Wikia - creating communities

[edit] Changing Wiki Names

As it has been recently announced, MechScape will not be the name of the upcoming MMORPG from Jagex, meaning the MechScape Wiki will need a name change. As I've looked at it, the Stellar Dawn Wiki exists, but is closed. As with recent trademarks and registries, it's looking good that Stellar Dawn will be the name on release, so is it possible at all for the MechScape Wiki to reserve this name and URL in such event. Bonziiznob 19:02, September 9, 2009 (UTC)

I've changed the stellardawn.wikia.com domain to redirect to mechscape.wikia for now. Once the final name of the game is announced we can switch stellardawn to be the main address, or add whatever the newly announced name is as the main address. — Catherine (talk) 22:27, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] I need help Immediatly

This user called Everyayjoe45 is threatening to delete my Wikia my Wikia is http://thelegendofzelda2.wikia.com he posted a threatening comment on my talk page I don't know what to do. Here is where the comment is http://thelegendofzelda2.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Ironknuckle1 please help me. Sincerely, --Ironknuckle1 23:49, September 10, 2009 (UTC)

Joe does not have the power to get a wiki deleted and has been warned. All sides of this conflict appear to be doing things to irritate the others so please don't participate. Concentrate on building your own project, ignore provocation, and do not go to other sites to stir up trouble. Thank you. — Catherine (talk) 22:27, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Humf

I don't know if this really matters what I say, but from my point of view Ironknuckle1 started the fight. He stirred up the trouble and just when we started to get the drama to subside. Joe might not have made the most level-headed of responses, but I've heard rumors on Stal wikia that there might be a prank to get back at Joe, most likely. Ironknuckle even has offered Admin rights to anyone who supported Shade Link, and because Shade Link and Joe are despise eachother, anybody who was anti-Joe in some way. On a side note, this has been the first time I've genually hated loging on to Wikia, and am considering leaving because of this whole Shade Link/EveryDayJoe45 thing. I'm not going to say to get too mad about it, just that I'm really.....frustrated that this picked up again.-- C2 / CC 00:52, September 11, 2009 (UTC)

Another sad example of how rip-off wikis hinder Wikia's performance. You guys must have a lot of patience... Anyways, speaking from experience, if both sides are unwilling to resolve the situation, why not remove their admin powers? Then the wikis would no longer be "their wikis", and be just wikis that they contribute to. This might also reduce the chance of this happening again. For the record, I also recommend one last warning- to both of them. Ajraddatz "Raddatz to Enterprise" Age of Empires Wiki 94 Edits!

See I would be all for it, but Joe wasn't so hostile before all this started. BTW I think Ironknuckle left. I do deffinately agree that rip-off wiki's are a hinderence, but I don't now if it's time for a last warning yet.-- C2 / CC 20:35, September 11, 2009 (UTC)

If cross-wiki conflicts continue then local bans, removal of powers, or even sitewide blocks may be in order, but I think it's best to encourage people to ignore each other. The existence of small wikis doesn't harm big wikis in any way; if small wikis become bigger wikis then they will have a large enough community to rationally discuss mergers or differentiation of multiple projects (instead of trying to "talk sense" into one or two people who may already be dissatisfied with existing communities).

As we describe in Wikia:Creation policy, we believe that people are better off working on single strong wikis than creating multiple duplicates, and we encourage active communities to politely(!) make new duplicate wiki founders aware of what's already been done.

However, we've come to understand that we can't guess ahead of time which ideas will take off or which admins will turn out to be good leaders. We would rather let everyone try their hand at building a wiki, let them compete for search engine rankings and visitors, and let those which don't add good unique content and attract good editors die off in their own time. Over time long-abandoned wikis will be closed, useful content merged, and useful domains redirected to more active wikis. — Catherine (talk) 22:27, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Call of Duty Wiki power abuse

Over on the Call of Duty Wiki, where I am a bureaucrat, two sysops (Rs4life07/"Bigm", bureaucrat and Darkman 4, administrator) abused their powers and permanently banned Callofduty4, a dedicated and trusted user.

Here's what happened:

Callofduty4 nominated himself for adminship on August 27^th, which later closed on September 7^th after an inability to reach any consensus.

Four days later, on September 11^th, Callofduty4 opened another RfA, saying that with the highly probable traffic increase to happen when the next game in the series comes out in the near future, another administrator would be needed. Bigm opposed, per his reasons on the RfA the week before--Callofduty4 was previously blocked, had a minor case of a personal attack (was quite a while ago, and was nothing to worry about), and that the wiki has enough administrators already. Callofduty4 replied, essentially saying that that was the past, and Bigm should focus on the future. Bigm said that since Callofduty4 did not seem to have learnt his lesson the first time, "another block is warranted and this RFA should be voided".

Callofduty4 was blocked for two weeks. He apologized on his talk page, saying he wasn't trying to cop an attitude, and asked to be unblocked. Callofduty4, feeling that his block was unwaranted, which I completely agree with, started to get annoyed, and said "Why don't you try and imagine how I feel right now". Bigm replied, saying "sorry, I haven't been a 2 year old for 14 years. I forget how it works". Callofduty4 then seemed to have asked Bigm something else on Facebook, which is when Darkman upped the block to being infinite. Bigm remarked "Crybaby meltdown mode begin". Bigm and Darkman continued to harrass/flame Callofduty4, only worsening the situation.

Behind the scenes, Bigm and Darkman carried on a conversation on each others' talk pages.

• Bigm: "No, now he has resorted to messaging me on facebook. I would extend his block but I cba [can't be assed/asked]"
• Darkman: "I'll do it for ya. What do you want, a month; a year?"
• Bigm: "Surprise me =p"
• "20:08, 11 September 2009 Darkman 4 (Talk | contribs | block) changed block settings for Callofduty4 (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (account creation disabled) ‎ (Intimidating behaviour/harassment: Got pissy with an admin after his vote to be an admin failed, is a whiny bitch, has contribued nothing of value the past few months, acts like a child, and is overall a pain in the as;need I say more?) (unblock | change block)"
• Darkman: "Done. Do you like my reason? :D"
• Bigm: "Lovely :D"
• Darkman: "I actually ran out of space. I'm letting him edit his user talk page to see the melt down."
• Bigm: "Lol I'm egging him on"

Especially from reading the conversation they had, admitting to fueling the flame just to see what he'd do, I am shocked at what they've done.

What should I do? Should I just ask them what they think they're doing? Should I remove their sysop powers? Or would you step in? I'm not sure they would listen to me, but I'm nearly sure they would listen to a Wikia staff member like you.

Links:

• Requests for Adminship archive two
• Callofduty4's talk page
• Rs4life07's talk page
• Darkman 4's talk page

Please send me a reply as soon as you can! Thanks, Chiafriend12talk/wikia talk 00:58, September 13, 2009 (UTC)

It'd probably be better to talk with Wikia Staff after the situation is accessed and talked about thoroughly within the community and a consensus is reached. That would make it a lot easier and would create the best solution for the general community. ~Joey~ ^Talk^ 01:11, September 13, 2009 (UTC)

Yes, Wikia Staff do disapprove of attitudes and actions like this, but in an active community, starting a discussion among users is the first best action. Even if the users don't have the power to de-admin (or take other action) against them, they can demonstrate to Staff what the majority of users feel should be done. (And if the admins in question try to interfere with the discussion, it is more evidence of their abuse of power.) Please send a link to such discussions to Special:Contact and we'll be happy to carry out the community's wishes. — Catherine (talk) 22:27, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 2 things

1. Some wiki's have different colors other then blue and white, how do I change my colors. 2. How long will it be until Google find's out my wiki exsists? Mint brick 15:20, September 14, 2009 (UTC)

1. Help:Customizing Monaco
2. As soon as it has enough recognizable content and goes through Google's caches.

--~Joey~ ^Talk^ 00:24, September 15, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Delete wiki

Hello! you might delete the wiki: [1] , already exists [2], please . --Jacob 23:57, September 14, 2009 (UTC)

I've closed and redirected the abandoned es.kirbypedia to the active wiki, thanks! — Catherine (talk) 22:27, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Bureaucrat

Could you please remove bureaucratic powers from both Iayami and Aldora on the Webkinz Wiki? They both are very good contributors but they are inactive, could you also mention in the edit summary that if they come back, they will become admins? That would be great, thanks a bunch!--Webkinz112 My talk page _{(haha, no link for you)} 20:48, September 18, 2009 (UTC)

Has the community discussed whether inactive admins/crats should have their powers removed? (We generally feel this isn't necessary.) If so, could you please send this request and a link to the wiki's discussion to Special:Contact? Thanks! — Catherine (talk) 22:27, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Darkest of Days Wiki

Hello Catherine,

I've posted this message in multiple places today, but I'm just trying to cover all my bases. Would it be alright if I was made the Sysop and Bureaucrat of the Darkest of Days wiki? It's a game I'm becoming quite familiar with, and I would love to start up all the pages, and upload the images, and the whole nine yards, because I think that position would be right in my hands. I'm a notable contributor on the Call of Duty wiki, ask around (and I'm it's current User of the Month), and have made plenty of contributions there, but there's nothing major that needs my attention on it until Modern Warfare 2 comes out, so in my free time I could get the ball rolling on the Darkest of Days wiki. Please get back to me soon, whether or not you decide to give me the tools. Thanks! --Akyoyo 23:22, September 20, 2009 (UTC)

The Wikia:Adoption requests page is the right place; your request there was accepted. — Catherine (talk) 22:27, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] D.Gray-man Wiki

Hello Catherine: I would like to know if there has been any updates on the admin nomination.

Hlp922 00:36, September 27, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! I've promoted you and Shock Dragoon. — Catherine (talk) 22:27, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

thanks Catherine, was wondering whether they can be made bureaucrats as well? or is it against Wikia policy? They won't be able to promote others if they are not bureaucrats, right? there may be 2 other users who may wish to request for promotion as their names were also thrown up during the nomination process but they only got 1 vote each, the 2 promoted ones got 2 votes each ~~Gin-san ^(Talk) 13:33, September 29, 2009 (UTC)

I've given the 'crat rights to Hlp, as he's still editing actively. Thanks! — Catherine (talk) 19:32, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Ben 10 Wiki Adoption Still On Hold?

I was given permission by them at least a couple weeks ago to have admin rights. I have contacted you there and on the same area, but nothing has been done. Please help. CGTalk!File:Crashdance.gif

Thanks, I'll check into it -- it looks like there is a recently active bureaucrat on Ben 10. — Catherine (talk) 22:27, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

I've left a note at http://ben10.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Zakkoroen#Admins_needed . — Catherine (talk)

[edit] Diablo 3 wiki

I'd like to wait, with talking about merging it with the Overal diablo wiki. Because when Diablo 3 comes out I might make a wiki that also has builds and guides and stuff. I might make contact to talk about their plan. --Fighterbitsj--talkpage contrib 18:33, September 27, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, just wanted to make sure you were aware of the established community with excited players. — Catherine (talk) 22:27, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 3 League of Legends Wiki?

Hey Catherine, I'm Kaz, the current administrator on League of Legends Wiki, and It has come to my attention that the game hasn't even come out and already has 3 different Wikis all dedicated to the same. The content is explained in the same way, and the only thing that this will create is a division between the Game Editors. - KazMx The Wolf ( "Message me!" "E-Mail me!" 36 Edits!) 22:09, September 27, 2009 (UTC)

We encourage you to talk politely to the active editors on other projects about combining your energies -- wikis are always better when people work together. If they agree to merge, or if they have been abandoned, please send details (with links to on-wiki discussions) to Special:Contact and we can close, rename, or redirect the wikis as needed. Thanks! — Catherine (talk) 22:27, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] pac-man wiki

GAME SAGE File:Larry koopa sprite.gifJonathan SmithFile:Bowserlooksprite.gif 17:56, Sept 29, 2009 Clank720 has been inactive for 10 days on pacman wiki and me and three other users are the only ones that have been active for a while.

Hi, looks like he's been active lately -- please talk to him about rights. — Catherine (talk) 23:19, October 3, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Monaco help

Hello there.I have been trying to get a monaco wiki skin that has a light blue back ground and red for everything else.Six Dog

Have you looked at the instructions at Help:Customizing Monaco? There are lots of guidelines and graphics you can use there. — Catherine (talk) 23:19, October 3, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Problems

Catherine, in case you havent figured it out already or if Shade Link hasnt told you, Joe is plotting against Wikia staff. Shade told me, but I wasnt sure if he told you. just letting you know. Thnx.--That Turtle guy 12:32, October 4, 2009 (UTC)

We're aware of EverydayJoe and are keeping an eye on him. Thanks! — Catherine (talk)

[edit] Promotion

Mrs Munro I have just made a wikia but I would like to promote it some more how do I do that

The best thing to do to attract more visitors to a wiki is to achieve better search engine rankings so that people can find you. More visitors = more editors. The best way to get better rank is to build more pages, and link your pages to each other so there are no orphan pages. Of course if there are forums or other websites devoted to your topic you can participate there and invite people to come help, but they are more likely to help if they see lots of pages being worked on than if they see a mostly empty wiki. Good luck! — Catherine (talk) 05:32, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Please may you flag User:Wikia as a bot on the Un Club Penguin Wiki? Thanks, Wompus78

Done. — Catherine (talk)

[edit] Avatar Wiki

Hi, I wanted to redirect this page, http://jamescameronsavatar.wikia.com to this page, http://avtr.wikia.com if the information that is on the first one doesn't moves. Thanks!--Matias arana 10 23:44, October 5, 2009 (UTC)

I'm not certain I understand -- do you want the empty wiki at avtr closed and redirected, or do you want the active one at jamescameronsavatar renamed to avtr? — Catherine (talk) 22:12, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

I want jamescameronsavatar to be redirected to avtr... so avtr will be the main one.--Matias arana 10 22:25, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

Done. — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Help needed

Hey Catherine. I do have one question, how do I put the typical {{reflist}} and <ref name="blah"> {{cite web |url=www.www.com |name=WWW.COM}}</ref> format into my Wikia? Ricknightcrawler 05:10, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

These Wikipedia templates rely on a fairly complicated set of code and sub-templates -- you will need to copy all the components from Wikipedia if you want them to work the same way here. You can use "Special:Export" at Wikipedia and be sure to click the "include subtemplates" box on the form, then use "Special:Import" on your wiki to add the templates. — Catherine (talk) 22:12, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Help needs

We needs help in the finnish mario wiki [3]. So, can you please change that background style for MonoBook, because, our MediaWiki MonoBook is so good for that wiki. But anyway, say me, its impossible or no? --{{SUBST:VASTINE:Malline:Aku ankka/Allekirjoitus/Ilman päivämäärää}} 07:44, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, it's not possible to set Monobook as the skin for all users. Registered, logged-in users may choose Monobook at Special:Preferences, but only that user will see it. — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations and finished episode 3 of Moscow

Congratulations on your wiki, is the best reference i've found for Mafia Wars. Today episodes 3 and 4 from Moscow were released, and i finished episode 3. The boss loot is an armor: An Ex-KGB bodyguard wih 48 attack and 30 defense. Other excellent loot from chapters are: Armored briefcase 25 attack/36 defense also an armor Shturmovik 45 attack/28 defense also an armor I hope you keep doing such a superb job with this page and wish you the best.

Benavent, Level 400+ on Mafia Wars

Congratulations on your high achievements. Have fun at Mafia Wars Wikia! — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] {{SUBST:User:KittheCat/sig}}

Could please make me a bureaucrat, so that I can make some people users on Sonic Fanon Wiki admins. Thanks.--{{SUBST:User:KittheCat/sig}} 23:18, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

Hi -- leave a request at Wikia:Adoption requests, with links to discussions at Sonic Fanon Wiki that show the community approves of the promotion, and I'll be happy to give you the rights. — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikis's

Hello Catherine,

I don't mean to be an annoying user who sends lots of messages, BUT, I just want to report a problem on 2 wiki's. Ok on the Club Penguin Fanon Wiki a user named Explorer 767 unfairly blocked me infinite because he thinks im a evil user named ben. Also on http://unclubpenguin.wikia.com, a user named wompus78 blocked me for infinite for the same reason. wompus also left and mean, upsetting and disturbing comment and picture on my talk page on the UPCP Wiki.

Here are some links.

My UPCP Talk- http://unclubpenguin.wikia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Salteroi

The UPCP Wiki Block Log- http://unclubpenguin.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Log/block

The CP Fanon Block Log- http://clubpenguinfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Log/block

Thank You for your Time!

From Salteroi

Please work with the local admins and helper User:Joeyaa for problems within the CP community. — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Nonsensopedia & copyrigt

Hi. You were solving problem with copyright here and why isn't this article deleted yet? :< As I read there, you have deleted the copyright article, but it has been brought back. If it's true, I'd say that it's really bad that administrators of Nonsensopedia doesn't respect you as member of staff... User:Musialmati 17:12, October 11, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for letting us know; we'll do what we can to sort this out. — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] family guy and the cleveland show wikis

Another user already commented on this in the adoption requests but since you emailed me saying to start forum posts on the topic I've provided links for both wikis

[4] [5]

Both are located in the wiki's main forums although they dont get the most activity, so I also posted links to the specific forum topic on the news page and even messaged a few members to voice their opinions. There are a lot of users on the wikis although people come and go in spurts so its tough to get people to respond besides the really active members that almost contribute on a daily/weekly basis. Anyways, there have been no objections so far, and it would be really helpful to have bureaucrat rights on them so I can help setup the community to flow much smoother Grande13 13:06, October 12, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know! — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Lock

My wiki has become lock, it: http://jjba.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page and well if you could just take a minute to kick the system back up it be great and by the way thank you for making me an administrator its a pleasure to now be able to remove all that wrong and rightfully star adding so the moment you got that monkey off my back, I be going back there. Thank you (Bunnet de Luz XXI 15:52, October 16, 2009 (UTC))

All better now! — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] zoids wikia

forgive me for posting the same message i sent to sannse. --Hollow ichigo 02:25, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

i'm the current admin of zoids wikia. i would like to report 3 users, who because of certain site restrictions, who decided to put up a site, namely zoid wikia, and has started ripping-off articles from the former site which they explain as making a back-up? you can check their site at zoid.wikia.com and compare articles and also find out who they are. hoping for advise on what action to take. thank you. --Hollow ichigo 02:16, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

Messages left on wiki. — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Gormiti Wiki

Hello, CatherineMunro. I'm Vodlox and I've recently discovered a new wiki Gormiti Wiki. It has, as far as I understand, two members: the founder and another. Both are inactive. I am begging you to let me adopt this wiki. It's up to you. Vodlox 18:23, October 19, 2009 (UTC)

It looks like admin Iphoneorange has been active recnetly -- have you tried talking to him about gaining admin rights (he can use http://gormiti.wikia.com/wiki/Special:UserRights to give them to users he chooses)? If he doesn't respond, then keep editing and leave a request at Wikia:Adoption requests. Thanks for your interest! — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hogdouken Wiki

I am Tails Flydude, creator of Hogdouken Wiki, I'm automatically Administrator, but I don't want to be, and Sonic Boomhog (You may remember us from Sonic Fanon Wiki) needs to be Admin/Bureaucrat. Please could you set things right? --Ripper The Fox-Hogdouken Studios 15:46, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

Done! — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Arceus Wiki

I'm a member of the Arceus Wiki, arceus.wikia.com, and apparently the founder is forbiding people to edit his pages with asking for EVERY single edit. Is this allowed? It's driving me nuts! —This unsigned comment is by Cubonestar (talk • contribs) . Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

Hm, so I've had a look, I can see what you mean.. I dont think it is allowed because it goes against the slogan of wikia... I hope Wikia sort this out for you mate :) – Talk - My Wikia's list - New Wiki Watchlist 10:18, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

Hi Cubonestar, I've left a helpful message on his talk page -- it looks like he's just inexperienced in the wiki way. It takes some time for people to get used to the idea that most editors on their wiki are good, and they don't have to be overprotective! — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Icons

Hello, I want to create a wiki but before I do I want to downpack all the editing before i do, how do i create icons and put them on the top of the page, and also how do I create an info box for my pages? And is their any where where i can learn about everything on wikis, how to make what u want and how to edit them good, like is their a website or something where i learn about how to use a wiki. —This unsigned comment is by Flameboy4z (talk • contribs) . Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

Help Wikia has alot of useful information, to cover alot of subjects about wikia's. Icons, do you mean a favicon or a logo? General image icons, or like the Template:Topright used on some wikis? Infobox help page, also have a read of this and this after you've created it. If its an english wiki your starting, leave me a note on my user talk page and I'll come help you if you get stuck! -- – Talk - My Wikia's list - New Wiki Watchlist 10:13, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Lcawte, you've given Flameboy4z a lot of great resources. You can also find more about infoboxes at http://templates.wikia.com and talk to other helpful users at the Forum:Help desk. Good luck! — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Falsely blocked

I was blocked on Zelda Gazette for 999 years because of something that happened on Zeldapedia. I noticed that my talk page on the Stal Wiki had the message "Hey! Just leave wikia alone!" so I contacted the admin who blocked me. I noted how it is NOT permitted to block someone who has done no harm to a wiki because of something that happened on another. She then proceeded to fill my page with these replies: here. She claims that I'm a vandal waiting to happen and that I'm going to hate on the Jews, which is a ridiculous claim. I copied and pasted my userpage from Zelda Wiki, a private wiki site in which leniency about language is given. I happened to have on my page "Neo hates that Jew bastard, Jason." When people whined about it, I removed it to prevent further problems. It wasn't there to invoke anti-semitism. The admin also mentioned your name and said that you would surely global block me because she's allowed tp supersede Wikia's rules since the Zelda wikis are intertwined. I would like myself unblocked from Zelda Gazette, as there was NO call for this block. Thank you.Neo ^{(Talk) (Home)} 10:32, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. It was finally taken care of by another admin.Neo ^{(Talk) (Home)} 20:32, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

And now we're back where we started. They all decided to make up a reason to block me. They called it "Taking material from other wikis." I have stolen NOTHING from another wiki. I used an idea and reworked it greatly, but I didn't steal anything. It's on Zelda Gazette, as before. I would like to get this ridiculous ordeal finished so I may continue to provide quality edits to the site. Can you take a look at everything and have this sorted out, please? Thanks in advance. [6]-Neo ^{(T) (C) (Home)} 00:07, October 27, 2009 (UTC)

Once again, things have been sorted out. However, could I ask you to keep an eye on them? They're going to do something again, no doubt.-Neo ^{(T) (C) (Home)} 00:41, October 27, 2009 (UTC)

People don't take too kindly to calling someone a Jew Bastard.-- C2 / CC 17:19, October 27, 2009 (UTC)

Okay, now I KNOW I have them. They blocked me on Zelda Gazette for "Stealing material from other wikis." All I did was use an idea I got from another site to put a long link into a conveniently small template. I even asked the admins of the site I got it from. They said that it's perfectly legal, and that ALL mediawiki templates are fair game to be used by any wiki. Thus, I'm requesting that I be unblocked. Here is my page, and my contributions may be found from there. The templates I was blocked for creating are in my contributions. Thank you for reading this.-Neo ^{(T) (C) (Home)} 19:33, October 28, 2009 (UTC)

Why is this so much like a trap? "I have them"? Dude.....-- C2 / CC 23:47, October 28, 2009 (UTC)

You block me for no reason and have the nerve to call it a trap? I'm getting REALLY tired of you. You attack my ZW talk page, you accuse Alter of spam when NONE of the edits you showed me were so (TLBT=Tingle's Love Balloon Trip. It's a game,) and you have me blocked on another wiki just because you feel like butting in to everything I do. You aren't some all-powerful Wikia guardian. You've been harassing me on every Zelda-related wiki I've gone on so far on Wikia. And what's more, you have the NERVE to say that I deserve a global ban? Why don't you stay on Zeldapedia and leave me alone? I have as much right to be here as you do. If you can't accept that fact, then leave Wikia. Lastly, STOP intruding on conversations I have with other people. If I wanted you in the conversation, I'd direct the topic to you. It's neither your place nor your business to eavesdrop and butt in.-Neo ^{(T) (C) (Home)} 02:07, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

Neo, I looked over your interactions there, and I think if you want to continue editing at Wikia you're going to need to change your tone a lot -- we don't allow the sort of personal attacks I'm seeing, particularly hate speech like the epithets against Jews.

It's true that templates and content from other CC-BY-SA-licensed wikis may be copied and used at Wikia without problem, but the "BY" part of the license indicates that you must provide credit for where you copied it from. I usually provide source information in both the edit summary of the first edit (which creates the new template) and on the new template's talk page.

However, whether the copying is legitimate or not, your behavior has been quite belligerent and confrontational, and I see no reason to override a local community that has decided you are unwelcome. If you persist in hate speech and personal attacks, then you risk being blocked site-wide across all of our wikis. — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

I didn't copy the templates. I made them myself. And I'm sick and of tired of people calling ONE thing "HATE SPEECHES." It was copied and pasted from my ZW userpage, and then removed. I don't hate Jews, and I'm NOT going around giving hate speeches. I at least want that understood if nothing else.

Secondly, how can his following me to other wikis and harassing me not be a violation of Wikia's policy? He's seeking me out and attacking me.-Neo ^{(T) (C) (Home)} 02:56, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

On the one hand, yes, they should be ignoring you unless/until you do something wrong; pre-emptive blocks aren't necessary. However, where communities on different wikis do overlap and have been offended by your behavior, I can't say I blame them for choosing not to have you in their community. I would suggest that perhaps you find or create a different Wikia community about something you like (a band, perhaps, or another hobby?) and work there for a while on improving your track record of behavior with other users before you petition the Zeldapedia or other Zelda communities to return. — Catherine (talk) 20:20, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

I've done just that. A friend of mine and I are going to be building a new wiki from scratch, so now I've something to occupy my time. In addition, being an admin/bureaucrat is something I know I will take to with a much calmer sense. I'm an admin of a forum, too, so I know how to act in a position of power. I've just been allowing anger to get me, lately. I've formally and personally apologized to each member I've offended, and I've asked that we put this in the past as I leave Zeldapedia and Zelda Gazette alone. I feel as though I should also apologize to you for wasting your time and giving you more crap to put up with. I'm sorry for doing so. -Neo (talk)

Thanks for your understanding and willingness to grow -- I look forward to seeing what you and your friends work on together! — Catherine (talk) 18:44, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Bob5

Hi, on Wankerpedia, I site I just created, I gave Bob5, someone who I personally know, bureaucratic privliges. However, as a result of real life events, I no longer trust Bob5 to have such privliges. Therefore, can you remove his bureaucratic privliges for me? Thank you! --FunGuy 16:56, October 27, 2009 (UTC)

Never mind because Bob5 already lost his bureaucratic privliges. --FunGuy 20:29, October 27, 2009 (UTC)

I'm glad Sarah was able to take care of this for you. Good luck with your wiki in the future! — Catherine (talk) 02:46, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] CPF demotion

Could you demote me on Club Penguin Fanon? --Yowuza yadderhouse |meh 17:10, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

Done. — Catherine (talk) 20:22, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Avatar Wiki

Hi again, I think that someone deleted http://avtr.wikia.com to pass it to http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com, that I wanted to delete before, do you remember? Is there a way for you to see who did these and change it back to avtr.wikia.com? Thanks a lot!! --Matias arana 10 20:55, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

Hi Matias, it looks like User:Scarecroe changed the url. He's one of our fantastic entertainment helpers and knows a lot about helping wikis show up well in search engines -- and we definitely want this one to be ranking high before and during the movie's release. (Doesn't the trailer look awesome?) I'd guess that's the reason he changed it, and I see you've already left a message on his talk page about it. Note that avtr.wikia still works as a redirect -- you could post links to avtr.wikia/wiki/Pagename and people would get to the right Pagename at the longer url. — Catherine (talk) 18:48, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

Well, if you think that's the best for the wiki... But don't you think the url is too long?

PD: Yeah, very cool trailer :) Matias arana 10 22:33, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Samurai

an you delete a Very old wiki that has only one article? its very dead, i want to create a samurai wiki all about samurai. at www.samurai.wikia.com.Flameboy4z 22:33, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

Or atleaast can you change the name of the wiki to Samurai wiki instead of Samurai movies wiki and can you make me the admin and can you delete all the pages on there? Flameboy4z 00:15, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

I've changed the name to "Samurai Wiki". If you'd like to gain admin rights there, please start creating pages and improving the main page, and then leave a request at Wikia:Adoption requests. You can move/rename pages as an ordinary user, and once you've earned admin rights you'll be able to delete them. Good luck! — Catherine (talk) 18:51, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Admin

How do can i be yhe admiin of my own wikia im about to create, and how do i create icons that go on the top right corner of the page. Flameboy4z 22:33, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

Well, creating a new wiki automatically makes you a bureaucrat, admin, and rollback. As far as the images go, I'll let Catherine answer. (Because I don't know XD)-Neo ^{(T) (C) (Home)} 01:09, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

Actually, you don't get rollback itself, but it is included in admin. Ajraddatz Talk | Age of Empires Wiki94 Edits 02:39, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

As already said, if you use Special:CreateWiki, you'll automaticly get Admin. Icons, could you link to a page with an example? It was said above at #Icons that this could mean alot of things, do you mean Template:Topright, an example of that sort of template can be seen here... Or do you just mean a favicon? -- – Talk - My Wikia's list - New Wiki Watchlist 08:27, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Sidebar

Dear Catherine,

I just created an article on the episodes of Atomic Betty, and I think it would be useful on the sidebar. Since I can't edit the sidebar, I was wondering if you could put it in yourself. --DanMat6288 16:58, November 2, 2009 (UTC)

Hi Dan, since you've been active there and the admin hasn't edited for several months, I've given you the admin rights on the wiki so that you can update the sidebar and help the project grow. See Help:Sidebar, Help:Administrators' how-to guide, and Advice for some pointers. Good luck! — Catherine (talk) 23:40, November 2, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Problem at Dinopedia

Hey Catherine, this is Mattkenn3. You have been communicating with us about the problem between Dinopedia and users of the newly-created Dinos Wiki. Basically, a user from the Dinos Wiki (Liopleurodon 888) vandalized Dinopedia's Main Page. I warned him and messaged an admin at the Dinos Wiki about it, even though the admin asked me not to contact him. I thought that he needed to know. Here is the message that I received afterwards:

I have repeatedly asked you not to contact me, so i will be reporting you to Wikia Staff. I have already reprimanded Liopleurodon, so keep your nose out of my wikis business, as I am very annoyed with him for what he has done. I will be discussing his fate (block or not) with the Founders, so just keep your nose out. Capiche?

DO NOT contact me again or I will be forced to take this to the founder of Wikia himself. --{{SUBST:Signatures/T-Rex 882}} 13:14, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

I believe that I was being reasonable. The admin feared that I would ask Wikia Staff to "Shut Down" their wiki. I told him that I would not and I told him that he should just talk to the vandal. I feel that User:T-Rex 882 is not being sensible. Correct me if I am wrong, did I have the right to contact him? I would appreciate the help. Thanks! --Mattkenn3 ^Talk 22:03, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

I agree that it seems like a reasonable reason to contact him, but since you are very aware that he has asked you not to contact him, and that he considers it harassment, it might have been better for you to wait and watch -- you would have learned that he was aware of and dealing with the vandal without needing a warning from you.

He may be oversensitive on this issue, but I feel you have both provoked each other pretty extensively and that you should not be trying to push your luck, no matter how good your intentions. Please do what I have suggested and ignore anything that occurs on the other wiki, do not attempt contact, and focus only on your own project. If other users are causing problems at your wiki, then revert, block, and ignore as you would any vandal, whether they come from Dinos or not, and let T-Rex sort out his own issues. Good luck! — Catherine (talk) 23:55, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks! --Mattkenn3 ^Talk 00:53, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Thanks for the admin rights on the Hobo Guide Wiki! I promise you the wiki is in good hands! -Cubonestar was here at 03:23, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome -- have fun! — Catherine (talk) 05:23, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Help!!

Nobody is signing up for my wiki!! How can I get people to sign up? I already made 14 pages.Masterman555 20:21, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

Friend,Masterman555 patience, I too am only in my literature wiki in Spanish, I did more than 1,200 pages and I still editing quiet. --Csuarezllosa (Em@il) 20:29, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Character Infobox Question

Hi, me again... from the Atomic Betty Wiki... you gave me admin powers...

Small infobox template question... in the character infobox, there are three fields I don't understand. What are health, level, and status supposed to be? Sorry for bothering about about that. ^^; --DanMat6288 22:36, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Nothing...

Whats your birthday?

catherine i think i dont have an backgrounds or pictures of betty boop i think u have 2 hep me.i will do the best i can do but...u must tell me wat 2 do i'm only 10 yrs old i'm trying 2 make history telll wen anything cums 2 u--Tweetyburd 15:33, November 7, 2009 (UTC)krazydiva45

[edit] Wiki name change

Hey, it's me again. I was thiking that I would prefer to change the name of my wiki, Megaman X Wiki, to Maverick Hunter wiki. It sounds better that way, y'know? Less generic. Get back to me when you can!-Neo ^{(T) (C) (Home)} 16:30, November 7, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for clean up

Thanks for for cleaning up the mess from my boring alter ego the other day, I'd not looked in for a bit on that wiki - BulldozerD11 22:22, November 7, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox on NBC Wikia

How do you make an infobox to NBC Wikia? —This unsigned comment is by Thorn93 (talk • contribs) . Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

What type of infobox? Here is a sample that will end like this. You can copy that and change some things. --Shadow Na'vi Talk My Workload 04:07, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Pandorapedia

Hi, could you erase pandorapedia.wikia.com to redirect it to james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com? Thanks for your time! --Shadow Na'vi Talk My Workload 01:02, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox for my wiki

Hello Catherine, It's nice to talk to you, finally, and ask you a question.

okay here it is:

• How can I get the gray infobox instead of the blue and white default infobox?

Thanks (http://shinobi.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:KiumaruHamachi) [sorry, i'm using Firefox and the signature button doesnt work for me] KiumaruHamachi.

You need to change the colour codes in the Template. If your having trouble with it, give me a shout. -- – Talk - My Wikia's list - New Wiki Watchlist 08:00, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] We don't have administrator

Hello I write to you because our administrator has gone from es.kingdomhearts.wikia.com and now we are alone, I would like to have administrator rights if it is ok, because someone has to put order in the page and I think that i have lot of ideas for improve the page because I love Kingdom hearts. --PaS NaS 19:12, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

Adopt that Wiki -- – Talk - My Wikia's list - New Wiki Watchlist 19:38, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

Lcawte lies. You should start a requests for adminship page, and have the community vote. There are multiple users there. Ajraddatz Talk | Age of Empires Wiki94 Edits 20:55, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, its late here, I forgot to check up on the wiki. Ajr, your too active :P -- – Talk - My Wikia's list - New Wiki Watchlist 21:28, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I have posted in "adopt that wiki" that I would like to be the administrator of es.kingdomhearts.wikia.com, is that the way to apply for that?

Thanks for your attention --PaS NaS 23:01, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Small assistance required.

My friend and I have started up a wikia (Crystal Fort) and i'm basically in charge. but there are a couple of things that i have no clue on what to do at this time, one of them being how to put pages on the right hand side?

I know its only a new wikia and its not related to anything anyone knows of, but in order to expand we will need to learn things as fast as possible, asking is the best way as i know of.

thanks!

You mean the infoboxes? because i know how to do that... everything else I don't know about. http://www.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:KiumaruHamachi KiumaruHamachi