User talk:The parkster

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Feel free to ask any questions or if you need any help then I will be happy to come to your aid. Despite this any SPAM, offending or irrelevant comments will be delt with appropiate action, depending on the seriousness of the comment itself. ''' The Parkster "I'm all ears" "my stuff" "Something else to say?"

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Enjoy! Glacier Wolf 23:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Burnout Paradise wiki forum topics
Hi there,

I was informed that you've posted a lot of messages on different Wikia about Burnout Paradise wiki. The messages seem to be identical to each other. I would have to ask you not to do that again; it is considered spam, which is rude and unwanted thing. You had posted the message on at least five different Wikia; I can't say that this would be the proper way to build up a community - more like the opposite. I have deleted the messages now. It's a common mistake to spam while trying to build up a community. Please refer to Forum:Attracting Contributors for some useful tips on how to attract users to your Wikia. Regards, --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 20:19, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Reply
No, I am not a staff member (I do not work for Wikia). So, I cannot create your wiki. When I said I supported the request, that means that I liked the concept of the wiki, and that I would try to help out as best as I can. The person who accepts the request would be a member of Wikia's Community Team. Also, I explained about signup pages and the forums on the request. Cheers, Glacier Wolf 22:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It has been created at burnoutparadise.wikia.com. Glacier Wolf 01:44, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Content link & random image
For the top content link, you need to edit your MediaWiki:Navlinks to change them. For random image, you need to have a page that handles random images (which you don't have yet). For youtube videos, you don't upload them to Wikia, you simply embed (you can look at the wikitext code of bioshock to see how they did it).

I'll drop by on Monday to help further. Until then, see if you can stock up with more questions ^_^ -PanSola 21:36, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Malcious link
If you are talking abou this: http://burnoutparadise.wikia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page&curid=1461&diff=2991&oldid=2988 then protecting the main page isn't going to do any good. You need to protect the computer you edit from, since whoever vandalized it was using your account to do so. -PanSola 17:57, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, if you are going to continue the protection of the Main Page, I suggest you putting a message on there clearly letting people know where they should go to suggest changes to the Main Page. On GuildWiki, the way we do it is to have a copy of the main page at Main Page/editcopy, and allow the users to edit it to show the admins their suggestions.  In general though, Wikia's policy is to not protect the Main Page unless vandalism is a recurring problem on that page.  In this recent case it's probably a sibling or a schoolmate pulling a prank on you when you left the home/school computer without logging out.  Imagine if s/he vandalized a different wiki and actually get your account banned for something you did not do, that would have been really bad. -PanSola 18:09, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


 * As the sysop of Burnout Paradise Wiki, you have the power to ban user accounts committing vandalism, and you should utilize that power when patrolling your Recent Changes and article histories (you can easily tell whose account made what changes that way). My personal advise would be to only get the community team involved if your wiki is getting heavily vandalized (multiple times per day for many days) from multiple sources (different IP/accounts so that after you banned the offenders more still keep coming).  And if your account is used to vandalized again, you might consider creating a new account with different password, promote the new account to Bcrat on your wiki, then ask the community team to remove the powers of your old account.  And remember to log out when you leave the computer.  Just my 2 cents. -PanSola 18:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


 * If you go to an article's history, you see a list of edits and who did it. Clicking on the date link of each entry shows you the version of that edit, whereas clicking the "last" link shows what the changes are (left side shows "before", right sides showing "after", with differences color-coded).  Using this method, it is very easy to established whose account made the "malicious" edit, and at what time too.  This way, in the future, you won't have to point fingers based on "who else has edited the article" (which can get messy if many people are involved), but in fact you can accurately pinpoint "which account made that edit at what time".  I suggest you practice it on your Main Page's history to help in future situations (you'd be able to tell that 78 hours passed between my edit and the "malicious" one).
 * As for random images, I'll take care of that this afternoon. Got a few other wikis I need to greet first.
 * A "wiki" is basically a type of website that allows many people to edit it. (for a more technical explaination, see wiki).
 * "Wikia" is a company that provides wiki services.
 * Some people also use "wikia" to refer to a wiki hosted by the company Wikia.
 * Hope this helps. -PanSola 19:13, 7 January 2008 (UTC)