User talk:David Cullen

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-- Charmed-Jay (Talk) 15:04, January 13, 2012

Werewolves
Though somewhat improperly, the term has been preempted also for Quileute shapeshifters.

Best,  MinorStoop  17:34, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

RE: Werewolves
Oh, it's fine. I meant to just unlink the word "werewolves," but I guess I accidentally deleted the word itself. Sorry about that.

 TeamTaycob  22:24, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

Re: vampire abilities
Naw, "vampire abilities" is just fine. But let me point out that I beat you to the punch - went over the vampire pages and corrected where needed. Sorry.  MinorStoop  15:25, January 14, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Signature
Yep, it worked.

BTW, please refrain from calling me "bro" - while it is probably an accepted form of address between strangers where you live, in Italy it is reserved to actual brothers or _very_ close friends. My apologies,  MinorStoop  16:31, January 14, 2012 (UTC)

Checking on the infobox updates
Just to make sure the updates on the infoboxes (Gianna, Zafrina, Senna, etc.) you're currently making are correct, where do they come from? The Guide?

Thanks!  MinorStoop  15:04, January 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks again. Please, go right ahead.
 * There has been a number of newly registered people who started editing fairly haphazardly in the past, and we needed to clean up after them. Just wanted to make sure you aren't one of them; my apologies.  MinorStoop  15:13, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

Categories.
Cullen, when vampirizing a character, check if (s)he's a newborn, or a member of a coven or of the Seattle newborn army. Nomads and creators include Nahuel, who's an hybrid.  MinorStoop  15:25, January 19, 2012 (UTC)
 * Exactly. If a page is already under Seattle Newborn Army, or any coven, or any Volturi subspecialization, then vampire is a ramification or two farther away in the tree. This is true also for shapeshifters and the packs.  MinorStoop  16:16, January 19, 2012 (UTC)
 * Cullen,
 * did you really think it was that easy? What's true for vampires is also true for all the other categories in this wiki. If it's not there, it's likely to be somewhere farther along in the tree.
 * Please, PLEASE, get acquainted with the category tree before engaging in another spree; I'd rather avoid having to revert 20 or 30 misguided edits because somebody takes a page at face value and does not stop to think that there may be a reason why it's so.
 * Sorry,  MinorStoop  12:59, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * Did not imply that your input is valueless - that I noticed you caught three or four instances where a category was missing that we could add.
 * My point is that categories have been built a certain way for a reason, to simplify perusal of the wiki, clarity of the page and, well, knowledge of the books.
 * As an example, one of yours for simplicity, the Romanian vampires: Stefan and Vladimir. There's a number of categories that can be applied to them - they're both "males", "vampires", members of the "Romanian Coven", "Breaking Dawn characters", "Cullen Witnesses".
 * "Romanian Coven" can be categorized as "Coven", which in turn leads to "Vampires"- "Coven" and "Vampires" will _not_ appear on the page.
 * Same applies to "Males" and "Cullen Witnesses" (and by implication "Breaking Dawn characters") - they're applicable to the "Romanian Coven" as a whole, and will not appear on the pages.
 * That's about it - it's not complicated to apply to the rest of the tree.
 *  MinorStoop  09:24, January 21, 2012 (UTC)

That again has mostly been done.

What I'm trying to get across, apparently without much success, is that you've got to know what you're doing. For categories, the only way to do so is to check which ones are on the page and which ones are higher up in the tree. If the intended category fits somewhere in the tree and is not there, you can add it. Otherwise not.  MinorStoop  12:57, January 21, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Signature
The signature you've got is the default offered by the Twilight saga wiki.

To change it, you need to go in your preferences, "My info" section, "signature" section. Set the "I want to use wikitext in my signature" checkbox, and insert a command line like the following:

 David Cullen

You can get the font face from Microsoft Word, the font size is a number, you'll have to find it experimentally, and I wouldn't know where to find the color number, so you'll have to fiddle with it until you get a color you like.

This redirects one to your talk page, if you want her/him go to your user page instead delete the " talk" bit.

 MinorStoop  12:16, January 22, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Characters
Judging by Pam's reaction, they should not.  MinorStoop

Talking to the wind.
Cullen, when I told you to check the categories before adding them to pages, I meant it.

I'm here trying to get the clean up the situation with Minor Characters and you're adding to pages without any thought if it's appropriate.

 MinorStoop  15:15, January 23, 2012 (UTC)

OK, Dave, I will. With usernames being generally based on a Twilight theme, I've been going along. :)  MinorStoop  16:51, January 23, 2012 (UTC)

Category again.
Got it in one. :) <font face="French Script MT"> MinorStoop  13:53, January 24, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Shapeshifters
Traits seems better. But as long as it's the same in all infoboxes I don't care. <font face="French Script MT"> MinorStoop  14:02, January 24, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Jared and Kim edit
Ok, thanks for clarifying. -TagAlongPam ( talk ) 18:44, January 25, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Abilities
This is probably better answered by TagAlongPam, or even better by Charmed-Jay. <font face="French Script MT"> MinorStoop  17:10, January 26, 2012 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't say they have a "special ability" just because they are creators. It doesn't seem so special anymore if everyone who has created another vampire has it. Bella is considered to have an increased level of self-control, since she demonstrated it even as a newborn—we know that vampires tend to gain better self-control as they age. Without knowing enough detail about those other creators, it's hard to determine if they were really exceptional or not. -TagAlongPam  ( talk ) 21:43, January 26, 2012 (UTC)

Editor.
Dave,

you may want to explore a bit the source mode of the wiki's text editor. It's close to Windows text editor, so is unable to support rich text features - bold, italics, underlined, formatting tect, pics shown as pics and so on. In exchange, it gives you a plain view of links, breaks, special characters and so on - absolutely perfect for correctly positioning pictures in the page, correctly formatting links and words, and so on. The toggle is on the upper side of the editor, in the lines where the buttons are, but on the right side of the editing textbox. Thanks, <font face="French Script MT"> MinorStoop  15:10, January 27, 2012 (UTC)


 * Actually, it depends whether you have enabled your visual editor in account's preferences.


 * 1) Visual editor enabled, then it's at the top of the page, in the second line: the one that reads "Twilight wiki - Editing (whatever page you're editing". There are two labels: "Source" and "Visual" - which are what you want. Later on at the rightmost part of the editor there are the links "Need help editing?" and "Notifications".


 * "Source" gives you the plain text editor, with just plain text and no pictures; it can be a jumble, but it can't be beaten for positioning pictures and links. "Visual" gives you the rich text editor, where you can see almost all the formatting and pictures as pictures, and gives you a good feel for what will come out in the page.
 * 2) Visual editor disabled, then you have only the plain text (source) editor.
 * By the way you added pictures to pages, I suspect your visual editor is on and you can toggle between Visual and Source.


 * To set your preferences, you go to your account (top right most element in the page, it should read "David Cullen" in your case) then scroll down o "My preferences". You should get six options: "My info", "Email", "Editing", and so on. Under "Editing", the first checkbox you get is "Enable visual editor (where available)". Check or uncheck it as appropriate, and save the result - it's the bottommost red button on the page.
 * Best, <font face="French Script MT"> MinorStoop  16:14, January 27, 2012 (UTC)

Maxroxy
Maxroxy seems a case of vandalism for the heck of it. Even though you dish out a warning, it's useless with him. TagAlongPam has already been notified anyway - she or another admin will proceed with a block next time they login.

Just so you know, I've got no admin privileges; for this kind of things, you want to contact TagAlongPam or LuckyTimothy - they're the two admins with experience in dealing with users. If it _really_ needs be, also Charmed-Jay, but he's best at solving problems with content, instead of people. <font face="French Script MT"> MinorStoop  14:06, January 28, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Sue Clearwater
Allright - I only had her infobox pic; neither thin (not exactly) nor shorthaired! :) 14:21, January 30, 2012 (UTC)

You made an edit.
Dave, though it's a while I've been working on this wiki, I'm no authority on Twilight. Read Twilight once, Breaking Dawn two thirds through, and New Moon and Eclipse not at all. I know how the wiki works, a bit, and nothing more.

You make the edits you feel you have to do - if they're less than valid, I'm sure that there's somebody who can correct them.

Best, <font face="Vivaldi"> MinorStoop  14:48, January 30, 2012 (UTC)

RE: Congratulations
Thanks. :)

<font face="Freebooter"> TeamTaycob  15:01, January 31, 2012 (UTC)

Ten Reasons Edward is Best
Dave, hi.

Was wondering why you added the "Ten Reasons Edward is Best" to the "Pages with too many expensive parser function calls". It seems to be working fine with me! <font face="Vivaldi"> MinorStoop  10:54, February 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * Notice now the category goes back in time. Sorry, should have checked better.
 * Besides it's an obsolete format: I'll deal with it now. <font face="Vivaldi"> MinorStoop  15:54, February 3, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Sorry

 * ) By now you have a fair understanding of categories, I think. "Mentioned characters" rate a full "Appearances" section in their pages, but no category of the books that only mention them. <font face="Vivaldi"> MinorStoop  12:22, February 6, 2012 (UTC)