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Merge Voting
Anytime there was an article to be merged, it would be decided with discussion which was an effective method considering the pros and cons of merging was considered. Now, it seems like we've taken over a new system of merging in which case the merge is decided by yes/no votes. This system is convenient, sure, but it's not exactly the best option. For one, there is no discussion. Which, discussion is necessary :P I'm thinking we need to go back to the old way of doing merges (discussing the merge first as opposed to voting). Discuss! 22:56, January 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree, discussing is a more effective way of deciding things, and lets people debate with one another on important facts than simply voting. 22:59, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


 * It should be quality over quantity. It's nice to separate the pros and cons, and discussion is always important. I'm repeating myself, but opinions shouldn't be counted. They should be weighed for their worth. Noble Wrot 23:16, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


 * While discussion does follow the voting system sometimes, I'm definitely for old system that looks at the actual articles as opposed to a thin yes/no vote. It would give a more in-depth look as to why an article was chosen to merge, and if it is legitimate enough for such. 23:32, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree. I'm not really sure how it started, but it seems as though whenever anything is proposed, a vote is set up immediately. There is no time to debate the changes before a decision is hastily made. Back to the old system it is, I say. 01:04, January 10, 2010 (UTC)

Okay, so the general consensus is to go back to the original system/discussion system? Sounds good to me. The voting wasn't an actual written decision to begin with; people just got into the habit. So, any more comments? :) 02:45, January 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * I can't really say much that hasn't already been brought up here. The comments here basically echo my thoughts. But I'll say it anyway so I can make my view clear. I can say that more often than not, the quick and easy path is usually the wrong one that tends to lead to very poor decisions being made in haste. It would be better to discuss these merge and splitting actions over a protracted period of time rather than rushed. It's not like the wiki is going anywhere. For such decisions I believe people can afford to wait for a more proper decision to be made after all the implications of the proposed action have been laid out. In a voting situation, people tend to ignore the input of the other side even more so than they do in a standard discussion situation, which we well know was already rather solid to begin with. In a related note, I am almost thinking that formal voting situations like this should be strongly discouraged outside of the officially sanctioned Featured Content voting. Largely because it tends to be counterproductive, and also because it would be a practical impossibility to rigidly regulate it. A case in point is that many seem to believe that a couple people agreeing with an action is enough to move forward with it, often less than a day from its proposal. Lacking the rigid regulation such as that with featured images. People forget that wiki editing is for the large part just a hobby and it's often hard for enough people to know what is going on at once. And everyone can't be on it all the time. A substantial amount of time should be given to such major actions. I have seen very bad things happen to this place because people get impatient. Some actions involve consequences that people often ignore. A simple example is naming of pages. Often people just go trying to aim for accuracy while completely disregards things such as spoilers. We're editors of course we don't feel spoiled by the things we edit (for example Majora's Mask being the boss of that respective game, simple to us yet to someone new the game that would spoil a great deal). We take these things for granted because it feels so familiar to us. We forget that the readers are often young and new to the series. Being introduced to it with games like Twilight Princess, Phantom Hourglass, or Spirit Tracks. A great many are not as familiar with the older games as we are. This is but one small consequence of these quickly ruled actions. There are many more. But still it shows how we careless we get in our haste to get things done. 22:16, January 17, 2010 (UTC)

Ancient Docs from the 85
Dunno if you have seen this, or if this is the place, but in an interview, some ancient documents of the TLOZ series were revealed. Interview --Tucayo 21:59, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Pssh. Yeah, that's old news to us :/
 * We're always on top of stuff like that :P 02:08, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Cool :) --Tucayo 22:24, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

SMW Interlinks
HI! I wanna ask, how did you make it so that when you go to "SMW:something" it redirects you to the SMW? I think it would be good to do the same in the SMW :) --Tucayo 23:03, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * What? Do you mean interwiki redirects? Because those are just normal redirects with interwiki prefixes, like "#REDIRECT smw:Mario" 03:37, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm.... but that wont work in the SMW, or so it looks... --Tucayo 20:39, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh. Must be some sort of setting chosen in the interwiki table. Try changing the entries and checking the "is local" box. 20:42, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reminding me, I'm gonna set something up at our Kirby Wiki (WiKirby) and see about getting it done here. It'll be a lot like the infobox field we have for Strategy wiki here. 20:28, 6 March 2010 (UTC)