User talk:Kdarrow

Location edits
All your edits are fantastic, thank you for taking the time to fix up all the real-world info on those location pages. Devastating DaveZIP ZAP RAP 06:22, November 12, 2019 (UTC)
 * Impressive, your work and visiting the notable FNV locations! You will be our best source for the real world references, I believe. Jspoel [[file:Speech Jspoel.png|10px|link=User talk:Jspoelstra]] 22:21, November 12, 2019 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. It really shows your dedication to it! I remember back in the day, around 2011, someone else did more or less the same and posted it in the blog. Not as extensive as you though, just the area in and directly around New Vegas. Jspoel [[file:Speech Jspoel.png|10px|link=User talk:Jspoelstra]] 22:31, November 12, 2019 (UTC)

Mountain Springs
That's ok. You would have to click on the triangle next to Mount Bell Springs's Edit button, choose Rename and then you would move the history of the page with it. Jspoel  20:55, February 11, 2020 (UTC)
 * On Devil Peak you mean? That's good to hear. Jspoel [[file:Speech Jspoel.png|10px|link=User talk:Jspoelstra]] 23:51, February 11, 2020 (UTC)

Regarding your Vault 11 and Boulder City edits
Hello, I am commenting here today to raise a complaint on the editorial style in which you posses and have utilized to edit the pages described upon in the titular articles. I disagree with the reasoning of the Boulder City real world background information simply being described to as "superfluous", and the changing of wording to be increasingly "clarified" in the Vault 11 and Boulder City articles. To put it simply, to one such as myself, it seems as though it is being simplified for little to no reason rather than sheer removal. Whilst my editing style prefers the addition of information to articles, I am usually not opposed to the removal of information so long as it is appropriate, and improves the article rather than acting as a detriment to it. However, as with the reason I am contacting you here now, that is not the case in these several instances. For example, the removal of the limestone supply quotation and second real life paragraph on the Boulder City page removed key elements to the town's background and present state. The Vault 11 removal of the second section and editing out key events in exchange for simplistic paraphrases and minor informative sentence structure also serve as a detriment rather than an improvement. While I urge you not to see this as a berating of your distinctive edits, which adhere to wiki policy in very skillful ways, I also would like you to go about them in a more acceptable manner in the future. Sincerely, JCB2077 (talk) 22:37, February 11, 2020 (UTC)
 * I read and appreciate your comments regarding the editing style I use. Even feedback that is negative is important to me, so I can improve and in turn, improve the work I am doing on the location entries. I want to assure you that I spend a great deal of time thinking about the best way to convey information, writing and re-writing, researching, and working diligently to strike a balance between was is required and what can be trimmed for clarity. I do truly care about the integrity of my work and the impact it has on the improvement of the collective information. That being said, I can and will admit that I err on the side of removal, which upon reading your comments, is something I realize I need to change. Sometimes I struggle with what information coming from "the real world" is necessary to include for "in-game", especially in cases where I can not find evidence to suggest they were one and the same. Please accept my apologies. You will see my work in the future reflect a more restrained approach, and I appreciate you calling my attention to the need for me to do so. - Kdarrow (talk) 23:57, February 11, 2020 (UTC)

Character article layout and notes sections
Hiya, just wanted to let you know about the wiki's Article layout guideline if you haven't checked it out already. In general we like to try and keep our Notes sections as non-existent small as possible, so just looking for example at your edits to Ricky, changing "Other interactions" to "Notes" is not ideal. Also the sentence describing Ricky's role in the quest should stay in that section. However, you're right that the interactions needed to be cleaned up a little, so I've done a bit of that. :)

Hopefully s'all clear (as mud, I'm sure) but always feel free to hit me up on my talkpage if you have any questions. Happy editing! --L84tea Would you like a cup of tea? 09:38, February 18, 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah the Article Layout policy docs helped me out a lot when I first started and even now I still refer to them really frequently because honestly who can remember where the Notes and Bugs sections go in relation to each other. Not I, that's for sure. xD --L84tea Tea kettle.png you like a cup of tea? 12:43, February 19, 2020 (UTC)

Hello
Me interesting read your edits, thanks you. But here HUD (in the center, under the key).--ExplorerSmaily (talk) 10:16, February 20, 2020 (UTC)


 * Oh gosh, you are right. Sorry about that. I fixed it. And thank you for your kind words! -Kdarrow (talk) 18:00, February 20, 2020 (UTC)

Maps
Hi Kate. First of all, thanks for your work here. I have a slight remark on the images you added here today. Most of the images are good of quality, some are less of quality, like Skill magazine suite 300.jpg. Set your screen settings to the highest resolution if you can and might as well make it 1920 by 1080. I replaced most of your map markers. You should leave out the square marker and clear the "fog of war" before you make a screenshot (done so on the Aerotech Office Park page). Also set your gamehour to 0, midnight, then you will have the best contrast. We don't need local maps of very small locations, like Cassidy Caravans wreckage or Grub n' Gulp rest stop. It doesn't really add to the page in my opinion. Only local maps of larger locations, like Camp Searchlight, Nipton of Goodsprings are good to have. Jspoel  18:02, February 21, 2020 (UTC)
 * Greetings! Good to hear from you, and thank you. These tips are very helpful, I appreciate your taking time to explain it to me clearly. I have removed the smaller locations from my "to-do" list and will use these techniques in future photos. Thank you again! -Kate (Kdarrow (talk) 19:30, February 21, 2020 (UTC))

Fire axe
You're right, it's on there. Maybe it's been put there in the beginning stages of the game, not knowing yet how many you can find in the game, not sure. I've removed the axe now. Jspoel  18:01, February 24, 2020 (UTC)

Vault Academy
I believe it's still being worked on Leon, but I don't think there's a joining for learning but more of just participating and just reaching out to veterans whenever you can. Probably not the most helpful lol, but I think how you've been reaching out on discord and using talk pages is the general way of teaching from Vault Academy. Devastating DaveZIP ZAP RAP 03:52, February 27, 2020 (UTC)

Linking
Links that are formatted text using a " | " should not have characters appended to the closing brackets. As an example, the correct format would be radscorpions, not radscorpions. Please stop changing these on the pages. Great Mara (talk) 00:47, February 28, 2020 (UTC)
 * I will do so, thank you for letting me know! -Kdarrow (talk) 02:46, February 28, 2020 (UTC)

Patroller rights
Kate, are you interested in becoming patroller? This will give you rollback rights (one click revert) and patroller rights (makes the exclamation mark go away for your edits in recent changes). And it's a necessary step to have the possibility to become admin later on down the road. If you want them let me know, ok? Jspoel  16:57, March 6, 2020 (UTC)
 * I just gave you the rights. You will now see [Rollback] at the end of the line in a recent changes edit. If you click on it, the edit will be reverted to its previous state (for a bad edit or vandalism). Before you had your rights, a red exclamation mark appeared at the beginning of your recent changes edit; now it's gone. It's giving you more trust from the community, and means your edits dont need to be patrolled by others anymore. About responsibilities, just keep doing here what you do best, in your own time, it's going great already. Perhaps you'd even want to become admin later on, you have the qualities. Jspoel [[file:Speech Jspoel.png|10px|link=User talk:Jspoelstra]] 17:19, March 6, 2020 (UTC)

Rock-It Launcher
I made a mistake with the Rock-It Launcher and its ammunition, you can leave those links separate, Rock-It Launcher and Rock-It Launcher ammunition. That way you have two links each going to different pages. Jspoel  21:05, March 6, 2020 (UTC)

Among the Stars
Removing these quest summaries on location pages, like you just did on Vault-Tec: Among the Stars, where did you get the idea to do that? Guidelines or from Discord advice? I know guidelines say list them, but I think just a little summary of what role the location plays in the quest can't hurt. So I'd say leave them be. Jspoel  21:47, March 20, 2020 (UTC)
 * I thought as much you got the idea from the guidelines. But you can leave them as they are. Maybe you can backtrack a bit to see where you removed it. Jspoel [[file:Speech Jspoel.png|10px|link=User talk:Jspoelstra]] 21:58, March 20, 2020 (UTC)
 * I made a bit of a start now, but I know there are a good deal more location pages where this has happened in the past days, so your help is welcome. Jspoel [[file:Speech Jspoel.png|10px|link=User talk:Jspoelstra]] 22:03, March 20, 2020 (UTC)

Player character
Try to find alternatives for player character if you can. Too many "player character" in one sentence breaks the flow of it. Jspoel  20:50, March 28, 2020 (UTC)

DeSoto
I think you're right. I created a page for the senator now. You can update the two pages, ok? Senator's page is DeSoto. Jspoel  18:43, March 30, 2020 (UTC)

About
I'll take a look at it, maybe redirect it to Tagaziel for a bit of a rewrite. Thanks for letting me know. Jspoel  16:12, April 1, 2020 (UTC)

Book titles
I wouldn't italicize the issue number of a book or magazine. The number isn't part of the title. I think anyway. Jspoel  18:12, April 1, 2020 (UTC)

Re: New User Network
Hi Kate! The New User Network is still a thing... kind of? I've been very inactive lately. But I'll see what I can do.

Leaving that aside for a second, your edits seem to be of good quality (judging by the fact that Jspoel gave you patroller rights) and you have plenty of them. Are there specific things you'd like to learn? Images, categories, templates? What kind of mentoring would you prefer: hands-on mentoring with regular contact, or more that you have a place where you can ask questions on how things work, or even something else? Depending on your needs I can mentor you myself, find a suitable mentor, or maybe you don't need a mentor but something else like a good place to ask questions at.

- FDekker talk 15:50, April 2, 2020 (UTC)