User talk:JSharp

Text Field and Button: Add code to article?
Hey JSharp. Got another problem for you: How can I made a field box and button such that when I click the button it adds a new line of code to a given article? Here's an example: The highlighed text is what the button would add: http://wikia.pastey.net/85516-2zaa. The original Template is here: http://shaiya.wikia.com/wiki/User:Data/Weapon/All-Stripped/SB and after adding the line it's this: http://shaiya.wikia.com/wiki/User:Data/Weapon/All-Stripped2/SB Nicolasjager 05:33, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, in this case you'd need to follow the instructions here: http://help.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Custom_edit_buttons . That should be everything you need :) -- JSharp (talk) 02:51, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Problem Advert
I already requested that you block the inappropriate ad with Jessica Simpson in her wet T-shirts but since it's still around, here's the URL. http://hosted.zango.com/affiliates/lp/JessicaSimpson.htm?ref=30289 -Arias Knight
 * Sorry about the trouble, it's just that we'll need a bit more information about the ad to block it successfully. Here are the instructions to get the information we'll need:

How can I report a bad advertisement --- Firefox instructions
 * 1) Right click on the ad
 * 2) If the Element Properties box appears then copy the url shown for Image Properties - Location:   It's probably a very long url so be sure to copy the whole line.
 * 3) If a flash player menu appears (which is likely for animated ads)
 * 4) *Ignore the flash menu
 * 5) *On the Firefox toolbar, click Tools=>Page Info
 * 6) *Select the Media tab from the Page Info popup
 * 7) *Look through the list of address for a very long URL, its probably the longest URL in the list
 * 8) *Copy that url
 * 9) Note the URL of the wiki where the ad was spotted and the size of the ad.
 * 10) If convenient, send a snapshot of the ad as well.
 * 11) Collect the above data into an e-mail and send it to community@wikia.com and your removal request will be evaluated. Please note that bad ad requests are evaluated on a case by case basis.

This is an example of a typical ad url: http://content.mmanager.nmcxnnet.net/atmos/f9/43/f9439va8afb77a799ga9sg83.swf?clickTag=http%3A%2F%2Fads%2Drm%2Errroorrr%2Ecom%2Fasdf%asdfiaosdASDFASDF . If you don't have firefox please let me know which browser you do have and I'll get some instructions made up for it. -- JSharp (talk) 19:47, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

All Messages
Hi. When I translate some of the messages in here on fa.wikia it only changes on that wikia. Where I can translate the messages that will show up every where?
 * And please look at this.--BlueDevil Talk 21:30, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, you can add your messages into w:c:internationalization and they'll be reviewed and copied over globally though that wiki may be being deprecated. -- JSharp (talk) 04:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

can you do that sysop can give rollback to any user they want in the Hebrew Eincyclopedia?
is it possible? 14:00, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Unfortuantly no, at this time special:giverollback is limited to founders and staff only. -- JSharp (talk) 04:10, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Template
Hello,

I was told that you're Wikia's resident Template expert, so I'm asking for help. I'm the (less expert) Templater on Elderscrolls Wikia, but I'm having trouble with this one. It's an attempt to merge some other templates into one for more easy use. Could you take a look at it? The code should work, but when tried it, well, doesn't. Thanks in advance. - Game LordTalk 14:10, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi :) I've taken a look at your code and I'm going to need a bit more time to work on it. I'll let you know what I find out soon. -- JSharp (talk) 19:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Bug in the logo script in the hebrew eincyclopedia
in firefox it's work fine, but in explorer it's disappear and after few seconds appear again and it's says that there are bug in the page, can you fix it? 15:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * hmm, I took a look at it but IE is a little hard to debug. It should be identical to the english uncyclopedia. Have you tried clearing your cache and cookies? -- JSharp (talk) 01:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

About translations
See Jack Phoenix message on Forum:Translations.

To reproduce this:


 * 1) Go to Special:Allmessages of a non-english wiki, and select one system message that:
 * 2) * Is already translated in the language of that wiki but is not modified in that wiki (the message has a red link). That means that the message is picked from the .php script of that language on the server.
 * 3) * and a translation for that message doesn't exist in w:c:messaging.
 * For example, to see if the message MediaWiki:Exif-fnumber is translated in German, go to w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:Exif-fnumber/de and check that it doesn't exist.
 * 1) Then create the message in english on messaging. For example: w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:Exif-fnumber. Note: without /en because the base language for messaging is english).

A live example, in Spanish:


 * 1) On w:c:es.pokemon, w:c:es.pokemon:MediaWiki:Userrights-editusergroup is translated to Spanish, but the system message isn't created yet.
 * 2) On w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:Userrights-editusergroup/es doesn't exists
 * 3) Create w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:Userrights-editusergroup, with the text in english.
 * 4) Now w:c:es.pokemon:MediaWiki:Userrights-editusergroup shows the english message instead of the spanish one. That affects all languages (except english), so the default of that message in all languages of all wikis is now in english.

I picked that message because Special:Userrights isn't visible to users or sysops, and changes on that message aren't harmful.

PD: the deletion of these comments was intended? --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 19:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for giving me that list. The deletion of those comments wasn't intentional, and I've put them back. I'll see if I can reproduce that issue with your instructions and then I'll file a bug ticket. -- JSharp (talk) 19:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I tried to reproduce the issue but your default message wasn't changed when I created w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:Userrights-editusergroup on messaging with the english text even when I was logged out. Is it possible the issue has been fixed already or that it was a temporary error? Can you point me at an existing message that should be in spanish according to default mediawiki message tables but is currently in english because of messaging? -- JSharp (talk) 17:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Ok, my example didn't worked, but could you explain that?
 * Creation, move and detete:, and . Now in all languages that message are totally empty: MediaWiki:Fancycaptcha-createaccount, MediaWiki:Captcha-badlogin, MediaWiki:Captcha-create, es:MediaWiki:Fancycaptcha-createaccount, es:MediaWiki:Captcha-badlogin, es:MediaWiki:Captcha-create. And yes, I say NOW because the default message exist in ConfirmEdit.i18n.php.

And about an example that you requested: I can't explain why my avobe didn't worked. Maybe someone fixed it (except when the message is moved/deleted) or maybe it's completely random. Cheers. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 14:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I had to restore the default message of MediaWiki:Addsection because (just compare dates). And that message is easily visible on all talk pages.
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 * I've been looking at this for the last several days, but I'm still having trouble reproducing this. I'll keep trying, if it's still happening for you. -- JSharp (talk) 17:33, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Template help
On top trumps wiki i have an template for packs, but it goes to the bottom, instead of the top as on other wikis and some other pages.Heres an example.Could you please help and please post on here.Thanks.Sgtcook 20:47, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Responded on user talk page. -- JSharp (talk) 17:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The problem is that it goes to the bottom, even though i type it at the top.Could you make it so it goes to the top, like on other wikis, e.g. simpsons - thanks - Sgtcook 19:18, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I think i found the problem.It goes to where the menu is, if its there, so if its not there, it goes to the bottom.Sgtcook 19:17, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

 Problems
Hey JSharp,(again)

Thanks for your help with the collapsible tables and stuff.I use them a lot now.

I've been having a problem ever since I started working on Custom Bionicles:That external images don't work.Instead of displaying an image from other domain/sever/website,etc.,it shows the external link (this applies to even images from other wikis).Their are only two ways to make it work,but they don't solve it:
 * Put it into a link as the shown text (like this: ).


 * Use the URL of the image on our image server (i.e:the URL of a image on our wiki).

I've tried the  tag,but the system doesn't even recognize it as a proper tag (i.e:It shows it instead of hiding it when putting it around an external image URL).

Is there anything I can put in the Common.CSS of our wiki to make the  tag work or something?Please help!

-- Seth Laugh Edits 20:50, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, external images for Wikia wikis are disabled due to their ability to be compromised. Was there a specific reason you wanted to use external images? -- JSharp (talk) 23:57, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

All Messages (Cont.)
Hi Thanks for your answer. Messages in here are all translated, but in fa.wikia are some that are not in mediawiki and not translated yet. How can I translate them globaly?--BlueDevil Talk 22:19, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, so the messages have been translated in mediawiki core but haven't been brought over to wikia yet? We're currently working on devising a way to make it easy for users to contribute globally with translations. If you like you could make a page of links to your translated messages so that we might copy them over to messaging.wikia. If you like to help in translating messages for all mediawiki users, not just on wikia, you might take a look at the Beta wiki project. -- JSharp (talk) 21:50, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

MapMarking
Hello, PanSola tell me about you are going to help me about MapLib and iframes thingy. Thanks you a lot ;)

Ralstlin 19:50, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. Just let me know what you need assistance with and I'll be happy to help. -- JSharp (talk) 17:35, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Moving a wiki
Hi Justin, my name's Tom, and I'm new to Wikia. I've recently made the decision to move my wiki from another provider (Wikidot). Wikdot allow a backup/restore function, so I currently have over 600 text files (each one being a single page). Is there any way to upload these directly rather than through the interface (copy and paste x 600)?

My wiki is now at factopedia.wikia.com - glad if you could help! Soop 2 13:14, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I'll take a look and see what I can find. -- JSharp (talk) 21:40, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for your help in the past few days on Memory Alpha. It's nice to know there's someone else to fall back on when we less experienced folks exhaust our own resources. :) -- Renegade54 20:49, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey, no problem. It's what I'm here for. If you have any other questions or concerns please just let me know and I'll be happy to help. -- JSharp (talk) 21:40, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Wookieepedia problem report
It wasn't properly linked in the report (and apparently there's a separate problem there with punctuation in interwiki links, as I was forced to format this as a web link to preserve the ?), and I don't know that he'll bother to check followups. This is it. We don't have a clue what he's on about either. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 19:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll see if I can find anyone who has safari 2 to check out the site. -- JSharp (talk) 20:31, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

the main page not look correct
i use in opensuse 10.3 and i browse in firefox and the mainpage look for me like that: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/eincyclopedia/images/thumb/f/ff/Screenshot17.png/800px-Screenshot17.png

all the other pages look correct 18:18, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * That's due to an unclosed tag in your main page. Taking a look at it now :) -- JSharp (talk) 18:31, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The content there appears to be correct.. What browser are you using? -- JSharp (talk) 22:06, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, well, I see you answered that question. Hmm, I'm not able to replicate the problem -- could it have been fixed? -- JSharp (talk) 22:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

i success to fix it. 77.127.118.82 13:20, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Bot on Spamwiki
Dear JSharp! Angela sad, you can help me. We need a weblink checker bot in Hungarian Spamwiki (http://spamwiki.wikia.com/) by right of our consensus. Can you help us to start it? --blogadmin 14:57, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you need a new bot written or did you need a bot flag set on an account? -- JSharp (talk) 18:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Help me with that damn script!
i tried to fix the ie6 problem, so i worte in the monobook: /* custom namespace logos (still under testing, this only works on full namespaces) -Splaka */ /* Main: and Main_talk: */ body.ns-0 #p-logo a { } body.ns-1 #p-logo a { } /* */ body.ns-100 #p-logo a { background-image: url(http://images.wikia.com/eincyclopedia/images/e/e3/Notzitut.png) !important; } body.ns-101 #p-logo a { } /* */ body.ns-120 #p-logo a { background-image: url(http://images.wikia.com/eincyclopedia/images/a/ae/Einmeelon.png) !important; } body.ns-121 #p-logo a { } /* */ body.ns-130 #p-logo a { background-image: url(http://images.wikia.com/eincyclopedia/images/b/b2/Handbook.png) !important; } body.ns-131 #p-logo a { } /* */ /*  */ and it's still appear in ie6! 16:56, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

how can i make it work!? 16:56, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'm taking a look at your front page and script. -- JSharp (talk) 18:34, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, it looks like your custom logos are loading on IE. I've removed the line of javascript from your Monobook.js that was causing the error (undefined function) and removed the conditional comments/invalid XHTML from your css. I'm also currently investigating a global bug with regard to RTL languages and have filed a defect ticket for it, so that should be fixed soon as well. -- JSharp (talk) 21:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

thank you. 77.127.118.82 13:21, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Bots...
Hi JSharp,

I was wondering if you could possibly help me programme a bot.

I would like it to possibly do several things (ranked in priority order!).


 * 1) AntiVandal - we keep on getting a "boring" IP vandal
 * 2) Message Archiving
 * 3) Assessment - Like Wikipedia's one.

Hope you can help!

Thanks,

 BG 7   14:50, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, at the moment, I'm afraid I can't devote that much time to a comprehensive robot project. However, I'll be happy to provide you pointers along the way and help with coding from time to time if you'd like. Do you need some pointers to get you started? -- JSharp (talk) 18:45, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok. If you can start me off that'd be great! I don't have a massive knowledge of any programming languages beyond CSS/html/JavaScript etc, but I am willing to learn!
 * Thanks,
 *  BG 7   18:50, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure :) A really good place to start out is at . Even though it's about creating robots for wikipedia a lot of it is very applicable to creating robots for Wikia hosted wikis too. Make sure you take a good look at the various frameworks and don't be afraid to learn a new programming language to take advantage of a good bot framework. -- JSharp (talk) 18:54, 21 May 2008 (UTC)