User talk:Matthewest

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[edit] Welcome

Hello Matthewest! Welcome to the wiki. I hope you enjoy using the site and find the information on it useful. If you decide you want to help improve any of our pages, we're always welcoming to new editors so feel free. You might want to look at our Getting Started page for some tips on how to begin, then play in our Sandbox for a while to practice. If you need any help or advice, please ask one of our mentors. Enjoy! –Rpeh•T•C•E• 06:25, 20 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] Houses

Hello, and thanks for your interest in UESPWiki! I hope you enjoy the site and find it useful, however, concerning your recent edits to Oblivion:Houses; Most of the information you've added is already available through the links provided in the table or in the text. Please do not add redundant information. (I'm sorry if this sound harsh, I don't mean it to, I just want to catch you before you do too much more; you're going so fast!) --GuildKnightTalk2me 22:56, 20 January 2008 (EST)

No problem at all. The great thing about a wiki, I can just change it back, and there are a couple of things I'll probably incorporate into the page. Let me know if there's anything I can help with. --GuildKnightTalk2me 23:02, 20 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] Help?

Just let me know if there's anything you need help with (I am a Mentor, after all). Check out Oblivion:Houses page when I'm done changing it. --GuildKnightTalk2me 23:10, 20 January 2008 (EST)

And you tick the "This is a minor edit" box when the edit you're making is only a spelling or link correction, or something that doesn't change the content of the page. Oh, and sign your name with --~ ~ ~ ~ without the spaces to get your "signature" when you edit a talk page. --GuildKnightTalk2me 23:12, 20 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] A Second Welcome

Hi, Matthewest, welcome to UESPWiki. I noticed one of your comments on GuildKnight's talk page, and wanted to let you know that you already are an "official editor" of UESP. There isn't much more to it than just setting up an account and starting to edit :)

Also, I noticed that your signature always says "Oblivion and Morrowind player. Xbox user only." I'm guessing that have edited your preferences to make that text appear. If you click on the "my preferences" link that appears at the top of every wiki page, on the "User Profile" tab that comes up there is a "Signature" box. The text in that box appears every time you sign a wiki talk page. It's best to have your name appear in whatever signature that you use, so that other editors can easily see who made the comment. For example, just having your name alone, e.g. "Matthewest", in the "Signature" box would be perfectly acceptable. If you want other editors to know additional information about you, the best place to provide that information is on your user page, e.g. at User:Matthewest, rather than adding it to every one of your posts. --NepheleTalk 00:59, 22 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] Images

Hey, just wanted to let you know that the proper way to put images on the site is to upload them, using the "Upload File" link on the sidebar on the left. While it is possible to have images hosted off-site, we do not generally do this as a matter of course, because it is more difficult to control things like size and placement when you do it that way (as you noticed on Rpeh's talk page). See the Help:Images page for more detailed instructions on the best way to put images on the site, and let me or any of the other staff-artists on the site know if you have any further questions about this. --TheRealLurlock Talk 23:01, 25 January 2008 (EST)

I fixed the images so that they're not being displayed on Rpeh's talk page any more (the choices with offsite images are either full-sized image or just a link; I opted for links). However, neither of the two grave image links work: is there a typo in the link names? Also, if you would like to help with providing images there's a very long list of Morrowind pages that need images at Category:Morrowind Pages Needing Images. Thanks :) --NepheleTalk 23:39, 25 January 2008 (EST)
Three of the images look good but the first two get Not Found errors. Also, I haven't got to that point in the quests so don't know which image would be best, so why not add it yourself? Now that Lurlock has posted the help link you're best off following the advice on that and picking your favourite image. Thanks for the help! –Rpeh•T•C•E• 03:20, 26 January 2008 (EST)
Your enthusiasm for helping to improve the site is appreciated. However, spamming the official forums with requests for other people to supply images for minor pages really isn't the best way to go about helping the site. We flag pages on UESP with requests like NeedsImage for the benefit of our editors and contributors, to help them find pages to work on. But that doesn't mean that the request is an emergency requiring us to go and annoy non-contributors demanding that they provide an image. There are hundreds of pages that need images; starting to post a request on the forums for each of those pages is pointless. And then there's the problem of how to use the images you were provided in that forum post. We would prefer that editors upload screenshots that they have created themselves. That ensures that the correct person is given credit for the screenshot and prevents problems with plagiarism and copyright. Therefore, you can't upload the images that other editors provide you through forum requests, and therefore the images can't be used on the site.
If you would like to help the site by providing screenshots, please try reading the help page and learn how to create screenshots yourself. But please don't misrepresent the situation on UESP by making unnecessary posts on the official forums. --NepheleTalk 16:31, 27 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] Creating New Pages

Could you please stop creating articles that contain nothing more than stub tags, and perhaps take the time to read Help:Starting New Pages? In particular, the guideline there that says start a new page only if ... you are ready to create the page, and you are planning to add more than just one or two sentences. The wanted pages list (and red links on pages) are tools used to identify pages that need content. Adding a stub tag to the page does not address the problem, i.e., it does not add any useful content to the site. But it makes it impossible to now identify that page as one that contains no content. In other words, we'd rather have red links for empty pages rather than make readers waste their time following a link, just to find out that the page contains absolutely nothing. --NepheleTalk 23:02, 31 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] Thanks for the welcome

Hi mate, thanks for welcoming me to this glorious wiki. I have Oblivion: GOTY on PS3 right now and I'm on it now lol.

Do you need any help with the shops freind? I'm going to make an account.

172.213.199.50 10:34, 10 February 2008 (EST)

Made an account yesterday mate. What shops should I start off with man?

Redguard Elite 08:22, 11 February 2008 (EST)


[edit] Little help

I have noticed that some users put a reason for a edit....how do I do this? 77BeTa77 16:16, 28 March 2008 (EDT)

Beneath the editing box and above the buttons that say "Save page," "Show preview," and "Show changes," there's a space labeled "Edit summary" where you can enter the reason for your changes to a page. You should do this whenever possible to avoid confusion and misunderstandings in a page's edit history. Hope that helps! –Eshetalk18:09, 28 March 2008 (EDT)

[edit] If your looking for something to edit...

Hi Matthewest, thanks for taking initiative, I saw that you asked Rpeh where you could help... Might I point you to the Morrowind Redesign Project and Bloodmoon stubs specifically? We do have jolly cookies XD If you want to, we can partner up on those. -Cheers, Benould•T•C 07:55, 14 April 2008 (EDT)

I would also like to present you with an edit opportunity. See the bottom of Rpeh's Talk Page for more information. I can't offer you cookies, but I can offer you Moonwalks instead! --HMSVictory 07:59, 14 April 2008 (EDT)
Thanks for that guys! I will certainly check it out. But remember I am only knowledgable about Oblivion GOTY and Morrowind. Looking forward to those cookies and moonwalks! =D --Matthewest 01:37, 15 April 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Tamriel: Factions

Need a hand on this? If so, I am at your (and HMSVictory's) disposal. Just give me something to do, and I will do my utmost to complete it. Robed Dawnbringer 05:47, 16 April 2008 (EDT)

Sure you can help. All you need to do is go through the Factions pages and fix up spelling and grammar. Also try to place links in the text and add information if you know it is correct. --Matthewest •T•C•E• 06:05, 16 April 2008 (EDT)
Fine. I'll do what I can. Robed Dawnbringer 06:33, 16 April 2008 (EDT)
Message to you both: If you don't know much about the subject or a particular article, then try not to make any major alterations to how it's structured. I've already had trouble with that. Small corrections are still welcome, though! --HMSVictoryTalk 07:21, 16 April 2008 (EDT)

Couple of questions: should the descriptions be in first- or third- person, and should I say "the player" or "the Champion of Cyrodiil, the Nerevarine etc."? Robed Dawnbringer 03:22, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

Well we never use first person context anywhere on this wiki. Try to use "you" in your descriptions. Eg. "You will encounter Mehrunes Dagon on the last level of the Main Quest" or "You can join this faction by talking to ------". Also remember different types of tense. If the article is describing history of the faction then use 'past tense'. I hope that helps, and if you want to ask any questions then feel free to post them here! =D --Matthewest •T•C•E• 04:19, 17 April 2008 (EDT)
You'll never actually need to include the word "you" in that context actually, since the Tamriel articles should not contain game-specific information. As said, they should document the history and status of the faction/race/etc. in question. No in-game references should be metnioned; we save them for their relative game-section articles. --HMSVictoryTalk 10:16, 17 April 2008 (EDT)
Quite right HMSVictory =P--Matthewest •T•C•E• 01:24, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Just What You Need

You have been given a Moonwalk!

Your dedication, diligence, and attitude to the Wiki has not gone unnoticed. A user has seen the efforts you have made, and has given you a Moonwalk as a result. Congratulations! This user reminds you to Moonwalk sensibly and had the following to say:

Great job on the new castle pages, it's great to be ambitious. Thanks for also being so patient on IRC. And for your work on those Tamriel articles. Well done! --HMSVictoryTalk 06:29, 10 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Castles

I notice that your 'research' (or lack thereof) of your 'castle' articles appears to be more or less incorrect in regards to the naming conventions. To prevent (or at least curb) this rampant spread of misinformation and forcing people to clean up and move the pages, I've dug through the CS to produce the correct naming conventions for Cyrodiil's mighty, fortified bastions: --Saruuk 04:45, 12 May 2008 (EDT)

  • Anvil: Referred to as both Castle Anvil and Anvil Castle.
  • Skingrad: Referred to solely as Castle Skingrad.
  • Chorrol: Referred to solely as Castle Chorrol.
  • Bruma: Referred to solely as Castle Bruma
  • Referred to solely as Cheydinhal Castle.
  • Bravil: Referred to solely as Castle Bravil.
  • Leyawiin: Referred to solely as Castle Leyawiin.
  • Kvatch: Referred to as both Castle Kvatch and Kvatch Castle.
Thankyou Saruuk, I was having trouble with that. I was relying soley on the name of the caste on the City pages. I guess they will need to be fixed then. Information like this is valuable and makes my job easier. Thanks again =) --Matthewest •T•C•E• 04:52, 12 May 2008 (EDT)
The key thing where there's confusion is the name of the primary cell. So please use "Anvil Castle" and "Kvatch Castle". –Rpeh•T•C•E• 05:24, 12 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Fanfiction

Hey, we've been reformating the fanfiction pages and moving them from the General namespace to Userspace. I was wondering if you could update the links on your User page for us (We don't like to mess with user pages without permission). Specifically, the following link need to be changed:

General:Fingers of the Mountain -> User:Matthewest/Fingers of the Mountain

Thanks.--Ratwar 14:29, 5 July 2008 (EDT)

Sure Ratwar. Thanks for the heads-up! --Matthewest •T•C•E• 18:01, 5 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Places links

Just so you know why your place description links were undone, this has been discussed multiple times and it has been dedcided not to have links on them because it just turns Oblivion:Places into a forest of blue links. --Volanaro 07:10, 9 July 2008 (EDT)

Thanks for that. I understand now that rpeh started adding comments to the place description pages with RoBoT. --Matthewest •T•C•E• 18:44, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
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