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Fallout 4 Dump[]

Currently adding ID's and Items to the Wiki. You could help me: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByNfKiygZRfiVzhoVlNaSFpQNm8&usp=sharing Avdexg (talk) 17:26, November 10, 2015 (UTC)

Fixing Edits[]

You've been fixing my edits as I go, I appreciate that since I have no idea what I'm doing. What should I post a radiation thunderstorm as far as templates go? Mirinhal (talk) 14:38, November 10, 2015 (UTC)Mirinhal

Bugs[]

Js, question, do we have bug sections on lockdown until the initial patches are released to prevent major bugs which will likely be fixed by patches flooding the pages? ---bleep196- (talk) 17:18, November 10, 2015 (UTC)

Luigi[]

I appreciate the note, but having worked on Fallout Tactics, this (Don Vinchenzo) is my character and I wanted to bring a little more info to the description.. also excluding fat. Not fond of that word.. but.. you're call chief.

Thesuavedog (talk) 17:22, November 10, 2015 (UTC)Erik Guenther (thesuavedog)

RE: Blog collector's edition guide[]

Sure, just delete it.

Brandon Fox (talk) 18:22, November 10, 2015 (UTC)

Assaultron[]

What is going to be done with the Assaultron page, considering you deleted the page I tried to create for it.

Thanks[]

Well I finally finished updating all of the Fallout 4 Perk Magazines so thanks for properly editing them since I was rushing the whole thing. Xion Stellar (talk) 01:35, November 11, 2015 (UTC)

Companions[]

Due to that new companion system, I thought a new section, where it is listed what the follower likes or dislikes, is to be made, like here. What do you think? ☢ Energy X ☣ 21:26, November 11, 2015 (UTC)

Map Markers[]

Ok, ik zal ze verplaatsen :) - ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 22:23, November 12, 2015 (UTC)

Kan je even op chat komen? 5 minuten volstaat. - ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 23:35, November 12, 2015 (UTC)

Reply[]

Fine. But people ought to at least try to compare edits, see why should the following edit be kept. For really, they could've at least read the basic policies before going to edit. Not even trying to ask people like us why did we revert their edits.

This all is just one big mess. Just when you'd expect support from other admins, they vanish. I do appreciate people like TwoBearsHighFiving or Peace n' Hugs, but there could be much more support from all that. ☢ Energy X ☣ 23:27, November 12, 2015 (UTC)

Deletion[]

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Gourd_(Item) Delete this pls. Charcoal121 (talk) 00:02, November 13, 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess you are right. That does not mean I like it, though. ☢ Energy X ☣ 10:13, November 13, 2015 (UTC)

I am taking the liberty of adding some minor content to some of the Fallout 4 articles in need, but I am not really a active member of this wiki community, no one knows me and I dont chat. So I thought I could as well introduce myself. Im some kind of wiki enthusiast freak.

I'm not adding long and well written articles, because my english may still have some flaws, I only speak portuguese and french. But if we contribute here and there, adding some useful bits of information, the fallout 4 portal will take shape and soon be complete. The contributions are mostly about item contents and the crafting/workshop system. Nothing about characters, locations or quests, so no spoiler-ish content.

If there is any issues about my edits and articles, let me know. If there are other wiki admins or moderators I should be in touch with, let me know.

If there is any specific topic that needs work, point me and I will help. --Dantop (talk) 02:18, November 14, 2015 (UTC)

Vandalism[]

Unsure if you are aware, but please review this user's vandalism edits: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/24.74.66.112. Good luck! Noreplyztalk 03:29, November 14, 2015 (UTC)

Regarding the feral ghoul/ anon 68.1.71.65 you blocked[]

Js, the anon right now is in the chat as user User:GoldieSnake told me they didn't knew about the level integration (leveling up to match the player). Since his player character is level 100, the ghoul is also the same, hence a mistake thinking they're level 100. ------Cassie Ultimate Anime Loving Weeaboo.✿ 08:52, November 14, 2015 (UTC)

Fallout 4's notes[]

One of my friends have send me some photos; (1), (2), of few notes in Fallout 4. As I don't have any idea of how make pages about this on your wiki so... I've brought it for you to "send" (if you want) to the guy who make those pages (or to you make by yourself). Lincoln ^Speak! 15:50, November 14, 2015 (UTC)

Glowing Sea Caves[]

Hey, the Glowing Sea heeft 2 "Cave"s, ik denk niet dat deze al een pagina hebben, en ik wist niet goed hoe deze pagina dan te noemen. - ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 22:22, November 14, 2015 (UTC)

Why did you delete the redirect page I made? (Intelligence Bobblehead -> Intelligence bobblehead) By the way, I think that Intelligence bobblehead shold be Intelligence Bobblehead anyways, as 1) it's a proper noun and 2) that's how it's listed in the game.

Checkuser[]

By any chance you can see this, could you run and see if you can trace this two accounts below? Thanks. ------Cassie Ultimate Anime Loving Weeaboo.✿ 13:46, November 15, 2015 (UTC)

User:AChineseAteMyDog
User:Tracer Rabbit

Desdemona[]

Why did you delete my Desdemona page? I was still writing in it and accidently hit publish when uploading the Picture. Could you please restore the page and let me finish my work. (Ik ben ook Nederlands trouwens).

Institute Paint[]

Was wondering if you could help me out - I am having issues with discerning the ID for the Institute paint job mod, and I would love the figure it out since I had decided ultimately not to join in with the Institute. The ID that was on this wiki was wrong (ID was for Vault-Tec paint). ^寧靜 00:24, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for alerting me to the cultural references page, didn't realise it was there! Sorry for any inconvenience.

I knew I was forgetting to do something - I forgot to mention to you that I found out how to access mods through the console commands. Turns out that it is a multi-tiered deal that is a huge pain in the butt. Thanks anyways! ^寧靜

18:38, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

Untitled[]

Cwrsmith (talk) 15:12, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

Re:Vandalism + Abuse Filter[]

Hey Js! I blocked the range for 3 months (anon users only). To block a range, you need to block something like XXX.XXX.0.0/16 or XXX.XXX.XXX.0/24. You can block more precise ranges too - see the MW.org page for more info.

I have asked staff to enable Abusefilter and will let you know when it is up. --Callofduty4 (talk) 18:16, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

AbuseFilter is now up and ready to be configured. --Callofduty4 (talk) 05:04, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Ba2 decompiler[]

First, copy the .ba2 file you want to extract to the directory where the 'ba2extract.exe' is located. Rename the .ba2, so there are no more spaces in the file-name. Then open a command-line prompt (cmd.exe), there switch to the directory where your files are located (e.g. 'CD C:\Users\Bob\extract') and then simply enter the parameters of the executable, the input file and output location, so for example 'ba2extract.exe renamed.ba2 output' will unpack 'renamed.ba2' to 'C:\Users\Bob\extract\output'. --SwoleRat (talk) 23:18, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

Mirelurks[]

Hello! What will not be separate articles about each type of Mirelurks? http://ru.fallout.wikia.com/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2, for example --Судья пустоши (talk) 23:30, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

Deletion?[]

what picture did you delete?did I accidentally upload a dupe?or replaced an inferior picture with a better one that I forgot to delete?Zflocco (talk)

The Fo4mrhandymodel.png picture I had uploaded, I'm assuming it was a dupe seeming as Mr. Handy model still has a picture and that one is "2"

Checkuser, again[]

Js, I had my suspicions about this user: StalkerProplayer who are connected to the banned users before. They have the same manners as the ones Kern and I dealt with regarding my recent checkuser request. See if you can match them to either User:Tracer Rabbit and/or User:AChineseAteMyDog, or both. Thanks in advance. ------Cassie Ultimate Anime Loving Weeaboo.✿ 13:18, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

I forgot to add the other one, but seems like you already took care the one I was planning to add anyway. ------Cassie Ultimate Anime Loving Weeaboo.✿ 17:22, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

Base Actor ID[]

Do you know of a command line for FO4 that will get you the Actor/Prop's base id that's selected?Anything I find is for the Gamecryo engine and aren't a recognized line in FO4's creation. Zflocco (talk) 13:44, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

I've got a big edit for you. Conformation on who launched the first nuke. It was China.

just a headsup[]

just a headsup the poll in my application has ended and i need a burecraut to take a look Gaming Foxy 17:48, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

Infobox problem with multiple armor pieces[]

Our infoboxes only allow for two seperate armor pieces to be entered. Unless there are helmets, the leather set and raider set have at least five. What should I do here? Great Mara (talk) 19:19, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Gruel[]

Sorry, I'm not used to how everything works on the Fallout Wiki, I usually just add bits of info to notes sections. I'll check next time. LS11sVaultBoy (Talk) 20:21, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

Progress on portable infoboxes[]

Heya :) I just wanted to thank you for your leadership during the Fallout 4 rollout. You and the rest of the community have impressively added to the body of knowledge about the new game, resulting in an absolutely massive uptick in your wiki's viewership.

One of the most remarkable things about this upswing are the literally millions of additional page views on mobile devices. That's why I wanted to directly propose to you, since you've expressed some reservation about the new portable infoboxes, that we implement them first, and then finesse the design next week.

I spoke with some people in chat yesterday and came away kinda confused about how things work around here. Several people thought the new infoboxes were already approved, while Peace'n Hugs directed me to a comment on her user talk page where you seemed to indicate that no vote was actually necessary.

This ambiguity makes it hard to understand where we stand, so I thought I'd ask you for some clarification.

I've taken the time join the forum thread to respond to your various issues with the current state of infoboxes. I genuinely think that solutions to your issues are within easy reach. In some cases, I think the solutions reside with the Fallout staff (after all, you've been tweaking your current infoboxes for years), and in some cases I think Wikia can provide the answers.

But in the current maelstrom of mobile activity, I think it makes more sense to implement the new infoboxes this week and do the touchups next week. That way we'll quickly improve the situation for mobile visitors, and hopefully retain them for longer as they play F4, and then we'll fix those minor things that really only desktop users can see.

Does that seem like a reasonable way forward to you?
czechout ☎ ✍  16:47: Wed 18 Nov 2015

Quest IDs[]

To get the quest id was really just a bunch of search and guessing of help terms. I looked at the help syntax and found an option to limit the results to quest. So I did `help 81 4 QUST` which searches for strings with 81 in them. Then I saw V81_04 (001338B9) 'Short Stories'. 24.7.169.35 17:00, November 18, 2015 (UTC)

Temp mod[]

I appointed Avdexg as temp mod, just letting you know as the guidelines state "Report usage of this feature to a bureaucrat (or another bureaucrat) via talk page." under the obligations of appointing a temp mod. - ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 19:27, November 18, 2015 (UTC)

Slim[]

Hey man, thanks for patching up my new page (Slim (Fallout 4)). Why delete the map images though? Is it not important to know where he is?

DarknessCalling (talk) 07:42, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

Update: Alright, so the hand needs to not be visible and neither the HUD. So what should I do? Crop the image? Or disable my HUD in game? I doubt there's a way to turn off the hand though...

DarknessCalling (talk) 19:13, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

Update: Actually, I play on a PS4 (You probably knew that) and I'm pretty sure all PS4's take screenshots in 1920x1080 (if not, at least mine does. When I get home from programming class, I'll grab the stick my screenies are on, and chop 'em up for ya. Thanks!

DarknessCalling (talk) 23:25, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

Update: The screenshot of Slim himself is a PS4 screenshot. Just as an FYI. I can't help with pictures if PS4 screenshots aren't good enough. Perhaps they can at least serve as place holders until they are replaced. Otherwise we'll have no information as opposed to "some, but you kinda have to squint to see it". You're the admin. Up to you. Let me know though.

DarknessCalling (talk) 23:31, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

infoboxes[]

Sorry about not getting back to you sooner. I say let's do it. I looked at it and it looks good. I had a question about the fusion core page. It was getting long and energy x took to removing all fixed generator locations. Or at least he put the message in that they would be removed. I think there should be no locations at all. They should be on each location page and on the fusion core page it should be a few lines telling them peeps sell them and they can be found in generators and theoughout the commonwealth. We don't do this with other ammo right? Let me know your thoughts.--Kingclyde (talk) 07:55, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

I'm more than happy with the proposed changes. Agent c (talk) 14:04, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

About images posted[]

I got it, Jspoelstra. I have added new ones following the procedures and rules. You may check them on the same page to see them.

Best regards,

Matt2077 (talk) 18:26, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

Hi J,

We have an email in the Nukapedia Mailbox (Strange I know) querying why a few images were removed. Images were this, this and this. Am I right in thinking that as these images are basically the large file from which the game pulls the smaller image, they've been removed as not really being useful for wiki purposes to illustrate an article? Agent c (talk) 20:02, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

Thats what I figured. There's also the comparatively minor issue of him uploading them as CC-BY-SA, which they're not. I've responded accordingly. Agent c (talk) 20:43, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I'll go back and fix them! Still getting used to how these work. WeirdCourier (talk) 00:34, November 20, 2015 (UTC)

Regarding Clinton and cannibalism.

Why did you remove my question on the talk page? I think it's perfectly valid. Should I just blithely delete the section from the article without asking for an explanation? Because that would seem to be par for the course around here but I am curious if there is something I missed that indicates that Clinton actually is a cannibal.

Ghengis John (talk) 04:06, November 20, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Terminal Entries[]

It's been my pleasure, I love the lore that comes from the terminals and feel they should be added to the wiki as soon as possible. I found the entries from the Boston Bugle Building very interesting in particular.

I shall keep it up for the foreseeable future!

Cheesypeesy (talk) 21:31, November 20, 2015 (UTC)

Pages[]

Do we need always links to materials at each section of the table, like here? ☢ Energy X ☣ 13:52, November 21, 2015 (UTC)

Picture Removal[]

Hello, I'm wondering why you removed my picture from the article on Dogmeat and deleted it? Thank you. DFliyerz (talk) 22:00, November 21, 2015 (UTC)

why are you deleting pages I am creating

Checkuser[]

Hey Js. Could you run and see if you can track this user: Randy and Bubbles Wikia Account's IP/proxies to the past trolls. Thanks in advance. ------Cassie Ultimate Anime Loving Weeaboo.✿ 05:09, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

Plagiarism[]

Might want to get some of this wiki's more trustworthy editors, at least the ones actually bothering to do any editing right now, to start patrolling the edits popping up in the recent changes. As seen, for example, with Liberty Reprimed, nearly the entire 'Detailed walkthrough' section is one massive clump of plagiarism from the Fallout 4 Prima guide.

Figured I would give you a heads-up, as I know that Nukapedia can do better than having content ripped from the Prima guides verbatim. ^寧靜 11:11, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

Not bad at all - just giving you a heads-up, is all, as for anyone that does not have access to the guides, those sorts of edits are hard to catch. ^寧靜

01:57, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

RE:Images[]

The last one I took of Simone was in broad daylight, I waited 24 hours so it would stop raining just to take the image. Plus, she is stood on guard and won't move from that spot so that was the only option I had. LS11sVaultBoy (Talk) 16:08, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

Reply[]

Which links are you referring to? ☢ Energy X ☣ 16:19, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

Weapon images[]

Thanks for your appreciation, I'm taking a break for now, but I'll continue editing pictures later.

NavaroBL (talk) 16:34, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

Reply[]

Yes. Though the staff member did what you asked. ☢ Energy X ☣ 22:49, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

Sentinel Site question[]

In the sentinel site in Fallout 4 where did you more specifically find the Mr. Handy Model?

As I'm sure you're aware by now, one or more people are making a mess of the Fallout 4 main page. I tried to fix it, but as soon as I deleted some vandalism, more popped up and/or the page contents were deleted.Roulette of the Wasteland (talk) 08:19, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

Vandalism and disruptive editing by 68.108.0.170[]

Hello there. ~~This anon has been vandalising pages, blanking sections or pages, and making racist remarks. Is there a possibility he can be blocked?~~

As a result of his editing the Portal:Fallout 4 page has been disrupted and it would be good if his edits could be undone or the page could otherwise be rolled back to this version, as there are a number of oddities introduced by their edits. I'm not sure of your policy for portal pages, but it may also be prudent to semi-protect that particular page in future, at least from anons, to avoid future inconvenience – you have more than likely noticed yourself that a number of anons have blanked the page in the past year.

Thanks, Techhead7890 ^{Talk Contribs} 08:56, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

Specifical vandalism dealt to by Peace'n Hugs; the point about the portal (per protection policy) still stands but I understand there's a forum discussion about that so I will post there instead. Thanks anyhow, Techhead7890 ^{Talk Contribs} 12:51, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

Temp mod[]

I appointed BrandonFox as temp mod, just letting you know as the guidelines state "Report usage of this feature to a bureaucrat (or another bureaucrat) via talk page." under the obligations of appointing a temp mod. - ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 18:32, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

Fallout 4 alternate weapons list[]

Is there a reason why the fallout 4 alternate weapon list got deleted?

I mainly created it so there was an alternate sorted weapons page (sorted like in the vault dwellers guide). And I made it on it's own page so I didn't disrupt the current weapons page.

BiscuitCookie (talk)19:17, November 23, 2015 (UTC)BiscuitCookie

Hi,

I recently uploaded screenshots for both Natick Banks and Natick Police Dept (pretty nice ones if I do say so myself), and had written summaries on each. I got an email today saying you deleted both them with the note "No edit summary was given". I'm new to contributing so What do you mean by edit summary and how is that different from the picture summary that I had already written?

Celticaces (talk) 20:05, November 23, 2015 (UTC)CelticAces

Barnacle/FO4 Traps[]

Any clue as to why I've stopped receiving updates in my email for what pages have been edited?And I was going to make a page for the Barnacles, however it's said that it's been deleted and should be put on an overview of FO4 traps, is the Overview for FO4 traps existent and I can't find it?or shall I make it? Zflocco (talk) 22:34, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

FO4 Traps I made the page, it's going to need alot of work though, it's barebones as it is. Zflocco (talk) 22:47, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

Creature achievements[]

Hey, I added a creature achievement series like we had in the previous games, is it okay for you if I activate it? Should we also make one for the "robots and computers"?- ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 22:54, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

Been there already, but be careful, despite the boxes saying everything is in there, not everything actually is in there. I noticed this when I was searching confirmation on unique weapons. You won't be able to find the Justice in the AllWeapons box for example. - ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 01:12, November 24, 2015 (UTC)

Add on userboxes[]

Hey, I was woundering if someone could help me create some userboxes for fallout new vegas add ons that people could use on their user page.

The House of Tomorrow Map.png[]

Hi I was just wondering why you removed this image from The House of Tomorrow? Thanks - Abedecain (talk) 16:49, November 24, 2015 (UTC)

Hello ! I'm not sure how, but i am quite sure you do. on the http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Unstoppables page, if you press the Hubris Comics link there, you go to http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Hubris_Comics . Should probably go to http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Hubris_Comics_(Fallout_4) instead. Thanks.

Page naming[]

I was trying to make a page for the V.114 Interview #03, V.114 Interview #21, and V.114 Interview #87 holotapes, but Wikia won't accept them as page names. What should I do? Great Mara (talk) 20:06, November 24, 2015 (UTC)

Temp mod[]

I appointed BrandonFox as temp mod, just letting you know as the guidelines state "Report usage of this feature to a bureaucrat (or another bureaucrat) via talk page." under the obligations of appointing a temp mod. - ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 21:57, November 24, 2015 (UTC)

Temp mod[]

I appointed Kittynator as temp mod, just letting you know as the guidelines state "Report usage of this feature to a bureaucrat (or another bureaucrat) via talk page." under the obligations of appointing a temp mod.-- ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 14:47, November 25, 2015 (UTC)

11/27/2015 00:20 Chat[]

No mods, 12 users. Civil so far. Need a chatmod in here as per policy though. Thelonedrifter0 (talk) 08:21, November 27, 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Thelonedrifter0 (talk) 08:25, November 27, 2015 (UTC)

Dear Jspoelstra

I've recently been uploading footage on youtube of any bugs encountered on Fallout 4 for Playstation 4, and then updating the appropriate articles on this site. Well this time I have 3 bugs to deliver, but I need to check in with one of them just to make sure it isn't already posted somewhere. Both bugs relate to when a player's settlement gets attacked.

1. During battle, the miscellaneous objective will mark itself as "completed" before all enemies are killed.

2. After successfully defending a settlement from an attack, if you interact with any of the settlers, they will ever fully complete their "thank you" dialogue speech.

3. After successfully defending a settlement from an attack, interacting with any of the settlers may cause you to be stuck in an infinite dialogue camera. The player can walk away, but they will be unable to press any other buttons other than "Options". The only way to fix this is to reload a save.

I've got it all on film, and am currently in progress of uploading it to youtube for everyone to see. My question to you is in regards to the third bug. Has this bug already been noted? I would like to know before updating the "Fallout 4 settlements" page just in case.

This message has be posted to multiple patrols for a faster reply.

- The Destroyer

Notification[]

Another code of the infobox got lost. Now this has to be made instead. ☢ Energy X ☣ 20:40, November 27, 2015 (UTC)

Once again, No chat mod.[]

13 users, no chat mod. Paladin was here, but left before appointing anyone. Thelonedrifter0 (talk) 07:21, November 28, 2015 (UTC)

Do you love me that much?[]

I realise you're probably dealing with a bunch of Fallout 4 editing problems, but how did you notice my profile page was off? I mean, thank you, I wouldn't of noticed it at all, just kinda funny to see that you changed it. RadiationKing13 (talk)

Thank You - Wheaton Armory[]

Thank You Jspoelstra for editing my post on Wheaton armory, I am quite new to the wiki and i tried my best to make my post appear 'professional' but thank you for making it neat and tidy I appreciate it. I'm slowly learning as I go by observing other members post on the forums so once again thank you.

XxAuzziexArmyxX (talk) 16:29, November 28, 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't own the game yet, doing my best. I have to get all info from Youtube videos and Google, etc. --Denki01010100 (talk) 22:52, November 28, 2015 (UTC)Denki01010100

Quest Stages[]

I've noticed pages where actual console > sqs command output is used to fill-in Quest Stages. It actually took me a while to fill all that in on A House Divided. I noticed you then removed the list I gave and replaced it with a list that's essentially the same as the quick walkthrough. Either the title "quest stages" is misleading and you seem to mean some objectives (the list you replaced doesn't actually give all objectives) or I'm missing something. It seemed to me that the Quest Stages list would be useful as a list of actual stages for the purpose of modding and console manipulation, e.g., getting stuck on a certain stage in a bugged quest. Dimmu1313 (talk) 22:57, November 28, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Quest Stages[]

I see the confusion. It's an issue of semantics. Since we give Creation Kit info, I assume for modding purposes, I think a certain distinction should be made. In the console and in quest setup for modding using the Creation Kit tool, there are two main components: Quest Objectives and Quest Stages. The items listed in the Pip Boy are actually quest objectives. They have ID numbers just as Quest Stages do. Quest Stages show the current quest progress description and typically have papyrus code attached to them that progress the mission and display and complete objectives. So my concern is that, while we give Creation Kit object, quest, NPC, etc. IDs, we aren't giving proper quest stage/objective IDs. Having the actual ID numbers for stages and objectives is actually helpful when dealing with quest bugs, workarounds, and testing. Dimmu1313 (talk) 23:50, November 28, 2015 (UTC)

Endings[]

Hello Jspoelstra, Thank you for welcoming me to the site. Be it automated or not. :) I was trying to update the wiki with regards to the "endings" A new ending has been discovered that has not been posted anywhere. I was trying to create clear guide on it. If you would be so kind as to confirm our findings http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sybsidian/New_Fallout_4_Ending_Found_11/29/2015 I would like to have it added to the offical endings. As I said no one else has posted this ending anywhere. If you would like to personally check my game data please download the file on nexus mods http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3511/? This ending is very unique in that all factions are friendly, and none of them are at war with anyone else.

Thanks for the time. Sybsidian (talk) 10:37, November 29, 2015 (UTC)

Fallout 4 armor and clothing[]

hey seems like you fixxed my grammar and then i made a big update in Fallout 4 Gloathing and armor with the same grammar error. Fixed that aswell.

Fallout 4 Map Markers[]

I matched the style of the f3/nv markers (i.e. black icon, black border, white background), saved at 256px X 256px. I figured that should be large enough for use in various locations. Here's a zip containing both explored and unexplored. Going to work on converting the Perk/SPECIAL/Quest animations to gif Digital Utopia (talk) 23:45, November 29, 2015 (UTC)

What was wrong with my edits?[]

Would you care to tell me the issue with my edits to the Feral Ghoul (Fallout 4) page? You seemed to of undone and changed a lot of them, incorrectly at that.

--K4SHM0R3 (talk) 02:22, November 30, 2015 (UTC)

Table On Cait's Page[]

Cait is my favorite companion, so I've been visiting her page several times a day. I'm very happy to see the new table you created for the Range Of Interests section. It's much easier on the eyes. Thank you!

--107.188.187.82 10:19, November 30, 2015 (UTC)

Multiple image infoboxes[]

Hey! I looked around at several, randomly chosen examples on the character and location infoboxes, but I didn't find any actual usage of the extra image variables, so I did *deliberately* cut them out. Could you please provide me with some examples of pages where these extra images are defined? Thanks :)
czechout ☎ ✍  15:58: Mon 30 Nov 2015

Thanks for giving me an example page! It really helped. The multiple image infobox case seems to have been solved. Pleased confirm at the page you gave me. And, yes, I know you're anxious to have the inset icons back; they're definitely coming back! Sorry for the slight delay; I had some unexpected minor surgery last week and it threw off my plans just a bit.
czechout ☎ ✍  22:43: Mon 30 Nov 2015

So what happened when there were just two images, or three? And how common is this use case of more than one infobox? I tried around 20 different randomly selected character pages and never came across this multiple image case. I ask because if it's actually common, we may want to put in a ticket to request that engineering create a new, multiple image feature.
czechout ☎ ✍  23:04: Mon 30 Nov 2015

I got lucky and was able to put this use case to engineering. With so little time left in their year — they stop pushing new code after this week — they've got to prioritise. One way they do this is to determine how widespread the case is.

I used my bot to generate a list of pages that use both {{infobox character}} and the variable image2. This seems a reasonable measure of whether the additional image slots are being used, as most people wouldn't go from image to image4 without going to image2 first. And I only returned 69 hits. Out of 5,502 instances of that infobox. I'm sure you can see why engineering have said they can't prioritise a fix for something that affects such a small number of pages.

So I think we need to move to an alternate solution.

Plan A: If we leave things as they are — stacking one image under the other — then you won't have to do much work, except possibly adding captions for the additional images. Obviously, at Brotherhood scout, the one caption doesn't make much sense anymore. I think this could be a good solution for you, because it doesn't seem like there are actually that many wikis where there are multiple images in use, and probably fewer still where four additional images are present.

Plan B: However, if you don't like the idea of having things stacked, we could implement a tabber-like gallery that would replace one full-sized image with another. The only problem with this is that we'd have to go to each individual page and create the gallery there, in situ. Any current instances of variables containing file calls wouldn't work. (So |image2=pic.jpg would be ignored.) But since you're only talking about a few dozen cases this is a pretty easy task. An example of this behavior can be seen at at MLP wiki.

For the moment, I'm going to leave Plan A in operation. If you want to go to Plan B, you don't actually have to turn off Plan A, but you'll likely want a few more instructions. Lemme know which way you wanna go!
czechout ☎ ✍  00:19: Tue 01 Dec 2015

Re:Terminal entries[]

Yes, I'm transcribing as much as I can by typing them out. I'm playing on the PS4. It can get a little bit tricky because some messages flash across the bottoms of the screen. And status of turrets and opened/unopened safes can change some of the entries. Great Mara (talk) 17:17, December 1, 2015 (UTC)

And another thing I noticed is that there seemed to be a reaction entry on Tower Tom's terminal to me killing Jared at the Corvega assembly plant. So I'm not sure if that would follow suit with other terminals as well. Getting new entries based on actions in the game I mean. Great Mara (talk) 17:20, December 1, 2015 (UTC)

User page[]

Hi, can you unlock my user page for me. 17:52, December 1, 2015 (UTC)

We will see, I have probably forgotten more about wiki editing than I can remember. So it will probably be light stuff (as I play through) until the tools become available. Things like nifskope are still working on capability. FO4edit is in beta and isn't yielding much that can be of help, except to the modding community. And the SDK wont be out till the start of next year. So decent quality images production and easy fact checking will be a while down the road.

18:07, December 1, 2015 (UTC)

What did you do to the super mutants page? You just reverted 30 minutes of work >:(

Re: Images[]

Technically yes, though there are a few caveats.
First: Currently there are no normal maps (extracting them corrupts them without exception and as I didn't write the .ba2 tools, I can't do anything but wait until they manage to iron out the last few problems).
Second: As FO4 now uses a PBR shader system, most of the basic renders lose a bit of their "realistic" effect. Obviously I can try to approximate the materials but that can be a lot of guess work from model to model.
Third: The weapon models are all based on their modules (which has been a problem for the wiki categorizing them anyway, heh), so I'd either have to piece them together or take the so-called "load" model. Each weapon type apparently has one completely assembled model, based on the highest-end mods available for it, though for example laser and plasma weapons default to the rifle stock, as that has better attributes.

Here's two examples of the load models for the .44 and laser weapons.
Media:FO4-.44-full-render.png
Media:FO4-LaserLoad-render.png

--SwoleRat (talk) 22:58, December 1, 2015 (UTC)

Ok all fixed now

Infobox[]

I am starting to doubt the process of infobox transition was needed. Look at this one. ☢ Energy X ☣ 20:06, December 2, 2015 (UTC)

Well, not sure what todays infobox change tried to achieve, but undoing it fixed it. --Alfwyn (talk) 20:14, December 2, 2015 (UTC)

Supertitles[]

Sorry; should have been working with a dummy rather than a live infobox. I thought I was easily going to be able to solve the problem with the supertitle linking only to the game, rather than to a more specific page, but it's proven more difficult. I'll probably be back later today with more details for you.
czechout ☎ ✍  20:49: Wed 02 Dec 2015 20:49, December 2, 2015 (UTC)

Okay, so here's the skinny on supertitles: the quickest solution I can give you with respect to linking the supertitles to the appropriate, game-specific overview page is one in which the game name links to the overview page, but the trailing noun doesn't.

So, let's look at Piper Wright. What you'll now see is that the ordinary noun "character" isn't linked. But "Fallout 4" and "Fallout Shelter" take you to Fallout 4 characters and Fallout Shelter characters. So that functionality has returned but with only a minor difference in form.

You'll also note that the links in the appearances section take you to the game, as expected. So, even though both invoke Module:Games, the invocations happen in more context-sensitive ways.

Lemme know if you have issues with this solution.
czechout ☎ ✍  02:05: Thu 03 Dec 2015

Mister Handies -> Mister Handys[]

Because Mister Handy is a proper noun, the plural should be Mister Handys (like Kennedys). I would like to take charge of making this change sitewide, but am requesting the go-ahead from you, Energy X, or someone else in authority before I make the 20-or-so page changes necessary. Tiwuno (talk) 21:43, December 2, 2015 (UTC)

I was doing some looking through Mister Handy articles from the previous games, and it seems as though the uniform thing that the editors of those pages did was refer to multiple Mister Handy units as 'Mister Handies', and not 'Mister Handys'. Just thought I'd mention that since I remembered this talk when I saw that. Nethaufer (talk) 20:51, December 6, 2015 (UTC)

Full CELL dump[]

Updated the dump to include exteriors now. Digital Utopia (talk) 01:43, December 3, 2015 (UTC)

Weapons[]

Hey, I have noticed a few of my silly mistakes and am sorry for the hassle I have caused. I have changed the ID format to the one you are editing in and the games thing I didn't even noticed until I had opened another edit page. sorry about this I'll try to stop it in the future. - Daveo1996

Just want to let you know that I have finished changing all of those infobox templates for all the Fallout 4 weapons and I hope I have not made any mistakes. Alot of the infoboxes I changed were missing a fair amount of data some of it was the simplest of stuff such as value, weight, etc so I just left "?" where data is needed. - Daveo1996

Terminal Entries[]

First off, parsing the terminal entries shouldn't be a problem. What is a problem however, is the organizational and visual disaster that currently serves as our terminal pages. I mean, we have these nice tables, per NPC to show off dialogues, and fancy charts to show quest steps, but the terminal entries are all slapped together on a per location basis, with standard wiki headers, and transcript icons everywhere.

My suggestion: use separate pages, titled with the (GECK)EditorID for each terminal - similar to how we already do for dialogues, and use the location pages to link using the displayed name. For example, for Dashwood's Exploration Database the link would be DashwoodTerminal|Exploration Database. As for the terminal page itself, instead of filling it with headings and transcript sections, it can be made to look/behave similar to how the terminals work in-game. Here's a rough example done in HTML, which could be turned into a template. I used Dashwood's Exploration Database for this, as it's one that shows multiple menu options. Let me know what you think, and if I should create a wiki-discussion topic. Digital Utopia (talk) 19:03, December 3, 2015 (UTC)

Permanent Chatmod status[]

I'm working on getting the edits required, but I'd like to know, if I were to apply, would you support me? Thelonedrifter0 (talk) 03:59, December 4, 2015 (UTC)

You cant just simply delete my photos from the Piper Wright gallery because you dont liked it! Is stupid! I am going to delete every edit you are going to do because "is teribble", and if you ban me you are corrupt, JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74dJMT75csk

Vandalism on Raiders (Fallout 4) page[]

It looks like we have at least one, possibly two people who vandalized the Raiders page, this is a situation in which i am unfamiliar with this wikia's policies for reporting and dealing with the issue so i took the liberty of undoing the damage and informing you that this happened since you appear to be the most recently active of the Admins/Bureaucrats. --BattleBen (talk) 09:44, December 4, 2015 (UTC)

Infoboxes: Mentioned only pages[]

Hey :) Could you please provide me with links this error you were talking about on "mentioned-only pages"? Alfwyn suggested that they'd made a fix of some kind, but I'd really like to take a look. Unfortunately, you didn't give either an infobox or an example page, so I'm a little lost as to what precisely you're talking about.

Also, don't worry about the inset icons. The CSS is already devised.
czechout ☎ ✍  16:26: Fri 04 Dec 2015

So what's the way that you'd prefer this to work?

{{Infobox character
|games       =none
|other vars  =
}}

or

{{Infobox character
|games       =
|other vars  =

or

{{Infobox character
|other vars  =}}

I dunno how the "mentioned-only" characters' infoboxes are mostly filled out on this wiki. We'd probably want to build our infobox logic on the most-used situation, so that you have to do minimal on-article editing.
czechout ☎ ✍  17:39: Fri 04 Dec 2015

I'm confused on this whole thing. There don't appear to be any actual errors present when you simply fail to fill in {{{games}}}.

If we do this:

{{infobox character
|games =
|mentions = VB
}}

we get the infobox you see at right.

Is that bad for some reason? I don't see an error, like a stray apostrophe or anything. It's just that there's no supertitle. And, really, should there be? In every other instance I've encountered here so far, the supertitle means that the thing positively exists in a particular game. What happens when you say |games=none is that an unlinked message saying kind of the negative. Doesn't the absence of the usual links to games (subpages) automatically imply that the character does not appear?
czechout ☎ ✍  18:11: Fri 04 Dec 2015

Cool. I just want to be clear that you're not seeing the same actual error that you saw earlier, right?
czechout ☎ ✍  18:28: Fri 04 Dec 2015

Okay, back to being confused. In the infobox to your slightly upper right, where is there the word "none"?
czechout ☎ ✍  18:53: Fri 04 Dec 2015

It's probably not that it's too difficult. It's more that I don't fully understand what it is that you want to happen. Do you want it to say "none" when there are no appearances, without having to explicitly type "none"? Or do you want the variable to just disappear when it has no value? And do you want a supertitle that explicitly says the character is only mentioned? I'm pretty sure we can do whatever you want, but I'm just not grasping your needs at the moment. But then again, I'm kinda slow. :)
czechout ☎ ✍  19:39: Fri 04 Dec 2015

Arshei objections[]

I don't accept images with the HUD anymore from now on. They need to be clean (use tm). Names should be descriptive. All policy. - [1]

Now I'm going to remove those images again. Don't revert me or you'll be blocked for adding content not conforming policy and having been warned about it. (Your image of the power armor has the hud included sweety)

Yo[]

Where'd you'd wan' place this — A ^{(t • c)} 22:46, December 4, 2015 (UTC)

Check user[]

Hey, could you check if this guy has socks? I banned him from chat today but some people say he reminded them of someone who was already banned. - ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 02:16, December 5, 2015 (UTC)

Why are you going around defacing all the companion pages by deleting the entire approval sections? 108.6.208.187 10:33, December 5, 2015 (UTC)

Page Images[]

I got the SPECIAL/Level-up Perk images updated to higher quality versions. What do you want to do about the quest/other perk pages? Keep them how they are, with the low quality colored ones, or use the high-quality, single-color ones from the game files? Digital Utopia (talk) 21:52, December 5, 2015 (UTC)

Re:FO4 Map Pins[]

It let me do it. And I can't see a way that will easily let me undo it. Great Mara (talk) 03:59, December 6, 2015 (UTC)

Unintended video re-upload[]

Something strange happened. While I was doing this edit only removing the trailing coma, the wiki apparently decided to change the youtube tag too and reupload File:♦ Radio New Vegas ♦ - Blue Moon by Frank Sinatra, all under my name. I'm using Monoskin and have javascript enabled if this helps. Just mentioning it in case this needs some cleanup. --Alfwyn (talk) 12:20, December 6, 2015 (UTC)

Seems to be some wikia special magic (Help:YouTube extension#Conversion) and an old usage on that page from a time when the conversion didn't take place. Still wondering about the re-upload though, was that necessary/desireable ?. --Alfwyn (talk) 12:32, December 6, 2015 (UTC)

not sure if this will get to you or not kinda new to wikia....... but would love to get you on my teamspeak 3 server and see what ideas you had for the map.

An important question[]

I have a Very important and delicate question regarding the organization of the Wiki. Please tell me when will be able to enter the Chat. --Судья пустоши (talk) 03:03, December 7, 2015 (UTC)

Level[]

We have a blanking/vandalism problem going on with the Level page. Great Mara (talk) 04:48, December 7, 2015 (UTC)

Temp mod[]

I appointed Thelonedrifter0 as temp mod, just letting you know as the guidelines state "Report usage of this feature to a bureaucrat (or another bureaucrat) via talk page." under the obligations of appointing a temp mod. - ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 09:02, December 7, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Weapon images[]

Jspoel wrote at 17:17, December 7, 2015 (UTC): "Can you upload that weapon image again, with a clear equal surrounding? Maybe up in the blue sky, then I (or you) can remove the surroundings and make it a transparent image. Looks so much better then."

I did not upload any weapon image. SaintExcellence (talk) 17:33, December 7, 2015 (UTC)

PS4 Icon[]

Can we use something that fits the bug template a little better, like ? Tiwuno (talk) 19:10, December 7, 2015 (UTC)

But it is the PS4's logo, just like the white circle with an X is the Xbox One's logo. Tiwuno (talk) 22:40, December 7, 2015 (UTC)

Howdy! I'm a little new at how the proper editing format works, but I've been trying to make the Surgical Mask link for Fallout 4 not direct people the Fallout 3 version since it's not actually the same item. Sorry if it was more of a hindrance than help.

Note[]

There are multiple paper notes that I am finding that are simply called 'Note'. How should these be uniquely identified for pages? Great Mara (talk) 03:28, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

Hey thanks for fixing that lexington pic for me... how did you get it inside that infobox?i was trying to figure it out but im an amateur with html so i was having issues. --AckAckGuy (talk) 03:32, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

Image and infobox[]

I am lucky enough to have a very nice monitor and computer due to my line of work! I can upload in 5k if that is useful? File:Fo4_Thicket_Excavations_Overview.jpg|Here is a example, or is it overkill? - Abedecain - Talk ^{and maybe you'll get cake!} 04:18, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

As for the infobox, I will let know what css classes need to be input in the morning, will only be a couple of lines. I noticed when coding the image gallery section it is very temperamental with the syntax and may be the cause of the trouble. I also haven't tested it out with the 'Moonbook skin' (I don't actually know what that is) that Alfwyn mentioned or a mobile device. - Abedecain - Talk ^{and maybe you'll get cake!} 04:18, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

Dirty Army fatigues/helmet[]

The Dirty Army fatigues article redirects to the Army fatigues article. Should the same be done for the Army helmet and Dirty army helmet? Great Mara (talk) 05:03, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Images[]

I might go back and remove the background manually with photoshop at a later date, but honestly anyone can do that (they are saved as .png just in case). Right now I'm focusing on just 'Print Screen'-ing images that don't currently exist, so atleast they are there. This process has actually led me to find multiple missing articles or info already... and there's a LOT of images to process in armor and clothes alone (over 1000 in all of FO4). = SamousInd. ^(talk) 17:08, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

IF it makes you feel better, I'm keeping a log of the images I'm uploading on my User Page (under Gallery) so you/I/whoever sees it can edit/update them again later. I do agree that transparent images are nicer, but the quantity of them just makes it a pain in the @--. = SamousInd. ^(talk) 17:19, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

New, and unrelated topic - Dirty/Clean issue[]

(Attached is my previous discussion) I noticed your conversation with User:Great Mara about the dirty army fatigues, would you mind reviewing a conversation I have not yet resolved regarding Dirty/Clean suits?

Previous discussion
Help_on_solving_an_FO4_Page_issue I've recently been working on mass edits for the FO4 Armor and Clothing pages to try and bring them up-to-speed, and I was recommended to speak to you. One of the things I noticed was that there were lots of redundant pages regarding the dirty variants of items, such as the Dirty army fatigues and the Army fatigues, which are essentially the same item, so if the two pages could be merged, making small notes on the differences, then why not? I used the Ranger battle armor as an example, and then merged the Dirty army fatigues, Army fatigues, Dirty army helmet, and Army helmet into one page (previously linked). This method seems a lot more efficient and less wasteful to me, and I think the Army fatigues (and Postman uniform, which I also did this to) look better with the changes, but I'm unsure of what to do with pages/items like the Dirty black suit and the Clean black suit. I can leave it as two separate pages, with redundant links to each other; merge them both into either the clean page, or dirty page; or create a new page without the prefix to redirect both pages to go to. What do you think, or who should I contact if you are not someone who would make this kind of decision?= SamousInd. ^(talk) 15:15, December 8, 2015 (UTC)
Clean & Dirty outfits I noticed your changes to Clean black suit, and I was wondering if you could help me out here. I'm relatively new to this particular wikia, but I've been doing some major edits on the armor clothing sections, and I was attempting to remove redundant pages by merging dirty variants of outfits with their standard outfit (example: Dirty army fatigues & Army fatigues). I read your edit comment, and noticed how the page name stated that it was the clean variant specifically - but since there is no in game standard version, without a prefix, I'm unsure of how to proceed. I feel that having a Dirty AND Clean page for the SAME item of clothing is excessive, but I don't know if creating a page titled Black suit would solve the problem, since no such article actually exists. Suggestions? Or perhaps someone you can refer this question to, since I'm vague on how to navigate the more social aspect of wikias. = SamousInd. ^(talk) 14:37, December 8, 2015 (UTC) (PS: I also did the same merge process to Clean blue suit, but will refrain from merging any more clothes unless they have a variant without the prefix)
Re: Clean & Dirty outfits Since that article was about is about the clean variant, i felt that info about that variant belonged. It was only after I edited the article that i found out there was not an article about the dirty variant. It may be worth it to rename those articles, or possibly create article about Black suit, Blue suit, etc that includes both variants. But I suggest that you to talk to an administrator like Energy X about how to handle those articles. The Cat Master (talk) 14:51, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

= SamousInd. ^(talk) 17:15, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

Kicked[]

The user http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User:Peace'n_Hugs is being corrupt in the chat kicking everyone she/he wants, it is not right.

You want pic? Here you have a pic. I got a ban and my last comment was this.

No warning, no kick, just a ban without any comments. A temp moderator bans me just because she wants?

I have the logs, and looked into it, seems he was trolling her for some time. No case to answer AFAIK. Agent c (talk) 22:48, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

Deleted page[]

I had no idea anyone could actually edit these things... I expected a "Please sign in" page...

sorry

Check User[]

Hey, I'm fairly sure http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Uncle_Dolphy has some socks. Would you mind giving it a check? Thanks - ^Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 22:47, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for doing the Surgical Mask page fix. I'll just report any issues I see until I fully understand how the proper formatting goes. One thing I would like to have added is the section on the quest "Kid in a Fridge" how it claims that ghouls don't have to eat. The NPC Bullet says it and the fact the kid was alive for 200 years without eating. I just would like an added section in the notes saying that it's completely false and ghouls have to eat (Two examples from NV being Dean Domino saying it and Harland says he was living off radroaches). It's one of the many plot holes and I'm starting to wonder if Todd Howard has even played Fallout before.

Distress signal[]

Thanks for all your help with the "Distress signal" pages, mate. Really appreciate it. Mctaff350 (talk) 06:57, December 9, 2015 (UTC)

Super Mutants[]

Hi Jspoelstra,

I had a quick question. I just encountered a Legendary Super Mutant master and wanted to check if that variant was already on the page. Now I see that an anonymous user has removed most legendary variants from the page. Is this normal? Since I thought that legendaries are separate variants with other HP and DT etc and thus should be named? Most articles on here do. Kennyannydenny (talk) 10:56, December 9, 2015 (UTC)

I'm going to go ahead and weigh in here - Legendary is kind of like a randomly assigned template, rather than a specific variant of the creature. There are Legendary versions of everything out there, and this means every variant of a creature could have that template applied. So essentially every page would have at least two entries for each variant, for example Super Mutant + Legendary Super Mutant, then Super Mutant Butcher + Legendary Super Mutant Butcher, and so on. It's unnecessary and cumbersome, and there is also the possibility that each Legendary has a randomly generated ability or difference again, which would need a new variant created for it. Mctaff350 (talk) 15:49, December 9, 2015 (UTC)

Hey! Wikia staff here. I left a message in the forum - check it out if you get the chance. Thanks! Ducksoup (talk) 00:30, December 10, 2015 (UTC)

Checkuser[]

Hey Js, Could you check these three?

I had a hunch these accounts above were all socks of previously banned users after their shown behaviour whilst in chat prior bans. Also, can you see if both User:Redeggshatch and User:Treyser87 will match or relate? Thanks in advanced. ------Cassie Ultimate Anime Loving Weeaboo.✿ 07:01, December 10, 2015 (UTC)