User talk:Oscuritaforze/7

Spam Bot
Heya Forze, this blog appears to be published by a spam bot, could you delete it and block the bot? It appears to have no content but this is what I caught with a screenshot in the recent activity: http://prntscr.com/3sx0ev

It looks like some sort of Ad for an app or something of the sorts. >_>

Thanks! TerrariamcSwaggins (talk) 01:56, June 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that blog has been deleted.


 * As for the account that posted it, it has a large number of non-spam edits on several other wikis, so I'm inclined to believe that it isn't a spambot. As a result, I just warned them rather than blocking them outright.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 02:23, June 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * To be honest, it seemed like the only reason why the user made an account here is to advertise their app, but alright, it sounds good!


 * Thanks again! TerrariamcSwaggins (talk) 02:25, June 15, 2014 (UTC)

Repeated Vandalizing
Offender: Ebosch747

Repeatedly added innapropriate info to the Master Bait and Mechanic's Rod page on June 15, approx. 7:45 pm (our time).

Just wanted to give a heads up.

Squirrel (talk) 23:52, June 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't believe that the initial edits made by Ebosch747 were intended to be vandalism, given that the info he added to the Master Bait page was almost certainly an intentional joke by Redigit/Re-Logic.


 * The edits to the Mechanic's Rod, Fleshcatcher, and Jungle Armor pages were far less likely to have good intentions, but I still don't believe that they were made maliciously.


 * With this in mind, it looks to me like the second set of edits was made as a(n over)reaction to how the first set was received. As such, I believe that warning that user makes more sense than blocking them at this point.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 01:54, June 16, 2014 (UTC)

Comment hasn't gone through
Hello, I tried to comment on the Party Girl NPC page, and yes it was a very long comment and off-topic because i was talking about how come people were showing hate towards Redigit and all the other Brony fans and i'm unsure to why it hasn't either gone through or appearing for me, it was really long so i assume that's why but just wondering if there is any way to know/find out?

LightningChaser1997 (talk) 19:00, June 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * I hope Forze doesn't mind me answering this, but I guess he'd want this to be answered as rapidly as possible. Anyways, it appears that the abuse filter blocked out your comment due to excessive use of CAPS. I believe that if you use capital letters for more than 2 letters consecutively it will block out the comment. Sorry, you'll have to type that out again, without the excessive shouting or caps. ;-;


 * TerrariamcSwaggins (talk) 19:09, June 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * (Edit conflict) Yup, your comment was [ prevented] by the wiki's abuse filter, specifically the one which prevents allcaps use. I believe you should be fine if you make the two instances of "accept" in your message lowercase. The system logged your message, so I can give you a copy of the content if you don't still have it.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 19:15, June 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * Ah... ok then, yeah i would like a copy please, that took a long time to type and I forgot to paste it into Word which is unusual for me.
 * LightningChaser1997 (talk) 19:28, June 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * Alright. Mind if I post it here, or do you want to join chat for a moment so I can give it to you there?


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 19:33, June 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * Post it here, I'm fine with it.
 * LightningChaser1997 (talk) 19:36, June 20, 2014 (UTC)

(Reset indentation) Okay then:

"Right, this comment isn't about the Party Girl and is off-topic to Terraria.... It's about acceptance and this seemed like a good place to put it due to a few haters on what the Party Girl references.

The world is a better place without this seperation we have between what people do or watch or say. Us humans built this barrier and it's shown in how some people react to finding out someon is a brony or a furry or just different to them. Only humans can knock it down, seriously, it isn't needed and utterly pointless.

I'm a brony and I have friends, some are bronies, some aren't but they can ACCEPT the fact that we like different things to them. It shouldn't matter who or what we like, we are human beings in the end and we all have our right to like what we want, why is that such a difficult task for some people to understand? Why can't some people accept this fact? Why can't we all just ACCEPT it and move on?

We all have trouble to accept certain things, some things are difficult to accept like losing a beloved pet, yes that is difficult to accept especially when younger, but not accepting a human being because of the Television show they watch? Seriously? Why pick the pettiest thing to hate someone for? Do the haters realise how stupid it is, and how pointless it really is?

No two people are the same, even identical twins are different in their own ways. That's life, that's free-will. Okay yes, you can say you have the free-will to hate, but, my question is... why? Is tolerance not a second option? If you can't/refuse to accept why can't you tolerate?

I repeat the initial fact of "this is off-topic" but it needed to be put somewhere where i can see the hate is being thrown and I'm sorry for it being off-topic but i just needed to put this out there."

There you go. Oscuritaforze (talk) 19:41, June 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for this, now i know not to capitalise words to help make my point


 * LightningChaser1997 (talk) 19:44, June 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * No problem. :)


 * If you have any other wiki-related questions or concerns in the future, feel free to post here.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 19:47, June 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * ok then, I'll make sure i do.
 * LightningChaser1997 (talk) 19:49, June 20, 2014 (UTC)

Suggestion for chat
So, after the problems with the abuse filter, I found a bit more code that, as far as I could see, would have very few negative impacts.

Basically, it allows the use of tags (such as [i] to [i/] for italics or [big] for large font) to customize font in the chat. An additional piece allows the posting of images and videos straight into chat, often inside spoiler tags.

The only problems I can foresee are spammers using the [big], [font color] and possibly [b] (bold) tags to spam more effectively. However, I know a guy that thinks he can remove them.

What do you think of this?

Gray ||| talk ||| contribs 02:35, June 21, 2014 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't have any problem with that. Also sounds minor enough that a big discussion wouldn't be needed for it.


 * In fact, if you link me to the code in question, I'll implement it as soon as I can.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 04:29, June 21, 2014 (UTC)

Wrong information on Hellstone Bar page
Hey, yeah it's me again, but I feel this needed to be brought to the attention of the admins despite you probably have been told about this, i just want to make sure...

There is false information on the Hellstone Bar page, it says that you need 4 Hellstone Ore and 1 Obsidian to craft on the Console version. The true amount is actually 3 Hellstone ore and 1 Obsidian for console, which i just literally found out, complete waste of time mining up the extra Hellstone when i didn't need it. Just something that bugs me to see because it's a locked page so people like me can't edit it out.

Unless my version has glitched....

http://terraria.wikia.com/wiki/File:Terraria_Proof.jpg

Hopefully that is clear enough to be a 3 on the image, my phone camera is very bad.

LightningChaser1997 (talk) 09:01, June 21, 2014 (UTC)


 * Just a quick answer, hope you won't mind Forze, but the Hellstone Bar page hasn't been updated in a while. I believe when that line was added, 1.2 has yet to come out for console. I've removed that line.


 * Freenight (talk) 10:26, June 21, 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks,
 * I understand that it probably was right at one time, but the fact that it was wrong now was just annoying for me to see... A lot of stuff like that bugs me just a bit too much at times.
 * LightningChaser1997 (talk) 10:35, June 21, 2014 (UTC)


 * Yeah, we don't have as many people who specialize in the console/mobile versions of Terraria, so some of that information will often become outdated, unfortunately.


 * As a result, pointing out/fixing incorrect info is always appreciated!


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 20:14, July 1, 2014 (UTC)


 * Ok then, I will watch out for that stuff then, and correct it unless the page is locked for whatever reason.


 * LightningChaser1997 (talk) 12:32, July 24, 2014 (UTC)

Goblin Tinkerer
Hi,

Do you have a clue why on my mobile Terraria my Goblin tinkerer wont move in anywhere?

Hes in corruption in a massive chasm

I unbound him a while ago

He is a bit silly (runs around monsters O_O)

And he wont move in at all.

LilyH9H (talk) 10:57, June 22, 2014 (UTC)LilyH9H


 * Have you gotten him offscreen at all? Provided that the mechanics work approximately the same on mobile as they do on PC (I've never played mobile Terraria), NPCs won't actually teleport to their houses unless you leave them significantly offscreen for a little while.


 * If you have done the above, you're sure that the housing you created for him is suitable, and he still hasn't moved in, then it's probably a bug, which would best be reported here.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 20:14, July 1, 2014 (UTC)

Help on Replying On Comments
Greetings. I seem to be having trouble. I cannot reply on comments with my iPad. No matter how much i press the button, the box will not appear, no matter how fast my wifi is. It seems to work fine on the Galaxy on Fire wiki, but not here. Do you know how is this? Thanks.

Falafel Time (talk) 08:52, June 24, 2014 (UTC)Falafel Time


 * I would guess that that is as a result of some customizations to MediaWiki pages that are specific to this wiki, but I can't seem to find anything that would be causing it. Sorry.


 * It's a longshot, but contacting Wikia might get some results.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 20:14, July 1, 2014 (UTC)

Chat Ban Button
I tried banning the User:Connorh05 using the "Ban from chat" button on their page for the reason mentioned on their log, but for some reason it doesn't prevent them from entering the chat afterwards, which leads me to banning them again directly from the chat. That might need some looking into. Thanks.

Freenight (talk) 15:04, June 24, 2014 (UTC)


 * (If I remember correctly, this was addressed in chat. But if not, here you go...)


 * I suspect the apparent variable success rate of banning someone from chat from their contributions page is a result of the person joining chat before the ban "takes effect". I know I've seen the other side of such a scenario before (ie. someone is unbanned, but still can't join chat for a while afterwards)...


 * Otherwise, it's a bug, in which case we'd want to contact Wikia about it.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 20:14, July 1, 2014 (UTC)

Emote suggestions for chat
'Note: Anyone who has any emotes they want to see on this wiki can feel free to post them in this section! &mdash;Oscuritaforze (talk)'

The wikia community site(http://community.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Emoticons) has a few good ones that I'd like to see in our chat, for example the waving ones. I do think that replacing o/ with an emote would anger some users and therefore think that (o/) would be better.

Question about Terraria for Mac
So, you have to understand that I play Terraria - legit - on a Mac.

Given that Steam conveniently neglected to tell me it was a Windows-only application until after I bought it, I ended up having to download a free 14-day trial of the program CrossOver, which allows you to transfer Windows applications to Mac, to play.

I did play for 14 happy days, but today, CrossOver expired.

''Is there any way I can play Terraria again? If so, how would I do this?''

I've already bought the game, and I really don't fancy being cheated out of my money.

If you can't help, that's okay.

My last resort is going to be downloading a cracked version of 1.2.4 and transferring my profiles to it.

Thanks.

652Graystripe Talk page Contributions Edit count 17:22, July 13, 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm not particularly good at Terraria tech support, but official support for Macs may be coming soon, which would probably be the best solution to your problem. Otherwise, something like this* might be what you are looking for.




 * Note that I don't actually play Terraria on a Mac, so I haven't tested this wrapper.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 18:52, July 13, 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks much. I'm just looking for something to tide me over until Mac support comes out.
 * 652Graystripe Talk page Contributions Edit count 19:03, July 13, 2014 (UTC)

Questions
Hi, I am really new, so I'd like to ask a few questions quickly. :)

1. Are there badges in the Terraria Wiki?

2. Do I have to sign like Sparkle13562 (talk) 02:53, July 19, 2014 (UTC) to end my message?

Please answer. :)

From Sparkle (sparks) Sparkle13562 (talk) 02:53, July 19, 2014 (UTC)


 * About badges: we used to, but they were disabled in March due to quite a bit of badge farming going on in the months prior to then.


 * Regarding signatures: it's preferable that you sign with four tildes so that people have an easy link to your talk page, yeah. I personally don't mind how you sign so long as I know who sent the message, though. :)


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 03:02, July 19, 2014 (UTC)

Person Mcname
A person called Person Mcname came on chat (I was not on at the moment, but was able to make out the last of it when I joined, as well as Gray telling me on Skype) and spammed this message several times, with clear intent to troll:

STEPS TO MAKING BANANA BREAD Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into and I'm surprised people are actually reading this entire thing so here's a easter egg for you which is the message you are reading right now flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Enjoy!

I banned them for two hours, just because of the severity of the spam - and they left right afterwards. Was this warranted?

Silver  (talk) 20:25, July 23, 2014 (UTC)


 * If they had only posted that message once then I figure warning them would've been enough, but posting it multiple times in a short period of time seems like it would be worth a short ban, yeah.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 21:45, July 23, 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay. If they had done it once, I probably would've given a confused emoticon, then if they continued, warned them. I think they posted it 5-7 times. Well, at any rate, thank you; it's over now, as the ban should've expired.
 * Silver  (talk) 00:25, July 24, 2014 (UTC)

Nashtron
Recently, I saw a couple of users - Edward Nigma and Marshall-6000 - on chat. Marshal was spamming "HEIL NASHTRON!" I've had experiences with Nashtron on the AJ Wiki, and I will tell you that they tried to burn our wiki to the ground. And almost succeeded. I don't know if they'll continue this, but I'm on my guard. Silver has been alerted.

652Graystripe Talk page Contributions Edit count 19:00, July 25, 2014 (UTC)


 * Marshall spammed twice more, I can confirm. Second time was a kick, third was so severe it nearly crashed me and earned him a 1-week chat ban. Edward is quiet at the moment. Silver  (talk) 19:15, July 25, 2014 (UTC)


 * Marshall appears to have been a chatbot, one which I assume was operated by Edward Nigma. I'll keep an eye on these users, though it appears that they are also causing clear-cut global problems, which means that they could probably be reported to the VSTF. You have more knowledge of what these users have done than I do, so I'll just direct you to the VSTF Wiki. The main page there has a directory of places to report various global issues.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 20:10, July 25, 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I'll report it if anything else happens.
 * 652Graystripe Talk page Contributions Edit count 21:37, July 27, 2014 (UTC)

New User
Forze it has come to my and Freenight's attention that a new user (http://terraria.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:3nd3r3p1qat6019EX) has been vandalising some of the pages and creating new useless pages. I have a suspicion it is King the Creator.

Thanks Buggsy101 (talk) 04:31, July 26, 2014 (UTC)


 * Saw, left him a note. Is there any particular reason why you think it is King Creator the VIII, though?


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 04:56, July 26, 2014 (UTC)


 * Firstly he acts like him, Secondly he uses only caps in chat like King. Quick note he tried to vandalize Freenights Usepage.


 * Buggsy101 (talk) 05:12, July 26, 2014 (UTC)


 * Anyway, as pointed out by Buggsy, the new user does share some similarities with VIII. If you would recall, the reason VIII got into trouble with LumpZ in the first place was because of excessive shouting and this new user wasn't much of an improvement, I had to kick them out once for excessive shouting as well. Afterwards they came back and like VIII, pretending to be "sensitive" and "hurt". Though, I don't really care about that, but rather their vandalism on several pages by adding nonsensical notes and removing infos. Unfortunately, apart from their behaviour in chat and the vandalism, I really haven't got any proof that it is VIII. That is all.
 * Freenight (talk) 05:52, July 26, 2014 (UTC)


 * Alright, he's gone and add more offenses to his list which you can check for yourself. I doubt those are "honest" mistakes or things added with "good intentions" anymore. He's been warned once. Sorry to bother you.
 * Freenight (talk) 04:49, July 27, 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep in mind that all of his edits appear to have been through Wikia's new VisualEditor, which has its fair share of bugs (as mentioned here). What's more, the trivia he has been adding doesn't exactly seem malicious, even if it does seem (extremely) unlikely to be true. As a result, I believe it still makes sense to assume good faith in this user's case.


 * That said, I will let him know that using the VisualEditor is discouraged in favor of source mode or the classic visual editor, and I also just sent a bug report to Wikia inquiring as to why the VisualEditor is still enabled here in spite of being disabled on Special:WikiFeatures.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 19:42, July 27, 2014 (UTC)

Weapons/Tools Tiering
This is about how we place tools' and weapons' "tiers". A simple example is Axe. We currently have 8 PHM ores (Copper to Platinum). Then we have Demonite/Crimtane, followed by Meteorite and Hellstone. That's a total of 12 tiers for PHM alone. Next we look at the 6 HM ores, which is another 6 tiers. Then we have Pickaxe Axe, Chlorophyte, Spectre and The Axe itself. I'm excluding Picksaw and Digging Claw since they're more a pick than axe. So now we have a total of 22 tiers of axes. Even if we exclude The Axe for being a drop rather than craftable, that's still 21 tiers. This can apply to so many things. I was wondering if there's a way we can cut the redundancy of putting "tiers" on these tools and weapons. I'm holding back on editing the pages until a consensus can be reached at least. Thank you for your time.

Freenight (talk) 01:27, July 28, 2014 (UTC)


 * That's definitely something I could get behind. Replacing those generic "tier" categories is something that I've been thinking about ever since 1.2 released and effectively doubled the number of those types of categories we have around here.


 * (The replacement that I had in mind is something that has been brought up in the "Rare Items Category" thread: categories for the base color-coded quality of items.)


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 08:48, July 29, 2014 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for resizing my images, Must say, it's way much better than those huge ones i uploaded.

123tk


 * Not a problem. :) Oscuritaforze (talk) 08:48, July 29, 2014 (UTC)

DO ANH VIET is at it again.
Just watch for yourself. He just won't understand, does he?

Sank Ur Ship (talk) 13:28, July 29, 2014 (UTC)


 * Apparently not. Since he seems to just be ignoring the messages placed on his talk page, I also protected the titles he's been uploading those images to.


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 18:58, July 29, 2014 (UTC)

Template Suggestion
Since it happens to be protected and I can't edit it, can I make a suggestion to add "bait power" to the Infobox:Item template?

Griffon2191 (talk) 03:13, July 30, 2014 (UTC)


 * Done. Oscuritaforze (talk) 19:26, July 30, 2014 (UTC)