User talk:Endless01

Axe me a question.

(And find the reference.)

Welcome, but...
Hi and thanks for your contributions. However... I'm sorry to say they require a lot of... refinement. Some tips: I realize the above may be a bit much in one go, but I wanted to be clear and somewhat complete before I become too frustrated with fixing up your stuff. I hope I've haven't deterred you from contributing but instead pointed out ways to learn and improve. Every editor/contributor started the same way, making mistakes and learning how to prevent them (most of the time... ;) ). The overall goal is not only to improve the wiki's content and quality, but also enjoy what we're doing here. HTH and thanks for your patience. --Xymph (talk) 09:11, 25 June 2020 (CDT)
 * Keep an eye on Recent Changes after your edits, articles you've worked on are bolded. If they are edited again soon by someone else, take a look at the differences and the edit summary to understand how your contribution could be improved (if the changes pertained to your edit and not something else).
 * The FAQ and guidelines provide a lot of assistance about a wide array of topics. You don't have to learn them by heart :) but when attempting a new task it's useful to read up a bit on that topic beforehand. E.g. screenshots should always have a suitable license and preferably include a summary and use 4:3 aspect ratio without black bars.
 * Check what's already available to avoid uploading duplicate screenshots. E.g. AV already had a credits screen making yours redundant, and you didn't load the Dehacked file when playing so your text screen shows the original Doom II text instead of AV's. Not mixing up map slots would also be helpful. :)
 * Uploading a few screenshots is only half the work, linking them in the article(s) they are meant to illustrate is the other half. Otherwise they just linger in the list of files which is kind of pointless. If you intend to contribute more shots, plan ahead what you want to illustrate where and how. E.g. to systematically illustrate a series of maps, take a look at how Ducon is doing it – but mind, I'm not asking you to do the same, only showing possibilities.
 * Wiki links should not have repeated text (that diff shows a lot more changes than just in your WADs list, but this remark pertains only to the list) unless you want the visible text to differ from the actual link. Yes, you probably followed the previous user's bad example. :)

Screenshot license
Hi, for this image, did you capture it yourself and merely forgot to select the screenshot license while uploading, or perhaps obtain it from another source and are truly unsure about its copyright? If the former, please fix it; if the latter, what was the source? --Xymph (talk) 05:43, 24 January 2022 (CST)


 * I took the screenshot myself! But I wasn't sure about the correct license to use, since it's a picture of DOOM 2 but with a mod on top of it, didn't knew which one was the right one. - Endless01 5:49, 24 January 2022 (CST)
 * Okay, it's id's game being shown, which takes precedence over the mod. --Xymph (talk) 05:59, 24 January 2022 (CST)

made the Wadazine article
I just created the article The Doom Master Wadazine after seeing your User page earlier today. I never heard of your magazine before, but it's quite nice and definitely worthy of an article. I mention it here in case you want to revise it. --PhilthyPhilistine (talk) 14:53, 24 January 2022 (CST)


 * Thanks a lot! Awesome to see the Wadazine on the Doomwiki, finally! I did some small edits and added a bit more of info, and also added a logo. I'm not quite versed on how the format works, but I plan to update it once an skeleton is done and add more info, like issue list and content. Thanks again! - Endless01 5:25, 24 January 2022 (CST)

Image categories
Please be sure to only place images into subcats of. This is typically or  subcategories. Currently your magazine covers have been put into but we'll need to find another more appropriate location. --Quasar (talk) 04:57, 5 February 2022 (CST)


 * My apologies. Could Fan media‎ category be enough for the moment? - Endless01 (talk) 06:01, 5 February 2022 (CST)


 * Yeah I'll make a subcategory in there. --Quasar (talk) 09:18, 5 February 2022 (CST)

Also, please put categories (i.e. title screens) last. While technically not necessary (this maintenance category for maps is in the intro because then it is automagically removed when adding the info), categories are consistently at the end (almost) everywhere. It helps for some types of bot script processing, and they are also more easily overlooked when embedded in the middle of content. --Xymph (talk) 05:57, 6 February 2022 (CST)

New WAD pages
When adding a new article that starts with the wad template, please do not enter an edit summary. The excerpt from the template getting listed in Recent Changes and New Pages is far more informative. Thanks. --Xymph (talk) 06:00, 6 February 2022 (CST)


 * Sorry about that. I actually thought I was being more helpful by making those little summaries of mine! Thank you for letting me know. -Endless01 (talk) 11:05, 6 February 2022 (CST)