Talk: Eirik Ratcatcher

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Template {{Patched}}

I do not know if you know this but you are using comment= when you should be using note= in {{patched}}

Template:Patched -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T) MorphgnomeMorphdraenei 21:24, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

For the timbermaw patches, I think I am violating both conventions: the 3.0.2 boost was undocumented (thus comment, not note); and the 2.2.0 boost was actual text (which I paraphrased). If you are interested, please feel free to correct me. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 21:27, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps we need to clarify the doc, but I don't see why there's any reason that unofficial stuff can't be put in the {{patched}} template - I do that all the time and it seems appropriate. Obviously, if official notes are available, use those instead. I would (personally) use comment for stuff like this:

Template:Patched

Howbizr^(t·c) 1:26 PM, 12 Aug 2009 (EDT)

Sorry, afflicted with Meh. When you have 'note' or 'comment', the difference is whether what is listed is italicized or not. It is only when you have both in use that there is what I would consider a significant difference in display. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 18:15, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: Frag belt

Whoops! I was editing them to test the {{proftip}} template, but I didn't mean to commit that way. You probably could have just changed it back without telling me. Howbizr^(t·c) 9:30 AM, 13 Aug 2009 (EDT)

Raiding and work this week

Yes they're BoE - type "vendor" here to see. Howbizr^(t·c) 11:14 PM, 19 Aug 2009 (EDT)

Should have requested a bot.

Howbizr^(t·c) 11:15 AM, 20 Aug 2009 (EDT)

Bot would have handled some of the work, but not all of it. And more, I'm finding sets of pages with 3 or 4 types of formatting. I've been standardizing some of that, when I'm not feeling overwhelmed by it all, or when the offenses are egregious. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 16:23, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

And by no means are all vendor sold gems BoE... --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 16:24, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

"Policing" own talk page

I hadn't known, so thanks. Hopefully that might clear up any similar embarassments that could've happened in the future >.<

Thanks again! Tripleblue52 (talk) 00:22, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Happy to help when I can. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 18:24, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: New gems footer

Here's is my feedback, based on looking at your version as well as {{gems}} and {{minerals}}. Howbizr^(t·c) 9:35 PM, 21 Aug 2009 (EDT)

Eirik: What is the difference between the "Cuttable Gems" and "Raw Gems" footer tables? I can't see a difference. Also, feel free to include pearls in all footers besides the just "Minerals" one.

Howbizr: I like your layout and ideas, but I don't like how you are using the title "Gems" for all your tables.

--

Fandyllic (talk · contr) 9:10 PM PST 21 Aug 2009

Fandyllic: The intent was that the "not from mining" gems (pearls, epic gems) would be present only for the "cuttable" gems footer. My sandbox template was not functioning. Working on it, though.

Howbizr: I'll put more comments on your gems page; my comments here were beginning to spin out of control.--Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:17, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Stub PTR

{{Stub/PTR|<3.2.0>}} is over and, per the wording of the stub, needed to be changed to what they were when the PTR ended: Items, Achievements, Mobs, NPC's, etc. - I did not remove any that were {{Stub/PTR|<3.2.2>}}. I checked to make sure they were in game before I removed them. And all of my changes are ALL in a roughly 2- 3 hour span last night and are clearly labeled "Removed {{Stub/PTR}}". -- I am just following the guidelines set up by wowwiki, get mad at them, not me. I feel the same away about auto categorizations - it is a DISSERVICE to the people that use categories to find things (that are not categorized - the tooltip will fix that because everything will become categorized properly not by a few categories you decide/remember to place, and a few categories I decide/remember, etc. This is the nature of a Wiki (as I was told ) -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T) MorphgnomeMorphdraenei 19:35, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Not upset at all, just stating what I was told by others and used examples as well. I have put your new stub on my watchlist and will stop making changes to the Category:Stubs/Upcoming Patch untill I see how the articles fit into that stub - then will go back an place my previously changed items into that stub (as they fit it). -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T)

19:48, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Using my Contributions link going back to when I started changing the {{Stub/PTR|<3.2.0>}} to the Achievement, NPC, Mob, Other stubs -- I think I have now updated them to the new {{stub/Updated|<3.2.0>}} other than the Gnomish Alarm-O-Bot since I seen you had updated it already. -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T)

23:44, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Heh, um yeah, otherwise, I would not have changed them all - Again! I was just following the guidelines laid out by WoWWiki on the stub usage. As I mentioned before - I was just stating what others have told me ( when I felt things were not done correctly, and used examples as well ) there was no ill-will towards what you said to me about changing them to {{Stub/Item}} or any of the other stubs, I tend to agree in that they will get lost in the other 7,051 items that are already using the {{Stub/Item}} alone as of this posting. -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T)

23:55, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess I effectively altered wowwiki policy there. Why I emphasized being BOLD. :) --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:06, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

The be BOLD is a useless policy here on wowwiki when you have admins that just UNDO what you do and do NOT give any explanation as to why - that is a major deterent, they should be BRAVE enough to explain why they reverted anything, and I am not just refering to Gourra, there are other, ACTIVE, admins, that do this as well. -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T)

00:30, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

I condemn them for that when I encounter it. Remaining silent is providing opportunity to be abused. I don't often prevail, but I do often get answers. While I don't *like* being strident, it does have its uses. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 18:27, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Gladiator Set rename's

This is not about Moving pages (Renames) so redirects are not involved. This is about category paramaters used to group (alphabetize) articles in the category pages. Click on Category:World of Warcraft armor item sets to see the Dungeon sets, Tier # sets and Arena season sets ( before the A's ). I put them in Season# order, he was putting them in Name order (no way of knowing which is the newest set unless you just know the seasons). -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T) MorphgnomeMorphdraenei 20:17, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

I do not see (eg) Deadly Gladiator's Battlegear under 'WoW armor item sets'. I don't even see the more generic "Deadly Gladiator armor sets" under that category. At this point, I'm not even sure if you're talking about categories or pages... --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:34, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah I was talking about Article pages listed in the category (as I said we were never talking about sub-cateories this is about Category parameters used to group articles in the category pages). - They are listed in Season order within the Category (as the Tier and Dungeon pages are) vs in Alpha order, without the category parameter that is used to alphabetize articles inside of the categories.

Gladiator set is Season 1, Merciless Gladiator set is Season 2, Vengeful Gladiator set is Season 3, Brutal Gladiator set is Season 4, then Season 5 Gladiator set is made up of (Savage – Hateful – Deadly Gladiator sets), Season 6 Gladiator set is the Furious Gladiator set, Season 7 Gladiator set is the Relentless Gladiator set. (I did not name them or change the order of how they are named - I just grouped them so that they are in Season order) -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T)

23:48, September 1, 2009 (UTC)

To better understand what I am talking about"

Go to Merciless Gladiator set
Edit the page
Look at the Categories

Notice how it says [[Category:World of Warcraft armor item sets| Season1]] -- This is what we are talking about.

-- (M o r p h | ^C | _T)

23:55, September 1, 2009 (UTC)

Magelo

If you looked at all 4 of the names in favor of Magelo being added to the {{Elinks-item}} template - they were all created on the 28^th and 29^th just to vote in favor of adding it. -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T) MorphgnomeMorphdraenei 23:58, September 1, 2009 (UTC)

Probably same person you saying?

(^Sssss/_Slithered) 01:20, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

Nope, but that is a possibility (I do not know if you can see the IP's but the Bureaucrats can/should be able to see that), I was just stating they made their accounts just to vote to have Magelo added to the {{Elinks-item}} template (no other contributions made to WoWWiki otherwise. -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T)

01:40, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

I had noted the date/time those accounts first edited. It was abundantly clear that they were new accounts, given that their first edits were for that one forum. However, given the time between submissions, it was also clear to me that they weren't *simple* astroturfing. Thus "more than likely, people who picked up a discussion on Magelo and came over here to vote". --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 13:26, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

Do we currently have a vote for new elinks? I was thinking of several candidates. There have been many times lately where I've been let down by both wowhead and thottbot, but found an item/object/spell on MMO Champion, Magelo, or WoWDB.

Howbizr^(t·c) 8:33 PM, 4 Sep 2009 (EDT)

Also... does anyone know why these votes passed, when they clearly lost (5 or more losing votes)? allakhazam and thottbot.

Howbizr^(t·c) 8:40 PM, 4 Sep 2009 (EDT)

The pages were updated by Psyker7, inverting the traditional decision form. Adys would be a good person to talk to about those votes, being the person to touch {{elinks-item}} closest to the vote time. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 16:13, September 8, 2009 (UTC)

Why not?

WoWWiki:Requests for adminship.--SWM24 48 23:47, September 10, 2009 (UTC)

In some ways, it has been useful for me to *not* be an admin. I was able to provide some assistance to Rolandius when admins had tried and failed. And... I think Gourra and I are fairly incompatable. We agree to disagree, but I'd rather not be in "an even bargaining position". It's easier to break deadlocks this way. If folks really want me to be an admin, I'll put in a slip. But... --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 03:32, September 13, 2009 (UTC)

Unabashed advertising

If you care to make a comment on this editing guideline, comments would be appreciated. Howbizr^(t·c) 2:21 PM, 23 Sep 2009 (EDT)

Professions

Go for it! It is useful but HORRID to look at -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T) MorphgnomeMorphdraenei 18:49, October 1, 2009 (UTC)

It looks great like you did it - links to where you can find whatever is not directly listed on the page. I see no fault (and you said go easy?)

-- (M o r p h | ^C | _T)

21:33, October 1, 2009 (UTC)

No objections from me on that conversion. -- (M o r p h | ^C | _T) MorphgnomeMorphdraenei 21:37, October 1, 2009 (UTC)

Account security awareness

Do you still think that Account security awareness should be merged with Security Guide or Basic account security? I can restore it, but I do not know what to do with it. It turns out that {{Terminate}} is the same thing as {{Sd}}, not "the vote is over, I will delete it eventually".--SWM24 48 02:45, October 4, 2009 (UTC)

Merging those articles is one of those "I should do this" sort of tasks; I was procrastinating. I still think that Basic account security needs rewritten, and perhaps merged with Security Guide (or at least crosslinked). Whatever was not duplicated in Account security awareness would go into that merge, but I don't really know how much that would be. Is there a time limit on restoring it? --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:09, October 5, 2009 (UTC)

As far as I know, there is no time limit.--SWM24 48 20:39, October 5, 2009 (UTC)

...other than memory! --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:42, October 5, 2009 (UTC)

Userboxes

Why don't you use userboxes? What's so bad about them? BobNamataki (talk) 10:47, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

I've seen some user pages that were practically taken over by them. And I've no real interest in maintaining them. But there's also the humor value: You might examine the code that implements that, as well as examining the structure of the notice... --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 17:23, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

Shop Smart

Regarding the Oracle egg on my essay, I suppose I meant that from when you buy it to when it becomes a cracked egg, it takes a full week's length of time between phases. Yes you are correct that once you have the "cracked" egg it can be opened right away. Though my reference was to the fact that once you buy the mysterious egg from the oracles you have to wait 1 week for it to turn into a cracked egg.

And thank you for pointing out my mistake on the reputation status on the egg, I will go back and change that to reflect it.

My article is written from the point of view that it will only show you what you can currently get in game in order to get your pet achievement. I do not list any pets you can no longer get, and I keep it updated to that purpose. I do list all the pets you can currently get because you can collect them with no order, many of them are available right away through vendors or auction houses.

However, as it is listed in shop smart, I do not list pets like lets say Stinky, who is a reward from the 50 pet achievement, therefore, you cannot use him for your 50 pet achievement, and my essay takes that into consideration.

Please let me know if there are others things I can improve on it.

Thalía

Alliance Ram Route

My bad; you are absolutely right, I meant 26 tokens, 13 runs. I will fix it right away. (Was late, was tired, probably should not have been editing.) Madkaugh (talk) 03:22, October 14, 2009 (UTC)

Chef de Parti

Hi Erik,

I don't know who else to go to about this, seems you have a lot more knowledge then me here. I was trying to put some stuff in for the Achievement "Chef de Partie", but it was listed as red because there was no page for it yet. I tried adding it, but it wasn't coming out right so I deleted what I had put in. Now when I go to the Cooking Achievement list I don't even see it as an option without a page @.@ Please help >< I didn't mean to take it out of the list. It's supposed to be achievement number 1797 I believe.

Thalía

Thanks

Thank you Eirik for looking into the Chef de Partie issue for me, I thought I totally broke it. Ya it seemed the other achievements below it also didn't have pages so I guess it wasn't entirely me, glad to see you have added the content though, thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thalía (talk · contr).

Just checked your info on having to be logged in to reach the other tiered recipe list guides. That's odd though because I logged out and hit the links and it went to them fine. I am not sure what's going on. The only reason I have a log in function on the site is to post of the forums. Mind trying again?

Thalía

Nope. cooking shows me Lunch Lady, not Sous Chef. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:52, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Oh that's because you are going directly to the site, Lunch Lady is the first step of that cooking achievement, and that is what you will see because that is the default until you set your character. Where you are navigating is the section you look through once you set your character, and it automatically populates according to your character's achievements, data is pulled from the armory. If you don't have a character to set, you will see the default starting achievements, not the next step up, Sous Chef I believe is the 3rd or 4th step in that achievement chain. If you had a character that was on that step, you would see it through that navigation. Though if you want to find all guides, regardless of achievement ranking, go to the "Guides" tab at the top of the Nav bar, and you can search for them there.

Again, the side tab Navigation is on default until you set your character, and will only show you you're characters completed achievements or the ones you are working on. Though the links I put down on the cooking pages here on Wowwiki take you straight to the guides, at least I tried it again from a different comp and they did.

Thalía

Again, I'm thinking that you'd do better to have a single "cooking guide" instead of a different page for each achievement rank. (Think I may have mentioned this before...) Perhaps with sections specific to "easy/medium/hard to get" since the achievement in this case isn't tied to cooking rank. But it's your site, your preferences. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 21:12, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Ya I understand what you are saying, but we did it in the way that if you set your character and you see that achievement is almost done or you are working on it on you side Nav Tab, you can click it and it will direct you to the guide for it. Same for the suggested tab, so all guides have to have different names to fit the organization tabs and particular achievement name to link up to each persons individual progression, or else yes I would have done one big general one.

More simply put, the article name (guide) has to match up with the achievement name (on the side nav) in order for them to link up once clicked.

Thalía

Yup, yup. Would be nice if your database programming recognized 'redirects'... but that's beyond my pay grade. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 21:20, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

alright

I see what you are saying and I agree with you. posting info of the petition on wowiki was simply a way to spread the word of it further my former base of spreading the petition was you tube on which hasent worked out too nicely. seeing as how there are more open minded people on the wiki i figured the petition would spread quicker and I would be able to reach my goal faster. I couldnt stay on one site forever so this was my first idea and I see how adminship could have been alittle too out of the line but after previous petition conflicts I watned to be able to watch the page as close as possible for any vandilism there were quite alote of people opposing the plague in the first place and I was just trying to be helpful to me and my supporters. signed Biscuit 12

Pfeww!

Just got done with Mammoth mounts and all the associated mammoth mount pages, images, uploading, etc. ... And you thought the pages smelled bad on the OUTSIDE... --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 23:31, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

I just saw your page, I remember being Exalted with Sons of Hodir and purchasing the Grand Ice Mammoth for 8,000 not 10,000. Faction discount I suppose. Nice page though, good pictures =)

Thalía

yeah

I see what you are saying and will get to this soon I have a few supporters on you tube and I dont want to cause confusion among them. thank you for your help and also if you could post my petition in the world of warcraft official forum(I dont have wow currently) so I can direct my supporters directly to the forum page it would be a great help

......

hey eric I seem to not be able to remember the name of the page for the petition I made so could you send me a link to it

Zombie infestation return petition.--SWM24 48 00:39, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

DNP because... off-topic? --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:43, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

thanks

I will atempt to tell sandwich man to put the page back up but I beleive hes going to be unreasonable about this. signed Biscuit 12

crusader steeds

i just find it on net. Sorry, i don't have this mount^^ Klakmuf1 (talk) 20:29, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

Signature Help.

Hi Eirik,

Was hoping you could drop me a line on how to do my signature how you suggested?

Thanks

Thalía

Gryphon mounts

What exactly are you looking for in a Screenshot for a Gryphon Mount? What do you mean by loaner mount? Could you please explain what exactly you want so I can go out and get a better Screenshot for you?

You're reasoning says this: want image of loaner mount. What exists is an item icon image, not a mount image.

I don't completley understand what you mean. Just a little clerification thats all I request and I'll go get a new one for you.

RE: category order is important?

I believe this is done similar to why the space is removed between the last line and the categories... something to do with the way the categories are done now with the "easier" to do category system. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 22:47, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

The system so convenient that I don't use it? Huh... I thought I was pretty much alone in disliking it. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 23:08, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

It certainly makes mass producing pages a little more annoying, so I don't use it either.

(^Sssss/_Slithered) 06:44, November 7, 2009 (UTC)

Stormjewels

Thanks for the note, a quick search of the AH in-game shows that while some of the stormjewels are no longer unique-equipped, this change has not been applied to all. I shall update accordingly. -Grynd (talk) 14:27, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Any clues on when the change occurred, to add that to undocumented patch notes? --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 18:30, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

Proto-drake mounts

thanks for your work on this page. signed User:Klakmuf1

RE: Quest:Light of Dawn

It does not change anything, but like for Html, if you open you must close!

Yes, that's some kind of problem when your job follows you home...

Loremaster A'noob, Arch Druid of the Noobhoof Clan (^talk/_contribz) 09:15, November 17, 2009 (UTC)

Jewlcrafting Guide

I see what you mean, but in my defense, a guide that only goes up to level 300 is redundant, therefore; using it as a "temporary" holder while the new one is sharped, seems... well, redundant. However I understand and respect you're view aswell. IDK if you read the guide, but it's complete. All it needs is wikification, no extra information or anything. I was just too lazy to go back and Wikify it all to be honest :/ TeeSon5 (talk) 22:02, November 17, 2009 (UTC)

RE: Tip of the day (didn't want to make a new post)

Thank you ^_^ for that link. I tried to hide my embarrassing error as best I could ;P

RE: We'll make a proper busybody of ya yet, TeeSon! Once you have an oar, every conversation looks like a mountain stream

Ugh, sorry again for a third edit. See, I read one comment, reply to it, then read another... then ... oops o.O but I think I got them all now. TeeSon5 (talk)

Yes, I am quite a typer. If you look, pretty much everywhere on this Wiki I chat it up. My application for the Watchdogs is quite a hefty paragraph (AFTER REDUCTION!) and all my edits are just talk talk talk talk ... where was I going? ;P

Thanks again ^^ TeeSon5 (talk) 22:08, November 17, 2009 (UTC)

Two Noticements

Hey, first of all- Congratulations on the 10,000 Club! I updated you're Userpage after just a quick glance and noticed you forgot to update it yourself. I hope you're okay with that change.

The second thing I wanted to ask is about all the separate pages you're making for each individual item in Finklestein's Laboratory. I've done the quest before, and I remember a few things from it; firstly and foremost that it was very annoying. But, most of those are "shelf items"... errr... what do I mean?

I'm not sure if theres a word for this, but I believe that Shelf Items aren't really items, just looks. And yes, while they become items (for 30 seconds) ... isn't it rather (get ready for this, my favorite word) ... redundant?

I don't see the harm in just individual pictures on the one main quests page and then a big picture of the entire shelf showing where they are. I am just a little confused thats all, so if you could explain it to me that would rock =D

Don't confuse this with a rant plz ;D TeeSon5 (talk) 00:03, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

They're actual "container items". I created Finklestein's Laboratory as a page to provide both the gallery and the "notes" that were common to those two quests. I agree, it's petty, but ... they're *still* container objects. ... and inventory items. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 05:04, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

Alright, if you feel it's necessary I won't stand in you're way. I'll just say, if it were me creating a page for this quest; I would just page one page with all the "container items" on one page. TeeSon5 (talk) 12:17, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

What would you do about the items, each with an inventory icon and flavor text? --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 17:50, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

Honestly, I'm not sure. Like I said; it's not that I have a problem with what you're doing... it just seems... odd. But, who am I, a lowly new guy to WoWWiki, to argue with somebody with more experience with me. TeeSon5 (talk) 23:54, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

An editor, is who. Question Authority. Don't be afraid to ask why something is done one way and not another, or to ask for something to be done differently. You may have thought of something we old fogies haven't. We aren't infallible. Forums are good, if you want to hash something out before making a change. And if you really feel strongly, call for a vote. Sometimes people do pay attention to them.

--Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:00, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, I'll keep this in mind ;D TeeSon5 (talk) 00:02, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

Since You're Already There

Since you're already going to all those Mask pages added Images (even though this should have been done by the creators of the pages)... just to save me the time of chasing back and re-editing what you've been doing (great job BTW) -- could I just request you add a new 2 point Section called "Criteria of (2)" and add the following under:

to the pages you're editing.

You don't have to if you don't want. If you feel this change is redundant, let me know so I can undo the ones I've already "fixed". TeeSon5 (talk) 00:52, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

In the morning, sure. Running off to Life just now. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:53, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks ;D TeeSon5 (talk) 00:54, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

Flying machine image

Yes, that would be the correct category. AMBER^(ЯΘ<K) 09:28, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

Talk Page

How do you archive your talk page? BobNamataki (talk) 19:31, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

Create a suitably named sub-page, and cut-and-paste from the main talk page. Add links as you see fit. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 19:34, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

RE:Disenchanting info

Those counts are from Wowhead, which records the amount of times a mob is looted, item DE'd, etc. Also, I feel Disenchanting mats are very interesting =D. Especially since I have an enchanting alt I would love to see what sometime turns into. However, like I mentioned in the past; you're more experienced than I, so if you feel it is redundant, feel free to remove it. TeeSon5 (talk) 21:03, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

Not ... redundant, entirely. Just not anything I have interest in. I find items, either I DE them or I don't. Crafted items I get an idea which items DE into things I want; other items I can't plan to acquire solely for DEing. Thus, on Random Item Q, what it DEs into is almost irrelevant to my decision whether to DE it or not.

As I said, knock yourself out. ... er, if it pleases you to add that information, feel free. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 22:40, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

RE:WoW prefixes

Unless I understood you're vote wrong: You want to change Category names. I disagree; so I voted no. TeeSon5 (talk) 21:03, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

Please refer back to the vote page. "Yes" is a vote to retain the current standard - every subordinate category should also be prefixed "World of Warcraft". "No" is the change - categories below a given category need not be prefixed. My "Some" vote would allow prefixes to be left off if people would not be confused about which Warcraft property the subcategory itself referred to. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 22:44, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

Recipes bought from Alchemist Finklestein

Only the Finklestein in Icecrown sells the Ashen Verdict recipes, the Heb'Valok Finklestein does not. --PcjWowpedia wiki manager (TDrop me a line!•C207,729 contributions and counting) 00:48, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

This typifies what I hate about separating NPCs out by where they are in the game. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 22:58, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

recipe items, and created items updated. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 23:22, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Pandaren Page Link

There, I added the link for you but I don't know how to shorten it, if you could somehow shorten it I would appreciate it. Thanks! Alright, that's good. Happy to know I at least did something to contribute to Wowwiki. Thanks again for your help!

Happy to have your contributions! --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:29, December 23, 2009 (UTC)

Warrior sets

I'm just trying to follow what you intend to do:

What do you use the <includeonly>[[Category:Warrior armor set items]]</includeonly> categories for?
Why did you remove the warrior sets from Category:World of Warcraft armor item sets?

Eruantien (talk) 18:44, December 25, 2009 (UTC)

1st question: Okay, I see. So ideally, that change would be applied to all sets, then (not just warriors).

2nd question: I don't really see the idea behind that. I mean the sets still are Category:World of Warcraft armor item sets (thus I think they should be in this category), and they were in the Category:Warrior sets already.

Plus the set pages themselves mention that several set versions contribute to set boni.

Eruantien (talk) 18:40, December 30, 2009 (UTC)

The sets, sure, can be in Category:World of Warcraft armor item sets. However, the individual pieces that make up the sets should not be, or we have a category that is essentially overwhelmed by trivia. And you note that said category already has over 700 different sets listed in it.

Category:Warrior armor sets, then, is the subset of "armor item sets" intended for warriors. Following the above category, individual armor pieces shouldn't be in it. ... but they were.

So I created Category:Warrior armor set items to put those items in. And having found that the armor sets themselves allowed some level of mixing and matching, categories for "anything that works for this set bonus" seemed appropriate.

If you would suggest some different scheme, please do so now, while the cost to change is comparably low.

On sets, though... When only one collection of items made up a set, having a description of what a complete set of that type gave you for stats made sense. However, we've got sets for which large numbers of items qualify. The stats-for-set don't make sense, as people are unlikely to collect only one level of that set's pieces. A more likely scenario is that people will collect base elements, but get a sprinkling of upgrades. A list of what the stats for the set are make less and less sense to me. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:37, January 5, 2010 (UTC)

RE: Don't suppose you could do a quick check for me...

On a Palret T9 set: http://www.wowhead.com/?search=Liadrin%27s+Battlegear

Names from WoWhead and in-game are:

[Liadrin's Shoulderplates of Conquest] for Conqueror's Liadrin's Battlegear ilvl232

[Liadrin's Shoulderplates of Triumph] for Triumphant Liadrin's Battlegear ilvl245

[Liadrin's Shoulderplates of Triumph] for Triumphant Liadrin's Battlegear (heroic) ilvl258

Loremaster A'noob, Arch Druid of the Noobhoof Clan (^talk/_contribz) 19:22, January 8, 2010 (UTC)

I let you pass from Totally to (heroic) on each set, I aim for my bed :p

Loremaster A'noob, Arch Druid of the Noobhoof Clan (^talk/_contribz) 23:04, January 8, 2010 (UTC)

Dragonflight and Capitalization

Your voice is most welcome here

Loremaster A'noob, Arch Druid of the Noobhoof Clan (^talk/_contribz) 17:21, January 10, 2010 (UTC)

home page

i went on to your page and i sawlittle icans of orcs ans mage simbols how do you make those —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mr.Mr.T (talk · contr).

I'm not sure which orc and mage symbols you are talking about honestly.

You can place arbitrary images on a page by using something like [[image:ImageNameAndExtension|some name|thumb]]. For instance:

File:B.png

a letter

Some templates place race/class images: {{RaceIcon|Orc|Male}}{{ClassIcon|Mage}}

Does this help? --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 21:34, January 14, 2010 (UTC)

tier 7

I maintain that it's a template because 1) It's to be used on many pages and 2) It has no substantial content of its own. In most cases, what WoWWiki calls a transcludable page would usually be (in the rest of the wiki world) a template. "Transcluded pages" are ones I've long tried to clean up; sort out the article content from the non-article content and then move the non-content to the template namespace. :/ --Sky (t · c · w) 22:37, January 14, 2010 (UTC)

I would have to disagree with (1) in that I don't think the range of pages is that broad. For that particular page, I could agree with (2), but would disagree re Tier 10.264 source. I can't say that I'm content with your distinction of "qualifies as Template" vs "qualifies as transclude", given that info boxes (eg tooltip) contain substantial information (because we have zillions of parameters) despite being essentially entirely programmatically created. Compare as well to article management templates, whose purpose is largely to insert stock text into an article, but have few or no parameters. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 22:55, January 14, 2010 (UTC)

The lot of them I see as being templates, and it comes back to point 1. If we're going to use a particular page more than once in any one case, the default should be a template, because that's what a template is by definition.
I'll agree with your point in number 2, however in that templates can vary in complexity, but what really then defines a template then, I'd venture, would be the data that can be found in one. Consider that "Tier 10.264 source" isn't an article... it's a bunch of data that are meaningless without the pages that the template should be on. Really, I'm just fussy about the true article count, and that's why I'd like to see more of those quest line pages you make (have made) and less actual quest pages/the quest pages be redirected. Quest pages are essentially data; you take the data and make an article out of it in the quest line pages. --Sky (t · c · w) 03:09, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

Also, re alt text: Wasn't me who made any sort of alt text change. --Sky (t · c · w) 03:25, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

Starlight = Foxlit != Me. Sure you got the right diff? :o --Sky (t · c · w) 20:09, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

Since you put it that way, ... no, actually. :) Both of you have aliases, both names start with S and are celestial... The confusion is natural, I tell you! I'm not really an incompetent boob... --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:11, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

However, the diff shows 'Starlightblunder' as the author to me. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:12, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

I.e., you're an incompetent boob. :P --Sky (t · c · w) 20:14, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

... That would seem to follow. At some point, I guess I tried following a talk link from either "sky" or "starlightblunder" and got the other's talk page. And it stuck. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:17, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

But back on templates... I come from a programming background, so what makes something a template to me is defined by the use of parameters. ... which isn't the wiki definition, but it's where I'm coming from.

And after I get over this obsession with "armor set" != "catalog of all the items that compose sets" (currently mulling over Tier 9 armors), I'm thinking of getting back in the quest chain business. Northrend quests are almost entirely chains or sets of related quests, which pleased me no end. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:35, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

Re: Horde Battered Hilt

*snort* If only I was that lucky. No, alas - the information was posted on Wowhead. (If it ain't here, I check there. *grin*) --Joshmaul (talk) 02:08, January 22, 2010 (UTC)

Shaman glyphs page.

The page (configurations part) is indeed out of date. Many glyphs have been changed since patch 3.1 (which is even more obvious if you read the article), and the latest update to the articles (PvE and PvP) was done back in 3.1. Example:

[Glyph of Flame Shock] is valuable with respect to an elemental shaman's damage rotation. It eliminates the need to cast an additional [Flame Shock] once a [Lava Burst] is used, saving a global cooldown and mana.

The glyph used to make it so you didn't have to recast Flame Shock after each Lava Burst (since it canceled FS), but it was changed at least twice to its current state, and the glyph was added as baseline ability to the class. The article is full of these sort of incoherences, thus making it out of date. Cityhunter0505 - Etsuko (talk) 00:48, January 27, 2010 (UTC)

You've convinced me. The Warrior page is much less OOD than the shaman page. I had conflated the two. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 19:57, January 27, 2010 (UTC)

Re: PNW

I emailed you specifics. I don't want too much information on my public talk page. Howbizr^(t·c) 10:32 PM, 29 Jan 2010 (EDT)

Hey, was wondering if you got my email. Just curious. --Sky (t · c · w) 00:28, February 10, 2010 (UTC)

Did get it, thought I'd replied. I'll double-check. Apparently we're (sometimes) in calling distance. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:30, February 10, 2010 (UTC)

FW

The guild thing tweaks out when you try to add anything new, spam error etc, gonna redo the whole guild thing, remove old guilds since most of them were gone and add the current guilds for the server. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MarkW19 (talk · contr).

Achievement categories

Instead of adding a second category, just go ahead and replace type= with Love is in the Air. No sense in have the achievement in both cats right? =P Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 00:02, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

Sure, that works. I was reluctant to change the existing category structure; "folks had worked so hard on it"... :) --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:04, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

Nah, by all means.. expand it.. I did with the dungeon/raid section, the more precise the categories, the better I always say... well... first time I've said that, but yea...

(^Sssss/_Slithered) 00:06, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

This is another one of those ballooning changes, I'm thinking... Ah, well. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:07, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

Yea the doc-ness is only needed for articles you wish not to have a category, I don't remember why it was allowed to transfer from the boilerplates... but it's not needed. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 00:24, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

I think it affects transclusion, possibly involving {{Achievement}} and {{Achievementlong}}. In any case, it didn't eat much, so I have been adding it. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:27, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

/smirk, you didn't spell either template correctly.

(^Sssss/_Slithered) 00:28, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

At least I misspelled them uniquely! --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:29, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

Class sets -> Class armor sets

Could you provide a reason as to why you're changing the categories from "<class> sets" to "<class> armor sets"? --g0urra[T҂C] 00:06, February 18, 2010 (UTC)

Sure. 1) Specificity. There could well be sets of other items for a given class. If not now, then in the future. I know of several If we're talking armor, then we should say armor, imo.

2) it permits a rational "<class> armor set items" class structure. Armor sets are collections; armor set items are specific items. Separating armor set items out allows people to use the categories to actually find the armor sets themselves. The "armor set" categories were getting an unhelpfully large number of items "at the top". I didn't feel that putting "armor set items" inside a category named "<class> sets" was as useful.

--Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:16, February 18, 2010 (UTC)

I don't see why there should be a "<class> armor sets" category and a hypothetic "<class> weapon sets" category, when it can be used in just one "<class> sets" category. Likewise it is perfectly fine with "<class> set items", while "<class> armor set items". It looks unnecessary to me, and most people who browse the wiki are more used to "<class> sets". --g0urra[T҂C] 00:22, February 18, 2010 (UTC)

Okies, let's set the wayback machine for "before I started this whole mess". I was looking at the T9 and T10 warrior armor, and looking to add the latter as needed. What I found was a mess: "<class> set" with enough articles piled at the top to make complete categories in their own right. Items pushed into the same categories as the sets - some times, and not others. Sets, too, being irregular.

So I decided to "burn it all down and start over". I looked for a rationale for the class being named "<class> set" instead of "<class> armor set". I found no non-armor items in the categories. So, no rationale.

I found a useful boilerplate for item sets, under one of the T9 or perhaps T8 pages, that allowed for the categories to be renamed almost trivially - by changing the name in the <class> set template (for set pages), or in the set page (for component items).

If you believe that "<class> armor set" categories should not replace the current "<class> set" categories, then I encourage you to...

a) ask more widely (ie on the forums) before taking unilateral action

b) if such action is called for (one way or another) wait until I've had a chance to finish the "set reduction strategy" changes, using the <class> set categories as lists of work-to-do. ... or use AWB or something to either do the work for me, or mark such pages in some other fashion.

For my own part, a) I don't think users will care much, once everything is one way or the other, using the category links at the bottom to navigate or using the Search functionality, instead of directly entering a category name like you and I. b) Changing the lot should be nigh trivial by the time I'm done, one way or the other.

--Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:47, February 18, 2010 (UTC)

I find it strange though that you are trying to enforce this "<class> armor set" change when we have always used "<class> sets", and then you tell me to ask people that we should not follow this change that you are doing. You should be the one to ask that. --g0urra[T҂C] 00:51, February 18, 2010 (UTC)

In this, I am WW:BOLD. I've put a fair bit of work into this already. It's taken you a couple of months to notice the change. Therefore it can't have been drastic. Further, as I said above, I've been engineering it so that it can be reverted, if people disagree. I'll go ahead and put it forth on the forums, but I insist you not revert my changes until we have more consensus. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:55, February 18, 2010 (UTC)

I counter your WW:BOLD with WW:BOLD#...but don't be reckless!. Your actions haven't been approved by anyone. --g0urra[T҂C] 01:02, February 18, 2010 (UTC)

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