User:Jo The Marten/FAQ

<Back to my Talk page Freaking.Awesome.Questions Hey there, ho there, Haldo! Well come to the Freaking Awesome Questions page! This is a page for any generic questions I either figured would be useful or that I've seen around a lot. Plus some personal ones I did just for fun.

Q. Hey, I joined here hoping I could help, but what exactly can I do to help?
A. Simple! Just read some pages, fix typos. Delete tedious spaces that stretch out pages, capitalize words like Survivors, Infected, and Campaign names. Just be sure to read the sentence first to make sure the word is used in the form of a pro-noun. If that's a bit broad, you could test out some tactics, or put down your own! No one is perfect, and sometimes tactics are put up that don't actually work. Finding easter eggs in the games is also cool.

Q. Why do I keep seeing all these nbsp things every time I edit a page?
A. An nbsp is a "Non-breakable space". It's basically just a fancy way to code your text when you're too lazy to hit the space bar. Though it isn't put there on purpose, it's caused by the Rich Text Editor.

Q. What's a Rich Text editor?
A. A fancy shmancy editing tool the Wikia community provided to make editing "easier". Instead, it only makes things harder by actually deleting words, adding unneeded spaces, and nbsps everywhere you look. I suggest turning it off right now if you have it on (You can find the on/off switch under Preferences>Editing)

Q. How do I make my signature all colorful and unique?
A. The entire wiki uses a type of HTML code that is pretty simple once you learn how to use it. The codes are fairly obvious to the point you could experiment and probably find a new code. To add color to your font, just put  in your sig and fill it in like so: Hello and it'll appear like this: Hello. There's a wide range of colors Wiki can use, and here is a list of them. To put a background color on it (like how mine has a black background with red text) you just put  and you would use it like: this  = this.

Q. Okay, I've got a signature, now where do I put it?
A. At the top of your page, you'll find a drop down menu and in the menu you'll find "Preferences." Once in Preferences, you'll see info about your status (User, admin, etc.) email, Edit count etc. and you'll also find a box for where you put your signature code. Then every time you put a ~ it'll come out like your code. If your code is too long, don't worry! You can still use it! Just go to your user page, and on the URL right after your user name put in /Signature (for example, mine would be http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/User:Jo_The_Marten/Signature ) then put your code in there. Then go back to preferences and put in: with your username where the underscores are and it'll work.

Q. Hey! I saw this info on a page and it was incorrect!
A. As I stated before, no one is perfect. The administration may miss some things. If you find something incorrect, by all means, delete it! It's highly annoying to see people complain about info on a page and not do anything about it. Besides, if it does deserve to stay, we can always bring it back like it never happened. So don't be afraid to edit!

Q.  was being annoying/mean to me! Block them plz!
A. Not a question, but I've seen this on occasion. If someone is getting on your nerves, we can't do much about that, and you'll just have to try your hardest to ignore them. If it's to the point that you're uncomfortable, we might tell them to leave you alone as we want our members to feel as comfortable as possible. But we can't block someone who posts constructive edits just because they're annoying. Now, if they're harassing you, that's a different story. We don't tolerate harassment. So no "I hate so-in-so" on your user page or talking about somebody's mother behind their back. We aren't in kindergarten anymore, so please try to be as mature as you can muster.

Q. I uploaded an image and it was deleted! Why?
A. I personally don't normally delete images unless: They are a duplicate of another file, it violates the rules (pornography for example), or if it's unused. So chances are, you just uploaded an image you didn't know was already here.

Q. How do I make a subpage?
A. As stated in how to make a signature, just go to your user page, and on the URL right after your user name put in / (for example http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/User:Jo_The_Marten/FAQ ). It'll come up with a blank page that consists only of a single window that says "Start this page!". Just click that and type in it like you would any other page.

Personal
Just some Q&A about me.

Q. Why do you have Hunters all over your page?
A. Cause Hunters are awesome, yo. Don't be insulting the Hunter.

Q. But....why?
A. I've always have an attraction to nimble characters and things with hoods. I also find it amusing how he jumps around like a frog/wild cat. I just find everything about him amusing (and slightly attractive ;)). Its also amazingly satisfying to jump off the top of a building, land on someone, and have your computer tell you just did 25 points of damage to the poor soul. Not only that, but after that, you start tearing their flesh out! So great. <3 But don't worry, I love the other Infected as well. They are all cool. =D

Q. How old are you?
A. "Old enough to know better and young enough not to care." but if that isn't enough for you nosy people, I'm the oldest admin here (besides Takua108 and possibly ShadoW).

Q. I see you like Francis, Rochelle, Ellis, and Nick, but which is your favorite?
A. Oh Francis by far. I adore Francis. Left 4 Dead could just have Francis and Hunters and I would still be a happy camper.

Q. What is "Venatorphile"?
A. A word I made up. It's the two latin words "Venator" (Hunter, Huntsman) and "Phile" (Lover of, to love) put together. With horrible grammar I might add! From what I've been told, it would actually be "Venatophile" to be grammatically correct, but since it's a made up word anyway, I don't care for spelling.

Q. Where did you get that picture of the Hunters on the top of your talk page? Where can I get one?
A. I made it myself using a piece of software known as Garry's Mod. If you want one, I take requests. Just post what you want on my Talk Page and I'll work on it. Keep in mind, I have a life, so depending on current events, it might take a few hours, to a few weeks for me to eventually finish your request.

Q. I'd like to request a Garry's Mod picture, but I don't know what you have.
A. Don't worry too much about it. If I don't have something, I can find it somewhere. In terms of ragdolls (characters) I have pretty much every major Nintendo character (Mario, Luigi, Peach, Samus, Link, Zelda, enemies etc.), all Valve characters (from the first Half-Life to Left 4 Dead 2) then a variety of other characters and monsters from Katamari Damacy, to Call of Duty 4.

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