User talk:VulcansHowl/Archive 1

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 * ToastUltimatum (talk) 18:45, August 9, 2016 (UTC)

Good job!
I must congratulate you for your hard work! Please keep it up :) Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 19:37, August 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Diotoir! :) VulcansHowl (talk) 09:59, August 13, 2016 (UTC)

Feedback on Anarchy
Hi VulcansHowl, you've asked for feedback on your edits to Anarchy, so I thought I'd post them here instead of on Crushtacean's talk page.

In short, you're doing a great job. The most important thing to remember is that the design section can now house the pictures of the robot's different iterations, instead of leaving them with the battle histories. If it looks too crowded, make a gallery at the bottom of the page (near Trivia or Outside Robot Wars). If you spot a quote that more relates to design than performance, feel free to move that as well. Check out my recent edits to X-Terminator for an example of all the above.

Keep up the great work!  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  23:11, August 14, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. VulcansHowl (talk) 19:00, August 15, 2016 (UTC)

If you want
As you may already know, we run forums on this wiki called The Arena, where users with edit counts (in mainspace + files) can vote on various fantasy battles. If you're targeting entry to these forums, I have a way for you to reach 300 edits quite quickly, seeing as you've put in a lot of good work on our wiki so far. Ever since we changed the infobox font to Pirulen, the infobox headers on episode articles have looked excessively long. I went around the episode articles of the first two series and shortened them from "Robot Wars: The First Wars - Heat X" to "Heat X". You could carry this on, starting with the Third Wars, if you want the work. If not, no worries, keep up the good work of your own choice. Toast Ultimatum  12:39, August 16, 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi ToastUltimatum. Thank you for your offer. While I am in no hurry to reach 300 edits and have no intention to join The Arena forums yet, I am happy to start shortening the Third Wars episode infobox headers later today if you would like me to. VulcansHowl (talk) 12:55, August 16, 2016 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. I hope you develop an interest in the forums when it becomes relevant, we've got big plans for the tournament that'll come after the 2016 series. Toast  Ultimatum  13:00, August 16, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for tackling that. I'll leave the other series open to you for now, in case you feel like racking up some more edits :) Toast  Ultimatum  16:30, August 16, 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, I saw that the Series 5 and Series 4 infoboxes were being shortened in recent activity and thought I'd help quicken the process by doing the Series 7 ones. I didn't actually see this post on your talk page until now though. Sorry for essentially robbing you of easy edits, VulcansHowl, it wasn't intentional. Nweston8 (talk) 20:02, August 16, 2016 (UTC)
 * That's all right, Nweston8, you've actually saved me the effort of changing the Series 7 ones later tonight. Thank you for your assistance. I will change the Series 6 ones tomorrow, unless you would like to do those as well. VulcansHowl (talk) 20:57, August 16, 2016 (UTC)
 * To answer your question in an edit summary, yes I would like to see the infoboxes changed for Extreme/Foreign championships, it was actually "Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors Season 1 - US Championship" that motivated me to start the change in the first place. Whoever wants to tackle it is more than welcome, the help is appreciated from both. Toast  Ultimatum  09:05, August 17, 2016 (UTC)
 * That's fine, I'll make a start on the Dutch and German series right now. VulcansHowl (talk) 09:16, August 17, 2016 (UTC)
 * Done the Dutch and German series headers, as well as that for the Extreme 1 Forces Special. Will tackle Extreme Warriors and Nickelodeon series headers next. I am happy for Nweston8 to do the Extreme 2 headers if he wants to. VulcansHowl (talk) 09:33, August 17, 2016 (UTC)
 * I've just covered the Extreme 2 ones for you. If you want any help for other things, just say. Great work so far, though! Nweston8 (talk) 13:28, August 17, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you Nweston8. Your assistance has been most helpful. VulcansHowl (talk) 15:50, August 17, 2016 (UTC)

Designs and Versions
There's no need to make "versions" if the robot wasn't a completely new model. Take Berserk 2 for example - called Berserk 2 consistently, features the same design and weapons and colour. If the differences are minimal and the robot is considered the same robot (unlike Aggrobot, Plunderbird and Sabre Tooth) then use design, not versions of, and seperate paragraphs for each version and start with "for series 4, this was changed to..." or something similar.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  19:59, August 22, 2016 (UTC)
 * Understood. Will convert Berserk 2's 'Versions of' section into a 'Design' section now. VulcansHowl (talk) 20:06, August 22, 2016 (UTC)

Episode 5
Nice work with the Design sections you've been adding. I'd like to ask, are you planning to write some battle summaries for Episode 5 on the episode page? I ask because the process of writing each competitor's page means I have to write about each fight a lot of times, it helps when other people offer. Toast Ultimatum  16:13, August 23, 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi ToastUltimatum. As I wrote on the 2016 Episode 4 talk page, I am happy to write up a few of the Episode 5 battle summaries this week, but which ones I'll do depends on what battles CrashBash and Nweston8 want to focus on, as they have also expressed interest in writing a few summaries as well. VulcansHowl (talk) 16:33, August 23, 2016 (UTC)
 * First come, first served, I'd say. Just go with your preference. Note that I'd probably end up changing bits and pieces of Ironside3 vs Pulsar and Beast vs Gabriel, as I saw them live. Toast  Ultimatum  16:37, August 23, 2016 (UTC)
 * That's fine by me. Will start off with Chompalot vs Gabriel and the first Group Battle.VulcansHowl (talk) 16:45, August 23, 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll be available to do some write-ups tomorrow. I will cover Ironside3 vs Gabriel and the second group battle seeing as they're two that aren't done yet. Nweston8 (talk) 23:40, August 24, 2016 (UTC)

Pinball Warrior
Just want you to know your contributions have been appreciated. We've been very lucky to get such enthusiastic new users.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  09:34, August 26, 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you. VulcansHowl (talk) 09:48, August 26, 2016 (UTC)

Confirmation
Sorry it took so long to send you the message, but of course, you've long surpassed the criteria to enter the Arena forums on the wiki. I think the reason it took me so long to confirm your eligibility is because there are no tournaments to vote on! Enjoy Ragnabot 2 when it gets started! Toast Ultimatum  17:09, September 2, 2016 (UTC)
 * That's fine ToastUltimatum, thanks for letting me know. Ragnabot 2 sounds interesting. VulcansHowl (talk) 17:24, September 2, 2016 (UTC)

Terrific work
You've been doing awesome work. I know your talk page is nothing but compliments, but I feel like I need to reiterate it again. I wish you were around when we were writing in 2009!  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  05:58, September 25, 2016 (UTC)

Stevenage
Quick question where did you find the info on Stevenage so soon? 321Annihilate (talk) 16:44, October 3, 2016 (UTC)
 * I was there for the first of Sunday's shows. Absolutely amazing experience: great atmosphere, brilliant fights, and delighted to see Bigger Brother fighting again. As for TR2 and Manta's finishing positions, I found out from Robots Live's Facebook feed. VulcansHowl (talk) 17:05, October 3, 2016 (UTC)

Great thanks a lot. 321Annihilate (talk) 18:19, October 3, 2016 (UTC)

I went to the Saturday evening show as I live in Stevenage.--Nononsensecapeesh (talk) 17:58, November 10, 2016 (UTC)

Prince of Darkness
This is system has been discontinued, but we can still bring it back for absolutely exceptional work, and I think your rewrite on Prince of Darkness is one of your best yet.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  23:26, October 8, 2016 (UTC)
 * Cheers. VulcansHowl (talk) 09:29, October 9, 2016 (UTC)

Rollback
Whilst passing Adster's request for rollback, I was floored to realise you don't have these powers. Aside from Toast and I, you're easily the most active mainspace user (probably higher than us on most days too!) and I am satisfied I should grant you these powers without an application. Congratulations.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  03:00, October 26, 2016 (UTC)

Series Record EX
Please hold off on Series Record Ex until the matter has been settled. Toast and I are currently the only ones weighing in at the moment.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  11:21, October 26, 2016 (UTC)


 * Okay. VulcansHowl (talk) 11:25, October 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * As somebody who's used Series Record EX, perhaps you'd like to say whether or not you want it to be used on the wiki? Refer to Template talk:Series Record. Toast  Ultimatum  14:41, October 27, 2016 (UTC)
 * I can definitely say that Series Record EX and the other templates are a considerable improvement over the old bullet-points. Much clearer and more recognisable than the previous system, and its nice to know that we finally have an easy-to-digest record for Extreme as well as the main UK and international series. However, I think an extra template for Extreme-exclusive competitors that didn't attempt to participate in the main UK series (e.g. Rhino (Extreme 1), Combat Ant) would be quite useful, as well as one for Nickelodeon series competitors to bring the latter in line with the other series. VulcansHowl (talk) 15:41, October 27, 2016 (UTC)

Minor tip
When you're adding Series Records to Series 2 competitors, you don't need to enter all those 'Did not enters' manually - if a robot never competed again after Series 2, you can leave it blank and the rest is filled out automatically. Toast Ultimatum  18:36, November 2, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the tip ToastUltimatum, I'll remember this for my future edits. VulcansHowl (talk) 18:45, November 2, 2016 (UTC)

Gyrobot
Thanks a lot for rewriting Gyrobot's battle history, now it's truly one of our best articles. Toast Ultimatum  13:54, November 19, 2016 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! VulcansHowl (talk) 14:08, November 19, 2016 (UTC)

Refbot
These aren't generally given away anymore as they were mostly designed to encourage the growth of the wiki in the early days, but sometimes there comes a special case where an award has to be given away. The rework of Refbot was so expansive that this is definitely yours.

Toast Ultimatum  19:01, December 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. VulcansHowl (talk) 19:05, December 12, 2016 (UTC)

Weapons infobox
I knew I could count on you to jump in and help: can you continue on with overhead weapons and work down, and I'll go to the bottom and work up. I'll also give you an indication of who I've been including in "famous robots" - limit it to semi-finalists and tournament winners if there are enough to fit, but in terms of really famous weapons, limit it to top eight robots or robots with massive credibility. So for example, don't put Killerhurtz on bladed axes because it didn't even win a battle with it. Let me know if you have any questions.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  11:26, January 20, 2017 (UTC)
 * Of course, Toon Ganondorf. I will make headway with the Overhead weapons infoboxes and get as much of the others in as I can. VulcansHowl (talk) 11:39, January 20, 2017 (UTC)

2016-9
I've noticed a couple of examples where you've updated the Series Record to read as "2016-9". If we're calling 2017 Series 9, we're also calling 2016 Series 8, as proven by the BBC website. 8-9, or in the case of Sharkey and Pearce, 1-9 is fine. T OAS  T  17:49, February 11, 2017 (UTC)
 * Understood. Will go through and amend my previous changes. Vulcans Howl  17:54, February 11, 2017 (UTC)

Badge requests
Hi Vulcans, I've reviewed your badge requests, and unlike the others, I dreaded yours for the sheer magnitude of outstanding edits. I'm afraid I don't have the time to pour back forever and reward you for everything, but I'll field as many as I can.


 * I reviewed your work on Inshredable. It was terrific. It's clear you watched the battle, rewrote the review from scratch and provided a much deeper perception of what was happening. You checked quotes matched, recorded your own, and fleshed out the description. All of this is badge worthy, however, Inshredable is too small an article to be worthy of a badge. Sometimes I flesh out an article like Inshredable to relax. It isn't particularly hard since there's all of two battles to watch. So whilst the work is the standard you need, articles like Inshredable won't earn badges.
 * I've then gone on to review several more of your edits. Please accept the following badges:

I wish I could go back and continue rewarding you for your work, but I've worked an 11 hour day and dedicated another 90 minutes to this, so in recognition of all of your work that has gone unrecognised by my audit, please accept the following:

 Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  11:28, February 24, 2017 (UTC)


 * I have to say, I didn't expect to receive so many badges at once. Thank you for recognising my contributions, Toon Ganondorf. Very much appreciated. Vulcans Howl  11:44, February 24, 2017 (UTC)


 * You earned them. As a suggestion, add the template after each one to reduce the gap. Look and see what I've done beside the Cyclone badge just above this message.  Toon Ganondorf     (t    c)  11:56, February 24, 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tip, Toon Ganondorf. I've added the template to the awards/badges on my main userpage.  Vulcans Howl  12:03, February 24, 2017 (UTC)

Oops did I slip in another T  OAS  T  20:56, February 25, 2017 (UTC)
 * Cheers Toast. Vulcans Howl  21:03, February 25, 2017 (UTC)

Something to ask privately
I've got something I'd like to ask you, but I'd much prefer to keep it off the wiki - would you be able to add me on Facebook? T OAS  T  19:25, March 13, 2017 (UTC)

Appreciate you tidying up after me - could you cast your eye over Hazard Immobilisation if you get the chance? I can never be bothered doing all the hyperlinking once I've been writing.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  10:41, March 18, 2017 (UTC)
 * Funny you should ask me that, TG - I finished tidying that page up just as I received your message. Vulcans Howl  10:50, March 18, 2017 (UTC)


 * Should've known you'd be two steps ahead!  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  10:56, March 18, 2017 (UTC)

Badges
Great work on Fun Fax - definitely a badge there. Have one for Hydra too. Hope you don't mind designing them yourself.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  21:24, April 5, 2017 (UTC)


 * I don't mind at all. Thank you once again, Toon Ganondorf. Vulcans Howl  21:35, April 5, 2017 (UTC)

Couple of thingd
1. Would you mind tiebreaking Wheelosaurus/Wheely Big Cheese/Prizephita Mk 2 v Vercingetorix/Terrorpin on Ragnabattle?

2. I know you're still doing big rewrites but remember if you do want badge status you've got to remind me or Toast to look over the work so we can grant them. This goes for anyone else reading this message.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  07:38, April 22, 2017 (UTC)


 * Sure thing.
 * I will bear that in mind when I start work on my future rewrites, TG. Thank you for letting me know. However, while I don't mind not receiving badges for every rewrite I do, I would still like to receive one for Arnold, Arnold Terminegger, as I personally found the rewrite for that article to be one of the most satisfying and comprehensive I've done so far. Vulcans Howl  10:06, April 22, 2017 (UTC)


 * Granted, hope you don't mind designing it yourself.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  12:26, April 22, 2017 (UTC)

Opinions please
Hey, we're trying to work out how much of an OotA Clusterbots and Minibots count as, and we're pretty divided. Would you mind sharing your opinion please so we can come to a decision? Talk:Thrown_Out_of_the_Arena. J im laa  d4   3 (talk) 23:11, May 19, 2017 (UTC)


 * Not at all, Jimlaad. Vulcans Howl  08:34, May 20, 2017 (UTC)

andron 4000
Thank you for editing Andron 4000. I have been trying to find information on this robot since I created this article!


 * No problem! Vulcans Howl  10:32, May 20, 2017 (UTC)

Do you know where I can find a picture of it?


 * As a helpful reminder, please remember to sign your posts on a talk page. You can do this by pressing the signature button, or using this symbol ~ four times. CrashBash (talk) 11:21, May 20, 2017 (UTC)
 * On the subject of pictures, there are CAD drawings of Andron4000 which form the profile image of its Twitter page if this is what you are looking for. However, it would be especially helpful if you could try and seek permission from the Andron4000 team first before uploading that particular image onto the Wiki, as stated in our policy regarding content from social media. As far as I'm aware, there are also several images on the FRA forum of Andron4000 at various stages of design and construction, but you need to be logged in/registered to access those images, and again you need to seek permission from the team before you can upload them to the Wiki. Hope this helps. Vulcans Howl  11:49, May 20, 2017 (UTC)

Thanks.I have registered and will add the pictures soon (if they allow it!) --TheRandomone360 (talk) 19:20, May 20, 2017 (UTC)

S9 Gabriel
I have a picture of Gabriel at S9. Reserves like Armakillo have pictures of their cameo appearances, so would it be appropriate to put it on the article? Here it is. I'll make it bigger on the article of course.


 * Excellent find, Randomone. Other than cropping it so that it shows Gabriel more prominently, that image looks fine for inclusion.


 * By the way, please remember to sign your posts whenever you are posting on talk pages by pressing the signature button, or typing in four tildes ( ~ ). Your signature should automatically display when you use either of these signing methods. Thank you. Vulcans Howl  10:16, July 28, 2017 (UTC)

It just keeps saying "An unknown error occurred". --TheRandomone360 (talk) 10:35, July 28, 2017 (UTC)


 * If you are having issues putting the image in, then I would recommend waiting a little while before trying to add it again later. If you still have problems after this, just contact Toast or Toon Ganondorf and see what they can do to help. Vulcans Howl  10:55, July 28, 2017 (UTC)

Tournament votes while abroad
Hey Vulcan, could you please do me a favour and add my votes for both TG's Tag-Team and Lewis' Battlebots? I finally got my hands on a computer in Canada for 30 minutes and found out I couldn't add votes for whatever strange reason. I was asking you because you're the only other person who votes in both tournaments. Just copy and paste the stuff underneath along with my signature. Cheers.

For Tag Team Play-Off: S3 and Plunderbird will tear Sump Thing and Widow's Revenge to pieces within seconds. Hell, S3 could win against the other three if they were duplicated for a 1 v 6.

For Tag Team Heat Final: Bee-Capitator will get knocked out or damaged by Dome, but Firestorm will almost certainly come to the rescue and flip both of its opponents over.

For Killerhurtz vs Dantomkia: Dantomkia's armour should stand up to Killerhurtz's axe. Having taken many hits from Terrorhurtz and survived for a while, I trust Dantomkia to flip Killerhurtz and test the unreliable srimech, getting a KO or winning on control and aggression.

Sorry this is so long, I hope you read this and consider it. Cheers again. R a z  3   r (talk) 05:01, August 2, 2017 (UTC)
 * Just added all of your votes, Raz3r. Glad to be of assistance. :) Vulcans Howl  08:12, August 2, 2017 (UTC)

Pika
On the Pika 2 article, it says that the original Pika never competed in Dutch Robot Wars, however on the caption for the picture of Pika, it says " The original Pika, which qualified for the Dutch Wars. So did they have to withdraw or is this just a simple mistake? User: TheRandomone360
 * In the article itself, it says that the original Pika qualified for Dutch Series 1, but Marco van Hek thought it would not be competitive enough, so he rebuilt/replaced it with Pika 2 just before the series started. Hope this clears things up a bit. Vulcans Howl  08:08, August 2, 2017 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. I didn't notice it the first time.