User talk:DevlyHallows

Your message on the anon's user page
I had already left that user a message about creating the Curtis Paradis page; you didn't need to get involved in that issue. There is no problem per se in creating a page about a well-known Sims player; the reason we have no page on Curtis Paradis is because the community decided to delete it in the past. --  LiR speak ~ read 09:15, October 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * On an unrelated note, while there is no rule against it, I would suggest that you not delete content from your talk page. If you want to reduce its page length, try archiving the contents - to do this, create a page at User talk:Devdevdev/Archive 1 or something similar, and copy-paste the contents from here to there, before deleting it off this page. Keeping talk page archives makes it easier to look back later to see past conversations/messages. --  LiR speak ~ read 09:18, October 6, 2012 (UTC)

RE: Signature
Hm, I think I know why. When you put it into the blog post, it was just words. It wasn't linked to your userpage or your talk page. Luckily, I found the proper code that was deleted from your old talk page. ' J e    v  o  u  d   r   a   i   s     u   n  ( t   a   l    k                                    h   e   r   e ) ' So do everything I told you to do on your blog post with this code. I hope it works out! c:  Colin the Panda -  Meow  09:02, October 7, 2012 (UTC)

RE: Real life simmers
Sorry I wasn't around at that time, but LiR has taken care of it anyway. If possible, please provide the link of who did the vandalism or what page has been vandalized. Since this is the case of page recreation, you could've provided the link to the vandal. Thanks for reporting, though.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  04:13, October 8, 2012 (UTC)

Formatting issues
I have noticed that a number of your edits seem not to be formatted properly. This bad formatting results in needless white space, misaligned text, and other bugs that then have to be fixed by other users. These issues may be caused by a number of things, but my best guess is that they are related to the use of the Visual Editor.

Let me explain. Wikia has two ways to edit a page; Visual Editor and Source Editor. Visual editor is designed mainly for new users who don't understand how to use wiki text markup, where source editor allows the editing of the wiki simply by using text to add content. For instance, placing  (two square brackets) around a word will create a link to the proper article, as in this example:

The Sims 3 becomes The Sims 3.

Visual editor is useful for new and inexperienced editors, but I cannot stress enough that it is not a perfect editor system and tends to cause a lot of problems, especially if used on more complex pages. Therefore, it's generally best to transition off using Visual Editor and to begin using source editor. If you are unfamiliar with wiki markup text, there are a number of help pages that explain what does what and how it works. Otherwise, you have the ability in any edit window to switch back and forth between Visual and Source modes; I'd encourage you to look at many of our pages in Source mode, so you can begin to understand how they function, then try to duplicate that function in source mode on your own.

Ultimately, it is very difficult to be a strong contributor to the wiki without a strong knowledge of wiki markup. That means abandoning Visual Editor is almost mandatory.

If you have any questions or concerns, please leave me a message, or join me on the IRC channel or Wiki Chat. --  LiR speak ~ read 19:55, October 9, 2012 (UTC)