User talk:Osculate

Helping out
Hi, I'm Paweł from Wikia's Content Team. Given the attention that the game and the wiki is getting recently, we'd like to help you out here - is there anything you think needs special attention that I could help with? I was definitely thinking of redesigning the main page to make it more attractive. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Ausir(talk) 23:54, June 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * That sounds good to me but Dratini17 is the man in charge. :) -- Osculate(talk) 02:57, June 4, 2011 (UTC)

Hidable/Collapsible Tables
Hey m8,

Could you consider adding a piece of Javascript which enables hidable/showable/collapsible tables? This way, I can make more templates without spamming every item with info.

There's a bit of code and info on the official Wikipedia.

Thanks!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Collapsing

http://help.wikia.com/wiki/Advice:Going_collapsible

--Gemberkoekje 07:16, June 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * Done. -- Osculate(talk) 12:54, June 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * Doesn't seem to work yet (Checked in FireFox and IE on my talk page) I can imagine you wouldn't want to waste too much time with it, but if you have a minute please have another look :) --Gemberkoekje 14:17, June 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * Works for me in Chrome. You might need to clear cache. -- Osculate(talk) 15:00, June 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh that's very well possible, I'll check it at home in a few hours --Gemberkoekje 15:01, June 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmm, it doesn't work in Firefox or IE. Interesting. -- Osculate(talk) 15:04, June 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * : The original page works in my FireFox, but not in my IE... it's iffy at best... unfortunately. --Gemberkoekje 15:06, June 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * : The original page works in my FireFox, but not in my IE... it's iffy at best... unfortunately. --Gemberkoekje 15:06, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

Um.. why am i blocked?
im wondering why my ip is blocked from editing, im sure if you check this ip, it should have very little to no edits at all

69.105.143.51 03:30, June 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Simple answer is you're not. Perhaps you were trying to edit a page that doesn't allow new or anonymous accounts to do so. -- Osculate(talk) 03:36, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

VaguelyRedolent
I recently joined this wiki and noticed that, although there are articles for all of the items in the game (some of which are inconsistent, but that's another matter), there are a lack of articles explaining some of the basic aspects of Terraria. Some may see these as unnecessary, but I think that neglecting these would make this wiki incomplete. Examples include:
 * A proper page explaining the inventory, instead of what we have now, which is just a lot of code
 * An explanation of mineral tiers, instead of just a template which lists them in order
 * A page on "caves" - sounds stupid, but nothing really covers it at the moment - there are pages on each biome, but that's about it
 * A page on "night" or "day" or explaining "time" - some of this is done on the watch page, but I think it merits its own page
 * Linked to the previous, possibly a page on the sun or moon
 * A page on worlds - explaining each size of world, differences, advantages of one or the other etc.
 * A page on plants, perhaps? Covering growing times, vines (not the item, the stuff which grows on ceilings), grass, that nasty stuff in the corruption, and possibly the man-eater
 * Single player - there is a huge article on multiplayer, why not single player?
 * Overall, an explanation of game mechanics like how armor affects how much damage you take - is touched on in a few articles, but nothing solid

In addition to this, I would also like to know if there is a Terraria-specific manual of style, given that this whole wiki seems to be edited in lots of different styles (different levels of formality, different templates, item capitalisation etc.)

Are you the right person to talk to about this? Sorry for wasting your time if you aren't :P

VaguelyRedolent 20:11, June 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for helping out with the wiki! First, there really is no "right person" to ask about new pages. It's up to the community what is or is not appropriate for the wiki. The trend of the wiki seems to go leaving dedicated article pages to large topics and combining smaller ones. Inventory could definitely use some more "user friendly" detail. I think there is a page on Minerals but I'm not sure offhand. Caves should probably be covered in the Underground biome page. A page on day and night just doesn't seem that interesting or important. etc.


 * But like I said, it's up to the community. I can tell you that the majority of new pages get flagged for deletion so it seems that generally it is felt that the majority of topics are covered, if not in detail. Combining into an existing article is generally the best bet at this point. That said if you feel strongly that something isn't adequaltly covered and can't be combined into another article then go ahead and make it. If it gets flagged for deletion then a discussion can be had on it.


 * As far as style, yes it's a huge mix right now. The wiki is young so that's pretty much bound to be the case. We're striving to make simply a matter of "proper English" as far as capitalisatoin etc are concerned. One big problem is that many, if not most, of the contributers are new to wiki editing. A few people are working hard to get it in to shape though. Over time I'm sure it will improve a great deal. -- Osculate(talk) 22:29, June 9, 2011 (UTC)

Video Overload
I need your advice once again. We're getting WAY too many videos uploaded and I'm getting to the point where I keep the shortest one with all the information. Is it possible to have, like, a wiki meeting on the subject? Possibly adding officially rules or regulations to posting videos? Zenofire


 * I'm pretty fed up with the whole video situation. Closest I can offer to a "wiki meeting" is the discussion at User_blog:Osculate/Video_Content which I know you're participating in. We definitely need to get something figured out though. It's ridiculous.

Vandalism
Hey, Oculate, I know we've been having quite some vandalism on the wiki, and I've been thinking: wouldn't it be best to make a specific talk page for it, like a "Vandalism Reports" page? That way, we can know things like, for example, what pages are the most targeted, who keeps vandalising them, etc... If you think it's best to keep things this way, fine by me, just giving my two cents ;D -Franx12 14:58, June 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * I've been thinking the same thing myself lately. I do monitor the other admin's pages but a central place would be better. Maybe in the forum section. -- Osculate(talk) 00:33, June 14, 2011 (UTC)

Regarding the Obsidian page lock :
Thanks a lot for the lock! But before you did, the routine offenders had time to change the video. That obsidian video I made is actually the most popular video on this whole wiki and people keep replacing it with their own cheap knock-off!

This video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMMXMGeBhl4 has 100,000 views and was made the 24 may. All the other obsidian videos are just copy of that one. Would it be possible to remove the offenders and put my video back the way it was?

Edit: The lock expired and i changed it back to the way it originally was. Would it be possible to prevent any further edits? Or block the offenders from chaning it yet again... It's always the same 2, Bigboss619 and Netherportalgames


 * I'll take a look at their histories and see what they've been up to. -- Osculate(talk) 03:40, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

Categories messed up
I noticed while looking through the categories that they're kinda messed up. Most of them don't even make sense and some of them have infinite loops of subcategories etc. Is this known already and is someone working on this? Anything we should do? × HighLowGravityS4 18:16, June 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * I've noticed a user doing a lot of work on categories. I couldn't say if they've been helpful or not though, I haven't been watching it that closely. :) -- Osculate(talk) 01:33, June 15, 2011 (UTC)

QRdestroyer
Hey,

Quick question. I recently edited the Eye of Cthulhu page, I went into battlefield, and took the picture there, put it into a gallery instead, and added a picture to that gallery of my own.

Just wondering if this would cause any problem's I didn't think about?

- QRdestroyer


 * Eh... assuming I followed that correctly I don't think so. :) -- Osculate(talk) 17:03, June 15, 2011 (UTC)

Main Page Tweaks
Hello, my name is Nic from the Wikia Content Team. Noticed that your main page could use some work, would it be ok if I tweak it a bit for you? - Wagnike2 17:02, June 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sounds good to me. Avoid the Noid though. -- Osculate(talk) 17:37, June 15, 2011 (UTC)

Shifting links towards first references.
I know that the typical reference system within a wiki is to cite the first cross link as soon as it is mentioned in an article. However, people love to drag and drop full paragraphs when they edit their pages. So how vital do you think this is? When I'm adding links to existing pages, if I see the second mention linked instead of the first, I just don't have the energy to unlink, search for first reference to make sure, re-link, etc.

How vital do you think this is?


 * I try to always fix it to first reference. Major edits on most articles are settling down lately so it should be a little easier to keep it up. The problem with too many links is that it can be a huge performance drag on the wiki so it's fairly important. -- Osculate(talk) 01:23, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism by Terrariaplayer
Terrariaplayer keeps removing pages. ×HighLowGravityS4 20:55, June 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you. -- Osculate(talk) 01:23, June 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was about to report that too. He's completely trashed the items page twice. Co676 02:07, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

More Porn in the Pictures
There's more porn in the gallery. Please ban the uploader and get rid of it. Thanks, Co676 06:06, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

User Yikkes is uploading porn
Hi, Osculate... I don't know if you're a staff member of Terraria's wikia, or just a very awesome member or whatnot, but the user Yikkes is uploading pornography to the wiki. Can't delete it, though that doesn't surprise me, though I don't know a lot about Wikis yet, so I went looking for a way to anyway -- either way, can you deal with him, or let the people in charge know about it all (if they don't yet)? I figure, if you're not one of the head people, then by how ... ubiquiotous you are, you certainly know who is.

Anyway, yes.Thanks.. x.=.x I hope all is well..!

~Salrith (Edit, also -- so -this- is how you use Talk pages x3 ...Re-edit: tildes. This is, like most things, sadly not a monocle. 06:35, June 16, 2011 (UTC))


 * Thanks for letting me know. -- Osculate(talk) 15:19, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

Got rid of the porn...
Well, since no one seems to be online, I tried getting rid of the porn by overwriting it with placeholder images. Hope it doesn't cause any issues, but, yes x.=.x

~Salrith This is, like most things, sadly not a monocle. 07:07, June 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for covering some of them up; they're permanently deleted now. It doesn't really cause any problems other than it can sometimes make it difficult to see who is actually uploading the porn, but we can figure it out. -- Osculate(talk) 15:21, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

I am TheAntiVandal.

Thank you for fixing the items page.

i was temporarily banned?
I Do not remember doing any vandalism of any sort. refresh my memory please.