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Christianity Wiki Request
Hi, Angela. I was wandering if you could make me a sysop on the Christianity Knowledge Base wiki? I'm currently an admin for WikiChristian, which right now is the biggest Christian wiki out there. I don't plan on being a big contributer to CKB, or anything, but I figure I could help clean up some vandalism. CKB has an RfA system in place, but there's not enough active users to make it effective (I know, because I tried it a few months ago, and didn't get any votes). Thanks! -- Justin M. / Talk 23:47, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

P.S. -- My username on WikiChristian and Wikipedia is P.B. Pilhet, not Justin Matas, like on CKB.


 * I've asked Archola about this since I'm not sure why he archived the page without making you an admin. Angela talk 02:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Angela. I imagine that he didn't make me an admin simply because no one voted. -- Justin M. / Talk 00:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Bad Title?
I am having trouble on the Stargate wiki. The page Stargate: Atlantis, which I am sure is a redirect to Stargate Atlantis, is showing up as "Bad Title". It is part of the main namespace despite the colon, and I think the title is not working because of this colon. The page is not new; it has worked for a while and is only now being rejected. Ideas/solutions? —Marco Polo 21:40, 21 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Has the project namespace ever been renamed? Is it meant to be SGCommand: or Stargate:? Angela talk 21:58, 21 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I am pushing for "Stargate Command:", but I don't think the project namespace has ever been called anything other than "SGCommand:". However, there used to be a few "Stargate Wiki:" pages; this did not then seem to be related to any official namespaces, and as such they were fixed. I don't think "Stargate:" itself will ever or has ever been any official namespace. —Marco Polo 04:44, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I'll remove stargate from the Interwiki map and see if that helps. Angela talk 02:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * It's not had an immediate effect, but it's possible the interwiki is cached. I'll see if it resolves itself in the next few days. Angela talk 02:55, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * The problem is still there and I can't seem to do anything to the pages either (e.g. moving, viewing, editing, deleting); is ':' even allowed in a page title aside from namespaces? you can't link to them because a link to stargate:bla is read as a link to "bla" on stargate.wikia.com (the same site) and therefore simply stripping the "stargate:" prefix. Is there any way to rescue the data on the pages ("Stargate: Atlantis" isn't the only one) and delete them? I know they had to have been accessible at some point or else they couldn't have been created. Is this a bug of the new MediaWiki version? The reason this concerns me so much is that it trips up my bot, BotMeister, and adapting it to ignore those pages is proving to be very difficult. For anyone who wants to know, the four pages affected are "Stargate: Atlantis", "Stargate: Continuum", "Stargate: SG-1", and "Stargate: The Ark of Truth". I will settle for simply deleting them, if necessary. —Marco Polo 00:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikia Search
I dont see much happening, much discussion. I've been standing by observing some time just reading the thread. Will there be a breath of life for the user base to try out a model or just more discussion? Wondering. TownCrier 06:38, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Hopefully something will be able to happen soon since we're installing new servers for search developers to work on. There'll be more news on that once the servers are available. Angela talk 13:53, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Redirect in wiki's URL
Dear Angela!

I'm the founder and administrator of the Hungarian Spamwiki (http://hu.spam.wikia.com). The URL without the country code (so http://spam.wikia.com redirects to the non-working English version ( http://en.spam.wikia.com ). It has only 11 (!) articles since September 14th, 2006. The Hungarian version had almost 460 articles about spam. Can it redirects to it? 'Cuz lots of Hungarian on-line magazines want to link to Spamwiki, but at times they miss some letters from the URL (I was a moderator on a conference about spams and they make a mistake about the address too).

I think there aren't prime language in wikis, so it can't be the English. If you can, please make a http://spam.wikia.com URL redirect to http://hu.spam.wikia.com, instead of the English version. Many thanks! --blogadmin 20:49, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


 * For consistency, we're usually keeping the English one at the main URL now. Is there a word in Hungarian which we could redirect to hu.spam to get an easier URL? Or perhaps a redirect like spamwiki.wikia.com would help? Angela talk 02:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

In Hungarian the word spam is spam (or sometimes phonetical szpem, but it isn't current) or kéretlen reklámlevél (unsolicited commercial email), so we can't use another word for it. I'm frustrated about it, because I don't understand your resolve based on a the routine not on logic. Thank you for your help! --blogadmin 19:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I have an idea. That isn't enought to put a big link to the English version in the main page of the Hungarian Spamwiki? If not, spamwiki.wikia.com can help. Thx. --blogadmin 19:25, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Template question
I have a question: How do I retrieve a template from another wiki?


 * If you know what it's used on, click edit, scroll to the end, and you'll see a link to the templates used there. If not, look at Special:Allpages on that wiki and choose to view just pages in the template namespace to find it. Angela talk 02:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

URGENT
Vandalism is going on here! Check the recent changes! Hurry!
 * Thanks you so much for banning the vandal. Glad I was there to revert stuff.

Thank You
Thank you for putting the Spotlight on the Forgotten Realms Wiki :) Zerak-Tul 23:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Indeed, sincerest of thanks. We believe this will give the wiki a much-needed boost! Fw190a8 04:56, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

What would you...
What would you consider enough vandalism to get banned? There is a vandal account on the Galactic Battlegrounds wiki, which keeps vandalising a page on that wiki. I'll be warning him in the next few seconds of this message, but what if he does it again?

Here: w:c:battlegrounds:Special:Recentchanges. Thanks.


 * Since it was just one edit so far, I don't think he needs to be banned since it wasn't that major. Hopefully he will heed your warning and become a useful contributor. Angela talk 04:13, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

There was one edit similar to that, though. But yeah I understand. If he continues, I should just come to you?

Feel free to adopt it and start editing there. You don't need any permission to do that. Once there's more of a community on that site, they can select active users to become admins.

I'm not asking for admin powers, but I'd like to mention I doubt that any community will be fromed on this. If I ever find myself wrong about this in the future, I apologize.

Harry Potter Wiki Adminship
Per our previous discussion (in which we agreed on waiting three weeks), I'm re-requesting Administrator/Bureaucrat status on the HP wiki. Hopefully I won't have to bother you with menial tasks anymore! John Reaves 03:51, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I still think it would be better if you gained more wiki experience first. There is a lot you can do without needing to be an admin. That wiki has a lot of potential to grow in to a large community, so I'd prefer to wait until the community themselves can select their admins. Adminship isn't a status symbol or anything - it's just a tool, so please don't feel like it's something you need to have to prove something. Angela talk 04:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm certainly not trying to prove anything, the tools are the reason I requested in the first place. After all, with something like 5 currently active users, there isn't really anybody to "prove anything to".  I'd just like to be able to blow through things like deletions, or vandals if they come around, without having to leave the wiki and wait.  As far as experience goes, I have some 4300 edits at Wikipedia.  Your point about the community is also a reason I requested in the first place.  I wanted there to be an Admin/Bureaucrat there for when it picks up again so we didn't have to go outside the wiki. John Reaves 04:34, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Bureaucrat Status
A while ago, I adopted D'ni. I'm at the point now where I'd link to make a user a sysop to help out with various tasks, but I wasn't given bureaucrat status when I adopted the wiki. Would it be possible to give me these privileges so that I can promote users to sysops? Thanks. --AtionSong 22:28, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Anything?
Angela, I was wondering, is there anything you need done that I can do? Mainly in the template or basic background categories. And by tasks I mean not here but on other wikis.
 * And also, I've proposed a wiki a long time ago, and was wondering if I could propose another one before the other one got a review?


 * It's best to focus on one wiki at time. Perhaps you should decide which one you really want to make. Keep an eye on the Volunteer portal since sometimes people put tasks there that you could help with. Angela talk 00:14, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Got it, thanks! :)

Forum:Rewarding active users
You've gave here an idea of private wikis for active contributors. Is it still alive? I'm considering to start a private wiki-related wiki in a good hosting service, but any wiki farm outside wikia dosn't seems to me to be good and trusted enought. Also shared users database will be great since mostly Wikia users will be allowed to view and edit there. Szoferka 01:41, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


 * It's not something we've discussed recently. If it's not urgent, I'll put it on the list of things we'll be discussing at the staff meeting in February. Angela talk 03:05, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No, it's not. I've got blog and IRC channels to talk to myself. :) Thanks. Szoferka 03:12, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Pokemon wiki
There was a vandal IP at the above wiki. I believe it is the second time he has vandalised the place. Can you ban him?


 * If you meant 4.227.2.246, I've just blocked them. Angela talk 15:54, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I did. Thanks.

IRC Cloak

 * I've completed the necessary steps for obtaining an IRC cloak- can you get me one? Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Audience Chamber ) 16:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC) (starwars.wikia.com/wiki/User:Atarumaster88)

Changing wiki logo
Angela, I'm not sure who to contact, so I hope you're the right person: On Star Trek Expanded Universe, we'd like the logo changed to. Can you go into our LocalSettings.php and take care of that, or pass it along to the proper contact person? (And if not you, can you tell me who that proper contact is, for the future? Merci.)

On that note, is it possible to get access to LocalSettings.php for our wiki and the rest of our wiki files directory, so we can add new namespaces, extensions, so on & so forth, without having to ask someone at Wikia to do it? There is only so much that can be done through the web interface (especially with LocalSettings). (And no, I'm not a vandal; I'm an admin there, in case you're wondering. I gave the site its current appearance, and I'm familiar with the workings of MediaWiki.)

Also while I'm at it, I've had suggestions of being made a bureaucrat, since our current bureaucrat and founder, Luke80, is rarely about. Is this something you can tend, or do I have to make a special request?

Thank you for your time and help, --Sasoriza 02:08, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Addendum: I'd like a response here, please. TY again. --Sasoriza 02:11, 26 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You don't need access to local settings to change the logo. Just call the image "Wiki.png" and it will automatically become the logo. It isn't possible to give people access to LocalSettings.php, but we are working on tools to open up the settings that communities need to change (such as the logo). I suggest you make a "requests for adminship" type page where the community can comment on who they think should be the admins and bureaucrats on that wiki. Angela talk 02:13, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Copyright

 * Hi Angela. I'm in a little predicament right now. I have read the disclaimer at the bottom of all wikias and it says that all edits are released under the GNU Free Documentation Liscence. However, I was wondering, in the case of theStar Wars Fanon Wiki, which includes material which normally would be copyrighted, is this still the case. I have put a notice on my articles saying that they are covered by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and was wondering if that is alright. If not, wold it be possible to alter the copyrigh status on SWf because i'm not to keen on someone using my ideas and copyrighting them elsewhere. – Jasca Ducato, Talk to me

problem on polish wikipedia
Hi!

I would like to tell you about very unpleasant and embarrassing situation on Polish Wikipedia.

Like on every other language wikipedia users of wikipedia-pl with vulgar or "almoust vulgar" (in Levenshtein distance way) account name are blocked forever because of "unacceptable account name". Which is fine and reasonable.

Whats not fine a reasonable is that one of the wikipedia-pl sysops has account name Kotasik which is "almoust vulgar" (Kutasik in Polish is vulgarism for "little penis").

I wrote to Kotasik telling him that situation, when beginner user of wikipedia is blocked because of vulgar account name by sysop with vulgar account name is unacceptable - what this begginer user would think? Probably "well, I see that wikipedia treats sysop better, they're above wikipedia law" - which is of course not true.

As I said I wrote to Kotasik about that, I tried to to convince him of changing his acc name. He said "no, but try RFC mechanism if you want to"

So I made RFC, where I wrote that for wikipedia good Kotasik should change his acc. My IP have been blocked because of "trolling", RFC was deleted and when I tried to talk about on wikipedia-pl irc channel, I was banned from them, which confirm my supposition that Polish sysops think that their above wikipedians law.

Thank You and sorry for interrupting, but I have no idea who shuld I tell that Mencio 13:24, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Adopting A Wikia
Hi, I would like to Adopt The X-Men Wikia since the Leader is not Active. I can build it up and get many new Members. Professor Xavier 19:18, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, can i co-found the wiki with him? Will Beback 19:51, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Will beback was blocked for impersonating a Wikipedia admin. Angela talk 20:48, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

So, can I? Professor Xavier 22:15, 26 January 2007 (UTC) Professor Xavier 23:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I mean, can I Adopt the X-Men Wikia?


 * Yes, feel free to get involved and start editing there. Let me know if you need any help. Angela talk 01:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

So, does that mean the Wikia is mine now? Professor Xavier 02:05, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, no. No one "owns" any of the wikis. See ownership. But you're equally welcome to edit it, like anyone else is. Angela talk 02:08, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I mean like, Adminship or Adopting like the NFL Wikia. Professor Xavier 02:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

So, may I please Adopt it, or be an Admin. I really must have the Powers of an Admin to fix it to it's fullist. Professor Xavier 19:07, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Award ([[Image:Thanks sunflower.png]])
Thank you for dealing with the vandalism at kitsch. For this, I give you this Thanks sunflower which you can display on your user page with the Awards template. --Leon (talk ) 22:57, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

ATHF Wiki New Admin
Hi Angela. I would like to become a sysop and a bureaucrat to the ATHF Wiki since that wiki is abandoned and has no use of the original admin on the wiki now. --Tegiiis 02:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)