User talk:PirateIzzy

Archives and bots (ctd.)
To archive: -- 16:21, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Delete content that is out of date/to be archived.
 * 2) At the top of the page (in Monobook theme, not sure about Dolphin - the current default) click "history".
 * 3) Click on (or open a new tab) the date stamp (e.g. "15:21, September 4, 2013" without quotes for Archive #1) for #the last edit before you deleted content (that loads the page as it was before you deleted stuff).
 * 4) Copy the URL (you could combine this with #3 if you know hot to right click copy URL from the link).
 * 5) Edit the current talk page and add the URL as a new entry in the archives table. Just copy the line for archive #1 and fill in the URL, change the archive number, and change the archive date. Done.

MultiUpload
It was unfortunately not compatible with the newest version of MediaWiki, and I haven't been able to get it working. I'm looking into getting a newer (maintained) version working. Unfortunately, it's back to single uploading for now. Sorry about the inconvenience. -- Prod (talk) 01:32, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll see if there are any settings I can mess with to make it more streamlined, but unfortunately the old one was getting a lot more difficult to maintain with each release (no updates in over a year). -- Prod (talk) 03:11, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * If you want to replace an image you will have to do it the normal way by going to the file page, then under the file history is a link labeled "Upload a new version of this file". -- 20:01, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

@, yeah, I've been doing that for a while. I just wish I could do so in bulk, though. --PirateIzzy (talk) 21:52, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

MapleStory/Shields and Off-Hand Weapons
The class-specific items on this page: MapleStory/Shields and Off-Hand Weapons should be moved to the class equipment pages. A note should then be added to the top of the page noting what classes cannot use shields (either because of restrictions or because their off hand is un-removable, like Mihile's shield). That would be a good way to get the class equipment pages started (they are the most common red-linked/non-existent page type at this time). As usual, this is not an order, but my opinion, so if you have any ideas please let me know =) -- 04:30, 7 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you. You are definitely our current MapleStory guide guardian (this is how I think of it). We really appreciate all your help.


 * That said, I am not sure how to deal with the class equipment pages. We can either link to each equipment page or set them up like templates and insert the tables onto both pages. Any thoughts? -- 05:31, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

MapleStory skill template overhaul vote
Please see Staff lounge. We need your input. -- 16:22, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Theme Dungeon quest subpaging
The Theme Dungeon page is too long and needs to be sub-paged. I think we should try to move them to the Theme Dungeon pages themselves. If the pages are too big, then we can move them to something like Mushroom Kingdom quests and put a link between parentheses in the Table of Contents.-- 05:35, 6 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I was brainstorming some different ways we could do this, but anything elaborate will require us to move the quest section to its own horizontally laid out columns like we did for Jobs, Town,s Monsters, etc. I'm fine with that. I forgot how large our regional quests are. We could change the regional areas to level requirement sub-sections. So we would have an unclickable column header in bold like "Victoria Island" and bulleted links below like "Levels 1-30", "Levels 30-75", etc. We can either break them up into really small sections, which is not necessary, or - I just had a good idea - what if we broke them up into the levels that jobs take place in? E.g. 1-10 (pre-1st), 11-30 (1st), 30-75 (2nd), 75-120 (3rd), 120-200+ (4th). We wouldn't put the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. in the title or anything, but if we broke it up that way it would make sense more for players to focus on quests in their level range. -- 19:51, 6 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the correction. I couldn't remember what the range was now. By town, were you thinking quests that start in Perion, Henesys, etc.? I think that is less important because there are only a few for a given level range and are completed quickly. Victoria Island as a whole has enough quests to keep players busy, and that's how I play the game - I always run around and grab all of the quests as they are available for me. There are also quests that take place on the roads outside of the towns. I would prefer sorting by level requirement over town simply because no one cares what town the quest is - they just want to know where to find it, how easy is it, and what is the reward. These are the metrics that we use to figure out whether or not spending our time on the act is worthwhile. It is primarily for power-levelers, but most people do not do all quests. I am only one of a few that try to do _all_ quests unbiased towards the rewards or difficulty. -- 20:02, 6 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Argh, I didn't think Dolphin would cause problems. I use Monobook because it uses the full screen width. Dolphin is severely limited to like 600px width. I enjoy having more like 1000 to look at. I've been here long enough to know that our public theme is not permanent, so, I think we should stick to a single column layout to avoid theme preference differences. HOWEVER, to make the situation more complicated (sorry!!!), we do not have a policy of formatting all content for Dolphin, so I think we are ok to do single column layout, but I like double column layout. Thus, the two deciding factors here are 1) should we be making this content as best as possible for anonymous readers, or for ourselves (since every registered user can change their preferences). 2) To make everyone happy and keep a 2 column layout, readers will have to be tolerant of bumpiness. We can resolve both issues by changing to a single column layout. -- 18:32, 7 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Well, we voted on a solution that would work, but now that solution is broken/has a "bug". We either have to re-vote or switch to single column that is known to work. We might as well go with single column for now. It is easy to add columns later if someone wants to bring up the vote. I am no longer inclined to do so - I prefer the solution where everyone wins. 2-column is nice looking, but that is all. It is just used to save vertical space on the page. No one will oppose us if we go with single column layout. I will begin converting Warrior Skills. Sorry for all of this work, but I think we finally found a working solution we won't have to change around again - and we have the reasoning to back it up. -- 17:06, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Just FYI, while I was daydreaming at work I figured out how we could add another parameter to add a fixed width for the columns. This would make it work in Monobook and wider-width themes. However, we would still have to use bump. I don't want to pursue it, but it is an option. Btw, I have been thinking of nominating you to become a sysop lately. I am patrolling your edits less and less without inspecting all of your work in detail, since I trust that it is superb, and I think so far our collaborations have been successful and cordial, which is all we really want around here. The main benefit is that your edits would be auto-patrolled. I don't know if you've been an admin on a wiki before, but there are hidden features that will be available to you after your permissions are upgraded. Patrolling is the main one, and it lets you look at the Recent Changes list and see if anyone has marked an edit as patrolled - it is an honor system among the admins where a patrolled edit is one that has been taken care of. I don't fully trust patrolled edits by non-admins, so I always double check them to see if something was missed, but it helps! It narrows down the list of "todo" significantly, but when you see it you will be overwhelmed by how much work there is left to do. Whenever I log on here I try to review as many edits as possible. Fight corruption! -- 22:02, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Adminship
Your nomination has been submitted. Please fill out the top half of the page, here: Requests for permissions/PirateIzzy. -- 08:00, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Please sign after the line that says "Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:" -- 19:06, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah we need more people to vote. I will notify the others since it has been a few days. -- 16:46, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Congrats on sysop permissions :). There's a guide, or feel free to ask any other sysops if you need help with something. -- Prod (talk) 04:37, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! Let me know if you have any questions. -- 17:04, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Holy cracker, I had no idea you'd been nominated. Congrats, and here's to hoping you keep on protecting MapleStory! :D -- Wario Talk 18:20, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey PirateIzzy, I feel that I owe you an apology and a very overdue congratulations. I should have commented on your nomination and promotion much sooner than now, but I've been extremely pressed for time lately.  I have absolutely noted your commitment and dedication to the Maple Story guide, and adminship is a truly well deserved reward.  Thank you for being such an outstanding contributor to the site, I'm confident that you will continue to be one of our top editors.   Pro  cyon  01:56, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

About editing
Hi, could I edit something like monster carnival on a template if MapleSEA releases it?Darrylpoh (talk) 10:05, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Dead Links fixing
You know about toolbox which is under navigation and search-box left (I don't know in which mode you browse SW)? well there is "What links here" which show you pages of which are linked to the choosed page. A Special:WhatLinksHere/MapleStory/Towns/Lith_Harbor. This help you to fix any red links which happens often after you move a Page. Paco (talk) 18:25, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Blocking IPs
Hey PirateIzzy, thanks very much for reverting the vandalismm and blocking the offending IPs. One thing to note (and don't worry, everybody makes this mistake at first) is that we try not to block IP addresses indefinitely. You never know if that IP address will be assigned to someone else who might make good edits. We do indefinitely block users who sign up solely for the purpose of spamming or vandalizing the site, so if the offender actually bothered to create an account, by all means, block them forever. For IPs, just choose some period of time that you think is fitting. By the time the block goes away, they usually stop bothering to try.  Pro cyon  20:39, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

--PirateIzzy (talk) 23:20, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
 * @:Alright, I'll keep that in mind.

RED updates
In order to do this effectively, we need a checklist. I can't keep track of what you have edited because you are so fast! I would probably do better to edit one of the other pages for now, but I don't have as much time as you. My time is better spent patrolling for now. The checklist would help you, too. I know you have a pre/post red list, but it would be better if there was a table that had a single column: updated. Then each row is the skill name. You could do separate tables for each class/job. After a skill is done, you change the table data from nothing or no to yes. -- 20:46, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Good idea. Focus on updates first, then we can check our work. -- 06:46, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Apologies for the data loss
Hey PI, I saw your note to Prod, and I just wanted to apologize for any hard work that you may have lost. Believe me, we tried to avoid having to roll back, but the data on one of the server's drive arrays was too far corrupted to be considered reliable any more. If there was any way that we could have avoided it, we would have, but it just wasn't an option unfortunately. Again, I'm very sorry for losing some of your great work, but considering the recency of the backup, I'm glad that we didn't lose more than we did. I certainly understand your frustration. If there's anything we can do (short of a miracle) please let us know. Thanks PI.  Pro cyon  03:54, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I tried what I could to recover the database, but unfortunately the control data is what got damaged by the drive failure. In the interests of getting the site back up and running/useful I had to restore from the latest valid backup we had.  I've kept a copy of the database files before I restored the databases, and I'm going to see if I can pull the latest changes out of them, but I can't make any promises.  Do you know the names of the specific pages that you modified so I can search for them directly? -- Prod (talk) 05:34, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * It's interesting that you mentioned using a text editor first. Lately, I have been using Google Drive for a similar purpose. I can create content when I'm somewhere where access to SW is blocked, and then I can copy/paste the content later on (and I don't have to worry about where I save it since it's on the cloud). I forget how frequently we perform backups, but I'm pretty sure it's once every 24 hours, so if I hold on to my content for a day, its safe to assume it was backed up. Hope this idea helps you.  Pro  cyon  15:18, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * If I manage to get any data back, I'll do what I can to merge information. Otherwise, I'll just save it as a separate page (on like a subpage or a talk page) and you can take out whatever information you can. -- Prod (talk) 08:03, 15 February 2014 (UTC)