User:Klow

"Good luck out there, buddy. You're gonna need it."

- Barney Calhoun to any admin

Oh hai! Any questions? (absurd or not, with or without punctuation) Views? Ideas? Suggestions? Bashing? Feel free to leave a message on my talk page! I'll answer there and nowhere else.

Misc

 * Please take a look at the Manual of Style and the Layout Guide before doing anything.


 * My Steam username is the same as here. Feel free to join our official Steam group, and spread the word.


 * I am the one who manages the bot DØG for automated stuff.


 * Don't forget that Valve is not the only video game producer. Take a look at BioShock, Prey, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Thief or Mirror's Edge, among others. The Tomb Raider series are good, but I started being bored during Anniversary (10 years playing TR is overly long, I guess).


 * Anyone who'd like a custom wallpaper based on one of my created logos, feel free to ask.


 * I know, I spend way too much time here. I just can't help it.


 * Do you hate ads? I do. Installing Firefox and the add-on Adblock Plus (with some mandatory subscriptions) will wash your soul.


 * Forgive me if I sometimes make spelling and/or English mistakes. Thing is, English is actually not my native language (which is Belgian French). Anyway I think my level is much better than many of you, who sometimes have an appalling English level, and it's a shame considering it's most of the time your mother language. Not anyone can write, so please refrain to do so until you are mature enough, and, above all, please don't write stuff just as it goes through your head, try to blend it properely into the text. And, before I forget: if you can't spell "Gordon" and "Aperture" properly: Please. Go. Away.


 * Other wikis I can be found at: Spiroupédia (bureaucrat), Cloverpedia (bureaucrat), Mirror's Edge Wiki (sysop), and Wookieepedia.


 * I also made the CSWiki and Team Fortress Wiki logos.


 * I'm not a tyrant, I'm dedicated. If you destroy the hours of work spent here by me and the other dedicated editors, don't expect any mercy from me.

Stuff I made
I fixed many articles and created lots of templates and categories and added/improved countless images (such as the Raising the Bar cover and Episode Two poster remade from scratch) ; it would be impossible and pointless to mention them all here. I also created the current and previous logo for the wiki, as well as the other general layout customizations, and the main page layout.

Articles


‎*HECU Medic
 * HECU Dam Turret
 * Aperture Science Radio
 * Black Mesa Air Control
 * Gamma Labs
 * Alien Quarantine Labs
 * Black Mesa South Access Tunnel
 * Section A-17 Prototype Labs
 * Freight Yard
 * Area 8 Topside Dormitories
 * Black Mesa Medical Lab
 * Black Mesa desert
 * Level 3 Dormitories
 * Waste Processing Area 3
 * Topside Motorpool
 * Biological Waste Processing Plant
 * Xen Sentry Cannon
 * Advanced Biological Research Lab
 * Van Buren
 * Newell (scientist)
 * Sector A Training Facility
 * Sector B Coolant Reserve
 * Sector C Test Labs
 * Sector D Administration
 * Sector E Biodome Complex
 * Sector F Lambda Complex
 * Sector G Hydro Electric
 * Ben Houge
 * HECU Sniper Rifle
 * Minigun
 * Human Sergeant
 * Energy Grenade
 * HECU Radio
 * Welding Torch
 * HECU Sniper
 * HECU Engineer
 * Xen Thumper
 * Xen Healing Shower
 * Xen Healing Pool
 * Protozoan
 * Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
 * Tactical Map
 * David Mertz
 * Kristy Junio
 * Rob Heironimus
 * Brian Hess
 * Matthew Armstrong
 * Black Mesa Ceiling Turret
 * Combine Ground Turret
 * Combine Ceiling Turret
 * Resistance imagery
 * Dynamite
 * Aperture Science Speaker System
 * Test Subject 42
 * Test Subject 234
 * Arlene
 * Daniel
 * Jacob
 * Mary
 * Holographic Assistant
 * Kathy Levin
 * HECU Double Turret
 * Black Ops Mortar
 * M2 Browning Machine Gun
 * M202A1 FLASH
 * M198 Howitzer
 * Mike Patton
 * Aperture Science Material Emancipation Grill
 * Aperture Science Vital Apparatus Vent
 * Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator
 * 1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button
 * Petroleum Station
 * Aperture Science Unstationary Scaffold
 * Submarine
 * Tri Nguyen
 * Eric Kirchmer
 * Black Hole Gun
 * Land Mine
 * Mr. Valve
 * Flash Grenade
 * Aperture Science Military Android
 * Santego Military Base
 * Jeremy Bennett
 * Unidentified Synth
 * Station 9
 * Unidentified deaf character
 * The Mesa Times
 * Ivan the Space Biker
 * Weapon Box
 * Otis Laurey
 * LM
 * Snark Mine
 * Black
 * Coomer (security guard)
 * Bailey (security guard)
 * West
 * Backman (security guard)
 * Victor
 * Guthrie (security guard)
 * Advanced Knee Replacement
 * Mark IV Thermonuclear Device
 * Alésia Glidewell
 * Jamil Mullen
 * Barn Advisor
 * Reardon
 * Armstrong
 * Bahl
 * Cavanaugh
 * Deupree
 * Heironimus
 * Hess
 * Landon
 * Luna
 * Martel
 * McArthur
 * Mertz
 * Montague
 * Palmer
 * Pitchford
 * Selitto
 * VanDolen
 * Wardwell
 * S. Reardon
 * S. Jones
 * C-130
 * Backman (scientist)
 * Bailey (scientist)
 * Birdwell
 * Bond
 * Casali
 * Coomer (scientist)
 * Guthrie (scientist)
 * Johnson
 * Jones (scientist)
 * Laidlaw
 * Laur
 * Riller
 * Stelly
 * Teasley
 * Wood
 * Bernier
 * Caughley
 * Cook
 * Donaldson
 * Lundeen
 * Mark
 * Bass
 * Mennet
 * Myers
 * Theodore
 * Walker
 * Beier
 * Cassello
 * Dunn
 * Fase
 * Hood
 * Jones (security guard)
 * Kooy
 * Lombardi
 * O'Conner
 * Pauly
 * Phillips
 * Pobst
 * Trock
 * Veevaert
 * S. Bahl
 * P. Deupree
 * J. Faulkenbury
 * R. Heironimus
 * B. Martel
 * D. Mertz
 * L. Montgomery
 * R. Pitchford
 * M. Wardwell
 * Lauren
 * Combine Dispenser
 * Vortex Hopwire
 * Long Jump Module
 * Desert Launcher
 * Earth creatures
 * Hunter-Chopper Bomb
 * Harpoon
 * F-117 Nighthawk
 * ApertureScience.com
 * Aperture Science Security Camera
 * Delivery Cart
 * Black Mesa Truck
 * Johanson
 * Alyx's Cache
 * Vance Headquarters
 * Jalopy
 * Retinal Scanner
 * Mil Mi-8
 * Combine SWAT Truck
 * Merkava
 * Combine Assassin Tank
 * MTM 8
 * Dr. Breen's Private Reserve
 * School Bus
 * Combine Launcher
 * EMP Tool
 * Television
 * Combine Monitor
 * Transponder
 * Combine Big Momma Pod
 * Door Tower
 * Sand Barnacle
 * Particle Storm
 * HK-707
 * Portal: Prelude
 * Source SDK
 * Wasteland Scanner
 * Inney
 * Digger
 * Jet Ski
 * AirEx Truck
 * Samuel
 * Skitch
 * Helena Mossman
 * Eli Maxwell
 * Vance
 * The Consul
 * Conscripts
 * Weekday Warrior
 * Half-Life storyline
 * Half-Life: Opposing Force storyline
 * Half-Life: Blue Shift storyline
 * Half-Life: Decay storyline
 * Half-Life 2 storyline
 * Half-Life 2: Episode One storyline
 * Half-Life 2: Episode Two storyline
 * Portal storyline
 * Cooper
 * Peters
 * Sharpe
 * Borealis (cut location)
 * Randy Pitchford
 * Stephen Bahl
 * Moby Francke
 * The Wasteland
 * Chuck Jones
 * Dhabih Eng
 * Ted Backman
 * Viktor Antonov
 * Technical Trainstation
 * City 17 trainstation
 * Boid
 * Xen Ceiling Turret
 * The Specialists
 * X-8973
 * R-4913
 * Hospital
 * Combine Super Soldier
 * Jonathan Coulton
 * Erik Wolpaw
 * Chet Faliszek
 * Chris Jensen
 * Kelly Bailey
 * Gabe Newell
 * Tony Todd
 * Ellen McLain
 * Jim French
 * Louis Gossett Jr.
 * Lani Minella
 * Black Mesa (corporation)
 * FakeFactory's Cinematic Mod
 * Mistake of Pythagoras
 * The Outlands
 * Aperture Laboratories
 * Half-Life 2: Survivor
 * Weather Control
 * Air Exchange
 * Skyscraper
 * Manhack Arcade
 * Combine Factories
 * Archer
 * Snapbug
 * Combot
 * Stukabat
 * OverWiki:Canon
 * Gearbox Software
 * Panther Eye
 * Kraken Base
 * Get Your Free TVs!
 * Half-Life 2 original storyline
 * Sacktick
 * Stampeder
 * Alien Assassin
 * Alien Combine Soldier
 * Tripod Hopper
 * Flocking Floater
 * Fast Walker
 * Mr. Friendly
 * Kingpin

SVG Half-Life logos
These logos are alll based on real Half-Life logos. I created them all from scratch, except for the City 17 logos that are based on the Missing Information one (I just converted it to SVG, then customized it).

Main Page logos
Each time based on existing images used on the wiki.

Other images
These include bad quality images I partially or completely remade from scratch using better sources.

Acknowledgments


I would like to thank the following:

Valve

 * Valve for their awesome universe. I just hope you guys didn't blacklist us for our expensive leak coverage.
 * Marc Laidlaw for his awesome storyline
 * Viktor Antonov for his amazing creativity
 * Ted Backman for his "interesting" creatures
 * Merle Dandridge for her great voice-over talent

Gamers

 * YabbaMyIcing, the "reverter-in-chief", for sticking around
 * Darkman 4 for his tremendous contribution to the weapons category, among others
 * MattDienhoff for his professionalism
 * Erickos for the boring task of adding the infobox to all game and mod articles
 * Donovan-j-charlie for his Half-Life and expansions screenshots
 * Mega Sean 45 for leaving us alone forever
 * ШЛЫК for his deep knowledge of the Beta, as well as his Russia-related knowledge, his hi-res RtB scans, and other relevant info I added here
 * HGrunt for his deep knowledge of the Beta and neat fixed maps
 * Flat Zeus for his fixed brushes, maps and other nice stuff
 * BetaMaster for the Missing Information logo

Things to do
If you want to help me in this task, feel free to pick an item in the list below. Don't pick one you don't quite understand, of course, and let me know when you have done something.

General fixing

 * Standardize the "entity" field in the brush articles
 * Adapt the articles with BMRF stuff in them with more specific names
 * Re-include all non reference notes into the articles themselves
 * Check canonicity of Gordon's BG
 * Mr Valve introduced in Op4?
 * Wallace Breen: expand the gallery, the relationships and the rtb info, and rewrite some stuff in the main info
 * Cleanup the external links in the games articles
 * Rewrite the City 17 article, especially the origins section (+ mention the old City 17 outer concrete wall already covered in the Wasteland article)
 * Check the related game names categories in the quality articles (a lot has been done on that, thanks Donovan)
 * Flare Gun/Alyx/HEV Suit issue/IA Latham
 * Update Conscripts with correct facts
 * Update and rewrite the Beta storyline article, separate in the chapters all the development era ideas, and put a small gallery for each chapter
 * Get Half-Life Prima Guide and Half-Life: Opposing Force Prima Guide

Sure

 * Xen "Trampoline"
 * Xen "Aperture" Hole
 * Alien Grunt Factory
 * Half-Life: Uplink (film)
 * Seattle
 * Cake
 * Antlion Hill
 * Guido
 * Benny
 * Sgt. Harrington (cut)

Unsure

 * radio tower settlement article between the mine and the inn?
 * Car battery station?
 * Only real Combine outpost along the Coast?
 * Aaron Barber
 * Randy Lundeen
 * Kim Swift
 * Bill Van Buren
 * "Sphere"
 * Gasbag
 * Misc game packs, Anthology, Generation, Game of the Year, etc.

Misc things to add

 * Add the brand new log infos in the related articles, especially the timeline
 * Somebody wake up Shephard
 * Add scientist and guard quotes cut from decay
 * Add some scientist / guard quotes
 * HL on Dreamcast
 * Xen skybox in the portal files
 * C.C. letter to Kleiner
 * check some cpp files in the leak source code
 * source code also contain info on TF2, HL1 and CS:S
 * e3_seafloor_drive
 * dmc weapons
 * demo_camshaft
 * gman crow's name
 * gman in beta town_01
 * http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Easter_Eggs
 * op4 haiku
 * ep_02.eli_silo_stoprightthere
 * http://www.gamespot.com/features/6112889/p-6.html
 * beta d3 sewers mess
 * ep2 crow glitch
 * factory sitting + cheaple head + desk + paper
 * fun wc maps, Laidlaw and not (boxing, domino, nether_01 etc)
 * Add the remaining info on canon and gearbox
 * Look! It's us!
 * ApertureScience.com all questions and references/clues
 * Chopper rotor sounds - rooster sounds
 * http://forums.nashalife.ru/showthread.php?s=&postid=897701#post897701
 * Greedo sounds Shock Trooper
 * Brands, real and fictional, retail and beta
 * Voice actors info in rtb
 * advisor juvenile
 * ihv test
 * One of the ambient sounds heard in the Test Chambers is recycled from one of the Ravenholm's - which one?
 * Add RtB info for the Combine tech
 * Mention the placeholder guy in the Portal first video + pic
 * Mention the issue/inconsistency with the suit helmet in the HEV article
 * Develop the gas mask citizens part in the Citizens article
 * Nevsky Prospekt
 * beta trainingroom
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VefS9oOqJc
 * Metrocops cut sounds
 * Who was Mr Valve based on?
 * Add the remaining info from Laidlaw's vault, which means 'a lot'
 * Mention the high number of survey teams sent on Xen and their corpses that can be found everywhere
 * Behind the scenes for Ravenholm and its evolution through the mappack and what remains of the old maps, especially the cart ride
 * bullsquid/headcrab/vort experiments in decay
 * Commentaries
 * Remaining achievements in related articles
 * Lamarr mod
 * Bremerton, WA for Beta Coast maps

Names



 * Find possible real names of the Xen flora with conj names
 * Homo Sapiens Combinus?

Images
Victory Mine: ep2_outland_03
 * Alyx gallery captions + add the ones not included yet
 * Outlands gallery captions
 * focus emitter, crate (bs), trains/trams BM logos
 * from old HL1 trailers: beta headcrabs, tentacle, monorail, bullsquid, blue panthereye pics
 * Have a SDK model pic for each character model when possible
 * Vector HUD icons: slam, stun baton and muscle car: where are they??
 * more Episode Two trailer pics
 * HL2DM maps
 * cremator_039
 * cremator_street02
 * d1 under
 * d1 sewer
 * add the remaining HUD icons
 * other hl2dm sprays
 * mossman in the wf screens
 * proto church
 * depot inside
 * depot outside
 * wasteland depot
 * rail engine brushes
 * e3_strider park
 * leak sniper map
 * beta models: gman, eli, mossman, drop, gunship, kleiner (+ hl2), barney
 * Striders impaling
 * Elites in NP
 * Beta coast tunnels different
 * aperture props
 * Barney sans equipment.jpg orig
 * crashed gunship
 * more EMP Tool in Ep1
 * More, if not all endgame messages
 * APC firing rockets
 * eli leg
 * citadelfarnode.mdl
 * beta real-world posters
 * np cellblock logos
 * decay room names
 * long bridge beta
 * Mortar Synth in the beta
 * White Forest Cyrillic directions sign
 * Pics for each Portal test chamber
 * Add more pics of City 17, Canals, Citadel, Ravenholm
 * Explain Aperture and Black Mesa names and logos
 * More Chell pictures
 * Add a pic of the ongoing Nexus battle outside
 * eliden
 * black mesa cut posters
 * full rebel outfits
 * old posters comparison
 * stripped soldiers in ep1 citadel
 * vert start
 * wasteland_railbridge
 * alyx + eli depot
 * airex conscripts headquarters
 * Portal slideshow pics
 * Hunter-Chopper fights in the canals
 * subt
 * upload what's left of beta models
 * cguard in e3 terminal
 * trainstation in ep1_citadel_03
 * ravenholm last trap
 * dog's kennel
 * transit system train brush images

Templates

 * Add and fix the hidable option in the nav templates
 * Fix the space issue with the article template
 * Quantum event infobox
 * The faction template terms are not appropriate for all factions
 * The didyouknow template gets too long
 * Sort the characters navigation template by faction