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Upgrading swordplay article

I posted an idea at the Swordplay discussion article about upgrading it to just the base article of combat in oblivion, check it out! Western3589 17:52, 3 November 2007 (EDT)

 
 

Happy New Year!

You see, tomorrow's Rosh Ha'Shanah, the Jewish new year. Since I won't be online tomorrow, I thought I'd send my holiday wishes now, and here, rather than on every single editor's talk page. A happy and healthy new year to all of you!

There's a second part to the tradition, besides just wishing love upon you. I need to ask if there's anything I've done to offend, so that I may make amends. And you all need to know, for anything you've done (not that you've done anything wrong!), I forgive you all. Consider this my yearly karmic housekeeping. And again, may the coming year be sweet to you all! Somercy 10:13, 12 September 2007 (EDT)

:Happy new year to you too!--Zoidberg 08:50, 13 September 2007 (EDT)

 

Ideal Character section in MW races

I think these are a bit too subjective, absolute and opinion-led at the moment. Certainly, they seem to put more emphasis on Skill bonuses than is needed, given that these bonuses are so small, and become inconsequential once the player has reached higher levels. I'd like to change the sections, but I've seen that reverts have been made in the past when different views have been edited in. I don't believe there are many objective standards on which anything can be based for Ideal Characters, so my suggestions would be:

- Remove them entirely. We're a wiki, Jim, not a Strategy Guide!

- Or, try to make them less absolute. If differing views are there, try to sythesize them, or simply include them all (though the later may lead to un-wiki untidiness).

THoughts?Hecerinde 01:00, 26 September 2007 (EDT)
:Well, I know that there are deletionsts around, who'd get rid of several such pages...for myself, I find seeing what others have and can do useful. I don't know that there's a way to objectify them. Maybe include several differing archetypes of each race? Somercy 12:33, 27 September 2007 (EDT)

 
 
 
 

Quick Note

If anyone has time, I just posted a few questions on . Swing by a take a peek.  --GuildKnight (Talk)   18:44, 3 October 2007 (EDT)

 
 

Tamriel: Museum of Artifacts
I have noticed plenty of pages talking about it, but there seems to be no central page about it. There are also (at least) three pages that repeat similar information, so I ask, should the museum get its own page? Some pages with repeated content:
 The Blade of Nerevar
 Tribunal Services:Mournhold Museum
 Museum Artifact Prices: Mournhold Museum

:Actually, Museum Artifact Prices: Mournhold Museum is just a redirect that takes you to Tribunal Services:Mournhold Museum, so there's only two place that really talk about the items. I think both of the pages need the information, so I don't see the redundancy as a problem. I also don't see the need for a centralized page. --Ratwar 20:59, 18 October 2007 (EDT)

 

No Ads

The ads that are usually in the bottom left corner of the page aren't showing up.  I wouldn't complain, but IE doesn't consider the page loaded until the ads come up, so I have to hit the "stop" button before I click on any other links, or else it takes forever.  Just wanted to mention it.  --GuildKnight (Talk)   16:59, 26 October 2007 (EDT)
:Don't know what else to say, except to stop using a sucky browser like IE that forces you to load pages before leaving them. Maratanos 17:02, 26 October 2007 (EDT)

:Strange...is this permanent or just happens once in a while? I know occasionally the Google ad/analytic servers are a bit slow which causes the ads to be delayed or even time out. If it happens for you all the time, however, this is probably not the cause. -- Daveh 18:11, 26 October 2007 (EDT)

::Just started happening today.  --GuildKnight (Talk)   18:49, 26 October 2007 (EDT)

 
 
 
 

Editing Faction Articles

I have found that it is impossible to edit the opening paragraphs of many articles, as instead of text on the edit screen appearing, I see { { Morrowind:House Telvanni } } (Without the spaces) or something similar. Why does this happen, and how can I still edit the article?  (HMSVictory 12:00, 20 November 2007 (EST))
:That's what's called a transclusion - it's pulling the content from another page. The way I use to edit such pages is good ol' copy and paste. Take the transcluded page name and paste it into your browser bar after the "wiki/" bit. So, in the example you gave you would end up with    , which will load the article and then let you edit it. If there's an easier way, I'd love to hear about it! Oh - while we're at it, using       and       tags will let you enter things like     without problems. :-) --Rpeh  12:07, 20 November 2007 (EST)
::Easier way: Edit the page (whole page, not just a section), then scroll down to below the edit window and you'll see a section that says "Templates used on this page", complete with nice links to each of the pages transcluded on the current one. --TheRealLurlock   12:14, 20 November 2007 (EST)
:::Thank you both for your help! Good to get that sorted out. Hey Rpeh, I thought you had left?

Vandalism To My Page

I have recently noticed multiple vandalism attempts to my Userpage. They are coming from multiple IP adresses, but it is likely to be the same person. Is there any way to protect my page from this (Semi-Protection)? I believe that there will be more malicious editting to come. --HMSVictory 10:45, 28 November 2007 (EST)
: I've just done it. That should keep the anonymous users away at least. The block will expire at the end of the year by which time, with a bit luck, they'll have gone away to bother another site. As an aside, protecting pages is an admin-only function so you're probably best off asking on the Administrator Noticeboard, although I imagine this is on everybody's watch list anyway. --Rpeh  10:52, 28 November 2007 (EST)
::Thank's Rpeh! The only thing is, which pages link to the Administrator Noticeboard? --HMSVictory 11:57, 28 November 2007 (EST)
:::Not many, but the easiest to reach is the Recent Changes page, a link to which you can find at the top left of the page under the search box. On that, look at the top right for the link to the admin board. --Rpeh  12:03, 28 November 2007 (EST)
::::There also happens to be a link at the top of this page, where it says "If you have a request that requires an administrator, you may want to post your comments on the administrator noticeboard." --Nephele  18:24, 28 November 2007 (EST)
:::::So there is. That's rather embarrassing! I'll be asking "What gate?" next... --Rpeh  02:25, 29 November 2007 (EST)