User talk:Angela

Welcome to my talk page! If you need a personal response from me, you are welcome to email me. Otherwise, you can contact Wikia staff using the contact form or contact the community on the forums. Messages left here may be answered by me, or by others.

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Edits problem
Hello Angela here I am again. There is a problem at our edits-count. GrouchMan saw it to, the Admin from the wikia. This is the Wikia:Grouches Wikia. What's the problem?--Station7 13:58, February 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * It looks ok to me. Can you explain what the problem is please? It would be really helpful if you could send a screenshot of the problem to the email address on special:contact. Angela (talk) 21:15, February 1, 2010 (UTC)

Now, the problem is that GrouchMan has already more then 200 edits and i have more then 7 edits, I already had at least 20- edits.--Station7 14:38, February 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * According to his contribs list, GrouchMan has 121 edits. That's the number showing up on his userpage and the number he should see when he looks at Special:MyHome. If that's not the case, please can you email a screenshot to show what the problem is? Angela (talk) 23:08, February 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well the truth is, before the problem occurred, I had more than 1000 edits already. -- GrouchMan (Send an owl then scram!! ) 02:08, February 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * Something very strange has happened here. All the edits seem to have been done by User:Default which is not possible! I'll see if the tech team can work out what's going on and get the edits assigned back to the right people. Angela (talk) 02:29, February 15, 2010 (UTC)

Checkpage
Who do I ask for approval on the AutoWikiBrowser checkpage? Thanks.  Darth Karika Please leave a message after the beep. *boom* 21:18, February 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure - I think you just need to ask on the talk page and someone will deal with it. Lots of people seem to be looking after the page. Angela (talk) 21:23, February 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Central admins and helpers usually do this. -- 22:03, February 1, 2010 (UTC)

Hi!
I'm new user here wiki's and I'm inapt English language. Question is many editions need than access staff's? (approach me message's Finnish language seeing I'm inapt English language.)

Flower-Power 07:31, February 2, 2010 (UTC)Flower-Power


 * I can't reply in Finnish, but if you leave a message in Finnish, I can try to help. Staff access is not something given to users - it's only for employees as I said above. Angela (talk) 23:09, February 2, 2010 (UTC)

Small wikis
I would like to help remove vandalism from tiny wikis so that they can be free with vandalism, however I can not delete pages. Is there any way to semi adopt a wiki to remove the vandalism and then give back in the rights to delete? Thanks, 01:20, February 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * There isn't yet, but check out Help:SpamTaskForce. Sannse can give you more info on this if you need it. Angela (talk) 01:23, February 3, 2010 (UTC)

WikiAnswers for Avatar TLA and Avatar JC
Could you please create a English answer page for the various James Cameron Avatar wikis to link to, because currently they link up with the Animated TV series, not the CGI movie. I moved two questions, only thing is... there are two categories and I am not sure which one people are using, so I think it is best to start it over and make it more obvious. Bunai82


 * Thank you for the reply. Would this require talk with the Admins of the two different Wiki Pages? Or would JC_Avatar not really work? Bunai82


 * Also I started moving questions to Avatar Movie, I hope that is not a problem?


 * That's fine. Do you mean that JC_Avatar would be a better category name than Avatar movie? If so, I can set http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com/ to send questions there instead. Angela (talk) 23:41, February 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, to me, it stands out and you know exactly what movie it is. And Google also picks up the abbrev very well. Bunai82 19:41, February 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok, it's now set to wikianswers:Category:JC Avatar. Questions in the old category will need to be moved. Angela (talk) 04:58, February 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Will do, ^_^; though I hope people don't think I am trying to be rude or vandalizing. Anyway, thank you for the page creation. So doing this will cause English James Cameron Avatar wiki, to be linked to the JC Avatar answerwiki? Bunai82 20:26, February 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Questions shown in the widget on http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com/ come from wikianswers:category:JC Avatar and if someone asks a question on that wiki it will go into that category. Angela (talk) 23:13, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

Oversighter and Checkuser
Hello lady! You can manage and I Checkuser rights and Oversight? For to be someone on these posts. Thank you. Misterr 10:29, February 4, 2010 (UTC)

And you could you please change the logo with a music symbol? Thank you. Misterr 11:37, February 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hello, oversight and checkuser aren't normally something handed out, if you have something that requires the use of these tools, you can send the request via Special:Contact.


 * For logos, are you having trouble uploading one or just needing a new one? Either way, Help:Logo ought to be helpful to you. -- 11:41, February 4, 2010 (UTC)

I put the picture! I said that I needed post for the Romanians know what that vandalism, we should be prepared. Misterr 11:58, February 4, 2010 (UTC)

Special:RenameUser
I would ask you to create special page RenameUser. You'll need it. Thank you very much! Mistertalk 21:22, February 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * This isn't currently possible on Wikia since user accounts are used across all wikis. Angela (talk) 23:41, February 4, 2010 (UTC)

RomâniaWiki
Hello Angela! Could you give me an administrator and bureaucrat rights here? None of the administrators and bureaucrats are not active and I would like to dwell on this project. Thank you. Mistertalk 12:46, February 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Please see adoption. Angela (talk) 04:58, February 6, 2010 (UTC)

Personal attack/civility question
User:Mizu101, who was banned from Bully Wiki for personal attacks and tendentious editing now has a user page here on wikia central where he claims he was banned due to "corruption". Is this acceptable?  Mc JEFF  (talk) 21:21, February 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's best just to ignore him as long as he's not mentioning specific people. Angela (talk) 04:59, February 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks.  Mc JEFF  (talk) 14:41, February 6, 2010 (UTC)

Request for WikiaWide permaban
I'm trying to leave Wikia behind, and I'd love a little push since I don't trust my little will-power alone. Of course, I'm not sure how you handle requests like this, and I wouldn't be too surprised if you didn't. But of course, if you don't I'll just end up vandalising as many different Wikia wikis as I can until I am. Your co-operation is appreciated. ; ) --ILHI 16:40, February 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * The easiest option is to scramble your password and remove the email address from your preferences. That way you won't be able to log in again. If you want someone else to scramble your password for you, just ask here. This is obviously irreversible. Angela (talk) 23:14, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

Wikia Community Team
I would like to be part of the Wiki Community Team please. If you want I could be "Main person to contact for Wikia Adoption or "A representive for Wikia" or anything you need. Just tell me your answer or what you want me to do. Thanks, TV Man, The TV King 16:01, February 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Only paid employees can be part of Wikia's staff. You would need to see Hiring, and there doesn't seem to be any openings for the community team on that page. -- 17:10, February 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * What about an Administrator? Thanks, TV Man, The TV King 19:23, February 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * An administrator for what? Wikia has nearly 80000 wikis, you may start looking around for content you're interested in and see how the communities operate. -- 19:31, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

If you're talking about being an administrator here on Community Central, then you have to be elected by the community in a request for adminship. If you mean an administrator elsewhere, then per Charitwo. Become involved in one of Wikia's numerous wikis and see if you can be elected there. If there's no active community there, then there's always the wiki adoption process. Good luck! - Brandon Rhea (talk) 20:51, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

Sonic Fan Comic Wiki URL Change
Can you change the Sonic Fan Comic Wiki URL to scfcs.wikia.com ? I am the founder and we need [] that url to be scfcs.wikia.com -- The Gem Foxcoon Trio Emerald Ruby Sapphire!  20:41, February 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Sapphire, I just wanted to clear something up for you. While you are the founder of the wiki, you don't own it. No one person owns a wiki. Click here for more information on ownership on Wikia. Hope that helps! - Brandon Rhea (talk) 20:53, February 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * But can it be changed? -- The Gem Foxcoon Trio Emerald Ruby Sapphire!  20:55, February 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * The best thing you can do in order to get a quicker response to your request is to send it the community team as a whole via Special:Contact from your wiki. Tell them what you'd like the name to be changed to and why, and they'll be more than happy to consider it. =) - Brandon Rhea (talk) 20:58, February 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * URLs are better when they contain keywords related to the topic. It's much better for a URL to contain sonic than characters like scfcs as no one is searching on Google for scfcs so they won't find your wiki. Brandon is right that such configuration changes should be sent using special:contact but only after there is consensus within your wiki's community to make such a change. Angela (talk) 23:17, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

Wikia Answers
Hi! For some time, we've had the Wikia Answers banner for disconnected users on Lostpedia-FR. But the questions asked are so ridiculous that we would prefer to have publicity (or nothing...). Is it possible? 21:38, February 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Is there a way it could be improved? For example, if the questions were just about Lost would that be ok? Angela (talk) 23:19, February 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * There aren't many French questions about Lost (4 in 3 months). But if you really want to let the Wikia Answers banner, maybe you could put the English questions. 23:48, February 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Forget it, sorry. As the French airing of Lost comes several months after the American airing, we don't want to have spoilers in the questions. Nevertheless, would it be ok if we let the banner but put it on the bottom of the pages? 17:42, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry to insist, but can you answer me? 23:55, February 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * I've asked cywil to look into this. He's left you a message here. We are also working on making the bad words lists work to prevent some of the bad questions being asked. Angela (talk) 02:30, February 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok I hadn't understood he was actually in charge of this "affair". But it seems this banner is actually imposed upon us... 00:21, February 12, 2010 (UTC)

RoWikicity
I need these permissions because you need to do a check of a user. Thank you.  Misterr Talk  12:37, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * If you need a user checked, please send the details to staff using special:contact. Help:CheckUser has more information on this. Angela (talk) 05:10, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

Probleme grave

 * l'User:Charitwo a entreprit de détruire toutes les pages de descriptions des sites wikia ainssi que des catégories correspondantes, cela provoque un embouteillage vers le moteur de recherche de wikia et provoque son blocage comme cela est arriver hier soir, il c'est même payez le culot de detruire ma page utilisateur, que j'ai du reconstruir de zero, c'est inadmissible, je vous demande donc de le ramener a la raison dès que possible. recevez mes meilleurs salutations, Wikisoft* @@@-fr 09:56, February 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Those description pages are all being removed. Please see Kyle's blog about this. Angela (talk) 23:35, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

Bureaucrat Request
Hello, I am Troycool, an Administrator of the Godzilla.wikia.com.

I was wondering if I could be granted bureaucrat access being that the current bureaucrat LordofMonsterIsland isn't that active due to school reasons I believe. I have been on the site for a full two years now and it would help out if I could obtain bureaucrat access now. Troycool


 * if you wish to adopt this wikia you must pst an adoption request here Owen1983 18:14, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

Wiki on google
hello there I was wondering on how to get my Tatsunoko Vs Capcom on websites such as google so others can help me edit. I'm relatively new at this so can you please tell me.

Nathbud789


 * Google will automatically find it soon. The best thing to do at this stage is add lots of content so people are more like to find the wiki. You can also add links to it from related sites. See promotion and help:seo for some ideas. Angela (talk) 02:45, February 10, 2010 (UTC)

Issues regarding plagerism on 2 GH sites.
Hi,

This Roak from General-hospital.wikia.com. I would just like to point out that ghsoap.wikia.com is using our material that we worked on for their site. We temporarily borrow material from Wikipedia and quickly and heavily edit the content to fit for our site. But that is not what the ghsoap is doing. Yesterday, I deleted the copied part of the Jossly jacks article on their site: http://ghsoap.wikia.com/index.php?title=Josslyn_Jacks&diff=3872&oldid=3871

The majority of the article (a huge section) was from us: http://general-hospital.wikia.com/wiki/Josslyn_Jacks

Unfortunatly, they blocked me. Can you please inform them that copying from Wikipedia is ok (PS: but I don't keep the content) but stealing from other wikis is wrong? Thank youu.--Leslie Roak 00:11, February 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's fine to reuse content from Wikipedia and most Wikia sites as long as the Licensing is adhered to. Using a template like template:wikipedia is one way to attribute the original authors and that can be adapted to say the content is from another wiki. Angela (talk) 02:30, February 11, 2010 (UTC)

Ok. THank you for your time, Angela. Leslie Roak 01:47, February 13, 2010 (UTC)

WikiCity
Good afternoon! You can create and WikiCity in Spanish, I would take care of him. Thank you.  Misterr Talk  08:16, February 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * You can make a wiki in Spanish (or any language) at Special:CreateWiki. Angela (talk) 22:25, February 11, 2010 (UTC)

A question
Hello, Angela, a question the Logo Creation Wiki staff is on vacation, no one works.- --Csuarezllosa (Talk) (Em@il) 23:07, February 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * The wiki is run by volunteers, not by paid staff, so if users have left, others are welcome to get involved and even adopt the wiki. Angela (talk) 23:26, February 11, 2010 (UTC)

VSTF
Hi Angela! I see the sin that staff are not very active, and I would handle everything. I am active all day. Would you please pay attention to it, are suitable for this post especially since I see that many of the staff are not active, thank you.  Ervin utz 20:46, February 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * Wikia Staff are employed by Wikia, INC. If you are interested in working for wikia, you may want to take a peek at this page. Thanks. Seahorseruler  (Talk Page) 23:08, February 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, but do not know how to ask where the post. There you could you pass me please? I want to help Wikia, and I see that many of the staff are not active, please thank in advance.  Ervin utz 10:44, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * But if they can not become staff, then I would thank but vstf station. Thank you.  Ervin utz 12:42, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, staff are active, even though they may not appear to edit. Wikia has a couple offices where a lot of internal work, research, planning, development, marketing, etc.. happen. Last edit and login are deceiving when it comes to staff. -- 14:26, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Then become vstf? I got better with spam, I have a great experience with spam, I hate him. I want to help it on this side. Thank you in advance.  Ervin utz 15:19, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe the VSTF aren't looking for anymore members, but the best way you could prepare for potentially becoming one in the future is to just become active in dealing with spam across Wikia. =) - Brandon Rhea (talk) 19:19, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes sir, but I do not care if the item is large, matters that can help better the community, I have experience.  Ervin utz 19:46, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * That's fine, but you don't need a rank, title, or position to go along with it. Just helping the community as a regular user is the best way you can help out. - Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 19:52, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sir, it can help better project. As all projects can do. Therefore I do not yet part of the staff, I will wait for that, but that vstf, jut that I will do great, you have my word. Thanks. [[User:Misterr|'''<font face="Papyrus"> E r v i <span style="background-

color:#00C000;">n ''']][talk] 20:01, February 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ervin - one useful way you could get more involved is to work on the new Romanian Central Wikia. Have a look at the other Central wikis] for some ideas. Angela (talk) 22:56, February 14, 2010 (UTC)

And also Ervin, no one is saying that you wouldn't do a good job. That said, there's still not an open VSTF spot. So, if you'd like to help fix any spam and vandalism problems then, like I said, the best way to do that is to just help revert it wherever you see it. =) - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 01:22, February 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Then we need rollback position; 10:21, February 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * If you're good at reverting spam and vandalism, local bureaucrats can give you rollback locally, but there is not going to be a global rollback. Try to think of it less like a title or position and more like entrusted tools. If you want to find some rollback javascript, try asking around for one that works best for you. -- 13:37, February 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * So, see? The best would be this post because I do rollbacks and can delete all spam articles. VSTF would be the best job for me sir. --  Ervin utz 13:53, February 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid there is nothing more to discuss. This will be the last message I leave here regarding this subject. Currently, there is no openings for VSTF, and VSTF is given to people who are proactive in spam fighting and not those who constantly ask for the position. I repeat: It's not really something you can ask for, sorry. Please take the advice given to you here and keep yourself visible. Good luck. -- 13:59, February 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Where are helper? To help users, but as you become your vstf? [[User:Misterr|'''<font face="Papyrus"> E r v i <span style="background-

color:#00C000;">n ''']][talk] 14:04, February 15, 2010 (UTC)

Backup a wiki
Hello, Angela - there's a guy visiting the Wikia I help maintain (poker.wikia.com) who is claiming he's going to delete the entire content of the wiki and move it somewhere else. I don't think I can prevent this type of vandalism, and I'm not enough of a wiki expert to even understand if what he's claiming he's going to do is possible.

So, to guard against disaster and losing years of my own writing, I'd like to backup the content of the wiki as it stands today, before he suddenly creates his destroy-bot or whatever. How do I do that? Is there a way to backup the pictures I've uploaded, too, or can I only backup textual content?

I've found the Export page in Special pages, but that requests that I list every page, and we have thousands of pages in PokerWiki. I don't know that I could properly copy every page name there without going blind. Is there some sort of bulk-backup available?

MarkT 09:37, February 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * If you go to Special:Statistics, there are database dumps of the wiki available. Wikia also does backups regularly. The claim is probably all bluff, however, so don't worry too much. Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 09:40, February 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you - I hadn't noticed that before (and hadn't thought to go to Statistics to find it). So now I have an XML backup of all textual content of the wiki.  Is there any way to backup the images? MarkT 22:39, February 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * Please email Kyle about this (or use special:contact) as Kyle is now handling any poker wiki related issues. He has an image dump. Angela (talk) 03:32, February 17, 2010 (UTC)

Adopt a Wiki Page
Hey Angela,

I already notified Catherine about this but have not gotten any kind of response in several days so I decided you were the best person to come to. The adopt a wiki page is developing quite a backup and hasn't gotten any attention since the 11th of February. If you wouldn't mind reviewing it, that would be great! Regards, Gaelen S.Talk • Contribs 04:01, February 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * Catherine has edited that page today, so I'm sure she'll get to your request soon. Angela (talk) 10:59, February 17, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know and yes, she did get to it. I was following up here because I am interested in helping out across several wikis, this one included. If you have anything in particular that you feel could use an extra pair of hands here on the Community Wiki, I would be more than happy to help! - Regards, Gaelen S.Talk • Contribs 09:02, February 19, 2010 (UTC)

Checkuser
I see the checkuser current not is activ, i would like checkuser acces. Thanks. <font face="Papyrus"> E r v i <span style="background- color:#00C000;">n [talk] 15:44, February 19, 2010 (UTC)