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== Not sure if you saw this ==
== Infoboxes ==


I posted a question [[Talk:Killzone_3|here]] (right under the heading) since I can't get a password reminder from the forums (the form fills out fine but I never get the email): there doesn't seem to be a specific policy anywhere on "Frankenguns" and how / if we cover them. What's your opinion? [[User:Vangelis|Vangelis]] 09:03, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey. So first off, a disclaimer, I am posting the following message for each of the Admins so don't think I'm spamming. Just want to get input from all of you. I have been working on a number of infoboxes for different pages ([[Template:Infobox Movie]], [[Template:Infobox TV]], [[Template:Infobox Video Game]]). I have already gotten some help from [[Bunni]] who installed an additional add-on to facilitate the templates. I would love to get some feedback from you (and other admins) regarding these. Do you like the format? Are there things you would like changed? Should additional information be added? The nice thing is that with the add-on that [[Bunni]] installed, you do not have to provide all the information for the infobox. Any variables left blank will simply not be printed.


*My personal take would be to treat the gun as if it's a movie prop and ask what it would be: for example, if you were building a movie version of the Pulse Weapon from ''FEAR 2'', it'd probably be based on a resin cast of an F2000 or an actual F2000 reciever, with a lot of embellishments. On the other hand, if you were going for, say, the BLADE weapon from ''Vanquish'', it'd just be a few gun bits stuck on a body made from scratch; you could probably ID the various bits, but they're bits of a gun, not a whole one.<br><br>If I was covering that gun in the picture I drew, I'd probably go for the section heading "Eryx" (in quote marks) with both weapon images below it, linking to both gun pages but probably not adding it to either list. Obviously this gets complicated with some game weapons that have more than two "donor" guns or a lot of fictional bits. The way I see it, if it can be ''clearly'' ID'd as a real weapon hybrid, it's within IMFDB's remit to inform people what real weapons it's a hybrid of.<br><br>One thing about the rules, though; they are rather tricky to find. They probably ought to be under the "General Information" link in the sidebar (where I first looked), but it seems they're only accessible from the front page.<br><br>Also, don't let what that anon guy said get to you; I've modded other sites and dealt with plenty of idiots like that. Anything that affects them is automatically someone abusing their powers, since ''clearly'' they can do no wrong themselves. [/sarcasm] Also, I think I've figured out where he got that name from, if you want me to tell you. [[User:Vangelis|Vangelis]] 08:25, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Finally, I would like to see how you feel about my adding these to pages. I have gotten positive feedback from a number of users (including at least 3 admins) but before I add this to more than a dozen or so pages (which I have done for testing purposes) I want to really get full permission. I know that sweeping changes are a '''MAJOR''' no-no without full admin approval. Check out the thread in the forum (http://forum.imfdb.org/showthread.php?t=1942). I look forward to hearing your feedback! :-) --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 11:15, 9 May 2012 (CDT)
**Considering at the point you said that he was going borderline-stalker on you, I'd say you had every right to be rude. I'm only surprised you didn't ban him outright for it. Also, if you don't want your personal info to be accessible, you should probably delete the edits from your user page's history as well, otherwise people can just look up the older versions of it. [[User:Vangelis|Vangelis]] 07:14, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
***Not having seen this Wiki's moderator controls, I couldn't be sure; I know you ''can'' delete page diffs because Wikipedia does it all the time (people do lovely things like spam moderators' telephone numbers as edit reasons over there), so if you can't see it immediately you might be best off asking bunni if it needs a sysop to do it. [[User:Vangelis|Vangelis]] 07:53, 4 March 2011 (UTC)


==Valkyria Chronicles / fictional guns ==
Just finished cleaning up the ''Valkyria Chronicles'' page and re-adding the fictional firearms like you said to. But it got me thinking (and I'm just bouncing ideas around here, take them or leave them) that maybe the policy regarding fictional weapons in video games and animation (which right now is rather vaguely addressed in the policy guidelines) should be that a work should include at minimum at least one real design (that's current policy, I know, but it's worth rehashing since it's what keeps ''Halo'' and ''Final Fantasy'' away) and that fictional designs listed on the page should be either:
:(A) Realistic-looking enough that a layman could possibly mistake them for a real weapon (Example: ''Valkyria Chronicles'', half of ''GITS'''s fictional guns)
:(B) Be important for trivia purposes (Example: the M41A's cameo in ''Excel Saga'')
:(C) Be based off of the same mechanical concepts as firearms in the real world (i.e. could conceivably exist if someone was willing to sit down and make them) (Example: the ''other half'' of the fictional guns in ''GITS'')
:(D) Be important/iconic firearms in that particular work (Example: ''Hellsing's'' Joshua and Jackal, Harlock's Dragoon)
Instances works where the only real firearm designs are "modified" versions of real world designs (like the guns in the ''F.E.A.R.'' games (that thing in ''F.3.A.R.'' is obviously just a UMP with a bunch of crap stuck on it) or the P90 is ''Solid State Society'') are rare enough that they could be considered on an individual basis.
Of course, like I said, this is just me bouncing an idea around. Think of it as me thinking out loud on the internet.


On a side note, the weapon pages for the Joshua and Jackal should probably be nuked. Everything there is already covered in the ''Hellsing'' article, and having pages for fictional prop guns is one thing, having pages for fictional guns that only exist in one (or two, however you wanna' count it) animated work is pushing it.
== Resident Evil 6 ==


--[[User:PistolJunkie|PistolJunkie]] 23:23, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello, good sir, I hope you don't mind me posting this here, if so please take every right to delete it. But, I have come to plead for your help and expertise. I have added some new discussion to Leon's handgun(s) in Resident Evil 6, and I am asking for your opinion, and if you agree with the evidence I have provided, that you could back me up. If you think I'm an idiot I will admit defeat haha I'm only asking for your expertise. Thanks, again.  --[[User talk:TheREwiz|TheREwiz]]


==Joshua & Jackal==
== Resident Evil Apocalypse ==
:They'll never appear in anything else, and there are too many admins/senior members who would like to see both the Anime and Video Game sections completely nuked (I may not use the forums much, but I do read 'em). Stuff like the Joshua and Jackal pages just make it look like the anime/VG sections are trying to worm their way into the rest of the site. I also think the two "America's Army 3" weapon pages (the grenades and Obran pages) should get nuked too. They're not real props, and there's nothing there that couldn't be covered in the games' pages.


:Also, I noticed that we have a category for anime TV shows ("Anime Series", it think it is?) but not one for Anime Movies and OVAs. Mind if I make them?--[[User:PistolJunkie|PistolJunkie]] 02:23, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
I was wondering if I could have your permission to work on Resident Evil Apocalypse you know make the weapons all sorted out like it is on the resident evil extinction page? If not then I wont bother you again.


::Then should we get rid of the Series category? Seems a little strange to only have a category for one release method.--[[User:PistolJunkie|PistolJunkie]] 03:59, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you it will be great.


:::Another quick question; what's the minimum amount of time that an article has to be around for before it gets the "Noeffort" tag due to sucky descriptions and no screenshots? I try and do cleanups every now and then, but I'm always hesitant to put that on a crummy page unless it's at least a year old.--[[User:PistolJunkie|PistolJunkie]] 05:42, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
== Uploading image ==


i need some help the gun i want to upload doesn't appear in the image's place how do i fix that [[User:Balin21]]


== The Walking Dead video game ==


Have you heard about a walking dead video game by telltale games i think it might have alot of gun in it? [[User:Balin21]]


==Piss taker==
== Daryl's New Crossbow ==
I banned him for a month, if you think it needs to be more severe by all means. Your the one that's been dealing with him.--[[User:Predator20|Predator20]] 16:53, 3 March 2011 (UTC)


==Resident Evil: Degeneration==
If we identify what type of crossbow it is can we put it on the walking dead season 3 page?--[[User:Balin21|Balin21]] ([[User talk:Balin21|talk]]) 15:04, 5 March 2013 (EST)
Someone on another forum asked me what guns the bodyguards and police chief used, and I realized that their Glock 17s aren't listed on the page. Unfortunately, I seem to be unable to upload images currently. Since I don't know when the problem will be fixed, I've already made a section for them. [http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T22AR77Q Here are the screencaps].--[[User:PistolJunkie|PistolJunkie]] 21:48, 5 March 2011 (MSK)
:It's not a matter of editing control (I can edit now just fine), it's some sort of software glitch. I can't upload image files, the damn server ignores them. I presume this is one of the possible problems that Bunni said could occur, but with the number of issues that other users seem to be having, it would be unfair to expect him to be able to magically fix everything overnight. Ain't computers ''great''.--[[User:PistolJunkie|PistolJunkie]] 12:13, 6 March 2011 (MSK)


== Vektor Z88 in District 9? ==
== Anime ==


Hi there,
You will have to talk to [[Bunni]] about that. Best way to reach him is to shoot him an [[Special:EmailUser/Bunni|email]]. I know we are looking for more people to contribute! --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] <span style="color:green">''IMFDB Chief of Operations''</span> ([[User talk:Zackmann08|talk]]) 22:02, 18 July 2013 (EDT)


Thanks for an excellent page on 'District 9', good work! I saw the movie this weekend and think it was awesome.
==Trigun page==
Took long enough, but [[Trigun|I think I'm done]]. I suppose I should do the movie too at some point.--[[User:PistolJunkie|PistolJunkie]] ([[User talk:PistolJunkie|talk]]) 01:50, 14 September 2013 (EDT)


One question; wouldn't you say that the gun you describe as 'Beretta 92FS' is more likely a 'Vektor Z88'? There is no way telling really but since the movie has many Vektor guns, I would say it's more probable a Z88 than a 92FS.
== Appleseed Alpha ==


Somewhere in the coming days I will revise accordingly, hope you don't mind. Thanks again and take care!--[[User:PeeWee055|PeeWee055]] 03:35, 19 July 2011 (CDT)
I PMed you on the forum. --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman|talk]]) 22:52, 14 July 2014 (EDT)
 
==''Red Dawn''==
 
Sorry for being an asshole on that page. I may have gotten a bit carried away.--[[User:Godzillafan93|That&#39;s the Way It&#39;s Done]] ([[User talk:Godzillafan93|talk]]) 17:43, 25 February 2015 (EST)
 
== Waco ==
 
Are the screenshots you put up from just the trailer and are what episodes are these from? You didn't put any episode numbers in your screenshots and captions. Please add episode numbers to your future screenshots and please identify in the captions what episodes the current screenshots are from. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] ([[User talk:Ben41|talk]]) 03:26, 2 February 2018 (EST)
 
== Stalker on Quora ==
Looks like you have a Stalker on Quora. I'm not sure what their name was but they have a big axe to grind against you.  https://www.quora.com/What-are-you-banned-from-Why/answer/Steven-McReynolds-1
 
[[User:Rockwolf66|Rockwolf66]] ([[User talk:Rockwolf66|talk]]) 22:59, 9 September 2019 (EDT)
 
He's overestimating his contribution to at least the first two Telltale Walking Dead games. The majority contributor was ''me'' on those and I painstakingly screencapped many of the images from YouTube playthroughs (hence the varying quality) while others I got from the TWD Wiki (which I did with their permission, mind you). Not saying others didn't contribute as well, but "almost entirely" is a bit of a stretch. [[User:Spartan198|Spartan198]] ([[User talk:Spartan198|talk]]) 00:13, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
 
I figured that the guy is a liar. I mean people have been kicked from here for being racist. I have a reasonable suspicion that the former user has a name here related to his Avatar on Quoara. The guy is not in fact banned but he was probably warned that his behavior was out of line. [[User:Rockwolf66|Rockwolf66]] ([[User talk:Rockwolf66|talk]]) 02:10, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
 
Apparently, what ultimately prompted him to write this is the fact that I indirectly mentioned him in the BF5 talk page, even though I was talking more about the situation that happened back then, not because it was specifically him. I mean, I barely had any interaction with him, and it doesn't matter which user it was, I would have made the same comment anyway. --[[User:Ultimate94ninja|Ultimate94ninja]] ([[User talk:Ultimate94ninja|talk]]) 02:44, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
 
Wow, talk about narcissistic much. Anyway, I'm pretty sure this guy is [[User talk:Godzillafan93|Godzillafan93]], since he's the one that seems to have contributed most after me on the Walking Dead pages and his talk page has the exchange with Tim regarding "Jap" on it that this Steven McReynolds mentions. [[User:Spartan198|Spartan198]] ([[User talk:Spartan198|talk]]) 05:34, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
 
I wouldn't call this guy a stalker. More like some disgruntled dude with an axe to grind. "not racist enough". Guess he doesn't know what race we all are. [[User:Excalibur01|Excalibur01]] ([[User talk:Excalibur01|talk]]) 20:56, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
 
I think everyone who's been monitoring this long enough knows I actually haven't made any edits or messages in a long ass time. WACO was the last page I made. I really don't go out of my way to correct users unless to make a direct conversation. I really don't know what he's referring to about me correcting his racist comments. Though I am flattered that he'd address me as "Marine Corps" [[User:Excalibur01|Excalibur01]] ([[User talk:Excalibur01|talk]]) 21:00, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
 
 
Ok, so apparently if someone calls a female character a mary sue, one of us is going to accuse us of being a misogynist? Are we the thought police now? I seriously don't believe Eviltim is like that. [[User:Excalibur01|Excalibur01]] ([[User talk:Excalibur01|talk]]) 21:03, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
 
: Lol this guy, huh? For the record, the chunk of his rant about his old 'Mary Sue' remark was me, so I apologize to Tim and/or you for getting smeared with that. ;P And I only merely thought it was worth mentioning because if he wants to waste time grandstanding on social and cultural etiquette maybe he could start by practicing what he preaches. A lesson I suppose he's learned now - "How pathetic does your life have to be for you to waste that much time on something this trivial?" Indeed. XD But whatever, I guess it's his life and all. Glad he's still using the site as a resource though - After all I always thought that's really what we're here for. ;) [[User:StanTheMan|StanTheMan]] ([[User talk:StanTheMan|talk]]) 21:29, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
::To be fair, this site isn't the most well maintained. I haven't head from Bunni in forever. And also the Latest Updates page is still broken [[User:Excalibur01|Excalibur01]] ([[User talk:Excalibur01|talk]]) 22:26, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
:::I know I'm not around much as I have a life and don't have time to do lots of screencaps or to get the lattest in movies. I still check the site from time to time but I just don't have the time to do stuff here. I posted the link because the guy is spewing a bunch of BS and he singled out Excaliber. [[User:Rockwolf66|Rockwolf66]] ([[User talk:Rockwolf66|talk]]) 22:44, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
:::: I think bunni does what he can but yeah, some things have fallen by the wayside. Seems to have lost a step with Zackmann being gone. As for this fool, eh, let him spew. He's hardly the only one out there doing that, even in regards to this site. [[User:StanTheMan|StanTheMan]] ([[User talk:StanTheMan|talk]]) 16:42, 11 September 2019 (EDT)

Latest revision as of 20:47, 11 September 2019

Infoboxes

Hey. So first off, a disclaimer, I am posting the following message for each of the Admins so don't think I'm spamming. Just want to get input from all of you. I have been working on a number of infoboxes for different pages (Template:Infobox Movie, Template:Infobox TV, Template:Infobox Video Game). I have already gotten some help from Bunni who installed an additional add-on to facilitate the templates. I would love to get some feedback from you (and other admins) regarding these. Do you like the format? Are there things you would like changed? Should additional information be added? The nice thing is that with the add-on that Bunni installed, you do not have to provide all the information for the infobox. Any variables left blank will simply not be printed.

Finally, I would like to see how you feel about my adding these to pages. I have gotten positive feedback from a number of users (including at least 3 admins) but before I add this to more than a dozen or so pages (which I have done for testing purposes) I want to really get full permission. I know that sweeping changes are a MAJOR no-no without full admin approval. Check out the thread in the forum (http://forum.imfdb.org/showthread.php?t=1942). I look forward to hearing your feedback! :-) --Zackmann08 11:15, 9 May 2012 (CDT)


Resident Evil 6

Hello, good sir, I hope you don't mind me posting this here, if so please take every right to delete it. But, I have come to plead for your help and expertise. I have added some new discussion to Leon's handgun(s) in Resident Evil 6, and I am asking for your opinion, and if you agree with the evidence I have provided, that you could back me up. If you think I'm an idiot I will admit defeat haha I'm only asking for your expertise. Thanks, again. --TheREwiz

Resident Evil Apocalypse

I was wondering if I could have your permission to work on Resident Evil Apocalypse you know make the weapons all sorted out like it is on the resident evil extinction page? If not then I wont bother you again.

Thank you it will be great.

Uploading image

i need some help the gun i want to upload doesn't appear in the image's place how do i fix that User:Balin21

The Walking Dead video game

Have you heard about a walking dead video game by telltale games i think it might have alot of gun in it? User:Balin21

Daryl's New Crossbow

If we identify what type of crossbow it is can we put it on the walking dead season 3 page?--Balin21 (talk) 15:04, 5 March 2013 (EST)

Anime

You will have to talk to Bunni about that. Best way to reach him is to shoot him an email. I know we are looking for more people to contribute! --Zackmann08 IMFDB Chief of Operations (talk) 22:02, 18 July 2013 (EDT)

Trigun page

Took long enough, but I think I'm done. I suppose I should do the movie too at some point.--PistolJunkie (talk) 01:50, 14 September 2013 (EDT)

Appleseed Alpha

I PMed you on the forum. --Funkychinaman (talk) 22:52, 14 July 2014 (EDT)

Red Dawn

Sorry for being an asshole on that page. I may have gotten a bit carried away.--That's the Way It's Done (talk) 17:43, 25 February 2015 (EST)

Waco

Are the screenshots you put up from just the trailer and are what episodes are these from? You didn't put any episode numbers in your screenshots and captions. Please add episode numbers to your future screenshots and please identify in the captions what episodes the current screenshots are from. --Ben41 (talk) 03:26, 2 February 2018 (EST)

Stalker on Quora

Looks like you have a Stalker on Quora. I'm not sure what their name was but they have a big axe to grind against you. https://www.quora.com/What-are-you-banned-from-Why/answer/Steven-McReynolds-1

Rockwolf66 (talk) 22:59, 9 September 2019 (EDT)

He's overestimating his contribution to at least the first two Telltale Walking Dead games. The majority contributor was me on those and I painstakingly screencapped many of the images from YouTube playthroughs (hence the varying quality) while others I got from the TWD Wiki (which I did with their permission, mind you). Not saying others didn't contribute as well, but "almost entirely" is a bit of a stretch. Spartan198 (talk) 00:13, 10 September 2019 (EDT)

I figured that the guy is a liar. I mean people have been kicked from here for being racist. I have a reasonable suspicion that the former user has a name here related to his Avatar on Quoara. The guy is not in fact banned but he was probably warned that his behavior was out of line. Rockwolf66 (talk) 02:10, 10 September 2019 (EDT)

Apparently, what ultimately prompted him to write this is the fact that I indirectly mentioned him in the BF5 talk page, even though I was talking more about the situation that happened back then, not because it was specifically him. I mean, I barely had any interaction with him, and it doesn't matter which user it was, I would have made the same comment anyway. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 02:44, 10 September 2019 (EDT)

Wow, talk about narcissistic much. Anyway, I'm pretty sure this guy is Godzillafan93, since he's the one that seems to have contributed most after me on the Walking Dead pages and his talk page has the exchange with Tim regarding "Jap" on it that this Steven McReynolds mentions. Spartan198 (talk) 05:34, 10 September 2019 (EDT)

I wouldn't call this guy a stalker. More like some disgruntled dude with an axe to grind. "not racist enough". Guess he doesn't know what race we all are. Excalibur01 (talk) 20:56, 10 September 2019 (EDT)

I think everyone who's been monitoring this long enough knows I actually haven't made any edits or messages in a long ass time. WACO was the last page I made. I really don't go out of my way to correct users unless to make a direct conversation. I really don't know what he's referring to about me correcting his racist comments. Though I am flattered that he'd address me as "Marine Corps" Excalibur01 (talk) 21:00, 10 September 2019 (EDT)


Ok, so apparently if someone calls a female character a mary sue, one of us is going to accuse us of being a misogynist? Are we the thought police now? I seriously don't believe Eviltim is like that. Excalibur01 (talk) 21:03, 10 September 2019 (EDT)

Lol this guy, huh? For the record, the chunk of his rant about his old 'Mary Sue' remark was me, so I apologize to Tim and/or you for getting smeared with that. ;P And I only merely thought it was worth mentioning because if he wants to waste time grandstanding on social and cultural etiquette maybe he could start by practicing what he preaches. A lesson I suppose he's learned now - "How pathetic does your life have to be for you to waste that much time on something this trivial?" Indeed. XD But whatever, I guess it's his life and all. Glad he's still using the site as a resource though - After all I always thought that's really what we're here for. ;) StanTheMan (talk) 21:29, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
To be fair, this site isn't the most well maintained. I haven't head from Bunni in forever. And also the Latest Updates page is still broken Excalibur01 (talk) 22:26, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
I know I'm not around much as I have a life and don't have time to do lots of screencaps or to get the lattest in movies. I still check the site from time to time but I just don't have the time to do stuff here. I posted the link because the guy is spewing a bunch of BS and he singled out Excaliber. Rockwolf66 (talk) 22:44, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
I think bunni does what he can but yeah, some things have fallen by the wayside. Seems to have lost a step with Zackmann being gone. As for this fool, eh, let him spew. He's hardly the only one out there doing that, even in regards to this site. StanTheMan (talk) 16:42, 11 September 2019 (EDT)
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