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Would it be possible to change username?

I created an account named “Kirby Air Ride” as I decided that I want this username more (and I couldn’t figure out how to get my fandom account back) but then I found and followed some simple steps. Would it be possible to rename me as “Kirby Air Ride” and ban the account I just made?

if it’s too much work to rename both this account and the kirby air ride account, you can just ban the kirby air ride account. Kirby Air Ride (talk) 00:21, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

I merged and renamed the account. Ghirathem (talk) 14:58, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Tears of the Kingdom Enemy Models

I've uploaded models for Boss Bokoblin and Moth Gibdo, getting them out of the T-pose while trying my damndest to get them shaded properly and yet you remove them because of how unnatural the posing and lighting is. It's my hardest work, since I wish there are high quality models for all of the game's monsters and stuff, yet no one is doing anything about it and I'm the only one who has to do all the work. I just need some help, please. Kohga99 (talk) 23:24, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Rauru and Termina reverts

Hi, I disagree with you reverting my note changes on the Rauru and Termina page. We don't know how time travel in Zelda works, Skyward Sword already demonstrated that time travel rules behave inconsistently (sometimes it's a loop, sometimes it isn't, see the Sealed Temple tree). Rauru may be wrong or he may not be, your absolute declaration is nothing but a fan theory. It's also important to consider authorial intent in these things, did the developers intend for Rauru to be wrong? I doubt it. That's why I worded it to be more ambiguous, so we're not taking a stance.

Secondly, I disagree with you removing the note about the Encyclopedia being at odds with Skull Kid being in Termina before it's creation. I think it's important to note where ancillary materials deviate from actual game events depicted in the game. Note I didn't say "it's incorrect" there either, simply that it's different from what the game actually shows us. The fact that you removed this but are stating definitely that "Rauru's wrong" seems a bit hypocritical. You can't have it both ways. Kriegssundayfinest (talk) 23:11, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

The situation with Rauru is straightforward. Ganondorf has an imperfect knowledge of things that he is told in the past due to Zelda's presence, as is shown in his dialogue, and we have no reason to believe it's different.

Termina is a world with people who are created to have memories. We are shown Tatl's constructed memories in the game. It's not at odds with the game, it's an additional detail to the story. Ghirathem (talk) 23:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Again, I disagree, because we see the same thing happen in Skyward Sword. We see things that were there from the beginning, like the presence of Zelda's crystal, but we also see things get retroactively changed, like Link planting the tree in the sealed temple in the past. It's inconsistent. Also, they make similar comments in Skyward about how "things are not as they should be" meaning things are now different due to time travel. So we don't really know that it's not the same case in TotK. Again, look at it from a Doylist perspective, I highly doubt the developers wrote Rauru's dialogue with the intention that he's getting time travel mechanics wrong.

Also, you have no proof it's Tatl's memory. There's absolutely nothing in the game to suggest it's from Tatl's perspective, everything about it is portrayed as an objective thing that happened in the past. The fact that it shows Skull Kid making the drawing on the tree, right after looking at it ingame, suggests it actually happened and isn't a fabricated memory. The fact that it then cuts to Skull Kid robbing HMS after this, not before, also underscores this. This was in Hyrule, did Skull Kid fabricate that memory for Tatl as well? Kriegssundayfinest (talk) 23:33, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Tears of the Kingdom is not Skyward Sword. Ghirathem (talk) 23:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

And? My point is that time travel in the Zelda universe has never been straightforward. It's always been inconsistent Kriegssundayfinest (talk) 23:56, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Light Temple

Why did you remove all the stuff I added to the Light Temple article? I sourced everything. That took a lot of research and effort on my part, and I went to great lengths not to add any speculation and only state facts that were derived from cut content/beta material. Kriegssundayfinest (talk) 02:15, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Assuming the Chamber of Sages in A Link Between Worlds is the same one seen in Ocarina of Time, this marks the only confirmed time Link can ever explore the Temple of Light in any capacity, albeit in a very limited manner when climbing the magical staircase to receive the Triforce of Courage.

This is both speculation and not noteworthy.

Whether this implies the Temple of Time dungeon as seen in Twilight Princess is the Temple of Light is unknown (see below).

I know that page 27 Encyclopedia points out the symbols "thought to signify the Temple of Light" but from pages 117 of Hyrule Historia and 58 of Encyclopedia, we know this is impossible. The most that we can draw from the passage in Encyclopedia is that they have a connection.

It was long assumed a playable Light Temple was cut from Ocarina of Time and instead recycled into the Spirit Temple.

This is founded on speculation. We do have a page for myths and rumors that it could instead be moved to. Ghirathem (talk) 20:10, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Ok, what was wrong with the most recent change? I thought I incorporated all of your feedback Kriegssundayfinest (talk) 01:52, 29 July 2024 (UTC) Kriegssundayfinest (talk) 01:52, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

I've had this tab open while trying to think of how to respond, but I think I should start with pointing out this wasn't feedback for a second pass. For that page the "how" is less important than the "what", but you only asked a question and I only answered it.

Fan misconceptions are common and irrelevant to our scope, so that is not something for the Temple of Light article. It belongs on the Myths of The Legend of Zelda Series page if it's to be documented, but this does not mean it should be addressed on the Temple of Light article. The Pyramid of Power speculation comparison is also unwarranted and not suitable trivia. I don't believe we know that the Pyramid of Power is indeed the center of the Sacred Realm, for one. Being at the rough center of what is playable in-game is not the same thing.

What would be most appropriate for the page in anything that was removed is the detail about the Temple of Time having objects with the symbolism of the Temple of Light in a new section for Twilight Princess, but not as trivia. Ghirathem (talk) 14:06, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

What about a single trivia point that says something along the lines of "The Chamber of Sages being the Temple of Light was a detail added late in development" or "The ToL was a late addition and not mentioned in previous developmental builds of OoT" etc.

It's a relevant OOG/real-world detail as per the trivia policy on the style guidelines. We put similar info in other trivia sections like the Forest Medallion being the Wind Medallion, or Tetra riding Wolf Link's back so I don't see why this doesn't belong here. Kriegssundayfinest (talk) 15:26, 3 August 2024 (UTC) Kriegssundayfinest (talk) 15:26, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the screenshots!

Just wanted to say, thanks for all the area screenshots from Majora's Mask! ButterCashier (talk) 22:50, 19 September 2024 (UTC) ButterCashier (talk) 22:50, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

galgoa or garugoa

hello,

i saw you changed Galgoa's name to Garugoa- is that a more accurate translation? BearInsanity (talk) 06:02, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

As a rule, we don't localize names ourselves and we do not use fan-made names. Since it has only been released in Japanese, we use the romanized form of ガ(Ga)ル(ru)ゴ(go)ア(a). The same for デ(De)オー(ō) rather than "Deor". Ghirathem (talk) 06:10, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

reverted hinox change

You reverted my "Hinox" article change. Could you join me on the talk page to discuss this? Bsammon (talk) 05:58, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank You!

Thank you for editing and fixing my images for Link's Crossbow Training, something I should have done at the time. ButterCashier (talk) 11:18, 2 January 2025 (UTC) ButterCashier (talk) 11:18, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Can you include TotK Ganondorf (2nd form)'s hairless back?

This: File:TotK Demon King Ganondorf Turnaround 2.png

While it's nice to see you improving the image gallery (showing turnaround of 4 angles with lighting) of various character models of TotK, the problem with Ganondorf's 2nd form in particular is his massive hair is blocking the view of his back. I was thinking of including the 5th one same as the 3rd but without the hair. Rfbb113 (talk) 00:43, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

transparent images

Hello. I am Twineee from the dreaded fandom wiki. I am curious of how you get transparent images (I mean for example, the glow behind a torch, not just a transparent background). do you use a software to remove the backgrounds, or rip the from the game and render them, or what? I like tacos. Twineee (talk) 03:26, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

I would be happy to show you if you can get Fandom to agree to permanently delete every page I ever worked on.

Alternatively, I could if they agree to permanently de-list every page on that wiki from search engines.

I couldn't possibly consider doing it for anything short of that, unfortunately. Ghirathem (talk) 08:31, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

alright. *nukes all the pages you worked on* I like tacos. Twineee (talk) 20:29, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

File:Nuking TT.png

there I like tacos. Twineee (talk) 20:39, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

That is a tool for cleaning up vandalism. Importantly, it mentions recent edits. I haven't edited Fandom for years, so I doubt that would do anything at all.

I also have no guarantee that anything that is deleted will stay that way, that's a prerequisite. I need more effort than a screenshot of an extension page that we have no use for. Ghirathem (talk) 20:54, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

It was a joke. Thank you for responding, and I hope you succeed in never touching fandom again. Bye! I like tacos. Twineee (talk) 01:10, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Found an alternative black Wii U Zelda themed, with the Wii U logo on Gamepad screen

I just found a larger transparent image of the limited Zelda edition on the black Wii U, based on Wind Waker HD. This time, the Gamepad screen shows a Wii U logo, instead of the game.

Image source: https://www.zeldadungeon.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Zeldu-Tablet.png

Official image based on the transparent image: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/News/2013/August/Nintendo-announces-a-new-member-to-the-Nintendo-3DS-family-whilst-exclusive-Zelda-bundles-arrive-for-Wii-U-796668.html

The transparent image found can be placed as the main image for the Wii U page. Pidecix122 (talk) 20:35, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

The Wii U page needs some work, such as giving it a section for limited and special edition versions of the console. That image would already be used there, and I think it's probably best for the default release version of the console to be used as the main image for the page. Ghirathem (talk) 21:14, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Why the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch pages have images of Zelda themed consoles as their main images? Pidecix122 (talk) 22:42, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

That's a fair question that I don't have an answer to beyond someone else thought those should be there. My gut instinct for these pages, and for the fact that the images should be documented on the page elsewhere anyway, is that they shouldn't be the default. Ghirathem (talk) 20:22, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Midna info text

Hi, can you tell me what the text in the dump is then with all the enemies info? LetsPlayNintendoITA2023 (talk) 22:10, 8 August 2025 (UTC) LetsPlayNintendoITA2023 (talk) 22:10, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

Can you provide a sample of the text? I wasn't able to find any such thing. Ghirathem (talk) 23:48, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

two examples. Darknut: I have no idea what to do against these knight things! The only thing to do is try all your sword techniques on it until you find one that works! Don't worry! You have what it takes to beat him, [Link]!

Aeralfos: Take a good look at his shield! When he holds it up, that's your chance! When he's holding his shield up, your arrows will just bounce off... but that's exactly the chance you need! If your timing is right, you could use it to pull him down. LetsPlayNintendoITA2023 (talk) 01:52, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Artwork Demon King Ganondorf (TotK)

Hi Ghirathem,

I've upscaled the Demon King Ganondorf key art from Totk, and I've got it in two different sizes: 1850x2008 (twice its original size) and 3700x4016 (four times its original size). I believe that the one we have here is maybe too small, especially compared to all the other artworks.

The artwork itself remains unaltered compared to the original (same colours and patterns), but its overall render is now off the charts. However, it needs a transparent background, much like what you did with the other artworks.

I believe that it would be a significant improvement over the the current key art. If you would like to have a look, I could upload the upscaled artwork on Zelda Wiki (should you agree to work on it, I agree not to use it somewhere else).

Please let me know your thoughts.

Gradevole (talk) 18:06, 30 November 2025 (UTC) Gradevole (talk) 18:06, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response. Broadly speaking, we're not interested in upscaling any files and we prefer to keep files as close in size to the original copies that we have access to. Unfortunately that does mean we have to put up with some smaller files at times. Ghirathem (talk) 15:45, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

I understand. Please keep it up! Gradevole (talk) 16:26, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Clarification on Locations Page for Phantom Hourglass

Hi Ghirathem,

I noticed that you added a deletion template to the Mercay Bomb Caverns page, which I created. I just wanted to clarify my reasoning for adding the page.

The Phantom Hourglass Locations page listed the Mercay Bomb Caverns (along with several other locations), but the page didn’t exist, so I created it based on that listing. I booted up the game specifically to gather information for the page and used in-game references to document it. I thought it would be helpful to have a page for it since it was already listed on the Locations page.

I understand why it might be considered for deletion, as it may not fully align with the wiki’s guidelines. If the page needs adjustments to better fit those guidelines, I’d be happy to revise it or structure it differently.

Additionally, should locations like these (with no name references available) be left off entirely, or would it be better to add a stub template to indicate they’re underdeveloped? I apologize for the hassle, and going forward, I want to make sure I’m following the proper approach.

Thanks YopDude (talk) 05:38, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

The main adjustment that needs to be done to the page is explained in the template that I added: No name ref to justify the creation of the article.

Broadly speaking, it's a necessity to have a valid name reference before a page is made, which is why some of these pages still have not been created. I am already aware that there is a viable source available for the name of the page, but I added the deletion template to the page because this is what should be done when a page is made without a valid name source provided. It's important for us that we do not create our own terminology, and instead use what official sources provide for us.

In addition, I added a template to the page asking for improvements. There are a few more issues in the presentation of the article, such as the fact that it is written out-of-universe and uses "you". It is also written like a guide, which we do not do. Instead, the information should be presented factually. Rather than saying "go up the stairs" to find a Tribal Head Statue, describe where the Tribal Head Statue is in relation to things around it (and ideally justify why it's being mentioned). We also don't use contractions within articles (doesn’t have a Cracked Wall should be does not have a Cracked Wall.

There is a typographical issue in both that page and in your message here that also needs addressing: the apostrophes you use are different from the apostrophes used universally across the site (’ versus '). This could be caused by several factors but you're aware of this issue because you've been able to properly format italic text above. It's usually something automatic in a text editor and can be fixed by disabling smart quotations and automatic formatting. The consistency here is important because these are considered separate characters and won't be picked up by text replacements should we need to make them.

Finally, because terminology is important for us, it is our style to capitalize every term in the title case (outside of transcriptions, which should remain as they are presented), so the terms such as "bomb", "bow", "rat" and so forth should be capitalized. For all of these, you can refer to practically any major article to see in practice.

Apologies for the late response, I had to focus on fixing an administrative problem on the wiki before I could devote much time to other things. Ghirathem (talk) 13:49, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

TOTK turnaround Lynel eyes looks somewhat funny

File:TotK Lynel Turnaround.png

Not sure if you have missed that you took a picture of him shortly after he was looking back and fourth (his patrolling state is walk around, pause, lock back and fourth, open his eyes wider, then make a scowling look before repeating, and sometimes roaring) Rfbb113 (talk) 02:35, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

It might 🐎 behoove you to look at the source info for the file, because I didn't capture those images. I'll pass on word though. Ghirathem (talk) 04:15, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Source for Mirror Shield Face Identification with Igos du Ikana?

Hi, I see that you were the editor who added the assertion that the mirror shield depicts the face of Igos du Ikana to the article Sealed Room. Just wondering what the basis for this is, as I've heard it before but can't seem to find any source for the claim. Thanks! Pluraognan (talk) 20:14, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

That would be here. Ghirathem (talk) 00:42, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! Looking at the English encyclopedia, the cited remark seems more ambiguous to me.. "The Mirror Shield in the parallel world of Termina has a face-like pattern, and the light it reflects carries the same image. It is hidden at the bottom of a well in Ikana Canyon and is required to explore Ikana Castle. It seems that the king of Ikana, who died in battle long ago, sought true light in death, and that cry carried over into this shield." don't have other localizations on hand so not sure if any unambiguously state that the face is actually his (in life) rather than a generic representation of this "cry" Pluraognan (talk) 01:05, 9 March 2026 (UTC)