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Welcome
Hello, I am a community Manager here at Wikia. Please add new messages to the bottom, thanks :)

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Wipeout Wiki
Hey, I'm working on improving the Wipeout Wiki with a few other users, and I was wondering if you could possibly give me a link to the page that contains the template for welcoming users. I can't find it, so could you give me a link, please? All I want to do is to edit the end bit, so it has mine or Gold710's name on the end, instead of latest user to edit. 06:10, July 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * The welcome message is found at MediaWiki:Welcome-message-user. Follow the instructions on User:Wikia to change it.--


 * Take a look at Help:Welcome tool. — Spike Toronto  06:42, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Those are the best links - let us know if you need further help or advice! Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:10, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

few questions
I have a few Questions that I hope you can answer

1. Is there a way to make pages only editable by adminastrators? If there is then how?

2. Is a adminastrator able to make the rules for the site?

3.How can a adminastrator block someone?

4.How do You make a signature?

I hope You can answer these questions,please reply back on my talk page

A saiyan warrior 14:49, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

Answers:

1. Yes, a admin can protect a page for only admins to edit.

2. Well a admin can tell users what to do and not do to.

3. Special:Block

4. Go to your preferences and go down to signature to make your signature.


 * TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 14:58, July 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * That covers most of it. :) We also have an admin how-to page that lists how to do most of what you asked as well as more. We are also building up our founder &amp; admin central. Let me know if you have further questions. Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:15, July 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Regarding Question #3, on our wiki, we like to build a consensus for new rules and/or changing existing ones. We use a Noticeboard for that purpose. Just a thought … — Spike Toronto  01:32, July 27, 2011 (UTC)

Block
Is there a way to request a block here on central if yes can I request a block for William Yellowbones for the following reasons:
 * Everytime he is blocked somewhere he comes to you spamming your talk'
 * When others and I ask him to go somewhere else he carries on

 Tama 63  18:12, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't forget he's using people's signatures to frame them.-- Shade   18:33, July 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Tama63, we have already had this discussion about drama spilling over from your wiki onto other wikis. Please feel free to ban this user from your wikis and if he/she begins to harass you elsewhere, please give me concrete examples. I personally will look into this situation, but please contact me from now on and refrain from asking the same question to other Wikia staff members simply because I said no. --daNASCAT http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 18:47, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Except William is IMPERSONATING users on Community Central. Check the history of this Talk page, you'll find that William was editing comments and using other people's Signatures to frame people HERE, on community Central.-- Shade   18:50, July 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you for explaining his issue on this wiki more clearly. I have looked into the matter and banned the user for two weeks. Please refer any more replies to my talk page. I am not trying to be rude, but plenty of other staff members have been dragged into this and I would rather clear their pages of this mess ASAP. --daNASCAT http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:18, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

Will do.-- Shade   22:23, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

Help please
Could you please take this users http://ultradragonball.wikia.com/wiki/User:Blalafoon Bureaucrats rights away as he is leaving and said he will never be back, I feel there is no need for him to keep his rights I created the Wiki and to tell you the truth i didn't mean to make him a Bureaucrat in the first place i clicked on the wrong box. Anyways could you please take care of this for me? 21:09, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

Send this to Special:Contact. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 21:11, July 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, Sorry for the delayed response. Did you send in a message to Special:Contact? Sarah (help forum | blog) 16:50, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

HELP ME!
It's Terror Fang17! I can't remember my password! Can you try find out for me?


 * Hi, you can request a new one on the Log In page. If that isn't working, please send in a message to Special:Contact. Sarah (help forum | blog) 16:52, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

Problem
There is a problem on every wiki! Please help! Dynovan 15:35, July 29, 2011 (UTC)

Tell the problem first. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 15:39, July 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, yes please give us a bit more details. Sarah (help forum | blog) 16:53, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

Delete account
I Would like you to permanently delete my account here. I will be moving to shoutwiki. Thank you very much. Wikia is trying to pull a totalitarian scheme over it's users by MAKING a specific skin mandatory. Discraceful. I am moving to shoutwiki, effective immediatly.rich 16:55, July 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry to hear you want to leave Wikia. Please send account closing requests to Special:Contact. Sarah (help forum | blog) 16:59, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

New Wikia editor Layout
Hi, I apologize if I am taking up unecessary space by uploading a photo but I felt the need to hsow you what happened. I was using the new wikia editor when something happened and the sidebar disappeared. Some of the other things were removed but others were replaced at the top. Here is a picture: File:new wikia editor.jpg. I'd like to know how to fix it or if it will affect other user accounts. Thanks!--Qim1 21:19, July 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * The sidebar is just collapsed. If you click on the bar on the far right, it'll reappear.


 * Ah, I see, thank you! I didn't even see the small arrow bar there.--Qim1 22:29, July 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi - glad you figured it out! Sarah (help forum | blog) 17:00, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

Special Pages Failing to Update
On my wiki, I check the most signifigant of the uncategorized page finding special pages, the wanted page finding ones, and the unused page finding ones. ("Page" doesn't apply to just normal pages.) They last updated on July 29th, but it's already August 1st. What's wrong with it? If you don't know, who should I ask?

Roads is a Wikia user! Duh! -_- 11:37, August 1, 2011 (UTC)

Top wikis are failing to update! Can you help? Dynovan 11:57, August 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Send this to Special:Contact - they're supposed to update once per day.
 * Hi, please send in more details there (and remember to provide links to your wikis). Thanks, Sarah (help forum | blog) 17:01, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

help
uh the ben10 mazter is brothering me can you plz do something about ballgum 15:25, August 2, 2011 (UTC)\

Please do not listen to him, he just mad because i blocked him somewhere. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 15:26, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

yea becuse i just said i waht do get unblock plz do not listen to him and i baned him on my wiki —This unsigned comment is by Gumballfan260 (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with !

This is not a staff matter, plus you were spamming on the Ben 10 Wiki so that was a result of a ONE day block, spamming usaually needs a month or maybe 2 weeks. You blocked me on your wiki because you were mad at me. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 15:32, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

ok you konw waht im sorry just plz unblock it wont hapeen agin plz —This unsigned comment is by Gumballfan260 (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with !

Lets take this on the Ben 10 Wiki. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 15:34, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

plz unblock if you do i prmose i wnt do anthing bad ok? and ok ballgum 15:40, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

Nevermind all that, i unblock him because of a reason and he unblocked me, the problem is resolved. No need to answer to this. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 15:43, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

yep but he unblock me but i still cant edit ballgum 19:20, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

He can edit now, when i unblock him, i did not remove the IP block so that was keeping him from editing. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 20:26, August 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Please stop continutally posting my talk page here. This page is meant for folks who need help with using Wikia. Local discussions should stay local, and involve the local community. I am happy to help you both with discussing this matter locally, but please contact me on that wiki. Sarah (help forum | blog) 17:06, August 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, abou that, i told the user several times to go to another wiki, but it seems that he wont listen, though the problem is handled now. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 17:10, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

Ben 10 Answers
Hi Sarah! Im a editor at the Ben 10 Answers Wiki. I am requesting admin and bureaucrat rights there so i can clean up the massive vandal and innappropriate vandal there. I am also a admin and bureaucrat at the Ben 10 Wiki, the home wiki of Ben 10, where i have 4550 edits there. The wiki is barren and has no admins, the last admin to edit was a year ago. I want these rights so i can clean up all the innappropriate things there, and yes there are MANY things that have to be cleaned up, if you check the the wiki, you will see many things that are not age appropriate. I had to mark many things innappropriate. So can i have these rights so i can promote one other bureaucrat from the Ben 10 Wiki, so he and i can clean up the wiki and make it decent and good again. I am already a admin and bureaucrat at the Ben 10 Wiki and the other Ben 10 Answers Wiki, you can check if you'd like, i have a lot of edits on the Ben 10 Wiki, but on the other answers wiki, i currently have not edited since, the creator of that wiki gave me the rights because i was a great bureaucrat at the Ben 10 Wiki. So thank you. '''Also please do not redirect me to the adoptions page, because i know i am not eligible to adopt since i was given admin status last month. '''TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 01:30, August 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Why are you here asking Sarah for this? You were granted these rights almost seven hours before posting this. You would have received a notice to that effect in your email. Roads gave you and six others these rights all at the same time. — Spike Toronto  03:42, August 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sarah cannot grant rights. If you are not eligible to adopt, you have to wait. Perhaps the person you wanted to promote can instead apply for the rights.--


 * Godisme’s advice is good advice. I actually erred above. Apparently, even though they look very similar, (1) http://ben10.answers.wikia.com and (2) http://ben10planet.answers.wikia.com are not the same wiki. TheBen10Mazter is asking for rights on #1 and not on #2, where he got the rights on August 2. #1 is an older, more established wiki with over 4,000 pages, while #2 is a new competing wiki with only 2 pages. Mea culpa. — Spike Toronto  04:37, August 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * The reason i want the rights is because if you take a look at the candidates for deletion, there are a lot of nasty and innapporpriate things that i want to delete, i myself put a few for candidates for deletion, there are A LOT more, i have to say. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 13:34, August 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ben Sarah's area isn't for granting rights please take this to Community Central:Adoption requests also please try and use cross wiki link not url links ie ben10.anwers thanks --Tama 63  13:43, August 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Read my entire message to Sarah. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 13:44, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, The adoptions wiki is the place for this request. I know that you want me to send you there, but the rules exist there for a reason. If you want an exception, you need to ask the staff there, not me. Thank you, Sarah (help forum | blog) 17:10, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

Userpage
Hi ,

I have been working on layouts for staff talks I've done meg and jen already, if you would like one please leave me a message on my talk :) Tama 63  09:51, August 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * I am good for now - but thanks! Sarah (help forum | blog) 17:42, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

New Wiki
I decide to make a wiki about Microsoft Sam. Microsoft Sam reads Funny Windows Errors Wiki. Check it out!TheJacobs Wait. LOLA BUNNY! 12:33, August 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Awesome - happy editing, Sarah (help forum | blog) 17:43, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

how
how do you put a chat mode on your wiki plz help me Im the owner of tggest wiki and i what to put a chat mode in it how do i do it plz help Code odd 22:41, August 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Go to Special:Wikialabs on your wiki and activate chat.--


 * thanksCode odd 22:46, August 4, 2011 (UTC)

The Hunger Games Wiki
Hi, Sarah. Would it be possible for me to be an administrator on the Hunger Games Wiki? The current, one and only administrator, TagAlongPam, is rarely there, and there has been a lot of vandalism stacking up recently, with no one to sort it out. I've voiced my concerns with her, along with others, but she's ignoring her talk page. There is no democratic process on the wiki, so I can't nominate myself. The "community", such as it is, has no interest whatsoever in improving, or expanding the content of the site. All they do is write fan fiction and role-play. As you may already be aware a movie adaptation of the Hunger Games is going to be released at the begining of next year, which will no doubt boost the popularity of the site as it's already being hailed as "the next Harry Potter". I've laid out a complete modern redesign of the wiki's skin which you can view on my test wiki here. I really want to bring the wiki forward, and work with Wikia to arrange things like prize draws, and giveaways, and, hopefully, build an engaged and democratic community. I'm already an administrator on the True Blood Wiki, and I'm sure someone there will vouch for my trustworthiness and competence.

Thank you for your time.

Jayden Matthews 13:56, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

PS: I have not filed this under adoption requests becuse the wiki is not technically inactive. Jayden Matthews 13:59, August 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, Please still leave a message on the adoption wiki with this info. Thanks, Sarah (help forum | blog) 17:44, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Problem please help.
Hi Sarah,

I'm TooNBaku from Bakugan Wikia. I don't know how but I lost a thousand edits, I was at 12,000 edits and then I was back to 11,000 edits without any warning. I wasn't blocked but I lost my edits. If you know what happened, could you please tell me. Thank you.

Ooh, somebody  stop me!!!! 22:13, August 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Appears there may have been a bug related to fixing the member since date. I added your example to a ticket. Sorry about that. Sarah (help forum | blog) 17:52, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Chat
When I made a user chat mode, I noticed that it said "[chat mod],[non-chat mod] made $2 a chatmod" rather than "[chat mod] made [non-chat mod] a chat moderator. Randomguy3000


 * Sorry, I am not quite sure what you are referring to. Can you explain a bit more? Sarah (help forum | blog) 17:54, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Close Wiki
Hello. I am the founder of Star Wars Roleplay Wiki and I'd like to have it shut down. It's just, I haven't had time for it and I don't really wanna fool with it. Weirdo Guy (<font face="Corbel" size="2" color="#119136153">talk ) 21:17, August 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Send a message to Special:Contact but wikis are not usually shut down unless with good reason. They can always be worked on by others.--

Lost Password
I forgot my password and I don't know to log back on. My real account name is R2-47.

so will ya help me? --R9-88754 22:26, August 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * and ask them to help.--

Some thing easier would be just entering your username then click email a new password and you'll get one in your email. --TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 22:36, August 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, Please use Special:Contact for these types of issues. Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:04, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

PASSWORD PROBLEM
Sarah, I forgot my password and I have to get it back. I put no e-mail into my address and my real account is User:R2-47. Please, help me!--67.175.127.44 14:37, August 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * Special:Contact would be the thing we suggest for these,but since you've got no email to be replied on,....I guess you are out of luck,but wait for an official response anyways:)--
 * Please still send in an email with more details to Special:Contact. Thanks, Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:08, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Hello :)

I created a wikia called "Cartoon Doll Emporium Wiki" It's baesed off from a website I play.....

My sister recently tried to register for an account on CDE wikia, and it said "sorry, we are unable to register you at this time" I am the admin and I was wondering If there was a way to fix that...is there?

PrincessBubblegum13 14:52, August 7, 2011 (UTC)PrincessBubblegum13


 * Hi, The most likely reason for this is that she is not eligible for an account at this time under our terms of use. See http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia:Terms_of_use#Membership for more details. Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:08, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Reporting Unfair Block
Hi. I am reporting an unfair block that happened to me. He blocked me for no reason:

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I added a Minifigure Template. Which took a long time. (Ask Monchoman45) and he reverted it, and I was editing the main page. I added a slider about the stuff. Made a HeadingA Template, trying to make it look better, or professional, and he just blocked me. And there was no reason given. Please help. -


 * Looks like you are now unblocked and hopefully the situation was figured out. Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:12, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Hi, i seem to have a wikia server problem.
Hi, im very new here and im having trouble with my topic in http://exmortis.wikia.com/wiki/Cult_Of_Exmortis. Im trying to change the picture but i cant seem to do it, everytime i add a picture it keeps the old one and i dont see a "change a picture" button so im very lost. I hit revert, having no idea what i just did, and it keeps cpying the same picture and keep the old one as the default. Help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Welcome! -


 * Hi, Is this still happening? It may have been that we were having some server issues at that time. If it is, please send in a message to Special:Contact with links to the images that aren't uploading properly. This will help us in investigating. Thanks, Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:14, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Warrior Cats Roleplay Wiki
The admins on Warrior Cats Roleplay Wiki are being rude to me and falsely accusing me of things I didn't do. I had a problem and they told me to shut up and go away, and called me a retard. Qazqaz555 20:27, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Now they blocked me for no reason. They also demand "respect" because I had an "attitude". Please help me! Qazqaz555 20:56, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

badges?
Is there a way to make custom badges, and if so then how?

--- J-Dub 1 from http://jdubwillrise.wikia.com/wiki/J-Dub_will_rise_Wiki


 * Hi, You can read about customizing the badges here. Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:25, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Signature Problem
Hello Sarah. Please weigh in on this issue I am having with a higher up on the Bleach Wikia. I have requested to remove a single letter from the posting of a signature that I find quite offensive from my own talk page only, such that no other user will be harmed in any way, but that I will feel better. In return, the user, who is very nearly an admin, threatened to report me for vandalism if I do so. Thanks! -- 10X Kamehameha


 * You have to figure it out. Its in the help wiki. Go to your preferences and use the trat sig as a text you added on there.--Ghostytreat 17:39, August 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * I understand the God versus G-d issue is important for followers of some faiths who are not permitted to even say the name of ____ and so render it as G-d. I do, however, find it odd that, if this is the crux of the matter for you, that you have an interest in the the Bleach Wiki at all since talk of gods and goddesses — other than G-d — is commonplace on it. Also, changing how his sig appears on your talk page will not change it on the scores and scores of other pages at Bleach and all over Wikia where you will encounter it. You will still see it … practically everywhere you turn … Anyway, I don’t like his sig either, because I think it egotistical and arrogant, which is why I always refer to him instead by his full username without spaces; then, it’s just a “handle”, a nonsensical nickname. Nonetheless, I live with how it appears on my screen, the rendering of the actual sig. Life is about compromise and coexistence. So, here’s a compromise: Why not just archive threads on your talkpage in which he has participated as soon as those discussions have concluded? Out of sight, out of mind. It ain’t perfect, but it’s an idea worth considering. — <font color="#DC143C" face="Garamond" size="3">Spike <font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">Toronto  07:32, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

It's a good idea, and thanks for the reasonable response. However, this is just one of many times I am being specifically targeted. On the Bleach Wiki, we are not allowed to remove content from my own talk page for any reason, which is something anyone can do on Wikipedia and most Wikias. Despite this, friends of G-disme are allowed to do so, such as SunXia, who can do things like remove posts and have an edit summary of, "Do not want offensive talk on my talk page," which was from earlier today. All I ask is for fair treatment and minor control over my own userspace. 10X Kamehameha


 * Okay, enough of this. You were given the option to archive your talk page and you did not take it. SunXia removed your message from her talk page because it was clear abuse and you insulted her. We have a policy that you are not to remove content from your talk page unless in cases of personal attacks, spam or vandalism. You attacked Sun, therefore she could remove that. Ever since you came to Bleach Wiki, you have done nothing but cause trouble and insult our wiki. If you do not like how things are done there, you do not have to be there. We have tried to remain civil throughout this but you instead turned to insulting Bleach Wiki right on your own talk page. If you do not want to see the word God, archive your talk page. You are not modifying my signature.--

That message was to you. You said I didn't know anything about templates, so I informed you that it was disrespectful to say so and showed you how to do what you thought was impossible. I never said a word to SunXia, stop lying about me. 18:23, August 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * Not only that, but as Godisme's sig is a template, it's not technically feasible to remove one character from one page. You'd disrupt the entire jobqueue, and judging from the fact that you openly block people on Dragonball wiki simply for editing on bleach, I don't think you have the grounds to request something that would require bleach users to go out of their way to help you.

"'openly block people on Dragonball wiki simply for editing on bleach" - that is a lie and the link is not even related to your claim. The user said they were blocked by someone other than me (PrinceZarbon), and did not say why. That user was blocked from DB Wiki by PrinceZarbon for being a sock puppet. 10X Kamehameha

HalliwellManorAkaDsc385
Can you please block User:Shanebeckam on Charmedlegacy wiki? He continues coming on my wiki, harassing me and continuing to be nothing more than a cyber bully. Thanks! HalliwellManorAkaDsc385 16:37, August 11, 2011 (UTC)