User talk:EbonySkyrim/Archive 18

Help with images
Hey, Ebony I came by to ask a couple of questions about images. First off how do you properly add an image without it having issues such as being blury, pixeled or anything else? Second what software do you use for your images? I currently use no software and my screenshots have a lot of issues so if you could help me that would be great. Starkiller131 (talk) 00:11, December 18, 2014 (UTC)

Conversation tables
Hello once again! I was checking UESP to see if I had missed any quotes for Danica Pure-Spring while in-game, and to my surprise I saw tables of conversations on the article; something like three or four conversations grouped together. Kinda hard to explain, it's at the bottom of her article on UESP if you don't know what I'm talking about.

I know pretty much zilch about templates. I usually just ignore them when editing to avoid messing anything up. So, hypothetically, if I was to use a table to put NPC conversations (ones with NPCs speaking to other NPCs and others with NPCs speaking to the player) onto this wiki, what table would I use, and how would said table work? Atvelonis (talk) 23:23, December 20, 2014 (UTC)

Info
Thanks for the info I'll note it in the future. LuminHeavy (talk) 10:31, December 21, 2014 (UTC)


 * How many redlinks are required to put in a Redlink Template? LuminHeavy (talk) 10:44, December 21, 2014 (UTC)


 * So from now on, if I see For this item in Oblivion see... I remove it, if it is noted in Appearences? LuminHeavy (talk) 11:21, December 21, 2014 (UTC)
 * Good, got it now. LuminHeavy (talk) 18:28, December 21, 2014 (UTC)

Sorry about that
Ebony,

Sorry about correcting Morrowind on Dwarven Armor (Online). I was a little bit anxious to edit, and was in the neighborhood because there was an update for the game whose wiki I manage. So, I decided to apologize, since it seems that you have your hands full right now.

13:28, December 21, 2014 (UTC)

Batch-list addition?
Hey Ebony, I was advised to ask you about this. Is it possible for you to add an extra batch file to the Skyrim Batch List? Its one of the batches from Hirodina's mod "anyone a follower". Simply selecting a character and running this batch will allow the character to become a follower.

StopCombat

RemoveFromAllFactions

SetRelationShipRank Player 4

AddToFaction 0005A1A4 4

AddToFaction 0005C84D 4

SetPlayerTeamMate 1 RitualGamer (talk) 01:20, December 22, 2014 (UTC)RitualGamer

Sorry
Hi Ebony, sorry that I didn't get your message earlier, I've only just got on now. Anyway, thanks for the reminder, I didn't know that you had decided to include the NPC classes. I'm fairly new here, so I'm still getting the hang of editing and what to do and stuff.

Anyway, thanks again! Miraak194 (talk) 03:31, December 22, 2014 (UTC)

Forums
I have noticed a problem with the time stamps on the forums. Everytime someone makes or posts a reply it says 6 hours from now. Either it is a glitch or it is a sign that I need to get out more :). Anyway have a good Christmas. Zu&#39;u lost daal. Alduin1996 (talk) 23:44, December 22, 2014 (UTC)

Just asking
Hey ebony just wondering should there be a lore page on liches since they were in most of the games i also think a lich (Tribunal) page should be created thanks.

(Dragon Boy 252 (talk) 09:18, December 23, 2014 (UTC))

Cyrodilic Brandy
Yay or nay for what I was trying to do with it? I'm okay either way - just trying to get rid of some more of the disambiguations :) Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work 13:16, December 23, 2014 (UTC)


 * yeah, its a good thing I'd never make a mistake ;) As for the Chorrol one - I didnt realise you guys were going to do that. Personally, I think it's better to have it all on the one page and have the game pages branch off that, rather than have a disambig that includes a page for lore. That's just my opinion though. And I wasn't really going through methodically or anything - more just clicking random links and fixing things in my sleep deprived state. :) And on a different note ... merry christmas and all that :D Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work 13:24, December 23, 2014 (UTC)

spammer
Hi Ebony, someone came on the wiki and posted an "We all have Ebola" page (yes, I'm not joking). Since I couldn't see any sysops online, I went and reported it to VSTF, since it looked like spam. You can change the block length if necessary, just wanted to make you aware. :) --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 18:55, December 23, 2014 (UTC)
 * It's ok! Hope you have a good Christmas! :D --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 19:10, December 23, 2014 (UTC)

Christmas
Merry Christmas Ebony and, if i dont see you before, Happy New year :) (P-S, when it'll be the 1st day of the next year, i'll be admin ont that wikia i told you about  :)  Emperor Jarjarkine    Senate Hall  01:16, December 24, 2014 (UTC)
 * By the way, i was wondering, is there any way to find other glimomry witches ? i mean, there is that cavern but, is there anywhre else ? because, i'm stuck with this annoying Farkas following me everywhere. Emperor Jarjarkine  Aldmeri_Dominion.png  The Ragged Flagon - Cistern  16:26, December 24, 2014 (UTC)

Question about Admins
Hello Ebony, I am working on another wiki, the Being Ian Wiki (link: http://beingian.wikia.com), and, quite by all definitions, it is in an appalling state. As it turns out, with only 24 edits, I am the TOP contributor to the entire wiki, and pretty much every page not created by me is just vandalism. It is, however, the only wiki of its type, and it wouldn't be so bad if I could just fix the vandalism and add some real content, but it would be most helpful to be an admin so as to have some control over the wiki. The current and only admin, also the founder of the wiki, hasn't been active since early 2013, and has even contributed to some of the vandalism on said wiki.

Bottom line, how do I become admin of a wiki with no active admins? Is there some special process or do I have to go through someone else, or is it just plain impossible? Potential Threat (talk) 07:55, December 24, 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanking you kindly, and happy holidays as well. Potential Threat (talk) 06:51, December 25, 2014 (UTC)

Issue with the Skyrim Races Page
The Races page for Skyrim has an... Issue. The chart that shows "Starting Skills by Race" displays "Skills" on the Y axis and "Races" on the X axis. While not essentially a "real" issue, cleanup of this would be beneficial for ease of access. The X axis really should display the skills and the Y axis should display the Races, since the skills (specifically bonuses) are dependent on what race is chosen. Also, I believe it would be a good cleanup decision to organize the skills alphabetically for ease of access.

tl;dr, please flip the axes on the Races/Skills chart in Skyrim and organize it alphabetically.

Fimmion (talk) 22:54, December 24, 2014 (UTC)

Hi
Hi, I was wondering why the Consensus on the FAs being edited by everyone being denied? I mean, it did pass so I don't see why you reverted the actions... Zippertrain85 (talk) 04:48, December 25, 2014 (UTC)

New Wiki Design?
Hello, I'm NinjaFatGuy, a Wikia Star here on Wikia. I'm just curious to see if you guys here at the wiki are interested in a new, sleeker layout? I've created a thread about it, but no one responded as of yet, and I'm afraid that it's most likely buried now. Nonetheless, if you are interested in so, I'd like to see what the community thinks of this design, or a new design in general? Alternatively, you can check out the design yourself. Thanks! NinjaFatGuy (talk) 17:10, December 25, 2014 (UTC)

Chat
Hi Ebony! I hope you had a good Xmas Day today! I was wondering, if you see this, please join me in the chat. Nothing serious, just a minor thing. It can wait a few days at least if necessary. :) --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 22:04, December 25, 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that Ebony, I ended up going afk for much longer than I intended! I'll be on chat now for a few hours. :) --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 13:37, December 26, 2014 (UTC)

Empty Quote templates with no quote present on the page
Hey, Ebony, I read the message you sent me earlier, and have not been removing any quote templates, but some of these stubs which just say "blah blah blah lives in a place" have empty quoteboxes, and it makes the articles look sloppy due to the template code at the top of the page. If no quote is present, and the template is empty, can I remove it? I won't do anything on this matter until I get an answer 19:41, December 26, 2014 (UTC)

Reason
The reason for the information was not to be redundant but rather to have an exhaustive list that would provide all of the ingredients to the player without having to look elsewhere. It was solely for the convenience of the player. I guess you could call it consolidation of information. I appreciate the offer,but I already have the information at my disposal. Lol I literally spent 3 hours, after having already raised my smithing skill and completing the companions quest line so I could have access to all of it, writing all of the ingredients down from the smithing in-game menu. I saw that this kind of page didn't exist after searching for it and needing it myself, so I made it my mission to contribute such a page so no one else would have the same problem. Locksmith190 (talk) 22:04, December 26, 2014 (UTC)

Maps
Can you delete some maps please? The following should be removed: Special:Maps/5487, Special:Maps/1076 (these two maps are not even remotely relevant to TES), Special:Maps/389 (duplicate of an existing map), Special:Maps/6860 (pointless). Thanks! --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 18:01, December 27, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Using PAGENAME
Alright, thanks for letting me know! NinjaFatGuy (talk) 20:04, December 27, 2014 (UTC)

Image names
Is there a specific way of naming images to put on my userpage? I've had people on other wikis edit my file names (and the names weren't at all what I wanted) and I can't find any information on file naming. I assume having Skyrim in the file name is not preferred so I just need to know if there's any other guidelines. Given I would probably be uploading my Nord as 'SorynTheNord.png'. Thus spoke Shane for Wax (talk) 00:43, December 28, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Stub NPCs
Yeah sorry, I know that they almost do nothing, but I didn't know that that makes them automatically "non-stub". LuminHeavy (talk) 15:24, December 28, 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, I apologize, as said. I just thought there must be something interesting about them, that could be added. And I also thought, that if pages are dull, a stub template should be added. LuminHeavy (talk) 16:33, December 28, 2014 (UTC)


 * I'll just keep my hands off 'em. LuminHeavy (talk) 16:39, December 28, 2014 (UTC)

White Stag Bug Section
Hi Ebony. That bug I added is one that has been discussed thoroughly in other places on the net, the biggest of said places is on UESP. I'm a bit annoyed that the glitch needs to be discussed on the Wiki to be officially added to the page considering I went to that page first for help on the glitch and received none and had to search elsewhere- the job of a Wiki is to be as informative as possible. I understand it's a measure in place to stop the adding of user-specific issues such as bugs arising from mod conflicts, but this is a glitch that has been discussed in other places on the net by other people. It's a shame to see that not added to the article and see the Wiki not be as informative as it could be. Likewise, there are other discussions on White Stag glitches occurring on this Wiki even (discussion boards) that haven't been added to the article, but I get the feeling that if I add them, they're just going to get removed as well, so I thought I would mention this now as I'm bringing up the other issue. Bluesonic1 (talk) 05:00, December 29, 2014 (UTC)


 * That's quite poor to be honest. It's spoken about in several places on the Net, and I'm one of those people who experienced it. It's poor in the sense that it's a glitch that many have experienced but somehow is still not enough to be added to an already-lacking article. And then I read of people complaining on forum threads that there aren't enough good contributors in general and that many articles need attention. Perhaps this is something you need to bring up in the sysop meeting you guys will be having. Bluesonic1 (talk) 00:33, December 30, 2014 (UTC)

Irritating change
Is there a reason that the Recent Wiki Activity box has been moved to the bottom of all the pages? Because that is really annoying and inefficient. Not only that, but it doesn't update properly anymore, either, and shows edits that happened yesterday as if they were made only minutes ago. 96.48.166.9 19:42, December 29, 2014 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, I figured out what happened. 96.48.166.9 20:05, December 29, 2014 (UTC)

Advertising the wiki on Facebook
Hey Ebony, a anon has just made a thread about making a Fb page advertising our wiki and if he could use some of our pictures. What is the protocol? Zu&#39;u lost daal. Alduin1996 (talk) 14:54, December 30, 2014 (UTC)

Here is the link http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:816161 Zu&#39;u lost daal. Alduin1996 (talk) 18:45, December 30, 2014 (UTC)

re: image names
Appreciate the help! That was probably why my other pictures on another wikia got their names edited. It didn't occur to me to change it at the time tho I usually do give specific names to my screens. Hope to get better pics of both of my Dragonborns and to better fill up my user profile. Thanks. Thus spoke Shane for Wax (talk) 00:04, December 31, 2014 (UTC)

Locked page
Hello there. I was going to edit Erandur's page, but it is locked. I need to correct a mistake I made (he uses a ward spell, not frost, but it was the heat of battle and I could not tell at the time), and add something to the Trivia. Could you please unlock it so I can make the changes? Leea (talk) 13:29, December 31, 2014 (UTC)


 * Alright, I'm done. May I ask why it is locked in the first place? Leea (talk) 23:15, December 31, 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, I know this is an old(er) heading, but I didn't want to create a new heading, and it wasn't that far from a new heading on your talkpage. Anyway, how come featured articles on this wiki are completely locked? It's not like I've never heard of locked pages before, because there are locked pages on the F.E.A.R. wiki (where I'm admin), but they're only locked to the point that registered users can still edit them. It's not that I'm accusing you (or this wiki) of anything, I'm just curious why featured article pages are completely locked, is all. Leea (talk) 12:30, January 1, 2015 (UTC)

Image Needed Categories
Hey Ebony, happy new years! I've been looking through the Skyrim categories for needed images as I plan to upload as many as I can. For the characters category, a lot of the pages are user pages and a blog post that contain the template, but are missing an image. I was thinking of removing the templates, which is something staff would have to do since they are user pages. After this, the only pages that would still be marked as needing an image are the template pages themselves, and the pages actually needing images.

What do you think? Thanks. — AutoBlood  Talk  23:25, December 31, 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply. I'll try to fill in the gaps as much as I can, and I will upload in .png from now on. But, my map images do have the bottom cropped out? — AutoBlood  Talk  01:23, January 1, 2015 (UTC)


 * Okay, no problem. Thanks. — AutoBlood  Talk  03:38, January 4, 2015 (UTC)

pages tagged for deletion
Hi Ebony! I am curious: why is there a large number of pages needing to be deleted that have been tagged as such for a while now? On most wiki's I visit, categories used for deleting articles/files etc don't backlog in the way that seems to have happened here on this wiki. You can see on the category that we have a lot of pages that have been tagged for a while. I suspect it's due to a lot of sysops being busy/away from the wiki, but just wanted to let you know about this. :) --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 17:13, January 1, 2015 (UTC)
 * Ebony, I know that only you and Tomb have been around most of the time, there's no need to come across hostile...
 * I was only asking if there was a different reason, beyond just "there aren't many active sysops around" as I already knew that.
 * And yes, I know several were tagged by myself for deletion, they're mostly 2-link disambigs that should be removed, but I know there have been pages that I haven't tagged for deletion that have been like that for a long time and never apparently deleted.
 * Maybe using w:c:dev:AjaxBatchDelete will help you in removing the pages quicker (if you plan on using it, use the older script, not the script called code.2.js, as it's clunkier) --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 20:42, January 1, 2015 (UTC)
 * I knew that both you and Tomb were active, and Ghost was making the odd edit every so often, but I know some sysops come online when I'm offline so I was not aware if others (eg Kenny/Flight) might've been coming online while I was offline, hence the reason I asked (I don't check Special:ListUsers/sysop regularly). :) --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 20:51, January 1, 2015 (UTC)

Image edits
Hi Ebony, regarding your recent edits to Bromjunaar Sanctuary Local Map.jpg, The Ratway Local Map.jpg, Sleeping Giant Inn Local Map.jpg. I included all of the info you removed as was stated on the file upload page requiring a description and the file specs etc. I am trying to understand why this was removed if the policy was very clear on the aforementioned requirements.

Sincerely,

TessaVarzi (talk) 02:15, January 2, 2015 (UTC)TessaVarzi

Changes to locked pages
Indeed. Maybe someone can review the policy on why this is and it can get redone someday, or at least a less-severe lock, so at least registered users can still edit those pages if they see something wrong without asking an admin first. There must have been a glut of vandals at that time when that policy was put into place, or something. Leea (talk) 12:37, January 2, 2015 (UTC)

Bible of the Deep Ones
Hey Ebony, I found someone on the forum who claims to have translated the Bible of the Deep Ones (thread link: Thread:816130). Can this be verified, and if so, can it be added to the page? Potential Threat (talk) 04:29, January 3, 2015 (UTC)

Added category
Hej, är det du som har skapat detta wikit? Och hur har du lyckats göra 53000 saker här?

Voidcube (talk) 00:38, January 5, 2015 (UTC)Voidcube

trivia points
Hi! I notice that Erik the Mad keeps removing trivia points like this, claiming they are not relevant. I do not know why he does this, these are valid points of interest to anyone reading the article and should be encouraged on articles on the wiki. I have noticed him removing lots of trivia points like this. Can you explain why he does this? I can't see anything wrong with these points at all, other wiki's I've edited on include trivia points of this nature so people can see where the fictional game references are coming from. --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 18:20, January 5, 2015 (UTC)
 * I haven't, no. I've not wanted to mention it to him in case he cites any specific policy about it. From what I remember, apparently it comes under "speculation", but how can it be speculative to state the reference in which an in-game location or item has to a real world thing?
 * I was always under the impression that the trivia section was for important notes of interest that weren't about the actual thing within the game but were about that specific thing that was notable (eg X is influenced by Y) to viewers.
 * I remember an instance in which another user added a very relevant trivia note about a gem in Skyrim being related to that of a real world one and it was persistently removed by Erik in that instance, even when there was obvious evidence to show the other user was correct to add it.
 * I'm unable to really do much at the moment (downloading The Witcher 2 and it's sapped away all my broadband! >_>) but I'll ask him tomorrow why he keeps removing these trivia points since my understanding is that the trivia section is for notable points of interest, whether speculative or not (obviously, we don't want speculation in the articles, but I think it's a bit far to remove cultural references as it's clear Bethesda took real world inspiration in making Skyrim). --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 22:31, January 5, 2015 (UTC)
 * I couldn't remember who it was with, thanks for reminding! :P
 * From what I've read on lots of articles, many contain things like "X is likely based on Y". Along with that, the policy on "only interesting or notable points should be added" is quite subjective: in this example, trivia points about whether X is influenced by Y are useful and interesting to me, but to another user (eg Erik) it's speculative and should be removed.
 * Hopefully, when the policy discussions happen, this will be something that is examined or simply removed. --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 23:09, January 5, 2015 (UTC)

Page regarding the events of ESO
There are pages about the Oblivion Crisis and the Dragon Crisis, do we have a page about the Planemeld/Dark Anchor Crisis for ESO? If not, should we make one?  DRAEVAN13  19:10, January 5, 2015 (UTC)

Re:Image
It's still a screenshot.. it was an edit on an older, irregular image that was apparently shortened to fit the gallery, but didn't offer much detail.--Gobi-Aoi 10:01, January 7, 2015 (UTC)


 * About the Legate's image, didn't knew, but will keep that in mind. I only uploaded it because the one in the page was bad.

Archive fail
So, I did a stupid and accidentally created an empty archive after finally reaching 50 topics. Could you perhaps delete it so I can do it properly? - Erik the Mad (talk) 18:28, January 7, 2015 (UTC)


 * OK, now it seems to have deleted itself, so I made it right this time around. Sort of, anyway, since it is now called 'Archive 3,' and it won't let me properly name it.  I know it's not really a big deal, but it's kind of bothering me and I would be grateful if you could just change it to 'Archive 2.' - Erik the Mad (talk) 18:33, January 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * The "Archive 2" still exists at User talk:Erik the Mad/Archive 2, but I tagged it for deletion and removed ArchivePage from the page so it wouldn't show up. It just requires a sysop to delete the empty archive and move Archive 3 to that old title, without leaving a redirect. --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 18:34, January 7, 2015 (UTC)

blog
Hey, can you look at this blog? It currently includes a mainspace infobox and seems to be spammy/useless. --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 19:32, January 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it is annoying when people do that. I wonder if it may be possible to have an abuse filter to prevent infobox use outside of the mainspace (I'll look into it on my test wiki at least :P)
 * With all the infoboxes on the wiki, it's hard to tell which is which. A task to combine them all would take a loong time ;) --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 00:48, January 8, 2015 (UTC)

Email Dead
Hello, My login information appears to direct emails to an account to which I no longer have access. My username is MaulMachine, and the email to which I registered that account doesn't work, because I tried to use password recall and the password change email went to the aforementioned address I can't use. What can I do? 72.230.235.123 15:16, January 9, 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah I seen that thanks, btw I need to speak with you when you can thanks! Ȼǿᵰᵮẽᵲ ₲ħǿśᵵ Ⱥᵰᵾᵬĭᵴ  Đẽẽᵭᵴ 01:46, January 13, 2015 (UTC)

Forum Policy
I found a discussion on the forum with a image on it. As this violates the forum policy, would you mind removing it? The forum name is Wuuthrad and Shield of Ysgramor :o? Pink Slim put an image of Ysgramor's Soup spoon. Thank you. Zoomer364 (talk) 03:36, January 11, 2015 (UTC)

Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Thank you for telling me that, I'll fresh up on the forum policies as to not cause this confusion again in the future. Thanks anyways. Zoomer364 (talk) 21:43, January 11, 2015 (UTC)

Port Telvannis
The article Port Telvannis is entirely fanmade, there is no mention to a city with that name in any game. The said location only appears in the mod "Tamriel Rebuilt". This article should be deleted as fanon. --Diogo Morales (talk) 20:50, January 12, 2015 (UTC)
 * You should tag the article for deletion using Delete on the article Diogo. Easiest way for it to be deleted. --SuperSajuuk Talk Page 20:52, January 12, 2015 (UTC)

Re: A talk when possible
Sure, I can come on chat sometime later today. Atvelonis (talk) 15:34, January 14, 2015 (UTC)

DragonPriestess
Sorry to trouble you again so soon, but could you perhaps have a word with DragonPriestess? I reverted an edit she made, which she soon restored despite its inaccuracy and, after further clarifying why I did so, I have been met with hostility in response even though I was simply trying to offer some friendly advice, and it is quite troubling. - Erik the Mad (talk) 04:31, January 15, 2015 (UTC)


 * PS: Lopbunnyboy keeps removing messages from his TP and has just completely blanked it, though I have restored it, but he has also resorted to directly insulting me... - Erik the Mad (talk) 04:36, January 15, 2015 (UTC)

Credits to Bethesda/Zenimax and credits for english wiki
Hi Ebony,

I'm one of the few admin on the french wiki, and I was wondering about a way to make proper quotes, references and credits : first for the content of the different TES games (I saw that this wiki is using some kind of "credits banner", and I wish to know a bit more about that), and then for the content that is quite often used (once translated) from the english wiki. I opened a thread here, in hope for some answers, but I think it got quickly sunk in the ocean of the forum activity. As you seem to be an important member of the community, I hope you can take a little moment to help me find a solution.

Belgian greetings,

Erethor (talk) 15:25, January 15, 2015 (UTC)Erethor.

RE: Nomination
Thank you so much Ebony. Ghost Anubis chatted with me about this earlier. I told him I have been busy with my exams and midterms recently and therefore haven't been able to edit, but now that they are ending I have been slowly getting back into editing. With my gap of contribution lack recently, I fear that maybe the community won't see me as very active. I have to humbly decline for now, I just need a bit of time, that's all. If your views haven't changed after reading this I request you nominate 2 - 3 weeks later from now. Honestly, when I first started here in 2012 I never thought even knew I was capable of getting this far, and I thank you (and Ghost Anubis) a lot for all your support. ☞ Яǐɱ ( Chat with Meh ) ( Updates )   05:49, January 16, 2015 (UTC)