User talk:The Pathogen

Vandalism
User Nakiejuice is adding inappropriate and incorrect information to pages.

His only two edits are both vandalism.  

Would you be able to get him to stop please? Thanks :]

Also, just out of curiosity why doesn't this wiki use the Message Wall system?

Emailformygames (talk) 04:19, October 21, 2013 (UTC)


 * He's been dealt with. To my knowledge, it's due to preference of the old system. Personally, I prefer this system than the Message Wall.

Thanks!
Hi! I'm just stopping by to say hi, and thanks for protecting the wiki! --Patratswag (talk) 01:38, December 10, 2013 (UTC)

MC Wiki Adminship
You're an admin on the Minecraft Wiki, aren't you?

SilverHexxitFights (talk) 02:06, October 23, 2013 (UTC)SilverHexxitFights


 * That I am, Bureaucrat too now. :) Why so?

Catching Up
Hey Path, long time no see! Just wanted to catch up a bit if that's okay. I would try to see if you're on Steam but, it's hard to do that in real time, so I figured leaving a message is easier. How is life in your corner of the world? Last I remember you were graduating from school and moving on to work or college yeah? Done anything exciting recently? – obviously the new version of Terraria, how is it? I haven't had the chance to play it yet...

On my end, I've been just crazy busy with work and school. I'm working in an office doing data entry, editing, coding and whatnot for a company that produces online curriculum and E-learning solutions marketed to public school districts. Turns out if you know how to use wikis and MediaWiki software, you can use just about any other content management system with ease XD. Simultaneously, I'm taking night classes trying to get a master's degree, so that thing called "free time", I don't really have much of it anymore :( – but I still have time watch anime at least :)


 * Heya Math, it's good to hear from you again~! Don't worry, I've seen that you've been a little inactive on Steam, so I thought something must have come up. :) It's not all bad, summer isn't my favorite season here as it's the "least constant", in terms of weather stability. T_T At this stage, I'm preparing for my final exams, then I'm talking to an old family friend to see if I can get into an Electrical firm as an apprentice. I quite like the new versions, though it's a little hard to keep up with all the hotfixes, heh. I'm sure you'll enjoy it when you get the time to do so. ^_^


 * Wowsers, sounds like quite the workload! Though, it does sound like you don't mind all that much. :P No matter how I look at it, it's an admirable thing that you're doing. All that study, as well as having time for anime! :D

Bosses Page
would it be cool if i changed out the bosses page layout for the layout here? its all the same info except i added the ice golum to mini boss descriptions. ~ Juper0 (talk)

Icons on Main Page
How do you make those icons on the main page that direct you to different areas of the site? I especially like that they have "lava" trails on them when you mouse over.

Thanks,

SilverHexxitFights (talk) 18:21, October 26, 2013 (UTC)SilverHexxitFights

Keymold farming help?
Hey Pathogen i were just wondering if you could help me getting a Crimson Key Mold? I've tried to farm it so many times but i never seem to get it. Can you please reply on my talk page?

SwedFighter (talk) 21:15, October 27, 2013 (UTC)

Accessory Template
Hey Path, I tried adding to the Accessories template as it was really outdated. I noticed that the thing is kinda messy, was wondering if you could somehow work some magic and and streamline the process a little.

Thanks :P LumpZ (talk) 14:58, November 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * This all depends on what exactly you're trying to add. D:
 * Sadly, I've been unable to play Terraria for a little while, as it's exam period for me at the moment. If I have a list of the things that should be added, though; I could look into doing so. :)

Block request
ThePathogen, please block  Arachind14 user. look at this page he created: http://terraria.wikia.com/wiki/Santa_and_a_bottle_of_eggnog

MonkeyTronBlade5 (talk) 06:33, November 20, 2013 (UTC)

Licensed Video Swap Tool
Hey there, The Pathogen. My name is Doug and I'm a member of Wikia's Community Development Team! Wikia has recently updated a new admin tool for videos called Licensed Video Swap. This is a new tool that allows admins to quickly swap embedded videos on your wiki from outside providers (such as Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc) to the same (or very similar) video that exists on Wikia Video. The benefit being that the videos hosted on Wikia Video are fully licensed and will never be removed for a licensing issues.

You can read about the updates to the tool on this staff blog. and I am available to help you if you would like any assistance switching any videos out on your wiki, it's your call. Thank you and have a good one! TheBlueRogue (profile)•(talk)•(email) 22:26, November 18, 2013 (UTC)

Hi!
Hi there Pathos.

First I would like you to know I very much admire what your doing for the community of Terraria!

Then I'm asking myself : is this the right place to ask questions about the game ? Sorry if it is'nt!

The matter is, I'm afraid I'm stuck. I want to make the chlorophyte drill, but the drill itself is made out of chlorophyte,

and you need it to mine the chlorophyte ore. Seems impossible to me ! Could you please help me ?

Thanks for your time ! P2u (talk) 19:22, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

Cactus Sword
I'm having trouble crafting the Cactus Sword. I have 84 Cacti and am at a Work Bench, but it doesn't show up when I scroll. Help?


 * The Wooden Armor and Cactus Armor don't appear either.


 * SilverHexxitFights (talk) 03:41, January 5, 2014 (UTC)

need help with skelly prime
hey dude i really need help with skelly prime he keeps on just going down in the ground around 10 or 12 and doesnt come back up we have tryed fighting at the spawn away from spawn in the dugeon area and even when skellatron normal is dead we just cant kill him i beg you plz help me with this problem

p.s this is xbox 360 edition

thx if u can help

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Disabling Achievements/Spam Blogs/other stuff
Hey Path. How're you doing?

Anyway, a few things:

Considering how we've had a large number of users creating low-content/spam blogs or otherwise farming for achievements over the past few months, I talked with a few users a little while ago (including and, among others) about potentially disabling achievements on this wiki. Would you have any particular objections if this were to happen? As I've expressed in the past, I feel like disabling achievements at this point would have minimal impact on a wiki of this size, so I'd like to think that the good in such a decision would outweigh the bad.

Additionally, do you think it would be a good idea to make a way for users on this site to propose new wiki policies? It has become more and more clear over time that there are some things (such as categories, the aforementioned blog posts, etc.) which desperately need to be regulated (or at least better explained), but there isn't really a way of doing that at the moment (there have been a couple of attempts at policy changes in the forums over the past few months, but they didn't really yield any results). What I had in mind for this purpose was creating a template like this one to be placed on the proposed policy page, then discussion about the policy would take place at Terraria Wiki talk:Policy. If need be, we could update MediaWiki:Community-corner, MediaWiki:Communitymessages-notice-msg, and MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation to make new policy proposals more visible.

Let me know what you think!

Oscuritaforze (talk) 01:42, February 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * Hey Oscurita, long time no talk! :) Looking at the content of those blogs, as well as the recent (and not-so-recent) influxes of blogs akin to them, I can see where you're coming from. Personally, I don't mind either way; whether I'm top of the achievements board or not even in the top ten doesn't bother me as much as it used to (I was honestly pretty obsessed with maintaining the top spot for quite a while, though that was several months ago now), so I would have to say it may be a considerable option. I do think that achievement farming on a wiki as large-scale as this one (if not in general) could prove very problematic in the long-term.


 * In short, no particular objections from me. It may even prove to help the growth of the wiki, with more editors focusing on the content rather than the "rewards" so to speak. Now, in relation to the second point; I think that is an excellent idea. All of the latter suggestions appeal to me greatly, and I think it would help improve the regulation of many things on the wiki, not just "spam-like" blog posts. :)


 * tl;dr: I approve of both suggestions at this point in time, you have my ^_^


 * Pretty much everyone I talked to about it agreed, so achievements have been disabled*.


 * More importantly, the Proposed Policy template has been implemented (and mentioned in the MediaWiki pages I linked above, explained in Terraria Wiki:Policy, etc...)! I ended up creating a proposal for changes to the Image Policy in order to test it out, which can be found here. Feel free to comment on it if you have time. :)


 * * (Interesting aside about achievements: apparently, if we ever want to re-enable them, they would not actually be fully reset – instead, they would be in the state they were in when they were last disabled. Something to keep in mind if the proposed policy...policy works as planned.)


 * Oscuritaforze (talk) 22:22, March 7, 2014 (UTC)

Hi
Thanks so very much for your kind words. I'm really hooked on editing right now, and there's so much work to do! Exitwound 45 (talk) 00:33, March 14, 2014 (UTC)

Rollbacker nomination
Hi Path.

Not sure if you noticed, but there's a Rollbacker Nomination for that's been going for a little over a week. Would you mind commenting on it and closing it when you get the chance?

Thanks. Oscuritaforze (talk) 20:30, April 16, 2014 (UTC)

Manual of Style
Hey Path. 'S been a while, hasn't it? Hope you're doing alright.

You may or may not have noticed, but there is currently (finally!) a discussion going on regarding implementing a manual of style on this wiki. Considering how this is a particularly major policy change (based on the discussion from a few years back on the testing wiki), your input would be greatly appreciated (if you have the time to give it, of course)!

Thanks! Oscuritaforze (talk) 20:45, June 13, 2014 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for telling me. I was not aware of what I was doing was irrelevantPixel Eldon (talk) 21:28, September 13, 2014 (UTC)

Private Talk
Hey The Pathogen, I just want to ask you somethhing privatly but I don't really see you in chat and I don't want to write it on your talkpage. Where would I talk to you on. (Like an email or something)

Buggsy101 (talk) 12:36, September 16, 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi there Buggsy, you can contact me at p4thogen@hotmail.com for any private matters, thanks. :)


 * Ok


 * Buggsy101 (talk) 12:54, September 16, 2014 (UTC)


 * I sent the email.


 * Buggsy101 (talk) 12:59, September 16, 2014 (UTC)

Hey
Hey pathogen I saw what you said in my notifications and you r right cause I play kindle fire terraria and the recipe for crystal storm is different if you want to know more just give me a yell I'm on 12/7

Sorry to bother you here, but
On the Minecraft Wiki, one of my rollbacks (CP Lover 1) wants to become an administrator. I personally believe he fits the job well, and he's been contributing daily for a few months. I don't feel right making a decision like this without either you or Sharple's approval, and since he isn't active anywhere, I figured I'd ask you. I know this isn't the best place to ask, but I figured you might actually see it here :P

~Four4


 * Thanks for letting me know Four4, I've been neglecting the Minecraft wiki, and I'll be spending some more time on it in the coming weeks. Just currently focusing on the new template edits for the Terraria Wikia, as I'm one of the "head template editors" :D

Question
Hello. I saw on the Minecraft Wiki, how a notification (used to) appear (similar to the one I am reading now, telling me to use my signature). I was wondering how one would configure that - Kalbintion and I are having problems on the Hexxit Wiki with it.

Thanks,

Silver  (talk) 23:40, September 22, 2014 (UTC)

P.S. The irony: I almost forgot to sign.
 * Hey Silver, I do know how to configure those notifications, but I'll have to do some searching to refresh my memory. I'll leave you another (not the one posted 3rd Oct 2014) talkback notice when I find the solution. :)

Penny krypton
You seen Penny krypton yet? I smell Moon... again. Oh lord. I can interrogate her on chat, if you want. Silver  (talk) 18:33, October 5, 2014 (UTC)
 * I have seen, though I'm giving that particular one a couple days at least to be sure. I'm also waiting on a reply from Wikia staff for permission to get the CheckUser extension enabled for my account, so that I may properly check the IP of any and all users, primarily to catch ban dodgers like a certain Nadie we're all so fond of.


 * Okay, thanks. I'll be sure to keep you updated on any incidents with her. Silver  (talk) 19:45, October 5, 2014 (UTC)

Ban request for Penny krypton
Hi there, Path. Penny turned out to be another sockpuppet of Moon's. She reached out and contacted me via Private Message on the chat. She requested that all her accounts be un-banned and that she would follow the rules. I told her that we can't bend the rules for her nor can we ignore all the rules she's broken. Anyways, do you mind perma' blocking the Penny account? I've already banned it from chat. If you wish to see the hard evidence, (I have screen shots of the conversation) you can reach me in the chat. Thanks.

TerrariamcSwaggins ( Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow. ) ( Talk Page ) 23:40, October 6, 2014 (UTC)

Spanish Wiki wordmark
Hi The Pathogen, in the Spanish Wiki, i changed the wordmark, please, add it to the Main Page: http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb106/terraria/es/images/8/89/Wiki-wordmark.png

I dont speak english (Google Translate)

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140828202553/lordender/es/images/8/88/Estrella_de_Lordo.png LordEnder  |  Talk  |  Contribs  http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140829145755/lordender/es/images/7/76/Estrella_de_Trufas.png 18:12, October 12, 2014 (UTC)



Emoticon
Dear Pathos,

Usually Forze would handle this kind of thing, but since he is on a break I'll ask you.

Could you add this image as an emoticon to be used in chat? As you might know, when the profanity filter on the Terraria Community Forums is turned on, every swear word will be replaced by this picture of Redigit's face. However, it has grown to be popular to just insert this face instead of swearing. The command for this is :red:.

I thought it'd be funny if we had this for our chat room as well. Possibly also under the command :red:.

Also, Forze sometimes said that emoticons have to be 19x19 pixels to work, but I tested this emoticon over on the Terraria Fan Ideas Wiki and it worked, although it was a bit squished.

Ratio et Veritas Hunited Talk page 01:07, October 13, 2014 (UTC)
 * Gonna have to work on a 19x19 version if we want ol' Red to join us in chat sadly... :/ Tried it out just before, and it squished the entire picture into the 19x19 space! D:


 * I made a 19x19 version :D!
 * ;red;.png's so cute and tiny
 * Ratio et Veritas Hunited Talk page 20:19, October 30, 2014 (UTC)

Regarding a certain user's edits
From what I can tell, this user's edits have all been vandals and incorrect information. Some dressed as what might be true making them slightly harder to detect, in particular their edits on the Angler and Fishing pages. Certainly most of their edits went unnoticed by our rollbacker and contributors. I would've noticed this much earlier if I had been active for the last 3 weeks, but I only just now had the opportunity to confirm the validity of their edits. Seeing as the user has repeated offenses, leaving no doubt that it was done by mistake or misguided good will, a block might be called for. Freenight (talk) 16:09, October 15, 2014 (UTC)

"Dawn of the serpant"
Nadie's created another alt. I already got her on the AJ Wiki. 652Graystripe Talk page Contributions Edit count 15:13, October 19, 2014 (UTC) and who is this nadie you speak of
 * Thank you for informing me, this level of ban evasion and sockpuppet use will not be tolerated.

Ban request
Hey there, Path. is another one of Nadie's sockpuppets. I've already banned the alternate account from chat, do you mind blocking it? I'd do it myself, but I'm not an Admin. Thanks!

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻Swaggins ~ ( The Terrarian Bugle ) ~ ( Contact me )┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) ~  02:19, October 21, 2014 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks for reminding me that this one hadn't been picked up. :)

About a certain user's profile
So far has been making vandal pages/edits. None of them were worth keeping. I've discussed it with the other chat mods, and we feel that the user is a troll judging from their profile page(as well as their edits), in particular this. A ban might be called for. Sorry to bother you, have a nice day. Freenight (talk) 02:49, October 26, 2014 (UTC)


 * I agree with Free, here. As I see it, this user is clearly a vandal/troll. As Free does, I also think that a ban is called for.


 * (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻Swaggins ~ ( The Terrarian Bugle ) ~ ( Contact me )┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) ~  02:57, October 26, 2014 (UTC)

Warnings Ignored, Ban Request
The user has ignored the warnings given and this is their latest edit. Mind blocking the user? Thanks. Freenight (talk) 09:15, October 26, 2014 (UTC)

Another Vandal
We had another idiot messing up a few pages earlier. A block is called for I think. Freenight (talk) 02:25, November 1, 2014 (UTC)

Terrarianator
I cant see anything wrong with my edits they are helpful and I'm getting annoyed because there is nothing wrong with it. Terrarianator (talk) 02:08, November 23, 2014 (UTC)

Tell ur friends to stop rejecting me when they ask for me to go there stupid


 * Terrarianator, we asked you for proof of age as we believe you are violating the COPPA laws that this wiki works with. Until some sort of proof is (or intent to give said info) shown, we will be waiting on your response. Thank you.

Your friends are going against the terms of use so they are in the wrong.
 * Considering the reasons for us asking your age, I'd love to hear a compelling argument that would make us drop suspicions that you are breaking the COPPA policy. Thanks.

anyway thanks for cleaning up my edit 😃
 * I believe I requested something, Terrarianator. Please do decide to help us clear this up.

I. Think you should just drop it i know im over 13 And it's against terms of use to request my age i wont give that information and i dont know why you think I'm violating COPPA

Hello
I was wondering if I could meet you on chat shortly? I have an issue I'd like to discuss. Silver  (talk) 01:00, November 26, 2014 (UTC)

Chat?
Heya, Path,

Could you hop into the chat sometime soon? I believe had something he had to run by you and I have a few questions that I'd like to ask. (Just ping me if you get the chance to step in; I may be AFK when you do so.) Thanks in advance!

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻Swaggins ~ ( The Terrarian Bugle ) ~ ( Contact me )┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) ~  02:58, November 27, 2014 (UTC)

Chat
Heya, Path. Would you mind hopping into the chat for a bit? I don't think I'll keep you for too long, and it is indeed fairly important. Thanks!

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻Swaggins ~ ( The Terrarian Bugle ) ~ ( Contact me )┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) ~  17:35, December 23, 2014 (UTC)

Regarding Forze's nomination
Hiya, Path. ^_^)/

Forze's nomination has been going for well over a week now, so I think it's about time you close it and grant him the rights, aye? I'm assuming that you've been busy with the holidays and stuff, so no worries; there's no rush.

That said, if you're too busy to close it within the next day or so, I'll likely just close it myself and notify you regarding it.

Thanks! ^u^

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻Swaggins ~ ( The Terrarian Bugle ) ~ ( Contact me )┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) ~  08:10, January 1, 2015 (UTC)


 * Heya mcSwaggins, just been thinking about this myself! I definitely think we've left it long enough, as well as seeing the overwhelming support for the promotion. I'll close it now and grant the rights. :)


 * Awesome! I'm glad we got that wrapped up. :3


 * (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻Swaggins ~ ( The Terrarian Bugle ) ~ ( Contact me )┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) ~  08:30, January 1, 2015 (UTC)