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About the Weapons Checklist....

Would it be OK if I were to make a version that contained no promotional or limited items (which are the Lugermorph, Big Kill, and Golden Wrench)? That way people would know that I'm only going for the regular or unlockable items, and not the ones that can be Lost Forever. AbeX300 21:25, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

You like Firestorm, don't you? You can, just do so in your userspace. -- Smashman... _{(t • s)} 21:29, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I am in no way in love with FireStorm. And thanks for telling me. XP AbeX300 21:31, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Well you seem to ask him stuff that has no concern of his, or he's too thick to answer. Might I recommend Pilk or myself? -- Smashman... _{(t • s)} 21:32, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I suppose...but another question, how do I make the font go in the center and make it 7 times bigger? AbeX300 21:39, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

You can do whatever the heck you want in your own userspace. You could make a 500-line template that only works with a specific code and writes "Firestorm deserves cookies" if you wanted to. My only regret is not being online sooner so that these buffoons would not have had the opportunity to attempt to deflate my magnificent ego. --Firestorm   21:46, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Your ego already threatens to crush your fine part of Canada anyways, call it damage control. :P -The Neotank ( | Talk) 21:59, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I'll remember that, FireStorm. Now about that aligning to the center and font size... AbeX300 22:01, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Like this?

--Firestorm   22:05, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that. Thanks, Flame. ^_^ AbeX300 22:13, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Can't you just edit articles instead of worrying about userboxes or hat templates all the time? :\ Try editing these. seb (talk) 22:15, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

You do only have nine edits to main pages, Abe. --Firestorm   22:23, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

FireBOT Issue

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/index.php?title=ÜberCharge&diff=57379&oldid=50696

Any way to keep it from screwing with filenames? -Shine () 09:23, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

If he's replacing them with the find and replace option, then I think there's an option to ignore all matches within images, external links, etc. seb26 m (talk) 09:32, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, there is. Just remembering how to use this thing, it's been a while! --Firestorm   15:53, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Shiv and Skullcutter

I see you removed my trivia note on the Skullcutter page with confusion over what I put. Allow me to explain. The Scotsman's Skullcutter and Tribalman's Shiv are the only weapons to have what could be called 'hat names'. That is, a certain noun followed with the weapon noun, such as Magistrate's Mullet. I felt this was worth mentioning. --Focusknock 21:32, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

I see what you mean, but it's simply a naming convention and not all hats even follow it. We try to keep trivia informative or at least interesting. --Firestorm   21:41, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Rub rub

I don't mean to be obnoxious, but Smashman wants me to rub my admin-ness in your face. o.o I has screenshot~ So... *rub rub* — Wind 22:49, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Lols. -- Smashman... _{(t • s)} 22:55, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Odd. Why are you still orange in the Recent Changes log? -The Neotank ( | Talk) 23:01, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Ctrl+F5 should fix it — Wind 23:06, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Welcome, fellow blue man! -- OluapPlayer _(t) 23:11, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Howdy, pardner — Wind 23:15, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

I think I might need a list, as I have:

• More edits
• My own bot with meaningful edits
• More Hats
• Better Hats
• More Playtime
• A superior Userpage
• More Userboxes
• BETTER Userboxes
• Userboxes that YOU stole
• Userpage layout that YOU liberated

Yeah, I'm fine with you getting admin status that you probably won't even use :P --Firestorm 03:14, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Personally, I'm not fine with people getting any status who don't/won't use it. -- Pilk _(talk) 03:35, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Someone talked about blue? -- Vi3trice _(talk) 01:21, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Indubitably --Firestorm 01:22, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Good sir

It appears bold because you can't link to the page you are on. seb26 (talk) 21:39, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

/facepalm --Firestorm 21:40, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Another orange bar for you, to further acknowledge the shame you should be feeling right now. seb26 (talk) 21:41, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

The case of Jarate

Jarate allows minicrit damage when thrown at an enemy right? Well, if you airblast that jarate back at the sniper or his team, they get minicrit damage against them, and that's it. Airblasting may add minicrit status to jarate the projectile, but it does not stack with jarate the effect; the jarate-covered people still only get minicrit damage against them. I think that was what I was trying to say on the Projectiles page. --Focusknock 12:11, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I did misunderstand you. However, on the Mini-Crit page, it is already stated that mini-crit effects do not stack. --Firestorm 15:11, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

FireBOT

What criteria are you using to pick pages for a once-over by FireBOT? Generally, you should not be automatically processing a large number of pages without reviewing them all. Here is a bad edit that was just made. -- Pilk _(talk) 20:28, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

It was simply changing critical to Critical. I have been reviewing every edit, just missed those ones because they were at the bottom. --Firestorm 20:33, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

You probably shouldn't be fixing them just for the sake of it. AWB is designed so that edits like these are done in the course of normal wiki editing duties. Page histories are being filled with bot edits, which is OK once or twice for every major revision of a page, but it's pointless doing it just because you can. -- Pilk _(talk) 20:42, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Just as a general tip, you can double-click on a line in the diff viewer to undo the changes just for that line. seb26 [talk] 20:45, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I was just attempting to keep things consistent. I don't see a point in a naming change (I.E Mini-crit --> Mini-Crit) if only half the pages actually follow it. If we're going to be making other convention changes (Medigun --> Medi Gun), then the same thing is going to happen. So it's a choice: let the bots change all pages, let some pages be a little inconsistant, or stop making minor name changes. --Firestorm 20:56, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

The wiki is never going to be perfect when it comes to stuff like this. It was never consistent before we decided on these changes, let some pages be inconsistent. WindBOT attends to the pages as they are edited already. Anything else is wasted energy. -- Pilk _(talk) 21:10, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

OK then, in the future, would you like me to still change all the pages based on name changes? --Firestorm 21:12, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Would you want me to run WindBOT over all the Category:Weapons pages? — Wind 21:13, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure that I'm following what you are asking, sorry. -- Pilk _(talk) 10:52, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

If we changed Medigun to Medi Gun, you still want me to change all references to the word Medigun, to Medi Gun, right? --Firestorm 18:27, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Nope, WindBOT would do that progressively as pages are edited. -- Pilk _(talk) 18:39, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't mean to sound confrontational, but how is it better to change everything slowly than just all at once? --Firestorm 22:50, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Spacenet

You broke it. D:< — Wind 03:36, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Did I actually? I was wondering why it stopped replying --Firestorm 04:46, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

A very important subject matter

Pootis. --EvilDeadFan 13:08, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

What? --Firestorm 17:29, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Poot dispenser here! --EvilDeadFan 02:09, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Let Pootis man himself explain, I'm sure you know him :D --EvilDeadFan 02:21, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Shrine

hey mate.what's this talking about a shrine don't know anything about that. Kexbiti 20:51, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Clips/Mags

What can be more confusing than using the wrong word to define something, when we have an appropriate word?

If you want, add a link to a picture showing both of them, and not only can you show correct information, you can also teach people the difference! Mistah Phoenix 06:35, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

While magazine is technically true, we use clip for convenience, even when it doesn't fit the weapon, like with the Grenade Launcher. This may be something that we can change if we find enough people that think we should change it. However, please wait a little while before bringing forward that proposition, as the wiki is currently crazy with people who think 10 edits will get them a hat --Firestorm 06:37, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Relax, I'm not here for the hat. I just happened to find an opportunity to make meaningful additions (kinda) with this latest add-on, since not much is known and much can be learned. Still, I personally believe we should use the correct term and teach others to do so as well. Mistah Phoenix 06:41, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

I wasn't accusing you of being one of them. Anyone who is willing to browse pages to turn a single word to its correct meaning obviously has better things in mind. Thanks for being calm instead of being one of the wankers yelling "F YOU ITS MAGAZIN NOT CLIP YOU Fin STUPID MOD" (it's happened) --Firestorm 06:44, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Hey, no problem. I'm here to help after all. (And that guy sounds like a serious ♥♥♥♥♥♥ :D)

Particle effect

Ill try to take a picture of the head only, but the thing is, the heart is around the legs, so it's hard to take it, ill try tho --The preceding unsigned comment was added by Korgot (talk) • contribs)

I did the best I could with the Scout hat. If you want tho, maybe we could meet in game and you could take a screenshot from a third player perspective ? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by Korgot (talk) • contribs)

That's a good idea. We should do that.  – Smashman _(talk) 21:42, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Undoing

stop it ! i just clicked undo and you had clicked it before me lol--Markd 15:37, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Fear my Moderator Ninja Powers --Firestorm 15:43, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Unusual Partical Image

Here's a link to my image. Jpg quality is 95% so as not to make it too big, in-game quality maxed. You may/will want to resize/crop. [1] Danton 03:56, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

re: show preview

Sry if i did something wrong, but iam using preview button while editing. Just not sure about my literary english, iam more specialized on improving russian pages, most of our community members are pretty unbooked and doing crappy translating with many mistakes. Hope its needed here :P TIS 05:20, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

If you need help with editing in english. Feel free to join us in the IRC channel and ask for help --Firestorm 05:21, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

An Unusual Magistrate's Mullet (with Green Particle effect)

File:Unusual Magistrate's Mullet (Green Confetti Effect).png

File:Unusual Magistrate's Mullet (Green Confetti Effect).png

Hey Firestorm,

I've got another Unusual Hat image for you. I think it supercedes the current image (File:Unusual_Green_Confetti.png) displaying the effect in terms of compression and size. Feel free to crop the image to your liking. Thanks for keeping the wiki awesome. :) - Lhavelund 00:16, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Disregard this. Accidentally double-clicked.

Hey, thanks for the image. Unfortunately, I'm on dial-up right now on vacation so I can't work with it until Monday. I'll let you know more then. Thanks! --Firestorm 02:33, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

No problem; I was wondering why you hadn't accepted my friend request on Steam, though. I have something I'd like to discuss with you when you get back--enjoy your time off! --Lhavelund 17:09, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

The current image shows off the confetti better and is better quality. It's also a much more fun image, with the Engineer having a grand ol' time! Thanks for the help, though, I've added you on Steam. --Firestorm 22:48, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Unusual Hat

I managed to cap this from a guy on a server I was playing on. Unfortunately, I forgot his name. I believe it's better than the purple we have. [2] General coolio 00:59, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm away on vacation until Monday. I'll let you know more then. --Firestorm 02:35, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

The problem with this image is that the crit effect draws attention away from the hat, which should be the focus --Firestorm 22:49, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

User Page Templates?

How can I use templates in my user page like in your user page, along with the nice font. --DarkShard 23:34, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Creating templates is easy, just navigate to where you want the template to be (Like User:Firestorm/Template:Checklist) And create the page with the template. Then, transcribe the template like this: {{User:Firestorm/Template:Checklists}}. As for nice font, read up around here, as well as here --Firestorm 22:52, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Firestorm. You seem to have forgotten how to use internal links. I am shocked and appalled.  – Smashman _(talk) 22:57, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

For one thing, it's easier to navigate using the address bar to non-existent pages. --Firestorm 23:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Also, DarkShard, you don't need the Template in your Userbox thing. The peons below me don't seem to realise how namespaces work...  – Smashman _(talk) 23:06, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

The template is necessary for my page only because of background colouring issues. Otherwise, it's only for neatness --Firestorm 23:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

No, I literally meant the word Template. You can use a template without the word, it's only used to specify the Template namespace which is not required in this case as you have already specified the User namespace. It's just a waste of typing.  – Smashman _(talk) 23:10, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Massed Flies Ze Goggles

What do I need to change? --Mechlord 23:34, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

That looks fine, I wish the Medic actually had eyes though :/ --Firestorm 23:38, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Hello, this is a response to you leaving a message about the quality of the Unusual Killers Kabuto picture I posted. I will work on creating a better picture. Is there any console command that I can use to disable the HUD? If you dont know, I can likely just look it up.

Thanks.

cl_drawhud 0 --Firestorm 00:46, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Trivia

I actually came from Wikipedia, and we hated trivia sections, so I was wondering if it was ok to reclassify some trivia into more useful categories. Five or six pieces are fine, but when you have 15 to 20 and several could be grouped together, it makes since to me to create some new categories. Then again, I have no idea how you guys feel about trivia in general. Just a question/suggestion. Subtlefuge 05:01, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Actually, it'd be better if the trivia sections are condensed. We've often tried to keep the trivia sections a lot smaller than they are, but the recent influx of people due to the Wiki Cap has caused a lot of useless edits. Categories won't really help, though. If you're up for it, I could dub you the trivia executioner, you'd even get a shiny userbox. Us admins are all running around to fix this stuff, so any help we can get is greatly appreciated. --Firestorm 05:05, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Are you kidding me?!!! I'd do anything to be an official executioner. I just need to know what besides irrelevant, uninteresting, incorrect, redundant, and speculative trivia I need to remove.Subtlefuge 05:09, 12 October 2010 (UTC)