User talk:Ose

Welcome
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Speculation to Facts
I'm no Wiki edit expert. I'm not sure Ose is the right "sysop", but the only one active? I'm not sure this page (Ose's Talk) is the right one for this discussion.

Two approaches suggested:

Marked out of date?
I dream that all the current "fact" pages to have a big red box on top saying this is an old page containing informed speculation about the game. Now that the game is released, we can gradually replace all guesses with facts. As an exmaple on the FAQ page we "guess" the release date as the 5th (it came out on the 4th), further down the game name is "guessed" as being spore... and so on. Editing each page will take time.

Can you (or other Wiki-expert-sysop) do a "quick-n-dirty" edit that will mark all the so-called-fact pages, which are linked from the main page, out of date? I presume it will be "easier" to remove the flag as they becom uptodate.

I've discovered the outofdate template and added it to the 1st few

Originally MSquare 17:17, 4 September 2008 (UTC), updated MSquare 09:39, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Archive?
Can we use the wiki archive "mechanism" some way? I am fantisizing about taking all the fact pages linked from the main page being reduced to a very short text (one/two lines) and a link that points to the page as it was before, but now renamed to _PreRelease.

I dont mind doing work, but I dont want to break the wiki experimenting if/what/how this works. MSquare 09:44, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

RE: Logo
Yea I didn't intend on that image being a permanent new logo. It's just that I think the current one looks like crap haha. It so plain and has no color. I'm currently trying to find a font similar to the latest Spore logo, so that I can design a possible new permanent logo. I'm thinking about a transparent image with SPORE at the top, WIKI under that, and a creature below that. As for feedback about the skin... I think it looks quite good. JoePlay (talk) 23:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Fanon/Canon
Wow! Lots to cover...

Fictional taxa: These are marked with tax-concept, which contains the tag delete. These were created erroneously before I realized some of the creatures in the SporeWiki were purely conceptual. I have stopped classifying concepts, and now I am verifying they are real in advance by looking for an image, which is necessary anyway for a justified classification. The image just says so much that words can't, like the posture or positioning of certain features.

Ha, does Kirkburn realize I joined 11 days ago? Even at that, I'm only a Yeoman Editor on Wikipedia (Bob the Wikipedian). (By the way...what are the chances I could get my username changed to that? I know you can do that on Wikipedia, but I wasn't sure if you had the proper tools to do that here.  I'd rather not have my last name displayed, if you know what I mean.)  But hey, who knows? Maybe I would make a good admin. I've been adminning forums for three years now, so this is just another step forward. I am honored that he has nominated me and will accept the nomination. :)

Maxis creatures...um...tell me what to do, and I'll try. I definitely can see where these are important to distinguish from fan-created creatures.

I wish I could say taxonomy was simple and just invite you to join in the project, but unfortunately, it's so hard I still haven't learned how to classify the birds! In fact, as best I can tell, no scientist has come up with a good way to do it. Mostly, it involves studying the structure, and occasionally habits, and a lot of appearance. I wish I could get it through some people's heads that an image will really simplify the process, and it will also help verify that it's not just a concept. I'm happy to see that Neini8 has taken up the challenge and is at least classifying his/her own creatures, and doing a very nice job of it, too.

Redirects...hmm. In Wikipedia, it's never been a problem to do that, but I can see your point. Since each scientific name is mentioned only once, it might make more sense to do a direct link instead of a redirect. The genera will eventually need their own pages once multiple species exist, but until then, they only serve as single-instance redirects. For now, I'll stop creating redirects on the genus and species.

God bless, Schnautzr 15:59, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

This is the Spore wiki. The Spore wiki. I think I should be able to have my backstory on the wiki. It's been going on since Hydromancerx made the Nauceans! I would just rather have my stuff on my first, and only page. Introi Leader 23:26, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Yeah... I guess you have a point. What I don't get is why we nede another wiki. This is a wiki revolving around a game, a game that revolves around players making their own universe. You can move my talk pages if you want, but leave my content. The massive effort needed to move all that data is not justified by aesthetics in my opinon. I'm sorry, but the game comes out tommorrow; Most of us will be to busy playing Spore to care. That's just my opinion however, and you are an admin (I won't like it but you can move those pages with or without my ok). Introi Leader 17:54, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Ose me again. I suppose that the immpossible vehicles (Hunter Killer Drones and the like) should be deleted. However creatures like Suratean, ectomians. xnee are ones that I have created, but have been to busy to upload. Please put them back. Thanks. Introi Leader 00:38, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Introa
That's probably it! Sorry for the mixup, I don't know how I linked to that old page. Sorry for the mixup. By the way, when you change a link to Content:Natrian Empire could you fix it so it looks like Natrian Empire? Thanks. Introi Leader 00:44, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

yes, please. I don't know why I made the new page, and didn't just fix up the old one, but yes, delete the old one. Introi Leader 01:06, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

name change
sorry i didnt think it was possible to get a name change. but yes i would like to have it changed to HalfwingAeon Halfwing 16:10, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Spore fanon
Yeah I'd recommend we make a Spore Fanon Wiki and then maybe add a message to MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning saying user creations should be put there or something.--Richard 19:09, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

met you on irc
Well, in case you want to track me down later, you can either use the email link or find me at GuildWiki. --◄mendel► 19:39, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Vandalisim
Hey Ose, being the most active admin on sporewiki atm, could you check out some of the articles marked for deletion? Its annoying that blatant vandalsisim is stuck on the wiki 80.44.254.157 15:38, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

The project
It's coming along great. I expect to be done in maybe, I dunno, two weeks. Anyway, I was wondering, after I finish this, would you like for me to start migrating pages to the Content namespace? Oh, btw, take a look at Adminbot's userpage. "not that deletion will be en masse" *eyeroll*--–– &Sigma;ul&atilde;l&iacute;&atilde; undefined 13:39, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

A favor to ask.
Hello! Say, can you help me find the list of templates, or do we have one at this Wiki?  CAFINATOR    Gentlemen...  14:42, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that kind'a did. Do you think you can make a template for only sections of articles that are stubs?  CAFINATOR    Gentlemen...  14:50, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Great! Now let's see if we can had some Forums onto this Wiki.  CAFINATOR    Gentlemen...  19:11, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Fine tuning.
I made your deletion template a little easier to look at. Check it out!

Wait...uhh...hang on...OK. There, it works. All you got to do is put, and if you want to add a message saying why, just type it out {[delete|Like this.}}   CAFINATOR    Gentlemen...  19:44, 18 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, that looks much more eye-catching than what I had. I went crazy trying to get it right. CAFINATOR    Gentlemen...  19:48, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

OK. Going to contribute more. Don't look on my userpage, because some people think it's "creepy."

Seriously, I find it more cute than creepy.  CAFINATOR    Gentlemen...  16:37, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Newbie
Hi, I am new here and saw you on the list of admins. I was wondering if you had and advice to guide me in the right direction, I hope to be able to help out a lot here :) Thanks! davidclapierre@yahoo.com 22:39, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

New User
Hi, I am new to the SporeWikia as well and would like to help out where it's needed most. Feel free to contact me at rascilon@comcast.net if you have any pages that need some special attention. Rascilon 21:20, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Removing my Rights
Heya Ose, I was wondering if you'd "endorse" me having my rights removed? JSharp wanted you to before he did it :p Thanks :)–– &Sigma;ul&atilde;l&iacute;&atilde; undefined 20:07, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello!
So, how's things? I'd just thought to let you know that I requested to be an admin. YOU CAN READ MY OBVIOUS FAILURE OF A REQUEST HERE. CAFINATOR    DO NOT CLICK HERE  19:09, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

So, how is my attempt at become an admin? Is it satisfactory?

Jeez, my face hurts from fake-smiling--I mean, from being so happy and friendly to the community.  CAFINATOR    DO NOT CLICK HERE  04:22, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Sorry I haven't been very active, I was on other Wiki's. Y'know, editing the articles, and being a good person. And NOT LIEING, 'cause that's not what nice users do.  CAFINATOR    Indeed  02:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Articles without any content
I have seen on that special page that allot of pages are completely empty (0 bytes). Can you delete them please?

PS: Thanks for the welcome message :-)--JavaHamster 13:23, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Ok then
Sorry if I did anything wrong with the deletion thing. And you don't need to worry about the requests. I am not rushing you :) OlupPlayer 19:08, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Video
Hey Ose. I wanted to give you a heads up on a new project that we, the Wikia Gaming Team, are starting. I'm going to the top gaming wikis and adding relevant videos (from YouTube) to a few of the most visited articles. In the case of Spore Wiki, I found a couple articles that already have an embedded YouTube video and a few more that have links to YouTube videos. So what I'll do is simply replace those links with the embedded videos. We'll be tracking their usage to find out if it could be an extra enhancement that people will use (ie. a possible new widget). If you have any questions, feedback, etc, feel free to drop me a message. JoePlay (talk) 20:27, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

RE: Spoiler
Sorry. I was attempting to make individualized icons for the wiki to just make it look a little better. But I guess I kinda screwed up. I wasn't aware of the ability to replace the image without editing the template. -- &laquo; Carcinogenic  &raquo;  02:17, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey, I was thinking, and I have a proposal for a new Spore Wiki logo. -- 04:28, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Live. 20:53, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Ose, are you sure my page needs to be user: TimeMaster format? Can you please make it content or something?

TimeMaster 00:57, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Adminship
I just entered the site, and I saw some new icons here, saying that I can delete and protect pages. Does that mean I am an admin now? OluapPlayer 16:28, 22 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the adminship, hopefully this place will be cleaner now. Already started working through the candidates for deletion.  16:50, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

re: Copyright Issues
No, I've not heard anything back from EA. No, I doubt that trying again would make any difference.

Don't suppose we have anyone within telephone/walking distance of EA ?

SignpostMarv 17:41, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Glitches
Um, why did you revert the glitches page? First off, there were spelling corrections, second off there was one explanation of a glitch and another glitch I can confirm on there. 16:28, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Lol
Didn't noticed that :P OluapPlayer 18:16, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Nope
Can't use IRC. No sound source in the comp. And his MSN had a problem I think.

Flurry Planets
Ose, Ice Planets AREN'T the same as Flurry Planets. The terrain looks like a Ice Planet, but actually there is no ice on a flurry planet. I posted a picture on the talk page of Flurry Planets, but here it is anyway. Ok, I'm going for it. I'll have an image, Ok?

[IMG]http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t360/ShadeoftheDay08/Spore_2008-11-22_08-38-19-1.png[/IMG]

Aves
Oh yeah, and I was going to put a species in flihtiwelkformes, but I couldn't get a picture to work. Could you restore that please?

Hi
Hi Ose! Techjar TALK 00:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

D:
Why did you killed my dear little template? D: WHY? WHY? WHYYYYY?

Seriously, why did you edited the whole thing like that? OluapPlayer 22:42, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Ohh! You are smart OluapPlayer 22:55, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

To-do
Well, now I can't figure out what to do. Is there any template we could use? Or do you want me to keep working on stubs?

TimeMaster 17:08, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

New Template
How about this one?

abandoned

TimeMaster 20:52, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

*Groan* Moons
I mean outdated articles. Sorry, I'll change that.

TimeMaster 21:02, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I'll the Moon template in mind, so just in solar position put in the planet it orbits?

TimeMaster 01:31, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Wiki Logo
<sThe new [[Media:Wiki.png|wiki logo]] is not as good as the old one, why did you make a new one? I liked the old one better! (signed by Techjar)

Ose's page is not for whining. By The Way, he didn't make it. TimeMaster

Move request
Could you please move Fireworks to Fireworks (Space tool) and then make a disambiguation page for the consequence and tool?

TimeMaster 21:57, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Lava and Ice Planet
I think you forgot to move Lava and Ice Planets to Lava and Ice Planet, could you please do that? And, how do you move? Morgoth said anyone except IPs can move pages.

Site Notice
Any ideas why the sitenotice won't show up when the sitenotice is updated? It's not shown for the past two versions and I can't figure out why, nor fix it. 02:31, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Template Problem
Ok, that wasn't me, it was Imperios, although I didn't undo it, instead I changed philosophy to archetype. And thanks for the update on links to fictional stuff.

Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 04:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Problem with your idea
Well, we don't want a picture of a Boiling Planet if someone found an Arid Planet at Y. Hmm. I'm not your idea is ok, but maybe we can use  code.

Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 00:56, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Eh. ..
Ose: I actually got those from Wikipedia as .svg.png s. Do you want me to go back and re-upload, or what? Also, remember the image thing about the userfound template.

Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 16:39, 3 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Alright. Do you want me to re-upload as .png or .svg instead of .svg.png?

Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 16:45, 3 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok, then. I'll do that. :=)  And also I haven't considered that.  Is it against the SW rules to have a long signature?  Update: It converts them into in .svg.png when I put them on my desktop, even on the image view. . . that's weird.  I'm going to be offline for a bit, though.

Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 17:30, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

infobox creature
Just as a head's up, it supports every input supported by. As for, what it doesn't support, at least according to the box on Template:Infobox creature, is:
 * type       = creature/building/vehicle/ect.
 * id         = your creation's id on the sporepedia
 * file       = PNG file of your creation
 * large      = (Optional) large PNG version of your file for display
 * matingcall = (Optional) mating call stat (blank if none, 1 if you have it)

I'll look into what parameters the CreatureCreationInfobox supported later. 03:59, 7 January 2009 (UTC)


 * It looks like there's a parameter for CreatureCreationInfobox called backcolor that does nothing, that can just be eliminated in the replacement. The parameter author needs changed to creator, and aside from that, any parameters that aren't known by the bot that does this can report them back.   17:31, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for clearing the Project Page for me.. I don't think I'm coming back though. :S

Mod Questions for Will Wright
Is it possible that the spore modding wikia (which Void is still developing) have 1-2 questions to ask will wright? BalLightning 07:54, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Interview blurb
Ose, can we get a link on the homepage to the contest...with the new site announcement, there is currently no way to navigate to the interview without a spotlight. Thanks -- Doug (talk ) 21:14, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Sig
Is this ok? Sorry, I ment to fix it but never got the chance to get around to it.

That is now fixed. Thanks,

Thanks for fixing the infobox
Again thankyou for fixing the creature infobox for my content page. Wormulon 00:52, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Uploadtext
I tried to work on it, but there are still some issues, if you look at MediaWiki:Uploadtext/dev, they should be fairly obvious. Also, we might want to keep the red color scheme. Think you might be able to take a stab? You should be able to work on the links themselves by just changing MediaWiki:Uploadtext/Cat 03:43, 26 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I took another stab at it, if you look at MediaWiki:Uploadtext/dev2. I think it's much better, though I still wonder if there's some way to make it red like the original template, do you have any ideas on that?  04:08, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Ask Will Wright talk
He Ose, I just saw that an IP unregistered user thought it would be a good idea to stamp on his/her contributions page and also a time stamp, could you please remove it from the top of the page. (And you should also semi-protect EA, some IP might replace it with the worst company ever).

Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 21:12, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Another vandal
I have noticed that the user General Staal keeps vandalising the Spore pages such as stripping infomation, adding nonsence ect. Wormulon 12:25, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, Generalstaal removed all but 1 paragraph of Space stage article, Tmy2u undid that.  It is very necessary to ban someone who removes almost all content from, what, the third largest article and one of the most visited, too? Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 13:19, 31 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Took care of it, if his block expires and he continues it shall become a perma-ban. 15:05, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Can U suggjest sprore fanon wiki Master Gresh 19:49, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

r u allowed are you allowed to make pages on the creature editor 3.0 high_dive2High dive2

666 articles
Wow! Devil number! Cool. Imperios 12:40, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Interview
Ose, the interview is finally up! We're sending out talk page messages today, to let people know how to claim ther prize. I am also waiting on EA to ship out the goodies for us to mail out to everyone. I had a great time with this event, and hopefully when Galactic Adventures launches we'll get something together. Cheers! -- Doug (talk ) 19:47, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulations! Your question was chosen for the interview with Will Wright. Please email [mailto:douglas@wikia-inc.com Doug] with Spore Winner as the subject, and be sure to include your full name and mailing address (street, city, state and zip) to recieve your signed Will Wright swag. JoePlay (talk) 19:54, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

OluapPlayer
Looks like these stupid vandals won't stop uploading child porn until the concept pages are restored. Are we going to do what they say? OluapPlayer 15:35, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Vandals
Hi, I have been lurking sporewiki for a while now without creating an account, but I have to say this. If you need to get rid of that fucking vandal, get Angela and maybe the police involved. JohnnyDFox 16:10, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I have that under control. I contacted Uberfuzzy, because staff members can block account creation. Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 16:11, 28 February 2009 (UTC)