User talk:Sarah Manley

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

If you're looking for help, you can leave a message for me here or visit our help page. If you have an idea for a new wiki, please create one!

Pictures
Hi at Xiao lin Showdown Wiki their is over 200 articles but no pictures and when people upload pictures the  admin deletes them all so could you talk to him or get rid of his admin rights.HazeShot 19:15, February 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks like I missed this one -- sorry! Are you still having an issue there? --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:05, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Request to Consider Closing PvX@Wikia
Sarah,

I know that Wikia's interest is not necessarily the same as ours, especially since our fork. I also know that our site's contributors haven't exactly earned your respect with the way that we chose to leave Wikia. However, our community cares deeply for the game and players of Guild Wars and want them to have the best information available to them, and I'm sure that Wikia understands that sentiment.

Currently, our old site is in complete disarray. The vast majority of our users left Wikia for our new site and it's doing very well, which has left only an extremely small remnant of mostly trollish users on the old site. At this point, so many of our builds are outdated that it would be impossible to clean up and people are still visiting our site only to get false information which forces them to be redirected to our site.

Again, I understand if you would be opposed to helping us, but by keeping PvX@Wikia open, you are hurting the players of Guild Wars. Many people are being led to that site only to find character builds that no longer work and a completely discarded site.

Thanks for your time, and I hope you'll consider my request. Karate Jesus  04:49, 25 February 2011  (UTC)
 * Hi Karate Jesus, Thanks for your message and concern about your old wiki. But as we have mentioned in the past, the wiki will remain open and available to current and new community members. Best, --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:29, February 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, if you're comfortable misleading players, then that's fine. I'll do my best to control the hell hole that it's become. Karate Jesus  04:51, 1 March 2011  (UTC)

Congrats!
Congratulations on 2,000 edits! Good luck! :) -- Mr. Grille ( Contact )''' 19:44, February 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:29, February 28, 2011 (UTC)

A simple but interesting question
I know I am asking a very odd but to me intriging question. What does it take to become one of the Wikia Helpers? They interest me because I see some staff add users to the group recently... What exactly does it take? Hope you can give me an answer, Thank you Jempcorp {user page | talk} 21:38, February 25, 2011 (UTC).
 * OH! Do you mind changing my preferences to the skin Wikia? It is on monobook and I want it changed. It would be much better if everyone could change the skin for their preferences on their own! We should be able to choose. Thanks, Jempcorp {user page | talk} 17:34, February 28, 2011 (UTC).
 * Hi, you can change your skin choice in your preferences. Helper positions are generally listed on our hiring page Happy editing, --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:29, February 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * I cant change my skin. The staff disabled it for the Wikia skin, so I need someone else to change it. Jempcorp {user page | talk} 17:05, March 1, 2011 (UTC).
 * So are you saying your skin is set to monobook and you want it set to the new look? --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:05, March 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * It does not matter now, as the skin changing is available under User Profile. I was still looking under the Appearence tab. Thanks anyway for all your help Sarah, I know you must be very busy — Jempcorp {user page | talk} 07:36, March 11, 2011 (UTC).

Can you delete this Wiki?
Hi! I accidentally created an Answers Wiki with an incorrect name and had to create another one with the right name. I accidentally named it "James Cameron's Titanic Answers Answers". Can you delete it? You can find the link here: http://jamescameronstitanic.answers.wikia.com. Thanks!

16:38, February 27, 2011 (UTC)Tsu'tey te Rongloa Ateyitan
 * Sure you got it. --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:29, February 28, 2011 (UTC)

Hello Sarah
Hello Sarah I want to know when will Wikia Staff sort out all the problems and glitches of the new Wikia Skin, everybody hates it and I am one of those who hate it. So when will the glitches be sorted out ? Niko Banks Talk, 05:45, February 28, 2011, (UTC)

P,S Please awnser me as soon as possible.
 * We are continually working to identify and fix bugs. Please report any you run into at Special:contact. --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:05, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Adding wiki to drop down list
Hello Sarah,

I was wondering whether Children's Books Wiki could be added to the Lifestyle drop down at the top of all the pages on Wikia? I know there are some wikis larger than us, but based on the number of articles, CBW is only smaller than these wikis on the current drop down:


 * How To
 * Vintage Patterns
 * Roman Churches
 * UK Housing
 * Genealogy
 * Logopedia
 * Ice Hockey

So in other words, we are the seventh-largest out of 17.

Not trying to be pushy, but it would be great if we could attract some new users! I have recently revamped the main page to make it more user-friendly, and we also have Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Thanks for all your work at Wikia! The continued updates and extra features - particularly the Layout Builder - are much appreciated.


 * Bethel23 (talk)
 * Hi Bethel, Thanks for the request. I passed it along to the lifestyles team, who will be in touch if they decide to add it. Happy to hear you like the new features! --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:05, March 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Sarah. Bethel23 (talk)

being logged out
i'm the bureaucrat of Bonanza Wiki and today i have been categorizing the photos there, but i have been logged out about every other minute. it is REALLY irritating! what is going on?! --MarieCartwright 16:37, March 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * never mind, it seems to work now. --MarieCartwright 17:00, March 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok happy to hear that. If it happens again, please send a message to Special:contact. --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:05, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Okay I made this wiki but now I have troubles how do you get people to join I mean I don't want to order them to go there SMP100 04:42, March 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, you can find advice on how to attract more users and successful wiki tips here. Best of luck, --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:50, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Unblock me
This is Supersaiyian11 please unban me on death note fanon wiki. I think my ban is too long for such a minor thing as having a alternate account. I have dicused this with other users and they agree that 3 months is too long a ban for such a minor rule breaking. Do this small task for me and i will do something for you in return. Anything you want but only once.
 * You need to get in touch with the local admin who blocked you. --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:50, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Blocked.
Hello Sarah. I am an admin at the Metroid Fanon wiki, and a patroller at the Alien species wiki. I have just been blocked and stripped of rights on the former. The culprit here is none other than Piratehunter. He accuses me of sockpuppeting, but refuses to release his proof. When I went to ask why he had done this, his friend RoyboyX called what I had done, a "fail" to Pirate, and then proceded to post it on wikitroid's IRC quotes list for the world to observe. I request that you get to the bottom of this, and you will find that both of them have been problem users in the past. Thank you, Nexus11: Because pure dominance isn't enough 23:54, March 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * You'll probably get a quicker response from Special:Contact.

Need Some Advice!
Hey, Sarah! Judging by the amount of new messages left on your talk page, I understand that you are extremely busy, but I do need your help. Do you mind giving me some advice on a few things? I need advice on how to create a template page the simple way for my signature. I tried it on my newly created wiki, James Cameron's Titanic Wiki, and I could not get it to work. Then, I typed my signature code into my preferences on the same Wiki and it still comes out as. I could really use some advice. I could also use some advice on something else. I have really been trying to draw more and more users to James Cameron's Titanic Wiki, and how many do I have, not including myself? One. I could really use some help advertising for it (even though my Wiki doesn't meet all of the standards to be able to get a spotlight). Is there another way to advertise for it? I created a blog about it on the Community Central and it was useless, because it drew one user to my Wiki, the only one (besides myself) that bothers to check out the Wiki and edit it. Can you give me some tips on how to expand my Wiki and advertise for it too? Thanks!

00:02, March 3, 2011 (UTC)Tsu'tey te Rongloa Ateyitan


 * If you are going to do a template sig, you need to make two templates on ever wiki you go to. One will have the code of the template: The other will just be the . Your preferences should also contain this. You need to have these templates on every wiki you go to.--
 * Looks like the sig question got answered. You can find advice on how to attract more users and successful wiki tips here. Best of luck, --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:50, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Blog problem
Hi in the glee wiki when you try to refresh the blog:recent post page you are taken to a specific blog instead of refreshing the page. Can you please check it up? - -  Wikia and     [Wikipedia]     Are the best sites ever!!!!   08:24, March 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't see that happening. Is it still occurring for you? --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:50, March 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes it's still happening the page is not getting purged.  What is CH3OH?     It's Methanol   ....  08:02, March 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks to be fixed to me. Are you still seeing the issue? --Sarah (help forum | blog) 23:51, March 21, 2011 (UTC)

Can you delete stuff for me?
Hello, I came to ask you if you could delete the following from M@thewWileyto wiki...

http://matthewwileyto.wikia.com/wiki/Category:M@tTV

http://matthewwileyto.wikia.com/wiki/My_new_Website.

Thank you.

M@thew Wileyto 17:35, March 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * It doesn't appear that last page exists. I did delete the Category for you. Admins have the ability to delete pages, so you can ask them in the future. You can read more about how to do delete pages on this help page. If there are no local admins, you can apply to adopt the wiki here. Best, --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:50, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

ThunderCats Wiki (Mission: Update and Upgrade)
Currently I just began working on ThunderCats Wiki, but both its front page and Template:MainPage are currently protected. I am for now seeking to edit those pages. I hope to get ThunderCats Wiki up to date with events today. Devilmanozzy (Talk Page)  19:19, March 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Devil, I unprotected it. You should consider adopting that wiki. --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:50, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Block
I'm sorry, but the community on The Charmed Wiki is now getting along so much better since we blocked HalliwellManor. I've done nothing at all, and you basically block me for no reason at all. It's ironically the same reason we gave HalliwellManor, which tells me he has something to do with the block. I'm actually quite offended. I have never been blocked before and this is my first time, I wasn't even warned that I was going to get blocked? It's a HUGE slap in the face. And really a week? I have like 2 project's I'm currently working on; and now I can't even do them. --LeonardoWyatt - (talk) - (contributions) 01:48, March 8, 2011 (UTC)

Dear Sarah Manley,

There is a problem with a user named QueenOrangeSoda. At the total drama fanfiction wikia, she has harrassed users, vandalizd, uploaded porn and hurt users. She comes in our Chantago and bothers us. She has made many multiple accounts and can even make them whn she is banned. Admins can't even stop her. How do we stop her from making some many accounts and still ban her.

Tdafan35 06:37, March 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you reported her to the local admins? They are the best people to get in touch with first. If it continues, please send a message into Special:contact. --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:50, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Hello!
Hello to you, and thank you for the warm welcome! Timeoin 07:55, March 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Your welcome!

Please help me!
I made a wiki but I don't know if I made it for free. PLEASE! BlogDog123 22:32, March 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * All wikis are free unless you pulled out your credit card during the creation process to get no ads. Its still free for others though--

Dyego Halliwell
I have removed all the charmed wiki discussion, since the users there have been asked repeatedly to take a time out. This includes messages on community central and all staff talk pages. Thank you, --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:50, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Hey, Sarah Manley! Hello!

Please! Help! :(
Hi, I created Hippie Chica Wiki and I don't know why, but Hippie Chica isn't real. Can you delete it for me? :( :( :( :(

MySims Cutie 142 00:44, March 10, 2011 (UTC)

How do I delete account? Its unclear how.


 * Do you want to delete your account or the wiki? Please provide links to which you are referring to. Thanks, Sarah (help forum | blog) 20:33, March 14, 2011 (UTC)

Display Issue
Hey, I recently started having a bug with where is shows my account name. It's hard to explain, but here's what I'm talking about in this picture:

http://img847.imageshack.us/i/wikiissue.png/

Any ideas what it could be and is there a way I can fix it?-WoWDeathknight 18:24, March 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * Can you post a more zoomed in picture (maybe here on the wiki)? I can not clearly see what you are seeing. Best, Sarah (help forum | blog) 20:34, March 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hopefully this is better: http://img839.imageshack.us/i/wikiissuecopy.jpg/
 * Sorry about that. Still figuring things out.-WoWDeathknight 20:44, March 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, if you are using Windows, right click then hit view image if zooming in using the regular means on there doesn't work for you like it is with me.-WoWDeathknight 20:46, March 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately that is still very blurry, can you zoom in on it? And maybe post here to the wiki? --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:24, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, if you are using Windows, right click then hit view image if zooming in using the regular means on there doesn't work for you like it is with me.-WoWDeathknight 20:46, March 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately that is still very blurry, can you zoom in on it? And maybe post here to the wiki? --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:24, March 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sarah, the image is supposed to be blurry. That is the bug. I have encountered this a few times. Where the username is usually displayed, it is mashing that with something else, causing it to be blurry and unreadable.--
 * Looks like the image failed to load, and the alt-text went over the username. Try cache-reloading  Random Time  18:47, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * It appears the bug worked itself out thankfully. Thanks everybody. :) -WoWDeathknight 21:43, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh good! Sarah (help forum | blog) 23:37, March 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh good! Sarah (help forum | blog) 23:37, March 18, 2011 (UTC)

Request
Hi, Sarah. I have created a wiki called Dragon Ball fanon Redo wiki and want for it to be deleted as it has stories wiritten by other users which I was continuing without their permission.Thanks! Supersaiyian11 20:12, March 12, 2011 (UTC)

Please send this request to Special:Contact. Gakko (foghorn my tomato) 14:22, March 13, 2011 (UTC)

Again. Wah!
Hub:Fan Fiction needs some extrs information.

Nintendo Fanon Wiki is a red star.

Fan Fiction Wiki is a red star also.

Make sure that some edits it to show these. 64.108.88.33 20:31, March 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, updated! --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:24, March 16, 2011 (UTC)

RE: Welcome
Thank you, Sarah. How do I get to a certain wiki? Jumbo Shrimp 23:12, March 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * You can search for it, or browse around the hubs. --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:24, March 16, 2011 (UTC)

Disney Jessie Series
I created the disneyjessieseries wiki. I was wondering since I created it, am I the administrator there? If not, could you make me one? :) Who is the bureaucrat there?

Thanks!

Kate Ray91899 15:58, March 16, 2011 (UTC)Kate Ray91899
 * Yes you are. I left you a message with more details on my talk page there. --Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:24, March 16, 2011 (UTC)

Hello Sarah,

My name is Dmitry, I am editing TLBB Wikia. But since yesterday I can't edit any pages on TLBB Wikia, because when I press Edit buttin I can't see the editing window - just blank white page. I checked in 4 browsers (IE, Chtome, Firefox and Opera) and the result was the same - blank page. I checked with a friend and he has the same sad result. Can you please check what is wrong with TLBB Wikia and if possible change it back to editing mode.

Thank you very much for your help!

With best regards,

Dmitry.


 * Hey Dmitry, Sorry for my slow response. Is this still occurring? Sarah (help forum | blog) 23:52, March 21, 2011 (UTC)

Ddrozdov 13:45, March 18, 2011 (UTC)

Hello Sarah, thanks for your reply! yes, it is still happening and I still can't edit any page on Wikia... :( Please help! --Ddrozdov 10:06, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

Badges...
Hello!

I'm Fabinaforever and I own http://thehouseofanubis.wikia.com/wiki/House_of_Anubis_Wiki. I have noticed how you can get badges and achievement points on other Wikis, but there is none one mine... Can you please tell me how to get them?

Thanks!

~Fabinaforever~ :D :) "There IS a Fabina, and you can't change it!!" 21:45, March 18, 2011 (UTC)

Request them at Special:Contact. Mr. Grille  (talk page) 21:49, March 18, 2011 (UTC)

"You have a new Message" Note
Is there anyway at all to change that to something else? Or is it like set on that? >.< --LeonardoWyatt - (talk) - (contributions) 13:05, March 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * For all of your wiki no, but you are welcome to make change to your personal view. Sarah (help forum | blog) 00:08, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

Deleting our Wiki's Images
Hey, Sarah. I know that you're unwilling to close PvX@Wikia, so I'm not here to beg for that again. However, after looking over the site, I've realized that around half of our images are copyright violations. Is there any way that Wikia could just delete all of our images? We only really need the skill images, and Anet allows those under free use. We can replace those images within a day or two.

I've contacted a few of the copyright holders of the images on the site to alert them to the violations. Anet, Nintendo, and Disney are the holders of most of the copyrights being violated.

I would remove them myself, but I just don't have time and none of the other admins are active anymore. Karate Jesus  22:35, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, and we use a different image license, hence the violations. If we used Wikia's standard image licenses, it wouldn't be a problem. If we can just convert to Wikia's standard image licenses, then maybe it would be fine, but I've heard that's illegal (I'm not sure). Karate Jesus  22:37, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * As I mentioned before, this is a decision for the existing community which you have decided to leave. Good luck on your new wiki. Best, --Sarah (help forum | blog) 00:15, March 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Did you read what I just said or completely dismiss it? I'm still active on the old wiki trying to help hold it together and keep it from exploding into a trollfest of epic proportions. If you would prefer that I not be active at that wiki anymore, then you'd need to promote someone on that wiki who is, or make me a bcrat so that I can.
 * Otherwise, this is the request of the wiki. Karate Jesus  <font face="Arial" color="gray" size="1">19:04, 22 March 2011  (UTC)

Hello!
Hi, I'm a new member to the Wikia Community central, but I am also a member of the Camp Half Blood and Kane Chroncicles Wikis too. I just wanted to suggest that members of several different Wikis have some sort of way to access their different Wiki profiles. Normally, I have to type in the Wikia into the search bar and search it up. Is there a way to do this? Just a suggestion. Oh, and thanks for welcoming me. I really appreciate it. To respond, please write a message on my talk page at this link:http://camphalfblood.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:PersephonetheQueen

PersephonetheQueen 21:52, March 21, 2011 (UTC)PersephonetheQueen


 * Many users choose to link to other wikis they're active at on their userpage. You can link to other wikis with w:c:Wikiname:pagename  Random <font color="Orange">Time  22:01, March 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, the only way to know copy over your userpage is the method described by RandomTime (thanks!). I have shared your suggsestion though with our product team. Thanks! Sarah (help forum | blog) 00:17, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

Inappropriate behavior
I would just like to report a misuse of power over at a wiki. And admin barged into a conversation, proceeded to tell everyone how stupid and moronic they were, claimed he was "very pissed for off-wiki reasons" and then said that he would block anyone if they responded t his message. I responded. My message was this:

''"First of all, Piratehunter, take a step back. Calm down. If you are angry at off-wiki business, then deal with it there. Being angry does not give you rights to wave your administrative rights in everyone’s face. Being an administrator entitles the responsibility to deal with conflicts within the wikia peacefully, not by threatening users with blocks. And frankly you’ve blown it much farther out of proportion then it was before. And I swear that if you block me from this message, I will take this matter directly to wikia staff, and we’ll see what they have to say about this. [As for the real matter on hand, I think that descriptors are important when they help distinguish between certain articles, but I don't like the fact that we need a "the" and "a" on every article. It takes up space and newer users when creating links might link to articles that don't exist. Then we have to reprimand said user and fix the problem. While it doesn't take up a lot of time, it isn't efficient. I quite like the ULFs because they're easy to link to and the most professional name that we can give to them.]"''

The area in the brackets was the part of my message that pertained to the conversation at hand. I request that you give this user a review, and deal with him accordingly. I have been blocked for three days with the reason given, "Warning was given, was ignored". I trust that you will deal with this user with the utmost speed. Complete Supremacy 22:19, March 21, 2011 (UTC)

EDIT: It has come to my attention that I did not link you to the wiki. 


 * You should take this up with any other local admins first. If there are none, they don't want to get involved, or they can't do anything about it, send a message to Special:Contact. It's easier for staff to deal with it that way.
 * I don't believe the other admins wish to get involved. I don't think that the message is needed though, another user has just reported the same admin as well. Thank you for your assistance though. Complete Supremacy 23:06, March 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * As Monchoman45 mentioned, a message to Special:contact is the best place for this. Thanks, Sarah (help forum | blog) 00:21, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

New Badges
Can you create new badges for all the wikis? We could add Platinum badges for 1,000 of something and badges or creating pages. It could help us.........I'm not so sure....... but I'd like to see some of those badges. Like an Adopter badge for Adopting the wiki! (I'll get that badge on my wiki!)

CompliensCreator00 10:49, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Sarah
Hey, Godisme deleted everything i wrote in adoption requests. I told he in his talk page that if he do that twice, he will need prepare himself. If he do it again, I need you to block him. Please.--Small Owl 16:26, March 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Alternatively, please ban Small Owl for threatening me. Anyway, I merely undid his edit to the adoption's request archive. He is putting in a new request and I told him twice to not edit the archive but the regular page. It seems he still does not understand though.--

Re:Redirected pages?
Thanks for your response, but I've discussed the problem with the most regular contributors as well as the active administrator and they've explained the situation to me and its a problem they are looking at rectifying in the near future. Thanks anyway. Alexsau1991 (talk page) 16:31, March 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok, is there a list of pages that were redirected I can help to undo? Sarah (help forum | blog) 16:48, March 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * In the next few days we are going to be repurposing the wiki to focus on aspects of the fandom so a number of pages will be deleted (three entire sections really) and replaced with others. Just letting you know so you don't accuse us of vandalism again. -FH14 00:53, March 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Excuse me I gave you fair warning. Please stopped removing the tags for deletion I have added as those are pages we will be removing. -FH14 01:47, March 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Nevermind it seems the edit feed looped for some reason. -FH14 01:57, March 24, 2011 (UTC)

Background problems!
Hello Sarah! I have no idea why this suddenly got messed up, because it worked not so long ago. What I have done on www.TheDemonCycle.wikia.com is to change the background colour and image in the CSS code. And as mentioned it worked out great at first, but now, when you try to edit or create an entry that background is also affected. I'm not really sure how to explain it, so it would be much easier if you just quickly checked it out.

Thanks!

Marken4 21:33, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

VSTFuser
Hi Sarah, can I become a VSTF user? I've helped and stopped many vandals on the Sonic News Network. I've dealed with many vandals there, and I've been trying to protect wikis, and I have been trying to become a VSTF user so I can deal with vandals and if they don't listen I will ban them, so then I can help wikis more. If you disagree, that's fine, but still I want to become a VSTF user. -- I Pity The Fool. - Mr.T 22:21, March 23, 2011 (UTC)