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<p>The size (or dimensions/resolutions) of the game window are scaled depending on the size of the browser, assuming you are running the game inside a browser. Theoretically, by resizing the size of the browser window it should also resize the game resolution. </p><p>Alternatively, for predominantly Chrome and Firefox, you might be able to get by with installing (and/or tweaking) a CSS which handles the sizes. You'll need something like a Stylus (which is available for the two aforementioned browsers as well) and use something like this: https://userstyles.org/styles/163415/kancolle-full-for-2nd-sequence </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>T.Satoru wrote: Is this  acceptable? </p> </i></div>
<p>Not entirely sure what the author is trying to convey there as one of the possible meaning could be offensive. So for now I am personally leaving it be unless it gets out of hand. </p>

<p>Please do not necropost, this is an old thread. </p>

<p>The translation problems are almost non-existent considering how most of the English KC Wikia are offered in both Japanese and English. That said however, for combat rules and such whereby it is in English is where translators are more or less needed and/or where collaboration with a Japanese wiki, say for instance with Kouryaku wiki (wikiwiki.jp/kancolle) would be ideal. Then again having said that would make wikiwiki.jp/kancolle rather redundant if in the case of having reliable information being available on the Japanese version of KC Wikia. An alternative to that approach (presuming if we were to arrive at that bridge and to cross it) would be to have the information on their own Kouryaku wiki instead unless the information contains questionable content/sources that Kouryaku wiki cannot accept. Again this is hypothetical. </p><p>Yes the information is pertaining to any sort of official media that is coming from C2 themselves but no it won't necessarily hamper their sales. In the case of images, there are several unofficial KanColle artwork that are floating around which by having them available on notably foreign websites (danbooru is yet another prime example, thinking of it), these may be acceptable to the point that unless the illustrators/authors wishes to have such artworks to be removed they may be allowed to remain. When it comes to official media such as even C2 endorsed contents by via their own twitter and having it being made available in the game. These are technically freely accessible to anyone and doesn't necessarily infringe on a widely acceptable rule of publishing contents that are for non-profit purposes, and in which the niche case specifically pertaining to the likes of English KC Wikia this applies. </p><p>Now with the case of audio files, the majority of these are again freely accessible from the KC servers themselves and are not complete copies of the actual said music. You may have noticed that some events for instance features a short version of the music and/or the music played the in-game jukebox is an incomplete version of the said music. A recent example is 月夜海 or Tsukiyomi where on English KC wikia I personally have not seen a full copy of the said music is actually published on the page itself and is hosted by FANDOM themselves. There are however, users linking up Youtube videos containing possibly complete and/or extended versions of certain music but again, these are not hosted by FANDOM themselves and thus are not considered to be content that English KC wikia officially endorses. </p><p>In the case of voice lines that one can hear during their Kancolle gameplay are again freely accessible from the servers themselves. On one hand these are definitely proprietary content but on the other hand KC Wikia for instance, itself is essentially a non-profit group even if their backend provider generates revenues through advertisement streams. If one were to hypothetically dispute this case they need to question FANDOM themselves directly as KC Wikia is comprised of volunteers sharing proprietary content but are not selling them for any sort of profit to their end. A relatively similar example comes to mind are the wake-up alarm "ringtones" that one can use instead of whatever they use. Examining this case minutely, yes it is a paid content from a specific volume of Comptiq (in terms of release) but again these files alone are not available on a page itself in KC Wikia. It may be available as a page comment (similarly like here in threads on forum) either in part or in whole but again, this is not an "officially endorsed" content by KC Wikia themselves and thus would be a direct violation of copyright laws. </p><p>I could personally go into detail and explain the process with videos/movies and such whilst comparing with what is available on KC Wikia but I can assure you (and anyone else concerned) that this would warrant at least another paragraph of explanation and where KC Wikia stands. In short, KC Wikia isn't in direct violation of distributing copyrighted material. Not in the very least that the editors and contributors to KC Wikia themselves are making any sort of profit from distributing the said contents. </p><p>Looking at this from another perspective. The majority of these contents exists (on KC Wikia that is) lies in the purpose of making the explanations potentially easier for readers to understand. Undeniably, Kancolle is a Japanese game and therefore the contents are in mostly Japanese which to most foreigners who aren't familiar with Japanese have difficulties understanding how to play the game let alone being able to "succeed" in the game. In the past, foreigners playing a game written in another language would have had to resort to walkthrough and guides written in a language they can accept or understand and in most cases it is English. The problem with that approach is that the readers are faced with a "wall of text" which is no different to me writing out an "assignment" worth of explanations. With that in mind, it would potentially bore the readers as you can readily witness gamers these days are not keen on reading lengthy amounts of explanations in order play a game "properly". A good example of these are smartphones, you don't readily see users would love to take their time reading through a thick and thorough user manual on how to operate a smartphone and what not but instead a simple quick guide to getting started. Even with a simple quick guide let alone a simplified user manual would contain only text and no images of any sort. So instead, the use of media is not only to make explanations easier but also to compliment with the description that one needs to understand. </p><p>In the case of Kouryaku wiki, they do not use much of the said media simply because: </p>

• It is written in Japanese and it goes hand in hand with Kancolle being a Japanese game and with contents mostly in Japanese,
• It is to avoid potential copyright issues should C2 clamp down on such use of their own assets.

<p>However, in the case of English KC Wikia because not many can understand Japanese this is where having it translated into English and/or to have media enhancing the contents of a said page on even a website for instance makes it easier for non-Japanese readers alike to have a somewhat equal footing to the Japanese themselves. Without making use of any of the said assets hence media would indirectly turn down readership and thus make the game harsh towards foreigners. This is essentially where a fine line/balance needs to be struck between what is deemed acceptable and what isn't (acceptable). </p><p>Coupling this with what is essentially a wiki, by definition a wiki can also be seen as an encyclopaedic reference to the said content. Now, if a wiki were to forgo all form of media that is seen as proprietary (and thus incompatible with it being re-distributed) it would make any walkthrough/guides substantially more complicated to foreigners. Again this is where KC Wikia stands with in terms of what is acceptable (for reference purposes) versus what isn't and what isn't are none other than condoning piracy which would not only bode well with FANDOM but also US Copyright laws. </p><p>I am not a lawyer nor my profession lies in laws but it is relatively easy to understand the fine line where the likes of KC Wikia are treading on. Therefore the explanations above are of my own personal and non-lawyer perspective on the what I would like to term it as the "fair-use" of the said content. </p><p>
As for the relations between English KC community and Japanese KC community, that is understandable actually. Just as there are issues in Japanese KC community it is not like English KC community is completely immune to fundamental differences in opinions on certain matters. At the end of the day, we are all humans, no two are born alike and therefore everyone has their own opinion/approach to certain things. The same could be said as well to Chinese KC community and any other KC communities in their own respective languages. As for having malignant person or people damaging the relations within the newly formed bonds, this is also expected and for now there are no immediate plans to force Japanese to collaborate with us (English KC Wikia in the very least). Same goes with a continued observation of what is happening in the Japanese KC community rather than being oblivious. I would also like to state that even though this is technically the second time Japanese KC community has faced a fiasco but it is not like English KC community never had issues with collaboration. Even internally, there are disputes and varying stances amongst ourselves and these issues I personally deem are on-going even if publicly it is not as evident as it may seem. This is where I would love to re-emphasising that as a result of the fiasco/differences in approach, I don't personally intend to force collaborations whilst feigning complete ignorance to the underlying issue but rather to seek for a workaround solution if the collaborators are wishing to forge ahead with creating new ties. At the end of the day, these are all negotiable provided that a mutual understanding can be readily acknowledged between two or more parties. </p><p>It isn't necessarily just a simple matter with language barrier for Japanese themselves but rather it is a complex problem which consists of language barrier issue. For them, they have their own traditions and customs in addition to their own rules and regulations. These indirectly forms as part of how they "should" behave and how they shouldn't behave along with how their approach to certain things would be seen as different to the west for instance. Furthermore, in their own respective communities they do not generally allow such deviations from their typical approach or otherwise they may be shunned by their own fellow members of the community. This is a complicated matter that is woven very tightly and that a simple "language barrier" issue is just a mere facade to their underlying (and potentially) fundamentally different ideologies. </p><p>With the topic about how there is an event within KC itself, it is true that there are potentially Japanese visitors or at least visitors with a Japanese IP addresses visiting KC Wikia to learn about the information gathered by others or to otherwise comment about KC Wikia and their different approach to things (in other words, potentially "memeing"). Again it is undeniable that most Japanese may not understand English well enough, as well this part I understand from hearing a Japanese living in America explaining the situation, to the point that it warrants an essay long worth of explanation. I won't go explaining that as it is somewhat irrelevant for now. What I do want to say is that it is unlikely a Japanese will be wanting to visit English KC Wikia in order to obtain potentially pirated contents free of charge. In most cases, they would rather be wanting to focus on getting the event done in addition to dealing with their daily routines, not to mention that Japan herself is being battered with natural disasters in real life. That said, there are no real pirated contents on KC Wikia that is officially sponsored by the editors/contributors themselves on the actual page itself. </p><p>Originally, the intentions (from what I can gather) with Kensho wikia (ja.kancolle.wikia.com) was to create a full-fledged walkthrough wiki basing on how English KC Wikia is formed. With that in mind, it was understandable in the very least this would not only help Japanese themselves avoid the language barrier but to also potentially evade the complicated matter surrounding the laws and customs. The latter unfortunately, is a very complicated matter and without say for instance a Japanese lawyer able to address the issue legally, it will remain disputed and unanswered. </p>

<p>These are of my own personal opinions. 1. By being able to have a diverse range of communities able to collaborate, it is possible to be able to collect information more faster or more accurately. Moreover, the emphasis is placed on Japanese community as this is where they know-hows with the game shines along with the lack of language barrier that exists outside of Japan. That said however, this isn't a "one-way" affair as the intentions were to also allow them to access the information that may be foreign to them (such as for instance foreign ships, equipment and such). Thus I would like to consider this as more of a reciprocal collaboration at first. </p><p>There are risks, yes. The risks are that they have a much different understanding of the laws domestically as that could be used directly against them should a dispute arise. This however, may be lessened to an extent if they decide to make use of us as proxies for providing information. That said, the English community isn't completely immune to such rules and regulations which mostly applies to Japan however but to a degree by opening up to foreign communities and hopefully understanding each other's difference will only bring benefits to either sides. </p><p>Japanese community are very mixed with the contents on EN Wikia as a whole. In the past, EN Wikia was more or less seemed like a place where weird nicknames are given along with weird "international" standards compared to them. These days however, it is quite possible that some are potentially willing to open up to how EN Wikia operates, for instance how EN Wikia tends to have the information already up before their own local content(s) and that those contents are not some fictional content (in which EN Wikia has been trying to correct it during my time as a staff member). </p><p>2. In the past there was an attempt to try and collaborate with Kouryaku wiki (wikiwiki.jp/kancolle) but from what I heard with those who are way more formidable in Japanese than I am is that, we were kindly refused for such collaboration. This was why I was personally keen on looking forward of what was then a bright future for Kensho wikia (ja.kancolle.wikia.com) considering it was hard to convince Kouryaku wiki in the past. Though the problem is much deeper than expected with how the two JP wikis work and therefore if a collaboration was to actually take place with either one or both, a degree of caution is needed. </p><p>Ultimately, it would be nice again personally to be able to collaborate with wikiwiki.jp/kancolle but not with the current situation that has happened with ja.kancolle.wikia.com. </p><p>3. Depending on the case, each of them has their own advantages and risks on their own. I do still recall the fallout that happened in and around Spring 2016 Event which led to kcvdb.jp shutting down and senka.me to follow suit (but much later on). Again, for now there are no immediate plans to open up partnering as it is due to the differences in views between the various JP communities. </p><p>4. This is very much a licensing issue in which it can be seen in various perspectives. The various assets on KC Wikia as it is are technically not violating against the copyright rules because KC Wikia itself does not charge any sort of fee nor commission for the work published. That said however, KC Wikia is hosted on a FANDOM network which does make their profits through advertisement placement and revenues generated from advertisement in which readers accepts upon visiting the said website (wikia). </p><p>The game itself is technically free to play which means that the use of their assets elsewhere (provided that one isn't selling such assets) is considered a "grey zone" meaning that it probably is acceptable. The contents of KC Wikia however, does not contain files that one normally has to pay money in order to obtain the said goods. This would instantly mark what was once a "grey zone" into effectively a black zone because that would be condoning piracy and thus would potentially be against Wikia's Terms of Use (ToU). If however, there are reports of KC Wikia containing materials that one normally has to engage in monetary transaction in order to receive it then those whistleblowers are encouraged to inform a staff member about it. </p><p>Now, as for providing copyrighted materials free of charge the same could be said for several other games that are hosted on DMM but instead has their own wikias or own wikis for that matter. So if C2/DMM was against this from the beginning not only KC Wikia would be forced to either close or relocate but also several other DMM games whose English wiki of sorts would be faced with the same scrutinisation. This is the same as is with several other DMM games whose assets are visible on wikia network, these games are mostly free to play. </p><p>With the matter about using cookies and proxies in order to bypass region checks. I'd like to mention first and foremost that this is not only an issue with DMM themselves but also KC is not the only game that requires such methods in order to allow a non-Japanese IP to play games hosted on their platform. It appears basing on various rumours that C2 (the developers of KanColle) does not mind foreigners playing their creation on the basis that a foreigner needs to adhere to Japanese rules and regulations. DMM on the other hand restricts such contents is possibly because of the said contents may not be suitable to a foreigner's tastes. You may recall there was a stage where using English version of DMM.com and trying to navigate to KanColle and thus play the game would have DMM kindly informing you to play the said game on nutaku.com instead. There is this concern amongst other concerns such as doubts on whether or not there is the ability to cater for foreigners with various international rules and regulations that may make it hard for DMM to compromise. </p><p>Above all else, this fourth point is not an isolated case. KanColle Wikia is one of the fair few non-Japanese and a foreign based wiki/platform that are out there whilst hosting contents from DMM and their respective partners/cooperations. Personally I am certain that both C2 and DMM are well aware that there are foreigners on their networks as it is not hard to tell by a simple "snooping" on the range of IPs that request what and which contents from their sites. Thus, if this was a huge issue to begin with, KC wikia and various other foreign communities along with various other DMM fan-based content and their respective platforms would have been long defunct. Thus, this is somewhat irrelevant. </p><p>
This whole ethical issue with the various Japanese views isn't any different with foreigners who either decides to play the game or decides to avoid it due to underlying complicated legal matters should a dispute arise. What I am personally aiming for are to work with those who are more open towards foreigners who already took their first steps. To be frank, we foreigners have already accepted (indirectly) into their terms and to isolate communities into their own respective areas is one simple way of eliminating the free thinking of how a what-if collaboration were to happen it may change this entire approach from protectionism to a more compromising but mutually understanding framework. That said, I don't go out of my way unnecessarily to invite others into the collaboration but if they are showing signs of willing to collaborate, I'd say why not? KC Wikia wasn't something that was created in a single overnight and/or it "took the world by storm". So long as there are people out there willing to collaborate with KC Wikia in order to achieve the same mutual goal whilst understanding each other's positions would only bring benefits rather than going around in circles with doubts lingering over our own heads. For that I would then extend my own arm and to reach out and greet with those willing to share the same sort of understanding. </p><p>As with contacting too many Japanese people, this wasn't my plan to begin with. My ideals are to embrace those who are more willing to openly accept working with foreigners rather than haphazardly invite anyone and everyone disregarding/suppressing their own opinions. However, again, in the light of what has happened with Kensho wikia, I will need to tread this path even more carefully than before. </p><p>It is a sensitive issue, in fact it risen into new heights considering what has just happened. So I am again emphasising that I only intend to embrace those who are more willing to come work (basically collaborate) with us rather than inviting everyone and accepting whatever terms they have. </p>

This is a relatively old thread and is already considered solved. Please do not continue to necropost in old threads.

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<p>Thanks, removed the page comments in question. </p>

<p>Moved this thread to "Questions and Answers board" as it does not belong to Events; we're not in any events currently. </p><p>As for your question, you can construct another or run maps where she may appear to get her back but any equipment, improvements/modernisations, etc you have done to your previous copy of Jintsuu is lost forever. </p>

<p>It is mainly for farming purposes. If you are missing certain event-only or rare ships that are hard to obtain otherwise and with given limited time before event finishes you don't want to sit there and wait for just enough resources for that one more run. </p>

<p>Yeah it is best to wait until we have this sorted out. Once we have sorted it out, either this thread will be updated, there will be an announcement or you will be informed directly of the outcomes. </p>

<p>The document isn't finalised yet and there needs to be a fair amount of stuff that needs to be worked out including the placement of that new section as it may also require modifications to Lua module(s). </p><p>I personally doubt that would be of much concern considering that there's plenty of other Allied vessels in the game (Gangut, Ark Royal, Warspite, Intrepid, etc). Though again, no solid decisions as yet to tackle with people adding redundant information to the wiki (when those information could have simply be sourced from respective wikipedia or danbooru or otherwise third party sources). </p>

<p>Hi, part of your concerns has been addressed to in this blog </p><p>The tl;dr to all this is that whilst Trivia is there to document about the ship girls but there is no point in creating walls and walls of information in which most of it is readily available on the likes of wikipedia or danbooru for instance. Now the case involving blatant plagiarising of wikipedia, danbooru or other information sources (which are readily available) is frowned upon because users can visit respective websites for such information if it interests them rather than filling the entire trivia page with the contents of wikipedia instead. </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>FogRepairShipAkashi wrote: uh....will we still get the update info posted here? </p> </i></div>
<p>The update information will continue to be posted here until discussions becomes a thing. After discussions becomes a thing, update information will probably be just a simple link to the page with the update information like how it is already with the set up that is in place for updates. </p><p>In other words, currently both forum threads for game updates as well as Recent Updates are using page transclusions (just different versions of it) from a partials page. Once discussions rolls out, the game updates discussion will probably be a simple link to the partials page itself. This is done to retain mediawiki coding parameters. </p> <div class="quote"><i> <p>Setakat wrote: Does this include the comments sections on various pages, or is it just chat/forum exclusive? </p> </i></div>
<p>Currently this is chat/forum exclusive. People are still allowed to comment on pages as per normal. Once forums is replaced with discussions it will still be chat/discussions exclusive. </p>

<p>Furthermore, all <span class="plainlinks">Discord chat moderators</span> now has their KanColle Wikia "tags" renamed to "DISCORD CHAT MODERATOR". Please congratulate the following Discord chat moderators: </p>

• Acrone
• Arvin30p
• Juuryoushin
• Soul精神
• tore
• ローレン
• Segou

<p>Content moderators are now promoted to either Discord chat moderator or Discord staff. For more information, please refer to this page. </p><p>Those of you who are still new to Discord, here are some helpful links to get you started: </p>

• <span class="plainlinks">Getting started</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Changing Discord's appearance</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Switching to a more wikia (compact) style on Discord</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Editing your own messages in Discord</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Using emoticons/emojis</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Searching for what was said on Discord</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Changing your own profile picture</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Various dots beside list of users</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Disabling link previewing</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Text formatting to add more flair to your messages</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Muting and disabling notifications for specific channels</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Hiding channels</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Customising notifications</span>
• <span class="plainlinks">Check who "pinged"/mentioned you</span>

<div style="text-align: center; font-size: 16px;">→ Link to KanColle Wikia Discord chat: https://discord.gg/vEnBuqv ←</div>

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<p>Feel free to continue discussing other games in offtopic boards or other areas, not here. </p><p><span class="button">Crazy teitoku</span> <span style="background-color:#32a2e8; padding:2px; color:white; -moz-border-radius-topleft:5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:5px; -moz-border-radius-topright:5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:5px; border-top-left-radius:5px; border-bottom-left-radius:5px; border-top-right-radius:5px; border-bottom-right-radius:5px; border-top:thin solid #32a2e8; border-left:thin solid #32a2e8; border-bottom:thin solid #32a2e8; font-size:8pt;"> <span style="color:white;">ADMIN </span></span> <span class="wikia-menu-button secondary">TalkBlogContributionsEdit Count</span> 02:17, June 4, 2018 (UTC) </p>