User talk:Ab.er.rant

Having troubles.
Hi, I used to have a Wiki account but then it accidentally got deleted. On the old account I had many pictures that I had found off the GWW site, but I cannot find that page anymore. The page was a blank page with many different links that lead to images. You might not know what i am talking about, but if you do, can you please help me find that page. Thank you. (If I have not entered this in the correct format, I am sorry, I haven't been on in a while.) --User:Zaroc The Evil
 * Your wiki account cannot get deleted. Your user page may get deleted if it violated policy in some ways, but they're usually trimmed or edited rather than removed entirely. I can help you find that page, but only if you actually tell me the name of the page you're looking for or the name of your previous account. -- ab.er. rant [[Image:User Ab.er.rant Sig.png| ]] 15:38, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

(Fits the headline, but not the resulting topic, so new topic, same headline :P) It seems that you are (from reading this) in favor of proper mechanical and technical categorization, so I have a question/possible favor. I am butting heads with some people on this: Wyn, who honestly seems to try to be helpful to people, and Shard (judging by his posts on many different talk pages) who appears to think anyone who doesn't know or think the way he (I am guessing he) does is effectively brain-dead, and should be beaten until senseless about it, and some others as well.

Anyway, the question/disagreement is over the adding of a couple of relevant categories to certain pages, specifically Category:NPCs with elite skill and Category:Drops unique. I am for the use of these categories, and have expressed my reasons on the specific talk pages, although the same points cover both, in my mind.

My "favor", if you happen to agree with my argument for having these categories, is to have you post your opinion on the respective talk pages, and help keep these applicable and relevant categories in use.

I'd like to copy elements of your characters page

 * Is that alright? --Chiaro 03:10, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure is :) -- ab.er. rant [[Image:User Ab.er.rant Sig.png| ]] 05:55, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Font question
Is there a list of usable fonts (e.g.:Ariel, Verdana, Kristen ITC...), or something along the lines of that? Or is there a certain type of rule, like "all fonts in Word 2003"? I'm trying to create a page, and I need the font to be different. Tried searching through user signatures, but couldn't find one that didn't bother the eyes too much in large amounts of text. Thanks in advance. Titani  Ertan   22:50, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There isn't such a list. Fonts are restricted by what available on the reader's computer. If you want your page to be seen by everyone as you designed it, then you're gonna have to limit yourself to fonts that are usually found on most Windows machines. -- ab.er. rant [[Image:User Ab.er.rant Sig.png| ]] 03:05, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Guild Archived?
Hi, my pve guild page has been archived. Listed as no known guild of that, which isn't true. We have a number of active members who play everyday. How can I get that page reinstated? The guild is Sliver Wings [Wing]. Thanks. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.21.232.40 (talk).
 * I'll reinstate it. The archival of old guild pages is just a mechanism we use to try and filter out guilds that may no longer exist or are inactive. -- ab.er. rant [[Image:User Ab.er.rant Sig.png| ]] 03:05, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

New version of the Progress bar template
Hi! This is still a "beta" version, so I put it in my userspace: User:Funky Jah/Templates/Progress bar evolved. I would really appreciate your feedback on this before moving it to the template namespace. Please put down any remark on the template's discussion page, so that I can handle the changes I will probably have to make. Thanks. --Funky Jah (talk) 13:09, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Navigation Templates
Here there is a question about wrapping in the navigation templates (seems to only impact IE8). Do you think you could assist in a resolution? --Freedom Bound 19:07, 17 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Freedom, I posted a response to this comment in the talk page you referenced. Hope that helps.  42 -  talk  20:04, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Did you
Make this? -- ne shot  12:37, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope. I don't use Mac. Notice that guy doesn't have neither the "80" suffix nor the 2 dots in the name :D -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 00:36, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, it could have been. =P --[[Image:User Oneshot O.JPG|19px]] ne shot  09:22, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Pass
Hi! I have forgotten the password. Used password restoration, but it has not come. Has passed 30-37 hours. In a support service I have addressed but there all are silent and are silent. Help me! --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 94.141.173.79 (talk).
 * Sorry, me and the other users here on this wiki are not employed by ArenaNet so we can't help you. You will need to contact . When you say "there all are silent", I assume that you already did raise a support issue? Wait a few days for the support staff to reply, but if they don't, send another; just remember to quote the previous support issue number. You will find more info on the FAQ. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 05:34, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

October 2009 bureaucrat election
You probably won't notice unless someone pings you on your talk page; so here I am: You were nominated. poke | talk 16:33, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * You're right, I didn't notice :D Thanks. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 00:54, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * On a related note, i think being out of touch with the community would be actually a pretty good reason for running for bureaucrat. Guaranteed neutrality :).--Fighterdoken 01:01, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Well... that's true I suppose, but there are better candidates up for grabs I think. Those a bit more passionate about this community atm. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 01:04, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Guardian Henchman
you redirected it to itself... &mdash; Balistic  03:41, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I know, fixed it already. Thanks for noticing. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 03:42, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I want to steal your userpage.
But its so damn complicated. Wanna make is simpler for me? DarkMugen 17:07, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Heh, sorry, I went a little overboard with templating. Basically, each major section (i.e. box) is one template. Then the black bars are a template too, so I can modify all of them with one edit (but... I never did). You can start by copying the whole thing from my main user page, and then filling in the missing ones as you go. You can see a list of pages in my namespace from this, but it's easier to copy the main page and then just copy missing pages one by one. That way, you'll be able to see how the templates fit together (and how better to do any changes you'd want). -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 23:54, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Or you can use the code, the templates output, and use that as your base. I have expanded the templates [ here], so you can simply press edit and see the whole code :) That is probably easier than browsing through complicated templates. poke | talk 10:31, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Interesting... I'm curious as to how exactly did you expand it... -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 13:44, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I believe there was a special page for expanding templates before, but this time I did it with "action=raw&templates=expand" as parameters to index.php. poke | talk 20:39, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice. Didn't know that. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 23:33, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Is there a difference?
When you change Image: to File:? - J.P. Talk  09:40, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope, no functional difference; at least afaik. It's just the more appropriately-named namespace introduced in MediaWiki 1.14. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 09:56, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

If my account ever actually contributes like that
Go ahead and perma-ban me, I've lost my mind, or I've been hacked. -- FreedomBound  20:14, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Good thing you noticed :D, sorry bout that. I suck at history trawling. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 07:45, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
^ --  Lacky 22:45, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Same to you! -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 03:33, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Have a Happy and a Merry! &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 00:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Cheers! -- [[Image:User_Lacky_Blue_Paw_Sig.png|15px|My Talk]] Lacky 01:59, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

New Drop/Salvage Research Project
After noting that drop research has been almost non-existent since 2007 and quite often presented in different manners I have just begun a shiny new drop/salvage project and was hoping that I could maybe attain your assistance as one of the major contributors of this information (or at least your support or comments on my proposals). The project can be found Here

Many thanks in advance for your time. Dakota 23:30, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Are user page edits minor edits?
Asking you because this page said I could ^_^. Is there an unofficial policy on marking edits to user pages as "minor?" I feel like I should, as such edits are secondary in importance to GW content edits, and may be readily excluded from the "Recent changes" section by those seeking to keep up on more important (less unimportant?) edits to the wiki. The minor edit page seems to imply that if an edit is not likely to be disputed, it may be marked as minor. So, is marking edits to user pages as "minor " a matter of preference? P.S. This is a matter of truly minor importance, but thanks for your help anyway. -- Threid  08:50, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * By convention, user namespace edits are marked minor. Some users also mark talk page edits as minor as well. Content changes are minor for "small changes" but "small changes" was never defined for this wiki so whether an edit is marked minor or not is of small issue on this wiki. Personally, my preferences has minor edit marked by default. I only unmark it if I'm making large changes to an article such as adding new stuff, rewriting paragraphs or reorganising content. Hope that helps :) -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 13:25, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * That makes sense to me; thanks. I'll continue to mark user and talk page edits as minor. -- Threid User Threid sigicon.png 19:53, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Strange edit on Wintersday Gift/Drop rate
http://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=Wintersday_Gift/Drop_rate&diff=prev&oldid=1858847 and the next http://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=Wintersday_Gift/Drop_rate&diff=next&oldid=1858847

Some IP (maybe yourself) "updated" the values, but suddenly an undocumented change happens: your name switches to Raven! It looks like a change was deleted in between? -- Karasu (talk) 12:30, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Aber's and that IP's edits were in completely different lines, so I don't really see a combination. And I guess the IP was just Raven updating his drops without logging in first. poke | talk 15:33, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * There is no user Raven. And you're correct - I thought the IP edited Ab.er.rant's line and somehow the name changed xD nevermind then.. --[[Image:User_Karasu_sig.png|19px]] Karasu (talk) 18:57, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Guild catagorized as historical?
Our guild has been active with active players similar to the one post. Kindly reinstate? Thank you much in advance..Fellowship of the Realm (FotR).64.75.207.142 23:52, 8 January 2010 (UTC)Kotr Ranger Jed
 * I moved it back for you, you'll find it here. You may want to take note of the guild policy, including the criteria that resulted in your guilds move to historical status. Also, if you register an account, you can move pages yourself, if it happens in the future. -- FreedomBound [[Image:User_Freedom_Bound_Sig.png|19px]] 23:56, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Can I?
Can I please steal your page? |Killer  de mon  01:06, 9 January 2010 (UTC) – alistic 01:08, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hint hint "If you would like to copy elements of my user page, I would appreciate a note and credit for it. Thanks."
 * I would consider this talk page section to be the note. ={P [[Image:User_Felix_Omni_Signature.png]]elix Omni 01:49, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Stolen! lol. |<font color="#000000">Killer  <font color="#000000">de <font color="#000000">mon [[Image:User Killer demon User-Killer demon.jpg|19px]] 12:14, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yea, it's fine. I just would like to know if you're gonna use it so I can see what you'll do with it and see if I steal it back ;) -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 00:54, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Sig Images
Is there a special reason you deleted my sig image? Wth? ''' Ba tt le Sa ge 07:28, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It was marked as not being in use for almost 2 weeks and I didn't notice it being in use. Were you using it? If so, sorry about that. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 07:41, 14 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I just went through the logs. The file was marked on the 23rd last month and you used it once on Christmas. I suspect it's a cache issue as I didn't notice a "what links here" link. Anyway, I managed to restore it (assuming that you did want it restored right?). -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 07:44, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
Betcha feel old, huh?<font color="Black"> --  <font color="#0104C6">Lacky 08:14, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't remind me!! :p Thanks! -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 08:16, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! -- Cyan [[Image:User Cyan Light sig.jpg|19px]] 08:41, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * One more year closer to dying
 * Rotting organs ripping grinding
 * Biological discordance
 * Birthday equals self-abhorance
 * Happy birthday Ab.er.rant. You're gonna die. Thanks! NuVII  [[Image:User NuclearVII signature 3.jpg|19x19px]] 11:02, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Happy birthday! &mdash; Why [[Image:User Why s.png|User talk:Why]] 12:55, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Happy Birthday, Aber :) poke | talk 13:42, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * ^ Reaper of Scythes ** User Reaper of ScythesJuggernaut1.png 20:11, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Happy Birthday Aber, hope you had a good one :) -- Kakarot [[Image:User Kakarot Sig.gif|Talk]] 22:38, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Happy birthday :> –  Emmett  22:49, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Happy Birthday :P -- Nick 123  User Nick123 sig.jpg 22:59, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * User Brains12 cake.png]] – [[File:User Balistic Pve B d-dark.jpg<font color="#7777cc">alistic 23:01, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Thx all :) -- ab.er. rant  01:26, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Page Layout Thanks
I borrowed it, so here's my thanks. It's not done yet, but you get the idea. [= --Jepjr at StrategyWiki
 * ^_^ Sure -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 01:32, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

UBX creation
i noticed your UBX page that details what to put in a UBX to get it to do what you want, but my question is in the creation of the UBX itself. I have noticed that everyones UBX tracks back to them based on the name. what i am trying to do is create my own so i dont have to keep using other peoples stuff. Can you please enlighten me on that part of it? much appriciated. --Harbingerofdoom 20:04, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm going to assume that UBX is userbox; I haven't heard that acronym before. I'm also unsure what you mean by "tracks by to them based on the name". My userbox template is at User:Ab.er.rant/T/Userbox. Essentially, it's just a page that's in my user space, hence my user page name being the prefix of the userbox page name. I assume that's what you mean when you said you don't want to refer to another person's username. It's actually simpler to just use something another person has created as it saves you the trouble, of course, the problem is when that template gets changed without you noticing. If you want to create your own subpages, simply type in the name you want following your username, for example "User:Harbingerofdoom/Mypagetemplate" or something. It's just like creating any other page. You can copy wholly or partially someone else's templates and then start playing around with it and see how it works. Hope that helps. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 01:11, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Fixing feedback talk
Hi Ab.er.rant, thanks for deleting that redirect. Unfortunately, somewhere in the mix, both the "right" page, and the "wrong" page got talk page edits, so I couldn't move the talk page to the correct location. Since they both have a history now, do they need to be merged somehow? (Referring to Feedback talk:User/Ashestokisses/Underworld and Feedback talk:User/ashestokisses/Underworld, by the way). <font color="Black">-- <font color="#0104C6">FreedomBound  12:24, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, merging can be done, mostly by moving to a new page, and then overwriting, and then undeleting the original revisions. The second talk page doesn't seem all that important and wouldn't it be simpler to just copy-paste it over? -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 12:32, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It would. I didn't really look at the contents of the second page. <font color="Black">-- <font color="#0104C6">FreedomBound [[Image:User_Freedom_Bound_Sig.png|19px]] 12:34, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Orim_Elkel .. this is most curious to me, how did that page come about in the first place? You see, thats the name of one of my characters, I came across it on google and had a wtf moment, can you enlighten me? Best hopes, Daniel Frozenwind 23:40, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, according to the revision log, it was created by User:Zora and marked as a future update to the game. He/She added some dialogue and noted that Orim is a Costume Maker. No explanation or reason was given as to why he/she created that page, so it was subsequently deleted. So you may want to ask Zora about it. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 23:45, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Frozenwind 23:48, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Delete jpg file
How do I delete a jpg file that was uploaded by mistake? Sorry, not sure who else to ask, and you had left a comment on my user page a long time ago so I thought maybe you would know. Oldmonk 04:29, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, only an admin can perform deletions. You can tag a page or pic for deletion by editing it and placing this on it:.
 * See delete for more info. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 05:50, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Election
You are (again) nominated. Maybe I should know better, but I just wanted to give it another try. -- Cyan  08:21, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but I hardly bother with the wiki anymore, so that kind of makes a poor candidate don't ya think? -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 08:29, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I already thought something like that. So I thinks its the best thing to stop electing you? =P -- Cyan [[Image:User Cyan Light sig.jpg|19px]] 11:45, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it'll take GW2 to get back into the wiki scene. I'm too lazy to keep an eye on wiki developments anymore (busy with facebook and pc games, lol). -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 01:30, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Busy with facebook? o.O poke | talk 10:24, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yea, all those danged addictive flash games! ;) It's what happens when you mostly get several half-hour, 1-hour intervals for your daily leisure on the pc. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 10:32, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Go Castle Age, Yoville, Fishville, Treasure Isle, Vamire Wars, Farmville and others! *addicted* -- Cyan [[Image:User Cyan Light sig.jpg|19px]] 12:22, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for tip on Vanquishing Mirror of Lyss
I was just running about in the aforementioned explorable area for about a half hour after finishing off everything except (unbeknownst to me) the group of Rock and Rain Beetles you mentioned in your update of April 17, 2008 - thanks much for your diligence back then, as I was close to rage-quitting in frustration.

And while I'm here, thanks also for the armor comparison boxes you made - they've graced my user page since its creation a couple months ago, monuments to my indecisiveness. --Mercenary 10:06, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * You're welcome :) -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 03:06, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

infobox help?
How do I create a box like an archive box,but it has multi-purpose (i.e. user subpage links)?--Elementalmen 01:16, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, it's a lot to explain. For starters, try to find a user page that has something you'd like to do. Look at the wiki code behind it by clicking on "edit". You can play around with it by using preview to see what it does (just don't save it ;). Most of the time, it's a lot to do with learning how to use templates, but it's also a bit of HTML and CSS. You'll need to be a bit more specific with your questions.


 * I remember an old user page guide someone wrote.... <goes off to search for it> .... there we go. Hope that helps a bit. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 15:53, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Like the big box you use to store your userboxes..... .....example2:User:Seru's useful links box.--Elementalmen 23:23, 27 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Sure, I basically used wiki code to split my page into different table cells. You can find information on wiki tables here. And if you looked at my page or Seru's, you'll notice the double braces . Those are used for page inclusions and wiki templates. If you scroll down on the edit page, below the edit box and the save page button, you'll find links to any embedded pages or templates used in the current page. You'll find that the links corresponds to the wiki code wrapped inside those double braces. Some stuff on templates here. You can start actually copying my user page or Seru's to yours and use preview to see how it all hangs together. I'm sorry if I'm a little slow in responding. I'm not really active around here anymore. :) -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 16:04, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Cool!I have made my own userbox page,and shamelessly lift userboxes.Will steal some of yours!--Elementalmen 14:18, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Nice :) Just keep having fun with your user page. And before you know it, you'll be helping to maintain the articles in this place. -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 15:23, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

I found the template stuff,but how do I use stuff like User:Ab.er.rant/T/Box style to get what you did?--Elementalmen 13:40, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It's just a template. See Help:Templates. If you edit that page, you'll see (notice the triple braces). Triple braces means it's a template parameter. The value after the vertical bar means default value. So border will be "1px solid black" if you use the template like so  . But if you use , then "2px solid red" will get applied to the border parameter. I just used that template as a convenient way for me to specify the CSS for my wiki tables. For much more details on templates, you can also refer to Wikipedia's template help page -- ab.er. rant  User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 14:20, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! (Formatting idea)
Thanks for letting me steal the format for user spaces. (I don't care to post info about myself or my toons and yours is by far the easiest to modify, nicest to look at that fits the bill.) — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 18:32, 28 April 2011 (UTC)


 * ^-^ -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 15:23, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

You're back!
Welcome back. Didn't think you were still playing; looks like the update has given rise to a flurry of activity both in-game and here. -- Hong 12:29, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Yea, it's nice to see new content, since achievements apparently weren't enough of a pull for me :) -- ab.er. rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 13:59, 10 July 2011 (UTC)