User talk:Commdor/Archive 1

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Welcome
Hi, welcome to Mass Effect Wiki! Thanks for your edit to the User:Commdor page.

Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- Tullis (Talk) 23:33, June 22, 2009

Infoboxes
Thanks for creating an infobox template for races. But I'd like to keep infoboxes for important characters and planets only. Sorry. --Tullis 00:57, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Spoiler tag thank-you
I've been integrating the new spoiler tags into pages, and I'm amazed at the immediate improvement. The pages look a lot more streamlined and, frankly, a lot tidier as well, especially pages like Kahlee Sanders' article. You did a great job on this. Thank you. --Tullis 14:08, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * At the risk of making myself unpopular (:P), the spoiler tags are a little lop-sided (i.e. not quite centered). Is that intentional? -- Porter21 (talk) 15:26, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a display problem with Firefox. See my Talk page. --Tullis 15:37, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, it's caused by the way the margins are set up - left and right margins are set to a percentage in combination with a fixed width for the spoiler box, i.e. the margins are 10% left/right and the box width is 530px. Since this will only be correct if the available total width is 662.5px, each browser interprets it differently if that is not the case. Firefox basically says "it is supposed to have a 10% margin left, screw the right margin" and Safari says "apparently it's supposed to have identical margins on both sides, screw the 10%" :) It can be fixed by setting left and right margins to "auto" - this will tell all browsers to set it to whatever they like as long as it's the same. Not trying to "show off", just so you know when you're dealing with something like that next time. I'll fix the templates. -- Porter21 (talk) 18:02, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Awesome. : ) Sorry for cluttering your page, Commdor. --Tullis 18:06, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
So, as you already know, there has been a massive upsurge in vandalism today (I hate when school lets out for the holidays) and you have been all sorts of helpful in dealing with it, so thanks! It really is outstanding to see editors stepping up and smacking twerps down. Keep up the good work! SpartHawg948 00:52, December 20, 2009 (UTC)

Moving Pages
Sorry if I seem a bit terse, but I am getting really (expletive deleted) tired of telling people this. Please do not just move pages around on a whim. If you feel a page should be moved, bring it up on the talk page. Even admins very rarely move pages on their own without first bringing it up for discussion. As for the move in question, it wasn't really called for. There are plenty, and I mean plenty of people referred to here for the purposes of naming articles by their title and last name, including people whose first names are known. So please, don't just move articles around on a whim. Follow the procedure we have in place for this. Thanks, SpartHawg948 03:14, January 31, 2010 (UTC)

Seasons - Rationale
I was the one who put in the seasons. I explain my rationale on the timeline discussion page. Please take a look, and if you have any questions I will be more than happy to answer them.Throwback 22:22, February 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * I have responded in that discussion. I've also responded to your other post on that page about what to keep and drop from the timeline. -- Commdor (Talk) 22:33, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

Timeline Overhaul
Yeah, go ahead and do the overhaul of the timeline today, if you can, and if you can't get to it today, whenever you can is fine. SpartHawg948 19:49, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

I never got your message the first time.
My apologies. But I'm still new to editing on wiki. So didn't know where you posted your first explanation as to why you edited the timeline page. I am Sorry. - Codeyy

DLC page
Go ahead and implement the DLC page. Someone else created one today, but it isn't as visually appealing and only covers Mass Effect 2, as opposed to yours, which covers Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2. So lets just go ahead and get this taken care of. SpartHawg948 01:32, March 20, 2010 (UTC)

When you do, please include a conversion of Bioware/Microsoft Points into normal currency. I'm thinking the US$, CAN$, EUR, and AUS$ ought to suffice. RobertM525 03:06, March 21, 2010 (UTC)

(BTW, at today's exchange rates US$1 ≈ €0.73872 ≈ £0.66583 (GBP) ≈ CAN$1.01650 ≈ AUS$1.09150. RobertM525 03:10, March 21, 2010 (UTC) )


 * I'm not sure that's necessary. All Mass Effect 2 DLC can only be purchased in Microsoft Points (Xbox 360 copies) or BioWare Points (PC copies). Cash values are irrelevant when you need to translate cash into preset blocks of these Points anyway. I'll add the values for Pinnacle Station, however, since it's a piece of Mass Effect 1 DLC that came out before the BioWare Point system was in place; PC ME1 owners would definitely have had to pay cash for that (note that the other ME1 DLC, Bring Down the Sky, is free to PC users so cash values are also unneeded there). -- Commdor (Talk) 21:20, March 21, 2010 (UTC)

The reason why I said it was because, personally, I have no idea off hand how much real money a Microsoft/Bioware Point is worth. :) Thus "640 Bioware Points" means absolutely nothing to me, and I'm sure I'm not alone. RobertM525 07:31, March 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * The only problem with attempting to include a conversion of Microsoft points into normal currency is that it can only be done with US $. The only currency that the value of a Microsoft Point has a fixed relation to is the US Dollar. 80 Microsoft Points = $1 US. They don't change the value/cost of points in other countries in relation to the current exchange rates, so any attempt to make a conversion chart including currencies other than the US dollar would be doomed to failure, as the conversion rate would change many many times daily. For more, refer to Microsoft Points. SpartHawg948 07:41, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

Then perhaps it would be most appropriate to simply leave it conversion in US$... though a note about how much US$1 is worth in other currencies might be handy for non-Americans. RobertM525 09:18, March 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * But that would have the same problem as stating what x amount of Microsoft Points cost in other currencies, wouldn't it? We'd have to update it at least once daily to keep it accurate, as the value of other currencies compared to the US dollar is not fixed, but is in fact extremely fluid. The only thing we could accurately put up there without having to constantly edit it would be the value of a Microsoft Point against the USD. SpartHawg948 09:35, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey Commdor, thanks for moving the pages, again. I am continually amazed on how just one letter can screw things up. Again thanks. Lancer1289 18:05, May 1, 2010 (UTC)

Style Guide Logos
Commdor, currently I am rewritting the Class Style guides and I was hoping that you would help with something that relates to the rewrite. Currently there are two images that are good for a picture for the guides. Both images have a modificaion of the image currenlty on the Sentinel Guide (Mass Effect 2) page.
 * Style One: Has the image along with the codex image from ME behind it.
 * Style Two: Has an image just the class title is switched.

Please take a look and comment on my talk page, under the heading Class Guide Logos, subheading Style One Vs Style Two. I will have a seperate section set up for each style. Thanks in advance. Lancer1289 23:15, May 30, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for voting, however Dammej was working on another project that turned out great. I'd like ask you to check it out in his sandbox and comment on whether we should go with just the standard image, or the new ones on the article's talk page. Thanks again in advance. Lancer1289 04:48, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Universal Powers Template.
Hello there. Recently I've been working on creating a new template for displaying a class's powers on their page. Currently, 4 different templates exist which all do (nearly) the same thing. This new template would replace all 4 uses, and would make the look of these templates consistent. I'd appreciate if you could check it out at User:Dammej/Sandbox/TestClassPage and give your comments/concerns/suggestions on the talk page. I'd like to get to work replacing it as soon as possible, so I'd appreciate your feedback. Thanks! Dammej 01:20, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

No need
I ran the calculations myself, since that is what I thought you were going after, and I agree that the exactly should be changed to approximately. It comes out to 201 BCE, but given that the galactic standard year is longer than the one we all know, exactly is already innaccurate becuase of the 201 BCE. Approximately is a much better fit. Lancer1289 01:52, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

Overlord Summaries
Thanks for fixing that. I really just want to get the walkthoughs up right now and I'll fix any errors, or someone else will, later today. If you could go though and fix any other erros that come up in my summaries, I'd appriciate it. I thought I missed something. Lancer1289 20:21, June 15, 2010 (UTC)

Request for comments RE: ME2 Enemies template
Hey, I'm working on making a common "Enemies" footer for pages which have enemies that appear in Mass Effect 2. This type of footer is seen on many game wikis. The one I'm trying to emulate in particular is the one on the fallout wiki, e.g., the footer seen at the bottom of this article. Ideally, this footer would be collapsible (especially since it is so large), but I'm not quite sure how I'd accomplish this yet. If you could take a look at the template in my sandbox, and leave any comments/suggestions/criticism you have at the talk page there, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! Dammej 02:07, June 22, 2010 (UTC)

CDN Format Updates
Nice work on the updates you've done so far. I think we were both trying to do February at the same time, but you just beat me to the punch before I clicked save. Tedious as hell doing it, but it'll be worth it I guess. FridgeRaider88 23:20, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Boo!
I was going to try and do this all discreet-like by sending you an email, but someone doesn't have that option, do they? First, I just noticed your user page says you attend OSU. Good man! You've likely never heard of it, but I'm from Troy, Ohio, which is in Miami County over by the Indiana border. I normally could give two (expletive deleted)s about football, but I do try to catch the OSU-Michigan game each year.

Now, on to the matter at hand. It seems someone has gone and gotten bumped up from admin to bureaucrat, and I'm looking to spread the wealth. I'd been thinking it'd be nice to have a few more members with rollback powers (they're not good for too much, but can be really handy when dealing with vandals), and your name was right at the top of my very short list. So, since I'm not just going to foist powers on you, would you be interested in having rollback power? If so, cool, and if not, no big deal. Just let me know! :) SpartHawg948 21:54, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * And there you have it! You can now roll things back and such. Enjoy! :) SpartHawg948 23:46, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

And the battle rejoins
Teugene and Arbington have just cast votes in favor of deletion of the infamous category. So I have brought back the delete tag and I'll have to ask Darpod016 where he stands on the issue because it is now a 9-9 vote. This will be interesting. Lancer1289 06:53, July 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well... go ahead and check with that individual, but if you don't hear back soon, three admins did vote to delete, so if it comes down to it, that's one hell of a tie-breaker right there! :) SpartHawg948 06:56, July 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * We will just have to see and if we don't hear back in a week, then it's bye bye annoying and misleading category. Lancer1289 06:58, July 6, 2010 (UTC)

Well it put up a long and hard fight, but the ME2 conquences category is gone. After a 13-10 vote, taking the whole page into cindieration, or 8-1 in the second discussion, the category has been deleted. So I can finally say, bye bye annoying and misleading category. Lancer1289 05:12, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

Huzzah!
Hey, what do you know, the templates worked (at least, they look like they did on my end!)

Also, holy cow. My dad went to THE Ohio State University. Very good school, he says :P Small world :) Dammej 04:31, July 8, 2010 (UTC)

Insomnia and images
I hear you on the insomnia issue. It can be quite a bother. Like now for instance. :P

It's been my goal to get a bunch of pictures for ME in addition to ME2 for a while now. Unfortunately, I don't currently have ME installed, so it'll be a while before I'll be able to get that image. Mostly it has to do with me needing disk space for actual work related things. This is mostly an excuse. I should really just bite the bullet and get another hard drive, but... money... :(

But at any rate, once I have the ability to install Mass Effect without killing my hard drive, I'll work on getting those images. Unknown Creature shouldn't really be an issue. I can take ginormous screenshots in ME just like I can ME2. Getting that file icon thingy might be a little more difficult, but I'll give it a shot.

But like I said, need to be able to install ME first, which will probably be a few weeks, unless I decide to spring for the extra hard drive, that is :P Dammej 09:15, July 9, 2010 (UTC)

ME2 Enemies infobox
Hey, I moved the health bar stuff for the Updating_the_ME2_Enemy_info_box project page. I also did some other stuff in my sandbox, which I mention on the forum there. When you have a moment, could you take a look and give your thoughts? Thanks. :) Dammej 04:49, July 10, 2010 (UTC)

Policy Forum
I don't know whether or not you have noticed but there is currently a proposal to establish a new forum where policy for the ME Wiki can be debated and voted on. The forum would allow anyone to bring to a policy question to the attention of the community and we could use some input. Take a look at the proposal on the Forum:Policy Forum page. Thanks in advance. Lancer1289 02:41, July 12, 2010 (UTC)

StarCraft II
Yes I went to the midnight release so I'm waiting for it to install and go through the varification steps. Anyway I'll be sure to let you know how it is. :) Lancer1289 05:39, July 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * You kids and your midnight releases! I'm too lazy for all that. My copy will be on my doorstep when I get out of class tomorrow, courtesy of Amazon.com. It does look like it'll be pretty awesome though. :) SpartHawg948 06:32, July 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry second message, but I have jsut finished the campaign and here is my recommendation, GET IT. Blizzard did a good job and the campaign and skrimish modes are good. Battle.net isn't bad either. So there is my recommendation, a great RTS that lives up to the reputation that the first one set down, some great new units too. The only thing I didn't like is they removed Dark Archons, so no more mind controlling. That's really my only complaint as that was a good strategy for me as I am decent with the Protoss, but I am better with the Terran, and stink with the Zerg. Lancer1289 00:05, July 30, 2010 (UTC)

"The" in cluster Names
Becuase the Clusters in-game are called "The Phoenix Massing" and "The Shrike Abysmal", or at least the last time I checked and according to the screenshots, we can't move the articles because that is what they are named, as such it is forbidden under the Manual of Style. If there is a "The" in the name of the location, then that is what we call it here. Lancer1289 22:54, July 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Addendum: Also note that Wikipedia, which does a good job at naming it's articles, they also call things by their full name. Examples The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Beatles. Lancer1289 23:01, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

That Reaper Picture
I was browsing recent edits, as I often do, and I saw that Reaper image you added to your user page. If it isn't too much of a bother, where did you find that image? Is it concept art, or fan art, or what? Arbington 03:43, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

Grissom's Age
I can confirm that Grissom died at the age of seventy-five, page 69, fourth paragraph. Lancer1289 00:01, July 30, 2010 (UTC)

Asari Trivia
Just curious what you ment by some trivia needing to be reexamined? Lancer1289 03:03, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

Mass Effect 2 Consequences
After debaiting it a while back, can't find the conversation right now, if I do I'll post the link, but it was decided that the ME2 Conquecnes section was to be attached to the end of the walkthrough, rather than in a seperate section. For some examples, see UNC: Hostage, UNC: Hostile Takeover, UNC: Asari Diplomacy. While it isn't universal yet, apparently there is still some place missing, I know that is what was set. Again I'll find the conversation if I can, and if I'm incorrect I'll say so. Lancer1289 19:42, August 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Alright, if there was a discussion about it. Seems like a weird arrangement to me. -- Commdor (Talk) 19:44, August 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Found the conversation, Mass Effect Wiki talk:Manual of Style/Assignments. From the converstaion it seems that the position was agreed on, in the walkthrough before the enemies section, but not the name. Personally I do think that it should be called Mass Effect 2 Consequences, rather than Mass Effect 2 as in Citadel: The Fan. Consequences sounds better IMO and I'll start going around and fixing them. I didn't realize how inconsistent this was. Lancer1289 19:53, August 8, 2010 (UTC)

I have finished modifying the articles, so hopefully we won't have to deal with this again. Lancer1289 20:38, August 8, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
I almost missed you, but even one rollback is enough in my book. Thanks for dealing with our latest vandal and hopefully he won't come back, but I'm not hopeful. However I am more concerned that my router will go down again, as it has twice in 24 hours. Acutally it was 12 hours, curse that thing. Lancer1289 19:35, August 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * I sympathize with the router thing, mine's a dinosaur from 2005 that cuts out 5 or 6 times a day. You are envied. -- Commdor (Talk) 19:41, August 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ouch, you have my sympathies on that one. Lancer1289 19:42, August 11, 2010 (UTC)

Me and Sony
Sorry if I came across a little heated on the blogs, but I have real issues with Sony, which you might have picked up on. Personally I don't like the way they do business and their products are overpriced and usually of poorer quality than similar products by different companies, which are usually priced less. Also I spent 5 hours on Sony's "help" line tring to get an issue resolved with a digital camera, which was just two months old at the time. Finally I got someone in Japan who was able to fix my problem in 10 minutes, and appoligized for the 5 hour phone tag. I then told him I would never buy a Sony product again, and he understood. No idea how much it is now but I returned it to Circuit City for a full refund, grabbed a Samsung instead, which was cheaper, and I'm still using it.

I have nothing against Japan or its companies but Sony needs to be brought down a few pegs. I don't have a problem with Nintendo, as it produces many great games, and better consoles, but every time I have called Microsoft, HP (my desktop), or Nintendo (GameCube), I am usually on hold for about 5 mintues, then my problem is resolved in 20, tops. I really don't like Sony or the way they do business. However I have thought about buying a PS3 or a PS2 at times, so I'm not a fanboy of the 360. You have to admit there are plenty of games for both that would be interesting to play that are excusive. Which is also why I've though about buying a Wii at times as well. Lancer1289 18:13, August 17, 2010 (UTC)