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Linderman image

Where did you find the latest Linderman image? Also, is it for s1 or s3? --Cylon 13:57, 30 September 2008 (EDT)

• Which image? -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 16:43, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
  • Image:Linderman face.jpg --Cylon 13:01, 1 October 2008 (EDT)
    • It's from an issue of Entertainment Weekly. I don't remember what issue, but it was from about a year ago, if I recall, so it's probably from around Season 2. Why do you ask? -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 16:08, 1 October 2008 (EDT)
      • No specific reason, I just like seeing the HQ promo photos. I didn't know if that was one of the cast photos NBC released for Season 3, since Linderman is back. --Cylon 12:20, 2 October 2008 (EDT)

Hey, Ryan!

Hey, Ryan. This is Samantha486e61, or Hana, as you can call me. Just wanted to let you know that I can type and am fleunt in Leet, if you need me to type or translate anything. You can reply to my user page. Thanks, Hana :)

RE: Typing

I could possibly translate a few pages (perhaps Ted Sprague's emails to Hana etc.) I also would like to make a Leet Heroes Wiki page, so that other users could learn or translate other texts they have found. I think a Leet page would be useful on Heroes Wiki. If you don't think so, I totally understand and will forget the idea. Thanks again, Hana :)

• Is there a demand for a Leet Heroes Wiki? Admin sets up the new language wikis, so you can certainly run the idea by him...but I don't think there's really a need for it. Why don't you try translating a few pages and putting them in your user namespace (something like User:SAMANTHA486e61/Peter Petrelli) and see what happens from there. And I believe Ted's email is already translated (see here), but if you find something else that needs to be translated, please feel free! You seem very enthusiastic about contributing, and I think that's terrific! :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 16:41, 1 October 2008 (EDT)
  • I think the request may have been for just a single article here that documents how to do the translation. If so I'm not sure how well it would fit here, however it could certainly be done on a user subpage. If it turns out nicely then maybe we'll realize a good place for it. (Admin 16:45, 1 October 2008 (EDT))

Moving "Talk" from one page to another.

• Hey Ryan in "Talk:Portal:International Locations" i'm talking about Maui, i realized i needed to put this in the American section. Is there a way to move the page.
  • Since there is already a Talk:Portal:US Locations, you just cut and paste the comment. I'll do that now. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 12:53, 2 October 2008 (EDT)
    • Thank you! -- Futurepeter 12:54, 2 October 2008 (EDT)

Dark Future vs Explosion Future

• Hi Ryan, i know we decided to split up the two dark future's, one where Future Hiro doesn't go back and one we saw on tv where Hiro does go back but there is no Dark Future page, should there be one? cause in my opinion there should be one -- Futurepeter 15:21, 2 October 2008 (EDT)
  • I'm not sure I understand. Dark Future is a disambiguation article about the various futures we've seen. The future we used to call "Dark Future" is now called Explosion Future. That's the future that Present Hiro and Present Ando visit in Five Years Gone. Is that what you're looking for? -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 18:14, 2 October 2008 (EDT)
    • Actually i mean the Future where Walls 1 & Walls 2, this seems to be a different future because Hiro didn't go back there, my suggestion is to keep the "Dark Future" and the "Explosion Future" apart from eachother.
      • The future shown in Walls is written about here. I'm not sure what the difference is between "Dark Future" and "Explosion Future". I think the Walls future is meant to be the same future as the one in Five Years Gone, only it takes place slightly before Present Hiro and Present Ando arrive. It explains how F_Niki and F_Peter met, it shows F_Matt's total douchebaggery, and it shows a bleak future where specials are hunted and imprisoned (probably per the Linderman Act). When Five Years Gone came out, it was the first future they showed, and I don't think TPTB were playing with multiple futures right away. Plus, Walls was released right at the same time as 5YG, and usually the graphic novels are in some way linked to the episode they accompany. I think they're the same future. Is that what you're looking for? -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 07:10, 3 October 2008 (EDT)
        • Yes, thank you!

Hi, Ryan! I updated!

Hey, Ryan! This is Samantha48e61. I expanded some stubs from the stub catagory, like "Hispanic Woman" and "London, England" to help you out. I also got a brillant realization that Heroes Wiki is so serious about their work, and there's hardly any humor involved at all, so I added a bit of humor to a few photos, like Image:Sandras hero.jpg and Image:Baby Nathan.jpg. Please reply to my page when you get a chance. Thanks, Wireless

Thanks Ryan!

Thanks for the info on my humorous comments! I have a few questions, though. How do you create a user subpage? And what's a user namespace? I'm really sorry to be bothering you with all these questions, I apologize. Oh, and by the way, where did you move my comments? Thanks again, Wireless

Minor Cast

Hey, Ryan. If you have time could you please update the minor cast because I have no idea how to do it... HiroMystery 19:42, 2 October 2008 (EDT)

• Yeah, I'll work on it after the kids go to bed. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 19:46, 2 October 2008 (EDT)
  • Okay. Is Linderman a minor or supporting? We have him in both categories... HiroMystery 19:51, 2 October 2008 (EDT)
    • That's not really a decision I should be making, but if you're asking my opinion, I think he's a minor character this season. On the other hand, he's scheduled to be in the next two episodes. I guess it depends on his role--if he appears as much as he did in the first two episodes this season, then I would consider him a recurring character. If he just appears in passing (like Kaito did in The Second Coming), I would consider him a minor character. That's my personal take on it. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 20:19, 2 October 2008 (EDT)
      • Yeah, I just wanted your opinion. So I'll just remove Linderman from the supporting portal for now.HiroMystery 20:24, 2 October 2008 (EDT)
• At this point, the guest star portals will automatically update when an article is written for a guest star. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 21:14, 2 October 2008 (EDT)

Tech template

Thanks for picking up the no so visible half of my Idea :) --SacValleyDweller (talk) 00:26, 3 October 2008 (EDT)

• No problem. I was actually going to do the same thing tomorrow, but I was going to call it "Electronics". "Technology" works better. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 00:33, 3 October 2008 (EDT)
  • I thought so! Great minds... :D --SacValleyDweller (talk)

Question about the Claire revision

I wasn't sure what you meant by this:

"that's not noting that she can feel her hands burn, that's spec about the cause for her new condition"

Should I have put that in the notes section, in the theories section or on a discussion page instead? In the scene, she pulls her hands off the wall after it becomes hot and looks at them, which to me indicates that she can still feel pain, otherwise she wouldn't have even known that her hands were heated.

As you can probably tell, I'm still getting the hang of things around here, so any help on where stuff like that goes would be appreciated. Thanks.  :)

Stevehim 10:56, 3 October 2008 (EDT)

• Your edit summary said you were "noting that she appears to feel her hands burn in the container". Adding "though there is some question as to how much of this is a psychosomatic effect of her attack" is not nothing anything about her new condition of not being able to feel. Plus, it's speculating about the reason for her new condition. If you want to add something about the fact that she could feel her hands burning--or that she seemed in pain when she couldn't breathe--it'd be fine on the page in the section about her powers. We really shouldn't speculate that she's having psychosomatic symptoms or PTS or anything like that. That part would be a theory right now...And you're doing a fine job, by the way. We all start somewhere, and we're all on different learning curves. Keep up the good work, keep asking questions, and you'll get the hang of it! -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 11:01, 3 October 2008 (EDT)

Jim Martin

I know this is a lot, but you couldn't give me his contact details could you? I want to set up a email with Tim Kring and I know the OWI did theirs through him. Thanks.--Skywalkerrbf 11:45, 3 October 2008 (EDT)

• I'd rather not give out his email address. I'm sure you understand, though. After you build up a relationship with somebody, passing their emails out like trading cards isn't the most tactful thing to do! :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 12:46, 3 October 2008 (EDT)
  • Yer, yer I know what you mean, I've been building up a relationship with you mate Jason. Would you mind asking him about the possibility of me doing a interview over the phone with Tim though? It would really mean a lot to me, my 3 mins last time was nowhere near enough.--Skywalkerrbf 12:55, 3 October 2008 (EDT)
    • That's kind of the plan I have...for me. :) When I'm ready to ask, I'd rather do the interview myself. Sorry, Rob! -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 15:13, 3 October 2008 (EDT)
      • Hey no thats fine, as long as someone gets one thats cool--Skywalkerrbf 03:21, 4 October 2008 (EDT)

Hey

Remember us? :P Yeah, the dudes who made the comic and the controversy a few weeks ago. We just wanted to let you guys know that we finally completed the second episode. Anthony really outdid himself with the art, and we hope you enjoy it!

^_^

• Controversy! More like people who just had a difference of opinions. :) I love the second comic! Personally, I think the page is ready to move into the main namespace. I'll go ahead and move it (based on the discussions that you simply needed more content), make the page a bit snazzier for you, and add it to the portals. If anybody takes issue with it, they can talk about it at Talk:Unexpected Heroes. (Viva Mr. Muggles!) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 09:23, 4 October 2008 (EDT)

Gabriel Gray's Family Tree

Hey Ryan, i noticed the gray family tree still exists, since we now know that Gabriel is the son of Angela Petrelli, shouldn't that be adjusted. -- Futurepeter 02:09, 4 October 2008 (EDT)

• Yeah. I think after The Butterfly Effect, we were waiting to find out a few more details. Angela said she put up Sylar for adoption, so that's probably all the details we need now. I'll take care of it this morning. However, since Angela is not a Gray, I won't update Gray (disambig) other than making sure we note that Gabriel was adopted (just as Nathan's not a Bennet, so he's not on that page). I'll update Petrelli (disambig). -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 09:05, 4 October 2008 (EDT)
  • Okay, all done. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 21:37, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

image help!

hey, ok so im adding a precognitive dreaming to the theories on abilities portal page but idk how to make the picture match the size of the rest...so now what, can this be changed?...--Anthony Gooch 01:48, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

• Use Image:Visions events.jpg, not Image:Peters visions.jpg. That should do it for ya. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 01:51, 5 October 2008 (EDT)
  • Done. Is that what you needed? :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 01:52, 5 October 2008 (EDT)
    • Great, thats it, thanks!--Anthony Gooch 01:55, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

Suggestion

Hi there! I have a suggestion for the Abilities page.

I think that Knox's power should be separated from Niki/Jessica's. His power is of a different nature - he absorbs fears. Maybe his category should be Fear Absorption (and in the description you could say he uses this to increase his strength).

Also while I'm on the topic, I think Meredith's and Flint's powers should be separated into 3 categories. Meredith seems to have control over a weaker fire, while Flint seems to shoot extremely hot blasts. While they both have pyrokenesis, they seem to be of a different type. Then again I don't know how you would split them. Pyrokenesis and Blue Pyrokenesis? Lol. Just something to think about.

Thanks again for maintaining this awesome site which I visit regularly! -Dan

• Thanks for the suggestion, Dan. Feel free to contribute to the discussion at Talk:Enhanced strength. Personally, I think we should use the information given to us--that Knox's ability is called "enhanced strength" and Flint's is called "pyrokinesis", according to their assignment tracker profiles. I think the differences should be explained in the page itself, rather than making new pages for abilities that are the same. It's kind of like having a page for Micah's computer when it's assembled and another page for when it's disassembled. They're still the same thing, just in different formats. But that's just where I'm coming from, and I respect the fact that not everybody agrees with me! :) Glad you're enjoying the site! Isn't this season off to a fantastic start? -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 17:05, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

Lower casings

I changed every parenthetical in the Portal:Future_Characters to lower case, but I muffed up Mohinders. I don't know how to get rid of it. Also, there are alot of double redirects... I don't know what to do with those. In any case, I got the lower casings done ^_^;--Riddler 22:29, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

• No problem with the small mistakes. Thanks for doing that--big help! -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 23:39, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

Villains future

Hi. I just wanted to ask if the villains future is a temporary setup to better keep track of events, and if it will be merged with the exposed future once the storyline plays out (I wasn't around, but I'm assuming this is what happened in Season 1...?). I think it's technically the same future (confirmed by BTE), and since we don't know that much about the changes that are occurring because of Peter's actions, it's not entirely clear if things like Angela's dream and Hiro's visit to Tokyo are part of the same possible future or two different ones. Stevehim 13:31, 6 October 2008 (EDT)

• The BTE interview never specifically stated it's a different future (they like to use word games to tease the fans). Plus, we have a canon source, Angela and Usutu in episodes, who states that the future changed. Angela even knows that the future changed because Peter came back from the exposed future. So, the villains future that Angela and Hiro have seen is different. How different? We'll see, but it's similar to Season One. Future Hiro came to the present to tell Peter to save the cheerleader, and when he returned, not much changed, but there was a difference. Claire had survived and lived, Sylar did not have cell regeneration, and Peter was the source of the explosion. I think the reason this was split was because a) people jumped the gun, and b) Angela specifically states that Peter messed up the future. I'm going to the explosion future page now to see if it's noted that the future was changed with Future Hiro's trip to the present, but it should be noted. --Bob (talk) 14:00, 6 October 2008 (EDT)
  • Hi. First off, thank you for the response. I actually meant that they are the same future, though different...that the villains future is really the exposed future with whatever changes that were made by Peter's actions (as you said, similar to Season 1). I think Peter may have even already been back to the future this season and seen things changed, as he tells Claire things are different, and I don't think he was just taking Angela's word, though that's somewhat speculative right now. It's also possible that the future Angela saw may be dfferent than the one Hiro saw (ie - the same future but with additional changes), but, as with the rest, I assume it will work itself out with time (ie - we'll adjust things as more information becomes available). Again, thanks for the response.  :) Stevehim 16:39, 6 October 2008 (EDT)
    • I'm not sure what you mean by "the same future, though different" -- it sounds suspiciously like the actual theory of the butterfly effect--even the slightest changes today can have drastic effects later on. The slightest differences in two futures really mean that the futures are very different....But ultimately you're right, we'll have to wait to see what else happens and how things play out. Can't wait! -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 20:54, 6 October 2008 (EDT)
      • By 'same but different' I just meant it was all part of the same timeline, just incorporating the changes. But yes, I ertainly can't wait (and tonight's episode was excellent, both overall and in terms of answering some questions! Stevehim 00:55, 7 October 2008 (EDT)

Futures

Hey. I was going to try to add all the new future characters and organize the futures, but I wasn't sure what format we're going with. I noticed you recently decapitalized a lot of stuff, so I'm guessing that we're going with bth words in lower case letters? The thing with that seems to be that the actual [future page] has them in caps. I tried moving it (ie - Exposed future --> exposed future) but it told me it's the same page and cannot overwrite it. Is the only way to align everything to copy the info from the old pages into new ones with the correct URLs, and then somehow delete the old ones, or is there a better method for this? I have no problem working on those sections, trying to get everything tidied up, but I wanted to check on the best way to proceed before doing so. Thanks. Stevehim 00:51, 7 October 2008 (EDT)

• Since the futures don't have proper names, their pages shouldn't be capitalized. MediaWiki automatically capitalizes the first letter of every article title, regardless of what you try to do to it. So a page that clearly doesn't need to have a capital letter will get one--goggles and Goggles are the exact same page, for instance. When moving a page, it's always preferred to use the move button at the top of the page (rather than cutting and pasting) so the history is maintained, redirects are automatically created, and the action gets recorded in the move log. But even if you tried to cut and paste something into an article with a title that has lowercase first letter, MediaWiki will automatically capitalize it. Oh well! :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 06:31, 7 October 2008 (EDT)

Image Upload

I reuploaded the image of Sylar grabbing Angela. This was my first time dealing with uploading pictures and the like. Just wanted to know if I did alright. I swear I have a worry complex. Dracomaster4 10:27, 7 October 2008 (EDT)

• Looks good! Typically we make most of our uploads 450 x 350, but that's not crucial. It just makes the gallery look better. Also, it might need to have the levels adjusted, but that's a little more advanced--if you can do it, great. If not, no worries. Finally, don't forget to edit the image's page and remove the {{reupload}} tag. Other than that, great job! And worrying to the point of making sure something is done right is a good thing...but don't get a complex about it. You're doing fine! :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 10:44, 7 October 2008 (EDT)

Family Trees

• I found a free program that builds family trees. I've used it for other projects and I believe it would work for Heroes. It supports marriage, adoption, and other misc. family relations. I could try and make a test tree and see if I can add links to the corresponding pages. However, as the current formats work great, I can see if you'd rather not change things. Here's a link MyHeritage Family Tree Builder. Dracomaster4 03:15, 9 October 2008 (EDT)
  • I don't think we have anything that's so complex and complicated that we can't build it ourselves, but if there's an extension that makes it easier, it might be worth trying out. However, I don't have the capabilities to add extensions--you'd have to talk to Admin about that... -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 07:28, 9 October 2008 (EDT)
    • It's a standalone program not a MediaWiki extension. I don't think it would be too helpful for us since the format it outputs in isn't really anything we can use here. (Admin 09:31, 9 October 2008 (EDT))
      • Oh, yeah, I actually have a very similar program I use for tracking my own family history. It's called PAF (Personal Ancestry File), and it creates GEDCOM files, which is really cool for family trees and the like. But no, it wouldn't work here. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 13:10, 9 October 2008 (EDT)
        • This program creates Jpg formats of the trees, which can definately be put on here. Dracomaster4 06:52, 10 October 2008 (EDT)
          • But can they be searched? -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 07:50, 10 October 2008 (EDT)

Podcast

• Hey Ryan, it was nice to chat with you the other day. Hope you are well today? Let me know when you would like to do a little test recording? The ODI 05:03, 9 October 2008 (EDT)

Botswana image

• Hey Ryan, i found this picture on google.com using the search for "Botwasana". This is the image url: http://www.mytrip.be/modulefiles/destinations/large/botswana.jpg and the url where the file resides is: http://www.mytrip.be/bestemmingen/p/detail/botswana. But my question is, how do i put this info on the wiki page?
  • Just a link on the image's page is all that's needed. I took care of it for you. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 15:10, 10 October 2008 (EDT)

stop stalking me

stop looking at my edits 24/7, i make like 6 edits and your already on my case, none of them vandalism either, wow youre just trying to assert your authority over someone who hasn't been here as long as you, nice TheEvilNoob 11:14, 11 October 2008 (EDT)

It your edits are not up to standard, he is in his full right to do so. He's just there to fix what you've done wrong until you get a hang of what your doing. You should be happy there's a safety net and not just a block waiting for you. Therequiembellishere 11:57, 11 October 2008 (EDT)

Oh sorry, I thought I was talking to him, not his representative TheEvilNoob 12:57, 11 October 2008 (EDT)

There's no reason to be rude, it'll just run you in circles and into the ground. If you want something done, you should ask and not demand. Therequiembellishere 13:09, 11 October 2008 (EDT)

No need to argue on someone else's talk page. And TEN, Ryan is a sysop, which means he patrols edits to ensure quality. If he's online the same time you are, more than likely he's going to make changes if there are a few things wrong. When I started on this site, I had a bunch of my edits cleaned up, it's nothing to fuss about. I hope you understand, it's nothing personal.--Bob (talk) 13:23, 11 October 2008 (EDT)

Super strength vs. Enhanced strength

Knox and Niki do not have the same power. They're similar but different. While Niki has super strength, Knox has enhanced strength because his strength is enhanced by the amount of fear in his surroundings. He gets stronger and stronger as the fear gets more intense and weaker when there is none.

So the article depicting the strength of Niki and Peter and possibly Mohinder are superhuman but Knox has an entirely different type of strength.

• Agree to disagree. :) I think they are the same power, just accessed differently. If Knox's assignment tracker listed his power as something other than enhanced strength, I might be inclined to feel differently. As it is, I use what information I learn from the show rather than trying to insert my own opinions. Oh well! Either way, discussion points about this should be posted at Talk:Enhanced strength. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 15:25, 11 October 2008 (EDT)

Editing Minor Characters

Hey Ryan, i wanna do some contributing for the minor character section. The only problem is that i don't know how to add characters to it. Maybe you can help me out. Thanks in advance --Futurepeter 10:03, 12 October 2008 (EDT)

• Sure! Where exactly do you want to edit? If you want to edit the portals (like Portal:Minor1), you can't because they are automatically updating portals. Once the characters are added, they are entered into the portal. However, feel free to add pages for those characters, like Holly, Lieutenant Chory, or Angela's aide. Is that what you wanted? -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 11:08, 12 October 2008 (EDT)
  • Thanks for the quick response. I was thinking about adding "Bob Bishop" and "Kaito Nakamura" because they had a small role in the season. I'm also looking trough new episodes for characters that aren't added yet. But my question was, how do i add someone like Bob, Holly or another person to the Minor 1 portal. Thanks! --Futurepeter 11:11, 12 October 2008 (EDT)
    • Bob and Kaito are already in the minor characters portal. (You might have to refresh your browser by pushing CTRL+F5, or by editing the article, not making any changes, and then pressing "save page".) To add Holly to the portal, she needs an article written about her. Something great you can do is make sure that anybody who appears in multiple seasons has multiple categories for each season. For instance, if I'm not mistaken, Kaito really should be in Category:Season One Characters, Category:Season Two Characters, and Category:Season Three Characters. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 11:17, 12 October 2008 (EDT)
      • Ok, i made a start on the Holly page, what should i do next to make her appear on the Portal:Minor1 page? --Futurepeter 11:44, 12 October 2008 (EDT)
        • Refresh. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 11:59, 12 October 2008 (EDT)
          • Did you just do that? Or is my browser really annyoing today?? --Futurepeter 12:02, 12 October 2008 (EDT)
            • I did it on my computer, and if that made it appear on yours, I suppose that's all that's needed. Cool. No, your browser is probably not being annoying--that particular automated template sometimes takes a little longer to update than others. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 12:08, 12 October 2008 (EDT)
              • All right! Thanks a lot! --Futurepeter 12:17, 12 October 2008 (EDT)