User:Dinoguy1000

Hi, I'm Dinoguy1000! I am an occasional contributor here (for the record, I have Special:Editcount/Dinoguy1000 edits - full list). Feel free to leave me messages; I'll respond as soon as I can. If you have questions about another wiki I edit on, you should leave me a message on my talk page there; for non-wiki websites and other stuff, it's probably best to email me.

Maintenance and cleanup

 * Job queue count (stats)
 * Category:Template maintenance categories
 * Category:Card pages with a nonstandard unofficial name
 * Category:Card pages with a nonstandard unofficial lore
 * CardTable2:
 * Category:Card pages using deprecated CardTable2 parameters
 * Category:CardTable2 parameter fallthrough
 * Category:CardTable2 parameter tracking
 * Category:CardTable2 transclusions with bad width values
 * Category:FlagLang transclusions with unrecognized values
 * Category:Forumheader transclusions to be checked
 * Category:Navigation transclusions to be checked
 * Category:OCG-TCG card image transclusions with missing or incorrect parameters
 * Category:Candidates for Deletion
 * Category:Media for renaming
 * Category:Card images with incorrect names
 * Card sets and related pages in general (especially for promo sets, it's a real mess of unlinked pages with irregular naming)
 * Redlinks:
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Bad title
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Example
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Example.jpg
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Example.png
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Example.gif
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Example.ogg
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Headline text
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Insert formula here
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Link title
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/File:Example
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/File:Example.jpg
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/File:Example.png
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/File:Example.gif
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/File:Example.ogg
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/File:Headline text
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/File:Insert formula here
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/File:Link title
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Media:Example
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Media:Example.jpg
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Media:Example.png
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Media:Example.gif
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Media:Example.ogg
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Media:Headline text
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/File:Insert formula here
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Media:Link title

AWB stuff
So I don't have to keep working out how to do simple stuff - see also /awbtest.

Template replace
replaced with

"Options" tab:
 * "Automatic changes" boxes all unchecked
 * "Find and replace" box checked; "Normal settings":
 * replaced with
 * \s = newline/whitespace
 * \| = pipe
 * \s*? = 0 or more whitespace characters, lazy match
 * %%pagename%% =
 * "Regex" and "Enabled" boxes checked
 * all other boxes unchecked

Unofficial name
The Arabic name given is an approximation. (example only; there's quite a bit of variety in practice - see the range of regexes below) replaced with

"Options" tab:
 * "Automatic changes" boxes all unchecked
 * "Find and replace" box checked; "Normal settings":
 * replaced with
 * '* = any number of consecutive ' (apostrophes)
 * \[ = opening square bracket
 * \: = colon (escaping it isn't strictly necessary but AWB doesn't like it unescaped)
 * %%pagename%% =
 * \| = pipe
 * (.+?) = any word, 1 or more characters (lazy match)
 * ,? = 0 or 1 commas
 * \. = period (works without escaping, but could lead to weird results since an unescaped period actually matches any character)
 * replaced with
 * \,? = 0 or 1 commas, escaped to keep it from matching in (.+?)
 * replaced with
 * replaced with
 * replaced with
 * replaced with
 * replaced with
 * "Regex" and "Enabled" boxes are checked (for all)
 * all other boxes unchecked

Archetype searches
This query is useful for looking for cards that a support card for an archetype will support:

"Japanese archetype name here" site:yugioh.wikia.com "other card information" -"card game counterpart" -"redirected from" -intitle:user


 * The quotes around the archetype string prevent Google from being too smart for its own good and sometimes not just searching for the Japanese text, but also the English translation, thus preventing lots of irrelevant results from appearing.
 * The  prevents SMW list pages from appearing, since most of those list the Japanese names of cards and thus will otherwise appear in the results. It also prevents character versions of cards from appearing, since they don't use CardTable2.
 * The  prevents Bandai, DDM, Capsule Monsters, etc. counterparts to OCG/TCG/anime/manga/VG cards from appearing in the results, since these generally don't get added to archetypes.
 * The  prevents redirects to pages, such as card numbers, set numbers, and alternate names, from appearing in the results, since these just duplicate the result for the card itself.
 * The  prevents user pages from appearing in the results (in the off-chance there's a card with the word "user" in its name, this would miss that, but a quick query suggests that's ridiculously rare).

For archetypes with names that have Ruby text, it's generally more useful to search for the base text and Ruby text separately then to try both at once.

Random tidbits
This is useful for seeing what's really going on with  and company (try it on "We'll Be There" - Rex & Weevil ;) ), see also Normalized pagename:

Unofficial names and lores
I add the templates Unofficial name and Unofficial lore to card pages when I have reason to believe that the name(s)/lore(s) in question really are unofficial. Generally, I'll add these tags to card pages for cards which appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (since that series has no official version yet), or cards which have not appeared in any anime/manga/video game (according to that card page) and have not had an English release (this means that most of my tagging is for English names and lores). If I tag something as unofficial that is actually official, please call me on it, and if possible, link me to somewhere that I can find similar official names/lores (e.g. if the English name is confirmed as official because the card appeared in an English video game, link me to a list of the English names of cards for that video game). Sources for official names include the obvious officially translated anime/manga/video games, but also extends to action figures, clothing, posters, commercials, press releases, etc.

Contributions
Some random things I've contributed (to) here.


 * Bandai rule (created, deployable (needs documentation though))
 * CardTable2 (some random bits a few years ago; some of them may even still be getting used! =D (I'm working on a complete overhaul now, and would appreciate help with testing))
 * Card search tip (created, not deployable yet)
 * Card table anime and manga appearances (created as metatemplate for the "anime and manga appearances" template series)
 * Card table set (created, test deployed, still have some functionality to be added)
 * Credits (created, deployed, needs documentation)
 * For (recreated)
 * Forum (created, based on input and sandboxes of Hide Head Turtle and Falzar FZ)
 * Forum/header (updated, added error-checking)
 * Forum/nav (created, again based on input and sandboxes of Hide Head Turtle and Falzar FZ)
 * Hide Factbox (created, deployable, needs documentation)
 * Infobox video game (renamed, cleaned up)
 * Lang and Ln (created)
 * Monsters and Monster Cards (created)
 * Navigation (updated, added error-checking)
 * Negref banner (created as a Negref counterpart to SMW banner)
 * OCG-TCG card image (created, test-deployed, more tweaks to come)
 * OCG-TCG set table (adopted, working off-and-on to get to a deployable state)
 * R (created; going to move to Rarity so I can reuse the name "Template:R")
 * R from card number (created)
 * R from set abbr (created)
 * R from set number (created)
 * Repeat (created, deployable)
 * Ruby (created, deployable)
 * Set (created; still playing with it to figure out just how I want it to work)
 * SMW banner (created as an mbox notice for whether Semantic MediaWiki is currently enabled)
 * SMW page name (created to return a page's plaintext, "canonical" page name)
 * Unofficial name (created, deployed on over 5200 articles)
 * Unofficial lore (created as counterpart to Unofficial name)
 * Any number ("dozens" would probably not be an exaggeration) of templates, categories, and files (re)copied from Wikipedia (see also User:Dinoguy1000/wikimedia), many of which of the templates are now very widely used
 * Much of the highest-level categorization (starting at Category:Browse)
 * Lots of random Special:Specialpages log/report clearing
 * Order of Set Release (random work, tables)

To create

 * Template:Edition
 * Template:Ed

To refurbish

 * Star

To deprecate/delete
Replacement SVGs to the right. Note that some of them are probably incorrect, since I'm listing them from memory (feel free to correct any you notice), and some obviously haven't been uploaded yet.
 * File:ARG.png (File:Flag of Argentina.svg)
 * File:AUS.png (File:Flag of Australia.svg)
 * File:AUT.png (File:Flag of Austria.svg)
 * File:BLG.png (File:Flag of Belgium.svg)
 * File:BRZ.png (File:Flag of Brazil.svg)
 * File:CAN.png (File:Flag of Canada.svg)
 * File:CHL.png (File:Flag of Chile.svg)
 * File:CHN.png (File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg)
 * File:CRO.png (File:Flag of Croatia.svg)
 * File:CYP.png (File:Flag of Cyprus.svg)
 * File:CZR.png (File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg)
 * File:DEN.png (File:Flag of Denmark.svg)
 * File:EST.png (File:Flag of Estonia.svg)
 * File:EUR.png (File:Flag of Europe.svg)
 * File:FCN.png (File:Flag of Quebec.svg)
 * File:FIN.png (File:Flag of Finland.svg)
 * File:FRN.png (File:Flag of France.svg)
 * File:GER.png (File:Flag of Germany.svg)
 * File:GRE.png (File:Flag of Greece.svg)
 * File:HKG.png (File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg)
 * File:HUN.png (File:Flag of Hungary.svg)
 * File:IRL.png (File:Flag of Ireland.svg)
 * File:ITA.png, File:ITN.png (File:Flag of Italy.svg)
 * File:JPN.png (File:Flag of Japan.svg)
 * File:LAT.png (File:Flag of Latvia.svg)
 * File:LUX.png (File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg)
 * File:MEX.png (File:Flag of Mexico.svg)
 * File:MYA.png (File:Flag of Malaysia.svg)
 * File:NOR.png (File:Flag of Norway.svg)
 * File:NTH.png (File:Flag of .svg)
 * File:NZL.png (File:Flag of New Zealand.svg)
 * File:PHI.png (File:Flag of the Philippines.svg)
 * File:POL.png (File:Flag of Poland.svg)
 * File:POR.png (File:Flag of Portugal.svg)
 * File:RSA.png (File:Flag of South Africa.svg)
 * File:RUS.png (File:Flag of Russia.svg)
 * File:SAU.png (File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg)
 * File:SIN.png (File:Flag of Singapore.svg)
 * File:SKR.png (File:Flag of South Korea.svg)
 * File:SPN.png (File:Flag of Spain.svg)
 * File:SKA.png (File:Flag of Slovakia.svg)
 * File:SVA.png (File:Flag of Slovenia.svg)
 * File:SWE.png (File:Flag of Sweden.svg)
 * File:SWZ.png (File:Flag of Switzerland.svg)
 * File:TAI.png (File:Flag of Taiwan.svg)
 * File:THI.png (File:Flag of Thailand.svg)
 * File:TUR.png (File:Flag of Turkey.svg)
 * File:UKM.png (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg)
 * File:USA.png (File:Flag of the United States.svg)
 * Also, the "Flag of *.png" flags

To do

 * Keep expanding the real-world timeline
 * Look more closely at the w:c:avatar:Template:Icons system
 * Look more closely at Portal to see if it can use anything from PortalDeck and PortalOmni, then start switching stuff over

Haiku

 * Manga, anime...
 * Card effects come and go, as
 * might a summer breeze


 * Motorbikes and cards
 * do not seem like they'd mix well.
 * First Ride incomplete.

Other stuff
Stop says the red light, go says the green Wait says the yellow light, twinkling in between. KNEEL, SAYS THE DEMON LIGHT WITH ITS EYE OF COAL SAURON﻿ KNOWS YOUR LICENSE PLATE AND STARES INTO YOUR SOUL [src&#93;

Card lists
Note: I'm probably going to just start from scratch; I've learned *a lot* about template coding since I created these.

Colors for rows:

Here's a test of some card list templates for users to use to show what and how many cards they have.

Todo

 * Improve formatting and styling
 * TOTAL column bg should be a different color
 * totals should be bold
 * Allow user-specified styling (pretty simple to do, I hope...)
 * Default and user-specified even- and odd-row styles? (how will it work with auto-hiding rows?)
 * Add set total row (must be done set-by-set... ugh.)
 * Implement hidden rows and columns ... (hidden columns work all-or-none for a given set)
 * when no copies of a card are owned (only in row, not in boosterrow or promorow (which will be replaced by row anyways))
 * No specific column naming (e.g. col1, col2, col3... instead of mu, m1, su, etc.)
 * for more specific collection nuances (e.g. Magic vs. Spell) (partially done... main and region headers play nice, as does row) (hmm... I've got to rework it, see above)
 * Ultimate Rares get their own rows (and/or sections) (actually, no set has magic/spell and UtRs (at least in the TCG, not sure about the OCG), so I can reuse the appropriate columns). How about errata/misprint cards?
 * Test thoroughly (i.e. make template for several sets, use own collection for a basis)
 * Move templates out of sandbox when done testing
 * Make a template for every set
 * English-region
 * Booster (and SE and SP) sets
 * Reprint sets
 * Duelist packs
 * Videogame sets
 * Tournament/Premium packs
 * Duelist League sets
 * Championship sets
 * Any other promo sets
 * Japanese-region
 * see above
 * any others

Rowtest
One column for number of cards, set number row excluded


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One column for number of cards, set number row included


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Two columns for number of cards (unlimited versus first editions), one total column, set number row excluded


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Two columns for number of cards (unlimited versus first editions), one total column, set number row included


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Two columns for number of cards (magic versus spell), one total column, set number row excluded


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Two columns for number of cards (magic versus spell), one total column, set number row included


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