User talk:Faulkston

If the discussion within a section on this page is stretching beyond 2 or 3 responses, then please consider moving further discussion to the talk page of a relevant article. That way editors who may have some information which I don't have access to will be able to contribute even if they don't know to look on my talk page. Thanks! -- Faulkston 21:18, 31 May 2008 (PDT)

Suggestion
Hey Faulkston,

Are you available for me to bring a suggestion on the pirate infobox that could improve it drastically.
 * Check out User:Avastme1/Sandbox for the full explanation on how the infobox has changed and see the differences.

Regards, Kris. 19:08, 29 November 2012 (PST)
 * Feel free to discuss any changes to the pirate infobox template here.
 * Please do note that by policy images are not permitted as part of YPPedia user signatures. -- Faulkston 19:23, 29 November 2012 (PST)

Another P.S. When you upload an Image it gives you the option of licences... Why not just create MediaWiki:Licences with the list of licences so we can automatically select "portrait" etc.? 19:30, 29 November 2012 (PST)
 * There's already a field available (the file description) to include the image tag. The tags are not necessarily licenses, so it might not be the best option to include a choice of image tags in a list of licences. -- Faulkston 19:35, 29 November 2012 (PST)
 * Well using logic you are giving the copyright notice to ooo for using their images yadda yadda... Anyway here's a list that can be put into the licences: User:Avastme1/Licences, Will work just the same as tagging (or should do) =]

Enjoy, Kris.
 * What about tags which have parameters? Using the license popup menu to specify a tag would replace one step (entering the tag in the file description during upload) with two (selecting the "license" during upload and then editing the image description afterwards to add parameters). That is somewhat cumbersome. It may result in images having incompletely filled out tags which other editors have to correct.
 * If the tags with parameters are left out of the "license" list, that makes the tag procedure inconsistent (depending on the tag, use either the image upload description or the "license" popup menu). -- Faulkston 20:11, 29 November 2012 (PST)
 * Oh just a also subnote, I added a template (speedy movement), example usage:  :D Enjoy ;)

Move Files
Ahoy Faulkston. When ye get a chance can you move all the files in Category:Candidates_for_speedy_move for me. Just move the files, ignore all the editing pages to fix links as I will be doing that myself, just leave a message on my talk page soon as you moved so I can fix all the links =] Thanks, Kris. 14:07, 3 December 2012 (PST)
 * Got a load of files waiting in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion for you also :3 Enjoy 01:28, 4 December 2012 (PST)

Noticeboard-only trophy images
Hey, can you update:
 * File:Trophy-Seal o' Piracy- December 2012.png as it's viewable here.
 * File:Trophy-Transcendent_Shipwright.png as it's viewable here here.

Regards, Kris. 13:40, 6 December 2012 (PST)
 * The second trophy image isn't used in an official manner and is thus not locked to further editing. Any editor can add the required parameters to its use of the trophy template. -- Faulkston 19:25, 6 December 2012 (PST)

RE: Ship images
Sorry dear, Am using the scene editor and it automatically saves it without the ocean background. Will eventually get around to updating all the images anyway so not a problem as much. Just keeping myself busy with updating flag and crew information. And sorry about the mishappen on the forum the other day, was only intended as a joke :( Regards, Kris. 19:25, 9 December 2012 (PST)
 * If you're referring to this post, it's Fannon you need to apologize to, not me. -- Faulkston 19:30, 9 December 2012 (PST)
 * (facepalm) sorry xD but anyway still trying to work out how to set a sea background on the scene images when outputting :( probs will mess about with the java code later on.
 * I believe what some editors have done previously is to either join several in-game screenshots together manually (quite a bit of work) or set their screen resolution to some very large size (using the utility The Wonderful Icon or similar) before capturing an image. -- Faulkston 19:38, 9 December 2012 (PST)
 * For sake of being uber lazy and saving over an hour of work, I'll just edit the java to set transparency to the water.png using a repeat effect and just use the scene editor ;) saves a lot more effort :3 04:40, 11 December 2012 (PST)
 * If that results in a reasonably similar looking image to what's displayed in-game, that would be acceptable. If not, other editors will no doubt upload suitable replacement images. -- Faulkston 11:14, 11 December 2012 (PST)

RE:Cirdan
Didn't feel like messing too much with his namespace :3 Regards, Kris 12:01, 11 December 2012 (PST)
 * I created the pirate article Cirdan which is not in the user namespace of the editor Greyhavens. The pirate article can be edited freely; user namespace pages should not be. -- Faulkston 12:04, 11 December 2012 (PST)

Fix Files
Ahoy Faulkston, Can you by any chance move the 4 items at the top of this list Category:Candidates_for_speedy_move ~ Cheers, Kris. 11:02, 14 December 2012 (PST)

Ermm
You know you want to do me a favour and all =]

Well I kinda messed up with the file names xD Can you move all the following files for me:
 * File:Furniture-Toy drum.png -> File:Furniture-Small drum.png
 * File:Furniture-Toy drum-2.png -> File:Furniture-Small drum-2.png
 * File:Furniture-Toy drum-3.png -> File:Furniture-Small drum-3.png
 * File:Furniture-Toy drum-4.png -> File:Furniture-Small drum-4.png
 * File:Furniture-Small cannon.png -> File:Furniture-Toy cannon.png
 * File:Furniture-Small cannon-2.png -> File:Furniture-Toy cannon-2.png
 * File:Furniture-Small cannon-3.png -> File:Furniture-Toy cannon-3.png
 * File:Furniture-Small cannon-4.png -> File:Furniture-Toy cannon-4.png
 * File:Furniture-Small cannon-5.png -> File:Furniture-Toy cannon-5.png
 * File:Furniture-Small cannon-6.png -> File:Furniture-Toy cannon-6.png
 * File:Furniture-Small cannon-7.png -> File:Furniture-Toy cannon-7.png
 * File:Furniture-Small cannon-8.png -> File:Furniture-Toy cannon-8.png

Thanks, Kris. 18:35, 19 December 2012 (PST)

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Dated statements
What is preferred here, "Currently" or "As of [date]"? On Wikipedia, the former is highly discouraged, because it is impractical to find out the actual current date. I am asking because this edit was partly reverted. -- Chupchup 08:32, 24 December 2012 (PST)
 * The changes were reinstated later. Dated statements are preferable, otherwise it requires looking at a page's history to get a sense of when "currently" was applicable. It doesn't seem worth the effort to change all articles to use "as of [date]" - obviously for some articles any required dates may no longer be easily found.
 * Contrast this situation with the precise dates appearing in various blockade histories. -- Faulkston 10:30, 24 December 2012 (PST)
 * Aye, I'm occasionally coming across pages that say "currently" which were last edited five years ago. Not just pirate, crew or flag articles, but puzzle and game mechanic articles too. A similar one that makes me wince is opening sentence of the all of the familiar articles - "The monkey is one of the four five  six  seven eight types of familiar." --Belthazar451 16:24, 24 December 2012 (PST)
 * I'd note that the phrase "Currently Somepirate is captain of Somecrew" has basically the same semantics as "Somepirate is captain of Somecrew". An article can still be out of date but won't give the impression it is up to date because it uses the word "currently". -- Faulkston 16:39, 24 December 2012 (PST)

Notice
Didn't notice ^_^ Just was going through Special:WantedPages and saw some trinkets and templates missing so was just tidying up =] 27,829 pages left to do :D

16:48, 30 December 2012 (PST)

Move
Ahoy, can you move Choking Hazard (Meridian) to Choking Hazard (Viridian) as it's dormant and belongs in the correct old name

Regards, Kris. 23:24, 1 January 2013 (PST)


 * Why should it be under Choking Hazard (Viridian) when the flag currently exists (albeit dormant - I checked) on the Meridian Ocean? -- Faulkston 23:27, 1 January 2013 (PST)
 * Because it went dormant on Viridian and thus historical :P 23:28, 1 January 2013 (PST)
 * It was carried over to the Meridian Ocean through the ocean merge. The fact that the flag went dormant on the Viridian Ocean can be recorded in the article. -- Faulkston 23:30, 1 January 2013 (PST)
 * Oh ok, thats fine =] Just wanted to make sure it was in the correct name, guess you can delete the Viridian page then 23:32, 1 January 2013 (PST)
 * The Meridian Ocean pirate Edley is a flag member of Choking Hazard. It's going to be a bit strange to have links in that pirate article to a Viridian flag article. -- Faulkston 23:45, 1 January 2013 (PST)
 * On a related note, your attention is requested at Talk:Delirium (Flag). A simple move to match other disambiguation titles. I was unable to find a template for requested move, we might consider making one? Chupchup 10:25, 2 January 2013 (PST)
 * Ahoy Chupchup! We do indeed have a template for move, M. The command for it is . For example you would want to put


 * Regards, Kris. 11:20, 2 January 2013 (PST)

Undelete old ocean flag and crew categories
Category:Midnight Ocean flags and Category:Midnight Ocean crews, along with other legacy flag and crew categories, were deleted last year after the ocean merge. However, Category:Sage Ocean crews, Category:Midnight Ocean pirates, and others are still alive and well. Isn't flag and crew history worth preserving for all oceans? Chupchup 22:04, 2 May 2013 (PDT)


 * I'm not privy to the reasons behind removing the categories you mentioned. -- Faulkston 12:34, 5 May 2013 (PDT)


 * Reasons were discussed here. -- Franklincain (t/c) 18:19, 3 July 2013 (PDT)

Queen Anne's Revenge
It may be the case that there's currently no flag named Queen Anne's Revenge on Meridian, but "Queen Anne's Revenge" was written on the noticeboard. Maybe it's just a temporary rename of Queen's Revenge, I don't know - we might have to ask someone. Since you've (unfortunately) waited for this blockade to drop off the top before calling my edit into question, you're simply going to have to take my word for it. I checked twice - given how I produce the code for the blockade lists, there's no way for me to accidentally add a flag I've never seen before. --Belthazar451 20:57, 25 June 2013 (PDT)
 * Queen Anne's Revenge it is then. -- Faulkston 20:51, 26 June 2013 (PDT)

disambig updates
How do you find these disambiguation errors so easily? I want to know, so that I'll be better able to fix these errors myself, instead of leaving them half-done for you or others to fix. Thanks in advance! -- Franklincain (t/c) 13:39, 21 July 2013 (PDT)
 * By comparing this special page against a list of articles which reasonably link to disambiguation pages.
 * Upon creating a disambiguation page, it's also good to check the "What links here" special page. -- Faulkston 15:03, 21 July 2013 (PDT)

In-game caps
Hey... -East and -West suffixes are caps in-game. Just FYI.
 * Aye and now to wrangle the pirate infobox to not force lowercase such suffixes. -- Faulkston 21:26, 29 July 2013 (PDT)
 * The BK parameter should do the trick according to this section on the template talk page. -- Faulkston 21:33, 29 July 2013 (PDT)

Trinkets page of deleted pirate
Do we preserve trinket lists along with personal pirate pages? Currently, Protects/trinkets is blanked. It should either be deleted or restored and re-linked to the deleted pirate's page. Chupchup 14:38, 14 October 2013 (PDT)
 * The collection listing may be far from recent e.g. it could have been transferred to a display case or sold. There's far more value in preserving the deleted/renamed pirate's article, so trinket listings are probably minor things to preserve. -- Faulkston 18:53, 14 October 2013 (PDT)

Usefulness of updating an article six times a month
Article history: Soldier. This pirate maintains an exact count of trinkets on his page and updates it slavishly, 6-10 times per month. What is the wisdom of having an exact number in the article and what is the point of updating an article so frequently? I attempted to replace the exact number with an approximate so that updates did not need to be made so often, but I was reverted. Consensus or at least, a third opinion would be helpful here. Thank you. Chupchup 11:59, 30 October 2013 (PDT)
 * Is the exact number of trinkets owned the most interesting fact about this pirate? I would certainly hope not. At least maintaining a trinket collection display (present in the article) gives some sort of indication which trinkets a pirate might be collecting or willing to trade. -- Faulkston 20:33, 30 October 2013 (PDT)
 * Apparently this user thinks it is the most interesting fact. I have been reverted a second time. He is showing ownership issues as well, demanding to manage "his page" by himself. Chupchup 07:22, 31 October 2013 (PDT)
 * First of all if I care about my trinket collection is none of your business. You can blame me for the modifies on Yppedia but you can't blame me if I find interesting counting my trinkets and update my collection. Trinkets are one of the reasons for me to play PuzzlePirates (as a lot of other people). You like to edit Yppedia pages and I like to collect trinkets. After that, I will try to update my page less often, once a week perhaps, or twice, and the number of trinkets will be updated every 100 trinkets (2000,2100,2200...) so I will edit it MUCH less, since I add few trinkets everytime. I don't understand but why you spend your time looking at what I do....Sorry for what happened. Accept my apologies and I'll do my best to not do this mistake again. Soldier, 31 October 2013 (PDT)

Speedy delete request
Could you take a look at deleting Proud To Love so that we can move over Summer Attack for its article history? Proud To Love is a cut-and-paste move of a renamed crew, so in order to do it properly we need to delete it first and then make the page move. It's been requested for a while. Thanks. Chupchup 11:15, 18 November 2013 (PST)
 * Done. -- Faulkston 16:56, 18 November 2013 (PST)

histmerge
Am I right that you, as an admin, can perform a histmerge to repair a cut-and-paste move? What is your opinion on the discussion at Talk:Fleurs? Chupchup 18:24, 3 January 2014 (PST)
 * I do not believe it would be a good idea to perform a history merge between a user name space page and one in the main name space due to moves involved. I'll check with other administrators and the wiki Ocean Master what the current policy is on creating pirate articles from information a user has entered on their user page. -- Faulkston 11:47, 4 January 2014 (PST)