User talk:Sannse

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

Wikicars
Hello. Wikicars would like to merge with Autopedia. Wikicars special:export does not work. Could you guys run a bot to get the 6,000 articles and 27,000 images moved over to autopedia? Is this possible? Thank you. ---Hockeyben 19:15, June 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Wikicars uses the GNU GPL license, I don't remember if that's compatible with Wikia or not. Assuming it is, you should get a database dump instead of using Special:Export - as Special:Import only takes files under 10mb, and 6000 articles is much larger than that.

The site doesn't provide a data dump. And nobody on it has mediawiki access. What im wondering is if a bot can import everything quickly and easily. ---Hockeyben 00:20, June 28, 2011 (UTC)

Actually, forget this. It won't work. To much spam would be imported, which means the whole idea of this would be useless. Sorry ---Hockeyben 00:25, June 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh wow, they really do have a spam problem. Thank you VSTF for making sure Wikia doesn't have anything like that!


 * Other than the spam, the license issues would be the main problem. The two licenses aren't compatible at all. However, if any of the authors there want to move content over that they wrote, that's fine (they own the copyright, so can put it on Wikia under the Creative Commons license we use). You don't have to have permission from all editors, if someone just did small contributions like corrections and formatting that doesn't matter - it's the person who wrote the main body of each article that has to agree.


 * And looking around, it looks as though some articles are copied from Wikipedia. They use the same license as us, so those articles can be transfered over too (with the correct attribution, which isn't always on the Wikicars site)


 * And finally, you can transfer over any information from the wiki you like. Facts are not copyrightable, so as long as you rewrite in your own words, any of the details they have gathered can be used on Wikia too.


 * All in all, it would be a lot of work... but it might be possible. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:19, July 5, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply.:) One user (Red marquis) did almost all the edits on wikicars (over 100,000) before he was blocked. He is fine with the articles being transferred. Is there a bot that you guys could run to get all 6,000 pages and 27,000 images over? I think this might be the best possible solution. Is there Amy way this will work? -Hockeyben 03:56, July 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'll see if I can find someone to help :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:30, July 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm a administrator at Wikicars under the username Silver Knight. We were blocked there with no warning for indefinite; simply because we wanted to move to a better site that had a stable MediaWiki. Even though I dislike the Oasis skin Wikia has, I support moving to Wikia if you guys can do something about importing. --Knightrez(Talk) 15:11, July 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * Also you have a duplicate cars wiki: auto.wikia.com. I wonder if you mind cleaning that wiki (Deleting the articles to 0) if Wikicars/Autopedia manages to move here. Also, please redirect the URL: automobile.wikia.com to auto.wikia.com if that happens too. --Knightrez(Talk) 15:14, July 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Knightrez, if you are in favour too, then we can move your contributions as well as Red marquis'. The key is that you are still the copyright holder, so can agree to the license change. I've asked Angela and TOR to help with this, hopefully they can work out a way to move over the content that's OK. I'll ask them about merging/redirecting auto.wikia too -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:57, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

@Sannse. Can you also move TristanT's edits over? He agreed to the move as well. Also, only redirect automobile.wikia to auto.wikia if Wikicars succeeds in being moved. Thanks ---Hockeyben 18:42, July 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * @Hockeyben You support moving to Wikia? --Knightrez(Talk) 07:40, July 16, 2011 (UTC)

If they can import from wikicars, yes. -Hockeyben 15:15, July 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * @Sannse: Please do not ignore us. I've been waiting for 3 days for you to reply, obviously, this is the typical Wikia staff behavior. Please tell me if you can do anything about it. --Knightrez(Talk) 11:51, July 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Can we PLEASE know how things are going? We've been waiting 11 days for a reply.---Hockeyben 17:41, July 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sheesh people, stop going crazy. Sannse is behind on answering her talk page messages. You don't need to keep pestering her. She will get to this when she goes through her talk page again. She is busy right now.--

Sorry for the delay all, I'm not intending to ignore you at all, it's just been a bit hectic recently! The support team is a small group, and we try to keep a lot of different things going at once. But I should have got back to you sooner, I'm sorry.

To update on the import. I've talked to one of the techy guys, and it's on his to-do list. He's traveling to San Francisco on Thursday (from the Poland office), so I'm not certain he'll be able to finish by then... but then he'll be in the same office as me for a while which should help us get this sorted.

What he's trying to do is to identify the articles that we have permission to copy over and re-license. We can't just import in full - we can only copy articles with no significant content from anyone other than the three who have agreed to the move. It's not easy, because we can't always identify automatically which articles are OK (for example, one that had a spam edit might look to a bot like one that isn't eligible). We want to copy over as much as possible, but without breaking the incompatible license. It's going to take some careful work to do it right. I'll update more when I hear how that's going -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:15, August 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the reply! Hopefully this will be done soon. ---Hockeyben 15:47, August 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * Me too >_< not a lot of luck so far though... I'll keep trying -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:30, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Any updates/news on how the process is coming? Thanks -Hockeyben 00:17, August 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Hockyben, the engineer working on the script is travelling back to Poland after our big meeting here - I hope to get an update tomorrow when he's back in the office. I'm really sorry that it's taken so long -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:20, August 23, 2011 (UTC)

What's the news from the big meeting? ---Hockeyben 19:49, August 26, 2011 (UTC)

I've been waiting for a week... How are things coming?---Hockeyben 00:22, September 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Hockeyben. This has not been the smoothest process, to say the least... I'm sorry. The guys tell me they are importing images to the database now, and that they think they can see the problem they have been having with importing articles. They have a list of articles that have only been edited by the people who have agreed to the license change, and are trying to get those smoothly imported. The version of Mediawiki on wikicars.org is making this rather difficult - it's too old to be fully compatible with ours. I'll let you know when I hear more -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:20, September 1, 2011 (UTC)

I see that all the images have been imported, which is excellent!! Hopefully the articles will be done soon as well. ---Hockeyben 19:36, September 1, 2011 (UTC)

All pages seem to have been imported. I would like to give a big thank you to you and the members of Wikia's tech team! ---Hockeyben 16:07, September 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm glad we finally got it sorted! -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:16, September 7, 2011 (UTC)

One final thing, we had talked earlier about redirecting Cars Wiki to Autopedia. As the Cars Wiki is empty, and Autopedia is huge. ---Hockeyben 14:57, September 10, 2011 (UTC)

Question
Hi Sannse I was wondering if you could help me out with a problem I have with a Wiki Site that I helped recently create for a User I know. The problem is this User who comes on to my Wiki Site for DC Comics Hero The Flash wanted to know how to create his own Wiki Site for The Flash so I decide to help him out. I told him I would create a new wiki site for you and then transfer all control over to you so it would make him head admin and basically the guy incharge. But after I did that task of transfering control over to this user I accidentally made the mistake of forgeting to give him the burocrate rights as well. After that happen the user didn't want the site even though he had the head admin rights feature and he also didn't want it because he didn't like the title of the sites name because it was to long. Overall what happen next was he create another site for The Flash which he has full control over. But what I was wondering could you guys possible get rit of the new Wiki Site I helped create for him or simply have someone else adopt it. The main reason behind this request is I would like to see someone have full control and able to run this site or simply get rit of it because I personally am not going to be able to help out in any because I have my own sites I run and that takes up most of my time. If you could help me in solving this problem I would be very happy the link to the site is below. Oh well talk to you when you send a message back hope you can help solve this problem.

The Link to The Site I Created for The User
 * http://dccomicspresentstheflash.wikia.com/wiki/DC_Comics_Presents_The_Flash_Wiki

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 * You'll get a faster response to this if you use Special:Contact.
 * answered via Special:Contact -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:21, July 5, 2011 (UTC)

Greatings
I am the bureaucrat of both Godzilla Wiki and King Kong Wiki the Godzilla wiki is a big community and has many information about godzilla and King Kong while the King Kong Wiki is a very small community and bearly anyone edits there, fans of King Kong come to godzilla wiki to edit there and add info about King Kong, because King Kong appeared in the godzilla franchise and films therefor godzilla wiki is the home of King Kong franchise and Godzilla ofcaurse, so King Kong Wikia.com will always be a small community, so I would like to request to merge the two wikis together, but not now if this is possible I will first notify the communities, then I will move the content from King Kong Wiki to godzilla wiki, thanks.--MarwanNabihWikia (Talk | contribs) 15:03, June 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * If you and the communities of both wikis think it will work, then that's fine :) Please let us know via the contact form when you are ready, and we can redirect the URL of the King Kong wiki -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:24, July 5, 2011 (UTC)

Categories
Is there a way to change which four categories appear at the top of my Wikia? Like how Community Central's four are 'Learn About the Wikia', 'Wikia News', etc etc. My wikia always shows the categories with the most pages on them, which I want to change and select individual categories to show. I'm sure something says how to change it somewhere, but I apologize because I can't find out how. If it helps, when I edit the mediawiki page, it says:


 * visited|TopContent


 * category1


 * category2


 * category3

Ʀооⱪιε 18:55, July 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * category4
 * MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation Rappy 22:36, July 5, 2011 (UTC)

User rights drama on GTAWiki
Hi Sannse. I'm posting this to your talk page instead of using the Help Contact Form because you were the one who dealt with this in the past.

I'm sure you remember the situation on GTAWiki with the old crew of sysops starting a new wiki and trying to turn GTAwiki into an advertising post. One of the first things you did was desysopped User:Chimpso. User:Biggest gta fan ever (who is currently serving an indefinite block you handed to him) promptly resysopped him. Since all this started Chimpso had only contributed to edit war with active staff and write a blog advertising the other wiki.

I started a discussion on GTAWiki about desysopping him via community vote expecting it would pass easily, but he showed up to defend himself, and it failed by a 3-2 vote. At that time I was unaware that you had desysopped him so I let it go. I only discovered that he was desysopped and resysopped, tonight. And so I decided to bring it to your attention. McJeff (talk this way)/(stalk this way) 07:34, July 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * I see this has been resolved by the community on the wiki -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:42, July 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * That was wild in that wiki. I saw the logs where you and the other guys did.--Ghostytreat 19:30, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Layouts
Is there any way that I can make an automatically-loading layout for new messages on my talk page when someone clicks "Leave Message?" Like a comment?

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 * Not that I can think of... although the clever folks in the forums may be able to think of something :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:44, July 13, 2011 (UTC)

Please help!
Hey Sannse, on this wiki, one of the admins there swearing a lot. Here is a link to his userpage. My request is, can you please remove his adminship power? Thanks!

SPELL MY NAME CORRECTLY OR I KILL YOU!!!!! 19:51, July 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Never mind. It's gone. He left due to our complaints. He was overreacting.


 * (˙puoʎǝq ɯoɹɟ ǝɹnʇɐǝɹɔ ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐʍǝq ˙ǝƃɹoǝƃ pןo ǝɹɐʍǝq) spɐoɹ ---****--- 16:34, July 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * No threats allowed on the site. There are rules about threats.--Ghostytreat 19:28, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Blog comments
Hi Sannse, on, blog comments have been implamented without any consensous within the community. I would also like to ask for the removal of Izzyfan's bureaucrat and sysop rights. I've been inactive from the wiki for awhile, but I didn't mean to see this when I get back. <-- That should explain everything. Archie 15:07, July 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * ..can help you:)


 * Looks to me as though you need to have some conversations on the wiki - including a discussion with the community as a whole on whether Izzyfan should keep admin rights. Then, as Roranoa zoro said, the contact form is the best way to get help. But please try to work this out between you first :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:55, July 13, 2011 (UTC)

Please remove a Wikia
Excuse me, but there's a Wikia that claims to be official, but confuses the game continuity with the TV show and comic continuities. The Wikia is called SonicTheHedgehog Wikia. I'm afraid that people will read the content on this wikia and become confused with the Sonic media. I don't mean to sound rude, but please remove it. Also, the creator of the wikia is somewhat of a troll. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master   True gamers lesbian the Scott Pilgrim series  00:52, July 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, I don't see anything claiming that it's official. And we have no problem with there being more than one wiki on the same topic... whichever is the best wiki will attract the most viewers and visitors :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:02, July 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, it tries to combine all Sonic continuities into one, and claiming it all to be canon. He said something like that on a blog on another Sonic-related wikia. He was also banned from that wikia for harrasement and trolling. Not to mention the front page says "Fan Fiction is Not Allowed". One example of false info is claiming that Sonic is related to Tonic (StC character) and Sonia and Manic (Sonic Underground characters), while saying that his real name is Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog, which is his early "real" name in the Archie comic continuity. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master   True gamers lesbian the Scott Pilgrim series  01:10, July 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * That wiki i have edited in the main sonic wiki. That wiki is good than that one but i'm sure SonicUltimateFan had made that wiki. And i don't know why he did but its best to contact someone or report the wiki here: http://vstf.wikia.com/wiki/Report:Wiki to request a removal. Why not try it?Ghostytreat 03:54, August 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * All of these are reasons it might not be a good wiki, or that might not grow and become popular... but not reasons to close it. Think of it like any other website - you can make a badly maintained site, or to build one that gets it's facts wrong... it's just not going to be a site that people are likely to point to, refer to, or visit :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:31, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

Need Help
Some user by the name of "Sonic & Scrab Master" keeps harassing me and trying to delete my wikia because of his/her opinion. Please stop this person, me and my friends put a lot of hard work and years into this wikia SonicUltimateFan 01:35, July 13, 2011 (UTC)

I'm not harassing! Come to think of it, you were banned from SNN for harassement and insults. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master   True gamers lesbian the Scott Pilgrim series  01:39, July 13, 2011 (UTC)

@Sonic&scrab, read your signature, and you'll see that your harrassing. Unacceptable! TheBen10Mazter 02:17, July 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * All of you need to go to your respective wikis and leave each others alone. Thank you -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:33, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

Page Layouts
Hello, Sannse. This is a similar request to my last one, although I've seen this happen. On the Phineas and Ferb Wiki, when you click "Create a Page" under the search bar, in addition to the normal text of the popup, you'll get a message saying to instead go to the page creation portal. The wiki is pretty much run by this one user who is great with coding, so I'm assuming he did it. How did he do it? I would like to do something similar on my wiki.

(˙puoʎǝq ɯoɹɟ ǝɹnʇɐǝɹɔ ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐʍǝq ˙ǝƃɹoǝƃ pןo ǝɹɐʍǝq) spɐoɹ ---****--- 12:39, July 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * I've no idea :) best to ask him.
 * There are lots of hacks that are possible, and as long as they don't disrupt or remove features, or otherwise damage visitors' experience, they are OK - see Help:Customization_policy for more on what's allowed.
 * We don't encourage that sort of customization in general, mainly because it can break things easily and might get broken in turn by changes we make our end. And as we don't support it, it's much more likely that people on the forums or on the wiki in question will know how it's done. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:50, July 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, I've figured it out myself now. I've found tons more MediaWiki pages in Special:AllPages on P&F wiki, since the Achievements badges don't clog it up. It's one of the MediaWiki pages. Thanks for helping, though!


 * (˙puoʎǝq ɯoɹɟ ǝɹnʇɐǝɹɔ ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐʍǝq ˙ǝƃɹoǝƃ pןo ǝɹɐʍǝq) spɐoɹ ---****--- 19:16, July 16, 2011 (UTC)

IRC Nick
I dont get what primary IRC nick means. I always log in as Kangaroopower. Thanks,


 * Then that's your primary nick - as in your most used one.

A few ideas to help wikia
Hi Sannse! I few a ideas or products to help wikia! They are below. Well please tell me what you think and i would really like you to comment on each feature i said, it would really be nice, but its up to you so its optional. But i would like a response. Thanks! TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 00:26, July 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * One- My friend Roads recently made a blog about wiki wide messages, kinda like staff can do site wide messages except admins can make in the wiki not the whole site, wikia. We could have something like Special:WikiWideMessages.
 * Two- Chatmods can time limit kickbans like for 1 month or a year, or even a day. Its kinda like a regular ban.
 * Three- This one is really not neccesary but admins can lock special places of a page not just the entire page.
 * Four- This one again is not really neccesary but wikia contributers could have rollback user rights given by bureaucrats.
 * Five- Each new found wiki can have a time clock above the random page button and wiki activity button, like the one here, http://ben10.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WikiActivity- i programed it myself. This way users could tell the time quickly by just looking up when there on anypage instead of just signing their name to tell the time.
 * Six- Chat could have a few new features like private chating with multiple people instead of one, censoring curse words and when a person types one of those bad words, on the bottom it says something like, "that word is not allowed, and allowing users to reedit their message to others. This can really take stress off of chatting people.
 * Seven- Fonts- when you are typing a message you could change it to a different font, this is not neccesary though.
 * Eight- Well basically we could have a group of users that have admin and bureaucrat powers that are called SOPs or Sysops on Patrol, kinda like VSTF but these people search for bad bureaucrats or admins and users can report to the SOPs like the VSTF and have a channel. This takes alot of work off of staff members and helpers that have tons of work.
 * Nine- Well this one basically lets admins add their own badges instead of staff members. It would take work off of staff members and make it easier for both staff and admins.


 * Don't say "wiki contributors" if you mean an IP user. You, me, and even Sannse are all "wiki contributors." Say "IPs" or "unregistered contributors."


 * (˙puoʎǝq ɯoɹɟ ǝɹnʇɐǝɹɔ ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐʍǝq ˙ǝƃɹoǝƃ pןo ǝɹɐʍǝq) spɐoɹ ---****--- 12:47, July 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * If you guys don't mind - I've copied this section to a forum, so more users can chime in. --  Random Time  13:19, July 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll reply over there :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:35, July 19, 2011 (UTC)

Not sure
I'm not sure if this is how you "contact" admins but anyway the user and founder on wwe wiki (Daboss) has not made an edit in 2 years can you remove his admin and b'crat rights? Thanks --WWEfourlife 05:20, July 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * Send this to Special:Contact--

Re:Please Give People Space
Hey, Sannse!

Thanks for your message, and I will heed your advice. Also, does it have to be me that has to back off? I mean, what they in turn said about me was no better than what I said about them, so would you think it is out of the question for them to stop sending intimidating messages to me. But nevertheless, I will try not to talk to the users in question again.

Thanks,

JW Talk  09:43, July 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * I think most of the comments I saw that I considered impolite were said about you, rather than to you... I think the levels of frustration just got too high all round. I asked you to back off, because it seems that will defuse that frustration on both sides - thanks for doing so :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:02, July 19, 2011 (UTC)

Big Problem
A user named Finnal Anto made a Romanian Ben 10 Fan Fiction Wiki called Ben 10-Fans. It sounds good at first, but he keeps stealing people's made-up aliens from the BTFF wiki. Please delete it. Nobody gave him permission to do this. He was blocked on the BTFF wiki for swearing and ripping people off, so he made a wiki to get away with it. Please delete the wiki.

(˙puoʎǝq ɯoɹɟ ǝɹnʇɐǝɹɔ ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐʍǝq ˙ǝƃɹoǝƃ pןo ǝɹɐʍǝq) spɐoɹ ---****--- 12:42, July 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, it's best to report this via the contact form. In general though, we allow more than one wiki on the same topic and it's even possible to copy pages (as long as you give proper attribution). In my experience, it's often better to ignore wikis created when a problem user is banned - they rarely last, and they are keeping him busy elsewhere instead of him causing problems on your wiki. Better to concentrate on improving your wiki, then it will always be the one that shows on Google and that people find :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:17, July 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * You do have a point, yet this user still stole my creations and made it as if it were his own. You warn him, at least. I think it's great that there's a Romanian BTFF Wiki (it's mainly in Romanian). But I can't stand rip-offs.


 * (˙puoʎǝq ɯoɹɟ ǝɹnʇɐǝɹɔ ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐʍǝq ˙ǝƃɹoǝƃ pןo ǝɹɐʍǝq) spɐoɹ ---****--- 00:21, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

Help!
Ok So.......I'm from TDICAMPS wiki and I was just banned for a year. So all these users are cussing, so I say I hope you burn in........but I don't say the He** word I say Hec. Please Help me. Could you un-ban me. link is www.Tdicamps.wikia.com {C}They've been cyberbullying me and other users for months. Please help

 I'm on the edge of glory and I'm hanging on a moment with you I'm on the edge with you! 


 * Yeah, like saying substitutes really works. That is still swearing.


 * (˙puoʎǝq ɯoɹɟ ǝɹnʇɐǝɹɔ ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐʍǝq ˙ǝƃɹoǝƃ pןo ǝɹɐʍǝq) spɐoɹ ---****--- 00:22, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * Zannabanna: Special:Contact is the way to go. Please use that, as you will get a better response that way than via talk pages.
 * Roads, you're not helping with comments like that. -- sulfur 13:43, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, there is no rule on that wiki saying you can't say heck it just say to have asterics

Minivan
Hey Sannse,

Still waiting on my raise, minivan and unlimited power. I check my doorstep and mailbox religiously. No dice.

If that's not attainable, I'm campaigning for bureaucrat on Uncyclopedia. I'm disturbed by the number of elders that have died; they could use someone with a good grip on the Ancient History and Classic Culture.

Peace, love, understanding, and fish,

~ Todd Lyons 17:11, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * I think you missed that boat. -- 17:17, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * A shame. Maybe I could draft recall legislation. ~ Todd Lyons 17:39, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

I guess you're away. I'll pop by again in a year or two. ;-) Hope all is well. ~ Todd Lyons 01:53, July 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ah Todd my friend, how could I have missed you! All those things must have got lost in the mail, sorry. On b'cratting, I can't get involved in that discussion as staff, and won't as admin... too many hats and all you know. Ping me if you are on IRC though! -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:24, August 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * No worries. After a 4 day discussion via email about the administrative policies of the site, I resigned as sysop. The last straw was a policy that allowed a particular non-admin user to have revert ability over admins... even in cases where the user himself was edit-warring. So I quit. The funny thing is that they took another vote on that one soon after, and reversed the bad policy. The sad thing is that their whole management process is still fatally flawed, so there's no incentive to go back. Anyway... lots of other destinations on the Internet. I've renewed ties with the lads at ?pedia. Best wishes to you. ~ Todd Lyons 18:11, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

Large backgrounds
I'm new to Wikia and I am currently working on a Wikia page. I would like to add a background to my Wikia so that it doesn't look bland, but I am unable to. Do you happen to know how I can upload large pictures to use as backgrounds? Thank you.


 * You can upload a large background by uploading your picture directly to File:Wiki-background on your wiki with Special:Upload.

Blatant Theft
Hello Sannse, You might remember me as an admin on the Bleach Wiki. Recently it has come to my attention that a certain user (Alzanino). He apparently is a admin on the Polish Bleach Wiki. In any case he has been blatantly stealing the hard work created by our own site. Im talking about uploaded pics, codes for uniquely created infoboxes, article layout even the background and color theme as well as the main page which i created not but a week or two ago. There is nothing remotely unique about the site besides what portions he has converted into polish and even that is just the Bleach Wiki information in Polish. None of the work was done by him or the people working on his site but rather a cut and paste job of are own wiki. Now im not sure if this is the type of community that the wiki wants to create but I personally havent spent the past 5 years and I know that rest of the community at the Bleach Wiki hasnt either just to be ripped off. Now I created some infoboxes yesterday, and then im shown that this which looks Looks familiar and exactly what I just personally created. Now to make the situation clear I looked at all the other Bleach Related sites.


 * German Bleach Wiki - Retsu Unohana
 * Spanish Bleach Wiki - Retsu Unohana
 * Russian Bleach Wiki
 * French Bleach Wiki - Retsu Unohana

All these other sites have done their own thing without blatant copying. Now I would hate for Wiki to condone someones misuse of other peoples hard work and unique skill. I have read all about Duplicate Duplicate Wikis and this situation falls entirely under all the negative and unproductive aspects of the issue. Will you please do something about this.--Salubri Talk


 * Give the user a warning that you'll report him to staff if he does not stop, if he contiunes, go to Special:Contact. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 14:19, July 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Have you talked to the user? That's definitely the first thing to do. Note that as long as the PL wiki links to the English bleach wiki and names all it's authors, that wiki may freely use any of your information/work without your permission (see Community_Central:Licensing and Creative Commons). - Tjcool007 (Talk) 14:43, July 21, 2011 (UTC)

(reset indent) Sannse, I have been talking to Dopp about this issue and I don't feel our complaint is being properly heard. We get that the polish bleach wiki is not supposed to be a competitive site to the english language wiki but when we have worked so hard for years to make the Bleach Wiki what it is today. We don't exactly find it fair that Alzanino can just come in and take whatever he wants from us because he runs an alternate language wiki on the same topic. As soon as I uploaded two pictures today, he took them and uploaded them to his site and they aren't even in use. All our hard wiki is being taken and passed off as his. There is no recognition given to the people who have made this content what it is nor is there anything at all that says that the content is not his. According to CC-BY-SA, that content is free to use so long as it is attributed to the original source. He has not done this. We respectfully request that his material either be attributed to us or removed due to violating this. --

Never mind. I made him a template he can put on all his pages which gives us attribution. He agreed to put it on his pages. --


 * I'm glad this got sorted, sounds like you came up with the right solution :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:24, August 1, 2011 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry..
Hi, Sannse,

I have recently seen a certain user going by the name of Flex217 (link to userpage) creating a new account, Lightning Mythran, to avoid bans on 3 Wikies, which is sockpuppetry. I'm just reporting this, seeing as sockpuppetry is against the Wikia guidelines.

 Star bucks   Inc  orporated 


 * Uh the vstf blocked them globaly so theres no worries about it.--Ghostytreat 19:22, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

{C}Please send this through Special:contact or contact a VSTF member. --TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 21:05, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

Links
How do you turn Administrator User Links from Blue to Green ?

Happy65

Use theme designer. To use theme designer, go to Special:ThemeDesigner. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 17:31, July 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * She means using css have a look at My Css and scroll down to adminstrators highlight   Tama 63  17:35, July 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh, sorry. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 17:37, July 25, 2011 (UTC)

Copyright
If a wikia uses personal and / or copyrighted material without my consent is there somewhere I can get it shut down / removed?


 * It depends on the situation. If the content is under a free license (as most things written on Wikia are) then they usually just need to attribute it correctly. If it's just random copyrighted content, then the copyright holder can contact us with a copyright takedown notice and we'll remove it. Usually that doesn't mean removing the whole wiki though, just the problem content. Hope that helps -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:52, August 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * It's called using a copyright complaint form. Thats when wikia takes it down. Not the staff for that form.--Ghostytreat 19:34, August 15, 2011 (UTC)

Close account
Hey, I was kind of hoping that you can cancel my account. I'm Daimon Cray and I want my account closed.


 * Hi, you need to use the contact form for this. Although you can also just leave the account, it doesn't need to be disabled -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:52, August 1, 2011 (UTC)

Hi
{C}Hello. Could you please check if I have been IP ban exempt? If not, do you know who can? Thank you for your time. &gt;_&lt; Demise101 &gt;_&lt; 22:32, July 27, 2011 (UTC)

If you had a ip ban then you would be banned if the ip was linked to your account. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 22:33, July 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * No, IP blocks prevent anyone attempting to access Wikia from that particular IP, regardless of account, from editing pages, with the exception of users with the  right, which is included in the admin group on Wikia. In simple terms, admins are immune to IP blocks when logged in.
 * Demise, if that didn't answer your question (you only have this when you are an admin on the wiki in question) then please let us know more details of the situation that's worrying you -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:54, August 1, 2011 (UTC)

Chat
When i go on chat, It dosent come up with the messages and when i try to send one it dosent send. Happy65


 * Send this to Special:Contact.


 * Thanks . Happy65

Updating
Hi, If you are leaving a question here, please remember that it's often quicker to use the contact form or the forum. I'm catching up here about once a week at the moment, so it's not always the best way to get help (despite the kindness of those who reply here - thanks all!) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:04, August 1, 2011 (UTC)

Upload
I can upload a photo to my wikia site, however, when press the button to post a photo on a page nothing happens (the GUI box doesn't even disappear). I know the button is being pressed because the GUI shows that it is pushed down and released.

My wikia site (hplusenterprise):H+ Enterprise

Thank you for your assistance!

{C}You are likely to get a faster response if you --

Top Wikis
My top wikis section has stopped working. When I edit one of my top sites, it doesn't update. My top wiki says 248 edits, but I've done about five edits since then. Please help! Dynovan 08:40, August 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * I think that's probably a caching issue. It's not likely to update instantly, but if it's still not showing changes after 24 hours or so, then you should report it via the contact form -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:34, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Template issues
On Wiksteria Lane, I have tried to make an episode navigation system - but there's something wrong with it. The template at the very top of the page is the one we're having trouble with --> http://desperatehousewives.wikia.com/wiki/One_Wonderful_Day

And I want it to look like the template on the very top of this page --> http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Pilot,_Part_1

Please help and thank you :) 13:54, August 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * There are a lot of people better than me with templates in the forums :) But it looks like you just need to change the links here? They are going to specific episodes rather than pages for each season -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:39, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Template
How do I get the text of a page to appear in a page on another wiki. That may sound weird, so here's an example. I want the text of my userpage on Ben 10 Fan Fiction to appear on my userpage on Ben 10 Fan Fiction Answers. What do I type in? If you don't know, who should I ask instead?

Roads is a Wikia user! Duh! -_- 17:32, August 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Interwiki transclusion can only be done from Community Central. You can create a template here and transclude it on your userpage on both Ben 10 and Ben 10 fan fiction with . Be aware that interwiki transclusion ignores parameters and   tags, so you'll only get exactly what you put on the page here.


 * Oh. Thanks anyway.


 * Roads is a Wikia user! Duh! -_- 17:40, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

Cloisfan1 and his rebellion.
Hello, Sannse, My name is OJOLara. A friend of mine, User Tomwellingishot, has been harrassed on the internet for the past month by her ex-boyfriend Daniel Kline also known as Cloisfan1. He has even made a wikia called "Tomwellingishotrebellion Wiki". I needed proof to get him banned so I tricked into thinking i would help him so i could get the proof i needed. Here's what he said

"I got your message before you deleted it, OJOLara, but there is no backing out once you've joined alliances with me. Do whatever you can to TWISH - hack her account, vandalize her userpage if you can! ANYTHING!!! Just make her virtual life hell. I will attack her in real life if you don't do what i want!-Cloisfan1".

See what I mean! He hates her so much, he even tried black mail. TWISH (Tomwellingishot) is a friend of mine and would never hurt her, I just needed proof. So as you can see, this boy needs to be banned from wikias. Thank You. OJOLara 14:49, August 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * This is something that you need to use the contact form for. And if someone is making threats, or otherwise breaking the law, you need to go to your local authorities. If you are under 18, you should talk to your parents or another trusted adult about this. Please also see the blog post here -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:43, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

The Get Rid of Slimy girlS Club Wiki
There is a Calvin and Hobbes Wiki, but there's another one, but with another name. It serves the same purpose, yet its last edit was over a year ago. I think it should be redirected to the bigger wiki, or merged normally.

{C}The new editor is a solution in search of a problem. 15:44, August 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * I dont think the staff will have a problem with multiple wikis on the same topic(they've allowed this in the past)...also I recommend you change your sig(pretty confusing)...:)--
 * That's right, we don't mind more than one wiki on a topic (after all, there is more than one website in existance about cats!). But we also don't mind merging on occasion. What we need is to know that any editors on both wikis agree to the move, and that any good content from the smaller/less active one has been copied over via Special:Export/Import (with the full history). Then you can ask us to merge them -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:48, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Removing the "read more"
Is it okay if I remove the "read more" or you prefer it you do it yourself? (I really don't wanna get in trouble or anything)... :( -- StaraptorEmpoleon Łǿǿҟӭȓ is the best! ♥  02:10, August 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * You can magic word it or and ask for it to be removed.--


 * The read more section is one of the few things you're allowed to remove with CSS by yourself - you can put  in MediaWiki:Wikia.css and it'll go away.


 * Ah okay, I was just wondering if you could do it yourself or not... -- StaraptorEmpoleon Łǿǿҟӭȓ is the best! ♥  03:01, August 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * You can :) although we prefer that you ask us to do it - that removes it more cleanly than via CSS. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:51, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Removing commenting
I'd like it if you would remove commenting from my wiki, due to insults in the comments such as here, and here. I would greatly appreciate it. AnyGuy 23:48, August 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * You can do so yourself via Special:Wikialabs.--
 * Just did it, and came here to tell you that. --AnyGuy 22:31, August 9, 2011 (UTC)

confirming
I confirm that Developer in Uncyclopedia is my account. Thanks in advance. Tim (SVG) 16:04, August 9, 2011 (UTC)

Source Mode Glitch
I went into Source Mode on a page, but when I did, all the code was distorted into this weird mess, and it wouldn't let me leave Source Mode! What's going on?

Also, everything else is all distorted right now, and some pictures won't display.

ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 15:45, August 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * Never mind. It went away.


 * ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 21:40, August 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh thats an error. You have to contact the staff or whoever to fix it.--Ghostytreat 02:38, August 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * It was a Javascript loading error, sorry about that... all should be fine now :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:52, August 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes it is. I hope we don't have it on our google chrome or something.--Ghostytreat 02:03, August 16, 2011 (UTC)

Deleting
Hi, I was wondering if it was possible to delete a wiki. Thanks. -- (Who am I?)(Have something to say?) 19:25, August 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, send a message to Special:Contact but they may choose not to delete it as a wiki can always be adopted.--

Profile

 * Hiya! I was reading your profile and saw that you used to live in england, and then moved to the united states! Haha same with me! I used to live in London, but my family and i moved to North Carolina when i was 8(: haha just wanted to tell you! Rosey(: I WASH MY HANDS OF THIS WEIRDNESS 23:28, August 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * I moved a lot later, not until last year :) Glad to be here though! -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:47, August 23, 2011 (UTC)

Request wating.
Theres a request waiting in the adoption requests here:http://community.wikia.com/index.php?title=Community_Central:Adoption_requests&s=wl#Planet_51. Could you check it out pleaseGhostytreat 22:41, August 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sannse doesn't handle adoption requests, that is Brandon, Wendy and Grunny. They will get to your request when they do. All adoption requests are handled in the order they were made.--

A Special Request
Is there any way to change what the "Add a Page" button links to, both above the main page and under the search bar on regular pages? I implemented a Page Creation Portal for creating pages, but some users still won't use it. Is there any CSS or JS thing I could use, or does a staff member have to do it? This will not remove the ability to easily create pages, (this actually makes things more consistent without going through the unproductive Layout Builder,) and will actually make it easier, especially with the multiple instructions on what to use instead. Plus, it will be more obvious to new users to use the Portal instead of plain-old Special:CreatePage.

{C}ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 19:17, August 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi. No, I'm afraid you can't change what the "add a page" button does - you can't change functionality under our Terms of Use. However, you can add templates to the create page screen of the new editor to allow people to choose a standard format. Have a look at Runescape for an example (they still need to tidy the message, but you can see how it shows)


 * I believe that the Page Layout Builder is due another round of improvements soon too, and that should give more options for templates within the initial createpage pop-up -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:36, August 23, 2011 (UTC)

Funny Usernames
Those usernames are funny. The usernames are Admin and Public account. Those accounts are funny usernames and its funny when they get blocked if its a nonsense username.Ghostytreat 22:09, August 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * They are disabled -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:37, August 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * What. They are suspended. Well that is offencive. Maybe i would think about re-opening them but how do i like re-open a suspended/deleted account?--Terrific joker 18:15, September 10, 2011 (UTC)


 * There is no reason to use those accounts, nor should they be used - you already have an account, and those two could confuse newer users as to whether or not they are what they imply.


 * Usually there shouldn't because that does confuse new users which who makes the things where they have to have it there so automatic objects can happend.--Terrific joker 06:02, September 11, 2011 (UTC)

Degrassi ban
Hi. Do you know when my ban is over on Degrassi wiki?Nisoja 22:11, August 22, 2011 (UTC)Nisoja


 * According to the block log, it was 1 day from 9pm EST. That should be over in roughly 3 hours from now. Rappy 22:28, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance!
Thank you for helping out on BFF in regards to the trouble regarding the "Don't ask, Don't tell" rule, it was really appreciated, and while a good deal of us left that Wikia shortly afterwards we were all happy to see that even if the current Administration didn't much care for our opinions, the Wikia Staff still listened to us. This was a mayor relief and for this allow me to express a truthful "thank you very much" on behalf of myself and the other users!

Njalm 14:58, August 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * You are welcome :) Although I think the admins as a whole did listen, and made some sensible changes. I have a lot of respect for Ten Tailed Fox in particular... he's a good guy and a good admin. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:40, August 23, 2011 (UTC)

Can you please unban me?
loveya or someone unbanned the others?

Lilyisawesome 18:14, August 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * The ban expired -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:31, August 30, 2011 (UTC)

Chat?
Sannse we need to talk about that user i emailed you about on some kind of chat, I am on the iCarly Wikia chat or another chat which would suit you better x SophieSakura  (talk) 17:43, August 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * We caught up on chat :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:32, August 30, 2011 (UTC)

An issue
Hello Sannse (a fellow Englishperson I see?), I was wondering if I could ask you to take a look at a particular issue involving some admins on a wiki abusing their powers (repeatedly) on several users? If I've come to the right place I can give you the relevant information. --Cartman!Talk!
 * You really think this about something as juvenile as trolling despite the plethora of evidence that this was a one way abuse of power? It seems like the matter of abuse itself was completely ignored for the explanation of "trolling"? I'm not going to lie, I'm shocked at this complete dismissal despite the fact that the abuse is clearly the more apparent matter, and the insinuation that the Vault (and myself) was involved in some form of trolling match disgusts me as I actually take my admin responsibilities seriously and wouldn't degrade my character by intentionally breaking rules on other wikis. I have no idea if you'll at least reconsider and look at the evidence (if you even did) but my faith in the management of Wikia has been severely challenged. --Cartman!Talk!

More points, and I ask that they are considered

 * No wiki as large as Halo - with active admins and regular active contributors - could be adopted by someone who edited there for the first time yesterday and has a total of 11 edits. And that decision is not going to be changed by a group of people from another wiki, many of them with no edits on Halo, voting on that. I'm sorry, but the request was totally unrealistic. So given that, and given your undoubted experience of wikis and Wikia, I don't think it was unreasonable to assume that this was likely a joke on your part.


 * Yes, the Halo admin was being rude in chat. That's not something I condone, but we also give admins a lot of leeway in deciding how their community should be run. As I said in the text you quoted, we can and do step in in extreme cases - especially when there is a conflict of interest around a competitive wiki. But that doesn't mean we do in all cases, the ideal is always for a wiki's community to run themselves - even if they don't do that perfectly. If you want to change a wiki's community and become part of the administration, then I suggest you do so by becoming part of that community with valid edits and cooperative discussion - not by getting your friends to try and vote you in above existing admins. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:48, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * Like I have explained time and time again I don't particularly care about the adoption, it was just a lifeline for the wiki, an option in worst case scenario to prevent utter chaos, I don't even specifically like Halo, and the "active admins" at the time numbered three, with two involved. My main issue (and that of several users) is the misconduct. I realise that it's "ideal" for communities to run themselves, but when the admins can run around and do what they want without question including deleting complaints (with screenshots) about their behaviour, abusing existing powers, and going completely unchecked because there is no-one in the power structure of that community to turn to, only for the issue to end with them "openly mocking" the people involved because they are untouchable? I was actually advised by a staff member and another experienced user (who mentioned you specifically) to seek out someone in your area, and It's one admin who is the main issue here.


 * I don't know if you actually are his "friend" or not, but it appears as though you are past thinking the Vault users involved were just "trolling", and you now admit the rudeness in chat, so hopefully you can see that I haven't presented argument upon argument (with evidence) for my own health. Yes, ideally it would have been nice to see their community deal with the issue but the problem is any attempt to present the issue to their community was immediately deleted when noted by the users involved, and as those with the power are the few involved the only course of action possible was to request help from Wikia. Also, there was no vote. --Cartman!Talk!
 * I don't want to get in to further discussion on this... Halo is not eligible for adoption and the chat dispute is not one that currently needs staff intervention.
 * But just two clarifications: my only relationship with Spartan-118 is the one I have with all Wikia users, and I did not discuss this situation with him on IRC. I can't see the full context of his chat message, but my only comments on this have been on the adoptions page and here. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:54, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * And I remind you yet again that this isn't about adoption any more, and that there is more to it than chat.
 * Also, that isn't what the screenshot suggests. Fair enough you don't want to get into further discussion about it, but I do. I'd like you to put me in contact with someone either higher than you, or to allow me a second opinion from another staff member. --Cartman!Talk!
 * Also, "Yeah I talked to Sannse on the IRC" is pretty clear context.
 * Hi Cartman, I'm Sannse's boss and the VP of Community Support for Wikia. As Sannse has mentioned, the personal issues you're having with this admin are not what we consider needing staff intervention. As you've stated, you're not even interested in Halo, so we suggest you let this interaction go and simply move on. We do not interevene in matters of personal disagreements or one person simply disagreeing with the actions and policies of admins on a wiki. We consider this matter closed; should you have further concerns, please contact us at Special:Contact . Thanks. Jen Burton (help forum | blog) 16:42, September 1, 2011 (UTC)

Request
Hi! I am a bureaucrat at the Ben 10 Wiki and i am requesting that if you can you add in the bot right that bureaucrats can add at the Ben 10 Wiki. Like the one at Admin Tools wiki, and let admins add in rollback. The reason for this is that our non bureaucrat admins should be able to add in the simple rollback since they are trusted enough to do this, since they can also give the simple right chatmod. As for bot, it would be easier for users who are experienced with the abilities of a bot to use a bot at our wiki since they will not have a approved bot as i am the only one who has one, we have a few bot users. And also, i have asked the other existing bureaucrats as they have said yes as seen here, http://ben10.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:TheBen10Mazter#RE:_Bureaucrat_rights. Thank you for your time. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 17:59, August 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * Wouldn't this request be better if it was sent into Special:Contact?


 * I use my dad's email and he does not like getting messages from Wikia. --TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 18:18, August 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think this is needed TheBen10Mazter, please use the default settings for now. Thanks -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:53, August 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Please, we need this, it will help our wiki a lot. It is very annoying to get a bot approved as a Special:Contact message take 3 days to get a answer. Please. Thank you. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 00:54, August 31, 2011 (UTC)

default monobook skin

 * Hi,Sannse:
 * I like wikia,but I want to default monobook skin and cancle Read more(chinese is a 读更多),can you help me?--Msnhinet8 12:01, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * My wiki is:星際百科--Msnhinet8 12:01, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm sorry, Wikia doesn't offer monobook as a default -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:00, September 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok,I Understand thank you.--Msnhinet8 02:44, September 1, 2011 (UTC)

Freenode cloaks
Hi Sannse (: No, this isn't a cloak request. (: I noticed this page section was severely outdated. I figure you're probably busy, but I'd be happy to check each nick on Freenode and move them to the completed requests section if it's okay with you. (: I know there might be a bit of a trust issue, so if not that, perhaps add a sentence that asks users to move themselves to the completed requests section after they get their cloak? — Urbancowgurl777 (talk) 07:35, September 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Urbancowgurl. You are welcome to move any completed requests down, I know I'm sometimes bad at remembering to do that as they get set :)


 * Overall, I think we are going to have to phase out IRC cloaks. I'm pretty much the only staff person who uses Freenode regularly, and that's for personal time rather than as part of Wikia's support. It's pretty rare that people can find someone to set a cloak (and Freenode's system is a bit awkward, and requires the GC, the requester, and a Freenode staffer to get together). So it's likely that I'll be removing that page soon :( -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 20:02, September 1, 2011 (UTC)

Wiki-navigation Question
Hello again. As I was looking around on Wikia, I noticed that the Sims Wiki has five, um what do you call them, drop down link things on their Wiki-navigation bar. Now, what I remember about the skin transfer to Wikia/Oasis is that we were now limited to four. Did this change? And if so, then how many are we allowed now? Are we also allowed to have drop downs within those like with the Monaco Skin? What I mean is something like the Mass Effect Wiki's old Monaco Skin Sidebar. The things like Downloadable Content area. One last thing, are we still limited to seven links? If not, then now many? As always, thanks in advance. Lancer1289 13:30, September 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, there's a bug in the system that is allowing more links in the navigation than intended. The problem is that when the bug gets fixed, those with extra links are likely to have broken navigation. The code is under review at the moment, and it's possible that more menu items will be part of the feature after that. So I'd very much recommend holding on a bit longer rather than building something likely to break :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 20:16, September 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the answer. I guess I have to hold off on that redesign then. :(.
 * However since you said it is under review, please consider the amount of links and extend it because having just 28 is limiting. If I could offer a few suggestions, perhaps 7 drop down links and up to 9 links under them, 6 drop down links and up to 8 links under them, or any other combinations, but at the very least, extend the amount of drop down links. Lancer1289 21:24, September 2, 2011 (UTC)

Abuse of Adminship.
Help! I was banned for a whole day on the Kingdom Hearts Wiki! The admin said for sockpuppeting. But I dont understand the true meaning of sockpuppeting! I know it has something to do with using two accounts but I didnt use two at the same time! I used my second account for the Kingdom hearts wiki! And only for that wiki and Kingdom heart wikis alike. I wont use both my accounts at the same time! But I was stilled banned for a whole day on this account and banned FOREVER on my second I didnt even get a chance to defend myself! He didnt even link me to the article that talks about sockpuppeting to so that I would even know what it is. I really dont know what it is! So please help and link me to the true definintion! I really like going on that wiki and now I am banned from the live chat aswell! What do I do?! LSSJ4 18:14, September 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * I suspect this has been resolved by now (as it was only a short ban). Many wikis have strong rules about using more than one account. On wikis, it's important to have a good reputation, so that others know that you are a reliable person entering good information. If you use more than one account, it risks hiding actions that would add to to take away from that reputation. People want to know you are you - whether that's under a real name or a nick. And using more than one account is often seen as hiding you. It's best to talk this over with the admins concerned though - and a day isn't long to wait to do that -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:22, September 7, 2011 (UTC)

Help, please.
I started a wiki - this time about a POPULAR subject - but need help launching it. Please can you help out? If you have the ability to make yourself an admin, you have my permission. You don't need my permission anyway. Please do. Thanks Chris! 00:41, September 3, 2011 (UTC). The guy who owns The Dot. You joined that one.


 * Staff generally do not have time to help on individual wikis. If you need help with your wiki, you can check the Admin Forum, or some of the help pages.

Regarding Chat Issue
Hi Sannse, thanks for your reply to my contact regarding the chat issue. I've ensured my browser is updated and javascript is on, is there a list of other thigns required for the chat anywhere? Thanks.  Helloher  (Death is not my phone number)  13:32, September 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Helloher. I don't know of anything else, but I've asked a collegue to see if they can find more info -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:24, September 7, 2011 (UTC)

Can you check my IRC account
Can you check my account to make sure it has a primary nick. (for the IRC cloak). Thanks,


 * If you have registered with freenode, you have a primary nick. It's the one that shows when you type "/whois your_nick". Ask on #freenode if you need help with that -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:26, September 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. So are uyou still giving out cloaks?

Hey
Hey, PM me in Chat or in IRC when you get the chance. 21:28, September 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * As soon as possible, please. 21:44, September 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry Adam, I can't guarantee I'll be in IRC at any particular time right now. And besides, I'm guessing this is to discuss a ban that resulted from you putting porn in the IRC channel. I'm not removing that at the moment. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:29, September 7, 2011 (UTC)

What?
What do you want? -- (anon)


 * World peace, the abolition of all reality TV, a kitten that needs absolutely no maintenance, and another cup of coffee. Oh, and a pony, obviously. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:35, September 7, 2011 (UTC)

Name Change
Hey Sannse, Hows it going. I was wondering If I could get my name changed, To ActorDude99. Please and thank you  I'm on the edge of glory and I'm hanging on a moment with you I'm on the edge with you! 


 * Please about this.--

Adoption
Hi Sannse! I left you a message previously, but I haven't got an answer yet. I love the Demonata Series and was disappointed to see that the whole wiki is a stub. I would like to become and Admin there and help contribute for my favorite series' sake. I am trustworthy, for that you could just visit beyblade.wikia.com, where I am an active and regular user. Thanks! Pinklilac 11:32, September 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Pinklilac :) You are looking for our adoptions page. Good luck! -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:37, September 7, 2011 (UTC)

Block
User:SVG banned User:R2-47 and removed his rights on a wiki R2 founded! Can you remove SVG's rights from The Astromech Wiki?67.175.127.44 14:34, September 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Please do not bring local issues here. Said user harassed SVG on the wiki, hence the block. 14:36, September 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * If you need to discuss this more (which doesn't sound likely) please use the contact form -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:37, September 7, 2011 (UTC)

Stephen King Wiki Favicon
Hi, I am the admin at the Stephen King Wiki. I am trying to get a custom favicon for the wiki, but the file I've been uploading has not been working. It has the .ico extension and was created by a program to do so. I've uploaded it to the location, "Favicon.ico", but it is still displaying the default wikia favicon. I don't know what I am doing wrong because I have changed the favicon before on another wiki. If you could help me out, I would much appreciate it. --Rolliemoon
 * It normally takes about a day to update and appear on the browser--Acer4666 15:44, September 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I did let it go for awhile. It must not have been long enough. --Rolliemoon


 * Clearing your cache may speed up the process. 21:55, September 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Favicons are notoriously sticky. Browsers cache them in a different way to other images, so they have a nasty tendency to take ages to update. I see the updated one on your wikis, so if you don't, it's your browser clinging on to the old version -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:39, September 7, 2011 (UTC)

Anno 1404 wiki
Hi this is user Thy emporer. there is a user on Anno 1404 wiki called Brumbek. I made a edit but he deleted it although what i was saying can be done i have done it.

How to get a custom signature?
Hi Sannse. I am Pinklilac. I have seen lots of users on various wikis with customised signatures, but I don't know how to get one. Could you please tell me how to? I'll really appreciate it! -Pinklilac 08:09, September 11, 2011 (UTC)

Regarding the Vault and Halo Nations
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Ultra_Force#A_warning

We have recently seen vandals who have been repeatedly made new accounts on different IP addresses. Is there anything you can do about this?

We suspect this person http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User:Trolly_polly, http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User:Tezzla_cannon, http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User:Ghosttro1, this person uses mulitple proxies to make new accounts and go around all the blocks we've given him/her.

Con you block Jessie1010. She has sockpuppets, one in particular is FakeWiki. In My Babysitter's a Vampire Wiki, Shake It Up Wiki and more. All of this has happened minutes after KataraFan and Jessie1010 had a huge fight. And it was on KataraFan's page about "fucking cows" Please block her and her IP Adress off of every wiki. Thanks.

Special:Contact. --TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs)  20:04, September 11, 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism on Charmed Legacy
Hi Sannse! Can you please permanently block User:96.35.11.159 from Charmedlegacy.wikia.com and also check if the user IP address matches any user from charmed.wikia.com? If the IP matches a user from Charmed wiki, can you please block that account as well from Charmed Legacy? The user has vandalized various pages on Charmed Legacy Wiki and I assume it is someone from Charmed Wiki. Can you please take a look at this link to see the kind of vandalism I am talking about - http://charmedlegacy.wikia.com/index.php?title=Shannen_Doherty&action=historysubmit&diff=13505&oldid=13489 Thanks! :)
 * Contact the VSTF. 13:43, September 12, 2011 (UTC)