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[edit] Star Wars Fanon

Splarka, we have an issue on Star Wars Fanon. A user, registered as General Arav first claimed to be 12. When I confronted him about it, I told him not to reveal his personal information, and so he changed the story and said he was 15 going on 16. However, soon after, he created an user infobox, where he said he was born in 1995 and his place of residence. Then I banned him, because he was revealing personal information and was under the age of 13. Yesterday, a user by the name of Dark Knight claimed to be Arav's friend and asked if I could unban Arav saying that Arav made the mistake of typing 1995 instead of 1992 (again, claiming to be 15). Therefore, I am sketchy on unbanning Arav, because I have built more distrust than trust in either of them and cannot take their word for his real age. My question is could please "checkuser" on both of them to check if Arav and Dark Knight are one in the same user, please? --Victor (talk) 19:59, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

They have an ISP in common, but nothing definitive (no overlapping identical IP addresses). Nothing that can prove that these are the same people. Do you have the exact same COPPA blocking policy as Wookieepedia? --Splarka (talk) 23:37, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes; the ban if you're under 13 thing. --Victor (talk) 06:08, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Okay. You should see w:c:starwars:Forum:Issues_of_age_and_identity. This policy is being deprecated. --Splarka (talk) 07:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ul issues

A wiki that I go to (Wii Wiki) has recently implemented some css that changes the default bullet image to that of another. However, this has caused the image to appear in some places where they normally shouldn't, like in the auto-generated toc and the sidebars (in Smoke and Slate, monobook's sidebars appear as they should). The css is at the bottom of the site's MediaWiki:Common.css. Is there any way to fix this across wikia (since I'm sure others may have problems with it too if they try it). I think I've figured out how to hide them myself, but it doesn't help other wikis that undergo the same problem then (plus I don't have sysop access to modify the MediaWiki namespace to implement the fix). Thank you. --Skizzerz talk 17:11, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Should be fixed now. --Splarka (talk) 07:06, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Background Color

Hi Splarka, after an hour of trying to configure the background color and still failing, now I come for help.

http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

What I'm aiming for is:

  • Background Color: "wheat"
  • Labels: A darker brown than wheat, but still able to comfortably see the black text.
  • Normal Links: Brown
  • Wanted/Empty Links: Still red.
  • Regular Text: Still black.

If you disagree with all this work (I dont even know how much it is) I'll understand. But can you atleast put the code so I can try to figure it out myself? PitchBlack696 23:36, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey Splarka, did you put in the code? I went to common.css and saw it there. But I dont actually see it myself. Just asking if you see the change. PitchBlack696 01:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
I am not sure what you mean by 'labels', but here is some example of the rest: Monobook.css. --Splarka (talk) 05:49, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Hey thanks! I'm fine with how it is, but can you make the left side "wheat" too (it's white and the links are blue)? And I've noticed that around the pictures it's white, can you fix that to make it wheat around it too? PitchBlack696 01:49, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I guess you wanted the whole monobook interface to be that color style? try it now. --Splarka (talk) 20:29, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! Looks perfect, just what I wanted. I'll be coming back later for templates, but I'm just gonna make some edits and improve the wiki for a few more days. PitchBlack696 16:55, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Me, again...

Hi Splarka, after about a day of fiddling around with some js that I wrote, I realized that I have no idea of how to make it work. The js is at the Magic: The Gathering wiki's MediaWiki:Common.js (second to last box), and the function is called "Cardlinks" (only that function, the rest should work, as I didn't write them). Basically, what I want it to do is pull some attributes off a span and use it to determine which of three other functions to call when it's anchor is clicked. Please help. --Skizzerz talk 15:10, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

The main problem I think, is that you are trying to declare (with var) a single element of an array, which seems to break it. Try instead (outside of the for()): var Link=[];. And then in the loop, simply Link[i] = document.createElement('a');. Sort of like this: 
function Cardlinks() {
  nocards = getElementsByClassName(document, 'span', 'autoCardWindow');
  if(nocards.length==0) return
  var Link=[];

  for(var i=0;i<nocards.length;i++) {
    Link[i] = document.createElement('a');
    //stuff here
  }
}
The next problem is, MediaWiki won't let you save all those funny attributes on a span, as they are not legal XML (only id is, of id alt set name). The best thing to do, is remove as many requirements for parameters as possible. After that, you'll probably have to do something like <span class="autoCardWindow"><span class="acw-name">name here</span><span class="acw-alt">alt here</span></span> which can get rather messy (if you need so many options). You then iterate through Link[i].getElementsByTagName('span') checking the class attribute with a switch(), and getting the inner text with .firstChild.nodeValue (messy eh). --Splarka (talk) 20:51, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
A bit, good thing it's going into a template :)! Thanks for all the help! --Skizzerz talk 00:36, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • sigh* It still is dysfunctional. Do you mind looking it over once more? I have a test on my user page there at the bottom near the seemingly random bits of text, so maybe I'm just trying to test it wrong. I have no idea, though. --Skizzerz talk 02:03, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Found the following errors: Element should be defined from nocards[] rather than the newly created Link[]. "Case" is the wrong case. You can't appendChild literal text, you have to create a textnode. It works now (or, it does what it was made to do). Clicking the generated link still causes an error, but now you've got something to work with. --Splarka (talk) 08:55, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hubs button

Hi Splarka -- The floating button that you created on Big wikis is great! That makes it work so much better. I added it to the other hub pages. -- Danny (talk) 11:27, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

See Help:ImageMap - a newish extension that we can use for this purpose (this is the crudest implementation, making it a single click). --Splarka (talk) 04:01, 25 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] NavFrame

Thanks for the help.--ikishk 17:28, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Add SyntaxHighlight on my wiki

Hi, on that post witch i make, i understend what you say, but now i only like to put the SuntaxHighlight (or similar) only in my wiki, not global. I can install this?

No. You have to wait for the next upgrade. --Splarka (talk) 23:51, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Folding Tabs

Hi Splarka. I don't know how to make the Folding Tabs work. I put in the JS and CSS stuff, but I'm not sure how to do the other thing (wikicode). I'm trying to make it work on Symbolism Wiki. Could you please help? Thanks! Swannietalk to me 21:02, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

It worked perfect for me when I went to w:c:symbolism:Template:FoldingTabs. Did you clear your browser cache and reload the page? I added an example and some parameters to the template. --Splarka (talk) 03:37, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
I didn't clear my brower cache and reload the page. That was probably my problem. Thanks! Swannietalk to me 12:10, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal issue

(Once again) I was referred to you in IRC for help. w:c:RuneScape wiki has been attacked by a vandal, commonly going by names including "buck nell" somewhere in them. He is using IP changers and hiders to evade his blocks, and has created (at least) 13 accounts so far. Anyways. Kind of not sure what to do about it, or what kind of help to request exactly. Can you help with either a CheckUser (with IP changers and hiders I don't know how effective it will be) or (here's the big one) a RegexBlock for "buck nell" or "buck" names?

Known accounts:

  • BUCK nell
  • Buck 2
  • Buck 3
  • Buck 4
  • Buck 5
  • Buck 6
  • Buck Nell
  • Buck nell
  • I’ll be back
  • I am Buck Nell
  • Dharok the Wretched
  • Mr. zaros
  • N Y Yankeeez

Christine

They were all on the IP 70.44.249.46. I've blocked this. Let a staffer know immediately, if they come back. I have also blocked an IP range of the Total_Rune sockpuppeter (not related to Buck). Also, also: Rasengan_spy, Danuis_the_king, and Rasengan_the_2nd and a few others appear to be a third group of possible sockpuppets or users of the same ISP (not related to Buck or Total_Rune). --Splarka (talk) 07:25, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Well, its odd. I never thought to check this out before but one day User:E-Hero sent me a message in RuneScape saying he was User:Rasengan spy and User:Rasengan the 2nd. I never thought to look at his old E-hero userpage, because he said he had just made a new account. However, comparing the E-Hero page to the Rasengan spy page just now, they're very, very different. Its weird. Danuis the king has been an issue and also used "Danuis" for an account when one got blocked (or maybe Danuis came before the king, don't really remember). He was causing disruption and throwing out personal attacks constantly so we blocked him. He didn't appear to really care enough to evade his most recent block though. I never thought that maybe he had been in possession of the E-hero account, but the writing "style" (if you could even call it that..) matches his very closely. The Rasengan the spy page just.. isn't. At all. Its nothing like how he speaks. I really don't think they were created by the same people. And E-hero and the other accounts haven't really caused disruption (except for this which I just recently found), so I'm not sure what to do. Christine

I KNEW I had seen that style before but could not remember where. This same guy attacked kitsch.wikia.com yesterday. All the pages start with huge text saying "PWNED BY name" followed by dozens of the same image.. in this case a dead bear covered in maggots. --Florence Sopher of Lucan D'Lere (talk/contribs/my templates) 19:30, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Everyone seeing monobook

Hey Splarka. Is it possible for you to put in some code that will make everyone see Monobook instead of the original page... It's white and its just too confusing to go around, and its not pleasing to the eye. I'm the admin at the Monster Hunter Wiki. PitchBlack696 03:11, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi, we have a new version of smoke/slate starting to be released this week. This has some fantastic features, so it would be a good idea to have a look at that first. We really want these features to be available to all, so we would like everyone to try this new version, and let us know what they think! This is a bit of an experiment, but I think it's going to be a real improvement to all of Wikia. Thanks -- sannse@Wikia (talk) 06:00, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
I've tried out the smoke/slate skins and I actually prefer the Monobrook, no offense to anyone who designed the template, its very good(!). So, how do I get the default template to be like wowwiki's, black or white and the same all the time?Ajwak95 23:09, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coloured links

Hi Splarka, could you help me with a CSS thing? Why does my last addition to http://kennisnet.wikia.com/flexibelleren/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css (bottom of page, for changing link colours) change nothing? Could you please reply to me on my talk page on that project? Thanks! Marjon 10:29, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

replied. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 11:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
That was fast, thanks. I'm noticing that CSS is more complicated than I thought. It would be nice to have a special css for Kennisnet wiki's, but I'm afraid that's beyond my own abilities. Thanks anyway for helping me out, I've learned a bit more about this. :-) Marjon 12:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Randomization? (gamebook wiki)

Hi, http://livrejeu.wikia.com is a gamebook wiki where everyone can create pages or just read and play. We would like to include randomization for games. Is there already an extension for this (i didn't find it) or, if not, can Random text be installed on this wiki?
Or maybe a good thing can be to install Runphp Page so that we would be able to make our own code?
Thanks.
--Ttibot 20:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Random Selection is installed on every Wikia. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 22:52, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks.--Ttibot 10:42, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Extra Tabs

Hello Splarka, Scott?steve? here from the Lost Wikia. Just had a few questions about incorporating extra tabs to the top of pages.

Basically, what we were hoping to do, was add one or two extra tabs to the top of all pages listed under "Main", and have them located next to "edit" and "history", etc. We wanted to have two: "Theories" and "Images", which would then lead to seperate articles, containing theories, and images tagged to that article.

One thing though, we know next to nothing about MediaWiki code, and even if we figured it out, we wouldn't know how to implement it. I was wondering if you'd be able to help us out with that, or at least point us in the right direction as to how we'd go about doing something like that (...or if it is even possible?)

I look forward to hearing back from you. You can message me back at my Wikia talk page or my Lost Wikia talk page.

Thank you --Scott?steve? 01:08, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi. This is possible with javascript, but is not currently compatible with the new skins Wikia is testing. Also, the buttons only would appear after the page content has loaded (messy). The function is called addPortletLink(). To do this in native PHP would take a long time to run past the devs (I don't even know if it is possible as an extension).
Something better to do is to modify MediaWiki:Sidebar. If the theories and images pages were not in the main namespace, this could be done somewhat simply, but this would probaby require new namespaces (which is a can of worms).
The best system really, is to just use the mediawiki template system. Creating something like {{Template:Main header}} with links to [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/theories|Theories]] and [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/images|Images]] (or instead of subpages, link to categories, or talk pages, or whatnot). Then one can make {{Template:Theory header}} which links to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Main]] and [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/images|Images]], and so forth. It does require putting a template on every page though. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 05:29, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for all the info and all the help Splarka, we really appreciate it. --Scott?steve? 19:01, 12 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Site Statistics

Hey, I'm a user over at Wikia 24, just wondering why the site statistic on the Special:Statistics page, not only on Wikia 24, but other wikias as well, never updates? Specifically the number of page views, and page edits. Just curious. Thank you. --209.146.241.93 19:42, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

The number of page views can be ignored, as the in-built page hit counter had to be disabled (it would be broken with our caching). The number of edits does increment (it went up by two when I made these two edits: [1] --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 02:36, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help with a tricky template

Hi! I have a problem with a template. If you have a moment, can you take a look to this? Maybe you could find what's the problem faster than me. Is c:es.pokemon:Plantilla:Mc. This template shows an image given by parameter 1. The parameter 2 indicates to repeat the image 1, 2 or 3 times. It works fine. The problem is in the alt text of the first image. I want to show as alt text the 1 parameter and, if parameter 2 is filled then add a "x1", "x2" or "x3" to the alt text. But either if parameter 2 is filled or not, always show the "x" in the alt text. And I can't figure out why :(. The template must be used wit subst: and in the template page it shows as how it must be saved in the page. Note that in the template page it shows the code [[Imagen:Movimiento de campo {{{1}}}.svg|18px|{{{1}}}]] without the "x" appended at the end of the alternate text, which makes it more insane. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -@WikiDex 07:21, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, this is, AFAIK, impossible, because when substing a template and substing a parser function at the same time, an undefined parameter is shown to the parserfunction as the literal string {{{2}}} for exmaple (this seems to be a parserfunction bug, whereby the parserfunction cannot use a parameter pipe default). It works if the parameter is null, whitespace, or defined, but not undefined. I've tried it with transclusion (template containing "{"), html ({), <includeonly> and <nowiki>, but nothing seems to work. Check my tests on: w:c:communitytest:Special:Recentchanges (also note, I was also testing something very similar to this for the new createwiki system. We got around the problem by deciding to have the 5th parameter always defined, but null if not to be used). The only workaround I can think of, in theory, is to possibly call your first template to a second template, like {{mc|foo}} would have contents: {{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>mc/subst|1={{{1}}}|2={{{2|}}}}} which might make it pass the parameter as null rather than undefined, which can be used in a substed parserfunction. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:28, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Many thanks. Knowing that it's not a "syntax" mistake I'll try other system, or using your workaround. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -@WikiDex 08:39, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Is a bug with {{#ifexpr: ... }}. Using {{#ifeq:{{#expr: ... }} ... }} works fine. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -@WikiDex 19:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Counting edits/contributions using a feature

Is there a feature that can show the amount of edits or contributions a person has had? If there isnt, can there be a feature added that can do it? PitchBlack696 08:00, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Special:Editcount ? --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:06, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Templates issue on MH Wiki

I've tried getting info templates from other wikis, including wikipedia, but the codes wont work on the Monster Hunter Wiki. Is it because you have to put some code in the monobook to allow it or something? I think it's about time I get some templates for the wiki. PitchBlack696 10:26, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

And also, there's a page I created called "Lobster Hammer." I tried creating a page called "Lobster Hammer+" and it redirects to "Lobster Hammer." How can I fix this? PitchBlack696 14:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

The templates often use css classes, subtemplates, and other things that you also need to copy over. Also, some of them use html tables in parserfunctions, which won't work on Wikia. If you give me an example template I can show you the problems/requirements.
Plusses are currently disabled in article titles on Wikia, due to their odd behavior. See Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions) (note that they allow them, but we currently don't). --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 05:18, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay thanks for the link. I fixed the problem by saying "Plus" instead. Can you go to the wiki and delete "Lobster Hammer+" and "Lobster Hammer +"?

Here's a template that I would like. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi Would I have to be specific with the information that would be on the template. Or can you just put it there, and I can easily put the info I want there myself?

Also, can you make me a beaureacrat? The only beaureacrat there has made 5 edits since 2006 (literally) and I doubt he's coming back. I've been the current admin there for about 2 months and everything is going well. PitchBlack696 08:01, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Are you offering to adopt this wiki? If so, you should first try to contact the 'crat by email (or on their talk page if no email is set). The plus titles are probably bad titles, and if so I cannot delete them either (have to wait for the next bad title purge). --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 09:26, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
No, I've already adopted this wiki 2 months ago. I'm already an administrator, but I never got beaureacrat powers. And what about the templates? PitchBlack696 14:29, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
There are over 30 templates used on that article. Can you be more specific?
As for bureaucratship, perhaps you should answer these first? --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 06:57, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Ohh, thanks for pointing that out. I didn't even notice she responded, I figured she just ignored me. But okay, I just figured there should be atleast one bureaucrat on every wiki.

As for the templates, I'm talking about the character template. Where it shows his age, alliance, ect. Can normal sysops put templates into their wiki using the monobook? Or does it have to be staff? PitchBlack696 13:29, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, you don't even need to be a sysop, or even need to be logged in, to copy templates. Any user can create a new template on almost any Wikia site. You just need to create a page in the Template: namespace. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:18, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Can you please do the first one for me? I've never done this before and trial-and-error doesnt sound too good of an option now. After youve done the first one, I can just follow your footsteps and I'll be able to do it anytime. Just put in the Jedi infobox one and I'll fix it up. PitchBlack696 16:27, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Please? =) PitchBlack696 15:05, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
w:c:starwars:Template:Jedi_character_infobox is rather esoteric and specialized for that wiki. If you tell me more specifically what you want (like a generic character infobox) and what parameters you want (which can be either required or optional), it might be easier. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 07:29, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

These AP classes are killing me, I hardly have time to even go on the wiki now. But anyway, I'm going to request this template to be made.

the frame will be brown. 

The name at top of image.
The image.

English Name:
Japanese Name:

Type of Monster:
Description: 
(a small image centered)
then the desciption

Element:
Secondary Status' Inflicted:
Weakest to:

Habitats:
Other monster in relation:
First Appearance:

Let me know if anything.PitchBlack696 22:09, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

w:c:monsterhunter:Template:Infobox_Monster example. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:58, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

The template is missing some things. Like the habitat, other monsters in relation, the japanese name is too small. I'd also like to add something else, a picture underneath the monster image. It'll be like the threatened bar in Wikipedia, saying how endangered an animal is. PitchBlack696 01:12, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Those parameters are there but optional. Try it on w:c:monsterhunter:Template:Infobox_Monster. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:08, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Try what? How do I make them appear, not optional? PitchBlack696 03:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bot

Hi, I'm supergeeky1, Administrator on Darthipedia, and I recently created a bot called 4-LOM. I noticed on Wookieepedia that you had once changed user memberships of a few bots to the bot membership, so users will be able to avoid seeing those edits on the recent changes. I hope I made sense just then. :) Anyway, I was wondering if you would be able to do the same for 4-LOM? Thank you very much. Supergeeky1 (The Cantina) (My Edits) 01:14, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi. You probably don't need a bot flag yet, especially if you are just now learning how to use a bot. In such cases it is best to have the bot changes show on recent changes so people can keep an eye on it. If you ask again after testing it more thoroughly, then I'll +bot it for yah. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 06:01, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Okay, thank you very much. :D Supergeeky1 (The Cantina) (My Edits) 06:29, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] edittools dropdown on eq2i

Having a small problem. I wanted to move the Templates to the top (default) position. Now the dropdown defaults to Templates but the window still shows Wiki Basics. If you move the dropdown to anything OTHER than Templates, then back to Templates it works fine. --Florence Sopher of Lucan D'Lere (talk/contribs/my templates) 19:11, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Should work now. The top box has to be display:inline; instead of display:none; --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 22:22, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you! I just did not know what I was looking for. Did not know what controlled which one was default. --Florence Sopher of Lucan D'Lere (talk/contribs/my templates) 23:09, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Poll Problem

Hey Splarka, just following through on the poll question I asked you about in the IRC. I noticed that you popped in on Wikiality.com and posted something. Does that mean the poll thing has been fixed?

Is there anything I should be doing differently so this thing can get some attention? Also, Can you show me the place where I can post concerns, like you did yesterday (I believe you called it a "ticket" or something?)

I would like to get this fixed as soon as possible and want to have some kind of way to follow through.

Thank you.--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 04:22, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Also, I created this page, so you can fiddle with it without all that other stuff we have on the Daily Poll page. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to drop me a note on my talk page on Wikiality.com.--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 04:24, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
The trac ticket system is currently internal to employees only (which means all bug reports have to filter through us). I have set this as a high priority ticket as several other wikia sites use polls too (but we have so many open tickets, meh). --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:18, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm having the same problem. This is the error:

Error: 400 Bad Request ( Bad Request unknown function submitVote )

Is there anything you can do so that this gets fixed? PitchBlack696 02:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Should be working now. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 10:23, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I know there were other things more pressing (like when wikia went down the other day) and want you to know that fixing it as quickly as you did was/is very much appreciated. Thank you!--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 07:36, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Skins

Hello I was wondering if there are any other skins I can use for my Wikia site, for everyone to see. I cannot work with the current one because of the arrangement of the page. If it is necessary, regards. For example not with the current layout or a wiki style one I would prefer but I know about the preferences but it bugs me constantly that everyone sees the same. --Hye 03:04, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I saw you visited the #wikia chat. Did you get your answer there? --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 09:28, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template #ifeq

Howdy.

I'm trying to edit the following template so that if the speaker variable equals a given value, it will display a particular image.

Template Infobox Audio Diary

However, I seem to be doing something wrong and can't figure out what it is. The discussion page for that template has a better description.

Talk Infobox Audio Diary

--Klivian 00:59, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Replied on Talk Infobox Audio Diary. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:25, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks so much! Working like a charm now. --Klivian 18:09, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] api.php

Would you happen to know something about this file ? It seems it's not installed on wikia and the last version of my bot software need it. I've downgrade the software but now it just keep asking to upgrade when login in. Do you think i can ask for the file to be installed ? Can this be done only on one project ? Thanks for your advice. — TůζipVõrζąx Talk 03:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

api.php is a standard part of mediawiki now, and it is more trouble to disable it than not. Your bot must be configured to use the proper script path, which is null on Wikia "/", and contrarily on Wikimedia it is "/w/". See http://fr.guildwars.wikia.com/api.php --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 03:17, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Yes, i was sure wikia was always up to date with stuff... Thanks, i'll report this over to wikipedia (i dont think we can change the bot's behavier ourselves). — TůζipVõrζąx Talk 04:04, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
The dev of AutoWikiBrowser dont want to adapt it to be usable here. They said it's me that should ask wikia staff to do a symbolic link in /w/ so that the software could find the file anyway. On my part, i've tried getting the source code but it use My.Settings wich is not supported by SharpDevelop, i dont have MS-VisualStudio. So, all of the future versions of AutoWikiBrowser wont be useable on Wikia sites, even when it does not have wikia in the URL, unless Wikia decide to make thoses symbolic links. In the mean time, i've downgraded my installation to previous version wich has somes bugs and is more demanding(?) on the servers.
That's it, i just wanted to let you know.... — TulipVorlax Talk 21:57, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again for the DM of the Rings link. The same guy started a new series http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/darthsanddroids/ --Kendricks Redtail

[edit] Poll features

hi splarka

i would like to know whether there is a stat feature on <poll> which would allow to know the number of anonymous IP voting versus registered user voting ? thanks for your expertise --Thaumasnot

[edit] infobox not in right place.

Hi. When I finished making a infobox, I wanted to try it out on a page, but instead of going to the bottom and being horizontal likes its supposed to, it creeped up to the middle of the page and was vertical. How come? Every wiki I go to, theyre at the bottom. Maybe theres something in the code you need to fiddle with?

http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Monsters (infobox)

http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Shogun_Ceanataur (example)

Oh, and thanks for making the template a few weeks ago, I'm experienced enough now to get a fair manipulation out of it, and learned to find other templates and add them. PitchBlack696 23:46, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, the template of type Template:Monsters is usually called a navigation box, an infobox is usually the name for the things at the top right, or right side, with info, rather than navigational links. Anyway, the problem seems to have been that it wasn't using a clear (which prevents floating elements from being beside it), so that the actual floating infobox above it was trying to squish it. Should be okay now? --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:18, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, looks good. And thanks for the correction. PitchBlack696 02:53, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Enhanced RCs

Splarka, do you have the .js that makes this work, or know of an equivalent that can be enabled on a non-Wikia Mediawiki project? Appreciate any help you can offer. (Edit: I'm talking about the "Toggle Enhanced Recent Changes" thingie.) Thanks, -- Sasoriza 01:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

The "enhanced recent changes" is part of Mediawiki core, and any registered user can enable it via their preferences. All the "toggle" does is allow anonymous users to choose which recent changes they wish to view. This toggle stuff is not just javascript, but requires some server-side interaction in order to check the cookies and return the appropriate rc view. I don't think Wikia has made it available yet. You can try asking for it on inside.wikia.com forums. 01:48, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chuck Wiki Vandalism

Splarka... so you're on right now...

The Chuck Noris Wiki has been massively vandalized (Putting everything in one category, replacing pages with "Chuck Noris > You", and removing categories). I'd help... but as you might notice I reverted a number of the vandalism edits and the vandal undid those reverts. Fix it... Blocks, whatever... Even if you make me fix it with rollback and do the deletions/blocks yourself... ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Sep 26, 2007 @ 02:03 (UTC)

[edit] Fictional wiki towns

We had made a request at User talk:Angela#Interwiki. She referred us to you, so here are our requests:

  • Interwikilinks (currently there is nl: for c:stad, ro: for c:rowikicity and fr: for c:villevirtuelle - which work under each other)
    • Please remove the fr: link of c:villevirtuelle, which is just a related wiki, not a similar wiki.
    • Please also add the interwiki link en: for c:nation.
  • Is it possible to make a wikia "uwn.wikia.com" which is a coordination place for those sites and a shared image database (like Commons)

Thank you very much! SPQRobin 15:38, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

You should actually contact rieke about this, as she submitted the original request for the interlang links for Fictional wiki towns and should have more info about it. I simply commented on the request that this would limit wikia to one fictional town per language, and suddenly they think I am in charge ^_^. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:45, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I will ask it to Rieke. I hope she doesn't refer us to someone else :-) SPQRobin 15:48, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Making other templates

Ello, again Splarka. Infoboxes and navboxes are pretty simple to set up. But im finding it a nag to set up some templates, like featured articles or "top boxes" (sorry, dont know what theyre called.) Anyway, for now, Id like something like this in the Monster Hunter Wiki.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Cleanup

When I tried doing it myself, I wasnt successful, and therefore got this:

http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Correct

I added the Rb and Rt templates, but still didnt work. Please add anything that will make the box appear. PitchBlack696 02:53, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Wookieepedia is really a bad place to try to copy templates from. They've got things very complexly put together there, with interreliances and css and javascript and stuff. Try simply something like below. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:51, 28 September 2007 (UTC) 
<div style="border:1px solid black;background-color:#ffeeee;margin:auto;width:70%;padding:10px">
This article or section needs to be '''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Cleanup process|cleaned up]]''' to conform to a higher standard of article quality.
<br />
Please follow the guidelines in the [[Manual of Style]] and complete this article to the highest level of quality before continuing on smaller articles. Remove this message when finished.
</div>
<includeonly>[[Category:Cleanup|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>

[edit] French WoWWiki

Sparlka,

As we are consolidating the French WoWWiki (http://fr.wowwiki.com/wiki/Accueil), I suggested to also make it look like the english version. Angela told me you're the person to talk to. Could you contact me by email (furism@gmail.com) so we could talk about this?

Cheers,

--- Furism 08:54, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Replied at fr.wowwiki.com/wiki/Discussion_Utilisateur:Furism. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 06:26, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pub disapeared

Can you say to me why does the publicity is gone on c:fr.3d ? Yes, i've "played around" with the CSS but... i didn't mean to do that. TulipVorlax 17:19, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Maybe because there's no content to base the pub on it... TulipVorlax 00:47, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
What do you mean by "publicity"? The sitenotice? (I can see that fine). Something else? --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 06:51, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Ads --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 18:16, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Yes ads, thanks. I must remember that... TulipVorlax 19:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Ah, yah, that is because <div id='column-google'> is empty there, so is probably misconfigured in the csv file (don't worry, is not your fault). I'll prod Michael. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 07:59, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Oh... But... I'm sure the ad was there before... This is weird... lol. TulipVorlax 09:04, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A few questions

Hi, it's me again.

I have a template i need to use on one page (yes, only one for now) that would make the first letter of that page a minor letter. It is require because it's about a software who's name dont begin with a capital letter. But it does not works on Wikia because the {{DISPLAYTITLE}} magic word is turn off. I know there's good reasons to this but do you know of any other way to achieved this miracle ? Maybe a layer positionned exactly over the title ? My template is there : c:fr.3d:Modèle:Titre débutant par une minuscule.

Next, do you know of anything that could be use to convert a string passed in parameter to a template so all spaces within it would be converted to underscores ?

Thanks in advance of any help. TulipVorlax 00:59, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Wikia doesn't have {{DISPLAYTITLE}} enabled because it doesn't work except in the newest MediaWiki versions (it has existed for years, but as a broken feature. Only recently was it enabled to do what it currently does). So we'll have to wait for upgrade to use {{DISPLAYTITLE}}. The alternate method is to use Javascript from Wikipedia:MediaWiki:Common.js, specifically the section under ** "Technical restrictions" title fix **. Want me to copy it over? --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 06:48, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Per the second part, what you want is a magic word. While there isn't anything that only converts spaces to underscores, the {{urlencode:}} will convert them to plus signs, which if used via "ugly" url, will work fine on a wiki. For example:
  • [http://www.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Log&user={{urlencode:Rieke Hain}} log] -> log
In a template, this could be done thusly: {{fullurl:Special:Log|user={{urlencode:{{{1}}}}} (note that fullurl automatically converts spaces to underscores, but only for the first parameter). --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 06:48, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Ok thanks. The displaytitle thing is not that important, i can wait for version ugrade. As for the urlencode, i was thinking replacing spaces by a + would not work. I'll try it out tonight... TulipVorlax 19:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Did not try urlencode yet (so many things to do) but i found something for the firstheading firstletter : 
page-FinalRender h1.firstHeading:first-letter {
text-transform: lowercase;
}
But, it doesn't work in mediawiki. :-( Just to test, i've made a small html file locally and use the same pseudo element and same rule on a p tag; it worked in IE7 and Firefox. This could be the good solution on wikis where there aren't many pages that should have a lowercase first letter, if we can make it work.
Yes, maybe olders browsers wont understand this rule but it's not my fault they dont upgrade. TulipVorlax 09:14, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Nevermind, it works !
I've pasted all of my css in TopSyle Lite and found out i've forgot the first dot. I think it's time i get new glasses.... TulipVorlax 09:29, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
In your example you're missing a dot before the class page-FinalRender. This method you describe does work but only in CSS2+ browsers (excluding IE), and you'd quickly fill up MediaWiki:Common.css (and slow the site down). --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 09:36, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Lol. Previous comment state i've found the missing dot. ;-) As for filling "quickly", as of now i have only one page that need this and i think in twelve month i will still have only one page. It's just the finalRender thing that surely was name by a fancy programmer. This page on the fr.3d wikia already show most of the softwares that might get a page done and none other than finalRender has a lowercase first letter (then again, the list is missing trueSpace, lol, two pages now).
But thanks for advice and warnings. ;-) TulipVorlax 11:49, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi again,
I've made what i wanted... I'm talking about it there Forum:Links_-_spaces_vs_underscores#Made it !. Add comment there if you want. ;-) TulipVorlax 03:31, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help with HTML needed

Hi - I want the three columns on the front page of my wiki - http://chainsofreason.wikia.com/wiki/Home - to be even in width and spacing. Could you help? I don't know much HTML - I just copied, and then modified, the current HTML from another wiki. Indeed, could you also check that the code in general is well written? I'm completely in the dark... Thanks! (Please reply on my talk page) Derrick Farnell (talk) 15:50, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much! Is it possible to have spacing between the columns? Derrick Farnell (talk) 22:55, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
And for the outer edges of the first and third columns being flush with the edges of the box above it? Derrick Farnell (talk) 23:26, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Perfect! Thank you very much Splarka. Derrick Farnell (talk) 06:32, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] main page tabbies

Wikiality Main Page seems all better now. Thanks for looking into the js problem. You are the helpfullest. --thisniss 04:55, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

rar. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:54, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Framing in Skin -- CSS problem

Splarka, can you please help me with this issue? ― Thailog 10:16, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

I think I've done it. Reload your css cache (ctrl+reload, shift+f5, etc). --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:54, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
The problem with the main page framing is solved, but there is still the problem of the icons positioning. ― Thailog 10:57, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Also, I tried to change the position of the banner, but it didn't move... ― Thailog 11:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request

I would like adminship on [2] please so i can help there.--Supericed 20:31, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Looks like Angela got to this. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:54, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Layout overlay

Hi Splarka, i'm a Nonciclopedia Admin. Sorry for the layout problem, i'm just working on it. When i've copied a piece of code from Uncyclopedia (that i need for change the background), there was that layout's change. And, as i like the new conformation, i've searched a way for move the ads on the bottom, but i haven't found it. There isn't a way?
I've two other questions:

  • I've tried to write this code for insert the background: 

 *body {
    background: #f9f9f9 url("http://nonciclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Immagine:Orchidocchio2.jpg") no-repeat;
    background-attachment: fixed;
 }

But it doesn't work. So i've uploaded this on wikia central and write this code: 

*body {
   background: #f9f9f9 url("/images/7/78/Orchidocchio2.jpg") no-repeat;
   background-attachment: fixed;
}

Now, it works. But i don't know if it's the right things to do.

  • I would to put an image in the search box, as Halo Wikia or Star Wars Wikia. Could you help me? Or adress me to someone that know the way, or somewhere when i can find that?

Thanks for all. --Zaza; (eh?) 11:54, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Replied at [3]. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 08:54, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Doom Wiki

Hi, I'm Afullo, the admin of Doom Italia, I have to modify the Doom Italia page in the Doom Wiki for a variety of reasons, including because we are going to change address, but I can't operate in Doom Wiki anymore because you blocked a range of IPs including mine, probably to avoid vandalism. Since I'm not the responsible of the act of vandalism, I would be glad if you try to find a way to unban me. The lock ID the ban message gave me is: ID #199. Thank you in advance.

--Afullo 22:21, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

It looks like you have several other routes to doom.wikia without having to use 87.*.*.*. I've unblocked the one range you indicated, though. --Splarka (talk) <Staff> 07:35, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, but I'm locked again, this time the ID is #194.

--Afullo 11:50, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] One more bot

Hi,

Do you remember when i asked for my bot tag on Vorlax1, i was also asking the flag for another user but it turn out it did not existed... I finally foud out why. It was having an uppercase letter in the middle of the name. This link [4] show previous contribs of the user account used as a bot by one of the adminstrators of c:fr.guildwars, Alkinor. He dont use it much but maybe he'll use it more with the bot flag. So, it's AlkiBot the right name. Thanks. — TulipVorlax 11:50, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hola Splarka (Hi Splarka)

(es)

Para evitar conflictos de edición con quienes no pertenecen al Mundo de la Cultura Independiente he postulado para obtener mi propia wiki con vuestro servidor.

Los detalles los puedes ver aquí.

Te agradecería discutieran con tu staff la posibilidad de darme la wikia.

De antemano, muchas gracias.

--

(en) my English is bad, I'm sorry

To avoid conflicts of edition with whom they do not belong to the World of Independent Culture I have postulated to obtain my own wiki with your servant.

You can see the details here.

He would be grateful to you they were discussing with you staff the possibility of giving me the wikia.

In advance, thank you very much.

--Manson 00:29, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regex block for cross-wiki harassment

Splarka, Assaulthead has continued his harassment on a number of other wiki. Could we get a regex block on him. He's currently using the username Assaulthead and also editing from the anon ip 76.247.222.101 at the same time.

Just for some source:

And if you want some history on him:

That good enough for an infinite global ban on him to stop all this? ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 2, 2007 @ 01:22 (UTC)

[edit] If you can help

I'm trying to find out if there is a way that this code can work in a Wikia Wiki. 

<div><EMBED src="http://swfanondemo.chatango.com/group" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="500" 
height="430" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" ></EMBED><br>[ 
<a href="http://swfanondemo.chatango.com/clonegroup">Copy this</a> | 
<a href="http://chatango.com/creategroup">Start New</a> | 
<a href="http://swfanondemo.chatango.com">Full Size</a> ]</div>

If you can offer any help it would be appreciated. N.Y.N.E.ComlinkImage:Sithempire2.png 21:51, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HTML

Do you know where I can get a comprehensive HTML tutorial? Eulalia459678(Salamandastron) 23:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Making Folding Tabs

I would like to use folding tabs on the Nature Wiki, like on the main page, but I am not too sure how.--Kushan_I.A.K.J (Talk) 10:09, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

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