User talk:LostInRiverview

RE: Featured article and poll
Sorry to be a flake, but it just so happens that I will be unavailable this March as well - around March 10 to 14 (see here). I'll see if another admin is willing to take on the task while I'm gone. K6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 02:51, March 5, 2014 (UTC)


 * No! This is not me! I'll do this! K6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 03:20, March 5, 2014 (UTC)


 * Phew! Well, that was time I could've used to study for my science test spent unwisely (shame on me and my academic studies), but I at least got the Featured Article and Polls updated for this month. Feel free to chastise me if I screwed up anywhere in between. K6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 04:04, March 5, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Italicizing game names
Ok, I'll just go and revert those edits. Joey.eyeball (talk) 08:05, March 6, 2014 (UTC)

Next Battle
This is a comment I recently posted on Lab's page and then I noticed that you were currently online so I posted it on your page, in case you might be able to start the next battle.

The next battle is just overdue to start. I didn't know where else to turn and I've been trying to add a couple of messages to talk pages, hoping to alert others but without luck. So I'm down to my last solution - contact an administrator. C.Syde65 (talk) 02:17, March 14, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Featured article nomination
I deleted the nomination because I thought a user could only make one nomination for some odd reason. I'm not really thinking straight today. I might put it back up. StartUp talk 06:13, March 18, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Nomination for rollback
Pardon my ignorance, but what is a rollback exactly? Icemandeaf (talk) 01:01, April 29, 2014 (UTC)

Re:Request for rollback
OMG! Thank you so much. : ) I wasn't expecting a reply so soon. WayfinderOwl (talk) 02:24, May 18, 2014 (UTC)

Sims Infobox and Career(s)
I have been diving into the Sim2 and Sim templates to see what is possible for Sims who are retired and have a part-time job. I got excited when I saw that there was a career and career2 parameter in the Sim template, but it seems that career is for Sim2's career parameter and career2 is for the Sim3's career parameter. So is there a way to list in a Sim's infobox that they are retired and have a part-time job? Icemandeaf (talk) 22:21, May 19, 2014 (UTC)

65.129.158.170 and 65.78.158.183
I've already left this message on Mathetesalexandrou's page, but since you're active, I thought I'd leave this message here as well.

I was wondering if 65.129.158.170 could be a sockpuppet of 65.78.158.183 by any chance. They both start with "65" and they both have negative editing history which leads me to question if they could be from the same location and if they could be the same user.  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 03:43, May 23, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Nomination for rollback
Thank you for making me a rollback! I'll try my best to become a responsible rollback. :)  ThePeculiarMe  |  (talk to me)  05:35, May 23, 2014 (UTC)

RE: I'll just leave these here
Thanks for the links. I stole some code from a warning template on Wikipedia and used that for the talk page links. I changed the wording a bit too... will edit the MediaWiki welcome templates soon to reflect those wording changes. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 02:55, May 29, 2014 (UTC)

RE:Unused files
Oh sorry, I didn't realize. I was gathering them up for a project and uploading them to this wiki as I was going to copy and paste them on my iPhone and upload them to somewhere else - an app on my phone. How do I delete them? -- 15:51, June 8, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Spam filter
Yep. I added that line just so I don't get PWN3D by the abuse filter again, like I did here. If this wiki had a Village Stocks, I'd probably be in it. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 00:26, June 9, 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, and aren't administrator rights bundled with the bureaucrat package (so technically the sysop flag isn't required)? --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 00:27, June 9, 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm, now that is interesting information. The good thing about MediaWiki wikis is that it's easy to test and reverse the damage quickly. Though not without leaving a permanent scar in the server's records...


 * Do we update the The Sims Wiki:Administrators page? It currently says that "Bureaucrats are the same as regular administrators, except they have the ability to add and remove user rights for other users. Bureaucrats can only have their bureaucrat flag removed by themselves or Wikia Staff, and can remove the user flags of any other user (aside from bureaucrats or Wikia Staff). Bureaucrats technically do not need to have sysop flags, though in practice they almost always have sysop flags anyways." Which, we now know, is technically incorrect. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 00:50, June 9, 2014 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

 * Woah, that's a fancy birthday message! Thanks Auror! -  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 17:41, June 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * I should probably take credit for first introducing the template code and "A PlumbBob for you!" to The Sims Wiki. But I still got my own thing, because I have...


 * {| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"


 * rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | London%27s_Famous_Birthday_Cake.png
 * style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | A Birthday cake for you!
 * style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Happy birthday LostInRiverview! Hahaha! --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 19:15, June 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * }
 * Happy birthday! :) 19:33, June 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * Happy birthday! :) 19:33, June 11, 2014 (UTC)


 * Happy birthday, enjoy it :) Tom stalk investigate


 * [[File:Moodlet no frame one day more.png]] Happy birthday LostInRiverview! I hope your mood might be elated with this. :D  .ThePeculiarMe  |  (talk to me)  |  (my mistakes)  23:38, June 11, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Can we talk?
I suppose.  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:05, June 13, 2014 (UTC)

Well actually I got this user mixed up with that user. The latter was the user I was actually talking about. But obviously neither of them are acting in bad faith.  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:38, June 13, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Bot account
Oh, I don't know how to operate a bot. Sometimes I consider having a bot of my own, but I just don't know how. Do you need to be registered to use AWB?

I used to ask Wogan and his bot to do tedious job like this. I should've asked you for help but I forgot that you had a bot at that time. TBH, there are still some more pages that need to be recategorized, so probably you could help me out?  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  12:46, June 15, 2014 (UTC)

Delete Fanon
Can you delete Fanon:The Meeting of a Ghost as I no longer support it.

S C H N E T Z K A ( Let's Chat ) 01:53, June 17, 2014 (UTC)

Nomination for administrator
Thank you for the nomination. I had to really think about this, but I have finally decided to accept. Icemandeaf (talk) 05:08, June 19, 2014 (UTC)

RE: A notice
Okay then. I just thought it was worth a try. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:55, June 20, 2014 (UTC)

That's alright. Normally I would just go 'you deserved what you got' and I wouldn't stop to give them advice. But with that particular user, she seems to be a little different from an outright vandal / sockpuppet.

Of course she's still violating the regulations on this wiki so I wouldn't directly show strong support on her getting unblocked. The thing is it's hard to know when a user deserves to be unblocked or not.

I'm not trying to say that I should get involved in any further matters regarding ILoveSims5 or her sockpuppets, but I would say that as a non-administrator, I should at least know what to do in a situation in a community discussion without directly handling situations or undermining administrative actions. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 05:19, June 20, 2014 (UTC)

Alright then. I suppose getting involved in the Forum:Unblock system page may be enough. But some people can never be sure when leaving messages on those blocked user talk pages might be going too far. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 05:28, June 20, 2014 (UTC)

Contradiction
According to this page here, the consensus for changing requirements for rollback was favourable, and yet this page clearly states that one has to be a rollback before they can be an administrator.

If what I've read is correct, then those two pages contradict one another, or one of them hasn't been updated. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 09:05, June 21, 2014 (UTC)

Okay! :) --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 21:01, June 21, 2014 (UTC)

Something to delete
Hello, LiR. Can you delete the Category:University Life (The Sims 3)? It was supposed to be in here but I didn't pay attention to its name. >_>  .ThePeculiarMe  |  (talk to me)  |  (my mistakes)  21:23, June 21, 2014 (UTC)

Unused file notice
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Icemandeaf - Admin
I just wondered if you noticed that Icemandeaf's name hasn't been highlighted in light green when his edits appear on the recent wiki activity. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 07:00, June 24, 2014 (UTC)

Ah yes, I might have thought my server was a few minutes behind. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 07:04, June 24, 2014 (UTC)

Not supporting my nomination

 * While my heart is certainly in the right place, and I have almost definitely learned everything I need to be an administrator, I actually think it's fortunate that you haven't supported my nomination for the following reasons.
 * While most people normally take time over their edits, I am always in a rush because I feel that I have a mountain of things to do and I just want to get them all done. As a result I often forget to add several bits of information, so then I have to go back and type in the information that slips out of my mind - by which time other editors may already have noticed.
 * I often tend to do what many consider to be "A rough job which needs to be polished". I remember making an edit on a page, and another editor came along and tried to improve the grammar of my edit - but in doing so they re-wrote the opposite to what I had intended.
 * I have made many mistakes, most of which I am unlikely to repeat - but then there's always a new generation of mistakes, in addition to those mistakes that had no one else pointed them out to me, I would never have noticed.
 * Also when others try to explain things to me, I'm in too much of a hurry to actually take the time to consider and understand what they've said. This explains why I often misinterpret advice - such as "taking a step back and think a little bit deeper about what you're doing". Instead I might think of it as "wasting my time thinking about this when I could be jumping ahead to something else".
 * Naturally I'm often under the impression that nothing is wrong which is why I express my confidence and experience whilst failing to notice any advice "I am strongly advising you to stop getting involved in any further matters regarding ILoveSims5 or her sockpuppets". Instead I might see it as "stop trying to play the piano when you don't have any arms" - Of course that's not what you really meant, but I was in too much of a hurry to understand otherwise.
 * I can't see myself making any severe mistakes with those administrative tools but with those other mistakes, it doesn't look good. And of course a person can't always predict what they might or might do wrong. Recently I saw a nomination for administration-ship and thought "why has no one nominated me"? The answer was soon to be there waiting.
 * I'm unlikely to repeat this mistake "making false assumptions regarding a certain user and their sockpuppets". Also any 'obsessions' that I may have had with trying to weed out any ILS5 sockpuppets and trying to discourage her from evading her block have come to a mature end. But that still doesn't mean that the 'charges' have been cleared...yet.
 * Not fully understanding phrases like "level-headed" and "fall through" are simply because I'm not very familiar with them, or I simply haven't learned what they really mean.
 * Now that I'm aware of these mistakes, I'm sure I can learn from them, and spend more time on things rather than jumping ahead. With that, I'll develop into a much better editor at a remarkably quick pace - being a quick learner.

I have left similar comments on Lab and K6ka's talk pages, while most of the above has been written as a response to your particular message about whether I was ready to become an admin. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 07:13, June 25, 2014 (UTC)

Questions
Two random, yet good questions came to my mind.

Would it be possible for a bureaucrat to demote another bureaucrat against the regulations of the wiki, or would the "permission error" sign show up?

Could an administrator (acting in bad faith) block a bureaucrat by any chance? I know these may sound like random questions, but could either of them happen? --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 05:36, June 26, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Trait descriptions
Sul! Non-Maperry1995 speaking. The descriptions of each traits (except some of them are not included) are found here. There are descriptions of aspirations too. I think there are more traits to describe the use of these but this is what I've found.  .ThePeculiarMe  |  (talk to me)  |  (my mistakes)  11:44, June 26, 2014 (UTC)

Request for help
Hi LostInRiverview. I approved your request, and I'm here to help.

Please share with me any details you have about how you want a new background and WikiHeader image to look, and I'll get started. JoePlay http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/joeplayground/images/a/a5/WikiaStaff2.png (talk)  16:17, June 26, 2014 (UTC)


 * I posted a message on that forum discussion. When the community has agreed on a new design, please leave a message on my talk page, so I'll know you're ready. JoePlay http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/joeplayground/images/a/a5/WikiaStaff2.png (talk)  22:05, June 26, 2014 (UTC)

Bot request
Hiya. How are things going? I'd like to ask for help to rename Rimpelbil's fanons' property to DutchlishSim. Thank you in advance! I've been missing a lot of things, so hopefully I can catch up with stuff that's been happening lately.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  09:17, June 29, 2014 (UTC)

Change the Titles of Images
Hi there. I uploaded some images here for my new signature, which were and. The thing is that I forgot to rename them. How can I? Sorry. Thank you. -- 18:02, July 10, 2014 (UTC)

The Sims 2 Ulimate Collection
Did you also get email for that if you have The Sims 2 on Origin? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mate1234 (talk • contribs) 20:05, July 15, 2014‎ (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~
 * You recently added The Sims 2 Ultimate collection to The Sims 2 Compilations page. I wanted to ask if you have The Sims 2 on your Origin account and if you do, did you get the email saying that you will get it on July 22nd.  Mate1234 ( Chatterbox...  ) 20:15, July 15, 2014 (UTC)

Picture
(This request has already been posted on Nikel23's talk page, but in case he doesn't respond anytime soon, I was wondering if you could complete this request instead).

There's a recent picture I uploaded known as 'Katherine McGregory (Cheerleader)' but it was supposed to be 'Katherine Gregory (Cheerleader)'. Do you think you could remove the 'Mc' from the image title? --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 05:40, July 20, 2014 (UTC)

Re: TS4 timeline discussion
Hi,

I have followed and still following the discussion with interest. Les Sims Wiki has not yet taken a final decision, I have to discuss it further with Julien2660 (sysop) and the rest of the community. However, I do not think the tab system will be selected because it needs to edit all the pages so that everything is harmonized and it seems a little extreme as it does not seem to be many Sims returning in The Sims 4. I​​'ll let you know when a decision will be taken.

Thanks. --Aster09 10:24, July 29, 2014 (UTC)

The Sims 2 Exchange
Hello I recently begun to play The Sims 2 and I wanted to ask something, I'm trying to find any official content not feactured in the game but since the exchange content for The Sims 2 is not supported anymore, please tell me:

1) Do you know where I can find content from the exchange?

2) Can you give me a place where I can find a list of the Official downloadable content?

Thanks for your time and the answers.

Hidraslick (talk) 17:39, July 30, 2014 (UTC)

A new idea for object pages
With the help of Ben, I've put together something that we can use on object pages instead of using Object twenty times or something, to the point the page takes a long time to load and we jump the node count limit that's oh-so hardcoded into MediaWiki. You can see a small portion of Aquarium with the new design here. Basically, everything is now merged into a table, and the Description "*is*" included, it's just collapsed so long descriptions don't make the page 30 miles long on page load. And I'm sure new columns can be added. We don't need the "Motive" ratings for each object, do we? --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 21:34, August 13, 2014 (UTC)


 * Made some adjustments here. The information is obviously untrue, but I guess we can merge sections into "Notes", which should make the table a little less squashed. Hey, it beats having 60 Object templates, right? --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 21:40, August 13, 2014 (UTC)


 * Here's the table in action: --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 22:25, August 13, 2014 (UTC)

The Sim's Pen
Would it be possible to put up a section for volunteers for The Sim's Pen in the News team page? Just that I'm worried some weeks I won't be able to write a blog post and I need volunteers to help me write TSP issues. &#8213; Wiki Builder  1147  (Infinite Histories • Galactic Crucibles • The Sims Wiki • Hallows Maleficent • Why I'm here in the first place ) 08:02, August 31, 2014 (UTC)

Troll
Hello! I have never spoken with you before but I chose the two Bureaucrats/Admins on this wiki that have been active recently. I have proof of somebody sock puppeting on this wiki, they admitted to it on the Pretty Little Liars chat. Look at my profile for the screenshot of them admitting to it. I just didn't want you to have to deal with sock puppeting because it is an aggravating issue on our wiki. Best of luck with this rule-breaker! Kisses - Tristan Tristan Shelton 19:11, September 2, 2014 (UTC)

Chat
Could you meet me on the pretty little liars chat, I've never used this wiki before and it's kinda confusing to operate for me.

Tristan Shelton 20:05, September 2, 2014 (UTC)

Template issues
Hi LiR!

I did post on the talkpage of this template, because there is a problem with the coding. But the talkpage edit didn't come up in the feed. The template keeps incorrectly tagging the neighborhood as Fanon:Moonlight Falls on fanon pages. I don't know how to fix it. I thought I'd bring it to an admin's attention, in case other users notice it too, and spam up the wiki feed, trying to fix something on their page, that is probably the template's fault. :)

Bye. WayfinderOwl (talk) 20:18, September 2, 2014 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hi there.

Some user named Harry75 vandalised The Sims 4 page. As this is profanity, I do not think it is acceptable. Here: http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_4?diff=620882&oldid=620848

Thanks.

Kind regards, -- 19:51, September 3, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Sim vs Simbio
There's nothing essentially different between these two. There are only 2 differences. 1) Simbio has fewer parameters that are covered in Simbio-start; it doesn't let you use  or   for example because apparently it's redundant. Well, of course you can omit it in the regular Sim template, but I guess the person who started this method just wanted a safety measure. 2) Simbio doesn't have the header that shows the Sim's name.

That's basically it.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  07:11, September 5, 2014 (UTC)

Welcome message
Thank you so much for your message! I loved working on the pages and will continue to contribute to the Sims 4 Wiki pages as often as I can :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎71.56.145.223 (talk • contribs) 13:56 11 September 2014 (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~

Lower sound quality for in-game music
I noticed that you have managed to trim, fade in/out, and lower the sound quality of in-game extracted music, like you did at File:The Sims 2 University Theme Sample.ogg. Mind explaining how you did that?

I've tried a couple of it with other The Sims 2 tunes. I'm using Audacity for this because it's the best free audio editing program I know of. I've gone through exporting the extracted MP3 files, lowering the bit rate quality of the file to 64 kbps. Seems to lower the sound quality, but I'm just curious as to how you did it. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 03:32, September 13, 2014 (UTC)

Sims 3 Xbox
Hey, on the Sims 3 Xbox, how do you arrest another sim? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by LilZar3000 (talk • contribs) 21:59, September 14, 2014 (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~

Weekly news blog
Heya,

Are you busy or something right now? You're currently two days late since you volunteered to write a news blog on September 21. I know I might sound a bit patronizing, but I just wanted to remind you about it.

Of course, I could just go ahead and just write a news blog on my own, but I'd rather have someone else write it instead, especially since I just wrote news blogs for pretty much two weeks straight this month. EpicJoyBoy  (My talk page!)  09:04, September 23, 2014 (UTC)

Chat Room
Do you think you could go into the Sims wiki chat? There's something I want to mention, something I don't wish to engrave in the servers. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 07:52, September 25, 2014 (UTC)

Main page redesign proposal
Hey, LiR. Could you check out the redesign proposal again? I've completely overhauled the forums section with a template that took me a while to design, so I'm really itching for someone to check it out...please? &#8213; The  Tim   Man  (Infinite Histories • Galactic Crucibles • The Sims Wiki • Hallows Maleficent • Why I'm here in the first place ) 06:12, September 30, 2014 (UTC)

An award for you!
You did an excellent job reorganizing the layout of the Bella Goth (Strangetown) page, and that has not gone unnoticed by myself and other editors. Here's an award for your hard work! --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 02:12, October 6, 2014 (UTC)

Why did you remove my message?
Can you please explain why you removed my message on the Talk:Laganaphyllis Simnovorii page? There was nothing there that was offensive in any way, and I don't see why it had to be removed? --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 21:55, October 8, 2014 (UTC)


 * Would making a suggestion that Laganaphyllis Simnovoriis could in some way parodise or be based on Venus Fly Traps be any better? I mean one has to admit they are similar in some ways. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 21:59, October 8, 2014 (UTC)


 * The truth is that lots of other people have done it in the past, and somehow they've gotten away with it. That makes it harder to determine what is supposed to be discussed on a talk page and what isn't.


 * I'll watch out for this "observation thing" in future, but that's literally the only reason I went wrong that time. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 22:13, October 8, 2014 (UTC)


 * I did catch another experienced user making a similar mistake on this page a couple of months ago. I know that as an experienced user, I shouldn't be making these sort of mistakes or forgetting these basic rules, even if another experienced user has. But I do have a solution to help me avoid them.


 * This user blog that has been around for several months, has been helping to remind me not to repeat certain mistakes, or fail to follow basic rules. It may sound crazy but it really does help. But it only helps as long as those mistakes that I've made are actually on the list. As for the last two mistakes which I've made recently, I have added them to the "ropes" list. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:36, October 9, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Link shorteners
Oh, well, I didn't think of that thoroughly. I'm aware that Twitter and Facebook share their posts, but I didn't really realize about it. I usually use Google URL shortener, and I'll use that next time!  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  12:46, October 11, 2014 (UTC)