User talk:Wolfborn

Hello!

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Morrowind

Edits like this are very nice to see. Great job! I hope to see you more around the Morrowind namespace. —Dillonn241 (talk) 07:32, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! --Wolfborn (talk) 19:47, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks!

Technically speaking, your change to the userboxes page wasn't what I'd intended, but what I'd intended was just wrong. ;) I'd been looking up at the Deities section, where the third column is a description, and hadn't noticed that for the Platforms section, the third column was the category. What you changed it to works, so let's just pretend that that's what I intended. – Robin Hood ^(talk) 05:25, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

No problem! :) I wasn't sure exactly what you were trying to do with your edit, but it just looked totally wrong the way it was. I didn't even notice that the third column in some sections is a description rather than a category until you pointed it out. Glad I could help. — Wolfborn↝^(Howl) 06:22, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

You saved the fishies!

You actually did it, the absolute madlad! You rescued the poor fish from the perils of double redirects! You shall always be remembered as the Savior of Fish!

Vinovin15 (talk) 11:28, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

My first Fishy Stick! Thank you very much, I'm honoured! — Wolfborn↝^(Howl) 11:32, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Patrollership

Hey there Wolfborn! Thanks for all your great edits, you're really on top of a lot of important things when a lot of us aren't! Wicked fast too! Would you be interested in a patroller nomination? It'll allow you to go through the patrol log and get things done even more efficiently, as well as autopatrol your own edits. If you feel that's too much, you can look into a Userpatroller role first instead. It's up to you tho. Take care and let me know if you're interested! The Rim of the Sky (talk) 00:48, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Wow! I'm both honoured and flattered to be considered for a patroller nomination. However, my RL commitments are changing at the moment, and I likely won't have as much time to devote to wiki-related activities going forward as I have over the past several months. I would hate to be successfully nominated and then find I don't have the time to properly carry out the duties and responsibilities of my new role. Therefore, after thinking it over, and as much I would love to accept, I have decided to decline the nomination at this time. I will continue to contribute to UESP in whatever capacity I am able to, and should I find myself in a position where I feel I would be able to accept a nomination for patroller in the future, I will certainly let you know. Thanks for considering me! — Wolfborn^(Howl) 01:27, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Oh, that's completely understandable. The patroller role isn't very demanding at all, so you don't need to worry about it taking up too much of your time. If you ever do change your mind, by all means feel free to let me or another staff member know, we'd love to have you on the team! Thank you for your time :) The Rim of the Sky (talk) 01:25, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Fishy Stick

You have been given a Fishy Stick! Your dedication and diligence to the wiki has not gone unnoticed. A user has seen the progress you've made, and has given you a Fishy Stick because of it. Good work! The user had the following to say: I appreciate your diligence in cleaning up unsigned talk page posts! Wolfborn is always a good name to see in Recent Changes. -MolagBallet (talk) 16:45, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, much appreciated! — Wolfborn^(Howl) 02:34, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Question regarding patrolling

Hi there Wolfborn, I have a question regarding patrolling the recent changes of the Oblivion and Shivering Isles pages. I noticed you're a patroller yourself of those pages. I'm a passive one myself since I try to read all the changes made to those pages.

My question is that I missed the changes between the 1st of July and the 10th of August, and I wonder if I'm still able somehow see the changes that have been made between those dates. I can only look back 90 days at most it seems. If its not possible, perhaps there is a way for me to at least check the changes made by you within that time span, since you seem to be one of the more active patrollers for the Oblivion and Shivering Isles pages, both regular and talk.--C0rTeZ48 (talk) 12:37, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi C0rTeZ48. Apologies for the delayed reply; I have been inactive on the wiki for the past couple of months due to other projects and I just noticed your post today.

Regarding changes, the Recent Changes page is limited to maximum of 90 days; this is a wiki setting and cannot be changed, except perhaps by Daveh or maybe an administrator. If you want to check any changes I may have made during the period in question, you can do so here. As a general note, you can check any user's contribution history by going to the User Contributions page and entering their username. Hope this helps you out!

Also please note that I am not formally a patroller. I was offered patrollership nomination earlier this year, but declined due to time-constraint concerns. I'm just a plain old editor who tends to check the changes to Oblivion pages because that's the game I happen to be playing through at the moment!

Cheers! — Wolfborn^(Howl) 04:10, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Image for Oblivion traps page is available on Discord

Hello!

You added the "needs image" tag to the "Broken Grate" entry on the Oblivion traps page, back in August 2021, after I created the entry for that trap.

There are a couple of images for that trap available on the Discord. Probably only one of them needs to be added to the wiki; I just took two screenshots so there would be a choice. I'm not sure if you are on the Discord, but if you are, https://discord.com/channels/261544750044282883/666710678492413982/903887768038539304 should take you to the post with the screenshots. If you're not on the Discord, one of the other "name" wiki editors should be able to access that link.

I am dedicated to editing from an IP, so I won't be able to upload the images to the wiki myself.

Thanks!

73.3.58.200 09:52, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Hello!

Thanks for taking the time to point this out, and apologies for the rather late reply--I am currently not on the wiki very often due to other projects and commitments. I am also not currently on Discord unfortunately so I can't take a look at your images myself. I have left a note on the Community Portal with the information you provided, so hopefully one of the other editors can add one of your screenshots to the article. Thanks for letting me know!

Cheers! — Wolfborn^(Howl) 06:42, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Lore Link

Hello, I hope you are doing well! Just letting you know, we don't want to use the lore link to hide red links. You can see a conversation about the intended use case with more links to relevant documentation on that template here. Essentially, for pages that do not transclude out of lorespace, we should avoid avoid using that template. It slows down pages it is on, and it stops red links from displaying (which are desired if we intend for that page to ever exist). If you have any questions about this, feel free to ask and I will answer to the best of my ability. --AKB ^{Talk Cont Mail} 06:04, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi AKB! Yes, I do remember reading something about changing Lore Link usage, but that was a while ago and it had slipped my mind. In truth, what I was really doing with that edit was undoing the previous editor's changing of the link to a gamespace one since we don't use gamespace links on lore pages; I just hit Undo and didn't really notice that it was still an old Lore Link. Thanks for cleaning that page up! — Wolfborn^(Howl) 06:13, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Re: Self-Linking Articles

Ah, thanks for letting me know! I assumed it was just some weirdo’s method of adding boldface, lol. Only problem with this practice is that on the mobile website (on my Safari, at any rate), self links confusingly look just like ordinary links—they only appear as boldface on desktop view. (Testing: User talk:Wolfborn.) Not sure if there’s any way to fix that though. Oh well. — Will • B ^[talk] 23:55, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Undone Changes on Blackmail

Hello, I address you concerning you undoing my changes to Daggerfall:Blackmail with the comment "UESP doesn't cover using hex editors to alter game or save files for cheating purposes". I'm a bit confused about this. This is not a cheat, but rather a bugfix, since the bad quest design makes it impossible to play two quests that should be able to be played; this can also be seen by the intended quest dialogs (and the creator of the page seems to see it in the same way, otherwise this shouldn't be listed under "Bugs" but under "Notes" instead). Also similar things appear on other quest pages, just to mention a few examples:

• Daggerfall:A_Test_of_Determination explains how to make a quest playable by renaming the filename
• Daggerfall:The_Matchmaker tells you to delete a ATF file in order to get a NPC back
• Daggerfall:Dust_of_Restful_Death links you to a page called Daggerfall:Cheats (!) explaining how to use the tools DFHack and DDFQL to locate the quest item
• Daggerfall:A_Mix-Up tells you which console command to use in order to undo getting the negative reputation that you get due to the quest.

The last two points are definitely more cheats then bug fixes and still part of the pages.

I spent lots of time to reverse engineer how the quest is triggered to figure out how to resolve the problem of the quest being unplayable since I ran into the same problem and wanted to be able to play them. I think it would really be a pitty if someone else struggled with the same problem and would never know that it can be resolved this easily and I would be very glad if my time spent could also help someone else in this way.

If it is really not possible to leave the paragraph in the page the way I added it, would it be at least possible to add the information somewhere else and mention that one can take a look there? Similar to the way it was done on the page Daggerfall:Dust_of_Restful_Death, something like "if blabla try this (<- link) to render the quest playable".

Best regards, 217.225.142.23 01:48, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Hello, and thanks for bringing up your concerns. First off, I must confess that I didn't see this was a proposed bug fix rather than a way to circumvent intended game behaviour. I am also not familiar with Daggerfall having never played the game myself. Having said that, I still have concerns about providing hex-editing instructions on the wiki, even if they are for a bug fix. The problem with hex-editing is that starts to fall into a grey area, not just morally but legally as well, since hex editors can be used to circumvent far more than just game bugs. The question becomes, at what point does altering the game files fall foul of the EULA? UESP is not a hack or crack site and we need to operate within legal bounds. In addition, it appears the bug in question has been addressed and fixed by an "unofficial" patch (DFQFIX, which is even hosted on this site) which would negate the necessity of needing to alter files in order to fix the problem. Given all of this, I am not comfortable in reinstating the edit on my own. Rather than making this decision unilaterally, I will put this out to the wider community for additional input. Thanks for your patience and understanding in this matter. — Wolfborn^(Howl) 02:06, 26 June 2023 (UTC)