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I noticed that some of the enemies off of Twilight Princess aren't included on the enemies page. I know a lot about the enemies that need to be there, but I could use a little help doing it. If there is anyone who knows about some of the enemies, I would love help. Thanks for the help! Pokemon Guy 13:41, 09 January 2007 (UTC)
I just created an article for Gohma (which, as of right now, is really lacking. Please expand). Is it cool if I add it to the enemies template, or is there a more complicated process for changing templates? SixteenBitJorge 01:04, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Weapons and items from The Legend of Zelda series#Move to gaming wiki.
Relevant conversation there. -- tjstrf talk 20:11, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
FYI, the current WP:GCOTW is Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. JACO PLANE • 2007-01-15 22:19
Races of The Legend of Zelda series Needs alot of serious work. ALOT. it appears to be mostly Original Reasearch, and is much too long, especially since some of the entries are handled in other articles. I can't touch this one without some help or I'll go insane. DurinsBane87 00:20, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
People have been debating whether we should make a Dark/Shadow Link page for far too long. I'd say we should make one. There is more than enough information on him to constitute his own page. Don't quote me, but I think he has the longest sub-article in the Zelda Enemies page. He is currently the only final boss character without a seperate page, I mean, even a boss as obscure as the Wind Fish's Nightmares has a seperate article, and I know for a fact we could make a darn good Dark Link page. I'd be willing to start it, type it up, and even get a few screenshots of him. Of course, all I ask is consent, as I don't wish all my hard work to be deleted by someone who does not share my viewpoint. So I'd like it to be official. And please, if you do or do not agree please say why. Thank you. I'll even give my reasons for having a seperate page:
Lord Zymeth 04:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
So I can only assume no one has any objections to this? I'll wait another week to make sure no one has any input. Lord Zymeth 18:50, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Correction. He's the final boss in the second game ever made, a miniboss (and a very complex and memorable one at that) in the first 3D Zelda game, A mod in a fighting game of course, and show up in a camo appearance in the newest one as well. Then, including his appearances as Shadow Link, he appears (In a minor role, I understand) as a boss aid in Oracle of Ages, appears as optional bosses in the GBA remake of A Link to the Past, and plays a pivotal role in Four Swords Adventures. I'd say he's made quite a name for himself, wouldn't you? Also, correct me if I'm wrong, he's quite a popular character, and a whole page could be easily made about him. I mean, no one disputes the Wind Fish's Nigthmares page, but that is even more obscure! I'd understand if I were to be making a page about Dead Hand or Arghus or something, but Dark Link is a much larger character than most would be willing to admit. And I admit there are those who would be opposed to this, but there are also many poeple who would agree with a Dark Link page. That's why I asked before making one, so that we could bring the argument to a centralized page and it could be fought officially. So more coments would be nice, from anyone opposed to it or all for it. And even so, I would at least like to try my hand at making the page, and if everyone absolutely hates it I'll take it down. Lord Zymeth 01:41, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Correction.
And how do you mean, no one disputed Wind Fish's Nightmare? I see one person who disputed it.
The biggest problem with the idea of a Dark Link page is that there is no evidence that any one Dark Link is the same. FSA and OoT's may be the same, but that cannot be shown. Zelda II's may be the same as the other ones, but we don't know this. And SSBM is certainly Dark Link from OoT, but it's a minor, non-playable role in a spin-off title. The LttP/FS and OoA incarnations of Link could not be construed as Dark Link - OoA's are just copies of Link, and LttP/FS' are evil copies of Link created by the Four Sword - unaffiliated with Ganon. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:20, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I figured. But, regardless, SA-X and Dark Samus are completely unrelated and obviously different creatures of different natures. All of the Dark Links follow a set style (Black skin, etc.) and are clearly related beings. Oh, and most official sources refer to these various creatures as Dark Link or Shadow Link. The only one that I can't confirm 100% (I really need to find the strategy guide) are the ones in OoA, and I won't include those until I can verify. Lord Zymeth 23:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Oh I found this out. http://zelda.com/universe/game/oracleages/walk.jsp Read down the the part where it tells you how to kill Veran. It refers to the entities as Shadow Links.
And this one http://www.nintendo.com/strategygallery?gameid=m-Game-0000-1381 refers to those four creatures as "The Four Dark Links." Albeit it throws a bit of a kink into the classification of Dark and Shadow Link, but the Dark Links are still on par, power wise, with the actual Link, keeping the trend. Lord Zymeth 23:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
It's unbelieveable that someone would kill the Dethl article for the sake of improving their argument. Dark Link/Shadow Link has enough depth as a character alone to merit a page, and Dark Link/Shadow Link as a concept is even stronger. One of Legend of Zelda's greatest running plot elements is Link fighting himself one way or another; hence Dark Link's cameo in Twilight Princess that was not accompanied by a boss fight. It shows the epic struggle between a hero and his desires. This is an important aspect of Link, and if that doesn't merit a page of it's own, then why don't we take down the Majora article, the Onox article, and the Veran article. Heck, why not go ahead and delete Zant, too? He's a one-shot villain. Onox was just a minion of Ganon, right? Veran was just a minion of Ganon, right? Zant was definitely a puppet for Ganon. And what should happen to Agahnim? He was only in half a game. He's just another Ganon puppet. The point is that these people/things are important to the plot of the series and they get more coverage than your typical enemy. They are important and need their own pages. And if you try to kill those articles, I guarantee you are no true Wikipedian, you are trying to win a name for yourself by censoring a form of media that was meant to inform. Edit: Oh, and as for the comment of Dark Link not being the same exact Dark Link from game to game: I suppose you're going to say that each Link is the same exact hero from every game? Commander Regulus 04:28, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Well, That is why there is difference between Shadow Links and Dark Links. But the same basic ideas follow both of them, they are evil copies of Link born of Shadow, very similar to eachother. In fact, TOO similar to eachother to merit them being completely unrelated. Fine, Veran may have well created the four Links in her battle arena, but they are far too similar to the Shadow Links in the other games to be counted as anything less than a cameo appearance. And look, I have an official Nintendo source stating directly that the four Links in LttP are indeed Dark Links, and another saying that Veran's aids are indeed Shadow Links. And I realize that each Dark Link in that game is stronger than the last, but needless to say, of all the enemies of that game the final Dark Link gave me the most trouble. And you can't debunk and argument with the phrase "What of it?" You agree they share the same basic charactersistics. By your argument, all of the different Stalfos of the series should be in no way related to eachother and an article on a group of enemies of the same basic principle, of the same name, and of the same general appearance, is just absurd. Besides, I'm not sure why you are so adamant about making sure this article is never born. In our debate alone there has been enough information on him to make an entire article, and that's not counting any details or much of the additional information I, and perhapse even you, have. This article would bring no loss of information or loss of much of anything for that matter, only additional and more organized information. Lord Zymeth 04:44, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
But the thing is, SA-X and Dark Samus are TOTALLY unrelated. One has nothing to do with the other. One is a phazon-hungry metroid prime who inhabited Samus's dark suit and exists to suck up as much phazon as possible. The other is an X parasite that copied samus's form and abilities. However, ALL of the Dark Links and Shadow Links have the same thing in common: They are all born of Darkness and share relatively the same abilities. The ONLY time a Shadow Link does not share Link's abilities is in OoA, which is probably becuase they're not true Shadow Links, just cheap nock-offs by Veran. But, I can't back that up so dispute it at your leasure. But in every other appearance they had Link's abilities, so the OoA appearance of them is ONE oddity. All I am saying is there is more evidence pointing at them being related in some fashion and next to zero evidence of them being unrelated. Also, there is no mere evidence pointing that all the various Stalfos are related than there is evidence for Dark Link(s). Both enemy types share the same universal name, same basic function, and same basic appearance. Yet you do not dispute the relationship of the different types of Stalfos, and Dark Link(s) have even more plot importance to back them up. I'd aslo like to hear input from the other WikProject Zelda members. Lord Zymeth 13:08, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Or, you could forgo the whole argument and let me stitch together a Dark Link/Shadow Link page and see how it turns out. I mean, it couln't hurt anyone in any way. Lord Zymeth 13:22, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
And you know what? FSA Shadow Link jumps around and moves around at his own accord, unlike Dark Link from OoT, who mirrors his movement and sword attacks. If an article is made, to validate it would entail you use original research and speculation. - A Link to the Past (talk) 18:59, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
So wait, you mean to say that Stalfos should be considered a series of enemies and the Dark Links should not? Do you not see the contradiction in your own argument? Do you claim that ALL the generic Stalfos are similar enough to merit being considered a series of enemies yet the Dark Links (who are in all honesty mimic eachother more closely across the series than Stalfos do) are not? Also note that you are also ONE wikipedian, and this is STILL a conflict of two equal wikipedians who have clashing opinions. It is also original research to state that there is no possible way that the Dark Links cannot be related to eachother. And that whole contreversy can be overcome with a simple statement within the article stating "Whether all of these beings are related or not is speculation, but they do share clear similarities with eachother." Lord Zymeth 23:48, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
If you do ineed recall, I've been asking for outside input ever since this argument started, so I've yet to see this majority you speak of. If everyone in the wikiproject Zelda area gangs up on me to refuse me, fine. And just rallying close buddies just to thwart me doesn't count. Only one person has posted so far, and it was actually against you. But that is completely beside the point. Dark Link, in your words, may be the generic "Evil Link" you speak of, but Stalfos are considered Zelda's generic skeleton warrior. And the title of the article would be aptly named: Dark Link/Shadow Link, or perhaps one of those names with a redirect for the other. At this point, I'd like to insist on a vote that all of the Zelda Project members are aware of, and not just a vote that would be a contest to see how many either of us could tip off. So the whole project commitee should be aware of this said vote and the war that's been raging. But before the vote (if you would allow it), I'd really like to know, why do you have such a personal vendetta against the Dark Link page? Lord Zymeth 00:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Oh and here are my proofs that Dark Links are at least a series of enemies(I will refer to both Dark and Shadow Links as Dark Links for convienience)
Lord Zymeth 01:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I'll gladly cast my vote for a Dark Link article. Oh and by the way, Dark Link is an embodiment of an epic hero defeating himself. It's called literary criticism, and I can very much prove my critique, unless you honestly want to argue that Dark Link is not modeled after Link. As a matter of fact, I believe the original Dark Link was LITERALLY the manifestation of Link's ill intent. Regardless, it's unimportant when viewed in the whole issue of Dark Link having a page in the first place. So, it's one vote "for," zero votes "against." Commander Regulus 01:47, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Dark Link isn't even important. And while Stalfos isn't important either, at least it's a long-standing species, not an occasional mini-boss or "equivalent to a projectile" thing.
And of course you would request a poll of those with lower standards. You could always try to create an article, but I would AfD it, get a better input than from Zelda fans (ie - people who would likely WANT the article to exist solely based on their fandom).
And did you notice that no every Zelda species has an article? The ones that DO are long-standing creatures in the series - Moblins, Octoroks, Wizzrobes, Stalfos, etc. Dark Link is not even remotely close to their "stature" in the series. Not only is the concept of a dark link not even remotely as significant as most of the species articles, but you can't even provide a connection between them. Stalfos are all similar species. They are skeletons, skeleton knights. Shadow Link is the essence of Ganon taking the form of Shadow Link, Shadow Link in FSA is Vaati, Shadow Links in LttP/FS are the essence of the Four Sword. The only Dark Links that could be viewed as similar are Veran's and Dark Link from OoT.
Stop trying to use Stalfos to argue for Dark Link's page. Stalfos get an article because Nintendo created skeleton knights and called them Stalfos. Nintendo did not create a species of Dark Links. Dark Link in OoT is a construct of Ganon's. Shadow Link is the essence of Ganon. Shadow Link in FSA is Vaati. The Shadow Links in LttP/FS are the essence of the Four Sword. Veran's Dark Links are more or less puppets. They are only similar in concept - evil versions of Link. They are not similar in form or function or in how they were created. Stalfos are creatures that evolved as gaming became more advanced. In LoZ, AoL, and the handheld Zeldas, they were just skeletons with a sword and shield. In LttP, they were only susceptible to bombs. This went on for OoT and MM. And then TWW did the same, as did TP.
Let's consider the manual excerpts - who is to say that this information is official and endorsed by anyone who made this game? Dark Link or Shadow Link is a generic name. So will you please stop insisting that Dark Link should get an article because "evil link is a common concept" (which it's not; the only major appearances of an evil Link are OoT, FSA, FS, and AoL). Four appearances? Moldorm's been in three games a main boss, and the miniature versions of them have been in all handheld Zeldas except for TMC. They do not have depth, they are not characters, and their major appearances are as a mini-boss, and three of them are alternate forms of another entity. They are of neither of any importance to the series and are not a long-standing concept in the series. Would Veran be different if she didn't have dark versions of Link? No. She wouldn't have that conept in her fight, but no one would notice.
Oh, and will you stop with this "critique" crap? Do you even know basic Wikipedia rules? NO ORIGINAL RESEARCH. For Heaven's sake, I've been asking for proof that you two to prove that Dark Links are connected, or of any of this "Dark Link is an embidoment of Link's dark self" or that Dark Link is important to Zelda in any way or a long-standing concept, but you have ultimately failed. - A Link to the Past (talk) 01:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
SA-X - formed by the combination of an X Virus and Samus' suit.
Dark Samus - formed by the combination of Metroid Prime and Samus' Phazon suit.
So both are formed by a creature fusing into Samus' suit, and both are evil lookalikes who follow Samus endlessly. That's a stronger connection than the Dark Links'.
And if the article is created, it'll be AfDed. But don't worry - if you think you're correct, I should fail, yes? - A Link to the Past (talk) 04:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Very well, I shall begin working on the article, and you can stick a proposed for deletion sticker in there at your leasure. But I'm afraid I think you're taking this a bit too personal. Lord Zymeth 04:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I've already given 5 reasons that Dark Link is a reacurring, related enemy, and many more why there should be a page, so I've given you my evidence. You've yet to give me your evidence that states the contrary. But, regardless, I'll still work on the page. You ignore all my evidence and continue with the SA-X and Dark Samus plot, and ignored my evidence against that too. And what argument did I dodge? Lord Zymeth 13:03, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Actually, SA-X and Dark Samus, once again, are quite different. Harken back to my list of why the Dark Links are similar for references to what I'm about to say.
There you go. Oh, and I never said that the Dark Link in each game is the same. Now all I need is to collect all my data and actually write the page. I'll most likely get started this weekend, since I'm going to be kinda busy these next few days. Lord Zymeth 23:22, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Wait, you're argument is now Dark Links are created by different people, yet still stand by your argument of SA-X and Dark Samus even though they're creation is even less connected? All of the Dark Links were created by magic and summoned by various magic users. That still constitues them as a series of enemies. Their primary function is still to kill Link, in which case they are all created for the same basic purpose, though, by different people. Lord Zymeth 01:39, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
I find this mildly amusing. Your entire argument has essentially been you stamping your foot and screaming, "WHERE IS YOUR PROOF!?" I can't help but chuckle as I read your posts. Zymeth and myself have given you so much evidence, Zymeth's argument alone seems to be enough to make the page. We could just post this discussion up here and we would have a Dark Link page. You just don't like the evidence, so you ignore the pink elephant slapping you upside the head with a taser gun. You seem to enjoy shooting yourself in the foot...
"Correction.
Do you deny saying this? And don't try editing this slip away, because I've already taken a screenshot of this and I'd be more than happy to post it on my photobucket account to show everyone what you really said. Anyways, I digress, as I should be showing you what is flawed in this crusade against Dark Link: Dark Link is most definitely NOT a minion of Ganon because Ganon was DEAD, and all of the enemies were trying to REVIVE him. So, he couldn't have possibly been his minion, especially because an old man created the Dark Link. So, technically, Dark Link was a minion of "Creepy Old Man." You also like saying that almost every Dark Link is a minion of Ganon. There's no direct EVIDENCE to prove that, especially for Oot. The four Dark Links of ALTP couldn't have been created by Ganon because you have to beat the game in order to fight those bosses. That means that you must KILL Ganon before killing the four Dark Links, so you're actually the one doing the original research, not Zymeth, and not me. Commander Regulus 04:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Checkmate Lord Zymeth 21:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
And just WHAT is wrong with you guys? While I will admit I have never looked to wikipedia for anything serious, I am a fan of the Legend of Zelda game series. I origanaly came here to offer my thoughts on the storyline concept but clearly some one needs to straten this out first. To begin with, as with all games, characters and elements are based on concept, and the Shadow/Dark Link concept is simply one of the chalanges set forth to hinder/teach/train the hero. While no, the concept has no solid backing on the character, the simple fact is Shadow/Dark Link does not exsist! The implied creation is a means of pitting link agains himself or part of himself, an in game simaly to an internal conflict in some cases. My best guess would be that the replica is of the godesses doing. Whom better to prove yourself against than yourself? It has already be discovered that Japanees Mythologies influenced the game, so how many stories pit the hero or main character against him/herself in one way or another? It's an endless list. Perhaps in The Adventure of Link, the goddesses used such a spell to prevent the unworthy from obtaining uncontested power. In The Ocarina of Time, the battle grounds for the fight with Shadow Link is within an illusion, also of note, asside from some items, he knows all of your moves. Even if this character where to get his own page, it would be nothing more than a list of references to the hero. No matter who caused the effect in which game, Shadow/Dark Link is simply link. Now your references to the Dark Samus in Metriod? Irrelevent concept in argument. Dark Samus is an after-effect of Samus's envirioment, and thus an off topic argument completely useless except to confuse everyone. Back to the real topic, while yes this paragraph does have many reasons to avoid the listing, is also grants many to support it and in the wikipedia way, completely supports the posting even if the data is incomplete. For one, while yes, Shadow/Dark and the Hero are one and the same, Shadow/Dark has already established himself as a myth. I do belive I have see several myths in wikipedia, both VG related and non, so why not post the mythology of the Shadow/Dark Link? He has been seen in many games and will inevitably appear in more to come. If you start now, you can keep track of the theories and deside which one(s) make sence. On a final note, if your asking for addition proff, try my method, play the game and write the story down. //G-MAGE...wikipedian guest// April 12, 2007
Have any of you considered that Dark Link's appearances in both Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess are by far the most symbolic and metaphorical events in ANY Zelda title?
An unending room occupied by a solitary tree with an unknown opponent who appears in your absence. And of course the obvious symbolism of the cutscene where Dark Link appeared in TP.
If logic was the commanding force here, a Dark Link page would have been made months ago. It is more than justified.
But as usual, the power of a few elitists prevents logic and the will of most editors from actually happening. Instead, its just stalled here with endless discussion. Lord Zymeth is the only proponent of logic here, this "link to the past" person has blocked him for this long. Make the page. Wikipedia needs a democratic process, and the vast majority of editors are in favor of it, even if 3 elitists who do nothing but edit wikipedia aren't. Don't discuss it all day, make the page. It's not that big of a deal.
LOOK at the length of the discussion here! Like 10 pages of straight discussion, THAT ALONE warrants a page, CLEARLY to any reasonable person. Of course, reasonable people apparently don't control what happens in the Wiki world.
I'm sick and tired of a select few people shoving this web site down the throats of Wikipedians. Even though these people have not shown that the site is verifiable, they still insist it must be used, even in the face of the fact that the site cannot be construed as a professional website - both in their stature and in their official status. Would anyone be interested in working against this blatant link spam? - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:22, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Now that Rupee and Gossip Stone have been merged into other articles as well, I think the {{ Zelda weapons and items}} template is a little useless. JackSparrow Ninja 03:47, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
A centralized discussion about video game navboxes, which may impact some or all of this project's navboxes, is ongoing. Members of this project (or anyone else interested) are invited to participate. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 07:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
There was some dispute over whether or not the move of Gerudo Valley, Lon Lon Ranch, and Spectacle Rock to List of recurring locations in The Legend of Zelda series, where a user claims that because I did not get consensus, it was an improper move (even though there was no controversy to be shown, and the only one who opposed it wasn't even opposing it being moved). I realize that some people might find it controversial, but in the non-policy he linked to to show that I should get consensus for controversial moves, it also says "be bold", and I assume that it doesn't mean "be careful, there might be controversy in a potential future edit". - A Link to the Past (talk) 21:59, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
If all these Hyrule location articles are placed into the main article, here's how I suggest the layout be:
Scratch the entire Geology section and place relevant parts within the appearences section (such as Twilight Princess' mirror imaging, and so on) and the common areas section below.
— Deckill er 16:49, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I'll start a rough draft here: User:Deckiller/Hyrule. However, I don't have much spare Wikipedia time to devote to this, so everyone is going to have to chip in if this is going to work. — Deckill er 18:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Template:Zelda weapons and items has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Pagra shtak 20:39, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I have recently made some minor contributions to Midna's article. I entirely revised the Gameplay areas and moved some unnecesary information to Trivia. My reasons behind revising the Gameplay section was to make it seem more logical and sound more like a video game, while at the same time describing what graphically happens with Midna. I could help with the story too, but I will have to be more sensitive. -- 74.194.118.12 03:04, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
I have made some contributions to the Wolf Link article by cleaning it up a bit, but it still needs revision and may even need to be merged with a new article, the Twilight Princess version of Link.
An AfD discussion has been opened: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Masks from The Legend of Zelda series. I'm both the messanger and the nominator, so feel free to shoot me. — Deckill er 06:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
There are currently quite a few Zelda articles with no citations. Please add references to the articles that need citations. Thanks. -- Superneoking 20:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Help is needed to solve a revert war on this page - neither side will give nay, and compromise is pretty much impossible (its a fairly black-white issue). Please weigh in on the page (the discussion is at the bottom of the talk page, the edit conflicts are on the history), and help end the war. KrytenKoro 07:24, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Hola! :) Abans de res, perdoneu-me que os molesti amb aquest missatge que no m'heu demanat. Sóc l’usuari Zant de la Viquipèdia en català. Us vull fer un proposta, que crec que es podria resultar molt interessant i a la vegada profitosa. Us proposo que col•laboreu i m’ha ajudeu en el meu Viquiprojecte: The Legend of Zelda allotjada en dita Viquipèdia en català. Al mateix temps, per iniciar el viquiprojecte he editat alguns primers articles de la saga The Legend of Zelda. Podeu ajudar-me de moltes maneres: a les pàgines de discussió, editant els articles, com a participants regulars, o com vulgueu, es clar. També podreu editar dels vostres videojocs preferits, dels vostres personatges predilectes, del manga, etc... de lo que vulgueu! Espero que aquest missatge no os hagi semblat una molèstia (si és així, si us plau, diguem-ho i ho tindre en compte pel futur) i os hagi servit alhora per conèixer una mica més la Viquipèdia en català i els projectes que s'hi fan.
Moltes gràcies per la vostre i fins una altra!
Sisplau, no hi ha ningú que vulgui col•laborar amb mi en aquest Viquiprojecte: The Legend of Zelda? El cas es que necessito col•laboradors ja que que només en tinc un parell en la Viquipèdia. Si algú d’aquí m’ha ajudés li estaria profundament agraït.
Moltes graciés. Salutacions cordials!
Just so you know, the Twilight Princess article is undergoing another peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess/archive1 for another FA nomination. Any comments there shall be appreciated. Thanks. Sjones23 02:59, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
The current Zelda template includes CVG project rating and importance, but doesn't show the ranking and importance (unless I'm very confused). The only way I see to know the class and importance is to edit the page. Also, class=NA does not change the word "article" to "non-article" (for categories, templates, etc.) as it does in the cvgproj template. Can this be fixed? JohnnyMrNinja 20:18, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
I will be launching an FA drive for Twilight Princess and all game articles relevant to the Zelda series. By all means, join me! Greg Jones II 19:33, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
There needs to be a definitive decision made regarding the Intro/names of the game articles (specifically: Zelda 1 and 2). I'm sick of people completely overhauling it every week or so; and usually not for the better.
My feeling is: The introduction is supposed to be the part of the article that reaches out to everyone and gets them interested enough to read on. As of now: the pages state the name of the game (necessary), the name of the Japanese version of the game in romaji (potential useful), and the name of the Japanese version of the game in Japanese text (least useful); not to mention that various portions of the titles are repeated more than once. The end result can sometimes be nearly a paragraph in itself; one that is generally alienating and uninteresting to both novice and veteran game players.
There's nothing wrong with the information itself, only with it's current presentation and location. There's some good stuff in there, but it needs to be more concise, standardized, and it needs to be somewhere else in the article. (and not in the Introduction.) Zixor 18:36, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
-Okay, well, if no one has any thoughts outright, I'll just propose some of my own guidelines, and that will probably help to stimulate discussion. Zixor 18:45, 20 August 2007 (UTC).
I definitely don't think that the way things are are good enough; for all of the reasons that I talked about. Additionally, it would be good to have some standardization among Zelda articles. -But, as you said, further input would be good. Zixor 03:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC).
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I wish to propose a new template. Instead of the convoluted mess of templates that we have now, I propose that we instead have one big template to make it much neater and easier. This is an idea for it (note that it is not finished yet, and the colours are going to be... improved):
Remember, that this is just a prototype template and is not finished yet. I would however, like to see everyone's thoughts on the idea.
.:Alex:.
19:07, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Here is my version ↓. Thoughts? (EDIT:Redid colors)
The Legend of Zelda | |||
GAMES • CHARACTERS • RACES • ENEMIES • BOSSES • LOCATIONS | |||
Games |
The Legend of Zelda •
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link •
A Link to the Past •
Link's Awakening •
Ocarina of Time •
Majora's Mask •
Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages Four Swords • The Wind Waker • Four Swords Adventures • The Minish Cap • Twilight Princess • Phantom Hourglass | ||
Characters |
Link •
Princess Zelda •
Ganon By Game A Link to the Past • Link's Awakening • Ocarina of Time • Majora's Mask • Oracle of Ages and Seasons • The Wind Waker • The Minish Cap • Twilight Princess | ||
Locations | Hyrule • Termina • Great Sea • Sacred Realm | ||
Elements | Triforce • Master Sword • Weapons and Items • Musical Instruments • Songs | ||
Other | TV Series • Manga • CD-i Games | ||
Category • Portal • WikiProject |
Phew, it's been awhile. I decided to have a go at overhauling my template. I've made numerous changes and added a lot more links as well. I also changed it to a MUCH nicer colour scheme. I removed the little navbar at the top of the template but I don't know whether it's better or worse without it. Take a look:
Any input would be most welcome. -
.:Alex:.
11:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
For the benefit of the project, I have created an article index to get a full look at all the articles covered by this wikiproject. Judgesurreal777 00:02, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I could probably help get pictures fo the reccurring items, but I might need help with copyrights. - FrogTape 22:36, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
I make the same proposal : I have a nice collection of pictures (nearly all the item of Zelda 3). Before uplaoding it as Copirighted media, I would like to be confirmed that this is legal. thanks -- Napishtim ( talk) 17:47, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
At least 12 links of a suspected 26 were detected as dead, found on pages under the umbrella of this project. External links are primarily used in references and should be treated as though the references were missing. See parent discussion. Dispenser 04:25, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
According to the official presentation, the correct name of the game is The Legend of Zelda Link's Crossbow Training. The title of the article, and the name displayed in that article, are incomplete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.7.138.124 ( talk) 01:19, 13 September 2007 (UTC)