User talk:Angela

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Nonsensopedia
(discussion archived)


 * Zeartul is a now a bureaucrat there, so he is able to make other users into admins using Special:Makesysop. Angela (talk) 08:24, 28 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Possible Copyright Issue
We have might have a copyright issue or not, in the Activism Wiki. As far as I know, the author of the article is probably okay with it. It's just lacking explicit permission at present. We've had some discussion on the Talk Page. I was wondering if you could provide some further guidance on it.


 * I've replied there. Angela (talk) 08:24, 28 Dec 2005 (UTC)

I need sysop status on tokipona.wikicities (urgently)
Hello Angela,

On tokipona.wikicities there was a big vandalism attack, and I want to fix everything (I have to delete pages to be able to move some pages back to the original place; want to block vandals in future)! Could you give me sysop status there? I am one of those (few ;-) who are observing and editing the wiki quite often there, by the way. Additionally I am sysop on de.wikt and als.wikipedia, so I already know the jobs and tasks of an admin ;-) --- Best regards, Melancholie 03:11, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)


 * Done. Thanks for looking after that wiki. Angela 05:38, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Meta tags like other wikis
Hi, is it possible for you to include  in deleted pages like the Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, etc.? It might be a small difference in MediaWiki versions etc. I couldn't find who to ask, so I thought I'd write it here. Thanks, Oh, by the way, can you rename me User:Water Bottle? -- WB 01:09, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)


 * The meta tag change should be possible. I've requested it at 210. We don't currently have a renameuser feature so I suggest you just make a new account and start using that one instead. Angela 05:38, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)


 * Oh, is Wikicities running an older version of MediaWiki? It seems that the newer versions do that. Oh, can you remove my name from the Bugzilla? Paranoid problem of mine. haha. -- WB 06:36, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, it is, and the renameuser extension isn't part of the main MediaWiki code anyway. Your name doesn't seem to be in the bugzilla - just your username, which is obviously going to be recorded on the wikis anyway, even if you change it, since there is a "rename" log. Angela 21:33, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, I was talking about the noindex, nofollow thing, and the username instead of my actual name. haha. -- WB 20:31, 2 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * I hope I'm not being too annoying, but is removing my handle from there impossible? The bug report seems pretty unnecessary if Wikicities is going to be updated with new version of MediaWiki soon though. -- WB 02:30, 6 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know if that's possible. Bugzilla isn't editable like a wiki. Since it's not your real name, does it matter? If it really does, please contact Jason since he's the only one who would be able to do this, if it is possible. Angela (talk) 02:39, 6 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * It's not that important, but I contacted him anyways. Thanks. -- WB 08:48, 8 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Um... He doesn't seem to be active. -- WB 08:44, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Did you try emailing him? Angela (talk) 15:37, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Good idea! Thanks. -- WB 00:01, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Wikicity logos
How do you change the logo for a Wikicity? Having the normal logo for a dedicated Wikicity makes it a bit basic, and I want to make the logo better. Can you tell me how please. Thankyou.--M Johnson 02:49, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)


 * You have to upload your image to Image:Wiki.png; and don't forget to protect this image/page! --- Best regards, Melancholie 04:30, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)


 * I've replied at the w:c:simpsons:User talk:M Johnson. Angela 05:38, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Wookieepedia user(s) of question
User:General Grievous is clearly stated as multiple users on one account, with the intent of using a membership system on Wookieepedia. I find this very odd, and as they mentioned fees for membership, illegal on this site. Your insight is appreciated. [NOTE: I originally posted this on January 2, however was reverted due to a vandal just before me.] -- Riffsyphon1024 05:15, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)


 * Hmmm... I'm not sure if there trolling, being silly, or are seriously trying to do something. I'd just watch it for now and see if they start doing anything bannable. A shared account is pointless since anyone could change the password, which would not then be recoverable (and I'm not willing to reset the password to something else for an account like that if it does get changed). Angela (talk) 12:46, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Knitwiki
I got an email from you notifying my that my new wiki (knitwiki) was available, but it doesn't seem to be working correctly. I get a 403 forbidden error when I visit knitwiki.wikicities.com, and it isn't listed in the list of wikicities. Let me know what I need to do to get started.

Thanks!

Rlankenau


 * There was a change after I made this wiki. It is now at http://knitting.wikicities.com/ since we're trying to avoid having "wiki" in the wiki name. Knitwiki will redirect there, but isn't working for the main page for some reason, but does for pages like http://knitwiki.wikicities.com/wiki/A. Angela (talk) 12:46, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Some "noob admin" questions ...
Hi Angela,

thanks for your welcome message. I have recieved the wiki notification email with "Subject: Re: Request for a new Wikicity - clean." on 2005 dec 27th. If that's the one you were referring to, I don't know why it appeared bouncing to you.

May I ask you about a few difficulties that I cannot resolve by myself?


 * How to address the sitenotice in the css? I'd like to give it a distinct background color. Simply adding them to #sidenotice {...} doesn't seem to have any effect.
 * Also, I'd like to have a border around the white "Welcome to Clean City ..." box at the main page, but how to do this? At least, I have found and copied the responsible shared Template:MainStyle1, so I can try to customize it. Unfortunately, inside the style="..." tag, a border specification seems to be ignored?
 * Yet another problem: I have uploaded the Clean City search logo, but as it is shown in the search box it still points to www.wikicities.com. I suppose I have to create/edit a MediaWiki page to let the logo link to the Clean City main page - but humm, which one?

Last, but not least: Which is the best place to ask such questions? I do read around in the documentation and help pages quite a lot, but sometimes I just don't happen to find an answer there. Recently I have bothered Jasonr with some issues, this time I am asking you. However, I'd rather not keep you both busy by personal talk about every little problem I encounter. I am quite sure that many users out there come up with similar questions. Are there more "community driven" talk pages where people from various wikicities share their experience and give support to each other?

Thank in advance you for any help

zooloo


 * Yes, that was the email I meant. I guess it was a temporary bounce and the mail still got through eventually.
 * I just tried editing the sitenotice styles, but I can't see what's wrong. You could try asking on the Community portal to see if anyone else can help.
 * zooloo: Thanks for trying to fix it. This is the first time I have to concern myself with css in detail. Apparently, the !important rule made the difference (to the sitenotice). Unfortunately, distinct coloring didn't turn out to look all that well. Sorry about involving you in dead end work. I've learned something useful thereby anyway, not only for the case of important announcements.
 * Perhaps if you put a div with a style around the white box, you could give it a border?
 * I don't know if there's a way to change where the search logo links to. Can you check with Jason about that?
 * It's fine to ask me or Jason. Other places you might find useful to ask are the Community portal, the Mailing list and the IRC channel.
 * zooloo: I could easily come up with half a dozen new questions already, most of which are technical ones, though. Your pointer to the the community portal certainly will prove helpful, but I might also have to keep bugging Jason for a while. (I am confident the frequency of issues will decrease drastically, once the initial work is done.)
 * Please check your style changes in another browser. I just looked at it in Internet Explorer, and the whole sidebar is missing, so something must be wrong.
 * zooloo: Thanks for telling. I did check in Opera 8.5, IE 5.0 and FF 1.07, with some slight flaws in IE remaining - nothing like a missing sidebar, though. Which IE version are you referring to?
 * Angela (talk) 13:15, 6 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, it looks fine now in IE. Angela (talk) 12:32, 9 Jan 2006 (UTC)

"Wiki tips" page
Hi Angela: Hey, I'm tickled that you guys liked our "wiki tips" page enough to bring it to the central city. That's very cool; I hope it's helpful for other wikis! We're having a really good time on the Muppet Wiki, this is so much fun. Thanks for setting up such a great service! -- Danny Toughpigs 04:10, 7 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Logo contest
Heh i hate to bother you, because I know you're busy and other people have already bothered you, but when do you think the Logo contest winner will be decided? Thanks :) Also I went on a Slashdot friend adding spree and added you along with a bunch of other people, in case you wonder who the new fan is. --Insertwackynamehere 05:31, 8 Jan 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but we're waiting on the lawyers for this since there are copyright & trademark issues to sort out. I hope it'll be possible to announce the winner this week. Angela (talk) 12:32, 9 Jan 2006 (UTC)


 * The lawyers apologize for it taking so long. --BradP 16:38, 10 Jan 2006 (UTC)


 * :) Angela (talk) 16:43, 10 Jan 2006 (UTC)


 * Heh ok cool :) --Insertwackynamehere 23:35, 11 Jan 2006 (UTC)

LOTR could use an active sysop
Please see my self-nomination at http://lotr.wikicities.com/wiki/LOTR:Requests_for_adminship - there's still a lot of mindless blanking from 6 January to be reverted, and we get spam now and then. Our founder FireBird disappeared without trace shortly after setting up. Robin Patterson 05:37, 9 Jan 2006 (UTC)


 * I've made you an bureaucrat. Good luck clearing up the wiki. Angela (talk) 12:32, 9 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Articles not appearing in Category list
I'm having a strange problem with categories on the GameBlender 4 Ever Wikicity. I'm trying to add an article to a category using a template, in a similar manner to the userboxes on Wikipedia. When you look at the article Creating A Health Bar it appears to be in Category:Tutorials by goldentaiji, but when you look at the actual category page the article doesn't appear in the list. The template I'm using to add the article is. I know the tags don't work in 1.4 so I haven't used them. I don't understand why the article isn't appearing in the list. Is it a limitation of 1.4? Should I subst: it instead? Would you mind having a look when you get a chance? Cheers. &mdash;Gorgan almighty 11:36, 12 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * replied at w:c:gameblender:User talk:Gorgan almighty. Angela (talk) 13:12, 12 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :) &mdash;Gorgan almighty 09:53, 13 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Site Name
It's me again. I've got the logo down, but I need help with two more things, which are
 * Changing the name of Project pages from ""The Simpsons Wiki"" to ""Wikisimpsons"". Because it was originally created at The Simpsons Wiki, I want to change it. Is this possible? Also;
 * The name of my main page. I've changed it to ""Wikisimpsons Central"" but it stil says Main Page in the top navigation bar. Please help, it will be much appreciated.--M Johnson 08:16, 13 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Account only editing/deletion of accounts and IPs
Is it possible to delete an account or an IP address from a wikicities wiki? If not, is it possible to make it so that only user with account can edit? Kumarhk 12:48, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * The software of Wikicities does not allow accounts or IPs to be deleted. Wikicities are for everyone, both registered and anon. contributors. So I'm afraid that the answer of your second question will be negative. --DCLXVI 13:02, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with DCLXVI. Is there a particular problem your wiki has that leads you to want this? Perhaps there's an alternative solution. Angela (talk) 15:37, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * While it is true, one can go extreme by going to the MySQL and deleting the account there... -- WB 00:02, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * This wouldn't work, since the account will be linked to from page histories. If you just delete it from the database, someone else can wrongly claim credit for those edits. Angela (talk) 00:08, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Thank You
Thanks for fixing some of the spam on the NeoPets Guilds site! --RJ 02:42, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Recommended block
212.100.250.208 hit us this morning. Light & fixable, but annoying. Chadlupkes 15:16, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)


 * I've blocked the URL they were spamming since that's usually more effective than blocking one IP when they can easily come back with a new IP. Angela (talk) 15:59, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)

My thoughts exactly :-)
''The Wikicities:Protection says to only resort to this if there is persistant vandalism. There are alternatives to keep the main page free from vandalism, like moving the content to template pages instead of locking the whole page. There should be enough admins here than a couple of bits of vandalism aren't really a problem.'' Knowledge Is Self | talk. 17:13, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)

My Page dosnt exist?
My page was made by you a few days ago so why is it not on the list? Whopper 22:46, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)


 * The list isn't up to date since each wiki needs to be added manually. You can add yours at Template:List of Wikicities if you like, but I'm hoping we will have an automatic list of these in future. Angela (talk) 23:05, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Spam
Thanks for helping out with the recent spam at AIDS Dissent. I'm still the main guy holding down the fort, and I was gone at a conference this past week and wasn't able to do daily checks/upkeep. Thanks! Revolver 01:21, 17 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
I just wanted to thank you for deleting all the spam at Journawiki. Thanks! Maurreen 01:46, 17 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Danny Phantom
I want my own Danny Phantom wiki because I do not have control over the Nickelodeon wiki!Jake the Croboy 22:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


 * You can not have control over a wiki on Wikicities. Please see Ownership. If there are problems on the Nickelodeon wiki, please work with the others there to improve it. Angela (talk) 23:16, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I want to be an admin automatically. Plus, the Nick wiki sucks anyway.63.19.138.109 00:55, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Being an admin doesn't give you any special rights over the wiki. It is just a way you can clear up vandalism more easily. If the nick wiki "sucks", perhaps we can think of ways to improve it. Have you discussed the problems with the people who edit there? Angela (talk) 03:30, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


 * C'mon, I WANT A DANNY PHANTOM WIKI!!!63.19.198.13 04:04, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


 * If you are unable to work within a community, such as that at the Nick wiki, perhaps you would be happier with your own wiki where you could prevent other people editing. There are various options for that sort of thing listed at Wikibooks. Angela (talk) 04:12, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

AmaZone wikicity under attack
Dear Angela:

The AmaZone wikicity has been suffering repeated attacks from different IPs: some insert links to porn addresses; others insert long lists of garbage. Is there anything to be done? Thanks. --200.165.233.48 00:22, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * An automatic clean up script has been written to deal with this. More info soon... Angela (talk) 15:12, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Wookieepedia.org
Hey Angela, just thought I'd mention that the domain www.wookieepedia.org expires on January 24, if you're still interested in hosting us. Oh, and it'd be great if you could reply to the discussion you started regarding our logo (link) --Imp 15:42, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for telling me. I've sent your message to Michael Davis who is responsible for domain names, and left a message on the logo talk page. Angela (talk) 15:15, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Spam Cleanup Script
I see a number of pages that were spammed have been reverted ... with "Spam Cleanup Script" as the User name. Is this something Wikicities has implemented? This is a good thing, yes? ;) http://peace.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Spam%20cleanup%20script

Thanks 16:58, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * It is something new to cleanup pages that contain URLs that are in the Spam Blacklist. I've asked Tim Starling to post to the mailing list with details about it. Angela (talk) 15:08, 21 January 2006 (UTC)


 * well alrighty then.
 * I see it didn't seem to work on one page at PeaceWiki, but that you reverted it yourself.
 * And SpamScript just reverted it again. I now see why, and replaced a cjb.net link with one from TinyURL. Thanks. -ts-
 * I thought it might. I hadn't read Spam cleanup script then though. Now you've replaced the cjb.net link, it shouldn't happen again. Angela (talk) 17:06, 21 January 2006 (UTC)