User talk:Dzylon

Individual Pages Project
Hey saw your comment earlier on Gracey's talk. I could definitely use some help with this project. I'm going to make a blog post linking all the pages that are done, and all the pages that still need to be worked on. If you want to help out, just comment on the blog page what you're working on/finished with and I'll cross it off the list. Please don't do anything until I get the blog page written, though. It'll be up soon, just give me half an hour or so. I'll leave a link to the project/blog page here on your talk page once I get it up.

Example of what I want to do: Take a page such as Watch and create 3 new pages titled Copper Watch, Silver Watch and Gold Watch. These pages should contain information specific to them. For example, Gold Watch should mention that it tells the time to the minute, it should have an infobox for Gold Watch, and it should contain links to Silver Watch and Copper Watch. The current Watch page should become a disambiguation page linking to those 3 pages.

Mathmagician ( Σ talk ♥ blog ∞ contributions ) 05:31, January 9, 2012 (UTC)

Mathmagician ( Σ talk ♥ blog ∞ contributions ) 07:06, January 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay. Here is the project page: User blog:Mathmagician/Project - Individual Pages


 * Thanks, good job with timer too! I saw you finish the 1 second one at least. Try to copy/paste the categories from Timer onto the new 1, 3, 5 Second Timer pages if you can. If you turn Timer into a disambig, remove all the categories. If you leave Timer as a content page, then the categories can remain (but I'm guessing you'll probably just turn it into a disambig). I think it's probably best to just copy any categories, table templates and videos that were on the conglomerate page over to the new individual pages. We don't want that kind of stuff on disambig pages (though they're okay to have on content pages). Mathmagician ( Σ talk ♥ blog ∞ contributions ) 23:50, January 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright, that's done. I'm going back to the pages we've done so far to tidy them up a little, then I'll begin on Slime Monsters.
 * Dzylon 00:00, January 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright, sounds good. Thanks for all your help. This project is quickly becoming a little bit bigger than I had originally thought it would be, so I'm glad to have someone to help/do way more work than I already have lol. Good luck with Slime Monsters, lots of pages there =(

Mathmagician ( Σ talk ♥ blog ∞ contributions ) 00:07, January 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * I think I'll work on Torches next, but I'm not sure if I can finish it tonight.


 * How do you plan on handling the colored torches/demon torch situation?
 * Dzylon 00:09, January 10, 2012 (UTC)

Hello?
KaeKai, I saw your message, but accidentally overwrote it.

"hey, I saw your work on the timer pages and noticed a bit of information was missing. So when i went to put it in, it gave me a complex editing system mentioning a 'complex code' on the page. Did it give this to you as well?"

Yeah, it's because there's some complex code on that page. What were you trying to change?

Dzylon 00:15, January 10, 2012 (UTC)

Ah, that explains a lot. No harm done, and I was going to add the fact that timers may alternitively be wired to switches, levers, and pressure plates to be activated as well.

KaeKai 00:48, January 11, 2012 (UTC)

Categories
Can be found at Special:Categories. It's a comprehensive list, but long.

IPP
As for the colored torches/demon torch/etc., I've thought about it more, and I'd probably just make a disambig for Torch. Each torch item gets its own page, Colored Torch / Colored Torches will both redirect to the disambig page. I don't have time to do it now though, so I'll take up the issue again tomorrow. Mathmagician ( Σ talk ♥ blog ∞ contributions ) 00:54, January 10, 2012 (UTC)

Rollback
i noticed you have been taking the time to make sure my videos were adde to alot of pages and also adding alot of categories.

i decided to give you the rollback ability. this will let you revert edits in 1 click in the edit history as long as its the most recent edit.

have a good day hapy editing.HeroGaming 00:56, January 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * To be clear, rollback is only to be used to revert vandalism. Using it to revert good faith edits will result in your rights being removed. Thanks Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 07:39, January 10, 2012 (UTC)

Colors of Phaseblade
Hey thanks for the massive amount of work you've been doing separating pages. I just wanted to say one thing though. I strongly feel that Phaseblade (6 colors) should remain a single page. (Not saying that you were necessarily intending to make it 6 different pages, just throwing that out there pre-emptively.) My reasoning is that the item itself in the game is called Phaseblade. Yes, there are 6 colors. But as far as the game naming conventions are concerned, it's the same item. It's not like Pressure Plates where the items literally have different names. Just wanted to see if you were on the same page as me for this issue? Mathmagician ( Σ talk ♥ blog ∞ contributions ) 23:25, January 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * While I do agree, I don't know what you mean by "It's not like Pressure Plates where the items literally have different names". All the phaseblades are named by color, like White Phaseblade, Red Phaseblade, etc. The Phaseblades and Phasesabers are named differently according to color, same as the Pressure Plates.


 * Other than that, you're right. I still believe the Pressure Plates should remain seperated though, as different colors fit in with different terrains (I'll add info on that later).


 * Dzylon 23:38, January 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * Let me get this straight. There is an item in the game that when you mouse over it, it literally says "White Phaseblade" ? (I can't Terraria run at the moment to check sorry) Mathmagician ( Σ talk ♥ blog ∞ contributions ) 23:53, January 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * Exactly. I know because I crafted all of them. Here's an example.


 * Edit: Oops, that's a Phasesaber. Oh, well, same principle applies. Dzylon 23:59, January 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * Nevermind, got my steam working again and checked. Yes, you're right, there are 6 differently named items called "Blue Phaseblade", "White Phaseblade" etc. I was not aware of that. (Shows you how often I use that weapon lol.) I'll fix my recommended deletion of Green Phaseblade page and add the Phaseblade series of tasks to the project. Sorry, my bad. Mathmagician ( Σ talk ♥ blog ∞ contributions ) 00:01, January 11, 2012 (UTC)

Its the cache
Hey the site is "cached" which means your browser saves a lot of the content you see so it can load faster. When a page is edited its meant to tell the server to tell your browser to update the version it has. This often takes a while to appear so you can "break" the cache by adding "?action=purge" to the end of the url and hit enter. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 05:21, January 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * Additionally about your multiple editing of a page. I suggest you use the preview button before you publish, it just makes it easier to see other fixes without publishing. I'm not really concerned about this, just try to avoid multiple posting. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 05:25, January 11, 2012 (UTC)

Disambiguation
Hey, yeah you can make them disambiguation pages too. Also disambiguated isn't a word you use disambiguation. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 05:13, January 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright, cool. You're a great help to the wiki. Also disambiguated would be past tense right? It was a joke anyway, so don't worry about it. Dzylon 11:44, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

Videos
hey the videos i put on should be 350px if you go any bigger the thumnails get squished for some people so all of them should be 350px if you see any that arent just switch them to 350 thxHeroGaming 08:13, January 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright, I'll see what I can do. Dzylon 11:44, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

no thumnails > thumbnails

we are all against them haha remove them and the thing that says left then basically the videos dont have text running up the side or acting funny. also all vids 350px and they should be in view of the first page load so when you open the page it should be viewable not at the bottom or half way. i built the wikis traffic and helped us pass the other wiki using video and directing traffic. its unexplainable how important it is. the other wiki didnt get this and that is why we beat them. most people hate reading because they are too lazy. so this wiki is very dependant on video and that is why people come back who normally dont like wikis as much.HeroGaming 23:59, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

Duplicate/Spam Pages
It looks like you noticed a page called Cobwebs earlier that someone created. You noted that the page was an unnecessary duplicate and tried to mark it for deletion by adding a note on the page and by adding the Candidates for Deletion category.

I just wanted to let you know that the proper way to mark a page for deletion is to place this code:   at the very top of the page. This produces the Delete template. The Delete template automatically adds the Candidates for deletion category to the page. You should never add the Candidates for deletion or Candidates for speedy deletion categories to a page manually.

For obvious cases of spam or page abuse, you should instead use:   This is the Speedydelete template. It sends a message to admins to let them know that there's a spam page that needs to get deleted asap. Read the Criteria for speedy deletion page for more info.

In the case of Cobwebs though, since it was simply a duplicate article with a similar name to the original Cobweb page, the appropriate response would be to simply redirect the page to Cobweb. The way you redirect a page is, you completely blank the page (highlight all text and delete it) and then place this code: #REDIRECT Cobweb  on the page and publish. (The sample code above would redirect a page to Cobweb. To redirect somewhere else, obviously you would insert the appropriate page name that you want to redirect to.)

Mathmagician ( Σ talk ♥ blog ∞ contributions ) 00:43, January 14, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tips. It seems you're quite experienced with the Mediawiki software. Me, not so much.


 * Dzylon 01:51, January 14, 2012 (UTC)

You have a reply on Heros talk page
Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 07:41, January 14, 2012 (UTC)

I started to think then didn't want to add it so I tried to go back to my desktop and my computer started to not respond so I went beserk on it clicking everywhere I guess the publish button was where I clicked, my bad : (

Donoman 03:59, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Heaps
Thanks heaps for letting me know! I have updated it and lowered the protection. It shouldn't have been locked in the first place, this what happens when admins get too lazy to do they job. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 05:16, January 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, I know how those Steam updates can slip by unnoticed, so I was just making sure you saw it. Also, when I was granted rollback a few days back, I may have sounded "aloof" of sorts. I'd like to apologize for that, as I was having an off week and I tend to make an a­ss of myself sometimes. I understand that rollback is a privilege not to be abused, and I'll do my best to use it only to further the wiki. Thanks. Dzylon 21:29, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

Hamachi etc
Hey, thanks, I saw the Hamachi post earlier actually, just forgot to re =(. I'd like to do it sometime I'm just kinda busy/not wanting to do it this week in particular. I'll look into it this upcoming weekend okay? Remind me so that I don't forget. I'd love to play some more multiplayer sometime as I rarely do because I usually only play with a few friends I know from college and they're... playing Skyrim / plotting stuff. Or both. Probably both. Definitely both. Also, no problem about jumping into conversations on talk pages. It's not meant to be private at all so I don't mind and I don't think Gracey does either. I'm glad you like the idea. If you want to help on it, I can make it a project (see Wiki Projects under Community -> Forum on the navbar at the top that Gracey recently made?) if Gracey likes the idea and wants to move forward with it. If not, I have more project ideas. Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 02:38, January 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * That sounds good. I don't know why Gracey wouldn't agree. I'm a Skyrim player/plotter as well, though not recently. I used to never play multiplayer, but after setting up a server I'm hooked. It adds a whole new dimension (or several) to the game.


 * Also, do I overcommulate? I feel as if I put too many commas in my sentences, lol.
 * Dzylon 03:26, January 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * By the way, have you noticed the massive amount of vandalism done to the wiki recently? Others (mainly you) usually fix them before I get to them, but it feels as if the wiki is under some sort of raid. I feel immature for it, but I couldn't help but laugh at that last one you fixed on the Quality page.


 * There I go with the overcommulation again. A comma in every sentence. I don't think I can help it. Dzylon 03:32, January 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * Sentences with commas are good when you use them correctly, as this is typically indicative of someone who knows how to write, and quite well, at that--but, this sentence, if it can be considered such, is certainly not acceptable, in terms of comma usage, that is, as it makes a ridiculous, long, stupid, insane, run-on-sentence-that-isn't-really-a-sentence, right? I think you're fine...

Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 03:58, January 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * Vandalism today... yeah I'm not even gonna go there. I just spent an hour today trying to explain to someone how to use the ever-so-basic distributive principle. You know, like (7/2)(2x + 2/3) = 7x + 7/3. And then I come to the wiki and see all this garbage... Needless to say I am not pleased about this.

Server
Hey do you want to be friends on steam? That way maybe we can communicate easier and I'd love to do some multiplayer sometime. You can email me by using Special:EmailUser/Mathmagician if you want to keep your Steam name private--I won't share it with anyone. If you do I'll add you as soon as I get your email. Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 16:08, January 25, 2012 (UTC)


 * Sure. I go by Dzylon on Steam and everywhere else. I've never really used the social networking aspect of Steam before, lol. Dzylon 21:06, January 25, 2012 (UTC)

Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 22:57, January 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * Cool. I added you. See you on Steam sometime =)