User talk:Sir Koji: White Knight

Society
We do not have a WikiNav at the moment, nor do we have a Society graphic, but I'll talk it over with some other members and get back to you on whether or not we'll be making something like either of them anytime soon. --Åusår (Talk) 23:17, February 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, I was just getting anxious to build that, Three Virtues, and some other pages that needed it.Sir Koji: White Knight 23:30, February 22, 2011 (UTC)

ContentBar Revamp
What do you think of this major change we're considering? -- Åusår   (Talk) 00:46, February 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, I was wondering about this yesterday. I like it, but what happens to the old pages? Does that mean we have to replace every page with that, if we switch to it?Sir Koji: White Knight 00:49, February 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * We'll institute the changes across the entire Wiki, thus for the most part the only articles that might require individual attention would be the more obscure transformations like Halen, "Charger", Ferohn, or Nidhiki, but we'll work on those when we get there and likely consolidate those types of coding into a simpler form. -- Åusår   (Talk) 01:01, February 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * So, do you mean that it'll automatically change most of the articles, then, except for the obscurer ones?Sir Koji: White Knight 01:11, February 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, we'll change the Templates themselves and that will automatically update all of their respective transcluded articles, so the basic things like Matoran, Matoran/Toa, Matoran/Toa/Turaga, etc. won't require any additional work, and I'll make some of the other types of Templates simpler and more versatile so that we don't have to have so many specialized ones in the end. -- Åusår   (Talk) 01:18, February 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me, as long as we don't have to do it all manually. I would dread that.Sir Koji: White Knight 01:44, February 25, 2011 (UTC)

Protodermis, Energized Protodermis, & Talk Page Issues
I cleaned up Your Profile, rebuilt the Protodermis article, and deleted the redirect from the Energized Protodermis article so that it can be built at a later date. As for the issues with the Talk Page Subjects, I'm having them too, meaning it's something that Wikia did so there's nothing we can do to fix it, thus the easiest way to get 'round it, after you click the "Leave Message" Button, then click the "Source" Button on the far right when you want to start a new topic, and simply type ==New Topic==, with the actual topic you want instead of the words "New Topic", and then type your message below. Also, when you create new articles, if you click the "Source" Button before you copy-paste the information, then there's less stray coding to clean up later. -- Åusår   (Talk) 18:10, February 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for the page fixing, and for the information on the talk pages.Sir Koji: White Knight 19:07, February 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, congratulations on earning the Prototype Robot Badge! -- Åusår   (Talk) 19:56, February 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * That was 100 days straight, right? Thanks.  It was hard sometimes, and I had some near misses, but I'm glad I got it.  I was actually surprised to see that, considering on my page it only showed the 200 day badge; I wasn't sure if there was a 100 or not.Sir Koji: White Knight 20:04, February 26, 2011 (UTC)

Location Template
As you can see from the Coliseum article, the new Template:Location I built is capable of handling both the primary locations, as well as the "other locations". So instead of the BS01 coding, you simply use the following format: Let me know if you have any other questions. -- Åusår   (Talk) 00:27, March 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok, that's interesting that it handles both. That clears things up for me, thanks.Sir Koji: White Knight 03:02, March 4, 2011 (UTC)

New Template Issues
I always edit in Source Mode, so I didn't notice this issue myself, but it seems that if you're in WYSIWYG Mode there is a problem that is likely related to the complexity of the new coding and/or the use of Java Script with the new style templates. But like I said, this can be easily avoided by always editing the ContentBar Templates in Source Mode, which is why the issue wasn't noticed until you described it.

Next, if you look here, you can see the reason why the ContentBar on the Submerged article appeared blank despite being filled out. This was because there were unnecessary '''  coding prior to every single field entry, in other words it saw your entries as  ag_color= , instead of just  ag_color= ''', etc.

Lastly, as for the issues with the various Toa Recla articles, that appears to have been due to the fact that you encoded their Toa Team sections, which are designed to hold simple text only, and I'll fix the other four of those for you today. Anyway, we're all learning as we go on these advanced Wiki codings, so don't worry 'bout anything. All in all you're doing great, so keep up the good work. -- Åusår   (Talk) 18:42, March 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok, I get what happened on Submerged. That seems to happen any time I switch to source view and do any editing. I actually put it in first, then hit submit or preview, and it was blank, even when there were no breaks in the coding. Now I know what to do.


 * As for Toa Recla, I'm not quite sure what you mean. So, it says, for instance, Toa Recla of Fire, is it supposed to say something else? Like just "Toa of Fire"? Or what do you mean?


 * I'll keep editing as best I can by switching back and forth with source mode for templates, then.Sir Koji: White Knight 18:47, March 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, so the problem on the Toa Recla articles is really quite simple, whenever you enter anything into a "Toa Team" field it cannot be encoded because it's designed to hold simple text only, so in this case  |toa_team = Toa Recla   should instead just be the following:  |toa_team = Toa Recla . -- Åusår    (Talk) 19:03, March 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, I get it, makes sense to me. Thanks.Sir Koji: White Knight 19:06, March 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry it took so long, I get bored doing the same thing over and over again, but I've now finished updating the various Toa Recla for you, and will build a new style Template that will automatically convert Ilos soon. --<font face="Monotype Corsiva"> <font color="#660000">Åusår   (Talk) 01:54, March 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * Please, don't owrry about it. I know how you feel; I got immensely bored on the Rahi pages and the like.  I didn't need to use the pages in a few chapters anyway, so it didn't matter how long it took.  Thanks again.Sir Koji: White Knight 03:03, March 7, 2011 (UTC)

Pending-Canon Content
It's perfectly fine, just be sure to add   to the top of the article, just like you would the    template, i.e. after    and   , but before    and   . --<font face="Monotype Corsiva"> <font color="#660000">Åusår   (Talk) 20:31, March 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks; will do.Sir Koji: White Knight 23:13, March 8, 2011 (UTC)

Editing the MetruNuiNav
The NavBar for Metru Nui is fairly complicated, involving a double switch between the Island, as well as each individual Metru. Because of these switches it's not like may of the other NavBars on our Wiki, and therefore requires extensive coding that the others, which do not include switches, such as the Template:RahiNav, do not. Anyway, you can find each individual Metru listed within the coding of the Template:MetruNuiNav, it simply does not show them in the preview because of the aforementioned switches. It might help if you take a look at an example of my recent addition of one of your locations here. It's passed time where I have to be off the computer for today, but feel free to leave me an message and let me know if you need further help, as I'd be happy to assist tomorrow when I can. --<font face="Monotype Corsiva"> <font color="#660000">Åusår   (Talk) 04:17, March 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * Maybe I'm tired from my Timeranger marathon, while I edited all of those pages, or I'm just not getting it; but it's fine, I got around them. I thought Ko-Metru needed a fix, but it doesn't require one (BS01 uses an article link for Knowledge Towers, and a small link for Thought Towers, while we use an article link for both.  I was going to fix that, but it's fine; I built both articles), and the Po-Metru nav already had the Valley of Despair, which I would have otherwise added.Sir Koji: White Knight 04:54, March 11, 2011 (UTC)

Cyril Nui
I added the location to the Mideastern Islands article and created its' disambiguation article, but I'll need to see if I can contact Kohila and convince him to take a moment and add it to the Matoran Universe map, since I don't have the program he used. About how big do you want his dome, and specifically where in relation to the others in that area? Also, do you want to name its' Makuta at this time or leave that position open for later? --<font face="Monotype Corsiva"> <font color="#660000">Åusår   (Talk) 01:52, March 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * It doesn't need to be large; Xia size would suffice. You can leave the Makuta position open for now. As for relation to the other islands, about midway between Anarchos and Amohi.Sir Koji: White Knight 02:20, March 13, 2011 (UTC)

Strider
That's my fault, I revamped the Template:Vehicle while you were building the article and thus I fixed it for you. --<font face="Monotype Corsiva"> <font color="#660000">Åusår   (Talk) 00:27, March 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you for the help.--Sir Koji: White Knight 02:36, March 17, 2011 (UTC)

New Article Creation
Until further notice I am suspending new article creation on the CIRCLEpedia sans those directly related to a specific member's story. The required corrective workload has gotten completely out of control and thus I've created a vast list of things, including specific coding errors, that need to be addressed before article creation can resume. Thanks for understanding. --<font face="Monotype Corsiva"> <font color="#660000">Åusår   (Talk) 19:31, March 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'll get to work in assisting you, then, when I resume editing later.--Sir Koji: White Knight 19:33, March 19, 2011 (UTC)

Small Text Issues
I have indeed noticed problems with the display of the   HTML tags, however it seems to be an issue across the entire Wikia network, not just here on the CIRCLEpedia. I'm not sure if other HTML tags are also affected, however, if this persists I already have considered a viable solution to replace the malfunctioned coding, that being  (Insert Text Here) . Anyway, hopefully my request for assistance from the help wiki will resolve the issue without our having to recode hundreds of articles. --<font face="Monotype Corsiva"> <font color="#660000">Åusår   (Talk) 02:21, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Assuming that the coding doesn't get fixed, for the sake of argument, is there even a feasible way of redoing all of the coding?--Sir Koji: White Knight 02:27, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sadly we'll just have to manually replace the nonfunctional code, with the above quoted alternative, wherever and whenever we come across it, that is to say, basically it'll take thousands of edits to redo. --<font face="Monotype Corsiva"> <font color="#660000">Åusår   (Talk) 02:43, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd think it would be almost every page, other than personal pages, like the talk pages and user pages. I can only think of a handful of instances where there should be no small text; primarily books and comics. Unless there's a way to start through the pages in alphabetical order, or something, there's pretty much no way we could finish every page, I imagine. I think we have to hope that the coding works again before it comes to that.--Sir Koji: White Knight 03:11, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * There is a way to list all the articles alphabetically and thus systematically go through them, but for now we best just pray that the site fixes the issue without our having to do anything. --<font face="Monotype Corsiva"> <font color="#660000">Åusår   (Talk) 22:10, April 15, 2011 (UTC)