User talk:Splarka

Color templates trouble
Hi, i'm not sure what happened to the wikicode parser but it's not working the same anymore. So, we have troubles with some templates now. We, at the french Guild Wars Wikia, are using a bunch of templates in wich we put "#AD0", "#0FD" and the like, so we can easilly have the sames colors everywhere needed. But now, it some time break layout or make the color code appear. Can you think of some advice ? Thanks. — TůζipVõrζąx Talk 09:01, 31 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Hmm, can you give me some examples? --Splarka (talk) 10:14, 31 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Not anymore... It seems it was temporairy. What are they doing exactly ? I saw a lot of tiny change in the the software aside from the new search engine. The version page say we are on 1.10alpha. That's a little weird because nobody warned us about this. But maybe it will be great.
 * So, thanks anyway and see you later. ;-) — TůζipVõrζąx Talk 18:42, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh! It's one of my administrator who corrected thoses templates. He replaced the # caracter by the equivalent HTML entity (see ). I had thinked about that but did not tried it. But i was not sure why the way it was suddently begin to cause problem. See ya. — TůζipVõrζąx Talk 01:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Here something where you might be able to help : . We dont understand was is breaking layout of that page. Thanks. — TůζipVõrζąx Talk 03:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Lol! This new version of mediawiki is so weird. I've edited the page; problem was gone. I revert it so you can see it. It's still gone. What the...
 * Can you help shed light on that sort of behavior ? Is it just because we have 7 thousan page in queue ? — TůζipVõrζąx Talk 03:22, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Wikia was upgrading a few hundred more wikis from 1.9.3 to 1.10. That caused widespread temporary oddness. --Splarka (talk) 06:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Newlink
Do you know why all the "contribs" links here appear as "new" and shown in red ? G .He (Talk!) 05:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


 * No idea. Do you see it on any other wikia wikis? --Splarka (talk) 06:45, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


 * As far as I know, the problem (the additional  insertion) only occurs for that user's log entries.  G .He (Talk!) 15:48, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, I don't think this problem existed before. Perhaps it's related to the upgrade... Not sure if it can be fixed in the same manner as the category listing problem that occurred on Inheriwiki a while back. G .He (Talk!) 20:05, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Found more: . Basically, the users are: Kumarhk, Bookreader, Daine, Darth Picard, Encydram-Crimewiki-Doubleplusungood, Kikiro, MediaWiki default, Faolin, and any other I missed with the redlinks. G .He (Talk!) 20:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, entered a bug. --Splarka (talk) 05:12, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Love is like a magic tie
Now I've got ten of him! Since there are ten "options," I'm guessing that's all there will be. Then again, Lou's never been one to worry about repeating himself. Who knows??? His love - and his xenophobia - just keep on giving. ahhhh... "Frenchie! Get in here!!!" --thisniss 12:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * And by "10," I meant "11". Really I did.  Eleven options, eleven posts.  It just makes sense, you know, because Dobbs really makes you want to get that little bit of extra love on. --thisniss 14:55, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

namespace request for french uncyclopedia
hi splarka

i'm a sysop for the french uncyclopedia (desencyclopedie.wikia.com), and we are planning to have our "UnNews". could we have a "Désinformation" namespace please ? thank you for your help. --Thaumasnot 19:46, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


 * K, I've submitted a ticket for this. --Splarka (talk) 06:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much. There is another problem though : http://desencyclopedie.com redirects to http://www.wikia.com which used to redirect http://desencyclopedie.wikia.com, but this doesn't work anymore since a week. Could you see to it, please ? Thanks ! --Thaumasnot 08:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry to bother you about this one, but I wanted to mention that our talk pages are called "Discussion" in french ;) This translation doesn't seem to have been enforced for the forum namespace. Could you also see to it ? --Thaumasnot 10:08, 6 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Both of these already exist as pending bug reports. If they aren't solved within a few days, lemme know. --Splarka (talk) 05:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

hi hi
hi Splarka. Thanks for pointing out the errors from perfectworld.wikia.com much thanks.. :) ^__^

btw.. the sorting works.. but i just noticed that the images won't get sorted. in here the (Tipo,Categoría,Concurso images) get sorted-> http://es.pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Lista_de_Movimientos

but my (element).. won't -> http://perfectworld.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_List

just wanna know if theres something wrong i did; what it is; and how do i get it to work ^__^

- Priss


 * Hmm, I am not sure why that doesn't work for you but does for them. Keep experimenting? --Splarka (talk) 07:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

24um
Thank you so much for fixing the Wiki 24 forum problem. It's greatly appreciated. Can you tell me where I change the colors of the heading and the Last Edit on the index? White on white doesn't work very well, and neither does black on dark grey. Thanks again. --Proudhug 18:37, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Done? --Splarka (talk) 07:39, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I switched it to black, but yeah that's much better. Where do I change the color of the black Last Edit date text on the forum index page? --Proudhug 08:15, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


 * there.

--Splarka (talk) 08:51, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks again. Hey, is there a central location where all of this monobook.css stuff can be found? --Proudhug 23:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, not really, as that is part of the user-definable content (which can be different on thousands of wikis). I just set it dark for you in Monobook.css (as opposed to Common.css which should be used for content rather than user interface) because it would look funny to have it dark in other skins (like smoke).
 * Some links to help:


 * complete css reference
 * main monobook stylesheet
 * Also, to see what can be changed, view a page source, and check what class or id the element has. --Splarka (talk) 05:34, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Here's a red rose for you
It isn't exactly $100 million US dollars, but close enough, or what? ;) --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 09:44, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I would like to join Jack's thanks - Thank you for creating tricks - It must took lot of job, but it was great, very useful job :D Thank you! SkywalkerPL 20:13, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Javascript
Catherine said you knew a good lot about Javascript, so I was wondering if you knew how to add a tab(at the same place where "article" "discussion" "edit" etc. are) that on being clicked, adds a template(mainly the delete temp) to the top of the page. I've already done a fair amount of stuff w/ js, and I've gotten something similar to this to work, but I can't make it work quite right. Thanks, Pinky49


 * See User:Splarka/tricks (just created this section). --Splarka (talk) 02:46, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * FYI: Won't work on 1.9.3 wikia yet (like Wookieepedia currently) unless you copy the addPortletLink from the 1.10+ wikibits.js ... works on swfanon though. --Splarka (talk) 02:52, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I tested it on swfanon. Is there any way to make it show up on the actual page, instead of the edit page? Thanks, Pinky.

Re: User: ZombieTsuki
This is from Bureaucrat RePmGu of TPSB Wiki. Indeed, ZombieTsuki was the only one that required revocation of adminship. Thank you very much for the support; hopefully this is the proper way to show appreciation. RePmGu 03:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Are yous till online Splarka? I saw that forum in recentchanges and took a look out of curiosity.  RepmGu has resysopped the bad admin... not sure if he's a vandal or had his account hijacked.   Scott  ch  06:45, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * WTF. --Splarka (talk) 06:48, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

No, I am not a vandal, nor have I been hijacked. Admittedly, I did something stupid. I was already acquainted with the user ZombieTsuki, and he and I had a discussion about his unbanning. The discussion quickly turned morbid, and by the end of the conversation I was convinced that the person in question had turned suicidal, so I gave back to him admin status. Of course, right afterward, he revealed that it was a hoax. I'm somewhat naive by nature, but this was just a very large blunder on my part. My apologies. RePmGu 07:25, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

This is actually a retraction to my previous paragraph (it'll be in the History). After deliberating with the other administrators, we feel we can maintain our Wiki within reasonable control, and that a stunt like today's won't happen again, as long as all admins are consulted about important decisions (like new administrators, for example). As far as activity goes, we've agreed that there will be some point where article creation will hit a ceiling, but new information is constantly filtering in, enough to warrant attention. I would also like to request that RePmGu be made a Bureaucrat again. He is the originator of the Wiki, after all. --KalasHawk 08:42, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay, I'll re-create him as a bureaucrat in a few days if there are no objections (other than from ZombieTsuki). --Splarka (talk) 09:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Reason for Deletion

 * Splarka, not to bother you since you've already helped me a great deal, but could you add a tab that allows me to give a reason for deletion? I have an idea of have to do it, but I don't think I can get the coding quite right. Thanks again, Pinky49
 * How do you mean? You mean a tab on the article page that one-click deletes with a pre-defined reason? Give this a try:

 // ================================================================================ // START Automated deletion button script system - by Splarka // ================================================================================ // Adds customizable one-click deletion buttons to any deletable page. addOnloadHook(checkdelete); function checkdelete { if(queryString("submitdelete")=="true") document.getElementById('deleteconfirm').wpConfirmB.click }

if(wgNamespaceNumber != -1) addOnloadHook(addDeleteButtons) function addDeleteButtons { if(!document.getElementById('ca-delete')) return var url=document.getElementById('ca-delete').firstChild.href //examples: addPortletLink('p-cactions', url + '&submitdelete=true&wpReason=' + encodeURIComponent('This is spam') ,'delete spam','ca-delete1'); addPortletLink('p-cactions', url + '&submitdelete=true&wpReason=' + encodeURIComponent('This is an unused redirect'),'delete redirect','ca-delete2'); }

function queryString(p) { var re = RegExp('[&?]' + p + '=([^&]*)'); var matches; if (matches = re.exec(document.location)) { try { return decodeURI(matches[1]); } catch (e) { } }  return null; }

// ================================================================================ // END Automated deletion button script system // ================================================================================


 * No, I was thinking something that once clicked, adds a popup. Then you enter in a reason, and it adds that reason. There's similar message coding on my monobook at swf.


 * Maybe you can describe the exact sequence of events: Are you on the main view, deletion page, edit page, or other/any when you click? It opens a popup, you enter a reason, and it is deleted then? or what? --Splarka (talk) 05:14, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, main view, you click on the top, enter a reason, then it adds to the top of the page and submits. Hopefully that clears it up a little. -Pinky


 * You probably would find a custom edit button helpful, to insert . See below for example. --Splarka (talk) 10:26, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

if (mwCustomEditButtons) { mwCustomEditButtons[mwCustomEditButtons.length] = { "imageFile": "http://images.wikia.com/central/images/b/b5/Button_Jadernyhrib-cloud.png", "speedTip": "Tag with ", "tagOpen": "", "sampleText": "reason"}; }

 // ================================================================================ // STARTED Automated tagging script system - by Splarka // ================================================================================ // Note: Advanced and a bit spooky.
 * Its not showing up for me for some reason. Its supposed to show up at the top of the page w/ a bunch of other images, right? I've tried to do it myself, but not with much luck. Below is a code based on yours(doesn't work right now).

function getMessage (where) { var message = prompt ('Reason for deletion', ''); window.location = 'http://swfanon.wikia.com/w/index.php?title=' + _GET['title'] + '&action=edit }

if(wgNamespaceNumber != -1) addOnloadHook(addTaggingButtons) function addTaggingButtons { //in 1.11 you can use (wgAction == 'edit') if(document.title.indexOf('Editing ') == 0) { var iTop = 'javascript:insertTop'; var iBottom = 'javascript:insertBottom'; } else { var iTop = 'javascript:insertGoTop'; var iBottom = 'javascript:insertGoBottom'; }

// addPortletLink( portlet, JS link , button text, element id ); // Add new buttons here addPortletLink('p-cactions',iTop + '("");',' top','ca-templatedelete'); addPortletLink('p-cactions',iBottom + '("That is my story and I am sticking to it ~");','that is my story','ca-story'); }

function insertTop(stuff) { if(!document.getElementById('wpTextbox1')) return var text = document.getElementById('wpTextbox1'); if(text.value.replace(/ /g,)==) { text.value += stuff; } else { text.value = stuff + '\n' + text.value; } document.getElementById('wpSummary').value += '  tagging  ' + stuff; document.getElementById('wpSave').click; }

function insertBottom(stuff) { if(!document.getElementById('wpTextbox1')) return var text = document.getElementById('wpTextbox1'); if(text.value.replace(/ /g,)==) { text.value += stuff; } else { text.value += '\n' + stuff ; } document.getElementById('wpSummary').value += '  tagging with: ' + stuff; document.getElementById('wpSave').click; }

function insertGoTop(stuff) { var url = document.getElementById('ca-edit').firstChild.href; document.location.href = url + '&insert=true&inserttop=' + encodeURIComponent(stuff); }

function insertGoBottom(stuff) { var url = document.getElementById('ca-edit').firstChild.href; document.location.href = url + '&insert=true&insertbottom=' + encodeURIComponent(stuff); }

function processInsert { if(queryString('insertbottom')) { insertBottom(queryString('insertbottom')); } if(queryString('inserttop')) { insertTop(queryString('inserttop')); } } if(queryString('insert')=='true') addOnloadHook(processInsert)

function queryString(p) { var re = RegExp('[&?]' + p + '=([^&]*)'); var matches; if (matches = re.exec(document.location)) { try { return decodeURI(matches[1]); } catch (e) { } }  return null; }

// ================================================================================ // END Automated tagging script system // ================================================================================


 * The Custom Edit Button version worked for me fine, here. --Splarka (talk) 06:01, 14 June 2007 (UTC)


 * For some reason I don't see it, or any of the normal edit buttons. It may just be my computer though, as I have had similar things happen before. Pinky49


 * Oh, go to preferences and make sure you have under Editing:  selected. --Splarka (talk) 05:11, 15 June 2007 (UTC)


 * That did it. Thanks, Pinky.

Emergency at the french uncyclopedia
hi splarka

We have a huge bug at desencyclopedie: http://desencyclopedie.wikia.com/ now leads to a page with only a single backslash. All pages starting with http://desencyclopedie.wikia.com/wiki begin with this backslash and shifts the whole display. Could you please see to it ? I couldn't thannk you more for helping on this ! :( Well maybe they are working on the http://desencyclopedie.com redirection problem... --Thaumasnot 20:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Wow just as i wrote you they solved both problems lol Well, I use the opportunity to thank you for your help anyway. All issues were solved :) BIG THANKS --Thaumasnot 20:52, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Can i have some help, please?
Hi I'm Lordofmonsterisland. I need help on Wikizilla. I'm trying to get some userboxes and the username template but I can't figure it out. Could you possibly put all the userboxes from my userpage on Halopedia or at least tell me how? But I do need the username template.


 * To copy a userbox, you have to copy the template and the image (if it has one). So for example, to copy:  you go to the template at: w:c:Halo:Template:Frag Grenade Userbox, click edit, and copy it to the same pagename at godzilla.wikia. Also, you have to copy w:c:Halo:Template:Userbox (just once for all userboxes). Then you find w:c:halo:Image:M9 HE-DP Grenade.jpg, save it locally, and re-upload it (preserving the copyright info). --Splarka (talk) 07:04, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Bug or Feature request ?
Hi Splarka, the newly integrated extension DPL2 has a bug : the server returns a blank page when you use the "includepage" parameter inside a DPL tag. I understand that this may not be as much a bug as a nice feature (the ability to include sections from selected other pages). Anyway, could you please file this problem to the technical staff ? Thanks. --Thaumasnot 10:15, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Template Troubles
Hey Splarka, long time no see. At any rate, the template I've been using for my news page is causing me a bit of trouble when I want to link outside somewhere in the main body part. For example, if I wanted to create a link like this, the template would break. Any ideas? --LordTBT Talk! 12:40, 16 June 2007 (UTC)


 * That happens because you have an equals sign in the URL, which will mess up the template parameter defintions (the equals sign is a delimiter between the parameter name and parameter value: ). You can fix this by always using   for the 6th parameter, or you can do what is usually done for large dynamic templates and give them all names. --Splarka (talk) 05:01, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Worked, cheers! --LordTBT Talk! 12:01, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Template:username help
I need to know how to get the template:username stuff working on wikizilla --Jim 18:14, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi
Hi I am Stryker and I was wondering if you could help me. I have put in a request for a Pendragon wiki. (The books). I would like to know how long I can expect to wait before finding out if it has been approved or if I can go ahead and make one. Thanks so much. Stryker.


 * Usually takes one to two weeks at the most. --Splarka (talk) 08:09, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: redirection bug for the french uncyclopedia
Hi Splarka

Redirection of http://desencyclopedie.com doesn't fully work : the opened pages have no images.

For example, please compare http://desencyclopedie.com/wiki/France to http://desencyclopedie.wikia.com/wiki/France

Thank you for helping on this. --Thaumasnot 20:40, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Reported it to the proper authorities. --Splarka (talk) 08:10, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Newskin
Is newskin now permanent because I can't change back? If so, I would like to request help on reformatting my wiki so that I can keep the blue background that was there before.

Thanks,

Wikada - Talk <font color="darkred" face="Chalkboard">Contributions 22:02, 25 June 2007 (UTC)


 * If by newskin you mean slate or smoke, then for the time being one of the two will be set as the visitor default for pretty much all Wikia sites. Any logged-in user can change it back to monobook in their preferences, but logged in users are a minority to most page views. I can fiddle the colors back to blue for you, probably. Which wikia is this in referece to? You edit on a lot ^_^. --Splarka (talk) 00:39, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh this is for the Sega Wiki and yes I did mean slate/smoke. My formatting is all different too.. back to the original redlinks/bluelinks instead of the one you made for me before. If you could do this it would be GREAT! Thanks, <font color="darkred" face="Chalkboard">Wikada - <font color="darkred" face="Chalkboard">Talk <font color="darkred" face="Chalkboard">Contributions 17:05, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay, I've started this, but had to stop for today. I've sysoped JSharp (from wikifur) who might try to work on it some more tomorrow. (note: We are starting with slate, smoke can be a copy/paste). --Splarka (talk) 09:27, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi Splarka! Thanks so much for your help with fixing our 'search logo' on the Browncoat Wiki - it looks fantastic! Have a great week ;) - Cheryl 02:18, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

de.dofus damage calc
i love you Splarka^^ i just came online to do it by myself... Ace_NoOne said to me how to do it but you already made it! Your great

-- Ren108 06:18, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

"Did you delete the talk page?"
Totally wonderful. Worked the second i added it. Though the flashing Green kills my eyes it defiantly reminds people to delete the talk page! WillSWC 06:36, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

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)

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)

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)