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== To-do list ==
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* [[The_PSUPedia:To-do_list|To-do list]]

==Current Discussions==

=== Neutral synth rates===
As far as I'm aware, none of the armor or weapon pages and templates show or account for the success rates when making them with no element. Since going green is apparently becoming more popular with the playerbase, especially with armor, seemed like something to bring up. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 16:59, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
* Far as I'm concerned, only an idiot would make something neutral, especially an armor. Anyway, there's no space in the tables really, so I think we can just leave it up to people to figure out on their own. It's higher than the listed numbers, we'll just leave it at that. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:06, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
** Only an idiot would waste time synthing a two-star saber, but we've got stuff on that too. Just saying. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 17:18, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Touche (I'M TOO LAZY TO FIND THE PROPERLY ACCENTED E OK GOD). But yeah, there's just not room for it in the template, and it would only confuse people further. Least that's my opinion. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:19, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
**** Do non-elemental weapons have a standard synth rate bonus over elementals, or does it vary from weapon to weapon? If it varies between weapon type, it might be worth adding a footnote, e.g. 'All sabers gain a 5% synth rate boost when plain photons are used instead of elemental photons'. I feel this stuff is worth having in, but especially for armours - while some of you feel that neutral armours are an idiot's game, a lot of us can't afford a set of elementals and especially with the appearance of Paradis Cataract, CASTs wanting an S-rank are going to increasingly look towards making themselves a neutral armour what with the rising price of S-rank armour with an extra slot. [[User:Strawdonkey|Strawdonkey]] 09:14, 14 May 2008 (CDT)
***** At the very least I'm thinking of adding a special note to some S-rank armors, since I've lost count of the number of people asking about neutral Serafi-senbas on PSOW. If no one feels like reworking the template though, I'm not going to press the issue. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:05, 14 May 2008 (CDT)
****** If it comes to it, I've got nothing against revising the templates to include neutral synth data. Thankfully implementation would be no problem since the success rates would be based on existing parameters (rarity for line shields and category-rarity for weapons). Only problem is finding a way to squeeze the info into the table. It can be done, I'm certain, but it'll likely require a lot of cell rearrangement. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:34, 14 May 2008 (CDT)

=== Crea+ weapons ===
* The wiki has real trouble with articles with a + in them, as we've seen with [[User:Aurly|someone here]]. It tends to just remove them, so Creasabra+ will be [[Creasabra]]. I suppose when the time comes to make articles about them we'll just have to rename them to something like [[Creasabra (plus)]] and put a note in the article saying something like 'Due to the technical limitations of the wiki, this item's name cannot be displayed properly. It is supposed to be ''Creasabra+''.' - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 14:20, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Well, it clearly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C++ can be done], it's just a matter of figuring out how. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 14:26, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** The only way I can get it to work is [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B this way]. Everything else just seems to remove it and act as though it's the Creasabra article. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 14:58, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
*** I see. This must be what MediaWiki help meant when they said that using a root.com/articletitle URL format is not recommended due to certain conflicts. We may need to change everything over to the root.com/index.php?title=articletitle format (or root.com/wiki/articletitle, maybe). However, that probably involves messing with the code on levels that I am not at all comfortable with until other options have been ruled out. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 15:03, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
**** Well, depends on how ready you are to deal with more "OMG WUT HAPIND 2 PSU PEE DIAD?" stuff. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 15:15, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
***** That would be quite a mess. I say we just go with [[Creasabra Plus]] or [[Crea Wand Plus]] until we can get Creasabra+, etc. to work properly. Then we could just redirect the Plus articles to the + articles. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:46, 10 April 2008 (CDT)

* On a slightly different note, Wormania, why did you change the Creasabra+ page to a redirect to Creasabra (plus)? It won't do anything because the problem is not so much with the article, but the URL. No matter the content of the Creasabra+ page, unless you do it as I stated above the URL changes to Creasabra and you go to that article. Unless you're doing something I'm missing, in which case I'd like you to explain it. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 15:47, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Just testing, needed to see in which order the + was processed in the grand scheme of things. Also my second test didn't work, apparently you cannot redirect to "outside" pages. As I'm sure everyone else has been using, http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B is the page which it will accept, however the [[Creasabra+]] directs to /Creasabra+. As it stands, I see two possible options. You could use [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B Creasabra+], which is slightly messy, but does the job, or you can do the whole root directory swap, which I can see being messy. This is all ofcourse assuming there's nothing we've missed so far. -- [[User:Wormania|Wormania]]
* Aha, holy shit, that was so stupidly obvious that it actually worked. For the sake of simplicity, let's just do it this way for now: make [[Creasabra plus]] with the content of <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Creasabra+]]</nowiki>, and it actually will redirect to the correct page. For linking to it, we can just use <nowiki>[[Creasabra plus | Creasabra+]]</nowiki> (yields [[Creasabra plus | Creasabra+]]). --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 16:10, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Ah, excellent, that should be a decent way of getting round it then. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 16:28, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** And when you click the article tab, it sends you to the regular Creasabra :< --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 17:32, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Solution: don't click the article tab. This clearly isn't the perfect solution, but it's clearly about as close as we can get without majorly changing URLs and shit. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:36, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
* Don't know if this is still being considered, but I'm 99% sure that a URL change won't affect any internal links. Only links to articles here from other sites like PSOW or the official forums would be affected. Also, the main page URL can stay the same. The process should only involve changing the URL prefix in a configuration file somewhere, not too complicated. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:03, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
** Not really up to me, but I guess it's at least worth a shot. If we don't like the results, we can just change it back. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:00, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
** According to [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL#Other_how-to_mini-guides this], I think either MediaWiki is installed into the root folder (which is a bad thing, apparently), or whoever set up the wiki software redirected links to the "short" version, which is just .info/Article_Name. So, I think we need some intervention from Hitmonchan either way. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 01:32, 12 April 2008 (CDT)

=== [Edit] Text too large ===
I think the [edit] text / link on all pages is in the wrong position, and far too large. It makes the page look messy and untidy. Compare this page http://psupedia.info/Events to this page on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast the [Edit] text is on the far right, out of view of readers, and smaller in font size so it's non obtrusive, i've set up a wiki before and this is usually default, I don't know the history of this wiki or why you've changed this, but I just had to say something and I think it looks terrible / you should fix it.. --[[User:Battlestar|Battlestar]]
* Strange that someone with so much wiki experience doesn't know how to sign their comments. That aside, I agree with you that the text does look more intrusive than it should. I'm not aware at the moment of any quick fix for it though. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 09:50, 20 April 2008 (CDT)
** Setting up a wiki doesn't automagically imbue the person with the knowledge on how to sign their comments. Thanks for the troll, but anyway, trolls aside, it says below ([[User:Battlestar|Battlestar]] 10:03, 20 April 2008 (CDT)) I guess I just forgot, huh?
*** I think it's because we're using a different version of MediaWiki than WikiPedia is. It may not look great, but this isn't a big concern for us at the moment. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 10:42, 20 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Enemy spawn chart section overhaul ===
I see, I see. [[User:EspioKaos/Sandbox/Enemy_spawn_charts|An overhaul]] has arrived for you! [/Tom Nook] The recent going-over of the spawn charts article made me get kind of back into wanting to finish up the conversion of the unconverted charts while getting a new style for the article set up. Basically, the new layout will give details on how to read the charts, what the notation means and then a list of missions (each link leading directly to the mission's spawn chart). With the "how to" section, I can't help but feel like I'm missing something, though. It might just be me, but if anyone notices something obvious that I omitted, please feel free to fill in the blanks. Otherwise, any suggestions? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:26, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
* Suggestions: Order rare monsters list alphabetically. The mission list could be made pretty [[Missions|like here]] maybe? Could be updated automatically if this pretty stuff was in some sort of template too. Looks good. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:40, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
** Alphabetized. :D Oh, just realized I forgot a few rare enemies. o: lol brb - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:55, 2 April 2008 (CDT)

=== April Fool's Day articles ===
Bravo on the April Fool's articles. I've gotten a good chortle out of the reactions from them! But, how long should we let this go on? I was planning on adding the backpacker girl April Fool's joke template thing to them later tonight, but I'm wondering if we might ought to do it earlier? A lot of people are acting pretty stupid over the whole thing, and the number of people who outright believe it baffles me. So, early intervention or let it go a little longer? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:37, 1 April 2008 (CDT)
* Let it go till tonight, then we can move them all to [[The_PSUPedia: April Fools]] (or something). If we have time, a [[B.O.R.D. Revolution]] article would be good too. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 13:45, 1 April 2008 (CDT)
** That'll work. I won't be home until pretty late tonight, so I can take care of it then if no one else has. If I get a chance (probably tomorrow at the earliest) I might see about getting a B.O.R.D. Revoltuion thing up, too. I was fairly amused by that when I saw it at Shougai yesterday. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:17, 1 April 2008 (CDT)

=== User pages edit protection ===
* What about [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UserPageEditProtection this]? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 17:28, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
** Great idea. If I knew how, I'd go ahead and set it up, but my wiki experience goes about as far as page coding. >_> - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 17:35, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Say the word.... - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:28, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
**** The word. ;) Be my guest if you can get this one going. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:23, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
***** Too late, I already did it. I'm going to hold off on BreadCrumbs until I have more time to understand exactly how it works. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 20:07, 31 March 2008 (CDT)

=== TP or Tech. ? ===
* In game it says "Tech.", on psupedia you've used TP (while using the correctly Att. and Acc. for other weapons). Can I fix that? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:15, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Ah, for the [[Rods|rods]] chart? Yeah, that should be "Tech." Any others you've noticed like that? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:20, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** About all the weapons page actually. Some are not converted to templates tho, so can convert at the same time. Needs mass edits and conversions. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:36, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Done the ones using templates. Still have to do:
**** Rod, Ulrod, Rayharod, Pumpkinhead, Slyrod, Hajirod, Tomoirod, Rodoc, Granarod, Mayrod, Granadoroc, Howrod, Halarod, Gaozoran Rod, Kazarod, Psycho Wand
**** C rank wands, B rank wands, Cometara, Lidra, Majimra, Magical Wand, Uransara, Tesbra
**** I suggest to do that while converting to templates, but if someone wanna do it without waiting, be my guest. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:58, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Already left you a note on your talk page, but just to reiterate: TP, please. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 16:00, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Aha, this seems like a better place to discuss it than that talk page. To summarise what's on there: Weapon and [[Line shields|line shield]] summary articles have long used the game's notation, hence the conflict. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 20:42, 29 March 2008 (CDT)
**** So, what is the official decision about this? I'm for using the in-game notation if you need my opinion. Also it should be added to the manual of style. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 16:00, 14 April 2008 (CDT)

===Minor Note Involving Spawn Charts===
* I've come across a lot of rare monster charts that have had different definitions of "spawn," in that some say "third spawn" when they mean practically the third room, and some mean it in the sense that it's the third group of monsters. Would it be possible to set a standard, and define it on the "Enemy Spawn Charts" page? [[User:Adryk|Addark]] 06:50, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** It means a "group of monster", which may or may not appear all at the same time, but will appear in the same room and if they don't appear at the same time, will appear because of the death of some monster in the group. If a group of monsters appear after you have cleared a room, it's not the same spawn, even if they appear in the same room (for example there's 3 spawns in lab recovery b3). Agree with putting a good definition somewhere tho. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 06:57, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Thanks for clearing it up, although I'm not entirely sure if all of the charts follow that standard. Sometimes "third spawn" is.. really confusing. I'll be running through a few of them in the meantime, though. Thanks for clarifying. :) [[User:Adryk|Addark]] 13:19, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It's supposed to mean enemy spawn. If in one room you take out one group of enemies entirely and then another one shows up in the same room, that is a second spawn. There is (or was?) a notation guide for these spawn charts but I'm not sure if it defines "a spawn" or not. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 20:44, 29 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Reviving WhosOnline ===
* Sorry, I was just trying to get the WhosOnline extension to work again, after [[User:Tycho|I]] and consequently [[User:Mono|Mono]] started making proper user pages recently. I kinda want it back since the first time around it caused a wave of people spontaneously starting to make user pages because the wiki had suddenly become less anonymous. I wasn't able to get it to work though, since apparently compatibility with this MediaWiki version sucks. I failed when trying [http://www.chekmate.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:MW:_Whos_Online_Extension#Who.27s_Online.2C_Mediawiki_1.9.x_not_working_.28Fixed.29 this], and step 1 from [http://booleandreams.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/mediawiki-extension-whosonline/ this guide] is just beyond me. If there are any other staff members courageous enough to give this a try, please give it a shot. >_<; - [[User:Tycho|Tycho]] 05:15, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
** Psh, piece of cake. If I had FTP access I could get this working in a few minutes. Unfortunately, I'm not on staff, so... I guess I could try walking someone else through it. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:10, 20 March 2008 (CDT)
** I'm making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:08, 25 March 2008 (CDT)

<pre>'''Users online:''' <whosonline></whosonline></pre>

'''Users online:''' <whosonline></whosonline>

* A shame it's not uh...working? It shows me as online if I view the recent changes "difference" you just made, but not if I just view the page. And it doesn't display guests at all. >_> Oh and the only person with FTP access is Tycho and Qwerty, in case you wanted to know. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 13:12, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
** Works for me? Bleh, the instructions Tycho linked me to were fail, so I had to improvise a bit. Try adding the code to a different page and see what happens. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:25, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Seems to be working fine for me, too, both here and on the front page. Though it's curious that no "guests" show up. I've got to get back to work, but I think I might play around with its placement on the front page later if I have time. (I'd like to go on an update the "latest missions" section with Friday's stuff, anyway.) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:44, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It isn't working for me either. Depending on how I view the main page (either just looking at it or looking at the most recent change), I get a completely different list. Just viewing the page, I don't even show up. Anyway, Mewn and Miraglyth both also have FTP access, just for the record. I can give the details out to Espio and Bea through various private messaging routes, if they so desire. On a related note, that color scheme for the box looks absolutely horrid, and I'm not too fond of its placement on the page. I will probably mess with it here shortly. But yeah, it doesn't appear to be functioning properly. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 15:18, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
**** OK, it would appear that the online list only updates once an action is taken, such as logging in or making an edit, and even then apparently on a page-by-page basis. Also, a user remains active on the list for an hour. The time length I can change no problem, but I'm not sure if it's possible or if it even was intended to keep track of people just browsing the site. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 22:40, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
***** Hrm... there's got to be something that can be done to make it display guests and registered users in real time as opposed to edit-by-edit. I assume you've checked these, but I'll throw them out there anyway, just in case. [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Whos_online MediaWiki Who's online extension article], [http://www.chekmate.org/wiki/index.php/MW:_Whos_Online_Extension Original extension at Check Mate]. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 20:42, 26 March 2008 (CDT)
****** Upon further research there may be a glitch related to this wiki's version number that's causing some issues. I'm going to reinstall the extension and see if anything improves. If any of you have added this extension to any other pages you may want to remove it to prevent any nasty errors. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:52, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
**** As far as I'm aware, my FTP access is limited to a subspace. I doubt these changes require access to the messy innards of this place, but if they did I wouldn't have been able to help. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 08:18, 26 March 2008 (CDT)
* HUGE SUCCESS. Seems to be working (for the most part) now. I just added it back to the front page and noticed that the number of registered members changed on me between refreshes. Guests still don't show up for some reason, though. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:40, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
** Scratch that. Guests suddenly showed up. So... HUGE SUCCESS. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:43, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
* Awesome. thanks for getting that working, Sekani. Is it wrong that I laugh that we have more people viewing the 'Pedia than the entirety of Sega's forums? --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:25, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
* Fuck yes, nice job. Sorry the pages I linked didn't provide much help on the subject, but it's about as much as I could find. Seeing the site activity is this decent is a pretty cool compliment. In any case, I'm hoping this'll make things more personal to participants. More people registering and making profiles plz. :> - [[User:Tycho|Tycho]] 07:04, 30 March 2008 (CDT)
==== More Who's Online stuff ====
* Hmmm... is there any way to place this on the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] page? - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:54, 26 April 2008 (CDT)
** I'm sure there's some way, but I don't know how to access that page to make changes. I like the idea of having this there; but aside from that, there's a small mistake that was pointed out to me on the page. It says "below are the last 100 changes made in the last '''last''' 7 days." Last is typed twice for some reason. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 18:31, 26 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Did some digging and found [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Special_pages this little gem.] Basically there's a PHP file that controls the output of that page, and we'll have to ''carefully'' change it. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 17:51, 29 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Offline ===
OK you might have seen me doing some offline work [[User:Essen/Sandbox|in my sandbox]]. I'll explain my thoughts about it here.
* Break offline in "Episode 1" and "Episode 2". There's too much different things to make them the same section. Example: drops are fixed per enemy in ep1, and per level in ep2. Missions are totally differents. Might have some balancing done between the two, etc.
* Offline doesn't need a page per item/weapon/mission/whatever. People will mostly want to know where to get their stuff and how it works, but won't worry about the descriptions much. A page [[User:Essen/Sandbox/Crossbows_(Episode_1)|like this]] is enough, imho. Plus there isn't that much weapons/stuff anyway.
* No need for an offline.psupedia imho. As you can see [[User:Essen/Sandbox|in my sandbox]] there's about 30 pages for ep1, without counting the more generic pages like save marker, photon charger etc, which are most of the time valid for both online and offline. We just need to stick with this slick format and remove all the old pages and clean-up the online page from everything offline-related. Also if we have an offline.psupedia, where do the scripts for episode 2 go? They're about the same for online and offline.
* Add a template to each Ep1 pages indicating that this is info for Episode 1 and that it is offline, on the top of the page. Same with other offline games.
* Once Episode 1 is done we could:
** Add a category to the left menu, "story mode" with links to "Episode 1" and "Episode 2" for example. Can also put a link to [[Phantasy Star Portable]].
** Clean-up all the online pages from offline stuff.
** Deprecate (mark for deletion) all the offline pages available and remove them a while later instead of having tons of redirections about offline. Of course before that they'll become redirections.
** Start Episode 2 (yeah i probably will) using the same structure than for Episode 1
** Also use the same structure for PSP.
** Once that is done (or before) I'll probably proceed to clean-up other stuff on the wiki.
Comments, thoughts, suggestions? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 21:01, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
* Very impressive work, Essen! It's greatly appreciated since our offline section (as near non-existent as it was) was in bad need of help. There are a few minor standardization things that should be taken care of (de-capitalization of subsection titles in a few spots is all I've seen), but I love the look. :D - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 22:34, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
** Yeah I'm trying to stick to the manual of style but might forgot stuff ^^; I'll change that on the next edits and will check a last time before putting it live. Thanks for the comment [[User:Essen|Essen]] 22:48, 13 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Categories? ===
* I've been noticing lately the lack of categories for most pages. For example all the *_(Offline) pages are left alone without category. Same with the scripts, and various others. There is a [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Special:Categories&limit=500 good bunch of categories] already, but a lot of pages [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Special:Uncategorizedpages&limit=500&offset=0 still haven't any]. I don't think I have to explain the benefits of doing this: easy navigation to pages with similar contents. Is there recommandations for categorization, and do you mind if I have fun categorizing when I happen to stumble on one of these numerous lost pages? Same sort of question with [http://psupedia.info/Special:Lonelypages orphaned pages]. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 22:00, 9 March 2008 (CDT)
** Go to town if you want :P First of all though, it might help to explain the blurred line that some categories would provide. For example, what separates [[Swords]] from [http://psupedia.info/Category:Swords Category:Swords] when the former should already provide a comprehensive list? - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 22:07, 9 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It's mostly not needed for online items as long as they link back to the [[Swords]]-like page. Unfortunately that's not always the case. It's also possible to process everything with a script if you are using categories. For example, generating a list of drops for all the items by running through the category and its childrens. If you change the template for the items, there's only one change needed to the script. If you change the pretty page, 0 needed. Without category, you need to change the script each time you change any pretty page. (And I might do that for various reasons, not only for psutools but also for making reports on what's missing in psupedia for example.) Anyway right now I was more thinking of that poor [[Units (Offline)]] page that gets linked only from [[Units]]. Meaning if you search for infos about offline, you need to go through online pages first. And if you need something else about offline (like, a weapon), you need to go back through online. Also worth noting that for the scripts, for example, there isn't really a place in the page where you can add a link back to the index (except the bottom, like categories do). Finally, and that's probably the solution to the difference between category and pretty page: you can probably make the category redirect to the pretty page. That way all users will get redirected to the page you want, you'll get links at the bottom automatically, and automated scripts can still parse the categories by adding "&redirect=no" to the URLs. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 23:05, 9 March 2008 (CDT) (and sorry for the lengthy comment lol I wrote as I thought about it)
*** Most of that actually makes sense, heh. On the offline thing though: Once upon a time it was suggested that we try something like offline.psupedia.info to create a distinction between Network Mode and Story/Extra Mode. Nobody really responded to the idea, indicating a general lack of interest in offline modes. If one/some people took an interest to the offline modes then that'd be another idea on top of this, though the offline modes are a confusing mix themselves - Story Mode "v1" is different to Extra Mode "v1" is different to Story Mode AOTI. The latter two of course aren't even available to the 360. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 07:48, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Yep I remember when that suggestion popped up. I'm not really interested in offline, it's just I did ep1 again to remember the story and I needed ep1 informations. What I suggest is to separate Episode 1 and 2 since they don't work the same way for everything (like for drops, shops, etc). This would prevent some confusion if an item is in PSU and not in AoI for example. However I wouldn't advise in separating story from extra (it's only a few SUV different, and story missions not available), and don't think offline.psupedia would be good either, since stuff like NPC or scripts are not only for offline. Pics of items too. Finally, it's pretty easy to find everything in offline mode, and there's no need for editing once it's considered finished. I might try and get the complete list of drops for Ep1, wouldn't take too long since the drops don't depend on the enemy level. And clean up all this in 2 different categories, Ep1 and Ep2. Sounds like fun. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:00, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
**** I've made an example of redirection of category on the [http://psupedia.info/Category:Swords Category:Swords] category. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:09, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
***** I tried a similar category redirection a while back, for some reason it didn't go over well. Never bothered to ask why. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:59, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BreadCrumbs2 This extension] could make categories much more useful. Also, please comment that old example I made on the sword category. I think the redirection paired with this extension could make for a much better navigation. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:39, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
** Originally, I was under the impression that categories should not redirect to an actual article as that seemed to defeat the purpose of a standalone category. However, I'm seeing now that it really would serve a great purpose, especially with something like this. I'd love to see how well this would work here, especially if if would make site navigation easier. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 10:07, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** [http://www.pooshlmer.com/touhouwiki/index.php/Embodiment_of_Scarlet_Devil:_Gameplay A real life example of the extension] (see at bottom) [[User:Essen|Essen]] 12:45, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Now that looks great! Clean, easy to read; it'd be perfect for us. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 12:49, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
***** This really does look cool, but apparently it requires a fairly rigid existing structure already in place. Most of the pages that aren't weapons or missions are somewhat unorganized, and I have to wonder how useful this extension would be in that context. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:31, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
****** Categorized categories and all of that, right? I figure if we spend some time getting things put in their proper categories, we can get that extension working very nicely. When I have more time, I'll look more into it to see just how rigid it needs to be. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:41, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_that_should_be_in_SVG_format Category containing images]: this would allow automatic creation of image galleries by just adding an image to one (or more) category. This might be more or less configurable, I didn't look seriously yet. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 19:04, 14 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Update section overhaul ===
We had a little discussion going on this a few months ago, but it kind of fizzled off. I'd like to get it going again since, as it's been noted on numerous occasions, our current updates section is getting ginormous. Jubei put together an example of one way to prettify our updates ([[User:JubeiSaotome/Sandbox/Updates]]) which I'm quite pleased with. However, one thing we didn't come to a decision on is how to break up individual pages. Should it be broken up by update, by month, by quarter, or what? Also, I'm thinking that maybe we don't need to document the exact time the servers go up and down. The up time changes constantly from what I've seen, and the 00:01:00 the official site gives doesn't seem to be accurate at all. (Actually, that looks like a default time for pretty much all announcements that go up on the main site, no matter what time it was posted.) Just stating the day the servers go back up should suffice. Anyway, let's discuss. I'd like to make some progress on this project so we can at least get new updates in this format. We can always save the conversion of older updates for later. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 11:18, 25 February 2008 (CST)
* Suggestion one: sort them by season (e.g. March to May = Spring 2008) Suggestion two: Newest updates go at the top of the page, not the bottom. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:10, 25 February 2008 (CST)
* Sorry for splitting this discussion up between a few different articles. <_<; Anyway, I've come up with a little prototype design for something like what I was envisioning for the new updates section. I haven't made a portal page for it, but you can view two of the sections [[Updates/February_2008|here]] and [[Updates/March_2008|here]]. Each article will contain the updates for its respective month, listed with the newest update the top, oldest at the bottom. At the very bottom of each article will be that little calendar thing to make navigating the updates section easier. I'd like to mess around with the calendar colors and stuff some more (I just copy-pasted the code of one of the front page tables to make these) and maybe play with the sizing to make it a tad bit smaller. But, I'll save that for later. So, questions, comments? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:27, 12 March 2008 (CDT)
* Agreed with all of the above, with the exception of the removal of update times. Things like 5-hour maintenances for large updates serve a limited amount of historic value, but more importantly, just using "the date" doesn't tell people much. The servers are PST and start maintenance one hour before midnight, so for everyone east of that (which is pretty much everyone, I'm sure) it would be one day out. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 05:14, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
** The down time is static. I think it's always been 11:00p.m. PST, so we don't need that with each update. A note on the main updates page stating that maintenance occurs each Friday starting at that time should suffice. If we decide to include the time when the servers come back online after a maintenance period, we'll need some way of documenting an accurate uptime as the official site does not do this. Whenever the servers come back up, the announcement on the front page always reads 12:01a.m., even if it's much later in the morning. Heh, even announcements posted mid-afternoon say they were posted one minute after midnight. XD Anyway, what I'm getting at is we'd need someone to stay on top of keeping accurate track of maintenance downtime each update. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 09:43, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
*** ''"we'll need some way of documenting an accurate uptime as the official site does not do this"'' - I did this back when I worked from home, but it's been nearly a year since I stopped :P board "SERVER IS UP" threads don't help either because you can never tell which is the first that was telling the truth :P either way, the first few months at least have accurate downtime records. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 07:05, 14 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Drop Templates ===
I keep seeing drop templates being given numbers (the latest I saw being [[Template:Dark Falz 90]]). Why do we include numbers? Why can't we just call it the monster name and add a parameter to it specifying levels? ie the [[Template:Dark Falz]] page I made. Simply use <nowiki>{{Dark Falz | lvl=90 }}</nowiki> to get the same result as <nowiki>{{Dark Falz 90}}</nowiki>. Or...is there a reason that I completely missed? So many extra pages (and database entries) being made that can minimized into single pages.. --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 17:46, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* I think Espio just likes doing extra work, makes him look important and keeps him from being bored at his job doing... whatever he does. Just kidding. Probably. On a more serious note, I think it's time to start actually archiving some of these discussions here. It took me almost a full minute to scroll all the way down the page to where this comment resides. -[[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:30, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Primarily, I think no one ever thought of it. To be honest though, I find that rather confusing, but I can see its worth. Oh, and Sekani, I agree. The problem is that the topics aren't ordered by date. New topics are supposed to go at the top, but that only seems to happen half the time. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 18:38, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Curses! You've got me, Sekani. XD
Seriously, though, a template like that is a very good idea, but considering how incredibly deep into use the current templates are, we'd be looking at creating a ridiculous amount of extra work for ourselves just to create the new templates and change all of the existing uses in articles and drop charts and what-not to the new style. Time like that would likely be best spent on more important matters around here. ;) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:57, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Well, let's just start using new kinds of templates from now on. Phasing out the old one can just be done like, one monster a day or something. It would be slow, but it'd get done eventually. :) --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 09:15, 19 February 2008 (CST)
** I'll be completely honest with you: I'd prefer we not. I appreciate the idea, but I'd much rather we stick with the current, established templates than have multiple styles about the site that mean extra clean up later. Again, the time that would be spent creating and implementing the new templates could be put to much better use with the numerous other projects about the site. Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm not trying to be an ass, just trying to avoid extra work for everyone. XD - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 09:47, 19 February 2008 (CST)

=== Audio Files ===
Files with the extension MP3 or OGG cannot be uploaded; why is this? All of the currently available samples in the [[Jukebox discs]] section are really awful because of their encoding and there's no way to reasonably change them. [[User:DOS|DOS]] 10:20, 29 February 2008 (CST)
* I haven't enabled those file types yet. I may do so soon, if we decide to install an in-wiki audio-player extension. However, we do not intend to host the entire file for the jukebox disks, but rather only a low quality preview so that you know what you're getting before you buy the disc. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:18, 29 February 2008 (CST)
** Yes, I understand that these are meant to be samples but the ones that are currently available are poorly encoded. Also I don't understand why you would want an in-wiki media player when users can download the files and listen in their player of choice? [[User:DOS|DOS]] 21:50, 29 February 2008 (CST)
*** The "poor encoding" was intentional. The samples do what they were intended to do ("What does Disc 77 sound like?") while not running up unnecessary bandwidth bills. I honestly see nothing to be gained from using a high-bitrate sample. We're not here to cater to audiophiles or people looking for free music. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 22:50, 29 February 2008 (CST)
**** Maybe try encoding at 64Kbps? At least something that doesn't make listening to these files totally unpleasant. 32Kbps is way too low. I don't think this is an unreasonable increase; I wasn't planning on asking for lossless clips or anything. [[User:DOS|DOS]] 09:57, 1 March 2008 (CST)
***** They sound fine to me. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 10:01, 1 March 2008 (CST)
***** 32Kbps hurts to listen to..to me at least. :( --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 10:07, 1 March 2008 (CST)
****** Try turning the volume down then. Your ears will thank you. All jokes aside, the orchestrated clips in particular actually are pretty bad, so I'll try uploading them in a different format this weekend. WMA is the only other near-universal format I can think of, and it should provide some improvement in quality. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:00, 6 March 2008 (CST)
****** Just so you know I haven't forgotten about this. Been busy with actual work lately (had to recode an entire website almost from scratch), not to mention Audacity doesn't like exporting to WMA. Windows Media Encoder does the job, but the samples cut off abruptly instead of the short fadeout the current clips have. Still looking for a solution, suggestions welcome. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:14, 20 March 2008 (CDT)
******* Wanted to throw my 2p in here - I'd steer clear of WMA as it's not exactly a universal format, not least due to the fact it stands for 'Windows Media Audio'! I'd stick with MP3, 64kbps is plenty for this purpose and still results in small files - about 500k/minute, almost any media player can play it and you're not stuck with users who may have to download additional software to listen to the files. I'm just thinking from a usability point of view more than anything else. [[User:Strawdonkey|Strawdonkey]] 08:58, 14 May 2008 (CDT)
******* Quick addendum - I've just gone looking for said audio files, all I can find is WMA and one 128k MP3. Clicking the links to WMA files opens Winamp (my default music player) for me, which then fails to play the file. This is one of the usability reasons I mentioned - all of a sudden, to listen to this file becomes too much faff. [[User:Strawdonkey|Strawdonkey]] 09:06, 14 May 2008 (CDT)
******** Someone else had [[Talk:Jukebox discs#New Topic|the same issue]] a while back, and the problem actually lies with Winamp. Set Windows Media Player or Quicktime as your default handler for WMA files. If you're not willing to do that, just save the files to your hard drive before playing them. Unfortunately the wiki doesn't support the complex code needed for forced streaming. As far as compatibility goes, let's just say that I have ''never'' seen a system that was incapable of playing WMA files right out of the box. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:00, 14 May 2008 (CDT)
********* Actually, Ubuntu out of the box can't. Mac OS X out of the box can't either. Windows can, sure, because it's a M$ format. That said the only format I would support and recommand is OGG, unless you go lossless (but not much point for these). [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:39, 14 May 2008 (CDT)
********** What's OGG compatibility like, though? Again, I'm not sure that Windows Media Player is capable of playing that! If you want to stick with WMAs that's fine but I reckon a little note encouraging people to download the file rather than left-click it would be well-advised. There's a lot of people out there that are savvy enough to install a third-party media player but not savvy enough to figure out what's gone wrong when something doesn't work :) [[User:Strawdonkey|Strawdonkey]] 15:34, 14 May 2008 (CDT)

===XBOX Gamertag embeds===
The Microsoft XBOX site allows you to add your Gamertag Card to anything that accepts the code... I haven't figured it out how to get it to display on the PSUPedia pages (probably a coding issue) but anywhere else its something groovy to show off, and a nice easy link to see how the online gamer is acutally doing.
Just a thought.

Wolfmist
* Judging by your edit history, it appears to use some non-standard HTML tags. Unfortunately, a wiki only accepts tags for simple things such as bold, italics, etc. The best thing you'll be able to do is throw up a simple link. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 13:15, 2 March 2008 (CST)
** I already tried this a while ago when I first started messing around here. No dice. I don't think wikis are designed to accept dynamic content like Gamertag info. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:39, 6 March 2008 (CST)
***Yeah, thought as much. Thanks for the info though, I'll remember to keep stuff simple on here, lol. - [[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 06:39, 13 March 2008 (GMT)

===Giresta Article===
I tried to submit information about this Photon Art - why do people keep deleting/changing it?
Check the article's history, stuff I said was true, that Giresta does everything that Resta does, that the spell significantly transforms at around Level 15 (and I did say that I hadn't confirmed that fact) and a few other things. I suppose a few editorial comments wouldn't go amiss for every article edit, would it? Learn from mistakes and all that?

- Wolfmist
* Comments like yours don't belong in a proper article, especially since the information was erroneous (as with all techs, the only changes take place every 10 levels). Additionally, we have a standard format for articles such as [[Giresta]], and we would like to stick to it for all such articles. Finally, never sign an edit to an article, only for talk pages. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 18:15, 18 March 2008 (CDT)
** Comments like mine? Erroneous Information? Look, Qwerty, I send information with the best intentions. And when I know I've made a statement which doesn't ring true, I add that I haven't confirmed what I said, and fine, I may not be great at spelling or grammar, so fine edit those but please don't be insulting about it! If you have to be blunt then fine, but have you ever heard of taking your staff around a corner to talk rather than shouting out mistakes for all to hear? Jeeze, Lighten up! Oh, and besides, that particular article would never have recieved data if I hadn't brought attention to it. Same with a lot of other articles, actually, which could be interesting to read. Have you ever seen intriguing things happen in the game that have no explanations yet? I have, and I actually like to make the effort of attempting things myself if nothing's been done by anyone else... there I've had my beef and now I need a cookie, lol. --[[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 11:38, 19 March 2008 (GMT)
*** I removed the comments in question because, for reasons Qwerty stated(I don't think it was all too rude how he put it either). And for reasons that PSUP is supposed to be as unbiased as possible, and to say something like "Designed to replace Resta" is simply biased - Resta has the major plus of better range and quicker casting time, so it is simply an opinion and I felt had little place in the article. You put your things in better words after my edit, and Espio formatted it correctly, but the huge problem even without the opinionated remarks is the information that has no evidence for such as it "improving at 15" and "getting better range all the time". - [[User:Saiffy|Saiffy]] 22:09, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
*** On another note, "''And when I know I've made a statement which doesn't ring true, I add that I haven't confirmed what I said''" is not advised practise. The intent of this resource is to provide facts alone, leaving what is essentially speculation to the discussion pages. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 08:26, 26 March 2008 (CDT)

===New Expansion Release?===
There are rumors floating around that a new version (like AOTI) will soon be released... What whispers have you lot heard? Spill the beans if its true! - [[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 03:56, 26 March 2008 (GMT).
* No one has heard anything. For the time being, it's all (meaningless and silly) speculation. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 23:29, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
* These rumours are, if anything, probably based on the upcoming PSP game [[Phantasy Star Portable]]. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 09:38, 26 March 2008 (CDT)

Card Regas

2008-05-14T20:28:44Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

''A throwing blade developed by GRM. The improved trajectory calculation system has boosted accuracy dramatically.'' 
{{9 stars}}

==Item details==
* This item's name is derived from the Greek word for "king", ''rigas.''

==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Ranged weapon stats
| type = Card
| rarity = 9
| pp = 570
| attack = 272
| ata = 257
| version = AotI
| req = 148
| maker = Y}}
||
{{Board stats 9 star ranged
| photons = ??? Photon
| name = Card Regas
| metal = Teranite
| wood = Par Ebon
}}
||
{{Pricing info
| buy = N/A
| sell = Unknown
| shop = N/A
| bbuy = N/A
| bsell = Unknown
| bshop = N/A
}}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Grinding info
| attack = ATP
| a0 = 272
| a1 = 277
| a2 = 281
| a3 = 285
| a4 = 289
| a5 = 293
| a6 = 298
| a7 = 303
| a8 = 308
| a9 = 314
| a10 = 321
| pp0 = 570
| pp1 = 590
| pp2 = 604
| pp3 = 618
| pp4 = 634
| pp5 = 652
| pp6 = 672
| pp7 = 694
| pp8 = 716
| pp9 = 740
| pp10 = 770
}}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Rappy Polec]] || 100+ || Board
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==
* No images currently exist for this weapon! [[Special:Upload|Click here]] to upload an image and help us develop this page!


[[Category:Cards]]

Vish Tien

2008-05-14T20:25:37Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

{{AotI Only}}
[[Image:tien.jpg|thumb|right|Light Vish Tien.]]
''A photon whip newly developed by TENORA WORKS. Using non-solidified photons. Allows more intense attacks within a set range.'' 
{{8 stars}}

==Item details==
* The synthesis board for this weapon will only accept [[Gra-photon|Gra-photons]] and [[Megi-photon|Megi-photons]]. No other elements can be used.
* A light element Vish Tien has a chance of inflicting sleep Lv2 on enemies.
* A dark element Vish Tien gets more powerful as your HP drops.
 
==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Striking weapon stats
| type = Whip
| rarity = 8
| pp = 271
| attack = 209
| ata = 217
| version = AotI
| req = 251
| maker = T
}}
||
{{Board stats 8 star striking
| name = Vish Tien
| photons = ??? Photon
| ore = Vestaline
| metal = Slaterian
| wood = Mot Ebon
}}
||
{{Pricing info
| buy = N/A
| sell = Unknown
| shop = N/A
| bbuy = 110000
| bsell = 5500
| bshop = [[MA-GRMS]]: Dagora
}}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Grinding info
| attack = ATP
| a0 = 209
| a1 = 212
| a2 = 215
| a3 = 219
| a4 = 223
| a5 = 227
| a6 = 231
| a7 = 235
| a8 = 241
| a9 = 247
| a10 = 253
| pp0 = 271
| pp1 = 279
| pp2 = 287
| pp3 = 296
| pp4 = 305
| pp5 = 315
| pp6 = 325
| pp7 = 336
| pp8 = 351
| pp9 = 367
| pp10 = 384
}}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Kakwane]] || 70-79 || Board
|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==
* No additional images currently exist for this weapon! [[Special:Upload|Click here]] to upload an image and help us develop this page!

[[Category:Whips]]

Vish

2008-05-14T20:23:28Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

{{AotI Only}}
[[Image:Vish.jpg|thumb|right|Electric Vish]]
''A photon whip newly developed by TENORA WORKS. Using non-solidified photons. Requires a certain level of skill to use.'' 
{{7 stars}}

==Item details==
* Two different versions of this weapon are sold by NPC shops, one with 28% lightning element, the other with 28% ground element.
* The synthesis board for this weapon will only accept [[Zon-photon|Zon-photons]] and [[Di-photon|Di-photons]]. No other elements can be used.
* A ground element Vish has a chance of inflicting silence on enemies.
* A lightning element Vish has a chance of inflicting shock on enemies.
 
==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Striking weapon stats
| type = Whip
| rarity = 7
| pp = 263
| attack = 185
| ata = 194
| version = AotI
| req = 215
| maker = T
}}
||
{{Board stats
| material1 = Photon
| ingredient1 = ???-photon
| ingredient1count = 10
| material2 = Ore
| ingredient2 = Kerseline
| ingredient2count = 6
| material3 = Metal
| ingredient3 = Slaterian
| ingredient3count = 1
| material4 = Wood
| ingredient4 = Mot Ebon
| ingredient4count = 3

| uses = 3
| rate = 38-67%
| time = 3:00
| name = Vish
}}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8" | '''Pricing information'''
|- style="background:#f2f2f2"
| colspan="2"|'''Weapon''' || colspan="2"|'''Board'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || 90000 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || 60000
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || 18000 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || 3000
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || [[Tenora]] || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || [[MA-GRMS]]: Dagora
|}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="12"| '''Grinding information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Stat''' || '''+0''' || '''+1''' || '''+2''' || '''+3''' || '''+4''' || '''+5''' || '''+6''' || '''+7''' || '''+8''' || '''+9''' || '''+10'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''PP''' || 263 || 271 || 279 || 288 || 297 || 307 || 317 || 328 || 343 || 359 || 376
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''ATP''' || 185 || 189 || 193 || 198 || 203 || 208 || 213 || 219 || 226 || 234 || 242
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| N/A || N/A || N/A
|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==
* No additional images currently exist for this weapon! [[Special:Upload|Click here]] to upload an image and help us develop this page!

[[Category:Whips]]

Granarodoc

2008-05-14T20:21:02Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

''A high-end long staff tuned for advanced users, its elegant form hides powerful specs. Probably.'' 
{{8 stars}}
==Item details==
* No additional details.

==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8"| '''Stats'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Type''' || [[Rods|Rod]] || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''PP''' || 1449
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Rarity'''|| {{Color-A}}|8★ || style="background:#f2f2f2" rowspan="2" | '''TP''' || rowspan="2" | 431
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Ver.''' || {{PSU version}}
|-
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Maker''' || {{Logo-K}} | style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Req.''' || 334
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8"| '''Board Stats'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Photon''' || [[El-photon]] x10 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Ore''' || [[Vestaline]] x6
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Metal''' || [[Cyral]] x6 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Wood''' || [[Kubara Wood]] x6
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''[B] uses''' || 1 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Synth rate''' || 52-??%
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Synth time''' || ??:?? || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''[B] used''' || [B] Granarodoc
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8" | '''Pricing Information'''
|- style="background:#f2f2f2"
| colspan="2"|'''Weapon''' || colspan="2"|'''Board'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || N/A || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || 55000
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || Unknown || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || Unknown
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || None || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || [[KUBARA SPREAD]]
|}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="12"| '''Grinding information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Stat''' || '''+0''' || '''+1''' || '''+2''' || '''+3''' || '''+4''' || '''+5''' || '''+6''' || '''+7''' || '''+8''' || '''+9''' || '''+10'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''PP''' || 1449 || 1498 || 1557 || 1596 || 1660 || 1695 || 1749 || 1779 || 1843 || ??? || 1942
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''TP''' || 431 || 449 || 463 || 484 || 497 || 520 || 531 || 550 || 559 || ??? || 608
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| N/A || N/A || N/A
|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==
* No images currently exist for this weapon! [[Special:Upload|Click here]] to upload an image and help us develop this page!

[[Category:Rods]]

Hajirod

2008-05-14T20:17:59Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

''A powerful, mass-produced model long staff geared toward the intermediate user.'' 
{{5 stars}}
==Item details==
* No additional details.

==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8"| '''Stats'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Type''' || [[Rods|Rod]] || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''PP''' || 1080
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Rarity'''|| {{Color-B}}|5★ || style="background:#f2f2f2" rowspan="2" | '''TP''' || rowspan="2" | 364
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Ver.''' || {{PSU version}}
|-
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Maker''' || {{Logo-Y}} | style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Req.''' || 222
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8"| '''Board stats'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Photon''' || [[El-photon]] x5 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Ore''' || [[Marseline]] x3
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Metal''' || [[Speral]] x4 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Wood''' || [[Neu Ash]] x4
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''[B] uses''' || 3 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Synth rate''' || 56-??%
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Synth time''' || ??:?? || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''[B] used''' || [B] Hajirod
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8" | '''Pricing information'''
|- style="background:#f2f2f2"
| colspan="2"|'''Weapon''' || colspan="2"|'''Board'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || 18500 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || 9250
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || Unknown || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || Unknown
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || [[Yohmei Shop]] || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || [[MA-GRMS: Ohtoku]]
|}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="12"| '''Grinding information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Stat''' || '''+0''' || '''+1''' || '''+2''' || '''+3''' || '''+4''' || '''+5''' || '''+6''' || '''+7''' || '''+8''' || '''+9''' || '''+10'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''PP''' || 1080 || 1106 || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ???
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''TP''' || 364 || 375 || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ???
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Armed Servant (Ozuna)]] || 40-49 || Weapon
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Gaozoran]] || 40-49 || Weapon
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Demons Above]] || A || Weapon
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[The Eastern Peril]] || A || Weapon
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Armed Servant (Taguba)]] || 40-49 || Board
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Demons Above]] || A || Board
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Grove of Fanatics]] || B || Board
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Moonlight Beast]] || B || Board
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[The Eastern Peril]] || A || Board
|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==

<gallery>
Image:Hajirod.jpg|Hajirod.
</gallery>

[[Category:Rods]]

Gaozoran Rod (weapon)

2008-05-14T20:17:04Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

[[Image:gaozoranrod.JPG|thumb|200px|right|A Gaozoran Rod.]]
''A long staff created from the cane of the SEED-Form "Gaozoran." An unheard-of power lies within it.'' 
{{10 stars}}
==Item details==
* Just as the Gaozoran greatly resembles the Chaos Sorcerer from ''PSO'', this weapon resembles the Sorcerer's Cane item.
* Regenerates photon points at 3 PP per tick.
 
==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8"| '''Stats'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Type''' || {{Rod icon}} || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''PP''' || 1641
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Rarity'''|| {{Color-S}}|10★ || style="background:#f2f2f2" rowspan="2" | '''TP''' || rowspan="2" | 807
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Ver.''' || {{PSU version}}
|-
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Maker''' || {{Logo-K}} | style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Req.''' || 345
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8"| '''Board stats'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Photon''' || [[El-photon]] x10 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Ore''' || [[Junaline]] x10
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Gemstone''' || [[Citrad]] x15 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Biomaterial''' || [[Gaozoran Rod (biomaterial)|Gaozoran Rod]] x7
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''[B] uses''' || 1 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Synth rate''' || ??-99%
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Synth time''' || ??:?? || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''[B] used''' || [B] Gaozoran Rod
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8" | '''Pricing information'''
|- style="background:#f2f2f2"
| colspan="2"|'''Weapon''' || colspan="2"|'''Board'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || N/A || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || N/A
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || Unknown || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || Unknown
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || None || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || None
|}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="12"| '''Grinding information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Stat''' || '''+0''' || '''+1''' || '''+2''' || '''+3''' || '''+4''' || '''+5''' || '''+6''' || '''+7''' || '''+8''' || '''+9''' || '''+10'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''PP''' || 1641 || 1697 || 1764 || 1809 || 1881 || 1920 || 1981 || 2015 || 2087 || 2115 || ???
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''TP''' || 807 || 829 || 845 || 874 || 887 || 919 || 929 || 954 || 960 || 982 || ???
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Gaozoran]] || 100+ || Board
|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==
* No images currently exist for this weapon! [[Special:Upload|Click here]] to upload an image and help us develop this page!

[[Category:Rods]]

Rod

2008-05-14T20:15:50Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

''A long staff for beginners, it cannot be used for direct physical attacks, but up to four TECHNICs can be linked to it.'' 
{{1 star}}
==Item details==
* No additional details.

==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8"| '''Stats'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Type''' || [[Rods|Rod]] || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''PP''' || 720
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Rarity'''|| {{Color-C}}|1★ || style="background:#f2f2f2" rowspan="2" | '''TP''' || rowspan="2" | 70
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Ver.''' || {{PSU version}}
|-
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Maker''' || {{Logo-Y}} | style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Req.''' || 26
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8"| '''Board stats'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Photon''' || [[El-photon]] x1 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Ore''' || [[Acenaline]] x1
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Metal''' || [[Soural]] x1 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Wood''' || [[Neu Wood]] x1
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''[B] uses''' || 5 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Synth rate''' || 82-90%
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Synth time''' || 00:15 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''[B] used''' || [B] Rod
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8" | '''Pricing information'''
|- style="background:#f2f2f2"
| colspan="2"|'''Weapon''' || colspan="2"|'''Board'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || 350 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || 180
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || Unknown || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || Unknown
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || [[GRD-AS]], [[Yohmei Shop]] || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || [[MA-GRMS: Ohtoku]]
|}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="12"| '''Grinding information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Stat''' || '''+0''' || '''+1''' || '''+2''' || '''+3''' || '''+4''' || '''+5''' || '''+6''' || '''+7''' || '''+8''' || '''+9''' || '''+10'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''PP''' || 720 || ??? || ??? || ??? || 824 || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ???
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''TP''' || 70 || ??? || ??? || ??? || 149 || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ???
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Armed Servant (Ozuna)]] || 1-9 || Weapon
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Gaozoran]] || 1-9 || Weapon
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Armed Servant (Taguba)]] || 1-9 || Board
|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==

<gallery>
Image:Rod.jpg|Rod.
</gallery>

[[Category:Rods]]

Hanmateri

2008-05-14T20:15:02Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

''A powerful, high-end bow geared toward the advanced user, its elegant form conceals a deadly efficiency.''

{{7 stars}}

==Item details==
* No note-worthy details.

==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8"| '''Stats'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Type''' || {{Longbow icon}} || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''PP''' || 1169
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Rarity'''|| {{Color-A}}|7★ || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''ATP''' || 487
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Ver.''' || {{PSU version}} || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''ATA''' || 243
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Maker''' || {{Logo-Y}} | style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Req.''' || 116
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8"| '''Board stats'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Photon''' || [[Im-photon]] x10 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Ore''' || [[Kerseline]] x6
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Metal''' || [[Chicotite]] x1 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Wood''' || [[Neu Ebon]] x3
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''[B] uses''' || 3 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Synth rate''' || ??-60%
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Synth time''' || 3:00 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''[B] used''' || [B] Hanmateri
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#e8e8e8" | '''Pricing information'''
|- style="background:#f2f2f2"
| colspan="2"|'''Weapon''' || colspan="2"|'''Board'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || 90000 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Buy price''' || 60000
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || 13500 || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Sell price''' || 3000
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || Yohmei || style="background:#f2f2f2" | '''Shop location''' || [[MA-GRMS|MA-GRMS: Ohtoku]]
|}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="12"| '''Grinding information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Stat''' || '''+0''' || '''+1''' || '''+2''' || '''+3''' || '''+4''' || '''+5''' || '''+6''' || '''+7''' || '''+8''' || '''+9''' || '''+10'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''PP''' || 1169 || 1207 || ??? || ??? || 1298 || 1325 || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ???
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''ATP''' || 487 || 503 || ??? || ??? || 541 || 552 || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? || ???
|}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| ??? || ??? || Board
|}
|}
|}
[[Category:Longbows]]

== Image gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Hanmateri2.jpg|Hanmateri
</gallery>

Ranpegi

2008-05-14T20:13:52Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

{{AotI Only}}
''A GRM TECHNIC combat support machine. A custom model with upgraded reactor output. Only a select few can handle its power.'' 
{{9 stars}}

==Item details==
* No details of note.

==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Force weapon stats
| type = TCSM
| rarity = 9
| pp = 1081
| attack = 443
| version = AotI
| req = 274
| maker = G}}
||
{{Board stats
| material1 = Photon
| ingredient1 = El-photon
| ingredient1count = 10
| material2 = Ore
| ingredient2 = Vulcaline
| ingredient2count = 6
| material3 = Metal
| ingredient3 = Cyral
| ingredient3count = 9
| material4 = Wood
| ingredient4 = Par Ebon
| ingredient4count = 9

| uses = 3
| rate = ??-61%
| time = 2:00
| name = Ranpegi
}}

||
{{Pricing info
| buy = N/A
| sell = Unknown
| shop = N/A
| bbuy = N/A
| bsell = Unknown
| bshop = N/A
}}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Grinding info
| attack = TP
| a0 = 443
| a1 = 455
| a2 = 467
| a3 = 475
| a4 = 482
| a5 = 489
| a6 = 496
| a7 = 502
| a8 = 510
| a9 = 523
| a10 = 538
| pp0 = 1081
| pp1 = 1120
| pp2 = 1159
| pp3 = 1178
| pp4 = 1199
| pp5 = 1220
| pp6 = 1242
| pp7 = 1264
| pp8 = 1288
| pp9 = 1335
| pp10 = 1385
}}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[De Rol Le]] || 100+ || Weapon
|-
| [[Mother Brain]] || 100+ || Weapon
|-
| [[De Rol Le]] || 60-79 || Board
|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==
* No images currently exist for this weapon! [[Special:Upload|Click here]] to upload an image and help us develop this page!


[[Category:TCSMs]]

Ranpegi

2008-05-14T20:13:23Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

{{AotI Only}}
''A GRM TECHNIC combat support machine. A custom model with upgraded reactor output. Only a select few can handle its power.'' 
{{9 stars}}

==Item details==
* No details of note.

==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Force weapon stats
| type = TCSM
| rarity = 9
| pp = 1081
| attack = 443
| version = AotI
| req = 274
| maker = G}}
||
{{Board stats
| material1 = Photon
| ingredient1 = El-photon
| ingredient1count = 10
| material2 = Ore
| ingredient2 = Vulcaline
| ingredient2count = 6
| material3 = Metal
| ingredient3 = Cyral
| ingredient3count = 9
| material4 = Wood
| ingredient4 = Par Ebon
| ingredient4count = 9

| uses = 3
| rate = ??-61%
| time = 2:00
| name = Ranpegi
}}

||
{{Pricing info
| buy = N/A
| sell = Unknown
| shop = N/A
| bbuy = N/A
| bsell = Unknown
| bshop = N/A
}}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Grinding info
| attack = TP
| a0 = 443
| a1 = 455
| a2 = 467
| a3 = 475
| a4 = 482
| a5 = 489
| a6 = 496
| a7 = 502
| a8 = 510
| a9 = 1335
| a10 = 538
| pp0 = 1081
| pp1 = 1120
| pp2 = 1159
| pp3 = 1178
| pp4 = 1199
| pp5 = 1220
| pp6 = 1242
| pp7 = 1264
| pp8 = 1288
| pp9 = 1335
| pp10 = 1385
}}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[De Rol Le]] || 100+ || Weapon
|-
| [[Mother Brain]] || 100+ || Weapon
|-
| [[De Rol Le]] || 60-79 || Board
|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==
* No images currently exist for this weapon! [[Special:Upload|Click here]] to upload an image and help us develop this page!


[[Category:TCSMs]]

Pit

2008-05-14T20:11:12Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

{{AotI Only}}
[[Image:Pit Screenshot.JPG|thumb|right|Pit, at rest.]]
''A TECHNIC combat support machine newly developed by GRM. Responds to the user's brain waves to link to TECHNICs. Tuned for beginners.'' 
{{1 star}}

==Item details==
* No details of note.
 
==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
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{{Force weapon stats
| type = TCSM
| rarity = 1
| pp = 578
| attack = 51
| version = AotI
| req = 20
| maker = G}}
||
{{Board stats
| material1 = Photon
| ingredient1 = El-photon
| ingredient1count = 1
| material2 = Ore
| ingredient2 = Acenaline
| ingredient2count = 1
| material3 = Metal
| ingredient3 = Soural
| ingredient3count = 1
| material4 = Wood
| ingredient4 = Par Wood
| ingredient4count = 1

| uses = 3
| rate = ??-95%
| time = 0:15
| name = Pit
}}

||
{{Pricing info
| buy = 350
| sell = 70
| shop = G.R.M. Shop
| bbuy = 180
| bsell = Unknown
| bshop = MA-GRMS
}}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Grinding info
| attack = TP
| a0 = 51
| a1 = ???
| a2 = ???
| a3 = ???
| a4 = ???
| a5 = 121
| a6 = ???
| a7 = ???
| a8 = 167
| a9 = ???
| a10 = 215
| pp0 = 578
| pp1 = ???
| pp2 = ???
| pp3 = ???
| pp4 = ???
| pp5 = 691
| pp6 = ???
| pp7 = ???
| pp8 = 751
| pp9 = ???
| pp10 = 851
}}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"

|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==
* No images currently exist for this weapon! [[Special:Upload|Click here]] to upload an image and help us develop this page!


[[Category:TCSMs]]

Serdote

2008-05-14T20:10:14Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

''A wand developed by GRM. The most powerful model of the series, but it supplements the user's mental energy for ease of use, even by CASTs.'' 
{{9 stars}}
==Item details==
* No additional details.
==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Force weapon stats
| type = Wand
| rarity = 9
| pp = 720
| attack = 595
| version = AotI
| req = 277
| maker = G}}
||
{{Board stats 9 star force
| name = Serdote | wood = Par Ebon
}}
||
{{Pricing info
| buy = N/A
| sell = 50000
| shop = N/A
| bbuy = N/A
| bsell = Unknown
| bshop = N/A
}}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Grinding info
| attack = Tech.
| pp0 = 720 | pp1 = 745 | pp2 = 762 | pp3 = 779 | pp4 = 799 | pp5 = 821 | pp6 = 846 | pp7 = 873 | pp8 = 900 | pp9 = 930 | pp10 = 967
| a0 = 595 | a1 = 603 | a2 = 609 | a3 = 615 | a4 = 621 | a5 = 628 | a6 = 636 | a7 = 644 | a8 = 652 | a9 = 661 | a10 = 672
}}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Bal Soza]] || 100-149 || Weapon
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Lightning Beasts]] boss box || S || Weapon
|-{{JP item}}
| [[Bal Soza]] || 80-99 || Board
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Lightning Beasts]] boss box || S || Board
|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==
* No images currently exist for this weapon! [[Special:Upload|Click here]] to upload an image and help us develop this page!


[[Category:Wands]]

Serdote

2008-05-14T20:09:09Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

''A wand developed by GRM. The most powerful model of the series, but it supplements the user's mental energy for ease of use, even by CASTs.'' 
{{9 stars}}
==Item details==
* No additional details.
==Stats, synthesis, etc.==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Force weapon stats
| type = Wand
| rarity = 9
| pp = 720
| attack = 595
| version = AotI
| req = 277
| maker = G}}
||
{{Board stats 9 star force
| name = Serdote | wood = Par Ebon
}}
||
{{Pricing info
| buy = N/A
| sell = 50000
| shop = N/A
| bbuy = N/A
| bsell = Unknown
| bshop = N/A
}}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Grinding info
| attack = Tech.
| pp0 = 720 | pp1 = 745 | pp2 = 762 | pp3 = 779 | pp4 = 799 | pp5 = 821 | pp6 = 846 | pp7 = ??? | pp8 = 900 | pp9 = 930 | pp10 = 967
| a0 = 595 | a1 = 603 | a2 = 609 | a3 = 615 | a4 = 621 | a5 = 628 | a6 = 636 | a7 = ??? | a8 = 652 | a9 = 661 | a10 = 672
}}
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="background:#e8e8e8"
| colspan="4" | '''Drop information'''
|-style="background:#f2f2f2"
| '''Enemy/Mission''' || '''Level''' || '''Type'''
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Bal Soza]] || 100-149 || Weapon
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Lightning Beasts]] boss box || S || Weapon
|-{{JP item}}
| [[Bal Soza]] || 80-99 || Board
|-style="background:#f9f9f9"
| [[Lightning Beasts]] boss box || S || Board
|}
|}
|}

==Image gallery==
* No images currently exist for this weapon! [[Special:Upload|Click here]] to upload an image and help us develop this page!


[[Category:Wands]]

Ulteri

2008-05-14T20:08:09Z

Strawdonkey: /* Stats, synthesis, etc. */

''A limited-edition bow with top-level power output, its elegant form hides its destructive power well.'' 
{{9 stars}}

== Item details ==
* No additional details.

== Stats, synthesis, etc. ==
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Weapon stats test
|Category= Longbow
|Rarity= 9
|Mfr.= Y
|Ver.= PSU
|Req.= 142
|PP= 1238
|Att.= 595
|Acc.= 300}}
||
{{Weapon synth board
|Type= Ranged
|Category= Longbow
|Hands= 2
|Grade= A
|Rarity= 9
|Mfr.= Y
|Special=
|Photon=
|Board= [B] Ulteri}}
||
{{Pricing info test
|Type= Weapon
|Buy=
|Sell=
|Shop=
|[B] buy= 165000
|[B] sell=
|[B] shop= MA-GRMS: Ohtoku}}
|}
|}
{| border="0" width="100%"
{| border="0" align="center"
|- valign="top"
|
{{Grinding info test
|Category= Longbow
|PP0= 1238
|PP1=
|PP2=
|PP3= 1340
|PP4=
|PP5= 1394
|PP6=
|PP7=
|PP8=
|PP9=
|PP10=
|A0= 595
|A1=
|A2=
|A3= 625
|A4=
|A5= 641
|A6=
|A7=
|A8=
|A9=
|A10= }}
||
{{Drop info
|Category= Longbow
|Source= Bysha type-Koh21
|Level= 80-99
|Type= Weapon
|Source2= Adahna Degahna
|Level2= 100+
|Type2=Weapon
|Source3= Bysha type-Otsu32
|Level3= 80-99
|Type3= Board
|Source4= Onmagoug
|Level4= 100-124
|Type4= Board}}
|}
|}

== Image gallery ==
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[[Category:Longbows]]

User talk:EspioKaos

2008-05-14T17:40:30Z

Strawdonkey: Weapon grind information - incomplete additions?

==Template madness==
You've rewritten so many templates over the last month that I'm not sure what's being used anymore. What are the new standards for weapon and armor/unit pages now anyway? - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 17:10, 29 April 2008 (CDT) P.S.: That guy below me appears to need better anger management....
* I'm hesitant to comment, because now everyone will think you're talking about me. Anyway, [[User:EspioKaos/Sandbox|Espio's Sandbox]] is probably the best place to look for now. I know we have a page that links to all these template pages that Espio's made recently, but I can't find it for the life of me. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:27, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
* Just for reference, the 'guy below' is Exilious, who was banned because he thought that #1 We need to learn the concept of a wiki, when in fact it was more #1 He needs to learn not to get uppity with staffers. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 17:30, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
* No one outright objected to them when I suggested going ahead with using them, so I guess the new templates are the way to go. ([[The_PSUPedia:Article templates]] should be the section you're looking for with the list of templates.) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 23:36, 29 April 2008 (CDT)

== Edits ==
My suggestion to you: If you cant handle the concept of a wiki, then dont try to get involved in one. You dont like what i put, change it. I'll change it back. [[Exilious]]
== So uh ==
Where's that page you made with all the upcoming content? XD I can't find it in your contribs because you're such a busy bee :3 --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 22:11, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
* Took me a moment to remember what I'd named it. XD Here you go: [[Longterm schedule]]. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 22:13, 11 April 2008 (CDT)

== Area drops ==
Was starting to do the area drops templates, but now I'm a bit confused with what drops in certain places...Was checking the jp psu wiki, for example on linear line missions they don't have copernia and olpad on the lvl 20+ missions (unsafe passage B and fight for food B), only have those on lvl 30+...should I try doing the area drops based on jp psu wiki, or you'll take care of it (later or another day) :P - [[User:Ezodagrom|Ezodagrom]] 14:47, 2 March 2008 (CST)
* Hrm... I guess if you feel up to it, you can do some conversions based on the JP wiki's data. I've got the ''PB'''s drop chart, though, so I'll try to get some templates done based on that data. Of course, I'll have to double check a lot of it, since I just looked at what it says for Linear Line, and it says that Copernia, Olpad, etc. do not drop there on any level. <_<; (And we all know that's not right.) Also, thanks for doing pretty much all of the template conversions over the past few days. That was a big help. :) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:02, 2 March 2008 (CST)
** Well, tomorrow I'll try to do some :P (right now it's 1am where I live, so I'll have to go for now ^^) - [[User:Ezodagrom|Ezodagrom]] 19:16, 2 March 2008 (CST)
*** That's cool; no rush. ;) I'm going to try to do some tonight along with a few other things I've been thinking about. I'd like to work some more on our Dengeki articles in preparation for whenever we get our equivalent to that event. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:53, 2 March 2008 (CST)
**** Been trying to do the area drops and boxes templates, but it's a bit hard x_x, it was going fine until I got to the raffon lakeshore area, on the jp wiki it doesn't have data about the area drops for some missions (The Mad Beasts and Sleeping Warriors, for example), so I can't do those :/
***** Just checked the ''PB'' and it lists Raffon Lakeshore as having the exact same drops as Raffon Meadow. That really makes me wonder why they even bothered separating the two in the first place. Ah, well; I'm sure they had their reasons. <_< - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 21:51, 3 March 2008 (CST)

* On an unrelated topic, do we have a way yet to distinguish between different, but similar areas? Obvious example here would seem to be Forest (as seen in Forest of Illusion) versus VR Forest (as seen in Maximum Attack G), but there are others too, such as the Galenigare Mine in Bruce's Dungeon S (drops [B] Ank Deddac at 100+) and the Temple and Shikon Islands in Her Secret Mission S (drops [B] Halarodoc and [B] Daiga/Fuka-Misakic respectively). If something got sorted out or there's plans afoot disregard this. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 09:11, 5 March 2008 (CST)
** That's an excellent point that never really crossed my mind. I guess it would be best to create unique templates for these missions' drops. Maybe something like <code><nowiki>{{Training Facility area}}</nowiki></code> for Bruce's Dungeon (since the mission window calls the location something along those lines) or <code><nowiki>{{Islands area (HSM)}}</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>{{Temple area (HSM)}}</nowiki></code> for Her Secret Mission. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 09:49, 5 March 2008 (CST)
***Are we aloud to edit the ''actual'' area drops on PSUPedia? Cause I could probably help out if we can. I'll try to help out as much as possible. [[User:Blitzkreig|Blitzkreig]] 20:56, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Anyone is allowed to edit anything he wants (well, except for other users' user pages), provided the information added is correct and reliable. Since the area drops (well, really all drops now) utilize templates, it is a bit more confusing to edit them, but anyone is still permitted to do it. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 21:03, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
I am wondering how to put a Ydral item on the boss box drop, as well as chicotite and nanoresin. I did Rainbow beast earlier and found some stuff out of the boss box and I want to put it up.
* For boss boxes, just type the name of the item you found in the appropriate cell with double brackets surrounding it, and separate each item with a line break (like so: <code><nowiki>[[Ydral]] [[Ortapolymer]] [[Chicotite]]</nowiki></code>). However, in the case of boss box drops, we should avoid listing synthesis materials since they are generally covered by the normal box and area drops fields. Weapons, units, line shields and synthesis boards are what we should put in the boss boxes. (Generally, that's all most visitors are looking for, anyway, when they go over these charts.) Anyway, that reminds me that if I have time later today, I need to do some more work on my area drop templates. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 12:07, 29 March 2008 (CDT)

== Boss Boxes and Stats tables ==
Hi there, I've been thinking on the boss boxes drops table and boss stats table, tried making both (but they are nowhere near perfect :P)

http://psupedia.info/User_talk:Ezodagrom/Sandbox

The stats table, since there are no king/buffed bosses and they are immune to SE, those parts aren't needed. The half damage part, since some bosses are resistant to some types of weapons on differents parts of their body, I thought maybe having the different parts of their bodies and the icon of the type of weapon they are resistant to (even though the example is about de rol le, the half damage part I just made up body parts :P).
The boss boxes table, since they have many drops, maybe having 3 or 4 columns (4 on the example), and 1 to 4 rows for each lvl (depending on how many drops the boss has) - [[User:Ezodagrom|Ezodagrom]] 19:48, 22 February 2008 (CST)
* I like it. The way you have the drop table is pretty much how the ''Perfect Bible'' displays boss drops. I've been thinking about different possibilities for a while, but I always tend to come back to something like that. Ultimately, I would love to have a way to use the boss drop templates we have set up to minimize the extra work it'd take to update drop lists, but with how they display vertically, it would require a drastically different style table from our other charts. To show some things I'd been thinking of, see [[User:EspioKaos/Sandbox2|this example]]. I've considered removing the LV1-19 sections since those levels have no drops whatsoever according to the ''PB'' so I doubt we'll ever see bosses at that low of a level. I'd also like to mess with the special drops display. I'm sure there's something I could do to make it look better. But for now, I've got to go. I'll try to mess with it more later when I've got more time. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 10:25, 23 February 2008 (CST)
* I like your table, it looks better than mine :P (since bosses have many drops, the one I made looks a bit confusing). And I agree with removing the lvl 1-19 sections. Even though there are bosses below lvl 20 in story missions, I think they have no boxes (now I'm not sure xD). I guess those sections would only be there to show the story missions where those bosses below lvl 20 appear. About the special drops, I think the 2nd example looks a bit better (and has more space if there's a boss with more special drops). - [[User:Ezodagrom|Ezodagrom]] 12:01, 23 February 2008 (CST)
** Yeah, I'd planned on leaving the story mission boss appearances off of these charts since they never leave boxes behind. Anyway, I'll see if I can work up another example soon that takes out LV1-19. I think I might be able to work it out where one of those spots is replaced by the special drops. I may also go ahead and preemptively add a LV150+ slot since we've gotten our first enemy in that range (Howzer) and I expect more to come soon. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 17:44, 23 February 2008 (CST)
** [[User:EspioKaos/Sandbox2#Example_3|Here we go]]. I switched to De Ragan since I wanted to make an example that would list multiple missions to show how I think it would be best to display them (one per line so as to not horizontally stretch the cells). Also, the special drops were added in place of LV1-9, the following tiers were moved back and LV150+ was added for future bosses. I'm kind of expecting Mother Brain to be up there since her S version is already LV125. Hopefully Electronic Brain S2 won't put her at LV149 or something ridiculously close to LV150. XD - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 18:20, 23 February 2008 (CST)
** It's looking great :P [[User:Ezodagrom|Ezodagrom]] 18:55, 23 February 2008 (CST)
*** Cool. Anything else you think we should add to it? (Also, I tweaked the table a bit; just added line breaks to the ''Drop items'' cells to reduce some empty space.) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:11, 23 February 2008 (CST)
*** I thought maybe adding the rarity like this :P http://psupedia.info/User_talk:Ezodagrom/Sandbox (on test 2 :P) - [[User:Ezodagrom|Ezodagrom]] 05:31, 24 February 2008 (CST)
**** It looks kind of funny. <_<; Not counting individual color-coded cells, rarity isn't a big focus of any of the other drop tables, so I don't think we'd need to add that to the boss charts. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 21:05, 24 February 2008 (CST)
* Almost forgot about the stats table. [[User:EspioKaos/Sandbox2#Stats_example_1|Check it out]]. Personally, I think this table looks better when it's more horizontally presented, so I put the half damage stuff to the right of the stat multipliers. The wider open spaces will leave room to include parts that take half damage from certain attacks. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 14:41, 25 February 2008 (CST)
** Yours definitely looks better :P (wow, can't believe I only saw you talked about the stats today o_o). I don't think there's much more that can be added :) - [[User:Ezodagrom|Ezodagrom]] 08:40, 29 February 2008 (CST)
*** Heh, it happens. ;) I'll templatize it a little later today so we can get it added to boss articles soon, and then probably over the weekend I can get stat percents added. In the meantime, there are a few other things I need to do around here, then I've got to get back to work. <_< - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 08:56, 29 February 2008 (CST)
*** Ok, if you want, later today I can try making the boss boxes drop charts, using the new method for enemies drops templates that was voted. I think I understood how it works :P...Using Dark Falz as an example, 1st thing to do is editing the boss template to be like this one, http://psupedia.info/Template:Dark_Falz, then making the boss drops chart on the template "Dark_Falz_drop_chart", using <nowiki>{{Dark Falz | 50}}</nowiki> instead of <nowiki>{{Dark Falz 50}}</nowiki>, and then just put it on the boss page, right? I'll also put the pics I got from bosses ^^ - [[User:Ezodagrom|Ezodagrom]] 09:19, 29 February 2008 (CST)
**** Yup! Sounds like you've got it! :) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 09:22, 29 February 2008 (CST)

== Enemy Templates ==
I saw that humanoid enemy templates weren't done, I tried making Alfort Tylor and AMF Heavy Infantry ones, am I doing them well? :)
http://psupedia.info/Template:AMF_Heavy_Infantry_drop_chart
http://psupedia.info/Template:Alfort_Tylor_drop_chart
* Looks good to me. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 19:23, 5 February 2008 (CST)
* Yup, they look great! Thanks for the help. :D I'll try to fill in some stats and stuff shortly to some of the new enemy articles you made, but no promises since I might be taking shelter for round two of some nasty storms coming through my area. Had a funnel cloud form above my neighborhood earlier in the afternoon. o_o Luckily it moved off kind of quickly and never touched down. Still, scary shit. XD - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:32, 5 February 2008 (CST)

== Redirecting ==

How do you do it? Because red link means it hasn't been made yet, and when it's like that there is no "Move." How can I do it? --[[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 15:58, 1 February 2008 (CST)
* In the empty page, type <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[page name]]</nowiki></code>, where ''page name'' is the name of the article you want the redirect to go. Please don't go overboard with it. ;) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 16:00, 1 February 2008 (CST)

*Sure thing! [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 16:04, 1 February 2008 (CST)

== Important ==

I think [[User:Sweet Death|this user]] may be a bot or something. He's messed up a few pages.

Pages: [[Bullets]], [[Viper]], http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Real_Hand_Gun_G&action=history, http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Template:Red&action=history. --[[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 14:32, 1 February 2008 (CST)
* Likely just someone looking for lulz, as they say. He's been blocked, and all affected pages have been fixed. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 14:38, 1 February 2008 (CST)

*Good job. :D
By the way, isn't "he's" the same as "it's?"

(It's) It is going to rain
(Its) It has stopped raining.

He's = He is.
He has = Hes? [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 14:41, 1 February 2008 (CST)
* ''He's'' is a contraction of ''he is'' or ''he has''. (So up there, ''he's been blocked'' = ''he has been blocked''.) ''It's'' is a contraction of ''it is'' or ''it has''. ''Its'' is the possessive form of ''it''. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 14:47, 1 February 2008 (CST)

I don't get it. =P. [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 15:01, 1 February 2008 (CST)
* Eh, try this, then. It might be able to explain it better. ;) http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_contractions.htm - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:13, 1 February 2008 (CST)

== Good job ==

Nice job on completing those pages! :D [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 14:47, 29 January 2008 (CST)

== Unit Pages ==

I think I found one. http://psupedia.info/Mega_/_Power [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 13:29, 28 January 2008 (CST)
* What I mean is that I don't think we've finalized the design yet. Some pages use that which is perfectly fine, but it's somewhat likely that it might change at some point down the line. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:34, 28 January 2008 (CST)
** I think that format will work perfectly, as no type of unit works with more than two stats. I'd like to use stuff like ATP/ATA/DFP/EVP instead of Att./Acc./Def./Eva., though, just to be consistent with our weapon pages. That, and the former names are how stats are almost universally addressed by the community. But yes, I think this unit page format will be fine. If you want, we can vote on it, but for the time being, we might as well put the stats up somehow. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 13:43, 28 January 2008 (CST)
*** Nah, no need for a vote. This sounds good to me, and as you said, it's best to have some kind of article for these instead of just blank pages. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:51, 28 January 2008 (CST)

== Unit Icons ==

*Hey, EspioKaos, are there icons for each slot? Head, Arms, Legs, Extra.

I know there are Line Shield icons. [[Image:Line_shield.png|17px]] [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 20:21, 27 January 2008 (CST)
* Not yet, but I do plan on making some eventually. I'd like to put them to use in the main line shield table listing or possibly in individual articles for each line shield. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 20:23, 27 January 2008 (CST)
*Lol! EspioKaos, I meant Head Slot, Arm Slot, BODY Slot, and Extra Slot. [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 11:26, 28 January 2008 (CST)

== Rank Icons ==

*Do you plan on making icons for the ranks? Like a "Saber" is a C rank.

Will icons be made eventually? Example: <code><nowiki>[[Image:A rank symbol_icon.png|18px]]</nowiki></code>

( "C," "B," "A," & "S." ) [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 00:03, 8 January 2008 (CST)

** Nope. We've got color templates for that. Go read the Manual of Style. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 00:13, 8 January 2008 (CST)

*I tried that, and all I get is: {{Color-C}}color [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 00:15, 8 January 2008 (CST)
**Use it in a table, like you're supposed to. If you still can't figure it out, go read up on your Wiki code, or just check other tables that use it. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 00:33, 8 January 2008 (CST)

== Bosses ==
Shouldn't it be under Unreleased Bosses then? [[User:Amaury|Amaury]]
* It's been released, so no. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:21, 31 December 2007 (CST)
* And to clarify, when I say released, I mean in any version of the game. We can collect data on it due to it being available in at least one mission, so it's no longer an unreleased enemy. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:39, 31 December 2007 (CST)

* I see. Hey, how do you sign something with the time and everything. I just copy and paste someone's and then put my name in it, but-- [[User:Amaury|Amaury]]
* As Mewn said, use four tilde signs, as seen in the comments below the big box which you put words in. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 16:08, 31 December 2007 (CST)

== Handguns ==

I'm putting more details for my characters on my profile, and I need to know what elemental symbol do I put for the range weapons. Do I put the element symbol of the bullet I have or do I put the neutral symbol. (Like it shows neutral when you check the player's equipped weapons and they have a ranged weapon in the game.) [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 23:12, 2 January 2008 (CST)
* It's your user page, so it doesn't fall under any specific guidelines. Use whatever you want. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 23:14, 2 January 2008 (CST)
*Ok, thanks! Also, can you teach me how to do the lines that shows the LV of your PAs, and how do I put pictures of my characters in the tables? I don't have the expansion for the PC yet, so I can't take screenshots with FRAPS, but how would I do it? [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 23:18, 2 January 2008 (CST)
** Just look at my user page in edit mode to see how to do the lines. However, DO NOT alter and save anything! - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 23:23, 2 January 2008 (CST)

*Also, something's wrong when I try to put the weapon symbols. I get the following. (Example is the Handgun) I want them to be next to element icon.

(Newman Character)
{{Handgun icon}} {{Fire}} Beamgun (7★). PA: Burning Hit.

{{Neutral}} Slyrod (4★). PAs: Radiga, Gidiga, Shifta,

{{Light}} Mayrod (8★). PAs: Resta, Reverser, Giresta, Retier,

{{Light}} Batnara (3★). PAs: Resta, Reverser,

As for the section removal of your talk page, that was an accident, I clicked the wrong link, and didn't realize it until you said something. [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 23:28, 2 January 2008 (CST)
* The handgun icon centers itself because we had to code it that way for use in tables. Try <code><nowiki>[[Image:Handgun_icon.png|18px]]</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>{{Handgun icon}}</nowiki></code>. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 23:31, 2 January 2008 (CST)

*Ok! But it happens with all the weapons. It did it when I was editing my Human. Do I just replace the name and put like: <code><nowiki>[[Image:Sword_icon.png|18px]]</nowiki></code>

Also, as for the lines for PA levels, how do I know where to put the line? Like where's the line at PA LV say, 4 and then like another PA is like LV 17. [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 23:36, 2 January 2008 (CST)

*Yay! It worked! Thank you! Except now I get this when I try to put the company logo. How do I fix that?

(Newman Character)
[[Image:Handgun_icon.png|18px]] {{Logo-Y}} {{Fire}} Beamgun (7★). PA: Burning Hit.

{{Neutral}} Slyrod (4★). PAs: Radiga, Gidiga, Shifta,

{{Light}} Mayrod (8★). PAs: Resta, Reverser, Giresta, Retier,

{{Light}} Batnara (3★). PAs: Resta, Reverser,

[[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 23:39, 2 January 2008 (CST)
* Just change <code><nowiki>{{Logo-Y}}</nowiki></code> to <code><nowiki>[[Image:Yomei-logo.png|18px]]</nowiki></code>. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 06:36, 3 January 2008 (CST)

*Are there codes for the color of clothes? I added a clothes/parts section and wanna put the color the clothes/parts are. PS: What do I type for Line shields so it'll go where I want it? [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 12:13, 3 January 2008 (CST)
** There are no codes made specifically for clothes/parts. For line shields: <code><nowiki>[[Image:Line_shield.png|17px]]</nowiki></code>. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 12:54, 3 January 2008 (CST)

Hi, again. Heh heh. I'm trying to put my weapons and PAs and stuff into tables, but I can't remove an extra column that got added. (After "Used During") How can I fix it?

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3| Weapon !! Name !! Linked !! Effect !! Used during
|-
| {{Slicer icon}}
| {{Neutral}}
| {{Logo-Y}}
| [[Fuma Hiken]]
| [[Chikki Kyoren-jin]] || Level 21 to 30 Skill || Levels 1+
|-
| {{Saber icon}}
| {{Neutral}}
| {{Logo-G}}
| [[Buccaneer]]
| [[Spinning Strike]] || Level 11 to 20 Skill|| Levels 1+
|-
| {{Slicer icon}}
| {{Neutral}}
| {{Logo-Y}}
| [[Fuma Hiken]]
| [[Chikki Kyoren-jin]] || Level 21 to 30 Skill || Levels 1+
|-
| {{Saber icon}}
| {{Neutral}}
| {{Logo-G}}
| [[Buccaneer]]
| [[Spinning Strike]] || Level 11 to 20 Skill|| Levels 1+
|-
| {{Saber icon}}
| {{Neutral}}
| {{Logo-Y}}
| [[Fuma Hiken]]
| [[Chikki Kyoren-jin]] || Level 21 to 30 Skill || Levels 1+
|-
| {{Saber icon}}
| {{Neutral}}
| {{Logo-G}}
| [[Buccaneer]]
| [[Spinning Strike]] || Level 11 to 20 Skill|| Levels 1+
| height=0 colspan=7|
|}

[[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 13:23, 3 January 2008 (CST)
* Just remove the last line before the table closes to remove that empty column and cell. (Remove <code><nowiki>| height=0 colspan=7|</nowiki></code>.) Also, it'd be a good idea to create a sandbox for yourself to test this stuff in as opposed to my talk page. [[User:Amaury/Sandbox]] would work just fine. ;) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:28, 3 January 2008 (CST)

Ok, then, can you help on there? I got another issue. =) http://psupedia.info/User:Amaury/Sandbox [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 13:48, 3 January 2008 (CST)

== Sorry ==

The what? [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 03:50, 1 January 2008 (CST)
* ...the hell? Be more descriptive. I don't even know what you're talking about. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 11:02, 1 January 2008 (CST)
* Amaury, you need to start following our suggestions right now. You're making it very difficult for me not to block you. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 13:57, 1 January 2008 (CST)

*Sorry Querty. I thought you were just mad at my multiple posts that I did on one article.
Anyway, Espios, sorry that I wasn't that descriptive. You told me the following: Copy-paste of the existing chart = no. It MUST be updated to the new format. What did you mean by that? [[User:Amaury|Amaury]] 14:25, 1 January 2008 (CST)
* That was directed at MiniOli, the one who copy-pasted the chart from [[Rare monsters]] to [[Sleeping Warriors]]. Their doing so was meant for good, but I was stressing that we must update our current charts to match the new uniform style, thus the reason why we haven't just copied all of the charts to their respective articles. And I'm with Qwerty on this. Listen to what we've told you or action will be taken.
** Utilize the preview button when editing articles. A few consecutive edits are fine, but something like 10+ in a matter of minutes is not.
** Stop apologizing. It might be better to show your apologies through actions (or in certain cases, inaction) as opposed to words.
** Don't fragment conversations between articles. Talk pages are meant for discussion; you don't have to jump back and forth between pages to directly address single people or subjects.
There may be more, but I can't think of anything else right now. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 18:37, 1 January 2008 (CST)

== New drop templates ==
* So >_> can we really just say bosses follow the 125-149 pattern when Mother Brain is only 120 on S? >_> Also, where are you getting these data? According to what you put in, Onmagoug 80+ drops Kazarod board, yet, it's never been found on Eastern Peril S2 (to my knowledge). --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 14:27, 4 January 2008 (CST)
** Heh, didn't even have to wait to get home to check. Big Mama Brain is LV125 on S. Here's [http://www.pso-world.com/viewtopic.php?topic=166100&forum=20&start=0&15#2 a picture]. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:14, 4 January 2008 (CST)
* What Mewn said. ;) I've been poring over my copy of the ''Perfect Bible'' since I got it a few days ago, filling in data gaps across the site wherever I can. On the boss drop templates, I was kind of concerned about a few of them. Alterazgohg in particular, as it has some things listed that I'm pretty certain are errors. For example, it says that Confuse / Resist, Hiken and Haktsurahoh drop from LV100+, however previous data collected says it's LV20, except for Confuse / Resist, which is a special drop. And I'm fairly certain Mama Brain is LV125 on S. I'll have to verify when I get home. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:10, 4 January 2008 (CST)
* Like I said on IRC, he's getting it from the Perfect Bible. Also bear in mind that boss drops may have been changed when the Resist units got made easier to find, and since then who runs Eastern Peril S2 seriously anymore? Besides, if Kazarod has a crappy droprate from 100+ Onmagohg the rate from 80+ Onma isn't going to be good either. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 14:53, 4 January 2008 (CST)
** Oh, btw, Espio, what other info is there in the Perfect Bible? So far I've seen droptables, monster stats and set bonuses. What else is there of interest? If there's info on variable ATP values that might be handy for weapon articles, and it'd be great if the Bible explains luck and droprates further (not holding my breath though...) - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 15:04, 4 January 2008 (CST)
*** I've mainly just focused on drop and mission reward info, so I haven't gone much further into the other stuff. However, I just checked the photon fortune section and it confirms that the only effects it has on a player is increased drops in-mission (determined by the fortune of the leader) and better success rates with weapon grinding. I'll let you know about any other nifty stuff as I come across it. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:10, 4 January 2008 (CST)
*** Ok, thanks. On the luck thing, does it state that it increases 'drop rate' or 'rare rate' (or both)? Just that Sega tend to use drop rate to mean the chance of a monster dropping anything, and rare rate for the chance of something 'good' (level drop from a monster, weapon board/unit from a box etc.) and it'd be nice to put the argument over whether luck affects boss box drops to rest. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 07:27, 5 January 2008 (CST)
**** It says it increases the item drop rate, so just the chance of an enemy (or box, organic container, etc.) dropping something. Oh, and bea. I forgot to address part of what you said up there. According to the ''PB'', the split tiers of LV100-124 and LV125-149 only apply to two enemies: Armed Servant (Basta) and Mother Brain. All others combine the two into a single tier of LV100-149. I don't have time at the moment, but I'm going to try to finish out the drop tables today. I have a few more to add (Rogue Wikko and Rogue Mazz) and then about two pages left to double-check with what we've already got. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 10:34, 5 January 2008 (CST)
***** Okay :0 when you're done with the Bible, mail it to me? ;3 --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 12:42, 5 January 2008 (CST)
****** Well, I don't know... ;) Oh, and I amend my previous statement. I just found another enemy that has a LV125 drop: Rappy Igg. It drops [B] [[Rappy Tip]] at LV100-124 and [B] [[Rappy Tippes]] at LV125-149. Anyway, I'm down to the last page and a quarter of tables, so I should have the enemy drops completed soon. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 16:16, 5 January 2008 (CST)

== Just wondering... ==

Any reason you don't use the <code><nowiki><pre></nowiki></code> tag? It's gotta be better than repeating all the <code><nowiki> <code><nowiki> </nowiki></code> filler on every line, even taking copy-paste into account. -[[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 21:20, 16 January 2008 (CST)
* I don't like the box that encases anything within the ''pre'' tags. For example, if I were telling someone to use <pre>{{Bafal Bragga 100}}</pre> in a drop table, I wouldn't want that box to break up my sentence like that one just did. It might take more time to type out those other tags, but the end result looks much nicer. I think. ;) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 21:28, 16 January 2008 (CST)
** Well that obviously wouldn't be ideal for inline stuff (see my comment above this one), but for paragraphs of code like ''[[The_PSUPedia:Weapon_template|this]]'' or ''[[Template:Moatoob_mission|this]]''.... -[[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 21:36, 16 January 2008 (CST)
*** Oh! Heh, I didn't think about that. XD Excellent point; it would work a lot better for things like that. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 21:42, 16 January 2008 (CST)

== Enemies pictures ==

Hi there, lately I've been taking pictures of monsters, to help in the enemies pages, just asking what you think of them being like in this example:

http://psupedia.info/User_talk:Ezodagrom/Sandbox

500x500 pictures, on the page resized to 200x200.

Now I've only took pics of colony/hive monsters (on my way to get pics of dulk fakis). For monsters with different elements (the ones that change appearance with different elements), I was thinking on making pics of those also and adding them later to the Image Gallery of that monster.
The only types of monsters I might not get any pic are the rare monsters ^^'.
* Excellent! This will be a great help. (Nice shot of the Deljaban flock, by the way. XD) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 10:58, 25 January 2008 (CST)
** Thanks. Just finished the colony/hive ones. I'm trying to get the small and medium sized enemies in groups and the large ones alone. One question, is this type of page for enemies going to get more changes? http://psupedia.info/Bal_Soza If not, I guess I could help in editing the other pages, but the only things I would be able to put there would be the picture (and the things below the picture, version, enemy type, ...), and the items drops part (with the missions where that enemy appears). On the description, abilities and stats I would put like the one in the example I made. If it isn't ready yet to change the other enemies, I'll upload the pictures I've been taking when the enemies pages get updated :). - [[User:Ezodagrom|Ezodagrom]] 11:43, 25 January 2008 (CST)
*** As far as I know, no major changes will be coming to that layout. The only thing I'd like to maybe alter is the drop chart's special drops section. In the charts we have in our [[Enemy drops|enemy drops]] article, the special drops are not linked with their respective templates, so if a template is changed when new info is discovered, it will not reflect back on our charts. They must be maintained manually. I wouldn't mind finding a new way to display special drops in these charts that use the template, however we'd need to find a way that doesn't look too weird when there's more than one drop. Anyway, I might start to work on some more articles shortly by adding stats from the ''Perfect Bible'' into the charts. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 12:11, 25 January 2008 (CST)
**Got pictures of all enemies from normal missions, including different elements of each monsters, only ones missing are Fire Gohmon/Olgohmon, Fire Ageeta and Ice Tengohg (from HSM), which I'll get this weekend. Also haven't got any rare enemy and enemies from story (Vol brothers, Ethan, Liina, SEED-Venas, Nav, Curtz, SEED-Magashi, Bread Groode and Tylor) :P. Going to be uploading the pics when the page of the enemies are updated :) [[User:Ezodagrom|Ezodagrom]] 13:50, 1 February 2008 (CST)
*** Sounds good. I'm planning on doing some more enemy pages soon, so I'll have some stuff for you to add to. ;) I've got to run a quick errand, but when I get back, I should be able to make a few. Then, of course, I'll have the whole weekend to work on more. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:59, 1 February 2008 (CST)

==Awesome==
Recently joined PSUpedia and have been filling out info, mostly on exp/level of mobs, but trying my best to make the different map variations for Dual Sentinel since I've been hunting for a Psycho Wand. I've also copied what you had for your profile to show what I have for my Ranger (hope you don't mind ^_^), though there's still some big work to be done on switching it from Technics that you had, to Bullets. Just need some time, figuring it out is easy. But one question is how you got the black bar for the skill level. - [[User:Wolf of the Brigade|Wolf of the Brigade]] 01:40, 3 March 2008 (CST)
* Thanks for all of your help around the site. It's greatly appreciated. :) In order to get a black bar instead of the colored one, just change the coding before the bar to read <nowiki>style="text-align:left; color:black"</nowiki>. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 07:05, 3 March 2008 (CST)
** Should've been more clear, how do you get the bar in general? Need to increase it in some areas and don't know how you add to the bar. As a side note, it doesn't appear that the <code><nowiki>{{Color-A}}</nowiki></code> and other colors work. - [[User:Wolf of the Brigade|Wolf of the Brigade]] 08:40, 3 March 2008 (CST)
*** Oh! The bar itself is just a string of solid boxes. Whenever I need to add to mine, I copy-paste these <code><nowiki>█</nowiki></code> into the appropriate cells. On Color-A not working, that template is specifically for cell backgrounds, so you won't be able to use it to color these bars, only the background of each cell. If you want to use that shade of green for a bar, replace the color name with <code><nowiki>#bfb</nowiki></code>. Or, was there another use you were looking for? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 12:09, 3 March 2008 (CST)
**** I was wanting to color code the name of the weapon if you take a look at my profile near the bottom. Color code it to the # of *'s the weapons I have on my palette have. Minor detail, but trying to add my own touch.[[User:Wolf of the Brigade|Wolf of the Brigade]] 14:59, 3 March 2008 (CST)
* Ah, something like this?
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- {{Color-A}}
|Phantom||{{Rifle icon}}
|- {{Color-A}}
|Phantom||{{Rifle icon}}
|- {{Color-S}}
|Shigga Desta||{{Shotgun icon}}
|- {{Color-S}}
|Meteor Cannon||{{Laser cannon icon}}
|- {{Color-S}}
|Song for Death||{{Grenade icon}}
|- {{Color-S}}
|Mizurakihoh||{{Rifle icon}}
|}
If so, just insert the appropriate template in the line before the weapon name. It'll go after the horizontal pipe and hyphen (<code><nowiki>|-</nowiki></code>). - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 17:49, 3 March 2008 (CST)
*Ah, exactly. Thanks a ton. Now, what else to add for fun is the next question.

== Stuff ==

Hey there. If you have something on your mind that you want to add and is in the PB feel free to ask me, I (finally - i'm always late to order these stuff, was the same for psu's one) received my copy and could help filling stuff. I'll use it for the offline part anyway like I do with episode 1 but offline isn't the most urgent to do I guess. So yeah, if you need a specific help on something feel free to ask. I'll continue offline and master types stuff either way. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 12:58, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
* Cool, thanks! I guess really we should check to see if there's any weapons I haven't added to the main listing that the ''PB'' lists. I know I added a lot of them, but I think I may have cut it short and skipped a few categories. Aside from that, I still need to get around to adding all of the Meseta/MP rewards for individual missions. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:24, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*Thanks for your help and everything. I appresiacte it. - [[User:Blitzkreig]] March 28

== Rare Enemy Charts ==

Sorry about the Rare mission charts. I didn't notice the messages until after I had done a few. I'll look at the new format and see if I understand the conversions you were referring to.
--[[User:Luthor|Luthor]] 11:57, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
* He said he was gonna train on plain overlords so don't convert this one please ^^ [[User:Essen|Essen]] 12:24, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
** That'll work. :) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 12:26, 31 March 2008 (CDT)

== Quick help ==

Defaults values like <nowiki>{{{Egg|?}}}</nowiki> only work if the Egg variable is NOT provided. If it is but you want to put a ? if it's either empty or not provided, you need to do a #if the same way I did in that other template. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:43, 16 April 2008 (CDT)
* Oh! I figured I was missing something simple. Thanks! - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 09:46, 16 April 2008 (CDT)

== Thanks ==

I have no idea for the coding but I had figured out the hat so i just put it in while I was on the comp in study hall cuz I have nothing better to do at school but thanks again :P
Alavios
* As an aside, you can sign your comments using <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> and doing so is encouraged under wiki etiquette here. That should sign the comment with your name and the time/date of your comment. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 11:54, 17 April 2008 (CDT)

== Weapon grind information - incomplete additions? ==

* Hello, you seem to be the most active on here so I figured I'd aim this in your direction :) Basically - for the weapons you have details on ATP/PP at 0 grinds, are you happy to accept an edit that would add the information for, say, three grinds but not one and two? Just wondering as I think I see a few blanks I can fill in but if you'd all prefer for it to look neater then I'll save you the time reverting my changes and not do it in the first place :) [[User:Strawdonkey|Strawdonkey]] 12:40, 14 May 2008 (CDT)

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==Current Discussions==

=== Neutral synth rates===
As far as I'm aware, none of the armor or weapon pages and templates show or account for the success rates when making them with no element. Since going green is apparently becoming more popular with the playerbase, especially with armor, seemed like something to bring up. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 16:59, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
* Far as I'm concerned, only an idiot would make something neutral, especially an armor. Anyway, there's no space in the tables really, so I think we can just leave it up to people to figure out on their own. It's higher than the listed numbers, we'll just leave it at that. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:06, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
** Only an idiot would waste time synthing a two-star saber, but we've got stuff on that too. Just saying. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 17:18, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Touche (I'M TOO LAZY TO FIND THE PROPERLY ACCENTED E OK GOD). But yeah, there's just not room for it in the template, and it would only confuse people further. Least that's my opinion. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:19, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
**** Do non-elemental weapons have a standard synth rate bonus over elementals, or does it vary from weapon to weapon? If it varies between weapon type, it might be worth adding a footnote, e.g. 'All sabers gain a 5% synth rate boost when plain photons are used instead of elemental photons'. I feel this stuff is worth having in, but especially for armours - while some of you feel that neutral armours are an idiot's game, a lot of us can't afford a set of elementals and especially with the appearance of Paradis Cataract, CASTs wanting an S-rank are going to increasingly look towards making themselves a neutral armour what with the rising price of S-rank armour with an extra slot. [[User:Strawdonkey|Strawdonkey]] 09:14, 14 May 2008 (CDT)

=== Crea+ weapons ===
* The wiki has real trouble with articles with a + in them, as we've seen with [[User:Aurly|someone here]]. It tends to just remove them, so Creasabra+ will be [[Creasabra]]. I suppose when the time comes to make articles about them we'll just have to rename them to something like [[Creasabra (plus)]] and put a note in the article saying something like 'Due to the technical limitations of the wiki, this item's name cannot be displayed properly. It is supposed to be ''Creasabra+''.' - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 14:20, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Well, it clearly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C++ can be done], it's just a matter of figuring out how. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 14:26, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** The only way I can get it to work is [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B this way]. Everything else just seems to remove it and act as though it's the Creasabra article. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 14:58, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
*** I see. This must be what MediaWiki help meant when they said that using a root.com/articletitle URL format is not recommended due to certain conflicts. We may need to change everything over to the root.com/index.php?title=articletitle format (or root.com/wiki/articletitle, maybe). However, that probably involves messing with the code on levels that I am not at all comfortable with until other options have been ruled out. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 15:03, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
**** Well, depends on how ready you are to deal with more "OMG WUT HAPIND 2 PSU PEE DIAD?" stuff. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 15:15, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
***** That would be quite a mess. I say we just go with [[Creasabra Plus]] or [[Crea Wand Plus]] until we can get Creasabra+, etc. to work properly. Then we could just redirect the Plus articles to the + articles. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:46, 10 April 2008 (CDT)

* On a slightly different note, Wormania, why did you change the Creasabra+ page to a redirect to Creasabra (plus)? It won't do anything because the problem is not so much with the article, but the URL. No matter the content of the Creasabra+ page, unless you do it as I stated above the URL changes to Creasabra and you go to that article. Unless you're doing something I'm missing, in which case I'd like you to explain it. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 15:47, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Just testing, needed to see in which order the + was processed in the grand scheme of things. Also my second test didn't work, apparently you cannot redirect to "outside" pages. As I'm sure everyone else has been using, http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B is the page which it will accept, however the [[Creasabra+]] directs to /Creasabra+. As it stands, I see two possible options. You could use [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B Creasabra+], which is slightly messy, but does the job, or you can do the whole root directory swap, which I can see being messy. This is all ofcourse assuming there's nothing we've missed so far. -- [[User:Wormania|Wormania]]
* Aha, holy shit, that was so stupidly obvious that it actually worked. For the sake of simplicity, let's just do it this way for now: make [[Creasabra plus]] with the content of <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Creasabra+]]</nowiki>, and it actually will redirect to the correct page. For linking to it, we can just use <nowiki>[[Creasabra plus | Creasabra+]]</nowiki> (yields [[Creasabra plus | Creasabra+]]). --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 16:10, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Ah, excellent, that should be a decent way of getting round it then. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 16:28, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** And when you click the article tab, it sends you to the regular Creasabra :< --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 17:32, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Solution: don't click the article tab. This clearly isn't the perfect solution, but it's clearly about as close as we can get without majorly changing URLs and shit. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:36, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
* Don't know if this is still being considered, but I'm 99% sure that a URL change won't affect any internal links. Only links to articles here from other sites like PSOW or the official forums would be affected. Also, the main page URL can stay the same. The process should only involve changing the URL prefix in a configuration file somewhere, not too complicated. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:03, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
** Not really up to me, but I guess it's at least worth a shot. If we don't like the results, we can just change it back. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:00, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
** According to [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL#Other_how-to_mini-guides this], I think either MediaWiki is installed into the root folder (which is a bad thing, apparently), or whoever set up the wiki software redirected links to the "short" version, which is just .info/Article_Name. So, I think we need some intervention from Hitmonchan either way. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 01:32, 12 April 2008 (CDT)

=== [Edit] Text too large ===
I think the [edit] text / link on all pages is in the wrong position, and far too large. It makes the page look messy and untidy. Compare this page http://psupedia.info/Events to this page on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast the [Edit] text is on the far right, out of view of readers, and smaller in font size so it's non obtrusive, i've set up a wiki before and this is usually default, I don't know the history of this wiki or why you've changed this, but I just had to say something and I think it looks terrible / you should fix it.. --[[User:Battlestar|Battlestar]]
* Strange that someone with so much wiki experience doesn't know how to sign their comments. That aside, I agree with you that the text does look more intrusive than it should. I'm not aware at the moment of any quick fix for it though. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 09:50, 20 April 2008 (CDT)
** Setting up a wiki doesn't automagically imbue the person with the knowledge on how to sign their comments. Thanks for the troll, but anyway, trolls aside, it says below ([[User:Battlestar|Battlestar]] 10:03, 20 April 2008 (CDT)) I guess I just forgot, huh?
*** I think it's because we're using a different version of MediaWiki than WikiPedia is. It may not look great, but this isn't a big concern for us at the moment. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 10:42, 20 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Enemy spawn chart section overhaul ===
I see, I see. [[User:EspioKaos/Sandbox/Enemy_spawn_charts|An overhaul]] has arrived for you! [/Tom Nook] The recent going-over of the spawn charts article made me get kind of back into wanting to finish up the conversion of the unconverted charts while getting a new style for the article set up. Basically, the new layout will give details on how to read the charts, what the notation means and then a list of missions (each link leading directly to the mission's spawn chart). With the "how to" section, I can't help but feel like I'm missing something, though. It might just be me, but if anyone notices something obvious that I omitted, please feel free to fill in the blanks. Otherwise, any suggestions? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:26, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
* Suggestions: Order rare monsters list alphabetically. The mission list could be made pretty [[Missions|like here]] maybe? Could be updated automatically if this pretty stuff was in some sort of template too. Looks good. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:40, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
** Alphabetized. :D Oh, just realized I forgot a few rare enemies. o: lol brb - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:55, 2 April 2008 (CDT)

=== April Fool's Day articles ===
Bravo on the April Fool's articles. I've gotten a good chortle out of the reactions from them! But, how long should we let this go on? I was planning on adding the backpacker girl April Fool's joke template thing to them later tonight, but I'm wondering if we might ought to do it earlier? A lot of people are acting pretty stupid over the whole thing, and the number of people who outright believe it baffles me. So, early intervention or let it go a little longer? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:37, 1 April 2008 (CDT)
* Let it go till tonight, then we can move them all to [[The_PSUPedia: April Fools]] (or something). If we have time, a [[B.O.R.D. Revolution]] article would be good too. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 13:45, 1 April 2008 (CDT)
** That'll work. I won't be home until pretty late tonight, so I can take care of it then if no one else has. If I get a chance (probably tomorrow at the earliest) I might see about getting a B.O.R.D. Revoltuion thing up, too. I was fairly amused by that when I saw it at Shougai yesterday. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:17, 1 April 2008 (CDT)

=== User pages edit protection ===
* What about [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UserPageEditProtection this]? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 17:28, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
** Great idea. If I knew how, I'd go ahead and set it up, but my wiki experience goes about as far as page coding. >_> - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 17:35, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Say the word.... - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:28, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
**** The word. ;) Be my guest if you can get this one going. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:23, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
***** Too late, I already did it. I'm going to hold off on BreadCrumbs until I have more time to understand exactly how it works. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 20:07, 31 March 2008 (CDT)

=== TP or Tech. ? ===
* In game it says "Tech.", on psupedia you've used TP (while using the correctly Att. and Acc. for other weapons). Can I fix that? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:15, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Ah, for the [[Rods|rods]] chart? Yeah, that should be "Tech." Any others you've noticed like that? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:20, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** About all the weapons page actually. Some are not converted to templates tho, so can convert at the same time. Needs mass edits and conversions. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:36, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Done the ones using templates. Still have to do:
**** Rod, Ulrod, Rayharod, Pumpkinhead, Slyrod, Hajirod, Tomoirod, Rodoc, Granarod, Mayrod, Granadoroc, Howrod, Halarod, Gaozoran Rod, Kazarod, Psycho Wand
**** C rank wands, B rank wands, Cometara, Lidra, Majimra, Magical Wand, Uransara, Tesbra
**** I suggest to do that while converting to templates, but if someone wanna do it without waiting, be my guest. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:58, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Already left you a note on your talk page, but just to reiterate: TP, please. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 16:00, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Aha, this seems like a better place to discuss it than that talk page. To summarise what's on there: Weapon and [[Line shields|line shield]] summary articles have long used the game's notation, hence the conflict. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 20:42, 29 March 2008 (CDT)
**** So, what is the official decision about this? I'm for using the in-game notation if you need my opinion. Also it should be added to the manual of style. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 16:00, 14 April 2008 (CDT)

===Minor Note Involving Spawn Charts===
* I've come across a lot of rare monster charts that have had different definitions of "spawn," in that some say "third spawn" when they mean practically the third room, and some mean it in the sense that it's the third group of monsters. Would it be possible to set a standard, and define it on the "Enemy Spawn Charts" page? [[User:Adryk|Addark]] 06:50, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** It means a "group of monster", which may or may not appear all at the same time, but will appear in the same room and if they don't appear at the same time, will appear because of the death of some monster in the group. If a group of monsters appear after you have cleared a room, it's not the same spawn, even if they appear in the same room (for example there's 3 spawns in lab recovery b3). Agree with putting a good definition somewhere tho. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 06:57, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Thanks for clearing it up, although I'm not entirely sure if all of the charts follow that standard. Sometimes "third spawn" is.. really confusing. I'll be running through a few of them in the meantime, though. Thanks for clarifying. :) [[User:Adryk|Addark]] 13:19, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It's supposed to mean enemy spawn. If in one room you take out one group of enemies entirely and then another one shows up in the same room, that is a second spawn. There is (or was?) a notation guide for these spawn charts but I'm not sure if it defines "a spawn" or not. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 20:44, 29 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Reviving WhosOnline ===
* Sorry, I was just trying to get the WhosOnline extension to work again, after [[User:Tycho|I]] and consequently [[User:Mono|Mono]] started making proper user pages recently. I kinda want it back since the first time around it caused a wave of people spontaneously starting to make user pages because the wiki had suddenly become less anonymous. I wasn't able to get it to work though, since apparently compatibility with this MediaWiki version sucks. I failed when trying [http://www.chekmate.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:MW:_Whos_Online_Extension#Who.27s_Online.2C_Mediawiki_1.9.x_not_working_.28Fixed.29 this], and step 1 from [http://booleandreams.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/mediawiki-extension-whosonline/ this guide] is just beyond me. If there are any other staff members courageous enough to give this a try, please give it a shot. >_<; - [[User:Tycho|Tycho]] 05:15, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
** Psh, piece of cake. If I had FTP access I could get this working in a few minutes. Unfortunately, I'm not on staff, so... I guess I could try walking someone else through it. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:10, 20 March 2008 (CDT)
** I'm making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:08, 25 March 2008 (CDT)

<pre>'''Users online:''' <whosonline></whosonline></pre>

'''Users online:''' <whosonline></whosonline>

* A shame it's not uh...working? It shows me as online if I view the recent changes "difference" you just made, but not if I just view the page. And it doesn't display guests at all. >_> Oh and the only person with FTP access is Tycho and Qwerty, in case you wanted to know. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 13:12, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
** Works for me? Bleh, the instructions Tycho linked me to were fail, so I had to improvise a bit. Try adding the code to a different page and see what happens. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:25, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Seems to be working fine for me, too, both here and on the front page. Though it's curious that no "guests" show up. I've got to get back to work, but I think I might play around with its placement on the front page later if I have time. (I'd like to go on an update the "latest missions" section with Friday's stuff, anyway.) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:44, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It isn't working for me either. Depending on how I view the main page (either just looking at it or looking at the most recent change), I get a completely different list. Just viewing the page, I don't even show up. Anyway, Mewn and Miraglyth both also have FTP access, just for the record. I can give the details out to Espio and Bea through various private messaging routes, if they so desire. On a related note, that color scheme for the box looks absolutely horrid, and I'm not too fond of its placement on the page. I will probably mess with it here shortly. But yeah, it doesn't appear to be functioning properly. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 15:18, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
**** OK, it would appear that the online list only updates once an action is taken, such as logging in or making an edit, and even then apparently on a page-by-page basis. Also, a user remains active on the list for an hour. The time length I can change no problem, but I'm not sure if it's possible or if it even was intended to keep track of people just browsing the site. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 22:40, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
***** Hrm... there's got to be something that can be done to make it display guests and registered users in real time as opposed to edit-by-edit. I assume you've checked these, but I'll throw them out there anyway, just in case. [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Whos_online MediaWiki Who's online extension article], [http://www.chekmate.org/wiki/index.php/MW:_Whos_Online_Extension Original extension at Check Mate]. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 20:42, 26 March 2008 (CDT)
****** Upon further research there may be a glitch related to this wiki's version number that's causing some issues. I'm going to reinstall the extension and see if anything improves. If any of you have added this extension to any other pages you may want to remove it to prevent any nasty errors. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:52, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
**** As far as I'm aware, my FTP access is limited to a subspace. I doubt these changes require access to the messy innards of this place, but if they did I wouldn't have been able to help. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 08:18, 26 March 2008 (CDT)
* HUGE SUCCESS. Seems to be working (for the most part) now. I just added it back to the front page and noticed that the number of registered members changed on me between refreshes. Guests still don't show up for some reason, though. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:40, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
** Scratch that. Guests suddenly showed up. So... HUGE SUCCESS. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:43, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
* Awesome. thanks for getting that working, Sekani. Is it wrong that I laugh that we have more people viewing the 'Pedia than the entirety of Sega's forums? --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:25, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
* Fuck yes, nice job. Sorry the pages I linked didn't provide much help on the subject, but it's about as much as I could find. Seeing the site activity is this decent is a pretty cool compliment. In any case, I'm hoping this'll make things more personal to participants. More people registering and making profiles plz. :> - [[User:Tycho|Tycho]] 07:04, 30 March 2008 (CDT)
==== More Who's Online stuff ====
* Hmmm... is there any way to place this on the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] page? - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:54, 26 April 2008 (CDT)
** I'm sure there's some way, but I don't know how to access that page to make changes. I like the idea of having this there; but aside from that, there's a small mistake that was pointed out to me on the page. It says "below are the last 100 changes made in the last '''last''' 7 days." Last is typed twice for some reason. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 18:31, 26 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Did some digging and found [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Special_pages this little gem.] Basically there's a PHP file that controls the output of that page, and we'll have to ''carefully'' change it. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 17:51, 29 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Offline ===
OK you might have seen me doing some offline work [[User:Essen/Sandbox|in my sandbox]]. I'll explain my thoughts about it here.
* Break offline in "Episode 1" and "Episode 2". There's too much different things to make them the same section. Example: drops are fixed per enemy in ep1, and per level in ep2. Missions are totally differents. Might have some balancing done between the two, etc.
* Offline doesn't need a page per item/weapon/mission/whatever. People will mostly want to know where to get their stuff and how it works, but won't worry about the descriptions much. A page [[User:Essen/Sandbox/Crossbows_(Episode_1)|like this]] is enough, imho. Plus there isn't that much weapons/stuff anyway.
* No need for an offline.psupedia imho. As you can see [[User:Essen/Sandbox|in my sandbox]] there's about 30 pages for ep1, without counting the more generic pages like save marker, photon charger etc, which are most of the time valid for both online and offline. We just need to stick with this slick format and remove all the old pages and clean-up the online page from everything offline-related. Also if we have an offline.psupedia, where do the scripts for episode 2 go? They're about the same for online and offline.
* Add a template to each Ep1 pages indicating that this is info for Episode 1 and that it is offline, on the top of the page. Same with other offline games.
* Once Episode 1 is done we could:
** Add a category to the left menu, "story mode" with links to "Episode 1" and "Episode 2" for example. Can also put a link to [[Phantasy Star Portable]].
** Clean-up all the online pages from offline stuff.
** Deprecate (mark for deletion) all the offline pages available and remove them a while later instead of having tons of redirections about offline. Of course before that they'll become redirections.
** Start Episode 2 (yeah i probably will) using the same structure than for Episode 1
** Also use the same structure for PSP.
** Once that is done (or before) I'll probably proceed to clean-up other stuff on the wiki.
Comments, thoughts, suggestions? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 21:01, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
* Very impressive work, Essen! It's greatly appreciated since our offline section (as near non-existent as it was) was in bad need of help. There are a few minor standardization things that should be taken care of (de-capitalization of subsection titles in a few spots is all I've seen), but I love the look. :D - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 22:34, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
** Yeah I'm trying to stick to the manual of style but might forgot stuff ^^; I'll change that on the next edits and will check a last time before putting it live. Thanks for the comment [[User:Essen|Essen]] 22:48, 13 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Categories? ===
* I've been noticing lately the lack of categories for most pages. For example all the *_(Offline) pages are left alone without category. Same with the scripts, and various others. There is a [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Special:Categories&limit=500 good bunch of categories] already, but a lot of pages [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Special:Uncategorizedpages&limit=500&offset=0 still haven't any]. I don't think I have to explain the benefits of doing this: easy navigation to pages with similar contents. Is there recommandations for categorization, and do you mind if I have fun categorizing when I happen to stumble on one of these numerous lost pages? Same sort of question with [http://psupedia.info/Special:Lonelypages orphaned pages]. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 22:00, 9 March 2008 (CDT)
** Go to town if you want :P First of all though, it might help to explain the blurred line that some categories would provide. For example, what separates [[Swords]] from [http://psupedia.info/Category:Swords Category:Swords] when the former should already provide a comprehensive list? - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 22:07, 9 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It's mostly not needed for online items as long as they link back to the [[Swords]]-like page. Unfortunately that's not always the case. It's also possible to process everything with a script if you are using categories. For example, generating a list of drops for all the items by running through the category and its childrens. If you change the template for the items, there's only one change needed to the script. If you change the pretty page, 0 needed. Without category, you need to change the script each time you change any pretty page. (And I might do that for various reasons, not only for psutools but also for making reports on what's missing in psupedia for example.) Anyway right now I was more thinking of that poor [[Units (Offline)]] page that gets linked only from [[Units]]. Meaning if you search for infos about offline, you need to go through online pages first. And if you need something else about offline (like, a weapon), you need to go back through online. Also worth noting that for the scripts, for example, there isn't really a place in the page where you can add a link back to the index (except the bottom, like categories do). Finally, and that's probably the solution to the difference between category and pretty page: you can probably make the category redirect to the pretty page. That way all users will get redirected to the page you want, you'll get links at the bottom automatically, and automated scripts can still parse the categories by adding "&redirect=no" to the URLs. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 23:05, 9 March 2008 (CDT) (and sorry for the lengthy comment lol I wrote as I thought about it)
*** Most of that actually makes sense, heh. On the offline thing though: Once upon a time it was suggested that we try something like offline.psupedia.info to create a distinction between Network Mode and Story/Extra Mode. Nobody really responded to the idea, indicating a general lack of interest in offline modes. If one/some people took an interest to the offline modes then that'd be another idea on top of this, though the offline modes are a confusing mix themselves - Story Mode "v1" is different to Extra Mode "v1" is different to Story Mode AOTI. The latter two of course aren't even available to the 360. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 07:48, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Yep I remember when that suggestion popped up. I'm not really interested in offline, it's just I did ep1 again to remember the story and I needed ep1 informations. What I suggest is to separate Episode 1 and 2 since they don't work the same way for everything (like for drops, shops, etc). This would prevent some confusion if an item is in PSU and not in AoI for example. However I wouldn't advise in separating story from extra (it's only a few SUV different, and story missions not available), and don't think offline.psupedia would be good either, since stuff like NPC or scripts are not only for offline. Pics of items too. Finally, it's pretty easy to find everything in offline mode, and there's no need for editing once it's considered finished. I might try and get the complete list of drops for Ep1, wouldn't take too long since the drops don't depend on the enemy level. And clean up all this in 2 different categories, Ep1 and Ep2. Sounds like fun. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:00, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
**** I've made an example of redirection of category on the [http://psupedia.info/Category:Swords Category:Swords] category. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:09, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
***** I tried a similar category redirection a while back, for some reason it didn't go over well. Never bothered to ask why. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:59, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BreadCrumbs2 This extension] could make categories much more useful. Also, please comment that old example I made on the sword category. I think the redirection paired with this extension could make for a much better navigation. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:39, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
** Originally, I was under the impression that categories should not redirect to an actual article as that seemed to defeat the purpose of a standalone category. However, I'm seeing now that it really would serve a great purpose, especially with something like this. I'd love to see how well this would work here, especially if if would make site navigation easier. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 10:07, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** [http://www.pooshlmer.com/touhouwiki/index.php/Embodiment_of_Scarlet_Devil:_Gameplay A real life example of the extension] (see at bottom) [[User:Essen|Essen]] 12:45, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Now that looks great! Clean, easy to read; it'd be perfect for us. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 12:49, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
***** This really does look cool, but apparently it requires a fairly rigid existing structure already in place. Most of the pages that aren't weapons or missions are somewhat unorganized, and I have to wonder how useful this extension would be in that context. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:31, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
****** Categorized categories and all of that, right? I figure if we spend some time getting things put in their proper categories, we can get that extension working very nicely. When I have more time, I'll look more into it to see just how rigid it needs to be. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:41, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_that_should_be_in_SVG_format Category containing images]: this would allow automatic creation of image galleries by just adding an image to one (or more) category. This might be more or less configurable, I didn't look seriously yet. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 19:04, 14 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Update section overhaul ===
We had a little discussion going on this a few months ago, but it kind of fizzled off. I'd like to get it going again since, as it's been noted on numerous occasions, our current updates section is getting ginormous. Jubei put together an example of one way to prettify our updates ([[User:JubeiSaotome/Sandbox/Updates]]) which I'm quite pleased with. However, one thing we didn't come to a decision on is how to break up individual pages. Should it be broken up by update, by month, by quarter, or what? Also, I'm thinking that maybe we don't need to document the exact time the servers go up and down. The up time changes constantly from what I've seen, and the 00:01:00 the official site gives doesn't seem to be accurate at all. (Actually, that looks like a default time for pretty much all announcements that go up on the main site, no matter what time it was posted.) Just stating the day the servers go back up should suffice. Anyway, let's discuss. I'd like to make some progress on this project so we can at least get new updates in this format. We can always save the conversion of older updates for later. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 11:18, 25 February 2008 (CST)
* Suggestion one: sort them by season (e.g. March to May = Spring 2008) Suggestion two: Newest updates go at the top of the page, not the bottom. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:10, 25 February 2008 (CST)
* Sorry for splitting this discussion up between a few different articles. <_<; Anyway, I've come up with a little prototype design for something like what I was envisioning for the new updates section. I haven't made a portal page for it, but you can view two of the sections [[Updates/February_2008|here]] and [[Updates/March_2008|here]]. Each article will contain the updates for its respective month, listed with the newest update the top, oldest at the bottom. At the very bottom of each article will be that little calendar thing to make navigating the updates section easier. I'd like to mess around with the calendar colors and stuff some more (I just copy-pasted the code of one of the front page tables to make these) and maybe play with the sizing to make it a tad bit smaller. But, I'll save that for later. So, questions, comments? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:27, 12 March 2008 (CDT)
* Agreed with all of the above, with the exception of the removal of update times. Things like 5-hour maintenances for large updates serve a limited amount of historic value, but more importantly, just using "the date" doesn't tell people much. The servers are PST and start maintenance one hour before midnight, so for everyone east of that (which is pretty much everyone, I'm sure) it would be one day out. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 05:14, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
** The down time is static. I think it's always been 11:00p.m. PST, so we don't need that with each update. A note on the main updates page stating that maintenance occurs each Friday starting at that time should suffice. If we decide to include the time when the servers come back online after a maintenance period, we'll need some way of documenting an accurate uptime as the official site does not do this. Whenever the servers come back up, the announcement on the front page always reads 12:01a.m., even if it's much later in the morning. Heh, even announcements posted mid-afternoon say they were posted one minute after midnight. XD Anyway, what I'm getting at is we'd need someone to stay on top of keeping accurate track of maintenance downtime each update. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 09:43, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
*** ''"we'll need some way of documenting an accurate uptime as the official site does not do this"'' - I did this back when I worked from home, but it's been nearly a year since I stopped :P board "SERVER IS UP" threads don't help either because you can never tell which is the first that was telling the truth :P either way, the first few months at least have accurate downtime records. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 07:05, 14 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Drop Templates ===
I keep seeing drop templates being given numbers (the latest I saw being [[Template:Dark Falz 90]]). Why do we include numbers? Why can't we just call it the monster name and add a parameter to it specifying levels? ie the [[Template:Dark Falz]] page I made. Simply use <nowiki>{{Dark Falz | lvl=90 }}</nowiki> to get the same result as <nowiki>{{Dark Falz 90}}</nowiki>. Or...is there a reason that I completely missed? So many extra pages (and database entries) being made that can minimized into single pages.. --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 17:46, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* I think Espio just likes doing extra work, makes him look important and keeps him from being bored at his job doing... whatever he does. Just kidding. Probably. On a more serious note, I think it's time to start actually archiving some of these discussions here. It took me almost a full minute to scroll all the way down the page to where this comment resides. -[[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:30, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Primarily, I think no one ever thought of it. To be honest though, I find that rather confusing, but I can see its worth. Oh, and Sekani, I agree. The problem is that the topics aren't ordered by date. New topics are supposed to go at the top, but that only seems to happen half the time. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 18:38, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Curses! You've got me, Sekani. XD
Seriously, though, a template like that is a very good idea, but considering how incredibly deep into use the current templates are, we'd be looking at creating a ridiculous amount of extra work for ourselves just to create the new templates and change all of the existing uses in articles and drop charts and what-not to the new style. Time like that would likely be best spent on more important matters around here. ;) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:57, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Well, let's just start using new kinds of templates from now on. Phasing out the old one can just be done like, one monster a day or something. It would be slow, but it'd get done eventually. :) --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 09:15, 19 February 2008 (CST)
** I'll be completely honest with you: I'd prefer we not. I appreciate the idea, but I'd much rather we stick with the current, established templates than have multiple styles about the site that mean extra clean up later. Again, the time that would be spent creating and implementing the new templates could be put to much better use with the numerous other projects about the site. Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm not trying to be an ass, just trying to avoid extra work for everyone. XD - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 09:47, 19 February 2008 (CST)

=== Audio Files ===
Files with the extension MP3 or OGG cannot be uploaded; why is this? All of the currently available samples in the [[Jukebox discs]] section are really awful because of their encoding and there's no way to reasonably change them. [[User:DOS|DOS]] 10:20, 29 February 2008 (CST)
* I haven't enabled those file types yet. I may do so soon, if we decide to install an in-wiki audio-player extension. However, we do not intend to host the entire file for the jukebox disks, but rather only a low quality preview so that you know what you're getting before you buy the disc. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:18, 29 February 2008 (CST)
** Yes, I understand that these are meant to be samples but the ones that are currently available are poorly encoded. Also I don't understand why you would want an in-wiki media player when users can download the files and listen in their player of choice? [[User:DOS|DOS]] 21:50, 29 February 2008 (CST)
*** The "poor encoding" was intentional. The samples do what they were intended to do ("What does Disc 77 sound like?") while not running up unnecessary bandwidth bills. I honestly see nothing to be gained from using a high-bitrate sample. We're not here to cater to audiophiles or people looking for free music. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 22:50, 29 February 2008 (CST)
**** Maybe try encoding at 64Kbps? At least something that doesn't make listening to these files totally unpleasant. 32Kbps is way too low. I don't think this is an unreasonable increase; I wasn't planning on asking for lossless clips or anything. [[User:DOS|DOS]] 09:57, 1 March 2008 (CST)
***** They sound fine to me. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 10:01, 1 March 2008 (CST)
***** 32Kbps hurts to listen to..to me at least. :( --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 10:07, 1 March 2008 (CST)
****** Try turning the volume down then. Your ears will thank you. All jokes aside, the orchestrated clips in particular actually are pretty bad, so I'll try uploading them in a different format this weekend. WMA is the only other near-universal format I can think of, and it should provide some improvement in quality. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:00, 6 March 2008 (CST)
****** Just so you know I haven't forgotten about this. Been busy with actual work lately (had to recode an entire website almost from scratch), not to mention Audacity doesn't like exporting to WMA. Windows Media Encoder does the job, but the samples cut off abruptly instead of the short fadeout the current clips have. Still looking for a solution, suggestions welcome. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:14, 20 March 2008 (CDT)
******* Wanted to throw my 2p in here - I'd steer clear of WMA as it's not exactly a universal format, not least due to the fact it stands for 'Windows Media Audio'! I'd stick with MP3, 64kbps is plenty for this purpose and still results in small files - about 500k/minute, almost any media player can play it and you're not stuck with users who may have to download additional software to listen to the files. I'm just thinking from a usability point of view more than anything else. [[User:Strawdonkey|Strawdonkey]] 08:58, 14 May 2008 (CDT)
******* Quick addendum - I've just gone looking for said audio files, all I can find is WMA and one 128k MP3. Clicking the links to WMA files opens Winamp (my default music player) for me, which then fails to play the file. This is one of the usability reasons I mentioned - all of a sudden, to listen to this file becomes too much faff. [[User:Strawdonkey|Strawdonkey]] 09:06, 14 May 2008 (CDT)

===XBOX Gamertag embeds===
The Microsoft XBOX site allows you to add your Gamertag Card to anything that accepts the code... I haven't figured it out how to get it to display on the PSUPedia pages (probably a coding issue) but anywhere else its something groovy to show off, and a nice easy link to see how the online gamer is acutally doing.
Just a thought.

Wolfmist
* Judging by your edit history, it appears to use some non-standard HTML tags. Unfortunately, a wiki only accepts tags for simple things such as bold, italics, etc. The best thing you'll be able to do is throw up a simple link. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 13:15, 2 March 2008 (CST)
** I already tried this a while ago when I first started messing around here. No dice. I don't think wikis are designed to accept dynamic content like Gamertag info. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:39, 6 March 2008 (CST)
***Yeah, thought as much. Thanks for the info though, I'll remember to keep stuff simple on here, lol. - [[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 06:39, 13 March 2008 (GMT)

===Giresta Article===
I tried to submit information about this Photon Art - why do people keep deleting/changing it?
Check the article's history, stuff I said was true, that Giresta does everything that Resta does, that the spell significantly transforms at around Level 15 (and I did say that I hadn't confirmed that fact) and a few other things. I suppose a few editorial comments wouldn't go amiss for every article edit, would it? Learn from mistakes and all that?

- Wolfmist
* Comments like yours don't belong in a proper article, especially since the information was erroneous (as with all techs, the only changes take place every 10 levels). Additionally, we have a standard format for articles such as [[Giresta]], and we would like to stick to it for all such articles. Finally, never sign an edit to an article, only for talk pages. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 18:15, 18 March 2008 (CDT)
** Comments like mine? Erroneous Information? Look, Qwerty, I send information with the best intentions. And when I know I've made a statement which doesn't ring true, I add that I haven't confirmed what I said, and fine, I may not be great at spelling or grammar, so fine edit those but please don't be insulting about it! If you have to be blunt then fine, but have you ever heard of taking your staff around a corner to talk rather than shouting out mistakes for all to hear? Jeeze, Lighten up! Oh, and besides, that particular article would never have recieved data if I hadn't brought attention to it. Same with a lot of other articles, actually, which could be interesting to read. Have you ever seen intriguing things happen in the game that have no explanations yet? I have, and I actually like to make the effort of attempting things myself if nothing's been done by anyone else... there I've had my beef and now I need a cookie, lol. --[[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 11:38, 19 March 2008 (GMT)
*** I removed the comments in question because, for reasons Qwerty stated(I don't think it was all too rude how he put it either). And for reasons that PSUP is supposed to be as unbiased as possible, and to say something like "Designed to replace Resta" is simply biased - Resta has the major plus of better range and quicker casting time, so it is simply an opinion and I felt had little place in the article. You put your things in better words after my edit, and Espio formatted it correctly, but the huge problem even without the opinionated remarks is the information that has no evidence for such as it "improving at 15" and "getting better range all the time". - [[User:Saiffy|Saiffy]] 22:09, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
*** On another note, "''And when I know I've made a statement which doesn't ring true, I add that I haven't confirmed what I said''" is not advised practise. The intent of this resource is to provide facts alone, leaving what is essentially speculation to the discussion pages. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 08:26, 26 March 2008 (CDT)

===New Expansion Release?===
There are rumors floating around that a new version (like AOTI) will soon be released... What whispers have you lot heard? Spill the beans if its true! - [[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 03:56, 26 March 2008 (GMT).
* No one has heard anything. For the time being, it's all (meaningless and silly) speculation. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 23:29, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
* These rumours are, if anything, probably based on the upcoming PSP game [[Phantasy Star Portable]]. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 09:38, 26 March 2008 (CDT)

The re-PSUPedia:Raffon Field Base

2008-05-14T14:06:17Z

Strawdonkey: /* Audio Files */

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== To-do list ==
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* [[The_PSUPedia:To-do_list|To-do list]]

==Current Discussions==

=== Neutral synth rates===
As far as I'm aware, none of the armor or weapon pages and templates show or account for the success rates when making them with no element. Since going green is apparently becoming more popular with the playerbase, especially with armor, seemed like something to bring up. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 16:59, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
* Far as I'm concerned, only an idiot would make something neutral, especially an armor. Anyway, there's no space in the tables really, so I think we can just leave it up to people to figure out on their own. It's higher than the listed numbers, we'll just leave it at that. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:06, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
** Only an idiot would waste time synthing a two-star saber, but we've got stuff on that too. Just saying. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 17:18, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Touche (I'M TOO LAZY TO FIND THE PROPERLY ACCENTED E OK GOD). But yeah, there's just not room for it in the template, and it would only confuse people further. Least that's my opinion. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:19, 29 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Crea+ weapons ===
* The wiki has real trouble with articles with a + in them, as we've seen with [[User:Aurly|someone here]]. It tends to just remove them, so Creasabra+ will be [[Creasabra]]. I suppose when the time comes to make articles about them we'll just have to rename them to something like [[Creasabra (plus)]] and put a note in the article saying something like 'Due to the technical limitations of the wiki, this item's name cannot be displayed properly. It is supposed to be ''Creasabra+''.' - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 14:20, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Well, it clearly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C++ can be done], it's just a matter of figuring out how. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 14:26, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** The only way I can get it to work is [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B this way]. Everything else just seems to remove it and act as though it's the Creasabra article. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 14:58, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
*** I see. This must be what MediaWiki help meant when they said that using a root.com/articletitle URL format is not recommended due to certain conflicts. We may need to change everything over to the root.com/index.php?title=articletitle format (or root.com/wiki/articletitle, maybe). However, that probably involves messing with the code on levels that I am not at all comfortable with until other options have been ruled out. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 15:03, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
**** Well, depends on how ready you are to deal with more "OMG WUT HAPIND 2 PSU PEE DIAD?" stuff. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 15:15, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
***** That would be quite a mess. I say we just go with [[Creasabra Plus]] or [[Crea Wand Plus]] until we can get Creasabra+, etc. to work properly. Then we could just redirect the Plus articles to the + articles. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:46, 10 April 2008 (CDT)

* On a slightly different note, Wormania, why did you change the Creasabra+ page to a redirect to Creasabra (plus)? It won't do anything because the problem is not so much with the article, but the URL. No matter the content of the Creasabra+ page, unless you do it as I stated above the URL changes to Creasabra and you go to that article. Unless you're doing something I'm missing, in which case I'd like you to explain it. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 15:47, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Just testing, needed to see in which order the + was processed in the grand scheme of things. Also my second test didn't work, apparently you cannot redirect to "outside" pages. As I'm sure everyone else has been using, http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B is the page which it will accept, however the [[Creasabra+]] directs to /Creasabra+. As it stands, I see two possible options. You could use [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B Creasabra+], which is slightly messy, but does the job, or you can do the whole root directory swap, which I can see being messy. This is all ofcourse assuming there's nothing we've missed so far. -- [[User:Wormania|Wormania]]
* Aha, holy shit, that was so stupidly obvious that it actually worked. For the sake of simplicity, let's just do it this way for now: make [[Creasabra plus]] with the content of <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Creasabra+]]</nowiki>, and it actually will redirect to the correct page. For linking to it, we can just use <nowiki>[[Creasabra plus | Creasabra+]]</nowiki> (yields [[Creasabra plus | Creasabra+]]). --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 16:10, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Ah, excellent, that should be a decent way of getting round it then. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 16:28, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** And when you click the article tab, it sends you to the regular Creasabra :< --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 17:32, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Solution: don't click the article tab. This clearly isn't the perfect solution, but it's clearly about as close as we can get without majorly changing URLs and shit. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:36, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
* Don't know if this is still being considered, but I'm 99% sure that a URL change won't affect any internal links. Only links to articles here from other sites like PSOW or the official forums would be affected. Also, the main page URL can stay the same. The process should only involve changing the URL prefix in a configuration file somewhere, not too complicated. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:03, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
** Not really up to me, but I guess it's at least worth a shot. If we don't like the results, we can just change it back. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:00, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
** According to [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL#Other_how-to_mini-guides this], I think either MediaWiki is installed into the root folder (which is a bad thing, apparently), or whoever set up the wiki software redirected links to the "short" version, which is just .info/Article_Name. So, I think we need some intervention from Hitmonchan either way. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 01:32, 12 April 2008 (CDT)

=== [Edit] Text too large ===
I think the [edit] text / link on all pages is in the wrong position, and far too large. It makes the page look messy and untidy. Compare this page http://psupedia.info/Events to this page on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast the [Edit] text is on the far right, out of view of readers, and smaller in font size so it's non obtrusive, i've set up a wiki before and this is usually default, I don't know the history of this wiki or why you've changed this, but I just had to say something and I think it looks terrible / you should fix it.. --[[User:Battlestar|Battlestar]]
* Strange that someone with so much wiki experience doesn't know how to sign their comments. That aside, I agree with you that the text does look more intrusive than it should. I'm not aware at the moment of any quick fix for it though. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 09:50, 20 April 2008 (CDT)
** Setting up a wiki doesn't automagically imbue the person with the knowledge on how to sign their comments. Thanks for the troll, but anyway, trolls aside, it says below ([[User:Battlestar|Battlestar]] 10:03, 20 April 2008 (CDT)) I guess I just forgot, huh?
*** I think it's because we're using a different version of MediaWiki than WikiPedia is. It may not look great, but this isn't a big concern for us at the moment. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 10:42, 20 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Enemy spawn chart section overhaul ===
I see, I see. [[User:EspioKaos/Sandbox/Enemy_spawn_charts|An overhaul]] has arrived for you! [/Tom Nook] The recent going-over of the spawn charts article made me get kind of back into wanting to finish up the conversion of the unconverted charts while getting a new style for the article set up. Basically, the new layout will give details on how to read the charts, what the notation means and then a list of missions (each link leading directly to the mission's spawn chart). With the "how to" section, I can't help but feel like I'm missing something, though. It might just be me, but if anyone notices something obvious that I omitted, please feel free to fill in the blanks. Otherwise, any suggestions? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:26, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
* Suggestions: Order rare monsters list alphabetically. The mission list could be made pretty [[Missions|like here]] maybe? Could be updated automatically if this pretty stuff was in some sort of template too. Looks good. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:40, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
** Alphabetized. :D Oh, just realized I forgot a few rare enemies. o: lol brb - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:55, 2 April 2008 (CDT)

=== April Fool's Day articles ===
Bravo on the April Fool's articles. I've gotten a good chortle out of the reactions from them! But, how long should we let this go on? I was planning on adding the backpacker girl April Fool's joke template thing to them later tonight, but I'm wondering if we might ought to do it earlier? A lot of people are acting pretty stupid over the whole thing, and the number of people who outright believe it baffles me. So, early intervention or let it go a little longer? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:37, 1 April 2008 (CDT)
* Let it go till tonight, then we can move them all to [[The_PSUPedia: April Fools]] (or something). If we have time, a [[B.O.R.D. Revolution]] article would be good too. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 13:45, 1 April 2008 (CDT)
** That'll work. I won't be home until pretty late tonight, so I can take care of it then if no one else has. If I get a chance (probably tomorrow at the earliest) I might see about getting a B.O.R.D. Revoltuion thing up, too. I was fairly amused by that when I saw it at Shougai yesterday. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:17, 1 April 2008 (CDT)

=== User pages edit protection ===
* What about [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UserPageEditProtection this]? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 17:28, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
** Great idea. If I knew how, I'd go ahead and set it up, but my wiki experience goes about as far as page coding. >_> - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 17:35, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Say the word.... - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:28, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
**** The word. ;) Be my guest if you can get this one going. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:23, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
***** Too late, I already did it. I'm going to hold off on BreadCrumbs until I have more time to understand exactly how it works. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 20:07, 31 March 2008 (CDT)

=== TP or Tech. ? ===
* In game it says "Tech.", on psupedia you've used TP (while using the correctly Att. and Acc. for other weapons). Can I fix that? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:15, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Ah, for the [[Rods|rods]] chart? Yeah, that should be "Tech." Any others you've noticed like that? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:20, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** About all the weapons page actually. Some are not converted to templates tho, so can convert at the same time. Needs mass edits and conversions. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:36, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Done the ones using templates. Still have to do:
**** Rod, Ulrod, Rayharod, Pumpkinhead, Slyrod, Hajirod, Tomoirod, Rodoc, Granarod, Mayrod, Granadoroc, Howrod, Halarod, Gaozoran Rod, Kazarod, Psycho Wand
**** C rank wands, B rank wands, Cometara, Lidra, Majimra, Magical Wand, Uransara, Tesbra
**** I suggest to do that while converting to templates, but if someone wanna do it without waiting, be my guest. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:58, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Already left you a note on your talk page, but just to reiterate: TP, please. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 16:00, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Aha, this seems like a better place to discuss it than that talk page. To summarise what's on there: Weapon and [[Line shields|line shield]] summary articles have long used the game's notation, hence the conflict. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 20:42, 29 March 2008 (CDT)
**** So, what is the official decision about this? I'm for using the in-game notation if you need my opinion. Also it should be added to the manual of style. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 16:00, 14 April 2008 (CDT)

===Minor Note Involving Spawn Charts===
* I've come across a lot of rare monster charts that have had different definitions of "spawn," in that some say "third spawn" when they mean practically the third room, and some mean it in the sense that it's the third group of monsters. Would it be possible to set a standard, and define it on the "Enemy Spawn Charts" page? [[User:Adryk|Addark]] 06:50, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** It means a "group of monster", which may or may not appear all at the same time, but will appear in the same room and if they don't appear at the same time, will appear because of the death of some monster in the group. If a group of monsters appear after you have cleared a room, it's not the same spawn, even if they appear in the same room (for example there's 3 spawns in lab recovery b3). Agree with putting a good definition somewhere tho. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 06:57, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Thanks for clearing it up, although I'm not entirely sure if all of the charts follow that standard. Sometimes "third spawn" is.. really confusing. I'll be running through a few of them in the meantime, though. Thanks for clarifying. :) [[User:Adryk|Addark]] 13:19, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It's supposed to mean enemy spawn. If in one room you take out one group of enemies entirely and then another one shows up in the same room, that is a second spawn. There is (or was?) a notation guide for these spawn charts but I'm not sure if it defines "a spawn" or not. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 20:44, 29 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Reviving WhosOnline ===
* Sorry, I was just trying to get the WhosOnline extension to work again, after [[User:Tycho|I]] and consequently [[User:Mono|Mono]] started making proper user pages recently. I kinda want it back since the first time around it caused a wave of people spontaneously starting to make user pages because the wiki had suddenly become less anonymous. I wasn't able to get it to work though, since apparently compatibility with this MediaWiki version sucks. I failed when trying [http://www.chekmate.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:MW:_Whos_Online_Extension#Who.27s_Online.2C_Mediawiki_1.9.x_not_working_.28Fixed.29 this], and step 1 from [http://booleandreams.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/mediawiki-extension-whosonline/ this guide] is just beyond me. If there are any other staff members courageous enough to give this a try, please give it a shot. >_<; - [[User:Tycho|Tycho]] 05:15, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
** Psh, piece of cake. If I had FTP access I could get this working in a few minutes. Unfortunately, I'm not on staff, so... I guess I could try walking someone else through it. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:10, 20 March 2008 (CDT)
** I'm making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:08, 25 March 2008 (CDT)

<pre>'''Users online:''' <whosonline></whosonline></pre>

'''Users online:''' <whosonline></whosonline>

* A shame it's not uh...working? It shows me as online if I view the recent changes "difference" you just made, but not if I just view the page. And it doesn't display guests at all. >_> Oh and the only person with FTP access is Tycho and Qwerty, in case you wanted to know. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 13:12, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
** Works for me? Bleh, the instructions Tycho linked me to were fail, so I had to improvise a bit. Try adding the code to a different page and see what happens. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:25, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Seems to be working fine for me, too, both here and on the front page. Though it's curious that no "guests" show up. I've got to get back to work, but I think I might play around with its placement on the front page later if I have time. (I'd like to go on an update the "latest missions" section with Friday's stuff, anyway.) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:44, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It isn't working for me either. Depending on how I view the main page (either just looking at it or looking at the most recent change), I get a completely different list. Just viewing the page, I don't even show up. Anyway, Mewn and Miraglyth both also have FTP access, just for the record. I can give the details out to Espio and Bea through various private messaging routes, if they so desire. On a related note, that color scheme for the box looks absolutely horrid, and I'm not too fond of its placement on the page. I will probably mess with it here shortly. But yeah, it doesn't appear to be functioning properly. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 15:18, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
**** OK, it would appear that the online list only updates once an action is taken, such as logging in or making an edit, and even then apparently on a page-by-page basis. Also, a user remains active on the list for an hour. The time length I can change no problem, but I'm not sure if it's possible or if it even was intended to keep track of people just browsing the site. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 22:40, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
***** Hrm... there's got to be something that can be done to make it display guests and registered users in real time as opposed to edit-by-edit. I assume you've checked these, but I'll throw them out there anyway, just in case. [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Whos_online MediaWiki Who's online extension article], [http://www.chekmate.org/wiki/index.php/MW:_Whos_Online_Extension Original extension at Check Mate]. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 20:42, 26 March 2008 (CDT)
****** Upon further research there may be a glitch related to this wiki's version number that's causing some issues. I'm going to reinstall the extension and see if anything improves. If any of you have added this extension to any other pages you may want to remove it to prevent any nasty errors. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:52, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
**** As far as I'm aware, my FTP access is limited to a subspace. I doubt these changes require access to the messy innards of this place, but if they did I wouldn't have been able to help. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 08:18, 26 March 2008 (CDT)
* HUGE SUCCESS. Seems to be working (for the most part) now. I just added it back to the front page and noticed that the number of registered members changed on me between refreshes. Guests still don't show up for some reason, though. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:40, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
** Scratch that. Guests suddenly showed up. So... HUGE SUCCESS. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:43, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
* Awesome. thanks for getting that working, Sekani. Is it wrong that I laugh that we have more people viewing the 'Pedia than the entirety of Sega's forums? --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:25, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
* Fuck yes, nice job. Sorry the pages I linked didn't provide much help on the subject, but it's about as much as I could find. Seeing the site activity is this decent is a pretty cool compliment. In any case, I'm hoping this'll make things more personal to participants. More people registering and making profiles plz. :> - [[User:Tycho|Tycho]] 07:04, 30 March 2008 (CDT)
==== More Who's Online stuff ====
* Hmmm... is there any way to place this on the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] page? - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:54, 26 April 2008 (CDT)
** I'm sure there's some way, but I don't know how to access that page to make changes. I like the idea of having this there; but aside from that, there's a small mistake that was pointed out to me on the page. It says "below are the last 100 changes made in the last '''last''' 7 days." Last is typed twice for some reason. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 18:31, 26 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Did some digging and found [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Special_pages this little gem.] Basically there's a PHP file that controls the output of that page, and we'll have to ''carefully'' change it. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 17:51, 29 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Offline ===
OK you might have seen me doing some offline work [[User:Essen/Sandbox|in my sandbox]]. I'll explain my thoughts about it here.
* Break offline in "Episode 1" and "Episode 2". There's too much different things to make them the same section. Example: drops are fixed per enemy in ep1, and per level in ep2. Missions are totally differents. Might have some balancing done between the two, etc.
* Offline doesn't need a page per item/weapon/mission/whatever. People will mostly want to know where to get their stuff and how it works, but won't worry about the descriptions much. A page [[User:Essen/Sandbox/Crossbows_(Episode_1)|like this]] is enough, imho. Plus there isn't that much weapons/stuff anyway.
* No need for an offline.psupedia imho. As you can see [[User:Essen/Sandbox|in my sandbox]] there's about 30 pages for ep1, without counting the more generic pages like save marker, photon charger etc, which are most of the time valid for both online and offline. We just need to stick with this slick format and remove all the old pages and clean-up the online page from everything offline-related. Also if we have an offline.psupedia, where do the scripts for episode 2 go? They're about the same for online and offline.
* Add a template to each Ep1 pages indicating that this is info for Episode 1 and that it is offline, on the top of the page. Same with other offline games.
* Once Episode 1 is done we could:
** Add a category to the left menu, "story mode" with links to "Episode 1" and "Episode 2" for example. Can also put a link to [[Phantasy Star Portable]].
** Clean-up all the online pages from offline stuff.
** Deprecate (mark for deletion) all the offline pages available and remove them a while later instead of having tons of redirections about offline. Of course before that they'll become redirections.
** Start Episode 2 (yeah i probably will) using the same structure than for Episode 1
** Also use the same structure for PSP.
** Once that is done (or before) I'll probably proceed to clean-up other stuff on the wiki.
Comments, thoughts, suggestions? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 21:01, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
* Very impressive work, Essen! It's greatly appreciated since our offline section (as near non-existent as it was) was in bad need of help. There are a few minor standardization things that should be taken care of (de-capitalization of subsection titles in a few spots is all I've seen), but I love the look. :D - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 22:34, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
** Yeah I'm trying to stick to the manual of style but might forgot stuff ^^; I'll change that on the next edits and will check a last time before putting it live. Thanks for the comment [[User:Essen|Essen]] 22:48, 13 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Categories? ===
* I've been noticing lately the lack of categories for most pages. For example all the *_(Offline) pages are left alone without category. Same with the scripts, and various others. There is a [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Special:Categories&limit=500 good bunch of categories] already, but a lot of pages [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Special:Uncategorizedpages&limit=500&offset=0 still haven't any]. I don't think I have to explain the benefits of doing this: easy navigation to pages with similar contents. Is there recommandations for categorization, and do you mind if I have fun categorizing when I happen to stumble on one of these numerous lost pages? Same sort of question with [http://psupedia.info/Special:Lonelypages orphaned pages]. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 22:00, 9 March 2008 (CDT)
** Go to town if you want :P First of all though, it might help to explain the blurred line that some categories would provide. For example, what separates [[Swords]] from [http://psupedia.info/Category:Swords Category:Swords] when the former should already provide a comprehensive list? - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 22:07, 9 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It's mostly not needed for online items as long as they link back to the [[Swords]]-like page. Unfortunately that's not always the case. It's also possible to process everything with a script if you are using categories. For example, generating a list of drops for all the items by running through the category and its childrens. If you change the template for the items, there's only one change needed to the script. If you change the pretty page, 0 needed. Without category, you need to change the script each time you change any pretty page. (And I might do that for various reasons, not only for psutools but also for making reports on what's missing in psupedia for example.) Anyway right now I was more thinking of that poor [[Units (Offline)]] page that gets linked only from [[Units]]. Meaning if you search for infos about offline, you need to go through online pages first. And if you need something else about offline (like, a weapon), you need to go back through online. Also worth noting that for the scripts, for example, there isn't really a place in the page where you can add a link back to the index (except the bottom, like categories do). Finally, and that's probably the solution to the difference between category and pretty page: you can probably make the category redirect to the pretty page. That way all users will get redirected to the page you want, you'll get links at the bottom automatically, and automated scripts can still parse the categories by adding "&redirect=no" to the URLs. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 23:05, 9 March 2008 (CDT) (and sorry for the lengthy comment lol I wrote as I thought about it)
*** Most of that actually makes sense, heh. On the offline thing though: Once upon a time it was suggested that we try something like offline.psupedia.info to create a distinction between Network Mode and Story/Extra Mode. Nobody really responded to the idea, indicating a general lack of interest in offline modes. If one/some people took an interest to the offline modes then that'd be another idea on top of this, though the offline modes are a confusing mix themselves - Story Mode "v1" is different to Extra Mode "v1" is different to Story Mode AOTI. The latter two of course aren't even available to the 360. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 07:48, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Yep I remember when that suggestion popped up. I'm not really interested in offline, it's just I did ep1 again to remember the story and I needed ep1 informations. What I suggest is to separate Episode 1 and 2 since they don't work the same way for everything (like for drops, shops, etc). This would prevent some confusion if an item is in PSU and not in AoI for example. However I wouldn't advise in separating story from extra (it's only a few SUV different, and story missions not available), and don't think offline.psupedia would be good either, since stuff like NPC or scripts are not only for offline. Pics of items too. Finally, it's pretty easy to find everything in offline mode, and there's no need for editing once it's considered finished. I might try and get the complete list of drops for Ep1, wouldn't take too long since the drops don't depend on the enemy level. And clean up all this in 2 different categories, Ep1 and Ep2. Sounds like fun. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:00, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
**** I've made an example of redirection of category on the [http://psupedia.info/Category:Swords Category:Swords] category. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:09, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
***** I tried a similar category redirection a while back, for some reason it didn't go over well. Never bothered to ask why. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:59, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BreadCrumbs2 This extension] could make categories much more useful. Also, please comment that old example I made on the sword category. I think the redirection paired with this extension could make for a much better navigation. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:39, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
** Originally, I was under the impression that categories should not redirect to an actual article as that seemed to defeat the purpose of a standalone category. However, I'm seeing now that it really would serve a great purpose, especially with something like this. I'd love to see how well this would work here, especially if if would make site navigation easier. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 10:07, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** [http://www.pooshlmer.com/touhouwiki/index.php/Embodiment_of_Scarlet_Devil:_Gameplay A real life example of the extension] (see at bottom) [[User:Essen|Essen]] 12:45, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Now that looks great! Clean, easy to read; it'd be perfect for us. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 12:49, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
***** This really does look cool, but apparently it requires a fairly rigid existing structure already in place. Most of the pages that aren't weapons or missions are somewhat unorganized, and I have to wonder how useful this extension would be in that context. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:31, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
****** Categorized categories and all of that, right? I figure if we spend some time getting things put in their proper categories, we can get that extension working very nicely. When I have more time, I'll look more into it to see just how rigid it needs to be. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:41, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_that_should_be_in_SVG_format Category containing images]: this would allow automatic creation of image galleries by just adding an image to one (or more) category. This might be more or less configurable, I didn't look seriously yet. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 19:04, 14 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Update section overhaul ===
We had a little discussion going on this a few months ago, but it kind of fizzled off. I'd like to get it going again since, as it's been noted on numerous occasions, our current updates section is getting ginormous. Jubei put together an example of one way to prettify our updates ([[User:JubeiSaotome/Sandbox/Updates]]) which I'm quite pleased with. However, one thing we didn't come to a decision on is how to break up individual pages. Should it be broken up by update, by month, by quarter, or what? Also, I'm thinking that maybe we don't need to document the exact time the servers go up and down. The up time changes constantly from what I've seen, and the 00:01:00 the official site gives doesn't seem to be accurate at all. (Actually, that looks like a default time for pretty much all announcements that go up on the main site, no matter what time it was posted.) Just stating the day the servers go back up should suffice. Anyway, let's discuss. I'd like to make some progress on this project so we can at least get new updates in this format. We can always save the conversion of older updates for later. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 11:18, 25 February 2008 (CST)
* Suggestion one: sort them by season (e.g. March to May = Spring 2008) Suggestion two: Newest updates go at the top of the page, not the bottom. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:10, 25 February 2008 (CST)
* Sorry for splitting this discussion up between a few different articles. <_<; Anyway, I've come up with a little prototype design for something like what I was envisioning for the new updates section. I haven't made a portal page for it, but you can view two of the sections [[Updates/February_2008|here]] and [[Updates/March_2008|here]]. Each article will contain the updates for its respective month, listed with the newest update the top, oldest at the bottom. At the very bottom of each article will be that little calendar thing to make navigating the updates section easier. I'd like to mess around with the calendar colors and stuff some more (I just copy-pasted the code of one of the front page tables to make these) and maybe play with the sizing to make it a tad bit smaller. But, I'll save that for later. So, questions, comments? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:27, 12 March 2008 (CDT)
* Agreed with all of the above, with the exception of the removal of update times. Things like 5-hour maintenances for large updates serve a limited amount of historic value, but more importantly, just using "the date" doesn't tell people much. The servers are PST and start maintenance one hour before midnight, so for everyone east of that (which is pretty much everyone, I'm sure) it would be one day out. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 05:14, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
** The down time is static. I think it's always been 11:00p.m. PST, so we don't need that with each update. A note on the main updates page stating that maintenance occurs each Friday starting at that time should suffice. If we decide to include the time when the servers come back online after a maintenance period, we'll need some way of documenting an accurate uptime as the official site does not do this. Whenever the servers come back up, the announcement on the front page always reads 12:01a.m., even if it's much later in the morning. Heh, even announcements posted mid-afternoon say they were posted one minute after midnight. XD Anyway, what I'm getting at is we'd need someone to stay on top of keeping accurate track of maintenance downtime each update. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 09:43, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
*** ''"we'll need some way of documenting an accurate uptime as the official site does not do this"'' - I did this back when I worked from home, but it's been nearly a year since I stopped :P board "SERVER IS UP" threads don't help either because you can never tell which is the first that was telling the truth :P either way, the first few months at least have accurate downtime records. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 07:05, 14 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Drop Templates ===
I keep seeing drop templates being given numbers (the latest I saw being [[Template:Dark Falz 90]]). Why do we include numbers? Why can't we just call it the monster name and add a parameter to it specifying levels? ie the [[Template:Dark Falz]] page I made. Simply use <nowiki>{{Dark Falz | lvl=90 }}</nowiki> to get the same result as <nowiki>{{Dark Falz 90}}</nowiki>. Or...is there a reason that I completely missed? So many extra pages (and database entries) being made that can minimized into single pages.. --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 17:46, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* I think Espio just likes doing extra work, makes him look important and keeps him from being bored at his job doing... whatever he does. Just kidding. Probably. On a more serious note, I think it's time to start actually archiving some of these discussions here. It took me almost a full minute to scroll all the way down the page to where this comment resides. -[[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:30, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Primarily, I think no one ever thought of it. To be honest though, I find that rather confusing, but I can see its worth. Oh, and Sekani, I agree. The problem is that the topics aren't ordered by date. New topics are supposed to go at the top, but that only seems to happen half the time. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 18:38, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Curses! You've got me, Sekani. XD
Seriously, though, a template like that is a very good idea, but considering how incredibly deep into use the current templates are, we'd be looking at creating a ridiculous amount of extra work for ourselves just to create the new templates and change all of the existing uses in articles and drop charts and what-not to the new style. Time like that would likely be best spent on more important matters around here. ;) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:57, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Well, let's just start using new kinds of templates from now on. Phasing out the old one can just be done like, one monster a day or something. It would be slow, but it'd get done eventually. :) --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 09:15, 19 February 2008 (CST)
** I'll be completely honest with you: I'd prefer we not. I appreciate the idea, but I'd much rather we stick with the current, established templates than have multiple styles about the site that mean extra clean up later. Again, the time that would be spent creating and implementing the new templates could be put to much better use with the numerous other projects about the site. Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm not trying to be an ass, just trying to avoid extra work for everyone. XD - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 09:47, 19 February 2008 (CST)

=== Audio Files ===
Files with the extension MP3 or OGG cannot be uploaded; why is this? All of the currently available samples in the [[Jukebox discs]] section are really awful because of their encoding and there's no way to reasonably change them. [[User:DOS|DOS]] 10:20, 29 February 2008 (CST)
* I haven't enabled those file types yet. I may do so soon, if we decide to install an in-wiki audio-player extension. However, we do not intend to host the entire file for the jukebox disks, but rather only a low quality preview so that you know what you're getting before you buy the disc. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:18, 29 February 2008 (CST)
** Yes, I understand that these are meant to be samples but the ones that are currently available are poorly encoded. Also I don't understand why you would want an in-wiki media player when users can download the files and listen in their player of choice? [[User:DOS|DOS]] 21:50, 29 February 2008 (CST)
*** The "poor encoding" was intentional. The samples do what they were intended to do ("What does Disc 77 sound like?") while not running up unnecessary bandwidth bills. I honestly see nothing to be gained from using a high-bitrate sample. We're not here to cater to audiophiles or people looking for free music. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 22:50, 29 February 2008 (CST)
**** Maybe try encoding at 64Kbps? At least something that doesn't make listening to these files totally unpleasant. 32Kbps is way too low. I don't think this is an unreasonable increase; I wasn't planning on asking for lossless clips or anything. [[User:DOS|DOS]] 09:57, 1 March 2008 (CST)
***** They sound fine to me. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 10:01, 1 March 2008 (CST)
***** 32Kbps hurts to listen to..to me at least. :( --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 10:07, 1 March 2008 (CST)
****** Try turning the volume down then. Your ears will thank you. All jokes aside, the orchestrated clips in particular actually are pretty bad, so I'll try uploading them in a different format this weekend. WMA is the only other near-universal format I can think of, and it should provide some improvement in quality. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:00, 6 March 2008 (CST)
****** Just so you know I haven't forgotten about this. Been busy with actual work lately (had to recode an entire website almost from scratch), not to mention Audacity doesn't like exporting to WMA. Windows Media Encoder does the job, but the samples cut off abruptly instead of the short fadeout the current clips have. Still looking for a solution, suggestions welcome. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:14, 20 March 2008 (CDT)
******* Wanted to throw my 2p in here - I'd steer clear of WMA as it's not exactly a universal format, not least due to the fact it stands for 'Windows Media Audio'! I'd stick with MP3, 64kbps is plenty for this purpose and still results in small files - about 500k/minute, almost any media player can play it and you're not stuck with users who may have to download additional software to listen to the files. I'm just thinking from a usability point of view more than anything else. [[User:Strawdonkey|Strawdonkey]] 08:58, 14 May 2008 (CDT)
******* Quick addendum - I've just gone looking for said audio files, all I can find is WMA and one 128k MP3. Clicking the links to WMA files opens Winamp (my default music player) for me, which then fails to play the file. This is one of the usability reasons I mentioned - all of a sudden, to listen to this file becomes too much faff. [[User:Strawdonkey|Strawdonkey]] 09:06, 14 May 2008 (CDT)

===XBOX Gamertag embeds===
The Microsoft XBOX site allows you to add your Gamertag Card to anything that accepts the code... I haven't figured it out how to get it to display on the PSUPedia pages (probably a coding issue) but anywhere else its something groovy to show off, and a nice easy link to see how the online gamer is acutally doing.
Just a thought.

Wolfmist
* Judging by your edit history, it appears to use some non-standard HTML tags. Unfortunately, a wiki only accepts tags for simple things such as bold, italics, etc. The best thing you'll be able to do is throw up a simple link. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 13:15, 2 March 2008 (CST)
** I already tried this a while ago when I first started messing around here. No dice. I don't think wikis are designed to accept dynamic content like Gamertag info. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:39, 6 March 2008 (CST)
***Yeah, thought as much. Thanks for the info though, I'll remember to keep stuff simple on here, lol. - [[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 06:39, 13 March 2008 (GMT)

===Giresta Article===
I tried to submit information about this Photon Art - why do people keep deleting/changing it?
Check the article's history, stuff I said was true, that Giresta does everything that Resta does, that the spell significantly transforms at around Level 15 (and I did say that I hadn't confirmed that fact) and a few other things. I suppose a few editorial comments wouldn't go amiss for every article edit, would it? Learn from mistakes and all that?

- Wolfmist
* Comments like yours don't belong in a proper article, especially since the information was erroneous (as with all techs, the only changes take place every 10 levels). Additionally, we have a standard format for articles such as [[Giresta]], and we would like to stick to it for all such articles. Finally, never sign an edit to an article, only for talk pages. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 18:15, 18 March 2008 (CDT)
** Comments like mine? Erroneous Information? Look, Qwerty, I send information with the best intentions. And when I know I've made a statement which doesn't ring true, I add that I haven't confirmed what I said, and fine, I may not be great at spelling or grammar, so fine edit those but please don't be insulting about it! If you have to be blunt then fine, but have you ever heard of taking your staff around a corner to talk rather than shouting out mistakes for all to hear? Jeeze, Lighten up! Oh, and besides, that particular article would never have recieved data if I hadn't brought attention to it. Same with a lot of other articles, actually, which could be interesting to read. Have you ever seen intriguing things happen in the game that have no explanations yet? I have, and I actually like to make the effort of attempting things myself if nothing's been done by anyone else... there I've had my beef and now I need a cookie, lol. --[[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 11:38, 19 March 2008 (GMT)
*** I removed the comments in question because, for reasons Qwerty stated(I don't think it was all too rude how he put it either). And for reasons that PSUP is supposed to be as unbiased as possible, and to say something like "Designed to replace Resta" is simply biased - Resta has the major plus of better range and quicker casting time, so it is simply an opinion and I felt had little place in the article. You put your things in better words after my edit, and Espio formatted it correctly, but the huge problem even without the opinionated remarks is the information that has no evidence for such as it "improving at 15" and "getting better range all the time". - [[User:Saiffy|Saiffy]] 22:09, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
*** On another note, "''And when I know I've made a statement which doesn't ring true, I add that I haven't confirmed what I said''" is not advised practise. The intent of this resource is to provide facts alone, leaving what is essentially speculation to the discussion pages. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 08:26, 26 March 2008 (CDT)

===New Expansion Release?===
There are rumors floating around that a new version (like AOTI) will soon be released... What whispers have you lot heard? Spill the beans if its true! - [[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 03:56, 26 March 2008 (GMT).
* No one has heard anything. For the time being, it's all (meaningless and silly) speculation. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 23:29, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
* These rumours are, if anything, probably based on the upcoming PSP game [[Phantasy Star Portable]]. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 09:38, 26 March 2008 (CDT)

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== To-do list ==
For a list of in-progress and soon-to-be-started projects at the PSUPedia, please see the following article.
* [[The_PSUPedia:To-do_list|To-do list]]

==Current Discussions==

=== Neutral synth rates===
As far as I'm aware, none of the armor or weapon pages and templates show or account for the success rates when making them with no element. Since going green is apparently becoming more popular with the playerbase, especially with armor, seemed like something to bring up. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 16:59, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
* Far as I'm concerned, only an idiot would make something neutral, especially an armor. Anyway, there's no space in the tables really, so I think we can just leave it up to people to figure out on their own. It's higher than the listed numbers, we'll just leave it at that. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:06, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
** Only an idiot would waste time synthing a two-star saber, but we've got stuff on that too. Just saying. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 17:18, 29 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Touche (I'M TOO LAZY TO FIND THE PROPERLY ACCENTED E OK GOD). But yeah, there's just not room for it in the template, and it would only confuse people further. Least that's my opinion. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:19, 29 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Crea+ weapons ===
* The wiki has real trouble with articles with a + in them, as we've seen with [[User:Aurly|someone here]]. It tends to just remove them, so Creasabra+ will be [[Creasabra]]. I suppose when the time comes to make articles about them we'll just have to rename them to something like [[Creasabra (plus)]] and put a note in the article saying something like 'Due to the technical limitations of the wiki, this item's name cannot be displayed properly. It is supposed to be ''Creasabra+''.' - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 14:20, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Well, it clearly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C++ can be done], it's just a matter of figuring out how. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 14:26, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** The only way I can get it to work is [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B this way]. Everything else just seems to remove it and act as though it's the Creasabra article. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 14:58, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
*** I see. This must be what MediaWiki help meant when they said that using a root.com/articletitle URL format is not recommended due to certain conflicts. We may need to change everything over to the root.com/index.php?title=articletitle format (or root.com/wiki/articletitle, maybe). However, that probably involves messing with the code on levels that I am not at all comfortable with until other options have been ruled out. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 15:03, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
**** Well, depends on how ready you are to deal with more "OMG WUT HAPIND 2 PSU PEE DIAD?" stuff. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 15:15, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
***** That would be quite a mess. I say we just go with [[Creasabra Plus]] or [[Crea Wand Plus]] until we can get Creasabra+, etc. to work properly. Then we could just redirect the Plus articles to the + articles. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:46, 10 April 2008 (CDT)

* On a slightly different note, Wormania, why did you change the Creasabra+ page to a redirect to Creasabra (plus)? It won't do anything because the problem is not so much with the article, but the URL. No matter the content of the Creasabra+ page, unless you do it as I stated above the URL changes to Creasabra and you go to that article. Unless you're doing something I'm missing, in which case I'd like you to explain it. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 15:47, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Just testing, needed to see in which order the + was processed in the grand scheme of things. Also my second test didn't work, apparently you cannot redirect to "outside" pages. As I'm sure everyone else has been using, http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B is the page which it will accept, however the [[Creasabra+]] directs to /Creasabra+. As it stands, I see two possible options. You could use [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Creasabra%2B Creasabra+], which is slightly messy, but does the job, or you can do the whole root directory swap, which I can see being messy. This is all ofcourse assuming there's nothing we've missed so far. -- [[User:Wormania|Wormania]]
* Aha, holy shit, that was so stupidly obvious that it actually worked. For the sake of simplicity, let's just do it this way for now: make [[Creasabra plus]] with the content of <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Creasabra+]]</nowiki>, and it actually will redirect to the correct page. For linking to it, we can just use <nowiki>[[Creasabra plus | Creasabra+]]</nowiki> (yields [[Creasabra plus | Creasabra+]]). --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 16:10, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** Ah, excellent, that should be a decent way of getting round it then. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 16:28, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
** And when you click the article tab, it sends you to the regular Creasabra :< --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 17:32, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Solution: don't click the article tab. This clearly isn't the perfect solution, but it's clearly about as close as we can get without majorly changing URLs and shit. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:36, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
* Don't know if this is still being considered, but I'm 99% sure that a URL change won't affect any internal links. Only links to articles here from other sites like PSOW or the official forums would be affected. Also, the main page URL can stay the same. The process should only involve changing the URL prefix in a configuration file somewhere, not too complicated. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:03, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
** Not really up to me, but I guess it's at least worth a shot. If we don't like the results, we can just change it back. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:00, 11 April 2008 (CDT)
** According to [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL#Other_how-to_mini-guides this], I think either MediaWiki is installed into the root folder (which is a bad thing, apparently), or whoever set up the wiki software redirected links to the "short" version, which is just .info/Article_Name. So, I think we need some intervention from Hitmonchan either way. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 01:32, 12 April 2008 (CDT)

=== [Edit] Text too large ===
I think the [edit] text / link on all pages is in the wrong position, and far too large. It makes the page look messy and untidy. Compare this page http://psupedia.info/Events to this page on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast the [Edit] text is on the far right, out of view of readers, and smaller in font size so it's non obtrusive, i've set up a wiki before and this is usually default, I don't know the history of this wiki or why you've changed this, but I just had to say something and I think it looks terrible / you should fix it.. --[[User:Battlestar|Battlestar]]
* Strange that someone with so much wiki experience doesn't know how to sign their comments. That aside, I agree with you that the text does look more intrusive than it should. I'm not aware at the moment of any quick fix for it though. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 09:50, 20 April 2008 (CDT)
** Setting up a wiki doesn't automagically imbue the person with the knowledge on how to sign their comments. Thanks for the troll, but anyway, trolls aside, it says below ([[User:Battlestar|Battlestar]] 10:03, 20 April 2008 (CDT)) I guess I just forgot, huh?
*** I think it's because we're using a different version of MediaWiki than WikiPedia is. It may not look great, but this isn't a big concern for us at the moment. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 10:42, 20 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Enemy spawn chart section overhaul ===
I see, I see. [[User:EspioKaos/Sandbox/Enemy_spawn_charts|An overhaul]] has arrived for you! [/Tom Nook] The recent going-over of the spawn charts article made me get kind of back into wanting to finish up the conversion of the unconverted charts while getting a new style for the article set up. Basically, the new layout will give details on how to read the charts, what the notation means and then a list of missions (each link leading directly to the mission's spawn chart). With the "how to" section, I can't help but feel like I'm missing something, though. It might just be me, but if anyone notices something obvious that I omitted, please feel free to fill in the blanks. Otherwise, any suggestions? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:26, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
* Suggestions: Order rare monsters list alphabetically. The mission list could be made pretty [[Missions|like here]] maybe? Could be updated automatically if this pretty stuff was in some sort of template too. Looks good. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:40, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
** Alphabetized. :D Oh, just realized I forgot a few rare enemies. o: lol brb - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:55, 2 April 2008 (CDT)

=== April Fool's Day articles ===
Bravo on the April Fool's articles. I've gotten a good chortle out of the reactions from them! But, how long should we let this go on? I was planning on adding the backpacker girl April Fool's joke template thing to them later tonight, but I'm wondering if we might ought to do it earlier? A lot of people are acting pretty stupid over the whole thing, and the number of people who outright believe it baffles me. So, early intervention or let it go a little longer? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:37, 1 April 2008 (CDT)
* Let it go till tonight, then we can move them all to [[The_PSUPedia: April Fools]] (or something). If we have time, a [[B.O.R.D. Revolution]] article would be good too. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 13:45, 1 April 2008 (CDT)
** That'll work. I won't be home until pretty late tonight, so I can take care of it then if no one else has. If I get a chance (probably tomorrow at the earliest) I might see about getting a B.O.R.D. Revoltuion thing up, too. I was fairly amused by that when I saw it at Shougai yesterday. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:17, 1 April 2008 (CDT)

=== User pages edit protection ===
* What about [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UserPageEditProtection this]? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 17:28, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
** Great idea. If I knew how, I'd go ahead and set it up, but my wiki experience goes about as far as page coding. >_> - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 17:35, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Say the word.... - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:28, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
**** The word. ;) Be my guest if you can get this one going. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:23, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
***** Too late, I already did it. I'm going to hold off on BreadCrumbs until I have more time to understand exactly how it works. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 20:07, 31 March 2008 (CDT)

=== TP or Tech. ? ===
* In game it says "Tech.", on psupedia you've used TP (while using the correctly Att. and Acc. for other weapons). Can I fix that? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:15, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Ah, for the [[Rods|rods]] chart? Yeah, that should be "Tech." Any others you've noticed like that? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:20, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** About all the weapons page actually. Some are not converted to templates tho, so can convert at the same time. Needs mass edits and conversions. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:36, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Done the ones using templates. Still have to do:
**** Rod, Ulrod, Rayharod, Pumpkinhead, Slyrod, Hajirod, Tomoirod, Rodoc, Granarod, Mayrod, Granadoroc, Howrod, Halarod, Gaozoran Rod, Kazarod, Psycho Wand
**** C rank wands, B rank wands, Cometara, Lidra, Majimra, Magical Wand, Uransara, Tesbra
**** I suggest to do that while converting to templates, but if someone wanna do it without waiting, be my guest. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 13:58, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Already left you a note on your talk page, but just to reiterate: TP, please. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 16:00, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Aha, this seems like a better place to discuss it than that talk page. To summarise what's on there: Weapon and [[Line shields|line shield]] summary articles have long used the game's notation, hence the conflict. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 20:42, 29 March 2008 (CDT)
**** So, what is the official decision about this? I'm for using the in-game notation if you need my opinion. Also it should be added to the manual of style. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 16:00, 14 April 2008 (CDT)

===Minor Note Involving Spawn Charts===
* I've come across a lot of rare monster charts that have had different definitions of "spawn," in that some say "third spawn" when they mean practically the third room, and some mean it in the sense that it's the third group of monsters. Would it be possible to set a standard, and define it on the "Enemy Spawn Charts" page? [[User:Adryk|Addark]] 06:50, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** It means a "group of monster", which may or may not appear all at the same time, but will appear in the same room and if they don't appear at the same time, will appear because of the death of some monster in the group. If a group of monsters appear after you have cleared a room, it's not the same spawn, even if they appear in the same room (for example there's 3 spawns in lab recovery b3). Agree with putting a good definition somewhere tho. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 06:57, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
** Thanks for clearing it up, although I'm not entirely sure if all of the charts follow that standard. Sometimes "third spawn" is.. really confusing. I'll be running through a few of them in the meantime, though. Thanks for clarifying. :) [[User:Adryk|Addark]] 13:19, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It's supposed to mean enemy spawn. If in one room you take out one group of enemies entirely and then another one shows up in the same room, that is a second spawn. There is (or was?) a notation guide for these spawn charts but I'm not sure if it defines "a spawn" or not. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 20:44, 29 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Reviving WhosOnline ===
* Sorry, I was just trying to get the WhosOnline extension to work again, after [[User:Tycho|I]] and consequently [[User:Mono|Mono]] started making proper user pages recently. I kinda want it back since the first time around it caused a wave of people spontaneously starting to make user pages because the wiki had suddenly become less anonymous. I wasn't able to get it to work though, since apparently compatibility with this MediaWiki version sucks. I failed when trying [http://www.chekmate.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:MW:_Whos_Online_Extension#Who.27s_Online.2C_Mediawiki_1.9.x_not_working_.28Fixed.29 this], and step 1 from [http://booleandreams.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/mediawiki-extension-whosonline/ this guide] is just beyond me. If there are any other staff members courageous enough to give this a try, please give it a shot. >_<; - [[User:Tycho|Tycho]] 05:15, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
** Psh, piece of cake. If I had FTP access I could get this working in a few minutes. Unfortunately, I'm not on staff, so... I guess I could try walking someone else through it. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:10, 20 March 2008 (CDT)
** I'm making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:08, 25 March 2008 (CDT)

<pre>'''Users online:''' <whosonline></whosonline></pre>

'''Users online:''' <whosonline></whosonline>

* A shame it's not uh...working? It shows me as online if I view the recent changes "difference" you just made, but not if I just view the page. And it doesn't display guests at all. >_> Oh and the only person with FTP access is Tycho and Qwerty, in case you wanted to know. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 13:12, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
** Works for me? Bleh, the instructions Tycho linked me to were fail, so I had to improvise a bit. Try adding the code to a different page and see what happens. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:25, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
*** Seems to be working fine for me, too, both here and on the front page. Though it's curious that no "guests" show up. I've got to get back to work, but I think I might play around with its placement on the front page later if I have time. (I'd like to go on an update the "latest missions" section with Friday's stuff, anyway.) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:44, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It isn't working for me either. Depending on how I view the main page (either just looking at it or looking at the most recent change), I get a completely different list. Just viewing the page, I don't even show up. Anyway, Mewn and Miraglyth both also have FTP access, just for the record. I can give the details out to Espio and Bea through various private messaging routes, if they so desire. On a related note, that color scheme for the box looks absolutely horrid, and I'm not too fond of its placement on the page. I will probably mess with it here shortly. But yeah, it doesn't appear to be functioning properly. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 15:18, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
**** OK, it would appear that the online list only updates once an action is taken, such as logging in or making an edit, and even then apparently on a page-by-page basis. Also, a user remains active on the list for an hour. The time length I can change no problem, but I'm not sure if it's possible or if it even was intended to keep track of people just browsing the site. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 22:40, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
***** Hrm... there's got to be something that can be done to make it display guests and registered users in real time as opposed to edit-by-edit. I assume you've checked these, but I'll throw them out there anyway, just in case. [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Whos_online MediaWiki Who's online extension article], [http://www.chekmate.org/wiki/index.php/MW:_Whos_Online_Extension Original extension at Check Mate]. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 20:42, 26 March 2008 (CDT)
****** Upon further research there may be a glitch related to this wiki's version number that's causing some issues. I'm going to reinstall the extension and see if anything improves. If any of you have added this extension to any other pages you may want to remove it to prevent any nasty errors. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 13:52, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
**** As far as I'm aware, my FTP access is limited to a subspace. I doubt these changes require access to the messy innards of this place, but if they did I wouldn't have been able to help. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 08:18, 26 March 2008 (CDT)
* HUGE SUCCESS. Seems to be working (for the most part) now. I just added it back to the front page and noticed that the number of registered members changed on me between refreshes. Guests still don't show up for some reason, though. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:40, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
** Scratch that. Guests suddenly showed up. So... HUGE SUCCESS. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 15:43, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
* Awesome. thanks for getting that working, Sekani. Is it wrong that I laugh that we have more people viewing the 'Pedia than the entirety of Sega's forums? --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:25, 27 March 2008 (CDT)
* Fuck yes, nice job. Sorry the pages I linked didn't provide much help on the subject, but it's about as much as I could find. Seeing the site activity is this decent is a pretty cool compliment. In any case, I'm hoping this'll make things more personal to participants. More people registering and making profiles plz. :> - [[User:Tycho|Tycho]] 07:04, 30 March 2008 (CDT)
==== More Who's Online stuff ====
* Hmmm... is there any way to place this on the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] page? - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:54, 26 April 2008 (CDT)
** I'm sure there's some way, but I don't know how to access that page to make changes. I like the idea of having this there; but aside from that, there's a small mistake that was pointed out to me on the page. It says "below are the last 100 changes made in the last '''last''' 7 days." Last is typed twice for some reason. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 18:31, 26 April 2008 (CDT)
*** Did some digging and found [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Special_pages this little gem.] Basically there's a PHP file that controls the output of that page, and we'll have to ''carefully'' change it. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 17:51, 29 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Offline ===
OK you might have seen me doing some offline work [[User:Essen/Sandbox|in my sandbox]]. I'll explain my thoughts about it here.
* Break offline in "Episode 1" and "Episode 2". There's too much different things to make them the same section. Example: drops are fixed per enemy in ep1, and per level in ep2. Missions are totally differents. Might have some balancing done between the two, etc.
* Offline doesn't need a page per item/weapon/mission/whatever. People will mostly want to know where to get their stuff and how it works, but won't worry about the descriptions much. A page [[User:Essen/Sandbox/Crossbows_(Episode_1)|like this]] is enough, imho. Plus there isn't that much weapons/stuff anyway.
* No need for an offline.psupedia imho. As you can see [[User:Essen/Sandbox|in my sandbox]] there's about 30 pages for ep1, without counting the more generic pages like save marker, photon charger etc, which are most of the time valid for both online and offline. We just need to stick with this slick format and remove all the old pages and clean-up the online page from everything offline-related. Also if we have an offline.psupedia, where do the scripts for episode 2 go? They're about the same for online and offline.
* Add a template to each Ep1 pages indicating that this is info for Episode 1 and that it is offline, on the top of the page. Same with other offline games.
* Once Episode 1 is done we could:
** Add a category to the left menu, "story mode" with links to "Episode 1" and "Episode 2" for example. Can also put a link to [[Phantasy Star Portable]].
** Clean-up all the online pages from offline stuff.
** Deprecate (mark for deletion) all the offline pages available and remove them a while later instead of having tons of redirections about offline. Of course before that they'll become redirections.
** Start Episode 2 (yeah i probably will) using the same structure than for Episode 1
** Also use the same structure for PSP.
** Once that is done (or before) I'll probably proceed to clean-up other stuff on the wiki.
Comments, thoughts, suggestions? [[User:Essen|Essen]] 21:01, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
* Very impressive work, Essen! It's greatly appreciated since our offline section (as near non-existent as it was) was in bad need of help. There are a few minor standardization things that should be taken care of (de-capitalization of subsection titles in a few spots is all I've seen), but I love the look. :D - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 22:34, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
** Yeah I'm trying to stick to the manual of style but might forgot stuff ^^; I'll change that on the next edits and will check a last time before putting it live. Thanks for the comment [[User:Essen|Essen]] 22:48, 13 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Categories? ===
* I've been noticing lately the lack of categories for most pages. For example all the *_(Offline) pages are left alone without category. Same with the scripts, and various others. There is a [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Special:Categories&limit=500 good bunch of categories] already, but a lot of pages [http://psupedia.info/index.php?title=Special:Uncategorizedpages&limit=500&offset=0 still haven't any]. I don't think I have to explain the benefits of doing this: easy navigation to pages with similar contents. Is there recommandations for categorization, and do you mind if I have fun categorizing when I happen to stumble on one of these numerous lost pages? Same sort of question with [http://psupedia.info/Special:Lonelypages orphaned pages]. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 22:00, 9 March 2008 (CDT)
** Go to town if you want :P First of all though, it might help to explain the blurred line that some categories would provide. For example, what separates [[Swords]] from [http://psupedia.info/Category:Swords Category:Swords] when the former should already provide a comprehensive list? - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 22:07, 9 March 2008 (CDT)
*** It's mostly not needed for online items as long as they link back to the [[Swords]]-like page. Unfortunately that's not always the case. It's also possible to process everything with a script if you are using categories. For example, generating a list of drops for all the items by running through the category and its childrens. If you change the template for the items, there's only one change needed to the script. If you change the pretty page, 0 needed. Without category, you need to change the script each time you change any pretty page. (And I might do that for various reasons, not only for psutools but also for making reports on what's missing in psupedia for example.) Anyway right now I was more thinking of that poor [[Units (Offline)]] page that gets linked only from [[Units]]. Meaning if you search for infos about offline, you need to go through online pages first. And if you need something else about offline (like, a weapon), you need to go back through online. Also worth noting that for the scripts, for example, there isn't really a place in the page where you can add a link back to the index (except the bottom, like categories do). Finally, and that's probably the solution to the difference between category and pretty page: you can probably make the category redirect to the pretty page. That way all users will get redirected to the page you want, you'll get links at the bottom automatically, and automated scripts can still parse the categories by adding "&redirect=no" to the URLs. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 23:05, 9 March 2008 (CDT) (and sorry for the lengthy comment lol I wrote as I thought about it)
*** Most of that actually makes sense, heh. On the offline thing though: Once upon a time it was suggested that we try something like offline.psupedia.info to create a distinction between Network Mode and Story/Extra Mode. Nobody really responded to the idea, indicating a general lack of interest in offline modes. If one/some people took an interest to the offline modes then that'd be another idea on top of this, though the offline modes are a confusing mix themselves - Story Mode "v1" is different to Extra Mode "v1" is different to Story Mode AOTI. The latter two of course aren't even available to the 360. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 07:48, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Yep I remember when that suggestion popped up. I'm not really interested in offline, it's just I did ep1 again to remember the story and I needed ep1 informations. What I suggest is to separate Episode 1 and 2 since they don't work the same way for everything (like for drops, shops, etc). This would prevent some confusion if an item is in PSU and not in AoI for example. However I wouldn't advise in separating story from extra (it's only a few SUV different, and story missions not available), and don't think offline.psupedia would be good either, since stuff like NPC or scripts are not only for offline. Pics of items too. Finally, it's pretty easy to find everything in offline mode, and there's no need for editing once it's considered finished. I might try and get the complete list of drops for Ep1, wouldn't take too long since the drops don't depend on the enemy level. And clean up all this in 2 different categories, Ep1 and Ep2. Sounds like fun. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:00, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
**** I've made an example of redirection of category on the [http://psupedia.info/Category:Swords Category:Swords] category. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:09, 10 March 2008 (CDT)
***** I tried a similar category redirection a while back, for some reason it didn't go over well. Never bothered to ask why. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:59, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BreadCrumbs2 This extension] could make categories much more useful. Also, please comment that old example I made on the sword category. I think the redirection paired with this extension could make for a much better navigation. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 09:39, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
** Originally, I was under the impression that categories should not redirect to an actual article as that seemed to defeat the purpose of a standalone category. However, I'm seeing now that it really would serve a great purpose, especially with something like this. I'd love to see how well this would work here, especially if if would make site navigation easier. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 10:07, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** [http://www.pooshlmer.com/touhouwiki/index.php/Embodiment_of_Scarlet_Devil:_Gameplay A real life example of the extension] (see at bottom) [[User:Essen|Essen]] 12:45, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
**** Now that looks great! Clean, easy to read; it'd be perfect for us. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 12:49, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
***** This really does look cool, but apparently it requires a fairly rigid existing structure already in place. Most of the pages that aren't weapons or missions are somewhat unorganized, and I have to wonder how useful this extension would be in that context. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:31, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
****** Categorized categories and all of that, right? I figure if we spend some time getting things put in their proper categories, we can get that extension working very nicely. When I have more time, I'll look more into it to see just how rigid it needs to be. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:41, 31 March 2008 (CDT)
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_that_should_be_in_SVG_format Category containing images]: this would allow automatic creation of image galleries by just adding an image to one (or more) category. This might be more or less configurable, I didn't look seriously yet. [[User:Essen|Essen]] 19:04, 14 April 2008 (CDT)

=== Update section overhaul ===
We had a little discussion going on this a few months ago, but it kind of fizzled off. I'd like to get it going again since, as it's been noted on numerous occasions, our current updates section is getting ginormous. Jubei put together an example of one way to prettify our updates ([[User:JubeiSaotome/Sandbox/Updates]]) which I'm quite pleased with. However, one thing we didn't come to a decision on is how to break up individual pages. Should it be broken up by update, by month, by quarter, or what? Also, I'm thinking that maybe we don't need to document the exact time the servers go up and down. The up time changes constantly from what I've seen, and the 00:01:00 the official site gives doesn't seem to be accurate at all. (Actually, that looks like a default time for pretty much all announcements that go up on the main site, no matter what time it was posted.) Just stating the day the servers go back up should suffice. Anyway, let's discuss. I'd like to make some progress on this project so we can at least get new updates in this format. We can always save the conversion of older updates for later. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 11:18, 25 February 2008 (CST)
* Suggestion one: sort them by season (e.g. March to May = Spring 2008) Suggestion two: Newest updates go at the top of the page, not the bottom. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:10, 25 February 2008 (CST)
* Sorry for splitting this discussion up between a few different articles. <_<; Anyway, I've come up with a little prototype design for something like what I was envisioning for the new updates section. I haven't made a portal page for it, but you can view two of the sections [[Updates/February_2008|here]] and [[Updates/March_2008|here]]. Each article will contain the updates for its respective month, listed with the newest update the top, oldest at the bottom. At the very bottom of each article will be that little calendar thing to make navigating the updates section easier. I'd like to mess around with the calendar colors and stuff some more (I just copy-pasted the code of one of the front page tables to make these) and maybe play with the sizing to make it a tad bit smaller. But, I'll save that for later. So, questions, comments? - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 13:27, 12 March 2008 (CDT)
* Agreed with all of the above, with the exception of the removal of update times. Things like 5-hour maintenances for large updates serve a limited amount of historic value, but more importantly, just using "the date" doesn't tell people much. The servers are PST and start maintenance one hour before midnight, so for everyone east of that (which is pretty much everyone, I'm sure) it would be one day out. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 05:14, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
** The down time is static. I think it's always been 11:00p.m. PST, so we don't need that with each update. A note on the main updates page stating that maintenance occurs each Friday starting at that time should suffice. If we decide to include the time when the servers come back online after a maintenance period, we'll need some way of documenting an accurate uptime as the official site does not do this. Whenever the servers come back up, the announcement on the front page always reads 12:01a.m., even if it's much later in the morning. Heh, even announcements posted mid-afternoon say they were posted one minute after midnight. XD Anyway, what I'm getting at is we'd need someone to stay on top of keeping accurate track of maintenance downtime each update. - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 09:43, 13 March 2008 (CDT)
*** ''"we'll need some way of documenting an accurate uptime as the official site does not do this"'' - I did this back when I worked from home, but it's been nearly a year since I stopped :P board "SERVER IS UP" threads don't help either because you can never tell which is the first that was telling the truth :P either way, the first few months at least have accurate downtime records. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 07:05, 14 March 2008 (CDT)

=== Drop Templates ===
I keep seeing drop templates being given numbers (the latest I saw being [[Template:Dark Falz 90]]). Why do we include numbers? Why can't we just call it the monster name and add a parameter to it specifying levels? ie the [[Template:Dark Falz]] page I made. Simply use <nowiki>{{Dark Falz | lvl=90 }}</nowiki> to get the same result as <nowiki>{{Dark Falz 90}}</nowiki>. Or...is there a reason that I completely missed? So many extra pages (and database entries) being made that can minimized into single pages.. --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 17:46, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* I think Espio just likes doing extra work, makes him look important and keeps him from being bored at his job doing... whatever he does. Just kidding. Probably. On a more serious note, I think it's time to start actually archiving some of these discussions here. It took me almost a full minute to scroll all the way down the page to where this comment resides. -[[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 18:30, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Primarily, I think no one ever thought of it. To be honest though, I find that rather confusing, but I can see its worth. Oh, and Sekani, I agree. The problem is that the topics aren't ordered by date. New topics are supposed to go at the top, but that only seems to happen half the time. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 18:38, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Curses! You've got me, Sekani. XD
Seriously, though, a template like that is a very good idea, but considering how incredibly deep into use the current templates are, we'd be looking at creating a ridiculous amount of extra work for ourselves just to create the new templates and change all of the existing uses in articles and drop charts and what-not to the new style. Time like that would likely be best spent on more important matters around here. ;) - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 19:57, 18 February 2008 (CST)
* Well, let's just start using new kinds of templates from now on. Phasing out the old one can just be done like, one monster a day or something. It would be slow, but it'd get done eventually. :) --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 09:15, 19 February 2008 (CST)
** I'll be completely honest with you: I'd prefer we not. I appreciate the idea, but I'd much rather we stick with the current, established templates than have multiple styles about the site that mean extra clean up later. Again, the time that would be spent creating and implementing the new templates could be put to much better use with the numerous other projects about the site. Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm not trying to be an ass, just trying to avoid extra work for everyone. XD - [[User:EspioKaos|EspioKaos]] 09:47, 19 February 2008 (CST)

=== Audio Files ===
Files with the extension MP3 or OGG cannot be uploaded; why is this? All of the currently available samples in the [[Jukebox discs]] section are really awful because of their encoding and there's no way to reasonably change them. [[User:DOS|DOS]] 10:20, 29 February 2008 (CST)
* I haven't enabled those file types yet. I may do so soon, if we decide to install an in-wiki audio-player extension. However, we do not intend to host the entire file for the jukebox disks, but rather only a low quality preview so that you know what you're getting before you buy the disc. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 17:18, 29 February 2008 (CST)
** Yes, I understand that these are meant to be samples but the ones that are currently available are poorly encoded. Also I don't understand why you would want an in-wiki media player when users can download the files and listen in their player of choice? [[User:DOS|DOS]] 21:50, 29 February 2008 (CST)
*** The "poor encoding" was intentional. The samples do what they were intended to do ("What does Disc 77 sound like?") while not running up unnecessary bandwidth bills. I honestly see nothing to be gained from using a high-bitrate sample. We're not here to cater to audiophiles or people looking for free music. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 22:50, 29 February 2008 (CST)
**** Maybe try encoding at 64Kbps? At least something that doesn't make listening to these files totally unpleasant. 32Kbps is way too low. I don't think this is an unreasonable increase; I wasn't planning on asking for lossless clips or anything. [[User:DOS|DOS]] 09:57, 1 March 2008 (CST)
***** They sound fine to me. --[[User:Beatrixkiddo|Beatrixkiddo]] 10:01, 1 March 2008 (CST)
***** 32Kbps hurts to listen to..to me at least. :( --[[User:Kietrinia|Kit]] 10:07, 1 March 2008 (CST)
****** Try turning the volume down then. Your ears will thank you. All jokes aside, the orchestrated clips in particular actually are pretty bad, so I'll try uploading them in a different format this weekend. WMA is the only other near-universal format I can think of, and it should provide some improvement in quality. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 12:00, 6 March 2008 (CST)
****** Just so you know I haven't forgotten about this. Been busy with actual work lately (had to recode an entire website almost from scratch), not to mention Audacity doesn't like exporting to WMA. Windows Media Encoder does the job, but the samples cut off abruptly instead of the short fadeout the current clips have. Still looking for a solution, suggestions welcome. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:14, 20 March 2008 (CDT)
******* Wanted to throw my 2p in here - I'd steer clear of WMA as it's not exactly a universal format, not least due to the fact it stands for 'Windows Media Audio'! I'd stick with MP3, 64kbps is plenty for this purpose and still results in small files - about 500k/minute, almost any media player can play it and you're not stuck with users who may have to download additional software to listen to the files. I'm just thinking from a usability point of view more than anything else. [[User:Strawdonkey|Strawdonkey]] 08:58, 14 May 2008 (CDT)

===XBOX Gamertag embeds===
The Microsoft XBOX site allows you to add your Gamertag Card to anything that accepts the code... I haven't figured it out how to get it to display on the PSUPedia pages (probably a coding issue) but anywhere else its something groovy to show off, and a nice easy link to see how the online gamer is acutally doing.
Just a thought.

Wolfmist
* Judging by your edit history, it appears to use some non-standard HTML tags. Unfortunately, a wiki only accepts tags for simple things such as bold, italics, etc. The best thing you'll be able to do is throw up a simple link. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 13:15, 2 March 2008 (CST)
** I already tried this a while ago when I first started messing around here. No dice. I don't think wikis are designed to accept dynamic content like Gamertag info. - [[User:Sekani|Sekani]] 11:39, 6 March 2008 (CST)
***Yeah, thought as much. Thanks for the info though, I'll remember to keep stuff simple on here, lol. - [[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 06:39, 13 March 2008 (GMT)

===Giresta Article===
I tried to submit information about this Photon Art - why do people keep deleting/changing it?
Check the article's history, stuff I said was true, that Giresta does everything that Resta does, that the spell significantly transforms at around Level 15 (and I did say that I hadn't confirmed that fact) and a few other things. I suppose a few editorial comments wouldn't go amiss for every article edit, would it? Learn from mistakes and all that?

- Wolfmist
* Comments like yours don't belong in a proper article, especially since the information was erroneous (as with all techs, the only changes take place every 10 levels). Additionally, we have a standard format for articles such as [[Giresta]], and we would like to stick to it for all such articles. Finally, never sign an edit to an article, only for talk pages. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 18:15, 18 March 2008 (CDT)
** Comments like mine? Erroneous Information? Look, Qwerty, I send information with the best intentions. And when I know I've made a statement which doesn't ring true, I add that I haven't confirmed what I said, and fine, I may not be great at spelling or grammar, so fine edit those but please don't be insulting about it! If you have to be blunt then fine, but have you ever heard of taking your staff around a corner to talk rather than shouting out mistakes for all to hear? Jeeze, Lighten up! Oh, and besides, that particular article would never have recieved data if I hadn't brought attention to it. Same with a lot of other articles, actually, which could be interesting to read. Have you ever seen intriguing things happen in the game that have no explanations yet? I have, and I actually like to make the effort of attempting things myself if nothing's been done by anyone else... there I've had my beef and now I need a cookie, lol. --[[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 11:38, 19 March 2008 (GMT)
*** I removed the comments in question because, for reasons Qwerty stated(I don't think it was all too rude how he put it either). And for reasons that PSUP is supposed to be as unbiased as possible, and to say something like "Designed to replace Resta" is simply biased - Resta has the major plus of better range and quicker casting time, so it is simply an opinion and I felt had little place in the article. You put your things in better words after my edit, and Espio formatted it correctly, but the huge problem even without the opinionated remarks is the information that has no evidence for such as it "improving at 15" and "getting better range all the time". - [[User:Saiffy|Saiffy]] 22:09, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
*** On another note, "''And when I know I've made a statement which doesn't ring true, I add that I haven't confirmed what I said''" is not advised practise. The intent of this resource is to provide facts alone, leaving what is essentially speculation to the discussion pages. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 08:26, 26 March 2008 (CDT)

===New Expansion Release?===
There are rumors floating around that a new version (like AOTI) will soon be released... What whispers have you lot heard? Spill the beans if its true! - [[User:Wolfmist|Wolfmist]] 03:56, 26 March 2008 (GMT).
* No one has heard anything. For the time being, it's all (meaningless and silly) speculation. --[[User:Qwerty|Qwerty]] 23:29, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
* These rumours are, if anything, probably based on the upcoming PSP game [[Phantasy Star Portable]]. - [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 09:38, 26 March 2008 (CDT)