User talk:Pcj

Overhaul of Patch_mirrors page
Blizzard is finally offering REAL patch files to 4.01.13164 & 4.0.1.13205, as evident by this page (Atomicgamer for instance offers those files too): http://games.on.net/filelist.php?app=178&menu=1

I believe it's time to edit the page so we can list patches for each region again, as before, not just those MPG & TFIL files.

Existence WoWWiki
How long will WoWWiki be online yet? I may want to copy/paste articles from there when the articles there are more recent than those that have already been copied to here. Hans Kamp (talk) 19:10, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Wikia will maintain WoWWiki indefinitely. -- 19:11, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, then I won't have to rush the editing of the articles. :) Hans Kamp (talk) 19:17, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

An offer of service
Now that we have made the transition - and I hope that Blizzard does too - I offer what service I can provide...such as it is. :) --Joshmaul (talk) 19:14, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Um, thanks? Just change WoWWiki to Wowpedia where it makes sense to, as well as any other outdated stuff. -- 19:16, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Has there been a move to change the site on Blizzard's fansite listing? --Joshmaul (talk) 19:20, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * We're working on it. Kaydeethree is going to talk to them at Blizzcon. -- 19:24, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit Count Display and Quantity Errors
Just happened to notice that the edit count is not showing on user pages and there is a significant discrepancy between the old and the new. Past that, grats on the move and I again think it is for the better in the long term. Ariule (talk)


 * Yeah, we're aware of the problem. Unfortunately, I don't think there's much that can be done. -- 00:06, 21 October 2010 (UTC)


 * If there is nothing to be done, then that is the way it shall be. Not a problem at all, just wanted it to be on the "aware" list. Ariule (talk)


 * Did the edit counts get completely reset as it appears from this side? Ariule (talk)
 * They're reset, but obviously they can be re-figured from counting your contributions. Which is a big chore for as many users as we have. -- 01:18, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Again, not a problem, It was fun watching the counter click and making it the 1k club was cool and all that. Perhaps a "Feat of Strength Achievement" seal and new seals for the new edit clubs.  Just a thought.  Ariule (talk)

On Name Changes...
Don't mean to be rude or anything, but if it's not too much trouble, could I maybe get my username changed to Teth? Thanks. -- Sebreth (T.C) 02:00, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. -- 02:01, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Huh. I thought it'd be more of a bother than that. Thanks a ton, bro. -- [[Image:Inv_staff_81.png|20px|link=User:Teth]] Teth (T.C) 02:10, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Rename
''Now that you're here, do you want a name change? You don't need the WoWWiki- prefix anymore. -- 04:03, 22 October 2010 (UTC)''
 * Yes, please. Suzaku will suffice. WoWWiki-Suzaku (talk) 04:08, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Chrome search title
Congrats on the move! I wanted to report an error I noticed earlier searching the site via the Google Chrome omnibar. Quick recap: Chrome recognizes searches on a site, and thenceforth when it sees you typing the url it will offer you the ability to press tab and enter keywords to search using the site's search functionality. When you do press tab, Chrome places an icon on the left side of the omnibar that says "Search [site name]:". When I searched Wowpedia for the first time, [site name] is still "WoWWiki" according to Chrome. I don't know where it pulls this name from, but apparently it didn't get changed over. Threw me for a loop for a second. I'm aware you can change this name manually, which I've done, but obviously the default should be fixed.

TLDR: The Chrome omnibar search functionality still calls Wowpedia "WoWWiki".

...and grr, it looks like I'm unable to repro this; when I delete the search from Chrome and make it re-generate it, "wowpedia.org" is displayed now. Still could be because of my edit though, so I guess I'll let you guys take a look at it just to be sure. Perhaps you fixed it already. - Jerodast (talk) 08:09, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Sidebar & Other Graphical Improvements
Hi Pcj, Congrats on the move and a new shiny Vector skin. If you are wondering how to have a 100% customisable sidebar with minimal fuss, Aionopedia uses an extensions named CustomNavBlocks or sumthing like that. Also for the edit article box that in typing this in, you may want to consider using the UsabilityInitiative until they have a easily plug-in for CKEditor. If you want sum help with customising the Vector skin i know it very well and more than help you out. Aionopedia Bohtauri (talk) 13:44, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Not particularly interested, thanks. -- 13:44, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikia reference in DNP policy
Hiya! Just randomly trawling around the new site (love it, btw), and came across a reference to Wikia's ToU (and a broken link, to boot). Specifically, in the [DNP Policy] article. I'm not sure where that link really should point, and it's an important enough part of the policies that I really don't want to get it wrong. So, the next best option seems to be "alert an admin". Well, consider yourself alerted. :) --PaxArcana (talk) 04:57, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

ru.wow.wikia.com -> www.wowpedia.ru
Please modify interwiki links. We did it on www.wowpedia.ru. Thx. Strizh (talk) 13:22, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Will do, most of the Curse staff is busy with Blizzcon atm so it may be next week. -- 13:23, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, now it's done. There seems to be some sort of hidden "job queue" while it goes through all the pages. -- 03:36, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Please modify interwiki links from wowpedia.ru to www.wowpedia.ru (trouble with search engine indexes). Thx. Strizh (talk) 08:31, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

User Account Migration
Hi there. Just following up on this discussion, where foxlit mentioned some Perl scripts you used to import user accounts. I was just wondering if you could let me know how this worked, and what you used? Many thanks Adam (talk) 11:27, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Multiple File Upload Page Broken
Recieve the following error with both FireFox and IE

Posted it here Forum:Multiple Upload Page Error But was unsure if in the chaos of the move it may simply have been overlooked.

Please advise. Ariule (talk) 01:26, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

e-mail validation not working
Hey there, since you "pulled" me over, I thought I'd make it your problem :p Taking over my account here worked fine, except setting my e-mail address seems to cause some troubles => I don't receive the validation e-mail. Now I don't know whether gmail blocks it or wowpedia does not send it, but I just checked the spam to be sure. So maybe there's a problem with the mailserver setup? -watchouT 02:25, 26 October 2010 (UTC)


 * great, a classic. Just tried again and this time it worked... So everything's fine the prim is back -watchouT 02:28, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Nice. :) -- 02:29, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Nested sidebar site navigation
Please see MediaWiki talk:Sidebar. --Timeshifter (talk) 09:08, 29 October 2010 (UTC)


 * http://www.wowwiki.com/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar has been archived here:
 * User:Timeshifter/Monaco-sidebar


 * I think MediaWiki:Sidebar here could be opened in edit mode, and some or all of the old Monaco site navigation could be added to the bottom. I believe the Vector skin would automatically put nearly all of it in nested form. With open/close arrows. I am curious if that is true. If that is true, then if things don't work out at Wikia I may move my wiki to a wiki farm that has the Vector skin. I don't know how long it will be though, before the MediaWiki-based wiki farms upgrade to version 1.16 of MediaWiki. I believe version 1.16 is the first non-beta version with the Vector skin as the default skin. --Timeshifter (talk) 22:55, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Item template is causing infinite loop
I tried to use that template in Patch_4.0.3_(undocumented_changes) but why does it cause an infinite loop? In User:Hans_Kamp/Test and here it doesn't: Peacebloom. Please try to fix it. Then I will see what changes you made to prevent the loop. Hans Kamp (talk) 06:34, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * This was caused because of the missing of the tooltip of Justice point. The tooltip is placed at the left. That needs yet to be fixed. I wonder how you will fix it, because copying the text of the article to a new one places the tooltip to the left for reasons, not known by me. Hans Kamp (talk) 07:13, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed it myself. The name parameter of tooltip must be exactly the same (case sensitive) as the article name. Hans Kamp (talk) 07:50, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Had to Re-login again.
Hey Pcj, its me Sairez, I was doing some edits and noticed that I while I cruising the site I was logged out and I didn't log myself out. I don't why it logged me out. --Sairez (talk) 04:12, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Banning Sannse
Good day Pcj, I would ask you to reconsider your recent ban of Sannse. While I'm aware that it is in response to events at WoWWiki, I would suggest that we should not allow ourselves to stoop to their level. Let Wikia's foolish actions expose themselves for who they are, and let the community judge with its choice of where to go. We don't need to do anything to help them shoot themsleves in the foot. They (Wikia) do a good job of that on their own these days. For your consideration, Ddcorkum (talk) 02:25, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * See this edit for the reason. -- k_d3 02:27, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Seen -- I guessed it was in relation to that, but admittedly when I read Sannse' comment I don't understand what the "problem" is exactly. Is it that contributions were copied over? Ddcorkum (talk) 02:29, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * If you could figure out what Sannse's actually saying I'd award you an internet or two. -- k_d3 02:34, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * "This problem" = Sannse being on Wowpedia? Sannse editing Wowpedia while being associated with Sannse (as opposed to a fresh sockpuppet)? Wowpedia as a whole? I want an internet... Edit: Based on kd3's comment/hint, does Sannse think that we would use the copied account for slander?-- 03:33, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you.
Thank you for taking your time to look over my work and edit where you saw fit. it helps me a lot to see what mistakes i've made and all for i am still new to editing and adding information to this site. though i plan to be a heavy contributer.

Kinaria (talk) 18:58, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Whoops, sorry, it's at Magma Plated Battlearmor (heroic) now. -- 19:11, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Question about making New item Pages.
When i make a new Item page.. i copy the entire page of an Old item and just make name and stat changes and then when i save it.. the item box is on the left side of the page when it should be on the Right side. how do i fix this?
 * The item name in the tooltip has to match the name of the page, or you have to use the disambigpage parameter. See tooltip for more details. -- 20:24, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

thank you! Kinaria (talk) 20:25, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * BTW, this is case sensitive. Hans Kamp (talk) 20:42, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Cannot make edits anymore.
When I do an edit to an article, I get "Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. Please try again. If it still does not work, try logging out and logging back in." Hans Kamp (talk) 10:54, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Broken template?
It seems the template - - (or whatever this is) intended for the currency "Honor Point" redirects to the in-game location with the same name instead. Just click the pic and you'll notice. I don't know how to fix it, but perhaps you do? Just thought I'd mention it.
 * Fixed. -- 17:53, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Argh, one second too late on adding my signature which I noticed I'd forgotten... but thanks for the help! WrathOfDeathfrost (talk) 17:58, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Your userpage
"There's a problem with your tooltips/the AJAX RC..." "...or Wikia changed something..."

While I agree they fail on a depressingly regular basis, they won't be responsible for any problems now. Update? :-)

Sorry for bothering you over something so trivial, when I get bored I just wander around the wiki so occasionally notice stuff like this. A F K When Needed 21:11, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Good catch, thanks. -- 21:13, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Content needs revising since the split.
Hey, i was looking at Wowpedia:FAQ and noticed some of it hasn't been revised since the split, and is now out-of-date, was going to edit it, but im not sure what to change it to. 14:57, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Faction split quest pages
Noticed your edits of the Elemental Unrest Phase 4 quest pages, looks like WoWWiki never had that sort of nifty faction integration. Deepred (talk) 01:05, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

A question about one of your latest templates
Hello, I found this template today: Faction switch. It's been a time since I've wanted to make my own template with that "switch window" feature, but only a few wikis used it, and it was a mess of a code. It's the first time I see it at WoWPedia, and it seems easier than I originally expected.

Would you mind explaining (shortly) how it works, or linking some tutorial? (I'm not sure how this functionality is called, so it's hard to find anything around it)

My main objective is to apply it to Bookfooter, allowing you to see the different sections without having to open new articles. If it works, I could try making something similar for Dungeons (currently being discussed as to be split or not).

Hope you can lend me a hand. Thanks from advance :P.--Lon-ami (talk) 13:06, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Category Deletion
I noticed you deleted Category:Casual guilds, however we currently have both Category:PvP guilds and Category:PvE guilds. If we're willing to have guild pages broken down in that manner, why would Casual or RP guilds not have the same treatment? Hooper (talk) 17:14, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * RP guilds do receive the same treatment, casual guilds are not the same type of breakdown. -- 17:16, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * May I ask that you explain your reasoning a bit? I would argue that they are the exact same type of breakdown, being one of the only four types of guilds I've ever heard of in four years of playing, and seeing the term used exactly the same as the three categories of guilds we currently have when guilds recruit. Hooper (talk) 17:19, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * So what do you think of when you say "casual"? You do both PvE and PvP - maybe a little RP?  Then put all the categories on there.  I'm not seeing the issue. -- 17:20, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Casual is exactly what the term means. To place one of the other terms would imply that a guild actively pursues to be that type, like PvE, PvP, and RP guilds do - which is why they use those terms when advertising.  A casual guild may do both but is not actively pursuing to do them or defining their entire guild structure around one or the other.  Its not a big deal, I just don't understand why it wouldn't be given the same treatment. Hooper (talk) 17:27, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Kirsten Westmill and future pages.
I took a picture of her when I gathered the info, but I couldn't find it when I was checking my screenshot folder. Thanks for uploading picture of her, I appreciate it!! I'll be updating any new NPCs/Mobs I found since the new patch. Thanks for the welcoming as well! Killmehorde (talk) 17:55, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Just thoguht you should be aware
A user decided to do some vandalizing on his way out of WoWWiki over to Wowpedia. http://www.wowwiki.com/Special:Contributions/Takakenji Deadlykris (talk) 15:58, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Obsolte quests protocol
Could you help me find the policies governing pages covering now obsolete questlines, NPCs, etc.? I'm looking for pages to clean up and there are still a lot of them about quests that no longer exist. Are we preserving this information? Let me know how I can help out! (You can respond here or on my talk page, whichever is easier.) -- Metaneira (talk) 20:55, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Quick follow-up: if we add the Removedfromgame template, should we remove the other categories? I would think that the "Quests in Feralas" category, for example, should only contain current quests, but what's the policy? -- Metaneira (talk) 21:07, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * And one more question -- I'm assuming that some categories are added from templates (e.g., Quest:Natural Materials). Do we have an obsolete questbox template to use that won't populate categories? Or do I just remove the questbox? (Sorry for bugging you so much!) -- Metaneira (talk) 21:38, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Magni Bronzebeard
Why does it have "==== &lt;!-- Don't remove --&gt; ====" creating empty calories in the TOC? I figured I'd ask the nearest admin since you left my welcome message. --Espantish (talk) 04:13, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Huh, that's annoying. Thanks for pointing it out, we'll look at it. -- 04:14, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright, cool. While I have your attention, is there a script or some tool people use to import item and quest data? I'd like to help if I can, but I don't want to bang my head against any tables unnecessarily. --Espantish (talk) 04:48, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Someone else answered on my talk page. Thanks anyway! Keep up the good work. --Espantish (talk) 05:49, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Wowpedia:Autoconfirmed users
Is this not true? It says I am an autoconfirmed user. Funny Bunny (talk) 01:45, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, you portrayed it incorrectly, the effect is unintentional if it exists. Not that it matters much for now. -- 01:51, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Sockpuppet blocking
I'm assuming you're using CheckUser to determine this? -- Fandyllic (talk · contribs) 10:13 PM PST 6 Dec 2010
 * Why do you care? Yes. -- 05:14, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Recent Armory link changes
Looks like you changed all the old wowarmory.com links to use the new battle.net URL's. There's just one problem. In the URL the realm names and character names need to be lower cased; otherwise, you get a big "character not found" error page. Edit: Or not, it appears to be something else. Edit again: Oh, it's a dash rather than a plus for a space in realm's name. — EGingell TC Treader of Cenarion Circle 21:51, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Meh, it wasn't working anyway. I tried a couple of links and they seemed to work, though. -- 21:53, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Spaces are converted to "-" and apostrophes are stripped (Anub'arak => Anubarak and Cenarion Circle => Cenarion-Circle); however, the URL is not case-sensitive. It's quite dumb, really. — EGingell TC Treader of Cenarion Circle 22:23, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Support from Blizzard?
The other day I was having a look at my characters on battle.net. Hovering over a profession will display two external links for that profession, to Wowhead and Wowpedia (which I guess you know anyway...). I know wowhead is pretty popular, but it surprised me they had included Wowpedia. I thought Blizzard were hesitant when it came to supporting Wowpedia, which is why Wowpedia is hosted by Curse instead. Have they mentioned anything else concerning any cooperation, or did it just appear out of the blue? WrathOfDeathfrost (talk) 12:41, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * We were already aware of it. -- 20:47, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Yea, but are they doing anything else besides linking to us, such as considering hosting us (if it would be needed) or donating? I'm just asking out of curiosity. WrathOfDeathfrost (talk) 16:25, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * We'll be working with them more going forward. I doubt WoWWiki will have much pull.  Blizzard hosting us was always a pipe dream. -- 04:06, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

NPC code issue
I copied the page from another NPC, and just changed the names. Morris_Lawry If there is a template to use instead, I will be more than happy to use such. Ariule (talk)


 * Thanks for the link. I will add it to the toolbox.

Boss loot
This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your edit was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: New user adding external links/videos

Please advise.

Broken css
Your css appears to be fatally broken. Please fix it. --Wynthyst (talk) 21:31, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh... nvm, it seems to be a server glitch cuz it's fine now :D --Wynthyst (talk) 21:56, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

removing my additions?
Why do you keep removing my additions of videos to the sections? I've worked very hard on these and they offer something the others don't.
 * Per WP:EL, you need at least 10 valid edits to the wiki before posting external links. -- 00:39, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I understand this, but the only additions I have to make are my videos. Which are valid and helpful. Other videos of mine have been posted on this site before and now I'm just doing it myself rather than asking others to do it for me. I'm positive if my name were Totalbiscuit this would not be an issue.Mojomaker (talk) 00:44, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * You'll be fine now, the problem is we have been flooded with people adding YouTube videos and there really isn't time to go through each one to assess its quality so we needed some policy to moderate it. Since you seem to be staying with Wowpedia and not just a drive-by spammer it will be all right to go ahead and post your videos.  Thanks for your understanding. -- 00:50, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the understanding. I'll continue to post the best information I can!Mojomaker (talk) 00:52, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

help please
hi whats up? i was wondering if there was any active wowpedia people...
 * What do you need? -- 13:03, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Freedom of information on reasons for policies / DNP policy in specific
Hi, found you via Special:Listusers/sysop, I am new here but not new to wikis :)

I would be interested in hearing any feedback admins have to this: Wowpedia_talk:DNP_policy (figured it's probably not a page that is read/used much so I'm messaging you all, I couldn't find a noticeboard page though I found what looks like a rather out-of-date list of admins hehe) --Kittymew (talk) 14:39, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Patch template
Hey Pcj. I have a question regarding the WoW Patch templates. It appears that Cata patches use this before the patch number etc, which is quite long while they could use  which is much shorter and more in-style of previous expansions' patches which used shorter inlines before them -  and .:) Encaitar (talk) 18:59, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Your opinion is desired
Hey, just wanted to get your opinion on Talk:Archbishop Benedictus about whether or not the "he staged a coup" note from patch 1.4.1 should be considered lore or not. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 20:38, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Blizzard Armory links to deleted pages on Wowpedia
Hi, I've been using the Blizzard Armory to read up on items and for some things (maybe all), it has a link to Wowpedia (nice!). However, when I clicked on the Wowpedia link for "Design: Delicate Chimera's Eye", it gave me a page that said it had been deleted moved (by you?) with this comment "Mass deletion of pages added by Cannibaleyez".

I don't know why the page was deleted, but is there any intent to make sure that links from Blizzard go to actual pages (even if they're just stubs)?

Tulonsae (talk) 11:06, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Page was deleted, cause Cannibaleyez created a bunch of pages with things like "Design: Delicate Chimera's Eye" and that's it... just a repeat of what the article name was. 05:12, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Possible vandalism.
Hello PCJ. User FunOnABun recently changed all the Elemental Lords articles, swapping their images and I believe their character NPCbox shouldn't be using those certian images since they are outdated and not very accurate. Therazane was already reverted by someone but Al'akir and Ragnaros are using the artwork from Thammer and not so beautiful art from Shadows and Lights in their char box when they were using respectivly - in-game Cata screenshot and TCG artwork. Please decide whether should they be reverted or not. Thanks in advance. 12:38, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Being new to WoWpedia, making sure not to step on toes.
Hi Pcj, I recently spent a few hours cleaning up/re-organising the Useful Macros page for Death Knights. I was just making sure that I set it up the way you'd envisioned the site.

That specific area was, and still is a mess. I'll be going through it as I level my DK and can test out the various "old macros" and bring them up to their respective sections.

I've decided to make that page (As well as the Warrior one once I start leveling it again) my "home". Kagrannosh (talk) 10:39, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Pcj, there appears to be some weird issue at http://www.wowpedia.org/Useful_macros_for_death_knights#Spam_Macros The fonts for the headers in that sub-section are significantly smaller, and I can't figure out why. Kagrannosh (talk) 13:29, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Be bold. If someone doesn't like it, they can revert it. :) Also, the tiny subheadings are because of the site's CSS. You didn't do anything wrong. If you want them bigger, use  tags instead of " ====== ". is the one " ====== " becomes. — EGingell TC 17:54, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Tooltips on another Wiki?
Hi Pcj, I was wondering if you could assist in setting up your Tooltips on another Wiki?

I had some code that was setup on a wikia wiki with someone else's assistance and moving it to a different wiki again SEEMS to be ok, but it doesn't work (I also think it might be a quirk of the Vector skin). The Wiki is the RIFT Wiki and I currently have the .js in my user pages. in vector.js, tooltips.js, TooltipsCore.js & TooltipsItem.js. I do not have ability to grant you admin rights or similar but feel free to edit my User Pages so that it should at least appear right to you. Item pages will be using the Template:Item but I need to rework this a bit to be more cleaner still, additionally I intend to use Template:ilink for use on all the other pages.

Regards, Maygus (talk) 02:45, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Your opinion is desired
Hey PCJ, the Alliance-Horde War article is constantly changed to include Malfurion as an Alliance commander, while he actually doesn't take part in the conflict similar to Lady Liadrin, Hamuul Runetotem, Varok Saurfang or even Thrall who are not listed. Could you please visit Talk:Alliance–Horde War and discuss. I really think he doesn't fit there, as he is more neutral as leader of Cenarion Circle (just like the 4 Horde commanders who simply do not take part in the war eventhough they're in the Horde). Thanks in advance 20:36, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Tooltips on the law-wiki
Hello, Pcj! I have a favour to ask of you to help me with implementation of your tooltips on my wiki. Unfortunately, I am not a big expert in JavaScript, so... I do not really know what to do. if you can help me, write me please to ICQ 312422950 or my page here (http://www.wowpedia.org/User:Leva). Thanks by a pair of beer bottles guarantee ;)

Pnaggle's test dude
Why did you remove the article? --U7 (talk) 03:00, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

JS Tabs
Hey, I am an admin on a wiki and was looking for an extension for tabbed content, but they all.. well they stink. I did, however, take notice of the tabs you guys use on the portal pages ( Template:Wwp ) and was wondering if you could point me to the .js and such to get those to work? I've managed to piece together the .css needed for them, and have some of the .js from MediaWiki:Common.js regarding tab switching and what I assume is also part of it called createPageInCategory as it also makes calls to ptabs. Any help would be appreciated, as those are the best implementation of tabs I have seen. Transclusion as well as direct linking = win. --Zitek (talk) 03:59, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Tabs are currently pretty much the most complex thing JS-wise on the wiki. What you need depends on how much of Wowpedia's functionality you want. -- 04:06, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I guess whatever is needed. I've been working for the past two weeks creating a dark vector skin which oddly enough I see ya'll have done yourselves (though I've opted for a red base instead of grey/yellow due to the theme of the wiki content).  The main issue I am running into with the tabs is the creation and display tag not working when the tabs are clicked.  That is, it is not creating the divs with the content loaded into them nor does clicking the tabs do anything but take you directly to the portals themselves.  The #ifeq for ptab1-5 (not the 7 used for your portals) at the bottom of the tab template tries to load the portals as templates, and not transclusions.  Appending : before them just creats loops.--Zitek (talk) 04:38, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * You're probably missing the code calling it in the jQuery document.ready function. -- 04:48, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Any place you could point me so I can peruse the .js used?--Zitek (talk) 05:26, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * And I got it working. Pointing me at jQuery got me to start testing out other functions, and it turns out jQuery wasn't loading at all for custom JS.  A quick change to call jquery.js and it started working immediately.  Thanks!--Zitek (talk) 10:37, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello, I need some help
Recently i've created Template:Eternity's End (code was used from Template:Scourge of Lordaeron). I add it to the page Eternity's End, but it adds Category:Warcraft III:RoC night elf campaign chapters though the code says not to do that. Can you help me to do something with that (again sry for possibly bad english)? --Askarmuk (talk) 16:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Apostrophes are handled a bit weird in #ifeq code. -- 16:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you! --Askarmuk (talk) 16:17, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Removed gems
Why are these getting turned into redirects? Shouldn't they be kept and marked with removedfromgame tags instead? -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 21:38, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Gems which were already cut weren't removed, they were changed into the new versions. Removedfromgame is more for stuff that may still exist on characters but just no longer drops. -- 21:40, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * So should we delete the pages for the ZG bijous then? Because they were removed entirely in 4.0.3a. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 21:44, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * There's nothing which replaces it, so there's no need to outright delete them as part of the historical record. -- 21:46, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * And no need to keep a historical record of the removed gems? -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 22:16, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * We could add a note on the pages of the gems that replace them, I suppose. -- 22:18, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Since they gems that replaced them weren't new gems, I'd rather keep a removedfromgame page. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 22:32, 24 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually... although they no longer have a purpose... the ZG bijous and tokens were never removed entirely, they just can't be obtained. I still have them floating around in the mail. 23:08, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * It was inconsistent, to be sure, but a lot of people reported having them removed from their inventory in 4.0.3a. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 23:17, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

WoWwiki attribution
Why was Template:WoWWiki credit deleted?

I note that Template:Wowpedia_credit is in use, even if on fewer than 50 pages. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 23:42, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Forum:Attribution of content from Wowpedia on WoWWiki. -- 23:45, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

itemtooltip
Hey!

I'm from lotro-wiki.com and we are currently working to implement your nice popup script, with good success so far. But I have one change, I wanted to propose to you. Why do you restrict your script to div-tags only? If you don't restrict it to divs-only, you can do things like the Fruit Roll Recipe popup.

And what do the variable tfb mean? We were discussing about the name a lot, but we haven't figured it out yet :) --EoD (talk) 01:17, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Restricting to a particular tag is a CPU/memory optimization (if you're doing any coding in jQuery at all, please read http://hungred.com/useful-information/jquery-optimization-tips-and-tricks/ ). If you don't restrict it, the JavaScript parser has to search through all elements for the particular class (for browsers that don't support that feature of HTML5).  I don't see anything on your demo page that couldn't be done with DIVs.  It's been forever since I named the variable, but if I recall correctly it means "tooltip, floating box" or something like that (I didn't expect people trying to read between the lines). -- 01:29, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks to your help yesterday, I found out what caused the problem with my DIVs not being displayed correctly. They have been displayed fine on Firefox, but neither on Chrome nor on IE. I had to change the position value in order to align the parent div horizontal not vertical. Is this fix only required because of my faulty usage of this popup? We don't usena "stealth" info box on our pages which is displayed on the popup, we just copy parts of the content of the visible wiki pages and put them in the popup. --EoD (talk) 18:21, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Not sure why you had to do that since I didn't see the faulty behavior before-hand. -- 18:25, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * If you use something like firebug or the chrome debugger, you can see how the layout of the div is aligned, by hovering with the mouse over the div tag. Without that change, it's vertically aligned. And if you add "z-index: 10" to style, you also fix the problem that the popup is behind the edit/view buttons at the top :) --EoD (talk) 19:19, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, you probably didn't copy over the CSS styling that is applied by the class. -- 19:21, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you were right. I forgot to copy the right css class which contained the z-index value. Thanks again! I also fixed a y alignment problem with large popups which were outside of the browser window (only the first half of this diff of course). Feel free to copy it! --EoD (talk) 19:51, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Ajax RecentChanges
Hey, I've been fiddling with some of the AjaxRC script you wrote on Wikia, and I have a question: Rappy added  to the end of the url query to fix "unneeded/wanted margins on reload" - what does the server do with  ? Monchoman45 (talk) 01:47, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Read the jQuery docs. -- 01:51, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

My Website
I have a webiste Fictional Races Wiki (http://fictionalraces.wikia.com/wiki/Fictional_Races_Wiki) and I am wondering how I change the background color to something more exciting instead of white. Please help me. Hallowseve15 (talk) 22:45, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Really? I'm not Wikia support. -- 22:52, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Darn it! Hallowseve15 (talk) 23:07, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Go here and ask. -- 23:07, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Would like to interview you
Hi Pcj,

I’m continuing my research (on WoWWiki and WoWPedia) this summer and hope to interview several of the core contributors about their experiences. Would you be available for an interview at some point this summer?

I also wanted to share an article of mine about WoWWiki that was recently published; you can find it linked to from my user page (happy to send you pdf, if you like). For the most part it talks about the writing processes of the community and how members work well together because of shared attitudes and beliefs about writing on a wiki. If you have any questions or feedback, I’d love to hear it.

Thanks for considering this. If you're interested in participating, you can contact me here via email . Dakhma (talk) 15:02, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Local copies of removed sources
When is it okay to copy a source verbatim from Blizzard? We have things like History of Warcraft sections and in-game quotes. WrathOfDeathfrost's Bestiary articles were okay per Coobra's talk page, but Ashbear160's "Troll Compendium" and "Encyclopedia - Naga" ‎were not per your deletions. Are our standards codified completely on Wowpedia:Copyright policy?-- 19:02, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Blizzard's license permits use of things from their website and games. Re-publication of books and printed material is not OK.  We should try avoiding duplication of the website as much as possible, though some use of its content is fine.  There is a bit of a grey area but I feel copying and pasting whole articles is stretching it. -- 19:10, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I want to use common sense, but that never works. How would you define a "whole article" in regards to too much?-- 19:19, 18 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually i didn't make the troll compendium, i just removed a extra = i found in the middle, however my interpretation of that blizzard would allow is the pages that are not on the official website anymore, and can only be found by using the wayback machine.
 * I also suggest for a dmin to go ask on wow story forums, maybe blizzard would give a concrete answer, and it doesn't hurt to ask.--Ashbear160 (talk) 19:31, 18 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Making Wowpedia articles which are only copy and pastes from Blizzard content is not necessary and pushing fair use. Incorporating Blizzard content into an original Wowpedia article is usually fine. -- 19:34, 18 June 2011 (UTC)


 * But we kinda need those sources, that's why they were listed as source-articles, because that information has been deleted by blizzard, and sourcing to nowhere is kinda of a non-source, someone should ask blizzard anyway.
 * Currently i have these 5 sources that are dead links that i would like to transcribe.


 * http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/blackwing.html - Blackwing Lair (Underdev)
 * http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/3p1/bosstiary.html - Ulduar Bosstiary
 * http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/dungeons/wrath-ulduar.xml - Ulduar Dungeons
 * http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/ahnqiraj/anubisath.html -Monster of Ahn'qiraj
 * http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/encyclopedia/487.xml - Encyclopedia - Naga
 * Can i do any of them?--Ashbear160 (talk) 19:39, 18 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Some still exist on the European site, like http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/story/trolls/ and http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/encyclopedia/487.xml -- 19:43, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Why exactly do we need to keep those sources? Nothing we have cites them, as far as I can tell. -- 19:46, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * The second link is dead.
 * PCJ, when i was making the Old Gods' forces article, one of the things i need to do was finding sources, those five i took from other articles to use as sources, i did it rather blindly because those links where dead, so i had no way to confirm the information given as a source, so besides the article that i made there are others that do indeed use these sources.--Ashbear160 (talk) 19:51, 18 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Well the naga article seems to work the same, so i'll replace that link on my article(i won't do for other articles unless i find them) can't be said of the other four links(at least from what i tried), so how is it?, if it's dead can we transcribe?--Ashbear160 (talk) 20:05, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * It is my opinion that linking to the Wayback Machine's archived version of the article on a case-by-case basis would be easier to maintain and shows context better. -- 20:08, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Transcribing all that was lost in the transition to the new Battle.net site would be a massive undertaking that would require carefully planned organization and context (I'm looking at you, Ashbear's proposed page names), mirroring the way Blizzard set it up.-- 20:11, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Not everything, just what we need, and names can be easily changed.--Ashbear160 (talk) 21:03, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by "we" and "need"? Why pick and choose? A better plan is needed.-- 21:23, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * By we need i mean links that we use as source like the Ulduar Bosstiary, anyway let's talk in this forums it's more convenient--Ashbear160 (talk) 22:03, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Adding Tool-tips to my wiki
Hello Pcj

I am a Bureaucrat on the Ikariam wiki, and I would like to implement 2 of your tool-tip functions on my wiki and have no idea what portions of the MediaWiki:Common.js file i need to use, I have in the past tried to copy several sections and reloaded the browser to have the changes take effect and nothing ever worked. The 2 tool-tip functions I would like to have are:
 * 1) The Quicktooltip option, for a better Tool-tip display than the normal text  option.
 * 2) The Ajaxsub option, because I hate the wikia ... display.

I can make you an admin, in order to implement whatever changes you need on the wiki.

Thanks,

-- 03:58, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Tabs aren't implemented with Ajaxsub, that may be your problem. I'm not sure I want the hassle of working on a Wikia wiki at the moment - I'll think about it. -- 15:45, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

I can request the Tabview function be turned off if that would make the Ajaxsub template work - but I was never able to get any part such as the Quicktooltip to work either. I understand your reluctance to work on a Wikia wiki from what I gleamed on some of the talk pages on the former WoWWiki pages. If you decide to take it on, just let me know. -- 14:22, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

If the Ajaxsub is the more difficult of the two - maybe you can help me get the Quicktooltips working by just posting on my talk page the main / basic information that I need for my MediaWiki:Wikia.js / MediaWiki:Wikia.css files to get that one template working. -- (talk) 15:33, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

How can I
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Template trouble
I've noticed that many users are using either the  or/and   templates. However, many of them are also typing "elf" instead of "Elf" which the template cannot process. Can it be fixed so that both versions are "accepted"? WrathOfDeathfrost (talk) 15:39, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Erm, according to the code it should already do that, can you provide an example? -- 15:46, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The problem (according to how the template is coded) is the space between Blood/Night and Elf, the switch only accepts " " or " " not "blood elf" or "night elf". --  16:15, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Incorrect, please provide an example. -- 16:18, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

-- 16:29, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * <span style="color: #
 * Wrong, the space is handled by the default parameter with every other race. Please provide an example. -- 16:46, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * ...Hmm? Odd, it's working now. When I earlier saw templates using "elf" instead of Elf" on other users' userpages, as well as my own when I tested it in a preview, it didn't work. Guess calling upon the power of admins can evocate miracles. However, I can still assure you that there indeed was a problem for a while (despite how it clearly has disappeared now), else I wouldn't have bothered making this topic. Thanks to the both of you for taking the time to look into it! WrathOfDeathfrost (talk) 23:55, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

About Felhound and Fel stalker
Hello.

I understand that you seem to be more connected to technical aspects of the website than its contents, but I could not find the staff last, and you're the only administrator who has left a message in my profile.

There are these two pages: Felhound and Fel stalker, if you notice, they contain repeated information. I suggest a merge. This was a unit that originally appeared in WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos, and it was named Felhound. In The Frozen Throne, its name was altered to Fel Stalker. I've been documenting its appearances on Reign of Chaos, I'd appreciate if all the information was kept.

Thank you in advance, and my apologies if you are not the person to bother about these things.

--Wc3sRui (talk) 22:41, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

P.S. -- Be careful: there are two Fel Stalker pages, one with a small 's' (Fel stalker), which is the one in conflict with Felhound, and there's Fel Stalker, which is actually a World of Warcraft mob.

Your opinion is desired
Your opinion is desired on this topic.

Thank you.

07:22, 13 July 2011 (UTC)