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00:33.54Bagginswwhttp://www.wowwiki.com/Image:Grom_Hellscream_WoW.jpg bah grom looks horrible :p
00:34.11Bagginswwusing generic orc model is so cheap
00:37.36willskillsand, err, a comma or two wouldn't hurt
00:37.42willskillsin the description text
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00:38.11willskills"Grom Hellscream as portrayed in a vision for Garrosh Hellscream to show his father was a hero in the end of his life." - excuse my while I grab a fork and some denture glue :p
00:38.19BagginswwLOL
00:38.26willskillsme*
00:38.28willskills;P
00:38.43willskillsI usually only idle in here
00:38.46willskillsjust about to log
00:38.54willskillsI clicked that link and had to say something :P
00:39.07willskillswhoever wrote that, needs beaten with a dictionary, hard.
00:39.11Bagginswwya
00:39.24willskillsDo you guys have anyone editing content?
00:39.33willskillsI am assuming english is your first language ><
00:39.39Bagginswwso I saw we take the writer, and the designer who used that model and tar and feather them ;)
00:39.44willskillsalthough that is not immediately obvious :p
00:39.56Karrionwillskills: it's a wiki, anyone can edit content
00:40.06Bagginswwwide range of people edit it.
00:40.10willskillsOk
00:40.18willskillsthey all need beaten with dictionaries :D
00:40.27willskillsanyways guys, sorry to intrude!
00:40.33Karrionso, if you want to change it, go right ahead
00:40.34BagginswwOxfard or American?
00:40.37willskillsg'night from edinburgh ;)
00:40.47willskillsI am Scottish mate, born and bred :]
00:40.47Bagginsww*oxford
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01:12.23Hobinheim|workzeal in the house?
01:12.33Hobinheim|workwow
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01:59.38Hobinheim|workanybody in the house?:
01:59.46Hobinheim|worki'm going on a bot rampage by myself =(
02:00.11Hobinheimwell, i will say this. the wiki is taking it like a champ!
02:07.39Kirkburn|afkHey Hob
02:07.44Hobinheimyeo captain
02:08.02Kirkburn|afkI went on a delete rampages earlier - rampages are cool P
02:08.04Kirkburn|afk:P
02:08.28Hobinheimhaha yeah
02:08.33Hobinheimhow did you handle that vendor template?
02:08.36Hobinheimi didnt know what superseded it
02:09.38Kirkburn|afkVendor template?
02:11.40Kirkburn|afk1 minute from Classtableall edit to revert and block. Wow, Hob! :)
02:12.04Hobinheimpeople don't read =(
02:12.18Hobinheimdo you watch House?
02:12.20Kirkburn|afkI think that guy was a member of Death and Taxes
02:12.29Kirkburn|afkI want to, but I've never got around to it
02:12.38Kirkburn|afkAnd now you've just given me an idea of what to download next :P
02:12.58Hobinheim=P
02:13.04HobinheimDnT isn't immune to reading
02:13.36Kirkburn|afkI know ^^
02:14.24Kirkburn|afkzomg, all the lquality templates are gone!?
02:16.07Hobinheimyup... that's what i've been working on...
02:16.34Hobinheimyou know, voidvector actually completed like 85% of it
02:16.38Hobinheimi was just kinda topping it off
02:18.11Hobinheimthe {{bc}} bot will be crazy
02:18.15Hobinheimrequires a little intelligence
02:18.48Kirkburn|afkWell the main thing to change atm is to look for any occurences of it, remove them, then replace it back at the start of the article
02:18.53Hobinheimblah i'm tired
02:19.03Hobinheimunless they're in a section
02:19.07Hobinheimwhich is the inteligence part
02:19.22Hobinheimbrb../
02:19.25Kirkburn|afkkk
02:24.23BagginswwLOL, armory removes "privacy"
02:25.04Bagginswwwow no privacy at all LOL
02:25.13Kirkburn|afkSo true
02:25.26BagginswwI feel so naked
02:25.54Bagginswwhttp://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/?#character-sheet.xml?r=Gorgonnash&n=Baggins
02:26.17Bagginswwnext step they'll show your toon online :p
02:26.21Bagginswwhow you look
02:26.41KarrionI love the armory... I can see why people would like an opt out though
02:27.15Kirkburn|afk"Lush"
02:27.23Bagginswwwell the thing I see, wrong with it is they don't let you inspect your enemy
02:27.36Bagginswwand yet this site lets you do it
02:27.47Bagginswwso why not let us have ability to inspect enemy in game?
02:28.07Karriontrue... though you only see the gear they had on last time they logged out
02:28.20Hobinheim|afki want to engage in some destructive behavior...
02:28.25Hobinheim|afkbarbeque, rice, and soup...
02:28.27Hobinheim|afkmmmm tasty....
02:28.29BagginswwLOL
02:29.07Hobinheim|afki stepped away to get some food but i can't think of anything moderate and nutricious to eat
02:29.45BagginswwWhy aren't my lifetime honorable kills displayed under Achievements?
02:29.45BagginswwIn order to have your lifetime honorable kills displayed, you must have at least 1337 honorable kills.
02:29.46BagginswwLOL
02:29.53Bagginswwof all the numbers to choose
02:30.00KarrionROFL
02:30.11Hobinheim|afklove that limit
02:32.24KarrionI love that the armoury is all xml, so you can easily parse it
02:33.09Bagginswwheh
02:46.31Kirkburn|afkSatan Attacks Little Church!! http://i6.tinypic.com/2hpod9j.jpg
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02:48.51Kirkburn|afkIt's amazing how long some pages have gone untouched
02:49.09Kirkburn|afkThe oldest page on the wiki is [[ Shadow Tree ]], 1st Feb 2005
02:49.26Kirkburn|afkThere's 130 pages untouched from 2005
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02:51.45Kirkburn|afkMeow - http://www.funnyanimalvideos.com/cat-videos/kitten-vs-toilet-paper/
02:57.40Hobinheim|afkhow destructive is PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY!!!
02:58.03Hobinheim|afkyou know, the tree itself is actually called "Shadow Magic" in the spellbook
02:59.52Kirkburn|afkIs this f*cking "I can't be bothered to read" day?
03:00.04Kirkburn|afkHobinheim|afk, check the classtableall page ...
03:00.40Hobinheim|afkheh
03:01.03Hobinheim|afkthe snarky language on Choosing a class is a potential problem point also
03:01.11Hobinheim|afki've been meaning to editor that for a while
03:02.09Hobinheim|afkdid you totally block editing?
03:02.16Kirkburn|afkNo
03:02.22Kirkburn|afkJust move protection
03:03.36Kirkburn|afkThe guy also said mages and rogues are incapable of tanking
03:03.52Karrionevasion ftw
03:03.54Kirkburn|afk(by changing the numbers)
03:04.00Kirkburn|afkYes. He's an idiot. :)
03:05.15KarrionMy Rogue GF evasion tanked Broodlord for like two minutes before I finally pulled aggro back once ;-)
03:05.27Karrionit was hilarious
03:05.43Kirkburn|afkI've seen that type of stuff happen - yeah, it's /awesome/
03:06.40Hobinheim|afkpigs fly and hutners can melee =)
03:16.37Kirkburn|afkHobinheim|afk, I've made the warning even more obvious
03:17.07Hobinheim|afkautoban?
03:17.37Hobinheim|afkhaha that's neat
03:17.54Hobinheim|afkyou know what it is, that stupid edit link
03:18.02Hobinheim|afki bet you if we got rid of it, that page wouldn't see the light of day
03:18.12Hobinheim|afkcuz let's say you were noob, and you clicked it
03:18.27Hobinheim|afkyou wouldn't really... SEE it, unless we added an assload of whitespace to mask where the text is
03:18.41Kirkburn|afkAh.
03:18.50Kirkburn|afkI'm going to change that ...
03:18.56Hobinheim|afkso i dunno how to swing that. i was trying to give people the benefit of the doubt
03:19.38Kirkburn|afkI have an idea
03:20.47Kirkburn|afkAwesome!
03:20.50Kirkburn|afkIt worked :)
03:21.02Kirkburn|afkMade a new template for it
03:21.14Kirkburn|afkMight be an idea to reduce the other guy's ban?
03:21.55Kirkburn|afkI reduced the other guy to 1 day
03:33.51Hobinheim|afksure
03:33.51Hobinheim|afksleepy
03:33.51Hobinheim|afklater
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03:36.55OkatuosHello There
03:43.46Kirkburn|afkHeh - http://www.superdickery.com/propaganda/32.html
03:43.49Kirkburn|afkOkatuos, hullo!
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03:46.36Kirkburn|afkTekkub, you around?
03:46.45Tekkubaye
03:46.52Kirkburn|afkWhat's the Pink Armor thing about? :)
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03:47.12_Grem_Does anyone happen to know the name of the UI frame for the confirm item destroy?
03:47.12Tekkubit's... weird
03:47.35Tekkubhttp://www.wowwiki.com/WoWWiki:Known_vandals
03:47.54Kirkburn|afk_Grem_, from the channel topic - " UI questions? Join #wowi-lounge " :)
03:48.19_Grem_Thanks
03:48.30_Grem_Thought I was in that channel, sorry =)
03:49.06Kirkburn|afkhehe
03:49.11Kirkburn|afkTekkub, what was the image??
03:49.29Tekkubthought you could pull it up from the history
03:49.43Kirkburn|afkOnce images are deleted, they're gone forever :O
03:49.45Tekkuboh guess not
03:49.54Tekkubit was like pally T5
03:50.01Tekkubmade pink and fluffy
03:50.04Tekkubwith a purse
03:50.10Kirkburn|afkOh /that/ image
03:50.19Kirkburn|afkDid I delete that?
03:50.28Tekkubno I did
03:50.33Kirkburn|afkI deleted about 5 similar images earlier as I was going through the old images :)
03:50.38Tekkubah
03:50.51Tekkubhe made a new page with old the image in it, no text
03:51.01Kirkburn|afkWeirdness
03:58.33OkatuosHullo :P
03:59.27Okatuoslmao, pally t5
03:59.44Okatuosactually i dont think it looks too bad tbh
04:00.53Kirkburn|afk:) same
04:01.02Kirkburn|afkI'm attempting to change my sig atm
04:01.09Kirkburn|afkWhatever I choose people wil copy me :(
04:01.14Okatuoslotsa ppl complaining about it but its not the worse of the sets
04:01.18Tekkubhaha
04:01.32OkatuosSeriously why did they give us antlers again :'(
04:01.42Kirkburn|afkCause you're DRUIDS!
04:01.47Kirkburn|afk:P
04:01.48Tekkuboh stope your bitching
04:01.51Okatuoslol
04:01.54Tekkubsome furries like antlers
04:02.01Tekkuband druids == furries
04:02.33Okatuosim dreading logging on tbh now patch has been applied :S
04:03.55Okatuostime to respec resto me thinks :P
04:06.00Kirkburn|afkTekkub, check your talk page
04:06.17Kirkburn|afkI switched to an actual new sig template to save the wiki some processing :)
04:18.31Kirkburn|afkI couldn't think of something radical :(
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04:28.41Ron_Wheelerhi
04:29.35equiraptorHello.
04:29.59Kirkburn|afk...
04:30.01Kirkburn|afkHey equiraptor
04:30.09equiraptorHi.
04:30.12Kirkburn|afkTekkub, I made my new sig cooler :D
04:30.12equiraptorI guess I'm scary.
04:30.22Kirkburn|afkMore colourful, took a leaf out of your book
04:30.26Kirkburn|afkYou sure are.
04:30.32equiraptorYay!
04:31.28equiraptorApparently my mechanic thinks my car looks like michael jordan
04:34.50Kirkburn|afkThat's ... odd
04:41.41Kirkburn|afkMy new sig has a bonus for anyone on Vista or with Office 2007 :P
04:42.44equiraptorAwwww!
04:42.48equiraptorYou don't love me!
04:43.23Kirkburn|afk:(
04:43.36equiraptorI don't have either of those yet. :(
04:44.26equiraptorI really don't want to buy Vista, but I don't see how I'll get out of it. Eventually I'm gonna either want or need it.
04:44.34equiraptorAnd I'm not gonna steal it.
04:44.41Kirkburn|afkGood :)
05:03.05Kirkburn|afkGood druid news! http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/03/06/druids-get-a-hotfixy-gift/
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05:24.44Kirkburn|afkTekkub, you're in charge of the WoWAce wiki aintcha?
05:25.10TekkubI guess technically...
05:25.27Kirkburn|afkWas gonna mentiona  few things about the sidebar
05:26.06Tekkubif you're in the forum, don't
05:26.12Tekkubtaht's ALL kael's issue
05:26.14Kirkburn|afkRowne's Archive link doesn't work, WoWWiki's second W should be capitalised, Ace Updater link needs updating :P
05:27.46Tekkub:P
05:27.55Tekkubrowne I can do nothing about
05:28.12Kirkburn|afkZomg, why?
05:28.13Tekkubany changes I make on the wiki won't reflect on the forum sidebar
05:28.20Kirkburn|afkZomg, why?
05:28.27Tekkubin the end, bitch at Kael cause he can fix everything together
05:28.47Tekkubthe forum sidebar is a seperate thing from the wiki
05:28.52Tekkubit's just an ugly mimic
05:29.02Kirkburn|afk:(
05:29.25Tekkubrowne's arcive, I have no clue, kael's the one that sat that up and he's the one that moved the server like twice
05:29.36Kirkburn|afkheh
05:29.37Tekkubforum sidebar, again, kael
05:29.47Kirkburn|afkFair enough
05:30.22Tekkubnow I goes to work
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07:30.36zealB'bye ...
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08:27.42BagginswwDid I miss some drama?
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10:23.53amroit's varghedinwiki time again
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10:55.27Tekkubaw the dramaz
10:55.35TekkubI knew Zeal wouldn't last too long
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13:01.24winkillerhu?
13:03.31winkillerah
13:04.05winkillerbah, the only one to answer my bub questions. and fast :/
13:04.10winkiller*nub
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13:57.33p30nhey hey ppl
13:57.39p30nwonder why i have come here before
13:57.54p30nhaven't*
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14:35.30Tuqui-tuquihmm... so the patch with the "nerfs" was yesterday?
14:35.45Tuqui-tuquibecause I saw the list of changes but mages were not on that list
14:35.53Tuqui-tuquior is there a bigger patch coming?
14:36.02LudithHi, someone keeps deleting my links on the patch mirrors, sipifi.com, is there a way to see who's doing it? there is nothing wrong with my links, they work etc
14:36.14Tuqui-tuqui-.-
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14:47.09KasoLudith i see JamieSI removing yours once only.
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14:50.31KasoPatch mirrors tends to have alot of drama around it, try not to take it personally, and correct the page so that everything is in the correct order and is ok. then leave it be
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16:08.52JamieSIhello
16:08.55JamieSIany admins around
16:09.18JamieSIDimension is removing links from Mirror list
16:09.22JamieSII'm readding them for you
16:09.35JamieSIand he claims two sites have viruses lol, when they don't as I've tested them
16:09.44JamieSIso if any admins are around
16:09.57JamieSIi'd be grateful if you could get back to me
16:10.37equiraptorThanks for telling u.
16:10.39equiraptorEr, us.
16:10.48equiraptorI'm not an admin, but they'll see it when they get here.
16:12.40JamieSIcool :)
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16:16.58JamieSIhello caire
16:17.02JamieSIare you an admin on wiki?
16:17.10JamieSIwe've got a link remover, though I'm fixing his doings
16:17.50JamieSIDimension is his name
16:17.56JamieSIremoving links from Mirror page
16:18.00JamieSII have to keep adding them
16:18.26equiraptorBetter to leave the page wrong until an admin can act than have an edit war, methinks.
16:19.04JamieSIwell
16:19.10JamieSII'm currrently edit waring him lol
16:20.41equiraptorFirst, please don't edit war. If he un-reverts your reversion, contact and admin and maybe mention it on the talk page. There's no need to fill up the edit history with a bunch of competing reversions.
16:20.58equiraptorSecond, when you revent, please have the comment include what you're reverting to.
16:21.14equiraptorANd both of those are just my opinions. WoWWIki admins might tell you different.
16:21.25JamieSIok
16:22.01equiraptorAnd I really can't type today. I apologize for my typos. :)
16:23.46JamieSInp :)
16:24.01Kaso|afkJamieSI
16:24.22Kaso|afkthere was someone in here eariler saying you were removing sipifi.com links from the same page
16:25.07JamieSIwell I removed them once, because they didn't contain the file
16:25.10JamieSIthen I told the chap
16:25.13JamieSIand he added them to the site
16:25.17JamieSIso we readded them
16:25.31Kaso|afkfair enough
16:25.34JamieSIpeople would get puzzled to go there and not find anything
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16:43.26Kirkburn|afkMorning all
16:44.10Hobinheim|afkyosh
16:44.14Tuqui-tuquimorning Kirkburn|afk
16:44.18Tuqui-tuquilo Hobinheim|work
16:47.55Kirkburn|afkI wonder what made Zeal snap :/
16:48.01amromorning kirkburn
16:48.03JamieSIkickburn, had an idea that would solve your patch mirror page, if you've still got a problem with it. Theres a script I've found which allows links to be randomly loaded in different orders each time, that way all sites wll be at top and bottem at somepoint
16:48.09Kirkburn|afkR it's an R
16:48.11Kirkburn|afk:)
16:48.16JamieSIa popular Half-life mod uses the system
16:48.25JamieSIbut only needed if your still having troubles
16:48.42JamieSIso for example, each time the page is load/refresh
16:48.46JamieSIthe links are in a random order
16:48.56JamieSIdifferent everytime
16:49.58Kirkburn|afk(Zeal's leaving messages - http://www.wowwiki.com/User:Zeal#03:16.2C_7_March_2007_.28EST.29 )
16:50.42Kirkburn|afkJamieSI, maybe. Problem is, it's a lot of work for only a small gain - with the new rules it seems to have died down a little at least
16:51.25JamieSIexcellent
16:51.29JamieSII dout it's needed then :)
16:56.15KasoMy tests seem to indicate that theres a virus in Sipifi's links on the patch mirrors, but given the revert war that has been happening today i dont really want to remove the links. I've left a message on his talk page to check the file, but anyone wanna give me a second opinion on it
16:57.27JamieSII think he's fixed it
16:57.32JamieSIit was indeed virused
16:57.55JamieSIAlthough, I'm not sure if it was a harmful one
16:58.10Kasoi downloaded 14min ago, fixed since then?
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16:58.18KasoAh hi
16:58.42JamieSISipifi, you've fixed your download now, right?
16:58.47SipifiI did yes
16:58.53JamieSIexcellenr
16:58.57Kasowhen?
16:59.04Sipifiabout 5-10 mins ago
17:00.42KasoWonderful, md5s match all is good, thanks for that
17:01.07SipifiNo problem, i had no idea about a virus in one of the files.
17:01.11SipifiThanks for your message
17:01.34KasoI thought it would be better than just removing the links, given all the reverts that have been flying around today
17:03.40Kirkburn|afkPatch days are FUN!
17:06.11amroespecially on those super awesome patch days when people fall through the world :P
17:07.26VerxionI have a question about this page: http://www.wowwiki.com/Sha'tar
17:07.44Verxionis there anyone here that would know about the rewards listed there?  The list appears to be incomplete...
17:10.36VerxionIf you look at this page: http://wow.gameamp.com/wow/viewReputation/The+Sha'tar.php#startContent under "Items", it seems to have a complete list...
17:12.16Verxionnevermind, it looks like most of the wowwiki pages are similarly outdated
17:13.08amrofeel free to update it :)
17:13.16Verxionnah
17:13.21amro:(
17:13.21Verxionthere are other sites with complete info
17:13.31Verxionwhereas ALL the pages I go to on wowwiki are lacking
17:13.42amroif you update them, they won't be lacking anymore
17:14.02Verxionthere are too many pages to update when you consider that other sites are already complete
17:14.06Verxionno need to duplicate data
17:15.09amrowith that attitude wikipedia wouldn't exist, since all of its content is available elsewhere.
17:15.26Verxionit is like everything else
17:15.31Verxionif a website becomes dominant
17:15.34Verxionthen people will update it
17:15.38Verxionvery VERY simple
17:15.46Verxionwikipedia is dominant, so it gets updated
17:15.57amroright
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17:16.06amrobut wikipedia didn't become "dominant" overnight
17:16.16Verxionnope
17:16.17amroat first it was barely known
17:16.19amrobut still got updates
17:16.21Verxionand neither did its competitors
17:16.37amroI give up
17:16.55VerxionI mean
17:17.07VerxionI could create the worlds easiest to update wow website there has EVER BEEN
17:17.10Verxionor ever WOULD be
17:17.14Verxionbut that ain't enough
17:17.30amrothat's right, you need to update it
17:17.32Verxionit would have to get all the current data in it before it would stand ANY chance of becoming a standard
17:17.41amrowho's talking about standards?
17:17.47Verxionyou are
17:17.56Verxionyou want wowwiki to be updated by random people
17:18.05Verxionthe way that will HAPPEN is if people have a reason to go there
17:18.08Verxionright now, there isn't much reason
17:18.39amrodude
17:19.02amrohow do you think wikipedia got where it is? not thanks to people who think "nah its not 'dominant'"
17:19.17amroif there isn't much reason for people to go to wowwiki, then give them a reason to
17:19.42Verxionif/when wowwiki ever becomes useful, I would certainly contribute to its remaining so
17:21.10amrohow do you expect it to ever become useful (bad wording since it implies it isn't) if you think people shouldn't bother updating it?
17:21.39Verxionas I said
17:21.46Verxionif someone creates something and expect it to get used
17:21.50Verxionthey need to make it useful
17:22.04amroNow I really give up
17:22.18Verxioncreating an empty husk and declaring to the world that it would be the best husk in the universe if only everyone would contribute to it...
17:22.31amrowow, who ever said it's the best in the world?
17:22.44Verxions/best/useful
17:23.57Verxionfor example, while thottbot certainly has some failings, the fact that a mod AUTOMATICALLY collects information for the website is a pretty killer innovation
17:24.29Verxionthen, instead of asking people to manually enter information, entire portions of the website populate pretty much automatically
17:24.48amrothottbot is my first stop for lore
17:24.54amroand information about interface customization
17:25.59ggilbertI was under the impression data mining the item information was considered a violation of the game's terms of service.
17:26.24amroggilbert, the addons don't datamine, they grab the data as you see it ingame
17:26.26Verxionggilbert, information like who drops what, where, etc.
17:26.41ggilbertAh that stuff
17:26.48Verxionyou can also obtain information about linked items
17:26.59Verxionie, any time someone links an item, the mod can grab the item info
17:31.52ggilbertTo me as a user, they just serve different purposes. Thott is very well suited to diving into the minutia of drop statistics and quests. The wiki seems better suited for more "subjective" matters.
17:32.17ggilbertLike lore, UI api documentation, detailed instance discussion.
17:32.24Verxionggilbert: What would be an example of what you would go to the wiki for?
17:32.40Verxionfor lore?
17:32.51VerxionI suppose there are people that are interested in that...
17:32.51ggilbertI go to the wiki frequently for the API documentation and the raid information
17:39.11Kirkburn|afkVerxion, you have a very narrow view of WoW :/
17:39.45Verxionlore is like flavor text on MtG cards, amusing, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with game mechanics
17:39.47Kirkburn|afkI should also point out that the wiki is an extremely popular website - have you seen the Recent Changes list?
17:40.23Verxionpopular is not the same as useful.  :)
17:40.39Kirkburn|afkI know we're not well suited to being a database site, however, we are extremely well suited to have strategies, boss loot lists, background lore, Interface help, guild listing, realm listings
17:42.35equiraptorAm I right in thinking that WoWWiki isn't trying to compete with alla/thottbot/wowhead, but rather be a suppliment to them?
17:42.37Kirkburn|afkIf you don't want to use the wiki, fine, but don't come in here complaining about how it lacks as a database site
17:43.01Verxionequiraptor: that is what I am starting to think, which ends up meaning I have simply been expecting something of wowwiki that it didn't intend to provide
17:43.06Kirkburn|afkequiraptor, there are some users who want the former, but I do feel it's best suited as the latter
17:43.18VerxionKirkburn|afk: that certainly seems fair
17:43.22Kirkburn|afk=)
17:43.28equiraptor*nod* A Wiki just isn't going to work well as what alla/thottbot/wowhead do.
17:43.42Kirkburn|afkAye
17:43.44Verxionthough if that is the case, the pages holding the type of content that wowwiki doesn't intend to capture should really be removed
17:43.45equiraptorThe very structure of wikis means it would be a continual nightmare.
17:44.06Kirkburn|afkVerxion, that wouldn't be very democratic!
17:44.09Verxionor changed to be a link to a site that has the information
17:44.26Verxionyou mentioned that it has ui information
17:44.36Verxionand I just browsed through that and it looks to be quite serviceable
17:44.45Verxionand USEFUL in fact
17:44.46Verxion:)
17:44.59Kirkburn|afkI should point out that this is one of the most popular pages the wiki has ever had - http://www.wowwiki.com/Comparison_of_Aldor_and_Scryer_rewards
17:45.07Kirkburn|afkNote how it lists items
17:45.37Kirkburn|afkBut you're essentially suggesting that that stuff be removed "because we're not a database site"
17:45.56Kirkburn|afkThat would be sily ^^
17:46.02Kirkburn|afk*silly, even
17:46.06KasoHowcome thottbot links are discouraged in Elinks-item ?
17:46.17VerxionKaso: politics
17:46.19Kirkburn|afkThottbot uses weird IDs
17:46.29Verxionwowwiki doesn't approve of thot's link variables
17:46.29Kirkburn|afkEssentially, it's a pain
17:46.42KasoI see
17:46.44Kirkburn|afkVerxion, what?
17:47.06VerxionKirkburn|afk: wowwiki doesn't approve of thot's link variables
17:47.11VerxionI think that was pretty clear
17:47.24Verxionyou have a VERY standard website out there
17:48.16Kirkburn|afkDo you just hate us or something?
17:48.16Verxionthat was pretty much the standard until the expansion
17:48.16|FF|Im2good4ui realy need to check my HD someday since blizzard D&Lérs give errors while saving data /o\
17:48.17Verxionand you seem to want them to change their entire website
17:48.17Verxionbecause... you want them to.  :)
17:48.17Kirkburn|afkDo actually know what the hell you're talking about?
17:48.17Verxionyes
17:48.17VerxionI do
17:48.32Verxionyou want thot to change all of their link variables
17:48.32Verxionto something that -*IS*- more standard
17:48.33Kirkburn|afkGood, then you know why using non-standard IDs for items is not good
17:48.40Kirkburn|afkNo, standard is what BLIZZARD use
17:48.47Kirkburn|afk|FF|Im2good4u, ouch :(
17:49.11VerxionKirkburn|afk: I am in absolutely no way disagreeing that there is a better variable that could have been used
17:49.23Kirkburn|afkWhether or not Thott uses the correct IDs is not up to us, but whether or not we spend our time looking up the wrong ones /is/
17:49.30|FF|Im2good4ustarted last patch but i got the same again this patch and iv ben tru all their technical details >.<
17:49.59Kirkburn|afkAs you said earlier "popular /= useful"
17:50.09Kirkburn|afkThott might be popular, but it doesn't mean its right
17:50.50Kirkburn|afkAnyway, I have no problem with Thott, but to force users to look up the non-standard Thott id is silly
17:51.11|FF|Im2good4uit might be wrong but its still usefull aslong as u dont look at the dechants into: list :P
17:51.16Kirkburn|afkWe should be using whatever ID Blizz use, and that is what both Alla and Wowhead use
17:51.41|FF|Im2good4uyeh blizz shold add it to thier armory :P
17:51.44Kirkburn|afkThott really does need to clean the database more, doesn't he :)
17:52.12|FF|Im2good4uwell im still trying to dechant my [clam meat] :p
17:52.18Kirkburn|afklol
17:53.20Kirkburn|afkJust going back to the original point Verxion "wowwiki doesn't approve of thot's link variables" ... this only applies to items (and NPCs iirc), thott uses standard IDs for the other stuff at least :)
17:55.15Kirkburn|afkWowhead is rapidly catching up with Thott and Alla I notice
17:56.41|FF|Im2good4uwell if wowhead ever gets pop certain ppl will ruin it by uploding false fliles
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17:57.07KasoOn a slightly related but also seperate topic; has anyone discussed using blizz's item-tooltip.xml off of armory to import items bot-stylie
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17:58.00Kasowoops
17:58.03Kirkburn|afklol
17:58.07Kirkburn|afkI was about to say yes
17:58.08|FF|Im2good4uwell i haven been able to get the armory fully working :P
17:58.17Kirkburn|afkWell, it's still beta :)
17:58.39|FF|Im2good4uindeed so i dont blame them
17:58.41Kirkburn|afkKaso, not that specifically, but setting up a proper database bot has been discussed
17:58.56|FF|Im2good4u(i only blame for the hunter neefs ^^)
17:59.07Kirkburn|afkProblem is, the wiki has no paid workers :/
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17:59.15Kirkburn|afk|FF|Im2good4u, heh
18:00.10Kasokirk, is there any written discussion on wiki itself i can read?
18:01.02Kirkburn|afkNot that I can find quickly
18:01.17Kasono problem
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18:08.21Hobinheim|workouch my zeal message was rough
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18:09.13Hobinheim|worklol blaming tekkub amazing!
18:09.17Hobinheim|worktek money, what did you do
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18:11.35Hobinheim|workin regards to mass data entry for things other sites already have... all i can say is that we're working on it!
18:11.39Hobinheim|workslowly, but surely
18:12.05Hobinheim|workwe all have lives to attend to and other programs to write. even if we do finish an importing mechanism, it won't be as sexy as other sites unless we get a win32 programmer on board
18:12.25Hobinheim|workalso, we will have to nail down some specifics in how that content will be handled against already-written editor content
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18:16.06Kirkburn|afkHobinheim|work, we need to steal programmers! :P
18:16.38Hobinheim|worklike i sorta know what's necessary... to make like... 65% of it happen
18:16.48Hobinheim|workbut to truly "compete" with the other sites, we need a real badass platform programmer
18:17.06Hobinheim|workif you know what i mean, the way we have access now will be to ask users to "find their WDB files and upload each one manually"
18:17.08Hobinheim|workknow what i mean?
18:17.15Hobinheim|workknow what i mean know what i mena
18:17.28Hobinheim|workwhat othersites do is tie their uploader to the wow client
18:17.34Hobinheim|worksuch that you can launch wow and upload in one click
18:17.55Hobinheim|workme and tekkub don't know of such voodoo. i meani know OF it but i've never done it before and don't plan on doing so in the near future
18:19.54Hobinheim|workthe.... only thing i can think of. is ot make a relaly good looking intro
18:20.06Hobinheim|work"if you have seen a krol blade and we don't have an article on one, do the following..."
18:20.18Hobinheim|work"step one. cut a hole in a box"
18:20.23Hobinheim|work"step 2, find your wdb file"
18:20.27Hobinheim|workstep 3, click upload
18:20.32Hobinheim|workstep 4, approve the changes....
18:20.53amrohaha
18:21.42amroHobinheim|work, I thought they used addons to collect data rather than grabbing the WDB file
18:22.34Hobinheim|workeither way, their upload process is handled better than what we have access to create
18:22.50|FF|Im2good4ui wonder if i chance "set realmlist eu.logon.worldofwarcraft.com " wil it allow u to logon to US servers ?
18:22.54Hobinheim|worklike, if you had an uploader already, of course you could resort to making an addon crawler thing
18:23.13Hobinheim|workthe uploader is >>>>>>>>>> lua addon
18:23.15amro|FF|Im2good4u, you will probably fail validation
18:23.24|FF|Im2good4uhmm good point :P
18:23.29Hobinheim|workbut there are good and bad sides to this
18:23.31amroHobinheim|work, how about uploading somewhere where a script runs to update the wiki?
18:23.33Bibi`ouFexcuse me
18:23.37Bibi`ouFanyone from wowwiki team here ?
18:23.40Hobinheim|worksome of those sides aggregate statistics
18:23.42|FF|Im2good4uwe all are
18:23.48Hobinheim|workthe wiki, generally, you only update once
18:23.51Hobinheim|workand then its done
18:24.01Bibi`ouFDO NOT CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK
18:24.03Bibi`ouFhttp://www.home.versatel.nl/noobert/wow/patches/WoW-2.0.8.6403-to-2.0.10.6448-enGB-patch.exe
18:24.03Hobinheim|workso... like if one endgame player, lets say kirk, uploads his database
18:24.09Bibi`ouFi'm currently removing it from the patch mirrors
18:24.12Hobinheim|workthat covers nearly 90% of what the game has to offer
18:24.14Bibi`ouFit's been added earlier
18:24.18Bibi`ouFand it has a keylogger in it
18:24.26Kirkburn|afk:/
18:24.30Hobinheim|workif someone from goon squad or DnT uploaded also, that would be 99% of whats out there
18:24.53amrowikis are not suited for handling statistics, unless you handle them elsewhere and regularly update the wiki
18:25.23Hobinheim|workamro, the probablem isn't how to update the wiki. it's what is the easiest way for people to give us data
18:25.58amrosame as other sites
18:26.33Hobinheim|work"hunt for WDBs" isn't exactly my idea of userfriendly
18:26.40Hobinheim|workbut like i said, i guess we're not in a total crap chute
18:26.46Hobinheim|work*crap shoot
18:26.46amro?
18:26.49Hobinheim|workjust a partial one
18:30.12Kirkburn|afkWho does one tell if one has a keyloggeR?
18:30.57Hobinheim|workalways run the default launcher and pray for the best
18:31.24amrowow now also has a keylogger scan since 2.0 I think
18:31.34amros/has/does/
18:32.28Hobinheim|workinfobot, you're the cooolest
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18:39.32Verxioninfobot: one would think that a keylogger hacked patch would prevent being detected by the program it is intending to keylog...
18:39.34infobotVerxion: what are you talking about?
18:39.45Verxionahh
18:40.01Verxionthe "bot" in the nick isn't merely for show
18:40.02Verxion:)
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18:53.53Kirkburn|afkVerxion, lol
18:53.57Kirkburn|afkWe've all done it ;)
18:54.47Verxionheh
18:54.55Verxionsoooooooooo
18:55.01Verxionlet me ask some stupid questions
18:55.10Verxionyou guys want something that uploads data?
18:55.51VerxionI have a vague memory that Blizzard actually provides an upload tool
18:56.10Verxiona year or so ago a friend of mine tried to get me to join his guild
18:56.22Verxiontheir guild had a requirement that you install some addon
18:56.42Verxionthe addon basically "automatically" uploaded your level, pvp rank, and other info to the guild website
18:56.54Verxionand if memory serves, it used some blizzard provided uploader to do it
18:57.44ggilbertNot sure of an upload tool, but you can just pull that off of armory now
18:58.13Kirkburn|afkNah, I don't think Blizz did one, but there were others around
18:58.58Verxionyeah, armory is pretty cool to me
18:59.04Verxionthough it has item bugs, which cracks me up
18:59.25VerxionI mean, of ALL the websites on the planet, you would think the blizzard one would have the MOST up to date item data...
18:59.52ggilberthehe
18:59.54Verxionspeaking of which
19:00.05ggilbertthey don't seem to have synced since the last set of changes
19:00.09Verxiondo any of you know of a database or ANYTHING out there that has item data in it?
19:00.19amrohuh?
19:00.23Verxionwhat I am talking about is in raw form
19:00.26Verxionie, a file
19:00.40amrothat would be nuts
19:00.48Verxionit would be killer nutz
19:00.54Kirkburn|afkHuuuuge :P
19:00.58VerxionI could do SOOO much with it
19:01.00amroI meant a crazy idea
19:01.18amroyou wouldn't do anything with it, the file would be too big
19:01.24Verxionwell all these websites that show items presumably have an item database
19:01.28|FF|Im2good4umy life jsut fell apart !!
19:01.28Verxionum
19:01.30amroyeah, a database. not a file
19:01.35VerxionI deal with terabyte files here at work
19:01.39Verxionso yeah
19:01.43VerxionI could do anything I wanted with it
19:02.05amrolike
19:02.06amro?
19:02.12Verxionwell what I want to do
19:02.18amrowhich is?
19:02.22Verxionis write an item tool
19:02.30Verxionlike something I wrote for guild wars
19:02.37Verxionever seen guild wars?
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19:03.21Verxionguess not
19:03.27Kirkburn|afkLol
19:03.47Kirkburn|afkI have heard of it, but never played it
19:03.48Verxionwell suffice to say, the tool I would write would be unbelievably useful to anyone at end game looking at what gear they want/need
19:03.49ggilbertVerxion: I know you can get it for a single character, but I don't know  a full set of all items
19:04.12Verxionggilbert: well for example, ctprofiles obviously has some sort of database
19:04.18Verxionwith a TON of items
19:04.27Verxionotherwise the site wouldn't even work
19:04.55Verxionpresumably there are websites with fairly complete info
19:05.07Verxioncertainly there are sites with info on all boss item drops
19:05.29Verxionand actually boss item drops plus instance lootable items would be all I would want anyway
19:05.39ggilbertSome of them export info
19:05.42Verxionwell and crafted items
19:05.48ggilbertthough off hand I don't remember how to query it
19:05.51Verxionggilbert: do you know of any off hand?
19:05.54Verxionahh, drat
19:06.02ggilbertI believe allakhazam did
19:06.05Verxionwell, do you know of a site that you think had an export of some kind?
19:06.09Verxionok, lemme look on alla
19:06.15ggilbertbut I don't remember how to access it.
19:06.20Verxionthey so rock
19:07.12ggilbertoh
19:07.13ggilbertduh
19:07.52ggilberthttp://wow.allakhazam.com/dev/wow/item-xml.pl?witem=16916 is an individual item
19:08.17Verxionok, that looks promising
19:08.30Verxionnow all I would need is the item id for all the TYPES of objects I am interested in
19:08.39VerxionI could write a script to grab all the data from alla
19:08.55Verxionand then my tool would be born
19:10.43ggilbertYour nick looks familiar, did you have a zaurus at one point?
19:11.48Verxionheh
19:11.49Verxionyes, I did
19:11.55VerxionI thought your nick looked familiar too
19:11.57ggilberthehe
19:12.00Verxionyeah, I used to hack my Z
19:12.04Verxionsold it though
19:12.06Verxionand moved on
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19:12.24ggilberthehe. Mine has been sitting unused on my desk for a long time. :)
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19:14.46Verxionsec, work beckons
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19:16.48amroVerxion, I have Guild Wars
19:17.04Verxionamro: I wrote a tool that is for browsing guild wars skills
19:17.30amroCool. But WoW doesn't have as many skills as guild wars
19:17.39Verxionit lets you virtually instantly, for example, find all skills that use less than 20 mana that heal for some amount and have some special text in the description
19:17.43Verxionright
19:17.54amroyeah but GW is VERY different
19:17.54VerxionI would be using my guild wars skill code for a wow item browser
19:18.01Verxionso you could, for example
19:18.07amroIIRC energy doesn't increase as in WoW
19:18.20amroso all skill energy costs fall within a small range
19:18.22Verxionfind all mail items that have at least 10 agility, at least 10 int, and some amount of attack power
19:18.31amroyou can do that with the database sites
19:18.33Verxionor all trinkets that have "mana" somewhere in the item text
19:18.35Verxionetc.
19:18.55Verxionwell the thing about my gw skill code is this
19:18.58Verxion-*AS*- you type
19:19.01Verxionit filters the list
19:19.13Verxionit makes it VERY interactive and fast
19:19.17amrothat's nice, since the list is available locally
19:19.21Verxionright
19:19.30amrobut im guessing your tool grabs the item data from GW's file
19:19.35Verxionnope
19:19.43amrohow, then?
19:19.44VerxionI got it from the db on some websites
19:19.57amroand how big is the file?
19:20.00Verxionfor example, ggilbert just gave me this link:
19:20.01Verxionhttp://wow.allakhazam.com/dev/wow/item-xml.pl?witem=16916
19:20.13VerxionIf I had a complete list of witem numbers
19:20.15VerxionI would be set
19:20.16amroyes I know you can increment the id and grab all items
19:20.22VerxionI could just write a script to grab all the data
19:20.41amrothe file would be quite large
19:20.48Verxiondoesn't matter really
19:20.53Verxionmy code can parse it very quickly
19:20.58amrothat's not the problem
19:21.03amrothe problem is getting people to download it
19:21.12amrowhen they can use the database sites and get just what they want
19:21.13Verxionwell in the SHORT term
19:21.21VerxionI am being a selfish bastard
19:21.25VerxionI want the tool for myself
19:21.29amrohahah
19:21.32amrothen go ahead
19:21.34Verxionin the long term, I could make it for example so that you download my tool
19:21.39amroyou can grab the items from alla
19:21.43Verxionand then it downloads the data from alla as you need it
19:21.57amrobut then it wouldn't be as interactive as having the entire file
19:22.00Verxionlike if I had a list of all the witem ids that represent cloth armor
19:22.00amroie. filtering as you type
19:22.03Verxionthen the user could say
19:22.11Verxion"I want to download ONLY the cloth armor data"
19:22.12ggilbertVerxion: One sec there's a list
19:22.16Verxionthen they could search it locally
19:22.25Verxionno amro
19:22.27Verxionwhat I mean is
19:22.31Verxionif you said you wanted cloth armor data
19:22.39Verxionthen it would take the time to download THAT data, and make it local
19:22.43Verxionthen you could quick search on it
19:22.53ggilberthttp://wow.allakhazam.com/itemlist
19:23.06amrogetting all cloth items would also take a while
19:23.18Verxionwell I think you missed my earlier discussion
19:23.28Verxionwhere I was saying I am only really interested in boss drops
19:23.31Verxionand crafted items
19:23.36ggilbertah
19:23.36amrooh
19:23.38Verxionand only really end game data
19:23.46Verxionthe MAIN initial use for this tool
19:23.49Verxionwould be people at level 70
19:23.59Verxiontrying to figure out WHERE they should go to get gear upgrades
19:24.09amrothey can just go to WoWWiki there are plenty of pages about that =)
19:24.11Verxionso they could compare their existing equipment with item drops
19:24.44Verxionamro: Can I go to wowwiki and tell it "My armor has this much armor, this much of statA, this much of statB, and this other attribute.  Find me all better items"
19:24.47Verxion?
19:25.03Verxionggilbert: I think that url crashed my firefox, rofl
19:25.36ggilbertIt's probably trying to render the 1.1m xml file
19:25.53Verxionggilbert: ie pulled it up fine, and virtually instantly
19:25.55amroVerxion, if we're talking end game gear, hte list would be short. Also, not all better gear necessarily has better stats (eg equip effects)
19:26.05Verxionamro: Indeed
19:26.15|FF|Im2good4udahm i cant take this server down stuff u need tobe 70 and flying soon so i can join kaza
19:26.23Verxionwhen I wrote my CoH toolset I had to figure out how to make good comparisons to different builds
19:26.33VerxionI expect I will need to do the same here in WoW gear comparisons
19:26.49Verxion|FF|Im2good4u: or 68 and a druid.  :)
19:27.16|FF|Im2good4udruids are the biggest cheat ever
19:27.23Verxionkara is very easy to get keyed for if you have a good guild, and VERY difficult if you don't.
19:27.31Verxionnigh on impossible I might say
19:27.40Verxiontrying to pub your way to a kara key....
19:27.42Verxionwould be rough
19:28.10ggilbertdoesn't seem like it would be that hard
19:28.13ggilbertjust 4 instance runs
19:28.31Verxionwell it ISN'T that hard in general
19:28.33Verxionbut the thing is
19:28.45Verxion5 man instances in BC need each of the 5 men to truly hold their weight
19:28.57Verxionespecially in instances like BM
19:29.22Verxionfor example last night we had three solid guildies (including myself) try to bring 2 dps'ers through BM
19:29.27Verxionthe 2 dps'ers needed their key
19:29.34Verxionthey couldn't manage their end of the deal
19:29.53VerxionI did more dps to the adds by a factor of -*TWO*- than they together did on the keepers and bosses
19:30.23Verxionand though the 2nd and 3rd fragments are (imho anyway) easy to get
19:30.29Verxionthe 1st is fairly challenging for a pug
19:30.39VerxionShadow Labs is NOT an instance you just breeze through in a pug
19:30.43Verxionever been there?
19:30.49ggilbertSure
19:30.54ggilbertmostly with pugs :)
19:30.59Verxionhave you completed it yet?
19:31.07ggilbertYes
19:31.12Verxionwell good for you
19:31.25VerxionI mean, druids, rogues, and mages can duo it to get their keys
19:31.38Verxionbut other classes need to complete it as far as the last boss, murmur
19:31.46Verxionthankfully you don't have to actually KILL murmur
19:31.59Verxionmany -*MANY*- pugs are incapable of downing murmur
19:32.35Verxionok, so I got the http://wow.allakhazam.com/itemlist list
19:32.37ggilbertArcatraz and Black Morass seemed like the two that'd be  tough
19:32.42Verxionnah
19:32.52Verxionarcatraz, you don't even have to kill a SINGLE boss to get the fragment!
19:33.09Verxionnow true, you have to fly to get there
19:33.12Verxionso there is that issue
19:33.41Verxionarcatraz can be a difficult instance in spots, but none of those portions are required to get your third fragment
19:34.11VerxionOH is cake and KILLER fun imho
19:34.20VerxionBM is really really cool, one of my favorite instances
19:34.24Verxionbut you need a group of solid people
19:34.35ggilbertI dunno how pugs do on black morass. There's just not much gear I need in there, so I haven't done it much once I finished the quests in it
19:34.44Verxionat MINIMUM you need a very good tank, a very good healer, a very good dpser, and a very good person at handling the adds
19:34.55Verxionthat leaves you one person that can float and be a bump on a log
19:35.01|FF|Im2good4ushit stopid server still isnt up..
19:35.09|FF|Im2good4uim gona sew blizzard
19:35.22Verxion|FF|Im2good4u: right after you learn how to spell?
19:35.29|FF|Im2good4uyeh
19:35.59BoromirIs this an announced shut down?
19:36.12Cairennhttp://www.wowinterface.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=8908
19:36.57Kirkburn|afkouch
19:37.15Verxionyeah
19:37.15Kirkburn|afkCairenn, wouldn't it be better to make that look like a quote? :)
19:37.20Verxionsomeone is about to lose their head
19:37.52VerxionCairenn: I trust you look EXACTLY like your avatar, RIGHT?  :)
19:38.57BoromirMaybe without the pointy ears
19:39.08Kirkburn|afkDon't be so sure :P
19:39.29Verxionhehehe
19:39.36|FF|Im2good4utopix says Blizz US Servers Down but it also happent to the EU servers
19:40.00Kirkburn|afkI have pointy ears too :) But that's cause I'm a Vulcan, so meh.
19:40.01Boromiryeah
19:40.36BoromirI have pointy horns, but that's cause I'm evil :->
19:40.36CairennEU were down for weekly maintenance I thought?
19:40.52BoromirIt was earlier
19:41.34Boromirstrange if they take it down at the most hardcore gaming time
19:41.47VerxionBoromir: in EU you mean?
19:42.06|FF|Im2good4uwell eu server are never normaly down at this time
19:42.06Boromiryeah
19:42.28Kirkburn|afkCairenn, yeah, it affected the EU too, after maintenance
19:42.48Kirkburn|afkNo they are not normally down at this time!
19:42.50Cairennchanged
19:42.52Kirkburn|afkIt's 7pm!
19:43.08Kirkburn|afkWoot
19:43.30Kirkburn|afk(actually nearly 9pm where EU servers are, they would have been up for about 10 hours)
19:44.43|FF|Im2good4uthey where until they all of a sudden shutten down >.<
19:46.15BoromirLet's just say there was alot of WTF!s, OMG!s, LOL!s and "Nooo, mum says I can't change computerday!! :~("s
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19:53.55Kirkburn|afkBoromir, lol
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19:57.16winkillerwhat happened?
19:58.50Kirkburn|afkwinkiller, to the servers?
19:59.06winkillerwhat you are talkin about
19:59.09winkillerdidn't get all of it
19:59.17Kirkburn|afkUseless!
19:59.22Kirkburn|afkhttp://www.wowinterface.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=8908
19:59.44winkillerty
19:59.51Kirkburn|afk=)
20:04.22BoromirIt's up again!! :OD
20:10.06BoromirOMG, i jinxed it
20:18.01|FF|Im2good4uWTB +35 agi on 2H weapon
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20:24.09BoromirOmg.. Wh do my chars have to be on the one server which is still down??
20:27.12equiraptorYou're paying back Karma.
20:27.14equiraptorFor what, I dunno.
20:28.11Boromirhmm..
20:28.36BoromirI also got the flu and a stomach issue
20:28.49Boromirso can't be a very nice thing
20:28.51equiraptorYou're paying back Karma at a vastly accelerated rate, then, I guess.
20:29.02equiraptorAnd if you recognize where I got that from, you get a cookie.
20:29.30BoromirMy name is Earl?
20:29.37equiraptorNope.
20:29.48BoromirNo cookie for me then :~(
20:29.53equiraptorThis predates Earl by... At least a decade, I think.
20:30.14Boromirhmm.. Movie?
20:30.24equiraptorSorta.
20:30.43equiraptorNot a theatrical one, and I don't think the line was in one of the movies.
20:31.41BoromirI dont know
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20:32.05equiraptorEither someone will get it or you'll never know!
20:32.17Verxionyou don't know what?
20:32.22BoromirIt's karma AGAIN!! :oS
20:32.25Verxionoh
20:32.26Verxionthe quote
20:32.27Verxionb5
20:32.38equiraptoroh, sorry, should have been paying off Karma, I think.
20:32.45equiraptorAnd, yes, Babylon 5.
20:32.51Boromirooh
20:33.00Boromiri have actually watched that
20:33.04Boromirwho says it?
20:33.21VerxionThe hottest russian EVAR!
20:33.22Verxionrofl
20:33.26VerxionIvanova
20:33.38equiraptorI <3 Ivanova.
20:34.16equiraptorI'm wearing the "Trust Ivanova, trust yourself. Anyone else? Shoot 'em" shirt today.
20:35.01Verxionthat was great
20:35.08Verxionyou know I never got into b5 when it was out
20:35.28Verxionbasically what happened is I found out about b5 right about the time that it was in third season
20:35.37equiraptorI started watching it when season two was in its first set of reruns.
20:35.47equiraptorThe purple/green Drazi episode was the one that hooked me.
20:35.49Verxionand I tried watching it but I -*IMMEDIATELY*- knew I would have gotten a ton more out of it if I saw it from the beginning
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20:36.04Verxionso once netflix happened, I watch it all, in order, from beginning to end
20:36.05Verxion:)
20:36.12equiraptorI watched with my mom (I was a kid at the time) and mom helped me with all the pieces I missed.
20:36.13Verxionrofl
20:36.21Verxionyeah, the purple/green drazi was straight out of trek
20:36.25VerxionI loved it
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20:36.39equiraptorI've seen the entire series 3 complete times, now, plus that 4 out of 5 seasons.
20:36.50equiraptorIt wasn't trek that made me love it. It was ivanova.
20:36.53equiraptorShe hooked me.
20:37.03equiraptorI'm a STRAIGHT GIRL, and she hooked me.
20:37.17Verxionwell one of the most endearing things about b5 to me was that it had a progressing storyline instead of episodes that were entirely self contained
20:37.24Verxioncoupled with the fact that it actually ENDED
20:37.29Verxionie, they had a true finale
20:37.38Verxionheh
20:37.43Verxionwell like I said
20:37.47Verxionhottest Russian EVAR
20:37.50equiraptorSuch a great show.
20:37.58equiraptorI loved Bester, too. And hated him.
20:38.03Verxionheh
20:38.04equiraptorJust like I'm supposed to.
20:38.06Verxionyeah
20:38.08Verxionthat was the plan
20:38.20Verxionwell the other thing was
20:38.25Verxionand I am spacing her name right now
20:38.32Verxionshe is the french woman in Lost now
20:38.37equiraptorYeah.
20:38.41equiraptorDamnit, you said that and I spaced.
20:38.48equiraptorDelenn.
20:38.53Verxionyeah
20:38.53Verxionher
20:38.57equiraptorI think that's the spelling.
20:39.00VerxionI was hot for her for a while
20:39.00Verxion:)
20:39.03equiraptorOf Minbar.
20:39.06Verxionindeed
20:39.10equiraptorShe was always motherly to me.
20:39.15Verxionahh
20:39.23equiraptorI wanted Delenn for my mother, and I wanted to be Ivanova.
20:39.30equiraptorAnd sleep with Marcus.
20:40.08equiraptorGarabaldi would be a great uncle. Or big brother.
20:40.09Verxionwell I liked to pretend that Lennier and her were gonna hook up
20:40.42Verxioncuz I always thought Marcus was too proud to actually end up with ANY woman
20:41.11equiraptorI didn't feel that way about Marcus.
20:42.36equiraptorOh, Marcus.
20:43.28Verxionheh
20:43.41VerxionI pictured Marcus as a celibate monk
20:43.43Verxion(spelling)
20:45.35equiraptorI did, at first.
20:45.50equiraptorBut as he fell for ivanova, I he lost that impression to me.
20:45.52Verxionthen you got hot for him and decided he was gonna come around?  :)
20:46.15equiraptorI was hot for him from the start. ;)
20:47.09equiraptorLenier became important to me, too.
20:47.27equiraptorI didn't see him as "hot" or "sexy," but I saw him as honorable and a good provider.
20:47.38equiraptorI guess, if I had to pick one to have kids with, it would have been him. But I don't want kids anyway.
20:47.58Verxionheh
20:48.14VerxionI was sortof that way with Ivanova and Delenn
20:48.20VerxionDelenn was the more proper
20:48.27Verxionprobably the most suitable
20:48.31equiraptorThe more mothery one. :)
20:48.33Verxionbut DAMN - Ivanova!
20:48.35Verxionright
20:48.55equiraptorAnd sheriden just...
20:49.15equiraptorI wouldn't a touched him with a 10 foot pole. Ok, well, I would have. But he scared me from a relationship point of view.
20:49.29Verxionheh
20:49.36Verxionwell that was his role I think
20:49.40Verxionin the show I mean
20:49.57Kirkburn|afkThis is awesome - Shatner singing to Lucas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p55YD8QhQ3o
20:50.27equiraptorHe had all the courseness of the country boys I knew growing up, but none of the charm.
20:50.40equiraptorOr, at least, not enough of it.
20:52.06equiraptorG'Kar's roller coaster was quite a journey to watch.
20:52.11Verxionyeah
20:52.13equiraptorCan you imagine writing or acting his story?
20:52.25VerxionI actually had more of a love/hate relationship with his personality
20:52.31Verxionthan with any other character I can think of
20:53.12equiraptorI was ashamed for him when he fell, and terrified for him when he became a religious figure.
20:53.29Verxionyeah, same
20:53.30equiraptorI was just shaking my finger at Molari... "This is what you get when you'll kill for power!" I would think.
20:54.01equiraptorMy view of Molari was a bit simplistic, though, perhaps. ANd my spelling may be way off.
20:54.23Verxionhe was EVIL
20:54.25VerxionPURE EVIL
20:54.26Verxionand good
20:54.28Verxionand EVIL
20:54.33Verxionand kindof nice
20:54.36Verxionand HORRIBLY EVIL
20:54.39Verxionand a good guy
20:54.53VerxionI loved his character - brought a LOT to the show imho
20:54.58equiraptorHe was making the decisions he felt were best for his goals for both himself and his race.
20:55.16equiraptorAnd I felt he was a selfish asshole about it.
20:55.23equiraptorAnd, yes, he did bring a lot to the show.
20:55.34equiraptorbut I didn't have the love hate thing for him like I had for Bester.
20:55.35Verxionyeah, he was a selfish asshole
20:55.41Verxionyeah
20:55.47equiraptorI think he tried to turn from that by the end.
20:55.49VerxionI never truly loved Molari
20:55.58equiraptorHe saw the death and destruction he caused and learned.
20:55.58Verxionbut I understood why he did things at times
20:56.05equiraptorBut not enough and not soon enough.
20:56.05Verxionand hated him for the decisions he made, etc
20:56.14Verxionyeah
20:56.19bleetahVir was prolly the best character
20:56.26equiraptorI wish Na'Toth could have developed more.
20:56.31bleetahor G'Kar
20:56.31equiraptorShe seemed to have a lot of potential.
20:56.39equiraptorVir was great.
20:56.47equiraptorI love when he was playing a video game in a meeting.
20:57.00Verxionyeah
20:57.02Verxionhe was a kid
20:57.05equiraptorWatching him "grow up" was wonderful. Watching him learn from Mollari.
20:57.05Verxionwith a GOOD heart
20:57.15equiraptor*nod*
20:57.22equiraptorLearn from Mollari, but not taught by mollari.
20:57.30bleetahaye
20:57.57Verxionna'toth?
20:57.57equiraptorI find it interesting that I think of Vir and Vir, and mollari as Mollari (not cotto or londo)
20:58.03Verxionshe didn't really ever have much of a role
20:58.10equiraptorYeah, she didn't.
20:58.19equiraptorbut... I wanted her to have more.
20:58.33equiraptorIt would have been nice to see into a female narn, too.
20:58.41Verxionheh
20:58.57Verxionreminds me of Lt. Cmndr. Warf on STtnG
20:59.13Verxionthere was a scene where they showed a female Klingon coming into 10 forward
20:59.21VerxionWarf is sitting with #1
20:59.43bleetahas for G'Kar, the 'Dust to Dust' episode, where he has his epiphany for his people, is just incredible (http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/050.html )
20:59.45Verxion#1 asks Warf: Why haven't you ever taken an interest in any of the female crew members on Enterprise?
20:59.56VerxionWarf to #1: Human women are too fragile!
21:00.36Verxionhehehe
21:00.42equiraptorI am too fragile, though. :(
21:00.44Verxionwell then they took it a step further
21:00.49Verxionit was AWESOME
21:00.57VerxionWarf was on deep space nine
21:00.58Verxionwith a trill
21:01.00VerxionI forget her name
21:01.11Verxionwarf was dating her
21:01.22BoromirHmm.. Wonder if I would enjoy the series today as much as I used to do
21:01.25Verxionand she would end up in medical with a broken wrist, a broken rib, a broken arm, etc.
21:01.34Verxionand the doc would say "How do you keep breaking all these bones?!?!?"
21:01.49Verxionshe would say "Um...." long pause... "Racquetball"
21:03.52Verxion...
21:03.59equiraptorWho, me?
21:04.10equiraptorI didn't watch DS9, but I get it now....
21:11.01bleetaherm, does WoWWiki not accept SVG images as uploads?
21:11.58bleetahI ask, because most Linux desktop systems use SVG for icons, and the Linux/Wine page are having to host a recommended desktop icon offsite. There's a comment on the talk page "for some reason they don't allow SVGs here (Lame!)"
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21:14.57bleetahhmm, yeah, looks like PNG/GIF only :(
21:15.44amroyeah it sucks
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21:47.55amrobleetah, are there guides for all those different distros on WoWWiki?
21:48.16bleetahamro: not yet, but it's mentioned on the discussion page
21:48.38bleetah(a move/split of Linux/Wine to Wine/Linux, Wine/Solaris, Wine/Ubuntu, etc. etc. etc.)
21:48.49amroI saw that
21:48.58amrobut is there any content to put in them?
21:49.52bleetahoh, sorry, I misread your question... as soon as I get my Solaris and BSD installs happening, it would. I'm looking at future-proofing the page now before it gets to unweildy
21:50.33bleetah'coz some of the content as it currently stands, is platform neutral, other stuff is linux specific, some other stuff is distro specific
21:52.17amroyeah
21:52.23amrosounds like a good idea. if you go ahead with the split I'll put up a howto for ubuntu
21:53.23bleetahif you read the disussion page, toxicity999 and sammi *are* Ubuntu users ;)
21:53.50bleetahsammi allegedly being the ubuntu howto maintainer
21:54.13Kirkburn|afkIsn't it nice when vandals flag up with vandalism for you?
21:54.15amrowell, I didn't (read the whole thing)
21:54.17Kirkburn|afk*their
21:54.25bleetahamro: heh ;)
21:55.01amroKirkburn|afk: aww where's the fun in that
21:55.08Kirkburn|afk^^
21:55.47amroI have to admit though, "vandalism! muahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaah" is quite subtle
21:56.16Kirkburn|afkheh
21:56.19bleetahI've been toying with the idea of creating a user 'imavandal', just to keep Kirkburn|afk busy :-p
21:57.34bleetahdamn, I knew you was gunna be too smart to see through it
21:58.15bleetahs/to /and/
21:59.11Hobinheim|workinfobot, where are you?!
21:59.16infobotI am at 42.37512 N, 72.51999 W
22:00.30Kirkburn|afkHehe - http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/03/07
22:13.23Kirkburn|afkKaso, you might be interested to hear - MPs voted all an all-elected House of Lords
22:13.35Kirkburn|afks/voted all/voted for/
22:14.02KasoOh really, that is good a rather good turn of events.
22:14.05Kirkburn|afkhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6420965.stm
22:14.19Kirkburn|afkA large majority, too
22:15.16KasoIts the only sensible way it should be, im glad to hear it
22:15.30Kirkburn|afkI completely agree
22:15.44Kirkburn|afkHere's hoping it actually goes somewhere
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22:18.16Kirkburn|afkHmm, so one of my housemates doesn't agree :P
22:19.03Kirkburn|afkBut then, he doesn't realise he's somewhat racist and bigoted, so I generally ignore much of what he says
22:19.14Hobinheim|workouch
22:19.33Kirkburn|afkYou'd be surprised by some of the stuff he comes out with ... makes me cringe >.<
22:20.49Kirkburn|afkIf there's women around, you do NOT want to be around him. He stares at them and comments very loudly. Guilt by association :/
22:21.30Kirkburn|afkMuch fun :)
22:26.15Hobinheim|workgod i just want to leave work and *gasp* go to the gym
22:26.58bleetahKirkburn|afk: so, erm... SVG on WoWWiki. Chances of them being uploadable?
22:27.02Kirkburn|afkIf you're gasping for just thinking about going to the gym, I agree. Go! =)
22:27.17bleetahhah
22:27.48Kirkburn|afkThat requires a plugin?
22:27.50Hobinheim|workcan you believe that, i would rather run for a half hour than be stuck doing work. now that's crazy
22:27.59Hobinheim|worksvg for what?
22:28.14Kirkburn|afkImages
22:28.34bleetahthe linux page is currently hosting the WoW desktop icon offsite, 'coz we can't upload SVGs
22:28.36Kirkburn|afkI think so anyway
22:28.41bleetahyeah
22:28.56Kirkburn|afkAdd to WoWWiki:Server requests
22:29.03bleetahwill do! :D thx mate
22:29.21Kirkburn|afkNo guantees :P
22:29.25Kirkburn|afkOr guarantees
22:30.31bleetahpersonally, I think it'd help to some degree with your logos, you'd just upload an SVG and have the server create the various scales, etc... but that's just my take ;) (no doubt the server would fuck it up tho, and you'd still need to manually tweak /sigh ;-)
22:30.34Hobinheim|workwhat are svgs for?
22:30.40Hobinheim|workand what does that have to do with linux?
22:30.47bleetahscalable vector graphics
22:30.55Hobinheim|workbleetah, past that
22:31.02bleetahmost linux desktop icons these days, are svg
22:31.09Hobinheim|workbleh
22:31.32bleetahand as the Wine tool extracts a real horrid version of the WoW icon.... ;)
22:31.40equiraptorsvgs are for any use of graphics where things may need to change size while retaining quality, if my understanding is correct.
22:31.43bleetahwell, at least on my system here
22:32.04equiraptorHence the "scalable" part.
22:32.18Hobinheim|worklame...
22:32.36equiraptorWhat's lame?
22:33.01Kirkburn|afkEssentially they can form perfect replicas of a design at any resolution
22:36.01Hobinheim|worklinux is lame
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22:36.49equiraptorSometimes. Sometimes it's pretty damn sweet.
22:36.57echhello, are there any admins kicking around in here?
22:37.03Kirkburn|afkHullo ech
22:37.08echello :]
22:37.11bleetahHobinheim|work: and you use?
22:37.28echsomeone's been trying to put a trojan link on the patch mirror page, guy called lasher
22:37.36Hobinheim|worknot linux
22:37.39echwondering if anything can be done?
22:37.44Hobinheim|workban him =)
22:37.50echhow :<
22:37.54bleetahafaik, there is no truly decent OS. they're all junk in their own way. :P
22:37.59echpresumably i as a random newly signed up user can't :)
22:38.39echi even installed his patch with trojan too ;<
22:38.44Kirkburn|afkBlocked him
22:38.51echoh cool, nice one
22:38.55Kirkburn|afkech, how did you find out?
22:38.58Hobinheim|workaww boo i was going to give him a mysterious cooling out
22:39.04echi ran the patch and norton antivirus moaned
22:39.13Hobinheim|workmoaned, did it?
22:39.15echsomeone else called lochy added "TROJAN INSIDE!"
22:39.19Hobinheim|workcuz mcafee never moans at me
22:39.31echit said i'd just installed a trojan :)
22:39.43Hobinheim|workwhat's with punishment's teh ownage page
22:39.46Hobinheim|worki dunno what to do really
22:40.03Kirkburn|afkHobinheim|work, I'm leaving it for now
22:40.11Kirkburn|afkGonna wait until he gets bored
22:40.27Kirkburn|afk(already deleted it once yesterday)
22:40.54echcool, well thanks for that
22:41.02echextremely useful wiki, thanks :)
22:41.09Kirkburn|afkHere's hoping OneCare noticed if I got a bad one :/
22:41.16Kirkburn|afk*would have*
22:41.24Kirkburn|afkCan't :/
22:41.30bleetaharse :(
22:41.58Kirkburn|afkGoing to make the disclaimer more obvious though
22:42.10Hobinheim|workUSE AT YOUR OWN RISK< HURRR
22:42.24Hobinheim|work{{obvious|Don't edit this page}}
22:42.32bleetahKirkburn|afk: <BLINK> ?
22:42.41echhaha
22:42.42Hobinheim|work{{really_obvious|Execute at own risk.}}
22:42.47equiraptorNot <blink>! NOooooooooo!
22:42.59bleetah:'(
22:44.29Hobinheim|workfine, no blink, we promise
22:44.38Hobinheim|work* { text-stlyle: blink }
22:44.46Kirkburn|afkHmm, should I just go with a permaban?
22:45.01echpretty red disclaimer :)
22:45.10Kirkburn|afkI guess it's beyond doubt that it was done maliciously
22:46.01Hobinheim|workchhhhhhh, captain, with have a DNP on the 2.10, chhh over
22:46.23echthe trojan was http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/cgi-bin/virauto.cgi?vid=4294906217 if you're interested
22:47.18Kirkburn|afkEek, relatively new
22:49.10echquite a good thing to put in a wow patch i spose, would let you get peoples account details
22:51.10bleetahtheoretically, if the wiki's held on a *nix box, and you guys have command line access, you could set up a cronjob to scrape the URLs on the patch page, download the files if possible, scan them with ClamAV or similar, and remove the entry if it's found to be dodgy.... but I'd personally not like to try to implement that ;)
22:51.25bleetahno doubt similar thing could be done on other OS's
22:52.43Hobinheim|workcurrently, we only hold powers inside the wiki
22:52.56Hobinheim|workanything in regards to the actual server or configuration of the wiki itself, we don't have access to
22:53.33echsadly most of the links aren't direct, so that'd be hefty, nasty, and at the end of the day people catch them relatively quickly if they have half decent av software
22:53.38sancusyou can't lock that page?
22:53.42echanyways, thanks for the lock, nn!
22:54.04Hobinheim|worki don't even support patch mirrors from the get go..
22:54.10Hobinheim|workanyway, time to bizzounce
22:54.18Hobinheim|workhopefully i'll program the elinks or bc bots tonight
22:54.21sancusThe simplest way to deal with it is to lock the page so only admins can edit, and require people to add their links on the discussion page
22:54.26sancusthen just md5 the shit yourself before adding it
22:54.32Hobinheim|workdiscussion page = same thing?
22:54.39Hobinheim|worksort of... indirect.
22:54.49Hobinheim|workor ask for de-fanged links only
22:55.12sancusThe point is you can't trust anyone who is linking a patch in the first place, really :P
22:55.21amroif you follow links on the discussion page you're responsible for what happens
22:55.34amrobut that doesn't stop someone from changing the file after its been verified...
22:55.49sancusno, it doesn't
22:56.02sancusThe page itself is basically a bad idea :P
22:58.06sancusYou could write an automated verification thing, but to do it right would take a bit of work
22:58.32amrojust slap a big warning and a link to a free/trial AV
22:58.37sancusAnd if you're going to do that, the wiki is a poor platform to do it on
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22:59.00Kirkburn|afkEssentially, the disclaimer is there for a reason :)
22:59.14sancusyeah, no one reads disclaimers though
22:59.19Kirkburn|afkI made it red!
22:59.31sancusthat's a fairly well known UI principle
22:59.53sancuseven if they did read it
23:00.03Karrionthe safe way to grab patches from mirrors is to run the blizz downloader after downloading them, to check the checksums
23:00.14sancusmost of them don't know how to verify them in the first place
23:00.20Karrionmaybe need to add instructions for that
23:01.06sancuspersonally I would never use any mirror other than http://a.wirebrain.de/wow/
23:01.13sancussince it's been around forever and proven safe and fast
23:03.00bleetahdo Blizz publish their own checksums?
23:03.10bleetah'coz that'd be the first step I'd be chasing down
23:03.31bleetahotherwise a third party checksum is, for all intents and purposes, meaningless
23:04.10bleetahheck, I'm gunna post that on their suggestions page
23:05.28Kirkburn|afkSo what do people think of my new sig? :P
23:06.18sancusdoubt they do
23:06.25Kirkburn|afkheh
23:06.42sancusdo they even host patches anymore on http :/
23:06.49Kirkburn|afkI think I've seen it once or twice before, but not as a habit
23:06.50sancusall I can find is a commercial mirror list heh
23:07.46Karrionbleetah: I don't think they tell you the md5 anywhere, though you could probably extract it from the download tool somehow
23:07.51sancusWhere official checksums are available (currently for the European and Chinese versions of the patches)
23:07.54sancushaha
23:07.54sancusgg
23:08.23sancusYou can check based on the files downloaded from blizzard, yes
23:08.30sancussetting up an automated method to do that is a huge pain in the ass though
23:08.43Karrionyeah
23:09.13sancusI would just scrape the wirebrain site
23:09.25sancusbecause I'm lazy and they're proven!
23:09.48sancusand the official ones for euro/chinese
23:09.53sancusamericans are semi-screwed
23:09.59bleetahhttp://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=81959401&postId=818120728
23:10.25bleetahsancus: if you wanna add the euro/chinese comment, feel free ;)
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23:11.01sancussure, as soon as I find where those pages are
23:12.44Kirkburn|afkNeed to remove some patches from that page, it's getting huge
23:18.00sancusthere I posted the euro link
23:18.06sancusim not digging through the chinese site, fuck that :p
23:18.43bleetahheh, fair nuff. thx mate :)
23:19.10amromy new wallpaper: http://badvista.fsf.org/blog/images/windowsvistaballmerpiraxz7.jpg
23:20.02bleetahamro: so.. you'd be a believer in the 'Microsoft have rootkitted themselves' point of view? ;) :-P
23:20.49amronah, windows is susceptible to that stuff
23:23.05bleetahwell, it's true that computers in general would be a lot healthier if it weren't for the damned users
23:23.46amroyeah. I never got any viruses or spyware while running XP, I took my precautions
23:26.44Psyker7>.< i'm on the IT committee at my college and you see so many computer illiterates >.<
23:29.43Kirkburn|afksancus, http://www.wowwiki.com/index.php?title=Maps&diff=prev&oldid=3067 :P
23:31.29sancusheh yeah
23:31.34sancusI made like the first ever published map of WC
23:32.48Kirkburn|afkheh
23:33.01sancushttp://www.wowwiki.com/index.php?title=Wailing_Caverns&oldid=3322
23:33.11Kirkburn|afkLol - http://www.wowwiki.com/index.php?title=User:Magnusjohanlsn/Beetalbare%2C_The_Corrupted_Shard_of_Aman%27Thul%27s_Rod&diff=prev&oldid=110676
23:33.25Kirkburn|afkVidar, eh
23:33.34sancusyea that was my old character name in-game
23:33.40sancuson Burning Legion
23:33.51Kirkburn|afkOoh, you're a fan of RealLifeComics?
23:33.53sancuswhen we transferred to Executus I changed it to Sancus because Vidar was taken
23:35.13sancusyea sortof
23:35.27sancusI used to like it a lot, now I just read it out of force of habit, it isn't all that funny lately
23:36.24Kirkburn|afkGreg said he'd be finished with his externment next week so he'll spend much of his time on the comic. I agree with you to an extent, so hopefully this will help.
23:36.26sancusI use the page at sancus.off.net as my homepage for links to things I read frequently
23:36.37sancusI need to update it honestly
23:36.40sancusI never read R&D anymore
23:36.48Kirkburn|afk"to an extent", such a wonderful weasel phrase :P
23:36.58Kirkburn|afkYou don't appear to have a wiki either
23:37.42sancusI do, it's just broken since I moved from my server box to a VM
23:37.55Kirkburn|afkDo you actively play D&D? I used to at school, but not at Uni
23:37.59sancusNot anymore
23:38.07sancusmy university has a D&D club thingy
23:38.20sancusI used to play
23:38.45sancusman making that WC map was such a pain in the ass
23:38.55sancusI screenshotted the minimap like 100 times and cut and pasted in photoshop ;p
23:39.06Kirkburn|afkI recall one occurence when I was falling down a lift shaft, my friend (an "Armchair Historian") decided to save me by shooting a harpoon at my leg.
23:39.30Kirkburn|afkI soon failed my conciousness check...
23:40.00sancuslol
23:40.47Kirkburn|afkHe had one of the best ideas I've come across for destroying a space station though - reprogram one robot to reprogram all the other robots in turn. Once all are reprogrammed, they all proceed to take apart the spaceship.
23:42.37Kirkburn|afkBtw, D&D is where the name Kirkburn came from
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23:51.29Kirkburn|afkOfficial! http://www.wowwiki.com/WoWWiki:Manual_of_Style
23:52.33sancusbleetah: btw, it's really not so much users, it's designers and programmers that are the problem
23:52.46sancushttp://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/phishing.pdf is a good discussion of why that's the case!
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23:53.13bleetahsancus: if there weren't users, designers and programmers would be out of a job. problem solved! :-P
23:53.41sancusSecurity problems are more often a result of programmers designing things that are weird and nonsensical to human beings
23:54.03sancusthat's why warning messages are worthless
23:54.31sancusbecause programmers have spent decades conditioning people that what you want to do will just work if you press OK, and reading the message is silly
23:56.40sancusA Win95 beta dialog told users “in order to demonstrate our
23:56.40sancussuperior intellect, we will now ask you a question you cannot
23:56.40sancusanswer”
23:56.43sancusthat's an awesome quote ;p
23:58.19amrosancus, if the designers made the process lengthier and more secure the users would complain
23:58.49bleetahI just re-iterate, if it weren't for users, designers would be out of a job, and these problems solved.
23:59.33sancusit's not about making the process "lengthier"

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