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Removing Health and Power stats from showing on all the items doesn't work for every item. For example, this
Void Bangle of the Obelisk
still has +100 Health and +100 Power on it, but those stats aren't showing.
AndonSage
23:16, March 31, 2011 (UTC)
How many items still have Health and Power on it? If only 2% still have Health and power on them i could do a bot run to remove it from all articles (16.000 articles) so we can add it for those who have it still.
Or i make it Level based .. like if an Item is above level 80 it doesn't health or power
But on the other hand ... SOE said with
Update 59
that
Max Health = (base health for class and level) + stamina * health per stamina point
=> even an item has health and power on it it shouldn't effect the Player's health or power
Should we still show it at all then? (i know we would need to show it to reflect the ingame look) --
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08:50, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
there is no better way to handle it, because the nameds are in differnt zones. --
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11:48, July 15, 2011 (UTC)
I have to dissent there: when there's just normal / challenge epics, we should be fine leaving the normal-mode mob at the base page (eg
Eirreen the Broken
) and then putting a
{{dab}}
at the top of the page pointing folks to challenge mode. The number of folks doing normal mode and interested in that will far outweigh those doing challenge mode, so it makes the most sense to have that the most available to me.
Now when there's more than just that (with heroic versions, etc.) we don't have much of a choice other than to go with a disambig page. But when it comes to just EM/HM epic I think leaving the EM on the base page is cleaner. --
lordebon
14:03, July 15, 2011 (UTC)
The zones have such names actually ingame .. and since there are only 2 versions of it we don't have to disambig them. We just should add a dab tag on each to show that there is a other zone with a similar name, so it's easier to find the right zone.
It's a little tricky with nameds but actually it isn't i think. We can make a disambig even there are just 2 versions of a named out there like a normal one and a hard one, but we don't have to really .. we can just use the dab to show that there is a other named with a similar name but in a different zone kinda.
When a named shows up in 3 versions .. like as heroic, epic and epic challenge we need a disambig page for the named so we can seperate them in the best way.
Template, docs and bluestathelper updated --
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12:03, October 3, 2011 (UTC)
Thanks
For cleaning up the vandalism on my userpage. That guy got himself blocked by me over on GTA Wiki and came here to flame me, is what that was all about. He did it on every wiki I'm active on.
Jeff
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Ranged weapons parameters
We need a new parameter to support the new priest/mage ranged weapons. They're calling them "focus" weapons. I uploaded
File:Wand of the Kromzek Warmonger.jpg
so you can see one of the actual items, haven't written the page for it yet though.
Jeff
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I guess just handle it like equipment types, just like "Shield", "Bow", etc. I'd like to avoid another category conflict like what we have already with equipment having the "focus" stat and equipment with Focus effects.--
Shaddock79
00:30, October 16, 2011 (UTC)
I just added it as ranged focus weapon
Wand of the Kromzek Warmonger
since the weapon das focus damage all seems to work by the look of it if you find something i schould/could fix let me know. --
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14:58, October 17, 2011 (UTC)
Editting pages
I'm new to this whole editing thing but want to learn and help out with the community. I notice there is a lot of stuff missing with the newest GU61 updates and even before that with just the DoV expansion, so I want to get screenshots and item pages up when I can.
I was looking at some of the Ry'gorr armor sets and came across Warlord's Prodigious Gauntlets. under 'armor set' it says Stormbringer's Reconstructing instead of Warlord's Prodigious. When I clicked on the edit page I cannot find the words 'Stormbringer's Reconstructing' anywhere in there. Is there something I'm missing? I'm not sure how to change it to match the right armor set. Can you help me out?
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I checked
Warlord's Prodigious Gauntlets
and it's useing
set =Warlord's Prodigious|
but the
Warlord's Prodigious (Armor Set)
had the Stormbringer's Reconstructing in the title, thats why you saw the wrong name. That name fixes when you do a blank edit on such an article.
I got a pair of screenshots of one of the raid bosses (
Gindan Commander Angler
to be specific) at high resolution. One's quite close, but his name is clipped off the top. The other's medium distance but shows his name above his head. Which one of those would be better to upload for the wiki, or should I go ahead and upload both?
Jeff
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I would take the one where you can see the named better even without the name visible. the screenshot with the name visivle is good for the verify of the name but a closer pic is better so check how the named looks like. --
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22:18, October 27, 2011 (UTC)
troub desc
oh i see. seems a little silly only because it doesn't actually describe the class (troubador), lol. Maybe there should be a brief section describing what the class is strongest at. Something to help people actually pick a class rather than some flavor text.
The problem with that is kinda that it's how players see em. For example i wouldn't say that a troub is a strong buffer/debuffer because it depents on group and raid too when it comes to buffing/debuffing. Troubs can do decent dps too with the right gear and so on .. so saying where a class is good at isn't that easy. Therefore we stick to this more kind of general text. --
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16:47, November 23, 2011 (UTC)
Skeletal pegasus
The thing about the SF skeletal bulls and skeletal pegasis and skeletal fearstalkers is that according to the game, they're not skeletons. I know they look like skeletons, but they have their own "species loot"
[1]
, they don't drop skeleton l&l bits, and master strike: skeleton doesn't work on them. Please undelete
Category:Skeletal Pegasus
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Jeff
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What is the diff for the most ppl to Skeleton Human or Skeleton Iksar then? the L&L yeah right, but the input is differnt then.
The Solution will be a new Parameter so it works for all and not just for Skeleton Fearstalkers and so on.
The name will be ... either race2 or subrace create the right categories.
A defiled pegasus
will be race=Skeletal and race2=Pegasus. a Human Skeleton will be then race=Skeleton, race2=Human.
I think that will be a way to sort it out better for all race/subrace or not?
This is a deep, dark rabbit-hole in EQ2 that we probably don't need to go down. Mobs in EQ2 aren't one race, they are a long list of descriptive races. Thanks to their data-sharing, you can actually see the list at Zam. For example, the defiled pegasus is the following races: Flying, Hooved, Mammal, Nocharm, Organic, Planar, Quadruped, and Skeletal.
Having the 2-parameter system you describe would be misleading, because it would be classifying this mob as a Skeleton (which has very specific connotations for L&Ls and master strikes) which is incorrect. I suggest instead to simply use the Skeletal (not Skeleton) race for this and similar mobs, since its what SOE uses to define mobs which look like skeletons but aren't the Skeleton race. --
lordebon
17:17, January 10, 2012 (UTC)
Skeletal sounds like a good idea to me - it can be used the same way we use Humanoid. I know SOE has a whole lot of classifiers they use to sort loot tables and the like, and sometimes they get weird. Technically
The Brutish Bonemare
isn't a skeletal pegasus or a skeleton either one - it's a scorpion. Yeah.
Jeff
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House Items
I'd like to create a whole page for general info on the purpose of furniture and about decorating homes. I'm just concerned that such a page might exist and I'm not using the right search terms to find it. Am I missing something or shall I give it a go? It'd be nice to give it its own due outside of the
Housing
page I updated and cleaned up tonight. Let me know what you think!
Susan.grogan
07:06, January 22, 2012 (UTC)Susan
I have an examine-window image of the quest reward for the
Shattered Peace
quest cropped and ready to go, but for the life of me, I can't seem to find the page that allows me to upload it. That said, it might be a good topic to add to the Help section, under Advanced Editing. :) Link, please?
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There are 4 common ways to upload an image:
You can use the link in menue to
Upload File
which allows you to upload any image with any name
You can start an article like Items and below the wiki examine window are 2 links to upload either a jpg or a png file that is named after the article
You can use the iname parameter in a supported Template by writing iname=Picture of an ingame Item.jpg| and use the link in to upload an image
Yeah rewirting some of the helps in my todo list hehe, i hope i find the time at some point for it. --
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06:58, February 3, 2012 (UTC)
Freeport timeline
Sorry for two talk topics, but while questing on my ogre, I think I may have discovered one (or more) quests that are outdated due to the Freeport Revamp.
History of the Ogres, Part I
is definitely not available via the means described on the page, since one can no longer enter Longshadow Alley (and other hovels) since the changes. I'll try to check some of the others when I have time and/or see if there's any info posted on the changes in the coming weeks. I didn't want to make such a radical change without giving you a heads up.
While I'm thinking of it too, can we get a City of Freeport Timeline started? There's a new journal designation with that name and it would differentiate it from the old Freeport Timeline. I'm still new here, so I'm not sure if there's a specific way to make a new Timeline or if it's just a new wikia page.
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The new Timeline for Freeport is called
The City of Freeport Timeline
.. i picked that name because the quests where related to the zone .. but we could change the title of the timeline and the quests that link to it currently (a bot can help there for such a change)
If possible i would like to avoid moveing it.
In the many cases someone started a timeline for a larger area allready, sometimes i start one after an big change when i see what kind of quests get added .. like many Quests for The City of Freeport, or Gread Divide. If you are sure there isn't one allready start a new one, like a normal article kinda .. i start them by useing the timeline link in the quests template, ao at least one quest is linked to it. --
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06:58, February 3, 2012 (UTC)
Screenshots
Should I disable the UI or crop the picture so just the NPCs name are visible. I tend to like a wider shot as it gives some background that might make them stand out. For instance, several Erudites look similar in clothing, so seeing a bookcase or tradeskill things behind makes them easier to spot in my opinion.
What is your take, or the official stance on this?
Tului
23:40, April 19, 2012 (UTC)
the Screenshot shouldn't be your full screen with just disabled UI because we shrink the screenshots in the templates so you can see every information in a good way.
the most are cropped down to the npc and the name since you just look for the name and the waypoint to find a npc.
It's ok to add a little bit of the background but it shouldn't be to much tbh.
Hey how can i get the css for the ingame browser to make eq2wikia fit / the way it is now i have to scroll all the way to the bottom to read quests this makes it too frustrating to use. ty
Related videos module
Hi, I posted a
message
in the forum and just wanted to make sure you saw it. Let me know if you have any further questions. Cheers, --
Sarah
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How to find the patch an NPC was introduced in?
I've been working on the Qeynos zones, trying to get all the NPC information fixed and update the pictures of the ones that need it. Anyway, I found an NPC,
Tysha Rowan
, and I don't know what patch she was introduced in. She's an "Adorning Merchant", which we don't have a category for yet, she's on Zam, which means she wasn't introduced in LU64 or 64 (Zam hasn't updated the actual site for the last two updates), and I couldn't find any notes about Adorning Merchants in the updates. Anyway, I wondered if you knew any tricks I don't to finding out when she was added to the game, and if not, what her patch should be.
Jeff
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Hmm, hard to say sometimes when a NPC got added but it's poss to guess it.
First of all adorning merchants are just merchants after all i think (no faction related to them to buy from em).
Either we pick "Echoes of Faydwer" as Patch or "Sentinel's Fate" where Transmuting got splitted to Transmuting and Adorning.
Since Adorning got added kinda with SF i say let's use SF as patch.
I nominated some non-SOGA NPC images for deletion and you tagged them for being updated instead. The problem is, all those images that I didn't update are because they're of an NPC that got removed from game in LU64. Obviously it's up to you whether the non-SOGA images are better than nothing, but they literally can't be updated. I checked Zam to see if they had images - they do not.
Jeff
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After having checked again, most of the images I nominated for deletion had been updated, they just didn't show for some reason. I should've used a better edit summary I guess. The only two I found that aren't updatable are
File:Olivia Pugnacious.jpg
and
File:Trecali Stowe.jpg
.
Jeff
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if you start a new article with the name of the named you can preload a template and fillout the information you have. The Template will add the articles to the related Categories.
should I reduce the size of Landscape (Instance) Screenshots a bit, or upload directly from EQ2 (~3MB generally)?
Rittmeister64
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In eq2 i have setting of the quality to 90% so each image just has 500kb instead of the usual 3Mb, because i sometime times take like a screenshot like every minute or so for AA's to write them down later.
hmm the screenshot of the instance is mostly viewed in Thumbnail i guess, so a size 1024*768 or so would do it too, since nobody watches the full size image that much really.
Please see my comments on my talk page regarding the current dispute related to images.--
Kodia
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Template DTTop
Hi, another request to the master of templates ;).Could you maybe add a DTTop3 for 90-idk?
Template:DTTop
as there is no room for the new stuff there. Maybe we need to take the break earlier as 2 is already way too much, but probably that is too much effort. --
Xinturaia
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Done, i just added 3 for 91-95, so the rest can stay as it is --
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12:32, December 3, 2012 (UTC)
thx alot, just wondering why you didnt expand it further so it needs updating soon ;) --
Xinturaia
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I guess i forgot about that one ;) --
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13:40, December 3, 2012 (UTC)
Categories
Regarding the created categories, I still do not see Housekeeping: Cushion or Pillow in the
Category:Item Subtypes
listing. Is there any way that all the house item subtypes could be listed there, so duplicate work isn't involved?
Necrotherian
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Hi, posted a few more questions on the admin talk page (unfortunately its a bit hidden in the middle) --
Xinturaia
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Hiya!
I saw your questions there, i wanted to write an answer there but then i forgot :/
gonna do that during the day or tomorrow latest i hope.
dont worry, a day more or less isnt an issue, take your time. I only wrote here as i tend to overlook additional comments on topcis somewhere in the middle ;) and a big thx for taking care of it. I am just too supid to deal with templates even after such a long time on EQ2i ;) --
Xinturaia
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thank you, i updated the template to refelct the look of it. I gonna cross check one or 2 adornments with the english client once i'm home. --
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12:54, December 14, 2012 (UTC)
thank you for fixing all that stuff ;) i am unsure how to work with the spiritlevel or whether it shouldbe / is functional at all. Only 2 things left for now- a stat on what the ado gains level and the wdmg should show a % even if you only enter the raw number, seems to be a percentage based value all the time in game. --
Xinturaia
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spiritlevel will show the spirit level of the item. if you do the stats as it drops it's spiritlevel 0, if you wanna show the stats as it is at max level you can say spiritlevel 10 and show alle the blue stats together as it as as level 10
Ah yeah kill horde mobs to gain xp, ok .. how about spiritxp?
wdmg will show with % now
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16:21, December 14, 2012 (UTC)
looks really good overall though i dont know yet how that spiritlevel works - did you make one of the above as example? spiritxp sounds good, i know so far: ethernere creatures (seems to be every mob in obol or eidolon inluding instances), adventure xp, damage done. there must be some that level on damage received but i havent seen any of those and i assume there might be a healing related one. --
Xinturaia
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added the word bonus to weapon damage (as it is weapon damage bonus on the item). Hope i didnt screw up the template ;) --
Xinturaia
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Attribution Credits
Is there an easy way to make an attribution...well....thing (don't know what the proper name for it is) to give image credit to sites like EQ2 Traders, EQ2 Decorators, and EQ2U? I mean, do we just make a two column/one row table, put the href for the logo on the left and the blurb about giving credit on the right, then call it a day, and if so, what type of name should it be given? Thank you for your time,
Necrotherian
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If you copy images or texts from eq2 trades please put the {{eq2traders|}} with in the article so they get the credit for there work to get the information together.
In case you look for more Credit Templates you can find them
here
, as i see the template for EQ2 Decoators and EQ2U is missing atm, i will see if i can knock one together for em .. unless someone else is faster. --
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18:48, December 7, 2012 (UTC)
I think we should avoid using 3rd party material as much as possible. I also doubt any of the 3rd party EQ2 sites cares as much as we do about crediting other people's work, they're probably more likely to rewrite things to avoid putting up links to this wiki. Some 3rd party sites are quite ok, but I prefer avoiding any links to them and increase their ad-royalties.
Rittmeister64
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IIRC, with the exception of Zam (who has paid staff), the other fan sites are pretty much
pro bono
. IOW, they volunteer their time to help the EQ2 community. As such, I don't see a problem with attributing a third-party source. Any ad revenue that is generated by the few people that click on a given link in an attribution box is but a pittance compared to the value provided by the information on their sites. It isn't like putting attribution links causes a payment from EQ2i to the other site.
Additionally, although EQ2i is a great site, information usually flows Other site -> Eq2i, not EQ2i -> Other site. What makes EQ2i great is that it combines that information from various sources into a single repository of information - thus keeping the user from having to open five or six windows to keep track of it all.
Necrotherian
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Collection Quest Template
Hi, another slight update needed ;) Could you add another type to the CQ template for "Aerial" shinies? there is now a collection in Eidolon and Obol in addition to the previous one. As they also have no ? to harvest but only the shiny cloud to fly through it might be good to have a seperate type. --
Xinturaia
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Maybe the switch could be AIR - but i dont dare adding stuff in the template ;) Would it be enough to add the line | AIR =
An aerial shiny!
into the three type sections? and upload an image of the aerial shiny (i am unsure on size and jpg/png though) --
Xinturaia
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I went in and added the aerial type. It's accessed by type=aerial or type=a. We need a screenshot of one to upload to
image:aerial_shiny.jpg
as well; it's in the template but will just show the broken image until it's added. Do the new (OP/EJ) aerial shinies look the same as the withered lands ones? --
lordebon
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from what i know they are the same. Shiny little clouds in the sky, hard to see in CoE zones due to the constant fog/background stars and the whisps everywhere. I will try to upload a decent screenshot on neutral as possible background but i am unable to make a moving image with the sparkle effect --
Xinturaia
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Haste
Hi, thx for editing the aetherplate gauntlets, i didnt know that we have templates for haste (and maybe other effects). saves a bit in putting all the stuff up! --
Xinturaia
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hi =)
EquipmentEffect works for any bluestat, if the effect is new we can make a Category for the Main effect like .. erm "Great Monster Kill I" and "Great Monster Kill II" should be on the "Great Monster Kill" Category to get that just use
{{EquipmentEffect|Great Monster Kill|II}}
EquipEffectDesc .. is quite huge allready and very usefull of course but you don't need to add every effect there but it helps a lot when multiple items have the same effect.
Hi. Could you have a look at the TempAdornInformation template? Left some suggestions on the talk page. Thanks for all the great work :)
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Equipment Icons
Hail Chillispike!
Thank you for your recent edits to my uploaded equipment icons. First let me apologize for creating extra work for you (or anyone else that has to re-work my icon submissions).
I find myself looking through the available equipment icons, and at times just can't seem to find the right one. Since I'm already working on the graphics for a particular piece of equipment I find it trivial to go ahead and chop out the 42x42 icon attached to it.
Is there a tutorial for submitting equipment icons to the wiki?
My stumbling block is how to properly submit it, apply the proper attribution and categorize it in the icon pages. McJeff had mentioned that there was a special attribution for the icons
{{ss|-}}
so I don't violate the copyright on them.
My goal is to be a
positive
contributor to the wiki and able to upload complete articles that require little or no additional work by others. I feel that time spent repairing wiki submissions takes time away from growing new articles.
I'm not Chillispike, but I've been making my own fair share of icons for items in the new expansion. Here's my
Make An Icon Guide
:
Go to
Category:Icons
and give it your best try to see if there is an existing icon already.
You may need to try several categories. The icons for charms, earrings, and necklaces in particular have a lot of overlap, as do rings/wrists.
There is often the icon you need, but not in the "quality" that matches your item. The backgrounds of the icon are different colors: plain for UNCOMMON, blue for TREASURED, tan for LEGENDARY, red for FABLED, purple for MYTHICAL.
If you find the right icons, but the correct quality isn't present, go ahead and make that icon. Name it exactly like the existing ones, but change the filename to indicate the quality, so for instance
Head_Icon_0005_(Common).png
vs.
Head_Icon_0005_(Treasured).png
etc.
Make your best effort to locate an existing icon, but if there isn't one, proceed with making a new one.
Crop the icon from your screenshot and ideally save as a PNG for best image quality.
Look on the wiki page for the
toolbox
, which should have a link to
Upload File
. Click that link to open the file upload page.
Fill in everything needed on the
Upload File
form.
In the
Source file
area, click the
Source filename
Browse
button, and locate the new icon you've created on your computer.
In the
File description
area, doublecheck to be certain that the destination filename is correct. Sometimes the page puts .JPG when it should be .PNG, or renames the file in unexpected ways, so check it carefully.
The
Summary
box is where we'll tell the wiki what kind of icon we're uploading.
Category:Icons
has many types of icon categorizations, and its possible for an item to fit in more than one category. If you're not sure what to use, find a similar category/type icon, open its page, and Edit so you can see the code, which might look something like
[[Category:Charm Icons]]
I generally select the category I need and copy it (CTRL-C), then paste it into the
Summary
box on the upload page.
In the
Licensing
drop down, I usually select
In-game Screenshot of Unknown type
Click the
Upload File
button. Voilá! You have your new icon ready to use.
That is a nice and handsome guide!
About the Licensing:
{{ss}} - adds the tag the it is a Sony image and add it to the category <-
prefered way of use
, and selectable while uploading
{{ss|-}} - adds the tag the it is a Sony image but deosn't add it to the category
please don't worry if you used {{ss|-}} the important information is that it is a Sony image and that is covered with that template. I will see if i get my Bot running to make them all use {{ss}} which is a quicker way then to do it fully manually
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16:25, November 23, 2013 (UTC)
+10 for ->
That is a nice and handsome guide!
(Kudos to Sigrdrifa!)
I may not upload a ton of icons, but the ones I do
prefer Dos Equis
will be in line with this guidance!
One other question... When I do my 42x42 crop, it leaves the rounded (golden) square frame around the icon. I notice that most of the categorized icons don't have this. Do I need to remove that frame?
Thank you both for your guidance!
PS - Please don't remove this. I've linked it on my talk page for my reference but I believe it will be (massively) useful to other editors too.
at some point my talk page get's a clear up (move to archive) therefor i copied the guide to
Make an Icon Guide
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12:18, November 25, 2013 (UTC)
And you updated my talk page link too! Thank you kind sir!
Paceyourself
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Adding these buttons makes it very easy for visitors and editors alike to share the hard work being done by you and the community. If users share a page, it tells others that the page is relevant, and it also improves the wiki's position on Google (
source
). Naturally adding these options is completely optional. Let me know what you think!
Mark
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Hey Chillispike. Have you had the chance to consider my message?
Mark
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They look nice and handy, let's see what the
others
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23:55, December 6, 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Mark. It's a nice little feature, and I think one we can probably implement. I do have a question though: can we customize the location to be something other than one of the two presets? The issue I have with them is that it appears that they'll add to the vertical height of the page when either in the top or bottom preset location, and that's something I'd like to avoid if possible. There's plenty of whitespace that we can fit it in, for example by having them arranged horizontally to the left of the "# of articles" area rather than below it. --
lordebon
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Agreed with Lordebon. They do look like a nice little feature but I'm not crazy at all about the presents. I wonder what our options are.--
Kodia
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Equipment effects
Hail Chillispike!
I was uploading a new image and icon for the
Defender of the Corrupt Scout
and was going to make a few minor adjustments to the stats to reflect their current status. The
"AE Autoattack"
was pretty straightforward, but the effects, not so much.
How do we edit effects that are drawn from another location? The only thing that changed was the piercing damage. It went from the listed 201-222 to 200-221. I know it's a minor change but it does accurately reflect the current stats.
Thank you in advance for your wise and insightful guidance!
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11:25, December 7, 2013 (UTC)
hello
Template:EquipEffectDesc
covers those effects, if you search for the effect name there you change the value, considerung all items with the same effect name will have the same effect values.
UPDATE -
Well... I said I got it but apparently I don't. Can you take a look at the
Corrosive Mace of Withertalon
and the
Template:EquipEffectDesc
for
"Focused Destruction"
and tell me where I'm going wrong? All the
Focused Destruction
equipment still shows as
Red
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12:46, December 8, 2013 (UTC)
You did nothing wrong, the Category just wasn't there yet :)
i saw you made some parts of the effect in red color, well it's only red for you i think. If you use multi items with the same effect the text get's red so you see that you allready have that effect on a other item.
Check it by unequiping all items with the same effect and just equip that one then the text shouln't be red.
Mechanic wise it makes sense, either it wouldn't proc at all on the second item or they allways proc at the same time and 1 of them wins.
I could have sworn that category was there. Oh well... live and learn! Thanks and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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20:35, December 8, 2013 (UTC)
The proverbial lightbulb just went off! I thought it was intentional that they highlighted the fact that certain effects won't stack with themselves. Would it be permissible to keep the
red
(to highlight that limitation) or would you like me to remove them?
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12:06, December 13, 2013 (UTC)
I wouldn't highlight it in red, but yeah it will be red if you have it multiple times .. how about that i add a note line in the Equipment Template that shows up either on all item as general note or just for those who use a effect
Note: the line
This effect will not stack with any rank or tier of itself.
will be red if the effect equipped serveral times
.. that is maybe an overkill
I defer to your good judgement. It was my mistake and I'll be happy to remove my edits that turned the effect red in the descriptions. Maybe just adding a note in the
Help:EquipInformation
would be a better use of time and resources.
Besides, you've done a pretty good write-up already and it would be easier to post that in the help section than muddying up the Equip Effects.
I have removed all the
red
tags from the
Template:EquipEffectDesc
template. It appears that I wasn't the only one that was confused by that highlighting and removed the
red
tags from other effects as well. I also placed a note in the
Help:EquipInformation
article to explain (in basic terms) what the highlighting means.
I hope this meets with your approval and apologize for my errors. Please feel free to modify or fine-tune my edits so that they're in line with wiki policies. I'm still learning and appreciate all the help that you, the other admins, and the users that have given me along my way! Have a great weekend!
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13:23, December 14, 2013 (UTC)
Protecting pages and images
Hail Sir Spike!
I hereby make a formal
(and humble)
request of the realm! Please cast your most powerful protection spells on the following wiki pages so that none can ever change them.
Hail!
if it get's edited by mistake and cause problems i will protect it ok?
I reviewed it and the code is fine as it is atm. --
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10:40, December 13, 2013 (UTC)
Gratitudes fine Sir! May the horses (and other beasts) of Norrath be forever considerate when walking before you!
At this point, folks have manually removed many of the Beta tags, but there's still nearly 300 out there. Can we just run a bot to remove them, or must someone open each one, verify, then manually edit? --
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16:01, December 12, 2013 (UTC)
Kind of against that, as removing them via bot defeats the purpose of the tag... to check that things haven't changed since beta. --
lordebon
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I'll be able to contribute more by late next week (hopefully). My current circumstances have hindered my ability to get to get in game much, but when I do I'll be able to start looking at, and verifying, the ToV beta pages... I'm looking forward to it!
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09:43, December 13, 2013 (UTC)
I took a before into it .. some of them are fine as they are but some are ain't 100% right and need a further edit. Sometimes the thing is to check more than the article it self, like other articles that have similar name and so on. so yeah not possible with a bot. --
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10:40, December 13, 2013 (UTC)
Class Template
I noticed you made some changes to articles I had worked on and I wanted to let you know why I am reverting them.
I was using the subclass template to put the classes into the proper alphabetical order and had previously discussed this with Lordebon here
EverQuest 2 Wiki talk:Main Page#Template Discussion.
If some categories are missing I'd be happy to add them in or maybe figure out where the templates aren't linking correctly.
The way it is set up when you revert it is not correct though.
Jado818
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oh sorry i used the template that was there allready on the most of them, but since many of them had the wrong template call i made a lazy edit on some.
{{SubclassLink|Defiler}} adds the article to the class category but not to class equipment category
{{SubclassLink|Defiler|Equipment}} adds the article to the class equipment category <- please use this one
Ok I'll go through and add that in. I can start adding that in the future. I don't know what all is required for all the internal links to properly function. Does that equipment link populate a chart some where?
Jado818
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We had previously discussed adding categories for equipment that had new
{{EquipmentEffect}}
and
{{EquipEffectDesc}}
that needed to be setup. Your tutorial included the
[[Category:Focused Destruction (Equipment)]]
page as an example.
Should the
[[Category:Equipment Effects]]
tag be added to the "Focused Destruction" page and also included in new equipment category pages in the future?
What is the catalyst that determines when that tag is added?
Thanks for your guidance!
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16:46, January 13, 2014 (UTC)
basically nearly every category is a sub category of a other category, if you don't know the main category of it then my place
{{wikify}}
on top of it so it pops up
from time to time i try todo a clear up on missing stuff with
Special:SpecialPages
, which may explains why i find some things faster or edit "random" articles
Ahhhh! I see it now that you pointed it out! Thanks for clearing that up! One of these days I'll get the hang of it...
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21:18, January 13, 2014 (UTC)
Am I allowed to revert articles?
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12:49, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
If it's obvious spam/vandalism (like that sure seems to be), yes go ahead and revert. Just leave a message on an admin's talk page or something similar so we can investigate and take any necessary action against the user. The easiest way is just to go into the page history, open the last good edit (the one before the spam/vandalism) and just hit save. --
lordebon
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That person seemed to be hammering that page so fast and furious that the only real way to stop it was for you to block him. ROFL, he was so adamant about changing that page, it appeared to verge on compulsion! Thanks for the heads up!
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20:21, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
images of mobs and bosses
I'm uploading a number of images of mobs and bosses, sorry if I get the coding wrong, as I'm not quite certain exactly how to put an image into the correct format ... just wanting to contribute a few small things here and there, not wanting to incur the wrath of the Board Admins ... :-p
Again, sorry if it ends up being sort of an inconvenience for you to sort anything out ...
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no worries :) if you are unsure or think that it's not right please feel free to add a tag like {{AdminNeeded|question?}} on top of the article or write on our Talk pages. Then it's easier for us to see where our help is needed.
I looked trough your contributions and when you upload a image please use actual ingame name :) --
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08:51, March 31, 2014 (UTC)
Mount
Hi Chilli!
That was my first mount and the last redlink on
Dozekar the Cursed
... so I couldn't just leave it there. Thanks for the repair! I'll remember it if I have to do another mount in the future.
The thing that's a bit curious was that you found and fixed that within a half hour of me posting it. How'd it pop up on your radar so fast? I hope you found it to be in line with my stated purpose... "
If I put something on here I want it to be as close to *correct* as possible so that anyone that has to clean it up has
minimal
work.
" I hope you found that to be the case!
Thanks again!!
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20:19, April 2, 2014 (UTC)
oh lol that was just plain luck that i did it so "quick" :)
i had a few mins time and checked the recent changes and saw the category and started to correct it :)
you added it in a real good way --
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21:19, April 2, 2014 (UTC)
ROFL! It's that type of rapid and agile correction that makes you appear to be the all-knowing and all-seeing
(and let's not forget omnipotent)
Oracle of the Wiki! I am humbled to be in your presence!
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16:00, April 3, 2014 (UTC)
I allways have to giggle, when i get called orcale happens in other situations too :D
It's well deserved! I hope you get to giggle alot!!
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16:00, April 4, 2014 (UTC)
Key Moments of MMO History Video Narration
Hey there Chillispike, my name is Doug and I'm a member of Wikia's Community Development Team! Wikia is creating an exciting
Key Moments of MMO History video
that will showcase several amazing games of the genre. We're looking for admins of MMO wikis who would be interested in submitting a short vocal narration about their game of choice.
We want to ask you the question
What is the most important moment in Everquest 2's History?
If you're interested, please record an MP3 voice narration of your answer, a few sentences to a small paragraph is fine. If you have no recording software and are still interested, we can schedule a Skype call to record! Please send the finished recording to
doug@wikia-inc.com
and you'll be featured in the video to represent your community! Thank you and have a good one!
TheBlueRogue
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Parent Pages
Hey Chillispike,
I wanted to swing by and let you know of a new feature we've recently released for interested sites. It's called the Parent Pages and can be accessed through adding /wiki/Project:Parent Pages to the end of the site's url. The purpose is two-fold: 1) to provide information to parents about the site's subject from people who are actually very familiar with the content and 2) to eventually provide a home or hub for all such pages parents can visit.
Here's
a great example of the feature put to use. You can learn more about it
here
.
With your approval, I'd like to add such a page to this wiki at
Project:ParentPage
. Do you have any objections to me adding this page? Let me know!
Mark
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Haste - Followup
Hi Chilli!
Is it possible for you to run a bot to categorize the *old* Haste equipment
that's missing information
into a category for review and/or repair? I've been noticing some of the previously edited Haste equipment contains the
{{info|Info Needed}}
tag when it's looking for the third template parameter.
Example
-
Brute's Hand Wraps of the Citadel
.
If the Haste items that are missing the third parameter were categorized somewhere (they may already be?) then I could go through and fix them. Is this possible without having to go through every piece listed at
Category:Haste_(Equipment)
?
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17:37, May 21, 2014 (UTC)
EDIT - If the above is possible would it also be possible to extract the items that include the Haste
effectlist
item but are missing the
effectdesc
item?
Example -
Cloak of Flames
.
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17:56, May 21, 2014 (UTC)
hmm a own category for missing parameter can be handelt via template kinda easy
finding items that use equipmenteffect but not equipeffectdesc is hard, not sure how and if it's worth it.
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23:09, July 15, 2011 (UTC)
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