User talk:Jason Garrick

Hello, Jason Garrick

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Spoiler stuff

Hi. I noticed you're adding several things that haven't aired yet. We try to avoid putting these like this in articles until the episode has been aired everywhere. Heroe 21:36, 19 February 2007 (EST)

• Actually, everything that Jason Garrick added had already aired. I don't think we have a rule about adding things after a certain time -- at least we haven't since the show started.

  Thanks for your contributions, J.G.! :) — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 23:04, 19 February 2007 (EST)

Theories

Hi, JG -- I just got your message about adding theories. I'm sorry I wasn't able to get back to you earlier, though you seem to have figured it out. Let me know if you have any more questions. :) — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 07:05, 26 February 2007 (EST)

Your own pages

• Also I was wondering. I think this would be a good idea. MAke a page where you can contribute your own hero ideas. Of course there have to be warnings and stuff. It might work out. Or maybe... eh... :) whatever, I think you get the idea. hehe. P.S. COMPANY MAN WAS SO COOL! User:Jason Garrick
  • One way you can make your own pages but still keep them off the main site is to extend your own homepage. For instance, You can type [[User:Jason Garrick/theories]] and it's your own page. I think ZachsMind has a couple pages like this (check out this, this, or my favorite). Is that what you had in mind? — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 20:42, 27 February 2007 (EST)

Hehe, hope you don't mind.

I added myself to your little list. :P --Riddler 17:26, 28 February 2007 (EST)

Signing comments on talk pages

• Hey, Jason. Just wanted to let you know that only on Talk pages when you add a comment just add something like --~~~~ to the end of your comment in order to automatically add a signature. This helps others easily know who left the comment. Thanks! :) (Admin 19:41, 28 February 2007 (EST))
• Jason, just a quick reminder that if you put four tildes (which look like this: ~~~~) at the end of a post on the talk pages, then you don't have to type your name each time. It also inserts the date, which is really handy. If you have a javascript, you can also just push the signature button which does the same thing. Let me know if you need any help. :) — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 23:30, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

Extra Help in sections

• This might seem like a stupid idea but I'll present it anyway. I thought maybe that each section: characters, powers, production, fan creations etc. Each section could have one or two or however many needed be in charge of updating each page. Obviously one peron updating all characters would not work. It didn't work well for the Articles of Confederation either. So maybe we could have four or five people helping out more with updating characters, maybe two people updating powers. You get what I'm saying, right? And I don't mean AT ALL, not at all any person gets a sysop rank. That is totally not what I mean. But I think this idea, if you like it could really help get rid of stubs. Then if new web surfers stumble upon this site they won't see stubs all over the main characters. If it is something like Nissica, it isn't that big of a deal but Season One summaries I think should really be updated. The examples I used aren't really the exact ones I'm' proposing but something similar to that. See ya later! Jason Garrick 22:00, 9 October 2007 (EDT)
  • Thanks for the suggestion, Jason, and no, it's not at all a stupid idea. I've actually thought the same thing. :) It's awesome that you're thinking of ways to improve the wiki, not only for yourself, but for new users and casual browsers. I really appreciate that you're also suggesting ways in which we can organize ourselves better. However, I have a few concerns with delegating certain types of articles to people which I'll share with you. We all have different styles of editing, and I'd hate to see all the fan creations, for instance, written in a particular style, and not edited by others. Also, I know that when I'm doing a bunch of character summaries, I tend to get really bored--I enjoy the fact that on any given day I might write a few summaries, create a new article about a place, add a theory about Uluru, update some portals, and top off the day by linking to a reference. I enjoy that I can edit any article I want. I also like that with a wiki, everybody has equal say in what happens. It doesn't matter if I'm a sysop, you're a long-time user, or somebody else is brand new, we all can edit and we all have an equal say in how the wiki shapes up. That said, a lot of us here tend to have "pet" articles we like to update. I'm a big fan of getting to character and actor portals. I know Ted C really enjoys tweaking powers pages until they're just right. Some people take great pride in starting pages about locations, and others are really great at new character pages. But I'm afraid of "assigning" types of pages to different people, if I'm understanding what it is you're suggesting. I say, if there are a lot of stubs and they're really bugging you, feel free to knock a few out. I hope that answers your question. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 22:19, 9 October 2007 (EDT)
    • Okay. I understand. When I said it, I realized it did have flaws. Thanks for your input though! Jason Garrick 21:57, 10 October 2007 (EDT)
      • Keep up the ideas, though! -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 22:15, 10 October 2007 (EDT)

Saving Charlie chapter summaries

Have you started on the summary, Jason? I just finished reading the book last night and am considering adding the summary to my todo list. I think it was an enjoyable, worthwhile read, though the ending was kind of a downer.--MiamiVolts (talk) 22:52, 17 January 2008 (EST)

• OMG I totally forgot about that. I finished the book but I've been extremely busy lately. I'll get started on it tomorrow. If you want to help I was going to split each chapter into a different paragraph. I can't now because I have to study for midterms. I am going to try and do some tomorrow. Jason Garrick 18:42, 18 January 2008 (EST)
  • Yeah, a paragraph per chapter was my plan too. If you start tommorrow, I'll pitch in asap. I'm still working on a lengthy dpl help offline, but this will be next on my todo list.--MiamiVolts (talk) 19:05, 18 January 2008 (EST)

Uploading images

1. The first thing you'll need to do is to save the images to your hard drive, a disk, or somewhere that you can retrieve them. Make sure they are saved with a .jpg extension, as that's preferable. (Of course, you'll also want to make sure that they are standard size and don't have watermarks, but those are minor things that others can take care of for you if you don't know how.)
2. Next, you'll want to use the upload form. A link is always in the toolbox on the left, or on most computers you can press ALT + SHIFT + U.
3. Click where it says "Browse", and choose the location where you saved your images.
4. In the summary box, type a description (with links), and include the source and categories. If it's a screenshot, you can just add something like {{image-screenshot|Ink=t|Samuel=t|power=t}} and that will add the source and the categories for you. But again, if you have a hard time figuring that out, don't worry--somebody else can take care of it for you. The most important thing is to get the images on the wiki.
5. Click "Upload file" and you're done!

Let me know if you need any help, or if you get stuck along the way. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 23:16, 29 September 2009 (EDT)