User talk:Bryan

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Just to clarify, as you may see these terms in my contributions. These terms are British, but they're shorter than a lengthy description.

• Coupe - Two door hard top. Usually sporty, but not necessarily.
• Estate - Four door wagon. Cargo area is in the same compartment as the passengers.
• Hatchback - Two door vehicle where the rear cargo area shares space with the passengers.
• Roadster - Two door convertible. Top up or down.
• Saloon - Four door sedan car with a boot/trunk which is isolated from the passengers.

MGS4

Hi. Simply copy the general part of an existing game and fill it out. You dont have to edit the "Playstation 3 games" page as it is a category. It automatically adds it there when the category is included in the page. I can set it up for you if you like. --Christian Riesen 01:25, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

A guide how to setup games would be in order hey ? :) I'll set it up. --Christian Riesen 04:13, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots here is the game. I put up some basics, but you can go and edit more. Try to mirror how the GTA4 page is setup, that will help you a lot :) Have fun and ask me if you have questions. --Christian Riesen 04:38, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

You are doing a great job there! Here a few pointers though. First, external links look like this: [http://urlhere.com/something.html Text that is linked]. That is only for URLs you want to link to. Internal links you got down already with a special exception. The Stuff for the game itself goes into a sub page. So it's "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots/Camouflage" and not "Metal Gear Solid 4/Camouflage". This way all the stuff for this game is under the same heading. Now to link to those, you simply first add the links on the page itself, like this: [[/Camouflage|Camouflage]]. Notice the / in front and nothing else. That tells it to go from the current page. Also you need to add the second name, or it will say the whole title of the page as link. So the best way to create new pages: Make a link to them first, then click the red link and fill in data. You made some pages like walkthrough with a small W at the front. Don't shorten titles, use the full title, it makes it easier to find for people. The wiki differentiates. Also you don't need to add the _ sign when linking, the wiki replaces spaces automatically with a _ when needed. I corrected the existing pages and the main MSG4 page a little. Look at it and see what I changed to learn from it :) You could also start a page about the MSG series (i added it to the infobox on the right) and put the games in there, as this one page is only about this one game. Look at the other series to have a look at how it's done there. You could also add more games of the MGS series :) I am creating a tool to make adding games easier now. Oh and before I forget, add a summary above the pictures for the game. Look at GTA4 for guidance there. --Christian Riesen 17:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

When you work on the walkthrough for MSG4, try to keep it together like the GTA4 or the San Andreas one. Multiple sub pages only make sense if it really is gigantic :) Also as a smill tip, write it in a text editor first, save it there, save it often and spellcheck it. Once a larger section is done, put it in the wiki, PREVIEW first and when it looks ok, save it. That way you make less edits which improves the readability of the history of a page :) --Christian Riesen 03:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry about images that are there by accident, I am cleaning those up regularly. When you edit a talk page, take the main one, not an archive, or I wont see it. Also when answerign, click the second last button at the end, which adds this: --~~~~. This is the signature which translates into that part you see me posting at the very end of this post. If you have MSN or something, look at my user page and add me there so we could talk a bit on there. I could teach you some things that might be useful to you. --Christian Riesen 15:48, 14 July 2008 (UTC)