User talk:Ben41

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I need you or another admins help, my other account was blocked wrongfully.

Hello, I was wondering if you could help me with an issue I am having. Admin "Evil Tim" blocked me for no reason thinking I was some guy named "Burt", which I am not, my name is Danny. I tryed to contact him about it on my blocked account "Glock17gen4", but it wouldnt let me so I'm forced to use this account I made. I tryed to contact him and I have no received a reply, I think he is ignoring the msg or something. I was wondering if you could help and unblock my other account, thanks. SaferSephiroth 16:24, 7 April 2012 (CDT)

Some help

Hello! You appear to have banned my main account "QueenSasha24" for the reason of it being a "spambot name". Well I assure you I am not a spambot, the name was given to me from a roleplaying community. I would really appreciate if you guys could unban my account, as I had some contributions to make to our wonderful site. :)

Sorted this one out for you. Evil Tim 22:35, 15 April 2012 (CDT)

Permission to restore a deleted article

I recently got the video game Alliance of Valiant Arms on Steam, and I noticed that we used to have an article for it but it was deleted. Since you were the one that deleted it, I wanted to ask if it was alright if I had a go at making an article for the game. As you can see from my past works (such as Project Reality and my overhaul of Battlefield 2), I will give thorough descriptions of the weapons and good-quality screenshots of their use in-game. I hope to hear back from you on this, and wish you well. Orca1 9904 02:25, 23 April 2012 (CDT)

Template

Hey man. I am working on creating some templates for the site. They are all pending admin approval of course but I need to recreate a template which you previously deleted. (Template:!). This template basically allows the use of the pipe character ("|") when passing arguements to a template. You can look HERE on the MediaWiki site for more information. Just wanted to let you know that I am recreating this template for a purpose. Let me know if you have any questions. :-) --Zackmann08 16:59, 24 April 2012 (CDT)

Do you like the Spoiler Template?? I saw the change you made which is totally fine by me. I was just going off of what appeared on most of the pages... :-) --Zackmann08 19:11, 2 May 2012 (CDT)

Sweet. I will sell you on the Infoboxes somehow... I haven't figured out how just yet.... :-p In the meantime though, I am still working on converting gun pages to wikitable. Just finished all the pistols. Working on Submachine guns now. Then I'm gonna tackle snipers. :-) --Zackmann08 19:32, 2 May 2012 (CDT)

Question regarding caps

Do you auto-adjust the color on your screencaps or just use them as-is? --Funkychinaman 18:44, 26 April 2012 (CDT)

I've been using the auto-adjust when a scene a little dark and I have trouble making a firearms ID, but I was wondering if I should do it for all of them for the sake of consistency. --Funkychinaman 08:32, 28 April 2012 (CDT)

Spambots

Make sure you blank the "reason" text box when deleting spam pages, I have a suspicion they hope you don't since they almost always put links where they'd show up. Not sure if they can get referrals from the recent changes page, but it looks like that's what they're hoping for. Evil Tim 07:51, 2 May 2012 (CDT)

1000 Ways to Die

Yeah sorry about the method I was using was the only one I know but I will download the photo program you mentioned. But for now I think it's best to keep them like they are for now since those handful of screenshots took me about three days to upload. If there is a problem with the page itself of the another problem with the photos I am open for discussion --Mr.Ice

This is NOT A valid entry. This is basically a DOCUMENTARY series on SPIKE TV that does re-enactments. It is not a narrative series. Though I would love to include the reenactments, that would open the door to all the documentary shows which have re-enactment segments like "America's Most Wanted" or any of the numerous History Channel Shows.....MoviePropMaster2008 21:41, 2 May 2012 (CDT)

I can use this template?

Specifications

Place of origin United States
Production 2011 - present)
Manufacturer Advanced Armament Corp.
Caliber .300 AAC Blackout
Cartridge 7.62x35mm
Weight 6.5 pounds (unloaded)
Length 24-29 inches
Barrel length
Rate of fire
Effective range
Feed system Standard AR style magazines

--Mateogala 15:26, 3 May 2012 (CDT)

Specifications

Why are we changing up the specs? The format that Mateogala is using is different from 90% of the pages. Seems like we should keep the same form. If he wants to add additional info, can we at least keep the bullet points?? --Zackmann08 16:45, 3 May 2012 (CDT)

RE: Screenshots

Alright, I hadn't noticed a huge difference, but I will save as PNGs nonetheless. Thanks for the tip!----JazzBlackBelt-- 19:48, 4 May 2012 (CDT)

RE: The Collector

Sorry for the late reply, I was having issues trying to leave a message. Anyways, I thought cropping most of the image would have helped clear the image of unnessecary space (and save server space). But if it's the rules, it's the rules, and I'll upload the entire image. And I really can't get any better resolution for screencaps. I got them from print-screening off of Youtube, and I don't have access to any fancy capture-devices or high-quality media players (nor do I have the money to). And the shotgun is a Mossberg 500, as when the Collector grabs the shotgun from the police cruiser, the safety is briefly visible. - User:1morey May 6, 2012 9:10 AM (EST)

Sand Pebbles

Nice job cleaning up the page and so on and so forth. Did you replace the screencaps with caps from a Blue-Ray? they look clearer. --Jcordell 13:32, 7 May 2012 (CDT)

New Template

So I just made a new template that I think you might like. It is an expansion of the TV Title that allows you to use it for pages that have been split by season. Template:TV Title Season. --Zackmann08 18:28, 11 May 2012 (CDT)

After you take a look, let me know something. Should it be television SHOW or television SERIES. I've seen it both ways... --Zackmann08 18:41, 11 May 2012 (CDT)

Series it is. :-) Thanks! --Zackmann08 14:08, 12 May 2012 (CDT)

JAG

Hey. Just wanted to say its really nice to see JAG getting its own pages. I'm a huge fan of the series. :-) Good work! --Zackmann08 14:43, 12 May 2012 (CDT)

Right now I am trying to focus on freaking school work (BLEHHH) and trying to finish up the CSI pages when I'm on here. But when summer break rolls around if the pages aren't already finished, you can definitely count me in for helping out! --Zackmann08 15:17, 12 May 2012 (CDT)

Episodes...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Episodes go in the note column correct? --Zackmann08 18:08, 12 May 2012 (CDT)

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date

NOT

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date

Gotcha. Perhaps you as an admin can talk to Pandolfini. I had just spent a bunch of time redoing the MP40 page and one of the things I did was to put the Episodes in the note column. He then comes along and moves them all back and says I'm stupid for doing it in the first place (possibly his translator messing up but still...). I don't really care if someone creates a new table and puts the Episodes in the title column but it's kind of annoying to have this guy moving them back there after they were specifically moved for a reason. Not trying to get all butt hurt just cause this guy called me stupid but some of his edits have been really bugging me (and others) lately. Let me know you're thoughts. Unless you say otherwise I will just leave this alone. Not really interested in getting in a pissing contest over something this stupid. --Zackmann08 18:18, 12 May 2012 (CDT)

Thanks. I got another question for ya... I'm working on the AEK rifle series, as part of making sure that all the Assault Rifle pages have been converted to the proper table format. Should this page be sub divided into the 3 different models? I didn't want to change it but it seems unnecessary since the only difference is the caliber... Thoughts? --Zackmann08 19:58, 12 May 2012 (CDT)

O I'm totally with you on the Remington 870 page. But that has a lot more entries and a much bigger difference between models. But as you wish! --Zackmann08 21:04, 12 May 2012 (CDT)

Re: Battle of Long Tan

Fair Enough, but I thought it would be okay, because another page I created, for Kokoda, was Oked by the admins. It's a documentary, but similar to the Long Tan one, it uses correct weapons and uniforms. --Crackshot 09:54, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Template:FeaturedArticle2

Hey man. Just wanted to let you know that there is a typo in the Enemy at the Gates entry on Template:FeaturedArticle2. The first image needs to be centered. It's showing up all weird right now. --Zackmann08 18:37, 15 May 2012 (CDT)

IMDB

I would... But it seems like they are already done. I just checked the "What Links here" for Template:IMDB Actor and there wasn't anything listed. By the way, if you could go ahead and delete the template that would be great. Sorry about this. Hope you guys understand why I did it and that my intentions were good. --Zackmann08 21:12, 17 May 2012 (CDT)

Re: Do not add IMDB links

Sorry. I'll not put such links anymore and remove them from articles. Greg-Z 23:47, 17 May 2012 (CDT)

Chuck

Hey man. Quick question... I noticed that for the TV show Chuck you made the page titled Chuck (disambiguation) instead. Shouldn't it just be Chuck? This would match the format used on other shows that have been split up... 24, CSI: NY, CSI: Miami, Hawaii Five-0 (2010), etc. I would just move it but seeing as an admin created the page, I don't want to overstep. :-) --Zackmann08 11:41, 18 May 2012 (CDT)

Chinese names

Yeah, sure, I wasn't favoring one way or the either. Usually when I create a page for an Asian actor, I make the page under the IMDb name and then a redirect for the other way. (I did point out that Chow Yun-Fat/Yun-Fat Chow exception when I posted on the forum regarding the same topic.) As for going by how it's in the actual credits, that's always a little shaky. There are always some weird deviations. If someone is credited enough times, I'll just create a redirect, like Noel G. or Nick Corri. --Funkychinaman 02:40, 20 May 2012 (CDT)

Bernadelli Model 60

Question... I saw you created the Bernadelli Model 60 page. Is this any different from the BernaRdelli Model 60??? --Zackmann08 18:03, 29 May 2012 (CDT)

Actor Pages

Thanks for the compliment. :-) I'm trying my best. I totally didnt think about checking for other occurrences when creating pages. I will make sure to do that from now on! Thanks for pointing it out. :-) --Zackmann08 18:25, 2 June 2012 (CDT)

Title in first column.

Can you please inform User:Markit that the title belongs in the first column? I tried to tell him but he's telling me it is personal preference... --Zackmann08 18:29, 4 June 2012 (CDT)

Thanks. I hate to act like a tattle tail but its nice to have an admin reinforce it when (on those rare occasions) I am actually correct. --Zackmann08 18:50, 4 June 2012 (CDT)

Film title

What is "capitalize"? He wants it to give a example ...--Pandolfini 09:47, 8 June 2012 (CDT) Yes - i comprehend, O.K.--Pandolfini 13:26, 8 June 2012 (CDT)

Writing Summaries

To be honest I've seen other pages with copy and paste summaries but O.K. --Pistolpete 13:54, 8 June 2012 (CDT)

O.K will do.--Pistolpete 13:59, 8 June 2012 (CDT)

new actor template

Great work. I love it. People can also add summaries (mini bios) at the top of the page without screwing up the entire page's formatting. Did you create this template? :D good job! MoviePropMaster2008 00:11, 9 June 2012 (CDT)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 9

Hey man, if you have some time, I could use your expertise with the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 9 page. I've got like 15 unidentified guns... Mostly revolvers. I SUCK at identifying revolvers... :-( Thanks in advance! --Zackmann08 11:35, 9 June 2012 (CDT)

As always, thanks a ton for the help! --Zackmann08 13:15, 11 June 2012 (CDT)

Longmire

For some reason, someone recreated the Longmire page that you JUST deleted... --Zackmann08 18:23, 10 June 2012 (CDT)

VLC resolution

Do you know if it's possible to alter the screen capture resolution in VLC? Right now the default is 96 DPI. --Funkychinaman 17:58, 11 June 2012 (CDT)

Thanks, I'll give that a try. --Funkychinaman 23:13, 11 June 2012 (CDT)

1911 Page

Hey. I'm trying to get approval to try to split up the M1911 page so its not so crowded. As an admin, would you mind weighing in on the subject On the forum? Thanks! --Zackmann08 16:00, 14 June 2012 (CDT)

RE: Actor Biography

Sorry for errors and thanks for clarification. I'll try to correct all actors pages in my watchlist. Greg-Z 06:33, 16 June 2012 (CDT)