Talk:The Crystal Empire

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A fact from The Crystal Empire appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the design of King Sombra, the villain in "The Crystal Empire", was meant to illustrate him "as both a solid creature and a flowing mass of smoky darkness"?

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Speculation

I tink I know what place they drew inspiration when imagining the crystal empire, there is a city in the far north of Italy named Palmanova , look it up on google maps, its exactly the same, its hexagonal, and it's at the far north (of italy in this case) AND you can guess the size is the same by counting the buildings between the centre and the side, the one in italy is surrounded by a moat, and doesn't have the castle in the middle (it has a plaza where a big church is located tho) and it less that 600 years old (unlike the 1000+ years of the crystal empire, but read up on it, maybe you will find more similitudes , signed: trombonista92

That's pretty cool (see Palmanova); unfortunately unless there's some sort of reliable source that says the Crystal Empire was based off Palmanova, we can't add it to the article... though I'd say personally I think it's highly likely. --.Yellow1996.^(ЬMИED¡) 00:10, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for the reply i dident tink anypony was actualy following this, yes I understand the source thing thats why i wrote this here under the title "speculation" one more (not too amazing) thing I realized is the similarity of the backgrounds in those 2 pictures: http://www.fotografieitalia.it/foto/69/Palmanova_69-11-27-17-4939.jpg and http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/683aaeb9f7ee930c7df1e5726a83ea33/http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo209/treecko_queen/MLP/screenshots/9dc2090a845f50f4f3b638bab3f498cc-1.jpg both with geometrical fields, but ya you are welcome to put this on mlp wiki in the discussion page or something, i am not very nimble at this, it would be awesome if more people looked in to it :) just mention me if you do : trombonista92 XD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.1.9.150 (talk) 18:46, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! :) Well I'm one of the few users with this article on their watchlist I guess; and I try and keep a watchful eye on all MLP articles when I can. Wow... now looking at those pics you've provided I have no doubt that the empire was definitely modeled off of Palmanova. That's so cool! And yeah I didn't think of that - the guys over at the MLP Wikia will probably want this. If I make it over there sometime (I don't edit nor have an account over there, but I could still bring it to their attention) I'll provide the info and links you gave here, and mention you; thanks, trombonista92! :) --.Yellow1996.^(ЬMИED¡) 18:35, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Image

Does the current image, of Twilight and her friends running from King Sombra, work? Or would a different scene from these two episodes illustrate the article better? dogman15 (talk) 21:09, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ratings

Which source is correct?

Source 1(used in List_of_Littlest_Pet_Shop_(2012_TV_series)_episodes)

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/28/strong-holiday-week-programming-caps-best-ever-november-for-the-hub-tv-network-and-drives-network-to-11th-consecutive-month-of-audience-growth/159402/

My Little Pony Friendship is Magic:686,000

Littlest Pet Shop:577,000

Source 2(used in this article)

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2012/11/13/hub-tv-network-new-series-littlest-pet-shop-makes-best-ever-premiere-for-any-original-series-on-network-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-marks-its-best-ever-series-premiere-604310/20121113hub01/

My Little Pony Friendship is Magic:578,000

Littlest Pet Shop:536,000109.167.132.2 (talk) 19:39, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sentence that didn't make much sense (I changed it.)

From the article:

Now that it has reappeared, Princess Celestia, worried that Sombra will reappear with the Empire, instructs Princess Cadance and her husband and Twilight Sparkle's brother Shining Armor to the Empire. She then sends for Twilight Sparkle.

What??? but they were already there, (Cadance and Shining Armor) weren't they? Celestia sent Twilight and her friends there to help, so I've changed it to:

Now that it has reappeared, Princess Celestia, worried that Sombra will reappear with the Empire, instructs Twilight Sparkle and her friends to travel to the Empire to help Princess Cadance and her husband, (Twilight's brother) Shining Armor.

Which seems ok to me. But if I've made any mistakes then feel free to change it. Thanks! :) --Yellow1996 (talk) 18:28, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Actually I just checked and it turns out Cadance and Shining Armor were merely sent first. So I've modified my correction accordingly. --Yellow1996 (talk) 18:36, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Some Dude From North Carolina (talk · contribs) 12:00, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Add a short description and move the "use mdy dates" template below the hatnote (WP:ORDER).

Done

"animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" → "animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" – (WP:SEAOFBLUE)

Done

Plot section: Part one is 397 words and part two is 372 so this passes MOS:TVPLOT.
"with a dark magic which disables" → "with dark magic that disables"

Done

Remove the comma after "Twilight jumps for the Heart".

Done

Remove the comma after "King Sombra's attacks".

Done

"putting needs of others" → "putting the needs of others"

Done

The caption for the image in #Production is kinda long and mostly unsourced.

Shortened and added source

"to imply him as a once-powerful ruler" → "to imply he was a once-powerful ruler"

Done

Archive sources (you can use this automatic tool).

Done

Ping when done. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 14:10, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comments, Some Dude From North Carolina. I have hopefully addressed your comments and if there are any other changes you'd like me to make, please feel free to let me know! Pamzeis (talk) 01:40, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 04:30, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the design of King Sombra, the villain in "The Crystal Empire", was meant to illustrate him "as both a solid creature and a flowing mass of smoky darkness"? Source: My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria. p. 104

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Stoned at the Nail Salon

Improved to Good Article status by Pamzeis (talk). Self-nominated at 08:55, 25 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Article is new enough, long enough and neutral. Adequate sourcing in article (TV plots aren't generally cited btw) and no copyvio on Earwig. QPQ has been done and the hook is interesting. Assuming good faith on offline sources. BuySomeApples (talk) 01:11, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]