User talk:Ganteka Future

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In need of a rating
While unnecessary, I would like for some of my articles to have ratings. The articles that I find ready for said endeavour are as follows: Sith/ Jedi (3.5e Class), Viveka Spectre (3.5e Prestige Class), and Uongo-mijusi (3.5e Race)(and some of its sub-pages). Then again, you may find some or all of those mentioned to be unworthy of your rating. In which case any advice would be most appreciated. Thank you again --Franken Kesey 01:08, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

A Favor
I know I used up all my favors a long time ago, so I only ask of one more. I am personally requesting this favor from Tarkisflux, Eiji-kun, NameViolation, and Ganteka Future - but if any hospitable user wishes to answer the call I am open. I had incorrectly understood that this wiki (meaning the last one as well) was intended as a community work space, and everyone had a voice. One that was not to be squandered over trivial matters. But have found over time that name and name alone separate it from the paleo-wiki. You changed the address, but the bankers are all the same. Most of the users here are not schmucks, but it only takes a few. So I have grown tired of these "rational thinkers", these couch potatoes who don't know squat. So I will be formally leaving this wiki. And am asking if someone could look after what little work I leave behind. You four seem to be the wisest of the lot. Not using this wiki as a front for acting smart. I can take a certain amount abuse - and have played the mad for some time. But the stuff here is utterly intolerable. Thank you, and good luck - the madness has been the only way I've stayed sane. --Franken Kesey 06:18, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

A Helpful Glance
If you could please have a look at my latest creation found here: http://www.dnd-wiki.org/wiki/User:Stryker-Fyre/Sandbox, it would be much appreciated, thankyou.--Stryker 04:06, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Semanticing up races
I know you did a lot of the homebrew races, would you mind helping me semantic up the SRD races if you have time? - Tarkisflux 21:25, 3 February 2011 (UTC)


 * I sort of was putting off doing this myself. Yeah, it needs to be done eventually, and if you want to do it, it'd lower my amount of work. --Havvy 23:17, 3 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I can work on that, though it'll have to be on Monday the 6th at the earliest. I've got a time-sensitive project to work on until then. --Ganteka Future 00:45, 4 February 2011 (UTC)


 * No worries, like I said it's just an "if you have time" thing. I'm working on them when I've got time as well, got the first couple of sections done already. - Tarkisflux 17:54, 4 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, I found your concerns about SRD talk:Creatures, and I think they've been dealt with. Can I get a confirmation / second opinion? - Tarkisflux 05:07, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Background Image Effect
Is there anyway to put an image into the background? (Transposing directly over it.) Other styling effects would also be intresting. --Franken Kesey 05:14, 6 April 2011 (UTC)


 * As far as I know, no. --Ganteka Future 20:29, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Like / Dislike Images
Could I talk you into doing images for the like / dislike votes in the new rating scheme? Preferably similar to the current "word in front of crest" style that we have for the RC stuff? - Tarkisflux 03:59, 8 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I'll probably be on IRC sometime in the evening. I'll make a point to be around for a while in that regards to discuss stuff. Since I have all the original files in fancy vector formats, new images should be pretty easy to whip up. I'll probably present a series of roughs (like 3) to have the community pick from... unless I happen to whip up something I like very much that works first try. --Ganteka Future 21:02, 9 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I appreciate it, but you should maybe hold off actually. I'm waiting on Ghost to tell me if he really wants to be able to put work in on sorta liking something, in which case it goes to a vote and this might jump to 4 images. I'd rather have a solid plan in place so your time isn't wasted. Unless you want to do concepts for this stuff, in which case have at :-) - Tarkisflux 22:02, 9 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I know you're out for a while, but when you get back those Like/Dislike images would be awesome :-D. Doesn't look like we'll be needing any extra ones. - Tarkisflux Talk 01:29, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!
If I am not mistaken you probably just re-linked all my subtitution levels with the recorrected Eijilund Plushie title. Thanks, you've a sharp eye! -- Eiji-kun 04:33, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Stewardship
Can you look after my stuff? I neither have time or energy for the vigil that I possessed before. Much of my work has been remove due to minor problems, as well as me not being here to defend them. I would also appreciated if you could revive Frankensteins creations - the face was ugly, yet the mind and heart still may be of use. --Franken Kesey 01:20, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

New Image Requests
I was hoping I could get you to whip up about 4 new images for the wiki: These would be preferably not too obnoxious, and not ugly. Hopefully doing images instead of obnoxious text colors (as seen here) will lead to a nicer reading experience for all. And if you have any color concerns about that page otherwise, I'd appreciate hearing them. - Tarkisflux Talk 00:04, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) A "Community Favorite" image. Basically the RatedLove image with different text.
 * 2) A "Community Opposed" image. Basically the RatedHate image with different text.
 * 3) A sort of warning / incentive image for articles with talk page comments but no ratings.
 * 4) An actual warning image for articles with neither talk page comments nor ratings.


 * Thoughts for the unrated and undiscussed images:
 * Undiscussed - The neutral shield, mostly translucent, with a big red exclamation point on top of it.
 * Unrated - The neutral shield again, less translucent, with a big blue question mark on top of it.
 * Rated - this is a new one, so that there's a pic for everything. Neutral shield again, with "Rated" on top of it or something.
 * And then, as indicated above, there's a pic for everything, the pics are tied together among themselves and the ratings, and the changes in the Author block are more consistent. Thoughts? - Tarkisflux Talk 01:36, 13 July 2012 (UTC)


 * For ArticleUnrated, can you center it more or pull the spare pixels off the side so it has as many on the back as ArticleUndiscussed? It's the only one that isn't centered in the display, and it's kind of weird. I think you could also afford to make them slightly larger if you thought it would be helpful for image clarity.


 * And thanks for doing these up Gan. They look quite nice. Examples of the author block using current images are here. - Tarkisflux Talk 02:29, 14 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright, centered. For some reason I thought "hey, this should line up with the Undiscussed image on the left". Yeah, that looked weird. The blue exclamation point was a bit dark too, didn't pop enough, brightened that up a bit as well. Hopefully this is all set, as I'll be gone for a week starting tomorrow. As for image size, I could render them out at a higher resolution, but I'd rather avoid making the author box much larger (I happen to dislike scrolling). If anyone addresses readability concerns though, I can take that into account and boost if necessary. --Ganteka Future 03:09, 14 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I was thinking that a 20-50% boost would just bring the horizontal resolution to the standard author box size, without pushing the box down much. And as most articles aren't scrolling due to author size, and the author box itself never gets that large, I didn't think it would be a big deal. But we can certainly sit on them for a week and see how they go before making any changes. Enjoy your trip, and thanks again! - Tarkisflux Talk 04:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Having sat on them for a week, I'm reasonably happy with their size. But the image floodgates have been opened, so there's a few other things that have been kicked around as possibly needing an image to be more easily spotted in the author block. Specifically balance tags and a homebrew noticey thing (since the old homebrew template will not be coming back). So if you're back, I was hoping you would be willing to lend your talents and style to a few more images. Here's what I'm thinking: While I'd love it if you could work some of these up, it's worth pointing out that they may not actually get used since discussion is ongoing. But if you're willing to do it anyway, or do something that you think sounds better, I'd appreciate it. - Tarkisflux Talk 05:46, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Balance pics with an actual balance (crappy placeholder reference here), with the scales at different places for different balance levels. And the balance level itself across the front in text. We would need 5 total, one for L, M, H, VH, and Unquant. If you're worried about vertical space, using a small pic with text to the left of right of it (to avoid obscuring it) would probably work nicely (and you really do have about 200 px to work with to fit it in there).
 * A homebrew pic done in a horizontal banner or pennant style like you see blowing in the wind from a lance in "period" pieces. (long triangular or rectangular, as most appropriate). This probably just needs the word "Homebrew" or "Homebrew work" or whatever on it.


 * As for the Balance images, I drew up a scale, it looks good n'all, but the text on the side just isn't cutting it for me, and honestly, I think I'd rather have the text be actual text for linking purposes like it currently is (possibly one link as Balance and one for the given balance range of the article itself). This would probably be a fairly simple templated table inserted into the Author box, something like:


 * While I'm not set on having the other balance ranges listed, it does allow for people to instantly see where on the range the particular balance of an article falls into. Hmmm... perhaps that box would look better with the default wiki background color or even the left navigation area color, let's see:


 * Wiki backdrop color (E9DDA2) definitely pops the best, though I'm not sure how it's gonna look inside a full author box next to all that other stuff.
 * As for the Homebrew waving pennant banner, is this thing gonna likely be something like 400 px wide or so and at the top of every homebrew article as a sort of disclaimer? --Ganteka Future 19:17, 26 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I plugged that into my mock ups and played with it a bit (link. It doesn't really look good in the side by side format with everything else centered, so I went with top and bottom and doubled it up. If you wanted to do a pic with two scales at different angles, that might fit better than my current thingy.


 * The homebrew banner is intended to sit at the top of the author block (revised or otherwise), not at the top of the page, to draw attention to the authorship, balance, and rating information. Trying not to draw the eye to multiple areas of the page with it. - Tarkisflux Talk 20:37, 26 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright, finally got a suitable version of the homebrew banner uploaded for reviewal. Gave me some trouble with readability and design, had to cut some elements out. Not sure it pops out enough now, but it is readable. I can tinker with the scale of it if necessary as well, as well as make any other changes if needed. Just let me know. --Ganteka Future 22:11, 5 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I think at this point I need an eye on the actual display box to see what works and what needs to be tweaked before I have additional things to ask for: Link. - Tarkisflux Talk  02:58, 6 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright, feedback time. I think it's coming together. I wish more stuff popped out in the box itself. That pale collapsable box looks good. Could you put a box like that around "authorship information" itself and then another around "article balance" and the scales? If you do, I think that'll spruce it up... maybe. That's all I've got on that for now I guess. Anyone else reading this, feel free to comment, since this affects all homebrew articles. --Ganteka Future 04:44, 6 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Pale boxes added. I could collapse the authorship information I guess, but I think it would look odd. And collapsing the balance doesn't seem to save a lot of space or make a lot of sense to me.


 * I can also work up a couple of options for people to gander at if I needed to. Comparison shopping and whatnot. - Tarkisflux Talk 05:27, 6 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that might be good. I'm not sure how I feel about it at the moment. Perhaps I should sleep on it. --Ganteka Future 05:47, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

So, Gan... those images that got mentioned a couple of days ago... can you go ahead and make them? Pretty please? A variation on the existing small shield + ribbon would probably work best, for image consistency reasons. If you've got time. - Tarkisflux Talk 23:34, 5 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I'll get on that as soon as I can (within a day or so). -Ganteka Future (talk) 00:04, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Ratings Update
Following the recent wiki vote on ratings granularity and display, all old ratings can be updated to make use of "love / like / neutral / dislike / hate" instead of the old values. If you would like to update your ratings, you can find a list of them at Category:Legacy Rating Ganteka Future. When you update a rating, be sure to delete the "|OldRating=True" part. - Tarkisflux Talk 18:13, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Ratings Request
Please review and rate the Judge of Existence (3.5e Class). Thank you--Franken Kesey (talk) 23:17, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Your Socks
Give them to me!!! -- Eiji-kun (talk) 01:04, 5 March 2014 (UTC)