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== API help ==
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Bob Moncrief sent me your way. I'm looking at building a bot to prowl the Danger Reports and mark them as "unknown" after several months. I was thinking of using the API to pull page data and parse it to determine when it was last signed. It would also do the same for the MPMs every 5 days and mark them as 'old' or 'unknown' as needed. Bob didn't want to just give me the link to the API, and I don't blame him, but to talk with you about this. {{unsigned|Reimannsum|19:37, 5 January 2019 (UTC)}}
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:Sorry, but bots were never my area. From what I know, there isn’t a link to give you. Once you actually build a bot, a ‘crat can assign it bot permissions, but otherwise there’s not much more to it than Googling around to see how to actually build it. If [[User:Revenant|Revenant]] is around, he can probably point you in the direction of folks who have experience making bots. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 23:41, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
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==Thanks==
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I only just realised you added the suburb mini-map to my user subpage about redoing the Main Page. Thanks so much for that! {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig5}} 00:01, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
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:Hah, yeah, I had to look up what you were talking about since I couldn't remember the details. Apparently I had some time to kill that day.
:Hopefully it proves helpful in the future. I eventually lost steam on my attempt at redoing the main page when I realized that the ideas we had weren't technically possible (no way to modify the CSS across all themes so that we could make drop-down menus work for everyone), but I'd love to see you get a redesign off the ground and put into place, since it needs an update and you've already had some good ideas for how to improve it. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 21:28, 7 January 2020 (UTC)


== Cookie Time ==
{{cookie|Johnny Twotoes|Aichon|his help with one of the biggest recent wiki-projects out there.}}
{{unsigned|Peralta}}
:Thanks! I'll be adding it to my page where I keep them. :) {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 15:39, 24 August 2012 (BST)


== Your template coding still manages to troll years later ==
[[Soldiers of Confusedmen|This is comedy gold.]] --'''<span style="font-family:monospace; background-color:#222222">[[User:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime"> Spiderzed</span>]][[User talk:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime">▋</span>]]</span>''' 22:27, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
:Hah! I haven’t played the game in years, but this made my day. I know there are a few other hidden gems scattered about, but I had forgotten about this one. Glad to see it paying dividends years later. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 00:30, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
::Someone played the long *con* here... --'''<span style="font-family:monospace; background-color:#222222">[[User:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime"> Spiderzed</span>]][[User talk:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime">▋</span>]]</span>''' 22:46, 4 March 2021 (UTC)


== you probably need to get your head examined ==
Aichon you are beautiful. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig5}} 11:53, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
Congratulations and welcome back. --'''<span style="font-family:monospace; background-color:#222222">[[User:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime"> Spiderzed</span>]][[User talk:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime">█ </span>]]</span>''' 15:54, 24 August 2012 (BST)
:Just having a little fun. ;) {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 13:39, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
:Mainly spambots at the minute. Enjoy yourself. --[[User:Rosslessness|Ross]]<sup>[[User:Rosslessness/Persons Of Note|'''WHO????''']]</sup>[[User:Rosslessness|ness]]  15:56, 24 August 2012 (BST)
::Yeah...that's a love that I'll have to rediscover, since I don't remember the appeal in dealing with it. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 16:11, 24 August 2012 (BST)
:::Do it to Gungam. I'm sure that'll help. --<small>[[User:Karek#K|Karek]]<sup><font face="Monotype Corsiva">[[User:Karek/ProjDev#Buildings_Update_Danger_Maps|maps 2.0?!]]</font></sup></small> 16:45, 24 August 2012 (BST)
::::Gungam? {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 17:37, 24 August 2012 (BST)




==DangerReport map inclusion limits==
== The years fly by...==
Howdy there Aichon. I'm working on the City-Wide danger map with Johnny Twotoes. I just completed the 39th suburb and it looks like we've reached the template limit for the page. When I add Demo75 to the big map I get the following error: "Warning: Template include size is too large. Some templates will not be included." and the final template (Demo00) does not load. Is there a fix for this or will we have to break the map into quadrants? [[User:Charles Whipplebotum|Charles Whipplebotum]] 22:27, 25 August 2012 (BST)
Good to see you pop back in every now and then. Had a peek at your backloggery - just added you on Steam. Hope you're well! {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig5}} 01:27, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
:I did a quick fix that may handle the issue. Demo10 hadn't had it's line breaks removed entirely, and when you have something like 40 extra linebreaks in a template that is being used something like 60-70 times, it adds up. That said, you guys are still ridiculously close to hitting the limit (you're roughly 2000 characters under), and I'm not entirely sure why, since the version I gave you should have had quite a bit of headroom in it (roughly 50,000 characters). It's possible that the suburb I used as a demo, Darvall Heights, simply had less code for it than the average suburb, which is leading to your issues. Also, Johnny needs to remove the line breaks he has in a lot of his other templates. They add up, and the map has virtually no room for tolerance of those sorts of things right now.
:I was actually reminded to poke in because I just switched to using some note taking software (Obsidian) that can operate a bit like a personal wiki. And I’m doing great! Life’s been crazy, but in good ways. Another kid, a different (better) job, and parents retiring five minutes away have meant a lot of changes.
:Accepted on Steam, though I’m only marginally more active on Steam than here, so it’s nothing personal if it takes me a few months to notice a chat message. I actually still check Backloggery on a daily basis, even though I rarely engage with anyone socially.
:You been holding down the fort? Took a quick glance around and it seemed like there aren’t any projects that could use quick advice. Even the drama has been fairly low recently from what I’ve seen. And what’re you up to these days off-wiki anyway? {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 02:23, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
::Very low, very dormant. Just the same ol' wiki ticking along nowadays. Obviously it's a shame, but in some ways it's welcome. Parents retiring near you sounds like a great change, especially when kids are involved. What's new since we last chatted? Hmm. I got a mortgage and a ring, so that's new. No kids though. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig5}} 09:19, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
:::Oh, ''just'' that? ;P Congratulations and well done! And no rush on the kids. We also enjoyed having a few years before the kids arrived, which gave us time to do some projects and traveling that would've been 10x harder with the kids. We love them and wouldn't change a thing, but renovating the kitchen or taking a transatlantic flight would be a non-starter for us these days. How's home ownership so far? Hopefully you've been able to enjoy the newfound freedom that comes from home ownership without having to deal with the headaches that can arise. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 19:44, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
HELLO SIR LONG TIME NICE TO SEE YOU. --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 14:37, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
:SALUTATIONS IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG I RECIPROCATE YOUR SENTIMENT. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 21:30, 24 February 2023 (UTC)


:Also, I didn't realize he was using it, but you guys should really change the name of the template you're using from "NVRcolor" (which I used simply because it was convenient for me since I already had a template of that name handy) to something like "a" or some other single-character name. That alone would save you a MASSIVE amount of characters since it's used all over the place. Just copy/paste each Demo page into a text-editor and do a Find/Replace for NVRcolor with A after you move the template to A. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 23:50, 25 August 2012 (BST)


::Thanks for the quick response. I went ahead and took your advice, renamed NVRcolor to A and updated all the suburb maps. I appreciate the help. [[User:Charles Whipplebotum|Charles Whipplebotum]] 02:28, 26 August 2012 (BST)
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:::Okay, just did some more thinking, and I realized that you likely will need to break it into quadrants. What I failed to consider (and what should have been obvious to me when my early math seemed to suddenly be disproven by my demos) is that duplicating one suburb 100 times is very different than having 100 unique suburbs, since in the former case the wiki only loads the suburb's data once and then reuses it over and over again, whereas in the latter it loads data for each individual suburb.  Long story short, you guys are about to hit the limit again, and there's really nothing that can be done about it, other than breaking it up. Even so, breaking it into quadrants is still rather impressive. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 03:53, 26 August 2012 (BST)
penus {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 01:04, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
::::I had another idea... or a first one. Do you think it would be worth it to add another shortcut to all building danger report pages that only uses the coordinates instead of the entire building name? It would shorten all building names to 4 characters xxyy in place of say something like, "St. Danilo's Church (Wray_Heights)". Once that is done it'd be easy to generate the entire map automatically using a sequence fill. [[User:Charles Whipplebotum|Charles Whipplebotum]] 20:34, 26 August 2012 (BST)
:About twenty years back a grandparent told me a story about how they were talking with their very young granddaughter. The city of Miami came up at some point in one of their conversations. The granddaughter interrupted her grandfather. “Grandad”, she said, “It’s not your Ami, it’s my Ami.” Kids are selfish, yo.
:::::The thought had occurred to me, but I suspect we'll run into issues again before the full city is completed, since you're still loading unique information for each location. If you want to do that though, rather than doing it by hand, see if you can get [[User:The General|The General]] to use his bot to do it for you, since that could save you quite a few hours. Likewise, he could probably auto-generate it afterwards. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 22:13, 26 August 2012 (BST)
:Anyway, your misspelling reminded me of that story for some reason. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 02:03, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
::::::We're going to do this by quadrant. I like the xxyy idea, but it's gonna be a ton of work to add that info to all locations. Let's pray The General wants to cooperate :) [[User:Peralta|-- Johnny Twotoes]] 01:41, 27 August 2012 (BST)
::i'm kids. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 01:26, 10 September 2023 (UTC)




==WTF==
==In-game zombie names==
[http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php?title=UDWiki%3AAdministration%2FVandal_Banning%2FBots&action=historysubmit&diff=2021345&oldid=2021113 ... was that]? <small>-- [[User:Boxy|boxy]] 14:30, 26 August 2012 (BST)</small>
Hello Aichon! There's a script of yours I would really like to use that I just can't seem to get working. I have had another player test too with the same problem. It's UD Same Character Highlighter. Sometimes with your scripts it's just a matter of changing the old references to http to https, but that didn't save me this time. Would be very handy to get Same Character Highlighter working for my group as we're zombies and it's a nightmare tracking who said what in-game as it just says "a zombie said". A full zombie name displayer would be even better, but I don't think there's a script for that? Thanks! {{unsigned|Ragno|10:59, 16 November 2023 (UTC)}}
:That was the new x-variable Aichon had worked into the bot template. Just by setting that x we can make the bot entries appearing struck, allowing at one glance to learn which bots are dealt with and which aren't. It's a small improvement, but I think it was a good idea. --'''<span style="font-family:monospace; background-color:#222222">[[User:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime"> Spiderzed</span>]][[User talk:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime">█ </span>]]</span>''' 14:48, 26 August 2012 (BST)
:Sorry for the super-slow response. It's been...a hectic few weeks. It's been a bit since I've been active in-game. Is Dumbwit or some other service that captures a snapshot of the game still around? If so, can you link me to a recent one that shows something like what you're talking about where a group of zombies is talking back and forth? Testing UD Same Character Highlighter was always tough because those messages disappear if you refresh the page, so I used to have a handful of iWits or Dumbwits around to help with testing it.
::Yep. I went ahead and added a very simple variable to the template, allowing us to strike them through. That edit was me going ahead and applying it to all of the existing entries. As Spider said, it's something minor, but it's intended to make things easier to check and manage without adding a load of cruft to the page that might break it sooner. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 15:02, 26 August 2012 (BST)
:No promises on a timely fix for this (i.e. it may never happen, so don't get your hopes up too much), but if time allows in the next few weeks I'll see what I can figure out. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 16:39, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
:::Fair enough, I guess. Still, it'll only work if the sysops actually edit the page when they ban bots. The only time I have a problem is when they don't bother doing a "done" edit <small>-- [[User:Boxy|boxy]] 15:20, 26 August 2012 (BST)</small>
::No worries on response time, thanks very much for giving it a look. Here's a couple of ispy links that you can try it on.
::::Quite true. If it ends up being a failed experiment that no one uses/likes, that's fine. I just figured we could give it a shot and see how it goes, since it has the potential to be cleaner. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 19:57, 26 August 2012 (BST)
:: https://ispy.dxavier.net/1459863366.html https://ispy.dxavier.net/1641562398.html  {{unsigned|Ragno|22:15, 06 December 2023 (UTC)}}
 
:::Good news - Avarice77 fixed it for me. Thanks! https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/497161-ud-underline-related-profile-links {{unsigned|Ragno|14:56, 17 June 2024 (UTC)}}
 
::::Awesome. Yeah, I've had a reminder poking me about this every week for the last few months, but it had been so long that I forgot what my reminder was even about. >_< I'm very glad you were able to get it sorted out. I'll update that entry with a link to his code. Thanks! {{User:Aichon/Signature}}
== {{grr}} ==
Having now grown addicted to the big wiki's FA process I'm sorta itchy to bring one up here too. Let me know what you think of the new image added to [[Tidal Tactics]] (also I'm considering a page move to [[Tidal tactics]] as title casing now seems wrong to me; talk me out of this). Also hi. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 01:21, 27 August 2012 (BST)
:The image is funny. I think. I'm thoroughly confused, since Tidal Tactics was one I didn't really voice an opinion on, as I recall. As for the caps, it's a proper name, so caps should be as they are. As for salutations, HI!!!!! When can we suck you back into being a sysop? I need you and DDR back. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 03:06, 27 August 2012 (BST)
::"Wall of text. It needs some more stuff to help break it up a bit." That's you that is. Um probably never unless absenteeism with the odd bit of probably-misconductable behaviour is suddenly a vote-getter now. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 04:20, 27 August 2012 (BST)
:::I say lots of things. Anyway, it looks a bit better, but it still feels monolithic. Does it really need all that text? And who am I supposed to talk to in #udwiki if you're never on any more? Rev disappears for weeks on end, and Axe wants to talk about stuff other than the wiki. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 05:07, 27 August 2012 (BST)
::::Lies! All lies, I say! :P --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 05:09, 27 August 2012 (BST)
:::::I supposed I could convert some of the text to sign language but I don't know if that's such a good idea. Moar pics? Also I don't even think I have IRC software on this lappy any more. Email or bakebook me or edit the big man's wiki and find me there. And Rev, well I think he's really a ghost. {{tiny|oh shit now he's gonna haunt me for that}} {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 21:22, 27 August 2012 (BST)
::::::I dunno. I'm just kinda "meh" on it, I guess. I like the idea well enough (<s>even if I don't think it's a particularly useful tactic most of the time</s> EDIT: brain farted, it's useful), but adding more pics and the like is just adding more for the sake of more. As I said, can it be edited down at all? And I don't do that Facebook stuff any more. Disabled my account. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 21:36, 27 August 2012 (BST)
:::::::What would you consider to be worth cutting? It's not really a brick of text so any trimming is only going to result in the sections being a bit shorter and bittier. Would a wide horizontal image, stretching across the page, break things up a bit better for you? {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 21:49, 27 August 2012 (BST)
::::::::I see a lot of it that could probably be cut down to a few simple bullet points, rather than full paragraphs, particularly the teddy and Mario sections. It seems to me like you could reduce those six paragraphs down to a bullet list and maybe one paragraph offering some quick justifications. That said, I'm talking about being rather ruthless in editing it, so you need to weigh that against the desired tone of the page, which I'm not fully considering. I do think that it would be better if it were about half the length it is now, however. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 22:00, 27 August 2012 (BST)
::::::::I was hiding in the bushes stalking Aichon (before he edit conflicted me)... I don't think it would be unreasonable to cut the play by play to no more than 4-5 sentences per section (or 1 paragraph).  Cut paragraph 2 of the intro section.  Remove the examples of the tactic in use to only include Blackmore and SFHNAS, arguably the two most well known.  You might, rather, move the examples into a text box like Spidey did [[Guides:Feral_Death-Cultist_Guide#Parachuting|here]]. --[[Image:Kirsty_Cotton_Header.png|60px|Open the Box|link=User:Kirsty_cotton]] <sub>[[Organization_XIII|<span style="color: grey">Org XIII</span>]]</sub> <sup>[[User:Kirsty_cotton/alts|<span style="color: blue">Alts</span>]]</sup> 22:12, 27 August 2012 (BST)
:::::::::Met somewhere in the middle; have trimmed 1000 bytes off the page, mostly in the "play by play" sections, but because I want to retain the general tone I haven't stripped it too far. I don't, to be honest, see any use in making it too short; my general attitude is that if you're not going to read something then it's not for you anyway. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 23:19, 27 August 2012 (BST)
 
== About your AP guide ==
*~8-9 AP to kill
*~11-13 AP to kill against a Flak Jacket
**Total cost: ~72-117 AP to find enough shells + ~8-13 AP for the kill = '''~80-130 AP''' *
 
Does this include the AP spent to reload your weapons?
[[User:Peralta|-- Johnny Twotoes]] 05:43, 27 August 2012 (BST)
:Honestly, if it doesn't specify in the guide, I'd have to do the math again to figure it out, since I don't have notes for that anywhere (it was written in one sitting VERY late at night when I was putting off a major project in grad school). I wouldn't use that guide's math as a reference for anything, since I'm already aware of a few errors in it (e.g. syringe search rates are very incorrect). The concepts are sound enough, but the math needs a thorough fact-checking. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 05:50, 27 August 2012 (BST)
::so does your face. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 04:37, 29 August 2012 (BST)
:::NO U. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 04:48, 29 August 2012 (BST)
 
== I don't speak Zombie ==
 
So just what ''were'' you [http://iamscott.net/1346206542345.html saying]? --{{User:Klexur/Signature}} 03:48, 29 August 2012 (BST)
:...Seriously? You're going to ask him to translate instead of doing the tiny amount of research to learn the language yourself? Something which will undoubtedly come in handy at later dates, particularly if you actually ''play'' a zombie at some point.
:~~Survivors~~
:Although, Aichon, why did you say Hab instead of Haz?
:{{User:DT/Signature}} 04:29, 29 August 2012 (BST)
 
:You really should learn, but just this once...
:{{quote|Aichon|al=left|A zombie brought down the last of the barricades. (23 hours and 6 minutes ago)}}
:"Greetings, friends. I come to spread the word of BARHAH! Has breathing got you down? Has the RNG been fighting you in your searches recently? Has shooting innocent zombies repeatedly given you a crisis of conscience? Well, never fear, we in the MOB have a message of peace and BRA!NZ for you. So, please, allow us in for a mere moment in order to share our message, if you would be so kind."
 
:{{quote|Aichon|al=left|A zombie bit into you for 4 damage. (23 hours and 3 minutes ago)<br />The zombie's bite was infected! (You'll now take 1HP damage for every action you take, except speaking. Infection can be cured with a first aid kit.) (23 hours and 3 minutes ago)}}
:This should clearly be interpreted as, "You, sir, seem particularly amenable to our message. I would like for you to have something to remember this encounter by."
 
:{{quote|Aichon|al=left|You heard a muffled groaning from inside the building. (20 hours and 21 minutes ago)}}
:And this, of course, means, "You know what? I have some friends I'd like you to meet as well. Hold still for a second."
 
:{{quote|Aichon|al=left|A zombie said "HAGZ!" (20 hours and 21 minutes ago)}}
:"HAGZ!" is roughly translated as, "In the meantime, allow me to offer you a HUG as a gesture of friendship!"
 
:{{quote|Aichon|al=left|A zombie clawed at you for 3 damage. (20 hours and 21 minutes ago)}}
:That would better read as "A zombie hugged you for 3 damage."
 
:{{quote|Aichon|al=left|A zombie bit into you for 4 damage. (9 hours and 3 minutes ago)<br />The zombie's bite was infected! (You'll now take 1HP damage for every action you take, except speaking. Infection can be cured with a first aid kit.) (9 hours and 3 minutes ago)
}}
:Loosely translated, it means, "Good friend, I see that you have been robbed of the memento I left you several hours ago. Allow me to leave another."
 
:{{quote|Aichon|al=left|A zombie said "HA! GRAGZAR. MAHB HAB BARHAH. AMBRAZH BARHAH!" (9 hours and 1 minute ago)}}
:Ah, now we're getting into the vocalizations. I had hoped that you would recognize your own name, but alas alack, that did not occur. Regardless, it reads as, "HI again, KLEXUR. Were you aware that MOB HAVE [''sic''] BARHAH? You really should EMBRACE BARHAH!" I'll blame the obvious grammatical error on a minor case of brain rot.
 
:{{quote|Aichon|al=left|A zombie gestured at you. (9 hours and 1 minute ago)}}
:You could interpret this as, "For the sake of avoiding confusion and because your eyes look like they glassed over, yes, I am referring to you when I use your name."
 
:{{quote|Aichon|al=left|A zombie brought down the last of the barricades. (7 hours and 50 minutes ago)}}
:"I'm not leaving until I get an answer! BARHAH?"
 
:And then you missed...
:{{quote|Aichon|al=left|A zombie ruined the building. (1 minute ago)}}
:Which of course means, "Friend, despite your shooting me in the head and dumping my cold, lifeless body out on the street for scavengers to pick at, I'll assume that this was a mere miscommunication and that you are still interested in pursuing some further discussion on this matter. As such, allow me to leave my calling card, such that you can find me later with ease. Or, at the very least, allow me to direct you towards one of the other designated BRA!NZ harvesting locations that are available in your area, where one of the MOB's other representatives will be happy to address your problem with breathing."
 
:Let me know if any confusion regarding my statements still remains. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 04:44, 29 August 2012 (BST)
::<big>'''LMAO'''</big> Thanks for the translation. I did try to figure it out myself but the farthest I got was the Barhah. Zombie to English is confusing with the missing letters and multiple translations. Although it is good to know what my name translates to, clearly I need more practice. Thanks again Aichon! --{{User:Klexur/Signature}} 05:09, 29 August 2012 (BST)
:::Key things to remember (and these are serious):
:::#We use the ! both as the letter I and as an exclamation point.
:::#If you see an A, try substituting other vowels and see if they help.
:::#Pretend it was a drunk friend slurring their words and speaking slowly.
:::#Say it out loud, rather than just reading it, and add that drunken slur.
:::I find that those help me the most when I'm encountering words I don't necessarily understand. I also tend towards shorter messages that are easier to decipher but may leave out some in-between words. Most people, I find, are willing to make an effort to translate them and fill in the missing words, whereas it's been my observation that many people are turned off when they see a whole line of grammatically correct zombie speak and will simply choose to ignore it instead, which is unfortunate. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 05:32, 29 August 2012 (BST)
::::Your translation is off, Aichon. And you call yourself a zombie player. Shame on you. "''A zombie bit into you for 4 damage.''" is much better translated as, "''Lemme give you a kiss! *SMOOCH!*''" --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 00:58, 30 August 2012 (BST)
:::::I gotta agree with Aichon here.  A bite is second best to death, it's obviously a sign of friendship and trying to help. --[[Image:Kirsty_Cotton_Header.png|60px|Open the Box|link=User:Kirsty_cotton]] <sub>[[Organization_XIII|<span style="color: grey">Org XIII</span>]]</sub> <sup>[[User:Kirsty_cotton/alts|<span style="color: blue">Alts</span>]]</sup> 01:08, 30 August 2012 (BST)
:::::I'm going to side with Axe Hat on this one. Love equals bite whether in a falling mall or in the sack. A drag out into the street is a friendly sign of help. [[User:Det Briscoe|Det Briscoe]]
 
== Easy==
http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/UDWiki:Administration/Vandal_Banning/Archive/2009_11#User:Ragedy
 
20:08, 21 November 2009 Krazy Monkey (Talk | contribs | block) blocked Ragedy (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of infinite ‎ (Sock puppet of User:DeadStawker) (unblock | change block)
 
--[[User:Rosslessness|Ross]]<sup>[[User:Rosslessness/Persons Of Note|'''WHO????''']]</sup>[[User:Rosslessness|ness]]  00:52, 30 August 2012 (BST)
 
:Also, never trawl the archive. Go to the user page, and click the "what links here" link. Took two seconds. Even works with deleted pages. --[[User:Rosslessness|Ross]]<sup>[[User:Rosslessness/Persons Of Note|'''WHO????''']]</sup>[[User:Rosslessness|ness]]  00:57, 30 August 2012 (BST)

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API help

Bob Moncrief sent me your way. I'm looking at building a bot to prowl the Danger Reports and mark them as "unknown" after several months. I was thinking of using the API to pull page data and parse it to determine when it was last signed. It would also do the same for the MPMs every 5 days and mark them as 'old' or 'unknown' as needed. Bob didn't want to just give me the link to the API, and I don't blame him, but to talk with you about this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Reimannsum (talk • contribs) 19:37, 5 January 2019 (UTC).

Sorry, but bots were never my area. From what I know, there isn’t a link to give you. Once you actually build a bot, a ‘crat can assign it bot permissions, but otherwise there’s not much more to it than Googling around to see how to actually build it. If Revenant is around, he can probably point you in the direction of folks who have experience making bots. —Aichon— 23:41, 5 January 2019 (UTC)


Thanks

I only just realised you added the suburb mini-map to my user subpage about redoing the Main Page. Thanks so much for that! DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION 00:01, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Hah, yeah, I had to look up what you were talking about since I couldn't remember the details. Apparently I had some time to kill that day.
Hopefully it proves helpful in the future. I eventually lost steam on my attempt at redoing the main page when I realized that the ideas we had weren't technically possible (no way to modify the CSS across all themes so that we could make drop-down menus work for everyone), but I'd love to see you get a redesign off the ground and put into place, since it needs an update and you've already had some good ideas for how to improve it. —Aichon— 21:28, 7 January 2020 (UTC)


Your template coding still manages to troll years later

This is comedy gold. -- Spiderzed▋ 22:27, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Hah! I haven’t played the game in years, but this made my day. I know there are a few other hidden gems scattered about, but I had forgotten about this one. Glad to see it paying dividends years later. —Aichon— 00:30, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
Someone played the long *con* here... -- Spiderzed▋ 22:46, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Aichon you are beautiful. DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION 11:53, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Just having a little fun. ;) —Aichon— 13:39, 9 March 2021 (UTC)


The years fly by...

Good to see you pop back in every now and then. Had a peek at your backloggery - just added you on Steam. Hope you're well! DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION 01:27, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

I was actually reminded to poke in because I just switched to using some note taking software (Obsidian) that can operate a bit like a personal wiki. And I’m doing great! Life’s been crazy, but in good ways. Another kid, a different (better) job, and parents retiring five minutes away have meant a lot of changes.
Accepted on Steam, though I’m only marginally more active on Steam than here, so it’s nothing personal if it takes me a few months to notice a chat message. I actually still check Backloggery on a daily basis, even though I rarely engage with anyone socially.
You been holding down the fort? Took a quick glance around and it seemed like there aren’t any projects that could use quick advice. Even the drama has been fairly low recently from what I’ve seen. And what’re you up to these days off-wiki anyway? —Aichon— 02:23, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
Very low, very dormant. Just the same ol' wiki ticking along nowadays. Obviously it's a shame, but in some ways it's welcome. Parents retiring near you sounds like a great change, especially when kids are involved. What's new since we last chatted? Hmm. I got a mortgage and a ring, so that's new. No kids though. DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION 09:19, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Oh, just that? ;P Congratulations and well done! And no rush on the kids. We also enjoyed having a few years before the kids arrived, which gave us time to do some projects and traveling that would've been 10x harder with the kids. We love them and wouldn't change a thing, but renovating the kitchen or taking a transatlantic flight would be a non-starter for us these days. How's home ownership so far? Hopefully you've been able to enjoy the newfound freedom that comes from home ownership without having to deal with the headaches that can arise. —Aichon— 19:44, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

HELLO SIR LONG TIME NICE TO SEE YOU. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 14:37, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

SALUTATIONS IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG I RECIPROCATE YOUR SENTIMENT. —Aichon— 21:30, 24 February 2023 (UTC)


penus Strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others 01:04, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

About twenty years back a grandparent told me a story about how they were talking with their very young granddaughter. The city of Miami came up at some point in one of their conversations. The granddaughter interrupted her grandfather. “Grandad”, she said, “It’s not your Ami, it’s my Ami.” Kids are selfish, yo.
Anyway, your misspelling reminded me of that story for some reason. —Aichon— 02:03, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
i'm kids. Strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others 01:26, 10 September 2023 (UTC)


In-game zombie names

Hello Aichon! There's a script of yours I would really like to use that I just can't seem to get working. I have had another player test too with the same problem. It's UD Same Character Highlighter. Sometimes with your scripts it's just a matter of changing the old references to http to https, but that didn't save me this time. Would be very handy to get Same Character Highlighter working for my group as we're zombies and it's a nightmare tracking who said what in-game as it just says "a zombie said". A full zombie name displayer would be even better, but I don't think there's a script for that? Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ragno (talk • contribs) 10:59, 16 November 2023 (UTC).

Sorry for the super-slow response. It's been...a hectic few weeks. It's been a bit since I've been active in-game. Is Dumbwit or some other service that captures a snapshot of the game still around? If so, can you link me to a recent one that shows something like what you're talking about where a group of zombies is talking back and forth? Testing UD Same Character Highlighter was always tough because those messages disappear if you refresh the page, so I used to have a handful of iWits or Dumbwits around to help with testing it.
No promises on a timely fix for this (i.e. it may never happen, so don't get your hopes up too much), but if time allows in the next few weeks I'll see what I can figure out. —Aichon— 16:39, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
No worries on response time, thanks very much for giving it a look. Here's a couple of ispy links that you can try it on.
https://ispy.dxavier.net/1459863366.html https://ispy.dxavier.net/1641562398.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ragno (talk • contribs) 22:15, 06 December 2023 (UTC).
Good news - Avarice77 fixed it for me. Thanks! https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/497161-ud-underline-related-profile-links —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ragno (talk • contribs) 14:56, 17 June 2024 (UTC).
Awesome. Yeah, I've had a reminder poking me about this every week for the last few months, but it had been so long that I forgot what my reminder was even about. >_< I'm very glad you were able to get it sorted out. I'll update that entry with a link to his code. Thanks! —Aichon—
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