User talk:TheFatPanda

Welcome
Hi, welcome to ! Thanks for your edit to the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 226 page.

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Hey! Nice to see you finally joined us over here. Happy editing & see you around on Bumbleking! --Sen10elS (talk) 16:13, November 30, 2012 (UTC)

Images
Hey, I have a question: how come I can't add images? BlueSpeeder (talk) 16:03, March 14, 2013 (UTC)

Dunno why you're asking me, dude *shrugs* TheFatPanda (talk) 16:35, March 14, 2013 (UTC)

hi, seeing you recently edited the mega man characetr pages I wondered why you had a link to mega man monthly, and would have thought it better to link to the archie mega man wiki instead, i left a message about this on the main talk page a few days ago. I didn't want to change the link you added as this would be changing your edit without your permission. could we please change it to a link to the archie mega man wiki as we have done it on our sonic pages (i am an admin on the archie mega man wiki). can i have permission to change your link?

Darklordpikachu (talk) 19:42, April 11, 2013 (UTC)

I had no idea there even was an Archie Mega Man Wiki... Anyway, we're using Mega Man Monthly because that was what was agreed between Diamonddeath and Steven Chase (MMM's admin). MMM already have their own articles for the Sonic characters for their roles in the crossover, while they link to the respective articles on this site for further reading: therefor we're doing the same here. And imo its easy to see why: Mega Man Monthly is without a doubt the most extensive source of info for Archie Mega Man outside of the comics themselves. So much so that the site was even given a shoutout in #22's Mega Mail.

Hope you understand. TheFatPanda (talk) 17:08, April 12, 2013 (UTC)

Hey, man! You rock! Hohki (talk) 18:32, April 19, 2013 (UTC)

Subscription
You have a Sonic comic subscription? MerlinTheFairyFox

Yes and no. Not in the way your thinking of. There's a store in my area that specialises in importing American comics, and they get the comics in, keeping a copy reserved for me. Does that really count as a subscription? I still get the on release day if that's what you mean. TheFatPanda (talk) 10:51, September 21, 2013 (UTC)

You seem to know the story of StH: #253. MerlinTheFairyFox

From the spoilers posted by the people who got the issue early. TheFatPanda (talk) 13:46, September 21, 2013 (UTC)

So how are we going to deal with the inclusion of Sabrina?
Think maybe we should change the "Mega Man" header to "Tie-ins" and list Sabrina 28 - Mega Man 24 - etc and then have the Mega Man page as a link on the Tie-ins page? It'd probably be more efficient than trying to awkwardly shove Sabrina in somewhere, and it gives us wiggle room if something like X starts tying in with the comic later on.

TheDudestofGuys (talk) 16:46, February 14, 2014 (UTC)


 * No idea. One solution could be to just bring back the "Other" section and put Sabrina in there alongside Archie And Friends: A Halloween Tale, though I'm not sure its worth making a whole new section for. TheFatPanda (talk) 22:46, February 15, 2014 (UTC)

On using tags in articles
H2 and H3 headers don't work on tagging, but H1 headers do.

"What does THAT mean?!" Glad you asked. Single = titles (one on each side of the title) work fine inside tabs. Use that instead of == and === tabs. We need to talk to Wiriamu/DD about incorporating H2 and H3 into tagging, because Wikia says you can totally do that if you screw with the site's code.

On actually TAGGING the articles, may I make a suggestion? I'm finding that it's way easier to tag individual sections. Tab-in-tab action is possible, but really weird and needs more site meddling. Simply using a tab on a single section (like history) works way better. See what I did to King Acorn and Muttski for examples of what I mean. It works well to make the character summary at the top as general as possible so it can work with all versions and repeat stuff from the history tabs less.

On what we CALL the tabs, we need to talk to everybody about what the heck we're gonna call these things. I saw a post on a site electing "current/prime canon" a while back and ended up using it for King Acorn since there's seriously limited space on the infoboxes. Works pretty well from what I've tried. Maybe we can try making those into two categories, "Prime Canon" and "Current Canon", add them to articles for places/people/things so it's easier to tell what's still around and what isn't confirmed, no more of the whole "banned list" presumptive mess.

Also REALLY thinking it would be a good idea to add "Alternate Versions" in history tabs so we can keep things a lot more concise. I think it'd be pretty great for the Wiki to have "Current/Prime/X/Alternate Versions" on Sonic's page. Reduces clutter a ton and groups things together, less nasty redirects, etc.

Sorry to blurb my ideas on you, but you actually edit and check things pretty often so I'm just gonna bounce all these ideas off you.

EDIT: Also worth considering: Post-Genesis/Pre-Genesis or Post-SGW/Pre-SGW and making a SGW article about it as an event. The only reason I hesitate is because it'd be easy for people to get confused if we used Post-Genesis what with the Genesis arc and stuff.

TheDudestofGuys (talk) 18:38, February 18, 2014 (UTC)

Adventures in Tagging
So, for now, yes. One = on each side is how we make headers in articles with tags. == and === CAN be done (and should), but we either need one of the mods or, heaven forbid, an admin to change the site's code a bit to allow for that. So for now we're stuck with =header= and wonky tables of contents.

A really tricky part of tabbing is actually remembering what you're doing. The standard layout is

HERE'S MY TAB NAME=HERE'S THE STUFF IN IT


 * -|HERE'S TAB 2's NAME=HERE'S THE THINGS IN IT


 * -|ETC=ETC

The problem I've run into a few times is that I'll typo tabber as "tagger" or otherwise forget to add /tabber or some other step along the way. It's hard to keep track when you're in source mode, but as long as you're starting with , saying what the tab name is, adding an =, and then adding the content, you SHOULD end up fine.

Also worth pointing out: Stuff like bullet points don't work right if you don't space stuff out.
 * Category thebesttraitor=*Look at me I'm a bullet point

That doesn't work.


 * Category thebesttraitor=


 * Look at me I'm a bullet point

That DOES work. Despite what this talk page is showing you, I only mean one extra line of separation here. Check King Max/Silver Sonic's source in case you're worried you're doing it wrong, as long as you follow that it should work.

I'm not sure if headers work if you keep them on the same row as your metalclaaaaaw=, but I never tried it. That might be where your problem is.TheDudestofGuys (talk) 21:46, February 19, 2014 (UTC)


 * ya did it son. ya did the tabby thing. im proud of ya.


 * Cool beans.

About this sort of "Creator's Initiative"
So, I see you made a bunch of pages for various people who've worked on the comics. That's super awesome, but there's a few things we need to work out.

Are we sure we should just have "Writer" and "Artist" categories? Not only does this create a lot of bleed-over and make one category far more populated than the other, but then we have editors and other executives who have no categories for their contributions. Should we just make a lump "Creators" category, or further split categories for pencillers, inkers, colorists, editors, etc?

I'm taking the initiative to try and organize the pages themselves better, get more specific credits for each issue the writer/artist worked on, possibly using tabs. I'm hoping on being able to do this so we can remove the "First/Second/Third/Whatever Story" thing from Infoboxes on issues and just add links to the writers and artists instead. If you're not cool with any of the things I'm doing with this stuff, since you're the one who set it up, feel free to send me a message about it or something. DudestofGuysbackup (talk) 15:29, April 5, 2014 (UTC)

I don't mind. Do whatever you think is neccisery. TheFatPanda (talk) 15:32, April 5, 2014 (UTC)

Hello FatPanda. Ultrasonic9000 here and a big fan of your work. I am writing this because I hoped you could help ease my confusion. I have read Sonic Super-Sized Comics Digest Issue 6 and I see it contains reprints from StH#1-#8. However, I am confused if it includes only the main stories or also the smaller ones, or something in between. I hope you can help me since I saw you were the one who added that information.Ultrasonic9000 (talk) 12:33, August 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks for the compliment :)
 * If you mean the smaller, one-page gag stories, yeah they're in there too. TheFatPanda (talk) 13:14, August 20, 2014 (UTC)
 * Great. Thanks a lot.Ultrasonic9000 (talk) 13:06, August 21, 2014 (UTC)

You're getting a prrrrrromotion!
Congratulations! You are now a site moderator. You can now rollback posts, delete pages, lock pages to prevent editing (only to be done when vandalism occurs frequently) and block IP addresses from users frequently breaking the rules. As a site moderator you are also expected to keep your eyes open for vandalism, edits that don't meet with the site's Manual of Style, and images that do not have the Non-free use rationale included in their description. If you have any questions or are uncertain about how to use the new features, you can check out the admin how-to guide, or contact myself or the other site moderators for assistance. Keep up the good work, and happy editing! Diamonddeath (talk) 18:36, February 6, 2015 (UTC)


 * I offer my congratulations as well!  Arbiter     0416    07:32, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

Hey
Hey Panda, I was wondering if you could add a gallery to the Sonic Boom GN page please?

Ryannumber1gamer (talk) 17:28, February 10, 2015 (UTC)


 * Like you need to ask :P I'll fetch the first graphic novel cover so you can get started :)

TheFatPanda (talk) 17:52, February 10, 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much Panda.

Ryannumber1gamer (talk) 20:52, February 12, 2015 (UTC)

Hey
Hey, I was wondering if you could help me with the Issue #273 article. I have the regular cover and solict in but I don't know how to add the box with the extra information under the cover and the variant.

Ryannumber1gamer (talk) 04:36, February 15, 2015 (UTC)

Hey
Hey Panda, I uploaded the cover art for Mega Man #49 by mistake, thinking it was a Worlds Unite cover when it's MM #50 that's part of Worlds Unite. I was wondering if you could delete it?

Ryannumber1gamer (talk) 04:37, February 15, 2015 (UTC)


 * Actually, there might be a way we can make it work... I had the idea of uploading the covers for the issues mentioned in the Mega Man article for use in the gallery. Since #49 is the prelude issue, we may just be able to use it afterall :) TheFatPanda (talk) 15:52, February 15, 2015 (UTC)

Well, in that case, I've added a Prelude Issues Cover Art Gallery onto the Worlds Unite page, although I can't find STH #272, Boom #7, and Sonic Universe #75 on the photo gallery in order to add them onto the Worlds Unite Page.

Ryannumber1gamer (talk) 21:51, February 15, 2015 (UTC)


 * Actually I meant for use on the Archie Mega Man page itself. There's already a cover gallery of the crossover issues, so I thought about putting an "Other" cover gallery below it, containing such covers as #23, #28, #38 and so on. TheFatPanda (talk) 21:55, February 15, 2015 (UTC)

Ah right, do you want the prelude cover gallery removed then?

Ryannumber1gamer (talk) 22:12, February 15, 2015 (UTC)

Streamlining the Wiki
Hey again, friend. I have an idea for making the wiki a bit more accessible and convenient that I'd like to run by you before implementing.

See, I've noticed that the comics list is getting a bit long, what with all of the stuff listed on it. So I'd like to propose giving each comic series its own mini-template, like the kind used for Worlds Collide/Unite and SCO, while making the default comic list much simpler. Something along the lines of breaking it down to an ongoing series section, discontinued series, miniseries, special issues, promotional comics, etc, listing each series article and abbreviation instead of every single issue associated with it.

By placing the relevant series' comic list before the overall comic list, we can keep the simple interface and easy access to each series while making it so you don't have to scroll through 275 issues of Sonic, 75 issues of Universe, 40 issues of X, 32 issues of Knuckles, 20 issues of miniseries, all of the standalone specials, all of the Super Specials, on your way down to clicking on something like the Archives series. It'd require an extra click for readers to access specific issues on the fly, but overall I feel like giving each series its own template would make the comics list easier and more visually pleasing to navigate.

Also, it'd take a lot of edits to get the templates on every single comic page, but I'd be more than willing to add them in myself since I need to fiddle with a category tag I'd like to rename. Just throwing this out to see how you feel about it. DudestofGuysbackup (talk) 00:50, February 25, 2015 (UTC)
 * I understand what your going for, but you're right in that it'd take a hell of a lot of work. If I may suggest an alternate solution: you know those list templates on Wikipedia where there's and option to hide or show the list? If possible, we could apply that to each section of the comics list, that way people won't have to scroll through a long list when they wanna find something. Of course I'm not knowledgable in how to code these things so you may have to go to someone higher up, or share your idea with them if you still think it's better? TheFatPanda (talk) 02:59, February 25, 2015 (UTC)

Genesis Wave blog
Hello my good sir. I see what you have added to the Genesis Wave and I am curious as to which blog Ian stated on that the Genesis Wave in the "Genesis" storyline occurred in the post-SGW timeline.Ultrasonic9000 (talk) 20:10, June 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * phew...BumbleKing and Twitter mainly. I'll have to see if I can dig 'em out. TheFatPanda (talk) 21:49, June 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * Here's one: https://twitter.com/ianflynnbkc/status/593853784968679425 TheFatPanda (talk) 21:58, June 3, 2015 (UTC)

Sonic Super Special Magazine cancelation
Hello TheFatPanda. Sorry to bother you, but where is it officially stated that the Sonic Super Special Magazines are canceled? It just does not make sense to me because Sonic Boom #11 said the stories would continue in the magazines.Ultrasonic9000 (talk) 21:33, September 16, 2015 (UTC)


 * While nobody at Archie has officially come out and confirmed it, there's a whole bunch of things that point to it being dead:


 * The cover art and Razor Origins story that was meant to be in issue 15 of the magazine has now been moved to the recently solicited Sonic Super Digest Issue 15.
 * The magazines section on the Archie Shop has been taken down. You can still find the back issues via the search engine but they are all sold out.
 * The new Mega Man issue that came out today no longer has the joint advertisement for the magazine and digest: there is now a new subscription form dedicated solely to the digest.

Not to mention, of course, the fact that they briefly gave issue 14 a digital-only release before swiftly removing it again, and don't seem to be making any effort to get out again. TheFatPanda (talk) 22:45, September 16, 2015 (UTC)

Free-Use Rationale Reminder
Hey, just reminding you that there are still images that you uploaded in which you have yet to provide the free-use rationale. Please be sure to go back and add them. Thanks! Diamonddeath (talk) 08:33, December 13, 2015 (UTC)

Question to why information was removed on Shadow The Hedgehog page
Hello, I was just curious to why you removed the information I put on Shadow The Hedgehog's page and reasoning to it as "irrelevant" but yet It's fine on Shadow the Hedgehog (Light Mobius) and Silver the Hedgehog's pages? Maybe I am not understanding exactly, so excuse me since I just started this, but that is relevant information ever given to confirm a theory that is false. With Proof as well even shown through a video.

Reply: Thanks for putting it back up on Shadow The Hedgehog's page! :)

Stylez1 (talk) 03:53, February 19, 2016 (UTC)

Archie Sonic publishing delays
Hey there, i wa wondering, do you know why there is a delay on the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Universe stuff, i'm just feeling a bit concerned. I just hope it isn't serious and is temporary. cheers Sclera1 (talk) 08:37, February 28, 2016 (UTC)


 * Printing problems, according to Archie. The next issue is officially coming out in March. TheFatPanda (talk) 00:15, March 1, 2016 (UTC)

request
Is it possible you could please delete these redirects? :
 * Walter Naugus/Pre-SGW
 * Ixis Naugus
 * Egg Boss/Pre-SGW
 * Sub-Boss
 * Northern Oceans Egg Army/Pre-SGW
 * Northern Tundra Dark Egg Legion
 * Sonic's World/Pre-SGW
 * Mobius
 * Eggrobo/Pre-SGW
 * Eggbot
 * Ben Muttski/Pre-SGW
 * Muttski
 * Team Chaotix/Pre-SGW
 * Chaotix
 * Cyberization/Pre-SGW
 * Legionization
 * Silver's Future/Pre-SGW
 * 3437 P.X.E.
 * Conquering Storm/Pre-SGW
 * Bride of the Conquering Storm
 * Dr. Julian Snively/Pre-SGW
 * Snively Robotnik

I added a useful feature to the Parent Tab Template that makes these redirects needless, and will make things... "funky" if they are not deleted while the new feature is implemented. Some pages will have to also be renamed to half of these names (the ones that don't have the "/Pre-SGW" suffix). Thanks! ★ WindStar7125  Talk    Contribs  22:49, March 23, 2016 (UTC)