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Setting up a schedule
Well as we all know the big news is hitting everywhere that the reigns are being taken over and FUNimation now are producing the anime. They are releasing the first eps on TV in August. So with that in mind, we REALLY need to get cracking here.

I'm out for uni related things (like my end of course Open Show) for the next 4 weeks. But I want to get a schedule set up. Every week between now and the release date will be taken up by brings things up to standard. Its no good if the show turns out to be a blast and we're a runt of a site. Its time to open up our minds to possbilities.

List of things we need to schedule:


 * Redoing our Main page.
 * Redoing our Community Portal.
 * Redoing and bringing up to date our Current Events page.
 * I want the Community Cafe to have a new look.
 * General site theme.
 * Character pages
 * Seeing what we need and don't need
 * All chapters from manga and episodes from anime pages brought up to snuff.
 * All movie pages brought up to snuff.
 * VA and Japanese VAs redesigned.
 * Deletation of uneeded pages
 * Merging of pages
 * Bring the profiles of crew, DF and characters alike up to date.
 * Site adversitisment we are not putting this off any longer! By the start of the release date, we need to have this sites name put around.  I don't care if we only stick it in our sigs on forums.  Its better then nothing!

The schedule should start from this Monday. If we all sit here and work to the goal, we can bring it up to date. One-Winged Hawk 11:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Dates
The schedule dates:


 * April 16, 2007

Everything related to 4kids must be merged to 4kids, thay includes 4Kids Edits, 4Kids Story Alterations and 4Kids Entertaiment

(Joekido 11:24, 14 April 2007 (UTC))

Adding to this, heres a plan from me, others may have different ideas:


 * April 23, 2007 - Tidying up all the anime related articles. Everything 4Kids must must be burned at the stake, peed on and burried in a thick layer of cement... Er... I mean... closed and all information checked for correctness.  One side note: Its time we check our main Straw Hats crew pages are complete and no important stuff is missing.
 * April 30, 2007 - Discussion of revamped pages and beginning to put together an advertising plan for the site. We need a theme, we talk and discuss.  As for editing - relook at the movies pages and well as all pirate crew pages.
 * May 7, 2007 - After redoing crew pages, it is time to look at the crew members. We need to have every crew member with a template and linked to crew pages and vice versa.
 * May 14, 2007 - All the other people in OP. End discussion of themes and revamps.  Check all Devil Fruit Pages.
 * May 21, 2007 - End of discussion for advertisment. Release rough designs for revamped pages.
 * May 28, 2007 - First 50 chapters of manga brought up to date. Pick of designs for site
 * June 4, 2007 - 50 - 100 chapters of manga brought up to date.
 * June 11, 2007 - 100 - 150 chapters of manga brought up to date.
 * June 18, 2007 - 150 - 200 chapters.
 * June 25, 2007 - 250 -300.
 * July 2, 2007 - 300- 350.
 * July 9, 2007 - 350 - 400. Stop with manga here for enow.
 * July 16, 2007 - Go over ALL VAs Japanese and English.
 * July 23, 2007 - complete design of site revamping.
 * July 30, 2007 - Check over Video game pages
 * August 6, 2007

Its a harsh sedulce I know... But if we all concrentrate on each section listed we should get things doen faster. If we're ahead we can do things earlier. I designed this schedule to have things done at a steady place. Others can rework it. One-Winged Hawk 11:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * If you're re-doing the Main Page, feel free to ask me for any graphical improvements you want. On a side note, perhaps the Forum system should be setup here. This talkpage is pretty cluttered. ~Dantman -local (talk&#124;local) May 13, 2007 @ 11:55 (UTC)

Its beginning to notice...
It struck me reading some articles and their wikipedia counterparts. (no nag about wikipedia intended here). How different the articles are shaping to their Wikipedia counterparts. While Wikipedia is full fo unwanted cruff all over the place our pages are a lot more organised. And the content is slowly morphing into a very different look.

Example is our Thriller Bark creatures part and the thriller Bark counterpart page on wikipedia... Our is now fully organised after 3 major reorganisations... Wikipedia's is on its first and beginning to crumble here and there on many minor things. The number of contributations is higher then ever on wikipedia, but then again, even though we're not really putting much effort into things, we're attracting more IP adresses and slowly more registered members.

BTW I have the main page 1 example basic shell done... I didn't put it together on wikia though, I wrote the coding on notebook. I'm gonna assemble it on Wednesday. Its split into seperate parts so I don't know how it will come togther. I couldn't think writing straight into the wikia. One-Winged Hawk 21:11, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Which is what I was trying to do; to move this site away from Wikipedia counterpart and restart many articles to rewrite them to an original format. Just look at what I did at the Aokiji page, I reorganize the page to make an orginal format. Back in Oct, many articles were ripped from the Wikipedia site and was pasted here which made me very upset and I tried to fix it yet I had problems.... errr.... Better to forget that before I become a grouch.

Anyway, the Aokiji page is good example to make this site original, by restarting and rewriting many articles. The Wikipedia version is plain and cheap, the Thriller Bark section over there is boring and poorly setted up. This Thriller Bark Creatures is much, much better.

Now if we are to pull OP Wikia away from being a Wikipedia clone, you must agree to join my "restart and rewrite" project.

{Joekido 00:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)}


 * We have the advantage of being able to hold attacks and other such details. Which kinda helps our cause.  I don't think we'll be able get completely away from wikipedia, afterall how many ways are there of writing some bits of info such as bounties and so forth?


 * Also although I complain about those ads to the right, the thinner text space on the page makes the contents look bulker then they are. Which I noticed the other day not only helps a page look like it has more on it, but also aids us somewhat in looking neater.  The best example on this probaberly the Red-Haired Shanks page.  Its wikipedia counterpart looks scruffy.  Yet they both hold the same info more or less.  Its just the width of the pages... It creates a certain illusion.


 * BTW Jo, I understand the words "boring and poorly set up" - Since I was the one who set that page up.  ^-^'


 * Which is a bad reflection considering I can do really fancey stuff when I'm left to my own freedom. But I forgot to create a sandbox version of that page (wikipedia rules) and they nabbed the page for deletation before I had finished so I had to get as many people as I could to get it set up in a hurry.  How we pulled it off in the end is anyone's guess.


 * But since then nothings been done except adding stuff to it. I wanted to rewrite it but didn't in the end due to the only other way I could think of rewriting it would end up as a clone of ours.  And I didn't want to fall back into wikipedia cloned pages again due to my previous comments about how we're slowly moving away.  One-Winged Hawk 06:25, 29 April 2007 (UTC)


 * All I gotta say is there are some things and pages in Wikipedia that are messy and such. I saw the Thriller Bark page in wikipedia and while it's still a starter, I must say it may not become at least as good as Thriller Bark Creatures considering a vast majority of the creatures are minor cannon fodder which may not all live up to Wikipedia's notability rule. However, there are some stuff in wikipedia that are good despite the mess I must say. Some them actually look better than ours. In the end, I guess it all comes down on evaulating which information is better suited for knowledge despite the flaws.Mugiwara Franky 11:45, 29 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I've noticed all the hours I spent putting refs on wikipedia has amounted to nothing... People delete the refs and don't add new ones. Their crew pages are better but I never transferred the data over.  Right at the start when we first began I kinda forgot.  And now I don't just want to transfer the data over from wikipedia anymore.  I mean, then it was okay... Now it seems well... Arkward because we are trying not to be a clone of wikipedia.  O.o'


 * I must say Joekido though... Isn't a template calling for a rewrite extreme?  One-Winged Hawk 19:50, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Protection
Okay its been hit by Anti-4Kids stuff too much. Can we have the 4Kids page protected or semi-protect against IP users. You won't stop the anti guys from flaming it... But you can limit the scope of attackers. And thats what I want done. I wish they'd keep neutral or just go away. -_-' One-Winged Hawk 17:08, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Also protect related pages... And I'm sorry for blanking those pages. It was easier to deal with the vandal if I blanked them and readded them later.  I had to fight him somehow.  One-Winged Hawk 18:56, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Pages Blanked as Anti-Vandal Measure
This is all I can do to fight him, POages I've had to blank:


 * Monkey D. Luffy
 * 4Kids
 * Alfred R. Kahn‎
 * Talk:4Kids

I'll note what I blank. We'll have to go back in the history section to fix this later. For the FIRST time, I wish I had banning powers. One-Winged Hawk 19:04, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Phew* he has temp. departed. I've reverted them back now.  I'll repeat this if he returns until he is banned.  I won't let him win his little game, but I won't play it either.   One-Winged Hawk 20:14, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Help...
This is One-Winged Hawk... I can't log in. I mean enter my username and password, log in, but when I go anywhere I'm logged out automatically. T_T

I know before that it wouldn't let me make any changes to the site and said I have to log off and on again. Something about a server cache and or loss of data session. Anyone know whats going on here? 82.34.192.189 10:06, 13 May 2007 (UTC) (very destressed One-Winged Hawk)


 * Any details on your browser, settings, etc... Did you check off the Remember me? Either way could have some issue. But like it instructed, did you try logging out then in again? ~Dantman -local (talk&#124;local) May 13, 2007 @ 11:52 (UTC)


 * Wierd I've come on expecting to still be logged off and I'm logged on suddenly. You know, I had this same prob yesturday... One-Winged Hawk 23:00, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I seem to be having the same problem also. User:Mugiwara Franky not logged on


 * Yesterday someone in IRC said they were having this problem. They said that it had happened 6 months ago then fixed itself in another day or two. Don't worry, it's an intermittent problem, you can probably fix somthing like this by trying another browser or something temporarily and by the next day it should start working again. Also, the techs should now about this and are probably trying to solve it... It's definately not much to what bugs you may be complaining about when the MW 1.10a upgrade hits here. ~Dantman -local (talk) May 14, 2007 @ 08:51 (UTC)


 * (One-Winged Hawk - again) For over four hours I kept trying to post this same message... I've lost the message now. Basically this is hitting me hard, I can't edit as much as I want to.  I've been trying to get the main page sorted, but all I can do is minor edits here and there right now.


 * This is happening every day right now, I got about 2 hours of break from it today. Then it was back again in a heartbeat.  I had to wait 2 hours to change Jango's page. It lets me edit... If I'm not logged in though it seems. 82.34.192.189 21:35, 18 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I've heard from some users that clearing out all your cookies may help. ~Dantman -local (talk) May 19, 2007 @ 07:20 (UTC)

Using Youtube Videos
Umm, for those that have youtube accounts and videos. Would it be okay to use this code for some situations like this.

Luffy defeats Lucci with New World Symphony Background a7b4UqxWb2A

The full instructions can be found here.Mugiwara Franky 14:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)


 * This could be great help in those situations that may require more than one frame and music to prove a point. Like how some rokushi moves are performed.Mugiwara Franky 14:23, 14 May 2007 (UTC)


 * You'll half to limit how much you use. There's a limit to what Fair use laws will let you do, that is especially the case with Anime and videos. Most videos would be best as shorter than that one to comply. Also note, Fair use laws only apply to the Article namespace. So it's a Fair use violation to place those in Userpages, talkpages, etc... same with fair use images. ~Dantman -local (talk) May 14, 2007 @ 14:37 (UTC)


 * I'm against YouTube usage due to their habbits of just deleting stuff. One-Winged Hawk 17:29, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Info on Merchandise
I'm going to get it onto the pages... Examples of One Piece mercandise. Thats one of my missions for the Summer. Basically, I want an overview of figures released for each character (not all, but a good idea on what has been issued) page. I'll be doing Luffy's soon as an example. I don't know if this will work. (OW-Hawk) 82.34.192.189 20:30, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Making Real Life Pirates Legit
Well I finally got round to visiting the library and have with me a collection of pirate books. So since I have them for 2 or 3 weeks now, I'm gonna put some legitacey into our real life pirate pages. I'll also see from reading these books if I can strengthen our links to the One Piece characters. Bu t my primary goal is to make those pages legit so we never have to worry about them again. One-Winged Hawk 11:51, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Books
Okay a list of books I have.


 * 1) Pirates fact or ficition by David Cordingly and John Falconer. ISBN no. 1-85585-108-3.
 * 2) Pirates Adventurers of the High Seas by David F. Marley. ISBN no. 1-95409-215-4
 * 3) The Pirate Wars by Peter Earle. ISBN no. 0-413-75900-8.
 * 4) Captain Kidd and the war against the pirates by Robert C. Ritchie. ISBN no. 0-674-09501-4.
 * 5) The mammoth book of  Pirates. Edited by Jon E. Lewis. ISBN-13 no. 978-1-84529-115-0 and ISBN-10 no. 1-84529-115-8.  Chapter title "Blackbeard: Captain Charles Johnson."
 * 6) A general history of the robberies & murders of the most notorious Pirates Captain Charles Johnson with an introduction and commentary by David Cordingly. ISBN no. 0-85177-919-0.  Chapter: The life of Captain Teach.
 * 7) Pirates an illustrated history of privateers, buccaneers and pirates from the the sixteenth century to the present.  Consultant Editor David Corningly. ISBN no. 0-86101-872-9.

A general history of the robberies & murders of the most notorious Pirates Captain Charles Johnson with an introduction and commentary by David Cordingly. : This is the most important of these books as a lot of other books list this as one of the source books (published origanlly in 1724). This one is the most valuable to the site as its a survey of various pirates and is one of the reasons why Blackbeard and Captain Kidd are so famous.

If I can I'll purchase another copy of this book so someone at hand always has a copy to contribute to this site. :)

I'm actually killing two birds with one stone... Lets just say I'm using this as a double source for some other project I'm writing that I hope will bare fruit. One-Winged Hawk 14:59, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Done!!!
Talk:Main_Page_Design_1

Well opinions, suggestions, etc can now be spoken! Itsa done! One-Winged Hawk 20:39, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Scrolling text
I know it sounds odd to suggest, but it might be a good idea to add scrolling text boxes on some of the longer section of text like on the Personnelly and relationships section. Save on space. Or on the longer "Battles" sections. :/ One-Winged Hawk 22:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Example: Monkey D. Luffy


 * It actually works rather well, but can only be used successfully on longer pages with restrictions. :/ One-Winged Hawk 22:15, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes it could work that way. It depends on how one uses the box.Mugiwara Franky 22:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Oringall I thought histories sections could be done, they can but you have to dit ch the pictures. They don't work with pictures at all... It was looking at Luffy's particulay long one... Guess other sections are fine.  We should cut that section down, no need to retell the info on chapters and story arc pages really.  One-Winged Hawk 22:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Um cutting down on some parts of the history section maybe good idea I guess. However let's kinda be reminded that this is wikia that has possibilities that can't be done in Wikipedia. Take a look at the Anakin on Wookiepedia or Goku on the Dragon Ball Wikia. They're both incredibly long yet they're pretty good. On Wikipedia, these good articles would immediately be tagged and scrunched up into smaller articles completely different from what they were. I'm not saying cutting information is not a good idea, I'm saying let's try to use our freedom and aim for articles like those.Mugiwara Franky 22:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah I know, but its the way we're handling the info I'm looking at right now. I don't want to loose anything, we if we can sum up events in a few sentances it might be worth considering since we have that massive text section there.  I know what the effects of solid blocks of text can do to a reader.


 * The alternative is to make each individual SECTION of the histories bit into a scrolly thing, that way the pictures stay together with their master text section. :) One-Winged Hawk 23:43, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Nope... Can't do that either. The image covers some of the text no matter what. One-Winged Hawk 00:09, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


 * After much fiddling, apparently you can: Monkey_D._Luffy


 * Umm, just a question. Does there seem to be a problem when one tries to edit that section because when try to edit it to at least preview something, I'm given a different section to edit than the one I want to edit.Mugiwara Franky 01:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


 * It seems to also happen on other sections on my end.Mugiwara Franky 01:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


 * From Relationships section to downwards the links to individually edit a single section seem to be messed up on my end. Also when I try to edit the stuff in the relationship section like Ace, it just goes to the Template's edit screen.Mugiwara Franky 01:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Maybe we should rethink this.Mugiwara Franky 01:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Er... Yeah I noticed that last night (had presumed it was a fault with the wikia itself but now sees it wasn't...). Rethink needed.  Dam. Okay seeing since what happens if we don't include the sustitles in it because that is what I think is causing the problem.  Their inside the scrolling box and kinda don't count as they do normally.   Okay bare with me as I fiddle about with this today.  :(  One-Winged Hawk 07:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I was right... Its fixed. So The restriction left now is:  We can't include susbtitles or titles. Otherwise its fine to to terfer everything into scrolling boxes.  One-Winged Hawk 07:50, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I really don't think it's a good idea, would that make the articles ugly? We don't need Scroll box in every single long articles

Joekido 12:09, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


 * After playing around with a Luffy cloned page I now agree. ITs only good, on lisits like "Vs" stuff and references.  You use it on anything else and it looks bad.  It also looked good with the relationships bit but due to the problem with the titles and subtitles it can't be done.  :/ One-Winged Hawk 17:51, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Slapping Wrists
Minor crib. The term "many fans" shouldn't be used here. For one, many fans suggest every language is included. I just changed "Many fans" on the Zoro page to "Many English Fans". Strickly speaking, we shoudl avoid "many" but I don't want to go that far... And its 00:23 where I am so I can't be bothered to write around the problem in the Zoro page case...Z_Z One-Winged Hawk 23:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)