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[Swert]

Welcome to the Official BIONICLEsector01 Wiki and HEROsector01 Wiki Topic. All discussion, suggestions, and questions about the BS01 Wiki and HS01 Wiki go in this topic. This topic will also serve as a FAQ.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• What is a Wiki?
  
  A wiki is a site where ANYONE can edit. Anyone with internet access and a free account can edit, create, and link pages. An excellent example is Wikipedia, a popular reference site with thousands of entries. Anyone can edit and contribute to the wiki; make and modify articles, upload images, and help with the BIONICLE project!
• Who are the Staff Members of the BS01 Wiki and HS01 Wiki?
  
  The Wiki Staff Members are the members who are tasked with operating the BS01 Wiki and HS01 Wiki. They are the ones who block vandals, protect pages, and perform a multitude of other actions that ensure that the Wikis run smoothly. There are 11 staff members total:
  
  • Swert - Administrator/Owner
  • Erebus - ??? (Title TBD)
  • Bionicleman - BS01 General Manager
  • Dorek - HS01 General Manager
  • Cholie
  • Master of the Rahkshi
  • KZN02
  • Grant-Sud
  • Shadow Kurahk
  • ~Argentum~ - HS01 only
  • Aanchir - HS01 only
• How do I know if an article is deemed important enough to be created?
  
  Great question. If the character/location/object has a name and has been referred to in the story at least 3 times, then it can be created. If not, please take it to the Articles for Creation page so that the community can vote for the creation of the page. Also take note of the Articles for Deletion page as well, where you can vote to delete or save articles.
• What is the Community Portal?
  
  The Community Portal is the place where we wish for the members to come together and help produce a more prosperous community. Be it voting on the future safety of an article, or what articles need the most work, this is the place where you can find links to it all.
• Where can I find help?
  
  You can find help by visiting the Help page where you can find guides and tutorials on editing, coding, and navigating the wiki.
• Where may I ask for help?
  
  You can ask for help at the Help Desk where your questions can get answered by experienced members.
• Where can I find information about the rules and guidelines of BS01?
  
  You may find the rules and guidelines at the BS01 Policy page. Please follow these policies to make the wiki a safer and faster place to visit. You will find specific policies about different topics there as well.
• Where may I be able to offer suggestions, opinions, and/or criticism about the wiki?
  
  You may offer your ideas at the Member Opinions Hub. As always, please remember to be constructive and polite when adding your thoughts to the page. Your ideas will always be taken into consideration by the members and the staff.
• Where may I be able to complain about the Wiki Staff?
  
  You may be able to issue complaints towards the Wiki Staff at the Complaint Center, a branch of the Members Opinions Hub. Please note that that anybody who posts here shall be posting in a neutral stance. Do note that staff members will not remove complaints unless they are non-constructive.
• What is the Entertainment Hub?
  
  The Entertainment Hub is where you can find new contests and events for you to participate in. Occasionally, new contests will be held to change the appearance of certain pages/templates. If you ever feel bored from editing, coding, or navigating the endless pages of the wiki, make sure to check to check the Entertainment Hub and participate.

Feel free to ask away on any topics you would like to inquire about. You can also PM me about certain things regarding the wiki here.

Edited by Swert, Oct 14 2011 - 07:11 PM.

[Meiko]

Wait, but you didn't say much about HEROsector01. I'm glad we got a Hero Factory wiki, because otherwise there wouldn't have been much to do on the wiki. Thank you Swert!

[Swert]

I'll eventually edit this to talk about HS01, it was copied from the old topic, where we didn't have much time to talk about HS01 -Swert

[Kakaru]

I'm curious as to who the other two staff members are. You listed nine of eleven...?

[Swert]

Removed a few inactive names, forgot to change the number. Kraahlix is one of those : D

[Dorek]

Maek ER purplz

But yeah, s'a good general reference. We need more people over on HS01.

[Varaka]

I've probably said this before somewhere, but now that BZP is back, I'll probably be more active on BS01.

[Swert]

I've probably said this before somewhere, but now that BZP is back, I'll probably be more active on BS01.

WOOT!

Welcome back, Varaka

[Dorek]

Oh you better be, punk. Now get a proper MSN account so we can chat.

[Creep Of The Deep]

I'm getting tired of the same Makuhero City variants as skins from HS01. Can't we do something different :/?

[Meiko]

I've probably said this before somewhere, but now that BZP is back, I'll probably be more active on BS01.

Come on over to HS01! There's a ton of stuff to do, as BIONICLEsector01 is lacking in new information to add.

[Aldian]

Let me start off by saying, it is really good to see BZPower back up and running; it now gives me something to do. Anyway, back to the topic. I actually had an idea a while back when the forums went down, but I had no idea how to contact anyone that ran BS01, so I couldn't get in contact with anyone.. Anyway, here's my suggestion.

In the Bionicle universe, one of the biggest things is Destiny. Hey, it's one of the three virtues. But, on each profile, at least for the toa, there isn't much about their destiny, or if they even achieved it yet. Why don't we add that to each Toa profile? You know how we have that box underneath each picture of each individual? It says stuff like this: Kanohi: Blah, Tool: Blah Blah, Status: Blah blah blah, Etc... Why don't we add to those boxes? As far as the toa profiles, I'll use Tahu as an example, Destiny: Awaken Mata Nui, Destiny Status: achieved.

We don't know every toa's destiny, but it will give us more questions to ask Greg. As far as small toa roles, we can ask him what their destinies were. Like Lesovikk, or whoever he doesn't really have BIG plans for, such as Takanuva. I mean, we're looking for more information to update profiles, why wouldn't it be a good idea? Considering it is a wiki, shouldn't it already have that information? Heh:P Of course, with some Toa it will be Destiny: Unknown, Destiny Status: Unknown/TBD/ What have you. But, it will give us new things to add to the profiles. I like the idea.

Anyway, thoughts?

[~Argentum~]

I definitely got the short straw here.


~Argentum~

[Varaka]

I've probably said this before somewhere, but now that BZP is back, I'll probably be more active on BS01.

Come on over to HS01! There's a ton of stuff to do, as BIONICLEsector01 is lacking in new information to add.

Isn't liking Hero Factory a prerequisite?

[Chols]

Yeah, we try to make sure all our HS01 staff are HF fans. Varaka will likely continue to be just a BS01 moderator.

Unless you wanna get into Hero Factory. That's cool with me. ;D

In the Bionicle universe, one of the biggest things is Destiny. Hey, it's one of the three virtues. But, on each profile, at least for the toa, there isn't much about their destiny, or if they even achieved it yet. Why don't we add that to each Toa profile? You know how we have that box underneath each picture of each individual? It says stuff like this: Kanohi: Blah, Tool: Blah Blah, Status: Blah blah blah, Etc... Why don't we add to those boxes? As far as the toa profiles, I'll use Tahu as an example, Destiny: Awaken Mata Nui, Destiny Status: achieved.

Anyway, thoughts?

It's quite rare that a Toa's destiny is explicitly mentioned. Not to mention, all characters in Bionicle have a destiny, not just Toa. To provide a solid description of each character's destiny would be an unnecessarily massive undertaking, especially when the destinies are often vague.

By a regular definition of "destiny", virtually everything that a person does would have been pre-ordained. Thus what is known of destiny can be inferred from their history section. I don't see any benefit in putting a destiny section on the templates.

I definitely got the short straw here.


~Argentum~

We'll add you to the post, don't worry. It needs updating for HS01 anyways.

[Meiko]

I've probably said this before somewhere, but now that BZP is back, I'll probably be more active on BS01.

Come on over to HS01! There's a ton of stuff to do, as BIONICLEsector01 is lacking in new information to add.

Isn't liking Hero Factory a prerequisite?

Not necessarily. Some of what I do that you can surely do is hunt down images from HeroFactory.LEGO.com, HeroRecon.LEGO.com, and a lot of the Microsites. There's always something to contribute with.

[Lyichir]

I thought I'd just post here to reiterate my desire for a NinjaSector01. Someone needs to establish a well-moderated Ninjago wiki before the top resource on the subject becomes some poorly-moderated Wikia garbage. And having the groundwork in place before next year's TV series gets into gear would be a godsend. Pleeeeease, Swert?

[Dorek]

The problem with that is finding people for it. HS01 worked really well because a lot of us (mostly me and Cholie, but anyway) had an interest in Hero Factory, and knew enough to muster up the requisite enthusiasm that was needed to help HS01 take off. Swert didn't have to hire too many new staffers (those two new slaves workers excluded) because he knew us already, he trusted us and our ability to work.

A big block in the way of creating a new wiki (server space aside; I'm enjoying my free rein with HS01, thank you every much) is that I and most of the other staff members don't know that much about Ninjago. It would be a lot more clumsy in execution, unless Swert was willing to hire and train a brand new team. Doable? Perhaps. Worth the effort involved? Not particularly. It's definitely a thought (and I know Ninjago is super popular) but it's not quite something we have the resources for just yet.

Edited by Dorek, Oct 24 2011 - 12:33 PM.

[Meiko]

I think that a wiki for LEGO Ninjago would be a good idea, but I don't think that now is the time. The staff are still working on getting HEROsector01 finished and well-underway before they can start thinking of any next steps. The best way to get the idea to be worked on would be to help out HEROsector01 so that all of its needs are covered. As Dorek said, the staff don't have the resources yet. I'd love to help if we do get a Ninjago wiki, but we'd need more help than just us. Also, Ninjago doesn't really have a good step-by-step story, and is more of a sequence through all of the episodes. That wouldn't be very helpful in my opinion, because it would start out with incomplete information, resulting in a lot of stub pages.

It's a good idea, but has a lot of problems that get in the way.

One thing that could be worked on a lot though, is the Wikipedia article for Ninjago (then again, all of Wikipedia's articles related to LEGO need a lot of help).

HEROsector01 would be a good place to help right now, so that we can think about other things after that (Though it won't be any time soon, sadly).

[Raph]

will BS01 / HS01 returns? it's down...

[Dorek]

Oh god they're catching on!

It'll be back up soon-ish. The sites themselves are there, we're just slowly re-adding the saved content that we have.

[Raph]

same old Dorek) calm down/ just asking bro.

[Chols]

He was joking about the "they're catching on" part.

We're getting closer to completion now. HS01 is nearly done, but BS01's gonna take some time. :|

[Norik The Blood Elf]

I nearly screamed out when I saw all the BS01 pages down. I was worried there for a sec.

[Chols]

We're still working on restoring content. We plan to launch some group efforts later this week to try and get it done.

[Dreadheart]

I'm guessing that it's due to the...technical difficulties that I haven't been able to register in BS01 (either that, or I really don't know how to work a computer). I would like to know, is it possible at the moment to register, and if so, how?

-Void

[fishers64]

So, once the whole mess of BS01 returns to functionality, how does one join it? I am confused on this matter.

[Dorek]

I'm guessing that it's due to the...technical difficulties that I haven't been able to register in BS01 (either that, or I really don't know how to work a computer). I would like to know, is it possible at the moment to register, and if so, how?

-Void

So, once the whole mess of BS01 returns to functionality, how does one join it? I am confused on this matter.

Might as well address these both at the same time =P.

Technically, we can open registration at any time, it's just easier not to. If anybody would like an account, you may PM a staff member (such as myself, or Cholie) with your desired username and password (which can, of course, be changed at any time), and we will construct the account for you, and give you the necessary details to access it.

If you are content with waiting until registration opens (waiting? Bah. Load of nonsense, that is), a registration link will appear at the log-in prompt, and we might go about adding a direct link on the front page as well.

Edited by Dorek, Dec 31 2011 - 03:20 PM.

[Koro-Chaos]

Nice new Favicon. The Ignika always kind of irked me, never matching the peaceful flow of monobook.... Now The Three Virtues on sky-blue
Matches it perfectly.

- - K.C. - -

[-Bionicleman-]

So as you may have noticed, we are still missing a fair share of pages. Thankfully, the staff have located a handful of caches of pages we don't have, but restoring them takes time.
In order to expedite the process, I am requesting that you email me at BioniclemanonBS01@gmail.com if you are interested in helping.
What I will then do is give you a few of the caches I have saved on my computer, and it will then be your job to restore the pages. Please note that the caches will only contain what the page looked like, with very little formatting. It is therefore important that if you volunteer, you have a basic understanding of wiki formatting and code. Don't worry if you aren't a coding genius though, you just need to know how to set up links and images.
Meanwhile, I will return to trying to get User:Swert to upload more images. : D

[Toa of Italy]

I don't think I would be of much help (I'm fairly good with links, but terrible as far as images are concerned).

However, I have noticed that several pages in the Wanted Pages list actually have never existed. They're just the result of poor linking. The most common mistake is linking to a page using the plural of the title (ex. Toa Stone exists; Toa Stones doesn't). However, that plural title page is displayed in the list, even though it has only one or two other pages linking to it. That greatly increases missing page number.

And another thing: the pages from Chronist Wiki are displayed in the list, but the links are working and the pages do exist. Why are they there?

[Dorek]

On the former: That means that we most likely had a redirect for that at some point, and that it hasn't been recreated yet; alternatively (as per your example, since we tend not to redirect for plurals and the like) it means that on the manually recreated pages that the link went wrong somewhere. However, I'm not actually seeing many examples of it.

As for the de: links, I don't really know. The interwiki links show up similarly, but I don't actually quite know why it is.

[Kapak Toa of Space]

I'm not sure if this is in the right place but...
What is the size of BS01 approximately in gigabytes...and what would be an effective way to create an offline version?

[Meiko]

I'm not sure if this is in the right place but...
What is the size of BS01 approximately in gigabytes...and what would be an effective way to create an offline version?

I can't answer your first question, but I can tell you about the second. The problem with making an offline version of a wiki is that it will require updates every time you go online. A wiki is updated quite frequently, therefore an offline version could easily become difficult to make. I know, because I've tried to work that in when developing apps for The Ninjago Wiki.

[toa kopaka4372]

This may have already been asked, but are there any plans to put the winning stories of S&T Contest 6 on BS01? The winning entries from all the other contests were put, I don't see why not for this one. Besides, since the topic with the results is no longer pinned in the S&T Forum, finding the winning entries has become more difficult.

[Dorek]

We've given our thoughts on that matter several times, including on the podcast.

As the tl;dr version: given past experiences with contest winners, not having Greg Farshtey's final input makes me wary about adding the final stories to BS01.

If you want a more lengthy post on the subject, I can direct you to the (slightly melodramatic) reasoning I gave on BS01 here

[Zo'Tomana]

On approval from the BMan, I am reaching out to the BZP community for help...

 

Howdy all, if you search "User:Zo;Tomana/Histories" on BS01 you will find a page that (after expanding various show/hide buttons) contains a large amount of information about things from BS01's History. If you go up to the top, somewhat to the right you will see a bunch of links in purple text. Following the "Page Talk" link will take you to the History Talkpage where I have 3 projects in line to be added to the page. The problem is, I need quotes, I need information that I've missed, I need YOUR help to make these projects happen.

 

Lord Nektann has kindly agreed to work with me on the BS01 Civil War project (a very late chronicling effort), but any kind of information that you remember on that, on Operation: Restore All Content, or on the Event Log is very much welcome. Quotes about them are especially sought after, even if you are just giving me a comment you have about what the subject was or was like in your opinion.

 

If you have memories about any of these three projects, PM me what you can think of, and I will be sure to cite your contribution in my Thanks section (which I need to rewrite anyway!). If you can't remember anything about those three, but you have something to add concerning the other 11 (count them, 11) files on the Histories page, you can PM me about that too. Any and all help is appreciated.

 

Of special interest are: the 3 Talkpage projects (O:RAC, Event Log, and the Civil War),  the BS01 RHG, quotes and updates for the 2nd Great Transition.

 

Please PM me rather than post information here. Thank you very much for your time.

 

Here is a link to the History Page - http://biosector01.c...omana/Histories

Here is a link to the Talk Page - http://biosector01.c...omana/Histories

[LockmanCapulet]

Out of curiosity, why can't anyone register as a new user on BS01? When I tried to, it says that the action is restricted to administrators. I have been reading over a few things in the wiki, and have found some possible errors I'd like to discuss in one of the talk pages or possibly fix myself.

[Meiko]

Out of curiosity, why can't anyone register as a new user on BS01? When I tried to, it says that the action is restricted to administrators. I have been reading over a few things in the wiki, and have found some possible errors I'd like to discuss in one of the talk pages or possibly fix myself.

Apparently registration is still off on BS01, which is a real shame. I'd recommend PMing an admin like Swert to see if he can re-enable it or to make you an account.

[LockmanCapulet]

Apparently registration is still off on BS01, which is a real shame. I'd recommend PMing an admin like Swert to see if he can re-enable it or to make you an account.

 

Alright, I'll try that. thank you for the suggestion!