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Lists of skills

Each of the pages with lists of skills for a profession have icons to indicate if they are obtainable through quests. Would it also make sense to have an indication of skills available from hero skill trainers? --Nkuvu 17:46, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Anomaly Tag - Purpose?

The anomaly tag seems pretty pointless to me most of the time it is used. Does the anomaly tag imply that the said anomaly is not intended, wrong or incorrect? In the case of things such as the Rebel Yell the "anomaly" seems more like a note than anything else, and having a big obnoxious tag is like graffiti more than helping anything. I would believe the Rebel Yell function and 90% of other anomalies would be intended and thus not an anomaly at all. Can we get rid of anomalies and put them in the notes section where these kinds of things belong? 122.104.165.13 08:52, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

The anomaly tag is a broader version of the bug tag, it can be used to mark oddities which aren't technically bugs. -- Gordon Ecker 09:18, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

I think it should stay. It's good when there is actually an anomaly [a deviation from the common rule] in some circumstances. It's not necessarily a bug, but it's also more important than a simple note since it's obviously doing something different that what you would normally expect. Biscuits 10:26, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I just had a look through some of them and I actually see what you are saying. A lot of the time it is not used correctly, although some of the time it is. Here are some examples (and correct usage, IMO):

1. Animal companion/Mad King's Guard - perfect use, these are anomalies to the normal behaviour.
2. Archipelagos - Bad use - these should just be notes.
3. Aura of the Lich - Good/bad. The first one is just a note, the 2nd one is an anomaly.
4. Air of Superiority - Questionable. This should probably be a bug, since the description/behaviour is obviously broken.

Also, should we move this to Template talk:Anomaly or Category talk:Anomalies? Biscuits 10:38, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

so i tested it... now how do i get it on the wiki?

well 1 page away in the ask a game question i asked if anyone knows what the max cap on conditions is...they didnt know so then i went and tested... so i finished my testing and found out that conditions can last for 12 hours. now i want to somehow get this onto the conditions page but im not sure how to officially get it there, and if ill need to provide proof(which i do have in screenshot form). so how would i go around in getting this put onto the conditions page? --Mashav 00:03, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

You can add it to Notes, and then place whatever proof (or link to) on the talk page.-- Wyn 00:07, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Ty then... now how do i get my screenshots onto the wiki and in that small form? --Mashav 00:13, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Create a link for the image [[Image:User <yourusername> <imagename>.<extension>|200px]] It will be red, and allow you to upload it if you click on the link, and by adding the 200px at the end, it will make the image only 200px wide. -- Wyn 00:28, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

TY just went and did it --Mashav 01:02, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm very curious as to how you managed to test this. -- ab.er.rant 10:13, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

see Talk:Condition#Max duration poke | talk 15:47, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

User page guidelines and templates

I recently helped create a wiki page for my guild. ( http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Guild:Revoltin_Development ) The guidelines and templates were very helpful. Now I'm trying to create a page for myself. Mostly to provide a target for a link in the Contacts section of my Guild's page. But also just 'cause. I have not been able to find similar user guide lines.

I did find the user template {{Character infobox}} . It has some obvious defects. I'm not yet at the point of being able to repair the problems myself; also it looks official, not done by some other user. Should I be using it, or something else? What should I do about the defects?

Thanks for your help.

--AslanWilliams 03:32, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

It's not "official", just widely-used. It's totally fine for you to use it, it's a template in the mainspace because it's for anyone to use.

From what I can see on your userpage, the defects might be in your coding, not the template. Things like adding = to one of the sections (such as where you mention your Cartographer title progress) messes up the template, because it thinks you're adding a new section. I'd suggest a dash instead. And as for your armor and build, those are still inside <!--hide tags-->, which as the name suggests, hide anything caught between them. Not sure if you did that on purpose, or if you just mistakenly left your build between the tags.

Perhaps that fixes some of the "defects" you ran into? I'll be happy to help out with the coding if you can be more specific on the issues you're having with the template. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 04:53, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

i have to say, i triple-checked the code on his page, and the only possible answer is actually: the template is broken. - Y0_ich_halt 10:04, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

There are also many user page and character templates available to use. Several can be found here: Category:Character templates, or you can also surf through other user's pages and see things they have done and copy them.-- Wyn 05:21, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

With respect to issues in the template, the commented out portions were intentional. I had in mind the closing curly braces after the title and the fact that text beyond the end of the template ended up getting included in the template: the text "This is just the beginning!" is outside the template. The use of extra equals signs appears to be as intended by the template. If the community has a user template they like better than the one in mainspace, perhaps the other one, (Wyn's perhaps) should replace the mainspace user template altogether. On the other hand, User:Darth Vader makes an interesting comment here: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Template_talk:Character_infobox#Skill_Bar_.26_Title_Problems regarding a MediaWiki update that may have been the source of the problem.

When you go to a guild page that doesn't exist, there are some helpful links that display, including GWW:GUILD. The links aren't so helpful for a missing user page. I was looking for GWW:USER, but didn't know what I was looking for until I read Wyn's reply to the next question down. I thought I looked on the policy category page, but I somehow missed the link. The Guild page also has the nice "Create Guild Page" button. That was a great help to me. I wish there was a Create User Page button, too.

--AslanWilliams 05:38, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

As far as I know there is no official character template. The one you used was simply placed in main template space by whoever created it, and never moved. Because userpage format does NOT have a recommended formatting guideline it's hard to do a 'Create a userpage' page like there is for the guild namespace. Everyone is allowed to pretty much do what they want with their userspace. It's generally how people learn how to wiki :D. I know it's confusing for new users, but that's what this page, the Helper program, and the Help Center are there for.-- Wyn 08:53, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

no, there is no official one. if there ever was something like an official template i think it should look like normal npc infoboxes :D - Y0_ich_halt 13:30, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Personal Character Article?

I was thinking about making an article about my character in the guild wars game. I thought I'd ask first (Better safe than sorry). I was wondering, is it not against the rules to do such a thing?--24.98.188.64 04:34, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

That is something you can do on your own userpage, simply register for a wiki account using the links in the upper right corner. Once you have registered, you have your space to put whatever information you wish as long as it is within our User page policy. To see someone's user page, simply click on their signature on any talk page. -- Wyn 04:41, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Check out other user's userpages for good examples, almost everybody has either a section or a userspace page about their characters (I've got a Characters section in my userpage, for example). -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 04:46, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Copying your content

Hi. I am going to create Guild Wars Wiki on russion language. Can i take your content, translate it into English, and then put on my Wiki?--92.112.111.5 21:17, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

If i understand right, as long you give the proper attribution (ideally copying the edit history of each article you are going to translate) there should be no problem. In any case, you must note that the other wiki's content must be also released under GFDL.--Fighterdoken 21:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

See Guild Wars Wiki:Copyrights for exactly what you can do with the content here. (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 07:55, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Localize the wiki?

Hey all, I was wondering if it is possible to localize the GWW so I could work on stuff while I'm not in a wi-fi zone. I've looked around the wiki and couldn't find anything pertaining to this issue. Thanks! --Zal 15:50, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Not really, the wiki software is all on the server, as is the database. You can install the software on your own machine, but you would have to also install all the extensions, and even then, you would not have the database, so you would not have images, etc....-- Wyn 16:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks! I'll just try to code in notepad and gedit, then >.> /doh --Zal 16:20, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

With MediaWiki installed, you can snag Database dumps, and basically create a working replica of GWW offline. But the downside would be, you'd need to manually update it whenever anyone edited if you planned to keep it up-to-date. (plus, I'm guessing the database is massive...) -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 13:19, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Making the "category" section at the bottom of a page go away

Hey all, sorry to bug you again; I have another question. Is there any way to make the "Categories" section at the bottom of the page go away? I want to add some userboxes to my userpage, but I don't want to have the cluttered "Categories" thing at the bottom. Thank you in advance, --Zal 14:59, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

No, that is not possible. You can use the code of the userboxes without the category link though which would result in your page being not categorized at all. poke | talk 17:24, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

You could also change your user .css to hide all categories, but that would only be for you, and not anyone else (you would see the "clean" userpage, while anyone else viewing would see the categories as normal). -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 19:27, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Festival Collector Item Category

I seem to remember seeing a category at one time that was used for categorizing which items could be traded to a collector for a festival item, but I cannot find it now. Or perhaps it never existed and I am just totally losing my mind. If there isn't a category like that, I think it would be very useful. Instead of having to search each of the festival pages to see if the random item I have in storage was ever used in a festival for exchange of a festival item, I could just bring up the category and be like "Yep. This Feathered Caromi Scalp has been used in a festival." or "Nope. This Soul Stone is merch food!". Hit me back with your thoughts. Unindal 21:25, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Category:Festival trophies? It was hidden at the botton of the Caromi Scalp :).--Fighterdoken 21:28, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Soul stones are a prime collector's trophy for hero weapons from collectors. -- Wyn 21:34, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Ah there it is! Thank you Fighterdoken. Unindal 21:37, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Expanding this topic a little more, is there a particular reason why the items in Farewell to Gaile > Collectors are not part of this category? The Soul Stone (contrary to what I stated earlier) and the Luxon Pendant are not in the category for example. Unindal 21:37, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

If i had to make a guess, it's because that was an "one time only" event, so it makes no real sense to categorize the trophies if they are not going to be asked again on a festival. That, or people just forgot to add them.--Fighterdoken 21:40, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

I think I found a project for myself. Thanks for all the help. Unindal 21:43, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, when I created the category, Anja and I talked it over and opted to leave the items from Gaile's going away out, since that was a one off event, and most likely not to be repeated. I guess I was looking more to categorize those things that people might want to horde in anticipation of the repeated festivals since a pattern has been established for their use.-- Wyn 21:49, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

OK. Thanks a bunch to all. Unindal 21:52, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

About includeonly

1. Does #if: override includeonly/noinclude?
2. Why do I get an exception when I try to use INCLUDEONLY instead of includeonly?

Thanks <HORSEDROWNER> 07:38, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

1. Override? How should that work?
2. Don't know, but just don't use it then ;) poke | talk 15:05, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

1. Override as in

Always show this text
{{ #if: {{{param|}}} | <includeonly>[[Link to complete version|Show me more]]</includeonly> <noinclude>}}
Only show this text if {{{param}}} is not set
{{ #if: {{{param|}}} | </noinclude>}}

It doesn't work for me. Only the link shows/disappears/ but the content is never there when I call the template from another page. <HORSEDROWNER> 16:51, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Parser tags are always interpreted before parser functions, so you will need to have it the other way round. poke | talk 17:10, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Do something about it! lol, I'll just leave it like this then ... :( <HORSEDROWNER> 18:07, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

What about using

<includeonly>{{ #if: {{{nocontent|}}} | <small>Full version [[User:Horsedrowner/me|here]]</small> | </includeonly>
HERE THE MAIN CONTENT but you'll probably have to use {{!}} instead of |..
<includeonly>}}</includeonly>

then? (untested) poke | talk 18:15, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

I'll try that some time, thanks. Oh, and btw, I created {{arrow}}, if you got time, would you like to improve it a bit? It's a kind of template stub ^^ <HORSEDROWNER> 18:59, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

forgot wiki password

Yup, I've done it again. I lost my pass to login on my wiki account. I have already tried several passwords to login without results (except seeing a weird sum which i have to solve to edit that page../doh). I dont have an email account linked to my account either.

Account name : Vy

I was wondering what I (or maybe someone else) can do about this problem.

Thanks in advance. 85.144.149.13 13:34, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Hate to say it, but we can't help you here. Make a new account and link an email address to it so you can recover your password in the future. (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 15:53, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I will do that. Oh yeah, another question.. is it against the rules to copy+paste my old userpage to my new account or should i re-upload all files with new names? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:85.144.149.13 (talk).

You can copypaste stuff from your old page if you want. Make sure you redirect the old userpage to your new one, so if anyone has any comments about the images, they'll find your new talk page. -Auron 10:24, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Copyrighted images in userboxes

I was thinking of a few (more) userboxes that I'd like to make using non-GW images, and I was just wondering how to tell whether or not I'm allowed to use them. Is there a list of webpages that I'm allowed to use images from, or do they all have to be within Wikipedia and it's associated sites? Thanks! -- TERO talk 00:06, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Not really. As a rule of thumb almost anything from the wikipedia can be used, but you must check the image there and make sure they are released under GFDL, PD, or a simmilar license. Note that most CCs won't work, and "Fair Use" is a no-no.

Imageboards may help you too, as long as it's "original" content released for Public Domain. Just remember that "original but copied from somewhere else" (including hand-drawn) won't do either.

The safest way in the end is for yourself to do the images :).--Fighterdoken 00:11, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the info. One more question, though...you say it's safer to do the images myself, but hand-drawn images won't do. How would I go about making my own image, then? -- TERO talk 00:16, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry if that wasn't clear. What i meant is that "a hand-drawn image of a penguin-like creature will do, but hand-drawn image of a Piplup won't", since the character design for the last one is covered by copyright laws.

To clarify it, you can hand-drawn, just make sure you are not copying something that is actually copyrighted while doing so (like a pokémon, a superhero logo, etc). --Fighterdoken 00:19, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

OK, that helps. Darn...I really wanted to make a userbox using a picture of Lauren Wallace saying "This user is fast as lightning!". :P -- TERO talk 00:22, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

I found something

I found a village full of centaurs with three dwarven npc's 2 collecters and a materials person in the deldrimor bowl and i couldn't figure out how to insert a picture into the create new page thing so that someone else could find it too. so i was wondering if you could possibly tell me how to do that, thanks

cryptshade bane --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:24.247.164.144 (talk).

You mean the central western area in Deldrimor Bowl? Unless you know a proper name for that place, it's probably best to just add a note of that place in Deldrimor Bowl itself. Help:Editing will get you started. -- ab.er.rant 15:36, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

These pictures are driving me crazy.

I've been working on my User pages and I can't get an image to show up the size I want it without it being blurry. I'm using Photobucket to adjust my pictures and they show up just fine there. Then when I download it to the wiki it comes out all blurry. The only images I've gotten to show up were small ones that were less that 100px.

This is my picture as it is on photobucket: http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/sassy_mom24/?action=view&current=gw050-1-1.jpg&t=1219328491641

Here is the same picture after I downloaded it to the wiki: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Image:User_ThorenElite_User_ThorenElite.jpg

Please, I'm totally at a loss as what to do now. I've worked on this for hours with no change. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

--ThorenElite 14:35, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Hours? Those two pictures look exactly the same to me... -- ab.er.rant 16:24, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Same. The two are identical. Calor 16:25, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

I think I've worked out what happened. The first picture you uploaded was much smaller than you meant it to be (160×106). Then you replaced it with the correct size (350×232). Now, there's a known issue with the wiki that it takes a few minutes to update the image once you upload a new version. So what you were seeing was the old image, scaled up to the dimensions of the new one. Some time has passed now, and the new one is now showing correctly. :) That tripped me up the first time it happened to me too. Biscuits 18:39, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Font color question

This might sound like a really stupid question, but how do I get a font color to change so that it shows up in Firefox? Right now, I'm editing a guild page to try and give it a black background and white text. It shows up fine in Internet Explorer, but not on Firefox or Safari.

Thanks for any help! --tero 21:11, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, I figured it out. :P --tero 21:16, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Background Image

Could someone please explain how to create a background image on a wiki page? Please see the {{Skill infobox}} template for example. I have tried sourcing the code but got lost at where it parses the profession. I've also tried using "background-image:url('imagename.png')" style inside a TABLE and a TD tag to no avail no matter how I try to use the filename. Thanks for any help. – josəph 03:10, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

PS: feel free to mess around in my Sandbox where you can see what I'm trying... – josəph 03:13, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Background images are not possible on MediaWiki by using only the style attribute. The skill infobox uses stylesheets, we previously defined in the global MediaWiki:Common.css that is included on every page. The only way to get a custom "background image" is to place two elements over another. See the example on my sandbox on how this works. poke | talk 07:11, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, Poke. That's helped me. (thought I was going crazy) :D – josəph 09:16, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

moving (incorrect) questions around

Yay, time to post my own question. :P

So, checking this current page, seems some game-related questions were posted here (and weren't moved yet).

How to properly "move" them to the correct page?

Right now, I'd say "checking playtime", "help", "Removing_Dye", "Sunspear_Skills", "quests" and "help_with_.22while_enchanted.22" are all game-related questions, so they just don't belong to wiki-related questions.

Am I supposed to just cut+paste them to the correct place (and leave a {{moved|to|[[new_location]]}} link, just for the matter of "what happened to my question?") or is there any more advanced editing tool?

I think just moving stuff would not move the revision log (edit page). Is it important or can it (not moving the edit page) be ignored?

Could anyone lend a helpful hand to an 1-week wiki user?

Pretty, please? >.<

Thanks in advance. :D --NIN37 21:52, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Nope, do it like the cavemen. On the new page, add {{moved|from|[[Blahblahblah]]}} at the top of the section just below the header. Calor 22:55, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. :)

Done. Hope I didn't screw anything up. :P --NIN37 00:05, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

user page

i need all kind of help on my account page someone help a newb out please --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Kiro (talk).

i need a lot of help with my user page im a newbie someone help me please --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Kiro (talk).

1. See Help:Editing.
2. See Category:Users providing user page layouts.
3. Just saying you need "a lot of help" is really not helpful enough for people to help you. -- ab.er.rant 08:17, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

And see Guild Wars Wiki:Helpers poke | talk 12:37, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Navbar?

How do I make a Navbar for my Profile? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Linkantilles (talk).

i think i've got it pretty detailed at User:Y0 ich halt/Guides/UPG. tell me what you thought about it if you read it :) - Y0_ich_halt 20:49, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Upgrade to MediaWiki 1.13

Are there any plans to upgrade to MediaWiki 1.13 - (Release notes]? RT | Talk 14:28, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

According to Emily's Journal, yes. And quite soon too. - anja 14:49, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Nice. — ク Eloc 貢 19:01, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Bad Input

Guild:Sp_Team Can't edit this page. Can anyone else? --Antioch 21:28, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Its bad on my end as well. Wiki-side issue? -- Wandering Traveler 21:45, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

That's weird. Maybe they've got a filter set up to screen out a combination of the characters that happens to occur in that URL. It seems to work if you replace the underscore with a space (or %20, the escaped version), although you can't do that to save the page since it's done via a button instead of a link. Have you reported it to support as the error page suggests? Biscuits 21:56, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

It's a bug, which poke reported. ¬ Wizårdbõÿ777(talk) 22:00, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Charactor pages.

I've been working on my user page and I'm getting really confused. I need help on the specific character pages or at least need to know how to get a picture on the right side. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Linkantilles (talk).

first, please sign using four tildes (~~~~). second, we need to know which character page that is, so please link to it like this: [[User:Linkantilles/(page)]] - Y0_ich_halt 19:44, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

or, in short, you can put images to the right side by adding |right like this: [[Image:(image name).jpg|right]]. - Y0_ich_halt 19:44, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

I can't figure out how to get a picture on one side and writing on other. Is their a user infobox I should use? All I simply want is a picture on a side and writing on the other. Nothings working for me. ->Link Antilles 01:40, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Using [[Image:Imagename.jpg|thumb]] or [[Image:Imagename.jpg|thumb|left]] can be used to make text wrap around an image, you can also specify the image width with |#px. There are also more complicated options involving tables. Could you link to an example with the type of formatting you'd like to use? -- Gordon Ecker 02:01, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Or perhaps attempt to add the image/text/formatting to your page, then give us a link and explain what you were trying to do. It might be easier to explain by example. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 02:11, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Like this? - Y0_ich_halt 12:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

I want a page for each character. I have the pages made. User:Linkantilles/Link Antilles. I just can't figure out how to make something like maybe User:idi0t. Something like his specific pages for characters. I tried a lot...and failed a lot. -> Link Antilles 19:09, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Posting images

Hey, so... is there any way to "hotlink" images on the Wiki? (I guess that's the right term) I mean, I have my own website, and I have this... issue... with uploading pictures to the Wiki cause I'm weird and think it's a waste of Wiki space (especially for something stupid like my character pages). So I was wondering if there was a way I could have the pics show up on my char pages while being hosted on my site. That way I only waste my own space/bandwidth. :op (yeah, I know, considering how many users there are on here, and how many character pages each one might have, a couple more probably wouldn't matter, but I'm wierd, so sue me) If I can't, I'll just... waste Wiki space with my char pics then. ^-__-^ --Dragon nataku 06:11, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

No, you can't hotlink. If you want an image to appear on the wiki, you have to upload it to the wiki. You can link them, but they will only appear as links. -- Wyn 06:20, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Ah, oh well. Just trying to save some space on here. :op Thanks Wyn. --Dragon nataku 17:50, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

I think main reason why hot-links are not allowed is to ensure some kind of control on what's been posted.

When images are hosted at the site, we can backtrack who uploaded what, when it was updated, and so on.

If image was hosted somewhere else, image could either get deleted (say, that site could get shut down) or, even worse, replaced (ever wonder what would happen if, say, Prince Rurik pictures were replaced by some dancing squirrels and no one would be able to undo the changes, since pictures aren't stored here?} --NIN37 04:27, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

There is also the copyright and licensing issues to contend with. Screenshots and the like from the game do not pose any problem, but especially with our strict copyright policy, having hotlinked images would just be too problematic. But I agree with NIN37 that it's mostly for the attribution and control. But as far as I understand it it is a function of media wiki software. I would not be too concerned with space, we aren't going to run out anytime soon. -- Wyn 04:39, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Where to add own experience?

→ moved from Help:Ask a game question

all is said in headline. where do i add knowlegde, that others maby can use.

For an example...yesterday i tried to follow a 'walkthrough' to beat the griffon in "COLD AS ICE"...i never got so far, cause 3-4 x Grenth's balance and 1 snipersupport and the creature was toast (2-3 minutes) maby pure luck...but other may try it out. --80.198.78.231

for things like this, look how others organized their post, and most importantly, where they posted. then just do it like them and it's fine. it might be postings are removed because further tactics are not needed, but this should be rare. it might be better to create a user account and simply put up pages for such tactics in your user space. - Y0_ich_halt 20:23, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

You can simply add an alternative method to the main article. There may be people who doubt/have questions, and that should be dealt with on the disscussion page associated with the article. Don't be afraid to edit, there are literally thousands of us here to help, correct coding/formatting mistakes, etc. Be sure however, if you get the yellow You have a new message banner at the top of your screen while you are editing, to click on the link and check your talk page, as someone may be trying to give you advice, or tell you something about your editing. You may also want to register for an account, so your contributions can be attributed directly to you, and not an IP address that may change with time (though this is NOT a requirement for editing text, just for uploading images). -- Wyn 20:26, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

→ moved from Help:Ask a game question

I must be honest here my "question" isnt really a question more of a suggestion for the upcoming Guild Wars 2 please at least consider it, thank you.

My suggestion is about the races, it is about adding a new one,The centaurs,such as Zhed ShadowHioff the hero i would really like to play as a centaur and i think they would be a fun race,and maybe consider the dwarves as a possible race too,unless they were all killed off at Guild Wars 2 time as ive heard in chat at towns. --67.140.111.192 22:50, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

If you wish to convey a suggestion simply click on the "ArenaNet interaction" link in the navigation box on the left and add it to the GW2 suggestions. -- Wyn 22:54, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Adding current time to the upper right

Hi

I was just wondering how can i add the current time to the upper right corner of my wiki like in this GW wiki, beside the 'Login / Create account' link ? Is that some mediawiki extension, or some javascript hack, and if so, could i have it? :)

Thanks --Cemc 12:59, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Skill Listing

Can i ask why you only allow Unique drop items to be shown on the Items Dropped section of a boss npc? Its misleading saying that it only drops this one item when it doesnt, it drops others and whne i tried to list them the page got reverted back. It makes no sense having a section for the npc's drops and then not allowing me to place a list of what it drops on there. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:80.192.137.65 (talk).

bosses drop exactly the same as their non-boss counterparts, so it's redundant to list all stuff. - Y0_ich_halt 13:35, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Please sign your contributions by typing ~~~~ at the end of your post.

ALL bosses have a chance to drop Experience Scrolls.

And common weapons aren't listed because they aren't mob-specific drops (you can get a bow from a monk, for example, and you can get same bow from different species on the same area). --NIN37 13:47, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Guild reset

please reset the information of my guild info ! i have got a mistake so i can't retutn the infos back thx --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Y Dark Tormentor Y (talk).

without a link i don't know what guild page this is about. also, you can just change it yourself by clicking the "edit" button at the top. - Y0_ich_halt 17:54, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

It's fixed. -- Wyn 17:56, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Please sign (type ~~~~ at the end of your post) your contributions. Makes it easier to figure out who is asking what (and would help finding your Guild's page faster as well).

Best of luck. --NIN37 18:40, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

and you stop placing unsigned tags without subst: :P - Y0_ich_halt 18:41, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Uh, wait, so subst really replaces the {{subst:Unsigned|user}} to <small>--''The preceding text? My bad. >.<

When I tested using Show Preview, I could not figure out any big difference.

Will start using that instead. :P --NIN37 19:10, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

nice ^^ - Y0_ich_halt 14:17, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Pictures

The monk Head gear pictures are not all loading I was just letting everyone at wiki no to fix the problem thank you. --Head Bussta 15:39, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Do you mean on the Monk scalp designs page? If so, for me, they are loading fine (except the ones which we don't have yet).- TheRave 15:52, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Chest farming

I recently finished the campaigns for Guild Wars and was trying to find a page I remember seeing about where to farm for chests. I can't seem to find it no matter what I search. There was something about going to an area to farm them in Hard Mode and that an average run would take you about 30 minutes and net like 3-5 chests or something. Does anyone know where this information is? Or perhaps the area I am thinking of? Any and all help is greatly appreciated. 144.13.223.149 03:44, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

There is some information on Chest farming on the Treasure Hunter page.- TheRave 06:01, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Talk Link in name?

I haven't quite figured out how to link to my talk page from my name, as you can tell by my talk page.... So yeah... Help please?talk 21:30, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Edit: O.o the link does work.... But how can I make it to where I can add in my name and possibly a little symbol? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Revelation Bringer (talk).

Go to your preferences. Whatever you put in "nickname" will be your signature. ~Shard 21:41, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

See Help:Signatures. -- ab.er.rant 07:50, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Where is the SEARCH help?

At the top of a search result page there is a link labeled 'help'. The page it links to is the general help index. There is nothing that I could see that provides help on searching.

The specific questions I wanted answered are:

How do I search for a multi-word phrase? For example - I want to find the phrase 'monk test'. The result is all pages that contain either the word 'monk' or the word 'test', which is way too much to wade through.

How do I limit a search to pages that contain all of the words specified. For example - I want to find pages that contain 'pre-searing' and 'Ascelon' and 'quest'. The result is all the pages with any of the words specified, not all the words specified.

Given a search result, how can I refine the result to remove 'false positives'?

Mtew 08:00, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Actually entering monk test into the search box only returns pages with both "monk" and "test". To search for a specific phrase, put the phrase in quotes, for example "monk test". -- Gordon Ecker 08:15, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Alternatively, if you are looking for pages that link to the Monk Test quest article, you can use Special:Whatlinkshere/Monk_Test. Biscuits 08:49, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

MediaWiki Article on Searching - TheRave 15:53, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Biscuits: Please check that. While most of the results for the example 'monk test' contain both words, not all of them do. Try 'pre-searing quest' -- I get a lot of hits on pages that do not contain 'pre-searing'.

TheRave: That was the help I was looking for. Thank you. Finding it from the main help menu is what I think could use improvement.

Mtew 22:29, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to add information to the help section if you want.- TheRave 00:22, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Dual Identity?

I ran across this recently- a user posting under two different names. I'm not sure if it was linking to the other's page as a joke, or if it was the same user posting under different identities. Is that sort of thing allowed, and if not, where should I go to get it fixed and clear up a lot of confusion? (Name of user omitted in case it's just confusion) --Kalas Silvern 05:47, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

There are many users that have more than one registered account. Most of the time this does not pose a problem, they forgot a password, want to design a userspace that is totally different, etc. Other times these "sockpuppet" accounts have been created to spread hate and discontent, troll, avoid a ban, or otherwise violate the rules and disrupt the wiki. The disruptive type are usually eliminated by the sysops with a permanent ban on editing. The first, non malicious type are generally ignored. -- Wyn 06:26, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

How do I customize my page?

→ moved from HELP:GAME#How do I customize my page?

Hi my name is Valerie. I am new to Guild Wars Wiki. I have been playing Guild Wars for a long time and now I would like to start doing wiki too. I see other people with a page thats customized for themselves. How do I do that? Like I see other people and on there page it says this character is a born mesmer, started with WoW, ext. How do I do that and anything else I can do to my page? Thanks for reading I have been trying to anwser this question for a while but I cant figure it out.--The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:XxValeriexX (talk).

Firstly click on your name either at the top of the page or anywhere you can see it, like here: XxValeriexX. That will take you straight into the edit page for your user space. Type anything you want and then click Save Page at the bottom and you will now have a user page. In the future to edit the page click the little link at the top of that page which says "edit".- TheRave (talk) 14:35, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Also, next to the "Save Page" button there is another button "Show Preview", which will let you see what changes you are making without filling up Special:Recentchanges --JonTheMon 14:46, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Just another thought, if you're still struggling there are a number of people listed on the GWW:HELPERS page who can help with your User page. Contact them on their talk page(s).- TheRave (talk) 14:50, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Deleting Items

every thing i post is deleted and i dont post lies. im mad cause i posted in the Grothmar Wardowns page that there is a shark like creature and sevral groups of fish swiming in it theese look much liek things if seen frozen in jade and i mwondering why it was removed--70.251.156.107 00:47, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Looking at the edits on the Grothmar Wardowns page the summary of the edit that originally removed that comment says "I do believe all bodies of water have sharks and fish.". Which seems like a valid point. Its best to bring these things up on the discussion page of that article.

I noticed that you have changed it back, this is called double reverting and is against the GWW:REVERT policy. You should be discussing the issue on the discussion page. I will leave the edit for now but in future please do not double revert and always remember the Assume Good Faith guideline.- TheRave (talk) 00:56, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Checking your spelling before you submit info is also very helpful. More often then not, a badly-spelled bit of trivia gets removed rather then fixed; for one, it's easier to remove it entirely, and secondly, the lack of spelling/grammar gives the illusion of unimportance (because generally, that's the case). -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 02:46, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Imbue Health image

Imbue Health Am I the only one seeing a gray & white (invisible/transparent gif) image? --NIN37 22:10, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. Also can't even find any transparent/spacer images on the page at all.- TheRave (talk) 22:14, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

[1] <-- is this supposed to be the skill icon? --NIN37 22:49, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes. There is a weird issue with some images, if you have an ad block program running, it will sometimes block images. Since there are no ads on GWW, you might want to whitelist the entire site in your ad blocking program. -- Wyn 00:02, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

OK. Cleared cache twice and restarted computer. Seems to be working now. :P Thanks for the quick answers. :D --NIN37 00:26, 27 September 2008 (UTC)