User talk:Randomtime/18

Happy New Year
Happy New Year! --   † F1 ©  Talk  11:15, January 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Crappy new beer to you too  Random  Time   11:24, January 1, 2010 (UTC)

In the year 2010
Well, welcome to 2010 (for you slow coaches, hurry up out of 2009, quit living in the past mannn). I'm not going to F1 you and give you all messages, you'll probably find me annoying. So, happy new year if you watch my talk, and if you don't - why not, it's not like it ever gets edited. Here's hoping for more than 1.5 archives in 2010  Random  Time   11:29, January 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * I have a good hart and am saying every one Happy new year and above all, No freaking life -- F1Sig.png  † F1 ©  Talk  11:31, January 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Where did your grammar go in that post?  Random  Time   11:33, January 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Also, I thought you were a killer, an eternal servant of Grenth?--[[Image:El Nazgir sig.png|Talkpage]]El_Nazgir 12:19, January 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Crap they fond me out! /FLEE!!!! -- F1Sig.png  † F1 ©  Talk  12:56, January 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ahh, the're gonna have to glue you back together. IN HELL  Random  Time   16:15, January 1, 2010 (UTC)

Random Timeouts
Can anyone else not connect to Guild Wars today?  Random Time   12:51, January 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * No problems for me.--[[Image:El Nazgir sig.png|Talkpage]]El_Nazgir 15:41, January 2, 2010 (UTC)

Random Spelling
Difference between BrE and AmE. Game uses the latter, which is center. I guess that's why :P --- -- (contribs)  &emsp;(talk)  11:52, January 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Darn, trust me to fail@spelling. Sorry  Random  Time   12:18, January 3, 2010 (UTC)

Show Preview
Yo thanks for the heads up, but I'm sorry if my slight misunderstanding of Wiki upsets you. Its not causing you any harm so no need to send me a oh so 'friendly' message. RTSFirebat 14:08, January 3, 2010 (UTC)

#wikia-guildwars
Please reply on GuildWiki_talk:IRC. -- ◄mendel► 09:42, January 5, 2010 (UTC)

Image double redirects
If you're going to "fix" those image double redirects, you also need to fix every page that uses those images. &mdash;Dr Ishmael 15:15, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * On a side note: why does File:Squash Serum icon.jpg‎ redirect to the effect? &mdash; Balistic 17:07, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Nevermind cache issues. &mdash; Balistic 17:08, January 18, 2010 (UTC)

oh btw
It's really late, and not exactly significant. But thanks for using the term shoepuppet (rather than sock), I only noticed it a moment ago. Cheers. A F K When Needed 12:27, January 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * No problems, wanted to make it clear that you did own the accounts, and made that apparent - and that also you could regain access to them if you so wanted in the future  Random  Time   18:16, January 20, 2010 (UTC)

Damn you!
You kept EC'ing me when I saw my errors and wanted to fix them.--El_Nazgir 11:33, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * sorry  Random  Time   11:40, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * He's just a faster ninja than you. :P RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 11:44, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, also - google translate puts some funny translations from dutch into English, does it do the same with my translations into dutch?  Random  Time   11:46, February 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * It always does, since it ignores grammar :) Dutch and English grammar are quite different. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  11:53, February 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, the "he is" thing (about him being Dutch) isn't said in Dutch, for one.--[[Image:El Nazgir sig.png|Talkpage]]El_Nazgir 11:55, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict) I don't know what the literal translation of "Lol, je moet een paar kopjes omhoog" is, but "Lol, you need a few cups up." is blatantly a mistranslation (as it doesn't make any sense in English)  Random  Time   11:57, February 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * "Kopjes" translates to "Headers" => "You need to look a few headers up". Which still sounds awkward, if you ask me. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  12:03, February 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * EC. Also, shouldn't it be "You need to look up a few headers" for it to be grammatically correct? --[[Image:El Nazgir sig.png|Talkpage]]El_Nazgir 12:05, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * It would probably be better as, "You need to scroll up a few headers" or "You need to read the message a few headers up"   Random  Time   12:06, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

Balloons
Hi.

What's your favourite one of all your edits on GuildWiki?

Just wondered. A F K When Needed 22:40, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd go for Main Sail - although some of that wasn't by me Random Time  07:38, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

Aren't you, like, an Admin or sumfink?
.

Cool name bro. A F K When Needed 19:35, February 28, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the icon advice (:

but the monk one doesnt seem to work it just says "Template:M"

Also is there an icon for "Monster Type"

GW-ThePanda 11:39, April 5, 2010 (UTC)

10,000th edit!
This is is my 10,000th registered edit to Gwiki (excluding deleted edits) - the time is currently 1337 in the UK, coincidence? I THINK NOT! Random Time  12:37, April 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Doh, and I just ruined it by deleting a page you made an edit to. On the other hand, this allows you to make a SECOND 10k edit!  &mdash;Dr Ishmael Diablo_the_chicken.gif 13:21, April 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Double the fun Random Time  13:39, April 5, 2010 (UTC)

cvn-wikia
I thought that was just a subset of the complete #rc that got throughthe "this might be spam" filter? -- ◄mendel► 00:30, April 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, it may well be actually. /doh. However, I couldn't access #rc via the link - which I assumed to mean it was now no longer used Randomtime 06:28, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

GW2 forum split
I'd been thinking of doing that myself, so cheers. One thing I would've done differently is to just make the main page an index of links to the sub-pages, instead of including all of them - while that does solve the problem of bloat while editing, it doesn't really help with the bloat while reading. But I guess it doesn't really matter, I'll be reading it all by diffs so I'll never have a need to look at the whole thing anyway. &mdash;Dr Ishmael 20:27, May 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * I considered doing that, but I went against it as some may want to read the forum like that - reading by diffs solves the problem for people who want to just read a thread, as you said. It was edit bloat that made me do it, as navigation through headers seems fine. <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Red">Time  20:31, May 18, 2010 (UTC)

"Creating a cabal"
That made my day, fo sho. Especially after working on the bounce spiker build.

Oh, and that build has FGJ too ^-^ --Lullysing 00:42, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * The cabal's one of the in-jokes we use a lot at UnAnswers - I'm glad you liked it ported to GuildWiki for your collective enjoyment. <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Red">Time  06:01, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

I figure it was you, or at least partially you
Is it not worth making this page, at least trying to get people to like GuildWiki? A F K When Needed 12:50, May 29, 2010 (UTC)

DISPLAYTITLE
It can only change capitalization and space/underscore usage, which means it really has very limited uses: on NieA_7 to force display of the underscore, and on iPod to change the capitalization. Not much use for that on this wiki. &mdash;Dr Ishmael 22:07, June 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I know - I was using it to test how it worked due to a question on #wikia, and read the docs soon after. Needs $wgRestrictDisplayTitle to be false for it to be useful for the question in hand.  Random  Time   23:45, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

Halp!
I'm being oppressed! A F K When Needed 13:59, June 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * The wiki's Elite are pushing back against the common people. Quickly, we need to Strike back and Catch up with them, or be Crushed  Random  Time   14:14, June 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've been wondering... can I give you RandomTime points for that?
 * (If they'd have to be some of my own, nvm.) A_F_K_sig_2.jpg A F K When Needed 15:13, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Re:edits on Nine rings
Yo, the calculations on nine rings is wrong. It has to calculate the net profit from each circle, since you pay 10 tickets win or lose each prize isn't 55,40,25 its 45,30,15 which changes all the numbers of which circle provides the most benefit.. lol why did you revert my update? If you still disagree then leave it but at least give it some thought. :P
 * Bah, sorry, brainfart - saw a large removal of text, and didn't check the numbers before I clicked revert, I'll read through the edit more throughly in the future, you have my apologies. --  Random  Time   16:10, July 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Aaah, I see your logic now. Lucky points for "tickets won" include the number of tickets that you "lost" for entering the game. So a win in the centre would be a win, in the title sense, of 25 tickets, even though the actual gain in tickets is only 15. If your edit took this into account, and I failed to see something else you were pointing out, please add it back in. --  Random  Time   16:14, July 4, 2010 (UTC)

Actually, the anon failed to subtract the cost of the tickets from a loss, giving -10 instead of 0; if he had, the whole table would have had the same outcome (net loss is 1/18 per ticket), but be more complicated: -- ◄mendel► 16:54, July 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Aah, that was it. I was looking for something else that would have made the table make sense with those calculations. Mendel, you're a genius --  Random  Time   17:10, July 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * "Mendel, you're a genius " &mdash;Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 18:03, July 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've known that for years, but I didn't think it was that obvious. >_< -- ◄mendel► 21:40, July 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Obvious? No, you do quite a good job at hiding it sometimes ;-) &mdash;Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 00:27, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

The fastest deleter in the west!
Awesome, thank you. I had barely gotten the delete tags on when... presto! &mdash;Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 00:10, July 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * It came up on the #cvn-wikia channel. Which I have highlight all supicious edits to guildwars.wikia.com. The edit summary "delete" flags it in #cvn-wikia, meaning I got an IRC ping for all of the edits. Result: You get your deletion lightning fast. --  Random  Time   00:12, July 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, and you gain 5 points for the song reference --  Random  Time   00:17, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

wrote your block reason for you
User_talk:Josh5813. Please do explain your blocks, especially when you see the poster has been trying to help the wiki (however misguided) and feels righteous anger. -- ◄mendel► 08:25, July 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, very sorry about that, I was having extreme browser lag, coupled with fatigue. Shall not happen again --  Random  Time   08:26, July 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, it was good of you to notice yourself that your block length was a bit off. ;) And it was also well done of you to handle that, because that way Dr Ishmael was able to stay out and avoid any appearance of personal issues being involved. -- ◄mendel► 08:45, July 15, 2010 (UTC) & 10:17, July 15, 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Also, [ this] shouldn't have been a rollback, since it wasn't outright vandalism. (The user may have had the misguided impression that the software inserted a quote of the previous posts, like some webforum software does.) The comment posted in John7777's edit is not vandalistic, and should have been kept on the page (I restored it and replied). Removing comments of others is highly inflammatory and may have contributed to Josh's outbreak of anger that followed. -- ◄mendel► 08:30, July 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Noted --  Random  Time   08:33, July 15, 2010 (UTC)

That's my favourite
of your signatures. A F K When Needed 18:42, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * It was actually accidental that I made it this way round, I kinda like it --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  18:50, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Your signature is round? Since when? &mdash;Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 19:15, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * That ticked old Ernie --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  19:18, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * For the sake of clarification I meant the signature as seen in the previous section, I was unaware that you had changed it. Again. A_F_K_sig_2.jpg A F K When Needed 23:39, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh... --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  00:00, July 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, I like it :P --Vipermagi 10:07, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * I do like that one, I just prefer the other one. A_F_K_sig_2.jpg A F K When Needed 20:54, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * You're just saying that to make me feel better --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  22:37, July 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * And is it working? --Vipermagi 12:37, July 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * I meant it. It's simple and yet looks good. Most good signatures are a little bit complex for serving as ID and a link.
 * 't's classeh, dood! A_F_K_sig_2.jpg A F K When Needed 13:39, July 24, 2010 (UTC)

page merges
I don't recall that we merge page histories on page merges. Generally, I think that it is a bad idea because then stuff like [ this] makes the merged history unusable. People can see the merger via the history, and look up the history of the merged page on its own history.

Also, your move and de-tag ec'ed me while I was rewriting the thing. -- ◄mendel► 14:11, July 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I was half way through doing it one way - then I did it another way, sorry for the EC --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  14:15, July 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Another example why history merge is bad on page merges: To appreciate [ your rewrite], I have to chose the diff 2 lines down for comparison; if I compare to the edit before it, I'm basing it on the wrong text. It's now impossible to determine which text was, historically, on what page: we can't tell any more what we merged with what.
 * An example for when a history merge is appropriate would be when somebody did a copy & paste move, with subsequent edits. -- ◄mendel► 14:23, July 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * You have successfully made your point, I assure you it won't happen again --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  22:37, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

Forum Highlands
I feel uncomfortable with an artcile like that being unavailable to editors (such as myself) indefinitely; while a protection seems in order, a week at most should suffice. What we really want to do is figure out if there's a link (maybe even an edit link?) to this page that causes it to be spammed; but even if we don't, the ability for people to edit our pages is more important to me than reverting a spammer once a month. -- ◄mendel► 09:18, July 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * this is what the log of a spambot looks like. -- ◄mendel► 09:23, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * You should have been able to edit it, as I chose only IPs to be protected IIRc. Anyway, I changed the protection level to 2 weeks.  Random <font color="Orange">Time  11:11, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, I missed that it was IP only; sorry. Thank you. -- ◄mendel► 13:02, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sysop only protection is only indefinite on frequently used templates and the main page - any other use would be completely irresponsible. There should, still, have been a time limit on the protect. --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  13:05, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I noticed we're in agreement on that. :-D -- ◄mendel► 14:19, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

*ping*
* ping ping* :P &mdash;Dr Ishmael  18:13, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * That would be the case. But:


 * Sorry, nothing personal --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  19:08, July 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * *sniff* &mdash;Dr Ishmael Diablo_the_chicken.gif 19:22, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * oh no, I've hurt Ishy's feelings --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  19:27, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Does that mean the Wikia global blacklist doesn't affect us? -- ◄mendel► 20:05, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately not, it just removes from the blacklist on #cvn-wikia, which automatically adds users to said blacklist (for a period of time, I think it's 2 weeks) when they've been blocked on any wiki. As Ishy's block has expired, and he wasn't blocked for vandalism - there's no reason he should be on there --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  20:24, July 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Aha. &mdash;Dr Ishmael Diablo_the_chicken.gif 21:53, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * If stopping the spam filter was that easy, everyone would do it. --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  22:37, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

Nr 35 userbox
You are actually listed as nr 35 now in the most linked pages :D just wanted to say that ;) --  Jorre <font color="Orange">22225  17:37, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I never bother to check. Happy August to you. --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  22:06, August 7, 2010 (UTC)

""Isn't Britain a fun and exciting place?". Not particularly"
Raoul. Moat. &mdash; Warw/Wick 00:21, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll give you that --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  00:23, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Template:Sig
I would recommend moving that to a more specific name, like 'SigButton' or something. 'Sig' sounds like it should be an actual signature. &mdash;Dr Ishmael 14:09, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Very well, consider it moved, I think SigImage should be fine - whilst it could technically be still a sig, it's out of the way enough that nobody will mistake it, it's mostly to subst: for myself anyway. --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  14:25, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * That's fine. I was mostly worried about people using sig templates, since they're usually named 'Sig' (or '~'), and if they forget to put their username in front of it when setting it up.  Getting a redlink is a more obvious indication that their sig code is wrong; getting this image (especially after subst:ing) would be confusing.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael Diablo_the_chicken.gif 14:47, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I see how that would be a problem --  Random <font color="Orange">Time  15:17, August 9, 2010 (UTC)