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Awesome site! The preceding unsigned comment was added by GreenieGobbie (talk • contribs).

Thanks! Glad you enjoy!

--Jamie 02:50, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Why 'Bad Characters' instead of 'Villians'? --Lollerkeet 09:13, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

That is a great question. I think I chose good vs. bad instead of heroes vs. villains to allow for people like "Aunt May" and "Uncle Ben" who are good people, but not necessarily "heroes".

It was a decision which I didn't think was better or worse than any other option at the time... :)

--Jamie 16:02, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Where can I find transcripts of comics? 2 Hi 3 Odd Gallery Bug 4 Optimizing the usage of DPL 5 character suggestions please!!!!

Where can I find transcripts of comics?

I would assume scanning the book onto the Internet is illegal, so I was wondering if there is a site with the words on it. Some of the stories sound interesting, but are not all covered here.

I don't believe word-for-word transcriptions are legal either. :(

I have never seen such a site in my meanderings on the web...

Sorry,

--Jamie 20:06, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I see. How about just the story, or even a list of characters? You guys do pretty good here, but there's a lot of comics you don't have, too.

We're working on it. Unfortunately, most people don't seem to want to do issue summaries (a shame, I think its the heart of the project), and those of us who do have limited time, and a lot of that is being consumed by other necessary tasks.

What books are you looking for? There are some more-specific sites on the web that have issue summaries (ie, Uncannyxmen.net has UXM issue summaries, and probably a lot of other x-books).

Also, feel free to pitch in and write summaries for issues you do have. We'll appreciate it.

--Squirrelloid 18:55, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't own any comics; not Marvel, at least. Specifically, I'm looking for Iron Man (all the volumes). I have to say, though, you guys did a great job with Amazing Spider-Man. Keep the Coffee Shop running! DMX 17:02, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Have you checked Tales of Suspense? #39 is the first Iron Man, and he has a story in that title till it ends (at which point Iron Man and the Sub-Mariner picks up, and after that his regular Iron Man series). --Squirrelloid 20:02, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi

let me start by saying u r my hero. I have ben through a lot in my life . at one point i wanted to die.But i started drawing.i made super heros i only have 4 of them but they each are made of me. i have nitro boy who can turn metal and unleash infanit amounts of heet.he lives w/ his mother who is hooked on drugs so while hes saving the world, he has to protect and take care of his family. then we have heat flash. think super man but based on heat.he is the third born out of fifteen. he is in a foster home who treets him like crap.and his problem is he has a delinquet record and no one trust him. then ghost Think Neo, anican skywalker, and static shock. he stays in an orfanage he trust no one. his problem his super since of humer and loud mouth. last but not least u got Darius Vhonjill Anthony Thomason he morphs to any animal he touchesthats all i came up w/4 know .i wana bring these characters to life and i wanted u to help me The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dvat (talk • contribs).

What kind of help were you looking for, Dvat?

--Nathan Elliott (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk • contribs • email) 16:59, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Odd Gallery Bug

Over at Marvel Comics Presents/Covers I've been experiencing what seems to be a bug with the Gallery code. I tried to add the cover for Comics:Marvel Comics Presents Vol 1 20, but it wouldn't show up on the page. I added several other covers and they all worked fine.

The image filename appears to be correct, as does all of the other formatting, but absolutely nothing is appearing on the gallery. If you want to check it out, it's between issues #18 and #21. My code is below if you want to check it. I would've asked this on the forums, but I kept getting a CGI error when attempting to register, so I'm trying it here. Thanks!

Image:Marvelcomicspresents 20.JPG [[Comics:Marvel Comics Presents Vol 1 20|Marvel Comics Presents #20]]

Cerebellum 15:53, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Looks like you just forgot the | (pipe) between the image name and the image description.

It seems to be working now. :)

Cheers!

--Jamie 04:47, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. Cerebellum 17:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Optimizing the usage of DPL

Hi folks, I'm PanSola, a Wikia Helper. I am dropping by to chat about DPL (Dynamic Page List) usage practices. This site is among one of the most popular Wikia wikis that use a large number of DPL calls, and as DPL queries can sometimes pose quit a load on the servers, being careful with the usage of DPL can help improve the general user experience at Wikia.

One of the most simple ways to reduce the demand of DPL on the servers is to enable caching of the results. The more often a page with DPL calls get viewed, the greater the effect caching has. And so on a popular wiki such as this one, enabling caching is likely to help reduce the server load quite a bit.

Unfortunately there is a downside: caching means the results won't immediately update when information on the wiki changes. Sometimes the information can be out of sync by several hours. If you are worried about technical accuracy, you can place a note warning the visitors "new changes may not be updated immediately". For mission-critical usages of DPL that are time-sensitive such that any delay is unacceptable, enabling caching wouldn't be a good idea.

I'll drop by again later with more tips on how to improve server performance via optimizing DPL usage. If you have any questions, concerns, or think it's a good idea but need help implementing the change, feel free to discuss here. If you need a fast response from me, please ping me on my talk page (but still keep the main discussion here, so everything is in one place). Thanks. (you can also check out more tips here). -User:PanSola^{(talk/history)} 21:58, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I think that most of the time, our DPL use can be cached without problem. In fact, I can't think of a spot where caching would cause a problem. How do we implement this?

--Nathan Elliott (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk • contribs • email) 16:55, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Heya, glad to know the above method is applicable here! To enable caching, just make sure to add this parameter:

allowcachedresults=true

in the DPL call. Official documentation on it is at [1].

Another thing to consider with DPL's, is "exactly how dynamic" is the list? If you have a page where the list only changes a tiny bit every other month, and it's a heavily visited page, then perhaps considering maintaining the list manually can reduce server load even further than enabling DPL cache. If it's a heavily utilized page by many people, then there's less fear of the page being out of date if maintained manually. Conversely, if it's a lightly visited page, then the benefits gained from doing a manual list is smaller, and with less people keeping an eye on the page it might not be updated as quickly. So it's up to you guys to decide which lists might be worth maintained manually, and with which pages/templates the benefits of the dynamic nature of the list is greater.

I'll drop by again sometime later again to check if you need help, and offer another tip (don't want to overwhelm you all at once d-: ). Let me know if you have any questions! -User:PanSola^{(talk/history)} 17:19, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

character suggestions please!!!!

Hi i'm currently working on a canvas that incorporates both marvel and DC characters however theres so many lol an I cant seem to think or decide!! could you please suggest some characters for me? I know its probably naff but the idea of the canvas was for there to be a sort of 'bridging' between marvel and DC like two really famous characters from each falling in love (sorry i'm a softy and a romantic!!) anyway can anyone give me some ideas of characters to include? pleeeaasssseee! Piglet1066 20:21, 21 June 2008 (UTC)