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Infobroker at 01:43, 29 November 2016

2016-11-29T01:43:31Z

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	I really appreciate all the fine work. Thanks.		I really appreciate all the fine work. Thanks.
	----		--[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 17:43, 28 November 2016 (PST)

Infobroker: /* Thanks for the Recent Updates */ new section

2016-11-29T01:42:41Z

Thanks for the Recent Updates: new section

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		== Thanks for the Recent Updates ==

		Lots of nice stuff happening. Nice to have some new blood in the mix. One minor editorial comment, please review the image guidelines on the help page. Lot of suggestions and tips there for higher quality look n' feel.

		I really appreciate all the fine work. Thanks.
		----

Infobroker: Character Template how-to moved to its own help page.

2015-02-17T00:06:40Z

Character Template how-to moved to its own help page.

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	~~== Events Edit Button ==~~

	~~This is still in prototype and development states. Not exactly ready for prime time. Not just yet.~~

	~~This input box and button provide a quick way to create a new Event page.~~

	~~<inputbox>~~
	~~type=create~~
	~~width=20~~
	~~break=no~~
	~~Default=event title ...~~
	~~preload=Template:Test:Event2/preload~~
	~~buttonlabel=Create a New Event~~
	~~</inputbox>~~

	Please make sure you understand the various parameters and how they work. Please check to insure the page doesn't already exist. Exact spelling is important. Changing the ''Default Name'' is also a good idea.

	~~If you need guidance, see hints and tips below.~~

Infobroker at 21:18, 20 November 2014

2014-11-20T21:18:17Z

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	Default=event title ...		Default=event title ...
	preload=Template:Test:Event2/preload		preload=Template:Test:Event2/preload
	buttonlabel=~~Add new character~~		buttonlabel=Create a New Event
	</inputbox>		</inputbox>

Infobroker: /* Events Edit Button */ new section

2014-11-20T21:17:18Z

Events Edit Button: new section

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		== Events Edit Button ==

		This is still in prototype and development states. Not exactly ready for prime time. Not just yet.

		This input box and button provide a quick way to create a new Event page.

		<inputbox>
		type=create
		width=20
		break=no
		Default=event title ...
		preload=Template:Test:Event2/preload
		buttonlabel=Add new character
		</inputbox>

		Please make sure you understand the various parameters and how they work. Please check to insure the page doesn't already exist. Exact spelling is important. Changing the ''Default Name'' is also a good idea.

		If you need guidance, see hints and tips below.

Infobroker: archive old info

2014-11-20T21:14:37Z

archive old info

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	Hey, IB, I think there's a glitch somewhere. Right now, the new button to create a page leads to a page to edit the Main Page. --[[User:Yiding\|Yiding]] ([[User talk:Yiding\|talk]]) 22:56, 14 October 2013 (PDT)

	~~:Checking...~~

	:added a "default name" to the input box that ties to the input button. Hope that helps. Definitely good that it doesn't take people to the main page now.--[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 07:30, 15 October 2013 (PDT)

	::There is a tremendous potential for this instant button to cause confusion, especially for new users. I will probably be moving it from the Help page to the major categories pages. Also will see want can be done to program more failsafes. this is "More to do work" items. I will also be leaning towards some form of "to do list tracking mechanism" for template changes, site mechanics. Still "more work to do items." For right now, I really have to focus on the work that pay the bills. --[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 10:53, 15 October 2013 (PDT)

	~~== Retire this information - using standard wiki deprecation techniques which I will do ... ==~~

	~~== Become a Digital Archeologist For Herocopia ==~~
	One of the most precious aspects of the '''Herocopia Project''' has been the accumulation of a warehouse of information about the Characters of '''Astro City.''' Unfortunately, '''Herocopia.com''' underwent a crash that left a lot of interesting data for and about '''Astro City''' hanging in the limbos of the massively complex cavities of the internet. We are working diligently to restore as much of this previous information as possible. While the majority of it has been recovered in one form or another, there is still some old pages to recover.

	We have been searching the web for old saved '''Herocopia''' pages, along with checking local hard-drives of veteran contributors. We have discovered that the '''Wayback Machine''' located at www.archive.org is a fairly good source and can be mined for '''herocopia.com''' content from the past. The only problem, it requires a lot of hand editing to bring it back to a format suitable for mediawiki development and deployment.

	~~First steps are simple, just a bit tedious.~~

	~~# Use the '''Wayback Machine''' site to find old '''Herocopia''' webpages. See links section below.~~
	# Be sure to check the '''Wayback''' timeline to find the best capture of data from the original '''Herocopia''' site. Dates from 2009 are proving the most fruitful, but it can vary dramatically from page to page.
	~~# Copy the text (not the page source) to your computer's clipboard.~~
	~~# Head back here to the new Herocopia site and dump the text to that character's page. Create a new page if needed.~~
	# Add a <code>"{{{cutPaste}}}"</code> template at the top, to indicate this is a cut-n-paste entry that still needs editing, and if appropriate, a <code>"{{{stub}}}"</code> template at the bottom to signal that this page needs more authorship work.
	#Later on, you or a fellow Herocopia author can incorporate the old raw information into the new template structures that we use now. More information on that coming right up, after we take a '''Links-break.'''
	''
	~~=== Links ===~~
	~~http://web.archive.org/web/20090217195513/http://herocopia.com/index.php/Category:Heroes~~
	~~<p>http://web.archive.org/web/20100401223306/http://www.herocopia.com/index.php/Category:Villains</p>~~
	~~<p>http://web.archive.org/web/20100401223551/http://www.herocopia.com/index.php/Category:Teams</p>~~
	~~<p>http://web.archive.org/web/20100401223253/http://www.herocopia.com/index.php/Category:Civilians</p>~~
	~~<p>http://web.archive.org/web/20100401223556/http://www.herocopia.com/index.php/Category:The_City</p>~~

Infobroker: /* Retire this information - using standard wiki deprecation techniques which I will do ... */ new section

2014-09-25T21:40:46Z

Retire this information - using standard wiki deprecation techniques which I will do ...: new section

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	::There is a tremendous potential for this instant button to cause confusion, especially for new users. I will probably be moving it from the Help page to the major categories pages. Also will see want can be done to program more failsafes. this is "More to do work" items. I will also be leaning towards some form of "to do list tracking mechanism" for template changes, site mechanics. Still "more work to do items." For right now, I really have to focus on the work that pay the bills. --[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 10:53, 15 October 2013 (PDT)		::There is a tremendous potential for this instant button to cause confusion, especially for new users. I will probably be moving it from the Help page to the major categories pages. Also will see want can be done to program more failsafes. this is "More to do work" items. I will also be leaning towards some form of "to do list tracking mechanism" for template changes, site mechanics. Still "more work to do items." For right now, I really have to focus on the work that pay the bills. --[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 10:53, 15 October 2013 (PDT)

			== Retire this information - using standard wiki deprecation techniques which I will do ... ==

			== Become a Digital Archeologist For Herocopia ==
			One of the most precious aspects of the '''Herocopia Project''' has been the accumulation of a warehouse of information about the Characters of '''Astro City.''' Unfortunately, '''Herocopia.com''' underwent a crash that left a lot of interesting data for and about '''Astro City''' hanging in the limbos of the massively complex cavities of the internet. We are working diligently to restore as much of this previous information as possible. While the majority of it has been recovered in one form or another, there is still some old pages to recover.

			We have been searching the web for old saved '''Herocopia''' pages, along with checking local hard-drives of veteran contributors. We have discovered that the '''Wayback Machine''' located at www.archive.org is a fairly good source and can be mined for '''herocopia.com''' content from the past. The only problem, it requires a lot of hand editing to bring it back to a format suitable for mediawiki development and deployment.

			First steps are simple, just a bit tedious.

			# Use the '''Wayback Machine''' site to find old '''Herocopia''' webpages. See links section below.
			# Be sure to check the '''Wayback''' timeline to find the best capture of data from the original '''Herocopia''' site. Dates from 2009 are proving the most fruitful, but it can vary dramatically from page to page.
			# Copy the text (not the page source) to your computer's clipboard.
			# Head back here to the new Herocopia site and dump the text to that character's page. Create a new page if needed.
			# Add a <code>"{{{cutPaste}}}"</code> template at the top, to indicate this is a cut-n-paste entry that still needs editing, and if appropriate, a <code>"{{{stub}}}"</code> template at the bottom to signal that this page needs more authorship work.
			#Later on, you or a fellow Herocopia author can incorporate the old raw information into the new template structures that we use now. More information on that coming right up, after we take a '''Links-break.'''
			''
			=== Links ===
			http://web.archive.org/web/20090217195513/http://herocopia.com/index.php/Category:Heroes
			<p>http://web.archive.org/web/20100401223306/http://www.herocopia.com/index.php/Category:Villains</p>
			<p>http://web.archive.org/web/20100401223551/http://www.herocopia.com/index.php/Category:Teams</p>
			<p>http://web.archive.org/web/20100401223253/http://www.herocopia.com/index.php/Category:Civilians</p>
			<p>http://web.archive.org/web/20100401223556/http://www.herocopia.com/index.php/Category:The_City</p>

Infobroker: purge of holding ground

2014-05-08T15:50:50Z

purge of holding ground

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	::There is a tremendous potential for this instant button to cause confusion, especially for new users. I will probably be moving it from the Help page to the major categories pages. Also will see want can be done to program more failsafes. this is "More to do work" items. I will also be leaning towards some form of "to do list tracking mechanism" for template changes, site mechanics. Still "more work to do items." For right now, I really have to focus on the work that pay the bills. --[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 10:53, 15 October 2013 (PDT)		::There is a tremendous potential for this instant button to cause confusion, especially for new users. I will probably be moving it from the Help page to the major categories pages. Also will see want can be done to program more failsafes. this is "More to do work" items. I will also be leaning towards some form of "to do list tracking mechanism" for template changes, site mechanics. Still "more work to do items." For right now, I really have to focus on the work that pay the bills. --[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 10:53, 15 October 2013 (PDT)


	~~<holding ground> My mouse froze and I didn't want to lose this structure~~

	~~Usually and in most cases, when "{{clarify}}" is sprinkled into the commentary, it is because some form of specific information is needed to provide context to the commentary.~~
	~~# An issue, page and panel reference if it is in story.~~
	~~# If it is out of story, a reference or link to the outside source is helpful. The letters page perhaps, or a thread forum on the web (link provided if at all possible).~~
	~~# If you are referencing a comment that one of the creators have stated, and exact quote is nice if possible, with a link if it is online.~~
	# Bruisers, the message board run by John Rosell, is gone. Many of us long timers still have memories of commentary made there, but with it gone there is no link. But if you are remembering something from there, some kind of specific reference to it is helpful, provides context and backs up the comment.

Infobroker at 14:38, 8 May 2014

2014-05-08T14:38:55Z

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	::There is a tremendous potential for this instant button to cause confusion, especially for new users. I will probably be moving it from the Help page to the major categories pages. Also will see want can be done to program more failsafes. this is "More to do work" items. I will also be leaning towards some form of "to do list tracking mechanism" for template changes, site mechanics. Still "more work to do items." For right now, I really have to focus on the work that pay the bills. --[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 10:53, 15 October 2013 (PDT)		::There is a tremendous potential for this instant button to cause confusion, especially for new users. I will probably be moving it from the Help page to the major categories pages. Also will see want can be done to program more failsafes. this is "More to do work" items. I will also be leaning towards some form of "to do list tracking mechanism" for template changes, site mechanics. Still "more work to do items." For right now, I really have to focus on the work that pay the bills. --[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 10:53, 15 October 2013 (PDT)


			<holding ground> My mouse froze and I didn't want to lose this structure

			Usually and in most cases, when "{{clarify}}" is sprinkled into the commentary, it is because some form of specific information is needed to provide context to the commentary.
			# An issue, page and panel reference if it is in story.
			# If it is out of story, a reference or link to the outside source is helpful. The letters page perhaps, or a thread forum on the web (link provided if at all possible).
			# If you are referencing a comment that one of the creators have stated, and exact quote is nice if possible, with a link if it is online.
			# Bruisers, the message board run by John Rosell, is gone. Many of us long timers still have memories of commentary made there, but with it gone there is no link. But if you are remembering something from there, some kind of specific reference to it is helpful, provides context and backs up the comment.

Infobroker at 17:53, 15 October 2013

2013-10-15T17:53:17Z

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	:added a "default name" to the input box that ties to the input button. Hope that helps. Definitely good that it doesn't take people to the main page now.--[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 07:30, 15 October 2013 (PDT)		:added a "default name" to the input box that ties to the input button. Hope that helps. Definitely good that it doesn't take people to the main page now.--[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 07:30, 15 October 2013 (PDT)

			::There is a tremendous potential for this instant button to cause confusion, especially for new users. I will probably be moving it from the Help page to the major categories pages. Also will see want can be done to program more failsafes. this is "More to do work" items. I will also be leaning towards some form of "to do list tracking mechanism" for template changes, site mechanics. Still "more work to do items." For right now, I really have to focus on the work that pay the bills. --[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 10:53, 15 October 2013 (PDT)