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Paper-Man
His name is Horace Throstle. DC Indexes and other comic reference sites say so. The page should be named Horace Throstle.--1966batfan 21:59, May 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * That's strange, seeing as he's got only one appearance and he dies there. Which DC Index says it? -- Tupka 217 22:01, May 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics--1966batfan 19:54, May 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Who doesn't cite a source... it's not in the issue, and it's his only appearance to date. I would suggest finding a primary source for the surname before we move it back. -- Tupka 217 20:00, May 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * What's an example of a primary source?--1966batfan 02:35, May 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * An issue, or the DC encyclopedia, or any other licensed work. -- Tupka 217 06:53, May 26, 2011 (UTC)

http://www.dcindexes.com/indexes/indexes.php?character=148&choice=appearances If you look at that, it clearly says that Paper-Man is Horace Throstle.--1966batfan 19:27, May 26, 2011 (UTC) The comic issue is Wonder Woman Vol 1 165.--1966batfan 19:29, May 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * I know Mike claims Horace's last name is Throstle. But where did he get it from? Like I said, it's not in, Paper-Man's only appearance. So unless Mike has a primary source for the surname, it's not going on the wiki. -- Tupka 217 19:31, May 26, 2011 (UTC)

Mike owns that comic.--1966batfan 19:43, May 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * DC owns the comic. Mike owns a copy.
 * I've read the issue, it's not there. He's the only one of the major comics databases who gives him the surname Throstle. Mike Voiles isn't the absolute inerrant authority on comics, even he can be wrong. Which he is in this case, unless he (or you) provides a source for "Throstle". -- Tupka 217 19:58, May 26, 2011 (UTC)

http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/web/thread.jspa?threadID=2000209167&start=300&tstart=15 It says Paper-Man is Throstle here.--1966batfan 20:10, May 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Also not a primary source. PRIMARY. As in, officially licensed DC stuff. This Indiaink could just have been reading Mike. Please, linking me to every google result of "Horace Throstle" is not necessary. Point me toward a licensed book or website or comic that uses "Throstle". Otherwise, this discussion is over. -- Tupka 217 20:14, May 26, 2011 (UTC)

What's an example of a licensed book/website/comic?--1966batfan 20:33, May 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * An example would be, or DC Encyclopedia, or , or even a roleplaying book from Mayfair Games. Primary sources are one of the most important things in historiography. -- Tupka 217 20:40, May 26, 2011 (UTC)

I have an idea that will end this argument. E-mail Mike and ask where he got Throstle from.--1966batfan 21:01, May 26, 2011 (UTC) I can't email because my mail client isn't installed, so you'll have to do it.--1966batfan 21:09, May 26, 2011 (UTC)

Episodes
There's a lot to talk about when it comes to these.

First off, check out Bloodsport now and see what you think.

I'd really like to adopt a uniform method of naming the episodes in a series that works for both Marvel and DC so that template writing is universal and it's easier for people to move back and fourth across the sites.

Right now, Marvel uses the: "SERIES Season SEASON# EPISODE#" format, much like the Comics format with 'Vol' replaced by 'Season'. You guys generally use: "SERIES Episode: EPISODETITLE", with the Series often not being the same as the main page of the series. I'd like to see some kind of title that uses the main name of the series, incorporates the season number, and some understandable reference to the episode. I think your use of the episode name is cool, so maybe something like "EPISODETITLE of SERIES, Season SEASON#"? It would be nice to use episode numbers, if possible, since it's easier for the template to make automatic determinations of what the next and previous episodes are, but it might not be logical.

What do you think?

&mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 19:26, May 25, 2011 (UTC)

Relationship
I was wondering which DC characters had Older Women and Younger Men relationship? --Cococrash11 06:58, May 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't know. Besides, women never age as much as the men do, so there aren't that many "older" women. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 19:00, May 30, 2011 (UTC)

They do age it just they never list. Do you know who know the answer? --Cococrash11 22:18, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Nope. You can put up a blog though. It's the easiest way to reach multiple users. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 22:20, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

Help with page creation
Could you help me create the page Priscilla Rich (Earth-One)? She is the Cheetah, like her Earth-Two counterpart of the same name and made her first appearance in Wonder Woman Vol 1 160. I however, don't know how to use the page creation template.--1966batfan 17:21, May 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * Apparently, you succeeded without my help (which is good, because I was gone for most of the day). Couple of points:


 * No need for the "none.jpg" image. Though, yes, and image is needed, placing an image there will prevent it from being automatically categorized as such.
 * Statistics Policy
 * I'm not sure if Earth-One Cheetah first appears in #160, as the story is presented as a Golden Age one.
 * I think I agree with Darkseid01 on this one, all can be merged into "Priscilla Rich (New Earth)". The Earth-One character is essentially the same as the Earth-Two character, and has aged. Priscilla has appeared post-Crisis (in Our Worlds at War), and was a Hippolyta villain eventually murdered by Minerva. The notable difference with the pre-Crisis character is that she's no longer wheelchair bound. I'm not a Wonder Woman expert, though, and I'd like to hear other people's opinions on this. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 19:00, May 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * --<font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 19:00, May 30, 2011 (UTC)

German Version?
Hey Tupka,

is there any chance for a german version of the DC Wiki? The Would love to have one because I'm from germany and english isn't my native language. I'm asking because of the "Language: Español | Magyar" at the end of the mainpage. --JimmyOlsen 15:01, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * You can start it if you want, but I can't really help you with it. Though German is my third language, I'm not very good at it (it's my third language because my French is even worse). I'm not very comfortable speaking it, let alone writing it.
 * You could bring this up on the forums, and I'm not sure if Marvel has a German interwiki, maybe you can get some help from them. --<font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 15:10, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * I guess it won't be a problem for me to start it but my question: how can I do it? I'm not that into Wiki. I don't even know how to install a template. Is there a forum for german people? I don't have a problem with english (I really love that language) but my english is a little bit better than my english hahaha --JimmyOlsen 15:49, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * This is really more of a question for Jamie Hari... he's the site's founder.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 15:57, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you, man! Cheers! --JimmyOlsen 16:12, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * I've tried to send him an email but his account doesn't exist. Is there another chance to contact him? --JimmyOlsen 19:19, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Have you tried his website or the forum? -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 19:26, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thx! :) --JimmyOlsen 10:21, June 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay, I've waited a few days but he didn't answer the emails. To bad :/ --JimmyOlsen 17:59, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

Fosforos
Ok,I'm Sorry!!! Fosforos malone 21:45, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

My words and pictures
from this moment, I've started writing with my words. I put a picture, I did it right?

Fosforos malone 21:45, June 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Image template. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 21:47, June 1, 2011 (UTC)

Recent changes
I just want to make sure I take the right lesson away from all of those edits you just made. So, direct links to character pages that go 'Alias (Real Name)' are only safe to put in the summaries, notes, and trivia, because appearances and quote pages get broken without the 'Name (New Earth)' format? Just checking.
 * - Hatebunny 00:23, June 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, exactly. Those major characters have different pagenames for to get a better search engine result. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 06:51, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

Teen Lantern?
Interesting that Wonder Woman in the episode "Kid Stuff" from Justice League Unlimited would be identified as Wonder Girl. Any possibility that the DCAU John Stewart would be called "Teen Lantern"? Just humoring. (VicGeorge2K9 18:35, June 3, 2011 (UTC))


 * No idea. They're called "Kid Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman/Green Lantern" in the credits. She's called Wonder Girl in the extra And Justice For All. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 18:41, June 3, 2011 (UTC)

Tiny Titans Images
Hey Tupka. You've been killing on the disambigs for animated versions lately. I'm not sure if you have plans for the Tiny Titans or not (and don't feel like I'm pushing this at all) but I found this page at Art Baltazar's website - http://www.artbaltazar.com/tinytitanscharacters. Its a pretty good chunk of the characters and they are nice, clear images. I sent Art an email asking permission to use them. I'll let you know what he says but its still cool to check out in the meantime. Kyletheobald 07:49, June 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Just haven't gotten to it, I guess. Maybe later. That's a great site, by the way. Though I can't recall Phantasm ever making an appearance. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 07:53, June 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Art said its totally cool to use those. We just need to source it, which I know you always do anyway. Kyletheobald 17:44, June 4, 2011 (UTC)

Milestone Universe
Should characters introduced in the current Xombi series (after DC licensed the characters) be listed as Dakotaverse or New Earth residents?

Batgorilla 23:44, June 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'd say (New Earth) in the name, with the "| Universe = " field "Dakotaverse; New Earth" just for completeness. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 08:12, June 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Just so we're clear on this... former Milestone characters appearing in the DC Universe for the first time should have their Universe field designate as "Dakotaverse; New Earth"... I haven't been following Xombi, but any completely new characters should just be listed as New Earth, because there's no shared continuity.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 10:11, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

==Time Out for Vengeance Any more info on "Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Time Out for Vengeance!"? Larry1996 23:15, June 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Nope. Is it even out yet? -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 23:22, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

Kamandi award
You got a Kamandi award for contributing for 30 days. What comes after Kamandi and how long in consecutive contribution days does it take to get it.--1966batfan 20:09, June 10, 2011 (UTC)


 * Plastic Man, 60 days. You'd better ask Billy/MrBlonde what comes after, he made the custom badges. --<font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 20:12, June 10, 2011 (UTC)

Images
I wasn't even planning on placing those images on the character pages at all since I have no idea how the new DC Universe will work and what pages would even correspond to the correct version of the characters. I'm just supplying the images and letting other editors place them where they need to eventually go.

-Balfro 21:57, June 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * That's cool. I was a little precautious because every once in a while, somebody pops up on the net and thinks "New stuff! Must. Go. To. Wiki" and then leaves us with a lot of cleanup. And as for the correct pages... we haven't quite figured it out yet. We're waiting for more stuff to come out from DC about it. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 22:07, June 13, 2011 (UTC)

Image Template
oh sorry thanks, I dont see the button for it --Joe-Kurr 07:15, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * where is "more options" --Joe-Kurr 15:53, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * ok thanks --Joe-Kurr 16:11, June 15, 2011 (UTC)

You're Awesome
Thanks for finding images for Dragonfly, Silken Spider, and Tiger Moth. I told Billy I bet if I put them up, you'd find images. I don't really say it enough but you are seriously killing on stuff and I appreciate how much work you do. Though I am pretty jealous of the number of badges you have. Kyletheobald 20:09, June 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * Luck has it I reread the Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul TPB the day before yesterday.
 * You like my badges? You can have some of my Wonder Woman badges. Seriously, I've got 57 of them already. With a site so built around categories, you get one every 5 issues or 10 characters. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 20:24, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

Moving Pages
Billy and I have discussed having Wikia turn off the Move/Rename Page option for non-admins on the site. They replied that it is possible and actually a pretty easy thing to do. I just wanted to see if you had any objections to this before I have them do it. It might mean we have to do a few more moves but I think that's better than constantly having to monitor the recent activity to find ones that slip through. I'm also going to ask Nathan since he is the one who usually handles the bot on that for us. Kyletheobald 15:29, June 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * I remember that was brought up. I agree, it would be handy, especially because of the category magic.
 * A possible downside is that Anti-Lad can't move anymore. He's cleaning up a lot of the MLJ and Quality issues, and encounters DC Index names from Answerguy's days. He moves the stuff and updates the links. Such a case would make Move Rights (like Rollback rights) an option, so if you do contact the guys at wikia, ask if that's a possibility. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 15:38, June 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * I think since I'm a bureaucrat now, I already have the power to grant rollback rights. I was hoping Billy could look into this before he left though, because he knows more about it than I do.  I'll make sure Anti-Lad is able to move stuff anyway. Kyletheobald 17:20, June 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, we had Wikia do the same thing on Marvel. It's a good idea.


 * You can't move pages without Admin rights, sadly. I'd recommend giving Answerguy admin status, if you trust him...


 * &mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 04:57, June 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Anti-Lad yes, Answergauy big no. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 06:03, June 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hello Kyletheobald and Tupka217, rollback rights message received --- Thanks for the trust! (Anti-Lad 13:44, June 22, 2011 (UTC))

Template Bugs
Thanks for the heads up. I updated the page those images point to, they should now go to the appropriate section on Help:Template Fields. If you could check some of them out and see if the titles make sense (Editor-in-Chief needs to be fixed for DC), that would be extremely helpful.

I'll correct the gallery link space issue for the comic template.

As always, thanks for the Bug report. :)

&mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 04:45, June 21, 2011 (UTC)

Seven Men of Death
Since you just read through the Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul, would you be able to go through and make sure those guys are listed in each issue? I can handle the Robin and Nightwing pages, as I have those on hand, but I don't have the others yet. I'll even make pages for them if we can just get their appearances down. I think there have been 8 members so far (since Merlyn evidently quit) and I have names for 7 of them. Kyletheobald 22:03, June 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'd have to reread it, I'll get back to you tomorrow. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 22:20, June 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * No problem. I really appreciate it.  I'll try and download them in the meantime so I can pull images if I need them. Kyletheobald 22:28, June 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Done. There's one guy I don't know the name of (he has a black hood and some chainmail on his chest), and it seems Wikipedia agrees with me, he isn't named yet. I take it Shellcase is the guy with the skull on his face? Razorburn (the knife wielding whiteface) was named in Road Home/Oracle, but not in Resurrection. Maduvu is the dreadlock guy, best possible image would be from Nightwing Vol 2 138. I'm not sure who the guy on the right of your picture is (Alpha/Michael Sommers?). The lady is Whip (well, she's the only one with a whip). -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 10:04, June 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Cool. Thank you so much for taking the time to look at it.  I didn't know about the chainmail guy but I've seen no mention of his name in my research.  The 7th member in my picture has yet to be named also.  For a group called the Seven Men of Death its weird that they've already had 9 members. Kyletheobald 17:43, June 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Rotating membership?
 * For most of Resurrection, they're referred to as "the Sensei's Men of Death" or just "Men of Death", it's not "Seven Men of Death" until the last issue. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 18:04, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

What was I doing wrong?
Hey I noticed you deleted the "Jason Woodrue (Burtonverse)/Images" that I tried to start. What was I doing wrong? I was originally using the "Pamela Isley (Burtonverse)/Gallery" as a basis. Granted my experience/skill with Wikia coding is limited but I'd like to try again if at all possible and perhaps you could point what would be ideal.Bellboyjr 14:51, June 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * It should be at Jason Woodrue (Burtonverse)/Gallery. You should also use the Image template on images you upload. -- <font color="Green">Tupka <font color="DarkOrange">217 14:58, June 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh, right. I took the descriptions as literal. I.e. "Images featuring Jason Woodrue", as in not containing solely said-character. Thank you. Bellboyjr 15:03, June 24, 2011 (UTC)

re: Villains
Hi Tupka. I have a question. If a character who is a villain in the DCU appears in a story as a bystander should he/she be listed under 'Villains' or 'Other Characters'?

Darkseid01 17:48, June 24, 2011 (UTC)