User talk:Chalkwriter

Welcome to StrategyWiki!

Hello Chalkwriter! 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! -- Prod (Talk) 17:33, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Please put an actual edit summary when contributing, not "I changed something" or "I added something". We know you changed something...that's not very helpful. Edit summaries help whoever is interested see how the page has evolved when looking at its history page. Also, if you ever make an edit that isn't immediately understandable, your summary can provide the explanation so you don't get reverted. About this change: our current guideline is to just put what the page is about, as "list" is redundant, and also it may become inaccurate throughout time as more people edit the page. Thanks, - najzere^T 19:41, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Image uploads

Please see our policy on image naming and categorization. In the future, your image names should contain the name of the game or its abbreviation and a one or two word description. All images also need to have the appropriate categories added, as well as the guide-specific image category (i.e. [[Category:Wario Land 4 images]]). --najzere^T 20:19, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

This is another warning about correctly categorizing your image uploads. See this diff for an example of how to categorize. With the number of images on the site, it is imperative that they be well organized, so help us out here and follow our image policies. Thanks, - najzere^T 00:27, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Are you not paying attention to these requests? Procyon 18:25, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Also, try and make sure box art is at least 250px wide, as that is the resolution at which it is shown in the main page infobox. - najzere^T 18:50, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

You still need to put categories on your images. See this diff for another example. Please read through this page before uploading any more images. Also, take the time to find a good version of the box art. Thanks, - najzere^T 10:32, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Creating pages

When you are creating a new page (whether it's a new guide or subpage), you should use the four buttons above the edit box - this will fill page with the necessary information and templates required for the guide (for example, the navigation templates). There is also a guide that contains instructions on creating the standard presentation and layout as well. --Sigma 7 16:28, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

When you need to reference a specific version of a game in the name of the guide, we have certain conventions already in use on multiple guides. Nintendo DS titles are formatted as Game Name (DS) for instance. Just try looking around the site a little bit if you're not sure, or ask on someone's talk page. - najzere^T 18:50, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Another note to please use the preload buttons above the edit text box when creating a new page. Every guide page needs the {{Header Nav}} and {{Footer Nav}} templates. Using the "Guide page" button will automatically insert them for you. If you insist on not using the preloads, you can enter the templates manually or use the "Guide markup" insertion links below the edit text box. - najzere^T 18:35, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Hey, just another reminder to use the preload buttons above the edit text box when creating a new page. I've added the Header and Footer Navs to Crash of the Titans (DS)/Mutants, but you need to start remembering to set up new pages correctly. Thanks, - najzere^T 16:49, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Table of Contents

Hi, I have some concerns about the ToC for Wario: Master of Disguise. First, the link under Walkthrough doesn't seem like a normal level name. If the level doesn't have a name, then you should use something that someone playing the game will understand. The same rules of keeping out drivel also apply to the ToC. Secondly, please make sure when you put links on the ToC that the information will actually necessitate its own page. For instance, "Guises" seems like something that would fit on one page. Does each Guise have enough information to fill out a whole page on its own? I just want to make sure the ToC is easy to understand and similar to other guides on the site. You should browse around a little and see how level 4 guides layout their ToC, so you can get a feeling for it. Thanks, - najzere^T 17:56, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Ben 10: Protector of Earth

Just to let you know, the canonical name is Ben 10: Protector of Earth, without "the". This is shown on both the official website and game box cover, and also appears as such on other websites (such as Wikipedia). --Sigma 7 14:18, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Crash of the Titans (DS)

Hi, try to avoid multiple-level bulleted lists on the ToC, as they falsely imply that the lower-level pages are subpages of the higher-level ones, and they usually indicate the information on those pages should really be sections of the higher-level pages. It is actually much easier to split a page that gets too big into smaller ones than to combine pages, because in the latter case, the pages' histories have to be merged. For example, consider putting the information from the three pages under Wumpa Island into the Wumpa Island page instead of making separate pages for all of them. Looking at the Dingodile page, it doesn't seem to have the breadth of information to support its own page. I hope you get a feel for this, because it's been brought up on the other guides you've worked on, and I'd like to see you be able to write your walkthroughs without the cleanup crew giving you grief each time. :) - najzere^T 16:48, 22 May 2009 (UTC)