GuildWiki talk:Style and formatting

Profession Colors
I'm going to try re-openning this discussion at GuildWiki_talk:Style_and_formatting/Profession_Colors --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:11, 3 January 2007 (CST)

Introductory text
Fyren told me not to put a section first, and it says here that articles shouldn't be started with a section and that general descriptions should come before any headings, but everywhere I see that rule being broken. I'm confused. - BeXoR   23:05, 31 December 2006 (CST)
 * Okay I'm blind and didn't see the huge discussion above, but that's really old now, and the article wasn't changed to say that headings are okay at the start of an article so why is it still happening? Some of the s&f articles say to have a heading first too. - BeXoR  [[Image:Bexor.png]] 23:07, 31 December 2006 (CST)
 * It's bad formatting but I don't have the motivation to go through articles to fix them. --Fyren 23:35, 31 December 2006 (CST)
 * So if I changed the s&f articles and then started correcting articles that have a heading first that would be cool? - BeXoR  [[Image:Bexor.png]] 23:40, 31 December 2006 (CST)
 * Well, there are a ton of articles like that. I've been wary of trying to do it with a bot (and lazy).  No one else seems to care a whole lot.  Fixing only a few articles/the S&F and leaving most of the articles "incorrect" is kind of iffy and confusing to editors.  --Fyren 23:56, 31 December 2006 (CST)
 * Does that mean it stays the way it is? :S - BeXoR  [[Image:Bexor.png]] 00:07, 1 January 2007 (CST)

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Archive, anyone? -- (talk) 19:10, 3 January 2007 (CST)
 * Done. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:19, 3 January 2007 (CST)

Hard mode
How are we handling hard mode? I suggest hard mode subsections for the skill and location sections of monster articles, the walkthrough sections of mission articles and the creatures sections of mission and explorable area articles. -- Gordon Ecker 20:55, 14 April 2007 (CDT)

American English
I recall that somewhere on the Wiki, it is indicated that we should use American English (e.g., armor, rather than armour) in articles. If this is in fact true, and is noted somewhere, can someone please provide me with a link to the guide or article that states this? Thank you.-Ninjatek 09:23, 7 June 2007 (CDT)
 * Misspellings. - B e X or  [[Image:Bexor.png]] 09:27, 7 June 2007 (CDT)

Images
I'm reviving image formatting, feel free to participate in the discussion. -- Gordon Ecker 03:19, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

Builds S&F
can we remove the references to the builds S&F seeing as it no longer exists? Red links and wanted pages ftl&mdash; ♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 15:20, 23 June 2007 (CDT)

This may be a radical idea but
If an enemy has never been observed to drop anything but random drops or the drops associated with its type (i.e., White Mantle gear for White Mantle bosses), is it REALLY necessary to have an items section on that page? You could potentially get every random drop in the game from a certain enemy, but do you necessarily have to list everything that he/she/it actually drops? Silver40596
 * You are only supposed to list items that that only drop from that group, crafting materials, collectible items. Otherwise, yes, alot of things drop from everything or at least everything of the same class (this is not a rule). If a section doesn't have any information, then it should be omitted. Also, sign your comments please. &mdash;♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 21:45, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Is there any way to automatically sign? Silver40596
 * Yes, type ~ four tildes. This includes, a link to your user page, and the date and time. Also, when you reply to someone's comment on a talk page, indent your text by preceding it with a colon and add one extra colon for each indent. &mdash;♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥  21:51, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I just wish that the signature could be automatic...I never remember to sign until it's too late. Silver40596 <-Remembered this time!
 * You get used to it I assure you. Its just like writing a letter to someone. If you don't sign your name, then they won't know who sent the letter. &mdash;♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 01:53, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah...but you can tell from the handwriting or the address... Silver40596 <-Thanks for reminding me

Dropdown boxes script?
Not sure where this goes if not here, a lot of user pages had dropdown character boxes, those seem to have all been converted to just normal boxes with the conversion to Wikia, is there a new script somewhere that allows the creation or restoration of dropdowns? -Link.sea 21:27, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Beast info
is broken for at least Firefox. The "lines" from a header go straight through the monster info box. They do, however, go underneath the image (luckily). Anyone that has an idea how to fix this? --- -- (s)talkpage 17:25, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Force the background of the box to go white. Right now they are unspecified (which makes them transparent). -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 17:39, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


 * So, who's up for an epic spree? Change the template. /selfowned --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 17:41, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

What's with the background image?
Hi why the background image - sky clouds? Makes text on some pages hard to read.
 * See here - it's temporary Wintersday decoration, and you can disable it if you wish. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 17:28, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Capturing non-elite skills
Hi folks, I've noticed on the pages of some generally Prophecies Bosses, the Notes section is almost entirely devoted to capturing non-elite skills. Often 2+ copies of the same message with a different skill each time, to me it seems somewhat inflexible and... well, inelegant. With that in mind, I'd like to make a suggestion to change the current format. I feel my version is a small difference which keeps the information, if anything making it more noticeable, and reduces the impact the information has on articles, as I personally feel the notes are getting in the way and are rather large. Please do post any opinions you may have on this, thanx A F K When Needed 17:46, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The idea's good (although it makes me rethink Template:Skillset), but I'd like the text reworded (because it is long, and slightly misleading), and linking to the skill quest is nice, so maybe we could link to the skill trainers? Everyone, feel free to add reworded versions to my version (I don't like my words quite yet), shorter = better. Maybe Quest at Destiny's Gorge and Trainer at Camp Rankor ? -- ◄mendel► 21:30, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Skills Used

 * Unavailable until Destiny's Gorge.
 * Get it here or at Camp Rankor.
 * Unavailable until Marhan's Grotto.
 * My apologies, this has to be a record for this particular page. Now that my exams are over and I've time to root through my Contributions, here I am ><
 * Yeah, that looks good, you said you're making it shorter and that was... what I was trying to do =) So, yeah, taking my idea and improving it certainly works for me. Want me to be the one to go through the bosses my idea originally :P or want to do the honours?
 * I honestly don't mind, I don't want to come up with "things to do" for other people, but I don't want to look like I'm trying to keep all the "glory" or anything :P *shrugs* A_F_K_sig_2.jpg A F K When Needed 10:34, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * tbh I am rather fond of the trainer @ X, quest @ Y idea. More information, shorter sentence - works for me =) A_F_K_sig_2.jpg A F K When Needed 10:39, 1 June 2009 (UTC)