Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pokédex

message: Great idea!  I know little about Pokemon, but it certainly is an important cultural phenomenon and I am saddened every time I see another article nominated for deletion.  --zandperl 04:12, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, and it seems the huge, red list of links is... a bit tempting.  Just check out the initial versions of Staryu and Starmie.  Plus, it WOULD be a good thing to have all 386 of them consistent.  You want to help?  I'm sure that even if you don't know much about Pokémon, you could still fix the ones that need help (I've seen several). - Bulbaboy 04:29, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Egad, you're right, I bet even I could contribute to those pages.  :)  I'll put them on my to-do list, but   Wikipedia:WikiProject Telescopes will be higher on the list.  ;)  --zandperl 04:50, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

text: Because I thought Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon was a bit too general.  You think it should be moved? - Bulbaboy 07:16, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

message: Hi there! I'm offering bounties for enhancing Pokémon stubs. Details at the bottom of Wikipedia:WikiMoney#Addition. --Nikai 14:10, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiMoney Offer

message: Pokémon article editors, please have a look at the Manual of Style. Page names and headlines should not be Capitalized Like This except in proper nouns. Thanks. Fredrik (talk) 23:52, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Capitalization

message: Are you incorporating info from Wikibooks:Wikibooks_Pokédex? ··gracefool |☺ 04:50, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Or, better yet, could much of this project be migrated to that Wikibooks project, leaving higher-level articles here?  There seems to be much sentiment that the level of granularity of articles under this project is too fine.  +sj+ 08:04, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Might be a good defensive move until the new policy on articles about fiction is hammered out (feel free to help with it). ··gracefool |☺ 12:42, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikibooks Pokédex 

message: I am not too fond of using Serebii.net as a source for anything, unless not available elsewhere. Serebii is known to steal content from the "true" researchers, including Meowth346, who has contributed much knowledge on advanced aspects of POKéMON training, including EV's, IV calculation, base stats, encounter rates and much more.
I strongly recommend using Meowth346's POKéDEX instead. If nothing else, then for the added verbosity - Meowth346's DEX contains the most info of all. --Pidgeot 00:33, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Sotek 14:41, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serebii.net 

message: I placed a copy of this infobox at Wikipedia:Infobox, so make certain that any changes are reflected there. Tuf-Kat 04:52, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)
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I'd like to suggest a couple of changes for the infobox, specifically the box that currently reads Name (Japanese), Number.
First, I've renamed the List of Pokémon by name and List of Pokémon by stage pages to fit with Wikipedia naming conventions (uncapitalizing name and stage). These links should be changed in the infobox to reflect the renamed pages.
Second, the word Japanese currently links to the page List of Pokémon by Japanese Name. This link is redundant, because it only redirects to List of Pokémon by name, which is already linked to in the word Name. Therefore, we might as well un-link the word Japanese.
Jason One 01:14, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: There was just a discussion on the Wikipedia:Peer reviewpage section 2.15 which concluded that all Pokemon articles  should start with a mention that they are fictional characters. Thought you ought to know or respond to it.  Lumos3 13:13, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fictional nature of Pokemon 

message: I've never signed up to a Wikiproject before, so I'm not too sure how it's done.  Just edit the list of contibutors and add my name to it or something?  At the moment I'm wandering around and helping with non-character related articles (things like the lists and moves and stuff), but eventually I plan to help out with the Pokémon themselves... so, where do I sign? --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 22:58, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)
Volunteer by putting your name on the list of contributors, I guess... kelvSYC 04:17, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  How does one sign up? 

message: I can see why some Pokémon who gained pre-evolutions in later games would still be listed as Basic, but I wonder if that's really the best way to go about things.  By definition, a Pokémon that has evolved from another is a Stage 1 Pokémon, and a Pokémon that hasn't is Basic, right?  Using Pikachu as an example, maybe, like with the Special stat, we should say something like...
Stage - Basic³, Stage 1²
Evolves from - (none)³, Pichu²
With the footnotes going to the Red/Blue/Yellow and Gold/Siver/Crystal (or Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald) respectively.
What do you all think? --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 12:17, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)
:Well, no one's responded for the last few days, so I suppose I'll get cracking on this. --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 05:37, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)
I've recently thought the same thing. I think that Pokémon should be catagorized as Baby stage, and their immediate evolution as basic, if:<BR>
1)  They can't be found anywhere; the only place to get them is from an egg.<BR>
2)  They evolve when they are happy. (This exludes Tyrogue)<BR>
This would include all Pokémon from any version which evolves into a basic Pokémon from a previous version, except for Tyrogue.
User142 09:39, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evolution. 

message: Is there a template page for the individual Pokémon taxoboxes? kelvSYC 04:59, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox template page 

message: I am considering to add Color to the Pokemon taxoboxes, and a list of Pokemon by color.  Color is a valid Pokedex sort method in the newer Pokemon games. Psypoke has this search method on their online Pokedex. Andros 1337 18:22, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  New proposal 

message: What would be good here is perhaps to include voice actors for the Pokémon.  This might be difficult (as different Pokémon belonging to different trainers may have different voices).  I can probably locate the names of the Japanese VAs, but I have a hard time matching up English VAs with their Pokémon.
Now here's a dumping ground of info:
* Obviously, nothing in the Pichu or Togepi line is dubbed over (although at the start of one episode Pikachu was dubbed over - the scene involved a treadmill)
* For the most part, Charizard, Gyarados, and Tyranitar's voices are not dubbed over
* neither are Latias, Latios (for the most part - some of it was), and the Whirl Islands Lugia
* neither is Kyogre or Groudon
* neither is Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium (ex. Junichi's Meganium), Heracross, or Noctowl
* neither is Skitty or Delcatty
* neither is Plusle or Minun
* apparently, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Suicune are not dubbed over
* in some cases, Pidgey is not dubbed over
* Mew isn't, of course, and neither is Celebi
* surprisingly, neither is Tauros, Mightyena, or Kecleon (ex. Hazuki's Kecleon)
* Unown isn't.
* neither is Rayquaza
* Caterpie and Butterfree isn't
* apparently, nothing in either Nidoran line is dubbed over
* Stantler wasn't dubbed over in the Johto episodes, but was in the Hoenn episodes
* Espeon was not dubbed over on TV, but was dubbed over in the movies
* I have strong reason to believe Eevee wasn't.
And an incomplete list of Pokémon with the same name in both but use different voices:
* Absol
* Arbok
* Jirachi
* Magcargo
* Nosepass
kelvSYC 09:17, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voice actors 

message: As stated in the guidelines:
"Evolves from" cells and "evolves to" cells for Stage 2 Pokémon (and Stage 1 Pokémon with a pre-evolved form) that contain no data except "(none)" should be commented out like this:
''
I've noticed a particular unregistered user has been making Pokémon articles to "fill in the blanks" - and in doing so, has deliberately ignored this piece of advice. This user has even gone through existing articles, adding the line back in when it has been legitimately omitted!
While I realise that this is only a guideline, and that users are not obliged to obey it, removing the "Evolves from" and "Evolves to" fields for pokémon without evolutions is simply common sense. Adding a new line with (none) on it is unnecessary.
I'm now going to go through and remove those lines again. Perhaps I'll expand a few articles along the way. Remember, Mr. Unknown User: while it seems nice to have proper articles for all separate pokémon, articles containing nothing but an infobox and a stub template is, IMO, worse than not having any article at all. CNash 22:16, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox evolution descriptions 

message: Lately, a pronunciation row has been added to the infoboxes of Pokémon #001-005 (Bulbasaur to Charmeleon). Is this going to be the standard? Should it be added to every Pokémon's article? Plateau99 5:45, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: There is no date when the series launched in Japan or North America...  can someone give me the information on that or update the page accordingly?  Thanks! -- AllyUnion (talk) 04:15, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Pokémon]] 

message: Participants in this project might be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RuneScape skills Kappa 03:47, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Two problems. One, this is a wholly moribund project and has been superceded (and the project that superceded it has in turn been superceded), and two, it doesn't have a thing to do with Pokémon. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 17:05, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gotta delete 'em all?