User talk:Gardimuer/Archive 9

Report of activity of the Spanish BioShock Wiki
Hello! BioShock Wiki in Spanish is advancing very fast, we are creating many items and we are also updating Infobox to a new style, we may soon be a separate wiki to get information and leave the English BioShock Wiki.

But I still need help with the Template: Games. Looks like this: BioShock Infinite I hope to help me put the template in place. Thanks! ;D

Omnimente

Re: Map Key Template
Those templates look awesome, and should definitely be on the mainspace. If I had to make a suggestion, I'd suggest clicking on the icons on the key should open a tab to the relevant page, if that's not already planned for. That aside, the whole thing's aesthetically perfect, and could especially help the newer visitors to this wiki. --Willbachbakal 00:35, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

Actually, I found it slightly annoying when clicking on an icon opened a larger image, what with the image taking over the screen and whatnot, but that may just be because I already know what the icons stand for and may not need to see them in a larger version. I recommend you ask another couple of users, that way you'll get our compounded opinion and not just mine. --Willbachbakal 07:44, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

Congrats on adding the keys. Even at this stage they're perfect, since the icons on the map already link to the articles. --Willbachbakal 00:34, March 8, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!
It worked! Thank you very much!

Omnimente

Bug check
I found it on the Xbox360. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by (talk • contribs) 00:09, 2012 March 12 (UTC). Please remember to sign your posts with ~.

Did you catch it?
Apparently, X-Play was on behind me with the BioShock Infinite stuff, but my family in the same room didn't think to tell me it was on. I was watching YouTube videos, so I couldn't hear it come on. I look at the clock, 6:55 PM. I turn back, the show is just about over. Mom is like "Ya, it was on." ._. Piiiisssssed! ~ Ṃᶒɠą§ɔ î é ɳ č ę { tal k }  23:04, March 13, 2012 (UTC)

constant vulgar vandalism on wikia pages
Wikia User 108.82.124.196 is vandalizing the wikia pages. He first added a vulgar edit to the Crawler page, but after I undid their edit, they go back to that page to add more vulgar statements, and continued doing the same to the Brute and Brute Splicer pages, which me, MegaScience, and Animeman7890 now fixed. Please ban this user. Evans0305 16:53, March 14, 2012 (UTC)

Baby Jane Quote
The "I know you've got some" quote, you changed it to say (x3). Even with my bad memory, I somehow remembered that I'm 100% sure she said it the way the quote was previously written. She didn't say "I know you've got some" three times in a row, she said "I know you've got some, I know you've got some in there, you got some," which isn't the same exact line three times. ~ Ṃᶒɠą§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  03:21, March 20, 2012 (UTC)


 * Odd. I'm 100% sure of it, because I remember at that time I was repeating sounds over and over, including that one, and I heard it. Maybe you could Voice-Clip it over to me or something later, because I'm honestly confused. Also, thanks for formatting the page. As I put, I only saw like 1/3-1/2 of the end of it on TV, so what I knew was... little... ~ <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ<font color="#009900">ᶒ<font color="#00aa00">ɠ<font color="#00bb00">ą<font color="#00cc00">§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  11:49, March 20, 2012 (UTC)


 * I have them, just on an abandoned computer in the other room that's never on anymore. BioShock was on sale a week or two back, you should have gotten me it! Lol. ~ <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ<font color="#009900">ᶒ<font color="#00aa00">ɠ<font color="#00bb00">ą<font color="#00cc00">§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  19:50, March 20, 2012 (UTC)

bioshock infinite
will there be a big daddy in the new bioshock?

Scare Cr0w 09:31, March 20, 2012 (UTC)scare Cr0w

No, in Bioshock Infinite, which takes place in Columbia, there is the Songbird, which takes the place of the big daddy in the sense of story and AI, but it is not a big daddy. I can see why you would ask this though.

M1ni147 (talk) 05:47, February 1, 2013 (UTC)

Re: AbuseFilter
Congratulations on making the filters work. To answer your question, if an editor vandalises articles on purpose they need to be stopped, whether they were warned or not. However, if their intentions are less clear but they still repeat the same mistake after receiving a warning, we could give them a minimum length ban to simply interrupt their editing, long enough for us to give them a more personalized response. --Willbachbakal 07:47, March 22, 2012 (UTC)

Just a question..
If you are interested in number stations, you should join http://unknownnumberstations.wikia.com/wiki/Unknown_Number_Stations_Wiki I'll grant admin rights. Thanks. The-Father 06:40, March 27, 2012 (UTC)

Re: About the "retarded" bot edit
I know that page, I read it back when it was new. I thought the bot was moving the Video to the File: namespace like the page implied, but all it did was add underscores, which is why I put that. You should really contact me elsewhere, I don't feel I could elaborate in stagnant messages. I'm going to get a haircut right now, so I'll be on later. ~ <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ<font color="#009900">ᶒ<font color="#00aa00">ɠ<font color="#00bb00">ą<font color="#00cc00">§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  17:22, March 27, 2012 (UTC)

PlasmidInfo
I was looking for images of Gravity Well, and noticed what you did to Template:Plasmidinfo. What inspired you to do that? I looks nice, but it's pretty random to me. Where'd this come from? ~ <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ<font color="#009900">ᶒ<font color="#00aa00">ɠ<font color="#00bb00">ą<font color="#00cc00">§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  19:05, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

Oh the horror of useless pages...
http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Successful_Experiment

Nuff said. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by (talk • contribs) 23:24, 2012 April 5 (UTC). Please remember to sign your posts with ~.

Re: Broken Video Links
Thanks for the heads-up. There was this broken link on the Neptune's Bounty page I deleted not too long ago, and I was surprised we had red links on our wiki, let alone on a major page. I'll fix anything I find. --Willbachbakal 15:06, April 7, 2012 (UTC)

IP edits
An IP editor slipped in a bunch of good edits, but I wanted you to look over them. They are the types of edits which can be an odd change, so some might need a little bit of review to tell if they make sense or not: 24.60.0.191 ~ <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ<font color="#009900">ᶒ<font color="#00aa00">ɠ<font color="#00bb00">ą<font color="#00cc00">§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  02:06, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

Wiki's theme
Hi, Gardimuer. I'd like to talk about this wiki's theme, it's still using the old Rapture theme right? Seeing Bioshock Infinite is coming, why don't we change the theme into Columbia's theme? I think it's a little bit fitting, but this is not a request however. It's only my opinion. Regards, MrGazzo 06:56, April 17, 2012 (UTC)

Protector Trials
Sorry that if I made any mistakes on that page. I will check and double confirm those information in the next few hours. Thanks for pointing out the problem. (N. Mason 09:09, April 23, 2012 (UTC))

I can confirm that Thuggish Splicers do not appear in Folly of Dionysus, but Spider Splicers do; Spider Splicers do not appear in Persephone Cell Block F, but Houdini Splicers do. I have corrected the related pages, and it is up to you to remove redundant information. (N. Mason 11:13, April 23, 2012 (UTC))

User pageS
Ah crud, sorry, sorry, that was epically my fault I apologize. Thanks for telling me btw.

Maxxthewolf 03:56, April 28, 2012 (UTC)Maxx


 * XD, yea, I'm kinda just experimenting with my profile at the moment, I kinda have TONS of pictures and some random stuff about me put up there. Well, anyways, thans for telling me, and if you want to chec out my story The Life of A Big Brother, the first chapter will be on my profile page, while the other chapters will be on my blog. Anyways, nice to meet you, I'm Sky, but everyone just calls me Maxx or Maxxy (And yes, with 2 X's, I have no idea why though), despite the circumstances. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by (talk • contribs) 04:02, 2012 April 28 (UTC). Please remember to sign your posts with ~.

Oh really? Er, sorry about that, I'll just go back to editing wiki pages, XD

Maxxthewolf 16:33, May 5, 2012 (UTC)Maxxy


 * XD, thnx!
 * Maxxthewolf 16:38, May 5, 2012 (UTC)Maxxy

Re: Possible Changes to the Abuse Filter(s)
That anonymous editor performed all of his edits in a couple of minutes, so a one-hour ban on the first occasion would likely dissuade wannabe repeat offenders without discouraging them from doing anything productive later (when that happens, anyway). I also support lowering the character limit to 500-800, or at least what'd be the average length of a paragraph.

That aside, your programming skills never cease to amaze me. These filters are working incredibly well, and the fact that dedicated vandals have to try to intentionally circumvent them shows that the protections you set up are capable of stopping almost any typical miscreant on their first attempt. --Willbachbakal 20:17, May 9, 2012 (UTC)

Is there a page for everyone's Bioshock sequel/ideas?
Hey Gardimuer, is there a page on the Bioshock wiki for combining everyone's ideas for a sequel for Bioshock, if not, would it be alright if I created it?

Maxxthewolf 00:22, May 10, 2012 (UTC)Maxxy

What happened to Subject Omega?
Hey, should I add a page about Subject Omega (Augustus Sinclair) from Bioshock 2? I can't really find a page for him.

Maxxthewolf 20:42, May 14, 2012 (UTC)Maxxy


 * Alright, nvm then, thanks!
 * Maxxthewolf 20:05, May 15, 2012 (UTC)Maxxy

RE: AbuseFilter
Okay, thanks for fixing that. Makes sense, since I wonder why I didn't see my comment. I'll recopy my comment to post back on the Blog. Thanks for fixing this. Evans0305 17:27, May 17, 2012 (UTC)

Recent Pictures
In regards to the recently added images to the wiki, is it possible for either you or one of the other Admins to delete the numerous poor quality, repetitive, or just plain unnecessary images on this site? I appreciate that so many people are helpful in making this such a visual wiki, but it seems that the things that get posted the most are aimless photos of the game screen or superfluous fan art. Thanks for your time. Unownshipper 08:15, May 19, 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright thanks.
 * Unownshipper 20:49, May 19, 2012 (UTC)

Delay Between Comments
I don't know if it's the same on your end, but blog comments only become visible to me about an hour after they got posted, recently. Is the same happening to you? --Willbachbakal 21:23, May 30, 2012 (UTC)

Summary box glitch
I already have an account. was just trying out a few things, seem to have a glitch with the summary box?188.28.249.58 03:35, May 31, 2012 (UTC)

Edit on the Jack page.
Thanks for the advice you gave.

Also thanks for undoing my editing error, on the Jack page. I would have changed it back to the original text. I will be more careful with my editing now.

Thanks. Aquawiki 14:10, June 5, 2012 (UTC)

New possible Style for Template:Audio Diary File
Since the noted template is not the best looking one I thought a little bit about the style. Here is a page how the template could look like. Explanations: The image on the left represents the game with a link (both: the picture and the text) to the game's article. (For There is something in the sea it could be eg. File:Somethinginthesea.png. On the right there would be an image of the level which will be instantly recognized if you have played the level only once. For Dionysus Park it could be eg. this one. It should match the proportions of the left image so that the overall styling looks better. In a seperate box you'll find all the other information - the backround colour should may be adjusted due to the fact the links are not that good to see. Below all that you'll find - as always - the licence information. NOTE: This is just a styling example. Feel free to post your idea below a line  --Bioexpander 17:27, June 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * That's an interesting idea, but I think I prefer the compact arrangement of your original design. Your new layout would take up a lot of space on file pages. I suggest that we keep the basic compact form, but use color to make certain parts stand out more. Here's an example of what it could look like: User:Gardimuer/Test1?oldid=139418
 * Some notes:
 * In my version, the Audio Diary image on the right side would link to the Audio Diary transcript article.
 * I think the template should include information about the source of the file (i.e. the file path within the game folder) when it is used on audio file pages, so I added a place to display that at the bottom.
 * Let me know what you think.
 * ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 19:41, June 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * Your template looks pretty good.
 * It's more together as mine but still cleaned up. However, I would make the "Transcript article" section the the same style as location, speaker etc. but it doesn't really matter anyway because you would get from the transcrip article to the file's page 99% of the time and not vice versa
 * --Bioexpander 02:26, June 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * I changed my rough draft as per your suggestion: User:Gardimuer/Test1?oldid=139567 If you like this version, I can go ahead and change the Template:Audio Diary File to match. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 19:54, June 6, 2012 (UTC)

AbuseFilter problem
That problem with the filter and the anonymous editor got me thinking: is it possible to disable the Abuse Filter on specific pages? That way we could avoid having that same issue again.

Also, regarding the bug report we sent, I got this answer from Tim Quievryn, a Wikia support staff member. Apparently, it's a known issue, one that's been caused by the Wikia team itself, and "They do want to make changes to fix these issues during their next round of search work". Basically they can't be bothered to do anything anytime soon. Did you get a response too? --Willbachbakal 23:30, June 5, 2012 (UTC)

Please delete
I clicked the wrong button and instead of the correct desciption we now have File:AD gNr128-lNr16 Wilson - Such Freedom f0270.ogg twice. You can delete the old version thx --Bioexpander 18:24, June 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * I usually only delete old versions of files in cases when the file cache is lagging. Wikia's databases have plenty of room to store old uploads, so it's not a problem. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 19:58, June 6, 2012 (UTC)

Re: "Trivia" vs. "Behind the Scenes"
Given your reasoning, I now believe that the information in the Atrium page goes under a "Behind the Scenes" section. It's a slim fit, but it works. I agree that a "Behind the Scenes" section will cut down on useless information being added, but I'm not convinced all trivia sections should be changed outright. Either way, I'll continue to change "Trivia" sections as needed.

Unownshipper 18:36, June 13, 2012 (UTC)

You've done a nice job whiping out a lot of the pointless or obvious trivia recently, I applaud your efforts.

Still, I have reservations on removing the trivia on certain pages. In particular, I believe that some of the information removed from the Little Wonders, Hephaestus, Kashmir Restaurant (Multiplayer), Evelyn Klein, Jack, Inner Persephone, etc. pages should be returned under Trivia sections as they reveal things about the story that one might miss. I'm continually finding out new and interesting things that I missed on my first play through thanks to people's contributions to the trivia sections, so, once again, I hope you'll consider what's worth holding on to. Thanks.

Unownshipper 04:55, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

I understand completely. I'll certainly do my part in integrating information into the article that is worth keeping. Just wanted to be sure you didn't mind me putting stuff back in. Thanks again.

Unownshipper 22:44, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Links to Rapture Archives
Sorry for the radio silence, I'm almost done with my finals. There's not much I can add to your response, but I was thinking we could post links to the Rapture Archives for the interactive SITS content to replace the dead ones, and tell Tapper beforehand. What do you think? --Willbachbakal 14:08, June 16, 2012 (UTC)

Due to the layout on RA, I think it'd be a better idea to provide a link to the main SITS page and let the visitor continue from there. I'll mark the current links as dead and provide a link to the archive at the top of the list. --Willbachbakal 15:14, June 17, 2012 (UTC)

News Categories On a Blog Post
Hi I'm a new editor in the wiki and it's my first time posting recent news. I've already made a blog post of it and add it on news category but it's not showing up on the recent news. Can you help me? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by (talk • contribs) 03:02, 2012 June 17 (UTC). Please remember to sign your posts with ~.

Edward Grimes page
Oh, yeah I think I did make an accidental removal there. Sorry about that; thanks for clearing it up. :) Key of Destiny 17:54, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

Behind The Scenes conformity
I might have missed it, or wasn't around when it happened, but since it was voted that "Behind the scenes" is the new "Trivia" in this wikia, we'll just remove about 50% of everyone's contributions here, since we'll more likely have to wait 10 years (or never) to have 2k/Irrational fully confirm what most of what was removed before wasn't "speculation" or "coincidences". I'm not upset, but just thinking that the "Behind The Scenes" part of the Wikia is becoming too limiting of a law. Evans0305 05:16, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

I'm aware of the issue of removing speculation on the Wikia for a while, but its not that part I'm worried about. Its when there's some info that seems obvious to the majority of users, but 2k/Irrational has yet to return any feedback on confirming, especially for the first two BioShocks. I've written several times on the forums, and only a small percentage of the time, I'll get at least one actual employee or someone who worked on the game to actually answer one of my questions. Its like the equivalent of waiting for confirmation on weapons in BioShock Infinite; even though we'll remove the same edits users keep adding to what the guns were based on, and we'll remove them because we need feedback from 2k/Irrational if its true. I feel like thats going to be the case for the majority of everything. But I do understand that this "Behind the Scenes" is going to be the standard, and I'll have to dig really hard on getting info about the games.

BTW, I did find something that would be useful to connect a recent edit (and also what we've been trying to figure out about what character was removed in BioShock 2).Evans0305 04:01, June 25, 2012 (UTC)

Behind the Scenes/Community Corner
I believe the community corner should be updated now, since the "Behind the Scenes" replacement is already in action. -- 21:06, June 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem. -- 19:04, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

Vandal on Wikia makes more edits on pages
User 74.139.85.73 (talk) returned to make more of the same inappropriate edits to the Little Sister/Quotes article. I believed you blocked them before, since you did reverted their edits on that page.

Also, not exactly certain about this one, but there was also this User 71.126.174.139 <span class="mw-usertoollinks" style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">(Talk), who's creating unconfirmed info on the Columbia articles twice, such as unconfirmed Vigor names and unconfirmed gameplay scenarios about concept-only art. They're either just speculating fanon, or "close to the developers", but either way, I already mentioned to them about providing a source first before writing anymore about their claims. Evans0305 20:11, June 28, 2012 (UTC)

Well, if they do come back, at least we know form their edits of who it'll be. Glad you connected the latter User with the previous one mentioned in your post, which now mentioning the "close to developers" approach to their speculation, it makes a lot of sense. Hopefully, they won't make these fanon -type edits again. Evans0305 03:42, June 29, 2012 (UTC)

Okay, now there is an "intern" that edited the Columbia page with info on the environments and locations, only their excuse for a source is their "exclusive interview" with Ken Levine and Nate Wells. Seriously, this is starting to become a hassle, especially when its from one user with different IP accounts. For the record, IG has not mentioned or made anything too public about BioShock Infinite since they announced its delay, and if there was any new info, it would have already been mentioned online or by them, instead of only one "special" user claiming to be an "intern" or "close friend". Evans0305 (talk) 09:18, July 28, 2012 (UTC)

BioShock Wiki Logo
Should we update the logo so it matches BioShock Infinite's logo instead of BioShock 1? It doesn't really matter, but I think it'd be interesting. -- 05:16, June 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay, then. That's unfortunate. -- 05:11, July 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * I vote you ask Wikia Staff themselves. Not like it'll do anything, but hust to be sure on some points. ~ <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ<font color="#009900">ᶒ<font color="#00aa00">ɠ<font color="#00bb00">ą<font color="#00cc00">§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  16:54, July 1, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Diane McClintock mugshot inspiration
I was watching JP LeBrenton's BioShock Playthrough, which was a great find by the way, and he mentioned how the splicers were inspired by a book of San Francisco mugshots from the 1940s. Hoping to find images of the actual book, I did a google search of 'san francisco mugshot 1940s.' The image of the woman was among the first results. I remebered LeBrenton said he saw one mugshot of a woman with a look of utter contempt on her face, and I knew this had to be the one. At first I thought it was just used as the face for the concept art of Lady Smith, but then I realized it was also minorly tweaked for Diane's diary portrait.

If you look very closely at the image you can faintly see 'Tanya Williams' and some other information written below. Hoping to find more information about her, I searched 'Tanya Williams mugshot,' which lead me here. Sadly, there is no other information available about her other than what I found on the flickr page. I know it's not the most referential of sources, but it's all we have to go on.

Admittedly, I have no direct link of anyone at Bioshock directly saying, "We used the mugshot of Tanya Williams as the portrait of Diane McClintock," but, just as it's clear that the glamour photo of Geraldine Fitzgerald was used for the image of Brigid Tenenbaum, I think it's also clear that this mugshot served as the inspiration for Diane's diary photo.

Unownshipper 21:54, June 30, 2012 (UTC)

I only wish I had been able to find the book; it'd be an invaluable resource. I hope other members of the design team do a playthrough like LeBrenton's, that was great.

Unownshipper 20:03, July 1, 2012 (UTC)

New contributor isn't adjusting well
I know Wf72 is new and even Willbachbakal is trying to help them adjust, but from the recent behavior, I don't think Wf72 is handling edits or even reasons for their edit removals, especially on the Fontaine Futuristics (Level) page. Worst, not only did they added a verbal threat directed toward me because I removed it, but even after explaining why the edit was removed, they and/or another Wikia Contributor vandalized the page. Evans0305 06:13, July 2, 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, looking at it now, it just seemed like Wf72 was very upset about me undoing their edit, especially when they just started editing on the Wikia. However, they told me on my Talk Page that they did get banned from the Creepypasta Wiki for similar behavior, and it was very immature for them to not only mention me like that on the article, but also go back to vandalize it. I know they were only starting off, but I felt that it would have been best if they were mature about it. Evans0305 23:42, July 2, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. If he shows up on a sockpuppet account I'll know right away now. His immature behavior suggested he was rather young, but I didn't imagine he was prepubescent. He doesn't seem to learn much from his experiences, either. I'll try to guide him if he decides to continue contributing, but it's likely he's going to end up with another ban. --Willbachbakal 02:03, July 6, 2012 (UTC)

RE: Andrew Ryan Limited Edition Figurine
Thanks for clearing that up. I must have not paid attention to that bit of info on the forum. Already fixed the article. Evans0305 23:42, July 2, 2012 (UTC)

error message on images
There's something wrong with viewing the images on the Wikia. I was going to look at the ones uploaded to the Smuggler's Hideout page, when I keep getting this message:

Oops.

''The item that was shared with you is no longer available. But now that you're here, check out this article page!''

There's a tab that's suppose to be clickable on that description, but nothing happens. Why is this error happening on the Wikia?Evans0305 (talk) 04:57, July 11, 2012 (UTC)

Well, whatever caused the error is now resolved, but yeah, the Wiki updates are starting to just become a problem. Als, I think the "OOPS" part of the message created a coded block from editing any updates to the message, so I had to edit that part, just to add this update. Evans0305 (talk) 22:14, July 11, 2012 (UTC)

75.147.7.193 21:28, July 13, 2012 (UTC) Alright, so I can understand why 'Jack is really tall!' would not fit in Behind The Scenes. I was going to find somewhere else to do it, but that didn't work. And I just realized that it says he's 6''2. Huh. Well, that makes me feel like a bit of an idiot. Either that, or maybe he's not 6''2, or the developers just had trouble with proportions

Re: "angry autoblock" is especially angry
Hadn't seen that at all, actually. Thanks for the heads-up. I could put up a message detailing the problem on the wiki so the other users will know what's going on. Also, on an unrelated note, does the user toolbar stay stuck at the bottom of every page for you too? --Willbachbakal (talk) 14:14, September 23, 2012 (UTC)

Re. Extra Little Sisters in BioShock 2.
You advised me that there are no 'real' extra Little Sisters in BioShock 2, could you explain this in greater detail please.

When playing the game I have been able to get 4 LS on a level where only 3 LS should be possible.

I was able to Adopt, Rescue/Harvest and get extra Adam from the 4th. LS, also there were 4 of the 'Little Sister Icons' showing on the Pause Menu for 'Number of Little Sisters in this level' when there are normaly only 3 icons.

I have been able to get an extra 4th. Little Sister a number of times in various levels in BioShock 2.

The criteria seem to be the same for extra LS in BioShock 2 as it is for BioShock?

I am genuinely interested to know the difference between the two games regarding extra Little Sisters. Aquawiki (talk) 09:22, October 3, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the clear and concise explanation.


 * This has really helped me to see the difference in the two games, with regards to the number of 'extra Little Sisters' in the levels.


 * Your excellent explanation should be included in the wiki somewhere, as it would save a lot of confusion, especially for beginners.


 * I wonder if anyone has worked out the actual sequence of Little Sisters being 'carried over' onto the next level, in BioShock 2. It is probably just one Little Sister per level, I doubt that all of the 12 Little Sisters can be 'carried over' and all 12, then adopted in the last level? Would it be possible to adopt 4,5,6, Little Sisters in Siren Alley or 5,6,7, Little Sisters in Dionysus Park?


 * Again, thanks for the explanation. Aquawiki (talk) 04:42, October 4, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you for sharing the amazing screenshot of your 'Rumbler pile'. I was totally unaware that anything like this was possible in the game. I will try this when I have time. Aquawiki (talk) 06:23, October 5, 2012 (UTC)

Re. Gene Tonic image.
Thanks for sorting out the image.

I thought that it might be better if the Bio 2 Gene Tonic bottle matched the Bio 2 Plasmid bottle. The Bio 1 and Bio 2 bottles are slightly different, but probably not worth a new image, as you pointed out.

Thanks for the link about the image formats, it was very useful. Aquawiki (talk) 03:47, October 7, 2012 (UTC)

Identity
There's been some debate over the Sullivan page and whether or not the picture is of his body. The debate is outlined in the newest section of the talk page and I'd appreciate it if you, being an Admin, would give your opinion about the issue. Thanks.

Unownshipper (talk) 07:25, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

Replacing low quality images
Hi Gardimuer. 1) I created User:Bioexpander/replace to list all images which need to be replaced and which I think I could replace. The question is if really all images need to be replaced. File:Welcome-Atrium08.jpg and File:Bioshock-20070607110545635.jpg for example do show pretty much the same content. Do you really want to have both of them replaced (one time with and another time without the woman). The second question is if really all non-duplicate images shopuld be replaced. User:Maxxthewolf has many images on his page which are not used anywhere else. Since I come from the Wikipedia project I'm a little bit astonished that you are allowed to have a)such a large ammount of fair use images on a site which are b)not used anywhere else. Impossible on Wikipedia (I know WP is different from the bioshock wiki, but nonetheless: This is no rational fair use usage - seen from the standpoint of law). 2) Since this wiki nearly has 4'000 images I created this request. The question behind is the following: Does this wiki really allow like ten images per userpage which are not used anywhere else? Should unlicenced images which are not used anywhere else or only used on a userpage really be kept? I though of a template like which shows that this image is not just some self drawn image which has no real use for the project but is rather a)in use b)not on a userpage c)licenced d)has at leat a short description of it's content. Maybe all images which do not have this template could be collected in one category so that they can be identified and checked. What do you think about 1) and 2)? --Bioexpander (talk) 07:55, November 24, 2012 (UTC)

Shooting Gallery
Hey there Gardimuer!

My name is Jorge and I am on Wikia's Community Development team.

I just wanted to mention that Wikia recently launched the Shooting Gallery], a one-stop-shop for shooter news and the like coming directly from the Shooter wiki community. It acts as a sort of "sub-hub" page to the traditional Video Game hub, allowing people interested in the genre to take a deeper dive. You can actually go check out the Shooting Gallery now.

If you are interested in spotlighting some news or other community updates on the Shooting Gallery, you can just click the "Submit Your News" or "Suggest a Video" button. You can also create a template page with this template: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Template:ShootingGalleryFooter to put on features blogs. This is a good way reward users and let them know their content is Shooter Gallery worth. Hoefully this helps spotlight some of your wiki's great content!

Best, Jorge (profile)•(talk) 00:04, December 4, 2012 (UTC)

Foreign language Bioshock wikis
Hello, I composed a list of foreign language Bioshock wikis at Forum:Foreign language Bioshock wikis and I would like you to take a look. There are a few that aren't linked to this wiki; it would be very pleasant to have them made to be, but I need administrator permission first. Elecbullet (talk) 23:06, December 7, 2012 (UTC)

Wiki Help and Spiff
Hey there Gardimuer,

My name is Jorge and I am on Wikia's Community Development Team (I'm also a huge Bioshock fan, so that's a plus). With Bioshock Infinite's release right around the corner, I thought I would stop by and offer my help spiffing up the wiki and generally helping out. In particularly, I'd love to freshen up the mainpage a bit by adding a featured videos section (there are some great dev videos I think users would love) and maybe creating a new Skin that emphasizes Columbia over Rapture (Alternatively, I can try to put both into the same skin).

I'm also happy to worth on aspects of the wiki that you think need attention. I'd love to hear your thoughts, inputs, or suggestions - just leave me a message on my talk page!

Best, Jorge (profile)•(talk) 21:21, January 14, 2013 (UTC)

Excuse me, Gardimuer, I've been looking for a BioShock Fanon wiki, and it seems this was all I could find. I was thinking, if I made a BioShock Fanon wiki, could you make it an affiliate? (Of course,if I made it,any of the administrators and/or bureaucrats on this wiki joined the fanon one, they would still keep their rank on the Fanon wiki.)

--Come on Mr. Bubbles!

Thanks
Thanks for streamlining Scripted Events, glad to have you back.

Unownshipper (talk) 22:46, January 21, 2013 (UTC)

Game Guide App Curation
Greetings Gardimuer!

Wikia is excited to launch our Game Guides app very soon. The app features access to tens of thousands of wikis and their excellent content. As a popular wiki with a treasure trove of information, we think the Bioshock wiki would be a great candidate for one the first curated games on the app! But first, we need your help. The Game Guide apps thrives on excellent categorization and a little bit of admin curation. Visit this page to learn more about curating your presense on the Game Guide app: http://preview.mira-test.wikia.com/wiki/Help:GameGuide.

If you have any questions or need assistance curating the content for the app, please let me know and I will happily help you organize it. Just leave me a message on my talk page!

Best, Jorge (profile)•(talk) 17:58, January 23, 2013 (UTC)


 * Just making sure you see the above statement which was given to you, Gardimuer. :) --~ <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ<font color="#009900">ᶒ<font color="#00aa00">ɠ<font color="#00bb00">ą<font color="#00cc00">§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  05:38, January 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey Gardimuer. Looks like you may have missed the message above. Just FYI, I'll go ahead and help out by starting the curation on Monday! Feel free to chip-in if you like! Jorge (profile)•(talk) 19:07, January 30, 2013 (UTC)

Need help with Minerva's Den maps
The good news is, I finally finshed the maps for Minerva's Den, imagemapping and all. Bad news is, the PNG files are bigger than 10 MB, so I can't upload them. Could you help me with this problem?

Wass12 (Check my blog!) 14:37, January 28, 2013 (UTC)

Re: Re: Need help with Minerva's Den maps
As an admin, couldn't you just make an exemption from the 10 MB limit?

(By the way, for some reason, the original maps are 14,4 MB large per picture, while the augmented ones are just 10,8 MB. I'm not sure whether it is important or not.)

Wass12 (Check my blog!) 21:40, January 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * I sent the pics. the subject is "Minerva's Den maps".
 * Wass12 (Check my blog!) 22:08, January 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the help. I already putted them on their pages.
 * Wass12 (Check my blog!) 11:11, January 30, 2013 (UTC)
 * Wass12 (Check my blog!) 11:11, January 30, 2013 (UTC)

New concept art
Since I have different media for BioShock Infinite news tracked, I caught this new concept art they just released: File:BSI-Dentis004 IGN.jpg. However, I'm not exactly sure where to put it. Where would you suggest?

On note of the content of the concept art, it looks like Columbia's Medical Pavilion just from the dentist theme. xD --~ <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ<font color="#009900">ᶒ<font color="#00aa00">ɠ<font color="#00bb00">ą<font color="#00cc00">§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  22:25, January 30, 2013 (UTC)


 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRjNMQZ1qBk Help us document this? :D Lots of new footage for once, different style, not fighting but shops and such. Beautiful. --~ <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ<font color="#009900">ᶒ<font color="#00aa00">ɠ<font color="#00bb00">ą<font color="#00cc00">§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  15:06, January 31, 2013 (UTC)


 * Ah well, information is finally dropping all over since the release is less than two months away. An interview just came out on why they chose Columbia instead of Rapture, very interesting. I wish you had more time to be around, because otherwise you're going to get backlogged in the coming months. --~ <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ<font color="#009900">ᶒ<font color="#00aa00">ɠ<font color="#00bb00">ą<font color="#00cc00">§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  17:36, February 1, 2013 (UTC)

Re: Jack's Age Vandal
Well, that was a kick in the interpersonal trust. In any case, I doubt that editor'll be vandalizing Jack's page any more.

Also, glad to see you're back. :) --Willbachbakal (talk) 01:10, February 4, 2013 (UTC)

Highbreedpredator (talk) 18:38, February 5, 2013 (UTC)HighbreedPredatorHighbreedpredator (talk) 18:38, February 5, 2013 (UTC)

try to see if you can comment on my profile...

Soundtracks pages
Hi, can I put the content of Sounds From The Lighthouse on BioShock 2 Soundtrack? I don't see the point of separating the orchestral score from the main page for this game only. Also, I'm gonna add to BioShock Infinite Soundtrack the orchestral score from the limited editions. It was posted on IG.com, but it may need a different display since Schyman isn't the only one credited for all the tracks. I should be able to make myself a wiki table to sort all this. Pauolo (talk) 07:59, March 7, 2013 (UTC)


 * I guess you're right, it does make the page neater, but I'll reorganize it a bit because it hardly shows any direction link to Sounds From The Lighthouse. I may do the same for the orchestral tracks of the first game, but will leave on the main page the list from CoR's website. Btw, I typed in the recently revealed list of tracks from Infinite on its soundtrack page, maybe you can check on it and see if the table is right, kinda made it on a rush. Also, is it possible to center the text vertically on wiki tables? It would make it look neater but I don't know how to do that.
 * Pauolo (talk) 20:08, March 8, 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tip, but I'm half-convinced by the result. Can you take a look at it and tell me what you think?
 * Pauolo (talk) 22:24, March 8, 2013 (UTC)