User talk:Dak47922/1

Welcome
Hi, welcome to Terraria Wiki! Thanks for your edit to the User:Dak47922 page.

Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- Gracey91 (Talk) 19:23, 22 September 2011

Advertising
Hey, it really depends on what kind of sites you find to link to. If there helpful it will be of use to people who use your site if there not it will be of no use. In my opinion i don't really see many sites people need to know about. There is the wikis and the forum the developers use to post teasers and update info. If you want to advertise here you can purchase space from wikia, and surprisingly its not that expensive. Around $10 a month i believe. Gracey91  ✉  17:39, September 23, 2011 (UTC)

Profile Pictures
Hi, i seen you add some pictures to your profile. The thing is, under the wiki's Image Policy any pictures not relevant to terraria or that can't be used on pages are deleted. But you can upload them on Photobucket, then get the pictures url and add that to your profile. The picture will appear show up with just the url. Thanks Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 17:48, October 24, 2011 (UTC)

Profile edit
Hey, today your profile was edited by an ip that belongs to "Palliser Regional Schools". I was wondering if that was you or not? Thanks Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 18:35, October 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey thanks for letting me know. I just wanted to be sure it wasn't attempted vandalism as that ip is on a number of block lists and its blocked from editing wikipedia. Good luck with your studies. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 16:58, November 3, 2011 (UTC)

Hello
Hello Dak47922. I am a member of International team of Wikia. The International team and the English team - it's a little different teams. Is why I can not say anything about how you can become an helper to the English team. Please write about his desire to Special:Contact. I think Wikia Staff will help you. -- Kuzura   ;Talk  09:18, November 12, 2011 (UTC)

Rollback
I would love to help against vandalism. I currently have been active for 19-20 days everyday. --Dak47922 03:30, November 21, 2011 (UTC)

Ah are you asking for rollback? I cant help you with this myself but I have noticed your helping a lot, I will mention you to hero or gracey and I also ask for the ip of the vandal you have been fighting, I may have already blocked him but just making sure. Keep up the good work. Port5 21:37, November 21, 2011 (UTC)port5

Thanks! Gracey has already mentioned adding me as a rollback, and thanks for blocking him. Ill keep a look out for any further abuse. Dak47922 21:40, November 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey congratzs. With your new abilities, its important you know how and when to use them. This page covers all you need to know, it was written for wikipedia but I'm sure you can work out what really applies here (such as we don't have any guidelines for requesting to be a member of rollback), if you have any questions let me know. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 00:10, November 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * P.S i seen you had a little bit or trouble reverting some edits, i suggest you also read the Reverting help page. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 00:17, November 22, 2011 (UTC)

Few Things
Hey Dak, when you mark a page for deletion can you please use the template. Also don't add the Report Vandalism category, that's for forum posts only. Its so when pages are created in the forum "Report Vandalism" they are automatically added to Category:Report Vandalism, it just makes it easier to go through them. Last off, you don't need to notify us to delete a page, just add the delete template and we will all be notified by email as we follow the category. Thanks Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 01:19, November 24, 2011 (UTC)

Sorry I will make sure I follow that procedure in the future thanks for letting me know.

Blog comments
Hey Dak, with blogs you have the ability to turn commenting on/off when ever you want. You do it by editing the page, and by ticking the "Commenting" box above "Minor edit" then you publish it. Often when you edit blogs it will disable commenting on it own, I'm guessing that's what happened to you. I have re-enabled commenting for you, just be sure to always check your blog after you make adjustment to it. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 00:03, November 29, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks & things you could do
Hey Dak thanks for your kind words, its nice to know some people really appreciate what we do here. If you want extra things to do to help, there are many. If there is something your good at and enjoy doing, i would suggest you do that. If your a bit like me and like to try a bit of everything, here is a list of things that need to be done. There not in any particular order, and you can feel free to do which ever of them you want if any. Also there is a list on the Community Portal, but it was made prior to 1.1 so needs updating. Hopfully there is something there you will enjoy doing. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 13:24, December 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * New pages need to be updated, they should all be found in Category:1.1. The main things are the Infobox templates, Table Templates, links and formatting (page layout). Different items will need different templates, also don't worry if you don't have all the info. Once the templates there people will add to it.
 * Make sure all pages are in the correct categories.
 * If you see a redirect in a category, remove all the category's from the redirect.
 * Any low quality images can be marked for deletion, use the template with a description of why it should be removed.
 * Upload pictures for pages that don't have any. But check the items page first if thats the type of image your looking for.
 * Expand Article Stubs and remove the template if its on the page.
 * Also it would be great if you could review edits whilst your online to see if you come across any vandalism. Generally there is a reasonable amount each day. I dispatch between 2-10 blocks a day to vandals. Just rollback the edits and report the ip to me and i'll block them.


 * P.S if you have any ideas for questions that could be on the Question of the Week that would be great too. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 13:50, December 10, 2011 (UTC)


 * Great i'll do my best! Thanks! Dak47922 20:34, December 10, 2011 (UTC)

User rights colors
The color is so others know you have increased users right ie Rollback. We have different colors for all the rights. Its just i forgot to add it when you got the rights, you may also notice it now says Rollback on your profile, where it previously didn't. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 16:07, December 12, 2011 (UTC)

Oh cool Thanks!

Dak47922 16:09, December 12, 2011 (UTC)

Email
Hey Dak you can contact me using the email feature on the site. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 17:14, December 20, 2011 (UTC)

Page You Wanted Deleted
I saw you wanted a page on your blog deleted so I did it. Might take a little while for it to no longer show up though. Let me know if you have any other issues. P.S. if you go to your blog and add ?action=purge to the end of the URL it will purge your cache and you'll notice that blog post is gone. Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 18:48, January 25, 2012 (UTC)

Discussions
Discussions about our wiki's video policy and administrative structure going forward will be started tomorrow (Wednesday afternoon/evening) by Sannse. Discussions will use a regular content page--which will basically be a forum with comments. The page itself is for detailed discussion, comments are for the rest of the community who don't feel comfortable with the forum format. I'm sending this message out to some key members of the community here so that they're notified. Let's have a polite and productive conversation. Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 22:27, February 7, 2012 (UTC)

Discussions Have Begun!
Please join in and have your say =)

Video Policy Discussion

Administration Discussion Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 01:17, February 9, 2012 (UTC)

Vandal
Hey, that IP only has one instance of vandalism. I only issue blocks for repeated vandalism, usually a "3 strikes you're out" type of rule. If they just did it once and they stopped, there's no reason to issue a block. Thanks for fixing the page =) Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 22:29, February 9, 2012 (UTC)

Bat - disambig
The Bat page is pretty good for a disambiguation =), we just want to remove the gallery and categories. Disambiguation pages shouldn't have categories (the template adds the Disambiguations category automatically) or actual content. I'll just trim it down a bit. Thank you. Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 22:31, February 13, 2012 (UTC)

Alright chap.
I'll watch for the griefer. I have his contributions page in my tabs, I'll keep watch. Koggeh

Thanks for helping with vandalism
Hey, I saw you reported some vandalism on the forum a few days ago. Thanks for doing this. I apologize that it took a few days for me to see it, but there's so much going on right now that I can't keep up with it all (and I am the only active admin at the moment, aside from Port5 who is around occasionally). The IP who was doing all that vandalism has been blocked. I also noticed that you reported another IP--and I'll be keeping an eye on him--but for now his vandalism seems to have stopped at only 2 counts and minor at that, so I won't be placing a block just yet. Thanks for helping out =). I'll try to keep a closer eye on the Report Vandalism forum, but remember if there's anything you need you can always contact me directly and I'll be happy to help out.

One thing I wanted to note: I saw on the Yellow Torch history that you encountered an issue where multiple people edited the page. In vandalism cases like this where there are intermediate edits, rollback unfortunately doesn't work. What you actually need to do is look at the differences between edits until you find the most recent non-vandalized version of the page. Once you know which version that is, you click on the date and time of that version. Then you click edit. In the editing window, you'll see a warning at the top saying "You are editing an old version of this page..." Just add an edit summary saying you're reverting to a previous version of the page, preview the page to double check that it's good, and then publish. This is the best way to handle vandalism when there are edits by multiple users since the last non-vandalized version of the page. Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 01:38, February 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Glad to help out! I myself havent been as active as I would like.However Ill try my best to stop vandalism when I see it! Maybe there will be an admin spot available for me some day... One can only hope! :D


 * Dak47922 talk contrib count 01:04, February 23, 2012 (UTC)

RE: Admin Nominations
As far as becoming an admin goes, you will have to be nominated by another user. (You cannot nominate yourself). The nomination page is here:
 * Terraria Wiki:Admin and Bureaucrat Nominations (See also: the associated talk page)

Once nominated, others will discuss your nomination (in the format The Pathogen's has begun in). I am glad that you have expressed interest in it (I've seen you mention it before in comments somewhere I believe, and I just saw your updated profile), and I'm aware that you've been a regular contributor to the wiki here for quite some time.

I think it is highly likely that someone else will nominate you, and it is possible that that person may be myself. I'm sure you're eager to see yourself nominated; please just try to be patient in the meantime. The nominations are not a rapid process, and things may take some time (days/weeks). I think the best thing you can do to help your nomination at this point would be to continue what you've been doing: participate in the Video Policy Discussion, keep fighting vandalism, etc. Most importantly, please participate in discussing other users admin nominations =)

I'm sorry to hear that you've been sick. Hope you'll be feeling better soon! Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 00:41, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

P.S. That being said, remember, a nomination is just a nomination. It doesn't guarantee anything.

No need
To thank me chap. You earned the nomination.

Koggeh

If you want
You could join the chat, it is really slow right now.

Poll
Hey, I do think we need a new poll and thanks for the suggestion. Can I recommend we alter the answers so that it's easier for people to respond? The idea is that someone with bad memory should be able to participate (without having to go look up patch notes).

When did you start playing Terraria?
 * I've always been playing Terraria!
 * Sometime before patch 1.1 (December 1, 2011).
 * Recently, after patch 1.1 was released.
 * I don't remember...
 * Haven't started yet, but I hope to play it soon!
 * I don't play Terraria.

Also, I'm thinking of putting polls on the front page rather than in the community portal. Not very many people visit the community portal I think. Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 23:32, March 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * Yeah that format will be better for some users. Also I think that the polls should be moved to the main page. Dak47922 talk contrib count 15:48, March 2, 2012 (UTC)

Watch for
http://terraria.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:209.51.228.3 they are vandalising.

Koggeh


 * Ok I will do thanks! Dak47922 talk contrib count 15:50, March 2, 2012 (UTC)

Version 1.1.2
Carrots and pet bunnies are in the collectors edition, but they technically are part of the game in patch 1.1.2 (registry key editing). Since they were added in patch 1.1.2, they belong in the 1.1.2 category. When the collector's edition is released (I believe it's already out in Germany, still waiting on the UK version though), it will be made very clear on those pages that the items were added to the game code in patch 1.1.2, but they are only legitimately part of the game in the collector's edition. I see no problems with those items being in both Category:Terraria Collector's Edition and Category:1.1.2.

Edit: Regarding your point about some updates not being in the nav menu: unfortunately, only 10 items can fit there. If I add 1.1.2 and 1.1.1, it will kick the official release out of the menu. This wouldn't have been a problem a couple months ago, back when we had a subnav template for the nav menu. Unfortunately, Wikia did an update that caused templates in the wiki navigation to not work. Long story short: can't fit all the updates there =( Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 22:50, March 5, 2012 (UTC)

Reborn Mod
Hey, the Reborn Mod is approaching release, and the mod team is offering for us to host info about the mod on our wiki. Please come comment on my blog post, as this is an important issue and your feedback is needed: User_blog:Mathmagician/Reborn Mod. Thank you very much, Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 15:54, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations
Congratulations, your admin nomination was closed by staff and you have been granted admin rights on the wiki. Here's some things I wanted to make sure you know:

Starting Out
While there are many things admins do/can do, there are a few specific things I'd like you to start with:
 * 1) If you have any questions about certain admin abilities and you're not certain what they do, don't just "test it out", ask me first. Also, continue to participate in discussing the admin nominations, as well as in all other important matters around the site.
 * 2) Familiarize yourself with Special:AdminDashboard. You can get there by clicking the "Admin" button on the Wikia toolbar at the bottom of the screen. On the "General" tab, I would ask that you not touch "Theme Designer", "Top Navigation" or "Wiki Features" for now. These are things that do not need regular modification. Spend some time looking through the stuff on the "Advanced" tab as well. Click on the links and find out which pages they take you to. Make sure you can find Special:Log and Special:NewPages under the "Advanced" tab, as those two in particular are important to know about.
 * 3) Please try to look at Special:RecentChanges on a regular basis. Ideally, all anon edits should be reviewed (set namespace to Main). I simply haven't had the time to review every single anon edit lately what with everything going on--but ideally those edits need to be reviewed to make sure there's no vandalism.
 * 4) Delete spam pages when you see them, and block vandal IPs when they vandalize. Keep reading for further explanation below...

Blocking
IPs who vandalize pages need to be blocked. Blocking is done by going to the person's contributions page. Please keep the blocks to 1 or 2 weeks, as this is a reasonable time frame. Before blocking, make sure to check the IPs block log. If they've been blocked previously and are a repeat offender, then they should receive a longer block. Make sure you always provide a reason for the block. The reason could be something like "vandalism" or "Spamming links to external sites" -- etc.

1-click delete buttons
If you have javascript enabled, you should see blue buttons named "Spam", "Vandalism" and "Fast Housekeeping" at the top of pages. These are 1-click delete buttons. Do not click them accidentally, because it will forward you to the deletion tool and then proceed to delete the page within a couple seconds. If for some reason you do accidentally click the button, you have a few seconds to press the back button on your browser to prevent the page deletion from going forward.

If pages must be deleted, the normal way to do so is by clicking on the arrow on the Edit button (same way as you would access page history) and selecting the delete option. Make sure to provide a reason for the deletion. The 1-click delete buttons are mainly meant as a time saver in cases where you have many pages to delete. I hope you'll be keeping an eye out for any spam pages that need to be deleted.

If you accidentally delete something, let me know. It's not the end of the world, as deletions can be restored =)

Closing
Congratulations on your successful nomination. I'm here to help you out with anything you need, but at the same time, I have confidence in your ability to figure some things out on your own. Let me know if you need anything, and let's stay in touch, okay? Take care, Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 01:35, March 7, 2012 (UTC)

Reborn Mod part 2
Important, please read: User_blog:Mathmagician/Reborn_Mod Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 04:20, March 7, 2012 (UTC)

Steam
Hey Dak, I just added you on steam, I was thinking we could instant message that way on occasion. I talk to Pathogen and Dzylon on steam a bit too ^^ Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 06:00, March 7, 2012 (UTC)

Ello
Math wants to talk to you chap. Koggeh

Fan Art
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