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

Studies done
When wikipedia created a new look, in addition to allowing veteran editors to revert to the old style, they had actual studies done.

http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usability,_Experience,_and_Evaluation_Study

Has there been any studies done on the new wikia look?

Thank you,

Anno1404 00:36, September 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi. Yes, we've done both user testing and focus groups as part of the work on the new look.  That's been mentioned on the blogs a few times :)  There will be more of that in the future too -- sannse (help forum | blog) 18:59, September 16, 2010 (UTC)

Searching for blog comments
Hi. I made a comment at this blog post:
 * User blog:Sannse/Your First Look at the New Wikia

This search finds it.

But clicking the link does not take one to the comment page containing my comment. How does one find past comments and replies in long blog comment threads?

The blog comments are not dated, and so it is next to impossible in a long thread. I tried clicking page after page, and doing calendar calculations, but it is too difficult. --Timeshifter (talk) 00:59, September 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's a tricky one... currently you can click the date on contributions or recent changes to go directly to the comment page, but that doesn't show you the comment in context. My preference is for us to add anchoring, so that clicking the comment link takes you to the specific comment within the thread.  I'm talking to the people working on the feature about this possibility (among other tweaks) but I don't know if that idea will be taken up yet -- sannse (help forum | blog) 19:02, September 16, 2010 (UTC)

(unindent) Thanks. The search pulls up this link:
 * http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog_comment%3ASannse/Your_First_Look_at_the_New_Wikia/Timeshifter-20100817232230

Special:Contributions/Timeshifter pulls up this link:
 * http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog_comment:Sannse/Your_First_Look_at_the_New_Wikia/@comment-Timeshifter-20100817232230

As you said neither one takes me to the specific blog comment page to see the comment and replies (if any) in context. I suggest using true dates for blog comments. At least then one could look at the date embedded in the above URLs:
 * 2010-08-17 232230

and then narrow down the pages where the blog comment is found. Anchoring is a good idea. I don't the technicalities though. I know that talk-page section watchlisting has long been requested on Wikipedia. --Timeshifter (talk) 08:15, September 20, 2010 (UTC)

Wiki Web Address
Hi i am going to make a Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok wiki. The thing is they have one which web adress is mythicaldetectiveloki.wikia.com (mythical detective loki) but it has no information and i was wondering if i should make a new one called detectiveloki.wikia.com ( detective loki) because its shorter please help me. HazeShot 01:50, September 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * Go for it :) we can change the URL of the existing one, but if there is no content to save then I'd suggest making the new one.  If you decide to adopt the existing one instead, then you can contact us about changing the URL -- sannse (help forum | blog) 04:03, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

pleas
pleas hwo share links and pleas send me foals and hrous to farmville hateem-h@hotmail.com and how 3000 points


 * Sorry, I don't understand what you are asking -- sannse (help forum | blog) 04:04, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

Can you delete this sex.wikia.com ? it's horrible.118.100.95.48 11:09, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'll have a look, thanks for letting me know -- sannse (help forum | blog) 04:04, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

Godzilla Wikia
... Theres a Comment problem on the Godzilla Wikia (It also happened on the Lost Wikia) ... May you help out?? The comments end up looking like this ---Metroid101 16:34, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi. If you send that to Special:Contact from your wiki, we can get that to the right person. =) - Brandon Rhea (talk) 16:55, September 18, 2010 (UTC)

Change Name
How can i change the name on my wiki? (Have something to say?) 15:21, September 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Just let us know what you need using Special:Contact :) Don't forget to include the URL so we know exactly which wiki you need -- sannse (help forum | blog) 04:06, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

Could I take over the Entrepreneur.wikia.com
Hi, There is a 1 page wiki done 7 months ago that needs a new owner. Can I get that? See: http://Entrepreneur.wikia.com.

I'm doing an open source business plan for someone now. It would make sense to have us run with that wiki. It would still be a fully public anyone can edit wiki. We'd just use it for lots of new open source content that is about business and being an entrepreneur.

I've never done a 'take over' of an existing namespace in the past. Thanks. Rauterkus 18:38, September 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * See Community Central:Adoption requests. ☆ The   Solar   Dragon  ☆ 19:21, September 21, 2010 (UTC)

Forums
Hi, Who should i go to if i wanted to set up forums on my wiki?-- (Have something to say?) 14:59, September 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * For new wikis, they should all be set up already. Have a look at Forum:Index on your wiki -- sannse (help forum | blog) 04:11, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

Themes are gone
The themes are gone from the Monaco and Answers skins. Since you usually announce these changes, and there wasn't anything on admin talkpages, staff blogs or central froum, may I assume this is an unintended glitch? -- ◄mendel► 19:20, September 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Themes still exist as admin choices, and you can still change the look via your personal CSS pages. This is part of the transition towards the new look.  Sorry for the missed annoucement -- my fault, I was confused about when this aspect was going live.  -- sannse (help forum | blog) 04:13, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

Is beta over?
I applied for beta back in August and you accepted me, but I don't have that access email yet. Was I too late? Please reply.


 * It's still going, alongside the public beta announced this week. If you haven't had your invite yet, you should do so tomorrow :) -- sannse (help forum | blog) 04:14, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

Banning
I was banned from Microwiki because my friends used my email so they would not get all of those updates. I think the Admin, Cajak, blocked me only because he did not belive in the pags I created. I think it is not fair that he can block me. I did nothing wrong. Rsmall1413 00:57, September 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Admins can't see your email address. But I can see more details - including your IP.  It looks to me as though they were correct in thinking you were using multiple accounts.  I suggest you move on and don't do that wherever you choose to edit next. -- sannse (help forum | blog) 04:19, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

bakugan wiki needs a change
remember your blog,http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sannse/Sneak_Peek_at_the_New_Look_-_Themes? Well i will ask the person who runs bakugan wiki to use the changes! if you want to know what it is like now,check the link http://bakugan.wikia.com/wiki/Bakugan_Wiki. use the photo here on the oher side of this message for its backround.I'll send you a message if abce2 says yes or no.send me an example thanks!

~GaiaDrago


 * Hi, the new look isn't ready to go live everywhere yet. But it will be available soon :)  Keep watching the blogs, and we'll let you know more as soon as possible -- sannse (help forum | blog) 04:21, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

Admin request posted
Sannse, my request for Admin at Kyle XY Wiki has been posted (properly, I hope) to the (appropriate, I hope) Adoption/Admin Request page. asap will be fine, anything else will (of course) be tolerated ;-)

- Thumlyly 00:16, September 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Cool :) They are usually looked at quite quickly, so hopefully you will find out soon. good luck! -- sannse (help forum | blog) 04:24, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

Hello sannse
Just when you thought you were caught up, you aren't anymore! Here's some kittens for wasting your time: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071105211958/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/8/88/Kung_fu_kittens.JPG/250px-Kung_fu_kittens.JPG


 * heh! Kittens are never a waste of time :P -- sannse (help forum | blog) 04:52, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

AdminShip
Hello I'm Goku return's and I have been very active on Dragonball Af Fanon wiki and can you make me a Adminstrator on that wik?

Thank you, from

Goku return's

Please let me know soon.Thank you very much.

From Goku return's.

Please write back soon. 15:57, September 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, please go to the adoptions page, that's the place to ask for this. Good luck! -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 23:58, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

I need help
Help, Help. Please help me.

I am new to editing and when I tried to make an article i could'nt make a contens box at the top of the page. Please Help ASAP.

Thanks Ichi. Ichikue 16:51, September 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, those appear when there are enough sections in an article. So just make your page, and add headers as needed, and the contents box will appear -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:02, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Question
Miss Sannse. If you don't mind me asking, why did you and the others wish to create these "Wikis" in the first place? Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master   Kongosoha!  20:23, September 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * People make wikis for all sorts of reasons... but mostly because it's fun :) -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:02, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Irken Inavders wiki
Irken Invaders wiki where you can make a article about your fanmade Irken Invader and S.i.r. unit.

Wikia's new look - request
Hello, Sannse. :)

Before I begin, I believe I can fairly say I represent the Fallout modding wiki project (falloutmods.wikia.com), being one of three, and the most active bureacrats there. I would like to request two things from wikia:


 * One: please DO NOT apply the new beta skin to this wiki. The effects upon the users who regularyly use will be harsh, considering most are rarely on it. In fact, most users are from foreign countries, and their English is improving, but still poor. Editing the wiki for them is, well, not an easy task. I constantly have to clean up most of the files uploaded, categorize everything myself, manage all of the templates / categories / forums myself, and I'm not intentionally trying to sound like I dislike the work. I enjoy contributing to the wiki almost daily, but I simply don't like the idea of changing the entire layout of the website, making it harder to use for some of the still-learning users.


 * Also, this will eventually lead me to have a large job re-working the whole wiki's templates, because the changes will require it. I implore you to consider this, reply, and take this to wikia.


 * Two: I would like to request the removal of the Rich Text Editor from this wiki. I believe it was quite recently that the Vault, or the Fallout wiki (fallout.wikia.com) petitioned for it's removal, and was thus granted the notion. The relevance to my wiki? We are sister wiki's, and I believe what can be done for the Vault can be done for Vault-Tec Labs, albeit the major difference in regular contributions between the two.


 * Please, all of this is in order to ensure that the wiki continues to be usable and easily accessible to the general crowd of users it attracts.

On this, have a nice day :)

Ghouly89 (Talk) 01:38, September 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Ghouly. I've been looking at the Fallout modding wiki, and I don't think you will have problems with the new look.  From what I see, the main tweaks needed are to some tables with a 720px fixed width.  Some of those are templates, which means the edit only needs to be done once for a whole batch.  By the look of those tables, they will fit well with the new width too.  If you need help with the tweaks, let me know.


 * On the RTE - if your wiki has templates and so on that it don't work well with that then we can turn it off. We need to know that the community agrees, because you are affecting the tools of other users.  So please talk to the users on the wiki, and let us know what you need via Special:Contact.  Thanks -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:15, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

WHAT DID YOU PEOPLE DO???
ok im very upset about your whole updaye it sucks THE WHOLE FABLE WIKI LOOKS FKD UP U should let the owners of the websites DESIDE THEIS WHOLE UP DATE THING LOOKS AWFUL PLEASE UNDO IT THE WHO GAMING WIKI COMUNITY BEGS YOU THE GAME WIKIS LOOK AWWFULL DeirdreKent101 13:03, September 29, 2010 (UTC)

hi
hi how are you?

ludwig van koopa

Beta Aggreement
Hi Sannse, As part of the beta agreement, are we allowed to upload screenshots on the new skin from the skin designer? I would like to show the community what it looks like. Thanks, ☆ The   Solar   Dragon  ☆ 18:31, September 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, it's public in just a few days... and lifestyle admins have access already, so that's fine. Please remember to explain that it's still a work in progress, thanks -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:21, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

div tag
Please fix the &lt;/div> at the end of this comment. Thank you! -- ◄mendel► 20:59, September 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Here as well. Thank you! -- ◄mendel► 21:13, September 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed and fixed -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:33, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

i'll leave wikia if monaco "dies" and the new look is put in
If you all "kill" monaco and put in the new look i'll leave wikia and about 1,000 others will leave too.--Monster2821 (talk) 22:48, September 29, 2010 (UTC)

>:(

no millions will leave because that stuff sucks 03:37, September 30, 2010 (UTC)

EVERYBODY WILL LEAVE

EVERYBODY WILL LEAVE

EVERYBODY WILL LEAVE

EVERYBODY WILL LEAVE

EVERYBODY WILL LEAVE

A request that does not have to do with the new Wikia skin.
As you can tell from this user's contributions, you will be clearly be able to see that he is spamming the blog namespace.

I'm sorry if you're the wrong person to bring this to, but there don't seem to be any "local" administrators here... Beware  The   Slicer  23:58, September 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * There are a few, although they leaving the blog comments to staff at the moment. It looks like that IP has moved on, but I'll keep an eye out.  Thanks for the note -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:41, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Bureaucrat
Hi I can be the bureaucrat in this Wikia one piece fanon? I am speak spanish Lex-ph


 * Hi, please visit the adoptions page to ask for this :) Good luck! -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:42, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

I love the new look!
Hey um Sannse can you tell me how the transition is going to work please?Lssj4 21:52, September 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * You will be able to see the new look by selecting it in your preferences soon. Then it will become the default for anons a while after that.  We'll keep updating on the blog -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:43, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Please Help me please
Hi I am Agent Z admin from the Bakugan Wiki and I am asking, can you please bring the shout box back. So many users on that Wiki use it and we all love it. Please just for me? Leave the reply on my talk page, thanks! Pokabu Mijumaru  and Tsujara rule!  22:14, September 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * We are looking at whether we can make a page for the shoutbox, but I don't know if that's going to be possible... We'll let you know when we know more -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:44, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Oasis input
Hey Sannse, I'm the admin for the Appleseed Wikia, and although I'm not a big fan of Oasis, I don't find it as terrible as some people do (although that's probably cause I haven't invested time and effort into customizing my common.css file like the others have).

My two biggest complaints over the change, please take this to heart, is the loss of the Sidebar, and the narrowness of the layout.


 * Having a proper menu makes your wikia seem like a full-fledged website, and when organized properly makes all the major content easily accessible. I know a lot of wikis don't really use the Sidebar properly, but please take a look at mine; after Oasis comes, I have no idea how I'm gonna cram all those categories into the rigid, four menus/seven entries concept that's coming. It would be bearable if we at least had pop-up submenus within, but that's not so great either. Please, let's at least keep the Sidebar unchanged, or replace it with something similar, with a vertical layout and submenus.


 * The narrow width of the articles makes it impossible to achieve an enclopedia-style look, and if you have 16:9 images on the site (even small thumbnails), they virtually span the whole article - not a good look.


 * Also, can we get a bigger site logo space (and without the Random Page and Wiki Activity buttons barging in?) It's gonna be impossible to make anything unique fit in there ; )

Lastly, can my site be added to the beta testing program before it ends in a few days? I'd like to do some experimenting.

Thanks, Moonraker-6 22:32, September 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the feedback Moonraker, we are gathering it all as it comes in and passing it to the rest of the staff team.


 * I can't add your wiki to the beta program, but the new look will be available for you (and other logged in users) to select from later this week. It won't be default yet, so you'll have time to experiment with it -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:48, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Regarding the New Skin
It's stupid. I'm sorry to bother you about this, but I have to take a direct approach. It's driving me insane. THE NEW SKIN IS STUPID. And, as a tip from me to you, many people are going to leave unless you at least make it optional. Please don't lie to us, we know you're not listening. I cannot believe that you're forcing this new skin on us. 99% of Wikia's users hate the new skin. And you call yourself a community site? I think not.

Look, I'm sorry if this sounds harsh. I'm in an incredibly bad mood today and I'm fed up with your staff not listening to us. Read the comments on the recent blog post and you'll understand where I'm coming from.

-YE

Man I Totally AGREE!Anti-wikia-alliance Lssj4 12:03, October 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * We are reading all the comments -- please see our replies there for more -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:49, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

new skin
you suck this will make wikia lie the titanic

Archive of your current talk page
I promote a archive of your current talk page, for it is being vandalized quite a few times. Sirnot 03:21, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

Yep, I'm nearly caught up I think, then I'll have to tidy up :) -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:51, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Dead Space Wiki- No Active Bureaucrats
Hello, I am a Sysop from the Dead Space wiki and I would like to ask for your assistance in a matter of some importance: It appears that all of our Admins excluding myself, including all of our Bureaucrats, have become inactive and have been so for quite some time. I have heard nothing from any of these fellows and have become quite concerned for the wiki given this lack of Admins. As such, to ensure our wiki can continue to grow should none of the Bureaucrats return, I am formally requesting Bureaucrat status to make certain that the wiki can continue running smoothly. I apologize if I seem forward or the like, but I have stuck with the Dead Space wiki day by day since I joined and would hate to see it fall into disrepair; if you could assist us in the matter, the wiki, and myself, would be most grateful to you.

Thank you for your time,

-- Haegemonia ( talk ) 12:52, October 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah, I forgot to add this in the Main post, I apologize, I'm rather busy:


 * The reason I did not go through the Wiki Adoption is that I believe, given we are a very active wiki, this would act as a unique case and has more to do with ensuring there is a functioning admin staff then resurrecting a dead wiki. -- Haegemonia ( talk ) 12:58, October 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, is it this wiki? It looks like a couple of admins have logged on, but none of you have edited for a while.  With an active community, we ask that you discuss rights changes with the community and/or other admins.  So I would suggest setting up a page there to talk about it, and leaving a message for the other admins who have been (sort of) around recently to ask for their input.  Then just let us know on the adoptions page or via Special:Contact.  Brandon and Wendy can help even in special cases like this -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:56, October 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, actually, I have been editing quite a bit consistently for the past while (if you check my contributions page or the activity feed you will see), but that's neither here nor there. I will use the adoptions page then, should their presence continue to be nugatory, as the only other admin to have logged in even remotely recently was Auguststorm1945, and that was more then a week ago... Anywho, I apologize for taking up your time and I thank you for your assistance. -- Haegemonia ( talk ) 01:28, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

TOS vs. toolbar move
Could you have a look at w:c:guildwars and tell me if the "New Look" reskin I've installed is TOS-compatible? I find it very hard to guess what the words "proper display" encompass. -- ◄mendel► 22:31, October 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * No, that's not a properly functioning toolbar, and that's not a correctly displaying Wikia header. I'm afraid that's exactly the sort of change that we are concerned about -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 00:59, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Traffic
Is there any way i can see the traffic on my wiki? i noticed on the spotlight explanation page that there were graphs depicting the traffic increase. I wanted to know if there was any way i can see one of those traffic maps for my wiki (w:c:3rdrock)-- (Have something to say?) 03:45, October 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Go to quantcast.com and enter the domain name of your wiki (i.e. example.wikia.com ). -- ◄mendel► 13:47, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

Emergency.
Sannse,

Please, can you delete this site http://lavalit.wikia.com/wiki/Lavalit_Wiki ? Can you make it as soon as possible?User_talk:Ericard 09:27, October 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * We don't usually delete wikis. If there is a special need, please let us know via Special:Contact -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 01:05, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

ultimatesupersaiyanvegito
why did you ban me you didnt give me a warning so why 15:50, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

ps: im ultimatesupersaiyanvegito


 * If you vandalize (and several of your deleted edits were simple vandalism) then you get blocked. It's as simple as that. It's like saying "I threw rocks at a window, but you didn't give me a warning, so...". You are welcome to come back when your block expires in a couple of days... as long as you aren't disruptive again -- Sannse (help forum | blog) 01:08, October 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * well thats my cousin he always gets warnings (he threw a baseball threw a window and got a warning neva did it again) :Þ hell neva stop you made him mad now hell do it more (always does) >,>
 * well thats my cousin he always gets warnings (he threw a baseball threw a window and got a warning neva did it again) :Þ hell neva stop you made him mad now hell do it more (always does) >,>

New Skin
I'm not sure if you're the one to ask, but if we have a Monaco skin with a banner across the top, will that be affected by the new skin? Here's the link: www.winx.wikia.com Roxy13 ~ Dad, I'm a fairy!  17:53, October 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes. It will not show on the New Look. -- ◄mendel► 22:54, October 3, 2010 (UTC)