User talk:Kdarrow

Hi, it's me, Kate! I am glad you are here. Please leave me a note. And thank you!

- kdarrow   take her for a spin!

Progress Report


10 year anniversary
Yes, 10 years, it's gone by fast, when you're having fun. It was indeed an active and exciting time, the game had just been released, lots of activity. I discovered this wiki by coincidence, wasn't even aware there was a wiki, I was just googling for some information on the game and found it. I thought, this may be fun to try and contribute, and it turned out to be totally up my alley! Did you know at the time the wiki existed? Suppose not, or you had school obligations. But since you live in the Mojave it would have been great for you too! But still, you're going great now too, a little retro contributing. It's also giving a boost that we have many visitors, I've even seen a million last week on a day, it's giving a purpose. See also WAM score, where high up there. Jspoel  11:08, November 7, 2020 (UTC)

Don't know how to put down my signature
Hey Kate, Branebriar1930 here, what is the button for signing my messages? Branebriar1930 (talk) 22:24, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Its strange, the sig button works on talkpages but not on discussions. Branebriar1930 (talk) 22:24, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Also what is a sysop, your new title? Branebriar1930 (talk) 22:26, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Heya mentor!
Hey there! Just got some questions for ya when you got a chance! Thank youuuuuu! - Eckserah   Head Dataminer 20:24, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

revert
Well the other image showed a lot more of the character and tbh the other parts of the description seemed unnecessary

Couple questions for you!
Heya! When you get the chance can you give me a hand with a few things? Thanks! - Eckserah   Head Dataminer 04:37, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

New title
Just looked it up, its short for system operator.Branebriar1930 (talk) 09:27, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Fusion Flea
Just noticed a few of your images have some shade on them. Was that on purpose? I'd rather see them with more light. For example I just uploaded some Classic Inspiration images which I made around noon. The Camp McCarran sign I shot around 14:00 because it has better lighting then. Jspoel  14:05, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Tabber
I genuinely don't know what's going on with that damn page. I'm looking over the tabbers that I used for my SNM newsletter, which have the same content in them except more complex, and those aren't broken... weird. The only thought I had is that maybe tabbers are no longer compatible with images/images over a certain size, but that doesn't seem to be the issue at all after testing around with it for a bit.

I reached out to Dekker to see if he has any insight on the matter. ;(  寧靜 14:28, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Templating questions
Hey there! Got some templating questions for you when you get the chance :D Thanks! - Eckserah   Head Dataminer 06:32, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Vault academy
I did some of the quizzes if you want to check over them. also i have some questions for you about some of the next lessons if you have time! - Eckserah   Head Dataminer 21:22, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Omg FNC!
Yup! FNC is great! I will post things there whevener possible! Jeanioz (talk) 10:23, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

DC monorail
You did a great job Kate! Fun and easy to read, you have a talent for many things, writing is one of them. Thanks for this one and I look forward to seeing more of your good work! Jspoelstra (talk) 15:29, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Vault Academy
I saw the message you left on my talk page, and yes, I am still interested in doing it. (User talk:Inonymousone

no problemo
Just doing my thang Devastating DaveZIP ZAP RAP 09:23, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Learn
Hey there, first let me say I'm surprised to see your number of edits. I've been here for years and haven't achieved that number.

Anyway, it can be done. Let me just first ask - is there a particular area you know already, or would like to know more first? ☢ Energy X ☣ 11:35, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Infobox fields
It might happen to some mobile editors, but I've noticed that every edit that adds those fields is always tagged as being a visual edit, so I am pretty sure it's something to do with the new visual editor. Aiden4017 (talk) 02:24, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Infobox junk
Hey kate, how, or rather, where did you remove all that extra crap that i and many others unwittingly put into infoboxes?Branebriar1930 (talk) 21:37, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Protectron
You removed a huge piece of content on the protectron page, mostly variants that already covered on subpages. I do understand your reasoning, however, you're setting a precedent here making way to do the same on other similar pages (sentry bot to name one), removing all the variants. Such a huge change needs discussion first. Jspoelstra (talk) 17:24, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Split project
I see you created a holodisk and notes split project. Did you discuss this with admins and I would say at least one bureaucrat? (Tagaziel perhaps or me). This is a pretty huge change, I'd like to be informed anyway. Jspoelstra (talk) 14:22, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * And are you planning this for older games also? Jspoelstra (talk) 14:23, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I've given it a good thought and given the number of pages for each category I can be ok with it, if Tagaziel is ok with it as well, so ask him this. We might then as well do the same for Fallout 4 when Fallout 76 is done. Also remember to update the mobile page when it's done. Jspoelstra (talk) 18:17, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

VTA lesson 5
When I follow the link it takes me to a "Bad Title" page -Isis Ad Victorian! 21:18, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Re: Gift time
Did you really think I'd leave the last word / action to you? 😂

Licensing
When you add a category to an image, can you add the licensing and the copyright tag to the file? Like I just did with some images. Jspoelstra (talk) 22:59, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm having database lock errors plenty too, and save errors. Annoying. Must be hickups from the transition to the UCP platform. I hope. Jspoelstra (talk) 23:12, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Fallout 76/ WA notes
Why are you changing Wild Appalachia notes to Fallout 76 notes in the infobox?. Just leave them as Wild Appalachia notes. I don't agree with this. Is this something discussed in Discord? Jspoelstra (talk) 23:18, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * You can just create a redirect from the Wild Appalachia notes link and the problems solved. I just did that. Can you undo the edits you just made? Be careful with these large scale changes, ask around with other admins in Discord before. Jspoelstra (talk) 23:30, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Can you also change the intro of the page: ... is a paper note resp. holotape into paper note resp. holotape etc. ? Jspoelstra (talk) 00:00, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
 * And change the type parameter to holotape if it's a holotape page. (instead of holodisk). Jspoelstra (talk) 00:07, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Some questions for my mentor!
Hey there, when you get the chance can you get back to me? I have some questions for you! - Eckserah   Head Dataminer 03:01, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

MediaWiki
Well OK, if you know a bit of programming (using, loops, arrays etc.) it shouldn't be too much of a problem, I think.

For a start, you could fiddle with. It is about defining them first and using them on demand, like this:

So you can use whenever you want. I find it good if there are multiple times you need to write the same bit of data, you can use. Even in the talk page. ☺

Might be wise to define them at the start of the article (as in an infobox) and use them in the rest of the article. Anyway, here is more about them. You can also search for other things, too.

More importantly, not all wikis use these extensions, as they have to be added by request. ☢ Energy X ☣ 23:53, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Other things, like branching ( or  statements) are also something that are used often and are really noteworthy. ☢ Energy X ☣ 23:56, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Overview pages
Not sure why you changed some overview article's templates from Overviewpagelist to Gamearticlelist, but they need to use the overviewpagelist template. The gamearticlelist template is used for specific item overview pages. Jspoelstra (talk) 15:49, 3 December 2020 (UTC)