User talk:Minibug

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Thank you, and have a good time editing here!   Landfish7 13:53, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Other Languages titles

I see you're adding the Danish titles for episodes of Pokemon Journeys, thanks for doing this but instead of listing the new titles at the bottom of the section, could you list them in the alphabetically fitting spot please as that is how we do them.--BigDocFan, Junior Admin Bulbapedia (talk) 18:48, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I saw that the template automatically alphabetizes it anyways so I wasn't sure if I needed to add it in order, but I'll do that from now on. Minibug (talk) 19:16, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Trainer lists

Good work adding some of the Kitakami Trainer lists. However, I feel it takes less space and is arguably easier to read if done like this. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 22:04, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

That is true, and I did consider that approach for it, but I figured removing the dependence on hovertext for the benefit of mobile users outweighed the problems from having two tables for each set of Trainers. Minibug (talk) 22:15, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

As a mobile user myself, I can understand that, but I still lean towards the more efficient solution. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 22:33, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

This same method is also used with B2W2's level and prize money info in regards to the prize money and level changes depending on the difficulty setting, aside from major boss battles where a Trainer's team also changes. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 22:41, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Spelling mistakes

Thanks for correcting all the spelling mistakes regarding Pokémon names on various pages, I have to say I'm shocked at how many there are.--BigDocFan, Junior Admin Bulbapedia (talk) 19:01, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Unfortunately there are still a lot more to fix. I was also surprised with how many there have ended up being. Minibug (talk) 19:43, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Bot edits

I understand that your automated edits are important, but could it have been possible to leave the edits to BulbaBot or some other thing that could make the edits without flooding the recent edits history? --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 11:30, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Apologies for the large amount of edits. I think BulbaBot uses the same software that I do for making automated edits, PyWikiBot, so the next time I need to make so many edits I could ask someone with access to BulbaBot to run my script. PyWikiBot has a botflag parameter that should hide the edit like with BulbaBot, but it doesn't seem like it works for me. Minibug (talk) 11:45, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Advice

Please use "×" instead of "x" when listing multiples of something. Also, many Paldea Trainer lists lack the {{Trainerdiv}} templates they should have. Good job adding the item lists, though. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 01:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know, I thought I was already using "×" but I guess I never updated it in my script like I thought I did. -Minibug (talk) 02:10, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Recent trivia

Just letting you know, when adding trivia about gaps between appearances, can you use earlier instead of ago please.--BigDocFan, Junior Admin Bulbapedia (talk) 18:49, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I was using that phrasing because I copied it from another page, so maybe some cleanup on the drought sections is in order. -Minibug (talk) 19:19, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Wait, Necrozma has the 255 Catch Rate in Indigo Disk still?

I legitimately thought it reverted back to 3. - unsigned comment from PrincessVidel (talk • contribs)

Necrozma's catch rate is 255 in Indigo Disk, I checked the data myself. Can I ask where you saw a source claiming it was changed to 3? -Minibug (talk) 16:26, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

How to check EISBN

Originally when VIZ began their digital releases years ago, on each page of their separate digital page which first becomes available on the day of release, I personally go to VIZ's website and copy their eISBN-13 for the digital ISBN codes one example is this link [1]. This is how all the EISBN codes were added in the first place for every VIZ digital release. -Tyler53841 (talk) 23:44, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Re:Black & White subtitles from Shogakukan Asia

Yes. Shogakukan asia started off translating the manga on their own, including manga that is previously not translated such as Be the Best! Pokémon B+W. however, from pokemon adventure vol 46 onwards, all pokemon translation are licensed from viz media, thus all manga that are released by shogakukan asia are released later than viz media, and we no longer have any more original translation unlike chuang yi giving us many pokemon manga that are previously not translated. -Pokeant (talk) 11:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Template Data fields

Hey, just thought I'd mention, when adding TemplateData, the type of a paramater should be "Line" for short text (that should not contain line breaks), and "String" if it can contain line breaks.^[1] → Pika^Tepig₉₉₉ 02:53, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Page categories

Hi there! Just a friendly reminder to make sure new pages you create include categories, such as the Pokémon Black and White Game Art Folio article you created last month. If you're unsure what category to add to a page, feel free to ask a staff member. Thanks! Landfish7 17:47, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

My bad, it completely slipped my mind at the time. Minibug (talk) 17:49, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

No worries! It happens to the best of us :) Landfish7 17:52, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Encounter rates for Sinnoh route 210

The edit for the encounter rates was at least partially wrong, swablu can be found in all times of day(just tested it in game to be sure). I assume it was just a typo on your end? I undid the edit for now, feel free to double check the numbers and resubmit. Jucatorul (talk) 16:17, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

descriptions for items in games they do not appear in

hi, i'm not sure if this is proper form, but i've noticed you've been editing a lot of item pages to make their most recent description listed as their description in all future games, including games where they don't appear at all. to me, this seems misleading and inappropriate. i doubt that the Contest Costume, for example, is anywhere in the code of SV, but seeing a description listed for it in those games suggests it is. your edits to Z-Crystals in particular suggest that they got new descriptions in scarlet and violet. i haven't looked at the internals of these games, so i may be wrong about all of this, but i'd like to know the reason behind these edits. lilycove 00:31, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Almost every item and its description will get carried over between games/generations. For whatever reason, these item descriptions will occasionally be updated even if the item itself appears nowhere in the game. In fact, sometimes even item *names* get changed even when the item isn't obtainable, like how Scarlet and Violet changed the name of the Rainbow Wing into Rainbow Feather even though its been inaccessible since Generation IV. Minibug (talk) 00:36, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

odd. well, thank you very much for clarifying! lilycove 00:38, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations

From one junior admin to another, I thought I would offer you my congratulations on becoming a junior admin and welcome you to the team.--BigDocFan, Junior Admin Bulbapedia (talk) 08:58, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Quest Ingredient formatting

Hi! So I noticed the edit done on Balm Mushroom and I'm of the conflicted sort regarding it. I included the three adjectives and one noun because those are the key words the cooking feature uses and so the description is demonstrating the game's rules. The format is a little silly, because it's based on Bluk Berry, "a blue ingredient that is soft, small, and sweet," and I figured that its best to lean into the madness and phrase it consistently even if "sweet" and "mushroom" do not have the same part of speech. (In hindsight, maybe trying to squeeze "sweet" into a noun format works better than pretending three different nouns are adjectives.)

Similarly, calling out the color a second time was also a means of demonstrating what to pay attention to, in the "oh, if grey ingredients are common here, then it is also where to go to find Fossils." (That and it matches how the information is being displayed in the game, as a color wheel representing unseen percentages.) Salmancer (talk) 23:18, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying, I'm not very familiar with Quest and your wording with using "mushroom" as an adjective confused me a bit. I also did not realize these characteristics weren't just flavor text. Do you think we could change the wording to something like "This ingredient can be used in any recipe that requires ingredients that are soft, precious, gray, or mushrooms"? Minibug (talk) 23:40, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't think so. Quest Cooking follows strange rules. The game goes down the list of recipes and picks the first one that matches the full set of ingredients used. This means that later recipes start to get more and more specific about allowed ingredient combinations in ways the suggested sentence can't quite quantify. I'd need to think about it. Maybe, "When Cooking, this ingredient has the following properties: soft, precious, gray, mushroom"? That leans perhaps too gamey. Salmancer (talk) 23:51, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Similar backstories

Hello Minibug! I just wanted to talk to you about the Edit i've made in the page of the Heroes of Truth and Ideals. Trainersurrel0409 (talk) 19:51, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

What did you want to talk about? Minibug (talk) 23:26, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Well you reverted my edits, i do understand why, but i think it's a little weird having the heroes's Pokémon only in the anime section, specially since all versions of them had the same Pokémon, the original dragon, Reshiram, and Zekrom. Trainersurrel0409 (talk) 23:39, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Generally each section will have screenshots of the Pokémon in question from each piece of media, but I don't believe there are depictions of them with their dragons outside of the anime, so there's no screenshots in those sections. Minibug (talk) 23:44, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

As far as i know, no, but i just kinda hoped to make it similar to the Galarian kings's page, also we definetely should add the original dragon as one of their Pokémon as well. Trainersurrel0409 (talk) 00:06, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations!

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Thank you for the effort you put in assisting with this challenging content improvement. ^Maverick_Nate 06:06, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Duraludon

As I explained in my edit summary, it's wrong no matter whether you use "comprises" or "comprised of", they refer to separate individual parts of a whole like "the USA comprises 50 states", the states are individual entities. This is not the case with the writing on Duraldon's Pokédex entry. Duraldon's case is a "what material is it made of thing", so you cannot use "comprises" or "comprised of in this instance, you would need to used "made of", or "composed of" as it's about its chemical composition. So please undo your edit, because it's wrong even if you think "comprised of" is correct, thanksHuntress (talk) 19:03, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm waiting for a response because your edit was 100% wrong, because let me reiterate, comprise refers to separate individual parts of a whole, while this in this instance, it's a what material is it made of thing.Huntress (talk) 09:21, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I reverted your edit because many dictionaries consider "comprised of" and "composed of" to be synonyms, and most native speakers would not consider it an error as it has been in common use for many decades now. Of course, you are always encouraged to bring this up on the talk page and see if other people agree that the sic tag should be reinserted. Minibug (talk) 09:29, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

I just did some quick research, and what I noticed was that all of the sentences were to do with parts of a whole, this is not the case here where it's talking about its chemical composition. All the sites were saying things like "the whole comprises it's parts" but again not the case here as the material Duraldon is made of is not an individual part. Plus when it comes to the argument that "comprise" and "compose" are synonyms, this isn't true as they both have different subtle meanings, and as for the argument that many native speakers won't find it incorrect, but many would do that argument is moot. So why not have the "sic" tag? This would make it safer as then the people who do consider it incorrect won't cringe at the perceived error.Huntress (talk) 10:00, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Promotion

Just wanted to congratulate you on your promotion to Admin, seems you now outrank me lol--BigDocFan, Junior Admin Bulbapedia (talk) 12:15, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

SWord and Shield Vol. 10

Just to let you know, even in the past, I carefully used my copy to carefully spell it the way it is in the table of contents and make sure to spell it correctly. Could be a misprint or deliberate for that aforementioned chapter title. Tyler53841 (talk) 15:35, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Adventures volumes Proposal

I am also thinking if you want to set up an external link section to the official volume pages on Viz.com since it is a good resource to help point the someone in the right direction for that page and it is also a good place to find both the physical and digital release. Every EISBN code I added for every main volume digital release came from that site which is only available upon release. -Tyler53841 (talk) 15:35, 14 August 2024 (UTC)