Talk:Paint Brush

Non Labbable Colours

Just checking: positive that you can't lab to Royal, this has been reiterated several times in the Neopian Times, but can one lab a pet into Pirate? I ask this as it was added by an anonymous user, and I think I half-recall a friend having a pet labbed into Pirate, but I can't be sure... --Macbeth 03:24, 27 Aug 2006 (CDT)

OK, bit of research done... I don't have any copies of the Neopets Magazine, but this page quotes issue 4 as saying

Q: Can the Lab Ray change your pet to restricted or limited edition pets? Also, what colours does it NOT change your pet? - Honeybee_girl

A: Yes, the Lab Ray can turn your Neopet into a restricted or limited edition Neopet. There are a few colours that are not available from the Lab Ray, such as Usuki, Plushie, Baby, Pirate, and Royal.

I would say that is source enough... --Macbeth 03:36, 27 Aug 2006 (CDT)

The source is accurate, as i own isuue 4 of the magazine, and every issue up to this point. It's the final question in that issue's editorial. --Jacob 12:09, 27 Aug 2006 (CDT)

Trivial Question

Is neocolours.me.uk (interestingly using Nominet's new .me second level domain, designed for personal pages) the descendant of the (no longer) neocolours.co.uk? The logos look similar, as I recall them... --Macbeth 21:53, 31 Aug 2006 (CDT)

It does appear to be that way, doesn't it? Though I never looked into the facts of the matter. Bah. --Jacob 02:43, 13 Aug 2007 (UTC)

Paintbrush colors

Two things... The list...is in a mess of an order. Is it like this for a reason? Also, it states that the list is only of available and active PBs...but the Stone and Glass PBs which are listed, are not active. They are items but not usable. As for dates, do you want the dates that the PB is released or that the color was available? A lot of colors are Lab Ray to start and then a PB is released. --Cath 02:43, 12 Aug 2007 (UTC)

"Active" means that the item can be owned by people as opposed to "not active" which means the item only can be found in the item database, but not obtained by anyone. It doesn't matter whether the colour is available, the glass and stone paintbrushes are active. The unicorn and jelly paintbrushes on the other hand, those aren't active.

And no, the list is not like this for a reason. If you want to change it, feel free to do so. I think I'll go ahead and make the list abc. And it's about when the paintbrush was released, not the colour. DreamingLady 07:23, 12 Aug 2007 (UTC)

The list was as it was because that is the way they appear on the Complete List of Paint Brushes (i.e. the order they were created in...i think). listing them alphabetic makes more sense anyways. :D And as this article is about the paintbrushes, the release date noted should be when the paintbrush was released, and not the colour. --Jacob 02:43, 13 Aug 2007 (UTC)

I would suggest a topic name change... We have "Retired Paint Brushes" which is incorrect for this category as there are several other PBs that are retired and still usable, like Faerie. This section (being what it is) would be better titled Unusable Paint Brushes or, as TNT terms them, Retired Colors. --Cath 14:10, 13 Aug 2007 (UTC)

I think Unusable PBs is better, as it also allows us to mention the Jelly and Tartan PBs. BTW, does anyone know what colours were in the first PB competition? You know, the one in which the Baby PB won. DreamingLady 18:22, 13 Aug 2007 (UTC)

Got one better. The link to the voting page. :D Along with another one to give context...or something: Pick the next Paintbrush #2, Babying Your Pets: Super Cute or Super Cruel? --Jacob 01:07, 14 Aug 2007 (UTC)

Petpet PBs

Do you want dates for these? I have decided to go through all the old news articles and notate when color events occur so they can be added when needed and (if I notice them) other notable dates that might be lacking around the wiki. Petpets were not paintable until 2 October 2001 so all of the release dates (if announced) should be findable. And, if so, what is the Date standard for this Wiki? I've seen several different versions.--Cath 02:43, 12 Aug 2007 (UTC)

Same as with pet pbs: yes, we'd appreciate their release dates. I'm not sure what you are asking in the last two sentences though. DreamingLady 07:25, 12 Aug 2007 (UTC)

I mean, in some articles, dates are listed Month day year and some are listed day Month year with various punctuation in between. Which is the standard that is preferred? --Cath 13:24, 12 Aug 2007 (UTC)

Most of the articles are using the US format (month before the day), but so long as you keep the date formatting the same throughout the article, it's fine. --SwordFire 14:03, 12 Aug 2007 (UTC)

Yes, we want release dates for the petpet PBs as well. ;) For information about the date notation standard, read Proper editing style in the editing help article. In summary, british or american date notation is fine, as long as the format is the same throughout the article. --Jacob 02:43, 13 Aug 2007 (UTC)

Article Wiki image

Up till now, we have used image links of paint brushes for the main image to display what this article is about. I think it's time to change that. We just need to decide what it will be. Will it be as it currently is, with a single image createdwith all those selected paint brushes? will they contain different paint brushes? should something else be used entirely? --Jacob 23:31, 30 Sep 2007 (UTC)

Would be fun (although probably not very wiki-like) to have a gif that rotates through them all. Not even sure that's a possibility. -Cath 23:03, 1 Oct 2007 (UTC)

Animated gif's can be uploaded, as you can see with this image. It's certainly something to think about, though I don't know if that would work out right. Might be too distracting for the article. Other thoughts on this? --Jacob 23:47, 1 Oct 2007 (UTC)