User talk:Jerimee

Hi. Regarding the syndrome notes on your userpage, turns out either materials or interactions will do the job, if you weren't aware? ([1]) Silverwing235 (talk) 01:10, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Oh good to know. Thank you! Jerimee (talk) 02:07, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Purge template

What's the reason for adding the {{purge}} template, particularly to pages that don't change often like text general.txt? If you find yourself needing to purge pages often for your own editing purposes, I would encourage you to use a user script, like User:Lethosor/purge link.js, to add the feature just for yourself. I think most users don't need this ability to be embedded in the page and would be confused by the purge template. —Lethosor (talk) 02:02, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Sounds good. Jerimee (talk) 01:23, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

I update the doc to say "do not use" and suggest your script. Just FYI, no action needed. Jerimee (talk) 21:23, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Lethosor, I couldn't get that script to work - User:Jerimee/purge link.js exists, but it doesn't seem to do anything that I can tell. I viewed the source and tried to troubleshoot on my own, but no luck. Any guesses as to what I might have done wrong? Jerimee (talk) 23:43, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Answering your spheres question.

I'm sure you found the answer by now, but just in case you didn't... Spheres are topics/aspects of influence that are connected to the randomly generated deities in the Dwarf Fortress world. There are some creatures in the game that have static spheres, so bogeymen are always connected to the following spheres: misery, night, nightmares. That makes perfect sense, they're evil creatures that cause absolute misery, cackle at their prey, only appear at night and can take on a horrifying, nightmarish appearance. They are scary nightmarish creatures overall.

Things that are procedurally generated, like megabeasts, could be attached to a number of random spheres. Its appearance and nature matches what spheres it's connected to. So if one of the beast's spheres is... say... "balance", the beast's appearance could be perfectly symmetrical. If another is "wind", it could have a gust of wind constantly swirling around it, or maybe it has holes that keep blowing out air. If one of them is darkness, it could have extremely dark skin. Get it?

Also, when temples are built, dwarves will meditate on a sphere that's connected to a god they worship. I think demons build their vaults based on spheres of the deities they're working for. I think. I hope that helps. Assuming that's what you were asking about. --Zippy (talk) 00:38, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the kind reply! Jerimee (talk) 04:10, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Vocabulary templates

As I just found out that you did that Template:Noun_dictionary collapsible table update when letting OddballJoe know about the now hopefully satisfactory Language#Vocabulary infodump section, I thought it was only polite to drop a line and say nice work. I wouldn't have known where to start, but I updated verbs and adjectives too, and have already borrowed it for the custom symbols action & relation list. I can see myself using it as a basis for more page tidyings in future. Alpacalypse (talk) 00:37, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

thanks! Jerimee (talk) 00:52, 11 March 2023 (UTC)