User talk:Bull3t/Current

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

Image Thumbnails
Hmm, kind of makes it look nice, yes :-) Anyway; have you tried using ? 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. -- T  inker  er  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)? 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... 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. -- T inker  er  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? 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. 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| " to each and every image tag, in place of "|left". Also, how do you make bots, and how do you code them? 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 -- T inker  er  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! 10:34, 25 November 2006 (EST)
 * Nice and fast job :-) I logged in to go on with tauren, but.. hehe ;p-- T inker  er  11:08, 25 November 2006 (EST)
 * Beat you too it, hehe. 11:44, 25 November 2006 (EST)

Cleanup Tag Change
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 :) -- T inker  er  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? 15:05, 21 November 2006 (EST)


 * How about just adding a conditional second heading/section?


 * 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.  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. 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!   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. 13:03, 22 November 2006 (EST)