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Contents 1   2 GW1 Templates 3 questions.... 4 Userpages from GWW to GW2W 5 pets 6 Username change? 7 RSS problems 8 Deleting a page/flagging for deletion 9 Snow Leopard Spirit user box? 10 concept art usage 11 User image

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What does   do?--199.216.204.19 15:18, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

It's a fixed space - Non-breaking space -- pling | ggggg 15:32, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GW1 Templates

How can I use templates from the Guild Wars Wiki (1)? Template:Gr for example. << horsedrowner | talk | guild >> 12:55, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

You shouldn't copy templates directly from GWW to GW2W because the licensing is incompatible. -- §Lacky§ Talk 16:10, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

The licenses are compatible - both wikis use GFDL 1.2 or later. You'd need to provide attribution if you do copy something from GWW; something like linking to the history of the source page. -- Pling \ talk 16:21, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh really? Because I could have sworn I saw someone delete a template page or something because it was a copy from GWW, and that we weren't allowed to copy stuff from there to here. -- Lacky 12:51, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

It appears that the jury is still out on that, I have seen people say both things, GWW is allowed on here, it just cannot specifically relate to GW info, and also seen people say that the GWW and GW2W licenses are not compatible, and no GWW stuff is supposed to be done on here. 42 - talk 01:44, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

The jury isn't 'still out', some people are just wrong or are being misinterpreted. As both wikis use the GFDL, copying is allowed as long as you meet the requirements of the GFDL - sourcing the original article(s). Whether that content would be relevant here is the source of contention, not the legal requirements. -- pling 20:09, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Unless the source template gets deleted. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 05:31, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

There are Guild Wars wiki templates that refer to Guild Wars 2. For example User SylvariGW2 puts up a user box that says this user will play a sylvari in Guild Wars 2. There are similar templates for each race. Doesn't make sense to me that they don't work on the actual Guild Wars 2 wiki. Hope someone isn't going to go to the other wiki now and delete those templates. Ramei Arashi 15:21, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

[edit] questions....

So whear'd I go to ask a game-related question? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Treecko1138 (talk) .

Game-related questions about GW2, if the question isn't on Guild Wars 2/FAQ, short answer is "We don't know." Game-related questions about the original Guild Wars games, of course, go on the other wiki. - Tanetris 22:21, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

umm ok... Treecko1138 21:22, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Userpages from GWW to GW2W

Is there a way to redirect our GW2W userpage to our GWW userpage or use a template that gets the info/source from our GWW userpage and puts it onto our GW2W userpage? Basically, is there a way to get all the info from our GWW userpage and put it all on our GW2W userpage, without having to copy and paste every page? -- §Lacky§ Talk 06:03, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

I don't know of a literal redirect, but you can hard link it with [[gw1:User:Lacky|Lacky]] which will show Lacky. I don't know of (or think) there is any other way though. Sensical Measures 14:44, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, thank you. I guess that shall have to do for now. If anyone knows of a way actually redirect my GW2W userpage to my GWW page, please let me know. It would be much appreciated. -- §Lacky§ Talk 00:17, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Lacky, I believe that it will be possible with the interwiki link, if there are actually plans to implement it. What I am going to do for now is to provide a link to my GWW page, and depending on the interwiki ability, if it is allowable, force redirects to my GWW page set. This is not an official opinion, just my own uneducated guess. 42 - talk 01:47, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] pets

I was wondering if in Guild Wars 2 we could ride our pets,and get wild animals like charr for pets?

or desert griffons--The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Jordyn4444 (talk).

Read the top notice. This is for questions regarding the wiki, not the game. -- Wyn 03:00, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Username change?

Is there anyway i can change my username on this account, i want to change it, due to it being a bit nooby and crude. However, i want to keep all of my contributions :/. Any help please? --BloodStain 16:35, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Go to your user page and click the "move" tab. Fill out the form and click "move page." (I've never done this, but I'm assuming this is how you'd do it.)-- Shew 17:08, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Will this keep all my contributions though? >...< --BloodStain 17:10, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Don't do it; it only moves your user page/talk page. Your username will still be Blood Stain.-- Shew 17:12, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Gah, sucks :/. Hmm.. Maybe could get somebody high up to do something :P --BloodStain 17:13, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

I think Pling changed his name from Brains12 to Pling on the GWW, so it's possible.-- Shew 17:15, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

See Guild Wars 2 Wiki:Requests for user merge. -- pling 20:38, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks :D. Question answered.

How do we add Pictures into their own Window on the side. I try to find a example of what iam talking about. Here is a Example Notice how the picture of the Kodan is on the right in a small window. How is that done? --Knighthonor 01:12, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Answered it on my talk page. Hope that helps. riyen ♥ 02:17, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] RSS problems

I subscribed to the recent changes RSS feed at http://wiki.guildwars2.com/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=rss , and every link it serves dies. It looks like it has a bad address eg: wiki.guildwars.com:60/ instead of wiki.guildwars2.com. I don't know much about RSS/Atom feeds, but all my other feeds including the gww rc work fine. Is this my problem or a site issue? Obie Quiet 17:49, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

I also noticed that it only happens on talk pages, main space pages redirect fine. Obie Quiet 03:59, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting a page/flagging for deletion

How? --Naoroji 09:44, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Do {{delete|Reason}} That should take care of flagging for a deletion. Only sysops delete the actual pages. riyen ♥ 01:03, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Snow Leopard Spirit user box?

I found boxes for those who favor bear, wolf and raven but not Snow Leopard. Is there one and I just don't know where to look? Ramei Arashi 16:37, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

No, I don't believe there is one. I think you'll just have to wait for one, or make one yourself. @ 93 16:46, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

I would but don't have a picture of a snow leopard. Ramei Arashi 17:01, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Then all you can do is wait until a picture resembling this form is released. @ 93 17:48, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

[edit] concept art usage

"You may also post content obtained from Guild Wars, its web sites, manuals and guides, concept art and renderings, press and fansite kits, and other such copyrighted material that ArenaNet has made available to the general public, to the site"

Does this mean I could use an image captured from Anet's You Tube videos on my user page here? Ramei Arashi 17:48, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, just tag it with {{ArenaNet image}} (to show that it's their content) and it is fine. poke | talk 19:03, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

[edit] User image

I wanted a picture of the skill Spiteful spirit to add to my signature (can i do this without any kind of copyright problems) but i think i uploaded it wrong, and it doesn't appear as file:user, it appears as if it was just a generic image for the wiki. Did i do something wrong? how do i fix that?---~=Ѧϫϯѧӂϵϫӂϵϧ (Talk) 08:48, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Fixed it. Didn't know i had to add the {user image| user image} thing---~=Ѧϫϯѧӂϵϫӂϵϧ (Talk) 08:53, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Also, add {GW1 image} if it is, indeed, a GW1 image. Glad to know you figured it out! ShadowRunner 10:02, 30 July 2010 (UTC)