User talk:Ryangibsonstewart

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How comes when i upload a pic it apears on your page? O.O --(. .') 08:41, 3 March 2008 (EST)

• Because I include the first twelve images from Special:Newimages on my userpage. I like to check up on new pictures to make sure they are properly categorized, have links, fair use statements, are standard size, and that they are not duplicates. Having them show up on my page is just a quick way to check. The code I use to have them show up is {{Special:Newimages/12}}. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 11:21, 3 March 2008 (EST)
• Oh ok, As long as your not stealing my pictures xD --(. .') 11:25, 3 March 2008 (EST)
  • Well, by uploading them at the site, "you grant Heroes Wiki a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify and create derivative works from, and distribute and publish the media and any derivative works thereof" (as per the copyright notice at the bottom of every edit screen). But no, I'm not stealing anything. When 12 more images are uploaded, they will disappear from my page. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 11:28, 3 March 2008 (EST)
• I was joking Lmao, ¬_¬ --(. .') 11:29, 3 March 2008 (EST)

John Priestly spelling?

Why did you redo the image and spelling of the name? (I'm sure I've missed an important discussion somewhere explaining this).

On page 1 of the GN, it spells his name John Priestly, not John Priestley. So where did I goof, using the GN spelling? --HiroDynoSlayer (talk) 03/4/2008 15:58 (EST)

• John Priestly is the intro spelling, and is not from the writer. The writer used the correct name in-story, saying at the beginning that the story comes from the journal of Joseph Priestley.--MiamiVolts (talk) 16:07, 4 March 2008 (EST)
  • Funny, I guess we were both somewhat correct. The article will be "Joseph Priestley" since that's the name used in the actual comic, as Miami correctly pointed out. Leave it to me to notice an e in "Priestley", but not that the entire first name had changed! -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 18:48, 4 March 2008 (EST)

Jesse sent you a pic.....

...you gonna see if you can get an interview with the guy?--SacValleyDweller (talk) 23:53, 9 March 2008 (EDT)

• Four pics, but no, not quite yet. I'd rather wait until I have a few more exchanges with him. Plus, I'm super busy with school, work, and life right now. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 23:56, 9 March 2008 (EDT)
  • Rereading, I'm sorry if I sound curt, I had a long two days of driving. A better answer to your question is that I haven't developed the relationship with Jesse that I'd like to have yet. The pictures were not sent directly to me, but were shared in an album that others saw, too. He's near the top of my wishlist for interviews, and I'll work a little more at approaching him after my life settles down a bit. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 13:41, 10 March 2008 (EDT)

Life slowed down yet?

Reading the above, it sounds like it's been going about a mile a second. Has it slowed down yet?--SacValleyDweller (talk) 01:24, 13 March 2008 (EDT)

• No, but thanks for asking. My graduate courses end on Friday which should help. I'm also deeply entrenched in hiring a camp staff of about fifty people. Yikes! Heroes Wiki is where I come for relaxation. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 06:49, 13 March 2008 (EDT)

User Box

I'd like to change the color of my user box to purple, but I'm having trouble doing it. Is there a way to do it without reconstructing all the coding, or could you help me with the coding? I have a sample here. Thanks! Also, how do you decide what goes in trivia vs. the About Me sections on the character pages? --SpellingBee^{~Talk to me!~}_~Contribs~ 01:26, 17 March 2008 (EDT)

• Okay, I added some color customization. To change the colors, add this to the template:

| background color = <!-- color name or HEX number -->
| background border = <!-- color name or HEX number -->
| blurb color = <!-- color name or HEX number -->
| blurb border = <!-- color name or HEX number -->
| about color = <!-- color name or HEX number -->
| about border = <!-- color name or HEX number -->

Let me know if you need more help... -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 01:45, 17 March 2008 (EDT)

• Thanks so much! It looks a lot better now. --SpellingBee^{~Talk to me!~}_~Contribs~ 18:42, 17 March 2008 (EDT)

Precision spoiler-sort of: pipeline?

In any given week, how many known GNs are in the "pipeline" (IE. it's week 79 and there are X GNs in the pipeline.)? How does one find out what's in it or who has stuff in it? What kind of information is held in each spoiler about GNs in the pipeline? What spoilers were given about past GNs and how far in advance did the spoiler section have them?--SacValleyDweller (talk) 19:21, 19 March 2008 (EDT)

• Wow, good questions. I wish I had good answers. :) When an artist or writer or someone else "in the know" tells me something, I put it on the wiki, provided I have permission. From what I can gather, a writer has about a week to write an issue. Then an artist has about a week to a week and a half to illustrate it. It then goes to the coloring and lettering stages, which is only a few days. So my informal assessment shows that each graphic novel takes about two or three weeks to complete from start to finish. So it would make sense that there are about three issues in the pipeline at any given time. Does that answer your questions? -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 19:47, 19 March 2008 (EDT)
  • Some of them. I'm still curios as to what kinds of GN spoiler info has been given to you or others in the know. Might you be able to post an old GN spoiler here or on my talk page so that I can get an idea of what is given?--SacValleyDweller (talk) 22:56, 19 March 2008 (EDT)
    • Everything I know (which I have permission to say) has been posted on Spoiler:Upcoming episodes. When it's no longer a spoiler, it's deleted, so you may have to check the history. But the spoilers I get are just emails from artists and writers with whom I've developed a relationship over time. For instance, Jason Badower and I are pretty good friends, even outside the Heroes circle. He's asked me trivia-type questions quite a few times for novels he's worked on, though he usually doesn't like me to announce anything, and so I respect that. R.D. Hall asked me about some timeline stuff from the 70s, and I helped him out with those questions. I can't say everything he asked, but I can tell you that he's writing the first and last parts of the three-arc series about Linda Tavara. There are a lot of other really cool details I promised him I wouldn't divulge, so that's about all I can say. R.D. didn't know that Robert Atkins was illustrating and issue of his novel, I'm the one who told him. Robert asked me some stuff about what certain people looked like in the 70s (I can't say who), and I figured out that he was drawing one of R.D.'s scripts. When I asked Robert, he confirmed this....So there's some basic stuff about how I get spoilers. Sorry I can't say much more than that, but when I give my word, I keep it, as I'm sure you can understand. :) Any other questions? -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 23:15, 19 March 2008 (EDT)
    • Nope! Good enough! (a bit too much actually, but das arright! :-) ) --SacValleyDweller (talk) 23:45, 19 March 2008 (EDT)

Coincidence?

• While my name is Brian, I work with computers, and I'm currently in Las Vegas, I can say for certain that I'm not on the lam. :) (Admin 11:08, 20 March 2008 (EDT))
  • LOL. Have you gotten many e-mails asking you if you were the same Brian? ;)--MiamiVolts (talk) 11:22, 20 March 2008 (EDT)
    • Actually, no, I haven't gotten any. But I would have found it funny. :) (Admin 12:30, 20 March 2008 (EDT))
    • I believe that might be the first time you've told your first name on the wiki... Funny, because last week, people asked me if I was Ryan Covington! :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 11:49, 20 March 2008 (EDT)
      • It's on my user page. :) (Admin 12:30, 20 March 2008 (EDT))

'Brian' Page changed.

• Hello Ryan,

I was just wondering, I got an email notification that you removed my addition on the 'Brian' page.

I wasn't aware that there were rules about content like that, which I assume is the reason it was removed.

If that was the reason, then I am sorry, I did not know.

Or, if there was another reason, could you inform me, so I know not to do the same again.

Thanks, Chris.

• The additions you made were great. However, they're really about the Brian's website and not really just about Brian. All the information you added (and more) is already on brianundaunted, and Brian's article has several links to brianundaunted. It's not really a question of whether or not the content was acceptable or not--it's great content. It's more a matter of what page it belongs on, that's all. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 16:32, 21 March 2008 (EDT)

• Ok, thanks Ryan. I had no idea about that page, sorry xD. But now I've looked at it, I notice their description of how to solve the problem is far better. Thanks again :)

Re: We're all just fans...

Can we still say that when we have graphic novel crew members and associate producers as users?--MiamiVolts (talk) 18:05, 25 March 2008 (EDT)

• Do they read the comments users make? Better yet, do the comments that people make on their user pages make a difference in the content we see? 18 out of 4,303 users is less than half a percent, and I would say that total eyeball time of those 18 users is even less. Besides, when addressing a new user who addresses the creators of the show appealing for new story ideas, it's best (and easiest) to clarify that we are generally not the creators of the show, and this wiki is distinguished from, say, the one at NBC, which might confuse said new user. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 18:46, 25 March 2008 (EDT)

EVSDROPR and the 4th wall

As can be surmised form the Identity Riddles thread at 9th and the person known as EVSDROPR, there is some uneasiness amongst some folks (myself included) about the status of that 4th wall. Might you be able to get on the horn with Tolerco and get a line as to what's up with the whole thing? --SacValleyDweller (talk) 23:46, 28 March 2008 (EDT)

• Been there. Understandably, he doesn't want to say too much about anything until after it's all revealed. Part of the whole mystery/puzzle/anonymity thing, ya know. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 23:48, 28 March 2008 (EDT)
  • OK, in hind sight, it figures. So Which boat are you in with regards to this, Uneasy or Bring it on?--SacValleyDweller (talk) 00:02, 29 March 2008 (EDT)
    • I have no problem with it. Ya gotta just go with it and remember that these characters are not real people, but are created by a group of writers. As such, there are some imperfections along the way. No problem with me. Bring it, and we'll roll with it. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 00:17, 29 March 2008 (EDT)

Atkins interview?

Any progress on the transcription?--SacValleyDweller (talk) 16:58, 2 April 2008 (EDT)

• It's coming along. Bottom line, I have to get it done tonight because I'm going out of town tomorrow until Sunday. Thanks for keeping me on top of it! -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 17:38, 2 April 2008 (EDT)
  • A friendly crack of the whip ;-) --SacValleyDweller (talk) 22:03, 2 April 2008 (EDT)
    • Again. --SacValleyDweller (talk) 00:47, 3 April 2008 (EDT)
      • Thanks, SVD. It's getting there. I'm taking my laptop to the airport and I'll work on it there again tonight. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 08:02, 3 April 2008 (EDT)
        • Your welcome! *cracks the whip again* --SacValleyDweller (talk) 02:22, 4 April 2008 (EDT)