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Could I "re-edit" a page which hasn't been edited for a long time?
I want to "re-edit" the Ratatouille game. The game's walkthrough is kinda too simple (not many useful details), not many images,... and it hasn't been edited for a long time - 4 years... So may I have the permission to re-edit it? Thanks!

P/s: I really appreciate the first editors and what they've done. --James Sunderland (talk) 04:09, 23 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Responded on James' talk page.  Pro cyon  11:17, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Adding Pictures to Controller Templates
Is it possible for me to add more buttons and directional inputs to the existing controller templates? I noticed that some of them are missing diagonals for D-pads or rotations for analog sticks. Antwan (talk) 14:33, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Kind of curious what you need diagonal D-pad inputs for? They're not easy to represent.  You could either do something like   or  .  And what do you mean by rotations for analog sticks?  Like rolling the stick 360 degrees?  It's not for analog sticks, but we have  ; cade is mostly used for fighting games.  Pro  cyon  21:19, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The game I'm writing a guide for doesn't use the analog sticks for play, only the D-pad and there are moves that use diagonals. I was thinking of using something like down and right together, but I feared that people would misinterpret that as "press down, then right" instead of "press down-right". Antwan (talk) 00:15, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Would you consider using the cade template for those directions? I know it's not very d-pad looking, but it does remove the ambiguity.  I don't know if you need quarter or half circles as well, but they're provided, mostly because of Street Fighter games.  If that doesn't suit your needs, let me know, we'll figure something out.  Pro  cyon  03:01, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * That's fine, I'll go with that then for now. Thank you. Antwan (talk) 04:49, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Whale broken?
I've been using the Whale skin ever since it was the default, but now I'm having problems. The show TOC button in the Header Nav and Footer Nav usually isn't appearing. The preferences page is also placing everything in one long line instead of using the tabs. Is this Whale's problem or my computer/browser's problem? In the mean time, I'm trying out Dolphin. --Flufftailer (talk) 02:50, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Flufftailer, recently pushed a new version of MediaWiki to the site, and while we extensively tested out Dolphin, we didn't really give Whale a thorough check.  I'll alert him to the issue, thanks for bringing it to our attention.   Pro  cyon  03:01, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Please try clearing your browser cache, since you may be getting some of the old js/css. There are a few bugs in the whale skin, but Show/Hide should be working properly. -- Prod (talk) 03:20, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I signed out and cleared my browser cache. Initially pages don't display the show button, but if I refresh the page, the show button appears and stays there if I come back. This is probably a my side problem. However, while you're fixing bugs, I just want to point out that the Go button has been sitting on the Search button for months. --Flufftailer (talk) 22:22, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Because of the new way 1.26 loads things, sometimes it takes a second for all the javascript to load/run, so the show/hide links don't show up until the end.
 * I'll take a look at the go button, let me know if you notice any other issues. Thanks for the report! -- Prod (talk) 22:56, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Edits not registering
So I was trying to edit this this page, but my edit simply fails to show up. I think it may be due to too much data in one page, or some odd bug with session data? I've tried to make several test edits, but to no avail either. T.testLP(talk) 16:47, 29 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Is this still the case TTLP? I see your edits just fine.  Or at least I think I do, assuming what's in RC is everything you've tried to do so far.  This could be a browser cache issue, since we recently updated to the latest MediaWiki.  Try a few different browsers if you can, and let us know if you're still having a problem.   Pro  cyon  17:11, 29 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Your edits are appearing on Pokémon X and Y/Species Strategies (Generation I Families). It's the letter "I" rather than the number "1". Perhaps there's a misspelled inbound link somewhere? --Sigma 7 (talk) 17:20, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Oh holy crap my edits just suddenly appeared out of nowhere. I suspect it may be a weird browser cache bug, because they weren't showing it at all. Sorry for all the postsT.testLP(talk) 19:08, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Banned user plea
I have moved the plea recently place here by a banned user to his user talk page. Any user is free to leave a comment there if they wish. The staff has decided to ignore all comments by this particular user, and will not be responding to it. Under no circumstances will this user's editing privileges be restored.  Pro cyon  03:40, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * RK here I need to hear everyone, instead of Procyon say it. I apologized to you all will everyone allow me back. I hope to be an awesome writer like everyone on here. I would love to come back please consider it. -- 50.141.110.230 05:56, 7 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Pretty sure you should contact a senior admin rather than making messages to random targets, and they prefer if you actually keep promises rather than trying to mask edit warring by logging out. --104.247.236.48 07:46, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

I wouldn't know how to do that since Proycon blocked my user page, plus I wouldn't want to make the owner mad at me more, however I kept my promise about not putting wii download games on the wii u virtual console and I get I shouldn't have logged out and made those edits however I apologized over and over again to him but he won't accept my apologies I even said I would try my best to make sure my edits are correct before I save them thank you for replying on here.

Kaiser Knuckle/Dan-Ku-Ga
Can anyone help me with this move list ?HHHanzo (talk) 21:00, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Responding to on user's talk page.  Pro cyon  01:36, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Notifications Link Appears Twice
I am logged into SW using the Dolphin skin, and noticed that the Special:Notifications link box appears twice, one right next to the other. Both appear to function equally well. Is there any reason for this? Thanks! Wjk (talk) 22:56, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * New feature of 1.26! One is messages, one is alerts. -- Prod (talk) 01:27, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Series templates format
Currently, the series templates commonly have lists of games all on one line, separated by only Dot templates. This makes the code hard to read and work with, and it's not very semantic. It should be possible to have the game lists formatted as bullet lists in the code, so it'll be easier to read and type, and use CSS to make it still be displayed the same way. Wanderer (talk) 19:18, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree that your proposal would be preferable, but how can CSS be used to do that?  Pro  cyon  20:42, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The template could wrap the game list in a DIV element with a class name, let's say, "series-game-list" or something, and the CSS could have something like:

div.series-game-list ul, div.series-game-list ul > li { display: inline; } div.series-game-list ul > li:before { content: "\00B7\0020"; } div.series-game-list ul > li:first-child:before { content: ""; display: none; }
 * This will display the list as a line of text, and render the dots as pseudo-elements before all but the first list item.Wanderer (talk) 21:47, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The idea sounds pretty good to me too, can you set up a demo template? We can then look into using a bot to make the change. -- Prod (talk) 21:56, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I set up a demo here, but I can't edit the style sheet. Wanderer (talk) 00:29, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I've updated common.css. You should be able to see the changes if you purge your cache. -- Prod (talk) 01:35, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Wow, that looks pretty cool. Nice job.   Pro  cyon  01:47, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Fyi, you guys are all great and appreciated. --Zaiqukaj (talk) 05:43, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I think we need to clean up a bit of the styling still, but it is a cleaner solution. -- Prod (talk) 22:31, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I just added a few more examples with different formats on the demo page. Wanderer (talk) 23:58, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's possible to switch to lists like this without changing how they look. It seems impossible to have an optional first "heading" in the list format. The option where you've included it with the first entry seems less intuitive than just using the dot. -- Prod (talk)
 * Trying to keep the headings on the same line does seem to be proving problematic. Wanderer (talk) 05:20, 29 February 2016 (UTC)