User talk:Icemandeaf

Thanks :)
Hey, thank you for deleting that "blocked for the rest of your life" thing from my talk page. It was a bit scary actually. -- Breira Talk 17:38, August 16, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Welcome Bot for new IP/ new users
Yes, apparently the bot is working for newly registered users (though quite oddly it sometimes edits under the username of the administrator that most recently edited the wiki, which is why sometimes my contributions show that I welcomed a user at 3am EST, when I am asleep, so I am very baffled at this), but it's still not working for unregistered users. I have no idea what Wikia just did here. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 18:45, August 24, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Human vs Sim
I think so, yes. Sim1 and Sim2 were already updated, I'm guessing it was a simple oversight. Just be sure to check a few pages with Sim3 to make sure the template is working right. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 22:02, August 24, 2014 (UTC)

Peng Kao's Blog
Hey Icemandeaf, there's this blog created by a user named Peng Kao that doesn't appear to have anything to do with Sims. I was wondering if it should be deleted. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 07:08, August 30, 2014 (UTC)

While there isn't anything offensive about that blog post, I'd say that it's probably spam. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 07:16, August 30, 2014 (UTC)

Blocking sockpuppets
I just thought I'd mention this in case you didn't know. When an admin blocks a sockpuppet account, they disable the user's ability to edit their talk page, since there's no chance that they'll ever be allowed to return using a sockpuppet account. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 02:38, August 31, 2014 (UTC)

Featured Editor
Congrats K6ka Icemandeaf! You are the Featured Editor for September 2014! I've added the template to your userpage which you are free to move/remove. Once again, congratulations! --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 10:33, September 3, 2014 (UTC)


 * Congratulations, Icemandeaf! Or is it K6ka, again?  .ThePeculiarMe  |  (talk to me)  |  (my mistakes)  10:42, September 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Congrats, "k6ka!" :p  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  10:54, September 3, 2014 (UTC)


 * Oooh... this looks as awkward as looking up to a birthday banner and seeing "Happy birthday girl boy!" How embarrassing... anyways, congratulations.... Icemandeaf! --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 11:30, September 3, 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the honor. Including being named after a great guy. ;-) Icemandeaf (talk) 14:00, September 3, 2014 (UTC)


 * Well I'm glad that you didn't think of my "minor" error as something like someone who drinks 40 mugs of coffee in the morning and jitters like a 9.0 earthquake :P --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:14, September 4, 2014 (UTC)

Using the correct warnings
I noticed you left a standard vandalism warning on Special:Contributions/78.171.49.69's talk page. There are multiple warning types, each of them outlined at Template:Warning/doc. If someone does behavior that matches one of those other warnings, it's always better to use that warning instead of the default one. For instance, editing other people's fanons might be a mistake, but made in good faith. It's better to use the "fanon1" warning in order to specifically address the issue and let the user know, rather than a default "Your edits did not positively contribute to the wiki", which can confuse users (since they were acting in good faith and are probably stunned to see such a message!) and might drive away newcomers. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 17:55, September 27, 2014 (UTC)

Uncompleted request
Could you please complete this uncompleted request I made on this page, thanks! --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 19:56, September 28, 2014 (UTC)

Oh, wait, request is no longer relevant. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 19:57, September 28, 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Unborn Baby Gorden
Considering that we know that this isn't canon material, I'd suggest deleting the talk page, in terms of consistency with other fanon Sims. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 00:34, October 12, 2014 (UTC)


 * Also I only just realised that you left a re-direct behind when moving the page. When you want to move a page to it's correct location, be sure to make sure that the "Leave a re-direct behind" box isn't ticked, unless you wanted to leave a re-direct behind (which in this case I'm sure you didn't). As for the re-direct itself, I guess one will need to delete it. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 00:47, October 12, 2014 (UTC)

Thanks!
Oh thank you so much for the suggestion it helped and the pictures look better! I have a question how do you make templates, like the ones that say the sim family's names on them from, DarkSuicune2000 —Preceding unsigned comment added by DarkSuicune2000 (talk • contribs) 16:12, November 8, 2014 (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~

Edit warring moved to discussion
I just decided to inform a couple of other administrators about this edit warring. I'm not sure whether it was really necessary, but I felt that maybe their knowledge, and input could be of some use. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 21:23, November 19, 2014 (UTC)

Tip on deleting pages
How's it going, buddy? I know you're still otherwise new to the admin tools here, so I thought I'd give you a tip - make sure you remove the "content was: $1" bit in the delete summary when deleting pages with inappropriate content. The "content was:" bit is automatically generated by the MediaWiki software (consisting of the first few characters in wiki markup of the page being deleted) and is automatically added to the deletion summary. Normally we don't need to worry about it - however, if the page contains inappropriate content, such as profanity, personal attacks, or private information, you don't want that to appear in the delete summary, as that is publicly visible in the logs. You can just blank the delete summary and either use the ones in the drop-down menu, or enter one of your own. Thanks, and good luck out there! --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  03:52, December 7, 2014 (UTC)

YOUR RIGHT
-CLOSE MY DISCUSSION YOUR RIGHT THE USER IS GOOD NOT BAD- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.87.237.180 (talk • contribs) 17:31, December 19, 2014 (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~

Talk:Maxis
I didn't add the second tag... looks like RTE trying to be helpful by being a hero and fixing it, but failing at the same time. (Man, we could use a bot like BracketBot) --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  23:51, January 5, 2015 (UTC)

15 Years of The Sims, 10 Years of The Sims Wiki!
face thanks for help me there Malcolm Landgraab (Roaring Heights). I thought: If he is older than Malcolm, then it can be the father of Malcolm II. —Preceding unsigned comment added by L2Gamer (talk • contribs) 23:56, February 13, 2015 (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~

Family tree
Hey, Icemandeaf, would it be possible if I could borrow the code of your family trees for my fanon families? I don't really want to keep updating pictures of my family trees as that is getting quite cumbersome. So it would be awesome if you could let me (and teach me if you could) how to use your family tree code. Thanks! &#8213; The  Tim   Man  (Infinite Histories • Galactic Crucibles • The Sims Wiki • Hallows Maleficent • Why I'm here in the first place ) 04:45, March 14, 2015 (UTC)

Spam on the unicorn page
Sorry to bother you, but someone went to the unicorn page and replaced several key words and sentences with "JOHN SNOW" and I don't know how to restore the original text or if that's even possible. I can't remember the text off the top of my head, either. Do you think you could help with this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rem-Rei (talk • contribs) 18:05, March 19, 2015‎ (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~

Ashford Fanon Page
I appreciate the edit a lot, and I think it will be very useful for other Simmers who will need it. Thank you for your interest in my fanon page! :D

--Ms. RandomFeline54 (talk) 19:20, April 12, 2015 (UTC)

Re:Fanon Page
He's a Cancer.

--Ms. RandomFeline54 (talk) 23:22, April 12, 2015 (UTC)

Let Anons Contribute!
It's no fair that Anons like me can't contribute to this Wiki. I want you to discuss this with the other admins. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.251.178.53 (talk • contribs) 12:38, May 4, 2015‎ (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~

The Dominate Game
Hey Icemandeaf! Would you be interested in participating in a new game I've created? Its name is self-explanatory :P, though I do recommend you give the page a read before coming to a decision. Thanks! &#8213; The  Tim   Man  (Infinite Histories • Galactic Crucibles • The Sims Wiki • AltHistory • Contribs ) 10:12, May 24, 2015 (UTC)

Images
Hello Icemandeaf. Can you please delete 4 images i have placed on this wiki. It was for a gallery but it didn't worked. And i don't know how to delete images. Can you please help me out?

THIS IMAGES:
 * [[File:IMG_4423.JPG IMG 4423.JPG]]
 * [[File:IMG_4022.JPG IMG 4022.JPG]]
 * [[File:Snow_fountain.jpg Snow fountain.jpg]]
 * [[File:Koffie_004.jpg Koffie 004.jpg]]

Sims2Player (talk) 13:59, June 3, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Fanon Sims with name changes
Page links are best kept as redirects, since there may be many, many links, and it would be tedious to change them all (you can use the PageRenameAuto-update script if you still want to update them, or better yet, ask me to run my bot to fix them). Files can also be redirected, IIRC, but they then show up in maintenance pages and categories, and that may not be desirable. I use FileUsageAuto-update to update file links immediately after moving a page, so you can try that or ask me to move the file pages for you, or you can keep them as redirects and let me know so I can run my bot to fix them. --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  11:39, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

Unblock template substitution
Please keep in mind that Unblock, Unblock-accepted, and Unblock-declined should not be substituted, since they weren't designed to be substituted. Thanks, --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  21:39, June 6, 2015 (UTC)

Family trees program
Hi, do you know any program or site to make a family tree to The Sims Fanon? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Colette Rousseau (talk • contribs) (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~

Thanks Colette Rousseau 05:34, June 14, 2015 (UTC)

Hi
Wow, are you really Deaf? That's sad man :(   Sims   Player  (talk) (mistakes) 17:11, June 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * It's just so sad for people who can't hear. Sims  Plumbob.png  Player  (talk) (mistakes) 17:15, June 27, 2015 (UTC)

Advice Needed
Hello! I am new to this wiki and while I have read the policies, I would like to know what I can do to help this wiki out? The articles seem to be in perfect condition, but I really want to help out. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you so much. S*pphir3 St*rdust (talk) 19:47, July 9, 2015 (UTC)

Adoption
Thank you for adopting me. I really appreciate it. While I know how to do basic editing like grammar, spelling and punctuation correction, I have no idea how to use or edit templates or do other complicated coding. That is where I need help. Thank you so much again. S*pphir3 St*rdust (talk) 16:31, July 12, 2015 (UTC)

Questions
Hi! I have a question- Is it okay if I copy other the coding from other people's userpages and change the info to make it mine? This is how I learned how to put the templates on my userpage, but wasn't sure if that was considered plagarism. I just added the coding, but found the templates myself and added those instead of the ones the people had on their page. I hope I'm not in trouble for this. I just wanted to ask. Also, on some of the pages, I've noticed the British spelling of things, like neighbourhood instead of neighborhood. I haven't been changing them, but should I? I just want to make sure I'm doing things right. Thank you so much.

S*pphir3 St*rdust (talk) 17:26, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Links
Thank you so much for letting me know about the links. I thought I did it right by just clicking the link button and adding the address in, but obviously I messed that up. Now I know better in the future. I really appreciate it. If I mess up, I want to be told how to correct it. Thank you again. S*pphir3 St*rdust (talk) 18:49, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

Thank You
Thank you so much for the help with the images. I tried to get the spacing right, but just couldn't do it. Now I know to add a gallery. Thank you so much again. XD S*pphir3 St*rdust (talk) 21:52, July 16, 2015 (UTC)

Community Discussions
Since I am so new to this wiki (been here only a week), I was wondering if I can participate in the Community Discussions or do I have to wait for a certain period of time? As always, thank you so much for the help. S*pphir3 St*rdust (talk) 19:03, July 18, 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your help. I'm so happy that I don't have to wait a certain amount of time (due to how long I've been on here) or have a certain edit count to feel like I am a part of the wiki community. I've been on wikis that certain conditions must have been met before getting to be able to go into the discussions. This wiki is MUCH better. Thanks again. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. S*pphir3 St*rdust (talk) 23:40, July 19, 2015 (UTC)

Question About Reverted Edits
Hi! I hate to bother you with ANOTHER question, but I just need to know this. I unknowingly made two mistakes on editing, and those edits were reverted. Am I going to get in trouble for that? I didn't mean to do it; I thought they were good edits until the revert. Then I saw my mistakes. I don't want people to think I'm a bad editor, since I am trying my hardest to become a great editor on here. Thank you so much for your help. I always appreciate it. S*pphir3 St*rdust (talk) 16:46, July 20, 2015 (UTC)

Black Backgrounds
Hi! I have yet another question. How do you make the backgrounds black on your fanon profile pics? Is that with Paint, or how do you do that? I would love to learn how to do that. Thank you so much. I hope I'm not bothering you with all my questions. I'm just very curious. Thanks again. S*pphir3 St*rdust (talk) 23:44, July 21, 2015 (UTC)

TSP 1st Anniversary special
Hey Icemandeaf! I need your help creating the First Anniversary Special! If you'd like to help out, please place your name in the News team page and choose your section/s! To edit sections before the issue goes live on 18 August, click here! Thanks in advance, it's gonna be an extravaganza! :D ;) — The  Tim   Man  (IH • GC • TSW • AH • Contribs ) 13:15, July 26, 2015 (UTC)

Can we talk on chat?
Hello Icemandeaf. I need to talk to you on chat for a minute. This isn't just talking, but I want to tell something important. Sims   Player  (talk) (mistakes) 11:38, July 28, 2015 (UTC)

Progress
Hello! I was just wondering how I've been doing in regards to editing. I know that I've been mainly adding links, but that is something I've seen needs to be done on this wiki and have taken it upon myself to try to help the wiki in this way. I was wanting to know your thoughts on how I've been doing, because I greatly value your opinion. Thank you and I hope you've been doing well. - S*pphir3 St*rdust (talk) 18:17, August 6, 2015 (UTC)

Name Change
Hi! I hope you've been doing well. Long time, no talk. I just wanted you to know that I put in a request for a name change. I want it changed to Sapphire Moondust. I get tired of adding the asteriks and trying to remember my username everytime I log in. I wanted something simpler. Sapphire is my birthstone and I love astronomy, so that is why I chose Moondust. I just wanted to let you know before you saw a new name editing. Talk to you later! Sincerely, S*pphir3 St*rdust (talk) 21:05, August 22, 2015 (UTC)

Unblock request
Hello Icemandeaf,

I want to request an unblock for Ilovemondler. This user got blocked because this account was used as a sock-puppet. You know? On TSW chat you told me that I had to contact you again when I have information. EPIC got hacked and then VSTF blocked her because of her "disruptive behavior". But this was another user which I'm not going to mention here. Now EPIC wants to use that account to continue editing on The Sims Wiki. EPIC is a good and friendly user and I see no way that she would ever do bad things. I hope you and the other administrators will considering this.

Regards, Sims    Player  (talk) (mistakes) 06:01, August 29, 2015 (UTC)
 * EPIC is globally blocked and VSTF won't listen to her unblock request. That's why she now uses Ilovemondler. You could ask C.Syde for more information because he unblocked that account on his Wiki. Sims  Plumbob.png  Player  (talk) (mistakes) 15:04, August 29, 2015 (UTC)


 * Hey, I noticed your response to Sims2Player's message above. I just thought I'd point out that the two users Sims2Player mentioned above are the same user. Apparently he said he was hoping that an administrator would consider allowing talk page access for this user.
 * I did in-fact allow the said user to edit on my wiki, mainly because a member of wikia staff convinced me to give them a chance, as they never intentionally did anything wrong. Also that member of wikia staff told me that continuing to block users from editing my wiki before they'd even joined, just because of their actions on other wikis, could risk unwanted provocation, which it almost did. There's a lot more information than what I've let on, but I feel I shouldn't say much else because it would mean mentioning another user, and this guide has gotten the better of me. ―  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 05:54, August 30, 2015 (UTC)

Signature
Hello! I hope you have been well. Long time no talk. I have a question about signatures. Sims2Player made me a beautiful signature and I'm having trouble getting it to work. I go onto source mode, copy it, and go into my preferences. Then I click that I want wikitext in my signature and save. Then I paste the signature into the box where it says signature and when I click to save it gives me the error "Invalid raw signature. Check HTML tags." I have no idea what is going wrong. Can you please help me? Here is the signature that Sims made for me - Sapphire   Moondust  (talk ) Thank you for any help you can give me. I am so confused. - Sapphire Moondust (talk) 14:51, August 30, 2015 (UTC)
 * That worked perfectly! Thank you so much for helping me with that! Sapphire   Moondust  (talk )  15:23, August 30, 2015 (UTC)

Progress or not?
Hi! I have a question. I've been making minor edits for the wiki, and I feel like I've been doing my hardest to make the wiki better. Is there more that I can do? Are those edits worthless? I'm confused due to a comment that was made. I might have taken the comment the wrong way, but I just wanted to double check with you how I've been doing. I always love to hear your opinion on how my progress is doing. Thank you so much. - Sapphire   Moondust  (talk ) 13:42, September 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for you message. I have to admit, I was disheartened to read Nikel23's comment. I felt this way because I just became Featured Editor, and felt that I did a lot of hard work to get it. I never knew adding links was considered minor edits. I now know in the future, so I can mark them as such. I thought minor edits was like adding a period to a sentence or a small spelling fix. Also, how do I know what major things to edit? When I read an article, there seems to be nothing missing, everything is perfect. When I search to make an article, there already is one there. That is why I've only done linking and spelling fixes. I would appreciate any help you can give me. I'm confused. Thank you. - Sapphire   Moondust  (talk ) 17:25, September 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * Funny thing is that I do use Source Editor to edit. I cannot stand Visual Editor to edit anymore. I have no idea why the wiki activity says that I'm using the Visual Editor. Perhaps it's because the page starts off with Visual, then I click Source Mode, and then when I click to apply changes, it goes back to Visual. That does help me to see if I've made any mistakes when I link. If red, no good. Otherwise, Visual Editor is too hard to use. Oh, I do use Visual when I sign my name too. Sapphire   Moondust  (talk )  17:53, September 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok, looks like I was using the Visual Editor. Talk about Oops. I went into my preferences and Clicked Editing, and made Source Editor my primary. So now I can use only the Source Editor. Yay! Sorry for the confusion. I'm embarrassed now. Talk about silly. - Sapphire   Moondust  (talk )  18:07, September 3, 2015 (UTC)

This comment
See this. Scroll a little bit down. There you can see what happened. Sims   Player  (talk) (mistakes) 15:56, September 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comment. I know what he means. But I also made many pages and major edits. So I wasn't really pleased by his comment. Sims  Plumbob.png  Player  (talk) (mistakes) 16:15, September 3, 2015 (UTC)

What do you mean?
I just got back from something and i haven't been on here for a few hours, I didn't make a bad edit. DarkSuicune2000 23:45, September 3, 2015 (UTC)

Family tree help
I don't know how the Template:familytree works to well. I tried it on my Fanon:Mae Family page but it didn't come out right. Could you help me? DarkSuicune2000 04:14, September 13, 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for bureaucratship
Hello Icemandeaf. You have been nominated for bureaucratship; please respond to your application so that it may proceed. You may either accept or decline the request; your chances of being nominated again will not be affected if you decline. Thanks, --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  14:36, October 5, 2015 (UTC)

Hiding rollbacked edits from recent changes
Hey Adam. I just wanted to give you a neat, handy tip when reverting a lot of edits by the same user via rollback. If the user has made many, many bad faith edits that all need to be reverted via rollback, you can hide both their edits and your rollbacks from recent changes by going to their user contributions page (e.g. Special:Contributions/K6ka) and adding  to the end of the URL. (for example, Special:Contributions/K6ka?bot=1). Go to that URL and then open the rollback links in a new tab. When you click on rollback, both their edit and your rollback will be marked as a bot edit, which hides them from recent changes unless the "Show bots" option is enabled (by default it's disabled). This is a great way for getting rid of mass-vandalism and the reversions needed to fix the damage. This trick only works for administrators (not rollbackers) and should only be used in cases of truly bad faith edits that unquestionably need reverting, and should only be used in cases where the user has made many edits and reverting them all would flood recent changes. --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  20:35, October 11, 2015 (UTC)


 * Rollbacks do not appear in Special:WikiActivity, but they do in Special:RecentChanges. --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  21:12, October 11, 2015 (UTC)

Request to Delete Duplicate Files
Hello. I was wondering if you would mind deleting two images that were uploaded to the wiki twice. The files in question are and. Thank you! --Sumaes01 (talk) 22:37, February 23, 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not Icemandeaf, but I've deleted the first of the two images. You will need to re-post the second link since I clicked it, and nothing showed up.


 * The second image has been deleted. All done! ―  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 22:43, February 23, 2016 (UTC)

Revert on Missy Grunt
I noticed that you reverted an edit on Missy Grunt via rollback, without leaving an edit summary explaining why you made that revert. The edit in question was not obvious vandalism, and it is debatable; thus, the use of rollback in this situation was inappropriate. When in doubt, please use an edit summary. Thank you. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 22:55, March 11, 2016 (UTC)


 * You can rectify an accidental rollback of a good faith edit by leaving a dummy edit. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 23:03, March 11, 2016 (UTC)

Questions (probably stupid ones)
First of all, I love this wiki and I am grateful to everybody for contributing to it.

Now, the stupid questions:
 * Is there a way to keep track only of the non-fanon material? I try to visualize the newest pics but every day I have to rifle through dozen of pages of fanon pictures just to find the actual games' material. I know that fanon is important but maybe there is a way to save some time.
 * This is almost embarassing to ask: since the wikia of "The Sims Medieval" seems abandoned, will it be merged with this one in the future? That game is pretty good, in my opinion it is a pity to leave it outside the main wiki.

Best regards

DerCreator (talk) 17:09, May 20, 2016 (UTC)