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Stack Overflow yukkuri_reimu
== Bot account ==
''<nowiki>[Sorry for my English]</nowiki>''
Hello everyone! I want to write bot with ''Pywikipediabot'' to edit russian articles. Should I have special rights to do this? --[[User:Daniil|Daniil]] 10:33, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
:What exactly do you want to write a bot for? — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 20:14, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


Stack Overflow KEMONO_PANTSU
== Greetings ==


Stack Overflow KEMONO_PANTSU_X
We must continue testing.<br /> — [[User:Minip|<span style = "font-weight: bold;">minip</span>]] 01:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
:For the people who are still alive? [[User:Darkstar516|Darkstar516]] 23:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
::I thought all of us are alive... until we bring GLaDOS some neurotoxin <b>[[User:DrAkcel|<font FACE="Arial" color="#41627E">DrAkcel</font>]]</b> <sup>([[User_talk:DrAkcel|<font FACE="Arial" color="#25587E">T</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/DrAkcel|<font FACE="Arial" color="#25587E">C</font>]])</sup> 03:59, 23 April 2011 (UTC)


Mathematics Stack Exchange KEMONO_PANTSU_2
== Canon Portal storyline ==
Trying to start off some articles for the characters I realized that the Portal timeline and storyline has been changed by Valve quite a few time. For instance last year they gave gameinformer [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/24/aperture-science_3a00_-a-history.aspx this timeline] which states Cave Johnson contracted mercury poisoning, while in-game he states he became ill after grinding up poisonous moon rocks. Also from what I recall his motivations for building GLaDOS were different during the Portal 2 announcement ARG. This is probably a result of Valve constantly changing the Portal 2 storyline as the game developed. In short I'm finding it difficult to build a storyline without it contradicting itself everywhere. I propose we take everything in Portal 2 as hard fact (obviously) and take everything else from reliable sources (the ARG, gameinformer article(?)) as long as it doesn't contradict with statements made in Portal 2. '''<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>''' 15:57, 23 April 2011 (UTC)


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:There's no official story about the Cave Johnson bit, but there seems to be a consensus around the community that the story in gameinformer was a "cover story" for the public. Of course, that's all speculation. My recommendation is that if something in the game contradicts other information, then the game should take precedence as the official canonical version. I have the feeling that most of what was in the ARG is going to get cut. Even some things as recent as the second ARG, like Cave Johnson's portrait (Google image search Cave Johnson, you'll see what I mean) is different in-game. {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 21:09, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
: One thing to consider is that CJ might have thought Mercury was "moon rocks" because it was called Mercury. He wasn't exactly scientifically inclined so it's a possibility, even if it is a stretch. It makes sense to me that Mercury could be a good portal conductor too. -- [[User:Lagg|Lagg]] [[Image:User Lagg OPTF2 icon.png|link=User talk:Lagg]] 21:15, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
:: Well mercury is liquid at room temperature, so it's hard to imagine it being confused with a rock of any sort. That's not really the point though. What matters is that there is a contradiction. Since the game says "moon rocks" we should too. It might be worth mentioning that previous material mentioned mercury poisoning but we can't possibly give a reason for the change without falling into supposition. Unless an official explanation is given, the games should take precedence as "fact", everything else is a note of interest. {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 01:07, 24 April 2011 (UTC)


Mathematics Stack Exchange KEMONO_PANTSU_X
== Quotes ==
I was thinking we should add quotes to the Skin pages, Hat pages, Flag pages, etc. Most other articles have their own quotes, so why not these? --[[User:Nihilus0|<span style="color:#F4722B ;font-size:13px;font-family:'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Nihilus0</span>]][[File:User_Nihilus0_Portal_turret_sprite.png|40px|link=User_talk:Nihilus0]]<small>([[Special:Contributions/Nihilus0|contribs]])</small> 23:50, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
:Sure thing; the only reason they don't have quotes is we haven't found funny ones for them. If you find one, by all means put it — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 23:57, 30 April 2011 (UTC)


Academia Stack Exchange KEMONO_PANTSU_X
== Mod articles? ==
So I stumbled on the page for [[Portal: Project-Beta]] and I think this deserves addressing while the Wiki is still young. What is our policy on mods? Obviously we can't have an article for every mod under the sun, but some, like [[Portal: Prelude]] are obviously deserving. For those that are less obvious, what criteria should be met before an article is considered for them? My first instinct is to prefer those that are notable and available for download. There should also probably be a minimum level of quality. I should mention that I don't mean to say that Project-Beta is undeserving of an article, I don't know the mod well enough to judge. Instead, if it is deserving i would like to know ''why'' and what other mods should be included. {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 20:06, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
:This kind of debate doesn't really end >: Just write about the ones that are obviously notable (Portal Prelude, Blue Portals). — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 20:14, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
::Late, but I actually play through the mods and assess if they are note-worthy. They need to be complete (i.e in a feature-complete released state), and they must be notable. I judge notability via their Mod.db page. Obviously presence on Mod.db is not enough, it must have good feedback scores, a good download count, and a good rank; all of these statistics are available on Mod.db. [[User:I-ghost|i-ghost]] 12:35, 8 July 2011 (UTC)


Meta Stack Exchange yukkuri_reimu
==1000 article milestone==
<nowiki>*</nowiki>confetti* [[User:I-ghost|i-ghost]] 00:22, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
:I made it all up — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 00:56, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
:: Surprise! - [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 10:06, 22 September 2013 (UTC)


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== Un... Offical Portal Wiki ==


Chess Stack Exchange KEMONO_PANTSU_6
I thought. Can we be OFFICIAL PORTAL WIKI?


3D Printing Stack Exchange KEMONO_PANTSU_7
I've wrtitten to Gabe about this theme.


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Bioinformatics Stack Exchange KEMONO_PANTSU_9
How do you think? Can we be? --[[User:CakeJohnson|CakeJohnson]] 11:23, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
:e have asked previously but have received no answer — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 01:38, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
:: Anything yet? I want to dethrone the OverWiki from it's Portal-related dominance. [[User:Sven|Sven]] 11:29, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Nope, I don't think they want an official wiki at this point — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 13:34, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
:::: It's ironic that a Wiki not really dedicated to Portal would have much more information about Portal than one actually was dedicated to Portal. I mean, come on! "Move it, lads!" - [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 10:05, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
::::: Honestly, I copy-and-pasted some article text from the Combine OverWiki to the appropriate articles in this Wiki to make it look more populated, and tried to make it more informative. I mean, the "Development" section of the [[Portal 2|''Portal 2'' article]] is empty until I regurgitated some information I picked up from reading ''The Final Hours of Portal 2''! We can't be defeated! [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 17:29, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
::::::Please go back and erase/rewrite these sections immediately. Our content license ([https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC unported]) is more permissive than Combine Overwiki's license ([https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ CC unported sharealike]), which means we can't copy text from them. We've had complaints in the past because of this, so let's not make this repeat :( — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 17:34, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
:::::::Man, I'm such a noob! [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 18:44, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
:::::::: I edited it so it doesn't offend them. Man, that's exhausting. Here is my most sincere apologies. [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 18:52, 22 September 2013 (UTC)


Software Engineering Stack Exchange KEMONO_PANTSU_10
== Portal 2 co-op chamber descriptions ==


教えて!goo KEMONO__PANTSU
I'll be playing the co-op campaign pretty soon, and I saw the co-op chamber articles didn't exist. Should I go ahead and create them once I've played or someone else is doing that?


教えて!goo KEMONO_PANTSU
Oh, and by the way, I'll be playing it on the PS3, also on split screen, and I don't have a capture card nor a good enough PC to rip graphics/video, so that'll be a no-chance regarding videos, graphics and map names. '''[[User:Jerry|Jerry]]''' <sup>{ [[User talk:Jerry|Talk]] }</sup> 16:38, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
:You can fill them in if you want to, but not the walkthrough section as this should follow the steps in the video — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 01:38, 8 February 2012 (UTC)


GameFAQs KEMONO_PANTSU
::I've made a full playthrough on the Single-player campaign. See it [http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhApA91dhJwZS9nht69NTjCLADzQ926Qk here]. I would be pleased if you guys give me the chance to do it. Probably even with [http://m.youtube.com/user/Ldinos Ldinos]. [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 17:18, 22 September 2013 (UTC)


Wikipedia KEMONO_PANTSU
== "The Ball" ==


teratail KEMONO_PANTSU_i
As "The Ball" from the Potato Sack seems to exist in the Portal universe (and has also been released on Valve) should there be an article? Half Life 2 has its own article, even if only just a small snippet linking to other articles. [[User:LordApocalyptica|LordApocalyptica]] 00:35, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
:A quick mention would be helpful, yes, similar to [[tf2:Monday Night Combat]] — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 01:38, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
::What exactly defines "in the same universe?" All the games that have had official crossovers? Would that make the events in, say, Defense Grid, canon? Did the [[Space Core]] really land in Skyrim? Where do/should we draw the line? [[User:Sven|Sven]] 06:19, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
:::I would say a game has an official crossover if there is actually story involved that we know of and it is more than a cameo. For example, the Space Core in Skyrim is much more of a cameo appearance; as far as I know (haven't gotten Skyrim yet so cannot say) there is no story advancement with him. However in games where there is some sort of story (Freeman and Johnson rivalry) it might merit a mention. With The Ball we have an actual venture into Aperture Science and there is definitely GLaDOS. [[User:LordApocalyptica|LordApocalyptica]] 16:16, 8 February 2012 (UTC)


teratail KEMONO_PANTSU_X
== Calibration Course Page ==


teratail KEMONO_PANTSU_Z
Hello. I just wanted to say that I think that Calibration Course in co-op should have its own article. Can somebody create it and i will edit it. Also i think it should be included in Template:TestChambersNav. --[[User:Patko0770|Patko0770]] 19:31, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
:Oh, sorry, I found the Create page button. I no longer need a response. --[[User:Patko0770|Patko0770]] 19:38, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
::Added to nav~ The article title should be [[Portal 2 Co-op Calibration Course]] — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 19:47, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
:::I will also try to write a text walkthrough, but im not sure if it will be good, so feel free to edit it. --[[User:Patko0770|Patko0770]] 20:16, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
::::Well usually I'd tell you to not do that because the walkthrough is supposed to follow the steps shown in the video, except there's no video right now and finding coop partners is proving to be hard :( Anyway, thanks for writing~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 21:48, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
:::::Text walkthrough can be made in split-screen. But it would look bad to take screenshots or record videos in split-screen, so I will just leave that to someone else. Anyway, i created a Shredder page, but its horribly empty because i dont have time to write something there now. Ill do it later, but can you add it to Mechanics template/navigation? --[[User:Patko0770|Patko0770]] 14:44, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
::::::Hey, a 2-column walkthrough for coop doesn't seem like a bad idea... Anyway, thanks, added to navigation. You should join [[IRC]] — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 19:22, 24 February 2012 (UTC)


German Wikipedia KEMONO_PANTSU
== Minor/mentioned characters ==


MyAnimeList KEMONO_PANTSU
In the comic [[Lab Rat]], it mentions a character by the name of Henry. In Portal 2, we see numerous potato-related projects with the names of children, in addition to the names of the other test subjects in Lab Rat that [[Rattman]] moved out of the way to make way for Chell. I've seen that the OverWiki has made note of these characters, but should we? Would their mention help make the wiki "content complete"? [[User:Sven|Sven]] 00:02, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:I wouldn't be against listing them on the comic page perhaps (but it would need to be a collapsible box), but not on separate articles. Otherwise, [[hl2:Unidentified deaf character|things like]] [[hl2:List of minor Aperture Science employees and related people|this happen]]. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 00:17, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::I wanted to avoid that sort of situation.. Thanks for the answer. [[User:Sven|Sven]] 00:56, 17 March 2012 (UTC)


teratail WhyBan
== New style for Portal 2 Co-op walkthrough ==


Wikimedia Commons KEMONO_PANTSU
I have some new idea for the style of Portal 2 Co-op walkthrough <br>
You may view it from my [[User:Marcowong1011/Sandbox|sand box]] <br>
Please give some comment or suggestion. <small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Marcowong1011|Marcowong1011]]''' ([[User talk:Marcowong1011|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Marcowong1011|contribs]]) </small>
:Very cool :3 Looks nice and easy to follow — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 11:54, 18 June 2012 (UTC)


Wiktionary KEMONO_PANTSU
== Is there any active Chinese member here?  ==


Wikiquote KEMONO_PANTSU
As the subject, I would like to know who is Chinese, especially those Hong Konger. — [[User:marcowong1011|Marco Wong]] 22:06, 22 June 2012 (HKT)
:We don't have a lot of members here, but most of us tend to be in [[IRC]] if you need someone. No other chinese editors though :( But thanks a lot for staying around and helping~ — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 03:12, 28 June 2012 (UTC)


Wikimedia Foundation - Global lock KEMONO_PANTSU
:: I'm from Hong Kong! Ross Chan here. Don't judge me. :( - [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 10:08, 22 September 2013 (UTC)


Wikispecies KEMONO_MANKO
== I name these file wrongly, can somebody help me rename them? ==


Minecraft Wiki - Fandom KEMONO-PANTSU
* [[File:GLaDOS dlc1 mp coop bridge catch introb03.wav‎]]
** correct name: GLaDOS dlc1 mp coop bridge catch <b>outrob03</b>.wav
* [[File:GLaDOS dlc1 mp coop bridge catch introb04.wav]]
** correct name: GLaDOS dlc1 mp coop bridge catch <b>outrob04</b>.wav


Wikibooks KEMONO_MANKO
Thanks! <small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Marcowong1011|Marcowong1011]]''' ([[User talk:Marcowong1011|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Marcowong1011|contribs]]) </small>
:{{c|Done}} — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 22:40, 4 July 2012 (UTC)


Pokémon Wiki - Fandom KEMONO-PANTSU


Wikivoyage KEMONO_MANKO
== Can my upcoming Portal feature film be ever featured on this Wiki? ==


Wikidata KEMONO_MANKO
It goes like this:


Wikimedia Incubator KEMONO_MANKO
''Portal: Imminent Crisis'' is a '''live-action full-length feature film''' starring me (UH! I know.) working around various sections of Aperture Science to defeat a mastermind (I know that sounds lame, but come on!).


teratail KEMONO_PANTSU_j
Writing for the screenplay has already started and will end November 2013. Vlogs will be made when we hit a certain milestone (Links can be found [[User:DSnWiiRocks|here]].


Wikimedia Foundation - Global lock KEMONO_MANKO
We already have a production company by our side to help finish this film. It will be released on YouTube for absolutely '''FREE''', with our bowl of ramen being paid with ad revenue.


MediaWiki KEMONO_PUSSY
"So, what do you say? Y̶o̶u̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶r̶y̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶u̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶b̶o̶d̶y̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶p̶ ̶u̶s̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶l̶e̶t̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶g̶o̶.̶" You guys help get this on the Wiki (like write a review or plot summary), and I'll make sure the film is worth you guys' effort. (of course I'll do the most that I can. Tough schedule, man!) If this is official, I won't put this up.


Meta-Wiki KEMONO_PUSSY
Thanks a lot!


Wikiversity KEMONO_PANTSU_X
[[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 10:03, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
:There's a few Portal fan films out there already (though they're short films, not feature-length) and they're not really featured here because it's community content and it's hazardous to decide what's notable and what's not. However, if a film gets featured by the Portal blog, then it's definitely worth making an article about — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 17:16, 22 September 2013 (UTC)


Wikidata KEMONO_PANTSU_Y
::Is it even worth get an article started at this point? When the film comes out, I'll be posting in the reddit (and other notable sites) to get some attention. Just askin'. [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 17:22, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
:::Probably not, though you can start one in your userspace — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 17:31, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
:::: Do you mean my user:<Username Here> page? Also, I agree. There isn't really solid progress on the film. It would be better I start up that page when it's a couple of months away from release. [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 17:33, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
:::::I mean somewhere like [[User:DSnWiiRocks/Imminent Crisis]] — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 17:35, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
::::::I see, subpages. I'll move it out to "public" once it's out of beta, similarly to my "first translation attempt". Thanks. You'll probably see it turn blue soon. [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 17:45, 22 September 2013 (UTC)


Korean Wikipedia KEMONO_MANKO
I'd like to know. [[User:Garyoak|Garyoak]] ([[User talk:Garyoak|talk]]) 11:59, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
:Buddy, it's March 16 and script is complete. We'll see if we can film in the summer. [[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 15:38, 16 March 2014 (UTC)


Gaia Online KEMONO_PANTSU
== It's quiet here mate. ==


Mathematics Stack Exchange XENONISM
Portal, and its sequel is my favorite games over the years, and only games I actually completed.


Meta Stack Overflow XENONISM
It concerns me however, '''Valve has forgotten about Caroline (I insist), and Chell, and swept it under the rug.'''


Wikimedia Incubator XENONISM
The last patch for Portal 2 is '''nine months old, and no further dev will probably be made''' (Chell left, brother.)


Japanese Wikipedia XENONISM
So, what will be the future of this? Like how Wheatley puts it at the end of the game while in space:


Wikipedia XENONISM
"The end."


Wiktionary XENONISM
[[User:DSnWiiRocks|DSnWiiRocks]] ([[User talk:DSnWiiRocks|talk]]) 15:44, 16 March 2014 (UTC)


French Wikipedia XENONISM
*Oh, I meant I'd like to know as in Where everybody went. Sorry.


Wikimedia Foundation - Global lock XENONISM
The editor wasn't working for me.
But I'm here.
I am here.
[[User:Garyoak|Garyoak]] ([[User talk:Garyoak|talk]]) 02:25, 17 March 2014 (UTC)


Medium KEMONO_PANTSU
:The [[IRC]]'s still active (though usually non-portal-related). As long as the games aren't getting patches, it is normal for the rate of edits to go down over time since there is less to edit.
:If you're looking for work, to do, the [[Portal Wiki:Captions]] project sure could use some love. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 01:30, 5 April 2014 (UTC)


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== Adding discussion on little details you might of missed ==
So I was playing Portal 2, when I noticed cool little things-these little details that we normally miss. I want to post these on this discussion, any I don't find, could you guys post them?


Warframe Forums KEMONO_PANTSU_X
The first one I noticed is that one of the turrets, on the redemption line if I remember correctly, said things like "don't make lemonade" and "get mad". The most intriguing of them to me was when the turret said "the answer is below" and "her name is Caroline". I won't say why these are important due to spoilers, but it is kind of impressive as to how the turret learned those things.


Gaia Online KEMONO_PANTSU_1
Ill try to keep adding the ones I don't have time for now.
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Char|Char]]''' ([[User talk:Char|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Char|contribs]]) </small>
: In the future, please sign your posts with <code>~~</code><code>~~</code> . Welcome to the Wiki! Anyway, we have made mention of those exact things already over on the [[Oracle Turret]]'s very own page. I'm sure they're brought up a few more places, but that's the first and best place I can think of that references directly what you're talking about. [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 04:53, 13 May 2016 (UTC)


Medium KEMONO_PANTSU_X
== Turret theory ==


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I have a theory about turrets. You know how right after you kill them they say stuff like "I don't blame you" and "I don't hate you"? Well maybe the turrets are actually good but they are being forced to be evil. And maybe the reason they say nice things right before they deactivate is because they are dying and glados can't do anything bad to them while they are dead. This makes me feel bad for the turrets :(
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Water Fish 88|Water Fish 88]]''' ([[User talk:Water Fish 88|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Water Fish 88|contribs]]) </small>
: :( [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 22:31, 16 May 2016 (UTC)


TV Tropes KEMONO-PANTSU
:: NO! NOOO!!! THEY'RE EVIL! [[User:Wheatley44|Wheatley44]] ([[User talk:Wheatley44|talk]]) 13:08, 19 December 2016 (UTC)


Stack Overflow KEMONO_PANTSU_
== Using namespaces (rather than subpages) to host other languages. ==


Appropedia KEMONO_PANTSU
So far, subpages have been used to store other languages. This can clutter things like moving pages and random page. There have been attempts to fix this, but there kind of a hack and don't really work very well. So I am proposing that we add extra namespaces, like this.


Amino KEMONO_PANTSU
<code>
define('NS_SPANISH', 1336);<br/>
define('NS_SPANISH_TALK', 1337);<br/>
$wgExtraNamespaces[NS_SPANISH] = 'Spanish';<br/>
$wgExtraNamespaces[NS_PRIVATE_TALK] = 'Spanish_talk';<br/>
</code>


teratail KEMONISM
This way, both problems are solved and it's more organized.


Qiita KEMONO_PANTSU_X
[[User:Nalexa-1124|Nalexa-1124]] ([[User talk:Nalexa-1124|talk]]) 16:36, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
:For reference, this user is referring to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces this documentation], and is referring to [https://github.com/EtiennePerot/mediawiki-langutils this patch] when describing past fixes for the random page behavior. <span style="background: #666666; color: #FFFFFF; padding:1px 8px; align: left; font-family:Helvecta; font-weight:bold; font-size:80%">MogDog66</span><span style="padding:0 2px; font-weight: italic; color:#7a7979; font-family:Helvecta; font-size:75%" class="plainlinks">[[User:MogDog66|u]] • [[User talk:MogDog66|t]] • [[Special:Contributions/MogDog66|c]] • [http://steamcommunity.com/id/mogdog66 s]</span> 16:48, 13 January 2017 (UTC)


Fanlore KEMONO_CHINCO
:While a scheme like the one you describe would make total sense if we were starting a wiki from scratch, it doesn't make that much sense when considered in context of this existing wiki. The benefits it provides are negligible compared to the costs of:
* Updating all the language-switching templates we have to work with it
* Updating all the non-templated things that rely on this naming scheme (links, categories, redirects, [[User:WindBOT/Filters]])
* Making this wiki inconsistent with the [http://wiki.tf Team Fortress Wiki] in terms of editing experience. The Portal Wiki was essentially spun off from the Team Fortress Wiki; the two wikis share staff and a bunch of editors used to the suffix-based language system. Breaking that would make it harder for people to contribute to both
* Making this wiki's templates and [[User:WindBOT/Filters]] become unsyncable with the Team Fortress Wiki's version of them
— [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 00:48, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
::While I can understand that, subpages are a *huge* inconvenience. [[User:Nalexa-1124|Nalexa-1124]] ([[User talk:Nalexa-1124|talk]]) 02:22, 14 January 2017 (UTC)


GameSpot KEMONO_PANTSU
== Fanfiction? ==


Giant Bomb KEMONO_PANTSU
Could we have some pages on notable portal fan-fictions like Blue Sky and Testing Maintenance? I feel like they'd be good to include... [[User:Wheatley44|Wheatley44]] ([[User talk:Wheatley44|talk]]) 07:51, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
:I wouldn't really want to open that can of worms... It sets a precedent that's hard to undo and it's hard to enforce a notability bar for fanfic. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 07:58, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
:: {{c|Agree}} Although I will say there are some decent ones out there, I think we can get enough of our content from official sources and mods. [[User:Sven|~Sven~]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 15:58, 10 May 2017 (UTC)


Qiita KEMONO_PANTSU_
== Emotes ==


Tripadvisor KEMONO_PANTSU
Hey, we have emotes now. {{emote|p2chell}} <nowiki>{{emote|p2emote}}</nowiki> where '''p2emote''' is the name of the [[Emoticons|steam emoticon]]. [[User:I-ghost|i-ghost]] 23:08, 23 May 2017 (UTC)


Tripadvisor KEMONO_PANTSU_X
== Joining Gamepedia ==


Tripadvisor KEMONO_PANTSU_
Should we connect this wiki to Gamepedia? [[User:Nixinova|Nixinova]] ([[User talk:Nixinova|talk]]) 05:48, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
:There aren't any benefits to doing so, but there are a heap of downsides. The Wiki runs fine as an independent entity. [[User:I-ghost|i-ghost]] 17:44, 27 December 2017 (UTC)


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


teratail KEMONO_PANTSU_z
I was just wondering how to shut off a bot on the wiki. [[User:Sausagea1000|Sausagea1000]] ([[User talk:Sausagea1000|talk]]) 13:49, 18 February 2018 (UTC) (time edited)
:You can't. I'm not a bot by the way. [[User:I-ghost|i-ghost]] 17:44, 27 December 2017 (UTC)


Gaia Online KEMONO_PANTSU_X
== Hi all , I'm new here ==


Gaia Online KEMONO_PANTSU_a
Hi all, I'm very new (like I just made my account a few minutes ago new), and I have no idea how to edit pages and need some help.
first thing I would do is link some of the images I've uploaded (character cards from the Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game) to their respective pages (especially the party escort bot since the art on it is pretty interesting). as well as generally making the board game page way better. some one get back to me please. in the meantime I'll upload the rest of the game cards. -Stickyy


Amateur Radio Stack Exchange KP_Professional
EDIT: is this wiki even active?
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Stickyy|Stickyy]]''' ([[User talk:Stickyy|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Stickyy|contribs]]) </small>
: Hey there. To answer the last question first, not a whole lot. As you can see, there are some people still here, myself included. There's just not a whole lot in the Portal community to write about these days, so people tend not to. Moondust hasn't been touched really (and I can't because I can't do VR on my setup), and [[The Lab]] is unfinished. It's a very casual place now, as far as pacing goes, but we are still in partnership with the TF2 Wiki, are on their server, and have most of their staff on our staff (as inactive as they may be here), so we must maintain a high level of quality despite the slowness and our unofficial status. As far as uploading all of those pictures, good job! I agree that the Associate art is interesting, as well as the Henry card since it's an actual model instead of just a comic picture.


Server Fault KP_Professional
As for the initial question, I'll post it onto your discussion page since ''this'' page is intended for discussion of the Wiki itself. [[User:Sven|Sven Cakemann]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 23:36, 27 August 2018 (UTC)


Ask Ubuntu KP_Professional
== Add more articles ==
I have noticed the Combine OverWiki has substantially more articles than us, and the [https://half-life.fandom.com Half Life Fandom] Wiki has more articles too, and the [[User:Sven/The Bird| Bird]] {{Tooltip|should be|ask User:Sven first!}} in the main article line.


Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange KP_Professional
|Headquarter8302|[[User:Headquarter8302|Universal Wiki User Page]]|[[User talk:Headquarter8302|Universal Wiki User Talk Page]]| 02:06, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
Well i´m trying to increse the number of articles
[[User:Vvv|Vvv]] ([[User talk:Vvv|talk]]) 9:38, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
== It's silent here... ==


teratail KEMONO_PANTSU_0
Even with the pandemic, the wiki is still very dull. Active contributors are just [[User:Headquarter8302|me]], [[User:Thedoczek]], [[User:Sven]] and some image uploaders. [[User:Headquarter8302|Headquarter8302]] ([[User talk:Headquarter8302|talk]]) 00:06, 10 August 2020 (UTC)


Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange KP_Professional
:Aside from the few updates that happen with Portal 2, there's not really a lot going on in the community. There's no shortage of stuff to 'do', but there's just a lack of enthusiasm due to the lack of new official content. It'll pick back up at some point. [[User:Sven|Sven Cakemann]] ([[User talk:Sven|talk]]) 00:27, 10 August 2020 (UTC)


Academia Stack Exchange KP_Professional
== Licensing Guide ==


Meta Stack Exchange Incapable Troll
Combine Overwiki use BY-SA 4.0, we used CC-BY 3.0, and the Half-life Fandom wiki used Generic CC-BY-SA 2.0


Anime & Manga Stack Exchange Incapable Troll
As far as i know:


Unix & Linux Stack Exchange KP_GOD
'''BY-SA 4.0 is Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International''' is the license used by the Overwiki (the license is copied through the text and knowledge base, appropriate credit is required to transfer the knowledge)


Mathematica Stack Exchange KP_GOD
'''CC-BY 3.0 is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY 3.0)''' is just a share-alike attribution, the weakest and most indisputable license (basically the license only carried through the text and knowledge base)


Code Golf Stack Exchange KP_FalselyBanned
'''Generic CC-BY-SA 2.0'''
{{Quotation|'''Fandom'''|To grow the commons of free knowledge and free culture, all users editing or otherwise contributing to wikis that use the <u>CC BY-SA license agree to grant broad permissions to the general public to re-distribute and re-use their contributions freely for any purpose, including commercial use</u>, '''in accordance with the CC BY-SA license.''' Such use is allowed where attribution is given and the same freedom to re-use and re-distribute applies to any derivative works of the contributions.}}
Fandom used this license, the most basic license you'll ever get.


Salesforce Stack Exchange GigachadOverflow
'''<u>IMPORTANT!</u>'''
We cannot copy from Overwiki, but they can copy from us. We ''CAN'' copy from the Fandom base wikis but uses the Generic license which is kinda frustrating to comprehence.


Stack Overflow GigachadOverflow
Sooo.... People, you now understand the basic licenses? - [[User:Headquarter8302|Headquarter8302]] ([[User talk:Headquarter8302|talk]]) 05:04, 19 August 2020 (UTC)


Bitcoin Stack Exchange GigachadOverflow
:I added a note about this [[Portal Wiki:About#Licensing|here]]. I don't think content can be copied from Fandom wikis, as they have the same ShareAlike clause as the Combine Overwiki does... — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 04:08, 25 August 2020 (UTC)


Unix & Linux Stack Exchange GigachadOverflow
::About the Fandom license, we CAN copy from them as long we state that it was taken from Fandom and state what kind of license the original text was (Like: This page/text/etc. has been taken/copied/referenced from Fandom wiki <nowiki>[The wiki]</nowiki> under the license Generic CC-BY-SA 2.0) Like in Wikipedia
::&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span>&nbsp;This is the signature of <span style="color: blue;">Headquarter</span><span style="color: orange;">8302</span> <code>[[User:Headquarter8302|User page]] - [[User talk:Headquarter8302|User talk]]</code>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span>&nbsp; 23:49, 25 August 2020 (UTC)


Anime UK News Forums KEMONO_PANTSU
== An extension is deprecated, should we change it? ==


AnimeBase KEMONO_PANTSU
Since I'm not handling with articles anymore, I will take care of maintenance. And just like charm, when I'm sneaking through the [[Special:Version]] article, I've noticed that GeeQuBox extension (image preview thingy) is deprecated (as evidenced by the [[MW:Extension:GeeQuBox|archival page on MediaWiki]]). Should we change it to the more later version? It has fixes from the original GeeQu.


Meta-Wiki KEMONO_PANTSU_Z
&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span>&nbsp;This is the signature of <span style="color: blue;">Headquarter</span><span style="color: orange;">8302</span> <code>[[User:Headquarter8302|User page]] - [[User talk:Headquarter8302|User talk]]</code>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span>&nbsp; 00:04, 17 September 2020 (UTC)


Wikinews KEMONO_PANTSU_Z
== Rarely speaking Chell ==
Did you know Chell can Speak rarely like "Yes sir Mr Johnson" and "I am!" }}
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Chasingwind500|Chasingwind500]]''' ([[User talk:Chasingwind500|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Chasingwind500|contribs]]) </small>
:No, Chell does not speak at all ~ <span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span><span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span> <code>[[User:Headquarter8302|User page]] - [[User talk:Headquarter8302|User talk]]</code> 23:46, 14 March 2021 (UTC)


Wikimedia Foundation - Global lock KEMONO_PANTSU_Z
== OPP2? What's that? ==


Reddit KEMONO_PANTSU
Why's there that sketchy link in the Portal 2 section of the side bar? Just seems to send you to illegal movie streaming sites. - '''[[User:EktoHunter|EktoHunter]]'''


Ask Different - Stack Exchange FortressBuilder
:I think it's once a legit item trading site, until either the registration have expired or it has been hacked, and then it redirects to the highest bidder's chosen redirect site. I guess? Talk to either [[User talk:WindPower|WindPower]] or [[User talk:Tark|Tark]] about this ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 09:04, 30 May 2021 (UTC)


Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange FortressBuilder
:: Oops, yes that link should have been removed ages ago. OPP2 was an [https://github.com/Lagg/optf2 inventory viewer] for both TF2 and Portal 2 (and other Steam games). — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 21:11, 1 June 2021 (UTC)


Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange FortressBuilder
== Youtube channel ==


Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange KEM01011
Does anyone know who managed the YouTube channel of our Wiki? Has the person in question lost access to the account? [[User:Quantum|Quantum]] ([[User talk:Quantum|talk]]) 13:54, 1 June 2021 (UTC)


Cross Validated - Stack Exchange KEM01011
: Hi! I believe it's [[User:WindPower|Wind]]. You can contact him directly via the [[Special:EmailUser/WindPower|Email this user]] function — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 21:00, 1 June 2021 (UTC)


Wikisource FortressBuilder
== Screenshots ==
Hello! Does anyone know how to take a screenshot on portal 2 hiding the HUD? I want to add the screenshots of the rest of the Coop chambers. [[User:Quantum|Quantum]] ([[User talk:Quantum|talk]]) 14:13, 10 June 2021 (UTC)


Wikimedia Foundation - Global lock FortressBuilder
: C [[Help:Taking Screenshots]] — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 16:56, 10 June 2021 (UTC)


Wikimania KEM01011
==Weird Accounts==
Hello. What these weird accounts that are creating profile pages or random articles are? Are they bots or something? When i'm going to check my recent changes they're always there. [[User:Quantum|Quantum]] ([[User talk:Quantum|talk]]) 14:14, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
:Yes, they're spam accounts. If you see one, mark their page for deletion ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 23:34, 26 August 2021 (UTC)


Enpedia KEMONO_PANTSU
== Notability policy on mods and fan content ==


Magento Stack Exchange user164851
We have a guideline on Community Content [[Help:Style guide/Community content|here]], but we don't state how much popular or downloaded the content should be, until we could legitimately document it. Any suggestions? ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 09:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)


teratail KEMONO_PANTSU_A
: It is safe to assume that mods released on Steam, as standalone apps, are supposed to be covered.
: As for non-Steam mods, anything that introduces a great gimmick-something that hasn't been done before in a base Portal game, is generally discussed among the community and has people showcasing it (let's play, forum threads, etc) reinforces its notability. — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 14:47, 30 August 2021 (UTC)


WordPress Development Stack Exchange KEMOLOLI
::Hmmm, okay ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 23:33, 30 August 2021 (UTC)


Blender Stack Exchange KEMOLOLI
== Aperture Tag pages ==


Home Improvement Stack Exchange KEMOSHOTA
So I found out ''[[Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative]]'' and the related [[Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative Chapter 1 Intro|test chamber]] pages exist. '''A)''' Why ''(may be self-explanatory)'', and '''B)''' Why not continue the pages? I recently expanded on the Intro chamber page ''(linked above)'', so I want to know if I'm allowed to continue on this series of threads. Your opinion?


SharePoint Stack Exchange HopelesslyDying
'''''EDIT:''' The talk section above answered question A, you may ignore it now.''


Japanese Wikipedia KEMOLOLI
::::::— ''Your '''Friendly Faith Plate''' — [[User:ARJr|ARJr]]'' 09:59, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
:Yes, of course you are welcome to continue the PGTI pages! Just coordinate with other editors who is currently adding those pages, and you should be right to go! ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 10:04, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
::Okay, good to know.
::::::— ''Your '''Friendly Faith Plate''' — [[User:ARJr|ARJr]]'' 14:09, 18 September 2021 (UTC)


Wiktionary KEMOLOLI
== Portal 2 mod ==
I thought i should make a new portal mod called Portal 2: Episode 1. (continuing the joke that valve will do anything to avoid making a third game) Anny ideas for test elements?
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:C. Chell|C. Chell]]''' ([[User talk:C. Chell|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/C. Chell|contribs]]) </small>
:Damn, gonna continue the HL norm? ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 04:28, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
:Uh.... Maybe eletricity fields? [[User:Quantum|Quantum]] ([[User talk:Quantum|talk]]) 22:15, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
:You wouldn't want to include [[hl2:Manhack|manhacks]] though ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 23:51, 27 October 2021 (UTC)


Wikivoyage KEMOLOLI
== Hi there! ==


Wikibooks KEMOLOLI
Have you considered upgrading this wiki to newer versions of MediaWiki? If so, are there any barriers to upgrading the wiki? -- [[User:PanchamBro|PanchamBro]] ([[User talk:PanchamBro|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/PanchamBro|contributions]]) 15:19, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
:You would want to query that question to [[User:WindPower|WindPower]], the wiki's main technical administrator. ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 00:44, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
:It's indeed pretty rickety at this point! It boils down to there being custom extensions that don't work with more recent versions of MediaWiki.... They're [https://github.com/ThePortalWiki/pwiki/tree/master/images/pwiki-app/extra/extensions listed here]. TBH I don't remember which one was the bottleneck exactly. Perhaps I should try to upgrade it once again and see what breaks. — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 05:40, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
::Some of those extension I've never even seen before 👀, you have some tasks in front of you Wind ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 05:54, 27 October 2021 (UTC)


Test Wikipedia KEMOLOLI
== [[Custom Testchamber Signs]] ==


Japanese Wikivoyage KEMOLOLI
Should this be on the {{Code|Help:}} namespace or the project ({{Code|Portal Wiki:}}) namespace? ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 22:53, 11 November 2021 (UTC)


Wikimedia Foundation - Global lock KEMOLOLI
==  Hello  ==


Wikimedia Phabricator KP_KEMOSHOTA
Hello. I recently joined the portal wiki in order to create more articles in Japanese. I would like to translate the voice lines of each character, but I don't know how to reflect "Template:Dictionary/voice lines/---" in my articles. Is there any way to do this other than copying and pasting each one on my own? Can someone please tell me how to do that?
(Was it okay to post my question here? If not, I'm sorry.)[[User:Kotetsu|Kotetsu]] ([[User talk:Kotetsu|talk]]) 02:55, 30 November 2021 (UTC)


Wikimedia Foundation - Global lock KP_KEMOSHOTA
: Hi! Thank you for your hard work!
: You can use the following template: {{tlx|Voice line|character name|dictionary key}}
:: Example: {{tlx|Voice line|GLaDOS|01 part1 get portal gun-1}} generates ''やりましたね!Aperture Science 携帯ポータル装置を手に入れました。''
: Please let me know if I can help with anything else. — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 20:37, 30 November 2021 (UTC)


Wikimedia Outreach KEMONO_PANTSU_A1
== Asked about the "Portal: TFV mappack" ==
I was really getting into the mappack and wondering if I can create pages about individual levels from "Portal: The Flash Version MapPack". I have a ton of info and will be mentioning secret hatches and adding pictures.
<small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Bobanchoban77|Bobanchoban77]]''' ([[User talk:Bobanchoban77|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Bobanchoban77|contribs]]) 23:51, 31 March 2022 (UTC)</small>
:You might want to add those information at the [[Portal: The Flash Version MapPack]] page itself ~ [[User:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: blue; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black;">Headquarter</span>]][[User talk:Headquarter8302|<span style="color: orange; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid black">8302</span>]] 23:51, 31 March 2022 (UTC)


Wikitech KEMONO_PANTSU
::That is a good idea, thanks. But I was wondering if there could be individual pages made for every level, maybe like the Portal: Still Alive levels, that you can find in the big list on the bottom of every page, but I wouldn't mind adding stuff to the main page itself. bobanchoban77/frapsed 10:20, 1 April 2022 (UTC)


Wikimedia Foundation - Global lock KEMONO_PANTSU_A1
::: I think that would be acceptable. Just make sure to follow our [[Help:Style_guide/Test_chambers#Coverage|Test Chambers Coverage Guidelines]]. — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 21:15, 3 April 2022 (UTC)


Test2 Wikipedia BanMeAlreadyLMAO
:::: Okay, thanks for the confirmation. bobanchoban77/frapsed 08:55, 5 April 2022 (UTC)


Test Wikidata BanMeAlreadyLMAO
== The Wiki has been Hacked ==


Wikimedia Phabricator BanMeAlreadyLMAO
I have recently went on to this wiki to look at Wheatley's character page. It turns out that that page and several others had been changed by someone who doesn't seem to have an account anymore, and they took out '''ALL''' information on these pages and replaced them with random messages. To anyone in charge: Please fix this. I just wanted to find some knowledge and I was met with nonsensical messages, and as someone who looks at this wiki a LOT, it would be appreciated if the original pages could be restored if possible. Thank you if anyone indeed listens to this. - Sincerely, AJSloth707 (April 15th, 2023)


Wikimedia Foundation - Global lock BanMeAlreadyLMAO
: Hello! The issue has been resolved. It was just a spammer causing trouble. Sorry for the inconvenience. — [[User:Tark|<span style="font-weight:bold;color: #5BC236">Tark</span>]] 21:52, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 
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Bot account

[Sorry for my English] Hello everyone! I want to write bot with Pywikipediabot to edit russian articles. Should I have special rights to do this? --Daniil 10:33, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

What exactly do you want to write a bot for? — Wind 20:14, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Greetings

We must continue testing.
minip 01:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

For the people who are still alive? Darkstar516 23:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I thought all of us are alive... until we bring GLaDOS some neurotoxin DrAkcel (T | C) 03:59, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Canon Portal storyline

Trying to start off some articles for the characters I realized that the Portal timeline and storyline has been changed by Valve quite a few time. For instance last year they gave gameinformer this timeline which states Cave Johnson contracted mercury poisoning, while in-game he states he became ill after grinding up poisonous moon rocks. Also from what I recall his motivations for building GLaDOS were different during the Portal 2 announcement ARG. This is probably a result of Valve constantly changing the Portal 2 storyline as the game developed. In short I'm finding it difficult to build a storyline without it contradicting itself everywhere. I propose we take everything in Portal 2 as hard fact (obviously) and take everything else from reliable sources (the ARG, gameinformer article(?)) as long as it doesn't contradict with statements made in Portal 2. MUser Moussekateer signature portal.pngussekateer·talk 15:57, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

There's no official story about the Cave Johnson bit, but there seems to be a consensus around the community that the story in gameinformer was a "cover story" for the public. Of course, that's all speculation. My recommendation is that if something in the game contradicts other information, then the game should take precedence as the official canonical version. I have the feeling that most of what was in the ARG is going to get cut. Even some things as recent as the second ARG, like Cave Johnson's portrait (Google image search Cave Johnson, you'll see what I mean) is different in-game. –User Moussekateer signature portal.pngAlex  User Alex2539 signature portal.png2539 (t · c) 21:09, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
One thing to consider is that CJ might have thought Mercury was "moon rocks" because it was called Mercury. He wasn't exactly scientifically inclined so it's a possibility, even if it is a stretch. It makes sense to me that Mercury could be a good portal conductor too. -- Lagg User Lagg OPTF2 icon.png 21:15, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Well mercury is liquid at room temperature, so it's hard to imagine it being confused with a rock of any sort. That's not really the point though. What matters is that there is a contradiction. Since the game says "moon rocks" we should too. It might be worth mentioning that previous material mentioned mercury poisoning but we can't possibly give a reason for the change without falling into supposition. Unless an official explanation is given, the games should take precedence as "fact", everything else is a note of interest. –User Moussekateer signature portal.pngAlex  User Alex2539 signature portal.png2539 (t · c) 01:07, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Quotes

I was thinking we should add quotes to the Skin pages, Hat pages, Flag pages, etc. Most other articles have their own quotes, so why not these? --Nihilus0User Nihilus0 Portal turret sprite.png(contribs) 23:50, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Sure thing; the only reason they don't have quotes is we haven't found funny ones for them. If you find one, by all means put it — Wind 23:57, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Mod articles?

So I stumbled on the page for Portal: Project-Beta and I think this deserves addressing while the Wiki is still young. What is our policy on mods? Obviously we can't have an article for every mod under the sun, but some, like Portal: Prelude are obviously deserving. For those that are less obvious, what criteria should be met before an article is considered for them? My first instinct is to prefer those that are notable and available for download. There should also probably be a minimum level of quality. I should mention that I don't mean to say that Project-Beta is undeserving of an article, I don't know the mod well enough to judge. Instead, if it is deserving i would like to know why and what other mods should be included. –User Moussekateer signature portal.pngAlex  User Alex2539 signature portal.png2539 (t · c) 20:06, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

This kind of debate doesn't really end >: Just write about the ones that are obviously notable (Portal Prelude, Blue Portals). — Wind 20:14, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Late, but I actually play through the mods and assess if they are note-worthy. They need to be complete (i.e in a feature-complete released state), and they must be notable. I judge notability via their Mod.db page. Obviously presence on Mod.db is not enough, it must have good feedback scores, a good download count, and a good rank; all of these statistics are available on Mod.db. i-ghost 12:35, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

1000 article milestone

*confetti* i-ghost 00:22, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I made it all up — Wind 00:56, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
Surprise! - DSnWiiRocks (talk) 10:06, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Un... Offical Portal Wiki

I thought. Can we be OFFICIAL PORTAL WIKI?

I've wrtitten to Gabe about this theme.

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How do you think? Can we be? --CakeJohnson 11:23, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

e have asked previously but have received no answer — Wind 01:38, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Anything yet? I want to dethrone the OverWiki from it's Portal-related dominance. Sven 11:29, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Nope, I don't think they want an official wiki at this point — Wind 13:34, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
It's ironic that a Wiki not really dedicated to Portal would have much more information about Portal than one actually was dedicated to Portal. I mean, come on! "Move it, lads!" - DSnWiiRocks (talk) 10:05, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Honestly, I copy-and-pasted some article text from the Combine OverWiki to the appropriate articles in this Wiki to make it look more populated, and tried to make it more informative. I mean, the "Development" section of the Portal 2 article is empty until I regurgitated some information I picked up from reading The Final Hours of Portal 2! We can't be defeated! DSnWiiRocks (talk) 17:29, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Please go back and erase/rewrite these sections immediately. Our content license (CC unported) is more permissive than Combine Overwiki's license (CC unported sharealike), which means we can't copy text from them. We've had complaints in the past because of this, so let's not make this repeat :( — Wind 17:34, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Man, I'm such a noob! DSnWiiRocks (talk) 18:44, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
I edited it so it doesn't offend them. Man, that's exhausting. Here is my most sincere apologies. DSnWiiRocks (talk) 18:52, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Portal 2 co-op chamber descriptions

I'll be playing the co-op campaign pretty soon, and I saw the co-op chamber articles didn't exist. Should I go ahead and create them once I've played or someone else is doing that?

Oh, and by the way, I'll be playing it on the PS3, also on split screen, and I don't have a capture card nor a good enough PC to rip graphics/video, so that'll be a no-chance regarding videos, graphics and map names. Jerry { Talk } 16:38, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

You can fill them in if you want to, but not the walkthrough section as this should follow the steps in the video — Wind 01:38, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
I've made a full playthrough on the Single-player campaign. See it here. I would be pleased if you guys give me the chance to do it. Probably even with Ldinos. DSnWiiRocks (talk) 17:18, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

"The Ball"

As "The Ball" from the Potato Sack seems to exist in the Portal universe (and has also been released on Valve) should there be an article? Half Life 2 has its own article, even if only just a small snippet linking to other articles. LordApocalyptica 00:35, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

A quick mention would be helpful, yes, similar to tf2:Monday Night CombatWind 01:38, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
What exactly defines "in the same universe?" All the games that have had official crossovers? Would that make the events in, say, Defense Grid, canon? Did the Space Core really land in Skyrim? Where do/should we draw the line? Sven 06:19, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
I would say a game has an official crossover if there is actually story involved that we know of and it is more than a cameo. For example, the Space Core in Skyrim is much more of a cameo appearance; as far as I know (haven't gotten Skyrim yet so cannot say) there is no story advancement with him. However in games where there is some sort of story (Freeman and Johnson rivalry) it might merit a mention. With The Ball we have an actual venture into Aperture Science and there is definitely GLaDOS. LordApocalyptica 16:16, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Calibration Course Page

Hello. I just wanted to say that I think that Calibration Course in co-op should have its own article. Can somebody create it and i will edit it. Also i think it should be included in Template:TestChambersNav. --Patko0770 19:31, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, I found the Create page button. I no longer need a response. --Patko0770 19:38, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Added to nav~ The article title should be Portal 2 Co-op Calibration CourseWind 19:47, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
I will also try to write a text walkthrough, but im not sure if it will be good, so feel free to edit it. --Patko0770 20:16, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Well usually I'd tell you to not do that because the walkthrough is supposed to follow the steps shown in the video, except there's no video right now and finding coop partners is proving to be hard :( Anyway, thanks for writing~ — Wind 21:48, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Text walkthrough can be made in split-screen. But it would look bad to take screenshots or record videos in split-screen, so I will just leave that to someone else. Anyway, i created a Shredder page, but its horribly empty because i dont have time to write something there now. Ill do it later, but can you add it to Mechanics template/navigation? --Patko0770 14:44, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Hey, a 2-column walkthrough for coop doesn't seem like a bad idea... Anyway, thanks, added to navigation. You should join IRCWind 19:22, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Minor/mentioned characters

In the comic Lab Rat, it mentions a character by the name of Henry. In Portal 2, we see numerous potato-related projects with the names of children, in addition to the names of the other test subjects in Lab Rat that Rattman moved out of the way to make way for Chell. I've seen that the OverWiki has made note of these characters, but should we? Would their mention help make the wiki "content complete"? Sven 00:02, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

I wouldn't be against listing them on the comic page perhaps (but it would need to be a collapsible box), but not on separate articles. Otherwise, things like this happen. — Wind 00:17, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
I wanted to avoid that sort of situation.. Thanks for the answer. Sven 00:56, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

New style for Portal 2 Co-op walkthrough

I have some new idea for the style of Portal 2 Co-op walkthrough
You may view it from my sand box
Please give some comment or suggestion. The preceding unsigned comment was added by Marcowong1011 (talk) • (contribs)

Very cool :3 Looks nice and easy to follow — Wind 11:54, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Is there any active Chinese member here?

As the subject, I would like to know who is Chinese, especially those Hong Konger. — Marco Wong 22:06, 22 June 2012 (HKT)

We don't have a lot of members here, but most of us tend to be in IRC if you need someone. No other chinese editors though :( But thanks a lot for staying around and helping~ — Wind 03:12, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm from Hong Kong! Ross Chan here. Don't judge me. :( - DSnWiiRocks (talk) 10:08, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

I name these file wrongly, can somebody help me rename them?

Thanks! The preceding unsigned comment was added by Marcowong1011 (talk) • (contribs)

Pictogram tick.png DoneWind 22:40, 4 July 2012 (UTC)


Can my upcoming Portal feature film be ever featured on this Wiki?

It goes like this:

Portal: Imminent Crisis is a live-action full-length feature film starring me (UH! I know.) working around various sections of Aperture Science to defeat a mastermind (I know that sounds lame, but come on!).

Writing for the screenplay has already started and will end November 2013. Vlogs will be made when we hit a certain milestone (Links can be found here.

We already have a production company by our side to help finish this film. It will be released on YouTube for absolutely FREE, with our bowl of ramen being paid with ad revenue.

"So, what do you say? Y̶o̶u̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶r̶y̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶u̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶b̶o̶d̶y̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶p̶ ̶u̶s̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶l̶e̶t̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶g̶o̶.̶" You guys help get this on the Wiki (like write a review or plot summary), and I'll make sure the film is worth you guys' effort. (of course I'll do the most that I can. Tough schedule, man!) If this is official, I won't put this up.

Thanks a lot!

DSnWiiRocks (talk) 10:03, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

There's a few Portal fan films out there already (though they're short films, not feature-length) and they're not really featured here because it's community content and it's hazardous to decide what's notable and what's not. However, if a film gets featured by the Portal blog, then it's definitely worth making an article about — Wind 17:16, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Is it even worth get an article started at this point? When the film comes out, I'll be posting in the reddit (and other notable sites) to get some attention. Just askin'. DSnWiiRocks (talk) 17:22, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Probably not, though you can start one in your userspace — Wind 17:31, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Do you mean my user:<Username Here> page? Also, I agree. There isn't really solid progress on the film. It would be better I start up that page when it's a couple of months away from release. DSnWiiRocks (talk) 17:33, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
I mean somewhere like User:DSnWiiRocks/Imminent CrisisWind 17:35, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
I see, subpages. I'll move it out to "public" once it's out of beta, similarly to my "first translation attempt". Thanks. You'll probably see it turn blue soon. DSnWiiRocks (talk) 17:45, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

I'd like to know. Garyoak (talk) 11:59, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Buddy, it's March 16 and script is complete. We'll see if we can film in the summer. DSnWiiRocks (talk) 15:38, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

It's quiet here mate.

Portal, and its sequel is my favorite games over the years, and only games I actually completed.

It concerns me however, Valve has forgotten about Caroline (I insist), and Chell, and swept it under the rug.

The last patch for Portal 2 is nine months old, and no further dev will probably be made (Chell left, brother.)

So, what will be the future of this? Like how Wheatley puts it at the end of the game while in space:

"The end."

DSnWiiRocks (talk) 15:44, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

  • Oh, I meant I'd like to know as in Where everybody went. Sorry.

The editor wasn't working for me. But I'm here. I am here. Garyoak (talk) 02:25, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

The IRC's still active (though usually non-portal-related). As long as the games aren't getting patches, it is normal for the rate of edits to go down over time since there is less to edit.
If you're looking for work, to do, the Portal Wiki:Captions project sure could use some love. — Wind 01:30, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Adding discussion on little details you might of missed

So I was playing Portal 2, when I noticed cool little things-these little details that we normally miss. I want to post these on this discussion, any I don't find, could you guys post them?

The first one I noticed is that one of the turrets, on the redemption line if I remember correctly, said things like "don't make lemonade" and "get mad". The most intriguing of them to me was when the turret said "the answer is below" and "her name is Caroline". I won't say why these are important due to spoilers, but it is kind of impressive as to how the turret learned those things.

Ill try to keep adding the ones I don't have time for now. The preceding unsigned comment was added by Char (talk) • (contribs)

In the future, please sign your posts with ~~~~ . Welcome to the Wiki! Anyway, we have made mention of those exact things already over on the Oracle Turret's very own page. I'm sure they're brought up a few more places, but that's the first and best place I can think of that references directly what you're talking about. ~Sven~ (talk) 04:53, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Turret theory

I have a theory about turrets. You know how right after you kill them they say stuff like "I don't blame you" and "I don't hate you"? Well maybe the turrets are actually good but they are being forced to be evil. And maybe the reason they say nice things right before they deactivate is because they are dying and glados can't do anything bad to them while they are dead. This makes me feel bad for the turrets :( The preceding unsigned comment was added by Water Fish 88 (talk) • (contribs)

:( ~Sven~ (talk) 22:31, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
NO! NOOO!!! THEY'RE EVIL! Wheatley44 (talk) 13:08, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Using namespaces (rather than subpages) to host other languages.

So far, subpages have been used to store other languages. This can clutter things like moving pages and random page. There have been attempts to fix this, but there kind of a hack and don't really work very well. So I am proposing that we add extra namespaces, like this.

define('NS_SPANISH', 1336);
define('NS_SPANISH_TALK', 1337);
$wgExtraNamespaces[NS_SPANISH] = 'Spanish';
$wgExtraNamespaces[NS_PRIVATE_TALK] = 'Spanish_talk';

This way, both problems are solved and it's more organized.

Nalexa-1124 (talk) 16:36, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

For reference, this user is referring to this documentation, and is referring to this patch when describing past fixes for the random page behavior. MogDog66utcs 16:48, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
While a scheme like the one you describe would make total sense if we were starting a wiki from scratch, it doesn't make that much sense when considered in context of this existing wiki. The benefits it provides are negligible compared to the costs of:
  • Updating all the language-switching templates we have to work with it
  • Updating all the non-templated things that rely on this naming scheme (links, categories, redirects, User:WindBOT/Filters)
  • Making this wiki inconsistent with the Team Fortress Wiki in terms of editing experience. The Portal Wiki was essentially spun off from the Team Fortress Wiki; the two wikis share staff and a bunch of editors used to the suffix-based language system. Breaking that would make it harder for people to contribute to both
  • Making this wiki's templates and User:WindBOT/Filters become unsyncable with the Team Fortress Wiki's version of them

Wind 00:48, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

While I can understand that, subpages are a *huge* inconvenience. Nalexa-1124 (talk) 02:22, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Fanfiction?

Could we have some pages on notable portal fan-fictions like Blue Sky and Testing Maintenance? I feel like they'd be good to include... Wheatley44 (talk) 07:51, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

I wouldn't really want to open that can of worms... It sets a precedent that's hard to undo and it's hard to enforce a notability bar for fanfic. — Wind 07:58, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Agree Although I will say there are some decent ones out there, I think we can get enough of our content from official sources and mods. ~Sven~ (talk) 15:58, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Emotes

Hey, we have emotes now. :p2chell: {{emote|p2emote}} where p2emote is the name of the steam emoticon. i-ghost 23:08, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Joining Gamepedia

Should we connect this wiki to Gamepedia? Nixinova (talk) 05:48, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

There aren't any benefits to doing so, but there are a heap of downsides. The Wiki runs fine as an independent entity. i-ghost 17:44, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

How do you shut off a bot?

I was just wondering how to shut off a bot on the wiki. Sausagea1000 (talk) 13:49, 18 February 2018 (UTC) (time edited)

You can't. I'm not a bot by the way. i-ghost 17:44, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi all , I'm new here

Hi all, I'm very new (like I just made my account a few minutes ago new), and I have no idea how to edit pages and need some help. first thing I would do is link some of the images I've uploaded (character cards from the Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game) to their respective pages (especially the party escort bot since the art on it is pretty interesting). as well as generally making the board game page way better. some one get back to me please. in the meantime I'll upload the rest of the game cards. -Stickyy

EDIT: is this wiki even active? The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stickyy (talk) • (contribs)

Hey there. To answer the last question first, not a whole lot. As you can see, there are some people still here, myself included. There's just not a whole lot in the Portal community to write about these days, so people tend not to. Moondust hasn't been touched really (and I can't because I can't do VR on my setup), and The Lab is unfinished. It's a very casual place now, as far as pacing goes, but we are still in partnership with the TF2 Wiki, are on their server, and have most of their staff on our staff (as inactive as they may be here), so we must maintain a high level of quality despite the slowness and our unofficial status. As far as uploading all of those pictures, good job! I agree that the Associate art is interesting, as well as the Henry card since it's an actual model instead of just a comic picture.

As for the initial question, I'll post it onto your discussion page since this page is intended for discussion of the Wiki itself. Sven Cakemann (talk) 23:36, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Add more articles

I have noticed the Combine OverWiki has substantially more articles than us, and the Half Life Fandom Wiki has more articles too, and the Bird should be in the main article line.

|Headquarter8302|Universal Wiki User Page|Universal Wiki User Talk Page| 02:06, 14 July 2020 (UTC) Well i´m trying to increse the number of articles Vvv (talk) 9:38, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

It's silent here...

Even with the pandemic, the wiki is still very dull. Active contributors are just me, User:Thedoczek, User:Sven and some image uploaders. Headquarter8302 (talk) 00:06, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Aside from the few updates that happen with Portal 2, there's not really a lot going on in the community. There's no shortage of stuff to 'do', but there's just a lack of enthusiasm due to the lack of new official content. It'll pick back up at some point. Sven Cakemann (talk) 00:27, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Licensing Guide

Combine Overwiki use BY-SA 4.0, we used CC-BY 3.0, and the Half-life Fandom wiki used Generic CC-BY-SA 2.0

As far as i know:

BY-SA 4.0 is Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International is the license used by the Overwiki (the license is copied through the text and knowledge base, appropriate credit is required to transfer the knowledge)

CC-BY 3.0 is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY 3.0) is just a share-alike attribution, the weakest and most indisputable license (basically the license only carried through the text and knowledge base)

Generic CC-BY-SA 2.0

To grow the commons of free knowledge and free culture, all users editing or otherwise contributing to wikis that use the CC BY-SA license agree to grant broad permissions to the general public to re-distribute and re-use their contributions freely for any purpose, including commercial use, in accordance with the CC BY-SA license. Such use is allowed where attribution is given and the same freedom to re-use and re-distribute applies to any derivative works of the contributions.
Fandom

Fandom used this license, the most basic license you'll ever get.

IMPORTANT! We cannot copy from Overwiki, but they can copy from us. We CAN copy from the Fandom base wikis but uses the Generic license which is kinda frustrating to comprehence.

Sooo.... People, you now understand the basic licenses? - Headquarter8302 (talk) 05:04, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

I added a note about this here. I don't think content can be copied from Fandom wikis, as they have the same ShareAlike clause as the Combine Overwiki does... — Wind 04:08, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
About the Fandom license, we CAN copy from them as long we state that it was taken from Fandom and state what kind of license the original text was (Like: This page/text/etc. has been taken/copied/referenced from Fandom wiki [The wiki] under the license Generic CC-BY-SA 2.0) Like in Wikipedia
 · This is the signature of Headquarter8302 User page - User talk ·  23:49, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

An extension is deprecated, should we change it?

Since I'm not handling with articles anymore, I will take care of maintenance. And just like charm, when I'm sneaking through the Special:Version article, I've noticed that GeeQuBox extension (image preview thingy) is deprecated (as evidenced by the archival page on MediaWiki). Should we change it to the more later version? It has fixes from the original GeeQu.

 · This is the signature of Headquarter8302 User page - User talk ·  00:04, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Rarely speaking Chell

Did you know Chell can Speak rarely like "Yes sir Mr Johnson" and "I am!" }} The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chasingwind500 (talk) • (contribs)

No, Chell does not speak at all ~ Headquarter8302 User page - User talk 23:46, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

OPP2? What's that?

Why's there that sketchy link in the Portal 2 section of the side bar? Just seems to send you to illegal movie streaming sites. - EktoHunter

I think it's once a legit item trading site, until either the registration have expired or it has been hacked, and then it redirects to the highest bidder's chosen redirect site. I guess? Talk to either WindPower or Tark about this ~ Headquarter8302 09:04, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Oops, yes that link should have been removed ages ago. OPP2 was an inventory viewer for both TF2 and Portal 2 (and other Steam games). — Tark 21:11, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Youtube channel

Does anyone know who managed the YouTube channel of our Wiki? Has the person in question lost access to the account? Quantum (talk) 13:54, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi! I believe it's Wind. You can contact him directly via the Email this user function — Tark 21:00, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Screenshots

Hello! Does anyone know how to take a screenshot on portal 2 hiding the HUD? I want to add the screenshots of the rest of the Coop chambers. Quantum (talk) 14:13, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

C Help:Taking ScreenshotsTark 16:56, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Weird Accounts

Hello. What these weird accounts that are creating profile pages or random articles are? Are they bots or something? When i'm going to check my recent changes they're always there. Quantum (talk) 14:14, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Yes, they're spam accounts. If you see one, mark their page for deletion ~ Headquarter8302 23:34, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Notability policy on mods and fan content

We have a guideline on Community Content here, but we don't state how much popular or downloaded the content should be, until we could legitimately document it. Any suggestions? ~ Headquarter8302 09:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

It is safe to assume that mods released on Steam, as standalone apps, are supposed to be covered.
As for non-Steam mods, anything that introduces a great gimmick-something that hasn't been done before in a base Portal game, is generally discussed among the community and has people showcasing it (let's play, forum threads, etc) reinforces its notability. — Tark 14:47, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
Hmmm, okay ~ Headquarter8302 23:33, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Aperture Tag pages

So I found out Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative and the related test chamber pages exist. A) Why (may be self-explanatory), and B) Why not continue the pages? I recently expanded on the Intro chamber page (linked above), so I want to know if I'm allowed to continue on this series of threads. Your opinion?

EDIT: The talk section above answered question A, you may ignore it now.

Your Friendly Faith PlateARJr 09:59, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
Yes, of course you are welcome to continue the PGTI pages! Just coordinate with other editors who is currently adding those pages, and you should be right to go! ~ Headquarter8302 10:04, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
Okay, good to know.
Your Friendly Faith PlateARJr 14:09, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Portal 2 mod

I thought i should make a new portal mod called Portal 2: Episode 1. (continuing the joke that valve will do anything to avoid making a third game) Anny ideas for test elements? The preceding unsigned comment was added by C. Chell (talk) • (contribs)

Damn, gonna continue the HL norm? ~ Headquarter8302 04:28, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
Uh.... Maybe eletricity fields? Quantum (talk) 22:15, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
You wouldn't want to include manhacks though ~ Headquarter8302 23:51, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi there!

Have you considered upgrading this wiki to newer versions of MediaWiki? If so, are there any barriers to upgrading the wiki? -- PanchamBro (talkcontributions) 15:19, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

You would want to query that question to WindPower, the wiki's main technical administrator. ~ Headquarter8302 00:44, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
It's indeed pretty rickety at this point! It boils down to there being custom extensions that don't work with more recent versions of MediaWiki.... They're listed here. TBH I don't remember which one was the bottleneck exactly. Perhaps I should try to upgrade it once again and see what breaks. — Wind 05:40, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
Some of those extension I've never even seen before 👀, you have some tasks in front of you Wind ~ Headquarter8302 05:54, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Custom Testchamber Signs

Should this be on the Help: namespace or the project (Portal Wiki:) namespace? ~ Headquarter8302 22:53, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello

Hello. I recently joined the portal wiki in order to create more articles in Japanese. I would like to translate the voice lines of each character, but I don't know how to reflect "Template:Dictionary/voice lines/---" in my articles. Is there any way to do this other than copying and pasting each one on my own? Can someone please tell me how to do that? (Was it okay to post my question here? If not, I'm sorry.)Kotetsu (talk) 02:55, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi! Thank you for your hard work!
You can use the following template: {{Voice line|character name|dictionary key}}
Example: {{Voice line|GLaDOS|01 part1 get portal gun-1}} generates やりましたね!Aperture Science 携帯ポータル装置を手に入れました。
Please let me know if I can help with anything else. — Tark 20:37, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Asked about the "Portal: TFV mappack"

I was really getting into the mappack and wondering if I can create pages about individual levels from "Portal: The Flash Version MapPack". I have a ton of info and will be mentioning secret hatches and adding pictures. The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bobanchoban77 (talk) • (contribs) 23:51, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

You might want to add those information at the Portal: The Flash Version MapPack page itself ~ Headquarter8302 23:51, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
That is a good idea, thanks. But I was wondering if there could be individual pages made for every level, maybe like the Portal: Still Alive levels, that you can find in the big list on the bottom of every page, but I wouldn't mind adding stuff to the main page itself. bobanchoban77/frapsed 10:20, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
I think that would be acceptable. Just make sure to follow our Test Chambers Coverage Guidelines. — Tark 21:15, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for the confirmation. bobanchoban77/frapsed 08:55, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

The Wiki has been Hacked

I have recently went on to this wiki to look at Wheatley's character page. It turns out that that page and several others had been changed by someone who doesn't seem to have an account anymore, and they took out ALL information on these pages and replaced them with random messages. To anyone in charge: Please fix this. I just wanted to find some knowledge and I was met with nonsensical messages, and as someone who looks at this wiki a LOT, it would be appreciated if the original pages could be restored if possible. Thank you if anyone indeed listens to this. - Sincerely, AJSloth707 (April 15th, 2023)

Hello! The issue has been resolved. It was just a spammer causing trouble. Sorry for the inconvenience. — Tark 21:52, 16 April 2023 (UTC)