User talk:KC-Earthshaker

text align="left" style="background: #9DB7F5; Template:Roundy;" | Welcome to my talk page - don't forget to sign. Talkpage Size colspan="2" align="left" style="background: #444444; Template:Roundy;" |   (11,825 bytes, 23% filled) Comments Hello I just joined myself, noticing I could help this wiki with some templates and such, but you seem to be much more experienced with Mediawiki/template syntax than I am. It would be nice if you would comment on what I wrote on the Community Portal. Also, the CampaignPrevNext template looks great! :) ~FireFly tc 10:47, 17 June 2010 (UTC) Thanks, I really don't consider myself experienced, but I've been contributing to Bulbapedia [1] for almost a year now, so I guess practice makes perfect! Luckily, it's not really all that difficult to learn (at least for me), the best way is to find code or a template you think you can use, and try to modify it to suit your needs. But thank you for the compliment on my first template! =] — KC 10:58, 17 June 2010 (UTC) You're welcome! Also, would be great if you could alter Template:Unitlist/entry so that {{{first}}} set to "yes" makes the unit name bold, and leaving out unit type doesn't create a wikilink, but just a plain '—'. I'll watch how you do it, and hopefully learn from it! ~FireFly tc 13:18, 17 June 2010 (UTC) Do you know if it's possible for administrators to move image file pages? Or should I continue to reupload wrongly named images, and ask an admin to remove the old ones? I really think it's a good idea to be able to get the small sprite picture out of just the unit name, so you don't have to supply both unit name and image file name. ~FireFly tc 20:18, 17 June 2010 (UTC) I would assume they can. Actually, if we have all the images in a standard format, it would be a lot easier to code. If all file extensions ended in ".png", for example, we wouldn't have to worry about the possibility of a ".jpg" image popping up. That way, we could set it up with {{{unitname}}} for the actual name listing, and [[Image:{{{unitname}}}.png]] for the image. Like Neotank and Neotank.png, for example. — KC 20:27, 17 June 2010 (UTC) Yeah, that was my goal. I tried to keep the Image:{{{unitname}}}-small.png pattern for the small sprites, with that in mind. Hey, I didn't know bold tags did <nowiki> automagically! By the way, just noticed this page links to "User talk:KCorp4000" somewhere, presumably in the box to the right. You may want to modify that. :) ~FireFly tc 20:33, 17 June 2010 (UTC) Not a bad idea, but do we need the "small" part of it? I only ask because I don't think we'll really have any "large" images to worry about...? Never mind, if we manage to get images of the Battalion Wars units on here, I guess those would be the "large" group. Thanks, it was the little HP bar. I thought I changed all of those KCorp4000s... That's my username on Bulbapedia. — KC 21:17, 17 June 2010 (UTC) I was thinking of Image:Anti-Airs2.png et al., though I guess it applies to Battalion Wars as well. ~FireFly tc 21:37, 17 June 2010 (UTC) (resetting indent) I hadn't thought about that... It would be great if we could get the small overworld sprites as well as those in-battle sprites for each of the Advance Wars countries. That way, there's a little more eye candy to work with. — KC 21:41, 17 June 2010 (UTC) True, but I'll leave that for another day. But yes, that's a good goal! ~FireFly tc 21:45, 17 June 2010 (UTC) That's exactly right. Look at Bulbapedia, 5 years old and still not complete. Of course, it doesn't help that there's always new info, haha. — KC 21:46, 17 June 2010 (UTC) Xylvania Great job with the Xylvania article! I'm really impressed! ~FireFly tc 10:56, 20 June 2010 (UTC) Haha, thanks! Glad I finished when I did - my net connection was really hit-or-miss yesterday. =( — KC 18:03, 21 June 2010 (UTC) Unitlist templates Hi! I just got back from a holiday; forgot to write about it here, sorry about that. Now the extra line breaks shouldn't appear any more. It happens because of an extra newline after the </nowiki> ending tag; see this diff. —FireFly~ 19:31, 2 July 2010 (UTC) Wondered if you were coming back! =P Thanks so much for fixing that again, I had no clue what was making it do that. I had kept trying to work the "short" option into the unitlist stuff, but I couldn't get it to work right. It was starting to drive me a little crazy, so I split it into "entry" and "shortentry", at least for now. Somebody can always go back and combine them again. Anyway, it seems that people are focusing on updating the Main Page right now, so if you've got any suggestions, add to the forums! — KC 14:50, 3 July 2010 (UTC) Congrats on your adminship! I'd just like to say congratulations, and good luck, in your adminship! Any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with me - remember, best way would be via PM on the forum! -- JoJo 10:36, 6 August 2010 (PDT) Congratulations! :) Moydow 11:45, 6 August 2010 (PDT) Congratulations. Turtwig A 15:23, 6 August 2010 (PDT) Thanks everybody! =) — KC 22:52, 6 August 2010 (PDT) I realize I'm late on the congrating :p But congrats anyway! You're certainly capable of doing the job. If you ever need help on something wiki specific, hit me up! I'm available in NIWA's forum, skype, msn, and the usual talk pages/pm boxes. Oh and don't forget your main page overhaul. I can't wait to see it up!Axiomist 23:35, 6 August 2010 (PDT) Thanks! If I ever need your help, I'll track you down somewhere. =P I'm just about to switch up the Main Page now, actually. — KC 23:40, 6 August 2010 (PDT) Awesome! And great timing bc if we get the announcement in through our network, we can bring some traffic to Wars Wiki, and hopefully members! I'll announce it at WK and see if ZW would report as well.Axiomist 23:48, 6 August 2010 (PDT) It's up! =D That would be great, thanks. — KC 23:51, 6 August 2010 (PDT) Oh one reason, we thrive in private chats is to share SEO tips, although the wiki is more than Advance Wars, the Alexa rank and Google rank benefit from "-whatever- Wiki" as the main landing page, since "Main Page" is probably not searched outside of Moydow's test :D When people looking for a wiki on it, they won't know the name and will plug "X wiki" into the search engine. Axiomist 00:08, 7 August 2010 (PDT)