User talk:PhantomCaleb/Archive 1

Dude
Hey HK, make sure to sign your comments with four tildes (like this  ~ ) when you're using talk pages. Your sig lets us know that you made the comment first of all, but also tells us at what time and day it was made. It's important - we use the sig and timestamp to see if the discussion is relevant or outdated. :) 11:06, 25 August 2010 (EDT)

Thanks!
All right, thanks for letting me know! I'm pretty new to this and I'm sure I've still got a lot to learn...Hmm, someone should probably check the pages I've edited to make sure I haven't screwed things up too badly :P Hylian King 12:41, 25 August 2010 (EDT)
 * No need to worry; there's people out here called "patrollers." What we do is check every edit for quality! That means we're already reviewing your edits as you make them :) 13:26, 25 August 2010 (EDT)
 * Yeah, just a word of advice: your edit here I reverted because the tool tips are supposed to be there.  02:48, August 27, 2010 (UTC)

Tool tips? Hylian King 06:53, 27 August 2010 (EDT)
 * Yeah, are neat little things that, when hovered over, display text in a box next to the cursor. We use them to explain things. Try it out by hovering over the words "tool tips" that are yellow! 08:33, 27 August 2010 (EDT)
 * Ah yes, those. I removed them because I thought they were only necessary to identify things that are in several games but only applied to one particular one. What I mean is, let's say a particular enemy was found in Ganon's Tower, but only in the Ganon's Tower in the Wind Waker, then you would put a tool tip. That's why I removed the ones next to the dungeons because they are unique and only be found in one game. But, apparently I was wrong...Oh well! Hylian King 08:58, 27 August 2010 (EDT)

Figures
The figures at the start of your page (the ones with the Triforce and the Stones and Medallions symbols) are amazing. can I borrow one for my page, please? --K2L 20:22, 2 September 2010 (EDT)
 * NO!...Just kidding, go ahead. It's not like I made it anyways. It is rather nice, isn't it? Hylian King 20:34, 2 September 2010 (EDT)
 * Thanks! --K2L 20:48, 2 September 2010 (EDT)

Your assignment
I made you a pack of 7 images, ready for rendering. I also included a few goodies. You can pick it up here. I expect good work from you. 06:33, 5 September 2010 (EDT)
 * I'll do my best. When I'm done, should I just go ahead and upload them or do you want me to send them back to you first? Hylian King 07:57, 5 September 2010 (EDT)


 * Do what you're most comfortable with. If you feel confident with your final results, upload them directly, otherwise send them over for checking. If you do upload them directly, make sure you give them good names. We want these to be found and identified easily if anyone searches for them. 16:12, 5 September 2010 (EDT)


 * Well, here's the next pack of images. Six screenshots this time. Before you submit the images, check the quality of transparency by using a light background (eg. white) and a dark one (eg. #, the color of the wiki). Keep up the good work. 07:30, 13 September 2010 (EDT)

There are 8 this time. I know that you rendered a few of them the other day, but you know how bad those are. Not like mine are much better. :P I shoulda replied sooner but... It's completely my fault. Anyway, enjoy ^_^ (I gave you that Redead for torture purposes >:] ) 09:44, 21 September 2010 (EDT)


 * S'all good. It was good practice... By the way, I did my best with the Zill Figurine, but because of his retarded hands I fear my best wasn't enough. The image might need a do-over. Or we can just chop his hands off. Whatever. Hylian King 17:28, 22 September 2010 (EDT)

Trading Sequence articles
Hey! Just dropping in to say that you've been doing a great job at fixing all of those Trading sequence articles. :D They were in much need of help, but now they look A LOT better thanks to you, both in format and in the way that it's written. Thanks again and keep up the great work! B) Dany36 12:20, 5 September 2010 (EDT)
 * Thanks, that means a lot to me. And I know it's probably been a while since you've done it, but I've been meaning to thank you for uploading all those quality Nintendo Gallery Figurines. Not many people have the steam to do such a repetive task for so long. Kudos! Hylian King 12:45, 5 September 2010 (EDT)

Game Names
I've noticed you've had considerable trouble linking to games. I'd just like to point out that all of them have a space after the colon, you haven't been putting this in. This makes a redirect link and they're viewed as being rather sloppy and unprofessional. For example, it's The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, and is not The Legend of Zelda:The Minish Cap. It's just better to have links go directly to the intended target rather than routed through a redirect. It's in our policy: here. 20:30, September 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry about that. Well, we'll have to fix my screw-ups as we go, because I've done way too many edits this week to go back and fix 'em all. I kinda tend to be sloppy with the linking in the descriptions of image files. I figure no one reads those things anyways. Well, now I know. I've given the Quality Standard Guidelines a solid look over, so I should be able to avoid making any more screw-ups from now on :P Hylian King 17:40, 5 September 2010 (EDT)


 * Alternatively, you can just use the game shortcuts. Instead of typing out the A Link to the Past ordeal, it'd be much easier to add it using the Game Formatting Templates. So that way, you'd just type, which results in this:


 * A Link to the Past


 * Nice, eh? We encourage users to use the Game shorcuts so that it will make it easier and faster to edit the wiki. For a list of all Game Formatting Templates, you can go here: Formatting Templates. Dany36 17:03, 5 September 2010 (EDT)


 * Thanks for the tip! I knew there was a better way of doing it... Hylian King 17:40, 5 September 2010 (EDT)

Linking to other pages
Hullo, Hylian King! First of all, I want to congratulate you once again for the excellent job you've been doing in improving pages across the wiki...so hurray for you! Just a little tip, though: I've noticed (like for example in this edit) that you link to other pages several times in one paragraph. Normally, we only link to other pages once per article so that we won't overlink and such. The first thing that stood out in that edit is that you linked to uh...Link's page more than once. So just telling ya that you don't have to link to an article several times throughout the page: just once will suffice. BUT OTHER THAN THAT you've been doing an awesome job. B) Keep up the great work! Dany36 23:12, 14 September 2010 (EDT)

File Extensions
Hey, dude, when uploading files, make sure that you upload them with a lowercase file extension. It's part of our policy to have lowercase extensions rather than capitalized ones. (IE: File.jpg instead of File.JPG) Other than that, keep up your good work! 13:49, 19 September 2010 (EDT)


 * Yeah, sorry about that. Those were some of my first file uploads, and I wasn't really paying attention when I did them. It shouldn't happen anymore... Hylian King 15:55, 19 September 2010 (EDT)


 * If it happens again don't feel too bad, even some of us let it slip through when we upload sometimes. An admin should move it before too long and if they don't seem to notice it all you have to do is ask and they will, there's a section for it on the Image Requests page. 20:11, September 19, 2010 (UTC)

Epic page
How can i make my page like yours? its really cool :) DonGerosMask 7:22, 30 September 2010 (GMT)


 * First off, do not use   as your signature. I bet you wouldn't like it if I had my entire userpage as my signature. Use  DonGerosMask  for now, and stylize it or add to it as you like (Be sure to read the Signature Rules).
 * If you want to make a page like his, simply look at the source code and copy parts that you like. You can find a list of user boxes here. 07:56, 30 September 2010 (EDT)

Translations [Sandbox]
Quick question: Is the capitalization of katakana necessary? I also find the way Japanese is displayed (eg. ツインローバ "TSUINRŌBA") to be rather unappealing. Sorry for being so blunt ^_^ 11:24, 3 October 2010 (EDT)


 * Meh, it's true. It wasn't my idea. I was just following the pattern used in other translations pages, for the sake of uniformity. For the record, the capitalized characters represent a proper noun that doesn't have an English translation. For example, アンビ女王 would be "", "Anbi" being a proper noun and "Joō" being a common noun meaning "queen".


 * If you have any better ideas as to how the translations pages should look, by all means, tell me! They all kinda need a do-over... Hylian King 11:41, 3 October 2010 (EDT)

HUZZAH!
Hello, Hylian King! Let me be the first one to congratulate you for your promotion to Autopatrol! This just means that you have been doing a great job with your edits (great grammar, knows how to use wikicode properly, etc) and, since we haven't had to correct your edits that often, then the staff trusts you enough to not have an admin or a patroller check all of your edits. Congrats! We hope you stick around and continue with your fantastic contributions. And of course, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask any of the active staff members. Rock on! :] Dany36 11:55, 4 October 2010 (EDT)
 * Second!! XD Keep it up! 11:56, 4 October 2010 (EDT)
 * Awesome job! Now your rank is higher than approximately 90% of active users! It doesn't mean much, but hey, atleast the staff recognizes that you're more reliable than them. CONFIDENCE BOOST! 12:10, 4 October 2010 (EDT)


 * Thank you all. It's nice when your work gets noticed! It's an honor for me to be part of the Autopatrol (however small an accomplishment it may be! :P). I'll be doubly careful with my edits from now on, because even though most of my edits are passable, I can be quite the space cadet sometimes... Thanks again! Hylian King 16:42, 4 October 2010 (EDT)

OoA-related articles
Yo, Hylian King! I just wanted to congratulate you on all the excellent work you've done on all OoA-related articles...seriously, it's awesome! O_O Keep up the great editing skillzzzz! 8D Dany36 13:06, 7 November 2010 (EST)


 * Thanks! You always know what to say to keep us little ones motivated, don't you? :P 06:48, 8 November 2010 (EST)


 * Speaking of your OOA-related work, I think it's time to let your sandbox project out. I can say with confidence that it is THE best translation page we have yet. It's no fair to keep it way from the public eye any longer. Just remember to add the template and edit it to includes the new OOA translation page.  02:29, 26 November 2010 (EST)


 * Done. It's off to Holodrum! If you're still reading this, I'd once again like to thank you for all your help. Without you, this page would be another bunch of ugly blocks of text.


 * By the way, Minion, I've noticed the new template you've made. I must say, it looks very professional. It's definitely something I'd like to see on all the File pages (and I think I speak for a lot of people on this one). It seems to me like it would be a good task for TheStoneWatcher, don't you think?  08:00, 27 November 2010 (EST)


 * If I'm still reading this? Come on, I don't have THAT short of an attention span >_> Anyway, I really didn't do anything. It was you who put all the time and effort writing up each entry, so full credit goes to you. But damn, that page looks amazing.


 * Yeah, my baby looks nice but apparently it has a flaw. Matt thinks it's not very newb-friendly, so newbs probably won't bother using it. I honestly think it's straight forward, and after using it 3 times, I'm used to it. Plus the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. I think his argument is flawed. Newbs don't know how to use, so should we stop using that too? Anyway, I think it's better if it was added in manually. That way we can start giving files proper summaries.


 * By the way, do you have another way I can contact you? Using talk pages slows conversation greatly. If my offer feels uncomfortable, feel free to reject it. 10:22, 27 November 2010 (EST)


 * I see... Well, there's another Wiki controversy for you...


 * And you're right, but I can't think of anything other than email. If one day I finally get around to getting Skype, I'll drop you a line. Until then, I guess we have to keep conversation to a bare minimum :P 10:47, 27 November 2010 (EST)

Item template section
Howdy, HK! I have a question. I am interested on creating navigation templates in regards of the items that appear in the games (sort of like the dungeon navigation templates), but I would like to make them customized (for example, the TP item template could look like that circular Menu screen, and you could go to an item article by just clicking the item's icon in that menu). I was thinking you could help me a little there. Thanks in advance! -- 17:14, 21 December 2010 (EST)
 * Sounds like a great idea! It seems like it would be a great contribution to the TP items pages, and I'd love to help. However, template work/coding isn't really my thing (I'd like to learn, but I just have no idea how it works). You should definitely talk to Minion about this, though. He'd be perfect for the job. Still, if there's ever anything I can do to help out, you can count on me.
 * Also, I know it's been a while, but I've been meaning to talk to you about the proposal that you wrote on Jeangabin's talk page for translating all the french names (great work with the spanish ones, by the way!). I can't really promise you anything, busy as I am with the Oracle of Ages Translations article (and the OoS one to follow), but I'd love to take the task on myself. Jean isn't the only one around here who's fluent in French. ;) 07:30, 22 December 2010 (EST)
 * Didn't know you knew French as well =P. And thanks for the suggestions. I'll see if Minion is online now (though I'm not sure if he'll have time for this task, not to mention that I already talked to him in two consecutive sections of his talk page, I don't want him to think that I'm "obsessed" with him or anything). -- 14:55, 22 December 2010 (EST)
 * You didn't read the line on my user page that says I'm always waiting for questions, did you? You can fill up my entire talk page and I still won't consider you "obsessed". As long as you're more mature than an 8 year old, I won't judge you. Anyway, this project sounds like fun. Do you want quest items (eg. the Wooden Statue) in the circle? Because I'm not sure how I'll make them all fit. 23:45, 22 December 2010 (EST)
 * You mean the Event Items, correct? Well, the TP circle allows for a practically unlimited number of collected items, as their placements are accomodated each time something new is found. If you have too much trouble adding all of them in one circle, then you could trace two concentric circles so that you can have extra space (and it might be indeed necessary, due to the existence of the many things you can scoop in the Bottles, like potions, fairies, larvae, etc.) =P. As for the other menu screens (OOT's, MM's, TWW's), you could make enlarged versions of them.
 * In regards of you waiting for questions, it's admirable that you wish to help other users. The reason why I fear making others (not just you, also users like Cip and Mandi) feeling annoyed by getting messages just from me because I hate to sometimes look way too inexperienced when it comes to making advanced edits and therefore having to bother other users because I'm not very fluent on these things. It makes others think "geez, can't this dude try to learn on his own?", even though orientation from expert editors is suggested when it comes to, say, creating something like the Great Sea navigation template, which requires perfect placement of the parameters and the image-links. -- 01:00, 23 December 2010 (EST)

Sorry for taking over your talk page, HK. I hope you don't mind. Anyway, you can view the template here. Unfortunately, I didn't get to read your comment, so it looks like I'll have to redo it. I'll work on it later, I guess :P Actually, I understand how you feel. Especially when it comes to talking to someone of greater experience or authority. I guess we're both too proud to ask for help. XD Trust me, you're not a nuisance at all. If you don't understand something, tell me. I'll only help you learn things faster. 02:02, 23 December 2010 (EST)


 * Hahaha, I'm glad I was of some use to you both... The template looks AMAZING, by the way. Damn, what would this wiki do without guys like you two?
 * This actually inspired me to learn how to work imagemaps, but I think I'll stick to my simple, rectangular 2D maps for now :) 09:56, 23 December 2010 (EST)


 * Everything becomes simpler when you have the right tools. I use this site to make image maps quickly and accurately. I'm sure there are hundreds like it. 09:44, 24 December 2010 (EST)

Places galleries
Hullo, Hylian King! I recently started on my newest wiki project: creating a gallery of pages for all the games. I just finished doing the first one, the one for Majora's Mask, and I was wondering if maybe you could help me out with the Oracle series ones? I haven't really played those games (ok, I played OoA but I barely remember it XD) so I wouldn't know how to best group them together (if it's possible?). I'm posting the finishing pages in the game articles, so...if you'd help me out with those two games (or more, if you want to? Hehe!), I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! :] Dany36 22:25, 13 January 2011 (EST)


 * Ah, so there IS a hidden motive to all the images you've been uploading lately! :P I think it's a fantastic idea. I'd love to help out with the OoX gallery (and beyond, if I can). And yeah, you're certainly not the only one who's neglected the Oracles. It's why I spend so much time on 'em. :P


 * Well now that I'm talking to you we might as well jump right into it: concerning the places in OoA, I've already uploaded pics for pretty much all of them (I'm working on OoS). I guess the only way to go would be to represent each location with only one "screen" of the area (so one 160 x 128 "square") so that the whole page stays uniform. The only problem would be finding a section of the area that well represents the entire place, which seems to me like a challenge, or at least much more difficult that what one can do with panoramic shots for 3D games like what you did for the MM page (very nice, by the way). I guess another option would be to do what I did for the Locations section of the OoA Translations page, but that might seem rather dull... As for grouping them together, places in OoX aren't really separated into regions like they are in MM or OOT. For OoA, we could group the locations into "Past" and "Present", but then some places would come up twice if they appear in both ages, and we can't do that for OoS. At very least we could split them into "Labrynna"/"Holodrum" and "Dungeons"...


 * Anyways, sorry for loading this all on you at once. When you asked for my help, you had no idea what you were getting into >:].


 * Oh, and I've been meaning to ask you: Would you mind telling me how you (and others, like Minion) get such freakin' amazing panoramic images? Like any of the ones on the MM Places page, or the TWW overhead views of islands, or Minion's TP locations. That stuff is best left to the pros, but I'm curious to know how you guys do it. 18:20, 14 January 2011 (EST)


 * Hmmmm you're right about finding a section that would represent the entire place... I hadn't thought about that! D: But would it be so bad to just place the entire image (like the one that's on the infoboxes for Ambi's Palace, Rolling Ridge, etc)? The sizes would vary but...well, I guess if there's another solution you can come up with it, then go for it! As for grouping them...I was thinking of doing them in alphabetical order, or perhaps the order in which you visit those places? XD Or something. :c I guess I gave you the hard ones to do huh... :/ You're a great editor, so whatever you come up with will be good, I bet. XD


 * About the images... I usually mess around with the Moon Jump code to get those "overhead" shots. It takes me a while to get the right angle (and to get Link out of the way XD although sometimes I have to do some minor photoshopping), but it's worth it! I'm not sure if Minion does the same, but well, that's my strategy! ;) Dany36 19:02, 14 January 2011 (EST)


 * Well, thanks for the vote of confidence. I guess grouping them alphabetically makes the most sense. We'll see how things look as we go along and figure out the best way to present each location from there...


 * One more thing: how do you remove the interface from your screenshots? I don't see any life and magic meters or buttons on any of your pictures. Do you photoshop it out, or do you just cut off the top part of the screenshot? Is there some kind of way to remove the interface from the emulator? Just curious... 09:30, 15 January 2011 (EST)


 * There's a code that lets you remove the interface in OoT, MM and TP. For TWW, I had to do some photoshopping because the AR code that removes it would crash my game... D: Dany36 14:48, 15 January 2011 (EST)


 * Interesting...Ah! I forgot to mention that you should really make templates out of the awesome navigation maps you put at the top of each places page. They would make great additions to all the individual location pages. I'd do it myself, but I don't want to take any credit for something that was all your work. 15:21, 16 January 2011 (EST)


 * Hmmm yeah I had been wanting to add them but some of them are just plain too big (like TP's and maybe OoT's...), so it could get complicated for pages like Lake Hylia where it appears in ALttP, OoT, and TP... :/ I'll bring it up to Castle Town and see if anyone can come up with a good solution (maybe the hide/show template?) --Dany36 21:00, 16 January 2011 (EST)

This is a nasty message
I bet the title got your attention :P Hope I'm not bothering you, but every time I look through the Recent Changes, I come across your fantastic work. It's kind of inspiring, actually. Keep up the great work!

Also, the staff was wondering if you'd like to join the public chat on Skype. And by staff, I mean me. It's a nice place to chill out, and we coordinate a lot of ZW stuff from there. Some of the people can get pervy, but they're a nice bunch. And don't worry, all our conversations are in text, so you can check what we were discussing if you weren't online at the moment. Since I live on the other side of the world, I frequently find myself doing that. Anyway, thanks for reading this. Keep on improving the wiki! 16:27, 28 January 2011 (EST)


 * Woah, you gave me a scare there. I thought I was about to witness my first vandal. >.< Well, if you wanted my attention, it worked! And thanks, that means a lot to me coming from you, Mini-...er...Abdullah.
 * Weird, today was the day I finally got around to getting Skype. I asked Dany to let me in earlier today since she was online, but I must have missed her. Either that, or I just don't know how to use Skype yet. Looks like I've been missing out! I'll be there as soon as someone invites me in. My username is "hylian_king". Hard to forget ;) 16:49, 28 January 2011 (EST)

Promotion
As a testament to your stellar work ethic, excellent contributions, high activity, and going above and beyond the call of a typical user, you are now our newest Patroller! Congratulations, HK! This is a promotion well deserved. If you are unfamiliar with your newest duty, patrolling edits, ask any of the active admins or current patrollers - you know any of us would be glad to set you up. 23:34, 24 February 2011 (EST) EDIT: And while you're at it, make sure to archive this talk page soon! It's getting super long! 23:35, 24 February 2011 (EST)
 * Before the talk page is archived, I too want to congrat Hylian King for the promotion. We need more editors like you, pal, and it's good to see that the staff has a new buddy to patrol those endless edits. Their job will now be easier =) -- 01:15, 25 February 2011 (EST)
 * Yo! Just wanted to say congrats and keep up the excellent work, mate! :) 06:25, February 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * Congratulations![[File:DrunkRed.gif]] (whatever a Patroller is...) Seeing your fine work at first I tought you already were an admmin or something! --Kombatgod 04:26, 25 February 2011 (EST)
 * Awesome! Congrats! 10:40, 25 February 2011 (EST)
 * Thank you all for your support. It's much appreciated. It's an honor to be a part of the ZW staff. Now I'll hound the Recent Changes even more than I already do. ;)
 * And I'll be sure to follow you're advice, Cip. I've been thinking about archiving for a while. This is certainly as appropriate a time as any!
 * Thanks again, everyone! 16:30, 25 February 2011 (EST)