User talk:Ed the Horse

Speaking of which, since I've made a GFDL acceptable sources for Mario Compendium, may have to do similar for here as well, for CC-BY-SA. Gstar (talk) 01:25, May 9, 2025 (UTC)

Ok, thanks Sailor3933 (talk) 10:57, May 9, 2025 (UTC)

"Deena's sister is Sailor"

So both of you are twin sisters? I thought you were a male, so my mistake if I've called you a "he" before. Gstar (talk) 15:38, May 11, 2025 (UTC)

My gender is, female. Sailor3933 (talk) 15:42, May 11, 2025 (UTC)

Okay, sorry if I thought you were male. (I'm a dude in his late 20s.) Gstar (talk) 15:47, May 11, 2025 (UTC)

It's ok. Sailor3933 (talk) 15:49, May 11, 2025 (UTC)

Thank you

Though I'm often focused on doing wiki stuff and processing requests made by you (and Deena), I've wanted to take my time to say a sincere thank you for your invested interest in the wiki stuff that I do. :) Even though there's seemingly no perceivable gain, since I'm just a guy quietly working on wikis online (including on Fandom, which grew on me over time even though I was not happy they gutted MonoBook skin). Not many people are interested.

As you may have seen from Nookipedia, I've been permanently banned from many of the conventional wikis. The reasons behind the ban is complicated, but the simple terms is that used my misconduct on Discord (yes, I was not always the nicest person) as an excuse (and some they twisted out of context to suit a narrative); see, I didn't like the oversight that NIWA had over especially the Super Mario Wiki (and attempting to stifle their coverage over Zelda, Super Smash Bros., etc.) and the hypocrisy behind zelda.fandom.com being part of NIWA, despite a no-Fandom-wikis policy. I quit Discord permanently three years ago because most of the people there are not good people, I'd rather not react or type up messages that I'd later regret, and the constant dramas and activities don't matter in the long run.

Fast forward today. You inspired me to get hosting solution for Mario Compendium, and it's for that reason that I have a few wikis here (I can't host too many since each one beyond three wikis costs an extra five dollars monthly). If you want to know an analogy, it's like having two kids help their parent(s) run a family-owned business. It's very wholesome (and why I only do invites-only with wikis), and I hope you and Deena will some day experience something similar.

Speaking of which, are you making sure to stay safe online? I'm doing my best to prove myself as a friendly person, which I try to convey through the nature of my wikis. Since you're young (as you admitted to attending school), I'd highly advise reading about being safe online (which is advisable for even adults) and consulting your real parents about the ground rules of what to do and what not to do online. Unlimited access to internet may seem desirable, but it can be incredibly dangerous. Gstar (talk) 18:22, May 13, 2025 (UTC)

So I got banned from Nookipedia and Super Mario Wiki (but it was a few months ago for spamming messages). I'll ask deena too. I do still, feel safe. Sailor3933 (talk) 19:08, May 13, 2025 (UTC)

I just wanted to make sure you're okay. I hope you like the message I sent. Gstar (talk) 19:45, May 13, 2025 (UTC)

I liked your new message :) Sailor3933 (talk) 19:50, May 13, 2025 (UTC)

I'm sad to hear you were banned. I've talked to the MyWikis host, and apparently some of the load issues on this site was because of spambots on the server (since it's shared with other wikis). I'm hoping we can get it resolved soon. Gstar (talk) 19:59, May 13, 2025 (UTC)

I was ONLY banned on 2 NIWA wikis, mario (was banned a few months ago) and nookipedia. Sailor3933 (talk) 20:00, May 13, 2025 (UTC)

Server

The originally scheduled move times of the servers so that they go faster was supposed by the end of the week, but since they're short-staffed, this could take longer than expected. Meantime, check what I typed to you on Yoshipedia about Vikidia. Gstar (talk) 19:32, May 14, 2025 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Sailor3933 (talk) 21:49, May 14, 2025 (UTC)

As for B-K Wiki

I hope they can get monobook.css fixed soon so I can add some styling to the site properly. We're allowed to do a Jiggy article here in meantime, though since this is a Nintendo wiki, that'd exclude Nuts & Bolts (unless it references the original N64 games in some form). Gstar (talk) 21:17, May 19, 2025 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Ed the Horse (talk) 21:34, May 19, 2025 (UTC)

Np. Or a full Jiggy article at DK Wiki. Gstar (talk) 21:35, May 19, 2025 (UTC)

May you fix a article on gabe the slacker wiki Ed the Horse (talk) 21:37, May 19, 2025 (UTC)

Sure Gstar (talk) 21:38, May 19, 2025 (UTC)

"Chris misbehaves on the First Day of School" Ed the Horse (talk) 21:43, May 19, 2025 (UTC)

Okay, though it could take a while. Gstar (talk) 21:56, May 19, 2025 (UTC)

I can help, too. Ed the Horse (talk) 21:58, May 19, 2025 (UTC)

Sry about tensity

Sorry if some of the conversation seemed a bit tense. Since you've seen that I've been permabanned on Nookipedia, Super Mario Wiki, and many others, you can probably tell why it's a tense subject matter for me. Whether you edit their wikis, use indie wiki buddy or not, that doesn't make you any less welcome to the wikis that I'm hosting. We can agree to disagree about Fandom, even though I know Fandom isn't perfect. If you look past a site's interface and several ads, you might find a friendly community on the other side. Since you love reusing from sources, having Indie Wiki Buddy could get in the way of you being able to do that. Gstar (talk) 20:58, May 20, 2025 (UTC)

No problem Ed the Horse (talk) 21:02, May 20, 2025 (UTC)

Also, Italia suggestions Gstar (talk) 21:03, May 20, 2025 (UTC)

How many wikis are you banned Ed the Horse (talk) 21:06, May 20, 2025 (UTC)

Not sure the number, but it's def over five. I'll do my best to give a transparent account as to what occurred. So this was from a few years ago. Out of respect towards others involved, I won't give names. There were people who didn't like me for trying to hold NIWA accountable for defending the inclusion of zelda.fandom.com, since it seemed about as logical as Cartoon Network doing live-action shows. One of the ZW executives was always in my friends list, so I wasn't inherently excluding ties to anyone linked to ZW, I just didn't like the lack of logic and was irate about it and wished more people understood me.

I was way more irresponsible and reckless with my conduct, using profanity and slurs as well as picking fights with random people on Discord. Some of them alleged harassment, since I was quite loud about it, but a clear instance of it occurred in early 2022, when I targeted someone for pursuing a full-time librarian career. This was at a time I was being spoonfed tons of conspiracy theories (which made me suffer) and the librarian's code of "upholding intellectual freedom" sounded like complicity in an alleged New World Order plot, like they wanted to control what books we read, what information we know, and so forth. And I passed along gossip and insults about the person to everyone. I deeply regret what I did, and the person's friends did good at sticking up for them. My friends list was dropping like flies. I left Discord, stating that I'd never do such a thing again. Three years later, I've still stuck to my word, and that's about the most I can do on behalf of people who dislike me.

I still have my reservations about librarians: that part hasn't changed. Librarians always do this "shhhhhh" in public libraries, even if you drop a pencil on the ground lol. I guess it's just my view point that libraries should be hangout spots, since it's a publicly available building generally with lots of space, and if people want to read books quietly, they can do so in designated book clubs, even if they're rooms in libraries with their own sound barriers. So much unexplored potential to be had. Now even if I hadn't done all the profanity and stuff mentioned above, people were getting upset at me because I said "librarians are karens," to which they said stuff like "it's their job". Nobody gave a clear argument to the contrary, and some think I'm still insincere due to my dislike of librarian practices.

Now, I was also trying to play into trying to give people a clear reason to antagonize me because it seemed like no progress was being made at preserving the integrity of indie wikis from association with a Fandom-owned wiki in their alliance. The toxic people who targeted and hated me didn't jump to the rescue of the person whom I targeted. I upset the people I didn't intend to.

Then about one month later, feeling I had nothing to lose by that point, I made a proposal about removing zelda.fandom.com as an interwiki link, stating "the MediaWiki software allows links to Fandom wikis, so it's redundant." It was also me trying to upset some people and use the bad things I did (like picking on the person pursuing a librarian career) as a skin-suit for "look at me, I have common sense! I'm the antagonist!" They didn't play into that at all: they colluded in secret and manufactured these several false allegations and used screencaps of me using slurs and profanity to try and get everyone to hate me to defend the wiki: that is what we call a hit piece. Unlike the people I didn't want to upset (and were rightfully angry at me for targeting someone), they didn't defend that person at all, nor did they even mention the person. They made it all about how I'm all these bad things rolled into one and made all these statements completely out of nowhere, all because of a silly proposal over a silly interwiki link. And then the permaban occurred on the Super Mario Wiki, from the coordinated hit piece they did on me any place they could, appealing to emotion over rationality.

And that's my story about why I hate Discord and social platforms with a fiery hot passion: When things occur, it spreads like wildfire between communities. They say the internet never forgets as well. Meanwhile, places like this are self-contained with their own culture and all, just like the Internet was in the 1990s and 2000s.

Also, zeldawiki.wiki is on okay terms with me & I'm a friend with one of the executives, who believes in forgiveness because I felt like an irredeemable crime for everything that occurred and all the mistakes I had made. If an exec of the primary wiki I targeted at the time can forgive me, I want to say that I'd strongly implore other indie wikis to do the same, but of course, they won't. Gstar (talk) 21:56, May 20, 2025 (UTC)

Ok, no problem Ed the Horse (talk) 23:27, May 20, 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for understanding. With an incident like that, it also exposed some of me and most indie wikis' curative differences to the surface: They are strictly about covering what's relevant to their franchise of focus, whereas I like to push the limits (e.g. The Legend of Zelda on a Mario wiki). Gstar (talk) 20:46, May 21, 2025 (UTC)

Italiano

May you make a article on italiano Ed the Horse (talk) 11:41, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

I did Gstar (talk) 12:48, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

Important

I have to say something very important: If you become a full-time editor on any of the NIWA or GWN wikis, meaning to add substantial amounts of info there or not just fixing typos and occasionally adding things here & there, that would pose a conflict of interest to the five wikis that I host, and you will no longer be allowed a staff position. Doesn't mean you'll no longer be allowed to contribute here, as Kap'n Skurvy is a regular at SMW and has added to DK Wiki, but your staff roles will be revoked. Gstar (talk) 16:44, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

What for? Ed the Horse (talk) 18:33, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

Conflict of interest, the definition of which is "a situation in which the concerns or aims of two different parties are incompatible." Kind of like how they'd demote users on Fandom if they fork a wiki. Gstar (talk) 18:59, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

Okay, no problem. Ed the Horse (talk) 19:07, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

Sorry if it may seem like a tough choice to make. It'd just be a demotion if you decided to commit to NIWA wikis full time. The simpler explanation is that a majority of them dislike me. Gstar (talk) 19:08, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

I got banned from 1. Nookipedia - reason : Sockpuppet 2. Super Mario Wiki - reason : Spamming user talk pages 3. Fandom - reason : Copyright violation. on fandom, now i know how to attribute. Ed the Horse (talk) 19:10, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

So you kind of like to do your own thing with wikis like me, then? At least that's what I've observed. What was the "copyright violation" for on Fandom? Nookipedia? Gstar (talk) 19:12, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

On fandom, i copied content from nookipedia without attributing. The ban was from july 2024. On fandom it was a 1 day ban. Here is a page example of copyright violation on fandom from official animal crossing fandom wiki; you rewrite it: https://acnl.fandom.com/wiki/Animal_Crossing_(GCN) Ed the Horse (talk) 19:30, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

I blanked it because this appear to be a New Leaf wiki. Anyway, as for the copyright thing, mistakes happen, and I think we've all done copyright violation accidentally at one point or another. Gstar (talk) 19:45, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

There is a delete template. I don't know why i am in Haywood County for no reason. Ed the Horse (talk) 19:49, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

NC... I haven't been there since 2012. I miss it there. :( Traveling there on a Thursday. I'm guessing you do home-school? Gstar (talk) 19:52, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

I'm not home-schooling. On https://acnl.fandom.com/wiki/Spring_Blossoms there is paliglism Ed the Horse (talk) 19:53, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

Removed. Also, just thought the Haywood County mention came out of nowhere, since a quick Google Search show it's in NC, where I used to live as a kid before moving to west coast. Gstar (talk) 19:59, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

I actually do live in Burke County, North Carolina. I'm not giving the city cause it is too personal. Ed the Horse (talk) 20:02, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

I was in Orange County. Gstar (talk) 20:03, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

In Orlando? I have been there before. Ed the Horse (talk) 20:05, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

This one. Gstar (talk) 20:05, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

I've lived in Seattle metropolitan area for almost 15 years, but I haven't truly done anything with my life here. Gstar (talk) 20:10, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

May you join indy.snowsherrill.com and fix typos. on page Diana, there is a typo. on page Roald, there is a copyright violation. Ed the Horse (talk) 20:31, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

Sure Gstar (talk) 21:21, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

Roald is not a chonky boy. On indy.snowsherrill.com we don't copy from nookipedia (expect templates and categories). Ed the Horse (talk) 21:26, May 22, 2025 (UTC)

Also important: In your time-zone, I tend to be unavailable from 7-10 PM on Saturdays and 5-8 PM on Sundays, since that's when I meet with my friends in real life. Gstar (talk) 18:52, May 24, 2025 (UTC)

I do not know that. Ed the Horse (talk) 19:43, May 24, 2025 (UTC)

svg

If you see a "Error creating thumbnail: convert-im6.q16: unable to open image `/tmp/svg_b2335adf10dd98542a10e50b/Red_warning.svg': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2924. convert-im6.q16: no images defined `PNG:/tmp/transform_2dcacb980840.png' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229." on file pages, I've informed the tech team, and they'll hopefully work on fixing it soon. Gstar (talk) 16:59, May 24, 2025 (UTC)

Yeah. I did get it. Ed the Horse (talk) 17:29, May 24, 2025 (UTC)

Did they really

Did your parents really ban you from editing Vikidia? As well as block Piklodex.com on one of your iPads? Gstar (talk) 19:47, May 27, 2025 (UTC)

No. Piklodex doesn’t work on iPadOS 16 but works on iPadOS 15. Ed the Horse (talk) 19:51, May 27, 2025 (UTC)

K, because I thought it was reasonable to assume that they'd hate me. Gstar (talk) 19:54, May 27, 2025 (UTC)

Why don’t you maintain yoshipedia Ed the Horse (talk) 19:59, May 27, 2025 (UTC)

Did you see me finish up the Ash Ketchum article here? That was no small task, and it took me a few days to get around to. Gstar (talk) 20:01, May 27, 2025 (UTC)

Yeah Ed the Horse (talk) 20:03, May 27, 2025 (UTC)

Therefore the truth is that I do want to get aorund to it, but managing several wikis would obv mean it takes longer to get around to. Gstar (talk) 20:06, May 27, 2025 (UTC)

Why can’t this wiki be created on Miraheze? Ed the Horse (talk) 20:08, May 27, 2025 (UTC)

PikloDex? See here. Gstar (talk) 20:12, May 27, 2025 (UTC)

Do you want to make a start on page Ketchup from https://animalcrossing.wikidex.net/wiki/Kétchup. New Leaf villagers houses from Spanish animal crossing wikidex are more appropriate than Nookipedia. Ed the Horse (talk) 20:15, May 27, 2025 (UTC)

Yeah. At the same time, I'm fixing the Super Mario 64 DS article on the Mario Compendium. Gstar (talk) 20:21, May 27, 2025 (UTC)

I hadn't forgotten about Ketchup. I'm working on it as we speak. Gstar (talk) 15:38, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

Sesame Street wiki's gone

What happened to it? Gstar (talk) 18:50, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

I replaced Sesame Street Wiki to Mario. I am not good at Sesame Street. Ed the Horse (talk) 19:56, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

But you still like the show, is that correct? As compensation, since this is a Nintendo wiki, I'll allow articles on like Big Bird, Elmo, etc. if it connects to Nintendo media. Gstar (talk) 20:08, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

But I’m not really good at it. Ed the Horse (talk) 20:16, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

You like the show but aren't good at it, if I'm understanding correctly? Gstar (talk) 20:17, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

I never watch the show. Ed the Horse (talk) 20:18, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

Then why did you make a wiki about Sesame Street? Gstar (talk) 22:01, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

No reason. Ed the Horse (talk) 13:01, June 1, 2025 (UTC)

Nook

If it helps you feel remotely assured or better, I'm talking to HylianAngel on the Animal Crossing Wiki about my usage of Nookipedia images, not to mention some that she took, as well as the Animal Crossing Spanish wiki text and some the spanish wiki translated from Nookipedia.

I made my stance clear to HylianAngel (a.k.a. Soleil) that it's not about whether the community likes it or not, but rather to ensure all terms are being met. What I am doing is similar to what we call "diplomacy." Gstar (talk) 20:14, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

Ok, no problem. Who is HyilanAngel? She is the one who blocked me on nookipedia. Ed the Horse (talk) 20:16, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

Her username on Fandom is NinjaSoleil. Gstar (talk) 20:16, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

I did not know that. Ed the Horse (talk) 20:17, May 31, 2025 (UTC)

In case

In case you see me editing Pikipedia, a NIWA wiki, it's a very odd exception where I'm giving back all I did on Pikmin fandom because the leader of the Fandom wiki is bad (unlike many other Fandom wikis), and there's someone there with whom I get along. Gstar (talk) 11:36, June 2, 2025 (UTC)

So like I'm not contributing there on a regular basis in the long term: it's just to give my work from the Fandom Pikmin wiki to theirs, if that makes sense (and terms of regularly editing NIWA wikis leading to demotion still apply). Gstar (talk) 11:37, June 2, 2025 (UTC)

Why are you still Results May Vary? May you ask sysops to be Gstar Ed the Horse (talk) 11:39, June 2, 2025 (UTC)

On fanonpedia, I detect that you are results may vary. Ed the Horse (talk) 11:42, June 2, 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, I am RMV. I'm staying Results May Vary on NIWA wikis due to the legacy of that username attached to those wikis, before I've moved off to start my own stuff like PikloDex. Gstar (talk) 11:59, June 2, 2025 (UTC)

Is it possible to copy from pikipedia? Ed the Horse (talk) 12:11, June 2, 2025 (UTC)

Was told

I was asked to stop using Pikipedia as a chatting ground, so the same would go for you as well, since they want to be focused on being a collaborative encyclopedia. NIWA wikis are strict and authoritative. Gstar (talk) 17:14, June 2, 2025 (UTC)