User talk:Calebchiam

I have archived my talkpage for the eighth time. I archive after every 50 sections or so. On my talkpage, please remember to be civil and polite. If you ask, I'll be glad to add you to my friends list. Also, remember not to leave messages like this after I archive (referring to certain dubious individuals). Thanks.

Wiki Page Edits
Okay, put guide in diary page... made separate cause it was so long... if kept there in the diary page, then would need to delete the guide page. Not sure how to do that. --Jrrast 02:58, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Stuff and things
Sorry man, I didn't make it back this morning, real life and such. I'll be happy to talk to you when you make it on later though.--Degenret01 21:36, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

A better explination
Last night I thought up a better way of explaining my warn/block method. I have never thought of it this way before, but it seems to explain it quiet well. I have two kinds of vandals: Opportunistic vandals and Vandal vandals. 01:29, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Opportunistic vandals only vandal because they see the edit option and wonder "what will happen if I change something". They don't intend to harm the wiki, they are more curious. When they are warned, they stop vandalising since they realise that there are consequences for their actions. Most also seem to believe that they are completely anonymous since they are an ip. A majority of vandals seem to be this kind, with with gemw vandals the most common since the "update" button is right there in-front of them on every page, waiting to be abused. I never block these users since once warned, they don't vandalise any more and there is a chance that they might become a productive member of society.
 * Vandal vandals are the vandals that intend on harming the wiki. They are not curious about what happened, they just want to have fun be spamming and removing content. They become separated from Opportunistic vandals by ignoring a warning and vandalise another page. I would also consider users that try to push the boundaries by going crazy spamming swear words and/or racist comments vandal vandals. I block these kind of users since they really are vandals imo. I realise that "vandal vandals" is a horrible way of describing them, it was just a simple way of putting it.
 * I misspelt explanation in the heading I probably should have been more specific on the quotes. For the first one, I really only wanted the first sentence about not being too hard to an ip. The basic message of that quote to me is that you always have the option to (increase the) block if they continue on vandalising, preaching being hesitant to block. The second quote is about how you use that quote to the extreme. If someone vandalises 5 pages, it is worth up to a week long block. You would block for three days for one fifth only one vandal.
 * I am amazed how easily we managed to untangle the mess that I created to figure out where we differ, especially since I had such a bad argument/discussion thing yesterday. 03:32, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * To me, as long as a message does not go into the swearing/racism/personal vendetta league, one edit = one case of vandalism. Blanking one paragraph is just as bad as blanking the entire page, replacing the entire page with noob is just as bad as randomly writing noob at the start of a paragraph, vandalising one parameter of the gemw field is just as bad as vandalising three. No matter what they do, it is still vandalism.
 * I was also thinking about why I undervalue gemw to mainspace. To me, if someone vandalises gemw pages, then I think that they are more likely to be an opportunistic vandal. The GEMW pages are in obscure location with minimal visibility, and when players click update they are thrown onto the edit screen. 05:01, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * To me, a warning is the best method of separating them into the two categories. I will show how it would play out in your example.
 * The user blanks the entire page. I warn him, and if he vandalises again I block him 3 days.
 * The user removed the intro as a form of vandalism. I warn him and if he vandalises again, I block him 3 days.
 * The user removes the intro because he does not deem it necessary and does not leave a summary why. I warn him, he leaves a message saying otherwise. I apologise saying it is my fault for misinterpreting his edit, mention that he should always leave an edit summary then revert my edit if needed.
 * I do wonder what a better way to respond to the situation would be. I sorted him into one of the categories and blocked him if he was blockworthy, made up with him if I was wrong. Normally I would also check his previous edits to see how he has been editing to make sure, but I assume that this is the users first edit.
 * While I have only probably blocked one or two dozen users, I only give a 3 day block for defying a warning or any of the other blockworthy offences. I would give a week if they defy their ban and vandalise again 3 days later, and then a month after that. I have never encountered anything past this, and probably never will.
 * I really don't see the difference between changing one parameter and multiple parameters, they seem just as bad to me. I get the feeling that we will never be able to agree on this point. 06:22, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, good to end it. I think that debate has to go in contention with the debate I had with plqx for the title of the longest debate I have ever been in. Thanks for spending that much time wading through all the muck I wrote to reach a conclusion. 06:34, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * One more thing. Which other admins block the same way as you?? I know that Karlis and Degen do, though who else?? 06:38, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, makes sense. With the exception of powers who is semi-retired, I am never on-line at the same time as them which is probably why I thought that you were the exception. I am only really aware of how you, Muzzy, Powers, Ruud and Karlis blocked. 06:45, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * While I am not sure that it proves anything since we blocked him straight away instead of warning, it is still interesting none the less. One can only imagine what would would have happened alternatly. 04:56, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Jesse whitfield
I was just putting the d template in that article when you deleted it >.< 10:50, October 10, 2009 (UTC)


 * File:Avatar.png... Lol? I had already reverted it >.< 11:16, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

Gotcha.
Fair enough. The author didn't go into enough detail to warrant a personal tag, but if it's true, it's an unpatched bug. WWTDD? 12:57, October 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Apart from the one I mentioned earlier, nope, no objection. WWTDD? 13:01, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

Category help
Can you help me? I want to remove Forum:Game Guide image template from the transparency category, but I don't want to remove the link from the page. Is there a way to link to a category without adding the page to said category? 08:12, October 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it was just aggravating me to have that in the category. 08:19, October 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * It was a red link and a search did not bring up a page, so I removed it to make it disappear from wanted pages. 10:58, October 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * I understand the point of Special:WantedPages. I did not think an article needed to be created for Quest reward, as the quest rewards are at the end of each quest, and there is Quest experience rewards. Also, some quest rewards are repetitive, and any unusual or unique quest rewards generally recieves their own page. 11:10, October 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I guess a page like that could be created, but really the only things it would contain are the quest complete images. Instead, how about making a new category, called Quest rewards? The quest reward articles, like Ava's accumulator,

could be added to the category. 11:25, October 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * Do you want to use the first idea instead? Basically it would be a page that lists each quest, and the rewards for it. I don't know if this is a good idea or not, but it has been done before, with Quest experience rewards. 11:45, October 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * One last thing before I do it. Do you think I should put the 'quest complete' images too? It would make the page pretty large, even if thumbnails are used. 11:50, October 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * I just found List of quests, which already has all the data in a table. So I don't think the page is needed.


 * I just wanted to check with you, because I did not want to create a page and work on it for a while just to have it deleted. 12:29, October 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, but that means quests without material rewards will not be listed. 12:48, October 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's done, until the next quest. Hey, how do you make those smileys?

PSLE
Yep, they are. ^^ BTW, I got RI DSA and NUSHS. 06:20, October 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! 09:35, October 15, 2009 (UTC)
 * I feel that all of them are moderate! Maths is probably because of last question, it can be found on Yahoo news. C00l dud4 09:56, October 15, 2009 (UTC) (forgot to sign)
 * Lol? I don't know... 09:56, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

Ban appeal
Ip 99.55.167.157 is trying to appeal the ban that he has. Since it is only minor and you banned him, I feel that you should make the judgement. I just realised that Admins are Judge, Jury and Executioner on these subjects =P. 03:30, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

Re:FIMG nomination
Hey. I truly don't know what to do. I am not familiarised with the FIMG process. The opposes can never really be refuted because it is up to personal opinion I believe. In the end, I think it comes down to how many opposes and supports in the end. Because I am not familiarised, I'm not going to do anything. Sorry mate. Also, I agree with your concerns for the image Cheers,  08:16, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

Revenant hunting
I don't know what to redirect Revenant hunting to. There are two articles Pay-to-play Revenant hunting guide and Free-to-play Revenant hunting guide, so I don't think a disambig should be created. 07:02, October 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay. I just did not know what to do in that situation, so I asked you, because you're the person I see clearing Special:Wantedpages. That's actually why I started to do it, 'cause I saw you doing it. 07:09, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Restoring anims
I can help. Showers are not important, it can put it off for a while. Also, isn't it "many hands make life work"?? 09:54, October 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, how do you know what the old image files are called??
 * Gifs have started going glitchy recently when shrunk. That was why I didn't tamper with the woodcutting one, despite it being massive. 09:57, October 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Want to forget about all the alignment and sizing problems and just get all the images on the page?? That can be more easily sorted after. 10:29, October 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * I have to go now, but I think that all emotes are ont he page now. I found this: File:Runescape equipment holidayitems reindeerhat-operate TEMPORARY.gif but I am not sure where it should go. 11:05, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

24.125.73.206 is vandalising While Guthix Sleeps - need help
I can't roll back or ban, so could you do it? He's done it repeatedly.

Special:Contributions/24.125.73.206

Clones... So many clones!
In regards to this edit, one of the things I found on my flash drive was some silly little test video I made where I just did some emotes... I'll try to convert some of those to GIFs and upload those... Tarikochi's outfit is horrible >_< 03:55, October 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll not let that happen if I can do anything about it... I also aim to replace requiems emote animations too... the outfits must die!!! 03:59, October 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * You know its not actually that much work... Maybe even a little less work than a screenshot since I needn't bother with adding transparency. I just set the recording dimensions with the neato screen capture program I have (a little box appears on the screen and I resize it to fit), start recording, do the emote, stop recording, and save it. That's probably how Tari and Requiem managed to upload like hundreds of the things... 04:10, October 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope its just that simple. The program I use (and that tari used, I read) is Camtasia, although its not free (I do the 30 day trial, then unintsall and reinstall it >_>). 04:14, October 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * The magic wand tool! Click once on an image with it, and it'll select all pixels of similar color nearby, depending on how you set it up. There are two attributes to the magic wand tool that you'll need to mess with, both are found under the menu toolbars, but only when the magic wand tool is active:
 * Tolerance - It determines how similar the colors must be in order to be included in the selection. It can be set between 0 and 100. A low tolerance will pick only very similar colors, whereas a high tolerance will pick up colors which are more different.
 * Contiguous - When this is turned on (that is, when the contiguous box is checkmarked), only pixels of the same color which are touching the spot you picked will be included. If you turn it off, it picks up colors all over the entire image, even if it has to "skip over" part of the image to get it (such as a spot of background between the character's arm or whatever).
 * If you selct a part of the image with the wand too, and its not enough, you can hold shift and click again. The next selection will be added to the previous selection. Also, depending on the image, sometimes it could be easier to select the background then delete that, and sometimes its easier to select the SUBJECT, then do a cut and paste into a new window. It might sound a bit confusing, all I can suggest is getting on photoshop and experimenting with the two settings. Its pretty simple once you actually try it. 04:35, October 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * If, when you try to select, you pick up part of the subject AND the background, the problem could also be that your tolerance is set too high. 04:41, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

RE: Formatting Wikitables
I've replied at Talk:Graphical improvements 10:02, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

Re:categories
But didn't the category remain behind even after Tim put a pic in the space?--Degenret01 13:50, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

4uhm
I don't really understand why you closed Forum:User pages, as all you said was Closed then your signature, when no action had been taken and there was neither consensus nor no consensus... 06:55, October 18, 2009 (UTC)


 * About in the middle of the page Catcrewser proposes that we ask wikia to remove these features from our wiki (which they've done in the past, like with the blogging feature) and so went on the discussion, then out of no where you closed it... 07:01, October 18, 2009 (UTC)


 * Mmkay, but removing the masthead I believe doesn't remove the redirect, does it? 07:12, October 18, 2009 (UTC)

RE: Newb-Speak Amulet
Thanks. What did you think of the first three episodes? I wrote those from a completely different idea of how the series would go. They revolved around elementary school students, while most of the rest of the series revolved around either Wikians or my antics. 22:33, October 18, 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hi, I have just reverted two edits by 202.78.103.82, who vandalised http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Exchange:Dragon_claws, and http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Exchange:Dragon_boots, and I was wondering if you could warn him/her against doing this? Thanks 12:02, October 19, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for your message, Caleb. I am grateful that you took the time to respond to me. First of all, let me say that I am most favorably impressed indeed of your own contributions to this wiki, and I would like to offer my congratulations. However, if I may, I would ask yet another question of you: What are the exact requirements for administration? Could anyone, conceivably, become a sysop here? Please enlighten me. Thank you! Ralnon (talk) 22:34, October 19, 2009 (UTC)

Duplicate
Could you tell me where the duplicate is because that image was linked to skills! 21:32, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again
Again, Caleb, thank you. But don't think that I was seriously thinking of administration for myself, I was just wondering. Caleb, if you're part of the Runecrafting Guild, could you confirm if the Omni-Talisman can be received without completing any quests at all other than Rune Mysteries, simply by buying the talismans/tiaras from the GE? Also, do you know if the Ardougne Cape 1 has limitless teleports, or a fixed charge daily, like the second one? Thanks again! Ralnon (talk) 21:54, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, Caleb. Good luck as a member. Also, if you're not too annoyed at me now, could you also answer whether a generic defense prayer like Steel Skin could be effective against an NPC like Iban, whose attacks hit through protect from magic. Also, do you know whether runecrafter robes could be taken into the fist of guthix? I've tried both the tablets and the tokens, which can't be taken, but I really can't buy any robes now, because my own bank space and inventory are too crammed with hundreds of items. Thanks again, Ralnon (talk) 20:50, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Party
Um... I cannot attend your parties if it's on Saturday and next Saturday. I will be unavailable at 8 pm+ wiki time on the first Saturday, and not sure about the second one. I'm attending someone's party. (Sweet 16) So yea. If you have it on those dates, I can't come. Sorry. 10:28, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh...Then what's that countdown timer thingy for on your page? I thought it was the party. :S 10:54, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Haha, I thought like after schools out "Time to run the last lap." Means like to get the final level for 99. :S 10:56, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Image policy
Hey Caleb. I been away from the wikia for a while due to some reasons.. and I noticed there's a new policy which says you are not allowed to wear any other armour if you show an item. Can you direct me to the discussion about it? I have no idea where it is. Thanks in advance, 17:34, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Someone helped me out already. 21:11, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Don't click this
Lol...in your sandbox, I clicked all four (new tabs) of your " don't click this, this, this, and this" thing at the same time and my computer didn't crash! :O 09:31, October 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yea, but it wasn't too slow. Kinda surprised me because my computer is like 2003 ish. :S 09:37, October 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * That's cause your link was after soldier reverted the spam haha. This is the link you want. :S 09:47, October 22, 2009 (UTC)

A... B... C...
And you said I was the fanatic! 04:10, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * I gotta tell you, I don't think you'll have any problem beating that at this rate! 04:16, October 23, 2009 (UTC)

User:Linedo
Something's wrong with this page. It's in Special:WantedCategories, but I checked the userboxes and they look correct to me. Can you fix it please? 07:32, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I didn't know about the apostrophes, because Template:User guild's example page doesn't show apostrophes. 07:46, October 23, 2009 (UTC)

Help
Is it possible to hide a table? Like with navigation templates, there's a hide/show button. Is it possible to add that to a table? 08:59, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, i want to transclud the text of http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/User:Rwojy/Marketplace/Item_lending onto http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/User:Rwojy/Marketplace/. How do I do that? 09:11, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes thank you very much, Now about the previous question... 09:14, October 23, 2009 (UTC)