User talk:Nick O'Demus/Archive 1

Hello
Hi! Can you check out the article Death (The Tale of the Three Brothers) and please vote for it to become a featured article. Thanks. And if you have a questions and stuff, just drop by to my talk. Cheers! --Art frantic Painter.JPG( Talk ) 08:05, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Quote
Thanks for the quote! I find the one from Carl Sagon on my userpage to be one of the most inspiring things I've ever head. :) &#x2605; S t a r s t u f f (Owl me!) 22:21, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Father of Phineas?
My opinion is this: maybe Arcturus and Cygnus were brothers and Cygnus married. So he could be a father of Phineas Nigellus, Sirius I, Isla and Elladora, and Arcturus could be an uncle of them.What you think? --Lord Valensus 14:08, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Do you know a name of Cygnus' wife? You suggested "Drea". --Lord Valensus 17:17, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I think that the name of Sirius Black II's wife wasn't Hester, but Hesper. On the Black family tree, there is a name "Hesper Gamp", under the name "Sirius". Look picture and you will see.--Lord Valensus 14:07, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

I will write an article about wife of Cygnus Black I, because she deserves her article. But what will be a name of it - "wife of Cygnus Black I" or "Dea Max"? --Lord 18:29, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:Year/Century articles
Sure, if you want. It would be a great help. I stopped for today on the 16th century. What you have to do is divide the century in decades. In each decade you put the events that took place. Also, you have to redirect every year to the correspondent decade (e.g. redirecting 1872 to 1870s). You can check the already existing examples for decades, unefentful decades, centuries and years. I'll join you tomorrow! Thanks for the help, -- Seth Cooper  (Owl Post ) 01:26, 11 July 2009 (UTC)


 * In the pre-1000 years we should make an two articles like the current Events prior to 1800, one for the 1st to 10th centuries (first millenium A.C.) and another for all events before Christ.
 * If we don't know the right year/decade, yes I think they should be listed in the century article.
 * Your work with the y/d/c has been great so far! Tonight I can stay and help you with it. -- Seth Cooper [[Image:Moon.jpg|25px]] (<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="silver">Owl Post ) 00:57, 12 July 2009 (UTC)


 * We should use B.C. and A.C., since it's the one used in the series (like in Ollivander's Wand Shop plaque).-- <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="navy">Seth Cooper [[Image:Moon.jpg|25px]] (<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="silver">Owl Post ) 12:13, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Pics
The pictures on your userpage are obscuring the infobox. ShirleyA ( The Quibbler ) 11:24, 11 July 2009 (UTC)


 * They look fine on the monitors at home and at work. By about how much? Maybe I'll shrink them down a little bit if it's a problem for some people. Nick O&#39;Demus 11:58, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Order of Merlin

 * Your welcome! Thanks for telling me about Smonocco, I hadn't noticed.-- Matoro 183 [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|20px]](Talk) 15:50, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks.-- Matoro 183 [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|20px]](Talk) 18:51, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Snape's Love
Hello Just wondering why you wanted to delete Snape's Love. I mean it really isn't hurting anybody and it is a simple request so please explain why you editied and why it is now a candidate for being deleted. Sincerely, (DobbyandSocks 22:55, 17 July 2009 (UTC))

Table
How Do You Insert The Table With The Colors On Like You Have Doing Biographical information?

Sorry To Interrupt By The Way --J.Westhead 14:04, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Hermione Granger
Hi Nick, thanks for your correction on Hermione Granger to my edit, my mistake. However, may I be so bold as to quietly point out that undoing an edit is not always the most constructive way of correcting information, for instance, as well as adding the incorrect in formation in good faith (apologies) I also removed a repeat of a pronoun (each pronoun refering to diffrent subjects). In future it would be good if you could just check that everything you are removing from the page really does have to go.

Again, thanks for the correction, all the best 92.236.88.188 21:12, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: HBP movie

 * I was told by 75.86.134.162 (Lucius malfoy7) that the Bridge collapse is mentioned to be the Millenium Bridge in the radio at the diner at Surbiton station. -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 21:36, 19 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Does Hagrid raise his wand/umbrella after Dumbledore's death: I couldn't really make it out. Sorry.
 * Any specific mention of Brockdale/Millenium Brdige: The Bridge is stated to be Millennium on a radio broadcast at Surbiton
 * Whether "Partis Temporus" is the correct pronunciation: According to the portuguese subtitles, yes it is.
 * The name of the diner Harry is in when he first appears: I don't believe the diner is named at all.
 * I hope I have helped. -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 20:49, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Po co
Po co zmieniałęś zdjęcie?Przecież Lord Voldermort Wyglądam teraz tak jak dałm.(Miki1234 07:22, 21 July 2009 (UTC))

Room of Requirement
Does Neville not find the Room of Requirement in the book? --<font face="Verdana" color="FireBrick">Bongo2009  13:04, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:James Potter II
✅-- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 16:11, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

UBX
I don't see why not. You need to make actual templates though, if you want to add them to the userbox page.-- Matoro 183 (Talk) 21:01, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Rollback
Hi,. It has been determined that you are a trusted member of this community and that we benefit from your contributions. Upon request or through my own discretion, I have granted you rollback privileges. This tool can be used to quickly revert vandalism and maintain the quality of this wiki. Please remember to use this tool with discretion and never in a content dispute. You should now see a "rollback" link when viewing a user's contributions. Thanks, and happy editing. Good enough for me. I trust Seth Cooper's opinion. -- DarkJedi613 (Talk) 21:53, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: Infoboxes
Regarding custom infoboxes, I don't see an issue with adding them to Harry Potter Wiki:Userboxes, unless they're very specific to the person who created them. Infoboxes related to the wiki, Harry Potter, or traits and interests likely to be shared by more than one user should be fine. If the userbox list gets too crowded, then we can divide it into several thematic subpages, as is done on Wikipedia. <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 14:00, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Unicorn hair wands
i might have meant charlie, in the first book when ron said he had bill/charlie's old wand, the unicorn hair was sticking out.

found it, first book, page 100 ron: "I've got Bill's old robes and Charlie's old wand..." and then on page 105 ron: "Unicorn hair's nearly poking out. anyway..."

Payne
Our policy covering such matters reads Titles are not to be used in an article's title. Of the ones you mention, Mrs Cole and Mrs Scower can be moved to Cole and Scower respectively without problems. The Masons and the Roberts may be a little trickier, requiring the use of their titles to differentiate them. - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 00:01, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:Userboxes
I've noticed that too. I'll take a look at it and try and see what the problem is.-- Matoro 183 (Talk) 12:59, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not quite sure what was wrong, but I figured out a way to make it work. I'll go through the list and fix them all.-- Matoro 183 [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|20px]](Talk) 13:07, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

The Black Lake
There is no need for a re-direct to the lake at hogawarts because i am on about the lake at The Horcrux Cave

RE: Lavender Brown vandalism
Hey Nick. Cav has just protected it so that should take care of it for a while :-).  Grunny  ( Talk ) 16:57, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

RE:Voting
The Voting policy applies to everything that involves voting.-- Matoro 183 (Talk) 17:09, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Order of Merlin
Congrats! --<font face="Airal Black" size="4" color="Black">Profiteor (<font face="Airal Black" color="Black">Owl Me ) 18:05, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

userbox
can you make me a grizzley bear patronus userbox, thanks. P€|\|δ\/!|\|$£@|\|₁⁰₁ 17:52, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

the last was from me Penguinsfan101 \|δ\/!|\|$£@|\|₁⁰₁ 17:54, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: Edit count
Thanks! I used to know how to do it but then I forgot. How did you know that I kept doing it the slow way? -- Margiechocoholic  Owl me!undefined 07:55, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Quidditch cup
Maybe you're right... but, I would rather write there: Unknown, but Griffindor didn't win it.

Griffindor-G Slytherin-S Hufflepuff-H Ravenclaw-R Bold text - winner

1.theory G-S G-H G-R S-H S-R H-R Slytherin victory

2.theory G-S G-H G-R S-H S-R H-R Hufflepuff victory

3.theory G-S G-H G-R S-H S-R H-R Ravenclaw victory

4.theory G-S G-H G-R S-H S-R H-R Slytherin/Ravenclaw victory

5.theory G-S G-H G-R S-H S-R H-R Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw victory

6.theory G-S G-H G-R S-H S-R H-R Ravenclaw victory

7.theory G-S G-H G-R S-H S-R H-R Ravenclaw victory

8.theory G-S G-H G-R S-H S-R H-R Ravenclaw victory

Griffindor victory 0% -(book) Slytherin victory 18,75% Hufflepuff victory 18,75% Ravenclaw victory 62,5%

First book, last chapter Ron says: The points are all in and Slytherin won, of course -- you missed the last Quidditch match, we were steamrollered by Ravenclaw without you.

So I'm really confused :D Ron said that Slytherin won. But which competition? He was maybe talking about the house championchip - Slytherin was leader at these time (until Dumbledore gave points to Griffindor) However maybe he is talking about Quidditch competition and Quidditch points.

Second book, 7th chapter Oliver Wood says: "Now, listen here, you lot," he said, glowering at them all. "We should have won the Quidditch cup last year. We're easily the best team. But unfortunately -owing to circumstances beyond our control - Harry shifted guiltily in his seat. He had been unconscious in the hospital wing for the final match of the previous year, meaning that Gryffindor had been a player short and had suffered their worst defeat in three hundred years.

If Griffindor had suffered their worst defeat in 3 hundred years, Ravenclaw had to obtain a great many of Quidditch points...

I think that we can eliminate Hufflepuff because in the 3rd book (9th chapter) it is described as the weakest team. "I don't know why you're worried, Oliver, Hufflepuff is a pushover."(so hufflepuff couldn't win in first year)

2nd book 11th chapter Percy says: "Oh, hello, Harry," he said. "Excellent flying yesterday, really excellent. Gryffindor has just taken the lead for the House Cup you earned fifty points!"

Let me know if you find out something :D(Sorry for my english I am from Slovakia:D)

RE: Voldemort image
Hey Nick, you were asking about the Voldemort image. Here is the full version, as you can see it needs to be cropped because of the watermark in the bottom right hand corner. Feel free to play around with it if you like:) Jayden Matthews 15:49, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Voldy vote
Hey, Nick. I've started the vote on Voldemrt's image. Jayden Matthews 10:58, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: Tom Riddle image vote
Ah I see. Very well then thanks for the heads up. Just trying to do my parto to help.--TheUltimate3 11:38, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Editing system
Hey Nick I have a question. I've talked to both Matoro and Seth about this but they don't know what's goin on. As of, probably a couple months ago now I am no longer able to edit a certain section of an article anymore. I have to hit that "Edit this page" button and find the section I want to edit. Do you have any idea why this is happening? Thanks for the help!! -- <font color="Green">T.J. (<font color="Green" size="1">talk ) 13:53, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * That's all right. Thanks anyway. -- <font color="Green">T.J. (<font color="Green" size="1">talk ) 13:01, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Active users
I'd go with six months since some of the editors on the list may be long time contributors that haven't edited for several months due to personal reasons. However, those that have just edited a couple of pages and nothing else can be removed without a problem I feel. - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 13:57, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

RE: Order of Merlin
Thanks Nick for the Order of Merlin! -- <font color="Green">T.J. (<font color="Green" size="1">talk ) 13:22, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

RE: Ronald Weasley vandalism
Thanks for the heads up :-). It might be worth having an admin give semi-protection to those articles for a time to stop it if it keeps up.  Grunny  ( Talk ) 07:35, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * yeah, I guess we'll just have to make sure we catch it all and revert it then :).  Grunny  ( Talk ) 07:42, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Hufflepuff House
Hiya Nick, congrats on joining Huffelpuff, even if it was out of pity. I was planning on putting my name forth to be considerd as a Hufflpuff prefect for when the new terms begins. The house needs two prefects to have a fair chance of winning the cup, so, would you be interested as well? Jayden Matthews 11:21, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Starstuff has said I can be a prefect without receiving the badge before hand due to the lack of interset in Hufflepuff house. Seeing as you have over three thousand edits I'm sure it would be ok for you to be a prefect as well. Do you want to ask Starstuff? Jayden Matthews 14:48, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:House points game
It would be a good idea to remove inactive users from the participants list before the next round starts. <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 12:54, 28 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I think the criteria you've proposed are very reasonable. Feel free to work them into the existing policy page (perhaps under the "Joining" section). <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 17:43, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Merlin's Pants!
Yeah no problem Nick--<font face="Mistral" size="6" color="Black">Profiteor 01:00, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:House Points Game, new term
Sure, I'd love to. -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 12:11, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, count me in as well. -- <font face="Gisha" color="red">Cubs Fan <font face="Gisha" color="white">(Talk to me)  14:37, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: New developments
Thanks so much for going through the participants list. In the last round, I set up and managed the mechanics of the game on my own, so it's nice to have helping hands this time, which should make the game run more smoothly.


 * Jayden - I'm sorry to hear about his loss. If Jayden would really like to keep his position as a Prefect, then Hufflepuff can manage with just Profiteor until he gets back, but if he figures he may be away for longer than the length of the term, then we should probably find someone to fill his place.
 * Hufflepuff and Slytherin - Hufflepuff and Slytherin had the least members last time around so I can kind of expected it to happen again. Your idea to try to boost participation is a good one.
 * Inactive Prefects - Since Hellabore hasn't edited in two months, we'll need to find someone to take his place, unless we hear from him soon. As for Oread and Jayce, they've both edited sporadically in the last couple of weeks, so I'm hoping they'll be able to stay on board for the second round.
 * <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 10:00, 31 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Your idea for a condelences card is good. I especially like the design you've come up with. I wouldn't mind helping you put it together. <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 18:09, 31 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I created a beta version of the card at User:Starstuff/Condolences. The character names are there to give a full idea of how the layout looks. I could turn this into a template, like Template:Birthday, but that would be more complex, and I'm not sure how I'd work in a signature function. It would probably be easier to simply copy the table code directly to Jayden's talk page. <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f  <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 18:51, 31 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't mind the changes at all. I think it looks better that way. Should I delete the version in my userspace? <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 15:41, September 1, 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm going to move the card out of my own userspace and turn it into a template. As for building templates, I'm not exactly an expert at it, either. Most of the templates I have created have been made by copying code from existing templates. <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 17:22, September 1, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Jayden Matthews
I'm very sorry to hear that. I already signed on his talk page. Thanks for warning me. -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 19:48, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Jayden Matthews
Hey Nick, what happened to Jayden Matthews? -- <font color="Green">T.J. (<font color="Green" size="1">talk ) 19:52, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for telling me about the card --<font face="Mistral" size="6" color="Black">Profiteor 19:54, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

RE:Jayden Matthews
Oh, what a shame. Thanks for telling me!! I know exactly how he feels right now. --- <font color="Green">T.J. (<font color="Green" size="1">talk ) 19:59, 31 August 2009 (UTC)