User:Dr. Clayton Forrestor/archive/talk 13

Talk pages
Why is mainspace information on the weapons in their respective talk pages? The tables can be used in the article page.--0Blink (talk) 21:58, July 10, 2014 (UTC)


 * If you're referring to the item variant tables for Borderlands content, that was someone's idea way back in the day, and while I can only speculate at the rationale it seems logical when you look at the bloated mess that results for popular weapons like the HellFire. For Borderlands 2 and beyond we've put those variants on sub-pages instead. Note that patches can update weapon stats and make old data somewhat redundant, so obsolete variants also get shifted aside (archived) to make way for a new variant page in the primary position. -- WarBlade (talk) 22:48, July 10, 2014 (UTC)

( The Ëvil Dr. F agrees with the preceding statement. they would never be stable and would never fit in w/ article format.)


 * On a similar note, it is being looked at for character quotes to go onto sub-pages. Although stable, quotes also bloat pages to a large degree. Any current thoughts on that from the administrators? I believe the subject is raised by a blog from WarBlade. 06:54, July 11, 2014 (UTC)

link or it dint happen. 21:06, July 14, 2014 (UTC)


 * It's true. One of my musings in which I pointed out that we could do that, and I also pointed out that I didn't want to take on that project any time soon so it's currently nothing more than an idea. -- WarBlade (talk) 21:19, July 14, 2014 (UTC)

need a blog to sign man or a forum. quick like. firefall is releasing tomorrow. i gotta get it on. /heat 21:26, July 14, 2014 (UTC)


 * So its just an open (but good) idea atm... 06:56, July 15, 2014 (UTC)

Liaison Admin
Thanks for the UotM, I was just helping out. Thank you for also taking away the Admin title that (in my mind) conflicts with being a liaison between Admins and RC's, RC's and RC's, and (most importantly) running interference against the 'crat on behalf of all those who would freely edit (read:mess up your wiki). 06:56, July 15, 2014 (UTC)

Page problems
Some pages are appearing very small, I feel like a chipmunk. Perhaps staff can be contacted to correct the problem. I will look around to see if any other pages were adversely affected. 18:19, July 22, 2014 (UTC)

parent page
Hi Dr. F!

My name is Mike- I'm on the Gaming Community team over here at Wikia. I'm reaching out today to see if it's okay if we set up a "Parent Page" on the Borderlands Wiki. Also, if you’re okay with it, do you and the other admins have any interest in helping us fill it out?

Here is a Parent Page example from The Grand Theft Auto Wiki to give you an idea of what the page entails. Essentially, it's a guide to help parents figure out if a game series is appropriate for their child. We try and put in a little more detail than just the ESRB rating, and tap into actual players who know how the game works, what the online experience is like, etc.

Please let me know if you have any questions about any of this. We’re planning on setting up the pages over the next week or so, so I hope to hear back from you before then. Thanks!

Cheers,

Michael (profile)•(talk)•(email) 23:14, August 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * yes and yes. this is a wiki for an adult rated game and this wiki's policies are written accordingly. grand idea. 02:04, August 2, 2014 (UTC)

Great! I went ahead and imported the template and started the page up over here: http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Project:ParentPage Feel free to add to it and just let me know if you need any help.

Cheers!

Michael (profile)•(talk)•(email) 20:28, August 4, 2014 (UTC)

So sad
i just watched mystery science theater 3000 yesterday and now understand your username. you are clayton forrester from the movie. *facepalm* 01:49, September 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * i am, in fact, not the excellent Mr. Trace Beaulieu yet i strive to emulate his character's comic tyranny. thank you for watching and keep circulating the tapes.  also dont miss Cinimatic Titanic.   02:56, September 1, 2014 (UTC)

Character Quotes, Transcripts and ECHOs
Hi there, it's been a while, hasn't it? Anyway, I've been making transcripts of stuff recently, and would like input into how they should be organized, since it's ultimately up to an admin to make the call. I've spoken to WarBlade about it here, and summarized most of the problems here. HybridDragoness (talk) 01:58, October 17, 2014 (UTC)

easta eg
I found an Easter Egg in Bl The Pre Sequel. In Tycho's Limbs. I want to ask first if this Easter Egg has benn contributed yet and second if you could help me contributing what i found.
 * im looking but i dont see an easter egg page for TPS. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Easter Eggs would be the place for it.   21:56, October 24, 2014 (UTC)

Adding appropriate templates to The Pre-Sequel weapons
I created a small robot to build the weapon templates for the Pre-Sequel weapons. It also spits out a list of articles by weapon type for use with autowikibrowser so I technically could add the appropriate category to these weapon pages. However it would cause a massive amount of edits on the wiki, since I don't have a bot flagged account it's not possible for me to hide them. So I can do one of a few things: send the the article lists (and robot if you want to use it yourself?), just go ahead and do it anyway or whatever you suggest... I just wanted to check before I do anything, after all it pays to be courteous. -- 23:42, October 24, 2014 (UTC)
 * have you, in fact, blogged your intention of botting this wiki? if so, please link it.  if not i suggest you do.  performing major changes w/ or w/o a bot can get a user banned.  i feel i should remind everyone reading this that this is a community effort and even the best of intentions (or best of results for that matter) cannot excuse placing one user's vision above all else.  ty4asking.   00:26, October 25, 2014 (UTC)
 * I haven't made a blog regarding this (Who do I address it to? How to I ask the question?) my main concern is regarding the volume of articles that would be updated. The actual change to the article is minimal, simply adding the relevant template to the end of the article. I'm not sure what exactly to write in the article beyond "hey is it ok if I flood the recent changes list with an influx of template appends to the weapons articles" which apart from being slightly annoying in terms of the recent changes list, doesn't really affect the community at large. The main issue is permission to run the changes and the only person I imagine who can give said permission is the wiki admins like you. -- 00:52, October 25, 2014 (UTC)

in your blog i suggest you explain your bot, what it will do, when you plan to run it, and why you feel these edits need be botted (sheer volume of edits). address it to the community. while i have, to some extent, the final say, permission is derrived from a mandate from the masses. 01:13, October 25, 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, I have made a blog post, hopefully that explains everything in enough detail. -- 01:31, October 25, 2014 (UTC)

More info for the wiki.
I do not know how to add a box the legendaries, so I thought I should tell an administer that the Sham is also in Borderlands the Pre-Sequel.

MetalForTheWin (talk) 04:14, December 2, 2014 (UTC)
 * thank you.  04:30, December 3, 2014 (UTC)

Bot account
Howdy. I'd like to ask for a bot flag and to be added to the AWB white list page for account User:Gunnybot. I'd like to run over the BL2 and BLPS location pages and change the links from the Cult of the Vault page to the cult of the vault page for each specific game (Cult of the Vault locations (Borderlands 2) and Cult of the Vault locations (Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel)). I'd rather make these minor edits by bot. I use AWB and am experienced enough to make the edits I'm describing. If you need bonafides of my editing skills, please see my contributions at Nukapedia, The Fallout Wiki. The Gunny   22:37, December 4, 2014 (UTC)
 * that can be done. have you run this by the community in a blog (or forum) yet?  hit me up after that is done.   04:17, December 5, 2014 (UTC)
 * Have not yet, will do. I'll get back to you with the results. Thanks. The Gunny  UserGunny chevrons.png 21:03, December 5, 2014 (UTC)

re: bot account
Done. Happy holidays to you, too! JoePlay http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/joeplayground/images/a/a5/WikiaStaff2.png (talk)  15:55, December 19, 2014 (UTC)

Moderator Rights Update
BertH Blog on Community Central (AKA "FYI")

So there's a rework on moderator rights being rolled out, which admittedly has little impact here at the moment, but it did get me thinking about message walls again. -- WarBlade (talk) 06:33, January 22, 2015 (UTC)
 * ty. seems odd. or is it just me?  in wikia philosophy Moderator is a euphemism for Censor?  or is it spin doctor?  if you want to replace talk pages w/ reply boards just please make sure you have the support of the community.  thanks again.   11:36, January 22, 2015 (UTC)


 * Nah, I've never been a strong proponent of them personally - I just can't decide which way to jump off the fence on that issue, so I just sit back and wait to see if anyone launches a strong campaign for messages walls. -- WarBlade (talk) 20:40, January 22, 2015 (UTC)

imo it defeats the purpose of having discussions off stage. putting the content before the personalities. ill probly get hate mail from someone's mom b/c their child was not honored/cherished/validated (enough) by letting them write on the wiki w/ permanent crayons; to whom i can only say - this is not a series of children's games! keep your stay-at-home-children in the basement where they belong, just ask my mom ffs. and stay tuned folks, ill get those participation awards out to each and every one of you real soon. 12:57, January 23, 2015 (UTC)

Help
When I reach New Haven by foot or Runner (I don't have access to its U-Station), the game freezes 5-10 seconds after entry. I don't know if it's the disk or the Xbox causing the freeze, since there's 7.5 GB free space, and I presume the game doesn't take up that much. Funds (talk) 22:53, March 29, 2015 (UTC)
 * unless the console is directed to play off of disc i bleve this game will be run from local hard drive. it is well you know your free space on hand. i would suggest verify local files or reinstall. one assumes this is a 360 and not a 1stXBox or a One. if this doesnt work please provide details of console version and game version (goty, vanilla, philippines special edition, etc). 00:33, March 30, 2015 (UTC)

Xbox 360, playing off the disc. The other games I have work properly. Just noticed that the disc is scratched, its just a standard edition. Perhaps that's why the game isn't working properly, so I'lll just buy a new disk. Once it arrives, I will check if I can get through New Haven without the game freezing up. If it does, then the Xbox 360 has issues, and I may have to buy a new one. I'll let you know if it works or not. Funds (talk) 02:49, April 1, 2015 (UTC)
 * consider getting a non scratched used disc or wait for a sale. once you have a key for the game i should think any (xbox 360) disc would work for you. 06:18, April 1, 2015 (UTC)

I just noticed that the screen for New Haven didn't appear when Claptrap was typing on the pad. Not sure if that was related to the scratched disc or not. Funds (talk) 18:52, April 2, 2015 (UTC)

ECHONet name of chat
how did you change the chat name?Ninja Bush02 (talk) 18:40, April 23, 2015 (UTC)ninja bush02
 * a very good question my friend. however comma i cannot find where the deuce we did that.  it was so long ago and it was, for me, a fix and forget.  i will post the link here or on your talk page, most likely both, when i find that dratted page.  ty for your patience.   21:02, April 29, 2015 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Chat-join-the-chat on your wiki. 22:22, April 29, 2015 (UTC)

Infoboxes
Hi there! I’m Andrew, one of the community managers at Wikia. If you don’t know me, here’s my CC profile. I like baseball, laying on the beach with no plans or goals for the day, and climbing things.

We have a new beta project out, and since it's going to be critical to Wikia's future, we're asking for your help.

We want to partner with your community (and a couple others) and collaborate on a redesign of your existing infoboxes. It’s not a small task, but it’s one that we think we can get done relatively quickly and efficiently. Our engineers - both here in San Francisco and in Poland - will get hands-on with your community and work with your team to redesign the infoboxes.

You can read more here in the forum (and head to the sandbox to give it a whirl), but the tl:dr version: our current infobox structure translates very poorly to mobile experiences, and mobile is where Wikia’s growth lies. We came up with a solution that will take a bit of effort, but will pay significant dividends in the near future. What we're hoping is that we can use this community to test out its strengths and limitations while we get it from “beta” to “full feature”.

What you get out of the deal:


 * Wikia engineers who will work directly with your community to update the code that underpins your infoboxes
 * Access to staff for feedback, and our promise that your ideas will be taken seriously
 * A head-start on this change and therefore a significant upgrade in your community’s visibility

What we get out of the deal:


 * Several fresh sets of eyes that can help us understand how this will be used by the average Wikian
 * A test community that will let us track how the new infobox structure is used by visitors and viewers
 * The opportunity to share this initiative’s successes (and failures, I’m sure!) with the wider Wikia community and show them that it’s a smart plan for our shared mobile future

Please talk this over with your admin team and let me know. I’m happy to answer any and all questions about this - please use my wall or just keep the conversation going here.

Ducksoup (talk) 01:58, May 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * I was intrigued when I first heard about this, and then edged quietly away once I realised the extent to which things might change. This is a massive rework. -- WarBlade (talk) 02:51, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

Mr. Soup-
 * the infoboxes created and tuned for this wiki were fashioned long ago, in wikia years, by persons retired or moved on, so,  if central wants to overhaul the infoboxes now would be a good time to gather support. please compose a blog for recruitment of users and i (or you) can link it in com corner and promote it accordingly .  im afraid all the actual admin team is gone or committed to many wikis.  the tempops are fair game but must volunteer like any other user.


 * please excuse me if this comes off standoffish or even angry. the infoboxes used on this wiki are very old and hand designed by some very dedicated persons.  in very few cases have users had to go to staff for help, and even then it was staff known to participate  in _this_ wiki.  each upgrade to infoboxes has been a labour of an individual or small team who wanted to make something work better.  that said, i bleve we have the best and most specifically tuned infoboxes on wikia.


 * i myself will not be participating as ive been left standing at the alter by staff on no less than three occasions in what turned out to be make work for the SF office. that said i encourage any and all users and admins to join staff in what im sure will be an educational endeavour.


 * also of note is that there are several iterations of infobox in play on this wiki. please be careful not to break what has taken many years to set up.  thank you.   10:47, May 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * @Ducksoup: I've been thinking, since the Penny Dreadful wiki got dropped in my hands, I've been tinkering with things to get it tidied up, and because it's still in an early formative state it strikes me as a simpler prospect to overhaul. The character infobox was ported in by one of the members, and I've cleaned up some of its shortcomings before adding several wikitext parser functions to generate categories. I was about to embark on a small project to standardise all the infoboxes to one style anyway, so your entry here looking for another volunteer test community is timely. Drop me a note on my wall there if volunteering Penny Dreadful is of any use. -- WarBlade (talk) 22:27, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

as evinced by his edit count here to say WarBlade is a power user would be an understatement in the extreme. he was however, conscripted by me in time of need and has kindly stayed on. i would suggest that penny dreadful could benefit greatly from the more broad strokes of this endearour whereas blands wiki would likey require a more surgical application. in short id recommend you avail yourselves of both wikis. just my two coppers. 18:28, May 21, 2015 (UTC)

Part Deux
Hello there, Mr. Forrestor!

OK, I'll put together a brief little blog/proposal and send it over. May I ask: what did Wikia do to upset you? I'd like to make it right, if I can.
 * this would involve several past events and wikia programs to which i am no longer a party. none of which has impinged upon the management of this or any particular wikia wiki. think nothing of it. suffice to say however, that i no longer am available for programs or features in which i am the principal or sole actor. as the current project involves staff's participation intrinsically i have faith the members of this and the other volunteer wikis shall be treated well. i thank you for your intentions.

18:21, May 21, 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay then. I wrote this up for y'all - let me know if anything needs clarification. Ducksoup (talk) 23:22, May 21, 2015 (UTC)


 * Hey, Forrestor! Did you happen to find time to talk this over with the admin team? Ducksoup (talk) 21:45, May 26, 2015 (UTC)

interesting question that. in point of fact _i_ am the only active admin. the other sysops are people i have coerced in to looking out for the wiki's greater interests. WarBlade is the primary of these and he has expressed interest in the program's use on his other wiki. so far he and i are the only users to respond on your blog. possibly users are to busy playing the game. i rather think most users hope, incorrectly, that it will not effect them or our wiki. ill write a longer response on blog and try to keep it current on the recent changes and recent blogs list. 00:18, May 27, 2015 (UTC)

Portable Infoboxes
We’re reaching out to a few of our top communities, hoping to get you on board with the migration to the new infobox markup. And we have tools to help!

Why we’re doing this

Simply put: Most current infobox structure translates very poorly to mobile experiences, and indeed any device that doesn’t use desktop-style displays. On desktops and laptops, they often look amazing. The problem is that Wikia’s traffic is trending mobile.

There is an important graph from our forum post about infoboxes a couple weeks back, and I want to share it here as well:



Mobile is the future. Not just for Wikia, but for the web as a whole. Take a look at the recent trends and future growth predictions for mobile traffic - it's staggering.

We partnered with the Wikia community to create this new markup to make sure that your hard work can be displayed on mobile devices (as well as any future technologies) easily and without any new coding conventions. It’ll take some effort up front, to be sure, but we’re here to help, and the work you put in now will pay for itself tenfold in the future.

Tools we’ve designed to ease the process

We’ve enabled two new features on your community. One is a tool for migrating the “old” infobox code to the new markup. It identifies templates on your wikia that look like infobox templates and places a box on the right rail of the template page. When you click the “Generate draft markup” button in this box, it opens a new tab containing a draft of your infobox using the new markup.

The second is a new feature on Special:Insights that will highlight which infoboxes on your wikia have not been migrated to the new infobox markup. It’s fairly intuitive - you can click on the infobox title link itself to see the old markup, or simply click the “Convert!” button on the right, which performs the same action as the “Generate draft markup” button.

This is our help page for the new markup. I’ll help get things rolling by converting a template or two as an example if you’d like me to, as well as watching this forum post for any questions.

Knakveey (talk) 23:33, July 31, 2015 (UTC)
 * as indicated in the previous posting w/ DuckSoup our WarBlade is supervising the conversion here. im sure he will appreciate the info you have provided here.     01:04, August 1, 2015 (UTC)

Just a quick question.
Hey Dr. F! I'm Wapawap. I'm sort of new to Borderlands (I'm loving it ^_^), and you seem like the connoisseur, so... yeah. My question was if you had a good build for a Cataclysm Siren with some gear suggestions and things. I don't know why, but I can't seem to play without knowing what I'm gonna play. I'm currently level 16, and have the skills Flicker and Helios maxed out with one extra point in Foresight. If you have a good build or suggestions, tell me. Thanks, Dr. F!

Wapawap (talk) 00:02, August 31, 2015 (UTC)
 * im not fully up to speed on maya as i usually play a support/reviver. here are some suggestions from the community tho: maya builds. Njoy! 01:58, August 31, 2015 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks for the quick response! Much appreciated.
 * Wapawap (talk) 02:06, August 31, 2015 (UTC)

Editing Page Titles
Dr. Clayton Forrestor,

I was editing the Claptrap skill tree page to get the newly added skill icons to display when I found that some of the skills no longer directed to their existing pages. The discrepancy came from the capitalization of minor words in their titles. For example, the skill “ Livin’ Near the Edge ” has the “the” capitalized in the title of its page, despite being a minor word. Is it even worth the trouble of altering page titles just to make it conform to the wiki’s titling standard and also reflect the capitalization as it appears in-game, or should I just go back into the skill tree page and change the capitalization there to reflect the existing page title, despite it being incorrect?

Maniacal Mutton (talk) 05:48, September 6, 2015 (UTC)
 * i cannot say w/o further discussion why Livin' Near The Edge is thus capitalized. i can say that you can rename a link by typing blah blah which results in "blah blah" oddly enough i tried this on your link above and the wiki refuses to recognize the link. it would seem to me the spelling is the same. you might try typing [[ immediately followed by the text and let the wiki auto complete b4 typing the | and renaming. if you believe the page should be renamed please bring that up on the talk page, if no counter argument is made you may proceed but please leave a redirect until all pages linked there can be altered to agree w/ said spelling. thank you for bringing these issues to my attention. 08:02, September 6, 2015 (UTC)

after having a look it may not be in the nature of that particular template to allow renaming w/i the template. if you wouldnt mind looking at the history of the page and discovering when it was spelled that way and enquire of the author as to why. ty&Njoy! 08:11, September 6, 2015 (UTC)

I was all set to post the request to change the article's title on its talk page when I decied to triple check the in-game capitalization on the off chance that I was wrong this entire time. While doing that I found some other Claptrap skill names that had been capitalized incorrectly on their wiki pages. It made me realize that there are probably many articles on this wiki that currently reflect this and that me making a fuss over one article's title really won't make a difference. I'll just re-edit the skill links on the class mod page and skill tree page to match the current article title.

Maniacal Mutton (talk) 00:36, September 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * in your defense i have made it clear, on more than one occasion, that the style used in game is the trump. so we will certainly look into that.  if not myself personally, someone will sort that to proper.  soon.  ish . . .  05:44, September 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * as an aside keep in mind that claptrap skills are new pages and may not have been policed up to par w/ the rest of the wiki. yet.

Sig?
Hi! The message in my page was a little cryptic, what did you mean exactly? How do I template the sig? - User talk:Damërung11:50, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * i think "cryptic" is a bit aggrandized. is there another common use for the slang "sig" on this wiki?  Borderlands_Wiki:Signature_policy  to make a short story long your signature is four lines long and requires a template to be used here.  note that this will require you create a template on each wiki you participate in.  see Bulletstorm & Brink for examples.  also see markup for this page for other examples.  00:12, October 19, 2015 (UTC)


 * That helped, thanks. That must have been why my standard signature was not working at the beginning. The wiki insists in adding the "SUBST:" though, how do you make yours a template? do you add it manually? Because when I add the tildes, it's automatically "SUBST:my_signature" and displays the entire fu***ng code! - 13:47, October 19, 2015 (UTC)
 * http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Guide_to_making_a_custom_signature  19:38, October 19, 2015 (UTC)

I will fix it and leave a message explaining. 15:45, October 19, 2015 (UTC)

Re:you again . ..
Hey man, what's up! I've been playing BL2 again after a long hiatus because I keep getting wrecked on trying to be OP4 (rip :P), but anyways I see you playing Steam games every now and then like Payday 2. Right now, I'm just trying get screenshots for loot that doesn't have much pictures on their variant charts :D 06:52, October 20, 2015 (UTC)
 * awesome. might want to template that beautiful sig tho. Njoy! 07:06, October 20, 2015 (UTC) (ps - i think the moz is now reddundant. i could be wrong)
 * I generally don't use templates for my signatures, because I tend to go on different wikis, and some of them don't allow templates, but thanks for telling tho. 04:21, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

possibly you might do one of these? followed by 5 tildes? we allow all things under user namespace here. i dont see the point of restricting the use of them provided they dont reside in main namespace but im only crat on these few wikis.

Borderlands Pre-SequelEdit
http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/QR_Code

how can i put a image?

http://imgur.com/bb7ePJx

i found new QR code in borderlands pre-sequel, but i dont know to put, thx for help.
 * add features section of the editor or there should be an upload link in My Tools at the bottom of browser window.  07:08, December 11, 2015 (UTC)

Content Moderators
FYI,

Don't know if you saw this - the new user group "Content Moderator" has been implemented in recent weeks. Blog post on Community Central. The group is designed to fill an intermediate administrative role between admin and general user, and can do file management tasks like delete / undelete. -- WarBlade (talk) 19:27, February 3, 2016 (UTC)
 * ty. ill move the other conscriptees to that then.   19:31, February 3, 2016 (UTC)


 * That removes their ability to manage account blocks, but otherwise leaves content management controls intact. That was your intention I presume? :) -- WarBlade (talk) 19:39, February 3, 2016 (UTC)

twas  20:16, February 3, 2016 (UTC)


 * Dämmerung 20:24, February 3, 2016 (UTC)

id rather have the super users reglating pages than other users. 10:06, February 7, 2016 (UTC)

ThankDr. Clayton (Doc Mercy) for your welcome message. and enjoy Bl2 WIKI and look forward to your imput

Hi, I'm new to the whole wiki thing. Can you please post a link to the rules for editing. My edit was deleted, apparently for using first person? Ok. Please direct me to the rules so I can be a good contributing member.

Cheers

P.S. - Moving forward, it might be a great thing to provide that link when you welcome new people.

Imattplays (talk) 18:01, March 21, 2016 (UTC)iMattPlays

A Bard
I don't know what I'm doing with this. TheUkrainianBard (talk) 17:56, March 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * and yet you thot to put it your user namespace. see kids, its not too hard. just think about where your putting your sandbox. middle of the freeway? nah. next to mrs shlorpsky's pool? maybe, but she locks her gate. in _my_ yard? probly best. looking at the work Bard id say that vein is pretty well drilled. time to move on to the hidden meaning(s) of claptrap's jokes. then come back to the nightmare that is shield mechanics. just a suggestion. 20:41, March 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but hey, gotta finish the job before going completely crazy. TheUkrainianBard (talk) 13:00, March 26, 2016 (UTC)

Hello! Can you help me out?
I can't edit anything on the wikia for some reason idk...

Thanks! ZeusGamer101 (talk) 11:47, March 26, 2016 (UTC)

Re: waiting
Hm... good strategy...

Thing is: I ain't a vandal, and I have been around a long time, but without an accounnt... y'know whats the minimun time? -ZG101
 * it is my belief that it is unreverted edits that are needed which is why i suggested a scratch page (we all used to have those). i suggest saying hi to all the admins on their talk pages, especially the inactive ones.   19:55, March 26, 2016 (UTC)

XBL
You got Xbox Live?

I'm pretty sure I played with you on Raptr,but do you have Xbox Live?ZeusGamer101 (talk) 13:05, March 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * i have a live account from GfWL. i do not have a console.  live account is Dr C Forrestor.
 * Dr. F, Evil, The

Still Waiting
It's been more than 4 weeks. And I still can't edit. Can You help me?

ZeusGamer101 (talk) 22:02, April 4, 2016 (UTC)


 * Which page are you trying to edit specifically? -- WarBlade (talk) 04:12, April 5, 2016 (UTC)

did you say hi to the dormant admins? this would boost your edit count. 06:03, April 5, 2016 (UTC)

the End-User Created Content page
Hi, I was looking through the pictures on your profile and I saw it talking about things I hadn't heard of so I looked them up on what pages where the image file names were and found the End-User Created Content page (most people wouldn't do that I think so it might be good to put links on the images to that page) -- But anyway, the important thing I noticed is: That forum they all link to is gone, so all the download links are gone now too, if you know a better/official place it might be good to have them there, I am new so I have no idea what would be best to link to, I am guessing using mediafire or something to link would be simpler in case websites go down again when company stops supporting it, but I don't know what's available or anything about the situation, so I figure you probably know best :) --kittenofdoom (talk) 12:26, April 11, 2016 (UTC)
 * http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/borderlands-1-custom-map-links-here/415407 please keep in mind that end user created content is not supported by gearbox or wikia. the link above includes maps not covered by this wiki (yet (hint, hint)). 15:08, April 11, 2016 (UTC) note - not all links are live


 * I fixed links that post to the old forums, though a lot of the actual download links on the old forums are dead now -- One in particular is not listed on that thread, "The Scrap Hole" which I noticed you made the little ad for


 * (How do you turn on ghost noclip mode for screenshots from up high like that by the way? I couldn't find anything on google except for Borderlands 2)


 * I fixed the link and it's original thread is saved at oldforums.gearboxsoftware.com/oldforums/20150308204653/http://oldforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=96878 but the download link is gone, dronedev.net/ScrapHole.zip no longer exists anywhere on the visible internet/google


 * Wikia really could do with something like making all links get automatically backed up on  web.archive.org/web/*/http://whatever.com  - the problem is called "link rot" that over time stuff moves and things become out of date, and there isn't always a backup/by the time someone else needs the file years later, anyone who has it is gone


 * But yeah rather than needing to ask if anyone can upload it, I think I found a copy saved on web.archive.org/web/*/http://dronedev.net/ScrapHole.zip - I don't know if that's the latest version though, the thread is started 2010 and the file is from 2012, but the thread is missing the other 8 pages in both the gearboxoldforums and waybackmachine so I don't know if it was added to in 2012 onwards, if you or anyone else knows? I'm guessing it's probably the up to date version though but thought I should make sure since there are no other copies left online. :) --kittenofdoom (talk) 02:47, April 12, 2016 (UTC)

image for scraphole was provided by Fryguy42 i just resized it so it is usable for that page. 09:29, April 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * I am getting the impression that you didn't read most of my message :/ --kittenofdoom (talk) 10:23, April 12, 2016 (UTC)

i read it entirely. there wasnt a question in it, aside from the screenshot angle, until you added that ? just now. rather you were informing me of your findings. was there an implied question that i missed? i believe i did say that the content is not supported. if you mean your idea for auto archiving im afraid that is way above my playgrade. youd have to address that on central. 10:57, April 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * You've played scrap hole right, from your user page thingy - it's not available online anywhere anymore, I found that webarchive has a version from 2012 but I don't know if it was updated in that year or onwards, is that version they have the latest one before the old forums disappeared, is it the same as the version you (or anyone else) has? There's no way to check when it was last updated on the Gearbox forums backup because they only saved the first pages of threads and it's missing the other 8 pages after --kittenofdoom (talk) 11:43, April 12, 2016 (UTC)

i think you should be proud of and happy that you found a(ny) file(s) for Scrap Hole at all. i had/have a version that worked for me when last i played. if the version you found does not work for you, ask around. why dont you start a blog to discuss your experiences and findings so that others may join in the discussion? 16:26, April 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * It was a pretty simple question, for something that would potentially help other people in future. I won't bother attempting again to talk with someone who is obviously not very bright yet somehow still managing to be wrapped up in arrogance. --kittenofdoom (talk) 23:33, April 12, 2016 (UTC)

however inappropriate and misguided insults may be it remains that you did not ask a question. better yet, would not your time be better spent asking someone who is not dim and arrogant? as i said above - these files and the use of them are not supported by gearbox or wikia. 10:42, April 13, 2016 (UTC)

to undo or not to undo
Hello I made an edit to the SHiFT page and accidently put expired on the wrong code which is the 20 gold keys for twitter on the Pre sequel when I meant to put it on the Jack-o-Cannon for pre sequel which I did so I made a huge fart and was wondering if there was any way I could fix it? Dont kill me

Epicduck122 (talk) 12:31, June 6, 2016 (UTC)Epicduck122
 * in the page history you will see both of your edits listed. from the edit history you can undo either edit, preferably w/ a summary of what is being undone and why.  leaving edit summaries can also help other users to identify what an edit is trying to do and follow up on that edit.  that said, as you did two separate edits you can easily undo the one you no longer endorse.   15:21, June 6, 2016 (UTC)

Maps
Special:Maps a fantastic feature, but how can we get detailed maps from in-game interface?

I wasn't able to to find help link how it was done at this wiki, can you help? D1g (talk) 12:52, October 16, 2016 (UTC)

Can you include maps in mission and chest pages?

Maybe maps are more useful than multiple images and videos.

E.g. for chest locations and complex missions with 50+ targets.

Images were pretty heavyweight for this task, hard to capture in game and quite heavyweight (wikiadmin-wise). D1g (talk) 12:52, October 16, 2016 (UTC)
 * hello D1g, how have you been? wikia made the decision to focus on mobile platforms a while back.  some other old images may still be around and IN MY OPINION (and not that of central) is that these or new images should be linked in the articles for those, not unlike you and me, looking for detailed map images.  im sure if the current community were shown examples of how to upload, categorize, and link such images in the article the procedure may catch on.  that said i am equally sure that central's bots would find images outside parameters included in the article proper.  thank you for bringing that up.   13:50, October 16, 2016 (UTC)


 * Special:Maps has been partially shelved for the moment. It was an idea that didn't work too well in practice, so we're not using those high rez maps much at the moment. -- WarBlade (talk) 19:55, October 16, 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Modernization Test in Borderlands wiki
Hey Dr. Clayton Forrestor. You probably saw our blog post about wiki modernization, and how we are testing the use of videos to help create a better user and advertising experience on Fandom. We'd like your help in doing that.

We'd like to run tests around video placement and modernized article styles on Borderlands wiki so we can gather data and user feedback. This will help us create the best product possible and provide a much more modernized and overall better user experience.

Here is how you can help us with that test:


 * We would like your permission to run video tests on 10 article pages, using placement options like the one on Harry Potter Wiki's List of spells page. Those pages are:
 * borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Legendary
 * borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Borderlands_2
 * borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Pearlescent
 * borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Classes
 * borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Borderlands:_The_Pre-Sequel
 * borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Zer0
 * borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Add-on_content
 * borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Handsome_Jack
 * borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bee
 * borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Grinder
 * We would like your permission to run tests around changed article styles, like the navigation menu, across the whole wiki.
 * Tests will change throughout the process and adjust as we learn more.
 * Give us feedback any time in the process!

It would be great if the Borderlands wiki decides to be part of the tests and gives us feedback!

Feel free to reach out to me with any questions regarding videos or modernization in general. Thanks! Springteufel (talk) 11:13, March 13, 2017 (UTC)
 * in reference to the harry potter wiki; are we talking about the gifs or the splash video atop the page? as you have selected specific pages one assumes you have been provided promotional videos by gearbox software, n'cest pas?  if this request has to do with the persistence of the video while scrolling and the videos are provided by or endorsed by gearbox software i have no objection to its implementation  in reference to the video included in the blog on central i notice a lack of volume or mute control (this one being rather loud) whereas the video on potterpedia has both.  which of these is the type we are to expect?  is there a normalization system?  are we looking for users to link their own content from youtube?  or if this is about gifs which conversion service are we allied to?  apologies for the tardy response.  i was not notified via email as in the past.  JAlbor has my skype and steam contact info if you wish to talk about this live.   21:13, March 15, 2017 (UTC)


 * Hey Dr. Clayton, nice to hear from you! Taking a look at the List of Spells video example on the Harry Potter wiki to answer you questions: The prominent video above the article text on the page is one of our first examples how we can imagine to also use videos on Borderlands wiki. Our video team has several sources to use videos from. Our selection of article pages is not related to those sources of video material, but our impression where videos could work well in this wikis. Also, those articles are high traffic pages and we expect to be able to gather helpful data from visitors. That is the reason why we proposed this list to you.


 * We want to create videos with our video team or maybe use also other great videos as featured videos (maybe directly from the Publisher) that are helpful and interesting for the reader. And part of this test will also be, that the video scrolls on the right side of the wiki (as you mentioned).


 * Referring to the video player: Good point! We just updated the video player and test this version for the Modernization Videos. The Video on Community Central is differently embedded and that's why it uses the older version. If we place videos in the Borderland wiki we will use the newer version of the player.


 * We can imagine that in the future also users may participate in the video creation process, but for now only staff will place featured videos in the Modernization context in the wikis. But of course we would like to get your feedback and hear your opinion about the videos!


 * Just to sum it up completely: The Modernization tests will also cover a test around a new article and page header. So that would be also part of the test. You can read more about it here


 * It would be great to have the Borderlands wiki on board! Is there anything else I can clarify?

AHA! the olde high traffic page ploy eh? i like it! im still not sold on the video selection process. as this can drive viewers to a revenue sharing youtuber i can see this being exploitative if not a conflict of interest. however comma as no one has contacted me directly as was the case w/ the gearbox q&a and wikiastars i'm assuming this programme is very late beta and is about to be core wikia. i should very much like to see what you can do w/ these pages, especially. while you are doing this i shall start a blog for comments which one can only hope people will use.

19:40, March 16, 2017 (UTC)


 * Ha, you got us! ;) But seriously: As you probably now we are looking for high traffic pages to gather an helpful amount of data in short time. So yes, that's our trick ;) I understand your point about the videos. We are also still testing which videos are the best choice for which genre and which article pages -- and that is where you can also help us! Please give us feedback on the videos we will place on the listed up pages. But please have in mind: We test several things like placement, length of video, genre of video and overall acceptance of the video format. So the choice of video can differ. Additionally I can't tell you a fix date when we will place the first video.
 * Really looking forward to work with you, you seem to be into the topic. The comment page is a great idea, let's see if poeple will use it. Short outlook: The Page Header test will also start soon. But we will reach out to the wiki short ahead. Greetings, Springteufel Springteufel (talk) 11:06, March 17, 2017 (UTC)

I need help!
Hello! I need a blog post deleted (the only one I've made on this wiki) and was told only administrators can delete blog posts. If it's not too much trouble, is there any chance you could help me out?

Thanks!

RicePrezPip ( talk ) - "I have a team of experts trying to figure out what an E-Sports is." 14:10, September 30, 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! Apologies for the constant re-edits, I couldn't get the formatting right. RicePrezPip (talk) 16:29, September 30, 2017 (UTC)


 * sure 16:19, September 30, 2017 (UTC)



Thanks for reaching out!
It was great to hear from you. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and feelings.

Here is a helpful link in regards to moderating/customizing the "discussions" platform.

I made some adjustments to the right rail. I hope you're ok with them! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

Knakveey (talk) 23:20, December 15, 2017 (UTC)
 * ty for the link. it will be good to have a place to talk again, aside from the talk pages i mean.  i am sure adjustments made are fine if viewable in browser and mobile.  we do appreciate the heads up when staff makes changes.  happy holidays everyone!   03:25, December 16, 2017 (UTC)