Talk: Orthotope/Archive 4

A skeleton popped out!

Sorry about my edit on the splashes page, but to be fair, most of the hundreds of splashes on the page are not cited to Mojang employees. Judgebeanhead (talk) 21:22, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Vandalism on Spider Jockey

ORTHOTOPE! Can you protect the page "Spider Jockey"? 81.108.184.102 11:50, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Denied. There's no vandalism there since a long ago, so we don't need to protect that page. --Naista2002, now NickTheRed37 (talk) 12:53, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Discuss a page on the page's talk page, not on a user talk page.
~From Contrapple

21:43, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

How do you protect it?!65.23.255.61 21:47, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

1.8 Survival Mode Bug: Skeletons Turn Purple When Looking At The Player

Hi, Orthotope. When I played 1.8 Survival Mode, a skeleton looked at me and he was purple. Will it get fixed in 1.8.2?--MinecraftWikiLover (talk) 18:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Report bugs on the issue tracker, not here. -- Orthotope^talk 20:48, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

You deleted my thoughts on the Giant talk page

Why did you do such a thing? I don't understand. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by SuperStarWars237 (talk • contribs) at 23:40, 19 February 2015 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Generally, talk pages are for discussion about the article - page content, formatting, et cetera. Discussion about the subject of the article - in-game Giants themselves - belongs on the forums. -- Orthotope^talk 23:49, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Template:Table

I notice you deleted my page called "Template:Table", which was intended to be information about how to create a table. If there should be a page like this, what type of page should it be?71.35.109.25 00:06, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

A page like that one doesn't belong here. –LauraFi - talk 00:09, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

That wasn't a template so it shouldn't be in the template namespace to begin with, and documentation and help on how to use MediaWiki belongs (and already is) on the MediaWiki wiki. –Majr ᐸ Talk
Contribs 00:19, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Music discs

2 questions abou my suggestion for the trivia:

What I did was I figured out that it is 49 by first figureing out that there is a 100% chance you will get a song you don't have on the first attempt. On the second attempt, one is taken, so there is an 11 in 12 chance you will get a new one, so on average, this will take 12 elevenths of an attempt before you succeed. And so on. After 12 succeces, you have all the songs. When you add up the average numbers of attempts for a success for each song, you will get about 49 (check a calculator)
Why is it not a good trivia?71.35.109.25 04:06, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Want Blocked

Gimme a like, indefinite block. With a random reason. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by MinecraftWikiLover (talk • contribs) at 20:25, 13 March 2015 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Why? -- Orthotope^talk 21:00, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Why? Well, I just don't want to edit anything anymore. MinecraftWikiLover (talk) 09:43, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Just stop editing then; no one is forcing you to be here. -- Orthotope^talk 16:29, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

I don't want anyone getting into my account and editing things. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by MinecraftWikiLover (talk • contribs) at 19:20, 29 March 2015 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

What if you later decide that you do want to edit pages. Also, others aren't likely to edit pages in your account (assuming you are using a good password).71.35.109.25 02:51, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

MinecraftWikiLover, you don't have to edit articles. It's not like you HAVE to edit articles once a month. I stopped editing ALL SUMMER! TeamClawPath (talk) 20:49, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Recent edit

You recently edited the community portal talk page to explain how I can set up my account so that pages on my watch list will notify me when edited. I could not find the "Email me when a page or file on my watchlist is changed" in the suggested section. I do not understand.
~From Contrapple 00:16, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

See File:Email prefs.png -- Orthotope^talk 00:26, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Do I need to confirm my email address? If so please help me. I do not know the verification code.
~From Contrapple

00:57, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

As soon as you add the email address, the confirmation link should have been sent to your address, you can follow the steps there. –KnightMiner ^t/_c 02:46, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

So what special page should I visit?
~From Contrapple

03:59, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Never mind. My toolbar has something that will change with any page (or its talk page) on my watch list.
~From Contrapple

18:35, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Actually, I noticed that I am only receiving notifications whe someone edits my user talk page. I ask again: Do I need to confirm my email address? If so, How do I find out what my varafiction code is?
~From Contrapple

02:01, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

If your email address isn't listed as confirmed in the Notifications section of the preferences, go to Special:CurseEmailAuth, click on 'Resend Verification Email', and check your mail a few minutes later. -- Orthotope^talk 02:08, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

How would I check my mail?
~From Contrapple

13:30, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

The e-mail message should have the verification code and a link that sends it to the wiki and verifies the email. Click on the link. If it fails for some reason, you can copy-paste the verification code into the code entry at Special:CurseEmailAuth, and click “Verify” button. — NickTheRed37 ^t/_c (f.k.a. Naista2002) 14:41, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

No, I mean how do I check my mail, not what do I do once I see the mail.
~From Contrapple

21:02, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Log into your email account using your email provider? In my case, I log into my account via gmail.com –KnightMiner ^t/_c 21:04, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Can't log in

I am having trouble logging in, but the same password does work when I log I n through curse. My username is Contrapple (if that helps), and I do not appear to be blocked.71.35.109.25 01:00, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Try contacting Curse about this issue; admins here don't have any control over logins. -- Orthotope^talk 01:09, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

How do I do this?71.35.109.25 01:20, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

gphelp:How To Contact Gamepedia. –LauraFi - talk 01:28, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Altitude Graphs

Hello! I was wondering, would you be able to point me to any resources for reading the Anvil format? I noticed your Altitude graphs, and some prior discussion on your talk page, and it got me interested in doing some analysis of my own, but I am not sure where to look for documentation. All the best, – Sealbudsman (Aaron) ^t/_c 19:48, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Replies to old comments

Re this revert. In case you haven’t noticed, per the talk page guidelines, it is now just discouraged to reply to old comments, making it no longer revert-worthy. Thanks for attention, — NickTheRed37 (talk|contributions) 15:10, 11 May 2015 (UTC).

Test

I notice you deleted the page "Test" and protected it from creation. What was wrong with the page?71.212.10.80 14:31, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

It does not fit our notability guidelines, as it likely just contained a test edit. It also is a high target for test edits, which belong on the MCW:Sandbox instead. –KnightMiner ^t/_c 15:12, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Test pages tend to clutter the wiki without adding anything useful. You can either use the dedicated sandbox KnightMiner mentioned, or create an account and make a test page in your userspace. -- Orthotope^talk 15:47, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Didn't it redirect to MCW:Sandbox?67.160.25.176 22:31, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Even if it did, cross namespace redirects are generally avoided, as the main namespace is for pages about Minecraft, so you would not expect a page there to bring you to a page about the Minecraft Wiki. There are a few exceptions, but those are only kept because they were shortcuts before we had the MCW: shortcut. –KnightMiner ^t/_c 01:58, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

PE Windows Phone

The version for PE on Windows Phone is actually 0.11.1, not 0.11.2. 0.11.2 wasn't even mentioned by a Mojang employee to be in the works. I'll go away now. BDJP ^(t|c) 18:14, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

The Windows Phone store lists the current version as 0.11.2 . — Orthotope^talk 18:39, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

New host options on Console

Neither is different color wood fences, but that's there. Same with custom flat worlds. They never explicitly say what's apart of what update until they submit it for approval by Sony and Microsoft via the change logs. But we still add them because they mention them on Twitter. And always if they says it's planned for a future update, but not the next one, they explicitly do say that. Precedent is the greatest tool when editing a wiki like this. Precedent says it will be apart of the next update unless stated otherwise. CRRaysHead90 | ^#RaysUp 01:00, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

You undid my edits on Ghast page

I know that all mobs drop experience when killed by tamed wolves, and that was not why I edited that statement so that it didn't say tamed wolf. I did it because tamed wolves will NOT attack ghasts, no matter what. I see why you changed it, and understand completely. However, I did revert that edit you made and hope you will understand. What did that edit warning mean? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Powerguy360 (talk • contribs) at 17:28, 14 June 2015 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

The page is now protected because content disputes should be resolved through discussion on a talk page, not by edit-warring for days until someone gets tired of it and gives up. — Orthotope^talk 20:35, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I have been trying to get him to read his talk page, but he was only social through editing. Personally, I don't know why he's trying to cause trouble {he hasn't been giving any reasons lately} but thanks for stopping this problem. I will try to reason with him. ~~Powerguy360~~ –Preceding undated comment was added at 21:02, 14 June 2015 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Remove my name from User talk:Orthotope/Archive 2

Hello, could you remove my real name from that archive page? It's the name at the topic: Czech translation.

Thanks in advance. (Sorry wasn't logged in before)

TheWombatGuru (talk) 09:24, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Done; it’s still in the page history, but that’s less visible to most users and search engines. — Orthotope^talk 18:31, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes I know, but as you said, less visible :) Thanks 94.215.182.179 18:38, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, Orthotope.

In advance for TeamClawPath, sorry. I just didn't know I was going to get blocked. I'm only human, and I'm just excited to own a server. Please don't block me or TeamClawPath again. Let me know on my talk page at User talk:Ujurak444. -Ujurak444, replacement editor for TeamClawPath –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Ujurak444 (talk • contribs) at 16:56, 23 June 2015 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Posting about a server is one thing, but vandalizing user pages is completely unacceptable. As per the wiki rules, using multiple accounts – especially to evade a block – is also prohibited. — Orthotope^talk 20:20, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

OK, got it. Sorry. -TeamClawPath (talk) 16:39, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Giant Epic Walls

Hi there!

Noticed that you removed a photo I posted to the Wiki, named Giant Epic Walls. Just wanted to clear out that the photo was part of a failed attempt at adding the photo to the Amplified page, mainly because I have no idea how to add photos to articles using the source mode. Just wanted to clear this out since some wikis have a Zero-tolerance level for unnecessary photos (Im unsure if this applies for this Wiki, so I just want to be sure). I crossed the photo out and thought it was deleted, but I must clearly have been wrong about that...

--FantasiIFrittFall (talk) 18:36, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Sometimes people have tried to use the wiki as a hosting service – uploading files here just to link to them from other sites – so I tend to delete new files if it doesn't look like there's been an attempt to put it on an article within a few hours of uploading. It's nothing personal, and you're welcome to upload it again if you think you can add it to the article. (Whether or not other editors will think it's a useful image is another issue, which I don't have control over.)

Wiki syntax can be tricky to learn. Sometimes you can copy another part of the article and modify it to do what you want. There's a comprehensive guide to images on MediaWiki. We also have a sandbox page where you can make test edits without worrying about breaking any articles. -- Orthotope^talk 01:09, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Consistent reverting/adding unsourced info/moving pages without discussing from Tyevskyo

Hi, In the last few days I have noticed that Tyevskyo has been consistently moving pages without discussing, adding unsourced info, and reverting changes made by admins. It's really annoyed me to the point where i need to report him.

Below are some example pages of him adding unsourced info, moving pages without discussing, and/or reverting changes from admins (You'll need to review the edit history to see this):

For example today I had to undo his mess created by him moving the third page into "Pocket Edition Version History/Alpha/Development versions". Because of this I am requesting a block to his account for at least 2 weeks, add more if you find it necessary. That's all I ask for. --MarioProtIV (talk) 00:14, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

If a user's behavior needs discussing, it should generally be brought it to the admin noticeboard, rather than a single admin's talk page.

Though in this case, I would suggest you attempt to discuss this with Tyevskyo on his talk page first. Just blocking him for something like disruptive behavior without mentioning what behavior is disruptive is not constructive. –KnightMiner ^t/_c 01:00, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Ah ok, thanks, I will discuss this with him. --MarioProtIV (talk) 01:13, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

I did stop after you gave me a reason. I was not mercilessly editing pages, I was simply making the pages more accurate by adding "Alpha", and I was not continually undoing Admin work. Tyevskyo (talk) 16:12, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Infact, you did the exact same thing to me, so I wouldn't be talking. Also this means your a hypocrite and that whatever punishment I get you should get as well Tyevskyo (talk) 16:12, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

I will also mention how my information is not unsourced (due to the fact that it says alpha on Template:version history nav), also you're the only one bothered by this so therefore you are the nuisance. I rest my case. Tyevskyo (talk) 16:19, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

MCPE is not in beta yet so moving all those pages to have "Alpha" in it is just unnecessary at this time. When a PE dev announces that the next version will be in the Beta phase, then it can be moved. You, however didn't bring it up with the admins. --MarioProtIV (talk) 17:53, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Collapsed list

I know I may sound stupid for putting it here, but how would I get a collapsible list to work in an infobox (Story Mode)? Here's an example on the Tales from the Borderlands Wikipedia page (Its near the bottom of the infobox). -BDJP ^(t|c) 03:12, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Looks like Wikipedia uses a template and Lua module, which we could import if necessary. I'm not sure if a regular collapsible wikitable (i.e., {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" ...) would work in an infobox, but it doesn't hurt to try (using show preview or a sandbox page). -- Orthotope^talk 03:52, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Difficulty

What did you mean by unexplained changes? The Blobs 22:44, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

The effects of difficulty setting, regional difficulty, etc. as documented on the page are based on analysis of the Minecraft source code by several contributors, including Anomie x and myself. I believe it is accurate and complete, at least for 1.8; I haven't tried to make sense of the obfuscated 1.9 snapshots yet. You added a claim that difficulty affects the number of mobs that spawn, but without providing any source code analysis, a changelog or other relevant statement from Mojang, or any other sort of evidence to support that claim. I'm willing to add this to the page if you can provide proof, but we can't just take your word for it; this wiki has enough trouble with people adding misleading or false information already. -- Orthotope^talk 00:13, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Why did you remove my talk page?

Any spam that was on my talk page wasn't from me. Why did you remove it? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Nghhi crul (talk • contribs) at 20:12, 23 October 2015 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Another user – now banned – was using it for spam. I deleted it so the offending revisions won't show up in the page history. Anyone can recreate it as a proper talk page. -- Orthotope^talk 20:31, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Mentioned features/Sky Dimension

Recently you have reverted my edit adding the {{Removedstillingame}} template to the Sky Dimension page, saying "it's still been completely removed." I believe you are wrong, because on the page it even states "However, starting in Beta 1.9-pre3, it was given its own region: Region 2, with Region 1 being the Nether." which means that the code for th Sky Dimension is still in the game. The page also states "Using various mods it is possible to access this currently unfinished version of the Sky Dimension." which further proves that the code is in the game and that the template should be used. Wolffillms (talk) 19:01, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Sometime after Beta 1.9 – probably in 1.0, but I'm not sure of the exact version – the Sky Dimension code was removed completely. There is no longer any code for generating Sky Dimension terrain, and nothing uses Region 2. The statement about being accessible using mods is referring to Beta 1.6 and Beta 1.7, not current versions. -- Orthotope^talk 19:32, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

The information on that page dates back to 2011: the Region 2 bit was included in October that year and the bit about using various mods was included in May. Is there any indication that this is all still the case? I doubt it. If we're talking about what's enabled by mods, maybe you can identify which 1.7 or 1.8 (release versions) mods can still do this. If we're talking about what's left in the code, we have users here who could probably identify such anomalies, though I think it would be a fair bit of effort. Either way I don't see evidence for it. – Sealbudsman ^talk/_contr 19:40, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Request block user BDJP007301

BDJP007301 is spreading false information and has deleted the console planned versions page multiple times. XAJR187x (talk) 15:46, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Knock it off. He may have added false information, but in any case he did not know it was false, so he is not intentionally adding incorrect information. He also has never made edits trying to harm the wiki, so why do you as a new user here assume he is suddenly trying to harm the wiki? Assume good faith!

The correct course of action here is to attempt to discuss this with him (as maybe he has a good source it was released). Don't go around asking for a block because he does something you disagree with (and don't say you already tried discussing it with him, you left all of ten minutes for him to respond before asking for a block). –KnightMiner ^t/_c 16:14, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Question regarding Wolf's revert on Achievements

Would this edit be considered a revert of this edit from a month ago? -BDJP ^(t|c) 00:36, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

any response? -BDJP ^(t|c) 18:02, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

RE:Signature

Did I said I am start use it? --Siiftun1857 (talk) 03:35, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Oddity

I wasn't logged in (I'm still not), and oddly when I undid a bit of vandalism on the Mob Spawner page it credited you. I apologize if this was too tangental.

107.10.217.7 23:00, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

It happens when two people try to undo an edit at the same time. One person submits the change first, and their name appears in the logs. The article text the second person submits is identical to the latest version, so MediaWiki ignores it without giving any errors or warnings. -- Orthotope^talk 23:20, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

My Mod Thing

A created a mod thing where the community can write about mods and it can be found here. Do you have any tips on getting people to see it, maybe work on it yourself ^_^.--TheCentralSource (talk) 01:29, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Crafting Templates

So I wrote a nice little message with formalities and everything, but for some reason my message did not save when I saved the page. Anyway, I'm SamwiseFilmore, an Admin on the Wiki for the lotr mod (here), and we have an image problem. We use png's to show crafting, and with more than 8,000 uploads, it would be easier to use a system like you have here. A few questions. If you aren't the person to ask, please point me towards the correct talk page. First of all, is it legal for us to use what you have made here? If it is, then how hard would it be to migrate to wikia for use, and get entirely set up with as many (if not more) assets as regular Vanilla Minecraft has? ~Samwise 50.109.96.187 20:14, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Majr is a better person to ask, as he's more familiar with how the crafting templates work. I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that it probably wouldn't be okay to copy the system directly, since the CC-BY-NC-SA license here requires content to be redistributed under the same license, and Wikia uses the slightly different CC-BY-SA license. -- Orthotope^talk 23:05, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Alright, I pointed him to this thread. I'll post a message on the wall of one of our admins who knows how to do this better than I. ~Samwise 50.109.96.187 02:27, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Well... if you documented the mod on the ftb: wiki (which, despite the name, documents mods in general), you wouldn't have any issues with licensing, plus they already have some modified version of our crafting system. ;)

Otherwise, if whatever legal issues were resolved, you'd at least need Scribunto and DPL extensions installed first, then the basic crafting template should just require Template:Crafting and its module and dependencies, and the styling from MediaWiki:Common.css for .invslot, .mcui and .sprite (also .animated, and the element animator script from MediaWiki:Common.js, if you want animation). Then you'd set up a sprite containing all the images you want for crafting (see Template:InvSprite for examples, you essentially need Module:InvSprite, Module:InvSprite/IDs, File:InvSprite.png and the .inv-sprite styling in Common.css), then perhaps make some minor modifications, such as removing the ingredient categories from Module:Crafting (the automated crafting usage is a whole other kettle of fish you probably wouldn't want to deal with), then it will probably work. –Majr ᐸ Talk
Contribs 04:23, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for posting. This is probably an insanely stupid question for a number of reasons, the foremost being that it is probably going completely against how the scripts are structured. But anywho, would it be possible to use many smaller icons instead of a sprite image? Smaller icons is a lot more files, and might be dirtier in some ways, but cleaner in other ways, especially in the file change record department. Also easier to make... ~Samwise 50.109.96.187 01:24, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

It originally used individual icons (many of them still exist), so you can find an old version to do that, however the performance will be far worse, both server-side and client-side. –Majr ᐸ Talk
Contribs 07:12, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

In regards to my "interaction ban" against Wolffillms...

Wolffillms hasn't edited on this wiki for almost three months, so I clearly see no reason why the interaction ban is still in effect. -BDJP ^(t|c) 02:57, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Broken userpage

Just so you know, 3 of the images on your user page are missing :o -Xbony2 (talk) 22:26, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, never got around to generating them, and I haven't had the time or interest to deal with the block layer stuff lately. -- Orthotope^talk 00:19, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

CreeperFan2015

Why are they still not blocked? This is going on for months and still isn’t stopped! — NickTheRed37 (issues’ wall) 15:55, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Well because the fact I wanted them to be more interesting like i spawned a baby zombie and baby zombie pigman and i went back to 1.4.2 and it worked, they were still in the game but when I went back to 1.3.2 they turned into adults so i added that and put it in recently but then you deleted it which made me really angry, thats why now you get it? AzuRAR2 (talk) 20:43, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Also the fact im an ipad user actually also if i make a huge mistake i fix it but then yiu delete it thats another reason why AzuRAR2 (talk) 20:45, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Redirect delete

I realized I left a number of redirects (some that you have removed), so how do I remove redirects to save admins from having to find and remove them all? | AndrewAB (talk) 08:17, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Only admins can delete pages, but don't worry about it. Redirects aren't inherently bad, and are often quite useful. The main issue is that double redirects (ones that point to another redirect page) don't work, so when moving pages you should check for and fix them. I was just cleaning up double redirects and since those ones weren't linked to by anything, I decided to delete them instead of fixing them to point to the actual page. -- Orthotope^talk 18:57, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Category:User Images

How would I get an image to the User Images category? | AndrewAB ^(talk|contr) 10:19, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Like any other category, just add [[Category:User Images]] to the file description page. -- Orthotope^talk 15:53, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

I got mixed up because it says "Category:User images in the upload summary". | AndrewAB ^(talk|contr) 15:58, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

why did you delete my tp5.png thing

its an unused flower and something like that and it was "false" then what was tp5.png

Floor Walking (talk) 17:58, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

According to Special:Log/delete he did not delete your image, and according to File:Tp5.png, it's still there. – Sealbudsman ^talk/_contr 18:10, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

If you're referring to this, it's because there is no such image in the game files, and our rules prohibit any kind of joke content or misinformation from being added to articles. -- Orthotope^talk 20:03, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Why did you revert the cape page?"

What is it you don't like about it, what was the reason to change it back? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by KidFlxsh (talk • contribs) at 7:12, 29 September 2016 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

The originals cropped the player instead of excessive background border, had a bit of a side view of the cape instead of just the back, and had less distracting backgrounds instead of a checkerboard of random blocks that don't even appear vanilla. Plus, where relevant the original had the actual cape owners skin (for those special exclusive to a player ones). In any case, the only real improvements that would be relevant would be replacing the skins with a generic Steve or Alex or removing the background entirely, neither of which your pictures did (instead doing the opposite in a few cases). –KnightMiner ^t/_c 23:32, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

According to the video policy, all these videos should be taken down as well:

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Wolf#Video

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/The_Player#Video

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Chicken#Video

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Enderman#Video

...and just about every other video that is about a minecraft entity.

Edit: I get it, you can only have "Curse.com" video's on entities. That is a really dumb rule. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Wildboy211 (talk • contribs) at 5:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Curse owns all the Gamepedia wikis, so we don't have a choice about it. -- Orthotope^talk 05:37, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Innecesary block

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY (One eternety later) WHY WHY WHY DID U BLOCKED MY IP?!?!?! BLOCKING USERS IN NO REASON IS EXTREMELY ILLEGAL! WATCH BEFORE YOU DO IT AGAIN! I DARE U! I DARE U! I REALLY REALLY DARE U!!!!!!!!! –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.23.242.92 (talk) at 20:55, 16 November 2016 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

1: Why the caps? Is your caps lock key stuck?

2: I have no idea what is going on with the blocked ip because I was offline when it happened.

3: Please remember to sign your posts with 4 tildas in a row.

4:You seriously need to check your spelling.

5: Do you think yelling at them will help anything?

6: Your typing style seems very familiar... I think we met before on another website. Maybe distractionware/tolp?

Boorider7 (talk) 18:19, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

HE NEEDS TO BE LIKE A REAL ADMIN, NOT AN INNECESARY BLOCK ADMIN, HE BLOCKED ME 2 OR 3. SO, HERE COMES SOMETHING--65.23.255.61 15:40, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

And we met on Talk:Ender Dragon –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.23.255.61 (talk) at 20:59, 21 November 2016 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

If you want to complain about a user block, I need to know which account or IP address was blocked. -- Orthotope^talk 21:23, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Here goes nothing. 173.215.216.190 and 65.23.242.92--65.23.255.61 19:46, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

My old IP adresses, i missed them too--65.23.255.61 20:59, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

None of those addresses have been blocked. -- Orthotope^talk 22:38, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Honestly , you remind me of somebody I met on another site. I think you actually are that person. All caps , complaining about being banned , Undertale references... reminds me of somebody I met on tolp. I was the only one who didn't hate you. I wanna know if you have an account on tolp forums or it's just a coincidence. 264 rings a bell doesn't it? Boorider7 (talk) 13:55, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

What forum do i need to take the thing that i typed yesterday?

On Talk:Status effect, you deleted my thing and i saw the history and it said "take it to the forum –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.23.255.61 (talk) at 19:53, 22 November 2016 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

http://www.minecraftforum.net is the official minecraft forum. – Sealbudsman ^talk/_contr 20:19, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks!--65.23.255.61 20:48, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Wait! How do you make a page?--65.23.255.61 20:51, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Filename-prefix-blacklist

Needs an update. One could potentially upload a file starting with 2016 or 2017, which are generally not descriptive enough. The Blobs 00:17, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Done. –Majr ᐸ Talk
Contribs 01:10, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Sweeping edge redirect page

What I meant in my edit summary was that in pages, enchantment names are supposed to be manually capitalized, according to another revert that Sealbudsman did. The Blobs 20:09, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Our style guide does call for enchantments to be capitalized. However, we don't have control over links from other websites, such as the forums. -- Orthotope^talk 20:41, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

1.4.1 and 1.6.3

These pages were deleted by you many years ago because you said they don't exist. However, they can be downloaded from Mojang's AWS hosting just like any other version:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.4.1/1.4.1.jar

https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.6.3/1.6.3.jar

Do you think these pages should be un-deleted?

HalfOfAKebab (talk) 18:07, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Those are actually 1.4.1-pre and 1.6.3-pre; for some reason Mojang incremented the version numbers to 1.4.2 and 1.6.4 for the official release. -- Orthotope^talk 21:36, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Hmm... I've just loaded up 1.6.3, and the version number in-game is 1.6.3 (not 1.6.3-pre). Where was "1.6.3-pre" first mentioned? (HalfOfAKebab (talk) 23:22, 15 April 2017 (UTC))

Version number internally was still 1.6.3, as with all pre-releases, the point of a pre-release is its a close to a release as possible without being a release. –KnightMiner ^t/_c 03:30, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

How come the filename is 1.6.3, and not 1.6.3-pre, like the other filenames are (unless I'm mistaken)? HalfOfAKebab (talk) 15:19, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

to all admins

To GamePedia. Why is the AdBlock Plugin not working on your site? Tried blocking stuff and there seems to be a script that is causing adblock to hang. Please Fix it. I dont want consumers getting ripped off by the third party advertisers. I have no problem with paying $14.95 per year. I wish every regular user would pay that. Everyone buys a coffee every 3 months. No-one would notice the payment every month or year. Children regularly access this site. They don't need to be seeing ads. They have no money for a start and parents never listen to nagging children when they want something 139.218.98.251 16:54, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

The site is not responsible for third-party addons not working, or breaking the site. It is up to the addon maintainers to make sure they work correctly. The official way to remove ads, among other benefits, is to buy Gamepedia Pro, or contribute to the wiki enough to get it for free. –Majr ᐸ Talk
Contribs 06:18, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

You protected the talk page guidelines for too long

Could you remove the protection from MCW:Talk page guidelines? A one-week protection is long enough; no need to unnecessarily make it any longer. VeenM64 (talk • contribs • logs • block log) 🐷🥕☮️ 17:20, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Considering that page (like all the policy/guideline pages) should not generally be edited without discussion first anyways, and also that you're one of the participants in the edit war that garnered the protection in the first place (and as far as I can see, at no point have you raised the topic of your edit for discussion anywhere - though correct me if I'm wrong), I'm not seeing why it's so important for the protection duration to be reduced. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 17:45, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

The protection length is absurdly long in proportion to the frequency of the edits constituting the edit war (only a few hours apart from each other). I even explicitly stated in one of my edits that I wished not to edit war, and yet the page still got protected. VeenM64 (talk • contribs • logs • block log) 🐷🥕☮️ 21:24, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

If you "wished not to edit war", the correct course of action would have been to start a discussion, and not make further edits to the page. The fact that, outside of this, the page is very infrequently edited means that having a long protection duration is unlikely to disrupt any actual editing - insofar as it's an argument in either direction, it actually points to supporting longer protection durations, not shorter ones. In addition, the fact that you're still trying to get the protection dropped now, several days after it was applied, suggests you're willing to just wait out the protection and resume things as you were beforehand. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 23:48, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

"An argument in either direction"? What's that? VeenM64 (talk • contribs • logs • block log) 🐷🥕☮️ 00:32, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

In the specific way I used it, I meant using the frequency of edits to argue either for or against a longer protection duration. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 01:12, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

I don't have much to add beyond what Dinoguy has already said. If anything, I may not have set the protection long enough: perhaps policy pages should have permanent full protection, only editable by admins after there is discussion and consensus on the talk page.

Also, your attitude suggests you want the protection removed so you can make the same changes again. That would count as continued edit-warring, and like any other form of disruptive editing, would result in admin intervention. -- Orthotope^talk 19:17, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

You shouldn't even have applied the protection in the first place. Have you heard of Wikipedia's three-revert rule? I only made two reverts, not three. Add to that the fact that I clearly stated (in one of my edit summaries) that I did not wish to edit war (which should have indicated to you that I would not have made any further reverts), and it becomes clear that this is an abuse of admin privileges. VeenM64 (talk • contribs • logs • block log) 🐷🥕☮️ 19:36, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

At least your edit summary didn’t hide the fact that you still edited the page without discussion. -BDJP ^(t|c) 19:52, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

You saying "I wish not to edit war" and then edit warring does not actually excuse you from edit warring. That's like if someone vandalizes while at the same time saying they "don't wish to vandalize" and then complain that they get blocked for vandalizing. Or blatantly saying "don't look at me making this rule-breaking edit". I assume you yourself did not read the page you linked. Even in the summary of the page, it states: "The three-revert rule is a convenient limit for occasions when an edit war is happening fairly quickly, but it is not a definition of "edit warring", and it is perfectly possible to edit war without breaking the three-revert rule, or even coming close to doing so.".

I see no reason for you to be complaining about the page protection unless you want to edit the page yourself against consensus, which will very simply result in the page being protected again (for the record, I fully agree that the page should not be editable by non-admins in the first place), and you'd possibly get yourself blocked for those actions. Skylinerw (talk) 19:55, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Regardless of what you said in your edit summaries, you were edit-warring. Ortho protected the page at his discretion, and I agree with the protection; your behavior since then makes your motives here highly suspect, as Ortho stated. You are not going to wikilawyer your way around this - not using our policies and guidelines, and definitely not using Wikipedia's; the protection will stand, and the way things are going, there's a decent chance it may be extended indefinitely. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 20:07, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Believe me: I don't want the protection to be removed simply so I can resume the edit-warring; I would like it to be removed because I feel it stems from a violation of one of the most fundamental principles of Wikipedia. I fully admit and understand that I violated rules as well, but deep down within my heart I wish nothing more than to positively contribute and to help this wiki out.

Here's why I made such an ironic statement: BDJP initially reverted my edit because it was an "unexplained removal". I already knew that edit-warring was wrong, but I thought that if I gave an explanation for the removal, the edit war would end. That's why I did that second revert with the explanation. I hope now that you see the validity of the "I wish not to edit war" statement, and I also hope that one of you removes the protection.

BTW, is it still possible to achieve consensus without any discussion by making a very convincing edit summary? VeenM64 (talk • contribs • logs • block log) 🐷🥕☮️ 21:41, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Since you insist on continuing to appeal to Wikipedia practices to make your case, I'm going to point you to BOLD, revert, discuss. Your initial edit was the "BOLD", and BDJP's revert was... well, self-explanatory. You then failed to proceed on to the "discuss" part.

The protection will stand. This is not negotiable. If someone requires an edit be made to the page before the protection expires, they can go through the usual channels (the talk page, the community portal, or the admin noticeboard) to make a request.

It certainly is possible to achieve consensus with an edit summary; that is effectively what happens every time someone makes an edit with an edit summary which goes unchallenged. However, your edit was challenged (and your subsequent behavior has been quite contentious), so you've lost the opportunity to do so in this case. Only a proper discussion will allow a consensus for your edit to be established now. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 00:48, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

@Orthotope: That protection was still unnecessary, in my opinion. I can literally guarantee you that I would never have made any further reverts to that page. VeenM64 (talk • contribs • logs • block log) 🐷🥕☮️ 19:25, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

That may be. Fortunately, we didn't have to take you at your word. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 20:09, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Translator Cape

I have already read the Reddit post. Can you explain were it shows concrete evidence of the cape’s name being ”cheapsh0t”? I can’t find it. If you can’t either please explain why the name should remain. Kian sama (talk) 22:20, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

I don't know if all of the capes have official names. However, as far as I can tell, cheapsh0t is the only person who has that particular cape, which is slightly different from the regular translator cape; therefore, it is logical to name it after him. I would agree with renaming it if there is evidence that other Japanese translators also have the same cape. -- Orthotope^talk 08:10, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Diamond mining statistics

I am new to wiki so I am unsure where to put my topic. However, this is rather urgent to me so hopefully you would understand. Hello, I am currently researching on the best method to mine diamonds mathematically for a mathematical paper (School work). However, I would need the exact data out of your graph to help me support my argument and for me to find out everything else as well. If you are willing to help, you may contact me through this email: heigold128@gmail.com If everything goes smoothly, I can show you my paper in the future and put it on wiki to help players as well.

Sincerely, nickKozr (talk) 19:55, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Microsoft Studios flair

It was mentioned to me by someone at Microsoft Studios that one of the Mojangsters is offended by the wiki assigning a dirt block as the flair for the non-Stockholm people. Apparently, it's a cultural sensitivity issue. It's not that it's a dirt block (which an American might see as degrading), it's that "they don’t like it when the community discriminates based on where a person is physically based because Swedish culture is all about equality". Do you know when and how the decision was made, and do you think we can discuss it? – Auldrick (talk · contribs) 02:29, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Looks like it was added by Dinoguy here, so you should ask him about the reasoning behind it. I don't recall there being much discussion about it, but it may be hiding on a talk page I haven't checked. -- Orthotope^talk 11:10, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I believe my reasoning was based in a comment of Majr's where he said he wasn't sure about adding the Mojang icon to Microsoft Studios and similar people, though where that comment was made I can't answer now. I don't feel very strongly about this either way, so I'd have no problem with everyone just using the same icon. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 11:20, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Mob/video note edit request

Could you please take a look at Minecraft Wiki:Admin noticeboard#Mob/video note and Minecraft Wiki:Admin noticeboard#Add note to the Mob/video page? Thanks.-- Madminecrafter12^{Talk to me} 17:21, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Image Replacement

Can you tell me why my images were replaced on the Evokers page? They were fine besides the fact that one was blurry. I'm not mad about it, and I don't want to start an edit war. But please tell me why. (I hope this is a serious question, because I looked at some of your older posts, and it looks like you deal with a lot of different kinds of crap.) Twh minecrafter (talk) 23:24, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Twh minecrafter, I've explained this at User talk:Roshan#Edit Question. Hope that helps.-- Madminecrafter12^{Talk to me} 23:38, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

how do i change font families

hello orthotope, i want to change font on the echo flyouts or on the preferences page, my tools, or so, how do i from the default font, how do i change font using css? -- Philip57sundfors TALK CONTRIBUTIONS 09:17, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

body { font-family: "your font here", sans-serif; } – Paste this to your hydra.css. --Giorgosarv18 (^talk/_contribs) 11:32, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

@User:Giorgosarv18: I already have that pasted into my hydra.css, for amoment ago, but I want to change font on the notification flyout, my personal tools, the preferences special page an so, from the default font, how do i? -- Philip57sundfors TALK CONTRIBUTIONS 07:26, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

need help with template

i want use template, is right code?

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