Okay I understand about the graphics thing. :) I just thought that was behind us, anyway yeah I already made my own. I do agree with you that you are being rather childish. XD Nah, JK... thanks anyway! BTW, my "review" is a review. It belongs in that category, I have asked the 888th Avatar.
I think it is very childish of you to bring up a conflict on my blog. You are telling me I was not mature, but now you are in the position and you are just making it worse. I am trying to be nice here, and act like those past fights never happened, but you are just holding a grudge and I personally think that is not necessary.
Futhermore, I think we need to stop. You claim that it's wrong for me to say people can do what you do, but it's not. Your not the only person in the world. I am not saying everyone can do just as good as you, but don't think your the best. One word for you, pride. Just because everyone here knows you, it doesn't mean you will always be right and everyone will listen to you only.
I appreciate your help on the wiki, and I know you are good with graphics. I am simply asking we stop here and just move on. I am not asking you to make me graphics, I am simply saying don't bring this into other issues or articles. That's what the talk pages are for. :) Thank you for understanding. Please be mature and move on.
BTW, the reason I got angry before was because you were acting like a parent to me. Just so you know, I hate that. It's not anything personal towards you, I just don't like anyone to do that. It was rather rude to tell me I messed up, and try to tell me "Don't do it again". Anyway, sorry for the whole talk and everything. I just want you to know what's going on.
Thank you again, goodbye for now. --Anr0328 20:53, December 28, 2010 (UTC)
Um, ANR, calm down. WS only said he didn't think it fit the review category, he didn't even detail why, he kept it short and simple and really he's right... when answering me you brought up the conflict you had with WS, not the other way around. Please, don't make a scene.. just let this die and it's A OK. There are other things on xmas break to do than fretting over the past. =] Vulmen (talk • contribs) 21:03, December 28, 2010 (UTC)
I agree with Vulmen. BTW Vulmen, read the recent comment from WS: Click here.
I didn't bring it up, you did. Don't think that because you deleted your comment, no one else can see it. It's still part of the page history.
I told you that I wasn't going to make you pictures because you defaced my signature, but that is the end of it. You are the one putting more wood in the fire by bringing it up to other people and trying to make me sound like the bad guy.
I never claimed that it was wrong for you to say that people can do what I do, I just said that you should stick with the statement you said that anyone can do what I can do and make their own pictures. I would be lying if I said I wasn't prideful, because I am. Everybody is. But that has nothing to do with me pointing out the fact that you are mistaken. When I say that something shouldn't be part of something, then I am just stating what I think is right. It's no different than Vulmen disagreeing with a user on the comments, or with The Bos removing a category from a fanon page that he thinks does not belong.
Secondly, let me just remind you that you told me that you were given permission to add your blog to the reviews category, when clearly, you were not. And let me remind you that I was not the one who proved you wrong- it was other users. Lastly, it was not only me who agreed that your blog did not belong to reviews- it was other users as well.
You can't expect to come here, mess up, and have no one tell you to be careful the next time around. When you screw up, someone will tell you that you did. We do that to every user. And it is your choice whether or not to take our advice and help to better yourself, or to assume that we're trying to belittle you and act superior.
Delete what? I can't I'm not rollback, I have tried on Ianbernard's Hawky Awards. BTW, you left out YOUR first comment in the logs. So technically, you DID start it. You think I leave out my comments, look at your own work buddy. XD BTW, (Again) we arn't going anywhere with this. I want to stop, please. I dont care who started what ok? I'm not trying to make you look bad, I'm just saying what's true. We both have our own opinions, so please stop ok? It won't work, no one will win, it's impossible.
I am asking you to please stop.
Ok wait... NVM my brother is with me XD —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anr0328 (talk • contribs). This note was added on 04:40, January 23, 2012 (UTC).
Don't delete things from my talk page.
Stop bringing it up to other people, and you won't have a problem. If you attack me, trust that I will attack back.
Guys, just stop argueing. Is it really worth it?? Water Spout, he is asking you to stop and leave him alone. I suggest that you do that and quit fighting with him. I have been through that somewhere before too, asking someone to leave me alone and they wouldn't, so I know how frustrated he proably is right now. Just drop it.
May the elements be with you,
Dbdbzdbgtwoo
No offense, but you're not in a position to make a call here. Though I admire that you want us to stop, which I do, trust me, adding another person to the argument will only make things more complicated. Thanks for your concern, however :)
Well sorry but I don't mean to get involved, but fighting over thos is kinda stupid.
May the elements be with you,
Dbdbzdbgtwoo
It's fine. I mean I'm not going to try and explain to you the circumstances in which the argument started, because that would just be bringing it back to the surface, but thanks. :)
XD Sorry WS, I don't want to sound rude but Ithink that the only reason you said that to DBDBZDBGTWOO was because he was agreeing with me. XD No affense WS, but when someone makes you look "good" you don't tell them to stop. XD XD
Well you are sounding rude, and I could care less if every user agreed with you :)
If you want to continue arguing instead of letting this go, by all means, go ahead.
I will stop, now. I first need to point out something k? k. The direct quote you gave to me when we "met" was "As long as you don't do it again". That hurts k? It hurts when someone like you tells that straight to you. You think your right, and you yet tell me "I know I'm not right". Everyone says that spout, but deep down inside they think they rule, rock, and beat everyone at everything. That's you. You started that fight k? Just exept it. You brought it up when I asked you for graphics. You could have simply said, "No". You didnt have to bring it up. YOU brought it up. One more time, YOU brought it up. K? k. Just exept it. I have been wrong A WHOLE LOT when I am here, so now it's your turn to exept that you were wrong. I know you must be denying this, and all that, but just believe it.
Apology not exepted. Now I am done, I have finished what the master has started. (You)
BTW, I am done talking to you. I will not be lookign on your page, or responding to everything, asuming you will stop. I know I mensioned this again, but YOU made me. Quote from you: Fight me, I fight back. (Summary) So do I WS.
Lol I never apologized for the argument, I apologized for not being able to help you with your graphics dilemma. And I can tell you honestly that that apology wasn't sincere in the first place. Truth is, I never liked you, and I will never like you. I will never apologize, because I do think I'm right. I've admitted several times that I was wrong on this site, but this will not be one of those times.
Glad to know you'll be staying off my page. I will have the courtesy to do the same. Whatever you do with your newsletter, I hope is successful.
I thought it was when you got two pages on the same topic (e.g. : "Ozai" and "Ozai's Relationships"). Never mind. Sorry ! French Froglegs (talk • contribs) 11:12, December 28, 2010 (UTC)
Don't worry about it, it would have been a beneficial category anyways aha. But yeah- to my understanding, they're only created when histories are made. Continue with your contributions!
Oh, and since I don't know the proper referencing codes and such, would you mind going ahead and changing the references of the other A-class articles? ^^;
Still dead bored in the "dull" (quoting you) Canadian prairies ? French Froglegs (talk • contribs) 15:07, December 29, 2010 (UTC)
That's kind of funny! As snow is melting there, it's piling up here! It started snowing yesterday so I'm feeling a lot better aha ^^ Water Spouttаlk • blog 19:20, December 29, 2010 (UTC)
Awwww … I am the one who's jealous ! Now we got something like extremely fast winds, something between 60 and 90 km per hour. All that noise is tiring, it's cold in an agressive way, and when I get some wood and timber inside the house for the fires, all the sawdust gets into my eyes. :'(
It has absolutely no link but your review of the Earth King is awesome (especially the part : "WTF HE BECOMES THE AVATAR !! Oh, it's just a dream."). :)
I hate it when the winds are super fast, and you start to get chapped lips! But, somehow, I kind of find the sound of harsh winds soothing xD
And thank you so much! Aha, yeah, I ran out of steam on the last parts so it's evident that my level of writing goes from semi-professional to child lol. I could say the same about your Fortuneteller review, very well done :)
You ACTUALLY read it ? … When you said that ("I could say the same about your Fortuneteller review") , did you mean that my review was good, or that "my level of writing goes from semi-professional to child" ? ;)
Considering how obscenely popular your Favorite Female post is, maybe if an advert for my Avatar:The Last Airbender Revised blog was on the side of it, someone beside Carloso and Vulmen will notice it. Unless you actually think that'd help me (and in the case that promotion like that is allowed on here), please take this message as a joke. My apologies for wasting your time. Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 00:24, December 30, 2010 (UTC)
No, I don't mind at all. What would you want the advert to say? :)
I honestly had no expectations of being taken seriously. Well, something along the lines of "Lovelyb0nes is looking for a partner in making a new fanon, if you are interested, please read up onUser blog:Lovelyb0nes/A:TLAR Ideas ." Just please do not make it sound like an infomercial. Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 00:31, December 30, 2010 (UTC)
Oh, you're not an idiot, Spout. I really appreciate you putting that advert up and getting me, wait for it, ONE EXTRA READER! Seriously, thanks a lot, man. Apparently, Courage thought I was a girl too. Do I really think/write like a girl that much? Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 01:35, December 30, 2010 (UTC)
No, not at all. I just assumed from your username, which I was clearly wrong to do. Usually, I judge based on profile images, but yours seems to be universal so, no luck there lol
And wait for it. This isn't really the buzz period in the wiki, :)
The Lovely Bones is a book, for the record. A great book, that was turned into a piece of sh** in movie form by Peter Jackson.Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 01:44, December 30, 2010 (UTC)
Homedawgs and sex (er, in the gender way, not in the relationship way) Edit
Wow. I just stumbled on your Homedawgs. And I'm on it. There's no word to express the state of dumbstruck-ness and delight when I found it. I'm touched.
Okay, now on a much less sensitive and emotional subject, you said you usually guess what sexgender are users by looking at their profile picture (hard for me, it's a frog) and at other clues. So … what do you think I am ? That will help me know what others think and deduce of me en fonction of my writings and comments. And you're my unfortunate guinea-pig. But keep smiling !
Thanks again. But seriously, "and I haven't insulted, warned or threatened the well-being of your family" ? LOL
Ahhh please forgive me if I'm mistaken, but I would say you're a guy. That's just based on how you talk. Plus, I seem to remember that you referred to youtself as "guy" in one of our conversation, and you don't seem to use feminine adjectives in French, so hmmm?
Though, your advocacy for old women does make me think otherwise o.0
Smellerbee : "Maybe that's because I'm a GIRL !!!!"
Just kidding. Actually, I'm a snail (lazy, slow, hard to wake up, I even live in a wet place) which means I'm HERMAPHRODITE !! (sigh) No, you got me, I'm a male (or I was last time I checked), you betrayed me again, blasted French language (switch to French) avec tes adjectifs qualificatifs variant en fonction du genre et du nombre ! (switch back to English). Water Spout, stop me if I'm wrong, but I think you're a guy.
What's the average age of the users (you know, the users of this wiki based on a 7-10 TV series) ? 7 ? 10 ? 13 ? (I know Vulmen is 26)
Yeah it's useful ; I, a French native, born in France, raised in France, in a Litterature section at school, with extremely good marks in French, won't know the gender of some words without adjectives (alvéole, tentacule, pétale …)
An anonymous user on the Azula page is acting very inappropriate, but I can't delete his comments. Either you or one of the other major members of the wikia needs to stop him, please. Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 18:12, December 30, 2010 (UTC)
Thanks ws. If I have to censor my own curse words on here, he certainly can't talk like that. Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 18:15, December 30, 2010 (UTC)
Water Spout, why didn't you count Ianbernard's vote for Hama on your blog ? Is that old lady discrimination ? French Froglegs (talk • contribs) 18:28, December 30, 2010 (UTC)
Water Spout, thank you for putting me on your friends list. ^_^
And, btw, do you know the name of the template for people that just started to do a fanon? The black one. Thank you again :) Renatabls 23:01, December 30, 2010 (UTC)
Btw.....would you....make a banner for me of Suki? Renatabls 23:04, December 30, 2010 (UTC)
No problem! And no, I do not, sorry :(
With regards to the banner, post the details on the blog and I'll make it asap :)
Hey WS. I'm having problems getting on IRC. When it puts me on it, it says 1stAvatar erroneous nickname. Why? 1stAvatar (talk • contribs) 01:22, December 31, 2010 (UTC)
I'm actually unsure :(
Try using a different screen name. If the problem persists, copy the message it gives you and notify one of the administrators :)
There has got to be a way of searching through the image files to find something you want. I was thinking of adding an image of Yue on the Hair Loopies, but I'm not about to sort through some 3,400 pix to find the dozen or two of her. DesertDog 03:33, December 31, 2010 (UTC)
Here's a start. If you want to look for particular images, I would go search the general subject's category of images. So if I was looking for a picture of Katara, I would search in the search bar "Category:Katara images". Then you'll get a list of pictures tagged with Katara :)
Ah, okay. Can you tell I'm a words guy, not a pictures guy? How does an image get tagged, when it's uploaded? Can the tag be edited? And while we're on the subject, should the Imagelink template be added to most major pages? Kanna's page, for example, does not have it. DesertDog 13:59, December 31, 2010 (UTC)
When you are uploading a picture, it's mandatory to add an imagebox as to license it.
{{ Imagebox
| description =
| film =
| season =
| episode =
| source =
| origin =
| cats =
| license =
}}
| cats = is tags. You can place any existing categories of images, and separate them with |. So if I was tagging a picture with Kanna, I would likely put | cats =Kanna|Water Tribe Character|. If an image category is non-existent, you can most likely create it, as long as it is valid (don't make one for the foamy dude etc.)
Okay, Water Spout (Colonne d'Eau en Français … much better in English :) ), as you can pretty much guess, it's midnight here in France, so Bonne Année 2011 ! Bonne santé ! Meilleurs Voeux ! J'espère qu'il neige encore dans les prairies canadiennes !
On a much less festive topic, we're trying to advertise the "61" blog page ; at first we thought about asking you to put a link on your "Favorite Women" like you did for Lovelyb0nes, but I don't think you'll accept since it would make an extremely crowded page. But where could we put it otherwise ?
Yes you did, thanks! It's new year here finally! Happy 1 1 11!
And sorry, the manual of style is worded quite confusingly. You may do it again. Since it says in the last part that
Present tense must be used on any location, creature and character page, I assumed it went with their histories as well. I'll clear it up with an admin :)
Oh no … I sent a message at a poor guy who had put back at the present tense a page I had modified, telling him he was wrong. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF. :'(
You'll understand if I put "escape" in place of "scape" ? And you have new messages. From me. (back in Canada, Water Spout read this, and started screaming : "NOOOO ! Not him again !!!" He would later hatch a murder plan with Vulmen, a fellow persecuted wikian, for they could both get rid of that #@!*∑? annoying Frenchie).
I personally prefer escape as well, I don't mind one bit. :)
And I actually love talking to you, because I have a feeling you can help me with my French homework because you're so upbeat, and nice and so willing to help out the wiki :D
I know it's strange, but remember that Sokka ate a Giant Fly, so...it can be a possibility, but it's ok. =] Renatabls 21:22, January 1, 2011 (UTC)
He's a character. Adding him into food would mean that we should add Appa and Momo to food since they've both been considered as possible food by individuals. In all technicality, all fauna should be food, and in a sense, all humans should be food, but we should only categorize their species as such, and if they were actually eaten (or are evidenced to be eaten). Water Spouttаlk • blog 21:24, January 1, 2011 (UTC)
"You want me to eat ol' Appa? He's like a member of the family!" Yeah, i admit, you're totally right. :] Renatabls 21:30, January 1, 2011 (UTC)
Hey just appologizing for... I think you called it bagde editing or somethin like that. Not smart on my part I know. No worries though it will not happen again. I just gonna stick to making minor grammar and spelling edits to this fanon I read that I really liked. Thanks for setting me straight. Oh and a Happy New Year. :)
To put text in italics, simply add two apostrophes before and after the word you want italicized. For underlining, use the triangular tags (<,>) around the letter u, then end with the usual ending tags (</, >)
Nice new banner on your profile page ! But where's all the text ? AND WHO ALLOWED YOU TO CALL ME FRENCHY ?
French Froglegs (talk • contribs) 23:50, January 1, 2011 (UTC)
It was all just me babbling on lol, so I took it off. The simpler, the better lol
Shouldn't we stop with the fighting in all? Its a new year and I think holding a grudge on this (Not just you, me 2) is just making things worse... I'm not going to affend, bother, make u look bad or anything ok? I dont want graphics, got my own btw... I just want to stop with fighting because it's just, uh... wrong. Not from, u, me 2 ok? I emailed some people here and they said It is probably best to put it behind everyone. Iroh once said, it is best to admit mistakes and seek to restore honor. I am admiting our mistakes, and seeking to restore honor. LOL sorry that just sounded funny... anyway yeah please? All I ask of u is to put this behind us and to start over ok?
I'd really appreciate any feedback on the first section of A:TLAR Episode One, if you're not too busy. I have a lot of respect for you, Vulmen, and Courage, so this feedback would mean a lot. I'd understand if you're not interested, though. Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 07:50, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
I just took a quick read. I wasn't able to finish it, I'll wait till you get the Aang part settled, but the first 4 paragraphs were phenomenal. You are really good with word manipulation. Keep it up. THough I would watch speech, because I don't think the level your characters are speaking at the moment are up to par with how well you're writing. But, bravo ;)
Oh, thank you so much, WS. I do intend to enhance the dialogue as the series gets established. I've put a lot of effort into getting this series off the ground since I joined over the holiday break...I'm looking forward to continuing my work. Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 07:59, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
I look forward to reading more of it :)
By the way, thanks for valuing my opinion enough to ask for a review, it means a lot to me as well. :)
Okay, the entire first episode is complete. Of course I value your opinion, WS. Don't mention it. Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 16:54, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
888 has answered our prayers questions about the tense issue : so apparently, I'm right. *victory dance* You can check the full answer at his talk page.
How does it feel to be ranked #2 on Avatar Wiki???? And how can you get to such a high ranking.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by TokkaRulez!:) (talk • contribs). This note was added on 04:40, January 23, 2012 (UTC).
It feels pretty good! It's all cumulative- I don't get them all in one day, aha. I work a lot to edit pages and images, so I guess that's why I get badges quickly :)
well when i make a page i dont know which template to use for the contents box. by the way sorry about the messed up info i meant to specify with the pai sho thing( i think it was you). it is actually ancient pai sho i started the page but i wanted to wait till i had some help to finish it. it was made in china( haha) before the show and the creators of the show used it. this version is the closest one to the the show version. i actually saw a picture of two people playing pai sho at this zoo which means it is not only played after the show. thanks for any help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mario200849 (talk • contribs). This note was added on 04:40, January 23, 2012 (UTC).
What do you mean by templates?
Also, even though there are real games like Pai Sho, you can't integrate it to in-universe content because it is not confirmed. You can start a section like "Influences" or "Similarities to Real Life", but you can't actually add things to the gameplay if it is not confirmed by the creators. Water Spouttаlk • blog 19:40, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
I'm back to school, and we answered for the first time to our Canuck penfriends, and I've been wondering : would you by any chance live in Toronto and be at Oakwood Collegiate (if you're still in high school of course) ? And when can you be in general on the IRC, enabling me to stop putting those comments on this page which is supposed to be for matters of the Wiki only ? :)
Hi Water Spout! I just want to tell you I fixed up the Plantbending page. Tell me what you think. (And be honest) Thebiguglyalien (talk • contribs) 18:17, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
Hey, Water Spout ; if you want me to help you in your French, maybe it would be better if you check the answers and questions I wrote at the place you asked for it. :)
Avatar Wiki has moved into 2011 in considerable style. The popularity of and activity on this site remains high, demonstrated by the speed at which new suggestions are made. The number of new ideas for the wiki and for community events is remarkable, especially when compared to the relative sluggishness of the site exactly one year ago.
However, in our eagerness, some elements of our guiding principles on discussion appear to have been laid aside in favour of voting, a seemingly quicker and easier solution. Consensus through true debate should be sought first, with voting reserved only for when we fail to reach consensus within a reasonable time frame. (Project pages with explicit instructions to vote are of course excluded.) Only through true debate can all the arguments for and against a change be made clear.
It has also come to my notice that we have no current formalised policy on discussing profile image changes. This has led to confusion and several very messy votes. I personally propose a reinstatement of our old profile image policy. Other proposals are of course welcome.
Laying these issues aside, I hope you enjoy Issue 14 of The Ba Sing Se Times, the community newsletter.
I would like to start by saying thank you to all who contributed in the nomination process. You have made it possible for the nominee’s to win their award. Now please, continue showing the love, and vote on the recently opened polls!
The Awards have been going strong for three months now, and things are only looking better. After the unfortunate, but necessary skip of January, the Awards are running the planned way, and I’ve realized a few things.
It really does take a while for nominees to be placed, longer than I like to admit. With that said, I am beginning to think about only holding The Awards every other month. This would allow a reasonable, and justified time to place nominees, then an appropriate time to hold up the polls.
I seem to be a much liked person. Not to gloat, but people want to nominate me for categories. I love and appreciate the gestures, but I really don’t feel comfortable winning an award to my own award ceremony. I host The Awards, and that’s good enough for me.
I would also like to remind everyone again, that next ceremony I will not be providing the rules and information on The Awards in the ceremony blog post. Most questions can be answered in the FAQ section of The Awards main page. Also on that page you can find all the information you need on The Awards. I urge everyone to please take the time to read The Awards main page. It can be accessed by clicking on the footer at the bottom of the ceremony blog. Another way to access it is by going to my user page and clicking on the link at the very top.
Thanks Everyone
The former Fire Nation General Iroh answers all of your questions in our newest edition. If you have any more questions, leave them by our head quarters in the Inner Ring!
Dear Iroh,
My brother, my so called "friends," and my own father all betrayed me! Do you have any ideas to get back at them? I was thinking hiring an assassin to poison them. But then I thought that was too merciful, so I thought burning them to death. But again, it's too merciful. I'm wondering why Im even asking you! My so called "Uncle"! You let them throw me in the crazy house! You let them take my throne! YOU LET THEM TAKE ME AWAY! I SHOULD BE RULING THE FIRE NATION RIGHT NOW! I- Editors Note: The rest of the note is not readable, it's burned, but I did see some of the words little and something foul.....very foul.
Dear Iroh,
I took my girlfriend to the best restaurant in Ba Sing Se, but things didn't work out so good and I accidentally-inadvertently called someone prettier than her and she didn't like it so much, I think I apologized just fine.....but when I accidentally-inadvertently did it again, she got a bit mad. Now I'm sore and she won't let me down from the tree. Do you have a solution?
-The Sarcasm and Meat Guy
Dear Sarcasm and Meat Guy, You apologized right? Well you did just fine until you idiotically did it again. I suggest you do something nice for her....if she ever lets you down. I had a girlfriend like that once. She attacked me when I did the same thing. A week later, the Fire Nation Royal Guards finally found me and took her down. So....are you royal? That may help. If not, run while you can, preferably when she's asleep. Love, Iroh
Dear Iroh,
In an effort to clean my hair for the first time, my friend (who shall remain nameless) thought it was a good idea to drench me to the bone. Naturally, we had a fight and-well, you run the newspaper and know the outer ring lost lots of money in damages. Anyway, I wanted to know a way to make it up to her. I think I got her madder the way I tried to make it up to her.....I won't say how, but I'll tell you I bought her an poodle monkey that wasn't too happy.
Sincerely,
The Blind Bandit
Dear Blind Bandit, I'LL SAY IT COSTED A LOT! YOU DESTROYED MY ENTIRE SUPPLY OF TEA LEAVES, WHY DO YOU THINK I TOOK THIS STUPID JOB YOU LITTLE- ahem. I mean, you should probably apologize. If that doesn't work you shouldn't be her friend. Be mine and PAY IT ALL BACK YOU-
(Editors Note: At this point, Iroh had to be sedated. I'm sorry, Blind Bandit, but you got him a tiny bit mad....hope you get that problem fixed.....)
Omnibender is one of the oldest admins and bureaucrats of the wiki. He has been here almost since the beginning. “Very knowledgeable about Avatar, remains a prolific editor and maintainer of articles”. Now, unfortunately, he is inactive. However, we can find out about him and if he plans to return to the wiki.
1. First of all, how are you? How are you in your studies?
R: I’m ok-ish. 2010 was an exhausting year that just went by in a blink. There are ups and downs with college. For one, there were some really hard, yet very interesting subjects and group works that among other things secured me a lab internship this year, one that I know will teach me lots of things. For the other, I had this… less than desirable calculus teacher, which makes the oh-so-lovely-subject even more execrable, as well as the internship I had from July to early December, which was good for nothing. But I think the hardest part of 2010 was losing my grandmother. It happened in October. It’s very weird, because I think I suffered the most before she actually died.
2. Have you thought to return to Avatar Wiki some day?
R: I certainly intend to return some day. I don’t have a set in stone chronogram, but my idea is to start editing again when more of Legend of Korra info is available, definitely becoming a regular again once it starts airing. Like I said in one of my last edits, the main reason I left the new “features” added to the wiki. Before that, I always thought that the reason I’d leave the wiki was going to be fanon entering the wiki, because I’m not very fond of fanon, but then the merger of the canon and fanon wikis happened very smoothly, and that surprised me. It was the article comments and the badges that pushed me away. If the decision was mine alone to make, those would be disabled never to be used again.
3. What do you think about the information released regarding Avatar: Legend of Korra?
R: I’ve seen very little. Aside the stuff that was already out when I last edited, the only new things I know about is the animation showing Korra fighting, Dante Basco playing another character (something I quite like, because Basco did a very good job as Zuko), and the episode title “Skeletons in the Closet”, or something like that. The moment I saw that title, I could see people going insane from a possible exposition of Ursa story or background. The one thing I hope LoK is very careful about is the shipping. I’m not a big fan of shipping. I understand that it adds a certain drama, but there are other sources of drama.
4. What do you think it’s the solution about the excessive amount of fanon articles that are not edited frequently and its authors are inactive?
R: From a logical point of view, there are two reasons why a page wouldn’t be edited. Either the author is lazy, no longer active or the like or the page has nothing more to be edited. By that, I mean that the fanon is complete. If a fanon page, for example, chapter page is complete, I see no problem in leaving that page there. If it’s just there taking up space because the author is lazy and doesn’t edit, doesn’t bother to complete the work, I think all that is necessary is a strong deletion policy regarding unfinished fanon works. Give the author a mean to say “hey, I won’t be editing for about x time because y reason”. If that doesn’t happen, or is abused in some way, delete the page. Perhaps make a “complete template”, to stamp a fanon page as complete, and therefore no more likely to be edited. It’s one way to sort those two types of non-editing.
In about 10 months from now, Avatar will once again be in the spotlight, and finally for the right reasons. After the heartbreak that occurred many users had in 2010 with the last Airbender fail. However what many users overlook about is that 2010 was an great year for the wiki and for most users. According to wikia.com the users on Avatar Wiki jumped 200%. Also the number of active spiked during the summer to higher than it ever was. Avatar Wiki also experienced some setbacks (as all good things must do). We of course, had our entire site ready for The Last Airbender, and after the major flop that occurred, many users, including myself, were scared that that was the end of Avatar forever. But it wasn't. Just days after The Last Airbender, the creators of Avatar announced that that they were working on a new series, The Legend of Korra, and that it would premiere in 2011. 2010 may not have been the greatest year for the Avatar franchise and Avatar Wiki, but it gave us hope for a great 2011. Happy New Year.
Watch out for all vandals! As Courage stated in the previous issue, the new year is bringing new users, which is a good thing. However, it is also bringing some vandalism along with it, which is a bad thing.
Anonymous users tend to bring more vandalism. Most of this can be seen at the Wikia Central. There are many reasons, but I personally think the top reason of so much vandalism is that people are ban evading. Most people can do this by either changing their IP, changing their hostmask, and then going anonymous. Some people do this just to be cruel and rude.
Wikia prefers people to use an actual user name. It's not hard, just create an account. It is not "against the rules" to be anonymous, it's just prefered by the wiki.
All vandals, please stop vandalizing! Instead, try to reduce vandalism on the wiki.
Suggest users for this to the editor! This section is for users who have made some significant and creative improvement, have acted as a voice of reason or even have simply been kind to others.
Users have been wondering what colours are suitable for templates and other items on this wiki. Here is a guide to some of the colours already in use that I recommend. The letters and numbers inside them are their hex codes.
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Delivered 02:09, January 8, 2011 (UTC)
Si tu veux de l'aide en Français, il faudrait d'abord répondre ! :) Edit
Hey, WS ? I'm spamming, but what do you need from me (as I said earlier) if you want my full help ?
I'm in French 20 right now, I was saying that you could help me in French 30, since I'll probably have a lot of trouble x) Water Spouttаlk • blog 20:01, January 8, 2011 (UTC)
And … what is French 20 ? (I'm NOT from this planetcountry, remember) Don't hesitate to leave a message if you need help though ! :)
Aha, here high school classes are organized by putting a dash and a number next to a course. So, there's French-10 for beginners, French-20 for intermediates, and French-30 for ones who've passed -20 and -10. I'm finishing up French-20 right now, and I'm having my exams. There are three parts; written, aural (listening) and a multiple choice final. I've done the first two, and I'm doing the last on Monday :)
And, thanks!
By the way, may I ask what tense "faudrait" is? I've probably learned it in class, but just forgot xD
Hmm … Je pense que "faudrait" est un conditionnel présent, 3e personne du singulier. "faut" est l'indicatif présent, "fallait" l'imparfait de l'indicatif, "fallut" le passé simple et "faudra" le futur simple. Donc, oui, "faudrait" est un conditionnel présent.
Yes, so far I've passed both written and aural. I haven't done splendidly, for some reason, but I still passed lol Water Spouttаlk • blog 17:35, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, Water Spout. I'd pointed out on Courage's talk page that the Kuzon page is in-universe but I was going to wait for 24-hours before changing it back -- or not if there was a good explanation of why the reversion was made. Didn't want to get into an editing duel. DesertDog 01:02, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
Don't worry about it. I think he was just confused because when you see the change page, it just has the coding, so it does look somewhat like episodes were added, when in fact they were reference tags. By the way, great work on referencing! Thanks a lot! Water Spouttаlk • blog 06:58, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, this was my original photo. I spent most of my time in the wiki with it. And yes, aha, the intention behind both Vulmen and I using Pakku was to seem like twins, because we would pop up most of the time in the same pages and have the same arguments lol Water Spouttаlk • blog 17:36, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
Now you're triplets, and the third triplet is a warty slimy frog. XD
Or I think so (that we're triplets ; I'm sure I'm a warty slimy frog, :) )
I have to say that I agree with Frenchie, I liked the other image better. I had gotten attached to it..somehow..in two weeks. Anyways..hello, good morning/evening/noon, and congrats on your exams. If you don't mind my asking, I was wondering if you've fully read both chapters of A:TLAR that are up, and could give me full, honest feedback. I understand that you were really busy before, so you only read the beginning of ch. one, but now if you can spare the time, please do so. The compliments about the beginning of chapter one felt like you were just being nice, honestly... If that isn't true, then I'm sorry for saying that. And I'm sorry for badgering you about this again...I just would like feedback from the people I consider friends on here, like Vulmen and Courage, whom already have given feedback. Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 18:14, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
Aha, it does look better. Let me see if I can find it :P
And I will try to get a read of it done sometime this week. It's just I'm busy the next few days because exams start and the semester is about to end; meaning lots of tests x.x
Like I said before, I appreciate that you value my opinion. Rest assured that I would not jeopardize that by giving you false feedback :)
My exams start on Wednesday...lovely. From what you had said earlier, I thought your exams were done by now. Okay then, it's just I thought you might be easy on me because...well like I said, you're quite literally the friendliest person I've ever met on the internet. You're a living example of how that 'canadians are super-polite and nice' stereotype can be true. I in turn appreciate your being willing to take the time to give me feedback. Also, have you checked out courage's fanon? It looks good.... Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 18:32, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
I'm luckier ; I just had "bac blanc" and it was horrible ; now I just have 5 tests this week. Yay !
Our elective exams always come before our core subjects. So we still have regular school till Tuesday, where we finish them. I only have French, so I'm doing those exams at the moment. Exam break starts on Wednesday and we start exams on Thursday :) Water Spouttаlk • blog 19:26, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
A bac blanc is sort of like a mock exam, isn't it? Like a test you take before you take the actual test? xD Water Spouttаlk • blog 22:02, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
Yeah … But just for the "bac", the most important exam of your life. Pass ? It's normal. Fail ? You're likely to remain unemployed. And so hard we have to do mock exams to get used to the dreadful difficulty. Just horrible.
Sort of. Very little of the options actually do have finals. It's just the second languages, actually, so it would be pointless to mess up the exam schedule just to fit those in. That's why the language exams happen during class time, while the core exams happen during exam break :)
The image handling procedure is a tough one to get used to. The link I posted on your talk page should tell you the steps you need to take to license them properly :)
Unfortunately, it is against policy to delete talk page messages :(
However, you can clear your page by archiving it, like many users do when their pages tend to get crowded. For example, if you scroll to the top of my user page, you can see that I have four talk page archives :)
With regards to your signature, I will try to help, though I'm not expert. The signature I have on right now is pretty basic, lol. hat were you thinking of having?
It seems that you've gotten started on some sandbox work for your signature! I added a version that's an exact replicate of mine but in different colors. I think you can figure the rest out, you can on pretty quickly.
As for archiving, what you want to do is go on your talk page, hover over edit, click move and rename it to User talk:JaidynM/Archive 1. It'll take you to that page. At the top of the page should be a small text along the lines of {Redirected from User:JaidynM). Click that and edit that, and that will become your current talk page.
Hey WS, would you tell me the quote in the waterbending scroll when Oh and Aang are talking about the Pirate Ship Boutique? Renatabls 22:54, January 11, 2011 (UTC)
Locations don't usually get quotes, though. Do you sitll want it?
"Iroh: "Euch! This tea is nothing more than hot leaf juice!" Zuko: "Uncle, that's what all tea is." Iroh: "How could a member of my own family say something so horrible?''"
— Iroh and Zuko in City of Walls and Secrets.
Yeah. Many object articles have quote templates that are identical to ones from the character pages. Waterbending Scroll has one in green like Toph's quote, and Tea has one in purple as it is neutral, much like the Lion Turtle.
Not many locations (not any at all, I think) have quotes accompanying them. It would be inconsistent to add one just to the boutique.
Bonjour! Je vous ai entendu parler français? Je ne suis pas très bonne. mais je parle un peu. i apolojise if some words are spelt wrong... if you understood it i said i was not very good. TophLover. 00:10, January 12, 2011 (UTC)Toph Lover
Je parle un peu, aussi. Je suis seulement en français intermédiaire, donc je ne suis pas bon non plus. :)
Mon plaisir :D Et oui, je suis d'accord, je suis apprentissage de trois langueges différents au moment O_O mais vous semblez bien:) mieux que moi ... hahahahaha :D TophLover. 00:31, January 12, 2011 (UTC)Toph Lover
Let's make a club together ! How about : "French Froglegs' Frenchie-speaking Friends" ?
or "French Froglegs Forever" ?
Pour l'instant, on dirait que c'est moi qui parle le mieux français. Étrange …
I'm really sorry to bother you again but could you PLEASE fix my talk page?
I tried putting that Archive picture there but it looks kinda weird so can you make it so that it looks kind of like yours? Also, I logged out and left myself a message but there is no contents. :/
Hello WS, how have you dealt with your exams? I'm satisfied with how I've done, so far. Also, we really need to do something about anon user 24.147.171.220. He has said some awful things about Courage, and repeatedly posted the same irrelevant comment. Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 22:57, January 12, 2011 (UTC)
Eh, I'm still nervous. I've bumped up my course marks as much as I can to try and cushion the blow of final exams, and have a safe and stable grade even if I do bad. My fifth oen is tomorrow in the afternoon, wish me luck!
As for the anon, notify 888 on his talk page. I already told Energybender via IRC yesterday, but he didn't reply, as usual.
I'm very satisfied with how I did on my finals, now that they're over. How did the fifth (is it the last?) go over today? Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 18:51, January 13, 2011 (UTC)
Wey water spout, it should be better if you start a discussion at Avatar Wiki:Votes for Deletion, but if you don't want, it's okay. you could merge it to the Hybrid Pigs' page for me.Renatabls 02:07, January 13, 2011 (UTC)
Thanks ws =D Renatabls 02:35, January 13, 2011 (UTC)
Truly, I don't know. I already have huge problems to balance school, work, this Avatar Wiki and other free time. So I don't think I'll be able to succeed. :(
Besides, I never watched the series in French, so I won't know some technical terms (e.g. : Firebending, Badgermole, Southern Air Temple, etc).
No sir ; I was talking to both of you (unless you consider you're not part of "French Froglegs' French-speaking Friends" … You're my friend WS and you speak French. You match the conditions). What's a lab exam anyway ? Doing chemicals go KA-BOOM ! in a lab ?
A lab exam is like where teachers test your knowledge about lab skills. They give you a task sheet, and you have to complete it. Like determine the kinetic energy of a pendulum for physics, observe and identify a reaction in chem and create a diagram for bio and all that stuff.
EWWW !! I'm in a litterar (littéraire ?) course in high school, which means I'm allergic to maths and sciences. I don't have to do that any more, thanks goodness !
I'm sympathetic again ! I hate maths … Why do you hate most : science and maths or English and F… er, foreign language (or any other hatred thing that comes to your mind : PE, Music, Arts, …) ?
Sorry, to bother you but would you be able to tell me how you got that banner? By that, I mean the one at the top of this page. JaidynM (Talk) - (Blog) 06:47, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
Of course. I took an image from piandao, placed it in photoshop, blurred the edges and turned it transparent, then added text. I put it on photobucket then I hotlinked so I wouldn't need to license it on here :)
Does it take long? It's just that I'm not gonna ask if you can make one for me if it's too much of a hassle for you. And if you don't want to do it, it's perfectly understandable. JaidynM (Talk) - (Blog) 07:02, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
I have no problem making it, though now is not a good time;exams, yikes!
So, if you're still interested in a week or so, message me with what stuff you want on it and I'l ltry my best :)
Thanks. So, what subjects you doin'? French is about the only one I can get out of your talk page. JaidynM (Talk) - (Blog) 07:10, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
I finished French, thankfully, and I got my lab exams done with. Now all I have left is Math (which I have tomorrow), Science (on Monday) and Social Studies (on Wednesday). After that I'm done my 1st semester and I can rest for the entirety of the exam break xD
You have an exam tomorrow?! STUDY NAO :P! Anyway, if you're staying online, could you check this page over? I re-did it entirely and just wanted to see whether it was okay. Good luck with the exams. ;) JaidynM (Talk) - (Blog) 07:45, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
No, you didn't, don't worry about it. Sorry if I sounded cranky, aha.
A social final is a final exam for social studies (les sciences humaines?). It involves a final written essay and a large source based analysis test :)
On my side, I must hand an essay around next monday, about the question "Does Verlaine's poetry's filiation with the (French) Impressionnist Painters express itself only in the landscape paintings ?". It's just plain horrible. :)
Of course! I'm not an expert, the best I can do is something along the lines of my own signature. Did you have something in mind, in terms of color and text?
Also, please don't forget to sign your posts with 4 ~ (SHIFT `), so that people can contact you back :D
I always seem to forget to place my signature...jeez!
Anyway um...I want Zuko and Greece with Red colour(maroon preferably) and from with white colour!Could I change the font as well?If yes Georgia would be nice.
I also want to have a water pic just like yours although not the same. If you can't find another could you put a close-up to Zuko's golden eyes?
I have no idea how to add text changing tags. Also, images can only be linked if they are on the database; I'm afraid we don't have a close-up of Zuko's eyes at the moment :(
Thanks once again for your help. Though it says something about 'sockpuppetry'. What's that? JaidynM (Talk) - (Blog) 03:18, January 16, 2011 (UTC)
Sockpuppetry is when a user logs out or creates multiple accounts assuming different personas, usually to support his/herself in voting procedures, arguments and the like :)
Hey. I was just wondering, I was putting quotes on some of the creature pages (Cave-Hopper, Two Headed Fish, etc.). However, these quotes keep getting deleted. They were related to the page creature, so does the wiki not allow quotes on creature pages? If so, I'll stop putting them on. Thanks! Spo55 - Talk 21:35, January 16, 2011 (UTC)
They're allowed, but not exactly beneficial to the article. Usually, short articles like Cave-Hopper and Two Headed Fish don't need overpowering quotes accompanying them as it takes away from the already meager content. Feel free to add them to larger articles like Sky Bison or the likes :)
I know you get your pictures from there but how do you manage to find so many relevant ones? When I browse through their screenshots, it takes me ages to go through every single page. Any tips? JaidynM (Talk) - (Blog) 00:26, January 17, 2011 (UTC)
Hmmm... Simply experience with the site, I guess. When I have nothing better to do, I simply look through every single page. That assures that I'll find the image I need. However, most of the time, I simply skip to the parts where the subject I'm trying to represent occurred. I've watched every episode in at least three instances, so I remember the general order that events came in.
For instance, if i wanted to get a shot of Katara Bloodbending, I would go to "The Puppetmaster" section, pick a page, in this case 10. I see that page 10 has shots such as Sokka having trouble sleeping. I know that Bloodbending happens much later on, so I'll skip to page 50. That page has Hama demonstrating Plantbending to Katara. Since the scene I'm finding happens a little later, I'd skip to page 65. That's close enough, and I do browsing from that point onward. :)
Thanks, but that's what I do to. It's rather slow though isn't it? :) Anyway, is there a way you could download every single image or do you have to do it Chapter by Chapter? Thanks again, JaidynM (Talk) - (Blog) 00:53, January 17, 2011 (UTC)
What do you mean by download every single image? There's an option to download every episode screenshot there is on each episode; denoted by the "Download" button next to "View". :)
Thank you for te welcome, and my bad for the conjecture templates and the chinese translations, I thought they would have been necessary for certain articles. While your'e here, check out my new user blog about my upcoming fanon story. Victory Shall Be Mine!!! (talk • contribs) 06:37, January 17, 2011 (UTC)
Hey ; it's been a long time since I last bothered talked to you.
First of : how are you ? Any exams left ?
Also : I had a deep discussion with the Canadian assistant we have in class about education (and I discovered that apparently we French students are far more politically aware than North Americans) and I wanted to ask you, a Canuck too, what is a students council ?
Last but not least : how do I technically create category pages ?
I hope you're upbeat too, fellow French lover ! Have a nice day !
I was wondering why you haven't been posting in my talk page lately!
Exams are almost over. I finished science today and I only have social studies on Wednesday. Science was brutal; extremely challenging. Math I did awesome on, so that's good.
Student Council is like an extracurricular activity; it's a group of students who act as lobbyists, in a way, for student interests. They usually propose ideas to the school board and to the faculty, like longer exam breaks or more tutorial time. Student Council also sometimes functions to raise funds for school events and activities.
Lastly, you can make category pages by clicking create a page, then typing Category:Name, replacing Name with whatever you please. :)
On my side, this end of January is gonna be tough. One exam at least per day. But then it will be February, end of the trimester, and I'm just going to relax. And I will at last have some time for the wiki. So far, I just put reviews of Vulmen's chapters (the length is quite impressive) and checking daily "61". Oh, and talking to you of course ! :)
Do you know when will the next BSST issue come out ?
What is your next blog gonna be ? Favorite males ? XD
I know you won't answer that. Well, it will start on Friday !
You said you lived in the prairies ; but where are the prairies in Canada ?
And do you read the "Eyes of Katara" chapters regularly ? It's just getting better and better each time !
To make sub-categories, just put a category on the category you're making; for instance, I made Equipment, which is a sub-category of both Military and Objects :)
The prairies in Canada are consisted of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba (Uncle SAM is a common abbreviation used by elementary kids to remember).
I'm not entirely sure when the next BSST comes out, however. And I don't regularly read any fanons; I've only gotten a chance to do small peeks and do minor critical reviews for users who request it :)
Right now, I'm actually getting ready for my final exam *dances*
Anyways, to answer your questions:
Rollbacks can undo vandalism faster with the rollback button. Normally, to undo edits, you must manually use undo, which will take you to an edit window where you confirm your edit. With rollback, it skips the confirmation.
I do think you deserve to be a rollback. Your edit history is strong, especially since you've been using your time here to update articles to correspond with the manual of style.
We always need more rollbacks. Vandalism never sleeps!
Anyways, at the moment, it's somewhat cold with that really sharp freezing wind, so not too pleasant, lol
Since your an expert using photoshop....do you know how to make panshots? Like...puttingthreeimages together and create a panshot. Renatabls 17:03, January 19, 2011 (UTC)
It's the same method as the technique you used for Teo's, but horizontal and without overlapping :)
If I remember correctly, your exams are all finished and the new period has begun for you, like it did for me this week. Well, congrats on making through it alive, likely at least well, if not with flying colors. Here's to the rest of the year being smooth. Nice to talk to you again, WS. Lovelyb0nes (talk • contribs) 00:01, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
Hey! Yes, it just finished. I am extremely relieved and content. Hopefully it'll be a breeze, aha.
By the way, I'll get to your fanon soon, don't you worry. Thank you, by the way, for what you said about me in the reviews section of the A:TLAR page. Appreciate it :)
I'll still apologize ; I was too in a bad mood (the bitch which is used as our Maths teacher put all the class in detention - 3 hours) and I didn't formulate well my questions.
Note the intentional use of "which" and not "who" when refering to the Maths teacher. :)
Well, let's forget about that ; how went the exams ? Are they over ? How's your life going in general ? (I'm asking about your mood and expectations, not the details about your private life that aren't my business). On my side, exam time will be over in February (I've got a 2 hours test in History class tomorrow *sigh*) so I'll try to survive until then. Oh, and remember my essay with the horrible question I had talked about ? The one I'm on since September ? Well, I handed it to my Arts teacher and she likes it so much she says she wants me to make a conference about it ! It won't be quite funny since Rodez is a small city and it will be attended mostly by 70-year-old intellectuals (I'm actually used as a bait to attract young people, lol), but I'm still so excited ! And terrified at the same time …
I never asked you before, but why do you like Longshot so much ? And why Longmai and not Longatara, since Katara is your favorite female character ?
How were the exams? :) JaidynM (Talk) - (Blog) 00:11, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
They were stressful, but I finished! So far I've aced both my cores, I just need Social to be good. It was 100 questions; I don't know if I was really doing my best, because after an hour, I was half asleep lol