Talk: AchillesAndTortoise

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Hullo, Achilles! I'm just dropping in to congratulate you on the fantastic work you've done with the Link's Awakening-related articles... They are no longer stub-y thanks to you! Keep up with the great additions, and we hope to see more of your work around here. Take care! Dany36 19:58, 21 January 2011 (EST)

I'll second that. IMO, the GameBoy-Zelda-related articles are the ones that require the most attention at this moment, and it feels like they're getting the opposite. I was beginning to feel like that fixing them was all up to me. =S But that's no longer the case thanks to you, Achilles. Your contributions are much, much appreciated. — Hylian King ^[*] 14:29, 23 January 2011 (EST)

Thanks! Just one question: should I respond to messages here on my talk page, or yours? I responded to Dany36 on her talk page, but maybe you do things differently on this wiki? --AchillesAndTortoise 14:37, 23 January 2011 (EST)

The ZW staff generally like us to keep discussions on one single talk page for organizational purposes. If you want to reply to something that's been said on your talk page, just go ahead and comment under it. More likely than not the person you're talking to will see it in the Recent Changes, if they don't already have your page on their watchlist.

By the way, I just saw your comment on Dany's talk page. In case you haven't noticed, the Oracle Series has consumed pretty much all my time here at ZW. In fact, I myself had some things in mind of the Linked Game page (and the Oracle Series page for that matter). When you're done with LA, we might be able to work together on some things, if it interests you. — Hylian King ^[*] 14:51, 23 January 2011 (EST)

Sure, that would be excellent. If I get my real life work done early enough, I may even be able to finish with LA today. The information is mostly all there in fact, I just have to organise it properly and cull the irrelevent and false statements. I don't really have any specific ideas about what to do with the Linked Games, except I suppose a list (or table) of all the secrets would be a good place to start. --AchillesAndTortoise 14:57, 23 January 2011 (EST)

Great! I look forward to it. As for the secrets, a lot can be said about each one. I was personally thinking more just plain text, something like this:

Library Secret

Heard From: Ghini

Location: Western Coast
Told To: Old Man
Location: Eyeglass Island Library (past)
Reward: Upgraded Shield

In an abandoned home on the Western Coast resides a lone Ghini. This Ghini claims to have once been a librarian at the Eyeglass Island Library in Labrynna. While working at the library, he claims he heard a terrible secret. He says this secret is what transformed him into a Ghini, suggesting that the librarians made away with him for his knowledge of the mysterious secret. To "set things right", the Ghini tells Link the secret. If Link then tells the secret to the Old Man in the back room of the library in past-age, the Old Man will offer Link the Mirror Shield for his silence.

Note: The Old Man merely upgrades Link's shield. Therefore, if Link has only the Level-1 Shield at the time of telling the secret, he will instead receive the Level-2 Iron Shield.

So that's the kind of thing I had in mind, with references of course. The "show" template is just so that I don't clutter your page up, but there's an idea... 08:13, 24 January 2011 (EST)

Oh yes, that looks excellent. :D --AchillesAndTortoise 08:23, 24 January 2011 (EST)

Well, now that I have time on my hands, I went ahead and did pretty much everything that needed to be done, so there's only the actual secrets left to do now. I hope you don't mind. The page is far from perfect, though, as my writing style gets rather sloppy and awkward when I work on one thing for too long. :P Please make any improvements you can.

Um, as for the secrets... I take Seasons, you take Ages? Whatever works for you... — Hylian King ^[*] 10:44, 27 January 2011 (EST)

Sure. (I'm assuming you mean Linked-Seasons for you, Linked-Ages for me. Ie the game the secrets originate in, not the one where the items are gotten.) I also want to do a bit more work on the LA articles, but now I will have a bit more time on my hands than I did the past few days. --AchillesAndTortoise 12:09, 27 January 2011 (EST)

Certainly. You just keep right on doing that. I don't think I need to tell you that you're not obliged to do anything for me (or anyone else). Just do what you can, when ya feel like it ;) — Hylian King ^[*] 13:18, 27 January 2011 (EST)

Also, I fiddled with your Sandbox content a little. I replaced the Hide template with Show, since it's a lot more flexible/powerful. And I find a mix of a table and text looks quite a bit nicer. I think this idea is a lot better than my last one... So that's it. I'm done bothering you now :P — Hylian King ^[*] 18:00, 27 January 2011 (EST)

Cool! I have much to learn about wiki formatting. One comment: perhaps instead of "transmitter" you could use "sender" or something? "Transmitter" sounds like they're a radio station. --AchillesAndTortoise 18:04, 27 January 2011 (EST)

Well, for now it's just your sandbox, you can do what you like with it. I searched quite a bit for a better word but transmitter was the best thing I could come up with at the time (it makes more sense in French, which is where I got the idea from, but I digress). In hindsight, I suppose something like "Secret Teller" makes more sense.

If ever you have any questions (about wikimedia formatting or otherwise), I'd be glad to answer them as best I can. Although, I admit that I myself still have much to learn... — Hylian King ^[*] 21:19, 27 January 2011 (EST)