User talk:Essjay

Javascript js/css Refrencing between wiki
Hello again, this time it's about soemthing I'm trying to do with .js, and you seem to be the best around at that.

I started adding some .js and .css stuff for myself (thanks to what you have), so I tryed building a tool which would add stuff to the monobook.css and monobook.js on another wiki just by entering the subdomain name into the tool. I can't use the method used in the status changer because that requires js to already be located at the target wiki, and I tryed opening up another window using js to do that but neither of those methods worked. Now I attempted using AJAX, but it dosen't seem to work. So far what I've got testing out is at Anime:User:Dantman/wikiviewclone.js, is there anything that can be done for it? (you may need this in your monobook.js there for you to be able to test it. //If we are inside of the wikiview clone tool then add the .js to the load. if( window.location.href.match(/^^http:\/\/en.anime.wikia.com\/(wiki\/|index.php?title=)User:Dantman\/wikiviewclone.js/i) )	document.write(' '); Dantman (Talk) 06:01, 26 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Sadly, I'm not really much of a javascripter; Splarka is much better act the actual coding, so you might ask him for help with the debugging. I can tell you, however, that we have requested that the tech team make it possible to specify a "master" css/js that would work for you on all wikis. Until that time, what I have been doing is using a Firefox extension called Signature to store my CSS and JS, and then using the menu that produces to insert them onto the appropriate wiki. Though I haven't figured out how to make it work for CSS, there is a code you can put into your monobook.js that lets you include an external JS; I use it to automatically include my central monobook.js onto other wikis, which has the benefit that any change I make here is automatically carried over to the otheres. You can see the code at http://starter.wikia.com/wiki/User:Essjay/monobook.js. Essjay ( Talk )  05:09, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Ya, saddly, I also have a feeling that I've run into another case of cross-site scripting. In other words, scripting which browsers have security to stop, so it may not actualy be possible. Right now it's just the .js and .css, but I suppose if It gets big I'll just build myself another pywikipedia bot. Ya, I found out about how to add .js from your scripts. As for .css it only takes a simple @include, take a look at w:c:naruto:User:Dantman/monobook.css which refrences my Anime:User:Dantman/monobook.css. I also use that trick in the Wikia Anime Project, basicly I have Anime:MediaWiki:Anime-Common.css, Anime:MediaWiki:Anime-Monobook.css, and Anime:MediaWiki:Anime-Monobook.js which every wiki in the project reference. Oh ya, there's also a reference from that global Anime-Common.css to a set of Userbox styles. It just means that coupled with my 3 bots for the project Anime:Project:Bots/AutoTemplate, Anime:Project:Bots/ImageMirror, and Anime:Project:Bots/UserBox all the wiki in the project can share the same important things. Also, if you take a look at my Anime:User:Dantman/monobook.js, then you'll notice a few additions I made to the code you use. Namely the ability to list a set of domains which sysop or statuschanger features should show up (Which allows you to reference your .js from anywhere without the wrong tabs showing up.) I also added a Wikia tab which allows you to switch over to a identical page on another wiki you list a domain for. (Like switching from viewing userpage on one wiki to another, it's also helpfull in the sense that you can go to one edit page for a monobook.css which has a reference to another, and then just click on a link to go to the edit page on another wiki to copy it over.) The proxycheck, and other IP only tools should also only show up on ip's not registered users. And I also added a link to a user's Editcount in both the user tab and in the toolbox. If you want to know where any of it is, I can tell you, but copying it directly wouldn't be a good idea because I moved a lot arround (my statuschanger (yet to be setup) has a tabmenu instead of links in the personal bar, and sysop menu stuff has been moved to the usermenu), and I removed a lot of stuff that I didn't want. Dantman (Talk) 06:21, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh wow; I'll look into all of that as soon as I can! Essjay ( Talk )  06:24, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh ya, one little trick. Since updating the .css in the project is a common habit, and opera is annoying with it's caching (It's hard to clean things out sometimes.) I keep the @import's outside of the nowiki and pre tags. The trick is that when you view a page referencing the main .css file normaly, it treats it as a link, so all it takes is to simply click on that link, and hit refresh while viewing the .css to clear out the old stuff. Without that tecnique I'd half to muddle through the source or worse, grab a link from the source, then copy text from there to. Dantman (Talk) 06:28, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Resetpass extension on Countervandalism
I visited the Cabal Countervandalism.org and noticed and extension called Resetpass that "gives developers the ability to reset passwords". I think it'd be useful on my own wiki, but is it available from anywhere? I checked SVN today and it's certainly not there (or then there's something wrong with my eyes).

Thanks in advance. =) --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 22:08, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It was a custom extension for the VCN wiki written by my main developer; we never released it anywhere because nobody has ever seemed interested. Since it is his code, I'll have to ask him about releasing it. Essjay ( Talk )  02:43, 1 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks! I'll be waiting for your reply. :) --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 16:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Help
In case you did not get this message on KOTOR: Hi,I am now an admin on kotor wiki. could you give me and tell me how to use  the powers to block someone(If needed) and other powers. Thanks, Quinlanfan 00:30, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Replied on user's talk page. John Reaves (talk) 00:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

It wont let me acsess it. Does brian40 need to grrant me the acsess? Quinlanfan 02:28, 1 March 2007 (UTC)


 * You've been granted the access already, so you should be able to access Special:Blockip. Here is a direct link: http://kotor.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Blockip. Essjay ( Talk )  02:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

"My Response"
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Essjay#My_response. 83.202.18.48 18:10, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Academic Credentials and Wikiality
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1313251&from=rss

Posted by kdawson on Thursday March 01, @08:34AM from the matter-of-degrees dept. The Internet

An anonymous reader writes "A prominent Wikipedia administrator and Wikia employee has been caught lying to the media and 'other' professors about his academic credentials. Wikipedia's Essjay has been representing himself as 'a tenured professor of theology at a private university in the eastern United States; I teach both undergraduate and graduate theology. My Academic Degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies (B.A.), Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.), Doctorate of Philosophy in Theology (Ph.D.), Doctorate in Canon Law (JCD).' His real identity came to light after Wikia offered him a job: It turns out that he is really 24 years old with no degree living in Louisville, KY. Wikipedia's co-founder, Jimbo Wales, says 'I regard it as a pseudonym and I don't really have a problem with it.' How will this affect Wikipedia's already shaky reputation with the academic world?"

You are quite the pathological liar, aren't you? I would bet dollars to donuts that wikipedia is full of people like you. Please straighten up and fly right. Oh, and try to get a real life. —This unsigned comment is by 65.166.25.44 (talk • contribs).


 * He obviously has one already, not just anyone will get a job at Wikia. Besides, who cares what he said to protect his own identity?  You're telling him to get a life, but you're spending yours insulting some stranger over the internet.  When it comes down to it, no more true info was known on him than the vast majority of wiki users, and I doubt anyone will really give a damn what he says about himself as long as he does his job well, which even after only a month here, seems to be the case.
 * btw, I restored the above comment after someone removed it because you say to on your talk page, sorry if that was not a good thing to do. Scott ch 18:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * How about that you get a life, Mr./Ms. 65.166.25.44 and then come mock Essjay when you're better than him in life? Essjay, please don't listen to these kind of people. I know that you've been doing a great job in the English Wikipedia and in my opinion, I think that your life is only your business, not mine or at least any random IP addresses. Strengh to you, Essjay! :) --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 18:51, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Vandals!!!
Someone has vandalized the user list page on star wars gaming wiki. http://swgames.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Listusers. I see that the site has NO admins. I would like to be an admin so I can keep the site under control. Thanks, Quinlanfan 17:13, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


 * First of all, as I've mentioned on my talk page, that is an automatically generated list and special pages like that are not modifiable through the "editing" interface. So basically, admins can't really control whether those accounts get made or displayed. Secondly, there is already a decent amount of admins there, and like I've mentioned before, you should start by first contributing to the wiki. After you've made a decent amount of contributions and feel the need for adminship, you can then try and request it. But currently, there are many other users that are also working on the wiki, and they probably have a higher chance of acquiring adminship because they have more contributions than you. G .He (Talk!) 17:40, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

It's funny when someone lies about their credentials to end a dispute in their favor, don't people lose their jobs over this? More importantly I would NEVER hire someone who lied to people about their "credentials."

best wishes
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