User talk:Ironyak1

COG dates
When you watch COG today, could you keep your eyes open for the excact moths? I think it's mentioned how many months have passed since the first film, but I forgot how many.--Rodolphus (talk) 08:47, November 15, 2018 (UTC)

Speeding up the Credence discussion
Okay, so I started discussion on the name of the Credence page. Let's resolve this ASAP before some poor soul edits the whole page. Lightning Laxus (talk) 07:24, November 16, 2018 (UTC)

New York Police Department Characters
I created two credited police officers, do you think you could rename them to find what their badges read, please? (Hobbiton777 (talk) 18:58, November 16, 2018 (UTC))

Minerva
Hey :) I would love your thoughts on the Minerva McGonagall timeline problem I have mentioned on her talk page. Trying to make sense of this! I wish Rowling would stop messing with established canon because it's going to cause a mess. Thank you. - Kates39 (talk) 19:00, November 16, 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes that was the problem I found. But beyond the scenes that take place with a young Leta at school when she was aged 13, and at the scenes at the school in 1927, no explanation is given beyond the script. I feel that someone will add this to her biography soon, so I'm getting worried about the fall-out.


 * But sorry for springing this on you when you haven't finished the book! I was thinking we should only mention her appearance in Behind the Scenes and treat it the same way of an error for now. This is too much of a kind of major crime against established canon for it to be treated as canon right now, even given our policy on Rowling's word. The Credence thing was far-fetched enough but this is basically impossible. Rowling certainly has some explaining to do, but I think she will have to change the name of the character and take McGonagall out of the story. - Kates39 (talk) 19:29, November 16, 2018 (UTC)

Duplicate images
File:Credence Barebone-1.png, File:Credence-Barebone-1.jpg, File:Credence-Barebone.jpg and File:Credence Barebone-.jpg need to be deleted. User:Flowertje keeps uploading duplicate images even after multiple warnings. File:Albus newt.jpg and File:Glass-Ceiling-French-Ministry-520x245.jpg needs to be deleted as well. IlvermornyWizard (talk) 19:01, November 18, 2018 (UTC) IlvermornyWizard

Renamed images
I think File:GRt9Wfx0 o.jpeg and File:71O-8wS1srL-1024x610.jpg needs to be renamed. It doesn't say anything about the image and is confusing/complicated. I think the first one should say Chupacabra.jpeg or something. IlvermornyWizard (talk) 19:05, November 18, 2018 (UTC) IlvermornyWizard

Re: chat
Hey you still there? Your last edit seems 25 mins old. Reverb frost (talk)

Spelldown
Hi Ironyak,

Sorry for what happened with the Spelldown page. I went to see the film with my mother three days ago and though I'm a bit fluently in English (I'm Peruvian, from the South American country with best Quidditch team ;), sometimes I mistook phrases I heard, and I'm sure that I likely misjudged the pronunciation of the magazine's name, because J.K. has the Word of God in this series and if she wrote such name in the screenplay, she must have the reason, not me.

Regards,

X9 The Android

Wordmark and Background
Hello! I'm just letting you know that because of the release of Crimes of Grindelwald I have taken it upon myself to update the site's wordmark and background. This was mainly because the old wordmark had the block of white around the actual logo rather than the transparency that would have allowed it to blend in with the header color. I used the current font style for Crimes of Grindelwald to tie in with the film, and also used promotional material to update the background which was still using images from Fantastic Beasts. I have also updated the main page slider with more relevant articles for the new film.

Usually I look for input when making changes like this that affect the way the site looks in a significant way, but I felt that the update was needed due to the release of the new movie so I apologise if the change is sudden or jarring. In hindsight I should I have done this earlier and gotten input from the administration team so if you feel any changes need to be made, or the changes reverted, then please let me know. Hopefully though, the design rework is acceptable. Once the film is over, I will endeavour to create a new permanent wordmark that looks better in the header space. - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 13:59, November 19, 2018 (UTC)

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Follow-Up
Google Play's Fan Favorite game awards are still underway, and we would love to help promote Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery's success on your wiki! Would you like some some assets to promote the game? We would be happy to create your suggestions! Would you like to host a poll or giveaway? We would love to provide you with Google Play gift cards to give! We also have created a compilation image of the nominees if you would like to retweet/share on your wiki's social channels: Twitter Facebook

Let us know if you have any other requests and we will try to assist. :)

Rrrockio (talk) 20:34, November 19, 2018 (UTC)

Well, the messages are annoying. I want them. Thanks.M.O.E. 17:27, November 20, 2018 (UTC)M.O.E.

Adopting Some Policies
Hello again, I am an admin at a couple of wiki's here at Fandom. I have been thinking about adopting some policies from here, so I am messaging you to ask for permission. I don't want to just steal them without permission :).

cheers, Dave (talk) 22:09, November 20, 2018 (UTC)

Grindelwald/Dumbledore cleanup?
Can you look at the abilities and skills sections of Dumbledore and Grindelwald when you get the time? It looks like someone have added what seems to me to be quite a bit of hyperbole there today, but I figured you'd be better suited to make a judgement call on that than me. ^^' Maester Martin (talk) 14:36, November 21, 2018 (UTC)

JKR has officially clarified that Dumbledore and Grindelwald were romantically involved. She stated it in a taped interview and the producers of COG discussed it in an article. Why are you not modifying this? Thank you. I would like to know your thoughts. You say she doesn’t mention it in that featurette, but she does. She states they had a sexual relationship, but that she was not going to focus on it. Please DM me if you don’t know what I am talking about. -MaryJaneRiceCup

RE: Discussion Post Deletion
Hi!

Look, I must admit my first reaction was “AHHHH Ironyak1 just messaged me!”

Anyway, back to the subject at hand.

I believe I deleted that before reading any of the post and thinking that they were just posting random stuff. After I went back and read it, I un-deleted it and locked it instead. Sorry if this wasn’t the right decision (I’m still quite new to this role).

Thanks for pointing this out and sorry for not replying earlier.

TDOHRTFT &#124; We&#39;re all stories in the end, just make it a good one, eh? (talk) 06:02, November 23, 2018 (UTC)

Spoiler Template for Banana Fish wiki
Hi there, had a go at adding the spoiler template (this one for the top of an article) for the Banana Fish wiki only I think I might not have added it right. It can be seen under 'edit' what else do I require?

S3r0-Ph1i (talk) 16:57, November 23, 2018 (UTC)

RE:COG & McGonagall
Generally I liked it; the mere mention of McGonagall had me very nearly screaming at the screen. I don't think it makes any sense, and the idea of a 30-year-long leave of absence sounds weird. McGonagall's chronology was pretty solid up to this point and the Hypable article, while an honourable attempt, reads like grasping at straws and is not entirely airtight itself:
 * It necessarily has Minerva not at Hogwarts in 1971 due to her "leave of absence", unlike what we see in the Prince's Tale in Deathly Hallows (her possible leave of absence is, at any rate, an assumption that is not in any way proven or even suggested anywhere)
 * It argues that the age difference between McGonagall and Elphinstone Urquart must not be significant, when in fact it is outright stated that it is: the source text refers to him as "her much older boss".
 * It makes Urquart's already long courtship of McGonagall since her early years at Hogwarts ridiculously long: instead of from 1956 to 1982, Urquart had to have proposed to McGonagall "every now and then" from 1910 to 1982, a grand total of 72 (!) years.

Perhaps more telling that the Hypable article is silly when concluding that we were at fault when it came to "[our] ability to research and analyze the canon that we have been given" is the fact that, apparently until a couple of months ago, McGonagall's Pottermore bio read that "She grew up in the Highlands of Scotland in the early twentieth century" — a sentence that has since been truncated.

I'd be tempted to ignore it as an inconsistency (normally, the most recent canon takes precedence, but this seems to change too much well-established facts), especially when one considers it was only a brief and inconsequential appearance. However, this might end up not being a sustainable position: who's to say McGonagall won't have a larger role in the upcoming films — and what to do then? --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 19:54, November 28, 2018 (UTC)

clips
one of the clips on the the grindelwald page has been changed to justin bieber how do I change it back. Freddy1428 (talk) 09:07, November 29, 2018 (UTC)

Exclusive icons for HPWiki Discussion
I have Ideas for the Harry Potter Wiki and was adviced by Reverb said if it's on behalf of the wiki I should let an admin know of it. I hope they are good ideas that can help the wiki. -- 11:59, November 29, 2018 (UTC)

Is that true that in the films Pettigrew is slightly less cowardly than in the books?
In the third movie he admits his guilt much faster than in the book. After Harry stops him from harming Sirius and Lupin, Pettigrew smiles evilly, waves sarcastically goodbye and transforms. In the fourth movie he smiles evilly at Frank Bryce when he sees him. Later, when he kills Cedric Diggory, he does it ruthlessly and in cold blood. Also, in the fourth movie, he hardly shows any signs of cowardice or fear.Kintobor (talk) 17:24, December 1, 2018 (UTC)Kintobor

Motivations Survey
Hi Ironyak1

I’m doing a study about the motivations of Wikia contributors, and you’ve been contacted as you are listed as an active admin of this wiki. Would you be willing to fill out a survey to provide data for this study? Thanks for your consideration.

Survey Link

 Tower12346 06:14,3/12/2018 

Sorry for the doublepost Ironyak, but it would be appreciated if you did fill out the survey. It should only take 5-10 minutes. If you'd rather not for specific reasons then can you get back to me on why you didn't want to fill it out? (and if possible I'll try and accommodate for your reasons by adjusting the survey). I'd like some kind of response because I'm doing this study for a class.  Tower12346 03:04,5/12/2018 

MACUSA
Can you add to the Magical Congress of the United States of America that the pronounceation of the of MACUSA is ma-COO-zah so that we know how to say it? Ladyathena1 (talk) 06:18, December 5, 2018 (UTC)

Bot problem?
Hi, Ironyak! Has your bot a problem? [//harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Fantastic_Beasts:_The_Crimes_of_Grindelwald?diff=next&oldid=1185423 https://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Fantastic_Beasts:_The_Crimes_of_Grindelwald?diff=next&oldid=1185423]

 Harry granger   Talk    contribs  22:23, December 21, 2018 (UTC)

When to include "the" in names
Hi, sorry if this comes off silly. This probably has been asked before, but consider me belatedly confused and bear with me? xD TBH, I didn't really have a problem with Daily Prophet being named the way it is (sans the "the"), until I noticed the "the" is in fact printed on their newspaper; so I'm just wondering why the likes of The Quibbler, The New York Ghost, The Witch's Friend, The American Charmer and many others, get to have the "the" included in their article titles, and not the Daily Prophet. How is it determined?

Happy holidays! =D

-- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 19:32, December 31, 2018 (UTC)


 * Oh!! That actually makes a lot of sense! I'm a heavy audiobook listener, so somehow I completely forgot there's the option of checking how it's italicized in the books. I'm assuming, if The Witch's Friend and The American Charmer were later mentioned in future scripts and no longer just seen as film props, and happened to not have the "the" in italic, their article titles would thus be renamed? (Likelihood of this scenario is probably very slim lol, but I just want to make sure I'm understanding the concept correctly.)


 * -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 20:25, December 31, 2018 (UTC)

Bot making errors.
Hello there, I am contacting you because your bot is removing articles from category from which they belong, which it keeps on doing. For some reason, your bot seems to believe an Azkaban escapee is a Death Eater, from which it obviously is not, so has purged several pages, such as Bellatrix and Dolohov, from which they need to belong. I have done this a few times now, and it is a bit annoying. Your bot, thankfully is mostly getting things right, but this is its only issue, but it is really annoying me, as I like categories to be full and correct. This bot like all others is automated, so I don't know how it has been programmed. I don't mean to be a nag, it is just a small issue I have noticed. Said bot has also removed spelling repairs on Pansy Parkinson's page, claiming that "biasses" is British spelling when it is a mispelling. Thanks RedWizard98 (talk) 03:28, January 1, 2019 (UTC)

Trouble with spelling.
Hello again. Your bot still seems to incorrectly think that the word biased is spelt "biassed"; it is not spelt like this formally nor normally, under any form of the English language nor under any official English dictionary. Such word is even highlighted in red, meaning it is a spelling error under this wikia's language Please stop it doing this, it is annoying me. RedWizard98 (talk) 03:35, January 2, 2019 (UTC)

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/biased

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/biased

Bot and individual old spoiler headers
Hi, previously I was sort of under the impression that when only a single spoiler is present on an article, they'd be kept; however, I belatedly realized all articles previously including, were never reverted back, thus most of the applicable articles couldn't be easily found via the template.

Your bot was also performing somewhat weirdly, such as this edit, where it added when it's already on the page. Is there a way to prevent this from happenning? -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 10:28, January 3, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hmmm; I see. I think I was using them as visual cues, like obvious identifiers that one would immediately see and know an article would contain info outside the original novels. I think I came to that conclusion because, while only a few times, I've seen certain comments about how there're people who are die-hardly recognizing info from only books as absolute and everything beyond that are add-ons. I know that's not HPW's stance on the matter, and I know there's apparently other wikis limiting to book stuff, but for some reason I thought those header templates was HPW being nice, giving those certain people heads-up about what they might want to read with caution lol. Sorry about that! My brain's playing trick on myself again. xP


 * Just to be clear, if factoring the time of release of spoiler subject matter is the way to go, does that mean a bunch of old spoiler headers are in fact to be deleted?


 * And yes!! I think the problem with did at one point cross my mind, probably around the time I talked about using short codes in talk pages etc., but for some reason, by the time I finished typing that part, I forgot about mention the navbox. (Urghhhhh again, sorry about that.)


 * No worries; glad it is something that could be tweaked!
 * -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 00:58, January 4, 2019 (UTC)


 * I see; time flies! For some reason I'm still under the impression that is recent! lmao. Last question about the subject matter (hopefully lol); if  and  are updated with new contents, would applicable articles be allowed having the spoilers back? I mean, I'm at the end of FBC, and have no idea if they will ever have new stuff, but that last chapter, while having tone of taking a break, it doesn't sound to me to be a definite ending, but maybe that's just me. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 01:57, January 4, 2019 (UTC)


 * Continuing this section and User talk:Ironyak1/Archive 3, while what's happening now, can still be somewhat made sense of, is it possible for you to tie "Category:Articles with information from [...]" specifically to when the book field was selected? Because, take Marianne Chase for example, it makes little sense for her article (and TBH, all actor articles) to include those categories, that's what category:Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban actors and their likes are for. Like, with the inclusions of actor articles, CATs:Articles with information from  [...] are now way less efficient to be used to filter topics by their sources, since a whole lot more is now categorized under them. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 22:05, March 25, 2019 (UTC)


 * Probably the last interaction I'd have before my flight in approximately 12hrs. Not urgent, but my memory sucks so might as well add it before I forget. I thought Marianne Chase (as mentioned above) was bad enough, but at least for her, she actually appeared in adaptations of those books; for Rochelle Douglas, imo, it's worse because she only appeared in COS, but she got the PS & POA tags as well, due to the mentioning of cast replacement history. This type of info at this point, really isn't at the same level articles actually containing info from respective books. Hope a more exclusive setup can be considered. I feel like it should be just relocating  within the   parameter instead of at the very end, but I'm not sure and this probably needs to be run first by you anyways, so yeah.
 * -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 07:54, March 30, 2019 (UTC)

Categories
Unfortunately I have a few questions about categories; hopefully I won't be taking up too much of your time. The easier ones are, when I was filtering images of the Killing Curse, I saw that a lot of them are depicting Voldy vs Potter, so the boy's beloved Disarming Charm are also quite frequently visible, then there's some that lead to the Priori Incantatem phenomenon. This is a combo of a few super silly questions. I'm stumped already at the name of the category for the Disarming Charm; my instinct was  (with a "the"), but as category:Images of Killing Curse does not have a "the", I'm just like... should I match it? And since renaming categories are just more hassle than its worth, I figured I'd just ask someone else's opinion on the matter. Then there's the Priori Incantatem part; should it just be ? And does the phenomenon still count as a spell? Like, I understand it to be a byproduct of a spell, just not sure if it itself is still counted as one as well. I'm thinking about this because I'm thinking about what image cat it'd be under, if that makes any sense. Def. overthinking lol.

-- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 01:57, January 4, 2019 (UTC)


 * A different question about image categories. When viewing category:Images by film, I feel like the file numbers are quite overwhelming, so I thought about if there's other ways to further filter the images in each films, other than concept art and promotional images. What I thought of was the "moving gif" type, something I have been meaning to ask: if there's way to quicker locate, but haven't voiced it because previously I've been thinking way too small in scale, like "Gifs of spells", or way too large, like "Gifs" (like "screenshots" or "covers".) I'm not saying this is the best solution, but theoretically, canon Gifs def. should mostly all come from films, with the minority being from other sources (games, PM etc.). So I'm wondering if it's okay to go for it, and if positive, what would the category name be. ("GIFs from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)‎" etc.?") -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 11:04, January 6, 2019 (UTC)


 * Also add "Prop images from Harry Potter and the [...] (film)‎" into consideration. As I was browsing, I found a lot of those types being saddled with the promotional images category; while I kind of understand why, I also don't think they are exactly the same, a still or headshot is very different from the BTS package design of the props being used, which, I think most of the time are released/shared after the film they were from were out? Okay, it sounded less convincing when I type this out lol. But let me know what you think? =D -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 23:46, January 6, 2019 (UTC)

Bot help again
Hi, chances are, the bot would again not be able to help, but I figured it's still worth the try. The following batch originally was only in Category:Promotional images from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film), which isn't correct because they actually belong in Category:Concept art from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film). I'm using w:c:dev:MassCategorization, and supposedly the "replace" function should work (that's how I swap out Category:Images of spells with Category:Images of Killing Curse when applicable), however, something odd is occurring, and the promo img cat wasn't recognized, I was able to add the concept cat, but also failed to remove the promo img. At first I thought it was like last time (the unidentified muggles thing), but I checked, there was no pipe in the way, so I'm stumped. This is a larger batch than last time, so if there's a way for not doing it manually, it'd be helpful. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 09:39, January 5, 2019 (UTC)


 * OMG, I guess Nth-time's the charm! Tried it again and it worked! No idea what happened yesterday. Next time I'll wait for a few more days to make sure it really wouldn't work before asking for help. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 11:04, January 6, 2019 (UTC)

n/a
You deleted annoying orange.

Rename image
If you can't delete this image, can you at least rename File:5D1C0D50-B335-437A-977A-1D5387CDB5F8.jpeg? As you can see, it is way too long and confusing. IlvermornyWizard (talk) 07:15, January 7, 2019 (UTC) IlvermornyWizard

Userbox sorting
Would I be okay for me to Category:Userboxes page. All the userboxs are shorting in U instead of anyother letter. Tucker100 (talk) 07:46, January 13, 2019 (UTC)
 * It's great that you're doing this; this is a known problem with category sorting, another way it manifests itself is that blogs get categorised by user name, rather than by title as I think should happen. — evilquoll (talk) 17:18, January 13, 2019 (UTC)

Canon
Is the artwork from The Art from Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald or something (the book) considered canon and reliable? IlvermornyWizard (talk) 23:07, January 19, 2019 (UTC) IlvermornyWizard

Jacob's sibling's second wand
Since the Wand of Jacob's sibling was destroyed and the new chapter of Hogwarts Mystery is up where the player picks a new wand, could the Wand of Jacob's sibling page be renamed the First wand of Jacob's sibling? IlvermornyWizard (talk) 21:54, January 24, 2019 (UTC) IlvermornyWizard


 * Leave a redirect is an admin/bureaucrat thing, non-admin users are not able to not leave a redirect and leaves a redirect regardless. IlvermornyWizard (talk) 23:18, January 24, 2019 (UTC) IlvermornyWizard

Images
Hi there, Ironyak1! Hope all is well! I have two questions that are image related.

First one is to know the judgement on "when a image is needed". User:IlvermornyWizard has occasionally tag images to be deleted citing due to poor quality, even going as far as asking the uploaders to stop uploading those images that are "poor in quality" on their talk pages. Personally, I'm torn about this because the images that got this reaction definitely cannot be seen as high quality; however, as cases such as the Red Haired Young Witch, I see no harm in having a temporary image regardless of the quality; after all, all images can be replaced and updated if/when higher quality ones are available.

That being said, I'm wondering about the situation where "there really won't be higher quality ones available". Mainly like the Roberts family. Mind you, I don't think in this case it'll permanently stay that way (fingers crossed, hopefully GOF's illustrated editions will get us a better view of them), however, it currently is, and User:Yechezkelb went through the trouble of producing, , and , all altered from. They are rotated and still really aren't recognizable. So in this case, I find myself guiltily wondering "if this is necessary", and felt being a little double standard since I clearly didn't have much issue like IlvermornyWizard is to low quality screenshots. Would like your opinion on the matter.

The second issue is about the possibility of having warning template(s) about image related actions. I've seen Admins repeatedly asking certain users to fill out, and if there is in fact a template they are substituting from, I'd like to know where the template is located at. I say this because to me, the uncategorized images are the wildcards when finding and sorting images; those images could actually be used on a great amount of pages and still couldn't be easily found. I feel that for Users who have been repeatedly warned to take care of their images and failed doing so, should eventually warrant a temporary block. I understand they are being very helpful in terms of providing images, but if they mass uploaded 100+ images without bothering to add info, that's 100+ images that someone else will have to cleanup after them, or not, as that's more like what's happening on this wiki since there's so many of those in this situation. On the long run, this action adds more workload to others, while raising the chance of having duplicates, since it's hard for people to know some images already exist here due to the lack of info and categorizations.

I'm asking because I don't want to overstep whatever boundary there is, and also because I'm just not good at keeping the tone neutral. I understand most people all are uploading images under good faith, but I think it's important to let them know that accumulating neglect leads to great inconvenience and hinderance. I feel that a warning template is needed (if there hasn't been one), but just don't know how to go about it without sounding super rude. Advise will be deeply appreciated. Thanks! -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 18:40, January 26, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi there! Thank you so much for the reply! Especially the first clarification! I'm so glad I asked so I won't have to let it bother me at the back of my brain; however, can you also check if this action is acceptable? I think it's because the tone was so absolute that it convinced me that I must have missed some rules and what was said was the truth; I mean, I feel intimidated about having to specifically get an admin's allowance for putting images in articles. I believe you told me it's something about being bold, or at most discussing the issue in a civilized matter, so I didn't think users should be treated like this? (Or I could be applying my previous advise wrongly, so let me know!)


 * Ahhh! I've never uploaded images from Special:Images, but I think the popup generates the same issue as uploading images when editing in source mode, as in people always have to click "More Options" to input stuff. I think when I joined Wikia, I basically assumed to properly handle images, one always have to go through two steps, (unless uploading via Special:Upload on HPW, which I don't lol). Like, I don't fault anyone for not having their uploads correctly loaded with info and categorization immediately after they uploaded them (on my end I can't tell their methods of uploads anyway, so I choose to not get upset over the possibility of them not filling out the template when they could have when using Special:Upload); it's if they left them alone, or worse, continue to do so when asked not to. I get what you are saying, users can be unaware of the matter, and this is unfortunate due to the current setup of the site, but I think, if they have been repeatedly warned and definitely made aware of the matter, that's a different issue.


 * The reason I wrote all that above, is because the bot idea sounds nice, but as you've mentioned, I personally think it'll be a miracle for first-timers to know about needing to do so; if the bot is able to identify first offense from continual offense, then I'm all for it. Otherwise, I can see people who just don't give a fig receiving a mass load of automatic warnings, or worse, for a first-timer to multi-upload and receive the same. To be honest, I think only 2 users that I know of can be safely put under the "multiple offenses" hat, and the silver lining is that they seemed to only be active when there's material from new production released, so there's a little breathing space between their mass-upload-without-info. To be clear, I think an automatic friendly reminder for first-timers is a splendid idea, but am unsure about automatically issuing warnings based on lacking info (can really see people receiving hundreds of warnings because of this), sorry if this sounds silly Orz.


 * I write long and I find people are seldom patient to read the entire content, I think you write very concise and to the point, so if it won't take up too much of your time, that will be great. Thanks so much for seeing this case; I don't think it's currently super urgent, just that if I'm still around by the time FB3 is doing promotional stuff, I'd hope there'd be the template available to be used on the likely offenders by then. xD


 * -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 20:18, January 27, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi there! Sorry for the delayed response! Maintaining Forum:Treatment for similar images has been really straining both my energy and my laptop endurance lol.


 * Anyhow, thanks so much for the explanation! Given the crux of the issue is about piracy, I can now know when to not feel weird when seeing warning against this type of images, if that makes any sense lol. Though it kind of makes me wonder about a somewhat related issue... I suppose, this type of situation would be hard to apply to images from book-medium? Like, taking pictures of the illustrated editions instead of scanning them, is still acceptable, correct? (I'm asking this because I def. get a feeling that some of those images are photographed) Because I'm pretty sure not all of the useful illustrations would happen to be digitized for preview purposes, and that leads to retrieving the images by other means, which, well, could be via taking pictures. Just checking this really is alright. xP


 * For files lacking Description, due to my bot-less status and my own preference to not have my own edit count dominated by the file namespace; (which kinda already has, unfortunately) I have not directly tackled the matter and am content to view Special:UncategorizedFiles daily to see if changes are made (have caught some duplicates through this alongside another Special page). That being said, I can't be certain, but I think the previous Content Mod had tried to resolve the issue, just that no one followed his actions. (that I know of anyways; sorry, was editing elsewhere during this period, I think) Or at least that's what I think what User:SuperSajuuk/FileCleanup is for. The placement of and category:Images with no file information did help me see batch of images I'm sure I hadn't seen prior to viewing the category. While it is not going to solve the matter directly, I think, if your bot can be set to place  on the current files appearing on Special:UncategorizedFiles JUST ONCE, that may move the process faster.


 * I said just once, because I personally find the current Wikia/Fandom setup for category viewing quite loathsome lmao. Unlike Special:Images where you actually have page numbers you can jump back and forth to; the category, as far as I'm aware, only has the option of moving to see 200 items, without knowing how far you've gone unless you are on the first or last viewing. So populating a category with 1k+ files isn't ideal when it comes to finding files. It sucks when you accidentally forget this and use your browser's "show the previous page" function instead of correctly clicking the "(previous 200)" on the page, or that the page reload for some unknown reason and you'd be left with having to click through the countless "(next 200)" to get to wherever you were at prior to the refresh. (This is obviously spoken from personal unfortunate experience. If there's a way to avoid this viewing restriction, I'd really love to know. Images of the trio individually is giving me a headache, which is why while they are obviously the ones with the most dupes, they'd be the last to be fully worked on as it's just too hard for me lol)


 * In fact, if possible, view the 2nd page and set your Bot to place Category:Images of actors to get a bunch of them out of the way. While they most likely will still need description... Personally, to me, they are of lesser priority because they are also less likely of having dupes. Not saying they should be neglected, just saying imo they are less urgent to be sorted. Once the actor images are out from view, then place on the (updated) current files appearing on Special:UncategorizedFiles that one time. Like I said, in the grand scheme of things, the change probably looks super minute, but that's currently the fastest way I can think of to help reveal uncategorized images.


 * Also feel that there may need to have a stricter image policy regarding to actors' images for other works. I'm seeing some good amount of lovely modeling photoshoots of some actresses, but hardly directly relevant towards the Wizarding World (franchise). If it's photoshoots of cast members together as themselves, that I can at least understand because it'd be somewhat unique and still related. Individual beauty shots... not so much. I thought about merging photoshoots from the same setting into just one file, but want to go over this with someone first before doing so. TBH, I have no idea if this is a regular occurrence, or just this one time that happened to take up a good amount of space at Special:UncategorizedFiles. The reason I haven't brought this up anywhere, is because like I said, I personally see actor images as low priority, but since a bunch of them are present where a bot may work through, I figured I'd just bring it up. I appreciate those pictures, and I think in a way it may be useful (I have no idea why when I Googled specifically "Daniel Radcliffe", I'm still getting a bunch of images of "Emma Watson" in the mix), so I don't believe they should just be regarded as "irrelevant" and straight out batch-deleted, but I equally don't believe they should be taking as much file spaces, hence the merging proposal as a way to still keep them. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 21:22, February 3, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hey there! Just wanted to let you know, apparently there are in fact warning templates for uploads! and ! They were previously under Category:Maintenance templates which consists of mostly header templates so I didn't notice them; only just came across one of them being used. Heads up, I'm unfortunately sending in a request for temporal block, as a User has been warned (not by myself) previously and is now uploading a bunch of GIFs that already have files here. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 22:18, February 7, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hey there! Just heads up; the script I used to mass protect just now failed to include the reason for it that I've typed (I have brought up this issue on Dev, hopefully it'd be resolved soon.) The reason I typed was "temporary protection; prepping for upcoming merge, preventing untimely image replacement."; just in case people decided to replace and replace on the wrong file, making the merge process more complicated. I felt it might look suspicious with no summary provided (I cringed when I saw the log), so figured I should at least let someone know why they were done. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 23:52, February 9, 2019 (UTC)

Eulalie Hicks page
Can Eulalie Hicks' page from the movie (artwork and the real page if there's enough seen in the background) to the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Ilvermorny Castle pages? Eulalie Hicks is a professor at Ilvermorny and was at Ilvermorny during their conservation so those images show more of Ilvermorny and what it looks like than we know already. IlvermornyWizard (talk) 03:44, January 27, 2019 (UTC) IlvermornyWizard

Two things
I'm sorry that the header sounds like a joke but I can't find any other way to express it. Hello! I just wanted to say two things. One is that I've gathered three positive votes on my Chat Mod application, and if it's alright with you, I'd like to move on and conduct a vote.

My second point is a bit longer point, but it isn't the main point of this message.

It's about a certain user who has some troublesome behaviour in the live chat. She has vandalized my profile using a sockpuppet, and often says bothersome things in chat (i.e decorating a Christmas tree nude, and recently there have been some things concerning suicide). I've told her multiple times in chat to leave me alone, but she always ignores these attempts.

I've left a final message on her wall that I don't want anything to do with her anymore, but she seems like she's simply trolling, so I doubt she'll respect it, and her behaviour can seriously bother not only me, but other users as well.

I have camera shots of the chat to prove it, if that counts as evidence. The user in question is called User:Wikiatastic.

I'm reaching out to you because she as said, ignores my attempts to distance myself. If I respond, she will continue to pretend I'm not saying that I don't want to be in contact with her. If I ignore her, she will start talking about bothersome things as suicide.

I stay in the chat a lot, because I often wait for someone I know to join. Her presence is rather bothersome, and if she meets and causes trouble for a different user, she may cause damage. So I'd like to request some action taken against her.

Sorry for the long message and for bothering you! Have a good day! 민태준  -  슈가 ( Inconvenience me here! )  19:38, January 30, 2019 (UTC)

Legilimency
Hi ^_^ I wanted to check with someone before just editing to remove something that appears to be erroneous. I was doing a bit of research on legilimency and I was wondering where the possession part comes in? On the pottermore page, there isn't anything about possession, even though there is a small section that talks specifically about what Voldemort could do with it. ("But, of course, Legilimency was useful to Dark wizards too. Voldemort’s skill as a Legilimens enabled him to lure Harry to the Department of Mysteries; it helped him kill unsuspecting Muggle Frank Bryce in the Riddle House, and it probably led to the deaths of many others, given he used it to determine who was lying to him.") And, of course, it does mention the implanting of visions as well, but...not possession. My question is where is that part coming from - is there something that I'm missing? And if not, could you/could I remove the part about possession from the legilimency page?

Notmyresident (talk) 06:15, February 3, 2019 (UTC)

n/a
Oye, Ironyak1. ¿Porque me has borrado la página que edite sobre Grindeldore?. Me parece realmente injusto. AnnieSlytherin (talk) 20:01, February 3, 2019 (UTC)

:Re Chat Mod
Thanks very much! I'll do my best!

Have an awesome day! 민태준  -  슈가 ( Inconvenience me here! )  06:52, February 5, 2019 (UTC)

Please check this out
Hey! I don't know if you've noticed this, but if not, could you please check it out? Us Mods (TDHRTT, Sapphire1912 as well as I) decided, by vote, that MagnificentMagnus should be demoted. He was given Moderator powers in order to better take care of the House Debates, nothing more, nothing less. He has frankly been lazy and irresponsible, you can read more of that on the talk page. Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    17:17, February 5, 2019 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I think you missed a lot. First of all he was made a mod in order to run the House Debates, and ONLY the House Debates, it was a deal we had made an agreement on, he was to be a "Half-Mod", and that how he advertised himself. We only decided to give him powers so he could help us run the debates. We don't mind him dealing with trolls and such, but him doing it lazily (editing new users posts, leaving someone else to welcome them onto the wiki) is what really angers us. He did also announce that he would be resigning, before we informed that we voted to demote him, however he never acted on it. We were as kind and understanding as possible, whilst he has only acted hostile and threatening. I must insist that he was only given the Moderator rights to edit Users' posts to award them House Points instead, I for a long time did his job, but that wasn't enough, they had to stop. Only after us threatening to demote him he started working again. I don't understand how you can't clearly see his laziness and lack of responsibility. After he is demoted we are planning on making a new user "Half-Mod". Cheers, --  CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    06:25, February 7, 2019 (UTC)


 * "Half-Mod" isn't a name that actually means something, its just easier than calling Magnus by "Director of Magical Sports and Games." That's just too long and unnecessary. Again, I don't think you understand, we aren't forcing anyone to do anything! He made it clear to us that he wanted to help out, so, since we needed help to reestablish the House Debates, we decided that we would propose to him to become a "Half-Mod" AKA only use his moderation powers to edit users' posts in order to include at the bottom the amount of House Points they gained from their posts, as well as editing the House Point Tracker. Nothing more, nothing else. Him being a Half-Mod was established well before he was even given moderation rights. I really don't see why this bothers you. The article by FANDOM is first and foremost a "guidance." However, it really isn't what we the mods strive for at all. We want to elevate the discussions from just another social media platform to a more interesting forum where people can discuss interesting topics. We have an Off-Topic Post for everyone who wishes to just talk about random stuff. "Under such guidance there is no need for management hierarchies or assigned tasks." But we decided to have assigned tasks for every mod, why? Because it's easier! So much easier! Everyone knows what they're supposed to do, and no one does too much or too little. I honestly don't understand why you keep talking about the "Fandom Guide to Improving Discussions"!!! It has no correlation to the problem. Magnus did not do what he PROMISED to do, instead did TOO LITTLE of what he was supposed to do, and when it came to stuff he WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DO (Whether FANDOM's Guide says so or not) he did it in HALF. Again, I have to reiterate, WE NEVER SAID HE WOULD HAVE THE FULL RESPONSIBILITIES OF A MODERATOR, HE WAS GIVEN MOD RIGHTS IN ORDER TO EDIT USERS' POSTS SO THAT HE COULD MANAGE THE HOUSE DEBATES. HE AGREED TO THIS BEFORE HE WAS MADE MODERATOR. HE EVEN SAID IT HIMSELF, NUMEROUS TIMES, HE IS ONLY A HALF-MOD/Director of Magical Sports and Games/or whatever. I'm sorry if I may seem angry, but I sure am, this whole situation is RIDICULOUS. He didn't do his job. Wouldn't your boss fire you if you didn't do what you were employed to do? I'm not saying I'm his boss, don't take me saying that as that, but rather we democratically voted that he should be demoted. Next time we should get the goddamn Mods to sign Legal Documents stating that we have every right to demote them if we so wish, this is such a huge hassle for ridiculously little.
 * P.S.: Here's the introduction from Magnus' own page on the wiki: "I've never been a Mod, so here I am. Director Maggie." Never been a mod. And here: "My occupation is Director of Magical Sports and Games on the Harry Potter Wiki Discussions" again, the same thing. Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    15:31, February 8, 2019 (UTC)

Chat Improvements
Hello!

I got a suggestion of how to improve chat, and I've noticed that it's missing a lot. For one, I believe we need some guidelines. I have looked around the wiki, and I haven't found any. (If there are some guidelines, then let me know!) I don't think we need that many, either

For the guidelines (or to add to those available): However I believe there should be a rule to avoid things that might be considered TMI by general public. My suggestion is that before being kicked, there is a warning. After three kicks, I'd say a 48 hour ban. If you are okay with this policy, let me know! If you have any edits, recommendations or similar, please tell me and feel free to edit them into it.
 * 1) No cursing. I think cursing should be forbidden, or at the least toned down, to keep language civil and friendly. I think it should be okay in PM, though, if both parties are okay with it.
 * 2) I also have another suggestion rather hard to put in a rule, but I've had experience with a user who would say things that are troublesome and can easily make others uncomfortable. It isn't easy to phrase this in a rule, as "uncomfortable" is different for everyone.
 * 1) I think we might need a ban policy, such as a certain number of kicks will result in a ban for a certain time.

I also believe we should link the guidelines into the welcome message. Perhaps something like "Welcome to the $1 chat! Be sure to read the ((guidelines|link to guidelines))"

Please let me know what you think! Thanks for reading, and have a good day! 민태준  -  슈가 ( Inconvenience me here! )  15:49, February 6, 2019 (UTC)


 * Would it make sense to combine Harry Potter Wiki:IRC and Harry Potter Wiki:Chat Policy? I know one's outside and one's inside chat, but they are both chat related and IRC seems to be phasing out? Just a thought (but I can see the logic of separating the two, too. So no worries lol)
 * -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 19:05, February 9, 2019 (UTC)

Discussions Guidelines
I'd have to scroll for perhaps hours to find such a thread. We stopped doing community voted rules about a year or so ago. It was, in all honesty, far too chaotic, since then we have always decided the rules ourselves, in a way that we feel are fair for both us and the rest of the community. We have always had a feedback and suggestions thread, as well as a Ask A Mod A Question Thread where people can raise their concerns to us, so if they have a problem with our rules, they can always inform us about them. Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    00:07, February 10, 2019 (UTC)


 * Just saw the new messages on your thread on the discussions; we have always had votes and "Mod application" threads, the only exception we made for this was for Magnus, an announcement about this would be useless. Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    00:11, February 10, 2019 (UTC)

MediaWiki pages
Hi there, was not aware of MediaWiki:Chat-entry-point-guidelines until the change; upon seeing where it'd show up, do you think you can modify MediaWiki:Communitypage-help-us-grow slightly to also include minimal links to certain policies? Just figured it might be a good "in-your-face" reminder that there are policies on HPW and they are best be read.

Would like some input on MediaWiki talk:Licenses.

Would also like some input on MediaWiki:Community-to-do-list, which I brought up in the 2nd paragraph of Harry Potter Wiki talk:Harry Potter Wiki Projects (it was brought up there because I have no idea where to discuss this, since Special:Community doesn't have a talk page (special and all lol)) Plus, I literally just located the MediaWiki page for generating the content. The easiest method is to directly place on MediaWiki:Community-to-do-list so it'll just display the exact same thing on Harry Potter Wiki:Community Portal. Granted, that page looks pretty dated, but certain links are still pointing users there, whereas Special:Community has no message from the community at all (demonstration of MediaWiki page usage is also provided on the HPW talk page above)

Not urgent, but just to get it out there. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 01:47, February 10, 2019 (UTC)

Chat?
Would you mind coming in the Chat real quick? I have a question for you.

thanks,

Harrypotterexpert101 https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk) 20:13, February 10, 2019 (UTC)

Short code list
Hi there! Like, this is not exactly urgent, but I'm afraid that while I'm not ancient, my memory in recent years really isn't doing so well, so I'd like to get it out before I forget about it lol.

I know when I first brought this up during the last 2 replies at Forum:Condensed spoiler notice, it could seem somewhat off topic, but it stems from the feeling that the instruction on doesn't really demonstrate how adaptable the new template is; during the discussion, the selling point for me was that it's literally just using the already existing short codes templates, so as long as you know what they are, there you go. Problem is, it's looking like a lot of people don't know what short codes are out there, or what they stood for, which was why I asked if there's a list.

Through sheer dumb luck, I found User:Ironyak1/Link Template List, and that's basically exactly what I'm looking for, so I'm wondering if it's acceptable to just use the content you compiled and paste it in the description of Category:Appearance templates, so that, at least, people who aren't familiar with short codes on HPW, won't have to click into individual templates to check what is what.

As User:Ironyak1/Link Template List is your User subpage, I consider it pretentious and rude were I to just use it without getting permission, and who knows, perhaps there's some updated version of this I haven't found. I can't say for other people just that I personally have not memorized all variants of short codes on HPW; idk how dated the page is, but I feel that that's at least a huge head start of a list, brilliant for people to do quick look ups. Would appreciate if the info you compiled can be more easily accessible. (idk about other people, but I have trouble locating my own User subpages, let alone others' lol)

(P.S.: The reason why I'm like asking some random questions instead of doing the usual image filter today, was because of the script problem I briefly mentioned in chat. I'm specifying what to look at in my Dev inquiry base on the position they currently appear on my log, so if things come after the batch I referred to, it'd be harder to describe. Hopefully it'll be looked into soon.)

Thanks for reading this, as usual! =D -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 23:52, February 10, 2019 (UTC)


 * Oh holy wow. Thanks for the super fast response, I'll get to copy & pasting then. As for the separation, I feel like while type and type  are both used in the "Appearances" section of articles (I'm assuming that's how the category got its name... D; ), the latter type is more about showing the "status" of how the "source" (former type) qualified to be listed in said section; at first, I didn't feel like it was too much a hassle, cuz I mistakenly assumed that all-caps ones were abbreviations, as in all for "sources", then I encountered  and  that made me feel "well, I wish they weren't mixed together then lol". (Granted I think those two above are the only one like this, so it wasn't a huge issue)


 * A quick (and likely not super accurate) count, there're at least 36 templates (out of the 102 under the category, not counting your User subpages) that can safely said to not be type "source", perhaps the number is too small to be significant enough for separation. (I'm not pushing for this happen anytime soon, if at all; just that, I know if I don't type it down, I'm not going to remember and will have to recount them lol, might as well document it.) Thanks again for the reply! -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 00:41, February 11, 2019 (UTC)

Discussion board ban issue
~Hi my current account is MadEye88 I've been banned multiple times from fandom because of my angry behaviour because I take harry potter a bit more seriously but I'm really sorry about that, now I'm not getting angry anymore I'm avoiding all of those posts that can lead me to my angry behaviour.i know I shouldn't have said or done the things i did in past as to say in my previous accounts but I promise I won't repeat my mistake please give me another chance. This is a legendary community and I want to be a part of this. Harry Potter is more than just books for me. It's my way of living. JKR taught me to believe in life again when I was so close to end it. Whenever I'm happy,sad or feeling nothing at all I read Harry Potter it takes my mind off things. Harry Potter is my emotion. I hope you understand and all I'm asking is just let me stay give me just one more chance I won't repeat my mistakes. Again I'm really really really sorry. All I'm asking is give me a last chance and I promise I won't blow up this time. I will be so grateful if you let me stay. Understanding my angry behaviour is easy just think of me as a Harry Potter fan who refuses to accept anything except what's already written in the books so I get angry when I see people asking stupid questions like someone asked a few days ago"why Voldemort tried to kill harry?" But it won't happen again until now I was just trying to keep my angre under control but now I promise I will never do that again. Again I'm sorry

~Hi my current account is MadEye88 I've been banned multiple times from fandom because of my angry behaviour because I take harry potter a bit more seriously but I'm really sorry about that, now I'm not getting angry anymore I'm avoiding all of those posts that can lead me to my angry behaviour.i know I shouldn't have said or done the things i did in past as to say in my previous accounts but I promise I won't repeat my mistake please give me another chance. This is a legendary community and I want to be a part of this. Harry Potter is more than just books for me. It's my way of living. JKR taught me to believe in life again when I was so close to end it. Whenever I'm happy,sad or feeling nothing at all I read Harry Potter it takes my mind off things. Harry Potter is my emotion. I hope you understand and all I'm asking is just let me stay give me just one more chance I won't repeat my mistakes. Again I'm really really really sorry. All I'm asking is give me a last chance and I promise I won't blow up this time. I will be so grateful if you let me stay. Understanding my angry behaviour is easy just think of me as a Harry Potter fan who refuses to accept anything except what's already written in the books so I get angry when I see people asking stupid questions like someone asked a few days ago"why Voldemort tried to kill harry?" But it won't happen again until now I was just trying to keep my angre under control but now I promise I will never do that again. Again I'm sorry


 * Abusing Multiple Accounts is strictly against FANDOM's Terms, I've blocked him. Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    05:12, February 11, 2019 (UTC)

Re:MadEye88
Hey, I wasn't originally aware of the situation until ThanatodoraSage alerted me of his sockpuppets, it was Magnus who banned him, presumably after several warnings, I think you'll have to talk to him. Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    06:44, February 11, 2019 (UTC)

Chat Welcome Message
I don't know if you know already, but I'm just dropping by to say that the chat welcome message seems to function now!

Thanks for the help! Have a nice day. Cheers, 민태준  -  슈가  (Inconvenience me here)! 15:15, February 11, 2019 (UTC)

Signature Problem?
Hey Ironyak1, I saw your Message on Sapphire1912's talk page, and noticed your signature didn't have a link to your talk page. Just wanted to let you know.

Cheers, Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk) 17:38, February 11, 2019 (UTC)

looks fine now!

Harrypotterexpert101 https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk) 17:46, February 11, 2019 (UTC)

Quick Chat?
If your available could we just have a quick chat right now? Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    17:45, February 11, 2019 (UTC)


 * Are you here right now? Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    19:18, February 11, 2019 (UTC)

Re: Madeye47
Hey Ironyak1! It's going to take me a while more time for me to reopen the case against Madeye47 (partly because I can't access their deleted posts), but I believe it went a little like this: [//harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596224816 https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596224816]

Quite self-explanatory, really. I think it was Gryffinwhore or TwistTheDemon or someone along those lines that Madeye47 was teaming up with to "bully" another user. Or it could have been that Madeye47 was underage - we've been finding a bit of that recently.

On the other hand, on account of my terrible memory, it could also have been that Madeye47 had made multiple accounts first (like what happened with the "Sapphire1935" puppet), which he then got banned for, while I listed the wrong reason.

I'll come back to you once I recover something. Cheers!

P.S. I'm not resigning. --  MagnificentMagnus <font style="background:red;color:yellow;">  Talk  <font style="background:red;color:;"> <font style="background: #99CCFF;color:#993300;"> Contribs <font style="background: #99CCFF;color:#993300;"> 06:18, February 12, 2019 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Apologies, in the future I'll probably include the linked post/offense in the Block description. -- <font style="background:aqua;color:red;"> MagnificentMagnus <font style="background:red;color:yellow;">  Talk  <font style="background:red;color:;"> <font style="background: #99CCFF;color:#993300;"> Contribs <font style="background: #99CCFF;color:#993300;"> 10:53, February 13, 2019 (UTC)

Heights
You are an admin on this wiki, right? Well I'm curious do you know where do the height values on the character pages come from? There isn't a source on the page. Is it from Pottermore or a guidebook? Spinosaurus75 Dinosaur Fan 06:50, February 12, 2019 (UTC)

Blocking Guidelines
Yeah, I recognize this issue, I was much more stricter in the past with my blocks, and nowadays I try not to use permabans. In the future I'll link to their rule-breaking posts. What do you want me to do when banning sockpuppets? Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    19:23, February 12, 2019 (UTC)


 * What I meant was if you wanted me to link to their past posts or something further in the Block Reason, or just leave it to "Abusing Multiple Accounts" :P. Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    19:32, February 12, 2019 (UTC)


 * OK! Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    19:50, February 12, 2019 (UTC)

Re: Upload notices
Hi there! What I like the most about your draft is that it included the syntax, (I sometimes have the impression that people simply didn't bother to even check as they were told) providing it makes it harder to miss, short of them missing the message altogether.

As mentioned in the 2nd to the last response at, I previously was unaware of the existence of and ; I think your draft is very straightforward, excluding the factor of having people to check the template out themselves, (probably lost most people on that step, sighs) however, I'm wondering if there's a need to let people know why it's important for them to fill out. Your draft told them not to do so (which is essential a crucial part of the message lol) but the existing warnings included the reason for it: "In future, please be sure to fill out the information template that is provided on the upload page, in particular citing the source from which the image comes from, and adding categories. This is to help keep images organised and catalogued, and to provide clear sourcing for all uploads."

I said "I'm wondering", because at first, I thought the existing warning was informative and appreciated it, but then I wasn't sure if the wordyness of it all just prevented people from actually reading the stuff lol. IDK. (that said, I understand at the end of the day, if people choose to not read it, how informative the message was would then be irrelevant xP) -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 00:33, February 13, 2019 (UTC)


 * Oh, if you want to test out more on the uploading warning, perhaps look into User:Hobbiton777. I'm on the fence because they are helping creating a lot of actor articles, which is helpful, but alongside they uploaded a bunch of actor images without providing info. The image part was one thing, and because the user hardly is the first offender, with them actually doing a lot of work, I wasn't really sure how to go about it. (though I did bring it up this one time that so far does not seem to make a difference)


 * I took notice of this user because the info on those actor pages sometimes aren't correct, especially when the majority are stated as "British" actor/actresses; occasionally, through further digging, I've found some that aren't and have corrected them. There's also another concern raised and also not seeing change of treatment as of now. I'm asking about it because I feel like "they aren't required to do a complete job", but when it's en mass, that's a lot to fix... Am just wondering if there's a way to approach this, short of resigned and cleaning up after, much like the image problem. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 00:33, February 13, 2019 (UTC)


 * Sorry for the delayed response... As I feared, the rate-limit is making merges more tiresome than it would have been =/ Anyhow, I have not tried this out myself, (because I don't have issues with going to file namespace after uploading images) (also because it appears to be a relatively new script) but do you think w:c:dev:UploadInPage has the potential to solve the problem? Configurations such as "If enabled, the user has to select a license before uploading any file into the wiki" and "If enabled, the "More options" section uploading a file in oasis' WikiaMiniUpload modal is displayed by default" sounds super promising to me. I had no idea the lo license problem went bad enough for Staff's attention, sounds like a nightmare. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 02:53, February 14, 2019 (UTC)


 * BTW, I'm like super sorry for suggesting the script... I'm testing it out myself... and I have no idea where it's supposed to appear... like how to accesses it. Does it work for you? IDK if global.js just isn't letting my local accounts getting the script (which is somewhat doubtful...) sighs. Hope it's at least working for you. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 04:32, February 14, 2019 (UTC)


 * Nope, it doesn't work for me... Orz Have bypassed my browser cache several times, (pretty much always the first thing I do after updating global.js) really not sure what's going on because nothing resembled the image on the dev page showed up (I was expecting a modal looking like the image to pop up?) Instead, I'm still getting the same old modal that doesn't have "More options" shown as default (as promised.) Just tried it on my test wiki and I uploaded without selecting license with nothing prompting me to do otherwise or prevent the file from uploading. Will wait for a few days to worry about it. lol


 * Meanwhile, also saw w:c:dev:PreloadFileDescription; a little confused because HPW seemed to have this (on Special:Upload but not on Special:MultipleUpload?) but I have no idea where or how it was installed. But yeah, there's this line:


 * – when set to true script will disable file upload until proper (non-empty) license is specified. Example:


 * That also look promising, though again, no idea if it'll actually work. =/ -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 05:34, February 14, 2019 (UTC)

┌──────┘

LOL and for some reason I "found" what I couldn't find above afterwards, I guess some sleep helps xP.

Not sure if anyone uses Special:MultipleUpload here, but I suppose making it

or something would make more sense (though I'm not sure if I'm even phrasing it correctly, so don't take my word for it.)

Also, since there's now at least two imported scripts, (that I was able to quickly see, in any case) this part:

is, to my knowledge, advised to be formed as below:

Reason as explained in w:c:dev:Installation. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 20:13, February 14, 2019 (UTC)


 * In case the above was missed (though not urgent)


 * BTW, a little confused, what would the license of personal images, like actual photos of the Users themselves, be? The wording of fairuse seems irrelevant as those images wouldn't be placed in articles? Or do they count as such anyways? -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 22:56, February 15, 2019 (UTC)

Quick chat
Could we meet in the chat if you are on right now? Reverb frost (talk) 02:55, February 14, 2019 (UTC)
 * In that casewe can discuss about it after the vote. Please let me know when you are free after the vote is over. Reverb frost (talk) 04:33, February 14, 2019 (UTC)
 * Although there is one things that I'd like to say. A lot of users on the on going discussion vote are making their very first comment by casting the vote and quite a few of them are "AGAINST". Offcourse the 20 posts policy is still active but it raises a major doubt that is the vote being manopulated by creating sock puppet accounts? I mean these are users who don't even know what discussion board is about. Reverb frost (talk) 05:20, February 14, 2019 (UTC)

House?
Hey Ironyak, could I know what House you're playing for in the House Debate? I've realized you didn't put it in your Bio. Thanks! -- <font style="background:aqua;color:red;"> MagnificentMagnus <font style="background:red;color:yellow;">  Talk  <font style="background:red;color:;"> <font style="background: #99CCFF;color:#993300;"> Contribs <font style="background: #99CCFF;color:#993300;"> 14:10, February 14, 2019 (UTC)


 * A respectable choice! -- <font style="background:aqua;color:red;"> MagnificentMagnus <font style="background:red;color:yellow;">  Talk  <font style="background:red;color:;"> <font style="background: #99CCFF;color:#993300;"> Contribs <font style="background: #99CCFF;color:#993300;"> 04:14, February 16, 2019 (UTC)

Past-tense
I can appreciate past-tense for things like biographies and battles and historical events, but when you read the sentence "Sandwiches WERE a type of food" that's when you know things are getting out of hand. The problem also is that the forum was so poorly worded, and it really only makes sense when talking about character biographies or historical events. I didn't see any discussion of things like spells, potions, creatures, still existing locations, etc. I think that every article being required to be in the past-tense is plain silly. This is not a galaxy far far away. In-universe, magic things are still happening. JK Rowling herself writes in the present tense on Pottermore. I stand by what I said, and will continue to be adamant about that. Oerk (talk) 22:14, February 14, 2019 (UTC)

In any case, it's a policy that is thankfully seldolm enforced, and for good reason: because it's terrible. Just because it is a policy does not mean it is a good approach to have. Quite the opposite in fact. Luckily, many prominent articles are written in present-tense, as they ought to, despite this wiki's policy. That's because the people who wrote them actually had a mind to have them make sense when read. I'm not going to link those articles, for fear of risking a pointless change of tense to past. I'm just glad that a majority of pages were written with some sense, rather than brainlessly following an outlandish policy. Maybe one day, this wiki stop having such a convoluted tense policy, where it does not treat every ordinary thing as though it was some ancient, historic thing that is long gone, when it so obviously isn't. But based on the mere fact that this policy has existed for so long, and plagued this wiki for that whole time unquestioningly, I seriously doubt it. Oerk (talk) 00:07, February 15, 2019 (UTC)

Potential fandom/Junk writing
Hello Ironyak1, whilst going about editing today I happened to notice this newly created and unexplaine article created by a new user, calledSkovboskolen School of Thots. Given the fact this article has been given no explanation to as why it has been created and it looks very much like to me it could be fandom or simply junk writing. The existence of such a school is not noted in any canon source I am aware of, and I also researched the word "thot"; it is an informal and derogatory noun which is used to describe a promiscious woman. If this article is indeed dishonest, it should definitely be removed, as using such language is rather innappropriate, I would think. Thanks RedWizard98 (talk) 13:02, February 15, 2019 (UTC).

Reporting fanon/vandalism
Hello again Ironyak1, with regards to this page regarding the disintegration curse, this supposed new editor, called Molly Weasley 54, is evidently writing fanon on this article regarding its history and creation, none of which is proven in any canon source. This editor now thinks it is okay to expletively proclaim that they will curse me, should I undo their edit agian. As I am not an admin, I cannot be dealing with these kinds of annoying editors. Thanks RedWizard98 (talk) 14:40, February 16, 2019 (UTC).

Hello, randomly today I received this bizarre personal attack from the same idiot Molly Wealsey 54, "KEDAVRA! THATS WHAT YOU GETMolly Weasley 11:33, February 17, 2019 (UTC)" on my talk page which I of course instantly reverted; this kind of stupid behaviour on this website is unnacceptable, and I think they quickly need warning or blocking. Thanks RedWizard98 (talk) 11:41, February 17, 2019 (UTC).

RE:Vote
Misunderstood the "-" for a "+" in GMT-11, thought the day was already over. Anyways, I just wanted to help out a bit, don't see how that warrants a deletion of my comment though as it did not break any rule. Cheers,   CosmicChronos       Talk to me       Contribs    03:03, February 20, 2019 (UTC)

Voting
Hey Ironyak1,

I recently have been in contact with a Staff member I know, and he has several great points I would like to share. But due to an agreement I signed when I joined the Community Council I cannot share a lot of the information he told me. Therefore, he is drafting some notes for me so I can share some statistics I think may interest the Community regarding the vote. Would you mind keeping the vote open for a day or two longer? If you can't, I will make a post on your talk page regarding the input I received from staff.

Thanks so much!

Cheers, Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk) 05:48, February 20, 2019 (UTC)

Ah, Ok! Will do.

Cheers, Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk) 15:19, February 20, 2019 (UTC)

Discussions Moderator
Hello! The current situation in the discussions sort of motivated me, but would it be possible for me to apply as a Dmod?

Cheers, and thanks for taking the time! 민태준  -  슈가 (Inconvenience me here!) 17:01, February 24, 2019 (UTC)
 * Seeing sage apply for Discussion Moderator rights and in the wake of recent evemts I'd like to apply for Discussion Moderator rights as well. The matter has come to such extents that a person who is supposed to be a guardian of rules is breaking them continuously. I was going to wait but I don't want things to be too late to be corrected.  Reverb frost  |   What's new?    https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/diepio/images/0/0a/GDM.svg 17:21, February 24, 2019 (UTC)

AutoWikiBrowser
Hello, I would like permission to use AutoWikiBrowser to make a few repetitive edits. Specifically, I am asking to be added to this page.

The tasks I wish to use it for,

Category:Images_of_Bartemius_Crouch_Snr has to be moved to Category:Images of Bartemius Crouch Sr, an act your bot did a while ago. I wish to move it back there.

Also as for Category:Images of Pottermore, I intend to empty it, as the images in the category are already in Category:Images from Pottermore.

I humbly request you to consider this request to make these changes, using AWB. Thank you.

&mdash; MechQueste  talk  19:59, February 24, 2019 (UTC)

Re:Locking Posts
Firstly, I am so sorry for not responding to your previous messages on my talk page - I just saw them right now.

Also, i did lock that post (alongwith another of the same user, as far as I remember), because the user asked a question whose answer could have easily been searched up on the wiki, e.g, 'What is the Summoning Charm' would have been easily answered when searched up, and the wiki article regarding 'Accio' would have popped up. I tend to lock posts whose answers have already been given in the wiki, after either seeing a person redirect the OP to the wiki article, or linking the article myself. If you feel I've done something wrong, kindly let me know, and I'll make sure not to repeat the same mistake again. Thank you! --Sapphire1912 &#124; Chocolates and Coffee &#124; (talk) 21:05, February 24, 2019 (UTC)

Survey
Hey there Ironyak1! As I am in the Community Council, I am interested in gathering feedback on what makes Fandom so special as a company. You are being contacted today with some survey questions on what you think makes Fandom a great place. This is research for a blog I am making on the Community Central Wiki. Here they are:

1. How do you view Fandom as a company? Do you feel that they support you enough as an administrator?

2. What kind of technical updates would you like to see in the future? What features would make your job easier?

3. What feedback do you have on the recent Discussions updates? Do you think they were helpful, not worth the time?

Thank you for taking time to answer these questions!

Cheers,  Harrypotterexpert101 https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk) 21:33, February 24, 2019 (UTC)

Posts
Hello Ironyak1,

I would like to say sorry for our rough start. I didn’t understand when I was editing, that my edits were speculation. I can’t wait for the future and look forward to contributing confirmed facts about our amazing universe. It may take me a while, but I will soon get fully used to this community. Is there anywhere I can put some of my posts? I don’t know, but I would assume that the behind the scenes section would be where you would put possible facts. Ex. This background character might be Professor Kettleburn or Ex: This necklace could be her Time-Turner. Do you see what I mean? Sorry for bothering you.

Thanks again, Gray

RE:
Sorry, you didn't catch me in time yesterday! If you still want to, we can talk. -- <font style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 22:09, February 25, 2019 (UTC)

How to find new fantasy franchises to get into
Hello Ironyak1,

I am currently doing a study on the challenges fantasy fans face in finding the next fantasy franchise they would like to get into and where to get access to that content.

Given your role as an admin for the Harry Potter wiki, I would be keen to interview you to get your thought on this. What would be the best way to do this and would you have some availability to connect on this over the coming weeks?

Best,

Fantasynexus2019 (talk) 22:18, February 25, 2019 (UTC)

RE:Survey
Have you noticed the theme of the notifications bell and envelope being changed? The updates are more like theming, but more is to come.

Cheers, Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk) 03:05, February 26, 2019 (UTC)

Marcus Flint
Hey Ironyak, hope your keeping okay. I was going through Inter-House Quidditch players and I saw that Marcus Flint's page still states that he was a sixth-year in the 1991–1992 school year. Rowling had said when her error was pointed out in an interview nineteen years ago (given that he still there when he should have graduated) that he had to repeat a year, but then she had the mistake corrected in a later edition of the book and it now says he was a fifth-year in PS undefined.

Another user has pointed out that the latest edition should take precedence and the canon policy says "the newest source is to be taken as the "most" canon" and that in this case, is the latest and present version of her book. Thought I would ask before changing it because it's rooted in the fandom that he had to repeat a year even though that was later changed. - Kates39 (talk) 20:00, February 26, 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks, it's good to be back! I have made the amendment to Marcus Flint's page. Feel free to look at my explanation in the reference and make any adjustment you think needs to be made. I'm trying to find a source for Flint's appearance too but other than the fact that he was troll-like, the books do not say he had grey eyes, black hair and large teeth (two of them were probably from the films only). Is there a part of the policy that you know of that gives the guidelines for the appearance section? I couldn't find any specific mention of it. I was under the impression it was book-only sources for appearance, but I don't know why. - Kates39 (talk) 14:05, February 27, 2019 (UTC)

Chat
Hey there Ironyak,

Do you mind meeting me in the chat? There is something I would like to talk to you about.

Thanks,

Harrypotterexpert101 https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk) 01:54, March 3, 2019 (UTC)

Account Block Request
Hey there, could you please block this account- [//harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/User:TwoBroomsticks?useskin=oasis https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/User:TwoBroomsticks?useskin=oasis] for abusing multiple accounts as it is a sockpuppet of Bentarr1. This user has a very similar writing style to the latter, and also used profanity over here (have deleted their reply): [//harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596238249 https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596238249] Thanks, --Sapphire1912 &#124; Chocolates and Coffee &#124; (talk) 05:55, March 3, 2019 (UTC)

Alright, thanks --Sapphire1912 &#124; Chocolates and Coffee &#124; (talk) 14:43, March 3, 2019 (UTC)

Editing protected template Community Links
Hi Ironyak,

I would like to edit the protected template Community Links to add a link to the Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Wiki in the "Other Wiki" section. The wiki is hosted on Fandom.com and is about Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Wikipedia article) which is a fanfiction of HP (I'm an admin there).

Would it be possible for you to do the change, if you think it is appropriate?

Thanks for your help --Rinaku (talk) 13:35, March 3, 2019 (UTC)

The naming of 2 to-be-created image categories
Hi, quick questions. (though lengthy as usual D;)
 * 1) I won't bore you with the details; suffice to say I was misled by a certain statement and it led to the making of a series of categorization errors; this can be easily rectified, however, I'm having silly troubles again with the naming of a new required category. It is intended for images by Atomhawk Design Ltd, which would be a subcategory under Category:Images by artist. I think at a glance people can be like "What's the problem? Just name it Category:Images by Atomhawk Design Ltd !", but my concern (likely just overthinking) is the "Ltd" part; I mean, I'm sure it's part of the official name, but I've seen the studio being mostly referred to as simply Atomhawk Design; so in that case idk if "Category:Images by Atomhawk Design" would be better. Please let me know your thoughts on the matter (if either one is okay, would like a preference so the correction needed can move forward)
 * 2) Upon viewing Category:Images of spells, while currently it isn't exactly overpopulated, I think a subcategory for the likes of [[file:Accio.png|20px]], [[file:Aguamenti.png|20px]], [[file:Alohomora Hogwarts Mystery.png|20px]] & [[file:Aparecium.png|20px]], could be useful; once again I'm halted due to the naming of this new CAT. In my head, I somehow always call those "wand movements" (which isn't technically correct?) whereas has the field as "hand movement". I thought about going with that, however, I'm not sure the name "Category:Images of hand movements" is clear enough that people immediately understand what it is? (Or it could be just me, so I needed to know) I tried to think of ways to clarify it's casting related, like "Category:Images of spell hand movements", "Category:Images of hand movements of spells" , or "Category:Images of casting hand movements", and while atm I think the last one s*cks less, I'm not sure if it'd be too long for a category name. I figured I'd just ask for help to see if there's some easier way to describe this type of images.

Thanks! -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 23:04, March 4, 2019 (UTC)


 * Noted! Will slowly proceed (so I don't populate RC.) Thanks!! -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 20:47, March 5, 2019 (UTC)


 * Just keeping you posted, the two CATs have been created, and I'm gradually sorting files to Category:Images of wand gestures.


 * On a different note; I'm sorry to have probably acted stalker-ish, but I'm pretty stressed with having to move to another country with the packing needed, so perhaps my tolerance is considerably lower than usual. If you could check Twitter, that'd be nice. Also have a belated question for a JKR's Tweet at Talk:Nicolas Flamel, not urgent since the Tweet was 2-years-old lol; I honestly forgot all about it until I saw the deceased status being added (back?) today.
 * -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 06:23, March 15, 2019 (UTC)

Re:article links to discussion
Hello there, Thanks for linking my post to the wiki page. Yes I agree, the link isn't visible via the mentioned platforms but *spoiler alert* FANDOM has a deep integration planned that will make this work in the best possible way, and that it is coming soon. Now I will not say much coz I might end up breaking an NDA but optimistically you may or may not see this feature up and running in a month or so. Hopefully that helps. FYI thanks again for linking my post to Dumbledore's article. He is one of my "fiction world idols". Also if you need me to write the above points on the respected forum talk then let me know and I will put it down as a record. Reverb frost (talk) 01:18, March 5, 2019 (UTC)

Re: Potion ingredient infobox
Hi there. I created the Ingredient infobox (formerly Potion ingredient infobox) to organize the plethora of articles on potion ingredients that tend to follow patterns. Here's how I apply the infobox for articles:


 * Is the object ONLY a potion ingredient? If so, then use.
 * Is the object a potion ingredient, but also used in non-foodstuffs? (e.g. bezoars, unicorn hair) Then use.


 * Is the object consumed or used like a potion but not explicitly a potion? (e.g. Re'em blood) Then use.


 * Is the object a plant? Don't use


 * Is the object an animal? Don't use


 * Is the object DERIVED from a plant or animal? Then use.


 * Is the object used in foodstuffs, and isn't a plant or animal? I suppose it depends on whether or not it is used primarily in foodstuffs. If there are 5 potion articles that use, say for example, onion juice, but only 1 foodstuff article that uses onion juice, then I would use the ingredient infobox. If there are 5 foodstuff articles that used onion juice, but only 1 potion article that uses onion juice, I would use the food infobox.

Hope this helps!

Oerk (talk) 04:21, March 5, 2019 (UTC)

Category questions
Hi, User:MechQueste asked my opinion about 2 spell-related subcategories, and I replied my personal thoughts of them here, but would also like to know what you think, as upon browsing, I think the structure of Category:Spells is a tad bit weird.

The gist is whether or not Category:Spells with Modifiers and Category:Cleaning spells were necessary. I personally thought both of them are fine, however, I also have issues with both. Am wondering if it's okay to rename "Spells with Modifiers" to "Spells with incantations consisting modifiers" (more mouthful, but a more accurate description) and to categorize Cleaning spells (and Healing spells) under Category:Spell types instead of just right under Category:Spells. My 2 questions are however base on those 2 subcategories being indeed deemed to be kept, so that's still the more pressing matter. That said, I'm not even sure if Category:Spell types was what I'm looking for; I think I'm going for how Category:Individuals can be searched by different ways. If applying the same structure, the hypothetical subCAT would be called something like "Category:Spells by usage" or by purpose, or by function... IDK, I just think cleaning and healing are more specific than most of what's currently under Category:Spell types.

I'm also slightly concerned about Category:Spells being attached to, something I'm actually not sure of being a good idea and just haven't had the time to ask the question. Figured to take this opportunity to inquire. I'm under the impression that usually it's preferred to only contain the most specific CAT, and not the general CAT? So say, if it's a healing spell, hence categorized as Healing spells, which is under Spells, it obviously is a spell, therefore shouldn't also need to be categorized under Spells. Am wondering if there's a reason that the general CAT is attached to the infobox, and if not, if it's okay to remove it.

-- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 20:47, March 5, 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm embarrassed to say, I haven't actually had time to read the entire content of Modifier; I scrolled through it and had a vague idea with my own interpretation of what it was about. After reading your reply, I went back to check the article and realized that it was as you said and not as I thought, containing what looks like fan theorizations. I was seeing it as, the structural part and not suggesting which of the component is the base and which the modifier, nor was I particularly supporting the hypothesis on the ones with modifiers originated from the ones without. I suck at explaining; for example, even if "Protego" is not already known to exists, using what I previously thought the CAT was for, I'd still categorize "Protego Diabolica" as "Spells with incantations consisting modifiers"; it's not about suggesting "Protego Diabolica" being a modified version of "Protego" (or "Diabolica" lol), but the fact that the spell on its own, has the incantation that grammatically contained a modifier. I think, by my own lol interpretation, I'd see "Wingardium Leviosa" fitting as well, basically just any spell with more than one word. Oops. xP My bad.


 * Can I assume the creation of a CAT for "Spells with incantations consisting -fors suffix" would also be advised against? Since, while people have observed the considerably notable amount spells with incantations ending with "fors", there's no canon documenting the matter?


 * -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 02:17, March 8, 2019 (UTC)


 * Unrelated to the above but still questions about categories, so I figured I'd still keep it posted together.


 * As I went through User:DinosaursRoar's mass categorization edits, aside from ones that are probably done due to unfamiliar with the whole category tree concept (I don't blame them), I noticed they did pick up something that could be considered missing; apparently a lot of the animals that are mostly known due to being a possible Patronus form, would lack a category that'd state what kind of creature it is, aside from having Category:Patronus forms. I know corporal Patronus forms take forms of creatures, so logically having Category:Patronus forms would automatically mean said creature, is well, a creature, hence not needing the creature category. That said, I'm like looking at Category:Mammals and wondering if something else could be done. First of all, I have to admit, I learned the classifications of animals more than a decade ago, in another language, no less, so I can't say I'm an expert for this, so if the question is silly, hope you won't judge me too harshly lol. The first question is, are "Cats" and "Dogs" the politically(?) correct terms to describe their relatives? I thought about "s" and "s" but apparently those aren't official names to refer those groups of animals, either? I'm asking, because I think having Lynx, Tiger, Leopard etc. under Category:Cats is a tad bit misleading, and just wonder if a subCAT above it to differentiate the relatives of cats and the actual cats would be better.


 * Also wondered if a subCAT for s (hooved animals... had to look it up even though I did take animal anatomy in English in recent years... my memory really is bad Dx) is okay. I don't think it needs to go as thorough as s and s at the moment, but I do think it'd be a nice clarification than just simply be under "Mammals".


 * Would like to know what you think. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 01:32, March 17, 2019 (UTC)

Message Walls
Has this wiki ever considered adopting the usage of Message Walls instead of Talk Pages? &mdash; MechQueste  talk  21:55, March 7, 2019 (UTC)

reply to your message on my talk pages, I don't think Discussions was meant to replace message walls. The message walls replace your own talk pages. For example, this is my message wall, and this is my archived talk page. Basically, message walls like talk pages, but you get notifications and are a little better organized. &mdash; MechQueste  talk  23:07, March 7, 2019 (UTC)

Uh...
so while in chat i meant saw this user: Haha123456789101112131415.

i know some people call themselves that, but it sorta looks like a sockpuppet acc to me. they didn't talk in chat at all.

i asked a friend about it, and they told me that it might be a sock because the name. i guess it is worth reporting, so here i am.

Cheers! 민태준  -  슈가 (Inconvenience me here!) 18:16, March 8, 2019 (UTC)

Two things
Hey there Ironyak,

I have two things I would like to bring to your attention:

1. In the new guidelines, there Is a minor spelling error. In the paragraph under "Do you have suggestions for the wiki?" , the word disregard is missing the "a".

2. In the "Ask a Mod a Question" thread, the Discussions Moderator CosmicChronos deleted a reply that I made that very much was not in violation of the guidelines (as far as I'm concerned). Would you mind looking into this for me and getting back to me? Just want to know if I am missing something...

Thank you, and have a good day!

Cheers, Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk)

Alright, thanks!

Harrypotterexpert101 https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk)

Re: Recommended Edits
Wow, thanks a million!!! I'll do that, then.

Cheers! 민태준  -  슈가 (Inconvenience me here!) 16:56, March 11, 2019 (UTC)

Discussion/wiki guide
Hey there. I had previously mentioned about this topic on one of the feedback posts but they were not properly discussed for some or the other reason. I am planning on making a post that compromises of a wiki guide for a discussion board(mobile) user that will help them. Tjis post will consist of a lot of important post links. It will be sort of an FAQ only. Here is an example of a similar post

I have currently selected a few posts that are important and will shortly present you a rough draft of the same. What I wanted to know is can that post be made official? Reverb frost (talk) 06:35, March 12, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello there. Here is a draft for what had proposed previously. Take a look at it and let me know. ( https://reverb-frost.fandom.com/d/p/3305836143182233601 )    Reverb frost (talk) 08:01, March 15, 2019 (UTC)


 * I will be sure to look into all 4 suggestions.


 * I wanted to know if I have a go to post this on the discussion board after making necessary changes? Also I'd prefer to post it when you are online so that you can lock it as well, since I am not allowed to use my GDM rights until mentioned otherwise.


 * That sounds great. Thanks for making my nomination possible. Reverb frost (talk) 12:59, March 16, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hey pinging back just incase you missed the above text. I had editted it more than once so it may have caused some issue in nit properly notifying you. Reverb frost (talk) 02:56, March 18, 2019 (UTC)
 * Hey you haven't replied to me on this matter yet. Reverb frost (talk) 03:47, March 21, 2019 (UTC)
 * I did not complete the mod guide because I got a little lazy and then i also wanted to observe an entire mod voting process befire writing it. Will wait till mod votes are over. Thanks for helping with all this. Reverb frost (talk) 18:26, March 21, 2019 (UTC)

Spoiler templates
When I can remove spoiler tags for the Crime of Grindelwald? &mdash; MechQueste  talk  18:29, March 12, 2019 (UTC)

Wizards unite information
I know that wizards unite is considered third tier canon, but I'm still thinking about how to add it into articles.

Beasts, onjects, and even characters can appear anywhere the player goes, but Harry, Ron and the others can't be in two places at the same time. I think the place should be left unspecified, with it just saying 21st century.

Also, the game seems to confirm that the DEs were still active after Voldemort's death.

With the creatures and onjects, it's probably the easiest considering there are several of most of them, though I think it could be difficult with objects like the Sorting Hat.

Could you have a look sat the new information and hekp me adding them? --Rodolphus (talk) 16:47, March 14, 2019 (UTC)

I seem to remember that it said somewhere that some of the treats were memories, which would explain the Harry situation.--Rodolphus (talk) 17:41, March 14, 2019 (UTC)

So, I've added to all appearances sections I can think of, though I have to admitt that I have forgotten the spoiler template. Can your bot add them.

Also, I think the massive breach, being the main plot pf the game, should get it's own in-universe article or at least its own section in the Statute of Secrecy article.--Rodolphus (talk) 18:31, March 14, 2019 (UTC)

RE:Requests for Permissions
Alrighty, thanks so much! No problem about the input, it was just something I strongly believed in. I will be ready when you message me!

Cheers, -- &mdash; Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk)

RE:Dmod nomination
Hey I'd be okay if you posted my nomination now. Thanks again. Reverb frost (talk) 19:26, March 18, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hey could you make an announcement about both the nominations? My nomination post has shifted down enough to not get user attention. Having an announcement for both our nomunations will help us gain more community consensus. I know that only one link can be linked in the announcement so maybe you could make a separate post that has a link to both our nomination posts and then use the announcement feature to announce that post. Reverb frost (talk) 07:47, March 19, 2019 (UTC)

RE:Discussion Mod nomination
Hey Ironyak1, So sorry, I was busy. I am around now. Thanks so much! &mdash; Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk)

Here &mdash; Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk)

Thanks so much! &mdash; Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk)

Continuing the convo so that the discussion post won't get further grossly offtrack
Hi Yak! First of all, thank you so much for being patient with the explanations at https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596248784, however, I do have further questions, so as stated in this section title, I think relocating to continue the convo would be more appropriate. (I should also probably add, whenever I say I think, it literally is just that, they are words of my personal opinion and I'm not claiming them to be some official rules D;)

Um, so yeah, I don't think you were singling me out and I don't think you sounded mean, but I appreciate the clarification. =D

That said, I'm like not sure if the following would then be preferred and seen as less concerning? When seeing a post without source and credit, should I just skip the asking part and assume people wouldn't be able to find it, go try to search for it myself, and if successful, share it as a reply? I emphasize again, I know it's not required, but I care for credits, so if I can locate them, while nobody is forcing me to do this, it's my decision to do it, and I would like to provide it. (I'm sincerely hoping that providing a "not-required" source isn't somehow seen as trying to enforce a self-imposed rule or actually violating some policies; even in the situation where the thread has nothing to do with fan art, say, someone asks thoughts about an interview and only paraphrasing it without providing the actual interview, I would have replied to include it in my post. (no, it is not required, and I'm not saying it is)

It would only be a regular thing... if it's a regular thing that people don't credit the works and I happened to see it? I'm not sure if you were suggesting that I should just drop the matter altogether with the last paragraph of your response. If asking them first and replying to show the findings when they failed to provide is badgering and concerning, um, so that's why I'm now asking if I should just skip the asking part? Sorry if I'm not understanding you correctly. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 18:53, March 21, 2019 (UTC)

Hey!
Can you join chat for a sec? 민태준  -  슈가  (Inconvenience me here!) 19:48, March 23, 2019 (UTC)

Matching users note
Hi Ironyak1! I'm Noreplyz, a member of the VSTF and a past member of the Global Discussions Moderators (GDM). In our internal GDM chat, I was informed of https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596250371, and found that the user LittleRavenclawPrefect2001 has IP matches with Harrypotterexpert101 - and while I'm confident they are the same person, but it is also possible that they are brothers/sisters sharing the same device.

Another person told me that there's a current vote for this user to become a moderator, so I thought to leave you a message here regarding this. Normally this message would be sent privately or made by Staff, so I hope I'm not stepping on any boundaries by letting you know. If there's anything else you need, feel free to message me on my wall. noreplyz talk 02:00, March 24, 2019 (UTC)

RE:Reply please
Hey there Ironyak1,

I deny that this is my account, but I (ocassionally) let my siblings use the main device I am on (which is a kindle fire), so it could be one of theirs. I have spoke to all of them about Fandom, so it could just be one of them trolling me. This user has been in contact with me several times, on my talk page, and in the chat. They have recently also joined a wiki I admin for, which is called the Westing Game Wiki.

I would also like to ask, why would I talk to myself if I had another account? I have messaged this user a few times, and all they have said to me is "how are you" or "hi". I have created another account before, but that was for testing on the Westing Game Wiki. The account was called "westinggamewikiexample" or something like that.

My goal, as always, is to build the wiki, not destroy it with alt accounts. If I have problems with Moderation, I take it to the MODs and you personally. I don't mind giving people a piece of my mind, I don't need an alt account for that. I have a catalog of positive contributions at Fandom, not one is harmful to any wiki. If there is something further on this you need to know I am more than happy to answer you.

Cheers, &mdash; Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk)  04:30, March 24, 2019 (UTC)

Perhaps if the VSTF could identify an Email address and I could clarify it? &mdash; Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk)
 * Hi, thanks for clarifying - VSTF cannot see the email addresses for privacy reasons, but the two accounts are separate and were not created using the same email. Hope this is useful information! noreplyz  talk 06:57, March 24, 2019 (UTC)

Ah, ok. Thanks so much! &mdash; Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk)

Inactivity the next few days
Hey Ironyak1,

Just wanted to let you know I am going on a trip, so I am going to be fairly inactive this week. I will still come in when I can, but it will be for only a little bit.

Cheers, &mdash; Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk)  18:03, March 24, 2019 (UTC)

Discussion Moderator
Hello Ironyak1, Recently I joined the wiki after a long break and saw the discussion pretty much messed up with a number of repititive posts but no one to lock or delete them. I know you already have nominated two new mods but I would like to help the Dboard improve as well. So, If there is a place, I would propose myself too to moderate the discussion. Let me know asap. Thanks. Newt Strike (talk) 03:56, March 26, 2019 (UTC)

I was talking about these posts which according to me adds nothing to discussion, neither to the fancraft section as most images can be found through a Google search so I thought they were at least deemed to be locked. Check out this Discussion post on Fandom https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596250407

Check out this Discussion post on Fandom https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596250536

Check out this Discussion post on Fandom https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596250604 ...

Check out this Discussion post on Fandom https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596250137

Check out this Discussion post on Fandom https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596250050

Check out this Discussion post on Fandom https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596250049

Check out this Discussion post on Fandom https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596250047

Also, I'm aware with the new guidelines and the changes occurred within the wikia in my absence. Anyways, thanks for the reply. I will continue contributing to the discussion and hope u make up your mind soon. Thanks.

Newt Strike (talk) 04:28, March 26, 2019 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks for the guidance:)

Newt Strike (talk) 04:41, March 26, 2019 (UTC)

Werewolf template
Hello there, I was wondering if you know how to fix the Werewolf template for individual infoboxes? Currently the colour is fine (light brown), but always the infobox image will separate itself from the infobox itself. This can be seen here on the article about the werewolf Borf. The same thing has occured when I have tried using this infobox theme on other articles, and I can't seem to find the template myself, not even on the list of other individual templates. Thanks RedWizard98 (talk) 16:41, March 26, 2019 (UTC).

What's up with file pages?
When not logged in, it's impossible to access file pages; they redirect to a page they're on, or the main page if they're unused. I've seen this same behavior on Silent Hill Wiki as well. Why does this happen? It can cause major confusion when linking to images. Raymond1922 (talk) 20:40, March 26, 2019 (UTC)

Re:Congrats
Hey there, thanks a lot for all this. Yeah i will be bring up new ideas. So niw I will be posting the wiki guide as we discussed before. I will be waiting for your conformation though just to be sure. Reverb frost (talk) 17:53, March 27, 2019 (UTC)

Block rights
Hey there again, Per my GDM rights I can block users. I would like to know if I am allowed to use those rights to make discussion based blocks in general/emergency or not? Also how will you define emergency? Reverb frost (talk) 18:11, March 27, 2019 (UTC)


 * I completely agree with you on that. I will be sure to use my rights only if no other superior authority is present and if the block is completely warnted. As for restoring block right, I would advice against it mostly since we don't need them at all but as you daid that you'd observe it before making any final judgement, I'd be looking forward to that.
 * It will be quite sad to see you step back from discussion management. But I completely understand your point. Hopefully we will see you arround occasionally and we will keep you posted on Dboard updates. I hope that there is still some time for that. Reverb frost (talk) 18:50, March 27, 2019 (UTC)

RE:Congrats
Thanks so much! &mdash; Harrypotterexpert101  https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ursuul/images/0/0a/Council-icon-FANDOM.svg (talk)  02:55, March 28, 2019 (UTC)

Discussion board updates
Hey there. I am sure you would get the notification of the new posts but i just wanted to drop them on your talk page in person.
 * Ministry of Moderation (MoM): https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596253118 (an alternate for Ask mod thread)
 * Department of Mysteries (DoM): harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596253115 (Mod talk room for mods and admins to discuss wiki business)
 * Dboard Guide: https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596252758
 * MoM//OT thread: (a weekly thread) https://harrypotter.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596253195

Please follow them(especially the first three since the 4th one will be changed every week) so that even after you step back from discussion board actively you will still get notifications on the official threads. Reverb frost (talk)https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/central/images/5/50/Badge-DiscussionsModerator.svg

Sup
I'll just be to the point. With RL issues as addressed on my Talk page, I just don't have time for certain things. I'm not looking for sympathy or extra leniency, because I try not to let what I'm coping with outside HPW, affect what I do on HPW. However, I don't think it'd be a stretch to say my tolerance with certain attitude would be considerably lower (comparing to my tolerance without the RL factor). At this point I feel slightly harassed, having hints of it back in this message. I said slightly, because I'm not so fragile to see it as anything as an attack, but some mild misguided anger, something I'm just not in the mood for dealing with a second time. I believe I was civil in my response, but if it comes across as patronizing, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do because the edit truly wasn't personal and idk how else to phrase it. Like, I'm honestly open for discussion on how to improve articles, like figuring out if there's a compromise to make both parties somewhat happy, but that's not the connotation I'm getting.

A neutral intervention would be appreciated. I'm not asking you to "take my side"; if you think there's better ways to respond, I'd be glad to get some advise. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 17:44, March 29, 2019 (UTC)


 * lmao, whelp, yeah, the reply. The are trying to say I didn't answer their question when I clearly addressed it in my reply. As this person stated "they'd be done with HPW once I reply", well, I hope you'll understand that I don't want to waste my time on the issue. I don't believe this behavior (threats and intimidation, though I felt neither threatened or intimidated, that's still the message they were sending) should be go unnoticed. Like I said, intervention would be nice. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 17:57, March 29, 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your efficient reply. If I ever get to it (because that really is not one of my priority) I'd probably list out why I found benefit in the separation (as explained, Hufflepuff was the only one with the change, not because I thought it should be the only one having it, but because that was the one I saw and didn't have time to work on the rest, resulting it to be the odd one standing out.) I agree that in that case it could be weird, and perhaps people still wouldn't like it with all of them unified like that, but it's a different discussion for another day. That said, I hope you can understand why I'm sending this out prematurely, but if I'm getting followup upset (or worse, gloating) messages, I hope a cool-down time can be considered, because "Intimidating behavior/harassment of users" is amongst the reasons for the action. I don't think it's okay for them to think that leaving threats when they are upset, is acceptable. And I honestly don't want a repeat incident. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 18:23, March 29, 2019 (UTC)

Re: Hufflepuff 90's students
I am OK with this idea. Please understand the only reason the links were lost was because I was exhausted from staring at my computer because I was trying to get back my hours of work from December. I planned to do the links the next day. I don't understand what you mean by lota of information was lost.

Aside from that, I'm fine with combining the tables, athough I don't know if I'll be able to do it, as I am taking a break from this wiki. It is causing me a lot of upset. I've never felt like this from any other wiki before.

RainbowBubbles3 (talk) 20:02, March 29, 2019 (UTC)

Yes, I am using VisualEditor. I thought about copying and pasting, but was extremely worried I'd make an error I doing so - I did make an error once and got a bit of a 'telling off' over it. Thanks for the advice, though.

RainbowBubbles3 (talk) 20:21, March 29, 2019 (UTC)

The ultimatum...
For once in your life, Ironyak1, can't you just please leave things alone? Believe it or not, there is nothing wrong with being thorough, and that whole "I'm going to declare Ninclow's edits as "subjective interpretation", which will become accepted truth by default on the basis of my own authority as an admin and have the support of the general consensus of the admin team" shtick you have going on is getting kind of old. We have reached the point where I cannot even remember the last time I made an edit, however small, that you didn't seem to undo for largely superficial reasons, and to be honest with you, at this point, I just find it more than a little degrading, to be honest.

Sorry for being a drama queen, but I'm just going to say it: I have lost both my parents, two grandmothers, a cousin and a family friend in the past decade alone, and believe it or not, I'm struggling as a result.Harry Potter is, and have actually always been, an invaluable way to escape for me. When things become too rough, I will push it to the back of my mind, and I will find pride and joy in just how much work I've put into this place. And how much time and effort I have spent to elaborate and improve on it is the only thing about myself in which I find any true pride and joy. And to be utterly unable to make a single edit aimed at an attention to detail without you instantly throwing yourself over it to render it half-baked - to be honest, I find it demoralizing. I know you have no intention of doing so, and probably don't even realize it, but your attitude towards me, especially after you became an admin, has become a contribruting factor to why I consistenty think less of myself. For this reason, I am now going to give you a choice.

Right now, I'm done, and I just don't think I could have cared less about what "rank" Seth saw fit to give you even if I tried, because this message is not sent from an editor to a wiki staff, it's sent from one human to another: For future references, you can either reach out to me on the talk page if it's too "wordy" so I can simply things while maintaining all the facts, instead of you butchering every single edit I make, or I have no other choice but to stop editing on the wikia, because I can't continue like this. This will be my very last try to actually find a way for us to work together rather than against one another, and if you reject it, then I suppose a congratulation is in order, since you will have successfully driven me away from this place. Truth be told, you never gave any indication that you ever wanted me here in the first place, but heck, I'll take it with a grain of salt. So - I stay or I leave, it's up to you. Maester Martin (talk) 12:54, March 31, 2019 (UTC)