Talk:Animal Crossing Wiki/Archive 1

This page contains all discussions from 15 December 2005 to 20 December 2008 from the Main Page. Please do not post here, and use the Main Page's discussion instead.

Buyer's Tips
Can I just ask for clarification what you mean when you say 'Buyer's tips', under the the 'see' section? Do you mean buying items in the game? Sorry if this seems like a stupid question :P
 * I think he means buying items in the game. There's already some stuff there. - Speck

Animal Forest?
I'm pretty sure Animal Forest and Animal Crossing are the same thing... Do we really need a whole other article on it? Maybe a Fun Fact... 70.134.66.105 03:18, 15 Dec 2005 (UTC)   -Code J-

Actually, there were two different versions of the game in Japan. Animal Forest+ and Animal Forest e+ for the N64 and GCN respectivley. E+, the second one, had many new features that the first one didn't, such as new things from Animal Crossing (US) - Puphles 21:06, 15 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Ahh...bad call on my part. Whoops! Codejkoolguy 03:19, 17 Dec 2005 (UTC)

genre?
What genre do guys think we should classify the AC games as? RPG? Communication? other? We should try too keep it consistant too, once we've decided. -Puphles 17:43, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)

AC isn't an RPG. While we are playing the role of our characters, the RPG genre consists of character leveling and story. AC should be classified as a simulation; if you want to be a bit more precise about it, it's a community simulation or social simulation. -[[User:Shivver|Shivver]

well, to be consistent with the wikipedia article, how about role-playing game, life simulation, and communication adventure? its what nintendo said...--Aeryka 06:32, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Last I heard it was called a town simulation. To be more general, it's simulation. Stumpers 02:00, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Social Sim if you ax me. KP317 00:47, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Officially it's only "virtual life" or "simulation". It falls under only those two genres. I see it categorized under "virtual life" more often though.

troll prevention
With the increase of trolling lately, does anyone have any suggestions for how to prevent them? Unfortunatly, there aren't any sysops, so we can't block IP addresses. Any other ideas?


 * What sort of trolling has there been? The only problem I'm aware of is the spam, which we're working on preventing now. Reporting it at the Wikicities:Talk:Spam Blacklist page is the best thing to do for now. Angela (talk) 16:12, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Are you serious? No sysops?  Wow!  How have you guys been doing so well without them?  Can't you contact Wikia or something to make another sysop or is that not needed? Stumpers 02:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

main page edit
If someone knows how, we need to reformat the main page so the ACWW box doesnt overlap the boxes at the bottom of the page. 

--Puphles 02:39, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Although the main page has been changed, it's still messed up. Any changes would be appriciated. 

Puphles 23:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Logo
Can we get a logo up easily? If it's a matter of just having one of us make one, I suppose I could volunteer, but then again, I'm new, so maybe I'm not the best guy for that. Stumpers 02:45, 27 August 2007 (UTC)


 * You are welcome to upload one and then leave a note here and I can set it as the logo. For the older skins, the image should be no larger than 150 pixels square. For the new skins (like quartzsmoke), the logo should be 266px wide and 75 pixels high. Angela (talk) 17:20, 3 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I hope to work on that after I finish up the article I'm currently working on! Stumpers 17:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Spam Pages
I've found 1 spam page: Guestbook/. It's a list of links to, as far as I can figure, "mature" sites. I will be deleting all text now, and reporting it to our only sysop. :) Are there any other spam pages? Stumpers 23:38, 29 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for spotting that. I've deleted it. Angela (talk) 17:20, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for deleting it! Stumpers 17:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

This next one isn't so much of a spam page as it is redundent. Animal Crossing DS is released! is a page that simply repeats its title. However, I think that anyone trying to figure out if Animal Crossing:Wild World had been released, they would head on over to its page. Should it be deleted? Stumpers 22:35, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


 * That page was probably created with the calendar feature, though the calendar itself was deleted by Aeryka. Angela (talk) 05:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Whoa... I'm such a newbie to Wikia! Sorry about that!  Thanks for all your help, Angela! Stumpers 05:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

hehe, I noticed this being made, dunno if it's spam or someone just trying to get someone to make an article that I have NEVER heard about. It's called Zelbocel, and it is just a bit of 1337 gibberish. / JakeyBoy01 22:14, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Images
Here's an idea for getting images from Wild World: The Nintendo Power Player's Guide. Does anyone have it who can scan in the images? I think they have pictures of just about every image in the game. If someone has other ideas for images from any AC game, especially the original game and its Japanese counterparts, can you post here? I've been having a hard time finding images of specific senerios. Stumpers 00:02, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikia Gaming footer
I went ahead and added a Wikia Gaming footer to the bottom of the Main Page. We're trying to get Wikia's gaming wikis more linked with each other. It's not mandatory, so you can remove it if you really hate it, but it would be appreciated if you didn't :). You can change the links to point to any other wikia wikis you like or cooperate with. Ausir 17:12, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Free publicity? Sweet.  I'm not going to complain. Stumpers 02:43, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Bubsy and the Pitfall
IGN.com recently noted in their Super Smash Bros. Brawl FAQ that the pitfall was designed after Bubsy the Cat's t-shirt. Take a look: http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p38/StumpersII/bubsy.jpg Do you guys think it's just a coincidence? Stumpers 04:46, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Its most likely just a coincidence, its a VERY simple design. UnijuXP 23:42, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I researched him some more, and it turns out the company that created the games is USA based. AC, of course, is Japanese.  Bubsy was a very minor player in the SNES era, and even more minor during the N64 era.  The company is now defunct.  I'd also say it's probably a coincidence.  Stumpers 00:00, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Fanon Page
An unknown user just created the United Towns of Animal Crossing, ending it with a "to be continued" statement. As far as I know, the page qualifies as fanon. Can someone delete it? Stumpers 22:20, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Aeryka 00:16, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism
Lately we seem to be getting a lot more vandalism on the site. While it's easy to undo and all, some vandals have taken the liberty of replacing text with their statements over the course of several page edits. In other words, if anyone else makes a good edit during this time, the person who cleans up the vandalism is forced to waddle through the history of the page. Long story short, it's not fair to rely on users alone to protect the Wiki from Vandalism. Should this problem continue or get worse, I highly think we should get another sysop here. We only have one currently, and as far as I know they haven't been here for a while. Stumpers 22:03, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * For anyone who read the above comment, it seems as though vandalism on existing pages is gone... must have had a weird user or whatever. I dunno.  Right now it's more in line with the creation of spam pages, but that's easy to fix. Stumpers 03:01, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Character Information Template
I was wondering if you guys would like a Character Information Template. This would include a space for the name of the character, a picture of the character, the gender, the date of birth if its a villager (or Tom Nook, if anyone remembers when his b-day is o.0), a section for information if its a visiting character (ie time, items given out), and finally a place for the games he or she has appeared in. I think I'll try to make it, but if anyone wants anything else in the box, please let me know here. Stumpers 03:01, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Turns out I stink at making templates, but I can make infoboxes anyway. Check the Agent S or Alfonso articles and copy the infobox.  It's manual rather than automatic, but that's how the cookie crumbles. Stumpers 02:56, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

New Logos
The new logos say "Animal Crossing Wikia" when we're really "Animal Crossing City". Plus, could we please come to a consensus about this before just posting, please? I mean, nobody's even said they updated anywhere. Who was it anyway? ...But I'm very happy we have a logo. Was it a Wikia update done automatically maybe? Stumpers 19:36, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Spam
Wow, this place gets spammed alot, shouldn't you promote an active user?

Master Crash


 * Hey, Crash. I'm an admin now, so you should report all of your concerns to me, preferably here, but if you need me immeadiately drop me a line on the MarioWiki. Stumpers 20:20, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Main Page design
Hullo! I'm Kirkburn, a Wikia Gaming Helper, and I have a suggestion to make regarding the Main Page. You may be interested in stealing some code from the Wikia Starter wiki which is the current new wiki base design. It makes content a bit easier to add and is easily expanded. If you wish me to do a bit of work myself, please leave me a note on my talk page, it'll send me an email! Kirkburn (talk) 20:45, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * An update on the main page design - Wikia Starter wiki is the current standard layout for a main page. We do ask that main page redesigns incorporate the new main page column tags, however, though there's a lot you can do with them. For example, see these customized main pages - w:c:muppet, w:c:wowwiki, w:c:ffxi.
 * For general help, you may find useful guideline articles on Wikia Help, but apart from the column tags, there are no real rules to follow. Kirkburn (talk) 12:27, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. I'll get on it as soon as I get the chance. Stumpers 20:21, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Heh, heh... I stole a lot of code from the Starter Wiki, but what do you think? Feel free to make any changes you'd like. Stumpers 21:46, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikia Gaming IRC channel
Hullo! I am Kirkburn, your friendly local Wikia Gaming Helper!

You may be interested to know there is a Wikia gaming IRC channel, #wikia-gaming on chat.freenode.net, where you can hop on, ask for help from users of other gaming wikis, or offer your own experiences. If you are not familiar with IRC clients, you can access it from http://irc.wikia.com/gaming.

Different people may be on sporadically, but we organize weekly chats at a fixed time so we can get the most number of people online at the same time to ask and answer questions, or just to hang out. The admins of some of Wikia's biggest gaming wikis (e.g. WoW, Halo) often attend them. You can find the time for the next chat by following this link.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me! Kirkburn (talk) 14:06, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

New Animal Crossing Game: City Folk
I don't know if anybody has heard, but there's a new Animal Crossing Game coming out. I learned about it from here. Just thought you ought to know. Kingofdanerds 03:56, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Most of us would've heard by now, it was at E3. Actully, it was announced befor that (2006 I think), but now it's final name and REAL info has been released. -- Yowuza TALK 2 ME! 12:15, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Ha, ha, I'm an admin here and I didn't find out about the game until I monitered edits and saw that people had made a new page. I went in ready to hit the delete page button until I saw that it wasn't a prank! Stumpers 20:20, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello?
Hello, where is everybody? Surely someone must be running this site!- user:Dabtowner


 * I don't know if there are any admins, but I'm here. By the way, it would be more convenient for other users if you where to sign your posts with ~ instead of ; that way we can see if we are posting months after you did. Like this post of yours above here may be two months old! Bob Chao 00:24, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

New Format for Holidays/Events
I think that we need a generalized format info boxes for holidays/events. This page, La-Di-Day, has a format that I believe to be adequate. If there's anything missing, tell me on my talk page. Bob Chao 00:28, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Use of Templates
I was thinking, in sense of organization and professionalism, I'd say that pages such as Nook's Stores and Animals should have like an infobox template or something. Like the Nook Stores could have an infobox of the store name, the hours of operation, bells needed to spend in order to upgrade to the next store, and what not. And the Animals could have like catchphrase (before the player changes it of course..) their name, and some other stuff that could go in there. How about it?

In addition, more redirect pages like "Nook N Go" redirecting to "Nook 'N' Go" and other common misspellings and such. Kirby2766 16:58, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Try checking out Agent S' page for a template on villagers. As for the others, maybe I'll make some. Wait, template, never mind, I'll make a template for those as soon as I learn how; in the meantime, imitate those pages already formatted correctly (Villager: Agent S; Event:La-Di-Day). Bob Chao 17:30, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * By the way, i'm perfectly able to help out with most template related problems. Just ask on my talk when needed. — TulipVorlax 04:11, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Logo
New logo is an idea.I'm saying this because it's to plain.Add the AC logo,maybe some animals.And Voila!You have an awesome new logo!!! Wiki Worker 72 21:41, 2 December 2008 (UTC) THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE

Logo
I can make a logo....no prob. Green22 01:37, 7 December 2008 (UTC)Green22

BuggyFishy Encyclopedia
We should have articles about all the seperate fish and bugs. See my talk page for more info. I can provide images. Dragonfree97 19:52, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Villager Question
Hi, I was just wondering, is this wiki still pretty new? Because there were a few villagers I was looking for that I couldn't find (I'm gonna assume it isn't complete, because 40 villagers somehow doesn't seem right... XD) I'm gonna start making some new pages for villagers, someone stop me if it seems like I was looking in the wrong place. (Also, due to lack of information on villagers pages, maybe they could be merged into villager personalities, like cranky, jock, and the unofficial 'nerdy' personality). JakeyBoy01 20:13, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure about site age, but be my guest. You can add all the villagers and their personalities. Kirby2766 07:03, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, what I meant was, seen as a lot of the Villager pages are only about 20 words long, it would make sense to make an article for 'Jock', 'Peppy', and so on, and put character descriptions in each article. It would get rid of a lot of articles, and would make them a much more decent size. I won't do it unless there is some solid positive feedback. / JakeyBoy01 19:19, 20 December 2008 (UTC)