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You blocked an anonymous user on The Vault?
Hi! I'm an admin over at The Vault, and I notice you recently showed up to ban an anonymous user from our site. I wonder what your reasons are, since I see nothing in his contribution list that warrants it. Thanks.--Gothemasticator 07:58, January 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey there! Did you check his deleted contributions? -- 15:48, January 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * I figured I was missing something. Thanks for the info.--Gothemasticator 02:45, January 3, 2010 (UTC)

Checkuser
Hi there, I'm an administrator on the Cyber Nations Wiki. I was wondering if you had checkuser privileges, and if I could make a request to obtain the IP address of a user to determine if it is the same as another anonymous user. Please contact me with your response, ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail)


 * Hi there. The Spam taskforce doesn't have the ability to checkuser. You'll have to contact Wikia with that request. Sorry I couldn't be of more help :) -- 05:09, January 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the prompt response, but the issue was resolved anyway. Thanks again, ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail)

Sig
The sigX, is valid on All Wikia or, only in Central Wikia. 21:40, January 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Only here. You'd need to make your sig for each wiki. Take care to mind if the wiki's you edit at have policies for signatures. -- 21:41, January 3, 2010 (UTC)

Bullying
boy you do not bully me again do you hear me?


 * Hi, Scott. If you look at little closer, I was the one removing the vandalism, not adding it. -- 19:16, January 5, 2010 (UTC)

Why
a user can to be vstf? 18:00, January 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * See SpamTaskForce -- 18:18, January 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * and, who choose a vstf? A staff's member? 01:06, January 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Check out the bottom of the page at SpamTaskForce, it explains how to volunteer. -- 01:08, January 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * ¿I'm going on the right way, or not? 01:13, January 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's not really a question Charitwo can answer, it's more of a self-evaluating thing. Anybody can help get involved with the removal of cross-wiki spam via the IRC counter-vandalism channel. The best way to get noticed is to get involved and become a positive influence and asset. Joey (talk) 04:07, January 10, 2010 (UTC)

Also posted this on your talk page on CA wiki
It appears we're in need of your bot again on Combat Arms Wiki! Would you be able to reformat about... 75 pages... to correctly display a modified template? Template:Quote was changed from being formatted to display the attribution as you typed it, like this: "blahblahblah - Attribution" to requiring the attribution to be typed in like this: "blahblahblah"

- Attribution Thanks ahead of time. SeaCrane_1 21:59, January 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Replied at talk page at CA. -- 23:00, January 8, 2010 (UTC)

Blocked from my own wiki?
Care to explain why you've blocked me from editing my own wiki (http://online-teaching.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Online_teaching_dos_and_don%27ts_Wiki)?

Your stated reason was vandalism, but I've just reviewed the entire revision history, and I don't see any. What I see is a series of revisions by me, and one (18:56, January 9, 2010) by a friend whom I invited to comment. No spam, no vandalism.

Even if there had been vandalism, why block ME?

This is my first experience with Wikia, and looks like being my last. How would you feel if you created a wiki and four days later found yourself locked out of your own wiki by some meddling stranger? At the very least I'd like to hear your reasons for doing so.

Andy Baird Andybaird 01:04, January 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Andy. Can you please e-mail me the entire blocked message you receive as this is not a local block. -- 01:06, January 10, 2010 (UTC)

User: Scott Rankin
http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User:Scott_Rankin  It's a giant ad for some web hosting company.  λ T 16:06, January 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorted, thank you. You can also mark those with and someone will likely notice it quicker. -- 16:15, January 12, 2010 (UTC)

Bot
Hello, sorry to bother you (if you're too busy, don't answer). I wanted to ask you some things about bots (just curious). Here goes: I know it might be a lot of questions, so take your time. But please, answer in my talk page, so I can see when you've answered if I'm in another wiki. Thanks, -- Just  Me  19:33, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Can any account be given a "bot flag"?
 * 2) Can you do automatic changes without a bot flag?
 * 3) Can a sysop at a wiki give a bot flag, or is it just the Wikia Community Team?
 * 4) If you have a bot, how do you make it edit automatically? (just a simple explanation, if it's too complicated, don't worry about it)


 * Yes, providing they have community approval to be flagged as one.
 * If you have a bot framework, such as AutoWikiBrowser or Pywikipediabot framework.
 * By default, only helpers and staff can grant bot flags. You request them via Special:Contact once you have community approval.
 * See #2, those are the two most community used programs to edit things "Automatically".


 * Hope this helps!-- 19:39, January 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, thanks a lot. Just one last thing: if I want see what it works like, which is easier to use (and to understand), AutoWikiBrowser or Pywikipediabot framework? -- Just  Me  14:47, January 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Both have their uses, I use AWB on Windows and Pybot on linux (there's one for windows but I haven't used it). It's just a matter of what you want to do with it. I personally make ample use out of both, so if you have the resources, I definitely recommend getting both. -- 17:06, January 20, 2010 (UTC)

Please help
I am looking at helping out a certain wiki (http://hyundai.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page) but need help getting out vandalism. Can you help me? Thanks, GG 360


 * Hi! I've cleared out some spam dating back to April of last year, if I missed anything please let me know. You may also be interested in adoption of the wiki. -- 15:42, January 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I would like to help out the wiki and become admin so that I can refresh it. GG 360

Categories
Sorry for that. I saw them on page and I thought it was good if I did make them. I did mean it good. Please don't take this from the wrong side.--Station7 19:57, January 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * Nah, it's cool, just wanted to give you the heads up before you made too many of them. You can check out User_blog:KyleH/The_future_of_Central_Wikia for more info on the changes I mentioned. -- 19:59, January 31, 2010 (UTC)

Malware-related Ads(?)
I realize that this isn't exactly the jurisdiction, but since you're from FFXIclopedia I'm starting here. Using Google Chrome to visit FFXIclopedia is returning a malware warning claiming that the page contains elements from 212.117.180.54 (link to the Safe Browsing page, not the page itself) which may host malware. Not all pages return this warning, and I assume that it's ads causing the problem because those which do not show it are userpages, edit pages, and other pages which do not have ads other than for other wikis. Typically I ignore Safe Browsing warnings as most of the time they're false and/or reference no real risks; even if they do have some substance, it's normally just one page that's infected and not the whole site. However, this one looks a little more interesting: Of the 100 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 0 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2010-02-04, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2010-02-04. Malicious software includes 105 trojan(s), 102 exploit(s), 1 scripting exploit(s). I haven't experienced this on any other wiki and obviously I'm not going to personally test to see if there's any real malware associated with the "infected elements." I'm not sure what qualifies as "consent" to Google's bots, so if you have to download something from the site then there's no real problem and you might wish to contact Google to have these warnings removed from Wikia wikis. However, whether the elements embedded in FFXIclopedia are directly related to malware or not, I don't know if it's a good idea to keep ads for or provided by this site. Just some thoughts, 02:45, February 5, 2010 (UTC)

So sorry
You just caught me a I just finished my last ever edit (its perfect now). Just out of curiosity, what else is there to do?--SGCommand 15:47, February 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * There are over 75000 wikis to work on! Such as the StarGate wiki. -- 16:01, February 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Erm, I'm removed as admin on here and I have contributed pics for Doctor Who. I have to wait for the new look Wikia to see what edits I can make. Any chance that after a few edits, I can have my user contents back please?--SGCommand 14:09, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * You've never been an admin here. Your userpage is still preserved in the history, however the giant list I removed is out of scope of the user page policy. As far as I know, the new look and the moving is complete, minus a couple bugs that need to be ironed out and the ongoing maintenance here on central. -- 15:15, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

Central Wikia or not central wikia ?

 * Central wikia doit recenser tous les wikias sans en escamoté aucun!
 * Il ne faudrait au moins pas supprimé les anglais! ni les français d'ailleurs! Wikisoft* @@@-fr 16:03, February 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Toutes les pages de description sont supprimés, désolé. S'il vous plaît voir User_blog:KyleH/The_future_of_Central_Wikia. -- 16:09, February 6, 2010 (UTC)

RETABLISSER EXECUTION §§§§
 * NON C4EST FAUX § STAR WARS ~ET BIEN D AUTRES NE SONT PAS SUPPRIMEE §§§

µET CELLES CI ELLES NE SONT PAS SUPPRIMEES NON PLUS/


 * Ils sont en train d'être supprimé, s'il vous plaît cesser de crier et de ne pas harceler moi. Merci.

Help again
I have found a site that needs heavy deletion. All of them I have tagged. [ http://dogs.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:GameGear360]. Thanks, GG360


 * Done. -- 15:41, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

Mass removal of blue box pages
Hello the Marapets page was deleted recently had all the Wikia's Marapets related wikis. Unfortunately searching for Marapets does not give such outstanding results in Wikia gaming (all results point to Marapedia which is abandoned, meanwhile my wiki the Maradan Chronicles doesn't show up). May I please have the code in the history for my wiki? I can't look into the history of the page at all to retrieve it. I'd appreciate it. Or better yet, if there is a way you can move that whole page to my wiki the Maradan Chronicles with the title "Marapets Wikis" that would be awesome. Thanks! --Molokaicreeper 04:04, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Please see User blog:KyleH/The future of Central Wikia for why these are being deleted. You can get the text of the page here but please don't use it here at central as those templates are going away once the categories have been unpopulated. -- 04:10, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much, I will transfer to my wiki and also the templates needed for that too, I have plans for it in the future as now more users are making edits in the Marapets wikis that were abandoned since I've invited many people to help out! :) Molokaicreeper 04:14, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. Happy to help! -- 04:15, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

Accidental hub deletion
Hey Charitwo. Three hub pages were accidentally deleted in the blue box removal. They are Hub:Creative, Hub:Fictional wiki nations, and Hub:Science. If you could restore them, that would be great. Thanks! Wjxhuang, the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 06:14, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 06:20, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. Those pages may have to be re-done to avoid the use of the wiki descriptions categorization. -- 06:22, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

"mass removal of blue box pages"
I'm the administrator for the Scripture Engagement page and just got a not that charibot deleted this page.

- Why?

- Can I restore it?

- How?

The notification mentions a deletion log, but I can't find it.

This page has been deleted. The deletion log for the page is provided below for reference.
 * 09:14, February 8, 2010 Charibot (Talk | contribs) deleted "Scripture Engagement" ‎ (mass removal of blue box pages)

Molare-wk 12:56, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi! Please see User blog:KyleH/The future of Central Wikia for why these are being deleted. If you would like, I will be glad to give you a copy of the text from the deleted page, but you cannot use it here at central. -- 12:58, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi! Yes, I would be very thankful for a copy of the text of the deleted page. What about all the sub-pages that linked to the main Scripture Engagement page? Can you get me a copy of their latest versions, too? Molare-wk 02:35, February 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Here's a copy of Scripture Engagement. I couldn't find any subpages of it, can you link to their delete log entry? -- 02:49, February 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Apparently the other pages were not deleted, just the page on Central Wikia. I found them still around. Molare-wk 10:06, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

Somewhere
Is there somewhere Template:Brclear? I want to edit my page, but it don't work? Could you fix it?--Station7 15:28, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Seems to be a handful of wikis with this template, I've grabbed one at random for you. Hope this works! -- 15:31, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * But there is no page! How do you think it work?--Station7 15:37, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * You need to copy the template from that wiki and create it here. Then put in on your userpage like this:  -- 15:50, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I thought it was bclear with a little b.--Station7 16:18, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's still a mess, could you help me?--Station7 16:24, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * You never copied the contents of the template over from the one wiki, I've done that for you. -- 16:32, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, I thought I had to use it different, but still thanks.--Station7 17:51, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. -- 18:12, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

Edit toolbar
Can you tell me please what MediaWiki access the editing bar, on a project I want to take it, thank you!  Misterr Talk  20:18, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * You don't need MediaWiki access to modify your edit toolbar. If you take a look at Help:Custom edit buttons, you can add your own buttons across all of Wikia. -- 20:50, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

Mass removal of pages
There's a few more on Category:Disambiguation pages. Wjxhuang, the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 06:44, February 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks! If you notice anything else, can you please stick them in a sub-category to the deletion category (e.g. something like Category:Blue box cleanup), so as to differentiate between pages needing looked at by local admins and pages needing looked at by the cleanup crew. -- 06:54, February 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure. Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 07:10, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

PROBLEME GRAVE

 * Arrêter de supprimer des pages et des catégories, le serveur ne trouvant plus les pages disparues reporte les connexions vers le moteur de recherche, et ça bouchonne et finit par bloquer tous comme cela et arriver hier soir.
 * Cela laisse aussi un nombre considérable de liens rouge dispersés un peu partout, pour que le moteur de recherche trouve ce que l'on cherche il faut qu'il y ai des données si vous les supprimés comment voulez vous que ça marche, et wikia n'est pas google, et même sur google il y a des répertoires avec les donnés sur les sites. C'est pas bien de supprimés le travail que d'autres on eu du mal à faire pendant des années, ça décourage et ça insite a tous laisser en panne. Toutefois si il y a des pages a suprimmés il ne faut pas les laissés en rouge il faut faire des redirections ça débouchonnera les connexions vers le moteur de recherche, même chose pour les catégories, moi je suis arriver a dire qu'il ne faut jamais supprimes une page mais toujours la modifier pour l'améliorer, la renommer, ou la rediriger, parce que vous irez aprés rechercher chaque lien rouge dans toutes les pages de tous les wiki, et sur wikia il y en a un paquet, je vous dit c'est plus normal de renommer et de rediriger que de supprimer ça ne bloquera plus, ni informatiquement, ni moralement vis à vis des utilisateurs.
 * Wikisoft* @@@-fr 09:32, February 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Bonjour,


 * Merci d'avoir contacté le staff wikia mais pour l'instant, personne ne peut comprendre le français et donc vous répondre rapidement. Si vous ne pouvez pas les contacter directement en anglais, vous pouvez passer éventuellement par moi mais la réponse sera naturellement plus longue à vous revenir.


 * A propos de votre message, sachez que ces récentes suppressions de pages sont coordinées avec le staff Wikia. Toutefois votre message leur a été transmis et ils vont certainement trouver un moyen pour que cela puisse mieux se passer.


 * Cywil 13:38, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

Emergency restoration required
A fast restoration is required - the bot's deleted Community Central. Thanks, Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 12:46, February 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hmmm, bot failure begets bot failure. Done. -- 13:06, February 9, 2010 (UTC)