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== SPAM Uptick ==
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== Archive page links ==
 
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http://herocopia.com/Herocopia:Community_portal/Archive1
I just got off the phone with Fenx4, we might be seeing some changes to the security methods used for anonymous edits to this wiki-site.  We are NOT at this time planning to eliminate anonymous-edits.  We don't want to discourage people from contributing content. So don't worry, it's nothing major, but the changes should prove more of a deterrent to the 'bots lurking out there in the wild world of the net.
 
 
 
I'm actually a bit surprised that tracker sites are still pursuing this course of site pollution.  Google, Bing-bots and other spider crawlers have moved away from rewarding links for the sake of links and are using better heuristics techniques to analyze the value of data linkages.  Guess Kazakhstan, Thailand, Romania and Belarus didn't get that memo.
 
  
--[[User:Infobroker|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker|talk]]) 21:37, 27 February 2015 (PST)
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== Anonymous Edits ==
 
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Anonymous edits are pretty much permanently blocked. There is to upside to keeping this function.  There wasn't much anonymous editing occurring that wasn't SPAM relatedThe time spent removing span can be better employed on other tasks.
Anonymous edits are temporarily blocked.  We will look into restoring them as time permits.
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--[[User:Infobroker|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker|talk]]) 09:40, 20 November 2015 (PST)--
--[[User:Infobroker|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker|talk]]) 11:34, 2 March 2015 (PST)
 
 
 
 
 
== Archive page links ==
 
http://herocopia.com/Herocopia:Community_portal/Archive1 --[[User:Infobroker|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker|talk]]) 11:45, 15 December 2014 (PST)
 
  
 
== Symantec Wiki Functions, annotations/Events Notecards - Future Impacts to Herocopia Site ==
 
== Symantec Wiki Functions, annotations/Events Notecards - Future Impacts to Herocopia Site ==
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Feel free to post your questions, concerns and other input.
 
Feel free to post your questions, concerns and other input.
  
--[[User:Infobroker|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker|talk]]) 08:02, 27 August 2015 (PDT)
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Everyone should feel free to build and edit event entries.  The how-to details can be found on the help page.
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--[[User:Infobroker|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker|talk]]) 09:40, 20 November 2015 (PST)
  
== New "Stuff" Templates: Code testing and experimenting - not ready for prime time use yet ==
 
  
* Yes I am touching some "real" pages for this testing and experimenting phase.  I don't recommend anyone using them until I have finished.
 
  
* I will send out a notice when I think things are ready for full implementation.
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== New "Stuff" Templates ==
  
--[[User:Infobroker|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker|talk]]) 21:38, 8 September 2015 (PDT)
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* Testing is Done. 
  
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We now have separately designed templates to support non-character related entries like landmarks, gizmos, neighborhoods, etc.  Please use them for this purpose going forward.  Also feel free to ween current landmark, gizmo, neighborhoods, etc. from the character templates to these newly provided ones.
  
:My son Seth and I have been making changes to several templates(mainly as they relate to events), but we are also layering in changes to existing templates.  This is all part the ongoing architectural changes to the site.   
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There are three in all and they are named according to their layout form.   
  
:We am still working on the non-character("stuff") page layouts and templates. I want to move landmarks, buildings, devices, etc ...  off of using the character templates towards something that gives them a unique look, and more sensitive to a lighter information load.  This is pretty close to being usable.
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* '''DevicesLandscape''' - this displays a single image above the text in a landscape or horizontal fashion.
  
:The eventCharElement and eventDeviceElement templates will be deprecated very soon. Event pages will be calling one common template.  I had envisioned the char and device templates setting and doing more unique things.  So far, all they are doing is indicating that the event element is a char or a deviceThat will be getting done elsewhere.  This is part of being more third normal in the overall structure of pages and the way we set property values.
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* '''DevicesPortrait''' - this displays a single image on the left hand side of the layout in a portrait or vertical fashionThe text stays in a column on the right.
  
:infobox2 template is currently receiving a value for the type property settingThis will change very quickly to it doing it automatically.
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* '''DevicesFloat''' - this displays a single image that floats to the left in a vertical fashionText will flow around the image.
  
:This is a bit cryptic, but once more stuff is in play I will explain moreFor now think of this as announcements of things to come.
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You can manual add additional images to any of the templates you favor.  Each template also provides automatic interface code to pick up any '''annotation events''' that reference themThe [[Monstro City]] entry is good for seeing this in action.
  
--[[User:Infobroker|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker|talk]]) 09:50, 14 September 2015 (PDT)
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:infobox2 template is currently receiving a value for the type property setting.  This will change very quickly to it doing it automatically. (Hence the need to move non-character entries to the device templates.
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--[[User:Infobroker|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker|talk]]) 09:40, 20 November 2015 (PST)

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Mr. Smartie Notes: Please don't delete discussion items. They serve as history, a log of problems and the resolution. Thanks! --Infobroker (talk) 07:56, 7 January 2015 (PST)

Archive page links

http://herocopia.com/Herocopia:Community_portal/Archive1

Anonymous Edits

Anonymous edits are pretty much permanently blocked. There is to upside to keeping this function. There wasn't much anonymous editing occurring that wasn't SPAM related. The time spent removing span can be better employed on other tasks. --Infobroker (talk) 09:40, 20 November 2015 (PST)--

Symantec Wiki Functions, annotations/Events Notecards - Future Impacts to Herocopia Site

First off, let me say I had hoped we would have been further along in the process of building the Event entries. But real life on my level does cause major changes to drag here in the land of media wikis.

As I master more skills with semantic queries, especially the formatting, the events sections for characters will change, not be so kludgy looking.

There will be a rewinding of sorts( please don't kill me Zak) of the various business, neighborhoods, etc... pages. Instead of building those by hand we will use semantic queries to auto build those pages. This means we will go back to having individual pages for each item.

Other types of pages will be created using queries, and more information will derive itself from queries, some totally new, and some to replace some of the manual entry we do now.

All of this will happen over time. Right now my emphasis is on getting more events annotated. The rest of this is background noise, bouncing around in my brain cells, waiting for its moments of focused attention.

Feel free to post your questions, concerns and other input.

Everyone should feel free to build and edit event entries. The how-to details can be found on the help page. --Infobroker (talk) 09:40, 20 November 2015 (PST)


New "Stuff" Templates

  • Testing is Done.

We now have separately designed templates to support non-character related entries like landmarks, gizmos, neighborhoods, etc. Please use them for this purpose going forward. Also feel free to ween current landmark, gizmo, neighborhoods, etc. from the character templates to these newly provided ones.

There are three in all and they are named according to their layout form.

  • DevicesLandscape - this displays a single image above the text in a landscape or horizontal fashion.
  • DevicesPortrait - this displays a single image on the left hand side of the layout in a portrait or vertical fashion. The text stays in a column on the right.
  • DevicesFloat - this displays a single image that floats to the left in a vertical fashion. Text will flow around the image.

You can manual add additional images to any of the templates you favor. Each template also provides automatic interface code to pick up any annotation events that reference them. The Monstro City entry is good for seeing this in action.

infobox2 template is currently receiving a value for the type property setting. This will change very quickly to it doing it automatically. (Hence the need to move non-character entries to the device templates.

--Infobroker (talk) 09:40, 20 November 2015 (PST)