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<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Mk_4_.282022.07.29">Mk 4 (2022.07)</span></h1>
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Hello everyone, I'm the de facto WMU Chief Admin (<a href="/index.php?title=User:Juckto" title="User:Juckto">ʖ̇uckto</a>). We need to chat about Mk4 vs WMU. (There's a *long* Insider you may want to read first if you haven't already, link below)
<p>This archive was created from an HTTrack dump of the old Warmachine University, originally maintained by the Line of Sight team—especially Juckto, to whom we owe our sincere gratitude.</p>
</p><p>Jaden (from the LOS team) and I have known about Mk4 for a while now, and have talked about what it will mean for WMU. As most of you probably know, the LOS team have decided to move on from WMH. What you didn't know is that I'm in pretty much the same boat (mainly because I've moved to a town with zero meta). 
 
</p><p>Secondly, Jaden and I look at PP's plan for the existing model range and the Unlimited Format, and while it sounds good we feel that it will effectively freeze mk3 models 'in amber'. So we figure why not freeze WMU now?
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<p>So that leaves WMU with a choice 
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<ol><li> We archive the existing WMU as-is, probably by turning off everyone's editing privileges. WMU will become a repository of mk3 rules for anyone who wants to continue playing "old WMH". 
<dl><dd> Currently this is my preference and Jaden's preference. </dd>
<dd> Setting up a new website for a mk4 wiki will be left up to you guys, the mk4 players.  </dd></dl></li>
<li> All the existing WMU articles and special abilities are *overwritten* with mk4 Legacy/Unlimited versions, and new pages created for mk4 new models.</li>
<li> All the existing WMU articles and special abilities are *moved* to a different namespace on the wiki, to make space for mk4 Legacy/Unlimited versions.
<dl><dd> This is a giant headache of work, by the way. There's not only a thousand+ model pages to move, there's over 2000 templates for the special abilities that would also need to move, and the categories ... ugh. </dd></dl></li>
<li> WMU is taken offline.
<dl><dd> Setting up a new website for a mk4 wiki will be left up to you guys, the mk4 players. </dd></dl></li></ol>
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<p>Much as I like to think that I "own" WMU and I can go with option 1 with complete carte blanche, I don't and I can't.  So, ummmm, convince me and Jaden to choose a different option ...? 
</p><p>PS with me stepping down as chief admin, the role defaults to my backups, AkoSi Nosaj and Esben Heick
</p><p>PPS The Insider <a class="external free" href="https://home.privateerpress.com/.../26/warmachine-big-news/" rel="nofollow">https://home.privateerpress.com/.../26/warmachine-big-news/</a>
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<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_Us">Contact Us</span></h1>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_Us">Contact Me</span></h1>
<p>There are many different ways you can contact us:
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<ul><li> Add a new section to this Talk Page</li>
Please send me an email (refer to the <a href="https://wiki.warmahordes.net/index.php/Warmachine_University_Archive:About">Imprint</a>)</ul></li></ul>
<li> Post something on our <a class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/warmachine.university/" rel="nofollow">Facebook group page</a></li>
<li> To contact a specific administrator:
<ul><li> Find the admin on <a class="external text" href="../indexe179.html?title=Special:ListUsers&amp;group=sysop" rel="nofollow">the list of current administrators</a></li>
<li> From there, go to their Talk page. If they're willing to be contacted, they will have provided contact details.</li></ul></li></ul>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Changing_the_Main_Page">Changing the Main Page</span></h1>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Changing_the_Main_Page">Changing the Main Page</span></h1>
<p>This section is to discuss the layout and content of the main page itself.
<p>This section is to discuss the layout and content of the main page itself.
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<p>The link to the Facebook group is outdated. I changed it on this talk page, but it would help contributors find the group if the link was updated on the main page itself. --<a class="new" href="User_QuantumOmega.html?title=User:QuantumOmega&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="User:QuantumOmega (page does not exist)">QuantumOmega</a> (<a class="new" href="User_talk_QuantumOmega.html?title=User_talk:QuantumOmega&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="User talk:QuantumOmega (page does not exist)">talk</a>) 18:29, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 
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<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="General_chat">General chat</span></h1>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="General_chat">General chat</span></h1>
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</p><p>Any way we can get a mobile friendly theme added? site is a pain to use on mobile.
 
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Spells_Formatting_Question">Spells Formatting Question</span></h3>
<p>I've noticed that the spells section of the various Warcasters/Warlocks is inconsistant, some using a table and some not. While not a problem normally, it seems to cause a weird formatting issue in some cases (<a href="/index.php?title=Iona_the_Unseen" title="Iona the Unseen">Iona1</a>'s Phantasm spell in particular.) Is there a reason for this besides having to edit all the spells and casters to conform to a single format?
<a href="/index.php?title=User:TerraBlight" title="User:TerraBlight">TerraBlight</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:TerraBlight" title="User talk:TerraBlight">talk</a>) 19:10, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
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<dl><dd> They're in the process of being changed to the table format. There's actually a duplication process going on, where a 2nd spell template is setup, then casters are switched over to the new template then, when all the casters are switched, the 2nd template is moved to replace the original. As you can probably imagine, it's a big task. </dd>
<dd> Sounds like Iona1 got caught in the crossfire, let me go check it out.</dd>
<dd> <a href="/index.php?title=User:Juckto" title="User:Juckto">juckto</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:Juckto" title="User talk:Juckto">talk</a>) 19:14, 31 March 2019 (UTC)</dd></dl>
<dl><dd><dl><dd> Man, that was fast! I figured as much but had to ask. I'd offer to help, but I don't have easy access to all the info and I'm not terribly familiar with the editing format here yet. Glad it was an easy fix!</dd>
<dd> <a href="/index.php?title=User:TerraBlight" title="User:TerraBlight">TerraBlight</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:TerraBlight" title="User talk:TerraBlight">talk</a>) 19:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)</dd></dl></dd></dl>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Report_a_Bug">Report a Bug</span></h1>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Report_a_Bug">Report a Bug</span></h1>
<p>This section is to report anything, anywhere, that you spotted on the wiki that you think needs fixing.
<p>This section is to report anything, anywhere, that you spotted on the wiki that you think needs fixing.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Linking_to_this_site">Linking to this site</span></h3>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Linking_to_this_site">Linking to this site</span></h3>
<p>For whatever reason, one MUST go through the main page <a class="external free" href="../../index.html" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.warmahordes.net</a> and than click on the link there to get to any other page. Direct linking does not work.
<p>For whatever reason, one MUST go through the main page <a class="external free" href="../../index.html" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.warmahordes.net</a> and than click on the link there to get to any other page. Direct linking does not work.
</p><p><a class="new" href="User_Kensai.html?title=User:Kensai&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="User:Kensai (page does not exist)">Kensai</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:Kensai" title="User talk:Kensai">talk</a>), 20. July 2018
 
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Password_Reset">Password Reset</span></h3>
<p>Forgotten password, and trying to reset brings up "Error sending mail: Unknown error in PHP's mail() function." which seems like a bigger problem than me just forgetting what email address I linked the account to...
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<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Request_a_Feature">Request a Feature</span></h1>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Request_a_Feature">Request a Feature</span></h1>
<p>Since we're still setting up this wiki, there are a lot of things that users would like to have that the sysadmin hasn't installed yet. This is the best place to mention them.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Warcaster_.26_other_PP_games">Warcaster &amp; other PP games</span></h3>
<p>Can we consider adding sections for PP's other games, in particular Warcaster Neo-Mechanika? The game has an overlapping community, fundamentally similar design philosophy, and is literally in the same universe as Warmachine. It would be nice to have a single repository for all of PP's Warmachine-related stuff. (Jaxck 01.2021)
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Banner_Picture">Banner Picture</span></h3>
<p>Can we add a banner picture at the top of the main page?  Right now it's rather bland and unattractive.  I've uploaded a suitable picture here (Edit - File deleted as of 2018.10) -  <a href="Special_Contributions/Praetordave.html" title="Special:Contributions/Praetordave">Praetordave</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:Praetordave" title="User talk:Praetordave">talk</a>)  <small><span style="color:grey; white-space:nowrap;"><i>(please sign your comments with ~~~~)</i></span></small>
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<dl><dd> I'm not super keen on having a banner that's taken directly from PP. I know that we use their imagary all the time for model pictures, but this feels a bit different given that it's huge and going to be emblazaned all over our Main Page; I feel it could easily be misconstrued as we're presenting it as our own artwork.</dd>
<dd> Also, we had a banner/logo discussion ages ago on the Facebook group (<a class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/battlecollege/permalink/1227469427272255/" rel="nofollow">Link</a>). It isn't on here yet because Kyle was supposed to add it to the top menu (right where the 'missing pic-logo' symbol is), and hasn't got round to it yet. </dd>
<dd> Anyway, I guess we could have a banner plus that logo, but as I said above, maybe not <i>that</i> banner. - <a href="/index.php?title=User:Juckto" title="User:Juckto">juckto</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:Juckto" title="User talk:Juckto">talk</a>) 19:04, 7 December 2016 (EST)</dd></dl>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Logo">Logo</span></h3>
<p>We have a logo (<a class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/battlecollege/permalink/1227469427272255/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). How do we get it onto this page? <a href="/index.php?title=User:Juckto" title="User:Juckto">juckto</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:Juckto" title="User talk:Juckto">talk</a>) 20:38, 14 June 2016 (EDT)
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<dl><dd> Looks like you <a class="external text" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_change_the_logo.3F">edit the settings file</a>, and probably want to upload the image file to somewhere on this server. <a href="/index.php?title=User:610" title="User:610">610</a> (<a class="new" href="User_talk_610.html?title=User_talk:610&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="User talk:610 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) 00:20, 21 June 2016 (EDT)</dd></dl>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Dynamic_Page_Listing_.28DPL.29">Dynamic Page Listing (DPL)</span></h3>
<ul><li> Requested by: NeonChameleon</li>
<li> What it is: Allows you to find the "intersection" of multiple categories. More info at (?)</li>
<li> Why we need it:
<ul><li> So we can sort "who has pathfinder" by faction, etc.</li>
<li> So we can set up auto-themes (when they're released)</li></ul></li>
<li> What we need to get it running: (?)</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Parsar_Functions">Parsar Functions</span></h3>
<ul><li> Requested by: juckto &amp; Ibidem</li>
<li> Essentially, it allows us to create templates with "if/else" statements. More info at <a class="external text" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions">Wikipedia article on ParserFunctions</a></li>
<li> Why we need it: For statblock templates.
<ul><li> Say, if one model has a FOCUS stat and one doesn't, currently we need two different templates (if you try to use just one template, it'll have "FOCUS = No input provided" on one of the models).</li>
<li> We don't want that, we want one template which is smart enough to not display anything for FOCUS if the user doesn't input FOCUS.</li>
<li> Similarly for models with no ranged weapons needing a RAT input, models which aren't units require a UNIT SIZE input, etc etc</li></ul></li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="quality_of_life_update_-_sidebar_addition">quality of life update - sidebar addition</span></h3>
<ul><li> Requested by: GeekyGami</li>
<li> add sections after "Warmachine" "Hordes" and "Mini-Factions" but above "The Vaults". The sections should be titled "Riot Quest" "Company of Iron" and "Extreme Colossal Wrestling" perhaps "Fallen Corvis" as well.</li>
<li> Why we need it: as a quality of life improvement for quick navigation.</li>
<li> Links to the rule PDF's for each of these sub games could be made available upon link. That way players of those games can get to those perspective pages without having to go through a faction menu and scrolling and finding an entry.</li></ul>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Official_Forums_backup">Official Forums backup</span></h3>
<ul><li> Requested by: Sleet01</li>
<li> Official forums are going away forever (bar some hobby threads and the Rules Questions) on Monday, March 1.  I may be able to scrape some stuff; any interest in hosting it here?</li>
<li> Why we need it: reference material, the occasional laugh</li></ul>
<p><a href="/index.php?title=User:Sleet01" title="User:Sleet01">Sleet01</a> (<a class="new" href="User_talk_Sleet01.html?title=User_talk:Sleet01&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="User talk:Sleet01 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) 15:39, 27 February 2017 (EST)
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="WikiNewb.27s_Request">WikiNewb's Request</span></h3>
<ul><li> I wanted to add a redirect for "Storm Trooper" to "Storm Troopers" but it occurs to me that perhaps a lot of models could use redirects for accidental plural-&gt;single spellings. I tried manually adding a redirect but lacked permissions. Perhaps this could benefit from some minor automation?
<ul><li> Once your account is one day old and made 12 edits, you'll automatically be granted permissions to create new pages. Feel free to edit <a href="/index.php?title=Sandbox" title="Sandbox">Sandbox</a>. <a href="/index.php?title=User:Juckto" title="User:Juckto">juckto</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:Juckto" title="User talk:Juckto">talk</a>) 00:53, 27 June 2021 (UTC)</li></ul></li></ul>
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