User talk:Ceciri

Welcome to the 118Wiki!

Hello and welcome to both StarBase 118 and the 118Wiki! I see you've already made some very helpful edits. Since it looks like your interest is the ILI, I'd suggest introducing yourself to Daryl aka Commander Tal Tel-ar, who is the team facilitator for the Species Development Committee.

I did notice you've been adding the various ILI special templates such as quarantine, etc. Just one style note. On the wiki, we like to keep the LCARS style header as the highest element of a page. Thus, the final look would be more like this: Q_(species).

If you have any questions about editing or the 118Wiki in general, feel free to ask! Otherwise, thanks again for contributing and welcome again to the fleet! ♫ Rich^{(talk page)} aka Lt.Cmdr. Rahman/Bakari, Chief of Wiki Operations 07:37, 17 December 2014 (CST)

Alumni category

Hi there! I noticed you removed the Constitution-B category from Sariel Locke. As Locke has served as the Constitution-B's Chief Science Officer, he should be added to Category:Constitution-B Alumni, as once an officer leaves a posting, an alumni category is added, as well as the new ship's PC category. If you have any questions, let me know! :) ♣ Deliera ▪ talk ▪ Vice Chief of Wiki Ops 00:31, 25 January 2015 (CST)

blanked pages

Hey, nice job so far. For the character info on blanked pages, you don't need to hide it, and you can still categorize them. We want People to be able to read it directly as part of the historical record. See Sidney Riley as another example. Thanks, again! ♫ Rich ▪ talk ▪ Chief of Wiki Operations 11:44, 26 January 2015 (CST)

Deleting pages

No worries. Also, no need to blank a page when queuing it for deletion. Just putting the deletion template is good enough. ♫ Rich ▪ talk ▪ Chief of Wiki Operations 19:46, 26 January 2015 (CST)

My PNPCs

Thank you for the information.

I will update when I have time. If you find any other work that belongs to me please email me.

Thank You Lt Cmdr Siris

Service History template

Hey there! So some thoughts:

I'd avoid HTML as much as possible. Yes, it can be a short cut, but there's usually wiki markup that is simpler that can replace much of it, and you can avoid the issues you get such as now when you're trying to merge the two.
Jackford has created a template that incorporates a lot of similar functionality such as having merged rows: Template:RoundTable
- It lacks any documentation, and I'm not a fan of how he named the variables (Rank 2 or 2nd Rank would have been more intuitive for users than R2 for instance), but you can see an example of the merging at Columbia Crew History.
- So anyway, it might be easier to take his template (and the subtemplates it uses such for crew history specifically) as a starting point and modifying it to suit your needs. I'd have it so instead of basing it on the character name, the first and anchoring variable would be the ship/station.
That said, I do not really find these kind of templates worth the time and effort it takes to build and troubleshoot them as they end up not being used by most general 118 members. They ultimately are just as complex to use as the standard way of creating a service table on the wiki. Furthermore, at least by doing it "the long way," general members learn useful skills such as how to create and edit a table in wiki format (and the use of rowspan for merged rows) whereas the knowledge to use a specific template is non-transferable elsewhere on the wiki.

♫ Rich ▪ talk ▪ Chief of Wiki Operations 14:03, 31 January 2015 (CST)

FNS

Easiest would be to submit it via forums. Just make a new thread for the article like you've seen others do.♫ Rich ▪ talk ▪ Chief of Wiki Operations 07:12, 4 February 2015 (CST)

individuals of a species categories

Hi there. The categories of a plural for a species are so that all members of those species are categorized in that category. It is distinct from the larger basic species category. Ex. Category:Vulcan vs Category:Vulcans. Furthermore these plural categories are linked via the ILI sidebar templates for those species. ♫ Rich ▪ talk ▪ Chief of Wiki Operations 17:15, 25 February 2015 (CST)

No worries! Also can I ask that when you mark pages for deletion that you don't blank them. Just add the delete template at the top. Makes it easier to double check before confirming the delete. Thanks And happy editing! :) ♫ Rich ▪ talk ▪ Chief of Wiki Operations 17:28, 25 February 2015 (CST)

ILI

Please do not unilaterally revert an administrator's changes without discussing them first with the administrator. The species categories were updated based on their listing in the ILI permitted gallery by User:Canreb, head of SDC. Likewise, those listed as permitted but not added to the Gallery such as the Xindi species were added to the gallery. These changes were done after the issue was brought up in the Captains Council. ♫ Rich ▪ talk ▪ Chief of Wiki Operations 07:53, 1 March 2015 (CST)

Well, the issue was just brought up last night, and it doesn't actually involve changing any species ratings, just making sure the wiki/ILI accurately reflects what the SDC already decided. The ILI as with any part of the wiki is open to editing by all as along as the edits are constructive. Ensuring that pages are properly categorized for instance is one of the defined roles of the 118Wiki:Administrators. We generally don't just change things without a good reason. :)

Also, I'd advise refraining from unnecessarily hostile or aggressive edit summaries that are chastising in tone. Please remember we are all just trying to build the best wiki possible for our community. Mistakes can and will happen from time to time but no one is trying to screw things up or sabotage the wiki. It's important to foster a positive, welcoming atmosphere for all members on the wiki, forums, and elsewhere, especially for newer members just getting started. COs and other staff members may also consider inflammatory remarks, whether on a simming group or on the wiki/forums/chat, in violation of our community rules (especially if shown to be repeated behavior), so it's best not to develop such habits. ♫ Rich ▪ talk ▪ Chief of Wiki Operations 08:47, 1 March 2015 (CST)

Category:Marines

Thanks for the help, Nicholas! Re: Marines, I think we'll just use the Category:Marines from now on and have the other category be about the organization. ♫ Rich ▪ talk 18:47, 26 March 2015 (CDT)

SB118 Alum

Hello. I sent a message to Rich about it, asking which would be the better one to keep. He said that since traditionally it has been referenced as the capital "B" in the middle, that we should use that one. Hope I'm not stepping on your toes. This is a mighty large task, categorizing the alumni. Just trying to help out. -Varaan (talk) 01:46, 29 March 2015 (CDT)

Here's a question: Should the Alumni pages be restricted to Primary and Secondary characters? Should NPCs be left out by virtue of them being NPCs and not actual characters? I say NOT NPCs. What do you think? -Varaan (talk) 02:19, 29 March 2015 (CDT)

Category tweak

Took me a little bit to see what you'd corrected until I saw there was an extra "i" in Vigilant. I thought it was hilarious. Try saying "Vigiliant" out loud. "Vig-ili-ant". XD

I have an odd sense of humor. ♣ Deliera ▪ talk ▪ Chief of Wiki Ops 01:47, 6 April 2015 (CDT)

Ventu & Pirates

For sure, and I'd be glad to have her issue a statement! c.eganmanno@starbase118.net --Onewhoisseveral (talk) 10:49, 6 April 2015 (CDT)

PersonalHistoryListing template

Any way to fix the problem of having "black" printing on a black background if the pip/uniform colour you choose is black (for Intel)? Could we make it white somehow, so it can be read? -Varaan (talk) 04:14, 8 April 2015 (CDT)

Thanks. However (and maybe it's my browser or something) but now the red "position" words are displaying in light blue, the gold are displaying in green, and the black (now white) are displaying in purple. Do you get that too, or is there something wrong with my computer? -Varaan (talk) 15:06, 8 April 2015 (CDT)

You actually had the right idea with the ifeq function, but you had an extra second unnamed variable, and, since people use Black and black, a switch function works well. Anyway, now it should automatically make black into white. ♫ Rich ▪ talk ▪ 118Wiki Administrator 19:07, 8 April 2015 (CDT)

Spartan registry number

Hey, where'd you get the Spartan's registry number? It's lower than the Defiant's (prototype). Based on Defiant (74205), Valiant (74210), and Sao Paulo/Defiant (75633), and the Registry Number guide we have elsewhere, it seems quite low. ♫ Rich ▪ talk ▪ 118Wiki Administrator 05:21, 8 April 2015 (CDT)

Gotcha. One of these days Rahman's gonna go crazy and hop into an EV suit with a bucket of paint and start rambling to herself as she repaints the fleet. ;)

Maybe Ceciri will join her in this epic quest. ♫ Rich ▪ talk ▪ 118Wiki Administrator 12:48, 8 April 2015 (CDT)

ASDB and old class pages

Yes, the plan is to convert all old class pages to the new Utopia Planitia/ASDB look (and with an accompanying SCE review in the forums for each). ♫ Rich ▪ 118Wiki Administrator ▪ Send Message 19:35, 4 May 2015 (CDT)