User talk:Janrodrigo

Archives: February-September 2009

Hi there

Hey Jan! (Or would you like being called Can?) You're Turkish, right? We are neighbours, of a sort, then. A sea, as black as Stephen Canfield's ability, divides our countries. Guess where I am from? AltesUTC CH

• Hi Altes :) Yes I'm from Turkey. I guess you're from Russia. Is it right? Or any other country having border with the black sea? By the way, I've created the name Jan because almost no one knows to read "Can" and they pronounce "Ken" or something :) If you call me Can, I feel more intimate because that's my real name; but I don't mind at all if you call me Jan. --Janrodrigo 08:17, 4 October 2009 (EDT)
  • Russia? No, but close =P AltesUTC CH
    • Is it Ukraine? --Janrodrigo 08:29, 4 October 2009 (EDT)
      • Yes :) AltesUTC CH
        • It's nice to have a neighbour-friend like you =)) Thank you :) By the way is Altes a Ukranian name. It seems more like a Spanish name :)
          • Altes is just a nickname lol ) but yes, it is a foreign name. Not sure if it's Spanish, but there was a character in Greek mythology called Altes, and there's a hotel named in my honor (or vice versa?) in Antalia. If you search for Altes in Google, you'll find millions or results. AltesUTC CH
• Jan, do you have ICQ or another similar client? AltesUTC CH
  • I use facebook mainly, msn time to time and sometimes skype. You? (If you don't wanna write it here you can write to janrodrigo.universal@gmail.com) --Janrodrigo 10:00, 4 October 2009 (EDT)
    • I've got Skype. Search for arthurbennet. (It isn't my real name either) AltesUTC CH

Complete List of Characters

Thank you for moving Emma's doctor to Dr. Coolidge! ~~IHH—Talk 07:09, 5 October 2009 (EDT)

• Your welcome --Janrodrigo 07:10, 5 October 2009 (EDT)

Sorry

Sorry Radicell.. I missed the sentence in Noah's page. Sometimes I'm too tired.. --Janrodrigo 11:04, 6 October 2009 (EDT)

• No worries, it happens to everyone. :) --Radicell 11:11, 6 October 2009 (EDT)

Hey

Hi Jan. I saw that you are a fan of Kyle XY, just as I am. I have been wondering something for a while now, and you are the only person I know who likes the show (weird huh?). Do you have any theories on why they have such a long gap in time when each season ends? It just kind of bugs me that it takes so long for it to come back.--Catalyst · Talk · HL 21:18, 6 October 2009 (EDT)

• Kyle XY is one of my favorites. I think they have such a long gap between seasons because they air the show in the summers, so there's more time between the end and the beginning. The seasons are also much shorter than normal (10 episodes, I think, as opposed to 20+ episodes for a regular show), so there's more time between seasons. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 22:27, 6 October 2009 (EDT)
  • I'm very happy that you guys like the show as I do. I actually bought the DVD, which I do for only the shows I actually am a great fan of. (Else, I only have some DVDs of Smallville and Heroes but not any other show.) While waiting for a long time, for the show to start again, I was also intrigued by the same question around two weeks ago. And I searched the net about when the show is coming back. Very saddening and frustrating it was to me; I found out that the show was unfortunately cancelled. Sorry guys for such a bad news. But I still little bit hope that I might be wrong. --Janrodrigo 06:22, 7 October 2009 (EDT)
    • WHAT! You have to be kidding! Where did you see that bad news?--Catalyst · Talk · HL 18:42, 7 October 2009 (EDT)
      • Just search google. You'll see tons of results. I'm also very sad. --Janrodrigo 18:46, 7 October 2009 (EDT)
        • Also see wikipedia's article and read the third paragraph, click on the refs and read them too. That's what I'd done. --Janrodrigo 18:48, 7 October 2009 (EDT)
          • Probably you're verily frustrated as I was when I got the news. --Janrodrigo 19:03, 7 October 2009 (EDT)
            • Wow, I guess it is true. And yes, I am a bit frustrated and kind of disappointed. They left it with a pretty big cliff hangar.--Catalyst · Talk · HL 19:20, 7 October 2009 (EDT)
              • I read there somewhere, (don't remember exactly where) one of the writers of the show, answering questions and telling what they had planned to do for the rest of the show, in a quite explicit way. She was speaking even about what they were planning for Kyle & Amanda & Jessica... --Janrodrigo 19:24, 7 October 2009 (EDT)

Just a little detail...

Hi Ryan,

I just wanted to ask about a little thing. I'd based "Mohinder's office" to the name of the wiki article itself and to the name, the user Heroes360 used in his user page. However, there is a website, if you go and enter the site, you can play the game and there it calls it "Suresh's Loft". So may be the site made the name up so, or was it really called so? --Janrodrigo 02:27, 8 October 2009 (EDT)

• I can't remember. I think it's been called both. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 10:41, 8 October 2009 (EDT)

Hi Ryan

Hi Ryan,

I was just thinking that the first names should redirect to the characters if there're no other characters by that name, like Sandra redirecting to Sandra Bennet... But do we do that to only important characters? By the way, I hope I'm not doing too many or uncontrolled edits, like the ones I reverted today, the episode numbers... or should I've asked you before reverting what some people do? And what do you think of How to Relive Heroes? It's just a start, I plan on including everything. I advance slowly, because I've a thesis to write, but my head is a mess, these days... Anyway, just wanted to say hello actually. Take care, --Janrodrigo 22:45, 8 October 2009 (EDT)

• For redirects, I don't think they only need to be for "important" characters, but in the case of Jonas Zimmerman, his first name comes from a deleted scene. There's nothing really wrong with that, but it is kind of a dodgy source, or at least not one that's well known. But if anybody is searching for Jonas, the first pages that come up have to do with Dr. Zimmerman, so people will find the page pretty quickly. As for your edits, they're terrific. Keep them up. You were correct to revert the episode numbers. Ink is, indeed, 402, and Acceptance is the third chapter of the fourth volume. Cool subpage, too! :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 22:54, 8 October 2009 (EDT)

New users

The two users you just welcomed were both vandals. --Boom D  59  20:25, 11 October 2009 (EDT)

• Oops, sorry. I didn't know. Is there a way for me to understand whether a new user is a vandal or not? And should I undo those welcome messages? Thanks and sorry again --Janrodrigo 20:29, 11 October 2009 (EDT)
  • Vandals are pretty easy to spot. (They change real info and create pages that don't help the site). So Just look at recent changes to see who does those things. And I think you can leave the welcome messages.--Catalyst · Talk · HL 20:32, 11 October 2009 (EDT)
  • No need to undo the messages. If you happen to see that somebody is blocked on the block log, you probably don't need to welcome them. (Any user whose name starts with a variation of "mdj" is probably a vandal, too.) But if you welcome a vandal, there's nothting wrong with that. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 01:01, 12 October 2009 (EDT)

Image sources

Hey, Jan. When you get a second, could you please add the source for two of the images you uploaded today: Image:Patience Thoreson.JPG and Image:Diane Crooke.jpeg? Thanks! -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 22:08, 11 October 2009 (EDT)

• Patience Thoreson have been to a party with her high school classmates for the 40th year of their graduation (in 2005 I think). The photo is from that party. Diane Crooke's photo is from her facebook account and it's clear that it's not another Diane Crooke because she's friend with many other Heores crew members, including Allan Arkush. As the sources are on my laptop and now the laptop is not with me (I'm writing from another computer), I'll let you know the exact websites as soon as I can. Thanks --Janrodrigo 07:02, 12 October 2009 (EDT)

GN image on Main Page

... doesn't appear. How to fix it? --Janrodrigo 06:26, 20 October 2009 (EDT)

• Looks fine to me. Try refreshing/clearing your cache. --Radicell 06:28, 20 October 2009 (EDT)

CLoC

Hey! I noticed that you had put some names on my subpage, Complete List of Characters (or CLoC for short) and I just want to say thank you! But, can you please refrain from doing that in the future? I, can't read the GN's and IStories so I don't usually trust the character appearances for a while because I know how quickly they can be changed. I like to do things in an orderly fashion, and I don't know if you noticed, but I have two things at the top of the page. One says "As Of:". That means that every character as of...(insert episode, GN, iStory, or webisode here) is listed in the list. The second says that if I have a problem with my page (and there is a list of rules that are right underneath it) to put it on the discussion page and I will take notice of it as soon as possble. Also, you had put Amanda's last name. If it is a full name(like it was) then it would be bold and the last name is how I alphabetize it. But thank you any ways! And I'm sorry if this came out like I was mad about it, I really am not! I even appreciate you trying to help, I just do things a certain way and I would get messed up if they were done any other way. Sorry again! And thanks too! Your Fellow Friend, ~~IHH—Talk 18:13, 21 October 2009 (EDT)

• Your welcome and thank you Iheartheroes :) I'd just thought that your page was awesome and I wanted to help in completing the page with the characters. But I understand what you said, and it was friendly.. so, thank you again, not even slightly offended =) In the future, I'll be careful about it. Friendly --Janrodrigo 20:38, 21 October 2009 (EDT)

Self

Hi Ryan, I've a question for you. I was going to create the page for Michael Dunitz, a location manager for Heroes and whom seem to be "self" for Heroes Unmasked (see here). I didn't exactly understand what means "self" in terms of production. After watching the related unmasked episode, I kindda understood it as him playing himself. (correct?) But anyway, I cannot make a sentence in English to express that in his page.

Michael Dunitz is a location manager for Heroes. He also is a self for Heroes Unmasked.

Can you actually say that!? Or better, please help me out about how to express that. I don't wanna create a page with funny sentences in it.

Thanks,

--Janrodrigo 05:05, 25 October 2009 (EDT)

• If he appears in a video where he is himself (as opposed to playing a character), he is credited as "self". We don't even need to include that on his credits, to be honest. In fact, since it's a Heroes-related production, the most you would want to do is put it in the notes with a link to Heroes Unmasked. But really, you'll want to focus on his past experience as a location manager. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 14:12, 25 October 2009 (EDT)
  • Thank you Ryan :)) By the way do you hint me that I'll find out some important stuff if I dig to his past as a location manager? --Janrodrigo 17:28, 25 October 2009 (EDT)
    • No, no hints. I've never heard of Michael Dunitz before you mentioned him. We just should focus the article on his pertinent experience rather than on his appearances in documentaries. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 17:36, 25 October 2009 (EDT)
      • Ah, ok thanks :) --Janrodrigo 17:59, 25 October 2009 (EDT)
• Excellent job on the Michael Dunitz page, by the way! :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 20:29, 25 October 2009 (EDT)
  • Thank you :=) --Janrodrigo 02:32, 26 October 2009 (EDT)

Your user page

The tables on your user page are set to a width of 1080px. For users that don't have a screen that is that wide (say, only 750px), your user page extends all the way over to the left, past the search bar, and off the page. I suggest you change it to width: 100% instead. That way it will just go to the edge of the page like you want it to, no matter how wide the user's screen is. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 20:28, 25 October 2009 (EDT)

• Did it. Thanks for letting me know. :) --Janrodrigo 02:19, 26 October 2009 (EDT)

noinclude

• Just an FYI that <noinclude> tag below the Summary on the episode articles is supposed to remain there or else it breaks the formatting of the article of the week on the main page. I think I noticed you removed it before, too, and it's not exactly clear why that tag is there in the article...but this is why. :) (Admin 21:19, 26 October 2009 (EDT))
  • Sorry, I didn't do it on purpose, I thought it remained from the spoiler page. I'll more careful afterwords, thank you. --Janrodrigo 21:21, 26 October 2009 (EDT)

New crew pages

Hey, Jan. Great job on the new crew pages. Just a few quick notes for you, though, that dates on cast and crew pages should be in the form DAY MONTH YEAR (e.g. 31 October 2009). Also, although it's not technically wrong, we generally discourage using abbreviations in formal writing--so use the word "television" instead of the abbreviation "TV". Thanks! Keep up the good work! -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 10:55, 31 October 2009 (EDT)

• Thanks Ryan. Everytime I learn more and more :) --Janrodrigo 11:05, 31 October 2009 (EDT)
  • P.S. The default format of date in my country is also DAY MONTH YEAR. I changed it to (month day, year) for SVD has thought me that this is the American way :)
    • You're right, that is the way we usually write dates in America. But for whatever reason, when the wiki was started, we used the format DAY MONTH for cast and crew pages. Go figure. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 11:12, 31 October 2009 (EDT)

Sue Kesler

Hi Radicell, I'm not sure about the wording and the format of the trivia I created in Sue Kesler's page. Could you check it on my part? Thanks? --Janrodrigo 05:21, 2 November 2009 (EST)

• I've improved it a bit, but since I don't usually work with crew pages, I'm not 100% sure that's the way it's supposed to be. Perhaps Ryan can help out when he comes online... --Radicell 05:34, 2 November 2009 (EST)
  • Thank you Radicell =) --Janrodrigo 05:44, 2 November 2009 (EST)

Phoenix mimicry =/= Pyrokinesis

Dude, you can't change PM to pyrokinesis, even though you are the creator of Draph and his powers. Draph appeared in iStory, and therefore his powers are canon (as much canon as they can be). AltesUTC CH

• The power that is canon is Draph's ability to produce flames. That is the only thing that is canon and and the only thing that can be treated as canon. Therefore, I have made a semi-executive decision to change my HGS profile to be "canon-ized." Draphoenix 11:24, 6 November 2009 (EST)
  • Would you like to ask the PM page for deletion? AltesUTC CH
    • Draphoenix, please take a look at the the PM Talk page and read what I wrote there. Friendly, --Janrodrigo 13:24, 7 November 2009 (EST)
      • Draphoenix, please take the ability name on your HS page back to Phoenix Mimicry. Don't change it just because some people don't understand how original it is and just because those not understanding speak immaturelyi childishly and rudely. You succeded something with that name and now it's not time to lose self-confidance and give up. Many people also think it's a great name and power. So we're waiting back for your AT and power name. --Janrodrigo 16:58, 7 November 2009 (EST)
        • The decision to change the power name is entirely up to him. If Draphoenix wants to keep it or leave it, that's his call. I believe the reason he changed Draph's fire powers to pyrokinesis was to make it a better fit into the story, not neccessarily because everyone hated it or something. --Piemanmoo 23:41, 8 November 2009 (EST)
          • No, it was because everyone was hating on it was the reason i changed it Draphoenix 01:09, 9 November 2009 (EST)
            • Did you read what is written in the talk page of your power, what I wrote there? Be sure that there are many people liking that power (including me, RGS and others) and only few people didn't like the name - that's all. Don't forget that you were chosen with this ability on your page. After so many people read it, after it became (semi)canon, I wouldn't go and change if I were you. By the way, Piemanmoo, I wouldn't/couldn't say anything to him if he was changing the name just by free will, but rather he became offended and touched by people's behaviour, that's why he changed it. --Janrodrigo 01:55, 9 November 2009 (EST)

Hey Ryan,

Did you notice what I wrote in the talk page of Phoenix mimicry and of Draphoenix. I'm really sad that Draphoenix went and changed his power's name in his HS page. Probably, he hasn't been around and didn't see much of what I wrote about/to him, (I really meant what I wrote) or he's really too offended. Could you communicate in any way with him, to say that there are actually people supporting him and his name of the power and to tell him that may be it's better if he changes back the name in the HS page (you would know better the latter part).

Does it become official now when he changes the name to pyrokinesis. Then do we have to delete the Phoenix mimicry page?!! I hope not. By the way, could you take a look to what I wrote to the talk page of memory restoration. What do you think? --Janrodrigo 09:11, 10 November 2009 (EST)

• I've talked with Draphoenix quite a bit...I agree, it's too bad that he's changed the name of the ability, I suppose either out of pressure from what he perceived from the community, or from the desire to just forget about having a power that some people didn't like. But what's even sadder is that our community decided to rail upon the ability and character (and in turn, the creator of both) so much. I don't understand why people who don't like something can't just keep it to themselves. I guess some people just have diarrhea of the mouth. Oh well. But no, any changes to Draph's H:S page are not canon. Part of the reason Zach Wilson and I chose his character was because we liked the phoenix mimicry power. We thought it was different, cool, and would be a fun one to write about. We didn't choose a character that had pyrokinesis, we chose a character that could mimic phoenixes. That's the ability that was shown in the iStory, no matter what changes were made to the character's H:S profile.

  On another note, Jan, thanks for being such a helpful citizen of the Heroes community and a strong team player. Your supportive comments throughout the wiki (and particularly on the phonenix mimicry talk page) are much appreciated by me, and I'm sure by others. Thanks for being a good guy. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 16:17, 10 November 2009 (EST)

  • I thank you Ryan. I'm flattered. You're also such a nice person. I don't know what else to say. :) --Janrodrigo 18:13, 10 November 2009 (EST)
    • Thank you again :))) --Janrodrigo 18:21, 10 November 2009 (EST)
      • It's like a love fest in here! :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 20:19, 10 November 2009 (EST)
        • Hey, Draphoenix has reverted back his HS page :)! I think both my comments and our conversation worked :) --Janrodrigo 03:06, 11 November 2009 (EST)

Baby

Do you have any news? I hope everything is fine :) --Janrodrigo 18:07, 14 November 2009 (EST)

• Nope, not yet. We've been in and out of the hospital all week. :( -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 18:08, 14 November 2009 (EST)
  • That must get very tiring.--Catalyst · Talk · HL 18:09, 14 November 2009 (EST)
    • Tell me about it. For my wife especially! -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 18:10, 14 November 2009 (EST)
      • Seems, he/she (?) will be a knotty child as s/he's tricking the parents already. :) You must be very happy, I think, a very beautiful baby is on the way to your family. :)) Tiring may be, but I'm sure everything will be fine soon. :) --Janrodrigo 18:16, 14 November 2009 (EST)
        • Thanks, Jan! She's definitely causing my wife more pain than the first three kids... -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 18:25, 14 November 2009 (EST)

Re:Edição sem nada

Nessa edição o que foi que você fez? Eu já vi algumas edições desse jeito e não entendi o que é, você poderia me explicar? Mateussf 20:42, 14 November 2009 (EST)

• Entendi, obrigado. Mateussf 20:52, 14 November 2009 (EST)
  • Pero eu não entendi. Eu não falo Portugues (não se escrivir - Portuguej?). Entendi la pregunta - la mesma pregunta que eu demandava de mi para mi - não se la respuesta. Você poderia me explicar? Obrigado. --Janrodrigo 06:00, 15 November 2009 (EST)
    • What I did was change a couple spaces, so the readability of it while in edit mode improves. Also to keep the line from becoming a non-stop thread of letters. The spaces I added are just after the "notes" templates. Intuitive Empath - Talk - Contributions 08:27, 15 November 2009 (EST)
      • Obrigado, IE --Janrodrigo 09:22, 15 November 2009 (EST)