User talk:Velyanthe/Archive4

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Aug. 02, 2012 - May 21, 2013

The Sandbox

The sandbox is for showing it per ingredient not per effect and personally I find it quite convinient for that one ingredient Xxgreenbunnyxx 16:52, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

I see. In that case, we already have such a page here which links to effect pages which list similar ingredients, which is more compact than what you are making. Vely^►t►e 16:59, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

MCP

An editor has been going through the Morrowind pages and adding a note about exploits being patched by MCP 2.0. I know we normally don't allow notes about mods in the articles, but this mod seems almost "semi-official". Should we let these stand? --Xyzzy^Talk 14:14, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Yes. There is a parameter on the {{Bug}} template for the MCP; our page on it is here. I had assumed all fixes had been documented on the wiki. If you're doubtful of the contributions--it was last updated over a year ago--check out the list of fixes.

If in doubt, check the Bug template, because it lists them all. Vely^►t►e 15:46, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Cool. Thanks, Vely. I had found the Tes3Mod page, but didn't know about the nexusmods page. I'll go through their edits and verify them. --Xyzzy^Talk 00:18, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

A small copied section

Hi there, you may remember me from the TESwiki? We have spoken before. I just wanted to let you know that the page Skyrim:Isran, I believe the first few lines were copied from the wiki. I wrote the original bit a while back and it looked familiar so I checked the histories. It seems a user called StormShades copied the first few lines - here is our Isran page from before he added it: http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Isran?oldid=582262

I know this is really minor, but someone on our IRC mentioned it to me and thought we copied your page (understandable, given the TESwiki's history!). I'd hate for other people to think that too. I didn't want to remove or reword the section so can you maybe do something? Thanks :) --Jimeee 13:04, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

We have had a few incidences of people plagiarizing Dawnguard content (the entire Lost to the Ages page was plagiarized twice!), and given how slow we've been on Dawnguard information, I'm not too surprised. It looks like one of our admins has reworded it already. StormShades was blocked a while ago for vandalism, and I've checked the rest of his contributions for plagiarism, of which there was one other instance which has since been overwritten. Thanks for mentioning it. Vely^►t►e 15:53, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Question

Can I just ask why you removed my notes on Bloodline as I feel it was unnecessary to do so.---Oblivion Dude 19:07, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

The information on the Dawnguard scouts is on the Volkihar faction or place page already. As it's related more to that place/faction than the Bloodline quest, it shouldn't be on the Bloodline page. For acquiring Dawnguard Heavy Armor, it's only important to note things that you can't get, and that would go on either the faction or item page; as this only applies to crossbows, to my knowledge, only crossbows are noted. The particular armor isn't relevant to that quest. As for the heavy armor not being useful, that's a matter of opinion and playstyle, and that note does not belong anywhere on the wiki.

Does that sufficiently answer your question? Vely^►t►e 19:16, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Yes, thank you for your help.-Oblivion Dude 19:17, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Awesome. Feel free to ask anything else, especially if I wasn't clear. Vely^►t►e 19:27, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

User Pages

Good evening Velyanthe,

I was not sure which Mentor to direct my question, so I am going with you since my roommate thought your name was "cute" when I asked her who to go with (Her words, not mine). I recently created an account to add information on Orthorn and his location after escaping. Looking at other edits I noticed most had linked a user page, such as Haravikk. I wished to do the same, but am unsure of how to make one, or if it is automatically generated soon after creating an account. My contribution, "Route taken by Orthorn after following," currently has my name with the red link since the page does not exist (JonDePlume). Thank you in advance for your assistance.

JonDePlume

I'm not Vely,but I'll answer.Just click on your signature and you'll be taken to a blank page that you can create.Have fun.--Skyrimplayer 00:42, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much. It has been a long time since I have done work with anything other than basic UNIX, so there is a bit of a learning curve. Perhaps more of a hairpin turn on the side of a cliff. Either way, thank you again. -JonDePlume 01:20, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

I'm glad Skyrimplayer could be of help, and I thank your roommate for thinking my name is cute, lol. Vely^►t►e 01:34, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Folgunthur

Hey Vely! Just a reminder, as promised! ☺ I need your help with some locations for the five adventurers inside Folgunthur. It would be really great if you can add the info next to each of them in my Sandbox. Thanks in advance! --Krusty (talk) 20:50, 4 September 2012 (EDT)

Done, but I didn't focus on wording, so you should reword/fix them all. Vely^►t►e 23:21, 4 September 2012 (EDT)

(Belated) Cookie!

You have been given a cookie piece! Your dedication and diligence to the wiki has not gone unnoticed. A user has seen the progress you've made, and has given you a cookie piece because of it. Good work! The user had the following to say: Excellent job on the Unused NPCs page! It really adds to the geekiness of our site! • JAT 17:09, 5 September 2012 (EDT)

Thanks! Though you had to take away from ABC's cookie... shame on you. Was an interesting little project anyway. Vely^►t►e 17:11, 5 September 2012 (EDT)

Hi Velyanthe, I'm happy to share the cookie with you and Alphabetface. I guess you still keep an eye on the Unused NPCs page?! Please let me know if any of the NPC images that I'm going to upload can be reshot in a better way. For example, I'd like to take an image of Grushnag with his caravan or one of the Noble riding her horse, but it does not seem to be as simple as spawning an NPC in an existing cell. Also, I had to spawn Benkum and Huki Seven-Swords in the Arena - the Bloodworks are not in the CK?! --Holomay (talk) 19:49, 5 September 2012 (EDT)

The Bloodworks don't exist but the arena does, yes.

I think any sort of image you come up with will probably be fine, but I'll inform you if one could be a lot better. Do whatever works and looks good. Vely^►t►e 20:01, 5 September 2012 (EDT)

Items List Changes

I just created an account. I was the one who just made the links to the old site. I see you already deleted them. Thanks for the clarification that the lists are on this site, and I apologize for any inconvenience for my recent edits. On a similar note though, what can be done to fix the issue of the lists not showing up from the main page? — Unsigned comment by Jair Crawford (talk • contribs) at 17:41 on 11 September 2012‎

Currently, nothing can be done to fix the issue--I understand why you linked them, though linking the current wiki pages would have been better (we shouldn't be missing anything that large). The wiki was upgraded about a week ago, I think, and there's a list of issues that have occurred, this being one of them. It should be fixed soon. Vely^►t►e 13:45, 11 September 2012 (EDT)

Image Help Page

Hey Vely, or anyone, Jak?... I made some changes to the improving images/acceptable formats section of the Help:Images page. I think I know just enough to say that I've improved/updated it, but little enough that I think it can use a look by some people who do more with graphics than I do. If you can take a look, thanks. --JR (talk) 05:38, 18 October 2012 (GMT)

Have a Cookie, fellow Brony!

You have been given a cookie! Your dedication and diligence to the wiki has not gone unnoticed. A user has seen the progress you've made, and has given you a cookie because of it. Good work! The user had the following to say: Though you may not have agreed with me regarding my question about Florentius Baenius being a Braveheart easter egg, I do appreciate that you looked into it and gave it thought. But Derpy is best Pony! Voraxith (talk)

Wiki image removal

Hi there, you may remember me from the TESwiki? We spoke last time about several images on the wikia that were copied from here.

Just thought I'd let you know I've gone ahead and deleted every uesp image I could find, including all but 3 from the main category (these will be replaced soon too). I'm pretty sure I removed 99% of them, but if you are aware of any I may have missed then let me know. Cheers.

--Jimeee (talk) 15:05, 15 November 2012 (GMT)

Of course I remember you--the guy with three es, haha. Wonderful, thank you. I haven't looked at TESWiki's images in a while, but if I ever come across more images from UESP, I'll just add them to that category using the appropriate template, as I have done before. Thanks again. Vely^►t►e 16:37, 15 November 2012 (GMT)

help

So you have seen my question do you have a answer.?--Sheldon91 (talk) 19:00, 22 February 2013 (GMT)

I do not have an answer, no. Please be patient as you wait for one; it may take a while. Vely^►t►e 19:06, 22 February 2013 (GMT)

Help with a Question

Hi Velyanthe!

Coming to you as I know you're a mentor (and you were the one to welcome me to the UESP (: ) regarding a question that I posted under the discussion at http://uesp.net/wiki/Category_talk:Skyrim-Map_Images-Interior. Would you mind taking a look when you have a chance? I would very much appreciate it! GodRaine^Talk 02:36, 8 March 2013 (GMT)

Thank you so much for your advice with the maps. I'm so happy that I know what I'm doing now and very glad that I asked you. :) GodRaine^Talk 03:47, 8 March 2013 (GMT)

You're very welcome. Don't forget to ask if you've got any more questions about the CK or maps. :) Vely^►t►e 04:04, 8 March 2013 (GMT)

Cookie!

You have been given a cookie! Your dedication and diligence to the wiki has not gone unnoticed. A user has seen the progress you've made, and has given you a cookie because of it. Good work! The user had the following to say: For ALL the help and ALL the dead NPCs. Now feed! --Krusty (talk) 22:56, 8 March 2013 (GMT)

Thanks! :) Vely^►t►e 23:03, 8 March 2013 (GMT)

Aren't you full after all the corpses :S Well, enjoy your cookie... for now. Silence is Golden^{Break the Silence} 23:12, 8 March 2013 (GMT)

Alchemy menu question

Hi there,

I was looking over the Alchemy pages, specifically the tutorial page, and noticed there is no reference to the changes to the menu screen after you complete a potion. Actually, the more I looked, I can't find any mention of changes to the menu screen when you identify an ingredient. I am not certain if this is a platform specific menu or not, so I thought I would ask. Personally, I find it very useful when I carry a lot of ingredients, to use the menu screen to select only those potions that are Restore Health effect or whatever I am looking for. Especially for the tutorial page, I'd like to add that information, but I wanted to ask if it was platform specific or not. Thanks Auroness (talk) 21:49, 9 March 2013 (GMT)

The correct place to put general alchemy information would be here.

What do you mean by menu screen change? Do you mean the feature where one may sort ingredients by their effects, and the fact that the ingredients may only be sorted by effects once they are identified? And that creating potions may add them to these categories? If so, then that is not platform-specific, and you could add that under the Skill Usage section. Vely^►t►e 22:44, 9 March 2013 (GMT)

Blackreach Map Question

Hi Vely! Coming to you again with another question.

I recently tweaked the Blackreach map so that all the cursors were removed and re-uploaded the file at http://www.uesp.net/wiki/File:SR-map-Blackreach.jpg. However, the file continues to show the old version (with the cursors) as current, despite my new file being uploaded (unfortunately a few times).

What's going on here? How do I fix it? Thanks for your help. GodRaine^Talk 18:35, 10 March 2013 (GMT)

It's showing up fine for me.

Sometimes files take a few minutes to update. If it takes more than that, purge the page. You can do this by adding &action=purge to the end of the url. Or, you can go into your preference, head over to gadgets, and enable the one that adds a "purge" tab to all pages (which is pretty useful). Vely^►t►e 18:40, 10 March 2013 (GMT)

You were right - silly of me to not remember that :) Thanks for your help again. GodRaine^Talk 20:40, 10 March 2013 (GMT)

And you're welcome again :) Vely^►t►e 20:42, 10 March 2013 (GMT)

:P welcome

Hello Velyanthe! Welcome to UESPWiki. It's always good to have new members. If you would like to help improve any of our pages, you may want to take a look at the following links:

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When you're editing, it's always a good idea to leave edit summaries to explain the changes you have made to a particular page, and remember to sign your talk page posts with four tildes ~~~~. Also, the "show preview" button is a great way to view the changes you've made so far without actually saving the page (our patrollers really appreciate it!).

Feel free to practice editing in the sandbox or discuss the games in the forums. If you need any help, don't hesitate to contact one of our mentors. Have fun! Jeancey (talk) 04:00, 16 March 2013 (GMT)

What am I missing here? – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 04:05, 16 March 2013 (GMT)

Nothing :P You aren't missing anything, I promise. I really just wanted to welcome Vely. Jeancey (talk) 04:11, 16 March 2013 (GMT)

Greetings, Velyanthe. I hope you enjoy your stay here, and if you happen to need a mentor, I am one, and I am available to help you learn how to make the most of the wonderful resource known as the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages. Snowmane➚^{(talk•email)} 04:12, 16 March 2013 (GMT)

Hosses

Hey Vely. Wondering where the base encumbrance number for horses of 999 came from? It doesn't seem to apply at all. I tested the cr@p out of it. :) --Crayolamanic (talk) 08:15, 18 March 2013 (GMT)

That's the horse encumbrance, but it may not apply to the situation. CSList has the data. I can't find any particular horse script. Vely^►t►e 18:39, 18 March 2013 (GMT)

Templating regulars

Apologies, I wasn't aware that I was posting templates on the pages of users who had been here for a while. I didn't mean to offend anyone, but all the recent times I've posted show preview templates, I genuinely thought the users could have benefitted from a reminder. Of course, I know I don't need to give those messages to people like you and the other admins/patrollers/userpatrollers, I just hadn't heard of any of these guys, so I wasn't aware that they were veteran editors. Just trying to do my part as a Userspace patroller! :-) ThuumofReason (talk) 17:59, 26 April 2013 (GMT)

Of course, and I understand that. I just noticed that on a couple of pages, like Jimeee and Daric, it seemed a bit like that, since they had a few conversations already on there about stuff. Of course a reminder is good, though templates aren't always the best way (and I avoid them most times). I wasn't pulling wikirules on you, just a little reminder (mostly because of Jimeee's contribs though, plus an admin asking on his talk for help). I was also not in quite a good mood though, so it seems my feelings about it were a bit enhanced thanks to my irritation, and I apologize if my tone was off.

What I do is template those who are obviously new--no talk page conversations, one or two edits, etc. Anyone else and I'll probably just say "hey, please use show preview, thanks". Don't worry about it though. Vely^►t►e 02:03, 27 April 2013 (GMT)

That sounds like a good idea. I'll try that in the future. Thanks! ThuumofReason (talk) 13:23, 1 May 2013 (GMT)

City maps

Good news, the city map for Markarth is ready now. File:SR-map-Markarth.jpg. I still need the maps of Solitude. Higher resolution and showing the whole city (file name range from 17.27 to 12.23). Thank you very much. Dreamshadow (talk) 06:43, 15 May 2013 (GMT)

I thought I sent you the higher-res Solitude ones already? May have been marked spam or something. Vely^►t►e 16:01, 15 May 2013 (GMT)

Arniel Gane

Hey Vely! As promised, here is a few CK-related questions for my Arniel Gane project (SANDBOX). I hope you can answer as many of them as possible:

• Will Arniel teleport to Saarthal or travel by foot. If teleported, when?
• When will Arniel return to the College? Once again, teleported or by foot?
• Will the conversations only be heard during his quest?
• As part of Part 2 of the quest I found this dialogue: What? Oh, no. No, no. I need more time to research the dwarven machinery. Thank you for offering, though. Are there any requirements for Part 2? Maybe something to do with the main quest?
• When will: I don't mean you any trouble. Just leave me alone. be heard?
• I know his schedule will change somehow during the quest line. When - and what happens?

Thank you so much in advance! --Krusty (talk) 23:03, 20 May 2013 (GMT)

But I need time to eat and sleep! D:

Sure, I'll get it all sometime soon. What do you mean by requirements for part 2, though? Are you looking for dialogue or quest triggers or what? The rest is clear, just not that point. Vely^►t►e 00:28, 21 May 2013 (GMT)

Thanks! No rush. With the question for Part 2, I merely meant if there IS something that can prevent you from starting the second part of the quest (something not mentioned on the quest page)? Since that dialogue line was recorded I figured it could have something to do with the main quest, e.g. if you completed Hard Answers before Enthir will speak to you? Pure guesswork, but that dialogue line is worth looking into. So, to be perfectly clear: what are the conditions for that dialogue line? ☺ --Krusty (talk) 05:04, 21 May 2013 (GMT)

• Everyone is teleported at stage 11. He is also teleported to MG02TolfdirAmuletMarker within Saarthal at stage 40.
• I don't know. Probably just walks. Teleports somewhere during stage 20 of Containment unless dead.
• No.
• "As a matter of fact, there is something you can do for me." I'm reading it as less than one day must have passed, but base on the dialogue maybe I'm reading it wrong and more than one day must have passed. Should be checked in-game. Anyway, part 2 automatically starts when part 1 ends.
• When your relationship rank with a person with MaleCoward voice type is less than or equal to -1.
• He gets a guard bridge package during MG07, stage 20.

Hope that helps. Vely^►t►e 22:11, 21 May 2013 (GMT)

Thanks for checking so far. I’ve figured it out, at least part of it. At 8pm he seeks out Phinis Gestor who will be in the Arcanaeum once First Lessons is initiated. However, Phinis will change his ways somewhere during the main quest line – question is: when?

Also, at some point during Arniel's Endeavor, Arniel will set up that soul gem in the Hall of Countenance and spend time there. This is another change in his schedule. My guess would be that it happens after Part 3. Can you check that as well? Other than those two issues, I think I’m fine now. ☺ --Krusty (talk) 23:21, 21 May 2013 (GMT)