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Am i doing this right?
Sorry, im new to the wiki. I made a page and redirected it to a subpage. It created an acutal page, not a userpage. thats why i redirected. you can see my redirect if you go to my userpage and click on my favorite skill.
 * Redirects aren't allowed from mainspace to userspace. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 13:57, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, than how can i get the userbox to go to the right place? see my talk--Lotus 14:00, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Keeping track of elite skills capped
Currently, I am working on the Canthan skill hunter title track, and I've decided to create a page to keep track of this on GWW. The page here is basically a rip of the list of elites by campaign, and I need a decent way to quickly visually see which skills are capped or not. I was thinking strikethrough, but that isn't very easy to notice and keep track of right away. Any suggestions? If anyone could to edit the page and give an example, they can do so on any of the assassin elites, I've capped all of those. Thanks in advance. ~ Ryuu Desu  [ Talk   |   Contributions  ] 15:23, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

To give you an idea of what I had in mind, I quickly made this example up using simple html tables. I suppose I could transfer all the data from the full table to what I wanted, but could someone please simply add the required colums to the full table, it would really save me a lot of time and effort. My aplogoies for not simply asking something like that to begin with.~ Ryuu Desu  [ Talk   |   Contributions  ] 15:54, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * A relatively quick search and replace idea: User:Nkuvu/skill_checklist. I used the "no" template rather than the icons you had, because it's a little more obvious when editing the page. "Did I cap this elite? Yes or no". I also removed duplicates and links from the skill list. This the sort of thing you had in mind? --Nkuvu [[Image:User_Nkuvu_sig_button.jpg]] 16:24, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Added: just in case it's not clear, the list as is has no elites marked as captured. Feel free to edit the page and change some No entries to Yes to see the differences. --Nkuvu [[Image:User_Nkuvu_sig_button.jpg]] 16:27, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * My template User:Wynthyst/Template/Elite Skills is pretty easy to use as well, you simply add each skill as you cap it though it doesn't track them by campaign. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 16:30, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * User:Nkuvu/skill_checklist is pretty much perfect, other than the lack of the first and last colums, which by the looks of it is far too complicated for me to make up in... Whatever code that's in. (What the heck is that, anyway?) But I can get by without those. However it would be much easier at a glance to see which areas I've captured all the elites from. Eh, an extra minute of two of glancing isn't going to hurt me much. I've 'bookmarked' your template as well in my sandbox, Wynthyst, incase I ever decide to go for legendary. But for the sake of doing one thing at a time, the list by campaign is a little easier. (Well, aside from the placing of the yes and no tags in the coding which is slightly tedious). Thank you very much for your time, you both just made my life about fifty times easier. (Post note: Oh, -that's- the template code for the "X" and the checkmark images? I was thinking those would be in the lines of quest templates and be accept and decline, I was looking for awhile to find these. Haha, solved another problem on the side too.) Thanks again.~ Ryuu Desu [[Image:User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png|User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png|16px]] [ Talk   |   Contributions  ] 18:09, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what you mean when you say the first and last columns are missing. If you elaborate, perhaps I could help restore that information -- but I'm not seeing anything missing. Unless, of course, you're referring to the fact that I replaced the arrows indicating capture location with the yes/no icons. If that's what you mean, take a look at this: User:Nkuvu/skill_checklist_alt. More along the lines of what you wanted? (p.s., doing the search and replace with a Perl script, which is why this isn't very difficult) --Nkuvu [[Image:User_Nkuvu_sig_button.jpg]] 22:21, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * But wait there's more! I just noticed that some skills are wonky -- see Way of the Empty Palm in Boreas Seabed for an example. And also wanted to mention that this checklist approach isn't going to be perfect, since elites will be in multiple locations. For an example of that, look at Shadow Form: Dragon's Throat, Sunjiang explorable, Vizunah, Eternal Grove, et cetera. Once you cap Shadow Form you'll need to mark all of these spots, or have your checklist be deceptive. An ideal setup would allow you to cross those all off at once. --Nkuvu [[Image:User_Nkuvu_sig_button.jpg]] 22:26, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * To elaborate, the example of what I wanted had a column that defined whether or not an area was cleared (no biggie that this isn't here), and a column that had a counter of capped out of total. Again, not a biggie.As for an ideal setup... Well, I've got not much for ideas. It isn't a huge deal, really. Would be nice to get around but again, no ideas.~ Ryuu Desu [[Image:User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png|User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png|16px]] [ Talk   |   Contributions  ] 08:50, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Ryuu, here is one that is very similar to mine in functionality (you simply list the skills as you cap them) but has the skills split by campaign. User:Highlander Immortal/Templates/Elites. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 09:20, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Just have to say that I like the formats of your list as well as the split-by-campaign one. --Nkuvu [[Image:User_Nkuvu_sig_button.jpg]] 14:55, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much, Wynthyst, this is much better than I had originally wanted. Thanks for both of you for your time. Now for the hard part, capping 100k worth of elites. ;3 Wish me luck~! ~ Ryuu Desu [[Image:User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png|User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png|16px]] [ Talk   |   Contributions  ] 02:02, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Color Chart
Im looking for the color chart for this wiki. i dont meen dyes, i mean like #########: Yellow or something. Please post this answer on my talk--Lotus 00:59, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * We don't have one, see Wikipedia's web colors article. -- [[Image:User Gordon Ecker sig.png]] Gordon Ecker (talk) 09:22, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually the wiki has its' own profession colour templates. See Guild Wars Wiki:Formatting/Professions for details. -- [[Image:User Gordon Ecker sig.png]] Gordon Ecker (talk) 09:27, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually Gordon, all the GWW designated colors can be found here. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 09:28, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm editing a template and I want to change the text "Golden" appear in black. For example the bit of code I'm using is | progression-text = Golden However the text still apears in blue. Is this possible, if so, what am I doing wrong? -Drakora 21:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The closing span needs to be inside of the link. poke | talk 21:31, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 *  | progression-text = Golden   <like that. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 21:32, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

How do you change a link?
On this talk page http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Talk:Loot_scaling someone has changed the link in line 3 of the section titled Loot Scaling and Anti-Farm code so that it links to the 1 Apr 2009 update page instead of the original page. The link is in the sentence "There is a lengthy update on the subject here." Darcy 19:55, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * See editing help -- there are a few different ways to rename links, depending on if it's an internal link to another part of the wiki, or a link to a different web page. --Nkuvu [[Image:User_Nkuvu_sig_button.jpg]] 20:38, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

#Variable Defaults?
I just got #var:name type varibles working over in user:Star Weaver/sandbox/Navi, but I can't seem to make the default values work. This probably won't matter for my purposes, but it's kinda confusing. --Star Weaver 18:35, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow, that's stuff I've never even seen nor thought about before. You should ask poke, but he's moving atm so he might not have time right now. &mdash; Why [[Image:User Why s.png|User talk:Why Are We Fighting]] 17:46, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Not sure what you mean by "default values" ... you set the value in the first line of you sandbox, and you use it later...what "default values" were you expecting? [[Image:User_Scion_Of_Erixalimar_SigIcon.png | ]] ~Scion~ [GRIPE] 20:42, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I've edited that a lot since then, but while I had some values set in the template, I also had ones that were supposed to come from elsewhere -- except I wanted them to have default values in case someone used it without defining variables. The code was expanding to " ", instead of "#123456" if there was no. This, which is listed as an alternative in the extention's documentation, does work: These are also useable workarounds for some situations: --Star Weaver 16:04, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Background Images
I'm guessing style="background-image: url:"something on the wiki")" causes the style tag to get scrubbed for various security / sanity reasons, and I saw that the images in the skill infoboxes and stuff were done by site css instead.

Is there a way to do something like the skill infobox background by using images and   s or something? --Star Weaver 16:32, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * User:Joseph/Helpful looks like what you are looking for.. I believe that originally came from somewhere else though, but I'm not totally sure (sorry Joseph if I'm wrong!) &mdash; Why [[Image:User Why s.png|User talk:Why Are We Fighting]] 17:46, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's from poke. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 18:43, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Just what I thought. I initially searched his userspace, but he seems to have deleted it (or I am just bad at finding things) &mdash; Why [[Image:User Why s.png|User talk:Why Are We Fighting]] 19:00, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a diff on his sandbox I think. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 02:25, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * [ This is the link] (I should bookmark this myself <_<) poke | talk 20:34, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, and btw. if you plan to use the profession icons as background, you can simply use the public class names: "profession-bg ", so for example  gives you the monk icon as the background. poke | talk 20:37, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll look into that stuff soon :). --Star Weaver 16:05, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Two image questions
First question: Is there a full list of the profession icons available? I'm thinking of things like (resized to 20px to avoid making this page all funky) but I know there are other profession icons at different resolutions and styles. Maybe a GWW redirect page?

Second question: Why is there a tango in the filename? I've seen this before in other images, and thought it may indicate the user who originally uploaded it, but found that this isn't the case.

--Nkuvu 19:29, 7 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I have all the profession icons listed on my "shiny page" (I think I lack the "any" icon though), I'm not sure actually if we have them listed somewhere "officially". We should but I can't think of a place.. To the second question, tango is some kind of guidelines for making icons, see Tango Desktop Project - anja  [[Image:User Anja Astor sig icon.png|talk]] 19:53, 7 May 2009 (UTC)


 * O-fish-al or not, that's the sort of page I was looking for. And bonus cookies for the information on Tango. Thanks! --Nkuvu [[Image:User_Nkuvu_sig_button.jpg]] 20:03, 7 May 2009 (UTC)


 * You can get to the tango ones via templates like:

Any Any
 * That's what's used in a lot of the skill listings and stuff. --Star Weaver 22:30, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well those are useful too, thanks. Might there be a page with those templates listed? I mean there are the obvious profession templates, but I also see things like "x" and "any" and wonder if there are others. I looked at Guild_Wars_Wiki:Templates but was hoping for a more complete listing. --Nkuvu [[Image:User_Nkuvu_sig_button.jpg]] 23:00, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You can see all the profession icons Category:Profession_icons. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 23:50, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Aha! That's exactly the sort of thing I was originally thinking of (but I've gained a lot from the other replies, too, so cookies all around). --Nkuvu [[Image:User_Nkuvu_sig_button.jpg]] 00:47, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Pro-Tip:
 * Click on the Profession icon (or any picture for that matter).
 * Click on the "Redirected from" just below page title (top of page).
 * Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and check whichever Category the picture belongs to.
 * PROFIT!!!
 * :P --NIN37 06:41, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You may have missed it, but right around the time Wyn left the comment about categories, she added categories to a bunch of the tango icons. --Nkuvu [[Image:User_Nkuvu_sig_button.jpg]] 13:29, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I was referring to generic groups of similar files/pages (like, boss, enchantment/stance, species, affiliation, attribute)... but, meh. :P Used Profession icon as an example, because it was OP's first question (yeah, I know categories are not automagically created and user interaction is required to put pages under the right category). ;) --NIN37 14:35, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I was referring to generic groups of similar files/pages (like, boss, enchantment/stance, species, affiliation, attribute)... but, meh. :P Used Profession icon as an example, because it was OP's first question (yeah, I know categories are not automagically created and user interaction is required to put pages under the right category). ;) --NIN37 14:35, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Rants
Where do should I go to complain about any gww policies? For example, I wanna say that the user name format policy sucks and I want to suggest a change or something. -- Halogod35   01:06, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The talk page of the relevant policy page. In this case, Guild Wars Wiki talk:Sign your comments. -- [[Image:User Gordon Ecker sig.png]] Gordon Ecker (talk) 02:13, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Please keep it to constructive criticism though, saying something simply sucks is neither helpful or likely to get it changed. -- Lemming [[Image:User Lemming64 sigicon.png]] 02:16, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

User Pages
I don't know if this is the right place to put this, but I guess its as good as any. Is there a place to find templates for user pages? I can't seem to find any except on user-pages themselves.
 * Category:User templates --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 02:35, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you that is most helpful! Moo 19:18, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Colorizing Recent Changes
At one point I think I knew where to start looking for this, but now I've totally forgotten.

What I'd like to do is color the background of lines in the recent changes, or the backgrounds of the timestamps, or something, based on which namespace the changed page was in. Is there any way to do something like that with personal monobook.css overrides or something? I'd need to make it work on the fancy RC with the fold-down java arrows and junk, sinc I think my brain would asplode if I tried to use the default.

Thanks :) --Star Weaver 16:09, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Wiki policy.
Ok now that the rules about suggestion posting have changed to state that all suggestions must be posted on a user's own page, would it be possible to slightly amend the wiki signature policy to allow for not only a link to main user page, talk page, and contributions, but also to allow for a link to a user/suggestions page? this would make it easy for anet to find suggestions because on a talk page someone could just say "Oh yeah I have a suggestion on my suggestions page that relates to this topic" and then Lindsey or Regina or whoever else would not have to go searching through a thousand different user pages looking for the suggestion page, they could just click the link. I just thought that this might help make thier jobs a little bit easier. Thanks  Krak  en  17:59, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Might want to wait until they're allowed to read them at all, which they are currently not. The reason we're putting suggestions on user pages is that it's a better place to archive stuff that can't presently be used in any offical manner, AFAIK. --Star Weaver 19:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * All suggestions will be in the new feedback namespace if I understand it. I don't think a signature link is going to be necessary. Once it's all finalized, bring it up again if it's relevant, but put it on Guild Wars Wiki talk:Sign your comments which is the appropriate place to propose a policy change. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 19:51, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Template Expression Template - { { ! } } - Not Doin' It Right?
Hey, I'm trying to do something like this on User:Star Weaver/T/ParametricTitlebar but it's ignoring all of the bits inside the if statments no matter what I do. If I remove the outermost { { } } it spits out a line that looks like it should be a valid Progres Bar template useage. Help?

--Star Weaver 22:59, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I don't really get why you're trying to put an #ifexpr: thingy inside a template code, what is it you are trying to accomplish? I'd love to help, but I just can't really see what you're trying to do now... &mdash; Why [[Image:User Why s.png|User talk:Why Are We Fighting]] 23:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a sorta meta-template for building sub-title-name-range sensitive title progress bars. 'Cause I don't want to write a bunch of IFEXPR ranges to do the same thing over and over again with different numbers, and then decide I want to change how they all look/work/something. And cause i'm a wierdo. I've got an idea to get around needing template paramaters inside of if clauses inside of a template, now, though, so I'm-a gonna go hack on that now or somethin ;) --Star Weaver 02:12, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I think the main issue is that you're using the ifexpr inside the template parameters. You could try to put the template and it's parameters inside an ifexpr. That might work, but I'm not sure if it'd accomplish what you're trying to do. Anyway, I've got your page watchlisted so I'll comment there if I get any ideas. Good luck! &mdash; Why [[Image:User Why s.png|User talk:Why Are We Fighting]] 18:06, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, your main issue is parsing order. The wiki software was already in the middle of parsing the progress bar, you can't add to it, and it's not going to go back and re-parse it.  You could possibly go back and embed the whole thing in $($ style brackets to delay processing, or you can move the #ifexprs out.  I prefer the second option --> Check out: User:Scion_Of_Erixalimar/Sand_Box/Title_Progress ... I think that's what you want ;-) [[Image:User_Scion_Of_Erixalimar_SigIcon.png | ]] ~Scion~ [GRIPE]  19:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * wow ... and after all that coding (showing off that I know how a wiki works)...I forgot to sign! fixed!  [[Image:User_Scion_Of_Erixalimar_SigIcon.png | ]] ~Scion~ [GRIPE]  19:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Heh. Anyway, yeah, that's something I was just experimenting with last night actually, using vardefine with the ifexprs and var: in the progress bar. It was causing a parse yark on brace error of some sort when I tested it, and I was too long looking at it to tell where the fneg I had a typo or whatever . . . Thanks :) --Star Weaver 19:43, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I just happened to stare at the code in a background window and found out the parse yark on brace error was caused by this: -- of COURSE it's going to just throw , literally, in there (in this case, in the style string) if it's not defined. I just need a default case. DUUUH. zzz ---Star Weaver 06:17, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

User Images
How can i add a picture to my user page --Valor Of The Fallen 19:24, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I usually do it like this: first add a image link to your page, e.g.:


 * (You need that "User Valor Of The Fallen" in there or someone will rename or delete the image and drop you a link to um, GWW:USER where the naming policy is.)
 * Anyway, put something like that in your page where you want the image and save the page. You'll have a red bit of text you can click, which will take you to the upload page where you can pick the file you want to use. (The name on your computer dosn't have to be the same, but the extention/filetype does; you can use JPG, BMP, PNG, and maybe a couple others). --Star Weaver 19:39, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep in mind that since the most recent upgrade, the correct path would be   rather than   and please use lower case extensions. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 20:10, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Er, we're not supposed to use [[Image:...]] to make images happen anymore? I mean, File:... is the canonical name, but I thought you had to use Image:... to make an image display ...? *confused* --Star Weaver 21:01, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Not since the latest update :) - anja  [[Image:User Anja Astor sig icon.png|talk]] 21:04, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That seems really odd. (Because I would specify thumbnail, pixel size, etc for an image but they aren't properties of files in general. But anyway.) Is there a release notes about this stuff somewhere? :D --Star Weaver 21:37, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Picking a Random Image
Why is it that sometimes I see an old version of an image and sometimes the current one. It even interchanges... Brodly 11:38, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The wiki has some kind of bug related to image caching. It's been like that for a while now. If you have a few you can probably report them to Emily and she'll have it fixed. &mdash; User_Poki_sig.png Poki#3  (talk ) 12:37, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Size of pictures in Table
I'm trying to make a simple overview of my characters. However, because the images a are of different sizes, I can't get them to fit nicely into the Table. As in, the picture of my Monk is a tad larger than my Necro's. Anyone can show me how to do this? Much appreciated. -- Arduinna  17:24, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Try use the following for each table cell:

 ... ...
 * style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | User Arduinna mk full.JPG Morrighan Kinslayer
 * style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | User Arduinna da full.JPG Druantia Arianrhod
 * Maybe that is what you want. poke | talk 21:47, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's already an improvement. I guess the one picture being taller can't be helped, because it was smaller to begin with. Thanks a lot! -- Arduinna [[Image:User_Arduinna_Companionship.jpg|15px|talk]] 22:25, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You can use two dimensions; I think the syntax is 200x400px and such. That will distort the image, though. I reccomend picking a size and formatting all your images to it before uploading, though. You've got more room to crop in your monk image, for example; if you drop about 25px off the top and 35-40px off the bottom (eyeballingish) you'd probably end up with about the same height and the same bottom-foot and top-head distances as your necro. --Star Weaver 17:43, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Will do, thanks for the advice! -- Arduinna [[Image:User_Arduinna_Companionship.jpg|15px|talk]] 21:16, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Multiple Reverts
Hey, tiny question this time. Sometimes I see revert notes along the lines of "Reverted to last good version by [person] on [date]". Is there an automatic thing that creates that line somewhere (I can't find it), or is that done my hand? --Star Weaver 17:46, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's an automatic text created with the rollback function, which only sysops have (atm). - anja  [[Image:User Anja Astor sig icon.png|talk]] 21:51, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ooh. You'd think it would put that text in if you select history such that it says "two intermediate changes hidden" or whatever, and then hit "undo" above that, since I think that's the same functionality. (Or edit old version and save for that matter). Thanks, though :) --Star Weaver 22:10, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You don't choose which revisions to undo with rollback, it just reverts per user. So if the same vandal vandalises one page, it's effective. But if there are several users, it's the same as undo. - anja  [[Image:User Anja Astor sig icon.png|talk]] 11:48, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ahh! Thanks :) --Star Weaver 13:51, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually rollback only works with the newest edits (and previous edits by that user); undo however undoes the selected revision (or at least tries to do that), so when you undo an older revision, MediaWiki tries to change the text so only the change in that revision is undone (things that happened after are still there). And then there is the manual revert where you edit an older revision and save that one. poke | talk 13:54, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Skills Changes
Is there a place which the wiki keeps track of skill changes? It seems to me we should have an archive of skill changes for historical purposes. –   Barinthus  22:35, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Check out the Game updates page.[[Image:User DrogoBoffin sig icon.png|Talk page]] Drogo Boffin 22:40, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Allow me to be more specific. Is there a place on the wiki that maintains skill changes for each individual skill?  For instance if I'm curious about the history of nerfing and buffing for a particular skill... say, Hunter's Shot, is there a place I could look it up.  And no I will not wade through 4 years worth of update notes. – [[Image:User Barinthus Magical Compass.png|19px]]  Barinthus  22:51, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Go to a skill page and click the "history" tab.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 22:59, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * There has been some tries to get separate pages "/History" added for each skill, but it's a painful job to do them and keep them updated so it hasn't got far. - anja  [[Image:User Anja Astor sig icon.png|talk]] 23:15, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Wizardboy - go ahead and research one skill that has been around since prophecies. See how long it takes you to do a complete list of all changes made ever since ;)  Anja - that's too bad but ah well can't be helped I suppose. – [[Image:User Barinthus Magical Compass.png|19px]]  Barinthus  00:51, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Considering this wiki was not established from day one of the game, our update history is not complete for one thing. It would mean going through ALL the game update pages and separate out each skill change individually. It's a relatively monumental task, but it might also be a good project for people that are interested. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 01:40, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok. Anything earlier than that isn't gonna be easy to find on either wiki, but it's not that hard to go through the update archives on guildwars.com and ctrl+f.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 05:12, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

getting our guild on the list of recruiting guilds
we have made a page on wiki for our guild avalons wraiths. we are recruiting and can't figure out how to get our guild on the page of guilds that are recruiting. how do we do this please? thank you Jenniffer Cohen, Guild Leader 69.148.27.161 20:47, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I see you found the category's page. To add your guild's page to the category, though, you need to edit the guild page, and add to it; probably at the end. That will add your page to the category (and add the category to the special category area at the bottom of the guild page.)
 * (If you ever need to make a link to a category page without categorizing the page, you can use Category:Whatever -- and that leading colon works for links to images and such too, anything you want as text that normally isn't :). ) --Star Weaver 20:54, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Guild page image
is there any way of implimenting an image as a background rather than just a bold colour?--madhatter 13:26, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Also Guild:The Wolf Pirates is undergoing an massive reconstruction and will need to be moved to a new namepage but the wolf pirates is still part of the alliance so will become a 'member guild'

mainly want to do the above to keep everything up to date --madhatter 14:00, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Regarding your image question, I believe I've seen this done somewhere, I was trying to recall where exactly, without much luck I'm afraid. I'm pretty sure it's possible, but I'm personally not very adept in wikipedia coding. Perhaps, you should check editing help. After a brief scan of [the image help section], I didn't find anything to help answer your question. May I ask why you want an image as a background? There may be a much easier way to do what you'd like.~ Ryuu Desu [[Image:User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png]][  Talk | Contributions  ] 18:24, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * See here for how to do a background image. As for a guild page being moved, I don't understand. To rename a guild, you have to disband, which means the old guild page will be archived to historical status, and a new page created with the new name. I don't see why a move is necessary. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 19:13, 28 May 2009 (UTC)


 * thanks to noth of you for getting back to me as far as the renameing thing gose im going to leave as is and just update the contents as it just seems too much hastle well more that i can cope with at the moment lol

thanks for the link wyn i will have a look at it --madhatter 19:20, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * There's always the History Tab if you want a copy of your old page. -- Alex [[Image:User_AlexEternal_Mr_Bear.jpg|19px]]Eternal 19:55, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Header Template in Userpage and Subpages
I'd like to use a header or footer template that shows up in my Userpage and all subspace pages (optional: except when disabled like ). Except I don't want to put an extra everywhere (i'm lazy) Is this possible? And if so, how? -- Karasu (talk) 17:17, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I don't think it's possible to include a page without an include tag. - anja  [[Image:User Anja Astor sig icon.png|talk]] 06:18, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but the wiki software is not omniscient. :) If you want it to include something, you have to actually include it. [[Image:User Aiiane-a.gif|Go to Aiiane's Talk page]] (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 07:34, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Too bad.. I guess that means I'll be minor adding a few bytes to each page then. Thx for the response! --[[Image:User_Karasu_sig.png|19px]] Karasu (talk) 07:50, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

my guild
i cant find my guild i typed in our tag ( [FeaR] ) i forgot the name and dont have access to guild wars right now to check it is there a way i can find my guild if there is a page on wiki? --68.109.65.221
 * To search guild you have to put Guild:(guild Name Here). For example Guild:Gems Of Destiny.[[Image:User DrogoBoffin sig icon.png|Talk page]] Drogo Boffin 01:56, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You can also just open up your F10 menu in game and click on the link for your guild. If your guild has a wiki page, it will open, or it will open a Guild page creation screen. Of course that means having access to Guild Wars, I really must get my glasses checked. :P--[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 02:03, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Go to Guild_Wars_Wiki:List_of_guilds_by_tag and ctrl+f for your guild's tag. If you guild's page was created in the last week or two it won't be listed there, though.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 02:41, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Wizardboy777's solution will only work if you changed the page's text from [TAG] to [FeaR]. The only search result I got using his approach was Guild:Fear Corridor (historical). --[[Image:User PoA Sig.png|Talk]] Antioch 02:55, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

userboxes and categorie-pages
How can I create a userbox with a categorie-page? Like.

Me and at least 2 other GWW-member want to create a categorie to. Are we able/allowed to do so? -- Yullive 18:22, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * First you need to make the category itself, and then you need to link it to the user box. What text would you like to relate to the link? I can do it later, or perhaps someone else can assist you, but I'm off lunch break. If you still need help in about three hours, drop me a message on my talk page. Otherwise, I'm sure someone else will be happy to assist you. ~ Ryuu Desu [[Image:User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png]][  Talk | Contributions  ] 18:25, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, it if it wasn't made clear, yes you are indeed allowed to do so. Again, I must be off, but if no one else does, I'll do this / help you in about three hours. ~ Ryuu Desu [[Image:User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png]][  Talk | Contributions  ] 18:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * add on the end of the "info" section. If you want a link then use Text you want to act as link and place it in the correct place (so if you wanted "reinvolved" to be the link you'd have: "The Ritualist needs a greater change to get reinvolved in the gameplay of Guild Wars" . ~PheNaxKian [[Image:User_PheNaxKian_sig.jpg]]  Talk  18:36, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I created a small test-page on my personal sandbox. ^^.
 * 1. The link in the text doesn't work. I made it the same way I did it with

What did I wrong?
 * 2. How to create a category anyway?
 * 3. Will we still need the whole code for the userbox, or can we use a short one, like the "Ritualist by nature" ?
 * -- [[Image:User_Yullive_Consume_Soul.png]] Yullive 19:43, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Created the user box template as well as the corresponding category; see here for the template, as well as here for the category which the user box relates to, to add this user box to your user page simply add the following line   if you'd like an explanation on how I did this, feel free to ask me on my talk page. ~  Ryuu Desu [[Image:User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png]][  Talk | Contributions  ] 23:01, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. -- [[Image:User_Yullive_Consume_Soul.png]] Yullive 23:23, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Replaced on Original Poster's message with template's content cause Help:Ask a wiki question should not be listed under Category:Users who favor ritualists. :P --NIN37 23:53, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I thought the help-side is Ritualist by nature. :p No, I'm sry about that. -- [[Image:User_Yullive_Consume_Soul.png]] Yullive 23:57, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Item Icon
I'm trying to fix Template:Item_icon but somehow it doesn't work correctly. All text after is in a box and breaks the page. Help pl0x? -- Karasu (talk) 15:14, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Although I prolly did it the hard way.[[Image:User DrogoBoffin sig icon.png|Talk page]] Drogo Boffin 17:05, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sweet! Let's test it.., ,
 * EPIC ^^ --[[Image:User_Karasu_sig.png|19px]] Karasu (talk) 17:41, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

External images
I'm trying to use the following code for: User:Karasu/Template:Item_info though it wouldn't let me use style="background-image: url(http://wiki.guildwars.com/images/9/9c/Item_ml.gir);" I guess including "external" images is disabled on the wiki, but is there a way around this? I uploaded all the background-images on the wiki. -- Karasu (talk) 16:34, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I tried using Item_tm.gif but somehow the width (284) is set to 1px. Unlike stated here. This also isn't a solution for its use as a background. On another note how can I remove the redirects when I use ***.***]] ?--[[Image:User_Karasu_sig.png Karasu (talk) 16:47, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You should be able to use an external image with your personal .css, but I don't think you can get it to show one for everyone unless external image hotlinking is enabled. And you'd want 284px5px, not 284x5px, iirc.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 16:56, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Apparently external images are disabled. It's ***x***px and ***px, not ***px***px. Otherwise it'll be used as a title. --[[Image:User_Karasu_sig.png|19px]] Karasu (talk) 17:59, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Template IF table
How does   work? I'm trying   to say: IF A is not empty, print A between brackets. This doesn't seem to work ( =/ ) I'd have to use the same method for another part: if a != null, print      -- <font color="Black">Karasu  (talk) 17:50, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Nevermind that.. I fixed it using to state I want to search on empty strings and everything is working. --[[Image:User_Karasu_sig.png|19px]] <font color="Black">Karasu  (talk) 18:02, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Fonts
Is there a page saying which fonts you are allowed to use for your signature? I can't seem to find any page and there's a HTML problem whenever I try changing my signature font. Assassin Warrior 01:36, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * What font are you trying to use? --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 01:45, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I just picked out random fonts from Word...I wanted to see what it would look like. Some examples are "Ravie" and "Rockwell" and stuff like that. Assassin Warrior User Assassin Warrior sig.png 01:50, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Fonts will only show up for other users if they have those fonts installed on their systems as well. You might want to take a look at this page, or google "web safe fonts," for some fonts that you can be sure most people will see. Also, it might be a good idea to change your font colour to something other than yellow, as it's very hard to read on a white background, which most people use in their browsers. ;) -- ★ KOKUOU ★ 01:54, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Anchor
Could we implement the Anchor template? Or is there already another solution? It would help greatly with articles such as Inscription, that way redirects can automatically go to the correct item instead of having to look in the list. Currently redirects only go to headlines (i think). -- <font color="Black">Karasu (talk) 10:49, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * will make http://wikiurl#blah go to where the span tag is on the page. I did this on the skill bugs page because the icons in the headers made the section links not work correctly.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 18:14, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Owkay.. Thank you! I think i'll use that for now. I'll add the anchor template myself to make it easier ^.^ --[[Image:User_Karasu_sig.png|19px]] <font color="Black">Karasu (talk) 19:28, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Template is implemented. All we have to do is redo the redirects and add anchors to the articles. --[[Image:User_Karasu_sig.png|19px]] <font color="Black">Karasu (talk) 19:47, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

resizeing a picture
how do u resize a picture because i wont to make my character pictures 150 × 339 thats size but cant find any info on how to do so? --Nick123 13:54, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You have to use an external application, like Microsoft Paint for example. &mdash; User_Poki_sig.png Poki#3  (<font color="#8B0000">talk ) 16:06, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * kk ty --Nick123 16:29, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * File_name.jpg ? --NIN37 21:36, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Player events
Hello.

I may have to make a public announcement about a player driven event in the days to come. Is there a page dedicated to such events in this wiki ? What would be the most approriate page to post stuff like this ? An answer before the 20th of this month would be greatly appreciated. Yseron - 90.9.254.124 15:16, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Just make a page for the event, like any other page, and tag is with community hosted event. You can look how other event pages look at Category:Community hosted events. &mdash; User_Poki_sig.png Poki#3  (<font color="#8B0000">talk ) 16:21, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. Yseron - 90.9.254.124 16:23, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

User name policy?
Is there a user name policy? See Special:Log/newusers if you're wondering why I'm asking. Freedom Bound 19:12, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No, there is not. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 20:24, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Any particular reason why there isn't? Freedom Bound 21:18, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Is there any reason why there should be? -- [[Image:User Brains12 circle sig.png|18px|]] Brains12 \ talk 21:20, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, yeah, I fail to see how "Sick Fuck" is a reasonable name for a user on a site that supposedly reflects the GW community, in which game such a name would be soundly rejected. Freedom Bound 22:14, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * There isn't any user name policy because no one has bothered to propose one. The policy proposal process is explained at Guild Wars Wiki:Policy. -- [[Image:User Gordon Ecker sig.png]] Gordon Ecker (talk) 07:05, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you Gordon, that's what I wanted to know (whether or not it had been brought up before). Freedom Bound 11:30, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Also at the moment such things are up to the sysop discretion to decide what name is inappropriate and what not; so if you register at the wiki with an inappropriate name, and you are not the only one who would think that, you can be sure that you will be blocked :) poke | talk 21:40, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

HOW DO I CREATE A PAGE FOR MY GUILD????
i just wna know how i create a page for my guild if any1 could tell me plz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 * See Help:Creating a guild page. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 07:16, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * As Wyn mentioned, follow those guidelines. Also, a simpler and more ACCURATE way to initially create your guild page is to log into Guild Ears, log on with any character, press f10, scroll down to the "guilds" section (the very bottom), select your guild's name, allow the link to minimize your GW and open up in you browser, and then click "create guild page" when prompted. - L ena™  [[Image:User_Lena_Sig.png]] talk 12:52, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Account hacked?
My WIKI account was hacked (lol, I don't think I have even 5,000 edits) and I can't log in, had to get a new password and am now receiving lots of spam (apparently from myself...). Just a bit concerned about security. This is Gah, just waiting for new password...

But really, why would anyone bother trying to get my wiki account? lol... --174.99.112.190 18:33, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * ...and the new password I requested isn't working... --174.99.112.190 18:35, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You know, I had that same thing happen (the new password not working). I ended up remembering my original password, so I forgot all about it. Not that it helps you or anything, just wanted you to know that you are not alone. Freedom Bound 18:39, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Wish whoever decided to take my account had been stupid enough not to change the password. --174.99.112.190 18:42, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, NOW the temp. decides to work. -- <font color="Black">Gah [[Image:User Gah My Name Cant Fi Echomending.jpg|19px]] Eat my uber regen.  18:45, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Might be a good idea to report this. -- [[Image:User Brains12 circle sig.png|18px|]] Brains12 \ talk 19:20, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Signatures
How do I put images into my signature and change the font? --Phnzdvn 04:47, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Add the appropriate code in your account preferences.  User Phnzdvn sig.png Phnzdvn   replacing Fontname with the appropriate font. Then select the Use Raw signature box. Then use the link that will create to upload your signature icon. See GWW:SIGN for more details. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 04:53, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It says I have an invalid raw signature and to check my HTMl tags... this is what I put in  what did I do?  --&#91;&#91;File:User Phnzdvn sig.jpg&#124;19px&#93;&#93; &#91;&#91;User:Phnzdvn&#124;&lt;span style:&quot;font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;&quot;&gt;Phnzdvn&lt;/span&gt;&#93;&#93; 20:26, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Did you select the Use raw signature box? --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 20:34, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes! --&#91;&#91;File:User Phnzdvn sig.jpg&#124;19px&#93;&#93; &#91;&#91;User:Phnzdvn&#124;&lt;span style:&quot;font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;&quot;&gt;Phnzdvn&lt;/span&gt;&#93;&#93; 20:30, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ooops.. my bad... should be  <span style="....  not  <span style:"....  Sorry! --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 20:34, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries. Thanks for the help.  --User Phnzdvn sig.jpg  Phnzdvn  20:36, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Templates language ?
Where can I find full documentation of syntax, grammar, reserved words of template language ?Elephant 13:48, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * GWW:TEMPLATES? Or are you looking for even more detail? Freedom Bound 13:54, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I needed more details. I finally found what I needed http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions Elephant 14:12, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Might others find it useful? Perhaps a link could be added on the GWW page. Freedom Bound 14:21, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Magic words could be helpful as well.. poke | talk 15:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, now I'm confused. He was looking for template language, those two links were deemed helpful (one by you), so I thought they would be good for the see also. What did I miss? Freedom Bound 15:52, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Guild Wars Wiki:Formatting/Templates is a formatting guide on how pages in the template namespace should be formatted to give enough information for the users. It has nothing to do with how templates work or what they can do; there is not even one word about how you write template code on there.
 * In general all pages on the wiki can work as templates. Templates are basically just pages that are included somewhere. Additionally when you include pages, you can provide parameters and such. But how that works is a bit explained on Help:Templates. The rest is basic wiki editing knowledge which is explained on Help:Editing, on that page there is also a link to meta's help on templates. That should provide every details that are related to templates.
 * Help:Extension:ParserFunctions and Help:Magic words on MediaWiki.org however explain just two things of wiki code. The one is the about the ParserFunctions extension and the other is about built-in Magic words. Both of that can be used anywhere on the wiki, and is not limited or directly related to templates. poke | talk 16:29, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * That makes perfect sense, thanks. Freedom Bound 16:33, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Priest of Balthazar Item Unlocks - Discrepancies Between Wiki and Game
I'm not sure if this is more a question about wiki or the game, but this seemed the best place to ask. My main GW account has all three campaigns and EotN. I have two alternate accounts, one with Prophecies and one with Prophecies and Factions. There are some discrepancies between what's listed here as "core" items and what I see in game on my alt accounts. Some examples from the recent threads I saw on Guru are Rune of Recovery and Prismatic Insignia. Folks there were confused as to why their accounts without NF didn't have these at the Priest. Wiki lists them as core, but they aren't at the Priest on either of my alt accounts. I've made a big long post/list of the differences on my talk page (http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_talk:LicensedLuny) because I wasn't sure where it should go and it seemed too long to put here. Does anyone know if the missing items are supposed to be core? (In other words, is the wiki wrong or is GW wrong?) It would also be nice if some pro users here would comment on if and how to go about updating the individual item pages. Feel free to move it or copy it from my talk page if there's a more appropriate place to put it. Thanks! LicensedLuny 03:10, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I have added a link to your talk page on Guild Wars Wiki:Requests for comment, so this should attract some more users. I find this really interesting, as we had different definitions of "core" before. poke | talk 07:24, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I hadn't noticed that page or I might've put this there first.  I've also asked on Regina's talk page if there could be confirmation from ANet that everything is as they intended it to be.  http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_talk:Regina_Buenaobra#Questions_on_Discrepancies_with_the_.22core.22_Status_of_Priest_of_Balthazar_Unlock_Items  If there were different definitions of "core" in the past, it would help begin to explain why some of this looks so weird.  Although, it still seems like the final resolution should be to update the item pages somehow.  LicensedLuny 00:53, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

HELP! PLEASE! :)
I am totally new to Wiki, and wanted to join and help, BUTTTT I do not know HTML, or Java. So can anyone help me out somehow? anyone know any good training sites or anything to hlep me understand this language!? Please! AlcamiLord 07:27, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Wikicode uses some elements of html and nothing at all from Java. Here, read this. Felix Omni 07:36, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Guild Wars Wiki:Welcome to the wiki, Help:Editing, Help:Contents. poke | talk 07:38, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Guild Wars Wiki:How to help --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 08:39, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Copyvio question
Would it be a copyvio if an image included a picture of someone from a television show? I've seen the copyvio tagging on logos and such, but just the person? Can you copyright the simple image of an actor?--  anguard  22:38, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Short answer, yes, you can CR it (or something like that), so you cannot post such image here.
 * Long answer is placed somewhere in the mediawiki portal (or was the CC portal?), in relation to CC-by (i think) and image usage.
 * The person whose image appears on a photography is considered also part of the contributors, so derivated works from such image cannot be released under GFDL if that person didn't grant explicit permission for it (ie. this image, since she uploaded it herself, so it's assumed as released under GFDL...).--Fighterdoken 23:41, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I didn't understand the long answer at all, but the short one did enough, thanks!-- [[Image:User_Vanguard_VanguardLogo.png|19px]] anguard  00:36, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Forgotten password
Hello, this is user: oewumi. I havent' been able to access my account the last day or so and I was wondering if it was still up or not. I would like to retrieve my password, but I dont' see a link saying anything remotely close to "forgotten password" so I decided to note that on here. If you can please contact me as soon as possible. I do not wish to display my email on here to avoid spam and I believe you have it already. If you can please send me a link via email to retrieve or reset my password. Thank you for your time. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.208.71.180 (talk).
 * When you click log in / create account at the top on the right, enter your username and then hit "E-mail new password". You may have to wait a bit for the new password to take effect. Freedom Bound 11:38, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Question regarding election participation requirements
I'm well aware of the edit count requirement to participate in elections on GWW any way, shape, or form; but I have a simple question. One, is there any way to quickly check if you meet the requirement? (I don't have to start counting my contributions, do I? ~_~) And for that matter, I know that every edit in the non-talkspace doesn't count, for example multiple convention fixes in the same article done in multiple edits. Those collect together to only count as one edit, right? How might I go about properly counting edits to see if I meet the requirement? (Although I'm somewhat certian that I do indeed not meet them, it would be nice to find out.) Thanks in advance. ~ Ryuu Desu [  Talk | Contributions  ] 18:12, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If you use firefox, place this into your address bar  and it will load your contributions for each namespace.  Oh yeah, poke made it.  -- Shadowphoenix  [[Image:User Shadowphoenix Necromancer.png|19x19px]] 18:28, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I use firefox at home, so I'll check in a few hours. Thanks. ~ Ryuu Desu [[Image:User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png]][  Talk | Contributions  ] 20:39, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You are allowed to vote, you already have > 100 edits in the main namepace. poke | talk 20:41, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks Poke. ~ ''Ryuu' [[Image:User_Ryuu_Desu_Sig.png|18px]][  Talk | Contributions  ] 00:25, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * any chance u can find out how many i have pokey? --Nick123 20:20, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Is your copy/paste finger broken Nicky? And no, you do not have enough qualifying contributions to vote. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 20:24, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Doesn't matter if his copypaste finger is broken is he uses a browser that doesn't support poke's code :p  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 20:40, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * the code didnt work when i tryed it wyn --Nick123 13:38, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

How can I close my wiki account?
Is it possible?-- BVt  21:30, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No, wiki accounts can't be deleted. You can just go inactive, though.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 21:39, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I may consider that. Thanks!-- BVt  21:44, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

License switch
As i stated a few weeks ago on some talks pages around here, the last version of GFDL permit a one time migration to a compatible CC license.

I need to know for certain if this wiki is going to take that opportunity or not. I need this information for June 19 (that is, tomorrow). I'm sorry i dont have time to try to find this myself using the stupid mediawiki search engine (no offense meant; search ability are bad on all wikis).

Thanks for any help. TulipVorlax 01:48, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No, we won't go that way and stay with GFDL :) poke | talk 07:25, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply. That is was i tough.
 * You can look at this page if you want know why this information was needed. TulipVorlax 16:49, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

User Page Categories
Hey. I was just wondering, if you view my user page, and scroll down to the bottom, you will see that it shows a list of categories. I was just wondering, how do I get rid of them? I have done it before, and it was to do with the templates I am using. I was able to edit them to my will and get rid of the categories that showed up a while ago, and with this new template (this one), I am not sure what part of it is making the categories show up. If you're allowed, can someone please edit it just so that the categories don't come up on my user page, hide them if you will? If you must create new pages to copy and paste the userbox templates into them just to get rid of the categories bit, please just do so.

Cheers! <font color="Black">-- § <font color="Red">Lacky <font color="Black">§   Talk 08:36, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


 * The are added by adding userboxes, to get rid of them, get rid of the userboxes, or change from the templates, to the raw userbox code and remove the categorization parts. You shouldn't change mainspace templates, as that will affect everyone who uses them, and most people who use userboxes do so to BE categorized with people who share the same interests, that's what userboxes are for.--[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 08:43, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I know that they are added by the userboxes. I wasn't asking for someone to change the mainspace templates, I was asking if someone could please change the template in MY userspace (link above) to get rid of the category rankings. <font color="Black">-- § <font color="Red">Lacky <font color="Black">§  [[Image:User_Lacky_sig.png|My Contributions]] Talk 09:48, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

can i use this to get armours in the game? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:99.167.79.217 (talk).
 * No you can't use user page categories or userboxes or templates to get armour in-game. -- [[Image:User Gordon Ecker sig.png]] Gordon Ecker (talk) 05:04, 21 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Resolved: I figured out how to get rid of the Category links at the bottom of my userpage! <font color="Black">-- § <font color="Red">Lacky <font color="Black">§  [[Image:User_Lacky_sig.png|My Contributions]] Talk 04:43, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Delete user image
how or where to request a deletion for a user image ? Elephant 19:44, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Simply attach a deletion tag to the image in question. [[Image:User Defiant Elements Sig Image.JPG|19x19px]]  *Defiant Elements*   +talk  19:52, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't forget to add a specific reason. U1 is appropriate for most user pages/images. See Guild Wars Wiki:Deletion policy for more details :) // HeavenMonkey [[Image:User HeavenMonkey signature.png]] 20:00, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 *  <font color="Black">-- § <font color="Red">Lacky <font color="Black">§  [[Image:User_Lacky_sig.png|My Contributions]] Talk 01:53, 22 June 2009 (UTC)