User talk:Game widow/Archive

Hi there!
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 * Preferred editing style Please keep any foreign language links at the end of the documents, after the categories.
 * Thanks.

I'm really happy to have you here, and look forward to working with you!


 * Ausir 10:40, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Welcome!
Just thought to welcome you and Thank You for what you've already done! The world of the Witcher is simply astounding, and deserves to be explored. I'm happy you've found it, too. :) Sadelyrate 14:42, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I can only second this. Obviously you've done a great job since I last visited (and edited) this wiki. Your List of Quests by Act will be a great help for my new run. Thanks again. Firehawk) 22:08, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Comment on your additions
The idea of gathering all the scrolls under their own header is a good one, but please, when adding in items from the game, use their correct names. Even if it really is a scroll, and not a book, despite the name. ;) Sadelyrate 17:14, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Names
'The' is part of the name of the books/scrolls, so my personal preference would be to include it. However, writing the names of the books/scrolls in the form of "The Book of the Swallow" makes them harder to find, imo. Thus, written in the form "Book of the Swallow, The" or even "Swallow, The Book of the", the books/scrolls might be more easily found. I'm sorry if I came across nitpicky earlier. I really do appreciate you adding to this wiki. Thank you. :) Sadelyrate 21:01, 11 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Redirect is relatively painless and easy to do even after the creation of an article. Then there's also the way of linking something without using the straight link... and, of course, moving. I prefer the first two methods, though, because moving's pretty much uncharted territory for me as of yet.

Examples of 'invisible' articles/redirecting, include Aard and Geralt. Another way is throwing in | between the link's real name and the word(s) you'd like to use: like this. (Switch to 'edit' mode to see the trick.) I'll be happy to 'proof read', though, and/or do the necessary changes. Now, however, I'll be heading to the bed. Take care. :) Sadelyrate 22:12, 11 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I'd suggest checking with Ausir before making any bigger changes. But the Main Page is cleaner, now. Thank you. The lack of Spoilers-category is probably just an oversight. Sadelyrate 09:55, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Spoilers
Sure, I don't see why not. Ausir 16:43, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Renaming files
Unfortunately, it's not possible to rename uploaded files, other than by uploading them again and deleting the first version. Ausir 15:16, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I just made you an admin, so that you now can delete files. Ausir 17:48, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank-you! but you may live to regret that decision :) Game widow 17:49, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

The Witcher (computer game) images category -- it's too big
Sure. If you want, go ahead and create the categories. :) Ausir 20:32, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Just asking an opinion...
Do you think there'd be any sense in creating a page about the witcher fighting styles? Incidentally, you're doing an amazing job with the graphics and all. Heavens know I wouldn't have the patience to open that can of worms... Thank You. Sadelyrate 20:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

About Trophies
There's also the Trophy quests-entry. Perhaps we could combine the two somehow? I noticed you've also redirected "formulae" to lead to blade coatings. Considering that those aren't the only thing with formulas, I was a bit surprised. Sadelyrate 19:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

The idea of redirecting Trophies is a good one. The fact that it didn't occur to me tells a bit about my headspace. ;) I'll do it in a jiffy, and probably merge the two entries somehow...

Thank You! :) Sadelyrate 20:35, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Naming conventions
Would it be a good idea to homogenize the names of the scrolls? Instead of half of them being called "The Book of This'n'That", and the other half "Flying Cows of Cintra (scroll)", they'd all be "This'n'That (scroll)"? Sadelyrate 21:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Redirects are your friends. ;)
 * As it is, I'd be more than happy to do this, see that there wouldn't be broken links due to changes and all...Sadelyrate 21:32, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * then it all sounds good to me :) (i'm downloading skype right now to investigate IM and Miranda) Game widow 21:36, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

IM
Hi!

Do you use any instant messengers? Ausir 21:28, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest Miranda IM: http://www.miranda-im.org/ which supports several protocols, including MSN, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo and Jabber. Of these, Jabber is the most free protocol. :) Ausir 21:35, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * what channel and server should i use? I really have never done this, so i'm a wee bit lost. Game widow 21:46, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * i'm definitely getting lost in the discussion pages. I don't know where to post stuff, my page, your page, Sade's page? Game widow 22:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Where shall we put flint?
it's all by its lonesome. it's no less worthy of mention than anything else. is it an additional good? it's certainly not an ingredient in anything ... Your thoughts? Game widow 22:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Category re-organizing
Frankly, it's something I've been wondering about a couple of times, ergo... Sign me up to editing the categories of the books and scrolls! :D Methinks it wouldn't be a bad idea to 'divide the duties', you know. Sadelyrate 19:49, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * You've got it! I'm on Oils, Potions, Bombs, Ingredients. :) Game widow 19:51, 21 March 2008 (UTC)


 * 'Clean' is a fitting word to describe it all, yeah. You've been busy. :) Sadelyrate 10:45, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

New entries
I appreciate the desire to get rid of the ugly red links, but mayhap creating an entry for, i.e. Vilgefortz and Philippa Eilhart, about whom there isn't that much info as of yet is a little bit...pointless. I'm digging up more on them as we speak, though, so... Will be editing that entry in a wee bit. Just, please... refrain from doing it more? As for the earlier... If I disagree with something, I'll just let you know or butt in and make changes. ;) Sadelyrate 14:19, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, no problem ... but red is sooo ugly ;) Just let me know what you are concentrating on, and i'll leave it alone. Game widow 14:22, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Write about the game characters like Coleman and Koster to your heart's content, just leave the random, apparently throwaway names (like Dorregaray) alone, and methinks it'll all work out. ;) Sadelyrate 16:40, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah, no worries then, I would never have touched anything remotely resembling that. Only characters mentioned in the game. I've only read "The Last Wish" - the collection of stories. (Vilgefortz just happened to be mentioned in passing in the game) Most of those names mean absolutely nothing to me ... yet :) Game widow 17:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Dorregaray is an important character in one of the stories in "The Sword of Destiny" and appears later in Time of Contempt. Ausir 00:52, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Quest Items-category
Been reading my mind, have you? ;) Two thumbs up for doing this and hugs! Thank You! Sadelyrate 13:36, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Vizima Outskirts
Hey, I just thought to give you a heads-up. I'm planning on deleting the "Vizima Outskirts"-article, and then renaming the Outskirts of Vizima to that, elaborating it. Or would you like to do the honours? Sadelyrate
 * It's all yours ;) -- fix away! Game widow 15:31, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Recategorizing the images
Sure, go ahead. By the way, how about adding race categories to characters (e.g. elves, dwarves, humans etc.)? Ausir 20:08, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Ditto. The race-thing might certainly be worth considering, too... :) Sadelyrate 20:21, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Makes sense to me as well :) Game widow 20:43, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Number of articles
Looks like we're going to hit 1000 articles soon. :) Ausir 00:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Is that good ? ;) Game widow 00:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Races
As for witchers, they certainly were once human, but whether they are still human after their mutations is debatable. Maybe make Category " Witcher (race) " "Witchers" as a subcategory of Humans? As for mages, they can be humans, elves or half-elves (there are no known mages among dwarves, gnomes and halflings). They could get a separate category as well, though, in addition to their race. Ausir 01:07, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I like the subcategory idea :) . What about elder vampires? or the courtesan/vampires, are they still human? Game widow 01:27, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Halflings are not the same as half-elves. They are an equivalent of Tolkien's hobbits. Both half-elves and halflings should have separate categories, as should vampires. Ausir 01:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Just to stir the pot further... Is Yennefer, a quadroon, counted among humans, or will her status as a sorceress nullify the need for further categorizing? And what about half-elves? Are there so few of them that the need for a category all their own wouldn't be worth the trouble? Sadelyrate 11:41, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I was assuming that the Races category (and sub-categories) would be used not just for the game, but maybe that's only me. I imagine Yennefer is not the only quadroon in the Witcher-verse ... but I really don't know. Shall we come to a concensus? Game widow 11:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Sex

 * No taboos here, although I don't like the name of the "Sex" category. Maybe something like "Geralt's sexual partners in The Witcher computer game" (I'd like all game articles to have the game in the category title, so that it's easier to separate them from the books and any future games). Ausir 01:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * OK ... I'll move it. Game widow 01:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Haven't moved it yet, just trying to think of a good compromise name ... how about "Sexual Encounters" ... that's less bulky than "Geralt's sexual partners in The Witcher computer game". (My husband still insists that Sex is best!) Game widow 12:16, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Please contact me via eriash@kaermorhen.com

Paweł "Eriash" Majak Community Specialist CD Projekt RED e-mail: pawel.majak@thewitcher.com ICQ: 424552568 Skype: pawel.majak Web: www.TheWitcher.com The Witcher Community Page: http://www.thewitcher.com/community The Witcher Official Board: http://www.thewitcher.com/forum

Chapter 5 or Chapter V?
I'd like to keep the 'V'-format, but it's not necessarily the best organization-wise...And then, of course, there's the fact that they're Acts, not Chapters in the game. I don't really mind either way, as long as the stuff can still be found. :) Sadelyrate 07:28, 27 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, actually, it should be "Act V", e.g. according to the official forum. Ausir 11:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * OK it's official, our site now says Act V (or whatever, but I can confirm that on the north american version of the game, when you start a new "act" it says "Chapter V") ;) Game widow 20:54, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Question on Categories
The thought just occurred to me, while reading The Last Wish, that we do have a category for books that appear in The Witcher-game, but what about the books that are mentioned/quoted in Sapkowski's works, like The History of the World, Fairytales and Stories, The Arcane Mysteries of Magic and Alchemy, The Secret of Secrets...? Sadelyrate 07:17, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Category: Locations in The Witcher computer game
What do you count as belonging in this category? Does a mention of a place in the game qualify? Yours, curious Sadelyrate 19:58, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: translating
I've been mostly using InterTran and Poltran and a sackful of salt. ;) Can I ask what browser you use to surf the 'Net, btw? Sadelyrate
 * Thanks! I've found Poltran, but did not know about InterTran. Game widow 19:03, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

'Wonky' pages?
I tend to surf the 'Net on a laptop (screen 12", resolution 1024x768), so sometimes picture(s) in an article with the border, cellpadding, cellspacing and all that edited 'cover' the text. That's the reason (along with speed and ease of use) why I've preferred to use the colon for indented text. Sadelyrate 19:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I've been trying to avoid overlapping -- I've added some cellpadding for a bunch of pages just today, but my sympathies on your equipment. I must confess that I have a tower and a pretty nice flat screen. Game widow 19:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Game location
Similarly to the game character template, I created one for location as well -. Ausir 21:07, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Kalkstein
The gnome article says "If one does not count Kalkstein, there are no gnomes present in the game." Does it mean that Kalkstein is a gnome/of gnomish ancestry? Ausir 01:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Just so it's documented, all that stuff is from the easter eggs page, I have no idea who wrote it.Game widow 13:58, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * In case you missed it, Geralt has alluded to this fact several times during dialogue. Kotomi 16:04, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Are you saying that Geralt specifically says Kalkstein is a gnome? If so, i think you are mistaken :) Game widow 16:09, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * No, Geralt didn't come right out and says Kalkstein is a gnome, but he mentioned/suspected Kalkstein has gnome ancestry/parentage. Kalkstein's notes Kotomi 17:02, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Ornithosaurs/Draconids
Draconids (as a hypernym) aren't mentioned in the game, ornithosaurs (as a hypernym) aren't mentioned in at least in The Last Wish.

However... All the identified ornithosaurs have four limbs: two legs, two wings. All the identified draconids (that I've seen), have six limbs: four legs, two wings. Oszluzg is a question mark, and might not fit under either hypernym.

There might also be the question of intelligence, but I'm not sure. All the ornithosaurs seem to be beasts, without culture beyond instincts, but dragons, at least, are capable of speech and reasoning. Sadelyrate 10:33, 28 April 2008 (UTC)SadeLyrate
 * thanks for the clarification :) BTW, are the pages displaying better for you these days ? Game widow 10:36, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Far as I can see, the pages are working just fine. Thank You! :) Sadelyrate 10:46, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Coming Back
I just felt like I couldn't really contribute anything for a while...but I have been keeping an eye on this wiki. :)

And you've been awesomely busy. Sadelyrate 19:51, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I think the word you're looking for is compulsive :) Game widow 20:03, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Elven Calendar
Good to hear the calendar-image works. Because since I couldn't find anything suitable, I just threw it together...and, imo, it clarified a couple of things about the holidays and the savaeds. Granted, now I just want to print it out and make a spinning top... ;)

I'll be keeping an eye out for suitable graphics. Though you seem to have mastered that skill. :) Sadelyrate 19:47, 24 May 2008 (UTC)


 * It's all PrintScr, Alt-Tab, Ctrl-V, and then the Gimp :) -- no magic sadly Game widow 19:49, 24 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Far as I know, 'almanack' can be spelled either way. I just happen to prefer the one with the 'k'. In the Polish Witcher-Wiki, the subcategory is called 'Calendar'... Sadelyrate 16:08, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * As often as Magick is spelled that way :) Game widow 16:35, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Dictionary
It's so much easier to navigate now! Thank You! :)

Languages are one of my biggest loves, so I couldn't resist trying to figure the words out... and user:Ausir helped. What do you think: would it be useful to gather Old Speech-examples from the book(s) and the game, add them into the dictionary? Sadelyrate 15:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


 * absolutely! Game widow 15:31, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


 * 'Pyjama papering' the dictionary would indeed make it easier to read. I'd appreciate it if you'd do that. :) Sadelyrate 15:48, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


 * consider it done :) Game widow 16:02, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

uncut mod question
Hi, I have another question about the mod that restores cut content on NA version; So all I need to do get the mod to work is put the localized0005.bif file into the witcher data file? (and after I install the mod, will the dialogue still be in english?) thank you very much — Johnnybonanza
 * for that sort of question, I highly recommend that you contact Mobidoy on the forum http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php ... The file I downloaded did everything for me, I did not have to copy anything anywhere, just run the .exe, and Mobidoy is the one who pointed me to it Game widow 00:13, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikification
Hello Game widow, I noticed your edit of the Six Feet Under page added wiki links to pages that were already linked to on the same page, such as Geralt and Siegfried. Over at the NWN wiki, we only wikify the first instance rather than all instances. Is the policy here different? GhostNWN 21:27, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * oh pick pick pick :) ... we have a policy ? Game widow 21:54, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, I figured you'd know better than I since you are the sysop for this wiki :D. There doesn't have to be a policy, but usually each wiki has its own "Manual of Style" regarding how pages should look and how they should be linked to etc. GhostNWN 21:57, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I've been at this for exactly 3 and a half months ... I am no expert, but i do try. I've been toiling away alone, so no guide was particularly necessary as it was only me. I'm still not sure that what i have put here constitutes a style, but what i have done is tried to standardize the things i found here to begin with (not much) and create a consistent look and feel. I've spent far more time sorting out all the categories and making this wiki searchable than i have focusing on style. That's my story and i'm sticking to it! Game widow 22:02, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * That's good then. If you have kept to a standard format across all pages and edited other people's edits to fit these standards, you have a style for this wiki :) To help others keep to it (and thus save yourself some work) you can put it in writing in a special page if you like. GhostNWN 22:06, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Main page layout
Hi Game widow!

I just wanted to give you a heads-up and seek your input on the post I made here. If you could take a look at it and reply, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks! --KyleH (talk) 17:21, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Herbs/plants in books
Do you think there would be any point in putting up a page listing herbs/plants mentioned in the books? I'd love to match them with the ones in the game, but methinks I need to consult the original language to do that... ;) Sadelyrate 18:47, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure! why not? ... if we have the herb, we'll do a combined entry. Were you thinking of just one long list? If so, just dump the list and i can make it into tables or whatever is required. Otherwise, i'm open to creating new pages for herbs that don't already exist and combining the information with herbs that do. :) Game widow 18:51, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

double post deleted ThorwaldR 21:41, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Additions
Hi,

I'm that mysterious IP-address, I edited some pages before finally deciding to join. You know me from the forums (recently that portal discussion) I hope those changes I made are good. It was really necessary to add the item locations for "Exhibits". I found the phase texts for those two quests, but no title, is that ok? ThorwaldR 21:29, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Real glad you're here! .. and thanks for all those links, i had meant to add them, then obviously got distracted and forgot :) Don't worry if not all the information is complete, that's fine. We have to start somewhere. Game widow 15:40, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Intro & Ourto articles
Hi,

I'd like to suggest the creation of 2 articles, one for the game intro video, one for the outro video. I recently watched the "Crossroads" Episode and the parallels between this episode and the intro video are obvious. Well, it was modeled after that episode. Both articles could give an overview over what's happening, who's there, where, length and all that (Spoiler note should be placed). A comparison between the intro and the episode could be made. The assumptions as to who that guy in the outro is could be listed. Perhaps the videos should be linked to the articles (the intro is here already, the outro can be found on YouTube).

That's my suggestion. I'll gladly contribute, but won't start it because I don't have the time right now.

ThorwaldR 20:10, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea to me :) I'll see what i can throw together to start Game widow 20:30, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome... but I just made some minor edits ;-) Petra Silie 15:04, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Main Page rename
Since you seem to be the most active admin, I wanted to let you that I just renamed the Main Page to Witcher Wiki. I've been assigned with stopping by all the top gaming wikis and making sure their main page is named (Game Name) Wiki instead of Main Page, for search engine optimization purposes. If you admins decide you don't want the keep the new main page name, you obviously have the right to revert, but I would strongly suggest keeping it so that even more people will find this wiki. Cheers. =) JoePlay (talk) 20:49, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks :) Game widow 22:39, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi GW,

I forgot to tell you about these amazing fighting drawings de:Kampfstile_(Galerie) which I labeled with English titles so you can use them as well. I don't know where to add the images in the English wiki, I leave that to you. If you need an original source of the images. They are CDPR's property, handed out within the fansite programm to various witcher fansites. I think there is no abuse to use them in the Witcher wikis as well ;)

Petra Silie 17:12, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'll put them in fighting gallery. Game widow 17:14, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

RE: new skin
Hey Game widow. I showed your rather angry message to my boss, Doug. He's the Gaming Team manager. Today he gave me the assignment of implementing a new skin based on the design given to him by Eriash. In case you aren't watching my talk page, I wanted to bring to your attention the reply Doug made that goes into more detail. JoePlay (talk) 00:11, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I want to thank both you (JoePlay) and Doug for all your help resolving this issue. I think the site looks great now :) Game widow 12:22, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: Chinese links, images, etc.
(1) Are you talking about using interwiki links? (for example, linking from here to an article on the Chinese Wither Wiki)
 * I guess, specifically, what is wrong with this: zh:Chinese ?

(2) The image cache server "broke" about 12 hours ago (give or take) and is being worked on. It should be fixed very soon.
 * ah ok, cool

(3) Which daily reports were you talking about?
 * stuff like Wanted pages, pages without language links, those sorts of reports

I want to make sure I know exactly what you're asking about so that I can get the right answers. JoePlay (talk) 19:45, 2 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I appreciate it :) Game widow 20:39, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Finished translating
I published Northern Wars, sorry for delay, if you got any problem with translating or you need some help, contact me: rafalskimi@live.com. I will help with pleasure. - RS 31/03/2009 19:12 or is it 18:12? (UTC).


 * Thanks a million! :) — Game widow 18:12, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * No problem, I'm going to quote Jack O'Neill from Starate SG-1 now: "There should be cake" - RS 18:17 (UTC)


 * Hmmm ... not quoting anyone, but "champagne all around!" ;) — Game widow 18:30, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Lithuanian Witcher Wiki
Well, I found that your techniques are not good enough. For example, "Monstrų dalys" - it's half polish, half lithuanian mixed with unknown language :D "Augalai" is like that too. I guess you were using google translator or something that is not right :) I will try to do my best to translate these 'mixed' or polish words, but there's a lot of work out there!   Synnerė
 * That is *exactly* why i wanted someone who actually speaks that language to check! thanks! But anything that you want explained, please just ask!


 * Oh! and there is polish in there because Whisperwind understands Polish as does Powaz i think! But i can leave stuff in English if that is simpler for you — Game widow 14:32, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Uhuh! Thanks for the trust, I've just translated Augalai section using both wiki's - en and lt. I talked to Powaz some time ago, he didnt told me bout polish, but i guess we will contact each other for this, couse we're lithuanians ;) Good day to ya Synnerė

I've done another page, but I need your permission or something, couse translation from EN to LT is not good at these:

Graveir - Kapknisys; Gaidikslis - Kokatrisė; Bruxa - Bruksa; Bloedzuiger - Bloedzuigeris; Frightener - Gąsdintojas; Golem - Golemas; Hellhound - Pragaro šuo; Kikimora darbininkas - Kikomora darbininkė; Kikimora karys - Kikimora karė.

plz, change the names of this bestiary at LT wiki, cuz I can't.. thank you Synnerė 2009 04 17


 * Done — Game widow 09:36, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Polish translating
Sorry for being so long gone but last four weeks were hard. What do you need me to translate? - RS 19:00:12 (UTC), 27 April
 * No worries :) ... hmmm, how about all the gang-related stuff, i'm really sure that i have messed up some of the gangs information :). Stuff like Nissir, Nightingale, Trappers, Rats, anything along those lines would be great! — Game widow 20:23, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

I have also mad idea. I plan to translate Sword of Destiny into English during summer holidays. - RS 19:47:00 (UTC), 27 April
 * I'm actually working on that myself with a couple of germans :) — would you care to join us ? — Game widow 20:22, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure. - RS


 * Oh! and the Assault on Stygga castle is only half done :D — Game widow 13:25, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm gonna do it on the Thursday/Friday night. - RS


 * Fabulous! and thanks! — Game widow 19:44, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok, Im done. - RS 1:10 (UTC) 1 May 2009


 * I finished the gangs - RS 9:53 (UTC) 1 may 2009.


 * Cool! thanks again :D — Game widow 08:54, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

I will be gone
No, not forever. Don't worry. I have my math IGCSE in eleven days. And my end of year exams in five weeks. So I won't be able to translate anything. After the exams, I'm going to Poland, and I'll have no connection to the internet. So I'll be able to translate something in September. I'll see if I will be able to go on internet in July. See ya! - RS 20:54 (UTC) 2nd May, 2009.

Coats of arms
Hi. I'm really glad, that you're using the new designed ones; but it would be nice to notice my little contribution to its creation.

Warm regards. Mboro 20:59, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm pleased someone is making nice accurate ones :) keep up the good work! — Game widow 00:12, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Great !!! I will systematically put another coats of arms. I'm happy that you like it. I'll try to develope their description (to make them similar to polish wiki ones).

Best regards. Mboro 04:40, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

The Cultists' Crypt
I have begun with a small and incomplete page on the unofficial "Cultists' Crypt" quest for the game. Hopefully you or someone else will improve it and merge more info over from the "Lionhead Spider lair" locality page. Hope I was of help :) Chuckles guide 11:38, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks a million Chuckles! — Game widow 11:38, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Do you need help?
I have a lot of spare time now so if you want me to translate something let me know! - RS
 * Awesome! and there's always something. I'll look around and let you know, but feel free to do the same, anything at all that you feel is missing, just add. I'm at a bit of a disadvantage as the languages i can read are only up to "Czas Pogardy" which i did just finish last week :) — Game widow 14:59, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

You know, I found out something interesting here: (its in Polish) http://www.wiedzmin.biz/tajemniczy-zabojca-kim-on-jest-alvin-wielki-mistrz-t-273.html. It is a discussion about a masked assassin that you can see in outro and about Alvin and Grand Master of the Order. Anyway, someone suggested that Alvin is the son of Ciri! It actually makes sense. Alvin got the same hair color as Ciri and same with the eyes. They both have ability to travel in time and space and have Elder Blood in their veins. What do you think? - RS 24.05.2009 18:45 (UTC)
 * Interesting! could you translation the important parts ? — Game widow 21:21, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I will finish translating and I will send it by e-mail by Tuesday.- RS

There are also some speculations that Leo Bonhart may be a witcher. But the discussion on the topic is complicated and there's a lot of pros and cons. If you want then I will put some details.- RS
 * Sure, why not ? :) ... just make sure that what is speculation is obvious and distinguishable from facts — Game widow 08:47, 25 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Had some problems but it is OK now. But sorry, I will give the translated stuff and Saturday. The reason why I cannot translate is celebration. I was given my end of year report card and I was pleasantly surprised, besides there is my B-day tomorrow. -RS
 * well Happy Birthday! and congratulations on your report card :D — Game widow 14:27, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem ! - some rules of polish writings are very strange not only to foreigners. I'm glad I could help. Warm regards ! — Mboro 10:25, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Caingorn arms
Hello ! Caingorn (and Henfors League) CoA & banner are described as "silver griffon on purpure field". That's why I decided to put another alternative arms & banner - where I used purpure (RGBA = 800080ff) instead of red.

If you accept it, please make a copy (like you have made it before, with other CoA). Best wishes. Mboro 20:47, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Of course i accept it :D, thanks again. Oh, and all i do is download your image and re-upload to the wiki store over here ... i make no changes whatsoever other than filename — Game widow 20:51, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Thanks for answer :) BTW: I'm polish and my knowlege of czech language is far from basic - I just know few words and no grammar... But I will help (if only I have time) in translation: english to polish ;D Cheers ! Mboro 23:00, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi it' great! Thank u very much! I'll do my best to end my work on WWiki Italia...cheers. Secondchildren

Quote:Hi again, just making sure that what i am doing is useful to you ;) ... let me know if i am doing things you don't want :)
Hi! it's perfect! I really appreciate indeed. For e.g. i didn't know how to change the wiki skin and you did it :D thank you very much!!!!

I'm Back
Hi! It's RS here. I have some time now, so if there is anything you want me to translate then let me know. However, I have only time until 19th of August. I will not have that much time until September. - RS
 * welcome back (however briefly!), i suppose if you feel like it, most of the quests need fleshing out in Polish, or for the other way around ... anything about the books after Czas Pogardy :D — Game widow 19:33, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'm gonna do all of them, Baptism of Fire, The Tower of the Swallow and The Lady of the Lake. - RS
 * Perfect! thank-you :) — Game widow 09:20, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

New unof arms
Hello !! I'm glad you enjoy it !! Please use them together with the Czech proposals - they are also beautiful. I prepared more than 20 of new arms, so upload will last for a while ;) Please, check & correct grammar in english description. Warm regards, Mboro 08:32, 18 August 2009 (UTC) I don't know why despite upload, the old version is still displayed... Cheers !! Mboro 13:23, 21 August 2009 (UTC) PS. Thanks for grammar correction ;o)
 * Done - I used SanchoPanzaXXI's arms of La Guancha.
 * Don't worry about the image, it's wikia's usual caching problems, it will "correct" itself. I've been caught by that many times before! — Game widow 13:24, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Come on... You put me to shame ;) I'm doing my best. I'm glad you like it :))) Novigrad arms took me a little time but it was well worth while :D I hope, Vicovaro arms will pleased you as well ;D Warm regards. Mboro 18:46, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Monaco Skin issue
After editing a page I get a banner suggesting other pages I might want to edit. The problem is that the banner background and foreground colors are very close so I can barely read anything in it. I have to click and drag to highlight the text so I can read it. Thought I'd let you know in case you haven't heard of this from anyone else. Otherwise the default skin looks great. Kalkstein 04:27, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, i had not heard as i find that particular "feature" a bloody nuisance and switched it off for myself ;) I'm still trying to track down the exact code snippet i need there, so if you happen to know, by all means, let me know — Game widow 09:35, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Nevermind :D -- found it. The colour may yet change, but at least now it is readable — Game widow 12:41, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

about international links into wiki articles
Hi don't know if i'm doing the right thing, but i'm adding by my self the .... link into the international wiki, as i translate a new page for the italian wiki. Is that right? Or shouldn't I?
 * That's perfect. I had seen you doing it :) ... i just put them in a specific order so that would be the only reason you see me changing it. — Game widow 19:00, November 10, 2009 (UTC)

A note about the page "Easter eggs"
Hi sorry for bugging u, i was reading the "easter eggs" page in WWiki and have noticed that there's a reference in this line:

Act IV, when talking to the healer about Alina's mirror, Geralt quotes, "Who's the fairest of them all?", quote made famous in Cinderella.

I remember that the question appeared in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves", where the Queen enquired her mirror like :"Who's the fairest of them all?" and it answered "You are the most beautiful my queen, but there's one more beautiful than you". And then, she furiously asked "Who's this creature?", and the mirror answered "Snow White is the most beutiful my queen".

I don't like to put my hand into someone's hard work, so i don't dare to correct the page. It's just a suggestion. all the best

Po polsku
What do you mean when you're writting "ogrodzenia"- eg. in artilce ciemny zaułek? Who, or what is "ogrodzenie"? Come on, help me! :-)— Wilczyca 14:06, January 10, 2010 (UTC)Wilczyca
 * I didn't write anything in Polish, you must have me confused with someone else, or be on the wrong language version of the wiki — Game widow 21:26, January 10, 2010 (UTC)

I see... I realy must have confused you with some on else. I'm sorry! Sometimes Wiki is so complicated :-) Thank you!— Wilczyca 17:29, January 11, 2010 (UTC)Wilczyca

New Skin wiki
Well, I like it ;)

Done
Thank you! just fixed! he hehe.....

I'm honored to be considered an artist and I'll be always proud to be helpful for the least that I can do. :D

New Articles in need of expert advice
Hi GW. On my second playthrough I've been noticing conversations more and there's alot of things in the Prologue which leaves me wondering. I wouldn't mind creating an article about the topics myself, but I have no idea whether it's an actual thing in The Witcher universe or I'm just reading too much into it.
 * The Magical Storm, you can ask Eskel about this. He mentions it riled up some birds and he headed towards Kaer Morhen. What is this magical storm?
 * The Path, some of the conversations seem to indicate that when a witcher is not spending the winter at Kaer Morhen he is "on the path" meaning actively seeking out monsters and slaying them.
 * Continuity errors, where should we keep continuity errors? The only one I've noticed so far is in Geralt's first conversation with Shani. The cutscene between the prologue and act I shows Geralt travelling from Kaer Morhen to Vizima following a red line in the roads on the map, yet in the conversation with Shani he mentions Triess teleported him there. I'm not sure if this should be added in Easter Eggs or not.
 * Speculation, would adding speculation to articles be alright? I'm thinking of stuff like speculating that Odo's dog could've belonged to his brother. The reason it howls and there's Echinops in his garden is because his brother is buried there.
 * Hi there! well, speculations can be added in the Notes sections, or a Notes section can be added if one is not already there. If you are really unsure about it, then the Talk page is the place to put it (every article has one). For the magical storm, that's the storm we witness at the beginning when Geralt is being pursued and collapses (it's very briefly hinted at that he is actually being pursued by the Wild Hunt, and that bit is more or less based on the books). The path is indeed what you think it is -- each witcher decides what his obligations are and he goes about them. I've only read 3 of the 5 books (still waiting on the last 2 to be translated to French -- sure English would be nice, but the French publishers are at least is getting on with things!), so i can't say that i've seen "what witchers do" called "the path" in the books, but that could be the French translations, hard to say. Hope that covers all your questions, but feel free to pose more if something is not clear! and thanks for you interest! — Game widow 21:39, February 17, 2010 (UTC)

Credits
ahem...thanks for correcting my user page! I hope you understand the same the meaning... :D
 * Of course :D ... it had just been bothering me a teeny, tiny bit and you know me, obsessive to the end! — Game widow 11:48, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

Woooow! Damnly nice WWiki logo! I like it, thanks :D

Quests in Polish
Hi there!

I've noticed there are slight mistakes in the names of Polish quests. I corrected some of them but I don't have privileges to modify pl:Kategoria:Zadania the main category with quests, so there are double entries now, like: "Pierścień" and "Pierśień"(the first one is the correct name). And one more thing: while correcting some pages connected with quests, I don't know how to correct the "Given by" table entry which is always being translated as "Wydane przez" - and that's not the best translation for stylistic reasons. I don't know if it is hard-coded(?)or something but I can't change it to more appropriate Polish translation. In my humble opinion it would be better to translate "Given by" to "Zleca" as I did in the sub-category pl:Zadania with the list of quests by Act. Cheers --A.D.fantasta 16:10, May 20, 2010 (UTC)

So, as far the names of particular pages go:

Bestia_z_kanałow should be changed into Bestia_z_kanałów(there are double entries now in the category Kategoria:Zadania)

Bezpieczna_przustań -> Bezpieczna_przystań

Echa_prizeszłości -> Echa_przeszłości (double entries)

Niespolojny_duch -> Niespokojny_duch --A.D.fantasta 19:01, May 20, 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I've noticed that there are entries(in the Polish wikia): Klasztorna & Handlowa whereas full names are Wyzima Klasztorna & Wyzima Handlowa. There are redirects, e.g. Wyzima Klasztorna redirects to Klasztorna, but it should be the other way round, that is Klasztorna should redirect to Wyzima Klasztorna where the full article should be, because Klasztorna & Handlowa, well, these are only partial names, adjectives, and they don't mean much in isolation.A.D.fantasta 09:11, May 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * That's a matter of opinion, but ok, i've switched them — Game widow 10:30, May 22, 2010 (UTC)

you say you do karate
hmm, you say you do kyokushin karate - nice. I'm a fan of martial arts myself, One called Tomiki aikido and then I do a little kendo aswell when I feel like it. BiscuitOfLies 19:43, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sadly, i've had to stop practicing karate after a serious knee injury, but i continue to be a fan of martial arts — Game widow 19:46, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I hope your knee gets better soon, were you any good? BiscuitOfLies 21:21, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think i was decent :) ... i was on my green belt (brown and black left to do) and my sparring partners did like me — Game widow 22:22, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think i was decent :) ... i was on my green belt (brown and black left to do) and my sparring partners did like me — Game widow 22:22, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Just to let you knoe
BTW, If I find anything useful out I'll put it on here, otherwise I wouldn't be expecting to see me here on here too much, shouldn't be a problem, just something to consider BiscuitOfLies 22:28, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

Help request about video
Hi. I don't know why but I can't add my recent video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUJ2xrxjdqM onto this wiki for a couple of days already. Can you help? Or tell why that's happening? - JohnMiles 18:53, June 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * There have been some server problems for the last few days, and possibly those account for upload issues, however, i had not actually thought about the fact that you are uploading the videos. There is another format that you can use (if the videos are on youtube) and gets around that whole issue. Check out the Beauty and the Beast entry to see how it's done. — Game widow 11:01, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

Misiek95
Misiek95, the guy you just blocked, is VSTF. You probably might want to reassess that block. Joey (talk) 23:37, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

New Wikia layout
OMG! It sucks!!!! What do you think? >_< Can't we do nothing to change it?
 * I don't think it looks that much different to be honest. For now, you can switch back to Monaco, under preferences, then skin, but in a few more weeks that choice will go away, and then the only other option is monobook. — Game widow 18:41, October 20, 2010 (UTC)

Dear OMG!
 * Learn to sign your comments, and then be more specific what you do not like. That's called constructive feedback. The new layout has certain limits that cannot be changed. — AEon 14:43, October 31, 2010 (UTC)

Revert with no explanation
I gave a detailed reason for my edit, you reverted it with no explanation. I'm a professional writer and editor for major companies. I suggest you give reasons for what you do, if you wish to attract other editors.
 * bully for you. if you had looked at the rest of the wiki, the quest description is in keeping with the rest of the wiki, this wiki is entirely from my point of view. Feel free to start your own wiki, with non-editorialized versions if you prefer. Also, anonymous edits, while not prohibited, as certainly not particularly worthy of comment — Game widow 14:27, October 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * . I also have 10,000s of Wiki edits -- in Wikipedia. Why don't you make clear that this is your personal territory, instead pretending it's an "open" Wiki? My edit was more or less a test to see if professional opinion was wanted, obviously, you're not interested. Leaves me to wonder what you are interested in. But that's the wonderful world of incompetents controlling the Internet. 76.126.217.195 14:33, October 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * You seem to be confusing a wiki with wikipedia, the only similarity is the software running underneath the text. i have 200000 edits (on this id alone). Also, this wiki is good enough for CDP, the game manufacturer, so i feel no great need to conform to your particular view. — Game widow 14:35, October 31, 2010 (UTC)

Hi, again! Long time no see!
Hello! It's RS here! It's been quite a long time since I visited, wasn't it? ;) Oh, well. Anyway, I have a question. Remember when a while back you told me that you and some other people (if I remember correctly) are translating "Sword of Destiny"? Well.... how's the progress on that? How much has been translated so far? And do you need help? - RS 7/11/2010 1:08 PM (GMT)
 * I have not given up, but it seems to have moved to the "back burner", so to speak, so yes! if you want to help out, that would be fantastic :) — Game widow 16:54, November 7, 2010 (UTC)

maribor forest
hi, since oyu seem to be the one taking care of this wiki, and trying to avoid messing things up, i just wante to mento that ont he postion list page the maribor forest potion is amrked as not available for free, how ever that is not correct! but i guess no one took Gramps on a detour through the map before taking him to the melitele Altar.

At some point he does give the player the recipe for the potion in one of his comments that are triggered by arriving at important locations. To be honest i am not sure if he shared it when we reached 3 island region, the woodcutter camp or the druid grove, but it was something in the western region.84.112.67.68 11:39, December 25, 2010 (UTC)

cheers and really nice wiork you have done here :)
 * Thanks for that :) ... i'll update the page (if there's any way you can confirm the spot, that would be great, but i'll likely be playing the game one last time sometime in the next couple of months, preparing for The Witcher 2 and will double check then) — Game widow 13:04, December 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * Heya, luckily i still had a save from before entering the swamp at all. And yes when you get Gramps to the Three Island region he starts talking about the Celandine there then actually shares 2 recipes, one for the Maribor Forest and the other for the King and Queen bomb. It might be correct that you can not get the Zirrikanian Alchemy scroll for free, but since you basically get the recipe for the Cinrfid Oil from the dwarf blacksmith in the outskirts when you pay him the 35 orens for the highly illigal weapon upgrade you don't actually have to buy it anymore since the other recipe contained in it is available from Gramps.
 * P.S. I said above potion list, ofc i meant the library guide :P
 * Cheers84.112.67.68 11:39, December 25, 2010 (UTC)

New black layout
I love this new layout. Professional and simple :)

But apart this... how are you? Are you planning to come back in the forum after Ma 17th, sometimes? We miss you :) (Well I do. Don't know about the others :D)

Hug


 * Very grateful, my dear! It's perfect. A great job, I'm very happy. Thanks again and again :)

Wiki Protection
Hi Game Widow,

is there a possibility to protect the entire (hexer-)Wiki or block it against guests and not registered users? From time to time we have anonymous trolls on the Hexer Wiki who spam in articles. Today we had a troll who emptied lots of articles de:Spezial:WikiActivity ("Quest-Liste nach Kapiteln" to "Triss Merigold"). The Triss page and Geralt as well I have already repaired.

This is very annoying -.-

— Petra Silie 21:03, May 6, 2011 (UTC)

Videos by Ilc15341
Hi!

I don't think someone needs the second video on the same topic in worse quality (yep, 1080p, but huge black borders spoil everything). And Ilc15341 has already added lots of them. For example: Medic in Distress, Following the Thread, Reaping Time. I don't want to offend but he's just littering the articles. I've posted this on his talk page but you're in charge here as I assume, so maybe you should say smth on this issue. Maybe I'm wrong - JohnMiles 18:06, May 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * I did not check his videos, admittedly, but i trust your judgement as to their quality. — Game widow (talk) 21:22, May 18, 2011 (UTC)

Hey, Sorry for the trouble i caused, and i´ve dealt with my vids quality, they are now fullscren and 720p.You can see an example here: A Lost Lamb. So i hope i´m not doing anything wrong anymore?? Later - Ilc15341 14:29, May 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, thus MUCH better! No black borders, good image definition (not "overcompressed"). Good job in general. The only suggestion: I would have used smaller font for notes (it's a bit big imho). PS. And ab this particular vid - it may be banned on YouTube for nudity. :) They've banned one of mine once. - JohnMiles 14:56, May 19, 2011 (UTC)

Sheala de Tancarville / Sile De Tansarville
Talk:Sheala_de_Tancarville So, "what do we do?" Leave as it is? Start a new article? Rename that one? The problem is that she will be (and already is) named "Sile De Tansarville" in all the Journal Entries. Not only in her "profile" but for example she's also in the entries for "The Kayran" and "The Kayran: A Matter of Price" quests already. - JohnMiles 23:56, May 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * I think we need to rename it to Sile. Also game files suggest it. Yes, she is named Sheala in other languages. But this is an English wiki. So what do you say? — JPulowski (talk) 21:37, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

World map
So, I don't know if you noticed, but I wrote something on Talk:World_map and I'd like to hear your opinion on it. I'd be willing to do it too if someone gave me the correct places. It wouldn't be Photoshop though, but Paint (I'm rather skilled at juggling pixels...) ThorwaldR 21:25, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

There seems to have been a misunderstanding. I updated the Map talk page. So it should be clearer now what mean. ThorwaldR 14:48, May 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've made some changes, hope they are helpful — Game widow (talk) 20:13, May 29, 2011 (UTC)

Ah yes, thank you! ThorwaldR 10:08, June 3, 2011 (UTC)

Journal Images
Hi, I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS5 with nVidia DDS plugin for getting rid of those backgrounds. :) But first you need .dds versions of journal image textures. Some of them can be found as a .dds version within extracted game files. Then you need to select alpha channel and delete the background and save as a .png file. - JP 20:05, May 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * About extracting game files, I may write a detailed guide. Also modders may need that kind of information. For extracting game files you may find some information here. - JP 20:16, May 29, 2011 (UTC)

Twitter Gadget/Template
By the way, I'd like to ask something. I don't know how to write a template for wiki. Yesterday I saw that twitter gadget on Dragon Age wikia. And I've considered maybe we can do something similar like that for The Witcher official twitter account. I've already found feed ID of their official account. So what do you say? :) - JP 20:26, May 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * I can probably get that going for you. I don't personally have any interest in twitter, but i can't deny it's popular :) You should also be aware that wikia is not able to keep that up and running all the time, it often refuses to load — Game widow (talk) 20:53, May 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * Just saw it, thanks. :) Yes, also I'm aware of this issue. I think the reason of this issue wikia trying to get feed from a false link. There is an exclamation mark at the end of rss link. So, it should not be "https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/18759851.rss!" but "https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/18759851.rss" - JP 21:16, May 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's just their message that has that exclamation point, the link i used has no exclamation point, but i'll follow up with my contacts, just in case they are adding one after the fact. — Game widow (talk) 21:20, May 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's just their message that has that exclamation point, the link i used has no exclamation point, but i'll follow up with my contacts, just in case they are adding one after the fact. — Game widow (talk) 21:20, May 29, 2011 (UTC)

Video:Dailymotion
Hi again Game widow, when I try to use videos from Dailymotion (i.e. this one) via wikia video application, I get an error like "There is no video at specified link". Can you tell me, where am I doing wrong? Thanks! - JP 01:20, May 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * From what i can see, you are doing nothing wrong at all, it's a bug with Wikia. I have logged a bug report and will let you know as soon as i have any news. — Game widow (talk) 01:25, May 30, 2011 (UTC)

Hi
im kinda new do u think u cud msg me and JPulowski so we can get a list of things we need and want to do for witcher 2

and i cud use some help on how to make basic edits like tables and links

Thanks -Wite

is there easier way to talk 2 each other other than posting on each others talk pages?

Doktorzli
I'm glad I won, thank you very much for the opportunity :) I'm waiting for the code :D

Request from WitE/Steam achievements
Hi, I'd be glad working together with WitE. :)

Images are not a problem but... HUD images are **** in the ass. For instance, I've tried to extract texture files for alchemy. But since there were no textures for aether, vitriol etc. as a texture file, I couldn't do anything. Then when I was tampering with game files, I've checked out ui files. And these files are embedded .swf files. And contains general information about game UI. Also contains some of the vectorized-looking icons from the game. (i.e. inventory icons, journal icons...) So first, I have to decompile .swf files then make some corrections on them. I've already uploaded three ingredient icons as .png files. But soon I'll try to make .svg versions of all of them. That includes inventory and journal icons.

As for the abilities screen I have an idea. Maybe we can make an interactive page like the one in the game? But also this will take time, because I'll have to extract all of the ability icons from protected .swf files.

And just fixed Steam Achievements page. Must have been slipped from my notice. - JP 23:32, May 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * png files are just fine, no need for swf. I've also extracted the game files, so anything that's available as a dds file, i now have. I'm trying to implement some naming conventions for files, so for journal images, going forward, please name them "Tw2_journal_xxxxx.png" and as things come up, i'll get all the filenames standardised. — Game widow (talk) 23:43, May 30, 2011 (UTC)

Where are oils going?
 * Images of oils go to Tw2_oil_xxxx.png, potions --> Tw2_potion_xxxx.png, bombs --> Tw2_bomb_xxxx.png and the category is Category:The Witcher 2 images — Bombs, oils and potions. Does that make sufficient sense ? — Game widow (talk) 00:01, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

I meant not images but table of
 * The Witcher 2 oils, The Witcher 2 potions, The Witcher 2 bombs, etc :) — Game widow (talk) 00:01, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

Upload a new version of this file
"Upload a new version of this file" feature seems to be not working. When I try to upload a new version of an image, wikia is still seeing the old version. - JP 00:15, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * That is often just a caching issue (a supremely irritating one), but eventually the new version kicks in — Game widow (talk) 00:16, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

swf
the swf files are sooooo amazing comepletly interactive possible sum1 could base skill tree off it

Is it possible that depending on how u complete a quest the journal entry is different? and if so which version should be added

Admin Rights
Well, I'd appreciate it. :) But also I must admit I've never been an admin on a wiki before. Just participated like everyone else to make it better. If you could give me some info about the basics, and the things I should know. Sure, why not? - JP 14:42, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

Playing
Im guessing that uve both played some of TW2 but have u completed it? on which diff? do we want more videos/vid walkthrus?
 * I've started playing TW2 but am far from finished. I've been busy getting the wiki into shape :) ... and i'm ashamed to admit that so far i can only manage the "easy" mode. We most definitely still do need walkthroughs and videos are also welcome. — Game widow (talk) 20:30, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

Ive finished on easy and replaying on hard so i can do Iorveths path andi cant tell difference between them i still die alot in prologue and not much after - what are the actual differenes anyone know? WitE (talk) 15:36, June 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * Other than what is listed here, nope — Game widow (talk) 15:38, June 1, 2011 (UTC)

Icon Files
So I've finished uploading .svg versions of in-game icons. Also few minutes later, I'll add remaining ingredient icons. But some of the icons must be renamed/categorized. I've named them as far as I can remember. But still there might be minor naming mistakes. - JP 20:33, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * Fabulous! ... and no worries about the renames, we'll deal with them as we find them — Game widow (talk) 20:35, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

hate to tell you but the img for Hydragenum isnt working WitE (talk) 21:48, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * Even with a hard refresh? (if you use Firefox, that's Ctrl-F5) ... if you don't use Firefox, which browser do you use? — Game widow (talk) 21:49, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

ingredients
can u help with this? The_Witcher_2_ingredients how exactly shud interactions between ingredient lists and formulas and diagrams work? WitE (talk) 16:23, June 1, 2011 (UTC)

Navigation
Hi Game widow, I've tried to edit the navigation menu, actually tried to add it first The Witcher game's contents. But looks like it only supports 4 entries. Because after I added the Witcher section, books section disappeared. I think we need to give it a hand, because also users might want to use the navigation menu for reaching the Witcher's contents. Anyway, just wanted to inform you. ;) - JP 00:05, June 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Just fixed it, thanks for your help! (: - JP 10:28, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

Can you add more the either the wither 2 portal or the nav dropdown thing, if ur just browsing i dont think u can find much interesting pages unless you know the exact page to look for.
 * I can see about adding more things to the navigator, but that's what search box is for — Game widow (talk) 18:20, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

also mb u can satisfy me why on wikia do sequels share wikis with each other like witcher and witcher 2 - makes it so confusing WitE (talk) 18:12, June 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * This wiki was designed from the get go as a wiki about anything to do with the Witcher franchise, which includes anything about Geralt of Rivia, that includes all the games as well as the books, film and tv series. Also, this wiki is officially recognized by CD Projekt as the official wiki for witcher games (both of them) and lastly, Wikia as a company tends to combine wikis on similar topics. — Game widow (talk) 18:19, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

YouTube channel
Hi again GW, I have an idea about videos. Maybe we can create a collective YouTube account named "witcherwikia" and upload some of the videos to YouTube. Also some pages require videos, but unfortunately not every video contains high quality, specific in-game detalis etc. And JohnMiles already has an awesome YouTube channel, I'm sure he may be able to help. So what do you say? :) - JP 17:05, June 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure, why not? I've never done that before, so here's a link to my first attempt: http://www.youtube.com/user/gamewidow?feature=mhsn — Game widow (talk) 17:38, June 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Also I've created a new channel recently. Here. And I am going to send the login details to your YouTube account via private message. - JP 18:28, June 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yours makes more sense and seems better created :D — Game widow (talk) 18:32, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

Bestiary and loot
Exactly. I've just put the loot info in some pages temporarily. We need a new infobox, but also we need that "3d blablabla full" images. Because I think journal images wouldn't fit into the infobox nicely. — JPulowski (talk) 10:20, June 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * We can play around with the images. certainly for now, scaled down journal images should be fine. — Game widow (talk) 10:23, June 3, 2011 (UTC)

New theme/layout
By the way, there is a second thing I'd like to discuss. Since The Witcher's release Witcher Wiki uses the same layout. Maybe at least for The Witcher 2 portal we may add some additional stuff. Like javascript, custom header font etc. How may I reach the current version of .css page of WitcherWiki? Thanks. — JPulowski (talk) 10:24, June 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * I have things like on DragonAge wikia, in my mind. Take a look it's so nice! :D — JPulowski (talk) 10:35, June 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'd like to ask something. If I try to use "BellGothic" font for headers on main page would we violate the copyrights? CDProjekt already shared these fonts with everyone in The Witcher fansite kit. — JPulowski (talk) 11:21, June 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * For headers, if you mean the ones in the templates, then no, that's fine, but if you mean the "Wikia" headers, then yes, sadly — Game widow (talk) 11:25, June 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * I mean headers like featured image, featured article etc. — JPulowski (talk) 11:27, June 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Those are fine :), i.e. changeable — Game widow (talk) 11:37, June 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Wow, I don't know how to use .css pages in sandbox. So I've edited .css file and checked if it's working in seconds. Hell no. Here is the font-face code I've used. Where did I do it wrong? :/ — JPulowski (talk) 12:28, June 3, 2011 (UTC)

 @font-face { font-family: 'BellGothicBold'; src: url('http://www.en.thewitcher.com/media/fonts/bll55-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('http://www.en.thewitcher.com/media/fonts/bll55-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('http://www.en.thewitcher.com/media/fonts/bll55-webfont.eot') format('embedded-opentype'), url('http://www.en.thewitcher.com/media/fonts/bll55-webfont.svg#BellGothicBold') format('svg'); }
 * Solved it, again. It's not a wikia issue. The issue caused because of firefox's font-face restrictions. So, firefox doesn't like font files on a remote server. — JPulowski (talk) 15:12, June 4, 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks for adding the images and alot of the info on The WItcher 2 potions! I really appreciate that :) 85.167.47.61 09:13, June 4, 2011 (UTC)

Bestiaryinfobox2
I've created a new template named "bestiaryinfobox2". But also I think we may add some additional things. I've already added variations option. Because for instance an endrega also has variations like endrega queen, endrega warrior etc. Also I'd like to ask something, I've tried to change the background color of headers in infobox. Tried to give them a gradient color background like the ones in the main page. But I've failed. Is there a way to make the background color gradient? Thanks. — JPulowski (talk) 11:48, June 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * Gradients are fairly straightforward, but they don't display on all browsers (not that i mind having them). If you don't have it already, i highly recommend getting the "firebug" addon for firefox, that allows you to inspect items on web pages and see what the code generating them is, making replicating stuff a lot more easy :). I am just looking at the infobox and i'll add a couple of things, including a gradient bg and you can see how it's done. — Game widow (talk) 11:52, June 4, 2011 (UTC)

The witcher(Fire golem)
How to get a description of the fire golem?

File:Tw2_journal_golemfire.png

Yours


 * It might need renaming, i'm only going on the filename, i have not encountered the beast. Is it a draug or draugir? i wouldn't know. — Game widow (talk) 13:26, June 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've renamed page to "Fire elemental" as seen in the game journal. Also English string file confirms it. — JPulowski (talk) 14:17, June 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * with combat log can get hp armor and damage from all creatures on all difficulties? need more space in infobox WitE (talk) 14:59, June 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * Could you add a few more words to this request? I don't know what you mean. Or list some sample missing details — Game widow (talk) 15:00, June 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Kayran: health=400, dmg=100-200, armor=1 WitE (talk) 20:00, June 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * Wite, usually such information contained in binary files. Unfortunately, until a proper tool get released for viewing/editing them we won't know for sure. :( — JPulowski (talk) 20:02, June 4, 2011 (UTC)

Program
And how you pulled this picture from the game? A program? If so, the name would help?
 * Use Red Tools for extracting game files. Then use Adobe Photoshop, GIMP or a similar software with nVidia DDS plugin to view/edit .dds files. — JPulowski (talk) 14:15, June 4, 2011 (UTC)

Rename - Death Symbolized
Don't get me wrong, I'm not making a demand here, I'm just trying to point out a page the needs to be removed.

The information in ("Death Symbolized") is 99% incorrect. It is also listed as part of something that it is not.

It's part of the "The Eternal Battle" quest, and therefore I believe should either be merged with (errors excluded) with, or completely removed.

Because I am unsure of how to go about doing this, I just hope this gets to you.

Sincerely,

Thepoet


 * That is not so, the information on that page is very much correct, I suspect you played through the second chapter of the game by way of Roche's path, which means the quest will probably be different. However the way it is described on the Death Symbolized page is very much how it is on Iorveth's path. It is not a part of the quest The Eternal Battle, it is a seperate quest with seperate objectives. The pages shouldn't be merged. 85.167.47.61 07:44, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

Images and crafting
Hi mate, maybe you've seen, maybe you haven't, but I've added some images for (non-)existing items by means of simple screenshot cropping and uploading. (E.g. Dragon Scale Armor.) But of course, they don't have a nice transparent background. How did you do your image uploads? Because if you did the painstaking job of getting rid of the background by yourself in whatever image editing tool you use, I bow to your patience. I would like to make them more in line with the rest of the site.

Also, crafting components are now redirected to alchemy ingredients, is that page supposed to be split in two, with the top part being alchemy and the bottom part crafting? Because as it stands we have little to no crafting information in the wiki. Ashemedai 08:59, June 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Use Red Tools for extracting game files. Then use Adobe Photoshop, GIMP or a similar software with nVidia DDS plugin to view/edit .dds files. But if you don't have transparent images please don't upload them. Or if you're going to upload them use .png format, so in the future they may be replaced with transparent ones. :) — JPulowski (talk) 09:05, June 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ah, now that's something I can do. I've been uploading files as PNGs so far (and saw you replaced some of them already, cheers). But at least with this I can put the correct files where they ought to be. Ashemedai 09:23, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

?
Anyone have an idea wot the orange 'dot inside a circle' is? circumpunct i think you cud call it. Im seeing it ingame in journal on some items WitE (talk) 12:33, June 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * I think it's the base price for an item, but clearly it's not what geralt pays (unless there's some upgrade to his bargaining skills) — Game widow (talk) 13:53, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

prices
prices are different in hard or chapter idk fire rune easy chap3 500 orens / fire rune hard chap1 563
 * Quite possibly, it all needs to be documented. list stuff like that ok the associated talk page — Game widow (talk) 20:00, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

Image cache
That catching thing is a serious issue. For instance, I've just replaced Ashemedai's transparent armor image with the same one. Because it was looking non-transparent. Is there a workaround for this issue? Thanks. — JPulowski (talk) 21:33, June 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, after a little research I've found that it is a wikia issue. Looks like there is nothing we can do except waiting. :( — JPulowski (talk) 21:48, June 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * the only workaround that i know of is renaming the file. — Game widow (talk) 21:49, June 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * I saw that whole Fate rename thing going on, quite funny in a way as I had tried some things myself and concluded it's just a standard cache operation of Wikia that refreshes images periodically. Rest assured, new images will be correct. ;) Ashemedai 22:13, June 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the smaller image for fate was really bugging me .. to the point that i felt compelled to rename it :) — Game widow (talk) 22:16, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

infobox
On all infoboxes you have 'cost to sell' more accurate would be 'price to sell' WitE (talk) 00:21, June 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * I didn't word it, but sure, but i think i'll just remove "cost to..." rather than changing cost to price. — Game widow (talk) 00:23, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

Pages with item tables
What do you think about using templates similar to Template:ItemTransformer on the dragonage wiki so that pages like The Witcher 2 armor, The Witcher 2 alchemy, etc. could display data from the individual item pages without having to be updated separately? Bring back Shani 20:16, June 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Meh :) are you volunteering to convert them all and maintain them? Also, the templates for TW2 should not be appreciably different in look and feel from TW1. For just the item description bit, it looks ok, but i do not like their tables — Game widow (talk) 21:30, June 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd like to do it (and it would be better if I started sooner rather than later), but that sort of project probably wouldn't be the best thing for me to commit to at the moment. I'd have to give it more thought first, and was mainly just curious how you felt about the general concept being used there. Bring back Shani 22:16, June 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with Bring back Shani, their concept is better, user and writer friendly if you ask me. — JPulowski (talk) 22:18, June 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * You won't convince me to use their tables, and also, wikia has a habit of breaking fancy templates with their wednesday (that's every single wednesday!) code pushes. If you don't want to potentially have to fix things weekly, simpler is better. The infoboxes look ok, but like i said, it's all or nothing, not just TW2 stuff, it has to be a wiki-wide sweep. — Game widow (talk) 22:43, June 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, in between games, when i toiled her alone, no one was helping me. Do you two plan to stick around after the thrill of newness wears off? — Game widow (talk) 22:48, June 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * I wasn't trying to convince you to use their tables or adopt a different look and feel, and am not especially interested in being dragged into any turf wars (though that's about as close to a thrill as I'm likely to get around here). Bring back Shani 23:09, June 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm only pointing out that changing them is a big job and that there would need to be a good reason, not just "oh, these look nifty". I have a sandbox wiki where things can be tried out, so if you care to dazzle me with how great this can be, feel free to implement them there (widowspeak.wikia.com). — Game widow (talk) 16:31, June 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * To clarify/beat a dead horse, the thing which struck me as nifty over there was the data sharing between pages, not looks. I came here to contribute to building a useful and accurate resource, not to dazzle. Bring back Shani 09:13, June 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * I get that, and sorry if i'm a smidge techy about this stuff, i'm frankly not used to having anyone help me out here. — Game widow (talk) 11:47, June 10, 2011 (UTC)

music
Should b witcher2 music when u enter the portal WitE (talk) 21:53, June 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure wikia supports music, do you know of a wikia wiki that does that sort of thing ? — Game widow (talk) 01:50, June 12, 2011 (UTC)

Infobox game
Hi, I think maybe we should create an infobox template for the games. That includes detailed information about developer, publisher, latest version etc. What do you say? Thanks. (: — JPulowski (talk) 18:25, June 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * sure, no objections — Game widow (talk) 00:30, June 11, 2011 (UTC)

Cute avatar.

You seem to speak English pretty well, but it's not listed as one of your languages.
 * I'm a Canadian allophone (meaning i speak english and french equally well). — Game widow (talk) 12:42, June 11, 2011 (UTC)

Rusty dagger
Can you confirm that the Rusty dagger is a ranged weapon? I've seen one with almost identical stats, but it's classified as an additional weapon and the icon is different (showing only the hilt). I'm not sure if it's supposed to be the same item. Bring back Shani 11:31, June 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll try, it could be a situation like the longsword/long sword though. — Game widow (talk) 12:43, June 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * Checked, and indeed, it's an additional weapon. — Game widow (talk) 01:49, June 12, 2011 (UTC)

Creature variations
What do you think about creature variations? Should we open a new page for instance called "Nekker warrior" or should we write about them in the related monster article? — JPulowski (talk) 10:34, June 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * I am leaning toward having their own pages but until the toolset is released (if it is!) we won't have any nice images of them, so that part rather bugs me. — Game widow (talk) 12:15, June 12, 2011 (UTC)

Trouble with Infoboxbestiary2 template
Hi! Seems there a sort of bug with the Italin wiki template (or maybe it's me). I've tried to fix myself but nothing seems useful to solve the problem. As you can see on the Endrega page, the "class" line doesn't appear in the Infobox. I had to change it with a capital letter writing "Class" or wiki would have given to me the result that you can see on the Kayran page. I have no idea why it is working like that. Here's the link to the Infoboxbestiary2 in the it wiki.

Any idea? I'm about to give up :( hug

Zireael's armor
While double checking some things, I noticed that you changed the armor's reduction of damage from magic from "+ 15%" to "+ 5%". Judging by the rest of the edit, it looks like you meant to delete the space instead of the 1, but would like to be sure. Bring back Shani 16:45, June 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * Dropping that 1 was inadvertent, sorry, i was just trying to get rid of spaces — Game widow (talk) 17:28, June 13, 2011 (UTC)

Armors/Weapons without enhancement slots
Hi again. I have a question about armors and weapons without enhancement slots as you can see from the topic. What do you think? Currently I'm deleting "0" entry if the armor or weapon doesn't have any enhancement slots. Also I was thinking about using "—, -, N/A" rather than "0". What do you say? Thanks. — JPulowski (talk) 00:48, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * How about "none", but N/A is ok too :) — Game widow (talk) 10:54, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'm going to use "none". ;) By the way, I don't want to open a new section for another question. I know I ask too many questions :D, but I just don't want to change things on my own. Anyway, for the "caption" section maybe you saw already, I'm writing tooltip descriptions from the game instead of writing the item name again. What do you think about that? Personally, I think it's better. — JPulowski (talk) 15:26, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with you there, i was just putting in the pagename as a placeholder. And don't worry overly about "doing stuff on your own" i did make you an admin for a reason. You are always welcome to ask, but you've made very few (if any!) changes that i would disagree with. — Game widow (talk) 15:28, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * It could be useful to have something like a brief style guide written up so that information like this (and the issue above with spaces, etc.) is easily available. I don't know how many people would bother to look at it, but giving a clear target to aim for might reduce the likelihood of having to clean up after someone chooses a questionable example to follow.Bring back Shani 19:21, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure, care to write it, or start it? — Game widow (talk) 19:22, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * I was thinking more about using one than writing one. I could give it a shot at some point, but apart from the things that have been discussed here, I'm not sure I can differentiate between "good form", "placeholder", and "tragic mistake." Bring back Shani 19:41, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Point taken, but anything you've gleaned would be a great start. It's something that always been on the "to do" list, but never quite gotten off the ground — Game widow (talk) 19:43, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * No promises, but I'll see what I can do. One thing that should probably be covered is how to handle items with variable statistics. For example, I noticed that you changed the damage and bleeding values for the Sword of Kaer Morhen from 16 – 25 to 15 – 24 and +9% to +7%. Both combinations (and probably others) are possible. I'd been trying to use ranges that included all known values, rather than matching one particular instance of an item.Bring back Shani 17:02, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * If all combinations are possible then we do need to note that somehow, possibly using separate lines for each range, or one range that encompasses the whole gamut with a note. — Game widow (talk) 17:07, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Some values are affected by current stats of Geralt. So, best way to be sure checking the game files. For instance some values have "max" and "min" limitations. It could be "min=20" "max=30", and it's totally variable. When one person sees his critical bleed damage "+24%", the other one can see "+27%". It's totally about the stats. If you don't want to check game files, then when checking the stats of a sword, armor etc. from the game, if it shows a value like critical +%24% it's probably "+20 - 30%". But it's only valid for incineration, poisoning and bleeding effects. — JPulowski (talk) 17:36, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't mind checking the game files, i've found the ones you mean, but some of the items can be a bit tricky to identify. But speaking of game files, where are you finding the text strings for journal entries? — Game widow (talk) 17:44, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Using the Red Tools for decoding string files. Afterwards, use an .xml viewer such as notepad++ etc. But it's kind of tricky. The file structure is a little bit different than a simple .xml file. But not that hard. Don't worry, I'll write a guide about extracting, viewing, packing, unpacking game files very soon. ;) — JPulowski (talk) 17:48, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * You rock! thanks :) — Game widow (talk) 17:50, June 15, 2011 (UTC)

FYI: Portal
For your information, I've removed "new screenshots" gadget from portal pages, and replaced with a screenshot place-holder gadget. Because new screenshots was also showing some unnecessary images like icons, miscellaneous images etc. By the way, as far as I can see the basic information about the game stuff is nearly over. Now we need additional information such as walkthroughs, details, tactics, guides etc. :) — JPulowski (talk) 20:25, June 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * I noticed and that's great :) — Game widow (talk) 20:26, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

What's with the bag on this picture?
Hi. I'm talking about this: File:Screenshot_25.png It seems to be a pre-release screen shot because the trophy hook only appears when using a trophy and you can't look into the tavern from the oputside like that... But what's with the bag that seems to contain some sort of tools? It doesn't seem to a a bag of throwing knives, at least (in the retail game) when I equip them there is no such bag... '''Do you know anything about it? ThorwaldR 20:36, June 18, 2011 (UTC)'''

Hello!
Could you explain to me what does this red and green numbers mean?

pl:Specjalna:Ostatnie_zmiany

I will be grateful.

Wilczyca 13:12, June 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Game widow is temporarily away. The red and green numbers refer to the number of bytes which have been added or removed by those edits. Bring back Shani 21:44, June 21, 2011 (UTC)

Uploaded by mistake
Hi I've uploaded a badly cropped picture ] by mistake. You see that awful brown edges I left? Unfortunatly I realized only "after" having uploaded it. Could you please remove it? I can't by myself. I'm going to upload a better one (with no ugly borders this time) :) thanks in advance
 * Hi, Game widow will not be available until end of this week. So let me help you, I've removed the picture you've said and uploaded the original one from the game. You may use it as you wish. :) — JPulowski (talk) 00:01, June 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Great! thank you very very much :D

The Guide is ready
Hi again, here is the guide. It's not totally complete, but I've tried to explain the basics. I'm planning to add lots of other stuff about decompiling .swf files, extracting audio/music files, viewing/editing .xml files etc. I hope you enjoy it. ;) — JPulowski (talk) 17:59, June 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * Magnificent! Thanks so much :) ! — Game widow (talk) 18:06, June 29, 2011 (UTC)

Trash to be removed
I guess you wanna be informed of a spam "File:BUGYS.jpg" uploaded into the database by a bonkers. Cheers :)
 * Thanks! ...and gone — Game widow (talk) 10:30, July 6, 2011 (UTC)

Item locations
I haven't checked to confirm all of them, but I have a feeling that some of the locations you've been listing may be random occurrences and not always a sure way to obtain the items. The location for the trousers is one I did try to confirm and found only two bodies with orens and one with worn leather gauntlets (along with some empty bodies). Bring back Shani 13:01, July 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's possible, i'm only on my second run. I'd rather have them, but i can add "may" be found until we know for sure. If you're sure it's random, then, by all means remove the info — Game widow (talk) 13:19, July 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure. There are several corpses in the area and I could have missed one. :-) I have noticed that random container contents appear to be generated only when you enter an area for the first time, so saving before entering a new area then reloading to check a second time would probably be the easiest way to confirm without a toolset. Bring back Shani 13:52, July 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll try that for future evidence gathering :) — Game widow (talk) 13:54, July 12, 2011 (UTC)

Tables and sorting
Hi again after a short vacation finally I'm back! :) I was just wondering is there a way to change the behavior of sortable tables to instead of using, just clicking to header for sorting? — JPulowski (talk) 19:14, July 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Welcome back! I was beginning to miss you! I'm not aware of a way, and as it stands, at least the "sorttable" (two t's) version sorts correctly, unlike the default "sortable". I can look around, but i'm not sure i see the reasoning :) .. is this just your preference ? or is this based on something more? — Game widow (talk) 19:17, July 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's actually because of the icons we use in sorttables (i.e mutagens, craftable, weight...) if we could use them for sorting, it would be more practical. — JPulowski (talk) 19:41, July 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well ... given that we do specify which icon is used to sort, we can probably add some sort of variable, but we'd technically need 3 "flavours" of each icon then, one for "up", "down" and the "up/down" one. I suppose we could have all three point to the same thing. I'll ask my programmer how hard that would be to do (/if it's possible at all) and let you know. — Game widow (talk) 19:47, July 12, 2011 (UTC)

Style issues: em dashes and British English
They don't seem to be in widespread use here, but I've noticed some scattered edits being made to insert both. In case I ever get around to making some progress on that style guide on the "to do" list, what's your official position regarding the various flavo(u)rs of dashes and the use of British English? Bring back Shani 19:57, July 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Officially, i am partial to the British / Canadian spellings, but the game doesn't use them, so i can totally see the argument for sticking with American (u-impoverished) spelling. As for minuses, n-dashes and m-dashes, i prefer the "minus sign" / shortest dash be used only in mathematical situations. I like the "n-dash" for ranges, and the "m-dash" for pauses in conversations (that last one should be used sparingly outside conversations). So ... we could have a little vote for the flavour of english and dashes among admins (which BTW, you really do deserve to be part of at this point ... would you like admin rights?) — Game widow (talk) 20:12, July 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * I appreciate the offer, but I doubt I'd do the position justice (though it's tempting to accept just so that I can describe it as an "honour"). I have inconsistent amounts of free time and my knowledge of wiki administration ranges from sketchy to non-existent. Your views on dashes seem reasonable, and I don't have strong feelings about spelling outside of preserving text taken directly from the game. If I were to cast a vote, it would be for American spelling since that's what most editors appear to be using (and also so that I can keep hoarding "u"s). Bring back Shani 23:50, July 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * On second thought, I wouldn't mind having the ability to block someone. ;-) Bring back Shani 22:28, July 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Done! — Game widow (talk) 10:57, July 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you, it's an honour. Bring back Shani 19:39, July 17, 2011 (UTC)

Boussy in Chapter II
Can you confirm that it's possible to learn of his death during Chapter II? I'm not sure if that was a typo because I haven't played with a dead Adda, but I only remember it being mentioned in a comment by Roche after meeting with Radovid during Chapter III. Bring back Shani 21:51, July 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * When i took Roche's path, I learned of Boussy's death from Henselt in Chapter II (or possibly Dethmold, but i think it was Henselt who said "Due to the tragic death of Prince Boussy, his sister, Anais, will inherit the Temerian crown." — Game widow (talk) 11:28, July 19, 2011 (UTC)

Mighty Numa the fistfighting arm wrestler
There is an optional fistfight with him during Bring it on: Loc Muinne if you fail to intimidate him or pick the "Make my day." dialogue option. Bring back Shani 12:01, July 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, OK :) sorry about that then — Game widow (talk) 12:03, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

Isidor Kay in Chapter III
On the Conflagration page you added that he's available in Loc Muinne. Do you have more info about his appearance there? I haven't seen him turn up anywhere except for his original spot in Chapter II. Bring back Shani 06:42, July 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Are you asking about Isidor or Earso? Earso is just southwest of the market area in the colonnade. As for Isidor, i could be mistaken. — Game widow (talk) 10:53, July 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * I was asking about Isidor. I definitely missed the Boussy conversation I asked about earlier, so I thought Isidor might have slipped past me also. Thanks for the update. Bring back Shani 23:25, July 21, 2011 (UTC)

Alchemical substances in mutagens
I've added the new substance information from patch 1.3 to most of the mutagen pages, and was thinking about adding an "effects" field to Template:Infoboxitem2 and changing them over to use that so both substances and effects would be displayed. I'm not sure if you'd prefer to use a completely new template for mutagens, though, so they're still using Template:Infoboxitem2 for now (with substances hidden). Bring back Shani 10:46, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll fix Template:Infoboxitem2 to also have effects. Good idea :) — Game widow (talk) 11:48, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

Re: welcome back!
Thanks. I hope you'll enjoy the new Brokilon arms proposal :) Cheers. Mboro 17:39, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Very nice indeed :) — Game widow (talk) 17:42, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

Sambor's storage?
Have you seen Sambor offer storage access on both Iorveth's and Roche's paths? In my Roche playthrough only Raymond Gessler did. Bring back Shani 23:21, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * hmm .. it was probably Raymond, now that you point it out, my mistake ... i was more concerned about finding the chest, i've still never asked an NPC about storage, i just use the chests. — Game widow (talk) 10:56, July 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Neither one of them feels like talking on Iorveth's path, so it is hard to tell who the chest belongs to. I've been doing some testing, and items placed in it don't seem to be added to the mysterious merchant's inventory back in Vergen, so I've changed that part of your edit on the The Witcher 2 storage page. It's possible that we may have been doing something differently that affects it, so I thought I'd mention it in case you want to double check. Bring back Shani 00:38, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks ... i'll give it another whirl next playthrough :) — Game widow (talk) 10:32, August 31, 2011 (UTC)

Swedish wiki
Here's the link to the main page of the swedish version. sv:H%C3%A4xkarlen_Wiki Himmelstoss 00:04, July 29, 2011 (UTC)

For your information
Hi!

Since 1,5 weeks I was out of the city for vacation. I've returned today, but but 2 days later I will go on a vacation again. And I will not be available until August 5, 2011. Afterwards, I will not be available between August 15 - 20. I need to help my family for harvest season. :/ I'm really sorry for this delay, and just wanted to inform you about the situation so I'm not dead, I'm still alive. But no worries when I return I will finish everything I've left undone. Thank you really much! :) — JPulowski (talk) 18:13, July 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * Not to worry, but thank-you for letting me know :) and i'm relieved to know you haven't died! Talk to you soon — Game widow (talk) 18:17, July 30, 2011 (UTC)

Adrenaline ability names
I noticed that you changed the names of the Alchemy and Swordsmanship tree Adrenaline abilities to "Berserker" and "Whirlwind". Were you naming them after the skills with those names or did you find their names somewhere else?

I was trying to use the names from the tutorial entries that appear in the journal, but those entries aren't triggered correctly and I mixed them up. I'm pretty sure the Alchemy ability is supposed to be called "Battle Frenzy" and the Swordsmanship ability is just the unnamed "group finishers" (as was originally on the Adrenaline rush page before I edited it). Bring back Shani 12:12, August 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * OK ... i thought they were mislabelled ;) If my changes are incorrect, revert them — Game widow (talk) 12:19, August 1, 2011 (UTC)

Hostile troll
Do you have any more information about the third troll in Chapter II on Roche's path? I've seen other people mention it before but have never encountered it. The nearest creatures to the camp followers' encampment have usually been rotfiends behind the old tower, so I was wondering if the troll might have been removed by one of the patches. Bring back Shani 10:22, August 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * IIRC, the hostile troll is near that gully that leads to the battlefield. I've run into him twice, and i'm fairly sure i'd already applied patch 1.3 by the time i ran into him last time. He doesn't speak, he just runs at you throwing rocks. Unfortunately, i didn't make a specific note about his location, but i'll keep my eyes open on the next run. — Game widow (talk) 11:18, August 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. :-) Bring back Shani 07:17, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

CSS changes to Special Pages
Hey there!

We've noticed some of your changes to the site's CSS for SpecialPages cause problems on some of them. E.g. on Special:WantedPages most links should be red, but they are gold-ish. I'm sure this is an easy fix, you just need to take the .new class into account.

Let me know if you have any questions or problems or grab me on Skype.

Cheers, TOR

Minimum price to buy
Which value do you think we should be using as the minimum price to buy for The Witcher 2 items, the lowest price they can actually be found for sale at or their lowest possible price (from selling and buying back)? I haven't checked very thoroughly, but there seem to be four possible for each item (from low to high): mysterious merchant with the haggling ability, mysterious merchant without haggling, standard price with haggling, and standard price without haggling. Bring back Shani 20:29, September 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree that the formulae would be nice to have. The standard prices with haggling look like they might consistently be the standard price x 0.8 with any fractions rounded up, but I'm not quite sure how the mysterious merchant's prices are calculated. Bring back Shani 10:14, September 9, 2011 (UTC)

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Witcher 2 shop inventories
How do you want to handle the inventory listings? I noticed you've added them for Einar Gausel and Fioravanti but, when I checked an old save of mine to compare, they both had a slightly different selection of items (I've been assuming merchant inventories are semi random based on some other information that didn't match, but haven't done any testing to confirm). Bring back Shani 10:25, September 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * I got those from the French wiki, and i suspected there was probably some randomness ... so i think i'll just remove them. — Game widow (talk) 10:56, September 13, 2011 (UTC)

Rich Text Editor
I'm trying to disable the Rich Text Editor (I was one of the most active proponents of getting it removed from The Vault - and due in part to my persistence, it no longer is available on that wiki) but the options you listed in your message aren't there. Instead I deselected "Enable visual editor (where available)" and selected "Disable Category module (only applies if editing in visual mode has been disabled)" but that doesn't seem to have had the same effect. What else can I do to get away from this Rich Text Editor? -- 16:18, September 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * What we did on the Vault is, I started a vote in the forums section. When that vote ran its course, I presented the results to Wikia in the community forums. They, in turn, kicked it back saying "not enough people voted" so the other admins and I got the word out to get more people to vote, and eventually they noticed and disabled the Rich Text editor. I really really hate this thing. I had to switch to Monobook for a minute to fix an edit I made - it rearranged the categories even after I did a "show changes" before I posted, and it didn't list that change in the change list. I want Monaco back (or whatever that old theme was called). -- 22:17, September 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sigh, i'd love monaco back, but it ain't happening ... i will make a post / blog about the editor though. However, have you been to the vault lately? is the editor in fact that different now ? i mean, i'm all for getting the RTE disabled, but i don't honestly think it will make much difference now. — Game widow (talk) 22:49, September 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * I just checked... the editor there is the same as here. I'm NOT pleased. Obviously I haven't been editing much lately. I mainly changed to the new Wikia look to use the chatroom... but I think it's time to switch back to Monobook, for me at least. Why are they shoving all this stuff, which has been explicitly stated as unwanted, down our throats? -- 13:36, September 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * I suspected that was the case. As for why wikia is doing this? I have no idea, i quit working for them over it, though i still maintain the witcher wikis and the malazan wiki. I share your frustration, believe me. — Game widow (talk) 13:49, September 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * The old-style editor is still used for the Monobook skin. I've made a page in my user space that provides a Mononbook-compatible version of WikiActivity: User:Deadlykris/MyHome. I'm officially switching back to Monobook and if you want to use the code on that page to make a Witcher-wiki official version of it, feel free - I got it from Ausir in the first place, when he posted a page with it on The Vault around the time they were phasing out Monaco. -- 14:07, September 20, 2011 (UTC)

Guide to romance
Take a look at the page now, if you would; do you think it's worthy of moving to the main namespace as a normal article? It still needs work, especially Chapter V, but that said I think it's ready to become a real article instead of a little side project of mine. I've wikified it, dressed it up with icons, written an intro, and checked the info to the best of my ability, relying heavily on existing info on the Wiki and in many places using wording from other articles verbatim. I've also used my own limited experience with the game to correct any inaccuracies (for example, the Nonhumans' Home was listed as being across from Vivaldi's Bank, I changed that to say Vivaldi's place in my article and I'll track down where it was listed incorrectly on the article I copied from and fix it there too). I suspect there's other inaccurate info, but I can't be sure. Let me know what you think, even if you do so by moving the article yourself :) -- 16:24, September 25, 2011 (UTC)

Hello
Hello, Game widow, thanx for the info, but how could he work over one year in Overlord Wiki, and now his interest about it disappears. Really, Game widow, the Overlord Wiki is abandoned. No one except a few users, contributes as me. I am sad, because AEon was really appreciating my edits, it's all about this. Of course, no one is the "really" fine, everyone has his glitches. Really, AEon is a very smart one, but he stopped once to contribute in the Overlord Wiki. And i usually have problems with many users, in any wiki i found. It seems that you are one of the greatest, finest and best users i ever met. But i won't edit in this wiki, my speciality is Concept art. I went to many wikis only to add art. But the admins were too mean to appreciate my art, and tried many times to ban me or punish them. Instead i punished them with cursing them and telling the other users in the other wikia sites. Really, if you can, please help me to enjoy a maximum punisment on one mean user. He is rude, violent, diabolical, nasty and enjoys making the users suffer. Please, i know your work is not to punish the users, but he deserves it as well. He maked me leave the Batman Wiki (adding art of course) and he reverted my edits, just because i didn't place the art in a gallery.

He could add it into a gallery, not just revert it, and of course he's favoring users as well.

And he must be punished as well. Gargantuan224 14:22, October 5, 2011 (UTC)

Something ends, something begins
Hey there, just read under the 'Something ends, something begins' wikia page you might have a fan-translation of it. I have been trying to find it myself over the net but seems to be missing, therefore I'd love to have it e-mailed whether you have the time for it. Please contact me at: eamnils[at]gmail.com Thanks in advance!
 * sent — Game widow (talk) 11:00, October 8, 2011 (UTC)

Bauble
The icon for the bauble on the lures page doesn't match its appearance in my game (where it looks more like part of a brass bedpost). I don't think I've ever seen an item using that image. Bring back Shani 05:31, October 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know, i think i have the correct image now. — Game widow (talk) 11:41, October 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * That's it. :-) Bring back Shani 11:56, October 9, 2011 (UTC)

Clean ups in German Hexer Wiki
Hi Game widow :) You made/make some clean ups in the Hexer Wiki (renaming categories, links etc). Maybe Weas-El (Diskussion) can support you by involving his Bot Account? »» Dove «« 16:29, October 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Any and all help is gratefully appreciated :) .. i did use a bot for the big changes, i just forgot to switch to my bot username. oops :) — Game widow (talk) 17:19, October 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay :) CU, »» Dove «« 11:59, October 11, 2011 (UTC)

Page to be removed
Just pointing to a nonsense page I've just found "Ave Henselt". I think it should be removed.

hug
 * And right you were :) — Game widow (talk) 11:27, October 15, 2011 (UTC)

Image requests

 * Well, maybe you didn't notice, but I've uploaded yesterday several images that you asked: File:Tw2-screenshot-scaffold-fistfight-01.png, File:Tw2-screenshot-scaffold-fistfight-02.png, File:Tw2-screenshot-fragile.png, File:Tw2-screenshot-gondor.png. Though I don't know where do you want to put them exactly so leaving this up to you. - JohnMiles 23:07, October 16, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Game Widow,

I've no idea how this chat thing works and I hope I'm doing it right, not sure if I should be replying here or on my talk page?

Anyway thank you for your welcome letter, it feels nice to be able to do something helpful for other people.

In regards to the Oathbreakers outfit I can list all the ingredients needed for that this weekend. I haven't been playing it a lot recently. I still have not progressed far enough in the game to have any details for the Kinslayers outfit yet. When I finally get to that stage, if it's not already done by then, I'll post those details too.

You've done great work here and I find the site really helpful. Keep it up!

Regards,

Andy.

Andy2904 21:59, October 21, 2011 (UTC)

Commented Videos

 * I think we need your opinion about this topic: Talk:Courage Symbolized - JohnMiles 18:42, October 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * I personally hate commented videos. I confess that i never watch the ones that are uploaded. I fully support not having commented ones on this wiki. — Game widow (talk) 18:58, October 22, 2011 (UTC)

Images by Elves4me2

 * Do we need that many duplicated images that are being uploaded recently by Elves4me2? I've asked him that User_talk:Elves4me2 but he doesn't seem to pay any attention. E.g. why do we need a dozen of almost identical images of Iorveth ? Same things on other pages. Maybe you'll talk to the guy? That it's better to upload images to pages without screens than senslessly duplicate the existing ones. - JohnMiles 16:30, October 26, 2011 (UTC)

Blocking 177.17.251.123
I noticed that you blocked 177.17.251.123 earlier for removing content from pages but, unless I've overlooked something, they were only adding rune sword prices (which I don't know are correct or not). Bring back Shani 02:30, November 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * I thought they'd removed them ... if that was a mistake, then by all means, unblock. it was before my morning coffee, iirc. sorry — Game widow (talk) 10:59, November 1, 2011 (UTC)

Prices
Thank you for your help with some of the price updates. It would be a little easier to tell at a glance which ones have been checked (and when) if you include a note in the edit summary, though. :-) Bring back Shani 13:54, November 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * OK .. still not used to having help (me, that is). I've only updated book prices in the same range as the ones you already did. — Game widow (talk) 13:57, November 6, 2011 (UTC)

Hidden categories
Hey there!

Andrzej told me you had problems with a category not being hidden. For a cat to work as hidden it needs to have the __HIDDENCAT__ magic word included somewhere in the text.

I just tested and it works correctly and hides the category on view as you expected.

Happy editing! TOR 00:22, November 17, 2011 (UTC)


I just added an internal link reference for Fleders on the Maximizing Experience Points page and now all of the chapter buttons at the top have been replaced by . I don't understand why the images are no longer displaying properly so I thought maybe you could have a look. --RoseLegion 01:57, November 17, 2011 (UTC)

Diagram: Robust leather jacket
You've described the Diagram: Robust leather jacket as being available from Mael, but it isn't in the shop inventory listing on his talk page. Do you know if that was a mistake, or if it was changed in one of the patches? I don't think I've ever found that diagram in the game. Bring back Shani 18:58, November 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * I was wondering the same thing, it's possible that i found it, then sold it to him ... i don't remember the exact circumstances at all — Game widow (talk) 19:38, November 20, 2011 (UTC)

I just wanted to check the Wikia Map for the Swamps. Apparently, there are no markings on it >.<

File:Map_Swamp.png

Video preview size
I've only now mentioned that you've changed video preview size on some pages from 500 px to 300 px (e.g. Aryan_La_Valette), that's why I have a small question. Maybe it's more reasonable to have normal-size previews when there's only one video on the page? When there's two - no question, it's better to make them "half-sized". But when there's only one - what's the reason of making them so small??? They look very nice in there normal size (imho). Especially in the case when there's no graphic at all on a page, just a huge wall of plane text (e.g. The_Path_to_Vision and many others). And when they're 500px you can watch them directly on the Wiki page. When you're making them so small - it's almost impossible to view them this way, you can hardly recognize what's happening in that tiny window. So you have to switch to YouTube site leaving this wiki which isn't wise. I think it's better to leave people the opportunity to watch videos directly on this wiki, don't you think? So the question is: may I still embed videos in 500 px size when there's only a single video in a row or not?

PS. I've uploaded several images that you've asked (Wreck of the Eyla Tarn and Elthon's hut), so if you need anything else - feel free to ask. - JohnMiles 13:53, January 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm not averse to the larger video, they just look enormous on my large monitor :) ... and thank you for the images! — Game widow (talk) 12:12, January 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok. Then I'll add a few more videos soon. Btw, I think it's better to place this new official CG video on the main page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ajukUlRKdA, I just don't know how. :) - JohnMiles 08:10, January 28, 2012 (UTC)
 * Main page video updated. — Game widow (talk) 12:02, January 28, 2012 (UTC)

XP
hi i was just wondering why information on the amount of xp gained by killing a monster is not posted on pages. i put it on the nekker page like a year ago but its nowhere else - Zach9054 04:19, February 28, 2012 (UTC)
 * It's nowhere because i don't know where to find it easily. I'm certainly not against it — Game widow (talk) 12:29, February 28, 2012 (UTC)

Epilogue in Witcher 2
I was serfing the wiki but couldn't find any article or section defined for Epilogue in the Witcher 2. Only section in Witcher 1 storyline Epilogue. Maybe we should add one for Witcher 2 somewhere? Because I think some people would like to see different endings. I have a couple, for example. ) - JohnMiles 11:08, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * Certainly! I approve — Game widow (talk) 00:11, March 15, 2012 (UTC)

RE:Skin
Hi GW! I've tried my best to keep all Starter Guide CSS separate from the wiki's CSS, and we won't change the skin in any way. If necessary, I can also move the images used by the guide off the wiki (I'm not sure what the wiki's image policy is). Mark ( talk ) 11:57, April 7, 2012 (UTC)

TW2 EE new content question
In the EE readme it says that those two new quests have been added. So far so good. But it also says a forst and a tunnel have been added around Loc Muinne. Do you have a map or a description where those are? I looked at the descriptions of the new quests, but those new locations seem to be unrealted... Thanks. ThorwaldR (who forgot to log in) 93.135.13.114 21:10, May 8, 2012 (UTC)

Wiksteria Lane
Hey, I'm an admin over at the Desperate Wiki, and I noticed you don't come by to the there anymore :( Did you lose interest in the show? Or the wiki? Because if it was the wiki, we've been really trying hard to turn it around, and it'd be awesome if you decided to come back!! :) -- User:Lynettefan2626
 * Hi there, i used to work for Wikia, so back then i helped out on many, many wikis. Since i don't anymore, i work only on my "pet" wiki. However, if you need help, just let me know. — Game widow (talk) 10:39, May 14, 2012 (UTC)

Mary Louisa La Valette
So, is this another one of those wikis where it is customary to wholesale revert another editor's contributions without even a comment]? I mean, okay, maybe "faworyta" was translated into the ambiguous "mistress" in the English version, but why must you separate Aryan from his younger siblings like that, considering that the information about him being her eldest son is not "revealed" - it is part of general knowledge, as described in his journal entry. Unless, of course, she and her two children were mentioned elsewhere, whereas Aryan makes his first appearance in W2. Still, just a little explanation as to why change the text back to the awkward "King Foltest moves to capture... and oh yeah, by the way, Aryan's her son, too" wording can't hurt, can it? --00:36, May 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * Aryan is a character which was created by CD Projekt and added to the game. He does not appear in the books and so does not belong in the first section. you might consider reading the section titles and seeing how the wiki is structured before getting indignant. — Game widow (talk) 10:28, May 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * The section titles say nothing about a rule that forbids mentioning game-exclusive content in the lead section. Indeed, I couldn't find any content guidelines that say so over there (or any wiki-specific content guidelines, for that matter). On the other hand, Help:Editing does instruct people to explain their edits in the "Summary" box.
 * Moreover, looks like you're the one who's supposed to explain these things to new users, most of whom are probably not even aware that "the Witcher" is something more than just two games.
 * Finally, judging by Special:ListUsers, this wiki is run mainly by you. The standard wiki-pitfall of article "ownership" extends in your case to the entire mainspace. Therefore, it might be prudent to lay out your vision of how this wiki's articles should be structured (like the masseffect.wikia.com style guide) in a central location and link to it in edit summaries, to help avoid such misunderstandings in the future. --19:09, May 15, 2012 (UTC)

Naming issues
Greetings, Game widow,

The description page of this Wiki (Witcher Wiki:About) states that you are one of its administrators. Due to the fact I want to leave my opinion here about a vital issue of the Witcher Wiki. Issue that you may or may not see as one.

I have recently found this Wiki, as I started a long replay of both games, unfortunately I have not read any of the books, but I am looking forward to it. First odd thing that bothers me so much is the page naming. I find such an important page names like "The Witcher quests" and "The Witcher 2 quests" somewhat ugly and confusing. Moreover names of less important pages are also somewhat disorganized, example, "Cynthia" and "Cynthia (sorceress)".

I suggest a simple solution. I've spent some time editing the Elder Scrolls Wiki prior to this and I think that pages are named and organized better there - characters, locations and other important pages have game noted after the actual title. Previously mentioned page names would turn into: "Quests (The Witcher)";"Quests (The Witcher 2)";"Cynthia (A Little Sacrifice)";"Cynthia (The Witcher 2)". This would make them less confusing and more cosmetically pleasing.

In fact there are a lot of things the Witcher Wiki could borrow from the Elder Scrolls Wiki, but this is one of the most important ones, in my opinion. There are some pages I am not allowed to rename, otherwise I am ready to help the Wiki with this matter. All I need is your approval.

Sorry for the long message,

Ikabite 18:03, June 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh, yeah, and one more thing. There seems to be a lot of pages and references made to books and novels in polish, the original titles. The translated version only follows after, but since this is global Wiki wouldn' t it be better to write the english title first and then explain it? As far as I know not all of the books are translated, therefore they may be mistakes in given titles now, but that isn' t hard to fix, is it?


 * Ikabite 21:24, June 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * Names in Polish are there because no english equivalent exists yet, most of the books and short stories have not been translated into english.


 * As for page name inconventions, thanks for your thoughts, but no thanks. — Game widow (talk) 11:31, June 9, 2012 (UTC)

Dragons
Why so serious? :D I guess I deserved the warning. I hope you gave the page a read a least, did you? To my mind the dragon breed descriptions would fit in the current page. And the dragon-like creature list is really unnecessary, it can all be put in one sentence, saying that people often mistake lesser draconids, ornithosaurs and dracolizards.
 * Look at it this way: organisation is a perspective. Yours and mine differ, evidently considerably. The logic in this wiki is to place like things together, not to separate them and spread them all around. What you feel is obvious may not be so to other users. — Game widow (talk) 12:03, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

The Rotfiend Contract map
I'm not sure if you made the map on this page: The Rotfiend Contract but if you did, could you add the 2 missing shields to the north of the map. Thanks. 91.156.53.129 18:09, June 28, 2012 (UTC)
 * I didn't make the map, and it's a wiki, so you can add the missing shields — Game widow (talk) 10:42, June 29, 2012 (UTC)

new redirect image
Hi Game widow :) Can you create a new image for the redirect arrow? This black symbol is hardly to be seen on our dark style here (see for instance Money >> redirect Oren]). What do you think about that? »» Dove «« (talk) 21:00, August 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * Sadly, that's part of the back end and we can't control it. I've got the image, but i can't make wikia use it. You could try to suggest it. — Game widow (talk) 21:58, August 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * I was afraid of that... Okay, than I'll make a suggestion - dark styles should get a light arrow. thx, »» Dove «« (talk) 10:39, August 7, 2012 (UTC) :)

You've implemented the solution already, thx, looks good :) »»Dove«« (talk) 21:41, August 12, 2012 (UTC)

Gems need an overhaul
We currently offer duplicate information on two pages for each gem. I propose merging them into Precious stones and creating redirects/disambiguation pages. I would also remove the copied Wikipedia content as it has no use in connection to Witcher.

Major problems: Minor problems:
 * Sapphire (Should be disambiguation, merge Source info into Precious stones)
 * Diamond (Disambiguation, merge Source and Uses)
 * Ruby (Disambig)
 * Amber (Should be a redirect, merge the one line of info we have on it into precious stones)
 * Emerald (Redirect)

The table on precious stones is growing out of hand too. I propose a simplified table: We could then list locations and uses below. With links in the table pointing to the information below, of course.

1 Note about Emerald not being able to be found in the game.
That's all. 3ICE (talk) 12:47, August 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * sure, that sounds fine. — Game widow (talk) 22:12, August 7, 2012 (UTC)

undone
i'm sure your insinuation of the bias of my 'taste' is grounded in dealing with a lot of nonsense from a lot of people, but i think your summary of the 'undo' of my Siegfried edit was off the mark. where is there a guideline saying "cleanup = adding content"? my intent in that edit is not to add content - it's to improve the quality and clarity of what was already there. that's why my summary was "cleanup", as it most often is. if you think i made the content worse than its prior disordered, redundant and visibly unfinished condition (and admittedly i have occasionally made too many simultaneous changes to multiple aspects of a page), i challenge that judgment. my choice of rewording is not about 'taste', it's about being less awkward/disordered/repetitive/rambling than what i am rewording. if i happen to 'stylize' something in the process, it's inadvertent; implying that the entire edit was 'to suit [my] taste' casts me in an even more petty light!

anyway, thank you for calling it to my attention, because the job was unfinished. i mistakenly dropped a couple of sentences describing Siegfried, which belong (if anywhere) in an opening description of the character, rather than the end of a paragraph on 'first meeting'); i'll try again and correct that fault. digging deeper... almost everything under Trivia is basic quest info or already part of the article, so one edit will be dedicated to getting that out. Yeti magi (talk) 01:08, October 21, 2012 (UTC)

Blog about the ToU
Hi Game widow, I hope all's well with you :)

As you are the most active admin here at the moment, I wanted to make sure that you have seen my blog post about the sex cards. Possibly you have some ideas of the best way to show them while still keeping to the ToU? Thanks -- sannse 17:48, October 31, 2012 (UTC) ‎

New Arms added
Hello.

I uploaded a few coats of arms, but via polish-wikia, so... could you put them in here... to HQ-wikia ;) PLEASE...


 * Creigiau simple
 * Creigiau greater / full
 * Ebbing alternate

I just forgot the technical nuances of upload, description and segregation of files at HQ-wikia.

Sorry for disarray and thank you in advance. Warm regards; Mboro (talk) 12:38, November 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem, and thank-you for the coats of arms :) — Game widow (talk) 13:15, November 14, 2012 (UTC)

Template:Twitter
Template twitter is broken or it's a wiki glitch? - secondchildren
 * I think it's a glitch in the wiki extension, but I'll check — Game widow (talk) 21:55, February 5, 2013 (UTC)