User talk:Sammm鯊/Archive1

Interlanguage
Hi, xx. Yeah, I'm not currently active much on here, so I'm not really the best person to ask this sort of question here. I think either Cubs Fan 2007 or Seth Cooper would be a better bet. ProfessorTofty (talk) 04:27, October 27, 2016 (UTC)

RE:Is there any requirement for interlanguage wikis?
Sorry for not responding straightaway, with too many things happening at once lately, I must've skipped your message.

To be honest, I had never given much thought to interlanguage links, and I don't think anything of the sort has ever been discussed (that I know of; I could be wrong). So, I don't believe there are any criteria interlanguage wikis must meet to include interwiki links. Users from other wikis just pop up every now and then and add interlanguage links to articles -- that's how it works around here, at least.

There aren't specific Admins to handle image files issues. What kind of new categorisation do you have in mind? -- normally, I'd tell you to be bold, but you seem to have in mind a significant change, so perhaps that's worth discussing beforehand.

Cheers --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 01:59, November 3, 2016 (UTC)

RE:Image categories
Hello! You think you procrastinate, but I was the one who managed to reply only after a year and a half! There are no worries, you can create categories like those all you want; if there's anything wrong, someone'll let you know, it's an easy fix. Cheers! --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 16:47, March 30, 2018 (UTC)

RE:Potter's kids' page name consistency?
Hello, hello! Again, I must apologise for taking way too much time to reply. I read your message and never got round to reply, and then I just plain forgot about it. Sorry!

First, I should note I never took part in the discussion about the titles of the articles of both Lilys, back in 2016. I think (though I might be wholly incorrect) that the fundamental difference between the case of the Lilys and that of the Jameses is that both Jameses were born "James Potter" (hence the I and II) whereas the Lilys weren't born with the same name (one was born "Lily Evans", the other "Lily Potter"; having them as "Lily Potter I" and "Lily Potter II" would imply, I think, that the first had been born a Potter -- of course, this raises issues, i.e., how to explain Molly Weasley II?).

I must say that I am not very passionate about the subject, however, I too tend to dislike the current solution. These kinds things are not up for a single user to decide, and are always open for community discussion. If you're interested, I would suggest creating a new discussion over at The Wizengamot so that everyone can add their two cents. --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 23:57, April 26, 2018 (UTC)

Energy
Hey. I wanted to clarify a couple of things about the energy info that you changed. I went through every clue using online walkthrough guides made by other players. They saw the same thing I saw - when there are no oranges in the picture, it's a tree trunk (or even a branch according to a couple of players) with green leaves coming out the side of it with white flowers in the middle of it. When you click on the picture, three oranges appear. In the future, rather than changing the info and putting your thoughts in the <-- parameter, it's best to put your confusion on the talk page and receive feedback on your findings from other users otherwise we might confuse readers! - Kates39 (talk) 15:28, April 28, 2018 (UTC)


 * I know it's such a minor thing and people will probably find the picture anyway but why else do we edit if not for the little details! I have screenshot the image before and after clicking on it and I really do think it looks like a tree stump with white flowers and green leaves. When the oranges are placed in it, the only thing which moved were the white flowers which bounced. The actual "tree" never changed shape. The oranges are being placed in something which makes the flowers bounce. If they were on a flat surface, they couldn't bounce. Perhaps we could go with what the majority observed in the walkthrough guides and put in the <-- parameter or a reference that there was an interpretation that the picture may be what you have observed? - Kates39 (talk) 17:44, April 28, 2018 (UTC)


 * That's okay! It's not the best picture in the world and it's probably best to talk it out. And don't worry, I never found our conversation uncomfortable or heated! It was nice to have a pleasant chat about our different interpretations. It's not often we receive a lot of new continuous information from our favourite series so everyone tends to get a bit a carried away! You should have saw me when Pottermore put new info about Ilvermorny on their website ;) - Kates39 (talk) 17:12, April 29, 2018 (UTC)

Chapter 2
Hey! Do you remember the name of Chapter 2 in Year 2? I have completely forgotten and found no luck searching for it online. Also, did McGongall offer to teach you special Transifguration lessons when you completed the Reparifarge spell? - Kates39 (talk) 19:29, May 2, 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I don't know whether the special lessons for Transfiguration option will only be offered to students who complete the spell well, rather than be told it "needs work". She praises their work and then let's them decide what to do. But there's chance she offers to help them anyway to help them improve their spell work? I don't know.


 * I was worried about that. It's tough to know what to put because I don't know what happens anyway or what changes are made to the story depending on player choices. I thought sneaking into the Gryffindor Common Room would be the same for every player because they are searching for clues on Ben, who will be in that House for every player anyway (I think). I thought about cutting down how much I write for each chapter because Chapter 1 for Year 2 became very long, but I don't want to begin deleting info other people might want to read.


 * I think the best way to find out what changes for every player will be if you go through what I write and then add editor only comments telling me what changed for you. I don't know how to keep it neutral because even then, me and you might realise things weren't the same for us. - Kates39 (talk) 20:03, May 2, 2018 (UTC)


 * I thought it was a reasonable deduction. The player and Rowan are searching for an object left for Ben. Ben's in Gryffindor and my game wanted me to sneak into the Gryffindor Common Room to find it (I'm in Ravenclaw). It made sense story wise. But now you have said it changed for you, the game probably randomised it so everyone could go in another House's room. Do you know who "R" turns out to be and what House they are in yet in your version of the game? Time will tell.


 * Are you in Hufflepuff? Perhaps the location of the object changes for each House (could be Gryffindor to Ravenclaw, Slytherin to Huffelpuff)? I thought it was reasonable that everyone would look in the same room for the same object, because choices don't define where the object will be hidden. I will amend the section of the chapter to the correct info. - Kates39 (talk) 20:53, May 2, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hey Samm. That’s okay, I tend to do the same and suddenly become inactive when life takes over! I kind of feel I might have went overboard with my writing up of the game. There are seven years to go through and given how much detail I have wrote, the page will be very long. I wish I had wrote a brief summary now.


 * When I added the Side Quests section to the Chapter section, I wondered at the time whether I should have done that. The aim was to have the Side Quests in the same section of the Chapter they took place in. But it looks out of place and kind of a mess and I agree it should have it’s own section, or even delete the mini heading and have the writing be merged with the main story.


 * I thought up until that point, the Side Quests were simply part of the main story and should be written alongside the main story under the Chapter heading. I never realised it was a separate thing in the same way the classes were. Then I realised they were a sub-plot.


 * Unfortunately I wrote up a lot of the Side Quests in the same paragraphs of the main story under every Chapter. There are only two where I gave the Side Quests their own section heading. I will have to go through every chapter I have written up and work out what belongs where.


 * Hope that made sense! Kind of feel I need to take a break too from writing it up and make notes in a document. Then come back in a few days with a fresh mind and sort it out. Good luck for finals week! - Kates39 (talk) 19:19, May 4, 2018 (UTC)

Sup!
Hey! The idea of the table was to break up the info a bit, and make it possible for people to add more writing on what role the character actually played instead of having *, ** and ^, and repeating info. If they appear in a trivia, we could add what the trivia actually was. I was worried we will end up with one, cluttered long list, which will appear to be one long, chunky paragraph on a very long page of nothing but plain writing.

The page will become very, very long, and I am worried the layout of it will begin to look tiring to scroll through. It annoys my OCD too - I want it to look simple and professional! The other wikia's I edit on implement the "expand" button on every section for long pages, but the Harry Potter wikia never put it on pages.

I apologise if the info I put was wrong for a couple of characters. I based the info on the *, ** and ^ signs and what they meant. I remember a lot of the mentions which was why I was certain of them. The * sign was next to Myron's name before I made the table, I assumed you added it. The * sign means "mentioned as a selectable answer". Please feel free to go over those characters you think are wrong, and add a more specific explanation of the selectable answer etc. they appeared in.

I had no idea the table looked broken on Mac computers. On my computer, iPad and even phone it looks fine. And other people have edited the table since I made it and appear to have found no problems. Would you mind taking a screenshot of the problem ? I based the table wikitext from another table on the wikia. I know when editing in the source editor, it can look daunting, but there are ways to make it only show the section you want to edit. - Kates39 (talk) 10:40, May 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * Oh, and I forgot to mention. I was thinking of putting the characters who are only ever mentioned and never appear, in their own section. And then rather than having to put "mentioned" over and over again, table or no table, you only have to put the manner in which they were mentioned. Do you have any thoughts about the idea? I am basically trying to condense and simplify the page and break it up a bit. - Kates39 (talk) 10:42, May 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * I think we need to reach a compromise here, instead of worrying too much about it! I think we're both a bit confused. I have an idea. I'm not a big fan of having symbols next to character names. The table format appears to look odd on certain programmes. Do we really need an explanation of who the characters are, when people can click on their names anyway and find out who they are, and what role they played? We could use the table format you made for classes, to shorten the section and put character names. I think we're trying to go a bit overboard with the info we feel we have to write up and over-complicating the entire thing.


 * We could place mentioned characters in their own section, and we could enact your idea of having a page for trivia questions etc., and place a link to that main article under the "mentioned" header on the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery page. Then we can have a page similar to the Pottermore Patronus one? Let's clean everything up a bit and simplify the section. - Kates39 (talk) 10:53, May 21, 2018 (UTC)

Order of Merlin
Thank you! I have wrote my response on the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery talkpage. I hope my compromise will bring about an end for the character section / question debate. I think eventually these things need to be solved before we drag it out. My compromise was basically - short character descriptions for new characters, and perhaps a trivia page focusing more on the new feature friendship building from the new update which includes important trivia, and perhaps a section for the unimportant questions. I hope you enjoy your break before your next semester, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the compromise! - Kates39 (talk) 11:08, May 31, 2018 (UTC)


 * I have amended the character section and included very short, simple descriptions for new characters only. I don't think anything else needs to be added, when any other info will be found by clicking on the names. I wanted to add - I don't think the mentioned section should be changed.


 * If we create a page for trivia, then I think we should include the main article link under the mentioned heading, for a page named Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery trivia. Perhaps we could go into further detail about who was mentioned in a trivia question and who was mentioned in other ways, on that page? Let me know your thoughts, because I know you would find such a page helpful, even if I don't. - Kates39 (talk) 11:28, May 31, 2018 (UTC)