Talk:Donkey Kong (character)/Archive 1

message: just curous why it was taken out, like said before, the article doesn't talk about DK himself at all.  I thought that adding a bio would help that problem.  If I'm missing something, than please point it out.
: It was taken out because some jerk found it too "in-universe" for his tastes, and he scrapped it completely. Thanks for disregarding my work, whoever you are. I still believe this article should have a biography section, I don't care if he's fictional; this article is still about the character. PsychoJosh 09:51, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: no biography?

message: Just thought I'd let you guys know this. I was looking at Mario's page, and followed a link that said Donkey Kong. It brought me here. I read a little bit, and broke out lauging after the second line. It said "Donkey Kong is a very large, hairy, muscular penis". I kept reading, and most of the topic was vandalised, saying things like "Donkey Kong was created by my asshairs". So I fixed it up. No more vandalism. But here's the thing. I'm not horribly knowledgable about Donkey Kong, so some things I replaced the swear words with may not be true. Could someone go in and fix it for me? Thanks.Chaos_shadow 7:07, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I just thought I'd point out that you could've hit undo near the top of the page history, so I'll take care of it quickly.  I know you worked to fix this article diligently, but I'm going to have to revert it to the way it was before your edit.  So don't take it personally, but there may have been some vandalism you've missed for whatever reason.  Contact me at my talk page if you have any questions.  Kochdude388 02:12, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

text: That's fine. Now I know I can do that.
     Chaos_shadow 02:12, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism attack

message: Since there are already articles about the games and other things bearing his name, I feel this article needs to be about the CHARACTER HIMSELF and less about useless non-information like what movies and things mentioned his name. Preferably one could write the story of all his games and create a biography of him based on the info therein. I personally believe there's more to DK than just a big gorilla that eats fruits and punches crocodiles. Again, THIS ARTICLE SHOULD BE ABOUT THE CHARACTER, NOT THE GAMES HE'S BEEN IN, WE HAVE THE DONKEY KONG SERIES PAGE FOR THAT. THE "OTHER VERSIONS OF DONKEY KONG" STUFF IS USELESS TOO, PLEASE DON'T EDIT EITHER OF THESE BACK INTO THE ARTICLE AGAIN. Also, why the hell was this part of WikiProject Baseball? What's the matter with you people? PsychoJosh 13:43, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, due to your concern, I added the Biography section.  It has flaws and could sure be cleaned up, but I hope that this leads to a new direction for this entry. Metooduke 22:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article has nothing to do with DK himself

message: This article was listed for deletion on 18 April, 2005. The discussion was closed with the result of no consensus.  This article will not be deleted.  You can view the discussion, which is no longer live: Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/DKU. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 07:24, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Closed deletion listing

message: Ddespie@san.rr.com changed this article to alphabetize in categories under "Kong" instead of "Donkey Kong". I reverted this change and Ddespie@san.rr.com changed it back with no edit summary. Rather than start an edit war, I would like to reach a consensus here. I see no reason to alphabetize under "Kong". If I were looking up Donkey Kong in an index, I would turn to the Ds, not the Ks. This also affects many other Kong articles, such as Diddy Kong. Any comments? --Pagrashtak 22:51, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alphabetization 

message: In the "Sequels and spin-offs" section, next to the description of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, can I add this picture of Donkey Kong with the caption "Donkey Kong as he appears in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat"? - NES Boy 17:34, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Donkey Kong Jungle Beat DK artwork 

message: Just curious.  This seems to cover the entire series.  I also notice that the Donkey Kong template has no series page, unlike Mario Kart or Mario Tennis.  So if this is turned into a series page, it should be renamed "Donkey Kong series" and Donkey Kong should get a separate article. Hbdragon88 03:09, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. I'll split the articles between Donkey Kong the character and Donkey Kong the series.--TBCTaLk?!? 02:24, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Series or character? 

message: The article currently states that this occurred with Mario Kart 64, which is false. "Donkey Kong Junior", wearing a white shirt (instead of a tie) was in the original Super Mario Kart in 1992. --67.71.37.13 06:54, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Super Mario Kart was before the Rareware games, starting with Donkey Kong Country in 1994.--XD375 20:48, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reintroduction into the Mario universe 

message: I saw that a user, 68.111.108.131, has been adding links to a site called "Donkey Kong Megasite" to Donkey Kong articles recently. The same user added the link to this article on February 15th, around the same day that the site was relaunched after being down since November 2004. Either they are really quick, or affiliated. The edits tend to place the site as the first in the links. If it doesn't, they do move it there later. I'm going to remove it from this article, and all the others. A google string search for the string "Donkey Kong Megasite" gets 1270 hits.--Drat (Talk) 13:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Probable linkspam. 

message: DK Bongo Blast and Mario VS Donkey Kong 2 : March of the Minis have been announced.--84.190.191.200 17:14, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: New games

message: Why does this article have practically no info on his character and game appearances and tons on his TV appearances and him in pop culture?  Did someone remove it?
:The info on his game appearances have been moved to Donkey Kong series, similar to what was done with the Mario, Sonic, and and other video game related articles. The info on his character, however, has been kept under the "Overview" section.--TBCTaLk?!? 07:40, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: What happened?

message: This "info on his character" seems limited only to be descriptions of his name and info about the Donkey Kong arcade game.  I suggest moving some stuff to the article about the arcade game and adding some character info about his more recent appearances, and how he's acted other titles that arent just the arcade.
And if you follow the DKC storyline, the current DK isn't even the original to begin with anyway!-SSY
The fact is that ever since Rare left, Donkey Kong no longer has a personality. He's just "generic gorilla who either kidnaps maidens or runs around beating stuff up for no good reason". Thus, unless we made a character page about the DKC Donkey Kong, we wouldn't have much to write, and even then we'd also have to mention teh controversy surrounding the changes he underwent after Rare's departure. Hydragon 02:42, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Character?

message: Why is there no info of him in ssbm(super smash bros melee)? Most of the other characters have one.
You're right. You know what else is missing? The cameo section (sorry if someone already said this.) Oh, and sign next time, please. Anyways, yeah let's do that.  00:28, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ssbm info? 

message: In Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and onwards, he is voiced by veteran seiyuu Takashi Nagasako. - What's a "seiyuu"? Is it Japanese? Shouldn't that be in English? -- Nick15 09:59, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No. "Seiyuu" is Japanese for "voice actor" (in this context), and it's the appropriate term for referencing any Japanese voice actor. PsychoJosh 00:13, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Seiyuu"? 

message: In the categories section, I noticed the category "Fictional Narcissists". I'm not exactly sure how Donkey Kong is a narcissist in any sense of the word. Could somebody please explain? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hydragon (talk • contribs) 03:52, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Narcissist? 

message: does anyone else feel this link between DK and KKK is a bit of a stretch? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.4.74.65 (talk) 17:53, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Assuming that KKK stands for Ku Klux Klan, then yes, it is.  What does that have to do with anything anyway?  Kochdude388 22:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Dk is black right? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.194.189.42 (talk) 00:45, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, he's an ape.  Man, this doesn't make any sense...  --Luigifan 01:07, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I highly doubt that this was a serious concern in the first place...  --Zomic_13 01:28, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Given the fact that Gorilla/Monkey is an occasional racist slur, I seriously doubt it. Although if you combine that with the fact that he apparently enjoys rap music, you wonder is Nintendo is trying to say something...153.106.4.94 00:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  KKK and DK 

message: Does anyone else think that this page should not be classified as a stub? I know it is a lot shorter than other character articles (such as Mario, Luigi, Link, etc) and it probably could (and should be expanded), but it still has a fair amount of info. Generally, in my experience here, stubs only have a few lines and only briefly talk about the subject. I suppose this article could be borderline and depend on people's opinions. Thoughts? Zomic_13 15:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This issue has been taken care of, as someone agreed and removed the stub tag. Zomic_13 22:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub? 

message: This article appears to be getting a lot of vandalism. What do other people think should be done, cos protection against edits by IPs would help. Stwalkerster 14:40, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is getting a fair amount, but it seems manageable.  I don't think semi-protect is necessary just yet.  --
Jaysweet 22:32, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: There's this line of text at the bottom of the article that says "By: Junaid Merchant". It's been on for a while, so wonder why it's not deleted. Not just vandalism, but whoever this Junaid person is they took ownership of this article as well. Is this sneaky vandalism? --Hasek is the best 22:24, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: April

message: I think its very odd that throughout various games Donkey Kong has appeared either with or without teeth!  For example in the character art for mario party 6 he has teeth, but in the art for mario party 9 they are sompletely absent!  Should this be mentioned in the article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.183.44.244 (talk) 21:57, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Donkey Kong first appeared with teeth in Mario Party 4. This was immediately following Rare's purchase by Microsoft, and Nintendo found it necessary to modify his design slightly. PsychoJosh 09:56, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Teeth

message: The chronology is confusing and relies too much on an in-universe perspective. Cranky Kong WASN'T originally called Donkey Kong, the original Donkey Kong simply became Cranky Kong in Donkey Kong Country. Jonny2x4 08:03, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And this is what I called "missing the point". You seem to concentrate solely on the modern Donkey Kong, while trivializing the original Donkey Kong completely. Not only that, you're writing the article completely from an in-universe perspective, which goes agaisn't the Manual of Style. You might want to read that before continuing any further. Jonny2x4 16:12, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Finally some sense. Please keep Jonny2x4's edits. Isaac 21:10, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

text: That's exactly my point. There's a character called Donkey Kong in DK1, DK Jr and DK3. And there's another character with the same name in Donkey Kong Country series. They might be different individuals, but they're both called Donkey Kong. Jonny2x4 18:26, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  In-universe