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File Upload Bug
Apparently there is a {known bug} which rejects any uploaded file which contains the characters '<?' within the first 1024 character block. Bugzilla indicates that there is a patch for this error, however the VDC appears to be unpatched as yet.
- Thanks for the report. We'll look into this. --JeffLane 22:23, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
New standards for mod articles
I didn't know how to run things by you until now, so I went ahead and set some official standards for creating mod articles here, to prevent "noobs" from spamming the wiki with things they'll typically never even finish. ...but it's ultimately your wiki, so let us know if you disagree on this. --MossyBucket (formerly Andreasen) 11:44, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Seems reasonable. ModDB already does an excellent job at this function, and a mod and game database is not really part of the scope of the VDC currently. Documentation specific to a particular mod (how to use its entities, for example) seems more suited to the site. --JeffLane 22:23, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
- Hi, as you might be aware there are dozens, probably hundreds of useless mod articles. Using the new criteria we've established as mentioned above, a few of us have been marking those articles for deletion. To assist the administrators in more easily locating and deleting offending articles, I've added a {{deletemod}} template which automatically adds the articles to the new category Category:Mods for deletion. Hope this is helpful. Thelonesoldier 00:32, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Please unprotect Making a Mod
The protection of Making a Mod has been desputed for six YEARS now, without so much as a comment from Valve. (Read its discussion page.) You could also check what other protected pages are being disputed/needs updating. --MossyBucket (formerly Andreasen) 15:37, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
- There are very few pages that we would prefer to remain protected; this is one of them. We wish this particular page to remain as coming from a Valve perspective. If others in the community want to expand the topic from their perspective with additional pages, that is not a problem. Multiple pages can be linked from the appropriate locations and we can add links to this page on request.
- If there are requests for unprotection, they can be tagged with a request and found here: Category:Pages to be unprotected --JeffLane 22:32, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Are russian non-localized pages allowed?
It appears (from what I understand) that Kostya won't bother writing unlocalized pages in english because he's not that good at english, and online russian-english translators gives too poor results.
(Quote from my talk page and his russian pages: "otherlangs I didn't make. Here I will write stuff in Russian language, If You wont translate. Me pester. Translators bad, good results I don't get. I will write in Russian")
I think both me and him would like to know if this is allowed.
--MossyBucket (formerly Andreasen) 16:45, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
- Ideally, the page has a version in Russian with the pagename:ru format, and a version in English with no suffix. From a practical standpoint however, if you're referring to his likely Russian-language mod page, I don't see much of a problem with it co-existing in one page as long as there is an introduction in English. This will not work on other pages, however. --JeffLane 23:53, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
weapon_hopwire
This article needs to be confirmed or denied by a Valve employee. I tried out the console commands, and they don't even seem to exist, but it still might have worked at some point. Rumors say you need Episode 1, and then when Episode 1 was released, suddenly it's Episode 2, and then people tell you that you would need a certain map. This wouldn't be the first time where people got together to promote something that doesn't exist. (You'll see what it looks like in the video: Like a rollermine that creates a vortex.) --MossyBucket (formerly Andreasen) 23:02, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
- I believe the hopwire was only available from the leaked HL2 beta and the 'Missing information' mod based on its content.
--Tehrasha 22:47, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
External link captcha
Whenever you add an external link to an article, the Wiki gives you a captcha. That's fine for the most part, but it also gives you a captcha whenever you add a template with an external link. This is a massive nuisance; I do a lot of maintainance edits including adding various tags, and most of the tags (including stub and deletion) always bring up the captcha. It wastes a lot of my time, particularly since I have trouble reading some of them and I sometimes have to retry several times. Is there a way to disable the captcha from coming up for templates?
Thelonesoldier 00:32, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Hammer Hotkey Reference
In the title article Erik Johnson (employed at Valve) wrote that Ctrl+Shift+C would "Carve selected objects" and that Ctrl+H would "Hollow selected objects". They don't seem to do that at all. In fact, pressing Ctrl+H seems to delete all brushes except the selected ones. Perhaps the article needs updating by someone who knows these shortcuts well. --MossyBucket (formerly Andreasen) 01:59, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
- That's probably happening because a lot of those hotkeys have been changed for the 2009 branch, so yeah, it either needs updating or clarification about the version it thematizes. --Biohazard 02:34, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
Forever is a very long time
As he isn't able to do so himself, I want to appeal MrTwoVideoCards permaban. I've read through his discussion with Thelonesoldier, and while I'm not in any way condoning rude behavior, overconfidence, or swears, I don't think he was some sort of an enemy of this wiki, like the spammers or vandals are. He was just overly passionate about a subject. Judging by his maturity, I get the picture of a boy probably going through his teens, where hormones create a naturally aggressive behavior, but that's nothing that won't pass in two years time, and bans for even a month would be enough for him to think things over and build some patience. This user has even made a mod for this community.
While I wasn't fond of him personally, I'm concerned over this because I've been permabanned from lots and lots of forums on moderator whims, and have experienced how poorly chosen words can be a virtual death-sentence. As long as you have an option to ban a user for a limited amount of time, I think this would be the time to show mercy.
--MossyBucket (formerly Andreasen) 01:00, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
- Most of the discussion has been deleted. You're not nearly getting the whole picture here. Thelonesoldier 01:51, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
- Then what is the whole picture? Looking twice, I find probable ban evasions, and a general arrogant and aggressive behavior, but do you really think that he will be the same person 1-2 years from now? --MossyBucket (formerly Andreasen) 02:32, 23 February 2011 (UTC)