User talk:Deyvid Petteys/Archive

Categories
Hey, Deyvid Petteys.

Just wanted to tell you there is no need to add category "Skyrim" to all Skyrim-pages. Just make sure you add "Game:" categories such as "Skyrim: Characters", "Skyrim: Locations", "Skyrim: Quests" etc. Also, I would recommend all new users to read the Policies and Guidelines.

Happy editing!

Got it! Thanks for the heads up! Just used to editing the way I edit other wikis. --Deyvid Petteys 03:13, November 13, 2011 (UTC)

Alchemy
I feel like you are following me... Thanks for catching all the things I miss!

Here's a question since you know better... should this not be in a sortable table format over paragraphs? Alchemy (Skyrim) or can we not do sortable tables here?

Looks like they are using Ingredients (Skyrim) to work on it yes... thanks!

Video
Seems like the youtube tutorial video on the alchemy page should be before the listed ingredients because it tells you how to discover the new effects without wasting them... If people see the ingredients first, they might waste em... There gonna scroll all the way down, then by pissed they didn't see that video first cause they might have wasted a bunch of ingredients

Let me know if you want me to make any videos or if any pages are lacking anthing because I really would love to help out!!!

I literally spent 2 whole days trying to make the best videos for this site and some guy removes them all because he is jealous of me??? I can't believe a professional site like wikia has people working for them who remove good contributions just because they are jealous...He said I can't put them back on there is there a way you can?


 * I don't think I should. After all, the Policy and guidelines page does have a strict code in regards to video. This is what it says:

"Embedded videos may only be used in articles if they illustrate issues which cannot be expressed by written text at all or only with difficulty. Examples for acceptable videos are game trailers or a video illustrating how to find an item which is in a hard-to-find location."

Most of those articles, unfortunately, already had clear descriptions present. Plus, no offense, but some of your videos contained inappropriate commentary. This is an encyclopedia, meant for the general public, so we have to present the information in ways that reflect that. I'm sorry. I wish I could do more, but that's the way this wiki works, I guess. --Deyvid Petteys 04:05, November 15, 2011 (UTC)

OK cool at least thankyou for being cool about it and explaining.But some pages like the enchanting page i sitll had no idea how to do it after reading it, its kinda hard to understand so If i made an appropraite video that helps explain it, would that fly? It also says "Embeded" videos. What if I just post the link? When I posted my videos for red dead redemption the admins were thankful and left them on there forever... I guess it's up to the admin really.Thanks for the help and info. You are a cool dude. lol Your not even an admin for skyrim and you are going out of your way to help me. You got a good heart and I appreciate it. Do you have a youtube channel?? If you want I'll give you a shotout for being epic. I got 12,000 subscribers if you want I can tell them to sub you if you make videos...EpicGamerWorld (talk) 05:07, November 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok cool...
 * Well im just going to embed all my videos on my talk page cause it states in the policy I'm allowed to do that.
 * It does say that you can't post videos or links in any articles so what about a link to my talk page which has the videos? haha. Or is it against the rules to link to your own page?

Oooh! Sorry about that! I just figured out how to read my messages. I just posted them again a few hours ago because I hadn't read your message yet and figured I hadn't hit save the first time. Thanks for letting me know and I won't post them in the future! (I figured it was alright since there is a video button and I was like "Hey! I have some videos on Skyrim! I should post those!")

Aww, thanks Deyvid! I can totally understand why they wouldn't allow them here; the video button on the side confused me. I guess that's for other wikis. I promise to only update pages and add pictures in the future! Thanks again for the heads up and your wonderful compliments :)

How can I search for pages that have certain incorrect links? For example, pages that mention Winterhold but should be Winterhold (City) links?

Vandals

 * Hey there! Just wanted to say ... thanks for helping notice the vandals. Unfortunately, we cant always be everywhere. I have removed quite a few, but unfortunately, a few sometimes slip through the cracks. Thanks for helping us to fix this issue. Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•See current projects 11:54, November 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that is precisely why we are getting targeted, sadly. Vandals like to destroy people's hard work. And I have been removing a fair few as well (I think I probably live in a different time zone, so that would be understandable). But yeah - I noticed that you had beaten me to the punch a few times with removing vandalism, and just wanted to say thanks, since you ARE doing some good work with page-watching :) Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•See current projects 12:07, November 15, 2011 (UTC)

Blog Posts
Hey i created two blogs but they arent showing up anywhere

I cant figure out what Im doing wrong

Does it take a long time for them to show up or something?? EpicGamerWorld (talk) 12:01, November 15, 2011 (UTC)

Blog Posts
It's wierd they are not even showing up on my blog page... Also if i title the blog the name of a quest or something, if someone searches for that quest will they get to see a link to it?? ~EpicGamerWorld

Meeko
Hey, can you fix the pic on Meeko's page so it's in the char. box... I can't seem to do it.
 * Sure. I'll do it in just a second. --Deyvid Petteys 04:01, November 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Cheers, thanks - posted more pics of Palace of the Kings - looks kinda ugly at the bottom now. M2austin223884 (talk) 04:05, November 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * It'll fill out, don't worry. We just need more information. It doesn't look too bad, right now anyway. Oh, and you're welcome! :) Always glad to help. --Deyvid Petteys 04:07, November 16, 2011 (UTC)

Question for you, since I am not sure what the 'right' way of doing this article. The Ansilvund Burial Chambers is located inside of the map marker Ansilvund. Should the two articles be merged or is it fine having them separate? User:BryanWPeterson, View my work 08:50, November 16, 2011 (UTC)

Not entirely sure with this wiki, but I can I make a suggestion? Personally, I would keep them on the same article. For instance, Ansilvund would be the main article and the name of the article, but you would have a section for Ansilvund Burial Chambers just underneath it. I would only split the pages if they became too long. That's just an opinion though. I'm not sure what the right way to do it is, sadly. --— Radical D  (bother \   stalk)  08:54, November 16, 2011 (UTC)

Categories Response
Hey there. (I must admit, I spent a few minutes trying to work out who "radical D" was :P) Aaanyways ... in answer to your question, I honestly think that it should include both. That may just be personal preference, but I think its better to include both. Okay, maybe not so much for locations, but there are a few examples that someone may wish to see a complete list. For example, Skills. Some people may be interested in seeing a complete list of skills throughout the series (so that they can see for themselves how it has progressed, or something). I dont know, Its probably just me, but I feel that a page with only a single category isnt really "complete" somehow. Definitely, we should be using the Skyrim: Locations one, Skyrim: Quests one, etc. (Really though, I have tried to model our wiki to a large extent on how they do things over at The Vault). When it comes to Wiki organisation, they do a surpremely good job. Fallout do double up with this sort of thing, too, so yeah - I'd suggest using both. (Although it isnt COMPLETELY bad if folks are only using the one category for now. Its something that will be addressed later on down the track.

Short Answer: I think it should be both categories, But maybe thats just me? Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•See current projects 10:22, November 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Heh. Glad its not just me that thinks that way :) (Although, to be honest, its probably rare that people would want to do that. But even if only 1 out of every ten thousand views are searching for a particular quest, but cant remember what game it was in, thats still 600 people per day that we have helped each day by having them like that (based on rough views-per-day stats). And ... no problem at all :D Sorry about not having customizable wiki signatures :( Thats something that I cant fix, unfortunately. If theres anything else I can do, though, let me know, okay? :) (Also, feel free to tell those people that we want to double up on categories as they occur :) Also ... which wiki is it? It doesnt affect anything, I'm merely curious :D Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•See current projects 11:07, November 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * : As I said - no problem at all! Um ... in answer to your question ... I didnt realise that it HAD been. It is largely unused (I'm not sure when this happened, though), but as far as I can see, Category:Alteration still exists. I believe that, say, Telekinesis, should be in several categories: Spells, Alteration, and, if we have it, Skyrim: Alteration. Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•See current projects 11:26, November 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * :: Actually, for the record, I believe that Telekinesis should be a disambig page. One for the Oblivion version of the spell, and another for Skyrim one (Mainly because of the Mysticism/Alteration Thing) Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•See current projects 11:26, November 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Oooh. Now I understand what you meant originally. Yes, it would be a lot better to have just, for instance, "Alteration" rather than "Alteration spells". (I think that may have been left over from the OblivioWiki merge we had a few months ago ... long story). Anyways, sorry about that. And yes, you are correct, it isnt really  that  big of a deal, and we do have much bigger things to be working on for now, but if its easy enough to do, then I think that they should be split up (especially with ones that are in very different schools of magic between the games). I.e. Flame probably isnt necessary to change too much, as its pretty much the same thing in ever game. Sure, a bit different, in that it cannot be customised, but otherwise the same thing, really, I think? (Will create disambigs for ... well, everything, later on down the track Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•See current projects 11:40, November 18, 2011 (UTC)

Noob Question
Just wondering, I'd like to throw a little spice into my NPC pages by adding quotes, I remember seeing a decent looking quote on some pages but I cant remember them to see the formatting, could you help me with a link or short format example of how to add a quote (source format), if you know how to? Edit: Suppose I'm supposed to leave this here User talk:Jadadin

Ninja Edit: Wow thanks, exactly what I needed. One step closer to making articles that don't make my eyes bleed. Double Ninja edit: signature testing --Jadadin (talk) 12:34, November 18, 2011 (UTC)

Congrats!
Gaming Wikia List: You're in the top 5 top Wiki Editors for the week! Congrats! You deserve it! Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•See current projects 04:19, November 20, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the disambiguation page. I left a note for the Head Bureaucrat to do this, but didn't realize you had the power (and knowledge) to do it yourself. Hopefully, the resulting web of pages will work properly now and not step on each other. And maybe you and I together got a good outcome on the content of those pages. I'll let them settle and take a look later...

Rshel (talk) 16:10, November 20, 2011 (UTC)RShel

Nice Catches
You keep seeing little things, that make a big difference, that I miss or didn't realize. I'm making notes, though, so there's going to be less for you to fix. ;)

~ Trippet (Talk) 14:52, November 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * The 'you' thing gets me, too. It didn't bother me until I understood what a wiki format should be. Now I'm compelled to squish 'you' any time I see it. I have questions quite often so thank you for the offer - I'm sure I'll take you up on it. I try to find the answers myself, but sometimes they're specific to the wiki I'm editing so it's nice to have other editors to lean on.


 * ~ Trippet (Talk) 15:06, November 21, 2011 (UTC)

Video Removal Question
Hello Deyvid. I noticed my video got removed fairly quickly. I was in the process of adding a whole new section for it because it looked really blocky and in the way. May I ask why there are no videos allowed? Is this just a personal preference of yours? I thought it would be helpful to show how to do it considering I've read a lot about how to capture Odohviin on forums. Please get back to me. Chretienm (talk) 20:35, November 21, 2011 (UTC)

Ah, thank you Deyvid. I'll be sure not to do that anymore. Chretienm (talk) 20:42, November 21, 2011 (UTC)

just wanted to say thank you for trying to get this grampy mammoth and kuda crap off of this wiki, i hate people doing that to any wiki site, especially insulting the TES one 24.158.34.218 05:43, November 22, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Video
I protected the page so it can't be edited by new editors. This should stop the edit war for a while. --Anon(Talk) 06:25, November 22, 2011 (UTC)

So hey where can I actually post the video of the daedric armor on the wiki?

Enthir
Regarding ethnir, I never spoke to him prior to becomign arch-mage and afterwards, he would never sell me items. It is a shame because he aparently sells daedric hearts.

Thanks, I just saw that location, lol.

okay sure well...

Videos
The only actual person who cares about the no video rule is you, the rest of the world actually enjoys the links. We have received over 450 comments in the last 3 days alone from people coming from the wiki thanking us for the videos. You should stop taking yourself so seriously and claim that you care about the community when you really obviously dont. In 2011 I dont see how a Wiki can work on just text, people have low attention span, videos are the way to get information to people. Its not like we're getting any kind of compensation or anything for the videos, we made them to help people playing Skyrim, we dont gain anything. Plus, the videos have no vulgarities nor are they simply pure spamming or destroying pages, they are just couple highlighed words providing the users with a link to a youtube guide, if they are not interested, they dont click it, no harms done. You can keep trying to look important and claim whatever useless rules you want, but unless you can come up with good arguments about why boring lines of text are more helpful than short videos made for the purpose of the wiki are better, I dont see why videos should stop being posted on the wiki.

Page: Innocence Lost
Hey

I saw you edited the page Innocence Lost. You were aware of the video on the page, as you even renamed the video "title". I've seen you remove video links you've come across, and you know videos are not permitted on article pages- and the video which was posted on Innocence Lost is no exception. I would refer you to the Policies and Guidelines, but I'll take it you've read it. Please do not repeat this action :)


 * The message by Timeoin you linked, was new to me. I've tried to get in touch with him at the IRC, but he is constantly away. Still, whatever the circumstances are- videos are not allowed on many wikis for many reasons; some videos might contain: Strong language, leaked information, poor quality, inappropriate behaviour, etc. Those are the few reasons, I personally- in which I agree with you; videos should not be posted on wikis. Nevertheless, I will discuss this with Timeoin when I'm able to.


 * In the meantime: Happy editing!


 * Hey again!
 * I still haven't had the opportunity to talk to Timeoin. It's mainly my fault, as I just haven't had the time to chat on the IRC because of all the exams I've had (I'm having my last exam for this year, tomorrow. So I hope to become more active from tuesday :)) I'll try to get in touch with Timeoin ASAP. Yet, I was wondering if you've heard anything from him?

Easter Eggs
Err... Oops. Can you please fix that? Sorry, I meant to have the last edit as the one that still listed the Fallout Ruined Books :) (Sorry, I'm failing at multitasking today :s) Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 02:57, November 24, 2011 (UTC)

Top Editors
Hey Deyvid... just wanted to say that we're now BOTH in the top 5 editors for the week :D Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 13:52, November 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Nah, you're still there :D Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 21:33, November 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Oops. You're there for PC gaming instead. Apologies! Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 21:49, November 26, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for updating the entry on Velehk Sain's Treasure. I'm quite the newb and still learning what should be polished when submitting new material. BigBlackWolf (talk) 20:12, November 26, 2011 (UTC)

Dunmer
Question, why is it when I add something on here someone removes it, I put a lot of time in to my videos for this site just to have them removed, why?

Okay I see now, I was looking for the replace but nothing popped up like last time. Question, I will be doing all missions and posting them--can you look at the links that I put on Unbound and Before The Storm and tell me is that okay.

hey - on your edit of the gauldur amulet, are you positive this bug hasnt been patched for xbox 360? I am unable to recreate and have tried numerous times.. I'd love to be able to exploit it...

I thought I did put them in a External Link, but okay. I have some piece videos that I am doing to show each skill, power and weapon but don't know where to place them. They will be just like the Dark Elf video, etc.

Can you put them in a External Link that way I know how you like it to be for future post.

I didnt realise
Okay, they're banned :) Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 10:50, November 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm half-monitoring the wiki atm :P Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 11:16, November 29, 2011 (UTC)

Top Editors
You know, I'm honestly not that surprised: you've been editing as insanely as I was back when I first started out here (before we had the achievements added lol) :) Also ... with regards to what you were saying earlier about vandals - have you considered applying for admin? I think you have what it takes :) Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 12:33, November 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * Heh, I know you have the experience - that much is evidenced by your editing levels on here at the very least (that, and i remember you saying something along those lines :P). And - well, its up to you really :) If (or when) you decide to go for it, you definitely have my vote :D Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 12:46, November 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * G'day Once more! Just to let you know: you now have Rollbacks ;) With great power comes great energy consumption, or however that phrase goes! Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 23:39, November 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * Um... no, not really, unfortunately. Technically, they are supposed to be given out pretty sparingly, however, I did the same thing to Annonnimus back before he became admin here, when he was spending a tonne of time undoing vandalism :) Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 04:16, November 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * You never know, it just may be XD ;) Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 04:32, November 30, 2011 (UTC)

Spell videos
Hey, wasn't aware that videos can't be posted in some cases.

However, i've read the Policies and guidelines and it says: "Embedded videos may only be used in articles if they illustrate issues which cannot be expressed by written text at all or only with difficulty." For example, "Ice Spike A spike of ice that does 25 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina." is in-game tooltip for certain spell (also used to describe that spell here on wiki) and it says nothing about how it looks like, what is it's range, or even how usefull it is in actual combat, etc. And how could you express what range it has, when game itself doesn't tell you that and there is no way how to measure it's range other than see it with your own eyes... I think, according to guidelines, videos showcasing spells are acceptable, because they "can't be expressed by written text at all or only with difficulty".

Anyhow, what does that mean? "However, it is entirely acceptable to post to an externally hosted video."

Does that mean posting a link to youtube video is acceptable?

Ghosterest (talk) 18:48, November 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * I have spent hours recording footage for my videos, i know what it would be very hard to describe how the spell looks like, how it works, what is it's range (one big problem with that, you can't measure it, because game doesn't say anything about it, and how is one supposed to say "it has 10 foot radius", when you have no way to measure it). Doesn't matter, we have different opinion and I understand you just try to hold on to guidelines. I may contact admins as you said and ask them...

In the meantime, i'll just add only links since you agreed with that, i won't embed more videos.

Ghosterest (talk) 19:20, November 30, 2011 (UTC)

Busy
Nice to meet you, I am Commander Faol. A chat mod at this wiki. Someone has been a busy boy, you joined last month But you already have 10 times the amount of edits I do. Well done. Please keep up the good work your doing for this wiki. We lost a good admin this year to another wiki. Hopefully you can replace him. Commander Faol (talk) 23:37, November 30, 2011 (UTC)

Horik Halfhand
So... um... this edit here. When should I start feeling threatened by this? :) (In other words... wow! That was pretty damn epic!) Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 05:10, December 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * I was very much hoping that this was the case. lol. Annnyways - I have moved the protection down so that you can edit it (but random anons cannot). You seem to know what you're doing, so please feel free to fix this :D) Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 05:22, December 1, 2011 (UTC)

Images
Hey.. um... I have a question about the SkyrimNPC template. Its not adding images that are already uploaded? Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 07:41, December 1, 2011 (UTC)