User talk:Dharden

Contacting VSTF
Dharden, I just got back on-wiki and noticed the spam 'attack.' I'm going to wait and see if that user evades their block again... if they do, I'm going to contact VSTF to see if they have any solutions. I'll be opening Wiki Chat if you want to discuss this. --  LiR speak ~ read 02:51, May 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * The vandalism was extensive enough to contact VSTF, so I've done so. They think that the problem should be fixed, as they've blocked the site linked to in the spam. I'm heading to bed but hopefully one of our other admins (maybe Wogan) will be around before too long to keep an eye on things. -  LiR speak ~ read 03:10, May 25, 2012 (UTC)

Related videos module
Hi There, I posted this the other day and wanted to make sure you and the other admins saw it. Please let me know if you have any questions! Sarah (help forum | blog) 17:00, May 25, 2012 (UTC)

Problem with adding info with other languages
I tried to add a new section to Mitch Wolosenko with his name in different languages, but the Abuse Filter stopped me. I have already added such sections for other Sims. What should I do? --Geirma 18:14, May 31, 2012 (UTC) --Geirma 19:07, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
 * If it was the "Prolific spammer deterrent" filter then yeah that somehow caused problems for everyone. I've disabled it for now whilst I test it, so editing should be back to normal. Geirma, I suggest you try that edit again now and it should be fine. 18:23, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! It worked now.

Ghosts interaction in Sims 1
Hi, I am posting this on your page regarding your edits here?

In the history page I stated that the reason why I changed it was because, ghosts can wander inside a house without a Sim not even noticing they are right in front of them. Be Spooked is an interaction much like Talk. Ghosts will scare Sims only if they choose to. So even if a Sim 'sees' the ghost Be Spook interaction is not always induced.Blueknightex 00:29, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

Lot Assignment titles
Do you think lot assignments should be entitled in all uppercase as shown in this edit or just lowercase them back? IMO, I prefer it in uppercase, but I'm not really sure.  Nikel  Talk  14:22, June 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I guess you're right. I'll fix the link then.  Nikel  Talk  16:06, June 7, 2012 (UTC)

about the page you took away it was a thing for users to tell the bio of there sims.

Ghost colors
I found the ghost colors from SimPE, that not all ghosts have unique colors. The coloring consists of RGB and Alpha. What is Alpha? Do you have any idea?  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  12:57, July 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * Now that makes sense. Does higher value make it more or less transparent?  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  14:06, July 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh well, thanks!  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  14:10, July 3, 2012 (UTC)

Oh thanks!
I didn't know I was looking at my history and I found it. Xxgreenbunnyxx (talk) 16:42, July 23, 2012 (UTC)

can you undeleate that if you can so i can copy and paste it as a blog post or under the sims freeplay?

ok thanks

Community input required
Hello, there is a fairly important discussion on the Community Portal talk page regarding the seemingly declining activity from users and input/suggestions on how to solve this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. 21:22, August 6, 2012 (UTC) This automated message was delivered by Bawt (talk) 21:22, August 6, 2012 (UTC)

Punctuation inside quotes
Punctuation goes inside quotation marks: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp

Good eye, though!108.230.213.173 (talk) 21:37, August 14, 2012 (UTC)


 * When dealing with quotes, yes. In that particular case, "Expello Mortis" is not a quote. It's in quotes to set it apart as a name, so that it stands out from the text. The reason for the quotes isn't grammatical, but visual. In that context, having the comma inside the quotes just looks odd. I can't point to any prescriptivist grammar-book reason for it, it just does. Dharden (talk) 22:02, August 14, 2012 (UTC)

RE: Downtown {Hot Date) articles
Hm, that's strange. I license my images all the time.  Colin the Panda -  Meow  09:35, September 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, when I first reinstalled The Sims 1 I just installed them all without stopping to play it. Then one day I had to reinstall it again but this time I stopped at Hot Date and began to play then resumed installing the other expansions. This time, instead of having multiple pet shops and no items from house party it had, well, House Party items. It depends on what you play first, if you install Hot Date then install Unleashed then it will have the Unleashed "version". I just refered to it as a version because I didn't really know what else to call it. So, I guess what you've said is correct.  Colin the Panda -  Meow  13:44, September 2, 2012 (UTC)

i need help one of my fanons by the name of "Fanon: Bella And Mortimer" its messed up. It shows like 3 copys of the 7 chapters i made. Can you fix this?

FAN~

thank you a lot!!

you know more then me. guess it will take me a little time to be an admin. But i'll wait till im ready.

FAN~

RE: Weather stone
It's just not about time to create the page of its own. But the anon is a little persistent. We'd better let him cool down first before we move or do anything else to it.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  13:34, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll just let it be for now, but maybe we can redirect it a moment later if necessary.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  13:51, October 10, 2012 (UTC)

SimPrograms
Dunno how much free time you have or if you'd be interested, but I will soon be leaving SimPrograms (along with Jud) and the new owner needs a few writers. I know you've very active on this wiki and your experince will come in very handy on SP. If interested let me know and I'll let her know. Thanks.The Black Scorpion (talk) 23:55, October 10, 2012 (UTC)

Fanon:Big Fish,Vampire fish cardboard Locks Deletion
Hey Dharden! Please could you delete My fanon because I think my story will go all on one page. Thanks! 🌹 Deathbee1000  08:06, November 15, 2012 (UTC)

RE :The Dreamscape and the The Not So Routine Machine
well what you said on my page i wanted to say thanks for letting me remeber to put it in tutorial!

if it was up to me i would probaly place it at some random place i am very new to this wiki but atleast i am learning the ropes. TheRichie2 (talk) 21:48, November 15, 2012 (UTC)

Re:your signature again
Nah, I don't really mind thanks anyways! Devy (May the fourth be with you!) (talk) 07:23, November 16, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Plantsim Want Trees
I have had that experience with different hoods. People who barely know the ones who turned into plantsims will roll wants to have them cured. For example, I have a megahood with Pleasantview, Riverblossom Hills and Strangetown as the shopping districts, and I had Nervous Subject become a plantsim. A few sims who were acquainted with him started rolling wants for Nervous to be cured, even if their relationships were in the single digits. Basically, any non-knowledge sim that had any kind of contact with Nervous became obsessed with him being cured.38.80.200.61 (talk) 23:16, November 23, 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism at Monte Vista article
Time to lock the Monte Vista article now. I've caught three IPs vandalising it.

1. 220.255.1.48

2. 187.158.110.154

3. 83.223.121.252 (and this)

TWikia Talkie 01:42, December 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks :DAnimated sims plumbbob.gifa TalkieAnimated sims plumbbob.gif 01:52, December 7, 2012 (UTC)

Why do you keep deleting my edits I wasn't spamming or trolling?

Objects that appear in all games
When seeing Category:Objects that appear in all games, I expect those objects to appear only in base games, or mostly commonly appear in base game. When they are only featured in certain EP (Unleashed, Pets, and Pets), I'm not really certain if it's what the category intended for. This user has categorized many objects, but I don't know if they're supposed to be categorized that way or not. What do you think?  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  14:26, December 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * Since diving board the only special case, well... I could say it came with Seasons and appears in all games. If an object is EP-exclusive, I wouldn't say it "appears" in all games, although it would contradict with the title meaning (unless we define it the meaning). Store objects imo can be considered base game compatible so they count as "appear" in all games...?  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  16:52, December 18, 2012 (UTC)

Delete Fanon
Hello, Dharden. Can you help me by delete my fanon page because I thought, it's useless. Thank you  Dini  ( Let's talk! )  13:39, December 20, 2012 (UTC)

Your input is vital on a discussion!
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templates
Hey Dharden, I would like to inform you about the ts3:s template, it is for the sims 3 seasons, and you have accidentally placed it on Bert Alto's page, you aren't the first one to do that - a message left from DevlyHallows and sent by his brother Cheddar0123 (talk) 20:49, January 3, 2013 (UTC)

Re: Usage note
I'll remember to capitalize Sim for consistency. How do I quickly respond to talk messages so that they appear on the recipient's page? I've witnessed users communicating like that.

-- J7n (talk) 20:02, January 13, 2013 (UTC)

Re: Meow!
Actually, no I downloaded Him from the web a few years ago. Do you happen to know him? :phear:

-- J7n (talk) 20:02, January 13, 2013 (UTC)

Hey! i just wanted to know if i can get a few tips on how to make a good fan fiction

Happy Simming!

Fanboy123~

I need to know something how do i take away the photo detail thing when i put in a picture?

Fanboy123~

Hi...
What happened to J7n...? Recently I've been really late with the current activities because I keep checking the past Special:RecentChanges from January 11th, and... gosh, it's already 18th? I must've missed a lot. His messages on his talk page really shocked me; I've just read it. It's too bad because he's a really great researcher imo, and all of a sudden he left.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  06:38, January 18, 2013 (UTC)
 * That's too bad because no one in fact blamed him for anything...  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  15:51, January 19, 2013 (UTC)

Apostrophe
Hullo. I noticed that you changed the ' to ’ from my edit. What is wrong with using the alternative apostrophe? Is it considered a separate, distinct character in the search engine or something? 66.190.69.246 (talk) 23:40, January 18, 2013 (UTC)

(Replied on User talk:66.190.69.246)

Hey Dharden. I'm new here, and I was wondering if you could show me how to do one of those square boxes at the start of the page that tells you about it. I have seen fanboys Story of 3 young adults, and he has one to. Thanks Ninja Attack!! 21:47, January 20, 2013 (UTC)

Your Input is Needed
How do I get rid of Permisson Error on my Fanon when I'm trying to put a photo on? Thanks Ninja Attack!! 10:00, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

Hello!

I requested to be a Roll-Back and i got denied (No big deal.) I can understand the fact that im not ready. I been reading the policies just in case i do get roll-back. But you know im just doing this just in case. And when do you think i should try again?

Happy Simming!

--Fanboy123 21:06, February 3, 2013 (UTC)

User:JayIsYaBoi
I don't recall if I've ever blocked an underage user, but if I have, it mustn't be in recent times. I hope his edit didn't imply if he's a sock of an underage user.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  17:29, February 4, 2013 (UTC)

Sims 2: University Major Classes
Thank you for the edit of the classes. I didn't realize that you were meaning that majors normally have two-hour classes, but have at least one or two three-hour classes. Now it is clear what you are saying. Thank you.

Related to the majors, I was disappointed that I couldn't find information about each semester's class time, title, and skill requirements. I have since found all that information and think it would be a good thing to include. I am just not sure how to include it. Any ideas? Icemandeaf (talk) 05:10, February 11, 2013 (UTC)


 * So how do I sandbox it? Icemandeaf (talk) 05:39, February 11, 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree that the images for the hours should be all or none. I was thinking that maybe the ones that the Wiki doesn't have at the moment could be made in consistancy with the rest of them. That would be alright to do, right? Icemandeaf (talk) 04:49, February 13, 2013 (UTC)


 * I can make them fairly easily with what is already there. Icemandeaf (talk) 04:57, February 13, 2013 (UTC)

Canceling or Cancelling?
I think they're both correct...? But according to the MoS, we have to keep consistent with the usage. Which one to use?  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  18:21, February 18, 2013 (UTC)
 * I always thought "cancelling" was the correct one. Is this the same case as "traveling" and "travelling?" I knew the difference just now.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  04:34, February 19, 2013 (UTC)

Profile
Hello. I understand your message and apologize for what happened. --Nomeado (talk) 13:15, February 22, 2013 (UTC)

RE: Ghosts and TS3 patches
IIRC, I heard that Supernatural Types feature that enable life states to be created in CAS requires Supernatural, but I might have been wrong. I suspect that the info about patch 1.38 in SimsVIP only enables ghosts to change their color (changing the ghost color is in separate tab from Supernatural Types button), but not create one in CAS. Besides, the method explains an in-game Sim using the testingcheatsenabled to enter the CAS, not a newly-made CAS Sim.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  13:41, February 26, 2013 (UTC)

RE: Categories added by 71.63.21.20
That would make a lot of sense. I agree that we reverted the edits to quickly, and without checking to see if they were actually correct. I can try and find some full-body pictures of those Sims, or I could try to take some of my own. ~ Waikikamukow  ( Anyone wanna chat? ) 21:19, March 7, 2013 (UTC)

Notice about the Warning template
Hello fellow administrator. I wanted to make you aware of an upcoming changeover regarding the Warning template. You can see the discussion of this change here.

Starting now, a new warning template will be available for use. This template is currently available at NewWarning. However, on April 2, the new warning template will be moved to Warning and the old warning template will be retired. Please use this transition period to test out the new template before the full changeover. In the period leading up to the changeover, please report any bugs or issues, and offer any suggestions, in the new template discussion

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So, to sum it up, the parameters are:


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Design help
Hello! I am the admin of the Swedish The Sims Wiki Page, and I have a question I am hoping you can answer!

How did you (well, perhaps not you, but you guys on The Sims Wiki) make the Top Menu? I would be extremely happy if you could give me the code or something like that. (And also, how did you put the image behind the top menu?)

AlltOmSimsSaga (talk) 19:24, March 19, 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for helping me! After reading on the page you linked me to, I found the CSS-codes and managed to fix the swedish wiki. Super thanks!

AlltOmSimsSaga (talk) 22:03, March 19, 2013 (UTC)

Sorry!
Sorry about that! I copied a userbox from another page and it didn't edit correctly. But I fixed it! =) Audball2108 (talk) 00:24, March 20, 2013 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
Hello!

I just wanted to say happy b-day! The wiki main pages said so. So happy b-day! :)

~Fangirl4545


 * Happy Birthday! Jason Signature 10:14, March 21, 2013 (UTC)


 * Happy Birthday! :)  Life just wouldn't be the same without the Sims!  Talk  15:52, March 21, 2013 (UTC)

Re:Relationship labels
Sorry, I didn't know that, but thanks for telling me. Jason Signature

how old are you?
i wonderd who is the youngest bureaucrat


 * Well I am sure Dharden isn't the youngest, anyway, how are you gonna know? Jason (Talk to Me, I'm Lonely) 18:25, March 26, 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for doing that.
Because somebody used Profanity in the wiki.

General Justin 02:06, March 22, 2013 (UTC)

Admin and Bureaucrat flag colors
Hi Dharden! Do you know how to change the color of the admins and bureaucrats signature so that it is green like on this wiki? I mean .. You know your username is highlighted in green, how would I do that for my wiki? Do you know?

 11:49, May 6, 2013 (UTC)

Page Protection
What is the page protection in the pages like Dan Hardiman and Marsha Worthington for?  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  15:28, May 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh, I didn't know that. I guess I must've missed it.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  16:01, May 7, 2013 (UTC)

Re:RfA
Okay. I'll try my hand at other stuff until then, and thanks for the advice. :) Hurshbr (talk) 17:17, May 7, 2013 (UTC)Hurshbr

IP fanon
Hi there Dharden, I would like to hear your input on something. Yesterday an unknown IP created the page Catherine Chamberlin. After looking into it, it turns out that this Sim appears to be a part of the IP's gameplay. I wondered what would happen to the page, as it was created by an IP and it only contains two sentences about the Sim. Thanks for taking the time to read my message! :) HanaGoth96 (Neigh...? ) 14:39, May 14, 2013 (UTC)

Spelling
Sorry about the awesomeMod spelling. It looked wrong to me so I changed it, I didn't know it was spelt different in US spelling. Correct me again if I misspell a word.