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Kyletheobald

aka Kyle Theobald

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  • Queso6p7
    Character Appearances
    Queso6p7

    Hello, I'm an admin on the darkhorse and image wikis and was trying to find an easier way to code for character appearances rather than manually adding the category to each issue, but am at a loss of how to do this. We do have the {{Character Appearances}} and {{Cast}} templates but I still don't know what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Queso6p7 15:12, June 10, 2013 (UTC)

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    • Hatebunny
      Hatebunny

      Have a look at Template:A.

      Basically, what you need is something like this:

      [[Category:{{{1}}}/Appearances]]

      Unfortunately, you need to add a bunch of code like we have in our template, in order to remove the square brackets from it, and go directly to the pagename.

      Alternatively, you could make a template that does this:

      {{#if: {{{1|}}} | {{#if: {{{2}}} | [[{{{1}}}|{{{2}}}]] [[Category:{{{1}}}/Appearances]] | [[{{{1}}}]] [[Category:{{{1}}}/Appearances]] }} | }}

      While that LOOKS complicated, the {{{1}}} and the {{{2}}} represent the variables you would enter into the template.

      So, if you were to enter {{a|Banana|Salad}}

      It would DO this: [[Banana|Salad]] AND add the appearance category without having to use a bunch of complicated #explode functions.

      ... then anything you wrap that template around will be added to the appearance category AND put square brackets around itself (so you don't have to).

      Ours is more complicated, because it does things like check to see if it's been filled out wrong, removes the brackets automatically, and adds previous and next appearance arrow... things.

      That's why all of our appearances have {{a|[[Name]]}} wrapped around them, instead of manually adding categories.

      Might want to reply on my wall, if you have any questions, so Kyle doesn't have to look at all of this code...

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    • Hatebunny
      Hatebunny

      ... Actually, I'm not sure why we don't do the thing I just thought up there.

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  • Tycio
    Carrie Kelley wraparound
    Tycio

    Fair enough taking out the descriptions in this diff (even though I think they kinda added context, to clarify she wasn't actually in official Robin costume) but I'm unclear why the wraparound cover got taken out.

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    • Kyletheobald
      Kyletheobald

      Even though the option is there, we don't put captions in the galleries. Your's were ok but other users get pretty unusual so its better to have none anywhere. As for the covers, we don't like using the fully dressed covers with barcodes on character pages or in galleries unless there is no other choice (like a very obscure character). If you want, you could add back the textless wrap cover.

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    • Tycio
      Tycio

      Since the cover also includes Batman I could crop it just so it shows her (the back of the wraparound) so that it's more specific.

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    • Kyletheobald
      Kyletheobald

      Whichever way you want.

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    • Hatebunny
      Hatebunny

      The perfect dream would be if someone released the textless version of that cover.

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  • Haroldrocks
    New Earth to Prime Earth
    Haroldrocks

    Hi Kyle,

    I noticed that Damian Wayne (New Earth) was moved to Damian Wayne (Prime Earth). I was off the wiki for about five days because I was having my computer cleaned, so this is news to me. Is that the new plan for all Prime Earth pages?

    (I don't plan to intervene. I know the admins are handling everything. I was just a little confused why the move.)

    Thanks.

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    • Hatebunny
      Hatebunny

      It's not the plan for everything. We're deciding on a case by case basis what makes the most sense in terms of BOTH continuity and for new readers.

      For a character like Damian, who has nothing changed about him at all, and then who dies relatively soon after the relaunch, we figured it was best to just fold the New Earth version into the Prime Earth page.

      It would have to have been one or the other, and since Prime Earth is the current mainstream continuity, for simplicity's sake, we chose Prime Earth as the destination. I think the page needs a little more work in terms of explaining that, though.

      That is NOT, however, what we're doing with everyone. For the most part, we are waiting for bigger changes to happen to other characters before we make a decision to split them (Batman, for example, has Zero Year coming out soon). Damian's dead, so there isn't much opportunity there for his back story to change.

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    • Haroldrocks
      Haroldrocks

      That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation, Hatebunny. I understand now.

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  • Brian Linder
    Superman's Family
    Brian Linder

    Hey, Kyle.

    I spoke to Nathan and Jamie about this, and they said I should give you and Billy a heads-up as well. In anticipation of Man of Steel, we're creating a page on DC Database for "Superman's Family," with sections for his Kryptonian family, Earth family, and his "Friends." Our team will be populating it with the basics to get things started. Is this something that you and the rest of the DC community would be interested in taking on and fleshing out? We're planning to make the initial emphasis around Man of Steel, but it certainly doesn't need to be limited to that continuity.

    Could you drop me a line on my talk page or email me at brian@wikia-inc.com to let me know your thoughts?

    Thanks, man!

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  • Naruto 45
    Prime Earth Characters
    Naruto 45

    In the Prime Earth Characters page there are two Damian Wayne links. One to the New Earth other one to the Prime is that how it's so post to be?Or is that just a mistake.Naruto 45 (talk) 03:50, May 25, 2013 (UTC)

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  • Tupka217
    The Glossary
    Tupka217

    I'd love to hear what you think of that relic of olden days, the Glossary, and more importantly, what to do with it. Personally, I think much of it can have separate pages, other things can be merged or deleted.

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  • Duncan Ravenclaw
    Sweet Sixteen
    Duncan Ravenclaw
    Sweet Sixteen 003
    I was doing a bit of research on the H'san N'tall Titans and came across a character in the picture, since I never read the series myself i wanted to know if you can help me figure out who the character is

    I'm talking about the purple character next to sweet sixteen in the picture

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  • Lucien61
    Number of stories
    Lucien61

    What does count as a numbered story?

    For example,

    1) there are intro pages in anthologies (say, Witching Hour or Weird War Tales),

    2) there are pin-ups,

    3) there are filler pages and/or gag strips (by Boltinoff, Hasen, etc), and

    4) there are text features/stories (which are difficult to index, to boot, but often feature legitimate appearances of established characters).

    Regards, Lucien61 (Heiko Langhans)

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    • Hatebunny
      Hatebunny

      We're not that consistent, but I think typically we cover the actual stories and the text features. I'm not sure about the filler pages. We don't usually consider pin-ups as stories.

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  • Lucien61
    Clarification needed re Staff Pages
    Lucien61

    This concerns the somewhat nebulous staff page template.

    1) Real name vs. pseudonym: As I already mentioned elsewhere there is no real distinction between a working name and a pseudonym. Perhaps the "Real Name" field should be renamedto "Full Name" while the working name (for example "Joe Kubert" instead of "Joseph Kubert") should be the page name. Please see also the discussion on Vicatan which still leaves me somewhat baffled.

    2) Titles: There appears to be a great deal of confusion what that means. Many contributors insert the book titles the respective staffer has worked on (which I think is nonsense given that the books are listed in the work sections), others such as myself insert the fields of work/functions/positions the person has worked in (editor, penciler, inker, etc.). This should be clarified by General Announcement so that clean-up work (either way) can commence.

    3) Employers: I take it this means the companies the staffer has worked for. In several cases, where people have worked all over the place, that field is too small. I had too leave out nine (!) employers of the admittedly ubiquitous Matt Wagner.

    THis is quite a heap, but as I am interested in the creators and have tons of data to contribute, the questions had to be asked.

    Regards, Lucien61 (Heiko Langhans)

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    • Hatebunny
      Hatebunny

      If someone who has worked for Wildstorm and Vertigo has also worked for All-American, Fawcett, Fox, and Quality, that person was probably dead while they were doing it.

      edit: or 5 years old when they started working in comics.

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    • Lucien61
      Lucien61

      Good point (part of the work even shows it ...)

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  • Tupka217
    Troia, Marvels
    Tupka217

    They exist, per this. However, we don't know who is who with the Marvels.

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