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Please be nice on my talk page, or an army of Monitors will come to your house and eat your soul.

Image Warning

Ed, you sent me an image warning:

Image Your image, Image:Yamnzzin.JPG is a duplicate image of Image:Ultracapt.jpg and will probably Deleted. Halopedia has a policy of not having dulicate images, so please look in our Image categories for an image before uploading a file. -ED 20:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

This "IMAGE" is origionally the same but you might not have noticed it has differences. Please, if you are in charge of "Image Deleteing" Please donot delete mine,

                 THX,    -- Ptowery 21:08, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

What differences are there exactly? -ED 21:53, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

RR >> WIKIA CODING!

Dear Ed,

I am pleased to announce that the forums have been restored to their former state...I'm anticipating a problem that hasn't come up yet, but I'll run further tests and see.

Oh, and thanks for adding the coding line in MediaWiki Commons.

Cheers,

Ghost Inside the Machine ^{(Whisper through the Storm) (My Journeys) (Omens)} 23:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Scratch that...a bug I didn't anticipate popped up and the bug I anticipated didn't pop up. Lolz, computers. =D Cheers, Ghost Inside the Machine ^{(Whisper through the Storm) (My Journeys) (Omens)} 23:35, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Please

Dear Administrator,

As you are probably aware, there are substantial problems with the forums - new topics are not listed on the main forum page. This is a problem occuring on other Wikis as well, which I am trying to rectify if it is a local problem, and which Wikia, Inc. will correct if it is a MediaWiki problem.

Also, please enter:

{{User:RelentlessRecusant/Sitenotice}}

Into MediaWiki:Sitenotice. I have done a large amount of research on MediaWiki v1.9, which we have just upgraded to last night, and am just detailing the ramifications of the upgrade and also announcing the forum breakdown.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Ghost Inside the Machine ^{(Whisper through the Storm) (My Journeys) (Omens)} 00:07, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

message function edits

Dear Ed,

I have done a small amount of research on the MediaWiki, and have come up with proposed MediaWiki edits on User:RelentlessRecusant/Tech. Please implement what is on there, and I believe the message function will be restored to v1.8-era by my manual patches. Thnx.

Cheers,

Ghost Inside the Machine ^{(Whisper through the Storm) (My Journeys) (Omens)} 20:38, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Forum Fixed!

Dear Ed,

I'm pleased to announce that I have fixed the forums. The error was caused by an error in MediaWiki v1.9, but my measure is a (fully functional) stopgap before the Central Wiki fixes it and reloads it onto Halopedia.

Cheers,

Ghost Inside the Machine ^{(Whisper through the Storm) (My Journeys) (Omens)} 21:18, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

UNSC Navy Enlisted Ranks

Hey ED. Noticed that you've tagged all the UNSC Navy Enlisted Rank pages as FactOrFiction, asking for sources. If you can tell me what you mean by that specifically, I can go about finding them. -- Manticore ^Talk^|^CSV 10:16, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

The pages just need sources. Any source will do, just a place where the rank title was mentioned is fine. -ED 22:52, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

2nd Term on Fan Art Committee?

I thought users could only do one term in a row for the Fan Art Committee. However, Ryangreenday is running for re-election, is this allowed? I really don't remember, i just have a small memory somewhere in my head that i can't quite place saying "only one term in a row". Please do excuse me if I'm mistaken, i honestly don't remember. Thanks for your time.

-- Donut THX 1138 File:Capt Donut.PNG ^{[Comm] - [CoH] - ['Nodotee]} 01:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Like the page says, you can serve as many terms in a row as you want if you have the votes. -ED 02:45, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Vandal

Do you think you can ban, 82.110.211.249, a repeat vandal? He has repeatedly vandalized multiple pages, talking about vulgar topics which I would rather not repeat.--Caboose File:Caboose.jpg ^{Orange Juice and Cookies} 00:37, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

~~Are you sure that is the IP? It doesn't link to anything. -ED 00:58, 25 March 2007 (UTC)~~

Done. -ED 01:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Halopedia:Image Policy spelling error

produce spelt prodice, under obscene subheading -- Manticore ^Talk^|^CSV 09:35, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Taken care of. Thanks. -ED 21:54, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Template:Oracle Newsletter/Volume VIII

Cheers,

Rainbow Six Vegas File:R6V 1.jpg ^{-[[Frag 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 2.jpg ^{-[[Smoke 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 3.jpg ^{-[[Suppressors On]]-} 15:39, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

? I didn't subscribe? -ED 21:52, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Sarcasm?

Oh no im saying teh truth agree with wath your saying.--ME The Great 20:11, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, OK. I couldn't really tell how you said that...stupid internet. -ED 20:57, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not considered active?

I guess not because I haven't been on for a while, I just remembered my password today and have had to use other accounts such as gaga23 and parp555 Haloman333 23:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

If you're talking about the status of your account on the wikia rankings, yes if you make no edits on an account in 1 month, you are considered inactive. -ED 01:40, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Unyielding Hierophant pic

Ed, how come we know a lot more about unsc technology then covenant, and not many pic's of there starships. I mean we have the discriptions of these vessels in the halo books, but bungie only shows three typs of covenant ships in the curent halo games, and high chaity only shows covenant battle cruiers in there large fleet. Same goes with the Unyielding Hierophant, the "larger cariers" and the "five bubus section ship" in halo first strike, why is bungie so reluctent to show these ships or picks?--Admiral Sozai Nexes^FLEETCOMM 11:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

The Halo series is going in a different direction tahtn other sci-fi universes. Halo is immensely popular and makes huge money for bungie, as well as keeping fans like us hooked on it. Someday they may publish technical manuals, starship and fleet schematics, and the like, but for now, they have only limited manpower, and are pushing for quality over quantity. After all, Halo has a much smaller audience than Star Wars. -ED 19:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes I know, the games make alot of money. And with the movie and other games to follow(Halo 3,halo wars), halo will proably attract more people. but they have made hundreds of books and novels that tell the whole story, staship discriptions can easly take phsical form within a persons mind, but do they ultmetly fit the apperance of the vessel in pics? bungie could at least give some sort of art, silluate, or model. No, I am not aruing on this matter, I am just voicing my opion to the unsolved mysters of halo, like the fourruners and there tecnogly.--Admiral Sozai Nexes

^FLEETCOMM 22:54, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Not gonna lie, I wish they would release something like that, too. It would be a lot of fun to add to the wiki. -ED 23:02, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Me to, but one thing that excapes me is the locatons of the weapons on both the unsc and the covenant's staships--Admiral Sozai Nexes

^FLEETCOMM 15:04, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

vandal

i just wanted to let you know of this vandal i saw: 72.75.234.42 . he vandalized a wikia staff's user page:Sannse. he also vandalised leckgolo's talk page, but you already fixed that. File:UoH.gif File:Navy Vice Admiral.PNG The Lieutenant General 20:55, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I blocked him quickly, it looks like he was trying to vandalize again. Good work. -ED 20:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

re: award

Thanks for the award.--Raptor117 02:47, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Any Fan fic

Since I know that you may or may not be on Halo Fanon much...(long boring explanation), you can put any fanon on the wiki. The format that we have, doesn't have to be the set design, that was just the excepted design. By the way, I gave you roll-back rights on Halo Fanon, since you are a Bureaucrat here. Anyways thanks, --H*bad 03:20, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much. I may end up there more often than I thought. -ED 19:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Fanfiction

Yes, but the stuff that Esemono deleted was on my page. My personal page. I don't think that putting fan-fic up there is a problem, correct? Please let me know. Regards, SPARTAN-091 File:UNSC.jpg ^HelmetComm^||^Juliet 19:47, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

re: Award

Oh my god...THANK YOU!

See ya!

--Kwarsh

^{[Talk to me!] - [Stuff I've done!]} 22:00, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Yup. -ED 22:01, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, indeed. Thank you sir! Just doing my job.

-- Donut THX 1138 File:Capt Donut.PNG ^{[Comm] - [CoH] - ['Nodotee]} 22:05, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah. -ED 22:55, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Rollback?

May i be granted this. Don't worry, i know how it all works, i'm an admin of the Fanon site, but it would be a lot easier for me when the next vandal strikes. I could remove his edits before he even changes the page. As you've seen this afternoon i'm watching for vandals and this would be a great help. Thanks.

-- Donut THX 1138 File:Capt Donut.PNG ^{[Comm] - [CoH] - ['Nodotee]} 01:34, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Imperial Admiral

Also, you admins may want to check Imperial Admiral, user Halo3 is completely re-writing the page based on his opinions. He's completely destroyed everything that was there. I can't do much without rollback.

-- Donut THX 1138 File:Capt Donut.PNG ^{[Comm] - [CoH] - ['Nodotee]} 02:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

RECOGNIZION!!!

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Vandalism?

Possible case of vandalism by GPT here: [1]. Just noticed this on the main page discussion. Please look into it. -- Manticore ^Talk^|^CSV 07:00, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

He has a point that they weren't logged in when they voted. That's why the page was semi-protected a few edits later. They can always re-vote, but they'll have to log in on accounts to do so. -ED 14:27, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

very urgent! =D

Dear Ed,

Esemono and I have come to an...arrangement of sorts. Could you please replace MediaWiki:Sitenotice with:

{{User:RelentlessRecusant/Sitenotice}}

As soon as possible? Thanks. =D

Cheers,

Rainbow Six Vegas File:R6V 1.jpg ^{-[[Frag 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 2.jpg ^{-[[Smoke 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 3.jpg ^{-[[Suppressors On]]-} 14:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I heard about that. I thought it already was changed though? -ED 14:51, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

However, I'll need to update it regularly, so since I can't edit MediaWiki system files, I would like a template implanted into the MediaWiki file that I can edit for the little...show to come. =D Cheers, Rainbow Six Vegas File:R6V 1.jpg ^{-[[Frag 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 2.jpg ^{-[[Smoke 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 3.jpg ^{-[[Suppressors On]]-} 15:01, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Whatever makes you happy, man! -ED 15:02, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Thnx. =D And not to ask too much...but for more dramatic effect...could you replace MediaWiki:Sidebar with:

{{User:RelentlessRecusant/Sidebar}}

hehe...*RR grins* =D ;D

Cheers,

Rainbow Six Vegas File:R6V 1.jpg ^{-[[Frag 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 2.jpg ^{-[[Smoke 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 3.jpg ^{-[[Suppressors On]]-} 15:16, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

No, I think the sidebar should stay as is. -ED 16:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

It's staying as it is for now...but...gahh...sure. Your call. =D Cheers, Rainbow Six Vegas File:R6V 1.jpg ^{-[[Frag 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 2.jpg ^{-[[Smoke 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 3.jpg ^{-[[Suppressors On]]-} 16:48, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

p.s. - if changed, it would prob only b 4 a day. =D

Gah, ask Esemono he knows what you're doing. -ED 16:51, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

It's staying the way it is for know...I'm changing it either late tonight or on April 1st. =D And no one knows exactly what I'm doing except for myself and a Central Wikia admin that gave me approval. =D Later man. =D Cheers, Rainbow Six Vegas File:R6V 1.jpg ^{-[[Frag 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 2.jpg ^{-[[Smoke 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 3.jpg ^{-[[Suppressors On]]-} 16:53, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Please

Dear ED,

Please add the following to MediaWiki:Monobook.js:

// inserts user name into <span id="insertusername"></span>
addOnloadHook(UserNameReplace);

function UserNameReplace() {
if(typeof(disableUsernameReplace) != 'undefined' && disableUsernameReplace) { return; }
    for(var i=0; UserName = document.getElementsByTagName("span")[i]; i++) {
        if ((document.getElementById('pt-userpage'))&&(UserName.getAttribute('id') == "insertusername")) {
            var ViewerName = document.getElementById('pt-userpage').firstChild.innerHTML;
            UserName.innerHTML = ViewerName;
        }
    }
}

This DOES NOT do anything malicious. =D

Cheers,

Rainbow Six Vegas File:R6V 1.jpg ^{-[[Frag 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 2.jpg ^{-[[Smoke 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 3.jpg ^{-[[Suppressors On]]-} 16:01, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Sig Project

You seem to be having trouble coding your sig, so if you need any help, just tell me what you want it to say/do, and I'll at least try to put it together for you. Guesty-Persony-Thingy Early 90's to March 31, 2007. RIP. I don't like 04:50, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

GAH yeah, its freakin me out. I'm trying to get ED in bold and black, with (talk) as a subscript and a link to my fanon on Halofanon as a superscript, like this:

ED_(talk)^(shockfront)

But apparently, I'm not very smart. I don't quite understand exactly which coding the sig uses. Any help would be appreciated. -ED

Alright, I did it for you. The thing was that you were using all those weird things that look like ' instead of just writing . &#39 is what you use when you want to display < without a nowiki tag, < is what you use in HTML coding. Hope this helps! Guesty-Persony-Thingy Early 90's to March 31, 2007. RIP. I don't like 05:07, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

I see. Where did you store the code? I can just copy it into my preferences window. ED

There it is. Thank you very much. --[[User:ED|ED[[User talk:ED|talk]][[wikia:c:halo:Halo: Shock Front|shockfront]]]] 05:18, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok. damn. ok. I see what I did, I didn't enable the raw sig function.ED^talk_SHOCKFRONT 05:25, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, you were putting it in preferences and signing. If I'd have realized that, I'd have... yeah... well, not my fault. =P Guesty-Persony-Thingy Early 90's to March 31, 2007. RIP. I don't like 00:50, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

It's all good. It was a learning experience for me. -ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 00:56, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Some ideas

I know we don't see eye to eye on the whole AVC thing but I had some ideas that might make people happy. Please add your thoughts.http://halo.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Ideas_for_the_preservation_of_the_AVC&t=20070403040010--Spartan 1138 21:20, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

OK. --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 21:23, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

It looks like we see more eye to eye than I thought. The part about adding the page about vandalism was for the potential incase it was infact a noobie,--Spartan 1138 21:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

The Black Rose

From DC's page:

"== The Black Rose ==

As you probably don't know due to it's lack of members, Spartan 387 has created another group much like the CoH or AVC, but instead this is a "resistance movement" against the CoH, AVC, UoH, FoH, and PoH, as the current list goes, as well as against you, ED, and Esemono. Due to your lesser likeliness to be on, I will of course forward this message to them, but you're the head admin, so you hear about it first. Anyway, I doubt he'll be much of a "threat," but he does say "you come to us not the Admins." As someone who's not even nearly your chief adviser but instead as some weird guy who wanders mindlessly and knows what he's talking about to some extent, I suggest you or one of the other admins deal with this, pronto. Thanks! Guesty-Persony-Thingy Early 90's to March 31, 2007. RIP. I don't like 02:01, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

BTW, it's at Halopedia:The Black Rose. Guesty-Persony-Thingy Early 90's to March 31, 2007. RIP. I don't like 02:02, 4 April 2007 (UTC)"

Caboose's Award

Sorry for the delay, but thank you so much! I am very grateful to receive my second award. --Caboose File:Caboose.jpg ^{Orange Juice and Cookies} 21:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem! keep up the good work. --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 04:05, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

AFJROTC

You were in AFJROTC as well, what school was it Springfield?-- Darthmoran 00:28, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

AVC

is it possible for you to attend a meeting tomorrow, friday, at around 6p.m. EST, to discuss the fate of the AVC and other vandal fighting groups? File:UoH.gif File:Navy Vice Admiral.PNG The Lieutenant General 01:03, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Umm, maybe. I'm on spring break, I might be out with my friends. Where will it be? --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 03:29, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

The Halopedia IRC channel. G.He_(Talk!) 04:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Quarantine Zone walkthrough

Hey, I just read over this walkthrough and realized I read it somewhere. This walkthrough is exactly what I saw on this website [2]. I'm not trying to nitpick but does the owner of this walkthrough know it is posted on this site. Unless that guy is you. I just thought there might be some copywrite violation or something like that. Peace. ^{Contact me} · File:MA5C Animation.gif · James-001 · File:Arbiterhalo.jpg · _{Find me} 03:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

We should add it as a source, but since the information he provided is not copywrited, we don't have to. I've generally added the source anyway. --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 03:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and add a link to the site. Peace. ^{Contact me} · File:MA5C Animation.gif · James-001 · File:Arbiterhalo.jpg · _{Find me} 03:35, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

new userpage!

Dear Ed,

Extremely stylish, especially the subpages! =D

All I'd recommend is to cut down the widths of the two first ROTC emblem thingies. =D

Bravo zulu! *RR frowns in jealously, considers how to shoot Ed* =D ;D =D ;D =D ;D

Just kidding 'round. Later.

Cheers,

Rainbow Six Vegas File:R6V 1.jpg ^{-[[Frag 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 2.jpg ^{-[[Smoke 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 3.jpg ^{-[[Suppressors On]]-} 12:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Well thanks very much. Yours is pretty much awesome, so I had to update the look of mine a little. --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 16:07, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

AFJROTC

We most certainly do have drill teams, and you are talking to one of the new commanders.--Darthmoran 21:07, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

 I am commanding our male honor guard team at our national competition at the Denver Colliseum.--Darthmoran 04:00, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Work it, now!

Template:Work it May the Cause support you, Mouse File:Heroic.jpg ^{Squeak to meh.} _{See where I've eaten cheese.} 21:18, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Why thanks very much. I appreciate it. --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 23:13, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Project Pages

I was working on Halo Fanon, and I noticed that when I redirect something to Halo Fanon:blahblahblah, it isn't a project page. This makes sense, as I have come to learn that just about anyone cane use the move function (which I never noticed before...I've been cut pasting with redirects all this time!). Thus, I was wondering how I would make something a project page. Many thanks.

--Master Gunnery Sergeant Hank J Wimbleton IV^COM 06:28, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

On Halopedia, all project page titles begin with "Halopedia:..." and on Halo Fanon they start with "Halo Fanon:..." --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 19:58, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

HS & Uni

Hey ED, I'm confused. How are you still in high school but enrolled in university? -- Manticore ^Talk^|^CSV 15:11, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

The school has accepted me, I'm signed up for classes, i have a roomate and a scholarship- but unfortunately I still have to get my High School diploma. Seven more weeks of High School and I am graduated, and I will attend college/university after that. --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 19:55, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandalizing

Hello, Administrator ED, an IP Adress( 67.82.142.229 ) has vandalized the Halo 3 Legendary Edition page.-SPARTAN-410 04:01, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

WHOOPS! My bad :$-SPARTAN-410 04:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Titanium A armor

No i mean how do we know thier armour from Halo 1 is made of Titanium A armor? --Climax Viod 18:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh. well, they've never specifically said it was titanium a, but its the same color as titanium on the ship's hull and the marines are wearing it...most metals are extremely heavy, titanium is not. And since titanium battleplate is already mass produced because of its effectiveness against plasma weapons, its a practical possibility. --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 19:10, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

My apologies

Sorry about the improvement article thing.My apologies.Template:Signature5/Grievous797

It's ok. --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 21:59, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Could you...

Help me understand MediaWiki:Sidebar? I'm currently working with it on my Half-Life Wiki, but i'm having trouble getting it to appear. When i'm on the actual Sidebar page, everything shows up along the side. However, when you're on any other page, the new changes won't show up. You have any idea? I thought i'd ask some of the admins that know me first, before i asked the staff.

-- Donut THX 1138 File:Capt Donut.PNG ^{[Comm] - [CoH] - ['Nodotee]} 22:33, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

View our own MediaWiki:Sidebar and see if the way we configured it works for you. --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 22:45, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I got it working now.

-- Donut THX 1138 ^[Comm] 21:08, 12 April 2007 (UTC)