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Dana MC here!
Thanks for adding my Game Play Tips for Lady Bug! I thought I did add them to the main Game Play page, but I guess I didn't. I copied and paste them to that section and is now an official part of the WalkThrough section under the Topics list. So I guess it can be taken off the Talk section. I've been playing this game for years now and I still do on the old-school ,multi-game system ULTRACADE. My highest score is around 350,000 points (Level 24), so I consider myself a bit of an EXPERT on this game. This game is nearly 30 years old and a perceived Pac-Man clone, but let me tell you, it is still a damn good game to play and I recommend it to all you new-schoolers out there. Hey, I like the new stuff too at 40 years old, but nothing beats a good re-education with games I grew up on. Lady Bug is a highly recommended good start. Thanks a bunch. Any more tips I have will certainly be added.

Super Secret World in Super Mario Bros 3 HELP!
"To get a super secret world, glitch your game in World 9[Warp Zone] then move on the water around until you see a black glitch screen. Go to the World 5 number, not the pipe, to access a glitched world called World 0. It has two level 6's, fast moving grass, tress, lots of bridges, and a brief song."

Hi there! From your instructions that I quoted above, how do we actually glitch World 9? We don't understand how to move on the water or where we are looking for a black glitch screen. We also have all 3 warp whistles, and are now awaiting your advice.

Thanks,

CotM red link
Would it be too resource intensive to wrap the CotM inclusion on the main page with an and transclude a static "Visit the CotM page to vote!" message if it hasn't been made yet? This would stop a red link from showing up on the main page, but I know it's highly trafficked. — najzere T 08:34, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It's considered an expensive function, but I'm willing to try it out to keep the annoying red links off our front page. We'll see how performance goes. -- Prod (Talk) 14:26, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

theres-no-black-walkthrough!
Dear strategy wiki i am ps2 kid a.K.A ure biggest fan. I need ure Help1 i have searched and searched but have failed to find a walkthrough for the ps2 ea game black. Black is a FIRST PEARSON SHOOTING GAME LIKE CALL OF DUTY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN U MAKE A WALK THROUGH FOR BLACK?! FROM URE BIGGEST FAN
 * I've created Black, with the basic layout of the guide. Feel free to start adding to that, or hopefully other editors will come and write it. 08:49, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

A Simple Table
I have this table made for God of War: Chains of Olympus enemies and it's pretty simple but i still need to add another HP section, Orbs gained, and theres three more entries each I need for the Context sensitive, Throw/Damage, and Defense Tactics. But I want it all in one table any help? Thanks in advance. KimbleTHEcommie 14:14, 14 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Kimble, I don't understand your objective. What are you trying to accomplish that the above table does not already do?   Pro  cyon  15:20, 14 October 2010 (UTC)


 * This boss fight is two parts with different HP and Orbs as well as CS, Throw/Damage, and Defense Tactics. i dont want to have to make another table if i can avoid it. So i was curious if i could add all the info to this table? The first table is representing the Tower encounter. Heres the rest of the stats. 2nd fight: HP=125, Orbs Death=500, Context Sensitive=L/R Struggle & 360 Struggle (Bridge Phase 1 & 2), 2 Random Buttons & Circle Struggle (Final Breath). Throws/Damage=Circle (appears when backed against the wall)(Bridge Phase 1&2), Circle Appears at 100HP (Final Breath). Defense Tactics= Jaw Grab & Fireball Frenzy (Bridge Phase 1&2). KimbleTHEcommie 15:35, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Um nevermind i think i figured it out had a blond moment sorry about that. KimbleTHEcommie 15:37, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Special:MultipleUpload broken
This special page is displaying a white screen. — Sheriff James B. McDonald bad guys  16:54, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Not our fault. Seriously. The extension doesn't work at all with MediaWiki 1.16, and an update hasn't appeared yet. When one does, no doubt it'll be installed as soon as possible. Until then, unfortunately, you'll have to upload images one by one. 17:23, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. But I have robot software to do that ;) — Sheriff James B. McDonald bad guys  17:27, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Even if the extension not working isn't StrategyWiki's fault, shouldn't someone here at least do something about the current blank page, such as adding some explanatory text, and removing it from the list at Special:SpecialPages etc.? --Pelago 16:15, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Disabled. -- Prod (Talk) 16:28, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The extension has now been updated to work with 1.16 now! Please re-install. — Sheriff James B. McDonald bad guys  16:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated. -- Prod (Talk) 13:59, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Adding to watchlist behaviour changed?
Am I thinking of a different wiki or has the behaviour of adding a page to the watchlist changed? I seem to remember that a few weeks ago clicking the "Watch" link used to make that immediately change to "Watching..." then the page refreshed with the link changed to "Unwatch". Now instead clicking "Watch" goes to a page with title "Added to watchlist" and you have to click to get back to the page you were watching. The former behaviour was nicer, I think. --Pelago 16:13, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... I've fixed that a few times now. I'll look into it. -- Prod (Talk) 16:30, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the slow reply, but I believe this was fixed (works as expected now :). -- Prod (Talk) 14:00, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Dolphin default skin
I notice that "Dolphin" is now the default skin (e.g. for non-signed in or new users). I was surprised not to see an announcement or any discussion about that, so it's not entirely clear whether it was intentional. Was it? Can there be an announcement about it (e.g. "the new skin has been designed by X and is intended to give Y experience and solve Z problems"). I quite like the skin. In particular, it seems to have fewer adverts, and no DoubleJump logo. Has the deal with them run out? --Pelago 09:44, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe our announcement got lost in the mail (we'll put one up soon). The DoubleJump logo should be coming back as well.  This is our new default skin for the foreseeable future, but we will be making modifications to it over time (stay tuned :D). -- Prod (Talk) 16:43, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Apple devices to iOS category
So apparently iOS is the same operating system on the iPhone, iTouch, and iPad devices, which makes it seem like it should be handled here on StrategyWiki the same way as Windows or Mac. Some games, like the third season of the Sam & Max episodic content, is only on one out of the three devices, but a lot of these simpler games are on all three devices. A simple iOS category would last for a while and we can keep adding new devices to it as sub-categories, instead of adding every device the iOS is installed on. It looks like Wikipedia may already be starting to add iOS to their infoboxes instead of individual devices as well. — najzere T 01:40, 23 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Not only am I for this, but we should also include Android and WinPhone7 as categories as well.  Pro  cyon  09:45, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Do those fall under the "Mobile" category right now, or does "Mobile" refer to the Windows Mobile operating system? Just wondering if the games in Category:Mobile need to be split up or if "Mobile" is simply the precursor to the new Windows Phone 7 O/S. — najzere T 01:37, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Ugh, hadn't thought of that, I'd forgotten about that category. I think Mobile is equivalent to having a Console category or a Computer category, not that we do.  Then again, I'm not sure if game that ran on prior versions of Windows Mobile OS work on WinPhone7.  My guess is Category:Mobile becomes a catch-all for anything that can't be properly narrowed down to other cats.  Prod might have a better idea.   Pro  cyon  13:17, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I think "Mobile" itself is for the lower power phones (as you said, a catchall). I also think Category:iPad, Category:iPod, and Category:iPhone should all be merged, with history, into Category:iOS and placed directly below Category:Systems. Category:Android and Category:Windows Phone 7 would probably be good too, and WP does mention it isn't backwards compatible. Prod (Talk) 12:41, 28 December 2010 (UTC)