User talk:Scottkillen/Archive

Welcome
Welcome to the FTB Wiki! :D Sorry for you not being included, one of us bumped you off by accident I guess. -Xbony2 (talk) 13:59, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Disambiguating pages
Just so you know, when disambiguating a page, you can just ask someone to move the page instead of what you just did. That way the page's history is properly tracked. 🐇 R e t e p 9 9 8 🐇🐰 Bunny Overlord 🐰 23:16, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
 * You can use Propose move. Until it's moved, just work around it. Keep up the good work ^_^ -Xbony2 (talk) 00:37, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah! Thanks to both of you for your patience and for your help! I learn quickly. -- ScottKillen  [ talk ] 13:54, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Infobox author
It might not be that it doesn't work with Lua infoboxes, but you did :nocat instead of |nocat :P Anyway, if this is a thing, I think it would be better to actually do it in the Module, so I've asked Kyth how that can be done. --  Satanic Santa 🎅F T B Wiki Admin 02:28, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Agreed. And I am taking up LUA... &#8212;  ScottKillen Staff [ ⌨ ] 02:34, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I am reading the documentation for the infobox Module. I think the answer lies there. More alter...&#8212; ScottKillen Staff [ ⌨ ] 02:40, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * OK...so what we need it an additional argument type in Module:Infobox. We need to be able to describe a template parameter of new type "CategoryToggle". If not defined in the Infobox parameters, a specified category to the wikitext, instead of adding a row to the infobox table. I don't know Lua yet and this should not be my first Lua project. :) &#8212;  ScottKillen Staff [ ⌨ ] 02:50, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Looking ahead, we will also need to specific a category for existing arguments that should be added if the argument is present (e.g. The presence of ```rfproduction``` should cause a certain category to be added.) &#8212; ScottKillen Staff [ ⌨ ] 02:57, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Hey, I see you are doing a tedious repetetive task. Would you like me to whip up a script to do it for you using a bot? I'd prefer to do that so we don't flood the RC. --  Satanic Santa 🎅F T B Wiki Admin 17:51, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, Please! Just removing the mod authors category from everyone who uses Infobox author (Its in the template now) Thanks! &#8212; ScottKillen Staff [ ⌨ ] 17:54, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * As a rule of thumb, if you're doing the same small edit to at least 10 pages, please investigate whether it can be done with a bot. Only if you've confirmed with others that it cannot be done with a bot, then you can edit it manually. Even then, it can be worth doing the edits on a bot account. 17:55, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Where does one find out about these mysterious bot accounts? :) &#8212; ScottKillen Staff [ ⌨ ] 17:57, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * What is proper ping edit etiquette when responding on my own talk page? &#8212;  ScottKillen Staff [ ⌨ ] 18:00, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * There is a page about bots on the help wiki (gphelp:Bots). I'm not really sure what you are asking. Mentioning a user sends them a notification, yes. --  Satanic Santa 🎅F T B Wiki Admin 18:02, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I make sure to view every comment on a talk page, so there usually isn't a need to ping me unless I haven't responded in several days. To ping someone just do, and the user will get a notification in the top right. Staff can get a bot account by creating a new account for their bot and then applying for that account to be a bot.  18:04, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * So I'm assuming there are certain bot accounts, or I should ask one of you for help with setting up the task? &#8212;  ScottKillen Staff [ ⌨ ] 18:06, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * A bot account is just an account that is part of the bot group and edits by bot accounts are hidden from recent changes by default. You typically don't need a bot account yourself as you can ask someone who does have a bot account to do it, such as . Also, you really ought to consider using IRC, it makes discussing a lot of stuff much quicker and simpler. 18:14, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

And done. Thankfully the category is small so it only took a couple minutes for it to go through all the members. --  Satanic Santa 🎅F T B Wiki Admin 18:23, 29 July 2016 (UTC)