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LOL[edit]

We crashed the server >.< --Quasar (talk) 16:14, 17 December 2022 (CST)

I noticed. :P Technopeasant1994 (talk) 16:40, 17 December 2022 (CST)

Notability problems[edit]

Hi, you seem to have missed this, so the next one got this. Just some friendly pointers, and a request to keep an eye out for reviews of, and feedback on, your contributions via Recent Changes. Thanks. --Xymph (talk) 13:43, 18 December 2022 (CST)

I will agree that Gman's area of coverage is far broader than Doom, but icarausLIVES is clearly primarily Doom focused, but as you suggested perhaps a list of Doom related content creators is more useful. I do feel that the wiki does need to acknowledge that nowadays many players find out about mods from YouTube in particular, and not just from channels from established mappers. Technopeasant1994 (talk) 15:01, 18 December 2022 (CST)
Thanks for the quick follow-up, but your comments on icarausLIVES are better placed on that pertaining talk page. PS. For Wikipedia links, please switch to the wp template. That page has a lot more good advice. --Xymph (talk) 15:10, 18 December 2022 (CST)

WAD articles[edit]

Hi! Pretty nice to see the enthusiasm going, but I do want to point out that some of your contributions are in some dire need of tweaks, so, here's some advice:

  1. Try to make your first edits as complete as you can instead of going edit after edit after edit. Make your first page creation is beefy enough that it includes all the essentials. In the case of WAD articles, please use the correct WAD template first.
  2. If a WAD or map template doesn't cover an special kind of category (like the techbase map category, for example), make sure to add it manually at the end of the page.
  3. When listing the maps, use the maplinkgen template. This is very important for the article to be fully completed with the help of Xymph's bot.
  4. Don't forget to add external links and citations/references when needed.
  5. If you are going to add external web or magazine articles, I think it is better to use them as sources for important citations, instead of just listing every single article you can find, use the essentials only.
  6. If you are having issues, look for any of the recently created WAD articles and just copy, paste and replace data as you go. That's how I learned. Compare pages and look for similarly formatted articles and you should have all you need.

Hope this isn't too daunting at first. I see you have previous wiki experience so you should catch up on this pretty quickly. - Endless01 (talk) 06:05, 20 December 2022 (CST)

Titles[edit]

Titles of games that are covered on this wiki as core content are not italicized in articles. This should be very easily noticeable by reading pretty much any article on the wiki, so please follow it going forward. --Quasar (talk) 12:25, 21 December 2022 (CST)

Will do. Technopeasant1994 (talk) 19:18, 21 December 2022 (CST)

Cites, wad author links[edit]

Hi, you keep using {{cite web}} as if you're on Wikipedia. Our template has several different parameters, please take that into account in future use.
Also, author(s) in the {{wad}} template should not be linked. That because for single-level WADs, the name automatically adds the "<name> levels" category, which would break with a link. For clarity and consistency, the field should therefore never be linked. --Xymph (talk) 03:07, 29 December 2023 (CST)

I shall refer to your examples in the future. Technopeasant1994 (talk) 14:32, 29 December 2023 (CST)

Animosity source[edit]

Please clarify the relationship between your article and the one on Libregamewiki, which is almost word for word the same, but the latter predates the former. Should Libregamewiki be credited as source here? Edit: Nevermind, I see that you are Piga, author of the latter. --Xymph (talk) 06:09, 21 January 2024 (CST)

Yes, I retain the copyrights for the edits as the original writer. Thanks for checking. Technopeasant1994 (talk) 10:35, 21 January 2024 (CST)

Hey, speaking of sources, don't include my name on stuff I had nothing to do with!!! Sodaholic (talk) 15:04, 3 February 2024 (CST)

Doomworld forums post - but by all means correct me if I misinterpreted. Technopeasant1994 (talk) 15:08, 3 February 2024 (CST)
I just read the old thread. I'd forgotten I actually liked the project idea at the time (my views have changed since). I claimed to have started on an IWAD, I now vaguely recall that all I did was open SLADE or something to study the structure. I didn't do anything. Be careful making assumptions (I should tell myself this as well). Sodaholic (talk) 15:10, 3 February 2024 (CST)
I personally would say I merely took a statement at face value, rather than second guessing, even if I did suspect it was little more than opening up SLADE. I agree it is not worth mentioning in the article though. Technopeasant1994 (talk) 15:16, 3 February 2024 (CST)