User talk:Dopp

==Bots (Support Request #151168) == Thanks for your reply. As my wiki does not have a community, I would like to have my bot account, Eladkse Bot, flagged as a bot so I can use it on Casualty Wiki (and if possible, Holby City Wiki). Eladkse @Project Holby 12:36, February 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Eladkse! Your bot flags are in place for both wikis. Enjoy! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:54, February 25, 2011 (UTC)

Layton Wiki
Hello. First and for all thanks for the fast reply to my email, I never expected an answer before the end of the day! I shall do as you suggested and contact the owners and contributors of the other Layton Wikis to see if I can get a reply. I noticed on this page that an unregistered user used a Staff Tag, in case you want to investigate it). For the rest, good luck with being a Wikia Staffer yourself :) - Tjcool007 (Talk / Contribs) 22:08, March 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up -- i took care of it. If you see more, the best place to report it is at http://vstf.wikia.com. Good luck with the wikis! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:19, March 16, 2011 (UTC)

Bot Flag
Could you give my account Grilbot a bot flag for Suite Life Wiki and Random-ness Wiki? Thanks in advance. Mr. Grille (talk page) 20:42, March 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * Please check with your wiki communities about your plans for a bot to make sure there are no objections, and then submit this request to Special:Contact with a link to those conversations. Thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:47, March 17, 2011 (UTC)

Commentadmins?
Hi dopp, do you think it is possible to add a user group "commentadmins" on the complipedia? We have multiple users that we don't really want to give sysop status to just to be able to delete comments. I'd be really happy if you could :).

Eglinton talk  00:50, March 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * Creating a new user group might require a change in the PHP - you aren't likely to get your own for just your wiki. Or if you can, they'd probably want you to send it to you via Special:Contact.

Hello Dopp. I am Jake R. It says i'm banend by a user named Angela for vandalism around all of wiki. I think this is a mistake. I never vadalized. I need help D:. I never vandalized, and this was right after I got my user name changed. I changed it from Tdifan24 to Jake R. I dunno what is going wrong. I never vadalized.

Jake R


 * Hi Jake, can you post the full text of the block notice for me to review? (Or send it to Special:Contact and put "For Dopp" in the subject line if it contains any personal information that shouldn't be posted here). Thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:45, April 1, 2011 (UTC)

The TDICamps Wiki. I just can't see the editing box at all Its only a few pages though. And another thing on every wiki after i look at a recent blog post I can not see any comments posted after I look at it.-- Kenzen -  Talk  -  Edits  23:09, April 2, 2011 (UTC)

Yes, but the blog commenting is still bad.-- Kenzen -  Talk  -  Edits  23:33, April 4, 2011 (UTC)

It has been a problem ever since "new" wiki was released, I will click a blog readf it maybe comment, but when i return to read the coments and such i can not see any comments ever since I looked at the page.-- Kenzen -  Talk  -  Edits  02:16, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

About Licensing
can I not put a link and alter the articles alittle, I like changing/deleting some texts?WikisEditor 19:50, April 14, 2011 (UTC)

I want to say another thing that when they moved to their site, they took a copy of all the articles to their new site without providing a source to here, so I think its pretty fair we shouldn't too, when they do, we'll do too, please correct me if I am wrong.WikisEditor 20:00, April 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * If this is the GTA wiki situation, the way to attribute is quite easy. Just put as a notice on the top of the page, or somewhere noticable "this article uses content from grandtheftwiki.com" - and then a link to the diff of the article where you copied the content. To find a diff link, go to the history page, and click on the datestamp of the revision you copied example of a diff link. If you've got a lot of articles like this, you might want to create a template similar to Template:Wikipedia.
 * (edit conflict) When they split, they took all the history pages with them, this means that the edits have already been attribued by the licence. As you can't merge the history like that, the easiest way to do it is a link back to the diff that you copied from.  Random Time  20:04, April 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Is all this really necessary, what might happen if I don't do this?WikisEditor 20:15, April 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * >can I not put a link and alter the articles a little, I like changing/deleting some texts?
 * You can rewrite the articles so that they are in your own words. That requires a full rewriting, though... not just making a few changes.
 * > Is all this really necessary, what might happen if I don't do this?
 * If you don't address this, the conflict with former members will escalate, and Wikia will need to step in and intervene because of legal threats. It's better if you handle it directly, so that you can maintain full leadership. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 20:53, April 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok. I added a link on each article that was copied from grandtheftwiki.com to grandtheftwiki, eveything is solved now.WikisEditor 17:20, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * This is much closer to what you require to stay legal with CC-BY-SA. This has to be on every article/image/template that you copy from grandtheftwiki.com. Rappy 17:52, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * If you don't address this, the conflict with former members will escalate, and Wikia will need to step in and intervene because of legal threats. It's better if you handle it directly, so that you can maintain full leadership. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 20:53, April 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok. I added a link on each article that was copied from grandtheftwiki.com to grandtheftwiki, eveything is solved now.WikisEditor 17:20, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * This is much closer to what you require to stay legal with CC-BY-SA. This has to be on every article/image/template that you copy from grandtheftwiki.com. Rappy 17:52, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * This is much closer to what you require to stay legal with CC-BY-SA. This has to be on every article/image/template that you copy from grandtheftwiki.com. Rappy 17:52, April 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Good work! We double-checked their attribution requirements, and your method meets their stated guidelines. Please make sure it's on every single page you copied over, including Templates and Image file pages (we don't see it on those yet. Also, i think you missed the Liberty_City/New_York_Landmarks page). Once you've take care of that, I think we can consider this closed. Thanks for your help. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:57, April 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * For reference, their copyright page states:


 * Grand Theft Wiki's content is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.


 * In short, you are free to to copy, modify, distribute and transmit the work, but you MUST provide attribution (by linking back to this site on each page our content has been used on) and you must use the the same licence (CC-BY-SA) or a compatible one for your copy, whether modified or not.
 * --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 18:01, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Wait a minute, is this correct: http://gta.wikia.com/Francis_International_Airport_in_GTA_III_Era, or this: http://gta.wikia.com/Torrington_Skyscraper ?WikisEditor 18:10, April 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * I responded on his talk page on the local wiki about this. Rappy 18:16, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Not every template and Image in the articles are from grandtheftwiki.com, some were originally here and when I add the article it got linked automatically.WikisEditor 18:20, April 15, 2011 (UTC)

The wiki activity bug
Hi pls take a look at this picture. It shows the bug on the Special:WikiActivity page that i notified you of before. There should be more activities at the last and there should be an option saying see more recent activity. At least this time most of the activities are there but most of the times only about three activities are present and sometimes the page is blank.
 * Hi i've found an even better image this one. Now you know what i meant.
 * Thank you! i will pass these images forward and report this bug. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:49, April 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) And the blog purging problem has also appeared again. Can you please do something about it too?
 * Did it even go away? The bug ticket i submitted hasn't been addressed yet. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:17, April 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes it was fixed for a day or two but appeared again.
 * It happens at times ( not always ) for me also .--
 * Helpful to know, thanks. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:19, April 21, 2011 (UTC)

I need to know if 2 users are the same. Where do I ask if they are? Thanks! :). Jake Got those iTunes? :3 22:54, April 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * You can send that request to Special:Contact --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:00, April 21, 2011 (UTC)

Question
I am trying to add more to the regular toolbar and the contributions, but it's not working. Do you know what I'm doing wrong or what's happening?  Webkinz Mania  (  Talk  |  Contributions  ) 20:41, April 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * This would be a good question to ask at http://forums.wikia.com --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:33, April 22, 2011 (UTC)

Chat Update ?
I went to Chat today and noticed the "send" button was gone. Now I press Return to send. When I sent 2 messages in a row, it displayed it under my previous one without my username again. Is this an update. Respond here. Mr. Grille (talk page) 20:13, April 27, 2011 (UTC)

Re:block
I didnt get a warning the first time i was blocked but okay ..............

Re check my wiki!
Hi Dopp, can you re-check my Phineas and Ferb vi wiki, the MediaWiki:Welcome-message-user doesn't work, I think that have miss and error some thing when I create wiki althought the MediaWiki:Welcome-user-page still work. Can you check for me that??? I think the problem is not language error! Thanks

Xiao Qiao ( talk page ) 01:22, May 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi! We've been working on a fix for you, which will be live after May 4th. Let's see how it works after that. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:52, May 2, 2011 (UTC)

IRC Meeting
Hello. A few users from Total Drama Island Wiki and I need to discuss an important issue with you. Follow this link here: http://pjirc.viper007bond.com/?&chan=TDWIKI-PROBLEM&network=irc.freenode.net

Come as soon as possible, thank you. TDA15 is cool 19:09, May 1, 2011 (UTC)

Banned
Jaserkajammer@yahoo.com is a new user who just signed up and whenever he edits it tells "Dopp has blocked you .... blah blah !" .. his wiki is historyofgames.wikia.com ( he couldn't link it ) .. he told me on the chat .. so please check it out :) thanks..
 * He needs to create a new account which isn't an email address, or to have his account renamed  Random Time  10:30, May 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll tell him about that tomorrow (if I meet him on chat .) .. thanks.
 * He contacted us, and we're working out a solution. Thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 18:09, May 3, 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Dopp
Hi Dopp, thanks for fixing the vi Phineas and Ferb wiki!

Oh, I would like to help Vietnamese people wikis translate some mediawiki extension and It has been done 13%. I don't know how does they will be enable and I will try my hard to keep translating. The Pop up create pages and some has been done.

Can you help me two thing? One is, I don't know where is the translating page type, like "Forum:", "Category:", "Template:",... I need change Forum: to Diễn đàn:. Second is: can you short my username? I need it shorter from XiaoQiaoGrace to Xiao Qiao (has a space between Xiao Qiao), that will give me the easier and familiar work on wikis.

I request to you for fixing this problem in vi wikia, the signup pop-up window has problems, when the people fill all username, it check right, but that username sometimes has been used by other people, that is the 1st problem, the second is language box to choose, I think when they click on signup in a vi wikia site, the language default must be Tiếng Việt, I try creating account in vi PaF wiki, the language seem Srilanka or Hindi or some things, that will make the Vietnamese people think that is the "normal" problem error when they want to sign up in wikia, some Vietnamese asked me why the error appear when they signup. I just tip them change their references. Can you check me all of these?

The Media Wikis are enable on vi wiki, now I can relax and feel comfortable wait the children and fans of two big ideas boys come to the wiki.

Thanks for help me, Dopp.

Xiao Qiao


 * Hi Xiao Qiao! I'm glad things are working better. The best (and fastest) way to get wiki adjustment requests handled is to keep submitting them via Special:Contact.


 * For your namespace translations (Forum:, Category:, etc), please send me a complete list of all of the namespaces, and what their translations should be.


 * I just started your account rename process. It will take some time, and you'll get an email when the process is complete.


 * Can you give me an example of a username that already exists, that the Sign Up window allows you to enter? Can you fully create the account? A screenshot might be helpful.


 * I see how the default language on sign-up is unusual. That's a bug, and I am reporting it


 * I look forward to your responses to some of these questions via Special:Contact. Thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:53, May 6, 2011 (UTC)

Bug
Hi the Wiki activity bug appeared again, pls take a look at this pic. It's been like that since morning, can you pls do something about it?


 * It's always best to send these to Special:Contact, because you'll get a faster response that way, and staff have an easier time logging the bug.
 * Report and screenshot added to the bug ticket, thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:52, May 6, 2011 (UTC) (p.s. moncho's right, too.)
 * Report and screenshot added to the bug ticket, thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:52, May 6, 2011 (UTC) (p.s. moncho's right, too.)

Re: Redirecting to Mirror Realms Games
Hi Dopp,

Yes, I've decided to merge the Puppet Guardian Wiki with the Magical Rooms Wiki, into a new wiki called Mirror Realms Games Wiki. I've done most of the exports and stuff, but the main thing still lacking is the images. It would be wonderful if you could transfer the images from those two wikis to the new one! One thing, try not to overwrite the ones that I've already added.

The permanent redirect would also be nice.

Thanks,

20:47,5/6/2011 20:47, May 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * responding on talk page. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:01, May 7, 2011 (UTC)

Hi, sorry I haven't been on wikia lately, but yes, I would love the help.

The reason for the change was that the previous two wikis are two different games, but the games use the same items, accounts, etc. so the info is very related. And almost everyone that plays one game plays the other, so it would be easier for them to use just one wiki. The discussion was just me asking many people about the new idea in-game, so I don't really have a record of that, sorry...

Again, thanks for your support!

21:48,6/15/2011 21:48, June 15, 2011 (UTC)

Vanessa Brandon
Can you block the userVanessa Brandon in Degrassi Wiki again? It seems to me he/she doesn't seem get the meaning of Intimidating behavior/harassment towards his/her fellow members. He continuously posted harassing comments/intimidating comments at Jessica Tyler's page about another member. Can you please look at that, because he claims its his/her way of expressing opinions". All he/she is doing bringing trouble once again on wiki by mentioning and harrassing members.


 * Hi there. Please try to work out the right course of action with your admins. This is their responsibility, and you should go to them first. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:05, May 7, 2011 (UTC)

Name space
Hi Dopp, I have send email to community@wikia.com and use Special:Contact, I use both of them! When I check the key access and recheck my mail, I see the support wikia can't read Vietnamese, so I add these namespace to your talk page:

User: - Thành viên: User talk: - Thảo luận Thành viên: Template: - Bản mẫu: Talk: - Thảo luận: File: - Tập tin: Image: - Hình ảnh: Editing: (when click Edit button to edit a page) - Sửa đổi: Category: - Thể loại: Forum: - Diễn đàn: Special: - Đặc biệt: Help: - Trợ giúp: Project: - Dự án:

Can I ask? I have seen pages on Phineas and Ferb Wiki with a namespace Gallery: (in this pages, they add a lot of photos about the show), is this one of namespace, if, it should be Bộ sưu tập:

This is a part of the mail I have send!

--- Xiao Qiao ( leave a message ) 05:06, May 8, 2011 (UTC)

Some things are not going right. Some mediawikis on my wiki doesn't work to me. Example: MediaWiki:createpage-dialog-message1, I have writen message to it, but when I open pop-up, I don't see my message, but when I change my account to vi, I can see it, why? Another example: MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning, when I write page, I see the copyrightwarning but not mine, when I try changing acount to vi, I have seen mine. Can you explain about that? I want to know about it and can you have any idea for the account vi to en, en to vi? Thanks Dopp.

--- Xiao Qiao ( leave a message ) 07:43, May 14, 2011 (UTC)

Users Powers
Hello, a friend of mine needs help with powers on a wiki. His username is "The19" and a few other users. Though, on the wiki, the only B-Crat has been inactive for a long period of time and they need help for the powers and stuff. He's a little shy to talk to, which is why im here (xD). Anyways, here's the link to the wiki: http://totaldramacomeback.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WikiActivity and here's the link to the user: http://totaldramacomeback.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:The19. Thank You.


 * Go to the adoption's page.--

Banned
I'm fine with the banned as long as you got lupo johns account to. He uses three accounts jayswife, Lupojohn, MarrissaDunn

And after all you will notice each account gets more active as the other fades. They also all have the same I.p adresses.

Excuse me
So i get blocked but he doesn't. Oh alright I'll just make another account on the degrassi wikia. @#!*% this @#!*%.

RE: one-month block
I will not push the issue, as you say any further. However, since you took the time to respond to my message, I do have a couple of questions that I would appreciate an answer to:

Is VB blocked? I heard he might be. If so, how long? I want to know this so I don't engage in any more fights with him.

Before Jayswife responded, why did she have to sit there and take all of what he said?

What do you propose I do about the fact that my real-life, non-Internet job is at stake? He got my cell number even after I blocked him, and, if he can do that, he can certainly get the number of my job.

That is all. I hope for us to be friends in the future, and I hope you're not angry at Jayswife. It's important she gets along with everyone. I am looking forward to your responses. Lupojohn 01:13, May 24, 2011 (UTC)Lupojohn

RE
The "Latest News" used to be on the wiki I didn't create it, it was there before they have moved, I just updated it.WikisEditor 12:48, May 24, 2011 (UTC)

Why am i banned from the wikia?
Thats first time ever making an account. DroidX 21:45, May 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * Nice try. :) You wanted to prove John needed to be banned, and you got it. But you got yourself banned in the process, too. Sorry. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:49, May 24, 2011 (UTC)

Hahahahha yeah. Anyway I'm fine iwth that as long as both parties are banned ;). Have a nice day

URGENT PROBLEM
I cannot believe you fell for his crap. After all the comments Jayswife sent you, after all the proven facts that were given to you about him, and you believe the lies he tells you. How does he have any proof that Jayswife and me are the same person? And he's just angry about MarissaDunn. You hardly ever see her on. I can't believe you'd be that gullible to fall for it. I wouldn't doubt you knew about his second account, and while you banned him for a year as well, you also let him go on the Degrassi Wiki, set me up, and now got Jayswife banned for the same length of time as me. I'm just in shock someone you would believe him. This is not over. Jayswife would like answers, so kindly respond, so I can tell her what you say. 172.162.197.94 15:30, May 25, 2011 (UTC)Lupojohn

This is like "da newz" from high school, all gossip. Colgatecity 00:02, August 9, 2011 (UTC)

Translate wiki
Okay, I will do but can you tell me where? Give me the link please! Thanks. Another thing, can you help me this, please check for me who is User:Da Qiao in wikia? I think this user does not join any wikia, when I try to email password for this user, the system tell me there are no user name Da Qiao, but when I sign up with the name Da Qiao, the system tell me that this name has been used, oh it make me confusing, can you help! I want to creat a new user with the name Da Qiao! Can you check for me this please! Thanks Dopp! :--- Xiao Qiao ( leave a message ) 00:54, May 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, sorry for the delay. The user Da Qiao already exists -- that's why you're unable to create an account. I also have your support ticket about your bug, and I'm going to put you in touch with someone who can help you more with Translatewiki.net. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 08:17, May 29, 2011 (UTC)

Hello there
Um i seem to have a problem uploading pictures to my wiki today but yesterday it was working perfectly now I don't know what happened but could you take a look and see if there's anything wrong with it? It's called Synoptic and i don't know what's wrong. Grizzaka (Talk)  17:32, May 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Images were read only for a little while they fixed a problem.--
 * Hi, we did put images into read-only mode, but that should be over now. I just confirmed that your site still isn't accepting uploads. Passing this to engineers and hopefully will be resolved soon. Sorry for the trouble. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:49, May 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Update: This is fixed now. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:05, May 26, 2011 (UTC)

Reply
I hope something is clear for you too, provking my rights from the wiki wasn't really a smart decsion, I haven't got the time to log in so I didn't reply back, I was going to deal with this once and for all, but I was surpriced by your massage. You didn't give me a chance to explain myself I was going to tell you that I am going to make a template called "Attribution" and this template will be added on top of any article that will be copied from any website, and will stat that this article was copied from where, the user will have to put it like this the example.com is the website that the article was copied from. Also I'll make a policy to stat that. Of caurse there is no proof that I will be doing that but I was, I don't have to contribute to the wiki for an extended period of time, then request to become an admin, I have done alot to this wiki already, I made a facebook and a twitter profile for it, I cleaned the contents, was trying to unite gta wikis together, I was looking for a new staff, I put an end to the disputes between users, I put an end to the vandals, I was going to get this wiki back on its feet, just check my contributions and see what I mean, if left or got banned this wiki will go down the drain just like it was starting to before I came. I'll start working on the template but I need some time because I am no every good in coding. As for the Latest News I will change the text to something else but I can't now as it is protected, I request the admin rights again.--WikisEditor 09:57, May 27, 2011 (UTC)

WikiActivity Bug
Hi I got you more pictures about the Special:WikiActivity bug. Take a look here and here.

Sudden coloration change
On the SpongeBob SquarePants wiki, a lot of the widgets and things in the Wikia skin have suddenly become excessively yellow. Was there a change in the code, and if so, a possible workaround? I'm pretty sure that it's not our CSS, since all it really does is color the  a little bit. Thanks in advance for any help! —Preceding signed comment added by Airhogs777 (talk • contribs • WP) 05:17, May 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh. You know what? Some of our admin have been messing around with the ThemeDesigner lately. Sorry for the inconvenience :( —Preceding signed comment added by Airhogs777 (talk • contribs • WP) 05:24, May 28, 2011 (UTC)

Rename
Hi, can you possibly change my name to Wikispeed please? --
 * Staff like to have these requests via the contact system, see Rename_my_account for the full scoop  Random Time  22:49, May 28, 2011 (UTC)

Check!
Help me check here please, Dopp User talk:Dopp (:--- Xiao Qiao ( leave a message ) 08:02, May 29, 2011 (UTC))

hello
Hello Dopp, I wanted to ask is there a way to delete every page under a category?


 * I don't know of one, but it's possible I just haven't learned it yet. Try the user forums? --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:34, May 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay thanks :)


 * A bot like pywikipediabot should be able to do that. I haven't used one myself before though, so don't ask me how :P - Tjcool007 (Talk) 19:37, May 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah? So do you know how can I get it?
 * Read this then this  Random Time  19:53, May 29, 2011 (UTC)

Have you ever received any "bad" reports on the administration of certain Wikias?
Well, if not, this is the first one. Administrators have reportedly abused their power on several members of this wikia. I am one of them. I personally think it is wrong to edit other people's articles without their permission, and that is what they are doing on several:
 * David-010
 * Halo: Revelation
 * User:Kluutak/David-010

Also, check out this out:

The block was made by Manticore. Reason given: I dislike impersonators, stalkers, and other such fails. Start of block: 13:11, February 17, 2008 Expiry of block: infinite Intended blockee: Dark Energy Block ID: #2566 Current IP address: 68.63.244.238

Banned a friend of mine on Halopedia.

Another example of power abuse: User_talk:Xzan_Tamasee

I'm not asking you to do anything, except at least talk with them. They're not willing to own up to their mistakes as human beings, so if they aren't willing to do it themselves, I'll do it for them. --Kluutak 21:00, May 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * We try not to intervene in user disputes unless we absolutely have to (otherwise, wikis wouldn't have nearly as much freedom and cultural diversity). I recommend talking to the admins directly (or to other admins on that wiki) in a constructive way to try to reach compromises. You can also create a new wiki on the same subject if you don't think it's being run well and you want to do better. That said, we're aware that we don't offer enough reference or training materials for admins, and we'd like to work to change that. Interested in helping? --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:16, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Dopp, as one community manager to another, I can't in good conscience see you asking him for help in creating reference material for upcoming Administrators. This user has no sense of right or wrong and worst of all, not a hint of respect for his fellow contributors and Wikia as a whole. Just giving you a word of advise on that one comrade. However, I can give good recommendations from the wikis I frequent as to who would be good. Shoot me a message if you are interested! CommanderTony 03:12, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Tony, its her decision. Now, sure, I might be able to help, and I'd be happy to if you are still interested, that is. --Kluutak 19:29, June 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually, to be honest, I've got a lot of more important things going on in "real" life right now, I really don't think I could spare the time come to think of it. You'll be fine with Tony I'm sure. I apologize. --Kluutak 19:36, June 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Tony! I'd love to hear what you think are the main skills and strategies a new admin should learn (or who else would be good resources for that subject). --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 15:18, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * This is an example of "Users complain and Staff hardly listens." Arceus The God of Pokemon 17:07, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't follow you. Dopp constantly asks people for opinions and even made a blog for it. That means she must be interested in listening to others. Why else would she do it? The action taken in the case above may not have been the one the user was hoping for, but does that qualify as "hardly listening"? - Tjcool007 (Talk / Contribs) 18:47, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * Arceus, you are just being unconstructive. You have been talking negatively about staff all day. Mr. Grille (talk page) 19:06, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * Arceus, you are just being unconstructive. You have been talking negatively about staff all day. Mr. Grille (talk page) 19:06, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

RE: Administrative how-to guide
Hey Dopp,

Absolutely i'd be interested. I've certainly had some good experiences and lessons as well as bad examples (both my own mistakes and internal/external misgivings) to draw from in order to help out Wikia. I think this would be a really cool idea that could be implemented Wikia-wide as a "welcome" message when one is given their Administrative privileges. If you'd like to hear some of my ideas, I can talk on here or you can talk to me on the various IRC channels (I frequent the #halofanon and #swfanon channels, both wikia-affiliated sites).

However, I must say that I apologize for my responses on this forum thread HERE. If I acted improper in confronting this troubled user about his anger issues concerning Halo Fanon and it's staff, again, I apologize. However, I feel like his actions on Halo Fanon are due partly because we were unable to contain a threat to the peace of our wiki, therefore I felt the need to try to calm him down in a more public setting. If it's alright with you, it is my recommendation that said thread either be locked to prohibit further aggression by the subject, giving him time to calm down or removed from the site entirely. I'll understand completely if you are unable to do so for policy reasons, i'd just like to help your wikia continue to stay relatively peaceful.

Well now that's out of the way, I look forward to conversing with you in the coming days and throwing our ideas back and forth about this New Administrator Guidebook!

Have a great day!

CommanderTony 21:02, May 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Me coming here, Tony, was of my own accord, not yours. --Kluutak 19:25, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

Bcrat glitch? not letting me assign power to people?
Hello I'm Freaking out! jk im sure you can fix me up.

i am the founder of starhawk.wikia.com when i go to try and give my roomate who is helping me admin privilages it says i dont have those permisions but im listed as a b-crat. i got blocked on another wikia because of a dispute over what video should be in a thread and me and a user kept changing it back and forth and instead of locking it i got blocked for 3 days and that person got promoted to admin and they just keep blocking me every day. could that be affecting me? and they should ahve just locked it not blocked me they are absuing new found power.. i have made over 90 edits on that wikia really sad. but that is the only reason i could think its not working can you help fix my bcrat stat. thanks for your help maybe its just a glitch. btw the whole thing was on a totally different wikia. ok now its say the page has no bcrat? maybe because i tried to give myslef rollback powers?




 * This is your false, I have seen your logs, you remove your bureaucrat right by yourself, that is a "good lesson"! Go to this and see what you did http://starhawk.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=Herotv
 * ••• Xiao Qiao ♥  leave a message  ♥ 13:39, June 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, looks like someone already fixed it, too. Enjoy. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:09, June 1, 2011 (UTC)

??
I'm a crat here right?..I dont see my name in the Special:UserRights/sysop



Do check it out once:Thanks:)


 * You only just changed your rights. It takes a while to updated (page is cached). You are listed at Special:UserRights/bureaucrat - Tjcool007 (Talk / Contribs) 14:17, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

Code
Would you mind moving the code from this delted template it to this page as i was looking at the code?When Charitwo suddenly deleted it( Ive asked him but no/yes answer yet just a sig complaint

Deletion
Hey the template you deleted(Template:LPTVWikibox) would you mind adding it to this page as i was looking at the code?


 * Your signature is becoming way too disruptive. -- 21:52, June 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * I have changed the sig so is there anyway to take the code to the page even if you undelete it then redelte just so i have the code--Cooltext527246187.pngTalk 22:03, June 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * I have changed the sig so is there anyway to take the code to the page even if you undelete it then redelte just so i have the code--Cooltext527246187.pngTalk 22:03, June 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * I have changed the sig so is there anyway to take the code to the page even if you undelete it then redelte just so i have the code--Cooltext527246187.pngTalk 22:03, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

--<font color="Black">Talk 22:15, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

please ban Vanessa Brandon
VB has came back to wiki under a new username XOuroborosX and is already calling people idiots, he called BoilingPoint "retarded fish', and called Truefriend "annoying'. If he can come on wiki like this with a new username but still acts like an @#!*% to others, why can't I lupojohn come back? Either he get banned, or I make another account. If you're not convinced that its not VB, why would a new member say something like "I don't see that user VB on this list. " on this page. http://degrassi.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Haley%E2%99%AA/Degrassi_Wiki_Survivor!:%29 85.237.212.88 14:48, June 3, 2011 (UTC)

A quick question
Hey Dopp. I didn't think this was worth sending a message to Special:Contact about as it's not a major issue. I'm not sure if you're the right staff member to be asking, but hopefully you can help. I'm probably wrong, but there's a user on the Crash Bandicoot wiki who says (s)he's Wikia staff (his/her userpage here, and that he/she is investigating a former user who is being investigated for death threats. The thing is, I have doubts that he/she is a member of staff. I looked on Special:Listusers, and (s)he's not listed under staff. If you check his/her signature, you'll see that the blue "Wikia" logo that staff sign their posts with doesn't link in the same way as other staff. I'm also suspicious because a user account named "DaNASCATT" (too similar to Wikia staff member "DaNASCAT" to be coincidence) was created less than 5 minutes before. As I said, I'm probably wrong, but I'd jut like to make sure. Thanks --Klock101 15:05, June 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * He's not part of the staff, else he'd show in Special:ListUsers/staff. Not all staff uses the staff tag with link, but in this case it's probably not to betray himself. Don't reply to his messages, just report him with Special:Contact - Tjcool007 (Talk / Contribs) 16:11, June 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for reporting this. He is not a staff member. We will handle it. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:49, June 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks Dopp. I thought something was up. I'll keep an eye on things on the wiki and let you know if anything else happens. --Klock101 17:01, June 3, 2011 (UTC)

Chat Help
Well, i thought i may have missed an update or something so i wanted to come here first before using the Special:Contact thing. Basically everytime i go onto the wikia chat function the only thing i can see is the basic grey line design, the text box, the wikia logo, my avatar and ONE post. this one post basically ends up starting with: Some numbers that usually start with 13 and appear too long to be an IP Adress. then the user name of the person underneath and whatever that person said. I cant even see the online user list, any other post or even my own posts. sometimes the "Astrotorical has joined the chat" doesn't even come up and when it does, it appears at the top of the screen as opposed to the bottom where i normally see it. so if you have any idea as to whats going on then please get in touch. if you dont know then ill use Special:Contact to see if i can get some help.

End of Line


 * Oh, hm... what browser are you using? --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:47, June 6, 2011 (UTC)

Chat Live.
Hello, I'm Lovergirlcoop aka Paula. I'm a member since the same month(February), only earlier. So I want to join that chat, but its nothing shows. Can you help me? Please if you want, explain that I can understand, exactly to show me the steps how to join that chat. What I have to do. Many times I was log there, but nothing. Why I want to join on that chat? In case I gonna have some issues here on the Wikia. Sorry for disturbing you and for my bad english.

Bye :) Lovergirlcoop 21:39, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

Regarding GTA Wiki
I would like to give me bureaucrat rights, no more articles will be copied without attribution and I would like the rights.WikisEditor 17:18, June 8, 2011 (UTC)

could you get on chat pealse --dsrocks

I can't understand..
Hey Dopp! I'm Davide (cobra 11 italian wiki).

We had some problem of comunication.

Matteo (the admin of the copied wiki) has send tou an e-mail that I wrote (he doesn't know english) asking you to delete his wiki. Now he told me that you answered, but it was only the message that you wrote in his discussion page (please provide the link to the wiki you copy, etc.).

I talk with him, and he now will working on my wiki, so he wants to delete his wiki. So...please talk with me for this question, because in any case I will translate the email for him and write answers to you.

If it is necessary, i will make Matteo send an e-mail to confirm that he wants to delete his wiki.

The wiki that has to be delete is this: http://it.squadraspecialecobra.wikia.com

Thank you, Dopp, and sorry for all this confusion!

Let me know, Davide!


 * A wiki on wikia is free, Angela said that don't want to close a wiki because this is free to edit and people feel interested on! Just tell him leave the wiki! Not necessary to close it! ••• Xiao Qiao ♥  leave a message  ♥ 10:29, June 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Davide, I did respond to his support request after that talk page message. Tell him to check his email -- i just asked him to confirm (so i can verify his identity at that email address). Thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:22, June 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much! He answer you in his talk page of his wiki. I wasn't able to explain him how to put his signature at the end of the message, but you can check cronology and verify that he's. Bye! --Cento93 07:09, June 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi! The change is complete! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 20:15, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

community council
I put this on Sarah Manley's page but she didn't respond so what's the community council and how do you join. Thanks, <span style="color:Navy;font-family:Comic Sans MS;background:Green;border:1px dashed; -moz-border-raiuds: 1em; color:Black;">kangaroopowah Talk  21:47, June 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sarah's on vacation right now, but she's the best person to answer that question. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 00:05, June 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks and do all wikis have the thing that when soemone doesnt sign a comment it says this unsigned comment was by _____?


 * Yes, that is a standard template across wikia. You can use it by typing --

cuteness
hi do you have a grilfrinde

Namespace and translate!
Hi Dopp, can you check two name space for me
 * "Gallery:" to "Bộ sưu tập:"
 * "Project:" to "Dự án:"

Can you help me check some user level access names?
 * "Administrator" to "Bảo quản viên" not "Người quản lí" (because using Chinese-Vietnamese names are better and more formal (in administrative wiki work) rather than just Vietnamese)
 * "Bureaucrat" to "Hành chính viên"
 * ... moderator, helper, staff, ....

Can you tell me where I can find them! Are they in Translate wiki net?

••• Xiao Qiao ♥  leave a message  ♥ 05:21, June 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Please use the contact info I've already given you via email to pursue translatewiki.net questions. thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:43, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

e coding to create a space within a subsection
I need help doing this but I don't know were to start Owen1983 17:30, June 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * You'd have to provide links to show what it is you're trying to do or at least give an example. Rappy 17:39, June 18, 2011 (UTC)

New Hub
Hey Dopp I was wondering If I could make my User Sub Page(User:Tama63/Hub:Pirates) into a proper Hub to go with the footer I made

Thanks(Please reply on my talk)

<font color="black" size="6px" span style="font-family:Pieces of Eight;">Tama63 <font color="black" size="5px" span style="font-family:waltograph;">Talk <font color="blue" size="4px" span style="font-family:Waltograph;">Twitter 06:47, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

also regarding this i have created the Hub Page and was wondering if I could get your approval on it so it dosent get deleted by the sysops here :)

<font color="black" size="6px" span style="font-family:Pieces of Eight;">Tama63 <font color="black" size="5px" span style="font-family:waltograph;">Talk <font color="blue" size="4px" span style="font-family:Waltograph;">Twitter 19:55, June 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * responded on talk page. i'm not the person to talk to about this. :) --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 20:12, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

Please find out how to remove 'added by' tag on photo.
<p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial;">Please find out how to remove 'added by' tag on photo. It says Added by Rm2dance

<p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial;">Please only respond with the solution on http://howtomakeuphair.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Rm2dancety

<p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial;">responded on talk page. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:18, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

Logo Creation Wiki Migration
See User_talk:Fandyllic. -- <span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="Who?">Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 24 Jun 2011 2:16 PM Pacific

how do you make http://howtomakeuphair.wikia.com/ redirect to http://howtomakeuphair.wikia.com/wiki/How_To_Makeup_Hair
how do you make http://howtomakeuphair.wikia.com/ redirect to http://howtomakeuphair.wikia.com/wiki/How_To_Makeup_Hair ?

http://howtomakeuphair.wikia.com/ directs to http://howtomakeuphair.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WikiActivity. you are currently unable to place a redirect tag on http://howtomakeuphair.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WikiActivity

pls respond with solution on http://howtomakeuphair.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Rm2dance


 * See User talk:Sarah Manley.

Bayonetta Wiki adoption
Hi, I'd like to adopt Bayonetta Wiki. I see no active admins, the wiki is a mess (several vandalized pages) and it seriously needs a clean-up. I'm near encyclopedic about the game and it's terrible to see such a great game get this kind of treatment. Please give me administrative rights so I may tidy the place up a bit; thanks for your time ^^ Z K 13:51, June 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi there! Adoption requests are handled at http://adopt.wikia.com -- please post your request there. And thanks for taking care of the wiki! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:28, June 25, 2011 (UTC)

wikia
where do you edit the most. Also have you read the 39 clues series. I'm on chat right now so you can tell med there if you want. Thanks, <span style="color:Navy;font-family:Comic Sans MS;background:Green;border:1px dashed; -moz-border-raiuds: 1em; color:Black;">kangaroopowah Talk  20:03, June 25, 2011 (UTC)

Reactivation of account Ngebendi
Dopp, greetings.

Around March 31th or April 1st I requested how to deactivate my account (Ngebendi, as above) and it so happened that you answered, telling me that an actual deactivation was irreversible and that an easier way to get the same result was to remove my email address from the account and to scramble my password. Around the same time I was promoted to council, and I distinctly remember getting an email by someone wanting to contact me about it "before it was too late" - which is the only quotation I remember from that message.

I'm not sure how I can identify myself in order to get a new password for this account, except perhaps providing you with my email address, my name and my birth date. Hopefully in a way a little less public than your talk page.

Thank you! Ngebendi


 * It would be worth emailing community@wikia.com, which is equivalent to sending a message to Special:Contact, except it won't log your username, browser, and wiki.
 * In the meanwhile, I realized that my reasons have more to do with punctured vanity than real willingness to rejoin the community. Therefore, it's better if I don't. My apologies for having taken up your time. Best regards, Ngebendi

Name Change
Can I please have my name changed to "Conker's Bad Fur Day"? Jello Rabbit 22:21, July 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * about this:)


 * Might want to read this beforehand. Rappy 16:32, July 9, 2011 (UTC)

Any progress on Logo Creation merge into Community Central
Followup to User_talk:Fandyllic. It's been about 2 weeks since I heard any status. Hopefully you still read your talk page. -- <span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="Who?">Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 10 Jul 2011 3:16 PM Pacific

Thanks
Hi Dopp. Thanks so much for helping me with that blog post thing. I appreciate it! =D

Anr0328 22:46, July 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * no problem! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:49, July 13, 2011 (UTC)

Ji Robinson, bad bureaucrat
Remember our little chat? Its me, TheBen10Mazter! Here's is the link to the discussion- http://projectexonaut.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Ji_Robinson_needs_his_bureaucrat_rights_taken_away.

Ji Robinson cursed and threatened many admins and bureaucrats. TheBen10Mazter 20:11, July 14, 2011 (UTC)

Commumity council
Hi Dopp! Can I be part of the community council? I am great at testing things since in my school i was one of 6 students out of 300 to get chosen to test a stimulation of a project we were doing. I also describe things with massive detail, perfect for me to help the staff since I would be testing things and giving back feedback. I am great with these kind of things. Please consider it and you will not regret it! --TheBen10Mazter 22:45, July 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Ben, Community Council is by invitation only, and I'm not one of the people who selects users. The best approach is simply to remain an active and helpful user on Wikia and Community Central, to welcome users, and to offer feedback on staff blog posts when we discuss changes, etc. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:23, July 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well do you know who chooses the users? TheBen10Mazter 17:38, July 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * I believe Sarah Manley does. But per Dopp, it's invitation only, so asking won't get you in.

FAQ
Hi Dopp, please help me some things!
 * 1) Where can I find the media wiki time in Phineas and Ferb vi wiki. I search and found the time PLURAL:$1|....|time ago but when I edit it, I don't see change anything! (I have changed account to vi but don't see change anything)
 * 2) Can you help me countdown time, I have fix Wikia.js, but the problem is where I can find MediaWiki and translate words? example time countdown: 42 days 7 hours 5 minutes 43 seconds, I need them change to 42 ngày 7 giờ 5 phút 43 giây? Can you help me about this!

••• Xiao Qiao ♥☎ leave a message ♪ ♥ 01:24, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

Welcome Tool Bug
Hi Dopp, I sent in a message with Special:Contact a few days ago letting you guys know about a bug with the Welcome Tool but never got confirmation that you guys got the email or a reply so I'll let you know here...

I got a message from a user on the Hogwarts RPG Wiki about something so when I went to reply (I reply to messages on that user's talk page since I find it is easier for them) and noticed that the message was signed by an IP that had no contributions, no talk page, no user page no nothing. If you need to know the IP, it's 127.0.0.1 and also, it wasn't just one time. I've been noticing it for a while on other talk pages and just got welcomed by that same IP on a wiki today. Could you please look into it? Thanks.


 * Hi, I looked into this, and it appears it was recently resolved. If the fix hasn't gone live yet, it will soon (it probably won't fix past messages, though -- just ones going forward.) --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:25, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks.

Your wiki
Can i edit at dopp.wikia.com? Because i added doppier here. Please don't ban me if can't. TheBen10Mazter 18:42, July 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * I love it -- thanks!!! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 18:43, July 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey do you mind if i can edit some more there? Im not going to remove things, just add some silly names. And thanks for removing the bad bureaucrat's rights for me the other day! TheBen10Mazter 18:44, July 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * As long as it's all friendly, I'd love more contributions, thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 18:49, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

just an idea
I think Central should have a featured avatar contest once a year where you can nominate someone else (otherwise there would be way too many noms), staff narrows it to 50 ppl or somthin and then users vote and the winner gets........ bragging rights! :)

Well having a featured avatar is really no point except waste the staff's time, a staff member has a lot of work. TheBen10Mazter 00:53, July 18, 2011 (UTC)

Hi there, From what i've been hearing i hear your an admin/buericrat on the community portal and i was woundering if i could be able to be reconsiderd on the community chat portal. I was banned for aparently 'Spaming'? But before i could apoligise for it they i had been blocked :( I geuss i didn't really get a proper chance to stop i was told to stop i tried to appoligise but i got blocked so i was woundering i could be reconsiderd Thank you for reading El-liamo 10:12, July 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi there. Since I didn't see what happened, you'll need to ask this of the user who banned you, Charitwo. Good luck. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:01, July 19, 2011 (UTC)

I really need your help
Hi Dopp, I really need your help at Phineas and Ferb Wiki! I have contact staff and tell staff add the namespace "Dự án:" (translated of "Project:"). Now my wiki has problem. Namespace "Phineas and Ferb Wiki:" does not exist now.

Can you help, I mean that I want to keep "Dự án:" and "Phineas and Ferb Wiki:" are the same namespace and "Dự án:" is the namespace that redirect to "Phineas and Ferb Wiki:" but now "Phineas and Ferb Wiki:" has been deleted. Please help me redirect "Dự án:" to "Phineas and Ferb Wiki:" please. Many links to "Phineas and Ferb Wiki:" and the pages with namespace "Phineas and Ferb Wiki: on my wiki now has been dead and deleted. Please help me! I really need you help soon!

••• Xiao Qiao ♥☎ leave a message ♪ ♥ 04:02, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

Old Forum Posts
Hey Dopp, what happened to all of the old forum posts that have gone missing since you changed the forums around the other day?


 * Missing? They should all be right here: http://community.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Support_Requests&t=20110720155750 (the landing page now has categories, and the threads are inside of them. We'll make this clearer.) --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:17, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * (Oh, i see, we're missing pagination. Looking into it. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:19, July 20, 2011 (UTC) )

New User Page Problem
Hi Dopp. I was trying to copy the code at w:c:admintools:User:Head.Boy.Hog/SigReal to w:c:testadmin:User:Head.Boy.Hog/SigReal and it didn't have an edit button, so I had to put http://admintools.wikia.com/index.php?title=User:Head.Boy.Hog/SigReal&action=edit into my URL box. And on here, I had to put http://community.wikia.com/index.php?title=User%20talk:Dopp&action=edit&section=new into my URL box because there wasn't an edit box here either, could you please take care of that? Thanks.


 * They're messing with the code again. It'll fix itself, it's nothing Dopp should/can change. - Tjcool007 (Talk) 13:10, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * I see edit buttons. Is this still happening for you? If so, can you get me a screenshot? --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:16, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * It has already been fixed :) - Tjcool007 (Talk) 16:25, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * It was fixed. And speaking of problems with Wikia, did you see my message about the Welcome Tool? Thanks,

Please Help me
Dear Dopp,

I do Camp Half Blood Roleplay Wiki and I wanted to change my avatar but i didn't see that option in my prefs. What do I do?

<font face= "Capitals" size="5" color="106348">PJay (<font face="Times" size="3" color="E01E1B">leave a message after the...beep! ) 18:39, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

If you read this, and go to the very bottom and look is what is next to 7/20/11 and then you'll understand. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 19:33, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

RE: Forum pages
I see the problem has been fixed by User:Tjcool007. I think the issue was that there was not enough threads in the "Support Requests" to generate a next page link. Unfortunately until there are enough "Support Requests" threads, or even better - all "Community Central Forum" threads are archived - such annoyances might appear. There was a similar issue when the forum was moved from "Help desk" to "Community Central Forum". It seems they didn't come up with a perfect solution either, so I think we just need to wait it out. — Sovq 18:52, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * You should send that to Special:Contact, thats very good of you to see that. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 19:29, July 20, 2011 (UTC)'


 * Actually dopp sent a message to sovq on his talk so it would be right to use a talk page to reply-- <font style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:1ex; border-radius:1ex; border-top-right-radius:0ex; border-bottom-right-radius:0ex; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:0ex; -moz-border-radius-topright:0ex; background-color:Blue;"> Tama63  <span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:1ex; border-radius:1ex; border-top-left-radius:0ex; border-bottom-left-radius:0ex; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:0ex; -moz-border-radius-topleft:0ex; background-color:white; color:#FFF"> Talk  19:34, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * I made a small change, but there is a better fix which requires admin rights. You need to edit Template:Forumheader: On the first line, you see the first parameter inside the category tag, replace the  by:

<pre style="margin-left:96px">
 * The code above should recategorize all the old topic with the new category, resolving the problem. My change on the forum page can then be undone. - Tjcool007 (Talk) 19:47, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

Weird...
I was going through a couple of pages and was at wikia labs, i read next to chat this, "Instantaneously communicate with other people who love your wiki and your wiki's topic as much as you do! Anyone with a Wikia account can join chat via the "Join the Chat" button in the right navigational area of your site.  lol omg rotfl " You see the bolded, underlined, and italizied part? Weird eh? Check it out your self, might be some hacker or michevious staff member or some sort of vandler. You can check it out you self if you'd like. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 23:24, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hee! Nope, that was intentional (demonstrating chat speak). But I'll pass on the feedback that you were concerned it was vandalism. Thanks. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:26, July 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh, wow, i feel real stupid now... TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 00:05, July 21, 2011 (UTC)

A few ideas to help wikia

 * See Forum:A few ideas to help wikia TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 17:20, July 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * If you don't mind could you comment on each idea? Thanks! TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 20:42, July 21, 2011 (UTC)

Getting started
Hey Dopp, I was wonderinf if I could get some help on getting started with a brand new Wiki. I've recently created the Battlefield Wiki in French, and, well, I dunno, it's different from what I have on the English Battlefield Wiki. Here's the link to my talk page over there: http://fr.battlefield.wikia.com/wiki/Utilisateur:SSDGFCTCT9

If you wouldn't mind giving me a hand, it'd be mighty appreciated. 23:36, July 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Congratulations!! I recommend checking out Founder &amp; Admin Central. There are many useful materials there, and you can ask for help and advice by posting in the forums. Good luck! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:50, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

Hello?
could i please be an admin on manhunt.wikia? there are no active admins there and ive done over 1000 edits.

YoU-tHiNk-Im-JoKiNg? 11:06, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

See Community Central:Adoption requests <font style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:1ex; border-radius:1ex; border-top-right-radius:0ex; border-bottom-right-radius:0ex; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:0ex; -moz-border-radius-topright:0ex; background-color:Blue;"> Tama63  <span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:1ex; border-radius:1ex; border-top-left-radius:0ex; border-bottom-left-radius:0ex; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:0ex; -moz-border-radius-topleft:0ex; background-color:white; color:#FFF"> Talk  11:09, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

Oh yeah, and be sure that you follow the requirements of adopting the wiki. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 17:57, July 24, 2011 (UTC)

Dopp, I posted a new comment on your userpage blog (the older one). It's about avatars. I would like you to comment on it please. :) -- Webkinz Mania  Talk  Blogs  Contributions  Editcount  01:46, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

Logo Creation talk page material
Can I import talk page materials from Logo Creation Wiki into Central talk pages (these includes user talks). -- 08:43, July 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * We're planning to let people copy their own user profile or talk page conversations manually if they wish (since merging them might create problems for some people). We'll leave the Logo Creation Wiki up for awhile to allow for this. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:25, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

About Snaily Wiki
Hello! A user created a wiki based on a video game I've made, which wouldn't bother me, except that they've decided to use my name ("Auriplane") for their account, and claim that they created all of the stuff they're uploading. This isn't true--they're uploading it without permission. What should I do? (It appears to be a violation of your rules, but I'd give permission if they asked, as long as they stopped using my name and taking credit...)

The wiki is named "Snaily Wiki", and it's about my game, Snailiad. If you need me to, I can demonstrate that I'm the creator of the game in any number of ways (like posting a message on my Newgrounds or Kongregate user pages--which I've already done--or by answering an email to the email address listed in the game, for example).

I don't really want to make a big deal out of it, but I did already mention it publicly, so it looks like one or two other users have already commented on there, and they seem a little more gung-ho about it than me. I also left a message on their talk page (on the Snaily Wiki), asking them to stop pretending to be me.

Anything you can do? Am I asking in the right place? (I'm obviously new to Wikia.) TrueAuriplane 09:55, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

Community Central Theme
Hey Dopp,

With the new Admin Central having a different theme, I think the Community Central theme needs an upgrade. It should look like the new Admin Central. Here's a pic of what it looks like with some css I applied:

This would also look great with the new user profiles. What do you think?


 * Very creative! We actually have a meeting planned to talk about Community Central's next style. Will bring this image up in it! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:23, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

Hello Dopp.

Every second page in wikia I visit sends me a message saying there is an error and taht internet explorer has to close and reopen the tab. I just recently lost a load of info I was writing on the Fantendo wiki that I worked on for well over an hour. I would like to know if the error is in Wikia, or has something to do with my computer.

Thanks! -

This must have to do with your computer, because i am not experiencing this and when you are writing a message to some one, never curse in it. I just had to censor one of your words in your message. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 00:33, July 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sonic, is this still happening? If so, can you describe it in more detail to us (with screenshots of the error, if possible) to Special:Contact? --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:55, July 28, 2011 (UTC)

Chat
Can we chat on the Ben 10 wiki? http://ben10.wikia.com/special:chat. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 21:44, July 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm in CC chat right now. you can find me there (and private message me if you prefer). --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:47, July 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, the thing i need to tell you about is about the Ben 10 wiki and i got kickbanned by Charitwo because i was spamming, (i really was trying to show something, it was not a advertisement though) TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 21:50, July 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * k, i'm in Ben 10. where are you? --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:55, July 28, 2011 (UTC)

Activity Problems
There seems to be problems with 'Recent Activity' pages. On almost every wiki I go on, when I scroll down on that page it either changes colour or the background appears, making it had to see anything. It also happens on some talk pages. Please help! Dynovan 10:39, July 29, 2011 (UTC)

Founder Forums Reorganization
I'd rather not do this without admin privileges on Community. If I run into protected templates or other protected pages that I'd like to change to get this done, it will pretty much stop me cold.

Other than that I could definitely help put this structure in place. -- <span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="Who?">Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 31 Jul 2011 10:13 AM Pacific

Page Creation Pop-up
Hello, Dopp. I have a problem report: the page creation button under the search bar now directly goes to Special:CreatePage instead of bringing up the pop-up. But it will bring up the pop-up with the button about the main page. I don't know if this is global or only in my wiki, but I am currently implementing a new "Page Creation Portal" system for creating pages to make things more consistent. Since it seems logical that more people click on the under-the-search-bar button than the above-the-main-page button, I think it won't get the news spread much. Is this permanent, or just a glitch?

Roads is a Wikia user! Duh! -_- 16:12, August 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Did you miss my message or what? It seems you skipped it.


 * ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 22:17, August 8, 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 :) <font color=Maroon>Tama <font color=Maroon>63  09:51, August 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Tama, they look great -- i'd love one! thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:24, August 4, 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion: If we have Featured Wikians, why not have a Featured Wiki? -- Webkinz Mania  Talk  Blogs  Contributions  Editcount  02:08, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

Best of Luck
Hi Dopp! I remembered you saying you were getting your wisdom teeth out today. I wish you the best of luck and hope that everything goes correctly with your surgery. –  Jä zz  i  17:02, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

Help
how do you make a chat room I would like you to tell me

thanks,

Jta1012 20:28, August 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Go to Special:Wikialabs on your wiki.--

Admin dashboard
Dopp, do you remember when we talked on wiki chat about the new admin dashboard. There was major confusion over the blog post, and you clarified it for us by saying that it only would affect wikis created after the 20th july. When I said I fancied maybe seeing what it would be like when it came out, but my wiki was created on 19th july, you said you "asked around the office" and the only solution that all the staff could provide was to copy all of my content to a new wiki, because there was no way that the new features could ever be enabled on wikis created before 19th july. That sort of eased my mind about the new admin dashboard, and assured me I wouldn't see it on wiki 24, my main wiki. Why then is it now enabled on all wikis? Did "all the staff in the office" suddenly change their mind?--Acer4666 23:10, August 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Acer, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. When we last talked, Admin Dashboard was in the first phase of its roll-out, which meant it was limited to wikis created after a certain date. It was always meant to roll out to all wikis, though. If you go back to the blog post, you'll see there was a Release Timeline section that explained this. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:06, August 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * That blog post doesn't make it clear at all - it says on first week of august it will go on "existing wikis", not "all existing wikis". The confusion came when on July 20th, new wikis didn't have the features enabled, so we interpreted that post as "on july 20th, new wikis will (in august) have the features enabled. In august, those existing wikis will get it enabled". I said as much in chat that time, and I'm fairly sure you confirmed it, which is what led you onto that suggestion of copying all my content across if I ever wanted those features. It seems neither staff nor users really knew what was going on, which is why I don't think it was unreasonable of us to request a temporary rollback or at least option of turning it off.
 * The fact that the blog post doesn't mention a whisper of the fact it would cause widespread changes over existing special pages is another issue. I think clarity is the lesson to be learned from all of this--Acer4666 19:18, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Acer, you are right. My blog post was not clear enough. After much discussion today I have written a new blog post covering some of this. I hope that helps -- and if you'd like to discuss further hit me up on my talk page. --Meighan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:14, August 9, 2011 (UTC)

I've found a problem with the dashboard. Whenever I create a blog post, it takes me to the dashboard, and half of the scrren goes white and I can't see what I'm writing. Why would this be? Dynovan | Let's Talk 17:52, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

Badges
Is there a way to make custom badges,and if so how ? -- J-Dub 1 of http://jdubwillrise.wikia.com/



Banned
Why was I banned on the Lion king Wiki? I harassed NO ONE.99.99.76.207 23:11, August 9, 2011 (UTC)Werebereus

Werebereus
Hi, I'm Honeyfur, a bureaucrat on The Lion King Wikia. I've recently discovered that one of my users, Werebereus, was banned on my wiki. I understand that his personality is a bit overwhelming and he can be rude sometimes, but he hasn't abused any privileges or broken any rules thus far. I'd like to request that you unban him, please. -- Honeyfur Hakuna Matata 01:23, August 10, 2011 (UTC)

Banned!
Hello, I'm Carrieunderwoodfanforlife 02:12, August 10, 2011 (UTC)carrieunderwoodfanforlife, and I have been banned from the Chat feature. I cannot imagine why, because as soon as I got on, it banned me! Can you help? I'm a nice person and I feel that the ban was not appropriate or right. Thank you so much!


 * You came on chat just to advertise. You cannot advertise on chat.--


 * But all I said was to come check out my Wiki. I have literally no one on there and I was just trying to get users to come. What's the point of having a Wiki if there is no one to help me or share it with? If I promise to never, ever "advertise" again, will you please let me back on? I just want to meet new people and talk.Carrieunderwoodfanforlife 15:25, August 10, 2011 (UTC)Carrieunderwoodfanforlife

New profiles
Hi Dopp! I know how densely packed with comments a blog can be, so it’s really easy to miss some of the postings. So, here’s a question whose answer a few of us are interested in: In reference to a comment you made on your blog about status updates, there was a question here about a possible enhancement to the new profiles. Thanks! — <font color="#DC143C" face="Garamond" size="3">Spike <font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">Toronto  05:10, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Bug?
Im not sure if this is a bug but it is not fully listing all admins here. I saw this problem on a different wiki just a couple minutes ago. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 19:39, August 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * This is likely due to caching and will probably fix itself in a day or so.


 * Okay. --TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 19:42, August 12, 2011 (UTC)

User rename request
Hey dopp. Could you rename my username to Terrific Joker please?Ghostytreat 19:44, August 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, rename requests can only go through Special:Contact 19:44, August 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh i get it. Thank you for helping me for that.--Ghostytreat 22:26, August 12, 2011 (UTC)

Beyblade wiki dispute
Please come here: http://bakuganrandomtalk.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WikiActivity, to the chat. I'd like to talk about the Beyblade Wikia Situation. Thanks, Gravity Perseus!   Destroy   Pegasus!  22:41, August 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * You know the Staff do not work 24-hours-a-day, don’t you? Even a dynamo like <font color="Purple" face="Snap ITC" size="3">Dopp gets to go home at the end of the day! — <font color="#DC143C" face="Garamond" size="3">Spike <font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">Toronto  07:24, August 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * True that, you might be sleeping when Dopp is on, and also the other way around. --TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 11:14, August 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * Dopp is in SF which is in the PDT time zone it may be easier to arrange a meeting in this time zone, you can see the current time here --<font color=Maroon>Tama <font color=Maroon>63  11:18, August 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * Dopp's also in meetings alllllll week long this week. ;) I'll handle this via the report already submitted to Special:Contact -- thanks. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:10, August 17, 2011 (UTC)

Bot rights
Can you grant bot rights? Or is that Uberfuzzy's job? If you can, a bureaucrat at my wiki accidently removed my bot's bot rights, so can you restore them? Its name is MazterBot, at the Ben 10 Wiki, link to contribs, '''http://ben10.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/MazterBot. '''Thanks. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 16:22, August 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * All set. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:29, August 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Dopp, the helpful! --TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 16:35, August 17, 2011 (UTC)

New profiles
I just wanted to say there great! Cleaner and more neater but i am admin/bureaucrat, i know it only displays admin but it displays, chatmoderator, say what? TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 17:43, August 18, 2011 (UTC)

THX FOR THE COOL PROFILE REDESIGNED STUFF

Crazyman121 18:03, August 18, 2011 (UTC)Crazyman121

Hi there, Dopp! I'm grateful for new profile design, i just have one question. I don't know if it's abug of some sort or somebody's mistake. But on my profile says I joined this Wiki yesterday, and that I have 0 Edits. It kinda bothers me, since I surely have more than 300 edits( last time I checked), and I'm older member. Since 2009 actually. I was wondering if you guys could do something about it? Thanks in front.Markurion 22:36, August 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Markurion! By "this wiki," we mean Community Central Wiki. On your main wiki, it should show your edits and join date from that wiki. Does that answer your question? --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:03, August 18, 2011 (UTC)

Badge Errors
Hello! I'm from Brickipedia and we have one user who has a constant problem with duplicate badges. It's become so bad that he jumped up to number one. For almost every badge he has earned since he got into the 100 point badge realm, the badge count has been doubled, tripled, and, on one occation, quadrupled. You can see what has happened on his user page. He says he doesn't care about badges, but has not done anything to prevent getting duplicates, or gone to anyone for help. I feel that this really needs to addressed and fixed, so if you could help us, or point us to someone who can, it would be greatly appreciated. TheGrandEditor 18:41, August 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Can you report this to Special:Contact and include when it started happening, and if anyone else is experiencing it? Thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 18:44, August 18, 2011 (UTC)

Ignorance
I find it quite rude and inconsiderate that you have only been responding to messages on your new profile blog that are positive. There are more negative than positive, and it seems you're ignoring the vast majority of the Wikians. I don't want to sound rude myself, but I just want the point to be taken across for good that staff have been forcing tons of pointless, even ridiculous things on us that nobody except a smidgen of us like. And also, if you ignore this message, you will only push my point further ahead.

ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 19:03, August 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Roads, thanks for reaching out and giving me your feedback. When negative comments are framed as constructive suggestions and requests, I pass them forward to the team responsible for the project for their consideration and assessment. When comments are simply expressing disapproval, we pass a summary of that forward, too. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:47, August 18, 2011 (UTC)

help
I need big help!Someone hacked into my account! Can you help?Reviewportal77 17:36, August 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * It appears you have control of your account right now. Why don't you just change your e-mail and password yourself and call it a day...you don't need staff help to do that. -- 17:38, August 20, 2011 (UTC)

Help Needed
Hello, I am Airzel-of-haos, an Administrator from the Bakugan Wikia, and we have a problem. There is a user whom has been creating spam pages that we have repeatedly told him to not make, and when we try to block him, so of my colleagues have gotten a virus, as well as the fact that we cannot block him because when we do, it just sends us back to the Block form. Please help us, it would be greatly appreciated. Ten scy  the  19:08, August 24, 2011 (UTC)

<p style="margin-left: 40px; ">Hi, you can get help by reporting this to http://vstf.wikia.com --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:10, August 24, 2011 (UTC)

Unblock
Can you unblock me on the Pugs club penguin fanon wiki ? . I only made a copyrights template and did nothing wrong. Happy65


 * Unblocked! Best of luck with the wiki! Let me know if you'd like admin access there again, too. Pug is gone. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:35, August 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. When I return to the wiki from my break, I will ask for rights back . The reason Im on break is that i've got a lot of wikis to take care of like the Club Penguin Wiki ( Rollback ) and Soccer Wiki ( Admin and Bureaucrat ) . Happy65

The utility of the redlinked category (a very late comment)
Commenting has apparently closed on the thread in which the changes to categories was announced. It's taken me this long just to find the argument in favor of making the changes. I hope you don't mind, therefore, if I leave my comments here on your talk page, cause I can't post within the discussion proper.

You make the request that readers
 * ". . . consider this: if a category is applied to 50 pages, isn't it considered "created" at that point? The category page certainly has content: a list of 50 links."
 * No offense, but that's absolute nonsense. A category's prime function isn't to actually contain pages. I know that sounds crazy at first, but hold on.  A category's function is to create the ability for pages to be held in an orderly fashion.  A category's main job is to be a place where pages are held.  And a place is not a place unless it can be located on a map.   A category which is unconnected to other categories — that is a category not on the map, or as MediaWiki calls it, the category tree — is worse than useless.  It's a black hole of information.  If you try to use DPL to access an un-created category, it'll work to a degree, but not always as you expect.  You also run into problems with some advanced parser coding if you're trying to work on un-created categories.  Moreover, you can't find an un-created category, except by going to a page on which the category has been placed or by directly entering its name — completely properly spelled and capitalised, mind — in the search engine.


 * Thus, a category is not even theoretically created by the addition of pages, any more than a city is created by drawing up some blueprints. Yes, there's "content" in the blueprint, but it's not like you can drive your kid to school on the streets in the drawing.  Likewise, a category is only created when it's attached to to the categorical infrastructure — because it's job is to be a place, not to be a list.  The list is a by-product of being a place, in the same way that a list of names in a phone book validates that a place is "real".


 * Were I trying to improve categorical utility, I'd turn off the ability for this list to form on any category that's not been properly created. That way, there would be no visible content on an un-created category, just as there is no content on an un-created page in any other namespace.  Hence people would have an incentive to properly create the category.  No creation, no list.


 * You also say,
 * "A redlink means that a page has no content -- that clicking on it will take you somewhere that doesn't exist. Categories that have articles associated with them do have content worth viewing, though, so they do exist. If they haven't been incorporated into the master organizational structure of the wiki yet, that's a separate issue, and it's what maintenance tools like Special:WantedCategories are for."
 * Again, I couldn't disagree more. A category that is redlinked by definition doesn't exist.  The fact that pages may be linked to it doesn't change that.  To reiterate the above, a place isn't a place unless it can be located on a map.  The notion of incorporation into the master organisational structure of the wiki is not at all a separate issue.  It's the whole ball game.  You seem to be thinking of a category as a page of information which has "content" in the way that a page in ns:0 has "content".  It's not at all the same, though.  The "content" of the category is its relationship to other categories and the ability to manipulate it and the pages attached to it.  Redlinked categories offer very limited manipulation opportunities and so, for all practical purposes they do not exist.  Red, as you point out, is the traditional Wikia color for something which doesn't exist, so it remains appropriate to use it for categories which have not been formally created.


 * Your mention of special:WantedCategories is, well, funny. WC doesn't update often enough to be useful to people who are actually trying to police and maintain complicated category structures.  What makes it amusing, though, is that it contains evidence of the negative impact of this change upon wiki maintenance.  At tardis, for the first six months of this year, we averaged no more than 10 wanted categories — most of them blatantly frivolous or the temporary result of deleting a category.  Since the change, the number of WantedCategories has skyrocketed.  Now we're at 70+.  And they're, for the most part, reasonable new categories that fit the syntactical pattern of existing categories.  Why? Because people don't know they're creating a category that doesn't exist.  Even I sometimes walk away from a page thinking I've added a perfectly valid category these days, only to find out later that it's not.  [Only just a few minutes ago, in fact, did I realise that w:c:Category:Help didn't exist!]  The only way to make sure you're not adding a bum category is to physically visit it.  We shouldn't have to click on a category after adding it to a page just to check and see if the category is real.

You also say
 * "It allows readers (you know, the people you're building the wiki for) to see what they expect to see when they click on a category link: a list of pages that use that category. In the old system, they were launched into an editing page, which made absolutely no sense whatsoever"
 * And here I get you, to a point. This is a very tricky thing, because we do need to balance the needs of the user versus the needs of the editor.  Yes, we are ultimately building all this for non-editors to read.  On the other hand, readers aren't just expecting a list.  They are expecting the ability to navigate forward and back from that category.  If they've taken an interest in the category link at all, it means they want to navigate categories. If it's an un-created category, they can't do that.  Yes they can look at a list of apple trees, for instance, but they can't go on from there to other fruit-bearing trees.


 * Again, a category is not about the list. It's about the relationship between that category and its parents and children.  It's about geography and navigation.


 * You say it makes no sense whatsoever to get thrown into a editing page, and I'd completely agree with that. That's why we changed the message at MediaWiki:Newarticletext.  We went to great pains at tardis to make sure that people were never confused about what they were doing.  So there is a nice little message, w:c:tardis:Template:newcategorytext, which used to pop up when people clicked on a redlinked category.  It's completely wiki-novice friendly, and it's styled for our wiki.


 * For precisely the reason of reader-friendliness that you cited, we made sure that every namespace had its own newarticletext message. And yet Wikia have gone and basically disabled access to our very thoughtful and deliberate new category page.


 * Now readers just get this unbelievably ugly, terse message, "This page needs content. You can help by adding a sentence or a photo!"  Our readers are no longer even told they're on a category page by this message. (Well, technically, if they look under the page name, they can see they're on a category page, but it's not nearly as clear as on our wiki's new category page text.) It makes categories seem like any other page — and they're not.    Seriously, it's so frustrating to have a simplified, ugly message overriding our own custom message, which was of benefit to both readers and editors alike.

Finally, you say
 * "And (b) if you misspell something, you won't see it right away... but auto-suggest has been making life better in that department for awhile now."
 * Oh, my sweet Lord. What absolute disaster this single sentence contains for our wiki.  Please, before you extoll the virtues of auto-suggest — which are indeed considerable — try working on a wiki where the subject is British, but a lot of the editors are American, Canadian and Australian. Try working at a place where there are regular disputes about which words in a category get capitalised, and which don't.


 * At tardis, it absolutely, vitally, integrally matters that the category is category:Comic colourists, not category:Comic colorists. Or that it's category:Virgin Missing Adventures novels, not category:Virgin Missing Adventures Novels.  Or, the big daddy, category:The Doctor's TARDIS, not category:The Doctor's Tardis. Spelling is so vital to us that we actually have a spelling policy — which probably is quite unusual for Wikia wikis.  Indeed I've had to make multiple category moves simply on the basis that the spelling offended our spelling policy.  For instance, there were many categories which used the word "organization", spelled the American way.  I had to change them to " organisation", spelled in compliance with our spelling policy.  Now, Wikia's come along to make it easier than ever to allow for all those "organization" cats to come back, solely because our American friends aren't seeing the redlink that makes them query their spelling.


 * Autosuggest is fine when you're adding a category without editing the page proper. I love the Wikia skin convenience of being able to hit that little "add category" button and to have that nice, quick little menu of possible categories pop right up for me.


 * But, imagine working on a wiki where people don't always use Wikia skin — even though you've taken the effort to make your Monobook logo to say — in bold letters — "Switch to the Wikia skin". There is no category add button in MonoBook, so you have to enter it manually. And although there is autosuggest with manual entry, a lot of people type faster than in-line autosuggest works.  And even amongst our Wikia skin users, many don't regularly wait to added the categories after they create a page.  They type in the categories manually, again defeating the in-line auto-suggest.


 * My point is that it's simple to defeat auto-suggest, even if you like it and would prefer to use it. And on a wiki like ours, where spelling and capitalisation are constantly at issue, it is a nightmare that redlinked categories are now blue.  It's not just "inconvenient", it's not just that we're being forced to "adjust the way [we] do things a bit".  It's an absolute disaster.

While I thank the dev team for at least returning redlinks when we make an inline link to an un-created page, and I also thank them for making it possible to make a change to personal CSS, I have to say that it's not enough. The very people who need to see red-links most are those people who wouldn't know how to change their personal CSS. And the CSS won't stop new category pages from bypassing the text demanded by w:c:tardis:MediaWiki:Newarticletext.

I completely reject the notion that average readers who are used to seeing redlinks within the body of articles will be confused when they see and click on a redlink in a category section.

Yes, we should never forget our readers. Yes, we should alter the messages seen when they click on a redlink, so that they understand what's going on. But we shouldn't believe them such total idiots that they won't understand what a redlink means — unless we're prepared to remove redlinks altogether, from every aspect of the wiki.

I therefore request that this entire bluelink disaster be reversed. There are other, much simpler ways of making sure readers aren't confused. Why not just make a default, but overridable through MediaWiki:Newarticletext, message that appears on every new category page? That seems to be the reason that this change was made. You want non-editing users to understand what's going on. So take the time to include a default message to them, and be done with it.

All in the world you guys are trying to say with this redlink/bluelink move is:


 * This category page is still under construction. You won't be able to navigate from this category to another one, like you can on most category pages.


 * If pages have already been put into this category, however, they will appear below.


 * If you'd like to help edit this category — primarily by connecting it to another category — you can do so in the editing area below.

As far as I can tell, that's all you guys really are trying to do with this move. So just say it in a few lines of text rather than completely changing the definition and functionality of a category page? <span style="">21:04:17 Fri 26 Aug 2011
 * p.s. I apologise in advance if this comes across as an attack upon you personally. I am of course mindful of the adage, "Don't shoot the messenger." "You" here generally means the collective entity that is Wikia.


 * Very impressive writeup CzechOut. I agree wholeheartedly and hope that it's heard/read and not simply tl;dr'd. This, in essence, is what the rest of us have stressed since the change, but in a more complete manner. Rappy 21:36, August 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for taking the time to write this out, CzechOut, and I appreciate how strongly you care about this issue. It's true that I'm just the messenger -- not at all a decision-maker on this matter -- so I've passed your writing forward to the folks who made this choice, and who continue to improve related features at Wikia. I know they have some different perspectives (and different use cases) regarding some of the issues you raised here, though, so I hope you'll be willing to work with the situation regardless of how it plays out. Thanks again.  --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog)  21:52, August 26, 2011 (UTC)

Userpagetemplate
Hi, just wanted to nudge you about your Wikia: userpagetemplate, as it does define the background colour but not text colour. This leads to light text in light background in wikis that has light text colour (usually dark-themed wikis). (: –Tm_T (Talk) 23:22, August 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm on it, thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:46, August 26, 2011 (UTC)