User talk:Sannse

I'm back, but have limited Internet time for a while on doctor's orders (grump) If you need anything urgently, please ask one of the other members of the community support team, or ask on the forum for help. See you soon!

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Please add new messages to the bottom, thanks :) -- sannse (talk)

Layout problem with new skin
Hi - I've posted this problem in the Inside forum, but it doesn't seem to be a very busy forum at the moment, and I was wondering if you could do anything yourself. It seems to be the case that, with the new skin, the 'top content' box always appears for those who are not logged-in to the wiki I've just started (http://chainsofreason.wikia.com/wiki/Home). The presence of this box, along with the ad box, means that the navigation box is quite far down the screen - indeed, it is actually off the screen on my laptop when the ad box is square-shaped (as opposed to when it is a not-so-high oblong shape when displaying 'Wikia Spotlight' ads). Is it possible to have this 'top content' box not show, or at least show below the navigation box? Please reply on my talk page, thanks. Derrick Farnell ( talk ) 18:12, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi - I didn't get a reply to the above. Derrick Farnell ( talk ) 14:38, 3 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry I missed this one Derrick, on my way to your talk page now -- sannse (talk) 22:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

RS Wiki sysop
Hi. There is a certain sysop on the RuneScape Wiki who has been behaving very inappropriately lately. Dreadnought has always been "the mean admin", but lately he's been making personal attacks and abusing his powers in general. A while ago, he attacked Whiplash here and called Gangsterls an idiot here. I tried to act appropriately by blocking him for a day according to policies, but he responded with fury by unblocking himself and blocking me here. I warned him that he was on his last toenail here, but he later persisted here. I do not think this is acceptable behaviour. I think that he should be desysopped semipermanently until he completes a successful RFA. Please respond on my RS Wiki talk page. Thank you. Dtm142 04:03, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Replied on Runescape -- sannse (talk) 22:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Dofus.wikia
Well dont know if you read my msg that i put in your talk page in the dofus.wikia, the {{Replace seems unafected if they changed the $wgStringFunctionsLimitReplace i left a template on your talk page so you could see when this is properly working.

Then on another note i want to request again bot tags for User:CizBot and now to User:LiriBot, c:Dofus:Forum:Bot permition request --Cizagna {{sup|(Talk)}} 00:23, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Cizagna, I've asked TOR to have another look at the setting, and I've set both those accounts as bots. -- sannse (talk) 22:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks --Cizagna {{sup|(Talk)}} 23:58, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

#uncyc-overflow
Hi sannse,

What do you think about setting this channel +q? This sends any messages to anyone currently opped, even though the channel is moderated.

Manticore Talk 15:32, 11 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not really involved in that channel much... I think Tom generally looks after it, beat ask him -- sannse (talk) 17:21, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Unescesairy protection
Hi, i think the main page of this [wiki] should not be protected like that. I've discovered it was because i wanted to put on it. Thanks in advance for the help. TulipVorlax 10:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Doh! There's another one : ! TulipVorlax 10:08, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Can i ask why the subst doesn't work there : ? TulipVorlax 10:24, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, I've unprotected those pages, let me know if you need others done. I'm not sure what's wrong on fr.finalfantasy, I'll report that as a bug -- sannse (talk) 22:44, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, i'll continue to "scan" the french category for currently inactives wikis. TulipVorlax 04:51, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Another inactive wiki here that i can't tag the main page for adoption : . Thanks. TulipVorlax 03:10, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * fixed -- sannse (talk) 16:49, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I will take a break of thoses things... ;-) TulipVorlax 10:45, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

I feel so stupid asking this...
Okay, I am adopting the Titanic wiki. Is there any way that I can find out the original mission statement for the wiki?
 * Hi, looks like there wasn't much of one... what there is is on the description page at Titanic. Looks like you can take it wherever you think it should go!  Have fun :) -- sannse (talk) 16:51, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Halopedia Forums
Rename "Halo Forums" to "Halo," please, add a section called "Community," move the subsections "Halopedia Community" and "Help Desk" to "Community," and make a subsection called "Other Games" inside the "Community" section, please. Thank you! =D -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 01:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * All done -- sannse (talk) 17:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Right now it's this:


 * Halo
 * Halo 3
 * Halo 2
 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo Novels
 * Community
 * Other Games

Can you change it to this, please?


 * Halo
 * Halo 3
 * Halo 2
 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo Novels
 * Community
 * Community
 * Other Games

Thanks! =D -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 22:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * All done again -- sannse (talk) 22:12, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Need this now, by request of some of the forumgoers:


 * Halo
 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo 2
 * Halo 3
 * Halo Wars
 * Halo Novels
 * Community
 * Other Games
 * Community
 * Montages
 * Help Desk

If you can reorder, please do. If not, don't worry about it--mainly I just need the "Montages" and "Halo Wars" added. Thanks! =D -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 23:31, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

How to set QartzBeach as a default skin for my wiki?
My wiki is Bg.astronomy.wikia.com The default skin is the monobook and i want to set the QartzBeach as a default!

Thank you!

JėdĬ māŜŢEŖ ĈĦĂνĊhσ 10:39, 19 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Replied on the user's central talk page, hope you don't mind. :) -- Manticore  Talk 11:36, 19 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Not at all :) thanks for replying -- sannse (talk) 18:24, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for trying sannse. If this opportunity ever arises, let me know =) --LordTBT Talk! 19:58, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Perverted works on Fiction wikia
The fiction wikia currently is undergoing a major debate over what stories ("works") should remain on the site. Quite a few works are particularly controversial. this one is one such case. The work is hard literotica/porn and thus I found at least parts of it inappropriate for the web site. I deleted such sections, but User:Serprex undid the "censorship" and now it's back to a really, really perverted story. What's more, for a fiction site, not only is the particular work bad taste, but it's also heavily lacking in either literary merit or humor/creativity, which means that it's not worth much.

This is actually an example of a larger conflict that we've been having. I'll tell you right away that I'm in favor of works in which people actually spend their time and effort to make into credible, good stories and poems with merit, because I see this as the best way to attract responsible, diligent new users in the long run, which is what we need if the site is to grow. Problem is, there are far more people who put up works of bad taste (such as works in made-up languages, works in which words are written backwards, works in which there's primarily random nonsense) and claim them to be good works unworthy of deletion. As a result, every once in a while an edit war occurs, depending on what we decide should or should not be kept on the site. Most of them are resolved peacefully rather quickly, and we all do our best to posit our points of view on talk pages.

It's hard though. And I have a feeling that if the bad works on this site aren't gotten rid of, newcomers will merely take it as an indication at they too can also submit horrible content, which perpetuates the cycle. And when the actual good writers show up for the first time and see the mess, they may be discouraged. Thankfully, there aren't too many such pages that I consider worthy of deletion, but I want to get this sorted out so in the future there will be less need for controversy. And I hope you'll agree with me that the best way to make a wikia for fiction is to remove shoddy, I-spewed-this-out-in-one-minute, perverted, random/jejune, pseudo-, controversial stories in favor of nice traditional poems, short stories, and novels that can actually attract attention. I hope you'll show up on the Fiction wikia and see for yourself.

Yunzhong Hou 14:15, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know about this. I've deleted that article, and will leave a message for the community.  In general, it's best for the community to regulate themselves in this regard, and certainly issues of quality of writing are an issue for the wiki community and not for Wikia.  But if the boundaries of offensiveness and sexual content are pushed too far, then we do have to step in.  I hope the community can pull together to avoid that!  Thanks again -- sannse (talk) 21:07, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

fi.wikia problems
Hi sannse, regarding the problems with fi.wikia, I found another: CSS-related problem this time. MediaWiki:Common.css and MediaWiki:Monobook.css are loaded in page HTML sourcecode, but seems that they have no effect whatsoever: w:c:fi:Wikia has ads, even though some ad-hiding CSS is defined on w:c:fi:MediaWiki:Monobook.css, in the per-page CSS (sivukohtainen CSS) section. .page-Wikia #column-google {display:none} is clearly there and it has worked before...very odd, please poke TOR/Splarka/someone about these problems.

Thank you. :) --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 22:44, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Seems to be working today, including MediaWiki messages recentchangestext, mainpage and site CSS is working too...I really wonder what was up last night...oh well. --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 13:30, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Danny saw some of this too... not sure what it was, but it seems to be a temporary glitch at least -- sannse (talk)

I wan to change my "SITENAME"
Well, greetings and congratulations, I think wikia is a very good project.

I have asked somewhere about this topic, and they said me to ask you.

My wiki is http://es.wow.wikia.com/wiki/Portada, and his topic/Sitename is World of WarCraft.

I just want to change it to WarcraftWiki, cuz World of WarCraft doesn't fit entirely with the wiki, and no man in the wiki likes it.

If you can change it to WarcraftWiki, I will be so pleased.

Thanks a lot, --Lon-ami 16:04, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey sannse, I pointed this user your way because apparently the form doesn't like Splarka. :P -- Manticore  Talk 16:42, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks Manticore. Lon-ami, do you also want the project namespace as well?  You have a few redirects in the "World of WarCraft:" namespace, and some articles that start with "WarcraftWiki:".  If you want the namespace changed to WarcraftWiki too, then you need to move all articles using both the old and the new name.  Otherwise they will break when I make the change.  Thanks -- sannse (talk) 21:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Done. All the World of WarCraft articles have been deleted and moved to WarcraftWiki articles. I don't know if I explain well, but I only want to change all the names World of WarCraft to WarcraftWiki. I think that's the project name or the wiki's topic, don't know. Thanks ;).--Lon-ami 15:30, 24 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, all the conflictive pages have been renamed. The namespace can be now changed with no problems.-- Fo xt re me  (Contacto) 17:07, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Redirects are pages too ;) I deleted those, and changed the setting.  You are now "WarcraftWiki"!  You can move back any pages you want to now.  Thanks -- sannse (talk) 22:00, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, that was all, so thanks a lot! Continue with wikia, it's great!--Lon-ami 14:38, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Navbar troubles
Could you please take a look at the Fiction wikia? In particular, the pages


 * MediaWiki:Common.js
 * Template:Dynamic navigation noncentered
 * Main Page

I would like for the + and - / show and hide buttons to appear to the left of the header text in each bar. Could you do that? Thanks! --Yunzhong Hou 19:13, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * You may be able to get help in the Forum with that, or ask Dantman, I see he is an admin on Fiction. He's great with such things and should be able to help. -- sannse (talk) 21:41, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Request
I would like adminship on please so i can help there.--Supericed 20:39, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, maybe you could work on the wiki you requested first? It's a bit daunting starting a wiki by yourself, but getting a few good pages on your topic there will be a good start.  Then you can try and encourage other users to join you.  You could work on two wikis at once, but maybe working on the one you founded will be the best first step.  Good luck with the project! -- sannse (talk) 22:24, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I need an image, please
I'm changing up all the Hubs a bit, adding more stars and stuff... and I need a picture. Something along the style of the taskstars, but shaped like a rhombus and all white and shiny, and we only need 12x12, not 20x20. It should look like a diamond. If you can help with this, thank ya VERY much! =D -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 01:15, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi GPT, I'll try and do this over the weekend -- sannse (talk) 22:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Sannse -- I was just talking to GPT on his talk page... I love the three-star system, but I have a different idea about the colors. GPT said that I could change them if I wanted, and suggested that I talk to you. You can see the conversation there if you're interested. I don't know if you have time for this at the moment, so I'm also going to ask Scott about it. But for now, you're off the hook on the diamond. Let me know what you think... -- Danny (talk ) 17:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Addition of Namespace to Age of Conan wikia please.
Hi there Sannse,

Is it possible to have a Namespace added for the Age of Conan wikia ? Please add Namespace of "Guild" if you could?

Thanking muchly!


 * Hi, I've added this. -- sannse (talk) 23:14, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks :) One problem tho, the Forum namespace was removed? Kind of wanted to keep that as well. c:aoc:Forum:Index is gone now. :/ Zido [T] [C] 00:27, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Argh! I forgot that bit! I will have to get a techy guy to help now. I will get help as soon as I can... I'm so sorry about this, it will be right back! -- sannse (talk) 00:32, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


 * No problem, I think we can manage without it for a bit :) Zido [T] [C] 02:17, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


 * And it's back, thanks to TOR! Well at least that's another mistake that I won't stumble over next time :) -- sannse (talk) 17:52, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


 * YAY! Thank Ye!

Cancel option for report a problem tabs
Is it possible to get a "Cancel" option added to the inpage form that appears when someone clicks on the "report a problem" tab?

It seems under the runescape.wikia.com (and possibly others) that some people have inadvertantly clicked on the "report a problem" tab, and decided they did not want to report anything, or maybe they were just looking. However, they have not worked out how to get out of it, so end up clicking the "Report a problem" button to get out.

I think a "Cancel" or "Cancel report" button next to the "Report a problem" button would make it more obvious. This new button could just hide the form again.

Anyway, just a suggestion. Thanks. Amaurice (talk) 14:13, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * And a good one! thanks :) I'll pass this on to the developer working on the feature.  -- sannse (talk) 23:15, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Tyler Warren
Just a heads up for you. I've posted this on Angela's talk page too, but since she's a bit busy with house moves, etc, I thought I'd message you too.

The runescape.wikia.com site had a problem with repeated major attacks from 2 or 3 specific people over a period of time, using IP switchers, etc. One of the major vandals was someone know as "Total Rune" (real name Tyler Warren). It now seems that he has got his own wikia at odyssey.wikia.com. It's possible that he will now be constructive rather than destructive (see Runescape:User talk:Tyler Warren). I just wanted you to be aware of it. Amaurice (talk) 14:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting us know, we will keep an eye out :) -- sannse (talk) 18:14, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppet vandalism and spamming at several wikis
Recently a user named Assaulthead has appeared on a number of wikis (StarCraft, C&C, Transformers, and South Park, possibly others) and made a large number of spam edits. When confronted by administrators, he deleted their warnings and harassed some of them. He was eventually banned from StarCraft, C&C and Transformers for these activities.

When he first appeared on the StarCraft wiki, he originally didn't have an account, and at first used the name Sideways (which has also since been banned). Since then, he has come back with different account names, such as Soldier 79, and continued to spam the various wikis (and deletes warnings from his talk pages, to the point that these pages were sometimes locked after he was banned). His style of communication is distinctive, and he always puts "I'm not Assaulthead" in his new user page; I'm 99% sure the other accounts are sockpuppets.

I am requesting a checkuser on his IP in order to be 100% sure that it's the same person, hopefully so that all the accounts can be blocked at the same time.

For the StarCraft wiki, http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/69.234.144.73, http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/69.234.145.190, http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/69.234.99.35, http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Sideways,  http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Assaulthead, http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Soldier_79 and possibly others.

For the C&C wiki, http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Assaulthead, User talk:Smugface the untrustworthy dwarf and http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Soldier_79

For the teletraan-1 wiki, http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Assaulthead - this shows the most vivid reasons why he has been blocked from so many wikis.

Sorry if this message appears someplace else; I tried using the private "contact us" form but my computer crashed at the exact moment I hit the send button.

PsiSeveredHead 19:34, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, yes, they look like the same person. You could try blocking 76.247.222.101 and 69.234.0.0/16 - although I wouldn't keep the second blocked for too long, it's a common IP -- sannse (talk) 21:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I've spread the news to the other affected wikis as well. PsiSeveredHead 04:00, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

fOrUmS1!1
Need this:


 * Halo
 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo 2
 * Halo 3
 * Halo Wars
 * Halo Novels
 * Community
 * Other Games
 * Community
 * Montages
 * Help Desk

Turned into this:


 * Halo
 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo 2
 * Halo 3
 * Halo Wars
 * Halo Novels
 * ilovebees
 * Community
 * Other Games
 * Community
 * Montages
 * Help Desk

Thanks! =D -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 20:19, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry GPT, I'm out of time! But I will do this as soon as I'm back on-line... if someone else can't help before then -- sannse (talk) 21:59, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Forumadmin on RS Wiki.
Hi. I started a community discussion on the topic here, and there seems to be consensus to make myself and possibly some other editors forumadmins. Also, could you please give Wowbot bot status? He seems to have gained a general consensus to get the powers and begin editting here. Thank you. Dtm142 01:12, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Done and done (you only on forumadmin, until you make a decision on how this is going to work :) -- sannse (talk) 22:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Desysop me on SW Fanon, please
I would like to request a desysop on SW Fanon. Due to the fact that I no longer have the time or the interest to contribute, it would be unfair to them to have me in an admin position when they all earned theirs by their activity and enthusiasm. User:StarNeptune 10:43, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Done - thanks for all your help there StarNeptune! -- sannse (talk) 21:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Adopting a wiki
The wiki at this link seems to be dead and I'm the only person who has been editing it for the last couple of months (possibly ever!). Would it be possible for me to take over as sysop at this wiki? How do I go about it? The only other registered user apart from myself is the current sysop and he is totally inactive and has contact details. --Oskarsson 13:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * you are now a sysop! Have fun! -- sannse (talk) 21:57, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

pvx builds bugged?
I think something is bugged with the Pvx builds when you download them. Before whenever you would download a build they each had their own name. I just downloaded a few builds and they were all named {art_name} If you try to download any other build it will not matter all of them have the same name. I know it did not used to be like this before, so if you try to download a second build a message will pop up saying this file already exists, and asks to replace. (even though it is a different file, has same name)


 * PvX Wiki is not affiliated with GuildWiki or Wikia. -Afker 22:25, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I see, thank you. Where are the PvX admins though? Can anyone tell me where i can contact them or give a link, please? Or perhaps this can be forwarded move this to them?


 * There is a list of them at http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Special:Listusers/sysop - you will have to look at contributions to see which are active though (or try the admin notice board, linked in the sidebar) -- sannse (talk) 18:35, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Clicking their names will take you to their user pages. From there you can find their talk pages (like this one) and links to their contributions (to see if they are currently active).  The "sidebar" is the list of links in boxes along the side of each page on the wiki.  One of the links there is to the "admin noticeboard".  That looks like a good option to contact the admins there -- sannse (talk) 19:31, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

IE7 bug report
Hi Sannse, when you come back could you inform me hows the IE issues i reported you on mirc im still getting reports at Special problem report --Cizagna (Talk) 16:12, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Cizagna, it's with the tech team. Hopefully they will be able to cure it soon! -- sannse (talk) 18:35, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Bots in IRC
Can we get some semi-formal rule about bots being brought into #wikia. Users keep bringing in bots like PinkyBot and [NewsBot] without any consensus to bring them in, then the bot gets kicked out and auto returns, making the person work on a long block to only block the bot without blocking a user. Then after that a big debate starts about whether bots belong in #wikia. Users against it note the dislike of bots by some staff and that consensus should decide if it is ok for a bot to be inside of #wikia. Then those few who want the bot go and say that the other 40 or so users don't have an issue with it, when 90% of those users are formally away, lurking, or a double user and aren't responding on how they may not like it because they are not at the computer.

All these bots coming in with no valid reason or pre-consensus is getting annoying. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 4, 2007 @ 21:03 (UTC)

I agree, bots are really not needed in that channel. -- sannse (talk) 22:32, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

The Office Wiki/Dunderpedia
I deleted all those pages you told me to delete in order to change the name of the site to Dunderpedia and Dunderpedia: The Office Wiki. Thanks in advance. DaHumorist 21:57, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, you should be set... the title bar doesn't look quite right to me, but I think that's a cache thing. It should clear soon.  If not, give me another shout!  -- sannse (talk) 22:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Adminship not working
Thank you for changing my status form from (none) to sysop, bureaucrat but sadly it hasn't worked. When you typed my username there was a space in between the User: and the name Bioevil087. You can check here [] and you will see what I mean. Please fix it as soon as possible. Thank You very much. Bioevil087 02:24, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Now there's a strange error... it shouldn't allow me to change rights if the username isn't correct... Anyway, it's fixed now, you may need to log out and in again to see the change.  Sorry for the problem -- sannse (talk) 02:56, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Can you fix this one too please sannse? w:c:engineering:Special:Log/rights. I left a message for Catherine but she might not have noticed it. Thanks. -- Manticore  Talk 03:00, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Board 8 Wiki
Hello Sannse, would it be possible for you to edit the localsettings.php for my wiki, http://board8.wikia.com/ so that only registered users are able to edit pages? We've had some problems with vandalism here and there, but mainly we just want it so people stop being lazy and get an account for the sake of the other benefits. Picking a skin, contrib listings, all that stuff. Thanks! --Ngamer 23:11, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot for your help with the vandalism rollback in my wiki, Sannse. Together we did it really quick. --Spankart 18:52, 11 November 2007 (UTC)