User talk:Angela

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SgW Wikia... sort of.
Hi Angela,

Just wondering if it is possible to prevent users from editing if they aren't logged in? Don't plan to use it on my Wikia, but we use one at school to keep a database for science stuff, and we only want teachers to be able to contribute, using their own account. Is such a thing possible? They are running on v2.0 of the MediaWiki code.

Cheers,

ZPMMaker (16081) 01:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, it's possible. See Preventing Access. Angela talk 08:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. ZPMMaker (16081) 02:28, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

When
When can I become a sysop on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Wiki? I don't mean now. Just whenever how many edits... how many edits do I have to have? --Bender Bending Rodriguez 01:35, 2 December 2006 (UTC)


 * There isn't a need for you to be an admin anywhere else. You seem to be trying to collect adminships. It's not a trophy. Angela talk 08:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Recently
I recently started the article Aboutus.org on Wikipedia- surprised it was not there yet! The editors have attempted a speedy deletion without even checking to see the large volume of search results on GOOGLE. I felt it was similar to DMOZ and deserved to be listed as it is a very open directory wiki style and has over 80 million page view as per ALEXA. I am only writing because When looking for references.... I saw your link on the Ray King talk page. Please see the new AboutUs.org article and see the rebuffing of a relevant topic.--162.83.180.170 20:37, 2 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I think the site is too new to meet Wikipedia's inclusion guidelines. Feel free to write about it on the Internet Wikia instead though. Angela talk 08:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Warriors Wiki
Recently, I discovered the Warriors Wiki... It was in disrepair, and the founder hasn't touched it since 13 August 2006. I've been working on it, sprucing, organizing, and drawing in people I feel can do it justic and help get matters in order..

But... I'm concerned about the Wiki itself... The fandom is made up of many young and enthusiastic people. Without an active person with sysop status...

I sent an email to Oglog on, the 30th of November (I belive) but have yet to receive any sort of response. I feel like introducing the Wiki to the fandom of the series would help get the place created and suchlike, but without someone at the helm to maintain order... I fear unleashing the fans of the series...

Kitsufox 18:20, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I've made you an admin there. Angela talk 08:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Either the change didn't take.. Or I possess a complete inabilty to locate the functions for things such as deleting a page (some title corrections have been made, so some things have been completely moved to new titles.) Kitsufox 16:40, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * That's odd. Try it again now. Angela talk 05:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)


 * It worked this time around. Must have been being moody. Thank you very much! Kitsufox 04:51, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Ads on Runescape Wiki
I've seen your forum post re: changing the advertising provider for rs wiki.

I can see that we're playing a game of whack-a-mole with the google ads, so yes sounds like a good idea! --Eucarya 10:59, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Dungeons and Dragons wiki
I would like to adopt the Dungeons and Dragons Wikia, dnd.wikia.com. I have already started working on it (and some other people woke up too, I suppose more will come when the changes reach Google). It had only 76 articles and was left effectively abandoned for quite some time, but now we have 138 articles (mostly NOT stubs), it's growing, it has news section which gets regularly updated, etc. I'm almost sure this will revitalise it and attract new contributors. However, there are things which I need admin rights for (e.g., locking pages and vandalism rollback), which cannot be given to me easily because the only bureaucrat has left WikiCities a long time ago. Ian, a fellow Wikian and a founder of White Wolf Wikia, advised me to contact you. Can you make me a new "founder" for Dungeons and Dragons Wikia?

P.S.: w:c:pl.dnd and polaqu: Wikias and still out of my reach. I'm a D&D expert, but I'm afraid I don't speak even a tiniest bit of Polish ;)

--Radaghast 18:26, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * You're now an admin at dnd. Angela talk 05:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

new admin at novelas.wikia
16:04, 3 December 2006 Angela changed group membership for User:Yunzhong Hou from (none) to sysop

On what grounds was Yunzhong Hou made sysop at novelas.wikia? This user does not seem to know what is going on, and in particular does not seem to understand the basic idea of working with a community to reach decisions. --JWSchmidt 04:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry for any problems that caused. He said he needed admin rights to clear up some problem pages. I'll remove that now and wait for the community there to decide who should be an admin. Angela talk 05:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I was more looking for information than requesting a reversal of your action. Yunzhong Hou is willing to do sysop chores, which is a good thing. You are correct, the community should discuss the matter. Thanks for your continued support! --JWSchmidt 23:44, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Editing StarCraft Main Page, Again
The featured article section of is permanently bolded, which makes that section a bit ugly. Do you know how to turn that off? PsiSeveredHead 00:15, 8 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Answered at w:c:starcraft:User_talk:PsiSeveredHead. --Splarka (talk) 01:33, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

RPG Maker Wikia, Lead Admin Missing
I am from the RPG Maker Wiki and along with Abyssal_leviathin I've been working on revitalizing the wiki itself through a reorganization attempt. Thing is, Abyssal_leviathin has disappeared without a trace. He founded that Wikia, and he's the only one I know who is an admin there. I've tried contacting him in any way I can (various email addys, IMs, various forum PMs, etc.) over the last month or so but I haven't received any response other than a short note that he's been having computer issues. (see the mainpage for details) If he's vanished, is there any way I can contact another "sysop" (I think that's what it's called) to work with or maybe somehow arrange to become an admin myself so I can just get it done? (deleting excess categories, pages, etc., then laying out the framework as seen on the Category Planning page) Can you determine if there are any other sysops on that Wikia and/or how I can locate a user that is one? I can't seem to find any clues as to which users are sysops. (if any are even active) --Invisionary 23:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I've sent you a reply by email. Angela talk 16:32, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Importing From Another Wiki?
Hello once again Angela. I have recently created an EditThis.info wiki which gives access to import. How do you import from other wikis? --Bender Bending Rodriguez 22:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't know if they offer that service. If you want to import into Wikia, let me know. Angela talk 08:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

They do. I was just saying if you could tell me how to. --Bender Bending Rodriguez 22:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Addressing your concerns
What you wrote:


 * ''Hello,


 * ''Thank you for your Wikia request. There were
 * ''actually three requests for this
 * ''wiki (from KemCab, Machchunk2 and Fire). I'm
 * ''concerned that the last one was
 * ''closed for legal reasons. How will you ensure that
 * ''the same problems won't
 * ''happen if the wiki is re-opened? Are you in contact
 * ''with members of the
 * ''community of the old wiki? Do you think they will be
 * ''likely to join this new
 * ''wiki?

Well, for one, the wiki wil be on Wikia servers, so I'd doubt that phisher would want to keep running back on the site. That is, if he still is even running (doubt that too). And yes, I am in contact with the community. KemCab was an admin there, and I'm sure CartoonDiablo (another admin) will be eager to rejoin.

Sorry if I addressed this in the wrong place. --Machchunk2 23:15, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your reply. This wiki now exists at w:c:newgrounds. Angela talk 09:32, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

HI FROM SPAIN
Angela thanks to answer me, I don´t have any problem with Wikia, the problem is me, I am not an expert on Internet. I find this too big to me. But don´t worry I´ll find the way, with time enough I´ll feel more confident. Sorry but my English is my own English. Un saludu, Mon.


 * If you need some advice on where to start in Spanish, I'm sure Zuirdj will be able to help you. You can find our Spanish wikis at Category:Spanish. Angela talk 05:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Patrolled Edit
Hi Angela, was wondering if it could be activated the m:Help:Patrolled edit for sysops only, on the w:c:Dofus as it would aid me because normally I'm checking in different computers (home and work) and sometimes i find my self re-cheking edits. Also that the other low activity sysops could see what has been check.--Cizagna (Talk) 20:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your help --Cizagna (Talk) 15:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Archaeology wikia
I haven't looked at the list yet, but if there isn't already one, would you like me to start up an archaeology wiki? ZPMMaker (16081) 13:11, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, I've decided to adopt archaeology.wikia.com - I am about to tell the previous founder about this. Could you please organize beuro access for me? Thanks. ZPMMaker (16081) 13:26, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Gee, my spelling is hopeless today... bureau access is what I would like, not beuro... (idiot!). ZPMMaker (16081) 13:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * A bureaucrat is just someone who can make other admins. Since there's no community there yet, I don't think there's an urgent need for a bureaucrat. I suggest you get involved with the wiki for a while first, and then see if a community forms and wait until there are some requests for adminship. Angela talk
 * Guild Wars Wikia was in a similar situation (inactive founder), and I was recently given sysop and bureaucrat user rights on it. As a community hasn't yet formed there either, it also has little need for an active bureaucrat at this time. Could I get that user right revoked (leaving me with just sysop access)? --Rezyk 01:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Cool, the founder is still active and wants me involved too, so that is good. ZPMMaker (16081) 02:41, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

French Nintendo Wiki
Could you either make me an admin or upload the Wiki logo yourself for this wiki please? fr.nintendo.wikia.com. Reply here, Wikada - Talk Contributions 20:33, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

lt.runescape
Hi, Angela I have problem, I doing lt.runescape style, and google ad is not transparent... Are you can do it transparent? Please of my bad english, Rtz 07:35, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but since this comes from a script provided by Google, I don't think we can actually make changes to the style of it. Angela talk 07:38, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

I thnink, you can, it`s source:



and

google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; //google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = ["0000FF","000000"]; google_color_url = "002BB8"; google_color_text = "000000";

is colors settingss, i think, blank fill is transparent.


 * I'll ask Splarka. He might know more about this than I do. Angela talk 12:33, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, i wait it :) --Rtz 14:05, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't think it can be done in CSS because the ads are in an which isn't really a css-layer to (some? most?) browsers (that is, there is nothing behind it). --Splarka (talk) 06:53, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Gunpedia
Angela, I've recently become a SysOp on the Guns wiki, and I was wondering, it isn't very active yet, and I just wanted to ask if you knew anything about firearms, because if you did, I wanted to ask if you have any known sources online, or if you know anything about firearms enough to help out with some articles. I figured since you are Wikia staff, you'd know a lot more about things. Brain40 14:08, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry, it's not a topic I know about. You might want to ask Jimbo Wales though. I don't know if he'll have time to help, but he does know more on that topic than I do. Angela talk 04:51, 17 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks. Brain40 00:31, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Bots
I have just created a new wiki-site.com,and since I am the creator of the site, I am bureaucrat and able to make myself bot. What is a bot? This doesn't do anything. --Bender Bending Rodriguez 19:36, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * That isn't a Wikia site. Perhaps they don't have bots there. Angela talk 04:51, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, then, what are bots supposed to do then? --Bender Bending Rodriguez 19:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * See this. Szoferka 19:10, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Another Question...
And Angela, I have one more question: What exactly are the restrictions for what users can do on Wikia Central? Brain40 01:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The Central Wikia is for briefly describing the wikis that we host and the forums are for people to ask questions to the whole Wikia community. There are also some cross-wiki policies here. This wiki isn't for creating actual content though. That should go on the relevant wiki (see the List of Wikia to find the right one). Angela talk 11:47, 17 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks. Brain40 10:11, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Kuk Sool Won
Thank you so much for approving the Kuk Sool Won wikia. It has always been my dream to be an administrator. Thank you so much. Jimwitz 17:55, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh yah, when I tried to download my Wikia image it said my file was corrupted? What should I do for that?


 * Do you mean the logo or something else? Perhaps you were saving it under the wrong file type. You could use iaza to convert it to a png. Angela talk 06:05, 18 December 2006 (UTC)