User talk:Lariat2301

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Catherine General Hospital

Hi. All merged pages (like the hospital page) are being deleted. Each location is supposed to have its' own page. This is the correct page for that building. --– Nubis ^NWO 13:24, 7 May 2009 (BST)

Got it; I searched for "Catherine" but got a result that didn't indicate any other page for the place. Probably got caught with an incorrect cache.

Flares!

Saw three flares coming from your direction last night, although you said that everything was quiet at the fire station yesterday morning, you guys need some backup??--Dr. David J Wedge 11:22, 8 May 2009 (BST)

I can only assume you're talking about my character Generos, since he's the only one that was previously linked to this wiki account. (I've since added documentation to my user page). Most of the action he's seen is north in southern Stanbury Village. There appears to be enough of a zombie mob that they can take down any building they want, even if they can't hold it. Central Shackleville where Generos bivouacs has only seen a few transient zombies in the days he has been in the area; probably mostly revive-candidates shopping for an active revive point. --Lariat2301 22:09, 8 May 2009 (BST)

Ah, yes my apologies. I meant Doig Road Fire Station. Saw a few flares coming from that way and checked it out on the wiki, then saw that you were the one who last updated the page. Thought you might still be around. I have a couple of friends there that say it is wide open at the minute. Although yeah, not too many zombies..--Dr. David J Wedge 17:38, 12 May 2009 (BST)

Status reports

You are being way too diligent. I understand if you want to make a note of things that are overbarricaded, but if something is underbarricaded, perhaps instead of scouting relentlessly, you could cade it yourself. Keep in mind that not all players go onto this wiki, and most that do don't listen to the barricade plans anyway, because most of them are out of date. I would also suggest only noting overbarricaded buildings, and then putting it on the news section for the suburb. Casual users rarely read individual location pages, so your notes may actually get read that way. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 09:42, 15 May 2009 (BST)

Well, if I'm going to update current status, it pays to be complete. I don't want to simply edit those sites that are overbarricaded, since the lack of updated info on the others might be misinterpreted. and if I'm going to update, I might as well note which sites could use stronger barricades. And I can't cade it myself yet, since I haven't earned enough credits to get construction. Yeah, once I've got the experience I'd rather barricade than just complain. But most site's reports are really out of date, so getting updates in also helps while I wander around looking for head-bashing opportunities... --Lariat2301 09:50, 15 May 2009 (BST)

St. Ferreol's Hospital (Kempsterbank)

Rather than simply remove the danger report, would it not have been sensible to just update it? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 22:12, 23 May 2009 (BST)

I thought it was created by a robot. Not? [Checking...] Darn, now I feel like an idiot for the oversight. Even has an obvious "update" button right there. Odd; for some reason when I first noticed the danger reports I investigated and they didn't seem this user-friendly. I'll do better in the future. --Lariat2301 22:29, 23 May 2009 (BST)

No problem, the wikis a pretty complicated place. I like the little entry point/baricade stuff you've been doing. Give us a shout if you get stuck! --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 22:36, 23 May 2009 (BST)

Danger report seems correct, only issue is the categories at the bottom of the danger report page, those need changing. Danger reports are done by automatically, by modifying all pages the begin User:DangerReport/. Have a chat with User:The Rooster he's our bot expert.

The combined template for barricade plans is a really good idea. Movement is easy through move requests. Special users is just for ease of use. Bot accounts are listed seperately, to show that they are operated by other users, and in case of error people realise its a programming error, not a massiv vandal attack. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:44, 24 May 2009 (BST)

Yeah I forgot to update the bot's page after you mentioned it before, I shall take care of that to try and prevent future confusion. The danger reports are all created manually, which is why some buildings don't have them and also why a few have category errors and the like. The bot just marks reports that are over a month old and nothing else. The PIN system was knocked up by somebody not too long ago, but only as a test I believe, it hasn't entered use on the wiki at large. --  RoosterDragon  12:36, 24 May 2009 (BST)

New Danger Reports

Hi there, thanks for filling in the blanks, but you're missing a few of the categories off.

<noinclude>

==How to Update==
{{Updatedr_norot}}

[[Category:Building Danger Levels|LONG NAME]]
[[Catgeory:BUILDING TYPE]]
[[Category:SUBURB]]
</noinclude>

--  RoosterDragon  17:50, 26 May 2009 (BST)

That seemed like an oversight -- the addition of the categories, I mean. Are they necessary for the bot to update something? Because otherwise they'll just end up creating a huge "U" section in the category listings that are also used for the buildings themselves. For example, a single suburb will already have 100 buildings in its category, but this would double that to 200, at least half of them in the "U"s. Are you amenable to changing this? Perhaps new categories specific to Building Danger Levels? (Can't a wiki do something clever with subcategories?) I'd also like to see another category between "Safe" and "Under Attack". Something like "Threatened", for use when there are a lot of zombies in the neighborhood and barricades keep going up and down, but the specific building in question is at full 'cades. --Lariat2301 17:57, 26 May 2009 (BST)

Well, most of them already are (go check out any burb's category) and handily the U's help separate the reports to some extent. They're only there for organization. A while back the reports were an utter mess and I ran a script to try and standardize things. The categories are consistent now at the very least, though in retrospect I've often thought maybe it was too many. In any case, it's hellish changing so many reports.

As far as actual danger levels go, under attack already covers your problem. Under attack covers a medium group of zombies attacking, but with survivors maintaining overall control, this includes repelling temporary breakins. The definitions are mostly based on number of zombies outside/inside and ruin status. Cade levels vary too quick. --  RoosterDragon  20:44, 26 May 2009 (BST)