Editing User:Mbear

[[Image:BTW_Admin.jpg|BattleTech Wiki Administrator]]I was made an admin on 11 April 2010. Whoo Hoo!

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: If you need help or attention to a problem, please leave a note to all Admins '''[[BattleTechWiki:Administrators|on the Administrator talk page]]''' or for me '''[[User talk:Mbear|on my talk page]]''', and you'll get a response as soon as we can.
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<s>2015-08-28: Been quiet here because work has been kicking my butt.</s>
2019-02-21: Work has still been killing me, and I've been helping my family with a health issue.
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You know, after doing this for several years and listening to the criticisms leveled at Sarna (some deserved, some not), I have a whole new appreciation for what the CGL writers go through.

Introduced to BT in junior high school. I don't play very often anymore, but I do still read all the sourcebooks and keep up with what's going on in the universe. Started August 19, 2009. July 28, 2011- Just found that several of my rank insignia images are being used as avatar images on the CBT.com forums. Sweet!

The Admins: [[BattleTechWiki:Administrators]]

How do I... answers: [[Help:Contents]]
===What I'm Working On===
* <s>Add info to entries in [[:Category:Sources needing updates]] (Trying to get this to zero).</s> OK. I officially surrender. I was the only one working on this, and I just can't keep doing it.
* Redlinks for units in TROs and sourcebooks.
* Infoboxes


[http://battletechfanon.wikia.com/wiki/BattleTech_Fanon_Wiki http://battletechfanon.wikia.com/wiki/BattleTech_Fanon_Wiki]

===Grammar & Punctuation stuff I always forget===
* [[Policy:Manual of Style]] BTW's Manual of Style
* Apostrophe Reference: [http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe]
* Semicolon Reference: [http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon]
* 10 frequently misspelled words: [http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling]
* When to use i.e. in a sentence [http://theoatmeal.com/comics/ie http://theoatmeal.com/comics/ie]

===Integrate this info into the Sarna Style Guide===
* [http://www.battlecorps.com/BC2/static.php?page=15 BattleCorps Style Guide]
====Numbers in BattleTech (From Herb's Facebook)====

BattleTech writers: How many times do we need to cover this, really? Outside of unit TO&E listings, game rules, model numbers, and dates, we do NOT use the numerical form of numbers under 100. We also do not capitalize "century" or give centuries in the form of numbers. So, the following are examples of "WRONG!" in the BattleTech style guide I know I gave you all several times over:
* "The 20th Century..."
* "The late Twenty-fourth Century..."
* "We see 50 stars in this region..."
* "The 11th Mechanized Infantry is stationed on..."

The following is how you should have written the above before I clubbed your lazy, style-abusing ass to death:
* "The twentieth century..."
* "The late twenty-fourth century..."
* "We see fifty stars in this region..."
* "The Eleventh Mechanized Infantry is stationed on..."

== Shortcuts, a.k.a. "The I Love Me Section" ==
Stuff I've contributed: [[Special:Contributions/Mbear]]

I wrote the [[Operation Guerrero]] page, and I'm proud of it. 

<div id="awardsboard">
==Awards Board==
[[File:F CSA.jpg|Founder's Consistent Service Award]]<br />
[[File:F SEYA.jpg|Founder's Superior Editor of the Year Award (2013)]] 
[[File:F ERYA.jpg|Founder's Exception Ambassador of the Year Award (2012)]]
[[File:F HonMen.jpg|Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2015)]]
[[File:CommServ_1bol.jpg|Community Service Award, 2nd ribbon]]<br />
[[File:GdCndct.jpg|Good Conduct Award, 1st ribbon]]
[[File:PS 2sol.jpg|Problem Solver Award, 6th ribbon]]
[[File:ImgImp 1bol.jpg|Image Import Award, 2nd ribbon]]
[[File:HH.jpg|Helping Hand Award, 1st ribbon]]<br />
[[File:SubAdd.jpg|Substantial Addition Award, 1st ribbon]]
[[File:CE.jpg|Casual Edit Award, First ribbon]]
[[File:VC 2bol.jpg|Vandal Cop Award, 3rd ribbon]]
[[File:AA 2bol.jpg|Assistance Appreciated Award, 3rd ribbon]]<br />
[[File:AP 3sol.jpg|All Purpose Award, 7th ribbon]]
[[File:RAA_3bol.jpg|Random Act of Appreciation Award, 4th ribbon]]
[[File:EC3.jpg|Edit Count (10,000)]]
[[File:TIS4.jpg|Time in Service (5 years)]]
<br> </div>
<div id="awardsboard"><div id="awardsboardheader">Retired Awards Board</div>
[[File:F HonMen.jpg|Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2014)]]
[[File:F SEYA.jpg|Founder's Superior Editor of the Year Award (2011)]]
[[File:F HonMen.jpg|Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2010)]]
[[File:F HonMen.jpg|Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2009)]]

<br> </div> 

== Updates Needed Lister Program ==
[[User:Mbear/UpdatesNeededProgram]] This is a Python program to create an HTML page with updates needed to use as a checklist. (It helps my motivation to have a physical list I can cross things off of.)

== MWDA Dossier Project ==
See [[User:Mbear/MWDADossiers]]
== Military Rank Insignia Project ==
''Completed!'' Moved to [[User:Mbear/RankInsignia]] and [[:Category:Military Ranks]]

== Cheat Sheet for Adding References to articles ==
Enter text as normal. To get the superscripted reference number, put <nowiki><ref>''Source Name'', p. <i>NN</i></ref></nowiki> 

Now, for the page to know it needs to put together the reference list, need to add an H2 and special tag, like this:<br>
<nowiki>
==References==
</nowiki>
<br>
<nowiki>
<references />
</nowiki>
==Burn Rate Information==
[[User:Mbear/BurnrateInfo]]
== Images I've made ==
[[User:Mbear/MyImages]]

== Templates I've made ==
* [[Template:Inner Sphere Military Ranks]]
* [[Template:InfoBoxProtoMech]]
* [[Template:InfoBoxSolarisStable]]
* [[Template:PlanetOverhaul]]
* [[User:Mbear/PlanetPageTest]]
* [[Template:InfoBoxConflict]]

[[User:Mbear/Davion Assault Guards]]

[[User:Mbear/TableTest]]

== Battle Value Template==
Create a template that will show how a given unit's BV was computed. (See [[Policy Talk:Canon#Citing BV]] for reasoning.) This template will be included on a unit's discussion page so other editors who are good with numbers can check the resulting value.
# First unit type will be BattleMech.
# Will use formula from TechManual (See if [http://www.classicbattletech.com/index.php?action=text&page=TechManual this errata] is in my copy). It isn't, but I just integrated the errata.
# Be sure to set up template so it shows the computations are NOT canon.
# To compute BV 1.0, use rules from Maximum Tech.
# '''NOTE:''' If a computed Battle Value conflicts with a canon source, the canon source will be used. 

===Questions to answer===
*Should pilot skill count for determining Battle Value (probably not)?
*<s>As I don't have Strategic Operations, I'll need someone else to set up that template.</s> Strategic Operations is on the way.

[[User:Mbear/BVWorksheet]] [[User:Mbear/BUC]] [[User:Mbear/ManufacturingTimelineTest]]

==Skinning==
# <s>Document code changes to main page, awards board, game rules section.</s>
# <s>Create alternate skins w/house colors.</s>
# Create mobile friendly versions of themes.
[[User:Mbear/MainPage]] [[User:Mbear/CockpitConsole]] [[User:Mbear/welcome]]-- For testing some stuff.

==Image search==
Find or create a way to search images (and uploaded files) more effectively.

==Under Construction category?==
Is there a way to list all pages with the underconstruction tag on them?

==Miniatures Rules==
[http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1811 Classic BattleTech Miniature Rules]