User talk:Tommy-Vercetti

As far as the picture itself goes, I do think it's pretty good. I'd like to see an image of the "millisecond where he crushes the skull" if at all possible to judge it against the randomc image, but if it's not clearer, I think we can stick with this one. That being said, Nub888 does have a point about manga pictures as well as oversaturation of pictures. Some anime instances will simply be captured better in the manga than in the anime and certain pages aren't yet large enough to sustain more than a picture or two - if any at all. The speed at which you've been uploading and adding pictures isn't a bad thing, but it worries me a little. At this time it's still at a reasonably acceptable level, but a couple pictures are a bit too blurry. CorbeauKarasu 23:37, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Editing Conundrum and Photo
Okay, this is why I hate the Rich Text Editor. I'm not terribly code-savvy, but I think I have it figured out. If you use the Rich Text Editor when editing, merely rolling the cursor over the little green puzzle pieces should display the content of the templates in a small window. At the bottom of the window, there should be an "edit" button and a "delete" button. Clicking the edit button should open a slightly larger window that displays the infobox on the right and several labeled spaces on the left in which to edit the information. But, if your problem is that clicking the edit button brings you do a nondescript window which asks you to search for a template, then close the window and click the "Source" button on the far right of the upper task bar. This should change the editing style to code, which I'm more comfortable with and believe to be more manageable. By switching to code, the contents of the infobox should be laid out in plain site and easy to manipulate. If, however, all that appears is a small with no information, then I don't know what to tell you. It's the RTE's fault for being complicated. In attempting a walkthrough, what I found was exiting and re-entering the edit phase of the page and switching clicking the "Source" button before doing anything else over and over until it worked properly. But after that, it wouldn't let me return to the Rich Text Editor. CorbeauKarasu 00:40, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

As far as the Elric Family photo goes, the Van Hohenheim page (like most pages on this site) is largely unfinished and needs a lot of work. I'll rewrite it almost completely in the near future, but I'll take special care to keep the images intact, so if you want to just stick it in there for the time being, that'd probably be all right, since I can't think of any other appropriate places for it at the moment. CorbeauKarasu 00:40, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Are you still having problems editing infoboxes? Which problem is it? Have you found the edit button or does clicking it take you to a window other than that necessary for editing the box? Have you tried switching to code? CorbeauKarasu 15:50, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

You can access the box by passing the cursor over the template symbol, but you can't edit it? You shouldn't be able to edit it directly; there should be a small edit tag at the bottom of the window. Does clicking that take you to a window that allows for edits or to a window that's mostly blank? CorbeauKarasu 16:10, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

Picture captions
Unless the caption is a sentence, there should be no period, no? Htm14 (Talk) 19:21, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * Since you're not replying with any rational reason, or any reason for that matter, then I shall do as such. Htm14 (Talk) 17:40, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Punctuation in Picture Captions
I didn't want to say anything, but it seems I have to be a more proactive mod these days. All right, I am personally a stickler for grammar and punctuation, as I hope everyone's been able to tell, but a large majority of the captions that go into thumbnailed pictures in the various articles do not count as complete sentences and, therefore, do not require periods at the end. The example you posted on Him14's page is, like most captions, a dependent clause and not a sentence. However, because these are captions and not sentences included in the article bodies, adding a period is not necessarily wrong. They are, I feel, unnecessary, but not incorrect or excessive. Additionally, they do admittedly make the pages look a bit more orderly.

I'll say this now: unless a caption is a complete sentence involving a subject and predicate, there is no real need to place a period at the end. But any caption containing a period at the end, regardless of its structural standing, will retain its period (i.e. I'll ask him to stop systematically erasing them).

CorbeauKarasu 18:15, June 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, you said it. Though, those edits you made to my image on the alchemy page was also deliberate, wasn't it? I'm not challenging you or anything, but be rational about it if you will... the only edit I see that could be approved may be the capitlization of the Transmutation Circle, but that's about it. As CorbeauKarasu pointed out, I don't want to be blocked, etc, but think about what I'm saying. Htm14 (Talk) 20:02, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright, a few things. First off, can you make things a tad bit easier by having conversations on one page? Second, I'm not accusing/challenging you. All I noticed from the edit was that you added a period and added _ as replacement for the spacing. That was as of the more recent edit prior to me writing in your talk page. By the time I got a notification/refreshed my page, I realize you changed more than that, which is within reason. I didn't realize it yet. This was the edit I last saw. Htm14 (Talk) 20:38, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * You still haven't provided me with an answer yet you know... I'm guessing you thought I dropped it, but I really would like an answer seeing as I'll still be here editing (presuming an admin doesn't block me for no clear reason...) Quite frankly, I'd also like this argument to end, but unless thuus case is settled, there will still be tensions between the two of us... Htm14 (Talk) 03:56, July 22, 2010 (UTC)

Grand Arcanum
Frankly, I disagree. Some of its information is scattered randomly about the site, but as an anime-only and specific alternate type of alchemy, I think it deserves its own page. The only thing that bothers me is that someone decided to make the page without inputting any information. I really dislike when people do that. If I delete it, it would only be because the page is currently blank and even then, it would only be temporarily, since I do want the page to exist. Instead of erasing it now and reinstating it later, I think I'm just going to transfer all the information regarding the Grand Arcanum to that page today. Though the Reole page does have the picture; I was sure I had seen it somewhere on the site, but I couldn't remember where. CorbeauKarasu 21:37, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

Picture Frames
To be honest, I've always liked the pictures "naked", as it were. But someone (I forget who) argued that they looked unprofessional like that and began adding thumbnail frames to them all. It'd be nice to leave the pictures without the thumbnail part (most of these images have to be resized anyway, so that's not really an issue) but some pictures do require captions because they don't stand well on their own and, while we can include captions with naked pictures (wherein rolling the mouse over the image brings up a caption bar) we would run into the same problems regarding punctuation. There is a frame option so that images without captions would merely exist in a frame while framed images with captions would automatically include a space for that caption, but my experience with that tells me that pictures that are placed in a frame rather than a thumbnail box cannot be resized. If I'm incorrect about that, then huzzah we have a solution, but otherwise, I'm not so sure about removing all thumbnail frames. CorbeauKarasu 03:19, July 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree that some pictures require captions; in fact, many do. Besides, if we resize them all, we may not be able to see details. So let the thumbnails be, at least for now. I'll try to remember to add periods to the captions. Kiadony 07:17, July 1, 2010 (UTC)

Sage Info
The land of Amestris is to the west of where Xerxes is and Xing is to the east of Xerxes. The titles don't refer to where the Sages ended up, but rather where they were from. To the people of Xing, the Sage came from the west, so they call him the Western Sage or the Sage of the West. But to the people of Amestris, the Sage came from the east, so they call him the Eastern Sage of the Sage of the East. In your mind, replace "of" with "from" and it'll make sense. CorbeauKarasu 20:15, July 1, 2010 (UTC)

That picture on Envy's page
The main one up the top, can you please be so kind to remind me what episode it's from? x.x;

It would be ever so awesome. Thanks.

AnimeHype 13:33, July 25, 2010 (UTC)

I can't really reply back to you on your page since you have no page, so I hope you check back here for the answer.

It's from Episode 41: Signs of a Counter-attack

If you notice, everyone (except Pride) has a similar style of image. Tommy-Vercetti 17:53, July 25, 2010 (UTC)

Just what part of it, 'cause I was flipping through that episode before and found nothing. :C

AnimeHype 04:13, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

You must have flipped over it though. It's the part where Hohenheim talks to Pride in the underground. Tommy-Vercetti 14:34, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

Ok.Hikaruyami-having fun* 15:25, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

What it all means
If you mean the green and orange numbers in parentheses, they're the number of letters or characters that have been added to or subtracted from each article by page edits over the course of the day. If someone changes a word, but switches it with a different word that contains the same number of letters, the parenthesized number will be zero. CorbeauKarasu 15:49, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Considering characters beating Homunculi
About that, I also found that interesting when it was just added, but then someone argued that Scar didn't really beat Wrath by himself, so it isn't on his page anymore. I've put it back, we'll se what happens. Kiadony 10:31, September 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * I used the same wording that was on Ed's page for Scar (with little to no help). And I don't think CK was the one who disagreed with these notes. Like I said, *I* agree that it was insightful and not coincidental, especially since it actually works for three of them. When I removed it earlier, I went with someone else's opinion, but I hope people will discuss it on talk pages if they doubt it. --Kiadony 17:19, September 19, 2010 (UTC)

All right, here's my take on the issue, then. I completely understand where the argument is coming from and it's a very interesting one, for sure. Like Kia, when it first showed up, I was all for it, but then someone brought up the fact that Scar hadn't defeated Wrath all on his own and that got me thinking some more. From where I stand, Roy's the one who definitely deserves the honor. Aside from being the one to kill Lust without anyone softening her up first, Roy is the first known human to ever kill a Homunculus at all. He proved that it could be done and from there on, it was simply a matter of who would be tenacious enough to match him. Definitely feats that deserve mention in his trivia section. However, though it is a really compelling theory to say that Roy, Scar and Ed were matched up against Homunculi who corresponded to their own worst sins, I personally can't really say I consider "lust" to be Roy's. Sure, he's a womanizer and he's got a reputation for being a ladies' man, but it doesn't really come up to the forefront of his character and certainly never gets in the way of his business. At least that's how I see it. Continuing on, while I see it as less of a stretch than Mustang's, I also wonder if "pride" is Edward's biggest personal flaw. I mean, sure he's vain as hell and you could say that's similar, but as for all-out pride, he's shown himself capable of letting his pride down if what he'll gain is important enough - like when he asked Envy for help inside Gluttony's stomach. I could even go so far as to suggest that either pride or wrath would suit Roy better. I'm personally doubtful, but there's still room for discussion, I suppose. For Scar, there's no doubt. It was his "wrath" that had been holding him back so long and the surprise I initially felt at the fact that Scar would be the one to fight Bradley to the death makes me think you may be right in suggesting that Arakawa planned for Scar to defeat Wrath symbolically. But then, like so many have said, Scar's win is the one with the biggest asterisk next to it. Even if you can't say Edward beat Pride all on his own, Pride brought his biggest handicap on himself by willingly sacrificing his Philosopher's Stone.
 * I was considering changing the notes myself by playing up Roy's accomplishment in killing Lust, changing the wording of Ed and Scar's accomplishments to "delivered the finishing blow to" and removing at least Roy and Ed's mentions regarding their personal sins, but like Kia said, they are points that probably deserve mention or at least discussion somewhere, so I'm not entirely sure how to continue. Thoughts? CorbeauKarasu 17:56, September 19, 2010 (UTC)