X~Calibur95

Welcome to my talk-page! Before sending back a message, please read the following:

Welcome MessageEdit

Hi, welcome to the Age of Empires Series Wiki! Thanks for your edit to the St. Francis page. If you feel like improving more articles, but not sure which one you want to improve, then try the Random Page button! Also, every wiki has two list of articles that need help, called "Stubs" and "Wanted Articles". Don't be shy, be bold! Check out the Recent Changes to see recent edits to this wiki, or visit the Forums and talk with other users! Thanks for contributing to the Age of Empires Wiki. Happy Editing! Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- !mmortal (Talk) 04:23, June 4, 2011

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your contributions to this wikia. However, as long as article titles are incorrect (e.g. Dark Rider should be Black Rider), please don't shorten titles from Age of Empires: xxxx to xxxx (AoE)? This nomenclature is used for purposes of clarity.

Thanks, !mmortal talk 04:46, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

RE: Are you back at the wiki? Edit

Not really back I just go back and forth and make some edits. I'm right now on the Age of Empires Online Wiki. But if you need anything I'm here to help. BTW you should check your signature it has the link incorrect. - KazMx (Message me! E-Mail me! 1,438 Edits! ) 22:59, June 10, 2011 (UTC)

Hey Piano, I reconsidered coming back, I will be editing at least ten times a day. But I do have other wikis, especially the AoE Online Wiki, which I'm considering merging into this one. But I not 100% sure. - KazMx ( Message me! | E-Mail me! | 1,438 Edits! ) - ( ) 15:43, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

You really should :P Ajraddatz Talk Contribs 18:07, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

New Project:Revolution Edit

Please check Revolution, I hope I can count you in. - KazMx ( Message me! | E-Mail me! | 1,438 Edits! ) - ( ) 18:47, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

Admin rights Edit

Hey, would you like admin tools to move pages and stuff without the rate limit? I can give you them for a week, or you could request them permanently here. Thanks, Ajraddatz Talk Contribs 02:04, June 18, 2011 (UTC)

You never got back to me - would you like temporary sysop tools so you can move as many pages as you'd like, rather than need to wait for rate limits? Ajraddatz Talk Contribs 20:48, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

I've given them to you for a week - you can request them permanently at Project:Administrators/Requests. Ajraddatz Talk Contribs 14:11, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Edit

Hi! I am a user on this wiki and I would like to thank you for all the wonderful work done on this site. Also, congratulations for being #1 on this wiki.

• Happychickenvermin!!! 02:11, June 18, 2011 (UTC)

Revamp Edit

I think this wiki needs a major revamp (especially the Main Page).

We need a different Featured Article and for that new nominations which we currently lack.

We also need a new HBFS. Btw, what purpose does it serve?

We need more/new Trivia under the DYK heading.

We also need to eliminate those red links and just unlink the ones to impossible pages.

We need more pictures (Google Images is a good source e.g. Morgan Black AoE III).

We need a standard format for articles and users should cease referring to themselves on pages (such as "i think this is the right spelling".

We also need more active users and a page to link all User Accounts and Admin Accounts (We currently have a page called Users but only 1 link. The trouble is, nobody knows how to add a User page to a Category).

Thanks

Happychickenvermin

Hello there Edit

Ah, Piano! I've seen you on Sporewiki for quite a bit recently, and I just want to say welcome! I'm also an avid Age of Empires player, and I occasionally come here to do some clean-up work (grammar, spelling, etc.). But, I just came here to say hi. Nice to see you here! The Jovar 15:13, July 11, 2011 (UTC)

I came up with an idea for some navboxes that may or may not be of great use for the wiki, which is why I am proposing it to you before I go ahead and make it. I have the idea of making an navbox that provides easy links to the individual types of units within each game (for example, an AoE II Infantry navbox would contain a list of all infantry units found within the game (it would be sure to point out unique units, and order of lineage as well)). If you don't think that I should implement it, that is absolutely fine with me, but personally I find it a bit difficult to navigate through the various pages for units found in the different games. In addition, since I am only familiar with AoE II, I will only be able to make an accurate navbox for AoE II units (though provided with an accurate list of units for the other games, this may not be a problem). Again, if you do not like this idea, then just go right ahead and tell me, though I do look forward to going ahead with it! The Jovar 04:38, July 13, 2011 (UTC)

Greetings From Hoodedwarbler12Edit

Hi there! I'm new here. I know a lot about wikis, Age of Mythology, and AoE II and III. Especially AoM though, because it's the only one on my computer at this time. I really like wikis, and this one looks great! I'm looking forward to helping out a lot in the future! --Hoodedwarbler12 14:10, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

Double Redirect Edit

Hey i was bored and came across your wiki, noticed the massive amount of double redirects that needed fixing, so i ran my bot through. Hope you don't mind, lol made 6th on the wiki. If you need any other bot related task completed, let me know. Gracey91 ✉ 18:13, August 15, 2011 (UTC)

Hello Edit

Hiya Dan! i'd say Aoe is one of the first modern video games I can remember playing...

Anyhoo, I have suggested some improvements on my userpage on unifiying and cleaning the wiki. I think myself and the ideas can be a great addition to the aoe wiki. So, drop on by and give it a think, won't you? Thanks, Big McLargeHuge 22:03, August 17, 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that is quite obvious. However, it ha been a very long time since I have played any of these games, nor can I now, so I really can only help on the wikia side of things. You may want to check the candidates for deletion, becuse that category is getting bigger. Big McLargeHuge 14:43, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

3groscodEdit

You are my superior for now3groscod 23:26, October 13, 2011 (UTC)

Heads upEdit

Why didn't you deal with this twit who thought he could mimic multiple personality syndrome and spammed the entire wiki activity feed with utter nonsense? C'mon Piano you've got the POWER! XD !mmortal talk 03:30, November 13, 2011 (UTC)

Image deletion Edit

Hello, seeing as your an admin, could you please delete files: Image:Trireme.jpg and File:StoneThrower.jpg ‎as they are not being used at all, and the images have been replaced with a higher quality one. Thanks. emosworld 06:15, November 18, 2011 (UTC)

Oh, and Image:Stable_1.jpg - thanks. emosworld 06:46, November 18, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm focusing on Age of Empires 1, and Rise of Rome at the moment, seeing as I'm getting back into those games. Unfortunately, I don't have Age of Mythology, so I guess I'll just focus on AoE and RoR. emosworld 20:56, November 18, 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion Edit

Great work Piano! I've got a suggestion to make, and don't really have the time to see it through. How about changing the background to a (larger) image that encompasses the entire (or most of the) series? Any response is welcome! !mmortal talk 10:07, November 19, 2011 (UTC)

Message from OprichnikEdit

Hi, I'm from Peru, wanted t know if you have a Egyptian capital of the Age of empires online, also found a perfect balance in these four units, wich together, in a large armycan be unstoppable:

-Chariot Archer

-Catapult

Re:Promotion for LeeUnit92 Edit

Hey Piano, I haven't been active for the past week, apologies for the late message and Happy Black Friday and Thanksgiving! We don't actually celebrate them in Down Under, but anyways :). I promoted Lee a couple of months ago, see here.

Cheers, !mmortal talk 05:10, November 27, 2011 (UTC)

Pictures Edit

Well, it's kind of an effort - I also get the same issue with print screen (in which the screen turns black when I paste the image). What I do is use the video capture software called FRAPS. I capture a video, then open the video using Windows Media Player. Somehow, when you video the game, it does not turn black. I then print screen the video - voila - you have a perfect image (with exception of the yellow/red numbers on the top left hand corner). Hope this helps!! emosworld 06:22, November 28, 2011 (UTC)

Also, on a side note, there's been an idiot destroying and creating new pages. Could you please delete all the bogus pages, and block this idiot here. emosworld 06:24, November 28, 2011 (UTC)

RE: 1850 Pages? Edit

Possibly, but then again, a jump of 50 pages doesn't exactly happen within the span of a week. The Wiki servers might not have cached information correctly, so that may explain the increase.

!mmortal talk 23:10, December 15, 2011 (UTC)

Quick ?Edit

Piano, quick question, on the Greek campaign in AOE1, in the level "Trojan War", who opposess the Greeks is it the Persians or the HittitesVon Lettow-Vorbeck 04:31, December 30, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks alot, man!Von Lettow-Vorbeck 16:37, December 30, 2011 (UTC)

Happy New Year!Von Lettow-Vorbeck 06:20, January 1, 2012 (UTC)

I have a quick question and I thought you might know, in the Pirates page of AOE3, what language are they using?Von Lettow-Vorbeck 21:46, January 1, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks man!Von Lettow-Vorbeck 22:10, January 1, 2012 (UTC)

This may be completly off subject of Age of Empires, but are you intrested in World War 2Von Lettow-Vorbeck 00:02, January 2, 2012 (UTC)

You joined in June 2011, its January 2012, and your number 1 on the leaderboard, how did that happen?

Von Lettow-Vorbeck 21:42, January 2, 2012 (UTC)Sorry, that last message was from me

How do you block people. I need to block someone on my wikiVon Lettow-Vorbeck 03:16, January 3, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks man for the helpVon Lettow-Vorbeck 21:32, January 3, 2012 (UTC)

Sort ofEdit

I might make a few edits here and there if I can get my gaming comp up and running again, at the moment though I am mostly doing console gaming. Designing strategies for the higher difficulties of single player games like Skyrim (Breton Juggernaut) and Dead Island. Mictlantecuhtli 06:54, January 11, 2012 (UTC)

Gaining bot flag Edit

See User_talk:!mmortal#Bot_Flag. --J•t 01:40, February 5, 2012 (UTC)

 ? Edit

I don't know why there is a gap between the Main section and News section, which has pushed it partially out of the text background, any ideas? Also, I suggest we should have gaps between articles' titles and opening texts, thoughts? Cheers! !mmortal talk 10:17, February 6, 2012 (UTC)

Assistance Edit

Hi mate, I've disabled the article comment feature for the time being, after excessive spamming. <gone for the time being> Cheers !mmortal talk 05:27, February 7, 2012 (UTC)

Can you edit here:http://thesupergaming.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WikiActivity. I have been trying my hardest to make this wiki grow and the wiki itself is kinda a video game encyclopedia. I would really apprecaite it if you edited there because we need fans from different game series to fully expand. As of that i will edit on a wiki you have that needs help or any other wikis that you want me to edit on. Overall thank you for reading!Reviewportal77 18:49, February 23, 2012 (UTC)

Welcoming Edit

Hi, thanks for the welcome message, I'll see what I can improve ;)

Greetings. --†_JuαиPα™_† ^{a message?} 08:05, April 12, 2012 (UTC)

Elevation Edit

Should've asked sometime ago, but for your exemplary edits here, would you want to attain the position of Bureaucrat? !mmortal talk 02:53, April 13, 2012 (UTC)

Absence. Edit

I think I'm going to take a break from continual editing and focus on my education. In my general absence over the year, I'm sure you'll fulfill the role of main bureaucrat here that all will seek advice and guidance from :) Thanks !mmortal talk 00:29, April 22, 2012 (UTC)

Age of Empires 2 name changeEdit

Could you please help me change the name of the Berserker to Berserk? Everytime I try renaming the article, it won't move.

Jadeempire 20:49, May 14, 2012 (UTC)

Some articles here are "move protected" in case of vandalism or attacks made by sock puppets. The title of the Berserker article cannot be changed since it is actually referred to as that name in the game. If you need additional assistance, feel free to send me back a message.

  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   05:33,5/20/2012    9,925  

AoEIII Unit Icons Edit

Am I allowed to replace images like this, with images like this?

Because, you know that the article is about Settler Wagons, and the hitpoint bar is also quite useless, so I think only the icon would make it look nicer. BoazMoerman 19:08, May 23, 2012 (UTC)BoazMoerman

Of course! Feel free to make any changes if necessary. However, try to retain the original name of the picture if possible. This can be done by saving the new picture into the name or title of an existing picture, overwriting the original file. Even if the new picture is "duplicated," don't fret. Just ask an admin around here to remove any defect or duplicated images. If you need additional assistance, feel free to contact me whenever possible.

  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   05:18,5/25/2012    9,925  

Thanks for the answer! BoazMoerman 11:45, May 26, 2012 (UTC)BoazMoerman

LOSEdit

Do you know how you can calculate/see the LOS of units and buildings in Age of Empires III? I can't find it. BoazMoerman 13:49, May 27, 2012 (UTC)BoazMoerman

Buildings and other units can reveal range and other important information by simply clicking on it or its icon. However, only a certain amount of buildings actually possess range. Buildings that have their range shown can attack other units. Buildings with no range shown cannot attack other units, but have economic/technological purposes. No matter what type of building it is, it does have line of sight. Line of sight is slightly different from range. Line of sight can be greater than the firing range and all units have this ability. Unlike range, line of sight is usually not revealed in game. Cheers!

  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   05:59,5/31/2012    9,925  

Age of empires 3 units bio PICSEdit

How can i find them instad of takeing screan shots in game and cut out? is there a folder of bio pic's? in age of empires 3

Scare Cr0w (talk) 22:11, August 1, 2012 (UTC)Scare Cr0w

AdminshipEdit

Can you make me an admin so I can delete pages marked for deletion and edit locked pages? I would like to be able to do that. BoazMoerman (talk) 14:25, September 29, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I will make good use of it! BoazMoerman (talk) 13:30, October 8, 2012 (UTC)

Sitenotice Edit

I notice that your Sitenotice refers to removing a template which has apparently been deleted. Since you seem to be the most active admin, can I get you to change or remove it when you have a chance? Thanks! – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 07:22, December 28, 2013 (UTC)

TemplatesEdit

I was wondering what the reason is for the red outlines in the templates, like Template:AoE_3_Units. Thanks in advance. BoazMoerman (talk) 11:11, January 2, 2014 (UTC)

Re:BarEdit

Thanks for addig that but I can't fully understand what you mean. If mean than Aof is not an official expansion well, it was unofficial but now it is official. Thanks again.RSV 123 (talk) 09:38, January 8, 2014 (UTC)

Additional User Colors InterfaceEdit

I was planning to add different colors for bots, moderators and rollbacks, but I am not sure yet which colors to use. Because they should be readable, and should not look like red links. By the way, I do not know how to have your username colored in wiki activity, page history etc, because I don't now how to make it work with the ~ symbol. BoazMoerman (talk) 15:20, January 8, 2014 (UTC)

DutiesEdit

Thanks for making me a chat moderator. But in truly I don't know much about make duties and how to do it, it's my first time. Can you teach me how to do it? Thank you very much once again.RSV 123 (talk) 09:43, January 22, 2014 (UTC)

About CategoriesEdit

Ok you are right about some categories, but i think is necessary a cleanup for those categories that are redundant, is pointless for example labeling an article  with infantry and the unti categories, when ovbiously all Infantry are Units. I just create these ategories ( catapults, Foot Archers etc. ) just in order to have a more logical and parsimonious category system, for example all foot archers are ovbiously archers, but Can be also considered Infantry and we can save these two categories in just one by simply labeling the foot archer category as a type of infantryPapermaniac (talk) 14:04, January 31, 2014 (UTC)

Other thing about the categories I almost forget, returning to the example of the Foot archers category, I create this because not all archers can be considered as infantry (cavalry archers for example) but If we have this category and the Cavalry archers category labeled as archers we can also categorize better the articules in the future. In the case of the catapult category I created that because of this article in wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catapult. I hope you read it. but just in case i can relabel it as "mechanical artillery" and the actual artillery category can be relabled as "gunpowder Artillery" and both categories can be labeled as siege equipment.Papermaniac (talk) 14:28, January 31, 2014 (UTC)

Hi, sorry if you think that I'm jumping into this but I think that the catagory units should be there, it would make it easier to navigate through pages.RSV 123 (talk) 16:57, January 31, 2014 (UTC)

Personally, I'm not a big fan of categories since I believe that properly designed nav-boxes are more organized. If you were to look at some widely read wikis, many articles have very structured nav-boxes and only have few categories for organization. Having too many categories may clutter the categories page which I don't find very pleasing. Again, this topic can be very subjective so I wouldn't worry too much about this.

  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   08:07,2/1/2014    9,925  

In fact boxes are better for improve navigation, the categories purpose is mainly to describe what kind of article is this, well I follow your recomendationof changing the name of some categories, I will still resume the categories for the articles. I propose the next format for categorizing an article give your opinion:

• All articles must have the game category 
• Unit Must have the building category where they are made except when this is redundant, ( for example the dock for ships is kind of redundant)
• all Articles must have maybe 1 to 4 categories of the type of item that describes it.
• All Articles must have the age in wich the item is accesible.
• redundant categories will be deleted.
• Preferibly the articles will have the civilization category if they are esclusive to certain civilization or a group of civilizations.Papermaniac (talk) 15:31, February 1, 2014 (UTC)

Sounds good. I will put this into our Manual of Style for units and even other articles as soon as the project is completed.

  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   20:55,2/1/2014    9,925  

Please watchEdit

Please also see this blog post, thanks!

User:Wildoneshelper/Sig 09:35, February 17, 2014 (UTC)

ChangesEdit

Hi, I have being away for only some time and a LOT have happened! That's really nice. The colour scheme is good but.... I don't know it seems a little strange. And the comments box in pages they are nice but seems a little immature for one of the oldest wikia. Thanks RSV 123 (talk) 08:54, February 19, 2014 (UTC)

Re:Template RedesignEdit

I actually have ideas for template redesign and they are all in this blog post: User_blog:Wildoneshelper/Re:Template_Redesign_and_more!. I hope I can finish it in April or May, but first I must add in all the photos I've uploaded to this wiki and the upcoming to the respective pages before I start the project. I hope I can send you some drafts of the template soon. -- User:Wildoneshelper/Sig 08:30, March 10, 2014 (UTC)

thank you I just want to improve the wiki Papermaniac (talk) 00:00, March 11, 2014 (UTC)

Possible Promotion Edit

Thank you for your confidence in me. I would very much like to be sysop.Narve (talk) 07:44, March 11, 2014 (UTC)

Age of Empires: World Domination Wiki Edit

Hi i'm Zaya1101, founder of Age of Empires: World Domination Wiki which is a new Age of Empires game for mobile devices coming out in Winter. I was just wondering if could please get some people on this wiki to come and help out on my wiki because it really needs organizing and fixing up. Thanks

P.S. First few people to come and help out a lot can be Admin or Bureaucrat.

Zaya1101 (talk) 21:23, April 12, 2014 (UTC)

Categories Edit

Hi there! I am focusing on categorization right now, as you may have noticed. I noticed you created some categories as well. The Gunpowder Cavalry is something to consider, but to my mind, dividing cavalry in ranged and melee is redundant, as most cavalry are melee anyway, and the others are easily assigned to cavalry archers, ranged melee units, or gunpowder units.

My overall goal with the categorization is to simplify it, because there are a lot of redundancies and inaccuracies. I'd appreciate a dialogue there to avoid unnecessary undoings and double edits. I'm starting a blog now where everything concerning categorization can be discussed, I'm happy to find your opinion there.

Edit: I'd really appreciate if you included the opinions of other members of the community in your current actions, because right now, you are creating a lot of redundancies category-wise, the very thing I started to fight just today.

MasterBroccoli (talk) 06:46, January 29, 2017 (UTC)

re:Images for Main Page Portals Edit

Expanding the portals sections is a good idea. Here are the images for the two new items.

• File:MainPageAoM.png
• File:MainPageCampaigns.png

JoePlay (talk) 15:41, February 21, 2017 (UTC)

Bots Edit

I was wondering, is it a lot of work to set up a bot account? How do you mark a secondary account as a bot? What does it involve, beyond just applying the the bot template?Narve (talk) 10:29, February 22, 2017 (UTC)

Promotions Edit

About the requests for promotions discussion: User:Morayus1 asked me to be promoted to rollback. Should we create the "Requests for Permissions" page, and ask him to make a post there, or should I just create a poll and see if anyone objects to his promotion?Narve (talk) 20:16, March 16, 2017 (UTC)

Fire Galley disambiguation page linksEdit

hey, i am currently reviewing what links to disambiguation pages (so every link goes to its intended destination) and i noticed that the tech trees in AoE I and AoE II (my fault in this case, in hindsight a template would have been better) link to the Fire Galley disambiguation page. Could you please have your bot fix this in one go? (i don't know how bots work but it says in its description it does repetitive automated tasks). Thanks in advance Blappp (talk) 18:27, March 17, 2017 (UTC)

Communities of MythologyEdit

Hi there,

on several sites I published a list of "Communities of Mythology", e.g. here: https://forums.ageofempires.com/topic/26726-communities-of-mythology/ .. also on heaven, sanctuary and reddit.

Would something like this have a place on this wiki too? Especially in the Casters-Part it is not very complete yet, since I'd like to add more youtubers and sort them & twitchers by number of followers.

--Izalith (talk) 20:22, March 27, 2017 (UTC)

re:Bot login Edit

I've had that error too occasionally over the several years that I've used AWB. Thankfully it hasn't happened to me in a long time, so I don't exactly remember if I did something that fixed it, such as restarting my PC, redownloading AWB, etc. If the problem still persists for you, report it using the form at Special:Contact/bug to see if someone from the Community Support team is familiar with the issue. JoePlay (talk) 15:29, May 16, 2017 (UTC)

re: Welcoming New Users Edit

I haven't heard anything about a change in the behavior of the welcome bot. Please report the issue using the form at Special:Contact/bug. JoePlay (talk) 14:53, June 12, 2017 (UTC)

Naming of Trivia sections Edit

Hey X~Cali, would like to solicit your thoughts on renaming 'Trivia' sections of all relevant pages to 'Notes'. Hope it isn't too difficult to accomplish, but I'm leaning towards this naming convention since adding trivial and meaningless bits of info should be discouraged by the emphasis on 'notes' for interesting information outside the scope of main paragraph content. Also, 'Notes' being a more formal term for such info.

Happy to also see feedback from Narve, MasterBroccoli, Papermaniac, and Elpistachio too.

Regards, DunBanner talk 07:38, August 21, 2017 (UTC)

Hi @DunBanner, glad to see you are back again at the wiki! Although this can be easily done with a bot, I think it would be better to create a poll or a news blog about this. Even then, I doubt changing the title of the section would produce much results, since it is the quality of content that should be questioned. It would certainly help if you have an example where an article is filled with irrelevant & redundant information under the 'Trivia' section. Speaking of quality control, I was wondering if we have a relevant policy about that.

On a similar note about policies, while cleaning up and categorizing the images here, I noticed the lack of quality control for uploading images compared to some of the larger & more established wikis. One example is the lack of copyright identification tags. I find it laughable & humiliating that this project hasn't been finished yet despite all these years serving as a head admin. Do you think we should import the policies we don't have from other sites like the one on Avatar Wiki, or should we create a new one separately from scratch through community consensus? Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   08:21,8/21/2017    9,925  

Since I was asked to weigh in: I think renaming the sections to discourage trivial bits might be a good idea, but I agree with X~Calibur that this is a section better suited for a blog post.Narve (talk) 17:26, August 21, 2017 (UTC)

Yes absolutely, for example: the Shang article I've recently edited. In a past revision there's just a single trivia point that points out meaningless information on China's appearances in the series. In any case, that tidbit can be merged into the main introductory body that already makes mention of her presence in all AoE titles. Ideally, this is the sort of trivial information we'd like to avoid. Revisions in policy are much needed too, which I'm happy to give input on. DunBanner talk 09:20, August 27, 2017 (UTC)

I don't really have an opinion there, I'm fine either way. But if the decision is to change the name of the section, I'm happy to help with the changes. MasterBroccoli (talk) 12:45, August 22, 2017 (UTC)

CheckUser Edit

Can you ask a CheckUser to see if User:IamaVandalizer is Balochistan? It be someone completely different, but if it is him, I'd say it's proof that he has no intention of returning to constructive editing.Narve (talk) 07:19, September 16, 2017 (UTC)

@Narve: I'm not sure we have ample evidence to justify the relationship between that user & Balochistan. Although the user did attack the same folks involved with Balochistan's previous edit war, the way the user handled that dispute is much different from Balochistan. I'm not convinced that this is the same person in control of the vandal account. However, I'm a little suspicious that the vandal account is created the same day this comment is made. We should keep a watchful eye for now. As soon as the block expires, we'll see if there is any correlation between the two. If you think this still warrants an investigation, feel free to contact a Wikia Staff member here. Make sure to read the instructions on how to request one.
  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   09:36,9/16/2017    9,925  

He also used the same screenshot file names, like here[[1]] and here. He has also shown his animosity and implied intentions to vandalize the Age of Empires Wiki here[[2]] and here[[3]]. Are User:IamaVandalizer's deleted files and blog post backed up somewhere for later evidence? Blappp (talk) 10:24, September 16, 2017 (UTC)

They can be restored for assessment, but a good portion are deliberately offensive images, including: 9/11 attacks, some tattooed criminal, and a horrifically burned corpse. The editing style appears to match with past sockpuppets. DunBanner talk page 10:44, September 16, 2017 (UTC)

I've asked for a CheckUser now. And there isn't much reason to restore the pages/files - deleted pages can still be viewed by admins and FANDOM staff. If we need to let non-admins see it for a discussion, we can (briefly) un-delete it.Narve (talk) 11:28, September 16, 2017 (UTC)

I don't know if you allready considered this, but Balochistan also posted somewhere a message like 'hi, this is Balochistan, I am using a high school IP-adress. I don't know where he left that message, but you could consider comparing those IP-adresses if you did not do that allready'. I tried to find the message, but I couldn't find it yet. Lord Vipertooth (talk) 17:01, September 16, 2017 (UTC)

CheckUser got back to me now. They can't find any shared IP addresses between the two users.Narve (talk) 17:51, September 17, 2017 (UTC)

You don't deserve to exhist, your bad. 50.196.206.145 22:14, September 28, 2017 (UTC)

Ranged units fallacy??Edit

I do notice many of the ranged units in Age of Empires 3 have R.O.F. marked as 1.5 for ranged, whereas it should be 3.0. 1.5 should be the number for melee. Should I change those to 1.5/3.0 (melee, ranged) instead?

User:Wildoneshelper/Sig 00:08, October 10, 2017 (UTC)

@Wildoneshelper: Sure thing I'm all for consistency. Its great to see you back here in the wiki!
  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   02:13,10/10/2017    9,925  

Color Scheme of Promotion BoxesEdit

I wanted to let you know that the current color scheme of some promotion boxes does not facilitate good vision. What I mean is that the color combinations are very difficult on the eyes. Here is an example, taken from Morayus1's talk page:

http://ageofempires.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Morayus1#Promotion_2

See how the blue text conflicts with the brown? It can be seen in others too, but the orange makes it even worse.  UnofficialGameExpert78 (talk) 16:15, November 3, 2017 (UTC) 

@UnofficialGameExpert78: Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Before changing the colors, I would like to comment that you can change them yourself: by changing the variables of the background color parameter. For example, the current color for the background of the promotion template you mentioned currently has this color: background-color:#6C6C32. If I were to change it to say, background-color:#7D5E21, notice that the colors will change on the spot! I specifically chose this color since it closely matches with the color theme of this wiki, gold & red. The color orange was chosen because it simply indicated the reader what position they will receive. We use orange to indicate our readers that they are Moderators. As a matter of fact, color #6C6C32 used to be the background color for the welcome message but was changed for the same reason you mentioned: visibility problems.
  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   16:56,11/3/2017    9,925  

I will try changing it and see what happens. UnofficialGameExpert78 (talk) 17:01, November 3, 2017 (UTC)

Never mind, you already did it. UnofficialGameExpert78 (talk) 17:03, November 3, 2017 (UTC)

Thank youEdit

Thank you very much for your kind message. I would be pleased if I could be an administrator on this wiki not only for the tools I could use to cope with vandalism, but also it could make advanced edits like edits on Mediawiki pages more convenient. Thanks again!

User:Wildoneshelper/Sig 22:50, November 5, 2017 (UTC)

Possible PromotionEdit

I don't know if it is too early for this, but I'd like to nominate Wildoneshelper for promotion. He has over 1,700 edits and is very active. I don't think anyone would mind. UnofficialGameExpert78 (talk) 00:09, November 23, 2017 (UTC)

@UnofficialGameExpert78: Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I just promoted Wildoneshelper to admin in light of your support. If you haven't noticed, I nominated Wildoneshelper to admin here around two weeks ago. Nominations to promotions are done on this page, so it would be worthwhile to keep checking that page at least once a week. Speaking of promotions, I think you yourself might to be capable of being an admin. A handful of admins, including myself, are becoming less and less active over time, so I'm currently on the lookout for folks like you who are becoming more and more active. If you have the guts to create a new main page by yourself from scratch, I will definitely craft a really good nomination to adminship for you.

Also, your talk page section is getting a bit lengthy, so I will move the discussion here. Your choice of colors here proved to be an interesting combination. I like how the colors are less monochrome, but at the same time, still blends well together. I personally believe the best part is the shade of light blue you chose. When I first crafted that template, I had no idea what other colors to choose from, other than light gold, so this is definitely a significant improvement.

Although I have no qualms about your new border color here, the design isn't consistent with the borders of other templates. The best way to fix that is to update the other templates for your new border design. Do you want me to update the border colors myself, or do you think you can do it yourself?
  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   01:51,11/23/2017    9,925  

I think you should do that. Do you mean the actual main page, or the fanon main page? Which main page did you think I should alter? UnofficialGameExpert78 (talk) 02:36, November 23, 2017 (UTC)

@UnofficialGameExpert78: Oh, yes I forgot to clarify which main page didn't I? Foolish me. I'm talking about the Fanon main page which is currently on your sandbox right now.
  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   02:49,11/23/2017    9,925  

I am still not entirely sure what you want me to do to gain promotion support from you. UnofficialGameExpert78 (talk) 03:47, November 23, 2017 (UTC)

Unblocking BalochistanEdit

Hello, when do you intend to unblock Balochistan? He seems to have contributed a lot to this wiki, and hopefully he has learned his lesson. 

Sincerely, UnofficialGameExpert78 (talk) 17:41, November 24, 2017 (UTC)

I've checked his contributions and this account is disabled globally. Even though X~Calibur unblocked Balochistan, they still cannot edit on Wikia. User:Wildoneshelper/Sig 18:33, November 24, 2017 (UTC)

Your BlockEdit

Hello! I saw that you blocked yourself for some reason. I wanted to know if the block is still active. Obviously, if it is, you won't be able to answer, but someone else will. UnofficialGameExpert78 (talk) 15:06, November 28, 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind message. I would like to comment that it would probably be best for myself & to the general community if I were to take a brief vacation right now instead of later. I was probably just overreacting to a simple problem. I also need to figure out my professional life as well, so I hope that when I return in several weeks or so, this wiki will be in an even better condition than where I left off. However, I still consider my action somewhat intolerable. The reason is, I have expressed a slight interest in going back to Wikipedia in the future so it would be nice if I can use this opportunity to practice the various procedures on what is generally expected there. If you wish to be promoted to moderator right now, I suggest asking @DunBanner, @Narve or any active admin like @Wildoneshelper. I'm certain they will be happy to support you and my decision! It is time for them to nominate various individuals for the time being. I believe it is important for other fellow Bureaucrats to take over should one of them take a break. I have offered my service for many years back in mid 2012 when @DunBanner decided to take an extended break, so it's about time I deserve a short break as well. It is for this reason why I have plans in having maybe 7 active bureaucrats around here, just to make sure people are being checked on a regular basis. This will certainly help reduce my workload around here, so thank you for your concern! Oh, while you guys are at it, I want to suggest @Blappp to administrator!
  X~Calibur95   Lets go to Facebook!   23:46,11/28/2017    9,925