User talk:Skizzerz

Hi! I check this page daily, so feel free to ask me about anything, put in a request for a section, or anything else using the "+" tab on the tab strip.

Puzzle
I moved this section onto this page, so answer my puzzles there (any answers here will be ignored). If you wish to check out what was previously in this section, click here

RE: Shortcut template
I see your point. On WP the general rule is only the one or two most common shortcuts should ever be listed certainly not all of them. - Argash 16:33, 5 September 2007 (CDT)

CSS Pak 1
User:Cgsguy2 wanted to use your the first option in your CSS Pak, but was unable to get it to work. It looks like it is editing the page as a wiki page instead of as a skin customization. I don't know much about that, so do you think you could leave a message on his talk page on what the problem is? I'll follow his talk page as well so that I know what the problem is for future reference. Thanks a lot.-- Duke Ruckley  08:04, 8 September 2007 (CDT)

Deleting Images
Thanks Ryan. I figured as much because only sysops can delete normal pages, too. I can only delete the image origin, or something like that, but the image on StrategyWiki will still exist. --Myth (talk) 19:17, 12 September 2007 (CDT)

Eastern Palace
Why did you remove the imagemap from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Eastern Palace? I think it's quite a useful navigational aid. -- 10:22, 16 September 2007 (CDT)
 * Fair enough, but it would be nice if I (as head of the look-and-feel committee) was told/consulted about this. Was it while I was on holiday, or something? :-( -- 10:58, 16 September 2007 (CDT)

Re: Welcome
Thanks, hopefully the tinkering I've done on other wikis will help me avoiding doing anything particularly stupid :-) MGSpiller 18:40, 16 September 2007 (CDT)

Image in sig?
Sorry that I brought this topic up from awhile ago, but I just had an idea; could you possibly take an image, shrink it down, and add it into your preferences in your sig? Just wondering. --Myth (talk) 14:09, 25 September 2007 (CDT)

Sig CSS
The link was originally meant for the css for sighidden and sigexpand.--Rocky http://media.strategywiki.org/images/thumb/7/78/Rally-X_Rock.png/25px-Rally-X_Rock.png (Talk - Contributions) 10:27, 26 September 2007 (CDT)
 * Well, I put it there when it was just an idea, BTW if you want annoying then look at my user page.--Rocky http://media.strategywiki.org/images/thumb/7/78/Rally-X_Rock.png/25px-Rally-X_Rock.png (Talk - Contributions) 15:04, 26 September 2007 (CDT)

Meeting minutes
Hi Ryan. OK, I'll try to take some time to write them up later this week. Thanks very much. Procyon (Talk) 15:39, 2 October 2007 (CDT)

PAGENAME of a transcluded Template
Hi Ryan. If you get a chance, could you think about this problem for me? I'm trying to find a way to accomplish the following. I have Template:Moves Header. It gets included, for example, in Street Fighter II/Ryu. I would like to add an edit button to the Moves Header template, just like there is for Template:Todo. The problem is, Street Fighter II/Ryu is transcluded in Street Fighter II/Characters/Ryu. In this case, the Moves Header template interprets to be Street Fighter II/Characters/Ryu rather than Street Fighter II/Ryu which is what the edit link was really added for. Can you think of a way to force the Moves Header template to consider the page from which the template is actually being referred to as the target for the edit, and not the ultimate target page of the transclusion? I know I may be talking out of my butt, but it seems like there has to be a way to do it... Thanks! Procyon (Talk) 16:05, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

Cleanup project members
As part of our ongoing cleanup project, we are transitioning to a category based membership scheme for the Cleanup project. The member listing at the bottom of the page has been removed so if you would like to rejoin the project, please add Category:Cleanup project members to your user page. -- Prod (Talk) 13:05, 12 October 2007 (CDT)

Alternative to CAPTCHAs
I'm not sure if a decision was make one way or another with regard to having a CAPTCHA during account creation, but here's an alternative that was posted on digg. Worked properly, it might reduce bot attacks without hampering accessibility. Might be worth a try since it's pretty easy to implement. - Koweja 10:15, 16 October 2007 (CDT)

Autumn Leaf Banner
I finally got around to making one:. Tell me what you think. -- 03:42, 5 November 2007 (CST)
 * AWESOME :) +1000 brownie points for you (plus a cookie). -- 17:04, 5 November 2007 (CST)

Wikia
Thanks, that will save a lot of time. I have no idea how they gathered those stats, but they're consistent with what little I have gathered so far (by raw experimenting in game) so I trust it. I knew I had seen the interwikia links before but I couldn't find them. I probably would have tried "{{" for 30 minutes before trying "". I'm gonna play with a template based off the Maple one (since there's approximately the same number of stats) on my page for a while before using it. I guess in the mean time I'll slap a [[template:wip on it.--IsaacGS 20:46, 5 November 2007 (CST)

images
Got them all changed, as you asked. Don't worry about it. I was afraid I was breaking some sort of rule uploading those, but couldn't find anything about it, and so did it anyways; if you hadn't said anything I would have kept messing up.

I'm not really that new, by the way: I don't know how much attention you pay to echelon's other internet endeavors, but I've been a moderator on the now defunct DSmeet/abxy since they started. I used to go by Cosmo, but when I decided to get back into this and see if I can't do it for serious I decided to start again under a new name.

Thanks again, and sorry for ranting without reason. -- towers  http://media.strategywiki.org/images/a/a8/Towers_trex.gif 17:19, 7 November 2007 (CST)

Integrating data from Wikia
Hey, I know you're familiar with this subject so... I want to copy info from mythos.wikia.com, however I don't know the procedures. Do I have to use Special:export/import? Or can I just simplify the process and say "info thanks to NAMES from Wikia:URL"?? -- 00:56, 8 November 2007 (CST)
 * It's best to use Special:Import/Export where possible. --DrBob (talk) 02:20, 8 November 2007 (CST)
 * Alright, I was just being a wimp 'cuz I had never done it before. -- 03:26, 8 November 2007 (CST)
 * Wait, how do I move stuff to a category? I need Flagship Seattle moved (with history) to Category:Flagship Studios.  -- 03:28, 8 November 2007 (CST)
 * DB answered it for me, but I really don't like how the history isn't actually merged with the cat... Hopefully they fix that in the upcoming MW patches.  Woah I just had this really cool idea - what if they came up with a live update so MW got patched like, daily!  If only MediaWiki's could fly...  -- 03:40, 8 November 2007 (CST)
 * For the history thingy, bring it up in bugzilla. As for daily updates, that's not feasable for a lot of wikis, so it'll never be supported (or if it is supported, it'll be disabled by default), mainly due to php modifications getting lost day after day :/ (and extension compatibility issues). -- 15:47, 8 November 2007 (CST)

Re: MMBN Title
ok, what i intend to do, to save me the trouble of copying and pasting a table every time i start a table related to the MMBN series, which would require quite a bit of editing, i would just load that instad. And yes, i suppose you're wondering about megaman battlenetwork 0. When i tried to leave those fields blank, i was unable to form a table, so i put them as fillers. then again, I'm the only one working on the Megaman Battlenetwork series at the moment, and i dont even own the games anymore, I'm doing this from memory. and having a limited knowledge in HTML Editing doesnt help either. Halosonic 19:26, 12 November 2007 (CST)

autumn leaf
I tried inserting your templates to reskin and just see how it looks, but it doesn't seem to be working, and I made sure to clear my cache. Am I just doing something wrong here? I feel like I followed all of your instructions! -- towers  http://media.strategywiki.org/images/a/a8/Towers_trex.gif 00:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)
 * Wow! Mind telling me how you did that? -- towers  http://media.strategywiki.org/images/a/a8/Towers_trex.gif 12:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)
 * No, no, I meant how you changed the .js file. Eventually I'm gonna create a skin, I think, so it would be good to know how to use it. -- towers  http://media.strategywiki.org/images/a/a8/Towers_trex.gif 12:45, 18 November 2007 (CST)

Sorry, I'm not being clear enough. I know CSS and how to do all that stuff--I just want to know how to change my BlueCloud.js file, for reference, because when I tried it nothing worked and when you did it, everything worked. I'm just trying to learn more about wikis, I guess. Do you know what I am trying to ask? -- towers  http://media.strategywiki.org/images/a/a8/Towers_trex.gif 14:06, 18 November 2007 (CST)

Oh, okay. So what would I do to return to normal BlueCloud? Because it looks like my .js file is completely empty. -- towers  http://media.strategywiki.org/images/a/a8/Towers_trex.gif 14:39, 18 November 2007 (CST)
 * Nevermind. For some reason the "document.write..." wasn't showing up before, but it did just now. Thanks for bearing with me through all this nonsense. -- towers  http://media.strategywiki.org/images/a/a8/Towers_trex.gif 14:45, 18 November 2007 (CST)

Admin nomination
hey skizzerz, i was wondering if you could help me with the nomination for sysop for me. i need it mainly for editing some pages where areas are locked off such as table of contents (megaman batlle network series). the page with the info seems confusing, so im wondering if you could help me with the process. Halosonic 22:48, 30 November 2007 (CST)

Pokemon guides
Hi Ryan. First of all, thank you for nominating that guide. I will definitely respond on the page some time tomorrow. My initial thoughts are that it needs more in-game screenshots, but that might be a lofty goal, and somewhat superfluous to the guide's purpose. And since the guides are featured, not the games, Pokemon Yellow would essentially remain unchanged, at num=4 condition, but it would share info with a featured guide. I don't think that's such a bad thing, and perhaps others would have a better suggestion if we brought it up in CI. I'll think about it, and respond tomorrow. Procyon (Talk) 22:14, 4 December 2007 (CST)

delete this please
in case someone misses it.

Also what happened to the puzzles! -- towers  http://media.strategywiki.org/images/a/a8/Towers_trex.gif 21:41, 7 December 2007 (CST)

Re: Zelda OOT Images
Don't worry about me putting any type of marking on a page because I only put marks like that on my 'actual work.' Also, I've put the website name on the image description page but I seem to be having issues linking it. --'''|Superpowered  Mario ''' (Talk|contribs)

Thank you for telling me that. I'll put the http:// in the link.

--'''|Superpowered  Mario ''' (Talk|contribs)

Creating new pages
Thanks for the welcome. Given that I've already created a couple of pages for the Aquaria guide, how should I go about getting the information the new page template thing uses into those pages? Fieari 00:19, 13 December 2007 (CST)

WatchSubpages
Thanks for the pointer. I'll post there as soon as it goes live here. -- Prod (Talk) 01:26, 19 December 2007 (CST)

Next meeting
Hi buddy. I think we decided due to the holiday season, we were going to postpone the meeting until the first Saturday after the new year, which would be January 6th. I'll get a note up about it in CI shortly. Procyon (Talk) 13:37, 26 December 2007 (CST)

I have proof that I and the original User:Namcorules are the same account
I'm the one who asked how to get the crosshairs on Steel Gunner and Steel Gunner 2 to move! Didn't you see what I said at the end of my question about the eleventh round of Mirai Ninja? I'm also still very angry with User:Rocky for renaming all of my Phelios images - it is at least a decade older than the Sony PlayStation! If you want to email a new password to me so I can get my old account back, my email address is "Stud3538@hereward.ac.uk". Namcorules&#39;s New Account 03:30, 9 January 2008 (CST)
 * mmk, I'll get on that then (although if you know your old user id, that would be very helpful!). An email will be sent to you when your password is reset. -- 15:30, 9 January 2008 (CST)

Urgent: We need account creation captchas
...or whatever those things are called. We're getting autogenerated accounts now. Implement it ASAP, we'll deal with the community reaction later.
 * We need someone with filesystem access first. It requires an extension. -- 16:12, 11 January 2008 (CST)
 * Crap... well, block any user with the pattern of ten characters long, with characters one and six as capital letters on sight. Procyon (Talk) 16:18, 11 January 2008 (CST)
 * I temporarily hid the buttons used to create accounts via CSS, so hopefully the bots won't be able to continue using it. -- 16:23, 11 January 2008 (CST)
 * One more just made it on :P Matt is trying to figure out the password for the SW file system.  Procyon (Talk) 16:25, 11 January 2008 (CST)
 * Actually, I can't sign on from work, it's blocked. (Sorry for the random insert here, didn't feel like starting a new topic.)  I'll be able to get on when I get home in an hour or so. Procyon (Talk) 16:49, 7 February 2008 (CST)

A cookie for thee, and a request
A little thank you... For adding content to. hugs, 16:14, 11 January 2008 (CST)

pcreq needs a modification that I couldn't get to work: simply that when the win parameter isn't given, it should display as Windows 95 (you'll see my failure in the template currently). Thanks in advance, -- 16:14, 11 January 2008 (CST)


 * Sure sure. I have to take off right now, but when I get back. -- 16:20, 11 January 2008 (CST)
 * Note that I reverted the change, because the minimum versions of everything are assumed — the |win parameter should be no different. Besides, having it always present clutters up the template when we want to keep it as small as possible. --DrBob (talk) 20:25, 11 January 2008 (CST)
 * I added it back in just for the sake of people that don't know that they shouldn't include it, but it isn't default like Notmyhandle did. If you still don't like it, just revert it yet again and that'll be the end of that. -- 11:23, 12 January 2008 (CST)

Sims2Guy
Don't be so harsh to Sims2Guy. He's one of our big contributors, and I'm sure he'll cooperate about footer navs. There's no need to threaten him with consequences. --DrBob (talk) 20:22, 11 January 2008 (CST)
 * I'll keep that in mind. Just be thankful I didn't go all over him like I did with Myth. -- 20:40, 11 January 2008 (CST)

Your Sig
How did you make it so that there's easy access to your talk page and all that? I want it for my sig. =P --Arrow Windwhistler 11:07, 12 January 2008 (CST)

Master of Orion
Two things:
 * It's polite to sign messages so that the recipient can reply easily.
 * As far I could see you'd deleted the pages I'd written. I was just about to go ballistic but dinner was ready. When I came back I found that User talk:Notmyhandle had re-assembled it under "getting started". Your actions have left a real bad taste, and make you look like the kind of person who wants things done his way or not at all. If there's something you don't like but it's not obvious vandalism, discuss it before reaching for the delete button. The structure I was producing still had a few rough edges, but there were good reasons for it. Philcha 14:56, 12 January 2008 (CST)


 * An action-adventure guide (the current FA, which you suggested I check out) is not a suitable template for a TBS guide. I also checked out Category:Guides at completion stage 4 as you recommended - and it contains no TBS or RTS that I noticed. RTS is not just reflexes and short-term tactics, and TBS has no scope for reflexes and only a little for short-term tactics. You need some new ideas about structure in order to cover TBS and RTS well. Philcha 15:42, 12 January 2008 (CST)

user Sandbox?
I'm wondering, is it possible for all users to get their own sandbox, or only admins can get them? Just curious. Peace out, God Bless. Halosonic 13:01, 20 January 2008 (CST)

Is there a reason you deleted my Assassin's Creed Flag Locations Page?
That link goes to the best interactive map I could hope to find. It was an excellent site and very helpful to me in writing my guide. It would be nice if you had taken the time to look and see that I am the writer responsible for the entire existing Assassin's Creed guide before deleting one of my pages as spam.
 * Upload the map here and emulate the interactivity, using &lt;imagemap&gt; if need be. The point is I will delete all pages that constitute of external links, no matter WHO makes them. -- 16:40, 7 February 2008 (CST)

Oh hai thar
Heya there! I finally got around to creating my account here...been lurking long enough. ;-) --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 14:45, 7 February 2008 (CST)

StrategyWiki:Guide
Of the appendices, I can only see a connection between the RFA and the Admin guides. If this is so, perhaps we should create an "administration" or applicable header to separate them, because currently it looks very messy and only like 2 out of the 8 are vaguely apparent to have any connection (not to mention the red linked item, what content was planned for Usage Policy? User rights?). -- 23:21, 8 February 2008 (CST)
 * The first four ("Sidebars", "Other ways to contribute", "Usage Policy", and "Wiki Etiquette") are loosely connected in the fact that they are geared towards the contributors of the wiki. The next two ("RFA procedure" and "admin guide") are geared towards current admins or those that want to become admins. The final two ("Partnerships" and "about") are geared towards the running of StrategyWiki and the legal aspect of it.
 * For usage policy, I'm thinking that it's going to be like a Terms of Use. -- 11:13, 9 February 2008 (CST)
 * Which section includes scope? That's an important thing to begin with for a lot of new contributors.-- Duke  Ruckley Talk 12:06, 9 February 2008 (CST)
 * Scope is under the "Policies" section (and actually, usage policy should be under there too, I guess). Meh, that whole third column needs a complete re-arranging. -- 12:18, 9 February 2008 (CST)
 * I must be blind... Believe it or not, but I did actually look before I asked that question.-- Duke  Ruckley Talk 12:36, 9 February 2008 (CST)


 * Ahaha I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks we need change. Perhaps scope and "About StrategyWiki" should be placed in a section called "StrategyWiki" ??? -- 18:52, 9 February 2008 (CST)

Thanks for that.
Thanks for telling me about that. I'm guessing you're the guy who deleted that page? Anyway, thanks.

Thanks Again+
Thanks for giving that back.

However, I have a matter of a more serious nature that greatly involves your help. I nominated the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2 guide we've worked on for the Monthly Best Guide or something like that, and I would like it if you could either;

1) Support it by going to the page and supporting the Nomination. 2) Helping on creating more information on PMD2 so more people support it.

Please! I need your help on this! All the editors have worked hard in the past few days to make this walkthrough, and we should be known for this. Also, did you know that besides pokemon.marriland.com we are the only ones that have written a walkthrough for this game, and so far ours is the best! Please help out the Cause!

...I know I could've chosen a better word than "cause". Lol. --unsigned comment, meh
 * Sorry, but it really isn't up to the point where it can be "promising" yet. Also, learn how to sign your posts and don't open paragraphs with spaces. -- 18:55, 10 February 2008 (CST)