User talk:Roblefko

No problem. I think the main xbox 360 page should still at least contain a picture of the system though. Also, I would recommend putting a link to the abou Xbox 360 page.

Thanks for moving my Xbox article. I'm pretty new to this gaming.wiki thing.

MediaWiki version
Would it be possible to request upgrade to a newer version of MediaWiki? The specific reason that triggered my request is the lack of default arguments for template parameters. Something like does not work in the current version. Thanks. -Afker 05:12, 16 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Not sure if you prefer me replying here or under your original question. Anyways, take a look at Sandbox, which transcludes Sandbox 2 with parameters.  -Afker 14:27, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

script request
I'd like to request a generalization of the clubhouse script, to be used with Reviews (though there might be other uses for it too).

Currently I assume the clubhouse script wipes the rest of the page, then do a ListPages on Category:Opinions by User:, sorted by the corresponding tab criteria, where is the text enclosed by the clubhouse tags.

I would like to request a similar tag (calling it "clubhouse2" for now, though it's probably not the best name for it). The way it would work is the following:  order=new count=15 Category=FooBar ShowCategories=No ShowPicture=No BlurbFontSize=Large ShowBlurb=150 Nav=Yes 

On page load, it would load the content enclosed within the clubhouse tags. The three tab button would also appear. When one of the tabs get clicked, instead of wiping the rest of the page like clubhouse does, clubhouse2 only wipes stuff between the clubhouse2 tags, and replace it with a new ListPages, for category FooBar, and the new sorting criteria based on the corresponding tab.

This new script would be able to do everything the original clubhouse script is capable of (though with different syntax), and is more flexible so it can be used for more than just articles in category "Opinions by User:Blah", but for any category criteria.

I don't know how to access the original clubhouse script (or if I have read-access at all), otherwise I would develope the code personally (based on the original, as I am not good enough yet to do it from scratch) and submit it for you guys to review so the only thing you'd need to do is decide whether to use it or not, as opposed to having to code it. -Afker 00:32, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Idea for Screenshot portion of template...

 * Trying to figure out the best way to organize the screenshots I uploaded I came up with This. A simple thumbnail table. I don't expect the average user uploading pictures to come to the same conclusion and because there isnt really a format to it the screenshots will look different from page to page.  Plus I expect to see random silly large screenshots, uploaded by the average person who doesnt know how to do any thumbnail resizing.  I came up with a modification to the original template and I thought you might like to check it out.  I put it at the bottom of my Profile.  Edit the code and check out my guided  comments for people who are adding screenshots.  I think this is a good measure to maintain both consistancy and save administrators the time to guide users to resize images to an adiquate size or have to resize the images themselves.  It would be great to post things like this on a community page in the future but stuff like this doesn't really fit on any of the pages up.  Would a design talk page on the community portal better address these sorts of changes?  --Theman8631 01:55, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * With the suggestion of Afker I decided to revise my original idea to use a cleaner and easier to use gallery that is commented out within the template. Please take a look at my Example and let me know what you think.--Theman8631 03:59, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Main Page Right mockup
It turns out there are quite a few things I couldn't do using documented features of ListPages afterall:
 * 1) List only pages created in the most recent X hours
 * 2) Display the number of comments in a bubble
 * 3) Do a list on individual comments

I have generated my mockup at User:Afker/MainPageRightmockup, although due to the restrictions, things above the Featured Game box should probably all be generated by modifying the feed for the MainPage2 scripts. -Afker 06:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

point system
How are points computed? While honored/flattered to be the current second highest score, I don't think my articles/comments have been getting many votes, so I'm kinda surprised at the 64.35. (-: -Afker 20:33, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Japanese magazine?
You should see if Afker could help us create a japanese version of videogames! That would be super cool. Gil
 * I'm afraid my Japanese isn't good enough to write stuff in Japanese. My level of Japanese is only sufficient for reading manga/novels, watching anime, and playing games with the help of a dictionary.  I can't really hold conversations or write articles in the language.  Ie I'm ok at understanding, but bad at expressing using Japanese.
 * My native language is Mandarin (Traditional Chinese). So if you are thinking about a Chinese language version, then I would be able to offer my services. -Afker 22:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Spam Blacklist
can you add:

http://free-ringtones.usabestlink.org/free-ringtones

to the spam blacklist on politics.wiki, here, and tunes.wiki? Thanks, False Prophet 00:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

"Start a new game" template
Please separate the ratings box from the "Start a new wiki" message box, and retrospectively fix the pages you have created. Alternately, rename the template. As it stands things don't make sense structurally. It's also creating an inconsistency as some game articles have rations box on the right side, and some on the left. -Afker 06:12, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Ratings box
I've replied at my own talk page in the interest of keeping discussion together. You can add my talkpage to your watchlist to easily keep track of changes on the page. -Afker 00:04, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Gaming comments responded
Comments responded on w:c:AliceSoft:User talk:Afker. -Afker 04:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

section naming
Is it possible to rename "new opinions" to something like "Release Candidate articles"? Having something from 3 months ago still listed as a "new opinion" just doesn't seem right. Then the Popular articles can be renamed to "Gold articles". -Afker 01:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * We can rename new opinions to something else, but are you sure "Release Candidate" is a good name? Would the casual gamer have any idea what we're talking about? Maybe we should think of a different name. Also, check out the main page of gaming. What do you think of the new look? --Roblefko 18:00, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * dunno, RC was just a random gaming-themed idea. "New" is definitely a misnomer though. Hmm, there seems to be way too much white space in the upper right of the main page.  Can the upper right corner be split into two sub-columns, one sub-column for user profile, userpage link, and talk; the other sub-column for "write a ____"? -Afker 18:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, good call. I will look into fixing that. We want the "write opinion", "write review" links to be very noticeable though. Hmm. Ill figure something out. Anyway, what do you think of the general idea of the new main page? Do you think it now looks like it could be "the gaming hub" for wiki gaming. On a similar topic, do you think you'd be interested in asking the admins at gameinfo if they want to merge into gaming.wiki and to hop on board this project here? --Roblefko 19:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I would think being in the top right corner is very noticable. As for merging GameInfo over here, the concept still doesn't come natural to me.  Maybe it's just some legacy bias, but "information on games" still feel too much like a subsidary here, causing me to feel that in-depth information (on the degree of mini-wikis) would really feel out of place here.  I'd need to think and observe and ponder more.  As for the question of "hubness", I think Gaming.wiki is in a position to be main community for wiki gaming, a vortex maybe.  However, to be a hub/nexus, it would need to, IMHO, involve a degree of sacrifice of the magazine's own priorities that Gaming.wiki has yet to make, and may not be able to make afterall.  Or maybe I just lack the vision d-:  -Afker 02:41, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Merging of GameInfo
Well, ultimately, it's up to furrykef and Garrett, but I'll just drop by to give my opinion on the matter (I'm one of the sysops on GameInfo). I'm opposed to this merger as of now, mainly because gaming.wiki has almost nothing but opinions right now and not much in the way of actual gaming content. Two other reasons I am opposed to this is that GameInfo has recently started hosing mini-wikis for gaming-related stuff that would get more attention than scratchpad, and you said in your message to furrykef that "we now have sections encouraging people to write game summaries, rate games, and other "encyclopedic" aspects." Nothing in that part (which, in the message, was pretty much the only thing about what content is hosted) said anything about actual walkthroughs. In case you weren't aware, GameInfo has a namespace for Guides (fittingly Guide:), and even has a handful of them. I do not see any place where those walkthroughs would fit here. Another thing, and this is more of an aesthetics issue, is that GameInfo has more content than just video games and computer games. GameInfo also has stuff for board games, card games, sports, and all gaming-related things in general. The way gaming.wiki is geared, however, it does not appear that it would cater to that sort of thing. Thanks! --SkizzerzTalk - Contribs 15:08, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Poll transclusion
Hi,

Right now if I try to transclude a poll on Gaming.wiki, all I get is the poll's title, the options don't appear for people to vote on it. I would like to be able to transclude polls so that a poll would be embedded in another article and let users vote on the poll. You can see the alternate implementation with the poll  tags here. -PanSola 14:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)