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Happy editing! -- David Fuchs (talk • contribs) 19:26, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind welcome. Prelate Zeratul 19:58, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fancy Sigs

This link might help. If you need more details, just ask me. | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 20:55, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and by the way, Starcraft is a strategy game. Thanks for joining our WikiProject! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 21:04, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! That's great for your first sig! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 22:07, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fun house

Sorry, but the answer you put at the fun house was incorrect. Try again. Kamope | userpage | talk | contributions 21:04, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aww... Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 19:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Torrasque

Hi, this is Captain panda. I am just wondering exactly what my article had that caused it to be what Wikipedia is not. Captain panda 21:40, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, for starters, the damage that a unit does is way too specific and should never be included in an encyclopedia entry. For another thing, mentioning that air units and reavers counter it is also not suitable for Wikipedia. If you want to add something, try the StarCraft Wiki at Wikia or StrategyWiki. Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 21:45, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sorry. I just figured that those facts would be handy in an article about a unit in a computer game. Captain panda 21:48, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's perfectly all right. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes :D Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 21:49, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adoption Offer

Hi Zeratul,

If you fancy adoption by me, have a look at user page, if you like - leave me a message on my talk page or yours. Cheers Lethaniol 00:44, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, but no. You already have enough users to take care of - I'm sure I'd be too much. But thanks for the kind offer. Nothing personal. Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 01:52, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Another) Adoption Offer

Hey Zeratul, I see you've got an adopt tag on your page, and if you want I'd be glad to help you out. Check out my user page or drop me a line if you have any questions, otherwise I'll see what you write here. P.S. I fixed the template you were talking about on the new contributor's help page. Let me know if there are other problems. Dåvid ƒuchs (talk • contribs) 02:16, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, as you don't seem to be as heavily burdened as the other user who offered, I'll accept! Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 02:17, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

righto then. All my relevant info is on the adopter's list. I know you're into Starcraft articles (I know, im a regular Sherlock Holmes) and that involved annoying fiction guidelines, so if ever someone gives you guff about WP:FICT or anything else, I am here to be your bludgeon... well... not really but you know. ;) Dåvid ƒuchs (talk • contribs) 02:30, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah, and congrats on your 150 edit! Dont worry, you dont have to worry about Wikiholism until you hit 200+ edits in a day and skip sex for nominating good articles... ;) Dåvid ƒuchs (talk • contribs) 02:30, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hehehe, I'm a kid :D Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 02:39, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gah, I took half the test and got 1800 points... well, off to bed for me! Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 02:40, 11 January 2007 (UTC) P.S.: Kid isn't exactly accurate; I'm 13.[reply]

Category:Stubs backlog

Hi PZ - FWIW, anything over about 75 stubs is regarded as a backlog in Category:Stubs. That category is meant to be permanently either empty or as near to empty as possible (it usually has about 5-10 articles in it). Putting up the backlog notice alerts the members of WP:WSS that there is work to be done there (it shows up in their watchlists). Grutness...wha? 05:24, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, okay. Thanks. I just thought that 90-odd articles wasn't much since some backlogs have well over a thousand. Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 14:07, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hmm... response

Unfortunately, due to the way wikipedia is set up, there's no way to make an image a link. By default, clicking on an image brings it up as a source on the upload screen. That's why captions are so important. You can put the links you need in those captions. Otherwise, stuff like image source and stuff are on the image page. I thought about html as a workaround, but the link a href tags are not supported in markup. Dåvid ƒuchs (talk • contribs) 22:11, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Starcraft

No problem! I knew that information was around so you wouldn't have to do duplicate work! --Stux 01:29, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, nothing huge, I found it was already described here. --Stux 21:58, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh! Thanks for the clarification! --Stux 07:44, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

:-)

Congradulations! You have answered the riddle in the fun house correctly! Kamope | userpage | talk | contributions 18:06, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yay! Thanks :D What do I get? Heh Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 18:07, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

StarCraft?

Do you play StarCraft? If you do, can you help me a bit with User:Prelate Zeratul/List of units and buildings in StarCraft? It gets a bit tedious when I'm the only person doing the rewrites. Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 19:00, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

En Taro Wiki! I indeed enjoyed StarCraft, a bit too much at times. I'd love to help but my hands are a bit tied for a while. --Cat out 22:14, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hallo! I used to play StarCraft, but I'll help out on the page if you like. --Įиʛ§øç βїʛβяøтњєя ^{Rant | Contributions} 21:11, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

All righty. Don't worry about mistakes, I'd be happy to correct any ones you made :D Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 21:17, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Hunter Killer (StarCraft)

Hi, could you delete said article and move Hunter killer (starcraft unit) there to take its place? That would be much appreciated. Thanks! Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 21:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done, with page histories merged. Regards, (aeropagitica) 22:15, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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You got the who am i riddle in the fun house right! Kamope · talk · contributions 21:20, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent... :} Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 21:39, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sustainable Living?

Ummmmmmmm... So you support Sustainable Living eh? Well, then why would you waste valuable energy spending time at a computer on Wikipedia? Captain panda Mussolini ha sempre tarche Quis ut Dues 03:29, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Heh... I said I support it, not that I actually practice it. That would take perseverance far beyond my ability. Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 21:38, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hehehehe... I wondered... Captain panda Mussolini ha sempre tarche Quis ut Dues 03:07, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your VandalProof Application

Dear Prelate Zeratul,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that at this time you do not meet the minimum requirement of 250 edits to mainspace articles (see under main here). Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof. Prodego ^talk 23:07, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Valentines Day!

I wish you and your family have a wonderful Valentines Day!

Kamope · talk · contributions 12:31, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quick Note

As your fairy adopter wikipedian, I should note that micromanagement is already an article, just not in the format you have on your user page. Dåvid Fuchs (talk / contribs) 23:21, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. My bad '_' Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 19:58, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A bit of help with a StarCraft wikia template

I used to be a big editor of StarCraft articles at wikipedia, but I haven't edited anything significant for the past few months. One reason I haven't done so is that I've been working on the StarCraft wikia instead.

I noticed you improved/rewrote the StarCraft infobox template here. Cool! I wish I had noticed the changes earlier, as I ended up with something different at the wikia (using brute force/experimentation rather than actual knowledge or skill). It ends up looking almost the same, though.

The StarCraft infobox template seems to allow the use of "optional" entries (eg if you don't know someone's species, you can leave it out). Can you show me how to do that here? Thanks. Kimera757 18:05, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's the {{if}} template, this is the code of the template:

{| class="infobox" style="width: 21em; text-align: left;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | ''[[StarCraft universe|StarCraft]]'' character |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: larger; background-color:{{{bgcolor|black}}}; color:{{{fgcolor|white}}};" | {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}} |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |{{{image|}}} |- | colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |{{{caption|}}} |- ! Species | {{{species|Unknown}}} {{#if:{{{gender|}}}|<tr><th>Gender</th><td>{{{gender|}}}</td></tr>}} |- ! Affiliation(s) | {{{affiliation|None}}} |- ! Position(s) | {{{position|N/A}}} {{#if:{{{voiceactor|}}}|<tr><th>Voiced by</th><td>{{{voiceactor|}}}</td></tr>}} |}I'm not sure exactly how it works, but {{if}} seems to play a part in it. Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 16:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]User:Prelate Zeratul/List of units and buildings in StarCraft [edit]This article was deleted. Do you know anything about this? Captain panda In vino veritas 14:29, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]See this and my editor review for information. Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 19:58, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Oh. I see now. Just was confused when I went to go work on it and it had disappeared. Captain panda In vino veritas 17:05, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] :) If you want to help, work on wikifying and cleaning up the StarCraft storyline (I'm currently working on StarCraft Episode III). Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 21:35, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]Please sign my autograph page [edit]Please sign my autograph page. A•N•N•Afoxlover PLEASE SIGN, ANYONE!!! 14:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]Sure, why not :) Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 14:51, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]WikiProject Strategy games [edit]Hello Zeratul. WikiProject Strategy games has finished it's first collaboration: Risk (game) (). We are now asking for nominations and input for a new one. Please voice your ideas at the talk page. Clyde (talk) and WikiProject Strategy games.Rakion [edit]I would love to work on a story section for Rakion but do not know how to make a subpage. Will you make it for me, or tell me how? Help would be appreciated. Quatreryukami 03:20, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]Wikipedia:WikiProject Strategy games [edit]Hello Prelate Zeratul. WikiProject Strategy games finished it's first collaboration on Risk (game). We have voted for possible candidates for the next collaboration, and three finalists have been selected:. Stronghold (2001 game) . Age of Empires . Age of Empires IIIf possible, please vote here on which of these articles to collaborate on. Thank you. WikiProject Strategy gamesInfobox templates - colours and errors [edit]I checked the backlog of the edits to the Zerg Brood page and discovered it was you who added the appropriate colour backgrounds to the infoboxes for each Zerg Brood. I was hoping you may be able to tell me how you got the right shades so I can get similar effects for different colours (such as grey, brown and yellow) in other articles. Simple trial-and-error by changing a value here and a value there doesn't really help and I can't find a Wikipedia guideline article for it. In addition, I see you are the one who brought the SC character template up to its current status. I was hoping you could look at this one I attempted to create for SC factions. I can't see anything wrong with it, but the optional rows are creating a gap at the top of the page, see Terran Confederacy to see what I mean. Any help on this will be appreciated. -- S@bre 14:57, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]For Zerg Broods, I used Web colors. I'm not good with templates, so I can't help you there :) Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 15:00, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply] I draft a (very) rough infoboxish template and put it on the talk page (of Zerg Brood). It would be much easier, even with so many paremeters, than each being raw code. David Fuchs 15:22, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply] Hehehe :) No more inactivity from me! I'll get active starting sometime this weekend. *Zeratul grins hopefully :) I've updated the template here on my userspace. I'm not sure if we want an infobox template, but that's easy enough to change. David Fuchs 18:37, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply] Hmm... maybe a space at {{Zerg Brood}} or {{ZergBrood}}. A userspace template would work just as well, though. You should really refer to Web colors; even though it's kinda WP:NOT it's still a great reference :) Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 19:41, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]VundoFix [edit]Looks good to begin with- however the one crucial element the article is currently missing is what makes it a notable piece of software.If there was a GA or FA class article on software, I guess that would be something interesting to find... as for the Wikiproject, I would check the list of them here and then if there isn't one, try and rouse interests. The bane of any Wikiproject is becoming inactive, so check around the contributions of editors on pages that would be part of the wikiproject, then message them and try and get a group of like-minded editors. If you ever need any help, I'm always here. :) 19:36, 9 July 2007 (UTC)WikiProject Malware [edit]I see you are still asking for a Wikiproject about malware [1]. Maybe you haven't seen the answer I gave in the 3 places you asked yesterday, so I will copy it once more:Are you aware of Wikipedia:WikiProject Malware? It appears inactive but trying to revive it may be the best. PrimeHunter 22:46, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply] Oooh, sorry about that :| Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 22:49, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]StarCraft Minor Characters Article [edit]Don't "hmph" me, S@bre and I are trying to increase the quality of the pages, and the current page is an in-universe, unsourced mess. As it is, S@bre and I will be replacing much of the pages (that one included) in time anyway, so in the end most of the data will either be removed or re-written. I understand why you aren't happy, but in the future, don't be so rude to me. Trust me, I know StarCraft, and it's for the good of the pages. The Clawed One 23:07, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]Hehehehe. Sorry about that, but it gets on my nerves when I link to Daggoth - and it turns out to be a redirect page. Have you tried cleaning it up, as in getting rid of unnecessary entries, merging entries together, etc. I could help if you like ;) Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 14:21, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]It's k. I unfortunately cannot help. S@bre and I have our hands full handling the full-scale character articles, among several others. The Clawed One 14:45, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]Glad to help with those. Point me :) Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 14:46, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]I noticed you flagged up the minor characters article for a complete rewrite. If you want to help there, a restructured version is in progress here. Other than restructuring it into three catergories (official game, authorised add-on and novel) I've not really done much, but I'm aiming to tear down what's there and restart with the minor characters down to around two paragraphs (three max): one focusing mainly on the character/personality of the character, the other quickly summarising their role in the medium/plot they appear in. If you've read Uprising, it would be immensely helpful if you did the characters from Uprising as I've not read it and I don't think Clawed One has either. -- Sabre 15:06, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]The only novels I've read are Queen of Blades and Liberty's Crusade... I'll work on the reconstructed version :) Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 15:28, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]You're correct, S@bre, the only Novel I've read is Firstborn. The Clawed One 15:42, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]In your rewrite... Khas is listed under "Books" because he is prominently featured in Firstborn. However, he is also prominently featured in the series as well. As an example, one of Zeratul's unit speeches is "Khas Neradak!" (or something... it's hard to spell Protoss-ian) Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 19:25, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]Khas does not appear in any of the games. Her is refered too, but does not actually appear, which merits a reason to mention his impact on the Protoss and their usage of his name in their warcries, and that, in turn, belongs on the Protoss main page.Would you mind signing? :) Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 22:58, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]Errm..... [edit]You said that you are only signed in on this Wiki- but because of your comments, I'm lead to believe you also have a account here as well. I'm jst curious, because I didn't see many starcraftmania editors.K14 14:04, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]