User talk:Charitwo/Archive10

Subpages
I didn't know Prefixindex existed. It's nice in case you forget what you named your page. Is there a way to put a box like the "Contents" one on a page with multiple sub sections but with links to your Subpages? --Lito 06:38, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I can put it insede an Archive box too hehe. --Lito 07:00, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Images
Hm. You say that as if I made more than one. You haven't changed a bit. --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 01:26, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

...but if you want me to be honest it bothers me that the user Ivrai has not only uploaded converted jpeg images, but also changed the filename. Like, hell, if he's going to do that, why not just leave it as JPEG? the filesize would certainly be smaller. --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 01:30, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. As you know, i haven't been around for quite a while, so i'm still used to doing stuff the old way --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 05:44, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Project Pwn Button is in Phase1. this, unfortunately, means that i cannot contribute images... Just wait til Phase3 though. You'll wonder just what the hell happened that made me able to contribute images so fast. --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 10:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately, until they decide to give me a higher status, i can't batch upload. but Phase2 is roughly 1/3 complete right now, and once thats complete, i'll have a full repertoire of images to upload. Then all i gotta worry about is capping new/updated images. --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 08:03, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok, sorry for unnecessary flagging :) --Elvaron 21:46, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I understand i did not mean to revert the image. It was a one time deal and will not happen again. --TheTrueDimension 17:10, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm a new editor at FFXIclopedia and I have been trying to update the Pankration pages whenever I came across some plates to add on to it. I just started adding on images and I noticed you deleted some of them. I read the image policy and realized the reason for most of the soulplate deletions. The one I'm more concerned about is the Magic Damage Resistance +15%. One of uploads was stated to be under the image standards of this site. I went back online to snap another picture of it in window background 2. If there is something I am doing wrong, please tell me on how I can fit this item into the image standards precisely. I would also like to know why my images and name are highlighted red too. Thank you. --Winthrop 16:10, 29 March 2008 (CT)

Ah, okay. I read the image policy before I saw your message and I understand now. It took me awhile to find your message on My Talk, but I found it. Thank you Charitwo for your advise. ^-^ --Winthrop 9:59, 16 April 2008 (CT)

Advertisement and User Stylesheets
No worries, thank you for your time ;)

- Ricont

Rookie Mistake
Ok... I'm sorry if I cause a problem. I tried to find info on sub pages and thought that was correct. I'll make them that way. The quest checkoff is very cool.

Xenos Unicorn 06:23, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Question reguarding usernames.
my in game name is Opie. However i was unable to create the username in wiki because it said that name was in use. I have had the name Opie since the NA release of ffxi. I reside on alexander server. In order for me to set up an an account i used the username Opiethebard. Is there a way to set up my account for Opie? I would rather the info on the website have my true information. Any help u can give me on this matter would be helpful. My email address is TheVillage@msn.com

Thank You

Opie aka on wiki as Opiethebard

NPC Images
According to the image policy which i have followed for quite some time in all the images I have submitted, nowhere does it say that the NPC name needs to be in the original game text. Items and their descriptions are to be in the original game text, but this does not apply to NPC's within the image policy. So i am wondering why NPC's whose names are in brandson's fonts are being marked for replacement. --Cleric-yokiko 01:03, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Sequined Ballista Chevron
I see that you recently marked the page with a not properly formatted. I did not do the initial Chevron pages, yet the Sequined Chevron page is EXACTLY like the other ones, so you may wanna mark those too, otherwise, it doesn't make as much sense XD (Btw, /poke, (Digidude XD)) Myzou 02:00, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

page naming mistake
I went and used the wrong slash key here and don't know how to correct it. --1.quos.vita.habitum.captivus 10:12, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :) --1.quos.vita.habitum.captivus 23:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Replacements
Ok, i understand that editing other's userpages should be discouraged, But Image:Wizard_coat.JPG was up for 3 months despite apparently having been replaced by you. Such was also the case with Warrior's Mask. Both were only being used on userpages. I edit others userpages in this circumstance. I understand that you're an admin, and you gotta set an example for the rest of us, but there's times when keeping things up-to-date comes before that. I usually upload for whatever I see on Category:Replacements, and THEN go into the image page to see all the places the image is being used, but if its already been replaced, and just has a lingering image on ONE userpage, then there'll be THREE images for that item. So far, i think i've only ended up doing that 2 or 3 times, each time resolving that my image was better than the existing one (Altered backgrounds, off-crops, and, yes, filesize), but i would not have had too great a reason to upload had all the links been fixed. --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 15:35, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Guidelines
Really? I beg to differ, and you know what, I don't care if you think I'm being out of line, either. If you all wanna ban me, then thats tough rocks for you, not me. Would make my life easier, that's for DAMN sure. Here's what I have to say in response: I have 9200-odd images, If you want ANY of them, you'd be well-advised to not bite the hand that feeds. --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 13:31, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * If you're going to complain about changes I made, how about first fixing the broken links to images you left behind from your temper tantrum? I'm not here to babysit, nor fix them FOR you. They gave you admin privileges for a reason. So prove that you have the responsibility: Follow through with ALL of your actions, or don't take them at all.
 * The image policy implies that, with only a few exceptions (Namely the case of Image:Weddingring.png... OH, there's another one you told me not to do! How about nuking that one, too, hm?), images should appear as they do ingame. So I ask you... where the HELL have you seen an icon shifted to the left and down like that, cuz I want the ffxi mod that does that! Well, since apparently you originally Uploaded Trump Gun and Brave's Gamashes, could you, perhaps, detail the EXACT means you went to to get these images?
 * Image size: where, exactly, do you draw the line? my image of the Ginger Cookie was smaller than both the Current one (1/3 the size, equal or better quality), and also smaller than the one before that. Oh, and Image:Tonnorosso.PNG, yeah. That one's about 1/5 the size of the one before it, also, Equal or better quality.

Ok. Does "Images of items should contain text in the original game font, altered fonts are not appropriate. Item images should not contain player signatures or [be] altered (i.e. via photoshop or dat swaps) in any fashion." sound familiar? I contest that these offset icons are PRECISELY the type of images the Image Policy exists to eliminate. The language of this particular excerpt (ie repeated use of the word "altered") of the image policy makes it clear that images are supposed to be presented as close as possible to how they are ingame (barring, of course, mild JPEG artifacting or GIF color loss). Again, I ask, WHERE, in a legitimate, unaltered copy of Final Fantasy XI, have you seen an icon that is offset like that? The answer? You HAVEN'T. You're hiding behind the image policy, not realizing that its not as solid as you think. In my eyes, it is... open to interpretation. I saw room for improvement. Room to make the images more like what they REALLY look like. I am trying to take a step forward to FIX a lingering problem, and you... are being the chains that hold me back. There is a problem. And there is a solution. So tell me, which do you intend to be part of? --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 18:15, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Very well. I suppose I will have to ask the 3-letter "W" question: Why? I have created a new section in image policy talkpage. I ask that you place your arguments, whatever they may be, there. I feel that this is an important issue that needs to be argued publicly, that our personal usertalk pages are NO place to hold such an argument. --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 20:34, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Weddingring.png
I would call your attention to Image:Weddingring.png. someone has reverted the version which i submitted a few weeks back. I point out that while you have mentioned that there is "nothing wrong" with the one you submitted a few months back to replace the signed one, I argue that the one which i had submitted only weeks ago fits perfectly under the image policy. further, the version which you had submitted has several flaws: nonstandard height, cutoff borders at the bottom, and, as can be highlighted by gamma adjustment, mismatched background towards the bottom. While i understand your reasoning that the image you have submitted fits within the guidelines despite such obvious editing, mine happens to fit within guidelines... without any editing at all. I feel that, for quality and realism concerns, as well as in the interest of sticking to the image policy as seems to be such a large concern to you, the image you have submitted should be removed. Not wanting to turn this into an edit war is the reason i'm addressing you about this right now. I have not reverted to my own image. I'm leaving this decision in your hands. --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 02:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Forums
A simple link to the forum discussion on a talk page would suffice. I thought that was the general policy, but apparently not. ~ Karuberu 04:02, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I wasn't clear, I meant the talk page of the affected article (or articles, in this case). But, again, I guess I was wrong about that. ~ Karuberu 04:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!
Thanks for the welcome. Although I'm actually not new to FFXIclopedia ... I'm just new under this name. ;) --KyleH (talk) 01:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Do tell. :) -- 01:51, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Update note deletion
Hey there. I'm just curious why the update notes I added were deleted? They are valid notes (I included the source on the talk page), and as far as I can tell, are not already in FFXIclopedia. --Somnar 16:14, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Redirects
Okay, sorry about making the redirects. I just thought it'd help people, as I have a search plugin in Firefox, that for when looking for mission details you could just write the abbreviated mission name (ToAU-1; assuming that is the abbreviation most people use? ...or is it UM-1?) in the search box to quickly get to the page. ~ Zenric 00:54, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Craft Images
The craft level charts don't fit on my resolution. Plus they are 2 years old - so I don't think they belong on the main page. I think we can drop them on a subpage alone or link to the part in the census in the guide section of each craft page. -- 22:59, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Well it bleeds over at my resolution and looks bad. 2005 stats on people's levels is pretty misleading.  It belongs as a "see also" under the guides area with a link to the census. -- 23:09, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

German pages in user-sandbox
Well, never occured to me that this may be a problem :) Since I only want one userpage (redirected german to english page) I think a usable compromise will be to mask the links in my sandbox. Doing that asap.--Calvagh 18:40, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

;p
I was hoping it added the speedy delete thing. But it didn't. I don't pretend to understand css at all. -- 00:14, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * what does what I added add? a few edit boxes only? -- 00:21, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

dynamis
Why did you revert my edits to the dynamis pages? The beastmen's banner has nothing to do with dynamis. Grouf 00:14, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Why was I not given the option to correct previous templates...versus your deleting
Just kinda HIGHLY irriated at you (not as a person ... I love you for at least being internet savvy :P), but when you delete other users information, albeit minor differences, is somewhat crass. My feelings were geared towards a uniform format--you simply saw a similar name and deleted based on date :(.  I chose to NOT overwrite another users info by creating a variation that is fully compliant in all other website aspects...that you just plain delete without warning or contact... ... ...then apologize smugly.  I understand creating minor variations could flood and crash the server if not monitored, but when the minor edit is to simply make the template match numerous others...I find that you are taking it a bit to far.  I greatly apologize if I sound rude or irritating, but to flagrantly delete hours of programming will do that to anyone  --leede 19:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

drop template
I wouldn't revert drop updates even if they are only to one item. It is better than nothing. If anything just post on their page that it would be better to track and update everything. -- 02:16, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

you love to irritate people it seems :P
I was reading thru all the other posts on your page here and it seems that you make it fairly difficult for users to update or create usable variations of many of the common items used for Userpages. So, with that being said, do you help anyone? No really?? Can you be so kind as to not look for my stuff and simply delete it based on name...that'd be very nice of you...thank you. But seriously, the user guides I have located do not show any way to resize a *.jpg to match the size of other previously uploaded *.png files (of the same category). *Calms herself a tad* Would you please tell me how to do this. Also, since deleting non-corming templates is among your specialty also, can you please instruct me on how to create in-line templates (as in...use the template coding and my own format in the same page). I do appreciate you...I really really do :P I just gotta get you to stop mass deleting NOT your stuff   lol   ...Best Wished...Oheyo -^^  --leede 19:24, 8 March 2008 (UTC)


 * As for the templates, you can copy/paste the entire code onto a subpage and have it work the same way. As for images, that's just part of the Image Policy. -- 19:26, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Reguards to New Pages
Thanks for the info. I keep forgetting if it's every word capatilization or if it's first letter only. So the Sheaf I did wrong. Thank ya kindly. --Priestbilly 01:38, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Dancer Attire Set
^^ Thank you for fixing my page for me. Awesome work you do Chary. Keep it up. <3 ~Natsu --Natsuchii

How-To Guide: Dragoon‎
I had put the page How-To Guide: Dragoon‎ up for a move due to improper naming. I am unsure if I didn't follow a procedure right, but the name is clearly wrong per the naming conventions. Can you explain what the problem is?-- 20:41, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I must disagree. It is a personal guide as it's writen in a first person manner and is not in any was an objective representation of the job. Despite that if you accept that it is a general guide and not a personal guide then the name is still wrong as the word "guide" never appears after the colon ':' symbol as the naming convention says is required. Also assuming the decision is to allow it to remain a general and non-personal guide then I assume others who are so inclined to remove/replace first person statements with third person statements would be permitted? -- 13:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Help using wiki
Hi I have a question and I'm really not sure where to check for help

how do you make a problem report? the 'report a problem' tab isnt visible on the default skin and I cant seem to ever change the skin

I ask because I want to report a problem in Blue Magic, there's something hinky going on there --Themanii 01:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

New Pages return.
Well to be honest I didn't know that. Thanks for the tip ^^; And yeah I figured someone had to add em so what the heck just boredom at work lol. --Ash 02:28, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Images
I'm trying to figure out where I went wrong with the picture I uploaded, I took a screenshot of it pasted it into paint, removed all but what was needed and saved it as a jpg. I didn't resize or compress it in any way. Do you have any idea what the problem may be? --Tweeky 07:17, 15 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I run FF in the official windowed mode, when I want to take a screenshot of an item I left click on the taskbar and then press the print scrn button on my keyboard, after that I just paste it into paint (at no point before that is it saved on my computer). I've tried makeing a few other pics of FF items and when it saves it does seem to get duller. I've also taken pics of items from the wiki pages exactly the same way as from FF and saved them the same way but they remain of the same quality as on the wiki. I'm at a complete loss as to whats going on here. --Tweeky 18:16, 15 March 2008 (UTC)


 * What program should I use to take screenshots of items like food with in full screen mode? and thank you for help. --Tweeky 18:22, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Protection
Could you alter the protection on Template:Jeuno Quest Checklist so that I can add the new dancer quests. Thank you --Tweeky 07:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

my pup guide
Why did you delete my guide?

La Vaule needs fixing
I tried my best to get the new map image uploaded but somehow what I did screwed up the page. Can you please sort it out?? I give up and have to get back to "real" work. Thanks!!! --Avoisin 22:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

SDelete
OK, noted - the ones I nominated for SDelete have already been removed but I will ensure the images are linked next time. Leuqarte 22:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

problem
fix ur male mithra link deletion + page lock please, thankyou--Kerah 13:43, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Divine Log
Wouldn't the template having been updated with a drop be proof enough? I've got a screenshot if that works. --Mitsukai-Hawke 00:44, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

icon
yeah - leave it please. thx. -- 00:16, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Zeelozok's earplug
Now fixed, sorry about that ^^

Griffon 21:17, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Past NM's that are also in the present.
Should we get pictures of the past version alongside the present version? I was just thinking itd be a good idea unless its already been stated hehe. --Ash 03:23, 27 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Do the models differ significantly? Sounds like a good idea if so. -- 03:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I believe they do like the Yagudos have that weird armor in the past. --Ash 02:24, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Sure, as long as they're noticeably different. The format for two images should be side by side, with the captions defining past and present respectively. -- 02:41, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I dunno what to call this but its gotta be against some kinda rule somewhere..
I added Smilodon Mantle to the warriors gear guide earlier today, and noticed already theres an edit trying to make it look like a very poor gear choice. Now its no 800k Forager's Mantle but its certainly not trash. Looking in the edit history I see this same person has both removed the item from the page and made similar negative comments about it before. I'd not looked at the edit history for the page until now and had no idea Smilodons mantle had been on the page previously. I understand the guide is a merging of multiple peoples opinions but I don't think its right for one person to try and deliberately push their own opinion this way. New checks page looking at future gears choices and sees it says "not worth mentioning" or not even present they'll think its totally non viable.. 

--1.quos.vita.habitum.captivus 02:28, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

April Fools
lol Very dirty April Fools Trick by ffxiclopedia on main page.

Props to it. Probably caused someone to run off and commit suicide lmao

Silly people

Kakkoiii 13:23, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

crab category page
I'm not editing this page again but thought someone should know about this disagreement.

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/index.php?title=Category:Crabs&action=history http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/index.php?title=Category_talk:Crabs&action=history

Logically, all crabs cannot be paladin unless they were edited after the fact to change them since paladin was not in the game at launch. Since I'd always been told the original crabs were rdm and I've been around since zilart, I added a not on the talk page and added it as a possible crab job. Its not incorrect because we do have rdm crabs at the very least as NMs. I've now added the verification tag so that perhaps others will be inclined to aid in finding definitively, since its being refuted. I strongly suspect this edit will be undone.

I seem to be tripping things people want to edit war over a lot lately. Is popping you or chris a message when I see it correct procedure? Ran into a few people on NM pages doing it but seemed to fizzle out on its own (yag NMs). got the edit conflict message when trying to add my sig after missing it. Your fast ;p --1.quos.vita.habitum.captivus 03:29, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


 * The verification tag is sufficient, especially with talk page discussion. Also, please sign your posts on talk pages with ~ -- 03:25, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


 * woops..ok I guess hitting refresh after an edit conflict message is bad idea wiki software wiped out what you said.. --1.quos.vita.habitum.captivus 03:30, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Category is spelled correctly, don't change it back. Also, do NOT remove my comments. And for the love of God use show preview. -- 03:35, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Jeez. It was an accident, I'm sorry. I hot refresh in my browser and it didn't reload the page with current content, cause it to save old version. --1.quos.vita.habitum.captivus 03:40, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/index.php?title=Category_talk:Crabs&curid=18184&diff=484323&oldid=484076 He removed it verification tag and all. Just discovered he's doing the same thing on beetle pages also (I'm not involved there). --1.quos.vita.habitum.captivus 17:46, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Images
Is there a problem with JPGs in perticular? I mean, I've always used them in the past because they're smaller and easier to deal with than BMPs. Should I be using either of the other two formats? --Priestbilly 05:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ahh, I see what you're meaning. It's not extremely noticable but it is there, true. I've modded my init file on Windower to always save pictures in JPG format just for the sole reason of saving harddrive space (I take a LOT of screenshots; 2MB per screenie puts me back quite a ways). I'll change it back to BMP or PNG for uploading to Wiki from now on, though. --Priestbilly 05:32, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

tank0 content
I apparently forgot to add the tank0 files to tank2.7z ... tank0 is the one mith set timers forballista/brenner books/pages, and a clone of the Glowing lamp pic (with reduced filesize, naturally. tank0 contents can be found at --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 01:39, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

IE/Firefox difference?
I like the way my userpage looks on Firefox. On IE parts of it are spaced out oddly, even though there is no space in between them in edit mode. Why are they different, is there any way for me to adjust this so it looks the way I want it to on both pages, and why is it that way on IE? --RollsTRoice 10APR2008

I don't understand, what are those? I'm self taught at that stuff so I don't understand what might seem common sense. --RollsTRoice 10APR2008

Ahhh, ok. Is there anyway to get them side to side by three w/o having the spaces and then use the top/bottom to stack those on top of each other? --RollsTRoice 10APR2008

edits
i'm not <.< -- 21:06, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I didn't ask you for anything more
Don't respond to rants that aren't leveled at you. Don't trash my talk page when your pissed at a mistake I've made and I won't think its related to things its not. One tag would have been enough and certainly didn't require blanking the entire page - what would you think after that and a different admin posting that they agree with mr expert? I saw gahoo's edit and lost my temper. But anyway it's not going to matter anymore I'm taking a long break from all things pc/internet related. --1.quos.vita.habitum.captivus 19:28, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Who it belongs to isn't relevant. "my talk page" refers to its attachment to my name - it is a page messaging to me correct? Doesn't need to mean ownership for the terminology to apply.

It was rude to blank the entire thing and fill it with multiples of the same tag. This is why you got mentioned. If you hadn't done that I wouldn't have considered the possibility I'd gotten on the wrong side of the site staff. --1.quos.vita.habitum.captivus 19:40, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Rollback
What have I told you about using the Rollback function?!? I said use it *sparingly* if at all. You rolled back my edit, and deleted a valid edit. Whether or not you feel the change to the droprates was needed, I had added a new item to the drop list and because you rolled it back rather than being responsible and editing it, you deleted my valid edit in your haste to undo a change. Don't use rollback except for vandalism. I'm going to rollback your vandalism and if you want to add the drop rates back in, edit them in. Do not use the rollback feature. -- 22:08, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't care *how* you did it. You undid a valid part of my edit in addition to your change. I don't care about the drop rate. If you're right, that's not the point of my post. My point was there was an additional valid edit tied into the my drop rate deletion. I added a specific drop that wasn't listed before. But because you hastily just undid my edit, you reverted the valid part of my edit. And that is what I'm angry about. Slow down and check what you're doing before just undoing someone's entire edit. -- 22:16, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

That's fine. If my gripe had been about the template, I'd've taken it to the forums or the Talk page. It just concerns me that sometimes editors do not review the entire edit when they determine that some parts of an edit need to be undone. Some times there are correct edits hidden within the incorrect ones. We need to be vigilant in not undoing the valid and correct edits in our haste to undo incorrect edits. -- 22:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh and sorry for back to back edits to your talk page, but also, now that we are done, I remember you talking about being able to hide edits. I can't remember how to do that.  If that is still possible, please hide every edit of ours between my first and your last edit.  -- 22:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Image Policy
I'm not sure who I'm supposed to ask about this, but could you make the Image policy more strict? Something along the lines of "For NPCs/MOBs, name them exactly as they're named or name them to match the wiki page unless there's a conflict. The captiolization should also match and the extension should be all lowercase (ie .png and not .PNG)" it would save me (and others i assume) the trouble of replacing them (if we wanna be slightly anal about details) to match. --Themanii 04:15, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Chocobo Raising (color)
Is there a way I could have handled the "edit warring" better? I thought a link to the color discussion on the talk page would be an acceptable compromise between having it on the main article and not having it at all...

thanks -- Leuqarte 04:55, 18 April 2008 (UTC)