User talk:Monkeypolice188

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RE: Vehicle Weapons
Yeah. It's actually a test to see how it looks and to reorder the messy texts I've made, but still can't get a proper way to display these weapons. I'm also considering to reduce the lists by "universes" (2D, 3D and HD) rather than individual games, though it's a conflicting change (maybe the HD games should stay separated?).

Yeah, heard a lot about that Discord thing, but never tried it. If things are fine, i'll consider that. XD

BTW, did you see my summary on Festival Bus? "Bus Classic" is a good name for a civilian, basic version of these two buses. Holy cow XD -- SWAT Cam F     19:24, August 26, 2018 (UTC)


 * Sorry, didn't know you messaged me. Well, didn't been thinking about that for a while. Let me check. -- Body Armor Android.png SWAT Cam F Torpedo Android.png Detonator Android.png Crate Android.png 17:38, September 9, 2018 (UTC)


 * Now what? Any guidance? I'm lost XD -- Body Armor Android.png SWAT Cam F Torpedo Android.png Detonator Android.png Crate Android.png 17:49, September 9, 2018 (UTC)


 * You might not be able to type any message for 10 minutes, automatic verifications shizzle. Anyway, welcome to Discord. The place where we talk about the wiki, improvements, suggestions, etc. Its split into different "channels" which can be seen on the left. Each channel has a different purpose; general for "general" discussion. In the middle is the chatroom for the channel you're in, and on the right are the members of the server. Some channels are limited to certain users, and the right pane will reflect who can see and/or type in that channel. Monk (Bureaucrat.png Bureaucrat ) Talk 17:57, September 9, 2018 (UTC)

Possible edit regarding the the engines of the GTA V Cargo Plane?
I just wonder if it is necessary to add one fact regarding jet engines in the article of the Cargo Plane; in real life low bypass jet engines always generate louder noise than high bypass jet engines- and the Cargo Plane seems to have low bypass type, yet is quieter than other aircraft with high bypass jet engines (eg: Jet, Shamal, Nimbus etc).

Anyy thoughts on this? I am looking forward to hear if it is necessary to make such an edit.

TransportFan2014 (talk) 10:43, August 27, 2018 (UTC)TransportFan2014

Taipan
Apologies for the very late response as I just noticed your message on my talk page and must have overlooked the notification for it. Around the time of the edit I was going off Broughy's video on the fastest supercars on a straight track. The Taipan and the XXR were among the slowest supercars due to an unfixed bug. I haven't seen one of Broughy's more recent videos on supercars but I'll guess it's safe to assume both of these cars speed bugs have long since been fixed.

Nonstopmaximum (talk) 18:43, August 29, 2018 (UTC)Nonstopmaximum

RE: Yo
Hi Guy. Sorry for my inactivity on there. I've not had a lot of free time at present as I've been on a course studying for the past three weeks, and generally I'm sort of here, there and everywhere. That course has finished now so I'll try and drop into Discord from now on when I get the chance. :) Sam Talk 22:40, September 14, 2018 (UTC)

New question
Hey man, noticed you have undone what I have corrected about the Oppressor MK2, can you give me a reason for that?

Smirdaliuspigmenas (talk) 07:47, September 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * Although what you wrote was partially correct, the boost doesn't fully charge unless the player actually slows down, letting go of the accelerator gives the boost a slight recharge but otherwise doesn't fully recharge the boost until the speed has rapidly reduced. Monk (Bureaucrat.png Bureaucrat ) Talk 11:10, September 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * So why completely remove my change instead of writing that both releasing acceleration and slowing down works, just at different rates? Also, countermeasures work when stationary, just not on the ground. Smirdaliuspigmenas (talk) 13:44, September 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * On a second note, I've re-tested the boost system and can confirm you were indeed correct. I never recalled it behaving like that until I looked for it, so I apologise for reverting the edit, I will add it back. Thank you, and happy editing! |Monk (Bureaucrat.png Bureaucrat ) Talk 15:18, September 18, 2018 (UTC)

Banshee Price
Can I ask why the Banshee Topless is more? It shows $105,000 for both on Legendary Motorsport (You would have to check this on PC as I can only check PS4) CelticDragon0 (talk) 12:52, September 23, 2018 (UTC)

Congrats
Hey Monk. Pretty late but congrats on reaching 40,000 edits. You definitely have the most edits in this wiki's history haha.

With Red Dead Redemption II coming out this month I will likely be more active on Wikia for a while again so maybe I'll see you around.

LS11sVaultBoy (Talk) 23:38, October 2, 2018 (UTC)

Drones
Yo, buddy. What's up?

Probably is a bit late to ask something like this, but it was bugging me off for a bit.

Some time prior to the After Hours updatr, there were leaked renders from that-guy-from-Twitter about the vehicles, assets and stuff like that. The point is, there was the typical quad-rotor drone and two devices that seemed vague, you know what I'm saying?


 * One is a drone with a helicopter shape, similar to the Black Hornet micro UAV.


 * The other is literally a sphere with small wings and antenna, which seemed a bit "futuristic".

My questions: Are those two drones existent as alternatives for the Terrorbyte? Enemy drones from any of the Client Jobs? Part of a scenario? Or something else? I always have those doubts but doesn't matter if you are unaware of everything I said lol. -- SWAT Cam F     03:43, October 7, 2018 (UTC)


 * Nevermind. Probably it is already noted somewhere on the web, but I must find it to solve my own questions haha. Thanks anyway. -- Body Armor Android.png SWAT Cam F Torpedo Android.png Detonator Android.png Crate Android.png 03:11, October 13, 2018 (UTC)


 * They just appear as static models inside the Terrobyte. Smurfy: illuminate - communicate - spectate 03:17, October 13, 2018 (UTC)


 * Ooh, I see. Kinda strange to have three props, yet you only use one for the functional one. -- Body Armor Android.png SWAT Cam F Torpedo Android.png Detonator Android.png Crate Android.png 03:35, October 13, 2018 (UTC)

Quick Question
Hey Monk,

Regarding my recent edits where I added colours to LCS mission objectives, I just wanted to ask if it would actually be better to put the objectives in the mission infobox rather than in a separate section. I'm starting to get confused about whether to put them there or not, so please let me know when possible. Doritos9965 (talk) 10:15, October 21, 2018 (UTC)


 * Mainly,  is used in the infobox for mission objectives. That is the main place for them, however if necessary, a section dedicated to them may also be used in the main article, where you can also expand upon each objective. <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 16:31, October 21, 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the response, I'll go over the mission pages again so the objectives are in the correct format. Doritos9965 (talk) 20:58, October 21, 2018 (UTC)

Vehicle Weapons: Part 2?
Hey buddy. How's going?

Could you please get the missing HUD icons for the rest of the vehicle weapons? All I know is that the mortars from the Weaponized Tampa have their own icon, most turrets have the basic bullet icon and the missile one is reserved for missiles and tank cannons in general. What I dunno is there is a dedicated icon for grenade launchers.

Another thing I would like to know is that if there is any sort of file data that could infer the weapon's rotation and elevation angles, as probably guessing all that stuff may not be enough to truly demonstrate how versatile the weapon is.

Doesn't matter if that is not possible. Thanks. SWAT Cam F    03:22, November 2, 2018 (UTC)

Hey
What a surpise! You appeared from the shadows to see what's going on with the vehicles and abilities. lol -- SWAT Cam F     03:27, November 9, 2018 (UTC)

Infinite Ban of Questionable Nature.
Hello Monkey, you may know me better as Openminds. A user you suspended for infinite for placing edits you apparently didn't like and did so under the pretense of vandalism, while simultaneously barring any kind of communication with you.

I'm sorry if you were in any way affronted by my edits. But infinite ban on the pretense of "vandalism" I have to say this is full of ####. Vandals are the users who put racist, lewd, and profane content in place of the actual content, or delete everything as a whole, and you just decided on a whim that I'm one of them and deserve a ban of the highest caliber.

You reverted everything, including the "Bomb Bay" error in the Hunter article, where only the first B in bomb is not bolden. This error speaks for the sign of the thinly veiled laziness required overlook details in the edits in the midst of reverting them.

To add insult to injury. You decide to ban me without contacting me and barred any means of communicating with you in hopes for a discussion. I hope you're willing to reach out to me because if not I'll find someone who will resolve this for us.

SubjectTheta3 (talk) 3:56, November 9, 2018 (UTC)

LVPD
Could you please explain how the missions for that lead to Breaking The Bank At Caligula's are considered storyline missions? It is possible to play the game from the beginning to the end without completing this. This is why they are never completed on any% speedruns, and this is also the case with the missions given by Zero.

RE: Blazer Aqua
I see. Probably they didn't bother that much because this thing likes going on the water, but oh well. I guess putting the wheels on bikes and quads in their nodes still make it "too detailed" for the lowest LOD. Just saying. -- SWAT Cam F     23:51, November 13, 2018 (UTC)

Greetings again after a long hiatus
Hello, Monk, I am pleased to announce that I have now returned to the GTA Wiki. It has been ages since I have last edited here, and I am glad to be back. Do you have any tasks that you would like me to attend to? I would love something to do after so long away. By the way, please note that I have not edited code in quite some time, so I may make a few errors when doing tasks that require code editing. Please bear with me as I overcome my rustiness.

P.S.: I must admit that I am incredibly surprised that I am still an Administrator after such a long period of complete inactivity, but pleased nonetheless.

TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 18:29, November 25, 2018 (UTC)


 * Welcome back my friend! Currently there aren't many specific tasks to complete, most people are working on their own things at the moment. For the past few months I have been working on GTA IV location articles, completely rebuilding them and expanding them, as well as clean ups, other users are working on GTA San Andreas and London locations, as well as VC/VCS walkthrough galleries. Something I have been trying to do for a while is provide maps for all locations across the wiki.


 * With regards to your admin status, as one of our best administrators in history, I ultimately had faith you would return given you never explicitly stated you were leaving, so keeping you as an admin was a priority. Plus, with several resignations this year (including Tom and Wildbrick) (and some happy returns (including Doc), we actually have vacant spots for a Bureaucrat and Administrator, so letting another one go wouldn't be a great idea.


 * PS: GTA Wiki Discord: https://discord.gg/AZseAZ. Feel free to join; it essentially replaced the GTA Wiki Chat with a more permanent measure of live communication. If you already have a discord account, simply log-in and hit join :) <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 18:46, November 25, 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the warm welcome back. I will resume my usual grammatical corrections and image licensing checks unless there is a specific project that needs doing. By the way, as you likely already noticed, I have joined the GTA Wiki Discord group.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 06:17, November 26, 2018 (UTC)

Minor issues
Good day, Monk, I just want to check whether you are experiencing a glitch on the main page wherein the number of active users is displayed as "-1". I do not suppose that you can do anything about it?

Also, I have noticed that you have not updated your current signature on your Talk page, so you might want to do that.

TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 06:53, November 26, 2018 (UTC)

Re: Khanjali
I did suspect that the information about the Khanjali railgun projectile speed boost with a full charge was possibly incorrect, but I was not sure. As for the range boost, I learned that information from a YouTube video published by "TheProfessional", whom I consider to be a fairly reliable source of information about vehicles. I would indeed greatly appreciate it if you are able to verify the improvement(s) afforded to the railgun projectile if it is fully charged, preferably through the internal handling files. Thank you for your help.

TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 13:15, November 29, 2018 (UTC)

Regarding one of your Talk page rules
Good day, Monk, I was reading your Talk page rules, and I was left a bit confused by one particular rule:

"Fandom Staff will be notified of replies - This is to bump important information between Administrators of the GTA Wiki and Fandom Staff."

Could you please tell me exactly what you mean by that? I am assuming that you do not mean that you notify Fandom Staff of every single message reply, as that would obviously be unnecessary for the majority of messages you reply to.

TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 15:23, November 29, 2018 (UTC)


 * Well, when I reply to a message on my talk page like I am doing now, I don't usually remind the user I'm replying to, as I expect they would check to see if I have replied, however, since Fandom usually only contact Admins with important news, I will reply on Fandom Staff's talk pages to alert them that I have responded on my own talk page. <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 15:56, November 29, 2018 (UTC)


 * Ah, yes, I understand you now. Thank you for clarifying.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 18:38, November 29, 2018 (UTC)

Transform Races artwork
Hello, Monk. From seeing the loading messages when loading Grand Theft Auto Online, I am aware that there is a new artwork for Transform Races featuring the Pyro and several supercars that I could not identify. Could you please try and source this image from the game files and upload it to the wiki? Aside from the fact that it is an appropriate image for the gallery of the Transform Races article, I actually want to use the image of the Pyro as a Staff picture. It should be relatively easy for you, since I believe that you also have the P.C. version of Grand Theft Auto V as well as the Xbox One version.

TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 22:00, November 29, 2018 (UTC)


 * As these loading messages are streamed from Rockstar servers, I cannot access the image itself without taking a screenshot and literally cropping it out. I believe I know which artwork you are referring to, and I am certain to have seen it somewhere on the Rockstar Newswire - perhaps check recent articles there, or older ones dating back to the Transform Races and/or Pyro release events? <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 13:53, November 30, 2018 (UTC)


 * The only image that I could find was this one, which is attached to an advertisement for a bonus week. If you can find one not so attached, please let me know; otherwise I will attempt to crop the image out of the advertisement.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 14:23, November 30, 2018 (UTC)


 * Here's the best one I can find..
 * There is also this one. This is a vertical crop, perhaps you could use the background from this one and add it on the 16:9 one that is covered by the GTA logo?
 * On second thoughts, it seems that the second one is simply a re-positioned orange Pyro, as the logo remains in the same place. <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 14:36, November 30, 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you for sourcing the images. Actually, unless I am mistaken, the Grand Theft Auto logo is also in a different location in the second image, though it was only moved by a minimal amount. I worked this out from observing the "X"-shaped mark on the metal mesh tube in the background, which is above the letter "a" of "grand" in the 16:9 image, but above the "r" in the second image. Should I add one or both to the Transform Races article gallery?
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 16:33, November 30, 2018 (UTC)


 * The more, the better, I say. <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 16:41, November 30, 2018 (UTC)


 * All right, I will upload both of them then. By the way, if you happen to come across a better quality version of the second image, please replace the one that I upload.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 17:14, November 30, 2018 (UTC)


 * One more thing: what are the two cars visible in the midground called?
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 17:44, November 30, 2018 (UTC)


 * Never mind, Noirlime4L told me in Chat that they were Flash GTs. Thank you anyway.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 18:52, November 30, 2018 (UTC)

Jobs for your bot
Good day, Monk, could you please get your bot to either add or remove the  parameter on all the Infoboxes about downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto V/Online? Since all such DLCs up to this point are free, I personally do not see the point of adding that note. However, if you feel it necessary, the note should be on all the DLC pages, as it looks inconsistent as it is now.

Also, could you make it add any newly created redirects to the "Redirects" category? I forgot to add several redirects that I recently created to that category.

TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 12:00, November 30, 2018 (UTC)


 * I will get onto it soon. For the record, I don't feel it is necessary until or if a paid DLC is released (I don't consider the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack a proper DLC.) <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 13:53, November 30, 2018 (UTC)


 * Agreed. I think that you should make the bot remove all the  parameters then. I did not even know that the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack was even considered a DLC, and like you I consider it something more along the lines of Shark Cards.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 14:14, November 30, 2018 (UTC)

The title of a landmark-related article
Despite this article having a title of Liberty City/New York Landmarks, the article also contains San Fierro and Vice City, which are, obviously, not part of LC at all. Not sure what to do to rectify this, you decide. TransportFan2014 (talk) 18:34, December 1, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hopefully, I'll eventually get round to getting rid of that article in exchange for a city-specific "geography" sub article which will contain all unnamed structures, as well as summarize the city's geography and contain a list of notable locations. I plan on working on the IV one first, but with the help of others, will get round to other game cities too. Thanks for asking about it. <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 18:36, December 1, 2018 (UTC)

RE: Buzzard
Nah, it's okay, buddy. I was just making sure if there was actually someone using a gun, which seemed vague as for now.

Oops. Now that you stated only NOOSE use the Buzzard, probably the LSPD instance I added is wrong. Gotta remove that :P -- SWAT Cam F     19:52, December 6, 2018 (UTC)

Minor Turbulence Trivia
I was told by you that Pushing the Destroyed Merryweather Mesa into Trevors Garage isnt Trivia.

I was just wondering what it would be, if its not Trivia?

DaringDo63 (talk)

Arena vehicles
Hey monkey for the new arena vehicles should we bundle all 3 variants under one page? it seems like that would make it alot easier to have 1 page for each vehicle instead of 3. Thanks!

Churnovisk (talk) 18:15, December 12, 2018 (UTC)


 * I would agree with that. The Arena War vehicles do not appear to be different enough to warrant three separate articles each, and combining them into singular articles that list the differences seems both logical and neater. I would point to the Cargobob Jetsam as a good example of where this already occurs.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 16:14, December 14, 2018 (UTC)


 * I have already answered this question and explained why on the original talk page you added this message to. I'm not sure why you've posted this in two places, it's unnecessary and splits up discussion.
 * @TAlim, with regards to the Cargobob Jetsam, no, this is an entirely different situation. For starters, not only is the difference between the Cargobob and Cargobob Jetsam far less extensive than the differences between the three variations of Arena vehicles, the Cargobob Jetsam isn't even named "Cargobob Jetsam" on the in-game HUD. The only place it is named Cargobob Jetsam is on the website and Pegasus/personal vehicle list, and this is only done to differentiate it between selection and purchase. The difference between the Apocalypse, Future Shock and Nightmare vehicles is far more significant, both in terms of function and unlock-ability, but also in terms of design, modifications and performance, even in stock condition. The same situation is with just about every single Custom lowrider.
 * The second reason benefits the structure of articles on the wiki. With different modifications and features, combined articles would quickly become cluttered and tables would be extremely crowded and unnecessarily complicated. Last of all, merging these articles would break standardization of the Manual of Style, wherein a vehicle with an altered or new name has a new article.. I was originally going to consider having merged articles, but having not only played with the vehicles and come to realization how significant each variant is against each other, weighing up the fact merging would also be a difficult situation with regards to the vehicles which have stock counterparts (for example, the Dominator) would make articles a mess. <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 16:45, December 14, 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the input. Id to like to apologize for posting on 2 seperate talk pages and posting in 2 places. I didnt mean to cause any kind of trouble.
 * Churnovisk (talk) 18:49, December 15, 2018 (UTC)


 * To Monk: Your points are noted. Apologies, I have not had the chance to look at the new Arena War vehicles more than superficially, and I must say that to have such a large number of similarly named and designed vehicles that have greatly different performance stats is quite an unusual occurrence.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 21:43, December 16, 2018 (UTC)

Arena War vehicles
Remember the "Variant Triple" template used in the Rebel for the three Technicals? About time to use it somewhere else. Ha ha ha. SWAT Cam F    04:40, December 13, 2018 (UTC)

Regarding my RfP
Good day, Monk. Normally I would not make a fuss about a long-running Request for Promotion, especially since it concerns me, but I must note that my Bureaucrat request has been running for almost three weeks as I write this message, and yet no one has made any input to the vote since the 30th of November. There does not appear to be any clear consensus yet, so how would you suggest we encourage more voting?

TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 00:22, December 17, 2018 (UTC)


 * RfP has been sorted. <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 13:49, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you, though I was already aware, and in fact I had already moved my request to "Inactive Requests" prior to your message being posted. Like I mentioned in the comments of my RfP, I will likely try again in mid-January 2019.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 15:05, December 18, 2018 (UTC)

Regarding the Wikia bot
Good day, Monk, I was just wondering whether the Wikia bot is still operational, as it does not appear to have made any edits since August of 2017. If not, are welcome messages still being sent out to new users? I feel that it is quite an important courtesy for such messages to be sent out, and a replacement bot might be needed if the Wikia bot has been shut down.

TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 02:45, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * I have contacted Fandom about this, seems to be a Wikia-wide bug. <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 13:49, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * If it really has been out of commission since August of 2017, then Wikia are certainly very slow to fix the problem indeed. Have Wikia replied to you recently regarding when the bot will be fixed?
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 15:00, December 18, 2018 (UTC)
 * It's the new FANDOM bot that's currently sending welcome messages to new users, not the Wikia bot anymore. Although yes, it does happen for some users not to receive automated messages, which prompts us to send manual ones. 15:27, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * In that case, could you or someone else please update GTA Wiki:Multiple accounts and GTA Wiki:Bots, which are both out of date. I would do it myself, but I am a bit busy right now. Also, please rename the former page to GTA Wiki:Multiple Accounts and leave a redirect, since page titles are meant to be written in title case.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 16:46, December 18, 2018 (UTC)

Re: GTA Wiki: To-Do List
I am certainly interested. As a matter of fact, I actually need you to advise me on something that I need to add to the to-do list: I have an entire category (Category:Characters in The Gamechangers) that is full of badly empty and outdated articles. A lot of them need pictures and additional information that I am unable to provide myself, so I was considering adding the entire category to the list instead of individual articles, since a majority of the articles in that category need updating and improving. What do you suggest should be done?

TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 16:55, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * That was the point that I was making here. However, I must note that there are some fleshed-out articles of characters from The Gamechangers, such as this one (which I have noticed was spelled incorrectly, but I have corrected it). What do we do with these articles then? When I proposed deletion of the US News Anchor article, I did not realise that there were so many other similar articles, including fleshed-out ones.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 17:08, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * That will take some time for me to do alone, and I must admit that I want to get it done quickly, as it is exceedingly repetitive and tedious. Do you want to split the work up with me?
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 17:19, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * Should we leave the fleshed-out articles, or should they be deleted too?
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 17:36, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * What about the pictures (for the film-specific characters that do have them)? do they get deleted if they are not used on any other pages, or do we put them on the main article?


 * Also, I should mention that several of the less significant characters are actually real people as well. What about them?


 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 17:50, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * That was faster than I expected. Thank you for that. I will make a few changes to the The Gamechangers article to include relevant information from the deleted pages.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 17:58, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * I see that you have already done most of what I was intending to do, and I thank you for that. I think that the only real thing left for me to do is to put "Clr" templates after characters that have an associated image, and to standardise the size of the images so that they are more or less the same size.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 18:08, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * All right, I am done. I added several maintenance templates, reduced the size of the cast pictures, and made other general improvements to the page. Feel free to have a look if you wish.


 * By the way did you remove the red links from the other articles that linked to the deleted pages?


 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 18:52, December 18, 2018 (UTC)


 * Good idea, please do get your bot to remove the links. Once again, thank you for your assistance, and thank you as well for informing me about the revamped To-Do List, which this conversation was initially about. I will be sure to use it as needed.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 22:41, December 18, 2018 (UTC)

Downforce etc
Hello. I have seen that several pages state that the downforce stat in the handling files of GTA5 affect the acceleration of a car. The stats that actually affect acceleration are Engine Resistance (not very much) Driving Force, and Drag. How the acceleration of the car is calculated is that Driving force is the base acceleration of a car in units per second squared. The drag number is a coefficient in an equation which decides how much to take off of the driving force number. The more speed, the more is subtracted. When these two values are equal, the car does not accelerate anymore. Downforce only judges the grip of the car. There are a couple other factors called advanced handling flags. Here is a link to a few videos on that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoI9zjPx2G4&t=257s

https://youtu.be/kiMwb6iwTJo

Kidzspeed5 (talk) 23:27, December 19, 2018 (UTC)


 * Feel free to correct this, but ensure grammar and sentence structure remains fluid. Also, please remember to add a title to your messages on my talk page. Thanks, and have a good day! <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 23:48, December 19, 2018 (UTC)

Style and formatting suggestions
Good day, Monk, I have a couple of suggestions regarding the style and formatting of articles. Firstly, I have noticed that the Version History Gallery on vehicle pages (which uses the "Vehicle Design History Gallery" template) does not use italics for any of the Grand Theft Auto titles, and also uses abbreviated versions of the titles. Personally, I would prefer the full and italicised titles be used – with the exception of when two variants of the same vehicle with different appearances appear in the same game, such as with the Grand Theft Auto IV Taxi, in which case only the first occurrence of the title should be written in its full form – but I would like to seek your opinion, since you are the one who mostly works on vehicle articles. Secondly, I feel that the name of the gallery should be standardised, as it is variously referred to as "Gallery" or "Image Gallery" on different pages. I was actually considering posting this as a proposal on the Community Noticeboard, but I decided against it, as it is a relatively minor change.

TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 06:27, December 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi Konan. Thank you for contacting me about this, as I wasn't aware that the template didn't use this standard, of which is actually mentioned on the Manual of Style under General Rules. This should be updated. Regarding Galleries, as vehicle articles tend to have several galleries (a Current Design Gallery, a Version History Gallery, among other image layouts), we went for "Image Gallery" as the set-in-stone name for the miscellaneous gallery. Any vehicle articles with a miscellaneous gallery named "Gallery" should have it changed to "Image Gallery". Thank you, and have a good day! <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 15:43, December 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the input. I will update the "Vehicle Design History Gallery" template soon, if you have not already done so yourself. As for the name of galleries, I was referring to articles in general, not vehicle articles specifically: could you please clarify your stance on that matter?


 * UPDATE: I have performed the necessary update to the template. I must say that the template code is very sensitive: I made one small input error while italicising the GTA titles, accidentally italicising a curly brace from another template used in the template, and it broke the whole template. It took me nearly ten minutes to find the error and fix it.


 * 19:49, December 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 16:00, December 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * Personally, I see no issue with the difference in names, however, if we were to go with one, I feel Gallery would be more appropriate, and I wouldn't be against the idea of moving "Image Gallery" to "Gallery" if it makes all articles standardized. <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 16:09, December 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * If we were to standardise the names, you should probably use your bot, as it would be very tedious to go through the countless articles that have image galleries to check the names and change the ones that do not follow the standard.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 19:03, December 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I'll get the bot to work soon. <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 19:54, December 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * Much appreciated. I will leave you and your bot to it then. While you are at it, could you please also make your bot italicise GTA titles in "Disambiglink templates? this will actually remove the italicisation from the titles, since the text in the template is italicised by default, but it is a general style rule that text meant to be italic is written in normal format when the rest of the text that it is in is italic. If you feel that this is unnecessary though, you do not have to do it.
 * TAlim 1994<font face="Segoe Script" color="Ghostwhite"> - Konan T-A Lim 林道安 ( talk  |  contributions ) 20:07, December 20, 2018 (UTC)

Vercetti Estate
Just a question for you, I noticed that ' Category:Neighborhoods in GTA San Andreas' has been added to the Vercetti Estate page, just wondering if that was a misadd as that location is in Vice City and Vice City Stories, not SA. CelticDragon0 (talk) 19:17, December 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi, and thanks for bringing this to my attention. Yep, that would definitely be a mistake. Thanks! <font size="4" face="Tahoma">Monk (Bureaucrat.png <font color="#4DFF00">Bureaucrat ) <font face="Tahoma">Talk 19:41, December 20, 2018 (UTC)

No problem Monk...had me scratching my head there! CelticDragon0 (talk) 19:59, December 20, 2018 (UTC)