User talk:Flightmare/Archive/8

Link templates
I was thinking we should make the icon templates link to the game-specific pages instead of the disambig (templates H, M, A, D, W). If possible, we could make the templates automatically link to the game-specific pages based on the infobox they're used in (since those templates are mostly used in infoboxes, like OblivionSpells).

Another method would be to pipe the templates (like ), which shouldn't take too long to do since they're mostly used in templates. --Shockstorm (talk) 00:57, April 30, 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree that linking to disambig pages is a bit silly. I also hate templates you have to provide games as arguments. I'm hoping there might be some neat way of automating this process without having to stray too far from the simplicity of smacking into some article. Our biggest challenge here is detecting what game this is for. I'm hoping lua has some way of setting a global variable for a page that can make the template identify what game it is being used for. I'll be sandboxing this idea for a while before deciding on what approach to take. — Flightmare (talk) 14:03, May 1, 2016 (UTC)

Portable infoboxes
Hey Flight, is there a way to keep the "Have an image of ? Then please upload it!" on infoboxes that have been updated to the portable format? For example on MorrowindIngredients, if an article doesn't have an image (such as this), it doesn't have that message. Since it's something that's usually on infoboxes to encourage users to upload images, it would be good if the new infoboxes had them too. —Atvelonis (talk) 19:04, May 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes there is, looks like I forgot to add it to ingredients though. — Flightmare (talk) 20:25, May 6, 2016 (UTC)

KINMUNE was down last night
Just thought I'd mention KINMUNE was down around 2 AM last night. I don't know if it was something wrong with the AI, an Update to the AI, ECT... Anyways. Just wanted to make sure it was taken care of, to prevent further issues. What is the Music of Life? (talk) 01:43, May 20, 2016 (UTC)
 * I tested something new, it wasn't a big success. — Flightmare (talk) 10:45, May 20, 2016 (UTC)

hey i wanted to know what is the fastest way to level up your smithing in skyrimTurdnugget (talk) 17:45, June 3, 2016 (UTC)Turdnuget
 * Iron daggers or leather gauntlets :) — Flightmare (talk) 19:03, June 3, 2016 (UTC)

Editing
Hi, Flightmare

I'm having a Major Problem with the Editing. So I was doing work on the Location Differences in Elder Scrolls Online article. I was adding a ton of locations pretty much a Major of the Locations featured in Hammerfell in ESO which has a Lot of Places. After finishing, for some reason everytime I finish editing and write what changes I made, the Screen would refresh and go into to Source Editor since I use Visual Editor and after it refreshes, All of my work is gone. It's pretty annoying and I need it to stop. I know using Source Editor is better but I'm just comfortable using Visual Editor and frankly, it shouldn't reboot to Source Editor only to get rid of my edits. Please fix it. Thanks for Reading. Vincentius1 (talk) 00:26, June 7, 2016 (UTC)

Revert
Can you use that revert thingy on X-Mutant when you get a chance? Also blocking him would be nice, because he's continuing to add stuff as I type this... I know he can see the messages on his talk page, because he launched some drama towards Atv several months ago (which included him removing lots of messages as well). --Shockstorm (talk) 06:26, June 7, 2016 (UTC)

/D user ban
Hey Flight,

Kun jij misschien even TheBigOne2206 een block van 3 dagen geven voor het spammen van de Discussions? Atvelonis reageert niet en je bent nog niet in de chat geweest vandaag, dus daarom vraag ik het via je talkpage. CarloV3r (talk) 14:10, June 17, 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks like Atvelonis took care of it already. — Flightmare (talk) 08:35, June 20, 2016 (UTC)

Unsigned issue With Blood Dragon
User:Cook_Me_Plox brought this to our attention, me and Kora tested it, it's odd.... It only appears whilst not signed in, on Blood Dragon, It links to Mythology.wikia.com and it does not appear in either source edit or Visual edit which is even weirder, it's in the section Appearance, and on the Word "Dragon" it links to Http://Mythology.wikia.com ... Kora suggested I left a message to you. Thanks TAOA 05:08, July 1, 2016 (UTC)


 * It looks very odd indeed, I see it too when not logged in. I'll ask around if someone knows what this is. — Flightmare (talk) 11:58, July 1, 2016 (UTC)


 * We just discovered.... It happens at other wikis too. Assassin's creed, Terraria wiki, Dragon Age Wiki, And Fallout wiki.... Don't know why... Perhaps it has to do with the word itself? Perhaps Mythology.wiki did something? IDK... TAOA 00:13, July 2, 2016 (UTC)


 * Not all pages with the word "dragon" has it, and sometimes it's on the title of an infobox instead of a word in the article body... The Weirdness goes deep!

I just found that it happens on new edits for some reason... http://fallout-tes.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Test, Click on the last edit. I messed up on the name, But it apparently has to do with the word. TAOA 00:41, July 2, 2016 (UTC)


 * Just found this as well... It even happens at non-existent pages... http://fallout-tes.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Test_(non-existent_page) I have no idea what is happening.. TAOA 00:46, July 2, 2016 (UTC)


 * Solved! http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Nerfmaster8/Pointless_%22SEO%22_Injection


 * Circumvented by inserting  into the word, such as  . Someone on RS Wiki wrote a module to handle it, but be warned, the function names are very profane! — TheDefiant604 (talk &bull; contribs) 04:53, July 2, 2016 (UTC)

Admin

 * http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_Wiki:VIP

Bronkiin (talk) 19:32, July 8, 2016 (UTC)
 * http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:927012

KINMUNE youtube spam 2
Someone used KINMUNE to spam again... At first she tried to use The Aspect of Akatosh's youtube link but it didn't work, then she posted a different new link so she knew what she was doing. Time = 01:56:34 in the log

Re: /d guidelines
Thanks for the heads up. I've formatted our existing guidelines for that page now. —Atvelonis (talk) 19:45, July 12, 2016 (UTC)

Lore character infobox
I just made LoreCharacters because the existing templates weren't so great. We need to choose a styling for that (I just used "lore", although that probably doesn't exist atm). Alternately we could base the styling on the character's race, like I believe they were trying to do with Imperial infobox. Also feel free to add fields from this template if needed — I think the "faction" field should suffice for most things, although we may want a separate field for dynasties and bloodlines. You're much better with that stuff than I am, so any help you can give is much appreciated.

And oh yeah, how's the connect thing going? Was wondering what it might be like in August. --Shockstorm (talk) 03:23, July 14, 2016 (UTC)

Removing Upload Option on Forum Posts
Some time last week, I think it was, a user uploaded multiple images solely for forum posts. Despite being informed it was a violation of policies, he continued to do it. The last time, another user also told him it was against policy. He claimed ignorance and then asked why there was an upload option when posting to forums. I couldn't help but agree: why is there such a contradiction of both the media and forum policies?

RenzXVI found the solution. Add the following code to the MediaWiki:Wikia.css file: .MiniEditorWrapper .toolbar .cke_button.cke_button_big > a { background-color: transparent; display: none; } This "fix" will hide the upload section on both the add image and add video boxes for forum posts.

— TheDefiant604 (talk &bull; contribs) 10:31, July 14, 2016 (UTC)

Oblivion Jewelry Infoboxes
Hey, je moet even naar een aantal infoboxes van Oblivion Jewelry articles kijken. Ik weet niet of de infoboxes er zo uit horen te zien, maar volgens mij zijn ze kapot.

CarloV3r (talk) 14:10, July 20, 2016 (UTC)

Book templates
Hey, we started a conversation with Shockstorm about changes in the gallery template at Online Books. He told about a bot, that is updating pages. I saw today, a bot has made changes in many articles, but not all. E.g. Fang of the Sea Vipers, Spikeball Handbill. So, question is: will a bot continue to work or will gonna have to edit articles manually?--Vitgar (talk) 13:45, July 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * The bot task is already finished, I simply did not know there were pages formatted like this so they weren't included. So feel free to update the page. — Flightmare (talk) 14:28, July 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * Ha.... Feel free... Sad to hear so much my work was done in vain and is need to repair just because of the template changes.  —   Vitgar (talk) 16:14, July 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * It was not done in vain, I encourage you to keep searching for broken articles and report them back to me. It is pretty hard to find all exceptions out of 2400 articles. — Flightmare (talk) 16:53, July 26, 2016 (UTC)

Hey, could you look at this?
http://prnt.sc/c03j5r - http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/User:TheDefiant604 brought this up. Just wanted to give a heads up. You should've respected my authoritah. 07:18, August 1, 2016 (UTC)

KINMUNE is at Fallout
She just joined after chat crashed, and is now afk with Renz, Carlo, and me. Thought you may want to know. TAoA 11:12, August 9, 2016 (UTC)

Elder Scrolls: Legends
Hey Flightmare!

I saw your blog post about Legends and figured I'd message you. One of Bethesda's PR folks reached out to us about the it and expressed interest in helping grow the Wiki's coverage of the game. I'm not sure what specifically they have to offer, but I wanted to check to see if you had anything on your wishlist. Card image assets, information, questions etc. Would be happy to forward any requests of that nature you might have to them.

Thanks!

Michael (profile)•(talk) 20:21, August 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Michael, I have to say this sounds amazing to me. I was actually trying to come up with ideas of the best way of presenting the most valuable assets to card games and I think any handle Beth PR could offer would be very welcome. Card images are always useful to us, although editors try their best capturing these at maximum effort.


 * Some things we lack at this stage is a good plain overview of all cards and information around it that can be used for deck building theory crafting. This is something very new to TESwiki, but I think it will be quite valuable if we could offer readers and editors such an experience. From my days of playing Guild Wars 1 I have experienced that a 'build crafting' section can be of great value when data can directly be extracted from the article pages (infoboxes!).


 * Now I know this is not something Bethesda can help us with directly, but if I manage to build something myself, it needs to be as information-complete as possible. So any form of information or any set of assets that Bethesda can help out with would be of great value to us. — Flightmare (talk) 20:59, August 25, 2016 (UTC)

Hey again! Thanks for the reply. Sorry about the delayed response, relayed your questions/requests to the Bethesda person and am currently waiting for a reply.

I definitely agree with your take on how to work Legends into the wiki though, deck building tools and metagame info would be great. As you mentioned, getting that kind of info requires spending a lot of time with the game, and we might have to wait for the community to emerge a bit before finding a way to work the deckbuilding/meta stuff in.

I'll let you know when I hear back from Bethesda PR, but feel free to contact me with any questions you have in the mean time!

Cheers

Michael (profile)•(talk) 00:36, August 31, 2016 (UTC)

Shivering Isles NPC articles zonder audio
Hey, heb jij misschien zin om voor Shivering Isles NPC articles weer zo'n categorie te maken voor articles zonder audio?

CarloV3r (talk) 11:42, September 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Done — Flightmare (talk) 12:38, September 6, 2016 (UTC)

Base templates
I've been migrating some of the DLC templates to use stuff like Weapon, and I noticed that we don't seem to have a theme defined for and  (link here and here). --Shockstorm (talk) 00:43, September 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * Those themes were originally defined for PI by Wikia staff themselves. Looks like they missed a few. I'll add them when I get the chance. For now just include the themes as if it were working. As soon as the theme is defined it will start kicking in so there is no reason to wait for it. — Flightmare (talk) 13:13, September 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok. I'm using shivering and knights for the names atm. Also, we need a theme for Shadowkey, and also Online if we decide to use something other than the default black for that game. --Shockstorm (talk) 19:24, September 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * The themes were defined all along. They are written in camelCase. I've changed the two pages you linked already. Are there more? — Flightmare (talk) 23:18, September 28, 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh ok, thanks. That should be it, although we could make one for Online (and possibly its 4 DLCs) if we want. --Shockstorm (talk) 02:10, September 29, 2016 (UTC)
 * Online is already defined (someone decided it should be black). I think we can always come back at this at any time. Throw it in the group and let's pick some colours for the DLC. — Flightmare (talk) 11:00, September 29, 2016 (UTC)

I think we need "oblivionMobile" defined (with the light green, see here). Also, should we make a base "Armor" template similar to Weapon? --Shockstorm (talk) 19:45, October 2, 2016 (UTC)
 * I wasn't sure how to approach armour yet given how similar it is to clothing. They are the same thing without defensive rating. But then again both are items so I was trying to find to ourselves some inheritance tree for item templates that makes sense. — Flightmare (talk) 19:51, October 2, 2016 (UTC)

I just noticed that the new book coding doesn't seem to autocategorize skill books via the skill parameters like before. Is it possible to add that/make Kinmune add them? Thanks. --Shockstorm (talk) 02:59, October 3, 2016 (UTC)

Discord Widget
Could one of you admin add the w:c:dev:DiscordIntegrator code to MediaWiki:ImportJS so we can use Template:DiscordIntegrator to add widgets to pages (in particular in my profile :3) please? Thx anyway :3 03:35, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

Hey flightmare, I was looking through the old interviews with Jarjar, and I could've sworn you did one with him but I cant seem to find it. Before we begin, I want to know if you have in fact answered some questions. Thanks again.

--Madman97 (talk) 17:24, October 3, 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not 100% what happened to it. There were many things to discuss back then. Not everything involved TESwiki. — Flightmare (talk) 16:52, October 7, 2016 (UTC)

Table
Hey Flight. Is there any chance for you to upload a table to my sandbox? I tried figuring it out myself, but templates are not my strong suit in editing. Respond to this when you can, thanks and have a nice day/night. Starkiller131 (talk) 15:16, October 7, 2016 (UTC)

Snowhawk (Lore)
Hi, I just created a page called Snowhawk (Lore) and I want to rename it to just Snowhawk but I can't because Snowhawk redirects to Snowhawk (Arena) {Snowhawk being it's original name}. So I went to the page that shows where it redirects to and I changed it to redirect to Snowhawk (Lore) but I still can't name it Snowhawk, so could you help me out and also show me how to change a redirection properly. Thanks. --Vincentius1 (talk) 02:28, October 31, 2016 (UTC)
 * Since there are already three pages Snowhawk could refer to, I had to make the redirect into a disambiguation page instead. — Flightmare (talk) 18:17, November 2, 2016 (UTC)

Skyrim Civil War page (edit-war[?])
Your opinion is desired in Talk:Skyrim Civil War. Enough time has transpired where cooler heads have prevailed and Jauffre and I have provided our points in the defense of our desired intents. Jauffre wants to make the changes to the contents he listed, I desire the page to remain as it is. So far, those are the only proposed solutions to this page. This page will be unlocked by November 6,2016. If no one speaks out in support of Jauffre's desired changes by then, I will take that as emphatic consent that the page should remain as it is and if he takes the opportunity to reword and delete any of the contested content discussed, I will be in my right to restore it to its previous incarnation.(Sports72Xtrm (talk) 15:09, November 2, 2016 (UTC))

I under stand from atv you know emuloators can you tell me how to get a ps3 controler driver and use it with pcx2 ?Starkiller111 (talk) 20:50, November 6, 2016 (UTC)starkiller111
 * I'm afraid I can't help you with that. I don't know of any ps3 drivers for Windows. Your best bet is by searching some more dedicated emulator communities. — Flightmare (talk) 01:17, November 8, 2016 (UTC)
 * I would recommend the SCP Driver Package. — TheDefiant604 (talk &bull; contribs) 01:42, November 8, 2016 (UTC)

Elder Scrolls Online Super Walkthrough
Heya :) Due to swiftly-moving negotiations with Bethesda, we failed to contact you about a page to which they gave the green light a few minutes ago. The Elder Scrolls Online Super Walkthrough is a page they commissioned. Ordinarily, we should have included you guys earlier, and we apologise for not being able to do it this time.

Other staff members are going to be working on the page today, and it'll be heavily advertised, particularly in the United Kingdom. We hope that you'll come back today around 5pm Pacific Time to look at the final product. In the meantime, I'm going to protect the page for just a few hours to let us finish it up. -- CzechOut 20:25, November 14, 2016 (UTC)

Senpai
He has noticed me! :O Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work 18:07, November 15, 2016 (UTC)

Super Walkthrough update
Hey hey :)

Just wanted to give you and the rest of the admin staff a li'l heads up. Yesterday, Bethesda requested changes to Super Walkthrough:The Elder Scrolls Online. That means I'll be doing some work on the constituent templates in the coming days.

The main changes will be done to Template:ESO Continents, which Bethesda feel needs to be tweaked to present geographical information with a bit more impact for the player. The changes are a direct response to their notes, and will give a little more information about each region.

Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. -- CzechOut 17:24, December 7, 2016 (UTC)