User talk:Kirkburn

[edit] Video Embed Tool

Hey, it's Creepydude from the Call of Duty Wiki. I am posting in response to your message on my talk page about the new video embed tool. First of all, the new tool is awesome, and it'll work wonders with all the gameplay videos we have in the wiki. I'll start putting the new format over the old <youtube></youtube> links right away.

I have a couple questions. I am curious, since only some wikis have gotten this announcement, which ones have? Just the big-ish wikis? Or just the big-ish gaming wikis?

Another question is, I'm wondering why you decided to contact me personally. I was quite suprised when I found that I was the only user on the wiki to recieve this message. Either way, thanks a lot, and I added an announcement. Keep up the great work; I am very happy with this feature! Respond on whatever wiki you wish. Creepydude ^Editz Say Some'at Here! 22:33, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Right on; thanks! I only have one comment/criticism to make. If you try to put a hyperlink inside the thumb comment, it acts really funny. For instance if I did [[Video:Example|thumb|This is an [[example]] video]] then the hyperlink inside it would mess up the video. I am not sure if this can be fixed or not since the hyperlinks worked for images.

I feel special now that Call of Duty Wiki is one of the first wikis to get this feature. ;) Creepydude ^Editz Say Some'at Here! 23:30, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah yes, this is an known issue atm, I think. Thanks for reminding me! Kirkburn  talk  contr    23:31, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey, I want to pester you one more time with a tiny glitch in the new video upload thing. If you go to Special:ImageList, uploaded videos appear in there and if you click on one, it puts an Image: in front of it, making it Image:Video:Example or whatever. Do you have plans to create a special video upload log and full support for the feature, or do you plan on keeping it small? Anyway, thanks a lot. Bolded so the text is a little easier to pick out. Creepydude ^Editz Say Some'at Here! 07:48, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the report, I'll pass it on. Yep, we plan to duplicate as much of the Image-related special pages as possible, so as to make maintenance simple. Kirkburn  talk  contr    15:32, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Help?

As it seems Sannse is not available today, I was wondering if you may assist us at the RuneScape Wiki. I left a message here on Sannse's talk page about a vandal who is evading blocks by making new vandal accounts. I was wondering, if you can, could we get a checkuser and possibly ban the ip and/or ip ranges? Any assistance would be much appreciated. _Talk ^Contribs 17:30, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I have tried an IP ban. Kirkburn  talk  contr    17:40, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

He is back now as "BULLSHIT234" "BULLSHIT567" "CS12". Seems he's persistent. _Talk ^Contribs 17:41, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Second method done :) Kirkburn  talk  contr    17:51, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Appreciate your assistance in this matter. _Talk ^Contribs 17:51, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Video Gallery?

Hiya Kirkburn, already asked this on The Vault forum, but figured I might get a quicker response going directly to you. Is there code for a video gallery, along the lines of the image gallery? We're running into a problem with too many videos on one page, some of our editors are demanding removal, others are screaming that they'll stop contributing videos if we don't display them - and I'm stuck in the middle trying to satisfy everyone. If the function doesn't already exist, it sure would be nice ;) File:Ash Nuke.jpg AshRandom (Talk) 20:28, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Side note: I loved your little hello template box at the top, so I stole it ;) File:Ash Nuke.jpg AshRandom (Talk) 21:00, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied at http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:New_video_embed_tool (and yay templates!). Kirkburn  talk  contr    15:57, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Logo replacement challenge

Default logo is not being replaced by Wiki.png new image Some 10 hours of exploring all the helps I could fine, no solution is found yet. In new wiki of energykitesystems as admin, I uploaded new image at correct size in png and the default image of Wikia does not get replaced. Any clue? Thanks. Joe Faust 22:24, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the report - it's been passed on and is being looked into. Kirkburn  talk  contr    15:49, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Someone told: matter was Wikia wide. Also, someone today did something to have the logo image replace the default. Joe Faust 20:51, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Adding an inactive template

I was wondering if you can add an inactive wiki template to the Midkemia wiki. After I have a chance to make some edits on it, I'll file an adoption request, but if someone else interested would like to adopt, then I wouldn't mind.--Iner22 17:48, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Done. Kirkburn  talk  contr    17:54, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] advice please...

Hello Im new to wikia and Im thinking about making a wikia about an anime/manga series, any advice? BR Ninja15 18:49, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure what specifics you may want, but if you visit the Requests Wikia and Wikia Help you may find stuff that helps. Kirkburn  talk  contr    19:05, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hidden 'by default'?

I sometimes use IPA symbols in text, but I have to copy-paste them because ,although being in w:c:conmyth:MediaWiki:Edittools, they are hidden by default and editing this page does not solve it (I might be editing it wrong, but I cannot see what is intended to be done to show them). Do you know how to correct it or who can correct it? Lars (Poet) (speak page) 21:30, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

The more advanced symbols are hidden by the "<! --" and "-- >" (without the spaces) comment markers. Remove those from your w:c:conmyth:MediaWiki:Edittools, and they should show up. Kirkburn  talk  contr    22:12, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, I just thought that it had to do with the CSS settings, as it is such a visible change, I will ask other administrators what they think about making it visible, but I think that they will find it OK to change it, users would still be able to made their CSS settings to hide it. I have even seen a user CSS subpage for User:217.77.165.53 on wikia help, so IPs are also able to enable or disable that (I will enable it by default, as I have no idea how javascript controls what to show and what to hide on wikipedia). Lars (Poet) (speak page) 15:56, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Admin

Please promote me to admin on the Unbionicle wiki. The only admin there has been gone for 4 months and there are some vandals around ,so I need the ability to block! Please respond as quickly as possible!Andrew1219

Hello - I have to suggest requesting via Wiki adoption requests. It doesn't appear to be under current attack, so I would not wish to bypass that procedure. Kirkburn  talk  contr    17:59, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Sevler425 18:06, 3 June 2009 (UTC)I have a request on the Legend of Dragoon Wiki, and thats to remove the two inactive beurocrats from that title, one is cubix(part of the name), and the other is Rufus Shinra4245, I recently adopted the site but this way they cant come on and like ban me for whatever and as for Shinra, well he hasn't done much so I wanna have himaas an admin but not beurocrat. I have someone helping me, and hes actively doing so, so plz if you could remove there beurocratic positions.

[edit] What links to a page from w:c:conmyth:Monaco-sidebar

Hello again, Kirkburn.Is there somehow we can see links from pages like mediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar from Special:WhatLinksHere? On w:c:conmyth I had to remove a huge amount of references from w:c:conmyth:MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar after another administrator had deleted the pages. I know that they are references rather than links, but they are transformed into links when using it. Lars (Poet) (speak page) 20:12, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately I don't know of a way of achieving that, sorry :( Kirkburn  talk  contr    20:14, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Then, I will leave the question in a forum, just in case anyone knows. Lars (Poet) (speak page) 20:45, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Spam

Ok, I returned to WikiTubia but I've just found the wiki drowning with spam (look on the history of the page "YouTube Poop" and you'll sorta see what I mean). Is there a way to protect the whole wiki? --YOWUZA TALK 2 ME! 17:12, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

See user talk page. Kirkburn  talk  contr    15:04, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Tekken Wiki tables and templates

Hey, I'm over from the Tekken Wiki. I'm just wondering how to make disambiguation page templates (Jack would need one, as would the search Kazama) and how to go about making a table template for adding additional information to the pages. Any help in this would be great as the Wiki seems pretty dead and unorganised. PkmnTrainerJ 17:56, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

It sounds like templates.wikia may be of use to you. Kirkburn  talk  contr    15:06, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] CreatePage

Hi Kirkburn, I see these a 'hidden function' to generate new pages to a pre determined template, for consistency. I was looking at the Marvel Database Wiki which as a similar idea as im after trying to standardise the outline pages for articles at Tractor Wiki. My general layout follows the WP page layout as early pages were from WP as a starting point. But had a problem with WP infoboxes not working (get loads of HTMl code showing so ditched them from some pages at first). I then imported a load of WP templates but suffer some incompatibility with hem but getting sorted (I think)). (didnt know wikia has some available). - Wikipedias navbox suite being a problem on import. (the nested nature of the doc and interconedted examples causing red template links).

Have now come to the conclusion standardizing the basic pages has several advantages;

• consistency, as i end up with slightly different headings / content on different sessions, etc.
• reduce finger wear (RSI)
• Get more pages created
• Make it easier for beginners (possibly to start pages)

So is it easy to enable this Function, could not really see it at the example wiki given (found the CreateTemplates pages) but didn't see the interface mentioned on the front page ?

Dont want to create empty stubs en mass as such, just /sub pages for the red links were i have a bit of Content/ or an image (as some high level pages getting too full of images). Also need to Add back info boxes to early pages. All the company pages need one (about 250 +).

I started trying to adapt the Documentation page to generate a Preload blank gallery page but found that the sub pages are only allowed in some Name spaces & not the main !! And Template:Documentation is really a Page in a page in another page (the template being documented). So unraveling the codes not working, as getting the {{{PAGENAME}}} bits right and If statements confused me.

So any suggestions ?

Also The Marvel Datebase has a neat category hierarchy function at the bottom I.e Marvel Datebase - Administration - Tools - Templates. (PeterParker doesent know how that works, I asked) Thats how I found this create page looking at a Media wiki extensions list. Do you know how that Category horizontal list is implemented, is it part of the interface  ? - BulldozerD11 17:29, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Kirburn would be great full if you can help sort out this creating new pages useing templates. From a query on the forum I found this page Help:CreatePage#Createplate_list and have tried it on Tractor Wiki but it does not appear to work (Special:CreatePage) gives a blank new style page edit box but no list of pages. Re reading the help page appears to say its only works on newer wikis ? Does it need enabling on my wiki ?

I've had also tried to implement the create a new page function from Marvel database, which is under development here and add a button to access it through the Createbar. But canot get the Button to load the menu page. (the underlying templates complexity with if tests etc was confusing me but the basic working behind it I've now worked out and a couple of the options work.) I need to make it accessible by placing a button on pages, which the create bar appeared to do. (the other buttons work but the link to this does not ! ) ? Can you please assist - BulldozerD11 22:23, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Bully Wikia and copyright problems

Hey Kirkburn. I'm McJeff, one of two bureaucrats from Bully Wiki, and I'm concerned that the wikia is pushing the limits of the fair use policy on text.

The issue is that Bully has many characters, and each character has its own article, and each article has a list of quotes from each character. In most cases the quotes are limited to 20. Now I think this is already stretching fair use policy on text to the breaking point, but my co-bureaucrat wants to extend the limit to 30.

I'm very uneasy about that since again I think it's a Fair Use violation, but I've been told in varying ways by the other users there that they "don't like" the Fair Use policy and don't care to obey it. So, I have to ask here. I don't know if you're the person who deals with copyright issues - I have trouble finding my way around Wikia central. So if you can't help yourself, I was hoping you could at least direct me to someone/something that could.

I've been referring to Wikipedia's fair use policy on text for this. McJeff 18:39, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Taken this somewhere else noticing that you're on vacation. McJeff 18:52, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Age of Empires

Please see http://ageofempires.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Kirkburn — Robin Patterson (Talk) 03:41, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] a question of annoyance...

... no matter what i do and how many times I save it and wait it wont work, the monaco thing on your story wiki. --2+2 11:29, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Have you been able to resolve this issue? I'm not sure exactly what the problem is. Kirkburn  talk  contr    00:54, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Sysop resignation?

Just wondering, is there a way for sysops to resign or bureaucrats to demote them, or do wikia staff have to address matters of that sort? When you get to responding, can you message me on my talk page? Thanks. Exlonox 00:29, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Replied at User talk:Exlonox. --Charitwo^Talk 16:47, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] on the your story wiki

I keep customizing the monaco skin stuff but nothing happens. please help!--2+2 18:19, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

You need to go into your preferences and select the custom skin as your (and the wiki's) default skin. --Ose ^{Talk • Contribs} 19:05, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Gearsofwar Fanon

Yes, There has been a Crat asking for help, but I ask you, Can you remove a Crat who, despite creating most of our templates, has been Verbally Assualting Other Memebers through the means of IRC and Skype.

Yours, Love is Noise Love is PainLove is these blues 20:12, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Who? Kirkburn  talk  contr    18:07, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

This is hardly relavent. Seeing as I didn't have get the wiki going,I asked and Begged Jaws for her to get help. When she didn't Or the when the other 'Crat didn't help I stepped up to the plate and asked for help. So if anything, I'm more deserving of my power. She also has been abusing her powers; for example she banned me after helping a user. And I created the IRC Channel and she also abused her power. And finally, how does skype pertain to the Wiki? SPARTAN-G024 20:40, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to vouch for Josh here. He's done nearly all the work getting the wiki off the ground, and he was the one who contacted people when he hit a snag. Jaws has done almost nothing to improve the wiki despite being a 'crat. Also, 'Verbally assaulting' is a loaded phrase, at worst he's been teasing people a little too harshly and all that's deserved is an apology.

I'm honestly disappointed that you seem to be de-admining him without actually seeing both sides of the argument. What happened to good faith? Screennameless - "Goodnight, everybody!" 20:45, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey, I just asked "who?" :P I didn't mean to appear like I was going to do something without finding out more. At any rate, it sounds like something far too controversial for me to take any action - I can offer advice, of course, but for that I'd suggesting pointing me to somewhere on the wiki. Kirkburn  talk  contr    21:36, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

(shakes head) Sorry about that. It just seemed to me like you were going, "Okay, who am I de-admining?" Which, I see now, was stupid on my part. Again, sorry. (laughs) If you want a quick summary, they're mad at each other because Josh feels like the other bureaucrats aren't pulling their weight and because Jaws feels that Josh is abusing his bureaucrat powers. Both arguments have merit.

Josh was especially frustrated that Jaws hadn't done much on the wiki and neither had the other bureaucrat, Zen. Basically, Josh felt like he was doing everything, which isn't that far off. So whenever they tried to assert authority over him as founders of the wiki, he'd get annoyed and lash out at them in what he viewed as just retaliation. Meanwhile, Jaws felt like he was attacking other people unjustly. So she would fight back in what she viewed as just retaliation. Cue vicious circle.

I, among other people, can vouch for Josh about having done most of the wiki's construction on his own. And what he couldn't do, other people did at his request and coordination (most of these have been archived now, as on User:EightyOne's talk page on Gearspedia). And I know I'd be frustrated if I spent basically two weeks trying to create a wiki without the help of the other bureaucrats. But I do agree that he can get pretty nasty to Jaws and Zen, most of the evidence of this occurring in IRC, which I have no records of. I also know that his idea of joking around (ex. kicking someone out of IRC for a silly reason) could be misinterpreted. For instance, in the block log you may notice I was once banned for two minutes for "slapping (Josh) on Skype". I found this hilarious. Other people probably think this is admin abuse.

Jaws has also now told us that she had real life issues that pulled her away from the wiki, which I believe completely. However, I had no knowledge of this until literally yesterday, and from what I've been told by both parties, Josh had only cursory knowledge of it after the wiki was already created.

The truth is, I'm very frustrated because Josh is my friend and I don't want to seem like I'm just taking his side. I really like Gears Fanon and I hope to see it grow into a real community. I'm just completely lost on what to do. But I definitely don't think removing Josh's admin privileges is fair to him considering the effort and time he's put in there.

Again, I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions... and I'm sorry that became really long. I don't know how that happened. Trying to be thorough, I guess. :P Screennameless - "Goodnight, everybody!" 00:39, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Adverts

If you visit http://heroeswiki.com/Main_Page you will see adverts on the top. How do I add Google adverts on my wiki. Something to do with monobook.php, where do I add the code. Xxxsacheinxxx 22:15, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] To put adverts on the side

If you read this: http://www.how2setup.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Google_AdSense_in_Wiki#Register_with_Google_Sitemaps it says what to do but I don't what line to put it. Can you help me. Thanks Xxxsacheinxxx 22:15, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Holding still for Blip.TV for video embeds

Love the expansion of the video embed.

Lingering question: What about an embed of the videos from Blip.TV? [5]

• http://Rauterkus.blip.tv is my site at Blip.TV.

And a new question: What about the embed of videos from Viddler.com? [6]

• http://Viddler.com/rauterkus is my site at Viddler.

Rauterkus 13:07, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Blip.tv is still on our list to be added, and I've added Viddler. Unfortunately, I don't have an ETA, but keep your fingers crossed :) Kirkburn  talk  contr    23:22, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption question

Hey Kirkburn, when a wiki can be considerate for adoption i have seen a couple of wikis quite dead, but dont know if there is a establish time frame of inactivity where the wiki can them be considerate a candidate for adoption, and then do i have to add it to an adoption list or with just marking it at the page here at central? --Cizagna ^{(Talk) Dofus} » 14:47, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

From Wikia:Adoption requests, it appears to be about two months. I suggest using that page for any requests, or Special:Contact. Kirkburn  talk  contr    11:32, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Need a guru

Hiya Kirkburn, are you a HTML/CSS guru or familiar with browser quirks (especially Internet Explorer)? (or maybe you can direct me to someone?) I recently updated the homepage of our wiki and been de-bugging for hours for darn IE7 and IE6 browsers (why can't they behave?). Anyway I was wondering if it's my code or maybe certain ads that cause this: screenshot link? Can you replicate that on your end? Here is the current version. The prior version of the page was fine for the Internet Explorer browsers, but with my move of the todo box, I think the page doesn't render for IE correctly (other browsers are fine). :( — Jeiara^Talk 07:53, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Responded on your local talk page :) Kirkburn  talk  contr    11:55, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Moonglade wiki

Was Wondering if you would help set up a Template theme for the Moonglade RP Wiki? Its Horribly under-used. but if it had a nice face to it and was easy to use, theres no reason it cant get Epic. --Kingstoph 09:39, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] MediaWiki:EditingTips

In my own wiki, Adventure Quest Worlds Wiki, the editing tips box is too small, I've had to remove a lot of information from there, is there anyway of extending it, or even adding subheadings to the headings already there? Greennave^Talk 06:24, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Not as far as I know, unfortunately. It was designed to quite simple, so unfortunately doesn't have support for longer length or special headings. Are you able to make the text smaller perhaps? Kirkburn  talk  contr    07:41, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] A little suggestion for the WoW wiki

Regarding the "Quests at *insert level here*" pages:

These would be infinitely more useful if each quest was "icon'd" with either Alliance, Horde, or both. This would immediately assist people with finding relevant level quests which are in their faction.

72.173.112.5 00:35, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

You mean articles like http://www.wowwiki.com/Category:Quests_at_57 ? Unfortunately, it's a restriction of the software that prevents us from being able to put icon labels on those :( Kirkburn  talk  contr    12:56, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Custom Monaco theme not working

In the Pokemon Crater Wiki I copied the example monaco theme given on this page in section 'Customize the Colors'- Custom color customization on w:c:help:Help:Customizing_Monaco, and went to admin options in my preferences to select custom. It worked. Then I changed the colours as you can see on this page- MediaWiki:Monaco.css. The theme didnt change automatically so I went back to admin options selected Sapphire, saved it and then again selected Custom and saved it. but the new colours I specified in the Monaco.css page still do not show. Insteed, the old example theme from the section on the Help:Customizing_Monaco I mentioned erlier appears. Why is this happening and how can I correct it? I have now kept the theme as Brick theme as ot matches to the colour scheme needed for the wiki but its not close enough. I had put this message on the Help:Customizing_Monaco's Talk page but no one responded so I thoungt of asking a staff. Can you help me?--Deshkap 2006 16:44, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Responded/fixed locally :) Kirkburn  talk  contr    16:58, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

  Thanks for that.

[edit] Need to revoke sysop status

Hi, this is Spike's Girl from the ThatGuyWithTheGlasses wiki. Recently, it has come to the attention of myself and my staff that one of our newest admins has lied to us about his age. We've been in contact with this person through Skype, and recently discovered that, while he initially had sworn to us that he was 18, he is actually only 8 years old. While we haven't had any abuse problems with him, no one on staff is comfortable with having someone so young having such an important status.

If you could remove his Sysop status, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. --Spike's Girl (TGWTG wiki)

[edit] Not listed on Wikia Staff

How come your name isn't mentioned on Wikia Staff. I guess because you're not on the Community Team? -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 12:00 PM PST 10 Apr 2009

Basically, yeah. I'm mostly in product, though I work on a fair few community and gaming related matters. Kirkburn  talk  contr    19:03, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] no plan

Hallo there Kirkburn,

i found you entry on my wiki or what ever i should call it... and yes i need your help very much... I wana make a Wiki about our game project and there for i have to make a Pokedex with many charts and other stuff like on this page: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bulbasaur_(Pok%C3%A9mon) And really nothing is working, i am no programmer but i wana make this page.. so i need help or somebody can creat me a blanko page i only wold have to copy or fill in... this page makes me little bit sick because i wastet now more then 48 hours on this and nothing came out...

Thank you...

Greetings: GaiasInk!^^

Where is this? I'm not really able to help out a lot, so the forums may be a better place to ask for help. Kirkburn  talk  contr    12:21, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I believe the wikia is w:c:gaias-ink-projects. GaiasInk, I can probably help a little bit. I will leave you a message on your talk page on your wiki. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 5:41 PM PST 14 Apr 2009

[edit] Fallout wiki IRC channel

Hey, i was wondering what was happening with the fallout wiki's IRC channel. It was on, then disapeared. I signed in to my account on Wikia, and returned to the Fallout wiki's main page (which is where the IRC link is) and it wasn't there. Can someone please tell me what is going on? Thanks.

I'm sorry, I don't know - I don't have any connection to it. Ausir on the fallout wiki is more likely to know. Kirkburn  talk  contr    10:54, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] ListUsers

Hello Kirkburn. As you can see on Image:ListNoUsers.png or on w:c:dragonrp:Special:ListUsers, something is wrong on that specialpage, there are at least a bot (a staff member whomade cleanup of hundreds of identical pages, so there is also at least one staff member to be listed on the page), a sysop, a bureaucrat and a user there. The problem also affect another wiki with 4 sysops and I do not understand how it cannot affect this one. What is wrong? Lars (Poet) (speak) 17:49, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, this just came up internally - we'll look into it. It's rather odd that it affects specific wikis, though. Kirkburn  talk  contr    18:26, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Suppress Redirect

I am an administrator on several wikis and I would like to know how to use suppressredirect when moving pages to prevent a redirect from being created. Do you know how to do this? Thanks. GT5162 (talk) 16:04, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately I do not know - I suggest trying Special:Contact. Kirkburn  talk  contr    16:27, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. GT5162 (talk) 16:47, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry I know this is an old question, but I've just figured out the answer. If you are a sysop, when you move a page you get a tickbox with the option to "Leave a redirect behind" - unticking this suppresses a redirect. If you are not a sysop, you don't get that option, and the redirect is always created (to avoid pages going missing). Gboyers ^talk 13:27, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Spam filter Problem

It seems that there are problems of spam filter in EVCHK. Now we cannot edit any pages, even sysop could not.

It just shows that "The page you wanted to save was blocked by the spam filter. This is probably caused by a link to a blacklisted external site. "

--疾風綾希 12:37, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Check c:evchk:MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist or c:evchk:MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. Perhaps it will help you figure out why you're getting this problem. It looks like your whitelist might need a few entries (maybe evchk.wikia.com?) that are missing. Also use c:evchk:Special:Contact to report your problem. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 3:35 PM PST 30 Apr 2009

[edit] Wanna edit the Featured Users section in my wiki, but...

...I'm having a lot of trouble trying to do so... how am I going to work this into monaco? Would appreciate any help concerning this. -- Goketsuji Fan 01:41, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Where exactly do you mean? Which wiki, and on the sidebar, main page elsewhere? Kirkburn  talk  contr    14:04, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Here, and yeah, in the sidebar. - Goketsuji Fan 08:02, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

If you check http://powerinstinct.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar you'll see it's automatically generated from the "top users". As the list is automatically generated, you can't edit it directly - however, you could just edit the sidebar with different links and more names. You can read more about the sidebar on Help:Sidebar. Hope that helps! Kirkburn  talk  contr    13:31, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Visual Editor Bug Report

Read Forum:New_Visual_Editor:_Problems_and_Suggestions#Visual_Editor_Bug_Report. Check to see why this bug occurs.-- Ronga 02:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] From User:LilyTheAngel

Please, no more to do with e-mail on My World Wikia! I've had to warn User:Avater!—This unsigned comment is by LilyTheAngel (talk • contribs) . Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

The email link on my user page is to built-in MediaWiki functionality - I won't be removing it, as I am a Wikia Staff member. You are free to remove my user page from your wiki if you so wish. Kirkburn  talk  contr    12:26, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

This user says that you must be 8 years or older to create an account on her "Rules of Wikia". When Uberfuzzy changed it to 13, she changed it back and protected the page. Please can you have a look. (From this user's behaviour, I doubt that she is over 13). GT5162 (talk) 15:05, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Switched back to 13, with a link to http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia:Terms_of_use#Membership - thanks. Kirkburn  talk  contr    15:14, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

I have to agree with GT5162, I doubt she herself is 13, and I don't know why she even has a wikia with only 8 pages about some anime. And she appears to be the only editor, and running a communist environment, no offence to her.

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^T 15:15, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Also, she created the user pages of "HeroLimeLiam", "CoolGuyAnthon" and "CuteBoyTom", whose usernames aren't even registered. It is extremely unlikely that a 13-year old would bring imaginary friends onto Wikia so I'm not sure whether this user should be allowed to edit here. GT5162 (talk) 15:33, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

I'll flag it up with others in Wikia. Kirkburn  talk  contr    15:36, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WoWWiki redirects

I just noticed Forum:Changes to the Create Wiki process, so I was wondering if you could put a dump of all the known *.wikia.com redirects to WoWWiki.com somewhere on WoWWiki (maybe at c:wow:WoWWiki:Wikia subdomain redirects), in case people might have ideas for subdomains we should try to capture before the new Wikia creation thing gets too out of hand. I suspect we won't need to suggest many new ones as many I tested were already redirecting. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 3:04 PM PST 6 May 2009

Done on the suggested page :) A bunch were done a fair while ago, I added some more recently. Kirkburn  talk  contr    22:50, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hi, I need help.

With user badges: how do you put one on from another wiki? the "way" to do so on Preferences isn't working. Any advice?--Bionicleboy3000 (but call me Akamia)21:33, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi Bionicleboy! Are you using <badge user="Bionicleboy3000 " wikia="insertwikihere.wikia.com" /> ? It should work using that syntax, using the correct url of your wiki. --Charitwo^Talk 21:42, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

I tried that, and I got the one from the wiki I have instead of the wiki I was trying to get it from. I used that syntax on my wiki, the Shadow Spy Net, with the badge supposed to be from Sonic News Network, but I got my Shadow Spy Net badge instead! Personally, I think the system is a bit... buggy, but that is just an opinion... HELP!--Bionicleboy3000 23:57, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

I'll ask about it, see what's going on. Kirkburn  talk  contr    13:04, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Poetry Wikia Question

Hello, my name is Kyle Hardin (Specter), and I am an administrator on Poetry Wikia. I was wondering if you could answer a quick question.

Is there a way to alter the code of a create-article-box so that any page created with it will automatically include itself in a specified category? Let's say I have a createbox that is only meant to be used to create new articles about poetry. I would like all new poems to automatically be placed in the "Catalog" category, for easy searching. Can I set up the createbox so that all articles created with it include the [[Category:Catalog]] tag?

thank you for your time,

~Specter (cow_pi) 17:52, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Sevler425 18:19, 21 May 2009 (UTC)Thanks so very much for the help on the Legend of Dragoon wikia, I was actually wondering how would I go about getting admin for this site, I am usually the only one on and the one making all the edits.

Sevler425 18:32, 21 May 2009 (UTC) ok thanks for all the help again and hope that all goes well with the adoption process. I found out what to do so thanks again.

Sevler425 20:57, 21 May 2009 (UTC)Ok so this guy has destroyed the Legend of Dragoon site once again, he just jumped to a different computer,what should i do?

[edit] RE:Welcome tool and images

Example here : [7]. I deleted the file because it was not accurate for our wiki but you could see the image displayed on the page instead of seeing "Fichier:Sobek1.png". As I said the : was missing, it should have been [[:Fichier:Sobek1.png]] to have the link.  Wyz  ♪  ★  20:33, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

It appears to have been missing from the local MediaWiki messages - I've added them to your anon and user talk page messages, which should fix the issue :) Kirkburn  talk  contr    20:39, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Lol, simple and quick answer ! Thanks for the help. I would never have thought about that :p  Wyz  ♪  ★  20:51, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] This is rediculious

Sevler425 21:25, 21 May 2009 (UTC) Ok I am again having problems with the same vandal on the Legend of Dragoon wikia, Joseph keeps changing computers so he can change his ip... please help I'm waiting on the adoption for the site to go through but he has completly emptied the site...

Makes me sad :( I've reverted/blocked again. One thing I recommend is, don't give them the pleasure of seeing you angry. Kirkburn  talk  contr    21:30, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Setting default skin

Could you please change the default skin of my wiki, [8] to monobook? KingAbra

Unfortunately Monobook isn't able to be set to a side-wide default, only as a user preference. You can read this page for info on why. For the relavent help page on choosing a default skin, you can check out this page. --Charitwo^Talk 18:32, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] ConanWiki

Hey!
My name is Dan, and I'm the admin of ConanWiki. Since Conan O'Brien is starting to host The Tonight Show this upcoming Monday, I was wondering if there was any way you could publish this wiki under "New Wikis" - mainly to catch users' attentions, as I cannot build this wiki all by myself.

Thanks in advance,  ODK  Talk   Sandbox 19:37, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Hullo! I suggest sending a note to Special:Contact to let us know. Kirkburn  talk  contr    16:34, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] I know how to reproduce one of the bugs now

Read this How to reproduce the link switching bugs. Give me some feedback, thanks a lot! --MyBrute Resource Center@Ronga 05:09, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Bot flag

Hi, I have a bot account (User:SUL Bot), which runs pywikipediabot software, that can be used for fixing double redirects from page moves. User:Charibot used to do this, but Charitwo hasn't run the bot recently and all of the double redirects on this wiki have had to be fixed manually. I have tested the bot on admintools.wikia.com, where it has a bot flag (For an example of how the bot works, please see [9]), and I was wondering if it would be possible to give it a bot flag on Central Wikia? Thanks. SUL 21:01, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I am not strongly involved with user rights on Central Wikia, so I suggest asking Sannse instead. :) Kirkburn  talk  contr    16:00, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I saw that you gave a bot flag to Charibot on Central Wikia, and the tasks that User:SUL Bot performs are very similar to User:Charibot because they both run the same scripts. I have noticed that Sannse hasn't edited for a few days. Is there anyone else that I can ask? Thanks. SUL 16:38, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi SUL, Charibot is still good for this task. :) Thanks for worrying bout him, I'll remind him to send a card! --Charitwo^Talk 16:42, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Sannse is certainly around, regardless of her edits - I suggest her as she's much more familiar with how Central Wikia administration works than myself. It's nothing against your bot, but the case for Charitwo was just because I know him quite well from around Wikia (and he's used his bot on wikis which I am strongly familiar with). Kirkburn  talk  contr    16:48, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Revision history colours

Hi, a user on the Mass Effect Wiki developed some CSS to change the text on the new 'display changes' format (the white text on a pale background makes it too difficult to read). See the discussion here. Could you please make the changes? I don't want to mess up the Monaco skin by mistake. --Tullis 14:43, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Responded at the local discussion - thanks for bringing it up. Kirkburn  talk  contr    14:55, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Microsoft + Windows Wikias

Hey George. Micropedia (windows.wikia.com), the Microsoft Wiki (microsoft.wikia.com) and the Windows 7 Wiki (windows7.wikia.com)seem to be serving the same purpose here. To avoid duplicating efforts, could and should these be combined? Two of those appear to be pretty much dormant, and the third is currently small and quiet, so now might be a good time to do that. Also I work with an ex-Microsoft employee on an old dormant external wiki with the same content (mswiki.com), so perhaps that could be integrated too? This is a very useful subject area, so it would be nice to kick-start the collaboration on this. Let me know what you think - Gboyers ^talk 21:58, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Sounds like it could be possible - however, I recommend asking about this via Special:Contact. If the other wikis are pretty much dead, and don't have active admins, I think it should be feasible. Kirkburn  talk  contr    14:57, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I've spoken to the relevant people (founder & active admins), and they are in support of this. How should we proceed? Gboyers ^talk 20:12, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I can still only suggest Special:Contact, it's not something I've experience in :) Kirkburn  talk  contr    14:05, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] "personal" Wikis?

Hello Kirkburn

I quick question - Can I request a new wiki for a personal writing project, or is that not within the scope of the sort of wikis you provide? Thanks in advance :) Zerak^talk 18:10, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

No, those usually won't be granted, unless it's something along the lines of The Tiny Guide to Wikis and Wikipedia, which is a how-to guide where anyone can contribute. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER GT-PT/}_GT-EN/^CSW 11:07, 16 June 2009 (UTC)