GuildWiki talk:Community portal/Archive 17

BeastInfobox system revamp
Proposal: turn it semi-similar to how the skill system works, so that non-creature articles that talk about creatures can easily provide more information (that don't need to be synced).


 * Stuff we'll want to keep track about all Creatures
 * Everything currently in Beastinfobox
 * If it's Ally, Enemy, or Other (there are some you cannot attack and cannot heal)
 * If it's boss or not
 * A list of locations appears in
 * Skill Bar (separate entries for Normal mode vs Hard mode)

Articles about locations can then pull the monster's data (in either a table-row format or a bullet-list format, or something else) easily. And other types of articles may create custom formatting templates for their usage too.

-User:PanSola (talk to the ) 22:37, 29 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Good idea - potentially a whole lot of work, but potentially extremely useful. Some of the work could be handled by a bot - taking any existing categories/skillbars and turning them into parameters in the existing BeastInfobox, then taking the box and moving it to a subpage.  This is obviously one of your "troublemaker" ideas that will require 7-14 days of discussion first. ^_~ &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 04:24, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Remember the page "Titans get plus health regen and set enemies on fire each time he is hit"?
I found on the official Wiki. Poke found it in the gw.dat file, and modded it into a skill bar. Respective [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Titans_get_plus_Health_regen_and_set_enemies_on_fire_each_time_he_is_hit. pages]. This is also linked from the Titans blahblah page. Found it rather interesting, perhaps have some mention of it? --- -- (s)talkpage 05:23, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I found those (and about a hundred more like them) when I parsed out the unicode files in gw.dat to get the concise descriptions for monster skills and effects. BAMPH!! is in there (desc: BAMPH!!), along with:
 * "Fake Spell": Fake spell just to show casting animation and maybe effects.
 * "Rurik Must Live": Buff placed on Rurik that prevents him from dying for 5 minutes. (I don't think this one ever worked as intended >.>)
 * "Summoning of the Scepter": The Margonite utters words in an ancient tongue, and the ground beneath him begins to shiver and crack. (probably used for The Cold Touch of the Past)
 * "Exposed Underbelly": While on your side, you take +X damage when you take damage, where X is twice your level. (Siege Turtle)
 * Those are a few of the highlights. If anyone wants, I can post the complete list.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 05:54, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * This is one of the reasons that monsters don't have a full skill bar. Some slots are occupied by these buffs. We could make pages for these skills, but... &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]], 11:00, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * The Margonite Paragons (stupid names they have>.> ) in the DoA have 9 skills, so I think they buffed Nightfall-and-further monsters with a greater skillbar :) But I oculd see this as being the reason Proph/Factions monsters have so little (and mediocre) skills. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 12:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Margonite Anur Runds have 7 skills, including Enraged :o And I heard Gaile or some other developer say a long time ago, that some special monster buffs have to occupy a skill slot. &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]], 16:46, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Recent "improvements"
What's up with all the fancy new stuff? First there's new editing options like editing tips and widescreen (Maybe just in Monaco, but still). Those can be turned off, so no big deal. But why are there now little Wikipedia symbols after Wikipedia links, and how can we make them go away?Entrea  [Talk]  17:17, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, those are really obnoxious. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 17:18, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * And it's only for Wikipedia links. Other kinds of links are fine.[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]]Entrea  [Talk]  17:23, 3 May 2008 (UTC)


 * The W's are fughleh imo --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 17:34, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You can adblock http://en.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico and the W will disappear, unfortunately the space remains. --[[Image:AlariSig.png]] 18:24, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Or hide it with your user .css. -- AT (talk | contribs) 18:34, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * How the hell did you do that at the exact same time as me, and post it before me.....?--[[Image:AlariSig.png]] 18:37, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ninja Tricks! -- AT (talk | contribs) 18:41, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll give it to you that yours worked right the first time, my test was flawed and showed it working when it really wasn't so you beat me to the punch... Anyways putting:

#bodyContent a[href^="http://en.wikipedia.org/"] { background: none; padding-right: 0px; }
 * into your .css removes it.--[[Image:AlariSig.png]] 18:45, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Will that work with Monaco? [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 21:50, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * That will work in Monaco. But it would only affect you and not other ppl looking at your user page. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 22:29, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

I was the one who added the wikipedia icon. I feel sad that those don't have warning icons telling ppl "CLICK ON THIS AND YOU WILL LEAVE GUILD WIKI!" Well they do have a different shade of blue but most of the time it's not really noticable... The CSS rule that produced the icon is gonna change soon btw, so the workaround will needed to be changed when that happens. On your user pages, class="plainlinks" is supposed to hide it anyways, but I would advocate we DO accept the use of the mini-icon on main articles to warn users. -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 22:11, 3 May 2008 (UTC)


 * On the plus side, pseudo external links like a link to the history of a GuildWiki article no longer needs class="plainlinks" to hide the external link icon. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 22:17, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Personally, I think it's ugly and visually disruptive, and it's breaking my userboxes. Did anyone actually complain that links were hijacking their browsers and spiriting them away to Wikipedia? [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 22:22, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * For your personal use, consider class="plainlinks" so the icon is hidden for everybody. Nobody complained to me, but it's an issue that has bothered me for a very long time (the question of why normal "external links" get a warning icon and interwiki links going to external sites don't). -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 22:24, 3 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Now if I only knew how that plainlinks worked... --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 22:30, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

The icon has been changed from Wikipedia's favicon (which is ugly) to a shrunken version of their sphere logo (which looks less bad). Refresh your cache to see the difference. I strongly advocate the use of it in the main article namespace, and I advocate that users who which to hide it on their userpages should hide it via class="plainlinks" like how we hide hide typical external link icons. -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 22:27, 3 May 2008 (UTC)