Thread: Suggestions, ideas, and problems

Actually, I meant it. It wouldn't be difficult to program at all.

Hey, playing through my Pearl again, and I hit up the Hearthome page to check out Barry before I battled him, and noticed something.

the move pool for his Grotle only has two moves in it on the wiki page under "If the Trainer chose Piplup", the moves being Tackle and Razor Leaf, and I just battled him, and his Grotle used Absorb.

Just wondering if it was a goof in the game or the wiki.

Originally Posted by TTEchidna

Actually, I meant it. It wouldn't be difficult to program at all.

Wut ._.

And here I thought you were joking.

I mean, it wouldn't be hard to program, but that's an even worse idea than pegging it at 50. Then, there's at most like a 1 in 10 chance that the info is actually useful.

How about this - have a different one for each Pokemon, and make it based on the levels that it appears at most commonly in the wild?

For example, if you're taking Pidgeys into account, you could say that the Battle Exp. is 31 because that's the Exp. that you get when defeating a Level 4 Pidgey.

That way, for legendaries that actually do appear at level 50 (the Lake Trio, for example), you'd actually have it at 50. And for, say, Arceus (level 80, if I'm not mistaken) you'd actually have it at 80.

Originally Posted by Eldritch_One

Hey, playing through my Pearl again, and I hit up the Hearthome page to check out Barry before I battled him, and noticed something.

the move pool for his Grotle only has two moves in it on the wiki page under "If the Trainer chose Piplup", the moves being Tackle and Razor Leaf, and I just battled him, and his Grotle used Absorb.

Just wondering if it was a goof in the game or the wiki.

Wiki is not complete. You can add it if you want.

Originally Posted by Shiny Noctowl

In the newly released video, if you pause at the right time between when the building comes out of the ground and the crown is placed on N's head, you can see two new characters. Should this be mentioned in the Bulbanews article?

Wrong thread. I make no comment about Bulbanews at this time.

Originally Posted by Eldritch_One

Hey, playing through my Pearl again, and I hit up the Hearthome page to check out Barry before I battled him, and noticed something.

the move pool for his Grotle only has two moves in it on the wiki page under "If the Trainer chose Piplup", the moves being Tackle and Razor Leaf, and I just battled him, and his Grotle used Absorb.

Some of those sections don't have complete movesets, since not all moves are used against each Pokémon - If the player is using a Pokémon resistant to Grass, then the AI will use other type moves in preference to the Grass type one. If you come across more of these then add them to the page.

Originally Posted by Shiny Noctowl

How? This is for discussion of Bulbapedia and Bulbanews.

Ahem, read the title of the thread.

Since there wasn't one for Bulbanews, I took the liberty of creating one. Post your concerns there instead.

I'm kinda irritated by how uptight the moderators are. I don't think that double posting deserves infraction points, especially on my own thread as well as having threads being closed down because they are not "thread worthy" - who is to say what is/isn't thread worthy...I wouldn't write it in a thread if it wasn't. Please CHILL OUT.

Originally Posted by a.sheehan

I'm kinda irritated by how uptight the moderators are. I don't think that double posting deserves infraction points, especially on my own thread as well as having threads being closed down because they are not "thread worthy" - who is to say what is/isn't thread worthy...I wouldn't write it in a thread if it wasn't. Please CHILL OUT.

This is for Bulbapedia. Not the forum.

Originally Posted by Sketch

This is for Bulbapedia. Not the forum.

Whoops a daisy. I just assumed Bulbapedia and the Forums came under the same banner.

There are now two articles on formulas that use a Level 78 Garchomp in their examples (Damage and Experience).

I propose that we continue to use this Garchomp as a character in the rest of the formula pages involving Pokemon, and have it as a mascot of the Bulbapedia project "Formulas".

If we do do that, we need it to have a nickname.

Originally Posted by a.sheehan

Whoops a daisy. I just assumed Bulbapedia and the Forums came under the same banner.

... no. Why would they?

A couple things about the villa page.

First of all, I think the Villa article needs a guide on how to unlock the items that aren't available from the start when you buy the villa. Some require buying other items and some require battling trainers and the like. I think how to unlock the unlockables should be added.

Secondly, I think pictures of the Guest Set, Wall Clock, Masterpiece, Tea Set, and Chandelier need to be put into the article. I'm not sure why those five have no pictures, but they need to be there.

Originally Posted by Zekurom

Wut ._.

And here I thought you were joking.

I mean, it wouldn't be hard to program, but that's an even worse idea than pegging it at 50. Then, there's at most like a 1 in 10 chance that the info is actually useful.

How about this - have a different one for each Pokemon, and make it based on the levels that it appears at most commonly in the wild?

For example, if you're taking Pidgeys into account, you could say that the Battle Exp. is 31 because that's the Exp. that you get when defeating a Level 4 Pidgey.

That way, for legendaries that actually do appear at level 50 (the Lake Trio, for example), you'd actually have it at 50. And for, say, Arceus (level 80, if I'm not mistaken) you'd actually have it at 80.

Then we'd have to, pretty arbitrarily, pick a level. Especially wonderful considering about half the Pokémon aren't found ANYWHERE wild, like Pidgeot, starter Pokémon, Manaphy... And then it'd be another parameter to put on every article...

Originally Posted by Drifloon Rocks

A couple things about the villa page.

First of all, I think the Villa article needs a guide on how to unlock the items that aren't available from the start when you buy the villa. Some require buying other items and some require battling trainers and the like. I think how to unlock the unlockables should be added.

Secondly, I think pictures of the Guest Set, Wall Clock, Masterpiece, Tea Set, and Chandelier need to be put into the article. I'm not sure why those five have no pictures, but they need to be there.

Wiki's not complete. Add them.

Originally Posted by TTEchidna

Then we'd have to, pretty arbitrarily, pick a level.

Yeah, pretty much. But like I said, it would be based on what level they appear in in the wild.

Especially wonderful considering about half the Pokémon aren't found ANYWHERE wild, like Pidgeot, starter Pokémon, Manaphy...

You'd use 50 for those ones.

And then it'd be another parameter to put on every article...

How does the template work as it stands?

*checks*

Oh. Uhh... yeah. Guess not, then. I'd volunteer to do it, but I don't know whether my work would be pleasing or not.

Originally Posted by Zekurom

There are now two articles on formulas that use a Level 78 Garchomp in their examples (Damage and Experience).

I propose that we continue to use this Garchomp as a character in the rest of the formula pages involving Pokemon, and have it as a mascot of the Bulbapedia project "Formulas".

If we do do that, we need it to have a nickname.

It's Cynthia's Garchomp. That's why it's used.