Bulbapedia:Messages from the Editor
February 22, 2005
- Remember to use the Macro tag for Pokémon Meta and use Pokémon Infobox where applicable. Thanks to everyone who's been working on Macro conversion.
- While the link to it has disappeared from our revamped front page, remember the List of wanted pages is still there.
- The Items list needs filled out.
- Remember to add the appropriate stub tags to any article, via the {{ }} stub macro formatting.
2005
February 14
Welcome to Bulbapedia! All of the instructions on use, semantics, and the like can be found either below in Getting Started or via one of our quick links in the green toolbar to the right.
The staff of Bulbapedia has worked very hard in getting it to this point, but there's only so far any one small group can expand an encyclopedia, and after it tops out in size from our knowledge base or ability to work on it, the public is of more help than the staff in expanding and growing. That's the philosophy of a Wiki-based encyclopedia, and we're taking that to heart. We know there'll be differences of opinion, we know there'll be hard times and heated arguments, but we're going ahead with this project anyway, because it is our goal to compile the best, most comprehensive Pokémon database on the planet.
We're not there yet, but we're working on it, and you can help us. The staff of Bulbagarden.net and Bulbapedia hope you enjoy, contribute to, and use our newest service!
February 18
- Only the first instance of a term in an article's actual text (excluding sidebars, lists, etc) should be linked to that term's matching article.
- Keep up the good work! It seems like every day, there's less and less conflict and more and more cooperation.
- So long as you include the Pokémon Infobox with a Pokémon article (see the talk page for usage notes), you may go ahead and fill in all ____ (Pokémon) articles, but don't make them too expansive. Any more information than what we currently have in Geodude or Bulbasaur's entry would be overly much. Please use the {{p|(name of Pokémon)}} macro to link to Pokémon pages, as we may choose to change the article titles for Pokémon species pages in the future.
- Elements pages should still look like the Grass-type page.
- There are still many articles that need worked on! Consult the list of wanted articles to see what people most want filled in.
- Make sure pages are appropriately linked to others.