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please remember to sign with four tildes. Welcome Welcome to Bulbapedia, Sol! As a new user, you may wish to learn a few things that will be useful in your editing: Getting started Basic overview of wiki code Style primer Manual of style Link templates Guide to Bulbapedia Policies and guidelines Code of Conduct Signature policy Userspace policy Username policy Image reversion policy Other helpful links Messages from the Editor Talk abuse Dealing with vandalism Wanted Pages Projects Miscellaneous A list of administrators that you can contact in case of a problem can be found here. On talk pages, please sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~), or by using the "Your signature with a timestamp" () button at the top of the edit window. To upload images, please use the Bulbagarden Archives. To activate your account at the Archives, please login there using the same username and password you use here on Bulbapedia. This may also be used to activate an account at Bulbanews. If you wish to make a page for a character you made up, please do so at User:Sol/Name.  Thank you, and have a good time editing here!   Fi-ray ►strike!  23:24, 28 January 2009 (UTC)    Physical your template has been put into use. -- MAGNEDETH 03:15, 31 January 2009 (UTC) Okey-dokey. ~ sol 03:17, 31 January 2009 (UTC) Okay Dude, use the preview button. Also, how did my edit mess up the template? Every single one made after you reverted mine has screwed it up more and more. Look at it in I.E.--RexRacer -talk 21:39, 31 January 2009 (UTC) Well I'm sorry that all browsers look at templates differently. I'm trying to make it for all browsers and when you edited it, the template failed on Firefox. And I have been using the preview button. I just realize that it might look better in another way after I've already pressed the Save page button. ~ sol 21:46, 31 January 2009 (UTC) No worries, I was just wondering. Looks fine now.--RexRacer -talk 21:50, 31 January 2009 (UTC) Dawn's name origin Check Dawn's Talk page.DCM((Mock MeEdits)) 02:33, 5 February 2009 (UTC) Could you make new sections when you're starting up a new subject? It makes the talk page more organized. But I guess I can always just make a new section for you if you don't want to. ~ sol 02:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC) I was just trying to save space, make one less click down. In the future I'll just make a new sectionDCM((Mock MeEdits)) 02:54, 5 February 2009 (UTC) Congratulations! The Golden Eevee Award Congratulations! For being the best new user on Bulbapedia, you have been awarded the Golden Eevee Award for January, 2009 by the Bulbapedia editorial board! Please place this template onto your userpage by putting {{User received GoldEevee|January, 2009}} among your userboxes. TTEchidna 06:31, 5 February 2009 (UTC) Hey, Congratulations! :] --×Kevzo8 14:43, 5 February 2009 (UTC) Wait, seriously? I joined three days before January ended... But thanks! :D ~ sol 23:13, 5 February 2009 (UTC) you accomplished more in those three days than any other new Jan user did the entire month. -- MAGNEDETH 23:23, 5 February 2009 (UTC) more than me, for sure. CONGRATULATIONSDCM((Mock MeEdits)) 23:29, 5 February 2009 (UTC) Thanks again, everybody! Hope I can contribute even more later on! ~ sol 23:31, 5 February 2009 (UTC) Good job!--RexRacer -talk 23:33, 5 February 2009 (UTC) Thanks! Though I just realized the image in the userbox doesn't get pretty sparkles because of the resizing. :( ~ sol 23:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC) Yeah, seriously. I find it hard to this day to find things to do, and I'm four months old. Good for you! --Bulbapedian - Talk 23:35, 5 February 2009 (UTC) It's true. We are in the middle of a lul, sort of. All that's going on is a general template update. I hope you stick around, I can see that you have a lot of potential. --RexRacer -talk 23:39, 5 February 2009 (UTC) Yeah, well, I guess reading that welcome and watching the other users helped too. And I did know a bit of wikicode before joining Bulbapedia, so... ~ sol 23:40, 5 February 2009 (UTC) Thankyou Thankyou Sol for welcoming me into the Bulbapedia community. I edit at Wikipedia, and thought that I'd give Bulbapedia a try, now that I am playing Pokemon Diamond alot. Thanks again! Dougie 00:56, 7 February 2009 (UTC) You're welcome! ;) Just remember to learn the general idea of things, such as link templates, policy, et cetera. It shouldn't be too hard to get settled! ~ sol 00:58, 7 February 2009 (UTC) Thanks I'll Keep That in Mind Next Time! Jimmy A. FiveSixTwo 19:48, 9 February 2009 (UTC) Trainer cards Add Japanese info as well, please. MaverickNate 03:19, 10 February 2009 (UTC) I actually have absolutely no idea about the TCG. I'm just fixing up the templates using the information already there so they don't look messed up. And I only find the messed up ones using the random page link to the side. ~ sol 03:22, 10 February 2009 (UTC) Oh, okay then. MaverickNate 03:29, 10 February 2009 (UTC) Look, dude Learn to use the preview button, kay? You could've made all those edits on Archie in one. ~ overgrownsol 01:16, 11 February 2009 (UTC) All right, Sol. I just felt really rushed because it looked so weird, and... yeah. D: ~ overgrownsol 01:17, 11 February 2009 (UTC) Pronuncikashun we actually had the pronunciations added to some articles, straight from an official guide, but, there were so many arguments, the idea was scrapped. -- MAGNEDETH 05:54, 13 February 2009 (UTC) Romanizations Please don't mess with them, be it Japanese, Chinese or Korean. As tempting as it is, the romanizations are used consistantly around the site, and changing one ruins this chain. Because Korean and Chinese are fairly isolated languages (i.e. not derived from another) their romanizations are, well, their own way of saying it. Because Japanese has a fair amount derived from English, we assume that when a Pokémon's name is Rizaadon, it is Lizardon, and Beiriifu is Bayleef. Thanks, ----RexRacer -talk 23:25, 13 February 2009 (UTC) ...I'm Korean. ~ overgrownsol 23:27, 13 February 2009 (UTC) *facepalm* I know nothing about Korean. Japanese is my field...----RexRacer -talk 23:31, 13 February 2009 (UTC) Rex = owned. -- MAGNEDETH 23:31, 13 February 2009 (UTC) Anyway, Chikorita and Meganium can back me up if there's anyone not convinced, as the Korean would say it differently than how it's romanized, but it would still sound the same. So, uh... yeah. ~ overgrownsol 23:36, 13 February 2009 (UTC) Hi I noticed you have been editing the User: namespace a lot today. You may not be aware of this, but Bulbapedia has a Userspace policy that asks users to try and minimize the number of Userspace edits they make in a short period of time. Instead of making multiple edits, why not use the Preview button (Alt + Shift + P) located right next to the edit button to look at your page and see how it is coming? That way, your page can look great while staying within the required amount of edits. Just wait until tomorrow, ok? Thanks! --The Dark Fiddler - 10% Satisfaction Guaranteed! 21:31, 14 February 2009 (UTC) Nice.--freezingCOLD (page, talk) 21:31, 14 February 2009 (UTC) Preview button doesn't work when you have to test templates out D: ~ overgrownsol 21:32, 14 February 2009 (UTC) Nor does it work when testing externally used whatevers... (monobook or w/e) Preview button seems flawed :O The Dark Fiddler - 10% Satisfaction Guaranteed! 21:33, 14 February 2009 (UTC) You mean externally used files? :P ~ overgrownsol 21:36, 14 February 2009 (UTC) Templates Um.... so there isn't a place to post about all templates so I thought I'd do it here.... Would it be possible to mock up an alternative with a style more similar to the {{Kanto}}? Trom liekz that one more than just moz-bordering the ones we already have. If you haven't the time, I can do it. — THE TROM — 23:42, 15 February 2009 (UTC) I did try and make {{Starter Pokémon}} and {{Legendary Pokémon}} like that, but it's hard to make those two look clean without having the titles at the top as well as the side, because it would have to be something like: Kanto (Prof. Oak): Grass: Bulbasaur - Ivysaur - Venusaur Fire: Charmander - Charmeleon - Charizard Water: Squirtle - Wartortle - Blastoise And doing separate rows for Pokémon Yellow and all that stuff would just make the template look lo~ong. As for {{Animecharacters}}, I think I like that format better than what it would be if it was done in a {{Kanto}} format, so I just mozbordered that. However, if more people like the {{Kanto}} format over how it is currently, then I'll format it that way and see what happens. ~ overgrownsol 23:52, 15 February 2009 (UTC) Hmm.... I'll give {{starter Pokémon}} a go... I'm not entirely sure the type distinctions need to be there. Also, the PMD3 starters need to be included as well. That could make the template quite fat... As for animecharacters, there are some designs on the talk page. Anyway, good work. — THE TROM — 00:01, 16 February 2009 (UTC) Bleargh, the versions of Animecharacters look, well... I don't know. The supporting cast section looks fat, to put it bluntly. But then, it's not the newest version, so I suppose it might look better in that version. I'll see what I can about doing the PMD3 starters. ~ overgrownsol 00:06, 16 February 2009 (UTC) Link Tems i have a nasty habit of missing non-linked things when i edit. not sure why...-- MAGNEDETH 23:08, 17 February 2009 (UTC) Sparky Edit Sorry about that edit. You are right, that is grammatically correct. Btw, I don't believe that we have met before. Why don't you take a look at my user page??? --Theryguy512 01:53, 19 February 2009 (UTC) I joined a few days before January ended, so we probably haven't met. So... er... uh... yeah. ~ overgrownsol 02:01, 19 February 2009 (UTC) Thanks :D — THE TROM — 05:30, 19 February 2009 (UTC) No problemo; all it took was a few clicks on Microsoft Word and it did the trick. ~ overgrownsol 05:32, 19 February 2009 (UTC) Yeah, as you can see I did try, but by the time I remembered that you don't need the alignment or the pipe my computer had crashed again. I updated the other template with our compromise if you hadn't noticed yet. — THE TROM — 05:39, 19 February 2009 (UTC) I noticed. :) Now that both of those are settled, there's only... *counts on fingers* Er, I'm going to need more fingers. ~ overgrownsol 05:42, 19 February 2009 (UTC) Sorry Sorry, I wasn't sure what template to use to link to Ash's Swellow. Thanks for fixing that for me. AUXIA (talk) 01:20, 20 February 2009 (UTC) No problem! When in doubt, just use a piped link [[page title|text]] and just let somebody else fix it for you later. :P ~ overgrownsol 01:37, 20 February 2009 (UTC) Redirects When making redirects, you must write out the full link, which means that templates cannot be used. --Theryguy512 02:49, 20 February 2009 (UTC) I was SUBSTing them and I forgot that {{BASEPAGENAME}} acted like a template and I forgot to SUBST that. D: ~ overgrownsol 02:51, 20 February 2009 (UTC) It's okay. BTW, I don't believe that we have met. Why don't you take a look at my user page??? --Theryguy512 02:53, 20 February 2009 (UTC) Um... look a few sections up? ~ overgrownsol 02:53, 20 February 2009 (UTC) *laugh* Nice one, rye.--RexRacer -talk 02:55, 20 February 2009 (UTC) aww aww you're so nice. thank you!--Pokemongirl1 00:38, 24 February 2009 (UTC)   Why can't I put that information on the page, isn't it good enough, some people might want to know that Bulbasaur used a move that it shouldn't have been able to use :( (And why did she^ copy my user name)--Pokemonguy1 01:48, 24 February 2009 (UTC) First of all, you kinda should've used a link template. "Anime" is a redirect to Pokémon anime, and is left uncapitalized. Secondly, you phrased them in a way that would fit more in the "In the anime" section rather than the "Trivia" section, aside from Whirlwind, which was still poorly phrased anyway. Thirdly, how the heck am I supposed to know why you two have the same username? ~ overgrownsol 01:54, 24 February 2009 (UTC) We have a problem. Alright. First question. Do you have any relation to SpontaneousCombusken/EspeonA? Answer that and we'll go from there. --ニョロトノ666 02:48, 25 February 2009 (UTC) Er... I think I've seen the name before, but there's no relation at all. ~ overgrownsol 02:52, 25 February 2009 (UTC) Well, I hate to say it, but that's almost definitely a lie. See, I can see your IP address. And yours matches his exactly. Which means you're using the same internet. Are you sure you have no connection to him? --ニョロトノ666 02:55, 25 February 2009 (UTC) I remember where I saw the name before. The top contributors of the month. Anyway, about the same internet thing... since my brother uses the same internet, he could be EspeonA... He never tells me what he does on the computer anyway. ~ overgrownsol 02:58, 25 February 2009 (UTC) Poli, just give it up. There is a difference between sockpuppets and two people having the same IP. Both of these editors are fantastic, and you want to get them in trouble. Why is that? Neither of them have ever done anything bad, so what's the problem that they had the same IP before? I've edited at school before, and someone else has too. Does that mean that we are sockpuppeting? Hell, no! You have your nose buried so far in the rules, that you can't even enforce them well anymore. Its obvious that these two haven't done anything wrong, so why try to make something out of nothing? MaverickNate 03:14, 25 February 2009 (UTC) Nate, having the same IP address = family, neighborly internet mooching, or sockpuppeting. No other explanation. I've edited from school before, also, but Sol has made it pretty clear that that's not the case by his above comment regarding his brother. And Sol, would you mind asking your brother if he is, in fact, EspeonA? Thanks. --ニョロトノ666 02:53, 28 February 2009 (UTC) Well, got confirmation. I'm a little surprised that we would be on the same website and not know each other. But then, I can kinda understand why he wants his privacy. Anyway, he said that stopped editing here because of "certain issues," apparently. ~ overgrownsol 03:03, 28 February 2009 (UTC) Excuse me Quotation marks actually USE space--KukiTalk 22:16, 28 February 2009 (UTC) Yes. Two bytes per name. That's so much space, and the other ones use so little. ~ overgrownsol 02:08, 1 March 2009 (UTC) *cough* Deutsch = German. Not Dutch. :D — THE TROM — 07:12, 1 March 2009 (UTC) I'll always be thinking of it as Dutch because it sounds the same. D: But I'll try to keep it in mind. ~ overgrownsol 07:13, 1 March 2009 (UTC) Um, it doesn't really. Not to Germanic speakers. But whatever. — THE TROM — 07:21, 1 March 2009 (UTC) I should rephrase that. It looks the same. :P ~ overgrownsol 21:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC) Thank you Thank you for welcoming me to Bulbapedia. My cousin told me about this site so I just came here and I hope to help with the site one day. Thank you! CherreBomber 01:33, 2 March 2009 (UTC)CherreBomber No problemo. If you follow the rules and actively contribute, then you'll be a great help with the site! ~ overgrownsol 01:34, 2 March 2009 (UTC) For The Bride and Shaymin Yeah... That was kind of the point. Well, not really. I was sort of putting in a bit more without having to edit the Ranger Net article, but THAT CAN'T HAPPEN NOW, CAN IT? --Pokemon486 03:54, 2 March 2009 (UTC)