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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! Have fun in Tibia ;)

Regarding the block messages
Hi Bennie, this is Maverick the hunter. I don't believe you have been in here enough to remember my name. First things first. Congratulations in your promoting to sysop... I haven't been around enough but I believe you have done a good job to earn it.

Secondly, I just saw the block records and I have seen you have been imposing assorted expiry times for the blocks you have issued. Why don't you simply use an infinite length of expiry? His account creation is blocked anyway, there simply is no point in adding these random expiry times.

On a last note, happy 2009 to you and your family. -- Maverick the hunter 20:21, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, thanks, I think I saw you on the test server, with Hunter of Dragoes (if I remember correct). About the block length, you saw that correct. Because we don't really have a policy about it, I just did it a bit random. I will discuss this with other admins, to make a standard. But if acount creation is blocked, then you are correct, no point in adding random expiry times. You 2, happy 2009 :) ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 15:58, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Template unlock request
I ask you to please unlock this template, because I've coded the "dropped by" field to be generated automatically by DPL, this would save editors lots of work.

Example: http://tibia.wikia.com/wiki/User:NeWsOfTzzz/test5

Note: Instead of the "&bull;" I can also use "," then it would look the same as before. But I think "&bull;" is looking more professional and nicer.

NeWsOfTzzz 17:06, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Bennie doesn't like you and your attitude either. Try yet another admin.

Temahk 17:59, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

You're a mind reader or what?

Stop spamming, destructive behaviour and making a fool out of yourself.

NeWsOfTzzz 18:05, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I talk to them both on a daily basis.

I'm not spamming, just informing you about certain things. I'm helping you here!

Temahk 18:08, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Doesn't change the part about spamming, destructive behaviour.

The decisions an Admin makes must be based on facts and if it serves the community and not if he/she likes the person. Personal feelings should always be excluded 100% in that work.

NeWsOfTzzz 18:12, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I won't say I dislike your attitude, I just think it is very funny how you do things and how people react on that. You are very eager to change things to, in your opinion, a better way and also very eager to convince people of your opinion. Ok, but to answer your question: I think Sixorish already answered. What you suggest is already suggested before and not granted because of the same reason. Wikia staff warned us a few months ago about using too much dpl, since then we are carefull when implementing it. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 22:03, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism
Could you read what I just posted on Sixorish‎ talk page, maybe you can help me too Kwigon the sharpshooter 14:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Is this ok? ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 14:12, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Yea thx, ornamented axe too give it a block for a couple of months Kwigon the sharpshooter 14:44, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Nothing
You said that tibia introduced "nothing" tiles, but they also added "nothing special" when they added the arena in svargrond xD

Ooh, didn't know that. Never been in Arena. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 19:01, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Translate
Hi Bennie... My name is Diego and I'm a Brazilian user. I use tibiawiki a lot and my friends use it too, but they don’t know how to speak English. I'm here to ask you if a can translate the Tibiawiki website or just create my own website giving to Brazilian players the information that you give in Tibiawiki. I don’t know if it is illegal so I’m here to ask you if I can do it.

So I’m waiting for your answer ok???

Thank you a lot. Cya.

Hello Diego, Of course you are free to translate information on tibiawiki and put it on your own website. I can save you a lot of work though, there are already Brazilian wiki's made. I assume you speak pt-br, the Brazilian kind of Portuguese? These links might help you: pt-br on wikia and portal tibiawiki. The last one is an exact copy and translation of tibiawiki on most pages. Good luck! ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 16:54, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Just to add that the last one, portal tibiawiki, is a supported fansite.Stradvarius http://images.wikia.com/tibia/pt/images/4/4f/Tibiawiki.png T C 17:00, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Padreia have a QUEST! Please edit that topic!!!
I don't speak english, but please, read the follow...is very important to improve Tibiawikia

The NPC Padreia ( Carlin / Master of Druids ) have a Quest if you say to her "HI" - "MISSION". The mission is stoped a new plague on Carlin ( plague of slimes ) and she brings to you a very powerful poison to complete your mission...

10:51 You see a special flask. It weighs 1.80 oz. It contains highly intensified poison against vermin. ( ALSO APPEARS A NEW LIQUID ON TIBIA!!! )

then, you must to go in the dungeons near of Padreia. there is an entrance to the sewers ( the place where have slimes, the only slimes that appears in Carlin ) and drop the poison in a pool of water...then you must to come back with Padreia and talk again "HI" - "MISSION" and she brings to you a reward ( a lot of gems = aprox. 1k )

PLease man, TRUST me, and improve the page with this information...and check with your own eyes in Tibia...

Thanks for read this...good luck!

Derderian

Special Flask, The Exterminator Quest? -- Sixorish 14:09, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Maybe you can help me
Hoi Bennie, I am the creator of the german tibia wiki, and now I wanted to start creating pages, etc. there, but I got a lil bit confused creating the Template:Infobox_Item... Other templates work fine, but this one seems to be impossible for me ~.~ Maybe you can help me with this or tell me what I'm doing wrong. and yes... I read this help wikia, but it didnt help me till now... I hope for a reply here or on my talk page. yours Xomoda 20:48, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Main page and the tip
Didn't know who to tell but I know you are active alot so I gave it a shot :P

My opinion is that this monthly tip was really short (and boring ^^) shouldn't be added that by using "$name$ (message)" you will only message the person once. While using *name* you will continue message him which is relly anoying if you are asking me. Hope you got my point and thx in advance.

Nofeer 22:09, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I totally agree with you, the tip is short and boring. This has always been an issue with our tips, if nobody thinks of something interesting there will be no interesting tip ;P I will try to improve it a bit. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 06:10, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Ofcause, you are right about your problem. But i really enjoy readin this tips although i have to admitt i already know most of it. But this one was really short until you changed it. And hmm ... its hard coming up with new ideas all the time, but im sure you'll do it.

Nofeer 11:59, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

just a thought
hi, im using tibiawiki alot, and one thing i like is the boxes with a specifik weapons damage on specifik skill-levels, this helps me alot when i decide what monsters i want to hunt, and when to hunt stronger monsters (lately it has helped me to train my knight so it can kill dragons without much loss).

But - when i use my druid and i look up the difrent attack runes i start missing the damage info.

Since i'm not sure who to inform or how, i decided to whrite an admin instead, hoping you will reflect on my thoughts and pass on my request to the right person(s).

Tis totalis 17:21, 10 February 2009 (UTC) thanks for reading this. Tis totalis

I understand your problem, but I also think it has a logical reason. Most people don't use mainly runes to hunt, like you would use a weapon to hunt. Where a knight has a sword a druid would have a rod and a rod has a very stable damage output which doesn't need difficult calculators. To make the same damage box for runes, like we have for weapons we would need a formula, or index numbers for the attack hight. I will give this some thoughts and maybe act accordingly later, at least thanks for your suggestion anyway. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 18:03, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting the vandalism of my user page which occurred on Feb 16, I was away and didn't notice until now. -- Sixorish 18:18, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

A note
the #if tag doesn't ignore characters put in to the parser function itself, so e.g - this would always return true, and always display nothing. You want something like this:  Just letting you know so you don't lose hope and give up. -- Sixorish 18:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! I was just at the point of giving up :( I understand it doesn't work like I want it. What I want is if parameter is filled, then show it's outcome, else hide it. I'm gonna check up some documentation now, if I can't find a solution, maybe you can help me? ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 18:53, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

I thought you were experimenting and decided to leave it for a while. The maps should work now, an explanation:
 * (parser function ends)

-- Sixorish 19:10, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I figured that after reading this, but thanks for the trouble. I also thought the last | between true and false was required, but apparently it isn't. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 19:13, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Another tip: if the true output is the same as the variable and the false is to be empty, you can use, omitting #if entirely. (this works because the parameter's default is empty) -- Sixorish 19:17, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

also, this change, this will resize all of the maps to 250px, it's not the max width only. unfortunately I don't think there are ways around this, other than using a 'width' parameter, where the editor would pick a suitable width. -- Sixorish 19:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

I know, I thinking for a work-around at the moment. I thought of this already: → true Which would result in: → true The only problem is, how does the software determines the width of the picture? ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 19:25, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

it can't, that's why I suggested a 'width' parameter for each map, if it'll be a problem. -- Sixorish 19:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok, tried that, but it doesn't work completely now. I want to do: if map exists show map, if mapwidth exists, add mapwidth. Now I have, if mapwidth exists use map with mapwidth. But if a map exists, but no mapwidth nothing will be shown. I something else, thinking atm... ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 19:44, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

another tip: Template:! inserts a vertical line, which is ignored by parser functions. It's the only way to make, for example, wikitables inside parser functions. (also works inside images) -- Sixorish 19:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip, but I don't know if I need that (maybe it would be good for the | between the image name and the 250px). A bigger problem is, there are so many }}}|{|}|{{{|}|{|{| I can hardly see what I'm doing. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 19:54, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Image Program
Bennie, there's an unofficial program developed by some brazilian designers that creates each image of any outfit of monster or human. That could be useful for you. I'll try to make some adjustments in some outfits that misses there.

Manjyome Black - March 6th, 2009; 00:10 GMT-3

Thanks for informing, but why would I need it? It's not like we are missing a lot of images, actually we have all outfits, almost all monsters and all human (or do you mean NPC?). So I don't think I would really need such a program. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 06:11, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I meant NPCs.

http://xs432.xs.to/xs432/08430/1225.png <-- That's a image of the program. If you need, just message me and i give you the program. I'll help you a lot.

Manjyome Black - March 8th, 2009; 1:25 GMT-3

Looks good, if I would need it sometime I will message you. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 20:36, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism.
NPC_Chavo_del_8 <-- Vandalism page. I already put the deletion request there. User Antero3000 is the vandal.

Thanks.

Thanks for reporting, another admin already took care of it. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 20:36, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Welcome Message
Just saw the welcome message you put on my talk page. Your about 13 months late :P Yuki Zou 09:07, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I hope you don't mind :P The wikia automatic stuff does it now, but it skips older new users. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 13:12, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism: Fail Swordfish
Fail Swordfish is making edits to flame other player(?) - at least his edits are complete useless. Please give him free holidays. ;) Florianus 15:31, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

He has a warning, we'll see if he keeps troubling. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 15:51, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Your hunt template
Loving it's potential - see User:Craggles for my interpretation for the style I think it should have. If you prefer it then allow me, or change it yourself. Furthermore I think there should be a better way for handling profit, like perhaps round about figures for expenditure hourly. Say for instance a mage would spend x amount of whatever potion they're using per hour and the template then allow for that sort of input. Though subject to debate generally accepted figures would crop up; either way that section's for the public I'm talking about just setting up the template in such a way as to allow for that natural growth. Your ideas welcome.

Craggles

I'm glad you like it, although it is not "my" template, Sixorish (and others) helped a lot. I agree some changed (e.g. with style) are still needed. I agree the profit is a bit vague right now, but it is a very subjective thing and hard to measure in numbers. If you propose a good way to change it (e.g. only putting a parameter in and later, when data is improved, really use it). Using Dpl for the list is really awesome, nice to sort by lvl :) I think I'm gonna do this: First include the template on all pages, then adjusting the template itself. Then adding the dpl list to the Hunting Places page. Everybody can help! ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 08:22, 4 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I think we should deeply consider the types of parametres we can have before applying the template to every hunt page. If we don't add an unknown now then editing it later will be as lengthy. So; I agree exp and loot can't be quantified too well but they can be appromixated. So combing your good bad average system with a more numeretical system would be ideal. The dpl wouldn't work too well with it, so we'd probably have to leave it off or just add it and let users fiddle with it. The number system for example would be such that a vague sum would be be made with popular areas; like lavas caves would be 30-40k/h. Whilst more spawn dependant areas would be based on good bad avg. Wiki community would find a happy medium with it. One thing is a definate and that's seperating exp and loot from exp/loot to two exp loot parametres.Craggles

Now I have applied the template on all desired pages I'm ready to think about changing the template. I saw your proposal on User:Craggles, but I think it is too complicated, has too much parameters, for simple editors to understand. Also, people looking at it will have a hard time define all information. Maybe we can continue the discussion on Template_talk:Infobox Hunt and try to improve it with everyone else. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 06:39, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I couldn't find a way to colspan in dpl, you guys might have better luck. '''Craggles Random::Chat::Contributions::Tibicam Profile

''' 08:49, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * User:Craggles/Hunt6 How does that tickle your fancy? '''Craggles Random::Chat::Contributions::Tibicam Profile

''' 09:20, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * We have a slight problem - the dpl can't count past the first 2 digits, it reads level 160 as 16. Resulting in a buggered up sorting system. '''Craggles Random::Chat::Contributions::Tibicam Profile

''' 09:25, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

What do you mean? it doesn't for me. In IE and Chrome though, the entire sorting is screwed up... Are you using one of those? -- Sixorish 11:18, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Firefox here '''Craggles Random::Chat::Contributions::Tibicam Profile

''' 11:50, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Weirdest thing - it's not broken any more. I double checked to see if it was just the hunt Dpl so i checked the creatures dpl's when it was bugging out for me - they all had the same issue. Maybe wikia was under load from all the dpl calls I was making? '''Craggles Random::Chat::Contributions::Tibicam Profile

''' 11:53, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't see any problems when viewing List of Hunting Places by Alphabetic Order. Unfortunately I can't do anything right now since I'm going on holidays for one week. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 12:18, 23 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I know you're on holiday but for when you get back how to you feel about: Ashta'daramai '''Craggles Random::Chat::Contributions::Tibicam Profile

''' 16:11, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Looks very good! You did some great things to the template. Still one thing, the exp and loot columns can't be at the end, I want the location at the end, it simply looks better, in my opinion. I will try to finish the project the next few days (apply parameter changes to other hunting place pages) and then we can maybe make a news ticket :) ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 08:22, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I can shift that around no trouble - however where, moving it towards the middle didn't really suit. '''Craggles Random::Chat::Contributions::Tibicam Profile

''' 14:36, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Maybe it's best to remove them from the list completely after all. We already have quite some information, and don't want to overwhelm the viewers. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 19:47, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Give the average tibian a little credit - also I can't see a problem with them being at the end like they are, it's fairly suitable. The location still looks dominating because it's so big. '''Craggles Random::Chat::Contributions::Tibicam Profile

''' 20:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I did some mass contributions :P and now it's kinda done. I will put it on the Hunting Places page, I want to ask Cip if they can put a news ticket on tibia.com to promote our revised hunting places pages on one side and attract users to help us put in missing/additional values. Do you guys think this is a good idea? The text would be something like: ''Visit TibiaWiki to see our revamped hunting places pages with lots of useful information. Also feel free to improve them with your own experiences!'' Wouldn't that be nice? ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 14:38, 7 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Any attention is good - just would cip be so kind? It can't hurt to ask. '''Craggles Random::Chat::Contributions::Tibicam Profile

''' 16:09, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Also - we should ask Erig to put Hunting Places with the other tid bits on the left (i.e creatures spells and such) '''Craggles Random::Chat::Contributions::Tibicam Profile

''' 18:13, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

I did it myself ;) Admins can edit mediawiki stuff. I'm gonna send Cip an email right now, although I'm not sure if they would place a news ticket. ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 10:10, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

An image
Hi!

I wanted to add a screenshot to the spoiler of the Ice islands quest, mission 4, which is relevant.

(dohiceislands.jpg)

It is the Division of Honor on Eternia clearing the last mission.

However the page is protected, so I wonder if you could do this instead. :)

Thanks and kind regards, Stefan Oros

Bennie is away on holidays at the moment (see above), I have added your image and removed protection from those pages. It will be temporary if vandalism occurs again, but I would imagine the culprits got the hint by now. -- Sixorish 11:52, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Geography
Any gripes with how the Geography template functions; examples of it's use include: Thais, Senja, Dream Realm and Ab'Dendriel? '''Craggles Random::Chat::Contributions::Tibicam Profile ''' 14:21, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Looks very good, I'm impressed (especially Thais). No gripes :) ^^ Bennie (talk ~ fellows) ^^ 18:28, 16 May 2009 (UTC)