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Default Cursor Locations
So I searched through the archives here, and was unable to find an answer. My question is pretty simple: Is there any way to make the default cursor location the search box? Every time you type something in, hit enter, the search box cursor is lost. I tend to search for a lot of things in quick succession, so I have something vested in knowing if there is a viable solution within the wiki. I imagine that I'm not the only one who finds this to be irritating, especially given the usability of other search sites. 22+ shift tabs is just a little too much. -- Axis 09:28, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Uhm, if you really want that, you could add the following to your monobook.js:

addOnloadHook( function{ document.getElementById( 'searchInput' ).focus; } );


 * Otherwise I would object changing something like that for every users. I usually expect wikis to not focus on the search but instead want my firefox to search the page when I start typing something. If you look for a quicker solution in switching pages, I would suggest you to add a GWW search box to your browser where you can just search by entering the term. Usually you can access that box using CTRL+K in all major browsers. For me, that's the most powerful setting. poke | talk 16:07, 2 January 2011 (UTC)


 * If you want to search the wiki, you can use [CTRL] [SHIFT] + [ALT] + F, which places the cursor in the search field. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 17:43, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * (ALT+Shift+F, not CTRL) poke | talk 18:07, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Those are three great options, thanks guys! I'll probably implement them all at some point. -- Axis  19:28, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Page Help
I wanna pretty much start over, I'm not sure how to go about deleting current pages =( if anybody could help me out? -- S ilven 07:47, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You can tag pages for deletion using policies from GWW:DELETE. If you're talking about pages in your user-space, you can tag them with  . You will have to wait for an admin to come along and do the actual deletion of the page, which are often done when Guild Wars Wiki:List of candidates for deletion gets too long.
 * This page can help you find the pages you have in your user space. G R E E N E R  08:44, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Chrome
I use Google Chrome now but when I try and search on GWW I cannot click in the search box. I have to hit 'go' or 'search' then use the search page... any ideas?Kraal Fardale 11:46, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Just seen the [SHIFT] + [ALT] + F solution above/ this is a helpful work around but I'm a mouse hogger. I'd prefer if we could get the click solution sorted... Kraal FardaleUser Kraal Sig.png 12:48, 7 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Is there any chance that you can click in the search box, but just can't see the cursor there? What happens when you click there and start to type? — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 17:42, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Just tested and Chrome works 100% fine for me. But I may just be lucky. [[Image:User DrogoBoffin sig icon.png]] Drogo Boffin 17:48, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Chrome's been workin' on this end as well. --User Wandering Traveler Sig2.png Traveler (talk ) 20:32, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

ok, must just be me :( i'll stick with the [alt]+[shift]+[f]... Kraal Fardale 16:58, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * weird! if i click the search box, nothing happens but, if i click just above, on the word 'search' it puts the cursor in the box... figure that one out :D :D Kraal FardaleUser Kraal Sig.png 17:00, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Some things you might want to check.
 * Does this happen on every page? Certain pages have bad coding which causes issues with the search box.
 * Does this only happen on wiki? Certain skins may not work well which Chrome. Are you using the default settings?
 * Is it remotely possible that you're having some sort of alignment issues? What sort of display are you using? A standard monitor?
 * Is your display set to it's native resolution, or something higher/lower than that? Having a resolution other than the native resolution set can cause some odd issues.
 * Do you have Google Chrome updated to the most recent version? Hotfixes for browsers are released on a quite frequent basis, so sometimes you have to update your browser (manually), and other times you may have to install a new version altogether. Typically, browsers inform you of this automatically, but I'm not familiar with Chrome.
 * Do you have any sort of unsupported, third-party plug-ins installed and enabled which may be causing the issue?
 * Hopefully some of this can be helpful at identifying the source of your problem, although it sounds like you've managed to find a sufficient solution for now. User_Ryuu_R.jpg‎ Ryuu  - lol wiki 13:51, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

where do I go to suggest a change to a wiki-wide convention?
I know there's Guild Wars Wiki:Requests for comment to kick the process off, but I can't really find a page where to start the post to link to on that page. What I intend to do is see what other editors think of the idea of changing the way the wiki words ascendant status for Elonian characters. Pick any page that has a requirement where "you must be Ascended, Weh no Su or have completed the quest Hunted!" but to link a few, The Underworld, Fissure of Woe, and to prove it's not just the end-game stuff, Secondary profession. They all say the same thing, "you must have completed the quest Hunted!", I think it sounds a little off-putting, don't you? I mean look at the other two, they both sound awesome and important, a significant achievement, but for the other one, oh, you just need to have finished a simple quest. Now I know it's trying to prevent spoilers, but still, it's pretty obvious it's going to happen anyway. You're already moving up in the ranks with your Sunspear title track, and I fail to see how "or become the Leader of the Sunspears", which would link to the Hunted! quest page, would be any bigger of a spoiler than knowing you're eventually going to Ascend or become Weh no Su. Anyway, there actually isn't a page for general ascension status, Ascended links to the Prophecies version of it and notes the other campaigns, but still, it's sort of also a formatting concern and might go there. So I'm wondering, where should I put the page to start off the debate? - Cymril 04:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That's because being "Ascended" is something that happens in Prophecies (to Prophecies characters). Achieving Weh no Su happens in Factions (to Factions characters), but Elonian characters simply have to complete the quest Hunted!. I don't see any reason to change how it's documented, as it seems accurate the way it is. -- Wyn [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon2.png|19px ]] talk  05:08, 16 January 2011 (UTC)


 * There's a gazillion ways to phrase things accurately. Unfortunately, I can't think of anything parallel to Ascending or Achieving WnS &mdash; unhunted? We could use establish the Command Post, but that is slightly misleading. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 07:07, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying there's any problems with how it's documented, I just think it lacks gravitas and is a little out of place, having Prophecies and Faction characters with a specific title and wording to describe their status, but leaving Nightfall character out with simply having to complete a quest. Why not have it "Tyrian characters must have completed the mission Augury Rock, Cathan characters must have finished the mission Nahpui Quarter, and Elonian characters must have completed the quest Hunted!" for consistency, other than the fact that it's a shorter sentence. All I'm saying is, it's a little out of place. "important, story relevant title, important, story relevant title, finish a quest". Tennessee, yeah, I admit, it's a prickly issue, which is why I want to open it up to debate. - Cymril 07:17, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * To answer the actual question of where to put the discussion: just pick the most relevant article's talk page. I'd say Talk:Hunted! would be a pretty good place in this case. - Tanetris 07:24, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

'my preferences' not working
Every time i try to change something under 'my preferences' I get the following error message:

Bad Input | Problème de saisie | Problem bei der Eingabe We're sorry - the server could not accept your request. Often this is due to too many characters such as "><|--;="' being used. Please try removing these characters or reducing your post size. If you still experience problems please contact NA Customer Support or EU Customer Support using the subject line ?Issue with official website?.

Can anybody help? --Musha 14:07, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Sounds like the same thing the guy a few points above has: Help:Ask_a_wiki_question/Archive20 &mdash; User_Poki_sig.png Poki#3  (talk ) 05:00, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Menu translation of the french canadian language
Hi Greener, I don't really know to who ask this, but I wanted to change the name of the different link from the menu (take a look at what I talk here . Note that is it from the GW2 wiki but it is the same as GW wiki) because the translation that have been made are incorrect, bad or missing. For example : Search, wich mean "chercher" in french, is translate "charcher". It is the equivalent of someone that say "gunna" in english, it is ok to use it when you speak but not in write. So I want to know if it is possible to change it in some kind of way. I could make the translation and gives it to some one who can do it. Thanks, Lytalm  17:51, 07 February 2011 (UTC)


 * I will move this to a more general discussion area so those who have a stronger knowledge of the wiki's structure can respond. As for the French that we use, we should be aiming for Parisian French as it is the standard taught and written in Canada (Quebec and NB holding some possible exceptions, to which I am not an expert). So yes, changing the search button to read "Chercher" seems to be proper. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Greener (talk).


 * Thanks for the answer and the move, I hope someone will be able to help me! Lytalm  21:26, 07 February 2011 (UTC)


 * I am assuming you have set your language preferences to frc-French Canadian in Media Wiki. Unfortunately, we have no control over the dictionary that is being used for the translation, so I don't believe it's going to be possible to do this. Sorry. Maybe someone will have a different idea. -- Wyn [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon2.png|19px ]] talk  01:25, 8 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks Wynthyst. I will try to contact directly MediaWiki to see if it is possible to change it! Lytalm  01:51, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Collections Extension and Special:Books
I couldn't find a proper place to ask this, so I am asking here, but I wanted to make a suggestion/request for the wiki in general.

Is there anyway that the Collections Extension could be installed into the GW and GW2 wikis? Primarily GW, because it would be really nice to be able to export pages into a PDF for offline reading (like for a Kindle or any other eReader.

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection -- A link to the extension

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Special:Book -- An example of a working implementation.

This extension was made by PediaPress, and through them you can even convert an entire wiki into a physical book.

But PDF is enough. If combo'd with 2 other extensions you can even export to DocBook XML and ODF (opendocument), allowing for conversion to other formats from those to like EPUD or Mobi which makes it even better for eReaders and the like.

A perfect example could be the Lore section of the wiki, and add in all the sub-pages to to make a good amount of reading offline. [ Daegalus  - talk ] 23:03, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * See Guild Wars Wiki:Requests for technical administration. --Silver Edge 21:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I would guess the answer to this is pretty much no, as these sorts of things create copyright issues. GFDL requires attribution for content, which is automatically provided through page histories, but this export does not include. There is also the ArenaNet copyright to be considered. I would guess they will not approve of anything that could potentially be used to create something that could be sold (don't laugh, I've seen guides that would be much like what you are talking about for sale for other games on Ebay). -- Wyn [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon2.png|19px ]] talk  03:06, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

WIK "Royal Gift/Drop rate"
How often (if ever) is the data file "Royal Gift/Drop rate" updated for totals and percentages? I note a significant amount of activity on this and other similar files, but no update for almost (or maybe more than) a year.Undouble 23:01, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I suspect many people that would update the page have finished War in Kryta so can't get anymore gifts. If i could understand the page, I would have updated it-but i finished War in Kryta a few days after Battle for Lions Arch was released. --Burning Freebies 23:06, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I updated it. It was only off by 188 so the percentages did not really change much. Since we have accumulated so much data, unless they make an adjustment to the drop rate, I would guess these are pretty accurate percentages. It had also just been updated on Feb 1, 2011, so why you believed it hadn't been updated for a year is beyond me. WiK wasn't even around a year ago.-- Wyn [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon2.png|19px ]] talk  02:59, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
 * When I was adding data to "my" line, I noticed the "last update" date was back in May 2010 (per the page)--- thus my questionUndouble 03:08, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, the update date on the totals line was February 1, 2011 when I updated it. -- Wyn [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon2.png|19px ]] talk  03:25, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

How do I put a user infobox on my userpage?
Scar Of The Lotus 01:57, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Most code on this wiki can be copied from one user's page to anothers, and personalized by changing the variables. It's often a courtesy to attribute the creator of the code you're using. A general place to start (assuming you haven't seen code you already like) would be Category:User templates. G R E E N E R  10:25, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah,, thank you. EDIT: I have a character page set up, but I can't seem to load the picture onto the page. Can someone help me here? Scar Of The Lotus 21:45, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I am not sure where you are hoping to load your pictures, but information about images can be found at GWW:IMAGE. You may also want to look at GWW:HELPERS. G R E E N E R  23:20, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

I am trying to load a picture of my character onto my character page on my userpage from my Guild Wars folder screens. And thanks for the quick response! Scar Of The Lotus 23:27, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Old Gods Statues
Who carved the original Statues of the Old Gods?--24.11.131.149 23:48, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * This isn't a question about the wiki, but you may want to search for your question here, or if you don't see it, you can add it to the list. G R E E N E R  00:03, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Database Error?
Every now and then, the following op ups UNDER the rest of whatever GWWiki page I'm on :/ Kinda scaring me, this:

Database error A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: (SQL query hidden) from within function "SiteStatsUpdate::doUpdate". MySQL returned error "1213: Deadlock found when trying to get lock; try restarting transaction (172.30.228.6)".

Harrier C. Goodman talk 17:05, 3 March 2011 (UTC)


 * It comes and goes. It's been around for a while, as per this page. G R E E N E R  02:56, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

New Daily quests
will the new quest for per-searing and ZV be added to the front page or to the daily page--66.64.201.130 08:21, 4 March 2011 (UTC)kl

Reset Indent Changed?
I have used "reset indent" a lot in the past. When I type the characters I've used for the template, I get the ominous red letters of fail. Was the quick-and-easy bracebrace RI closebraceclosebrace changed? Thanks. -- Gaile 20:01, 4 March 2011 (UTC)


 * lower case only. or better,  (converts into non-template)  — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 20:10, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Moving talk pages
I would like to combine two talk pages into one, and redirect all my other talk pages to point to the combined talk page. I'd like to combine/move the talk page under User:Drakora/Drakora Braggas to User:Drakora. Can someone guide me through it, or do it for me. - Drakora 10:51, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll do the move for you (as there are a couple of finicky things that may be hard to describe), and then I'll detail what I did after the fact. G R E E N E R  05:41, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

GuildWarsWiki in Twitter
Maybe it's not the best place for this question, but anyway. Does somebody know who is responsible for GuildWarsWiki account on Twitter? Every day they post the info about Zaishen activities, but information about current Zaishen Mission is wrong for a several days. The main problem is, owner(s) don't want to fix these mistakes, apologise to more than 2000 readers or simply reply to other's tweets. It's unlikely that Wiki administrators (who are indeed responsibe people) may have a relation to this account. --Slavic 07:18, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * It's Poke. He probably just hasn't had time to update manually, since the rotation is not fully known yet (due to the addition of Pogahn Passage Zmission). In the meantime, expect it to be incorrect and check wiki at the appropriate time. -- FreedomBound [[Image:User_Freedom_Bound_Sig.png|19px]] 12:30, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Unique Item Lists
I've been trying to find some unique items that correspond to desired weapon stats, and it's been...difficult, at best. The only unique item listings here that I can find are the category lists, which don't have the individual stats on the page (I have to click on each item to see them). It would be really good to have a "List of Unique Daggers" page, or whatever, and that has all the stats in a big table. This might be possible to do with DPL (hard because the stats aren't in a template, if they weren't I'd probably be able to make the page easily enough), alternatively it could be done with Semantic MediaWiki (which isn't installed). Anyone have any other ideas on how to make this a reality? Surgo 14:20, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Try List of assassin unique items (insert profession). ETA: You might find the quick links useful as well. -- FreedomBound [[Image:User_Freedom_Bound_Sig.png|19px]] 14:21, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Wow, thanks. Why not have these things linked from the categories and unique pages as well? 71.53.27.187 14:28, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * That link, and several more, can be found on unique weapon. Manifold [[Image:User_Manifold_Neptune.jpg|19px]] 14:34, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Moving user contributions?
So I've been editing various pages without an account for a bit and recently I figured I might as well make an actual account on the wiki, so I just did that recently. The thing is, all my past contributions are still on this page and I don't see a way to merge those contributions with this account even after looking at the FAQ and other pages. It's not a big deal to change it really but it'd be more convenient to keep track of various discussions and stuff. Pjwned 20:55, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * First, you can request the contribution merge in here. But IP contributions can't be merge with user ones, for some reason. - J.P.[[Image:User J.P. sigicon.png| ]] Talk  22:04, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * That's kind of lame that you can't merge IP contributions with a user account. Oh well, it's not a big deal anyways so whatever. Pjwned 18:48, 27 March 2011 (UTC)


 * You need a password and a email address to create a user account; you don't need either to post as an IP. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 19:06, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Password reset
I had opened a ticket with support to assist with a pw reset for my wiki account. They have pointed me to this page and asked me to speak with the admins here. I have tried using the wiki util to no avail. I receive a "Login error Error sending mail: There is no e-mail address recorded for user "username"".I really would like to logon once again to make a modification to my wiki page. Please advise. --96.49.163.166 16:17, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
 * You need to create a new wiki account. Since you didn't enter an e-mail address on your old account, there's no way to change its password. --Silver Edge 16:51, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
 * There is no other way? Do admins not have the ability to work with a user to reset a password?--96.49.163.166 03:04, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * You can try asking at Guild Wars Wiki:Admin noticeboard. --Silver Edge 03:11, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * No, we don't have any access to that. The only way to restore an account is when you have an email associated with it. poke | talk 15:07, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, that is a bummer for sure. Thank you for your responses.--96.49.163.166 19:50, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Holy crapola... I got in. --Skallagrimson 01:33, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Good for you :) Also a good chance to fill in an email address just in case ;) poke | talk 12:43, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Signature Preferences - Bad Input
I keep getting a message along the lines of this whenever I try to update my signature:

"Bad Input - We're sorry - the server could not accept your request. Often this is due to too many characters such as (symbols) being used. Please try removing these characters or reducing your post size. If you still experience problems please contact NA Customer Support or EU Customer Support using the subject line ?Issue with official website?."

The thing is, my "post" is actually reducing the amount of symbols being used. --  Lacky 13:10, 1 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Can you post the signature code you're trying to use, here? (preferably encased in
 * It's worth noting that the tag is outdated, the tag replacing all of its functions. I have, on occasion, had issues with MediaWiki not accepting  in a signature, but working perfectly once it was replaced with instead. In this particular instance, it appears that the bold was causing the issue (the error mentions that multiples of certain characters cause issues), so I was able to replace this with the version of this. It's a bit longer than your original code, but hey, it functions.
 * In this particular instance, it's also worth noting that the error was in fact not on MediaWiki's end, but the server's other software; I don't know much about the setup, but poke seems to be on the money with it.
 * And last but not least, you can shave a bit off the code if you cut out the color: line (since by default - unless you're using some sort of custom CSS - the text should be black already). --[[image:User_Jioruji_Derako_logo.png]]<font color="#237d00"> Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> <font color="#237d00">.cнаt^  23:39, 4 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I just tried your suggestion, using:


 * -- [[Image:User_Lacky_Blue_Paw_Sig.png|15px|link=User_talk:Lacky|My Talk]] [[Image:User_Lacky_New_Krytan_Sig.png|link=User:Lacky|Lacky]]


 * however, it still comes up with the error, unfortunately.<font color="Black"> -- [[Image:User_Lacky_Blue_Paw_Sig.png|15px|link=User_talk:Lacky|My Talk]] <font color="#0104C6">Lacky 08:43, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * That is odd; I would imagine it's the spaces that are causing the issue, since that's the only difference between my code and yours (and I can confirm that the one I posted works).
 * ...even more odd, I just copied and pasted the code you just posted, and that also works fine in my own preferences. If that's the case, it appears to be something on your end then that the server isn't liking; either the server's got some personal vendetta against you, or maybe something you're posting is getting converted to unicode or the like? I've no idea what the fix would be, since I've been able to replicate your error messages up until this point. --[[image:User_Jioruji_Derako_logo.png]]<font color="#237d00"> Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> <font color="#237d00">.cнаt^  16:46, 5 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Three more things to try: (1) try logging in using a different browser or computer (in case there's something going on with your cookies). (2) Toggle Treat signature as wikitext (without an automatic link) (if it's on, turn it off and vice versa). (3) Restore your preference defaults, then change just the signature text (and reconfigure your prefs again if this works).


 * These are all any-port-in-a-storm type of ideas; they shouldn't work, but sometimes do. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 16:54, 5 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I still am having no luck at successfully updating my preferences. This is very weird.<font color="Black"> -- [[Image:User_Lacky_Blue_Paw_Sig.png|15px|link=User_talk:Lacky|My Talk]] <font color="#0104C6">Lacky 05:15, 8 April 2011 (UTC)


 * TEF, I'm pretty sure it's a server-side bug. I've been having to deal with this bug for a while now. -- <font color="#ef8f50">R <font color="#916142">i <font color="#333333">ddle 05:26, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Archiving a Feedback Page

 * This question has been ANSWERED 

I'd like to start clearing somm'a my old suggestion pages out of the category-space but I'd like to preserve the history of one or two of the actual pages (IE: a direct page Move) in some other area so they won't show up in the category anymore. Where's the best place to do that? Can I just make an extension of my  "http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Feedback:User"  area? -- ilr  22:48, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Since the Feedback section is handled under a different licence, I do not think it would be proper to move it directly to a place outside of the Feedback area (i.e. your User space). Perhaps you could move them to Feedback:User/Ilr/Historical suggestions, and make sure you don't apply the feedback template to it? Then you can just add a link on Feedback:User/Ilr to them if you wish. G R E E N E R  01:11, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, I was planning on stripping the Template off it nomatter what. Thanks! -- ilr [[image:User_ilr_deprav.png]] 20:22, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * You can add the  parameter to the infobox to prevent your suggestion from appearing in a category. poke | talk 20:46, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

April skills question
Where can I find more information about the Ranger Skills mentioned in the April Updates? The two skills I am interested in is Revive as One and Charm Monster. These skills where mentioned in the April Updates but I can not find them anywhere else in the Wiki. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Falln711 (talk).


 * I assume you were looking at this page. You may want to look at its associated talk-page as well as this encyclopedic entry. G R E E N E R  07:57, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Ambient Animals
Say why isn't there a page for all the Ambient Animals if I my ask? Like Cat, Crab, Bat, Pig, Turtle, Hen and so on? I could make them but it seems like Cat is already deleted ones. So I decided to ask first. -- <font color="DarkRed"> † Roach  <font color="DarkRed"> Talk   06:07, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Help : Skill Revision History
I'm looking for a better way of investigating skill changes through the history of guild wars since release. (not really interested in pre release beta at the moment)

My question is: While searching, often the search field will pre-populate with "Example Skill (history)" Can skill history be an additional column on Example Profession Skills page? Perhaps next to Campaign? .

In an effort to become better informed as I only started playing casually 2 years ago and seriously within the last year; I found it initially invaluable to use sites such as this page in addition to here learning how and why certain skills complimented each other and gaining a broader perspective of meta conditions in the game. While I now only glance on PvX, I find myself hungering for a different "why" and that is to understand what skills were changed, how, etc. across all professions and not just in the most recent update, but through the history from release. Is this possible outside of the occasional search pre-populate? Would it be possible to have a column (if all the information does exist) on Example Profession Skills that links directly to "X" skill's revision history without clicking on the skill, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and hoping to see: This skill has changed from its original version "Link" is present? Thank you. New to wiki, still trying to learn how and where to post. I hope to be far more active and helpful in the future.--Andra 06:48, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Edit: If it is a matter of just coding the column and data entering the internal links to each skill's revision history, I volunteer to start the process myself once I better understand 1.)where/how to find the skill histories and 2.)learn how to alter the tables correctly--Andra 06:48, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Edit 2: I just located Help:Table editing and am fairly confident I could make the above happen, just need a better way to find all of the skill revision histories please. --Andra 07:09, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Category:Skill histories should be what you're looking for, in regards to finding all of the skill revision histories. --[[image:User_Jioruji_Derako_logo.png]]<font color="#237d00"> Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> <font color="#237d00">.cнаt^  07:33, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * There's no comprehensive list. We only started adding skill histories relatively recently. And we only recently started using consistent language to point to the skill history pages from the primary page. There's a stale project page that covers this: Guild_Wars_Wiki:Projects/Skill_history. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 07:35, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I see the problem. While I'd love to get the project back off the ground, I fear that GW2's approach is perhaps far too swift to make meaningful headway on a project so long mothballed.  I thank you both for the reply.--Andra 08:09, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * The project page is stale, but there's been a lot of recent progress. Mostly, if a skill was changed in a recent update, we have a skill history (and 90% certain we have standard language). If a skill was changed long ago, we probably don't have a skill history.


 * If I was going to jumpstart the project, I would do something like this:
 * systematically identify the game updates articles that point to skills
 * create /skill history pages (for those that need 'em) and mark the page with a temporary category:skill history stubs
 * copy the official text referring to the change and paste into the relevant history articles
 * review the history of the skill page article to copy the skill info box and paste that onto the history article
 * ensure that the primary skill article has the standard text pointing to the history page
 * destub
 * I imagine if (1) was completed (or even 25% done), there are lots of others that would work on (2)-(6). — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 08:22, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * GuildWiki has skill histories all the way back to the beginning of the game, although due to the way they do things it's harder to see (as far as I know). You have to add "Template:" before a skill's name, then click through the difs in history. For example:, then click the "history" tab, then click on "prev" links. As for why skills are changed, there's the Developer Updates page on the official site, where the developers go through their reasons for changing skills. <font color="#008800">Manifold [[Image:User_Manifold_Neptune.jpg|19px]] 15:20, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

User Subpages
How do I create a user subpage?--Elementalmen 00:44, 27 April 2011 (UTC)


 * An easy way is to create a link from you main page User:Elementalmen and (in preview mode or after saving) visit the link, e.g. User:Elementalmen/Sandbox. That will give you the option to create the new page...and make it easy to check spelling etc. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 00:49, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!--Elementalmen 00:59, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Not black listing screenshots
Does anyone know why MediaWiki:Filename-prefix-blacklist did not block the uploads of File:Gw008.jpg, File:Gw009.jpg or File:Gw058.jpg ? G R E E N E R 20:06, 1 May 2011 (UTC)


 * don't know, but I just tried uploading gw001.jpg and was foiled. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 20:18, 1 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for testing. I've got my little nephew over, so he's a lovable bundle of distraction at the moment. G R E E N E R  20:19, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Coding Problem.
So, I'm attempting to make templates to standardize and simplify navigation templates, everything's good so far, but I have one minor issue. In my template here, you can see that I've set a switch parameter to change the margins based on whether or not a row is a content row or not. In testing, this template should be exactly consistent to the template design that appears here. Which, by all accounts, it is. However, the margin parameter appears to be working incorrectly as you can see here, or perhaps it isn't looking at all. (Expand the columns, compare it to the actual tonic navigation. If you remove the margin style from the actual navigation, the result is the same) After trouble shooting the issue for quite some time, I was hoping maybe someone could take a quick look and point out an obvious error for me. If it's of any help (or somehow, is the problem itself), the core template can be found here. Thanks. Ryuu <font color="#00FFCC"> - lol wiki 23:21, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
 * On another note, I'm unsure how to create a template for the following (used to make collapsible columns)
 * class="
 * If it's even possible. Making a template with a parameter in a template that you don't want to use the parameter on, but rather pages the templates are used on. (Yeah, I'm sorry, that's poor wording, but I'm sure you know what I'm getting at.) How2? Is there a way around it if it isn't possible?
 * Again, thanks. User_Ryuu_R.jpg‎ Ryuu <font color="#00FFCC"> - lol wiki 23:27, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Makeing a new account
What programs can U down load though wiki to run 2 instances of GW at the same time ?--108.80.174.8 17:24, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Map Icons
Hi there, I'm currently making some new maps for Securing Echovald Forest, but I'd like to know if there are some general files for markers like the green Quest star that appears on minimaps during quests that I could use. -- Chieftain  Alex 00:39, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I may be late, but I think you can find most of those on the Mission Map page, if not, hop on with Texmod and capture the texture and upload it for us :D ~Farlo Talk 19:17, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Category is a writer/wants to be?
How do I get a category to go with my userbox I made for users that want to use this? the user box is in my userpage.

Template: user writer? Yumiko ^,~ 01:47, 17 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Take a look at the code which TEF added onto User Writer. G R E E N E R  05:41, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Was the wiki recently updated, the platform it runs on?
I notice there is now a legend and tooltips on M (minor change). Such could be the result of update. So was it? And any info on what the update was so I can look/find other changed things?
 * http://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=Guild_Wars_Wiki%3ACommunity_portal&action=historysubmit&diff=2308107&oldid=2293710 – User Balistic B d-dark.png<font color="#7777cc">alistic 02:30, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Post Wiki Update: Feedback

 * Feedback:User/Falconeye: Does anyone know how to fix this? --Falconeye 02:32, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

See: Guild_Wars_Wiki:Reporting_wiki_bugs. It's the same issue, and is being worked on. ~Farlo Talk 02:38, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Confirm your e-mail address doesn't seem to work
I've been trying to confirm my email address (also asked to resend the email) but I don't receive a mail. It worked fine with the "other" wiki ... . And it's not in the spam folder either. ;)

Haven't seen that problem mentioned on the FAQ so here I am. Steve1 21:34, 11 June 2011 (UTC)


 * It may take a while to receive. Check/double check the email address you entered, and give it some time. If it hasn't gotten itself to you in an hour, then something else is going on; do let us know. G R E E N E R  21:43, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * It's now more than 24h. I copied the address directly from the mail UI - resent the confirmation - nothing. Copied the address from the other wiki - resent the confirmation - nothing again. So therefore I hereby do let you know! ;) Steve1 13:30, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd recommend creating a googlemail account or similar to verify your account with. --[[Image:User_Chieftain_Alex_Chieftain Signature.png]] Chieftain  Alex 13:46, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. Alright, thanks.

Stats
could we add a stats section to creatures, to show how much health they have, how much dmg they do with an attack(from minimum to maximum), and what type of dmg they deal by attacking, and we could put the armor in there.
 * Health is almost always level*20+80, with dervishes not getting their +25 bonus. See User:Manifold/Enemy Health for what I've recorded. I have some damage ranges and type recorded too: User:Manifold/Enemy attack damage range and damage type. There's also User:Manifold/Enemy Energy if you're interested.
 * Template:NPC statistics was created with the idea that such data may be added in the future, but few people seem interested in it. I'm the only one I know of who has expressed interest in recording such data, and I've exhausted a lot of the easiest to gather data. There are some questions regarding the armor-sensitive "generic" types as well: chaos, holy, and dark can only be assumed based on creature type and projectile appearance, it can't be said definitively which of the three any is coming from a wand or staff. And then there's oddities like the mesmer jotun dealing physical damage with a projectile that looks like an arrow, but isn't. <font color="#008800">Manifold  [[Image:User_Manifold_Neptune.jpg|19px]] 18:52, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * could we add this to the pages for each creature?

Latest In-game Activities
So,

I'm currently sitting in Sweden (GMT+2 summer time), and when I read the Latest In-Game Activities the list looks really nice and whatnot. However, if I click "other" to see the full list, then Nicholas Sandford is always marked at the wrong place. Nicholas Sandford apparently is meant to change 7.00 UTC which is around Midnight Pacific and should be somewhere around 9am, GMT+2 if I'm not completely off. In the morning at least.

To explain my issue then,

Today is the 21st, and the "Charr Carvings" are nicely marked out as Todays item, however on the mainpage it still says Skeletal Limbs and that's also what I handed in today at 5pm, even though it should've changed to Charr Carvings at around 9am this morning. Short version: Nicholas Sandford is always one day too late/the list is wrongly set with the days.

This also means: What the frontpage lists and what the full list has marked is not the same thing.

Frontpage: He wants Skeletal Limbs.

Full List: On the 21st (today) he wants Charr Carvings

Anyone who recognises/can explain this for me?

--JackieDiJackJack 15:58, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Me noticed a bug instead it appears;


 * Now at 6pm when all the other things changed the whole list of Nicholas Sandford items were moved one date back. Skeletal Limbs are now on the 21st and the list is once again nicely aligned in order. There seems to be some kind of issue between the changes of Nicholas Sandford and the rest since they don't change at the same time. If I can make an assumption, tomorrow morning at 9am (GMT+2) it will once again look weird in the Full List until 6pm when the rest of the things change. Anyone who knows why/can fix this?


 * I'll try and fix a screenshot of it if no it's not clear what I mean.


 * --JackieDiJackJack 16:08, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Try refreshing the cache (click on the time clock showing, which is the left-most link on your upper-right navbar; if it doesn't show, you can enable it via your preferences).


 * Outside of stale caches (and someone changing the behind-the-scenes code by mistake), the list is always correct for me. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 16:27, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I've cleared the cache several times and that never helped. I can't however get the bug on a screen now since it doesn't seem to appear when both of the things have changed. I will however see if I can get a screen of it tomorrow around 9am, after Sandford has changed and the rest haven't - that's when the list appears faulty. At the moment it looks perfectly nice! And since I cleared the cache several times and the error only occours the same times every day, I'm pretty certain to exclude cache/browser error.
 * --JackieDiJackJack 16:34, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok, that will help with troubleshooting. If you have time, also take a look at the Nick Sandford page itself to see what it's displaying when you see a problem on the activities page. Also: here's the url you want for purging: http://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=Daily_activities&action=purge — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 17:47, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * The Nick Sandford page always displays the correct item, also it's always correct on the front page. Only the full page is having issues as far as I can see. --JackieDiJackJack 18:32, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * The behind-the-scenes coding should be doing the same thing on both pages, so it would be useful to know if you see the same issue on both pages at the same time by testing both an extra time or two, if/when you see this again. Thanks. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 18:42, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Latest Update





As you can see, when the Nicholas Sandford item is updated, the full list is moved one date back (compare with the correct list) and is thus marking the wrong item. The frontpage and Nicholas Sandford page do however show the right item, which today is Charr Carvings.

I have loaded, reloaded and cleared the cache several time on all three pages, the situation never changes. Two are correct and full list isn't. As for browser related issues I'm using the latest version of Google Chrome and I've never experienced such issues before. I also tried it on latest version if Internet Explorer and got the same result. --JackieDiJackJack 07:15, 22 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Tested with the following setups.


 * Windows 7, Google Chrome - Error.


 * Windows 7, Internet Explorer - Error.


 * Windows XP, Google Chrome (other computer and completely other location) - Error.


 * Windows XP, Internet Explorer (other computer and completely other location) - Error.


 * --Jackie 08:12, 22 June 2011 (UTC)


 * It's taken me a while to understand what you have been trying to tell us. (I eventually took a look at what was going on at the relevant time.)


 * What's happening is more complicated than what I thought you were describing: for an hour after Nicholas is supposed to change his pre-Searing request, the Daily activities list provides a misleading view.
 * All the entries are moved back a day.
 * The bold face is applied to tomorrow's entry (instead of today's).


 * This is probably an artifact of the technique used to account for the fact that pre-Nick's requests change at a different time then all the others. In particular, this is the only column in which the date in Pacific Time can vary from the date in UTC. I think I know what's wrong, but I'll pop a note for the guy who original designed this; he's much more likely to come up with a solution that improves things (I'm much more likely to know just enough to make things a lot worse). — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 20:21, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Possible solution If you find the problem is still not fixed, could you please report if this list is correctly displayed for you at the same time? --mendel 21:44, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That list is displaying correctly when the other full list is not, possible to replace them or see where the error lies through that? Either way to answer, that list is correct. --Jackie 13:34, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Adding an image
How do I insert an image of an Assassin on my page thing.. thanks...--Fusion Blitz 19:49, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
 * For a quick tutorial on wiki-code and links to a lot more complex stuff, see Help:Editing. As for the image, it seems you already have one.  If you want it to show as an image, not a link, instead of just putting the URL, you'd enter this:
 * <tt> [[File:Assassin_Elite_Kurzick_armor_m.jpg]] </tt>
 * I hope this helps. Hit me up on my talk page if you have any more questions.~FarloUser Farlo Triad.png Talk 20:32, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Background colour
Is it possible to add a background colour to a blank page, such as my "profile" page? I tried adding a background colour to my Pet-side (http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:JackieDiJackJack/Pets), 'cause I want a blue-ish background colour under the template. But everything I've tried has made coding errors or weird results. I've tried most regular codes I knows for background and I'm stuck now. Jackie 19:50, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * One possible way would be to make a "table" that has a 100% width and encompasses everything else on the page, and then set that to have the background color you want. If you mean the space inside the heading and green border, that's controlled by the template, and to edit that, you'd have to copy/paste it as your own template.  Either way, I can assist you later today if no one beats me to it (on my phone right now). ~FarloUser Farlo Triad.png Talk 20:28, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I mean the area outside the border (outside of the template), that's where I want a background colour. I think the problem is that I'm used to working with pages that still have a certain size even when blank, but these pages don't seem to have that. If I add a background colour behind/under the template to the basic page, it's not shown as far as I can see. Also, I'm terribly bad with tables when it comes to coding, I really only understand the basics so far, I usually only use basic HTML to code my stuff. Any help would be appreciated ^^ --Jackie 20:48, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, alright. Yeah, as far as I can tell, Wikis use percentages and other voodoo magic.  If you don't mind, I can try something on your page and see how it looks.  Pretty easy to revert/undo.  Sadly, you can only ever edit what's inside the "article", so you can't cover up the links and toolbars around the page, but that would lead to some bad trolling. ~FarloUser Farlo Triad.png Talk 01:29, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I've added a background for you; I'm sure you can see where to change the color to your liking. I prefer to use color names, you can find a list at Web colors, here or here.
 * To make space for the background, I've fixed the width of the miniatures table; if you'd rather fix the width of the background margin, you can change the "0" padding to the desired size, and remove the second line and one &lt;/div&gt; off the bottom. --mendel 04:39, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! I've been playing around with it and it's getting much closer to what I want. Thanks for adding it for me so didn't have to feel stupid not understanding instructions, haha. Very nice of you, appreciated! --Jackie 11:01, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Great! You're welcome. --mendel 12:29, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Deleting a guild wiki page
how do i delete a guild wiki page? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Wyzardofoz (talk).
 * Well, first off, this is the Guild Wars Wiki, not Guildwiki. Anyway, normal users can't delete pages directly, but you can add the tag to a page and an admin will come along and see if it needs deleting. You should usually discuss whether a page deserves deletion on its talk page first, if it's a page in the main space (that is, pages relevant to the game). --ஸ Kyoshi [[Image:User_Kyoshi_sig2.png|19px]] 16:12, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Wyzardofox probably meant a guild wiki page. :P– User Balistic B d-dark.png<font color="#7777cc">alistic 21:15, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * If that's right, then my bad. Same method though. --ஸ Kyoshi [[Image:User_Kyoshi_sig2.png|19px]] 22:22, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I should add that deleting a guild page without a good reason is not something that I would do. Since guilds normally consist of many people, some of them may wish for the guild page to remain, even if for nostalgia. One person can rarely speak for an entire guild membership. G R E E N E R  04:20, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

I want to change my username..
..how do I do that?--0gion 07:01, 7 July 2011 (UTC)


 * You'll need to create a new account and then request that the two be merged. (Technically, no one can change the name, but this ends up having mostly the same effect.) — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 07:08, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
 * If my old and new account merge, will the old username be gone? that's what I want anyway, I don't want to have 2 usernames.--0gion 07:10, 7 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, I believe so. (In fact, I think that's the only way to dispose of a userID is to merge it with another.) — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 07:14, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I was under the impression that the old one redirects to the new one. In any case, you're allowed to make one user page redirect to another. --ஸ Kyoshi [[Image:User_Kyoshi_sig2.png|19px]] 01:52, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * To clear this up, no it is not possible to rename a user. All you can do is to create a new account and use that only from then on. What we can do however is transfer all your contributions from the old account to the new account. That way your old account will still exist, but otherwise be completely empty. So if you just forget about it and don't use it anymore, it is just as if it was gone completely. poke | talk 19:17, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Cleansing the SunJiang District
Who si "Mobius the Malign" and why is he deleting pages and leaving only his own unsubstantiated ramblings behind?Undouble 22:50, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe you are confusing the article page and the talk page. The article page is intact as it is meant to be, while the talk page is meant for discussion (generally related to improving the associated article page, but occasionally also for the subject of the article, within reason). If you look at the top of the page (above the title), there are tab links to "Page" (the article page) and "Discussion" (talk page) to get from one to the other. - Tanetris 23:03, 14 July 2011 (UTC)