User talk:Uberfuzzy



Well hiya
About Chaosportal from the rvb where I am a fellow editor. I also believe he shouldn't be blocked. But you told Wheller to keep him blocked... should I change it? Also he tends to not listen nor respond to anyone else.Template:Sniperteam82308 19:59, February 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Whoops. Angela corrected it. --Uberfuzzy 22:12, February 11, 2011 (UTC)

Every Link links me to Community Wiki
Hi Uber, why is every link I click on on a wiki, link to the character/technique's page but with no content?--KiumaruHamachi 13:34, February 9, 2011 (UTC) KiumaruHamachi
 * Was a bug, they fixed it promptly. --Uberfuzzy 22:12, February 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you.--KiumaruHamachi 22:54, February 11, 2011 (UTC) KiumaruHamachi

Bot flag
Hi, i'd like to request my account Eglinton2 to gain a bot flag, if also possible, could the name be changed to "EglinBot"?

I'm curently reading on how to treat a bot and API resources.

ッℂ ℍ ℝ I Sッ♫ Talk ♫ 21:44, February 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * Bot flag requests need to go through special:contact from the wiki they are needed on. they must come from an admin on that wiki. if the name is not yet taken, why not just create a new account with that name rather then request a rename? --Uberfuzzy 22:07, February 11, 2011 (UTC)

Help ASAP
Please ban User:Tutulolface from greegee wiki & the great weegee wiki ASAP.

He is calling people gay, some users & me are sick of undoing his work all the time.

We did nothing to him.

HURRY I CAN'T TAKE THIS MUCHH LONGER!

I ♥ Haters NOT!!!! 04:03, February 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Issues with other users should be first taken to the admins of that wiki. If there are no admins active in a long time on the wiki, you can request help by using the 'contact wikia' link in the footer of the page while on that wiki. You may also consider requesting to http://adopt.wikia.com the wiki if the admins have been gone for a very long time. --Uberfuzzy 07:36, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Dear Uberfuzzy,

Thankyou for careing about consern. if you'd like you may feel free to edit my wiki.

TVShow 22:46, February 17, 2011 (UTC)

Dump question
Out of simple paranoia for backing all our work up (I'm absolutely not moving the content) I've downloaded a "Current pages and history" dump for the 24 wiki. However I can't open the file on account of serious lack of drive space on the computer I've been temporarily borrowing. So I can't see what's inside, bringing me to ask you: what is it, and what does it not include? Main namespace content and all their histories? Does it include category pages, and stuff like User/User Talk histories? And judging from the file's size, I am guessing that it doesn't include images. If that is accurate, is there some way to back up images too? Blue Rook 21:48, February 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Pick a random single page, use Special:Export (with or without history, just like the downloads), and open the XML file it gives you in an editor or browser. Thats what you downloaded, but for all pages on the wiki. It doesnt include the image files, but it does include the File: pages. In short, if you can edit the text, its in there. Images are a giant mess of copyrights, thats why we ask users to apply copyright templates to the images, to state where they got it from (or if its theirs, etc), so while we can host them (user generated content), we cant offer a "combined download" of the images files, because it doesnt have the (hopefully supplied by the uploader) license information included that is displayed when you view the File: page. I hope this makes sense. --Uberfuzzy 22:12, February 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * So it is everything but actual images then, right? Template text, Template Talk, all the Media Wiki Messages, the blogs and User Talk, etc? Blue Rook 14:04, February 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure if it shows up on Special:Allpages, its in the file. Anything that has been edited on that wiki, and exists as a page, should be in there. It should be like someone just dumped the whole wiki through Special:Export, then zipped it. I think. To be honest, its been a really really long time since I've had to load and use one of those files. The mediawiki API has come a long way since the idea of those XML dumps were started. They were used when bots needed to traverse and analyze the page content in large amounts, and the servers hosting Wikipedia werent all that amazing (like they are now). The XML files arent the best format for doing backups, so thats why any serious content backup/moving happens via the SQL format of dump, but the XML ones are machine readable by code, so thats why they are better for bots. --Uberfuzzy 02:12, February 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Aha thanks! Naturally I'm curious at this point how I can get the more useful, SQL formatted dump. Also, will Wikia eventually transition the Special:Statistics tool to provide the dumps in that version? Blue Rook 12:00, February 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Not likely. Theres not anything you can really do with them other then use maint tools to make a copy of the wiki on a fresh install, so theres very very little demand for that type of "backup". If theres a dire need for one, you can contact us and request one with your reason for needing it. But since its not something that the support team can do directly, you will be at the mercy of when our tech team has time to do it, and unless it a super urgent matter, it will be a while. --Uberfuzzy 12:07, February 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Understood. A related question comes up: I went ahead and downloaded "Current pages and history" from the 24 Wikia Statistics, and got a file that is roughly 123 megabytes. Then I did a Special:Export of only the articles in the Characters category, and got a 412 MB file. I might be missing something here but the math doesn't add up to me. Wouldn't the "history included" Statistics download (of the full wiki) be several hundred megabytes more than a simple Export of merely 1 of the larger categories? Blue Rook 14:50, February 28, 2011 (UTC)

Yo Fuzzy!
Hey mate, greets from Australia!

I have a problem with a python script bot (pywikipedia) of mine, you see when I use the simple replace.py command (replace.py is the metawiki page, though I don't understand much of it.) the bot replaces file codes.. for instance, when I want to replace the incorrect word 'Altair' with 'Altaïr', the bot would replace the text and also break all the filename codes, thus placing broken images on articles. Is there any special command that I can use to make the bot avoid filename codes?

The bot in question is here.

Thanks, Fuzzy! --   T H I E F  22:36, February 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * I remember having that problem once, a long time ago when i used that framework. I think you can do it using the  param, but its tricky, since wiki links come in various forms. Theres a bunch of places specific to the pywikipediabot framework that you can get help with, and many of them are frequented by the people who write the code. Check out http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pywikipediabot/Further_help --Uberfuzzy 02:04, February 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Fuzzy. So I basically just add the commandline -exceptinside:File to the task? Cheers, --   T H I E F  22:36, February 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * No. Read the parameter instructions for that script closely. It explains it. --Uberfuzzy 00:58, February 25, 2011 (UTC)

Bot
Hi, I hope you can help me. I have a Bot, it name is Plinfabot. But it haven´t got a Bot flag. Can you give it a Bot flag, please? It´s used in the Zeitdetektive Wiki. Sorry for incorrect spelling, because I´m from Germany and Avatar is not awnser. Thanks! Plinfa98 →Talk←  09:49, February 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Bitte schicke eine Mail an Special:Contact. Nebenbei, ´ ist falsch, ' ist das korrekte Apostroph (shift+#). Marc-Philipp   (Talk)  13:07, February 23, 2011 (UTC)

A spoiled Admin and an unneeded wiki.
Hello... There is a wiki known as the United Alliance wiki (theunitedalliance.wikia.com). It needs to be deleted. Its only purpose is to give its creator (Captain Matthew O'Malley)a taste of power, and to harass the Administrators of Potcoplayers wiki. He also constantly uses it to abuse the powers he very much enjoys, as well as cuss Potco players's admins out and threaten them. When I decided to take a look after hearing stuff about the wiki, I found utter chaos and power abuse. When I tried to bring order to it and enforce wikia's rules by reverting its creator's rule-breaking edits, he undid it, and kept insisting. When I undid it several more times, he continued to do whatever he wanted. When I told him several times that he wasn't allowed, he gave me a block. I am not the only victim, though... He has perma-banned the Admins of Potco players wiki simply for going over there to settle peace with him. Though the wiki might not be deleted, for it makes money for the Staff, he needs to be demoted and banned. I don't care about the wiki very much, but I just can't stand watching Matthew act like a ten-year old... We might as well wave Pom Fronds over his face and feed him grapes.-- Shade  23:22, February 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * This is one of the items listed in the large red box at the top of the page. --Uberfuzzy 23:31, February 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * I already contacted the staff... I'm just alerting you in hopes you'll watch him or do something about him.-- Shade  23:32, February 26, 2011 (UTC)

Liberapedia
The news template has vanished from the main page of Liberapedia and I don't know how to correct it. Proxima Centauri 07:38, February 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * I saw this message, so I fixed it. Problem was a  tag on the wrong place. - Tjcool007 (Talk / Contribs) 11:52, February 28, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Proxima Centauri 16:08, February 28, 2011 (UTC)

ur awsum man15:18, March 9, 2011 (UTC)15:18, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Forum discussion
On the testadmin wiki, we have a forum for users to support, we need a staff member to view it, please if you have the time to visit here

sorry for bothering you.

Chris Talk contact wikia 14:49, March 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Normal users can't become checkusers. Checkuser is only given to staff, helpers, and vstf.
 * I know. but we are very trusted users on the wiki and I woulden't ever abuse the rights.
 * Chris Talk contact wikia 14:54, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Regardless, you aren't eligible for the rights. You can't just ignore the policy because you can claim you won't abuse the rights. If you could get checkuser rights this way, then how many other thousands of people could as well? Considering how many people already abuse basic administrator rights, it's really just not worth it to let any random person have checkuser.
 * Regardless, you aren't eligible for the rights. You can't just ignore the policy because you can claim you won't abuse the rights. If you could get checkuser rights this way, then how many other thousands of people could as well? Considering how many people already abuse basic administrator rights, it's really just not worth it to let any random person have checkuser.

Thumbnail issues
Hello there, it's been a while! Hope you're good. I voluntarily went away from editing from the last 6 months, and now I'm back. So. I guess you'll remember the old thumbnail issue I have experienced at Combine OverWiki. Well, despite all the work Wikia has put into design and bug fixing for the last months, it's still there. Example. The thumbnail looks blurred in my browser, because it's 251px wide, while it should be 250px, as asked by the infobox parameter and said in the thumbnail file name, "250px-Eli_proto_physics.jpg". So the old problem is still there, more than ever, on about every page. What's even more frustrating is that I don't see it anymore on any other Wikia wiki... So what's wrong?... :/ Klow 13:20, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * That image doesn't look at all blurry to me. In fact, the image is sized down which means that it should technically be sharper than the original. It is showing up for me at 250px wide. If you can provide a screenshot to show me/us what you're seeing, that may help. Rappy 17:55, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * I have a better example. Screenshot here. On the left is a direct screenshot of my page in Firefox. You can clearly see something wrong in the characters in the middle (the width is 251 instead of 250, which deforms the image to fill the 250px-wide room in the infobox. On the right I resized myself the original image in Photoshop to the intended 250px and pasted it in the proper place to simulate how it should show. This happens in Firefox and Chrome, and apparently not in IE, so I take you use the latter?... Klow 19:55, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * I see the blurriness on that image. But, that image is not 251px wide in my browser; it's 250px wide as intended (Firefox 3.61). I went to the w:c:half-life:Citizens page and can see the blurriness there too. Manually resizing the image down with FireBug did not show that same blurriness on the File: page. The same thing happens when manually linking the file with |250px. I would have to say it's happening as a result of Wikia's handling of thumbnails. Rappy 20:19, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * The issue is indeed a Wikia-related problem, not a browser-related one. I just hope they fix it one day, it's a rather old bug... Klow 21:17, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Another example in the gallery here. The penultimate and last images are also deform to fill a 140px size, while they are 141px. Klow 22:45, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * New fix committed by tech, live this wednesday (i think, waiting for confirmation on that). Inputed filed successfully gave back a 250 when asked for a 250. --Uberfuzzy 20:22, March 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * Great thanks, I'll check that! Klow 19:07, March 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * After creating new thumbs, the problem remains. Too early to be live maybe? It's Thursday afternoon for me. Klow 13:15, March 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * You seem to be busy. Anyway this is not fixed... :/ Klow 20:57, April 3, 2011 (UTC)

this.....
You might want to see this, as well as some other staff members. It's pretty amusing I would say.

here

70.51.112.127 00:18, March 30, 2011 (UTC)

It's not funny, it's rude. Mr. Grille (talk page) 23:57, April 3, 2011 (UTC)

It makes sense. I agree. wikia expects users to not be angry with them, people have every right to voice their opinion as wikia is not in charge there.

70.52.144.218 23:06, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice!
I have a question im new on here and i want to be able to chat with people is ther anyway i can get them to respond! and how do i send other users messages and how do i send them to where they can reply or chat with me back?
 * Just go on their talk page like you did here, and leave them a message like you just did. --Uberfuzzy 22:25, April 3, 2011 (UTC)

Featured Wiki
Hello Uberfuzzy. I want to know how can I nominate a wiki to be Featured (in the main page of entertaiment wiki)? Thanks. Dcasawang1  (talk)  14:05, April 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thats handled by the entertainment team. I dont think they take nominations. You could always apply for another spotlight for the wiki. --Uberfuzzy 22:18, April 3, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks & Extension Question
Hey there, a quick thanks for the fast response for enabling/activating the google calendar extension. It's working fine using the tags however the size of the calendar takes up only part of the actual available column/page leaving a lot of white/dead space. Is there any way to make the image (calendar) full sized (fitting within the parameters of the page/right sidebar)? I've tried everything I could think of, searched everywhere as well and simply am stumped. Any help you can give is greatly appreciated. Here's the page at Eversor Wikia where we've placed the calendar so you can see the problem: Eversor Calendar. And last question (after numerou edits ) what does the title CSC-NZ mean? Thanks in advance.
 * The extension is mostly abandoned. It was originally written for a specific website's needs, so thats why the size and title are hardcoded in it. The 'CSC-NZ' is for CouchSurfingC -NewZealand I think. I've rewritten the code to allow width and height to be changed in the way you were using it. It wont be live for a little while, either this wednesday, or the next. --Uberfuzzy 00:41, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

Can't Edit
Hey Uberfuzzy, I am the adoptive admin at the Detective Conan Wikia but since two days ago i cannot edit anymore, so i tough that the problem was also at other wikia's but I see that it is only at my wikia. I wonder what's wrong with my wikia so that it can be changed. I thank you for your time and i hope you understand what i actually mean with that. ProGamerP9 (Userpage ⁝ Talk) 13:37, April 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed --Uberfuzzy 00:39, April 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. ProGamerP9 (Userpage ⁝ Talk) 06:13, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

Two Questions
Hey Uberfuzzy I have two questions that I was hoping you could help with.

My first question is I've noticed some wikis have an AJAX feature that auto refreshes the Recent Changes. I was wondering how to implement that. Do we have copy some code, or is it something the staff has to take care of?

My second question also has to do with the recent changes page. I've also noticed that some wikis, like the Dragon Age Wiki has a lot more things at the top than we currently do at the Mass Effect Wiki. I was wondering how we could modify that or is that something else that the staff has to take care of?

Thanks in advance. Lancer1289 00:11, April 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * First one is done through code. I have it in my global.js page if you want to have a look. Second one is MediaWiki:Recentchangestext--

Indiana Jones Wiki and the Staff of Kings promotion

 * We seems to have lost our flash game portion of the promotion for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. Is there a way to get it back?  Vetinari (Appointment) 03:41, April 7, 2011 (UTC)