User talk:MrBlonde267

JSA: The Golden Age Pics
Can you get any other scans of characters from the JSA: The Golden Age mini-series to put into the bios files? thanks (VicGeorge2K9 13:56, May 17, 2010 (UTC))


 * Sure, no problem. I'm a like a more cool and awesome version of the scantron that does not prevent you from getting into college. I'll look through the pages and see which characters need it. Anytime you ever want me to go through a book and scan something for you, don't hesitate to ask.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 14:58, May 17, 2010 (UTC)

Main Page Character Accents
Beautiful! Very well done! We need to update our dudes on the Marvel side as soon as we're done promoting Iron Man 2. The bit you were missing was on MediaWiki:Monaco.js, all you had to do was switch the 'Batman' and 'Superman' there. Still, awesome job! :)

&mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 04:04, May 18, 2010 (UTC)

"Adopted" Elseworlds and stuff
In light on the recent article attacks on the disambiguation pages, I've got some questions about how to properly disambiguate Elseworlds that have been "adopted" into the 52 Multiverse. You see, WildStorm has everything called "(Earth-50)", but the other miniseries and elseworlds stories are a mixed bag. Earth-19, Earth-21, Earth-22, Earth-31 and Earth-32 all have some under the "Character (Earth-N)", and some under "Character (Miniseries/Elseworlds name)". Shouldn't there be a bit more consistency?

Also, something else: I haven't read either "JLA: The Nail" or "Another Nail". Do they share continuity? -- Tupka 217 14:35, May 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * This is the subject of a debate that has nearly torn the community apart. We have literally been arguing about this for years on the forums. I could point out the discussion boards if you ever want to flip through them. I always took the position that we should use the Elseworlds designations... i.e. Kal-L (Red Son) instead of Kal-L (Earth-30). It's also been a big deal with the Tangent characters. But that's controversial. Right now, the policy is that if they have a 52 designation we're using it... but we're considering the characters in their entirety. That means none of that crap about making distinctions between the elseworlds versions and the 52 versions and having them on separate pages. Where there are noticeable differences, we write down the differences on that single page. I don't know, what's your opinion? Do you have a preference? and yeah, Another Nail is the sequel to The Nail. we're inconsistent on the nailverse because we have yet to come up with a good naming convention for that whole thing.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 22:50, May 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * I figured there'd be earlier questions about this... I personally prefer "Earth-N", since it's been confirmed in several DC Nations that those Elseworlds are the 52-Earths.
 * But unrelated to that, shouldn't Bruce Wayne (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) at least be moved to Bruce Wayne (Earth-DKR)? -- Tupka 217 06:43, May 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * The counter-argument is that some of them are incompatible. For example, the Superman of Dark Knight Returns is killed in Countdown: Arena prior to his appearance in Dark Knight Strikes Again. But yeah... we should move all of those articles over to Earth-31 pretty much.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 15:29, May 21, 2010 (UTC)

Stanley And His Monster
Thanks for doing Stanley And His Monster/Covers. One of my favorites! Goblyn4evil 20:06, May 27, 2010 (UTC)

Bruce Thomas Wayne
Are you aware that Batman from the animated DCU is named Bruce Thomas Wayne on this site?


 * Butting in since I added the full name to Bruce Wayne (DCAU): his full name is given in . -- Tupka 217 18:05, June 12, 2010 (UTC)

Fan fic
You probably missed this one in the recent changes: Clark Kent (Earth-14). Can you delete it? -- Tupka 217 11:46, June 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah. The intention was innocent though and he seems like a nice enough guy so I sent him a link to the DC fanon wiki instead.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 17:36, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

New Earth -> Earth-Prime bot stuff finished
What next? --Profzoom 05:28, June 26, 2010 (UTC)

Lois Lane
You added Lois Lane (Earth-Teen Titans) to the Lois Lane disambig page. I've been going over my collection (missing about 15 issues, so I could have missed something) but I couldn't find her. What issue does she appear in? -- Tupka 217 09:38, June 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * I think it's issue #21. If you don't have that, I do, and I can find the picture, it's just on my other computer.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 23:19, July 6, 2010 (UTC)

Absolute Crisis
I'm sorry but i'm afraid that do not possess a copy of Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths

However, you can look up Earth designations Here and "http://www.marvunapp.com/master/earthteaz.htm#numbered"

Marvel and DC editor,, 23:50, September 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'll butt in here; I've got a copy of Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths, you said you needed help with page moving? (I can't respond for the next, oh, 14-15 hours after this post, but I'm free afterward). Firebird 14:39, September 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Don't need help with the moving just yet, only figuring out what needs to be moved. Supposedly it contains some sort of holy grail manual to the multiverse, that may or may not be reliable and may or may not be canon. Is there any way that you could post up a listing of the Pre-Crisis multiverse worlds it establishes?
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 17:03, September 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * I can write them down and send the list to you via e-mail or something, but I don't know how long it'll take; I can't scan the pages since my scanner's not working atm. Firebird 05:59, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

Broken categories
I don't know who's the tech/maintinence guy for this wiki, but you seem to be the de facto leader, so; some of the categories - Category:Red Hair and Category:Auburn Hair are the ones I'm particularly concerned with (and for some reason I cannot Wikiword them without categorization coming in, ugh) - are messed up; the first few names are sorted alphabetically just fine, but once it hits a point, it loses arrangement cohesion and the names are scattered randomly. It's been happening for a while now, I hadn't brought it up until now because I thought it would fix itself, but it hasn't. Firebird 14:39, September 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Linking categories requires a semi-colon at the front for some reason if you don't want it to categorize. I'll bring this up on the forums.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 17:03, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Problem solved, thanks to Nathan once again. Should be good once the server parses through.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 23:26, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Orion image
Re the Orion image, I just felt it would be useful to have an image of him in the gallery that displayed his alternative costume. But, by now I guess I'm used to being the only person on the planet who actually liked it...Tony ingram 21:06, September 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * There's nothing wrong with that costume, I uploaded a different image of it. In general we prefer to use virgin or interior images rather than cover art for character galleries, though. It's not really a rule, it just looks nicer.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 01:15, September 12, 2010 (UTC)

Oh, that one is better. Yes, that makes sense. Tony ingram 08:03, September 12, 2010 (UTC)

Administrator
I'm flatter to be voted as administrator, but I think I have enough responsibilities (especially on other wikis). So no thanks.

Oh, my user alias is meant to shorten as 'Dragon Yen,' but you can call me Fil (as in Phil, short for Filbert).--Drgyen 07:35, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's no problem at all. We were just discussing people who we thought might be capable, and you've been with us for a very long time.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 11:16, September 18, 2010 (UTC)

Other Media
May as well ask why there is not a "In Other Media" thing on Batman's page like there is on the rest of wikipedia. Does it hvae to be more complex than the simple one I typed up? If so, I can totally do that!


 * I'm sorry for the confusion, I should've explained in the edit summary. We do have one, you just weren't looking in the right place. Batman (Bruce Wayne) is our history of the main character in modern continuity. Batman is our more general article that has all of the different versions, and already has a section on other media here. (also, we're not wikipedia)
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 01:11, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

Impact Stuff
Hey, thanks for the work you're doing on the Impact pages. I've been trying to add some characters & summaries, etc. Your character details are awesome, great pics too.

I've seen WEB agent Rad Styles/Stiles spelled both ways in the comics. It looks like you've seen the Who's Who pages. What's his correct name?

Tictoc77 21:26, September 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * I only just realized how badly it needed documenting, I love these stories. Thank you. You've been doing great work too. I put up all of the real names in the Who's Who pages. They list him as Radcliffe Stiles.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 21:30, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

Cool, thanks, I'll get Rad started. I thought the first year of Impact stuff was really awesome...they certainly put some top notch talent on those books. I especially liked the Jaguar title. Maybe all of these versions will pop up on some Earth in some multiverse, some day!

Thanks again.... Tictoc77 21:41, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

Moves and such
No problem, I'll try to get to them asap. I'm working on a preliminary background for the new skin coming out from Wikia. Do you have any other main hero images you'd like to incorporate below Supes and Batty-Boy?

Point me to the images you'd like to see. I've started to use artist-specific themes on Marvel, with Marko Djvurek? as the first one. It's kind of nice when all the characters are drawn the same way. Maybe Alex Ross' characters would work well on the background?

&mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 05:44, October 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's awesome! I will definitely get to work on looking through images. Probably not going to go with Alex Ross though because he's so cliche. I'm going to say that Wonder Woman definitely needs to be on there... as do Green Lantern and the Flash, at the very least. I have a question... would it be at all possible for us to make multiple skins and have different ones show up at random? Like we could do different artist themes, or one that's all villains...
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 05:54, October 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hmmm. I can't say it's impossible, but would probably come down to some javascript rotating the image linked there.  It'd likely be controlled by pageload, meaning you wouldn't get a different background unless you completely reloaded the page.


 * It's much more likely (and easier) for you guys to create new backgrounds on a routine basis, and change them out whenever you're feeling frisky. :)


 * &mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 21:36, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Moves
So all the moves you requested are done, save one.


 * Renegades --> Renegades (25th Century)
 * Renegades (Earth-One) --> Renegades (New Earth)

So according to my bot, the Renegades page has a move tag with "Renegades (New Earth)" as the new name. So it's not the right pointer, and the page already exists. Are you sure what you had listed above is what you want? If so, we need to make sure the Renegades page has a move tag with "Renegades (25th Century)" on it, and the Renegades (Earth-One) has a move tag with "Renegades (New Earth)" on it. We also need to make sure neither "Renegades (25th Century)" and "Renegades (New Earth)" already exist.

&mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 03:20, October 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * I fixed this. Take care of it whenever you have the time.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 20:41, October 7, 2010 (UTC)

re: wiki changes?
Hi Billy. Are the admins on the DC site planning to follow suit with implementing XBox Achievement style awards like the admins have done at the Marvel site? I really dislike it. Actually, I could use some very foul language to tell you how I really feel but I see no point in stinking up the air. I see that the DC site hasn't implemented it yet, so I don't know if that means the admins here are of different opinions than the admins at the Marvel wiki or that it simply hasn't been implemented so far.

Darkseid01 15:37, October 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * I have no idea what you're talking about, so my guess would be no.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 16:28, October 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * We voted on it in the forums, and there was just a little bit more 'for' than 'against' in this case. They can mostly be ignored and don't effect your edit count... :)
 * &mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 05:16, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

Cluemaster
Uh, sir? Hi, I'm new here, and I think that I accidentally screwed up the page on Arthur Brown, the Cluemaster. Could you please help me with that? Thanks.

SeattleDude15


 * Don't worry about it, no problem. I made the same mistake myself several times when I was first getting started on the site. There was a broken link in the text and that screwed up the code in the template. All better now.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 05:38, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

JLA/Avengers/JLA
Should you get to issue #4:
 * Royal Flush Gang
 * Ace of Spades
 * Jack of Spades
 * King of Spades
 * Queen of Spades
 * Ten of Spades

For one panel, but they're there. Also, Card Scooter (should I ever get around to make that one) for the Vehicles section. -- Tupka 217 22:11, October 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hahaha, thank you. Yeah, me and a Marvel admin are teaming up to get through the series.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 01:51, October 13, 2010 (UTC)

. Bronx72 07:18, October 13, 2010 (UTC)bronx72

Batman main image
dude the reason you have to change the pick for batman to the Batman_0175.jpg is because bruce isn't wearing no more that outfit because is dick's now


 * The article is supposed to provide a look at the character from a historical perspective, not just whatever he happens to be doing this week. The image we use is the most well-recognized costume... this is for the same reason we didn't change all of his main information to "Insider" stuff during the month that Road Home came out. Or the same reason that when characters die, we don't change their main image to a corpse. It's misleading. The image of his new costume should be in the history section where he starts wearing it.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 01:11, November 23, 2010 (UTC)

Change Bruce's Bio pic
The header pretty much says it all. He hasn't worn that suit in a while. He is now operating in a new outfit and the newcomers to Batman lore won't understand seeing a different suit when they check the bio.Wazzirving 20:39, November 24, 2010 (UTC)wazzirving


 * Hey, sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I've had a lot of stuff going on in my personal life lately. First of all... by that logic, wouldn't changing it also alienate all new readers who start anywhere along his 70-year publication history other than the past month? A lot of people get in through trades before randomly picking up the monthly single issues. Second of all, our policy is to go with an image of the character's most classic appearance... and in this case, there's not that much of a big difference in the costumes anyway.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 09:17, November 27, 2010 (UTC)

Teen Titans: Robin
Thank you for that. I've asked around and everyone says that Jason was never on the team. I know quite a bit about Batman, but I don't get into any of the superhero team books. That makes it a little hard in DC after they have a crisis and one Robin book to the next, Tim has a completely different suit, Dick lives in Manhattan, or Bruce is dead. I consider those "side books", but I try to acquire, what I consider, important issues involving Bruce, Dick, Jason, and Tim.Wazzirving 01:19, November 25, 2010 (UTC)wazzirving

Batman
I'm getting that you don't want anything added to Bruce that you or Tupka didn't add yourselves? Is that the case or is this a misunderstanding?Wazzirving 13:28, November 26, 2010 (UTC)wazzirving


 * That's definitely not the case, it's just complicated building an article that large. This site couldn't exist without the community working together. Your recent edits might have gotten overlooked in a recent overhaul, I had the page open for several hours that day while I was making a massive edit. The thing is... people have a tendency to over-complicate things on the big articles, and we're very watchful of that because when it's not monitored at all they get out of control. It's important to keep things concise and mention all of the important details but not get too cluttered down with all of the trivial minutiae. There's a place for that, and we link to comics and storylines throughout the entire page so that people can get the bigger picture on every little detail. But on the character page itself, things are a lot cleaner and easier to understand when we talk about the really important points of a story like Batman: The Long Halloween and then let the actual page for the storyline mention every last detail that happened inside. For example, the Superman (Clark Kent) page is a mess right now because that hasn't been kept under control in the most recent issues. That's why I was making that big edit to clean up the page.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 09:17, November 27, 2010 (UTC)

Thank You
Thanks for clearing that up. I'm sure now we'll work this out.Wazzirving 12:44, November 27, 2010 (UTC)wazzirving

Hi Mrblonde267, I just want to say thanks for restoring the lana pic gallery. I was trying to add some pic, when I accidentally deleted it. I was trying to restore it and failing miserably, when you did it in like 2 second (lol. I'm not very good at all this stuff yet, but I'm learning quick and soon I hope to kick butt at it.I was also hoping that you could tell how you reverse the edit, so that if I make a mistake( Hopefully not) I can correct it. Once again Thanks alot.--Superlana 18:35, January 16, 2011 (UTC)

Batman

 * moved from Template talk:Batman

Ok Mrblonde267, I just want you to know that I just want to put in a few changes to fit in with some parts of Batman's biography. I know you don't agree, but I just want to know that if I can put them in and you can agree. Signed, Frank Russo.

Green Lantern trailer
Hey have you or anyone else considered putting up the Green Lantern trailer on the main page? That'd look cool! Also, is there a specific reason the main page is locked (not that I was going to add in the trailer myself)? It seems vandalism, if any, can just easily be undone, so no biggie. On the MArvel side, we've had our main page open to edit for a few months now, and we've had no problems since. We also have the Thor trailer up, and thats actually what made me think of Green Lantern. Let me know what you decide. Thanks. --Johnnybravo 44 (talk) 17:30, December 30, 2010 (UTC)

Green Arrow Volume 4 Cover Images Help
Hi Billy been a while since I've talked with you hope you had a good Holidays and New Years. I was wondering if you could possible help me out with finding 3-Green Arrow (Volume 4) from the current series written by J.T. Krul for my Green Arrow Wiki Site. The first image I'm looking for is a Green Arrow #5 Variant Cover drawn by Gary Frank I have the official version of the cover on the site already but what I'm looking for is the teaser version of the cover basically without the title and everything that normally appears on a official cover. The other two covers I'm looking for are official Variant Covers for Green Arrow #6 and Green Arrow #7. I know there is a Green Arrow #6 Variant Cover Image currently at the DC Database site but it looks way to dark if you could find a clear looking one that would be awsome. With the Green Arrow #7 I'm looking for the Variant Cover as well if you could help me find it that would be awsome. Overall I been have trouble finding these Variant Cover Images for Green Arrow (Volume 4) if you could help me out that would be great. An if you find them and upload them on the Green Arrow Wiki Site that would awsome and a big help. Oh well talk to you later.

From Rod12

Image Needed/Wanted Categories
Took care of DCAU and BTBATB for you. Another question: these last few days, I've been going through Special:WantedCategories. Two problems arose: what to do with "Glossary:Space Ship/Appearances" and "Glossary:Henchman/Appearances"? Unlink? Create? Also, I haven't been able to find a way to categorize images by movie, and my upload benders did result in a couple of them being high on the list. Any idea? -- Tupka 217 21:56, January 18, 2011 (UTC)

Converting the "Executive Editor" section: Jenette Kahn to Mike Carlin
Currently, I'm switching the Executive Editor section from Jenette Kahn to Mike Carlin for the issues published from July 1996 (the first time that Carlin was credited as EE for DC) to May 2003 (the last time), based on the Green Lantern comic collection that I downloaded two years ago. Since it's going to take a lot of work, I was wondering if someone can build a bot that will do this en masse? Of course, I'm aware that there are limitations (e.g., Karen Berger was the EE for Vertigo, Jim Lee for Wildstorm, etc.). DuoDeathscyther02 08:22, February 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * The last time we built a bot for this it was for Dick Giordano, same problem, and it screwed up all of the Bergers and McDuffies. I would suggest talking to Nathan, as he is our resident code guy and I am more of a content editor. Make sure you mention the exceptions, though.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 21:13, February 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'll try doing that. DuoDeathscyther02 01:36, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

"Error: String exceeds 1,000 character limit"
Lately this message has been showing up on a lot of the articles, and all of the issue articles (or at least the ones that haven't been done manually) seem to be stripped of their characters and creators categories. Any idea what the deal is? It's emptied out a lot of categories.J&#39;onn J&#39;onzz 05:16, February 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * Wikia changed some important code. We're talking through it on the forums.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 11:57, February 12, 2011 (UTC)

This might be vandalism
Possible vandalism. I don't read a lot of DC comics, so I'm not sure if Santa Claus is actually in any of them, but it seems sort of odd. In the Larfleeze article a new user adding something that sounds a bit out of place. Not sure who to ask about that. You are the first administrator on the list, so I thought I'd just post this here. Since the person has made few contributions, I'm thinking it might just be a prank.  D r e a m Focus  23:09, February 28, 2011 (UTC)

JSA Recommended Reading
I am extremely annoyed that everything I personally recommended on the JSA Recommended Reading page, which I actually bothered to create, has been actually removed, as though my critical faculties are so out of step with current thinking as to be worthless. Particularly since half the stuff now on that list is stuff that I personally do not consider to meet the same 'standards of quality' as the material removed. I would like my recommendations reinstated or I would like my text deleted from the page. I don't really care which. Tony ingram 09:03, March 16, 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry if I seem to be being touchy, but I was really offended by this. Adding to the list would have been fine, but removing from it, to me, is simply saying that my tastes are out of step with modern thinking. And if that's the case, there's little point in my being involved with the community side of things at all. A story does not need to have been published within the last twenty years in order to be good, and I was interested in recommending what I consider to be good stories which give an understanding of the characters, to new readers. Tony ingram 09:36, March 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey... I didn't delete your recommendations from the list, I just reworked it and reorganized it. Everything you recommended is still on the page, I just thought it needed to be presented differently. I wasn't taking an issue with your recommendations... they're all great comics, I don't disagree with you at all. I wasn't insulting your taste, it's just that the purpose of these articles is to help newer readers get into the teams and Golden Age comics can be kind of intimidating. I didn't remove them, I just bumped them down to suggested further reading for people who wanted more of a background on the characters rather than someone who was looking to get in step with the JSA as they are today. The only discrepancy I had wasn't with what I would recommend to another person... I personally could spend all day pouring over those early JSA classics, and have been at my leisure lately... it was with what I would recommend a new reader to pick up first having never read any JSA before. It's easier to get into the swing of the team with something a little bit more contemporary and focused on characterization.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 10:14, March 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh... it occurs to me that I did drop Crisis on Multiple Earths while I was moving things around. Personally I've always found those stories a little dry, and I prefer the forties' comics, but I would have no problem putting them back if you think they should be included.
 * - Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 10:14, March 16, 2011 (UTC)

I don't see how any recommended reading involving JSA can or should omit the stories that brought them into the modern era-particularly Crisis on Earth-One/Earth-Two. You see them as dry? I see them as tremenduously imaginative and fun. That's kind of what got my back up. Removing articles from the list rather than simply adding to it (and removing the descriptions I'd given to the stuff you bumped down, thereby marginalizing it) just seemed to me to be implying that that material is of less value because it isn't to your personal taste. If you'd simply added to it, fine. But removing material, and removing the specific TPBs which collect the Silver Age/70s stuff and are easy for new readers to find (like the Multiple Earths trades and Justice Society (trade paperback) Vol 1), I have an issue with. When I was getting into comics, I loved the reprints of GA stuff in the back of the eighty page JLA Etc because they were a window on the characters pasts. I don't believe that the current generation is any less interested. Tony ingram 10:35, March 16, 2011 (UTC)