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==Derik is back. Flee!==
{{Hand clock|Fight the Power|250|float=right}}
 
[[Image:Derik userpic.jpg|thumb|250px]]
Okay, so here's the deal: Derik's ban has been dropped from a period of a year to a still pretty long three months, on the condition that right now he's on short probation.
:<tt>"Objective journalism is one of the main reasons American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. You can't be objective about Nixon." - H.S. Thompson</tt>
 
During the course of his ban, Derik's been reasonable and understanding about the reasons for it, has acknowledged that he needs to reign in the sort of behaviour that fills the Teletraan-1 editors with fury, and has agreed to do so. As such, there's no reason to keep an otherwise extremely valuable editor away.


If there continues to be a problem, the ban term will be extended to its original duration... but that's not going to be a problem; right, Derik? --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 06:05, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
{{quote|Derik is a tortured genius. Sometimes he does great good, sometimes he creates articles like this.|[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]]|[[Talk:Bob (disambiguation)]]}}


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{{quote|Your example is such a strawman that I'm tempted to lacquer it and burn Nicolas Cage alive inside. |Derik flirting with [[User:Jimsorenson|Jim Sorenson]]|[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/e8220ade172423ca?hl=en&dmode=source&output=gplain The infamous Wikia site] (2008)}}


:<tt>"Objective journalism is one of the main reasons American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. You can't be objective about Nixon." - H.S. Thompson</tt>
{{quote|Derik ''did something that transcends history,'' and I want to undo it.  I MUST undo it... for all our sakes.|[[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]]|19:38, 17 July 2009 (EDT)}}


[[Image:Derik userpic.jpg|250px|right]]
Derik talks a good game, but he's really a big softy that goes all squooshy inside at the sight of kittens or [http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v157/out_of_season/guys%20kissing/ ''Emo Boys kissing.'']


They're '''not''' just doing it for attention!
Derik talks a good game, but he's really a big softy that goes all squooshy inside at the sight of kittens or [http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v157/out_of_season/guys%20kissing/ ''Emo Boys kissing.'']  They're '''not''' just doing it for attention!


<strike>Derik can't spell woth a danm.</strike> Did you know Mozilla 2.0 has MS Word-style spell check on textarea boxes?
<strike>Derik can't spell woth a danm.</strike> Did you know Mozilla 2.0 has MS Word-style spell check on textarea boxes?


He can often be found late at night making long chains of minor edits to template pages.  Derik doesn't do this at night to be considerate to other people- he just likes to delude himself into thinking he can do something quickly before going to bed, and then skips sleep.
He can sometimes be found late at night making long chains of minor edits to template pages.  Derik doesn't do this at night to be considerate to other people- he just likes to delude himself into thinking he can do something quickly before going to bed, and then skips sleep.


Feel free to yell at him on AIM: '''ReGenesis0'''
Feel free to yell at him on AIM: '''ReGenesis0'''
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* "I had drunken sex with another dude at a furry convention in Canada, what do I do?"
* "I had drunken sex with another dude at a furry convention in Canada, what do I do?"


He's also apparently a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villains_in_Power_Rangers:_Wild_Force#Mut-Orgs Mut-Org], whatever the hell that is.
He [http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-21/#comment-5339 has been awarded] a [http://paranatural.net/chapter-1-page-44/ Starchman Star] for excellence and is also apparently a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villains_in_Power_Rangers:_Wild_Force#Mut-Orgs Mut-Org], whatever the hell that is.


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==To-Do List==
 
* Immediate Goals
==Works in Progress==
** Send in that timesheet to Pat Hamilton
* [[User:Derik/Licensing]]
** Call Lutzwick about prescription
**[[User:Derik/Earthforce]] — notes on a possible rampage-subject
** Check TRU for Amar
* [[User:Derik/designStandards]] — Some rambling thoughts on the future direction of TFWiki's overall design.
** Mail that wrong power source back to supplier.  (Print e-bay communication for context since they provided no invoice.)
* [[User:Derik/Deceptitran]]
** Pick up new replacement power source on e-bay.
* [[User:Derik/Timeline]]
**BT
* [[User:Derik/javascript]] — Loose documentation of useful javascript functions.  Both MW's, and our additions.
***MO04
* [[User:Derik/kired tools]] - Derik's hacks
***CS3
* [[Transformers Wiki:WikiProject Movie characters]]
****AF
* [[User:Derik/flvs]] —- Direct-access links for many online videos that will (experience tells us) eventually vanish into the aether if not downloaded.
****AE
* [[User:Derik/Glossary]] — Words that mean things...
* Mid-Term Goals
* [[User:Derik/Energon (candy)]]
** Abstract for Maddie's college-search site.
* [[User:Derik/Autobots, Decepticons and race]]
* Lifegoals
* [[User:Derik/Sandbox11]]
** Preach the gospel of Yakitate!! Japan
* [[User:Derik/Sandbox9]] - Rules
** Find gayer userpic
* [[User:Derik/Spelling]]
* Wiki
* [[User:Derik/Trinity of Chaos]] — Requires further evidence to merit inclusion
** Finish [[Chain of Command]] summary.
* [[Template:Utility/tvseries]]  Graagh!*hits stuff* 2 Query depth limit HATE HATEHATE!!!!
** Gut the site CSS that's now moved to imagebox template, make sure it's migrated.
* [[Template:Episodes-Energontoon]]
** Deep Think
* [[Transformers: Armada Official Guidebook|Unicron Trilogy guidebooks]]
***Top-level banner for declaring a page 'completionist' as of a date because it covers every single thing about that episode/story/character?  How to make when a new info makes a page no-longer-complete?  In general, how do we prioritize people's attention to things? Cleanup cat doesn't seem to be resulting in cleanup taking place.  (This may become less of a problem as the holes in the wiki disappear and the precieved lack becomes less pressing- right now peopel are throwign themselves onto gaps like an armed grenade with no tim for ''cleanup'' of articles already written.)  "Articles in need of expansion"? Dangerous.
*[[Cybertron (planet)/gallery]]
*** Define what 'English language Wiki' means re: our policy about what we will/won't link to on onr external links pages.  I.e. translated manga are fine, marvel comcis scans are not (not that you can find them anymore) unless they've never been collected, we dont' link tot he BW eps on YouTube, etc.  Maybe two seperate policy sections, english-language, and external links/resources, maybe even a attitude-towards-piracy section.  (I probably shouldn't write that though because... me.)
*[[User:Derik/Movie intermezzo]]
*** Items in need of translation front-pagery?
*[[User:Derik/somnolence]] - Merge into the "Sleep" section on Transformers <strike>biology</strike> anatomy article.
**Meta
* Suggest split or move on TF Anatomy article to reflect non-anatomy content.
*** A PHP script to scan through the image on the wiki and list which of them have no copyright info, or copyright year and put them in a category?  (A low-effort improvement drive, but an important one, from a legal standpoint.)
*[[User:Derik/Earth-120185]]
**Simple Tasks
*[[User:Derik/Letterspage]] - Continue re-researching this.  Blah.
*** [[World of the Transformers]] page
* [[User:Derik/Energon (candy)]]
*** Point one of our aspiring list-makes ar the [[2007]] page and make him fill in the toy section.
* [[User:Derik/Sandbox11]]
*** Do a [[1984]] page like the 2007 page. The BW-years would be easiest after this.
* [[User:Derik/Sandbox9]] - Rules
*** Titan Magazines comic 'overall' page.
* [[Template:Utility/tvseries]]  Graagh!*hits stuff* 2 Query depth limit HATE HATEHATE!!!!
**** {{storylink|Prelude: Optimus Prime}}
**[[Template:Episodes-Energontoon]]
**** Do the retouch on that God Neptune art.  (2-3 hours)
*[[Cybertron (planet)/gallery]]
**** Scan and catalog covers to my other JP guides.
*[[User:Derik/Energon generics]]
*[[Traachon]]
*[[Planets in the Energon series]]
*[[Transformers Wiki:Improvement drive/June 2008]]
*[[User:Derik/Sexytime - DRAFT]] — Man, this will '''never''' get approved to go live.
* Keep an eye on [[Bloody Zone/draft]]. Make live @fter July 28, 2011
 
==User notice templates==
[[:Category:User notice templates]]
{{collist|3|
*<nowiki>{{Spoiler bastard}}</nowiki>
*<nowiki>{{Caption bastard}}</nowiki>
*<nowiki>{{Nofanficplz}}</nowiki>
*<nowiki>{{Correctenglish}}</nowiki>
*<nowiki>{{Notachatroom}}</nowiki>
*<nowiki>{{Referencebastard}}</nowiki>
*<nowiki>{{Preview bastard}}</nowiki>
*<nowiki>{{Signyourposts}}</nowiki>
*<nowiki>{{Tagyourpics}}</nowiki>
}}


==my Uncategorized Templates (list is incomplete)==
==my Uncategorized Templates (list is incomplete)==
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* [http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/7730/tfs.html Fred's workshop] - For the odd bit of toy-refernece.
* [http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/7730/tfs.html Fred's workshop] - For the odd bit of toy-refernece.
* [http://tfarchive.com/toys/ TFarchive] - Where tsarchive went.
* [http://tfarchive.com/toys/ TFarchive] - Where tsarchive went.
* [http://transfans.net/comics_guide.php?series=2&page=22 Transfans.net UK comcis guide] - Scanned letters pages
* [http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide.php?series=2&page=22 Transfans.net UK comcis guide] - Scanned letters pages
* Baron Zemo's TF Museum - Revival pending
* Baron Zemo's TF Museum - Revival pending


==Wikimedia Resources==
==Wikimedia Resources==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/monobook/main.css?80 en.Wikipedia.org main CSS file]
* Actions; view, edit, render, raw
* [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css|{{SITENAME}}:Monobook.css]], [http://transformers.wikia.com/skins3/monobook/main.css? Raw file]
*  [http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/monobook/main.css?80 en.Wikipedia.org main CSS file]
* [[User:Derik/monobook.css]]
* <strike>[[MediaWiki:Monobook.css|Transformers Wiki:Monobook.css]], [http://transformers.wikia.com/skins3/monobook/main.css? Raw file]</strike><br>
* [http://transformers.wikia.com//skins3/monobook/main.css monobook/main.css] To execute changes ask [[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]], since Walky is baffled by CSS.
<dl><dd>[[MediaWiki:Common.css]], [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&action=raw&ctype=text/css Raw file]
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ParserFunctions Wiki ParserFunctions] and the less-frequently-used [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Parser_function Parser Function] (it's something different, and yes that's stupid.)
</dd></dl>
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions String Functions] [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree Category Tree]
* [[User:Derik/monobook.css]] [[User:Derik/monacobook.css]] <strike>[[Wikia:User:Derik/global.css]]</strike>
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table Wiki Table Markup]
* [[User:Derik/monacobook.js]]
===Backing up the Wiki===
** Talk to [[User:-Blackout-]] if you need changes made to the master css file-- he's got rights AND a seems interested{{now|16:07, 16 February 2010 (EST)}} and reasonably knowledgeable.  -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:07, 16 February 2010 (EST)
[[Wikia:Database_download|Database backups]] are very large, so always right-click save-as these links. (Waiting on an answer [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Images_backup here])
*  [http://transformers.wikia.com//skins3/monobook/main.css monobook/main.css] To execute changes ask [[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]], since Walky is baffled by CSS.
* [http://wikistats.wikia.com/dbdumps/transformers/pages_current.xml Current Revision] - Current version of all pages (~20mb of text as of 7-7-07)
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions Wiki ParserFunctions] and the less-frequently-used [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#Parser_functions Parser Functions] (it's something different, and yes that's stupid.)
* [http://wikistats.wikia.com/dbdumps/transformers/pages_full.xml Full History] All pages, all versions past & present. (~300mb as of 7-7-07)
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions String Functions] [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree Category Tree]
* [http://images.wikia.com/transformers/images/images.tar Images] - All images <small>(and other media like oggs I think...)</small> in TAR format. (Surprisingly only ~630mb as of 7-7-07)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table Wiki Table Markup]
===Remember to throw this in Walky's face===
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files Escoteric Image markup] - area links and such.
* [http://shortpacked.livejournal.com/301288.html]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Happy-melon/Templates#Equals_signs Rewritten version of Help:Templates that's actually ''helpful'']
* [[User:Derik/namespaces]] —- just a list of namespaces
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#Miscellaneous #tag: syntax] - Using template-parameters inside of XML parser commands (like <nowiki><imagemap></nowiki>) causes it to break. This is the (somewhat finicky) workaround. (It's actually a parser function that causes the params to be parsed prior to passing them to the XML command.)  Any |'s will have to be escaped using <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki>

Latest revision as of 19:33, 15 October 2017

Fight the Power

"Objective journalism is one of the main reasons American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. You can't be objective about Nixon." - H.S. Thompson
Derik is a tortured genius. Sometimes he does great good, sometimes he creates articles like this.Rosicrucian, Talk:Bob (disambiguation)
Your example is such a strawman that I'm tempted to lacquer it and burn Nicolas Cage alive inside. Derik flirting with Jim Sorenson
Derik did something that transcends history, and I want to undo it. I MUST undo it... for all our sakes.Jackpot, 19:38, 17 July 2009 (EDT)


Derik talks a good game, but he's really a big softy that goes all squooshy inside at the sight of kittens or Emo Boys kissing. They're not just doing it for attention!

Derik can't spell woth a danm. Did you know Mozilla 2.0 has MS Word-style spell check on textarea boxes?

He can sometimes be found late at night making long chains of minor edits to template pages. Derik doesn't do this at night to be considerate to other people- he just likes to delude himself into thinking he can do something quickly before going to bed, and then skips sleep.

Feel free to yell at him on AIM: ReGenesis0

Things not to message Derik about: (culled from actual conversation)

  • "I just sent an e-mail to the executive producer telling him what he needs to do better."
  • "Did you delete my post?"
  • "I had drunken sex with another dude at a furry convention in Canada, what do I do?"

He has been awarded a Starchman Star for excellence and is also apparently a Mut-Org, whatever the hell that is.

Works in Progress

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User notice templates

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Category:User notice templates

  • {{Spoiler bastard}}
  • {{Caption bastard}}
  • {{Nofanficplz}}
  • {{Correctenglish}}
  • {{Notachatroom}}
  • {{Referencebastard}}
  • {{Preview bastard}}
  • {{Signyourposts}}
  • {{Tagyourpics}}

my Uncategorized Templates (list is incomplete)

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Might want to categorize these as a Category: Substitution templates if they're useful.

Derik's Resources

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Wikimedia Resources

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MediaWiki:Common.css, Raw file
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