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Portals

Are they going to be deleted or will they survive?

Genestealer

I'm not a sysop - I don't think it's necessary to be one to contribute :) (for deletions ask Inquisitor S. (German 40k - for all Lexicani) or Jonru (English 40k - for the english ones)). I just try to help in the six different Lexicani from time to time.

To the deletion candidates:

Category:Undead -There're apart from Nagash a lot of necromancers (Kemmler, Hellsnicht) and other things (Nightmare Legion, Zombie Dragon etc.) that don't fit in one of the current army book spectrum - so I would keep this category.

Category:Minor Races -I think this category is useful, as it should contains races like gnomes, halflings, giants, zoats or fimirs (that's why I requested it).

Category:Elves -Of course it's possible to include all pre-war elves in the high elves-section, but there're also Sea elves and a common history - would keep it.

Don't take this as some kind of criticism - it's good to see someone's working on this long enough forgotten part of the Lex-family. Greetings, --Genestealer, Magus 02:51, 29 November 2008 (CET)


Vampires & Necromancers is a good idea (as it's mostly Old World and not Khemri stuff). But the Nightmare Legion (a regiment of Reknown) was just a band of undead tilean soldiers, the cursed company of Kreugar too (okay, imperial undead). Another example are the Storm Riders or Krell. They're all... just undead.--Genestealer, Magus 05:35, 29 November 2008 (CET)

Spammers

What about an article (like Lexicanum:Spam) to collect them - it would be easier for the sysops as they're not always here.--Genestealer, Magus 22:17, 18 December 2008 (CET)

Btw - as you`re recently the most active user here - if you always discuss major changes (categories etc.) and keep on working for the project I would vote for you if you wanna be a Sysop for the english Fantasy Lex - ask Inquisitor S. . --Genestealer, Magus 04:43, 19 December 2008 (CET)


Sorry, was in Prague over New Year. Looks like the spam attack is over (for now), but of course there're always some simple minded people having nothing else to do with their time... . And this Brad2206 with his/her/its profound contribution (and the fact that he/she/it's still not banned) shows the need of a sysop here, as Jonru and Inquisitor S. can't take a look on this lex every day (week). Btw - a happy new year!.--Genestealer, Magus 17:11, 2 January 2009 (CET)

Inquisitor S.

As he's not in the Fantasy-Lex every day, I also contacted him in the 40k-Lex. Things are getting worse here.--Genestealer, Magus 17:03, 9 January 2009 (CET)

Seems these "users" start with inserting nonsense, and if they're not blocked fast enough they put their links in the articles. I don't think it's some kind of personal revenge as other wikies are suffering too. Whatever the reason, it's annoying. Hope you'll get the sysop status soon (Inquisitor S. unexpectedly gave it to me in the english 40k lex to block the spammers as he's currently busy with other things - unfortunately he's the only active bureaucrat of the Lexicanum).--Genestealer, Magus 02:32, 10 January 2009 (CET)

Promotion

Alas I cannot promote you, I don't have the required status (bureaucrat). I would support your appointment however as I don't have time for this much now.--Jonru 12:04, 10 January 2009 (CET)

Field promotion done ;) A new option "block" should appear behind the usernames. If not please log out, empty your cache and login again. --Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Lexicanum 13:22, 13 January 2009 (CET)

Activities

  • Created Template:SpeedyDelete - I think it's better to have normal deletion request with the possibility of discussion and a request in case of obvious absurdity, vandalism, spelling errors etc. . The english 40k lex has only the former and the other lexicani only the latter - so we're some kind of precursor here :)
  • Changed some template pics - for example the goat head is more suitable for problematic users ;)

To the portal boxes - personally I don't like where they are (right at the top). This place should be reserved for images imo, so I would place them at the end of the articles. What do you think?--Genestealer, Magus 18:49, 16 January 2009 (CET)

  • Portal Boxes - okay, so we should let them out till the portals become useful. Then we can consider where to place them.
  • Deletions - there's the problem, that all the text (the discussions) in the category will appear over the deletion candidates. If there're really some considerable discussions, we always need to scroll down to find "our" targets. And I have some kind of horror facing "article categories" (blame it to both french lexicani) ;)

--Genestealer, Magus 21:37, 16 January 2009 (CET)

New Version

If you have layout problems, go to Preferences --> Skin, and save the LexFB skin.--Genestealer, Magus 23:31, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

BeastmenAdrianSmith.jpg

I possess some older publications (mostly 40k, but also the Realm of Chaos books, several old WD's, Citadel Journals and other stuff) - if you remember a specific image, I'll look if it's published there.--Genestealer, Magus 18:24, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm looking through the web for better images but it's not that easy. I'm also re-uploading some images (some of the names are simply way too complicated). I hope that you agree with my recent work, but if you don't agree please tell me asap. Aehren 21:48, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

It's okay, especially if there're too much numbers in the image names (or the name doesn't fit).
The Horned Rat... Hum, don't remeber that one. But I have a picture of a lesser rat-like chaos god (Kweethul), also on a throne. I'll upload it (as it's needed anyway for the appropriate article).--Genestealer, Magus 16:02, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

MinotaurAdrianSmith.jpg

Kweethul isn't the hornet rat nor it's predecessor, and his demons are not rat-like (one looks like a bloated bull and another like a harpie). I'll create his article in the future. Btw, seems like you're an Adrian Smith fan ;) --Genestealer, Magus 20:37, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: Problem

This should be no real problem, as we don't use this style in the lexicanum - just change it to this.

Image

I don't possess this army book, but maybe it's published in an old WD - I'll look trough, if I have the time.--Genestealer, Magus 15:48, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

DPL

DPL means "Dynamic page listing" and is an useful tool (included with the last update) for list articles and portals. For example:

<DPL>
debug=0
category=Unreferenced
category=Skaven|Skaven Magic Items|Skaven Characters
count=50
</dpl>

This will show you all articles that are in the "Unreferenced" category (due to the template) and in at least one the three other categories:

<DPL> debug=0 category=Unreferenced category=Skaven|Skaven Magic Items|Skaven Characters count=50 </dpl>

For more information look here.

It seems & causes some problems - if it's included in an category name the list shows simply nothing. In the tool "|" means "or" and "&" "and". You may use it to list articles that are in the "Unreferenced" category and in all the other categories:

<DPL>
debug=0
category=Unreferenced
category=Special Characters&The Empire
count=50
</dpl>

<DPL> debug=0 category=Unreferenced category=Special Characters&The Empire count=50 </dpl>

You could create many lists with DPL, for example a list of all special orc characters, imperial war machines, all Skaven stub articles (for the portal) etc. . And the best thing about it: the list "updates" itself without additional work.--Genestealer, Magus 16:15, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Background Changes/Old Fluff

Lexicanum pergament whfb.gif

It's not wrong to publish older background here - of course it must be indicated that it's not current any more. We're not GW (die aus Angst, Unwissen oder Machthunger unermesslich wertvolles Wissen zerstört haben ;)) and not some army book replacement. People who read our Wiki should get not only the recent background - they should also read about the "history" of an army/faction/creature, see old miniature pics, some weird creations from the Eighties, old games and books - in a short: the whole thing.

Orks & Goblins... if you want, change it back (I'll find a way to maintain the portal). But there should IMO also be a category Greenskins for Orcs, Goblins, Hobgoblins and Snotlings. It must not be shown on the category page, but it would be a bracket for interested readers ("hum, wait... there's more? Hey, mongolian greenskins in the East... and those slaves of the ogres are relatives of the hooded mushroom-eaters?").

Your change withe the rat ogre is absolutely correct - I think this should be happen with a lot of other Skaven articles, too. I suppose there're no other clanrats and plague censer bearers out there.--Genestealer, Magus 00:28, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

2nd ed rulebook image change

Hi, i've moved the new picture you found to the previous name because, aside from then having 2 of the same image (kinda), it keeps to the convention I put the images into. Your image is still there, just on the other name. Hope that's ok.--Jonru 08:20, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Magnus and Skaven history articles

Hi. Could you have a look at the Magnus and Skaven history articles? I'm looking for a reason to delete them (aside from being rubbish) and was wondering if they came straight out of a book? They read like they do! Thanks--Jonru 09:06, 28 February 2009 (UTC)