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[edit] How do we address NPC professions?

By this, what I mean is... there are situations where we meet a NPC that may look like a certain profession due to wearing an armor set or carrying a weapon but we never know what skills that NPC uses since we never see him or her in action. For instance I was able to identify Kournan Engineer as an elementalist since I caught those NPCs casting Aura of Restoration upon themselves. But how do we know Royal Guard Bunda is a warrior? We never see him using any skills. There has been situations where a NPC appear to be one profession but uses skills from other professions such as Vael. So how are we to treat those NPCs? I see those all over the wiki labelled as that or this profession yet we don't know what skills they use. Do we use their armor and/or weapons as a clue or follow more purist path and label them as having no profession until we are able to determine what skills they use? Way back when EoTN came out I was in a minor revert war over certain NPCs and their professions so I'd like to avoid similar situations in future. – Barinthus 10:21, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Either by their profession as displayed before their level (which happens sometimes) or by their skill usage (the Royal is maybe fighting later in the mission?). Otherwise it is just unknown. poke | talk 11:25, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah yes I forgot about their name bars - will have to keep in mind to check those. As for the Royal, there's no skill listed on his wiki page so I have to assume he doesn't fight. But for now my approach is to leave things be until I absolutely know for sure the information is inaccurate. – Barinthus 15:46, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

NPCs cannot use armor sets in the first place. They have their own models, set at a per creature level. Those models may look similar to an armor set, but are unrelated.

As for identifying profs, tomes are good. There is also a skill that allows you to find out the elite of allies. We should have a project around that one, but I'm too lazy myself. Backsword 09:31, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Exactly re: armor - that's why I question how editors identify professions of NPCs when they do not use skills at all. And can you please clarify how using tomes help me to figure out a NPC's profession? And elite skills? Thanks – Barinthus 14:27, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

If they appear as an ally (possibly even as a targetable green?) in any combat area, use Arcane Mimicry on them, which will do for anyone who isn't a form-using dervish. --Star Weaver 15:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Skills as animated gifs

(Not exactly a wiki question, but it's related to the wiki, so...) User Jonny10 made this image, which I believe could be useful for players who are learning about the game, as a way to teach them what each casting animation looks like. However, I have no idea how to make such images - any suggestions for a simple way to do it? Erasculio 21:21, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I believe Poke was working on a similar project, but with intentions being documenting, not instructing. He would know more than I would. Calor 21:29, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Well if there is progress with the Skill sounds documentation we could - in the same step - also think about documenting skill animations. But if my suggestion for a external player for the sound files is accepted, then I would prefer a player for the animations as well, as gifs look a bit bad :| poke | talk 21:33, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Nice, I remembered reading something about that project but I didn't know where to find it. Thanks, I'll begin a discussion there as well. Erasculio 21:44, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] professions

is there a place where i can sea the ratings of each profession? does the wiki have some suggestions on finding the balanced combination? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:66.91.101.245 (talk).

Articles about each profession often have a small summary and comparisons for secondaries with the choosen profession as primary, and there are some articles about builds that can be helpful, but besides of that i don't think you will find what you are looking for, since there is not "best" or "most balanced" option. Common advice is to just "play what you want" or "play them all until you find one you like" (for this, the Battle Isles is a good test location).--Fighterdoken 08:55, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Skill table for user pages

How can I make {{skill table}} work for {{user skill infobox}}? horsedrowner 09:23, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

You can't. You'd need to write a new template. However, using the normal skill template in userspace is perfectly fine, bar the images. Is better updated too. Backsword 09:27, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Then what about the categories? Should I set campaign to user then or something? horsedrowner 09:31, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

There will be none. That's intentional. Use the titlematch function instead. Backsword 09:38, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Suspended

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I got suspended from GW for a reason which i dont know and now i have to wait 67 hours .What can i do to revers this and to not to be suspended? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:81.229.62.85 (talk).

You are always notified of the reason for suspension. There's nothing you can do but wait it out. Don't do what the ban reason told you not to do anymore. Or, if you really really believe that you've done no wrong and can back it up with evidence, then contact support. -- ab.er.rant 16:26, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Missing Pictures

Once in a while I will come across a page (ie NPC or interactive object) and its image is missing and needs to be uploaded. How do I mark that page as needing an image so interested editors can become aware of it and possibility add an image? A template or a category or something? Thanks. – Barinthus 17:32, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

{{image needed}}

Note that many pages with infoboxes automatically categorize themselves into Category:Image needed if they don't have an image, so you don't nee to tag those. Check the categories at the bottom before tagging. (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 17:37, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Much appreciated and will do so – Barinthus 17:46, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Number in parentheses

I just wanted to know on the monster pages beside the monsters lvl what is that number in parentheses like (24) --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:75.90.85.205 (talk).

The monster's level in Hard Mode. Calor 00:14, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] checking playtime

How do i see how long i have been playing?

/age in GW. Dominator Matrix 01:57, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gladiator's Armour

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[edit] Recent Changes Tweaks?

Hey ... Is there any way to get Recent Changes to wrap long lines better? I'm currently using the enchanted javascript version, and the wrapped long lines caused by new page head dumps or even some of my own longer change comments are really, really ugly and distracting. If there was a way to get them to indent an inch or two that would be wonderful ... Heck, I'd rather have a horizontal scrollbar myself.

Also, while I'm at it, is there any way to make the javscript version start with all the changes expanded by default? I love the grouping of changes but I usually want to see all them anyway. --Star Weaver 20:25, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

O_o ok, well, I did some CSS overrides testing at home since I have firefox/webdev and stuff there, and I'm not sure that there's a way to actually identifty the bits and change their properties with the html as stands, as essentially it's a giant DIV that contains a lot of lines with BRs, rather than using a seperate DIV or P for each line. Also, images and nbsps in fixed width used for spacing ... There dosn't happen to be a way I can do a user-override on the HTML generator like I can for the CSS and JS, is there? :D --Star Weaver 14:57, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

You could rework the whole thing with Javascript after it has loaded, but if that is even useful just to indent the text, I don't think so ;) poke | talk 15:35, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Oog. I tend to be good enough with code to tweak stuff I see regardless of the language, at least a little (like changing the structure of output html), and I could probably do that in python, but learning enough javascript to reformat text in transit? *head esplody time* :D. --Star Weaver 15:41, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Tho with CSS overrides I could just set the width of the containing div to 1500px or something and see if I can deal with the srollies. --Star Weaver 15:42, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Error 500

I received Error 500 while trying to visit http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/List_of_Eye_of_the_North_weaponsmiths ; if there's a better place to post error 500, please let me know. Thanks – Barinthus 21:37, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

The page is a heavy load, but otherwise there's nothing special with it. Backsword 20:50, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] arborstone

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[edit] Skill page

See User:Horsedrowner/skills. I'm now manually adding all skills to a {{skill table}}, but is there no better way to do this? Can't I just put all those skills in a (private?) category? horsedrowner 09:22, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

You can simply use titlematch = Horsedrowner/skills/% to include all titles that start with Horsedrowner/skills/. poke | talk 15:29, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot ;) horsedrowner 09:15, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question re: website promotion?

Heya, I have a question relating to website promotion on Wiki. Myself and quite a few others are due to launch Guild Wars Auctions this weekend to the global community. The site has had a 'soft launch' within our alliance over the past month, and it's been going really well. The Customer Support Team at NCSoft took a look at the site at our request, and were kind enough to wish us the best of luck...so we're ready to take the plunge and bring it to the community. I have a feeling that it might not be considered appropriate to promote a website, even a non commercial one, on wiki so I thought I should ask if there is an appropriate way to bring this to people's attention. I haven't included the website address in this question because I feel it would at odds with the underlying query. If you could let me know your thoughts I'd apprecite it :) --Bunny - Angel talk 13:05, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

See Fansite, List of fansites which seems to be kinda wimpy at the moment; Auction lists 3 auction sites already. GWW:FANSITES is the policy page, though clearly Auction isn't following it becuase of common sense :) though that seems to be about articles for specific fansites. Also, you can link to almost whatever on your userpage, or do soemthing like {{userbox|icon=SELL|info=This user works on auction site [http://whatever.foo name name].}} --Star Weaver 13:15, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, I have included the site in the list of Auction sites and the list of fansites, however according to the rules I see on GWW:FANSITES I believe it is saying that the website doesn't deserve it's own article until it has received recognition. The website isn't a fansite like 'forums' are, so I'm not sure if this will happen in the same way, so I will leave this for the time being. --Bunny - Angel talk 22:05, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Fansites don't get their own articles period. The notability listings there are for inclusion on the List of fansites page, as is stated. (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 22:27, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh I see, perhaps I mis read the section on fansites. Thank you for clarifying. --Bunny - Angel talk 07:13, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mini Pet Prices

where on this site do you find how much certain mini pets are worth75.66.36.254 21:02, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Nowhere. Prices are too variable to be kept posted here. Try GWGuru, though, there's a Price Guide section there. --Chaiyo Kaldor talk contribs 21:05, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Using screen shots in a guild blog

Hello,

How one can get a permission to use in game screen shots and skills' images in a guild blog?

--HH LEADER 00:58, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Skill images are released for fan use under the fansite kit guidelines - you can find more information about that here: http://guildwars.com/community/fansites/kit/default.php (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 03:20, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Screenshots are typically okay for things like guild blogs under fair use, especially because ArenaNet tends to want to encourage publicity about the game anyways. :) (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 03:20, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Guild Page

I was wondering if you could explain how i create a wiki page for my guild, i researched it but am still not completely understanding how its done.--The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:DragonLordIIII (talk).

The easiest way to start, is to go into the game, press F10, and then click on the link that has your guild's name on it. A window will open on your browser with the exact page where you have to create the guild article, and a small template will show up where you can fill in some information about your guild. After that, you can expand it like any other article by following our guild pages policy and formatting guideline for guild pages.--Fighterdoken 05:18, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Actually, the in game link will open up the 'create a guild page' page. You need to put in your guild name exactly as it appears in game including capitalization. Then as Fighterdoken says, just fill in the information in the template. Please be sure to read over the guild page policy so you know what should and shouldn't be on your guild page.-- Wynthyst 05:29, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] help

i need ALOT of help getting my guild hall and my cape

We don't provide ingame help, if that's what you are asking. If you want to make a guild article, it would help if you could point which guild you are talking about. Backsword 03:08, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Changing TOC

Is it possible to change the colours of the TOC? and if yes can anyone tell me how can it be done. Thnx ^^ --MageMontu 09:07, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

You can potentially change how you view the TOC for every page via monobook.css, but you can't change it for just a single page (except your own, possibly) or for other users. (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 09:27, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

So it would only change how I view it. no 1 else would see it? --MageMontu 10:15, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

right. poke | talk 13:02, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

And just for reference, if you do want to change the TOC colors for yourself, then add this to your monobook.css page:

#toc {
    border: 1px solid #0900A9;
    background-color: #A2F3FF;
}

That example would make the border a dark blue, with a light-blue background color. Keep in mind, this change would only affect you, and it would also affect every TOC across the entire site, not just a single page, if that's what your aim is. (if you're trying to make the TOC match a color scheme on a single page, might I suggest __NOTOC__ on that page, and just make your own table of contents there.) -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 13:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Damn the code I came up with the other day but forgot to test or even mention actually would of worked. --Kakarot 13:22, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Luckily, I've had a little experience messing around with site CSS, so I had this code on hand. :D -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 15:04, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Thnx for the help, but i guess i have to pass, I only wanted to change the colors of the TOC on my talk page to match the rest of the page, but since there is no way to do it, ah well, again thnx ^^ --MageMontu 19:35, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How to plant the seed?

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[edit] i cant get to Gyala hatchery

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[edit] forgot account names

pleas send me a masseig

Your account name is the email address you used to register your account. Other than that, we can't help you. We are not ArenaNet employees. (plus, even if we were Anet employees, if you don't sign or put your name or anything, how can we know who you are??  :op ) --Dragon nataku 00:36, 16 July 2008 (UTC) 17:52, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Since this is the wiki help, I'm going to assume he's talking about his Username here. If not, then you'll need to go to HELP:GAME. Not sure if anything can be retrieved if you don't remember your username, since you'd need that to get the e-mail password thing (We have one here, right?). You can always go through the User list... --Chaiyo Kaldor talk contribs 17:56, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] weapons

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[edit] Sig

Hi, can someone help me with my signature? Failed attempt on my userpage. The help page isnt very useful tbh.EnchantedLucy 15:29, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Looks like this got figured out on EL's talkpage. :) (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 16:12, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] when is guild wars 2 coming out

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[edit] Move page up

Is there a way to go from User:Horsedrowner/templates to User:Horsedrowner by code, something like [[/..]]? I'd like something like this for my {{navbar}}. horsedrowner 15:32, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Both [[{{NAMESPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|text]] and [[../|text]] will do what you want -elviondale (tahlk) 16:11, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

I figured the first one is the best. Once you reached the 'root' page, you'll get either text or [[../|text]] horsedrowner 16:42, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User Box Creation

how or where do I go to learn about creating / adding user boxes to my wiki page? Should this be added to the formatting guide? Grafton 03:56, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

The easiest way to learn how to create them is copy them from other people. You can find all sorts of them here.-- Wyn 04:37, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and if you want the technical speak try Help:Templates-- Wyn 04:45, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sig

Ok, I don't know why it is doing this, but whenever I sign with my sig, it changes the date and time to the color of my sig. I don't see anything wrong, so could some one help me. Here's the code [[User:The Cabal|<Font color="#4eaaff"><Font style="Jokerman">T<small>he</small></font>]] [[User Talk:The Cabal|<font color="#4eaaff"><font style="jokerman">C<small>abal</small></font>]] [[Image:The Cabal Sig pic 02.jpg|19px|Summer FTW!]] Thanks in advance. The Cabal 14:12, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Change it to the code:

[[User:The Cabal|<font style="Jokerman" color="#4eaaff">T<small>he</small></font>]] [[User Talk:The Cabal|<font style="jokerman" color="#4eaaff">C<small>abal</small></font>]] [[Image:The Cabal Sig pic 02.jpg|19px|Summer FTW!]]

That should fix it since you had two open font tags and only one close tag. --Kakarot 14:24, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, fogot about that. Thanks! The Cabal 14:28, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] little picture

On talk pages how do i get the little picture next 2 my name Simpaklimp 21:11, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

That little picture next to a name is part of the signature of that person. Look at the section right above this for an example. --JonTheMon 21:16, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

I made a guide on PvXwiki. Make sure to read GWW:SIGN instead of PvX's signature policy, though. They're different. ¬ Wizårdbõÿ777(talk) 03:35, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Files of the MIME type "application/x-php" are not allowed to be uploaded.

Getting that error when trying to upload an image from the hard drive. The image is a JPG, orginally a BMP. Sounds Risky | 08:46, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Try to open it in any image editing program and use "save as", then try again. poke | talk 15:09, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like you downloaded an image from a site that uses a PHP script to serve images, but that doesn't properly set the headers for MIME type when it serves them. Poke's suggestion should fix it. (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 16:07, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Note that we can only use public domain, GFDL and ArenaNet images on the wiki. See Guild Wars Wiki:Copyrights. -- Gordon Ecker 23:17, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Guild Page Pic

I've uploaded my picture for my guild blog using wiki's upload file link but I can't find out where to put the picture code in at. My Name Is Cain 05:55, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Add the following line at somewhere between {{guild infobox and }}:

| capeimage = Image:Guild Cape.jpg

With the actual file name in place of "Guild Cape.jpg". -- Gordon Ecker 06:03, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit]  ?????

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[edit] 2 Questions

1. Is there a limit to the amount of subpages I can have?

2. Is there anyway I can create subpages for extremely well made ideas?

Thanks -- LordYaara 03:59, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

1. No. But try not to use it as a personal website.

2. You can create subpages for whatever you want subject to GWW:USER. -- ab.er.rant 04:32, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Caveat:Keep it GW related. Backsword 12:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Two questions

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I was wondering about two things. I wasn't Sure quite where to put it so I am putting it here.

1. How can I get my guild (Guild:House of Bloodrose into a full status guild and not just a stub?

and

2. How can I import a user image?

Please respond on my talk page--Smiley 07:26, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

There are no formal criteria for adding or removing stub tags, you can take it off if you think the guild page is finished. Images can be uploaded through the upload interface, which can be accessed by clicking the "Upload file" link in the toolbox, going to Special:Upload or clicking on a red link for an image. See Guild Wars Wiki:Image use for details on image naming and tagging rules. Only ArenaNet, GFDL and public domain images may be uploaded. -- Gordon Ecker 07:48, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Creating a guild page

How do I get a blank template to start a guild page for my guild. I have tried to find one but their does not appear to be one anywhere?

--Graham Jackson 11:50, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Take a look at Guild Wars Wiki:Formatting/Guilds. You can edit the URL to read http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Guild:Your_Guild_Name, and it should offer to create a guild page for you. Biscuits 11:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] i dont know what to do

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