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)