User:Troisnyxetienne/Mensa

Welcome to the home of intellectual discussion - TNE's Mensa ! Meet me here if you want to get together and share lots of great ideas. Alternatively, if there happen to be discussions about creative stuff, policy issues and Wikimarkup ideas on my talk page, I will not move them to the archives but to this page. Coincidentally, "Mensa" is an anagramme of "Ansem", but that's not the real sense of it - it's an "institution for wise men", so to speak. As there was a bandwidth issue with my Archives, let me make it clear that in the Mensa, no talk templates are allowed apart from this header here, and the navigation template at the bottom - this will allow room for more text, and perhaps some sandbox-equivalent edits. Also note that all sections are open unless stated otherwise. This will allow all users visiting the Mensa to help chip in thoughts for incomplete or pending templates/pages/policies/ideas. Return to the user page or see past discussions. Helping others always comes before asking others for help. • TroisNyxÉtienne

September 2009

Crazy idea given by HeartofOblivion (2009.09.16)

Okay, sort of a quiz on which WikiFauna one would be...

1. Are you okay with anonymous IPs making constructive edits onto pages ?

• Yes
• I'm annoyed

2. Do you welcome new users ?

• Yes
• Only if I have the time
• No

3. If anyone asks you for help, you...

• Gladly help them
• Say that you'd like to, but you don't have the time
• Snap at them

4. What is your most edited domain ?

• Main
• User
• Template
• Category
• MediaWiki
• Kingdom Hearts Wiki

5. You have a penchant for...

• thinking fast.
• proper grammar.
• proper colour combinations.
• translating Japanese into English.
• searching for pictures.
• making Category Trees.
• socialising !!
• two or more of the above.
• all of the above.

6. Do you love making your own userboxes ?

• Yes
• I'd love to, but I don't know how to make one
• No

7. While editing...

• you ask for others' opinions before putting the information in question into the article
• you don't ask for opinions, but cite a source
• you just put it right into the article !

8. How are you towards other users ?

• Mild-mannered
• Can be a bit snappy if I don't have enough food/you get the point.
• Downright rude
• I don't *bleep* care if people don't speak 1337, I'm gonna use it !

9. You are...

• an introvert
• an extrovert

10. Which of these animals/creatures appeals to you ?

• Fish
• Otter
• Sloth
• Octopus
• Jaguar
• Cat
• Dragon
• Mercenary
• Knight
• Gremlin
• Imp
• Giant
• Troll
• Goon
• Princess
• Ogre
• Gnome
• Fairy
• Zombie

11. Your goal on the wiki is...

• to make constructive edits based on the sources I have
• to obtain adminship
• to help others in the editing process
• to spoil the work that has already been started
• to make theories and counter them
• to socialise !

You know, I seriously think we need 19 responses per question, to comply with the 19 types of WikiFauna available, so we can easily choose which one the user corresponds to.

Different Fauna

I found out that there are 25 types of Fauna on the regular Wiki.

• WikiElf
• WikiFairy
• WikiGnome
• WikiOgre
• WikiTroll
• WikiCat
• WikiDragon
• WikiFallen
• WikiGiant
• WikiGoon
• WikiGremlin
• WikiGryphon
• WikiImp
• WikiJaguar
• WikiKnight
• WikiKraken
• WikiMercenary
• WikiMinnow
• WikiOtter
• WikiPrincess
• WikiSloth
• WikiTrout
• WikiVampire
• WikiWizard
• WikiZombie

- HeartOfOblivion 03:54, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

Whoa ! So wait a minute : can you pass me the link to each ? So that I can see what types of personalities they have ? TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 04:00, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

Here is one page and then all the others are in a navigation box at the bottom. [1] - HeartOfOblivion 04:10, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

OMG. Now here's to thinking what characters should be placed into the userboxes. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 04:14, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

Hello there, mind if I barge in :P I happen to have a Quizilla account, and I'd love to try to make this WikiFauna test for you :D I think that we should set it up as 24 questions, with (at least) 10 answer possibilities, defining the answer. Each question would be about a single WikiThingy's specialty, like How do you treat newbies? (the best answer would be for WikiOtters, while the worst would probably be for the WikiVampires). Get it? could we do this? - Iceboy^Svalur! 14:34, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

Sweet ! But for 25 WikiFauna possibilities, what should we do ? TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 14:36, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

Possible Image Choices

• WikiGryphon: Wyvern?
• WikiFallen: Wight Knight
• WikiMinnow: Flounder and make WikiTrout an Aquatank?
• WikiVampire: Sora's Vampire form
• WikiWizard: Yen Sid or Merlin
• WikiElf: Santa Elves from Christmas Town
• WikiFairy: Tinkerbell We already had it just wasn't on the Userbox page.

Another problem : categorisation. See Category talk:Users by WikiFauna. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 04:26, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

Well, we'll have to wait for an admin to help because we can't move categories and it would take awhile to go through all of them and then have to delete them. - HeartOfOblivion 04:29, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

They have the Move button. We normal users used to have it but when Wikia changed its policies here and there, they decreed that we can't have the move button. See how much trouble it creates for us. I used to be able to move articles at my own will. Now I can't. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 04:32, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

EDIT : We do have the Move button, but not for Categories. Damn. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 04:34, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

Or files. I'd love to stay up and help but I have classes tomorrow. So night! - HeartOfOblivion 04:35, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

G'night then. See ya soon. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 04:43, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

October 2009

Community Portal Forum box (2009.10.16)

To work on after my editing on KHFR is done for the day.

DTN suggests double-column, instead of a straight-down bulleted list. So is the box going to be wide ? And how wide is it going to be ? TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 05:38, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

As for the actual pixel-amount, I'm not sure. I would assume that it will be fairly wide; it'll have a title, perhaps a little sub-heading/message, and then the two columns. Come up with a draft version, and we can work from there. I think that we should double-column rather than single, as it will look cleaner and nice that the simplicity of a bulleted list. --DoorToNothing^Kupo! 05:45, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

Okay, so let's say it takes the width of the page, but it's not going to be so big. It's gonna be like, maybe, the size of a maintenance template. What do you say ? TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 05:47, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

I would say just somewhat smaller than a maintenance template. I'll look later; It is nearly midnight, and I have classes tomorrow! --DoorToNothing^Kupo! 05:49, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

Okay, gotcha. Will start once my infobox work on KHFR is done for the day. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 06:06, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

Mind if I barge in? :P I just made a preview in my Workshop, go take a look! - Iceboy^Svalur! 11:20, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

Okay, will do. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 11:37, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

Now, I believe it is done, how is it? - Iceboy^Svalur! 17:46, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

I think it should do. ^_^ TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 00:06, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

It looks great. I've already put something in the Forums discussion about it, so let's get some more feedback. Unless if you think that BebopKate's feedback is enough. --DoorToNothing^Kupo! 00:12, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

More userboxes (2009.10.18)

File:User Shadowheartless.jpg

This user thinks the Shadow Heartless is a cute lil' fella!

Aww, it's adorable :D I can't wait to get it squeezed up in my userbox column :P :D - Iceboy^Svalur! 11:40, October 18, 2009 (UTC)

LOL I'm waiting for tha moment ! ^_^ TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 11:42, October 18, 2009 (UTC)

i-Series (Round 4)

Kindly refer to Userboxes/iSeries for the complete collection.

File:IXigbar.jpg iLove iXigbar.

File:IXemnas1.jpg iLove iSuperiorOfInBetween.

File:ISaix.png iLove iSaïx.

Projet Humour !

Kindly refer to the Humor section for the complete collection.

File:UserSoraDeadpool.jpg This user wonders what the next KH installation will bring...	File:UserNoNobody.jpg This user's gonna be a lot more careful when saying "Nobody cares" from now on.	File:UserTalkTrash.jpg This user thinks Ansem is the best villain ever. Not.
File:UserTelenovela.jpg This user wants some peace and quiet for his telenovela... OR ELSE!	File:User Fart.jpg Every time Axel passes wind, someone is engulfed in flames.	File:Userpleasestandby.jpg PLEASE STAND BY...
File:Usermarly.jpg This user believes that Marluxia's mind is an extremely dangerous place.	File:User Fart.jpg Every time Axel passes wind, someone is engulfed in flames.	File:Userpleasestandby.jpg PLEASE STAND BY...

Work in progress

Now this thing lacks :

• Organisation XIII (anyone apart from Axel, Demyx, Luxord, Larxene and Roxas).
• All Final Fantasy cameos except Rikku, Cloud and Sephiroth.
• Heartless
  • Neoshadow
  • Magic Heartless (the key here is to blacken the Heartless, then set it on a coloured BG, say red for Red Nocturne, pink for Pink Concerto etc.)
  • Darkside
  • Darkball
  • Crescendo
  • Soldier
• Nobodies
  • Dusk
  • Dragoon

Anymore suggestions ? You're also free to add on to the character list, provided that they are within the sphere of the Kingdom Hearts universe.

I see my plan for {{User iCreeper Plant}} is now into effect with the Magic Heartless. I'll try to get working on another one. --DoorToNothing^Kupo! 02:30, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Good idea ^_^ Think the Creeper plants need attention too ?

EDIT 02:38, October 20, 2009 (UTC) : I did up a few more images, not sure if I should pass it to you or Xiggie for the iPod-adding.... TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 02:38, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

I'll try my hand @ it. Unfortunately, I accidently deleted the iPod image, so I'll have to go clean up another one. Luckily, I remember how! --DoorToNothing^Kupo! 02:39, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Okay, in the meantime, I'll try uploading some blackened images I made. I'd like you to take a look at them and do as you see fit. Once you're done, please replace the images with the new editions. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 02:49, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

The moogle image is awfully fuzzy. Is there any way that you might be able to clean this up before I add the "i" part of the image? --DoorToNothing^Kupo! 02:01, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

No idea. Perhaps I could try to smoothen it out on Paint first... TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 02:17, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I finally uploaded a new version, though I could only smoothen out the red. The black was getting even fuzzier... *headdesk* TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 02:21, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

I changed the Moogle pic a little and also added a picture for iLuxord! - HeartOfOblivion 05:46, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

OMG thank you so much ! It'd be great if you could get all XIII, at least we'd have more variety (imagine, then Axel would have a whopping four or five userboxes to himself). Now I'd better work on those things which can't be coloured. DTN, I'm counting on you for the iPods. ^_^ TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 11:39, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I have the first of my Organization silhouettes done, here's Xemnas or The Superior of The In-between or whatever: File:IXemnas1.jpg

^_^ He may be a little bit fuzzy between the black and gray, but it was the clearest picture I could get.

P.S. How do I make my signature colored and links to my pages? Dan da Man36 14:00, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

For your sig, you have to edit preferences (See the top right, more --> preferences, and for the signature, click on the box which says "Edit signature as wikitext" or something like that). How'd you like your sig to be ?

The silhouette is clear, though we could go with a lighter grey... what do you think ? Try uploading a new version of that file and see. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 14:02, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

Cool, I've done my sig, working on the lighter grey colour now. Dan36 14:33, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

Well, I've replaced the file with a lighter colour, but it seems to look the same to me... is it just me? I see you have another Xemnas one as well, you can use this to make another one if you want, but you don't have to. Dan36 15:10, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I'll see first. Xiggie's helping too. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 15:11, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

Do you mind if I start on the Xaldin silhouette? Dan36 15:28, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

If you can make one which isn't at all fuzzy, that'll be lovely. ^_^ TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 15:31, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

Well, I've finished Xaldin, but he's quite pixely...

And I have no ideas where that grey fuzzy bit around the white is coming from, it doesn't look like that in paint... Dan36 16:13, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

List of image files

• IRiku1.jpg
• IBlueRhapsody.PNG
• IMoogle.jpg
• ISaix.png
• IChilly by Sapphire Alex.png
• ISchemer.png
• INymph.png
• IHero.png

If there should be another round of mod/admin voting ? (2009.10.22)

Ideas for a new implementation system. There are quite a lot of users who think their Wikipeers should select them for modship/adminship, and I believe a lot of us are quite aware about this. However, this is my plan. It's foolproof, there's no need for fights, edit wars, or Wiki users crying over un-nominated people ! Here's the pitch :

• First, we take a look at the users' edit count by hitting Special:Editcount/(the user's name).
• The fields to be judged are
  • Mainspace. This should be the main concern.
  • Kingdom Hearts Wiki
  • Help (perhaps)
  • File
  • Category
  • MediaWiki (where applicable)
  • Templates - not a good category to pick, because many people make humongous edits to their talk templates. However, if a user's been known to make tables/tabs/userboxes/infoboxes/navigation templates or help out in coding, then we'd most certainly consider him/her.
• From these fields, the Staff panel will discuss on nominations, and a list of names will be selected, along with their reasons.
• From there, all users of the Wiki vote.
• The final results of the users' poll determines who gets selected. In a way, the Wikipeers are voting, but for the right reasons.

Feedback s’il vous plaît !

It sounds great, and much better than the previous peer-nominating. Before, Usrs who mainly just roamed the talk pages and blogs got nominated by their social peers, whereas that will no longer be a case in point. Also, nice note on the template; for several Users, this is why they have a surprisingly high edit count in template; however, there are Users like Xiggie and ILHI who work in that namespace regularly. Altogether, great system. However, the staff actually seems very solid right now; I wouldn't count on having another staff election anywhere in the near, or even somewhat far future. Can't wait for more feedback. --DoorToNothing^Kupo! 04:41, October 22, 2009 (UTC)