User talk:Procyon

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Image Problem.
I was editing the move list for Duck King in Real Bout Fatal Fury, but for whatever reason his picture didn't show up. Can you help me?

Thank You.

Dragon Spirit life bars
With regards to your edit of the Walkthrough page, I feel I should tell you the cabinet has a special "life" setting; by pushing Tab in MAME and picking "Dip Switches", you will find it (it is set to "2" by default, but can be upped to "3"). Namcorules (talk) 05:40, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Japanese vs English titles
Hi Procyon. First of all, happy new year!

When I wrote to Sonic Hussein, I applied some psychology. I listed five corrections, and I expected him to follow just some of them, to probe what was really bothering him. As it turned out, he followed four out of five, leaving out just the less meaningful (Jap-Eng), and that is way better than what I hoped! I think he was too hasty in editing and too lazy to read all the website rules. If the guy avoided the ban, everybody wins.

About the English vs. Japanese titles, I know the Strategywiki policy and I agree with it. In fact, I used the subtle specification "the due priority", that is different from "an absolute priority". I explain. I feel that writing, e.g.: "Mega Man, also known as Rockman in Japan", sounds like: "Mega Man was made in a Western country, but the Japanese changed the title to Rockman"; so I would prefer, e.g.: "Mega Man was originally released in Japan as Rockman". It is just my whim, so I won't get anal about it. Therefore, I decided to leave alone the last edits by Hussein Sonic for the time being, even if "or known as" is outright wrong. --Abacos (talk) 10:44, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Bruh.
Sooo.... why was the Melee tier list deleted? I was adding that in to be consistent with the Brawl page having it's tier list added, and I was gonna fill it in. I wasn't gonna leave it in it's current state!

I'll definitely look at point No. 2 again; I kind of forgot about that during my hiatus
And yeah, the bold-face was to draw attention; I'll see what I can do about that. Thanks for pointing that out so graciously; I really appreciate that, and I will fix the issue! Have a happy Easter, and God bless you!

EDIT: Oh yes, btw; what's the reasoning for marking a page as "Minor Edit"? Each edit requires you to provide a summary regardless, so I'm wondering if that's something for the mods?

Fionordequester (talk) 02:58, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Re: Signing and minor edits
Ah, I see. Good to know that I've been using the "Minor Edit" box correctly.

As for reducing the bold-face, it's my pleasure man. I want this guide to be as great as it can possibly be; so I'm more than happy for every bit of editing assistance you've got. Thank you so much, and God bless you.

Fionordequester (talk) 19:39, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

When you update an image; how long does it take for the changes to take effect?
About a day ago, I realized I wanted to add more information to one of the images I uploaded, so I did so. But, looking at it, it seemed the updated image didn't reflect any of the changes I made; so I just assumed I accidentally uploaded an old version, and replaced it again. I got a message saying that I was uploading a duplicate, but I chose to save it anyway...

And then, lo and behold, the previous one suddenly had the changes I made...for some reason. So it seems to me like there's some sort of lag that happens before the first version is swapped out for the updated version; but I don't know how that works. Would you mind explaining that to me?

Thank you so much, and God bless you.

Fionordequester (talk) 22:59, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Right, I'll stop using that phrase. Sorry about that.
Any time there's something else you wish for, feel free to tell me, ok? Have a nice day!

Fionordequester (talk) 17:55, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

I wish to update my guide so that it better keeps track of collectables; is it ok if I use the bold-face font for that?
So for example, instead of this specific passage reading like this...

"Current Verson"

- Goowain can be recruited where the northwest Mini Medal is in the remakes!

I would want it to read more like this:

"Updated Verson"

- Goowain can be recruited where the 24th Mini Medal is in the remakes!

Would that be ok? That's the convention that the latter half of my guide uses, but I could simply change the latter half if that's more desirable.

Fionordequester (talk) 03:53, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Re: Mini-Medals
Sounds good! I also updated the SNES Mini Medal icon to be higher quality; the original was fine, but I knew of a way to make it even better while still keeping it the exact same size. Thanks for all your help!

Fionordequester (talk) 05:20, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Saw your comment on my edit to Digimon World: Dawn And Dusk/Controls
What I said in email was that, it being my first edit on StrategyWiki, I felt it'd be less of a faux pas to reference a page with identical content rather than get someone angry at me for plagiarism of their work. EndymionMallorn (talk) 03:25, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Re: Image Name
Yeah, that was a typo. I meant for the new name to be "DQ6 Murdaw's Keep Part 1.png"; but I guess I goofed. I was also typing that from my iPad, which is prone to crashing on Strategy Woki, so I forgot to use the Preview button, once again.

Fionordequester (talk) 21:43, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Templates for Dailymotion?
This is Fionordequester, and I'm now covering the final boss of Dragon Quest VI. He is by far the hardest, longest, most complicated fight in the game, so I wanted to make a video walkthrough of that fight like I did for the "VS. Murdaw, Round 2" page. Actually, I wanted to make two of them; one for those who followed the guide, and one for those who didn't.

However, Youtube does not allow annotations to be made anymore, so I can't commentate on everything happening in the fight like I could for the previous video; so I uploaded the two videos to Dailymotion instead. But it doesn't look like there's a template for Dailymotion.

Is there any possibility that one could be created, or is that something that would take a while to do? Thank you for your time.

Fionordequester (talk) 05:50, 8 May 2017 (UTC)


 * If you're looking to embed a Dailymotion video, you can find an example here. Just change the URL accordingly and that's it. Lukey140701 (talk) 21:41, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Questions. mostly about Final Fantasy X
1. Can I use information from another wiki - wikia to be exact, to add to this walkthrough, if I don't use this information verbatim? Is most of the information on strategywiki user generated? meaning, it's completely researched on the user's part? Or are there other sites I can quote if I leave a source? 2. How do I know what type of information to add to a stub? I'm specifically referencing the main Final Fantasy X page, I would like to edit that, but I'm not sure where to start. 3. Are any walkthrough videos hosted on this site? Can we add personally made videos, or links to good walkthrough videos? Svrangerchrista (talk) 04:12, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Why did you delete the sandbox?? Svrangerchrista (talk) 00:24, 27 May 2017 (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! —  Pro cyon  01:11, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Every new page you added is missing the Header and Footer Navs. Could you please go back to each new page and add them to the top and bottom of the pages respectively?  When editing the page, you can use the Guide markup insert box below the edit box.  You'll see  and  in there.  Just click on them to insert them into the page.  It would be nice if you could fill in the prevpage and nextpage links, but it's not required.  Thanks.   Pro  cyon  01:11, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello Procyon. I am sorry but I didn't knew that. I've created 18 pages and I would prefer to do it with AWB if possible (I know how to use it: I've more than 102,000 edits with SyntaxTerrorBot on WP.fr). I had the idea of adding links to the military units and other similar pages with it as it is lacking in the AoE2 walkthroughs.
 * Anyway, I will not do those edits tonight, it is 4:22 am here and I'll go to sleep soon...
 * Waiting for your answer and possibly my accreditation to use a bot on this wiki.
 * Regards, Şÿℵדαχ₮ɘɼɾ๏ʁ 02:28, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

ARMS Institute
Thanks for fixing the link. Inkipedia uses this one, while bulbapedia uses as icon for ARMS Institute. --Raltseye (talk) 17:31, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Reply on writing quality.
Thank you for your honest opinion. I guess I haven't really done the editing, the right and proper way. I'm just trying to hard to add as much gameplay info as I can including spoilers and such. Perhaps I should tell you I have mild autism. I just need a place to exert my creativity. I have no complaints against you since you're obviously normal.

I'll do my best to follow your example. By the way, I saw like gold stars on the top of those games. Are those featured guides? What makes a feature guide? There's still more for me to learn. And if "Trial and Tribulations" gets a gold star, I'll be very happy.

It won't be easy but I'll try not to be such a nuisance when it comes to editing in things that you wouldn't like me to do.

Johnnyauau2000 (talk) 05:53, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

All I can say is sorry. It's hard not to do it again so what words can I use? My English is not that good. Help me on this.

Johnnyauau2000 (talk) 15:12, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Edits
Hello Procyon. I wish few edits on this wiki. I don't copy text from other websites or anything. 45.247.147.232 05:39, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I have no idea what you're asking for. Register an account.   Pro  cyon  23:59, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Advice on horror games.
It might be just me but I'm still figuring out how to do this without being scared of those games. Games for example like Doom, Resident Evil etc can take a while to accomplish. Of course I live in Australia and the current climate is very hot. So I'm taking a break until the heat cools down. Believe me, it's hard working in the heat, especially if the humidity is high.

I've already accomplished in dealing with the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy with a few other similar games. So because Christmas and New Years is a few weeks away, I'm going to wait until February to start working on much tougher Nintendo Switch projects I wanted to do.

I appreciate the advices you gave me and I have no grudge against you. Instead, I want to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Thanks. From Johnnyauau2000 (talk) 07:44, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

RE: DW3 Party Article Complexity
Looking at the page before and after I started my edits, I see your point. But I also have one request. Could I edit the parts that conflict with whatever advice I give in the "Advanced" page? Because otherwise, you have two pages that contradict each other in rapid succession.

Also, I contacted the original page writer, Koweja, to let him know that I had begun changing the page he started. I realized I wouldn't feel terribly good if someone started editing my own DQ6 walkthrough without talking to me about it...so I reached out to him to keep him in the loop.


 * Oh no, I wasn't asking if YOU could find someone to do that FOR me. No, I was asking if I could do it myself, after waiting for Koweja to respond to me.  Even then, I'm not going to change anything till I've finished my own page.  I was just asking for the future.

Much Obliged for the greetings
Thanks for the little welcoming and what not. It's greatly appreciated. I do want to apologize if I come up as editing multiple pages or such on the system. Still getting used to wiki markup and don't always have the spur of the moment to finish editing pages. I will get as much as what I started finished to the best of my ability if it can be minded. Though yea, really this is mostly a thank you notice. Was actually afraid I might've been yelled at for the WIP control page of Sonic Colors or something haha. I hope this will be published in the right section, if not I'll at least know which buttons not to hit next time.FancyJozie (talk) 01:46, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

RE: External Linking
Yeah, my apologies. I knew it wasn't a perfect solution; but the information I linked there was really important information...Too important to leave out for too long. I'm not comfortable doing really heavy duty page formatting. Plus, it seemed like that guide would have taken a while to reconstruct.

So if I run into a similar situation in the future, what would you recommend I do?


 * I am very sorry to have caused you such frustration. I seem to have a very difficult time understanding how this all works.  Would you prefer that I run my pages by you before posting anything?  At least till I've managed three or so page edits without incidence?  I truly don't want to make life hard for you...

NeoGeo Battle Coliseum/Modern Warriors
A user made modifications to a number of move lists linked from this page. They definitely messed up where the Special Move template closes, but it doesn't seem to have broken the layout. Most of the changes seem cosmetic, so I'm wondering if you can verify his changes before I subst them to the main page. -- Prod (talk) 09:01, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Troubleshooting email
Hey, I'm not sure if you're the person to ask, but I'm having trouble verifying my email. It says a confirmation code was sent to my email, but it didn't send, and it hasn't sent on repeated retries. I know the email address is correct because I copied it straight from my email client.

(You can reply here.)

EDIT: (02:33, 25 March 2018 (UTC)) The Main Page should have a section listing how to get basic help in all areas; it's kind of hard to figure it out if you don't look at the sidebar. --The  Retro   Gamer  02:29, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Problems with my notifications
Hi, I have problem with my notifications, and I want to fix this issue, the notifications automatically appear unread every time, while I click mark as read, I has posted on Prod's talk page, my talk page, and I do not get any reply, please can you reply to me please so I how I can fix so the notifications appear unread while I click mark as read, Psl631 (talk) 11:08, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Metroid (NES): Mistake in map of Kraid's Lair / Hideout I
Hello,

while replaying Metroid (NES) I enjoyed your detailed maps of the game. Unfortunately I have found a small mistake in the one of Kraid's Lair / Hideout I. To be more exact, I mean the room left of label 4. You can bomb the floor there to get to the room below, but the map does not show that there is a passage (you actually have to go through there if you want to battle Kraid without the ice beam). Maybe you can connect those two rooms. :) Rob-in (talk) 23:34, 8 December 2018 (UTC)


 * I updated the map. Should be fixed, and you should see it once the image cache clears.   Pro  cyon  15:52, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

NiGHTS bosses
Don't delete the boss images, I was trying to put images of them on them. Nintenstationcast64 (talk) 03:03, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Nominate Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar for featured?
Long, long ago... you asked me if I wanted to propose for "featured guide" one of my Ultima guides. I finally completed the guide for Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar. Actually, since I just cleared the game four times in a row on four different platforms (Amiga, Master System, NES, Atari ST), I started getting a bit sick of it. Nevertheless, if there is an Ultima that deserves to be put under the limelight, this is the one. The player can learn actual philosophy from it! All the game invites the player to improve him/herself in real life. It is an absolutely unique game in history of video games. --Abacos (talk) 14:01, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

KOF 99
First of all, i apologize in advance for my English since is not my native language, didn't know there was the new standard i should revert it, and maybe update 2000 move set and older KOF move set for uniformity --Leviatarius (talk) 21:15, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Re: Spam Accounts
I try to look at the time the account was created. I noticed they tend to come in waves. Then I realized that 1. You probably have a better way of identifying them, 2. They don't actually make any edits, and 3. I might accidentally hit a legitimate account, so I stopped. --Arrow Windwhistler (talk) 17:54, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

The editing features on Strategywiki are too complicated for me.
To the user Procyon and the Strategywiki staff.

As I was trying to build up the strategy guide for Final Fantasy VIII I was going to have the Weapons page and Enemies page built in a column form like other strategy guide websites. But the editing features on this website are very complicated, complex and overwhelming for me as I'm autistic. But I want to get Final Fantasy VIII guides build up and I've played the game before.

Can we update this website so we can simplify the editing features the way Fandom websites are now doing it? For building up the Weapons page and enemies page mainly the column page buildup. Because I don't like the complex editing features which is too advanced for me.

I really want to help out in some way. I'm sorry for my poor unprofessional presentation on the strategy guides I'll make sure to do better next time.

By the way I need help building up Final Fantasy 8 strategy guide I would like to see it get built up for readers to refer to online.

CrosswalkX (talk) 02:39, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

difficulty distinguishing important information from pointless banter
Hello, thank you for your kind and thoughtful notes on my talkpage, you've made me feel like I belong as a contributor however my brain finds it hard to tell the difference between something that is helpful or something that just wastes ones time to know leading me to become far too verbose and people to dislike me I hate to be a burden but I noticed on your page that you have are not the greatest speller, if I might be such a nuisance to ask you to help me find the correct information I could give you a hint that could turn you from a mediocre speller to the worlds greatest speller instantly, a small life hack if you will. Just ask your phone, I always ask Siri how to spell words, in fact in this block of text alone siri on my iPhone helped me spell 8 words correctly sincerely Gamergail (talk) 13:09, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Re: Dragon Warrior 3
Hey Procyon, you left a message on my talk page a few days ago and I'm not sure if you've seen my reply (for that matter, I'm not fully sure how the notification system works on this wiki). I'll copypaste my response over: — Sir Moogle ( 💬 • 📝) 18:08, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the compliment. I can try and work on the Dragon Warrior III guide, though I would have to know if all the names have been translated for the versions and if platforms are virtually identical; I looked at some page previews and it seems like the SNES and GBC have the same content, though I did not check if names and such are the same. Knowing all this information would make it easier to decide on a subtemplate for Control selector across all the pages in the guide. — Sir Moogle ( 💬 • 📝) 23:50, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you
I just wanted to say thank you for being so welcoming and for the advice. My best to you and yours.  Micah  Luv  22:56, 8 July 2020 (CST)

Protection Expiry of Talk:Main Page
When will the protection of Talk:Main Page expire? Mpadilla0139 (talk) 16:53, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Login Required to Create Pages and Discussion Pages
Why has StrategyWiki restricted the ability to create new pages if people are not logged in? Mpadilla0139 (talk) 14:56, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * To minimize vandalism. -- Prod (talk) 23:34, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

On User Talk Pages
How do I request unblock if the unblock template does not exist? Mpadilla0139 (talk) 01:04, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Confirm Email = Autoconfirmed?
Can you confirm your email address to be autoconfirmed? Mpadilla0139 (talk) 01:07, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * No. It's strictly the age of the account, plus the number of edits contributed.  Email address has nothing to do with it.   Pro  cyon  01:33, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Super Mario Land
Hello. Sorry for the delay in finishing Super Mario Land sprite replacements. Unfortunately, the ones currently being used are not authentic to the game in any way. They are absolutely not found in the game to any capacity, hence my insistence on replacing them as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the actual size sprites are small, and being able to accurately display them was difficult. Prod and I were discussing how to move forward for the last of those files, and it was sent into a type of limbo. As it stands the files used now should not be used at all--they aren't from the game at all. If you have any suggestions to have better file upscaling or to avoid using upscaling at all, please feel free to leave a new message on my talk page or something. I'm a Discord user myself but I do not recall seeing you around. Thanks! Trig - 05:31, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Responded. Trig - 04:09, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Sourcing
I'm looking to convert a lot of screenshots and you're responsible for a lot of em. Do you remember if you captured any of the screenshots below? If not, remember where they came from? I would share more, but can only generate 500 at a time! Much thanks! Trig - 06:20, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Binary Land Levels
 * Athena Levels
 * Bubble Bobble Levels
 * Castle Excellent Levels
 * Chack'n level Levels
 * Lode Runner Levels
 * Combat Levels
 * Hi . Yeah, I captured a lot of those images personally, especially the single screen games like Combat, Bubble Bobble, Lode Runner, and Chack'n Pop. Other games like Castle Excellent and Athena were done so long ago, I'm not sure I'd be able to locate them again if I tried.  I have a tendency to add markup to them in the process of making them consumable for a walkthrough.  I know this isn't the most satisfactory answer, but it's the best I have right now.  If I somehow conjure up the source for some of the other images, I'll let you know.  But I'm more likely to stumble across them accidentally than intentionally.   Pro  cyon  03:01, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe to put this another way, are there any significant examples you can think of where you didn't self capture them? Trig - 04:17, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the Thanks
Hey Procyon,

No problem! After I finish the RSE guide, I'm going to apply the new templates me and Prod made to the FRLG pages too - Hopefully, it'll decrease the file size for them. Then I'll probably check out the other Pokémon guides to see what they're like, and maybe go onto a different franchise. Pakuchi -- Someone! Anyone! Respond! 13:54, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

I need some guidance
Hi Procyon! Um, honestly I am kind of embarrassed on pinging you about this considering that you are the head of StrategyWiki, but the thing is, I want to ask for guidance from you regarding about some of my guides because recently I have been thinking of something, I want to know what you think and what will be your advice to me regarding about this, this will be somewhat long so I hope you have time to read, also thank you very much for writing on my Talk page along with Prod, so here it is, I've been thinking of this for quite a while now.

You see, I have these 2 games named Astrobatics and Alien Sky that I made a Stage 2 guide from, and what bothers me is that no matter how much I think of how to improve the guides for these 2 (I can still improve them, in fact 2 more overhauls each but it is not that significant anymore) I can't really think of what more I can provide for these 2 games to make the guides for them Stage 3 eligible, the issue I am thinking about is its levels, or missions as what the games refer, it is some sort of a real time mission

Here are some samples of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRzhucERGqE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7X_VzuQG14

The problem with these missions is that they really can't be described anymore with text + picture, while these games have predictable pacing as what I mentioned in its Walkthrough page, this is a roadblock that I feel like its unnecessary to break through

Explaining these missions "down to the bone" as in referring to where would enemies come in, come out, and all that, just feels like unnecessary information and nobody would basically read it, a good example of a game just like this is Sky Force Reloaded, a game I have also nearly mastered a few months ago, I even have my runs in this game uploaded in my YouTube account and I can provide a sample, and just like these 2 games, Sky Force Reloaded also has the same kind of level, basically real time, it has predictable pacing but the levels are way too complex to be torn apart into text + picture form, if you want to recognize the levels of this game you would rather want to just do a trial and error, train your mind memory and muscle memory until you recognize where will enemies appear since enemy positions and appearances don't change, only drops do.

I have been thinking just now that what if the guides for Astrobatics and Alien Sky are already Stage 3 eligible at this point? I will still have to improve them but I believe once I did, they should be at least Stage 3 eligible, but I am afraid that some people may attempt to dispute its ranking and say that it may miss an information, which is also a big problem on my part because I cannot look for someone who has played these 2 games, finished it completely, and then decide to pay my guide a visit and judge it

Assuming that you gave me a go signal to make these guides Stage 3 eligible, I will take that into mind and once I have finally provided 2 more major overhauls I will upgrade it to Stage 3, then, if I was able to find someone who can read these guides and tell me how it is, if it came out as having a really good review saying that it is comprehensive enough, then I will upgrade it to Stage 4 but this is a process that I won't be able to do in just days unless if I am lucky enough to find one quick.

I am really sorry for the inconvenience Procyon, I have mentioned you on Discord about this but it seems that you are already not active in there, thank you.