User:Mendel/Talk Archive 2

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You Win:
The Ruricu Awesome Star for today for your awesome reply on Maui's talk page. Congratulations! No one else has ever received this award, and it is likely I'll be too lazy to give one out ever again. -- ( Talk • Contribs) 18:17, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you! You mean the "First post after a spoilsport" one? Btw, nice sig. --mendel 19:26, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

My favorite food
Spam Random Time 19:35, 18 June 2008 (UTC) link title


 * Chili. (See the archives for subject change policy on this page.) --mendel 19:42, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Neh, spam is better Asrael 11:40, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Auron Vendetta?
Ok, some advice you probably not want or waiting for, and I might be completely wrong about it but its more or less the impression you give dealing with several matters here at guildwiki. Before I go on, I want to make clear, My meaning -if I have- about any 'quarrels' you have/had isn't important, I'm not defending or attacking anyone or anything. I also think you're a good contributor to this wiki. However..I can't help noticing that you're questioning Auron motives and moves over and over again. Directly or indirectly. That gives me, and probably others, the impression that there is some sort of personal vendetta going on. Again, I'm not saying you're right or wrong nor will I defend Auron in this, but I'm afraid that dealing it this way you are doing it now might fire a nasty fight (yup, fight, wikidrama or whatever, not 'discussion'). So, *if* you are indeed unhappy with the actions of Auron, shouldn't you talking/discussing it with himself instead of general addressing issues, making pages ? *or* its your intention to improve adminship in general here ? If that is the case, I think you're not making it clear enough. And maybe it something else I completely missed. My apologies on forehand for this. I'm no native English speaker, so I miss a lot of nuances that's hidden in the discussions..-- -- ( talk ) 11:04, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I have been talking to Auron on irc; I will place another issue on his talk page shortly; the matter I raise on the admin board pertains to the admin community as a whole; I have no cause for a "vendetta", but I view Auron's attitudes with concern, and my discussion on this wiki is an effort to come to terms with that one way or another, and to identify who else shares these attitudes, if these attitudes are amenable to change, or whether it is I who should change, leave, or grit my teeth and tolerate. Oh, and thank you for your advice; it made me think. --11:18, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Auron is a very controversial administrator. He's grating, irritable, elitist and effective. There will always be people to stand against him and his tact, but he's always for the betterment of the wiki. &mdash; Powersurge360 Violencia   22:30, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Legendary Sword
Mendel, AGF does not mean "check brain at door". It means "assume good faith in the absence of contrary evidence". Anyone adding 100k+10ecto price to the legendary sword article is self-evidently acting in bad faith. It's a clear lie. No "new user" would be adding that. If they'd been adding "100g", you'd have a point. Normally, I'd think it was to try to scam someone, but this time I think someone is playing you - they thought you'd react this way and you've obliged, making yourself look very silly and undermining all your arguments against Auron.Lurkerabove 23:25, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Certain items in presearing jumped in price by a very large margin due to the closing of an exploit that allowed people to take powerful post-searing weapons into pre-searing. It is not impossible for the price to go like that, but definitely improbable. &mdash; Powersurge360 Violencia  23:27, 22 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Lurker, I have not once argued that the ban had been unfair. I am arguing that it could have been better documented. That is now easier because you can plop GW:PRICE on the talkpage and use it for a ban reason, too. If some people think that's a good idea and start using that, I'll be happy. I had also been wondering if the revert war was really necessary, and again, maybe some people will try other methods next time, and we'll see how that pans out. --◄mendel► 23:52, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Edit Summaries
I gotta say I love your edit summaries. You hardly have to read the actual post, because you practically retype it in the summary bar.Entrea  [Talk]  23:33, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * He's preparing for a HUGE vandalism outbreak once people trust his summaries and don't read the revisions! Mark my words. &mdash; Powersurge360 Violencia  23:34, 22 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Argh, my evil play is foiled! ... Copy & Paste ftw. I think it helps me find it in the history if I ever need to. Plus I'm thinking of you RC readers, too, of course. Thank you! --◄mendel► 23:37, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The edit summary that read "Added 'Take that, foul fiend!'" was actually longer than the revision. Also, my plans for tonight didn't work out, which is why I'm back on wiki and such. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 02:51, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Timestamping
On delete teplates, you can type 5 tildes, rather than four, so only a timestamp will appear. (like this; 08:43, 24 June 2008 (UTC)) --- -- (s)talkpage  08:43, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, and indeed the delete template doc shows that, but I missed it. I assumed it made sense to see who added the tag. Test(3): ◄mendel► Test(5): 08:59, 24 June 2008 (UTC) So I can sign with in the reason and  in the date. --◄mendel► 08:59, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Armor crafting project
Just have to ask, mind lending a hand with this one? Jennalee 12:35, 24 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Don't you think I have already asked myself the same question? Apart from my real-life obligations that I am currently prrcrasting, what I have on my to-do list right now is debugging AWB so I can finish the maybot cleanup and do the monster skills in the new style. I also want to grasp the site CSS to maybe make a Monaco adaptation. If that bores me, I'll go rewrite some articles that have been tagged for restructuring. Currently I'm trying to draft a deletion policy that is not as far-reaching as what JR is writing because I think that it will lead to more conflicts if that ever gets rules-lawyered. I am also not in the position to reach the majority of armor-crafters in-game, I'm sorry to say. So what I could do I have done, unless you see anything I don't - if that is the case, please suggest. --◄mendel► 13:02, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Would you help incorporate raw data if I posted screenshots of what the crafters offer? Jennalee 14:03, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * You really want me to drop everything I absolutely have to do so I can get into this? Ok, I'll tell you what will happen. At the moment I assume that this project is such a chore because the same info is duplicated in 3 or more places. I will look into the system of guides as it is set up now. I will possibly restructure the system so that any information is not duplicated on the wiki, if at all possible. That probably means either autogenerating the QR guides or getting the info in the other tables out of the QR guides. Then the updates can take place, and they can of course be done from screenshots. Have you checked GWW? --◄mendel► 14:41, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * From a cursory look, their information looks to be complete if the intent is just to copy from them. If you do not feel this is worth your time at present, then do not help, I am not forcing you to do this but any help would be welcome. Jennalee 14:45, 24 June 2008 (UTC)


 * You mayn't copy their information unless you ask everyone in the History-stuff if you may. License crap :< --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage  14:50, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * But how can they prove we copied it? >.> &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 15:22, 24 June 2008 (UTC)