User talk:Boomer12342/Archive1

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 * Are you, by any chance, the same Boomer from Team Penguin? Y'know, one of the ranked people there? You know me - I'm an admin here, so you can also ask me any questions you have!
 * One and the same! Took ya' long enough to find me =P I'm F2P now, but still helping out with the group where I can ^_^ Boomer12342 01:23, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for making the penguin videos, it helped me greatly. 02:08, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

removed vids
Per video discussion, that is why the vids were removed. Also, regarding your comment about it not even being an admin that did it. Here on the wiki every single editor from the IP with its' first edit to the B'crat whom has been here for 3 years, are to be considered equal per our  policy. I would like to say that I did not remove it because I am some freakin jerk, or a tool, or a mindless zombie enforcing rules I do not understand. My only concern is that by allowing the video, which starts off by naming the involved clans, we are opening the doors to allowing countless clan videos, which in fact already has happened. I will ask for the input of a few other people to get a general idea of what the community thinks before proceeding further. --Degenret01 23:06, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

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Team penguin
Do you think making as team penguin wiki page would be a good idea? i would personally like to see one and it could be edited every week after update


 * Hey, sorry for the late reply! I only tend to sign in about once a week :|
 * As for a "Team Penguin Wiki Page", please explain what you mean. You mean create a whole new Wikia (like how the FunOrb and RuneScape wikis are different), or do you mean an article on the RS wiki about TP? In either situation, I'm not sure if it would be generally helpful in any way. I personally don't have time to write more pages then I can count on my fingers about TP's history, about all our theories, and what we proved and what we know. The list is extensive. It covers a lot more then just penguins directly. We've learned much about the various lands - shortcuts, different routes - NPC's - how they move, how they teleport, where they teleport, their choice of direction, etc. - and even a lot about music borders!
 * Everything RuneScape affects penguins, which is why we as Team Penguin make it our business to know as much as we can about RuneScape. Still, if you can elaborate a little more, I may be able to pass it onto the generals, see what they think of it. *shrugs*
 * Thanks for your time and your suggestions, it's always appreciated :) Boomer12342 23:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

yea i mean just the basics pretty much what is put on the forums every week and we just edit every week to be up to date. please make sure ur sig has a link with it thnx --KeeganG213 04:53, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Your video
Hello, I see that you added the video in again. I have removed it. The video does not really add significantly to the article. I have watched them, and they highlight the geographical areas that the penguins are found in. They are not and cannot be any more specific than what we have in the article in words. If you feel differently, please discuss it rather than getting into what is known as a revert war, in which an edit is repeatedly made and undone. Thanks, 22:30, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * I do hunt penguins, enough so that I can tell that the video would not significantly contribute beyond directing players to a clan (which is not allowed) and showing an image. However I do see some merit in your argument that people are visual learners, so I'll endeavor to upload screenshots of the map with the areas in which the penguins roam highlighted. That should satisfy both our needs. Also, when you leave comments, please sign using ~, which will automatically generate a link to your user page. 03:21, October 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * I was thinking of going on a week-by-week basis, by which I mean creating and uploading the maps the day of the penguins reset until eventually we had them all, although working ahead isn't a problem for me. As for the size, I think around 500px x 400 px would be good, as its about 1/4th of the screen on a typical 1024x768 resolution, and when they go into the table, they should be scaled down to about 200px wide (using Example penguin location.png ). But don't worry about getting exactly 500 x 400, approximately taht is good enough. As for actual image formats, I was considering using yellow to outline the border, since this is usually the color which contrasts best with the terrain (its green, brown, or gray nearly 100% of the time, which yellow contrasts well with). As for including spawn points, if you know them we can add them in, I don't see any harm, although I personally don't think that the spawn point is useful, seeing as the penguin moves quickly and very far away from it. The spawns could be yellow and labeled with yellow text. As for your estimate of 1 hour per picture, I don't think it would take nearly that long.. I believe I could put one together in as little as 5 minutes... I have photoshop, however if the maps really do take that long for you to make, then I would suggest just letting me handle the image work.. and you could just give me data to make them. As far as your signature, I'm fairly perplexed... when you type ~ and press save, does nothing really happen? 01:54, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * I've thrown together a sample map here, what do you think of it? 02:21, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * It is true that I don't know the exact boundaries of some of the more complex areas, but I can do the easier areas. The main reason I suggested that was because you said it took you an hour per image! Now then, the only explanation for your signature issues that I can think of is that you have "Custom signature" checkmarked in your Special:Preferences without having a custom signature specified. 02:31, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * If you don't want that knowledge published on the wiki, then you shouldn't give it to me, because that's exactly what I'd do with it. 02:50, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * If PNG is impossible, then I think GIF would be the next best thing. Also try to name them consistently so they're easy to find and categorize, something like "PHS [area].GIF" although ultimately its up to you. 21:14, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * Well when you choose to upload an image, right under the toolbar where you brows and locate the image on your computer, there's another bar where you can, if you want, change the name. if you changed the name, you must be sure that you type the .png at the end, since its not added automatically. If you forget to do that, then it'll trip the inavalid extension message, since there was none input. 22:22, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * The only other thing I could think to try is changing .png to .PNG. If that doesn't work (and I'd be surprised if it does work) just go ahead and upload things as .GIFs. 01:41, October 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * That is very strange... I would suggest bringing this issue to the attention of User:Quarenon, User:Azliq7, or User:Azaz129, since they're more experienced in the technical aspect of the Wiki than I am. 02:20, October 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello friend, in order to contact those more able to directly help you, I recommend emailing Wikia staff here. I am curious though, are you unable to upload the image onto other sites such as photobucket? Or is the problem a Wikia specific issue?-- 00:27, October 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * That's odd, it appears to be an issue on your end for some reason as the image is indeed uploadable, as seen here . I'd recommend contacting staff should you have anymore issues.-- 03:47, October 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * alright it'll be nice to finally get under way. 23:07, October 27, 2009 (UTC)
 * They look nice, the only concern I have is that the boundaries are sometimes cut-off. Especially the Port Khazard one. Is there any way the maps could be zoomed out more? Or is that an intentional protection of the exact boundaries? 21:19, October 30, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hum. Well each side has its advantages. On one hand the detail of the commonly found areas might be all that's necessary, since people could go there, then join a clan chat (lets face it, everyone uses one) and proceed from there, but the whole wander range might be useful for groups who want to patrol an area together. I guess its your call, since you clearly do this more than I do. 21:38, October 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * That's because of the Wiki's image server cache which sometimes doesn't update immediately upon uploading the image. There is nothing you or anyone on this wiki can do about it, and the only thing to do is wait a day or so. Things usually sort themselves out by then. 01:06, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Re:Grouping images
That's easily done. I've created a category for the images (Category:Penguin Hide and Seek maps) where, once the category is applied to the images, they will all be listed. To link to the category, like on your userpage or wherever you look, you hate to put a colon in front of the C, as in. If you don't put the colon there, then the link to the category won't show up, and your page will actually be added the category. I'll start working on those now. 00:59, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

Those Meddling Penguins!
Hello! As one penguin hunter to another, I have a question. Y'see, I use the Distractions and Diversions Locations (Man that is a long name...) article to hunt penguins each week. However, I have noticed something while training Farming. Each week, I like to train farming at the Falador Cabbage Patch Allotment patch, and sooner or later, I always find a penguin there. For instance, I found a crate walking around on the 5th. The Sunday before, I saw a bush hanging around the Loom in the building. Couple of weeks before that, I saw a rock run accross the field while farming. I've looked in all of the guides I could find, but none of them ever mention an extra penguin at the Farm. I don't really understand this. I understand you are an experienced Hunter, so I thought you might know. Has this been around like this forever, or am I the first to notice? On a side note, excellent work on the Penguin location images, it's helped me soooo much. Things are much easier when you can visualise them... -- 18:04, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, okay! Oh, yeah, I noticed another thing. The next day, (The 6th), I was farming again, and (Of course) I found another penguin! It had a... rock disguise, I think, and trying to spy on it resulted in me receiving the message, "You have already spotted this penguin." It's surprising, as I had seed a crate the day before... But I won't worry about it. Thanks for your help! -- 23:40, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * I did spy on the Burthorpe one already! That would explain it... Man, I never pay attention to their wander radius. Anyhow, I think that's everything, so thanks! -- 00:46, December 9, 2009 (UTC)

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Linking to vids in articles
Hey, I see on Baron Scizors page where you said "...I can no longer post links or embed the Locations Videos...". Actually, the policy does allow you to post a link to it in the article."..if a video adds significantly to article, link to it ...", last section of RS:IMP. I would say the vids are worth linking to.--Degenret01 14:53, December 11, 2009 (UTC)

Re: DDL
Sorry! D= I found a penguin that wasn't a snowman and I thought that the penguins had already updated. I won't edit that page anymore for penguin locations. --Liquidhelium 01:42, January 13, 2010 (UTC)

Images.
I only go through UnusedFiles and clear ones that were uploaded a while ago and are not used on pages. To keep them from being deleted, it is strongly suggested that they be put in the orphanage. I'm not deleting files to be a jerk, I'm just cleaning house. If you need me to restore images, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. I don't look at titles of images or anything, simply the upload date, comments on the page, and what links here. 00:42, January 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * I restored the only 5 I saw that were deleted by me in my past 500 deletes and placed them on the orphanage. =) 00:48, January 20, 2010 (UTC)

CDT Green1
Haya CDT Green1 here !!!!!

I should be ready to film the wilderness peng scene soon hopefully people within the cc will be willing to help =0

03:43, February 11, 2010 (UTC)

Unfortuantly i have to agree with you there Wilderness scene will be incredibly hard!!!

08:26, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

Timer
Hi, I added a countdown timer to the Fish Flingers page, and I was thinking something similar might be nice for penguins, eg "Time until penguin reset: between 604800|21 April 2010 00:00 UTC and 604800|21 April 2010 01:00 UTC ". I guess you're the wiki's penguin expert :P, so I wanted to ask whether you think this would be a useful addition to Distractions and Diversions Locations, and whether the reset times are consistent enough for this to be reliable? Stewbasic 23:26, April 21, 2010 (UTC)