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Sincerely, Jspoelstra (talk) 18:06, February 18, 2020 (UTC)

Hi! Message me below if there is anything you want to talk to me about. I'll get to you as soon as I can.

Solid work[]

Good job on pointing out Dead Sea's origins on that location page. I added the reference to it, so you can see how it looks. Some references you may add are on pages that don't already have a "references" section, so make sure to add that if it doesn't already exist (I only say so because I always forget). I appreciate your keen eye and contributions! Keep up the good work. -Kate (Kdarrow (talk) 15:24, March 18, 2020 (UTC))

Nuka-Cola Kiwi[]

Where is Nuka-Cola Kiwi mentioned? Needs a reference. Jspoel 22:13, March 26, 2020 (UTC)

behind the scenes issues[]

you may have noticed that i have been undoing some of your edits, as you have said you have a problem with speculation but also saying things like, 'location X in the game is based off of location X in real life'. The Fallout series takes place in an ALTERNATE reality, not a completely made up one - therefore much of the locations will be the same in game and IRL, unless the name is changed in-game (far harbor to bar harbor for example) it is not really necessary to mention it in the BTS section.--Branebriar1930 (talk) 00:56, March 27, 2020 (UTC)

FOBOS2 mentioned only[]

Don't add that mentioned only category. Unneeded. Really. Jspoel 16:57, April 21, 2020 (UTC)

Sorry. I had no idea you were editing what I was doing. I only get emails, without any notifications. (New California Ahoy (talk))

Dead Money[]

I copied the quote verbatim directly from the dialogue files and the ogg matches it to a T. Great Mara (talk) 14:22, April 24, 2020 (UTC)

wrong congo[]

you created a page for the Congo country. yet you called it the democratic republic of Congo. every reference refers to simply 'the Congo' and im not sure if you know but the Congo and the democratic republic of the Congo are two separate countries. im changing that page to reflect the Congo instead of the DRC, unless you can find evidence that it is in fact the DRC that is mentioned.--Branebriar1930 (talk) 23:24, May 3, 2020 (UTC)

You are correct, I assumed that the Congo was a reference to the DRC. However, there's no evidence to indicate that it refers to the RC, either. When people refer to the Congo, they usually mean the DRC. Honestly, I don't believe we have any information what so ever on the political structure of Africa, and both gained independence after the divergence, so nothing can be assumed. Its more likely a reference to Equatorial Middle Africa, home to some of the largest jungles in the world, which was traditionally known as the Congo. (New California Ahoy (talk) 23:54, May 3, 2020 (UTC))

removed refs[]

hey i removed the references (on the pre war countries page) for the countries that have their own pages (such as the new pages you made for them) since that appears to be the format on the pre war countries page.--Branebriar1930 (talk) 14:17, May 5, 2020 (UTC)

Esther[]

The Book of Esther is part of both Judaism and the Old Testament in Christianity, this note is valid. Great Mara (talk) 20:03, May 9, 2020 (UTC)

I am well aware of the existence of the Book of Esther, but there's no indication that the weapon's name is a reference to it, nor does the story of queen Esther connect in any way to the weapon. Additionally, it is excluded from the challenge The Same Could Be Said of All Religious Weapons, which includes another GRA weapon Gehenna. I then went to the Discord, and both JCB and Dankalor agreed with me, so I removed it. (New California Ahoy (talk))

500![]

Well done on 500 edits my friend. And watch, this comment will look so outdated soon! -(Kdarrow (talk) 03:15, May 24, 2020 (UTC))

Thank you very much Kate. You just might be right. (New California Ahoy (talk) 04:32, May 24, 2020 (UTC))

'nam[]

Hey so what are we going to do about Vietnam? Since we do not know how the war played out i was thinking it may just be safer to make north and south Vietnam separate countries with their own pages?--Branebriar1930 (talk) 17:10, May 28, 2020 (UTC)

I was wondering that as well. I think it's best to just leave it as one page, Vietnam, as that's the only mention we get. (New California Ahoy (talk) 17:13, May 28, 2020 (UTC))

Arabia is a region which encompassed more than just modern day Saudi Arabia, with other states in that area. even so we can only include the most modern incarnation of a country, which is why we do not include states like the roman empire or Persia.--Branebriar1930 (talk) 17:27, May 28, 2020 (UTC)

Why do you not think we should include the philippines?--Branebriar1930 (talk) 17:27, May 28, 2020 (UTC)

oh i see what you mean, because one of its islands already has its own page. Yes i do agree with you if we create a Philippines page we can just incorporate that info--Branebriar1930 (talk) 17:28, May 28, 2020 (UTC)

Exactly (New California Ahoy (talk) 17:32, May 28, 2020 (UTC))

Another thing, we can't make a page for Norway, because making a page because of a spoken language is against the content policy. Just don't want you to waste your time.

Capitalization/Titles[]

Name the style guide in American English that says this. Great Mara (talk) 20:19, May 28, 2020 (UTC)

Most excellent[]

Solid work on spotting those locations and creating new pages for them. It is so funny that they are under our noses for so long unnoticed. Well, not anymore, thanks to you! As Paladin Danse constantly says ... "outstanding!" -Kate (Kdarrow (talk) 03:38, June 4, 2020 (UTC))

As always, thank you Kate. I still have plenty more left to do, and I'm sure I'll find many more in the future.(New California Ahoy (talk) 20:33, June 4, 2020 (UTC))

Patroller rights[]

You've showed some good activity these past few months, but giving you patroller rights at this point is too early for me. I've upgraded my personal terms for giving them, I need to see some more continued activity. I'd also like to see some more diversity your edits a bit, other than on country pages. Jspoel 19:27, June 8, 2020 (UTC)

new countries[]

Hey i like what you are doing with the new countries but are you sure about Greenland? while it is an 'autonomous territory' it is not a country by itself. also the globes around the commonwealth are not reliable sources for country's geographical boundaries as they were based off of the real world. For example they do not show the soviet union as a single state, rather as Russia, Ukraine etc.

I recommend putting putting Greenland in brackets after Denmark.--Branebriar1930 (talk) 16:34, June 9, 2020 (UTC)

Expertise needed[]

I came across the Consul page today, looks like a page that would benefit from your expertise. -(Kdarrow (talk) 01:51, June 15, 2020 (UTC))

I did help, and I appreciate you thinking of me, though I'm not quite sure why you did. (New California Ahoy (talk) 02:11, June 15, 2020 (UTC))

TVA[]

Hello!

I apologize for the delayed response - with the pandemic going around, I haven't been so active around here, but that's not really a good excuse for an aspiring mentee.

I see that you're interested in General & Technical Editing. If you'd like to start with GE, I can get back with you by next week with a training regiment, and I'd love to get to know you better and help acclimate you to our wiki. If you'd like to go ahead and get into the advanced stuff, we have a good number of other mentors that'd be able to help you get started; just let me know if that's your first preference, and I'll find you a good match.

Hope to hear from you soon, and happy editing! ^寧靜 19:26, July 4, 2020 (UTC)

Be still my heart[]

You came back to vote for me. That means so much. You are just the best and I already miss you a lot!! -Kate (Kdarrow (talk) 09:24, July 20, 2020 (UTC))

The Vault Academy[]

Alright, let's get this ball rolling!

So you've already signed onto the mentorship program, and pretty much all we need to do now is to assign you a mentor. Would you be okay with me picking you up for General Editing? I've also spoken to Kate, who has expressed an interest in getting you started on Technical Editing. Doesn't even necessarily have to be a choice - if you have the time and interest, we'd be willing to get you started on both in tandem.

In any case, I'll be looking forward to hearing back from you - happy editing! ^寧靜 13:19, September 3, 2020 (UTC)

VTA[]

Mentor - Old Man Leon
TALK - 19:18, September 4, 2020 (UTC)

General Editing Program - Part 1:

Hello, and welcome to The Vault Academy! In this lesson plan, we will be going over General Editing, which is composed of basic yet essential etiquette regarding your editing and interactions with other editors here at Nukapedia.

Included below is a list of milestones that will need to be reached, which can be tackled in any order you wish. Every Friday there will be a progress report, where completed milestones will be gone over and checked off before moving onto the next part of the program. Your assigned mentor isn't just around to assign tasks; please do not hesitate to stay in consistent contact throughout the program, as strengthening your work relations with other editors is a crucial element to being a constructive editor.

Upon the completion of the General Editing Program, you will be awarded a certification of completion, which can be proudly displayed on your profile.

Sandboxes

Sandboxes are an incredibly useful tool for our editors, allowing them to experiment in an unrestricted space outside of our articles. During your training, these sandboxes will be important, so take this time to familiarize yourself with their use. If you have not yet created a sandbox, one can be created at Sandbox.

Milestone:

Create a sandbox (this is where you're going to keep track of the progress you're making on all of your milestones) -

Categories

Categories are structural, navigational tools used to group together related pages, and can be found at the bottom of a page. As an example, a user might be looking for a list of all of the skill books that can be found in Fallout 3; we have the Fallout 3 skill books category to accommodate their needs and make everyone's life a little bit easier when navigating the wiki.

Special:Categories can be used for examples if needed.

Milestones:

Use your sandbox to create an example category and example article it would be used in -
Connect your first category to others by creating additional categories, no less than 3 - these are called category trees, which allows us to have very specific categories included in a more general category -

Edit Summaries

When making any edit, you may have noticed that there is a box on the top-right corner where you are able to add a summary of your edit. This is a small yet important step in making any edit, as it allows you to alert other users as to what sort of work you're doing. Not only does this make the jobs of our Patrollers easier when looking over your edits, but it can also be used to explain your rationale for others to take into consideration.

No one is going to chastise you should you choose not to use edit summaries, especially over minor edits, but in general it's good practice to use them as often as you can. Please keep in mind that the Edit Summary tool is NOT to be used to insult other users or to act passive-aggressively, as this may result in disciplinary measures being taken.

Milestone:

Use edit summaries for all work related to TVA, including to your sandbox(es) -

Conventions

Nukapedia uses American-English in our articles, and as such, our editors are expected to abide by its conventions. Small mistakes are not considered a big deal, as the wiki is a collaborative project, and we generally don't mind correcting minor mistakes. However, if you are having consistent difficulties in conforming to these conventions, it's considered good practice to run more extensive edits by other editors first before publishing them (sandboxes are useful in this regard).

For a summary of what we expect from our editors, please read our editing guidelines & article layout guidelines.

A few things to keep in-mind:

Unless the article is a stub, it's best practice to keep our articles written as simple and concise as possible. Editors visit the wiki to get the facts, and that can often be difficult to achieve, relative to how much time they have to spend reading. If you can get the info across in a single line, that's much better than turning it into a paragraph or more.
While abbreviations are allowed, it is good practice to spell it out fully before using the abbreviation, in order to avoid confusion. It is also inappropriate to use abbreviations as article names, regardless of how common knowledge the abbreviation might be.
Bullets (*) denote a list, which is comprised of 2 or more items. Please keep this in mind, as it is improper typography to use bullets for a single item.

Milestones:

Use your sandbox to show us examples of an article utilizing proper capitalization, perspective, tense, article formatting, and linking -

Content Criteria

Nukapedia prides itself on being the best online resource available for anything and everything Fallout. As such, our standards are high when it comes to notability and references. For a general summary on our Content Criteria, please read our content policies.

Speculation is always a hot-topic issue on our wiki, as everyone has their own theories and conjecture regarding the Fallout universe. The general rule is that if the information you add into our articles cannot be independently verified by your fellow editors, then it won't hold up to our existing standards and should be omitted.
Not all items in the games are considered notable on our wiki, and as such, it's good to become familiar with our notable loot policy. This policy is constantly evolving, so it's good to check in from time to time to make note of any changes made.
Providing citations is one of the most important jobs on this wiki, and helps keep our information as factual as possible. To create a footnote or reference, place your citation between the <ref></ref> tags. At the bottom of the page, create a ===References=== section should there not already be one, and add <references /> to it.
1. In a similar vein, if you find information that is not sourced, please attach the {{verify}} tag along with a date.

Milestones:

The wiki is full of speculation we either haven't caught, or are still waiting for verification on. Identify an example of speculation in our articles, and either verify it, re-write it to remove the "weasel wording," or remove it entirely -
Successfully create a footnote on an article and add it to its appropriate section =
Pick a cell of locations (5 or more) in a game of your choosing, and clean them up of unnecessary information. This includes, but is not limited to re-writing fragment/run-on sentences, removing non-notable loot and notes, simplifying language used, and removing strategy/speculation -

Projects

Our community projects are created to tackle large-scale editing efforts here on the wiki, and are considered specialty assignments that award participants upon completion. New projects can be created at any time by any editor should they be justified.

Milestone:

Join a project or create your own -
Complete 30 project edits and have them peer-reviewed -

General Milestones

Complete 200 (non-minor) article edits -
Successfully create a new article that the wiki is missing -
Successfully create 5 new categories that the wiki is missing, and connect them as necessary -
Use a sandbox to keep track of every edit you make related to TVA -

Welcome to The Vault Academy!

Welcome to General Editing Pt.I - I will be your mentor over the following program, and I hope you will find this both an educational and challenging experience. As you work through your milestones, remember that it's just as important to also have open communication with your mentor and other editors as often as possible.

There is no such thing as a stupid question, and I'll be here with you every step of the way to make sure that any you may have are thoroughly answered. There is of course my talk-page, but you may also contact me through our Discord server if that is more convenient for you.

This week we will be going over editing fundamentals and etiquette. Please pay special attention to the first milestone, as you'll need to be using sandboxes during your time at The Vault Academy, which your mentors will be using to assess and evaluate your progress through each lesson.

This will be part one of your General Editing program, in which there will be 4 total parts and then a final exam - Pt.II will be over bugs, categorization, and patience - Pt.III will be over user user interactions and forums - Pt.IV will be over research and peer-reviewing.

I'll be keeping an eye on your progress, and if you need any help at all, please please please do not hesitate to contact me, and we'll talk things through. Good luck, and happy editing! ^寧靜

19:18, September 4, 2020 (UTC)

Friday Check-In[]

Hey, hey!

It's Friday, so I wanted to drop in and see how you're doing with the program. Whenever you finish with your milestones, you can send me your sandbox(es) once you're ready, and I'll start working on a progress report for you before we move onto the next lesson.

Otherwise, if you need any help at all, I'd love to try and answer any questions that you have! Happy editing, and keep up the amazing work. ^寧靜 15:49, September 11, 2020 (UTC)

Progress Report[]

General Editing - Part 1

Sandboxes: Sandboxes are going to be a tool that you'll be using consistently during your time here at Nukapedia, and it's integral to become familiar with their use as early on as possible. The sandbox you created for this lesson is concise and well organized.
Categories: It can be easy to mistake categories as unimportant details when editing our articles, and so it's good to dip your toes in and get a feel of the intricate network of categories that we have here, and how important they are to our readers when it comes to finding the specific pages that they're interested in. Landmarks are important articles to have a category for, and you showed an understanding of how it can correlate with different categories.
Edit Summaries: As far as I can tell, you regularly use edit-summaries in a short yet informative manner. Very helpful for me especially since I had to go through your recent edits.
Conventions: English is a language that's more difficult than a lot of people give it credit for, and as an encyclopedia, we take our convention standards very seriously. Not only did you provide an article that you created yourself, but you've also provided regular maintenance to it, improving the page over time. My one piece of criticism, is that you should create a 'Mentions' section to help bring together the isolated lines that you have in the 'Background' section. Otherwise, fantastic work, and I especially appreciate your attention to references.
Content Criteria: Your work on the Mars article alone was enough to show your proficiency in this lesson as well. Although you didn't finish all of the milestones, I feel like you're knowledgeable enough to move on.
Projects: Although you didn't finish all of the milestones, I feel like you're knowledgeable enough to move on. With that being said, it's typically good form to talk shop with the project lead and get your stub re-writes peer-reviewed.
General Milestones: Easily met the edit-requirements, and created a large number of both original articles and categories, connecting them as necessary. You by far exceeded the general milestones.

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Conclusion:

You have shown a clear proficiency in the materials you had to work with, and so we'll be moving onto Pt.II later in the day. In the meantime, my only suggestion would be to get with the stubs project lead (me) and talk a bit on how to proceed. Every project is a collaborative effort, and so the lesson here is to try and reach out and work with your fellow editors to complete them.

Keep up the great work! You're a talented editor and I'll be looking forward to seeing what all you can offer to the wiki and its content. ^寧靜

13:37, September 30, 2020 (UTC)

Towns vs cities[]

Hey there, saw the category removals. I did not revert any of them, but let me know your thoughts on it. Not sure I understand. Thanks love! -kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 17:06, October 2, 2020 (UTC)

VTA[]

Mentor - Old Man Leon
TALK - 13:16, August 31, 2020 (UTC)

General Editing Program - Part 2:

Hello, and welcome to The Vault Academy! In this lesson plan, we will be going over General Editing, which is composed of basic yet essential etiquette regarding your editing and interactions with other editors here at Nukapedia.

Included below is a list of milestones that will need to be reached, which can be tackled in any order you wish. Every Friday there will be a progress report, where completed milestones will be gone over and checked off before moving onto the next part of the program. Your assigned mentor isn't just around to assign tasks; please do not hesitate to stay in consistent contact throughout the program, as strengthening your work relations with other editors is a crucial element to being a constructive editor.

Upon the completion of the General Editing Program, you will be awarded a certification of completion, which can be proudly displayed on your profile.

Bugs, bUgS, and BUGS!

Technical bugs, like their more skittery cousins, have a nasty habit of multiplying and being a general nuisance until we can get around to verifying them. If you're looking for a true frontier here on Nukapedia where you can make a huge difference, bugs are where it's at, as our willing playtesters are few in number and spread incredibly thin.

So how do we handle bugs? Users are constantly adding them to our articles, and it's important to distinguish which ones haven't been verified yet by adding {{Verify|~~~~~}}. Once the tag has been added, if the bug hasn't been replicated and verified within 4 weeks, the standard procedure is to delete the bug, although the decision is entirely within your discretion depending on the bug's merit/believability.

Have you personally gone in and verified a bug? Great! At this point, proceed to change the tag to {{Verify|verified}}, and make sure to add which platform you've verified it on!

Examples:
- {{Verify|verified|pc}}
- {{Verify|verified|ps4}}
- {{Verify|verified|xbox360}}

Milestone:

Join the bug verification project, if you haven't already -
Identify and tag 50 unverified bugs -
Verify 25 bugs -
Verify an additional 25 bugs tracked through the project's bug charts, and have them peer-reviewed by one of your fellow project participants -

Image & video categorization

Like bugs, both images and videos are frequently uploaded enmasse, and have a tendency to multiply out of control, whether they're game-related or for personal use. The problem is that even veteran users have a tendency to not categorize them, forcing others to go back and correct them over time.

To add onto this issue, many images/videos end up not being used, and clutter our site cache. So where can you find all of them? There are a few different methods, but the most important one is by consistently patrolling our upload log.

If you're looking for resources on how to categorize our files, and which categories are relevant, please give the following resources a read:

Milestones:

Categorize or re-categorize 25 files -
Using Category: Image needed, satisfy and then remove the stub tags for 25 articles by uploading and properly categorizing the necessary images -

File names

While file names are a relatively subjective matter, it is still important to ensure that our images and videos are named in an informative and concise manner.

Examples:

[1] - BnxbeoqCEAAUycr.jpg --> BethStoreVaultClothingMerch1.jpg
[2] - Mr._Handy_Box_at_the_Objective.JPG --> FShelterMrHandyUnlockableObj3.JPG

Those are crude examples, but hopefully they get the point across of what we're expecting. Lists of all of our new images/videos can be found here and here.

Milestone:

Re-name 25 files to ensure quality. If you do not have the user rights to re-name these files personally, then keep track of them and notify a rights-user who can. -

General Milestones

Complete another 200 (non-minor) article edits -
Continue to use edit-summaries as often as possible, and especially so regarding any TVA specific edits -
Speak with the bug project lead and talk shop -
Use a sandbox to keep track of every edit you make related to TVA -

Friday Check-In[]

Just wanted to pop in and check on your progress! Did you have any questions about your lessons? I know that when it comes to bugs especially, they can be a daunting task to tackle head-on, so I'll be more than happy to help you out if you ever need it. In any case, happy editing, and I hope to hear from you soon! ^寧靜 18:37, October 9, 2020 (UTC)

Roman empire[]

Hey so nice work on the roman empire page but could I make a suggestion? its a bit jarring to see Roman empire - locations - soviet union, Israel and all these modern names which technically are not the same states as those that existed under the RE. could you maybe change some of the links of the modern countries countries to their closest ancient equivalent? (UK to Britain, France to Gaul, Germany to Germania and so on)--Branebriar1930 (talk) 17:58, November 5, 2020 (UTC)

Honestly what you said about the ancient countries being very different to modern day ones is very true, and part of the problem. It might be best to leave some of them completely out. Like its not really fair so say the Roman empire controlled the soviet union when it just controlled some of where modern day Russia is now. Maybe just forget the modern day countries all together and just put down some of the ancient ones without any links?--Branebriar1930 (talk) 21:41, November 6, 2020 (UTC)

Congrats x2[]

On 100 days AND 3k edits. Go NCA go! -kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 06:54, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Nuclear Winter[]

I see your changes to Nuclear Winter. Are you making way for a new mode page or what is going on with that? Please fill me in! -kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 02:51, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

There's already a page for the Nuclear Winter game mode. Also, I would someday like to make a page for the actual nuclear winter following the war, which is mentioned in a couple of places (Of course, it's really hard to find info on the topic now, given the 76 update, but I'm going to try). - New California Ahoy

^{"Who are you, that do not know their history?"} 03:18, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Laat 4 Chaat 2020[]

Although you and I have not spoken very much, I would like to thank you for your support in my moderator vote. Every vote goes a long way, and you have my thanks. Laat the Survivor (talk) 02:55, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Federal government[]

IMO, we don't need to specify that the page is referring to the United States federal government, since it's the primary setting of Fallout. We also don't have any other pages on the specific governments of other countries, so it just feels redundant. AllYourFavorites! (talk) 22:30, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Re categorization[]

A faction is a group we join, or can see evidence of recently in the wasteland (in 76). An organization is mentioned in a source text, or a group from years past. Organizations can be pre-War law enforcement, educational institutions, associations, civil groups but not joinable factions in-game, which means something different. I am rectifying the issue you just brought up. As editors, if we see a line is "tenuous at best" we should work to strengthen it and make it more clear and easy to understand by our readers, instead of keeping it the same, intentionally keeping it ambiguous. --kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 03:04, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Faction vs Location[]

Hey there! I saw you were using the faction infobox for locations like Sumer. I integrated the faction infobox into the location infobox. You can now use the location infobox with all of the functionality of the faction infobox :)
intrepid359 7/30/24 [3:56am]

Well thank you. To be honest, I didn't even be notice it had a faction infobox. I made that page a loooong time ago. I'm assuming I did it that way for consistency, since the pre-War country pages also use faction infoboxes. Anyway, thanks for the help, I appreciate it. :) -New California Ahoy

^{"Who are you, that do not know their history?"} 07:30, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Real life information[]

Not sure you saw my edit summaries. You are adding a lot of real life information to these country pages, but we are a Fallout wiki and the information needs to focus on what we know from the games. I think it is ok to note they are rulers if their names were mentioned in-game, but unless it says in the games the years these individuals ruled, for example, it is not appropriate for the scope of our wiki. And if the images are not from the game they need to be referenced like any other piece of info. Thanks for your help with this. -kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 05:11, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Not to be rude, but all I did is note country leaders that are mentioned in-game on two pages. I don't really think adding the years they were in power constitutes "adding a lot of real life information." Anyway, noted, I won't put them in in the future. - New California Ahoy

^{"Who are you, that do not know their history?"} 03:27, 21 January 2021 (UTC) 05:51, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Terminal guidelines[]

That was not part of the guidelines when Camelchip presented the draft to be voted on and is incorrect grammar. Where are you getting this from and who slipped that in? Great Mara (talk) 18:39, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

It's in the reference formatting guideline, like I said. -New California Ahoy

^{"Who are you, that do not know their history?"} 03:27, 21 January 2021 (UTC) 18:43, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

The policy itself says that they are not capitalized as they are in game. Only the terminal entries are. "Note that, while the terminal name is not capitalized as it is in-game, terminal entry names are. This is because entries are considered part of the terminal transcripts." Great Mara (talk) 18:45, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Medal ref[]

Did I see earlier in recent changes that you were looking for a citation about the Star of the Sierra Madre? If so, I just wrote an article on it. I could be losing my mind, too, who knows! -kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 06:38, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

I did indeed, it was for Star of Sierra Madre. Looks like you made a new page for it. -New California Ahoy

^{"Who are you, that do not know their history?"} 06:43, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Ahh that is what it was. Cool. I had a good time today, just adding references pulled from Kimball's speech - 15 different articles or huge history points that were missing just from one speech. Makes me wonder what is out there in Hanlon's, or Oliver, or Moore's ... Anyway! Thank you for letting me know! -kdarrow

^{take her for a spin!} 06:46, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

A gift[]

Long overdue, due to my scatterbrained-ed-ness! Keep up the good work on splits and everything else. -kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 07:26, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

You have been given a glorious pre-War state sign.

Your efforts and diligence have not gone unnoticed, and you have been given a small token of appreciation.

for tireless effort on location pages which are truly the foundation, treasures, and hidden gems of the wiki
Love, kdarrow

^{take her for a spin!} 07:26, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Kate. I'll move it to my user page, so I may proudly display it for many years to come. :) -New California Ahoy

^{"Who are you, that do not know their history?"} 07:38, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Minor Edits[]

A couple of our users have noticed you making edits to our articles in order to add just spaces between categories, and asked me to look into the matter. Looking into them, I understand where you're coming from and I don't want to dissuade you from adding them, but at the same time, I would like to ask you to add them from now on in conjunction with other general improvements to the articles you're editing.

The reason for this is that otherwise, the Recent Changes get clogged with edits only adding spaces that most viewers will never even see, and it creates a lot of undue burden for our Patrollers (including through E-Mail notifications for them) when trying to track down edits that actually do need to be looked over. Thanks for your consideration. ^寧靜 09:14, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Apologies, I just really hate when things are inconsistent. I'll try to pair them with more substantial edits in the future. -New California Ahoy

^{"Who are you, that do not know their history?"} 16:56, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Images[]

Make sure you are leaving proper attribution when you are pulling images from other websites, make sure we give credit where credit is due and all. Rule of thumb on it is, if its not in the game or game files, needs a ref. Solid work as always on these location articles we hold so dear <3 -kate (kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 07:25, 13 March 2021 (UTC))

good eye[]

Good eye on those ag refs. Are you going to make an article for American Crop Protection Initiative? I'd like to link to it in my agriculture article. Nice work in any case! kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 06:52, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. I do plan to make the other two Ag project pages, but I was really tired and decided to do it tomorrow ...and somehow ended up still editing two hours later. What agriculture article are you working on? -New California Ahoy

^{"Who are you, that do not know their history?"} 06:56, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Oh no rush, especially not on my account. I just saw your new pages and it made me have a light bulb for my agriculture article. Thanks again for being great at editing! kdarrow

^{take her for a spin!} 08:10, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Fallout Extreme[]

If you're interested, here are some more docs I've finished digitizing.. Happy editin'! Тагазиэль 12:02, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

I wake up this morning to find you sent a new DoD mention, and more Extreme design docs? Hell yeah! Thanks for thinking of me! - New California Ahoy

^{"Who are you, that do not know their history?"} 14:14, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Touch base[]

I think we should touch base about these changes you are making and adding to the wiki. I have a lot of growing concerns about your inability to parse out the difference from what we know about the real world and what we are told about the world in Fallout, and representing information that is not verifiably from the games or its source texts. I encourage editors to add interesting information about real world correlations, of which there are many, but I think you are having trouble making these judgment calls. I will reach out to you on discord so we can discuss. kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 18:43, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

removing redirects[]

Please make an exception for the unique/character pages when removing redirects. Characters like Mr. Messenger ought to have their own dedicated page, since they're characters and not randomly generated baddy Mr. Handys. So while this was a redirect right now, the link was useful for later on when that page gets split from the overloaded page.

I hope this makes sense. The robot pages are messy enough as is.

Thanks, Scribe-Howard (waster_93) (talk) 06:45, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

North Korea article[]

Hey mate, this is just a heads up that the North Korea article you wrote will be deleted. Reason for this is that it is lacking any significance lore-wise, as it is only ever mentioned in a document for a canceled, non-canon film. This deletion is in accordance with our content policy. I will also go ahead and remove the links from your created articles and apologize for the upcoming intrusion.

Despite the removal, I wish you a great day and happy editing. –Findabair^{The benefit of the doubt is often doubtful.} 05:13, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Welcome back![]

Hey, welcome back! I saw that you were treated pretty horrifically before you left, but I'm glad to see you back. Things have changed quite a bit, so I hope you'll stay.

I also noticed that your character infobox on your user page shows your age as "unverified." If you want to remove that, add the |age verified=New California Ahoy parameter to the infobox. Hope all is well with you!

intrepid359

7/28/22 2:54pm CT

Hey, thanks! It has been a while. I don't know if I'd say I'm back, but I am trying to dip my toes back in. I had no idea all this drama had been going on until Cor reached out to me just yesterday. I really did miss the wiki and the community, and I hope I can get back into everything. And thank you for the tip. - (New California Ahoy

02:52, 29 July 2022 (UTC))

NCR[]

I agree on Oxford commas but I knew for a fact that someone (probably GreatMara) would inevitably snipe it and cry "edit war" and "bad grammar" if it were disputed, so I figured I may as well just dump it myself. --DirtyBlue929 (talk) 04:24, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

I saw that you left a message, and then clicked on the email for your update to the NCR talk page when I went to see what you said. I was just about to send a reply telling you that that was D.J. who did that edit, but luckily realized it was not, in fact, my talk page. I always get confused whenever someone leaves a new message there, think I'm finally going to change my username. Anyway, no worries regarding the oxford, I forgot Mara does that. Ant already broke me on correcting punctuation, so I guess it's not that big a deal to let something else slide. :( - (New California Ahoy

05:06, 14 August 2022 (UTC))