User talk:Mr.Kraken

Hi Mr.Kraken -- we are excited to have SNK Wiki as part of the Wikia community!

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Best wishes, Catherine Munro

Greetings!
I'm PanSola, a helper on Wikia Gaming stuff. I want to cheer you on for having started a new gaming-related wiki, and see if there is anything I can help a fellow Wikian with. I have been an admin on the GuildWiki for quite a while, and have hung around a number of different wikis. So if you need help with any thing, don't hesitate to ask!

There is a Wikia gaming IRC channel, #wikia-gaming, where you can hop on, ask for help from users of other gaming wikis, or offer your own experiences. You can access it from http://irc.wikia.com/gaming. Different people may be on sporadically, but I'm organizing weekly chats at a fixed time so we can get the most number of people online at the same time to ask/answer questions, or just to hang out. The admins of some of Wikia's biggest gaming wikis (WoW, Halo) often attend them. You can find the time for the next chat by following this link.

If you happen to be technologically-adventurous, I can also help you with handy tools that can enrich the formatting and organization of the wiki such as templates, parser functions, and various MediaWiki extensions.

Again, if you have any question for anything at all, don't hesitate to ask me! -PanSola 09:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Customization
Hi, to begin with, you can take a look at w:c:inside:Quartz_Skin_Customization. Let me know if you have any questions after reading it! -PanSola 21:55, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Founder survey
Greetings! I'm trying to do a survey on founders of new gaming wikis. It would be great if you can take the time and answer the following questions (only need to click on the options unless you have additional info you want to type in). And please ping me on my talk page after you have filled it out. Thanks! -User:PanSola(talk/history) 11:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

 Question 1 When was your wiki created? less than a week ago less than a month ago less than 2 months ago more than 2 months ago

 Question 2 How quickly after your request did you receive a notice that your wiki was created? Within a few hours Within 24 hours Within a few days Within a week Longer than a week Other (please describe below)
 * Other response: __________________

 Question 3 How often do you interact with Wikia staff or helpers? Daily Often Rarely Never

 Question 4 How would you describe your interaction with Wikia Staff and/or Helpers? Very Positive Somewhat Positive Neutral Somewhat Negative Very Negative No Interaction Other (please describe below)
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 Question 5 How much time per week on avg do you spend on your wiki? Less than an hour 1-5 hours 5-10 hours more than 10 hours

 Question 6 How many people other than you are editing this wiki on a regular basis 1 2-3 3-5 6 or more

 Question 7 What was the first thing you did when you visited your new wiki? Check out the tutorial/help pages Create your user page Edit the Main Page Create a new article Upload logo/other images Customize the skin Other (please describe below)
 * Other response: __________________

 Question 8 Have you edited your main page? Yes No

 Question 9 Have you uploaded a logo yet? Yes No - don't know how to upload logo No - need help making the logo image No - haven't worried about it Other (please describe below)
 * Other response: __________________

 Question 10 Have you ever interacted with a template on Wikia? Yes No Not sure Other (please describe below)
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 Question 11 How familiar are you with wiki mark up? I know most/all of the templates and parser function syntax I know some template and parser function syntax I know basic table and/or CSS formatting I know very basic wiki markup I don't know what your talking about... I just type English in the box Other (please describe below)
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 Question 12 Have you started or been an admin on another wiki before? Yes No Other (please describe below)
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 Question 13 Are you female or male? Female Male Do not wish to disclose

 Question 14 How old are you? 18 or under 19-24 25-35 36-45 46 or over Do not wish to disclose

Things are looking lively here! (-:
You guys seem to be doing a good job developing this wiki! Let me know if you have any problems that need help with. Anyways, not sure if you are interested, but it is possible to further customize the look of the site by some CSS editing. A fairly detailed guide can be found here. Keep up the good work!!! -PanSola 11:40, 11 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hiya, I just tweaked your MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar a little bit. Feel free to change things around!  A detailed guide on the formatting can be found here. -User:PanSola(talk/history) 18:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

article attribution
Heya, just to bring to your attention, when articles here make use of text from Wikipedia, we need to give credit to them (usually can be done with the wikipedia template). I've added attribution for a few articles, but I need to also go help other wikis so I can't check all articles here. Can you help with giving credit where credit is due? Also similarly, if you ever notice other websites making use of text taken from this wiki, make sure to ask them to properly attribute this wiki (or if you feel uncomfortable confronting ppl of other websites, you can let me or the Wikia Community Team know about it)! -User:PanSola(talk/history) 19:00, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Good job so far~!
Yay for reaching your 100th article! Keep up the good work, and let me know if you need any help! -User:PanSola(talk/history) 22:06, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, are there any members on this site? Could you tell me their names?--M-A-S-T-A K-illa 01:23, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Check it out!
Hey, Mr.Kraken, check out this image I uploaded! --M-A-S-T-A K-illa 10:00, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Haha! SNK guys are really perverts! She is touching her breasts! Mary you nasty girl! XD -- Mr.Kraken 16:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Meet a new someone.
Mr. Kraken, I'd like you to meet a new someone. His name is Tedius Zanarukando. I met him since I saw his edit on the Yuri Sakazaki page. Be glad to give him a warm welcome to this wiki.--M-A-S-T-A K-illa 21:27, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Sure! Will do! Mr.Kraken 00:38, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Why am I not an administrator?
Well, If I'm on the community page, then why am I not an administrator?--M-A-S-T-A K-illa 20:15, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Do you want to be an admin? I can't just give you the admin status, you know? So how about contributing more to the wiki? I need proof that your are really gonna work on this wiki... -- Mr.Kraken 20:26, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes. And why am I also on the Community team?

The 'Community' team has all users that are participating in this wiki, not only sysops (administrators).

OK.--M-A-S-T-A K-illa 20:48, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Look!
Tell me what you think of these images I uploaded. --M-A-S-T-A K-illa 20:29, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Wow, Alice is looking pretty cute. Where did you get those images? -- Mr.Kraken 21:33, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

At the Garou Densetsu Special (pachinko) site. [] --M-A-S-T-A K-illa 22:11, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Instructions
How do I block someone?--M-A-S-T-A K-illa 01:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Huh? Why do you want to block someone? Who do you want to block? -- Mr.Kraken 10:34, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Shinoda1472. My old account. And I need you to give me instructions on how to block someone.--M-A-S-T-A K-illa 10:53, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually, you can't. Tell me what he did. I was about to block him as well. -- Mr.Kraken 10:57, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

He told another lie about my girlfriend Alice Bogard!--M-A-S-T-A K-illa 19:11, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Man, that's not critical! This is not a forum, if someone's gotta be blocked, he(she) is gonna be blocked to the whole site. -- Mr.Kraken 02:03, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Makai sprites?
Where do all these Makai sprites come from?--M A S T A K Illa 19:48, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

They are from SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos. -- Mr.Kraken 20:10, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

In where stage? Oh, and by the way. Since you uploaded the picture, tell me what you think of this picture and what she is doing in this picture. --M A S T A K Illa 20:55, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

When the secret boss, Red Arremer defeats you with a super, he transforms your character into monsters (he uses the Makai Spell) and when another secret boss, Athena defeats you with a super, she transforms your character into animals (she uses the Heaven Spell... I don't have those sprites and can't find them anywhere!). About the pic, she looks pretty cute and I think she is jumping to show us her breasts can bounce! XD -- Mr.Kraken 21:11, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

What about this? --M A S T A K Illa 21:25, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, she is playing basketball, but look at her skirt! You can almost see her as... huh, something else! But these are the same, ain't they? -- Mr.Kraken 21:36, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

What about those? --M A S T A K Illa 22:08, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Hotness! -- Mr.Kraken 22:17, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Tell me the description of them.--M A S T A K Illa 23:11, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

How to create an archive.
Umm... How do I create an archive? I need to create an Alice Bogard archive of pictures with descriptions. --M A S T A K Illa 20:49, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

You can create a gallery.

Thanks.--M A S T A K Illa 21:12, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

A Greetings from Samurai Shodown community
Hello, I am Black Shroud, I am one of the central persons in online Samurai Shodown community, I also have a listing from players over the world. I am fan of this franchise for more than 4 years, and over this time I acquired alot of related stuff and info (including some rare stuff as well). Also I am one of biggest experts on storyline of series, and to that end I translated from Japanese as well (and collected links to japanese Samurai Shodown resources). I didnt liked what they did with Samurai Shodown sections in main wikipedia (constantly deleting and shortening info, and for some moment even deleting characters sections, and they had a vote about how the serie is unpopular and doesnt deserves much space on wikipedia). Because of that I simply started to work on my own series of guides (storyline also), and I contacted other knowledgeable people, including asians. Well I see in your wikia things go good so far (and sake neko does good job), so I thought I can double my info here as well, but before that I had several questions, so for starters I will ask your opinion about this:

Few facts about SNK’s big problem: And, because apparently japanese language is hard, they add some “easier to read japanese words equivalents” with complete and unrecoverable loss of initial japanese meaning and common sense at all. .. and also some more fatal errors: Ukyo’s style is “Shin Musou Ittou Ryuu” (Divine/True, Dream/Unparalelled, Single Sword Style). Translator reads “Shin” kanji as “Jin”, and “Ittou” (single sword) he breaks in “ichi” (one) and “tou” (blade), making it “Jin Musou Ichi Tou Ryuu”. Then he puts it apparently in hiragana and sends to other translator. That one reads it as “jinmusouichitouryuu” and makes it like “Jinmu Soichi Tou Ryuu” (Sword Style of Soichi Jinmu) and then they put this crap in his and Yumeji’s biography on official site. in place of Official USA meaning, turned in crap by SNK translators I hear “but hey it is official you can look it on official SNK site of that game, and our english-speaking readers wont accept and understand any other version except that official SNK version”. And it looks like some bureaucracy indeed. For example if some term was introduced in some specific game, in thread of that game there can be a note “It was substituted by this and this in non-japanese releases, with loss of original sense”, and throughout the text we could use original term or its CORRECT translation on english. Then initial meaning and the very spirit of respective game will be preserved. So please tell me your thoughts.
 * SNK creates some pretty good storylines and ingame info and text
 * It releases this good original game version in Japan (of course)
 * Then need of releasing game in other regions, english-speaking ones, arises
 * SNK uses some translators who apparently are very bad on english, I think SNK uses own resources of japanese workers because of lots of EngRish in SNK games (japanese have difficulties as of where to use R or L in english words). They also translate biographies, movelists and all stuff related to game.
 * They release english language version of game, with all text full of grammar errors, engRish, various crap from which people laugh out loud....
 * We then start the game and have “Haohmal”, “Rimnerel”, “Congratlions”, “Victoly!!”
 * When I suggest to use meaning of term that will be true to intentions of original SNK authors
 * Maybe I am a purist of sorts but I awill be always for doing justice to SNK authors, rather than to their distorters-translators. I hope that this problem can be solved somehow in SNK wikia.

If you want, you can contact me via ICQ 337059977 or MSN maneev (at) voliacable (dot) com

A link
I wanted you to read some of my points there User talk:Black Shroud, so I post in your talk page as well, just in case my post on my talk page wasnt checked Black Shroud 09:15, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey.
Hey, Mr. Kraken. Check out this image I uploaded! --M A S T A K Illa 15:53, 12 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Very nice, but who am I talking to? -- Mr.Kraken 22:55, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Me. --M A S T A K Illa 15:51, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Yo
This article already exists under a slightly different spelling. I think the "morosumi" needs to be deleted. Sake neko 22:27, 11 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Deleted it. -- Mr.Kraken 22:55, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Found another. Temjin vs Temjim. I don't know which one it is but it's still the same guy. Sake neko 23:00, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Deleted. -- Mr.Kraken 23:06, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Me. --M A S T A K Illa 15:51, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm teaming up with Sake neko
Since Sake neko puts down information, I'll be putting up pictures.--M-A-S-T-A K-illa 17:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Why did I get blocked?
I have a question. Why did I get blocked? --M-A-S-T-A K-illa 20:38, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not just you. I was as well. Well, I think it's just a dumb system error but it never hurts to ask. Sake neko 20:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like it was a system error. I didn't block you guys. Are you still getting the message? -- Mr.Kraken 20:45, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * How about it? Still blocked? -- Mr.Kraken 20:59, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope. Otherwise we couldn't post an edit. :) Sake neko 21:23, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Look!
Hey. Tell me what you think of those pictures I uploaded, and what is Blue Mary doing in those images.---M-A-S-T-A K-illa 18:35, 16 July 2008 (UTC)




 * They are cool, but... aaaaw, do I really have to describe them? -- Mr.Kraken 23:34, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

No. I'm just kidding!--M-A-S-T-A K-illa 01:23, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Delete request
This page is just the much talked about Xbox live arcade adaption of Samurai Shodown II. Should've figured but ah well. Guess I was too hopeful for another SS game. Sake neko 06:54, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Special Force?
Something about this old article kinda caught my eye. Apparently there are (were?) plans for online versions of King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown. They were going to be developed by this Korean company, Dragon Fly, or Special Force. They apparently did it for Metal Slug but I'm lost as to how far it went with that (though I did find their site). Anyways, I don't really know how legit these games are since I can't read Korean or Chinese that well. Have you heard any news about any of them? They're interesting ideas either way. Sake neko 03:12, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Indeed, it is interesting. But, to tell you the truth, I have never heard about this project... sorry, but cannot help you with that. -- Mr.Kraken 18:48, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Something new I uploaded.
Check out something I uploaded. See? That's Yuri's KOF 2001 winpose. And if you look closely.... Her bottomlip is kinda big, don't you think?--M-A-S-T-A K-illa 01:18, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hee-hee... yes it is. Funny! :D -- Mr.Kraken 11:20, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Could this Ip be banned?
Their edits consist only of completely erasing either the powers or personality section in character pages entirely and create duplicate sections already there. They have already been warned once and are still doing it.Kyosei 18:53, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I blocked him for 1 year. - Mr.Kraken 10:19, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * User ArmorKing51 was seen updating articles with offtopic things Black Shroud 20:13, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ArmorKing51, Shuyin54 and Kyo51 are all essentially the same person using different handles but adding the same type of junk to every character page. He has already been previously warned numerous times and hasn't stopped yet. I think it's definitely time to block him. kyosei 02:13, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Delete page request
Bob Bitch and possibly banning the IP who created it but I'll leave that up to your discretion. Kyosei 06:35, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry for taking too long, the page has been deleted and all of the IPs have been blocked. -- Mr.Kraken 14:37, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Not a problem ^^ Everyone needs a break every once and a while. kyosei 18:39, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Concerning Matrimelee.
I'm the guy who runs the Goketsuji Wiki for the Power Instinct series. Someone put up a link to it here on the Matrimelee article.

Seeing as how you're the boss, I figured I'd ask you if you'd think the articles on the characters from Matrimelee would be of any help to the SNK wiki. It's no big deal either way.

I apologize if I've bothered or imposed on you any. Just wondered if there was anything that could be done about `em. - Goketsuji Fan 05:58, 30 April 2009 (UTC)


 * The articles would definetly be of great help, especially from fans of the series. Although, it would be fine to just add info about the Matrimelee game, since it is the only one SNK-concerned. Thank you for asking. -- Mr.Kraken 21:47, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I figured as much from the start, so it's no big deal. Kind of wondering what I'll do for infobox pictures, since me and my friend don't quite have all the Matrimelee artwork... anyways, thanks for taking the time to answer. :) - Goketsuji Fan 00:32, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Days of Memories stories
I was kinda wondering of were to put these stories at. They're usually typically dating sim stories but some of them have some fun easter eggs in there (like Yuri's mom not dying and Shiki having another baby). Maybe a separate article or something? It'd be weird to see it in a character's story section. Sake neko 20:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

ALERT!!
'Mr. Kraken, sir. Some account named "TheVillain" did vandalism on the Yuri Sakazaki page! The account put the following false stuff: "She has a big butt, named Butty." Now, who in the world does that sort of stuff anyway? You should block him and put him to justice!'--M-A-S-T-A K-illa 03:18, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

So they say that the good son always returns...
Hell yeah, I'm alive! Don't know if someone will read this or give a damn about it but I want to apologize to everyone of you who has helped the wiki I created to be what it is today. I can't say that I've been the best admin in the past months, but, I'm here now, so if you guys still want me around, you can count on me. And it's kinda late, but Merry Christmas to all of you!
 * Welcome back! It's all good if real life kept ya from the wiki. Bottom line it should take priority anyways ;) Whether or not you want to stay as admin should be up to you but I won't stop you either way. I only became an admin to keep things nice and tidy after all =3 In the meantime, take your time getting used to wikis again and Happy Holidays! ^^ Kyosei 18:00, December 26, 2009 (UTC)

ThunderBeam707
Hi Mr. Kraken I'm ThunderBeam707, it's really nice to meet you. ^_^ ThunderBeam707 5:22 December 26, 2009 (UTC)

I created my own fan fiction, you're free to look if you want, I'm just so excited to meet you for the very first time!!! :D

Thank You for the advice and interview, I'll do my best! ^^

Re:Ideas

 * New admins - I agree but there's not nearly enough mature or dedicated enough users. There's also the fact that I know Sake neko would never really agree to accepting the nomination.
 * Different pages for one character - I think disambiguation pages should be saved for cases where characters share the same name such as how it is for Yuki and how it should be for Hanzo Hattori (at least two other characters share the name). I think the multi-universe idea is going a bit overboard. For someone like Spiderman I think it's alright because he's had literally dozens of different interpretations of his character which could get confusing. But for SNK characters I don't think it has gotten to that point yet and (bearing a few exceptions) they generally stay the same in the different media they're introduced in.
 * Fan Fiction - Eh, I'm a bit iffy on this part. I think this at best should be on a separate wiki like how it's done for other fandoms like Naruto. I'm fine with how it is done now with the user subpages. However, we could try using the "new" (it's a bit old now) blog function wikia added for any fanwork. Using the blog system allows users to both rate and comment on the blog post. An example of what it looks like can be seen here and it is already conveniently featured on the side menu via the "Recent blog posts" link. Kyosei 08:20, December 27, 2009 (UTC)
 * Ideally, an admin should be someone who would be willing to put a lot of their free time into coming to check the site at least once a day, can keep a level head, knows the material and has a good grasp on the workings of wikis. It may not seem like much or may seem too demanding but that's the basic qualifications I think an admin should have. Generally, many of the users here are infrequent. If they are frequent contributor, they do not have a good grasp on how wikis work yet and are easily offended (quick tempers).


 * I saw your template example for Ryo and am still not really sold on the idea. Mostly because when it comes down to it people can just read the same things from the anime/other media page via the summaries provided. Kyosei 20:51, December 28, 2009 (UTC)

Re:Soundtrack articles
Sounds cool to me. Could use a little more fleshing out like say a list of the composers, musicians, etc. but other than that the example page looks good. I was actually thinking of making a template for albums/CDs in general to use on the drama CD pages anyways and (once I got off my lazy butt about it) an infobox template for the game pages in general. Kyosei 09:36, December 30, 2009 (UTC)