User talk:Mattais The Destroyer

October 2011
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Hello, Mattais The Destroyer, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Blake (Talk·Edits) 20:05, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
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 * Please try to improve your contributions, and act like you are writing a paper for school, not an email to your friend. This is a online article which hundreds of people view each day. Also, the status of "pre/post/sub/pseudo-legendary" is trivial, and we don't list on Wikipedia. Furthermore, regarding the edit to Lugia, I wrote about Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, because it has a large value to the plot as it was a main antagonist. Thus, stating that Lugia is "the final boss in the 99 floor dungeon", is ok, but some mention of the plot surrounding that would be better. Thanks, Blake (Talk·Edits) 20:13, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

i am not sure on just how to make sure that my edits are reliable and sensible, and the places i search on this webste are hard to follow. can you give me a summary? much obliged Mattais The Destroyer (talk) 14:13, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The problem is that you want to add the wrong things. Wikipedia targets readers who know nothing of the subject. If you already know the subject, the appearances sections should provide little info, while the development and reception give them more insight. We write on things from an out-of-universe perspective, covering things as they are characters, not real things.
 * For Rayquaza, saying that "it doesn't appear" makes little sense. If it isn't in the game, simply don't talk about it. For Dragonite, its "rank" as a psuedo-legendary provides little information to the reader. It is a fan-made term, so it shouldn't be used, but it may be included if we get a reliable source detailing it. Finally, don't put fansites like Bulbapedia or Serebii as a reference. They are not reliable for Wikipedia's standards. For sourcing, we use reliable sites like IGN and Kotaku, as well as magazines such as GameInformer. See WP:VG/S for more info on sourcing. See WP:VG/GL for guidelines on how to write about video games. Most of the same things apply to characters. Blake (Talk·Edits) 14:57, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Take a look at WP:POKE/Style for more information on how to write an article on Pokémon. Also see WP:POKE/list for how to add information to the lists. As further information, some of the species have separate articles, while others don't, because they have significant coverage in third party(not affiliated with Nintendo) reliable sources(not fansites). If a lot of professional writers are talking about the character, it must be important or something, right? Blake (Talk·Edits) 14:57, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * See how I fixed your edits on Mew. "More recently" is not appropriate to use, while a real date is. Also, I changed out the fansite source for a reliable one. Blake (Talk·Edits) 15:53, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I removed the, because it seems to have been answered above. Use another one if not.  Chzz  ► 01:36, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

thank you.

in regards to your notice about it being for people who no nothing of the subject, would it be acceptable to post a article regarding post-legendary pokemon? if so, then will it be acceptable to create other articles in order to explain some of the terminology i might refer to in my edits? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattais The Destroyer (talk • contribs) 16:46, 16 October 2011‎
 * Hi.
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 * I have no idea what a "post-legendary pokemon" is; however, Wikipedia can have articles about any subject, as long as their is significant coverage in independent reliable sources. Please refer to WP:VRS, WP:FIRST.  Chzz  ► 17:32, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
 * No, as they are fanterms, they are not notable. Wikipedia is not a place for one person to post their ideas. That is Original Research, which is not allowed, because how do we know that you know what you are talking about? I think there is a source that talks about it, and I might add that later. Blake (Talk·Edits) 18:44, 16 October 2011 (UTC)