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[edit] AutoWikiBrowser

Time for the second part of Phase Four. Here's the message:

[edit] Vote!

Attention, All Users! Time to finish Phase Four on Boss Battle Royal[e]. Click here and place three tildes (~~~) next to the names of bosses you think would win in a fight! 'Squeemaster 20:05, September 10, 2009 (UTC)

And here's the list of users:

Thanks. Squeemaster 20:05, September 10, 2009 (UTC)

Will run your latest request the next time I am at a computer with AWB, which will hopefully be in a few hours. --FastLizard4{ADMIN} (Talk•Contribs•Logs) 23:50, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
A little late (had computer trouble), but last request now done. --FastLizard4{ADMIN} (Talk•Contribs•Logs) 08:05, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Rollback request

So you're saying editing an article in order to put false information on the article is NOT vandalism? Huh. All these years I've been wrong... I can't believe it! Anyways, just so you know, I don't dislike you, I just think you made a bit of a stupid move. I understand your decision, and I respect it (and you (but not your stupid move)). DoomZero 23:41, November 24, 2009 (UTC)

Actually, it's not that stupid. There is a HUGE difference between false information and vandalism. False information is stuff like, "Phazon is blue and green." Vandalism is, "Phazon is my favorite thing in Metroid!" He was right to deny you, you got to learn.
But look at what I did to get denied. I forgot to sign. If anybody made a stupid move, it was me. :) The Exterminator 00:43, November 25, 2009 (UTC)
Well, that does make sense... I guess I didn't phrase it right. Well, what about editing an article to say something like "Since Rundas is made of ice, leaving him out in the heat too long will turn him into a puddle"? Rundas is obviously not made of ice, and the sentence is obviously false anyways. I'd consider that vandalism. And anyways, that "False information" isn't entirely false. Phazon... could possibly... maybe... sorta... look blue-green if you tilt your head, close one eye, stand far away, and stand infront of something green... Okay, it's hard to see Phazon as blue-green, but that's a little thing, not something that's seriously false. DoomZero 00:55, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

People do make honest mistakes sometimes. Occasionally, they just make a really cruddy edit that leaves the article worse off, too. Its not the same as vandalism, and I've added false information a at least few times without knowing. It certainly wasn't intentional, though. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 06:09, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

Couldn't have said any better, Chozoboy. One more thing, Doom. I said "blue and green" not "blue-green." Rollbackers have to read information carefully and interpret its meaning precisely. That's what got me. Nothing personal, but I agree with FastLizard that you should wait a little longer before you try again. The Exterminator 13:47, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

  • sigh* I knew you were going to comment on the blue-green thing. And I think you should read information carefully. I already said I agreed with FastLizard. I was only stating his mistake. And I don't have much time to type this so I'll say more later ('Bout 3 hours) DoomZero 17:29, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

Uh, you never said you agreed to it, you said that you understood it and respected it. I understand why people rob, but it doesn't mean I agree with it. I respect the president of the U.S., but I don't agree with his actions. Watch what you say dude. The Exterminator 17:36, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

Ugghhh... Okay, how about this... I never said I agreed with it, though I did agree to it. I did say blue-green, while you said blue and green. I did not use the word vandalism correctly. The mistakes I have made are right there. I do not want to be a rollbacker anymore. I could argue the agreed/respected topic, but I won't. Conversation ended. DoomZero 20:26, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] A quick favor

On my home page, it says that admins can change some message on the sidebar to tell people about stuff that's happening. If you know how, could you put my newest page on there, User:The Exterminator/Main Page Updates? I'd like to get people on there to help change the main page. Thanks! The Exterminator 00:33, November 26, 2009 (UTC)

Also, could you help with this section? How to Vote The Exterminator 00:42, November 26, 2009 (UTC)

Firstly, I disabled the home page for me in my preferences a long time ago, so I'm not too sure what you're talking about, but I'll take a look. Secondly, as for the Main Page updating schedule you propose, assuming that you mean UTC Coordinated Universal Time for Wikia time, 18:00 translates to 10:00 (or 11:00 if Daylight Savings is running - I live in California in the U.S.), way before I'm usually even awake on Sundays. Even then, I sometimes am not even online on Sundays (depending on how much homework I still have to do for that particular weekend). In fact, there is really no time I can guarantee I'm online, although I'm usually online from 23:00 - 0:00 UTC (or 22:00 - 23:00 if Daylight Savings is running in the United States) on weekdays and Fridays from 3:00 - 8:00 or so (2:00 to 7:00 when Daylight Savings is running), while school is in session (i.e., when we're not on break or vacation). My schedule is generally more consistent in the June - August months, but that's still quite some time from now. So you'll have to rework the scheduling bit to be more flexible. Aside from that, though, I like the idea. --FastLizard4{ADMIN} (Talk•Contribs•Logs) 07:55, November 26, 2009 (UTC)

I'm not that picky on where you announce it, I just picked the home page because you can send messages to all users. Heck, you can even use your bot to send a message to everyone. I just want people to start helping out with the main page. I tweaked the schedule a little on Sunday; if I still got it wrong, you can put it how it works best for you (yes, I'm using the UTC time). One more thing though, I have a Zeldapedia link on my How to Vote section. Their Voting Templates use those pictures for supporting and opposing. Problem is, I can't get those pictures. The green and the red ones are the only ones I need, since it'll help when I'm counting up votes for the finals. Again, thanks for helping! The Exterminator 15:51, November 26, 2009 (UTC)

In a similar vein, I'd also like to make...well, the exact same request, basically. I realize that we already have Boss Battle Royal, but I'd like to create something like Zeldapedias temple of courage. It could be used to draw new users. For example, I joined them so I could suggest fights...and...well, yeah. Anyways, I wanted to beta test it to see what it would be like if it was made, so I'd like to ...ah, there's no good sounding way to say this...advertise it. Either in that orange...box thing, or using the auto wiki browser that you use for squeemaster. Sinc eI don't want to look stupid, I'll say thanks after the fact. --DekutullaZM It's at User:DekutullaZM/sandbox. 17:50, November 26, 2009 (UTC)

I'll need some time to consider both of your requests, partly because I have no time now, and partly because it does need some considering. I'll get back to both of you soon. --FastLizard4{ADMIN} (Talk•Contribs•Logs) 23:31, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Oh, Thanks Lizard

Oh, right then, I'll try to remember that. Thank you for reminding me about the signing thing, I had forgotten about that. Now how do I remove/move categories? It's been awhile since I used Wikia, and everything is different. Thanks for the help Lizard. :)

TerrorDactyl 23:36, December 10, 2009 (UTC)

It's pretty simple, it's just kinda hard to notice. Just hit the standard edit button, and at the bottom of the code entry window there will be a small categories box. Categories on the page are blue boxes, just hit the x and save the page to remove the categories. Alternatively, you could do it the old-fashioned way and hit "Code view" and see the old coding-style window for categories. --FastLizard4{ADMIN} (Talk•Contribs•Logs) 23:44, December 10, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me how to sign for my info. (SebastainE 01:20, December 11, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Speed:Warp, Lightspace?

I think I saw you talk about the speed of Samus's Gunship, but I'm not sure. You had all these calculations. so, what is the ship speed, if you figured it out?--DekutullaZM 19:59, December 12, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Main Page Update

New Thing: Space Arena by DekutullaZM

I have an idea for a new segment! It is basically boss battle royale mixed with Zeldapedias temple of courage. Once a week (or 2, or 3, if you want), a battle between two characters, creatures, items, etc. takes place. Then users faaaar and wiiiide can vote for their favorite. It could bring in new users, and make the wikia a more interesting place to be. Yes, I know you object to making this wiki anything other than a metroid database, fastlizard4, but lighten up, willya? The full thing can be seen here.

+ I think this would be great. This is one of three reasons that I joined the wikias, and it's the main one at that. I'd like to go with it! The Exterminator

btw, this is open people if you want to vote. The Exterminator
okay, this is ridiculous. NO ONE HAS VOTED IN 2 WEEKS! I will pay someone okay, not really to vote on this thing. No one has suggested except Dekutulla, who gets a free 100. Come on people and vote! The Exterminator

+ Not bad. I like to see battles between each other.

Results
Three (3) support votes, zero (0) oppose votes.
Request
Add Space Arena to main page.

The Exterminator 22:03, December 13, 2009 (UTC)

Please, if you say yes on this, give me some time to fix it up before you put it on. Thanks,DekutullaZM 23:10, December 13, 2009 (UTC)

FL:If you agree, send the message to him with a link that says Wikitroid:Space Arena. He'll have to transfer all of the stuff he has on User:DekutullaZM/sandbox onto that page.
DZM: Be ready for it. If he disapproves, I wouldn't try again for another 2 weeks or a month.
Firstly, I question the validity of this vote, since it was not conducted in a standard administrator-monitored manner, such as RfC, and at the very least, provide me with a link to this vote. Secondly, it appears you already know this, but I generally object to these sort of things on wikis, for a few primary reasons. Firstly, as is hopefully obvious, they detract from the goal of the wiki, to create a Metroid encyclopedia. As for the attracting users point, I'm not sure we would be attracting people of our target audience. We would like to target users who are looking for an encyclopedia/database to contribute to, not a social networking system or battle system like the one you suggest. In addition, I don't see how this is different from the Boss Battle Royale we already have, which brings me to my next point. The Boss Battle Royale causes enough grief for admins already. As you know, we hand-patrol every (without exception) edit made to the wiki, and anything like this would surely add to our loads. Indeed, just the other day, I had to patrol over 200 backlogged edits - by myself. Needless to say that got me in a rather pissy mood. --FastLizard4{ADMIN} (Talk•Contribs•Logs) 23:49, December 14, 2009 (UTC)

HI, I JUST WANT TO TELL TOU THAT I WILL GIVE YOU ALL MY SERVICES. TALK TO ME IN MY EMAIL. I WANT TO HELP YOU IN WHAT I CAN. THANKS

Congratulations, FastLizard4! You just got someone to willingly become you servant! XD The MarioGalaxy2433g5 {talk/contribs/Logs} 00:28, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Custom skin and fixed width main page

Hi FastLizard. Joe from the Wikia Gaming team here. We would like to give the Metroid Wiki a custom skin to better match the look and feel of the game. If you're interested, let me know and I'll be glad to work with you to create a new skin that the wiki's community will be proud of.

I also wanted to ask if you guys would object to having the main page set to a 1024 fixed width. This is something new we've been doing on some wikis using custom skins. Here's one example. None of the content on your main page would have to be changed, unless you wanted to. A cool thing you can do with a fixed width main page is to display images on both sides. (Example) So if you know of a couple large hi-res images, such as Samus, Ridley or whoever/whatever you want (preferably transparent, but if not, I can make it transparent), I could display them like that. Think about it and leave me a message once you've decided on using a custom skin and fixed width main page. Thanks. JoePlay@Wikia (talk) 22:56, December 18, 2009 (UTC)

The custom skin and fixed with would be awesome. Pictures of Samus and Ridley to the left and right of the main page would probably be a neat combination too, but I'll poke some of the other admins about that and see what they think about the image choice. But the custom skin and the 1024 fixed width would be awesome. Let me know if there's any more information you need from me, I should be online again later this evening. Thanks again, FastLizard4{ADMIN} (Talk•Contribs•Logs) 18:22, December 18, 2009 (UTC)
Great! In the meantime, take a look at these skin templates I recently made, and if you see one that you'd like to use as a starting point (they can all be tweaked while setting one up here), tell me which one and any suggestions you have for color adjustments.
Or if you have something different in mind, let me know that too. JoePlay@Wikia (talk) 19:11, December 18, 2009 (UTC)
I guess since it's the color I most associate with the Metroid series (the Varia Suit and all), I guess a good starting point would be the orange skin, although it seems to me that a darker blue color would be good for the overall background, as it would mix with the orange and resemble Phazon. (Sorry if I'm a little inarticulate at the moment, my sleep deprivation is finally catching up to me.) --FastLizard4{ADMIN} (Talk•Contribs•Logs) 08:38, December 19, 2009 (UTC)
I made two mockups for you to check out, both using a background that attempts to match the look and feel of Phazon. The first one is currently running on my test wiki (when you load that page, press Ctrl+F5 to make sure you see the current version of the skin). The second one is in this screenshot. As you can see, I copied the upper part of the wiki's main page to give you a basic idea of what it would look like at fixed width. So take a look at those and give me your feedback (which background you like (if any), any more color tweak suggestions, etc). JoePlay@Wikia (talk) 21:08, December 21, 2009 (UTC)
Ooooh, nice! One thing I would like changed firstly is the lack of a different link color for clicked links. It's especially important for me (and the other admins here, I'm sure) because we do RC patrolling, and (I at least) rely on the different link colors to know what diffs I've already patrolled. There are also a couple of other things I can't quite put my finger on; I'll get back to you in a day or two about those. The fixed width looks good, so I guess we will go with that. Thanks, FastLizard4{ADMIN} (Talk•Contribs•Logs) 08:09, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
Sure, changing the visited link color is easy. Would you like it to be a different shade of the current color (lighter or darker), or a completely different color? Let me know and I'll fix it so that you can see how it looks. Oh, and when you decide which images you want to be featured on the sides of the main page, let me know that too and I'll get to work on that as well. JoePlay@Wikia (talk) 20:58, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
I guess a darker color for the visited link would be fine, just so long as it wasn't too dark to be seen against the black background. Also, I'll start looking for the images to use and let you know which ones I select. Thanks, FastLizard4{ADMIN} (Talk•Contribs•Logs) 10:00, December 23, 2009 (UTC)
I set the visited link color to a darker shade, so hard refresh (Ctrl+F5) and see if that looks good. JoePlay@Wikia (talk) 19:41, December 23, 2009 (UTC)
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