User talk:Mark Otaris

Hey
I would really appreciate it if you would STOP adding pictures for deletion for once. Dronian (talk) 00:47, September 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok. --Mark Otaris (talk) 00:51, September 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * The ideal would be to have an automated bot doing it, but they need to be checked by an human first anyway to make sure they couldn't still be useful in some way or another. --Mark Otaris (talk) 01:03, September 24, 2012 (UTC)

In response to your redirect comment
You CAN rename a page without leaving a redirect. There's a checkbox that says Leave a redirect behind. Unchecking it will not put up a redirect. Dronian (talk) 01:05, December 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * No, no, I can't. Only admins see that check box. --Mark Otaris (talk) 01:25, December 4, 2012 (UTC)

hey

Removing "all categories"
Nope, removing all categories is a bad idea. 20:53, December 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * Obviously that it's a bad idea. I wasn't actually suggesting it, just expressing the fact that it would be faster because it would save us all the organizational clean-up. It is obviously definitely not the thing to do, however. In fact, I don't really know what the thing to do here is, because the category system on this wiki is just too messed up to actually do anything... --Mark Otaris (talk) 20:58, December 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * The category system was designed by User:Isddd, who is now banned.  22:36, December 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * Designed by a single user? I doubt that. What makes a category system not consistent and messy is precisely when 100 people are working on it at different times with no coordination. --Mark Otaris (talk) 22:40, December 17, 2012 (UTC)

HELP
CONFUSED IF I REMOVE RED LINKS ARNT I DOING WHAT STEP 2 IS IN CLOCKWORK PROJECT HELLLLLLLPPPPPPP PLUS HOW DO I DO STEP 2 IN THE CLOCKWORK PROJECT IM IN THE CLOCKWORK PROJECT BTW Epiccookie11 23:46, December 22, 2012 (UTC)EPICCOKIE11Epiccookie11 23:46, December 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * To answer your question, no. We are trying to make the wanted pages report smaller, but removing all the red links on the wiki isn't the solution to that. Red links are not necessarily unwanted. They should only be removed if the page they link to is a page that should not be created on this wiki. If the page should indeed be created, then they should be kept and the page should be created. -- Mark Otaris (talk) 23:50, December 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * ohhh but if the page was deleted the link is unwanted? Epiccookie11 23:52, December 22, 2012 (UTC)epiccokie11Epiccookie11 23:52, December 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily, though it will often be the case. Sometimes, a page may have been deleted for various reasons but still should be on the wiki. Often, though, the page was deleted because someone created it although it shouldn't be there. -- Mark Otaris (talk) 00:00, December 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * kk thx btw y does it say dec 23 on ur last post? its 22nd in usaEpiccookie11 00:02, December 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * Because the wiki's server time is not the same as the time in the place where you live. -- Mark Otaris (talk) 00:03, December 23, 2012 (UTC)

2013 User of the Year Poll
Do we change the User of the Year Poll? We already know who won. Please reply. Tiff or Nick
 * By changing it, do you mean transforming it into a new poll for 2013? If so, then I think it's way too soon. You should post about it on the forum. -- Mark Otaris (talk) 06:18, December 23, 2012 (UTC)

Stop Undoing My Edits
I'm removing broken links as a part of the Clockwork Wiki Project. Stop undoing my edits.
 * They're not broken links, they are red links. Red links should only be removed from pages if they are linking to pages that should not be created. Considering the links you removed link to pages that should be created, they should not be removed. -- Mark Otaris (talk) 01:53, December 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * You should discuss this on the talk page, not keep reverting it and start an edit war. -- Mark Otaris (talk) 01:59, December 24, 2012 (UTC)

how do u relink things and cant find the button to recomend deleations nvm i put it on ur talk page in between find and button srry accedently recomended u

help
hi i acedently added bc items as cataagory fpr badges while trying to merge it with bc only items and make it bc items how do i do that

I found someone breaking the rules
Someone was making an article advertising about his/her place.

BagelBoy445

Dramaticsolarsystem1 (talk) 14:49, December 27, 2012 (UTC)Dramaticsolarsystem1

Categorys
Why are you removeing all categorys from things? Epiccookie11 00:12, January 8, 2013 (UTC)Epiccookie11Epiccookie11 00:12, January 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * I remove categories from pages when they don't belong on those pages. --Mark Otaris (talk) 00:15, January 8, 2013 (UTC)

Bot flag
I'm going to (eventually) give your bot a flag so it doesn't spam our wiki activity.

12:05, January 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I was going to post on the wiki's forum about it. For now, I made sure the bot made all its edits minor, so they can be hidden, and I also ran it at a time where mostly nobody was online, so it wouldn't perturb people monitoring the recent changes (there wasn't much to monitor, anyway, since everyone was offline). --Mark Otaris (talk) 22:38, January 10, 2013 (UTC)

Disturbing user
72.253.96.149 aka A Robloxian Contributor has made some disterbing posts one he made a page wich was the b word and as word. He also is claiming to be the owner of the body swap potion.Epiccookie11 18:33, January 12, 2013 (UTC)

Vandal alert 2
another one is 68.189.187.196 cussed on sorcuos page.

Epiccookie11 18:42, January 12, 2013 (UTC)

"Don't put former prices"
Why not?

 Your friend, Wookee8wikiperson  00:23, January 13, 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, they're useless (nobody really cares about the former price of a non-limited item), and the template doesn't support them. Only put them for limited items (the template knows that the item is limited, so it can know that this is the former price and not a newer price. Additionally, some items have many former prices. Former prices of non-limited items should be put in the article, though (for example, in a history section).
 * Also, never put numbers for tickets or ROBUX in any other format than raw numbers. This prevents the template from doing any calculation or format change whatsoever on the numbers. Never put text before or after the values or put them into parentheses. --Mark Otaris (talk) 00:48, January 13, 2013 (UTC)

Well, I guess I'll not put it on the template, and might put it outside the template. The template seems to be a little complex for these attributes as you said.

 Your friend, Wookee8wikiperson  01:05, January 13, 2013 (UTC)

War Groups article
Just out of curiousity, why did you change the name of the War Groups article? The article is a list of war groups; it is not just about one.

Awesome444a444 (talk) 00:59, February 16, 2013 (UTC)
 * If an article is about something (like potatoes, computers or characters), it should be the subject's name in singular. If the article is a list of something, it should be named, for example, "List of potatoes".
 * In this case, it should indeed be named "List of war groups", and there should be another article called "War group" that would be about war groups in general, without containing a list of them. --Mark Otaris (talk) 00:30, February 18, 2013 (UTC)

VANDILIZER
71.50.199.196 vandilized a few pages

Epiccookie11 00:41, February 28, 2013 (UTC)

New admin
Congrats, you have been hired as an admin here! Read your pm on roblox for more information. PeterPeter5000 (talk) 12:38, March 1, 2013 (UTC)

Computer
Hey Mark,

Is there any chance you leave your computer on all day/night? If you do, I want to have a discussion about something you may be able to get your bot to do (if you are willing). PeterPeter5000 (talk) 00:58, March 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * I usually shut my computer off, but I see no problem with leaving it on, and I can probably find some way to achieve the same effect without leaving it on all day and night. What's your idea? --Mark Otaris (talk) 01:04, March 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * I've been thinking about re-enabling chat. In the process, I would like to add a chat bot. I got all the codes, I just need someone who leaves their computer on all night. --PeterPeter5000 (talk) 12:34, March 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * The chat didn't really harm the wiki, so I guess it can be re-enabled. What would be the purpose of the bot? --Mark Otaris (talk) 19:44, March 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * It would be a chat logger, which would show what users posted on a log. I can show you examples later. --PeterPeter5000 (talk) 20:39, March 5, 2013 (UTC)

Deletion?
Explain please? RbxQuenty (talk) 00:13, March 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * I didn't delete it, I moved it. I just changed the name to Template:Required class update. --Mark Otaris (talk) 00:16, March 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * Why in past tense then? Doesn't is currently require a class update? RbxQuenty (talk) 00:17, March 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * I put it in the past tense because it's the tense you put it in. All I did is uncapitalize the letters and add spaces. I'll move it again. --Mark Otaris (talk) 00:18, March 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * Arg. Go figure. So you use sentence-case in these sort of things? RbxQuenty (talk) 00:19, March 6, 2013 (UTC)