User talk:WindPower

Capitalization Policy

Did the capitalization policy change? So now all weapons, items, etc. should capitalize every word (except 'a', 'the', etc), correct? I was a little confused by the changes to the style guide, and wanted to clarify. SylarMorgan 16:38, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Pretty much. D: — WindPower 16:39, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Okay, so the Force-A-Nature should be 'Force-a-Nature'? As a curiosity, why did this change? SylarMorgan 16:40, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

No, I think Force-A-Nature should be just that, like Crit-A-Cola. As for the reason, I have no idea, it wasn't my decision. — WindPower 16:42, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

According to the game files, it's Force-A-Nature, but Crit-a-Cola, and tf_english.txt is the truth Nineaxis 04:13, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

But do we actually follow that? o_O I mean, that's an inconsistency in the game's files, not an inconsistency of this wiki — WindPower 04:16, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

I would disagree, because the picture for Crit-a-Cola spells it exactly that way, with a lower-case 'a'. I think you should revert the move to Crit-A-Cola. SylarMorgan 04:31, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Alright then, reverted. In other news, I believe all the classes, weapons, hats and misc. items have been converted to the new casing. — WindPower 04:41, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Envy

Yes... Thatʻs right, I envy your sexy buttons atop your user-page. Damn you. *shakes fist* >_> Benjamuffin 02:56, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

I stole them from G-Mang, you can just do the same if you want to :3 — WindPower 03:00, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Userboxes

You copied my idea, have fewer userboxes and EVEN are using one of mine! Game, set and match, my friend. YOU FAIL --Firestorm 07:14, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Oh, some of mine are animated too, for that mind-thrashing insanity we all know and love --Firestorm 07:16, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I am not ashamed of conceding defeat :3 You should also check out my deviantArt gallery, I've made quite a few of these dizzying animated fractals :o — WindPower 07:23, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

You could use my Userbox celebrating the fact! :P --Firestorm 07:26, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

While I have no problem with defeat, I do mind being humiliated. >.> — WindPower 07:28, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I never intended to humiliate you, I meant celebrating all the fractals you use! --Firestorm

Thanks

Thank you --Markd 14:12, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Redirection

You need upload a new tf_english. The new engi weapons don't work. -- Smashman... _{(t • s)} 11:02, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

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Now that's downright embarrassing. Click to listen — The Sniper

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Fixed. — WindPower 17:03, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

About the blog

Ok! i might just remove it anyway, also, nice page! put dispenser here! [User:Dar random guy|Dat random guy]] 10:03, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Deletion

Hey, how does deletion work on this wiki? I'm arguing for the deletion of Engineer Update over here, though nobody seems to care enough to have a decent debate. If theres some kind of AFD as on wikipedia, i think that would organize arguments in a sensible way and reach a decision. If there isn't, then what? We have to convince a mod to delete it? What is the policy? Thanks. Strange Quirk 22:17, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

You have to convince me to delete it. You haven't. It stays. -- Smashman... _{(t • s)} 22:36, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Mods or higher can delete articles, so in the end, yes, one mod will have to be convinced in order for him to delete the article. But seriously, what's wrong with the article? It is not detailing the July 8th patch, it is detailing the Engineer Update event; all the stuff that was presented, how, when, in what order, what was teased before, etc. Thus, this article and the patch notes are about different things. Of course they're about related things, which is why there is some duplicated content between the two, and which why each should have a link to the other, but they are still different, time-wise, subject-wise, and a bit content-wise. The engineer update is a community event, the July 8th patch is a game update. I'd also say that, as I said, it currently looks better than a bullet point list. Of course the layout could be improved, but anyone is free to do that :3 — WindPower 22:44, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Preach on! Preach on! The words of truth echo and destroy the enemies of the Engineer Update article. -- Smashman... _{(t • s)} 22:48, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

I outlined multiple problems. First, the article doesn't make clear that information is presented in the order it was announced, and few things mention on which day/at what time it was announced. Personally, I don't think that its important, but thats a problem with the article as it stands. Second, up until the end of the "Unannounced Information", all we have is exactly the same as the bullets on the patch page, only with short descriptions. I think this is unnecessary as well; that's what links are for. I think it just makes the article bloated. Third, the "Unannounced Information" has been announced in the patch info; I don't think it requires a separate section. Fourth, together with the last section of images ("Update progress"), all of this is easily available online, directly from four consecutive posts on the tf2 blog and four large webpages of images. TF2Wiki should be collecting information for easy access (which is what its doing for the most part), not copying this much information directly. Especially the "update progress" section; that's just copying four images. What's the use? Its just taking up space, as I see it. Fifth, many pre-announcement references I think are not all that relevant. The instant teleport and repair node are things that, just like any scrapped item, didn't make it into the game, but not directly tied to the Engineer update. They should be documented at the Engineer page and at their own pages, and just maybe in a trivia section on the update page. The fact that it was planned for the Engineer update isn't that relevant. The Mac update video perhaps deserves a one-line mention on the Frontier Justice page "trivia" section. Likewise, the Upwards screenshot deserves a mention on the Upwards trivia section.

My suggestion would be to get rid of everything up to and including unannounced content, shorten and clean up the trivia and references section, get rid of the progress section, and then stick everything we have left at the end of the patch page in a trivia section, if you really want.

Ok, one thing at a time. First, can we agree to everything except for the "move to patch page" statement? Do you agree that the top 3 sections should be compressed to a bulleted list? Do you agree that the progress section should be deleted? Strange Quirk 23:26, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

It's staying as it is. -- Smashman... _{(t • s)} 23:31, 10 July 2010 (UTC)