UESPWiki:Community Portal/Archive 13

-The Hell Is Going On?

Hey, I know I've been away for a while, so I have probably missed something big, but suddenly I'm seeing that all place names on articles are now in bold. Is this a new policy, or just something I've never noticed before? I'm sure that under the site guides, they should not be in bold type. What's going on? --HMSVictory 13:53, 23 March 2008 (EDT)
: Nothing has changed since you've been away. Which pages in particular do you mean? –Rpeh  03:27, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
::Well, on the Therana page, for example, one of the related quests has her name in bold, and I've also seen this on a couple of Oblivion NPC pages. I know that the first mention of the subject should be in bold, but now I'm seeing most place names later in the article in bold. Oh, and the Gaeldol page has "The Eight Plates" in bold, even though it's at the end of the article. I don't remember any of this when I was last here (Sorry for the break, by the way.), so why am I seeing this now? Should I change them back to normal text or not? --HMSVictory 06:14, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
:::Ah. That's caused by a link in the quest description page. If you link to a page appears on the page itself the wiki software renders it in bold rather than as a link. Thus, Community Portal appears in bold even though it's a link. There's nothing we can do about that. It's always been like that though. –Rpeh  07:28, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
::::Really, I've never noticed that. But hang on, the Eight Plates link on the Gaeldol page doesn't link to the same one, and neither do the ones on those Oblivion NPC pages. What's going on there? --HMSVictory 07:34, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
:::::Some place names are in bold if there's nothing to link to. It's often done that way. –Rpeh  08:46, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
::::::Alright then. Just seems a little odd. --HMSVictory 12:39, 24 March 2008 (EDT)

Greetings from Guildknight!

She and I have kept in email contact, and she wanted me to pass along "Well, tell everyone I miss 'em, and tell Nephele I said thanks for trying to figure out the official mods thing.  With no TV or Internet, I really need my Oblivion fix!  I miss y'all, and I'll get back on here as soon as I can," and "Anyway, things are starting to look a little up for me and mine... it's probably gonna be another 2 or 3 weeks before we're really back up on our feet again, but at least there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel again!" So, we'll have our lady-knight back soon! Somercy 13:16, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
:I wasn't aware she was gone. Why isn't she contributing anymore? --HMSVictory 13:23, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
::Real life work issues. Didn't have internet for a while. Somercy 13:26, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
:::I know how that feels. In fact, I've just come back from about a month of in-activity myself - I only started editing again yesterday. it's only when you return that you realise how much you miss contributing. I was expecting GuildKnight's name to be flooding the RecentChanges page when I checked back but no, there's no sign of her! --HMSVictory 13:30, 24 March 2008 (EDT)

Question-ia?
I want to cast a vote. I am going to be keeping a somewhat "diary" on UESP about the average life of an Editor and a New Jersian. I need to pick a name; "Tom-nia" (Tom's my name), or "Playjex-ia." You decide, or make up an even cooler name. I will pst an entry about every 2 days or so. Thanks. --Playjex 18:48, 24 March 2008 (EDT)

:Sounds like that belongs on a blog, not on the wiki itself. --Wrye 14:54, 25 March 2008 (EDT)

::I agree with Wrye, there are plenty of free blog sites which are better suited to the task. --Ratwar 15:09, 25 March 2008 (EDT)

:::Yes sir. Thanks. --Playjex 16:29, 25 March 2008 (EDT)

::::Wait, may I put a link on my userpage to it? --Playjex 13:04, 27 March 2008 (EDT)

:::::Of course you can! check out the External Links section of my Userpage. That's full of links, some more relveant than others. I know I'm not really in a position to say this, but there's nothing wron with that. No one has ever asked me to take mine down anyway. --HMSVictory 13:09, 27 March 2008 (EDT)

:Haha, thanks dude. --Playjex 22:41, 28 March 2008 (EDT)

 
 

Change to the Site

I'd like to propose a major change in the way we write articles for the site. At the moment we ban first person usage and personal opinions, but it becomes clear from a brief glance at the Recent Changes page page suggests that many of our users find this an unwarranted restriction on their prose skills. I think the time has come to allow people to write up their own opinions and add them to the site. For instance, I'm thinking of adding this to the Fort Carmala page:
 
This leads me into two other points. First, I used British spelling. I don't think there's a problem with this and we should be able to switch back and forth between different spellings of words, even within the same article. Second, although the correct name is "Shadowbanish", we should allow people to use whatever spelling they want - after all, we know what they mean. That obviously leads to "Deadric" becoming the preferred spelling for the armour and weapon material.

Some people may think this will lead to chaos, with editors continually undoing each other's work and changing favourite dungeons and so on. That can easily be stopped through edit summaries. Putting "STOP CHANGING THIS!!!!!!" as an edit summary will indicate to other editors that they shouldn't change the page without permission from the editor in question.

So that's my idea. Let me know what you think! –Rpeh  01:47, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

:This will lead to chaos. Wikis only work because the ultimate resolution to editing disagreements is objective facts. As soon as you introduce subjective judgements, then there is no correct answer. At which point any person's opinion becomes equally valid. And you get a forum intead of a wiki. --Wrye 01:56, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

:: Gotcha :p –Rpeh  01:59, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

:::I gotta agree with Wrye, such things are better left to forums or user pages, and seeing how some forums are, I'd like to keep it that way :). The problem with first person is that we get too many battle stories from non-authoritative sources. --Ratwar 13:13, 2 April 2008 (EDT)

::::Sorry to ruin things, but this seems to be necessary before things progress any further... before reacting, people may want to check the date on which Rpeh posted this.  Ever heard of "April Fool's Day"? --Nephele  13:40, 2 April 2008 (EDT)

 

I'm Busy Again

For all who have may/may not noticed, I have been decreasing my Wiki time. For a second time, I will be taking a very long break for personal reasons (which may be viewed on my User Page). I made a comeback during December as a full throttle editor again, but time has caught up with me. Good Luck to all editors, and thank you. I will be editing minimally here and there. I will be back editing fully during the Summer. Thank You. --Playjex 23:18, 4 April 2008 (EDT)