Micah2

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Micah2
in I liked the search feature March 2008

Search will be coming back (hopefully...) very soon. We'll have to keep an eye on it to see if it behaves and doesn't drag down the server like before.
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in In Memoriam to 'a Father of Role-Playing' March 2008

I owe so much to D&D, like being able to giggle every time I say "bastard sword" We'll miss you Gary!
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in Problems with ratings - official thread February 2008

I've been pretty busy lately, so I haven't had time to keep up on this. I'll take some time in the next day or so to read through all these and discuss with Ryan. He's mainly in charge of the rating stuff, as he did all the work. He wrote an "art…
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in GM-Only NPC Tags? February 2008

Hmm, that's a good idea, but don't look for it anytime soon. On another note, I'm trying to rethink some of the tag-based browsing to make it friendlier (like the recent redesign of the NPC page), and it's good to know that people are actually us…
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in I liked the search feature February 2008

It's probably possible, but the forum is a different "beast":http://beast.caboo.se/ from the main site and I hate working on it when I could be working on the main site. ;) I'll add it to the todo list, as it should be an easy fix.
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in Question about private updates February 2008

The main point of the "last updated" value is to let infrequent visitors get an idea of which campaigns are active. Even if you're just making a small edit to a wiki page, it still means that you're taking the trouble to update your campaign. Stil…
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in Please please DONT tell me that... February 2008

yeah...it's not too obvious which are gm-only and which aren't. i got everything working (and well tested...) but didn't spend enough time on the interface. it's on the todo list
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in Good way to get free photos for characters February 2008

If you struggle to find good images for your characters, try looking on "IMDB":http://imdb.com. There you'll find all sorts of portrait/headshot photos. Some are famous, some aren't. Just search on a TV-show and start browsing around. In no time…
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in Anyone else have it really slow at the moment? February 2008

I restarted everything and that seems to fix it. Looks like it's a strange hiccup and won't be a recurring problem. Thanks for the tip!
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in I liked the search feature February 2008

You can always find someone's profile page at the following location: http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/micah So, just put their username in after the /profile and you'll get their page. As for the search, we're looking into ways of bri…
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in Problems with ratings - official thread February 2008

It seems that making ratings public and not anonymous has not fixed the problems. We never thought that people would be so aggressive about low ratings, especially once anonymity had been removed. In addition, the current system doesn't take into …
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in Official discussion of wiki merging February 2008

I'm glad it worked for you! I'm chewing my fingernails waiting for some sort of "All my stuff is gone!!!!" type report. Yeah, some sort of gm-only indicator is a good idea. I'll add it to the TODO list.
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in Official discussion of wiki merging February 2008

Not related, but good to know anyway.
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in Display text (Character limit?) February 2008

They're stored in the database as "text" fields, which should allow for arbitrarily large text entries. However, there may be some intermediary steps where, as you say, some sort of maxint truncating occurs. I'll take a look at it. Thanks for t…
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in Official discussion of wiki merging February 2008

I just executed the data migration. It worked like a charm on all my wiki pages. Please report any problems ASAP!
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in New game system February 2008

bq. Oh how I wonder what Games Workshop was thinking… "It sold out already...let's cancel it!" Dumb, dumb, dumb...
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in Official discussion of wiki merging February 2008

Merge with GM text going into the GM section is a great idea. It shouldn't be any harder than the other plan I had, and should actually be a little easier. Thanks for the idea!
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in Comment Feature February 2008

bq. OK, maybe I’m a little slow when it comes to coding, but if Adventure Logs are considered a part of the Party Wiki, why would there be a question as to which wiki Adventure Log replies should link to? Hmm, that's a good point. I'll have to l…
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in DM notes in Items section February 2008

I'll see what I can do about the DM notes stuff. I've been so focused on characters that I have neglected the items section. No promises to change on that, though... ;) I'll also see about creating a stick thread where people can post their cha…
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in In-page links February 2008

I believe it should be possible with anchor tags...but upon a little testing it seems not to work. I'm surprised Textile formatting does not support anchors in this manner. I'll put this on the todo list and see if I can't come up with somethi…
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in New game system February 2008

It's in there. Too bad that Black Industries will no longer be publishing RPG books :( I'm a fan of the Warhammer 40k universe, and Dark Heresy looks kind of cool.
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in Requests for new game systems February 2008

I just went on an adding frenzy: * Feng Shui * Saga System * Star Wars Saga Edition * Warhammer 40k Dark Heresy
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in Requests for new game systems February 2008

I just went on an adding frenzy: * Feng Shui * Saga System * Star Wars Saga Edition * Warhammer 40k Dark Heresy
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in Missing Profile February 2008

This should be fixed now. Thanks for the bug report. This was affecting everyone with a space in their login name, but it never generated an error (just a 404 missing page). Therefore, we never would have known if someone hadn't said something!
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in Official discussion of wiki merging February 2008

Note: These changes would affect the adventure logs as well, since they're actually part of the wiki. Therefore, you would get a private GM-only section on each post. Great for planning, IMHO.
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in Official discussion of wiki merging February 2008

*Updated 2008-04-15* - Haven't had any complaints :) So, I'll unsticky this thread and let it fall in amongst its comrades. *Updated 2008-02-17* - We went through with the data merger and it worked for all of my wiki pages (Kensing campaign). I…
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in How to link between Adventure Log and Wiki February 2008

Yes, there is a shorthand. The Adventure Log and Party Wiki are actually the same thing. Adventure Log posts are just specially styled wiki pages. Every page (wiki or a-log) has a name. To link to another page, just enclose its name in doubl…
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in Please avoid Knowledge Arcana! February 2008

Ouch! I hope this gets resolved without too much harm to all involved. Still, Internet disputes get nasty, and they are archived for all time. Make sure you don't say anything you'll regret!
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in Comment Feature February 2008

Comment counts are now displayed at the top of the post, with a link to go directly to the comment section.
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in Add and "Item" tab to the campaign February 2008

Good idea. We never intended for items (or even characters) to be tightly matched with particular campaigns, but in hindsight, that was a major oversight. We're trying to think of ways to bring everything together in a more cohesive manner, and …

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