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:Test chamber articles should not be published until they have a video released for them. I'm currently doing the videos for the Portal 2 walkthrough, but I will do the one for Portal 1 after Portal 2 is done. In the meantime, there are some [[Special:PrefixIndex/User:Lord Melchior|almost-ready versions of the Portal chambers here]] that you can edit. Thanks~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 15:24, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
:Test chamber articles should not be published until they have a video released for them. I'm currently doing the videos for the Portal 2 walkthrough, but I will do the one for Portal 1 after Portal 2 is done. In the meantime, there are some [[Special:PrefixIndex/User:Lord Melchior|almost-ready versions of the Portal chambers here]] that you can edit. Thanks~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 15:24, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks for reply [[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 18:26, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks for reply [[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 18:26, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
== about month names ==
I just want to thank you for help :) -- [[User:Szumin|Szumin]] ([[User_talk:Szumin|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Szumin|contrib]]) 12:28, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
== Test chambers ==
How can I make walkthrough videos for Portal Test Chambers in Russian language?
[[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 19:41, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
:If you mean Portal 1, then hold on, let them be created in English first. The Portal 2 videos, however, are almost done in English, so I'd start there.
:Now, there's a few ways to go about this:
* Either the walkthrough is a different version of the English one, with a Russian translators playing through the game and recording videos, same way as the English one
* Either the walkthrough uses the same demos as the English one. Then, I think that the voice files will be replaced by the Russian ones. This means that the video will be exactly the same, but with Russian voices. This will be consistent and be fully translated, but it comes with the limitations of having to use Source Recorder (which is hard for some parts of the game)
* Either the English walkthrough videos are subtitled in Russian. I am currently working on a way to do that automatically, using the game's Russian subtitles files. This way, it will be very easy to have a Russian walkthrough, and the voice will be in English with Russian subtitles. This method can also be used for other languages.
So, what do you prefer? — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 20:12, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
:I think the first way is better than other two. So video will be more like the game. The second way is rather hard. And voice lines may be replaced incorrectly. What about the third way? Hearing voice is certainly better than reading subtitles. But there's a very small disadvantage using the first or the second way. The voice that sounds in Russain language differs from original one. And some voice effects (changing voice, garbles) aren't shown.
:[[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 21:04, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
::The thing with the first way is that it's the longest and hardest one, because it involves re-doing everything that was done for the English part of the wiki. You're free to do it if you want to, but I'd suggest gathering other people to help you along, because it is a very long task (took me months).
::In the meantime, I've been working on a subtitling tool (you can see it [http://theportalwiki.com/subtitle/ here]) which will allow us to make captions for sections of the video, associate them with a sound file, and from that map it to other languages. So what can be done is to use the third way (english with russian subtitles), then as the real Russian walkthrough progresses, replace videos with it. Does that sound like a good plan? — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 23:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
:::Yes? It's good idea. I've recorded a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDayHXyy9xc . Is it good walkthrough video? [[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 21:17, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
::::Keep in mind that someone who needs a walkthrough of Portal 1 more than 4 years after its release is likely to be a person very new to video games. Because of that, it is important to make the walkthrough easy to understand and follow; that is why, on the Portal 2 walkthrough, all the camera movements are very slow (it makes it easier to follow). To an experienced gamer, this style of movement does look slow, but that's okay. So, in other words: Move the mouse slowly.
::::Another thing is pacing: it is important to move kind of slowly and give an overview of each room you enter. This is for several reasons:
::::* It will be easier for someone to know which room you are in (since you look around the room)
::::* It will be easier to follow
::::* YouTube's thumbnails for a video are a choice between the image at 25% of the video, 50% of the video, or 75% of the video. If you take looks around the room as yu enter them, there is a higher chance that one of youtube's video thumbnails will be one of those moments, which will make a nice video thumbnail (Just a little bonus, hehe)
::::* For test chambers, make sure you stare at the information panel (where it says the test chamber number) for at least 3 seconds
::::Last but not least is graphics quality. First, make sure to record videos with a resolution of ratio 16:9 (1280x720 preferably, or 1920x1080 if you can). This will make sure that the video occupies the entire video player, instead of having those black bars on the left and the right like this video has. Also, you can try to record at a higher graphics quality if you can, so that it looks better. If you can't, that's okay, but most importantly make sure it still looks smooth.
::::Thanks, and good luck :3 — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 21:36, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
:::::Thank you for your comments. I'll try to do better.
:::::P.S. Uploading videos takes very much time. For exsample, this video (two minutes) was uploaded in two with a half hours.
:::::[[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 22:06, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
::::::Yes indeed~ It takes me from 4 to 14 hours to upload a walkthrough video, depending on the length of the video D: Slow connection + big files = long time. Don't worry about it though, take your time. No rush~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 22:07, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
:::::I can't turn on 1280x720 resolution in the game. If 16:9 ratio resolution is needed I can enable only 856x480 or 848x480. Should I use again 1024x768 HD resolution or choose 856(or 848)x480 one? — [[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 22:40, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
::::::That's a shame :( I guess your monitor doesn't go to 1280x720. Do you know anyone who has such a monitor, or do you have another monitor that you could plug into your computer for that? If not, then I guess 1024x768 would be the best choice, but not very good still >: — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 22:42, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
:::::No, I don't know anyone who can help me. Then I'll make not very good video. I hope less people will detect black bars. Also there is no black bar in fullscreen mode if watching people have NOT WIDESCREEN monitor. — [[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 00:10, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
::::::Aww :( If you want, I can ask the Russian translators of the Team Fortress Wiki to come and help. Do you want me to ask? :o And yeah, they don't show in fullscreen mode but they show when you view the page normally — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 01:00, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
:::::Yes, I do. Let them help us to make videos If they can. It will be better. — [[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 11:11, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
::::::Alright, asked :3 — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 05:36, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
:::::::Do I understand correctly. need to record video  in 1280x1024 format?--<b>[[User:Nik9990|<font FACE="Times New Roman" color="#008000">Nik9990</font>]]</b> <font FACE="Times New Roman" color="#808080">[[User_talk:Nik9990|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Nik9990|Cont]]</font> 06:52, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
::::::::1280x720 preferably, in order to get a 16:9 aspect ratio — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 06:53, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::I will try to--<b>[[User:Nik9990|<font FACE="Times New Roman" color="#008000">Nik9990</font>]]</b> <font FACE="Times New Roman" color="#808080">[[User_talk:Nik9990|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Nik9990|Cont]]</font> 06:57, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
* So... What programm do you use to record in-game videos? What videocard are you using? --[[User:Daniil|Daniil]] 15:26, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
:For reference, for the Portal 2 walkthrough:
* All done using Source Recorder, rendered at 1920x1080 60 fps, with some exceptions detailed here: [[User:WindPower/WalkthroughNotes]]
* Graphics configuration here: [[:File:Portal 2 walkthrough config.cfg]]
* Encoded with x264 lossless mode for video, uncompressed (PCM) for audio
The Russian walkthrough doesn't have to follow exactly those, but closer is better :3
— [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 15:48, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
== Cake? Cake! ==
:{{User:Aperture AI/Template:Cake|WindPower}}--<b>[[User:Nik9990|<font FACE="Times New Roman" color="#008000">Nik9990</font>]]</b> <font FACE="Times New Roman" color="#808080">[[User_talk:Nik9990|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Nik9990|Cont]]</font> 06:55, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
::*om nom nom* Thanks :3 — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 06:56, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
== Bug ==
In Portal Wiki I found a bug. I want to create page was last updated game. Instead <code>[[July_7, _2011_Patch/ru]]</code> he wants to create <code>[[Июля_7, _2011_Patch/ru]]. In main page</code>--<b>[[User:Nik9990|<font FACE="Times New Roman" color="#008000">Nik9990</font>]]</b> <font FACE="Times New Roman" color="#808080">[[User_talk:Nik9990|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Nik9990|Cont]]</font> 07:57, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
:Fixed. '''<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;">—[[User:Moussekateer|M]][[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|19px|link=User:Moussekateer]][[User:Moussekateer|ussekateer]]·[[User talk:Moussekateer|<span style="color:black;font-size:85%;">talk</span>]]</span>''' 08:25, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
== Test chambers ==
Russian video walkthroughs was made. Why are they not used in russian articles? - [[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 19:45, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
:Where are they? :o — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 19:49, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
::Don't you know?! I thought you are aware of them. This is Test Chamber 00 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj6Yu_Gi_uc. And there are other ones by p2wikiru. Somebody made them and told me. — [[User:Alexander|Alexander]] 18:13, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
:::Alrigh, great :3 [http://theportalwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Template%3ADictionary%2Fdemonstration&action=historysubmit&diff=36686&oldid=36587 here is how to add them], for when there's future videos. Thanks~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 01:46, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
== You can remake it? ==
:[http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/Obtaining_Portal_2_achievements/ru Page]
:[http://arximond.ucoz.ru/Untitled-4.jpg Achievement]
:Talent Show = Шоу талантов;
:Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mobility Gels co-op course = Ни разу не потеряйте куб в камере 6 из серии «Ускоряющие гели» (№5) в совместной игре - [[User:Arhimond|Arhimond]] 14:07, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
::Looks like someone has done that before I could read this message — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 02:38, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
== Broken image? ==
I uploaded a screenshot a day ago [http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/File:Glados_core_transfer.jpg] and it doesn't seem to appear properly. It's there, but it's just not a visible picture. I was wondering what went wrong with this image? [[User:Illiterate Bilingual|Illiterate Bilingual]] 10:56, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
:Fixed~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 17:28, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
== Missing category ==
Hello ! Can [[User:WindBOT]] add [[:Category:Portal 2 chambers]] on the 39 test chamber's pages who don't have this category (from chapter 3 to 8) ? I don't really want to do this by hand ; i will do it if it's to complex to do for the bot, but i want to know before. [[User:Aquatikelfik|Aquatikelfik]] 17:15, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:This is not the sort of job WindBOT is made for. It's made for things that should be applied to all pages all the time; it's not made to do just one-time jobs. It just runs continuously applying every filter it has to every page it sees. So manual it goes~ But I can help you. I'll start from the end so you can start from the beginning — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 17:17, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
== Hey ==
What did you do to my page? I couldn't find out and I saw you under my edit list. [[User:12lightningtheif|12]] [[File:Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg]] [[User:12lightningtheif|thief]] 23:14, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
:You can [http://theportalwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User:12lightningtheif&diff=next&oldid=39011 look at the diff] if you wanna know. I just fixed the "1" — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 23:14, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks! Sorry I'm really new to this. [[User:12lightningtheif|12]] [[File:Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg]] [[User:12lightningtheif|thief]] 20:56, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Hey,(sorry for bugging you so much) I made the <nowiki>{{User Human|Template}}</nowiki> that needs images, but it's pretty good. (People will have to do 2 images in the one small box because I did it so it is able to said two names, but if thats too much you can take it out).--[[User:12lightningtheif|12]] [[File:Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg]] [[User:12lightningtheif|thief]] 22:26, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, but its a lil hard getting the hang of its format&ndash;[[User:12lightningtheif|<sup>12</sup>]]|[[File:Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg|Thumb|Lightning|x40px]]|[[User:12lightningtheif|<sub>theif</sub>]]''':''' <small>  <small>  Zap!</small></small> 01:24, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
:What, wiki format? Yeah, but IRC has nothing to do with it :3 You can ask questions about wiki code there too if you want — [[User:WindPower|Wind]]
::What I mean to say was (not format :)!) its a lil hard getting the hang of how it work. I can't even say hi. :( Help Please! &ndash;[[User:12lightningtheif|<sup>12</sup>]]|[[File:Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg|Thumb|Lightning|x40px]]|[[User:12lightningtheif|<sub>theif</sub>]]''':''' <small>  <small>  Zap!</small></small> 02:35, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
:Ok:
# Click [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=pwiki here] to open the web client
# In the "nickname" box, type the username you want to use (12lightningtheif)
# In the "reCAPTCHA" box, type the words that you see written on the image
# Click connect
Done~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 02:57, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Dude, that doesn't help me at all! The only thing that helps with is making me feel dumber! X( I'll just put it out, I know how to get on there, but, '''HOW DO YOU CHAT'''!?!? Isn't the point of it to chat with some one? Oh, and thanks for making me feel dumber! X( &ndash;[[User:12lightningtheif|<sup>12</sup>]]|[[File:Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg|Thumb|Lightning|x40px]]|[[User:12lightningtheif|<sub>theif</sub>]]''':''' <small>  <small>  Zap!</small></small> 19:56, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
:I'm not sure what the problem is... D: If you follow those instructions, you should join our IRC channel, and we would see you join it. We haven't seen you join, so something went wrong while following those instructions :( As for how to chat, once you click connect, you should see a window with a list of usernames on the right, and a message box at the bottom to send messages to the channel. Can you take a screenshot of what you see after doing those instructions? — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 19:59, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
::Sorry for my cousin 12lightningthief, he is still young and is frustrated with the whole chat thing. Don't feel bad, but he says you going hard on him... well you seem like a nice cheery person, so, Bye! {{n}}[[User:Laycay27|Laycay27]] 18:46, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
:::Sorry if any of this was rude >: Welcome to the Wiki, too~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 18:50, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
::No, He just was frustrated... thanks for the greeting, (you seem very nice...) he is a big fan of portal. he'll problay send you that screen shot soon, if not I'll ask him. Have a nice Day! &ndash;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">'''[[User:Laycay27|Lay&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span>&nbsp;cay&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span>&nbsp;27]]'''</span>~~(^_^) 19:43, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
:::(calm down &ndash;[[User:12lightningtheif|<sup>12</sup>]]|[[File:Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg|Thumb|Lightning|x40px]]|[[User:12lightningtheif|<sub>theif</sub>]]''':''' <small>  <small>  Zap!</small></small> 19:54, 20 November 2011 (UTC)) Hey Wind or Laycay27, do you know how to take a screen shot on a PC? Sorry for causing <span style="text-decoration: underline;">'''''A LOT'''''</span> of trouble I am still learning...
:On Windows Vista or 7, you can use the Snipping Tools to do that (Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Snipping Tool), which lets you select a rectangle on your screen to capture, and then lets you save it somewhere. On Windows XP, the most straightforward way is to press the "Print screen" key on your keyboard, then open Paint and press Ctrl+V. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 19:57, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
::The capture is [http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/File:Capture.PNG this file]. It seems Freenode (our chat network) doesn't like numbers as the first character in the nickname, so I tried with "lightningtheif" and worked fine. Try it, 12lightningtheif.--[[File:User_Comentarinformal_sig01.jpg|link=http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/User:Comentarinformal]][[File:User_Comentarinformal_sig02.jpg|link=http://steamcommunity.com/id/MePuedesPoner]][[File:User_Comentarinformal_sig03.jpg|link=http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/User_talk:Comentarinformal]] 21:46, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
:I'm on!!!!!(Now I need help to get help cause I don't like to interupt anyone alot, it makes me feel bad :( )&ndash;[[User:12lightningtheif|<sup>12</sup>]]|[[File:Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg|Thumb|Lightning|x40px]]|[[User:12lightningtheif|<sub>theif</sub>]]''':''' <small>  <small>  Zap!</small></small> 17:16, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
== Duplicate pages ==
Hello, I have discovered two duplicates pages on the wiki today. Can you delete ''Portal 2 Chapter 3 Test Chamber 09'' (duplicate of [[Portal 2 Chapter 3 Test Chamber 9]]) and ''Portal 2 Act 1 Test Chamber 06/ru'' (duplicate of [[Portal 2 Chapter 1 Test Chamber 6/ru]]) ? Thanks. :) [[User:Aquatikelfik|Aquatikelfik]] 12:43, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
:Thanks [[User:i-ghost|i-ghost]], sorry for distrubing Wind. [[User:Aquatikelfik|Aquatikelfik]] 16:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
== Implementing TF2 Wiki-styled merchandise pricing ==
I've added all the needed templates (as seen here: [[User:Sven/Sandbox]]), added all the current prices of the merchandise to the pricing page ([http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/Template:Dictionary/price#merchandises here]), and am ready to update the [[Merchandise]] page itself. However, every item will reference a template (as seen in my sandbox) that needs to be created by a bot. Could you be kind enough to order WindBOT to push the changes from the pricing page to the necessary template pages? Much appreciated in advance. [[User:Sven|Sven]] 17:05, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
: WindBOT should get around to that automatically.  I think he runs on a ~10 minute interval, although he might get clogged up with some other tasks so there may be a slight delay.  He should make those pages anyway. - [[User:RJackson|RJ]][[File:User RJackson Pixelturret.png|link=User:RJackson|top]] [[User talk:RJackson|<sup><span style="background:#C0DFFF;padding:0 2px;">talk</span></sup>]] 17:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
::Okey-dokey then. Thanks a lot RJackson for the quick answer. *goes to twiddle thumbs for about 10 minutes* [[User:Sven|Sven]] 17:10, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
== Comics nav ==
I'm sorry! I didn't notice that the comics were already covered in the Community Nav! Forgive me! [[User:Sven|Sven]] 00:49, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
:Never! You shall die into the Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator >:3
:Nah but the comics list is getting sizeable. One or two more comics and it will probably be worth it to make it into its own nav — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 00:51, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
== hello ==
Hello to you too. Thanks for the welcome. --[[User:Tschumann|Tschumann]] 10:18, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome as well! [[User:Unremarkable|Unremarkable]] 17:11, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
== Atlas and P-body articles ==
Since Atlas and P-body experience through the same events in co-op, wouldn't it be a better idea to have the two characters merged into one article like the Combine Overwiki did? Though I don't mind having two different character articles, just saying that it would be simpler and sort of more effective and on the go for readers. [[User:Illiterate Bilingual|Illiterate Bilingual]] 23:04, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
:I wouldn't mind but I wouldn't push for it either. Do what you want or ask someone else or the central discussion~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 06:47, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
== Regarding the recent "The Underground" addition, I'd like a precedent  ==
The addition of the Machinima series makes me wonder how each "non-canon" article (such as The Underground, gameplay mods if they have unique characters, minor characters in Lab Rat) should/will be handled in the future. I'd normally take some examples from the TF2 Wiki, but as the TF2 Wiki doesn't seem to have this issue (no Machinima articles that I'm aware of) and the additional fact that we're a bit starved for content (I mean, Portal and P2 aren't exactly updated weekly...), I have no idea what to do. I don't want this place to get that "most of the page is pictures" feel that the OverWiki has.... Any advice? Would a "Non-Canon Character Nav" or something similar be enough? Or even help? [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] 19:22, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
:[http://theportalwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Underground&action=historysubmit&diff=50499&oldid=50443 This] should alleviate such concerns :3 — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 19:42, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
:: DANKE MY HARD HATTED FRIEND! [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] 19:47, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
== Image from a Portal 2 dev ==
If I were to, say, get a HUGE image of a character from a Portal 2 developer (say.... Richard Lord, for instance), what would I upload that as? What license? [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] 07:32, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
:Stop teasing and upload it already! — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 15:23, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
:Top shelf — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 19:40, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
::And we got Mr Lord's seal of approval. :D [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] 20:27, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
:::RJ wonders how you even got a reply — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 20:30, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
::::Something like that. - [[User:RJackson|RJ]][[File:User RJackson Pixelturret.png|link=User:RJackson|top]] [[User talk:RJackson|<sup><span style="background:#C0DFFF;padding:0 2px;">talk</span></sup>]] 20:31, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
<pre>
<RJackson> hnnnnnnng
<RJackson> how dus he talk to Richard Lord
<RJackson> godfackit
<RJackson> I want to muse about Hoopy with him, in bed, wearing skin-coloured speedos.
<WindPower> I dunno, you should as khim
<WindPower> *ask him
<Epic_Eric> RJackson: HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ONE OF EPISODE 3'S ALTERNATE ENDINGS
<RJackson> Epic_Eric: I wore Speedos with Richard Lord.
<Epic_Eric> Why skin-coloured and not team-colored?
<Epic_Eric> *colourde
<Epic_Eric> *coloured
<RJackson> so to outside observers, we appear nekkid.
<RJackson> but we know we're not.... we know.
<Epic_Eric> Is that supposed to be scary?
</pre>
- [[User:RJackson|RJ]][[File:User RJackson Pixelturret.png|link=User:RJackson|top]] [[User talk:RJackson|<sup><span style="background:#C0DFFF;padding:0 2px;">talk</span></sup>]] 20:31, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
:::We have a mutual friend on Facebook. Got a reply within a few day's time. I originally was asking for an in-modelviewer image of the Animal King turret, but apparently there ''is'' no in-game model. So instead, I get a very high-res image of the turret that I uploaded here. [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] 21:00, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
== How do you make a bot and/or be a Content Moderator? ==
I want to be one, and I am very experinced on this wiki
How do you make a bot and/or be a Content Moderator?
Thank you
--[[User:Secondhand Work|Secondhand Work]] 14:25, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
:Well first you join and lurk on the [[IRC channel]], and then eventually it happens. You've made about 20 edits so far so I wouldn't say you're "very experinced" yet...
:As for bot, you need a good reason to use a bot that, such as wanting to do something that the current bots cannot do — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 18:25, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
== Requesting permission to borrow (ie: Steal) select images from this wiki ==
Due to the generally HQ of the images provided by this Wiki, I humbly request permission to make use of some of them on my community's mapping Wiki (Example page here: [http://myapertureinnovations.com/wiki/index.php?title=Aperture_Science_Security_Camera Right here]). I realize I technically don't *have* to ask for the images, but as an act of good faith, I'd like to. [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 21:20, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
:That's fine as long as you respect the license on each image, and the license of the content ([https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY-3.0], which basically just means you should mention where the stuff is from). But you do know there's [https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Category:Portal_2_Level_Design quite a large section for that at the VDC], right?) — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 21:24, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
::I *personally* am aware of that. It would seem that the other members of the (admittedly small) community (around 10 or so right now [the forum isn't done, itself]) want to venture into BIGGER things, and that apparently includes a wiki as well. Majority rules in favor of the wiki, and as such, we (apparently) are doing that. Thank you Wind. :D [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 21:30, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
:::May I suggest the option of creating a mapping section on this wiki then? Would solve the hassle of copying stuff around (but I'm probably making this suggestion too late) — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 21:33, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
::::I'll mention it to everyone. :) And it's not too late; our host has said that we have infinite space as long as we pay the monthly fee, but since our wiki is still very much in infancy (hell, it's a ZYGOTE right now), we'd lose next to nothing I suppose. I'll mention it to them and see what they say. You sir, deserve all the science awards for your kindness. [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 22:54, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
== Re:Hello (from MatthewCKC's talk page) ==
I am glad to receive a warm welcome message from you. I will translate as many page as I can. By the way, I will also check the details in English whether they are enough or need to be added.
[[User:MatthewCKC|Matthew C.K.C.]] ([[User talk:MatthewCKC|talk]]) 16:11, 9 July 2012 (UTC)MatthewCKC
== Spam Account ==
It would seem this account needs blocking Windness:
http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/User:Vaporizers
I blanked the page for the time being.
I would have blocked them myself, but it would appear I lack permissions to do so.
-- [[User:Benjamoose|<span style="color:#000000;font-size:13px;font-family:'Arial';font-weight: bold;">Benjamoose</span>]] <span style="font-size:10px">[[File:User_Benjamoose_Sig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamoose|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamoose|contribs]])</span> 12:27, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
:Blocked and page deleted. [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 14:46, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
== Hello there! ==
Ca va mec? Moi ca va, mais j'ai un rhume. A+ [[User:Klow|Klow]] ([[User talk:Klow|talk]]) 01:43, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
:Ouais ça va. Moi j'ai pas de rhume mais ça ne va pas tarder... — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 01:44, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
== Hey, a guestion for you! ==
Hey, why isn't my signature showing properly? It won't display my avatar, it is just a link (as you can see) --[[User:Tonkku107|File:User Tonkku107 Avatar.png]] ([[User talk:Tonkku107|talk]]) 19:23, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
:Here [[File:User Tonkku107 Avatar.png|link=User:Tonkku107]] — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 19:39, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
== Could you... ==
Could you delete this article I did?
[[Fatos previamente destacados]]
I used the wrong title... [[User:Luk3|Luk3]] ([[User talk:Luk3|talk]]) 04:30, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
:Done~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 04:30, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
::Thanks ^^ [[User:Luk3|Luk3]] ([[User talk:Luk3|talk]]) 14:20, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
== hi ==
hello there, sorry about not msging you, theres been some tests that i got stuck on, but seriously, hi <small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Nivekzepol|Nivekzepol]]''' ([[User talk:Nivekzepol|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Nivekzepol|contribs]]) </small>
:Hi there — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 18:38, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
== regarding the portal 1 soundtrack ==
i know this may seem impossible or out of your reach but, does any one(or you wind) know how to add the songs for the portal 1 soundtrack thanks <small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Nivekzepol|Nivekzepol]]''' ([[User talk:Nivekzepol|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Nivekzepol|contribs]]) </small>
:Unlike the Portal 2 soundtrack, Valve has not released the Portal 1 soundtrack for free public release, so uploading it on a public site like this is legally hazardous. That is why it has not been uploaded — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 17:45, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
::But it's on youtube. It is also a public site. So it would also be legally hazardous. Correct me if I am wrong. --[[User:tonkku107|tonkku107]] [[File:User_Tonkku107_Avatar.png|link=User:Tonkku107|32px|32px]] 17:49, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
:::Yes, but since they're hosted on YouTube, then YouTube is assuming that responsibility, not the Portal Wiki — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 17:59, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
== Can't load "Turrets" page? ==
Does the [[Turrets]] page load for you? All it does for me is open a blank white screen. I have no idea what's going on. [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 15:24, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
:Is fixed, thanks~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 16:35, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
== Translator status? ==
Hey, I have much fun translating articles into German (see [[Cubes/de]] and [[Gels/de]]) and wanted to ask, is there any way to achieve an "official" translator "rank"? If yes, how do I achieve it? [[Image:nickiwoll_sig.png|link=User:Nickiwoll|nickiwoll|100x21px]]
:There is no such status >: There are localization moderators, which are moderators for a particular language, but those are only needed if there are multiple active translators in that language.
:Thanks for your translations by the way~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 19:26, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for fixing the Ap-Sap voice line thing. It looks about a million times better now. [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 19:23, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
:Me? Or him? [[Image:nickiwoll_sig.png|link=User:Nickiwoll|nickiwoll|100x21px]] 16:57, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
== Activeness of the Wiki ==
Hey Wind, I just came back from a one year pause and since I left, no user has even touched your discussion. My question is: How active is the Wiki still? Y'know, I don't want to translate page-long articles and no one reads them... if I'm wrong, slap me, I'm just concerned. [[Image:nickiwoll_sig.png|link=User:Nickiwoll|nickiwoll|100x21px]] 20:20, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
:Editing has slowed down, but viewership has stayed strong for the past 2 years. [http://upload.gaiatools.com/files/pwiki_googleanalytics_0.png Here's the session data from Google Analytics]. Hope this helps~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 04:36, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
== Aperture Science WHAT?!?  ==
Hey, about the Aperture Science Explosive Surface Prototype page, it's just that i was kind of crazy and wanted to give out a complex name for the Aperture Science bomb. <small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Party Escort Bot = Beans|Party Escort Bot = Beans]]''' ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot = Beans|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Party Escort Bot = Beans|contribs]]) </small>
:I see, but that doesn't mean you should create a redirect for it — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 19:55, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
== Broken line... not broken?! ==
You said you had undone my edit on Portal Test chamber 19{{spoiler| that made "Prepare yourself for the cake" not a spoiler any more}} because it ''broke the list''. I have seen your picture and understand what you mean, but the list isn't ''broken'' on my computer, so i think it might be a problem with your computer/laptop/'''whatever'''. <small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Party Escort Bot = Beans|Party Escort Bot = Beans]]''' ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot = Beans|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Party Escort Bot = Beans|contribs]]) </small>
:Can you take a screenshot of [http://theportalwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Portal_Test_Chamber_19&diff=prev&oldid=116840 the version of the page from before the undo]? — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 05:04, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
::Okay, but how will i show it to you? ._. [[User:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans]] ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|talk]]) 12:47, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
:::Nevermind, it breaks the list for me too now. [[User:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans]] ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|talk]]) 12:51, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
== Insane amount of userpages ==
Hey there, so when i found out that you can have multiple userpages simply by having them named User:your username here/page name here (for example, User:WindPower/My Pages) i started making userpages like crazy, even starting a text game on the Portal wiki, called Party Escort Beans Enrichment Center, and then i asked myself: Is there a limit to userpages? Will moderators delete your userpages if you have too much? And since i cannot figure it out by myself, i would like to know if there is a userpage creation limit. [[User:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans]] ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|talk]]) 13:10, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
:There is no limit as long as it stays reasonable size-wise (for example if you have more than 50000 pages with 100 kilobytes of text each, it becomes ~5 megabytes which is fine, but something like 50000000 pages would be ~5 gigabytes and that's not fine).
:Also:
:* There's also no need for the notice about potential deletion of the page because of the DISPLAYTITLE trick, your userpages won't be deleted just because they use DISPLAYTITLE.
:* You may find [[Special:PrefixIndex/User:Party Escort Bot = Beans]] useful if you start losing track of all the pages you have.
:Hope this helps~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 15:22, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
::Okay thanks, about the notice for potential deletion, it's because i'm worrying about people saying things such as "Oh this page is named Party Escort Bot = Beans voice lines i'll delete it cuz there's no one called Party Escort Bot = Beans in Portal and Portal 2" when the page is actually named User:Party Escort Bot = Beans/Party Escort Bot = Beans voice lines. <small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Party Escort Bot = Beans|Party Escort Bot = Beans]]''' ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot = Beans|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Party Escort Bot = Beans|contribs]]) </small>
== Portal 2 Chapter 10 ==
On the page [[Portal 2 Chapter 10 Test Chamber 0]], you mention that Portal 2 has no chapter 10. Actually, the ending sequence/video/cutscene where you rise to the surface is considered as Chapter 10 by the game, so... yeah. But since i couldn't find a page specifically for the ending sequence, i decided just to redirect it to Portal 2. <small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Party Escort Bot = Beans|Party Escort Bot = Beans]]''' ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot = Beans|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Party Escort Bot = Beans|contribs]]) </small>
:Maybe it can link to [[Turret Opera]]. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 05:58, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
::Okay, i'll make it link to the Turret Opera. By the way, it's definitely confirmed that there IS a chapter 10, as when you complete the game and click "New game", you see Chapter 10 unlocked. If you click it, you will be sent to the ending video. [[User:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans]] ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|talk]]) 14:51, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
== Thank you for assuming the party escort submission position ==
I asked this question on YouTube.
I asked this question on [[Talk:Party Escort Bot|the Party Escort Bot's talk page]].
I googled this question.
I asked it to a lot of Portal fans.
I searched everywhere for a download.
Still no answer.
Still no result.
Still no download.
So now i got an idea:
I will ask this question on WindPower's page.
He '''always''' replies to me.
So i will finally get an answer.
A result.
A download.
HERE IS THE QUESTION THAT REMAINED UNANSWERED FOR... A LONG TIME:
=== The Question ===
Do you know where i could download the "Thank you for assuming the party escort submission position" dialog (without the background sounds)?
Yeah. Such a simple. Simplistic question. That remained unanswered. It's like i asked what number comes after 999,999,999.2591525. (to be honest, it's actually simple, as the answer is 999,999,999.2591526) So do you know where i could download that dialog? [[User:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans]] ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|talk]]) 14:51, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
=== The Answer? ===
Put your answer here:
:Sorry, I have no idea. It's in the game audio files somewhere. If you find out, make sure to [[Special:Upload|upload it on the wiki]]. It may be part of the whole audio file that plays in the ending sequence, in which case there's no way to get the background-less version of it without asking Valve to provide it separately. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 23:30, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
::I saw your message and rushed to Portal to find out. Apparently the outside sounds DO NOT include the Party Escort Bot's voice: the Party Escort Bot's voice is "ai_outro_voice" or something similar. I will try to upload it as soon as possible. [[User:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans]] ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|talk]]) 11:57, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
::Where do you find the voice lines for Portal? I tried in sound/vo/aperture_ai and all the files were empty.
== Portal Wiki... 9999999 later (according to the Announcer) ==
Okay, it's me once again, this time it's not a question, well you know '''IT IS''' a question, but not about Portal or the Party Escort Bot or userpages. So i was bored, and then i got this idea in my head, and created '''this''' image, and i just needed someone to tell me if it was good or not.
[[File:User Party Escort Bot = Beans TheOvergrownPortalWiki.png|600px]]
I call it "The Overgrown Portal Wiki". Do you like it?
Oh, by the way, sorry for the enormous image size, it was either that or make it tiny. [[User:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans]] ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|talk]]) 11:47, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
:Cool. Est-ce que les lianes sont dessinées sur le screenshot direct, ou est-ce que c'est fait avec du CSS? Si c'est du CSS tu peux l'ajouter à ton fichier CSS perso pour que ça apparaisse sur toutes les pages du wiki quand tu es connecté. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 07:27, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
::<small>Pourquoi est-ce-que je parle anglais, alors que WindPower connait le français??</small> Oh, euh. Non, c'est du photo-montage :( en fait, c'est quoi, le CSS? [[User:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans]] ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans|talk]]) 22:12, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
:::Le [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuilles_de_style_en_cascade CSS] est un langage pour changer le look des pages web. Par exemple si un est vert ou gras ou autre sur une page web, c'est parce que ce site a une règle CSS qui dit que ce lien doit être vert et gras. Les règles CSS du Portal Wiki sont sur [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]. Tu peux ajouter ou enlever des règles CSS en utilisant [[User:Party Escort Bot &#61; Beans/vector.css]]. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 03:56, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
::::Eh, ma signature n'a pas changé! Ah, peut-être que si, en fait. [[User:Party Escort Bot = Beans|Party Esc]][[File:User_Aperture_AI_icon.png|19px|link=User:Party Escort Bot = Beans]][[User:Party Escort Bot = Beans|rt Bot = Beans]] 11:06, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
== [ Content Deletion Request ] ==
Hello, could you delete this page i made?
[[User:Party Escort Bot = Beans/ACT-I-VA-TED]]
The ''User: Party Escort Bot = Beans | ACT-I-VA-TED'' thing is seriously annoying me.
[[User:Party Escort Bot = Beans|Party Esc]][[File:User_Aperture_AI_icon.png|19px|link=User:Party Escort Bot = Beans]][[User:Party Escort Bot = Beans|rt Bot = Beans]] 11:21, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
:{{c|Done}} — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 14:02, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
== Wiki creator? ==
Hi, just asking, who created this wiki? At first i thought it was [[User:RJackson|RJackson]]...
...but, since '''you''' made him a moderator, that doesn't work.
So i thought about [[User:I-ghost|I-ghost]]...
...that didn't work either.
And now i'm starting to believe that it's '''you'''! So, did you?
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Party Escort Bot = Beans|Party Escort Bot = Beans]]''' ([[User talk:Party Escort Bot = Beans|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Party Escort Bot = Beans|contribs]]) </small>
:Si tu cliques sur "About the Portal Wiki" au bas de la page, ça t'amène à [[Portal Wiki:About]] qui a la réponse à ta question. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 02:02, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
== Hello ==
Hello WindPower, I from Dota 2 Wiki. Can you please reborn WindBOT? It's stop working long time ago... Or shortly teach us how to make another bot, on Windows, to make same functions plus others. Please, we need your help. [[User:Medok|Medok]] ([[User talk:Medok|talk]]) 15:48, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
:The bot's IP was banned from dota2.gamepedia.com in the cloudflare control panel. There's nothing I can do until that goes away. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 20:39, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
::I already unblock it. Permanent blocks can be unblocked only with reban, I ban WindBOT for 2 hours and block disappears. Now you can do that. :D [[User:Medok|Medok]] ([[User talk:Medok|talk]]) 21:00, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
::This isn't a ban from the wiki, it's a ban at the HTTP level. Whenever I try to access any page on dota2.gamepedia.com from the bot's IP, Cloudflare returns "The owner of this website (dota2.gamepedia.com) has banned your IP address (96.126.105.219)". This has to be fixed by whoever owns the cloudflare account that handles gamepedia.com. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 21:09, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
:Oh that pretty bad( I try ask Curse staff to do something with that. [[User:Medok|Medok]] ([[User talk:Medok|talk]]) 21:13, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
:This IP was unblocked today. Try check it out! :D [[User:Medok|Medok]] ([[User talk:Medok|talk]]) 17:55, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
"It was blocked because it was causing problems with too many requests and if it causes problems in the future they will be forced to rate-limit it." [[User:Medok|Medok]] ([[User talk:Medok|talk]]) 18:00, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
:WindPower, WindBOT is free now, but he don't do anything he must( what's the problem? Sorry for asking all time) [[User:Medok|Medok]] ([[User talk:Medok|talk]]) 14:23, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
== Signing comments ==
Remember when you told me to sign my comments on the talk page for i-ghost? Well, I don't really know how to sign comments, the link is always messed up. Can you post it on my talk page?
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Sausagea1000|Sausagea1000]]''' ([[User talk:Sausagea1000|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Sausagea1000|contribs]]) </small>
:Posted. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 17:29, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
== Sorry ==
Didn't mean to block, uh, you, with that Test Captcha Account. [[User:Sven|Sven Cakemann]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 15:55, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
== Co-op Demos ==
Hey wind, I know it's been a few years.
I'm looking at updating the Portal 2 [[User:Arrran Weeviling/Projects|Co-op Video walkthroughs]] and adding the reamining ones.
I'm just wondering if putting up the demos would be useful, I've got both Atlas and P-body perspectives.
I've done the entire co-op campaign, but I'm going to redo a few that I feel dragged on excessively.
I can post a google drive link because I can't post them directly here due to filesize.
Wow that was a lot of words. [[User:Arrran Weeviling|Arrran Weeviling]] ([[User talk:Arrran Weeviling|talk]])
:That sounds great, but it would be even better if they were on the wiki. I'm happy to bump up the max file size, let me know how large they get. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 04:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
== Licensing Guide? ==
I have posted a [[Portal Wiki:Discussion#Licensing Guide|short guide]] about Licensing and the "Portal Wiki VS Overwiki License Dispute".
But can you make it an official guide......... :P
This is the signature of <code>Headquarter8302</code> [[User:Headquarter8302|User page]] - [[User talk:Headquarter8302|User talk]] 00:48, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
== Will there be any moderator recrutation in future? ==
I think I am good enough to be a mod.<br /><i>Sent by [[User:Thedoczek|Doczek]] ([[User talk:Thedoczek|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Thedoczek|contribs]] - [[User:Thedoczek/sandbox|sandbox]])</i><br /> 12:44, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
== SVG files upload are broooooken ==
As you can see [[:File:Aperture Logo.svg|here]], SVG files are not accepted in viewing by the wiki. And below, is a sign of how messed up the wiki is in terms of viewing svg files.
[[File:Aperture Logo.svg|Aperture Logo.svg]]
&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; 00:29, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
:And you should see [[MW:Manual:Image_administration#SVG|this]] to somehow fix this problem.
:&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; 00:35, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
== Security certificate expired ==
This site's security certificate has expired and triggered my antivirus. Might want to renew it. [[User:Sausagea1000|Sausagea1000]] ([[User talk:Sausagea1000|talk]]) 11:00, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
:Same, my browser and antivirus freaked out when I accessed the wiki. And now my login is called a "dangerous" action ~ <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> 11:15, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
::This is fixed, sorry. Dunno why the auto-renewal didn't work, it worked fine when I ran it manually... — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 19:35, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
== YouTube Channel ==
Hi! Are you the manager of the portal Wiki YouTube channel? If yes, did you Lost access to the channel? [[User:Quantum|Quantum]] ([[User talk:Quantum|talk]]) 21:29, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
:Yes, I manage the channel, but no, I have not lost access to it... why do you ask? — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 22:53, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
== Sixense video upload to YouTube channel ==
Hi, long time. Hope you're well. Any chance you could rip and upload [https://web.archive.org/web/20141221200035/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVXOJeoF4hc this archived video] to the YouTube channel for preservation, and so it can be shown inline on the relevant article? [[User:I-ghost|i-ghost]] 00:08, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
:Done, though I just [[Portal_2_Sixense_MotionPack_DLC#Videos|self-hosted it instead]]. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 06:09, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
== purge action ==
Thanks! Also, is there a way to turn wiki markup on? It makes editing easier for me. [[User:FreshYoMama|FreshYoMama]] ([[User talk:FreshYoMama|talk]]) 15:15, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
:Not sure what you mean, wiki markup is on: '''here is some bold text'''. Are you referring to some markup-editing extension? — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 06:09, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
== Discord ==
Does this wiki use discord? if it does is there a server i can join, since IRC is a hassle to use sometimes, and doesn't keep track of messages. [[User:FreshYoMama|FreshYoMama]] ([[User talk:FreshYoMama|talk]]) 21:29, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
:No Discord, sorry. I tried to set up a Matrix server once, which would solve this problem without the need for relying on a centralized service (Discord), but it didn't really catch on. The larger problem though is that the existing tooling (RC notifications) are on IRC right now and they'd have to be ported to a Discord bot or something first. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 06:09, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
== Email confirmation is broken ==
I'm not sure if you're the correct person to contact about this, but it seems like this wiki isn't able to send a confirmation code to verify the email address I've typed. It seems to me that this is a coding issue with the wiki itself somewhere. Either way, this is the error message when I click the "Mail a confirmation code" via [[Special:ConfirmEmail]]:
'''<nowiki>Portal Wiki could not send your confirmation mail. Please check your email address for invalid characters.
Mailer returned: authentication failure [SMTP: Invalid response code received from server (code: 535, response: 5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. For more information, go to 5.7.8 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials f4-20020ad45584000000b0069937049aadsm2466575qvx.88 - gsmtp)] </nowiki>'''
If you don't believe me, create a new account with an email address and try to get a confirmation mail sent out.
[[User:Lightsup55|Lightsup55]] ([[User talk:Lightsup55|talk]]) 20:34, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 20:34, 7 April 2024

It's true

I glad to see you too! --Romalien 07:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Green names

Yo son --Piemanmoo 04:03, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Awrightythen — Wind 04:05, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Backpack

Hello. I had a mistake: I created 2 incorrect pages about my backpack. Please, delete all incorrect pages. I put link to my backpack on "automaticly-updated Item checklists". Hope, it is OK.
P.S. The ithems in my backpack on that page are incorrect. Help, please.--Shimku Portal Companion Cube.png · (Talk) 17:58, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
I already deleted it. The backpack updater doesn't work on the Portal Wiki at the moment, I'm too lazy to set it up really >.> Might do it later when there's more items in Portal 2~ — Wind 18:02, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Video walkthroughs

Could I make some for portal :3 The preceding unsigned comment was added by Medibee (talk) • (contribs)

There are very high video-quality requirements for walkthroughs so not everyone can render them quite properly. In fact, since Portal and Portal 2 are relatively small games, I was hoping to do both, and yes, Portal as well. I just did Portal 2 first because more people are interested in a Portal 2 walkthrough than a Portal 1 right now, but once that is done I'll get on Portal 1. Anyway, join IRC if you want more — Wind 18:01, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Stuff to do

Please make File:Wiki_logo_highres.png protected from editing and File:Background_Portal_guy.png a member of the Category:Main page images category. Thanks. i-ghost 11:20, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

First one is not necessary, logo is File:Wiki logo.png. Second one is done~ — Wind 15:36, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Of the two, make one

http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/Portal_2_Chapter_1_Test_Chambers_3_%26_4

Look. 3 and 4 there are different signs. I think we should make one, because that looks not nice

Added: and why chambers 7 and 8? That's just 7 chamber!

---

CakeJohnson 09:13, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Because both the 3/4 and 7/8 are in the same map file. Check the wall in the room where Wheatley is in the 7/8th map — Wind 23:08, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
So, maybe we can create ONE sign, not two. Two looks not nice. CakeJohnson 08:53, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
True, maybe if it said "7/8" right there on the infobox, but to do that, we need a picture of the "/" in the same style as the numbers. Would you be able to create that? o: — Wind 16:12, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Oh, I can't... I'm translator. Not artist :CC CakeJohnson 13:33, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Oh hey!

Wind is WindPowery.

Also... Carpet... -- Benjamoose Om nom nom! (talk | contribs) 02:46, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Benjineer is Benjineery.
Also... Couches... — Wind 16:12, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Wotsit- RJUser RJackson Pixelturret.png talk 16:22, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm here now

It's me ,~www~ in TF2 official wiki.

I'll try to help zh-hant in here, see ya!

~www~ 05:38, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Whee :3 Welcome~ — Wind 11:46, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
BTW, can you disabled italic at Portal Wiki, just like you did in TF2Wiki? It's hard to read Chinese words in Wikipedia if the words are italic. Thanks.~www~ 05:35, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
Done. seb 05:37, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! :D ~www~ 05:46, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

hai

wdup seb 03:24, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

IS THIS THING ON? seb 03:28, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Тестовые камеры | Test chambers

Почему удалены страницы с информацией про тестовые камеры Portal?

Why pages about test chambers of Portal are deleted?

Alexander 10:16, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Test chamber articles should not be published until they have a video released for them. I'm currently doing the videos for the Portal 2 walkthrough, but I will do the one for Portal 1 after Portal 2 is done. In the meantime, there are some almost-ready versions of the Portal chambers here that you can edit. Thanks~ — Wind 15:24, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for reply Alexander 18:26, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

about month names

I just want to thank you for help :) -- Szumin (talkcontrib) 12:28, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Test chambers

How can I make walkthrough videos for Portal Test Chambers in Russian language? Alexander 19:41, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

If you mean Portal 1, then hold on, let them be created in English first. The Portal 2 videos, however, are almost done in English, so I'd start there.
Now, there's a few ways to go about this:
  • Either the walkthrough is a different version of the English one, with a Russian translators playing through the game and recording videos, same way as the English one
  • Either the walkthrough uses the same demos as the English one. Then, I think that the voice files will be replaced by the Russian ones. This means that the video will be exactly the same, but with Russian voices. This will be consistent and be fully translated, but it comes with the limitations of having to use Source Recorder (which is hard for some parts of the game)
  • Either the English walkthrough videos are subtitled in Russian. I am currently working on a way to do that automatically, using the game's Russian subtitles files. This way, it will be very easy to have a Russian walkthrough, and the voice will be in English with Russian subtitles. This method can also be used for other languages.

So, what do you prefer? — Wind 20:12, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I think the first way is better than other two. So video will be more like the game. The second way is rather hard. And voice lines may be replaced incorrectly. What about the third way? Hearing voice is certainly better than reading subtitles. But there's a very small disadvantage using the first or the second way. The voice that sounds in Russain language differs from original one. And some voice effects (changing voice, garbles) aren't shown.
Alexander 21:04, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
The thing with the first way is that it's the longest and hardest one, because it involves re-doing everything that was done for the English part of the wiki. You're free to do it if you want to, but I'd suggest gathering other people to help you along, because it is a very long task (took me months).
In the meantime, I've been working on a subtitling tool (you can see it here) which will allow us to make captions for sections of the video, associate them with a sound file, and from that map it to other languages. So what can be done is to use the third way (english with russian subtitles), then as the real Russian walkthrough progresses, replace videos with it. Does that sound like a good plan? — Wind 23:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Yes? It's good idea. I've recorded a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDayHXyy9xc . Is it good walkthrough video? Alexander 21:17, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
Keep in mind that someone who needs a walkthrough of Portal 1 more than 4 years after its release is likely to be a person very new to video games. Because of that, it is important to make the walkthrough easy to understand and follow; that is why, on the Portal 2 walkthrough, all the camera movements are very slow (it makes it easier to follow). To an experienced gamer, this style of movement does look slow, but that's okay. So, in other words: Move the mouse slowly.
Another thing is pacing: it is important to move kind of slowly and give an overview of each room you enter. This is for several reasons:
  • It will be easier for someone to know which room you are in (since you look around the room)
  • It will be easier to follow
  • YouTube's thumbnails for a video are a choice between the image at 25% of the video, 50% of the video, or 75% of the video. If you take looks around the room as yu enter them, there is a higher chance that one of youtube's video thumbnails will be one of those moments, which will make a nice video thumbnail (Just a little bonus, hehe)
  • For test chambers, make sure you stare at the information panel (where it says the test chamber number) for at least 3 seconds
Last but not least is graphics quality. First, make sure to record videos with a resolution of ratio 16:9 (1280x720 preferably, or 1920x1080 if you can). This will make sure that the video occupies the entire video player, instead of having those black bars on the left and the right like this video has. Also, you can try to record at a higher graphics quality if you can, so that it looks better. If you can't, that's okay, but most importantly make sure it still looks smooth.
Thanks, and good luck :3 — Wind 21:36, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments. I'll try to do better.
P.S. Uploading videos takes very much time. For exsample, this video (two minutes) was uploaded in two with a half hours.
Alexander 22:06, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
Yes indeed~ It takes me from 4 to 14 hours to upload a walkthrough video, depending on the length of the video D: Slow connection + big files = long time. Don't worry about it though, take your time. No rush~ — Wind 22:07, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
I can't turn on 1280x720 resolution in the game. If 16:9 ratio resolution is needed I can enable only 856x480 or 848x480. Should I use again 1024x768 HD resolution or choose 856(or 848)x480 one? — Alexander 22:40, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
That's a shame :( I guess your monitor doesn't go to 1280x720. Do you know anyone who has such a monitor, or do you have another monitor that you could plug into your computer for that? If not, then I guess 1024x768 would be the best choice, but not very good still >: — Wind 22:42, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
No, I don't know anyone who can help me. Then I'll make not very good video. I hope less people will detect black bars. Also there is no black bar in fullscreen mode if watching people have NOT WIDESCREEN monitor. — Alexander 00:10, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Aww :( If you want, I can ask the Russian translators of the Team Fortress Wiki to come and help. Do you want me to ask? :o And yeah, they don't show in fullscreen mode but they show when you view the page normally — Wind 01:00, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Yes, I do. Let them help us to make videos If they can. It will be better. — Alexander 11:11, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Alright, asked :3 — Wind 05:36, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Do I understand correctly. need to record video in 1280x1024 format?--Nik9990 Talk | Cont 06:52, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
1280x720 preferably, in order to get a 16:9 aspect ratio — Wind 06:53, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
I will try to--Nik9990 Talk | Cont 06:57, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
  • So... What programm do you use to record in-game videos? What videocard are you using? --Daniil 15:26, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
For reference, for the Portal 2 walkthrough:

The Russian walkthrough doesn't have to follow exactly those, but closer is better :3 — Wind 15:48, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Cake? Cake!

Portal Cake.png I have baked this cake for WindPower!--Nik9990 Talk | Cont 06:55, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
  • om nom nom* Thanks :3 — Wind 06:56, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Bug

In Portal Wiki I found a bug. I want to create page was last updated game. Instead July_7, _2011_Patch/ru he wants to create Июля_7, _2011_Patch/ru. In main page--Nik9990 Talk | Cont 07:57, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Fixed. MUser Moussekateer signature portal.pngussekateer·talk 08:25, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Test chambers

Russian video walkthroughs was made. Why are they not used in russian articles? - Alexander 19:45, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Where are they? :o — Wind 19:49, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Don't you know?! I thought you are aware of them. This is Test Chamber 00 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj6Yu_Gi_uc. And there are other ones by p2wikiru. Somebody made them and told me. — Alexander 18:13, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Alrigh, great :3 here is how to add them, for when there's future videos. Thanks~ — Wind 01:46, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

You can remake it?

Page
Achievement
Talent Show = Шоу талантов;
Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mobility Gels co-op course = Ни разу не потеряйте куб в камере 6 из серии «Ускоряющие гели» (№5) в совместной игре - Arhimond 14:07, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Looks like someone has done that before I could read this message — Wind 02:38, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Broken image?

I uploaded a screenshot a day ago [1] and it doesn't seem to appear properly. It's there, but it's just not a visible picture. I was wondering what went wrong with this image? Illiterate Bilingual 10:56, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Fixed~ — Wind 17:28, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Missing category

Hello ! Can User:WindBOT add Category:Portal 2 chambers on the 39 test chamber's pages who don't have this category (from chapter 3 to 8) ? I don't really want to do this by hand ; i will do it if it's to complex to do for the bot, but i want to know before. Aquatikelfik 17:15, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

This is not the sort of job WindBOT is made for. It's made for things that should be applied to all pages all the time; it's not made to do just one-time jobs. It just runs continuously applying every filter it has to every page it sees. So manual it goes~ But I can help you. I'll start from the end so you can start from the beginning — Wind 17:17, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Hey

What did you do to my page? I couldn't find out and I saw you under my edit list. 12 Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg thief 23:14, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

You can look at the diff if you wanna know. I just fixed the "1" — Wind 23:14, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! Sorry I'm really new to this. 12 Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg thief 20:56, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Hey,(sorry for bugging you so much) I made the {{User Human|Template}} that needs images, but it's pretty good. (People will have to do 2 images in the one small box because I did it so it is able to said two names, but if thats too much you can take it out).--12 Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg thief 22:26, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, but its a lil hard getting the hang of its format–12|Lightning|theif: Zap! 01:24, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

What, wiki format? Yeah, but IRC has nothing to do with it :3 You can ask questions about wiki code there too if you want — Wind
What I mean to say was (not format :)!) its a lil hard getting the hang of how it work. I can't even say hi. :( Help Please! –12|Lightning|theif: Zap! 02:35, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Ok:
  1. Click here to open the web client
  2. In the "nickname" box, type the username you want to use (12lightningtheif)
  3. In the "reCAPTCHA" box, type the words that you see written on the image
  4. Click connect

Done~ — Wind 02:57, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Dude, that doesn't help me at all! The only thing that helps with is making me feel dumber! X( I'll just put it out, I know how to get on there, but, HOW DO YOU CHAT!?!? Isn't the point of it to chat with some one? Oh, and thanks for making me feel dumber! X( –12|Lightning|theif: Zap! 19:56, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the problem is... D: If you follow those instructions, you should join our IRC channel, and we would see you join it. We haven't seen you join, so something went wrong while following those instructions :( As for how to chat, once you click connect, you should see a window with a list of usernames on the right, and a message box at the bottom to send messages to the channel. Can you take a screenshot of what you see after doing those instructions? — Wind 19:59, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
Sorry for my cousin 12lightningthief, he is still young and is frustrated with the whole chat thing. Don't feel bad, but he says you going hard on him... well you seem like a nice cheery person, so, Bye! –Laycay27 18:46, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Sorry if any of this was rude >: Welcome to the Wiki, too~ — Wind 18:50, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
No, He just was frustrated... thanks for the greeting, (you seem very nice...) he is a big fan of portal. he'll problay send you that screen shot soon, if not I'll ask him. Have a nice Day! –Lay · cay · 27~~(^_^) 19:43, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
(calm down –12|Lightning|theif: Zap! 19:54, 20 November 2011 (UTC)) Hey Wind or Laycay27, do you know how to take a screen shot on a PC? Sorry for causing A LOT of trouble I am still learning...
On Windows Vista or 7, you can use the Snipping Tools to do that (Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Snipping Tool), which lets you select a rectangle on your screen to capture, and then lets you save it somewhere. On Windows XP, the most straightforward way is to press the "Print screen" key on your keyboard, then open Paint and press Ctrl+V. — Wind 19:57, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
The capture is this file. It seems Freenode (our chat network) doesn't like numbers as the first character in the nickname, so I tried with "lightningtheif" and worked fine. Try it, 12lightningtheif.--User Comentarinformal sig01.jpgUser Comentarinformal sig02.jpgUser Comentarinformal sig03.jpg 21:46, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
I'm on!!!!!(Now I need help to get help cause I don't like to interupt anyone alot, it makes me feel bad :( )–12|Lightning|theif: Zap! 17:16, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Duplicate pages

Hello, I have discovered two duplicates pages on the wiki today. Can you delete Portal 2 Chapter 3 Test Chamber 09 (duplicate of Portal 2 Chapter 3 Test Chamber 9) and Portal 2 Act 1 Test Chamber 06/ru (duplicate of Portal 2 Chapter 1 Test Chamber 6/ru) ? Thanks. :) Aquatikelfik 12:43, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks i-ghost, sorry for distrubing Wind. Aquatikelfik 16:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Implementing TF2 Wiki-styled merchandise pricing

I've added all the needed templates (as seen here: User:Sven/Sandbox), added all the current prices of the merchandise to the pricing page (here), and am ready to update the Merchandise page itself. However, every item will reference a template (as seen in my sandbox) that needs to be created by a bot. Could you be kind enough to order WindBOT to push the changes from the pricing page to the necessary template pages? Much appreciated in advance. Sven 17:05, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

WindBOT should get around to that automatically. I think he runs on a ~10 minute interval, although he might get clogged up with some other tasks so there may be a slight delay. He should make those pages anyway. - RJUser RJackson Pixelturret.png talk 17:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
Okey-dokey then. Thanks a lot RJackson for the quick answer. *goes to twiddle thumbs for about 10 minutes* Sven 17:10, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Comics nav

I'm sorry! I didn't notice that the comics were already covered in the Community Nav! Forgive me! Sven 00:49, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Never! You shall die into the Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator >:3
Nah but the comics list is getting sizeable. One or two more comics and it will probably be worth it to make it into its own nav — Wind 00:51, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

hello

Hello to you too. Thanks for the welcome. --Tschumann 10:18, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome as well! Unremarkable 17:11, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Atlas and P-body articles

Since Atlas and P-body experience through the same events in co-op, wouldn't it be a better idea to have the two characters merged into one article like the Combine Overwiki did? Though I don't mind having two different character articles, just saying that it would be simpler and sort of more effective and on the go for readers. Illiterate Bilingual 23:04, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind but I wouldn't push for it either. Do what you want or ask someone else or the central discussion~ — Wind 06:47, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the recent "The Underground" addition, I'd like a precedent

The addition of the Machinima series makes me wonder how each "non-canon" article (such as The Underground, gameplay mods if they have unique characters, minor characters in Lab Rat) should/will be handled in the future. I'd normally take some examples from the TF2 Wiki, but as the TF2 Wiki doesn't seem to have this issue (no Machinima articles that I'm aware of) and the additional fact that we're a bit starved for content (I mean, Portal and P2 aren't exactly updated weekly...), I have no idea what to do. I don't want this place to get that "most of the page is pictures" feel that the OverWiki has.... Any advice? Would a "Non-Canon Character Nav" or something similar be enough? Or even help? ~Sven~ 19:22, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

This should alleviate such concerns :3 — Wind 19:42, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
DANKE MY HARD HATTED FRIEND! ~Sven~ 19:47, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Image from a Portal 2 dev

If I were to, say, get a HUGE image of a character from a Portal 2 developer (say.... Richard Lord, for instance), what would I upload that as? What license? ~Sven~ 07:32, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Stop teasing and upload it already! — Wind 15:23, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Top shelf — Wind 19:40, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
And we got Mr Lord's seal of approval. :D ~Sven~ 20:27, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
RJ wonders how you even got a reply — Wind 20:30, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Something like that. - RJUser RJackson Pixelturret.png talk 20:31, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
<RJackson> hnnnnnnng
<RJackson> how dus he talk to Richard Lord
<RJackson> godfackit
<RJackson> I want to muse about Hoopy with him, in bed, wearing skin-coloured speedos.
<WindPower> I dunno, you should as khim
<WindPower> *ask him
<Epic_Eric> RJackson: HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ONE OF EPISODE 3'S ALTERNATE ENDINGS
<RJackson> Epic_Eric: I wore Speedos with Richard Lord.
<Epic_Eric> Why skin-coloured and not team-colored?
<Epic_Eric> *colourde
<Epic_Eric> *coloured
<RJackson> so to outside observers, we appear nekkid.
<RJackson> but we know we're not.... we know.
<Epic_Eric> Is that supposed to be scary?

- RJUser RJackson Pixelturret.png talk 20:31, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

We have a mutual friend on Facebook. Got a reply within a few day's time. I originally was asking for an in-modelviewer image of the Animal King turret, but apparently there is no in-game model. So instead, I get a very high-res image of the turret that I uploaded here. ~Sven~ 21:00, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

How do you make a bot and/or be a Content Moderator?

I want to be one, and I am very experinced on this wiki

How do you make a bot and/or be a Content Moderator?

Thank you

--Secondhand Work 14:25, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Well first you join and lurk on the IRC channel, and then eventually it happens. You've made about 20 edits so far so I wouldn't say you're "very experinced" yet...
As for bot, you need a good reason to use a bot that, such as wanting to do something that the current bots cannot do — Wind 18:25, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Requesting permission to borrow (ie: Steal) select images from this wiki

Due to the generally HQ of the images provided by this Wiki, I humbly request permission to make use of some of them on my community's mapping Wiki (Example page here: Right here). I realize I technically don't *have* to ask for the images, but as an act of good faith, I'd like to. ~Sven~ (talk) 21:20, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

That's fine as long as you respect the license on each image, and the license of the content (CC-BY-3.0, which basically just means you should mention where the stuff is from). But you do know there's quite a large section for that at the VDC, right?) — Wind 21:24, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
I *personally* am aware of that. It would seem that the other members of the (admittedly small) community (around 10 or so right now [the forum isn't done, itself]) want to venture into BIGGER things, and that apparently includes a wiki as well. Majority rules in favor of the wiki, and as such, we (apparently) are doing that. Thank you Wind. :D ~Sven~ (talk) 21:30, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
May I suggest the option of creating a mapping section on this wiki then? Would solve the hassle of copying stuff around (but I'm probably making this suggestion too late) — Wind 21:33, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
I'll mention it to everyone. :) And it's not too late; our host has said that we have infinite space as long as we pay the monthly fee, but since our wiki is still very much in infancy (hell, it's a ZYGOTE right now), we'd lose next to nothing I suppose. I'll mention it to them and see what they say. You sir, deserve all the science awards for your kindness. ~Sven~ (talk) 22:54, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Re:Hello (from MatthewCKC's talk page)

I am glad to receive a warm welcome message from you. I will translate as many page as I can. By the way, I will also check the details in English whether they are enough or need to be added.

Matthew C.K.C. (talk) 16:11, 9 July 2012 (UTC)MatthewCKC

Spam Account

It would seem this account needs blocking Windness: http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/User:Vaporizers

I blanked the page for the time being. I would have blocked them myself, but it would appear I lack permissions to do so. -- Benjamoose Om nom nom! (talk | contribs) 12:27, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Blocked and page deleted. ~Sven~ (talk) 14:46, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello there!

Ca va mec? Moi ca va, mais j'ai un rhume. A+ Klow (talk) 01:43, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Ouais ça va. Moi j'ai pas de rhume mais ça ne va pas tarder... — Wind 01:44, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey, a guestion for you!

Hey, why isn't my signature showing properly? It won't display my avatar, it is just a link (as you can see) --File:User Tonkku107 Avatar.png (talk) 19:23, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Here User Tonkku107 Avatar.pngWind 19:39, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Could you...

Could you delete this article I did?

Fatos previamente destacados

I used the wrong title... Luk3 (talk) 04:30, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Done~ — Wind 04:30, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks ^^ Luk3 (talk) 14:20, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

hi

hello there, sorry about not msging you, theres been some tests that i got stuck on, but seriously, hi The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nivekzepol (talk) • (contribs)

Hi there — Wind 18:38, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

regarding the portal 1 soundtrack

i know this may seem impossible or out of your reach but, does any one(or you wind) know how to add the songs for the portal 1 soundtrack thanks The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nivekzepol (talk) • (contribs)

Unlike the Portal 2 soundtrack, Valve has not released the Portal 1 soundtrack for free public release, so uploading it on a public site like this is legally hazardous. That is why it has not been uploaded — Wind 17:45, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
But it's on youtube. It is also a public site. So it would also be legally hazardous. Correct me if I am wrong. --tonkku107 User Tonkku107 Avatar.png 17:49, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Yes, but since they're hosted on YouTube, then YouTube is assuming that responsibility, not the Portal Wiki — Wind 17:59, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Can't load "Turrets" page?

Does the Turrets page load for you? All it does for me is open a blank white screen. I have no idea what's going on. ~Sven~ (talk) 15:24, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Is fixed, thanks~ — Wind 16:35, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Translator status?

Hey, I have much fun translating articles into German (see Cubes/de and Gels/de) and wanted to ask, is there any way to achieve an "official" translator "rank"? If yes, how do I achieve it? nickiwoll

There is no such status >: There are localization moderators, which are moderators for a particular language, but those are only needed if there are multiple active translators in that language.
Thanks for your translations by the way~ — Wind 19:26, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing the Ap-Sap voice line thing. It looks about a million times better now. ~Sven~ (talk) 19:23, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Me? Or him? nickiwoll 16:57, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Activeness of the Wiki

Hey Wind, I just came back from a one year pause and since I left, no user has even touched your discussion. My question is: How active is the Wiki still? Y'know, I don't want to translate page-long articles and no one reads them... if I'm wrong, slap me, I'm just concerned. nickiwoll 20:20, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Editing has slowed down, but viewership has stayed strong for the past 2 years. Here's the session data from Google Analytics. Hope this helps~ — Wind 04:36, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Aperture Science WHAT?!?

Hey, about the Aperture Science Explosive Surface Prototype page, it's just that i was kind of crazy and wanted to give out a complex name for the Aperture Science bomb. The preceding unsigned comment was added by Party Escort Bot = Beans (talk) • (contribs)

I see, but that doesn't mean you should create a redirect for it — Wind 19:55, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Broken line... not broken?!

You said you had undone my edit on Portal Test chamber 19 that made "Prepare yourself for the cake" not a spoiler any more because it broke the list. I have seen your picture and understand what you mean, but the list isn't broken on my computer, so i think it might be a problem with your computer/laptop/whatever. The preceding unsigned comment was added by Party Escort Bot = Beans (talk) • (contribs)

Can you take a screenshot of the version of the page from before the undo? — Wind 05:04, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
Okay, but how will i show it to you? ._. The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans (talk) 12:47, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
Nevermind, it breaks the list for me too now. The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans (talk) 12:51, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Insane amount of userpages

Hey there, so when i found out that you can have multiple userpages simply by having them named User:your username here/page name here (for example, User:WindPower/My Pages) i started making userpages like crazy, even starting a text game on the Portal wiki, called Party Escort Beans Enrichment Center, and then i asked myself: Is there a limit to userpages? Will moderators delete your userpages if you have too much? And since i cannot figure it out by myself, i would like to know if there is a userpage creation limit. The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans (talk) 13:10, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

There is no limit as long as it stays reasonable size-wise (for example if you have more than 50000 pages with 100 kilobytes of text each, it becomes ~5 megabytes which is fine, but something like 50000000 pages would be ~5 gigabytes and that's not fine).
Also:
  • There's also no need for the notice about potential deletion of the page because of the DISPLAYTITLE trick, your userpages won't be deleted just because they use DISPLAYTITLE.
  • You may find Special:PrefixIndex/User:Party Escort Bot = Beans useful if you start losing track of all the pages you have.
Hope this helps~ — Wind 15:22, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Okay thanks, about the notice for potential deletion, it's because i'm worrying about people saying things such as "Oh this page is named Party Escort Bot = Beans voice lines i'll delete it cuz there's no one called Party Escort Bot = Beans in Portal and Portal 2" when the page is actually named User:Party Escort Bot = Beans/Party Escort Bot = Beans voice lines. The preceding unsigned comment was added by Party Escort Bot = Beans (talk) • (contribs)

Portal 2 Chapter 10

On the page Portal 2 Chapter 10 Test Chamber 0, you mention that Portal 2 has no chapter 10. Actually, the ending sequence/video/cutscene where you rise to the surface is considered as Chapter 10 by the game, so... yeah. But since i couldn't find a page specifically for the ending sequence, i decided just to redirect it to Portal 2. The preceding unsigned comment was added by Party Escort Bot = Beans (talk) • (contribs)

Maybe it can link to Turret Opera. — Wind 05:58, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
Okay, i'll make it link to the Turret Opera. By the way, it's definitely confirmed that there IS a chapter 10, as when you complete the game and click "New game", you see Chapter 10 unlocked. If you click it, you will be sent to the ending video. The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans (talk) 14:51, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for assuming the party escort submission position

I asked this question on YouTube. I asked this question on the Party Escort Bot's talk page. I googled this question. I asked it to a lot of Portal fans. I searched everywhere for a download.

Still no answer. Still no result. Still no download.

So now i got an idea:

I will ask this question on WindPower's page. He always replies to me. So i will finally get an answer. A result. A download.

HERE IS THE QUESTION THAT REMAINED UNANSWERED FOR... A LONG TIME:

The Question

Do you know where i could download the "Thank you for assuming the party escort submission position" dialog (without the background sounds)?

Yeah. Such a simple. Simplistic question. That remained unanswered. It's like i asked what number comes after 999,999,999.2591525. (to be honest, it's actually simple, as the answer is 999,999,999.2591526) So do you know where i could download that dialog? The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans (talk) 14:51, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

The Answer?

Put your answer here:

Sorry, I have no idea. It's in the game audio files somewhere. If you find out, make sure to upload it on the wiki. It may be part of the whole audio file that plays in the ending sequence, in which case there's no way to get the background-less version of it without asking Valve to provide it separately. — Wind 23:30, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
I saw your message and rushed to Portal to find out. Apparently the outside sounds DO NOT include the Party Escort Bot's voice: the Party Escort Bot's voice is "ai_outro_voice" or something similar. I will try to upload it as soon as possible. The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans (talk) 11:57, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
Where do you find the voice lines for Portal? I tried in sound/vo/aperture_ai and all the files were empty.

Portal Wiki... 9999999 later (according to the Announcer)

Okay, it's me once again, this time it's not a question, well you know IT IS a question, but not about Portal or the Party Escort Bot or userpages. So i was bored, and then i got this idea in my head, and created this image, and i just needed someone to tell me if it was good or not.

User Party Escort Bot = Beans TheOvergrownPortalWiki.png

I call it "The Overgrown Portal Wiki". Do you like it?

Oh, by the way, sorry for the enormous image size, it was either that or make it tiny. The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans (talk) 11:47, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Cool. Est-ce que les lianes sont dessinées sur le screenshot direct, ou est-ce que c'est fait avec du CSS? Si c'est du CSS tu peux l'ajouter à ton fichier CSS perso pour que ça apparaisse sur toutes les pages du wiki quand tu es connecté. — Wind 07:27, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
Pourquoi est-ce-que je parle anglais, alors que WindPower connait le français?? Oh, euh. Non, c'est du photo-montage :( en fait, c'est quoi, le CSS? The Portal Player that discovered the Party Escort Bot is a pack of beans (talk) 22:12, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
Le CSS est un langage pour changer le look des pages web. Par exemple si un est vert ou gras ou autre sur une page web, c'est parce que ce site a une règle CSS qui dit que ce lien doit être vert et gras. Les règles CSS du Portal Wiki sont sur MediaWiki:Common.css. Tu peux ajouter ou enlever des règles CSS en utilisant User:Party Escort Bot = Beans/vector.css. — Wind 03:56, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
Eh, ma signature n'a pas changé! Ah, peut-être que si, en fait. Party EscUser Aperture AI icon.pngrt Bot = Beans 11:06, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

[ Content Deletion Request ]

Hello, could you delete this page i made?

User:Party Escort Bot = Beans/ACT-I-VA-TED

The User: Party Escort Bot = Beans | ACT-I-VA-TED thing is seriously annoying me.

Party EscUser Aperture AI icon.pngrt Bot = Beans 11:21, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Pictogram tick.png DoneWind 14:02, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Wiki creator?

Hi, just asking, who created this wiki? At first i thought it was RJackson...

...but, since you made him a moderator, that doesn't work.

So i thought about I-ghost...

...that didn't work either.

And now i'm starting to believe that it's you! So, did you? The preceding unsigned comment was added by Party Escort Bot = Beans (talk) • (contribs)

Si tu cliques sur "About the Portal Wiki" au bas de la page, ça t'amène à Portal Wiki:About qui a la réponse à ta question. — Wind 02:02, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello

Hello WindPower, I from Dota 2 Wiki. Can you please reborn WindBOT? It's stop working long time ago... Or shortly teach us how to make another bot, on Windows, to make same functions plus others. Please, we need your help. Medok (talk) 15:48, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

The bot's IP was banned from dota2.gamepedia.com in the cloudflare control panel. There's nothing I can do until that goes away. — Wind 20:39, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
I already unblock it. Permanent blocks can be unblocked only with reban, I ban WindBOT for 2 hours and block disappears. Now you can do that. :D Medok (talk) 21:00, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
This isn't a ban from the wiki, it's a ban at the HTTP level. Whenever I try to access any page on dota2.gamepedia.com from the bot's IP, Cloudflare returns "The owner of this website (dota2.gamepedia.com) has banned your IP address (96.126.105.219)". This has to be fixed by whoever owns the cloudflare account that handles gamepedia.com. — Wind 21:09, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
Oh that pretty bad( I try ask Curse staff to do something with that. Medok (talk) 21:13, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
This IP was unblocked today. Try check it out! :D Medok (talk) 17:55, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

"It was blocked because it was causing problems with too many requests and if it causes problems in the future they will be forced to rate-limit it." Medok (talk) 18:00, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

WindPower, WindBOT is free now, but he don't do anything he must( what's the problem? Sorry for asking all time) Medok (talk) 14:23, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Signing comments

Remember when you told me to sign my comments on the talk page for i-ghost? Well, I don't really know how to sign comments, the link is always messed up. Can you post it on my talk page? The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sausagea1000 (talk) • (contribs)

Posted. — Wind 17:29, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Sorry

Didn't mean to block, uh, you, with that Test Captcha Account. Sven Cakemann (talk) 15:55, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Co-op Demos

Hey wind, I know it's been a few years. I'm looking at updating the Portal 2 Co-op Video walkthroughs and adding the reamining ones. I'm just wondering if putting up the demos would be useful, I've got both Atlas and P-body perspectives. I've done the entire co-op campaign, but I'm going to redo a few that I feel dragged on excessively. I can post a google drive link because I can't post them directly here due to filesize. Wow that was a lot of words. Arrran Weeviling (talk)

That sounds great, but it would be even better if they were on the wiki. I'm happy to bump up the max file size, let me know how large they get. — Wind 04:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Licensing Guide?

I have posted a short guide about Licensing and the "Portal Wiki VS Overwiki License Dispute".






But can you make it an official guide......... :P

This is the signature of Headquarter8302 User page - User talk 00:48, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Will there be any moderator recrutation in future?

I think I am good enough to be a mod.
Sent by Doczek (talk - contribs - sandbox)
12:44, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

SVG files upload are broooooken

As you can see here, SVG files are not accepted in viewing by the wiki. And below, is a sign of how messed up the wiki is in terms of viewing svg files.


Aperture Logo.svg

 · This is the signature of Headquarter8302 User page - User talk ·  00:29, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

And you should see this to somehow fix this problem.
 · This is the signature of Headquarter8302 User page - User talk ·  00:35, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Security certificate expired

This site's security certificate has expired and triggered my antivirus. Might want to renew it. Sausagea1000 (talk) 11:00, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Same, my browser and antivirus freaked out when I accessed the wiki. And now my login is called a "dangerous" action ~ Headquarter8302 User page - User talk 11:15, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
This is fixed, sorry. Dunno why the auto-renewal didn't work, it worked fine when I ran it manually... — Wind 19:35, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

YouTube Channel

Hi! Are you the manager of the portal Wiki YouTube channel? If yes, did you Lost access to the channel? Quantum (talk) 21:29, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I manage the channel, but no, I have not lost access to it... why do you ask? — Wind 22:53, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Sixense video upload to YouTube channel

Hi, long time. Hope you're well. Any chance you could rip and upload this archived video to the YouTube channel for preservation, and so it can be shown inline on the relevant article? i-ghost 00:08, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Done, though I just self-hosted it instead. — Wind 06:09, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

purge action

Thanks! Also, is there a way to turn wiki markup on? It makes editing easier for me. FreshYoMama (talk) 15:15, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean, wiki markup is on: here is some bold text. Are you referring to some markup-editing extension? — Wind 06:09, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Discord

Does this wiki use discord? if it does is there a server i can join, since IRC is a hassle to use sometimes, and doesn't keep track of messages. FreshYoMama (talk) 21:29, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

No Discord, sorry. I tried to set up a Matrix server once, which would solve this problem without the need for relying on a centralized service (Discord), but it didn't really catch on. The larger problem though is that the existing tooling (RC notifications) are on IRC right now and they'd have to be ported to a Discord bot or something first. — Wind 06:09, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Email confirmation is broken

I'm not sure if you're the correct person to contact about this, but it seems like this wiki isn't able to send a confirmation code to verify the email address I've typed. It seems to me that this is a coding issue with the wiki itself somewhere. Either way, this is the error message when I click the "Mail a confirmation code" via Special:ConfirmEmail:

Portal Wiki could not send your confirmation mail. Please check your email address for invalid characters. Mailer returned: authentication failure [SMTP: Invalid response code received from server (code: 535, response: 5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. For more information, go to 5.7.8 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials f4-20020ad45584000000b0069937049aadsm2466575qvx.88 - gsmtp)]

If you don't believe me, create a new account with an email address and try to get a confirmation mail sent out.

Lightsup55 (talk) 20:34, 7 April 2024 (UTC)