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==Wikipedia Good Articles==
== Account Hacked? ==
Hey there. :) Just wanted to update you. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Plume_Mountain White Plume Mountain] has just been made a GA, joining [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwellers_of_the_Forbidden_City Dwellers of the Forbidden City] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Horrors Tomb of Horrors]. :) Plus, we've still got a few in the cooker... We've found that modules are (relatively speaking) way easier than anything else to move ahead, so we're going to try to get as many of the major ones as possible promoted. [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 19:32, 12 February 2009 (EST)
Hey there, Rob.   I hope you have your settings to recieve an email when there's something on your Talk page!
Sorry for contacting you this way ... the system won't let me contact you via email, and I don't have another address or contact method for you. I may try on Canonfire, if we don't get in touch.


==Greyhawk's article on Wikipedia==
Anywhoozle ... I don't know if you're aware or not, but the GHwiki on greyparticle.com has issues with bots and hackers, and it seems on 15 August 2023, for about six hours, your account was used to make something in the vicinity of 467 spam article pages on the wiki.  They're advertising cheat codes, gems, and coins for mobile games, or something.  ... (?)  They've each got bot-generated keyword titles like, "Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery Cheats And Unlimited Coins Gems".  If you want to see them, here's [https://ghwiki.greyparticle.com/index.php/Special:Contributions/Robbastard your Contributions page on greyparticle.com.]
Hello,


We are considering what to do to make [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhawk Greyhawk] into a "Good Article". Please discuss [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Greyhawk#Good_Article.3F here] if you like, or just check out the article itself and see what you can do. :) Note that since my last message, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_to_the_Barrier_Peaks Expedition to the Barrier Peaks], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Caverns_of_Tsojcanth Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Plume_Mountain White Plume Mountain] are also now GA's. [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 22:34, 2 March 2009 (EST)
At any rate—Just thought you should be aware, and I thought you might want to change your passwords that you use anywhere, if they may be the same as the one you used for the CF wiki.
—[[User:Jawal Severnain|Jawal Severnain]] ([[User talk:Jawal Severnain|talk]]) 00:09, 6 November 2023 (CST)


==Kas==
==Response to Deletion Request==
I uploaded two different crops of the image, [http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Kas02.jpg one that shows him full-body] and [http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Kas01.jpg one that shows his face and sword in somewhat better resolution]. I'm not sure which is more appropriate. -- [[User:Rip|Rip]] 18:22, 3 March 2009 (EST)
Hey there, Rob! <br/>
I wasn't sure if you'd seen that I responded to your message on my Talk page. Also, I installed a <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> template that will nominate any page for deletion, and put it in a Category for subjects of proposals for deletion.   Just wanted to check in and let you know we are working on things.  
--[[User:Icarus|Icarus]] ([[User talk:Icarus|talk]]) 12:24, 14 December 2020 (CST)


==Drow==
== Cool ==
Hey there. :) In my quest to get more Wikipedia articles up to "Good Article" status, I've gotten ambitious and decided to take on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drow_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons) Drow] article. Yeah, call me crazy, but I'm going to do it. :) I've put a bunch of work into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drow_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)#Advanced_Dungeons_.26_Dragons_1st_edition_.281977-1988.29 AD&D 1st edition section], using the sources I had on hand (don't have Q1 so did what I could), though I probably went overboard and will need to trim back a bit. I'm going to start on the 2nd edition section soon, but I would appreciate any help you or anyone you know can give towards building up the publication history properly, finding sources, checking for inaccuracies and completeness, etc. I'd especially need help in bulking up the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drow_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)#Novels novels] section, as I don't have any of these. Any help you can give, even as a cheering section, would be appreciated. :) [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 22:57, 4 April 2009 (EDT)
You might be interested in [http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/295116-space-gamer-different-worlds-fantasy-gamer-white-wolf-magazine-shadis-pyramid.html#post5356531 this]. :) [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 13:35, 22 October 2010 (EDT)
:Glad you liked it. :) I've been busily adding all sorts of stuff to all sorts of D&D books articles, most of which have something to do with Greyhawk. :) [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 15:47, 29 October 2010 (EDT)


== Have you settled on a final name for this wiki yet? ==
If this doesn't work, I give up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Gavin.collins_3#Motion_to_move_Incident_Report_to_AN  ;) [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 10:57, 3 November 2010 (EDT)


Hi,
== Advice with anti-spam settings for wikis ==
Hi Robbastard,


You still have a mixture of "GH Wiki" and "The Great Library of Greyhawk". Have you and the other editors of this wiki settled on a final name for this wiki yet?
I've been helping someone get another MediaWiki wiki project off of the ground (one that is not public yet) and was telling them about your brilliant anti-spam policies here. I'm especially impressed with the way that you now have the entire wiki locked to non-editors and force people to use the Canonfire! forum to get an account. If he could do that, he could avoid all the sillyness that I know you and the other editors were reverting and then his team will be able to get the project ready to go live faster.


If you have then someone needs to go around and remove the "incorrect name", so that you just have one name for this wiki.
(I'm so frustrated that Wikia will not allow me to do the same thing with my ''own'' wiki - mind you it is now so full of adverts it is virtually unreadable. I shall probably be moving Spelljammer Wiki off of Wikia when I have the time and money to be able to do it. The 'fear' of the same level of spam that you and your team have been dealing with has been one of the things that have made me wait. But if you are willing to share your methods, you could be helping two wikis to move forward.)


I wanted to creat a page for your wiki on [http://www.wikiindex.org/Welcome WikiIndex], but there is no point in me doing that while you don't have the name sorted out. I don't want to create a page that is going to work against your "corporate identity".
Anyhoo, I wonder if you would be able to get me the instructions on how to lock down MediaWiki. My friend has access to a forum on his website, so he should be able to do both the tricks that you have done here.


Once you have that sorted out, it would be nice to see your wiki dropped into the [http://www.wikiindex.org/Category:Dungeons_%26_Dragons Dungeons & Dragons category of WikiIndex], as that is rather empty at the moment.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me (and my friend). [[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]] 19:16, 28 June 2011 (EDT)
*Your best bet would be to talk to [[Gary Holian]]. He really isn't active on the wiki, but you can pm him on the Canonfire boards. His user name is PSmedger.--[[User:Robbastard|Robbastard]] 20:05, 28 June 2011 (EDT)


[[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]] 07:45, 9 April 2009 (EDT)
::Thanks for the help! I'll get onto him now.


::Thanks for your speedy reply. The text "Ghwiki" appears in the <title> tag of the HTML that this wiki is generating. So it is showing up in the top of the user's browser on '''every''' page. I think an admin is going to need to fix that sort of thing. (Hopefully "The Great Library of Greyhawk" is not too long to fit up there. I suspect it is and that you might need to drop the word "The" from the start of the name.) [[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]] 10:30, 11 April 2009 (EDT)
== Amedio Jungle Map ==
Robbastard,


:::Thanks for the heads up on who can fix this. Would you be able to get in touch with Gary Holian, and pass on my suggestion to fix the title that the wiki is sending out?
Just curious, where did you get the GREAT map of the Amedio jungle you uploaded here?  


:::BTW: I'm going to put up a basic page over at WikiIndex with the name "The Great Library of Greyhawk". It is a wiki, so feel free to edit the blurb and improve it. [[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]] 10:39, 11 April 2009 (EDT)
Thanks,


:::EDIT: The page is up: See [http://www.wikiindex.org/The_Great_Library_of_Greyhawk 'The Great Library of Greyhawk' at WikiIndex]. I still need the logo. [[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]] 11:03, 11 April 2009 (EDT)
GM


::::Thanks for the information about who made the logo. I've posted a [[User_talk:Saracenus#Logo_for_The_Great_Library_of_Greyhawk|request for help on Saracenus's user page]]. As he (and not the wiki) owns the logo, I guess it is up to him now. [[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]] 11:36, 11 April 2009 (EDT)
== Reckoning of Hell ==


==Dave Arneson==
This user has been going around re-nominating articles which were previously AFD'd, and so far he has been pretty successful, at least in getting them merged instead of kept as articles. However, I am concerned because [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Reckoning_of_Hell Reckoning of Hell] is closer to getting deleted than the others were. [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 08:13, 10 February 2012 (EST)
Hey there, did you hear about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Arneson Dave Arneson]? Please help me keep an eye on that article if you can, for reasons I stated on the talk page. [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 08:45, 9 April 2009 (EDT)


==Empire of Iuz==
==Infobox Images==
Time for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Empire_of_Iuz_(3rd_nomination) round 3] [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 11:12, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
I'm pretty indifferent about whether the infobox images are 200 pixels or 250. 250 takes up a lot of visual real estate, but makes for clearer images with more detail, so I can see the pros and cons of both. If I had to choose, I'd go with the 250 pixel standard. -- [[User:Rip|Rip]] 19:54, 20 March 2012 (EDT)


== Just Learning  ==
== Dragon & Dungeon Magazine Images ==
Hi Robb, as you have already seen, i like a lot to add images to the wiki, many of them taken from Dragon & Dungeon Magazines. As I am italian, i do not possess any of english D&D Magazines, some of them were published also here (i have all the ones with Greyhawk content). So I want to ask you, if you have some of them, if you could scan (in the Hightest Quality possible) some of the pages with greyhawk related material, so that I could take the images from the scans and put them here. I know it's a bit weird request because there are already scanned pdf on the net, but many of then are in a quality that make the images almost impossible to extract.


Hello I hope that I can help my doing just some grunt work of copying and pasting stuff to expand what is already becoming a great site. I am having trouble creating a link for the city of Zeif.  If anyone could tell what I am doing wrong I would be very greatful.
Kind Regards ^_^, Omega9999
:I already have some, but it will take me awhile to get around to it. RL eats into my wiki time greatly. :)--[[User:Robbastard|Robbastard]] ([[User talk:Robbastard|talk]]) 12:21, 16 November 2014 (EST)


Is what I am doing worth while to this project?


[[User:LordTshil]] 6/5/2009
I know, but if you can manage to scan some pages and send them to me, I will do the rest ^_^
 
:I'm not sure what your issue is with the city of Zeif link. Without actually knowing the problem, I can only throw out random advice that possibly does not apply to you. Do you known the wiki-code for adding links? Do you have the capitalisation correct? Are you aware that [[City of Zeif]], [[City Of Zeif]] and [[city of zeif]] all point to different places? Maybe you could say what article you are having the problem in, so that someone else can surf over there and see what the issue is.
 
:Looks like some of the grunt work you are doing is the creation of 'stub' articles. I've seen other wikis, where they have a stub category and a stub template (or stub-section template) that automatically adds 'unfinished' articles into the stub category. But I can't find a similar category (or template) over here.
 
:I think the main reason for a stub category, is that your helpful work pulls these article names out of [[Special:Wantedpages]], but does not leave other editors with a clue that the page is still mostly empty. So when another editor comes along to help, they don't get a 'red flag' on the names of the articles that you have created. Essentially, you face the risk that the wiki eventually has a small percentage of 'mostly empty' articles and future editors struggle to find out where they are. But adding [[:Category:Stubs]] would create a list of articles (on the category page) that are known to need further attention. And that means that others can build on your good work (instead of having to hunt for it).
:::Done!--[[User:Robbastard|Robbastard]] 20:18, 23 June 2009 (EDT)
 
:BTW: You are not doing anything wrong here. I think that the stub issue has just been overlooked.
 
:Forgotten Realms Wiki calls this [http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/index.php?title=Category:Stubs Category:Stubs] (with an 's' on the end), so it looks like someone would have to choose between singular and plural. FR Wiki have 1,640 articles tagged as stubs, so it looks like they have an organised program of 'grunt work'.
 
:I'm not sure if The Great Library of Greyhawk wants to go down the same route as Forgotten Realms Wiki, but I think there are big advantages to going that way. Essentially, someone doing grunt-work, like you, can 'stub' as you create barebones pages and other editors can 'de-stub' (i.e. remove the stub-category) after they fill them out with more meaningful content.
 
:Not everyone can create fully detailed articles from scratch and I think there is an important role for editors like you. [[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]] 07:51, 23 June 2009 (EDT)
 
::The proper name of the city of Zeif is [[Zeir-i-Zeif]], according to the ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #5.-- [[User:Rip|Rip]] 19:40, 23 June 2009 (EDT)
 
And yes, I think creating blank templates for the various cities is useful. It makes writing the articles much easier. -- [[User:Rip|Rip]] 19:41, 23 June 2009 (EDT)
 
== Whoah! ==
 
Several D&D pages involved in this likely trainwreck: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Apocalypse_War
:Split out into http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Blood_War [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 19:44, 16 July 2009 (EDT)
 
==Infoboxes and Images==
I think the larger 250 pixel image looks a little much for the module, actually, but maybe that's just because I'm not used to it. On the other hand, some of the 200 pixel images are too small for detail to be seen. If you want to change all or future infobox images I wouldn't mind. -- [[User:Rip|Rip]] 18:27, 22 July 2009 (EDT)
 
== Worth reading ==
 
At least this time, the latest Gavin drama doesn't involve us in any way, and it's good for other people to see him as the troll he really is.  Maybe he'll finally get himself blocked for his BS incivility for a change, instead of just another slap on the wrist.
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Proposal_to_block_AlbertHerring
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gavin.collins#Childish_pranks
[[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 13:26, 24 July 2009 (EDT)
 
== New resource found for Sea of Dust article ==
 
Hi, I'm contacting you because you are one of the two people who has edited the [[Sea of Dust]] article. I just found a new source of information for the Sea of Dust. I've added it to the Bibliography section and added some background information to the [[Talk:Sea_of_Dust|article's talk page]]. Please can you check it out and see if anything needs to be updated. Thanks. [[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]] 19:01, 2 August 2009 (EDT)

Latest revision as of 01:10, 6 November 2023

For older discussions, see: User talk:Robbastard/ archive 01; 02; 03

Account Hacked?

Hey there, Rob. I hope you have your settings to recieve an email when there's something on your Talk page! Sorry for contacting you this way ... the system won't let me contact you via email, and I don't have another address or contact method for you. I may try on Canonfire, if we don't get in touch.

Anywhoozle ... I don't know if you're aware or not, but the GHwiki on greyparticle.com has issues with bots and hackers, and it seems on 15 August 2023, for about six hours, your account was used to make something in the vicinity of 467 spam article pages on the wiki. They're advertising cheat codes, gems, and coins for mobile games, or something. ... (?) They've each got bot-generated keyword titles like, "Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery Cheats And Unlimited Coins Gems". If you want to see them, here's your Contributions page on greyparticle.com.

At any rate—Just thought you should be aware, and I thought you might want to change your passwords that you use anywhere, if they may be the same as the one you used for the CF wiki. —Jawal Severnain (talk) 00:09, 6 November 2023 (CST)

Response to Deletion Request

Hey there, Rob!
I wasn't sure if you'd seen that I responded to your message on my Talk page. Also, I installed a {{delete}} template that will nominate any page for deletion, and put it in a Category for subjects of proposals for deletion. Just wanted to check in and let you know we are working on things. --Icarus (talk) 12:24, 14 December 2020 (CST)

Cool

You might be interested in this. :) BOZ 13:35, 22 October 2010 (EDT)

Glad you liked it. :) I've been busily adding all sorts of stuff to all sorts of D&D books articles, most of which have something to do with Greyhawk. :) BOZ 15:47, 29 October 2010 (EDT)

If this doesn't work, I give up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Gavin.collins_3#Motion_to_move_Incident_Report_to_AN  ;) BOZ 10:57, 3 November 2010 (EDT)

Advice with anti-spam settings for wikis

Hi Robbastard,

I've been helping someone get another MediaWiki wiki project off of the ground (one that is not public yet) and was telling them about your brilliant anti-spam policies here. I'm especially impressed with the way that you now have the entire wiki locked to non-editors and force people to use the Canonfire! forum to get an account. If he could do that, he could avoid all the sillyness that I know you and the other editors were reverting and then his team will be able to get the project ready to go live faster.

(I'm so frustrated that Wikia will not allow me to do the same thing with my own wiki - mind you it is now so full of adverts it is virtually unreadable. I shall probably be moving Spelljammer Wiki off of Wikia when I have the time and money to be able to do it. The 'fear' of the same level of spam that you and your team have been dealing with has been one of the things that have made me wait. But if you are willing to share your methods, you could be helping two wikis to move forward.)

Anyhoo, I wonder if you would be able to get me the instructions on how to lock down MediaWiki. My friend has access to a forum on his website, so he should be able to do both the tricks that you have done here.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me (and my friend). Big Mac 19:16, 28 June 2011 (EDT)

  • Your best bet would be to talk to Gary Holian. He really isn't active on the wiki, but you can pm him on the Canonfire boards. His user name is PSmedger.--Robbastard 20:05, 28 June 2011 (EDT)
Thanks for the help! I'll get onto him now.

Amedio Jungle Map

Robbastard,

Just curious, where did you get the GREAT map of the Amedio jungle you uploaded here?

Thanks,

GM

Reckoning of Hell

This user has been going around re-nominating articles which were previously AFD'd, and so far he has been pretty successful, at least in getting them merged instead of kept as articles. However, I am concerned because Reckoning of Hell is closer to getting deleted than the others were. BOZ 08:13, 10 February 2012 (EST)

Infobox Images

I'm pretty indifferent about whether the infobox images are 200 pixels or 250. 250 takes up a lot of visual real estate, but makes for clearer images with more detail, so I can see the pros and cons of both. If I had to choose, I'd go with the 250 pixel standard. -- Rip 19:54, 20 March 2012 (EDT)

Dragon & Dungeon Magazine Images

Hi Robb, as you have already seen, i like a lot to add images to the wiki, many of them taken from Dragon & Dungeon Magazines. As I am italian, i do not possess any of english D&D Magazines, some of them were published also here (i have all the ones with Greyhawk content). So I want to ask you, if you have some of them, if you could scan (in the Hightest Quality possible) some of the pages with greyhawk related material, so that I could take the images from the scans and put them here. I know it's a bit weird request because there are already scanned pdf on the net, but many of then are in a quality that make the images almost impossible to extract.

Kind Regards ^_^, Omega9999

I already have some, but it will take me awhile to get around to it. RL eats into my wiki time greatly. :)--Robbastard (talk) 12:21, 16 November 2014 (EST)


I know, but if you can manage to scan some pages and send them to me, I will do the rest ^_^

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