User talk:MasterBroccoli


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Spacing in infoboxes
Is there a reason why you've been adding spaces to infoboxes, like here? We've used the old format for quite a long while, and if you want to change it, it would be better to start a discussion about it first. I wouldn't mind much if you used your own format while creating new pages, but I don't see the need to change existing ones.Narve (talk) 19:22, June 10, 2018 (UTC)


 * It's actually quite the other way around here. All infoboxes I created (like the one in the Feitoria page) have the space pattern where the equals sign has one space right and left only, or even none at all. I picked up that other (in my opinion more tidy and neat) pattern when editing other pages, like the AoE III ones (like this one), which I only briefly change. I liked that pattern better than mine, so I adapted it. As (to my mind) I only expanded an already existing format to other pages I didn't feel a discussion was necessary there. I take you think it is? I don't mind starting one. MasterBroccoli (talk) 17:38, June 12, 2018 (UTC)


 * I'd say most pages use the one-space-on-each-side format (which is also the one I use), but I haven't counted every page, so I can't say for sure. But yeah, I think you should start a discussion about it.Narve (talk) 10:01, June 13, 2018 (UTC)


 * Okay, I'll start a blog. MasterBroccoli (talk) 13:13, June 13, 2018 (UTC)

Cleaning up
Hello MasterBroccoli. Since you're one of the admins of the wiki I figured it would be appropriate to ask you. The "Strategy" section of the Wonder (campaign) page apparently needed cleaning up, I just want to know is that if after my edits if it still needs that template since I was confused by what "cleaning up" exactly means but I attempted to expand on the section and rewrite some of the parts. Thanks for your help! Jadd.H~ 18:22, June 13, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi! Sorry for my late reply. I think you did a good job there, just one thing: When writing articles (i.e. content pages), please avoid using the pronoun 'you' at all times and write 'the player' instead (exceptions are quotes, of course). I made some corrections there and replaced all the 'wrong' personal pronouns. Apart from that, I think you did a good job, thanks for your contribution! Most of the times I add the cleanup tag it is because the strategy section is written in the second person. MasterBroccoli (talk) 16:19, June 19, 2018 (UTC)

Just passing by
Hello MasterBroccoli! Oh wait, we haven't met yet! Well my name here is Saviour X-12, and nice to meet you!

Just passing by, i just want to ask, are you a pro player? if yes, can you please give me some tips? Oh and, how do you know much about Age of Empires stuff?

Nice to meet you

Saviour-X12 (talk) 05:40, June 19, 2018 (UTC)Saviour-X12, 19-06-18


 * Hello! I am not a professional, but I consider myself a good player with lots of online experience.


 * If I was to give any tips it would be: A) Learn to collect resources. You must gather resources, as quickly as possible, as much as possible. B) Learn to spend resources. You must spend your resources. Quickly. Ideally, you never have any resources in stock. Sounds simple enough, but it really isn't; especially the latter.


 * I know a lot about Age of Empires II because I play (at least used to) a lot and I am very interested in the game mechanics and read up on things I don't know. That's pretty much it. MasterBroccoli (talk) 16:19, June 19, 2018 (UTC)

Dear MasterBroccoli, i want to say thanks for correcting my mistakes.

Saviour-X12 (talk) 13:07, June 20, 2018 (UTC)Saviour-X12

Portable Infoboxes
Hi! I'm Luqgreg, a member of Vanguard team. We're users who volunteer to help communities adopt to new technologies and features, like content portability. We've identified Age of Empires Series Wiki as a high priority for introducing the Portable Infobox tool, which has a lot of benefits for your community. I'd like to work to update the Infobox templates so that they can be accessible on any current and future platform. As you can see here, differences between them are very minor. Maintaining them if you want to make changes should be very simple.

We'd really like to get working on your community, but we would appreciate your go-ahead. Also, if you have any questions, or this is the wrong place for this kind of a discussion, please let me know. Thanks! – Luq  greg  16:52, June 21, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello Luqgreg! Thank you for your message. This is not the place to discuss this topic, so I'm moving it to a blog so everybody sees it and feels invited to answer. I will notify you in a couple of days and give you the community feedback. MasterBroccoli (talk) 16:02, June 23, 2018 (UTC)

– Luqgreg  11:24, June 29, 2018 (UTC)
 * It's almost a week since then and I don't see any new opinions on that. Can I start working on drafts for portable infoboxes? These will be given to you and the community to review, before introducing them as working infoboxes on your wiki.


 * Yes, I think so. No one objected, and we generally like the idea, so I am happy if you start the project. I didn't contact you earlier because we usually let things like this wait around a week before we reach a decision. Thanks for your effort, I am looking forward to seeing your drafts! MasterBroccoli (talk) 13:12, June 29, 2018 (UTC)

– Luqgreg  15:33, July 1, 2018 (UTC)
 * Drafts are done and you can see comparison of your current infoboxes and the new ones here. There are two major differences. I haven't made separate themes for three templates: AoEUnits, Mines and Infobox_Civilization, which is using infobox_civilization theme. If it is a big issue for you, even though these boxes are barely used, I can also make them look like original ones. Drafts for Major_God and Minor_God templates don't fully support changing colors via parameter, instead I made a "Theme" one, by which you can apply infobox theme from predefined ones (atlantea, chinese, egypt, greek, norse). If you or the community have any issues with these drafts, please let me know. Otherwise you can approve them by clicking "Approve this draft" button on each draft page, or I can do that if you want.

– Luqgreg  17:50, July 9, 2018 (UTC)
 * And another week has passed, so what's the decision?


 * Sorry for our overall modest feedback, but there has been no opposition and all existing opinions were positive. So our decision is that we want the portable infoboxes. Thank you for your patience and effort. Personally, I prefer if you hit the buttons. If there are any questions in the future on the matter, I hope we can contact you. MasterBroccoli (talk) 19:51, July 11, 2018 (UTC)

– Luqgreg  21:39, July 11, 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem. I've approved the drafts. Yes, you can contact me or any other Vanguard. I'll also look here from time to time, but if there are any issues or questions, please leave me a message on my talk page, so I'll get a notification. Happy editing! :)

Inappropriate image
Hello this is quick and not a big deal but the image Lucoa goddess.png is not useful to the Montezuma page and dont you think it should be deleted? Thats all thank you for your time/. Radhe Mohan 19:28, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the hint. I agree, it is of no use here. I deleted it. MasterBroccoli (talk) 19:37, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

Age of Empires IV
Should we refine the AOE4 page?


 * Hello! I personally do not have any additional information about AOE4. If you do, feel free to add it any time. MasterBroccoli (talk) 16:24, August 21, 2018 (UTC)

Universal format for Map pages
Hi Master Broccoli, ive seen your edition on " ring of water" and i liked it very much its clean and consice, maybe we should unify the format for all other map articles and add some other sections " For example  Strategy ( with a subsection on variations in different gamemodes like  capture the relic, King of the Hill etc).,  Civilization advantages, What you think?Papermaniac (talk) 18:55, September 5, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi! I'm glad you like the new page. Yes my intention is to have all map pages look like this. Right now, the page only describes, there is no strategy section, mostly because I don't really like writing strategy parts. But I think such section is a good idea, maybe including civilization that probably (don't) fare well on the map? Please let me know if you think something else is missing on the pages. MasterBroccoli (talk) 14:44, September 6, 2018 (UTC)

I may handle the strategy Section but it seems ok, for the map pages for the other games it should include  a section that features the esclusive content on those games ( like the tribes available in the AOE III maps)Papermaniac (talk) 22:49, September 6, 2018 (UTC)

Template issue on mobile
Have you tried loading the AoE2 Tower page on mobile? The templates for some reason are not working. You can see it in the Mobile preview as well. Can also use Chrome's built-in mobile-preview function in the Developer tool. Best of luck!

Zxzx4zxzx (talk) 23:05, October 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi! Yes I noticed. You changed the name of the template I just saw, and it seems to be working. I'll check that out later on. MasterBroccoli (talk) 10:39, November 1, 2018 (UTC)

Bot
Question: are you able to log in to your bot? I've been getting an error message on AutoWikiBrowser for more than a month now (I'm using the latest version).Narve (talk) 21:05, January 1, 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm having trouble, too. There must have been an update. So far, I couldn't make the bot work. MasterBroccoli (talk) 16:26, January 4, 2019 (UTC)


 * Found it. If you go to this page and click "AutoWikiBrowser6001.zip" (NOT the green download button), you'll get a version that works. You'll also have to make sure that you log on to https://ageofempires.fandom.com, and not wikia.Narve (talk) 21:04, January 18, 2019 (UTC)

Chinese Home City cards at last, but which?
At last, I got pictures of Chinese home city to upload, but now i wonder, which one should be used? The standard quality (1259x605) pictures or the (current) higher quality, close cropped ones ? And should all home city pictures be replaced by higher quality screenshots in the future ? You are in charge here, and I would like to hear what you think.