User talk:Erik the Mad

Editing questions
Hello could you please tell me how to add a new icon/picture to the wiki please? Also how can I delete a wiki page I made by accident?

thank you
Thanks for help. I hope some admin will come sooner or later to delete it.

Return
Hi Erik, thanks for the message. I will return to the wiki, probably in october. Ive been really busy with some other projects, but I'd love to come and help out on here again. I'll keep in touch -Thomas Love http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/jackass/images/5/5f/Star_tiny.png [ talk ] 06:08, August 18, 2015 (UTC)


 * I've made you admin, you've more than shown your worth. I hope this helps you do what you need to. I look forward to returning to the Wiki life in the next few months. I've added an admin banner and userbox - feel free to add one, both (or neither :p) to your userpage. Thanks again for your help! -Thomas Love http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/jackass/images/5/5f/Star_tiny.png [ talk ] 21:44, August 30, 2015 (UTC)

Balor's Claw
Can you please elaborate why did you revert my changes? This item is clearly named as "Balor's Claw", not Baalor. ~the _vm
 * Yeah, I'm playing EE. But when I did play classic trilogy version with ascension mod where Melissan summoned demons they were called Balors. Also I checked classic version and it's indeed called as Baalor's Claw there. So I suggest at least leave a redirect. ~the _vm

Gaming footers
Hi, Erik the Mad!

I was wondering if you had an opinion on this site being included in the new gaming footers? We'd love for the Baldur's Gate community to be included!

Best regards,

Raylan13 ( talk ) 17:30, September 24, 2015 (UTC)

Re: New pages
Okay, so now I am on your talk page. Am I doing it right ? :)


 * This is the first wiki I contribute to, so I am still figuring things out. I changed the pages as you requested, just leaving the Transform Wolf page since it is shared between two pages (Avenger and Druid). I guess a better thing to do would be create a Druid Shapeshifting page with the three regular forms and link to that one from both druid varieties which have these forms. I might do that over the weekend.


 * I have no idea how to remove the pages I created, so could you help me out? We no longer need them. Direwolf007 (talk) 17:31, October 22, 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome and it is good to know there are still enough fans of the game browsing the site to sanitize information posted here the best they can. In the spirit of the current holiday season... Have a great one! --Iconclast (talk) 13:59, December 28, 2015 (UTC)

Removing category from list in article
Didn't take me long to screw something up so am afraid you will need to intervene.

I found an article Transform Wolf that was listed with no category and tried to add a logical hierarchy using the suggested hyperlinks but chose the wrong one ("Category: Druids") and have no way to undo the result. What I planned was Classes--->Single-class>Druid but got some article with NPC links (not what I wanted). The category I wanted was Druid which did not appear on the suggested list while I was adding. Perhaps there is no Category yet for the PC version of Druid? Not sure but am sure you can sort this out, no? TIA Iconclast (talk) 23:32, December 28, 2015 (UTC)

Site CSS
I have migrated the infobox templates over to the new wikia markup, which is supposed to be friendlier for phones/tablets. I don't have access to change the site CSS. I believe the portable infobox section should be: .portable-infobox .pi-secondary-background { background-color: #7B3B0A; } .portable-infobox .pi-secondary-font { color: white; } .portable-infobox .pi-title { background-color: #7B3B0A; color: white; font-weight: bold; }

The secondary background is currently much more orange than the brown used in the rest of the site. I took a screenshot and used a color picker to come up with #7B3B0A. If you have direct access to the color via the theme editor, that would probably be most accurate.

EDIT: I notice elsewhere that the color is called using class="color1". Presumably that is referincing a theme file. Maybe that'd work rather than the hex. Calling on the theme color rather than hard coding it might be a more future-proof way to go if it works. (2016-01-11 16:48 UTC)

Ignobilium (talk) 16:32, January 11, 2016 (UTC)
 * You managed to change something! :) The bars are red now instead of that horrible orange. It should be just a matter of editing http://baldursgate.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Wikia.css


 * If I'm understanding the help article (http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Infoboxes/CSS), using the entries I posted above in our site's css should work. If no theme is specified, then it uses .pi-theme-wikia. Those entries should overwrite the default theme's settings for the color and fonts.


 * As a fallback, you can append a suffix on those entries to define your own themes. The drawback being if someone fails to call the theme in their template, it won't have a uniform look, although that should be minor. From my understanding you'd pick a name like myTheme, and then in each template you'd call it by adding the theme property to the infobox tag. Next, you'd modify those entries I gave you above by appending .pi-theme-myTheme to .portable-infobox so it would be something like...

.portable-infobox.pi-theme-myTheme .pi-secondary-background { background-color: #7B3B0A; } .portable-infobox.pi-theme-myTheme .pi-secondary-font { color: white; } .portable-infobox.pi-theme-myTheme .pi-title { background-color: #7B3B0A; color: white; font-weight: bold; }
 * Oh, and I really hope I'm not blowing up your email with all my edits! :/ I've been on a bit of a housekeeping bender here. The project I've given myself keeps growing in scope. First big leap was when I learned there are more templates in use than linked up on the top menu. Then I discovered a lot of early pages not even using the pre-migration infoboxes, they were just cobbled together using the wikia default infoboxes with each field manually defined on each use of the template. So I've started looking at each use of that and migrating them to one of the specialized infoboxes (item, creature, area...) Next big leap was when I started using that feature to list all pages that use a template, I figured I'd check all pages using all templates and do a quality control check on each one. That lead to noticing inconsistencies in formatting, which lead to... well you get the idea. heheh


 * BTW, A neat discovery as I've done the infobox migrations is how easy it is to add a gallery feature to the image spot. My mind immediately went to adding interior images for all the building articles as well. Lots of possibilities for things like spells and such too. -- Ignobilium (talk) 14:10, January 12, 2016 (UTC)

Questions
Hello, Erik, new user here, first time contributing to wiki of any kind. Couple of questions: How would I go about suggesting change/add page templates? Would it be okay if I updated item icons with transparent .png files? Benny

Still around?
Hello Erik the Mad,

Sorry for not responding to your message on my talk page you made nearly six months ago, I switched of send me an email when someone edits your talk page and some other preference to email me never.

As you probably figured it out, I am no longer around on this wikia or any other wiki currently. I dont have a lot of spare time left for contributing to any wikia, but I could help you with maintainance of this wiki and learn you new things about wikia every now and then and. I will probably not return to wikia's any time soon.

23dutch45man (talk) 12:10, February 7, 2016 (UTC)

Hello
Can I ask you for something?--AlexHoskins (talk) 15:01, February 13, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Hello
When you are not busy, could you send an PNG photo in the Heroes Wiki (hero.wikia.com)? I tried to do it myself, but I couldn't because of my iPad. Please understand.AlexHoskins (talk) 17:55, February 13, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Hello
Yes.--AlexHoskins (talk) 01:41, February 14, 2016 (UTC)

Okay
Very we'll then. Actually I needed that photo for Lelouch article in the Heroes Wiki. Sorry about that.--AlexHoskins (talk) 02:10, February 14, 2016 (UTC)

By the way, I couldn't do this because of my iPad.--AlexHoskins (talk) 15:12, February 14, 2016 (UTC)

Shaman is a new class in the upcoming expansion for Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition.

Steam Achievements
I see that you removed the Achievement sections that I added to the Shank and Carbos entries.

You don't want the Achievements documented here, or not until 2.0 comes out of beta, or do I need to clarify their Steam-only status, or ...?

The only other entry that I've added an Achievement section to is the Tutor page. I will hold off on Achievement-related edits until I hear from you. —Orkamat— If I had been present at the creation, I could have offered some helpful advice. -King Alfonzo X &#34;the Wise&#34; of Castile (talk) 18:04, March 28, 2016 (UTC)

Image Categories (and Spell Checker)
So I'm looking at the Categories page, and apparently, we have three different categories for NPC Images (two of which the wiki is saying they don't exist, so I have to use external links even though they are in the wiki): Category:ImagesNPCs

Category:Images NPCs

Category:Images NPC's

Do you think you could delete the other two categories? I would, but I'm not an admin, so I can't.

Also, I don't know how this would be done, but can we rename Images NPC's to Images NPCs? The improper grammar is killing me inside (NPCs is not possessive, so it doesn't need an apostrophe).

I checked and all the ImagesNPCs and Images NPCs pictures are a part of the Images NPC's Category, so there shouldn't be any trouble in that regard.

One more thing: I'm pretty sure it's possible to get a spelling checker on the editor. You and the other admins should probably check it out (Yup, here's some info). Echoes of Fate (talk) 16:00, April 9, 2016 (UTC)

Templates and Stuff
So I've got a question - I've figured out how to do page redirects, but how do you add the stub template thing to an article? I looked in the templates, but I couldn't find it... Maybe I just missed it? Also, do you know how to add a "see also" type templete thing to articles (like how they have it on Wikipedia)? Sorry for bugging you twice in a row... Echoes of Fate (talk) 16:19, April 9, 2016 (UTC)

Re: Image Categories (and Spell Checker)
Okay, thanks for the info (and the tip)! My reasoning was to just get something down and worry about the completeness of it later. I'll be more thourough as of now, though!

As for the See Also template, it would be great if you could make one (knowing me, I'd probably screw it up somehow). Thanks!

Oh, an on a totally unrelated note, where do you get your icons from? I tried extracting a bunch of ability icons from the BIFs and they are all the wrong size and don't have the background and stuff. Do you just adjust the size and background before you upload them? They look like this.

One more thing... so y'know how we have all those priest and mage spell pages? Well, we don't really have ANY information about their respective scrolls. So I was wondering - do you think we should add the scroll info on the spell page or create a new page just for the scroll? Because, I mean, if we just added info on the spell page it would be kind of confusing category wise. If we make new pages for the scrolls, though, we'd have to differentiate between the two somehow... maybe Magic Missile and Magic Missile (scroll)?Echoes of Fate (talk) 16:43, April 9, 2016 (UTC)

Hello!

Just got back on to Wikia today from a lengthy hiatus, hope to contribute to this wiki for the foreseeable future!

WindOfTheUnwrittenLaw (talk) 22:49, April 12, 2016 (UTC)

BGI Icons and BGII Icons
So... I have a question/problem. I recently uploaded File:Animal Summoning I Icon.png. What I didn't realize was that there is currently an (which for some reason the wiki says doesn't exist, but it does) on the wiki as well. The icon I uploaded was from BGII, whereas the icon on the wiki already is from BGI. However, they are pretty much the same image (except for the backgrounds). So I'm not really sure what to do... Should I put both icons on the Animal Summoning I page? Only the BGI icon? Only the BGII icon? If it's only one of them, could you please delete the other icon? Thanks! Echoes of Fate (talk) 16:38, April 17, 2016 (UTC)

Erik, I got your remark today.

I'm curious why you reacted so aggressively to my post and asked ME about the comment on environmentalist / eco terrorists (yes, Faldorn IS one, no, I didn't make that observation first, a different poster did.   I cannot find either of our posts so I'll presume deleted.)

I won't argue with you or get verbose, but I'm hoping you'll keep a sense of humor if I poke fun at "your grand high royal magehood." Especially since your profile says you play a human mage, and you're using Mr. Sleazy Evil Bard's picture... possibly because Shar-Teel eviscerated him and he isn't needing it anymore, eh?

However, as per your request, I will go on and edit my posts if I can find them and try to incorporate them into a blog of some semblance.

Khyeron (talk) 02:17, April 21, 2016 (UTC)Khyeron -- Occasionally a Mage, Sometimes a Paladin, Maybe a Fighter, Generally Humane though not always Human, Slayer of Zhentarim, Destroyer of the Undead, Beheld by Beholders and Defoliator of Shambling Mounds, Friend to those true of heart (and largely pain in the ass to would be tyrants of all stripes.)

Sortable Tables and Citations
So I did a huge update to the Area Code page (which, if you hadn't edited it recently I never would have known it existed, so thanks). I added all the TuTu and BGT area codes and added Common Names to all the area codes (I undid the links that were there because I redid the table from scratch. It shouldn't be too hard for me or someone else to put them back up there). Anyway, the thing I wanted to ask you about was if you had any experience with sortable tables. I tried to make the table sortable like it says to on. But... well, it didn't really work. And I have no idea why. I was hoping since your so awesome and stuff you could take a look at it... It's okay if you can't get it to work, though. :)

Oh, and I also have a question- on Wikipedia and other wikias there are citations at the bottom of the page. I think we should start doing that, too because otherwise the site's credibility as a whole really goes down the drain. Do you think maybe we could set up, like, a category or something indicating which pages have information that needs citing? I found a guide on Wikipedia that we could probably adapt at. Echoes of Fate (talk) 20:44, April 22, 2016 (UTC)

Page Deletions
You have deleted several pages recently. Are you planning on consolidating them? A number of them were quiet useful such as the Experience Tables page.WaterRabbit (talk) 16:27, April 23, 2016 (UTC)

The advantage of the XP Tables page was it made it easier to calculate dual/multi-classing strategies. I do agree with the others however.

Speaking of pages, you should edit the main page and remove the Game Mechanics link because it no longer exists. Echoes of Fate (talk) 14:42, April 24, 2016 (UTC)

Also, I spent about 2 hours reformating the XP table page, filling in missing information, and correting erroneous infomation. Not even an hour later, you deleted the page without comment. So, it is unlikely I will be further contributing to this Wiki since it is apparently Erik's Baldur's Gate wiki. WaterRabbit (talk) 18:40, April 24, 2016 (UTC)

Reverted Edit
I recently added a Bugs section to the Marek and Lothander, in which I pointed out that poison is not actually cured by drinking the antidote you get from Marek, but rather by a script in the final dialogue with him. You reverted the edit, stating: "That is not a bug - it's how the quest is scripted". I disagree, but would prefer not to start an edit war, so here's my argument for keeping the edit:

I don't dispute that it's scripted that way, but if a behavior cannot be a bug if it's coded that way, then no program contains bugs of any kind. After all, a program necessarily does exactly what it's programmed to do (ignoring certain caveats that don't apply here). Perhaps a better definition of a bug might be a situation in which the programming conflicts with the intended or expected behavior? There exists an item that in-game is supposed to cure Marek's poison. It does not actually do so, and the wiki page as it currently is suggests that it does. Failing to recognize this issue can result in your character inevitably dying after ten days, and it is not immediately obvious that this has happened. I had to download a save editor and use it to bring Marek back to life in order to avoid permanently breaking my game, and having this issue mentioned in the wiki might save others that annoyance. 65.29.218.62 02:02, April 27, 2016 (UTC)

Twisted Rune Building page
Good Afternoon!

I kinda went off the deep end with page creation in regards to the bridge district, I started adding information about the twisted rune encounter and I named the page "Rouge stone building" as I could not recall the actual event.

can normal members edit page names or is that wiki Admin only?

V/R

--WindOfTheUnwrittenLaw (talk) 19:07, April 27, 2016 (UTC)

Reverted edit
Hey. I've seen you restored that edit on the 'Gauntlets of Dexterity' pages. Are we trying to build an unbiaised wiki or is everyone encouraged to suggest strategic choices for items and characters in the middle of the item descriptions? I'm new here and I'm curious as to what policy is in place now. If some people really are attached to the strategic aspects and discussions about certain items maybe is it best to move those elements in a "Strategy" section? Right now I feel it's cluttering the "Location" section and it deserves the reader. --YoDsanklai (talk, blogs) 13:58, May 7, 2016 (UTC)

Template:Pagename nd
I'm not too sure why you deleted this. There's around 50 pages who still use this template and I'm not eager to go and change them all. That template what useful to reduce the hassle when creating new pages with a consistant layout.

Please give me a but of info on why you systematically changed some parts of my edits/creations. I don't know what I did wrong right now and I'll keep doing it wrong if I don't know what's wrong. I don't want to contribute to the wiki either if my edits are threatened. --YoDsanklai (talk) 09:53, May 18, 2016 (UTC)