User talk:Hardvice/Guest stars - Revision history

imported>Ryangibsonstewart: fix link

2015-09-20T06:47:03Z

fix link

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imported>Ryangibsonstewart: fix link

2015-09-20T06:47:03Z

fix link

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	* Right, and there's a few sort functions in Winter that we might be able to use. I left a comment on your talk page.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:09, 30 November 2007 (EST)		* Right, and there's a few sort functions in Winter that we might be able to use. I left a comment on your talk page.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:09, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	** No need. I just didn't read their documentation very well. Sort is working, duplicates are fixed. All we need are standard image names and to set up the auto nonlinktext.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:09, 30 November 2007 (EST)		** No need. I just didn't read their documentation very well. Sort is working, duplicates are fixed. All we need are standard image names and to set up the auto nonlinktext.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:09, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	***Most of the names are pretty standard. I think you tend to use lowercase and I use uppercase--can that be fixed using ucfirst or any of those other fun tricks? It looks like there's only three so far for this season that would need to be fixed: [[Héctor Luis Bustamante]], [[Oscar Gutierrez]], and [[Kiko Kiko]]. But that brings up two other issues: guest stars who don't have real-world portraits, and guest stars for whom articles do not yet exist. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:20, 30 November 2007 (EST)		***Most of the names are pretty standard. I think you tend to use lowercase and I use uppercase--can that be fixed using ucfirst or any of those other fun tricks? It looks like there's only three so far for this season that would need to be fixed: [[Héctor Luis Bustamante]], [[Oscar Gutierrez (actor)\|Oscar Gutierrez]], and [[Kiko Kiko]]. But that brings up two other issues: guest stars who don't have real-world portraits, and guest stars for whom articles do not yet exist. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:20, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	****Yeah, since it's generating the page, there's no good way to override it. We can add a separate copy of the image for those with no out-of-character images (for example, re-upload [[:Image:Monty Petrelli.jpg]] as Image:Jackson Wurth.jpg), which would actually make things easier once we ''get'' an OOC image. Folks who don't exist yet aren't going to appear in the portals, but they ''will'' appear as soon as they're added, which is kind of nice. And on the off chance that we need to override somebody's name, we ''can'' read individual variables from templates called by an article, so we could add a "portalname" variable to template:infobox cast and use that to fill <code>text=</code>--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:30, 30 November 2007 (EST)		****Yeah, since it's generating the page, there's no good way to override it. We can add a separate copy of the image for those with no out-of-character images (for example, re-upload [[:Image:Monty Petrelli.jpg]] as Image:Jackson Wurth.jpg), which would actually make things easier once we ''get'' an OOC image. Folks who don't exist yet aren't going to appear in the portals, but they ''will'' appear as soon as they're added, which is kind of nice. And on the off chance that we need to override somebody's name, we ''can'' read individual variables from templates called by an article, so we could add a "portalname" variable to template:infobox cast and use that to fill <code>text=</code>--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:30, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	***** Couldn't we just add image redirects for those?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:34, 30 November 2007 (EST)		***** Couldn't we just add image redirects for those?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:34, 30 November 2007 (EST)

imported>Radicell: unneeded link

2015-09-20T03:25:06Z

unneeded link

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	*** I think it'd be good to see if it's working. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 23:12, 3 January 2008 (EST)		*** I think it'd be good to see if it's working. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 23:12, 3 January 2008 (EST)
	****It appears to be. Check this talk page's main page.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 23:14, 3 January 2008 (EST)		****It appears to be. Check this talk page's main page.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 23:14, 3 January 2008 (EST)
	*****Yeah, I just saw that. Duh. :) The only one who's not appearing is [[McSorley]], and for good reason. It's also nice that others are automatically alphabetized correctly, like [[Rey Mysterio]]. Well done! -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 23:17, 3 January 2008 (EST)		*****Yeah, I just saw that. Duh. :) The only one who's not appearing is McSorley, and for good reason. It's also nice that others are automatically alphabetized correctly, like [[Rey Mysterio]]. Well done! -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 23:17, 3 January 2008 (EST)

	==Multi Season Minors==		==Multi Season Minors==

imported>Ryangibsonstewart: rmv red link

2008-11-30T02:51:33Z

rmv red link

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	*** It looks like some of the deceased characters have the name missing, is that a related issue? How will the code know to exclude the Main/Supporting/recurring/etc characters from the Minor portal?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 14:52, 30 November 2007 (EST)		*** It looks like some of the deceased characters have the name missing, is that a related issue? How will the code know to exclude the Main/Supporting/recurring/etc characters from the Minor portal?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 14:52, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	**** Because it looks for a match on two categories: minor/guest stars and season.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 14:56, 30 November 2007 (EST)		**** Because it looks for a match on two categories: minor/guest stars and season.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 14:56, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	***** I guess it might help if ~~[[:~~Category:Season Two Cast]] actually existed?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 15:10, 30 November 2007 (EST)		***** I guess it might help if Category:Season Two Cast actually existed?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 15:10, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	****** It probably should have a page, but that doesn't affect the inclusion at all.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 16:05, 30 November 2007 (EST)		****** It probably should have a page, but that doesn't affect the inclusion at all.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 16:05, 30 November 2007 (EST)

imported>Friskymuffin: /* portals with less than 15 */ added all guest characters now

2008-07-19T18:50:19Z

portals with less than 15: added all guest characters now

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 ******* Right -- particularly since all the redlinked guys who are recurring/supporting actors are still in portals.--[[User:Hardvice|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice|(talk)]]</small> 02:17, 1 December 2007 (EST)
 ***** For posterity, here are the season two guest stars that still need articles:
 == A few improvements ==

imported>Friskymuffin: remove more cast with pages

2008-07-19T16:49:02Z

remove more cast with pages

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	******* Right -- particularly since all the redlinked guys who are recurring/supporting actors are still in portals.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 02:17, 1 December 2007 (EST)		******* Right -- particularly since all the redlinked guys who are recurring/supporting actors are still in portals.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 02:17, 1 December 2007 (EST)
	***** For posterity, here are the season two guest stars that still need articles:		***** For posterity, here are the season two guest stars that still need articles:
	****** [[Christine Avila]]
	****** [[Emerson Brooks]]
	****** [[Nicole Clifford]]
	****** [[Lateef Crowder]]
	****** [[Beau Dremann]]
	****** [[Timon Kyle Durrett]]
	****** [[Patrick Faucette]]		****** [[Patrick Faucette]]
	****** [[Chris Hendrie]]		****** [[Chris Hendrie]]

imported>Friskymuffin: delete all the cast members now with pages

2008-07-19T15:46:51Z

delete all the cast members now with pages

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	***** For posterity, here are the season two guest stars that still need articles:		***** For posterity, here are the season two guest stars that still need articles:
	****** [[Christine Avila]]		****** [[Christine Avila]]
	****** [[Adrian Bellani]]
	****** [[Jessica Anne Bogart]]
	****** [[Emerson Brooks]]		****** [[Emerson Brooks]]
	****** [[Joe Bucaro]]
	****** [[Nicole Clifford]]		****** [[Nicole Clifford]]
	****** [[Lateef Crowder]]		****** [[Lateef Crowder]]
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	****** [[Timon Kyle Durrett]]		****** [[Timon Kyle Durrett]]
	****** [[Patrick Faucette]]		****** [[Patrick Faucette]]
	****** [[Jonathan T. Floyd]]
	****** [[Jason Foster]]
	****** [[Tami-Adrian George]]
	****** [[Laivan Greene]]
	****** [[Mark Harelik]]
	****** [[Chris Hendrie]]		****** [[Chris Hendrie]]
	****** [[Noriaki Ito]]		****** [[Noriaki Ito]]
	****** [[Jermaine Jackson]]		****** [[Jermaine Jackson]]
	****** [[Rachelle Jacoby]]
	****** [[Kenjun Kawawata]]		****** [[Kenjun Kawawata]]
	****** [[Darren Keefe]]
	****** [[Irina Maleeva]]
	****** [[Kurando Mitsutake]]		****** [[Kurando Mitsutake]]
	****** [[Rene L. Moreno]]		****** [[Rene L. Moreno]]
	****** [[Kenji Nakamura]]
	****** [[Rikio Nakashita]]		****** [[Rikio Nakashita]]
	****** [[Ilene Perez]]
	****** [[Sabrina Perez]]
	****** [[Jose Rosario]]		****** [[Jose Rosario]]
	****** [[Roberto Sanchez]]
	****** [[Kiernan Shipka]]		****** [[Kiernan Shipka]]
	****** [[James Storm]]
	****** [[Casey Washington]]
	****** [[Shane Woodson]]
	*****-- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 02:05, 2 December 2007 (EST)		*****-- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 02:05, 2 December 2007 (EST)

imported>MiamiVolts: /* Multi Season Minors */

2008-01-04T06:10:44Z

Multi Season Minors

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	******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)		******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)
	********* Actually, it occurs to me that, as long as we're adding season categories, we don't ''have'' to make the cut-off for turning off the auto portal the first episode of the new season. We can leave both seasons auto-updating until the previous season seems "set", and then lock the previous season. (I'm thinking more of actors than characters here--the character articles get written pretty quickly, but the actors have a tendency to linger. We might not have articles for all the season two actors by the time season three starts, for example. And we can always re-run the old DPL statements to "refresh" the locked pages if a whole bunch of new characters or actors are added, bearing in mind that we'll have to redo any manual changes we've made (un-deceasing S3 deceaseds, swapping pictures, etc.) In fact, we could leave the DPL code, commented out, on either the portal or its talk page, so that we could refresh the portals and navbars whenever we need to.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:07, 4 January 2008 (EST)		********* Actually, it occurs to me that, as long as we're adding season categories, we don't ''have'' to make the cut-off for turning off the auto portal the first episode of the new season. We can leave both seasons auto-updating until the previous season seems "set", and then lock the previous season. (I'm thinking more of actors than characters here--the character articles get written pretty quickly, but the actors have a tendency to linger. We might not have articles for all the season two actors by the time season three starts, for example. And we can always re-run the old DPL statements to "refresh" the locked pages if a whole bunch of new characters or actors are added, bearing in mind that we'll have to redo any manual changes we've made (un-deceasing S3 deceaseds, swapping pictures, etc.) In fact, we could leave the DPL code, commented out, on either the portal or its talk page, so that we could refresh the portals and navbars whenever we need to.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:07, 4 January 2008 (EST)
			********** Exactly. Switching is not that big a deal, but in the non-DPL format we can be more aware of changes that get made.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:10, 4 January 2008 (EST)

imported>Hardvice: expand

2008-01-04T06:09:24Z

expand

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	********* I also agree re: portals → categories and not categories → navbar.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)		********* I also agree re: portals → categories and not categories → navbar.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)
	******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)		******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)
	********* Actually, it occurs to me that, as long as we're adding season categories, we don't ''have'' to make the cut-off for turning off the auto portal the first episode of the new season. We can leave both seasons auto-updating until the previous season seems "set", and then lock the previous season. (I'm thinking more of actors than characters here--the character articles get written pretty quickly, but the actors have a tendency to linger. We might not have articles for all the season two actors by the time season three starts, for example. And we can always re-run the old DPL statements to "refresh" the locked pages if a whole bunch of new characters or actors are added, bearing in mind that we'll have to redo any manual changes we've made (un-deceasing S3 deceaseds, swapping pictures, etc.)--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:07, 4 January 2008 (EST)		********* Actually, it occurs to me that, as long as we're adding season categories, we don't ''have'' to make the cut-off for turning off the auto portal the first episode of the new season. We can leave both seasons auto-updating until the previous season seems "set", and then lock the previous season. (I'm thinking more of actors than characters here--the character articles get written pretty quickly, but the actors have a tendency to linger. We might not have articles for all the season two actors by the time season three starts, for example. And we can always re-run the old DPL statements to "refresh" the locked pages if a whole bunch of new characters or actors are added, bearing in mind that we'll have to redo any manual changes we've made (un-deceasing S3 deceaseds, swapping pictures, etc.) In fact, we could leave the DPL code, commented out, on either the portal or its talk page, so that we could refresh the portals and navbars whenever we need to.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:07, 4 January 2008 (EST)

imported>Hardvice: /* Multi Season Minors */

2008-01-04T06:07:19Z

Multi Season Minors

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	********* I also agree re: portals → categories and not categories → navbar.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)		********* I also agree re: portals → categories and not categories → navbar.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)
	******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)		******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)
			********* Actually, it occurs to me that, as long as we're adding season categories, we don't ''have'' to make the cut-off for turning off the auto portal the first episode of the new season. We can leave both seasons auto-updating until the previous season seems "set", and then lock the previous season. (I'm thinking more of actors than characters here--the character articles get written pretty quickly, but the actors have a tendency to linger. We might not have articles for all the season two actors by the time season three starts, for example. And we can always re-run the old DPL statements to "refresh" the locked pages if a whole bunch of new characters or actors are added, bearing in mind that we'll have to redo any manual changes we've made (un-deceasing S3 deceaseds, swapping pictures, etc.)--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:07, 4 January 2008 (EST)

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	* Right, and there's a few sort functions in Winter that we might be able to use. I left a comment on your talk page.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:09, 30 November 2007 (EST)		* Right, and there's a few sort functions in Winter that we might be able to use. I left a comment on your talk page.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:09, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	** No need. I just didn't read their documentation very well. Sort is working, duplicates are fixed. All we need are standard image names and to set up the auto nonlinktext.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:09, 30 November 2007 (EST)		** No need. I just didn't read their documentation very well. Sort is working, duplicates are fixed. All we need are standard image names and to set up the auto nonlinktext.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:09, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	***Most of the names are pretty standard. I think you tend to use lowercase and I use uppercase--can that be fixed using ucfirst or any of those other fun tricks? It looks like there's only three so far for this season that would need to be fixed: [[Héctor Luis Bustamante]], [[Oscar Gutierrez]], and [[Kiko Kiko]]. But that brings up two other issues: guest stars who don't have real-world portraits, and guest stars for whom articles do not yet exist. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:20, 30 November 2007 (EST)		***Most of the names are pretty standard. I think you tend to use lowercase and I use uppercase--can that be fixed using ucfirst or any of those other fun tricks? It looks like there's only three so far for this season that would need to be fixed: [[Héctor Luis Bustamante]], [[Oscar Gutierrez (actor)\|Oscar Gutierrez]], and [[Kiko Kiko]]. But that brings up two other issues: guest stars who don't have real-world portraits, and guest stars for whom articles do not yet exist. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:20, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	****Yeah, since it's generating the page, there's no good way to override it. We can add a separate copy of the image for those with no out-of-character images (for example, re-upload [[:Image:Monty Petrelli.jpg]] as Image:Jackson Wurth.jpg), which would actually make things easier once we ''get'' an OOC image. Folks who don't exist yet aren't going to appear in the portals, but they ''will'' appear as soon as they're added, which is kind of nice. And on the off chance that we need to override somebody's name, we ''can'' read individual variables from templates called by an article, so we could add a "portalname" variable to template:infobox cast and use that to fill <code>text=</code>--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:30, 30 November 2007 (EST)		****Yeah, since it's generating the page, there's no good way to override it. We can add a separate copy of the image for those with no out-of-character images (for example, re-upload [[:Image:Monty Petrelli.jpg]] as Image:Jackson Wurth.jpg), which would actually make things easier once we ''get'' an OOC image. Folks who don't exist yet aren't going to appear in the portals, but they ''will'' appear as soon as they're added, which is kind of nice. And on the off chance that we need to override somebody's name, we ''can'' read individual variables from templates called by an article, so we could add a "portalname" variable to template:infobox cast and use that to fill <code>text=</code>--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:30, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	***** Couldn't we just add image redirects for those?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:34, 30 November 2007 (EST)		***** Couldn't we just add image redirects for those?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:34, 30 November 2007 (EST)

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	*** It looks like some of the deceased characters have the name missing, is that a related issue? How will the code know to exclude the Main/Supporting/recurring/etc characters from the Minor portal?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 14:52, 30 November 2007 (EST)		*** It looks like some of the deceased characters have the name missing, is that a related issue? How will the code know to exclude the Main/Supporting/recurring/etc characters from the Minor portal?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 14:52, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	**** Because it looks for a match on two categories: minor/guest stars and season.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 14:56, 30 November 2007 (EST)		**** Because it looks for a match on two categories: minor/guest stars and season.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 14:56, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	***** I guess it might help if ~~[[:~~Category:Season Two Cast]] actually existed?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 15:10, 30 November 2007 (EST)		***** I guess it might help if Category:Season Two Cast actually existed?--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 15:10, 30 November 2007 (EST)
	****** It probably should have a page, but that doesn't affect the inclusion at all.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 16:05, 30 November 2007 (EST)		****** It probably should have a page, but that doesn't affect the inclusion at all.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 16:05, 30 November 2007 (EST)

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	******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)		******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)
	********* Actually, it occurs to me that, as long as we're adding season categories, we don't ''have'' to make the cut-off for turning off the auto portal the first episode of the new season. We can leave both seasons auto-updating until the previous season seems "set", and then lock the previous season. (I'm thinking more of actors than characters here--the character articles get written pretty quickly, but the actors have a tendency to linger. We might not have articles for all the season two actors by the time season three starts, for example. And we can always re-run the old DPL statements to "refresh" the locked pages if a whole bunch of new characters or actors are added, bearing in mind that we'll have to redo any manual changes we've made (un-deceasing S3 deceaseds, swapping pictures, etc.) In fact, we could leave the DPL code, commented out, on either the portal or its talk page, so that we could refresh the portals and navbars whenever we need to.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:07, 4 January 2008 (EST)		********* Actually, it occurs to me that, as long as we're adding season categories, we don't ''have'' to make the cut-off for turning off the auto portal the first episode of the new season. We can leave both seasons auto-updating until the previous season seems "set", and then lock the previous season. (I'm thinking more of actors than characters here--the character articles get written pretty quickly, but the actors have a tendency to linger. We might not have articles for all the season two actors by the time season three starts, for example. And we can always re-run the old DPL statements to "refresh" the locked pages if a whole bunch of new characters or actors are added, bearing in mind that we'll have to redo any manual changes we've made (un-deceasing S3 deceaseds, swapping pictures, etc.) In fact, we could leave the DPL code, commented out, on either the portal or its talk page, so that we could refresh the portals and navbars whenever we need to.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:07, 4 January 2008 (EST)
			********** Exactly. Switching is not that big a deal, but in the non-DPL format we can be more aware of changes that get made.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:10, 4 January 2008 (EST)

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	********* I also agree re: portals → categories and not categories → navbar.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)		********* I also agree re: portals → categories and not categories → navbar.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)
	******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)		******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)
	********* Actually, it occurs to me that, as long as we're adding season categories, we don't ''have'' to make the cut-off for turning off the auto portal the first episode of the new season. We can leave both seasons auto-updating until the previous season seems "set", and then lock the previous season. (I'm thinking more of actors than characters here--the character articles get written pretty quickly, but the actors have a tendency to linger. We might not have articles for all the season two actors by the time season three starts, for example. And we can always re-run the old DPL statements to "refresh" the locked pages if a whole bunch of new characters or actors are added, bearing in mind that we'll have to redo any manual changes we've made (un-deceasing S3 deceaseds, swapping pictures, etc.)--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:07, 4 January 2008 (EST)		********* Actually, it occurs to me that, as long as we're adding season categories, we don't ''have'' to make the cut-off for turning off the auto portal the first episode of the new season. We can leave both seasons auto-updating until the previous season seems "set", and then lock the previous season. (I'm thinking more of actors than characters here--the character articles get written pretty quickly, but the actors have a tendency to linger. We might not have articles for all the season two actors by the time season three starts, for example. And we can always re-run the old DPL statements to "refresh" the locked pages if a whole bunch of new characters or actors are added, bearing in mind that we'll have to redo any manual changes we've made (un-deceasing S3 deceaseds, swapping pictures, etc.) In fact, we could leave the DPL code, commented out, on either the portal or its talk page, so that we could refresh the portals and navbars whenever we need to.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:07, 4 January 2008 (EST)

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	********* I also agree re: portals → categories and not categories → navbar.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)		********* I also agree re: portals → categories and not categories → navbar.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)
	******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)		******** The deceased reflex is a major method of changing the pictures. Imho, automation is best when we are going to be updating a portal often. When it is going to remain mostly static, it should be deautomated cause it is not going to be checked often. A Wiki, like any computer system, is subject to flaws and corruption that can go unnoticed. Having the previous seasons in manual format forces a redlink if an article gets renamed or removed accidently.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 00:57, 4 January 2008 (EST)
			********* Actually, it occurs to me that, as long as we're adding season categories, we don't ''have'' to make the cut-off for turning off the auto portal the first episode of the new season. We can leave both seasons auto-updating until the previous season seems "set", and then lock the previous season. (I'm thinking more of actors than characters here--the character articles get written pretty quickly, but the actors have a tendency to linger. We might not have articles for all the season two actors by the time season three starts, for example. And we can always re-run the old DPL statements to "refresh" the locked pages if a whole bunch of new characters or actors are added, bearing in mind that we'll have to redo any manual changes we've made (un-deceasing S3 deceaseds, swapping pictures, etc.)--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 01:07, 4 January 2008 (EST)