User talk:Darkid

If you need help with templates, those I've written or not, please do not hesitate to send me an email, add me on steam, or leave me a message on this wiki.

Welcome to the Wiki!

Hello and welcome to the Official Team Fortress Wiki! I see that you are a new user so I just wanted to give you some things to note to help you get started.

First off, on the Team Fortress 2 Wiki, we have a set of rules called the style guide which defines what should and shouldn't be done. Of course, if the style guide can't answer your questions, we have a nice help section that could answer your questions. Now If you find that neither of these have answered your questions, stop by the IRC. There we have many editors, moderators, even administrators who are willing to help. The IRC is also a nice place to socialize with the other users.

Other miscellaneous things to note:

• Recent Changes will let you see others' contributions as they happen. This is a nice way to see whats happening and who is doing what. Usually users provide an edit summary in the "Summary" field before you save your changes so people who view the recent changes can get a quick idea of what that person did.
• Many articles have a "discussion" or "talk" page. When posting on an article's talk page you should add --~~~~, this will add a signature and timestamp to the end of your comment so others can easily tell who posted it. Just remember when editing normal article pages, don't sign your contributions.
• You can also customize your user page however you like. Also if you would like to add any self-made content to the wiki, please do so by adding the prefix User:Darkid/ to the page title when you create the page.

See you around :) 17:25, 1 October 2011 (PDT)

RE: Patch/dictionary edits

Please leave the patch notes exactly as they would appear on the patch source, likewise leave the achievement descriptions how they would appear in tf_english.txt. Thanks. i-ghost 11:15, 17 January 2012 (PST)

Ah, sorry, thought capitalization was within the bounds of change. Darkid (Talk | contribs) 11:17, 17 January 2012 (PST)

I used to be...

I used to be a wiki editor like you, but then i took an arrow to the knee. I love your tiny tiny edits keep up your good work. Hopefully you could use my user template on your userpage: {{User big point}} TheDoctor 15:26, 28 January 2012 (PST)

I don't own Skyrim, but I'd take an arrow to the knee for it. Thanks for the encouragement! Darkid (Talk | contribs) 15:30, 28 January 2012 (PST)

RE: redirects

Not that I wish to discourage you from editing in general, please read Template:W. Your edits are defeating at least one of many of the purposes of redirects, one of which is to make editing easier. Thanks. i-ghost 11:29, 30 January 2012 (PST)

I'll take that with a grain of salt--one of the listed "benefits" of non-piped behavior is the ease of use of what links here. However, if everything redirects properly, it is easier to use this function without looking at Resupply lockers, Resupply, Resupply locker, Supply cabinet, etc. I do see your point, though. Darkid (Talk | contribs) 11:33, 30 January 2012 (PST)

Quick-fix

Regarding your removal of the Strange Variant section of the Quick-fix, I would like to say that all of the other Medi-gun pages explain it as well. This is likely due to the fact that it differs from the exact concept of a strange. As it stands, the Quick-fix page is inconsistent with the others. Upgrade 15:37, 9 March 2012 (PST)

I would tend to say that the rest need this removed, as they stand. The information is repetitive; albeit not excessively so, but beyond necessity. Darkid (Talk | contribs) 15:47, 9 March 2012 (PST)

Add'l Note-- The wrenches have the same "issue", so I'll defer to what is the majority--feel free to replace that edit.

Thank you for explaining. Upgrade 15:52, 9 March 2012 (PST)

Note to self

When I get back home: http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/index.php?title=Medic&diff=next&oldid=927338. Make a character box. Touch up strange kill counts. Darkid (Talk | contribs) 12:13, 18 March 2012 (PDT)

Wikichievement Unlocked!

Wikichievement	Awarded by	Reason
Taskmonkey Contribute to the Wiki by doing a lot of "manual edits" (such as migration of data to templates).	Dispenser (GianAwesome)	Wikichievement unlocked! For actually having patience to replace patch links with Patch name, congratulations! =D

And good luck with the rest ^^ GianAwesome 17:26, 1 April 2012 (PDT)

Thanks, if only it makes the pain more worthwhile :3 Darkid (Talk | contribs) 17:27, 1 April 2012 (PDT)

Patch template edits

Hey there. Instead of converting the patch links on thousands of articles you can get this fellow to do it by sticking Category:Patches on their Requests page. —Moussekateer·talk 17:31, 1 April 2012 (PDT)

It's on the blacklist--I'd love to talk to wind (tomorrow, when he's online, or in IRC) about this. Darkid (Talk | contribs) 17:35, 1 April 2012 (PDT)

I've already spoken to him on IRC, and he's not sure why the category is blacklisted but thinks it will be fine. You can force the bot to look over the pages on User:WindBOT/PageRequestsForce instead. —Moussekateer·talk 17:37, 1 April 2012 (PDT)

Ninja'd, but yes. Done! Sleeping early tonight :D Darkid (Talk | contribs) 17:46, 1 April 2012 (PDT)

It should be pointed out that this incidentally FAILED for three pages (achievements, degreaser, powerjack). I question whether or not it worked at all. Darkid (Talk | contribs) 09:52, 7 April 2012 (PDT)

Set redirects

Hello Darkid. I appreciate your redirecting pages such as Demoman set; however, since most classes have more than one item set, I'm going to ask you to redirect those pages to Item sets instead. Thanks in advance. rZ 05:02, 17 April 2012 (PDT)

Template experimenting

Can you try to use the preview button when you're working on your template? It's spamming the IRC. Thanks! rebmcr 10:59, 29 April 2012 (PDT)

I frequently need to save and purge to test the template. Otherwise, yes I'd use preview.