User:Moviesign/ArchiveTalk2022

Archives: 2011, 2012, 2013–14

Admin material
Hey, Movie... wow!!! Awesome work over the weekend on your gazillion edits... keep this up and you will make admin someday :) - Darkwynters (talk) 18:00, January 19, 2015 (UTC)


 * Oh, please, no. Anything but an admin. :-O &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 18:10, January 19, 2015 (UTC)


 * Movie, I just wanted to say... WOW... you are crushing those class updates!!! - Darkwynters (talk) 17:02, January 24, 2015 (UTC)


 * Halfway through the alphabet and I'm starting to get in a rhythm, hehe. Sorry for hogging most of the bandwidth in the Recent Changes list. :-/ &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 01:44, January 25, 2015 (UTC)


 * Heh, I just popped over to your Talk page to congratulate you on your sterling work lately, but it looks like Darkwynters beat me to it. You have done a sweeping job on the class categories.--Eli the Tanner (talk) 23:39, January 25, 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I hope it makes sense to someone other than me :) &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 00:26, January 26, 2015 (UTC)

HTML/CSS Help
Hey, Dave, you're the wiki markup pro here, yes?

I've been working on creating a grouping box for the bottom of language pages, as I plan to do a thorough "Languages of Faerûn" article project in the future. I'm having difficulty changing the line spacing between lines in the 2nd box shown here: User:Lhynard/Sandbox. (As it is, the box is way to big, but it would all fit if not for the "double-spacing" happening.)

I've toyed with the  field, changing the CSS fields ,  , and. None of that works, yet it looks the way I want it to when I create an HTML file and view it in a browser, so I'm assuming something on the wiki is overriding the settings I'm providing in the raw HTML. What am I missing? Where can I view the wiki's master CSS? The Template:4ed box has a  field. Could I solve this problem using that? IF so, where do I put the CSS file?

~ Lhynard (talk) 22:20, January 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * It looks like your &lt;ul&gt; and &lt;li&gt; elements are inheriting the style from Wikia itself, which we have no control over, but we can override with our own css. The "quick" fix for your 4ed box is to change all &lt;ul&gt; and &lt;li&gt; "line-height" parameters to "inherit" and then set the line-height of your table at the top to, say 80%. That way you can adjust the spacing of the whole table at once. If you want me to create a style for you, I can do that, but it might be later tonight or tomorrow. Oh, and one more thing: you have to separate style designators with a semi-colon, like this:  or else you risk weirdness (as if css wasn't weird enough). Good luck, and let me know. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 23:42, January 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tips! Don't worry about creating the style for me yet; I'll mess around with it more first.


 * Gah! I forgot about the semicolons; I should have remembered that. (I program in C++ after all!) ~ Lhynard (talk) 00:16, January 21, 2015 (UTC)


 * Ok, it's crazy ugly, but it's working now. Thanks again! ~ Lhynard (talk) 00:45, January 21, 2015 (UTC)

Wording
Hay Movie! I was wondering what you think about the wording for "At higher levels" in 5e? So far I have used "if used with more skill" or " if used with more force" I'm a bit unsure about the wording and if that would be completely accurate, what do you think? Terrorblades 's Far Realm logs dated 12:35, January 27, 2015 (UTC)


 * All of those sound fine to me. Since we categorize the spells by level, I don't see why we can't use the word "level" in the spell description. It's one of the trade-offs that we have to make while trying to avoid crunch but still be a useful resource for players and DMs. Others may feel differently, but that's my stance. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 14:32, January 27, 2015 (UTC)


 * Ok then I'll use that for now... Its just I don't have have ever read or seen some where people use "Level" in novel or games... But I might have missed it. Also the Blindness or deafness was just great, thanks :)! Terrorblades 's Far Realm logs dated  20:48, January 27, 2015 (UTC)

Moviesign: where on this massive website do you put PC characters? Permission is granted for others to use freely.

Project #39
FWIW, I'm a big fan of your project #39; that had been bothering me for a while. :) ~ Lhynard (talk) 00:22, February 16, 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks! It's always nice to get recognition of one's work. :) I hope this will make them easier to use. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 00:35, February 16, 2015 (UTC)

More scripting help
Any idea how to trim the percentage to 2 or 3 decimal places here?

User:Lhynard/Template/User_new_pages

~ Lhynard (talk) 18:55, March 18, 2015 (UTC)

thanks! perfect! ~ Lhynard (talk) 00:12, March 19, 2015 (UTC)

Congrats
Good work finishing up the Dragon/Dungeon citation project. It was much needed! ~ Lhynard (talk) 17:15, March 31, 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks! :) Although I've still got Project #40 to do. Not sure how enthusiastic I am about that...we'll see. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 21:18, March 31, 2015 (UTC)

Sort Key
Actually, when you removed the sort key from the Template:Class table in Thallos el Bhirax, his name ceased being sorted properly in Category:Fighters (2e). You need to have both the sort key param and the set, because the default setting in the class table is to use. ~ Lhynard (talk) 23:16, April 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * Not sure what you mean, Lhyn... BadCat and I have been using the Defaultsort for years now... Thallos el Bhirax is under both "Fighters (2e)" and "Fighters of 7th Level (2e)... - Darkwynters (talk) 23:29, April 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * Hmmm, actually, this is really weird and both BadCat and Movie need to have a look at this... for example, Artus Cimber is under "A" for the auto class cats... and under "C" for all other cats... I think we need to have a look into this... I thought the Defaultsort... sorted everything... hmmm, nice catch, Lhyn - Darkwynters (talk) 23:38, April 20, 2015 (UTC)

Creature template
Hey Movie, just checking in with you on the Template:Creature infobox... is this the most up-to-date version.... - Darkwynters (talk) 21:20, April 22, 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, as of now. Let me know if you have any problems with it. Also, there is an unanswered question in Template talk:Creature, if you want something else to ponder. :) &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 21:43, April 22, 2015 (UTC)

Edit Questions
Hey there! I was out of town for a few days but am back now. Here are answers to your questions on pages I created:

Corsairs (2e)-WARRIOR kit (not fighter),Ethoists (2e)-PRIEST kit,Farisan (2e)-WARRIOR kit, Artemas Entreri (talk) 22:27, May 24, 2015 (UTC)

Have A Small Problem
Hi, I am having a problem with certain page numbers in relation to "The Year of the Rogue Dragons" trilogy. I have a three in one book called "The Year of the Rogue Dragons" which contains the books "Rage" "Rite" "Ruin". I can give general citations in relation to which novel my info comes from but the page numbers would come from "The Year of the Rogue Dragons" which I cannot cite to for some reason. If you could create a template for it I would appreciate it - the isbn for the YotRD is 978-0-7869-5574-9. Thank You! (TeliomBrainFreeze (talk) 23:38, June 16, 2015 (UTC))


 * Hmmm, Brain, this might be a perfect opportunity to test our chapter idea for citations! I am still not completely sure how to do this, so please post this question on tech admin Movie's page :) - Darkwynters (talk) 04:01, June 17, 2015 (UTC)


 * So Movie, I was wondering if you could help? (TeliomBrainFreeze (talk) 04:11, June 17, 2015 (UTC))


 * Okay, I have a solution, but to make your citations useful to everyone who has the individual books rather than the omnibus edition (that's what they're calling The Year of Rogue Dragons) it may require two citations instead of one. I'm assuming that your book just reprints all three novels, so you have three Chapter Two's and so on. So for example, suppose you want to cite an event that takes place on page 500 of your book, and say this happens to be in chapter 12 of The Rite. To be most useful, you would need to add both of the following citations:


 * That way, anyone with just The Rite will be able to find it, and those who have The Year of Rogue Dragons get the exact page number. Optionally, you can just use chapter references for everything and not bother with the page numbers, but if you don't mind a bit of extra work, I feel it would be helpful to our readers to use both. Thank you for your contributions, and let me know if you have questions or something doesn't work. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 13:56, June 17, 2015 (UTC)
 * That way, anyone with just The Rite will be able to find it, and those who have The Year of Rogue Dragons get the exact page number. Optionally, you can just use chapter references for everything and not bother with the page numbers, but if you don't mind a bit of extra work, I feel it would be helpful to our readers to use both. Thank you for your contributions, and let me know if you have questions or something doesn't work. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 13:56, June 17, 2015 (UTC)
 * That way, anyone with just The Rite will be able to find it, and those who have The Year of Rogue Dragons get the exact page number. Optionally, you can just use chapter references for everything and not bother with the page numbers, but if you don't mind a bit of extra work, I feel it would be helpful to our readers to use both. Thank you for your contributions, and let me know if you have questions or something doesn't work. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 13:56, June 17, 2015 (UTC)


 * Okay thank you!TeliomBrainFreeze (talk) 19:24, June 17, 2015 (UTC))

Thank you
Thank you for your help with the AW Template! (TeliomBrainFreeze (talk) 15:26, June 24, 2015 (UTC))


 * You're most welcome :) Let me know if you want any changes made. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 21:03, June 24, 2015 (UTC)

New Issue of Dragon+
So I found that the new Issue of Dragon+ has some info that I want to add... but I'm not sure about the reference template. I guess I cant put in "Dragon+" as a template name right? just to say what I'm trying to do: There are Character cheats in this issue for some of the SCL characters and want to add there levels. Terrorblades 's Far Realm logs dated 14:50, June 30, 2015 (UTC)


 * Do Dragon+ articles have the usual things that a magazine has? An author? An editor? An issue number? Page numbers? Is there a URL that people can use to get to it? We need to know the things that would allow a reader to view the Dragon+ article. Tell me what you know, and I will either create a new template for it or I will extend the Cite dragon template to allow for Dragon+ articles. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 17:23, June 30, 2015 (UTC)


 * Well Its only on the App, and there are authors, editors. Doesn't seam to be pages, instead there are like articles after each other in a "long strip". I cant seam to dig any online versions or even a version for my Android emulator. The program in it self keeps the issues in it and they have articles in them. Any one else in the wikia using the program? Also I got the Character cheats out of the program and on to my computer thanks to Adobe, but I guess I cant post that anywhere legally? Terrorblades 's Far Realm logs dated  20:30, June 30, 2015 (UTC)

grep
Yeah, grep is somewhat miraculous!

I love the new userbox.

~ Lhynard (talk) 22:52, August 10, 2015 (UTC)

USERNAME
Hi admin Movie, I was messying around ours and other wikis and have noticed that a lot of other wikis use a USERNAME template (which uses the "insertusername" parameter to show the name of that page's visitor if for a registered user) but it doesn't seem to work on our wiki. It's not of any importance really, but it was nice seeing it working. For example:GorillaMan User on Clash of Clans wiki. I couldn't find anything more here, so if we don't want it, please use your admin powers and delete User:Jandor/Lab/USERNAME, a page trying to implement that parameter. Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience! &mdash;Jandor (talk) 20:18, August 30, 2015 (UTC)


 * It looks like it requires some custom JavaScript to make it work. You'd have to find the source somewhere (I don't think you can just grab it from someone's common.js, but I could be wrong) and put it in your common.js. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 01:05, August 31, 2015 (UTC)

Cite book template
Hey. I was having trouble with the editor parameter on the cite book template (here and here). By putting editor in the Editor section, their names were duplicated on the citation. I assumed this was an error so I just put them in the author section. It seems you spotted my work around and corrected it.

Is it supposed to show these names twice? Thanks -Thomas Love http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/jackass/images/5/5f/Star_tiny.png [ talk ] 05:36, October 10, 2015 (UTC)


 * The short answer is yes, but I'll see if there is a way to make the template smarter. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 11:59, October 10, 2015 (UTC)


 * Ah well in that case, don't worry too much. No need to add even more templates to your jobs to you list! -Thomas Love http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/jackass/images/5/5f/Star_tiny.png [ talk ] 13:19, October 10, 2015 (UTC)


 * But I like templates, it says so on my Profile. Done! :) &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 13:48, October 10, 2015 (UTC)

Css supplement
Hi Movie, I would like some css code to be uploaded in our main css pages. They are needed for Forum: Index to look even better! Whenever you find the time to do it, here is what I want to be uploaded: In MediaWiki:Wikia.css the following /** New forum layout - 2015 **/ /* New forum layout - 2015 */ /* Table data vertical align: top */ td.forum_title, td.forum_edited, td.forum_editor { vertical-align: top } /* Table header horizontal align using padding and width for date fix */ th.forum_title { padding: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; } th.forum_edited { padding: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.2em; width:27%; } th.forum_editor { padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0.1em 0.1em; width:16%; } /* Table of "add topic button" */ display:inline-block; width:42%; margin:0px 28% 0px 28%; } and MediaWiki:Common.css with /* New forum layout - 2015 */ /* Table header vertical align.*/ th.forum_title { padding: 0.3em 0.3em 0.3em 0.3em; vertical-align: middle; } th.forum_edited { padding: 0.3em 0.3em 0.3em 0.3em; vertical-align: middle; } th.forum_editor { padding: 0.3em 0.3em 0.3em 0.3em; vertical-align: middle; } /* Table of "add topic button" */ display:inline-block; width:28%; margin:0px 34% 0px 34%; } I think they work fine, but you might always want to check them. Thanks!&mdash;Jandor (talk) 14:39, October 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) tableaddnewtopicforum {
 * 1) tableaddnewtopicforum {