User talk:Willbachbakal

Hi Willbachbakal re. the Little Sisters list
I am new to BioShock games and I have been exploring the levels in BioShock 1 and 2. I have come across some Little Sisters not mentioned in the list. I just wanted to update and improve the list.--Aquawiki 08:24, May 26, 2012 (UTC)Aquawiki

You should archive this talk page
You have a lot of content here. I'm sure you know how, so why don't you? ~ Ṃᶒɠą§ɔ î é ɳ č ę { tal k }  17:13, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * I couldn't explain it perfectly, but you'd move your talk page to User talk:Willbachbakal/Archive 1 then put at the top. You can ask Gardimuer, she'd know how to explain better... Unless she's busy. ~ Ṃᶒɠą§<font color="#00dd00">ɔ î é ɳ č ę  <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t<font color="#ff8800">al k }  04:37, December 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * THere will be a link on top saying where you have been redirected from. Click that, and you'll go to the page with the redirect link on it. Edit that page, remove the #REDIRECT and put whatever is needed. I have done it for you here. ~ <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 }  16:03, December 5, 2010 (UTC)

Disambiguation pages
I think you are right about Halofan2417 just being confused. I made "Alpha Series" redirect to "Alpha Series Disambiguation," but this is only a temporary solution.

I think that the BioShock Wiki needs to reconsider the way we organize our disambiguations. I made a forum topic on the subject: Forum:Disambiguation pages. I'd like to see your opinion about it. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 23:15, December 9, 2010 (UTC)

Layout fiddling
I had that a few days ago. It seems to be an effect of the A/B testing, or other features that Wikia is adjusting.

On a side note, if you find the different positions of the history link and other links annoying, you can add something to your personal Java Script on the wiki that will make the links always show up on the bottom bar. You can find out more about it here: Forum:Personal improvements for "new look" ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 04:20, December 11, 2010 (UTC)

Bioshock123 & his "brother"
Bioshock123 was banned on Zeldapedia for helping WMM hide evidence that he was sockpuppeting there.  Recently, Thisusernameisawsome began editing Zeldapedia while claiming to be Bioshock123's brother. Since the people on that wiki are familiar with Bioshock123's lies, they immediately suspected him of being a sockpuppet. He was banned shortly thereafter, but then he continued to pester people by blatantly using proxies to change his IP address again and again to circumvent the blocks.

That's pretty much the full story at this point, as far as I understand it. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 17:22, December 21, 2010 (UTC)

Your Bioshock game idea.
If you'd like you can use ANY of the splicers or big daddies i came up with in it. I don't mind one bit. <font color="Gold">GeneralOwnage55 <font color="Orange">The Message Box  23:56, January 14, 2011 (UTC)

Big Sister
Hello Willbachbakal.

For the Big Sister, then explain me why she's in the Protector category in the "Enemies template"? And why the Big Sister always come against us when you save or harvest a large number of little sisters? That's why I put - and protect Little Sisters to "lesser extent" - yes their main purpose is to maintaining the ecological balance in Rapture, and if you look closely, she is also indeed a Protector as it looks after the well being of Little Sisters contrary to Splicers or other people (and she's jealous that other normal Protectors cares for Little Sisters and attack any other normal Protectors that she meets).

And also this phrase in the Big Sister page " The Big Sisters' designs are geared towards accommodating Little Sisters; they have a cage-like basket that is adorned with ribbons, which is used to safely carry Little Sisters on their backs, and childish doodles can be seen on their oxygen tanks. " confirmed me she takes care of Little Sisters, like a Protector, but not just one Little Sister.

Otherwise, Big Daddy is only a nickname, the original name is "Protector" (as it says on the page), and it's this name that should be used for the page (like did in the French Wiki, which also put Big Sister in the Protector page). Big Sister is a Big Daddy? Nooo. She is a Protector? Yes. Itachou [~talk~] 00:35, January 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * Your point of view holds up, but I don't take you for some kind of idiot (I may have seemed aggressive at first addressed but not), I'm also an admin, on The Vault (Fallout Wiki) and on the Deus Ex Wiki, and I sometimes discuss some issue more or less sensitive like those of Big Sisters on Bioshock Wiki. After the seniority doesn't matter, only the subject and the debate between two or more intelligent person account.


 * And don't be sorry my friend ^^, it happens to have to write things for nothing, as in every Wiki I think you know it. Well, nice day and see you soon ;)! Itachou [~talk~] 14:07, January 29, 2011 (UTC)

Capitalization
A while ago you did some work to standardize the capitalization of words in articles. I have started doing a bit of that with Cohen'sMuse, but before I go farther I need to know what the capitalization rules should be. This would also be a good time to update the BioShock Wiki:Manual of Style with better capitalization guidelines.

So, what would be the correct capitalization for: ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 01:04, February 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Weapon names?
 * Item names?
 * Ammunition types?
 * General terms such:
 * "vending machines"?
 * "bathysheres"?
 * "audio diary" and "diary"?
 * "gene tonics" and "tonics"?
 * "plasmids"?
 * "splicers"?
 * "turret" and "security camera"?


 * What about "bathyspheres"? Currently most instances of that are lower case; should they be changed? Also, are you sure that minor common items like "first aid kit" and "potato chips" should be capitalized? ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 19:18, February 22, 2011 (UTC)

Wow
So many people are have their sequel dumps nowadays.  RC  ™   08:39, February 26, 2011 (UTC)

Gene Tonics merger proposal
I moved M0RGION's proposal to a forum page since it would affect more that one article: Forum:Merging Gene Tonic articles. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 22:07, March 21, 2011 (UTC)

Wide tables
I reduced the font size of the table here. That's all I could do to make it less wide. I also changed the style of the Ranks table to match. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 23:56, March 26, 2011 (UTC)

i dont think one crossbow damage upgrade head shot will kill, more like 2 one to head + something else would

correct me if im wrong cause i did this a couple of times in the past few days :D

Map icons discussion
I'd like to know your opinion of the discussion currently taking place at Talk:Dionysus Park. Wass12 and I disagree about which icons would be best to use in creating maps, so I would like other people to weigh in on the discussion as well. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 23:48, April 26, 2011 (UTC)

The Cabal
I have a question to ask, How did you think of the Cabal? let me rephrase that: Where did you get the idea?

Ð.ŔŸÅŅ 20:27, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

The Cable
Perhaps some day I could be inducted into the cable?

Ð.ŔŸÅŅ 19:23, June 6, 2011 (UTC)

Assesment
I appreciate your assesment of my Bioshock 3 ideas and i fugred that this would be the most serious place to discuss it, and since you beat me to the punch i figured the best thing to do was to keep all the suggestions in one place so all the people looking for the same thing don't have to scan across multiple blogs. And since i have mentioned before i am not the most tech savy person you will find i figured there would be people here who can. The more we post, the more 2k will se and the more likely they will follow it. Just posting.74.5.21.79 00:34, June 8, 2011 (UTC)

Tonics
There are three left that need merging. Also, Steam broke, but I am now back on.

BlueIsSupreme 22:01, June 10, 2011 (UTC)

About Dionysus Park Vandalism
Just wanted to explain to you real quick: It's a statement from some minor famous internet video. I saw it on one of those TV shows about internet videos. This kid is being interviewed on the news, and apparently he was paying absolutely no attention, because she asks him a question about face paint and all he says is "I like turtles." ~ <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 }  19:06, June 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * There is no specific case. You can not name them and predict activity. The sad part is, I can't argue it because people naming them know that you can't. I could vandalize a page, but must I be given some specific name for an assortment of random person's with varying ranges of activity that have no relation?


 * I'm sorry, for some reason people are giving a single name to the occurrence of completely unrelated persons who have nothing in common except that you don't know them, and acting like they do. It bothers me a lot, as it makes no sense to me... He should be banned though, maybe temp. It was vandalism in any case. ~ <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 }  00:46, June 28, 2011 (UTC)

My name for you in the Government
Hello friend,

I was just wondering if your happy with you name in the Government: Imagination Enthusiast

Ð.ŔŸÅŅ 04:55, July 7, 2011 (UTC)

Ammunition Icons
Wass12 is uploading icons for BioShock 2. Would you like to be the one to alter the weapon and ammunition pages? If you would like to see the one I have done so far look at the Hack Tool page. Of course, suggestions are welcome.

Also, take a look at Talk:BioShock 2 Weapons. He made a template to use on ammunition pages that is good. Although, he cannot get it to work yet. Care to take a look?

BlueIsSupreme 05:37, July 7, 2011 (UTC)

Minerva's Den Audio Diaries
Thanks for the help. I don't know how to merge any of this stuff, or whatever needs to be done, but I think there is another page for JUST Minerva's Den Audio Diaries somewhere that I swear I saw, but can't find it again. No big deal if I am just remembering wrong. The "Level" pages like this one: Minerva's Den (Level) that just has them listed and no locations could probably be filled. Operations and The Thinker I assume are like that too. Also, there are probably about 10-15 of the actual diary pages that don't have the location listed either if you are bored :P. I'm done with my playthrough so I doubt I'll be on again for a long time. Jimimorrison 20:33, August 4, 2011 (UTC)

Zomg
I returned to this wiki for a bit, and I realized that we have 1337 articles now!  RC  ™   21:21, August 14, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Re:
I doing really well, school is about to start for me, anyways I've been spending a lot of time on the Call of Duty Wiki.  RC  ™   23:35, August 14, 2011 (UTC)

ADAM Totals
Hello, You seem to edited my revision on ADAM totals, I ask if you could justify with math your totals. I have spent countless hours working on those totals, and would like to find out if i miscalculated, or you have miscalculated. With sincereness, TeasingJackalyn,

--TeasingJackalyn 20:58, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

Co-op Weapons
I had a few ideas for co-op weapons, mainly being the rocket launcher of the game. I was thinking it could have an upgrade that lets you shoot three mini rockets at once, but each only doing 1/3 of the normal damage. And also I thought of an idea for the long-range weapon, Rail-gun. Upgrades can be charging for a more powerful shot, but causes a loud electric bang that attracts many splicers from around the level, a combo-upgrade with the wristgun that allows shots fired by the rail-gun to track an enemies movement (Tracer module for wristgun) whilst the shot does 30% less damage, and an upgrade that lets you shock enemies with the rail-gun ((I.E. use it to stun a BD and deal massive damage at the same time) at the cost of using additional ammo in a single shot. <font color="Gold">GeneralOwnage55 <font color="Orange">The Message Box  12:16, September 26, 2011 (UTC)

Blahmarrow says:
You seem to know your stuff here. You the popular one here or something?Blahmarrow 22:28, September 26, 2011 (UTC)

It does sound cheesy? I follow you on it.Blahmarrow 19:39, September 29, 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, it does work real well. Really is a home away from home.Blahmarrow 22:03, September 29, 2011 (UTC)

Entry
I have been fine. I am definitely watching everything that is transpiring here, even though I have been participating less. I am so close to getting a new job, and once that is set, I will be more at liberty with free time.

BlueIsSupreme 19:18, September 28, 2011 (UTC)

Link to deleted image
Unfortunately, one of your blogs links to an image that was deleted recently. If I recall correctly, I deleted that image because it was a lower-quality version of concept art that was recently uploaded. Apparently I wasn't careful enough when checking file links before deleting. If you'd like to correct the broken link, you may be able to find a replacement image in the Category:BioShock 2 Concept Art. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 00:36, November 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * BlueIsSupreme restored the file page, so now it is clear that the image your blog links to (File:Big sister bioshock 2.jpg) is a lower resolution duplicate of File:BigSisterConcepts5.jpg. When you have time, please change your link to point to the higher resolution version, that way the old duplicate can be deleted. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 05:40, November 6, 2011 (UTC)

Ha ha, wow, that program is pretty cool. It guessed correctly for me twice when I chose obscure webcomic characters, but it had more trouble with characters from novels. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 22:44, November 6, 2011 (UTC)

Galleries
The size of images within galleries can be changed by adjusting the widths value in the first  tag. For instance, the gallery in the Arcadia article had the following code:. The size could be increased by increasing the the number inside the quotation marks. There are also other ways to adjust the size and position of images in galleries. Check out this page for more information: Help:Galleries and slideshows/wikitext

Unfortunately, the galleries tend to look sloppy when they contain wide images (like screenshots) as well as tall images (like posters). If you increase the widths property, the wide images look good but the tall images turn out looking disproportionately large. In this instance, I figured it would be better to move the screenshots to a different place in the page and leave just the posters in the gallery. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 14:41, November 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, unfortunately there's no way to adjust the size of individual images. Before Wikia implemented their new custom gallery extension, we used to be able to set a maximum "heights" value also, and that would prevent portrait oriented images from showing too tall. (See MW:Help:Gallery for info about the original gallery extension.) Wikia annoyed a lot of people by removing that capability. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 19:19, November 15, 2011 (UTC)

Trivia in the Andrew Ryan article
I saw you removed some bits that mentioned references in other games. I had an idea that it might be alright to keep things like that, since they demonstrate how widely known the character has become in popular culture. If we did keep such things, they could go in an "In Popular Culture" section, sort of like what exists on Wikipedia.

What do you think? ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 05:43, December 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what you mean by "other pages." My idea was that we would have the popular culture notes in a section within each article, possibly just above the trivia section. Did you think it would be better to have a single page about pop culture, formatted like our "Cultural References" pages? ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 22:00, December 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually, I think it would be nice to slim down the trivia sections by putting parts of them in more clearly defined sections, but I see your point about avoiding duplication. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 21:19, December 14, 2011 (UTC)

Semi-automatic rifle
Perhaps a new weapon, I would hope... Do not delete the page of the weapon in question until we have clear evidence

--Ironintheskin 15:21, December 11, 2011 (UTC) Sorry 'bout the page, mate. I copied the text. You can delete th page now. --Moustacheman11 08:24, December 26, 2011 (UTC)

Deleted page
Good work deleting the "Alert" page. As a minor tip for the future, I created a template that helps admins or other users quickly deal with fanon articles: Template:Fanon warning. Also, as an administrator you can see the text of a page that has been deleted by going to the page location and clicking "view/restore" in the deletion log. That way you can copy it and share it with someone even after it is gone. For example: http://bioshock.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=Alert&timestamp=20111226073457 ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 20:09, December 28, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Vandal
Excellent, you know I sometimes forget your an Administrator now, I guess it's just a reflex that I go to Garimuer instead of you. But now that your here I will also report Vandals to you, if Gardimuer is not present.

─D.Ryan─ 15:15, December 29, 2011 (UTC)

Weapons in BioShock Infinite
why you canceled my edits? I wrote it right. is the source! http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Bioshock_Infinite

ahah)) everything is clear))

Reply
You're very welcome. Wikia has a countervandalism feed on IRC that catches suspicious edits; combining that with a convenient ajax undo button, combating vandalism is almost a pleasure. ;) 1358  <sup style="color:#336600;">(Talk)  19:14, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

patrick brown pic
ok...if u need 2 delete it do ahead i didnt really know i wasnt suppose 2 do that i dont post stuff very often!!!!!!

~KITTY~

Fanfiction articles
The anonymous contributor who made the "Sons of Rapture" pages seems to have a very quickly changing IP address, so it is unlikely that he or she will see our messages at User talk:101.173.233.251. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 18:24, February 4, 2012 (UTC)

Foreign Germs
Willbachbakal,

Thankyou for being "honest" with me about your opinion with the Audio diary template. But I would prefer you to keep you non-English germs, possibly American Germs, off of my page. You could of just left it alone because hardly anybody will read my page. I am spiteful towards foreigners especially Americans who are sterio typical.

No affence given in this message. Leave your fingers away from my page. ~Cincolm

Sorry
Willbachbakal

Yes I am quite rude. And about my immaturity, I have lied about my age. I'm under the age I've pretended to be.

The BioShock wiki might remove my profile but I'm saying I'm under 12. Above 7 though. I'm sorry for any meanness and hope we can be civil once more, but I'm sorry I just don't like Americans which is a bit sterio typical. Sorry for any harm given and back to my spelling, I'm good at English (Literacy) though not good at words.

Apoligies,

Cincolm

I'm an idiot for telling you my real age aren't I (lol). Your going to ban me now aren't you (not meant in a mean way)? Sorry anyway.

Re: Re: Sorry
Hiya Willbachbakal,

Thankyou for this acception apology. And the wiki has no age restrictions, the truth is I'm 10 on the 24 of April 2012. From now I follow your edits as they are the Queen of our country or Prime Minister of America. Also I shall not hate Americans since they are not all sterio typical, such as you're not sterio typical. I follow you! ~Cincolm

God save the Queen! Lol

And one more question which from my knowledge I may understand, does xenophobic mean harrasing foreign people? Just wondered and my dad's German! You didn't really need to know that. :)

So I shall not edit until two years and two months or two plain years. I shall just read my favourite pages and other pages and play the BioShock games. However, you are one of my favourite pages so I shall read your page and follow your edits. The reason why I was being xenophobic was, in Year 3, I was bullied by and American boy who just moved to England. ~Cincolm :)

name
then what should i call it i had this great idead on how eleanor comunicate with delta without a radio and you anr just destroying by idea and work

where?
then where dose it belong than, tell me???!!!!!!

idea
well, i have one more idea that has to do with this i call it,and it might sound stupied" i ccall it "Eleanor's comunication" how dose that sound and you can help if you want and i am not trying to bribe you with anything

ideas
than what artical can i write that has the telapathic cominication in it becuse i can't get it out of my head uuntil i get down the facts to it

thanks
thank you for help ing me sort this out, you want to see how fsr i went Telepathic Communication

P.S. i'm sorry for the harsh languae and other thing i might hace said

?
you do so i did 2 thing's right i got may artical and the site get more eleanor quotes now that's what i call 50/50

graffiti
theres something missing frome the bioshock that we have miised to put in to arcticals and that would be graffiti have you seen the worfs on the walls

Congrats!!!
I may be late, but... congrats on your adminship!!! :D

-RC/A Wikia contributor (AWC)

<tt> <span style="-moz-border-radius-topleft:10px;-moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; border: 4px dashed green; background: cyan;"> AWC </tt> 06:15, March 2, 2012 (UTC)

Map key template
I recently created two templates that we can use as map keys on the level pages. I'd like your opinion of them. Do you think it would be a good idea to add these to the map sections of the level articles? ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 23:38, March 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * Template:MapKeyBio1 (an example of it in use)
 * Template:MapKeyBio2


 * I originally thought it would be nice to leave the icons unlinked, so that people could click on them to get the popup with a larger version of the image for clarity (at least in the Oasis skin). Do you think that linking to what the icon represents is more important? ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 01:53, March 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * I mostly agree with you, so I'll go ahead and make the icons links. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 23:05, March 7, 2012 (UTC)

Need to merge articles for Motorized Patriot.
Apparently, both me and Atowen2008 had the same idea of making an article for The Motorized Patriot at the same time. I didn't know until I saw images I was about to upload already appear. Although his article is much more complete, mine uses the correct name on the article page for the enemy, so could you merge both articles together?Evans0305 01:34, March 8, 2012 (UTC)

AbuseFilter
I've been watching the abusefilter, and it seems to be working well, so I've changed to filters to make them send warnings to editors and also to outright prevent certain kinds of vandalism. One neat thing I've done is to make the AbuseFilter send a warning to editors encouraging them to check for problems in their submission if the RTE has added coding errors.

Since I changed filter 5 to disallow vandal edits, it's already stopped one vandal. This raises an interesting question. Should we ban people for attempted vandalism if it is clear that they acted with malicious intent and they chose to press the publish button even after receiving a warning from the abuse filter? As I mentioned previously, sometimes it is useful to ban a vandal for a short while for the sake of documentation, even if it is not likely that they will ever return. What do you think? ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 02:04, March 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * In the cases I'm thinking of, filter 5 would automatically interrupt a vandal's editing since it prevents him/her from publishing harmful edits. For example, on 00:04, 2012 March 22 the filter prevented 71.224.55.9 from adding the words "FUCK YOU, AND FUCK SPAGHETTI!" to the Sander Cohen article (details). Thus, a ban would (usually) not be needed to prevent further immediate harm, since the filter already takes care of that
 * However, there are other considerations. If a vandal were especially persistent (which I'm guessing would be rare), they could find a way around the filters if they just kept testing what words would be blocked until they found something the filter didn't cover. In that case, an immediate short ban of an hour or so would prevent them from testing the filter because they would be unable to edit. The AbuseFilter has an option to make it automatically ban IP addresses/users who trip the filter after a warning, but unfortunately it doesn't have any time limit options. It would ban them indefinitely, and you or I would have to check on the ban to remove it afterward.
 * So considering all of this, what do you think would be the best course of action in cases of attempted, unsuccessful vandalism?
 * An automatic ban from the AbuseFilter to be removed later after review by an administrator?
 * A short ban from you or I (which would probably happen hours or days after the event since we wouldn't notice the vandal's attempts for a while)?
 * Or no ban at all?
 * ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 19:17, March 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * I requested that Wikia change the block time settings as we discussed, and it is now working properly. Godisme helped me test the filter, so please disregard his edit to the BioShock page. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 18:03, March 23, 2012 (UTC)

Broken video links
For the past week or so Wikia has been preparing to move all video files from the Video: namespace to the File: namespace (details). Today they finally completed that process. Unfortunately, it caused a lot of broken links on the BioShock Wiki due to some kind of error in their protocols. I've sent several bug reports to them notifying them about the problem.

For now, if you see broken video links, try replacing them with a different version uploaded from YouTube. (Special:WikiaVideoAdd) ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 22:22, April 6, 2012 (UTC)

Thank You
Thank you very much for encouraging me on my talk page. I really love the Bioshock Series, therefore I am willing to spend some hours on this Wikia when I have spare time. As you can see, I am not good at grammar since English is not my mother tongue. Thank you (and other users) to correct my grammar in the previous days. Sorry that if I cause any trouble. (N. Mason 15:30, April 19, 2012 (UTC))

My native language is Chinese. (N. Mason 06:16, April 20, 2012 (UTC))

Hey, would it be alright if I used some of your weapons? I'll give credit back to you, I just thought since Connor is a Big Brother himself, I thought it would be cool if he could use the Music Box or Harpoon Launcher, with some added functions, if that would be alright.

Alright thanks man! Good luck on the rest of your stuff, keep it up!!

Maxxthewolf 14:04, April 27, 2012 (UTC)Maxx

XD, awesome! Well, I thought it would be cool if an added upgrade, or ammunition, were added to the music box. The upgrade would be where you could reload with it, and once the box falls to the floor, it would start making the sounds of a Little Sister, encouraging nearby Splicers to come next to it, however, after a few seconds of admiration, the box will explode, either killing or damaging the Splicer, I think it would be even cooler with Big Daddies as well, in which you could easily lead them into a trap. I think it should be called the Music of Death upgrade, or something along that line, and the special ammunition, known as Screeching Bullets, would embed themselves inside of a Splicer, causing a massive screech, which would last about a second, causing fellow Splicers to grab their ears in pain from the noise, and the Splicer that was hit with the Screeching Bullet would be pushed back incredibly hard, and possibly fall on their back, resulting in instant death, although with Big Daddies, it would merely push them back slightly, however, they would still grasp their ears from the noise, though less affected, while Big Sister's would not be effected at all however, at least from the noise, considering they originate the sound in the first place, but other Splicers and Big Daddies can still hear the noise. Maybe another bullet can be fired once the first wears off.

XD, thanks, glad I could help.

Maxxthewolf 01:43, April 28, 2012 (UTC)maxx

hey bro please dont change right from wrong the alpha series are a big daddy right? so dont change it.im about to change it back to how it was. when i saw you do that that stuff made me mad.im all about the alpha series so get the facts straight the alpha series were big daddys so yeah reply back

alright you have apoint about how alpha series are different from the other big daddys but the alpha series were in the game right? the alpha series are big daddys right? and they are functional right? so i am changing it back

Possible changes to the AbuseFilter(s)
The AbuseFilter seems to be working well for the most part, although some vandals have slipped through the cracks.


 * Filter 5 (log)

Most people who get stopped by the profanity filter don't make a second attempt, so that means the automatic ban warning is usually enough to discourage them. The exception is the recent edit by 68.231.190.32 in which he received a warning for profanity (details) after which he changed to a different wording to continue his vandalism.

We could prevent future situations like that if I changed the filter to ban on the first publish attempt rather than the second. Do you think the filter should be changed?


 * Filter 1 (log)

Filter 1 is supposed to prevent new/anonymous editors from deleting large sections of articles. It has stopped many blanking attempts so far, but the recent edits by 68.231.190.32 weren't caught because he didn't remove enough characters in each of his edits.

I could lower the edit delta (amount of characters removed per edit) limit of the filter from 1000 to 800, or even to 500, so that future edits of that kind would be prevented.

What do you think? Should I make any changes to our current filters? ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 15:37, May 9, 2012 (UTC)

Combining Sequels?
Hey, would it be okay if you and me combined sequels? I don't want to change anything about your story or mine, but I think it would be cool if we combined our ideas to see what we can cook up. If you want to find out a bit more about my characters, such as my main character, Conner Delreick, here's some links:

Conner: http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Maxxthewolf/Conner_Delreick

Abigail: http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Maxxthewolf/Abigail_Winston

The H.U.B: http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Maxxthewolf/The_Hub_Section

Just Clarifying
XD, thanks, technically, what I meant was that our characters plots and the like would be so each of the characters would meet each other in time. Like, say Conner was finally at the surface, he would meet James, either as a neighbor or at a bar, depending on the player's choice, and would start telling his story to him.

Maxxthewolf 13:24, May 10, 2012 (UTC)Maxxy

SWEET!, THANKS!
XD, thanks man.

Maxxthewolf 23:23, May 10, 2012 (UTC)Maxxy

FOR DECA!!!
Hey, um, random question, but would you happen to know where to find a picture of a Big Daddy that at least slightly resembles a woman? I'm kinda asking because Deca is a female Alpha Series and the closest thing I've found to a female big daddy is the early bouncer looking version (sideways) of an Alpha Series. And if you could find one, would it be cool if you could add the link? Thnx!

Maxxthewolf 01:00, May 11, 2012 (UTC)Maxxy

Pretty good guess
That one too but I kinda ment this one, now which one is more feminine? Maxxthewolf 13:24, May 11, 2012 Maxxy

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111025115441/bioshock/images/thumb/7/74/AlphaSeriesConcepts2.jpg/400px-AlphaSeriesConcepts2.jpg

XDXDXDXDXD, thanks!
XD, thanks for the help dude. Anyways, I update each page of my characters at least once a day, I think my favorite (so far) is this one, hope you find it funny too ; http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Maxxthewolf/Fun_Facts

Maxxthewolf 20:38, May 11, 2012 (UTC)Maxxy

Bioshock 3 game idea
hey! please tell me ur not done with ur bioshock 3 game idea yet! i look forward to reading about all the characters and about the setting and to learn more about this New Rapture! it was really interesting reading all ur ideas about th e splicers and plasmids!!! =DDD i made this acc just so i could message you i hope u get this message this is my first time writing anything on this site!~!!!!!!!!00:21, May 21, 2012 (UTC)

PETITION
HEY! u know what we shuld do? we shuld send a virtural copy of all ur ideas to 2K or Irrational games or which ever company that is involved with bioshock and peittion for them to make this game! maybe if they see all the amazing ideas and all the people who want it to BE a game they might make it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re. Little Sisters list edit.
Thanks for the warm welcome and kind comments, also thanks for fine tuning my edit of the Little Sisters list. Aquawiki 04:16, May 27, 2012 (UTC)Aquawiki.

Re: Delay Between Comments
No, I've never noticed that problem. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 21:48, May 30, 2012 (UTC)

Number of Little Sisters list for BioShock 2
I have edited the begining of the list slightly. Adonis Luxury Resort (3-5)

Reason for edit:

The Little Sisters are unlikely to be the same Little Sister reappearing as originally sugested. They are wearing different coloured dresses, so are likely to be different Little Sisters? . Also when the Big Sister catches and runs off with the Little Sister, the same Little Sister is unlikely to come back so quickly? Aquawiki 02:21, May 31, 2012 (UTC)

Little Sisters list for BioShock 2 update.
I have finally finnished updating the Little Sisters list for BioShock 2, at least as far as I am able to.

Re. the Inner Persephone level:

The original list mentioned 8+ Little Sisters for this level.

I cannot find the eigth Little Sister, I have thoroughly searched this level a number of times now.

Current status is:

6 Little Sisters are harvested in the Pediatric Wards.

1 Little Sister throws the ball from a vent, when Subject Delta enters the Therapy Wing.

(This is the only explanation for the thrown ball. The only thing that is in the area where the ball comes from is the Little Sister Vent, or she throws the ball and quickly gets back in the vent.)

I still have a few minor edits to do on the BioShock 1 list. Aquawiki 20:44, June 1, 2012 (UTC)

Number of Little Sisters lists: finished
I have finally completed the Little Sisters lists for BioShock 1 and 2.

Annoyingly, I just cannot find the following 2 Little Sisters in the games.

BioShock 1:

Welcome to Rapture level; 1 Little Sister is seen for a moment.

BioShock 2:

Inner Persephone level: The mysterious eigth Little Sister.

I will probably look for a new project to start on now.

Thanks for fine tuning all of my edits and the other help you have given. Aquawiki 16:27, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

I have a question about editing.
If I add a summary to an edit that I have made on a wiki page, and make a serious error in my summary, can I edit the summary, after the edit has been published. I have tried various things, but cannot seem to get to my original summary. If I can edit my original summary, how would I do this. Aquawiki 22:55, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the advice, I will be more careful with my edits now.

My error was on the Jack page, Gardimuer noticed my error and has thankfully undone my edit.

Thanks. Aquawiki 13:59, June 5, 2012 (UTC)

Re: AbuseFilter problem
I received basically the same response from Wikia support that you did. I'm not surprised by it. Wikia usually only rolls out changes once a week on Wednesday, and they may be focusing their attention on a different "feature" right now.

Regarding the AbuseFilter, we can change the filter to exclude specific pages, but I'm not sure that is the best response. IPs often add quotes to the Splicer pages that are based on vague remembrance, and my feeling is that such unverified content is not useful. The profanity filter is not meant to prevent good-faith edits, but if it discourages adding unverified quotes, I see it as good thing. Rather than disabling the filter on those pages, I'm more inclined to completely protect the quotes pages against IP editing. That would at least prevent any future confusion from accidental blocking. ~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 06:06, June 6, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Links to Rapture Archives
That sounds like a good idea. When replacing SITS links, I recommend doing them like this: A link to the previous location of the site, and then in parenthesis next to it a link to the archived version. Example: There's Something in the Sea (archived)

~<font color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 01:48, June 17, 2012 (UTC)

Wait what about the link on the Geyser trap advertisement?

hi well its me wf72 why do you think it belongs on my blog?