User talk:Cubears



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 * Kennyannydenny (Talk) 19:13, 25 December 2012

Warning about language/tone
Can anyone explain how it is decided when to put the warnings about improper tone or colloquial language on an article? I've cleaned up a few articles, fixing POV problems and the like. If I think the problems are addressed, should I just go ahead and remove the warning myself, or is that something that the owners of this Wiki should do after they've reviewed what I did?


 * Add the template to the top of the article and you should be good. Also, if you want to ask someone else something, we post the message to the other person's talk page, not your own ;) Kroq-gar78 (talk) 20:14, July 20, 2013 (UTC)

Re:Tanks
Yes, I saw the little "dispute" and the code, that's why I decided to have a look. :) When you edit in source mode this doesn't happen. I saw you asked about when to remove the tone template, when the article is written in third person and one has cleaned it up and removed double links and so on, then you can remove the template. EbonySkyrim (talk) 15:38, July 21, 2013 (UTC)

Some feedback
Hello,

I have been watching your edits, i tend to do this is editors i have not seen yet, and i have some feedback i want to provide.

You make good solid edits from what i have seen, but you break your edits to an article into smaller edits. For example, your doing for edits to A Night to Remember all within minutes of eatch other without other editors in-between them. While this is not a big deal, we try to put all our work into one, maybe two, edits. There are several reasons we try to prevent edits like this, but i see no reason to go into them as i doubt you are doing this for any harmful reasons.

If you could try to lower the amount of edits you do to a single articles, that would be great. Other then that, keep up the good work, the edits have been great.

Thanks, and happy editing.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 07:01, August 10, 2013 (UTC)


 * I fully understand, i have written entire (large) articles in one sitting by myself, and the fear of it all being lost was a big deal for me. I know that for larger edits, it helps to split them up, and that to some this looks like padding.


 * I could tell by your edit sizes it wasn't padding, im just one of the busy-body editors that felt i had to state a "for the record" about the edits. I doubt it will be a problem though, like i said, they are good edits, and most users know that lager edits are split to prevent major loss'. As long as these 2-3 edit streaks are helping clean up articles, most users wont care.


 * If you ever have any questions or concerns, let me know, im on the wiki everyday, so i can respond pretty fast unless im out or asleep (sleep is where im headed now) Thanks again, and happy editing.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 08:10, August 10, 2013 (UTC)

RE:Thoughts on second person
Hey,

Ive been reading it since i got a notice of a change on your wall (because i left you a message, my email feels it should inform of this stuff, and im kinda a snoop)

I like what you are saying, i would recommend you put it on your profile or a blog. A talk page is for messages between you and other users.

A blog would allow a larger group of people to see your thoughts on this, and ive always been a fan of feedback.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 05:49, August 13, 2013 (UTC)


 * Im here to help, keep up the good work, alot of us have gone slack, new users keep us on our toes :) Cheatcodechamp (talk) 03:46, August 14, 2013 (UTC)

Re: Thieves' Guild vs. Thieves Guild
Hello,

I understand why you changed the disambig page, but I have also since renamed "Thieves' Guild (Skyrim)" back to "Thieves Guild (Skyrim)", as that is how it appears in-game. Were it to appear as "Thieves' Guild", the page name and the disambig entry would've both been fine. Thanks for asking before inciting an edit war ;) Kroq-gar78 (talk) 01:00, August 19, 2013 (UTC)


 * No problem. Happy editing :) Kroq-gar78 (talk) 01:05, August 19, 2013 (UTC)

RE:Journal Entries for Quest Articles
Hey Cubbears.

Yes, we do want those, While i dont think we officially voted on it, we did decided that we wanted to journal entries added. I see no reason anybody should interfere with you doing this. But just to keep with my paranoid side, you can tell anybody who questions you about this that i said its ok :)

As for the creating of the box, i dont think we have an easy to use template. What i do is take the box from one article, and replace the entries. You may be doing this already, but its the only thing i can think of. User:TombRaiser would know of the template if it exist.

Good work, and happy editing.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 18:01, August 19, 2013 (UTC)


 * We don't have a template, but I mainly think this is because the use of a normal table/box allows for greater flexibility in some of the journals - not every one has exactly 1 objective per entry. Kroq-gar78 (talk) 18:10, August 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, I saw your message on the talk page - You can use Discerning_the_Transmundane as a good example of a journal page with a few different conditions in it. Jimeee (talk) 19:19, August 19, 2013 (UTC)

Looks like you got some help, only here can people snooping be a good thing :), Anyway, no, Bethesda should have no reason to be upset with us posting the logs, as we are giving them full credit, and we are a wiki, so we make no profit on this.-Cheatcodechamp (talk) 03:15, August 20, 2013 (UTC)

RE:Book link repair
No Problem :) I just see it randomly and i thought i have to correct it :D. It is of course very confused to see the difference between those articles/pages.

Sorry for the late answer i wrote on my one user talk, cause i do not often use user talks. The most wikis have actually not any more a talk page, they have a message wall :x Mike alias the Checker (talk) 05:21, September 15, 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Hag's End
That is exactly what i thought.I didn't added it because i didn't confirm it myself.If you find the information to have any truth to it, feel free to add it on another section. (Sky Above,Voice Within (talk) 00:29, September 17, 2013 (UTC))

Reporting vandalism
Hello, I saw you posted a message to EbonySkyrim's talk page about vandalism. Generally, such reports are posted to the TES:VIP page, where many admins can check it periodically. Thanks. Kroq-gar78 (talk) 20:15, September 27, 2013 (UTC)

Re:Trivia
Yes, that sort of trivia is completely irrelevant and speculation - so things like this are okay to remove on sight. Personally I never liked "Trivia" as a heading because it promotes this sort of thing. We used to use the header "Notes" but that was scrapped because apparently it was not descriptive enough. Jimeee (talk) 08:50, October 7, 2013 (UTC)

Bugs
Please only put the template on articles with a high amount of bugs mentioned relating to them.

Thank you. — AutoBlood  Talk   02:37, October 20, 2013 (UTC)


 * From what I've seen as regular use, short sections of bugs should not be hidden or have the template. Might be time to make another Consensus Track then. — AutoBlood  Talk   15:15, October 20, 2013 (UTC)


 * I will create a Consensus track post on the forum or at the very least, ask the admins about it when I get the chance. — AutoBlood  Talk   19:30, October 20, 2013 (UTC)


 * I created the thread on the Consensus Track which can be found here. — AutoBlood  Talk   21:53, October 27, 2013 (UTC)

Re: Pieces of the Past
If you feel it should be removed, use the talkpage to discuss whether it should stay or not, instead of blindly removing. --Speysider Talk Page 19:57, October 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) If the journal does not change its text for different objectives, then there is no need to create a whole new row just to write an objective. It's pointless. I've done it across several other articles to clean them up with no objections raised.
 * 2) Please direct me to the specific policy which states that. Before you edited it out, nobody else had objections with it there.


 * Feel free to remove it, but I feel it's not speculation as it isn't stating something that isn't true, more like giving a reason as to why it is the case, especially in the case of a bug. --Speysider Talk Page 20:08, October 20, 2013 (UTC)

Re Speculation
Hi, I have read through all of the policy and style articles.. I couldnt find any specific mention of speculation, only that one should not add something unless one is certain.. I have seen Jimeee say that speculation does not belong here and I also agree to it. Oh and btw, gallery and trivia goes under journal and I'm moving it on Pieces of the past :) 22:26, October 20, 2013 (UTC)

Pieces of the Past
The way the bulletpoints in journals should go is as follows: Jimeee (talk) 15:30, October 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * If you get multiple objectives at one point in a quest, then they all go under each other as they were issued at the same time. Such as "Harvest High Elf blood etc".
 * Sometimes the quest journal description will not update when completing an objective. A new objective is given but the journal reads the same. If this happens, then a new row is created as the new objective cannot be considered part of the previous objective. See Prophet (Dawnguard).
 * In the case of your quest. If I recall, the "Retrieve" objectives are all given at once - and the "Bring" ones added as you get them. This is a little different, so I have slightly changed the format with indents to make it a little more distinct.

When to use capitals
Greetings and salutations

First, any improvements to our edits are always welcome, you have our thanks.

As for when to use capitals, the general rule is that only proper nouns are capitalized. Words like soul gem and arcane enchanter are just like slaughterfish or ebony bow; not proper nouns. Just because the item only appears in Elder Scrolls games doesn't change that. (Things like ebony bows and slaughterfish don't exist in real life, or other games that we know of, but that doesn't make their names proper nouns.)

We reworded the sentence about backtracking as the way it was phrased is implied gameplay advice.

In general, when we see two ways to word something, we usually choose the shorter one, unless it would make the page too repetitious. Also, we use in, not within, etc. We save the flowery verbiage for if we ever edit a Romance Novel Wiki. ;-) DarthOrc (talk) 05:20, October 27, 2013 (UTC)

Re Bugstemplate
Hi Cubears. I removed it becuase there isn't a long list of bugs there, but I forgot to remove the hideoption. I have now removed it and I have added the template again. And because I have had some personal matters I haven't seen the thread in the forum. I'm not very active there. I have now read the thread... 08:48, November 11, 2013 (UTC)

The "singular they"
Greetings & salutations -

We left a short note on your forum post. To expand that, we suggest you read the Wikipedia page: Gender-specific and gender-neutral pronouns.

Happy editing :-) DarthOrc (talk) 10:03, November 11, 2013 (UTC)


 * I have also left you a message on the same subject on your blog post.  Happy editing!   sectator apocalypsis  03:22, November 13, 2013 (UTC)

Re: Yrsa
Hi Cubears. I did not create the now Yrsa page, it was already created. I just changed the name. If you ever want to see the history of a page just click the arrow next to the Edit button and a list should appear. Click History and you'll be able to see the history of the page. — AutoBlood  Talk   16:23, November 30, 2013 (UTC)


 * Exactly. — AutoBlood  Talk   19:56, November 30, 2013 (UTC)

Freeing workers from stones in Solstheim
Greetings: We have made a couple of corrections: The quest The Fate of the Skaal does not have to be completed to free workers from stones, just using the shout Bend Will, even one word, will do the trick. DarthOrc (talk) 05:41, December 7, 2013 (UTC)

Our point is that the inhabitants of the Skaal Village can be set free without doing the quest, and the character's pages should reflect that.

It dosen't affect the quests if the workers are all freed from the stones. We usually free the people at Raven Rock right away so they will be at their places of business when we want them, the other stones we "liberate" as soon as we get to them. Storn will know and will make a remark to that effect, so yes, the quest completes.DarthOrc (talk) 08:33, December 7, 2013 (UTC)

Dragonborn Characters
Please stop adding Category:Skyrim: Characters to characters in. They belong only in Category:Dragonborn: Characters. 06:01, December 7, 2013 (UTC)


 * The reason there aren't Dragonborn equivalents of "Skyrim: Essential Characters" and the like is they would be very small categories, so it is more useful to just have them in the Skyrim category. Everything should be categorized as specifically as possible (without having near empty categories) and having Dragonborn characters in the Skyrim category isn't as specific as it could be, so less easy to use.


 * Dawnguard characters don't show up in the Skyrim Characters category, and I haven't seen the "DG" or "DB" on any category, you have probably seen this on something like Armor (Skyrim). 10:27, December 7, 2013 (UTC)

Re:Aventus Aretino
Blatant conjecture should be omitted, always. Statements with possible veracity should be flagged with the cite template or sourced by an in-game book or article at The Imperial Library, where "qualified" scholars can theorize reliably. In regards to this article, as loquacious and thoughtful as this edit was, it does not match our style of reporting only on established fact and not analysis. Adaptation of the game's character interactions is original research, and to reiterate, should be removed on site. Warning the offending editor is the best course of action from here. I shall handle it. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Questions? My Popsicle stand is open. ;) -- 04:46, December 9, 2013 (UTC)

RE:
I will keep this in mind. I thought about writing in your own Page, but the thought that my comment would look out of place, made me keep it in mine. Since that is the norm though, I will follow it. Thank you for that, and good luck with that case. Daxtah (talk) 15:50, December 20, 2013 (UTC)

Links
Greetings & salutations (yes, we know we aren't supposed to use ampersands, but this isn't a regular page ;-p).

This may help: For links with a single word, small letters work the same as capitals - stahlrim works the same as Stahlrim. However, pages with more than one word Snowy Sabre Cat don't work. Also, for pages with a bracket, slaughterfish (Oblivion) works the same as slaughterfish Any letters or numbers typed immediately after a link - glass swords will be incorporated into the link, but apostrophies followed by a letter/digit won't, so lydia's sword has to be entered Lydia's sword.

We know it isn't everything you wanted, but it helps us.DarthOrc (talk) 06:39, December 23, 2013 (UTC)


 * We don't know how long the links have been this way. Wenny0119 told us about it on July 1, 2013.DarthOrc (talk) 08:39, December 24, 2013 (UTC)