User talk:Dopp

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New Layout
I would like to have the new layout that is on Muppets Wiki on Rowlf Fan Club WIki. I know that this probably cannot be done now, but do you have an idea for when it will be available? Mr. Grille (talk page) 19:31, December 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Mr. Grille! Anything about the layout on Muppet Wiki is available to you on any wiki, but it might take a lot of work to get there. What in particular are you hoping to have? You can also ask in our Founder & Admin Central for support from other members. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 16:59, December 27, 2011 (UTC)

Category Redlinks
Thought you may be interested in this extensive diatribe. For a wiki with an organised image category structure, a user who doesn't get the difference between "Day 2: 3:00pm" or "Day 2:3:00pm" or "Day 2: 3:00p.m." or "Day 2: 3pm" or any variation thereof, needs some indication of whether what they're typing is correct or not. Trying to explain about global, personal css code to be put on a separate wiki they're never visited is not really how I want to welcome newbies to the wiki (or to Wikia)-- Category:Acer4666 21:06, December 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Not only that but on my wiki there are two series in the same universe with the second one called chills vs. vespers. However some people use cahills vs vespers in the wrong place and vice versa. This leads to an abundance of categories that is sure to confuse anons. If anything, remove it for only anons. -- Kangaroopowah  - Talk  17:35, December 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * P.S.: You said you would pass. On czechout'smfeedback on this subject to the product team. What did they think about this.


 * Hi Acer & Kangaroo. When I add a new category, I use the auto-suggest tool to make sure I'm adding the right one. Is part of the issue that Source Mode hasn't been including the auto-suggest tool lately? That, combined with the shift in link color treatment, might be exaccerbating the problem. What do you think?


 * I also know that we haven't yet resolved the bug where categories that are both empty AND uncreated are showing as blue links -- we agree that that case should be red, I believe that fix should be out right after the holidays.


 * I did pass on czechout's long feedback to the product team, and they still feel strongly that the new system is worth keeping, since it simplifies the category creation process. I know you feel differently, and I don't think that debate is worth rehashing in any great detail at this point. But there are still some relevant issues you're raising here, and I appreciate you thinking of the anons and readers. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 20:34, December 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * The oldest and best argument against this is the fact that it creates more confusion than it solves. I'd rather the product team simply remove the &action=edit&redlink=1 from red linked categories and keep them red. That solves all issues. Users don't get pushed into an 'edit' screen when viewing the category and the category still 'red flags' as either incorrect or not created or both. Rappy 21:28, December 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I'm not wanting to force a re-hash of the debate, it's just every time this change causes me undue hassle and work (as it had been doing on boxing day then) I'll report it to you, so you can see the effect the change is causing. Sorry for picking you but I seem to remember you were the one debating it with us back when it changed. I will also pass on any time this change has reduced work or confusion. Hopefully all the examples I provide will change the product team's mind. The point is that for images, you type the category into the summary box of the image upload screen, which doesn't have auto-suggest. Also, the usual niggly errors that always happen with auto suggest make it an unreliable alternative to a simple colour indication when a typo has occurred.
 * Rappy's point is good, about just removing you being thrown into an edit screen is enough to make non-existent categories work. I've said it before but I think this should also happen for users without userpages. If I want to see the contributions or talk page of such a user, the new editor has made it even more of a hassle to access them as the tabs have disappeared. In fact, I don't think any red links should throw you straight into an edit screen, as the new editor is so navigation-unfriendly. Stuff like wanting to view deleted pages and stuff is becoming more and more laborious. But they should still all be red!-- Category:Acer4666 21:41, December 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Here's something a little closer to home, perhaps: this and this. Imagine that on a much larger scale, causing much more unneeded work and unneeded hassle for the admins. Whoever said it "simplifies the category creation process" seemingly misunderstands the change that has happened - this has little to do with the category creation process, rather the aesthetic and navigability of uncreated categories. It seems Wikia is actively against the creation of categories. Comments like that make me think the staff don't even begin to understand the issue here.-- Category:Acer4666 00:54, December 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * " Yeah, I'm not wanting to force a re-hash of the debate, it's just every time this change causes me undue hassle and work (as it had been doing on boxing day then) I'll report it to you, so you can see the effect the change is causing." Ah, okay. Fair point. I'll keep track of it. :) --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog)

20:45, December 30, 2011 (UTC)

(Reset Indent) Dopp, there's one more thing you have to consider:Monobook. Whether wikia likes it or not, monobook still exists and people do use it. THis means that when they mess up because they don't have the autosuggest tool, they won't see it because they will probably go to another page to edit, leaving the poor anon or user to start using  that category  instead of the proper, documented one. The users with the js/css that enable hem to see the non-existent categories simply do not have the time nor resources to categorize all of them. Rappy says it best of all "It creates more confusion than it solves". Best, -- Kangaroopowah ( Talk ) 04:04, December 31, 2011 (UTC)

Apologies
HI, im a admin of the Ben 10 Wikis (it's Ben), i apologize for the recent "Ermac" situation, I have been quite inactive these days, i recently came back, and help close the situation... sorry for the other users bringing this to Central. :)  Plasma ( Talk )

18:29, December 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Plasma. :) --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 20:27, December 27, 2011 (UTC)

Wiki Image Problem
Hi Dopp, just wondered if you could help me with a technical issue reguarding images on the iOS Gaming Wiki. I've been trying to make my Wiki monobook compatible by uploading a Wiki.png file, but for some reason the displayed image is a squashed version of the old logo, and the thumbnail for the current logo displays like I want it to. Thanks, Sam2011 (Talk) 15:27, December 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed now. Sam2011 (Talk) 18:08, December 29, 2011 (UTC)

Uh... What?
Uh, bro...

You just blocked me from my own wiki (bindingofisaac.wikia.com), which I founded. Excuse me for asking, but... Why? Because I was advertising a wiki? Do you mean the wiki that was the ultimate end goal as the wikia was a stopgap as we amassed funds to move servers? Supported by the user base and by donations! It's not a competitor, it's a direct replacement!

I would like the block to be lifted and my founder status reinstated. This is not what I expected out of Wikia. Lego6245 03:49, December 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * First off, Dopp's female, not a bro. Secondly, Wikia doesn't allow wikis that redirect to off-Wikia sites. It's like going to Burger King and asking them to advertise McDonald's for you. Your only real option is to fork your wiki, in which, both wikis are still active and separate communities. Rappy 18:34, December 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thirdly, wikia can block you whenever they want. -- Kangaroopowah ( Talk ) 03:49, December 31, 2011 (UTC)

Message Wall
Hello, I am the Milkman. I was on L.A. Noire Wiki recently, and asked an admin there, The Tom, about his message wall and the notification box in the top right corner. I asked him about it, and I was told to contact the one and only Dopp.

I am a bureaucrat on two wikis, Brutal Legend Wiki and Dante's Inferno Wiki. I would greatly appreciate it if Message Wall could be activated on both of these wikis. Thank you for you time and have a great dopp.

--The Milkman | I always deliver. 20:35, December 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Milkman! It's enabled on both wikis -- enjoy! And remember two things:


 * 1) we'll be adding more improvements to the feature in a few weeks (which is also when we'll add it to Wikia Labs), so be patient about weird stuff and changes.


 * 2) we can disable it at any time, but any conversations that are happening on the wall will be hidden when we do so.


 * have fun! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:12, December 30, 2011 (UTC)

Name of the Ben 10 wiki
Dopp, you could update all MediaWiki of the pt-br.ben10.wikia.com? For example, MediaWiki were like the beginning of the wiki, it has been created now. I wanted you to upgrade all at once, could you? pt-br.ben10.wikia.com --[ Caio1478] [ Discussão][ Contribuições]Planeta Ben 10Ben 10 Respostas 01:41, December 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Caio, I'm not sure I understand what you're asking for. Do you want us to refresh the cache for Special Pages? I've submitted a request to have that handled. If you're asking for something else, can you be more specific or give me a link and tell me how it should be different? Thanks. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:17, December 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * Dopp, a link to MediaWiki this is outdated: http://pt-br.ben10.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Chat-user-parted --[ Caio1478] [ Discussão]</li>[ Contribuições]</li>Planeta Ben 10</li>Ben 10 Respostas</li></ul></li></ul> 01:41, December 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Admins can update it if that's what you want.


 * Os administradores podem atualizá-lo se é isso que você quer.



hello um....
im....im zackanzane......i.......my friend told me it would help if i told u about all the acounts.......well i first used the zachary west one ....but i started thinking it wasnt a real acount so i started using zackanzane.......my girlfriend made the prettygirl 101 acount but she doesnt want it anymore.......so u can delete it....u can delete all but zackanzane......i dont remember how i made the new kid in town acount....and i......well.....i kinda wanted to impersonate my girlfriend so i made shailagirl101 but i never used it.....at least i dont think i did.......i made the zackrulesok one because my friend banned me from the zackanezanes wiki.....and i needed to talk to him so i tried to get on it but it didnt work......so....just....i cant even get on it because i cant remember the password....or i would ask for u to delete it.......and i dont know the prettygirl 101 password either......please........please have mercy....im......im very nervous............please...i....i dont know what i should say anymore....so......please....just......respond.......i gues........


 * Hi Zack, please send any requests about accounts to use via Special:Contact. Thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:37, January 3, 2012 (UTC)

Oscars Wiki Spam
Hello! Today I am writing to you about some organised spam and vandailisim that has been going on at this page:. Anyways, a large group of IPs have been repeativly been spamming this page because they want the animated movie "Rio" to be nominated for the Academy Awards by various methods like trolling comments with people's opinions with statments like "THIS GUY IS A COMMUNIST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIO # 1"; spamming comment with propaganda-like statements like most recently: "TODAY RIO FANS IS GLORIES DAY FOR BRZIL! You will bring about the destruction of the CARS 2, TINTIN, KUNG FU PANDA 2 animated machine, the elimination of film tyranny over the oppressed peoples of RIO, and security for ourselves in a free world of RIO.", "Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and well animated-hardened. He will film savagely. But this is the year 1944. Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The RIO FANS have inflicted upon the other fILMS great defeat in open battle Birds to man,cars, kung fu panda or po.", and also "The free RIO FANS of the world are marching together to victory. I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in oscars. We will accept nothing less than full victory for rio. Good luck, and let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God or ALLAH upon this great and noble undertaking of RIO AND ONLY RIO. FOR MOTHERLAND OF RIOISM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIOISM !!!!!!!!!"; and lastly, hacking the ENTIRE page by defacing the whole context, and replacing it with their own words about their "goals". I have strongly warned the spammers, and I really hope that you can protect the page, and lock the comments, so hopefully the spamming can stop. Please do what you can do, and please respond on my talk page. Thank you for your time. :) Redsox1099   (Gentlemen, Behold: CORN!!!) 01:24, January 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked --  Random Time  01:28, January 1, 2012 (UTC)

SCAM
Can you Globally banned User: http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/User:SCAM_LEADER because he is trolling wiki's. He has already been banned by that wiki but he's trolling others Adventure King 1 00:31, January 3, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the report! He appears to only be active on one other wiki, where he has stated that he's not going to vandalize that wiki. Please continue to block locally, and contact us at Special:Contact with URLs of examples if the situation escalates to more wikis. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:50, January 3, 2012 (UTC)

He has been blocked by 3 wiki's now and is now on the twilight wiki. --Adventure King 1 23:20, January 8, 2012 (UTC)

Possible Copyright
I've contacted Meighan as well, and staff through the contact form, but I'd like to make you aware as soon as possible that multiple wikis have been copied down to the last bit by the 3rd party site 377. These wikis include but aren't limited to the Sonic WIki, the Sims Wiki, POTCO Players Wiki, and the Call of Duty Wiki. They've copied code, photos, pages, even categories. Could the Wikia Staff contact them and do something about it, because I and many other users feel that our work (not owned by us, but our work) has been abused by 377. Here are some links: Your help is appreciates,
 * http://us.337.com/pages/294635/Pirates%20Online%20Players%20Wiki
 * http://us.337.com/pages/8614/Sonic%20News%20Network
 * http://us.337.com/pages/15907/The%20Sims%20Wiki
 * http://us.337.com/pages/368629/Call%20of%20Duty%20Wiki

20:10, January 3, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi! The best place to report these issues is via Special:Contact. Thanks! --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 20:25, January 3, 2012 (UTC)

Webinar times
Hi. I would like to be at a webinar, but all of the times are unavailable for me. I live in UTC, which is 8 hours behind PST. The upcoming one is at 7:30am-8:30am, which is just about okay, but it's on a week day. If you can ever do one (in PST) 4:00pm to 5:00pm on a weekend, that would be great. User:Randomno Admin on the w:c:simpsons:Simpsons Wiki  15:32, January 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Random, Unfortunately we can't do a weekend session since we only work Monday to Friday. I try to survey all participants to see what times work best, and it has come out that the afternoon & evening times work better for most folks. Sorry this time is so off for you. We do record every session and post them here afterwards, so you can check them out on the Videos page. Would a later or earlier time PST be better for you? Cheers, --Sarah (help forum | blog) 19:48, January 5, 2012 (UTC) (also feel free to contact me on my talk page rather than Dopp's).

Hey, kan I be unbanned from chat? I was banned for a long time, without a proper reason. So, kan I be unbanned from chat?  Ermacpunk15: We are many, you are but one. 1-5-11 7:23 (UTC)

Hi Dopp
Title speaks for itself. OK, this is kinda weird, as I have deleted a wiki, and now want to do this, but is it possible to rename a wiki, and it's URL? PreservationsWings - Talk
 * You can rename the title of a wiki but not the url. You can however ask for a redirect to be set up from the url you want to your wiki. Send a message to Special:Contact and they can help you.--

OK. How do you rename the wiki? Not the URL. -<span style="color:DarkBlue;" title="My Awesome Profile Page!>Wings  (talk)  18:45, January 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * Special:Contact--

Annoying Main Page Troubles...
Hey Dopp!

Don't want to bother you, but the advertisements on my wiki's main page are right there to the right, staring at you. This is a rather new update, which I find slightly evasive. I know you guys need to make money, but can you move the advertisements on my wikis main page down from the right side to at the bottom of the page. Colgatecity 22:48, January 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * Many wikis have an advertisement on their main page right there (such as Bleach Wiki, Wookieepedia, and Currency Wiki). I'm not aware of staff accepting requests to move the location of this ad, but you can hide it with Special:MyPage/wikia.css on your wiki. However, removing it for the entire wiki is a ToU violation, per the customization policy. --


 * Thank you! Glad you helped. Colgatecity 01:19, January 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Dser's right -- you can remove it from your own view, but not from others. It looks like your layout is having some issues, Colgate, and the column tags aren't being handled properly. I see three instances of <mainpage-leftcolumn-start />, but no tags that end the columns or start the right column. Check your code against this help page for more support. --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 18:10, January 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * : I'm really bad at coding. If you could help and fix it, that would be awesome. Colgatecity 21:11, January 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * : I'm really bad at coding. If you could help and fix it, that would be awesome. Colgatecity 21:11, January 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay, I made a few changes. If want to add content to the right column, just put it in between the last two column tags, like this:
 *  <mainpage-rightcolumn-start /> 
 * Right column content goes here.
 *  <mainpage-endcolumn /> 
 * --Dopp http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:28, January 9, 2012 (UTC)