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Adding a Parenting Filter Page
Hello again Ilan,
I'm reaching out to you and some of the other admins on Wikia about a new page we'll be adding to some of our larger Wikis. It's called the Parenting Filter page, and it's designed as a hub page for parents looking to determine if a game, movie, TV series etc. is appropriate for their child.
Here's an example of what the page will look like: http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:ParentFilter
It's a lot more in-depth than the ESRB/PEGI ratings system and will give parents a more useful look at the game and its community. While the main focus of the project is to serve as a tool for parents trying to gauge whether or not something is appropriate for their child, it also contains a lot of unique information that would be useful to pretty much everyone. Stats like average campaign length and community attitude are the kind of things only actual players like you will be able to provide.
We'd love for you or any of the other GTA Wiki editors to pitch in on the page if you get a chance, as we're trying to get these live by December. I'll check back next week and create/update the page myself if you guys aren't interested in it. As always, please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions about this.
Thanks for your time Ilan, and thanks again for pitching in on the Wiki Awards!
Michael (profile)•(talk)•(email) 17:44, October 24, 2013 (UTC)
RE: 'sup
Yep. Not until mid November though. I'm guessing you're getting it? Tom Talk
- AC 3 was a big let down. But the best part of it was the naval combat, so I'm looking forward to BF. Plus Connor was such a boring protagonist, Edward seems much better - a lot less straight forward. Oh, and it's fucking pirates! And no more Desmond! Tom Talk 09:45, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
- This is Haytham's dad though! I think it'll work, I'm expecting less focus on the Assassin side of it though, which is good, I think that needs a rest. I hated the fact that I couldn't skip through Desmond's story, it got a little better when he went after Daniel Cross, but most of the missions were so dull and uninteresting. Tom Talk 09:55, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
- Are you getting Arkham Origins?
- I've only played Arkham City, and I liked it. I'm hoping Origins has a more open and explorable Gotham City. I agree about prequels to an extent, but it's not as if Batman was ever going to die or anything so I don't think it'll be any more predictable than the other games. I'm just realising that AC4 is a prequel too. Tom Talk 10:24, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
- You're probably spot on. I still think it'll be a good game though. The premise of BF is very original, I can't think of another pirate game. So I think it's got that going for it. I was hoping for Rockstar to do a pirate game after seeing what they did with the cowboy/western genre. But I'll settle for this. Edward seems like a more immoral Ezio, I think they created him after seeing how unpopular Connor was in comparison to Ezio. Tom Talk 10:35, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
- Well that's what I read. Maybe they were thinking about incorporating him into AC4 somehow. Anyway, I hope I don't see Connor in another AC game. Ezio was a tough guy to follow - despite the fact they almost ruined his character in Revelations - and Connor couldn't do it. Edward looks a lot more promising. Tom Talk 11:13, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
- Seriously?! I hated that game. Well, it was my least favourite AC. I think it just highlighted the need for a new protagonist, Ezio changed too much, he had his moments but he didn't seem like himself, I'm not convinced it's even the same guy, I mean what was up with his face?! Tom Talk 11:25, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
- I don't think so. For me, 10/10 is for perfection, I was really hoping GTA V was going to be my first 10. If I rounded up and didn't do ".5" etc. then I'd have a few 10's. Tom Talk 12:17, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
- I'm on Xbox so I've never played Uncharted. I want to though. VC, SA, IV and Red Dead Redemption would probably come closest to a 10 for me. Tom Talk 21:04, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
Winter Moon demotion vote
GTA_Wiki:Requests_for_Promotion#Demotion_from_Administrator:_User:Winter_Moon. Jeff (talk|stalk) 16:31, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
RE:
Is that the one after the vehicle finding mission?
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 11:35, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
Oh, I know the one you're talking about. 50 miles far deep into the desert, right? I heard of something like that.
Next month, I'll finally be able to help the Crew, Ilan. Looking forward.
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 17:01, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
Something to do with 5 and 0 (5=05). :)
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 18:20, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
Oh, BTW, here are some news.
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 18:23, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
Great! Anything I need to know before I join y'all?
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 18:43, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
Got it. I also have some friends from my class that bought GTA V, we can all play together (I'm pretty sure I can make them editors here, so they can join the Crew).
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 19:03, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
Template:Gtav weapons
May you remove the protection for the Template:Gtav weapons? Some changes need to be made. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 16:35, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you. Another thing: I feel that the GTA V section of the Micro SMG (page for the full-sized Uzi) should be moved to the page Micro Uzi, since it takes the form of a smaller machine pistol (the model in GTA V is the Mini Uzi). What do you think? (And maybe we can merge both pages to avoid confusion, especially that both are referred as "Micro SMG" at most of the times) --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 16:48, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
- Okay, so I'll go ahead and merge them. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 16:57, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
Online
Alright, I will do. Hopefully it'll work for me now. Tom Talk 17:51, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
Staff page
I demoted Winter Moon, but I'm going to leave updating the staff page and changing the stylesheet so Winter Moon's name doesn't display in a particular font to you, since when I try to change the stylesheet it never seems to work right. Jeff (talk|stalk) 20:20, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
CNB
Hey Ilan. Leave your vote on the Community Notice Board please? VaultBoy Tom (Talk | Edits) 14:08, October 28, 2013 (UTC)
He's Back
Rigby is back again Ilan, why can he just give up already, he is worst than Joshualeverburg remember? Cloudkit01 (talk) 21:44, October 28, 2013 (UTC)
AC4
I bet it's the Desmond part - I know Desmond isn't in it anymore but you know what I mean - that they don't like. I find it hard to criticise the other parts of the AC stories - bar Revelations - because they're pretty simple, a few twists and turns but it's pretty safe. The gameplay is always the best part of an AC game for me. Tom Talk 16:59, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
- I read the IGN review. I can't wait to explore the world now, it sounds huge. It seems likes there's a lot to do. I think the opinion of the story will vary, I like the whole pirate concept so I think I'll like it. The whole corporate espionage within Abstergo sounds a lot better than the Desmond story too. Tom Talk 19:44, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
- Good, I liked the AC3 combat system a lot, it improved on the whole everyone taking turns to attack you thing which I didn't like about the previous games. I'm glad he's an anti-hero, Connor was so bland a character because he was all about doing good, Ed seems like a more conflicted and interesting character. Tom Talk 20:56, October 31, 2013 (UTC)
Community Notice Board
Hey Ilan, could you vote on the CNB please? VaultBoy Tom (Talk | Edits) 18:10, October 30, 2013 (UTC)
RE:
Thanks. The articles look more aesthetical now. :) Dodo8 Talk
You're an awesome admin!
Hey, I've heard that you are an administator. Anyways, do you agree with my JB 700 bug? Other wikis would delete it then probably add it again on his/her profile and take the credit :( Also, keep up the good work!!
AC4
I got the game. I've completed it and I think it's absolutely brilliant. Tom Talk 15:09, November 10, 2013 (UTC)
- Though I did prefer the Templars to the Assassins again. I had the same issue in AC3. But other than that the story was great. I can't really find any other faults, there are a few issues that I had with previous AC games that have returned though, but those are minor. Pirates really does work with Assassin's Creed. I could sail around destroying ships all day, it doesn't get boring. Tom Talk 14:06, November 11, 2013 (UTC)
- That's what I'd give it too. I really liked Edward, he was more suited to been a Templar though. Laureneu Torres (no idea how to spell his name) was a much better Grand Master than that Mayan guy - Ah Tabai? I remembered my one main criticism, some of the missions are pretty repetitive, but that's like with all AC games. Also, Blackbeard was awesome, I liked Charles Vane too, but I feel they were underdeveloped and killed off too soon. I also found it frustrating that nobody realised that "James Kidd" was a woman. Tom Talk 16:03, November 11, 2013 (UTC)
- His character is far more complex than I had anticipated. In AC3 and 4 you start off with the Templar's, that creates a bit of confusion because until those games it was all Assassins, you couldn't like the Templar's because they were all blatant bad guys, like the Borgia's, they even threw incest into the mix to make you despise them. Now they give you Haytham, an awesome character - much better than his son - and guys like Woodes Rogers who quite frankly seemed like a decent guy. Thatch is obviously a very complex character, I'd like some DLC about him. For one, "James Kidd" was the only pirate who didn't have facial hair, these guys weren't exactly the shave every day kind of guys.
- Haytham was so good, I wish we got to see the rest of his story - the whole avenging his father and saving his sister thing. I know about Freedom Cry, I was hoping for some after that. Adewale was decent, a bit more of an Assassin than Edward, in terms of morals etc. Is Freedom Cry set in the same place as 4? And are you getting the season pass? Tom Talk 16:54, November 11, 2013 (UTC)
Baygor
I'm starting a page for Baygor, a random character you can encounter in GTA V. The only way I can currently get an image of him is to take a photo of my TV, which is not exactly the preferred sort of image 
. Anyways, should I upload the pictures I took, and have them on the page until better ones can be taken by another user, or should I just not upload them and wait for someone else to get them? Lazy sig (talk to Grif) 00:34, November 15, 2013 (UTC)
Vandal
This user is adding fan fiction content on many pages. Detain this editor!
--Tony1998 (Talker * Blogger * Stalker)-- 02:12, November 18, 2013 (UTC)
Reply
I bet that made his death in AC3 seem pretty weak then? I mean, to get killed by Desmond is pretty embarrassing. Tom Talk 10:56, November 23, 2013 (UTC)
Unlock Beta Releases
Can you please unlock/unprotect Beta Releases? The idea of a wiki is that anyone can contritube - you're breaking this concept. 'Punish' editors that make false edits, don't restrict everyone else.
Vandal
Oi, lad! Hate to spoil your welcoming party, but this party-pooper uploaded a pornographic image. Deal with this guy and I will bring the cake and ice cream.
--Tony1998 (Talker * Blogger * Stalker)-- 21:34, November 29, 2013 (UTC)
HELP ME
the tank in GTA3 for my ipad despawned and will not spawn again plz help. Travist6544 (talk) 22:47, December 4, 2013 (UTC)
Can you move "Risk" to "Risk Assessment"? Derp Herpington (talk) 14:09, December 11, 2013 (UTC)
X page
I don't remember if the channel is true, but you should take a look at that page. Jeansowaty 18:08, December 11, 2013 (UTC)Jeansowaty
RE:
Haha, thanks Ilan, gave me a bit of a shock there, I thought it might be an old vandal I blocked coming back to get me or something. Anyway, I haven't seen you in a while, what's been happening? LS11sVaultBoy (Talk) 17:37, December 21, 2013 (UTC)
- Ah, ok. Good to have you back anyway. LS11sVaultBoy (Talk) 17:33, December 24, 2013 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!!!
Hey man! Smashbro8 here! I just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas!!! I might not be online tomorrow so before I forget, I wanted to wish you and other editors a Merry Christmas! Enjoy your day tomorrow! Smashbro8 (talk) 03:20, December 25, 2013 (UTC)Smashbro8
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Dodo8 Talk 11:05, December 25, 2013 (UTC)
RE: Frank
Hey Ilan. I'm not sure, Lamar certainly is and I think Frank does enough to warrant a place in the gang, but the gang isn't his priority. Some dialogue suggests he's a member but he only seems to help the gang by helping Lamar with gang related business - he does favours for Lamar which happen to benefit the gang. I'm edging towards thinking he's just an associate. But these street gangs have huge memberships in real life, so maybe growing up with the gang and doing a few jobs is enough to warrant membership.
Same to you mate. Also, have you played Freedom Cry? Tom Talk 20:34, December 29, 2013 (UTC)
GTA Online
Do you consider GTA Online to be the sixteenth GTA game, or just GTA V's multiplayer? Tom Talk 11:07, December 30, 2013 (UTC)
- Freedom Cry had a lot more to it than I expected. Definitely worth the £8 I paid. I wouldn't say that any missions were particularly bland, the final mission was a bit of an anticlimax but other than that it was very good. There's a whole new city to explore, and a new ocean to sail in too.
- It's definitely more than just multiplayer - I've played it a bit now btw - but yeah, I'm not sure if I'd call it the sixteenth game. 22:22, December 30, 2013 (UTC)
RE:
Ilan, this guy is edit warring me, Thomas, Ragequit, DominatorPlayer457, and Smashbro8 on the Gustavo Mota page by adding Brazilian on his nationality, he should know that Gustavo is Mexican, not Brazilian, and he has inappropriate username, warn him about that okay man. Cloudkit01 (talk) 21:56, January 2, 2014 (UTC)
- Actually, he should be blocked. --Thomas0802 • (talk • edits) 21:57, January 2, 2014 (UTC)
Admin Requests
Could you vote on Requests for Promotion? Sasquatch101 (talk) 02:16, January 11, 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the vote Ilan, I appreciate it. Probably Thomas will win, but I'm not upset, he proved that he is a good user since he joined the Wiki. :) Dodo8 Talk 08:05, January 16, 2014 (UTC)
- Welp, Thomas did win, so if you could go do your magic with the staff page and the stylesheet that changes staff name colors, that'd be greeaat. Mmkay? Jeff (talk|stalk) 15:44, January 17, 2014 (UTC)
Notice
I've made some changes in the GTA V portal (these buttons from the main page). How does it look like? Should we create and then add a Gangs in GTA V page to the portal? --Thomas0802 • (talk • edits) 14:30, January 18, 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, fella! Yes, exactly, I did the same with with the Locations category like in every portal. I'll add the category right now. --Thomas0802 • (talk • edits) 14:54, January 18, 2014 (UTC)
New wiki
- INVITE
Today, a new subsidiary Wiki of the GTA Wiki has been created. The new, hereafter extravagant GTA Songs Wiki.
The Wiki is about all the songs around the radio stations in the GTA series, it's hard to me to build this Wiki alone, so I'm inviting you to help a little bit, step by step, brick by brick.
I'm trying to create a Wiki, bringing articles to an identical look-a-like method. They are actually very short. The songs infoboxes should contain the name, image (offcial album cover), size, artist, radio stations, game, year and genre. The header section should look like this: Example is a song performed by Artist Example featured in the radio station [[Example]] in GameExample. The sections are the following :
- Lyrics - you can pick one from the internet, include the <center> at the top and bottom from the section and don't forget the colons (:). Remember to keep 20 free lines between the header section and the lyrics section.
- Trivia (optional) - If the song can be listen during a cutscene (example : Arab Money).
- Video - The best video you can find about it on Youtube.
This is an optional invite, I hope the Wiki will turn up extremely amazing in few months, just like the GTA Myths Wiki did.
Anyways, I'll ask the bureaucrats if the Wiki can become an affiliate when stronger.
Cheers! --Thomas0802 • (talk • edits) 01:19, January 19, 2014 (UTC)
Template:Welcome
Brother Ilan! Kifflom, demands your presence and attributions!
So, yeah, that template thingy on the header. Figured out where this can be a replacement on that old AM?
--Tony1998 (Talker * Blogger * Stalker)-- 19:59, January 19, 2014 (UTC)
Unused and violating images
Yo Ilan, wassup? I found this special page, a page listing unused images around the Wiki. I would estimate that 90% of these image don't follow the image policy. Should we start deleting it? Cheers! --Thomas0802 • (talk • edits) 10:23, February 1, 2014 (UTC)
RE
It's exactly what I'm doing. The unused images following the image policy, I'm planning to use them in articles with pics missing. The other pics are mostly myth-related content, mods or amateur screenshots. Summarized, trash. --Thomas0802 • (talk • edits) 11:57, February 1, 2014 (UTC)
Email!
Hi Ilan, I just sent you an e-mail to the address we have on file. Please do reply to me when you have a sec. Thanks! Michael(profile)•(talk) 22:17, February 5, 2014 (UTC)
The Last of Us
Hey Ilan xd! Smashbro8 here. I recently got The Last of Us and that game is a masterpiece in every way. The only thing I hate with the game is one word: Clickers! You know what I mean! 
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) 06:03, February 9, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
I haven't finished it yet. I'm in Pittsburgh in the military camp. So far I love Joel and Ellie. Joel is ana amazing protagonist. The best non playable character (excluding Ellie) so far is Bill. He works well cooperatively with his shotgun...if it weren't for him, I woulda died from being bitten by several Clickers. I'm sorry he can't forever work alongside with Joel, cause Ellie does not yet have a gun. However, I think of The Last of Us as one of the best games I ever played. I love the interaction with objects, the crafting, the weapons, the characters and definitely the graphics. The only thing I don't like is, as mentioned above, those Clickers!!! () 21:35, February 9, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
Hey Ilan! You didn't reply to my comment above ^^. Also, I wanted to tell you that I like Henry, Sam and Tommy in The Last of Us as well, but Bill works better cooperatively. () 21:01, February 11, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
New Patroller
Carl Johnson Jr. has been promoted, could you do your thing and sort out changing the colour of his user name, and the staff page etc. Cheers mate. Tom Talk 11:13, February 11, 2014 (UTC)
- I thought you'd voted! Cool, thanks mate.
- Yeah, is that the reason you've been so inactive recently? Haha. Tom Talk 19:13, February 11, 2014 (UTC)
- Sure you did...
The Last of Us
Sup Ilan xd? I beat The Last of Us and I must say that is among the best games ever. I love Joel and Ellie and I enjoyed fighting The Infected alongside Tommy, Bill, Henry and Sam. I even miss The Infected even though I really hated Clickers. I think I might start over the game but I'm not sure yet. Anyway, thanks for telling me about the game! () 18:21, March 10, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
Yea I've heard about it. I'll check it out. Thanks! () 18:35, March 10, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
RE:
Hey there, man.
Just saw an edit from Orto Dogge about the supposed affiliation not being legit. After reviewing some GTA IV videos of his missions, I've verified that there are no references to that affiliation.
Get back to me if you've got any more questions.
Seeya! :)
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 18:33, March 10, 2014 (UTC)
Could be just coincidences, man. A lot of people in Liberty City drive Patriots, and I'm not seeing 50 years old businessmen working in Exchange being North Holland Hustlers.
In Photo Shoot, he could be someone just causing X some ruckus. Not necessarily an NHH.
Hiring NHH as bodyguards, if they are, indeed NHH, it would make sense, since they hang around the zone where X lives, and they are street wise. They could not be NHH and instead be Unnafiliated Projects Gangsters.
Also, it isn't mentioned anywhere that Dwayne was the Hustlers' leader. They just mention the drug business and Dwayne being arrested by pushing crack cocaine.
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 19:55, March 11, 2014 (UTC)
Sorry for interrupting, but may I explain my own point on North Holland Hustlers and Playboy X? I'm sorry for answering question that wasn't for me, but it seems to be the better way.
The point is, that not every black criminal in North Holland is a member of North Holland Hustlers. There are the same black pedestrians in North Holland, Firefly Projects and Acter, all used as members of one unnamed black gang. I think, that this is not one big black gang, but a numbers of little drug crews of street criminals and North Holland Hustlers is just one of them.
Two known members of North Holland Hustlers are Marlon Bridges and Jayvon Simson. Both were killed on orders of Playboy X and Dwayne Forge, which makes them enemies of the gang and obviuosly not the leaders. Police Database never mentioned them as part of North Holland Hustlers, so that's more likely, that they're just leading unnamed drug cartel.
Bodyguards of Playboy X don't use pedestrian models of North Holland Hustlers, they're just using standart black criminals models from all over Liberty City (which are all the same). They can be North Holland Hustlers, or they can be East Holland Drug Gang. Or they can be members of unnamed gangs from Firefly Projects. We can't know for sure, but they're most probably just black gangsters on Playboy X's payroll, not affiliated with any named gang.
Affiliating Playboy X with North Holland Hustlers was just a mistake without any proof, which was made too many years ago, that's why it so hard to admit. But please, make your research and you will see, that there is no proof of Playboy X being member of North Holland Hustlers.
Thanks for your attention. Sorry for interrupting. Orto Dogge (talk) 20:18, March 11, 2014 (UTC)
- I'm still not fully convinced, but I truly enjoyed reading the points you two presented to me, which showed me how serious you took your research (and that's a bloody good thing in my eyes). I will touch this subject later in the near future when I'll come to revamp Dwayne and Playboy's pages (after doing 100+ other revamps, I promise, I'll make it before my death!), but for now, thumbs up guys. -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 19:25, March 12, 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, Ilan. I'm gonna be on this subject until you're convinced, though.
- PS: If you DON'T make it until you die, don't sweat it - I, myself will put in work, to try to continue your work. :)
- Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 19:37, March 12, 2014 (UTC)
- Wait, who said you gonna outlive me? :P -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 20:00, March 12, 2014 (UTC)
- This. Oh, I'm a Walking Dead by the way.
- Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 19:19, March 13, 2014 (UTC)
- Good one, my friend, but it seems you forgot that I'm the goddamned Batman, which basically means I'll die only when all work on this Wiki ('the evil') is done (by 'the good'). Yeah, it's confusing, I know :O -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 20:25, March 13, 2014 (UTC)
- It is, indeed. I just hope you don't come across a guy that makes jokes in the Wiki. Ha! Get it? A guy that makes jokes? Joker? Get it? It's hilarious, right? Right?...OK... :(
- Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 18:36, March 14, 2014 (UTC)
- Good one, my friend, but it seems you forgot that I'm the goddamned Batman, which basically means I'll die only when all work on this Wiki ('the evil') is done (by 'the good'). Yeah, it's confusing, I know :O -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 20:25, March 13, 2014 (UTC)
- Wait, who said you gonna outlive me? :P -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 20:00, March 12, 2014 (UTC)
Your sandbox
Just checked your sanboxes... Damn, I gonna need a bigger shovel! Orto Dogge (talk) 15:25, March 14, 2014 (UTC)
- Don't children in your country use little shovels when playing in sandboxes? :) I've meant, that you've done a great work with this sandbox articles and they look really impressive. Are you gonna replace current articles with those ones? That'd be great, I think. Orto Dogge (talk) 16:13, March 14, 2014 (UTC)
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- Actually, the Badman's and Jacob's pages are purely beautiful, can't see no reason to keep them just for yourself. :) Others are VERY informative even for me, being such a fan and thing, but I can see why you didn't post them already. If you'll need any help with them or will be short on research resources — feel free to holla at me. I'll be glad to look into GTA IV once again and pay attention on anything you'll need me to pay attention too. It's a big work you're doing alone here. It would be a honor for me to give you a hand. Thanks for all that information, ILan, good luck with them articles! Orto Dogge (talk) 22:40, March 14, 2014 (UTC)
You back?
Sorry mate I've only just seen your message. I can't answer your question anyway.
You're editing again, does this mean you're back? Like properly? Because I'm pretty busy at the moment so it'd be great for me to know you're looking over the Wiki. Tom Talk 23:17, March 15, 2014 (UTC)
- That is shit aha. At least you get the joy of starting each game over... That could be good at least. I'll have a look at your Sandboxes if you want, give you a little feedback maybe. But they're usually pretty good. Tom Talk 16:32, March 16, 2014 (UTC)
Glad to see you back, Ilan! --Thomas0802 • (talk • edits) 14:55, March 16, 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, Ilan. How's children in your country's sanboxes? Still living the gangsta live?
I just wanted to remind you of our discussion about North Holland Hustlers. Today I rewrote the whole article about African-American Gangsters and you might find it interesting to read, since I tried to describe their whole story there and there is no place for Playboy or Dwayne to be in NHH.
I know how much you like deep researches, so I'm proud to share it with you.
Cheers! Orto Dogge (talk) 16:46, March 18, 2014 (UTC)
Grand Theft Auto 5 PC Release Date for June
GTA V PC RELEASE DATE FOR JUNE
There Has Been Rumors Asking for GTA V Porting for the PC in June. Type Grand Theft Auto 5 PC Date Release And Check if Grand Theft Auto V is Released for the PC Until June 2014.
Promotions
Wow. I can't believe I've been promoted, just now when I haven't been to active because of exams. I'll miss Jeff. He won't leave definetely, I hope. Congratulations for being named Bureaucrat. We should update the source for colored usernames now, and update the Staff page.Dodo8 Talk 08:21, April 3, 2014 (UTC)
B'crat
Congrats on the promotion mate, you deserve it. Tom Talk 18:02, April 3, 2014 (UTC)
Congrats
Hey Ilan xd! Congrats on your promotion to being a bureaucrat! I hope you enjoy it! () 23:03, April 3, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
Congrats
Congrats on promotion. Cannot think of a better replacement for Jeff. Messi1983 (talk) 12:09, April 4, 2014 (UTC)
Congratulations
Hey Ilan. Congrats on becoming a Bureau! When did this happen??!! LS11sVaultBoy (Talk) 13:40, April 4, 2014 (UTC)
Congrats!
Congratulations on becoming a bureaucrat Ilan! I'm sure you'll be a great one. Boomer8 (talk) 01:39, April 5, 2014 (UTC)
Staff page
I added some pics to the left of article names on the GTA Wiki:Staff page. Do they look good?Dodo8 Talk 07:29, April 5, 2014 (UTC)
Congratulations!
Hey Ilan congrats on becoming the wikis' newest b'crat! You were the filet mignon of the admins; now you just added some special sauce as a b'crat. Ha Ha, congrats man! Sasquatch101 (talk) 04:08, April 7, 2014 (UTC)
Cars in GTA V page
Hey Ilan,
Just wanted to fill you in on why this page was put up. We've been looking at some of the most commonly used search terms, and the vast majority of people searching use "GTA V cars" instead of "GTA V vehicles". In order to help the Wiki increase its presence in search results for GTA V cars and vehicles, adding this page would be extremely helpful since it contains the necessary search term in the URL. It's a dumb technicality that repeats some of the existing information, but such is the way of search engine parsing.
Just wanted to run it buy you and a few of the other admins to see if you're okay with it. If not, that's fine.
Thanks!
Michael (profile)•(talk)•(email) 23:26, April 7, 2014 (UTC)
Missing images situation
As you already know the wiki has lost a bunch of images because of some sort of glitch, but now the galleries and picture frames on pages are empty. Should we just delete the empty pic frames and empty gallery space? I doubt the images that were lost will be restored. Sasquatch101 (talk) 23:39, April 7, 2014 (UTC)
The articles that have the missing image problem are: Grapeseed, Chumash, Los Santos County, ect. Pretty much ever other article has this problem and so far none of the images have reappeared. Sasquatch101 (talk) 02:14, April 9, 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ilan!
How do I change my username? I don't want to get a new account.
Regards,
Richard Palm (talk) 08:25, April 20, 2014 (UTC)
Promotion
Hey Ilan xd! It's Smashbro8. I have written a request for promotion on the Requests for Promotion page. Please give me a vote! Thanks! () 03:20, April 26, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
He can't get over it
YamiYugi16 can't get over the fact that Johnny is dead. He keeps vandalising the pages of Trevor and Johnny. May you take this as a kinda report? :) Jeansowaty 15:08, April 28, 2014 (UTC)Jeansowaty
Him again
Ilan, that asshole Joshualever is back, please get rid of him, I cannot take the stress of that past event again, please get him banned from this site okay :( Cloudkit01 (talk) 02:54, April 30, 2014 (UTC)
Hey Ilan xd. I was wondering if if you knew how to edit a Navigation box (Navbox). I'm just asking because on another wiki I edit on the Navbox is a little messed up and needs editing badly. Let me know if you know how to do this or if another staff member knows how to do this. () 20:21, April 30, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
Promotion
Hey Illan. Could you vote on my request at GTA Wiki:Requests for Promotion. Thank you. Sasquatch101 (talk) 22:13, May 1, 2014 (UTC)
Community Noticeboard
Could you vote at GTA Wiki:Community Noticeboard. Sasquatch101 (talk) 02:24, May 2, 2014 (UTC)
Smashbro
Smashbro's now a patroller, could you do your thing with the Staff page and coloured names. Thanks pal. Tom Talk 17:59, May 2, 2014 (UTC)
Staff Picture
Hey Ilan xd. Thanks for your compliment! Also, I would like my staff picture on the Staff page to be a picture of Ryder from GTA San Andreas. If one is not available, I will take one for Luis Lopez. () 19:59, May 2, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
Demotion
Could you vote on this. Tom Talk 22:17, May 3, 2014 (UTC)
Sasquatch
Ilan, if you haven't found out already Sasquatch has been demoted and now banned just from having a mild arguement with Tom. I think he has been punished enough by being demoted and blocked, but being blocked for infinte is way too harsh. He has done so much for this wiki and was a great contributor and nice person, so I don't believe he deserves the same punishment a vandal should. I think he at least deserves the right to come and edit here if he wants to after all the good he has done here. Thanks. Boomer8 (talk) 19:26, May 4, 2014 (UTC)
RE: Hey
I'm glad you support my decision. I really didn't want it to go this far, but Sasquatch was convinced I had some sort of vendetta against him. There's no coming back from it now. I was willing to let him serve his block, come back, and earn his position again. But he just continued with the insults and ridiculous accusations.
He was a good editor, but nobody is exempt from the rules. This was his fourth block for incivility, I gave him so many warnings, he just really wanted to be an admin and hated me for stopping him.
Anyway, as far as I'm concerned it's over now. I hope Boomer can calm down and see things objectively because I'd hate to lose another patroller over this. He likes you, so maybe you could try and explain things to him, I've tried but I think he just sees me as 'the guy that unfairly blocked and demoted his friend'.
Yeah, it should be protected. We've got a patroller vacancy but I'm not sure we'll get a request for a while. I agree with the admin thing, it doesn't seem to be about protecting and helping the Wiki, it's all about status to some. People don't seem to understand it, they understand b'crats even less, some see us - well, me - as dictators who just oppress the people and don't allow democracy. We have to make some decisions ourselves, we're not just hear to promote people.
Also, I'm not sure if you've heard about the abuse filter Jeff is trying to sort out? It blocks vandals automatically, so out jobs should be a little easier. Tom Talk 09:23, May 5, 2014 (UTC)
- Yeah it is, when I started out on Wikia I was very different, I was made b'crat on a Wiki far too soon and I ended up coming into conflict with Dan and Jeff over how they dealt with a user on their Wiki, needless to say, they were completely right haha. So I try and empathise with younger users who just need a bit of help and experience.
- It was my birthday a while ago, I just forgot to change it.
- I'm not sure that's saying much haha, no country has quite grasped democracy yet. We b'crats are voted in as we're experienced and logical - I like to think so at least ;). We're supposed to be trusted to make some decisions with the Wiki in mind. I do like community votes, but somethings are b'crat only decisions due to us having a little bit more knowledge and experience.
- I just hope it works out, Jeff and Dan have it on the Bully Wiki so he knows how to use it. He's been great throughout this issue, it was always good to have a b'crat like him. Tom Talk 13:24, May 5, 2014 (UTC)
Watch_Dogs Instant Expert Chat
Hi Ilan xd,
We are currently putting together an Instant Expert for Watch_Dogs, similar to -- but more elaborate than -- the ones we did for The Elder Scrolls Online and Titanfall. Instead of giving you a questionnaire to fill out, I'd like to schedule a time to chat about Watch_Dogs over Skype, AIM, or whatever chat client you prefer. I know you're mostly active here on GTA, but I thought you might be interested in Watch_Dogs due to the similarities they share as far as gameplay goes. If we could chat some time tomorrow morning, that would be great. Let me know what times work for you and how you'd like to have the chat.
Thanks!
Mhadick (talk) 23:58, May 5, 2014 (UTC)
Resignation
I'm resigning from my staff position so I guess you should take away the rollback tool. Here's my resignation. Boomer8 (talk) 00:26, May 6, 2014 (UTC)
Staff picture
Hey Ilan xd. I just wanted to say that you forgot to change my staff picture on the GTA:Wiki Staff page. I really wanted a picture of Ryder as my picture, but if one is not available, I'll take the artwork of Luiz Lopez. Thanks! () 15:25, May 6, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
It's okay. Lol we all forget things over time. XD () 15:50, May 6, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
Ryder with CJ. Thanks! () 15:56, May 6, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
Sure will. Thanks! () 16:18, May 6, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
Wikia's Video Swap Tool
Hi there!
Though you might already know about, I thought I’d remind you about [Special:LicensedVideoSwap|Wikia’s Video Swap tool], which allows you to very easily swap out YouTube videos embedded across your community for the Wikia equivalent. It only effects YouTube videos with a matching Wikia video. Swapping out your videos for matching officially licensed Wikia videos means that the videos on your community are less likely to be taken down and rendered unwatchable.
With your approval, I can go through and make these swaps for you — if you’d rather undertake this task yourself — or if you’re uninterested entirely — just let me know! I'll likely start making some of the swaps for you in a week, so be sure to let me know as soon as you can if you'd rather not make the switch."
Thanks!
Mhadick (talk) 23:44, May 14, 2014 (UTC)
Hangmans NOOSE
Hey I recently cleaned up the hangmans Noose page, I just wanted to check with a administrator before removing the clean up page thing. It it right again? --Hutchm (talk) 23:35, May 19, 2014 (UTC)
Unblocking Sasquatch101 discussion
Hey Ilan. Sasquatch101 wants to be unblocked from GTA Wiki, and I said I thought it ought to be something that the bureaucrats discussed rather than a one man decision. The talk is happening on Tom's Community Central message wall. [1] Also you should probably know that a user named Brandon.marino.98 got in a fight with Sasquatch on Myths Wiki and then decided to pick on him over here where he's blocked and can't fight back. So you might want to watch Brandon's edits and make sure he's not being incivil or otherwise picking on Sasquatch. Jeff (talk·stalk) 19:45, May 20, 2014 (UTC)
RE: Watch Dogs
Yep, in fact you've reminded me that I need to pre-order it! It looks great, I haven't got a next gen console yet so hopefully it's just as good on my 360. I'm guessing you're planning on getting it? Tom Talk 15:11, May 23, 2014 (UTC)
- Well I'll let you know what I think. I'm not 100% on it, mainly the constantly using tech side of it, I tend to prefer the standard kill everyone in front of you kinda open world games. There aren't really any great preorder bonuses so you won't miss anything by waiting.
- I really don't know which I prefer, that's one reason I haven't got one yet. I'll probably wait a few more months before I get one. By then any bugs will probably be fixed and I'll hopefully have a better idea which one's for me. I don't like the voice control thing for the Xbox One though. What about you? Tom Talk 16:29, May 23, 2014 (UTC)
- I hope it works, I like the idea of turning all traffic lights green to cause a crash while I get away, but I see myself not doing that and just shooting cops and escaping that way. But we'll see.
- For which one do you have to pay for multiplayer? I got a 360 last time because some mates liked Halo - I hated it in the end. I'd of preferred Uncharted, but I did like getting GTA IV DLC before PS3 - though PS3 did get some good exclusive content for other games. I'll probably be forced to make a choice when a game I really want is next gen exclusive. I think the next AC will be so probably then. Wii U is definitely up there... Can Xbox and PS even get Mario Kart? haha. Tom Talk 13:03, May 24, 2014 (UTC)
- I bet you're right, everything looks alright in the videos though. I really hope the gunplay and driving doesn't suck, the city looks so good!
- That's ridiculous. I'm still annoyed about the selling of DLC as soon as the game's released, this is too far.
- He's French I think so who knows, he might be a French Ezio. I think they set the bar too high with Ezio, Connor just sucked after him. So boring. The gameplay was great, but I wish I was Haytham and not his annoyingly self-righteous son. Edward was good though, but it's hard to go too wrong with a pirate. Tom Talk 23:07, May 25, 2014 (UTC)
- I think I'm maybe a third through it. It's alright, nothing special really. The graphics are a let down and the driving is pretty poor, the tech is easy enough to use though and there are a few interesting characters - unfortunately not the protagonist though. It seems like a decent game, but it's not quite what I was expecting. What do you think? Tom Talk 22:55, May 28, 2014 (UTC)
- The game has really grown on me. I think the initial let down with graphics and mechanics took away from my initial enjoyment. But I've got used to the combat and driving and it is pretty fun. I'm halfway through Act IV, and while I'm not totally immersed in the story, there is plenty to do - the story seems a good length and there are plenty of side missions too. I'd probably give it 7/10. Good game, fun after you get used to it, but nothing exceptional. I'm not quite with these people claiming that it's one of the best games ever, there's far too much wrong with it for that to be the case. I think Sleeping Dogs is far better to be honest, graphics are similar, but combat was better and the story was good, plus a better city.
- I've finished the story now too, the ending was fine. I liked the hacking pacemaker thing, the thing with Jordi was a bit predictable and that wasn't exactly the great final cutscene. I've got through the gang hideouts and all of the investigations now. Seems like you get enough for your money. The game isn't all I expected, but it's fine, nothing revolutionary, I think Rockstar have set such a high bar for open world games that every other one is going to be a little disappointing in comparison.
- I'd recommend Sleeping Dogs, it was a really fun game with a good story and good characters, and Hong Kong as a setting was great. It's always a US city, so it was good to have a different setting. There are some great missions too, and it nailed character development in some cases. It'll be cheap now too. There's a sequel on the way probably next year I think.
- Watch Dogs is the first game I've actually bought this year I think, so I guess it's my favourite game of the year by default :). I agree with you on Ubisoft wanting another franchise. AC is great and is so successful because it doesn't really have competition in that area. Like you say, Watch Dogs is trying to compete with GTA, and that's a fight they'll never win. I guess the implosion of Saints Row has left a place in the market for it though. It's such as shame SR went in such a ridiculous direction, SR2 was so much fun and while it wasn't exactly the game GTA IV was it did beat it in some areas. No other game has really done that. Watch Dogs needs to develop a lot more to stand a chance, if they go too far in one direction like SR did, they could lose a potentially great franchise. Tom Talk 22:05, June 1, 2014 (UTC)
- I hope they fix the game, so much potential. But you're right, competing with Rockstar is never going to work out in their favour. Maybe they need to put more into the hacking, that's the games USP after all.
- I really hope SR go back to how it used to be. They could write 3 & 4 off as a dream the protagonist had in another coma aha. They just forgot about Dex too, at the end of Corporate Warfare the protag said he was going to find Dex. He seemed to forget about that. Then they killed Gat, then they brought a shitty version of Benjamin King back. They unequivocally destroyed that game. I can't enjoy 3 or 4 because I just find them so irritating. If I hadn't know what SR was like before them I probably wouldn't dislike them so much.
- I forgot about Far Cry 4. That and AC Unity are out at the end of the year I think. Both should be good games. Tom Talk 16:01, June 8, 2014 (UTC)
Watch Dogs
Hey Ilan xd! I just got Watch Dogs and I must say it is among the best games ever. I haven't even gotten that far but I enjoy it so much already. I don't think there's any more I could ask for in a game except for the fact that I wish Aiden could punch other people and get into fist fights. Just wanted to say that, just in case you didn't yet have the game. () 00:25, May 29, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
I agree when you said it is the best fun you've had with any game in 2014. I love it! What do you think about Aiden though? () 01:32, May 30, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
I agree. He's not a bad protagonist but could be way better. A lot of people don't like Aiden anyway. I only like his hacking abilities and skills mostly. I also wish his clothes could be different instead of that weird coat. Oh and also, I enjoy exploring and fooling around with hacking abilities so much in the game that I'm only at the mission after Aiden meets Clara. () 06:45, May 31, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
True! I did think Clara was cooler than Aiden. T-Bone also looks like someone who'd be better to play as than Aiden. Lol and I cannot stand Aiden's coat! It ruins all his outfits! Still though, Watch Dogs is an excellent game and there's so much to do. I haven't even gotten through like six or seven missions because I was playing around with hacking, the police, taking down criminals and trying to eliminate all the CtOS Centers and towers. () 07:07, May 31, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
Suspicious Editor
Hey man, could you please keep an eye out for User:Herdjati? He messed up the formatting and removed all the images from the gallery in Feltzer.
I have checked on his previous edits, he's just ruining the pages writing incorrect information. (Rentedhitmanben (talk) 12:54, May 31, 2014 (UTC))
Another thing, I don't know if he's doing it on purpouse as he has a very small amount of correct edits but most of the time he's just messing it up with minor information that is incorrect such as that the Stretch E is also based on the W600 Pullman(a very old Mercedes limousine) and changing the description of the Faggio from a scooter to a motorcycle which yet again he changes it from correct to incorrect, he does many edits like this. (Rentedhitmanben (talk) 13:08, May 31, 2014 (UTC))
Hi!
How do I change my email address at GTA Wiki?
Regards,
Richard Palm (talk) 08:35, June 2, 2014 (UTC)
E3
Nope. Did I miss anything good? Tom Talk 00:09, June 15, 2014 (UTC)
- I've seen the AC stuff now. The gameplay looks great and the city too. I'm not sure about the English accents in France though, I mean they did Italian accents for AC2 so why no French accents? Far Cry looks a little odd, I'll need to see a bit more of that. I'm going to need to get a next gen console soon it seems. Any exclusive games mentioned? I'm assuming Unchartered is PS4 exclusive. Tom Talk 09:12, June 15, 2014 (UTC)
How did you do the wiki navigation rectangle and you add photos?
RE:
Ilan, this guy vandalize the Juliet page by calling me some shit names, he needs to be block for that, thanks. Cloudkit01 (talk) 15:52, June 25, 2014 (UTC)
Good, and thanks man. Cloudkit01 (talk) 16:04, June 25, 2014 (UTC)
Security Guards name
Hey Ilan, this guy thinks the Unnamed Security Guard's name is Jaspers, but I think Jaspers is a fake name because we don't know what the security guard's name, could you investigate that, thanks man. Cloudkit01 (talk) 20:37, June 26, 2014 (UTC)
please help.
cloudkit01 keeps censoring me and refuses to even respond to me. I discovered a certain characters name and all I want to do is share a cool rockstar easteregg/detail. I thought this website was about contribution and community! let me be clear. CLOUDKIT01 never once even attempted to respond or communicate with me AT ALL.
this encapsulates what i'm talking about:
Attitude towards Users
Hey Cloudkit. You need to start replying to your messages, even if they aren't necessary. Being a staff member isn't all about who makes the most edits here, it's about being civil and helpful to others. You gotta change that cause that's not how staff are supposed to operate. Now another user asked you a question, which you could at least have responded saying why you reverted his edit, because he needs to know what he did wrong before he does it again and gets blocked. You have to remember, you a staff member and as staff members we should be civil and helpful towards other users...unless they cause a little too much trouble (vandalism). [3] ([4]) 23:25, May 20, 2014 (UTC)Smashbro8
the page: http://gta.wikia.com/Unnamed_Security_Guard
I posted this in the talk page :
The security guard's name is Jaspers
proof: http://i.imgur.com/C60wShP.jpg
more proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rxGmF_neMM#t=126 check the video at 2:05 - 2:06
Why do you (cloudkit01) keep removing Jaspers name? I thought the point was to accumulate info here not censor it. Rafman400 (talk) 20:32, June 26, 2014 (UTC)
Ithen smashbro8 has come in to defend cloud and bad mouth me... I really don't understand the negativity here, I just want to share a simple find >.<
BTW Jasper mean "Keeper of Treasure". Come on guys, this is a no brainer!
http://i.imgur.com/n8QxnPQ.jpg
ragequit has now come to verifiy what I said. I guess its guilty till proven innocent around here =/.....
Security Guard's name
Hey there Smashbro. I know we haven't really talked much in the past, but I just wanted to clear up this little disagreement going on here about the guard's name. His name is Jaspers, if you watch the gameplay video for the Prologue mission, his nametag can be clearly seen a few instances. You can see it when he emerges from behind the wall to take Michael at gunpoint, and then you can see it even closer after he pulls Michael's mask off. His name is undoubtedly Jaspers. RageQuit Talk 22:04, June 26, 2014 (UTC)
RE: Jaspers
"it can be just a random name they picked for the nametag."
I doubt the name is random as its persian origins literally means keeper or holder of treasure. definitley not random.
"possible that other NPC security guards use that nametag (if they do have nametags), and if that's true, then it's not his name"
I have never seen any other npcs with this nametag. I have provided truth and there is no proof of others having this nametag, the burden of proof now falls on the disprover. It seems you'd rather have me be wrong then to simply correct a page
Can I please have my warning revoked as it was issued under false pretenses?
Given reason: Adding false info/edit warring Issued by: [2]
as you can see, it was not false info Rafman400 (talk) 03:33, June 27, 2014 (UTC)
One last thing: A name tag denontes someones name.
"possible that other NPC security guards use that nametag (if they do have nametags), and if that's true, then it's not his name"
no this would mean that all of there names are jaspers. that what nametags do. they show you a persons name
re re jaspers
thank you! I wont be bragging, trust me. you'll probably never hear from me again unless i find something else that you guys have missed. Don't get me wrong I'm appreciative of people who sustain these wikias, but my passionate/agressive attitude was brought on by one of your staff cloudkit01 repedetley removing my edits which is reasonable at first but then repedetley removing my talk topics! I mean isn't the point of a talk topic to talk!?!? He was censoring me. I was left with no response and no idea as to why. not only that but then smashbro calls me a liar and says that the video contained no nametag only to later have other users watch the video and confirm it themselves. This to me suggests that he didn't even investigate my claim and chose just to chastise me. I thank you for actually hearing me out but goddamn, your two staff members made it extremley difficult for me TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. Rafman400 (talk) 03:50, June 27, 2014 (UTC)