User talk:Ostercy

Hi I'm Charlie Donovan, I was a Bureaucrat for this wiki but haven't been on for quite a long time due to my mother's death. The wiki has changed a lot since I was last on and i'm not sure if I still have Bureaucrat rights on here or what's going on...any help appreciated, thanks. I also can't seem to edit my profile page, i can edit my talk page though...so not sure about that either --Donovan-j-charlie 18:05, December 9, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Charlie Donovan,

I'm not sure why you can't edit your profile - it might be worth asking Wikia help? As far as I can tell, you're still a Bureaucrat, whatever that is. However recently somebody made you an Admin with checking with me first, so I reverted that until I knew what was going on. Hope that helps, Ost Ostercy 10:12, December 10, 2011 (UTC)

Hello again, it's been a while but I think (well hope) that my internet is finally letting me access this wiki again! My admin rights do seem to have returned, it's currently 1:20 in the morning for me so i'll have a more detailed look later when i'm actually awake, as well as try to re-learn my way around a bit --Donovan-j-charlie (talk) 01:22, February 19, 2013 (UTC)

New Skin?
Hello Ostercy, I was wondering if you would be interested in having a new skin that will reflect the look of the new game? I whipped one up on my own wiki, if you want to see what I had in mind. Also, as an update on my reworking the new game's page, I moved everything that was there to Tomb Raider 2012 News. Let me know! Soldierscuzzy 22:02, December 9, 2011 (UTC)

I'm happy to look at suggestions for a background but I'd prefer if it reflected a bit more broadly the history of the TR franchise dating back to 1997 rather than just the artwork for the latest game (which isn't even out yet). If you have any suggestions for a classic TR skin, let me know. Tomb Raider 2012 News looks OK, although when the actual game comes out we will need a separate page about the game itself and not just the history of the Eidos marketing campaign. Cheers, Ost Ostercy 10:12, December 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * I redid the Tomb Raider 2012 page to reflect the new game, so that is already done. Also, I made a new skin, if you haven't already seen it, on my personal wiki. The link to it is right here, if you want to check it out. Let me know what you think! Thanks! Soldierscuzzy 22:55, December 11, 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I saw your skin previously, and hence my remarks about the skin here. Your skin reflects the very latest game and a frankly unfamilar incarnation of Lara Croft. This Wiki represents the whole of Tomb Raider history. Therefore the existing skin here, although primitive, is much more appropriate for Lara Croft Wikia than your skin, which only reflects TR2012 and the present Eidos marketing campaign. Hope that helps, Ost Ostercy 06:58, December 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * I understand perfectly. If you do want to update the skin at a later date, feel free to let me know, and I can make you one! Soldierscuzzy 18:28, December 12, 2011 (UTC)

Page Renaming
Hi, Ostercy. I had left a message on Donovan-j-charlie's user talk page about I problem I accidently created and there has been no reply. I wonder if it would be possible for you to sort out the page. This is the message I sent to Donovan-j-charlie:

"Donovan-j-charle. I seem to have had some trouble with a page I was renaming. There were two Crocodile enemy pages on this wiki so I transfered the content on one of them onto the other to create one Crocodile page. Then, I decided to rename it to something that does not have an article yet. So I chose Thor's Belt but it said that page already exists so I tried Amulet of Horus instead and that's where it messed up. It is presently called Thor's Belt and redirects from Amulet of Horus which isn't good as a page for the Amulet of Horus will not be able to be created. Would you be able to help to sort out this problem?"

I'll have a look at it. Cheers, Ost Ostercy 06:58, December 12, 2011 (UTC)

Quiz
Hello Ostercy! I was wondering if you would be interested in writing a few questions for a Tomb Raider quiz in anticipation for the new game coming out? We're looking for around 4-5 questions with four responses each (only one of them being the correct one, of course!) If you are interested, or have any questions, please let me know! Thanks! Bob (profile)•(talk)•(email) 19:27, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Hi Bob,

Not sure what you're after, but would these be any good?;

1. Prior to Tomb Raider I which village did Lara stumble into after her plane crash in Tibet?

a. Tokakeriby

b. Barkhang

c. Ghalali

d. Mayapore

2.Which children’s TV program does Lara refer to in Tomb Raider II?

a. Tellytubbies

b. Jackanory

c. Playschool

d. Blue Peter

3. In Tomb Raider III what is Lara’s last kill?

a. Mutant Willard

b. RX Tech scientist

c. Sophia Leigh

d. Helicopter pilot

4. Who was the mentor of the young Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation?

a. Conrad Roth

b. Werner Von Croy

c. Lord Croft

d. Lara’s butler

5. Who does Karel not transform into during Tomb Raider: The Angel Of Darkness?

a. Louis Bouchard

b. Kurtis Trent

c. Werner Von Croy

d. Pieter Van Eckhardt

Ostercy 20:53, February 27, 2012 (UTC)


 * Those are perfect! Thanks! Do you think you could quick jot down the answers on my talk page? :P Bob (profile)•(talk)•(email) 21:06, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Can you not protect the Lara Croft page, I wanted to update the image to the newer version of her for the new game. I uploaded the photo and put it on my user page. New Captain (talk • contribs • count) 10:19, March 11, 2012 (UTC)

I've replied to you personally, but the answer is no, I cannot unprotect the Lara Croft page. It was precisely to prevent people posting artwork from the as yet unreleased "reboot" as the main picture that I protected it. This is a Wiki about Tomb Raider, not part of the Square Enix marketing department.Ostercy 10:40, March 11, 2012 (UTC)

Maybe we should make more Lara Croft pages depending on their universe. I know all games are not in the same universe because they got rebooted as did this one. What do you think? - New Captain (talk • contribs • count) 10:41, March 11, 2012 (UTC)

Sounds confusing. I think one Lara Croft page is enough for now. When the reboot has been released there may or may not be stuff to add to the existing Lara Croft biography page including stuff that might come under the trope "Fake Brit", but right now everything is pure speculation based on snippets from interviews and various PR releases.Ostercy 10:50, March 11, 2012 (UTC)

The games get rebooted from time to time, so meaning that Lara Croft Underworld and the new game have no connection with each other, do you get it?? New Captain (talk • contribs • count) 10:56, March 11, 2012 (UTC)

Not sure what point you are trying to make, but do I "get" Tomb Raider? Yes - I've been a hardcore fan since 1996. Do please read my previous post properly - everything about the new game is speculation at this point.Ostercy

They've made a trailer...... New Captain (talk • contribs • count) 11:03, March 11, 2012 (UTC)

And we have a page about Tomb Raider 2012 where you can speculate on the meaning (or otherwise) of that trailer and the ghastly gameplay presentaions to your heart's content :) Ostercy 11:09, March 11, 2012 (UTC)

Main Page link
Hi Ostercy. I’m Brandon, from Wikia’s Community Support team. I wanted to ask what your reasons were for having a link to http://www.wikiraider.com on your main page. This is generally considered an advertisement, and unauthorized advertisements are against our Terms of Use. If you could get back to me, that would be great. Thanks! - Brandon Rhea (talk)  19:04, March 13, 2012 (UTC)

WikiRaider is the best and original Tomb Raider Wiki and I didn't want this site to be perceived as any sort of competition. As for it being advertising, you could argue that any link on the Wiki to any of the Tomb Raider games could be contrued as advertising if you want to be pedantic about it. However if you enforce the Terms Of Use literally throughout the entire Wiki in that way, the Wiki will cease to exist. I'd be grateful if you allowed me to continue have my link to WikiRaider on the front page as I have had for some time now. If there is still a problem, maybe we could get a second opinion from another member of the Wikia staff? Thanks. Ostercy 20:25, March 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi. Just to clarify, this is something that was coming from the Community Support Team, not just me. That said, we're fine with you keeping the link on the main page, so long as it's less of the first thing people see. Perhaps a link lower down on the page, or some sort of sister site icon/badge that can be placed on the page? That way it looks less like an advertisement, or a means of saying "Go here to edit." Thanks! - Brandon Rhea (talk)  18:45, March 23, 2012 (UTC)

I've removed the link. Ostercy 06:22, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

Related Videos
Hi Ostercy,

I hope you are well. I wanted to let you know we have a new related video product that’s going to bring even more amazing content to Wikia. We’re hoping that your community will be one of the first to try this new feature and give us feedback. In return, we’ll be spotlighting wikis that are part of our video pilot program.

This unique video showcase is designed to play videos related to the content on your wiki, giving you and your community complete control to add or remove videos by each individual placement of the related videos product.

It’s easy. All you need to do is select videos from a growing library of content provided by Wikia and partners such as Screenplay (Hulu, IGN and more coming soon) or you can add videos from YouTube and other supported video hosting sites. Viewers can scroll through and watch the entire selection, and logged in users can contribute to it.

You can see an example of how the related videos product works on Moviepedia here: http://movies.wikia.com/wiki/The_Artist. The module is in the right rail. You can also browse our selection of Tomb Raider videos to choose from here (more to come): link.

Alternately, Wikia can give you a head start by placing a pre-populated video module with relevant staff picks on your wiki. You and your community still have complete control to adjust what is presented in the related video showcase.

We look forward to hearing your suggestions on how to make this product one of our best. Please respond as soon as possible to let us know if you want to be a part of this pilot program.

Cheers, Mark  ( talk ) 22:00, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

Affiliations
hi there Ostercy

this wiki, Cheevo Archive, www.cheevoarchive.wikia.com would like to be affiliated with this wiki. Cheevo archive is a wiki dedicated to documenting every achievement for every game possible, with ways to get them. As some of us are fans of tomb raider, we had the idea of asking you for an affiliation. I look forward to hearing from you again

cheers

Ezio TALK 2 ME, ASSASSINS! 02:54, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

Seen some links to some anime on some of the pages, seems like vandalism. Is it okay to remove any references to anime? SpiderPg 15:35, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

Oakey dokey Ostercy 15:46, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

Hi!

It was my pleasure to leave a comment!

I am a true Tomb Raider fan and it's secrets and adventures amaze me everytime I play the game no matter how many times I have played it before.

I am very specified in the game Tomb Raider Legend as I have completed it about a thousand times now so if there is anything I could help you with about TR Legend then please ask as it will be no problem to answer the question and if necessary find the answer by either surfing the internet OR playing the game again to see if I have missed that part out.

SEIWA
Hello Ostercy, my name is Erry and I'm a representative of SEIWA, Square Enix Independent Wiki Alliance. I don't know if you may have heard about us but I'm inquiring to ask you if you would like to join our cause and be hosted independently without the gripes enforced by Wikia. It is your choice entirely but we would certainly appreciate it if you joined us. Thank you for your time. Erry (talk) 02:21, October 29, 2012 (UTC)

Interlanguage links
Hey, I'd like to have your wiki linked with foreign-language versions of Lara Croft wiki. Please take a look at User blog:Elecbullet/Foreign language Tomb Raider wikis, because I'd like to have an administrator's permission first.

Thanks. Elecbullet (talk) 04:58, November 25, 2012 (UTC)

Mainpage Work?
Hey there Ostercy,

My name is Jorge and I am on Wikia's Community Development team. So I wanted to brainstorm some ideas for update the Lara Croft wiki's main-page to make is easily navigable for those visiting for the upcoming game that's releasing just around the corner.

I saw the thread above about the Skin, so it sounds like you would still prefer to keep the skin the wiki currently has. If you change you're mind, I'm happy to try to make one that includes many, if not all, of the Lara Croft iterations in one skin. I think that would be neat and capture the many versions of the character/game. However, if you would prefer to keep this skin, that's fine too.

I was also thinking (and pardon me, I'm mostly thinking out loud), it might be good to create new section headers, use the new video layout for Featured Video to showcase a random selection of some recent videos in addition to the main one, updating some of the images in the content portal as well as the links (eg: Walkthrough no longer works), and then adding a gallery and maybe a poll.

Let me know what you think of these ideas? I've love to start soon!

Best, Jorge

Game Guide App Curation
Greetings Ostercy!

I know you haven't been around much, but I thought I would reach out to you with this info anyway. Wikia is excited to launch our Game Guides app very soon. The app features access to tens of thousands of wikis and their excellent content. As a popular wiki with a treasure trove of information, we think the Dead Space wiki would be a great candidate for one the first curated games on the app! But first, we need your help. The Game Guide apps thrives on excellent categorization and a little bit of admin curation. Visit this page to learn more about curating your presence on the Game Guide app: http://preview.mira-test.wikia.com/wiki/Help:GameGuide.

If you have any questions or need assistance curating the content for the app, please let me know and I will happily help you organize it. I think most pages are well categorized, so if I don't see a response, I'll likely curate the section myself sometime next week. Just leave me a message on my talk page if you have any questions!

Best, Jorge (profile)•(talk) 19:02, January 23, 2013 (UTC)

Question from a newbie
Hi Ostercy! I'm new to the Lara Croft Wiki and i'm interested in writing a blog about some ideas I had. I was trying to create a background that wouldn't interfere with my other content I was adding. I realized I need use of media wiki and i'm a bit confused on some things.

I created a background .png file to add to mediawiki but realized I need admin abilities. Since I'm not an admin, I thought I would seek out your help.

Let me know if this is confusing, or if I can clear anything up. Hopefully, you can help with my mediawiki situation! Essentially I want to add the .png I created so that I can use a verbatim code in my blog for a background. Maybe there is an easier way to do this. Not sure, either way any help would be much obliged!

Here's the .png I created and here's the lara croft mediawiki page I created: Lara Croft Media Wiki Background File

Thanks!!!! Christijoy13 08:25, February 18, 2013 (UTC) aka Christina

BannedFromChat
Hi! Just to let you know, I noticed that a user named BannedFromChat was recently on here seriously vandalizing your pages, he did the same to the Bleach Wiki, on top of harassing some users on the Bleach Wiki. He has been globally banned by the wiki staff, but only for 3 months. I believe that the wiki staff has permanently blocked him after it was discovered that he's been using proxys to get around the ban, but just in case I suggest you rollback his edits wherever you find them and keep an eye out for suspicious users and edits. Thank you! Kamikaze839 (talk) 01:58, March 12, 2013 (UTC)