User talk:Selty



Welcome
Hi and welcome to the Dragon Age Wiki!

Thanks for your contributions. I hope that you will stick around and continue to help us improve the wiki.

Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything!

Great work so far! I see that you and User:Maria Caliban have taken great initiative in improving the Dragon Age Wiki. For that, I thank you.

My name is Joe and I'm with Wikia Gaming. Every good wiki needs at least one active admin (preferably more), and since the only admin here (Darth Storm, the wiki's creator) has not edited since January, I'm offering you and Maria Caliban an admin position. If you're not familiar with what a wiki admin does, check out the Admin Tools Wiki. There you can read about the things admins can do, and even test them out. So take your time to think about it and let me know if you're interested. I'm online everyday, so I'm always available to help out wherever needed. You can easily contact me by leaving a message on my talk page.

Regardless of whether you choose to be an admin, I very much appreciate your contributions and hope that you keep up the good work! JoePlay (talk) 16:14, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Awesome, thanks for accepting my offer. I just upgraded your user rights to sysop (admin). As for what to do, for now I think just getting all the current DA info added to the wiki would be the best thing. That will also give you time to get more comfortable with editing here at Wikia. In addition to the things found at the Admin Tools wiki, the typical duty of a wiki admin involves things such as keeping articles organized (appropriate categories), making sure the wiki is easy to navigate (sidebar menu, main page) and checking up on Recent Changes to keep track of what people are working on. Another thing that Recent Changes is good for is to see new users and welcome them to the wiki by using either Template:Welcome (for registered users) or Template:WelcomeIP (for anonymous users) on their talk page. Again, if you have any questions, just leave me a message. JoePlay (talk) 20:39, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey guys, great to have you and thanks for all the hard work! Let either Joe or myself know when you have questions, we're here to help :) -- Doug (talk ) 17:23, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations on the admin position Selty! I know you’ll do a great job. I know Marek wanted to do the Chantry, Andraste, and the Maker. Are there any areas you’d like me to focus on?

Also, about naming conventions, do you want us to include ‘the’ as part of a new page title? With The Fade, the veil, the Chantry of Light, the Maker, the Devine, the Circle of Light, I think it would be best if we just dropped it, otherwise the category page will have a bunch of T listings and not much else. Maria Caliban 23:35, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Selty, I wanted to let you know that I have given you Bcrat rights to promote admins, and actually...that's really the only difference. Keep up the amazing job! -- Doug  (talk ) 22:13, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Awesome Job
Doing a great job here "glitter girl" *winks* --M avryek 04:37, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Changes
You don't need my permission to change the front page. :P Do whatever you think is needed. As for division of work, are there any areas you think need support? I've noticed that a number of links are to items that we'll likely not get any information on until the game ships, so I think I'll cut down on those. Also, for the character pages, do you think we should remove the blank fields from the information bars? For instence, Loghian has 'Faction, Level, Heath, Status' which we won't know until the game ships, and doesn't really matter. Maria Caliban 00:27, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Character Pages
I was wondering what kind of format you would like followed for editing the character sheets "involvement" section? Also what kind of information would you wish placed in these sections for the different characters?

Fixed for you :D

--M avryek 02:13, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Stolen Throne Wiki
Hi. Just uploaded an image of the cover art so you can place it on the novel's wiki where you like. :)

You can see the image upload here.

--M avryek 02:07, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Images
You are more then welcome for the cover art image *smiles*

If you need any assistance with images that need some edit work (brighten, sharpen, etc) I will gladly help I am fair to good with photoshop. *smiles*

(edit) On the character pages, are they being all standardized in layout similar to Morrigans?

--M avryek 02:22, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Standardized Character Pages
Okay I will go ahead and begin updating the layouts of the character pages that do not meet the format currently used on Morrigan's page. --M avryek 02:35, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

I think it would be more informative if, rather than there was a space for a description of your level there was a space for allignment or something. Afterall, BioWare has said that the levels of the NPCs are tied to yours.

BorderlineWaxwork 09:03, 18 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Alignment wouldn't make much sense either, since Dragon Age: Origins doesn't have any sort of game mechanic for alignment.
 * XavierGrimwand 14:07, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Ah okay, I didn't realise that, well then perhaps it should just be removed. The level section that is.

BorderlineWaxwork 14:26, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Duel of the Hurlocks
Haha, sorry... I saw the post on the forums, did a bit of digging, and posted all the info I could find on both pages. Do whatever you want with it.

Marik333 03:10, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

User Page
Hehe thanks for your description. Adding capitals and the like is the perfect way to avoid writing my essays so I shall do my best to continue my procrastinating and policing :).

Magic
[mobsterspeak] Oi, boss! You want I should make 2 pages, one for da mages and a seperate one for magic? [/mobsterspeak, all spelling errors intentional] If I make 2 separate pages, I'm thinking I'll talk a little about the different "traditions" of mages on the "Mage" page, like the Circle and what very little we have about Dalish magi. And then, on the "Magic" page, I figured I'd talk about the limits/powers of magic in general, and then maybe even list the 4 schools of magic (maybe with a list of the known spell-trees from the ComicCon?), and try to dig up as much info on the forbidden magic as possible. Or I could fuse them onto the page about "Mages". Which would you prefer?

Marik333 04:42, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

[mobsterspeak] Gotcha, boss! [/mobsterspeak] What about pages for the other classes? The least we could do is maybe put the known skill trees on them, until we get more info.

Marik333 05:33, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Totally unrelated to anything else: The Joker is my hero! The one in the Dark Knight, not the Jack Whatshisname one. I have a poster of the Heath Ledger Joker on my wall, it's set up like a dark, forboding playing card that says "Quid ita serius?" on the bottom. Not a huge fan of Heath Ledger, but his portrayal of the Joker... AMAZING.

More "on-topic": I'm going to buckle down on the Mage page for the next half hour or so. Whatever I don't get done tonight I'll finish off tomorrow. I'm gonna start the page off with a discussion of the Mage class, the spell-trees, and use that as a bridge to talk about the known magical traditions in Ferelden/Thedas. Then I'll try to hit up magic as a whole. One quick request: Can you redirect searches for "Mage" to the page? The actual page name is "Mages" (or maybe it's vice versa; either way, I'm sure you'll find the way to fix it). Thanks!

Marik333 05:42, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Deep Roads
Sorry my bad but could you edit the title to match the naming format of the rest. I used all caps in error? :(

Also I am not sure why but the template does not seem to let me categorize the page. :( ((Edit)) Fixed the category issue. :)

--M avryek 15:58, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

RE: Character infobox and sidebar menu
Done and done! Thanks for the reminder about the character infobox template. That's a default template that I forgot to customize, but now it fits in with the new color theme and has the appropriate information. JoePlay (talk) 19:00, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Deep Roads
You sleep? :D Thanks for fixing the page Header. *smiles and hugs*

New Images
I have uploaded some new images (screen captures) of grey wardens and Darkspawn. Have a peek at them and fit them in where you would like them pasted in. :D --M avryek 03:17, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Images
Glad you like them. Got ta love Snag It. *winks* If you have certain pages in mind that you would like images for and to date have none. Let me know and I will do my best to hunt them down and snag em! *smiles* --M avryek 03:35, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

All your fault!
I'll have you know I almost exploded in joy when I saw the new category: Lore!!! May I ask what else you intend on adding to it? If it's not too presumptuous, I'd like to recommend all the Maker, Chantry, Fade, Veil, etc. pages... but, I assume you already had some sort of plan for something along those lines.

There was something else... oh, yeah. By making all those pages, some of the created links needed to be corrected to link to the right page. I did my best, but I may have missed fixing a few somewhere. Just so you know.

1 last thing: We can probably delete the page named "Shem", as I included the term in my edits on the elven page.

Marik333 03:39, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Haha, okay, I've categorized a few things. If I stumble across any pages I've missed, I'll add them, too. What do you think of the Mage and expanded Elf pages?

Oh, and, if you're up to at it some point in the next few days, please feel free to go picture-crazy on all the Class pages. :D

Marik333 06:30, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Ogre
I just uploaded a new Ogre screen shot, I think it is a little more colorful then the currently being used. Have a look and see if you agree. :) --M avryek 05:41, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Images
If you wish I can remove the border and update the file image with the border less ones. --M avryek 05:53, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

About the Poll.
It is probably better like you said. Keep them the same, too many to change other wise. I have updated most. I will finish the rest up the image up dates tomorrow. Also I uploaded a couple more character close ups. If you like them you can add them to the character pages or edit them in to replace what is there, or not use them as you see fit.

Good night glitter girl :D

--M avryek 06:06, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Linkage?
Hey, just wondering what the preference is for internal links. I've seen a couple of pages where, for example, every time Fereldan is mentioned it is linked to the Fereldan page, where other pages it is only linked the first time it is mentioned. Its only a little thing, but that's what I love fiddling with hehe.

P.S. Yay for a fellow Australian :) Loleil 00:52, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey Loleil. Another page should only be linked to once. Maria Caliban 00:58, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Hehe, don't worry, I did know that the link to the Ferelden page led to the Fereldan page, just wanted to know how many links per word, which Maria answered. And... Oi, Oi, Oi! Loleil 02:37, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Spirit
I restored the Spirits page. While Spirits are from the Fade, there's a different between a location and the creatures that inhabit it. For instence, we have seperate sections on elves, dwarves, and Fereldans instead of placing all that information under Thedas. Maria Caliban 01:16, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

More images
I uploaded some more images for you. :) I got a few real good shots of Alistair I think. As always you may place them with in the pages you see fit. --M avryek 04:17, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Yay
Yay! My first meaningful contibution. I like your new title too, "Official Lady of Screenshots and Quoting" very posh indeed! Loleil 09:59, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Vain? Not at all, you're an admin, you're entitled to lord it over the rest of us! You didn't even go with with "Queen of Screens" which would have rhyhmed and everything. Loleil 02:15, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

hmm
did not like my mage image I guess. --M avryek 23:28, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Fereldans
Wondering if this page should maybe have a redirect page pointing to it, for anyone searching politics? --M avryek 22:24, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Wiki Badge
Wonders how you got to pick a different DA image? --M avryek 03:16, 19 March 2009 (UTC)


 * No idea if it is correct or not, never bothered to see where one could look up their number of edits. But all I did was use the editor as instructed, but I noticed you had a different DA image then what my choice was and wondered if I was missing something on how to edit the badges seeing how I did not see an option to edit the DA image. Maybe it has something to do with you being an admin?--M avryek 03:22, 19 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Can you not make a new one and click the over write existing wiki badge radio button to fix yours?
 * Oddly your badge does not appear on your discussion page as it does on mine. Something does seemed bugged with yours!

--M avryek 03:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

HEY!

 * wages finger* Naughty girl *grins* You edited my User Page. *chuckles* "I is not" :P

Ok Fixed
Ok fixed your discussion page. Now your awesomeness is at the top of the page!


 * And it looks like you fixed your edit count issue! *cheers*

--M avryek 03:43, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Box Art
Can also bring it back down a notch or two. Web settings can vary so much from machine to machine it is often hard to tell how much contrast to use. --M avryek 03:53, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

RE: Logo, badges
Thanks for the compliment on the logo. =) After seeing the great effort you guys and gals from the official forums started putting in here, I knew then that the DA Wiki was gonna be huge, so I wanted to give everyone something to be proud of (not just the logo, but the skin too). That's why I spent the extra time to carefully "erase" ORIGINS from the original logo. Photoshop rubber stamp tool FTW!

About the user badges, version 2 should be released soon, which will fix the issues with the current badges. JoePlay (talk) 15:19, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Game Play.
Should we begin a page that deal with the mechanics of playing the game. I was thinking the devs have spoken a number of times about this topic, usually in reply to a direct question. So there is some (not a lot) but some information to begin, yes, no?
 * --M avryek 20:08, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations
Well done on being the one to crack the big 100. Very well deserved, also loved that little tidbit on the gryphons, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that they will make a comeback. Loleil 22:41, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Aww thanks for the praise. You and Maria are doing a really great job! Loleil 22:59, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Uncategorized Images
I thought the categories were putting those images in the menus, but now I'm not so sure. The menu doesn't appear to be dynamic. It's strange. How do we go about getting those images out of the main menu? Also, how do we add The Blight article to the Darkspawn branch? XavierGrimwand 23:21, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

About the Bereskarn...
Ah, thanks for the compliment :D. Where I found/grabbed the picture of the Bereskarn? Well, from this page (beware of spoilers though): http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/dragon-age-origins/preview/dragon-age-origins-hands-on/a-20090224112936283064/g-2007021318127502086 Sometimes it's amazing how much Dragon age stuff there is floating around that we just haven't found yet...

Re: Screecaps
I haven't uploaded any screen-caps (that I can remember), so no I won't be offended if you want to put up some better quality ones :) Loleil 01:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Aha I remember, did upload a picture, so definitely no problems if you want put up a better one, you are the official lady of screen shots after all! Also, I was excited to see a new character up, the female red head rogue has a name woo! Loleil 00:36, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Sten image
I saw an image at gamespot of Sten http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/dragonage/images/6207043/8/?path=2009%2F088%2Freviews%2F920668_03302009_embed008.jpg&caption=Meet%2BSten.%2BHe%2Bdoesn%2527t%2Bwant%2Bto%2Bbe%2Byour%2Bfriend.&cvr=vk4%2F

It looks a bit more interesting than the one we have. What do you think? Maria Caliban 01:22, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * It was just a suggestion. You're better with the visuals. Maria Caliban 02:37, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Re picture categories
Why thank you! Boredom can be a wonderful thing, that and not knowing whether the Glorious Revolution was a revolution or not *shudder* Loleil 05:38, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Salutations!
Thank you for the warm welcome! I'm certainly going to keep trying to clean up any grammatical errors and maybe even make major contributions where I can. --CelestialWurm 03:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Battle Articles
Selty, are articles on the multiple battles throughout The Stolen Throne permitted? When I get the chance I was hoping to sit down and reread through some of the scenes in order to write articles on some. --Celestial Wurm 17:48, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikia Appearance
Selty I was hoping you might be able to explain something to me? When Logged In under an account name that is one word, the Wikia appears like this: but when logged in under an account name with two words it appears like this:. Any suggestions as to why? --Celestial Wurm 02:12, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Duplicate Pics
Hey while I was on my categorising binge I came across some duplicate pictures I meant to tell you about. Which are
 * Bann_Teagan_image.jpg‎ and Bann_Teagan_image1.jpg‎
 * Dalish elf and companion.jpg and DragonAge2008 12 1020 24 22 26.jpg.jpg
 * Leliana_First_Pic.jpg‎ and Leliana_image.jpg‎
 * Noble_Human_Family.JPG‎ and Origins human noble 01 download.jpg
 * Tower_of_Ishal_image.jpg‎ and Tower of Ishal2.jpg

The last two sets seem to be different sizes, if that makes a difference. Also, I was thinking about making a page to feature some of the gameplay videos. I think it could be worthwhile, but thought I may as well run it by you while I’m here :)Loleil 06:17, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Well it's up, though I wasn't sure what to do with the Behind the Shield vids. Whether it looks smart AND kewl I'll leave up to you. Loleil 03:51, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

P.S. The romance page is far better for the bitterness. Bravo! Loleil 04:34, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

I spent a while editing that picture and it's caption yet failed to notice the spelling error. Thanks. --Selty 04:34, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * And its caption! It's is a contraction. It's not possessive. ;)
 * -- XavierGrimwand 17:06, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Templates
Do you use that same welcome template for everyone? That makes me feel unspecial :( Cheeseslayersmu 03:32, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

But you get an own page to explain why you are special. :-) MyNickIsTakenSoIUseThisOne 09:13, 21 May 2009 (UTC) -- Alexander
 * Good point :D 75.80.128.65 14:51, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

See Also Stuff
Hey just wanted to confirm that links in the See Also section should only be to relevant articles that haven't already been linked to in the main body. As articles are getting bigger I've noticed there's a few that have links in both, so I just wanted to check this before I went and changed anything. Loleil 02:24, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I believe you are correct. For instance, kaddis should not be in the see also of dog as you changed. I'm not totally sure though. Maybe it says it in the how to write an article page?Cheeseslayersmu 21:00, 30 May 2009 (UTC)