User talk:Azliq7/Archive9

QUESTION!
hey i was wondering how u got your runescape stats on your page i would like to put mine on my page!J mac890 03:04, May 23, 2010 (UTC)

http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/User:J_mac890

GEMH images
When I import GEMH images to Finnish RuneScape Wiki, it brings all the pages, but not the pictures, for example:. Do you know how to import images?

--Penko 10:00, December 31, 2009 (UTC)

transclusion
We have already been looking into the transclusion option together with Uberfuzzy. (It is already activated on our Wiki.) His conclusion was that it is impossible to transclude the exchange pages because it will simply show the visual part of the exchange pages. For exchange pages to work properly we also need the keywords to be transferred. It might still work for the GEMW images. Maybe Uberfuzzy overlooked something. Feel free to experiment on our Wiki with the transclusion feature. -- 11:57, December 31, 2009 (UTC)
 * Also see Uberfuzzy's reply to our question. nl:Overleg_gebruiker:Uberfuzzy-- 12:45, December 31, 2009 (UTC)

Old GE Price
Hi, Is there any way of getting some item's GE Price from some days ago? For example to see how much was it yesterday.. I would compare it with the actual price and see the difference. I need just the number. Thanks, 15:55, January 1, 2010 (UTC).

Interwiki transclusion
I tried to write, it brung the whole page, including sidebar and stuff. Then I went to Hammer page, and put the GEMW there, but it didn't bring the price, it brung the whole Exchange:Hammer page. I also asked wikia staff about the transclusion, and they said it isn't possible.

--Penko 21:31, January 2, 2010 (UTC)

AzBot Upload Log
Is it possible to remove the newer version updates from the update log? Upload Log 14:25, January 6, 2010 (UTC)

Infobox preloaders
I noticed that the wiki has two different ways of preloading infoboxes into an article: Via MediaWiki:Newarticletext when creating a new page, or via an "Insert template" drop-down which is added via JS every time a page is edited. I think we should get rid of the JavaScript-based preloader form, for these reasons: What do you think? -- 11:41, January 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) The JS form is not in a prominent location, being below the edit form.
 * 2) The JS form is shown and generates an additional AJAX request even though I really don't think it's being used much, per 1) and because it loads in many situations where it's not needed. This behavior could be tweaked to stop it from loading in non-mainspace edits, though.
 * 3) The JS form uses a different preloader page. For example, Template:Newpage item and Template:Infobox Item/preload . With some work, this could also be changed so they both use the same page.
 * Finished! I've been meaning to do a general cleanup of Common.js/Functions.js for a while now. There is some redundant functions that are offered by wikibits.js and/or the jQuery library plus some other things that are not being used. I just need to comb through it all and also apply the selective loading optimizations we discussed before. -- 15:54, January 11, 2010 (UTC)

question
How do you add a sitemeter on a wiki? --Huge234 14:18, January 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm making a food wiki. I'm doing a challenge where I'm trying to cook 81 recipes in 100 days. Here is the url if you want to see it.


 * http://4-ingredientsorless.wikia.com/wiki/Food_Wiki --Huge234 16:07, January 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * No I have not. With the instructions on the site it says to add the code bye pressing the add media button. But I do not see the add media button on the tool bar menu. --Huge234 01:13, January 12, 2010 (UTC)

Glitch?
Hey Azliq, is some sort of bug occuring here? Strangely enough, the link to the CVU is instead linked to an image on the Micronations Wiki. What's going on? Thanks! 07:24, January 12, 2010 (UTC)

RE:Syntax highlighting
Yep, I've used the SyntaxHighlight GeSHi extension on other wikis before. Not only does it have the .js/.css highlight feature for pages but it provides the with   on all pages? Thanks! 06:48, May 13, 2010 (UTC)

Pure ess
Hey, i bought 30k pure ess back in feb and was planing to craft it all to laws. both running like the old days and the abyss. well i now its the end of may. i look at the chart for pure ess now and was wondering if i could possibly make a lil money buy selling it since its taking way too long now. it looks profitable from the charts, but i'm looking for a lil feed back. maybe someone wanna buy 20k pure ess?


 * I no longer actively play RS, so I would not how to advise you on that. Perhaps you should ask someone who does... I am also no longer a member, or I would buy it off you. =/ 17:11, May 27, 2010 (UTC)

Another AzBot task request
I saw that you were doing grand exchange volumes for certain items. Would it be possible for you to generate that same data for commonly alched items like onyx bolts (e) and air battlestaves? Thanks. 21:41, May 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah, sorry, I wasn't awhare of that. By the way, you should think about archiving your talk page; its getting pretty laggy.   21:41, May 27, 2010 (UTC)

/'s in article names
What is the problem with articles with / in their name (like 2/3 cake)? Wikipedia says this: "In namespaces where the subpage feature is enabled, the forward slash (/) is used to separate a subpage name from its main page name. However subpages are disabled in the main namespace, so article names can contain slashes if appropriate – there is no need for such titles to be fixed." If this is true, what is the trouble? Suppa chuppa says it messes up your bot, AzBot. 07:11, June 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * but if you don't have the "2" page, there is no link at top to it. 20:14, June 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Go here . There is no link at the top to the non existent User:Evil1888/2. 23:50, June 5, 2010 (UTC)

GEMH images
Hey Azliq, if it isn't too much trouble, could you use AzBot to upload new GEMH images? It's been a while since the last update. Thanks! 09:57, June 27, 2010 (UTC)

Errors!
Hai! I am experiencing the very same errors, however the pages are not blank as you suspect. There is actually a preview of the page you are editing, but it appears at the bottom. I figured that its such a big issue, someone's bound to know about it and already be working on it to fix it. 04:37, June 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Not a talk page stalker. Seriously. Well, maybe a bit. Don't worry, these are known issues and have been reported (a while ago, actually :S). 04:46, June 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, the error has been persisting for a couple of months, in different browsers and OS-es. If anyone's interested, the error is actually documented here: Manual:Errors and Symptoms. And I have reported this to Wikia recently... please report this to Wikia as well, so that the staff recognises this error as a priority fix. 05:46, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

No, actually, haven't gotten that before. 12:06, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

Requested AzBot Task
User:Chessmaster just marked almost every image uploaded by User:Tarikochi for Speedy Move, adding about one-hundred images to the category. Due to the large size of this task, is it possible for AzBot to perform the moves and replace all the redlinks/redirects? Otherwise, I can ask a few admins to help me get through all of it, but the bot method would be preferred if it's not an irrational request. 12:50, June 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Chess told me he added over one-hundred to the list, though I was not keeping count. I am not in any sort of hurry, so I can wait for the GEMW task to finish. Thanks. 13:15, June 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks like Muzzy got around to it a while back (how did he do that ), though I should mention on Category:Administrators you are put down under a lower case A, can you change it to an upper case? 12:56, July 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Nubcake! If you change it, I will give you the Master Banhammer.  13:09, July 8, 2010 (UTC)

And another thing. I don't see the problem with 2/3 cake being the article, other than a redirect to the alt-code page. If we delete the 2 redirect page (which redirects to nothing of interest), having the title be a subpage will not be an issue. However, seeing as how you did it anyway, I am sure I am missing something. 18:16, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

AzBot graphs
Why was the yellow line changed to a teal-ish colour? 01:54, July 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just wondering.  08:05, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

GEMV
Hey Az,

I was wondering how you found the volume of different trades for your GEMV images. Is that found on the wiki, or do you take that from the GE database? I'm wondering because I made a proto-Common Trade Index that took into account volumes of trades. Thanks, 19:20, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, so would it be possible to do that for, say, 80 items? Do you put the market volume anywhere on the wiki (besides the graph), or do you just take it straight from the GE database?
 * Thanks. It's not particularly important, so you can just forget about it.   05:21, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, could you check out Talk:Grand_Exchange_Market_Watch/Common_Trade_Index? Is doing something like this feasible? It would involve recording the trade volume. 04:00, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

Exchange names
Hey Az,

I'm sending out a message to all the exchange bot operators that, in addition to all of the new treasure trail items, the following changes have been made:
 * All uses of 3rd age have been changed to Third-age.
 * All (l)s in armour sets have been changed to (lg).

21:11, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not completely sure if there was any kind of announcement to that effect. What items were discontinued?   01:07, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Since AzBot's last update, AFAIK, weeds have been discontinued. I don't know if other items were discontinued as well... 01:14, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay. One other small (but important) change is that "Armadyl plateskirt" is now "Armadyl chainskirt".   06:26, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

:o
You're.... alive!!!111 01:30, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, nice to see you temporarily editing again anyways :P 01:34, August 7, 2010 (UTC)

can you modify Template:StoreLine ?
As seen in the Miltog's Lamps shop article the wrong images are coming up, 6 of them are showing non-tradeable items due to the fact that the three items have 3 different states only two of which are tradeable. Currently the template is only setup to allow for images of non-tradeable items, but this change would allow for these items (and similar) to display proper imagery. Thanks, 17:40, September 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure, hon, the items in question all have identical names in all three states (which i found a work-around for editing the GE entry images to be appropriate to the actual items in the article i mentioned above). The items are Oil lamp, Oil lantern, and Bullseye lantern.  Their three states are 1) unfuelled (i.e., freshly made)  2) fuelled (i.e., after adding lamp oil to them from a still, and lastly 3) lit to become a light source.  In the third (final) state they are simply untradeable. In the first and second states they are tradeable (although the first state cannot be lit). Each state of each item has the same name, additionally each state of each item has a unique inventory image icon save for the bullseye lantern which has it's first two states appearing as identical.
 * I believe there are other items that have multiple states of tradeability that have the same name in each case). Which leaves the articles not listing the true names since some templates and other limitations prevent the true name from being listed and properly linked.  In the article about Miltog's Lamps the Oil lamps, Oil lanterns, and Bullseye lanterns all have the same icon and image (which you can see whenever the wikia File: caches catch up with the newly uploaded image (the last replacement images I uploaded took over five (5) days to update and as such the caching issue has been noted in the Site Notice).
 * So to summarise in that particular article there are 6 item pairs in which each has the identicle name which caused my initial issue and potentially future issues. I'm thinking the easiest work-around to the correcting the factual data that the templates are trying to show is either a) let the default image be overridden as i had assumed was the case when i first started completing the article (all based on an obsolete image, it was unreal how much work i found myself swimming in for sake of technical accuracy), or a simpler template modification might be 2) allow the name displayed/article linked to, to be over ridden.
 * To see what i was dealing with please see this version of the article. Note however, that initially the lamps and lanterns were all displaying as their lit (untradeable) version, however i edited the corresponding 'Exchange:' entries to properly show the unlit image versions of the items located at the articles (in these edits, here, here, and here.
 * Although my concern started over a single article, i am left to wonder how many other articles/items might have similar exceptions and thus my concern goes into the currently unknown especially considering that i would not know how to track such articles/items down.
 * Anyway you see fit to fix this i will fully support (even if you opt for non-action). Thanks 12:53, September 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Wow, 300 same-named items you say? That is a lot. Sounds like we should put together a small team of Spartans to handle this. Yes if you can please connect me with the list, although I'm unsure what to do with the list at this time at least it will give me a better insight as to the issue. you can either put them into google docs, e-mail it to me, or send them to me via here or even fb (it's easy to find me there). Of course any suggestions on what to do with the issue would be good.
 * I am curious however, since the image parameter in the template is only active if the gemw parameter is set to no, would it be possible to put a parameter in to change the display name? that would be useful so that articles such as Miltog's could display the same name as is listed in the shop while still linking to the proper article, prices, etc.? 11:58, September 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * I guess the disambigulated name versus the in-game name is a question for the style guide, or a consensus there of. It's time's like this i think of the "implement first, then propose second" idea lol 08:07, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

GEMW Herb Index
Can you please see about creating a herb index? the reason I ask is because of this! Also I figure that if we have one for logs and bars, why not for herbs? I'd do it myself but I'm not totally sure how to do it. Also I know Azbot would need to be updated somehow. To minimize any work, here is the code, minus what each price is divided by, since I don't know what that refers to or what the corresponding values of the herbs would be. If you tell me how to figure them out I will do that too and add them in. Also, I assumed that for /10 round 2, the 10 referred to the numbr of items being indexed and updated that accordingly. Fuuuuurthermore, since I'm not totally sure what an index is meant to display, I'm not toatlly sure whether it should be just grimy, just clean, both, or none. So I've provided all 4:

Just clean:

Just grimy:

Both:

Neither:

GE Herb Index/Change:

I'd give the diff too but I know it'd be easier for you to ctrl+r it from the original. So yea! Thanks! 21:04, September 13, 2010

Could use a little help please!
Hi everyone! I am an economics student writing my senior thesis on Runescape's economy! I am not familiar with any type of computer programming, and was hoping someone could help me. I want to run regressions on historical prices and volumes of items. Could someone please either send me the file or tell me how to get this data into an excel file or some other form that I can manipulate? Thank you for your help! 02:39, September 14, 2010 (UTC) Carly


 * You can use Special:Export.
 * List all of the items you need. There are currently 3,352 items.
 * Uncheck Include only the current revision, not the full history.
 * Check Save file.
 * Click Export and save the huge XML into your computer. This might take quite a while.
 * Open the XML file in Excel by using the option As an XML table.
 * If you cannot open the file, try reducing the number of items in Step 1.
 * The prices should be within the wikitext in the column called ns1:text.


 * Good luck! 03:22, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for such a quick response! I am able to open the file in excel, but under ns1:text, it does not show the price, but instead shows lots of information like cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="clear: ; margin-bottom: .5em; float: left; padding: .5em 1.4e for example. Is there any way to get a list with only the date, price, and maybe volume traded?  Thank you! -Carly


 * Funny. Did you follow the instructions exactly? I'm getting the correct information in ns1:text, with the date and price. If you want more accuracy, you should use ns1:timestamp for the date.
 * If you are still unable to retrieve the info, try these:
 * Export a single item by unchecking both the Include only the current revision, not the full history and the Save file options. If you see the dates and prices being displayed in the browser, then the XML is being exported correctly.
 * Open the XML file by using the option As a read-only workbook. The price data should be in /page/revision/text and the date in /page/revision/timestamp.

Let me know if you encounter any error messages. 03:52, September 15, 2010 (UTC)

I did follow the steps exactly, and an error message occurs when I try to open the file in excel. It says "some data was imported as text," and there is still gibberish in the ns1: text area. I just want to thank you again for helping me out with this. It means a lot to me!!! Also, I would love your advice on a topic for my thesis. I was wondering if there are any interesting/ strange things in runescape that you have noticed in relation to its economy in any way. So far, I am thinking about researching merching or the entire economy as a whole (ex. GDP, inflation), but would love to hear what you as an expert would say. :) Thanks again, -Carly


 * I don't play RS anymore, so I wouldn't know what's going on...
 * I think your problem is with the XML export using Special:Export. I don't think you're doing it right. When you export something, the result would be in the form of XML syntax, but you mentioned that you were getting cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0... which is actually HTML syntax.
 * Go to Special:Export.
 * Enter Exchange:Bones. Remember that price data is stored in the Exchange namespace, not in the article.
 * Check Include only the current revision, not the full history and leave the other two options unchecked.
 * Click Export.
 * What do you get? You should get something like this:

 − RuneScape Wiki http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/RuneScape_Wiki MediaWiki 1.15.5

etc.

Exchange:Bones 45784

and so on...


 * This would be an example of an XML file. If you see this in your browser, then choose File > Save As > XML only. Or, you can just check the Save file option. Use the XML file in Excel, not the HTML file. 06:00, September 16, 2010 (UTC)

Success!! Before I was just typing in the name of the item. I didnt realize that you had to type exchange: item. Thank you so much for your help!!! -Carly

Hello
Hi, I saw your bot uploading hundreds of images in a short period of time, and I wanted to ask you how can I do the same task with my bot, because I have lots of images pending to be uploaded. Thank you. Vĕģą - Ďāґķ 22:23, October 9, 2010 (UTC)

Ingredients
Could you please let User:AzBot update the price history of Ingredients? I already made the page Exchange:Ingredients. 12:16, October 24, 2010 (UTC)

GE Index
Hi, could you please double check the scaling of the overall GE index graphs. It's been off by a few points for a few months (graph says it's a few points higher than it really is). 09:17, December 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll ask Robert for a clarification on the 21.something value. I believe I just edited how the index was calculated because there was a discrepancy between what was listed on the page and what was actually been calculated. I just updated the index calculation to match the list of items. 10:09, December 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's fine, I don't really care if those extra items are added or not since I didn't know, but I do mind that the calculation is at least accurate. 11:24, December 22, 2010 (UTC)