User talk:Zantam03

hey there would you like to take a look at my
Hey, since you asked about my next project before, thought I should tell you that my new article Sima Yi's Liaodong campaign is finished! Go take a look and give me some feedback when you have time, thanks. :D _dk 13:42, June 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Wow, it's really big! I have to have some time on my hands before I start reading it, but I will do it. But I like it that it's so big. Hope not all of your articles are gonna be like that or this Wiki will run out of purpose :-( -- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:15, June 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * It's actually roughly the same size as my last article on Liangzhou Rebellion, lol, which you're about to overtake in terms of length here on this wiki! But by all means, take your time. _dk 20:56, June 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oops, ok forget that comment. But I'll read it soon. I don't know that much about the later years of 3K so I'm curious to see what I can learn from your article. -- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 21:26, June 9, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, just wanted to tell you that I have another article cooked up, Goguryeo–Wei Wars. It's about Wei invading North Korea and back, hope you enjoy it! A word of caution though, it's even longer than my last one :D _dk 04:51, September 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's indeed a long read. Is this your first one since Liaodong? Anyway looks nice and looks like a lot of effort has been put in it. Great stuff :-) - Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:53, September 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've been working on this ever since Liaodong, since I considered this campaign the logical continuation to the Liaodong article....As you can probably tell, I spent way too much time on this, so I'm going to take a long break from writing Three Kingdoms articles. Thanks for the kind words :) _dk 08:13, September 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * That's 3 months man :-P Well, thumbs up for your dedication :-) I also took a break a while ago cause I was too busy with this (worked on it everyday). Well, enjoy your break and thanks for allowing me the time to catch up with you ;-P --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 14:26, September 19, 2010 (UTC)

Oh my god!
Oh my god! I just stumbled on to this! Look! --Knightrez(Talk) 03:59, September 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh my god again! Look who did it! Johnnyboy from Autopedia! --Knightrez(Talk) 04:04, September 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * He's a bit of a moralist isn't he? :-D lol. Well didn't you copy pretty much everything from that site when Autopedia just started? If he's a regular WikiCars visitor then I kinda understand him tbh. He has probably taken a liking to WikiCars and therefore wanted to inform the admin of you copying his stuff in which he might've put a lot of effort. You also tried to advertise your Wiki. If your Wiki would've become more popular than WikiCars then people would say WikiCars copied everything from your site ;-) That wouldn't be fair.


 * To be honest, I also wouldn't like it if someone would copy, for example, my Zhang Jiao article. I put a lot of time in that one and even spend money on buying a rare book like Paul Michaud's The Yellow Turbans. I'd actually really appreciate it if someone would tell me about it, like Johnboyx did. On the other hand, all Wikia's are released under the FDL, (like Red-Marquis said) so nothing can be done about it.


 * Anyway, it seems to have happened a long time ago so just forget about it. :-) BTW by simply informing Red Marquis, Johny didn't do anything wrong. He didn't violate any Wikia rules. Better get rid of that message that you've sent him or hope he ignores it. If another fight between you and him starts, he wins (again). --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 12:53, September 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tip. --Knightrez(Talk) 00:36, September 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. Just being honest on the matter, not sure you'd like it. But it's an old message, better just to ignore it. And besides, you haven't copied in a long time right? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 10:46, September 29, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, what would you like help on?
I've been on the fences here trying to figure out what Wikia's doing, they've got a new look on the way basically and it's being forced...so this is going to revamp every Wiki (including this one and Berserk Wiki), so you needed help on skins? Well I hear that personal skins and what not are going to be HARDER to work with now that the new look is being put into effect. Visit these two blogs for more info:

http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sannse/Important_Updates_on_Wikia%E2%80%99s_New_Look

http://community.wikia.com/index.php?title=User_blog:Susan_Taylor/Experience_the_new_Wikia&showall=1

I'll help where I can but I am not sure what's going to go down man =/ anyways, I've got some news on the Berserk front: a new animated series is in the works and a trailer is up. Check out the main page's talk page for more info on it. TVthePunisher 02:36, September 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey man! Yea I know. I'm a betatester so I've had access to the new look ;-) Tbh Wikia still has a long way to go. If they release it the way it is now, many people won't like it. If you log out you can check Red Dead Wiki, Muppet Wiki and some others in the new look. If you read some of the articles you'll notice the big blank bar on the right, which is imo really ugly. I hope Wikia will fix it.


 * Anyway, thanks for wanting to help, but Wikia has just given a release date for the new look (called Oasis), and its a lot sooner than I thought (november/december), so I think I'll just tweek this skin a bit and wait for Oasis to be released. But thanks for coming here :-)


 * On Berserk: hmm that's not the first time screens and scenes have been leaked, but so far they've all been fake. Are you sure these are real? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 10:44, September 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * I just saw the pictures you uploaded from Casca, Puck, Nosferatu Zodd and Guts, but those screens are exactly the same ones I saw when I wrote the 'Berserk Anime Series' article, which was... 1 year ago? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 10:53, September 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry about that, I didn't see them on the page ahead of time and I thought they hadn't been uploaded yet...but yeah, these are not fake videos, as they are provided on the Young Animal website itself and are mentioned through the official Berserk Twitter. So far they have been used to promote Volume 35 and a lot of talk is going on whether or not it will become a full fledged series or an OVA, or what. Anyways, I can't seem to make edits on the main page due to a block a previous administrator or whatever placed on it...I'd like to do some work on the page and include updated information on this "Animated Project" until they confirm it's a series.


 * Refer to the main-page's talk page and the Berserk: Animated Project page to check out the sources. Trust me, if they're on the Young Animal website itself...then it is not fake TVthePunisher 19:49, September 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, as said before this stuff is already a year old. I doubt it's a new anime series. As you say it's used in a commercial, and imo that's all. And this Berserk Twitter, is it checked by Twitter if it's official or not? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 20:36, September 30, 2010 (UTC)

Compliments
Hey,

Just wanted to let you know this is a very good looking wiki. I understand you did most of it just by yourself? Anyway, you're doing a great job.

--Sonny Black 15:28, October 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hello Sonny Black, thanks for your compliment. I'm glad you like how it looks because I've spent a lot of time working on it. I'm not sure I can say I did it by myself, because since I also visit other Wiki's I got inspiration from them and that triggered me to change the look. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 19:06, October 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Everyone has to learn, so I think that's just the way to do it. I'm also an admin myself. I'm generally very interested in history, so I appreciate wiki's like this very much. And altough I'm not specifically interested in this subject, I would probably prefer this website over wikipedia. Btw, I guess you're chinese yourself? -- Sonny Black ( Talk ) 14:36, October 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks again. No, I'm not Chinese, I'm Dutch :-) I also like history, it's too bad there aren't that many wiki's about historic subjects yet. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 17:03, October 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * You're Dutch? Ik ook. :) -- Sonny Black ( Talk ) 17:39, October 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * lol, vet. Ik dacht dat je een Brit o.i.d. was. Je spreekt wel goed Engels :-P --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 19:19, October 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Haha, thanks. Maar valt wel mee, ik gebruik vaak genoeg Google als hulpmiddel. ;) Tegenwoordig is het erg belangrijk dat je Engels goed beheerst. :) -- Sonny Black ( Talk ) 21:59, October 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Whoa!.. Could you tell me what you guys are saying in Dutch? :) --Knightrez(Talk) 17:28, October 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh nothing much.. we just found out we're both Dutch. I said he speaks English well but then he confessed he uses Google Translator :-). Btw, I'm on holiday in Colombia right now so I won't update the wiki until I'm back in NL on 3 November :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 17:02, October 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * Colombia...? You mean your going to South America? Have fun bro! :D --Knightrez(Talk) 01:55, October 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm already there :-) Since 21 October :-). It's a great place. I love the fruit and the nature. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:49, October 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * I suppose your using a laptop. --Knightrez(Talk) 01:28, October 31, 2010 (UTC)

Warning template
Could I create this warning template for your wiki? Kind of cool. :) --Knightrez(Talk) 03:58, October 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * I haven't had any troublemakers though, but sure why not? Just in case :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 00:35, November 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Done. Check it out ;-) --Knightrez(Talk) 04:58, November 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Nice, thanks :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 14:46, November 1, 2010 (UTC)

The new wiki name
Well I really like your new wiki name, but typing in  proves you've moved the pages. Perhaps you didn't request ? --Knightrez(Talk) 03:52, November 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * I did send a mail to  and they told me to move the page with   and edit the name with  ... so that's what I did. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:24, November 9, 2010 (UTC)

I have moved Autopedia to ShoutWiki
Hello. I have moved Autopedia to ShoutWiki. I need some help though, I could give you sysop powers on both sides of the wiki for helping on Export and Import. Wikia isn't helping me at the forums.thanks!--Knightrez(Talk) 22:11, November 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sh*t! I got over 600 articles at Wikia. I don't want to start from zero again! --Knightrez(Talk) 22:35, November 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * At the Community Forums they said you have to use this. Looks pretty easy tbh. You can save it as a file (XML) and then upload it at your new Wiki using  --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 22:50, November 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * I know. I did what you exactly told me to, but when I uploaded it at  it said xml is not permitted. --Knightrez(Talk) 22:53, November 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Whoa, Help me on this. --Knightrez(Talk) 23:00, November 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'll read it tomorrow alright? It's past midnight here.. need some sleep! --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 23:11, November 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Your right... I think Wikia is better. I'll stick to Wikia. ;-) --Knightrez(Talk) 03:06, November 11, 2010 (UTC)

Sysop powers on Autopedia
I'll give you sysop powers on Autopedia just in case I need your help. :) --Knightrez(Talk) 03:14, November 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * Done. :) --Knightrez(Talk) 04:00, November 12, 2010 (UTC)

Icons
Hi! I've seen your request for assistance on the community central. I fixed the template to a condition that should be easier to decipher but I don't know if that's all that was wrong with the template. If not, leave me a message and we can work further on it :)

As for the icons showing up in the upper bar; you need to add

addOnloadHook(   function  {          $("#icons").css("display", "inline").appendTo($(".firstHeading"));    } ); addOnloadHook(   function  {         $(".WikiaPageHeader details .categories").remove;         $(".WikiaPageHeader details").append($("#icons"));    } ); to your MediaWiki:Common.js file - that worked when added to my personal global.js file so it should work in the Common.js as well Cheers! Sovq 21:04, November 14, 2010 (UTC)

EDIT: Oh, and I created Testarticle which can e deleted now.

Bold Heading
About the bolded headings - add .mw-headline { font-weight: bold; } to your MediaWiki:Wikia.css file Cheers! Sovq 21:14, November 14, 2010 (UTC)

RE: Thanks!
I'm glad I could have been of assistance :) Feel free to leave a shout on my talk page if I can help with anything else. Cheers! Sovq 21:46, November 14, 2010 (UTC)

background
Hi, I had a go at fading out the edges of the image, and fiddled around a bit with the overall image to get the main areas visible either side of the content area. I also tried to get the image below 100kb, but that meant compressing quite a bit as its such a large image. It might be better to go for a smaller overall image size, which will still means it fills the side areas for most monitors. Let me know what you think, and I'm happy to have another go if you want adjustments :) -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 08:09, November 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey Sannse,
 * Thanks for the help! :-) I like how the image looks even though its cut & compressed quite a bit. I've always been thinking about adding transparency though.. not sure if it'll look nice, but I'd like to try it. So I hope you're willing to put the middle part of the painting back? Thanks in advance :-) -- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 20:57, November 19, 2010 (UTC)

Success!
Take a look at this and this! :) --Knightrez(Talk) 01:39, November 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * Congrats :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 11:51, November 25, 2010 (UTC)

Search bar
Hi! I've noticed that on some pages the search bar is a bit off to the left and the search button's position is fixed so that it doesn't move along with the search bar. It might be a browser specific issue (Firefox here) but if you see it too and want to fix it you need to remove the "width: 265px;" definition from the ".WikiaSearch input[type="text"]" css class in your MediaWiki:Wikia.css. Sovq 08:52, November 26, 2010 (UTC)

Wikicars copies!
Holy sh*t! I found out half the pages of Wikicars are copied! compare the evidence btw, please log in at my new wiki so I can re-give you sysop powers (Just simply log-in like you do on Wikia) --Knightrez(Talk) 07:43, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Actually, Wordiq got it from Wikipedia, and Wikipedia got it from Wikicars ;-) (Wikipedia's article was from 2007 and Wikicars' article from 2006). I logged in at your site btw, but why do you wanna make me admin? I'm not familiar with Monobook. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 11:40, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll give you sysop powers. --Knightrez(Talk) 12:01, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Don't worry about monobook. This should encourage you. Major wikis like Wowpedia has moved --Knightrez(Talk) 12:11, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yea I know WoW moved, but it doesn't encourage me? My Wiki looks better now then it did in Monaco. Besides I don't like Monobook. It's an old, ugly and cold skin which has been dropped by Wikipedia too a while ago. It's outdated. Oasis isn't everything, but I prefer it over the Monobook that ShoutWiki, Wikkii and all other wikifarms are offering. Besides, Wikia is still working on the new look, so I'll just wait and see with what kinda improvements they come. I know that right now they are working on moving the infobox to the right a little more and replace the RAIL, which is my biggest complaint about the new look. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 12:18, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, but Shout Wiki has great customer suppport. Look at Wikisimpson's skin. Do you think that's ugly? A staff made it for them. How good is that? You're right. I wait for 2011 and see if Wikia improves --Knightrez(Talk) 12:36, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * If staff is actually creating skins for people then they're either not very big or trying to take full advantage of people leaving Wikia. Either way, it's temporary. But to answer your question; I just don't like Monobook. Though this skin is customized its still blocky and outdated. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 12:40, November 30, 2010 (UTC)

Well.. lets hope they upgrade to vector--Knightrez(Talk) 12:41, November 30, 2010 (UTC)

RE: Infobox minor problem
I fixed the problems. The reason the Battle Information bar was smaller was that it was defined within a second layer table (table within a table), unlike the rest of the bars. I've set the default template width to 300px, but I guess now that you know how, you can set it anyway you like, just remember that the image has to have the same width if you want it to look consistent with the other templates. Also, you can define a different than 300px parameter in any article that uses the template simply by adding "width = XXXpx" as another template parameter. Sovq 08:35, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 11:41, November 30, 2010 (UTC)

Anti-Wikia-Alliance
Wow! Take a [http://awa.shoutwiki.com look at this! AWA Anti-Wikia-Alliance]. Ive finally joined them. This is really great! --Knightrez(Talk) 12:04, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * It has "I am 14 years old" written all over it :-D. I left a comment under "Users who enjoy the new layout". --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 12:11, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Maybe youre right. But Wowpedia moving must be a heavy-hitter. Wikisimpsons, Halopedia, and Club Penguin Wiki. It's all sad though 10 users lost their rights at Wowpedia. Read this from Solar Dragon. --Knightrez(Talk) 12:15, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * I know, but WoWwiki is still online at Wikia. It was a big blow, but Wikia has bigger and more popular Wiki's than WoWwiki. Despite some Wiki's moving, Wikia is still the most popular Wikifarm out there and I think it will stay like that, despite some losses. In all honesty I expect some Wiki's to come back to Wikia after a while.


 * One reason why Wiki's will come back: this and this --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 12:28, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't think however, they are complaining completely about the skin. It's about money and greed. The me-first attitude. Wikia doesn't give anything back to users. They've ripped apart everything. I'd say over 20 users were blocked at Wikia. You have to read what they mean so you can understand. --Knightrez(Talk) 12:20, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * If that's the case then AWA reeks of kiddies. It's how business work. Do you really think ShoutWiki, Wikkii, etc will use an (already outdated version) of Monobook forever? They too will change! They have to. It's unavoidable. Wikia is just the first... others will follow. Nothing is forever. Monaco isn't, Monobook also isn't. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 12:28, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Damn. You got a good point. --Knightrez(Talk) 12:30, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Wait a sec, Jack Phoenix told me they were gonna update the skin. --Knightrez(Talk) 12:32, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well Vector is the new Wikipedia-skin. It's nice and better than Monobook that's for sure. I'll just stay with Wikia. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 12:37, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * You got a good point. --Knightrez(Talk) 12:43, November 30, 2010 (UTC)

Aerosmith
Aerosmith. They are my #2 favorite band, behind Led Zeppelin. Here are some great hits --Knightrez(Talk) 14:44, November 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * I Don't Wan't to Miss a Thing
 * Dude (Looks like a Lady)
 * [live/09%20Rag%20Doll.mp3 Rag Doll]
 * Walk This Way
 * Dream On
 * Angel


 * Nice, but I thought Green Day was your #1 band? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:16, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Nah, I found out that they copy from other bands. --Knightrez(Talk) 15:22, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm guessing you don't like rock that much. You said something about "Enigma" are they a band? I'm guessing you like relaxing music and soothing music. New Age music perhaps? I really understand why it is hard to focus ad relax while listening to hard rock--Knightrez(Talk) 03:03, December 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, I like the odd rocktrack but I'm not really into American rock. And yea Enigma is my favourite artist :-) (It's not a band, just one guy, with some additional composers, vocalists, guitar-players etc here and there) I have all Enigma albums, but I'm not really into New Age though, that's way to mystic and spiritual most of the time. I also like the soundtracks sometimes. I have some Final Fantasy and Castlevania tracks on my laptop. And lately I've also been listening to William Orbit a lot. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 11:32, December 5, 2010 (UTC)

Custom edit buttons
I have two more custom edit buttons for you if your want. A Template button and a Gallery button. You can temporarily give me sysop powers so I can edit MediaWiki:Common.js or should I give you the code and let you do it? :) --Knightrez(Talk) 15:25, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * I already have the gallery button no? What does the Template button do? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:29, November 30, 2010 (UTC)

It adds –  Knightrez(Talk) 15:34, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hmm ok, but nah. Thanks though --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:36, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * I have one more to offer. A Bold and Italiac button --Knightrez(Talk) 15:39, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks but they're originally included --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:40, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * DANG IT! That's not what I mean't. I mean it adds bold & italiac combined

--Knightrez(Talk) 15:44, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ooooh ok lol. Misunderstood you there. That could come in handy I guess. Can you give me the code so I can add it to my Wikia.js? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:46, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh my god! You don't even trust me! What am I gonna do? Block you with my new powers?

Here's the code

You might wan't to copy it from source mode, because of the image. --Knightrez(Talk) 15:52, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * huh? what? Did I miss something?


 * Well.. thanks I guess. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:53, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Wait a second! I don't think it's gonna work --Knightrez(Talk) 15:54, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * It looks like it should work imo. I'll just wait and see. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:58, November 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay --Knightrez(Talk) 15:59, November 30, 2010 (UTC)

Monaco coming to ShoutWiki
Take a look at this! :) So long for the old ugly monobook! --Knightrez(Talk) 11:05, December 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ye I've read it too. Well that's good news for the Monaco-fans :-) But... I'll just stay with Wikia :-) And the fact that you have to PAY for Monaco just shows that not only Wikia, but ALL wikifarms are company, who are perhaps even more money-hungry than Wikia. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:49, December 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah I know it's a rip off, but hopefully vector will be in use :) --Knightrez(Talk) 14:12, December 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Wait a sec. That explains why everyone is angry! Wikia is wealthy! They aren't as money hungry as other farms. --Knightrez(Talk) 14:18, December 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, the way I see it, Wikia is from Jimmy Wales, the same guy who founded Wikipedia and also Wikimedia Foundations. Those sites have been free fro years and strive to be free in the future as well. Imo Wikia is the most reliable wikifarm out there because of that. I'll just stay with Wikia. Seems the safest wikifarm to me. Of course other free to go anywhere else... but Wikia it is for me. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:15, December 3, 2010 (UTC)

Any websites?
I know Ive asked this before, but do you have any websites you know where I can advertise my wiki? I'm really desperate because I think one of my contributors went to Wikicars. --Knightrez(Talk) 14:14, December 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry man, but I'm really not into cars and so I don't know of any communities out there which you could join and show your Wiki to. Maybe you can go to an official site of one of the Car Makes and join the forums and show your Wiki there. Or perhaps you could write some articles about Gran Turismo or that popular XBox racegame (forgot name) and show them on gaming-sites. Else I don't know. Maybe ShoutWiki also has something like a Spotlight? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:04, December 3, 2010 (UTC)

Leaving
I feel crappy right now. I feel like leaving both my wikis. I am no match to Wikicars. I look at the recent changes at Wikicars and my sysop is going berserk there. I think I'll put an end to the auto wikis. May as well go contribute to Wikicars. --Knightrez(Talk) 12:20, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Tbh, Autopedia is a sh*t wiki. I may have to move to Wikicars. With a new account though, I can't log-in with Knightrez. In fact, my new username is going to Silver Knight or SilverKnight--Knightrez(Talk) 12:34, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yea it seems Wikicars is a popular wiki with roughly 8.000 visitors a week. It's hard to compete with that, but definately not impossible. You just need a lot of time. What also makes it difficult (imo) is that cars is a very general topic. It would be the same if I made a wiki about history, instead of just the Three Kingdoms. Perhaps you can do a re-boot and focus solely on, for example, Ferrari. Becoming a big Ferrari-wiki is a lesser task than becoming a big car wiki. Tbh it's also not a good idea to 'compete' with other wiki's at such at such an early stage I think. Also, it should be your hobby to learn about cars. Like it is my hobby to learn about the Three Kingdoms and Yuki's hobby to learn about Sengoku. For me, everytime I read a new file or book I learn something new and I wanna share that with people, that's why I like Wiki-ing.


 * But if you do wanna join Wikicars, then just join them as one of the many members and please don't go out saying that you're there to become admin or something :-P It's not the way and I remember it caused some trouble a while back (?) Anyway, whatever your decision, good luck :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:24, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tip. :) and what do you mean about "I'm there to become admin" thingy? --Knightrez(Talk) 13:32, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. That admin thing was something that stuck to my mind from some posts at Community.Wikia. Perhaps I remembered wrong. Thought someone there said you join Wikis and quite immediatly told the community there that you were there to become admin or something? Dunno exactly.. been awhile. Btw, you have quite some articles, why not request a Spotlight? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:37, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Do you mean Spotlight for Wikia or ShoutWiki? If Wikia please read this message. She denied my request. I've been wanting leave Wikia since then. --Knightrez(Talk) 13:41, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * At Wikia. Does SW have a Spotlight? Seems Wendy wants you to create category-pages which is easy. Just click on the red categories and make a page of them. Those short pages should be stubbed or extended, or maybe you can delete some of them. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:45, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks, but Wikicars is light years ahead of me. They've got good articles on almost everything. I think joining them is the best idea, --Knightrez(Talk) 13:47, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * That doesn't mean your Wiki can't be succesful though. Did you make Autopedia to become the ultimate source for cars, or just a good carwiki? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:48, December 4, 2010 (UTC)

How? I still don't have any visitors coming and enjoying editting it. I can't pull off 1,000 articles by myself half of them which are blank or half copied. Even if my wiki does become successful, I'll have to compete with Wikicars. --Knightrez(Talk) 13:53, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * You don't have to compete with Wikicars. I'm not competing with Kongming.net or Koei Wiki. Imo it's better to become "allies" (both sites link to mine). --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:57, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sigh* I don't know what to do --Knightrez(Talk) 14:01, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Me neither :-P I think you wanna be #1. If you join Wikicars then you're part of the #1 carwiki. If you stick with one of your Autopedias you have more freedom. If/Before you join wikicars I'd say, have another go at becoming spotlighted. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 14:06, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't wan't to be number one, but sticking with Wikicars is a better idea, I do not have any articles that are as good as their's. Speak of Autopedia(s), Having two has made my situation worse now. I can't manage two unvisited wikis. --Knightrez(Talk) 14:11, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well if that's what you think then good luck at wikicars :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 14:38, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * To be honest. I don't wan't to contribute to wikis anymore. Its gotten old to me. --Knightrez(Talk) 14:47, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok, well if you don't wanna you shouldn't do it. I had the same a while ago, in summer. I quit for a while but nowadays I'm very active again. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:02, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tip. --Knightrez(Talk) 01:36, December 5, 2010 (UTC)

LGBT
Holy sh*t! Wikia is spotlighting a wiki that has dirty images on it. What the heck? A spotlight! --Knightrez(Talk) 13:16, December 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * The site seems to take a mature approach though. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:39, December 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Weird. How can Wikia allow that? --Knightrez(Talk) 13:42, December 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Probably because of the mature approach. It's not a porn site, but an informative site. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:43, December 5, 2010 (UTC)

Autopedia new skin
A ShoutWiki staff member made me a new skin because I requested for it, and if I don't like it, I can't request for another one! Great customer support they have. btw, how do like the new skin? This have encouraged me to stay on Autopedia, but I also contribute to Wikicars. (My new account on Wikicars is: Silver Knight) --Knightrez(Talk) 00:45, December 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Nice, your skin looks ok. Sorry, I'm not too enthousiastic :-P It's monobook after all... But nice that you like it. I think the wallpaper should be stickied and the text on the left is a bit hard to read. Btw you can request Skin help at Wikia too though ;-) That's Sannse's job. She's not gonna make a completely new skin for you, but she can help you out with certain things.

But nice that you're gonna stay with Autopedia. Maybe working for Wikicars will give you some ideas on how to improve your own wiki. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 10:15, December 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tip. :) btw, I have troubles with this template. I don't know what color suit's it for the wiki layout. --Knightrez(Talk) 11:17, December 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hmm don't know... Something between black-white I guess? Try experimenting with this, might help. Btw, what happened to the Wikia-bar at the top? It's gone... --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:45, December 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the colors. :-) and what Wikia-bar? --Knightrez(Talk) 00:39, December 8, 2010 (UTC)

I am a sysop at Wikicars!!
Take a look a this!!! All I did was fight a spammer. NOW I am a sysop at Wikicars!! WOW!!!!! :-D --Knightrez(Talk) 02:04, December 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Lol you went straight out asking for admin rights again didn't you? :-P But well, Red Marquis didn't mind so congrats on your promotion :-) Makes me wonder though... how many admins does Wikicars have? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 07:38, December 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * I swear. I didn't ask for any. It was sheer luck :) --Knightrez(Talk) 08:57, December 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Then why did he left a message on your talk-page explaining what he wants from sysops? ;-) But congrats anyway :-) Btw.. am I the only one who sees the RAIL (sidebar) on the left now? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 09:08, December 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * What's a RAIL (sidebar)? --Knightrez(Talk) 10:29, December 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * That bar which shows recent activity, latest uploads, etc --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 10:39, December 9, 2010 (UTC)

Spam
This is crazy! Me and Red marquis have been blocking spammers and deleted spam about every 1 minute! They have a constantly changing IPs. Red marquis mentioned something on my talk page, but I don't really understand. --Knightrez(Talk) 01:20, December 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * FindSpam is a Wikia-add, don't know if it works on Wikicars' wikifarm and if he wants to upgrade to the latest MediaWiki then he has to wait until his wikifarm does so. What wikifarm does Wikicars belong to btw? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 11:42, December 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * It is owned by Internet Brands. So far, they are not fixing the image problems... --Knightrez(Talk) 13:01, December 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * I can see all pictures, except for the Wiki's logo. How long has this been going on? If it's since a day or two then maybe you'll just have to wait until after the Wiki. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:05, December 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * No.. Red marquis told me there was a crash in 2008 and Internet Brands refuses to fix it. btw, you've noticed that the wiki logo sometimes appears and disappears? I also use Google Chrome like you. --Knightrez(Talk) 14:41, December 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, if it's really IB's fault, then they should fix it. And if they don't then they're a poor wikifarm company. The image also doesn't show up in Internet Explorer and Firefox btw. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 14:51, December 19, 2010 (UTC)

Bob Dylan
I was wondering if you know Bob Dylan. I think he's great Here is a #1 song


 * Like a Rolling Stone

--Knightrez(Talk) 06:36, December 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * You can ignore this message... I know music isn't really your interest because it is not related to 3K Era. I'll stop showing you new songs. --Knightrez(Talk) 01:10, December 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Nah sorry, I read your message, but just forgot to reply because a friend of mine came at the door while I was listening the song. Well, the song's a classic, but yea it's not really my kinda thing :-P My music taste is a little limited I guess.. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 01:22, December 23, 2010 (UTC)

Wikicars
You remember our conversation about the logo and galleries not showing up at Wikicars right? I asked Jack Phoenix from ShoutWiki for help. this is what he said. Now read Red marquis' The main idea is the IB screwed us. They have left Wikicars to die... Guess what, Red marquis wants to merge with Autopedia. I dont blame him! --Knightrez(Talk) 03:37, December 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well yea, from what I learned earlier, IB is a very poor Wikifarm. With the poor community support and the outdated MediaWiki version it doesn't have much of a future either. Which Autopedia are you gonna merge it with btw? The ShoutWiki one I presume?


 * Btw I see Marquis has some doubts about whether he can use the name WikiCars and its content?


 * It's content is available under the GNU Free Documentation License, so he do with it whatever he wants, including copying.
 * About the name 'WikiCars', I'm not sure... Could be that IB (or TecCrunch) owns the rights. I think you can try it though (the name WikiCars is probably more popular than Autopedia). If IB doesn't like it, the first thing they have to do is politely ask you to change the name, before they do anything else. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 12:17, December 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yup. Red marquis has moved to the SHoutWiki already Are you suggesting I can change the name to Wikicars? --Knightrez(Talk) 12:52, December 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well yes I think you can try to do so. You can always revert the name to Autopedia if it's against the rules. Besides, it looks like IB/TC don't give a rats ass about WikiCars so they'll probably never find out anyway. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:31, December 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * You're probably right. I kind of respect Red marquis 4 years of dedication. --Knightrez(Talk) 13:33, December 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, that's quite impressive. Gongjin's Campaign Memorials will have its 1 year anniversary soon :-P --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:38, December 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's great ;-) --Knightrez(Talk) 13:39, December 24, 2010 (UTC)

Blocked
Me and Red marquis got blocked at Wikicars! and we also had all our rights taken from us!! DAMN IT!! :( Screw Internet Brands!! I hope they burn in hell!!!!!--Knightrez(Talk) 03:29, December 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * wtf? Why? Because you moved? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 11:51, December 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * No warning at all, just a infinite block along with our rights removed. I assume its because were moving. --Knightrez(Talk) 15:23, December 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * Probably. IP-blocked or just account-blocked?


 * Everything! --Knightrez(Talk) 14:15, January 2, 2011 (UTC)

Custom edit buttons
Here's a huge list of edit buttons. Choose any you want, and I can make one. :-) BTW, Happy new year 2011 --Knightrez(Talk) 04:44, January 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Happy 2011 to you too :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 14:22, January 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Are you gonna choose? --Knightrez(Talk) 09:26, January 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well some are nice, I'd like to have the Heading-buttons. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 13:24, January 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * All of them? --Knightrez(Talk) 07:53, January 3, 2011 (UTC)

Delete
Hey there. I have left Wikia for good now. So I'd like to know how to delete the old Autopedia and then I'll head toward the door out of Wikia. Which means bye bye Wikia. Btw, I've lost my interest to Three Kingdoms now and I don't think I'll be able to contribute here anymore. --Knightrez(Talk) 08:58, January 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey there. Are you sure about it? Wiki-farms come and go and usually don't have a long life, except for Wikia because of it's Jimmy Wales/Wikimedia connection. I guess ShoutWiki can hang in for a while now that WoWWiki has moved, but you never know. Anyway, if you're sure, then I think you have to demote all the admins (I think that's only Coolow and maybe me), so that you're the only admin left and then send a message to Special:Contact and ask Wikia to delete the Wiki. I think it's better if you delete a lot of articles before requesting and don't tell Wikia that you've moved to ShoutWiki and migrated with WikiCars, or you might have the same problem WoWPedia/WoWWiki has (they didn't delete it). You sure you've lost all interest in Three Kingdoms? The 2010 TV show (now available with English subs) is really great ;-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 09:58, January 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tip, help, and encouragement. I'll think about that too, but I am leaving Wikia until something positive is going on there. I'm sticking to ShoutWiki because their probably gonna release the Vector Skin this month. I can't wait! :-)and I'll see if I can watch the new 3K series. --Knightrez(Talk) 10:59, January 19, 2011 (UTC)

Some help
I'm trying to order something from Ferrari Store.com, but when I filled all the fields out, one had to filled in, but I don't really know what it means. It looked like this: N° It would be great if you told me what that is. btw, Wikia has screwed me! They're threatning to ban me on my own creation! --Knightrez(Talk) 10:48, January 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * I think you requested it too soon. You should've deleted some articles and then one month or so later ask for deletion of the Wiki so it wouldn't be too obvious. I saw you threatened people with a ban if they contributed to Wikia Autopedia. Well I'm not suprised Danascat says something about that... that's just wrong. Anyway, I don't really know what to do now. He also deleted the link to SW Autopedia... Perhaps you should write an article on Wikia Autopedia about SW Autopedia and then make it the featured article on the mainpage :-P And if you want I can delete some articles on there every now & then.


 * Don't know what to do with your ordering problem though. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 16:20, January 24, 2011 (UTC)

Autopedia is on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Autopedia/132392653493492?v=page_getting_started Since our wikis our affliliates maybe you add my wiki on Facebook. --Knightrez(Talk) 15:15, February 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sure, I can do that --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:09, February 11, 2011 (UTC)

Contributing to Autopedia
One of my admins Hockeyben (who moved from Wikia), asked if you wanted to contribute to Autopedia. If so, I'll give you admin tools. --Knightrez(Talk) 01:52, February 11, 2011 (UTC)

Yes, we can always use more admins/contributors on Autopedia. Hockeyben 02:53, February 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, but I don't know anything about cars.. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:10, February 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * I guess that's a no then. :( --Knightrez(Talk) 12:19, February 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but I feel like I won't be able to do much as admin, simply cause I have no knowledge about cars. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 12:24, February 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * That's okay, some of us don't have knowledge on cars. Here's what you can do without knowledge:


 * Copy/paste articles from Wikicars (because Wikicars is moving to Autopedia)
 * Upload images

Most of the car articles are already written, so you don't need to write much. (Hockeyben is counting on you) --Knightrez(Talk) 12:29, February 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * I think Autopedia will do just fine without me. Sorry, but I will feel a bit uncomfortable administering a Wiki of which the subject I know not much about. And copy/pasting... hmm nah. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 17:30, February 12, 2011 (UTC)

I don't mean to push you if you don't want to, but there are about 10,000 articles, images, and templates to be copied and we can always use more help.Hockeyben 03:16, February 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * I guess I can help out with copy/pasting some articles if I have some spare time. - Zantam03 ( Talk ) 12:27, February 15, 2011 (UTC)

I have given you sysop powers on Autopedia. Enjoy --Hockeyben 01:19, February 16, 2011 (UTC)

Thank you
Would like to say thank you for your creation and maintaining of this site =) I use it for some of my concept work and to give me ideas for some of my sketches. It is by far one of the best sources of Three Kingdoms Era information I've seen.

Looking forward to your Han Dynasty related articles (especially on Zhu Jun and the like)

Once again, thank you, Shadowclaimer 13:28, March 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hello Shadowclaimer and thank you for the compliment :-) I think it's still too small to be called "one of the best" though. I'm currently busy with an article on He Jin and I was planning on doing Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi afterwards, basically to complete the Yellow Turban period.


 * Glad the wiki is of some value to you :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 20:02, March 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well its the best I've found so far on the Yellow Turbans and Later Han Era =P I myself got into the Three Kingdoms era through Dynasty Warriors and its been a big historical interest to me. Finding solid information on some aspects seems a tad difficult (there's a few really good sites, wikipedia is /alright/) but this one has helped immensley with a personal project on the later Han, so keep up the good work =) - Shadowclaimer 17:51, March 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually you wouldn't happen to have any information on Ding Yuan (Lu Bu's first "adoptive" father) would you? Kongming has some info (good info) but would like to find out more. - Shadowclaimer 23:14, March 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks again. It's nice to hear the wiki has helped you, as that's what it's made for. I played Dynasty Warriors 4 on PS2. At first I thought it was all fictional, but not much later I learned it was based on historical events and it got me hooked ever since.


 * What would you like to know about Ding Yuan? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:17, March 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * Anything honestly, I'm over on Koeiwarriors working on a concept for the Han faction being added to DW (Moreso as a for fun thing and a chance to learn more about the early era myself) and Ding Yuan was a character I was contemplating adding to the Han as a character. He seems like a solid, upright, almost super-righteous and super-loyal supporter of the Han and almost like the exact opposite of Dong Zhuo. I know about his dinner with Dong Zhuo and his attempted overthrow following Dong Zhuo's takeover, but is there anything else about him, maybe earlier history? - Shadowclaimer 16:02, March 10, 2011 (UTC)


 * Alright, but DW focusses on the fictional aspect of the Three Kingdoms and the biography you've read about Ding Yuan on Kongming.net is also fictional (as well as the stuff you mentioned). In all honesty I'm not sure either the fictional or the historical Ding Yuan is a solid add for a DW game. I mean, he didn't fight in many battles. The only thing he did historically was a "show of strength" by orders of He Jin during the Twelve Regular Attendants struggle (Ding Yuan burnt the city of Mengjin north of Luoyang).


 * Ding Yuan was a good fighter though. He excelled in horseback riding and archery, just like Lü Bu, who was his protegé. That's pretty much all there is to know about him. -- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 17:57, March 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yea I understand it focuses on the historical aspects of things, personally the campaign I set up is based on the new "Kingdom Mode" of DW7 where characters play cinematic battles that link together storywise, and most characters get a stage in it. So like Ding Yuan will be showing up at a few stages but the one you'll play as him at will be what I called "The Skirmish at Luoyang" where Ding Yuan showed up with Lu Bu and his forces and clashed with Dong Zhuo right after Dong Zhuo's attempted usurption. Followed by a cinematic of Lu Bu's betrayal after his victory.

Historically the Han story mode would take place starting at the Yellow Turban Rebellion (which in this is divided between the multiple clashes including the Siege of Wan City and Siege of Yingchuan, instead of the usual one battle DW fare), then the Liang Rebellion (divided into a few parts), He Jin's Assassination, the Ten Attendants, Rise of Dong Zhuo, Si Shui Pass/Hu Lao Gate, and ending with either the Battle of Xingyang (Where Cao Cao was beaten back by Dong Zhuo) or another mission after that portraying Lu Bu's assassination of Dong Zhuo with Li Su.

I'm just doing research on characters that could fit into the Han and would make interesting characters. Even one hit wonders (Pang Tong I'm looking at you) have made DW's rosters countless times.

The current Han roster I have is He Jin, He Lingsi (Empress He), Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, Fu Xie, Zhu Jun, Wang Yun, Yuan Pang, Zhang Wen, Zhou Shen, and Ding Yuan.

-Shadowclaimer 18:52, March 10, 2011 (UTC)

Wikia Autopedia
There has been a HUGE crash on Shoutwiki. Everything after March 7 was lost. Hockeyben 14:54, March 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * I can't even access the site. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:12, March 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * The discussion is here. --Knightrez(Talk) 13:23, March 17, 2011 (UTC)

Skin
I love the skin here. And think the content is terrific on here. But, I find it hard to identify links to other pages, as they are black along with the text. btw the Shoutwiki Autopedia is STILL down. Hockeyben 00:51, March 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback :-) You're into Three Kingdoms? I'm aware of the links. I gave them a different font (Times New Roman), but that doesn't help much? I can see the links pretty clear now but I guess it's hard to judge for me because I made it myself. Sucks to hear ShoutWiki is still down... I guess it's servers can't handle all the Wikia switchers. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:50, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm into The three kingdoms a bit - mostly because I love history. But I don't have a ton of knowledge on it, so I've been reading this wiki to improve my knowledge. I've done research on former soviet union/Yugoslavia, but I'm very into history in general. They're probably going to have to re-install the operating system over at Shoutwiki. Hockeyben 02:47, March 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * Nice, I like history too. But I'm mostly into Three Kingdoms, Later Han, Former Han and Jin. I like some of the historical icons though such as Billy the Kid, Jeanne d'Arc, etc but I'm not too much into the periods in which they lived. I've read on Autopedia.wikia that you've lost everything from 7 March onwards... that's harsh and imo rather amateuristic from ShoutWiki. Glad I stuck with Wikia :-P --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:11, March 24, 2011 (UTC)

I Also contribute to another wiki on shoutwiki, which Is my main focus (18,000 edits) and I also lost stuff from their too. I get the sense that Knightrez and red Marquis wish they'd stuck with wikia. I don't, because I had disagreements with the community on my major wikia site. Thankfully, I've been able to re-create the content lost in the crash on the 2 wikia sites. Have you made an adjustment to the links? I am able to see them better now.Hockeyben 18:06, March 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Knightrez really dislikes the Oasis-skin I think. I can't see him go back to Wikia. Perhaps you mean they'd rather stuck with the original WikiCars? What kinda disagreement did you had with Wikia? And no I didn't make any adjustments. It's still black with Times New Roman font. I'm thinking about adjusting it, but for example changing the colour looks really ugly because all the clickable text becomes blue. Looking at the poll on the main page many people prefer the previous look (I disliked it) and I think the links might be a partial cause of that. I should do something about it, but it's kinda difficult because of the black/white theme I've limited myself to fewer options. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 19:03, March 26, 2011 (UTC)

I think maybe knightrez wishes he stayed on wikicars, but just look at the recent changes, spambots every second over there. I didn't have disagreements with the staff, but I had disagreements with how the wiki I edited was run, so I decided to move, without me, that wiki has only grown ~ 500 pages, whereas the new one has grown ~ 3500 pages.I've stuck with wikia for the other sites I edit. I love the look of this wiki overall, but the linked text is my only complaint What about a brown/beige color for them?Hockeyben 00:06, March 27, 2011 (UTC)

I am interested in helping out a little here. How can I help? Hockeyben 02:53, March 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well I've seen WikiCars before and I never liked it anyway. I can't even find the main page because I always end up here. Just changed the linkcolour to brown-ish btw. It's not much to my liking tbh. And if you wanna help out... well, just share what you know :-) You can edit or write articles or if you have any ideas feel free to share em. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 09:44, March 29, 2011 (UTC)

The links are better. I think people not easily being able to see em was the main complaint about the skin. I just read the rules, and it says no Wikipedia copying, I wont be able to help all that much then, as I really don't have the knowledge on THK to write 20-line + articles. Sorry --Hockeyben 14:59, March 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, the rules are pretty old and need an update. However, the Wikipedia part will stay the same. I can not see how copying can help a Wiki. Especially not when the copysource is as unreliable as Wikipedia's Three Kingdoms pages. Oh well, thanks for the offer anyway :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 19:03, March 29, 2011 (UTC)

Ok. But copying is useful for some wikis. My wiki on shout had 43,000 pages, and ~ half of them were copied. The other half focus on some rare info that's not generally found online. Had we had to build all articles from scratch we'd be lacking many important articles. Btw ice hockey is the wikis subject. Good luck. I hope this becomes the ultimate source for THK stuff. Hockeyben 22:01, March 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * I guess it could come in handy for some wiki's. My experience though is that Wikia visitors are often frequent Wikipedia visitors as well, so big chance they've already read your copied work. That just doesn't look good imo. And, well as I said before Wikipedia's TK articles are far from reliable so it's just not a good idea to copy them. Furthermore I learn a lot more about TK if I write the articles myself instead of copying them :-) Thanks, and you good luck with your wikis! --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 07:25, March 30, 2011 (UTC)

Shoutwiki's still down. They said it would be back up by the end of march. Me and Knightrez are gwtting very annoyed. Hockeyben 17:44, April 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry to hear that. Pretty poor from SW. -- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 11:03, April 3, 2011 (UTC)

I personally would move from Shoutwiki if It wasn't for the fact that Autopedia has 4,500 articles, and my wiki has 43,000 articles. There are about 10 wikis that the staff are having trouble recovering, that's why it's taking so long.--Hockeyben 15:49, April 3, 2011 (UTC)

They are re-installing the OS today. And the wikis should be back by tomorrow. And I think you still have sysop rights over there (don't mean to push you). Hockeyben 17:28, April 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * I still can't access the site... --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:52, April 12, 2011 (UTC)

Me neither. SW cannot stick to their word.


 * This is such f*cking bullsh*t. ShoutWiki has been down for 30 days now. Thats a month!! Everyone is started to get pissed off at ShoutWiki right now. I cannot take a few more days of this... --Knightrez(Talk) 03:03, April 13, 2011 (UTC)

Links
List of people of the Three Kingdoms. Shouldn't there be links to every name? I can easily add them, if you want,--Hockeyben 19:30, April 10, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, if you want, go ahead :-D. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:53, April 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * On second thought. Knightrez once copied it from Wikipedia and I just noticed there are quite some errors in there. You can add links to it, but I don't know what I'll do with that article in the future tbh.. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:16, April 14, 2011 (UTC)

Not sure if I'll bother then. There are an awful lot of potentially useless links. -Hockeyben 03:24, April 15, 2011 (UTC)

Guan Yu
I'm really eager for an article on Guan Yu. Any sources you have on him yet? --Knightrez(Talk) 14:29, April 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well an article on him would be HUGE, because he lived long, participated in many battles and historically he was so very different. Will take a LOT of time to make it. I do have sources on him yea. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 14:34, April 14, 2011 (UTC)

Shout Wiki AP
FINALLY Shoutwiki is up, although Autopedia hasnt been recovered yet, and the site is crashing frequently. -Hockeyben 15:06, April 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * About time! Any news on when Autopedia will be back on? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:24, April 20, 2011 (UTC)

It and Simpsons Fanon are the only two still down. My site is up. -Hockeyben 19:42, April 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * If I was one of you guys I'd be really annoyed and worried. I just read the SW blog and they said they ran into a LOT of issues trying to restore your site. Are they sure they can bring it completely back? They're also pushing out the 1.16 upgrade.. I wonder which has their preference? Bringing two wiki's back or upgrading? All in all I have to say SW is one piss-poor Wiki-farm. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:12, April 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't say Wikia is better than ShoutWiki because they've destroyed their reputation by replacing the Monaco with this new atrocious skin. A wiki is a "wiki". Wikia makes a wiki look like a huge advertisement website. Anyway, that's just an opinion. --Knightrez(Talk) 11:00, April 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Whether it's atrocious is just an opinion which, now that people have gotten used to it, is not shared by many anymore. I've been using this skin for a while now and I actually prefer it over Monaco. But, that's just my personal opinion.


 * On the other hand, a wiki-farm that can't keep their wiki's online and is having severe problems getting them back has nothing to do with opinion. Thats just really poor.


 * Anyway, I didn't say SW is poor to make Wikia look better. And I also didn't say it to start a Wikia vs SW war. If you like SW and you're happy with signing up there, then that's great. I hope they can fix your site soon. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 12:24, April 22, 2011 (UTC)

Theyve got me nervous (SW) about Autopedia. The best thing about SW is customer support, the staff are friendly, and quick to respond, and will even do a custom skin if you need help with it. I agree that the server crashdown will adversely affect SW's rep, but If they can avoid any future outages (and restore Autopedia and Simpsons Fanon), I think they can get it back. btw, the site's looking good.---Hockeyben 14:22, April 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * You can request customer support at Wikia too, from Sannse. She helped me out with the previous skin and she'll also do Photoshop stuff for you if you don't have that program yourself. But yea, from what I heard it sounds like SW's customer support is better than Wikia's. Would it be as good as it is now if they had just as many users as Wikia? I don't think so :-). That just wouldn't be possible. But thanks to Oasis ad its haters ShoutWiki had suddenly grown immensely. I'm sure they'll do their best to fix things and keep their customers satisfied. This is a huge chance for them to stabilize themselves (usually wiki-farms don't last very long -- or so I heard). Thanks for the compliment about the site :-). Your icehockey seems great too. So many articles! --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 16:25, April 22, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliments :). I have struggled to gain users on Shoutwiki, as I was the only one who left the wikia site. Of the 43,000 articles, I havent done most of them (I've done maybe around 8,000). Thanks, and keep up the excellent work here. I think that the skin is perfect now with those brown links you changed. ---Hockeyben 20:42, April 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes it looks nice indeed thanks for the suggestion and you too keep up the good work ;-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 11:55, April 23, 2011 (UTC)

Are you interested in ice hockey? If you are, you could help a little at my wiki. (I'm just asking). Btw, Misza from SW posted an update on the blog, I don't think getting Autipedia up is high on their priorities.-Hockeyben 14:49, April 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well actually icehockey doesn't really live here in my country, sorry, so I basically know nothing about it :-P. And if SW recovered 698 of 700 lost wiki's then perhaps they're already satisfied with how many wiki's they brought back? But that Misza person said their still working on it. As long as they do, there's hope. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:01, April 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * I can't believe this. Murphy's law. Out of 700 wikis that recover, Autopedia doesn't recover. --Knightrez(Talk) 15:23, April 23, 2011 (UTC)

Using articles from Wikipedia as a starting point
I have a possible idea for copying from Wikipedia. JUST copying the main section, which I personally feel would be impossible to mix up fact and fiction. For example for Bao Xin, The lead paragraph could be copied. EX: Bao Xin (152–192)[1] was a military general who lived during the late Han Dynasty of China. Initially, he participated in the imperial campaign against the Yellow Turbans along with other regional warlords. -Hockeyben 02:00, April 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * The thing is, Bao Xin did not participate in the campaign against the Yellow Turbans :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:46, April 24, 2011 (UTC)

Well, that confirms wikipedia Is not a reliable source. Still no news on Autopedia, I'm getting nervous.:( -Hockeyben 14:37, April 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, it's weekend and easter, so perhaps they're not working on at the moment. Wouldn't be too worried about right now if I were you. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 17:58, April 24, 2011 (UTC)

Yes, They probably have the weekend off, especially with it being Easter. I'll be worried if its not back by Wednesday. Mediawiki 1.16 is coming to shoutwiki, and it includes the vector skin, which I am personally very excited about. They will also be releasing some new extensions, and a few pay skins too. ---Hockeyben 23:56, April 24, 2011 (UTC)

These book articles are cool. ---Hockeyben 20:09, April 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I'm gonna upload all 65 of them. And perhaps Hou Han shu too. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 20:22, April 25, 2011 (UTC)

Portals
Are there some new portals that I could help to design? It might be something for me to do, as I don't have a ton of knowledge on THK, but I can manage wiki-code. I've re-written Dynasty Warriros 1 and 2, and will do DW3 soon. I like your idea on the forum of making them like Dynasty Warriors/7 etc. :-) ---Hockeyben 20:53, April 25, 2011 (UTC)

Hmm.. perhaps. Though at the moment I'm not sure we have enough content for new portals. I have a lot of bio's on the Yellow Turbans, so that's why there's a Yellow Turban portal. I don't have much on Wei, Shu, Wu, Dong Zhuo, Lü Bu, Yuan Shao etc, so.. yea. I guess, if you want, you can make a portal for them, but without enough content I'm not sure it should be placed under the Portals drop-down. What do you think about the ones we have btw? Technically speaking I mean... --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 21:01, April 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * If you want, though, you can toy around with the Regular Attendants portal. It's not finished yet and there's also a bug in there somewhere. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 21:02, April 25, 2011 (UTC)

Structure looks good. I'll toy around with the code on regular attendants portal, see if I can slap together a fix. If not, I CSM ask on the wikia forum.-Hockeyben

Meant can not CSM, spellcheck...-Hockeyben 21:10, April 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Where's the bug in the regular attendants portal? I'll see if I can fix it. If you let me know.-Hockeyben 21:16, April 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't know :-P There's supposed to two collumns, just like the YT portal, but the right collumn on RA portal is squeezed into the left one. I don't know what caused this. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 21:21, April 25, 2011 (UTC)

Ok. And what would that new portal you talked about be called?-Hockeyben


 * Depends on the subject. If the subject is Wei, then the portal is called Portal:Wei. If it's Lü Bu then the portal is called Portal:Lü Bu, etc. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 21:32, April 25, 2011 (UTC)

I've fixed the bug in the Regular Attendants Portal. Is that what you wanted? -Hockeyben 21:59, April 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, but no, that's not really what I meant. But it's ok. I'll have a look at it another time. Going to bed, cya ;-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 22:07, April 25, 2011 (UTC)

Portal:Zhong is finished. Hope you like it :). -Hockeyben 22:13, April 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, it needs some more work though. For example, Zhong had the reigncolour of Yellow (because it ruled through the power of Earth), so the page should be yellow. Also, it should have collumns (like the Yellow Turbans portal has). Btw I 've removed your table on the bottom of the YTportal. The idea is nice, but it just doesn't look very good imo and it actually doesn't serve a purpose yet as the YTportal is the only completed one.--- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 17:51, April 26, 2011 (UTC)

Yea, they're still quite beta. I'll try fiddling around with them. -Hockeyben 20:36, April 26, 2011 (UTC)

Rollback
Do you have any need for another Rollbacker? ---Hockeyben 20:45, April 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * At the moment, no need not really. It's kinda quiet here :p (besides you and me) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 20:50, April 26, 2011 (UTC)

Well, yeah, there not many users cept the two of us (and Knightrez occasionally). Some old contributors Yukimura Sanada, 3KingdomsMaster, Dfegg, and Ccjk haven't contributed for awhile. ---Hockeyben 00:01, April 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Dfegg and Ccjk are old accounts of Knightrez ;-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 07:44, April 27, 2011 (UTC)

Ah, ok. Getting very nervous about Autopedia, no news when it will be up yet.---Hockeyben 15:04, April 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yea I saw the blog. Some dude says they're still working on it. Fingers crossed. But, 698 out of 700 wiki's is not bad, if you know what I mean. But as long as they say they're working on it, then they probably are. What I find strange though is they only say "we're working on it", but they say nothing else. They don't say "ok we completed step 1 and 2, and now working on step 3". That's what's causing the complains and frustration. People don't know what's going on. I really wonder why they don't give updates like that. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:45, April 27, 2011 (UTC)

But they havent updated it with how they're progressing, thats why I'm nervous. ---Hockeyben 16:02, April 27, 2011 (UTC)

Unused images
There's a ton of unused images. Do you want me to create articles with just the image, so we dont forget about them, when we do get around to making the articles? Or just leave them? ---Hockeyben 15:16, April 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * All images are categorized, so they won't be forgotten. No need to create articles just for those images. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:31, April 27, 2011 (UTC)

Logo
You should use logo for the wikis Monobook logo. I like the look of it :). -Hockeyben 18:02, April 27, 2011 (UTC)

SW just posted an update on their blog, they're working on restoring Autopedia. Cool what you did with the Forum:Index page.:)-Hockeyben 20:28, April 27, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks :-). The SW update is basically only about MediaWiki 1.16 though, because about Simpsons and Autopedia they're saying what they've always said: "we're working on it", but no details on what's keeping them so long. I find it kinda odd they're not telling more than just that. Have they ever? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 20:38, April 27, 2011 (UTC)

Nope, we"re working on it is basically the standard answer.-Hockeyben

500
Only 12 pages away from 500! -Hockeyben 23:07, April 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yup :-) Should I upload the the Hou Han shu as well? --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:59, April 29, 2011 (UTC)

I have made some changes to Portal:Zhong. Do you have any ideas for what to put in the new bottom section? I may add the top columns to all the portals, If you like them. -Hockeyben 23:28, April 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Not really, once we have more articles about Zhong I'm sure we know how to fill up that space. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:59, April 29, 2011 (UTC)

Hou Han Shu
Go for it!-Hockeyben 14:46, April 29, 2011 (UTC)

Ma Zhong
I actually didn't copy from wikipedia. I used the page as a reference and re-wrote it. But if it is historically incorrect, then I'm glad you deleted it. -Hockeyben

Colors
What were the colors of Wu and Shu? What I'm saying is han color is red etc.etc.-Hockeyben 14:42, April 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * Shu was founded by Liu Bei, who actually wished to restore the Han dynasty and therefore used the same reigncolour and reignpower as Han did: red/fire.


 * Wu wished to succeed the Han and therefore ruled through the power that succeeded fire, which was earth (colour: yellow). For this same reason Zhong and the Yellow Turbans also ruled through the power of earth. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 14:49, April 30, 2011 (UTC)

I've changed the colors of the portals accordingly. ---Hockeyben 14:52, April 30, 2011 (UTC)

3 pages to 500! -Hockeyben 14:57, April 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * 2 :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:00, April 30, 2011 (UTC)

499! I gotta go offiline, I'll add some articles on Dynasty Warriors later. -Hockeyben 15:10, April 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * You missed the 500th one! --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 15:12, April 30, 2011 (UTC)

Edting is gonna be re-enabled on Shoutwiki today! Not sure about Autopedia, as it was not mentioned in the blog post. So I hope that means that I'll come back too.-Hockeyben 16:02, May 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Nice! So that means they've completed the 1.16 upgrade? I don't think Autopedia will be back online today though, but at least SW has more time to work on it now. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 17:42, May 1, 2011 (UTC)

Yep. 1.16 is here. And Vecotr skin is included. Sorry, I wont be able to help here over the next while, as I'll be recovering the lost data on My site and Autopedia, when it s back. I bet the staff will work on Autopedia next. (There's some incentive as its the 5th biggest wiki on the site). -Hockeyben 18:06, May 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * That's alright, good luck with recovering and thanks for the help so far ;-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 20:11, May 1, 2011 (UTC)

Wow
I cannot believe this. In 2 days, my wiki has gained 2 new dedicated contributors. Wow! ---Hockeyben 17:49, May 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Congrats :-) --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:16, May 5, 2011 (UTC)

Autopedia is still down, and knightrez is getting very Frustrated. But, misza apparently has his full attention in it. It better come back.-Hockeyben 00:37, May 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yea I've seen him talk about "raising hell" on the shoutwiki blog. I understand he's frustrated but he's not doing himself a favour talking like that. --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 08:16, May 5, 2011 (UTC)

I know. Some of his comments were delted. And this Misza person is not responding, so he's getting angrier. I'm giving them til monday, then they'll hear it from me too. I'm currently updating world championships on my wiki, so I wont have time to help here til next week. ---Hockeyben 17:11, May 5, 2011 (UTC)

Theme
What happened to the old theme? Dont' mean to insult you, but this one is ugly. -Hockeyben 19:25, May 7, 2011 (UTC)