User talk:Brossow

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-- B.Rossow ^talk_contr

My bad

You're right about the edit to the traps page. I personally think it's more useful to have the info in the table, and don't mind scrolling sideways, but I shouldn't have just undid your change. Sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nebjob (talk • contribs) 14:07, 5 February 2009

No problem. :-) -- B.Rossow ^talk_contr 20:11, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Just a follow up on the edit to the traps page. MouseHunters are NOT happy about the changes. They like the ease of looking up the trap info right there in one click from the main page. This wiki is for them, and should cater to what they want. That is the responsibility one takes on when one becomes an admin. That's what the Devs do for us in MouseHunt. Heres a topic on the boards. Who is messing with the wiki

With the Catacombs trapsmith now open, there's no way with the current table structure to fit all of the prices in without scrolling sideways on most normal screen resolutions. I've got a 22" widescreen display and the table with prices WITHOUT the Catacombs info goes right to the edge. There's also the issue of maintaining accurate info in multiple places and having duplicate info sprinkled throughout the wiki. I'm more than willing to consider workable suggestions despite what some people might think, but I've yet to actually see one. If people would step up and take responsibility for providing an easy to read, easy to maintain solution that would keep everyone happy, no one would be more pleased than me. But the complainers don't seem to understand the reason the prices were moved in the first place. Sadly, it's a lot easier to complain than to offer solutions. Maybe if others would put in the same time and effort, they'd have a better understanding of why myself and a couple other editors don't tiptoe around fragile egos when careless changes are made. Maybe instead of forming a union they should simply educate themselves about how a wiki works, take the time to proofread before posting (shift key, anyone?), think about how their edits improve the wiki instead of worrying about theirs being the last edit, and then contribute useful, thoughtful info instead of whining about how much they hate me because I cleaned up after them. I simply couldn't care less about people's egos; I'm here to put my experience to work, not to overlook garbage for fear of offending someone by correcting it. -- B.Rossow ^talk_contr 06:33, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Wiki: Zingbats

Yes, I am new to the wiki. However, we discussed in the forum thread that the best way to get the journals is to use white cheddar in the meadow. As it's dropped by a Dwarf mouse, it automatically makes White Cheddar cheese the better bait option. Additionally, I'm only recording the number of users who happen to have caught it first time. As a man of science, I would not even consider my theory without evidence. I think 8 users catching it first time using the principle is a enough evidence to at least suggest it as a technique. See Mole Mouse for similar techniques of using white cheddar to catch a certain mouse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zingbats (talk • contribs) 11:58, 8 February 2009

As a man of science, you might recognize that your sample size is too small to draw any meaningful conclusions (8 people out of some 100,000 players). At any rate, I moved the info to a "Hunting strategies" section (similar to the Mole Mouse page you mentioned) to try to find a balance between fact and theory. -- B.Rossow ^talk_contr 18:06, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh come on. While I agree that I have (in no way) got enough evidence to say "Yes, every time you go to the Meadow with White Cheddar you will get the pages...", I have definitely got a pattern worth mentioning, and indeed investigating.

Additionally, moving to the hunting strategy page is useless. It's really got nothing to do with hunting, and everything to do with finding the pages! A user isn't going to look to the strategy page to find out how to get it, but rather the pages page itself.

The whole point of wiki is linking and unifying information. That means putting it into the right place.

Umm ... did you bother to look at the page? The info is right there below the table. I didn't move it to a different page. It's right there in a more appropriate place ON THE PAGE. -- B.Rossow ^talk_contr 18:14, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

I thought you meant the main hunting strat. page. Apologies.

No need to apologize, really. Just a misunderstanding. For what it's worth, I just tried out the theory and will agree that it seems sound. Worked for me, anyway. What bothers me is that it doesn't seem to work for everyone. Having the info in a separate narrative section allows more room for discussion and explanation of the strategy, as I hope you'll agree. On an unrelated note, it's good wiki etiquette to always sign your entries on talk pages using the signature button (second from the right above the edit box) or by typing --~~~~ at the end of your post. No hard feelings, I hope. -- B.Rossow ^talk_contr 18:19, 8 February 2009 (UTC)