Discuss the views I have put forward for changes or edits to the Wiki/elsewhere on my Current page.

Weapon Databasing Edit

Transcludable Pages Edit

Image Thumbnails Edit

Hmm, kind of makes it look nice, yes :-) Anyway; have you tried using [[{{PAGENAME}}]]? Just copy pasting that into the image things (including |thumb|, of course), makes progress very fast. And a second thing: need help? It's a huge job. --Tinkerer 14:33, 23 November 2006 (EST)

I would love some help, after all there are some, what, 10,000+ articles with just NPCs (if that is correct)? [[{{PAGENAME}}]] could be alot better too, thanks. Maybe you could start on Trolls and work your way up, or something? Feel free to edit my current page and add complete/in progress or whatnot. We could be called the Thumnailers! Haha :D... ~Bull3t (talk · contr · curr · wro · blog) // 02:53, 24 November 2006 (EST)

I don't know what this project entails, but have you considered making a bot for it?--Hobinheim 03:35, 24 November 2006 (EST)

A bot would could be useful, although some images need different things than others. And to Bull3t: maybe put, instead of a |thumb, a |frame in? For the humans you edited it doesn't matter, but for for example Atal'arion, where it would decrease the size of the image badly, it does. --Tinkerer 08:12, 24 November 2006 (EST)

What different things do you mean? Could you give an example? A bot can handle different things.--Hobinheim 10:12, 24 November 2006 (EST)

Yeah, a bot would be easier, but I am unsure of how to code bots, and how to set them to do specific things. Tinker, you have completed Trolls already? ~Bull3t (talk · contr · curr · wro · blog) // 10:24, 24 November 2006 (EST)

Guess the hinting is too subtle. I can write bots! What is it that you would need our theoretical bot to do?--Hobinheim 12:23, 24 November 2006 (EST)

That wouldn't tell me how to write bots... But if you want to start a bot on the thumbnailing then you can. ~Bull3t (talk · contr · curr · wro · blog) // 12:26, 24 November 2006 (EST)

Hmm... Still not on the same wavelength. What exactly are the changes you are making to each page? Once I know this, I can make a bot to do exactly the same en masse.

Okay, well basically I am adding frames (or thumbs) to all the images that are not in frames by adding "|frame|[[{{PAGENAME}}]]" to each and every image tag, in place of "|left". Also, how do you make bots, and how do you code them? ~Bull3t (talk · contr · curr · wro · blog) // 14:42, 24 November 2006 (EST)

Yes, I completed Trolls. There aren't that much of them :p A bot doing what Bull3t said would be nice, but needs to be restricted to a few categories, as you don't want Burning Crusade framerized, for example :P --Tinkerer 15:23, 24 November 2006 (EST)

Well.. I created an application that I acts just like a bot, and finished them all off. If you check the Recent Changes page, there is like 1500 edits that I made, spam! Accumulated 2500 contributions though, hehe! ~Bull3t (talk · contr · curr · wro · blog) // 10:34, 25 November 2006 (EST)

Nice and fast job :-) I logged in to go on with tauren, but.. hehe ;p--Tinkerer 11:08, 25 November 2006 (EST)

Beat you too it, hehe. ~Bull3t (talk · contr · curr · wro · blog) // 11:44, 25 November 2006 (EST)

Cleanup Tag Change Edit

The reason would need to be a little clearer (font, colour) to have a use. Grey and small doesn't really catch one's attention :) --Tinkerer 14:16, 21 November 2006 (EST)

Okay that would be betetr, a bold, normal sized font, coloured with orange maybe? Not sure. What colour do you think should be used, if any? ~Bull3t (talk · contr · curr · wro · blog) // 15:05, 21 November 2006 (EST)

How about just adding a conditional second heading/section?

This article or section needs to be cleaned up to a higher standard of quality. This may include editing to correct spelling and grammar, rewriting sections to ensure they are clear and concise, and wikifying. Reason(s): Needs Boilerplate:Quest applied. // DarkRyder /  /  // 15:07, 21 November 2006 (EST)

{{cleanup|
* Needs [[Help:Quest articles|Boilerplate:Quest]] applied.  ~~~~
}}

{{Stub/Begin}}'''This article or section needs to be cleaned up to a higher standard of quality.'''<div style="font-size: smaller; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;;"> This may include [[WoWWiki:Editing policy|editing]] to correct spelling and grammar, rewriting sections to ensure they are clear and concise, and [[WoWWiki:Wikify|wikify]]ing. {{if|{{{1|}}}|<br><br><span style="font-size:larger">'''Reason(s):'''</span><br> {{{1}}} |}} </div> |}

That way, the existing pages (which don't use parameters) won't be affected and people adding new ones can either use a single line or set up a list if there are several things which need fixing. // DarkRyder /  /  // 15:07, 21 November 2006 (EST)

Perfect! Was thinking about having it like that, but wasn't sure whether it would work in the parameters, and how to do it, that looks nice. ~Bull3t (talk · contr · curr · wro · blog) // 15:15, 21 November 2006 (EST)

Whoops! I made a rookie mistake in my suggestion (note to self -- test first, then suggest). In order to safely use an "=" in parameter values, the value must be named. I went back and fixed the {{cleanup}} template so that it works now. Sorry! // DarkRyder /  /  // 17:30, 21 November 2006 (EST)

Wondered why it wasn't working, okay well that should make it easier to edit and change a page for cleanup now. ~Bull3t (talk · contr · curr · wro · blog) // 13:03, 22 November 2006 (EST)