User talk:Zixes

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Bugs Fixed
ZiXIS,

Thank you for bringing to my attention some of the issues that you noticed on the wiki. As we are always trying to keep up with newly released material, sometimes minor things get overlooked. The shortcut for the Zombie link on the Vampire page has been corrected and will now take you to the Zombie Plague. The Brotherhood of Lethe Renegade warband page has also been changed to reflect that as the formerly loyalist Crusaders of Dorn they would most likely be a Successor Chapter of the Imperial Fists. The page is now updated to reflect this slight oversight.

Also, thank you for staying vigilant when it comes to some of the trolls that constantly vandalize our articles. This is a never-ending chore trying to nip it in the bud, before too much damage can be done. Keep up the good work! Thanks!

'Ave Imperator! Øjar Va Russ! Leman Russ!'

Algrim Whitefang (talk), Assistant Administrator 18:36, March 20, 2014

Thank You
Thank you, Zixis. Your words meant a lot to me. I was just angry past the point of endurance, please forgive my language; I have long sought to bring more civility to our little corner of the Internet. I did not resign, though my involvement has become more limited in recent days due to real world events. I will continue to provide editing about once a week and provide guidance as requested by our other admins when necessary. Again, my thanks for your kind words; they have been all-too-rare during my tenure here.

Montonius (talk) 18:40, April 30, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Sourcing
It should be fine if you don't add sources if it's just a list. That said, it would be preferable if you did add them; just don't fret if you can't (I'm certainly not expecting page numbers or anything). --&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; Mobility, Technology, Firepower - In the name of the Greater Good; we will triumph. (talk) 07:33, June 26, 2014 (UTC)

Successor Chapters
Hmmm, yeah successor chapters of the founding Legions should be added to their respective Chapter categories. I personally oversaw that project a year or so ago, but obviously it appears that I missed some. It'll be a great help if you can help add any remaining pages. Just keep in mind that pages relating to Successor Chapters only (e.g. Pedro Kantor of the Crimson Fist) should not have the founding Chapter category added (so no Pedro -> Imperial Fists). Thanks for your contributions!

--&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; Mobility, Technology, Firepower - In the name of the Greater Good; we will triumph. (talk) 11:44, August 8, 2014 (UTC)

Birthday
Zixis thanks a lot man, you really are a man that i respect. Thanks again

Sanguinior (talk) 17:43, August 23, 2014 (UTC)

Categories
Zixis, please stop adding categories to our pages. Categories are to be added or created only by Admins and Moderators, as our rules state. Several of the categories you added have been incorrectly applied and simply created more work for our staff to fix. In the future, if you wish to add a category, pease first seek the permission of Shas'o'Kais, who is the keeper of categories on the wiki. Thank you. Montonius (talk) 03:54, September

primarchs and wargear
hiho

i just noticed your entry on algim's page and here are my 2 cents on it ;)

with several primarchs, you simply do not know their gear, while others are pointed out, f.e. the chainglaive > chainaxes and sword of angron or the maul of ferrus, the swords of fulgrim

with others you have them switching wargear or simply access to a big amount of it (see f.e. guilliman in the unremembered empire and know no fear)Neithan02 (talk) 11:58, September 10, 2014 (UTC)

Iron Hands Table of Contents
Zixis, please do not alter the headings of major pages like the Iron Hands. They are hierarchically nested that way for a reason. Your changes were incorrect and have been reverted. Please leave such matters to the admins in future. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 06:59, November 1, 2014 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I did not prepare the information in this article you have indicated is problematic and cannot answer your question. Please bring it up with Algrim Whitefang if it troubles you, as he wrote the article. Montonius (talk) 05:46, November 11, 2014 (UTC)

Permission Granted
Hi ZiXIS,

I saw your request to do a new article on The Temple Tendency. I say go for it. It sounds like you've made the effort to look at the Logicians article in order to get a grasp on the structure for it. If you need any help with it, don't hesitate to ask. Permission granted!

Algrim Whitefang, Associate Administrator http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/SGM-Daly91/Warhammer%2040K/SWBadgesmall_zpsa703bc79.png (talk)

Thank you!
I want to thank you for editing out the offensive remark that was put on my profile. I was angry that it happened but I'm glad that there are kind people here who look out for others. Again I want to say thank you.

Astaroth Valka (talk) 06:16, January 13, 2015 (UTC)

Deletion Request for Renegade and Heretics warbands
I wanted to ask why the deletion request for my new page. It does not contain any fan-made content, game rules or talk page harassment. If a lack of sources - apologies, these are coming! I have explained why I wish to add it on the article's own talk page. Sorry to bother, but I think it will be a very useful page for providing information on various cults and warbands from sources as diverse as the Ghosts books, the new Imperial Armour, the old Eye of Terror codex and so forth, without cluttering up the Lost and Damned page.

Igorlex (talk) 00:40, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your answer! Sorry it was a work in a progress, but I completely understand the need for sources. Algrim edited it to make it less aggradising in claims, which makes sense.

Igorlex (talk) 09:21, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

Additional Pages
Hello Zixis. You bring up a very valid point in the addition of further pages which adds onto Montonius' workload, and it is an issue I have been thinking myself every time I have to add to the Priority Edits requests list. It certainly a problem that needs to be addressed.

The fact of the matter is that Montonius has not been on the wiki in more than seven weeks. As time goes on, I am preparing for the ever-increasing eventuality that Montonius' next visit may be his last; if indeed he comes back at all. The wiki must go on, with or without Montonius. Whilst he is the head admin, his extended inactivity is no excuse for the halt of additional content of the wiki. The ultimate goal of the wiki is to be a comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of 40k knowledge. Whilst great progress has been made in the past couple of years, we are still far, far behind; especially at the rate GW is releasing material now. If we have to wait for Montonius before moving on, our massive backlog will continue to stretch.

I believe that part of the issue is because I was not present to reign in some of Algrim's enthusiasm during December, resulting in a very large quantity of info being added to the wiki within a respectively short period of time. Indeed, 42 of the 55 additions to the list were created/added whilst I was gone. Many of them were from the recent release of the Shield of Baal campaign, which also may have played a part in creating this problem.

That is the past now however, and I believe that the recent rate of wiki page/info addition has slowed dramatically down during the course of January to a more acceptable rate. If Montonius comes back now, the present list will be a overload for the period of time he has been away. However, at the present rate, the situation will even out given a couple or three more weeks.

As a temporary solution to the problem however, in light of your concerns, I will try and find the time in the next few days to go over some of the new and smaller pages myself, in order to cut down on the list. This should help to alleviate Montonius' workload to be more acceptable when/if he returns.

As for your addition of pages, I believe any small pages you add, i.e. Psy-tracker sized, are alright as I can edit them myself now that I have the time.

Thank you Zixis for bringing up this issue, and I hope this satisfactorily answers your questions.

P.S. Algrim, if you are reading this, I ask that you do not fill out the incomplete pages that other random wikia contributors create, and simply delete them until Montonius' return. If they are not on your current projected plan of pages to add, then don't bother filling them out. It will save you time and generate less work for Montonius later. Thanks, and keep up the good work.

--&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; Mobility, Technology, Firepower - In the name of the Greater Good; we will triumph. (talk) 01:54, January 26, 2015 (UTC)

I actually don't really understand Wikia table code myself. Typically, I would go into source mode and copy the exact code format of the entry before, and then change all the words to fit the new entry.

--&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; Mobility, Technology, Firepower - In the name of the Greater Good; we will triumph. (talk) 07:14, January 27, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Pict-Capture
Hey ZiXIS,

To take a pict-capture using Adobe Reader, there is a Take Snapshot tool that you can use. It looks like a little camera icon. Under the View tab, go to Show/Hide. Then go to Toolbar Items. Then scroll down to Edit. Another drop down menu appears. You'll see the Take Snapshoot tool. Click on it. Now, on your tool bar menu located almost in the middle, you should now see the little camera icon. Click on this, then drag and drop over the area you want to copy. Then you can paste it into Paint, Photoshop, ect. Hope this helps!

Algrim Whitefang, Associate Administrator http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/SGM-Daly91/Warhammer%2040K/SWBadgesmall_zpsa703bc79.png (talk)

Anthem
If you have a source stating the full song, just copy the source code from the Canticle of Absolution article and change the words up.

&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; Mobility, Technology, Firepower - In the name of the Greater Good; we will triumph. (talk) 00:57, February 21, 2015 (UTC)

Also, just a reminder that you need to add the sources of any character entries you add to pages, such as ones on Freebooters and Autarchs. Thanks.

--&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; Mobility, Technology, Firepower - In the name of the Greater Good; we will triumph. (talk) 22:29, February 26, 2015 (UTC)

Ah, my mistake. Carry on then :D.

&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; Mobility, Technology, Firepower - In the name of the Greater Good; we will triumph. (talk) 09:26, February 27, 2015 (UTC)

Picture on the Quan Zhou article
Hi Zixis,

That picture you questioned about on the Quan Zhou article, was taken from Space Marine 6th edition codex, right where it said White Scars' Fortress Monastery, otherwise I wouldn't have uploaded it.

ImperialFist31 (talk) 02:27, February 27, 2015 (UTC)ImperialFist31

Quan Zhou Pic
Hi Zixis,

I went back to the Codex Space Marines 6th edition from where the picture is found, the codex says it is quan zhou, not rynn's world.

Moderatorship
I'm not sure as to the exact standards required, but here is a simple guideline of what is required of a moderator: Your contributions are on the right path to becoming a moderator I can assure you. It is just not quite the time yet I believe for a promotion.
 * Somewhere between 3500-5000 edits on the wiki to show extensive contribution activity.
 * Active adding of substantial amounts of quality content, whether this be minor additions of content to current pages, major upgrading of pages that need workm, or the creation of new (and quality) pages for the wiki.
 * A solid understanding of how wiki content is organised and formatted, and being aware of common standards in sentencing, addressing, sourcing and organising information on pages (i.e. what headings are appropiate for say a vehicle page, what information is required on a character page, etc.).
 * A demonstration/Demonstrations of wiki management/moderation in regards to other users. This can include the reminding of new editors of the quality standards on this wiki, telling other editors as to what they can do to improve the quality of their edits, notification of spam or harassment issues from other uses to admins, etc.
 * An ability to keep track of everything (mostly) and point out the mistakes of others and/or correct their mistakes for them.

A couple of tips from me: I hope that clears things up a bit!
 * When making pages, try to include the material from all possible and known sources on the topic; and combine the information from each of them. For example, your Khymera and Ur-ghul pages should incoporate material from the Dark Eldar codex as well as the Rogue Trader material since that is the 'original' source for those creatures (first appearance was in the codex I believe).
 * Try to make pages on larger topics occassionally. This not only demonstrates your abilities in content creation, but is also an oppurtunity to learn more about Point 3 above from what the quality-checking admins (so me right now lol) do to fix and reformat it. Then use what you learned to make a better page, and so on.
 * In regards to Point 4, there haven't been many instances of people 'misbehaving' on the wiki in recent times so there aren't that many oppurtunities to show off. A job I can task you with however is notify me of whenever you think you see coarse language in forum posts, or harassment. I don't have the time to always check all the forum posts and rely on checking only the last one or two posts in Recent Activity to tell me if there is any trouble brewing. Someone who can check in more detail will be of immense help.
 * Please don't post links to the same material you did on the Rogue Trader RP thread, or make any overt reference to them. We try to avoid any situations that may arise from that.

&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; Mobility, Technology, Firepower - In the name of the Greater Good; we will triumph. (talk) 00:23, March 14, 2015 (UTC)

Thx :)

I agree and promise to try to improve. I think it´s not really useful, if I edit a Page and to the next reader there is simply another error b e c a u s e of my edit... I try to edit articles, if I read something sounding.. "Funny"/strange or spelled wrong an I know, they aren´t big edits, it just bugs me....sorry, if my edits are to tiny :) UlrikEdertaler (talk) 17:39, March 25, 2015 (UTC)

Have fun working towards that goal ;)Neithan02 (talk) 13:21, March 30, 2015 (UTC)

Heretical Cults
I have shifted the part of the content of the page you made into the Heresy page, and made a new page on Death Cults. My reasons for this is that twofold. Firstly, Death Cult's aren't strictly heretical afaik, and are a significant enough part of lore to warrant its own page. The information you put up was enough to get a page on them started. The second is that the Heretical Cult general information was not something that required its own page.

This is not a post criticising your work, but a message to let you know what I have done. Your contributions to the wiki are greatly appreciated and always getting better, and I hope to see more of your work soon.

--&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; (talk) 01:25, April 13, 2015 (UTC)

Okay ZiXIS thanks for letting me know.

Kottadragon (talk) 06:25, April 18, 2015 (UTC)

Inquistor Factions
If you are talking about Inquisitorial factions such as Puritans and Radicals, then please add to the content under the relevant headings on the main Inquisition page. I don't believe they require their own pages.

--&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; (talk) 23:04, April 25, 2015 (UTC)

Eldar Codex
I'm pretty sure Algrim already covered all the Craftworlds pretty well when he went through them. If you see anything missing or wish to add anything, however, feel free to do so.

--&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; (talk) 11:52, May 5, 2015 (UTC)

Image Disclaimers
Hey Zixis. When uploading new images to the wiki, please remember to add the wiki disclaimer tag to the individual image pages. You can do this by going to the individual image page, editing it, and putting the word 'disclaimer' with double curly brackets { and } on the sides. I've already added the disclaimer to the images you have uploaded so far today. Thanks.

--&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; (talk) 23:18, May 23, 2015 (UTC)

You add the disclaimer in the individual image page, such as this one: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/File:Daemon-0.png Click Edit, then add the word 'disclaimer' with preceding and following double curly brackets { and }.

--&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; (talk) 06:44, May 28, 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry if I was unclear earlier, but the disclaimer tag requires two sets of brackets i.e. 🇦🇩 on each side to work.

--&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; (talk) 01:37, June 17, 2015 (UTC)

Promotion
In light of your continued exemplary service to the Warhammer 40k Wikia, I hereby promote you to the rank of moderator. You have continued to be an excellent contributor since you joined, and have shown great enthusiasm and attention to wiki standards that are what we need in our leadership team. I warmly congratulate you and look forward to your continued contributions to the wiki in the future.

So what does this promotion mean in terms of your wiki responsibilities? For the most part, simply continuing with what you have been doing so far in your contributions. However, you know also have a responsibility to police the 40k Wiki forums and ensure that the conduct of users there complies with the forum rules, and to weigh in with any decisions, reprimands or reparations when required.

A full list of what is expected of Moderators and what they are able to do can be found on this page: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Warhammer_40k:Administrators

P.S: I'm not very good at long speeches...Algrim might be able to do a better one if he comes by. undefined
 * hintAlgrimhint* Congratulations on your promotion!

--&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61; (talk) 03:22, July 25, 2015 (UTC)

Calixis Planet Pictures
Unfortunately, I do not. I haven't read very much into the Dark Heresy and Black Crusade material at all, and I only know a bit more about Rogue Trader and Only War. I have only really looked at Deathwatch in any detail, primarily because most of the Tau information from FFG is in that series.

I suspect that Algrim will know a lot more about where the hi-res pictures came from, so it's best if you ask him.

--&#61;&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61;&#61; (talk) 00:20, September 12, 2015 (UTC)

Raven Guard Pictures
Hey Zixis, which source did you get the new pictures you put on the Raven Guard page from?

--&#61;&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61;&#61; (talk) 00:29, September 30, 2015 (UTC)

Thanks a lot !
Well hello Zixis! Thank you for your words of encouragement, they were and still are much appreciated. I’m glad I could help and I will try to keep editing new articles when I have some time to spare. I also wanted to thank you and Algrimm for proof-reading my edits, I know my English is not quite what it used to be and I’m no native speaker, so thanks for your patience. It may take long but I always finish what I start.

Silberstich (talk) 18:08, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

Battlesuit Pages
It should be find to leave out the country of origin if you aren't sure of where the White Dwarf came from. I think any regional differences are minimal anyway.

However, next time when making a page on a new release, it is often better to wait for the relevant Codex/source material to come out and then make the page using that material as the basis, rather than any White Dwarf material as it is usually less detailed.

--&#61;&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61;&#61; (talk) 23:46, October 22, 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice
Hey ZiXIS, thanks for the re-edit. Sorry, if I'm a little confused about some things, they just made more sense that way to me. Correcting typos, formatting issues and grammatical errors is my strength, but sometimes, I seem to read the sentense wrong ...

I still would like to explain the reasons of my latest edit, since you are the moderator, I the decision to make further edits up to you :-)

Throughout the articles involving the Thousand Sons Legion, they are refered to as a singular entity when the "Legion" is mentioned ("The Thousand Sons Traitor Legion"), while the "Thousand Sons" are refered to in plural. Also the plural is used, when talking about the "Traitors of the Thousand Sons Legion".

I did NOT use the past tense in "The Purging of the Starcrusha"", because altough it is history, every other campaign is also told in the present tense. I just thought this to be consistent.

Concerning the "War of Infamy" edit: As it is now, it states that the Tau RAID the shipyards ... then they DESTROY vessels ... AND then they CRIPPLING Pretorius Rex. That doesn't make sense to me. There are two grammatically correct versions: "Tau RAID shipyards, while DESTROYING xxx and CRIPPLING xxx" or "Tau RAID shipyards, DESTROY xxx and CRIPPLE xxx".

For a closing, I want to give my thanks for your continued work in service of The Emperor. May He watch over you.

Vo0DoO40k (talk) 21:00, October 28, 2015 (UTC)

Tau Pages
Please leave the updating of Tau pages with the 7th Edition Codex information to me. There's a particular way I want the pages the pages to turn out and I want to keep consistency across the Tau pages on this wiki.

&#61;&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61;&#61; (talk) 23:31, October 28, 2015 (UTC)

I'll have to respectfully decline your offer. I'd rather go through and add all the content in at once than going through and double checking the sources and editing everything again. I also need to reconcile all the information from the Kauyon and Mont'ka books into any pages I update.

--&#61;&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61;&#61; (talk) 00:06, December 7, 2015 (UTC)

Great Job!
Hey ZiXIS, sorry I haven't been around much this last week. Just got done moving! Ugh! I greatly appreciate all your help on the wiki! Thanks for stepping up to the plate and taking on such a heavy workload this last week or so. I'm back now, so hopefully I can take some of the burden off your shoulders. Once again, thank you sir!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  19:13, October 7, 2016 (UTC)

Next works
Hey there Zixis & Happy new year! As you left a message on my talk page I thought you’d prefer it if I answered you here rather than on my page. I haven’t made up my mind what will be the next big article I will start, as I have been rereading the Raven Guard-related Horus Heresy books I think my next piece is definately going to be an new article on the Therion Cohorts, which will keep me busy for a short while, but the next big chunk will probably be Nykona Sharrowkyn as I’m intending on rereading Angel Exterminatus next. I’ll give priority to all Raven Guard and Salamanders -related additions but will occasionnally made edits on other articles depending on which nuggets of information I encounter while reading.

Hope this answers your question.

Silberstich (talk) 17:37, January 3, 2016 (UTC)

Keep An Eye Out
Hey ZiXIS, just wanted to bring you up to speed. Recently, one of our many new contributors has been making a whole slew of errors on multiple wiki articles, including horrendous spelling errors, not adding disclaimers to pictures, and generally not abiding by established wiki rules that are clearly posted on the Main Page. His name is Dantioch. He has already been warned, but please keep an eye on him over the next few days. If it becomes an issue, please let me know. If his behavior persists, I'll have no choice but to lock his account for a few days. I only want to do this as a last resort, as I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, and chalking it up to being a new editor. Please keep me posted. Thanks!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/SGM-Daly91/Warhammer%2040K/SWBadgesmall_zpsa703bc79.png (talk)

Tyranid Codex
Both 6th Edition and 7th Edition Codexes use the same artstyle for their covers, with certain Digital Editions having a dark blue/black border around the cover picture. A 7th Edition of Codex: Tyranids DOES NOT EXIST. The confusion stems from the fact that Games Workshop released the Digital Edition of Codex Tyranids (6th Edition) during 7th Edition. This version is exactly the same as the 6th Edition Codex, and I believe the only notable difference is that it has enhanced formatting/layout for iOS devices. Codex: Grey Knights, Codex: Blood Angels and Codex: Astra Militarum all have had separate full Codex releases for 7th Edition. The discrepancy in pages most likely stems from the fact that the 200+ page version is the Digital Edition. On this wiki, we prefer to use the hardcopy's page numbers for sourcing where we can.

--&#61;&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61;&#61; (talk) 23:09, January 9, 2016 (UTC)

Co-Op With Faeit 212
Hey ZiXIS,

I sent Montonius a message in regards to working with the Faeit 212 WH40K website. I wholeheartedly support this joint effort! It would give both our respective websites excellent exposure, and would be mutually beneficial. Now we sit back and await Montonius' decision. I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything back from him.

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/SGM-Daly91/Warhammer%2040K/SWBadgesmall_zpsa703bc79.png (talk)

Piece of advice needed
Ave Zixis ! most benevolent Lord of the Emperor’s Most Holy Ordo,  I find myself in need of your counsel.

Since you’ve been keeping an eye out on my contributions ( for which I would like to thank you formally at this point) I thought it would be best if I turned to you with some questions that have been bugging me over the last days. I usually don’t check the Lexicanum page very often, but I did so recently and saw that some new informations from Deliverance Lost had been included and that they commonly refer to the Alpha Legion infiltration of Ravendelve and the events surrounding it as the "Battle of Deliverance, whereas I refer to it as "Kiavahrian Uprising" - a term of my own invention but that seemed neutral enough so that nobody would mind, and which I have used in articles such as Legio Vindictus, Navar Hef and Raven Guard. Should I concurr with Lexicanum - which is still considered canon - and change my edits or shall I rather leave it in it’s current state?

It may be pride talking, but I find "Kiavahrian Uprisings" more fitting than "Battle of Deliverance" as firstly Deliverance itself never came under attack, and secondly the civil war was never meant to succeed or make any territorial gains but only intended as a mean to allow the Alpha Legion to smuggle the Primarch-geneseed out of Ravendelve. Plus, with the new Tyranid-Codex and recent attention the Raven Guard have been getting from GW, I think it would be better to hold the name "Battle of Deliverance" in reserve if GW decided to let the Raven Guard clash with the Tyranids on their homeworld.

So... what do you think?

Silberstich (talk) 20:19, January 22, 2016 (UTC)

Alright cool, thank you for the clarifying and what not, I shall move on.

DivusMechanicus (talk) 19:50, February 2, 2016 (UTC) DivusMechanicus

Problem Child
Hey ZiXIS,

Since you are one of our most active Mods here in the wiki, I wanted to bring to your attention to a user by the name if Kittenyarn. I noticed on both the Saim-Hann and Ulrik the Slayer articles, there were several additions made by this user over the last few days. I also noticed that much of the information this user added either made no sense, or was just plain gibberish. I'm not sure if this user thinks they are helping by making stuff up on the fly, or if they are intentionally trying to troll this wiki. In either case, I've already put this user on notice. If you notice anymore such rubbish being posted by this user, please undo their edits, and then notify me immediately and I will take swift and painful excrutiatus actions against this troublesome individual. I WILL NOT tolerate this kind of garbage on my watch! This user has been thoroughly warned.

Stay vigilant my brother! And thanks for all that you do!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/SGM-Daly91/Warhammer%2040K/SWBadgesmall_zpsa703bc79.png (talk)

Hey ZiXIS,

After further review of the edits Kittenyarn made, there's no doubt in my mind that he was definitely being a troll, and has hereby been BANNED permanently from the wiki. I simply do not have the time, nor the inclination to put up with smart-asses who thinks it's funny to undo all the hard work we've put into this wiki. If you see any other of this kind of skullduggery going on, please don't hesitate to bring it to my attention and I will drop the Perma-Ban Hammer down on them with righteous indignation!!! Once again, thanks for all that you do!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/SGM-Daly91/Warhammer%2040K/SWBadgesmall_zpsa703bc79.png (talk)

I am Dantich you said I had deleted content from an article but I don't think i did could you please explain what you meant.Dantioch (talk) 15:46, February 15, 2016 (UTC)

Ok i'm glad i'm not in any trouble, LOL. I have recently created a page of Sydonian Dragoons, is this Ok? thank you for your support, Dantioch Dantioch (talk) 15:57, February 15, 2016 (UTC)

HY why its not created fille with caracter from movie

The caracter from warhammer 40k movies they doesnt have treir own page.

Not video game

Ultramarines warhammer 40k movie from this i say not from games

Another Problem Child
Hey ZiXIS,

I already gave Shas'O'Kais a heads up, and I'm doing the same for you as well. We had a new user by the name of Aleexx7, who decided to mess around with the Infobox:Chapter for the Space Marine pages. The resultant screw up, resulted in all the Space Marine Chapter infoboxes looking all screwy. As this constitutes vandalism, I was forced to block his account for 1 week. The next time this occurs, he'll be getting a permanent ban. I also locked all the Infoboxes so that only the Administrators can edit them. I may also do this for the Template Boxes as well. Please keep an eye out for this user when he comes back. I WILL NOT tolerate this kind of behavior here on the wiki, as I know Montonius wouldn't either. He's lucky Monti wasn't around, as he most likely would have dropped the Ban Hammer right away. As always, keep staying on top of things my brother! Ave Imperator!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/SGM-Daly91/Warhammer%2040K/SWBadgesmall_zpsa703bc79.png (talk)

Red Templars Origins
ZiXIS,

Was curious as to where you found the source for the Black Templars as being the Chapter the Red Templars were founded from. This has never been confirmed in any canon that I've read. Based on their name, one could assume that they are one of their Successors, but the only definitive answer I could find was in -- Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 151. In the Codex they show pictures of Imperial Fists miniatures, as well as a few of their Successor Chapters, including -- the Iron Knights, Invaders and the Red Templars. So unfortunately, I had to change the article to reflect that they are in fact a Successor Chapter of Rogal Dorn and the Imperial Fists. Unless you can prove to me otherwise, I'm afraid this will have to stand. Thanks for your efforts! Ave Imperator!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/SGM-Daly91/Warhammer%2040K/SWBadgesmall_zpsa703bc79.png (talk)

Thanks
Hey thanks for that I know I got edited for the pg pp thing but thanks for that man :) like I was editing some pages cause of the small things I notice and I saw that the pp pg was being edited so I was like I'll edit I then but thanks for the heads up Alpharious Omegron (talk)Alpha Alpharious Omegron (talk) 19:04, March 3, 2016 (UTC)

Imperial Guard Relationship with Adeptus Astartes Quote
Hi, this is JHN13. I'm replying to your message regarding the canonicity of the quote i provided. So to be concise. Yes, I do believe this quote is canon. The problem is I do not know the source. I have encountered this quote on various pages online and on various Warhammer 40k pages on Facebook. From my interactions with the people there (admins included), I learned that they know it's canon but don't know the source as well. They know it's an old quote and suspect it's from an old edition of White Dwarf or some other source. Codex Militarum Tempestus (6t

Story Request
Hey ZiXIS,

Out of curiosity, per chance do you happen to have a copy of the short story 'Onyx'? I've never been able to get a hold of it. I would finally be able to complete my Angels of Death short story collection. Thanks!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/SGM-Daly91/Warhammer%2040K/SWBadgesmall_zpsa703bc79.png (talk)

Sorry for adding the page in the wrong section!! I added my chapter in the appropriate fanon location, you can delete the page if you'd like. I'm sorry about that again!

Sorry for adding my page in the wrong location! I added my chapter in the appropriate fanon site!! Sorry again!!

Questions about Warhammer
Hello I'm Bretonius I love the lore of Warhammer and I have some questions that can only be answered by someone that is very versed in Warhammer.

1. Is there any lore connection between Warhammer 40 and Warhammer fantasy? I have been avoiding reading Warhammer fantasy because I believe it's not connected except using some of the lore kind of for kids or something.

2. What did Matt Ward do to make everyone hate him so much? The closest I can get is this post "Tyranids+Necrons WERE a threat until Matt Ward removed them. I always hated those two races, thank you Mr.Ward! I apologise for all fans of the Tyranids and/or the Necrons" in a chat forum called Khorne vs The Emperor.

I thank you and so many others for the time and energy you all have put into Warhammer 40K wiki.

Bretonius (talk) 14:31, March 27, 2016 (UTC)

Hy i have only one question the new Imperial Space Marine will be adedd in this wikia or not?

Tomorrow wil be release the new Imperial Space Marine here is the link

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-AU/blog/blog.jsp

If they release a book then you wil write about them?

Re: Blood Angles Access
Granted my friend! Have at it!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator (talk)  10:02, April 13, 2016 (UTC)

RE Chat & further contributions
Hi ZiXIS, sorry I missed you in the chat, but never mind. I wanted to ask you some questions regarding my next additions. I’m slowly nearing the completion of the article on Nykona Sharrowkyn which has suffered from my extremely thight time-schedule over the last month and wanted to check in with one of the senior admins on that matter.

I regularly checked Algrim’s TBC page and discovered that both subjects I intend on doing still need to be created. I brought up the subject on updating the pages of the Iron Hands, Davin, Phytos and other with the informations from The Damnation of Phytos which seems to have been overlooked thus far, or I could start implementing the various informations of Imperial Armour Volume Twelve - The Fall of Orpheus as I have done with the Cyclops Cluster and other subsectors from Horus Heresy IV. Alternatively, as I re-read Angel Exterminatus I could create similar pages for Sabik Wayland, Ulrach Branthan and Cadmus Tyro as Algrim cleared me to edit the Iron Hands’ article. So which subject do you think needs to be implemented first? And also, do I need to keep Algrim posted as well?

Ave Imperator!

Silberstich (talk) 13:12, April 16, 2016 (UTC)

WS Article
Hey ZiXIS, White Scars page is unlocked. Have at it!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator (talk)  22:18, April 19, 2016 (UTC)

Promethium Page Unlocked
Have at thee, my loyal adept! Just don't burn thyself on the flaming jelly of the Emperor's fiery wrath!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator (talk)  09:36, April 27, 2016 (UTC)

Chat
Hey z alpha here. Chat is running a new code so if you are on and you have issues you have to bypass your cache. To do that. If you don't know how here's a link. http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Bypass_your_cache#How_to_bypass_your_cache Alpharious Omegron 13:51, April 28, 2016 (UTC)Alpharious Omegron13:51, April 28, 2016 (UTC)

Sorry
Hey skrry I was doing some stuff I did t your message till later but I'm back on chat now. Alpharious OmegronAlhparious Alpharious Omegron

Re: Eisenhorn Series
Dear ZiXIS, thank you very much for your kind words! I spent some time working it out, and thank you for yourself and the other editors keeping it up to the wikia's standards. I'll add in sections perhaps. One thing I was tempted to do as a supplment page was


 * 1) individual novel pages, possibly like the novel summaries on Memory Beta where I also edit, allowing me to list every thing/person/object in the novel in a regular fashion. I started doing it in word on my computer.


 * 1) I also wondered about a secondary page 'Characters in Eisenhorn novels and stories', much like this which I did at Memory Beta . I also wanted to do one for The Beast Arises, since both series (and ones like G's Gs, Ravenor, etc) are contained entities which lend themselves to forensic analysis and a clean way to present their constituent parts. I also started playing with it in word, and it is quite fun (indeed the Vanguard page on MB was fun itself to do!).

​Both kinds of pages  will add positively, I think, to the information this wikia gives the community, and provide resources for other editors (a total picking apart of the characters in either Eisenhorn or  TBA, or the details of their individual novels,  will provide a greater 'picture of the Imperium').

A lso I've noted there is not a lot of dating on the wiki in general - is this deliberate? This seems quite different from other fandom wikis like MB, Memory Alpha, Wookipeadia. And there are not many 'real world' pages, about publications, etc. I imagined this was due to the size of the community editing? I'm a historian, so these things interest me very much :D
 * 1) Igorlex (talk) 21:44, May 19, 2016 (UTC)

Delete image
Hello ZiXIS, I'm here to ask if you could delete this file since I actually have made it too "complex" for the meant use of it so this file shall not be used in any time soon and will just be wasting usefull space. Lin coln  Speak!  04:05, June 16, 2016 (UTC)

RE:Thunderseeker's quote
Thank you for telling me. I sometimes commit mistakes since english is not my main language. Lin coln  Speak!  18:41, June 19, 2016 (UTC)

hello there
Hi ZiXIS

Just a heads up that I will drop by more often from now on again. Neithan02 (talk)

yo!
what happened to your nameGeneral patton 101 (talk) 22:36, July 28, 2016 (UTC)

your name
ooh i see, where can i change mine??General patton 101 (talk) 07:11, August 9, 2016 (UTC)

Please remove my painted models from the Iybraesil page or credit me with "painted by Stahly from www.taleofpainters.com".

Using pictures without asking is theft. Thanks.

RE: Fanon Pics
Hey Zixes,

As far as the fanon pics go, could you do me a favor and post which articles you would like to delete the pics from? I'll go ahead and make a 'To Do' list on a Blog Entry. Just make a list with links to the articles and we'll go over which pics need deleted. The vast majority were already approved by Montonius, but I totally understand your intentions. If you feel they're low quality and wouldn't pass for official artwork, or you have better canon artwork to add, just leave me a note on which ones you'd like to see gone. We'll figure it out together. As always, thanks for being vigilant! And keep up the good work!

Ave Imperator!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  20:15, August 18, 2016 (UTC)

Big Hello!
Hi Zixes!! Glad to be back that is for sure! Had a few really rough months, needed to fix few things in my life to get back to normal (lot of studying, work and so on). Did not really had much free time so i couldn't be so active as I wish i could. So how's things going with you, what's happening around here on wiki. I see that RP's are nowhere to be found (sad face). What happend with all that i really enjoyed that stuff, all that writing and thinking what to do etc.

Btw congratulations on becoming Moderator!!!

Sanguinior (talk) 21:05, August 27, 2016 (UTC)

Request
Hey Zixes,

Just wondering...per chance do you happen to have a copy of the Codex: Deathwatch (7th Ed)? I've been looking everywhere, and can't seem to get my hands on one (short of buying one, which isn't in the cards right now). If so, would you mind emailing me a copy? If you need my email again, just let me know. Thanks man! Ave Imperator!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  21:56, September 5, 2016 (UTC)

Request - P.S.
Hey Zixes,

Sorry to bug you again. Wasn't sure if you got my email earlier today. But I was having issues trying to convert the epub you sent me. Do have it in another format, like a pdf perhaps? Otherwise, do you have one that isn't corrupted? Thnx in advance!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  04:13, September 7, 2016 (UTC)

Thank you!
Hey Zixes. Thank you for helping me out with my bug with the Editor, I’ll keep your advice in mind shoul I encounter the same problem again. Have a pleasant day and keep up the good work!

Silberstich (talk) 10:35, September 6, 2016 (UTC)

Coming Home
Hello ZIXIS or Zixes; wow, now you're plural! Thank you for the welcome. Yes, I am taking back the reins of Lead Administrator from Algrim for the foreseeable future, though I will be concentrating on editing and setting wiki policy while he continues to enforce the rules. He's a far better diplomat than I. Please express some appreciation to him for the wonderful work he did while I was absent.

In answer to your question about Silberstich, I have no problem with him, but his written work is not up to par and requires very extensive editing, which I have now commenced. Algrim will speak to him, but since I'm sure you're partially speaking on his behalf, the answer is simple. No more paraphrasing. If he wants to contribute very long articles like those for the Orphean Wars, which I applaud since we sorely need all the Forge World book material filled in, he must copy directly from the source's text and not paraphrase. I am not tryng to be insulting, but his work is filled with errors, run-on sentences, misspellings, missing words and frankly, words that are not actually English. I understand that English may not be his first language, and so some of this is understandable, but in this case, he needs to copy straight from the source and not paraphrase, since, unfortunately, large sections of what he wrote were not easily readable. I will edit all of these articles and bring them up to our standard, but that would be my recommendation if he wishes to continue to do such large projects, and he is certaily welcome to, as long as the quality is there.

Now one pointer for you. When creating articles, each article must have a summary sentence up front where the bold word that matches the page's article is placed, and it is generally rendered in the singular, not the plural, to match the page title. Also, if possible  when listing wargear, please give a description of it. You can copy from other pages on the wiki for that wargear, if we have a page on it. If you can't find a description, then you can just leave it as part of the list. For an example of what I mean, check out your Lhamaean article that I just edited.

Anyway, you're doing great work Zixes. Keep it up!

Montonius (talk) 19:54, September 16, 2016 (UTC)

Crotalid
Please remember, when creating articles, each article must have a summary sentence up front where the bold word that matches the page's article is placed, and it is generally rendered in the singular, not the plural, to match the page title. Crotalid should be singular in the first sentence, please remember to check for this after you complete your article. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 16:46, October 6, 2016 (UTC)

RE: Genestealer Cult Codex
Hey Zixes, me again..as far as the new codex, use your best judgement. I personally believe you should make a separate article entitled "Genestealer Cult". This was on my loooong 'to-do' list, but I never got around to fleshing it out. If you need any of the older source material or reference, just let me know. I have the old White Dwarf Magazines and such if you need them. Just ask. Good luck, and happy editing!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  19:46, October 7, 2016 (UTC)

Vespid Picture
May I enquire as to the source of the picture you recently placed on the Vespid page?

&#61;&#61;Shas&#39;o&#39;Kais&#61;&#61; (talk) 02:28, October 12, 2016 (UTC)

Quotes
Hi Zixes,

Please don't remove the quotes from the main race pages without first running the change by an Admin. The quote you chose for the Ork page was excellent, but it should not have replaced the existing one which was emblematic of who the Orks are as a race from their own perspective; instead it can be added elsewhere on the page that is topically appropriate, as I have done. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 22:10, October 13, 2016 (UTC)

RE: Chapter Creation
Hey Zixes,

Sure bud, I can help you out. I'm in chat if you want to shoot some ideas around. Otherwise, just give me some general ideas, like overall Chapter theme, culture, name, combat specialty, and such..and I can probably whip something right up for ya! Just let me know. As always, hope this finds you well.

Humbly Yours,

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  20:03, October 14, 2016 (UTC)

RE: Chat
Hey Zixes, I'm on now...sorry bout that..fixing some auto issues. I'm here now.

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  23:13, October 14, 2016 (UTC)

RE: Second Founding
Hey Zixes,

Good idea. Ask..and it shall be done!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  00:10, October 29, 2016 (UTC)

Blood Ravens Page Open
Zixes,

There you go bud! Have at thee!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  22:14, November 5, 2016 (UTC)

Superscriptions
Hail Zixes,

I didn't notice putting a superscription on a roman numeral, did you correct it already? If not, please point me to it and I will do so myself. I try to put it only on arabian numbers in already existing articles (as we should not put them on new ones).

May the Emperor be with you

Vo0DoO40k (talk) 18:31, November 6, 2016 (UTC)

Genestealer Individual Pages
Hi Zixes,

I've just finished reviewing your Genestealer Cult page and it was very well done, a wonderful addition to the wiki. I would like you to create the unit pages for the Genestealer units mentioned on the page -- all save the Genestealer Purestrain, which, of course, has its own page already through the main Genestealer page. You would also not need to create any of the vehicle pages except for the Goliath, since the others already have their own pages. These pages would look like all of our other unit pages, with the descriptions you've already used, the unit picture and the wargear as laid out in the codex, and we'll create a new wiki category for them in addition to the Tyranid one -- probably Genestealer Cult. Anyway, let me know if you'd like to do this project, which would take precedence over anything else until it was completed. Montonius (talk) 05:26, November 19, 2016 (UTC)

Tlaqh1335
Hail Zixes,

I hate to accuse someone of heresy, but I think the user Tlaqh1335 might be a vile chaos agent. Seeing that you wrote on his talkpage that he should not change file names, I undid some of his changes on pages I am watching, but he even undid my correction. Since you are one of the mods, I hope you can guide me here and maybe call the Inquisition as you see fit.

For the Emperor!

Vo0DoO40k (talk) 06:26, November 21, 2016 (UTC)


 * My apologies. I didn't know removing is the vamdalism. I thought Vo0DoO40k was vandaling Grey Knight. I will not removing again. --Tlaqh1335 (talk) 08:03, November 21, 2016 (UTC)

Genestealers
Hi Zixes,

I'd like to know if you would like to do the Genestealer individual pages project mentioned above. If you would prefer not to, please let me know and I will make the pages myself.

Montonius (talk) 00:16, November 24, 2016 (UTC)

referring to the warning:

if I have to repeat the same sentence, aka: gio read the reply before you start typing, three times in a row, I simply get fed up with people that obviously disrespect me and thus I merely extend the same courtesy to them.Neithan02 (talk) 02:29, November 25, 2016 (UTC)

New RP 2016

Hey Zixis, I read your email, and I saw the RP thread on here, but it looks like you guys don't have everything sorted out yet. Nevertheless, I'd be willing to join and am hoping this RP actually plays out unlike the others. Like you said in the thread, all participants should sharpen their understanding of lore before we restart.

What's the synopsis the RP's story, and where are you all at in it if you have started?

Thank you for the invitation.

MasterofAgony693 (talk) 01:32, December 1, 2016 (UTC)

RE: The picture
I thought you removed it because of a missing disclaimer, so I added one before reverting your deletion. I stated my reasoning for uploading that pic, what's yours?Mypwis123456 (talk) 23:41, December 1, 2016 (UTC)

RE: How are you?
He Zixes,

Hanging in there. Just feel a bit numb right now, but keeping busy so that I don't dwell on the negative. I appreciate your sentiments. That means a lot right now. Thank you! Hope all is well with you. Take care!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  18:21, December 5, 2016 (UTC)

Ask about adding a New photo on Warhammer 40k Wiki:Banning Policy
Good evening, Lord Zixes. I'm Adept Tlaqh1335. I request permission to you.

I have just uploaded the photo Heresyveinpopping1.png. Take a look at this:

As you see, my photo is much more bigger and clearer than older photo on Banning Policy page, so I suggest the replacement of the old jpg to the new png. Then all jpg files which used for warning/banning will be replaced to png. Would you agree on this? Tlaqh1335 (talk) 13:19, 10, December, 2016 (UTC)

Traitor Legions Unlocked
Hey Zixes,

There you go bud. Just let me know when your all done and I'll lock 'em up again. Thnx!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  21:55, December 12, 2016 (UTC)

RE: World Eaters Article
Hey Zixes,

World Eaters are open! Have at thee!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  19:35, December 17, 2016 (UTC)

RE: Saim-Hann
Hey Zixes,

The article is unlocked. Have fun!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  19:49, December 21, 2016 (UTC)

Page Numbers
Hi Zixes,

Please remmeber to add the page numbers of the source for any information you add to the wiki, as you did for the Adeptus Mechanicus page. We need the page numbers from the codex for the Notable Events section you added. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 03:49, January 9, 2017 (UTC)

Actually, then you need to do two things. Include the term (Digital Edition) after the (7th Edition) parentheses (or whatever edition of the game the book is from) and the page numbers from the PDF or ebook that you are using, since if it is a common digital edition, some people will have the same one. Page numbers from whatever type of source you use are always required, even if it is, shall we say, an unofficial copy. Montonius (talk) 05:03, January 10, 2017 (UTC)

Scythes Update
Hey Zixes,

By all means, go ahead and add the additional info on the Scythes.

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  21:26, January 16, 2017 (UTC)

RE: Promotion
Hey Zixes, Yeah, truth be told I would just ask Monti, as ultimately it's his decision. I did advocate on your behalf, but he's the deciding factor. Just drop him a message on his Talk Page. I'll be sure to let him known as well.

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  23:17, January 22, 2017 (UTC)

RE: 13th Black Crusade
Hey Zixes,

It's open..have at thee! Just let me know when your complete it. Thnx!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  21:37, January 24, 2017 (UTC)

Unlocked,

Go ahead.

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  09:45, January 26, 2017 (UTC)

Raven Guard
Open. Montonius (talk) 23:52, February 8, 2017 (UTC)

RE: Chaos Space Marine Infobox
Hey Zixes, message received. That sounds like a great idea. Just remember, if I make the change, you'll have to go behind and add the new coding to ALL the Chaos Warbands. Hope your up to the challenge! Let's make it happen!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  16:12, February 11, 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, actually, no we're not unless one of you makes the change on every single Chaos warband on the wiki immediately after the change is done. If you don't want to carry out that task to the fullest extent, I don't want the change made. We have a lot of other things that need to be done that are far more important than this. This wiki needs to start prioritising major changes again, especially with the influx of new material coming in for the Gathering Storm, which takes precedence over anything else.

However, if one of you does decide to go all-out for this, please change the size of all the Chaos Space Marine warband pictures to 250px, as most are currently still set at 300px and I have been reducing them as I encounter them. Montonius (talk) 00:48, February 14, 2017 (UTC)

Chaos Infobox
Hail Zixes,

I don't know, if it's any help, but I would offer you my assistance in changing the Infoboxes of the Chaos Space Marine Warbands. As you may have noticed, I am currently correcting and standardising the Space Marine Chapter pages one by one in alphabetical order. After finishing those, my next step would be to read all the Chaos Space Marine pages. If there was to be a new infobox, I could step by step, warband by warband, fill it in. Though I don't know if that speed matches Montis expectations.

For the Emperor.

Vo0DoO40k (talk) 06:15, February 16, 2017 (UTC)

White Scars Open
There you go!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  21:19, February 21, 2017 (UTC)

RE: Ultramarines & Dante
Hey Zixes,

Both are open. Have at 'em!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  23:49, March 3, 2017 (UTC)

About Warzone Fenris
Hi Zixes!

I am working in the spanish Wikihammer in both volumes of Warzone:Fenris (Curse of the Wulfen and Wrath of Magnus)

How can we work on them here? I can´t find any reference about it here

Thanks for the answer

WolfenLTL (talk) 20:56, March 6, 2017 (UTC)

Sorry
Oh, sorry, I thought in this Wikia you had like a forum-esque version of the discussions like we have on the Spanish one, my true apologize! I didn´t mean to confuse you

Thanks!

WolfenLTL (talk) 21:37, March 6, 2017 (UTC)

Betalis II Campaign
Hey Zixes,

I really need the Betalis III Campaign page completed soon. It should be your priority over all other edits until it is completed. In future, when starting a big page, please try and complete it within a relatively short time frame, say a week or two at most. We really cannot have pages left incomplete for long stretches of time. If you are under time pressure, it is best to focus on creating smaller pages or edits until you have a large enough block of time to complete a big project pretty quickly. Algrim is a master of this, he can give you some tips on project management if you need them. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 03:51, March 9, 2017 (UTC)

Charnel Guard
Fixed it. Thanks for the pick-up of the needed change. Montonius (talk) 02:39, March 16, 2017 (UTC)

RE: Alpha Legion
Hey Zixes,

Alpha Legion is open. Have at thee!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  23:16, March 19, 2017 (UTC)

Talk Protocols
Zixes, when you remove something from Algrim's Talk Page that I put there, but don't tell ME why you removed it, there is no way for me to know why Algrim didn't fulfill my request unless I just happened to look at his page for another reason, as I just did. In those cases, leave the message alone and tell me on my Talk Page that the image already exists, or whatever else you wanted to let me know. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 14:03, March 22, 2017 (UTC)

RE: IF Page
There you go bud. Just let me know when your through. Thanks! Ave Imperator!

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  20:19, March 26, 2017 (UTC)

Angels Eradicant under construction
Hey Zixes,

I noticed, that you still have the "Ork in progress" sign on the Angels Eradicant Chapter article. Sadly I don't own the source material or I would assisst you with finishing the article. Would you mind adding the missing information?

For the Emperor.

Vo0DoO40k (talk) 21:51, April 3, 2017 (UTC)

Ultramarines
Open! Montonius (talk) 19:38, April 23, 2017 (UTC)

imperial records
You used "in the imperial record" in the dark and crimson templar pages. This does not work, as there is not only one big large book called "imperial record" but it refers generally to information collected by the IoM and thus you go for "in imperial records".


 * ) Neithan02 (talk) 11
 * 05, April 29, 2017 (UTC)

RPGs
When pasting in RPG material, as I'm sure you know, it must be done in Source mode. The text often contains code artefacts which can destabilise or slowdown the loading of a page, particularly on mobile. For instance, every apostrophe must be deleted and replaced with the wiki one, as the apostrophes in the book text are not actually apostrophes but are being read by the wiki as graphical code. If I were to seek to link such a word, for instance, even if it is spelled correctly, the link would not be recognised by the wiki database because the apostrophe is considered a graphic, not text. Whenever you paste text in, please go over it line by line in Source mode and change these elements, and also watch out for deviant space. When you paste in text, even after you hit Publish, the spacing sometimes contains invisible code, as I'm sure you've seen. It is best practice to always go back in and check what you just added in Source mode even after Publishing if what you have added is pasted text in order to look for these code artefacts and remove or change them to the proper text. You can see this process at work in the revisions I made to all of your additions to the Deathwatch pages. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 00:58, May 28, 2017 (UTC)

I'm going to level with you, I honestly didn't realize I was leading. I've been approaching this like we are all equal parts of the team. I'll step it up a bit more, I have been trying not to be bossy or whatever. I haven't made any long term plans but I'll think of something. If you have any ideas feel free to share them.

--Magos Xenobiologis Zane (talk) 03:20, June 6, 2017 (UTC)

In Regard to RP invite
I appreciate the invite and for letting me know, but in truth I wouldn't have the time. Most of the time I would use for RP is now spent on modding games or other hobbies. Best of luck to the players though.

P.S, feel free to email me anytime, my email is still the same address. If I find myself in want of an RP again it would be nice to hear about what's going on.

MasterofAgony693 (talk) 06:11, June 9, 2017 (UTC)

Beast Arises Series.
Hy the beast arises series its not writed or its not part of the canon aasdsd 20:44, June 15, 2017 (UTC)

Ynnari
No need, I will be completing all the remaining Gathering Storm content once I have finished the upgrade of the wiki's navigational backbone. What the wiki really needs is for you to first finish the Betalis III Campaign whenever you have time to work on articles. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 18:23, June 18, 2017 (UTC)

Chapter Numbers
Zixes, on a novel, Chs. stands for Chapters, not page numbers. Please do not alter my notations. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 22:25, June 23, 2017 (UTC)

Successor Chapters Line
Please do not change the Successor Chapters line in an infobox to "None" unless you categorically know that is the case in a canon source. We say "unknown" in all cases for every Inforbox line where there is no canonical evidence one way or the other. The key is never to make assumptions unless the canon says something affirmatively. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 22:01, June 25, 2017 (UTC)

That's fine Zixes. My point is not to castigate you, it is to say don't make that change unless you have proof. If you're telling me that the sources already listed specifically said that those particular Chapters have no Successor Chapters then that's fine. If they did not, then leave the category as "Unknown." Montonius (talk) 21:03, June 26, 2017 (UTC)

Betalis III
That's great news! Your introduction should provide a short summary of the battle: who fought, why they fought, where they fought, the highlights of the battle, who won and why. The Ultramar Campaign and Terran Crusade articles have introductions which are excellent examples of how to do this. If possible, the article should contain an order of battle for all the combatants, if this information is available in the book (see the 13th Black Crusade article for the longest example of what this should look like, yours would be much smaller), and a Gallery with as much of the art, particularly all the unit and vehicle art present in the book (again the 13th Black Crusade) with all the relevant captions. The Gallery is very important for these articles, and should contain pretty much every piece of art that shows examples of units and vehicles in the book that you didn't sprinkle through the text. All of the maps used in the book should also be placed throughout the text where they illustrate the same points as the book. The Badab War article has good examples of this as well as the 13th Black Crusade. Additionally, since this is the Eldar book for the series, all of that same art needs to be added to the galleries of all the individual Eldar pages that are relevant, i.e. Wraithlords, Ghost Warriors, Aspect Warriors, etc., wherever it has not already been done.

Once all of this is complete, I have several other projects relating back to the RPG line that you can begin. Thanks! Montonius (talk) 16:21, June 29, 2017 (UTC)

Great Job!
Great job on the rapid inclusion of the 8th Edition Space Marine information on all the relevant Chapters! We've really been way ahead of the game during this 8th Edition transition, and your efforts and attention to detail (great catch on that Chogoris sector location!) are greatly appreciated. Please keep it up as the new Codices continue to roll out and we have to continue to make these small but so-necessary additions. Also nice work on the RPG material. I've been having to go over some of the Rogue Trader stuff, and your attention to this material really stands out as no one else but us really pays attention to the RPGs. Montonius (talk) 02:14, July 31, 2017 (UTC)

Doom of Mymeara
Ave Zixes! Regarding your plea for help, sadly I do not own a hardback-copy of IA 11, but I got it on PDF. Quality could be better but it’s good enough that I still enjoy reading it. I don’t recall if I found it on the web or if my pall Chris helped me out. I will reach out to him to see if he owns a hardback copy just to make sure, but i could send you a copy of the PDF-file.

May the Emperor watch over you,

Silberstich (talk) 21:16, August 1, 2017 (UTC)

Concerns
Hi Zixes,

1) There's really no need for that addition. What you're talking about are only a very few named Orders, very few. When their page is created on the wiki it would just be noted that they were a successor order of whatever original order the source mentioned in the intro text. However, even wholly new Sororitas orders are pretty rare, so I see no reason to tinker with the infobox, which can be a pain in the ass since the old ones didn't convert easily and tend to be wonky. Creating new ones is now much easier than before the conversion, but getting some of the old ones to convert was a nightmare because in some cases the code was over a decade old and simply didn't want to make the transfer. So, I'd rather avoid making any more additions to old infoboxes unless there is a truly pressing need.

2) I understand how you feel about Betalis III. I encourage you to continue your search. But the reality is that you are unlikely to find anyone who has both a hardcopy and is willing to undertake the mammoth job of rescanning all the images you will need. At the end of the day, we can only work with the materials we are given. The project is yours to complete, so keep up the search, but eventually, you will have to move forward with whatever you have on hand. Good luck! Montonius (talk) 20:45, August 4, 2017 (UTC)

Sourcing Formatting
When sourcing an article, we use the full title of the source. In this case, Codex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (8th Edition), not Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition), which is not actually the title but a format of convenience.

Also, when pasting something into a page, please check it in source mode and remove all the apostrophes that are code and replace them with characters. You can check my edits if you are unclear what I mean. Text from outside sources often has certain characters interpreted by the wiki as code, not a written ASCI character. This can destabilise a page in large enough amounts and can also make linking to those words impossible. Thanks!Montonius (talk) 22:01, August 9, 2017 (UTC)

Hacking
It is not a problem for us. We belong to a major Internet corporation that is hacked every day. Our security is far better than the Lexicanum, which is owned by a  tiny Internet website devoted to tabletop gaming. However, nothing is 100% secure and anything can be hacked. It's not something I lose sleep over, and neither should you. It's just a reality of our world. The wiki cannot be destroyed; Fandom mainatins multiple back-up servers; some data might be lost, but only a few hours or days' worth, not the whole database. So don't worry about it.

Please note that everything you add to the wiki must be sourced, including quotes and pictures. When adding them, please add the source in the usual manner, or the page number if the source has already been listed. Thanks! Montonius (talk) 21:45, August 12, 2017 (UTC)

Zixes, your images must be sourced. Additionally, the images must match the image as represented in the source (i.e. black and white if that is how it was presented in the listed source) and must be sized at 250px square. An image that does not meet these requirements will probably be removed. Montonius (talk) 20:42, August 13, 2017 (UTC)

Image Sourcing
Zixes, please remember your images must be sourced. Please add the source of the new image of Helbrecht or I will have to remove it until I find the source. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 04:35, August 27, 2017 (UTC)

Scar Lords
Zixes, you need to explain on the Scar Lords page where your information about the Chapter Masters came from. If it came from the sources already listed on the page as I believe, then you need to explain why they are called the Chapter Steward, and why one is the former Chapter Master and not the current Chapter Master. All information you add must be sourced and explained in context. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 03:00, August 29, 2017 (UTC)

RE: Death Guard Article
Hey Zixes,

Article is open. Let me know when your done.

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  18:05, September 16, 2017 (UTC)

Zixes, I've closed this article up for a time while I complete its upgrade to 8th Edition. When I'm done, I'll open it up for you to add what you like, unless I've already added what you intended. I'll let you know when I'm done. Should be a few days. Montonius (talk) 21:20, September 16, 2017 (UTC)

Betalis edit
Hey Zixes, I recently discovered the my local game store has a copy of Doom of Mymeara, and as I was reading it I noticed that there's a couple paragraphs missing on the Betalis III Campaign page. I'm not talking about the epilogue or the commentary (the parts of the book in blue boxes that tell the story from a certain person's view point) parts of the book; these are paragraphs from the part of the book you've written down, and I was just wondering if I could put them in the article or if I should just simply point them out to you.

--Emerald103 (talk) 14:41, September 23, 2017 (UTC)

The Broken
Zixes, please do not start work on new projects until your old ones are complete. The Betalis III article needs to be completed in the near future or I will be taking it over. You have started work on The Broken. That article needs to be completed this week.

Please do not start projects when you still have unfinished work. If you cannot find the needed pictures for the Betalis III article, then use what is available. Quite frankly you have been working on that article for years now, and that is not acceptable. Please complete your work in a more timely manner, or do not start new projects if you lack the time to complete them. Thanks. Montonius (talk) 23:54, September 23, 2017 (UTC)

Respectful Disagreement
I am sorry Zixes, but I respectfully disagree. I began the Siege of Vraks article, which Algrim Whitefang in April 2013 took over as primary author. As you can see, all of the major additions to the article after that time were made by him, not me, as it was no longer under my sole purview beyond the final edits I make to every single article. As the Admin responsible for overall wiki direction and editing every page, I was glad to hand it over and get his help to finish it as I had a great many other responsibilities to handle at the time, as I do now, and I wanted to do something else. But you should notice also that before moving on, I made sure someone else was there to finish the article for me because I could not. If he no longer wishes to complete it, or tells me he now doesn't have the time to do so in the future, I WILL complete it myself or find someone else who wishes to do so, which is my responsibility as Lead Admin. But as a fellow Admin, that is his call whether he wishes to hand it back, and he also had many, many other items on the wiki that he needs to deal with every day, which is why there has been an unfortunate delay in its completion. You do not have any of those daily responsibilities we share.

Now, you are correct, 16 months is not years, but it is still 16 MONTHS on a single article, well over a year, and to be honest, that is too long, and I think you know that. You are a moderator of this wiki and not just another editor. Yes, absolutely this is a volunteer position, and no one can give you orders to do anything, but when you joined the staff of this wiki you also willingly accepted certain responsibilities, one of which is to take direction from the admins as part of our wiki's team of skilled editors. I understand you were raised to that position while I was away, so the terms of the position may not have been fully clear to you when you accepted it since I was not there to explain them, or it was unclear that we run a much more hierarchical structure than other wikis you may be familiar with and we ask our staff to take direction from the admins so that we can be as efficient as possible.

But one of the responsibilities any wiki will ask of any editor, mod or not, is that if you take on a huge and important article, it will be finished in a reasonable frame of time, which I would define as about two-three months if you're really having trouble rounding up the sources, or have to hand-type it in. Sixteen months is simply not reasonable. If it turns out that doing this work in that time frame is not possible for you, or that when I first asked you to complete it you did not have the time to do so, it is also then your responsibility to tell me or Algrim that so that we can complete it or get someone else who can. Or you should restrict yourself to only doing work that you can complete in that time frame if you know it's going to be too much of a slog.

As I noted before, we have a long backlog of articles on the RPG series where you have done excellent work and where we could use your skills once more, which I think would be a great fit if you want to make a really important continuing contribution to the wiki. Tell me if you want to complete Betalis III in the near future, it's up to you, but I generally would like to see this article completed by the end of October 2017, or I will complete whatever remains myself. As you have completed almost all of it and done a very good job with it, I am loathe to do so, which is why I bring it to your attention now.

However, starting other projects when you have not completed this important one is simply unfair to the wiki, its readers and your responsibilities as a mod. Algrim and I have many, many things that must be done every day, but you have the freedom to work on only a few. I don't think it's asking very much, or being oppressive to request that you complete one thing before starting another, especially since you are a mod and are held to a higher standard of contribution as a result. Again, if you are not able to do so for whatever reason, then please do not start articles that cannot be done in the time frame I have outlined or simply reduce your edits to what you know you can complete in full. Montonius (talk) 02:16, September 25, 2017 (UTC)

Sounds good. Thanks for understanding. Montonius (talk) 02:07, September 26, 2017 (UTC)

The Broken
That's fine. I haven't touched it, and had no intention to do so until you had completed your additions.

One suggestion I would make is to closely reread what you are writing; some of the sentences do not make grammatical sense and are difficult to understand. It would be best to stay as close to the source materials as possible, as otherwise, when I edit the article, I may unintentionally alter your intended meanings. Montonius (talk) 22:33, September 30, 2017 (UTC)

Picture Size
Hi Zixes,

To make pictures bigger you simply have to capture them at a larger size by making the original source larger. You're disclaimers are not working because I believe you're cutting and pasting them. Each disclaimer must be hand-typed in due to a glitch in the underlying template code. If you try and cut and paste the template on new pages, it will not function. I cannot repair this because it is a problem with wiki's underlying code, not with the the template itself.

Just one question. These new badges and Chapter colour schemes were published in the White Dwarf issue itself, correct? We cannot make up the schemes or badges and add them to a page even if a written description is given, unless the pictures and badges are provided in the official source itself. Montonius (talk) 00:00, October 8, 2017 (UTC)

Recent Edit: Sabbat Worlds Crusade
Hey Zixes,

Just fyi, that pic you removed..it's actually the cover art for "Blood Pact" (Novel) by Dan Abnett. The artist does freelance work for Black Library. In fact, here it is on Black Library's website: Black Library - Black Pact (Ebook)

Thought you should know.

Regards,

Algrim Whitefang, WH40K Wiki Senior Associate Administrator  (talk)  12:35, October 23, 2017 (UTC

Pictures Sourcing
Zixes, please remember to source any pictures you add. What is the source of the Vulkan image you added? In future, if I can't determine the source, the image will have to be removed. Montonius (talk) 02:44, October 27, 2017 (UTC)

Discussion Issues
Zixes,

Good evening! I hope that this message finds you well! I looked for a way to message you privately, but this will have to do!

I just wanted to take the time and say thank you for all the hard work that you and the adminstrators do on this site. While I have not been a registered member of the site for long, I have frequented this site for all of my 40k needs for as long as I can remember. Ya'll run a tight ship, and the quality of the Wiki shines through in every way.

Thus I hate to bother you or overstep my bounds, but I felt that I should bring something to your attention on the discussion page. Neithan02 continues to be a hostile, disruptive, and condescending presence in most every discussion that he participates in. It is unfortunate, as Neithan02 is a very knowledgeable member of the Wiki and has contributed quality work to its development. However, in my experience, he is either incapable or unwilling to share his experience and knowledge in a way that reflects positively on the Wiki community. While I understand his frustration with some of the more immature discussions and posters, something that is inevitable for any fandom, there are users that have genuine questions or ideas that they want our community to comment on that he has responded to inappropriately or in an overtly negative manner. The most recent example is his comments on BladeOfTheLions Astral Leviathans custom chapter. While the custom chapter did indeed require major rewrites and input, instead of providing constructive criticism Neithan02 went after Blade's creative ability and intelligence. In contrast, one of our other users, Kael, formed a Discord channel to chat with Blade to help him address some of the plot holes and lore issues. This is but one example, and Neithan's discussion history is full of similar examples.

It is my understanding that he has received censure for his attitude and tone before on the Wiki, thus I thought I would bring to your attention what he has been doing recently. I once again want to thank you for your hardwork, and I in no way want to come across as overstepping my boundaries or a "tattletale," but as long as Neithan02 is allowed to continue his tone and his attitude, the discussions section will suffer.

Thank you for your time, and I apologize that this is the subject of our first conversation!

03:15, November 1, 2017 (UTC)Commander Shepard 317 (talk) Commander Shepard317

I am aware of the situation Zixes. I mod Discussions. He has been banned and warned multiple times. I'm not yet ready to permaban him...yet.Montonius (talk) 05:02, November 1, 2017 (UTC)

Hi
Hi its Lord Lardi again. Should i now correct the spelling? When can i do bigger edits?

Can i make a page for Magma Cannon?

Lord Lardi (talk) 09:16, November 2, 2017 (UTC)

spamming in the discussion section
Hi Zixes,

it would be nice if the guidelines on posting in the discussion section were enforced not only on me but also on spammers and derailers like

Im4536, Apex grave, Jobogriff, etc..Just look at the "40k Veterans !!!" topic, atm 147 posts and 47 of them are one liners from one person not related to the topic at all.

.Neithan02 (talk) 17:16, November 9, 2017 (UTC)

Hi
Hi it´s Lord Lardi again. Thank you for the info. I have understand that i should not add new articels or pages.

I also have a question, after you have edited a page you should write what you have changed, there is something that you can click on and its name is "Minor edit", so what is a minor edit?

Lord Lardi (talk) 18:42, November 9, 2017 (UTC)

Grammar
Is "is not" right or "isn´t" i don´t know if its ok to edit a articel when its "is not" and make it to "isn´t" on the wiki?

Lord Lardi (talk) 19:30, November 10, 2017 (UTC)

Projects
Zixes, Please complete your prior projects before beginning new pages, as we discussed before. You have been working on The Broken for six weeks. Let's please finish that up in the near future. |