User talk:JoePlay

JGE Wiki
Heya JoePlay, it's Mulligan from the new Jumpgate Evolution wiki. Thanks for the post on my talk (and sorry I've not got back to you yet - I've been AWOL for a few weeks).

We moved the wiki over from my old hosting, which I why I was the sole SysOp and we'd not got around to working out who was going to end up with elevated privileges, but yeah I'm definitely aware of my position. I think the plan moving forwards is to chat more with Awen, NetDevil's Community Manager for Jumpgate Evolution and then get some of the regular contributors a little more empowered. I'm still pretty new to MediaWiki myself so if I have any queries, I'll drop you a line. Thanks again for your help (especially with the pretty-damned-cool looking skin).

See you in space ;)

JGE-Mulligan 17:30, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for checking up on me at Gasopedia - The Bristol Rovers Wiki, everyone here seems very friendly and helpful. Things are going well thanks, but I'll be sure to come and ask you if I have any problems. Thanks for your help so far with the logo and setting the skin to a more suitable colour. &mdash; Gasheadsteve (talk) 09:25, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

MediaWiki extensions?
Hey Joe,

Is there any way to get support for the MediaWiki video extensions? I noticed they didn't function here; at least not using the default settings.

Thanks! Aeo 20:07, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

One more question on videos
Hello again Joe,

Thanks so much for your fast reply. I do have one important question regarding the Wiki format that you all use here. Is there a way to declare a width? I know under the mediawiki format I can just add a |220 for a 220px video. For example, in the newly created "media" section on the front page of the JGE wiki, I really don't want a full sized feed.

Here's an example, from another of my projects: http://torwiki.com/

Thanks again, hope there's a way to make this work!

update
No worries, I figured it out. An aspect-ratio calculator is really helpful though. I had to get the original Flash dimensions from Gametrailers then calculate the appropriate fraction - then add width/height values. All good now. Between that and the 3 thumbs I think our front page looks a LOT sharper.

Uhhh...
To tell you the truth, I've never recieved a message like that before. Can you tell me what it means?  Blue Ninjakoopa Talk to me 22:53, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. :)  Blue Ninjakoopa Talk to me 00:59, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads up, Joe. You've been a very good help to the wiki. :)  Blue Ninjakoopa Talk to me 19:05, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Gaming wiki titles
In reference to the expanded titles of the gaming wikis, does having the expanded title on each page really help with search engines? I know search engines can be counter-intuitive at times, but I would think that, for example, having "classes" in the title of w:c:nwn:race would confuse search engines more than help (since that page would not be a good match for a search for "classes"). Or is the point to get our pages to come up on searches, regardless of what someone is searching for? I think a shorter title on each page other than the main page would look better to the human readers, but I would like to know the rationale for the longer titles before deciding which titles I think NWNWiki should use. --The Krit 18:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I like the latest version better. Thanks. Writing out the full name of the game does make sense. --The Krit 23:28, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Slightly related issue (please reply on my Central talk page or on kirby king's ssb.wikia talk page): Does Super Smash Bros. Wiki need to be on the far left? I would like to change it to SmashWiki: The Super Smash Bros. Wiki, but you seemed adamant in that it has to be the far left. --Sky (talk) 04:26, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

In fact, there's one other thing that you might want to check out. On Quantcast, it seems rather wrong that smashboards.com is considered to be part of Wikia, when I know that it is not. I would suspect this is a mixup from when SmashWiki merged with Ssb.Wikia. Can you get that fixed (ie, smashboards removed)? --Sky (talk) 04:31, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * It's not extremely critical that it be removed; I'm just noting that it's a little less than appropriate to have the traffic from smashboards being represented with traffic from Wikia. Other than that, thanks for the message. --Sky (talk) 18:35, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Fable Wikia
It looks like the Fable wiki could use a couple admins, don't you think? Pages to delete, spammers to ban. Philnelson 19:28, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll do it if Philnelson doesn't take the job. Although I know just about everything there is to know about the first Fable game, I don't know anything about Fable II. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 03:12, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Philnelson says that he'll be happy to become an administrator on the Fable wiki (Check his talk page). --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 20:24, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Logo
Hi Joe. Can you create a logo for the Bandipedia, the Crash Bandicoot wiki. We want it identical to Wikipedia's globe logo, only Crash Bandicoot themed.  KrazyKat Talk to me! 04:32, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

RE:logo
Hi, just create whatever you think is good for Bandipedia, the Crash Bandicoot wiki.  KrazyKat Talk to me! 00:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey, question
Hello. I am Nicmavr. I work at the Greek halopedia: http://el.halo.wikia.com/

You can find me there as Nicmavr. Anyways, the question:

I'm interested in becoming a wikia helper. How and where do I do that? Nicmavr 14:43, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

StarCraft wiki: Video
Those are awesome JoePlay! I can find some other videos and link them as well. Kimera 757 (talk) 00:48, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi
Thanks for helping Zeldapedia by adding videos. However, isn't there a better way to integrate them into a page rather than splotch it on the bottom of a page? And also, would you mind not linking to fan-made videos in the future? Videos are useful, but any kind of fancruft in an article is kinda against our policy. Thanks. -- Auron  Kaizer Talk loud, hit harder! 01:21, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Constructed Fantasy Worlds
I assume you are the one who made the logo for the wiki. Excellent work. Many thanks :) --Jagtai 06:54, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

attacks
i am being verbally attacked by a user named http://gearsofwar.wikia.com/wiki/User:Antihero276 he started all of this he went to my user paged and typed of things lik i am a retard and such please handle this. Eaite&#39;Oodat 12:31, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Jumpgate Evolution Wikia
Hey Joe, I have a few things I'd like to go over with you.
 * The Wiki is growing pretty fast now. We have been talking about how to handle things as missions, ship schematics, component statistics, and dozens of other large data-intensive applications need to be built. Does Wikia have extensions to handle these sorts of things? You can see how pages like the Halcyon ship are being handled. Eventually though we'll be putting in a LOT of information. I'd love to setup an AJAX tabbed interface or something, if you have that capability.
 * Where can I get a more detailed list of the types of extensions and GUI elements available?
 * With the Closed (NDA) beta coming up, is there any way to restrict beta content to editors-only?
 * We moved a bunch of pages to category headers... killed our Google rank. In the future, is there a way to 301 pages? Moving a standard page to a category header just isn't allowed. 301 (Permanent redirect) would have saved us several google ranks. As it stands, now Wikipedia and the abomination at mmolab.com are ahead of us.
 * Finally, Wikia has a product marketing job open in San Francisco (home). That's my field, I'd love a proper introduction and you're the closest thing I have to an inside reference.

Thanks! Aeo 00:08, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Aeo, I'm looking into this, and if you would like, you can drop me an email (douglas at wikia-inc.com). It might be easier to respond via email than have the conversation on the wiki ;). Cheers -- Doug (talk ) 19:07, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Gearpedia
What do you need me to do? Jacktheblack

Flowchart template
I was wondering if you knew about any flowchart templates.

When StarCraft II comes out, the mission paths will be branching, and I was hoping I could quickly throw together a flowchart to show to the visitors. Kimera 757 (talk) 02:15, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

I found a really interesting wiki on flowcharts here. It claims to be an upgrade to MediaWiki.

However, I don't know if I can upgrade the StarCraft wiki to include this (legal issues, etc) and it might not be a good idea anyway. Kimera 757 (talk) 01:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually, this seems perfectly legal and safe. I don't know what to do with it yet, though. Kimera 757 (talk) 02:19, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Lost Odyssey Wiki
Two questions. First, the current admins, including the bureaucrat, have been AWOL for months, and I would like to offer to take it over. Second, changing the MediaWiki:Editing setting on said wiki has removed the page name from the edit interface and should probably be reverted. —Feauce 19:10, 22 November 2008 (UTC)