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Tabula Rasa!

Just cleared so that Nick doesn't have to keep dropping me hints ;) --PandoraX 13:53, 30 September 2006 (PDT)

See User:PandoraX/Archive/Genesis-Sep06 for an archive of my older talk page...

Two things

OK. Thanks. Rennerboy 20:22, 11 November 2006 (PST)

Thanks

for your recent encouragement. I'm glad that you think my contributions so far have been OK. Great site, enjoying it . . . maybe too much! Rennerboy 21:35, 10 November 2006 (PST)

No Prob

Yeah, carrie's pretty bad, i'll admit. but still, it's premiere night and it's all hell on lostpedia. if i was better w/ graphics, i would try and help you w. the designing, but i suck. :) btw, can you see the DHARMA name on the hydra logo? i think its's on the bottom, like the Pearl's logo. --Marik7772003 21:07, 4 October 2006 (PDT)

Hi can you show me how to upload pictures on lostpedia? --Fan99 21:13, 4 October 2006 (PDT)Fan99

No like I mean how do make those boxes picture boxes like this one http://lostpedia.com/wiki/The_Hydra --Fan99 21:21, 4 October 2006 (PDT)Fan99

Fan99

I don't know about his pic. Was he really awarding it to himself? Or was he just putting the pic on there just to show that he was "doing hard work." (although he only has 30 or so edits...) the hardwork cateory wouldn't be on his page... I personally think he was awarding it to himself, but you could give him benefit of doubt. --Marik7772003 15:55, 5 October 2006 (PDT)

Oh I'm sorry I was just putting the picture on sorry if it caused any trouble.--Fan99 16:01, 5 October 2006 (PDT)


Who gives you edit awards like the one you have?--Fan99 16:50, 5 October 2006 (PDT)

so how long do you work on this site a day?--Fan99 16:56, 5 October 2006 (PDT)

Yea today I have been on here allot because it was my day off but on other days I have to work. --Fan99 17:04, 5 October 2006 (PDT)

I wounder who owns lostpedia like his name or something because I own a few sites too. --Fan99 17:17, 5 October 2006 (PDT)

I know his name is Admin I mean like his real name?

Sig

how do you make a sig for your user name?

thanks--Fan99 18:39, 8 October 2006 (PDT)

The Lost Effect

Self plugging here but I've made a new Lost blog to add to the millions already out there - its at http://www.thelosteffect.blogspot.com - I'll be posting my comments after each ep but of course also listing the best theories I get mailed from everyone else too! So, if you want, please get involved, and I'd love to hear your new theories as we progress this Season. Thanks! --Nickb123 (Talk) 13:06, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

USPS

  • you get it yet? -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T21:51, 7 October 2006 (PDT)
    • Of course, one is for you; the other for the auction. Cheers. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T09:58, 8 October 2006 (PDT)


CaptainInsano

Do you think that Captain Insano should get banned because the last few days he has been getting really mad at new users like calling them cuss word and getting them really mad I think he has got about four new users mad this week maybe even more.--Fan99 18:44, 8 October 2006 (PDT)

i sure do!--Lostgirl15 15:41, 12 October 2006 (PDT)

Guess who?

Ha! *hugs* Just wanted to drop in and say hi. I saw that we were editing at the same time last night. Go figure. ;) Magnoliasouth 01:51, 9 October 2006 (PDT)

Re: Transcripts

I completely understand. All of my edits were either wikifying some links in the header or adding the category to clean up the uncategorized pages. I never touched the actual transcript itself. -- Paladine<c.t> 05:35, 12 October 2006 (PDT)

Fwd: Hows this look?

I'd like a vote on how this Template:Banned looks. If we should use it or not, if it would be practicle. Thanks for your time --Ironman 08:25, 12 October 2006 (PDT)


i know, but i just think he should think before he sends something. i am about ready to leave the site, and about 10 of my lostnerd buddies have already stopped using this site because he offended them, sorry if i am creating too much of a disturbance--Lostgirl15 15:47, 12 October 2006 (PDT)

Re: On Fan Parodies

Thanks for pointing out the discussion for me! I was absent from Lostpedia during the summer, so I probably missed some important stuff! :-) --Jambalaya 15:59, 12 October 2006 (PDT)

Caps

No, and to be honest the only thing thats stopping him being nominated to be a Sysop is his attitude. Other than that he's just like you, a well respected member of the board, though your not so... abrasive... I think thats the politically nice way of putting it :-) -- Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  16:04, 12 October 2006 (PDT)

Alot of "Bobs"

Ive made this template. Template:Bob Just an idea. Probaly dumb. Tell me what you think everyone. -- Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  18:56, 12 October 2006 (PDT)

BOB

Do you think this could be BOB http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/User:BobBobBob --Previous unsigned comment by User:Fan99 on 03:42, 13 October 2006

Re:Copyright

Yes a little dweeb he was, but we still need to cover it, and you might notice all new pics are being tagged with licensing. Its not essential but over time it would be nice if it was sorted out. I agree though, he came in like we'd committed murder. Stupid kids... --Nickb123 (Talk) 07:15, 13 October 2006 (PDT)

glass ballerina

  1. Well I picked out someone who looks like Luke. What do you think? Can't be a flashback character. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T10:40, 13 October 2006 (PDT)
  2. Hey is this the same girl? Image:Others-book-work.jpg. I tossed the image into the Rock Quarry article for now -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T11:42, 13 October 2006 (PDT)

check out

check out this parody article: Lostpedia is the Hanso Foundation (parody theory). Your in it -- Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  18:43, 13 October 2006 (PDT)

Hi

Hi if you are wondering this is fan99 I got a new account because one of my friends ask me to help him in his account. So I login his account and he had forgot that he was band. So It band me too because it thought my account was his so I got a new one I just wanted to tell you that so you know its still me.--LostFan99 10:25, 14 October 2006 (PDT) hold on never mind its not--LostFan99 10:43, 14 October 2006 (PDT)

Vandal Template

Do you think we should use this vandal template http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Template:Vandal2 instead of this one http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Template:Vandal .--Fan99 18:56, 15 October 2006 (PDT)

Speaking of vandals... we're having a Buddlemuffin problem... MightyRearranger and I are taking turns reverting, but it's getting old. Any help? Dreamy Perfection 18:44, 5 November 2006 (PST)

Quake

Thanks for your note cee. All is well, and I've left a brief note at Talk:October 15, 2006 earthquake -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T12:47, 16 October 2006 (PDT)

A job offer

I could use some help at my new Wiki called WikiSpaces. If you would be interested in joining, you'll get SySop privlagis. All I need is some general interest topics and some help on templates and portals. Curantly, my wiki is under trial, and if I can get 10 pages not edited by me, my domain will be launched (this will also allow me to change the logo.). Thanks and Namaste -- Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  15:33, 19 October 2006 (PDT)

You are now a SysOp

Hey PandoraX, Due to your excellent work on the site, and after many discussions regarding this with the other SysOps. You are now a SysOp! Congratulations! -- Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  16:10, 20 October 2006 (PDT)

Congratulations. 4 of the most deserving people in Lostpedia get SysOp privaleges. Be like Plkrtn, not Novajoe. I know you won't thow. In the words of the immortal Star Trek, "Live Long and Prosper." Good luck. --Marik7772003 08:24, 21 October 2006 (PDT)

Well done Pan, you've definitely worked real hard getting us those transcripts, the locations pages, etc etc. Glad to have ya on the team --Nickb123 (Talk) 12:30, 21 October 2006 (PDT)

Congratulations! -Chris[dt7] 13:16, 21 October 2006 (PDT)

Wow! I so appreciate it, guys, though honestly, it won't change how I edit much, I just enjoy the site regardless of what my "rank" is around here. :) Thanks to all! --PandoraX 07:45, 22 October 2006 (PDT)

Well if you were out here: Lei Lei and yet more Lei. You know how it is. Ditto your comment from my POV too btw, I always thought you were no. 1 in my book for the job. PandoraX No Ka Oi! -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T10:46, 22 October 2006 (PDT)

On religion...

That observations is not mine, I copy from other texts in Lostpedia --dusuarez 11:16, 21 October 2006 (PDT)


Re:Primer

Yeah, go on special pages and at the bottom there's a few new superpowers. For espionage, enter either an IP or a username and it gives you the other - so e.g. helps to track vandals and see if a new one is the same as a previous one etc. Also, on recent changes, you'll notice the ban ability. And then on any article you can now protect em, move em, or delete em, at will. Have fun, --Nickb123 (Talk) 07:54, 22 October 2006 (PDT)

P.S. if you have any other questions right now, I'm on IRC and don't mind explaining stuff to ya if you want --Nickb123 (Talk) 07:56, 22 October 2006 (PDT)

Transcripts

Suggestion: a template should be created for the transcript pages that includes the text you have at the top, mayb a picture and some nav links. See Template:Podcast for an example. --   Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 10:27, 22 October 2006 (PDT)

OK - to get you started i created {{transcript}}. Also, I moved your transcripts page to Portal:Episode transcripts to stay consistent. I think it was in the Help namespace before and that didn't make much sense to me. Let me know if you want to add a nav-template that uses varibles for previous and next. --   Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 17:59, 22 October 2006 (PDT)

re: Fishbiscuit

Better now? :P -Chris[dt7] 16:24, 22 October 2006 (PDT)

Remove Cat

Can you remove the Category:Stubs on Template:NonCanon? Thanks -- Paladine<c.t> 10:16, 28 October 2006 (PDT)

I think someone copied the style from stub template and forgot to take the cat out. -- Paladine<c.t> 10:27, 28 October 2006 (PDT)
Should've checked this before, but the template needs Category:Non-Canon now -- Paladine<c.t> 10:30, 28 October 2006 (PDT)
The category that was included in the template was originally Category:Non-Canon. At some point, it got changed to stubs perhaps in error. -- Cheers 10:38, 28 October 2006 (PDT)

spoilers & theories

I've responded on my talk page since others are discussing there. --   Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 10:39, 28 October 2006 (PDT)

No problemo.

I think we're basically done. You did a great job too. :) Obi-Dan Kenobi 16:59, 29 October 2006 (PST)

Boy

?? Kevin's son ?? -- Cheers 20:16, 29 October 2006 (PST)


Portal:Flashback Characters

Hey Pan, like the portal changes you've designed, but would a border improve the page, making more visible tables. Maybe its just me, but I think it'd make it easier on the eye when reading? Just an idea. Looks a lot better though, --Nickb123 (Talk) 08:53, 30 October 2006 (PST)

Yeah I just tried playing around with preview and it didn't work right. If someone who is a good templater figures it out, they can possibly implement the idea... like you, I don't feel that strongly about changing it --Nickb123 (Talk) 08:59, 30 October 2006 (PST)

When uploading images...

You can save lots of time by putting the template for the licensing into the summary field on the upload form. For your mini pics of people, I suggest using {{tv-screenshot}}. --   Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 14:50, 31 October 2006 (PST)

Good Article

Hi Pandora. I have a question, do we have a template or nomination page for "Good Articles" that we can use, as in Wikipedia, to award a well written / rewritten article ?

I do not know if such a regulation is added in the new comm. portal or elsewhere on Lostpedia...

Thanks-- 14:52, 31 October 2006 (PST)

Thanks for your prompt response. I actually had in mind another idea. AOTW is used for nominations of articles indeed, but only those which are accepted , if not of a repeated theme, are the ones that pass a minimum quality criteria. Even so, every now and then, one might weekly reject an article for being good but still requiring more work.
Now with the Article Attack great addition, we still have the problem of after attacking it, how can you define if it is improved enough or still in need of more work ? An award is given to who tackles the most, but I understand that this would appointed after the article is done...so the question is, when can we say it is done? Although the Admins / Sysops can clearly do that job easily, but shouldn't the quality of the article be a nomination as well ?
So if we are not going to nominate every article we re-write, to check the opinions on if it reached the required quality or not (which I imagine would flood the AOTW page), then I think we will need an intermediate check point. For example, I had the following thoughts:
  • First, we nominate articles for Article Attack, every week.
  • After accepting articles for attacking, and editors feel they are done with the rework. They nominate it as Good Article (maybe in a new nomination page, or a sub-section from Article Attack).
  • Also articles that didn't undergo an article attack, but anyone feel it is of a good quality, can be nominated as well (which we can start right now).
  • Then, after denoting articles as Good, nominations for AOTW shall be done only to those in of the pool of good articles. Thus, the rejected articles would be on the basis of needing to do little more improvements, and start from scratch.
Through this example or similar ones, I think we can achieve 2 points with one shot.. First, we find a way to determine when an article is done with the rewriting. Secondly, we will have the privilege of a large existing stock of good or almost good articles to chose from for the AOTW.
Lots of thoughts, but let me know what you think :)

P.S. for all who view this, please post your replies in my talk page, not to use up Pandora's space, and to Pandora: I'm really sorry that I filled up you page like that in posting my idea -- 15:20, 31 October 2006 (PST)

Thank you

Thanks a lot Pandora, I appreciate your efforts. Please just me know when you are done pasting there, so I can just add your first reply from my talk page as well, so they would have the whole pitcture.

Thanks again-- 15:39, 31 October 2006 (PST)

Great, thank you -- 15:41, 31 October 2006 (PST)
Sorry to bother you again, but I can't seem to find what you have pasted...maybe I mistunderstood, should I look in the Article Attack talk page ? since it is currently empty.. -- 15:52, 31 October 2006 (PST)
yep, now I get it (you meant I should cut/paste)..silly me, ok sorry about that-- 15:58, 31 October 2006 (PST)

Hi

I'm a brazilian sysop from the pt Lostpedia, and I saw that you are a major sysop here, with great influence. =]. And I want to kwon from where did you take that the last name of Rose and Bernard is Nadler? Can you answer me? thanks.

Ok

I didn't know that you are a new sysop, because I was seeing that you restructure tha page of flashbacks characters and I love how it remain. =]. I'm responsible for update this page in our (brazilians) lostpedia, and I'm always here to see if you change something. =] How can you see, my english is very bad, but I love Lost so much, that a translate many articles in pt lostpedia and then I turned a sysop. But that's ok, thank you for your kindness. =]

Need your openion

Last favor to ask for (today), but since you are sooo helpfull, and an Admin, I couldn't help myself:)

I was passing around the following question, last to Santa:

As you know I've been rewriting Sayid's page for a while now, and I would like to wrap it up well, now that I'm moving on to other pages and only return to add new events. Recently, I felt that some details are mentioned on Sayid's skills, displayed on The Island, yet many are missing, so I added a new Skills section, in which I added all the data in bullets. But now I feel the page is getting too large. I have also changed today the Name and Faith sections, from bullets to paragraphs, yet I still feel too much bullets are around and the page look a little hard for the reading eye. So I wanted your openion on what's best to do:
-Keep the section as is, in bullets ?
-Change the section to paragraphs ?
-Delete the section, and spread its details within the On the Island sections?
Though I feel that this is not very adequate, since then I would be like enforcing details about his skills in the narrative part, which I feel akward about it.
-Create a new page, naming it: "Sayid's Skills", much like Jackface, and link to it ?
I actully like this option, yet don't want to create a duplicate page for no reason.


I greatly appreciate your openion (whenever you can), specially that I don't want to create a page, and have it deleted as happened to me today with another topic. Thanks a lot-- 17:01, 31 October 2006 (PST)

Thank you so much (most helpfull indeed). I agree with your point on posting it for discussion, which I will do first thing tomorrow, as now I gotta slap my anal editor head and get some sleep, since i'm currently in Egypt, and it's now 3:30 AM here :))
Thanks again-- 17:33, 31 October 2006 (PST)

Grammar Discussion

No prob. I could tell it wasn't an argument, just more of a discussion (thus, the title of the page - discussion). --Ohmyn0 (talk) 17:05, 1 November 2006 (PST)

Redemption

Hi, based on your comment, do I have the right as a regular user to remove the Delete template myself ? or shall I wait for an Admin to do it ? -- 08:14, 2 November 2006 (PST)

Sure, that's only what's fair. I did expect your reply but I asked though, since after the way you made your comment there to keep it, I wasn't sure if it was a ruling or a vote. Thanks for clarification :) -- 08:23, 2 November 2006 (PST)

Jumpsuit line removal

Hi Pandora. I don't understand why you think the line you removed about Desmond also wearing a DHARMA jumpsuit doesn't support or refute a theory. [1] Someone comments that he may just be pushing the button like Desmond, and the comment (which admittedly I made) then says, Desmond also wore one of these jump suits when we first met him. Which suggests patchyman may also be taking part in the experiments. I'm not upset that you removed it or anything, I'm just curious to know why you don't think it supports the original suggestion? -- Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  04:18, 3 November 2006 (PST)

new vid

re: Q

Huh? Do you mean the unsigned comment template? -Chris[dt7] 06:29, 4 November 2006 (PST)
As far as i know that's a template... maybe {{unsigned|name}}, but I'm not sure. -Chris[dt7] 06:32, 4 November 2006 (PST)
I guess there's no automatic way to do it and we just look up the history and add that in by hand? Thanks Chris, I'll try it. --PandoraX 06:33, 4 November 2006 (PST)

v

The medical condition that V_____ is used for has the same initials as the biggest event that happens in that episode (in two words). I thought it was sufficiently obscure, yet along the lines of the hunt. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T10:15, 4 November 2006 (PST)


Pics

C, thanks for all the picture tagging you've done so far, but just thought I'd point out that even mini pics for your portals need tagging too. I'll sort them its fine, just wanted to tell you so next time you upload like a gazillion images you'll know to add the copyright labels. As I say, its fine and I'll just sort them all tomorrow/early next week --Nickb123 (Talk) 15:05, 4 November 2006 (PST)

Deleted scenes transcript

Thank you for the comment! They did take a while (I intended to e-mail them to Lost-TV months ago but never got around to it)! I was going to do Season 2, but seeing as there were quit a few from the Best Buy disc and TV Guide I didn't own, I figured I wouldn't do it. Good luck with season 2! >: 4 8 15 16 23 42 14:58, 5 November 2006 (PST)

Thanks so much for the Hardwork Medal! The season two transcripts are brilliant (for some reason, the Shannon flashbacks are very quiet whenever I watch them, so it was interesting actually being able to know what they're saying!) Thanks again! >: 4 8 15 16 23 42 12:14, 6 November 2006 (PST)

Thank You

That was the most redundant vandal i've ever seen.--MightyRearranger 18:59, 5 November 2006 (PST)


Unsigned comments

Pan - saw this on Chris's talk. To do an unsigned comment you do {{unsigned|USERNAME}}. Its the only way to do it. To find out who actually said you comment you have to check the discussion history and then use their name. So, for instance, if I don't sign this post, I could later add —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nickb123 (talk • contribs) .

Good idea, I was just looking at the 4 article before thinking "it'd be good if they were organised by episode or character relevance...". Looks like you're two steps ahead as usual --Nickb123 (Talk) 09:03, 6 November 2006 (PST)
Yeah some are OTT for sure. I saw 108 on the meteronome in Glass Ballerina but then thought "thats probably just trivial" seeing as a metronome has most numbers around 100 anyway. I agree too that "91 is significant cause 9-1=8" is just silly --Nickb123 (Talk) 09:22, 6 November 2006 (PST)

Updating the Numbers

Dude. (Hurley style) You totally kicked those numbers' pages' butts. Great work! Oh, and I love the template! --Ohmyn0 (talk) 16:49, 6 November 2006 (PST)

ray mullen

Oh crap, thanks for catching that. I didn't know that was a hoax. I think I added the logo from the image to one of the DHARMA logo articles. No I don't remember the URL, I'll have to see if i can remember where I found it; I am almost sure it was a forum thread. I'lll get back to you on transcript but I'm totally swamped this week, and essentially will be afk for a while, although I'll be checking IRC, so if you need me, catch me there rather than my userpage, or email or IM.-- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T18:59, 6 November 2006 (PST)


Re:Theories

I think I get the gist of what the argument is, but I'd like to clarify a couple of things with you on IRC if you are free? --Nickb123 (Talk) 04:56, 7 November 2006 (PST)

KK no big, I'll mail you later with my points (I don't know if some are relevant or not so just clarification). Speak to ya later --Nickb123 (Talk) 05:00, 7 November 2006 (PST)

I am very excited about the new theories tab! As you can see, I already moved over a couple of sets of theories (it was as if a huge weight was lifted off the main Monster page)! I saw you note that you were going to move the Mural theories over, and now I'm wondering if I overstepped my bounds by making the theory moves I've already done. Is it okay if I *do* keep moving theories over when I see them? --Amberjet11 08:27, 14 November 2006 (PST)

Whew...thanks, Pandora! I can't wait until we can fully get started on that. I won't go cut/paste-happy in the meantime, though. --Amberjet11 08:37, 14 November 2006 (PST)

Fake Letter

Thanks, I saw a link on the talk page for DHARMA Logos and thought it might have been something of interest. Just so you know, that image came from a photo gallery on LOST Links, under a subdirectory that can be found here. Thanks a whole lot for finding that out, I would have been stuck on that topic forwver :O Namaste, --Gateboy42 12:29, 7 November 2006 (PST)

Redemption evidence

Hi, great work..you're really bringing it back to life :)

Regarding the Jack Bender remark, I do not think our friend who posted it was very right..I searched over google like 5 times, and every time I get back the following Amazon customer review of Lost - The Complete First Season (2004), by someone called javaman, which includes an explicit "redemption and rebirth" sentance. So if javaman is not Jack Bender, I think we should remove it, and I think we currently have enough evidence to spare it confidently. What do you think ? -- 18:32, 7 November 2006 (PST)

Great, and I will also try to check around for the sentence you mentioned-- 18:40, 7 November 2006 (PST)
I'm also removing my "keeping page" reationale from the talk page, after you moved it to the main and added to it. It is better this way to keep it as a living evidence rather than expectations. I'll just leave the votes-- 18:45, 7 November 2006 (PST)
Seriously, I am getting more amazed Pandora by your insight all the time, and I'm kinda glad to be talking to someone on this level of thinking...Inspiring! :)-- 19:02, 7 November 2006 (PST)
Hey, regarding Bender's remark, I kinda didn't know how to remove it while leaveing that of Lindlof intact. I think it would be better if you orgainze it, specially if you can explictly link to the reference at the poadcast. I've also found another interview reference that might be of some use, check it out below in the article-- 19:42, 7 November 2006 (PST)
Great effort!!! Ok, now that the temp is removed, this article will be seeing a lot of me in the near future. Thanks for your work-- 20:02, 7 November 2006 (PST)

Template:Books

Hi PandoraX, I looked at Template:Books, and I think there is a small problem with it that prevents the "V"/"T"/"E" links at the top-right from working. The simple solution is to rename the template to: "Template:Nav-Books". The problem is that the parent template (Template:Nav-Template) is assuming that the name of the template starts with "Template:Nav-", and this particular template does not include "Nav-" in its name. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

Otherwise, the template looks awesome :).--Dagg 06:27, 8 November 2006 (PST)

Inappropriate Nickname

User:Walking lost pedia. He has an innapropriate username and has to be banned, like users such as User:LostpediaKing. Regards, Marik7772003 07:46, 8 November 2006 (PST)

It's in the first part in the description of Category:Lostpedia inappropriate username blocks. It says that "Variations of 'Lostpedia' are not allowed in your username." He hasn't been making bad edits, it's just that he has that nick. Regards, Marik7772003 07:57, 8 November 2006 (PST)

Walking man

That's the right user, his user page and discussion page are just blank. See his contribs instead. --   Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 10:08, 8 November 2006 (PST)

Yeah Pan, whenever you go on a userpage, you can tell whether the user actually exists or not by scrolling down and looking at the left-hand bar. If "User Contributions" is there then the person does exist, just has a blank userpage (I know, annoying) --Nickb123 (Talk) 10:15, 8 November 2006 (PST)
  • thanks guys, cleared that up. I thought I actually checked their contribs also, but I didn't type in the correct name. --PandoraX 10:18, 8 November 2006 (PST)
In such cases, you can also find the name by looking in the user creation log --> [2]. (That being said, I hope there's a way of just telling that user that he can't use that name and should make another account, without blocking his IP? Assuming his good faith, the poor newbie probably couldn't guess that the name wouldn't be considered kosher.) -- Cheers 10:24, 8 November 2006 (PST)
I don't know that there is a written policy per se. Personally, I think it would be better to have an extension installed that prevents accounts from being created that contain certain keywords. --   Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 10:25, 8 November 2006 (PST)
  • What's the rationale, btw, of blocking these names? I was only aware of LostpediaKing being blocked, and I thought this was because he had a name that might give off the impression he was running lostpedia, such as choosing a name like "SysOp". Otherwise, I wasn't aware of this general rule until marik pointed it out. There really needs to be a written rule, so that users will know ahead of time, most are likely just innocent mistakes. --PandoraX 10:28, 8 November 2006 (PST)
The rationale is just as you say, a "Lostpedia" name suggests you are in a position of power. As a consequence, we just made the rule of no Lostpedia usernames full stop. And I think its written somewhere - its probably my imagination but I remember reading/writing it somewhere --Nickb123 (Talk) 10:50, 8 November 2006 (PST)
  • I checked Lostpedia:General usage guide, and didn't see it anywhere; this should probably be an important point on top. Also, as Cheers mentioned, are their IPs automatically blocked? I assume that IPs are automatically blocked when we ban people, but never asked about this. Obviously, this would not be desirable for a name block. --PandoraX 11:06, 8 November 2006 (PST)
No usually IPs are not auto-blocked. However, I think MediaWiki does do an autoblock if say I block the same IP three times - it'll autoblock on the basis of this. In this way, they are perma-blocked, but sometimes they have software that makes IPs alternate. In this case, Admin has a special doo-hickey power that sorts that out (only to be used if the vandal is seriously bad) --Nickb123 (Talk) 11:09, 8 November 2006 (PST)
  • Added a paragraph on usernames under the general usage guide. Regards, --Nickb123 (Talk) 11:28, 8 November 2006 (PST)

weird naming thing

Hi, I uploaded a picture for my user page, and I think I broke it. The original file was called bear&boat.jpg. I don't think the wiki likes the & character in the filename, because it won't look at the image. I re-uploaded it with a different name, and that helped, but the broken one is still in there. If you can find it, could you delete it? Thanks! -BearDog 17:24, 8 November 2006 (PST)

screencaps

Sorry, I don't own the DVDs. --   Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 19:03, 8 November 2006 (PST)

Vandal


Maps

Hey Pan quick note. Someone is asking you a question on Talk:Blackrock.nl island maps about why two of the pics were removed. I'm pretty disinterested with that page in general, so I'll leave it to you :-) --Nickb123 (Talk) 07:22, 10 November 2006 (PST)

I completely agree, I've got my eye on em. P.S. - in fact, check the deletion log for something like "Lost end theories" and then his talk page... --Nickb123 (Talk) 15:28, 10 November 2006 (PST)

Re: Themes Template

Sounds like a good idea, done. The previous alphabetization bugged me as well :). --Dagg 16:18, 10 November 2006 (PST)

Regarding the Objects navigation template, I love it :). I went ahead and added a 
<span style="white-space: nowrap;">[[Desmond]] & [[Penelope]]</span>
, and I think it should do what you wanted.--Dagg 10:38, 11 November 2006 (PST)

Timing

Hi again. I'm still a little new to wiki'in , as this is the first one I've ever contributed to, and I'm just a little curious about the democratic processes involved. Once a vote has been taken on something (for example, the current theories vote), how long does one leave the polls open, before we start implementing? It's not really a big deal, I'm just curious to see how it works. -BearDog 18:04, 10 November 2006 (PST)

Re:Arabic

Hi Pandora. Regarding the graffiti on the left, it exactly translates to "Please God keep our leader Saddam safe" (It was actually a common thing to find praising of Saddam almost everywhere on Iraqi military walls, as I heard).

For Inman's song, I have to check it well on the DVD and get back to you. Maybe by tomorrow max.

It's totally fine for me to help with anything related to Arabic or Islam, It comes actually easier to me than other aspects of editing, given that I am a native speaker, so please do not hesitate to ask or double check with me on anything. Regards- 09:06, 11 November 2006 (PST)

I've just skipped this scene of "One of Them" on the DVD to check it, since the image you sent me has it in a very awkward angle that you can't really tell what it means. Now this is funny, the one on the right exactly translates to : " Adli's Barbershop for Men" (Adli is the name of the shop's owner)! It is probably a label for a barbershop on the military premises. Heh :) I actually see how your guy might get confused, given the angle of the screencap, since "Men" in Arabic is written in very similar letters to "Leaving" ..but I'm afraid my translation is most probably correct. -- 09:32, 11 November 2006 (PST)
Hey Pandora, I found that Kelvin was signing (in a very unrecognizable Arabic accent) the old Iraqi National Anthem! You can verify that yourself through this U tube link: [3] (Don't mind the comments there), where you'd find the exact part you hear him signing repeated a number of times in the anthem. I can provide you with a translation of the lyrics as well if you like, though I think it is of no significance to the storyline (the guy was probably just remising). Regards-- 12:25, 11 November 2006 (PST)

Re:Template

I honestly didn't know you were also doing it, as you can read from my userpage I love "items" articles and saw that template and thought "oohh thats nice, it'll increase traffic if I add it to the bottom of each one" and then just started. I didn't notice your recent changes comment til about half way through hehe. I've removed a couple from it, if thats ok like ones already under drugs, cause having two navs on one page is a bit much. However, I've left two under Bible cause that is one which I see as an exception due to it containing a video piece etc --Nickb123 (Talk) 10:45, 11 November 2006 (PST)

Quick note, sometimes when you upload pics they're done as JPG - it shouldnt be "problematic", just when you're writing in the formula for an article, just make sure you put the right case and it should still work - sorry nvm I realise you figured that, at any rate yeah it sometimes happens, particularly if you do it through Microsoft Paint, but it isn't a glitch persa --Nickb123 (Talk) 11:26, 11 November 2006 (PST)
Oh I see, sorry. And yeah, scary - I'm sure we had a fights article or something already? Maybe it was deleted, but it just rings a bell from the past. Meh, --Nickb123 (Talk) 11:32, 11 November 2006 (PST)
Hehe, actually I was just thinking "god that girl is gonna think I have a crush or somethin' the amount I message and mither her" lol. But yes I completely agree, rivalries is much better quality, and "fights" is rather ambiguous, and more often than not the fights actually have deeper wider arcing meanings as you state, and so I would say it should be a redirect yeah, with any significant mention added to the rivals article --Nickb123 (Talk) 11:41, 11 November 2006 (PST)

Aquarium page?

Thanks for renaming Cages, and for the tip on "The" usage! I was wondering what you thought of adding a separate page for the Hydra's Aquarium? There's a page for the intercom that seems a little stubby, and it might be helpful to put info on the intercom under "Aquarium" instead of possibly bloating The Hydra.--The Swan 12:43, 11 November 2006 (PST)

Thanks for the reply - it's interesting to hear your argument, and with your explanation, I tend to agree. I don't have a whole lot of experience with wikis, but I've loved using Lostpedia. BTW, what's the protocol for replying? Should this reply have gone on my talk page, or is it better to put it here? --The Swan 12:55, 11 November 2006 (PST)


Opinion

Hey its your stalker...lol, I found this and wanted someone else's opinion, is this for real? A full map from Season 2 DVD extras. I know you uploaded a lot of deleted scenes, so guessing you've seen this already, but what do you think it says over the aborted station? I'm trying to see but its a lil blurry --Nickb123 (Talk) 15:26, 11 November 2006 (PST)

Yeah but it also says I think "UNKNOWN" as well as a subheading at 1 o'clock about the Arrow Station. I can make out words round there like "facility", "subterrainian" (both over the water-like bit at 1 o'clock, and a date - 10/28/84. Isn't that mentioned elsewhere on the map concerning the incident - it could be the incident date? Sorry to bore you lol, just wondering if you could make out any other words I can't --Nickb123 (Talk) 15:35, 11 November 2006 (PST)
Cheers for that, save me straining my eyes lol! Liked the "Arrow primary function restocking and staging for DIHG (DHARMA initiative Hanso Group?). So suggests the station is just that little hut bit --Nickb123 (Talk) 15:50, 11 November 2006 (PST)

Religions and ideologies

Hi Pandora. Since I'm growing quite attached to the Religions page lately, I thought today that it would make a great AOTW, specially if you...."maybe, possibly, might ever" consider my little suggestion to turn it from the bullets structure into paragraphs...it might be far fetched, but I think it would really give it a higher chance at being a great read for eyerone...what do you say ?

Ah, and I forgot to thank you for your complements on Sayid's, actually lost of credit is also due to Nickb123, who did an excellent job yesterday. Given that you might like that article, it is actually nominated for an AOTW at the moment, possibly to be featured in 2 weeks after a majority of votes is collected. "this was only a hint ;)". Regards-- 06:59, 12 November 2006 (PST)

Hey, heh, there seems to be a little misunderstanding either from my side or yours, but I didn't really get the last bit in what you said. I was talking about two separate matters:
  • first, about the religions page, that I wanted to check with you if we can collaborate together in turning into paragraphs, before nominating it, since I don't feel it will win lots of votes now being bulleted (of course that's my openion as you said). That was clearly replied, as you mentined that you don't like it for the article.
  • secondly, I was talking about Sayid's article, which was the one I mentioned Nickb123 was interested into, or to be more accurate, desrves credit for getting it to be as good as you commentd. Then I ended this note by hinting that you might vote for Sayid's if you wanted to for an AOTW in 2 weeks.
If I'm not mistaken, you were talking about Nick's interest in the Religions page, right..I don't know, I'm confused. Heh :)-- 07:14, 12 November 2006 (PST)

Ok, obviously it was all from my side, since you just voted :) So getting back to religions, so let me understand what you said at the end. Do you mean we should post the change to paragraphs as a voting suggestion in the article's talk page for example ?-- 07:19, 12 November 2006 (PST)

Done! and it was fun searching for your replys all over my page:) (nevermind, I know how busy you must be)-- 07:42, 12 November 2006 (PST)

Theory Policy

  • Since I know you have some opinions toward theories I was wondering how you felt about a rewrite of the policy. I've started one here. -- Paladine<c.t> 16:28, 12 November 2006 (PST)
  • I agree the trouble is getting people to read it, but with the new templates I think more people will visit the page. But people arent going to want to read a page on canon-related info before reading anything on theories :P -- Paladine<c.t> 16:40, 12 November 2006 (PST)

fake ray mullen

Hey, I'm back from my conference so I'll be around more. I was wondering if you could add a single line note debunking the FALSE ray mullen photo, either in the Ray Mullen article itself, or the Persistent rumors article, or both. What do you think? -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T13:33, 13 November 2006 (PST)

MultiRowTemplate

Hi Pandora, I usually use Firefox, but I tested the templates on IE and saw the same non-centering problem you mentioned. I changed a '|' in the template to a '!', and I think that may have fixed it. Let me know how it looks.

BTW, all the new templates are great! --Dagg 20:54, 15 November 2006 (PST)


Brief Q

Hey sorry to bother ya Pan, just saw you're active and wanted a second opinion. Someone keeps adding on The Cost of Living article that Eko whispers to John before his death "I saw the devil". I've removed it twice now and it keeps getting re-added. Did you by any chance notice it? --Nickb123 (Talk) 06:56, 16 November 2006 (PST)

Yeah, I think I'll stick it under the theories tab, and if it gets re-added I shall leave a note for the user. The synopsis I think should be complete canon and encyclopaedic content. Thanks for the reply. Oh and if you get bored, check this out Category:Episode Levels. Plkrtn always says episode articles are LP's greatest shame, so during the mini-break I'm gonna hopefully rally some peeps and get it all done. Let me know if you're interested. Laters, --Nickb123 (Talk) 07:05, 16 November 2006 (PST)


Question

I dont understand why you rolled back my edit to Psychology. Patchy was not in the Pearl, nor was he in the Swan. He is clearly in a different station, which proves that the Pearl can display video from the Swan as well as another station. The current version of Psychology states that the Pearl is involved in an experiment to monitor "subjects" in the Swan. We now know it isnt just the Swan.--Slugless 20:31, 16 November 2006 (PST)


Screencaps?

Yes I do my own. At this time however my Season 2 DVDs are loaned to someone else. Here's some X-Rays from 304, I'll get the 306 ones to you in a bit.

--Sloths 15:06, 19 November 2006 (PST)


Re:Obi

Read my comments on his talk lol - favouritism!!! --Nickb123 (Talk) 15:34, 19 November 2006 (PST)

Re: Medal of Assistance

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it. You can be sure I'll keep editing and contributing to Lostpedia. Obi-Dan Kenobi 15:51, 19 November 2006 (PST)

Copy/Pasting your User Page design

Hi Pandora, I wanted to ask you something as a Sysop..What is the protocol followed, when you find that someone has copy/pasted the exact design of your user page, without even notifying you? Of course Wikis are free for all, and I personally encourage the cooperation between the users in reaching better standards for article pages' layout, for example..but user pages is quite a different matter, since it is supposed to uniquely represent you to some extent. I also believe that when you are inspired by someone, you should make some of your won modifications, out of courtesy, and maybe indicate your inspiration by a little link, to pay respect to the original creator, like I did pointing to Nickb123 on one of my subpages User:Nomad/about me, although I was only remotely using some parts of his free design tips and not copying his own page. I have to say it is a bit frustrating, after some hours of work to reach a unique design, that I come a little than a week after to find it copied like that! Please advise. Regards -- 11:01, 20 November 2006 (PST)

Its definitely an annoyance, and if a user is warned and continues to edit the site without changing their userpage, I would agree with enforcement personally. I agree with you that a note should be added, but realistically we shouldn't need to write it in the rulebook as its simple Wiki netiquette. However, I guess putting it is good to just express the point to the oblivious --Nickb123 (Talk) 13:38, 20 November 2006 (PST)
Thanks for your prompt response, and for your confirmation. To reply your question, I'm sorry to say the copier is Obi-Dan Kenobi. Please use the following links to verify that:
  • After spending more than two weeks of redesigning, I have reached the front page design you would find here, on the 18th of November as you can verify through its history list.
  • Next day, at exactly 02:28, 19 November 2006 from his history list, and after a week of declaring that his user page is under creation, right after I started to change mine, he simply copied my exact design in a new front page, only changing the label names and the center image (which at first was of the same exact dimensions like mine), which he later reduced.
  • Before that, right after I started to create my subpages, I've noticed just after creating a Contributions page, he created a "Contributions" page too. I didn't make a note about it then since I thought: "great, people are building on my new style, which is always cool".
To be honest, I had always respected Obi-Dan Kenobi's significant work in Lostpedia, which started months before I even came here. That is why I was both sorry and shocked at his actions  !
I don't know about posting a note at his talk page..with this intentional copying, I'm not sure how his reaction will be. What do you think ?-- 13:39, 20 November 2006 (PST)
Obi-Dan should give you credit, but apart from that, you can't do anything about it as far as I'm concerned, due to the license that the site is released under. -- Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  13:42, 20 November 2006 (PST)
Like I wrote in Nomad's page, I'm really sorry for what I did. I didn't know that Nomad created this format for a user page - I thought it's a common design for a user page. I erased my user page, and I will work on my own design. I just wanted to say that I didn't mean to harm anyone, and I'm not that kind of person. Again, I'm really sorry. Obi-Dan Kenobi 13:56, 20 November 2006 (PST)


  • As per Dan's note above and my reply at his talk page, I can gladly confirm that things are all sorted now and the kids can go home and work on what's more important :) Thanks to all of you for helping in solving this so quickly. Now learning from my own story, all what I can do is strongly suggest to add this, maybe even as a highlighted note and not a rule, on our rulebook, given the increasing number of added users by the second..It's up to you Sysops. Thanks again -- 14:30, 20 November 2006 (PST)
  • Thanks for everyone who chimed in about this... a lot of user-user problems in online communities tend to be misunderstandings and not malicious, and can be solved by open communication first. Glad we got this one resolved, Obi is a good guy and probably didn't realize there was an issue. So yeah, I figured it's not really an enforceable "rule", though it is netiquette, so I just added it to the Help:User pages page that it's a "General Guideline" and "not kosher". --PandoraX 14:39, 20 November 2006 (PST)
Glad to hear it :) Thanks Pandora-- 14:49, 20 November 2006 (PST)

James Sig

Hay, what's up? Yah, I've had that problem for a while now. I do type in ~ ~ ~ ~, but then the whole formula shows up. Every time that happens please let me know. Thank's --James W.

  • No, no, no, I did understand what you ment. But when I tested it, it came up as one of my old sigs. I think I've fixed everything now. Thank's for your help PandoraX and If it ever happens again, please, please, please, let me know. Thank's! --James W. 14:52, 20 November 2006 (PST)

Wally Bole

  • for some reason I seem to remember you being the source for the claim that Wally Bole's face is a composite of George Lucas & Spielberg. Is there an actual source for this info (e.g., a specific day's podcast)? -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T03:27, 21 November 2006 (PST)
I THINK it was mentioned on one of the podcast's but I can't be definitely sure. Maybe a visit to the Fuselage will answer it? -- Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  05:02, 21 November 2006 (PST)


Re

Oh why thank you lol. I just wrote down in fact my jobs for tomorrow regarding the episode guides hehe. Hopefully, all 50 something will be completed by Christmas (well yes when I've got peeps like Obi on the team). Thank you very much again, --Nickb123 (Talk) 16:08, 22 November 2006 (PST)

Cubit

Hii Pandora, how've you been ? I finally made it to Cubit today, pretty neat! It comes pretty handy in my rewrite of Religions. I also came at Eastern Religions. The site says if you have any correction...etc. So instead of routing my message to you there through whatever in between levels, I thought to write you my correction here: "After getting together with two of my Arabic-speaker Lost-fans friends, we confirmed that the label on the wall Does not read: Allah forgive the one who is leaving, but: Adli's barbershop for men" :) Heh..I made my tedious note, and will go back now to my hectic religions task. Regards :) -- 17:17, 25 November 2006 (PST)

Hmmm..this is probably gonna be long:) Regarding how certain I am, I can confirm that I'm absolutely positive of this translation, based on my level of Arabic knowledge. Regarding the reasons to why would they write such a petty graffiti, lets divide and conquer this point:
  • 1st, this is not a graffiti, it is very common in Arabic nations, and others from third world, to write advertisements for shops on the walls, since it is cheaper than making a sign. This I confirm, since I saw myself.
  • 2nd, to the unfamiliar eye, Arabic looks a bit like a horizontal Chinese, which makes it looks like graffiti, though it is not.
  • 3rd, you should also consider they might not have filmed this scene in a set specially built for it, given the huge construction required, and may have went to a friendly Arab nation, like Kuwait or Dubai, and filmed it there at an empty construction that resembles an army premises, which may really be just a regular neighborhood, then added CGI details to the bckgnd later. Thus, the label may have already been there.
  • 4th, in case this was painted intentionally, it could be based on an erroneous advice from their language consultants, who could come up with the idea that in addition to the line on the right wall praising their leader, a military barbershop Ad. would make the place look more real.
To verify it yourself, lets also divide the written phrase. I'll break it to you in its three words, to use each in searching over any engine, or a dictionary and check for its meaning. You can validate if each is what appears in the scene. Just remember that Arabic is read from right to left:
1. First word to the far right ---> صالون , means: "Salon"; French word also used in Arabic to denote a high-quality barber shop (which makes me believe more the theory of "already there label")
2. Second word to the far left (the one that appears clearly when Sam Austen is going down the stairs and leading Sayid) ---> عدلى , means: "Adli"; a male name with no alternative interpretation.
3. Third word, the one down at the middle ---> للرجال , means: "For Men"; again with alternative interpretation.
4. Putting all the words together, it becomes: "Salon Adli For Men" , and given the way the Arabic works, interpreted as: "Adli's Salon for men".
That's all. Again, this is just a note (that I'm absolutely sure of), and it's up to you to decide:)-- 18:07, 25 November 2006 (PST)
  • Useful links:
Try using Sakhr's Multilingual dictionary for words 1 & 2 (Salon & For men). Copy in the Arabic word from here, and search with the English-Arabic option selected, to find the English translation. If you