User talk:Sannse

Please add new messages to the bottom, thanks :) -- sannse (talk)

Account Created Automatically
I look in the logs once in a while on my wiki, and I see sometimes, in the user creation log, usernames that say "Account created automatically" after it. What does that mean? ---****--- Roads (B-T-M-T) 23:50, May 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * It means the account was created via Facebook Connect :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 01:25, June 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks. ---****--- Roads (B-T-M-T) 21:40, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

Help?
I'd like to become an administrator on a friend's Wikia, and I read that I have to ask a Bureaucrat to grant admin permissions, but I don't know who or what a Bureaucrat is. Is there a list of Bureaucrats I can look at? Any help would be appreciated...

Ʀооⱪιε 00:25, June 1, 2011 (UTC)

On that wiki, go to Special:Listusers/bureaucrat--

Thanks.

Changing
Hello Sannse, I was wondering if is it possible to have my username change? Agent Zero (talk) 21:55, June 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Send the request to Special:Contact--


 * You can find more information at c:help:Help:Changing your username. -- Deltaneos (talk) 23:29, June 1, 2011 (UTC)

Re:
Ok sorry that comment wasn't appropiate.

--  nobody cares    SongpediaFamily   Band   Chat      Contribs   01:37, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

Speculative Evolution Wiki
Another user and I have both tried to revert vandalism to the article, My creatures, both of us are blocked by the spam filter. The other user has complained, please sort this out. Proxima Centauri 16:42, June 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * VSTF has a page to report spam filter problems. That said, you could also try to edit an older version of the page and saving it, which will overwrite the newer edits. - Tjcool007 (Talk / Contribs) 16:57, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

E-bullying
Hi, there is a user on here who has been making nasty articles about a fifteen year old girl named Adaline. She is already considering going to the police about it, but I thought it'd be best to contact you about it first. He really needs to be banned. He created this article. http://judgementofthedemigods.wikia.com/wiki/Adaline_the_Syndicunt


 * There's no personal info on that page - but if there is a more general problem, please use the contact form rather than posting publically about it. Thanks -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:49, June 12, 2011 (UTC)

Admin Request for Tom and Jerry Wiki
Pardon my intrusion, but may I become an administrator on the Tom and Jerrry Wiki? Because I checked for administrators/bureaucrats and there are no admins nor bureaucrats there. Give me a response back on my Talk Page. Thanks!Stealthghost 20:38, June 3, 2011 (UTC)Stealthghost
 * Community Central:Adoption requests is the page you need  Random Time  20:40, June 3, 2011 (UTC)

Closure
I would like to request a wiki closure. Although I didn't create it, the creator of Ben 10 Fan Fiction made Ben 10 Fan Fiction 2 because they thought it was too big. It was not, and the admins at the original (the creator is inactive) have decided they don't need it. What little pages were there were moved to the original, and it is ready for closure. In addition, you may want to merge the two. I cannot use the contact form because I don't have an e-mail address (this account was made for me by someone else, and the e-mail was his, so I blanked it). Thanks in advance.

---****--- Roads (B-T-M-T) 22:29, June 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Wikis are never closed under any citcumstances, except possibly in cases of illegal activity/content. 74.75.15.146 21:15, June 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * Then is it at least possible to redirect the wiki to the normal one? ---****--- Roads (B-T-M-T) 14:46, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, I've redirected it. Sorry for the wait :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 02:12, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Sockpuppet problem reviews: Tips!
Hey Sannse, hello! Songpedia had a recent problem with one person creating mutliple accounts and adding nonsense things to pages just to earn badges, the user stopped, but can you give me tips on preventing sockpuppets? Because you can't really control who creates accounts. -- |  Nobody Cares |  Talk  •  SP  •  Contribs  | 09:31, June 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * It's something that is always hard to stop - and there are occasions when a sock account isn't a problem. For me, the key point is "is it being done to decieve or to cause damage to the community?". If someone just likes using different accounts for different wikis, or wants to change their name and move on from an old account, or is on a wiki where people use multiple accounts to roleplay... no problem! And I've also had times when I was pretty sure the account was a sock, but decided to let it be because the user wasn't causing more problems - I belive in second chances :) But where a second account is being used maliciously or still causing the problems that got a first account blocked... the basic rule is the same as for similar issues: revert, block, ignore.


 * It's important not to get into a mindset where you suspect everyone of being a sock - I've seen that happen... but you can often spot similarities in behaviour that give a clue. Then staff can help if you need to confirm that two accounts are being used by the same person, and can help with finding the IPs to block if auto-blocks aren't working well (usually because a person's ISP gives them a range of IPs) For simple vandalism or spam from sock accounts, the VSTF can also do checks. In extreme cases we can limit a wiki to only allow editing by people with a verified email address (although that only slows the sock-puppeteer, it doesn't stop them making new accounts).


 * Overall, by advice would be: deal with each as it comes up, keep the drama level as low as you can, and ask for staff help as you need it :) Hope that helps! -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:06, June 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Sannse! That was helpful. It was five accounts with one person. Similarities I spotted all five accounts had the word "luigi" in them and the accounts added same messages on the vandalism, and the same purpose too. I blocked the extra accounts forever, gave the main account a warning for three reasons, first was for vandalism, second was for abusing the badge system, and the third was for suckpuppetry, and he stopped. And I've seen 7 different people with multiple accounts in the wiki, I trust 6 of them, and one of them is an admin, and the only one that I don't trust is the person that I talked to you about. I don't ussualy block extra accounts of people unless the account causes damage to the wiki and it's content or if it's used to cheat (for example, there is a consensus, the person can use the sockpuppets to vote multiple times). Again, thank for the tips and happy editing!
 * -- 05:53, June 13, 2011 (UTC)

Hacker!
Hello,please help me and my friend,this user got hacked by someone,the hacker use that account to spamming pages,and blanking his own user page and talk page.To communicate with him,send a message in this user talk page.Okay,that's all.Thank you.

Become a Wikians! (I'm a Wikians) (Wikians Talk Page - Wikians Blog ) 05:35, June 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, it's not clear from this what happened... but if your friend needs help with his account, then it's best that he special:Contact contacts us with as much information as possible - including whether he now has full control of his account, and exactly what help he needs from us. Thanks -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:11, June 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, the problem is solved.
 * Brianultimatedragon (Q-F-B) 06:56, June 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Brianultimatedragon (Q-F-B) 06:56, June 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Brianultimatedragon (Q-F-B) 06:56, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

Help!!!
Help!!!. The admins of FanBall wiki are soo bad (specially DMSwordmaster). They use their admin powers to block everyone for little mistakes. They banned me for just a vedio I made ( this vedio). It maybe a little bad. Because I am new to making vedios. DMSwordmaster told me to delete the vedio but I don't know how to delete a vedio. So I renamed the vedio with deleted. He banned me again. 06:38, June 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, you need to work this out with the admin. I'm most cases, it's up to the admin who they ban and why, staff try not to interfere with that. I'd suggest you talk to the admin, or to other admins there, or find another wiki to edit. good luck -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:13, June 12, 2011 (UTC)

Bot
Hello Sannse, is it possible to me to have a bot? 4th    Hale    03:45,6/8/2011   03:45, June 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Any user may have a bot. If you want, make a new account for your bot and Special:Contact to get its bot flag.--
 * The admins on the wiki must do what Godi said(Special:Contact to get its bot flag).

Account issue
Hi Sannse. My Friend had her account Hacked. Her account name is called Kelkel10. The person who had hacked that account has been removing all the content in the pages me and my friends made. Please Help. They have been doing that for a long time. Thanks! Beatriz422 17:09, June 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, if she can contact us with the details then I can look in to it. Please ask her to include as much information as possible, including which edits were made by her and which weren't. Thanks -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:18, June 12, 2011 (UTC)

Psychology wiki
Hi Sannse. I have been using google analytics for a few years now and have recently been recording up to 100,000 visitors per week. But since the last week of May they have been recording only 7,000 visitors. Is this a problem with with GA? What do our current visitor numbers look like at your end? If they have nosedived at your end why do you think this might be? Any thoughts greatly appreciated. Can you answer me here please. Thanks Dr Joe Kiff 17:30, June 11, 2011 (UTC)

(replied there -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:25, June 12, 2011 (UTC) )

FFXIclopedia forums
Please grant Cemalidor on the forum full administrator control panel access, as s/he has volunteered to moderate the forum. Tahngarthor talk-contribs 21:18, June 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, I've asked DaNASCAT to look, thanks :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:25, June 12, 2011 (UTC)

Wagnaria Wikia
Hi sannse, i came here over to tell you about the Working!! Wikia. The administrator Saraitsu has been locking a large amount of pages. They didn't has a vandalism history. I came to him to ask for the administrator rights to help him and i couldn't edit the pages around his wikia. He later tells me that it was literally "his" wikia and "only" he must edit it and not another. So could you talk to him and make up his mind, he want inactive for a long time which i could see through the welcome massage on my talk page. PGPⅨ (Userpage ⁝ Talk) 04:44, June 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, if the admin is away for a long time, then you may be able to adopt the wiki. Or you can just create a new wiki on the same topic and do things differently :) We give admins a lot of leaway on how they want to run their wiki - he's not likely to build up a community to help him that way... but... that's up to him -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 02:23, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Inactive
Hiya Sannse, in case you haven't seen on your other talk, can you please demote two inactive bureaucrats on the Dragon Ball Fanon Wiki?

"The active administration team has decided to remove Chester Patrick and SSWerty from their bureaucrat position, due to their inactivity. May you please do that for us? Thank you. "

Please look into this, thanks. -KidVegeta


 * Send it to Special:Contact, you will get a faster response--
 * Yep, the contact form is best for this :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 02:25, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

A big problem on Avatar The Last Airbender WikI!
Look at this http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Buttongoo/Subliminal_messages_in_Avatar a extremly rated R blog which is completely inappopiate for a kids wiki. And the highest rating for the Avatar Wiki is PG-13 this surpassasses that! I think it needs to be deleted before it destroys the wiki! 21:38, June 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * For additional resources if you end up engaging in this affair...
 * This community discussion, and his blog post which I just closed. I apologize for these actions ending up on your page. Vulmen 21:48, June 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Can I please have a responce? 21:59, June 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sannse can only check her talk page so often. She is quite busy. If you want a faster Special:Contact. Though if you just want a blog deleted, talk to an admin.--
 * I read through the links that both users provided and I believe it was the decision of the community(admins included) to keep the blog becuase it didn't violate any policies, and the user is against the decision. Also this is just my opinion, but I don't think it's likely that staff will delete the blog.
 * Indeed. We delete stuff that's not within our Terms of Use, but this isn't close to that - so it's up to the community to decide where they want to draw the line. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 02:29, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Delete my Wiki
Hello Sannse, can you delete this wikia, I am the founder of it. -- ( (  (  ( <font color="00AAFF"><font face="Papyrus" size="2"> 4th Hale   )  )  )  )  ~ <font face="Papyrus" size="2"> Talk  07:07, June 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Usually I'd point you to the contact form :) But as I've been been so slow in getting back to this page (and the wiki was never used) - done -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 02:35, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Logo Creation merge with Community Central
Anything happening with the effort at merging Logo Creation wiki with Community Central? -- <span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="Who?">Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 16 Jun 2011 2:29 PM Pacific


 * Followup with Dopp discussed here now, I guess. -- <span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="Who?">Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 24 Jun 2011 2:18 PM Pacific
 * Yep, Dopp's got it... and sorry for not getting back to you sooner about it. We can likely get one of the techy guys to do a mass import of all the images and so on, and then Dopp can make you admin here so you can continue to look after it. (And once I'm a bit more caught up on stuff, I really want to get back to making some more themes) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 02:45, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Photoshop Template
Hey Sannse, I remember a while back you had a template guide that you said you used when making backgrounds for wikis. Do you still have that? I am attempting to make my own backgrounds for a little project I am working on.--


 * Yep, it's Background_template.psd. Hopefully .psd will work for you? If not, let me know what you need and I'll convert (it uses layers, so a .png version won't be as useful, but I can upload that if you need it) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 02:47, June 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * .psd works fine, thank you.--

Urgent
Sannse, This is urgent. Two admins on Dragon Ball Fanon Wiki have become vandals. They are Kidvegeta and Destructivedisk. They plan to hack your account andf delete the main wikis. They have figured yours and the other wiki staff members passwords. You must stop them.NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Supersaiyian11 23:17, June 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * It is highly unlikely that they would be able to hack Sannse's account, and even if they could, the account could be easily disabled. As for admins vandalizing, you should report that to Special:Contact.

Turns out they were kidding my bad.Supersaiyian11 00:09, June 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * You should read this. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 02:50, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Possibly Problematic Volunteer
Hello Sannse!

I'd like to let you, and the rest the Wikia staff here on Community Central know about an apparant problem user here on this wiki. His user name is Charitwo, and he a part of the Volunteer Spam Task Force. Recently, he has blocked two users with any clear warning, and will not give a descriptive reason for the blocks besides "Disruptive Behavior". Hopefully, as a staff member, you can review these with a non-biased viewpoint and resolve this issue.

Here are the contributions and talk pages for the users involved:
 * Charitwo's Talk Page
 * Charitwo's Contributions
 * Bryce53's Talk Page
 * Bryce53's Contributions
 * X2's Talk Page
 * X2's Contributions

Thanks for your time! MontagnaMagica|Talk 23:06, June 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Charitwo did nothing wrong. Bryce and X2 were blocked for good reason. Blocks are not to be discussed with users that it does not pertain to.--

<duplication removed, see below for link, or see the history of this page>

'''I'm going to move this discussion to User blog:MontagnaMagica/Questions about banning. Let's continue this discussion there!''' MontagnaMagica|Talk 00:47, June 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * You really should move this discussion to Special:Contact as the only ones to give you the answers you want to listen to will come from them. There is no need for a blog that others will post on just to tell you the same thing. Rappy 00:51, June 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually, I already have sent my message to the staff via Special:Contact. Although I still am interested in hearing what others users think about this. MontagnaMagica|Talk 00:58, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

Just to conclude this thread: the message MontagnaMagica sent was replied to, pretty much with what was said above. Staff were aware of the blocks, and agree with them. But we prefer not to discuss details of most incidents, except with those directly involved. There are a lot of factors here: including the balance between keeping the community informed, respecting the privacy of those concerned, not "feeding the trolls" by giving extra publicity to those we have to block, and not spending time debating blocks when we could be working on something more helpful (like keeping up with my talk page >_<) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:19, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Adminship request.
Hi there. I am writing this message to request adminship on the Happy Tree Friends Fanon Wiki (link: here) I am requesting this due to a user whom is writing and posting sexual information and terrorism on a child-friendly site. This has happened recently. And the admins are inactive. Please can you promote me on the wiki above. Thank you reading. Yours sincerely.  Let Joy Fill The Air...  Joy that is created by me!  15:32, June 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * You should report this to the VSTF. You can adopt the wiki to avoid having to do that in the future.
 * problem solved --
 * problem solved --

Rm2dance

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;">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;">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;">and pls find out asap, unless you are unexperience to this wiki, and only respond to the appriorate place. thx


 * You can remove image attribution by placing .picture-attribution { display:none !important; } in MediaWiki:Wikia.css--
 * ty Rm2dance
 * You don't need to do that any more :) we have a setting for it that removes it more cleanly. Just ask via the contact form (I see it's been set for this wiki) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:27, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Problem with the cloak.
Hello Sannse, i have a problem, when i sent my request of cloak i was not coneccted in the irc, and i haven't the cloak now. Red (Discusión) Gossip Girl Wiki 13:08, June 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, hopefully Freenode will contact you next week and get it set up (we're working out a new process at the moment, not sure how well it's going to work!) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:29, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

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

<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;">pls respond with solution on http://howtomakeuphair.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Rm2danceRm2dance


 * I see someone else got to this -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:31, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

New Plugboy Password
Plugboy was an old account of mine specifically used to make the Plug Wiki. But I just abandoned it, and forgot my password. I would like you to "e-mail" me a new password, but not actually e-mail it to me. In fact, use my talk page to tell me. I'll erase the message and change my password, so even if a user sees it in the history, it won't be my password anymore. I'll then make my current account an admin and fix up the wiki. Problem solved.

The reason I can't have you e-mail it to me is because I don't have an e-mail address. Another user made my current account (I changed the default password, of course), but told me to blank the e-mail, since it wasn't mine. This is the only way since my adoption request was declined.

---****--- Roads (Hey, man, you've GOT to try this sandwich!) 16:03, June 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, but that's not possible. We would never give out a password on a public talk page - even if it's there for a moment it's no longer secure. And without a valid email, we have no way of verifying that you are the owner of the account. The best thing is to simply start editing on the wiki, and you'll soon be eligable to adopt it. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:38, June 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay. Actually, my parents are thinking of setting up an e-mail address for me, so I may be able to get a new password soon. ---****--- Roads (Hey, man, you've GOT to try this sandwich!) 12:36, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

A question regarding copyrights
Is it ok to upload pictures from to a wiki and provide attribution?--Mr.Wikia 12:41, June 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Those pictures of copyright of the artist and you should get permission if you want to use them. Copyright can be complicated, and sometimes it's fine to use images as "fair use" - but that's likey to be in cases where it's something like a screenshot or promotional image of a game or TV show you are writing about (and when the makers of the game or show don't mind fans using their images that way). Where it's an artist's site, it's much less likely to fit in to that category -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:53, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Up to date \o/
Please let me know if I left anything unanswered above (that someone hadn't already answered :)

And don't forget... you can usually get faster answers from the people on the forums or, if you need staff help, the contact form. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:57, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Wikicars
Hello. Wikicars would like to merge with Autopedia. Wikicars special:export does not work. Could you guys run a bot to get the 6,000 articles and 27,000 images moved over to autopedia? Is this possible? Thank you. ---Hockeyben 19:15, June 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Wikicars uses the GNU GPL license, I don't remember if that's compatible with Wikia or not. Assuming it is, you should get a database dump instead of using Special:Export - as Special:Import only takes files under 10mb, and 6000 articles is much larger than that.

The site doesn't provide a data dump. And nobody on it has mediawiki access. What im wondering is if a bot can import everything quickly and easily. ---Hockeyben 00:20, June 28, 2011 (UTC)

Actually, forget this. It won't work. To much spam would be imported, which means the whole idea of this would be useless. Sorry ---Hockeyben 00:25, June 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh wow, they really do have a spam problem. Thank you VSTF for making sure Wikia doesn't have anything like that!


 * Other than the spam, the license issues would be the main problem. The two licenses aren't compatible at all.  However, if any of the authors there want to move content over that they wrote, that's fine (they own the copyright, so can put it on Wikia under the Creative Commons license we use).  You don't have to have permission from all editors, if someone just did small contributions like corrections and formatting that doesn't matter - it's the person who wrote the main body of each article that has to agree.


 * And looking around, it looks as though some articles are copied from Wikipedia. They use the same license as us, so those articles can be transfered over too (with the correct attribution, which isn't always on the Wikicars site)


 * And finally, you can transfer over any information from the wiki you like. Facts are not copyrightable, so as long as you rewrite in your own words, any of the details they have gathered can be used on Wikia too.


 * All in all, it would be a lot of work... but it might be possible. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png  (help forum | blog)  03:19, July 5, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply.:) One user (Red marquis) did almost all the edits on wikicars (over 100,000) before he was blocked. He is fine with the articles being transferred. Is there a bot that you guys could run to get all 6,000 pages and 27,000 images over? I think this might be the best possible solution. Is there Amy way this will work? -Hockeyben 03:56, July 6, 2011 (UTC)

Question
Hi Sannse I was wondering if you could help me out with a problem I have with a Wiki Site that I helped recently create for a User I know. The problem is this User who comes on to my Wiki Site for DC Comics Hero The Flash wanted to know how to create his own Wiki Site for The Flash so I decide to help him out. I told him I would create a new wiki site for you and then transfer all control over to you so it would make him head admin and basically the guy incharge. But after I did that task of transfering control over to this user I accidentally made the mistake of forgeting to give him the burocrate rights as well. After that happen the user didn't want the site even though he had the head admin rights feature and he also didn't want it because he didn't like the title of the sites name because it was to long. Overall what happen next was he create another site for The Flash which he has full control over. But what I was wondering could you guys possible get rit of the new Wiki Site I helped create for him or simply have someone else adopt it. The main reason behind this request is I would like to see someone have full control and able to run this site or simply get rit of it because I personally am not going to be able to help out in any because I have my own sites I run and that takes up most of my time. If you could help me in solving this problem I would be very happy the link to the site is below. Oh well talk to you when you send a message back hope you can help solve this problem.

The Link to The Site I Created for The User
 * http://dccomicspresentstheflash.wikia.com/wiki/DC_Comics_Presents_The_Flash_Wiki

From Rod12


 * You'll get a faster response to this if you use Special:Contact.
 * answered via Special:Contact -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog)  03:21, July 5, 2011 (UTC)

Greatings
I am the bureaucrat of both Godzilla Wiki and King Kong Wiki the Godzilla wiki is a big community and has many information about godzilla and King Kong while the King Kong Wiki is a very small community and bearly anyone edits there, fans of King Kong come to godzilla wiki to edit there and add info about King Kong, because King Kong appeared in the godzilla franchise and films therefor godzilla wiki is the home of King Kong franchise and Godzilla ofcaurse, so King Kong Wikia.com will always be a small community, so I would like to request to merge the two wikis together, but not now if this is possible I will first notify the communities, then I will move the content from King Kong Wiki to godzilla wiki, thanks.--MarwanNabihWikia (Talk | contribs) 15:03, June 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * If you and the communities of both wikis think it will work, then that's fine :) Please let us know via the contact form when you are ready, and we can redirect the URL of the King Kong wiki -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:24, July 5, 2011 (UTC)

Categories
Is there a way to change which four categories appear at the top of my Wikia? Like how Community Central's four are 'Learn About the Wikia', 'Wikia News', etc etc. My wikia always shows the categories with the most pages on them, which I want to change and select individual categories to show. I'm sure something says how to change it somewhere, but I apologize because I can't find out how. If it helps, when I edit the mediawiki page, it says:


 * visited|TopContent


 * category1


 * category2


 * category3

Ʀооⱪιε 18:55, July 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * category4
 * MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation Rappy 22:36, July 5, 2011 (UTC)

User rights drama on GTAWiki
Hi Sannse. I'm posting this to your talk page instead of using the Help Contact Form because you were the one who dealt with this in the past.

I'm sure you remember the situation on GTAWiki with the old crew of sysops starting a new wiki and trying to turn GTAwiki into an advertising post. One of the first things you did was desysopped User:Chimpso. User:Biggest gta fan ever (who is currently serving an indefinite block you handed to him) promptly resysopped him. Since all this started Chimpso had only contributed to edit war with active staff and write a blog advertising the other wiki.

I started a discussion on GTAWiki about desysopping him via community vote expecting it would pass easily, but he showed up to defend himself, and it failed by a 3-2 vote. At that time I was unaware that you had desysopped him so I let it go. I only discovered that he was desysopped and resysopped, tonight. And so I decided to bring it to your attention. McJeff (talk this way)/(stalk this way) 07:34, July 6, 2011 (UTC)