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Welcome to the help desk. This is a place to get help from, or to help, other members of this Wikia's community. To add a new topic, please type the title in the box below and click "Add new topic". (Titles such as "Problem", that give no idea of the subject, have a good chance of being ignored by busy people; so, please make the title meaningful.)

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TopicLast EditLast Author
Stickied Threads
Edit Page Enhancements18:09, 12 May 2008Ciencia Al Poder
Logo creation campaign22:54, 9 May 2008MarioGalaxy2433g5
MediaWiki 1.12 upgrade00:13, 11 February 2008Blast
All Threads
Semantic MediaWiki update18:20, 13 May 2008CatherineMunro
In need of new users to wikia13:44, 13 May 2008Sundogs
Dismissing the popup list of links18:12, 12 May 2008Ciencia Al Poder
Edit Page Enhancements18:09, 12 May 2008Ciencia Al Poder
Which should take precedence? External link or Template call?09:07, 12 May 2008Will Pittenger
Need New Namespace20:26, 11 May 2008Zerak-Tul
Need for help....20:16, 11 May 2008TulipVorlax
I have three accounts, why?20:12, 11 May 2008TulipVorlax
SS Free's official wiki got hacked13:24, 11 May 2008MatthiasM
How to place Vizu.com poll on wiki?08:50, 11 May 2008Andre666
Is there a way to?04:28, 10 May 2008TulipVorlax
Which wikis am I on?04:23, 10 May 2008TulipVorlax
How do I add a meta tag to the pages in a wiki?04:13, 10 May 2008TulipVorlax
Non sysop rollback button03:11, 10 May 2008Richard1990
Logo creation campaign22:54, 9 May 2008MarioGalaxy2433g5
How to customize the side bar06:53, 9 May 2008Uberfuzzy
Header00:56, 9 May 2008Toughpigs
Throttling back sockpuppet creation00:55, 9 May 2008Toughpigs
Seeing double in Konqueror00:41, 9 May 2008Toughpigs
Rename a user00:37, 9 May 2008Toughpigs
Server cache problem00:34, 9 May 2008Toughpigs
Spam hurdle too much00:22, 9 May 2008Toughpigs
New googlemap extension issues23:50, 8 May 2008Kirkburn
No Internet after Move to japan23:30, 8 May 2008TulipVorlax
E-mail Display23:26, 8 May 2008TulipVorlax
Google webmaster/google analytics23:22, 8 May 2008TulipVorlax
Need help fixing up my site to look nice!23:17, 8 May 2008TulipVorlax
Adding extra admins22:01, 8 May 2008Richard1990
How can i suggest a page for deletion?01:39, 8 May 2008Brunoy Anastasiya Seryozhenko
Is it possible to backup/restore content?13:38, 6 May 2008Soop 2
Site speed improvements19:51, 5 May 2008Johnq
New wowwiki crashing Safari browser16:57, 5 May 200875.177.122.31
Logo design07:03, 4 May 2008Manticore
How do I create a time tag in template?03:40, 4 May 2008TulipVorlax
Template Help13:54, 3 May 2008Pinky49
How to use Expand Text feature?20:48, 1 May 2008JSharp
I'D change name to my wiki19:03, 1 May 2008JSharp
Uploading Videos to wikia17:16, 1 May 2008JSharp
Centering the Google Ads in Monaco23:42, 30 April 2008Uberfuzzy
Mythology Wiki Janitorial Privledges20:32, 30 April 2008Notmyhandle
Similar Article Suggestion Criteria15:53, 30 April 2008TarrVetus
Help working on my wikia.10:04, 30 April 2008Sannse
Vandal on Galaxy Angel Wiki09:58, 30 April 2008Sannse
Where's auto-attack gone?09:35, 30 April 2008Sannse
How can I get more options put onto Special:Booksources?08:27, 28 April 2008Ppiotr
Newbie Question: Promotion/Demotion02:02, 27 April 2008Dubtiger
How long does it take for a request to be accepted or declined?01:24, 27 April 2008PanSola
How can we activate the DISPLAYTITLE magic word?22:27, 26 April 2008Skizzerz
Adding Wanted file types20:14, 26 April 2008Tom Haws
How to delete my profile?13:58, 26 April 2008MarioGalaxy2433g5
Help!!!!!!!!!03:39, 26 April 2008Manticore
Templates and bulleted lists02:33, 26 April 2008Meram
DynamicPageList extension requested on The Skybrary11:54, 25 April 2008MrDolomite
Wikia blogs07:11, 25 April 2008Ppiotr
Monobook.css and skins06:19, 25 April 2008Jonathan Webley
I can't get on the IRC channel22:36, 24 April 2008Ryan.
Template Issue and XHTML18:05, 24 April 2008TarrVetus
Need help.00:48, 24 April 2008OCOD
Confirm delete page: display bug17:01, 23 April 2008Ryan W
Infoboxes?10:39, 23 April 2008Jack Phoenix
SITENAME change for LatterDay wiki10:19, 23 April 2008Ppiotr
Help installing an original background for my wiki20:44, 21 April 2008Cleanup man
Adoption09:03, 20 April 2008Andre666
Question: CURRENTUSER?13:28, 19 April 2008Ultimate Dragon Knight
Image 'Links' section problem11:29, 19 April 2008Ciencia Al Poder
Question: Compiling all articles in a category08:30, 16 April 2008Daarklord
Bug17:50, 15 April 2008Jack Phoenix
Backgrounds, layouts, etc.14:06, 15 April 2008Brunoy Anastasiya Seryozhenko
Quiz17:04, 14 April 2008Bentendo
Images from Wikimedia Commons11:57, 14 April 2008Manticore
Can I became an admin of a wikia?21:45, 13 April 2008Brunoy Anastasiya Seryozhenko
Nutch python management framework21:17, 12 April 2008Mschultz
Family tree23:42, 10 April 200874.12.31.234
Problems with confirmation e-mail17:08, 10 April 2008Ppiotr
No mail from Wikia, undeliverable sender16:55, 10 April 2008Ppiotr
Templates and Skins09:23, 10 April 2008Raimondo
Eliminate language subdomain00:26, 10 April 2008Potthoff
Multiple copies of same content/inline linking/setlist10:46, 9 April 2008Hl 1001
Embedding a Chat Client - is it possible?06:42, 9 April 200887.118.140.21
Need help putting tons of lines of code into the "then" part of an if statement.16:42, 8 April 2008Nicolasjager
Forum Problem at the Mike Gravel Wiki14:21, 8 April 2008Jaywin
Question: Using Ambox template21:53, 7 April 2008Daarklord
Need help with conditionals and tables05:54, 7 April 2008Nicolasjager
I've got two redirect pages that don't work.01:11, 7 April 2008GHe
Createpage13:40, 6 April 2008Randomtime
Can't Get Different Image Names to Link to Same Image06:27, 6 April 2008TulipVorlax
CSS help06:15, 6 April 2008TulipVorlax
Default Skin02:26, 6 April 2008Daarklord
Need help coding template to use "created" variables22:55, 5 April 2008Nicolasjager
Titleparts not working16:31, 5 April 2008Nicolasjager
How do u delete a member, i dont want to block them i just want to delete them16:19, 5 April 2008Skizzerz
Internal error (Set $wgShowExceptionDetails = true) occured17:25, 4 April 2008Ppiotr
Navigation bar14:25, 4 April 2008TulipVorlax
Can Someone Help Me Create Templates?23:36, 3 April 2008LordNyax113
Enable googlemaps extension20:11, 3 April 2008Jeiara
Ad control?04:47, 2 April 2008LordTBT
Compedia Wiki CSS Help02:32, 31 March 2008TulipVorlax
Firefox search addon14:15, 30 March 2008Ppiotr
Auto-confirm upload settings on Digimon Wiki01:42, 29 March 2008Brunoy Anastasiya Seryozhenko
Enhanced recent changes arrows do not work anymore!02:43, 28 March 2008Brunoy Anastasiya Seryozhenko
Bots21:46, 26 March 2008KingAragorn
SQL database error creating new cats00:54, 26 March 2008Corgi
Request for calender extension21:01, 25 March 2008Ppiotr
Cannot create new pages on Wikia Scratchpad20:49, 25 March 2008Ppiotr
B'crat Tool Help21:48, 23 March 2008Jack Phoenix
Template:Reflist15:01, 21 March 2008Richard1990
Running a Wiki02:54, 21 March 2008TulipVorlax
Insert a file .pdf18:06, 20 March 2008Ciencia Al Poder
Collapsible Tables14:49, 20 March 2008Ppiotr
Need Help With Permanent Site Fixture00:47, 20 March 2008TulipVorlax
Uploading Wikipedia:Image:Padlock.svg21:00, 18 March 2008Jesdisciple
Central as Backup Namespace for Templates?20:33, 18 March 2008Jesdisciple
Translations19:36, 18 March 2008Ciencia Al Poder
Monobook option01:50, 17 March 2008Phil.e.
Monaco sidebar issues12:40, 16 March 2008Ciencia Al Poder
Sidebar Overlap12:14, 15 March 2008HenryNe
KND Wikia17:13, 14 March 2008Cornflower
Problem with tables?16:02, 14 March 2008TulipVorlax
Vandalism raid on RuneScape wiki03:58, 13 March 2008Chrislee33
Bug in Active talk pages widget on Monaco on french wikis01:52, 13 March 2008TulipVorlax
C links broken03:01, 12 March 2008Tyrant Slayer
Need help on CSS Layout18:38, 10 March 2008Sundogs
Monaco, Horizontal Lines, and Infoboxes02:36, 8 March 2008TulipVorlax
Can't create page on Wiki I admin because it looked like Spam02:15, 8 March 2008Will Pittenger
Getting rid of license template preview11:43, 7 March 2008TulipVorlax
To move an account17:48, 6 March 2008Rotrigo
Syntax highlighting11:18, 6 March 2008Ppiotr
Problem with naming articles05:17, 6 March 2008Tofy
Categories17:46, 5 March 2008Ivan55599
Scifi Wiki picture21:58, 4 March 2008UESPArules
Sub-Categories20:38, 2 March 2008TulipVorlax
Wiki Markups18:45, 1 March 2008Skizzerz
Chat and the Mike Gravel Wiki13:40, 29 February 2008Manticore
How do you add music or Background music into your wiki?09:20, 29 February 2008Chixpy
SVG/Bitmap issues19:56, 27 February 2008JSharp
Location of Wiki proposals19:18, 27 February 2008TulipVorlax
Several problems23:05, 26 February 2008MarioGalaxy2433g5
Missing edit tabs on StarCraft wiki02:38, 26 February 2008PsiSeveredHead
Lost all custom css23:05, 25 February 2008JSharp
Help with Navigation Box22:43, 25 February 2008Muppets101
SVG problem17:21, 25 February 2008Ppiotr
Digimon wiki vandal12:18, 25 February 2008Manticore
Vandalism to The Wire wikia18:21, 24 February 2008Toughpigs
Any guide for flyff in spanish?u.u00:51, 24 February 2008201.214.128.148
Search box in Newimages04:40, 23 February 2008TulipVorlax
Parser bug !04:27, 23 February 2008TulipVorlax
Sub-forum doesn't show threads01:34, 23 February 2008TulipVorlax
CSS01:29, 23 February 2008TulipVorlax
How can I make a namespace?18:07, 22 February 2008Charitwo
Exporting pages02:34, 22 February 2008Charitwo
Bug -- Many linebreaks when transcluding templates from Central13:46, 21 February 2008TulipVorlax
Can't enter Wiki01:53, 21 February 2008TulipVorlax
Bug -- Anon users can't edit00:01, 21 February 2008Toughpigs
New Wiki - some article names got mangled in the move here22:57, 20 February 2008JSharp
Linking to images?13:36, 19 February 200885.73.71.106
Need template help01:38, 19 February 2008Cs california
Can't log in23:16, 18 February 2008Muppets101
TOP CONTENT: how to include?20:14, 18 February 2008Vserbu
Independent sigs18:10, 18 February 2008EVula
Issues with ads17:28, 18 February 2008Toughpigs
Word macro help22:59, 17 February 2008Dr Joe Kiff
Stub template issues14:34, 17 February 2008Jonru
Template Trouble11:48, 16 February 2008Napoleon Noir
New Categories19:15, 15 February 2008Charitwo
Spanking art wiki19:01, 13 February 2008Carlb
Move page error14:37, 13 February 2008AMK152
Bot help14:16, 13 February 2008AMK152
Administrator Request for CAPCOM Database Wiki13:02, 13 February 2008Icysugarspike
Logins getting chucked10:25, 11 February 2008TulipVorlax
Does wikia support infoboxes? how do I create one?05:38, 11 February 2008PanSola
MediaWiki 1.12 upgrade00:13, 11 February 2008Blast
Social Tools20:59, 8 February 2008Ppiotr
Problems while posting favicon16:17, 6 February 200866.102.80.212
Issues with inline images-tech help requested12:52, 6 February 2008Darth Culator
Problems With Templates21:48, 4 February 2008TulipVorlax
Subforum01:59, 4 February 2008TulipVorlax
SQL Error07:23, 3 February 2008TulipVorlax
How do I create a calendar page in my wiki?14:26, 31 January 2008Ppiotr
Discussion on working together03:20, 31 January 2008Charitwo
IE vs. Firefox: colour issues02:41, 31 January 2008TulipVorlax
Cant see the toolbox Widget20:04, 30 January 2008Hammerise
Bullets in TOC12:39, 30 January 2008TulipVorlax
Wikis with all content notable for Wikipedia - create 'em or not?02:27, 30 January 2008TulipVorlax
Wikia preferences and SeaMonkey08:38, 28 January 2008SkywalkerPL
Google Maps Extension08:07, 28 January 2008G.E.
Rename Wiki?04:41, 27 January 2008TulipVorlax
CGI:IRC realnames don't display real hostmasks19:51, 26 January 2008Charitwo
Account password problem.15:24, 25 January 2008David Blair
Database Error02:55, 25 January 2008Hans "Firefox" Raginhart
Can't create account00:48, 25 January 2008Roguebfl
Gray space above00:37, 25 January 2008TulipVorlax
Recent Changes Problem20:36, 24 January 2008Greenpickle
Meta Tag Help19:18, 24 January 2008Ciencia Al Poder
Linkspam at Pipe Organ wiki17:59, 24 January 2008Manticore
Uneditable special page: Is this standard?21:09, 23 January 2008Aldora
Attacks from 4chan23:55, 22 January 2008Phil.e.
I can't log in12:22, 22 January 2008Tomsen
Who owns names of wikis?03:53, 22 January 2008TulipVorlax
Writing on forum00:36, 22 January 2008PanSola
Why use wikia vs wikipedia?15:18, 21 January 2008Cizagna
USR9108 and my dreambox23:34, 20 January 2008TulipVorlax
Traduzione italiano20:33, 18 January 2008Synapsez
Uncategorized images that are Categorized13:21, 17 January 2008Ryan W
Pages not showing up in categories13:16, 17 January 2008Tjoneslo
Logo and favicon issues11:52, 17 January 2008Aldora
Indexing for search engine22:20, 16 January 2008Damndave
Editing side & top bars22:18, 16 January 2008TulipVorlax
Image inserting does not work08:45, 16 January 2008Raindrop
FYI: 62.96.106.202 spammed Christian Music with a poker site page04:14, 16 January 2008Will Pittenger
Non-canonical naming of different language wikis03:15, 16 January 2008PanSola
Can't use Google Chart API23:18, 15 January 2008Spankart
Request: "hide minor edits" switch added to User Contribs page19:17, 15 January 2008Ciencia Al Poder
Widgets problem15:33, 15 January 2008Manticore
Doubled colon on Special:Contact10:28, 15 January 2008Ryan W
Some skins do not show wikia logo image10:06, 15 January 2008Raindrop
Interlanguage links for Forgotten Realms06:10, 15 January 2008Fw190a8
WoWWiki is down (10 Jan 2008)18:45, 14 January 2008PanSola
Custom edit buttons not working23:59, 13 January 2008Richard1990
Favicon22:00, 13 January 2008Ryan.
Admin absense at Mario Wiki21:38, 13 January 2008Phil.e.
Real Name in profile18:32, 13 January 2008Jack Phoenix
Need help creating a template10:35, 13 January 2008Prowlergbg
How can I auto load templates using preload= ?21:24, 12 January 2008TulipVorlax
Problem with right-to-left languages, e.g. Hebrew15:21, 12 January 2008Spankart
Advance Australia Fair14:37, 12 January 2008Медиа
Coding help requested17:13, 11 January 2008Dr Joe Kiff
Why am I not getting confirmation emails?01:51, 9 January 2008Manticore
Error: Invalid confirmation code. The code may have expired.01:49, 9 January 2008Manticore
New memeber of wikia01:45, 9 January 2008Manticore
How to add a site01:38, 9 January 2008Manticore
Mass deletion20:10, 8 January 2008TulipVorlax
Wikia?02:33, 8 January 2008Dayminkaynin
Does the01:49, 8 January 2008Itagaki
Extension request for the Critical Mass Wikia18:35, 7 January 2008Diamant
Bug in Special:Whatlinkshere?02:44, 7 January 2008Ryan W
Does Wikia.com automatically add Google-compatible sitemaps to each Wiki?17:44, 6 January 2008TulipVorlax
How do I add a Meta tag to my Wiki's pages04:51, 6 January 2008Will Pittenger
Help with forums on bioniclepedia03:04, 6 January 2008MarioGalaxy2433g5
MWiki-Browser error00:01, 6 January 2008AMK152
Blocked account?17:48, 5 January 2008Shruti14
I'm starting a new wiki and i need some advise?00:55, 5 January 2008LordTBT
Assigning a new Administrator21:47, 4 January 2008Tomsen
New Users17:21, 4 January 2008Ciencia Al Poder
Rename/move many pages16:50, 4 January 2008Eddie
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