User:THB/Update Archive

November 2nd, 2010
Well, what can I say? Besides keeping an eye on my watchlist, most of my recent wiki time has been spent looking into how we're going to deal with Wikia's new look. It's a frustrating issue, especially since it's stopping me doing much else around here. Therefore, I've decided to leave the issue behind and get on with the real job of improving this wiki. I'm hoping I'll soon be able to start work on the Tamers episode articles, though first I have to finish putting together the analyser template. I'll also probably be adding card upgrades to the digivolution template.

October 19th, 2010
Not too much to say. As I mentioned, I'm pretty busy now, so I haven't had much time for this place. Besides keeping up with my watchlist, I've been looking into things that'll need doing once Wikia's new skin sets in for good (R.I.P. Monaco). Since I work a lot with the episode articles, I've been looking at adjustments that need to be made to the layout so it fits into the narrower space that Wikia has decided to change to (an inspired decision...). And sorry, I still haven't started working on the Tamers episode articles, though with such little time to dedicate to this wiki now, I'm afraid my hard-core days of improving the episode articles may well be over. Even then, I'll still be trying to help in smaller ways, e.g. digimon analysers for other seasons, improvements to the digivolution template (basically whatever's on my to-do list).

September 30th, 2010
I'm really busy at the moment, so I'll try to make this quick. Well, after working massively overtime (compared to my usual speed), I'm happy to say I've finished working on Digimon Adventure 02. I'll eventually get started on Digimon Tamers, though I have to do some preparation first - I still haven't finished making a decent Digimon Analyser for the series, and I'm also toying with the idea of including card upgrades in the digivolution section. On top of that, I recently discovered that Wikia's decided to revamp the whole Monaco wiki layout, and replace it with their "new look", so there's going to be a whole lot of work to do when that takes place (gradually through October, from what I've read). I'm also starting university this weekend, and as any of you who have been there will know, it's a very busy time, so don't expect me to be doing much at all in the coming weeks (or perhaps even the coming year...).

September 15th, 2010
Sorry about the long gap between updates, but I'm generally editing less now that I'm approaching university. My main focus over the last couple of weeks has been integrating degenerations into the digivolution sections of the episode articles. It only took me three days to update Digimon Adventure, though DA02 updates seem to be taking forever, causing a big delay to my main work on the episode articles. So, basically, less editing + delays = a series that I'm not going to be finishing any time soon.

August 17th, 2010
Well, I'm back from my vacation (yes, I did enjoy it; thanks for asking), and I've just finished catching up with two weeks worth of editing via my watchlist, so I'm feeling pretty good. I'm hoping I can finish work on DA02 soon, though things are generally going to slow down for me, now that I'm preparing for university. I might decide to take a bit of a break before moving onto Digimon Tamers, though I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

July 30th, 2010
I'm afraid I haven't been doing too much on this wiki in recent days. Lately, I've found other activities to occupy myself with outside this computer, and to be honest, contributing to this wiki has gradually felt less and less like a hobby, and more like real work; not so much fun as when I first arrived here. I'm seriously considering stopping altogether. Though, I'll leave that possibility for now, and think about it some more when I get back from my summer vacation. See you later!

July 12th, 2010
I've collected all necessary resources for the last ten episodes of Digimon Adventure 02, so I'll soon be getting to work on the articles themselves. Unfortunately, I'll be unavailable for the first two weeks of August (take a wild guess), and a bit before then, though I'll see if I can finish the series first. I may just be able to cram in enough time. So, yeah, two whole weeks - I should probably put up a notice or something.

June 29th, 2010
I'm now up to episode 40 of Digimon Adventure 02, and I'll be putting improvements on hold again while I collect all the resources for the last ten episodes. Yes, that's right! Last ten! After four months of intense editing, I'm finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! And what else do I see there?! ...well, the next series actually, though it'll be a nice change from Adventure (plus, no more collecting frames for animations - my workload is instantly halved!). The new voting system for the Featured Article begins on Thursday, so be sure to add your vote and make it a success!

June 15th, 2010
So much has been going on for the past week or so, I don't know where to start. Well, I guess the new main page is one thing. Though to be honest, I finalised the design a while ago. It took a few months of non-discussion for me to realise that no one had anything else to say on the matter, so I just decided to go ahead and put it up. Other things currently in the works include a new monthly system for the featured article, and a long overdue news section. Over the next few days/weeks, I'll be trying hurry these through the discussion phase to avoid anymore unnecessary delay. Meanwhile, I'm now up to episode 36 of DA02 in my work on the episode articles, though progress has been slow for obvious reasons.

May 24th, 2010
Well, it took a bit longer than expected, but I've finally collected all the neccessary resources for the next ten episode articles, and I'll soon be getting back to work. Though, I'll be away for a couple of days, so the next article will still have to wait a bit longer. On a separate note, I'm sure all noticed it. Yes! This wiki now has its own unique display. I hope you all like it.

May 12th, 2010
I recently finished making improvements to ep. 30 of DA02, meaning I'm half-way through the series now. Though, I won't be editing much for at least the next few days, since I'll be collecting screenshots and making animations for the next 10 episodes (new system - best to get all the preparation stuff out of the way). So really, I'm doing just as much work as before, just behind the scenes. In other news, not the most relevant news, but I was glad to see the Digimon Frontier article finally cleaned-up, hopefully enough to become next week's Featured Article.

April 26th, 2010
Nothing really out of the ordinary to mention. In terms of my general work on episode articles, I've just finished improving ep. 24 of DA02. In fact, I've already collected screenshots, etc., for episodes as far as ep. 30, so I just need to edit the actual pages and upload the images. Shouldn't take too long...

April 6th, 2010
Since it's the Easter holiday, I haven't been able to spare much time for this wiki. I also have to admit that I've started working on other wiki projects (new ones that haven't been started by anyone else). Right now, since the new wikis are video game wikis, I've begun playing through the games for the sole purpose of collecting sprites. It'll be worth it in the end... hopefully. Anyway, back to this wiki. I've been focusing a bit more on movie articles lately, mainly because of the announcement of two new Digimon movies. They now have their own articles, and I'm wondering just how long it'll be before they can be filled in. Concerning episode articles, I've made improvements to six more since my last update. I'm now moving onto ep. 17 of DA02.

March 22nd, 2010
I've sort of been all over the place in the last few days, going between small projects and constantly stopping to try and help in places I can. Actually, a lot of the time I would normally spend on the wiki has instead been spent playing Digimon Battle. Though, I have still had a chance to make some progress on the episode articles (DA02 ep.11 now). I'm also experimenting with the idea of adding colour themes to episode infoboxes, and I've even designed a few which came out quite well. Lastly, I've been designing a template for episode articles, though I've still got a lot to do before it's good enough to be used.

March 12th, 2010
I'm now well into Digimon Adventure 02 concerning major improvements to episode articles - I'm up to the 7th episode. I've also been taking care of the featured article for the past few weeks now, which has been pretty depressing with so few people voting. It's not really that big a deal, but if it carries on the way it has, I'll feel compelled to do something about it. Hmm... I think I need a to-do list.

February 26th, 2010
Sorry about the long gap between updates. Lots to talk about. First of all, I can officially say that I'm done with Digimon Adventure, by which I mean, I think the episode articles are up to a high enough standard that I can now fully focus on Digimon Adventure 02. Though, this doesn't mean I'll abandoning the first series. I'll still be keeping an eye on the articles via the watchlist, checking any further edits and making any appropriate changes. It's my main aim at this wiki to get every single episode article up to a high standard (though it's going to take a whole lot of time and determination).

I've also been continuing work outside the episode articles. I'm still working on events for the "On this day" box for the main page, and I'm on October, so the end is in sight. Also, I finalised some of my Digimon Analyser templates in the sandbox, and am happy to say that they're now in use. Though, I'm still struggling to decide what to do for the Tamers Analyser (*sigh* Why does Internet Explorer have to be so limited?). Any suggestions?

January 30th, 2010
Let's see, where should I start? Well, I've been working pretty hard on episode articles in the past two weeks. I've managed to update 11 episode articles, adding information to the infoboxes, placing animations in the analysers, and replacing my own poor quality screenshots with better ones. It's a real achievement, considering this amount of work previously took me about a month. Anyway, I've also been making progress on the new main page format. I reluctantly added the news box, wondering how often there would actually be something to report. But Rad140 is more confident, so he'll be taking care of that. Meanwhile, I'm continuing to fill in events of each day of the year for the "On this day" box. I'm up to July now - making good progess.

January 16th, 2010 (!!!)
Happy new year! I'm hoping to contribute to the wiki a whole lot this year. Meanwhile, I've got lots to talk about. First of all, I finally finished watching Digimon Frontier. Looking back, I have to say, it was a bit dragged out in parts (especally during the final battle with Cherubimon), though otherwise, it was pretty good. I'm tempted to rate it above Digimon Tamers, though I know a lot of you here wouldn't like that. Anyway, I'll probably be moving onto Data Squad next, so here's hoping it's as good as all the other seasons.

In other news, I've been spending a lot of time designing a new main page format, which I'm honestly quite proud of. New features include a random quote, interesting "Did you know" facts, a featured image, and a cleanup box with a sort of Crest of Love theme entitled "This article needs your love!", per the request of Rad140, and a more compact layout for anime series selection. I'm currently working on another feature about things that happened on the current day. I've already finished the actual template, but the hard part is actually creating a template to be displayed on each and every day of the year (yes, that's 366, counting February 29th). I've created a template for every day up to (and including) March, inserting episode air dates and game release dates - the only dates I could find easily without leaving this wiki - along the way. So, I'm making steady progress. My only concern is that maybe I should be getting back to the episode articles (I'm easily distracted on this wiki - so many things to do, so little time...).

December 29th, 2009
As implied by my last update, I haven't been doing much on the Wiki recently. It's been about a week since I last paid a visit, due mainly to Christmas-related stuff. Fortunately, the list of edits on my watchlist were small (not that I expected much), and half of them were already sorted out. One thing I've been doing in the past week is catching up on a load of Digimon Frontier episodes. Downloading it all to my MP4 player makes it a whole lot easier, so I don't have to start up my computer every time I want to watch it. Anyway, I plan to continue with some proper Wiki editing in the new year, though don't be surprised if I'm back before then - I really enjoy working here. I know it's a bit late, but MERRY CHRISTMAS!

December 12th, 2009
I just finished updating episode 20 (of series 1), and I've decided it's time I got my life back on track. Seriously, I've been spending countless hours working on this Wiki, and it's stopping me from doing anything. So I'll be taking a bit of a break until I get some overdue tasks out of the way (plus there's Christmas - very busy). I hope to be back soon after the new year.

I'll check back every so often to look at my watchlist, my talk page, and anything else that might need my attention.

Well, bye for now!

December 8th, 2009
I'm starting to make real progress with the animations in the analysers. I've just finished with The Arrival of SkullGreymon, the 16th episode on season one. My main concern was how I would store all the RAW Digimon episodes (each of which take up about 223MB) on my computer, though getting an external hard drive has resolved this problem. Hopefully, it won't be long before I'm working on season two.

I haven't had the chance to watch much of Digimon Frontier recently, though I do plan to, hopefully before I forget what's happened in the previous episode (Ep. 13 - pretty climatic).

November 26th, 2009
I decided I'd try watching Digimon Frontier again, and I have to say - I'm starting to get into it. I guess I was initially put off by all the new characters and concepts. The way I see it now, the first few episodes of any Digimon series are a bit dodgy, but it becomes more enjoyable as the plot develops, and as you get to know the characters.

On a separate note, I'm making steady progress with the whole animations thing, and I'm now up to episode seven of series one. Still a long way to go.

November 17th, 2009
Haven't been able to make much more progress with DA02, due to lots of things which I'm sorting out with the first series, such as screenshot quality (trying to download RAW episodes - really good quality, though download takes ages), and the possibility of animated screenshots in Digimon Analysers (takes ages just to make one; see sandbox). To make matters worse, my Internet keeps disconnecting at odd moments. *sigh* I wonder if I'll ever get round to season two.