User talk:Xis10al16772

Welcome to GuildWiki! --Jamie 06:31, 12 May 2006 (CDT)

Hi there Skuld  06:32, 12 May 2006 (CDT)

Thanks for the welcoming. Long time user now contributing.--Xis10al 06:42, 12 May 2006 (CDT)
 * If you wanted your user page to look a bit neater and compact you could change the width of your first green table from 100% to say 70% and add at the top of your page (which calls a template to float your table of contents on the right. You might like it how it is but this means you don't have such a large gap at the top where the table of contents is. There's more editing help on my user page although there's not much on templates on it. --Xasxas256 12:51, 27 May 2006 (CDT)

Users I Want to Thank
I'm a long time user of GuildWiki, but have only recently started contributing. As with any new project, I'm very much a noob at editing what I want to create. During the past few weeks, I've been looking over other user pages in an attempt to gather knowledge, and I want to give credit to those users whom I'm learning from.--Xis10al 12:24, 27 May 2006 (CDT)
 * User:Skuld
 * User:Fenris
 * User:Gem
 * User:Jamie
 * User:Xasxas256
 * User:Rainith
 * User:PanSola

The Woespreader
Hey Xis10al, I love your picture of the Woespreader, its a great picture for your userpage, however I was wondering if you can, can you upload a side image of the Woespreader for its article page. I'm on a style-drive in this category. Thank you in advance for your contribution, Jamie 06:19, 5 June 2006 (CDT)
 * Yeah, I'll have to get the item back, as I loaned it to a guildie, but that's not a problem. Should I just replace the one I previously posted?  If so, do you want me to do the same for The Skill Eater (Focus), as I still have that item as well?
 * That would be great, ideally for weapon pics we need a side on image, so we can clearly see the item with no bodies in the way. If you can take the picture with a blue or orange sky this will contrast best with its dark tones. Thanks again. --Jamie 06:30, 5 June 2006 (CDT)
 * No problem, I'll have it updated by middle of the week at the latest.--Xis10al 06:31, 5 June 2006 (CDT)
 * Just got the item back from my guildie last night. I'll have the new picture posted very soon.--Xis10al 10:51, 12 June 2006 (CDT)

Collector modules
I have no idea what you have in mind with your "clean up", but it led to undesirable side effects, and I found it easiest to do a massive rollback of your changes. If you find it "unclean", please discuss the specifics so we might see if there is a workaround, thanks. - 01:09, 11 June 2006 (CDT)
 * When looking at the collector's page, the TOC takes up more space than the actual article. I was trying to shorten the page a bit.  I guess the real question is, do people when looking at the collector's page actually go there and click on the collector's name or the area they are in?  By limiting it to the area, you can shorten the TOC, and the page by nearly a third.--Xis10al 01:34, 11 June 2006 (CDT)
 * We need the header so we have a direct edit link to the modules. I don't think the TOC is a problem, but if it really bothers you, you can fake one by doing what we did with Unique items list (Prophecies). - 01:44, 11 June 2006 (CDT)
 * Sorry about any problems I might have caused. I admit that I'm still learning, but I really want to help contribute to the community that has been an invaluable asset.  I typically click on the Help tab and look through there for things I can do to help, but I'm always open to suggestion.--Xis10al 01:52, 11 June 2006 (CDT)
 * I can see you're starting to add a "fake" TOC to the collectors, I actually find the longer proper TOC useful as you can see a link to each collector. Seems to me that the TOC takes up a pretty small amount of overall space, the longer the TOC is, the longer the article is and the smaller the proportion of the article the TOC takes up, if that makes sense. Any thoughts? --Xasxas256 02:05, 11 June 2006 (CDT)
 * I honestly think the TOC took up way too much space on these pages, nearly a third of the article. And I don't know about most, but when I'm looking for a collector, I don't click on the collectors name, I click on the area I'm in and then look through the collectors in that area.  It just seems too muddled to include everything.  If I'm incorrect in my changes, I'll be glad to change it back.--Xis10al 02:17, 11 June 2006 (CDT)
 * There's nothing potentially "incorrect" about the changes, I was just wondering what general collector page has a TOC that takes up about a third of the article? I'd guess it must be a page with a very short list of collectors. The more collectors that are added, the lower the ratio of TOC to overall article is. I'm not sure if I'm explaining what I mean very well and perhaps browser rendering differences are to blame. Still you might be right about most people looking for a collector by location instead of name. You're welcome to go ahead, I won't revert the new "fake" TOC I was just wonding if you could point me towards a general collector page that has a TOC that takes up about a third of the article? Thanks. --Xasxas256 02:26, 11 June 2006 (CDT)


 * Try adding to give it a floating, right aligned TOC, see if you like that one better.  --Rainith 02:28, 11 June 2006 (CDT)


 * Check out General collectors (Kaineng City) before the updated TOC. Atleast on my Firefox browser, it was a third of the page, and that's a long list.--Xis10al 02:34, 11 June 2006 (CDT)
 * It looks ok to me, the TOC takes about about a tenth of the page when I view it in both Firefox and IE. Still your fake TOC is probably an improvement. However I'd say Rainith's idea of using the is probably best :) --Xasxas256 02:44, 11 June 2006 (CDT)
 * How might I go about combining both ideas to include the fake TOC but align it right? I think that would be perfect.--Xis10al 02:50, 11 June 2006 (CDT)

Just out of curiosity, what resolution do you have your monitor set at? EDIT - also have you changed the default Monobook style in your user preferences? That can cause things to look different on the wiki. --Rainith 02:54, 11 June 2006 (CDT)


 * Changing the line {| style="background: #F5F5F5; border: 1px solid #C0C0C0"
 * to {| style="background: #F5F5F5; border: 1px solid #C0C0C0" align="right"
 * will align it right. I think TOCright looks better though. I don't think the TOC has too much content particularly when shifted to the right. --Xasxas256 03:05, 11 June 2006 (CDT)
 * I have my resolution set to 1024x768, and have my monobook setting set to default. I notice a big difference between what I see and what my roommate sees on certain pages.  For example, on my userpage, when looking at the babel boxes, I see two rows, but my roommate sees all four babels in one row, but I've always assumed that it was due to the fact that he has a wide-screen laptop.--Xis10al 10:50, 12 June 2006 (CDT)

woe spreader image
I don't want to come out sounding picky, but would it be possible to re-take the screenshot on a greenish or blue-ish background that is relatively uniform? The current orange-redish background makes low contrast with the color of the weapon itself, especially when scaled down. Thanks. - 04:00, 13 June 2006 (CDT)
 * Yeah, no problem I'll have it done in a second or two.--Xis10al 04:02, 13 June 2006 (CDT)

Question: Needed Pictures
I've been hunting around trying to find some type of link that lets me know what pictures are needed. In my search, the only thing I could find was Category:Image/update needed, but this only lists pictures that need retaken. Is there a link of some type that shows what pictures are wanted, but as yet untaken?--Xis10al 08:02, 15 June 2006 (CDT)
 * Hmmm you could rummage through Special:Wantedpages but after having a quick look through it most of the wanted images are just pages which link to some image that has been renamed. The problem is that most pages don't link to a non existant image even if it is needed unless it's part of a template. Our BeastInfo template is an example of this, but non existant images linked to from templates don't seem to show up in Wantedpages. E.g. Pell Glitterglatter and Clarion Shinypate. So basically, I've got nothing! --Xasxas256 08:41, 15 June 2006 (CDT)
 * Thanks anyway, I figured it was a shot in the dark, but figured I'd ask anyway just in case.--&mdash; xis10al  [[Image:Xis10al_sig_icon.jpg]] 09:04, 15 June 2006 (CDT)

Question: Builds
I have a general question that I'm sure someone can answer. Okay, I created the build N/Me Minion Thief and I'm wondering, now that I've played my own build for quite some time, is it okay to go in and tweek the build itself, or should I just add possible changes to the variants category? As the build stands right now, I hardly every play it that way now that I've discovered the usefullness of Wail of Doom. Thanks in advance for your answer.--&mdash; xis10al   15:17, 21 June 2006 (CDT)

Credit
I jsut noticed that you do not credit your user page layout inspiration to any other user page, but it loosk similiat to very many user pages. WOuld you care to put a credit note? -- 10:30, 22 June 2006 (CDT)
 * I have a section at the top of my Talk page, "Users I Want to Thank". Everyone that I've taken something from or has given advice to me is covered there.  If it's a matter or formality, I'll gladly add a 'Credit' section to my userpage.--&mdash;  xis10al  [[Image:Xis10al_sig_icon.jpg]] 10:33, 22 June 2006 (CDT)
 * It is considered as good wiki behavior to add a credits note on ones user page if applicable. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] 11:14, 22 June 2006 (CDT)
 * Done and done.--&mdash; xis10al  [[Image:Xis10al_sig_icon.jpg]] 11:15, 22 June 2006 (CDT)

General MM Guide
After looking at a couple of minion master builds, I'm noticing a regular theme on the discussion page of each. On nearly all MM build pages, you'll find somewhere in the discussion, "merge with General minion mastery guide". I can understand that we don't want a million MM builds on the builds page, but I don't believe MM's should be lumped into one general category. Why not a "general axe mastery guide" or "general fire magic guide"? It's because they're not all the same. Minions on a skill bar doesn't mean all MM builds are handled the same, just as wielding an axe or using fire magic don't constitute the same from build to build. Just my opinion on the situation.--&mdash; xis10al   14:11, 28 June 2006 (CDT)
 * this is like, way way late, but i'm the one who put all those tags on there. at the time i was rewriting the Gmmg into the comprehensive document it is now. this was before factions, when i became altogether disgusted with Verata's Nerf and stopped caring about the guide. people don't really think of all the different minion builds as seperate builds, they're all MM.
 * all moot now, since i haven't even looked at the guide since the 26th --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 16:35, 5 July 2006 (CDT)
 * I personally would love to see more MM builds in the builds category. With the addition of the ritualist, I think there are far more options to a minion master than for all to be categorized into a general category.  I can understand the idea that most minion masters tend to focus entirely on their minions, but I think it's what else is on the bar that really distinguishes what the MM can really do in terms of support.--&mdash;  xis10al  [[Image:Xis10al_sig_icon.jpg]] 17:46, 5 July 2006 (CDT)