User talk:Cornwallismorgan87

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Image uploads
Please see our policy on image naming and categorization. For consistency and ease of use throughout the wiki, image names should contain the name of the game or its abbreviation and a one or two word description. All images also need the appropriate categories added, as well as the guide-specific image category (e.g.  ). Thanks for helping to keep our images neat! —  Pro cyon  04:11, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Please, if you have a moment, could you correct the names of all the images you uploaded, and add Categories to them? I don't want it to end up being someone else's responsibility.  Thanks very much.   Pro  cyon  04:11, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * We put a tremendous amount of effort into our Guide and you can easily find out the answers to the problems you had if you would only take a moment to look at it. That being said, I will address some of the issues here.
 * Talking on a wiki is pretty much the same as editing a guide page. You just edit your own talk page, and start typing.  It's common courtesy to indent what you have to say by adding a number of colons before your message so that it's clear where one person's message ends and yours begins.  (It's also consider impolite to erase someone else's message unless it was put there by mistake, not that I mind.  This is your talk page so you're free to do whatever you want with it.)
 * In order to properly name the files, you should at least add a "SWJKDF2_" in front of every file name. That will be sufficient. The reason being, you named one image "Stormtrooper.png".  Imagine how many Star Wars games have storm troopers in them.  How would we know which game the Stormtrooper you uploaded is supposed to go with?  And if everyone did that, then what would happen to the next guy who works on another Star Wars game and uploaded a stormtrooper from a different game.  They might potentially replace your file.  If you name it "SWJKDF2_Stormtrooper.png", there won't be any confusion as to which Star Wars game your Stormtrooper belongs to.
 * For the same reason, we ask that you categorize every image that you upload. Adding a category is easy.  In the same box where you provide a description of what you're uploading (and you should always provide a description,) you also add the following:   .  We have a couple of other categories as well, so if you were uploading a screenshot for example, you would also add   , but you don't need to add that for cropped images.
 * SW_Namco_menu.png Using is really preferred when you have more than one image to show. The way you're using it, you're much better off using a thumbnail.  For example, the image to the right was generated with:  SW_Namco_menu.png .  If you want the image to show up on the left instead of the right, you would add a "|left" after "|thumb".
 * I highly advise you to look at our Guide, if only briefly to get familiar with it, and to look at several of our other guides to see how people accomplish things, especially our featured guides. Copy from them liberally.  It would be nice if you could rename the existing images you uploaded so that someone else doesn't have to do it.  If you re-upload them with the proper name (and add the correct categories), we'll delete the badly named files.  Lastly, if you have any questions about how to do something on the site, be sure to leave a message in the staff lounge.  Thanks for paying attention to all of this.   Pro  cyon  19:12, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, has been kind enough to start moving your files for you with the proper name.  Please make sure that you thank her for doing this work.   Pro  cyon  19:17, 11 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I was going to post a message here after all that but I was beat to it, hehe. Dark Forces II was one of my first games, so I enjoy seeing your progress on it! Just make sure you do those things from now on and everything will be cool. :) -- Wario Talk 19:53, 11 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Wario, thanks for the help. Sorry it's taken me awhile to get back with you; I think I've gotten this thing figured out.  Is there a way to delete existing files so I don't end up spamming the site with repeats?  I want to enlarge some of my photos ('frame' instead of 'thumb') but for most, I would need to resize them and I don't want a bunch of copies of the same basic image.  Thanks!  Cornwallismorgan87 (talk) 23:52, 13 October 2014 (UTC)


 * There's no need to worry about deleting the files; Wario moved them to a new filename which effectively renames them, so the old file name is erased. However, should you ever want to instruct an admin to delete a file, please edit the file description and add   .  If you need variable sizes for your images, you can add a size parameter when you use "thumb", e.g.  SW_Namco_menu.png  where 180 pixel is the maximum width you want the image to appear.  You can also specify "180x180px" where 180 pixels is the maximum size you want in either dimension, as an example.  Additionally, please don't use HTML for headers, use the correct number of equal signs.  For example:  ===Level 3 Header=== .  Although wikis are compatible with HTML, they have their own markup language which is preferable so that all editors use a common system.  This stuff is all covered in the guide... just saying...   Pro  cyon  01:23, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I am going to say this nicely one time and one time only: I asked a very simple question that warrants a very simple response. You answered that question, which wasn't even directed toward you, but I will not tolerate being bossed around for a guide no one else but me is bothering to compile.  I've noticed that the site converts my inputs to the common code anyway.  They're differing methods of input that function the exact same way.  If you don't like the way I do things, you can write the guide yourself. Cornwallismorgan87 (talk) 20:33, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
 * It's one thing to be pissed off when you're right about something, and it's another thing to be pissed off when you're wrong. But since you feel so indignant about people trying to help you improve, I won't bother explaining your errors to you.  Sufficed to say, the site doesn't "convert" anything for you, people are fixing your mistakes.   Pro  cyon  21:01, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, your diatribes on your User page are not going unnoticed by anyone. Ironically, you claim that you're "open to critique," but you've demonstrated the exact opposite so far.  No one has been "sitting on their throne of entitlement barking orders" at you.  We're just trying to help you learn so that you can create better and better guides.  None of us started out as experts on the subject, but the admins have been doing it for years.  When you choose not to learn the accepted methods of the site, you're creating extra work for the people who help maintain the site and keep the pages in good shape.  No one gets paid to do that, we're all volunteers.  It's a shame you're so hostile to advice, I could teach you things about HTML that would make your head spin (although not without some JavaScript to go with it.)  I will make one request though, despite the fact that I'm sure it will irritate you and cause you to write another tirade about being bossy; Please use the "Show preview" button to test different image sizes, and don't click "Save page" until you're happy with the result.  Each individual save adds to the size of the database, so if you keep saves to a minimum, it will reduce the overhead to the server.  Thanks very much and have a great day!   Pro  cyon  01:58, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Pre-load buttons
In order to keep pages on the wiki neat and uniform, we employ certain formatting and templates to help us accomplish this. When creating a new page, please use one of the pre-load buttons located above the edit text box (e.g. click on "Guide page" to add Header Nav to the top and Footer Nav to the bottom), which will insert the needed templates and formatting for you. These templates are very handy because they include the templates that are required for each page type. If you are unsure about how to use them, or what pages to use them on, please let me know. Thanks for keeping the wiki organized! — 17:21, 21 October 2014 (UTC)