User talk:PrelateZeratul

Past tense
Hello, just letting you know that we keep Plot sections of our articles in present tense (in-universe writing) even if the character is dead. The only thing that should be written in past tense is the history section and, in the case of deceased characters, the introduction as well. Thanks 08:46, March 31, 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for letting me know, I apologize for not consulting a higher up but it was very late. My edits were based on what I have observed in other wikis, and the fact that I could find no policy regarding the issue (Manual of style in policy appears to be empty, although I do note the under construction tag). Additionally, some articles were written in conflicting styles and I used my best judgement. If it is the policy to use present tense (even in the case of the deceased) I will certainly follow that. Lastly, what is included in the 'introduction'? Is that solely the text at the top, or does it include sections like appearance and personality as well? While I can understand using the present tense for alive characters, it seems silly to use present tense descriptions for deceased characters. However, if this is the policy of this wiki then I will again defer. Thanks for your time.

--PrelateZeratul (talk) 16:24, March 31, 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh yea, the text on top, Appearance, Personality and I'm thinking that Abilities section as well should be in past tense for deceased characters. You can check Gunther Schultz's page since I wrote it myself some time ago so it should follow whatever manual of style we'd like to follow (yeah, our fault, we still need to put it up at the policy page x.x). Thanks for understanding 17:40, March 31, 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the response, and no worries on the policy page, I understand completely. I will do my best to use Gunthers page as an example. Later tonight I'll have more free time and will reverse the edits I made to those few pages, and continue to do the same for other deceased characters. Thanks again for clearing up my confusion. --PrelateZeratul (talk) 18:02, March 31, 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the help! And yes, there is still a lot of inconsistency that needs to be taken care of, as for the names, yes, I suppose the articles refer to characters with the names that are often used in manga, though usually it would be first names. 07:40, April 1, 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for clearing that up and for your speedy response, it is so helpful to have involved admins. I will privilege first names in my edits from now on, but use other names when that is what they are commonly called (Pixis being the prime example). Thanks again! PrelateZeratul (talk) 08:03, April 1, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Forum
I'm not quite sure what could be the problem as I made a new forum topic just now without any troubles. You're referring to this forum, right? I picked the section, typed the topic title, pressed Add topic, it opened the editor where I could type the message of the topic and then publish it. 09:11, April 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Hm, seems like there are some issues, but since I'm not sure how to deal with them, I suggest using talk pages or blogs for w/e you want to talk about. 09:25, April 3, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Vandalism
The culprit was banned, thank you for helping out. I'll see what I can do about restoring the pages. NeoSuperior (talk) 03:41, April 5, 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, it's back to how it's supposed to be. You couldn't correct it, because sometimes the wiki doesn't let non-admins move the pages back, even if those pages are redirects or completely empty, i.e. the original pages block the normal users "just by existing". But next time please refrain from moving the pages so much. Still, thank you for helping. NeoSuperior (talk) 04:42, April 5, 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, really sorry about that. The problem just kept getting bigger and I realized far too late I could not reverse it. In the future, I will do my best to document vandalism like that and leave it for you guys. In the meantime, I will still reverse 'easy' vandalism, like what happened with Reiner's stats, whenever I can. Thanks for being cool about it. PrelateZeratul (talk) 04:44, April 5, 2014 (UTC)