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NIWA Discussion / Re: Leader
« on: October 03, 2010, 05:50:34 AM »
I was under the same impression.
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NIWA Discussion / Re: Leader
« on: October 02, 2010, 10:14:42 PM »
I think Xizor would be more suited to this role for the following reasons.
We need someone who's fairly neutral and can maintain a neutral view in order to help resolve our differences. Ax often tend to have strong feelings about his opinions, and I've seen him get pretty defensive over them, sometimes to the point of being downright rude. I've seen Xizor argue over his opinions, too, but he normally tries to remain as polite and calm as possible.
Also, this position requires the ability to deal with people, even those who are sometimes difficult or unwilling to budge on their views. Ax left Zelda Wiki because he couldn't deal with exactly that. If he couldn't handle it then from one person, how can we expect him to be able to deal with the volume of people we have? Xizor, on the other hand, has expressed his ability to work with anyone, really. I'm sure he'd be very willing to accommodate all new and current NIWA staff.
Lastly, my final concern about Ax is that he's acted brashly on several occasions before, such as when he made the thread about Lylat Wiki. I'm not mad about that particular incident at all. It merely raises a concern in my head that he may just go off on someone whom he dislikes or with whom he disagrees, and that is hardly the sort of behavior I want to see from anyone, let alone someone we call "leader." I've also seen some brash moves from Xizor, as well, but he understood he was in the wrong and apologized to everyone. That tells me that he is eager to learn from his mistakes so he doesn't repeat them.
This is by no means an attack on Ax or his character. I like him, but I don't think he's quite cut out for this.
We need someone who's fairly neutral and can maintain a neutral view in order to help resolve our differences. Ax often tend to have strong feelings about his opinions, and I've seen him get pretty defensive over them, sometimes to the point of being downright rude. I've seen Xizor argue over his opinions, too, but he normally tries to remain as polite and calm as possible.
Also, this position requires the ability to deal with people, even those who are sometimes difficult or unwilling to budge on their views. Ax left Zelda Wiki because he couldn't deal with exactly that. If he couldn't handle it then from one person, how can we expect him to be able to deal with the volume of people we have? Xizor, on the other hand, has expressed his ability to work with anyone, really. I'm sure he'd be very willing to accommodate all new and current NIWA staff.
Lastly, my final concern about Ax is that he's acted brashly on several occasions before, such as when he made the thread about Lylat Wiki. I'm not mad about that particular incident at all. It merely raises a concern in my head that he may just go off on someone whom he dislikes or with whom he disagrees, and that is hardly the sort of behavior I want to see from anyone, let alone someone we call "leader." I've also seen some brash moves from Xizor, as well, but he understood he was in the wrong and apologized to everyone. That tells me that he is eager to learn from his mistakes so he doesn't repeat them.
This is by no means an attack on Ax or his character. I like him, but I don't think he's quite cut out for this.
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NIWA Discussion / Re: Leader
« on: October 02, 2010, 04:58:28 PM »Naturally I have a few misgivings. Leader is meh... if I end up being chosen, I'd prefer the title Numero Uno Cultivator or something gardeny to match NIWA=garden.I hardly find this necessary. It's not a leader in that you'd be the head of all of NIWA. It's more of a mediator who resolves disputes by coming up with a compromise and nothing more.I think we've strongly overlooked that great aspect of the name and should work to actually theme NIWA more fittingly.
Quote from: Axiomist
This is somewhat relevant as inducting new wikis seems to be the primary polarizing point here these days. It will be difficult to replicate MW.o's success story, using the same management style. I still feel Lylat Wiki could have worked on their Main Page, defined colors, and either added all of the redlinks to flair images in all of the templates Example (look for "FoxHeadSprite" everywhere) or removed them for later. I've messaged Tacopill and Justin these suggestions, but it seems the induction was already decided and there was no incentive to make changes. This thread is unsettling, because it seems like no one else mattered outside of Xizor, Mandi, Mel, and Justin. Anywho, the deed is done and I'm not protesting it, just stating my opinion so everyone knows my stance on the most divisive current issue (adding the startups), so they can make a fully informed decision about me one way or the other.The main issue here is "time," not that we don't care.
Quote from: Axiomist
To sum it all up, NIWA can't help anything grow if people think it's our fertilizer and reject it on the first visit, so yeah, we ought to reject every startup application on the first submission and list things they need to do beforehand-minor things mainly. And the most important part, talk to them, and/or help them.This is utterly ridiculous. So if we get an app from a great wiki, we just tell them "no" instantly? That's biased and ridiculous.
Again, from the looks of your post, you misconceptions of what the leader would be. It's not a "NIWA superbeing," it's someone who helps us get things done by going "Okay, these people want this and those people want that. We're going to compromise with this. Discussion over."
I'd advise you to take that into consideration and repost.
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NIWA Discussion / Leader
« on: October 01, 2010, 03:23:42 AM »
Guys, it has become painfully obvious that we are stuck. None of us can ever agree on anything, we're at a deadlock in most of our discussions, and we're stagnated on so many things.
This is why we need a leader. We need someone to say "This is what's going on, let's do this." If we do not choose someone to make final decisions when we're deadlocked, we're never going to get anywhere.
I elect Xizor for this task, as he has experience as a webmaster of LegendofZelda.com and is pretty good at resolving discussions. He's always one of the first to call us out when something goes wrong, as well. So far, I've seen exceptional decision making on his part, and I feel that having him in this position would benefit us.
Now, this is not a leader to enforce any policy upon the member wikis. It is only a leader in organizing the NIWA itself. Also, Xizor will not become "Supreme overlord" and take 100% control of NIWA. We, the wiki staff, will still be in charge equally. However, should something come up where we're stuck and unable to reach a compromise, he'll be there to have a final say and close the discussion.
This arose as part of a Skype discussion on leadership (yes, I know, Skype = bad and whatnot, but I have the whole conversation logs for anyone who wants to see.)
Also, if you think you know someone better suited for this role than Xizor, please name then and list the reasons why.
By the way, Xizor will not start doing EVERYTHING like FTP and graphic design. He will simply have the power to close discussions, as mentioned above.
What are your thoughts?
This is why we need a leader. We need someone to say "This is what's going on, let's do this." If we do not choose someone to make final decisions when we're deadlocked, we're never going to get anywhere.
I elect Xizor for this task, as he has experience as a webmaster of LegendofZelda.com and is pretty good at resolving discussions. He's always one of the first to call us out when something goes wrong, as well. So far, I've seen exceptional decision making on his part, and I feel that having him in this position would benefit us.
Now, this is not a leader to enforce any policy upon the member wikis. It is only a leader in organizing the NIWA itself. Also, Xizor will not become "Supreme overlord" and take 100% control of NIWA. We, the wiki staff, will still be in charge equally. However, should something come up where we're stuck and unable to reach a compromise, he'll be there to have a final say and close the discussion.
This arose as part of a Skype discussion on leadership (yes, I know, Skype = bad and whatnot, but I have the whole conversation logs for anyone who wants to see.)
Also, if you think you know someone better suited for this role than Xizor, please name then and list the reasons why.
By the way, Xizor will not start doing EVERYTHING like FTP and graphic design. He will simply have the power to close discussions, as mentioned above.
What are your thoughts?
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Membership and Affiliate Requests / Re: Fire Emblem
« on: September 30, 2010, 01:05:52 PM »
1. No.
1a. Dunno yet.
2. No.
3. Yusei.
1a. Dunno yet.
2. No.
3. Yusei.
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Wiki References / Re: The Wiki Help Desk V2: Mash That Edit Button!
« on: September 11, 2010, 12:10:36 AM »I'm working on the Fire Emblem Wiki. I checked MediaWiki Help: Tables and made this template:I know why.
Template:CharacterStats.
The code is pretty long, but not that complicated:Code: [Select]{|style="border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #000"
!width=100; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Class
!width=50; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Affin
!width=35; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Lv
!width=35; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| HP
!width=35; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Str
!width=35; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Skill
!width=35; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Spd
!width=35; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Luck
!width=35; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Def
!width=35; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Res
!width=35; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Move
!width=35; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Con
!width=35; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Aid
!width=100; style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Weapon level
|-
Also, when I posted it on the Eirika page I can only get borders to work for the stats part like this:Code: [Select]{{Template:CharacterStats}}
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Lord
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Light
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|1
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|6
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|4
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|8
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|9
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|5
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|3
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|1
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|5
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|5
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|4
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Sword: E
|}
Is there any way I can make this shorter? Also, I grabbed the code from MediaWiki's table help page...
border-style and border-width are deprecated. Use
Code: [Select]
border: (width) (style) (color);
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Wiki References / Re: MediaWiki Designers' Helpdesk
« on: September 10, 2010, 12:00:52 AM »
If you want to write extensions, you need to have an understanding of PHP.
About your problem...I've never seen that before, so I'm afraid I can't help. Sorry.
About your problem...I've never seen that before, so I'm afraid I can't help. Sorry.
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Metroid / Re: Pre order bonus
« on: September 08, 2010, 08:12:28 PM »
Yeah, I got mine with the pre-order. It's pretty neat and actually has narration on the back of each card.
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Metroid / Re: Metroid Other M
« on: September 08, 2010, 08:10:12 PM »
Nah, just use [spoiler]Super Missiles. Takes three hits. Just use the power bomb then immediately get out of morph ball, go to first person, and charge up your beam. When you lock on, you'll change to missiles, so you can use a super missile right away if you got the beam charged all the way.[/spoiler]
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NIWA Discussion / Re: Metroid Wiki and Other M
« on: September 06, 2010, 09:54:49 PM »
Yeah, we're still chill, but we have to try to keep things child-appropriate. Just don't use anything they'd bleep on daytime television and you'll be fine 
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The Lounge / Re: Wikia announces new layout
« on: September 05, 2010, 02:43:34 AM »
Guys, I have to say that I'm very happy about this change.
Don't look at me like I'm insane.
You know how fugly it looks. You know how many editors will hate it. It may even drive people from Wikia. I'm seeing this whole thing as a potential boost to NIWA traffic.
Thanks, Wikia! =D
Don't look at me like I'm insane.
You know how fugly it looks. You know how many editors will hate it. It may even drive people from Wikia. I'm seeing this whole thing as a potential boost to NIWA traffic.
Thanks, Wikia! =D
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Metroid / Re: Metroid Other M
« on: September 03, 2010, 08:07:48 PM »
Advance warning to all of ya:
Hard mode removes all of the suit expansions, meaning you're stuck with 99 points of energy and 10 missiles.
Hard mode removes all of the suit expansions, meaning you're stuck with 99 points of energy and 10 missiles.
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NIWA Discussion / Re: Congratulations...
« on: September 03, 2010, 01:00:58 AM »
Hahaha didn't even see this til now.
Thanks for the grats.
Thanks for the grats.
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The Lounge / Re: Lylat Wiki
« on: August 27, 2010, 10:16:29 PM »
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Just putting this thread back in the minds of people. Remember, Lylat Wiki is now a working, functioning wiki and that we need contributors and staff members!
YAAAAAAAAAY STAR FOX!!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAY LYLAT WIKI!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAY NIWA!!!!!!!
Just putting this thread back in the minds of people. Remember, Lylat Wiki is now a working, functioning wiki and that we need contributors and staff members!
YAAAAAAAAAY STAR FOX!!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAY LYLAT WIKI!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAY NIWA!!!!!!!
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The Lounge / Re: Ctrl+V
« on: August 17, 2010, 05:41:01 AM »
if (mysql_num_rows($rowquery) < $limit)
echo "(Next $limit)";
else
echo '<a href="'.$scripturl.'?action=card;do=inv;pg='. ($pg + 1) .';limit='.$limit.'">(Next '.$limit.')</a>';
(Used the php tag for highlighting)
echo "(Next $limit)";
else
echo '<a href="'.$scripturl.'?action=card;do=inv;pg='. ($pg + 1) .';limit='.$limit.'">(Next '.$limit.')</a>';
(Used the php tag for highlighting
)
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NIWA Discussion / Re: Suggestions
« on: August 13, 2010, 04:41:01 PM »I must be blind, how do I contact an admin on zelda wiki? and now do I look up old news articles? specifically the one about Nintendo powers recent guide
The RSS feed is hosted here.
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The Lounge / Re: Gaming FML joke thread
« on: August 12, 2010, 01:17:12 PM »Quote from: ???? link=topic=286.msg5165#msg5165 date=1277311995
Today some monster made out of Poo keeps throwing his s*** at me and was singing horribly into my ear... FML
Conquer FOR THE WIN!
Today, I found a hot chick but she was encased in a crystal and I had to save her. FML
Today, I landed on a planet full of dinosaurs but had to whack them with a staff instead of my gun. FML
Went a little Star Fox, there
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The Lounge / Re: Another Wiki with Wikia problems
« on: August 12, 2010, 01:11:41 PM »
I smell affiliate...
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The Lounge / Re: Lylat Wiki
« on: August 08, 2010, 05:24:55 AM »
Pardon the double post, but I'd like to make an announcement, here.
Lylat Wiki is currently looking for more staff members. I need additional people to watch over and help launch the project. If you're interested, please send me an email at jfolvarcik[at]gmail[dot]com explaining why you think you'd be good for being on staff. I'd prefer that you be at least an autopatrolled user on another wiki, but all are welcome to apply. Thanks for reading.
Lylat Wiki is currently looking for more staff members. I need additional people to watch over and help launch the project. If you're interested, please send me an email at jfolvarcik[at]gmail[dot]com explaining why you think you'd be good for being on staff. I'd prefer that you be at least an autopatrolled user on another wiki, but all are welcome to apply. Thanks for reading.