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== New entry -- Druniazth ==
== Cool ==
Rob, need a little help.
You might be interested in [http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/295116-space-gamer-different-worlds-fantasy-gamer-white-wolf-magazine-shadis-pyramid.html#post5356531 this]. :) [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 13:35, 22 October 2010 (EDT)
:Glad you liked it. :) I've been busily adding all sorts of stuff to all sorts of D&D books articles, most of which have something to do with Greyhawk. :) [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 15:47, 29 October 2010 (EDT)


Just created a new entry. Been collecting material, as promised. Forgot some things. Need help with the two "boxes" at the top of the page. do not remember how to get them right. Sorry to be a burden. [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:35, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
If this doesn't work, I give up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Gavin.collins_3#Motion_to_move_Incident_Report_to_AN  ;) [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 10:57, 3 November 2010 (EDT)
:Yeah, I saw--I was planning on fixing it later. You added the information to the [[:Template:Greyhawk magic item|template]] page instead of making a new page for [[Druniazth]]. Oh, and don't forget to sign your posts (use four tildes: "~")--[[User:Robbastard|Robbastard]] 21:14, 26 April 2010 (EDT)


Wooo-hooo! Thanks rob! [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:35, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
== Advice with anti-spam settings for wikis ==
Hi Robbastard,


Thanks Rob. I wasn't quite finished "playing" with it, but your contributions are always truly appreciated. [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:48, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
I've been helping someone get another MediaWiki wiki project off of the ground (one that is not public yet) and was telling them about your brilliant anti-spam policies here. I'm especially impressed with the way that you now have the entire wiki locked to non-editors and force people to use the Canonfire! forum to get an account. If he could do that, he could avoid all the sillyness that I know you and the other editors were reverting and then his team will be able to get the project ready to go live faster.


You included the picture! AWESOME! I've got to learn to do that! Hahahaha! [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 23:24, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
(I'm so frustrated that Wikia will not allow me to do the same thing with my ''own'' wiki - mind you it is now so full of adverts it is virtually unreadable. I shall probably be moving Spelljammer Wiki off of Wikia when I have the time and money to be able to do it. The 'fear' of the same level of spam that you and your team have been dealing with has been one of the things that have made me wait. But if you are willing to share your methods, you could be helping two wikis to move forward.)


== Rift Canyon ==
Anyhoo, I wonder if you would be able to get me the instructions on how to lock down MediaWiki. My friend has access to a forum on his website, so he should be able to do both the tricks that you have done here.
Just added Rift Canyon to the wiki, Rob. But I think its ok, starting to remember things. Check it out later for me. Thanks again! I'm back to having fun in the wiki! Hahahahahaha! [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:37, 26 April 2010 (EDT)


Rob, I can't seem to get the "box" with the double brackets Catagory thing. Still not getting it right. The entry is simply appearing in red lettering. Embarrassing. [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]]
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me (and my friend). [[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]] 19:16, 28 June 2011 (EDT)
*Your best bet would be to talk to [[Gary Holian]]. He really isn't active on the wiki, but you can pm him on the Canonfire boards. His user name is PSmedger.--[[User:Robbastard|Robbastard]] 20:05, 28 June 2011 (EDT)


Dang! I "copied" your "Catagory" from Druniazth and it worked! ?????? [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 23:27, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
::Thanks for the help! I'll get onto him now.
*The category names are case-sensitive; you had "Wastelands" capitalized.--[[User:Robbastard|Robbastard]] 23:30, 26 April 2010 (EDT)


Got a picture for the Rift Canyon entry? [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 23:29, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
Robbastard,


Rob, the Rift Canyon entry looks AWESOME! In fact, it looks so good, I'm claiming sole credit! Hahahahaha! Just kidding. Man, you make me look good, Thanks very much Rob. [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 10:00, 27 April 2010 (EDT)
Just curious, where did you get the GREAT map of the Amedio jungle you uploaded here?


== Two New Contributions ==
Thanks,
Rob, I've added the [[Tangles]] and [[Men of the Rift]] to the wiki, whenever you get a chance to go over them. Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:06, 27 April 2010 (EDT)


My apologies Rob, don't mean to make more work for you. I'll watch it closer in the future. Incidentally, I just did Reyhu, but my computer hiccupped and I lost the whole thing before I could save the page. I'll attempt it again tomorrow. Getting tired now and that will only increase my mistakes. Thanks again for the coaching.  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 23:10, 27 April 2010 (EDT)
GM


I don't mean to be a pain Rob, but you have skills I don't. That map for the Rift Canyon is great, can you do the same for the Tangles forest entry? I think it would make an excellent "touch." Thanks.  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 20:51, 28 April 2010 (EDT)
== Reckoning of Hell ==


== Tiggertom ==
This user has been going around re-nominating articles which were previously AFD'd, and so far he has been pretty successful, at least in getting them merged instead of kept as articles. However, I am concerned because [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Reckoning_of_Hell Reckoning of Hell] is closer to getting deleted than the others were. [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] 08:13, 10 February 2012 (EST)
Rob, I was just talking to tiggertom on #Greytalk, he's having problems creating an account for the wiki. I told him to contact you through the Great Library forum. He's usually on #Greytalk everyday. Can you give him some help? Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 23:31, 27 April 2010 (EDT)
:Actually, he'll want to pm [[Gary Holian]]--his username is PSmedger.--[[User:Robbastard|Robbastard]] 00:04, 28 April 2010 (EDT)


Thanks for the info Rob. [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 20:43, 28 April 2010 (EDT)
==Infobox Images==
I'm pretty indifferent about whether the infobox images are 200 pixels or 250. 250 takes up a lot of visual real estate, but makes for clearer images with more detail, so I can see the pros and cons of both. If I had to choose, I'd go with the 250 pixel standard. -- [[User:Rip|Rip]] 19:54, 20 March 2012 (EDT)


== [[Reyhu|Great Lands of Reyhu]] ==
== Dragon & Dungeon Magazine Images ==
is ready for your inspection and critique. [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:03, 28 April 2010 (EDT)
Hi Robb, as you have already seen, i like a lot to add images to the wiki, many of them taken from Dragon & Dungeon Magazines. As I am italian, i do not possess any of english D&D Magazines, some of them were published also here (i have all the ones with Greyhawk content). So I want to ask you, if you have some of them, if you could scan (in the Hightest Quality possible) some of the pages with greyhawk related material, so that I could take the images from the scans and put them here. I know it's a bit weird request because there are already scanned pdf on the net, but many of then are in a quality that make the images almost impossible to extract.


== [[Dreadwood]]==
Kind Regards ^_^, Omega9999
is now available for your critical eye. [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 23:03, 28 April 2010 (EDT)
:I already have some, but it will take me awhile to get around to it. RL eats into my wiki time greatly. :)--[[User:Robbastard|Robbastard]] ([[User talk:Robbastard|talk]]) 12:21, 16 November 2014 (EST)
:Y'know, it would really help if you ''[[Dreadwood|linked]]'' to the articles in question.--[[User:Robbastard|Robbastard]] 23:00, 29 April 2010 (EDT)


Sorry. Won't happen again.  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 00:53, 30 April 2010 (EDT)


== Hool Marshes ==
I know, but if you can manage to scan some pages and send them to me, I will do the rest ^_^
My submission of the [[Hool Marshes]] is ready for your perusal. I categorized it as wetlands, but evidently that isn't a category. Will check the category list and make the necessary changes, if needed. Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 20:58, 30 April 2010 (EDT)
 
Changed the category to "locations" and it seems to work, unless you feel another is needed.  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 21:16, 30 April 2010 (EDT)
 
Just looked over your additions to the submission. Man, I have got to get to that information someday! :) Where, specifically, can I find that information on the Hool Marshes Protectorate? I just HAVE to create that entry! Wooo-hooo! [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 00:19, 6 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Little Hills ==
My submission for the [[Little Hills]] is now ready for your perusal. I classified it as a "location" in the category list as well. Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 21:40, 30 April 2010 (EDT)
 
== The Tors ==
My submission for the [[Tors]] is now ready for your perusal. I listed it as a "locations" category. Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:00, 30 April 2010 (EDT)
 
== Artonsamay River ==
My submission on the [[Artonsamay river]] in now ready for your perusal. I listed the category as "Greyhawk rivers," though there is no such, but didn't know how else to categorize it. Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:47, 30 April 2010 (EDT)
 
== Javan river ==
My submission on the [[Javan river]] is ready for your perusal. I categorized it as "Greyhawk rivers." Thanks! [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 16:30, 1 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Hool river ==
My submission for the [[Hool river]] is ready for your perusal. It's categorized as a "Greyhawk river." Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 17:15, 1 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Good Hills ==
My submission for the [[Good Hills]] is ready for your perusal. Thanks! [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 20:50, 1 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Grandwood Forest ==
My submission for the [[Grandwood Forest]] is ready for your perusal. I categorized it as a "Greyhawk location." Thanks.  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:34, 2 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Lake Spendlowe ==
My submission of [[Lake Spendlowe]] is ready for your perusal. I categorized it as "Greyhawk lakes," though there is no such category. How do we make a new category? Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 12:29, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Monitoring contributions ==
Rob, I am monitoring "my contributions." Many of our Greytalk and CF friends are sending me modules, LGJs and Dungeon/Dragon mags. I'm catching up on them and as I find new "canon" information, I'll be adding it to my entries. Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 12:48, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Azure sea ==
My submission for the [[Azure Sea]] is ready for your perusal. I categorized it as a "Greyhawk seas and lakes" and have changed the [[Lake Spendlowe]] entry to that category as well. Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 13:39, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Davish river ==
Submitted [[Davish river]] to the wiki. Looking over the module [[Against the Giants]] and will be adding to the Davish entry as I am able. Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 23:50, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Adri Forest ==
My submission for the [[Adri Forest]] is ready for your perusal. Thanks!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 23:33, 4 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Gull Cliffs ==
 
My submission [[Gull Cliffs]] is ready for your delicate hand! Thanks for the continuing advice, I live to learn!  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:22, 5 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Capitalization ==
 
Damn! See what you mean with the [[Javan river]] page. Sucks! No way to fix it? [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:25, 5 May 2010 (EDT)
 
See you capitalized it to Javan River in the [[Davish River]] article, disabling the hyperlink. I'm guessing you can fix the Javan River page? [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:29, 5 May 2010 (EDT)
 
Man! You're fast! Wooo-hooo! [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:39, 5 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Subsections ==
 
How do you do a subsection, to put Flora and fauna "under" Ecology? [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 22:41, 5 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Two more ==
 
My submissions for the [[Imeda River]] and the [[Mikar River]] are now ready for your perusal. Thanks! [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 23:32, 5 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Aggravation ==
 
Rob, I hope my work isn't aggravating you too much. I'm having a great time contributing, but don't want to increase your own work load in any way. Thanks for all your mentoring. [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 23:34, 5 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Lone Heath ==
 
My submission of the [[Lone Heath]] is ready for your perusal. And thanks for the kind words of encouragement! [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 00:09, 6 May 2010 (EDT)
 
== Melkot ==
Since Denis' site is a "fan site" (though he's the creator) is there any Canon material which I can use for information on [[Melkot]] in order to create an entry?  [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 00:27, 6 May 2010 (EDT)
:According to the ''[[Encyclopedia Greyhawkania]]'', the only canon material is found in: ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'' (p. 135,146) and ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]s'' #0 (p. 11) & #4 (p. 16).
 
== /and map ==
 
Thanks for that info Rob, I appreciate it. And thanks for that info on [[Melkot]], going to see if it's enough to make an entry. [[User:Mystic-Scholar|Mystic-Scholar]] 18:59, 6 May 2010 (EDT)

Latest revision as of 19:01, 16 November 2014

For older discussions, see: User talk:Robbastard/ archive 01; 02; 03

Cool

You might be interested in this. :) BOZ 13:35, 22 October 2010 (EDT)

Glad you liked it. :) I've been busily adding all sorts of stuff to all sorts of D&D books articles, most of which have something to do with Greyhawk. :) BOZ 15:47, 29 October 2010 (EDT)

If this doesn't work, I give up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Gavin.collins_3#Motion_to_move_Incident_Report_to_AN  ;) BOZ 10:57, 3 November 2010 (EDT)

Advice with anti-spam settings for wikis

Hi Robbastard,

I've been helping someone get another MediaWiki wiki project off of the ground (one that is not public yet) and was telling them about your brilliant anti-spam policies here. I'm especially impressed with the way that you now have the entire wiki locked to non-editors and force people to use the Canonfire! forum to get an account. If he could do that, he could avoid all the sillyness that I know you and the other editors were reverting and then his team will be able to get the project ready to go live faster.

(I'm so frustrated that Wikia will not allow me to do the same thing with my own wiki - mind you it is now so full of adverts it is virtually unreadable. I shall probably be moving Spelljammer Wiki off of Wikia when I have the time and money to be able to do it. The 'fear' of the same level of spam that you and your team have been dealing with has been one of the things that have made me wait. But if you are willing to share your methods, you could be helping two wikis to move forward.)

Anyhoo, I wonder if you would be able to get me the instructions on how to lock down MediaWiki. My friend has access to a forum on his website, so he should be able to do both the tricks that you have done here.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me (and my friend). Big Mac 19:16, 28 June 2011 (EDT)

  • Your best bet would be to talk to Gary Holian. He really isn't active on the wiki, but you can pm him on the Canonfire boards. His user name is PSmedger.--Robbastard 20:05, 28 June 2011 (EDT)
Thanks for the help! I'll get onto him now.

Robbastard,

Just curious, where did you get the GREAT map of the Amedio jungle you uploaded here?

Thanks,

GM

Reckoning of Hell

This user has been going around re-nominating articles which were previously AFD'd, and so far he has been pretty successful, at least in getting them merged instead of kept as articles. However, I am concerned because Reckoning of Hell is closer to getting deleted than the others were. BOZ 08:13, 10 February 2012 (EST)

Infobox Images

I'm pretty indifferent about whether the infobox images are 200 pixels or 250. 250 takes up a lot of visual real estate, but makes for clearer images with more detail, so I can see the pros and cons of both. If I had to choose, I'd go with the 250 pixel standard. -- Rip 19:54, 20 March 2012 (EDT)

Dragon & Dungeon Magazine Images

Hi Robb, as you have already seen, i like a lot to add images to the wiki, many of them taken from Dragon & Dungeon Magazines. As I am italian, i do not possess any of english D&D Magazines, some of them were published also here (i have all the ones with Greyhawk content). So I want to ask you, if you have some of them, if you could scan (in the Hightest Quality possible) some of the pages with greyhawk related material, so that I could take the images from the scans and put them here. I know it's a bit weird request because there are already scanned pdf on the net, but many of then are in a quality that make the images almost impossible to extract.

Kind Regards ^_^, Omega9999

I already have some, but it will take me awhile to get around to it. RL eats into my wiki time greatly. :)--Robbastard (talk) 12:21, 16 November 2014 (EST)


I know, but if you can manage to scan some pages and send them to me, I will do the rest ^_^