User talk:GrampaSwood

Hello, GrampaSwood!

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-- WelcomeBOT (talk) 14:10, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Sorry about my first edition

Hi! Sorry for the first edition of Mercenary Park (cosmetic item) on the Baseball cap/fi page.
I come to the wiki to ask to staff about the 3D module you use in the wiki, as the user User:Shahar told me that the module was originally from this wiki; however, when I tried to contact, I saw that I had to follow a series of steps before, and as I hardly know the saga I went to edit broken images. Then, I discovered that there were more pages in different languages and, seeing that you reversed my change, I did it correctly afterwards.
Staff to staff, sorry for the first inconvenience, I know it's frustrating to revert the changes and edit them again. I wish the best for your wiki, and I see that you have it very well structured and with hardly any bugs, congratulations! A22PG (talk) 16:31, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Don't worry about it, I've made similar mistakes a few times in the past mostly with Bonesaw (map) and Brimstone (map) linking to Bonesaw and Brimstone respectively. It's better that you made the edit and bring the mistake to someone's attention than to not have made the edit and have the mistake be there until someone else found it. I also really don't mind reverting changes and editing them again.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 16:37, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

I have a question

Hello Grampa Swood!

  I recently registered on wiki, but already made a couple of changes (60+ articles edited)

And i just want to know 2 things: 1) How much edits user must do to be nominated for Wiki-cap 2) And can any person ask somebody to nominate them? I hope i will do much more changes and maybe one day get nominated and just want to know more about it. P.S. i bad in english, if there any mistakes, sorry XD TSTH 17:46, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

1. There is no edit requirement for it, but that also does not mean 10 edits will grant the Cap.

2. Users should only nominate others if they think they truly deserve it. That being said, asking a friend of yours to nominate you will result in the nomination being removed.

Translators are able to nominate themselves, but this is only if they meet the requirements to do so.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 17:55, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Slimycheivment userbox

Here's the userbox! Hopefully other users see my edit.

This user has earned a Slimycheivment!

{{User:Slimyboi500/User Slimycheivment}}

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Slimyboi500 (talk) 18:08, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Slimycheivment unlocked

Slimychievement	Date	Notes
I Know Everything! Complete Slimy's Ultamite TF2 Quiz.	January 12, 2024	Good one mate!

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Slimyboi500 (talk) 18:21, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

With the Boxes

Hey, I am definitely going to need your help with the boxes part, whenever I attempt to add this in below: /Template:Border | image = Main menu soldier.png | image-size = 20px | title = General info | content = Hallo, und Willkommen this is my TF2 Wiki Page! I am an American guy living in the West. I am a sort of Medic Main, though I do play other classes a lot, I enjoy helping my teammates, so I like Medic. And I also like German and am learning it, so I like the German guy. I also enjoy playing Sniper, though most of the time when I am playing Sniper, I use the SMG most of the time. I have a steam account as well. I also play games other than TF2, such as Team Fortress Classic, Fortress Forever, w:Stellaris, w:Europa Universalis IV, w:Crusader Kings II, w:Deltarune (yes, I do play this mix of games) and many others. It always comes up with User:Tenth class gaming/Template:Border (I did remove the {} in order for it to show.) Do you know how to fix this? Tenth class gaming (talk) 22:12, 13 January 2024 (UTC) Tenth Class Gaming

Replace "/Template:Border" with "User:GrampaSwood/Template:Border".
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 22:14, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much!

Tenth class gaming (talk) 22:15, 13 January 2024 (UTC) Tenth Class Gaming

Remember to indent your messages using colons :.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 22:23, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Question about my Demonstration

Hello, if you remember, i made a demonstration for the Head Doctor taunt and i wonder what happend to it, or was it anything wrong with it. Thank you. Decimate (talk) 02:51, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

I'll put it on the page again and I'll notify Ashe.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 14:40, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Alright, thanks. Decimate (talk) 15:00, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Issue i'm facing

Hello Gramps, I'm currently starting to make edits for AR pages(I'm aware that it's deprecated) but meh why not, ok so my issue is that I can't change some elements and names in edit page, it's visible in the original page but wherever i look in edit mode, I can't change it, looking forward to hear your reply.

Acceonit (talk) 23:34, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

It's likely a template that you're looking for? Anything in curly brackets {{ }} is a template. To find these, simply take the text in the brackets and put it after "wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Template:". For example, {{Painted variants}} would be on wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Template:Painted variants.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 23:43, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Also note that for Arabian pages, only existing translations should be edited. No new ones or anything.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 00:34, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

I understand Acceonit (talk) 15:12, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

One last question, regard what you said: 'no new ones or anything', will that apply for crucial pages like unique, strange, critical etc.? Acceonit (talk) 15:30, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Yes, no new ones at all.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 15:31, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

One one last question hehe, sorry, will changing red links with english ones will be okay? Acceonit (talk) 15:50, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ You can ask as many questions as you like. Links should be to Arabic pages, but it may be better to not have a link if the page doesn't exist.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 15:52, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Will do, Thanks Acceonit (talk) 16:32, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

I guess I have to bother you more... sorry, so I noticed few things, most titles and statements are stored in a template, that's great, I can edit that but which one? and how can I know it's the original? for example, `السكاوت`, this how can I edit the original template of the Scout's AR Name?, another matter is translations.. for example Soldier in Arabic is الجندي but I have no clue.. why in someone's mindset to add it as صولجر, it makes no sense in arabic, i guess transliteration? ok but why? for foreign understanding? or just bad translation? can't really ask current ar translators, most of them appear to be 'dead'

Acceonit (talk) 22:01, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Those translations are stored in the {{Dictionary}}. As for the Soldier translation, I don't speak Arabic so I can't tell you.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 00:04, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

I wonder if this template I just made would be useful

Hello. I made {{UberCharge Cart}} template, and I want to know if it would be useful.

These are couple reasons I made this:

• The information on Payload about being able to/not to push/block the cart while ubercharged by different mediguns is wrong, so I needed to fix it.
• It CAN be described all in texts, but I thought it would take up unnecessarily large amount of space, but this template could save time and space at the same time for me and others.

Since I don't use IRC channel, and because I don't know any other staffs/mods, I want to know what your/others opinions are about the template, if it's unnecessary, and if there can be anything else to improve it.

Nihil ( Talk | Contributions ) 15:56, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Also, describing all the informations in texts would be harder to see it by glance (which means it would need a lot more effort to read all texts) and understand it than describing all of them with the template.

"Intuition" is a key-word, I guess. I really hope to see any feedback from you and others.

Nihil ( Talk | Contributions ) 16:03, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Seems good, but I'll make some minor changes first. Preferably, these should be made on userspace before being moved to main unless it's a pre-existing table.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 17:00, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Projectile Shield Cleanup

Hey Grampa, I've been working on fixing up the Projectile Shield strategy page to bring it up to Wiki standards and was hoping if you could let me know if it's goin alright as of right now? It's at User:Payn/ProjectileShieldCleanup. Please be brutally honest with your feedback, I want to make it as good as it could possibly be, as it is still a W.I.P. Payn (talk) 06:56, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

I would remove the Medic section in the class-specific strategy, and merge it with the general strategy, or remove the general strategy and merge it with the class-specific section. I also wouldn't put the Medic section at the top of the class-specific list, but rather at the usual placement. As for content-specific stuff, I'll have to go over it 1-by-1 to see if they're useful or not. You'll have to give me permission either here or using {{AllowedEditors}} on the page.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 19:20, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

alright, understood. thanks grampa Payn (talk) 22:52, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

You have permission to edit now, I'll work on re-ordering everything. Thanks again, Grampa. Payn (talk) 23:09, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

I went over the whole page, should be fine now. Feel free to move it over if you have no more changes.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 13:49, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Mannpower Powerups template

Hi. I'm working on making a template for mannpower's powerups. The link is User:Nihil/Template:Mannpower powerups.
Main purpose is to make it easier to translate/edit powerup table, and to make the list on Mannpower section on List of game modes shorter and easier to read.
I gave you permission to edit just in case if you see anything to fix/improve (I think language transition part might not be right). It would be glad to get any feedback from you.

Also, is it possible to make this table a bit smaller when used on other pages? I think this table itself is enough for Mannpower page, but would be too big for List of game modes page.
Should I make another template to shrink it, or should I make it collapsible? Or maybe there can be other ways to make it fit for the page. I don't know what would be the best, or at least a better way.

I'm greatly thankful for your helps and advices, as always.
Nihil ( Talk | Contributions ) 06:50, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Looks good to me. I would recommend either putting all the available translations in there already, or just not replacing them on pages that don't have support on the template yet. Otherwise, I fixed the translation switching template and commented it out (it adds a category by default).
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 14:49, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Questions about korean localizations for {{other uses}} template

Hello.

I've been using {{other uses}} template, and I have always wondered if there's any way to change the order of the parameter texts and the non-parameter texts.

It is really hard to explain to foreign people how Korean works even with examples, but here's an example:

If I use {{other uses|this=(text 1)|for=(text 2)|(text 3)}} on korean pages, it currently shows "이 문서는 다음에 관한 것입니다: (text 1), 혹시 이 문서를 찾고 계신다면: (text 2), 이 곳에서 볼 수 있습니다: (text 3)", which is not quite right (believe me).

The order should rather be "이 문서는 (text 1)에 대한 것입니다. 혹시 (text 2) 문서를 찾고 계신다면, (text 3)에서 볼 수 있습니다". You can see the parameter texts should be inside the non-parameter texts. ^{Yes, I know you probably won't even understand why it is not quite right}

tl;dr: I wonder if you, or people you know, know how to change the order of texts and parameters in the template specifically for korean, or if I should make another template for this.

I think making another template is easier than finding out how to change the order, but I wanted to ask you before doing anything.

Nihil ( Talk | Contributions ) 04:51, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

I believe some other languages had this problem too. Simply replace this template with {{Hatnote}} and write them out manually each time. It's unfortunate, but without changing up the whole template we can't do much about this. I'll see if I can do smth about it at some point.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 12:46, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello!

I would love it if you would join our group! We are currently trying to expand our group, and you're our next choice!

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Slimyboi500 Talk Contribs Steam 19:29, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

good job mate

Slimychievement	Date	Notes
Undo Edit by GrampaSwood Survive the great bot crisis of 2024.	March 5th, 2024	Slimychievement unlocked! Good job banning the bots, soldier!

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Slimyboi500 Talk Contribs Steam 19:32, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks and stuff and junk

Wikichievement	Awarded by	Reason
Helping Hand Help other users to improve the Team Fortress Wiki with constant tips and coordination.	Mediarch	Wikichievement unlocked!

Mediarch ♥ Talk ♥ My Edits 18:19, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Wikichievement	Awarded by	Reason
Quick Draw Moderate the Recent Changes queue and quickly revert vandalism and low-quality edits.	Mediarch	Wikichievement unlocked! ...

Mediarch ♥ Talk ♥ My Edits 11:10, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Recently deleted edit to Super Zombie Fortress page

Hey i have a problem you deleted my contribution to the Super Zombie Fortress Wiki i added the image because it was different then Zombie Fortress. super zombie fortress and zombie fortress are the same gamemode but there is a difference uper zombie Fortress has looks based on left4dead while zombie fortress Does not have the theme of of super zombie fortress because it is missing the left4dead theme. i just want to know why you deleted my contribution to this part of the team fortress 2 wiki im not mad im just confused thanks for understanding my situation.

DocThenotable (talk) 21:24, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

As explained in the edit summary, the image didn't really show anything of note. It was a random screenshot taken on a part of a map where nothing of note could be seen. It just doesn't add much value to the page and seems very random.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 22:31, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Hey, I saw your reply

Sorry im new to this interface and have problem navigating here but can you elaborate on how can I update [No Paint Diff] in /cs

QS Quark (talk) 16:03, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Go to {{No Paint Diff}} and then edit it, follow the format the other languages have by adding | cs = and then the translation.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 16:14, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Ok will do! Thank You.

QS Quark (talk) 16:20, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

how

I can't seem to make the wiki username thing work. Can you help me?
---- Talk Contribs Steam 17:56, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

It doesn't work like a normal template, its output can't be read like that.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 17:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Missing Medic Voiceline

Hello, I can't seem to find the Medic voiceline where he says, "What do you think of zis?" (While doing the Kazotsky Kick).
---- Talk Contribs Steam 00:50, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Open GCFScape. Then open up tf2_sound_vo_english_dir.vpk. Then you just follow this path: sound>vo>taunts>medic>medic_trade_04.mp4 Mediarch ♥ Talk ♥ My Edits 01:14, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

See Medic taunts#Unused content.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 10:36, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

New template

I made a new template you may want to check out. It is a template all about RGB. It would be useful for people that are used to RGB rather than HEX.
---- Talk Contribs Steam 17:23, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Seems like this method is easier to use. The template is very big and basically repeats itself 3 times, it would be better to convert it to hex instead.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 17:29, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

MOTHER FUC-

---- Talk Contribs Steam 17:30, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Happy wiki birthday

Mediarch ♥ Talk ♥ My Edits 16:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Blurry achivement images

I have been exploring the TF2 wiki when I came across to the achivements and I noticed that achivement images are either blurry or pixely. It can been seen on Achivements page. Is it from Steam exported or can it be changed to a high quality end? --Vinzesco (talk) 11:40, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Could you show an image of what that looks like? The images are taken directly from the game's files, but if they look blurry it might be because you have your browser zoomed in. If I zoom in to 110% instead of the usual 100%, the icons turn blurry.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 11:42, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

I am actually zoomed out and still blurry for me, In here can be seen cleary the two qualities don't match up (The "Welcome to the Internets" and "Fake an email from Robin").--Vinzesco (talk) 11:53, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps going to the image itself would make a difference? File:Tf spy identity theft.png. They all look high quality to me
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 11:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

This is the one, what I was talking about, in this and this can be seen some quality changes, but I figured probably because Youtube_fail.png is alot smaller probably need to be enchanced or smt but what do you think?--Vinzesco (talk) 12:09, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

It can look a bit blurry when made bigger, but the other icons look sharp to me.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 12:10, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Yeah but if I were to sharpen the left image were it be okey or is this really a minor issue? (This one: )--Vinzesco (talk) 12:17, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Keep them as-is.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 12:17, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

I have finally translated the Mechanics/hu

Could you check it up if I have made any misstakes or missing pieces? Just a quick look is enough.Thanks, --Vinzesco (talk) 21:46, 15 April 2024 (UTC)