User talk:Pirho420

Getting rid of red link -- koolkat 11:39, January 30, 2006 (PST)

Haha, you're a genius for creating the V, S, and M pages, and redirecting them to Verbal, Somatic, and Material component pages. I was visiting to every spell page and changing the links for V, S, and M to point to the full-worded versions. I guess I'm still adjusting to wiki-ness. Thanks, you saved me a ton of edits! Dedridd 07:42, February 9, 2006 (PST)
 * Not a genius  just lazy.  I try to do the simplest solution to every problem.  Maybe you see now how I envisioned the spell lists coming together.  I mean theres no real reason for having to type verbal component when you can just cut and paste the v in and just link it.  I still dont know quite how these categories work yet and I am forgetting stuff here that is DDO specific, but I think that there is enough crossover that I can do the DNDwiki and the DDOwiki at the same time and save everyone a bunch of work.  We could even have brd 2 redirect to the full bard spell list if you want.  Theres always the category link at the bottom of the page that does that as well so I figured brd 2 redirecting to the second level spells was something worthwile. --  koolkat 08:10, February 9, 2006 (PST)


 * Well, the only reason I thought of for changing them was to un-abbreviate, in case people didn't know what V stood for. It's better now that they're linked up! Dedridd 08:14, February 9, 2006 (PST)


 * I forgot to mention, going just to a list of the spells would be ok if there's a category list at the bottom of that 2nd level spell page to get them to the full list so that they don't get stranded there. I would imagine it would be beneficial to put each spell-level list in a template though, so users didn't have to worry about updating both places if something changes. Dedridd 08:20, February 9, 2006 (PST)


 * Seems like thiocan doesnt like my idea so Ill just make all of those redirect to the category anyways once I get around to it. -- koolkat 09:48, February 9, 2006 (PST)


 * You're talking about copy / pasting spell lists? Yes, I don't think it's a good thing, as people are going to update one list and forget the other. If we can put everything in one single place it is much much better. -- Tihocan 10:00, February 9, 2006 (PST)


 * Yeah I was worried about that, but I didnt know how else to generate a list of only level 2 spells from one class without doing a copy and paste. Is it possible?  Note I would like it to look like the summaries and not like a category page. -- koolkat 11:34, February 9, 2006 (PST)

--> Two ways to do it: one, use the 'anchors' to redirect right to the part of the page that has that level of spells you're looking for. Tihocan showed me how to do it, and I used it on the Cause fear spell page, for the levels. If you're really set against that kind of solution, you could put the list of spells in a template, and then use that template both on the complete list page as well as the page that has just the level 2 spells. An example of this is the Weapon Focus page and the Weapon Focus: Bludgeoning page that both use Template:Weapon Focus Bludgeoning List. Dedridd 11:48, February 9, 2006 (PST)
 * Thats perfect. I'll switch DNDwiki over to that and then maybe switch this over as well depending on what other people think.  Thanks for your help I didnt think of suing a template like that.  -- koolkat 12:04, February 9, 2006 (PST)


 * The only disadvantage of doing it the template way is that it can be confusing for new users to figure out where the data is when they want to edit the info they can see on the page. Dedridd 13:12, February 9, 2006 (PST)