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Welcome on my talkpage
Hi everybody, welcome on my talkpage. If you want to say something to me feel free to post it here! Please note I might not respond very quickly anymore, please contact an other admin instead.

Administrator Application
Hi Bennie, again. I thought long and hard about what you said on my talk page and really decided that it can't hurt to try applying right now, so here's my application.

Admin Application: Now, as I’ve been told, an Admin should have significant contributions to TibiaWiki before applying. (Not really required but of course it gives the applicant a better chance). Not that I consider my contributions insignificant, but I don’t think many will consider them significant. I haven’t added anything really huge to this, but if all the Admins spend their time adding huge things, who will take care of the proofreading and small edits? That’s why I’m here. I’m applying because I feel like I can do better things and expand on what I already do ten-fold. The reason for my not-so-huge edits is because most of my time spent on here is when I’m at work, and I have no access in-game. If I had the access, I’d be gathering NPC sounds and house screenshots for you, but unfortunately right now that’s not a prominent option. I spend a good amount of time on here each day, about 2-4 hours and I’m always looking for more information to add in. After the update hype cools down, I hope to get more active on the larger stuff, but for now there is plenty of work for me to do making sure everyone keeps their edits accurate and making sure vandalism stays to a minimum. I am also working on mastering html code, and I think I’m good with the wiki markups.

Some information about myself: I’ve been playing tibia since 2003, and was a “noob” up until 2005. I started on Amera, but moved to Keltera because my real-life friend got himself hunted. We thrived there. I joined the guild Harmony after some time on the server (I was around level 15) and ever since I have been a member on one character or another. I’ve been around the power cycle. I’ve been in the hunted guilds, the peaceful neutral guilds, the war guilds, and the “nobody” guilds. I find myself back in Harmony and that is where I will remain. I am currently level 128 (was 129) on my highest level character, though my main character is level 83. (Note I only included in-depth info for experience reasons and the guild name because it’s semi-reputable)

My username (obvious) is Myst Leingod, and my main characters are Myst Leingod and Myst Morningstar. I hope that my application will be considered and I am willing to do whatever is asked of me to help your decision. I don’t feel comfortable posting my email address here, but I will give you it if it’s necessary.

I guess that’s it! Let me know what you think, really. I want to do everything I can to help the community. I'll answer any questions you have and take any advice you give.

Looking forward to your replies,

 † Myst Leingod †  † Talk †  16:21, December 21, 2010 (UTC)

I read your application, but I need some time to think about it. -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 12:00, December 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Why do you want to be an admin anyway? My personal reason was to edit the templates and make more impacting edits to the wiki without restriction. That doesn't seem to be your area, you don't really edit that much as it is. Do you want to help stop vandals? If so you've got a reasonable power in rollback, not great I agree. If it's for a sort of power trip - seriously not worth your dedication, this is a really thankless job. People only ever complain about this wiki, so you have do admin work for yourself. Personally I wouldn't make you an admin just yet, for one we've got plenty of active admins and we don't want to make the entire active community admin. I would like to see you around the wiki some more though, mainly due to you having some decent english (hard to come by as I'm sure you've noticed in tibia). None of this was meant to be offensive and it's good to have goals, I just think it's too early.  Craggles  ಠ_ಠ  Talk ∙ Contribs  12:51, December 22, 2010 (UTC)

Of course there was no offense taken, Craggles. I understand that the job is thankless, it sounds a lot like what I deal with in rl for a job honestly. I don't feel that the power will do much for me, well, because.. it's really not that much power at all. I totally understand that there are enough active administrators as of right now and I also see where you're coming from. If it were for a simple power trip, I'm sure there would be something easier to shoot for than this. What I really love to do is help people. I love to know that I'm helping (however little it may be) to keep information in this wiki correct. I have used it countless times, as have many of my friends. Whenever a problem appears I or someone else often says "check wiki" and the information is almost always right. I can't say that I'll come up with all sorts of fancy templates, or write a nice javascript application, but I can tell you that I will devote myself to keeping information on here correct. It's a small thing but very important (at least in my eyes). If my application is rejected for any reason, I'll still be here helping out. I completely agree, too, with the fact that there should not be too many active admins. As I said above (I think I did at least, O.o) I'm usually at work for most of the day. When I start to have a bit more time (after the new year begins) I will work more on getting house screenshots because I've noticed that we're lacking in that area.

Anyway, I hope this helped clarify my intentions. There's no rush/pressure either, guys. I'm not going to leave if you tell me I can't be an admin, and I'm not going to disappear if you take too long to give an answer. These things take time and that is completely understood. It may be too early, but I don't see any harm done by submitting an application now. Anyway, sorry if I rambled, and I tried to address all of your points, Craggles. Feel free to fire more questions at me. Thanks, --  † Myst Leingod †  † Talk †  13:43, December 22, 2010 (UTC)

I thought about it and although I don't have large objections I think it's good to let some trust/bond grow. Therefore your application is rescheduled/postponed for 2 months, which is February 21, 2010. This also has some other reasons which I can't tell right now but will be announced soon. In other words, you are doing fine right now, just keep up the good job and we'll see again in some time :) -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 19:12, December 22, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for considering me, and I half expected a result like this. I have only been really active for a short time and you can't just trust anyone. :) Glad to help out here.  † Myst Leingod †  † Talk †  19:15, December 22, 2010 (UTC)

Infobox's
I've had the idea for ages now that we could try and pure the core mechanics of the infoboxes on a seperate template. Things like the outline box the location and situation of the information in the corners of the templates. I know it's not entirely necessary, hell there's nothing wrong with the templates currently. I just like the idea of an all emcompassing Template:Infobox - may even tie in nicely with your configuration template.  Craggles  ಠ_ಠ  Talk ∙ Contribs  22:41, January 3, 2011 (UTC)

Mmm, your ideas sounds cool someway but I don't see a direct advantage. Wouldn't it confuse new/newer editors who want to try to understand how our infoboxes work? Actually it's already kinda complicated for me.. But you can try just for the fun of it. -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 15:45, January 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Might be easier to read the code ..maybe. My idea is to take all those excessive bits of html and jam them in a template. So the templates would be in parametres like | topleft= |topright= |width= |colour=, most would be redundant no doubt but it'd be cool to change them on the fly. I'm not going to start it just yet, just mulling the ideas.  Craggles  ಠ_ಠ  Talk ∙ Contribs  16:27, January 4, 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism
The user User:Jeshiia ( talk &bull; contribs &bull; [ bot contribs] &bull; [ block log] &bull; block ) has vandalized. Please review their edits and take appropriate actions if necessary.

This person has continuously changed the other user's page, and looking into the rev history it looks as if it's been going on for a while. I reverted his edit and wrote on his talk page, but saw today that he just made the edit again, completely disregarding my comment. --  † Myst Leingod – ' ₪ Talk ₪ ' – Contribs †  13:32, January 5, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying, his edits weren't too heavy so I only blocked him for 1 month. -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 13:56, January 5, 2011 (UTC)

Page http://tibia.wikia.com/wiki/Sacred_cerdas_quest is fake and I think it was created to scam ppl.

History Pages
I noticed something that I feel like I can change: Most of the /History pages for articles are not linked to the articles themselves. Maybe I can add a "See also: History" in each one's notes section. Just seeing if you think it'd be a good idea. Thanksi --  † Myst Leingod – ' ₪ Talk ₪ ' – Contribs †  14:07, January 5, 2011 (UTC)

I think you are referring to my recent edit to King Tibianus? Because Template:Infobox Item does have a link to its history page, but Template:Infobox NPC not (yet). This can be added easily. We don't add history links in the notes section though, but at the top right corner of the infobox box. Maybe it's a good idea to standardize this through all infobox templates. I'll make a project for it :) -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 14:26, January 5, 2011 (UTC)

Well I think most articles have history, whether they're items, npcs, places, spells, quests, etc. Though the first step would be logically to start with NPC pages. If you can add a history link to the Template:Infobox NPC, I'll be glad to work on it.  † Myst Leingod – ' ₪ Talk ₪ ' – Contribs †  14:34, January 5, 2011 (UTC)

Oki. -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 19:57, January 5, 2011 (UTC)

Standardizing Infobox Templates
I have the bare necessities of what all the info boxes seem to be, all I need to add now is the category boxes and functionality for the sidebar. That is if we ever get them back. While fiddling, I spruced up the history template, hope you don't mind.  Craggles  <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:0px; font-size:90%;border-left:0px">ಠ_ಠ <span style="background:#DBDBDB; border:1px solid #000091; border-left:0px; padding:1px; margin-right:6px; font-size:90%;"> <font color="#6e86ff">Talk ∙ <font color="#6e86ff">Contribs  01:11, January 6, 2011 (UTC)

Looks good! -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 10:18, January 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, I couldn't get your configuration template to work for more than one value, so I made my own. Template:Config. I couldn't find a anywhere in your configuration code though, so I don't think that inputting a value made any difference and it just output everything on the page. <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:4px; font-size:90%;"> Craggles  <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:0px; font-size:90%;border-left:0px">ಠ_ಠ <span style="background:#DBDBDB; border:1px solid #000091; border-left:0px; padding:1px; margin-right:6px; font-size:90%;"> <font color="#6e86ff">Talk  ∙ <font color="#6e86ff">Contribs  10:47, January 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I can imagine it works very strange since I'm not very good at that kind of stuff. Feel free to professionalize it.

-- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 14:44, January 6, 2011 (UTC)

Lists
Can we clean up some of these pages? Most of them are redundant due to dpl or outdated. <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:4px; font-size:90%;"> Craggles  <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:0px; font-size:90%;border-left:0px">ಠ_ಠ <span style="background:#DBDBDB; border:1px solid #000091; border-left:0px; padding:1px; margin-right:6px; font-size:90%;"> <font color="#6e86ff">Talk ∙ <font color="#6e86ff">Contribs  13:38, January 7, 2011 (UTC)

Sure thing. Check if they are still used with the Special:WhatLinksHere/ and otherwise delete them. -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 15:25, January 7, 2011 (UTC)

Width on New Skin
Not sure if you know, I didn't. If the width of an article exceeds what wikia set and overlaps the stuff on the right; you can click a little pop out button and it'll expand over the right hand side. I know nothing about java, reckon there's a way we can force that to happen automatically? <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:4px; font-size:90%;"> Craggles  <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:0px; font-size:90%;border-left:0px">ಠ_ಠ <span style="background:#DBDBDB; border:1px solid #000091; border-left:0px; padding:1px; margin-right:6px; font-size:90%;"> <font color="#6e86ff">Talk ∙ <font color="#6e86ff">Contribs  05:52, January 8, 2011 (UTC)

I have no idea if it's possible, Daniel would probably be able to javascript it. But I think they (=Wikia) don't want it to go wide (over their holy sidebar) automatically but only on user action. -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 08:51, January 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Doubt they'd notice or check. <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:4px; font-size:90%;"> Craggles  <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:0px; font-size:90%;border-left:0px">ಠ_ಠ <span style="background:#DBDBDB; border:1px solid #000091; border-left:0px; padding:1px; margin-right:6px; font-size:90%;"> <font color="#6e86ff">Talk ∙ <font color="#6e86ff">Contribs  09:14, January 8, 2011 (UTC)

It can be done but the problem is that when you click that arrow to expand the article, it blocks the rest of the page, as I see it, that would be problematic on most pages if doing it automatically, almost everything you can imagine can be done with javascript but the problem is always wikia not wanting us to do it. --Daniel Letalis 06:10, January 9, 2011 (UTC)

Royal Painting Contest
Heya Bennie! I saw the new contest on Tibia.com and i noticed that Tibia-Wiki wasn't one of the fansites where you could post your submission/picture. How come?

Serious Eko 16:06, January 11, 2011 (UTC)

That is correct. I didn't want to review many submissions again, lazy I guess.. Well no time irl actually. You can submit your work at some other fansites though, good luck if you are participating! -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 16:34, January 11, 2011 (UTC)

Aff :( The other fansites are a bit confusing xD I like this one the most! Well, I think I'll atleast try.

Take Care. Serious Eko 21:54, January 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * This is *the* ultimate tibia fansite. <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:4px; font-size:90%;"> Craggles  <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:0px; font-size:90%;border-left:0px">ಠ_ಠ <span style="background:#DBDBDB; border:1px solid #000091; border-left:0px; padding:1px; margin-right:6px; font-size:90%;"> <font color="#6e86ff">Talk ∙ <font color="#6e86ff">Contribs  16:37, January 13, 2011 (UTC)

Messabe by User Flaay
I have confirmed the achievement "Explorer", it is given after the spectral dress mission.

Flaay 04:26, January 16, 2011 (UTC)

Your followed pages list is empty. Add pages to this list by clicking "Follow" at the top of a page

The follow button is actually on the buttom : P

Flaay 04:33, January 16, 2011 (UTC)

Farmine Hunting Places
Heya! Take a look at Farmine and the "Local Hunting Places". Somethings wrong. :p

Take Care! :D <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:4px; font-size:90%;"> Craggles  <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:0px; font-size:90%;border-left:0px">ಠ_ಠ <span style="background:#DBDBDB; border:1px solid #000091; border-left:0px; padding:1px; margin-right:6px; font-size:90%;"> <font color="#6e86ff">Talk ∙ <font color="#6e86ff">Contribs  23:40, January 17, 2011 (UTC) <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:4px; font-size:90%;"> Craggles  <span style="align:right;background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000091; padding:1px; margin-left:0px; font-size:90%;border-left:0px">ಠ_ಠ <span style="background:#DBDBDB; border:1px solid #000091; border-left:0px; padding:1px; margin-right:6px; font-size:90%;"> <font color="#6e86ff">Talk ∙ <font color="#6e86ff">Contribs  00:11, January 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * My bad, fixed.
 * Thanks for mentioning it, I've just done a bit of an overhaul with how the dpl on those sorts of pages is handled. Cleaned up some rough code.
 * Nice! :D
 * Serious Eko 07:27, January 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * Nice! :D
 * Serious Eko 07:27, January 19, 2011 (UTC)

Activity
Hey, Bennie, just thought I'd let you know why I've been inactive(ish) lately. I was hacked on real Tibia a couple weeks ago and am trying to find a new job in rl.. it really slows down my activity on everything "fun". Yes, I find making edits here ridiculously fun. Anyway, I know you postponed my admin application until February, and I hope to be back and making edits again by then (God willing). But unfortunately, right now, the bills need to be paid and I just lost my job so that comes first.

Not sure if you needed/wanted to be notified about it but you got it anyway! haha --  † Myst Leingod – ' ₪ Talk ₪ ' – Contribs †  20:01, January 17, 2011 (UTC)

That's ok, as you might have noticed I passed over most of my responsibilities to Hunter of Dragoes, or to be more specific, he is fansite contact person now. Your administrator application will go through him from now on. I suggest you message him in some time to bring up your application again. Take care (irl stuff too!).

Transcripts error!
See: Error: String exceeds 1,000 character limit here. --Sano 06:23, January 18, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for reporting, I saw it too. It will be taken care of. -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 11:36, January 19, 2011 (UTC)

Pregunta PostMan Quest...
Disculpa, se puede seguir usando los royal mailbox siendo free account? gracias por tu tiempo.

Excuse me, can I still use the royal mailbox being free account?

Tnx for your time.

I believe that the answer to that question is yes. Please remember to sign your talk page using ~. Beejay 16:59, February 9, 2011 (UTC)

File deletion
Hello Bennie,

Can you please delete File:Brown Flask (Old).gif and reupload it? I'm asking you this because I had uploaded a messed up screenshot previously (accidentally ofc), and it looks terrible on the file history.

Thank you. —Arkshi (Talk | contribs) 17:51, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

I've gone and done it. Administrators don't need to reupload it, we can delete a specific file revision.

But I don't think this is the name of the item. Isn't it called Flask of Oil? -- Sixorish 18:03, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

Oh, didn't know that. Thanks!

Regarding the item name, I named it "Brown Flask" because the same sprite could be used for different items (flask of mud, beer, rum). Also, we already have a page for each liquid these flasks hold and the files I've uploaded will only be used on the Nostalgia Island page (and perhaps on Old Sprites).

I would also like to ask any administrator to rename/move File:Bonelord (Nostalgia).gif to File:3478.gif, as this is the name of the creature in-game.

Thank you again, —Arkshi (Talk | contribs) 18:59, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

About noodles
This time in honera he got lost, and got back home only after 3 days missing with the next server save.

No white poodle.

If noodles + white poodle = basket of puppies, we would need to wait noodles comeback to try the reward?

Arius edus 12:08, January 25, 2012 (UTC)

I have no idea how it works, what I said was just a thought. I think there are people who know how to get the Basket (Puppies), they just don't want to spoil it here, which is their choice. -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 13:44, January 25, 2012 (UTC)

Delete article
Hi. Please, can you delete this article: A Wandering Soul/Transcript (no s)? I missed the s. Thanks. Thascius 19:52, January 29, 2012 (UTC)

Sure! :) -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 19:56, January 29, 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the Entrepreneur outfit
Bennie could u change the template part on the Entrepreneur outfit's page. It still has it labled as the red baron outfits. I was unable to change the template cause it messed up the pictures. :s Twilightfang 14:30, February 1, 2012 (UTC)

Edit: Nvm, someone already got it :P

CSS data
Have you tried using your user CSS file for this? To my knowledge, MediaWiki (or this install of it) does not allow any form of background images on articles, but if you use it in CSS it should work.

I'm not sure how useful it is though, why not just link to an image? The only reason I can think of is if Wikia's image servers go down, but it's not a reliable solution... -- Sixorish 16:34, February 3, 2012 (UTC)

Hi Bennie,
<p style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal; ">I read your message, thanks for your words. The last days I was busy a little so I couldn't continue it, but now I was able to complete it. I did my best, I put the conversations with the NPCs under the section Trascripts, as you advised me, later I will continue the 2nd stage to finish it.

<p style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal; ">Thanks,

<p style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal; ">Yours Haitham

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt">Hi Bennie,

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt">I am here on behalf of the Cheevo Archive Wiki in order to make a request of the Tibia Wiki. I am unsure whether or not you are the person I should be talking so if there is someone else on this wiki who it would be more appropriate to contact, please let me know.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt">Firstly, I guess I should give you a rundown on exactly what Cheevo Archive Wiki is. Well basically it is a wiki that was made in order to provide easily accessible guides and to Video Games achievements/trophies. The wiki was formed on February 28th 2012 and so far is going pretty well. We were approved of Wiki Spotlight on the 22nd of March and are now working on getting some partnerships going with other affiliated Video Gaming wiki's such as this one.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt">So now the big question, would the Tibia Wiki be interested in forming some kind of affiliation/partnership, we would add a link to the Tibia wiki on our main page and add the Tibia Wiki to our list of Affiliated Wikis (not created yet). We believe the partnership could be mutually beneficial.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt">I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on this request.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt">Thanks

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt">.50CalAssassin - Talk To Me Fellow Editors! 02:56, March 27, 2012 (UTC)