User talk:Curiosityitself

Hi Curiosity, Tracy here :) I saw the fantastic work you've done on the wiki and just wanted to thank you personally for all the effort you're putting into it.

"''Any ideas what fields these templates should contain?'"

I'm going to leave all of that in your hands. Whatever you think will work, I want you to make it a reality. You're our chief resource as far as wiki mark-up and coding goes, so don't hold back on your ideas.

"Contact info - e-mail, real address...?"

For the time being, please don't include real-world personal information on any user/author/artist etc. I think that a simple link to their website will be sufficient at this point.

"Looks to me like it is best to have a 'person' template, with sub-templates for 'writer', 'artist', 'movie maker' etc. (A person can be both eg. writer and artist.) What to list in the sub-templates? TG sub-genres? Themes? Artist styles (eg. hand-drawn, rendered...)? Should these, when listed in a template, link to categories etc? Should a person template have links to person's works, eg. writer's sub-template to a category for their stories, artist's sub-template to a category for their art...?"

All of these sound like excellent suggestions to me. If you can construct the templates from scratch, then you have free reign to put them into use on the wiki.

"Also, I am badly challenged artistically - can make the templates, but it's best that someone else cares for their aesthetics."

Dude, I WANT you to get creative. Experiment with different styles, formats, colors and images. If one thing isn't working (in your opinion), try again with a different approach. Don't be afraid of making mistakes, you already know that we can fix anything and everything as we go along. I trust your judgement on this matter and I know that you will become more confident as you continue with your contributions.

As I said: don't hold back, Curiosity; go for broke. Best of luck, and I'll look forward to your next innovations. MsTracyLane (talk) 03:15, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Promotion
Hi Curiosity. As you're no doubt already aware, you've been promoted to administrator so that you can access the wiki's settings and make whatever changes you consider necessary. No need to consult with me before hand, I'll leave all of that in your hands; as previously mentioned, you're our chief resource when it comes to coding and wiki mark-up.

I was wondering, do you know how to add options to the drop down menu on the file upload page? Ideally, I'd like to have something similar to the menu on Wikimedia Commons (see screencap posted right). If you could also create a number of CC license templates to go with the menu, that would be great too.

Anyway, thanks again for all your hard work and contributions to the project. I'll look forward seeing more in the near future. MsTracyLane (talk) 01:02, 19 September 2021 (UTC)


 * I set some options for the drop down menu on the upload page. Tell me if these are good, and / or if you want others or some are inappropriate. (You can edit them yourself too, on the licenses page. Here you will find info on its format etc.)


 * I will also create some license templates, using free artwork where possible - but this might take some time.


 * Meanwhile, be welcome to use the article infoboxes I created, and give me feedback about stuff to fix about them. (I will rename them now for more clarity.) -- Curiosityitself (talk) 21:43, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

WOW!!!
WOW! The drop-down menu looks fantastic, exactly what I was looking for! Thanks very much for that!

"be welcome to use the article infoboxes I created, and give me feedback about stuff to fix about them."

I'll run some experiments with them myself and get back to you with any suggestions I might have (though the one on Fighting the Homm looks fine to me).

"I will also create some license templates, using free artwork where possible - but this might take some time."

That's OK; take your time, Curiosity. It's still early days yet, we don't need to rush at this point. Thanks again, you're doing an incredible job, dude. MsTracyLane (talk) 10:49, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Left an answer on my talk page
Hi Curiosity. I left an answer RE: Category System on my User talk page, as I don't know whether the "ping" function is operating here. Please let me know if you received an automatic alert from my talk page; I'd like to know if message alerts are automatically relayed. Thanks, MsTracyLane (talk) 23:29, 22 September 2021 (UTC)