User talk:Sealbudsman

Pocket Edition data values
I'm currently collecting PE ID values for a personal project. While working on it I happened to notice that some entries in the Block IDs table don't have the "S" superscript where I would have expected it: I would update the table but I'm not entirely sure that having an associated DV is the sole criterion for the "S" superscript, especially for the Nether Reactor where to most readers the DV variants are more states than block type differences. Since you seem to have done mass updating of this table I thought I'd ask you first: Should I tag these "S"? – Auldrick (talk &middot; contribs) 18:19, 22 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Having different DVs which make a difference is the sole criterion, yes. According to the key above the table anyway. I have done some updating to the table, but I don't have access to the data values from the game -- except for that file Jocopa3 maintains -- so I probably wasn't good at keeping the letters up to date, at the time. As for how users interpret it, states versus types, I think the key at the top would make it pretty clear that it's really neither of those, it's just internal numbers. –  Sealbudsman talk/contr 18:32, 22 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm also using Jacopa3's file. I'm doing a thorough reconciliation so I'll probably catch any other errors on the page as I go, for whatever it's worth. Thanks for the quick reply, and have a nice day! – Auldrick (talk &middot; contribs) 18:58, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

NBT tags for boats
I'm just wondering: were any boat-related NBT tags other than  added in 1.9? VeenM64 (talk) 16:37, 9 February 2017 (UTC)


 * No. The unabridged History section clearly shows that it's only  that was added. Removing that from History would cause your question to be difficult to answer. There is no reason to remove factual historical information from the History section (with the exception being bugs, outlined at Minecraft_Wiki:Style_guide/Features). Skylinerw (talk) 19:06, 9 February 2017 (UTC)


 * You're probably forgetting something. If you want to be absolutely sure, just look on the 1.9 page to see if there's anything missing from the so-called "unabridged" history section. I'm going to go do that now. VeenM64 (talk) 19:18, 9 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I called it "unabridged" in reference to your insistence of removing historical information. If you removed NBT data from history, your question of NBT data cannot be answered using that history. It literally cannot be unabridged if you keep removing that history. If something is missing that aligns with the style guide, then feel free to add it. But deleting real history because the list is 'too long' is not appropriate.


 * Your initial question concerns NBT data for boats in 1.9; the history section is unabridged in regards to that.  is the only boat-specific tag added in 1.9. Skylinerw (talk) 20:08, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Blast Resistance
I'm not good at wikis; sorry if I leave this message wrongly. I noticed you add a Blast Resistance of 7 for Glazed Terracotta. It's probably a mistake, but I don't know how to decompile snapshots to check myself. (I only know how to use MCP, which is only updated for Minecraft 1.10.) The values to setResistance are 1/3 of the actual blast resistance, so if you saw a 7, the value for the table is 21.

I believe I found some other old errors in the table also. Stained and regular Hardened Clay should be 21, and Hoppers should be 24. But I'm going to try confirming this with gnembon's carpet mod, or personal testing, before I edit it. Morsker (talk) 19:51, 9 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Oh that's fine - so for reference, the raw hardness values in the decompiled jar are: concrete = 1.8, glazed terracotta = 1.4, and concrete powder = 0.5. Those we being run through a method that set those as the hardness values, and in addition, set the blast resistance to 5 * that value. There IS a method that sets the blast resistance to the given value * 3, but, these three blocks don't use that method. It was totally confusing, and I don't know why they did it that way, but anyway.. I'd welcome any double checking you can do, I could always been doing it wrong. Thanks! – Sealbudsman talk/contr 20:01, 9 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Oh, if they were using the 1/5 method and not the 1/3, I no longer have any reason to think it's a mistake. What made me think twice was that 7/3 isn't a clean number in floating point, and also I'd just found that Stained Hardened Clay is actually 21. But 7/5 is 1.4 like you said, and makes sense. And thanks also for the pointer to jd-gui. It's been years since I used Java, and I don't know any of the tools anymore, so this is a big help. If I can get time, I'll try writing a tool to dump the whole table. Morsker (talk) 20:30, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

To decompile a jar, I use jd-gui. You kind of have to search for string literals to find what you want, because all other names are obfuscated. Luckily in this case it's easy to find the Block class where you'll find the hardness values, by searching for the string "terracotta", it's only one of 3 results. – Sealbudsman talk/contr 20:05, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Slicedlime's "real name"
Are you sure Mikael Hedberg is Slicedlime's real name? The only reason why I'm asking this question is for two reasons:


 * 1) The name was added by an IP address (actually, multiple IP addresses) well known for vandalism (unfortunately, it can't be blocked due to it being a Cloudflare IP) . Never mind the stroken-through words. Just realized the IP address in question and the one I linked to are completely different.
 * 2) No sources have been provided to support that it is indeed his real name.

-BDJP (t 20:28, 16 February 2017 (UTC)


 * That's a good question ... I did google "Mikael Hedberg slicedlime" and found quite a bit of online presence that all corroborate each other pretty well: github page, facebook page, google+ page, slideshare presentation -- and they also corroborate what slicedlime has put on his twitter bio. I just realized it doesn't have to be a maze of inferences (though I thought it was a pretty strong maze of inferences), there's a clear source:
 * In the info section below this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdCsXuKeOn4, he introduces himself by name and as slicedlime, and corroborating that, he uses the first person to suggest we follow him on twitch, and links us to the same twitch that is linked on @slicedlime twitter. – Sealbudsman talk/contr 20:50, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I can also confirm that Mikael Hedberg is his real name. --HelenAngel (talk) 20:40, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Programs to automate wiki tasks
I'm currently working on a suite of programs to automate common tasks on the wiki. Currently, I'm almost done with a program which can generate the PE and PC data value charts from JSON files with some additional customization options to add new sections and obtain methods. However, I'm wondering if there are other tasks, like images that are frequently updated, that could also be automated. For example, I may make a program that creates renders of blocks and entities given their JSON model data and textures. If there's anything that comes to mind, I'd be interested to know! Jocopa3 (talk) 16:13, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
 * If anything comes to mind, sure! How do you plan to make these available to the wiki community?  –  Sealbudsman talk/contr 18:50, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll be maintaining a GitHub repository containing both the source code and compiled tools. Anyone can simply download the repo as a .zip and run the compiled tools. The tools require Java, but since most contributors to this wiki own/play Minecraft, they should have Java installed anyway. I've just uploaded the DataValuesChart generator as well as a working JSON file to generate the Pocket Edition chart. Jocopa3 (talk) 18:50, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Chat forum for this wiki site?
Sorry for barging in, but I see that you are an active user. Could you please guide me towards an online forum/chat/discord/slack/... related to minecraft.gamepedia.com?

The reason I'm asking is that I'm wondering on some specific topics related to MCPE and redstone pages, and version marking of pages.

Holroy (talk) 13:17, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I'm not aware of any forum about this wiki that's external to this wiki. Usually you would ask your questions on the community portal talk page. There's an "add topic" button at the top of the page. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Sealbudsman (talk • contribs) at 15:26, 13 April 2017 (UTC). Please sign your posts with

Game mode capitalisation
Sorry about that, I incorrectly thought game modes were lowercased. I'll remember that for the future.

―HalfOfAKebab (talk, contribs) 00:30, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Casing of "end stone"
Why is "end" in "end stone" lowercase? It's named after the dimension, so why should it be lowercased while the dimension itself is capitalised?

―HalfOfAKebab (talk, contribs) 00:33, 2 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Well .. I don't really know, because the style guide looks like it leaves it open for interpretation. I think of it as being okay to leave it lowercase because while it's named after a dimension, it still isn't a dimension. I used to capitalize it, but people started lowercasing it so I came to just accept it as prevailing convention.
 * Want to raise a topic on the style guide talk pages (or better: search the talk and archives and see if it's been settled yet) and see if there's a better answer? – Sealbudsman talk/contr 00:46, 2 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I'll look into it there.
 * ―HalfOfAKebab (talk, contribs) 03:06, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * ―HalfOfAKebab (talk, contribs) 03:06, 2 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I found two discussions (1, 2) in the archives (and none in the current talk page). However, neither come to an actual conclusion - they're both just filled with people giving their opinions on the matter, and it seems everyone has a completely different opinion.
 * Should I make a new topic?
 * ―HalfOfAKebab (talk, contribs) 03:20, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * ―HalfOfAKebab (talk, contribs) 03:20, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * ―HalfOfAKebab (talk, contribs) 03:20, 2 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Sure! – Sealbudsman talk/contr 15:53, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Notes from Helen

 * Congratulations on the upcoming new addition to your family! :) I just saw your note that you have a little one due in June on your profile page.
 * Could we get the domain aka.ms whitelisted for the wiki so it doesn't show up in the spam filter? This is a URL shortener owned by Microsoft- only people who work for a MS subsidiary and/or MS itself can create links with that domain. Tyty! --HelenAngel (talk) 20:40, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks ^_^ ... bracing myself for lots of sleepless nights which will slowly evolve into lots of fun, if the first one was any indication.
 * I'm a regular editor with no privileges, but that's nice of you to ask, though. I will rubberstamp your request. : P
 * You may ask on the admin noticeboard, because that's either an admin function or a Curse function, I don't know which. – Sealbudsman talk/contr 21:21, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * , did you ever get that aka.ms thing taken care of? – Sealbudsman talk/contr 22:00, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I added the domain to the whitelist, but I couldn't find it in the local or global blacklist, so I don't see how it would get caught in the first place. –Majr ᐸ Talk Contribs 10:47, 21 May 2017 (UTC)


 * The blacklist has a generic rule that catches anything of the form xxx.xx; that's probably what had blocked it. -- Orthotopetalk 18:41, 21 May 2017 (UTC)