User talk:KyleH

porting monobook to Monaco
Hey KyleH,

I'm actually in the middle of using my semi-limited knowledge and understanding of CSS to port it over. As I mentioned on IRC, Angela set us up a testwiki for doing some customisation <on. I'm partly through it, still need much more to do. :)

As for the front page, I was thinking more of a modular design akin to wowwiki's. Means we can expand a section or have a large poll, without worrying about other sections stretching have having massive spaces in them. :)

There is a bit of a design on the test wiki atm, but more than willing to change it. Also, the header background is only a temporary thing atm that I'm messing about with.

Daworm 01:59, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:organization
Sorry was busy on other wikia projects/ wikipedia and mass managing lots of other stuff so didn't get a chance to see much --Cs california 08:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Monaco skin
I saw your comment on the RuneScape wiki Yew Grove about using Monaco. Personally, I like monobook, and I know most users at our site do. It's just simple. However... I'm really liking Monaco now (Quartz, not at all). I started to create my own Monaco skin and was actually hoping to maybe present it to the community once finished as the Custom Monaco skin for our wiki. But, I don't know CSS, so a lot of my work has been taking things from other wikis (FFXIclopedia being the one I'm referring to, which you also suggested =]) and from a personal monobook of one of our users, adapted from a Common version I think mostly created by Richard1990 (but again, we like plain monobook, so the custom one didn't last long). But I have some issues and I was wondering if you could help, or refer me to someone who could. I know there's a staff meet-up going on, so the people I've tried contacting in IRC have been busy with other things. =P What I have so far is here and what it looks like is this. I'm aiming for something like this. Links on that first bar are what I need help fixing, and the links up top where it says "Gaming" next to wikia, because that's only visible because of the monaco skin I have set in the background, I know if I changed it to say, "slate" or something, it wouldn't be readable. Links in and TOCs are blue and hard to read also. And, if there's any way to insert a temporary logo, just as a way to test things out and see how everything looks when experimenting, I could use that help too. Thanks =] Christine Talk 02:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Gaminghublogo.png
Ops sorry this was meant for user:JoePlay --Cizagna (Talk) 17:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Completed (Nintendo Wiki)
Alright, it's completed (I think). If there's anything else I have to do, then be sure to tell me. Thanks for adding the site to Spotlights! --Bentendo 19:15, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Namespaces added to article count

 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Wikia. We need Portal, Card Lores, Card Names and Cart Artworks, added to the total article count. Thanks in advance.--TwoTailedFox (My Talk Page) 18:45, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, we need three more namespaces added (and to be specified as content namespaces, too, as well as the other four above), Set Card Lists, Set Card Galleries, and Set Card Ratios. These three need SQL commands, since they're currently occupied.--TwoTailedFox (My Talk Page) 20:23, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That idea sounds fine to me.--TwoTailedFox (My Talk Page) 16:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

GuildWiki Merge
I noticed I appeared on the list of account conflicts on GuildWiki. I'm just wondering why. I set up these accounts exactly the same, or does preferences have to be the same too? Thoughtful 03:24, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * There were a few cases where people were renamed even if they had their accounts set up the same on both GuildWiki and Wikia. Please make note of the issue on the migration talk page and the tech team will take a look at it. --KyleH (talk) 06:16, 10 May 2008 (UTC)


 * According to Stabber, its fairly easy to merge contributions;

% cd wikidir/maintenance %cp ../AdminSettings.sample ../AdminSettings.php # (and edit it) % php reassignEdits.php GW-Warwick Warwick

Etc. For each person, change GW-Warwick to GW-{User}, and Warwick to {User}.

That should cause all contributions by GW-Warwick to be moved to Warwick. Though you probably already knew that. -- Warw/Wick 11:06, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, it's not quite that simple here, but we should still be able to take care of any rename requests fairly quickly. --KyleH (talk) 23:55, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Minor Navigation problem
We need the "More Hubs" button on the front page to travel back to the main wikia site like all the other hubs. But I don't really know how to add that blue arrow thingy. You might want to fix that sometime--Cs california 10:13, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Blatant content lifting by ZAM
Hi Kyle. Just a heads-up concerning a discussion going on on HammerWiki about another case of blatant content lifting. Your input would be appreciated. --Bishop
 * Hey! Thanks for the heads up ... I had just noticed it and was about to reply.  I'll reply on HammerWiki. --KyleH (talk) 22:13, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Edit button enhancement (StarCraft wiki)
We've made the changes to common.css - so I guess that means we're participating :) Kimera 757 (talk) 21:47, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Need help on evchk
Friendly KyleH,

Sorry for disturbing you, I'm one of sysop of evchk. I have requested new Parser on evchk (in topic Forum:Problem on using td tag in ifeq...), But I didn't know who I can contect for help. So, may I ask you for help?

Thanks

疾風綾希 10:22, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

TibiaWiki, version change causing problems?
Nevermind -- moved to a more appropriate page -- Sixorish 11:25, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thank you!!! I actually also did just create templates by season, so that page isn't bogged down by all those parser functions. I hope that helps. Thanks again for tending to this so quickly! --ABrose 17:33, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Title blacklist for EVCHK.
I know that there is Extension:SpamBlacklist installed for anti-spam. And one of Community Team suggest me use that to protect articles to create.

However, I think Extension:Title Blacklist is better and easier for local wikia sysop to maintain.

May I request to install it for EVCHK?

Other questions: Should the Local Spam Blacklist add in MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist or MediaWiki:Blacklist title list ( such as c:evchk:MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist or c:evchk:MediaWiki:Blacklist title list)?

Also, I don't know whether the regular expressions of Spam Blacklist is in UTF-8 mode... --疾風綾希 17:42, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * To edit the local spam blacklist, you will need to add entries to c:evchk:MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. MediaWiki:Blacklist title list is used only for our global filter; changes on the local wiki version do not take effect.


 * Why do you feel that Extension:Title Blacklist would be easier to maintain than Extension:SpamBlacklist? They both perform almost the same function, so we probably wouldn't be able to install Title Blacklist when we already have SpamBlacklist available.  --KyleH (talk) 20:16, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

e.g. I wanna to protect any titles contain the string "HKGolden" to create, but we still need put the URLs or contents contain this string. For now, I have to wirte regex in both blacklist and whitelist. (ah~ it may not be done as it checks the title and contents in same time. If I put such regex in blacklist, a tons of articles [of course these are references, NOT spam] are not able to edit. However If I put another regex in whitelist, it will make a trap to let user create the titles contain the string to vandalise.) And I have test some regex which pass the test in PHP, it seems not effective. Anonymous are still able to create such title. Especially it causes some issuses in East Asian languages, which don't use space between words.--疾風綾希 09:04, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Because Extension:Title Blacklist is designated for protecting the titles ONLY, it doesn't care about what the page contents.


 * I forget saying that one more reason is "Title Blacklist is stable while SpamBlacklist is considered experimental".:P--疾風綾希 09:07, 19 September 2008 (UTC)


 * For similar reason, please consider about Extension:Username Blacklist--疾風綾希 09:31, 19 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Ahhh, thanks for that information. I will pass it along to our engineers so that they can evaluate the extension.  --KyleH (talk) 18:13, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * we have MediaWiki:Blacklist title list. But I don't really know how it work. --KJ (討論) 16:19, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * This just like KyleH said, is used only for our global filter, but not the local one.--疾風綾希 16:59, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Well, I didn't know the progress evaluating these two extension, and it's difficult to do with Counter-vandalism by non-spam now...--疾風綾希 16:59, 26 September 2008 (UTC) Is that function base on Extension:Title Blacklist?--疾風綾希 05:06, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I believe that we have found a way to enable MediaWiki:Blacklist title list for the local wiki as well. I have enabled it on evchk.  Can you try it out?  The format should be the same as MediaWiki:Blacklist_title_list here on Central. --KyleH (talk) 17:31, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Is it w:c:evchk:MediaWiki:Local title blacklist? And I don't know which extension in w:c:evchk:Special:Version is the exact one.
 * And can I use optional attributes such as ?--疾風綾希 05:12, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The page should be MediaWiki:Blacklist title list, but it appears that something is not working correctly. I'm looking in to it and will reply when I have more information.  You can not use optional attributes with this title blacklist.  This is just change to the existing title blacklist rather than an installation of Extension:Title Blacklist, so it doesn't have any extra features. --KyleH (talk) 23:52, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Emm...Now there is no method to do with the vandalism caused by page creation, please let us know how to counter-vandalism.--疾風綾希 12:13, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * And what about white list of "Blacklist title list"?--疾風綾希 13:24, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi! I apologize for taking so long to get back to you, but the title blacklist is cached, so it only updates on the server once every hour or so.  I have checked c:evchk:MediaWiki:Blacklist title list, and it seems to be working fine; however, you should be aware that changes to that list can take an hour or so to work properly.  There was a problem with it before, but it should be fixed now.  I am afraid that there is no whitelist.  I have requested that our engineers evaluate Extension:Title Blacklist to allow you more flexibility; however, that process will probably take a while because even simple changes to a system as large as Wikia can have dramatic impacts. --KyleH (talk) 16:22, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

hi
at the spyro wiki i put links to the community portal on two or three peoples talk (most of the users have no talk page) and after a day nobody looked at the adoption thing on the commmunity portal the site is pretty much dead

clank 720

you can contact me here :

hi
i got one support and zero oppositions lets say give it a day or so

clank 720

hi
how do i promote others to admin
 * clank 720
 * Heya! To promote someone, all you have to do is go to Special:Userrights, enter their name, and add them as a sysop.  You should only promote people that you and the other members of your community feel are trustworthy, because you can not remove that right from them yourself if it becomes a problem (we can remove the flag for you, but only in situations where they are grossly abusing the privilege).  --KyleH (talk) 20:55, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Death Note Wiki
Hello. I just wanted to take the opportunity to apologize for my message yesterday. Upon second examination, I may have come across a little harsh in my attitude language. I was merely frustrated because it seemed like the issue was being ignored. Looking back on it today, it seems like such a trifle how I was ranting on and on about something relatively small.

I also wanted to say thank you very much for your patience and dignified treatment. Most people I know would just start firing away when confronted with such a situation. It is great to know that Wikia has such awesome staff members helping people out instead of ignoring the problem like everybody else does.

I appreciate the advice you gave to me as well. I should have contacted the user through his talk page first, and then his e-mail and myspace. However, I went through the process backwards, which is my own fault. Hopefully, I can get in contact with the user and attempt to communicate with him before he falls off the radar for another week and a half.

Once again, many thanks for your time and efforts, as they as much appreciated. I am hopeful that the next time we speak will be under more auspicious circumstances.

-Mogturmen 14:32, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, I understand your frustration. I figured that you had spoken with him privately previously, but in this case, I think it is best to try to work things out in a way that I can watch and try to help you in the process.  Let's give it a few days and see what happens. --KyleH (talk) 23:55, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Logo
in cavaleirosandantes.wikia.com when i put the file of image gives this mesage:

Aviso de envio

O arquivo encontra-se corrompido ou tem uma extensão incorreta.Verifique o ocorrido e tente novamente.

(Acknowledgment of sending The archive meets corrupted or has a incorrect extension. For gentility, it verifies the occurrence and it tries again. Gotten in " http://cavaleirosandantes.wikia.com/wiki/Especial:Carregar_imagem" in english)

Please help-me Artorius invictus 17:53, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi! I was able to successfully upload a new Wiki.png file to your wiki.  You can only upload files ending in .png for your wiki logo.  Are you sure that the file you're trying to upload is a PNG file? --KyleH (talk) 21:26, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Becoming a trusted member of the community
Hello KyleH,

If you have no answer for this, it is ok. How long does it take the average account person to get trusted in a wikia? this is a hard question so if you dont know than you can erase this. Thank you.TriforceKnight 20:35, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Tritem! There is no definite answer for that because it varies from wiki to wiki; however, I would discourage you from thinking about adminship as some status for you to strive to attain.  Being an admin is nothing special.  They're just people that have put a lot of work in to the wiki, so the community has determined that they can be trusted with a few extra tools which, for practical reasons, can't be given to everyone.  That's not to say that they don't have an important role, because they do, but they get there just because they are dedicated people who are trying to improve the wiki in any way that they can. --KyleH (talk) 21:25, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

DeathNote Wiki
Hello there. I don't know if you remember me or my e-mail from a week ago, yet I wanted to get in contact with you again. I took your advice to wait a week for this user to appear, when last night Dreamanderson finally decided to show his "face" after over two (2) weeks neglecting Death Note Wiki. However, when he did stop in, very briefly, he chose to completely ignore my most sincere request to join the site, deciding instead to begin reverting and squelching all my valid and helpful contributions once again. After this, I would be very lucky to see any sign of him for at least another few weeks...

It is my sincere belief that this user will continue to undermine my (and other user's) edits in order to merely suit his ego. In the past 3 weeks, I've done everything within my ability for this Wiki, which is more than he's done in a year! All that, only to be treated like dirt by this person who has a power complex as well as an addiction to cocaine. The way that this user enacts his Napoleon-like issues as well as flaunting his drug abuse serves only to disgrace Wikia.com. It is also a very negative image for all the users who seek help, guidance and advice in regards to Death Note Wiki, all of which they never get from this so-called "sysop."

This user has no intention to work with me (or others) as a team, which is how a Community works. This kid only desires the power to alone have complete rule over the website that he himself was only appointed to a few months ago! He has no interest in allowing me or other people to help out, which is ironic, as he never shows up but once a month. Even then, what help is it for the Wiki to change little more than a couple letters, then disappearing again for who knows how long?! Please bring an end to this drama, as I have done all that I can and then some for the Wiki that I loyally defend and build up every day!

-Mogturmen 16:51, 4 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Mogturmen,


 * I have been watching the wiki for the past two weeks, and while I understand your concerns, I'm afraid that I'm just not seeing the issues the same way that you are. It is true that Dreamanderson hasn't been around too terribly much, but I am not seeing that his absence is having a negative impact on the wiki.  You are already welcoming new users and giving them guidance and advice without being a sysop.  That's the great thing about a wiki ... you don't have to be anyone special or have any elevated privileges to make a significant impact on the wiki.


 * I left a message on Dreamanderson's talk page. If there are any changes that you feel need to be made which require sysop privileges, such as changing MediaWiki messages or unprotecting certain pages, let me know and I'll be happy to help.  I don't, however, believe that there is a compelling reason for us to dive in and take things over.  Doing so would probably cause more problems that it would solve, especially since there aren't a bunch of compelling issues which require admin attention at this time. --KyleH (talk) 21:59, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Zeldapedia
Hi KyleH, Is there a zeldapedia for italian or japanese?TriforceKnight 21:18, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * There is an Italian Zeldapedia that is currently inactive. If you are interested in adopting it, get started by making some contributions ... there are only 21 articles right now, so there is a lot you can do even if you're not an admin.  There is no Japanese Zeldapedia yet, but you can always request one. --KyleH (talk) 21:44, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

De-adminship of me on Spyro Wiki
Hi, about a month ago, I was made an admin on The Spyro Wiki. However, I don't want to be an admin and I only ever edit occasionly. I'd like to be de-sysoped. Thanks. YOWUZA TALK 2 ME! 11:51, 19 October 2008 (UTC)