User talk:KC-Earthshaker

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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 ^t_c 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 ^t_c 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 ^t_c 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 ^t_c 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 ^t_c 21:37, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

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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 ^t_c 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)

Great job with the Xylvania article! I'm really impressed! ~FireFly ^t_c 10:56, 20 June 2010 (UTC)