User talk:LegacymtgsalvationUser1033/Archive3

Holy bejeebus
Nice going with the Main Page, Mike! I absolutely love it. Thanks to you, MORT, Oracle of Truth, and all that related to this project, this Thingo of the Week. :p MM (talk!) 12:18, 11 February 2008 (GMT)
 * We are glad you love it as much as we do :) Am I using the archive correctly for the "feature article of the week"? I also set up a "proposal" page for proposing articles of the week Featured Article/Proposals.  --GeoMike 12:52, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

'All is good' is the as much as I can possibly say. Actually, it's way beyond good without a doubt. The archives are being used correctly, I suppose; it, of course, depends on how it was meant to be used and set out anyway. ;) Perhaps it could be an automatic thing, with some use of  or something, just like Wikipedia's Main Page - they don't manually update the actual template, I believe, but rather the many sections that make the page.

Am I starting to sound convoluted? If so, sorry.

The 'proposal' page is a good idea. Now, more (constructive, as opposed to those vandal) editors and visitors would be good for the wiki; in recent times, it looks like it's become more active. MM (talk!) 06:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Transparent images
Hi, could you check the transparent images I've been uploading? Without resizing they should work. I replied to your comment at Talk:Masques block btw. Oracle of Truth 17:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

BTW, as we're on images. Maybe it would be better to categorise them? (For example under Category:Expansion logo, Category:Expansion symbol). -- M ORT  (T) 18:01, 13 February 2008 (GMT)
 * Yup, agreed. So MORT, do you see any problems with the png so far? Oracle of Truth 18:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The following wide logos all have a very light rectangle area: Mirage, Invasion, all of the ones on Urza's block, Masques block and Odyssey block.  I thought maybe it was my older monitor, but I opened the pages up on my new digital monitor and the same thing. --GeoMike 20:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Is it the same with the individual set pages? I've uploaded a lot of transparent png pics lately. What are your computer specs? I'm using WinXP SP2, and tried both Firefox 2.0.0.2 and Internet Explorer 7 without any problems. MORT, if you are reading this, do the pics work for you and what software are you using? Oracle of Truth 21:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, its the sme with the individual pages - just checked. I'm using WinXP SP2, IE 6. --GeoMike 21:55, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * , apparently IE prior to version 7 did not properly render png images. So it's on your end. Strange, afaik all other browsers do support transparent pngs even older versions (i.e. released in the last 10 years) Oracle of Truth 22:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * You're right, I have Vista with IE 7 and the images look perfectly fine. --GeoMike 00:40, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm using WinXP SP2 and IE7/Firefox - I didn't notice any problems. -- M ORT  (T) 16:06, 14 February 2008 (GMT)

I am dead
It looks like I haven't been too active here or on MTGS, for I don't have much reason to be the forums (I detest them all now! Yes, I am engulfed by a wave of bitterness and ire).

I'm not really sure... I'm not really sure what I should say... I'm not really sure what's gotten into me, or what has happened... but, GeoMike, I feel most ill, emotionally - and slightly sore physically; simple back pains - but my heart aches, and I feel as though it has been shattered into infinite infinitesimally small fragments, as if shards of glass or something that induces pain when touched.

I don't know if I'll be back, Mike. I don't know now, I don't know ever, and I don't think I ever knew. For now, I'm just saying this could be the bitter end.

Until we, you, MTGSWiki and its fine people, and I, cross paths, I wish you well and happiness, hopefully that which is genuine.

Yours sincerely, Jen

12:51, 18 February 2008 (GMT)


 * I wish you the best and hope our paths do cross again. --GeoMike 13:44, 18 February 2008 (GMT)

Product images and translations
Continued from: Image talk:MerrowRiverways.jpg. Just did not want to clutter that page with unrelated discussion. So first, I would not care about the translation of individual words, most of the time you have to translate the whole term (at least that's the way with the languages I know ;) ). But "product images" is a better fit nonetheless. As with individual wikis for each language, this should not be a problem, since updating wasn't a problem either. Afaik there is a separate download for wiki families so setup should be similar. Maybe you could contact Hannes once more? Oracle of Truth 03:07, 21 February 2008 (GMT)
 * Should book covers have Category:Product image? --GeoMike 03:41, 21 February 2008 (GMT)
 * I'd leave book covers as they are. I think it is better to add Category:Product image to book covers cat. We can also do the same to split that Product image cat. to smaller, like Boosters, preconstructed decks, etc. As for wikis in other languages, it would be good idea, but I'm not sure if there is enough of people around to run them. What do you think about creating some template, which would direct people from different language pages to English version of the article? In the same way, we could add similiar templates to english articles which would direct people to other-language versions of the same article. -- M ORT  (T) 08:48, 21 February 2008 (GMT)
 * I start thinking about this stuff in my sleep ... I don't even know how many languages we are striving to have here, but we'd need a start page like Wikipedia then a home page for each different language. Right now, some of our languages have 0 pages.  Maybe we should leave the languages alone for right now. I'll add the Category:Product image to the book covers category, good idea MORT. --GeoMike 11:30, 21 February 2008 (GMT)

Expansion set names within the text of the article
I think that on Expansion set pages that, for example on the Alliances page, if the word Alliances is used in the text, no matter how many times it is uses, all instances of the word Alliances should be bolded. What do others think? --GeoMike 17:57, 26 February 2008 (GMT)
 * I don't think that would be a good idea. We should stick to the rule, that the page title is only bolded once, in the first sentence. Do to otherwise would make the expansion pages inconsistent with other articles, and imo it also makes reading more difficult. Oracle of Truth 18:11, 26 February 2008 (GMT)
 * I have seen expansion names bolded in a few articles ~ there was no policy, so wanted to get some consistency. I understand now it would be inconsistent with other articles.  I like the bolding myself, it breaks up sections even further by having a bolded word (not so often).  I will go ahead and unbold any expansion name I see in articles for now on. --GeoMike 19:00, 26 February 2008 (GMT)

Out of town
I will be out of town tomorrow until late Sunday. If someone else wants to change the Template:Featured Article on Sunday, feel free :) --GeoMike 22:04, 12 March 2008 (GMT)
 * I'm back - guess nobody missed me ;) --GeoMike 22:51, 16 March 2008 (GMT)
 * At least your contributions were missed, there wasn't much action around here the last couple of days ;) . So, welcome back. Oracle of Truth 23:57, 16 March 2008 (GMT)
 * I wish we had many more contributors --GeoMike 02:05, 17 March 2008 (GMT)

I will be out of town this weekend until late Monday. Taking a 4 day weekend and all. MORT - feel free to change the featured article on Sunday. --GeoMike 20:17, 22 May 2008 (PDT)

Tournament decks
Hey GeoMike. It's been a while since I've last been here; studies have been killing me, and soon I'll definitely be off for an extensive cram/study block.

I'm told that there've been requests with tournament decks, specifically: When will be the next time the "Tournament Decks" section gets an update? It still contains cards from Ravnica block in the Standard decks.  Ransac, cpa trash man I tried to do something about this last year, but I grew tired of this. Other users weren't assisting in this dynamic project back then, and I'm not sure how it is, or what the interest in this is, now. Another problem was (still is?) the naming, content, and decklists pertaining to this project.

Naming
I saw a pretty ugly page with two semicolons in it. One's already pretty bad; it's hard to save the page, for one reason.

Content
I guess, GeoMike, that this would be the explanation of the deck, how it runs, how it's done, etc. Resources and links are a must; even if this is attended to, there's the analysis: probably needs to be almost professional-level writing.

Decklist
This is sort-of related to naming. Unless it's a specific build, it could have millions of variations.

It's been great logging into the wiki after so long. See you, GeoMike, and take care. I really love what you and the other guys have done with the wiki. =) MM (talk!) 10:04, 2 April 2008 (BST)


 * Oh, and in a way, I'm responding to this:

(I originallly posted this question on the wiki's MTGSalvation Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard but then realized there aren't that many active administrators, so I'm posting this question to everyone).

And this not entirely thought-out post from someone: why don't you become a wiki administrator, and do it yourself? ... wow.

Run-down of sysops:
 * VestDan, I imagine, has completely retired, with no intention on coming back, after his +m'd (being 'moderatored'); I have no clue when that happened, but it looks like that's the case.
 * sneakyhomo - entirely gone?
 * votan - dunno. I'm not active on the boards, but it doesn't look like he's mighty active here.
 * MM - uh. Sorry I've been so absent.
 * VoA - not sure actually.
 * Hannes - more technical, code aspects than administrative facets.

It looks like you and MORT are still very active. =p MM (talk!) 10:04, 2 April 2008 (BST)


 * And now to answer this,

I think that on Expansion set pages that, for example on the Alliances page, if the word Alliances is used in the text, no matter how many times it is uses, all instances of the word Alliances should be bolded. What do others think? Maybe italics. I dunno.

Wikipedia.com has italicized setnames (but perhaps it should be italicized if it's a bookname, a setname, but not the location; e.g. "Lorwyn, the first set in the Lorwyn block, has an accompanying novel, Lorwyn. Lorwyn (the set? the book?) is set in Lorwyn (no italics), an eternally bright, happy plane, where all are more or less ecstatic".

Cya later. =) MM (talk!) 10:04, 2 April 2008 (BST)


 * I'm glad to see you pop in, though I wish it were more often - It's still good to see you now and then and I always appreciate your input. --GeoMike 21:50, 2 April 2008 (BST)


 * I'm a bit less active too. Lack of time... I already didn't sleep three nights (and the last night I didn't sleep, literally). But I try to lurk here every day, to keep a track of what's going on. Nice to see you around MM. As for books/comics/titles of stories, and set names, I fully agree they all should be in italics. -- M ORT  (T) 23:15, 2 April 2008 (BST)

Sorting sources
Hi, I just saw that you sorted sources alphabetically. Wouldn't it make sense to do so chronologically whenever possible? Just asking, because we need to have a consistent approach for each article. Oracle of Truth 15:51, 10 April 2008 (BST)
 * I don't know the chronoligical order of them ~ whichever sorting method you think is best. --GeoMike 16:42, 10 April 2008 (BST)

Links
I'm sure it's not a very smart question but... Should I link to a redirect (thus conserving space) or straight to the goal? example: "archer" or "Classes#Archers"?
 * I'd link to the redirect of "archer", that way if the redirect ever changed, the link would go to the correct place. --GeoMike 13:53, 15 May 2008 (BST)

Karoma
Actually, I created this redirect on purpose. The name was printed in this way at the end of Scourge novel, and she was known as Karoma until the next book was relesed. People who has read Scourge but not yet the next novel can search for Karoma. -- M ORT (T) 08:32, 31 May 2008 (PDT)

Richie Proffitt
Holy crud... anyway, could you make some edits to reflect this? I'm not the least bit concerned about Magic, but about someone relatively prominent, considering he was a moderator, passing away (rather than dying, shall we say) is quite tragic. Maybe in Major News, the PolarBearGod page, and wherever necessary, please, GeoMike? I'm sorry I can't really make the edits myself; thank you. MM (talk!) 05:48, 11 June 2008 (UTC)