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== Gentlemen ==

We have come thus far; the front page is looking splendid. — [[User:Minip|minip]] 01:11, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
:: I agree, though I have two gripes with it.
::
:: 1) Who typed "Valve" like this for the main page links?
:: http://i51.tinypic.com/v8os5s.jpg
:: It should be "Valve". The uppercase version with the smaller sized "E" is just a logo, nothing more. I see things like "VALVe" and such being written entirely too often elsewhere.
:: 2) The yellow tint color for the background of the box tables looks strange. Yellow, no matter how desaturated, isn't really in the color scheme of Portal (ignoring instances such as the yellow portal for the co-op partner and other instances). Overall it's grays, blues, blacks. Clean colors. With the overuse of the blue elements on the Wiki's theme (the logo the links etc), yellow looks out of place. -- [[User:Benjamoose|Benjamoose]] [[File:User_Benjamoose_Sig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamoose|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamoose|contribs]]) 20:17, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
:::Tried to address the colors; I'm no expert designer, so please feel free to tweak them further. I do believe it's an improvement though :3 For further reference, not all colors are on [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]; some are in style attributes on <code>{{[[Template:Main Page layout|Main Page layout]]}}</code> and <code>{{[[Template:ExtendedIndex|ExtendedIndex]]}}</code>. [[User:WindPower|WindPower]] 04:42, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

== Template ==
May not use this template [[Template:ExtendedIndex]], and use the template as Team Fortress Wiki. At other languages a problem with translation of this template. Namely 1 and 3 column. --[[User:Nik9990|Nik9990]] [[User_talk:Nik9990|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Nik9990|Cont]] 18:37, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
:Then whack some langs on the end of the links like you do on other links. – [[User:Smashman|Smashman]] ([[User_talk:Smashman|talk]]) 18:56, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
:: Ie me need to create the same template with a prefix, for example / de on a language that me need?--[[User:Nik9990|Nik9990]] [[User_talk:Nik9990|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Nik9990|Cont]] 19:12, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
::: Horosho! --[[User:Nik9990|Nik9990]] [[User_talk:Nik9990|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Nik9990|Cont]] 21:14, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
:::Should be all good now, thanks~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 21:31, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

== Facts ==

Not the place to ask, but where can i edit the currently featured facts, Richard Lord was just a placeholder for Wheatley.
--[[User:Latin Geek|Latin Geek]] 15:51, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
:Click the "Add a fact" link on the main page (just under the list) :3 — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 15:54, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

== Vector Skin glitch in IE9 ==

Now, I can't exactly explain what's going on, but every time I've loaded this Wiki on Internet Explorer 9, it's failed to load the Vector skin altogether, until I change my user agent string to Chrome, FF, Opera, even the Bing Bot string works, but the default user agent string failed to load the skin at all. I believe it's an issue that should be looked at, since it also appears to affect IE7-IE8. --[[User:Swertmastra|Swertmastra]]

:Thank you for your concern; we are aware of this problem, it is caused by MediaWiki. We are awaiting the next MediaWiki patch, hopefully they will address this issue. — [[User:Minip|minip]] 05:33, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
:<nowiki>*</nowiki> A new MediaWiki patch has been released; this issue is now resolved. — [[User:Minip|minip]] 02:03, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

== Translation of Logo ==

Is it able to translate main logo in sidebar and in header? And MediaWiki:Sidebar too? If it is, here they are (russian):

[[File:Wiki-banner-ru.png]]
[[File:Wiki_logo_ru.png]]

[[User:Gl0BuZ|Gl0BuZ]] 18:24, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
:Will do as soon as a Russian editor can confirm this translation. Wouldn't want a homepage with profanity or stuff on it, I hope you understand :3 — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 02:06, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
::Yes, I do. By the way, You can trust me. I' m from [http://steamcommunity.com/id/GlOBuZ STS] ;-) [[User:Gl0BuZ|Gl0BuZ]] 03:54, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
::: Do eet, Wind [[User:DrAkcel|DrAkcel]] ([[User_talk:DrAkcel|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/DrAkcel|C]]) 04:21, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
:::: O, hi, Akcel! Glad to see you. Thanks. [[User:Gl0BuZ|Gl0BuZ]] 05:01, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
:::::Done~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 05:33, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::Thanks. As I see, it isn't possible to translate main logo, is it? — [[User:Gl0BuZ|Gl0BuZ]] 05:43, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
:::::::Would be possible to make some little piece of javascript to replace it on every page after the page loads, but that's not the most elegant solution. I'll poke seb about it — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 05:44, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::::So how is this getting along? Should there be an image for the different languages or witchcraft? '''×'''×'''×''' [[File:Wormlogo.png|72px|[[User:Wormhole]]]] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [[User_talk:Wormhole|T]] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [[Special:Contributions/Wormhole|C]] <nowiki>|</nowiki> '''×'''×'''×''' 16:12, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

== Blog posts ==

Are you going to make Current Events such as in tf2 wiki? I mean, blog posts here — [[File:User Gl0BuZ signature.png|Thinking with portals!|link=User:Gl0BuZ]] 05:08, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
:If they turn out to be regular enough, yes. Otherwise, it'd look kind of stale — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 05:17, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
:: For the contest, I'm going to throw up an event banner on the main page. As for future blog posts, we'll have to wait and see but I'm not against the idea. - [[User:RJackson|RJ]][[File:User RJackson Pixelturret.png|link=User:RJackson|top]] [[User talk:RJackson|talk]] 16:51, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

== Contest page ==
I have russian contest page — http://portal.steamtranslation.ru/videocontest/ Where I can use it? :) — [[File:User Gl0BuZ signature.png|Thinking with portals!|link=User:Gl0BuZ]] 16:29, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
: Feel free to add it to the russian translation of [[Portal 2 Music Video Contest]] - [[User:RJackson|RJ]][[File:User RJackson Pixelturret.png|link=User:RJackson|top]] [[User talk:RJackson|talk]] 16:50, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
::But don't forget: it is unofficial [[User:DrAkcel|DrAkcel]] ([[User_talk:DrAkcel|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/DrAkcel|C]]) 17:18, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
:::Akcel, I remeber it, but it isn't for long (I mean «unofficial»). — [[File:User Gl0BuZ signature.png|Thinking with portals!|link=User:Gl0BuZ]] 20:08, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

== The Gels ==
Hello! I noticed that the [[Gels]] are not display in the "Mechanics" part of the main page. I think, if it's not a forget, the Gels page is more important than for example the [[High Energy Pellet]] page, wich is only present in the first ''Portal'' (and ''Portal'' is in my opinion considerably less played than ''Portal 2''). So, is a change needed here ? Thanks for reading. [[User:Jay|Jay]] 18:49, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
:{{c|done}} '''—[[User:Moussekateer|M]][[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|19px|link=User:Moussekateer]][[User:Moussekateer|ussekateer]]·[[User talk:Moussekateer|talk]]''' 18:55, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

== Sixense DLC now available. ==

As the title states, we need to get some articles up. I'd work on some myself but I've got college really early and I'm already up way too late. [http://store.steampowered.com/news/5682/ Steam News announcement], [http://store.steampowered.com/app/660/ Store page].

Food for discussion:
* How should we document the DLC
** A seperate game, like how we deal with [[Portal: Still Alive]]
** Or a section on [[Portal 2]]
** Perhaps consider is a "Game mode" - like there's Single Player, Co-op and then Sixense.
* Related to above, how should we document the extra test chambers.
* Also, I hope some of you have one of these Hydra controllers; else it's gonna be tough to document.

- [[User:RJackson|RJ]][[File:User RJackson Pixelturret.png|link=User:RJackson|top]] [[User talk:RJackson|talk]] 01:36, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
:The fact that it is discrete from P2 and requires a particular piece of hardware indicates to me that it should be considered to be a separate product. That being said, much of the Wiki's current material can be re-used verbatim, but video walkthroughs, etc would be another thing entirely. -[[User:Esky|Esky]] 01:41, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
:::The controller is $140/€140 so yea, unlikely any of us own one :S Which is a shame as some of the levels look quite good. Perhaps we could extract them somehow.... '''—[[User:Moussekateer|M]][[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|19px|link=User:Moussekateer]][[User:Moussekateer|ussekateer]]·[[User talk:Moussekateer|talk]]''' 01:43, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

I want to upload a picture of the Scalable Cube with a white background just like the other Cube pics, but i can't upload the image! >:(
Toolbox doesn't have such a feature - [[User:LambdaCore 21|LambdaCore 21]] 19:08, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
:How about now :3 — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 23:20, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!!! - [[User:LambdaCore 21|LambdaCore 21]] 19:08, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

== Super 8 in Portal 2 ==

Hey, uh. When are we gonna get to the Super 8 topic? There's an interactive teaser in the Extras --[[User:Breakin' Benny|Breakin' Benny]] 15:08, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
: As soon as anybody starts writing an article about it. :P - [[User:RJackson|RJ]][[File:User RJackson Pixelturret.png|link=User:RJackson|top]] [[User talk:RJackson|talk]] 15:38, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Apparently we don't need one - [[User:Medibee|Medibee]] 22:46, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
:Still deserves a mention in like [[Main menu]] or something — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 22:50, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
I added a Did you know for it - [[User:Medibee|Medibee]] 22:51, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

== A Wiki Hat? ==

I guess that if we want the wiki to be supported by more players we should add a Portal 2 ingame wiki hat :)— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Atlas|Atlas]]''' ([[User talk:Atlas|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Atlas|contribs]]) 
: An exclusive in-game item is something Valve would have to decide upon implementing. We cannot influence the content of the game. - [[User:RJackson|RJ]][[File:User RJackson Pixelturret.png|link=User:RJackson|top]] [[User talk:RJackson|talk]] 11:49, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Can I contact valve as the wiki, I think they will be glad to help us :)? — ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Atlas|Atlas]]''' ([[User talk:Atlas|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Atlas|contribs]]) 
::It's early days yet, let's focus on getting this Wiki content-complete first. And please remember to sign your posts with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> [[User:I-ghost|i-ghost]] 12:03, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Like this?, hmm I would love to help, I just wonder on what o.o [[User:Atlas|Atlas]] 13:02, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

:::: Better late than never I think. Would be great if it works across both TF2 and Portal 2 for the Bots. Before Valve leaves Portal behind. Any news on the possible sequel to ''Two''? If yes, this has a chance, since the TF2 guys are affiliated with them, and we're allied ei them.
[[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 02:32, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

== A Songs Section? ==

Do you think we should make a song section.

showing

Exillie (Doug Rattman Radio Song)
Still Alive
Want You Gone
Cara Mia.

? [[User:Atlas|Atlas]] 21:47, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

: It's a great idea. Open up the page first. Then we'll fill it in. [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 10:14, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

== Conversion and Time Machine. ==

Hi guys!

I'm back from a bit of ''Portal'' hiatus for some TF2. Anyways, I'm back.

The first thing I did was download the ''Thinking with Time Machine'' mod for ''Portal 2.'' Playing it for half an hour, wrote a bit. But apparently no one plays ''Portal'' nowadays.

So should ''I'' be the one who writes it all? It's going to be fun! :D

Also, everyone watch the ''Conversion'' release. Maybe a video guide?

[[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 10:08, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
:The sole reason why I haven't been either playing Portal/TF2 or editing wikis is because of my lack of internet connection at home. I'll write a good bit more whenever I can stop using the library as my connection to world. I've got big plans for this wiki and for the TF2 Wiki. Until then, just try your best to be fair and write well. [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 19:21, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

== I made a Steam group for the Wiki ==

It was something ad-lib'd. But if we were to have a shot at Gaben, we need a page. You lab boys get to this page, and add me.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/theportalwiki/

Will mods and admins here kindly approach me so we can cooperate on this. thanks!

[[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 02:37, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
:There is [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/pwiki already a group here] — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 05:19, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

== Proposed changes to Index ==

Mechanics - Add the following:
Thermal Discouragement Beam,
Hard Light Bridge,
Excursion Funnel.

Characters - Remove Hoopy the Hoop, add Doug Rattmann.

TDBs, HLBs and Excursion Funnels are too major mechanics to be excluded.
Hoopy the Hoop is even less of a 'character' than the Weighted Companion Cube, and has no reason to be listed as one.
Doug Rattmann is a character, and a significant one at that. He should be listed.

If you agree/disagree with my proposed changes, discuss below. — ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Informativeaccount|Informativeaccount]]''' ([[User talk:Informativeaccount|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Informativeaccount|contribs]]) 

I agree with the character change, and partially the mechanic change. However, the rest of the mechanics are listed on the 'Test Chambers' page. — ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Ejjgjrjgjjjvjrjdjwie|Ejjgjrjgjjjvjrjdjwie]]''' ([[User talk:Ejjgjrjgjjjvjrjdjwie|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Ejjgjrjgjjjvjrjdjwie|contribs]]) 

== How do i add a page ==

Im new, how do i add a page?

== How do i add a page ==

Im new, how do i add a page?

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