User talk:Sigma 7

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Hello Sigma 7! Welcome to StrategyWiki. Thank you for your contributions. If you have any questions, just contact a sysop through their talk page or post on the staff lounge, and they'd be happy to help. If you need help editing, check the StrategyWiki Guide. If you have a question about the content on this wiki, you can check out our staff lounge page. If you want to ask questions or hang out in IRC, we're usually around. On the other hand, if you have ideas for StrategyWiki, bring them up on the forums. Please remember to sign your name on, and only on, talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (    ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field as this helps to document all of your hard work. Feel free to delete this message from your talk page if you like, or keep it for reference. Happy editing! --  Duke Ruckley Talk 17:32, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for working on the Left 4 Dead guide. I've been meaning to do some work on it myself, but haven't gotten around to it yet.-- Duke  Ruckley Talk 17:32, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * If you check out the toolbox just below the edit box, there's a bunch of handy links to insert common markup into pages. The Header and Footer Nav are both down there to hopefully make it easier. -- Prod (Talk) 07:12, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Table of Contents
Make sure you use the full address path name on the Table of Contents links. Using  Controls  makes a page at Adventures of Lolo/Table of Contents/Controls, which I doubt was your intention. Something was also weird with the Header Nav. I'm not sure what was going on there, but you can check this diff to see what I'm talking about. Just use the "Table of Contents" button above the edit text box when creating the ToC, and it will fill out the Header with tags for you. Thanks, - naj zere 17:27, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Bobbleheads
Is revealing the locations of the bobbleheads really a spoiler to the plot? I'd suggest using sidebar to show secondary information like that instead. -- Prod (Talk) 19:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice work you've been doing with the Fallout III guide. It's looking really good :D. -- Prod (Talk) 03:08, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Team Fortress stats
Hi, I was looking at the TF2 stats page and thought I saw an omission. Don't players also get points for pushing and/or capturing the payload cart? It seems distance-based (a point per every number of feet you push it), but I could never figure out what it was. Great contributions by the way. Baejung92 (talk) 00:34, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


 * From what I can tell, players seem to get 2 points for pushing the cart for a distance, but none for reaching the capture point. I don't have information on the scoring behind it, since I only did a single test. --Sigma 7 04:46, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Sysop nomination
Hi. I've nominated you for sysop status, due to your whirlwind of edits since January, and your good understanding of the way things work here. Please edit the page to accept or decline the nomination and, if you accept, answer the questions on the page. Thanks, and good luck. --DrBob (talk) 19:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sigma, I think you need to say whether you accept the nomination before anyone can vote. This might not be true but no one has places their votes yet, so I just assumed that was the reason. I've been waiting to vote for you and you're keping me in suspence : ). BTW, most of the other sysops are sometimes in IRC, so maybe you should hang out there sometime. Keep up the good work! 12:48, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay, I've updated the page with the acceptance. --Sigma 7 23:34, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, you're now a sysop. Make sure you've read the StrategyWiki guide fully – especially the admin guide – and use your power wisely. --DrBob (talk) 17:16, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Redirects
No need to label redirects for deletion. We'll take care of them as we see them, otherwise they don't really have much negative impact. Just make sure nothing links to the page. -- Prod (Talk) 22:10, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Your sysopness
Congrats on becoming a sysop! It's a great accomplishment for one that has been on the site for as short of a time as you have to be given the trust and responsibility that comes along with a sysop position. To help make your life easier, I've compiled an admin guide for you to read over at your leisure so that you may become more familiar with all of the tools available to you and so that you may learn how to handle certain sticky situations. In addition, you may wish to acquaint yourself with our policies if you have not done so already. If you need any additional assistance, feel free to come onto IRC or leave a message on my talk page and I'll be happy to help. Once again, congratulations! -- 23:33, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Even though I forgot to vote my support I wanted to mention that your productivity is awe inspiring. Many congrats on making it! --Zaiqukaj 07:22, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I want to apologize for neglecting to vote S7, but congratulations. You would have had my support anyway.  Why does your nick sound familiar to me?  You weren't a #SNES-er back in the day, were you?  You'd know what I mean if you were...  Pro  cyon  18:07, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Game logos
You should probably bring it up on the forums before creating any new image categories. There are already a couple threads on it. - najzere T 17:54, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Channeling vs. Channelling
I understand that words that end in -el do not add a second "l" for American English and do for British English. I went back and double checked with Guild Wars, so it was right before. I'm going to go ahead and revert that one. I'm not going to get to check on the rest, I've gotta jump off here. Anyway, just wanted to let you know.-- Duke Ruckley Talk 01:30, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Blocking Policy
Don't you have some sort of blocking policy?(Noryb989 03:13, 27 April 2009 (UTC))

Dark Spire?
Hey, thanks for correcting the Dark Spire title; question for you, though. How do I move existing pages to a new name? I was working on "Dark Spire/Weapons" while you made that change, not sure how to relink it now. Thanks! --Keldi 17:07, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Whoops, never mind, someone did it already. Wow. Uh, feel free to remove this, I guess, I have no idea how. Sorry! --Keldi 17:09, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Positive edits in the wrong place
Please move content instead of removing it (i.e. Mind Control). Thanks, -- 19:06, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Unsure of term you used
Can you explain what you mean by linkrot when you made this edit?--Thomas Michael William Patrick Sales (talk) (contributions) (email) 17:42, 11 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Linkrot refers to links no longer working as time passes. --Sigma 7 19:50, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

TF2 achievements
Hi! Were you planning to upload the new images on the TF2 achievements page? If not, I can do them, but I wanted to make sure beforehand since I'd have to change the links to end in .png rather than the .jpg you linked them as on the page. Bae jung92  (talk) 05:41, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I chose JPG since it was the one I had the easiest access to. I don't have any issues having it switched to .PNG if it's easier to upload.  --Sigma 7 15:38, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, I'll get to uploading them sometime soon. I just upload them in PNG because they come in that format :) Bae  jung92  (talk) 00:27, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

StarCraft II Zerg Units
Hi there. I only removed certain units from pages because we do not have confirmed information about if this or that unit will appear in Starcraft II or it might be fanon. Thats all.(Noryb989 18:04, 9 June 2009 (UTC))


 * The only way to confirm if a unit is within the official canon is when the game is released. While you can predict which units are entering based on a single page, you also need to keep track of other communication (which may or may not be publicly accessible.)
 * Including only units listed on a single webpage is not a good measurement of potential canon, especially since Blizzard releases new material outside of said webpage. They can easily discuss new units within their Battle Reports (found on a different location on the webpage), and developers can easily discuss statistics or features with partners or third party news organizations.
 * The early Doom Alphas show exactly this: content is visible from screenshots and limited-distribution demos. Even though the BFG didn't turn out to be a 40-ball shotgun, it should still be recorded as such until more information becomes available (i.e. the game gets released.) --Sigma 7 19:34, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Omega Race clone on the Vectrex
Hi Sigma7. Are you sure about the recent edit you made on the Omega Race/Versions page? Because as far as I knew, the game was a homebrew, and therefore no official plastic overlay was ever created for it. Also, since the arena changes shape on different levels, it also suggests that the overlay could not have presented each of the arena shapes. Just curious.  Pro cyon  05:07, 15 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Seems that there was an actual cartridge and overlay for the game, even if unofficial. After checking the overlay through a third party resource, it's a simple green sheet with no track markings.  At least the overlay isn't critical to the game.  --Sigma 7 06:02, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Soukoban vs. Sokoban
Hey Sigma7. I guess when I made the Soukoban page, I went a little too literal with the spelling, and didn't look for accepted spellings of the name. It appears that Wikipedia agrees with you, although if you search for the term Soukoban on GameFaqs, it's pretty prevalent. It's kind of difficult to tell which one is the right one, but either way we go, would you be interested in merging the content between the two? There are a number of pages which link to Soukoban as well.  Pro cyon  20:40, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * They are both correct... the "ou" romanization of japanese phonetics is, if I remember correctly, the older style, whereas the simplification to just "o" is of the new school. -- 21:09, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Google reports more hits for Sokoban than soukoban by an order of 100, and a website claiming to be the official homepage also uses the term Sokoban. Regardless of which one is correct, the author's choice is the one to go with. --Sigma 7 23:18, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * There's also a slight problem: can't move Category:Soukoban to Category:Sokoban. --Sigma 7 23:23, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You'd have to copy/paste to move categories, and I don't remember if Special:MergeHistory works or not. The precedent has always been to go with the name used first, and in this case it would save a lot of effort, since there are 11 guides in the Soukoban category, six of which are actually using the "Soukoban" name. Redirects can handle on-site searches for "Sokoban", but I'm not sure how Google results would be affected. — najzere T 23:29, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I already moved most of them, since the games in question were more frequently referred to by the name given and that they were only single pages... the only one I won't change is Soukoban Deluxe, since it's already titled with the most common usage (and Sokoban Deluxe instead refers to the various reimplementations.) As with Google, it tends to latch on to redirects as if they were the actual page, and won't cause issues. --Sigma 7 23:46, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

EVO pages
What are you trying to do by splitting the headings up into columns? Cause I don't get it. — najzere T 20:15, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Those are branching paths, which reconverge later. The user is free to take one or the other (even both), before returning to the main quest path.  --Sigma 7 01:20, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Great Bay Temple map
Hey, I just ran into something weird. I saw in the upload list, and when I looked at it, it said the type was text/c++, and nothing was displayed so I deleted it. Then I checked the page it was on, and according to the history you added it to the Great Bay page well before Rickand had uploaded it. Despite that, I don't see it in your contribs, and the file itself only lists Rickand as the uploader. Anyway, long story short, you probably need to reupload that map. :/ — najzere T 06:51, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Heh. Okay, obviously you just put the link and this guy uploaded some crap file. Nevermind, mystery solved! — najzere T 06:54, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Banning IPs
Hi Sigma7. Thanks so much for helping out with this vandal attack. Don't bother banning the IPs, each attack is generated from a unique IP, which means they are most likely faked. Well see if this continues and if it does, we'll lock the site down from anon edits for a while.  Pro cyon  13:52, 15 September 2009 (UTC)