User talk:Arbiter0416

Issue Reviews
I wonder...can this wiki do comic reviews similar to what Sonic HQ, users at the Knothole Village forum, and users at the Bumbleking forum do, only difference being the addition of a few scans (not scans of the entire issue) that would be the highlights of the issue's plot. Just an idea I'm throwing out there. Let me know what you think of it and if it can be done! Arbiter0416 03:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Templates
Do you know anything about how to construct/alter templates? I've sort of run into a problem. I brought over the comic infobox template from Sonic News Network and everything is finally working. The only problem is that now, all of the text from the rest of the article aligns to the right, above the template, as opposed to the other ones this site uses, where they form around the template or "hug" the template so to speak. Any idea how to fix this? I cannot proceed in making the articles until this is corrected. - Dimitri the Echidna 03:04, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Is there a text-aligning option on the template layout somewhere that looks like this? (text-align: right;) If so, try removing "right" and replace it with "center" and it should work. Arbiter0416 03:38, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The text is already aligned to the center. I'm not sure why it's doing this, because it's basically a direct copy from the one on SNN. Here is a link to the template. If you can go through the coding and find what's wrong, let me know. If not, I'll keep asking around. Once this is fixed I'll complete the article and we'll have a layout available for other users to see how the articles on the comics are formatted. - Dimitri the Echidna 04:07, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, I've done some checking around and even did some experimenting with the template, and when I put the text on top of the template, it becomes centered instead of hugging to the right with the template, but the template itself ends up on the bottom of the text while it still aligned to the right. My theory on this is that it treats the text as part of the template, and vice versa (though the template alignment itself is correct). I highly recommend you create a new template from scratch (if possible), or try copying another template design from one of your previous articles on this wiki, along with a new page to see if the text alignment problems were with the copied template design. Arbiter0416 23:39, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!
You have made the Archie Sonic Wiki's 600th article.Fair field fencer F F F  21:11, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 600th now 700th. Where's a featured user award when you need/deserve one?Fair field fencer F F F  22:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Such award can be found on SNN. :P 18:36, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Comic Articles
Hey Arbiter0416. I really appreciate you making the articles for so many of the comics. I've had to go back and format them and expand them, and there are some minor things you could do for me that would help so much. I've told this to Fairfieldfencer‎ as well, but could you help me out with formatting the articles to be like the ones I've done tonight. Basically, just make sure to include the new template, as well as and  at the bottom of the pages, and lastly the titles of the stories (these can be found at Sonic HQ and Blue Blur.org). It would make things so much easier for me, because even though they're easy to include, having to put them in every single article while I'm adding in production staff details and uploading/putting in images is extremely time consuming. I already did it on the articles for StH #11 - #25, as well as all the miniseries, specials, super specials, free comic day specials and Sonic Universe #1 and #2. I'm not expecting either of you to put in the images of the issue covers, or the full production staff in the template (since neither of you likely have all these issues), but just the things I listed above (categories, story titles and the new template) would help out so much in saving me time when I'm formatting the articles. I'd really appreciate if you could work on formatting the articles for StH #26 - #85 with Fairfieldfencer. I'm going to be adding in the new comic infobox template for StH #160 - #198. - Dimitri the Echidna 10:56, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey there! How goes the issue summaries? I haven't seen anything done with the older ones for a while and was just wondering if this is something that you haven't been able to get to for a bit or were planning to submit for all of them at once? Sen10elS 23:31, April 10, 2011 (UTC)

Signature
Here you go. I have four choices for you.


 * Arbiter 0416
 * Arbiter 0416 
 * <font face="Curlz MT" color="#191970">Arbiter <font face="Curlz MT" color="#191970">0416
 * <font color="#191970" face="monotype corsiva"> Arbiter   <font color="#191970" face="monotype corsiva">  0416

Now once you've chosen which signature you like, what you do is this: you go to the option titled My preferences, where it says "Signature", replace the content with the sig I just gave you and click custom signature, otherwise it won't work. Then just press save.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  06:51, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * No, no, no. The raw version. Press edit and then copy it, without this * of course.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  06:59, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Has it worked?<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  11:09, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I just did it and it works fine. Try it again but copy this version of the sig below.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  12:40, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

<font color="#191970" face="monotype corsiva"> Arbiter   <font color="#191970" face="monotype corsiva">  0416

Testing. <font color="#191970" face="monotype corsiva"> Arbiter   <font color="#191970" face="monotype corsiva">  0416    12:43, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Not a problem. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to try and complete my prototype article for Dr. Ivan Kintobor, which is enough of a task when you know next to nothing about him and only have one of the issues he appeared in.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  12:47, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, Arbiter. Do you think you could me a small favour? I need you to check the canon of the prototype article I was talk about to make sure everything is all right. Specifically the death section. I need to know what issue he was discovered to be dead in and if it showed how he died specifcally. So, if you have StH: #146, #147, #148 and #149, could you do this for me?<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  13:09, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Arbiter. So... judging by the scans off the issues featuring Isaac and Ivan that showed a few pages but not the entire thing, Ivan must not have shown his face and not been seen in 146-149, but only #165, which I own. If that's true, then i'll have to scan the issue itself to get a picture of him. From what I saw, Ivan's fave was always hidden by something like the capsule or a surgeon's mask.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  20:53, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Happy birthday!
Don't mention it. It wasn't even finished yet until I added your fav character.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  16:32, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Leave of Absence
Starting April 25th, I'm taking an extended break from the Internet to see the world and take care of some other things. I'll try to pop in on occasion and see how things are (no guarantees, though). I plan on being back before the end of the year, and hope to help this wiki in any other way I can. Until then, farewell for now. <font color="#191970" face="monotype corsiva"> Arbiter   <font color="#191970" face="monotype corsiva">  0416    18:04, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Enjoy yourself.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  18:09, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Editing
Thanks for editing StH-175. I wrote it at the tail end of my weekend marathon of writing Sonic Summaries, and I knew posting it that there was probably more than one grammar mistake in it. Thanks for going through it.<font color="Crimson">The  Illustrious  <font color="#F4C430">Q  19:25, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep I wrote the summary for 200 today and thanks for the praise about the summary. Your edits are good, still getting across the same information in a slightly neater package. Great job.<font color="Crimson">The  Illustrious  <font color="#F4C430">Q  21:12, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Interesting idea, but it doesn't really seem necessary to list the issues a characters hasn't appeared in. You could run it by Dimitri, though. He might have a different opinion, and it's his that matters.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  23:19, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Characters not seen in a while
An interesting idea, but I think at best it could be mentioned in the background information of whatever article it is pertaining to. Examle for say the 6-S put in the article's background info section they were not seen for x number of issues. - Dimitri the Echidna 05:06, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

FFF
Oh, yay! Very yay!<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  22:28, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've seen them at BumbleKing. People seem to think the middle one is an Iron Fist symbolizing the Iron Dominion's rule of the four clans. Seeing as ther're bats (creatures of the night), the moon and the emerald flag most definitely belong to the Yagyu Clan. The lightning bolt sword could very well belong to the Bride of the Conquering Storm and thus the Raiju Clan. The eyes with an eye could only belong to the Shinobi Clan, possibly because they're Chameleons and can turn inivisible so you can't see them. Sort of an irony thing. As for the web, people have speculated that Uma Arachnis was part of one of these clans, and the spider web only further goes to prove it. That clan remains unnamed, but some believe it could be called the Arachnis Clan.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  10:17, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * What exactly happens to stop you from uploading images? You do use Special:Upload to do it, right?<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  10:51, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It's been deleted.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  11:26, November 29, 2009 (UTC)
 * You don't click on a license. You use Non-free use rationale and make it yourself. An easy way to do it is to go to another image, edit what it says so the details fit your image and then use the copy and paste option to add it to your image.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  08:33, February 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've deleted the article. It was too poor.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  08:16, March 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've seen this and I'm sketchy about it. I say wait. If the ages have been retconned, it'll say so in the encyclopaedia. Otherwise it's just a mistake.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  14:41, August 7, 2010 (UTC)

I've deleted it since I couldn't think of anything like it. Your welcome, by the way. Oh, and your name. Arbiter. Are you a Halo fan, or is that just coincidence?<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  19:32, September 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm hoping to get that for Christmas. Right now I'm saving up for something that will serve me in the long term; Internet for my 360. If I get it anytime soon, how about we have a match? I've got Halo 3 and ODST.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  19:36, September 15, 2010 (UTC)

I'm looking for someone to run grunt work. A user made a template to add to all the previous Articles of the Week to let everyone know they were featured and it has been authorised for use by Dimitri. It was supposed to be done ages ago and I don't think I'm ever going to get around to it, which seems unfair to the guy who made it. Why? You interested?<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  21:37, October 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Excellent work, Arbiter! Give yourself a pat on the back. I'd give you one myself, but my arms don't reach state-side.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  11:44, October 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * You ever heard of Vanity? It's a program used to make renders of Halo: Reach armour. I'm eager to put it to some use. Want to make a request? It can't do helmets with extras, just bases, and not the Haunted Helmet either.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  21:18, December 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry for not getting back so soon. Someone else posted after you. To answer your question, I'm free when you are. I had surgery recently and I can't really walk properly (I just had a toe nail removed, nothing major), so I don't have a lot of mandatory work or anything.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  12:07, December 20, 2010 (UTC)

Hey thanks!
Thanks for being my editor for the summaries I fill in. Kinda nice to have someone else help out that has better grammer than I do.  Phoenixdaughter AM  15:39, November 29, 2009 (UTC)

Sorry
Arbiter0416,

I'm sorry for copying and using your link to add information to Saffron's page. --Atlantagirl 00:18, March 9, 2010 (UTC)

Atlantagirl
I looked it up on Wikipedia, and it said something about a brother... Here's the link

please leave the pics of rosy the rascal alone, they are offiicial. AmyPinkRose

well im sorry for putting in purple martin on wave the swallow, but the gem on her necklace is against her chest AmyPinkRose

ok so one of them is fake but the other is real, but do not change wat i said abt wave's necklace, and yes tht is correct AmyPinkRose

kk
Hey I understand. But, I thought the 172 was good cause it had a good idea of what Fiona did wrong. I knew you weren't trying to do anything wrong. But, I would like an idea or two to figure out what i'm doing wrong. I try better next time. But, I would like it if next time you would leave me somthing on my talk page to see the mistakes I made.

Thnx Soniclover101 02:27, July 28, 2010 (UTC)Soniclover101

Quotes
Yo, nice job on cleaning these up all over. It seems a few people lately just like to transcript a handful of random word balloons (complete with a million descriptions of actions) and call it done. CrazyLea 16:43, October 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes. You have done an excellent job and I'm sorry I didn't congratulate you sorry. That was very inconsiderate and I apologise.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  16:51, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations, you're now a site admin
Hi Arbiter0416, I just wanted to let you know that after considering many of the frequent contributors here at Mobius Encyclopaedia, I decided to make you one of the two new site administrators. It's now easier for you to undo spam or vandalism edits. I hope you'll continue to contribute to this website as you have done in the past, and welcome you aboard to moderating duties. If you have any questions feel free to post them on my talk page. You can also check out the How-To Guide for how to use the administrative functions on this site. - Dimitri the Echidna 19:16, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

Article of the Week Template
It's here. User:Lcemmcr, the template's creator, also wants to help. You two can work together. The order they go in is by week and you can discuss this more on the template's talk page.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  11:51, October 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Speaking of Articles of the Week, you'll have to pick one out. It's updated every Sunday.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  12:33, October 10, 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Arbiter0416. This is Lcemmcr. My apologies for not having written sooner. My internet connection was down all day. I just wanted to ask where you want me to start working on putting the Article of the Week Templates in the articles. Also, I moved the page out of FFF's user space, since there's no need to keep it in there. Lcemmcr 01:45, October 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sounds good! I'll get right to it. I probably won't have time to finish 2009, but I'll do as much as I can. Lcemmcr 01:53, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the list. It's okay that you mispelled my username. Lcemmcr 02:01, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the complement. The last one I did was Isaac, so you can pick up after that one. Thank you once again for letting me help you! Lcemmcr 04:22, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * I was busy all of yesterday, so sorry about that. I won't have a chance to get to 2010 until later today. You can go ahead and start if you would like. Lcemmcr 19:44, October 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for your help. Sorry again for my absence this week. I have a big singing performance this weekend, and I was away for many hours this week in rehearsal. Thank you so much again for your help, and sorry once again for not having a chance to help out further. Lcemmcr 03:59, October 15, 2010 (UTC)

Arbiter, I've been noticing that several articles are being named twice and three times more frequently than before. With that, some of the templates are getting big. Since I created the template to merely give credit to the named articles within the articles themselves, I've thought of way to simplify things. Since it's not really important for the "preceded/succeeded" values to be in the articles themselves (since they're already on the list page), I've created this template to replace the existing template. Along with that, I've noticed that the list of former Articles of the Week that I created has made the page long. With that said, I've modified the list here to save some space. Hopefully, these two items will make things easier. Let me know what you think. Lcemmcr 00:46, January 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the complements! I aim to help in anyway I can. Hopefully Thot Prad will like the new templates as well. Lcemmcr 05:43, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the good news. I'll try to make the change sometime tomorrow. Lcemmcr 05:15, January 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's all done. The transition of the new template is complete, and the pages have been updated accordingly. Also, the revised list of Articles of the Week is still ready whenever you'd like to implement that. Lcemmcr 09:57, January 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * I just want to say thank you for the offer! I want to ask, though, do you want me to stay with your system and pick an article from the Treasure Team Tango arc or just choose any worthy article? All of my favorite characters have been named already. Lcemmcr 07:06, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * I just wanted to let you know that I made a minor change to the Article of the Week template. I put back the dates into the template, but to make sure the template doesn't get big, only the date of an articles most recent naming will be shown in the template. This will give the template more reference and make each one unique to its article, but will also still keep things simplistic. Also, I'll give you my choice for Article of the Week in a couple of hours. I'm still thinking on it. Lcemmcr 13:02, January 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * After careful consideration and preparation, I've decided my choice. I wanted to stay with your system and choose one from TTT, but many articles weren't worthy to be named. One in particular was almost the same as another article. With that said, I revised this certain article to make it unique and more about its subject. With that said, this certain article is my choice, and the picture of the subject of the article is pictured here to prevent others form seeing it. If the article is still not worthy, I have a backup, which is pictured here. Overall, thank you for giving me this opportunity! Lcemmcr 06:54, January 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks great! Thank you once again! Lcemmcr 18:19, January 23, 2011 (UTC)

Sorry
Sorry about that, I've only been to this wiki once or twice -- <font color="Crimson">Murphyshane <font color="#00b6ee"> I voted Blaze, so you vote Shadow <font color="#C0C0C0">Don't click here 15:10, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Title Puns
Thanks for liking my "Sol Searching" heading, but seriously? How is "Sol Sisters" iffy for the female characters? Remember, most people on the Bumbleking forum thought Treasure Team Tango was going to be a girl power story in the first place. Sen10elS 02:52, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

Image what i gave you i took from here:http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Anti_Mobius

previous message leave by alexoalexo

OK.Sorry for Misunderstanding. alexoalexo.

Spectre's tenure--fear itself
I was looking at the page for Spectre, and I really liked the "fear itself" quote from when he was a Guardian.

I don't remember that scene in my comics, though, and I tried to look it up. Only trouble is, the only "source" listed in that paragraph was Knuckles the Echidna issue 24. I've looked all through my copy of that issue, and I can't find the quote. What am I missing? What page?

(P.S. Searching for the quote via a search engine--or even searching for just the first line up to "fear itself"--only leads me back to that same page, or another wikia site that seems to take its information directly from the Mobius Encyclopedia. No other site seems to have the information.)

I did, however, find another quote, near-identical but with a few words changed, as part of FDR's inaugural speech.... (I've heard the "fear itself" part before, just never the whole quote.)

68.61.141.86 03:21, November 21, 2010 (UTC)Side Quest Publications

Sorry :(
OK, i understand, i won't do it again. Cloudthehedgehog12 14:40, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

OK, first of all, i don't how to do that. Second, i'm going to tell what you need for the information: Article: Sonic the Hedgehog, Description: Edited by a user from Sonic Wiki, Source: I'm not sure what issue that artwork is from, but i guess you can figure that out, Portion Used: Main Picture, Low resolution: Medium, Purpose to use: To depict the character, Rplaceable?: Yes. Cloudthehedgehog12 20:26, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

catagorys
i was hoping that their should be bird catagory for all the bird characters sense they are expanding like their wings :)

reply
And obviously you didn't understand my last reply well enough, i never got an initial warning in the first place, i just got this message of me being threatened to be banned and being told i was warned previously, second, honestly who reads those things, come on i guarantee that you don't read those messages when you get them, and if you try to tell me otherwise, i will believe maybe once or twice but i bet it would taste a fowl lie to say otherwise. Ok now that i got that out of the way, i will apologize for swearing and leaving it on your user page like i did, but i hope you understand my reasoning for it in the first place, and please allow me to repeat my self again, i was threatened out of no where, so i got real defensive about it and i will not apologize for that fact, now i will put this behind my self if you will and lets let this be the end of this whole confrontation....................not including a reply from you to this message unless you wish otherwise at which point i'm cool with too.

so did you delete my article?! if you did then how dare you! how would you feel if i deleted something of yours?! maybe some ppl would have rather enjoyed reading that, idk, but you don't have the right to delete other ppl's stuff! congradulations! you just made an enemy!

Sally Acorn
By any chance were there any comic issues that show Sally Acorn in a swimsuit?

Elias161 10:13, May 3, 2011 (UTC)If you must need to know: Yes: In sth138: at the begining of the M25YL story of that issue Sally is in a dark green with yellow pattern swimsuit and in the Off Panel strip in sss11 Knuckles show The Editor his idea of a Sonic Swimsuit Conection but The Editor disapproves of the idea and one of the characters is Sally who is in a blue swimsuit. But with prime Sally in the main comics she has not been shown in one.

User page ID
Hello. I noticed that you deleted the picture I uploaded. So here's my question: So images that are not from the media this Wiki covers is automatically targeted for deletion? I'm not upset about it, I'm just curious. Phoenix the Cat The flames reborn....  03:02, March 10, 2011 (UTC)

Well, the character in that image wasn't even a fan character of any series at all, but okay. Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. Have a nice day. Phoenix the Cat The flames reborn....  03:59, March 10, 2011 (UTC)

Blog Articles?
Given the added information on the blogs as backstory to the Silver Saga, do you think things like the alternate Uncle Chuck, Nack and Operation: Nightfire warrant actual articles? Sen10elS 19:47, May 24, 2011 (UTC)

A thread on the Bumbleking Mobius forum about E-107 had a statement from Ian a few days ago: to paraphrase him, he considers the blogs to be quasi-cannon and the information within them to be taken as fact until something occurs in the actual comic to contradict them or prove otherwise. Go take a look: Bumbleking E-107 thread Sen10elS 19:47, May 24, 2011 (UTC)

The pictures in the blogs go along with the articles, and some of them are actually worth keeping on some of the articles, since their edits are not so bad. Are all of them to be deleted, or just some of them? I noticed that there are still some blog images that were not deleted, but there are some of them that were. Diamonddeath 22:49, May 29, 2011 (UTC)

I see, thanks for the information. There are still some on here that were edited. Then, there are others that aren't edits, such as Jani-Ca's drawing of her using her Chaos based powers. There are edits that are made just to show specific characters or frames on the blog separate from the other panels or separated from the rest of a picture in a panel. Some examples are the ones that I made for the Death Egg picture (mark 1 and 2) and the Dr. Eggman picture, where I removed the yellow swirl around him that can be seen in the picture for the Knothole Freedom Fighters. Then, there arae the ones on the blogs like the picture of Super Sonic with the background removed. Are edits like that acceptable? Diamonddeath 04:07, May 30, 2011 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the explanation. Diamonddeath 03:47, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

On a somewhat related note, I believe the Manual of Style may need to be expanded upon to clarify the kinds of images that are allowed for use. I've noticed Diamonddeath has uploaded and implemented a large number of them into various character articles and I'm not sure whether or not I should just go about reversing them at will. Sen10elS 02:14, June 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry about that. I think I mostly did that before it was announced as only partly canon, though, but I think that there are some good things from the blogs that deserve to stay. Diamonddeath 02:20, June 13, 2011 (UTC)

Well what about images without backgrounds that were on the covers instead of the actual comic pages? Like the Chaotix images taken from the RTAI issue covers? Sen10elS 03:15, June 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * I thought that they were good, but if they need to be taken down, then just let me know. I think they are allowed to remain, though, since they are profile pictures. Diamonddeath 21:46, June 13, 2011 (UTC)

Cookiejar123
Not only had Cookiejar123 vandalized a user's page, but he/she also vandalized the Death Egg and Sonia the Hedgehog articles with similar edits, claiming that they were deleted because they were stinky. I figured I would let you know. Diamonddeath 03:36, May 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * If it was only those two articles, then I already fixed them. If I see any more vandalizing by the user, or anyone else for that matter, I'll let you know. Diamonddeath 03:45, May 28, 2011 (UTC)

hey Arbiter, i was wondering, seeing as though User:Sonickrocks has only created spam pages and tampered with some pages (i noticed it in the contributions), aren't you going to warn him against doing this?Sclera1 03:51, May 28, 2011 (UTC)

thanks Sclera1 05:52, May 29, 2011 (UTC)

Major Problem
we have a user Iseeyoumrunderpants who is a apparently a virulent racist, anti-simetic, and is vandalizing numerous pages including my own and ThotPrad's with these images and pornography. Please get rid of him before he does any more damage. Sen10elS 19:18, June 4, 2011 (UTC)

I've been thinking.... Is it possible all these spamming users are actually the same person? The frequency of these attacks is making me wonder. Sen10elS 19:59, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

Is it possible to lock all contents of the wiki so that only certain approved users can make edits? If that happens, some people may be approved and then spam, but maybe there is a way to keep it in check like only new users can make a few edits per day. Diamonddeath 20:01, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

You know Sen10elS may have a point about the attacker using multiple names. Attackers may also be working together. Merricks 20:05, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

You're Welcome
Happy to be of service. Merricks 20:06, June 4, 2011 (UTC)

Looks like there are some users vandalizing several pages and leaving disturbing images, please do something about them.

Yeah. This time its someone named BurttHeBashful and I suspect he's related to the last vandal since he's hitting our pages too. Please get rid of him fast. Sen10elS 13:07, June 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * He's already been globally blocked  Random <font color="Orange">Time  13:44, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for banning those vandals, and keep the great work on this wiki.

Front Page Work
Well here’s what I have. There are certain things that I kept on the front page, but I have changed the orders around as well as the colors. I’ve also added some small pictures to hopefully grab people’s attentions. Along with that, I’ve created several other templates/pages to go along with this, including a mock poll, a Featured User template, a Featured Article template, an Inactive User template (for users that will not be on the encyclopaedia for a certain amount of time), a Nominated Article template, and a Candidate for Featured User template. I’m going to have to use the inactive user template myself, because due to my move, I will not have internet access until Wednesday. If there’s a way to get on the internet, though, I will try my best to do so. I hope you like the work I’ve done. Lcemmcr 05:58, June 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Just wanted to let you know that I added a small change to the front page project page. Along with that, I also created three templates of recognition for moderators, administrators, and bureaucrats.  I also created templates for banned users (if we decide to use it), and for Candidates for Promotion (for users if we use it).  I hope you like them. Lcemmcr 07:22, June 13, 2011 (UTC)

Hey, Arbiter! I just wanted to check in to see what you've thought of the proposed changes I've made for the front page, templates, etc. I know that I've put on my user page that I'm inactive, but I'm just on vacation right now, and I'm not as active as I usually am. However, I'll still check in every now and then when I get the chance. Again, when you get the chance, let me know what you think. Lcemmcr 20:41, July 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * I've seen how there are many people that don't use the Non-Free Use Rationale, so I've thought of a way to make people aware of it. Hopefully this page will help. I've also added something to my proposed front page to get everyone's attention. Lcemmcr 21:51, July 4, 2011 (UTC)

Possible Problem with Compilations
I noticed that, when going to one of the comic compilations where all the issues are listed on one page (such as the Sonic Archives), the comic list has all of the issues selected as if viewing those articles, since they all link to the same page. I don't know if that is a problem or not, but, since the earlier issues were redirected, not all of the issues are selected. It's hard to explain, but if you click on the compilations and see the comic list below in the article, you'll know what I mean. So, I was wondering what we should do for this. Should we create separate pages for each issue to redirect to the main compilation, or should we just make each link go to that same page so that everything is selected? Diamonddeath 02:42, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

Front Page Locked?
Thanks for responding to my question about the front page being locked, but will that be a permanent change? If so, is there a way that maybe I can be allowed to edit it? Diamonddeath 03:30, June 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Alright. There are some upcoming releases such as Sonic 229, SU 32, and Sonic Archives 18. I don't know the release dates off hand, but they should be on this wiki in their respective articles. Diamonddeath 20:27, June 25, 2011 (UTC)

hey arbiter, there seems to be some more spamming by two vandals Sclera1 10:43, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

We also seem to suddenly have 10 less articles as a result but I can't tell what was affected. I did block those two though. Sen10elS 11:38, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Yet another attack this morning just now that I stopped early on. He also vandalized the portals on the front page. I thought we stopped this garbage from getting through? Regardless, I think we need to promote a few more trustworthy users to administration position here. Sen10elS 11:22, June 28, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the Notification
I think put the Non-free / fair use media rationale in my picture correctly

Writing tenses
User Chubzhac's contributions to numerous character pages have all been in present tense, against the Manual of Style. I gave him a good sized notice about what to do to fix this issue, but he seems to be ignoring me and is continuing to make present tense entries. Should he be given a warning or something? Sen10elS 01:17, July 6, 2011 (UTC)

Manual of Style question
But what if most of my contribution to articles was rewritten and i wasn't ignoring u i guess i didn't see the part of about writting in the present tense but i will go to all the articles i can find and put them in the proper tenseChubzhac 03:53, July 6, 2011 (UTC)

Proposed Work for Review
I have made the modifications to the Uploading Images page to included the information on other images and zero-tolerance images. Hopefully, I’ve included everything that you wanted. The writing might be a little "corny," but maybe it will get the people’s attention. I have also eliminated the Banned User template, since I agree with you that it is not needed. Along with that, everything that I am proposing is on this page, so it can be easily reviewed by Thot Prad. Hopefully all of this will be worth it, and will help the encyclopaedia. Lcemmcr 05:51, July 6, 2011 (UTC)

Sonic's Romance
Hey there. User MulieLu‎ keeps altering Sonic's Romance introduction to be more SonSal bias instead of keeping it neutral. I try to remove the changes but this person keeps putting the changes back and I am a little tired of it. I don't know if this is something that needs to be looked at or ignored.

but he IS dating sally

as i repeat again his IS dating sally why are you being religus at that? the romance says he dated other people and why cant it say who he's dating now WHY?? :P answer me please

lolz all i put was sonic is currently dating sally thats not puting her in the spotlight its the truth

but that means that the fiona part and bunnie part and the others have no reason to be there if "they already have a section"

lolz ty as long as that means he loves her currently IM NOT CRAZY btw im not trying to fight with you im just trying to keep this place desoniccoupleifeid that means no retards who are angainst and can clearly see whos really in love XD

Smalls the Cat origin
hey iwas wondering, i know that it is not said in stone, at least not yet, but do you think it is possible that Smalls the Cat is from Moebius, seeing as though Anti-Max and Anti-St john are also there as well, and that Smalls, like the other Anti-mobians, gave himself a name to distinguish himself from the prime versionSclera1 04:44, July 10, 2011 (UTC)

ok, thats fair Sclera1 08:30, July 10, 2011 (UTC)

NathanBForest
User NathanBForest has been leaving racist and obscene messages on this wiki.Chubzhac 18:10, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion for Limited Image Uploads
Why not make a separate group of users who have been uploading images correctly for a long time? I would like to continue uploading legitimate images, and I'm sure that other innocent users would like to as well. If not, then is there a way that we can continue to upload images without having to inform admins and mods? I'm sure there are plenty of trustworthy users here on this wiki that are being effected by the new rules as a result of the recent vandal attacks. I'll post this on some other admins' and mods' talk pages so that they can consider this as well, since not everyone checks each person's talk page. Diamonddeath 22:46, July 18, 2011 (UTC)