User talk:Emma

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Feel free to place any opinions you may have.--Matt 04:55, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

User Diamond
The changes you did...care to explain how it works? you know, like what does what?--Seablue254 20:16, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I'm not quite sure how those ones worked. But, as I'm sure you have noticed. I've found a much better way to accomplish the same thing. Here is what you type:

 

In place of object you put what you the variable that you will use. So if it is on a userbox like  , then you would put    in place of object. Don't forget the vertical line. or "pipe". In the condition you put what you want the object to equal. Here is an example of the code that would have worked for the diamond userbox. I bolded the edges for clarity.



With that code, if the field is empty it would put nothing down at all. But if there is something in the field then it would put down that sentence and whatever was in the field.

I'm putting these dividing lines in just to clarify that this is one post. Any other questions? --Mjr162006 20:42, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

What does the #ifeq do? --Seablue254 21:15, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * It is the name of the function. The function is one of the parser functions from the extension we have. Putting that there tells that what followings it is a conditional statement. If you don't put that in it won't work.--Mjr162006 21:21, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I see. Also, what happens to the text; what would be its output? --Seablue254 21:30, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * That wasn't worded right I'll change it. In a template, there can be those options after the name. When you want the value of the option your just the number of it with three brackets on each side. Putting the pipe in will make sure your talking about the option and not the value. If you don't put in the pipe, it could still work, but it is better to be safe than sorry. MediaWiki says to put the pipe in. It doesn't have to be an option either. It can be one of those variable functions on the editing help page. But you don't use a pipe when you use a function. The best example of this is the Day template I made. That is what changes those pictures on my userpage everday and the quotes in the blueish userbox of mine. It is also what makes those Feature Content templates I made work. So don't mess with the day template. You can look at it though. Any more questions. If so then I might give my fingers a rest. Seriously! I think I have typed over ten-thousand characters all together here, at Deviant Art(asking the image creator something), and at Zeldapedia (discussions with the admins over there) since I woke up this morning. --Mjr162006 21:50, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * May I have an example, Mr. Matt? --Seablue254 21:52, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Sure, just give me a few minutes. I'll type a nice one up.--Mjr162006 21:59, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

OK --Seablue254 22:00, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Here's one.
 * When the current hour (UTC) is 22, like now, this will say the number of current articles. Anyother time it will day the number of current edits. So check back when the hour changes and it will change. This the most complex conditional statement I can make without nesting another statement within it.--Mjr162006 22:10, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * When the current hour (UTC) is 22, like now, this will say the number of current articles. Anyother time it will day the number of current edits. So check back when the hour changes and it will change. This the most complex conditional statement I can make without nesting another statement within it.--Mjr162006 22:10, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I see. However, whats the |22| for? --Seablue254 22:13, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

That is your condition, or what you want to equal for it to show. If isn't 22 then it will show  .--Mjr162006 22:16, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Got it. nao to stop this troll. I'm trying to get EA's attention as we speak. --Seablue254 22:17, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, it seems that out of the 3 bureaucrats i could find, non will ban him. EA and Yami are unresponsive and Scott refuses to ban him for doing it once, even with the possibilty to ban him for 3 days. --Seablue254 22:54, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Ando blocked one today for doing it once. That one wasn't nearly as bad as this one. We'll just have to wait for Ando. Don't edit this for a few minutes. It's archive time!--Mjr162006 22:57, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Blocking Time Guidelines
I was thinking of making a table for blocking users. It would show the recommended time to block a user for doing something. I expect it to be expanded or corrected by you guys. This will show the range of times. The greater the severity the longer the time.

I'm not say these should rules or anything it is just an idea I had. This way we'll have more reason to block people if they only vandalized once. I'm not sure on the block times here. It is just a guess.--Mjr162006 01:49, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

SECONDED. --Seablue254 01:54, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, I just saw this. Hm.
 * Interesting idea. My thought is, if it's obvious that their intentions are, dare I say, evil, then I infinite block. And if it turns out that they thought that they were doing good for whatever reason (remember the Ice Temple and Sand Temple incident? ...anyone?), then there's always the option on my user page to email me if they so desire. They can contest the blocking that way, and who knows, I might give them a second chance. Still, though, other offenses by established users that still need punishing (such as the past case of assumed harassment by a... former member a while back, you may not have been here for that) will get timed bans, depending on the severity. --Ando 02:51, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Anyone want to explain this Ice Temple/Sand Temple and harassment by the former member? --Seablue254 13:50, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't know. Was I here for that? Clarify either way. We love a good story.:P--Mjr162006 13:52, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Alright, children, gather 'round, and listen to the tales of, uh... stuff.
 * The temple issue was... weird. I log in one day and see about six edits to Arbiter's Grounds that had just happened. "What the heck?" I think to myself, and check these edits. Turns out someone was trying to replace various fields in the dungeon infobox with "Sand Temple" or trying to add a new field called "Theme = sand". Needless to say, this didn't really work out. The problem was, they were making edits just as quickly as I could undo them. I left them, like, three messages saying "Yo, stop, don't do this no more." "Seriously, stop, that's not going to work." "I WILL BLOCK YOU, SIR, IF YOU DON'T STOP."
 * I was hesitant to block, though, as this situation had happened before, and it took the person a good 10 or 15 minutes to notice my messages and say "oh, crap, sorry". So maybe the same thing was happening now? Wait, no time to think about it, they've moved on to Snowpeak Ruins and are trying to perform the same failed experiment, only with "Ice Temple" this time. They only tried editing City in the Sky once with "Wind Temple" before they just edited the pages with "This temple is also known as the [x] Temple." Nobody calls them that. D:
 * They eventually stopped editing (I guess the fact that I used the oh-so-MAGICAL rollback button about a million times finally hit them) and haven't come back since. :/ I think that I ended up blocking them for... something. I don't really remember.


 * Not sure if I should talk about the member harassment, as I'm not sure what he'd think about that (granted, he's not around anymore), and some might consider it gossip. I'd rather not be the dude who talks about people behind their backs. --Ando 14:13, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Gettin' Thems Headings
Sorry, I wasn't aware that that particular heading needed fixing. :P I was just going for the spelling of Zelda Wiki. Can't be having people going around calling this place ZeldeWiki. "Zehl-deh-wee-kee". That sounds weird. XD --Ando 02:36, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I know that. It was a joke. Just like Master Yoda might say "Forget you did, that laughs I like to make."--Mjr162006 02:43, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Righto. Just... mentioning that I only edit others' user pages when it's absolutely necessary (like when someone puts their user page in the People category!). Fixing the spelling of our own Wiki seemed necessary. :P
 * Sometimes it's really hard to tell when you're joking, though, especially since sarcasm is hard to detect over the internet. That's why I like to pepper my potentially-taken-as-offensive-or-just-rude comments with something like :P or :D or ;) or even FSDGJIKL if the moment calls for it. --Ando 02:47, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * It'll get old if I warn people every time. But I have to warn if I'm going to squeeze in a "grammer" otherwise people complain on the next edit. "If misspell I do, complain they will." :P--Mjr162006 02:55, 21 June 2008 (UTC)