User talk:Sarah Manley/Archive 1

Archive 1 (Oct 2009- Feb 2010)

Familypedia / "Genealogy"
Our community has been fairly small since its inception in 2006, but that may change. It's a popular market segment, as evidenced by competitor sites like ancestry.com that charge $24/month and advertise on Discovery and History channels. As far as I am concerned, their days are as numbered as those of Encyclopedia Britannica when Wikipedia began. Our recent efforts since last spring have been to make it easier for novices to enter family histories. Once that work is complete, I shall be importing large amounts of information from Wikipedia biographies via "pywikipedia" bots. We may get a good spike in activity after that is complete, but otoh it may flop entirely. Who knows- at least something will be learned about how not to apply Semantic wiki concepts on Wikipedia, commons and other wikis. I'm a retired software jock, kind of slogging through the technical stuff while raising my own family (we have 4 kids and are adopting 2 more from Africa). I personally am much less interested in the genealogy side of who begat whom, and more in getting contributors to recover stories about their ancestors. It gives more credit in history to individuals who made it, deconstructing the popular fantasy that history is about the dead white guys who through their singular genius caused everything to happen the way it did. It follows along the line that Zinn started in the 1980s with his series of books that began with "A People's History of the United States". Such fine grained history is material that does not meet Wikipedia's notability requirements, but each story is extremely notable for the micro audience of their descendants. Were it not for each of these forgotten ancestors, we would have not been born. Anyway, in a few months when everything is in place you may like to take a look at it.

I hope you enjoy your new position. Regards, 19:13, October 19, 2009 (UTC)

Administrator rights
Hi, I'm looking for a way to get administrator rights for the Shield wiki but couldn't find a specific page that explained how to do it. I've been contributing to that wiki for a couple of months now and, even though only one other editor has stepped in, I'd like to keep on working on it and perhaps elevate it to the status of other more complete, more visited wikis. Let me know what's the process I should follow. Thanks. Thief12 16:43, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Just felt like adding that I'm a frequent contributor on the 24 Wiki as well, just in case you want to check my trajectory or something like that :-D Thief12 16:45, October 21, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the message Thief12, I have responded to your similar inquiry to community@wikia, so you should have a message about this. Thanks for all your great edits! Cheers Sarah (talk 20:26, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Avatar Wiki
Hi, I had 2 questions... first if you could erase http://jamescameronsavatar.wikia.com to pass the information to this new wiki http://avtr.wikia.com. And then I want to make a navbox but with a [hide] button. Could you help me? Thanks! --Matias arana 10 03:04, October 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * For the second part of that, you're thinking of collapsible tables, which require a few things. First, you need to add  to your MediaWiki:Common.js, then make a navbox (or use a pre-existing one) and give it a collapsible class ("toccolours collapsible collapsed" or "darktable collapsible collapsed" usually do the trick for me,) and make sure it defines a header (what is there when it's collapsed.) An example of all of this can be found at Avatar Wiki.  ~Joey~  ” ^Talk^ ” 03:15, October 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Very fast answer :) --Matias arana 10 03:22, October 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * Matias arana 10: Were you requesting a name change from http://jamescameronsavatar.wikia.com to http://avtr.wikia.com? From what I have seen the James Cameron Avatar appears a lot more active than the Avtr wiki. Are you in touch with the other Admin at JamesCameronAvatar? Thanks! Sarah (talk 16:20, October 27, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, but Catherine already deleted jamescameronsavatar and sent the info to avtr. By the way I'm the creator of both and I didn't edited avtr, so jamescameronsavatar will be deleted. Thanks anyway :) Matias arana 10 12:12, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

Good job!
Wow! You guys did a great job setting up wikis! Looks great! 23:26, October 27, 2009 (UTC)

RfA
As the most recent Staff editor of Central, could you please give Geek Admin rights, after his successful RfA? Cheers. :) --Thomas Rattim (talk) So much support, and a considerable edge of supports over opposes, is generally assumed to be consensus... The implication was, however, for my message to inform Wikia staff of the RfA's completion and to make a decision over whether they feel this to be consensus or not. --Thomas Rattim (talk)
 * It's not for you to decide whether it was successful. RFAs are decided by consensus, not plurality. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 20:10, October 29, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your messages and letting me know about the RfA. The vote seems rather close, and not a general consensus, so we will not be granting Admin rights on central at this time. Sarah (talk 22:28, October 29, 2009 (UTC)
 * To my knowledge, there have been much closer elections in the past.  How is this not consensus?  I know of one election that had only six votes!  This election had 59 votes, 34 for, a nine point lead.  I ask again, how is this not consensus?  The Almighty Ninja Talk 22:56, October 29, 2009 (UTC)
 * Out of curiosity, was my vote back in '07 close too? After all, "only" 6 users supported me, while 34 users supported Supergeeky1. It saddens me that Wikia lets people who abuse their user rights not only keep their rights and continue abusing them, but also tell Wikia staff what you can/cannot/should/shouldn't do! That's quite something, I must say. --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 23:00, October 29, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Sarah. I appreciate your opinion on this, and the vote is indeed fairly close (although a nine point lead is, in my opinion, a stretch).  However the consensus is still indeed in my favor.  Quite honestly, I've never seen as many people in support of a user on Wikia, and I believe that says all that needs to be said about this.  The opposition, while great in amount, did not provide any back-up to their claims involving me and for the most part, it's seemingly out of spite.  I've had an extraordinarily limited amount of contact with many of the users claiming I've made a series of wrongdoings, and even one opposing based solely on the fact that I "prank call people" and offend her religion.  That aside, as StarNinja99 and Jack pointed out, many users with only six or seven people supporting have been given sysop rights.  If that's a general consensus and 34 votes are not, then I don't know what is.  Additionally, I see absolutely nothing on the RfA page or otherwise stating it must be a general consensus.  Just a consensus.  Thank you for taking the time to read this and I look forward to hearing from you in the future.  Cheers! &mdash;  supergeeky1   \  m  /  (  Talk to the Geek  ) 23:04, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

I'd also like to just add on, in regards to the support having nine more votes than the oppose, that percentage wise the support is 14% greater than the oppose. When you do the math, it's 57.6% to 42.4%. Considering there are no established guidelines that say you need to have 60% of the vote or 2/3 of the vote, that's a rather overwhelming number. - Brandon Rhea (talk) 23:12, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

The point is really moot when you consider that the candidate doesn't actually want the job for any productive purpose, by his own admission. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 00:06, October 30, 2009 (UTC)


 * The fact that Geeky himself said that to a joke, and I'm doubting if the quote is even legitimate, makes that rather interesting an accusation. Additionally, if you find it to be insulting for us to quote your users, I'd appreciate it if you didn't quote ours. Thank you. --Thomas Rattim (talk)


 * Thanks for the comments. As I stated prior, it does not appear that a consensus has been reached here, and I think many of your posts reaffirm that. A majority does not equal a consensus, especially one that is won by 14%. I understand that in many other cases there were only 6 votes more, but when this is 6 positive, to 0 or 1 negative, that is a much higher percentage of approval than we have here. I will be maintaining the decision that I posted early, which is to not grant further admin rights to supergeeky1 at this time. --Sarah (talk 16:20, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

That's obviously your perogative, but I would very strongly suggest that the Community Team come up with actual guidelines for future requests for adminship. It's not fair to users who are nominated for adminship to reach a very clear majority of nearly 58% only to have the Community Team tell them that a consensus hasn't been reached, despite the fact that there are no RfA guidelines. This is especially important considering how Wikia values the community, its decisions, and its opinions. Just a friendly suggestion. =) (I also just want to add that, in regards to the quote from Culator, it is in fact a legitimate quote, but when it was said in the channel I didn't take it as anything more than being a humorous comment.) - Brandon Rhea (talk) 17:59, October 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * Calm down mate, just because he failed, once he takes aboard the things from the Oppose comments, tell him to try again later... That block log that they showed doesnt look too good either. If it was me, I would say the same as Sarah... It was a very active and close vote.. -- 18:54, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

I would've thought an appropriately placed =) would've told you that I'm nothing but calm. I'm just giving a tip for the future, which will be important if there's ever a close election like this again. =) Besides, I'm not beholden to any side of this feud between a select group of Darthipedians and Wookieepedians. I don't really know anything about it, nor do I care to know it. I'm just saying that in the interest of fairness for future RfAs, RfA guidelines really need to be established. - Brandon Rhea (talk) 19:52, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

Sarah test wiki
What on earth is w:c:sarahtestwiki supposed to be?-- 21:01, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

The relevant discussion that Dream is talking about is here. I like the idea a lot. Anno1404 18:17, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * A test wiki. -- 21:01, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but why was my page erected without warning?-- 21:21, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * A simple oversight. It would have been a better idea to omit the user talk namespace in the import. -- 21:23, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * How did you import everything from one Wiki from another? That erects double histories!-- 21:30, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * According to sannse, it was done with a script server-side. I wouldn't worry too much about a test wiki, though. -- 21:31, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * I won't worry.-- 21:32, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the confusion. It is just a test wiki I created so I can work on some of the help pages. Sarah (talk 21:42, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Just erect a hell of a userspace. By the way, pardon my rage and language earlier.-- 21:50, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * So every single person who ever posted on the main Wikia.com has gotten a message that they have new messages here, even though they don't? A bit odd.  Anyway, would it possible to create a wikia and duplicate everything, history and all, from the official Wikipedia?  Call it "Inclusionist version" where no articles are allowed to be deleted unless it is a hoax, spam, jibberish, or an attack page.  Or could you make a script that copies over everything ever deleted?  Have an administrator at Wikipedia use it to userfy every single deleted article there is, over here some place, and then people can go through and determine how much should've been saved(which is probably most of it).  As it is now you have gangs of evil deletionist thugs deleting best selling novels that don't get reviews, about 90% of every manga article there is since such things don't get reviews(some argue to delete things even if they know it has three volumes that sold over a hundred thousand copies each, since sales figures don't indicate notability according to their idiotic guidelines), and many other things that should not have been destroyed.  Or perhaps userfy it by category, letting people work from there.  Would that be possible?   D r e a m Focus  11:31, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * I doubt it. It would cause attribution to go to bogus accounts. What would happen then?-- 11:39, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * What happens now? Articles from the Wikipedia are copied over to many Wikis here already.  And you'd copy just the articles, not the user pages.  Wikipedia isn't done for the credit.   D r e a m Focus  11:43, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * No, you appear to have misunderstood me. If a user had an account there, but not here, then it would look like a non-existant user had edited the page according to article histories. That is pure misrepresentation.-- 11:50, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * FYI, all wikia.com wikis have a shared user database. So the article histories at the test wikis are all valid accounts. It is not misrepresentation at all. -- 18:43, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * An administrator over at the Wikipedia commented recently that legally if you copy something from the Wikipedia, you are suppose to copy the history as well, to credit who did what, most people not realizing that, and it not enforced. And I don't believe anyone is misrepresented at all.  Just have a note on each one, a phantom edit marker perhaps, saying "all edits before this point were done at the official Wikipedia, before article was copied over."   D r e a m Focus  12:03, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * If you're going to copy an article over, it's best to do more than just say "all edits before this point were done at Wikipedia." You need a more proper way of attributing all of the authors than just saying it was written on Wikipedia. A number of wikis have a template that does just that, such as Template:Wikipedia on Wookieepedia. You'd put the template on the talk page and then say what the article was in the template so it can properly link to the authors, like so: . - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 18:43, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * I meant after you copy over the entire edit history, then place a marker saying that all edits were done at the Wikipedia before that point marked, thus avoiding a problem mentioned above. The users who contributed may appear as red links here, but people will know who they are and where to find them, if there was anything to discuss with them or anyone actually cared.  D r e a m Focus  20:11, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not that they'll appear as red links. It's that they won't appear period. Wikia and Wikipedia do not have the same user database, so just because an account exists on Wikipedia doesn't mean it'll exist on Wikia. If you export an article on, say, Memory Alpha to Wookieepedia (don't know why you'd ever do that, but follow me here), the accounts will appear as red links, but those accounts will actually exist because Memory Alpha and Wookieepedia have the same user database. The same is not true for Wikia and Wikipedia. The accounts will be shown to be non-existent. I don't believe it'll even show a name with the edit, because that account would not exist. - Brandon Rhea (talk) 20:19, November 7, 2009 (UTC)

wikia email?
Hello I'm Dadidedu and I wanted to ask you something.I'm looking at your user page and I noticed that you have a wikia email address,so I'm curious enough to ask: How the heck did you get that email address?--Dadidedu 23:01, November 7, 2009 (UTC)


 * Sarah is an employee of Wikia and part of the Community Team. Please see User blog:Sarah Manley/Excited to join the Wikia Community! ~Joey~  ” ^Talk^ ” 23:04, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep as Joeyaa stated, I am the newest member of Wikia's Community Team. Thanks for the message. Sarah (talk 17:07, November 9, 2009 (UTC)

Random Survey Thing I Got
I don't really use help pages or ask wikia staffers for help. I got help from a few nice users when I was first starting out, now I'm the veteran user helping others. Not very helpful, I know :P Ghost sangheili 02:36, November 20, 2009 (UTC)

Advise
Hello, I'm Angélica Casarin Hartmann, 20 years, a Brazilian sysop from Desciclopédia (the Brazilian Uncyclopedia) and an user was banned because he/she didn't respect our rules, and now he/she create a page on your wiki only to offend me. Please, I need that your staff delet it, and preferencially give me the IP from the user. I need your help, thank you. 189.30.215.225 21:39, November 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello Angélica. I have deleted the page you requested. If you message us at Special:Contact with their user name, I can run a check user for you and send you back the IP address. Thanks Sarah (talk 22:34, November 24, 2009 (UTC)

Question about copying history from Wikipedia articles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export I followed the instructions, but can not limit how many histories I get from an article. The default setting at a thousand, which results in an article being far too large for my Wikia to import, it 24 megabytes in size! The special parameters aren't working, I unable to just grab 100 history edits instead. Is there a way to either make it export only 100, or to make Wikia import a larger file size? Either way would work. I'm trying to grab the history for Total Annihilation.  D r e a m Focus  18:09, November 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * "Other parameters of this interface, not available via this web form, are explained in Parameters to Special:Export."
 * Hi Dream Focus. You can get more revisions using the API, but it's not easy to do and not recommended if you need lots of different articles. I suggest instead that you export only the current revision and then add   to provide a link to the authors. Plesae leave me a message on my talk page if you need any more help with this. Angela (talk)

In response to e-mail request completion
Thank you! &mdash; Qweedsa 18:29, November 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! Sarah (talk 18:33, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

Customizing Monaco
Hi! Nice to meet you I'm Catherine (ShoGuy), I'm the current administrator of the Birdo Wiki [], but I do not like its color (yellow), could you help me by changing it to pink? please! n_n
 * Hi Catherine. What pink were you interested in: http://help.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Color
 * Hi there, I changed the colors, let me know what you think. Cheers, --Sarah (talk 01:34, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

It's perfect!!! thank you very much!!!!! ^__^

About "Google Annonces" or "Google Adds"
Hello Sarah, Something " new " appears recently on the welcome page of my site "http://lyceepasteur.wikia.com".Now, even while I am fully registered, I have some " Google Adds " between my wikia-site tiltle and my own text.For the moment all other pages look as before, unchanged.I never received any information or warning prior such a main change project.Now I am quite affraid that wikia-staff will gradualy extend this ways to all pages of my wikia-site.Of course I understand pretty well that Wikia needs money, but why not having those Google Adds on the left margin, just under " Wikianswers " ? There, iIt will be perfectly seen and less harmfull for the main page presentation and content. Please could you help in re-considering that ? Best regards to you, Eric --Laerchisca 08:04, December 1, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hello Eric, Thanks for your work here on Wikia. Part of Wikia's terms of use, is that we reserve the right to place advertisements on a wiki. If you do not like seeing them, you can go into your preferences and under the skin tab, deselect "show all advertisements" This is only effective for when you are signed in. All signed out users will see ads. Happy editing! Best, --Sarah (talk 17:10, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

Privedopédia and contact
First My english is horrivel.Please Sorry-me.Second The contact descosidere my denuncia becausa my desconocimento of english language.The adm made graves infractions of the laws of wikia.His blocked a user que só made the proposl of a elections by formulate rules of wikia.The contac queria que this denunces fossem ignored. Fimdemundensedoeste 14:27, December 1, 2009 (UTC) thanks obrigado primeiro meu inglês é horrivel.por favor me desculpe, Segundo,contato desconsiderou minha denúncia devido ao meu desconhecimento da língua inglesa. o adm fez graves infrações das leis da wikia.ele bloqueou um usuário só porque ele fez uma proposta de eleições para formulas regras da privadopédia.Contato igonorou estas denúncias e falou para eu criar uma nova wikia em vez de punir o adm contaventor. Fimdemundensedoeste 14:20, December 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello, I am sorry but I do not understand what you are saying. If you post in your native language, I can use an online translation tool to try and help you. Thanks! --Sarah (talk 17:10, December 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * I am sorry but I still do not understand you. If this is an issue with someone on your wiki, it is best to contact the admin of your wiki. Best of luck, --Sarah (talk 17:39, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

thank first my English is horrivel.por Please excuse me, Second, contact disregarded my complaint because my knowledge of English. adm made serious violations of the laws of a User wikia.the adm blocked just because he made a proposal for elections to formulate rules of privadopédia.Contact Igonor these accusations and he told me to create a new wikia instead of punishing the ilegal adm. Fimdemundensedoeste 12:15, December 4, 2009 (UTC)

Creating collapsible tables
Hello Sarah, About the collapsible tables, I tried to do as you explain to Avatar but didn't understood how to add importScriptPage('ShowHide/code.js', 'dev'); to my MediaWiki:Common.js, could you tell me please ? Eric --Laerchisca 09:09, December 1, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey Laerchisca, getting collapsible tables set-up on your wiki is relatively easy. First, go to MediaWiki:Common.js on your wiki (on the wiki you wish to have the tables on) and then edit the page (or create it if it doesn't exist yet) and add  to that page (this requires administrator privileges.) Save it, and clear your cache (instructions are found on the MediaWiki:Common.js page,) then go create the tables you want to collapse. To make an ordinairy table collapse, you have to make sure it defines a header (what would be shown when it is collapsed) and it needs to call on a collaspible class or id. For this part, there are lots of examples on the documentation. Hope this clears that up! Joey (talk) 06:56, December 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Joeyaa for the description here, very helpful! Laerchisca, let me know if you still need assistance. Cheers, --Sarah (talk 17:41, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Customizing Monaco
HotPink! ^___^  --

Meerkats Wiki
Can I also have bureucrat rights. Phillies Go Philadelphia Phillies 22:26, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

[meerkats.wikia.com]
 * Yes, I have give the rights, be sure to use them well! Best, --Sarah (talk 17:50, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Wizard of Oz Wiki
I'm the person who wanted the Wizard of Oz Wiki and I just wanted to say that I can not talk to people on the wiki because I'm the only person! There's no articles at all!
 * Thanks for starting to contribute to the wiki. I have given you admin rights. Be sure to use them well! Best, --Sarah (talk 17:54, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

One Tree Hill
Hi, I don't know if I'm on the right person's page here, but I am the co-administrator for One Tree Hill Wikia and recieved a message about blog posts. Although I would have to discuss with the other administrator about the blog posts, I am interested to know what they are about etc as I have no clue haha. I look forward to hearing back from you
 * Hi, thanks for getting back to me. Here or your talk page is great to chat on. I am working on a series of blog posts for our staff blog section here on central, and wanted to include One Tree Hill wiki in a post, since you are making great progress. If you could share details such as: start date, number of content pages, active participants, community projects/initiatives/styles, and any interesting facts, that would be great! Thanks for all your work here on Wikia! --Sarah (talk 21:22, December 2, 2009 (UTC)

Hi Sarah, let me know if you get this, and if it is any good. Well, in our blog, we would like an introduction just explaining that we are gathering together all the information about the television show One Tree Hill and possibly list the actors and main story outline. We focus on everything to do with the show but as this is just a wikia that still needs alot of help, we are currently mainly focusing on writing up episode pages as well as character information pages. We believe people should help as we started the site pretty much from scratch and the two administrators involved would appreciate any help available and would be very happily welcomed. The site contains at current 318 articles and has recently celebrated it's 2nd birthday, however the site was took under new ownership when the current 2 administrators took over in May 2009. The site has begun to gain a few more users aswell as the two administrators, which can be found on the community menu. We began to administrate the site in summer 2009 and have advanced it much further than we originally believed we could and don't intend on stopping and we hope that any interested users will have a go at participating to our site. - hope this is alright for the blog :) Thank you sarah
 * Not sure if mentioned it already, but thanks for this! --Sarah (talk 23:15, January 4, 2010 (UTC)

SCA wiki
Hi, Sarah, thanks for your message on SCA wiki. Our 5th birthday is coming up on 6 Dec - perhaps you knew that? We've managed to grow our number of articles steadily over each of the five years (to over 2,000) and now have at least some info on at least 90 (of the largest) countries, more always welcome! Other than that I don't have specific ideas to contribute, but it'd be great to get any sort of mention, especially if described as a 'great resource' - thanks. Our community portal is a good place to start / for a link. Cheers Philralph @ sca21 11:05, December 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * Great thanks for that. I will keep you posted on how the blog post is coming along. Thanks for all of your great work here on Wikia! Best, --Sarah (talk 17:55, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

hi
hi im razor...again...i guess this means that cotten chan and i will both be admins for vampire knight wikii...it sounds funRAZOR 16:18, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, enjoy! --Sarah (talk 19:01, December 7, 2009 (UTC)

Cloud Nine Wiki
Hey Sarah,

You've recently made me an admin at the Cloud Nine Wiki but I am unable to make any changes to the sidebar. I figured how that I would have to edit the MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar file, however, the sidebar is not consistent with the changes I made to the file. Could you please help me out here? Thanks, DFKnight 01:11, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I just looked on your wiki, and it looks like your changes are showing. Sometimes it just take a bit for the cache to clear and the changes to show. Let me know if you have any further questions. Cheers, --Sarah (talk 00:40, December 11, 2009 (UTC)

Adoption requests
I started to edit in project. Alcald 20:59, December 10, 2009 (UTC)

please see the adoption page, --Sarah (talk 18:13, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Support Given
I have asked for and received the support of the other remaining regular user of Creative Sci-Fi Wiki. All I need now is administrator status and Creative Sci-Fi Wiki can at last be reborn!--Rojixus 01:01, December 11, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, your request was accepted on the adoption page. Best, --Sarah (talk 18:14, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Callofduty wiki
I tried to contact th administrator of this wikia, and no-one has answered. My question was: Hello, admin of this wiki. Im Daniel, a computer geek that likes call of duty and i see that there's 1,801 pages. And i want to help with my bot, that needs a approval, Danabot. That's it Sarah, i want to be able to use the Danabot account on use on pywikipedia and AWB. --Regards, Daniel Isaksen. This content has my approval. 17:00, December 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, there 9 admins there, so my recommendation is to get in touch with a couple of the others. I would also start a discussion on the forum to get community approval. Best, --Sarah (talk 22:06, December 14, 2009 (UTC)

Zeldapedia
Hey, thanks for fixing the B'crat issue we had on Zeldapedia. And not to hassle you, as its no rush, but just letting you know you forgot about UberPhoeb. So whenever you get the chance, if you could remove his too that would be great. Thanks! --EveryDayJoe45 21:57, December 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your rapid response. I just wanted to confirm that UberPhoeb was on the list because I saw there were some talk page discussions. Once this is worked out, I will make the necessary changes. Thanks for all your work! --Sarah (talk 22:00, December 14, 2009 (UTC)

Well, UP was on today, commented on the SB and Zelda IRC, and even when we asked him about it he flat-out ignored us. The agreement was that all inactive admins loose their b'crat rights. He has been barely active, with the exception of message I gave him about his rights. If he feels that he will still need b'crat rights if he becomes active again, then he may ask us and we will have a private disscustion about it, and if we agree that he does then we will make an amendment so that he may get them back. Sincerely, -- C  2  / C C  23:18, December 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Since I haven't heard back from UberPhoeb, so I have removed their bureaucrat rights. Thanks for all your work and happy editing! --Sarah (talk 21:11, December 17, 2009 (UTC)

Knitting Wiki
Sarah, I saw your response on my talk page on the Knitting Wiki, and while I've been keeping busy doing some drastic housekeeping at the d20npcs wiki (for a potential merge with data from the dungeons wiki, if there is a need for a Knitting wiki, it would be good to revive it. I haven't done much looking to see if there are similar wikis already existing that could benefit from a wiki specifically about knitting, though my comment on the Community Portal there I still think is true; for a craft skill like knitting, something like a WikiBook might be more appropriate than a generic Wiki, since the content would likely be longer and more static, unless a group of people who create their own knitting patterns joined up and needed a way to nicely display their creations. -- MidnightLightning ☇(talk) 16:18, December 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting back to me. Let me know if and when you would like to work on a plan to attract more users. Thanks for all your work on Wikia! --Sarah (talk 21:14, December 17, 2009 (UTC)

Hello there.
Hello there Sarah. I am Blade bane from the Warhammer 40k fanon wiki, and I recently made an adoption request for our sister wiki, which can be found here. All the admins have been inactive for a matter of months, and I feel it to be my responsibility to clean up the site. I would normally never try to rush such a matter, however there is a hefty amount of spam, vandalism, ect, and it is becoming increasingly hard to keep a track of it all. If you could please just consider my request, it would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Blade bane.
 * Hello, thanks for the message, I have given you the rights. --Sarah (talk 21:20, December 17, 2009 (UTC)

From Dowsiewuwu
I applied for the Gilmore Girls Wiki administrative position before I applied for any other ones. I don't know why I got the other job first. Please reconsider your decline. Thanks, --Dowsiewuwu 23:16, December 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello, as I mentioned, please pick whichever you are most interested in adopting, contact any users who may be there, and let me know. If all goes well, you can apply in the future for the other. Thanks, --Sarah (talk 00:07, December 18, 2009 (UTC)

Avatar Wiki Notice
Hi Sarah! One question, how can you put a message on the top of the page, like saying ''WARNING! This wiki contains spoilers. And you can hide them like this one, you can see The Harry Potter Wiki reveals plot details about the series. Read at your own risk!'' Please help! Thanks in advance. -- Shadow Na'vi  Talk    My Workload  20:33, December 18, 2009 (UTC) Thanks Fingernails! Shadow Na'vi, let me know if you have any further questions. Best, --Sarah (talk 23:33, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * It's called a site notice, edit the page MediaWiki:Sitenotice (on your wiki, of course). See the one at Harry Potter wiki Fingernails 02:31, December 20, 2009 (UTC)

From Dowsiewuwu
You stated that I have to choose between the Gilmore Girls Wiki and the Bones Wiki to become an administrator of. Well, I choose the Gilmore Girls Wiki. Thanks --Dowsiewuwu 22:26, December 18, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello, I have given you admin rights on Gilmore Girls wiki. Best of luck, --Sarah (talk 23:38, December 22, 2009 (UTC)

Patapon Wiki Adminship
Hello,i am an admin on Patapon Wiki. i don't really know how to be an admin so can you make me as a normal user,coz i dont really like being an admin--Rathaxe 08:13, December 19, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello, are you sure you want to lose your rights? You can learn more about being an admin here: http://help.wikia.com/wiki/Admin Once your rights are removed, it may take a while to get them back. Let me know, --Sarah (talk 23:32, December 22, 2009 (UTC)

Receiving admin rights only to design
Hello, I've noticed Wikia's rules for adoption are pretty strict, I was wondering if there was anyway to be appointed admin on an inactive wiki only to design it, and not have the responsibility of keeping it tidy. The wiki I'm interested in is the Lovecraft wiki. Needless to say, with a design in place, users would be more attracted to the wiki, and to editing it. Thank you Fingernails 02:25, December 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello, We generally give admin rights to users who want to become and stay more involved in a community. If you are only interested in design and not the community, then we generally would not give you rights. You may want to offer your design skills to one of the admins there (or someone who many want to apply for adoption) and work with them on the design. Thanks, --Sarah (talk 23:28, December 22, 2009 (UTC)

Erm...
I need help. I made two wikis that I don't need anymore.

They are Mega Man DX wiki and Hogdouken Wiki.

Could you please delete them?

Thanks.

Grinder TH. --Saw blade the Mecha Dragon that just won&#39;t quit! 16:15, December 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello, I have closed Mega Man DX, because you were the founder and only contributor. It appears there are other users on Hogdouken, so it will remain open at this time. If you no longer want to be involved there, I suggest making one of the other users an admin. Best, --Sarah (talk 23:27, December 22, 2009 (UTC)

Disable accounts
Hi there! Could you please disable runescape40 and c0ngratz406 as they are my old accounts that I no longer use. Cheers! 16:03, December 27, 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't see matching email addresses here, please confirm this through Special:contact and I can look into disabling them. Thanks, --Sarah (talk 20:02, December 29, 2009 (UTC)

I think I used different email addresses when I signed up. I can confirm though that I am both of them. 15:21, December 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * Please email us at Special:Contact to have this handled. Thanks, --Sarah (talk 21:48, January 4, 2010 (UTC)

EvoWiki, request to adopt empty wiki
(Hi -- I'm just CCing this from the adoption request page...thanks! --Nick Matzke 20:43, January 4, 2010 (UTC) )

EvoWiki

Hi, several years ago I cofounded a (wikia-independent) wiki called EvoWiki, devoted to evolutionary biology and evolution education. It grew to several thousand pages, but then developed a database error that has never been fixed and is now defunct -- we can't raise the guy in England who was running it for us.

So, I figured I would start a new version on wikia. However, Evo Wiki is already taken -- created by Uberfuzzy on May 19, 2009 -- but there are no pages or activity on that wiki.

In lieu of EvoWiki, I have (just now) started EvvoWiki, but it would be nice to just have plain old EvoWiki if Uberfuzzy can be convinced to delete his EvoWiki, or make me the admin. We would be more likely to get wide participation (I am a member of the Panda's Thumb blog, the TalkOrigins.org archive, and NCSE, the major evolution education organizations/blogs/websites) if the somewhat familiar "EvoWiki" was used to kick it off.

Let me know here or at matzke@berkeley.edu. Thanks!

Nick --Matzke 20:55, December 23, 2009 (UTC)

Hello, please post a link to the wiki you would like to adopt and I can look into it for you. Best, --Sarah (talk 19:35, December 29, 2009 (UTC)

Hi Sarah! This is it: http://evo.wikia.com/wiki/EvoWiki

Thanks, Nick! --Nick Matzke 20:43, January 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello, do you prefer for me to delete it and free the URL or to just start with what is there. If the latter, start adding some content there and I can then make you an admin. Thanks, --Sarah (talk 21:46, January 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Sarah! As per your instructions I've added some content: http://evo.wikia.com/wiki/EvoWiki.  Ideally I'd like to be the "owner" or whatever is closest, I have fairly specific goals for this wiki.  Thanks! Nick --Nick Matzke 02:35, January 5, 2010 (UTC)

Hello, I have made you an admin and a bureaucrat there. Best of luck, --Sarah (talk 17:11, January 5, 2010 (UTC


 * Thanks Sarah! --Nick Matzke 19:43, January 5, 2010 (UTC)

Reply
I contacted these problems by messaging. Sorry about this. BTW: My complaint is on the Wikia staff talk. --Javilus 01:16, January 5, 2010 (UTC)

RE:
No problem at all ;). Mark (Talk) • (Contribs) 20:56, January 6, 2010 (UTC)

Merging
How do you merge a wiki? I know an inactive wiki (returntoblockland wiki) that I need to merge with returntoblockland wiki. Problem, I don't know how and returntoblockland wiki uses a diffrent software (I think). Any thing you can do to help?-- 17:00, January 9, 2010 (UTC) Thank you Ajraddatz! Cheers, --Sarah (talk 22:09, January 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Responded on his talk page. Ajraddatz Talk 18:12, January 9, 2010 (UTC)

Hey There!
Hey I would like to adopt a Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, or Avatar Wiki. Thanks, --173.80.254.13 19:57, January 9, 2010 (UTC) (a.k.a. Bigman602)

On Family Guy Wiki all of the admiistrators seem to be inactive. Thanks, --173.80.254.13 20:07, January 9, 2010 (UTC) (a.k.a. Bigman602)
 * Please see Adoption Requests. Ajraddatz Talk 20:50, January 9, 2010 (UTC)

u think i didnt help
on the wiki adoption page you say i have not been particiating in the wiki but this is not true, i have made 79 edits just check on my nanovor wiki page


 * Hello, sorry I was away for a bit so I am just seeing your message now. Looks like you got the rights, so enjoy them! Cheers, Sarah (talk 22:01, January 25, 2010 (UTC)

Happy Birthday
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/gw/images/9/97/Birthday_Cupcake.png Happy Birthday http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/gw/images/c/c2/Birthday_Present.jpg

http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images//thumb/1/17/BirthdayLP.jpg/200px-BirthdayLP.jpg
 * Here are some Birthday Balloons and wishes. Happy Birthday!
 * Also, please see... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWTinQZJyJ4

Hello, Thanks for the birthday wishes Charitwo and Joeyaa! --Sarah (talk 22:02, January 25, 2010 (UTC)

Happy Birthday/Messages on Wikia:Adoption
Hey Sarah, I'd like to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I also want to inform you that there is many adoption requests on Adoption Requests. Happy Birthday again. Sincerly, TV Man, The TV King 15:20, January 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hello, thanks for the well wishes and for the update on the adoption page. I was offline for over a week, but am now back to checking that page regularly. Cheers, Sarah (talk 00:23, January 26, 2010 (UTC)

DreamWorks Animation Wiki
Hi Sarah, I was wondering about the adoption request for DreamWorks Animation Wiki by Karlamon9, the message he left is already 7 days old and there's no reply from you. I've worked with Karlamon shoulder-to-shoulder and have really improved the Ice Age Wiki, as it's likely that we don't get any more Ice Age films and we both like computer animated films I invited him to adopt the wiki as he really has done a great job and I'm not eligible as I founded a wiki on early december. We're trying to get this wiki back to life but without anyone there acting as an admin it's impossible to clean up spam pages. --SNA 06:18, January 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hello, sorry it has taken a while to back to you both but I was away for a week. I have now given Karlamon9 bureaucrat and admin rights. Best of luck to you both! Sarah (talk 00:29, January 26, 2010 (UTC)

plasniskpedia
Why lolazopedia deleted the article without any explanation?. Plasniskpedia humor is a wiki like Uncyclopedia. if we are going to censor articles we'll have to go somewhere else that there is freedom of expression. this article is not libelous.

Slander is the false attribution to a person committing an act that the law qualifies as a crime, knowing that it does not exist or that the accused is not the one that committed and in this case is not so. otherwise believe that any complaint would lead to censure and delete our articles. do parodies of other wikis wikis is normal mood, as in Inclopedia. Uncyclopedia is in a category that could be libelous
 * You can check the IP of who sent you the message and the author of these images increases.

--Helmut Newton 10:53, January 26, 2010 (UTC)

Please help me
My user got blocked for no apparent reason on the UnMario Wiki! I didn't even do nothing! Can you please help me out? UnSecretAgentJonathon


 * Hello. Blocks of this sort are usually set by the community admins, and not by Wikia Staff. The name of the blocking admin should be on the block notice, and you may be able to contact them or another admin via the "email this user" feature on all user pages. To use this, you must be logged in and have verified your email address in your preferences.

Sorry, I can't. The person who blocked me for no reason blocked all of my priviliges, even though I didn't do nothing on it! Seriously, check my user on the UnMarioWiki. I did nothing!
 * You may also be able to contact the blocking admin by leaving a message on your user talk page. This is still editable for blocked users (on most wikis) and changes will usually be seen by the other contributors to the wiki. Your user talk page is found by following the "my talk" link at the top right of any page. If you continue to have a problem, email us at Special:Contact. Best, Sarah (talk 21:08, February 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * I responded to you via the email you sent in. Best, Sarah (talk 17:15, February 2, 2010 (UTC)

Reporting pages
Question, but are you able to remove inappropriate content on wikia pages?

There's a bit of a problem over here on the sppf wikia.

my user page that other people are editing �

a wiki article that someone is using to insult me on a MAJOR scale

My talk page on the sppf wikia has some offensive stuff at the bottom as well.

The wiki is about a popular forum, and I am a member of that forum. That is why members on the wikia keep trying to insult me. Do you think you could help me out? I've reported it several times to the wiki owner but he is ignoring my reports, so I thought it would be a good idea to come to you.


 * Hello, I undid some of the offensive cotent, and recommend you removing more. If you like, add in the details you want listed there, then let me know and I can protect your userpage, whcih will prevent folks from editing there. I would also recommend reading through this page on how to " Not feed the trolls". It provides some advice on dealing with problem users. Best, Sarah (talk 17:55, February 2, 2010 (UTC)

So, just ignore users like that, report them, and they'll eventually stop? And does "I recommend you removing more" mean to remove the offensive content on the other pages as well? OK. Thanks. I am quite new to the internet. I guess I'll get better as time goes on.

Content I want on the user page? Nothing, really. I can easily deal with a blank user page. I only joined wikia to contribute to the sppf wikia without being blocked. Shiny hunter Reece 20:16, February 2, 2010 (UTC)

Yes I am definite about a blank user page. I don't really use my user page. I just put things on because I was bored. Shiny hunter Reece 16:25, February 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello, yes ignoring folks like this actually does often lead to them getting tired of not hearing back from you. I know it can be tough to do, but its often the best method. If you are definite about a blank user page, I can do that for you. I would also recommend checking out our other wikis. There are thousands of wikis out there that would love help and not block a user who is activetly contributing good content. Best, Sarah (talk 19:30, February 3, 2010 (UTC)

UPDATE: This is still about the sppf wiki. Users are using pages about other members to post false information about me. The one doing it is a user called "Windmill". Here is the page that Windmill is using to post false info. Like I said, the wiki admin ignores my reports. I used a read receipt on a message on sppf, and he didn't even bother to open it. That was back in December, If I remember rightly.

So could you maybe do something about it please? Thanks. Shiny hunter Reece 17:47, March 11, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for all your trouble. Shiny hunter Reece 20:18, March 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello, I have deleted that page entirely, as well as left another message for TheRealCipher. Hopefully he will be able to start a wiki wide discussion about what is and isn't appropriate there. Best, Sarah (talk 18:00, March 12, 2010 (UTC)

Wikia Adoption
I'm just reminding you there is lots of adoption requests on the page Adoption Requests. Thanks, TV Man, The TV King 15:21, February 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * All of those were left in the last two days, and it's currently the weekend. Wikia Community Team members are employees at Wikia just like anyone else who works for any other company, so the weekend is their time off. They may get to things on their own time over the weekend, but it's best to wait for these sorts of things until the work week. =) - Brandon Rhea (talk) 17:23, February 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks TVMan for the reminder, I am aware of whats there. Thanks Brandon for reminding TVMan that Wikia staff need a break sometimes also! Happy editing to you both :) Sarah (talk 21:42, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

Hello Sarah Manley
I was told to contact you about a request for the Spam Cleaner/Deleter... I really forget the name I'm sorry I just had it on the screen and now I cant find it. Vs(Something). I want this Position because I hate spam and a very active contributor on the Wiki I wish to have this position on (PercyJacksonWiki) I have over 200 Posts/edits in my first month and have 2 very VERY succesful blogs. I am also creator of the MISSING BOOK SERIES wiki.

I really want a position on the Wiki so I can better improve it and IDC what role I am or what the title is I just want to help besides the normal posting and stuff....

Pat Bre 01:54, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

Got the name... Spam Task Force


 * Hello, thanks for the message. We are not currently taking on any more members to the VSTF, but you can always feel welcome to help monitor your wikis for unwanted content. I would suggest getting in touch with the admins on Percy Jackson to see how you can help them. Thanks for yoru work so far and happy editing! Best, Sarah (talk 21:52, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Sarah. I tried contacting someone on the Wiki but they said they were an admin and not a beaurocrat so they cant do anything...


 * okay well I suggest trying to contact one of the bureaucrats then. Best of luck! Sarah (talk 18:21, February 11, 2010 (UTC)

Idk if the Bureaucrats are active and if they are I have no Idea who they are :(

Pbre - The son of Hermes 00:17, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

RE: Check User rights
I have read and I understand. Thank you, Coobra @ WoWWiki 21:32, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

Ok I have given both of you and Pcj the rights. Still waiting to hear back from Gourra. Once I do I will give him check user rights as well. Best, Sarah (talk 19:01, February 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * I have also read and understood the message. Thank you as well, Sandwichman2448 @ WoWWiki 01:33, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

Wonderful, I have given you the rights. Best, Sarah (talk 17:21, February 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * I have read and understood the message. -- 01:29, February 21, 2010 (UTC)

Upload by url
Hi, you answered me by email, so I thuoght I could contact you here. I meant to upload a file by url, I've read I can do this because of my sysop rights, but I do not see any special page that allows me to. Special:Upload makes me upload from my own files only, not directly from a url. Thank you --Ophycloedius (msg) 12:44, February 17, 2010 (UTC) Thanks Joeyaa. Ophycloeduis, let me know if that doesn't answer your question. Best, Sarah (talk 19:13, February 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Upload by url requires $wgAllowCopyUploads to be enabled in DefaulSettings.php, however it's disabled by default on Wikia. So while it's not enabled on your wiki, you still have the right upload_by_url, but you can't actually use it. Joey (talk) 12:59, February 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * It does, thank you both! --Ophycloedius (msg) 00:28, February 19, 2010 (UTC)