View source for User talk:James T. Kolk

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|FirstName=Jackford
|LastName=Kolk
|Image=Jackford Kolk-Seattle.jpg
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== Gallery feature ==

Take a look at [[118Wiki:Sand_Box#Gallery|this]]. Feel free to use it on the Ronin crew page if you want. It's an easier way to maintain a gallery. More info at [[wp:Wikipedia:Gallery tag|Wikipedia:Gallery tag]], and [[wp:Wikipedia:Extended image syntax|Wikipedia:Extended image syntax]]. --[[User:FltAdml. Wolf|Wolf]] /<sup>[[User talk:FltAdml. Wolf|talk page]]</sup> 01:17, 2 June 2007 (CDT)

== Image Resizing ==
Always considerate! But if you need a somewhat larger image, you do have room to play with. ;) [[User:DCody|DCody]] 03:51, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

== Minor edits ==

Hey mate, hope your days going okay! I'm just wondering why (and a bit concerned that) you've marked just about every edit you've made over the last week or so as "minor"? '''[[User:Sky Blake|♣ Deliera]]''' ▪ <small> [[User talk:Sky Blake|talk]]</small> 21:59, 24 July 2014 (CDT)


:Minor edits should be;
* Correcting a spelling/grammar mistake
* Resizing an image
* Correcting a name/file destination/category
:If it's not one of the above, it's not normally a minor edit. :) '''[[User:Sky Blake|♣ Deliera]]''' ▪ <small> [[User talk:Sky Blake|talk]]</small> 23:00, 25 July 2014 (CDT)

Be sure also to check your user preferences, specifically under editing preferences.  You may have it set to mark all your edits as minor by default. This unfortunately though makes it difficult for admins and the [[wiki ops team]] to monitor changes on the wiki accurately. &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  04:19, 26 July 2014 (CDT)

== Wiki Ops ==

Great! PM me your email through the forums or if you still have my email. &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  18:50, 27 July 2014 (CDT)

== double major ==

Nothing special for now. For Karynn, I just put in a line break
<pre>|Major= Science - Chemistry<br>Counseling</pre>

N/A for minor if none. &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  18:41, 29 July 2014 (CDT)

== existing course numbers ==

Hi Jack! I love the courses and departments you're adding! However, please be aware if you change the course numbers of existing courses, you are causing other simmers' transcripts to now have their course numbers no longer match up with the course catalog. &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  16:35, 31 July 2014 (CDT)
::Also, '''HIST120: Vulcan History''' appears to cover the same ground as the three '''{{s|Starfleet Academy Division of Arts & Sciences|Xenology}}''' courses:
::*'''XEN120: Introduction to Vulcans'''
::*'''XEN220: Early Vulcan history through the atomic age'''
::*'''XEN320: Vulcan History from the Atomic Age through the Modern Era'''
::Perhaps if it were tailored to a more specific part of Vulcan history, such as just during the Reawakening? &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  01:58, 1 August 2014 (CDT)

== Your PNPC ==

Hi! 

Thanks for your message. I am really surprise by this and I went through the edits to find out what I did because I honestly don't remember messing with a PNPC. My guess is that it is because I was still relatively new to the fleet by the time of the first edit and somebody probably listed your PNPC on the Thunder's NPC roster and so I converted it over to that. The only changes I see is that I changed it from Endevour to the Thunder-A and then added the new wiki trimmings to the character.

First of all, I apologize. I honestly do not see how I made such a mistake, but it's there in the logs. She's all yours and glad you found her. I know she was never simmed on the Embassy as the name is not familiar to me.

Again, apologies for that. She was taken good care of though. :) [[User:Nugra|Nugra]] ([[User talk:Nugra|talk]]) 08:02, 5 August 2014 (CDT)

: Hey! Glad everything worked out. I have been racking my brain and I can't remember why she would have been demoted except maybe I was matching it to what somebody else put when she was inadvertently transferred. So, all good! [[User:Nugra|Nugra]] ([[User talk:Nugra|talk]]) 20:38, 8 August 2014 (CDT)

== file vs Image ==

Hi Jack,please do not change file to image.  The correct usage is file as that is the actual name of the file pages. Image is a legacy option included for convenience but is again not the actual name of those pages. &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  15:15, 6 August 2014 (CDT)

== pip templates ==

Hello again! I have reverted some of the edits you made to the previous pip templates that removed the float right markup. That is not a div redundancy; without that, the DS9 pips do not display properly in template:sidebar as a collar. You can see what I mean here: [[Template:Pips2Collar]]. Note how Default pips no longer close properly as DS9 does after the revert. &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  09:36, 7 August 2014 (CDT)

== Wiki system templates ==

No worries! I think your new template is pretty cool, and I am a full proponent of people being bold in trying new things on the wiki. I also despise the unhealthy attitude of taking ownership of parts of the wiki. With that said, could I ask that if you do change any of the [[:Category:Wiki System Templates|Wiki system templates]] that you leave a message letting me know. I would not have caught the pip changes unless I had been on the recent changes page at that moment for instance and the error may have been left undiscovered for longer. &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  09:46, 7 August 2014 (CDT)

:One possible solution you could try is creating another template that will place the pip in its own table. Then have your sidebar incorporate that template. &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  09:56, 7 August 2014 (CDT)

::Sure. And, thanks I'll try that, since trying to place the table directly in my code doesn't seem to be working... -[[User:Jackford B. Kolk|Kit Kizito]] ([[User talk:Jackford B. Kolk|talk]]) 09:57, 7 August 2014 (CDT)
::I created it for you: [[Template:Pip120]] &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  10:01, 7 August 2014 (CDT)

::Just use Pip120 where you previously used Pips

::Awesome, thanks... just has a background color issue (can we make that opaque?) and the Future Imperfect pips need to be centered, but I'll just add centering to Pip120.
:::The bg was set to black because ds9 pips are shorter than default so making them black makes them look equal. since you don't want black for FI, you could enhance Pip120 to recognize when the pip style has been set to FI using the if command and having it not have a background when FI is specified by the user. ditto for centering. Also, you need to leave replies on the other users page or else they will not see them unfortunately because the wiki message system is dumb. &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  10:10, 7 August 2014 (CDT)

::::Never mind, looks like you found a more elegant solution. :) &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  10:14, 7 August 2014 (CDT)
:::::Ignore my rollback, My fingers were clumsy on the iPad...&#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  10:16, 7 August 2014 (CDT)

:I just realized I was dumb though and told you to use if. you should use switch instead and then define what to do if variable 3 is FI vs DS9 by having FI = whatever and DS9 equal whatever. See the ribbon names template for an example of how to use switch. &#9668; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman'' &#9835;  10:33, 7 August 2014 (CDT)

== [[Template:KolkFI]] & [[Template:LCARS-Sidebar]] ==

Just had a question regarding the [[Template:KolkFI]] and [[Template:LCARS-Sidebar]]: I noticed how the [[Template:Sidebar]] Rich created has the following variables:
<pre>
|SPECIES = Human
|GENDER = Male
|BIRTHMONTH = 01
|BIRTHDATE = 17
|BIRTHYEAR = 2360
|BIRTHPLACE = Colony 1, Martian Colonies
</pre>
Guess I'm curious if these were intentionally left out because they don't go with the design or if they could be incorporated into the template. [[User:Chythar Daniel Skyfire|Chythar Daniel Skyfire]] ([[User talk:Chythar Daniel Skyfire|talk]]) 16:41, 7 August 2014 (CDT)
::Not sure you broke it on the LCARS template, but there's a thingie that says #switch-DS9 if it is viewed in preview mode. Not sure that's intentional, but I thought I'd try to help. [[User:Chythar Daniel Skyfire|Chythar Daniel Skyfire]] ([[User talk:Chythar Daniel Skyfire|talk]]) 00:13, 10 August 2014 (CDT)

== [[Template:SIMNav]] ==

What if your sims aren't in chronological order? Does it just start at the top? And does the template apply to all sims in the archive without needing to be put on the bottom of each page? [[User:Chythar Daniel Skyfire|Chythar Daniel Skyfire]] ([[User talk:Chythar Daniel Skyfire|talk]]) 01:25, 8 August 2014 (CDT)
:Question, can the Rank line be changed on the individual sim pages to reflect changes in rank throughout the career? [[User:Chythar Daniel Skyfire|Chythar Daniel Skyfire]] ([[User talk:Chythar Daniel Skyfire|talk]]) 21:10, 9 August 2014 (CDT)
::Next question: If you have a link to a sim that is on an external site like sims.starbase118.net or google groups, is it possible to link that as well, or would the sim have to be put in the wiki? [[User:Chythar Daniel Skyfire|Chythar Daniel Skyfire]] ([[User talk:Chythar Daniel Skyfire|talk]]) 01:03, 10 August 2014 (CDT)

== Coloured links ==

In order to get a coloured link;

<nowiki>[[Main Page (link page)|<font color="yellow(colour)">Main Page (whatever you want to call it)</font color>]]</nowiki>

[[Main Page|<font color="yellow">Main Page</font color>]]

I'm not sure why we're required to do that - it's just a thing the wiki can't seem to do by itself. Hope it helped! :D  '''[[User:Sky Blake|♣ Deliera]]''' ▪ <small> [[User talk:Sky Blake|talk]]</small> ▪ <small> [[Wiki ops team|Vice Chief of Wiki Ops]] </small> 17:43, 18 August 2014 (CDT)

== Upgrade issues with TOC class ==

Please see [http://wiki.starbase118.net/wiki/index.php/User_talk:FltAdml._Wolf#TOC_class_changes_and_main_page_proposal_2 the message I left with Jordan] regarding the latest update to the wiki causing issues with those using class=toc in their tables. In most cases, we should be able to just substitute toc with infobox to restore the old look. &#9835; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup><small> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman, [[118Wiki:Operations|Chief of Wiki Operations]]</small> 18:58, 31 August 2014 (CDT)


==[[Face List]] update for September==
[[Image:Wiki Ops logo.png|50px|left]]
Please make sure that your ships Face Listing is updated and concurrent with your crews current roster. The FL should only feature crew members with character avatars. :D If you need assistance, don't hesitate to let me know!

'''[[User:Sky Blake|♣ Deliera]]''' ▪ <small> [[User talk:Sky Blake|talk]]</small> ▪ <small> [[Wiki ops team|Vice Chief of Wiki Ops]] </small> 17:40, 7 September 2014 (CDT)

== Serial numbers ==

Hey Kolk. :) I was just looking at the edit you made to the serial numbers we have for our characters, and I couldn't help but think how it'd be unlikely both James and Jackford would get the same number. Jackford started as an Ensign in 2384, and James became a probationary Ensign at 2389 . . . The point of the serial numbers is to identify an individual, thus are all unique, so wouldn't these two characters have different numbers? :-| '''[[User:Sky Blake|♣ Deliera]]''' ▪ <small> [[User talk:Sky Blake|talk]]</small> ▪ <small> [[Wiki ops team|Vice Chief of Wiki Ops]] </small> 17:36, 10 September 2014 (CDT)

==[[Face List]] update for October==
{|style="background:#f0e6f5; border: 1px solid black; margin: 1em auto; padding: 0 10px; width: 95%; align: left; text-align: left;"
|[[Image:Wiki Ops logo.png|47px]]
|'''Please make sure that your ships Face Listing is updated and concurrent with your crews current roster.''' The FL should only feature crew members with character avatars. :D If you need assistance, don't hesitate to let me know!
|}

'''[[User:Sky Blake|♣ Deliera]]''' ▪ <small> [[User talk:Sky Blake|talk]]</small> ▪ <small> [[Wiki ops team|Vice Chief of Wiki Ops]] </small> 04:37, 1 October 2014 (CDT)

== Logo picker ==

Saw you added a logo for the ''Vera Cruz.'' You can have the logo template incorporate your new logo by editing '''[[Template:Logopicker]]''' so that it will then show up wherever Template:Logo is used, including other templates that incorporate Template:Logo. &#9835; [[User:Rich|'''Rich''']]<sup>[[User talk:Rich|(talk page)]]</sup><small> ''aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman, [[118Wiki:Operations|Chief of Wiki Operations]]</small> 18:49, 9 October 2014 (CDT)