User talk:Nobodyman9

Hey there
Is it alright if we stick with the Timeless theme? I really don't like the theme you picked out.

Yeah, it's fine. I wasn't totally crazy about it either.

Gallery Status
Hey, do you think it might be worth pulling Gallery pages back into the main subject pages? There are only two galleries in the wiki currently, and the Terror Toad page in particular looks very dry with most of the colour hived off on a sister page. I get that there is quite a lot of media associated with the monster, but I also would have thought that subjects worthy of having that much media would be something of flagship pages.

On a side note, apologies for the recent mess regarding GIFs. I wanted to create better versions based on a better video source, but GIFs on this wiki have a habit of freezing before they load through all of the frames and thus never loop, even in some sizes that are comparable to the existing ones. Is there a threshold for that sort of thing that's lower than the file size limit, like number of frames or seconds or something? I'd love to improve on some of the existing GIFs within reason but I don't want to be needlessly filling up file histories with experiments and reverts.

'''My main reason for creating a dedicated Terror Toad gallery page was because I didn't want the main page to be overloaded with images and GIFs as I find pages like that to be rather distracting and cumbersome. I see your point though. Let me sleep on this one. I'll probably try moving the gallery back to the main page and see how it looks.'''

'''As for the GIFs, I'm sorry to say, but I really don't know much about making or uploading GIFs. You're obviously well within your 100MB upload limit, and I'm not aware of any other limitations beyond that. I'll do some research and see if I can find anything, but otherwise you may want to try Reddit or some other that might offer better insight into GIF-making. And don't worry too much about the history. I can delete versions of it if need be.'''

'''UPDATE: Alright, I think the gallery looks fine when added to the Terror Toad's main page. Per your request we'll leave it like that and I'll delete the gallery pages.'''

Thanks, looks great. I've added a few extra GIFs to keep the filesize down (and found a way to compress them so that they seem to load now), which in the case of physical swallowing scenes represented by one GIF, is now two. An issue I'm having with updating file versions is that old ones are still showing in some (seemingly random) cases despite claiming to have updated properly on the version history. https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T6175 suggests that it's a cache issue that even manually purging doesn't immediately fix, but also suggests it will fix itself in time. So currently for example the Red Ranger scene has a GIF showing the whole swallowing scene, and then a GIF showing the second half, because the first file hasn't refreshed to only show the first half. If it's still not showing properly in say, a week's time, let me know and I'll upload them as "new" uploads instead of updating file versions. I wouldn't expect to make someone else do the five or six updates of file name changes on every linked file to every updated GIF, and it'd be a shame to revert to the lower quality GIFs, so I'll do that if needs be. PS it's also happening for some static image version uploads, although that's not as big an issue.

'''Cool. Thanks for all the work you've put into this. From what I can see, it looks like most of the GIFs have updated and are working fine, except for Yellow Ranger Eaten 3.gif. For this one, maybe you could split it into two GIFs. Have one end when the Yellow Ranger is turn into an orb and the second one picks up after that to when Yellow Ranger is swallowed. But I'll leave it up to you. Feel free to keep experimenting with it.'''

Okay, regarding the uploaded YT videos, wanted to check with you if you wanted me to revert to the previously uploaded videos, as there's a bit of pro and con. Pros are Zyu footage used is much better even with YT's compression, the 2010 re-version audio is undoubtedly clearer, and I've uploaded the videos as unlisted so I would hope they're less likely to be flagged than previous videos have been. Not monetising, couldn't if I wanted to with the copyright anyway. Cons are the sound issues due to the framerates being very different between Zyu and US footage, there are a few slight jumps here and there where I had to expand the sound. The worst example to my ears is I ended up extending Terror Toad's laugh as he creeps towards a retreating Billy and Kim. There are also the minor sound effects added to the 2010 audio, which of course have no visual equivalent. I think the versions I've stitched together have an overall better quality and hopefully some longevity in the way they're uploaded, but there are flaws and there's the key question of authenticity vs using actual 1993 US-coded footage and audio.

I managed to find a table that explains the GIF issues on another Miraheze wiki (lifted directly below). It's from this I was able to calculate 72 frames was the max for a 480x360 GIF. That's 6 seconds if using 12 frames per second. From this I figured I could just cut the problematic existing GIF (79 frames) to a manageable one (71 frames) while only losing the last less-than-a-second where Terror Toad finishes chewing and goes to wipe his mouth before the camera cuts to his belly. I wouldn't normally think to bore you with all the details but maybe the information would go some way to standardising, or at least helping other contributors not screw up in the same ways I have.

12.5 Megapixels is the limit of Miraheze
 * If an image in JPG or PNG format exceeds 12.5 megapixels, your thumbnail will not be processed.
 * The case of animated GIFs is similar, but the number of pixels is equal to the product of their width, height and number of frames. If it exceeds 12.5 megapixels, it will be processed, but will not be animated and will keep its first fixed frame.

Next, we will see the maximum number of frames that an animated GIF can have according to its dimensions (it is enough to divide 12'500,000 by the product of the dimensions, and then process the result with the "floor" function):


 * If the animated GIFs are adjusted to the standard size of the galleries (236px), these would be the results:

'''I watched the videos and I see what you're talking about with the audio and synchronization issues. While I do appreciate your enthusiasm and all the effort you put into this, I do think dubbing MMPR 2010 audio over Zyuranger is, honestly, overreaching a bit. Again, I can appreciate you trying to create the best video and audio quality possible while also avoiding copyright issues, but I think at this point it's kind of muddling things. Like, aside from the sync issues, it's also weird that we hear those "glow effects", though we don't actually see them. The other videos weren't as high quality, sure, but they were more genuine, if you catch my meaning. This is just supposed to be a fun site where people can look up, refer to, and write about certain swallowing scenes, and if they're so inclined, they research and look up the source material for the full experience and best quality. I really don't want this to become a chore for us.'''

'''As for the GIF tables, that's cool. We can certainly keep that in that our pocket as a reference in case we have issues with GIF uploads in the future. But, you know, let's not fool ourselves, it's not like we have a ton of people contributing to this site.'''

I have 2 questions
1. Do we mention mawshots in this wiki?

2. Is it considered a vore scene if a character (Pred)implies or mentions that he/she has swallowed a character (prey) before in the past, without any actual depiction of a character getting swallowed?

Just to clarify with this example

“Oh yeah, my little friend likes to play in my stomach!”

1. No. Let's stick only to scenes where actual swallowing occurs.

'''2. If you're talking about offscreen vore, then I suppose that's fine. Ideally, the prey should still be in the pred's stomach.'''

Another Question
Can I put transcripts on pages?

You can put in quotes if they're brief, but let's not put in pages and pages worth of text.

Understood

Another Wiki
Is it okay if I interest you in a wiki? 128.92.166.70 16:11, June 24, 2022 (UTC)

Go for it
 * Here it is. (Sorry it took me so long.)

'''Interesting. I wasn't aware of this website, and I do like pregnancy scenes. Thanks for sharing!'''

Vore Sighting
Cuphead has some vore in The Delicious Last Course. 128.92.166.70 18:04, July 15, 2022 (UTC)

'''Thanks. If you want to add a page for it you're more than welcome to.'''

ChalkZone
The Big Blow Up has vore in it.