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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)


 * Thanks! I've got to check that out. MasterBroccoli (talk) 15:40, January 24, 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.




 * Hello! Sorry my reply took so long, I currently have very limited time. Thanks for asking for my opinion on the matter. I think we should always use pictures with the highest possible quality, so in your case the one on the right here. Replacing current pictures with higher quality ones is a good idea in general.


 * Small notion from me: Please do not consider me to be 'in charge'. I am an admin and as such have access to a few extra buttons that help me maintain the site, but my opinion here is not any more important than any other active contributor's. MasterBroccoli (talk) 15:39, January 24, 2019 (UTC)

Do aom and aoe share the same universe/canon?
Is Aom canon to Aoe? (Do they share the same universe?) Because i read somewhere in wikipedia about age of empires series that aom was set in the events of the first aoe. This is what it said. ''"A spin-off game, age of mythology was set in the same period as the original Age of Empires, but focused on mythological elements of greek,egyptian and norse mythology." ''Puffoco (talk) 15:35, January 25, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi! I'm not quite sure what it is you actually want to know, but as far as I know AoE and AoM are not related in any way. They may share the same timeframe, but other than that, they are different and not meant to be interacting. MasterBroccoli (talk) 10:01, January 30, 2019 (UTC)

A sound effects page
Hey, what do you think about a page showing all sound effects (infantry, cavalry, monks, villagers, kings, buildings, soldiers' voice in every civilization, etc) for each game, just like Cataphract (AOEI) & in AOE2. I think some people interested in them. What do you think? NguyenAnhLam (talk) 04:16, January 31, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi! Personally, I wouldn't mind such a page. Sounds interesting. Why don't you create a small draft and ask others if they feel the same way? MasterBroccoli (talk) 07:50, February 1, 2019 (UTC)

Because I think ask an admin is better, that's why. I'm trying my best to record some sound effects but actually, I don't know how to upload them as a sound file NguyenAnhLam (talk) 11:14, February 2, 2019 (UTC)

Nikitazero
Is issuing threats and insults toward me because of a disagreement on the galleon page. He also thinks AoE2 mechanics apply to AoE3, and only links to an AoE2 video where the guy says you can correctly list percentage increases at timestamp 8:06. Yet he provides no proof that incorrect math is used in AoE3. Specifically, that Fencing School is not 40%, but 67%, TEAM version is 33%, not 25%, etc. I don't want him banned, etc like he wants for me, just to provide proof. Here is the video; https://youtu.be/TeZfEaOOH60 TheRealMictlantecuhtli (talk) 17:01, February 13, 2019 (UTC)


 * Sorry for me late reply. Unfortunately, I do not own AoE III and cannot say first-hand which mechanic is used there. What I read in the discussion, though, means to me they use the mechanic AoE II uses for team bonuses (which means you are right in this matter). However, I do not know much about AoE III in general, so I do not check many edits there and am also not the best to judge the quality of the changes there, so please do not value my opinion too highly when it comes to in-game mechanics. Sorry for that. MasterBroccoli (talk) 17:55, February 17, 2019 (UTC)


 * Well, the problem's solved now since I've decided to change the wording to -x% train time instead of x% faster. It seems that the percentage modifiers in AoE3 stack additively rather than multiplicatively unlike in AoE2. Sorry about making the fuss. Nikitazero (talk) 08:20, February 23, 2019 (UTC)

Galleon
I want your opinion on a matter. Some users are discussing whether the Fencing School card (which affects infantry training rate) should be mentioned on the Galleon page (which can train infantry). What's your opinion? Should the card only be mentioned on infantry pages, or also on the articles of units and buildings that can train them?Narve (talk) 13:36, February 16, 2019 (UTC)


 * My opinion on this matter is not particularly strong, but I would rather leave that information out as the Galleon itself is not affected. It is just a medium that carries out that bonus for the infantry units. However, in a blog I started some time ago, the general opinion seemed to opt for a mentioning of bonuses that are just related, like this one. Currently, most pages should only list directly affecting bonuses, at least that's what I found for the AoE II pages. MasterBroccoli (talk) 17:27, February 17, 2019 (UTC)

AoE3 improvements
Should we add more articles about Church, Arsenal and Native improvements in AoE3? Because it's best for us to give a greater detail about them, especially the research time. Nikitazero (talk) 08:17, February 23, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi! Thanks for asking for my opinion. But I do not own and have never really played AoE III. Therefore, I do not know much about the game and cannot say now if these articles are necessary or beneficiary. Please refer this question to Narve or any other member of this community with a substantial understanding of the game. MasterBroccoli (talk) 08:06, February 24, 2019 (UTC)


 * That's really a question for the community (through the forum or a blog post), not an individual user's talk page.Narve (talk) 08:29, February 24, 2019 (UTC)

Redirect removal request
Can you please remove the Garde Imperial I, Garde Imperial II and Garde Imperial III as well as Order of the Tower and Sword redirect links? It's because I've renamed the corresponding pages to their correct in-game names, as part of my effort to add more information about the respective techs. Nikitazero (talk) 14:32, February 26, 2019 (UTC)


 * I did not forget your request, I will take care of it in the near future. MasterBroccoli (talk) 15:24, February 28, 2019 (UTC)


 * I removed the redirects now. MasterBroccoli (talk) 15:34, March 8, 2019 (UTC)

Categories
Dear MasterBroccoli,

I apologize for my mistakes upon creating redundant category as you said. I hope that I will be able to improve my skills and learn from my mistakes.

From your friend,

Saviour-X12 (talk) 09:47, March 2, 2019 (UTC)Saviour X-12

2 March, 2019


 * Thanks for your understanding! MasterBroccoli (talk) 15:34, March 8, 2019 (UTC)

Nonsense comments
[//ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/2001:B011:800C:3578:D9C5:440C:B0B7:A106 https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/2001:B011:800C:3578:D9C5:440C:B0B7:A106] Can you "take care of" this user? I reported this to Narve but seems like he is busy NguyenAnhLam (talk) 15:06, March 8, 2019 (UTC)


 * I blocked him for now. MasterBroccoli (talk) 15:09, March 8, 2019 (UTC) And for the sound effects, I mentioned, I don't know how to upload those files, can I upload the video & send you the YouTube link and you convert those files? (sorry for being late, but making a video took me almost 2 days while I'm so busy with studying, not forget)

Sound
As I mentioned before, I'm going to upload some sound effects about AoE units (since there are lots YouTubers make videos about civilizations), I just need time to record video (my recorder got some "nonsense" troubles). Once I upload, I'll send you the URL link to this video (I think I have to make lots of videos). And can you convert the files & upload them into the suitable page (I don't know how to upload a sound mp3 file to the Wiki, actually) NguyenAnhLam (talk) 10:40, March 24, 2019 (UTC)

Clean-up request
Could you please remove the small icons I've placed on AoE3 unit and defensive building infoboxes (with the exception of the ones on the Types section)? There's too many for me to do it myself, and a bot will be able to do it better. Nikitazero (talk) 12:14, April 16, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi! Sorry for my late reply, I've been rather busy lately. I assume you mean the icons indicating attack bonuses such as 'x2.0 vs. Heavy infantry'? Does that affect all AoE III unit pages? MasterBroccoli (talk) 08:02, April 22, 2019 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's what I mean. Oh, it also includes the Resists section (e.g. "30% vs. Ranged"), and while I'm at it, also include the game icon on the First Appearance section . Nikitazero (talk) 09:05, April 23, 2019 (UTC)


 * Are those official logos of the games? MasterBroccoli (talk) 18:15, April 24, 2019 (UTC)


 * Perhaps, since I took them from the Units List (Age of Empires III) template. Nikitazero (talk) 04:39, April 25, 2019 (UTC)


 * Okay. Time is very limited for me at the moment, but I'll try do get on it in the not-too-far future. MasterBroccoli (talk) 16:57, May 2, 2019 (UTC)


 * I fulfilled your request today. Please let me know if something slipped by me or if I did something wrong. As a side note: Please sort bonuses descending and list each of them in a separate row (like I did here), it looks much tidier this way. MasterBroccoli (talk) 10:03, May 19, 2019 (UTC)