Talk:Starmie

Inappropriate question

hello,does anyone here like starmie? Don't you just looove its look and the red jewel? please,if anyone has the same view about starmie,tell me. thanks! (am i too rude???)60.52.32.46 13:23, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Ummmm... I like Starmie. Staryu too. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 14:19, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a forum, therefore, not a very appropriate place to ask such a question.--Atomic-Super-Suit^{What Have I Done?!} 22:18, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Dead link

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• http://www.smogon.com/rs/pokemon/starmie
  • In Starmie on 2007-06-02 20:24:58, 404 Not Found
  • In Starmie on 2007-06-03 14:30:26, 404 Not Found
  • In Starmie on 2007-06-10 16:25:30, 404 Not Found

--Stwalkerbot 16:28, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Starmie/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Captain Galaxy (talk · contribs) 21:42, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Olliefant (talk · contribs) 08:17, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Lead

• Infobox needs alt text

 Done

Concept and creation

• Both images need alt text

 Done

• "Each Pokémon have one" should be "Each Pokémon has one"

 Done

Appearances

In video games

• "included in Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Pokémon" change to "included in Pokémon Legends: Arceus or Pokémon"

 Done

• "Pokémon Crystal" should be italicized

 Done

• Notes A and B should be "Including their remakes" as both games were remade, not just one.

 Done

• "other spin-off Pokémon video games, such as" should probably be "including" instead

 Done

• Also the order seems random, could it be alphabetised or moved into release order?

 Done Changed to release order

In other media

• Clarify which season of the anime Misty had Starmie

 Done The article doesn't explicitly mention a season, so I had to more lean into a timeframe

• "Misty had trouble using her Starmie, often times losing with it; instead, she used it as a mode of transport" I think this should be two separate sentences

 Done Split

• "First Prize For Starmie" should probably be in parenthesis

 Done Added

Critical reception

• Note D is unsourced

 Done I didn't think that was strictly necessary as it used the same source that was used at the end of the sentence, but I have added it regardless. CaptainGalaxy 15:46, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

• Consider creating a subheading for discussing its role competitively

 Done Added

• "with IGN describing Misty's Starmie as an absolute pain in the butt" I think this wording is pretty informal, it should either be turned into a quote or rephrased

 Done Rephrased

• I think "In Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket," should be "In the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket,"

I don't think that's needed as the article never puts the in-front a game.

• "The card would also appear in a community ran black market, where cards would be sold on websites such as eBay." I don't know about calling eBay a black market. I'd tweak the wording a bit

 Done Tweaked

• Link "For the Win"

 Done

• The last paragraph should probably be moved elsewhere, I think "Appearances" under "in other media"

 Done I have moved it to the top of "Critical reception" and renamed it "Promotion and reception" per other GA Pokémon species articles.

Mega evolution

• Image needs alt text

 Done

• "In a following article, Shepard admitted" this wording makes the article is a follow up to the previous article which from my understanding it isn't

 Done Changed

• "subject of memes / shitposts" should be "subject of memes and shitposts", while similar they are distinct

 Done

References

• I'd run IA bot

The bot has had a lot of lag whenever I am online which causes it to crash. But I have already managed to run it twice on this article before and it only got about half the sources. I will try to archive the remained in my own time.

• Why is "Magmix" a reliable source?

Magmix is a Japanese source that has been used multiple times in previous GA reviews as well as the Gen II Pokémon Featured List.

• Why is "Real Sound" a reliable source?

Real Sound is considered a highly regarded Japanese source that has been used in multiple GA, FA and FL reviews.

Misc

• A few MOS:DASH violations but I took care of these myself

• @Olliefant: I have gone ahead and address the changes recommended here. Thank you for taking on the review and please let me know if you have anymore suggestions. CaptainGalaxy 15:45, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

I should also add that since my implementations, I have added three more sources. CaptainGalaxy 19:33, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

I did another check and couldn't find any other problems. Olliefant (she/her) 20:08, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by TechnoSquirrel69 talk 06:01, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that Starmie can use the DeathStar to be a "world class annoyer"?

• Source: IGN

• • ALT1: ... that according to WikiLeaks, the CIA allegedly developed Starmie to hack into mobile devices? Source: CNET, Anime News Network
  • ALT2: ... that Pokémon fans have compared the design of Mega Starmie to a scene of Patrick Star with long legs and fishnets? Source: Destructoid, Eurogamer
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Mountain (Gorillaz album)

Improved to Good Article status by Captain Galaxy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

CaptainGalaxy 21:26, 27 October 2025 (UTC).

• Recent GA. Article long enough with no copyvio, good referencing as expected from a GA, and Earwig says no copyvio. QPQ has been provided. I'd reject ALT0 for WP:DYKFICTION, but ALT1 and ALT2 are very interesting, cited inline, and verified in source. Prefer ALT1. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 09:50, 28 October 2025 (UTC)
  • I think that ALT1 has a potential issue in that it is misleading. The CIA did not develop "Starmie" (the Pokemon) as a hacking device, as I wondered about when reading it, but a program called Starmie. The article is not about the program the CIA developed. Actually, "developed" would not even be the right word because it's a vulnerability they used to penetrate systems; it was in the OS by default rather than created. It could probably be reworded to say something like "Starmie was used by the CIA as the namesake of a mobile device exploit" or something along those lines. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 16:33, 29 October 2025 (UTC)