User talk:Jayce Carver

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Wotcher! Hello, Jayce Carver, and welcome to the Harry Potter Wiki (HPW). Thank you for your contributions. I hope you enjoy it here and decide to stay. Before editing, be sure to read the wiki's policies. Please sign your name on Talk and vote pages using four tildes (~~~~) to automatically produce your name and the current date. Be sure to verify your e-mail address in your preferences. Before attempting any major article rewrites please read the layout guide. If you have any questions, check out the policy and help pages (see here for editing help), add a question to the Community portal, view the forum or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! —Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 15:42, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Contents 1 Greyback image 2 Rollback 3 Re: Infobox improvements 4 Re: Template 5 Images 6 Deletion request 7 RE: What's best 8 Sig 9 House points 10 Re:Fenrir Greyback 11 Prefect 12 Re:Slytherin Dungeon 13 15 points 14 Quidditch pitch 15 Two proposals 16 Re: Tom Riddle's main image 17 Voting 18 Signiature 19 Draco Malfoy's main image 20 Fred Weasley Project 21 Points for new articles 22 15 points 23 New Idea 24 Re:Quidditch 25 Greetings! 26 Project Snakeface 27 Tom Riddle image 28 Salazar Slytherin Picture 29 Happy belated birthday! 30 Sandbox 31 Archiving 32 Project Snakeface 33 Hello

[edit] Greyback image

Because, as far as I understand it, the image in question is not a promotional headshot, but a make-up test shot. Therefore it is out of universe, and should not be the main infobox image, as the make-up in question may not reflect the actual make-up of the character in the film. I have no arguments about using it in the article in a behind the scenes section, however. If it is a promotional headshot, however, and it is proved to be the final make-up look of the character, then its position as an infobox image is valid. Hope that answers your question. - Cavalier One^{(Wizarding Wireless Network)} 16:12, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Might be a good idea to ask - I took a quick buzz around a few fan sites but might have missed it. It looks genuine enough, which is the reason it hasn't been deleted yet, and the same user uploaded a new body shot of Narcissa Malfoy as well. - Cavalier One^{(Wizarding Wireless Network)} 16:21, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

Hi, Jayce Carver. It has been determined that you are a trusted member of this community and that we benefit from your contributions. Upon request or through my own discretion, I have granted you rollback privileges. This tool can be used to quickly revert vandalism and maintain the quality of this wiki. Please remember to use this tool with discretion and never in a content dispute. You should now see a "rollback" link when viewing a user's contributions. Thanks, and happy editing. John Reaves (talk) 21:43, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Infobox improvements

Actually I did notice your thread, and I have been thinking about how to respond. I think you are right in that the infoboxes could be set up a little better, and the appearance of it needs to be tweaked. I don't, however, think we need to cut back on the amount of infoboxes we have. Your point makes sense about Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, but we really need separate house and character infoboxes.--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 17:13, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

The shades of gray would be a big improvement if we could somehow implement it. I've been looking at the source code, and most of the styling is housed in either separate templates or Common.css, which makes it difficult copy over; you have to manually check each template used for the needed code. I'm gonna see how much of it I can sort out.--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 17:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

I think I have it...though the rb template isn't working, so the corners on the bottom aren't round. See here for a test.--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 18:31, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes. I think that that would be more of a "nickname" than an alias.--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 18:45, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Template

That's a good idea. We often "borrow" a lot of things from Wookieepedia. But, the thing is, Bellatrix raiding the Burrow is not considered canon. A whole raid definately would have been mentioned in the book, and therefore never happened. The books take precedence over the movies. The template would work, or a mention in the "behind the scenes" section. I personally think that those templates detract from the article visually, but either way works. -- Freakatone ^Talk 14:57, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good! -- Freakatone ^Talk 15:03, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

The way of the appearances does look pretty cool. You might want to start a thread about it at the Wizengamot forum. -- Freakatone ^Talk 16:03, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Nice job on the images! Just a word of caution, however. Sometimes changing the main infobox image without consultation results in annoying some users. Hopefully, since your images are good-quality improvements, there will be no grumbling about them. Keep up the good work. - Cavalier One^{(Wizarding Wireless Network)} 15:59, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion request

All done. - Cavalier One^{(Wizarding Wireless Network)} 14:18, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Some nice looking images. Just makes me more annoyed they pushed back the release date >( - Cavalier One^{(Wizarding Wireless Network)} 14:24, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: What's best

Usually, I would go with the promo shot over the movie still, even if its a full body one. What are the chances of simply extracting a head shot from the body shot that would be good enough to be used as a main image? - Cavalier One^{(Wizarding Wireless Network)} 11:37, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Judging by that image, I would keep the main infobox image as it is. I like the image, and it would work as a main image, but there appears to be too much artifact distortion around the face for one thing. As an image in the article, it would be fine. - Cavalier One^{(Wizarding Wireless Network)} 11:47, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sig

Could you shrink the banner in your sig? It creates a large space between your comments and all the others.--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 20:10, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Make sure that your signature is valid HTML, i.e. all the tags that get opened get closed ( has a corresponding , ^{has a corresponding} , etc.) I have edited your signature @ User:Jayce Carver/sig so that it is valid. -- DarkJedi613 ^(Talk) 18:48, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I also checked all the revisions you've done since then and edited anything that had your signature to fix it. -- DarkJedi613 ^(Talk) 19:01, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] House points

This is just a message to let you know that the House Points Game is now up and running at Harry Potter Wiki:House points. As your Prefect, I'd like to invite you to visit the Slytherin Dungeon, where I'll try to organize something our team can work on soon. Otherwise, keep up the good solo work, and here's hoping we win the House Cup. :) ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 09:26, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Fenrir Greyback

I tend to agree with you that werewolf isn't really a blood status; werewolves are people who have the infection of lycanthropy, whereas blood status is a reflection of ancestry. Of course, if we consider werewolves to be people who are simply ill, then do they really qualify as a separate species? The HP Lexicon refers to what they have as a "condition", but they seem to define them as both creatures and humans:

"The werewolf is a most unusual creature in that it doesn't technically exist except for a brief period of time around the full moon. At any other time, a werewolf is a completely normal human. However, the term werewolf is used for both the wolf-like creature and the normal human. Remus Lupin is a werewolf by definition even if he isn't in the actual form of the wolf."

So I'm not entirely sure how to categorize them, though species seems more appropriate than blood status. What do you think? Oread ^(talk) 20:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree; the way you suggested seems to be the most accurate. The Lexicon is just confusing. DarkJedi613 also agreed that it is not a blood status. Out of curiosity, do we know if Greyback was turned into a werewolf or if he was born as one? I'm not sure if the latter is even possible, but Remus's fear that he would pass on lycanthropy to Teddy seems to indicate that it is. Oread ^(talk) 21:57, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Prefect

Cubs Fan 2007 was originally a Hufflepuff Prefect but changed to Gryffindor because no other people had signed up for that House. It really doesn't seem fair to ask someone to act as leader of Hufflepuff if they are also going to be the House's only member.

I've been having trouble balanciing the responsibility of overseeing the House Points Game with the responsibility of being Slytherin's only active Prefect. I could use a helping hand from a second Slytherin Prefect. Freakatone was made the second Slytherin Prefect last November, but he hasn't been active since this January, and I've just been a bit reluctant to remove him from his position and find someone to take over.

Are you interested in being a Slytherin Prefect? If not, you can still be a Hufflepuff Prefect. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 00:03, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Jayce. Sorry for the delay in reply. Some real-life stuff came up over the weekend. I was about to add you to the list of Prefects, but I realized that you hadn't been given a Prefect badge yet, so I'm doing that now. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 00:24, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Starstuff has awarded you a Prefect Badge! For the large role you played in helping to redesign our infoboxes.

[edit] Re:Slytherin Dungeon

When I put together the Slytherin Dungeon, my main concern was functionality, so I admit I didn't give much consideration to its appearance. I'm not sure how we could improve it in that regard, though, beyond adding more pictures and re-arranging the layout. But I did have an idea for something silly: any time either of us gave points to Gryffindor, "Professor Snape" (that is, one of us) would hand out a "detention," which would just be a funny line written in a special "Detention log" section on the Slytherin Dungeon page. We would need to run this idea by Cubs Fan and Hellabore before going forward with it to make sure they don't have any concerns. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 09:17, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I like your idea of creating a sandbox where we could test our ideas. Also, when you add new entries to the Points log, put them at the end of the table, like a thread on a talk page. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 10:08, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey, Jayce. I'm sorry that I haven't thought of any ways to spruce up the Slytherin Dungeon. If you have any ideas, feel free to skip the sandbox, and just go straight to editing the main Common Room page. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 08:55, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 15 points

I've awarded you 15 points for creating the article Brazilian Wizarding School. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 02:50, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Quidditch pitch

I saw your comment about this article on the featured article nominations page and I really do see your point. Could you help expand it to be one of the best. It would be a very big help. Cheers! --- Madam Hooch^{(Which Broomstick)}

Like you suggested could you write a paragraph about each stadium in Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup. An I agree the intro could use some expanding, could you help with that too? It would be a big help. Cheers! --- Madam Hooch^{(Which Broomstick)}

I have made some pretty huge edits and I have done all you and Starstuff suggested to do. Could you please tell me if it is now ready to be featured? If it is, could you change your vote to support it. Cheers! -- Hellabore

Also thanks for suggesting those ideas, it has made the article to featured article status. --- Hellabore

[edit] Two proposals

I've started two discussions at Harry Potter Wiki talk:House points which may be of special interest to Prefects. If you have the time, I'd appreciate your comments. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 12:12, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Tom Riddle's main image

Thanks for sending me a notice. I already voted. :) --ÈnŔîčö ^{(Send me an Owl!)} 10:45, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the notice, but where do I need to go to vote for the image exactly? Sorry. --Margiechocoholic 13:17, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Voting

Before you start asking the community to vote on anything, please read this.--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 22:14, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Sorry 'bout that. I was working off my tiny PDA's screen, and I didn't notice.--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 16:58, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Signiature

Thanks for the points, but I'm just doing what anyone would. Do you think you could help her with her signiature? It has surpassed my knowledge and I'm not sure how to fix it up so it signs with the tildes. Thanks. Toon Ganondorf (t c) 11:01, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Draco Malfoy's main image

Hello Jayce!, I think we need to vote for a main image for Draco Malfoy's page, just like what we did for Tom Riddle. I'm the one who is in favor of this:

--ÈnŔîčö ^{(Send me an Owl!)} 09:28, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Fred Weasley Project

Hi Jayce Carver, it's Madam Hooch. I was wondering if you would like to join the Fred Weasley Project. If you do, here is the link: Fred Weasley Project. Cheers! -- Madam Hooch^{(Which Broomstick)}

Please could you join, at the moment, we are nearing Harry Potter article status so we only need a few more sections and this project could use a member like you! Also house-points and badges are up for grabs! Cheers and best wishes, Madam Hooch^{(Which Broomstick)}

[edit] Points for new articles

This is a message to let Prefects know that the House Points Game policy page has been updated to include guidelines for how many points to give for article creation. Please consult this when giving points in the future. Thanks! ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 11:27, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 15 points

I've awarded you 15 points for creating the articles Brazilian pen-friend and Nora Marunda. :) ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 19:40, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] New Idea

At the moment, I have developed an idea for a Quidditch cup per discussion with Matoro183. I am at the moment developing the draft page at User:Hellabore/Parchment. Could you help me with the draft? Cheers! -- Hellabore^{(Deathly Hallows)}

I need you and Starstuff to develop a "house pitch". For ideas go to the Quidditch Pitch. -- Hellabore^{(Deathly Hallows)}

Yes. We now have an Gryffindor and Huffelpuff pitch, after the ravenclaw and slytherin pitches have been created we will start the game. -- Hellabore^{(Deathly Hallows)}

That's alright! -- Hellabore^{(Deathly Hallows)}

[edit] Re:Quidditch

I'm available now, actually, if you'd like to get started. Otherwise I should be around tomorrow. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 16:21, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, sure. By the way, what's your time zone? "Morning" for you may very well be the afternoon for me. :) ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 16:30, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

I've set up a tentative Quidditch page at User:Starstuff/Quidditch. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 13:22, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm still unsure about how we're going to pick team members, though. Will we vote? Will we choose a team captain who gets to decide, like in the books? If so, how do we pick who's captain? ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 13:28, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm currently unsure whether I'll be able to join the team. Basically, Hellabore would like me to be one of the referees, but Matoro has advised that referees should not become members of their House teams in order to ensure that the decisions they make as referees are impartial. I suggested an alternative system because I was concerned about having to stay on the sidelines in the Quidditch competition due to the lack of regularly active members in Slytherin. But, regardless of whether or not I join the team, I think either you or Smonocco should be the captain, as I've got too many irons in the fire to do the job effectively. We should perhaps wait until the referee issue has been resolved until we send out invitation messages to Slytherin users. Hellabore has it set up so that each position is given specific jobs to perform, but, personally, I'd rather it be more open-ended, so that people don't feel obligated to refrain from chipping in somewhere just because it's not on their set to-do list.

Thanks for the congratulations. I'm in Vancouver, so my time zone is PST. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 14:47, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings!

Happy Birthday, Jayce Carver! As i saw your profile at Star Wars Wiki, i got the information on your birthday, and you're celebrating it today May 25. Happy Birthday Jayce!

--ÈnŔîčö (Send me an Owl!) 10:19, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Project Snakeface

Hey would you like me to help you do the draft page? Could I be a leader? Cheers! -- Hellabore^{(Deathly Hallows)}

I have created it at Harry Potter Wiki:Harry Potter Wiki Projects/Project Snakeface. You and I are project leaders! CheerS! -- Hellabore^{(Deathly Hallows)}

Nobody who voted was in their rite minds. So quit changing the Better Image- Striker Man.

Done and Done! I am wondering why you changed the main image though... -- Hellabore^{(Deathly Hallows)}

Cool! Is there any other things I can do to Project Snakeface? -- Hellabore^{(Deathly Hallows)}

[edit] Tom Riddle image

Jayce, just so I know, which image is supposed to be correct in the edit war you are having with Strikerman? The young Tom Riddle one, or the Lord Voldemort one? Cheers, Cavalier One^{(Wizarding Wireless Network)} 14:55, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

He was blocked by Cavalier One. -- DarkJedi613 ^(Talk) 14:57, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

For disruption and ignoring consensus. Gotta love the rules. - Cavalier One^{(Wizarding Wireless Network)} 14:59, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Salazar Slytherin Picture

Please don't take this the wrong way, but please, on behalf of all who have been trying to get the point across to you, do not change the picture for Salazar Slytherin again, as it needs to match the other Founders' pictures and the one up now is one actually released by Rowling. Regardless of whether the picture you prefer was in film or not (it never actually made it into the final cut of the film), most universally agree the picture released from the Wizard Calendar by Rowling is the canonical one and is part of a set of pictures she released herself. Had the picture you posted actually featured in the film, it'd be a different story. Rowling's picture is the canonical one, and since we never actually see Slytherin or any of the Founders in person in the films, the canonical source for a photograph of them is Rowling herself. So please refrain from the edit war over the picture, as it is getting to be a bit ridiculous to have so many users pretty much in agreement that the picture you support, while noteworthy and indeed worthy of being featured in the article, is not appropriate for the main picture in the infobox. Hero of Time 87 15:54, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Pictures from JKR's website are NOT out of universe. Please re-read the canon policy. In terms of infobox pictures, we probably need an actual policy about it. Would you like to start a discussion in the Forum about which images you think should be used? -- DarkJedi613 ^(Talk) 18:54, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Please provide a link to the image in question. Regardless, I doubt it matters that much, and the background can be removed. If its just a pattern, etc. then it really doesn't matter. -- DarkJedi613 ^(Talk) 18:59, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I uploaded a new version. File:Salazar.jpg. Regardless, what are your suggestions for choosing an image for the infobox (as in any infobox)? -- DarkJedi613 ^(Talk) 19:35, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I agree with DarkJedi on this one. All founder articles feature the illustrations by Lightmaker from J.K. Rowling's Official Site, but Slytherin's hadn't been cropped to remove the website background, like the others had. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 20:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Exactly my point, and I'm glad others concur with this assessment as well. Thank you very much DarkJedi for interceding here to end this standoff. Hero of Time 87 20:12, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

File:Salazar.jpg has Slytherin's elbows cropped out. I found the full-size illustration with the website background edited out on The Lexicon, and I've uploaded it as File:Salazar_Slytherin_(full_size).gif. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 20:23, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Starstuff, that does indeed give a better shot of Slytherin. Hero of Time 87 20:28, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Good job. If someone has a chance please replace all other references to File:Salazar.jpg and I'll delete that one. -- DarkJedi613 ^(Talk) 20:45, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Happy belated birthday!

I'm sorry I didn't catch this edit until it was too late. It seems we have the same birthday! Just to clarify, due to time zone differences, does your birthday fall on the 24th or 25th? I'll add you to the Birthday list. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)}

Thanks! Small world, isn't it? ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 13:38, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Sandbox

Sure I will help, which sandbox do you want to use, my one or yours? -- Hellabore^{(Deathly Hallows)}

Also you may have not noticed but I added a Death Eaters relashionship to the article. -- Hellabore^{(Deathly Hallows)}

[edit] Archiving

There is no rule, generally when it gets long enough to be a hassle you should archive it. You can also archive most of it, but leave your "open" comments on the page if you want. -- DarkJedi613 ^(Talk) 14:14, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Not necessarily its load time. Even if it just becomes a hassle to edit or find other people's comments on, etc. My archive pages vary in length -- I kind of just do it when I feel like it. Yours is long enough now, but you could also wait until its double the length if you want. -- DarkJedi613 ^(Talk) 12:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Project Snakeface

We are editing the actual Voldemort page right? ShirleyA^{(The Quibbler)} 10:25, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Hi! I couldn't help to notice that you're an MCR fan? Am I right? Well, I am also a fan of yours. --Artfrantic^(Talk) 10:56, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, because your writing style is absolutely cool, and I also admire your way of socializing. --Artfrantic^(Talk) 11:51, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! --Artfrantic^(Talk) 01:41, 12 June 2009 (UTC)