User talk:AgentOfMara



Welcome, !

Hello, welcome to the Elder Scrolls Wiki! We're building a collaborative source of information for, and we need your help! We saw you making some changes to our articles and thank you for it. We hope you choose to further this project, and we hope to see you around in the future. If you choose to stay, here are some links to help you out:

Editing policies
 * Policies and guidelines
 * Style guide
 * Media policies

Help out
 * Getting started
 * Pages needing attention
 * Image requests

User policies
 * User signatures
 * User images

FAQ
 * Help directory
 * Editing help

I hope you enjoy editing here! If you have any questions, see the help pages or ask one of our administrators.


 * --Atvelonis (talk) 15:52, April 16, 2016 (UTC)

Regarding the irrelevant topic
Hey Agent!

First of all, don't get me wrong, I've seen you adding pics to quite a lot of articles, and am in fact grateful about this. I pointed the pic as irrelevant because even though the Oblivion Crisis may have hit hardest in Cyrodiil, other provinces also had to suffer. Other than that, if with every recorded major event an image were to be added it would result in a messy list of things if you catch my meaning. If you think my edit was unjustified, you can undo it of course.

Keep on editing!

Blademaster Jauffre (talk) 19:39, May 2, 2016 (UTC)

Reply to your message
Hey Agent,

If you're having issues with code editing, I recommend swapping your editor to the source code editor, which can be done by going here and enabling "Source Editor." (Don't forget to hit save at the bottom if you do.)

As two side remarks, I'm unsure if should exactly use the SkyrimLocations template on pages. I'll try to discuss with other editors later and get their opinions. Anyway, try to put the For template below any infobox, per formatting.

Oh, and you're fine with having caption issues. If you're moving images to the infobox via a non-source editor then just try to edit off the captions before you move them. If you need more editing help, feel free to message me or any of the admin. Thanks, and have a good day!

Re: Haafingar
Hi, thanks for the message. The description that is already on there is relevant, but you're right that it doesn't quite cover enough stuff. You can add more actual lore and history to the article if you'd like, just remember to source everything properly. —Atvelonis (talk) 01:53, May 4, 2016 (UTC)


 * So first make sure you are using Source Editor, and then at the end of a sentence add . If you want to use the same reference more than once on one article, you can do the first time, and every time after that. Then add  at the bottom of the article.


 * If that didn't make sense, we have an official page explaining them in more detail here, and also I am working on another guide in a sandbox here, so you can learn from those as well. —Atvelonis (talk) 14:02, May 4, 2016 (UTC)

Malukah Skyrim
I just want to say that i really love that Skyrim tribute you have on your profile. The Cat Master (talk) 04:14, May 6, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Image Needed
Yeah, feel free to remove the "image needed" categories once you've added some. Usually those categories are added automatically by infobox templates (when there's no file name with the "image" parameter), but some pages (like lore pages) actually have those categories manually listed. In that case, just click the trash icon next to the category under the "Categories" section on the right side of the page in editing mode. --Shockstorm (talk) 16:36, May 25, 2016 (UTC)

Images
Hi Mara, I noticed you have been adding images. While we appreciate this, images need to have no HUD on them. The images in Kidnapped for Ransom and Butterfly (Online) are good examples of this. Otherwise, the pictures are good. Just try to keep all HUD and icons off the picture. Thanks!
 * No problem m8. You're doing a great job at finding articles that need help. Keep up the good work!

Images
By the way, if you're uploading an image of an item, it should have a transparent background. So something like this instead of this. And for better image quality they should be in the .png format instead of .jpg, no matter what type of image it is. Thanks! —Atvelonis (talk) 13:59, June 5, 2016 (UTC)

NPC images
I realize I forgot to mention this earlier, sorry, but NPC images have to be exactly 600x1000 pixels in size, so that they fit well in the infobox. If they're too thin or too wide then the dimensions are altered so it doesn't work out as well. Since this is the official standard for NPC images you should remember to take it into account for future uploads. Thanks! —Atvelonis (talk) 23:40, June 8, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Agent of Mara's Uploads
Hey Mara,

I saw your message on Kora's talkpage so I decided in turn to take a look at some of your images. In fact, a lot of them have not been marked as low quality (the map images), and are fantastic additions to the wiki. The second thing I noticed was the high quality, in terms of resolution of the Morrowind NPC images. Which begs the question, why were they marked "poor quality"? For me, I think the "poor quality" template is a bit misleading. Firstly, it implies  resolution/clarity quality, and secondly, it doesn't allow for the person adding the template to specify why they'd been marked as such. In the case of the images you added, they were marked as such because the central reticule/crosshairs are still visible. I'm pretty sure there's a way of disabling that in-game, and if not, editing it out afterwards.

In short, the images you've added are very useful, and won't take a lot of editing at all until they are 100% there. Getting into adding images can be annoying and disheartening at first because of all the small things that could get an image marked as "low quality", when in reality they're far from it. However, it'd be great if you could persevere, because you are genuinely helping out.

Regards, Bronkiin (talk) 12:22, June 10, 2016 (UTC)

Map images
By the way, map images for infoboxes should usually be for the world map rather than the local map. This allows users to visually figure out where the location is in relation to other places. Local map images are useful but should be in the gallery or something instead of the infobox. Thanks! —Atvelonis (talk) 19:41, June 12, 2016 (UTC)


 * Oh, and great job on the Morrowind images overall though! They're very helpful. :) —Atvelonis (talk) 19:54, June 12, 2016 (UTC)


 * So this is how I think it would work. In the case of the examples you gave me, the Vivec, Temple Canton would have a map image from inside Vivec City, but centered on the entire Canton, so you can see how close it is to other buildings in the city that are nearby.


 * If I understand the layout right then the Justice Offices would have an image of the Temple Canton map (what it has now works). And then the Hall of Justice Secret Library would have a map view of the inside of the main Justice Offices. If that makes any sense. —Atvelonis (talk) 00:55, June 13, 2016 (UTC)


 * What you're doing now looks fantastic, great job! One tiny thing though, if you're placing the image in an infobox/in a gallery then generally you don't need to put any extra code (like |thumb) before/after the file name; the name alone works on galleries and most infoboxes. The extra formatting code is only useful for images that are somewhere else in the article. —Atvelonis (talk) 22:04, June 14, 2016 (UTC)


 * Well what I'm doing just saves a little bit of time. For example actually includes the  template (which is what is added when you use the "Licensing" dropdown tab on Special:Upload) but it also includes the category Morrowind: Map Images. The category needs to be added either way, but with the template I'm adding it does everything at once.


 * It would actually be easier if you simply placed " " or "  " etc. (depending on the image) for the file code under "Summary" for future uploads, but I can handle the ones you've already uploaded. Oh, and sidenote, if you haven't seen this page already it could be useful since you're uploading so much: Special:MultipleUpload. —Atvelonis (talk) 01:40, June 15, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Red Link
Oh, ok. In the past some people would try to bypass redirects, and I thought that was what you were doing. I created a redirect to fix the redlink beforehand, but your cache must've not updated to show the link as blue instead of red. Doing a null edit (click on the arrow next to the edit button and choose Null Edit) or adding ?action=purge to the end of a page url to update the cache should fix things like that. --Shockstorm (talk) 21:53, June 12, 2016 (UTC)

DLC characters
I don't know if this is clear in the style guidelines (they're slightly outdated), but make sure to check if an image you're uploading is from a DLC or the base game. If it's from a DLC like Bloodmoon for example, then use BloodmoonCharacterImages instead of MorrowindCharacterImages. Thanks! —Atvelonis (talk) 17:41, June 21, 2016 (UTC)


 * We have this policy that you aren't supposed to have the game in the lead of the article for NPC pages. So instead of writing, say, "Ulfric Stormcloak is a Nord in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" you would have to include detail about the NPC, for example, "Ulfric Stormcloak is a Nord Jarl in Windhelm" or something to that effect. —Atvelonis (talk) 18:33, June 21, 2016 (UTC)

Regarding Morrowind armorpiece images
Hi, I was wondering if you could help me out with something. I've been trying to figure out how to get an image of an individual armorpiece in Morrowind, but I'm unable to find anything on it. I was told by The Cat Master that you might be able to help me out, since you've got alot of experience with it. Thanks in advance, CarloV3r (talk) 17:30, July 7, 2016 (UTC)

RE: Morrowind armorpiece images
Thanks alot, I'm trying to get an image of an individual armorpiece, as in only that armorpiece without any surroundings. I've tried the Morrowind Creation Kit, to see if it's somehow possible to get a render of the item, but I couldn't figure it out. For example;



An image such as this one.

CarloV3r (talk) 10:52, July 8, 2016 (UTC)

RE: Morrowind armorpiece images
Alright, I'll try that, thanks alot. I've got Photoshop, so creating an image with a transparent background shouldn't be a problem. Thanks for the help. CarloV3r (talk) 11:13, July 8, 2016 (UTC)