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Adding shadows to images
Hello, Bakeneko! First of all, thank you for your contributions to the wiki! They are very much appreciated. The recent images you uploaded are all fine, however, could you remove the drop shadow? (specifically, these two images: Zeldatmc.png and Link-MM.png) We like to keep the image as it was originally released by Nintendo, so I'm afraid the shadows don't quite just fit! Thank you, and we hope you stick around! :) --Dany36 13:05, 30 January 2012 (EST)
Images
Hey there,
Just wanted to congratulate you on all your awesome image contributions lately. Can't want to see more from you :) — Hylian King [*] 08:41, 12 February 2012 (EST)
- Thanks. Glad, I can help out and make some contributions to this awesome site. However, since I mostly deal in images I probalby won't be able to make that much contributions like before. I've already checked all the Character and Enemy sections of the games and most images are already fine. Those left which are in need of background removal have either low quality or are inappropriate for effective background removal. Unfortunately, I do not own a capturing device otherwise I could get new images myself. Bakeneko 15:19, 13 February 2012 (EST)
- I'll have to join in HK on this one here... All I can say is, WOW!! Those transparency removals on the SSB trophies are incredible, and pretty much all the other images you've uploaded with background transparency are awesome as well. Keep up the awesome work!! --Dany36 00:57, 22 February 2012 (EST)
- Thanks. Glad you like it. Bakeneko 03:38, 22 February 2012 (EST)
Zelda II Dungeon names added!
I took them from the Futashiba guide, which can be found on Zelda Legends, if you're curious. The names seem to match up almost identically with the English ones so I gave them priority. Do you know where the names already there were from? I'm assuming they're from the game text due to them being in katakana and being a bit shorter. Interesting that the Island Palace is on "Island of Gods" or "God Island" (I wasn't sure which is most accurate). Obviously they left that out when translating...
I'm starting to see why people don't like kanji since the translations of them varies, but I think having both is the best way to go.
If there is anything else you're curious about just feel free to ask. User:Fizzle/sig 13:03, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- Awesome, Thanks! I was looking for that guide but was unable to find it. The katakana names are from the game. I can only assume that they probably made the in-game names shorter due to technical restrictions. The text window had no option to scroll through text, maybe that is the reason. The name for the third temple is completely off, however. Another thing I find interesting is that the guide lists the correct spelling for Mittsume Iwa while the game uses Mitsume Iwa. I initially wondered about that while I was playing it. I have to make some corrections to the stuff you've added, though.
- As for the varying names in-game, in the manuals and in the guides, I think this is mostly a problem of the older games. I'm still unsure on how to deal with that. Listing both in-game and manual/guides texts works on the Translation pages but on the regular pages in the Names template this will look overloaded. Anyways, thanks for the help. :) Bakeneko 08:47, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
I have to say...
I rather like the romanji and I think it's a vital tool in understanding Japanese if you don't already, so I undid your edit. I know it must of been a pain in the ass to do, but I really think that it looks better the other way. The translations we put are NOT official and are in some cases guesswork and can be highly variable due to the nature of the Japanese language, thus we give them lower priority than the romanji, which is fixed. That's the logic behind it.
Also, the thought of editing all the other pages to fit that style makes my head hurt. User:Fizzle/sig 15:19, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, I don't really see why. The Romaji is useless to everyone but people who want to learn Japanese as a foreign language. People who know Japanese don't need it to read kanjis and kana. People who don't care about Japanese won't care about Romaji, however, they may be interested in the translations to see how it differs from the official NoA ones. I think it goes without saying that the translations we provide are not official as the NoA translations are listed right next to them. Furthermore, most of our Japanese translations are spot on from what I've seen and pretty much every translation from one language to another takes a bit of guesswork, although I know what you are trying to say. The Romaji isn't fixed either. It can vary on many occasions. Here's a quick example out of my head: Template:Japanese Template:Japanese and I could list more. Here's another one since Hylian King asked for it on another page and I will edit this page next. Check the different readings for that. There are kanjis out there with more than 20 different readings - One and the same character but more than 20 ways to spell it.
- And don't worry. It wasn't that much work. Just around 5 minutes of copy & paste work on that page and I'm willing to do that for the other pages if necessary. The other pages would take a bit longer of course. As time goes by, I intend to work through those pages anyways depending on which Zelda games I will be able to play in Japanese. I think there are many good reasons to go for this change since the Romaji is less important to most people. Bakeneko 06:56, 18 December 2012 (UTC)