User talk:Angela/Archive 14

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Page protection
Hello, sorry to bother you again. I just wanted to know if pages can be protected against creation? I am not an administrator on Wikipedia, but from what I can figure, there must be a protect tab at the top when coming to a non-existent page on Wikipedia, just like any other page. But I see no protect tab when coming to non-existent pages on Deckipedia, does this mean that the protection [create=sysop] is not enabled on Wikia? Thanks for your help. DragonBallZ 17:36, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I figured that out. Thanks. But is the protection like I mentioned not enabled on wikia? DragonBallZ 03:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thats good, do you know how far in the future? Also, could you tell me how Wookiepedia got there bot user group renamed to droid? I like to know technical stuff like this. I hope you do not mind me asking these questions. DragonBallZ 03:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks much. Cheers. DragonBallZ 04:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Question about a WikiCity I created
Dear Angela:

I've learnt that all the wikicities were turned into Wikias, and that the person that creates a Wikia now is by default the admin or sysop or something. Does that apply to me and the Animal Crossing Wikia? Also, there is another Animal Crossing Wikia out, spec. for the DS version, but it only has 9 articles. Should they be merged?

Reply whenever possible.

- --Aeryka 05:14, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Merging the 2 wikis
Dera Angela:

I think it would make alot of sense because...

1. The AC Wikia was made first. 2. The AC Wikia is, and always was, intended for all games in the Animal Crossing series. 3. The other Wikia only has 9 articles. 4. People may go to that Wikia looking for content that would be on ours.

--Aeryka 05:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

gijoe wikia
I know a user on Joepedia that would like administrator access, do you think you can help. The only bureaucrat seems to be inactive. DragonBallZ 09:19, 13 February 2008 (EST)


 * I've made him an admin. Angela (talk)

Request for permissions on Half-Life wiki
Hello Angela. I'm hoping that you can grant me additional permissions on the Half-Life wiki.

Quite frankly, the administration staff (all two of them) is completely dead; one admin hasn't edited since December 6, 2007, while the local 'crat hasn't done anything since January 1, 2008. The site itself isn't dead, so it can't quite be up for adoption, but there's certainly nobody in charge around there...

What I'd like is to be granted both adminship and bureaucrat permissions; the former so I can start protecting some critical pages (for example, the is disturbingly unprotected), the later so I can help further foster the community by promoting additional administrators from the active users. I've contacted the local 'crat about adminship, but haven't heard back from him. Because of his inactivity, I'd like to just out-right replace him as local bureaucrat, as I don't have much faith in him coming back, not to mention that I don't want to be the sole active admin forever. :)

Brief history about me, I suppose... I currently hold adminship on 4 WMF projects: the English Wikipedia (my home project: 24k+ edits, admin for over a year and 3 months), Meta, Commons, and Wikispecies. You can see my complete wiki-matrix at m:User:EVula/matrix. I'm no wiki-newbie, and I'd like to do what I can to get this project back up and running.

Thanks in advance. EVula // talk // 02:05, 14 February 2008 (EST)

Forumadmin
Could you tell me what the forumadmin user group is? Also, here. Thanks. DragonBallZ 03:08, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


 * forumadmin is related to the phpBB forums which some wikis have, but it has a few bugs so isn't being rolled out to all wikis yet. Angela (talk) 03:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help on both things! Cheers. DragonBallZ 14:32, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Joepedia adminship
I would just like to say thank you for making me an admin for Joepedia. Many thanks!! --Destron Commander 09:28, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Issues with adds
Any chance of someone on the community team responding as and when when you can to my posting on Forum:Issues with adds? Thanks Philralph 10:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I can answer this one... -- Danny (talk ) 17:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Admin of StargatePedia
Why is User:SGCommand no longer an admin on the wiki? How can I keep my status?--SGCommand 19:59, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, I do want to keep being an admin. I also have to admit though that my contribution may be rather limited as I am saving for a holiday.--SGCommand 11:47, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Manga wiki
Could you make me a bureaucrat on http://en.manga.wikia.com/? Myself and Dantman are going to make it a part of Wikia ACG, and I need to be able to give him the access he needs. Thanks for your help. Cheers. DragonBallZ 02:27, 18 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Please see the email sannse sent you about this already. Angela (talk) 20:47, 18 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I did not have the email when I posted that message. I thought my message was not received, so I posted here. Sorry. Cheers. DragonBallZ 21:02, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Happy Meal Wiki
I need a little help with my Happy Meal wikia--Hailey C. Shannon 23:23, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Administrator on Silent Hill wiki
I would like to be granted admin rights on Silent Hill wiki. It's been idle for about a year and I want to start customizing the skin, adding articles, etc. Thank you! --Pyramidhead 01:12, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Links exchange
Is it ok to exchange links and/or banners with other sites of similar interest? Erdimus (talk) 11:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

romaji
Hi am the founder of can you delete that as its dead, NO users, poor pages. --Jay ✉／✐ 16:42, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yukichi is looking into this. Angela (talk)

More than five years
Congratulations Angela! -- Phillip (talk) 19:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Angela (talk)

Copyright Issue
Hi Angela, a student of mine made some logos for use by a campus organization and uploaded them to the ecology wikia as a convenient way for folks to vote. It turns out that they violate Saint Michael's College trademarks in two instances: I have requested through your copyright person on behalf of the college that they be removed but to no avail. SO, any chance of having them removed? I don't have the access to delete them. Feel free to contact me by email: dmccabe@smcvt.edu Declan 03:08, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Wiki Url
Hi, thanks for the approval of the Materia Magica Wiki.

However I have some issues regarding the site url. The problem is that using materiamagica.wikia.com would be too long and inconvenient. I suggested alyria.wikia.com initially when i requested the wiki, but for some reason it was not used. I would appreciate if I could know why it cannot be used. If alyria.wikia.com is really impossible, then I would still suggest an alternative like mm.wikia.com. (Which I don't know if it meets the requirements?)

Anyway, thanks for you time

Arthialas 11:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


 * This has been changed. Angela (talk)

Las Vegas Wiki
I'm Baaack

I have fresh material to add to the Las Vegas wiki, so maybe you could take off the inactive tag at the home page? Thanks, Jillian2000@yahoo.com


 * The adoption notice has been removed. Angela (talk)

Ice Hockey Wiki and NHL Wiki
Hi Angela,

we at the ice hockey wiki have noticed that the NHL wiki is now being edited very sporadically by a single user. Considering our wiki covers that subject and has a much broader scope, we (the admins of IHW) would like to ask you if it would be possible to merge the NHL wiki into ours. We think both projects would benefit from this move, be it by growth in size, quality and active users. Do you think that move would be possible? Please answer me here: http://icehockey.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Yannzgob --Yannzgob 00:55, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi again Angela,

the NHL wikia side has agreed for the merger :) So when you have some free time, you can begin transferring their wiki into the Ice Hockey Wiki. Thank you very much --Yannzgob 15:48, 5 March 2008 (UTC)


 * The merge is now done. Angela (talk)

Pokemon wiki
Recently the wiki has been receiving a lot of vandalism and currently there are no active admins so they have to wait around for a janitor to come by and clean up the mess. User:MarioGalaxy2433g5 has been helpful on the wiki by reverting vandalism and contacting janitors and is active on the wiki in general so I recommend making him an admin. Would you please consider it. Thank you very much.--Rayman254 00:22, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * MarioGalaxy2433g5 was already made an admin by Phil.e. in January. Angela (talk)

LocalSettings.php for Custom Bionicles
Hi Angela,

Can you please change the logo for Custom Bionicles to please at LocalSettings.php?Thanks,--The Oracle23 00:41, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The image just needs to be renamed Image:Wiki.png (lower case png) and it will work. However, it needs to be no larger than 150px square. Angela (talk)

Cherub admin
Hello,

I am Darth tom  Chit 'n' Chat 17:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC), and I am interested in becoming an administrator on the Cherub wiki, as there are no active administrators. How do I go about doing this? Thanks. Darth tom Chit 'n' Chat 17:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * You're now an admin. Angela (talk)

IRC Cloak
Hi Angela, I'd like an IRC Cloak when you have a moment. I have completed the necessary nickserv actions. -- LordTBT Talk! 00:56, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * This is now done. Angela (talk)

No admins on LBT Wiki
Hello, I am one of the few registered users on the Land Before Time Wiki. The founder and only Sysop of the Wiki has been AWOL since May 2007, and as a result me and the other users have had few ways of fighting vandalism effectively. I would like to request that my account, User: 4myself4, and if possible, User:76.179.50.96 be granted administrative powers. Aabicus 06:54, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * sannse has done this. Angela (talk)

Thefreedomencyclopedia
hello Angela my name is donald landryII from maine i have requested a new wiki about a free encyclopedia. I hope people would take the time to consider accepting this wiki. I have tried and tried to establish my own wiki and it has not worked i have tried many other websites but no luck i hope here people will join the wiki and make it into something special thank you Angela for taking the time to read. Don LandryII --Saugusmassa 15:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Wikia doesn't duplicate existing Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia or Wiktionary. If there's a specific topic you're interested in, you are welcome to request that. Angela (talk)

changes
Hi Angela,

Is there a way to get automatically informed of any changes of functions (new functions, functions which were deleted, ...) and communications-tools (forum, chat etc)? Its quite difficult to get an overview of the immense possibilities to communicate or participate in Wikia Search and to be up to date of any changes.

Thanks, Stefan

mars1974 19.00, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I've left a reply on your talk page. Angela (talk)

Bot
Just wondering: Is there a reason why local bureaucrats cannot grant and remove bot flags? I don't need it done, just asking. Thanks. DragonBallZ 02:20, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I think this was just to prevent abuse since every wiki founder is automatically a bureaucrat, and it's better for someone else to check a bot is approved before adding a flag. Angela (talk)


 * I see, that makes sense. Thanks :) DragonBallZ 16:39, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

http://wikiangela.com/wiki/Special:Statistics is buggy
http://wikiangela.com/wiki/Special:Statistics is buggy 89.14.195.47 19:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, I know. That's the problem with non-Wikia-hosted wikis - they get bugs and there are not 2 dozen engineers waiting to fix them. ;) Angela (talk)

IRC
Is there anyway to retrieve a lost password on irc? I wasn't capable of being on for months and subsequently forgot about it.

Thanks,

Pu cca 4 ev er Ask a question or post a reply 09:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I've left a reply on your talk page. Angela (talk)

Hi Angela i Need your help
Could you please tell me how i can change the interface of pashto wikia which is

http//ps.wikia.com

into english.

If you visit the pashto wikipedia at http://ps.wikipedia.org then youll see that the whole thing is in pashto i want the pashto wikia to be just as that.

Regards

Anobleboy the only member of pashto wikia


 * I've left you a message on that wiki. Angela (talk)

Username filter
Would it be possible to install some sort of username blacklist or something? We are getting quite a lot of accounts being created with very inappropriate usernames. While this would normally not be an issue as the New User Log extension isn't installed, Recentchanges on Gaming is not very work-safe because of it. --Skizzerz talk 03:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)


 * There is a blacklist for repeat spammers, but not for users who have only created accounts. Once the gaming wiki is moved to the regular Wikia codebase, this won't be a problem since not all users are displayed in Special:Listusers. Angela (talk)

About Manticore
He's wreaking havoc on the RuneScape Wikia. Someone created a nonsense page on it called "Light bow". The page is based on an already existent item called the Dark Bow. The company who created RuneScape made a sketch of the Dark Bow, colored white. So the person who made the article decided to make a nonsense page about the white version which is just a sketch.

I labelled it with the speedy deletion tag, and Manticore blocked me and claimed I was "vandalizing". Something has to be done. 67.68.37.7 15:26, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Have you read about my problems with the spam system?
Did you read Forum:Can't create page on Wiki I admin because it looked like Spam? Sysops should be able to create any page bypassing the spam filter as needed. Such pages might be valid. Will (Talk - contribs) 01:08, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It appears that what blocked my edit was, get this, the name of the page. Real stupid. Will (Talk - contribs) 01:26, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Never mind. Fixed it. Will (Talk - contribs) 02:15, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Interwiki Links
Hi Angela,

It seems that recently interwiki links have stopped working.When I type ,it leads me to a wiki about Global Warming.When I try an irregular name(such as Metru Nui,etc.) under  ,it says that it is an invalid wiki,although it does exist.

Please get back to me ASAP on my talk on Custom Bionicles.

Thanks,

--The Oracle23 03:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)


 * This is also effecting all the Wikia interwiki links that Wikipedia is using. -- Ned Scott 07:39, 9 March 2008 (UTC)


 * It seems to have been fixed now. -- Ned Scott 23:02, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Odd. I'm not sure what caused that, but Wikia:c:bionicle:Earth is now working correctly. Angela (talk)

Ghostbusters Wiki
Hey, I've recently stumbled upon an empty, abandoned wiki. I've been editing it heavily over the past few days and was wondering if I could be made an admin? It's abandoned, but I've recruited a couple of friends to help out. Just trying to figure out how to get an admin on there that can help with deletions, etc. --TrumpetManLA 22:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikiscrolls
Hi Angela. Can you please make me an administrator of Wikiscrolls. I have been editing there for a while and have done more work than anyboady else, also both the sites admin have abandoned the project and loads of spam keeps flooding in which I can't control. I edit there under the user name Vladen Impalen. If you could make me an admin I would be really gratefull as it's a project i'm really keen to get of the ground. - Lord KAJ  – Company Office 17:13, 14 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I've left you a message on the Elderscrolls wiki. Angela (talk) 17:22, 14 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah this is great! Thanks for this opertunity, I've been trying to turn Wikiscrolls around for quite some time but there is one user who floods the place with pornographic spam every single day so progress has been practically non existent, I 'm going to make a really go of this wiki thanks again for the opertunity. - Lord KAJ  – Company Office 17:35, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Extension request for Pikipedia
At the Pikipedia, we would like to know whether it's possible to get the AddHTML extension installed. The current reason is so that an IRC-based chatroom can be set up: the extension is required for the HTML involved to work. We feel that the addition of a chatroom would be useful in building up the community at the wiki, and that it would be another reason for visitors to stay. Please reply at c:Pikmin:Forum:Chatroom or c:Pikmin:Pikmin talk:Chatroom. - Greenpickle(talk) 19:38, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Please add namespace Gra (Game - English) and Rozmowy gry (Game Discuttion - English

 * ). My pedia is http://pl.slax.wikia.com/ (Polish)

Page List
Hi Angela,

I was wondering if there was a way to access a listof every page inside of a wiki (one for A Wiki of Unfortunate Events is what I'm looking for).

Thanks,

Jonathan "Asoue1286" Snicket Leave a message on my Talk PageA Wiki of Unfortunate Events: We're Very Concerned

heloow Angela
my user name is ינון and i'm from the Hebrew unchiclopadia. our community entarnal low is that if we want to ask staff user to remove sysop rights from user we have to vote about it and at least 4 users have to be pro the removing (and 2 pro the removing then the users who against it). we have 2 sysops (one of them is also biurocrat) that are no longer active in the site or have vary low active. we vote about the removing of their special rights and if at the ending of the vote (24/3/08 at 16:40 time of Isreal) the users decide to remove theirs speacial rights' we ask you to do it tecnically. the vote is here. tanks, 13:09, 17 March 2008 (UTC)