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 * --EbonySkyrim (talk) 20:39, August 27, 2014 (UTC)

Style
Hey, Atvelonis. You are doing good work on the Woodcutter's Axe page, but I've noticed that you keep using terms like 'you' and 'the player.'  On the wiki, it is standard procedure to simply say 'Dragonborn' or, when necessary, 'one' or they,' 'them,' etc. rather than use second-person references and terms like 'you' or 'the player.'. - Erik the Mad (talk) 19:56, September 3, 2014 (UTC)

Headers
Hi, please do not change in the headers to Known Locations, it's supposed to be ==Known locations==. This we have agreed on a long time ago, but unfortunately it isn't changed everywhere in the policies. It should only be a capitaol on the first word. EbonySkyrim  Message!   23:55, October 6, 2014 (UTC)

Leads on book articles
Hey Atvelonis, I seen you were adding leads to some of our book articles, such as here, we decided not to use leads on books pages because it shows what game it is from at the top of the article. So please bear this in mind for future reference. Ȼǿᵰᵮẽᵲ ₲ħǿśᵵ Ⱥᵰᵾᵬĭᵴ  Đẽẽᵭᵴ 19:27, October 8, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Books
Hi Atvelonis, no there is no policy on adding locations in an alphabetic order. I guess some are tidy. And as for the second question. Yes, they should be italicized. Sorry.. EbonySkyrim  Message!   00:48, October 24, 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi, please don't link the headers to the different games. It is not necessary and I have removed this from books today. EbonySkyrim   Message!   21:51, October 26, 2014 (UTC)
 * No italics in the headers either please, and if the book is only in one game, there is no need to have a subheader with the game. Thank you. EbonySkyrim   Message!   22:01, October 26, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Trivia or Notes?
Hi, we use Trivia here for this section so if you see it, change it. Notes is only used when described after a table of stats. Those should stay like that. EbonySkyrim  Message!   18:31, November 11, 2014 (UTC)

Re:Walrus Club
Sure! 11:36, November 13, 2014 (UTC)

Italics
Hey, please don't add italics to book articles anymore the community decided a while back to not use them in book articles. If you need anything else you can contact me via my talk page thanks and happy editing :). Starkiller131 (talk) 23:37, December 1, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Leaderboard
Hey, I saw your message on Timeoin's talk page about the leaderboard. There used to be 20 on the board, but I don't know why this number was decided on or if we can change it. In my opinion though, I think it's enough. The green triangles are for "advancing", up or down.. EbonySkyrim  Message!   12:39, December 4, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Character Quotes
Hi Atvelonis. Yes, they are blockquotes and are made in source mode. You should really always edit in source mode as that is the best way to edit. Go into source mode and copy the quote and then write what you want in there, you'll see how to do it when you look. EbonySkyrim  Message!   21:28, December 6, 2014 (UTC)

Sect-stub
Please do not add the template to pages. It is being retired from use. The template should be removed and a game-specific stub template should be added, if necessary (i.e., ). —TombRaiser  SPEAK!  19:06, December 20, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Conversation tables
Yes I know what you mean with the tables, I've seen them on uesp.net but using tables here too can cause someone saying we are copying them. We don't want to look like them or have any problems with them. I'm sorry to say that I and another sysop I've talked too don't really see the point in adding all the conversation between characters. A few quotes are fine but whole conversations? I can understand we have it on important characters like Miraak and Neloth and dragons.. also, I know you have ongoing projects of adding all locations on the spigot, the broom and the woodcutters axe and on every book in the game. I can tell you that there are almost a hundred spigots in the game and several hundreds of the axe, about 350 brooms, some books are on over 30-40-50 locations. We don't want long lists of locations listed in the articles. There are more urgent things to attend too like fixing stubs, re-write quest articles, location pages and so on, that should have been done long ago. We hardly have any lore pages etc.. I hope I can encourage you to find some new projects instead of those as we call them, minor things. EbonySkyrim  Message!   09:00, December 21, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Creation Kit
I realise I never managed to complete my tutorial on using the CK on chat a couple days ago. Did you manage to find what you needed? If not, join chat and I can explain further. :) --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 14:41, December 26, 2014 (UTC)
 * Not sure if your still afk from your pc or no, but I'm in chat atm if u are able to. --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 17:11, December 27, 2014 (UTC)

Chat
Hello there Atvelonis, I would like to discuss some things with you on the wiki chat when you can thanks! Ȼǿᵰᵮẽᵲ ₲ħǿśᵵ Ⱥᵰᵾᵬĭᵴ  Đẽẽᵭᵴ 06:42, January 9, 2015 (UTC)

re: chat
Hey dude, just wondered if you could join the chat right now. Just some personal stuff I'd like to ask that I don't want to share via the talkpages. Cheers! --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 00:11, January 14, 2015 (UTC)

A talk when possible
I'd like to have a chat with you when it's convenient for you. Just let me know when you can. EbonySkyrim  Message!   06:50, January 14, 2015 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'm really sorry.. I fell asleep after work and woke up now. Let me know again when you can. EbonySkyrim   Message!   22:14, January 14, 2015 (UTC)
 * I saw you in chat but I had trouble to conect.. I'm there now. EbonySkyrim   Message!   22:29, January 14, 2015 (UTC)

Congratulation
Hi Atvelonis, congratulation. It was a successful voting and you are now a patroller. Good luck! EbonySkyrim  Message!  05:47, January 16, 2015 (UTC)
 * Congrats Atvel! It's a shame though that the promotion has been marred by the loss of the wiki's two most active administrators, but hopefully you will do good for the place. :) --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 14:16, January 16, 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd also like to congratulate you, great to see you on the team. ☞ Яǐɱ ( Chat with Me )( Updates )( Edits ) 17:56, January 16, 2015 (UTC)


 * Congrats from me to don't mess this up (jk I think you'll do good. *note sorry for not voting for you before. Starkiller131 (talk) 14:24, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

Images
The image policy states that images for characters/NPCs should have dimenions of 600x1000. Next time you upload NPC images, remember the suggested size, thank you. ☞ Яǐɱ < Chat with Me 00:33, January 19, 2015 (UTC)


 * I use Steam and play games at 1920x1080. By default, pressing F12 will take a screenshot. Then I go to my screenshots, click show on disc, then I copy them over to a folder. I rename them appropriately, open then up in paint, and I cutout the character, and fix the dimensions to fit around them at 600x1000. I then save them as .png and put them in a different folder, then I upload the images to the wiki. ☞ Яǐɱ < Chat with Me 00:50, January 19, 2015 (UTC)


 * Your newest image for the Peddler is looking good, meets all the criteria and policies. ☞ Rim Woof Elf Symbol.png < Chat with Me 22:52, January 21, 2015 (UTC)

Walrus Club?
Hi, I wanted to ask how you got into the Walrus Club. MerAreSupreme (talk) 21:22, January 22, 2015 (UTC)

Re:ISIL
Thank you very much for your kind words. It means a lot to know that people who fight these wars really are appreciated. I understand that people on this website have a lot on their minds, the loss of three admins is a pretty big deal, so things like this can be swept under all the hype. But anyway, I thank you, and also nice work with the promotion! Your Brother in Arms (talk) 10:29, January 24, 2015 (UTC)

Disambig Red Links
Why would you want red links on Disambig pages? They serve no purpose. The reason Disambigs exist is to be able to sort between pages with similar names on the Wiki, so putting red links on them is redundant.

Cosmicsilver (talk) 16:56, January 24, 2015 (UTC)

Research Notes
I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to do with the Umana link. You keep removing it, and I'm not sure why. Am I missing something? - Erik the Mad (talk) 00:56, January 26, 2015 (UTC)


 * Weird.  You'd think having the link there wouldn't cause such an issue. - Erik the Mad (talk) 01:22, January 26, 2015 (UTC)
 * Good to know.  Thanks for telling me. - Erik the Mad (talk) 14:02, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

Re:Random Loot
Ah ^^, I'm sorry if articles like that are allowed on this wiki. I got the idea that they weren't allowed because I saw a few other articles get removed for being about random loot (examples here and here). I'm not exactly well acquainted with this site, so if I see something pop up a few times I'll usually assume it's the norm on here. Hypute (talk) 21:36, January 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * It's no problem at all :D Like the person below this message said, I think it'd make sense to merge all the randomly looted items into a table on their respective counterparts than to have a separate page for each. All that's really important when talking about random loot is: Name, ID, Enchantment, and maybe one or two notes on the item, all of which can easily be put into a single table since there's really no need to worry about which vendors sell the items or which dungeons to look in as they're completely random and would just result in stubs if put into their own articles. I won't do anything to the articles right now, but I might start experimenting on my own sandbox pages to see how it turns out. Hypute (talk) 04:43, January 29, 2015 (UTC)

RE:Unnecessary articles
Hey. Tomb and some of the older admins talked about this for a long time, but I cannot say I remember the outcome. These items have special ID codes, but if we had articles for all of them it would add more then a few tiny two or three line articles.

What we could work on is merging these items with the article they resemble. For example we could add a list of the known random enchanted elven shields to the elven shield article. We should list these items and ID's in my opinion, but I question them needing their own article with so little we can add.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 23:59, January 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * P.S for now, lets keep them up, but we should see what the community thinks about merging them or if they have another creative idea. I will let you respond to the guy who asked you about this (I see his message above mine)  Thank him for bringing this to my notice for me.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 00:02, January 29, 2015 (UTC)
 * As someone who prefers small pages to be merged, I think it's probably better if all the "random loot" pages were merged into one "Random Loot" page (which I believe already exists) under a sortable wikitable. --Sajuuk talk 09:04, January 29, 2015 (UTC)

I've been looking for you
I have  a letter for you, from...The Emperor ?

Featured articles
Hey, congrats on that fishystick from the emperor, always nice to see that template used.

Anyway, it seems your idea to lighten up the protection to the featured articles is a favorite right now. But before I unlock them (I will do that tomorrow) I would like to ask a favor.

These articles are considered to be our best, and are because of this at higher risk of vandalism. Even well meaning editors might remove or even add something that would effect the articles status. Anything connected to lore needs to be sourced, grammar and spelling need to be perfect, and any should problems arise, we need to be-able to lock the article before a flame war.

Since it is your idea, I wanted to know if you would be willing to keep an eye out for those articles. I will try of course, but knowing that at least one other person is making sure everything is all right would allow me to focus more on things that need it. So, are you interested?

Best wishes, and happy editing.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 09:53, January 30, 2015 (UTC)


 * Well, with your assurance, peoples approval, and the policy not supporting locked articles. I will start unlocking them.  Let me know if any problems arise.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 20:26, January 30, 2015 (UTC)

Team Skyrim
Hey, I am glad to see you have said you would help with the Skyrim articles.

As of now, User:Tehpwner7067 and User:Bluesonic1 are also committed to this. Others may join, but until then the three of you should talk and figure out the best way to handle this project.

Besides expanding this area of the wiki, another thing you should look out for are articles that could become featured article. If you come across an article or two that could be brought to FA standards, do what you can so we can show it off on the main page.

Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns that would like to share. Thanks and happy editing-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 21:23, January 31, 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Atvelonis! I'll try get on chat when I can, but I live in a +13 GMT timezone, so I'm generally online when the chat room's empty :P
 * To be honest, I'm very lost for ideas in terms of how to help, which is why I signed onto the group- I want to help but feel like I have no direction. The only idea I can think of which has been an on-going project of mine, is to fully flesh out the Ulfric Stormcloak article. He is my favourite character by far, and there are many dialogue pieces which give great insight into his character, I feel like the article as it is now doesn't do his character development justice (it doesn't even list that he mumbles in his sleep, though I want to confirm this for myself before adding). But it's already an FA so it doesn't seem like something worth focusing too much either, though I'm not entirely sure how it got to be FA when it doesn't have any character dialogue listed at all. Bluesonic1 (talk) 06:46, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

Benkongerike
That thing about it meaning 'bone kingdom' in Norwegian really doesn't belong in the article, since it is not relevant to the game and has no bearing on it in any way. Furthermore, even according to the syle and formatting guidelines and something Ebony said a while ago, they are not considered notable enough to be listed. The guide says "Only content considered "notable" or could be widely viewed as "interesting" should be added."  I really don't think its translation will help anyone in their understanding of the article or the game. I even asked Jimeee about this not long after I first came to the wiki, and he assured me that such points are irrelevant. - Erik the Mad (talk) 16:28, February 1, 2015 (UTC)


 * Definitely a subject better left for the talk page.  Things pertaining directly to the game and its features are best for the trivia section. - Erik the Mad (talk) 18:35, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

Member of the Month
Hey,

It looks like you are MOTM, congrats.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 23:33, February 1, 2015 (UTC)


 * Hey, would you like to get an interview since you are the MOTM ? Emperor Jarjarkine  Aldmeri_Dominion.png  The Ragged Flagon - Cistern  00:43, February 2, 2015 (UTC)


 * Congrats on MOTM! :) ☞ Rim < Chat with Me 06:44, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

Guild Approved.
Your guild is approved and ready to go. I will leave it to you to let the team know about the "Guildhall". As always, ask if you need anything.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 04:25, February 3, 2015 (UTC)

Thank you.
Missed that too. 600x1000 eh? Okay, I'll resize the 47 I just took. Many thanks. ^_^Gaminomicon (talk) 20:01, February 3, 2015 (UTC)

Team Skyrim
I think the book/note/journal sections are a great place to start, considering that the articles are mostly just locations and the book contents.

Tehpwner7067 (talk) 02:41, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

Team Skyrim DLC projects
Hey Atvelonis. Since you're now working on Team Skyrim, I was wondering if I could be on. I don't plan to work much on the main game articles, but rather the DLCs. I can do a bit of touching up on Dawnguard but mostly work on Dragonborn considering it's in need of improvement. Get back to me when you can, thanks. ☞ Rim < Chat with Me 06:44, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

Skyrim quest quotes
Hey.

User:Garry Damrau left a message on my wall about quotes around Skyrim quest names. I do not recall the policy, and I have not seen enough Skyrim to know how it is handled. I figured you have been editing like crazy you might know what and how its done.

Thanks and happy editing.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 08:36, February 4, 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for fingering that out.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 15:57, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

Joining the guild
Hello. I am part of the project to fill in blank spots. I wanted to join Team Skyrim. CheatCodeChamp told me to message you to ask.

Primadonna Llama (talk) 16:51, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

Become Ethereal
What was the reason you reverted my little edit that adds more detail?I don't think there is a reason? What if someone wants to know how long Become Etheral lasts? Reverting a minor but legitimate edit without giving a reason is very disrespectful to other editors.

Qwesar (talk) 21:49, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

splitting messages
Hey. I thought I should let you know I fixed your messages.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 23:26, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

RE:Message from Admin
It could be something we could look at, although you may want to talk with the rest of team. Rim brought up a good point that the merge may make the article jumbled. It is up to you guys if you want to do these things. I just figured I was never going to get to it, and if you guys want to handle it that would be great. If the guild thinks it better to leave them as they are then that works to.

Also, if the message from admin thing a bad idea? I don't want you guys to think you have to do these projects or I am going to force you guys to do things. The assignments are all optional and are to be handled as the guild sees fit.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 04:29, February 9, 2015 (UTC)

P.S. I will mark Dwemer as a GA, you can start a discussion if you wish about it being the next FA and I can highligt it if needs be.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 04:30, February 9, 2015 (UTC)

RE:Morrowind
To be honest, I never thought about doing it here on this wiki. That is something that UESP does, and when it was last discussed, people felt it was unnecessary. However, it would not hurt to have us review this. I will them to to stop for the time being, so we can review this policy.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 17:49, February 10, 2015 (UTC)

Archive
Hey, this page is getting pretty long, I'd suggest archiving it if you want. If you need to archive it again, a talk page needs at least 25 messages before archival. ☞ Rim < Chat with Me 02:38, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

RE:link fix
Link is fixed. Let me know if you need anything else.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 05:08, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

JPG Replacing Help
Hiyas. I'm looking for help with replacing these old incorrect JPG images with proper sized PNGs but I haven't had any luck figuring out how. Could you explain how this is done? I've been replacing PNGs with PNGs of course but I'm missing something obvious in the JPG bit.Gaminomicon (talk) 13:42, February 11, 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay... so how would I go about that then? I've got time and lots of images ready, if you're up for helping a noob a bit more this morning. :)13:59, February 11, 2015 (UTC)
 * ??? I have only been able to upload new images in a these scenarios where I could either replace a .png OR in the instances where no image is currently available. My goal is to renew all the Morrowind images that are not per these guidelines and fill in the thousand or so missing ones. Would it be okay, in your opinion, to maybe just export the various images that are being difficult to the crumby .jpg format and upload them like the regular replace job?  Or make a new 'image page thingy' (noob remember) with the proper .png format and then edit the pages pointing to the old images to now point to the new image? I'm probably just not seeing something on the page itself that explains this whole affair but I call myself having looked thoroughly several times over the past few days without success.  Got a busted wing so it will be another long pause before I reply again, sorry in advance. Thank you for the help.Gaminomicon (talk) 15:28, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

Templates
Hello, I realized I need a template done for Shadowkey, but my templating skills are sub-par to say the least. Since I'm already bothering CCC with another subject, I figured I may as well ask you; can you or do you know a user who could make a template for me? Your Brother in Arms (talk) 23:12, February 12, 2015 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks. Your Brother in Arms (talk) 04:26, February 13, 2015 (UTC)

On the Hunt for Needed Images
Hey Atvelonis, if you've seen the new photos in the recently added photo sections you've probably noticed what I'm doing. In case you aren't, this is my current contribution to Team Skyrim, added new photos and replacing old ones. If you can find any article needing an item photo or any item photo in need of replacement (i.e. low resolution, not transparent, JPG) let me know, thanks. ☞ Rim < Chat with Me 05:53, February 14, 2015 (UTC)

Children's Anuad
Hey ... I could be wrong - but that one was a redirect because that's an in-game name for the item. (Id code is "bk_childrensAnuad" in Morrowind). I think that's why it was a redirect. Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work 10:17, February 15, 2015 (UTC)

Chat
Hey, can you get into chat when you have a moment. I want to get your thoughts on a few things.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 19:58, February 16, 2015 (UTC)

Chat when possible.
Hey,

I am hoping I can speak with you when you get the chance. I want to speak with the guild masters about ways to improve the guilds, and I have been meaning to speak with the patrollers as well. Next time you are on let me know so we can talk.

Thanks and happy editing.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 16:09, February 18, 2015 (UTC)

RE:Liberate Whiterun
Hey,

I don't see much of a need either. I would tag it and I will get to it.

If you think an article should be deleted, you don't need to ask for the template. the template is saying the editor thinks it needs to be removed, and it looking for feedback and/or the admins to handle it as needed. If you see an article that needs removal, just mark it and notify an admin if its urgently needs removed.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 05:08, February 19, 2015 (UTC)

Chat.
Hey, I need to run something by you when you get a moment. Can you see me in chat when possible?-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 21:09, February 22, 2015 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
I know it's still February 22nd, but I figured since you might be busy tomorrow so I'll wish you a little early. ☞ Rim < Chat with Me 00:15, February 23, 2015 (UTC)


 * I also wish you a happy birthday!!!-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 22:39, February 23, 2015 (UTC)


 * Ditto. Grats on surviving yet another year. :) Gaminomicon (talk) 23:31, February 23, 2015 (UTC)

Map Image
Hiyas sir. Thanks for the heads up. I thought it meant a map of the location itself, not a map 'to' the location. I'll run back through after Minabi and fix them. :) Gaminomicon (talk) 23:29, February 23, 2015 (UTC)


 * Just thought of something. I know, don't panic. What about combining the local and world map images so that they both display under the shot of the area? Then we'd have both covered in one shot. Gaminomicon (talk) 23:35, February 23, 2015 (UTC)


 * Happy to. :) There is a local map and a world map, both of which display at the same size. I was offering to combine the two images so that it be one image, local and world maps, instead of just one or the other. That way viewers can see where the location is on the world map and have the map to the interior of the location all in one spot. I'll do an example and you can see what I'm saying more easily. Gaminomicon (talk) 04:21, February 24, 2015 (UTC)


 * Here we go. Minabi now shows the combined local and world map, http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/File:Minabi_Combined_Map.png, instead of just 1 or the other. Whichever you guys prefer, I'll mostly be getting character shots uploaded tonight. Happy Birthday again. :) Gaminomicon (talk) 04:43, February 24, 2015 (UTC)

Guild Inquiry
Madman97 (talk) 00:07, February 24, 2015 (UTC)


 * Madman97 (talk) 00:44, February 24, 2015 (UTC)