User talk:Notmyhandle

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 * When bringing info from other pages, please note where exactly you got the info from. Saying wikidump isn't clear enough that it's from .  Just say in the summary that it was brought from WP:Gunster: Rain of Bullets, or something like that. -- Prod (Talk) 10:58, 11 December 2006 (CST)
 * I see (just checked history over there). It's great to have someone who knows so much about the game :D (and I must say it's a good looking page over there, as compared to the WP:MapleStory page I used to work on).  However, it's just safer (legally) to leave a note of where the info was brought from to be certain there are no problems with the GFDL. -- Prod (Talk) 23:25, 11 December 2006 (CST)
 * Yeah after some discussion that I caught sight of in the CVG community portal of Wikipedia I edited the article to become more encyclopediac, taking the original article and dumping it at gameinfo.wikia.com; and then as you know taking parts over to this site. Plenty left to do.  --Notmyhandle 23:31, 11 December 2006 (CST)
 * Need any help with anything that doesn't require knowledge of the game (ie. wikify, cleanup, layout)? -- Prod (Talk) 23:38, 11 December 2006 (CST)
 * I just think adding content is required, wikifying might be good but I'm not sure how much can be done within Strategy Wiki. --Notmyhandle 17:17, 12 December 2006 (CST)

Use Preview instead of Save
Hi Notmyhandle. I noticed that you made a lot of edits to the same page continuously. In order to help keep the history database down to a minimum, could you please consider using the Show preview button instead of the Save page button to examine your progress, and reserve saving the page until you are completely finished? Thanks very much. Procyon 23:35, 3 December 2006 (CST)
 * Yeah I'll try to do it more often; I do it so that I don't lose my progress in editing (although I use notepad to keep a copy on my computer); like when I hit preview I can lose the data, but yeah I'll work on doing edits that way. --Notmyhandle 23:44, 3 December 2006 (CST)

1080° Avalanche
I've noticed you putting together this guide. Looks good so far. When creating new subpages, I would suggest starting by putting links on the Table of Contents first. This serves a few purposes: it keeps the ToC up to date; if you set up the whole ToC first, you may find some better ways to organize the guide; other people passing through may see the red links and add information for you. I'm guessing this game doesn't really have a story mode, so Tony Hawk's American Sk8land might be a good template to follow. I've also made some changes to the Controls page, trying to keep it simple (though I removed lots of info). Lots of that info should go on a Gameplay page or something. Your latest version is here. If you need anything, please leave a message on my talk page. -- Prod (Talk) 00:03, 4 December 2006 (CST)
 * Actually a lot could probably go on a tricks page. (I'm still editing it). -- Prod (Talk) 00:08, 4 December 2006 (CST)
 * Hmm...I just noticed the ToC... My mistake. -- Prod (Talk) 00:12, 4 December 2006 (CST)
 * Yeah I saw the page, it was quite empty and I was like, hey I own this game... All I can say is that wikis are more addicting than video games.  I guess I'll separate the course page again some time later if the page gets too crowded, but for now not much information will exist, the courses are small enough that "walkthroughs" of them will only be a short paragraph for the most part.  The game lacks real difficulty and complexity so it makes making a guide for it much simpler.  I'll keep the Table of Contents up to date as things progess.  --Notmyhandle 00:14, 4 December 2006 (CST)
 * Hey can you take all the deleted info and dump it into a gameplay page for later? It's no fun having to rewrite crap without reference... ='( --Notmyhandle 00:15, 4 December 2006 (CST)
 * Sorry about the ToC. I changed it, then saw your comments here, so changed it back. It's up to you if you want them split or together.  Here's what my guess of a final version would be.  Each track will have basic info, a picture of the track (map/screenshot/etc) and a paragraph or two about the level.  I think that would be enough to make a separate page out of, but if screenshots are useless, then maybe just split by difficulty.  I haven't played the game, so I'm just trying to guess what you're thinking (isn't working too well :P). -- Prod (Talk) 00:28, 4 December 2006 (CST)
 * Im hoping to get some sort of TV to Computer input so I can take direct screen shots, but yeah, screen shots of short cut areas and the map of each area would be great. Again, what do you want in "getting started"?? --Notmyhandle 00:31, 4 December 2006 (CST)
 * Maybe a brief run through of a typical race. Stuff that isn't level specific, but relates to how to play the game.  Like information about the different stances (unless it's more relevant under tricks).  Of course, it could just end up not being needed, with most info covered on a tricks page.  I've just copied the Controls for now, but if you don't think the page will be useful, just mark it with delete. -- Prod (Talk) 00:37, 4 December 2006 (CST)

FFR
I use WP:Regular expressions along with textpad. With a bit of creativity and experience, they can do almost anything. Just have to be careful they don't do too much. --Prod (Talk) 10:49, 11 December 2006 (CST)

Dig Dug II
Hi Notmyhandle. Thanks for your help with Dig Dug II, but Bandai actually had very little to do with the game other than to publish the US version of the NES game, which Namco originally developed in Japan. Since the game was an arcade game first, and an NES game second, the guide is focused more on the arcade version. Additionally, I personally don't have any intention of documenting all of the levels in the game. If you would like to, by all means, please go ahead. But leave it off the TOC until you actually have the page started. Thanks very much. Procyon 19:16, 13 December 2006 (CST)

Game Pictures
Yes, definitely. Sometimes it gets kinda weird though if the size is changed. What may happen is that the size of the pic will look the same, but it'll be the new image squished. That's normal, just clear your cache or wait a few days. -- Prod (Talk) 22:14, 13 December 2006 (CST)

Image categorisation
I see you've been uploading a few images lately. When doing so, could you please make sure to categorise them using the correct image categories? The image policy is viewable here, and contains all the information you'll need to categorise future uploads. --DrBob (Talk) 16:55, 14 December 2006 (CST)
 * Please categorise images when you upload them. --DrBob (Talk) 01:55, 17 December 2006 (CST)
 * It seems a bit pointless to ask again, but to keep up the (otherwise) high standards of your contributions here, could you please categorise images when you upload them? --DrBob (Talk) 20:07, 2 January 2007 (CST)
 * Always forget. Will take care of it.  There really needs to be a big thing on the upload page as a reminder.--Notmyhandle 20:12, 2 January 2007 (CST)

Lava Troll/Hand Story
Who came up with that story? Perhaps the Hand is just a hand? Please note whether it was made up or taken from some resource. --Notmyhandle 19:37, 16 December 2006 (CST)


 * The Atari 5200 manual, Atari 7800 manual, Atari 800 manual, Atari Lynx manual, NES manual, the January 1983 issue of Joystik magazine, and even Wikipedia all refer to the hand as belonging to a Lava Troll. While I respect your concern Notmyhandle, you can pretty much trust what I write.  I may use a little creative license to make the descriptions interesting to read, but I never stray from the source.  Please take a look at my user page to get an idea of how many of these I've been working on.  Procyon 10:02, 17 December 2006 (CST)
 * I just like to know whether or not its legit =) --Notmyhandle 12:23, 17 December 2006 (CST)
 * Actually, I could have just referred you to the attract mode of the game itself. If you run the game in MAME and let the demonstration start, a little text eventually appears underneath the bridge, "HOME OF THE LAVA TROLL."  But I can appreciate the concern.  Procyon 13:11, 17 December 2006 (CST)
 * The thing is, I'm so used to Wikipedia I don't know how StrategyWiki should work. I thought perhaps adding references would be helpful (I mean they are), but they aren't required I guess, and not shunned upon right?  Also on the topic of rules, is StrategyWiki supposed to be a compendium of game information, or rather focused completely on guides? --Notmyhandle 16:12, 17 December 2006 (CST)
 * References are great, but not necessary unless it's something highly debated. Strategywiki is about the guides, the rest of the info should only be there to supplement the main walkhrough. -- Prod (Talk) 16:32, 17 December 2006 (CST)

Mega Man 7
Just wondering about the boss names. WP:Mega Man 7 says they are slightly different. Which way are the names supposed to be? -- Prod (Talk) 00:03, 18 December 2006 (CST)
 * I believe that site is correct because it goes along with the same syntax as Mega Man himself. I'm going to check my game (I own Anniversery Collection) and change them to the correct version as seen in game.  --Notmyhandle 00:11, 18 December 2006 (CST)
 * Yup it's correct, check out this pic. --Notmyhandle 00:37, 18 December 2006 (CST)

Oops, I was in a hurry that day and didn't have time to check if the formatting worked. Fixed now. It doesn't look exactly the way I was hoping, but it's close enough I guess. Thanks for pointing it out :). -- Prod (Talk) 19:32, 18 December 2006 (CST)

Suggestion for Freeze Man walkthrough
Hi Notmyhandle. As someone who has written a number of Mega Man guides, I just wanted to give you a suggestion for the Freeze Man walkthrough. Seeing a huge block of text can be a bit of a turn off for some readers, regardless of the quality of the info it contains. It would be very helpful to the reader if you broke the walkthrough up quite a bit. One easy way to do that is to make paragraphs, but a better way to do it is with bullets. Bullets help readers skim the text so that they can quickly access the bit of information that they're looking for. I'm not saying you have to do this, but it would substantially improve the quality of your guide. Take care. Procyon 10:42, 18 December 2006 (CST)

Re: Archives layout
Hi Notmyhandle. It is very evident that you are an enthusiastic contributor to StrategyWiki, and your contributions are very much appreciated. But I have noticed a certain amount of intolerance over small issues such as formatting or wording when you encounter something does not precisely conform to the way you would like to see it. One example is the archives layout issue, which generally does not concern a majority of the site's users and is sufficient as is. Another was the change of the word "retconning" to "reconnecting" when "retconning" was in fact the correct term. I'm sure that you are familiar with the wiki philosophy; that no one author is the owner of any page, and that the entire site is a collaborative effort on the part of every author that contributes to it, regardless of quantity. I would encourage you to focus on larger contributions of new content rather than smaller issues that are less detrimental to the site as a whole. Keep up the good work. Procyon 10:03, 8 January 2007 (CST)
 * <3 U Proc.  Anyways, I had never heard of retconning, so I'll put a link to the wikipedia article on it (it doesn't exist within most dictionaries). --Notmyhandle 18:13, 8 January 2007 (CST)
 * I hope that you didn't remove your contributions list because of what I had to say. You should be very proud of the work that you have contributed to the site.  I certainly list my accomplishments regarding StrategyWiki.  You should feel free to do so too ^_^ Procyon 18:34, 8 January 2007 (CST)
 * No don't get the wrong idea, I did so because 1)it's too hard to keep track of accurately and 2)the history exists of every contribution upon each page. If the purpose was for people to see it (I'm never really clear on my actions), well users will see my name on the lists.  Pictures however take a lot of time and effort in creating, so I make sure I tag them with my name.  But now that I think about it... that Mega Man 7 boss guide took like a week to write...  Oh well. --Notmyhandle 18:39, 8 January 2007 (CST)

Categories in Redirects
This is something we encourage actually. Here's the philosophy. You could list Capcom vs. SNK 2 under the Game Cube or the Xbox, but it's official title, as you pointed out, is Capcom vs. SNK 2 E.O. So when a user looks in the Game Cube category, he or she will find the proper title with the E.O., even though clicking on the link will take him or her to the page without the E.O.  It's just like Mega Man/Rockman. Rockman also gets a NES cat so that it shows up under the NES category page. Procyon 21:03, 8 January 2007 (CST)
 * Roger that. I'll put'm back. --Notmyhandle 21:05, 8 January 2007 (CST)

Need infobox
What's the purpose of Category:Need Infobox and Need infobox? -- Prod (Talk) 18:08, 10 January 2007 (CST)
 * Redirection, I was looking for the actual category and couldn't find it, and those are the terms I was using, so I thought that other people would use them too... --Notmyhandle 18:14, 10 January 2007 (CST)

Zeric's works
For anyone curious as to the source of these, I have contacted Zeric himself and those used on StrategyWiki have been released through permission. (As of now, only Image:ZericsSuperMetroidMaps.png) --Notmyhandle 01:44, 14 January 2007 (CST)

Image contributions
Just and idea, Instead of having a giant list of images build up on your user page (which will make your user page un-usually long), you could create a page and list/store them there. 0-172 23:01, 14 January 2007 (CST)
 * Or you could just refer people to this page. --DrBob (Talk) 17:08, 14 January 2007 (CST)

SMK ToC
First off, you're correct, I'm using 1440x900 (WS). However, I resized down to about 600 pixels and the layout seems fine. Just to clarify, you're talking about Super Mario Kart/Table of Contents right? Also, I noticed your comment on SMK64. Guide layout is usually left to the author unless they go against style. So, if you think the reasons are good enough to get rid of /Tracks/ move the page (and take care of links). -- Prod (Talk) 00:08, 16 January 2007 (CST)
 * Ah, I had the notion that less tiered pages = better; perhaps someone moved a page I once had tiered, I don't know. But knowing that its ok, I won't bother with the move. --Notmyhandle 00:19, 16 January 2007 (CST)