User talk:Angela

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Odyssey Online wiki
Just a note for people following this issue - the wiki has been restarted to clear it from the porn and vandalism left by its previous users. I do believe there is potential for this wiki to be a useful resource for the game, but it needs to be looked after by people who will welcome newcomers and help to ensure this wiki can become a thriving community. For now, there will be no admins, and I have blocked Tyler Warren from editing due to his abuse of admin privileges and offensive behaviour towards other users. I encourage anyone interested in the game to attempt to revive this wiki with great content. Angela (talk) 11:34, 3 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Just out of interest, have you regexblocked him? From what I can see of others comments he seems to cause trouble for a few wikis. -- Manticore  Talk 17:15, 3 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I did, after he made this threat to vandalise. Angela (talk) 23:56, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Interwiki language links for same project
I mentioned this in my e-mail the other day, but it seems typing, for example, wiki/Articlename would bypass the incorrect linking. However this seems unnecessary considering it doesn't work that way on other wikia projects with multiple languages. Is there a way to toggle it so that it incorporates /wiki automatically? -- 03:50, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure how to do that, but I'll let Tor know about the problem since he was working on the ffxi import. Angela (talk) 04:45, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Odyssey Wikia New Message Notification
Thank you for asking. I am still getting the "New Message" notification for Odyssey wiki.Ilyas Talk04:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry about this. It must be really annoying. I'll try to get it fixed as soon as possible. Angela (talk) 04:45, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Novelas
Yes, a staff member did resolve the issue a while ago. Hopefully the same problem won't come back. Thanks for your concern! --Yunzhong Hou14:10, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Reviews Wiki
Hi you see, i wanted a wikia called Reviews Wiki but we already have a wiki on that topic, and that wiki is like a "deserted" wiki. It basically doesn't have much people and the bureucrat hasn't done anything since 2005. Some person said I should ask you if I can have sysop privleges there, so can I? Fashionista5676 14:56, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Date formatting
Hi, I'm wondering if there is a way to force the date produced via and RSS feeds of Recent Changes / Article History to be presented in numerical Asian format (YYYY/MM/DD) so that it can be easily sorted automatically. American format would be a backup second choice (still useful if all the dates are within the same year). The DD/MM/YYYY (currently used by ) and YYYY/DD/MM (currently used by )formats limits automated sorting to dates within the same month for the result to be meaningful, which I find a bit restrictive on a number of occasions. Thanks. -PanSola 23:49, 31 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Have you tried changing the date options in your preferences? Does that help? Angela (talk) 04:20, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * My user preferences is set to the "2001-01-15T16:12:34" format (5th choice). However, that is having no effect on the dates for the Recent Changes or Article History from the rss2wiki extension feed, nor on the 4/5 -squigelys . PanSola 19:13, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I changed to that option in my preferences and now I see dates like 2007-10-31 in recent changes and 2006-09-25T05:06:55 in page histories. This is not consistent with what Wikimedia's help pages claim that option will do. Angela (talk) 05:30, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Impartial mediator for cross-wiki issues
Well, of course that is what a single wiki would do. I'm not going into that. But what I was thinking of was one for when 5 or so people from 3 or so wiki come here. Some from one wiki, others from another, and one of them possibly even administrating another wiki. And have a long repetitive debate about one of them causing issues on other wiki. ie: Being blocked on one or two, and then blocking the blockers on their own wiki, and such. The issues where a single wiki can't handle it because the issue isn't part of the wiki. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 4, 2007 @ 20:12 (UTC)


 * Do you mean there should be a central group of mediators for all wikis, or something else? Angela (talk) 03:26, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, I suppose at least one or two users to mediate when groups come to central to deal with users who are a problem on multiple wiki. It's just there is no-one but staff for that, and the discussions loop to fast and keep repeating the same issues in ways that can cause noticeable issues around Wikia, even before a staff member can get to dealing with it. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 8, 2007 @ 16:40 (UTC)

Hey
I am a recently sysopped user from RuneScape Wiki (you may remember me from the Odyssy Online Wiki fiasco), and I would like you to know that ChristineV has stepped over the line for flaming and personal attacks. She is a VERY valuable user, but I am sick and tired of her rudeness and perpetual shortness with other users. Just wanted you to know that. --Stinkowing 22:52, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Does that wiki have a no personal attacks policy? Perhaps something like that would help. Angela (talk) 03:26, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * That would help, but I've got another dilemma: If you remember back to a de-sysopped RSWikian named Shadowdancer, you'll know that he abused his temporary sysop powers-thus the removal. He is back now under the name Planeshifted (he hasn't said that he's Shadowdancer, but Christine and the community know he is). He is stirring up arguements like he used to, and I've blocked him for flaming me. The worst part is that Christine seems to support him, basing her support on personal things, instead of his attitude. Please help me!--Stinkowing 00:20, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * it's better to let a neutral third party do the block but edits like this aren't acceptable from any user, and if there's already a policy against this, there needs to be one. Angela (talk) 02:38, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Blacklist title list
From what I've experienced in the past, the entries don't get updated immediately. When I added Viewforum.php, it only blocked the page the next day. GHe (Talk) 01:07, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * The user is still going. Should I keep an eye on it, delete, and make local blacklists where applicable? GHe (Talk) 01:41, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, a local blacklist page is useful anyway, even if the cross-wiki one starts working tomorrow. I'll also keep checking for existence of that page across the wikis today. Angela (talk) 01:45, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Angela, can CheckUser get a list of all the Sockpuppets that Assaulthead made? Every time we blacklist one he just goes to the talkpage of another one of his Sockpuppets. It would be nice to pre-protect the rest of them. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 10, 2007 @ 01:58 (UTC)


 * Only if the sockpuppet edited. Anti-Spammer, Soldier 79, Sideways are all him. Angela (talk) 09:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Question
How does a bureaucat give a bot "bot status"? (You can reply here.) Thanks  jj137  (talk ) 02:54, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Software bug
I know you're not a techy, but I don't know who else to poke. On Halopedia, Template:Title doesn't work anymore, so I looked at all the JS errors, and I found this:

Error: oElm has no properties Source File: http://images.wikia.com/common/skins/quartz/js/allinone.js?9 Line: 4

Template:Title works on several other Wikia, where I don't get that error; if you could poke a tech (and maybe gimme a couple names so I can poke them directly, if you please), that would be mucho appreciatedo. Thanks! =D -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 06:14, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Skin colors
I'm interested in tweaking the trim color used in the OtherVerse Wikia. Any specific way we go about requesting this? Thanks! --Stamp 20:25, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Rename Jean-Baptiste Martin jbm.schtuff.com
Could you please rename my user name as it was done for my user names in wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jbm747 and http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Jbm747). It was done to remove the site name (not in conformance with wiki conventions, and this site doesn't exist anymore) and to setup a short name (wiki convention). Would you have the possibility to rename it would be fine. Note that I renamed my user page into "Utilisateur:Jean-Baptiste Martin jbm747.blogspot.com" before learning this wiki conventions. (I'm administrator of the wikihowto French version http://fr.howto.wikia.com that you created). --Jean-Baptiste Martin jbm.schtuff.com 21:01, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Angela for your answer. Here is my new user page, you can move my adminship to the new account : http://fr.howto.wikia.com/wiki/Utilisateur:Jbm747

Email Never Received
I'm sorry, Angela, but your email on this topic never reached me. While things have improved of late (IE: Eu's accepted that it's a community project) there are still some subtler issues at work. I'm interested to know what you suggested.

my gmail account has been more reliable than the email connected to my account here. so try please, if you still have a copy of the email for me.

Thanks, Kitsufox ( Fox's Den ) 02:35, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

SVG images not working
On the SVG image is not working. I have tried everything described in Help:SVG. My posts on the forums have been ignored. Tcrow777Talk 02:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Profit sharing?

 * Does Wikia currently offer or plan to offer in the future profit sharing on advertisements on wikis that it hosts? Or the ability to place custom Google ads on a wiki?  --69.90.216.70 06:16, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Usually not. We did try that with Openserving but it wasn't a success. Revenue sharing didn't motivate anyone to create a decent wiki, so instead we're focusing on using the revenue (there's no profit yet) to improve the wikis and ensure they do have a chance of being successful. Angela (talk) 11:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

RSS Feeds - Can we make our own?
Hi Angela,

Is it possible to create your own RSS feed on a wiki that others can subscribe too? If so, can you link me an example or details of it? If not, can this be considered for implementation?


 * After a bit of a chat to Cometstyles. I think I should clarify. I'm looking to set up the news page on http://aoc.wikia.com/wiki/News to be an RSS feed. Is that possible?
 * Ok, ANOTHER update. Ended up finding this extension. Is there any chance of implementing this specifically? It seems the easiest to configure / use on a client end ?

A simple graph
Hi, Angela. Can you show me how to put up a very simple graph. I've seen them commonly being grey. PitchBlack696 01:59, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay, i mustve said that wrong. Go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem
 * and go to the filmography section, thats what i meant. PitchBlack696 10:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmm. If I put the table from the Eminem page, this is what I get:

2007 (UTC)

How come theres no lines nor background color? PitchBlack696 20:20, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Can you set something like that up then? It would be very useful. I'm the admin at the Monster Hunter Wiki. PitchBlack696 02:38, 9 November

Odyssey Online Wiki
As you've probably seen I've been working on the Odyssey Online Wiki. I actually downloaded the game just to be able to make the first starting article. But I've actually kept it and have started playing the game a bit. Guess I'd like to adopt it. ^_^ This'll make 2 non-animanga wiki I've adopted. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 8, 2007 @ 05:24 (UTC)

Also, 65.93.56.30 needs to be blocked on the Odyssey Online Wiki, it's another user threatening to vandalize. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 8, 2007 @ 16:45 (UTC)
 * That's also Tyler Warren. He used that nickname on us, too. --Stinkowing 16:54, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Ok, it's probably a long shot... But can CheckUser be enabled for a user on a single wiki? This is one of the rare cases where having an admin on a wiki who has CheckUser privileges would be a good idea to deal with big vandals. At any rate, I'd at least like to adopt the wiki. Sysop at least, and Bureaucrat. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 8, 2007 @ 18:29 (UTC)


 * Ok, no CheckUser. But I'd still like to adopt the wiki. I definitely need sysop, there's going to be a lot of proxy blocking as you'll see in your talkpage history, Bureaucrat is good to. I think I'll add some site JS that ads a "Check Proxy" link beside the rc block link for those of us with the blocking powers. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 9, 2007 @ 05:02 (UTC)
 * Ok, looks like the tool for checking proxys won't work. Guess we'll just stick to a ban on every IP which is from a user with the soul intent of vandalizing the wiki. Though if it grows to much, keep tweaking the settings of the wiki to disable anon editing a possible consideration. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 9, 2007 @ 05:34 (UTC)

The Office Wiki/Dunderpedia
Angela, when I initially created The Office wiki page, I titled it "The Office Wiki" though I want to officially change to title to "Dunderpedia" or maybe "Dunderpedia: The Office Wiki". How do I go about doing this? DaHumorist 21:35, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I am receiving help from user Sannse, so nevermind. Thanks anyway. DaHumorist 21:59, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Sailor Moon Wiki
^_^ Got another one of my co-adoptions after all this time. T_T But Splarka is gone and Sannse has doctors orders so you're the only one left familiar with my co-adoption of wiki when someone wants to work on a wiki as part of Wikia ACG but isn't up to being the admin.

Katie5000 wants me to adopt the Sailor Moon Wiki. ^_^ She actually got the Wikipedia copying right strait off the bat, so she's probably one of the best editors that's come along to the Animepedia.

I still have the Sysop tag on the wiki from my past work reverting big vandalism there, Bureaucrat could be a nice flag, but AnimeBot definitely needs a Bot flag. And if you don't give me Bureaucrat to do it myself then AnimeBotSys will need a Sysop flag there since I won't be able to do that myself. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 9, 2007 @ 05:10 (UTC)


 * I don't understand what you mean by co-adoption. Why wouldn't Katie adopt the wiki? Angela (talk) 22:07, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I get a lot of users who like series and with a bit of technical help on the side of someone doing the templates and backend things that they use for content in articles. But they don't have a clue how to create templates, administrate a wiki, and organize a community. The two biggest things making animanga wiki inactive is a lack of fans knowing about the wiki, and when they do know, people intimidated at the work that isn't just writing content for the wiki.
 * I never actually called it co-adoption, but basically when someone is interested in working on an animanga wiki I adopt it and help set it up so that they can easily work on the content with nice results. There would be more inactive animanga Wikia without me doing that. I guess the best example is the Narutopedia. That was inactive when I adopted it, and I still only to minor content work. Other people do most of the content. But I handle the organization and various other things. ^_^ So basically I get to do all the technical organization, and community management I'm good at. And the editors get to nicely work on the content in the wiki knowing that they are using templates and other systems that have already been thought out and don't need them to go messing with them to improve them. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 10, 2007 @ 01:56 (UTC)
 * Have you thought about helping other users to do that instead of doing it for them? It doesn't sound very scalable simply to have you do their templates and organization for them. Angela (talk) 09:36, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

The Doctor Who Fanon Wiki
Hi, this is The Evil Dude from many wikis, but i need help concerning the Doctor Who Fanon Wiki. I just found it today, and found out it has only been edited twice. So i made millions of templates, and i will start writing articles on it. But i am just asking; Could you please make me a bureaucrat on this wiki? The founder hasn't edited it, and if there are any vandals i would have problems (me being the only editor there, without the powers to delete or revert). Could you please reply on my Doctor Who Fanon wiki talk page. Thanks for reading The evil dudeArnie 17:06, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Angela? Hey, you probably don't know me, but i am very good friends with Syugecin (over the internet, of course), and I have a few questions about becoming an administrator on the geology wiki. Could you please answer my questions? Thanks. Scottman108

External linking of an image
I would like to use an image as a link. In HTML I would use  for example. Is that in wikicode possible the same way? --Torsten 19:16, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Update: got an email from Tcrow and I got it working. The answer of my question: http://www.abc.xyz/picture.jpg --Torsten 06:52, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought the date said "2006" in Torsten's sig when I sent that email, now I just noticed it says "2007", I would have posted right here if I thought it said "2007" earlier. Tcrow777Talk 09:28, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * That shouldn't work. It looks like the externally hosted images feature has been temporarily disabled. I also replied on the de.aoc wiki. Angela (talk) 09:34, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Just tested it here and here, it works. Tcrow777Talk 10:24, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

SVGs

 * They also don't work on Psych wikia. w:c:Psychology:Image:WWW balloon.svg  I uploaded a couple hundred for Joe with my bot, and none of them took.


 * The odd thing is that up until 3 weeks ago, upload and processing on the server to generate png versions was working just fine. All the old SVGs work just fine on genealogy- eg: w:genealogy:Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg.


 * Unless I hear otherwise, I am assuming you folks are going to take care of the svg situation. If I should be thinking about writing some code to generate png versions for all the svgs on Joe and Robin's sites, drop me a note.  I don't think you are thinking about going to print media with any of this material, so I don't really see much of an argument for the SVGs.  (Even if we did, we could Bot them over from commons sometime downstream.)   ~  Ph l o x   20:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Opps! I used "?&action=purge" on c:psychology:Image:PD-icon.svg because it was not rendering properly, now it will not render anywhere on the Psychology Wikia at all. Tcrow777Talk</tt> 21:44, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


 * This is happening on a few wikis. I'll try to find out why this is happening and get it fixed as soon as possible. Angela (talk) 22:17, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Also happening on w:c:es.pokemon. w:c:es.pokemon:Imagen:Ejemplo.svg --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 14:33, 10 November 2007 (UTC)