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Tales of Destiny II vs. Tales of Destiny 2

I just changed it without realizing that it was done once already. If people would like to talk, that is fine. I just want people to make it clear to me; what do we want Tales of Destiny II to describe? Tales of Eternia or the second installment in the Tales of Destiny universe starring Kyle? I use Tales of Destiny II for Eternia because that's how it's written on the game case; Tales of Destiny 2 for the Kyle one because that's what the box art says.

Questions, comments, etc.? Jayce

The actual logo for ToD2j is "Tales of Destiny 2" -- the American localization of Tales of Eternia is "Tales of Destiny II" -- thus, it should be "Tales of Destiny 2" --ChronoSpark 23:36, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

News section on the talk page
I think I might be appropriate to include a news of recent changes section on the main page. I'll be helping out with what I can soon.--Imaginationac 01:17, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Purpose of the wiki
I'm not clear as to what the purpose of this Wiki is exactly. Anyone who knows should probably put it up on the main page.--Imaginationac 02:11, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

I found the purpose on the Wikia Central article on Aselia. Will add later today, after I sleep! --Imaginationac 08:24, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Table the list of games
It might look better if the list of games, fandom, and anime was grouped in a table. I tried doing that myself, but my table creation skills are not up to snuff.--Imaginationac 03:24, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I created the table. Yeah! If you like to change the style, formatting, or categories, please discuss here first. --Imaginationac 20:15, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Kinda late, but whatever. I changed it (specifically the Fandom part to "other") the other day to make it more accurate. Tempest isn't a main game, and Tales of Eternia Online didn't fit into any of the categories before the edit (it, too, was under main games). I also don't think ToS: KoR is a main game, now that I look at it. It's generally called a "spin-off sequel"--Drache 15:14, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * With the latest issue of Nintendo Power out, we should first change the name to "Dawn of the New World" (to stay true to that English name only thing), and also, it was mentioned that it fell between sequel and spin-off. I'm shoving it in the "other" category because of that. Drache 12:56, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Kudos
This was moved from the main page by --Imaginationac 07:54, 17 March 2007 (UTC): OH, AND GOOD WORK RECENTLY, REVIN, GENJIS AND GOLDENTALESGEEK. THIS WIKI NEEDS SOME MORE OF THAT KIND OF HELP AND STUFF'''

Spoiler warning
I suggest placing a spoiler warning on the front page that states that spoilers are to be expected. This will save time. --Imaginationac 21:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Tales of Phantasia names
I'm going to change the atricles so that they use Nintendo of America's names. They've been used in the game and the OVA already so they're probably official. DeJap fanboys may argue, but then, nobody goes around calling Raine "Refill" just to stay true to the Japanese version, do they? --Meeps

Help make the main page look neat
I think the main page should include less encyclopedic information since it slightly makes the page look tacky, the purpose of the main page isn't for having encyclopedic information, and it makes the page too long. --Imaginationac 02:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I second that notion but point out that if you fill the page with too many of those text boxy things, that might also make it look a bit messy. Who knows though. You did good work on them other layouts, Imaginationac, so chances are you'll make it look alright. --Meeps

What the front page really needs
Is a featured article and a news section. Not that there's ever much news in the world of Tales games. But, you know. Something to do. --Meeps
 * I concur. I'll try to get on that, around the beginning of May.--Imaginationac 17:58, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Main page not appearing correctly in IE 6
The only problem I see are the intro tables I created on the front page are way out of place, or not there at all. Is this happening to anyone else using IE 6? --128.192.39.3 01:23, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The intro tables are shown incorrectly for me by using IE 6 as well. I've tested it with Firefox version 2.0.0.3 and Opera version 9.10, so it's a IE 6 problem only. --Genjis  09:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Fansite links
On the main page, there is only a single link to a Tales fansite (Tales Central) but since there a are more than one Tales fansites on web, I sugesst to add more links from other fansites to not let become Tales Central a monopoly because the visitors only see this link and favor this fansite. Tales Central is more a "database" as a site with helpul information after all. At least one or two additional links and it should be fine.
 * Do you have any specific suggestions for other fansites? --Imaginationac (Talk | Edits) 14:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I know a lot fansites, but we can't list them all, can we? However, I would suggest that we add Temple of Undine and Raijinken.net beside Tales Central. These both sites have a large list of affiliates, which means a lot of links to other fansites, and the purpose to link the visitors to as much fansites as possible is erfüllt. To spare place, we could make it like this: We could also add a line with other language Tales fansites to give it an international touch.
 * Raijinken, Tales Central, Temple of Undine, english fansites
 * Tales-Online.de, Tales of All, ], Tales of Namco german fansites
 * Kingdom of Tales french fansite

By the way, I could add links to fansites on the specific game articles which spicify to a single Tales game, like Tales of Symphonia only, Tales of Eternian only, and so on. I know a lot informal and helpful sites, especially the european ones. And since this is a wiki, an encyclopedia, it would be good to list nearly everything, right? The Wikipedia articles to the specific Tales games includes links to fansites already. -- Genjis

Website Name
Why Aselia? Can't it be called Magic Lens? -Meeps
 * Renaming the site is a major consideration as it involves possible moving to a new url address. I'll put it up for one of the topics in my proposal. --128.192.219.239 22:05, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Poll is broken
Polls created with which includes use of the extension are broken across several Wikia. The problem won't be worked on until tomorrow at the earliest.--Imaginationac (Talk | Edits | [mailto:imaginationac@gmail.com Email]) 03:16, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 *  tags had to be removed because they don't work anymore, hence the poll was reset.

Redesign
So I redesigned the main page again, and this I definitely like it. Any comment? Wanted additions/subtractions? Colors? Leave 'em here!--Imaginationac (Talk) (Edits) (Email) 23:59, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikia Gaming footer
I went ahead and added a Wikia Gaming footer to the bottom of the Main Page. We're trying to get Wikia's gaming wikis more linked with each other. It's not mandatory, so you can remove it if you really hate it, but it would be appreciated if you didn't :). You can change the links to point to any other wikia wikis you like or cooperate with. Ausir 15:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikia Gaming IRC channel
Hullo! I am Kirkburn, your friendly local Wikia Gaming Helper!

You may be interested to know there is a Wikia gaming IRC channel, #wikia-gaming on chat.freenode.net, where you can hop on, ask for help from users of other gaming wikis, or offer your own experiences. If you are not familiar with IRC clients, you can access it from http://irc.wikia.com/gaming.

Different people may be on sporadically, but we organize weekly chats at a fixed time so we can get the most number of people online at the same time to ask and answer questions, or just to hang out. The admins of some of Wikia's biggest gaming wikis (e.g. WoW, Halo) often attend them. You can find the time for the next chat by following this link.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me! Kirkburn (talk) 11:11, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Mian page layout update
Hullo! I am Kirkburn, your friendly local Wikia Gaming Helper!

Hopefully you have read about the skin and ad changes at Wikia's New Style on Central Wikia. If not, I hope you'll have a look.

One of the changes is a block of two ads on each main page. It's possible that they won't always show up, but to ensure your main page continues to work properly when they do, you need to update your main page column formatting code with new column tags.

I have drafted a main page using the new tags on User:Kirkburn/Dev which I hope you can take a look at - feel free to make a copy and edit it. Though the layout may seem restrictive at first, there really is a fair amount you can do with them - for example see these customized main pages - Muppet Wiki, WoWWiki, FFXIclopedia. You may want to chat with your wiki community about what direction to take with a new main page.

If you encounter any problems with the new tags, please let us know.

My apologies for any inconvenience these changes bring. Thank you for your time, Kirkburn (talk) 17:08, 13 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I have switched to the new layout - it should be pretty familiar. I have also done some code cleanup which should make it easier to read. Kirkburn (talk) 15:30, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Table colors
Hey, not sure who to talk to about this, so I'll post it here. Is there any chance we can get the default text color for tables changed for the Gaming color scheme? It's white text on a white background, which is difficult to read to say the least. I'm not sure if this is something that can be fixed here or if it's a Wikia thing, but I thought I'd ask. Thanks. ZWAndo 22:00, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Poll
I notice the poll on our home page is extremly old so I was just asking should we make a new poll or just delete it, becuase it kind of makes the home page big?--Ratatosk/Zolo 23:18, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello descision people take down the poll or not?--Ratatosk/Zolo 10:57, 23 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Uhh, do what you want. If anyone is opposed to your changes, they'll tell you. In any case no one else will reply here since, remember that we have like a total of 3~5 people who actually come here to work on stuff, so there isn't much to discuss when there are more important things to work on.


 * Mayu Miyuki 12:43, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Navigation
I hope it's not just my computer, but is it possible to have the Tales of... Navigation on as above the page as possible? If it could get before the news, and MAYBE before the welcome box, then it could work? It would just be easier for people to see the navigation if it washigher up.

Penamesolen 16:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion?
A Note to All (esp.Moderators): A new category has been created, Article Graveyard, all pages worthy of deletion are to be placed here. Moderators are to search through the pages and delete which ever pages should be.

gammer10 15:56, 7 June 2009 (UTC)


 * A category already exists for pages proposed for deletion. To add articles to this category, please add the tag to the page.


 * I will be moving your "article graveyard" to the deletion category to avoid redundancy. Thanks for trying to help, at least.


 * Yumemi Hoshino (talk) 16:37, 7 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I didn't know that it existed. Thanks for clearing things up


 * gammer10 22:28, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

The Names
What the hell is this? The names are Cless and Klarth. I guess the One Piece wikia should use Zolo right? Drunk Samurai 18:23, 3 August 2009 (UTC)


 * We use the official localized names on this wiki, whether we like them or not. I assure you that I hate Kronos and GARRRRRR as much as anyone else, and I would find it amusing to use Japanese nicknames like "Empty Space" instead of Nanaly, but this is our standard. If we were in charge of that other wikia, then yes we would use the localized name "Zolo"; in fact, one of our users is named with that spelling.


 * Yumemi Hoshino (talk) 19:40, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

That makes no sense at all. It is always a horrible idea to use English names over the original names. Especially when they were already romanized from the ORIGINAL Tales of Phantasia. Also you wouldn't since Zolo was only used in edited dubs. Funimation uses Zoro in their uncut DVDs. Drunk Samurai 20:18, 3 August 2009 (UTC)