User talk:Angela/Archive 2

stats
the stats often fail ... or are not up to date ... or gathering data only a few days a month. right now this page is NOT stats for the peace wiki: http://peace.wikicities.com/webalizer/usage_200505.html


 * Those like the stats that I have been getting with the Calgary May Webalizer stats. I have logged it in Bugzilla.  -- JamesTeterenko 05:00, 19 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I'd recommend using the Wikistats rather than Special:Statistics or the Webalizer ones. Angela (talk) 01:35, 22 May 2005 (UTC)


 * The Webalizer has stats that Wikistats doesn't.
 * They are good for seeing how individual pages are doing ...
 * plus some user stats.
 * They are there ... but not reflecting the proper group.


 * I definitely prefer the webalizer stats to the Wikistats (when they are working). It is the only insight I get into how others use the site.  -- JamesTeterenko 05:00, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Templates and images from Commons.wikimedia
3 questions:
 * 1) is it possible to use the templates 'GFDL' and 'Insignia2' from Commons.wikipedia?
 * 2) is it possible to use images uploaded in Commons?
 * 3) is it possible to link pages of a national wikipedia (for me it.wiki)?

Thank you Massimop 21:32, 22 May 2005 (UTC)


 * replied at User talk:Massimop. Angela (talk) 21:40, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

whitewolf.wikicities.com
''Hi Ian. Please check the terms of use again since I think there has been a misunderstanding. All content on every Wikicity needs to be available under the GFDL, not a CC licence. Please fix the pages which claim the wiki is under a CC license and delete any edits where users have not agreed to release their text under the GFDL. If there are any problems with this, please let me know. Thanks.''

Hey, Angela. Sorry for any problem I may have inadvertently caused. Because of the vast amount of text involved, I've largely been copying help files mostly unaltered from memory-alpha.org. I'll happily alter any related files, and apologize again for an unintentional difficulty I may have caused. IanWatson 00:58, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

WhiteWolf Spam
Hey, Angela. Just got back from work, and saw all the spam edits done on the White Wolf Wiki. Thanks for cleaning 'em all up! IanWatson 22:37, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Lucid Wikicities copyright
Heys, sorry about that. I saw no license metadata so I felt I had to write something.

I don't think anybody would object to the GFDL license. Is it really necessary to remove their content?

Specifically, lucid:User:R3m0t and lucid:User:IDX would obviously immediately agree. lucid:User:Quippo knows a bit about free licenses and I can contact her if I must. lucid:User:212.219.116.250 is the anonymous IP of IDX. lucid:User:83.177.144.10 is the anonymous IP of pasQuale. I don't think anybody else has written much. lucid:User:69.238.170.74 perhaps. r3m0t 09:54, 23 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I think it would be best to contact them just to make sure the content is cleanly licensed under the GFDL. Angela (talk) 03:36, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Pages Disappearing
For whatever reason, both the Community Portal and Town Hall (Village Pump equivalent) of dnd: are disappearing. Are you moving the wiki right now, or is something very wrong happening? Mathx314(talk)(email) 18:46, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * It's fixed temporarily and reported at 126. Angela (talk) 22:01, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Now that the wiki has been moved, the dnd: interwiki no longer works. Might we be able to set up a polaqu: interwiki? Mathx314(talk)(email) 01:40, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. polaqu: will work now. Angela (talk) 04:35, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Two things about althist
First of all, spam:. --millosh (talk) 23:42, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Second, please look at the Main Page discussion about separating althist languages. --millosh (talk) 23:42, 29 May 2005 (UTC) I asked for new Wikicity. --millosh (talk) 18:32, 30 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I'll added qx5\.net to the Spam Blacklist and I'll make the new wiki today. Angela (talk) 07:38, 31 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Great and thanks :) --millosh (talk) 08:49, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the help!
Thank you for the help cleaning up the spam edits on the Concord wiki. I've had Internet problems over the last couple of weeks, so I hadn't even seen them. Though, since there's only a couple of users right now, I would've spotted them soon enough, but thanks. Thanks also for filling in the Copyrights page, one of many administrivial things I kept meaning to get around to. Alfvaen 03:52, 30 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I'm glad I could help. :) If you see any more spam, just list it at Talk:Spam Blacklist and it can be blocked. Angela (talk) 07:38, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Thank You
Thanks for trusting me with administrative rights! I'll try to use them for good. :-) Let me know if there are any specific activities where you'd like help in addition to the general responsibilities.  --CocoaZen 00:45, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Memory Alpha Dutch Admin
Hey Angela, I tried to make a new admin on MA Dutch, ut I'm having some problems. Perhaps I'm no longer a bureacrat there. Anyway, could you make the User Q an admin? I need to have someone back me up there, because I don't always keep track and the occasional vandal gets away. Thanks. -- Redge | Talk 11:46, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

has my application failed or what?
hi. i applied for a new wiki on economics couple of weeks ago and i havent heard anything back from wikicities about it. what happened was i rejected?! i dont see my wiki proposal being in the reject list. did i do something wrong?--GregLoutsenko 22:28, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay. A problem with the creation script has meant new wikis couldn't be created since our recent move. I will try this again today and let you know when it is made. Angela (talk) 01:41, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

links to bg.wiki
Hi Angela. Is there a way to create links to bulgarian wikipedia (other than creating external links)? I mean, with wikipedia: the links are redirected to en:, is there a way or a chance another interwiki to be created, bgwikipedia:, bgwiki: or something like that? This will be very useful for ancientworld (for now) and every other bulgarian wikicity (in the future). Regards, DCLXVI 09:52, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, you can use Article name to link to the Bulgarian Wikipedia. Angela (talk) 11:51, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * It returns an error. I tried to link енциклопедия (encyclopedia), just to test it.


 * Bad title
 * The requested page title was invalid, empty, or an incorrectly linked inter-language or inter-wiki title.

--DCLXVI 18:12, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Very interesting.  I can confirm that I had the same happen -- I tried both Real Madrid and Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης just to try another non-Latin alphabet.   The Spanish worked but the Greek didn't.  Thus I conclude that second-generation Interwiki (pass a language prefix to Wikipedia, who then directs you to the correct language version) doesn't seem to work for non-Latin alphabets.   HTH, PhilipR 20:19, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Ah... this is because the link goes via the English Wikipedia, which isn't UTF8 yet so doesn't allow titles like Енциклопедия. Try redirecting via meta isn't of en: Енциклпедия. This will work, as will the shortcut "m" instead of "MetaWikipedia": Енциклопедия. Angela (talk) 21:32, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Cool, thanks. I want to report too, that the problem with stats on Ancientworld, reported in 56 is now fixed on this wiki. But the old articles, created before the fix are not counted. Is there a way to include them? -- DCLXVI 04:07, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

CC share alike for HoH
Is it possible to put CC share alike license on HoH? There is no need for GFDL. --millosh (talk) 22:50, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * All Wikicities need to be compatible with each other, and it is generally useful if they are compatible with Wikimedia's projects as well. For this reason, you do need to have them be GFDL. However, you are welcome to dual license the edits under a CC license, so people could choose whether to use the content under the GFDL or CC. Please see Multi-licensing for more information on this. Angela (talk) 00:47, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I realized yesterday that there would be a lot of problems widh CC-only... For example, if I use some text from Wikipedia and change it, I would have to write that that article is under GFDL... So, I would stay on GFDL. I just thought that it is possible to escape from GFDL (and to make distribution more easy) at the beginning of the project, but it is not. Anyway, thanks for the advices. (I don't think that I'll use dual license because it would make a lot of other difficulties.) --millosh (talk) 17:26, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Heya, TTF here again...
Just a small request, I've been looking at the way other wiki's have been able to edit their page designs (Especially the Mozilla Guys... wow...), and I've actually searched through most WikiMedia help sections I can get my paws on, but they don't appear to go further than basic help.

As a basic summary, I've been wanting to amend the following:


 * Computing Knowledgebase links in left frame. Taking just a General Glace, I can place readily-accessible topic information in there (Hardware, Software, etc). Placing a link to the Categories, and the CK Sandbox would also be helpful, too.
 * Amend the basic HTML layout of the actual frames, instead of just being confined to the articles themselves
 * This includes adding a watermark-style background, and altering the static text/highlight-text-with-cursor colours.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

--TwoTailedFox 21:54, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * replied at pc:User talk:TwoTailedFox. Angela (talk)

Gambling content on GameinfoWiki
Hi Angela,

I see that for reasons of Google wikicities can't include gambling-related information. Obviously, this is going to cause problems on the Gameinfo Wiki, as gambling is done by partaking in games of chance while Gameinfo Wiki aims to have information on every game ever created. The general pages said to contact you in case of such a conflict. (I'd be interested in participating, but not if there's a potential problem waiting.) PHM (I'm Mysha on Wikipedia NL.)


 * I think this is fine. The different is that the gameinfo wiki will have information about gambling - it won't actually be a place where people are gambling. I very much doubt Google would regard that as prohibited content. Angela (talk) 05:53, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Presumably this holds true tenfold (I started to say "in spades", but I'd never convince you no pun was intended) for Pokerwiki.  However, we're certainly not planning to play poker over the wiki, just talk about it, so it sounds like we're safe.   -- PhilipR 17:12, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, information about Poker should be fine. There is now a games: Wikicity where people can play games, but the exchange of money can't happen on the site, so gambling isn't actually possible there. I can't imagine, though I don't completely discount the possibility, that people are going to try to turn games: into an actual gambling site. I guess we'll deal with that when it arises. :) Angela (talk) 18:15, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Depromotion of a user
Is it possible to remove a user's bureaucrat with only bureaucrat status yourself? I tried to do this at pokemon: (with User:User142) but I'm not sure it worked (I accidentally checked the bureaucrat box). 17:49, 29 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you. Also, I'm pretty sure user:User142 is wikipedia:User:User142, not 142-troll. 11:59, 30 Jun 2005 (UTC)

CSS Request
Language CSS

We should have CSS classes for Babel templates to simplify/standardize coding:

(content moved to MediaWiki:Monobook.css)


 * This should be working now. You may need to refresh your cache to see the effects. Angela (talk) 13:28, 4 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe Danielwang forgot the "basic level". And how does it work? - upssdr  talk 13:48, 4 Jul 2005 (UTC)

There were a lot of syntax mistakes in my code. "font-size:14pt" is missing a semi-colon. "min-height:45px" doesn't seem to work and needs to be changed to "height:45px;". CSS doesn't seem to use "//" as a comment code. The border colors are wrong... Better change to (test file)

(changes moved)


 * Is it better now? Angela (talk) 22:02, 4 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Portuguese Editing Help
I have made a copy of the english help to the portuguese help page because it was empty and it is not possible to opt for the english one. I just hope this is not against some wiki policy. --Alain M. 20:56, 4 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * replied at pt.linux. Angela (talk) 22:01, 4 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Wiki-sidebars doesn't work everywhere
Angela: I can't seem to get the wiki-sidebars working in either the Stargate wiki or in the Hembygd wiki. What is wrong? I've noted this i.e. in the Stargate Wiki --Peter R 16:13, 5 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * replied at SGCommand:Project:Community Portal. Angela (talk) 00:56, 6 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Interwiki Links
The interwiki link for Detroit: does not seem to be working yet. --CocoaZen 02:03, 8 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * fixed. Angela (talk) 07:04, 8 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Angela - I've been adding other Wikicities about cities to a list on the cities: wiki. And, I've noticed that several more of the intewiki links don't seem to be working.  :-(  --CocoaZen 20:52, 8 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll try to update all of these tomorrow. Angela (talk) 19:31, 9 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Another oddity... Beijing shows up in the category listing for places under "S". ?? --CocoaZen 21:18, 8 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Weird... resaving the page fixed it. Angela (talk) 19:31, 9 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * And... the Interwiki link, Ankara:, is a different Turkish city than Istanbul/Constantinople, I think? --CocoaZen 19:18, 9 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * That was just a mistake because I used the Ankara page as a template. Angela (talk) 19:31, 9 Jul 2005 (UTC)

NO
http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/Category:Business. i MUST point out that economics is NOT, in ANYWAY, a subset of business. economics is a social science, a very wide ranging one at that (an article on this) and thus should be in social sciences category. business on the other hand is bullshit, its a collection of buzzwords and buzzphrases, like click and bricks, see bullshit.--GregLoutsenko 00:08, 9 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, now changed. Angela (talk) 19:31, 9 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * thank you Angela, out of interest where did you move it to? economics wiki is not found under society category or society...--GregLoutsenko 20:32, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Social science. Feel free to edit it at Economics if you're not happy with the category. Angela (talk) 20:37, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * yes. http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/Wikicities doesnt have Social science as a catogery.  it must be just me, i am a bit confused about the organisation of the categories, but dont worry ill try my best to get it--GregLoutsenko 20:40, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Templates re Inappropriate Content
Hi. I just replaced the template with the  on the Setif page. Since the cities: wikicity is now trying the wider purpose, I would like to suggest that this content belongs there. I think the NotCitiesWiki also replaces the delete-because, but wasn't sure so I didn't remove that template. Hope that was ok. --CocoaZen 20:36, 9 Jul 2005
 * Thanks for letting me know. I agree that replaces the delete one. Angela (talk) 02:52, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism
Lots of vandalism tonight by 70.70.188.182 who also seemed to have given him/herself the ID of Admin. Posted team.zitenet.com and various inappropriate garbage and blanking. I blacklisted the URL and blocked 70.70.188.182 and Admin for 24 hours. Perhaps the ID of Admin shouldn't be allowed (suggestion by Phroziac with which I agree). Should it be blocked indefinately? Thanks to Phroziac and Imperialles who both helped revert the vandalism. --CocoaZen 01:13, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I've blocked that account permanently. It's not an appropriate username. Angela (talk) 02:52, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Glad to be able to help out. Thanks for providing the environment and helping us learn how to use it effectively!  --CocoaZen 03:23, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)

About namespaces
Hi Angela, the page Помощ:Наръчник is in the main namespace, not in the Help: namespace. Is that a problem and should I move it in Help:Наръчник to be in the same namespace? --DCLXVI 22:13, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * See Help talk:Наръчник. Angela (talk) 22:32, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Angela, thanks for approving of the nomination for Guitar. Good luck with the Board of Trustees election. Meg99 01:56, 11 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks. :) Angela (talk) 06:31, 11 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Creating Administrative Privileges
I tried to give Pjotr'k administrative privileges on the Stargate Wikicity. The system won't let me. I'm not positive that I have bureaucratic rights there. I think I do; it lets me access the make a user into a sysop page, which I can't access on other wikis where I don't have the authorization to make the change. I was wondering if the apostrophe (') in the ID is causing a problem, and if you know a way around this? --CocoaZen 14:20, 14 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * I think it was the apostophe causing problems. The solution is to type "#3290" instead of "Pjotr'k". #3290 is the user's internal ID number, which can be found by asking the user to check their Preferences. Angela (talk) 03:33, 15 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks! - CocoaZen

Nietzsche
Bonjour Angela. Thank you for Nietzsche. Marc 18:14, 16 Jul 2005 (UTC)

X-Files wiki
I realise you had me down as a banned user, but I'm not the same person as WikiUser on Wikipedia. I'll try changing my user name to avoid confusion and resubmit my request for The X-Files wiki. --WikiUser 07:04, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * I am now GandalfTheBlack, so the user page and the talk page for WikiUser probably need to be removed from Wikicities. Also, I've resubmitted my request. Sorry for the confusion. --GandalfTheBlack 07:28, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for clarifying. I'll make x-files now. Angela (talk) 07:29, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Thank you

LOTR Logo
Do you know how to save an image with a transparent background? It's for a logo I designed for The Lord of the Rings Wiki, that can be seen on this page. The logo itself will need a user with sysop privileges to implement it. --GandalfTheBlack 07:43, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)

eWrestling
That account is mine. The problem is down to my nonsense password on Uncyclopedia. My user page there links to my Wikipedia user page, which is why I know its me. I'm going to try and get the password reset when I can find someone with the abilities - feel free to assign the admin/bureaucrat abilities for the eW Wikicity there. 86.131.239.15 18:54, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC) (Hedley)

interlanguage for conlang(s)
Hi, Angela.

I am interested in addng interlanguage support to the conlang wikicity... particularly I am interested in adding interlanguage support for any variety of new languages, not just Mediawiki supported languages.

Alternatively I might ask for a new wikicity for encyclopedias writen in conlangs with the requested features.

How should I proceed?

&mdash; Carlos Th (talk) 19:04, 26 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * replied at conlang:User talk:Chlewey


 * Well, for interlanguage support I mean that I want to create namespaces that behave like the language interwikis in Wikipedia or the C wikicity. Just that they are languages that would not be used outside a particular wikicity.
 * Anyhow, where can I get documentation on language.php files?
 * How easily can new languages, that are uninteresting for the whole mediawiki community, be introduced?
 * &mdash; Carlos Th (talk) 14:47, 29 Jul 2005 (UTC)

adding an admin to a wikicity
Dear Angela,

How do I give an user admin privileges to a wikicity of which I am an admin myself?

Thanks much

--E. Viveiros de Castro 14:01, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * replied at w:c:abaete:Usuário Discussão:E. Viveiros de Castro

misc.
Hi Angela,

Just want to ask if Kate's tool has a wikicities version. And how can I request for adminship on my Wiki, if ever I want to become one? Do I have to apply here at Central? Chosen One 18:58, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * replied at w:c:harrypotter:User talk:Chosen One


 * Yeah, I just wanted to find out how many edits I wanted, but obviously it only works for Wikipedia. Concerning adminship, I'm not yet that interested in becoming an admin, but we're thinking of opening the Wiki to the public (via Mugglenet et al.), and it might eventually be necessary to have more than one absentee admin. I don't have any experience yet. Do you think it's a good idea to try it out there or should I get some experience on WP first? Thanks a lot. ;)    09:50, 29 Jul 2005 (UTC)

our nomic bank
Hi there! did you change you mind? Could you please host our nomic bank here? By the way I cannot access wikipedia. do you know whats happening there? thnx BoW Bank 07:56, 28 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * I've not changed my mind. You can't access Wikipedia because you're banned there. Please stop trying to edit Wikipedia. There are many alternative wiki hosts where you can put your content. See the Wikibooks list of hosts I gave you before. Angela (talk) 05:34, 29 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * You said: "you're banned there, go away!". Could you please search a little bit a discover WHY I was banned? I was banned because they accused me of beeing another banned user. You dont seem to care about the reason I was banned, and whether this was fair on unfair, dont you? You are just saying "you are banned" and then your conscience is clear. Are you always doing what they told you to do, without judging whether your action is fair or unfair? BoW Bank 13:10, 29 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Whether or not you're the banned user Iasson, you share his IP and editing style. Goodbye. Angela (talk) 13:30, 29 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * For the last time. I am not Iasson. I am not willy on wheels. I am not sharing anyones IP or editing style. I dont understand whats happening and why you behave like that, I think its a misunderstanding. I am not going to insist anymore. Goodbye and good luck, and try not to be so suspicious next time. BoW Bank 18:13, 29 Jul 2005 (UTC)

MiniWiki became MaxiWiki
Hi Angela,

I have a question about moving MiniWiki content.

I have applied for a new Wikicity (TsukubaWiki) and I started working on it in MiniWikis. I originally intended to only put up three or four pages, but the project has kind of blossomed (quite unexpectedly) and now we already have over 200 pages. When (and if) we get approval for the official TsukubaWiki, will it be possible to move all the pages at once (and automatically) to the official location?

I'm sorry if this is not the right place for this question. If that is the case, please let me know where I should post it.

Thank you!

-- Shaney 04:40, 3 Aug 2005 (UTC)


 * The new wiki is at w:c:tsukuba. Good luck with it. :) Angela (talk) 09:57, 3 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Hi Angela. Thank you for setting up the new Tsukuba Wiki. We have moved all of the content over to the official page now. Please feel free to delete any TsukubaWiki content that remains on scratchpad. All pages have the category "TsukubaWiki", in case that helps. If I can do anything to help erase the content from the scratchpad, please let me know.

If possible, I would like this content to be removed so it doesn't conflict with the information in the new page. If there is no way for you to do it automatically, I can go through and erase the content of each page manually. Please advise.

Thanks!

-- Shaney 15:43, 4 Aug 2005 (UTC)


 * Don't worry. I'll delete the pages (probably when I am back home next week) if another Scratchpad admin doesn't get to it first. User:Angela 13:00, 6 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Unnecessary page protection
Angela,

Sorry about placing unnecessary page protection on the database management Wiki topic. I have removed the protections. Obviously, I'm new at this and am learning as I go. Thanks. Jay L.