User talk:The 888th Avatar

Adoption requests vandalism
It would appear that Community Central:Adoption requests has been vandalized by TheWigglesFan. If his changing the status of several requests and removing of post replies by Merrystar are within line please disregard. --Buckimion 00:32, December 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for dropping a line, I've left a note on his talk page. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  00:49, December 17, 2011 (UTC)

Featured Wikian Interview live
User_blog:Xean/Featured_Wikian:_The_888th_Avatar

Congrats!

Sena 18:34, January 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  23:01, January 5, 2012 (UTC)

Admin
hi this is summer how do u be a admin thing Summer hat 23:43, January 7, 2012 (UTC)summer


 * On Community Central, admins are chosen at the discretion of staff and there's no formal nomination or request process. There are still many ways you can help out though. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  23:48, January 7, 2012 (UTC)

My apologises but I may need your help
I'm trying to make my user table collapsible or smaller, Any help please???--
 * Thank you!!--
 * Bah, sorry to disturb you but it not collapsing on my other user pages such as the TARDIS Index File (I'm a little worried in case it takes up too much space!!!).--


 * I've just checked your user page on Tardis and it's collapsing there. If you clear your browser cache it should collapse for you as well. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  02:55, January 9, 2012 (UTC)

Mods
I have a question. I am a contributer to dragonvale wiki. I wanted to ask why wiki doesn't have a moderating system? I believe it would be pretty useful to have a mod system on the wiki and a couple of others agree.

Kululu12 02:51, January 9, 2012 (UTC)kululu12


 * Hi. :) I'm not sure what you mean by a moderating system. Do you mean on a wiki's chat or are you referring to user rights? Elaboration would be helpful! The 888th Avatar   (talk)  02:55, January 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * Edit; I was refering to user rights, like a mod would have only some of the admins powers such as the ability to ban, edit others comments, and whatever else is needed to act sorta like a police of the wiki.


 * Btw, I am a chat mod for dragonvale wiki and it is somewhat useless to be a chat mod. The only thing it does is kickban people as far as I know. Also can you please respond on my talkpage so it notices me that I have a message.
 * Kululu12 03:08, January 9, 2012 (UTC)kululu12


 * MediaWiki wikis by default don't have groups other than the standard ones (bureaucrat, administrator, rollback etc.), but it is possible to configure new groups and assign specific rights to those groups. For example, on Avatar Wiki, we have fanon administrators who have some, but not all administrator abilities. If there is widespread agreement in your community that there is a need for a custom user rights group, such as a "mod", you can request one through Special:Contact. However, whether one is actually created is up to the discretion of staff, based on their judgement of whether a wiki actually needs a custom user rights group (usually, wikis don't actually need one). The 888th Avatar   (talk)  03:17, January 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * So it is pretty much up to the Wiki staff? I will get to work on this, ASAP. Thanks for the help :D
 * Kululu12 03:32, January 9, 2012 (UTC)kululu12


 * Yes. Any time. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  03:33, January 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Well myself and a couple of other friends have made a forum about it, check it out:Moderators
 * Kululu12 04:22, January 9, 2012 (UTC)kululu12


 * Nice, I hope your community can come to an agreement on the proposal. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  04:35, January 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Well so far it is all support so it is going well, for now. Did you check it out? What still kinda sucks is that it is all up to the Staff. Btw, I have seen all the avatar episodes and even the movie, lol.
 * Kululu12 05:06, January 9, 2012 (UTC)kululu12

Yes, I did check it out. Hope you enjoyed the movie. ;) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  05:11, January 9, 2012 (UTC)

I have a question about Avatar. What exactly is "The last airbender: Legend of korra" and "The promise Trillogy"? I have never heard of it.

Kululu12 02:56, January 10, 2012 (UTC)kululu12


 * The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra is a new series about the Avatar after Aang. The Promise continues Team Avatar's story after the original series. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  04:45, January 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * How can I watch them?
 * Kululu12 04:49, January 10, 2012 (UTC)kululu12


 * The Promise is a comic out this month, but Korra won't air until later this year. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  04:50, January 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh ok thanks for the info
 * Kululu12 05:11, January 10, 2012 (UTC)kululu12


 * You're welcome. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  05:12, January 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey Avatar, what is your favorite avatar character?
 * Kululu12 04:27, January 11, 2012 (UTC)kululu12


 * See my Avatar Wiki user page. ;) Also, if you want to talk about stuff that isn't really related to Central's purpose, it's probably better and more considerate to everyone else to do this on the chat than on my talk page. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  04:30, January 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * I tried doing that but you have an away status. I left you a message on the chat 1hr ago.
 * Kululu12 04:33, January 11, 2012 (UTC)kululu12

Inquiry
Not really sure who to ask about this, staff or admin, whatever ):

We have a uh... problem user on our wiki. Generally rude, impedes progress, utterly unpleasant, acts superior to everyone else, etc. We never did anything to her though because she never did nor said anything that warranted a ban, as much as I, and over time, others disliked her. She fought with me constantly, and even when I gave her alternative choices for things, she would blatantly refuse them, because they were not what SHE wanted. Finally after trying to take credit for a few recent happenings and being shown that she was in fact not responsible for them, she lashed out in return, saying she "had enough of this bullshit," and had her account disabled. Now, just a mere two days later, she is back with a new account, similar name.

I don't want to ban her just because I dislike her, because obviously this would not be a good use of my powers. Considering all of the drama she has put us through the last week, would I be just in banning her to prevent the same issues from popping up again? I mean, she comes back after two days after essentially ragequitting, and a person does not change in only two days, so I have no doubts she will cause trouble in the future again.

21:36, January 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * In general, you can ask anyone for advice, but if you need something substantial, staff is the way to go. :)


 * Basically, these things happen. Blocking this user by yourself at this point without further provocation isn't likely to do anything but infuriate her, which will make her a constant nuisance around the site while she skirts around traditional blocks. I think it's best if you use Special:Contact to ask for staff intervention. Good luck! The 888th Avatar   (talk)  22:47, January 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, so long as it's no one on our wiki and thus has an unbiased opinion about the issue, that would be great haha.


 * I figured as much, which is why I haven't done anything. As unpleasant as she is, she hasn't actually done anything that she can be banned for, but I would be lying through my teeth if I said I wasn't bothered by her making a new account and returning. She's already started off with much of the same attitude she had before, so I know that is only going to mean trouble for us in the future. I appreciate your opinion all the same though, I will see if I can ask staff for help. Thanks!
 * 23:07, January 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Any time at all. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  23:17, January 9, 2012 (UTC)

Username
How do you change the words of "A Wikia Contributor" like the one in GnomeTown Wiki?

11:14, January 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * Change,   and   on your wiki.  The 888th Avatar   (talk)  11:24, January 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki:user-identity-box-wikia-contributor also contains this text - it might be worth just changing all 4 to be sure --  Random Time  11:26, January 10, 2012 (UTC)

Adopt a wiki
When it says 60 days inactive until able to adaopt a wiki, does it mean 60 days since the founder has been inactive or just admin/burrecrat in general?

Kululu12 23:48, January 11, 2012 (UTC)kululu12


 * 60 days since any of the admins have been active. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  00:11, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Community Central:Twitter Wikis‎‎
Apologies for that, don't know what happened there. Thanks for fixing it Avatar 12:11, January 12, 2012 (UTC)


 * No worries, stuff happens. :P The 888th Avatar   (talk)  12:12, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

MediaWiki help!
How can I change the text of "Create a blog post"?

How can I move the clock in Wild Ones Wiki to the top without "bumping the boxes"?

The navbox of our wiki seems to be a little bit strange. When it is "collapsed", the size of the bar shrinks and it is back to normal when we expand it. How can we prevent the bar to shrink when collapsing a navbox? An example can be seen here at the most bottom.

05:21, January 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm guessing you mean the text displayed at the top of the editing field of Special:CreateBlogPage, right? To do this, you need to edit MediaWiki:Newarticletext on your wiki, which controls the text shown at the top of the editing field for the whole wiki. To make one specifically for blog posts, you need to add something like this:


 * If you want to keep the default text that is there, then you need to modify this to:


 * The problem with that clock is that Wikia recently changed the dimensions of the wiki header, which means that adjusting it smaller to make it fit where you have it at the moment would probably only result in it becoming unreadable. Moving it up would have it clash brilliantly with Wikia's top navigation. I suggest moving the clock into Wikia's top navigation. To do this, you first need to remove the javascript for that clock from your . Then, you need to add the following to  :


 * You also need to add the following to :


 * For the navbox, you need to make sure that the width is 100%. ;) This part...


 * ...should read something like...


 * If you need any further help, or if something I've said here is confusing, just shout. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  12:50, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

Help
Actually I mean to change the text of "Create a blog post" bar which has a mini icon there but thanks for some extra tips.


 * You're welcome. :) "Create a blog post" is just MediaWiki:Blog-create-post-label. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  09:05, January 15, 2012 (UTC)

Adopt
Where do you go to adopt a wiki? And how do you adopt a wiki?

&#123;&#123;SUBST:User:Kululu12/Signature}} 17:50, January 14, 2012 (UTC)kululu12


 * Go to here to request for adopting a wiki. You should also read the instructions as well before making a request.

05:01, January 15, 2012 (UTC)

Clock
However, the clock's second won't move per second but 5 seconds. How can I fix it to a second?

05:00, January 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * Theoretically, you can, but my advice is not to. This method is leaner and loads faster. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  09:05, January 15, 2012 (UTC)

Suggestion
Anymore suggestion on the add-ons that we should add in our wiki?

05:06, January 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * Generally, my advice is not to add too many add-ons to a wiki unless the wiki is very active and there's a need for something in particular. :P Usually, adding javascript/CSS for yourself for all wikis is enough. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  09:05, January 15, 2012 (UTC)

Change
I would like to change all the text that contains "Blog Post". Could you list them all the pages which contains "Blog Post" that I can change to another word?

13:37, January 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * There are quite a few of them... I think the best approach is to go to Special:Allmessages, press CTRL-F in your browser, and search for the text "blog post". If you go through the many pages listing the thousands of messages Wikia has, you'll find the ones you need to change. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  11:07, January 17, 2012 (UTC)

Comment
Hey 888. Congratz on becoming admin! Anyway, I wanted to know if it's ok with you that I remove the unneeded space on Ri. It's just a waste of space, would it be ok to remove it?
 * Without the space, the message where the template shows shows up as (Reset indent) Message here, while with the space it shows up as (Reset indent) Message here. –  Jä zz  i  04:53, January 17, 2012 (UTC)


 * Actually, that's false. I tested it and that space has no use.
 * Actually, it's not. When you removed it and I added my message, it was without a space. –  Jä zz  i  05:03, January 17, 2012 (UTC)


 * That seems to be a bit odd. I tested it on another wiki and the space didn't affect it, but it does seem to affect it here. Nevermind 888 :P

Response
Obama is the origin of the policies

PS unblock me on the avatar wikia that was some real trolling blocking me for my username GODKING OF ICE CERBERUS WERE-GARURUMON 01:19, January 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * As numerous commentators and staff have corrected you, Obama did not play a role in the drafting of this legislation. Your denouncement of him on the blog is thus off-topic and not constructive as others continually respond to your comments with the same answer. Your user name was considered unacceptable on Avatar Wiki then, but if you demonstrate a willingness to uphold a wiki spirit, I will consider removing your block on Avatar Wiki. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  00:30, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

thank you for the consideration

i made this username when i just got started 4 years ago

i would change it but i have racked well over 15 thousand edits under this name and i do not want to lose them

GODKING OF ICE CERBERUS WERE-GARURUMON 01:11, January 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * Have you considered renaming yourself through contacting staff? It wasn't possible then, but is now. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  01:12, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

i did not know that was possible

GODKING OF ICE CERBERUS WERE-GARURUMON 01:15, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

i have just put in to change my name GODKING OF ICE CERBERUS WERE-GARURUMON 01:20, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

so you would really consider unblocking me

i love avatar avatar fanfics and im sure i would love legend of korra i would have to be unable to contribute GODKING OF ICE CERBERUS WERE-GARURUMON 01:22, January 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * Nice. :) Definitely, what's your new user name going to be? The 888th Avatar   (talk)  01:23, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

I'm just decapitalizing and shortening it to "God-King of Ice" GODKING OF ICE CERBERUS WERE-GARURUMON 01:30, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

RE:
Sure, I didn't see it as an attack because he has admitted to not being an adult to me before and as I am in my twenties, he is a child to me that has made things up about me in the past!! I am not getting into a childish bickering session again and I was merely highlighting this!! (Also, I always use (!!) incase you believe me yelling or anything!!) SunXia   (Chat)  03:20, January 18, 2012 (UTC)

SgtDerekFrostW 11:07, January 18, 2012 (UTC) I see were your comming from, i understand and thank you for seeing this sopa and pipa crap from my perspective, i will fight for the justice of all wikias even if it kills me

Hello i run the http://terraria.wikia.com and i am trying ot figure out how to add out facebook into the sidebar that loads when you load articles. we have it on the main page but how do we do it for the other pages? i know it prob has to do with adding something to mediawikiHeroGaming 14:08, January 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * For the other pages, you'll have to add it via javascript, unfortunately. I believe Runescape Wiki made an extra element for copyright (code is in their Common.js, and that can be adapted to this purpose. If you need more help, just ask or post in the forum. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  01:21, January 19, 2012 (UTC)

Looking for link fix
Can you help? I have Template with this line.

Is there a way to add a link to the picture. I've try 2-3 different way but they didn't work. This is a chapter template and the picture is the main character. I what to jump to the BIOS page of the character if clicked on.

Otherwise I'm going to have to put a link under the picture.

Rocketmanwikia 19:01, January 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * Would I be able to get a link to your wiki? That would help me with this – it is definitely possible to add a link. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  01:21, January 19, 2012 (UTC)
 * http://zeronotsukaimafanon.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Infobox_chapter
 * Rocketmanwikia 05:04, January 19, 2012 (UTC)


 * I thought it simpler just to add the extra if function myself – hope you find it satisfactory. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  05:19, January 19, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Soooo many bracket. if it works it works.
 * I'm not big on code yet. But I'm learning.
 * Rocketmanwikia 16:45, January 19, 2012 (UTC)

will you unblock me?
two years ago you blocked me from the avatar wikia for my username i have now changed it will you please unblock me?

God-King of Ice Cerberus WereGarurumon 22:42, January 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * I've unblocked you now. Good luck. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  01:21, January 19, 2012 (UTC)

thanks

2 years is a long time to wait to be unblocked just beceause of my username seriously!

God-King of Ice Cerberus WereGarurumon 04:19, January 19, 2012 (UTC)

Hey
Hey its prillin101 I use to be active on the Avatar Wiki and i own an alliance of small wiki's that helps small wikis, so since you really good at technical stuff i wanted to know if you could be the head of the Department of Technical Upgrades which makes blogs and everything on the wiki base (this) to help the small wikis. Prillin101 13:10, January 20, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey Prillin – thanks for the offer. :) Unfortunately, I've got my hands full with helping and being part of the new Admin Support Team, so I'll have to decline. Hope you find someone suitable for the role soon! The 888th Avatar   (talk)  13:36, January 20, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks anyway, do you know of anyone who would do good as the leader of the Department of Technical Upgrades? Prillin101 00:05, January 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I don't have one that immediately comes to mind. Good luck on finding one – I'm sure you will. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  00:07, January 21, 2012 (UTC)

Bot Help
Hi 888. I noticed that you are very skilled and knowledgable with bot stuff. I was wondering if you could teach me how to set mine up. Perhaps give me a list of steps on how to download it and use it. I am on a mac, so if you know how to do it on mac, that'd be nice. Please either message me, email me, or let me know which chat we can meet at so you can pm me and guide me through it. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks so much!


 * Hey Tech – do you plan to use AutoWikiBrowser or Pywikipediabot? The former is easier and has a graphical user interface, while the latter requires some knowledge of the Python language but is more flexible. Let me know which. I can usually be found on IRC. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  04:08, January 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * I actually don't know what either of those are :S I'll follow your suggestions though :)


 * If you want my suggestion, I think it's best to start with AWB – it's not what people call a "real" bot program but it does do most of what people want with bots. There's a nice link to downloading it from the Wikipedia page on it that I linked. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  05:17, January 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * Ok. I have to for you to guide me through the process of creating and using a bot. I will wait for you on central chat, we can pm each other.

Sure, I should be available all through tomorrow. The 888th Avatar  (talk)  13:01, January 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Ok sounds good. If you could leave me a message saying that you're ready, so I know when to come to central, let me know :)

Blocked
bach on camp half-blood R.P.W. bloked me for sothing thay happend on another wiki ''A.r.s.h.' i am every where but no where at the same time' 18:59, January 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I'm not the person who can help you with this. The advice I can give you is to to attempt to contact the admin who placed the block, and if the dispute proves impossible to resolve, contact staff. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  13:01, January 22, 2012 (UTC)

If you have the time
Hello Avatar! I'm not sure if you are the right person to ask, but I happened to see that you were online and in chat and I figured I'd give you a try. Anyways, I have recently taken it upon myself to start a satirical news digest on my home wiki. [2] I was just wondering if there might be a chance to have a certain YT extension reinstated so I can have background music playing.

I hope to hear from you soon and I appreciate your time!  Skål! 03:45, January 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi. :) Sorry, but I'm not familiar with the background of this code, and I can't be sure whether it's simply broken or whether an extension was disabled. My advice is to ask on the forum – someone will be able to help you there. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  04:24, January 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the reply. ^^ I'll see about throwing my question up on the forums then. [[file:Dragon.jpg|link=User:GarouxBloodline]] Skål! 04:28, January 23, 2012 (UTC)

Rules
Can someone get banned from all wikis for having 2 accounts even though one is banned? Also, why is the age requirement 13?

&#123;&#123;SUBST:User:Kululu12/Signature}} 04:57, January 24, 2012 (UTC)kululu12


 * Banning/blocking always varies depending on the case, so I'm afraid I can't really give you a straight answer on that. The age requirement is 13 because of an American law called COPPA. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  05:02, January 24, 2012 (UTC)

Re:Messages
Hi 888th Avatar, thanks for leaving me a message. The reason I removed those messages is because Anakin Skyobiliviator seems to be intentionally picking fights with me because I left his Wiki. I would appreciate it if there was any way to remove the messages, as I don't really want that sort of thing there and I only have around 20 messages, so archiving would be pointless. Thanks, and congratulations on being Featured User! Sam (Talk) 15:48, January 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the kind words. :) Technically, yes, you are allowed to remove messages from your talk page, as long as you signal that your intention is of acknowledgement, not "removing vandalism". Personally, I would strongly discourage it, especially because those messages in themselves don't actually cast any aspersions on your character, but on Community Central, these choices are largely left to the individual. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  01:31, January 25, 2012 (UTC)