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Uploading problems?

Is anyone else having problems to upload images? When I try to upload something, I get the big red message saying "The file you uploaded seems to be empty. This might be due to a typo in the file name. Please check whether you really want to upload this file" (which is the same message that appears when you try to upload something over the 2 mb limit, for the records). Insisting sometimes makes the image go through, but this is proving to be unreliable.

(I wonder if it has something to do with me uploading 100+ 2 mb images earlier today...) Erasculio 23:02, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Same problem here, I have tried different pictures on different computers, the photos were edited by seperate computers, and on different operating systems. I tried removing and reinstalling Java for IE7 and still no luck. I also tried re-uploading Poke's test picture and still received the error message. Ghosst • Talk • 15:03, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

It's a reported bug but we have to wait til tomorrow when the IT guys get back from their long xmas holiday. -- Wyn 15:05, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

It's the day after tomorrow already, and I still can't upload images :( Now my new pages look aweful! --Lady Rhonwyn 09:04, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Seems Anet IT are off til after the first. Go figure. -- Wyn 09:14, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Slackers... I have to work, so they should too! Oh well, I'll just look at my local mediawiki installation then :D --Lady Rhonwyn 12:11, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

So glad I found this. I was starting to think I was the only one having this problem. Sarifael 21:12, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Same, hopefully the IT guys will get back soon!--Wingsy 14:05, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

They are lazy! They have had a whole day to fix it already and I still can't upload my pictures >:-( *still waiting impatiently for the problem to be fixed* --Lady Rhonwyn 13:55, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

They are obviously doing something about it. Not the right thing but something. Instead of the big red message saying theres a problem uploading I now get ".jpg‎ " is not a permitted file type. Permitted file types are png, gif, jpg, jpeg. Brian78wa 23:52, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

It works, I can finally upload my images! *gives some flowers to the IT guys (and girls)* --Lady Rhonwyn 07:30, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Name font/color

How do I change the font face and font color of my name that my posts are signed with? And what determines if a signature is before or after a name? Empress Amarox 03:43, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Check out the Signature page on how to customize your signature. Remember to also check out the Guidelines on custom signatures to make sure your custom signature abides by the rules.- TheRave (talk) 11:24, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm gonna need something a lot more simple than that... x.x" Empress Amarox 18:21, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

If you just want to change the font face and color, here are a few easy steps:

1. Take the following code and put in the color and font face you want: [[User:Empress Amarox|<span style="font-face: Arial; color: red;">Empress Amarox</span>]]
2. Go to Special:Preferences, and copy and paste that code into the "Signature" field.
3. Check the checkbox labeled "Raw signatures (without automatic link)".

¬ Wizårdbõÿ777(talk) 19:47, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. So, um... what determines if an avatar is before or after a name? Empress Amarox talk 20:24, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

What order you write the code. Right now, you can't upload an image though so you may want to wait. -- Wyn 20:28, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Guild Cape image

How do you change the guild cape image on Guild pages? I've been put in charge of updating my guild's page and I can't find anyplace to change the cape file name in the Guild template. Do I need to just upload a new version of the file or is there a way to change it on the page itself? --Shinigami King 00:20, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Click on the image on your guild's page (or the image link) then upload a new version of the same in the image's page (you will get the option somewhere). After you upload it, you will need to wait about one hour or so until the server updates it.--Fighterdoken 01:38, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I did that yesterday and it still hasn't changed. Should I try again or just wait some more? --Shinigami King 20:52, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Is the new version supposed to be a silver phoenix on a white/gray background? It seems to be updated on my end, if that's the case. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 22:07, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes. Let me check it again. --Shinigami King 02:42, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok for me it's changed here: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Special:FileDuplicateSearch/Guild_Brians_Guildies_cape.jpg but not here: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Image:Guild_Brians_Guildies_cape.jpg --Shinigami King 02:44, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

It's changed for me in both instances. Try clearing your cache on the page (go to the image, then press Ctrl + F5). -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 04:33, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Also be a bit more patient. It took my guild cape image three days to change, last time I updated it. :P — Why 01:48, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Cannot edit page/possible corruption

Would an administrator please delete one of my user pages - User:Joseph/Tracker from the database? I cannot edit this page at all if logged in, and it hangs on submit if not logged in. Possibly caused by a time I submitted a page and for a reason I can't remember I quit the browser before it finished loading the whole page. I have the wiki code for that page so do not worry about anything. Obviously I cannot add a deletion tag for the same reason. If any user manages to successfully edit this page, please leave a note on my talk page and I'll respond. Many thanks! – josəph 13:24, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

works for me without any problems - do you get any error when trying to edit the page? poke | talk 13:30, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

No error at all. I can edit my other (sub) pages. What happens on this page, is the edit page opens and the browser acts as if the page is loaded, but nothing is displayed. This occurs with Opera, Firefox, and (an older version of) IE. If I am not logged in, the edit page is displayed but upon submitting a preview, it reverts to the above problem of thinking it's loaded when it isn't. – josəph 13:46, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Weird, ok I have deleted the page, try it now please. poke | talk 13:50, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Poke. It DID hang again. So I returned to this page and clicked on the link again and it appeared so it must have saved it before hanging. But it looks like that might have done the trick so thanks. :) – josəph 13:59, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

help by the admin log?

Hello. I have a hard problem.
I wrote a huge text on User:Yullive/skill improvement and invested a lot of time. While writing I copied everything and added it to my vista sidebar memo. I often used the preview function, but didnt saved the page. (because I didn't want to fill the log --> "Please use the Show preview button before saving changes to reduce the number of edits shown in the recent changes list.")
I finished the writing and wanted to save the page, but I misclicked and closed the site. -.-
I thought: "Calm down, you saved it!", but the memo only gave me, what is saved right know. Far not all! I copied in the time between an other text and because of that I cant can't use "ctrl+V". :( My question:

• Is there a log for admins, where my preview has been saved?
• Is there the posibillity to get the old copied files ("ctrl+C") from Windows Vista (any log, or something like that)? --> I even do not swich of my computer. Yullive 00:01, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Until it's saved, all the text is kept on your end; there's no log to view previews or anything. Unfortunately, you'll need to re-write anything that wasn't saved.

When you say you accidentally "closed the site", do you mean you mistakenly left the page, or entirely closed your web browser? I would suggest getting Firefox if it's the latter, because that will "remember" entered text for you, so you can just hit the "back" button and still have your work intact. Of course, if you closed the whole thing by mistake, then yeah, that wouldn't make a difference anyway. >.<

P.S.: and no, I don't think the text you entered would be saved on your end anywhere, not unless you did copy them, in which case, you should be able to just paste them again (ctrl+V)... -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 14:32, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I copied it, but I copied another text after and so it got erased. Isn't there a protocol in Windows, saving this copies? -- Yullive 17:44, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Nope there is no such thing. Also I would recommend that you actually Copy the whole Text in the Edit Window and then paste it directly into Notepad. Should anything go wrong with the Saving then you can just switch back to notepad Ctrl+A Ctrl+C it and paste it back into the Edit window. The Sidebar Memo is not made for holding huge amounts of Texts either but rather for small notes etc. Anyway whatever you wrote you will need to retype it. --SilentStorm 18:11, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you all for response. -- Yullive 21:49, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Suspended

i tried to login today and it said a 66 hour suspenstion for spamming....which i didnt do--67.80.164.66 02:46, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

It is likely you did actually do it but probably didn't realise. They are very very very unlikely to suspend you incorrectly. Have you been trading in normal chat? Because that's what most people get caught out on. Buying/selling should only be done in trade chat. Anyway, if you still think you're innocent or want more information, try contacting support, although it is likely they will just say to wait out the 66 hours.- TheRave (talk) 06:12, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Images and links...

I was reading through the help files on Media Wiki about images and found this...

Help - #Link

But when I try it here it opens to the image itself or to the redirect that is on the image. Are image links disabled here on GWW or am I doing something wrong? The link= command ends up showing as the alt= for the image. Suggestions? Solutions? Elric Coy 23:40, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Image:Assassin-tango-icon-48.png. calor (talk) 03:35, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't believe you can link that way, especially using an image that already has a redirect on it. Try uploading your own copy of it. -- Wyn 05:20, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Based on your sandbox I think that this might have something to do with what you want? --Kakarot 05:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

• Calor ~ what??? is that an attempt at some kind of response?
• Wyn ~ That sucks.. I thought it was the redirect at first so I put that theory to the test. That is why my sandbox has the any tango icon. That icon is not redirected anywhere and the link command still doesn't work, even though Media Wiki says it should.
• Kakarot ~ again that sucks... more work per link than I'd like to invest but if that is how it has to be done, I guess that is how it will have to be done. Strange that it doesn't work, even though it is in big letters on a wiki help page. Did someone disable that function on this wiki for a particular reason? Is it possible to find out why its not functioning? Or why it was disabled? Elric Coy 15:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

The easiest way to "link" an image, is simply upload your own version of it, and redirect it. I've never seen it done any other way, except with an Image map extension which GWW does not have as it is going to be a feature in an upcoming upgrade to Media Wiki. -- Wyn 15:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

What if I want to use that image to link to several different things depending on which page I was on... Then I'd have to upload one copy of the image for each and every different link I wanted to create. That isn't very efficient and wiki wasn't meant to be used that way. Just like wiki isn't really supposed to be used as a forum either but that's a different story.

Your suggestion may be the "easiest way" but its not really a good idea in the long run as the more people do it the more bloated their user accounts become. Unless storage space here on wiki isn't a concern. No, I'd rather just use the nav image template or find out why the |link= command doesn't work. Elric Coy 15:53, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

The reason the link parameter doesn't work is that we aren't using the latest MediaWiki version, because there isn't a stable release yet (if I understood it correctly). It will work when we upgrade, but that might take a while. - anja 16:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Anja. A real answer (not that the other responses weren't good). This article was suggested by Wyn on my talk page... I read it and made a lot of sense. So, I guess I'll be using the navimage template till the Mediawiki version that has a working link parameter is stable and working properly if I want to use any images as link buttons. Elric Coy 18:13, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

On a late note, I thought you were simply referring to how to make a text link to an image, like I demonstrated above, so I gave a simple example. Sorry, calor (talk) 23:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

cant log in

How do I get user and password back in synk ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Msmeany69 (talk • contribs) at 03:52, January 19, 2009 (UTC).

If you registered an e-mail address on the wiki, you can request your password to be e-mailed to you. If you didn't, you'll have to make a new account. If you're not talking about your wiki account, you've posted on the wrong page. Biscuits 09:11, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

I would guess Msmeany is talking about a different type of account, seeing as he/she is currently logged in to the wiki. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 02:29, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Help!

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Can someone help me? I can't get a file I uploaded to show on my page! --> This one {{Image:User Unendingfear Proudud and Foolish Was King Adelbern.png}} <-- See, that's all it shows! HELP PLEASE!

You are using the wrong tags. you should have [[Image:User Unendingfear Proudud and Foolish Was King Adelbern.png]] which gives --JonTheMon 18:16, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Opps, thanks--Unendingfear 18:37, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

How do I check if I am blocked?

As the title says, how do I check if I am blocked from GWW?

I've been having problems loading images on both GWW and guildwars.com since the Wintersday update and I'm pretty sure it's not caused by adblockers or whatsoever because I haven't installed any of those during this period and GWW and guildwars.com are the only two sites that exhibit such a problem. Tried viewing GWW using another computer but the result is the same but when I use the same computer (laptop) on another network (office) it works just fine so I concluded it must have been something to do with IP blocking...

EDIT: There have been a couple of users with similar ip (218.186.12.XXX) experiencing similar problems as I have in posts up there so any admin could help us sort this out? (I am from Singapore by the way) 218.186.12.207 19:00, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

There's not much we can really do about it. Assured, you are not blocked, as you made that post. Being blocked has nothing to do with the speed of the wiki. You can turn off adblockers for GWW, as we don't have any ads to defray costs. Hopefully that will make it faster. calor (talk) 00:42, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

My guess this is an ISP issue since as you say, the only other report we have had of this is from someone in the same IP series as you, and he is also in Singapore. I would suggest you try accessing the wiki from a different ISP in Singapore and see if you have any problems. If you don't, then I would suggest contacting your ISP to see if there is some type of filter they are using. Adblocking plugins often make images appear blank, so if your ISP has some sort of internal adfilter it may be causing these problems. -- Wyn 05:29, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

To Calor: I'm using vanilla IE7 and haven't installed any third party adblockers so I don't think I have any adblockers up that is causing this problem. Also, I notice that this strange problem extends to plaync.com and even arenanet.com as well. I was beginning to think it was a problem with the NCSoft server clusters but when I tried lineage2.com (another NCSoft MMORPG) it worked fine. So how should I go about to try to solve this problem? Should I take up this issue with my ISP?

To Wyn: Hmm the images try to load but time out and eventually display the broken image link placeholder... is that a sign of an adblocker? Sounds like I should speak to my ISP... Anyway I have included a detailed problem description below, if anyone has any inkling what's going on or can provide a suggestion that will help when I contact my ISP, I will be very grateful.

Detailed problem description: General site slowness, only text can be loaded, images try to load but will time out and never load. Even when an empty tab is opened and the direct link of the image such as http://wiki.guildwars.com/images/thumb/b/ba/Guild_Wars_Factions_logo.png is entered, it will time out. Happens to GWW, guildwars.com, plaync.com, arenanet.com, used to be fine but started happening around the start of the Wintersday updates and persists even after Wintersdays changes have been reverted. Also seems like multiple users on similar ip (218.186.12.XXX) share the problem. Personally I am using Starhub cable from Singapore.218.186.12.207 05:58, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Saving a game

Can the game be saved at a certain point in a mission?

Wrong help area, and no. It auto-saves your loot and experience but if you disconnect or leave during a mission, you will have to do it again later.-- anguard 02:40, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

adding a suggestion

ey guys, i added the same suggestion about camera zooming in and out twice today but it doesnt show in any category whats goin on lol?----David

I think you mistakenly created two of the same article. Nevertheless, the one you want is here. I'll reformat it so its properly categorized. -- Wandering Traveler 05:08, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

ey dude, thanks for doing this for me but i still dont know where my suggestion is in what category----DAvid

I'm still trying to figure out how and where to categorize it....I'm not the best with these suggestions. Its probably going to go into Miscellaneous Suggestions though. >< -- Wandering Traveler 05:18, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I've put it into ArenaNet:Guild Wars 2 suggestions/Interface. It should be there now if I did things correctly. -- Wandering Traveler 05:21, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

aww my friend, youre incredible. Thanks a lot for doing this for me . Thank you so much ----David

vampiric axes

where can i find info for vampiric axes i have two. not know how they work.

Vampiric axes are pretty generic. We have articles on both Axes and Vampiric mods, so those might be of interest. -- Wandering Traveler 14:27, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

i added suggestion again (new one) but it didnt show up again lol

ey guys, i added a new suggestion for guild wars(1) but it didnt show up again. Whats goin on lol----DAvid

i also only clicked save page once this time and did not fool around with why it didnt show up like i did with previous suggestion lol----David

Me again. I categorized it for you. For future reference, Creating pages using the handy "create subpage" area (example can be found here) will automatically categorize it. Just look for the subcategory you want your suggestion to be in, and you should be fine. :) -- Wandering Traveler 23:07, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

dear wandering traveler, hello again. I cant find your response in the column. I just found it here. I dont know what youre talking about since i can only find your response here lol.

Oh hello, after i typed dear wandering traveler etc. it showed up in the response. Yeah, that create subpage area i did that all three times and the suggestion would not show up under the category i put it in. Whats goin on? lol----David

How is this meant?

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Everything seems to be presented in this form: Fire Magic for 10...22...25 seconds or 3...5...7 damage or 24...36...48 energy drain. I don't understand the progressing referrence? 10...22...25 ??????? --65.102.114.231 15:29, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

It's meant at attributes 0, 12, and 15 respectively. --JonTheMon 15:32, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Jons answer is good but if you still aren't sure I can understand your confusion, but if you look up the spell here on wiki and read the chart that is on each one it would be much easier to understand.

• For example- Lets look at Incendiary Bonds. If you read the description it says-

Hex Spell. After 3 seconds, target foe and all nearby foes are struck for 20...68...80 fire damage and are set on fire for 1...3...3 seconds.

If you read the chart you can see that as you add skill points into Fire Magic, the amount of damage increases and the amount of time the burning lasts also slowly increases. The green numbers in the description give you the amount of damage or burning time at those most common attribute levels.

i.e. 20...68...80 fire damage at Fire Magic 0...12...15 Elric 15:57, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

F10 key

How can i get back or reinstall my page under the F10 key again and regain acces to the support & help on the GW log in page, coz i can't enter onto either site's,help! i'm desperate can't find a good answer on my question --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Laay69 (talk).

Are you talking about accessing your guild page through the F10 menu? Or just accessing the F10 menu at all?

For the first, if you had one and now it doesn't appear, it may have been deleted by mistake, so request the reinstallement (sp?) on the admin noticeboard. For the second one, the only reason why i would think you have problems with the f10 menu is if you have hidden your UI somehow, or if you have problems with your web browser.--Fighterdoken 17:12, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

The ingame F10 is assigned to the help function by default, which includes wiki links and a wiki search box. To restore default F10 operation:

1. hit F11 (or go to Menu / Options)
2. click the control tab
3. click the restore defaults button
4. close the options window

---McCrea 14:26, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Creature type on the wiki

Hi, At the creatures section, when I enter to a creature type to see its characteristics, i do not see to wich damage they are vulnerable or more resistent. I also would like a better aclaration for the weapons mods like "+20% damage vs undead", I do not have a good idea of which enemies are undead or not, and reading the wiki it seems even more harder to know it!!

Thanks. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:62.57.211.215 (talk).

You can find this information in the infobox that all creature articles have. The "Type" parameter should tell you what kind of characteristics a creature share. By example, a Charr Axe Fiend is a creature Type = Charr, so clicking on the Charr link in the infobox will bring you to an article which includes (or should) what the species is weak and strong against.--Fighterdoken 17:12, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

wrong pictures

This has been bugging me for awhile, but I kept forgetting about it. Gogo ADD? Anyway. It's about this page. If you click on the last two pictures in the first row of pics (Elementalist Ancient armor overview, specifically Left and Right), they go to the right places. If you click the first two (Front and Back), you get taken to some random person's character in fem ele ancient armour, that's really distorted and is not what we're supposed to be seeing. I'd change it myself but I can't find any revert option there, and attempts to modify the Front Back ones on the page I linked to to be the same size resulted in blurry images, so I didn't bother uploading them. Perhaps someone with better Wiki and/or Photoshop knowledge could fix it. --Dragon nataku 20:27, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Its to do with the wiki caching images. I just checked and found the same thing. It was fixed for me by refreshing the cache by clicking Page Refresh/Reload on my browser multiple times in quick succession.- TheRave (talk) 20:31, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

All the images are properly showing for me....I don't see anything out of the ordinary with the ones you mentioned... -- Wandering Traveler 20:32, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

The Rave may be right... I've had issues myself with images after I upload a new version. Try forcing a refresh with ctrl-f5 if you are using IE or FireFox. It may not work every time since it seems the old image leaves a ghost in the machine that is sometimes called up even though you've already seen the correct image where it's supposed to be. Elric

Hum, you're right, sorry. I just did the Ctrl-F5 thing. Didn't realize it'd been changed since I first noticed it sometime last year ^O__o^;; --Dragon nataku 22:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Wanted_pages

In an effort to participate more I was looking through the wanted pages section. I noticed that there are a lot of links to guild pages that do not exist. Is there a way to weed through these links and determine if the Guild Page should really be created, have the link reduced to text since it doesn't exist until the guild owner creates it, or filter these links out of the wanted pages section? Or should nothing be said or done... (self filtering?) Elric 21:29, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

in the case of guild pages, it's generally up to someone in the guild to create it. If you want to remove them from the Wanted page, I believe the only way someone on this side of the server can do it, is to go through, and remove any links pointing to said page. There should be a little thing saying "X Links" next to a wanted page, where X is a number, if you click that, it will give you a list of locations that link to the wanted page. It might be possiable for someone with server side access to exclude the guild name space from the wanted page (with it being a Special page, only people with Server side access can edit it/edit what it displays). ~PheNaxKian Talk 21:34, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Phen, I explored those links, but I doubt I have the authority to edit all those links to eliminate them from the wanted list, idk if a policy regarding links to guild pages that do not exist is warranted or not though. Elric 21:39, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

A policy that is disallowing links to not existing pages would be bad. There is no problem if people link to those pages, just ignore it or ask them to change it or change it yourself. poke | talk 21:45, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Is it ok for me to edit a user's space to remove a link to a non existing guild page? Elric 21:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

As far as I'm aware that's fine, and there shouldn't be any problems with it. However before you do start, i think it's best to leave any links in Wikichu's Logs. Everything else should be all right.~PheNaxKian Talk 22:11, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

One of the problems might be that, if a guild page hasn't been edited in a certain number of months (not entirely sure how many), it gets changed from, let's say, "Guild:The Potato Guild", to "Guild:The Potato Guild (historical)", so any links that had linked to "Guild:The Potato Guild" become links to pages that do not exist. (and yes, I know I am terribly uncreative with names) --Dragon nataku 22:14, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

If the Guild, The Potato Guild has now become The Potato Guild (historical), shouldn't the original guild name now be redirected to the now historical guild name? If that is so I can do that and easily remove all of these from the wanted pages section. Elric 22:19, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

My suggestion for wanted pages, is to ignore the guild pages listed. Most of those red links have been created by 2 things. Our previous practice of deleting inactive guild pages, and our current practice of archiving them. This has created a large number of red links on userpages, either directly, or through userboxes. As for the redirects, those redirects are all deleted to allow for creation of a new guild with the same name if the guild has been disbanded in game. -- Wyn 22:39, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't think ignoring the problem is going to work. Perhaps we can deal with the 2 issues that put the page on the historical or deleted list.

• Historical Guilds - A redirect on the wanted page to the new historical page with a template on the historical page giving directions for moving the historical page out of history or directions for seperating the old from the new by deleting the redirect and creating the new guild page?
• Deleted Guilds - A template on the wanted page explaining that this guild was previously deleted and is currently available for use?

Solves the issue without putting our heads in the sand. No more pages and pages of wanted guild pages. Elric 23:17, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

You can't put a redirect for historical guilds. We've already been through this. There is a notice on the guild creation page telling people that if they are looking for the old page, where to find it. The redirect would stop anyone from trying to create a page with the same name should they create a new guild. Please see the discussion on the Guild page policy before you start trying to reinvent the wheel. The same thing goes for otherwise deleted guilds. There are many other ways you can contribute. See Projects or other wanted pages that aren't guild. -- Wyn 23:34, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Actually a better solution for the wanted guild pages is to find all the bad links and remove them or change them to the historical page whichever is more appropriate. -- Wyn 23:36, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

I understand the creation message is there. Perhaps that was not the best way to deal with that particular problem. I checked the guild pages policy talk. The wanted pages was not a consideration when the decision was made. These guilds are slowly choking the wanted pages section making it harder for someone to find a page they want to work on. We need a solution to get these pages out of the wanted section so interested contributors don't have to filter through them. We want users to contribute more to the mainspace? Then we need to make it easier for them to find a page they want to work on. Elric 23:43, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps an easier way is a filter that simply filters out all wanted pages that are in the User: and Guild: namespace? Elric

There is a previous request for such a change - see here. The talk page is revealing on why it is unlikely, unless the technical side of things has changed, that your suggestion will be done. --Aspectacle 00:11, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Internal Linking is done with [[Page you wanny link|Link text]] ;) --SilentStorm 00:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, there is no way to filter the wanted pages list, as it is integral to the software itself (at least that's how poke explained it to me when I asked the same question.) The best way to remove guild pages from the wanted pages link is to remove the links from the userpages that contain them. I believe the highest number of links for any one page involved is 38. Would be a nice project for someone. I believe our last historical move was 3941 pages. -- Wyn 00:31, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

ha...ha... A bot maybe... but yes, necessary imho... The wanted pages is supposed to be a useful link. Elric 00:35, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Most visited pages?

Is there a way to generate a list of the most/least visited pages in this wiki? Luke1138 01:20, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Special:PopularPages. calor (talk) 02:07, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

That's great. Thanks! Luke1138 18:11, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Check out the Special pages link in the toolbox nav at the left (very bottom). You can find a lot of those kind of list pages there. -- Wyn 18:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Awesome thanks! It's like a treasure chest :-) Luke1138 17:06, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Wiki Accountname Change

Hi, could an admin change my account name to Kissaki please? That'd be great. Thanks. --RotzKotz ere 18:48, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, that's not possible, what you can do is register the new name and then redirect your old name to the new one. -- Wyn 18:50, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Why's that? On other mediawikis that was no problem. Is that a policy here or sth? --RotzKotz ere 19:02, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

The admins here (Bcrats and Sysops) do not have direct access to the database. -- Wyn 19:44, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

how do i change the guild war ip adress to mine?

how can i change the uild wars ip adress to my ip adress, my internet works better than whatever it si connectted to at the moment, so how??!!--80.42.173.251 18:32, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Guild Wars does not allow you to host games on your computer. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 08:54, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Problems with my account

Right now, I'm having big problems logging to my account. My username is "Robert Batchelor" but I have forgotten my password, and have just reinstalled Windows. However when I tried to get a temp password, I get the message Error sending mail: There is no e-mail address recorded for user "Robert Batchelor".

Can anyone help me with this problem? 202.89.173.203 15:27, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

That means that you did not specify an email Address when you registered on the Wiki, nor added one afterwards. However a valid EmailAddress is required for beeing able to recover your Wiki Password. Unless you remember your Password again there is no chance of getting your Account back. --SilentStorm 15:54, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Custom Signature

How do I custom my signature with images, font, and all that? I checked out the help center but it's not being specific on that.--GuidingLight 15:18, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Hm, it seems Help:Signatures isn't linked. Did you read that also? If you didn't, it should have answers to most questions. :) - anja 15:25, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I did but it didn't show me how exactly to change color, add images to my sig, and all that--GuidingLight 15:29, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

You change color like this [[User:GuidingLight|<span style="color:red;">GuidingLight</span>]] and just replace red with the color you want. To change font, you add font-family:FONTNAME; after red;. An image is added like this [[Image:User GuidingLight sig.jpg|some alt text|19px]].

To have your signature image link to a specific page, which is recommended, you edit the image page and add a redirect, like this: #redirect [[User talk:GuidingLight]] on the first line. Does that help? :) - anja 15:52, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes! Thankee much! ^^ I never did that kind of editing anywhere on the Internet. --GuidingLight 16:10, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Messages

→ moved from Help:Ask an account question

....I know what I am about to ask might sound stupid, but how do I send messages to other wiki members?Lord Vallern 17:13, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

If it requires privacy, then either look for contact information on their user page (User:Username), or go to their userpage and look for the link in the toolbox on the sidebar that says "E-mail this user" (both you and the person you're e-mailing need to have an e-mail address set in preferences for this to work). If it doesn't need to be private, go to the user's talk page (User talk:Username), and click the little '+' tab at the top of the page to add a new section. ¬ Wizårdbõÿ777(talk) 17:29, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Watchlist

My watchlist seems to be frozen in time. It doesn't show any new entries after 00:12 today, even though several pages I am watching have been updated. Bug, or common issue? — Why 00:25, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Mine seems to be working fine, you may need to purge your cache? -- Wyn 00:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Wiki became inaccessible for me for a couple of mins, and everything functions smoothly again. Thanks anyway. — Why 01:13, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Editing Pages Too Much

If I forget something and edit a page like 10 times in a row, would it be bad? I don't know how wiki creates history... Also what's the use of "minor edit" thing? Just a marker? AlicanC 12:24, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

It would "spam" Special:RecentChanges and that page's history. To avoid that, use the "show preview" function. Minor edit is indeed a marker (so that people watching recent changes can distinguish big and small changes to an article). --Xeeron 13:56, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) Each time you click Save Page it adds an additional edit to the pages history; for example this is the history of your user page; as well as adding one to the recent changes which is what most people use to watch edits for vandalism, questions in these ask a question pages and other edits. The Minor Edit button marks the edit as a minor edit which can if desired be filtered out of the recent changes using the hide minor edits link near the top and is usually used when making minor changes to a page in your userspace for example.

One way to reduce the amount of edits that you need to make is to make use of the Show Preview button which will as the name suggests let you see a preview of what the page will look like after saving without actually saving thus reducing the number of times you need to save. Hopefully that answers your questions satisfactorily. --Kakarot 13:59, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

You just need to be careful because the "Show preview" button is right next to the "Save page" button and that you don't accidentily hit save when you mean to hit preview (like I've done a million times :-) Luke1138 16:42, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Guild Wars Guru - Reported Attack Site

I'm not sure if this is something relevant to the content of this Wiki so I thought I would ask the question here. As of today it appears that Guild Wars Guru have achieved the status of "Reported Attack Site" for any Firefox users using standard settings (see screen shot ). This means that Guru have individually and specifically been classed as a website that "try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system." I noticed that there is a reference to this website on the "Auction" page. Should this information be included as a warning somewhere on that page? --Bunny - Angel talk 11:17, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

It has been resolved. Mini Me 11:45, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Well good! After reading the Google report with yesterdays date here I was very concerned...scripting exploits and malicious software all sound quite worrying. Both my browser and Google, are still saying "This site may harm your computer" so I think I'll wait for it to say something else before I visit again... --Bunny - Angel talk 11:56, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it still says it, but the virus thingie is gone, the only thing that's left is the warning, but they're getting that resolved as well. Mini Me 12:03, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh I see, so we just need to wait for Google to re-test or something. I know there was a problem a few months ago but it says "...the last time that suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-02-08" which is yesterday. Has this recent problem been fixed too, or are you talking about the one a few months ago? --Bunny - Angel talk 12:07, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

I was talking about the one from yesterday :) Mini Me 16:45, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh ok, thanks Mini Me. I really do hope this is their last offence. This makes 2 quite nasty things in the last 90 days. No offence, I'm sure you have it on good authority that the problem is resolved, but if both Google and Firefox are telling me the site is harmful to visit, I'll wait until they change their minds before I visit again. --Bunny - Angel talk 16:53, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

We were indeed hit by a Chinese hacker yesterday morning and for 2 hours, if someone was specifically using IE, had not updated their Windows XP since 2006, and had no anti-virus in place... you were probably vulnerable to a virus. We resolved the matter quickly and Google happened to be spidering the site at the time. Many webmasters are hit with false positives or just have the luck of the draw to be having issues when Google spiders their site and are labeled. We are not the first GW fansite to have had this issue and we do everything we can to protect our users. Just as Facebook.com, CNN.com, Symantec.com (makers of Norton Anti-virus) and other reputable websites have been hacked in the past no website is immune to this. We have installed additional security on our servers, they are continually monitored and GuildWarsGuru.com is perfectly safe. It will not harm your computer. We are working with Google to get this warning removed. Inde

Pr0tip- If a lot of security exploits come from China, block IP addresses from there temporarily until the security problems are fixed.

Wow that's really unfortunate that you're receiving such repeated issues. Thanks for the update Inde. Back on the subject of wiki content however - it appears that Guru are no longer on the list of fansites on the www.guildwars.com page so should somebody update this on Wiki? --Bunny - Angel talk 09:00, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

The matter has been resolved. Google removed the malware warning and Bunny, Wynthyst took care of that yesterday after I spoke to her. I have all ready sent off a notice to Regina though about this and GuildWarsGuru.com should be back up on the GW fansite listing today. Inde 15:32, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

organised people :) --Bunny - Angel talk 18:23, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Skill infobox vs. User skill infobox

I noticed this page User:Unendingfear/Proud_and_Foolish_was_King_Adelbern was using Template:Skill infobox should it be using [[Template:User skill infobox]]? Fenyx 02:59, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes. The skill infobox is designed for use in mainspace and autocategorizes the skills, the User skill infobox is for use in userspace, and doesn't autocategorize. -- Wyn 03:44, 12 February 2009 (UTC)]

Thanks Wyn! Fenyx 12:34, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

That's incorrect; the skill infobox is designed to be used whereever, and will only autocat when in mainspace. Backsword 07:25, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but that was the way I understood it, anyway, I have fixed all of Unendingfear's user created skill pages. -- Wyn 09:49, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Category question

Hey, so I've just discovered Category:Image_update_needed, and had a question about it. What's the general purpose of this category? I mean, what needs to be updated? Some of them have notes in the picture summary, but some don't. For example, I noticed that the pictures for female assassin Ancient armour (grey) are on there, and all I can figure from looking at the pictures is that they're too dark because of the setting. Basically, I don't wanna go about replacing pictures if I'm not entirely sure why they require updates. ^@__@^ --Dragon Nataku 17:50, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Guild Wars Wiki:Formatting/Images should provide you with the information about what images are expected to be, so you can see what needs to be changed in the images in the category. As a rule of thumb, images should show what they intend to show, they should be easily visible, and should not include unrequired UI (or aditional content).

If you want to help updating images, just go ahead. Previous revisions of images are saved, so even if you somehow screw it, you or others can always revert back the image to a previous version. Just remember to take the {{image update}} tag out once you upload a correct version of the images.--Fighterdoken 21:36, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Fighter. By the way, how's the School of Swordchuckery workin out forya? *wanders off to read the formatting guide* --Dragon Nataku 03:33, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Where can I find page tags?

Where can I find page tags like "candidate for deletion" or "information may not be accurate?" I regularly come across pages that need to have notices put on them for one reason or another, but I don't know how to put them up. Thanks. Ninjatek 12:55, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Category:Maintenance templates. :-) Biscuits 13:04, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Can I add my past contributions list?

Hello, I'm a newly registered user, I just registered today. I was wondering, since I have been making slight contributions here and there in the past year or two, can they be listed as mine? They're all from the same IP, the same one I'm using right now.

My hopes of this being possible aren't very high, but why not try? :) Woopdeedoo 04:06, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Nope, unfortunately contributions can't be added from an IP to another account, or added from one account to another. Your best bet is to simply log out and put a note on your userpage as an IP address, stating that all edits made with such-and-such IP before so-and-so are by you. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 06:17, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

My sock and my sig

Would it be allowed for me to move my signature image ([1]) to Image:User Why Sig.PNG to reduce code length? User:Why is an account I made in the time abbreviations in signatures were still required to be registered and redirected. — Why 18:24, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

On second thought, I suppose duplicating it to aforementioned location would be better, because my sig image links to an aweful lot of pages, as sig images tend to do. Would it be allowed to have Image:User Why Sig.PNG in the signature of User:Why Are We Fighting? — Why 18:27, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I will interpret the silece as a "nobody cares" and go ahead and change my signature. :P — Why 19:04, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

How to directly address new users?

In case of User:Sir_James, who is filling up the RecentChanges because he/she is not using the Preview/Minor Edit button. This user apparently isn't aware of the Discussion linked to his page. Any way to get this user's attention, without putting a big CHECK YOUR DISCUSSION at his userpage? --Arduinna 14:31, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Some Users apparently have a huge Ignorance Level regarding the Big "You have a new Message" Box on every single Page, or just ignore the Advice of others. However I reminded him again when I saw RC a few minutes ago. I know that people have been blocked for a few Minutes to make them aware of their Talkpages in cases such as this one but lets see if he finally realizes it and acts accordingly. --SilentStorm 14:51, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, let's... --Arduinna 14:53, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Guess the temporary block by Anja didn't work ;) --Arduinna 15:09, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

I wouldnt say so... He just did one revision since the Block expired and that might be that he clicked the wrong button accidently. He made much more contributions in less time before. So I would say the block served its purpose. --SilentStorm 15:11, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah, true, didn't think about it that way. --Arduinna 15:15, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

how do you create a page

how do you create a template and create a page (Nemis troy 16:59, 20 February 2009 (UTC)).

Just enter the Page you want in the Search. If it doesnt exist there should be a link to create it. Another way would be to just enter it into the Addressbar. See Help:Editing for more info. Also sign your Comments please. PS: Caps doesnt make you any cooler :P --SilentStorm 17:09, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Guild Page

Hey, I'm the leader of Dawn of Shadows guild, and I made a page on it called Guild: Dawn of Shadows. In my alliance, I can't get my page to be a clickable link and turn out right. help? --Divinity Caller 06:34, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

You have to title the page exactly as it is in game Guild:Dawn Of Shadows. I have moved it to the appropriate page. -- Wyn 06:38, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Image not uploading properly

Hi is anyone else having the preblem where you upload an image and it changes the old images dimensions but doesnt change the image... however the new image shows up on the image page KellyLSB 17:28, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

It is most likely something to do with the image caching. Image caching problems normally fix themselves after 24-48hours.- TheRave (talk) 17:32, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

stats/acquisition ordering

For non-unique weapons with fixed stats (The Bison Cup, Flame Spitter, Turai's Sword, etc.), which section comes first, stats or acquisition? Tedium 02:07, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

I read through the guidelines, and they do not say anything about such things. I suppose you'd best take this to one of these talk pages. I'm not really involved in the discussion there, so I can't really help you on this one :( — Why 02:15, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Signature Image and Font

I got the color and stuff down but I want to know how to change the font and how to add a image behind/front of it. Anything and everything is helpful! Sentry007

Take a look at my signature: [[User:Why Are We Fighting|<span style="color:#808080;font-family:Chiller">— '''Why'''</span>]][[Image:User Why s.png|User talk:Why Are We Fighting]]. font-family changes the font, as far as I know you can use any font installed on your computer, though it might not show up for other people. To add an image simply place the name of the image between [['s and ]]'s. For instance, you could customise your signature in this way: [[User: Sentry007|<span style="color:green;font-family:Georgia">Sentry007</span>]][[Image:User Sentry007 sig.png|19px]], which would result in Sentry007. You'd just have to upload an image, 19x19px. — Why 02:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Ty, but one last question from where and how do I upload an image? And also, is there some sort of list of fonts available?? Anyhow, ty for taking the time to reply to me ^-^Sentry007

Hmm, the easiest way to upload an image is probably to create a red link to one, and then click it. For instance, , click it and upload a .png image there. You can also use the Special:Upload page, though that one takes some getting-used-to. As far as I know there's no database for fonts, the best thing you can do is just open up Word and look for a nice font there. And no problem, I'm happy to help. :) — Why 00:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Guild Wars Wiki:Image use might be helpful as well. --NIN37 00:31, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

As is Help:Signatures. -- ab.er.rant 03:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Userpage editing

i was browsing through some userpages, mainly those of of GW or GW wiki staff, and i was wondering how i could get myself a userpage just as nice (tabs, tables etc.)

maybe you can help me and many other by publishing a userpage template.

hope you guys can help me out

regards,

koen (fear) --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:IIFearII (talk).

Check Guild Wars Wiki:Helpers.

Try contacting someone under "User page layout helpers" with a polite message and they might be able to help you.

Sorry, but I myself cannot help you there, cause I'm too lazy to set up my own page. :P --NIN37 18:53, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

User:Why Are We Fighting/Templates/Tabs, also I'd love to help you. — Why 21:11, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Correct Template for Bundles?

I wanted to update the entry for Urn of Saint Viktor but couldn't find the correct template. After looking at [Category:Bundles] I noticed that there is a huge amount of inconsistency across bundle entries. If someone can point me to the correct template, or an example of a correct and complete bundle entry, then I can start updating them. Thanks! Luke1138 08:29, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

User Account Email Inaccessible

The email address my wiki user account is tied to has become inactive, and I seem to have reset the password. Is there a way to transfer to a new email address, access the user account in some way, or completely wipe it so that I can recreate it again? Thanks! --68.161.33.28 16:35, 3 March 2009 (UTC) Party

Can you log into you wiki account? If you can, you can change your e-mail by clicking "my preferences" (or click here) and changing your e-mail address under the "E-mail" section. --Shadowphoenix 17:31, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Doesn't reseting your password give you a new completely random password without which you can no longer log in?

AFAIK, unless you can still access your registered email address (is recreating it an option?), there isn't much that can be done.

Similar entry: Help:Ask_a_wiki_question/Archive11#forgot_wiki_password --NIN37 18:38, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Arborstone (explorable area) issue

Not sure where the right place to post this: when viewing the Arborstone (explorable area) page, I get several error messages for the images that should be in the infobox.

For example:

Error creating thumbnail: convert: unable to open image
`/home/httpd/guildwars/en/images/3/3f/Petrified_Forest_Temple.jpg': No such file or directory.
convert: missing an image filename
`/home/httpd/guildwars/en/images/thumb/3/3f/Petrified_Forest_Temple.jpg/256px-Petrified_Forest_Temple.jpg'.

76.30.79.54 20:50, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

The correct place to report it is Guild Wars Wiki:Reporting wiki bugs. I've done it for you now. :) Biscuits 21:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey, thanks, much appreciated. 76.30.79.54 21:54, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Anoying sign

Is there any way to remove the 'We are NOT ArenaNet or NCSoft Support. DO NOT post your email address, password or access keys (read the rules)' sign, as seen in the Ask a game question section? I'm well aware of it's content, thank you. -Woopdeedoo 11:18, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

of course there is, but that box is supposed to be there, so it won't be removed. just ignore it ;) i tried making it into a collapsible table, but that won't work. if poke or any other sysop changes the div id "warning-box" accordingly, it might be possible, but not as it is. - Y0_ich_halt 12:40, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Woopedeedoo, I think you can remove the box by adding .warningBox{display:none;} to your monobook.css. The box, however, is a good reminder ;). --Shadowphoenix 14:34, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

rofl, here i go, modifying my "new messages"-message all the way and forgetting it should work for that, too xD - Y0_ich_halt 21:40, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

New Wiki Account, Old Comments

I just created a wiki account. Previously, I was signing comments with my IP address. I was hoping that my IP signed comments could somehow be transitioned to fall under comments made with this wiki account I now have. Is that possible? Pkohler01 02:37, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Short answer: No. Backsword 02:50, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

As Backsword said, you cannot make the contributions you made on your IP adress count for the contributions on your account. An easy way to notify you made an account, would be leaving a message with your IP on the talk page of your IP, saying you have registered and providing a link to your userpage. That way people who check your IP's contributions will be directed towards your new user account. — Why 03:34, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

If that IP is static, you can add this template on the talk page of the IP, if you like. poke | talk 12:38, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Cache issue?

I'm trying to split pictures from Ahtok and Scout Ahtok, so I've uploaded a newer version for Ahtok and reupload existing picture to Scout Ahtok (could not move it, cause page already existed).
Now, however, server is displaying two identical pictures, none of which seems to be correct right now. >_<
Scout Ahtok file history shows a 225x598 file (which should be the 242x643 one, uploaded by Calor). No idea why it got resized.
Ahtok file history is showing the wrong picture (cache issue, perhaps?) with the correct resolution (from the picture I've recently uploaded).
I'll wait a couple of hours (as suggested on previous comments about problems with server's cache), but if nothing happens (i.e., pictures do not show correcly), I'm a little short on ideas on what I could have done wrong. >_<
Any tips, anyone? --NIN37 19:01, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

The image cache has been taking hours (sometimes days) to resolve itself. If it doesn't the best thing to do is notify Emily and the IT guys will look into it. -- Wyn 19:04, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, since you had already notified Emily, I've left a couple of links at Report a wiki bug. :) --NIN37 08:03, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

profficies night fal factions and eye of the north maps

does wiki have complete maps of the games listed for guild wars and what would the be listed under --65.24.70.241 01:38, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

List of maps may be what you are looking for...--Fighterdoken 01:39, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Skill progression max12 template

I hope this is the right place to mention this.

In some of the Allegiance skills, I've noticed a difference in the progression mentioned in the description vs. the respective progression table.

See Aura of Holy Might, Spear of Fury, Summon Spirits, Elemental Lord, and Signet of Corruption.

The starting values of the above skills are different than the description. The values start from rank 1 instead of a typical rank 0 in other skills, so I'm wondering if the template takes that into account.

Unfortunately, I don't have enough faction to get even a rank one skill yet. Can any of you knowledgeable template masters tell if this is an issue?

Cheers. (Ralmon the Gen 04:22, 23 March 2009 (UTC))

From what I can see on the skills pages you linked the green numbers in the skill description are the values at rank 0, rank 10 and rank 12 respectively. For the progression table, the numbers start at rank 1 visually but are calculated from rank 0. Since I haven't progressed very far in Factions I am unsure if they are correct but they should be. --Kakarot 04:30, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

I just added a column to the Template to Display the Values at rank 0 aswell. I think the reason why the Template started at Rank 1 was that you cant even have the Skill without beeing at least Rank 1 so it wouldnt matter but still. --SilentStorm 04:41, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for all the rapid responses. I guess my concern is whether the values in the description pertain to ranks 1..10..12 rather than the perhaps expected 0..10..12, exactly because you can't get them at rank 0. Nonetheless, once I get my faction values up enough, I'll be able to tell. Thanks again. (Ralmon the Gen 05:07, 23 March 2009 (UTC))

(Reset indent) Howdy folks, I finally got around to making rank 1 Kurzick Supporter. I acquired Signet of Corruption: rank 1 gives 21 dmg/13 egy. Good job SilentStorm, for starting the tables from rank 0. I hope it won't cause too much confusion, since in-game we have to start from rank 1. Thanks again, people! (Ralmon the Gen 09:13, 29 April 2009 (UTC))

Adding a hide button

Throwing tons of random user boxes and by extent category listings to my user page has caused to find that I've build up a rather large list of categories that my user page falls under. Is there any way to add a hide button to the list of categories on the bottom of the page, or hide it completely? I'd prefer the first, but any solution other then "Remove the category listings" is welcome.

Thanks in advance. ~ Ryuu Desu [Talk | Contributions] 16:11, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

No, there is no other solution than the one you don't want to hear ;) poke | talk 16:16, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Is it possible to edit the CSS for an individual page? That way you could set #catlinks { display: none; }. I suspect it isn't though. ;) Biscuits 16:24, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

No, that isn't possible. poke | talk 16:30, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. ~ Ryuu Desu [Talk | Contributions] 16:12, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Colors

Is there a list of all the colors that is possible for a person to use on their userpage? And I mean words not the number code. Thanks in advance! Sentry007 22:16, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

This should help you :) poke | talk 22:20, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks Pole ^^. Sentry007 22:29, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Userpage reorganization help

I wasn't where to post this so I'll go ahead and post it here. Right if you click on my sig it'll lead you to my userpage. When you take a look at my userboxes, you'll see exactly what my problem is. If anyone would take the time to go under my talk page and see my request for reorganizing them and respond there or here, I would greatly appreciate it. I will copy and paste my request from my talk page to here in a few minutes. Sentry007 21:23, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Here is what is on my talkpage, exactly :"Anyone wanna help me organize that extensive collection of userboxes? I would appreciate some sort of tool that allows a user to scroll up or down the list (maybe also side to side). When people travel to my user page I only want two rows of user boxes to be available-rest should be viewed by scrolling up down, side to side. If anyone has any feedback, etc. on this (i.e. how to do it, or when you can do it, etc.) then feel free to post back here." Sentry007 21:24, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

<div style="overflow: auto;"> ... </div> is your friend. poke | talk 10:40, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

accoutn deletion

sicne i made this dam thign its amde nothign but trouble in game because no matter how many times i tell them(particularly Adrian) they wont shut up about home improvment i tell them and tell them its my real name they dont listen they have multiple accounts and i cant fit anymroe of them on ignore so were do i go to delete this wiki account before mroe of them swarm because since i made this accoutn they have tripled--Lord randy taylor 00:53, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Take screenshots, contact support and have them banned. — Why 13:14, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Template Code

I have been playing for about 1& 1/2 yrs. I have 5 characters. I have never used a template code. What is the difference between using a template code and equipping the skills yourself? And can you use template codes for hero's? 74.229.228.95 17:49, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

The skill template also saves your attribute setup, but it is no different than equipping skills and spending attribute points yourself. It just saves you time, and lets you quickly switch between different skillbars you like. For example, you may have a fire elementalist bar you like, and an air elementalist bar. With templates you can switch between those two in seconds, and get the correct attributes at the same time. After you have loaded a template, you can of course change everything in the normal way to your liking, nothing stops you :) And yes, you can use templates on heroes too :) - anja 10:15, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Deadwood Fall vs. Arborstone

Yesterday, I added a dialogue for Kaolai in which the player was urged to head toward Deadwood Fall. The Europe site states Countess Danika was born in Deadwood Fall. The game manual available from the US site (PDF) uses Arborstone as her birthplace.

Not sure if this is simply a dialogue text bug, or part of Canthan history. As such, should this be mentioned in the wiki somewhere related to either Deadwood Fall/Arborstone or maybe Cantha, or reported as a bug/anomaly related to Kaolai's text? (Ralmon the Gen 13:15, 13 April 2009 (UTC))

Gordon has added some notes on it. Seems to be a beta name, like Pongmei Foothills. (now valley) Backsword 21:38, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks guys, appreciate the info. Heh, Deadwood and Arborstone; some might call a dead person a stiff since the body hardens - like stone. Wood, arbor, ... names do indeed seem connected. Maybe a stretch, but a bit amusing. (Ralmon the Gen 04:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC))

Well Arborstone is literally what they are, which is more accurate than dead wood. ;) Biscuits 10:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Mmm, we should have more wiki questions like this.. no tagging involved, content related, just great :D Also I linkified Deadwood Falls on Kaloai's page. — Why 17:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Usernames with spaces and their user pages

My registered username has a space in it (Tasha Darke), but the url on my browser has an underscore in my name (Tasha_Darke). Are they the same to the Wiki software or different? If they are different, which should I be using and could it mess someone else up if I have pages that were generated with the wrong one (i.e. if I should be using User:Tasha Darke and instead have used User:Tasha_Darke as the root of sub pages)? Thanks Tasha Darke 07:17, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Spaces and underscores are equivalent. User:Tasha Darke links to the same page as User:Tasha_Darke. ¬ Wizårdbõÿ777(talk) 07:38, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Its just that URL's may not contain Spaces so the Wiki Software replaces them with Underscores. --SilentStorm 11:41, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

all the text and links on wiki it desplays have gone really small

my comp used to have everything the normal size on wiki i just copy and pasted something and the whole wiki has gone really small acording to my comp can u tell me how to fix this --Nick123 09:42, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Try pressing CTRL+0, maybe it is your browser that made the text smaller. poke | talk 10:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

tryed that and it didnt work it was normal early this morning it just went liek this while i was copying something off some1s page all the text has gone so small its quite hard to read it --Nick123 11:32, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

ive fixed the problem by turning my computer back a day --Nick123 18:51, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

solution: CTRL+scroll ---- Alexanderpas Talk|Contrib|Guild 20:53, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Is my Signature compliant?

Before I make my Signature my actual signature, I just wanna know if it's in full compliance with the various polices around the wiki. I've read this one and I think what I've done complies with it, but I'd rather get a heads up if I've done something egregiously wrong. Alex Eternal --AlexEternal 10:14, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it's fine :) poke | talk 10:42, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Mr Bear says hi! xD --Alex Eternal 10:55, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Image Cache Problems

Heya. I uploded a better (IMO ;)) image of the Clouded Spear, but apparently only the dimensions took, stretching the old image. You can see the new one if you click through the image until you get to the raw .jpg url, but not before that point. It seems to be referencing a different filename on the server.

Anything I can do to fix this, or does it need to be stabbed by a sysop or something? --Star Weaver 19:31, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Nope, it's a common problem and ANet is aware of it. The image should update itself within 24 hours (or something, sometimes it takes longer). Thanks for uploading, it looks good. :) — Why 23:53, 28 April 2009 (UTC)