User talk:Lachlan
Welcome Valdis!
Please join me in congratulating Valdis Isbrandsdottir (talk) as she steps in as Administrator of Compendium Caidis.
Valdis has been active on this site since June 2008. Particularly, she has spent a great deal of time working on the colossal Populace Category, reformatting the populace pages in the formative days of the site, proofreading and fixing name spelling errors and formatting errors, adding offices and personal blazons, assisting with the sub-categorization of the category, etc.
I have great faith that she will serve the community well in her new capacity, adding fresh enthusiasm and finding new ways to make the site better for the users. That said, I'm sure she will need help handling the ever-increasing workload of Administrator. Please lend her your support as your time permits, either by offering to help with special projects, or by doing general editing as needed.
Twice it has been my honor and joy to serve the Caidan populace in this office. I thank you all. I am proud of the work I've done here, and look forward to continuing to "tinker" as an Editor.--Lachlan 21:45, 13 August 2010 (PDT)
Go back/Go forward
- I agree the previous and next links do need consideration. I feel they are a good tool for anyone that wants to do Caidan history research and they have been a tremendous aid to my data entry work. You probably noticed that I just spent a lot of time linking the crown tournament pages. I search for every page with Crown or Coronet in the title in order to make sure that I have included all the crown tournament pages that currently exist. I agree that right now if anyone adds a new crown tournament page they may not link then in.
I figured that by doing this I have now made it my responsibility to make sure any new crown tournament pages are linked.
- Regarding this, the problem I had is that there are a number of different variations in the crown tournament page names. I believe that some standardization for annual events page names is in order. At this time I check to see what other people have done and try to follow the naming standards already set, but when I find that there are already four variations posted all I can do is pick one. (I have the same problem with Queen's Champion Equestrian.)
- Another thing I have been doing for annual Dreiburgen events is creating hub pages. See Dreiburgen Anniversary as an example, I have already received much praise from my baronial Seneschal and a couple of up coming autocrats for these pages. I was thinking of taking on the responsibility using the Crown Tournament page for the same purpose. What do you think?
Malcolm 10:54 pm 23 February 2010 (PST)
- I think that making stub pages and there by establishing a page name standard, would be less work then tracking down all the varied names that people would give them on their own.
- One thing I realized in the Dreiburgen Category is that I had to give page naming careful consideration. If I did not most of the pages in the category index would be in the D’s because their names would have started with Dreiburgen and that would be a real headache for anyone (including myself) looking for a page from within the category.
- I’m glade you like the hub pages. I was thinking that it would be nice to have many of the generic definition pages like the Crown Tournament page go on to list related pages like all the Crown Tournaments. Helping make this a full inter connected encyclopedia of Caid.
Malcolm 9:24 pm 24 February 2010 (PST)
- First I have responded on User talk:Avenel under "Winter/Spring/Summer/Winter".
- Second I’m still teaching myself how Wiki works and have been doing most things with the pages after I have seen examples and precedence from other contributors. So what you said sounds good but I probably do not fully understand it.
Malcolm 11:39 pm 26 February 2010 (PST)
Test Area
I use this section to work on wording for new articles as needed. Anything herein should be considered "unofficial", at best.
Whenever possible, populace articles should use the person's name as it is registered with the College of Arms of the Society. Unfortunately, many registered names use accented characters and a few non-Latin characters. When a name contains these characters, its article may be alphabetized by the Wiki some distance from where users will likely look for it. This is particularly true if the special character is the first or second character in the name. For example, the name "Þorfastr Varinsson" will be placed after names which start with "Z" and "Róis ni Brian" will be placed after "Ryuusaki Raiden".
Sort Key
A sort key specifies where the page will appear in the category list, and under which letter heading. (By default, the page is sorted under the first letter of its full name including its namespace.) You can add a sort key to a page by adding it inside the Category tag. For example, adding the tag "[[Category:Populace|Thorfastr Varinsson]]" to the article "Þorfastr Varinsson" would place the article in the Populace category with the "T" names, as expected by users. The altered sort key is not visible to users, however. Only the registered spelling will appear in the category listing, article heading, etc.
Compendium Caidis Sorting
| character | becomes |
|---|---|
| Þ, þ | Th, th |
| Ó, ó | O, o |
Thank You!
Lachlan, Thank you for all the time and effort you have put into the wiki office, and your willingness to step up as administrator when you were needed. Thank you for staying on as an editor. It is very much appreciated! --Kolfinna 10:53, 7 August 2009 (PDT)
Dreiburgen Category
Thanks for the clarification. Appropriate chances have been made. --Malcolm Alberic 13:31, 21 December 2009 (PST)
Heraldic devices from Kingdom Roll of Arms?
Thanks for the quick response; I'll drop her an email. Also, I just had a problem a few minutes ago trying to upload a replacement file for a device .gif for Medb ingen Mathgamna - the first one, due to the sable background, made it look like the raven's leg was detached. I fixed it and uploaded the file again (as Medb_ingen_Mathgamna_1.gif), but it won't show a thumbnail or work on her page. Any thoughts? Thanks! --Dubhghall mac Aodha 19:42, 6 June 2010 (PDT)
