triple) Grass Deterioration-391 End of the week- 740 (nearly double)

That's really good!

I forgot to check this week, but I can tell you that weather didn't receive as many visitors in four months as it has done this week! Dab

Week 4

Fishing 1041 (start of week) Diaries and Journals 122 (start of week)

Userboxes
Does anyone have any more suggestions for userboxes? I've compiled a list of them here so that people can see all of them. I don't think there'll be much demand for the 'Russian' template, but hopefully the 'series' and 'music' ones will get a lot of use! Dab 09:57, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I do like the Animal-Crossing specific ones :) -Fleurione 15:51, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Go cabana series! I think I'll make a bug one, too. Dab 16:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

If only we could have unlockable userboxes, like ones you get upon doing a certain number of edits, contributing on certain days or at certain times of day. Oh well! By the way, I've also done some more userboxes- fish & bugs this time. Dab 10:16, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Could you do me (us) one for 'Member of Project Furniture' :) I think the classic chair would be a good image to have.. -Fleurione 16:39, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You're in luck, I have one sitting in my wardrobe (???). I'll have it ready for tomorrow- I think it will look good at a 45 degree centrally zoomed in position- good choice of furniture, as it's quite angular, and therefore easy to cut out. Have you noticed, everyone seems to like the cabana series! Dab 18:15, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Here we go! I'm not sure if it's what you want, but I can always change it- it only took me ten minutes to do the whole thing, at the very most. I thought the colour scheme went well with the chair, and I chose the 'furniture fan' to mirror the 'Fishing fan' and 'bug fan' ones. Anyway, it's up to you.
 * It's great! I was thinking a specific Project Furniture one to add to our pages to show our allegience, but I like this one as a fan box as well.  And yeah, everyone loves Cabana - how strange! -Fleurione 16:12, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, right! I'll use a picture of the lucky gold cat that was in the background of the classic chair picture, and co-ordinate its colours with the 'favourite series' userbox. Dab 16:18, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Here are the other ones, by the way! Dab 12:16, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Go Cabana! Didn't someone post a link to a userbox making site somewhere? I tried to find it but couldn't. Dragonfree 9 7 12:08, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Erm, try here. Perhaps it's here? Dab 12:12, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Poll
Just for the record, I would vote for Phyllis if I could. The poll doesn't seem to want to let me... Who did everyone else vote for? Dab 10:58, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Tortimer, because I like him dressing up as Cornimer etc :D It wouldn't let me vote the first time, but I went and did it again and clicked on the 'vote' button twice and it eventually recorded my vote. -Fleurione 16:13, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I think it's great seeing how many people have voted in the poll! It shows we have at least 120 people come across this page! -Fleurione 11:59, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Well actually, I forced my friend to vote for me as I couldn't! I ought to do that every week...! Which reminds me, I think I'll run the 'favourite personality' poll on wednesday. I think my friend might be voting 'cranky'... Dab 12:02, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Cranky, eh? Me also :D -Fleurione 12:05, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1stly, you missed off brewster and Celeste, also, you should also have 1 option saying something like "None" or "none of the above" and/or "all of the above"-- J i  m t a  l  k ! 14:33, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You can't have everyone as your favourite! The original list only contained a few characters, and (I think) currently only contains characters seen in all the games, hence 'recurring'. Anyway, it's too late to change it, as this results in all votes being erased. Dab 17:13, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Userboxes
I'd also like to say that for userboxes that anyone can use, Animal Crossing City:Userboxes and it's subpages are the places to go. to create your own userboxes, use Template:Userbox also please note that an awesome storing device, usually used for userboxes, can be found of Animal Crossing City:Userboxes. thanks.-- J i  m t a  l  k ! 14:33, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh Dear!
I made a poll archive but forgot to tell anyone about it... Here it is now- Talk:Animal Crossing Wiki/Polls As long as we know how many people voted in the last poll, that would be alright. Thanks for changing the stuff, though, DF! Dab 16:08, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I did it last nigt, at about 11:30 pm. Dragonfree 9 7 16:47, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Featured Articles - Week 4
I say my page Fishing should be the featured article. Dragonfree 9 7 17:53, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Featured Media
I can't change this week's main page until someone suggests a good featured article, poll and media! Quickly, people! Dab 17:16, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I have a poll idea; number of villagers in your town. --YOWUZA TALK 2 ME! 17:34, 30 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't think so, it's rather consistent, but the number varies in every game. Dab 16:33, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Poll: How many holding ponds do you have in WW? Let's try (if it can be done - sandbox testing) to include a link in every poll. See ya, Dragonfree 9 7  Or maybe talk to me later, or now? 17:02, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I like the idea of including a link in polls if possible. It encourages people to look at more pages! -Fleurione 20:20, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

?
What's happened to the Animal crossing Wiki page? It's broken... Too busy revising to fix, sorry...-- J i  m t a  l  k ! 16:48, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

New Poll
I think the new poll is slightly flawed- I've never had more than 3 ponds, and the poll doesn't include people that only play City Folk. Also, all media should be suggested and agreed upon before being put up.


 * Right. My friend had 5 ponds, and he didn't hack or anything. Second, we haven't decided on the media. (or the article, for that matter) But it's Wednesday. Now, if I remember rightly, we said Wednesday would be the date when we change the article/media. But no-one has voted. So do we keep these up for a week or change them now? What do you think? See ya, Dragonfree 9 7  Or maybe talk to me later, or now? 17:10, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I forgot about it on wednesday, so I did it on sunday instead. Everything's fine now, I'd jsut encourage people to submit more polls and media- I'm going to look for a good picture now! Dab 18:51, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh dear, the old poll wasn't archived... Did I forget to mention it again? I'll put a link at the top of the page to make that page more obvious now. Dab 18:52, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Sidebar
Nothing on my laptop works- I was just wondering what the 'Top Content', 'Community', 'Characters' and 'Villagers' options on the sidebar scrolls out to- perhaps we should make the options more specific? See here, for Nintendopedia's more specific options. Dab 13:48, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Top Content: Community: Characters: Characters:
 * Editor's pick:
 * 6 pages from Special:Top/most_popular
 * Most visited
 * 7 pages from Special:Top/most_visited
 * Highest voted
 * 7 pages from Special:Top/highest_ratings
 * Newly changed
 * 7 pages from Special:Top/newly_changed
 * Featured Users
 * 7 pages from Special:Top/community (I think done in posts order as I'm at the top and Dab is 2nd)
 * forum (off-site)
 * 
 * Community portal
 * Animal_Crossing_City:Community_Portal
 * Forum (on-site discussion)
 * Forum:Index
 * 7 pages from the Category Characters
 * 7 pages from the Category Villagers

'Advertisment'
Should we request a link on Nintendopedia's 'related communities' and as a reference on Wikipedia? Dab 13:48, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes. See ya, Dragonfree 9 7  Or maybe talk to me later, or now? 17:29, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Here's the message I put on the 'Animal Crossing' page on Nintendopedia-

Hopefully they'll recognise how good our site is and promote our page, encouraging people to help out a bit. Dab 12:23, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

They've added a link to our page- hopefully we'll be easier to find now. Dab 16:33, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

I like how you said 'we', meaning the whole wiki, when two users thought it would be a good idea. -- D97 11:04, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Shh... Don't tell anyone! Still, there isn't anything wrong with the decision. Dab 13:23, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

5,000th Page!
Hehe, I've just created Nintendopedia's 5,000th page! It's just a copy of the fish list on this site- I was desperate to do anything to get that number! Dab 10:31, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

DSi
There are apparently two Animal Crossing- related applications for the DSi: The Animal Crossing Clock and the Animal Crossing Calculator. More info can be found on Nintendopedia. These should be included on our site, but should they have their own page or become a section of the Animal Crossing References in Other Media page? Dab 10:34, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I have no idea, what is DSi? -Fleurione 19:25, 21 May 2009 (UTC)


 * It's a new version of the DS that includes a camera and downloadable content, such as games and applications. bad.png[[file:meep.png|30px]] 08:04, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Other Animal Crossing site
Hello guys! Look ya know PaperCrossing right, well then look at this! His coping this site Animal Crossing Wikia info and moving it to his Animal Crossing Wikki! That's stealing. So far I joined and he blocked me for no reason. :/ http://animalcrossing.wikkii.com/w/index.php/Cookie http://animalcrossing.wikkii.com/w/index.php/Main_Page Grapes

Hi! Yes, I've just seen it- There's also an exactly-the-same Blathers page, too... What's the point in doing that, it's just the same as ours! I feel offended that he's willing to plagarise our stuff without even telling us- we've already dismissed his idea that we sould move to Wikkii, because I don't really see the point in it. Dab 13:44, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I think he blocked you because you screamed at him on the Cookie page...! Dab


 * I'm going to scream at him too. Let's block him here (hee hee hee). -- D97  13:52, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

No blocking- I've had a stern word:

Also, I removed what you said, D97- it wasn't very tactful! But I do agree with what you said. Dab

Sorry, I just put it back! But I added a bit more french and some random rubbish about wiki-boxing. -- D97  14:10, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

I'll removbe it. -- D97  14:11, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Thankyou- We must be mature about this! Dab 14:14, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


 * If he doesn't comply, let's tell Wikia and Wikkii. -- D97  14:18, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't know how we'll do that, but yes! We'll take it to the top if necessary. As long as we don't need to go to court. Dab 14:19, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't think we will have to go as far as court. -- D97  14:21, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


 * That's nice to know. Dab


 * A few months ago, there was a battle (way bigger than this) between Bulbapedia and Pokemon Wiki. It was like this, though... -- D97  14:27, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, let's nip this in the bud. Dab

Okay, let me start of by saying that I blocked Grapes because she called be an A**hat in the Animal Crossing Wiki IRC Channel, and I didn't want to be called on on my own wiki, but now I feel like I am one when I copied all those articles. I thought it was okay, because I was releasing content under the GFDL and I was gonna give you guys credit, which would be legal under the GFDL terms of use. I apologize to everyone who got offended and disgusted at me in the process. I am willing to delete all three hundred and something articles as a punishment for what I've done. I will never do something like this again. PC


 * snif* OK, aslong as you never, repeat never do this again. -- D97  15:00, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry if we sound harsh, but we did not want to see our hard work used against our wishes. We had already expressed our discontent at your proposal to move to wikkii, and although you are still free to create your own site, it must be your own. I will still watch the site to monitor your pages to make sure that you adhere to your promise. It must be said that, although we are writing about the same game, there is still a huge scope for induviduality- surely you would be more proud of your own work, rather than the copied work of others? Dab

Ok. I'm gonna have a mass delete of the pages. Thanks everyone for being so forgiving. PC

Hmphm Yoshario (a.k.a Paper Crossing) didn't blocked me cause I yelled at him.... He blocked me because what happened on chat. :/ He should of just blocked me found chat. -_-' Well I' glad this mess is over. And I'm glad I inform this wiki. Yoshario srsly why did you steal this wiki info....that's no right! Grapes

Well, it's legal because Wikia and AC Wikki both use GFDL, but only if they give the other site credit. As for TPE, it was using a similar format on the Platinum page to BP, even though it wasn't copied. Resulted in some immature Bulbapedians vandalizing the Wikia site. YOWUZA TALK 2 ME! 18:25, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Actually, PaperCrossing is right in that everything we write here is in the public domain and anyone from anywhere can copy the information freely. We don't actually even have a disclaimer on any of our pages to say 'please reference this site if any information is used' except on the 'edit' pages. Any info on Wikia is covered by the GFDL, and I would presume that Wikii also has that caveat (although the animalcrossing wikii's page has been deleted, I think that's likely to have happened as part of the mass-delete). So in short - no need to get on our high horses. Technically what PaperCrossing did was perfectly alright and something you need to get used to when publishing content on the internet, although the manner in which it was done leaves a lot to be desired. -Fleurione 19:23, 21 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I do understand that these pages are up for quoting and copying, but in such a large volume, is (in my eyes) unacceptable. It undermines the work done here. I'm glad PaperCrossing has apologised, but I think this is an event which we would not like to be reminded of. Perhaps it could of been handled better. 19:51, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed. We live and learn :) -Fleurione 20:01, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Would someone mind archiving this? I don't think it really needs to be as out in the open as it currently is -Fleurione 20:19, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm going to archive this whole page now, just keeping the weekly feature bit. bad.png[[file:meep.png|30px]] 08:07, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Photo Competition
I was thinking of having a little Animal Crossing competition to see who could take the best City Folk photo: It must be their own work, and musn't have anything done to it (other than cropping it) after it's been taken. Someone impartial will have to judge- Fleurione, you don't have City Folk, could you do it? You can also decide on the criteria for the competition. I think it would be quite fun! Here's the esteemed template the winner will get to have on their user page:


 * Ill have a go! DS7
 * We'll have to ask Fleurione is she can preside over things in the first place, and give her time to decide a theme, if she wishes to give it a go. Dab


 * I would love to :) I don't think I could do the judging weekly, but monthly would be fine.  Would also give a chance for

a really good picture each month (and stop us getting bored of it quickly!) How about we start it this Sunday? It could then be judged on the last Sunday of every month. I'll come up with a theme for this one and post it on Sunday :D -Fleurione 19:16, 21 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hurrah, that's super- I can't wait! bad.png[[file:meep.png|30px]] 19:34, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * If it seems like 1 month is too long, we can reassess and do it fortnightly -Fleurione 19:46, 21 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Whatever suits you, Fleurione- it would be unfair to ask too much, and you might run out of ideas if we do it too frequently! We can have a little gallery for all the images somehwere, too. bad.png[[file:meep.png|30px]] 19:53, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Yay! I made a forum for it and am busy thinking up a good theme, that will have you all putting your thinking caps on ;) Forum:PhotoComp -Fleurione 20:02, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I look foward to hearing it- when do you think it will be ready? bad.png[[file:meep.png|30px]] 20:09, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I think I have a theme in mind, but will post it on Sunday - don't want to start it on a weekday as I work and so mayn't be able to always do it, and Saturdays are my first weekend day ;) Think you can hang on another 3 days??? :P -Fleurione 20:15, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, don't worry. *starts writhing with impatience* bad.png[[file:meep.png|30px]] 08:06, 22 May 2009 (UTC)