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== How do you shut off a bot? ==
== How do you shut off a bot? ==


I was just wondering how to shut off a bot on the wiki. ~~Sausagea1000~~ ([[talk|User talk:Sausagea1000]])
I was just wondering how to shut off a bot on the wiki. [[User:Sausagea1000|Sausagea1000]] ([[User talk:Sausagea1000|talk]]) 13:49, 18 February 2018 (UTC) (time edited)
:You can't. I'm not a bot by the way. [[User:I-ghost|i-ghost]] 17:44, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
:You can't. I'm not a bot by the way. [[User:I-ghost|i-ghost]] 17:44, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
== Hi all , I'm new here ==
Hi all, I'm very new (like I just made my account a few minutes ago new), and I have no idea how to edit pages and need some help.
first thing I would do is link some of the images I've uploaded (character cards from the Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game) to their respective pages (especially the party escort bot since the art on it is pretty interesting). as well as generally making the board game page way better. some one get back to me please. in the meantime I'll upload the rest of the game cards. -Stickyy
EDIT: is this wiki even active?
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Stickyy|Stickyy]]''' ([[User talk:Stickyy|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Stickyy|contribs]]) </small>
: Hey there. To answer the last question first, not a whole lot. As you can see, there are some people still here, myself included. There's just not a whole lot in the Portal community to write about these days, so people tend not to. Moondust hasn't been touched really (and I can't because I can't do VR on my setup), and [[The Lab]] is unfinished. It's a very casual place now, as far as pacing goes, but we are still in partnership with the TF2 Wiki, are on their server, and have most of their staff on our staff (as inactive as they may be here), so we must maintain a high level of quality despite the slowness and our unofficial status. As far as uploading all of those pictures, good job! I agree that the Associate art is interesting, as well as the Henry card since it's an actual model instead of just a comic picture.
As for the initial question, I'll post it onto your discussion page since ''this'' page is intended for discussion of the Wiki itself. [[User:Sven|Sven Cakemann]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 23:36, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
== Add more articles ==
I have noticed the Combine OverWiki has substantially more articles than us, and the [https://half-life.fandom.com Half Life Fandom] Wiki has more articles too, and the [[User:Sven/The Bird| Bird]] {{Tooltip|should be|ask User:Sven first!}} in the main article line.
|Headquarter8302|[[User:Headquarter8302|Universal Wiki User Page]]|[[User talk:Headquarter8302|Universal Wiki User Talk Page]]| 02:06, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
Well i´m trying to increse the number of articles
[[User:Vvv|Vvv]] ([[User talk:Vvv|talk]]) 9:38, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
== It's silent here... ==
Even with the pandemic, the wiki is still very dull. Active contributors are just [[User:Headquarter8302|me]], [[User:Thedoczek]], [[User:Sven]] and some image uploaders. [[User:Headquarter8302|Headquarter8302]] ([[User talk:Headquarter8302|talk]]) 00:06, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
:Aside from the few updates that happen with Portal 2, there's not really a lot going on in the community. There's no shortage of stuff to 'do', but there's just a lack of enthusiasm due to the lack of new official content. It'll pick back up at some point. [[User:Sven|Sven Cakemann]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 00:27, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
== Licensing Guide ==
Combine Overwiki use BY-SA 4.0, we used CC-BY 3.0, and the Half-life Fandom wiki used Generic CC-BY-SA 2.0
As far as i know:
'''BY-SA 4.0 is Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International''' is the license used by the Overwiki (the license is copied through the text and knowledge base, appropriate credit is required to transfer the knowledge)
'''CC-BY 3.0 is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY 3.0)''' is just a share-alike attribution, the weakest and most indisputable license (basically the license only carried through the text and knowledge base)
'''Generic CC-BY-SA 2.0'''
{{Quotation|'''Fandom'''|To grow the commons of free knowledge and free culture, all users editing or otherwise contributing to wikis that use the <u>CC BY-SA license agree to grant broad permissions to the general public to re-distribute and re-use their contributions freely for any purpose, including commercial use</u>, '''in accordance with the CC BY-SA license.''' Such use is allowed where attribution is given and the same freedom to re-use and re-distribute applies to any derivative works of the contributions.}}
Fandom used this license, the most basic license you'll ever get.
'''<u>IMPORTANT!</u>'''
We cannot copy from Overwiki, but they can copy from us. We ''CAN'' copy from the Fandom base wikis but uses the Generic license which is kinda frustrating to comprehence.
Sooo.... People, you now understand the basic licenses? - [[User:Headquarter8302|Headquarter8302]] ([[User talk:Headquarter8302|talk]]) 05:04, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
:I added a note about this [[Portal Wiki:About#Licensing|here]]. I don't think content can be copied from Fandom wikis, as they have the same ShareAlike clause as the Combine Overwiki does... — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 04:08, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
::About the Fandom license, we CAN copy from them as long we state that it was taken from Fandom and state what kind of license the original text was (Like: This page/text/etc. has been taken/copied/referenced from Fandom wiki <nowiki>[The wiki]</nowiki> under the license Generic CC-BY-SA 2.0) Like in Wikipedia
::&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span>&nbsp;This is the signature of <span style="color: blue;">Headquarter</span><span style="color: orange;">8302</span> <code>[[User:Headquarter8302|User page]] - [[User talk:Headquarter8302|User talk]]</code>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span>&nbsp; 23:49, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
== An extension is deprecated, should we change it? ==
Since I'm not handling with articles anymore, I will take care of maintenance. And just like charm, when I'm sneaking through the [[Special:Version]] article, I've noticed that GeeQuBox extension (image preview thingy) is deprecated (as evidenced by the [[MW:Extension:GeeQuBox|archival page on MediaWiki]]). Should we change it to the more later version? It has fixes from the original GeeQu.
&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span>&nbsp;This is the signature of <span style="color: blue;">Headquarter</span><span style="color: orange;">8302</span> <code>[[User:Headquarter8302|User page]] - [[User talk:Headquarter8302|User talk]]</code>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span>&nbsp; 00:04, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
== Rarely speaking Chell ==
Did you know Chell can Speak rarely like "Yes sir Mr Johnson" and "I am!" }}
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Chasingwind500|Chasingwind500]]''' ([[User talk:Chasingwind500|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Chasingwind500|contribs]]) </small>
:No, Chell does not speak at all ~ <span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span><span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span> <code>[[User:Headquarter8302|User page]] - [[User talk:Headquarter8302|User talk]]</code> 23:46, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
== OPP2? What's that? ==
Why's there that sketchy link in the Portal 2 section of the side bar? Just seems to send you to illegal movie streaming sites. - '''[[User:EktoHunter|EktoHunter]]'''
:I think it's once a legit item trading site, until either the registration have expired or it has been hacked, and then it redirects to the highest bidder's chosen redirect site. I guess? Talk to either [[User talk:WindPower|WindPower]] or [[User talk:Tark|Tark]] about this ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 09:04, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
:: Oops, yes that link should have been removed ages ago. OPP2 was an [https://github.com/Lagg/optf2 inventory viewer] for both TF2 and Portal 2 (and other Steam games). — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 21:11, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
== Youtube channel ==
Does anyone know who managed the YouTube channel of our Wiki? Has the person in question lost access to the account? [[User:Quantum|Quantum]] ([[User talk:Quantum|talk]]) 13:54, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
: Hi! I believe it's [[User:WindPower|Wind]]. You can contact him directly via the [[Special:EmailUser/WindPower|Email this user]] function — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 21:00, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
== Screenshots ==
Hello! Does anyone know how to take a screenshot on portal 2 hiding the HUD? I want to add the screenshots of the rest of the Coop chambers. [[User:Quantum|Quantum]] ([[User talk:Quantum|talk]]) 14:13, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
: C [[Help:Taking Screenshots]] — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 16:56, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
==Weird Accounts==
Hello. What these weird accounts that are creating profile pages or random articles are? Are they bots or something? When i'm going to check my recent changes they're always there. [[User:Quantum|Quantum]] ([[User talk:Quantum|talk]]) 14:14, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
:Yes, they're spam accounts. If you see one, mark their page for deletion ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 23:34, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
== Notability policy on mods and fan content ==
We have a guideline on Community Content [[Help:Style guide/Community content|here]], but we don't state how much popular or downloaded the content should be, until we could legitimately document it. Any suggestions? ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 09:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
: It is safe to assume that mods released on Steam, as standalone apps, are supposed to be covered.
: As for non-Steam mods, anything that introduces a great gimmick-something that hasn't been done before in a base Portal game, is generally discussed among the community and has people showcasing it (let's play, forum threads, etc) reinforces its notability. — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 14:47, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
::Hmmm, okay ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 23:33, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
== Aperture Tag pages ==
So I found out ''[[Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative]]'' and the related [[Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative Chapter 1 Intro|test chamber]] pages exist. '''A)''' Why ''(may be self-explanatory)'', and '''B)''' Why not continue the pages? I recently expanded on the Intro chamber page ''(linked above)'', so I want to know if I'm allowed to continue on this series of threads. Your opinion?
'''''EDIT:''' The talk section above answered question A, you may ignore it now.''
::::::— ''Your '''Friendly Faith Plate''' — [[User:ARJr|ARJr]]'' 09:59, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
:Yes, of course you are welcome to continue the PGTI pages! Just coordinate with other editors who is currently adding those pages, and you should be right to go! ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 10:04, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
::Okay, good to know.
::::::— ''Your '''Friendly Faith Plate''' — [[User:ARJr|ARJr]]'' 14:09, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
== Portal 2 mod ==
I thought i should make a new portal mod called Portal 2: Episode 1. (continuing the joke that valve will do anything to avoid making a third game) Anny ideas for test elements?
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:C. Chell|C. Chell]]''' ([[User talk:C. Chell|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/C. Chell|contribs]]) </small>
:Damn, gonna continue the HL norm? ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 04:28, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
:Uh.... Maybe eletricity fields? [[User:Quantum|Quantum]] ([[User talk:Quantum|talk]]) 22:15, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
:You wouldn't want to include [[hl2:Manhack|manhacks]] though ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 23:51, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
== Hi there! ==
Have you considered upgrading this wiki to newer versions of MediaWiki? If so, are there any barriers to upgrading the wiki? -- [[User:PanchamBro|PanchamBro]] ([[User talk:PanchamBro|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/PanchamBro|contributions]]) 15:19, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
:You would want to query that question to [[User:WindPower|WindPower]], the wiki's main technical administrator. ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 00:44, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
:It's indeed pretty rickety at this point! It boils down to there being custom extensions that don't work with more recent versions of MediaWiki.... They're [https://github.com/ThePortalWiki/pwiki/tree/master/images/pwiki-app/extra/extensions listed here]. TBH I don't remember which one was the bottleneck exactly. Perhaps I should try to upgrade it once again and see what breaks. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 05:40, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
::Some of those extension I've never even seen before 👀, you have some tasks in front of you Wind ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 05:54, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
== [[Custom Testchamber Signs]] ==
Should this be on the {{Code|Help:}} namespace or the project ({{Code|Portal Wiki:}}) namespace? ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 22:53, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
==  Hello  ==
Hello. I recently joined the portal wiki in order to create more articles in Japanese. I would like to translate the voice lines of each character, but I don't know how to reflect "Template:Dictionary/voice lines/---" in my articles. Is there any way to do this other than copying and pasting each one on my own? Can someone please tell me how to do that?
(Was it okay to post my question here? If not, I'm sorry.)[[User:Kotetsu|Kotetsu]] ([[User talk:Kotetsu|talk]]) 02:55, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
: Hi! Thank you for your hard work!
: You can use the following template: {{tlx|Voice line|character name|dictionary key}}
:: Example: {{tlx|Voice line|GLaDOS|01 part1 get portal gun-1}} generates ''やりましたね!Aperture Science 携帯ポータル装置を手に入れました。''
: Please let me know if I can help with anything else. — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 20:37, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
== Asked about the "Portal: TFV mappack" ==
I was really getting into the mappack and wondering if I can create pages about individual levels from "Portal: The Flash Version MapPack". I have a ton of info and will be mentioning secret hatches and adding pictures.
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Bobanchoban77|Bobanchoban77]]''' ([[User talk:Bobanchoban77|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Bobanchoban77|contribs]]) 23:51, 31 March 2022 (UTC)</small>
:You might want to add those information at the [[Portal: The Flash Version MapPack]] page itself ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 23:51, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
::That is a good idea, thanks. But I was wondering if there could be individual pages made for every level, maybe like the Portal: Still Alive levels, that you can find in the big list on the bottom of every page, but I wouldn't mind adding stuff to the main page itself. bobanchoban77/frapsed 10:20, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
::: I think that would be acceptable. Just make sure to follow our [[Help:Style_guide/Test_chambers#Coverage|Test Chambers Coverage Guidelines]]. — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 21:15, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
:::: Okay, thanks for the confirmation. bobanchoban77/frapsed 08:55, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
== The Wiki has been Hacked ==
I have recently went on to this wiki to look at Wheatley's character page. It turns out that that page and several others had been changed by someone who doesn't seem to have an account anymore, and they took out '''ALL''' information on these pages and replaced them with random messages. To anyone in charge: Please fix this. I just wanted to find some knowledge and I was met with nonsensical messages, and as someone who looks at this wiki a LOT, it would be appreciated if the original pages could be restored if possible. Thank you if anyone indeed listens to this. - Sincerely, AJSloth707 (April 15th, 2023)
: Hello! The issue has been resolved. It was just a spammer causing trouble. Sorry for the inconvenience. — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 21:52, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
This is bad. Real bad. It seems this wiki has been hacked AGAIN with almost no way of bringing everything back to normal. [[User:Matthew250|Matthew250]] ([[User talk:Matthew250|talk]]) 04:02, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
== Glados Voice Lines page completely inaccessable ==
Attempting to enter the Glados Voice Lines page leads to an error page
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Paulgrobe|Paulgrobe]]''' ([[User talk:Paulgrobe|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Paulgrobe|contribs]]) </small>
:Thanks, this is fixed now. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 05:50, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
== New Citizen skin ==
I've noticed via RC that we're creating resource pages for the Citizen skin. We've also [[Special:Version|installed it]] it seems. How does one preview it? Using <code>?useskin=citizen</code> doesn't seem to work. ~ <span style="text-shadow: 0 0 .075em currentColor; font-weight: 900; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Noto Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 110%">[[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange;">8302</span>]]</span> 02:30, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
: It was <s>(accidentally?)</s> included in the latest software upgrade. It's super broken but you can enable it by clicking "Mobile view" in the footer (or by accessing the wiki through a mobile phone).
: <s>We don't have the man(n)power to maintain it (heck, we barely have the manpower to keep the articles up to date :'() so I'll check if we can disable it.</s> — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 03:25, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
:: Looks hella cool though... I am all for making this the default [https://i.imgur.com/k9BD5zQ.png ] ~ <span style="text-shadow: 0 0 .075em currentColor; font-weight: 900; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Noto Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 110%">[[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange;">8302</span>]]</span> 09:30, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
::: Not much of a fan of turning it into the default theme, I think our current look is quite iconic (and better on desktop).
::: It will take some time to make it look right since lots of templates use in-line styling, but I'll look into ''slowly'' updating it whenever I have the time. Feel free to use this topic as a "request area" for issues with this skin. — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 18:55, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
== Anyone here? ==
Just got here, and it seems completely dead. I'm sure there's nobody editing anymore, but still, it's just weird.
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Kirbo|Kirbo]]''' ([[User talk:Kirbo|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Kirbo|contribs]]) 19:07 CET, 21-2-2025</small>
:Remember to sign your comments using <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>.
:It's not a super active wiki but there are occasional edits here and there. [[User:GrampaSwood|GrampaSwood]] ([[User talk:GrampaSwood|talk]]) 19:27, 21 February 2025 (UTC)
::Indeed. All that's left are tedious maintenance tasks, cleanup here and there, and monitoring of the occasional new edits and vandals. You can safely guess that the wiki will come back alive when Valve does something again, but that's not often, and it's usually because of a [[February_13,_2025_Patch_(Portal)|broken update]]. ~ ''Markus,'' <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Noto Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 125%">[[User:Headquarter8302|Headquarter]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|8302]]</span> 00:15, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
::: Fair. Let's just hope something can happen. ~ [[User:Kirbo|Kirbo]]
hello I'm new here, I wanna talk yeah . . . I LOVE PORTAL 2 <nowiki>hyperisaac</nowiki>
== Potential renaming of test chamber pages ==
Currently, all of the test chamber pages are simply named based on the game title, chapter, and chamber number, for example [[Portal 2 Chapter 4 Test Chamber 18]]. While this is technically sufficient to differentiate chambers, in practice it makes trying to find pages for specific test chambers nearly impossible. Nobody remembers chamber numbers, and many players don't even look at the signs to begin with, so trying to find the page for a specific chamber usually boils down to just clicking through randomly until you find the one you're looking for (on a wiki which already seems to struggle with server issues and is often slow or unresponsive).
However, all of the Portal 2 chambers and many chambers in mods actually have descriptive names, originating from the Challenge Mode UI and map filenames. In fact, many of the test chamber pages on this wiki already list these names as part of the infobox! (e.g. see the page I linked above) With that in mind, it seems logical to rename the pages to use these names when available. The challenge mode names could be used directly, while map filenames in mods would need to be "prettified" (replacing underscores with spaces, removing prefixes, and changing to title case). These names are far easier to remember than numbers are, and also usually give a basic description of the map, so even if you didn't have them memorized you could still look at "chapter 8 - funnel polarity" and determine that that's probably the map where reversed funnels are introduced. This would help to make finding test chamber pages easier, and potentially reduce server strain as a result of users not having to click through as many different pages.
Not all maps have these names available (particularly in Portal 1 and mods for it), so those maps would just continue to use the current page naming scheme, perhaps with slight changes. Portal 1's maps are fairly easier to remember by number anyway (since the whole game is on a single continuous testing track), so this should be fine. I also personally think it would look nicer to remove the chapter number from the page titles and purely use the game title and map name separated by a dash (e.g. "Portal 2 - Funnel Polarity", "Portal - Test Chamber 13", etc). This could potentially cause problems though if a mod had two maps with the same internal name in different chapters, so it would need further evaluation.
All the existing pages would be kept as redirects, so old links would still work. I'd like to hear people's feedback on this and if there's any reason it shouldn't be done or things that should be done differently than suggested. - [[User:VRadExe|VRadExe]] ([[User talk:VRadExe|talk]]) 00:24, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
: Sounds neat. I propose just using a redirect for these new titles, or moving the old pages to these new titles and leaving a redirect for them (if such changes are not feasible or wanted by the site staff). ~ ''Markus,'' <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Noto Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 125%">[[User:Headquarter8302|Headquarter]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|8302]]</span> 00:38, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
:: I'm personally fine with the way things are currently (naming convention is defined [[Help:Style_guide/Test_chambers|here]]), and since there are hundreds of chamber pages, I don't think moving all of them to new locations is worth the effort just for aesthetics.
:: If the names are easy to remember, we can always use redirects to guide people to the right locations. — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 19:55, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
== where did every image go? ==
whenever i load into any page, none of the files load. any idea whats going on? [[User:TheLarcenist|TheLarcenist]] ([[User talk:TheLarcenist|talk]]) 08:24, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
: Should be fixed. Apologies for the inconvenience. — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 14:58, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
== No images ==
The whole page seems broken. All of the images are gone (dead links) and the homepage is reduced to just "<html><head></head><body></body></html>". I got an error upon logging in. Is someone griefing again or was there a server error? [[User:Derp|Derp]] ([[User talk:Derp|talk]])
:Looks like a temporary server error. Pages and images load fine on my end ~ ''Markus,'' <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Noto Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 125%">[[User:Headquarter8302|Headquarter]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|8302]]</span> 05:30, 1 December 2025 (UTC)