User talk:Her Grace

Multiple edits
Hello! I noticed you've been making a lot of edits to the same page over a short time. Doing this puts a large strain on our server and clogs up the recent changes. So instead of saving a lot, use the "show preview" button next to the "save page" button. It'll allow you to view your edit for any mistakes so you don't have to make a lot of fixing edits or additional ones! :) Happy editing! Dany36 19:32, 10 January 2012 (EST)

Sorry about that! I do apologise for any issues. I am somewhat new to actually joining Zelda Wiki and decided to join with the release of Hyrule Historia... a most appropriate time with its overload of new information and series chronology. I recently noticed the "show preview" button and it's indeed much more useful than saving over and over. Thanks for the tip! :) Her Grace 19:36, 10 January 2012 (EST)


 * Hey, no problem! Yeah, the release of both HH and SS has had us pretty busy around here. XD If you have any other questions or comments, please don't hesitate to ask me or any other active staff member. Dany36 20:44, 10 January 2012 (EST)

Game names
Hullo, Her Grace! I noticed your recent edit to the Royal Family of Hyrule article, and I just wanted to point out something that will turn out to be rather helpful in the longrun! Instead of typing out the Four Swords or Four Swords 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:

Four Swords

Nice, eh? We encourage users to use the Game shorcuts so that it will make it easier and faster to edit the wiki, and it's actually how we link to all games in articles (as in, just the "sub" title or whatever). For a list of all Game Formatting Templates, you can go here: Link Templates. --Dany36 13:03, 12 January 2012 (EST)
 * I don't know if it's still helpful or not, but I recently created Template:T which simplfies the coding, even after the first time it's subst'd (so it stays simple, rather than expanding). Is that something you guys could use, or does it need to be deleted?KrytenKoro 14:13, 12 January 2012 (EST)
 * Oh, whoops, I had meant to talk to you about that template. You can actually just use or  instead of the subst'd version (resulting in the same thing), but I remember a while ago our bot going through all instances of the non-subst'd templates and replacing them with the expanded ones since the latter was preferred, but I don't know if that consensus still stands. --Dany36 14:25, 12 January 2012 (EST)
 * Are there templates for each game? My T template handles each game. Also, about the subst thing...I guess if it's house rules it's not my place to dispute it, but on other wikis I generally prefer keeping standard-formatted stuff like that in templates, with substing for temporary user messages and stuff, since templates allow you to update it all from one place if needed, and shorten the code that appears on the final page. You guys seem to prefer the aesthetics of substing, though, soooooo...yeah.
 * Hmm...instead of having multiple templates that get substed in, would it perhaps be simpler to just use Four Swords ? That way there's only one template to remember, instead of fifteen or so separate ones.KrytenKoro 15:12, 12 January 2012 (EST)

Writing in present tense
Hello! I noticed in your recent edit to the Master Sword that you wrote several things in past tense, such as:


 * The princess felt guilt for the Hero of Time having lost his childhood just to save Hyrule and sent him back in time to relive the days he  missed and create a new history.

As stated in our Quality Standards, articles are to be written in present tense unless necessary, such as stuff that happened prior to the game's story (Hylia's battle with Demise etc). I rewrote this sentence and others so that they would be in present-time, such as:


 * Princess Zelda feels guilt for the Hero of Time having lost his childhood just to save Hyrule and sends him back in time to relive the  days he missed and thus creates a new history.

Just something to keep in mind. :) Thanks! --Dany36 11:36, 26 January 2012 (EST)


 * I will keep that in mind next time! I have seen both used occasionally, so I was never quite sure whether there was a rule as to which one was supposed to be used. Thanks for clearing up what each tense actually applies to on the wiki. :) Her Grace 15:44, 26 January 2012 (EST)