User talk:Hylian pi

Just a Question
Hey, I have a question and I thought I would ask you since you're an admin and I've noticed you're really active here. It's about the achievement system on this wiki. Why am I not getting any for my edits and stuff? Is there something you have to do to get that set up or something? I know it doesn't really matter, but I like seeing how much I've helped this wiki out when I do stuff. 19:52, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Since this is a Gamepedia feature and our Wiki Team knows absolutely nothing about this, I asked someone from Gamepedia for you and this was his response:


 * "He is suffering from a weird bug we see occasionally where his Global ID hasn't been picked up properly. I'll ticket the issue and once we get the ID resolved everything should pop into place. Rest assured that its mostly cosmetic, and edits are still being logged."


 * He also told me to have you log out entirely and clear your cookies and cache and log back in to see if that resolves it. Otherwise, sounds like it should be fixed in due time. Hope that clears everything up!
 * -- Hylian pi (talk) 20:05, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you for that! I appreciate it :D Black  Dragon  20:12, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Just an update. It's working now :) Thank you once again. Black  Dragon  23:37, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Question Regarding Etymology

 * Hello Hylian pi :-) I have a question. I noticed that you deleted my edit on Prince Sidon's etymology. After speaking with another editor, I went back to remove some things, but saw you had deleted that Sidon's name could originate from the Greek god Poseidon, who ruled the ocean, and replaced it with the fact that there's a city called Sidon in Lebanon. Is there something wrong posing that "Sidon" could originate from Po"seidon"? I'm not mad, just sort of confused. Could you please explain why you deleted it to me, so I'm aware of the mistake and don't make a similar one in the future? If nothing is the matter could I place it again?


 * As a side note, thanks for critiquing me and holding me a accountable. I'm still a newbie. Editing the etymologies has been kind of confusing, because I've been going by other's edits since there isn't an Etymology section on the Zelda Wiki:Quality Standards page. Thank you

- Ciela04 (talk) 01:07, 20 April 2017 (UTC).


 * Okay...let me try to clarify everything as best as I can. I want to be direct as possible with you so that you understand what's going on. First let me give you a little backstory about myself. I am a trainee here. I am nearly a full admin, I have been editing here a lot, but I have only just started here in January. I know almost nothing about Etymology, and am actually just as in the dark as you are. When I initially noticed your edits, I asked our director if what you were doing was okay. A vague conclusion was reached, and it seemed like the right thing to do was to ask you to use a better source, like Behind The Name.


 * Fast forward time to recently...your edits were briefly discussed again and that's when Midoro decided to contact you and tell you that you can't add to Etymology anymore. There has been ambiguous and unclear talk among our staff about what type of Etymology is allowed and what is not, but no concrete conclusion has been reached. It is likely that our director has not cleared this up because we are currently in the process of rewriting our policies. I have used my best judgement as to what goes and what stays, but unfortunately, there really are no right answers yet. Having said that, I will restore my Prince Sidon edit in case it will be kept in the future. For now, let's just leave Etymology sections untouched until we know what's going on. Once that time comes, I will be sure that you know exactly what's going. I feel like I should apologize on behalf of myself and the staff for all of this. You put a lot of work into these Etymology sections, and there has not really been a consistent message to you for what you should be doing. But I promise you, this will be fixed.


 * So, basically, the answer is that I can't fully answer your question right now, but I will. Zelda Wiki is currently writing new guidelines and policy. We are in a heavy transition period right now and we have been overloaded for the past month because of the massive Breath of the Wild. Again, I'm really sorry for all of this, but I just want to assure you that we are working on making a clear, definite policy for this and many other things. I will be sure to get back to you once this happens.


 * -- Hylian pi (talk) 04:57, 20 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much for answering! I appreciate you being straightforward and patient, that's very professional and kind of you. Thanks for the guidance from ZW's staff, especially from you. Please update me on any news regarding this on my talk page.

- Ciela04 (talk) 01:07, 21 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Hello Ciela, sorry about the long wait but I finally have things sorted out for you in regards to etymology, now known as nomenclature. So, first off let me explain that in a best case scenario, we like to handle nomenclature as a group effort. For example, after we are finished writing the bulk of Breath of the Wild content (still have a long way to go on that), we plan on going through the nomenclature as a group and working on names. The difficult and complicated part about name origins in particular is that it is not always black and white. We here at Zelda Wiki have very high quality standards and want to ensure that we do everything right. This is why we would prefer to work on things as a group, and not leave it to a single person.


 * So, the conclusion is that all dubious name origins should be discussed via talk page first, and provided a majority of support for it is present, it can be added as a potential origin. Dubious name origins include any relation to real-world mythological deities, names of objects in the real world, or names of cities in the real world. If a running theme is present and identifiable, these should be discussed on the page which shares the most common relation among them. For example, almost all of the Zora names in BotW have a musical theme to them, so you would discuss this on the talk page for Zora. We want you to keep contributing to Zelda Wiki and we really appreciate your work, but it would be best if we discussed these types of things before adding them to the page.


 * I hope that clears everything up. Our director, Tony, apologizes for this whole mess and we're sorry it took this long to give you a clear answer about these edits. Thank you for being patient and I hope you stay as a dedicated contributor for a long time to come. Hylian pi (talk) 22:35, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

N64 or 3DS Screenshots?
Hello, I was planning to add some additional images to the Helping Romani and Cremia article, and I was wondering if you guys prioritize N64 screenshots or 3DS? Personally, I'd do an unbiased mixture of both. What about you? Cremia2000 ( My talk ) 22:56, 16 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Like you said, ideally both. We have rules for infoboxes, though. They should always depict the most recent game, even if it is a remake. So, just make sure the infobox uses an image from MM3D. Other than that, it's great to have images from both. Hylian pi (talk) 23:19, 16 May 2017 (UTC)