User talk:Susanolivia

Userpage
I would like to point out that normal users can't click those links. You could use w:c:recipes for the recipes wiki. —Manyman (talk) 22:22, July 20, 2010 (UTC)

Welcome
Hey Susan, welcome to the staff, I know you will do an amazing job ;) -- ( (  (  (  Matias   )  )  )  )  ~  Talk  AVATAR Wiki 02:04, July 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the welcome Matias! Manyman, thank you for pointing that ot.  I noticed that and corrected it.  :) Susan Taylor 21:58, July 22, 2010 (UTC)

Videos
I appreciate all that Wikia has done in terms of function: Photo Gallery, Comments.. but I think the video input has taking the back seat. It would nice to have user friendly way to add videos easily. Instead of typing. Maybe we can change the display of the video, different colors, maybe even include a video playlist perhaps. I know it's similar to youtube, but it does help merge (and advertise) youtube within the wikia world. Just throwing around ideas... let me know what you think.. :D Zey pher 12:04, July 26, 2010 (UTC) (Admin for The Big Bang Theory, Chrono Wiki, and Eternal Remien Wiki)


 * Hi Zeypher Thanks for the comments, they're helpful! We're collecting a lot of feedback like this to help future changes and I'll be adding yours in.  :)  Susan 17:51, July 30, 2010 (UTC)

How old are you?

how old are ya write my back soon,you look good

Another Wiki
Hi i edit a wiki that a couple people go to and their is another wiki about the same thing and a few more people go to that one. I would edit the other one but mine has a lot more pages and information. Which one should i edit?HazeShot 23:37, August 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey HazeShot Usually we recommend that if there is an existing wiki about a topic that you edit that one, instead of making a new one. Sometimes though people decide they'd like to make their own about the same topic and that's ok too!  If you like both I'd stick with the wiki with more edits and content and tell others to do the same.  It's more fun and keeps all of the information in one place to have a wiki where everyone collaborates together and doesn't split their time.  :)  Susan 00:15, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Logo
Hi I have a question at Avatar Wiki they have a banner thing for a logo. How can I get one for my wiki.HazeShot 23:43, August 11, 2010 (UTC)

Help at Ponyo Wiki?
Have you seen the movie? Can you please help with cleanup, images, etc? Please respond with your answer. Love, Ponyo Fan 19:24, August 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi PonyoFan- I have seen the movie, it's so good! I'm a big fan of Miyazaki films. :) If I get a chance I will help out when I can. It does get pretty busy over here at Wikia though!
 * Susan Wikia Blog 21:11, August 26, 2010 (UTC)

Make Users Admins
Hey i'm an admin on this Wiki and i was wondering how do i make other users admins.HazeShot 08:48, August 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * See User_talk:Sannse. -- ◄mendel► 08:52, August 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks mendel! Susan Wikia Blog 21:09, August 26, 2010 (UTC)

Guess What?
I'm one of the most active users in wikia, I log in the longest in Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. since I can only use the computer when I get home from school in weekdays (except for friday when we are half-day (6:00am-2:00pm), I don't even eat lunch and breakfast at weekends and friday just to edit! But you may see some users that have more edits than me, thats because they probobly been here for more years than my 1 year here (this year is my second year in wikia). And my favorite wiki is Glee Wiki, I also own a wiki called Club Penguin-User Wiki, its so customized. I like using complex wikia coding and music.

--  Mvtech Faithfully! 05:11, August 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Eek! Probably not a good idea to skip meals to edit wikia! Remember to stay healthy :) Dedication is always good, but don't forget Wikia isn't the most important thing out there. (ok, yes it is...) 174.7.79.252 08:59, August 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey MVtech, Glad to hear the enthusiasm, do remember to take some time off too. :) I'll see you around in the beta forum! Susan blog 21:03, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey MVtech, Glad to hear the enthusiasm, do remember to take some time off too. :) I'll see you around in the beta forum! Susan blog 21:03, August 26, 2010 (UTC)

Regarding...
beta, I have a question that reveals nothing. Is there some kind of forum, IRC, skype, whatever that is just for beta testers to chat. It would be good to discuss ideas and could be fairly helpful to the beta process. Thanks, 06:35, August 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * Definitely! You can view the information about how to access the beta forum in your access email. If you don't have that email anymore let me know and I'll send you another. :) Susan blog) 17:20, August 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * How do I know you got my acceptance mail? Maybe for some reason you didn't, and I never get my access mail :/ Anyway, how long will it take to get my access mail? Weeks? Could that be a bit more especific please? Also, you send mails daily or weekly, to grant access to the beta testers? I'm looking forward to get my access mail. Thanks in advance, -- ( (  (  (  Matias   )  )  )  )  ~  Talk  AVATAR Wiki 22:18, August 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey Matias- I did get your agreement, thanks for sending that in! We're sending new batches of invites about once a week - you will get yours in the next few weeks or sooner but I don't have an exact timeframe for you. Susan blog 21:07, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey Matias- I did get your agreement, thanks for sending that in! We're sending new batches of invites about once a week - you will get yours in the next few weeks or sooner but I don't have an exact timeframe for you. Susan blog 21:07, August 26, 2010 (UTC)

Help on Naruto Fanon
Aloha Susan. It is an honour to talk to you and I have an important favour to ask of you. It appears that an Admin on Naruto Fanon Wiki went power hungry and made many people Admin (I was included in the Admining). A Wiki Staff member (Uberfuzzy) was then called in to ban him, and take away everyone's powers. But for some reasons, a few actual Admin's powers were taken away, and after our Head Admin tried to re-Admin them, it didn't work. I was wondering if you would help us out. The Admins whose powers were taken away are User:Shiratori Cullen and User:Fahuem. I was also one of this people, and they are considering making me an actual Admin, so could you unblock that for me as well. My username is Koukishi. If you could do this, it'd be greatly appreciated.

''P.S. I am one of the dozen of people that signed up for beta testing. I have completed the form and waiting for my next newsletter. DO you have any idea of when that may be? If you don't, I'm fine, just a little anxious. :) Well even if you can't do either of these requests, thank you. :)''

Sincerely, User:Koukishi


 * Aloha Koukishi :) Sorry to hear about your admin situation... I'm not quite the right person to help but I can send you to the right place - please write in at Special:Contact and tell our team what you've written me here so they can help.


 * Thank you, too, for completing the beta form! In order to keep the beta balanced we're inviting a certain number of users in each week. The number of people is based on how many of our previous invitations are actively participating and the general amount of feedback we are getting, etc. So, you should receive an invite in the coming weeks though I don't have a specific date for you.
 * Susan blog 21:02, August 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you, Susan! :) User:Koukishi

Beta access
Hello. I want to know how often do you give beta access to accepted users. Each Monday or everyday? -- TheHomer 20:07, August 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * We don't have a set schedule, but we roughly send a new batch of invites once a week. The number depends on how many people in the previous batch were active and how much feedback we're getting. If you've turned in your Beta Agreement with a "yes" you can expect your invite sometime in the next few weeks or sooner!
 * Susan blog 21:02, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello. I have a question about the beta access confirmation e-mail. When I received the e-mail telling me I'm going to be a beta tester, I accepted and sent the confirmation, and after that I clicked "back", and I thought that could make the form not to be sent, since I went back to the previous page. Just to be sure, I re-sent the form. So, does that have something to do with me not receiving beta access yet? If not, then I have to stop being inpatient. :) -- TheHomer 22:06, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

Beta
I recieved the beta, but didn't get the email on how to access it. I know that I got it, because I received an email that a followed page of mine was changed, and it was me being added to the beta access. Could you send me the email again?  DarthRage Leave a message after the beep 20:15, August 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * We did a bulk permissions change of users to be added into the beta today - some of this group will not be receiving the invites until Monday. It looks like you are in that group, so you can expect access details then! :) Susan Wikia Blog 21:41, August 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't want to sound impatient... but do you have a schedule for me yet? I'm looking forward to hearing more of the beta test :) -- ( (  (  (  Matias   )  )  )  )  ~  Talk  AVATAR Wiki 01:37, September 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Still waiting for an answer... -- ( (  (  ( <font color="00AAFF"><font face="Papyrus" size="2"> Matias   )  )  )  )  ~ <font face="Papyrus" size="2"> Talk  <font face="Papyrus" size="2">AVATAR Wiki 16:59, September 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * Many more access emails were sent today - including yours Matias. See you in the beta forum! Susan Wikia Blog 21:59, September 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I saw that, thanks. -- ( (  (  ( <font color="00AAFF"><font face="Papyrus" size="2"> Matias   )  )  )  )  ~ <font face="Papyrus" size="2"> Talk  <font face="Papyrus" size="2">AVATAR Wiki 22:04, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

Keep the ShoutBox!
please keep the shout box its an awesome feature!

SEE THIS! -- <span style="color:black;background-color:red;padding:1px;font-size:8pt; -moz-border-radius:1em 0em 0em 1em; -webkit-border-radius:1em 0em 0em 1em;border-top:thin solid black; border-bottom:thin solid black;border-left:thin solid black;padding:1px;font-size:8pt;">  Mcharshy  <span style="color:black; background-color:#F90; padding:1px; font-size:8pt; border-top:thin solid black; border-right:thin solid black;border-bottom:thin solid black;border-left:thin solid black;">My Talk  <span style="color:black;background-color:yellow;padding:1px;font-size:8pt;-moz-border-radius:0em 1em 1em 0em; -webkit-border-radius:0em 1em 1em 0em;border-top:thin solid black;border-right:thin solid black;border-bottom:thin solid black;"> Edits In this Wiki   16:01, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

About adding beta right
How do you determine which users are changed to the beta? Looking at the rights log, it looks completely random. I'm also wondering if there are more users to go as I've been accepted and agreed to the terms but it's been about a month since then and everyone I know has the right except for me. Evil1888 Talk 23:24, September 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * There are definitely more users to go, though you should have received access today as well. See you in the forum!  Susan Wikia Blog 22:05, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

Beta
OK, because I only get an e-mail to sign. And then I did get an e-mail to give my meaning.--Station7 18:00, September 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * Odd, you should have everything you need now. Susan Wikia Blog 18:32, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

I have it now.--Station7 18:45, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

Web Adress Wiki
Hi i am going to make a Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok wiki. The thing is they have one which web adress is mythicaldetectiveloki.wikia.com (mythical detective loki) but it has no information and i was wondering if i should make a new one called detectiveloki.wikia.com ( detective loki) because its shorter please help me decide what to pick.HazeShot 05:48, September 17, 2010 (UTC)

Beta Forums
Hey! I am a beta tester since july, but I haven't created a single post on the beta forums since I don't know how to create one, quite tricky. Can u plz help meh?

-- <font face="Tahoma" color="gold"> Mvtech <font face="papyrus" color="darkorange">Alone! 11:06, September 17, 2010 (UTC)

Beta Testing
I signed up for Beta testing on August 21st and I got an email telling me to fill out form (which I did) and in the coming weeks I would receive info and access to Beta. I have not yet received this... Will it be coming soon, or is it already over? Thanks, <font face="Arial"> ZEM  talk to me!   20:04, September 23, 2010 (UTC)

Survivor Wiki
Hi i`m Tdifan24. I`m a member of the Survivor Wiki. There`s no admin there anymore and we need one. I was wondering if I could be one. Please. I`m honest fair and calm.

Tdifan24

Warstorm wikia
Hello. I found out that wiki.... I won't say it's too late. However there are two somewhat problems: Absense of sysops and burecrats. The first and only sysop on the wiki last logged in eight months ago and I don't think he will frequenyly visit here. However, this wiki has population enough to maintain the basic operation process. Not to forget the next problem: The whole wiki has only set up the most basic items, not even the main page was protected! I sincerely request to be promoted to be a system operator on the Warstorm wikia. rewlf2 09:29, September 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Feel free to put in an adoption request! =) - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 13:50, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

Fan fiction wiki article?
What type of articles are intended for the Fan Fiction Wikia. I have an article of fair value so if it can on the Fan Fiction Wikia, let me know asap. Regards, AxisMan

The new look
I would like an honest answer. Is wikia going to listen to any of the comments users have made concerning the new look such as the unnecessarily large side bar or the the crammed content or will this beta be the alpha?--<font color="black" face="Verdana">God <font color="black" face="Verdana">(Pray)  20:40, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

Total Drama Wiki needs help, stat!
Earlier, i sent a message asking wikia staff to help do something about a bigtime vandal/harasser on our wiki. I just want to tell you like this, just to get the message across.

http://totaldramaisland.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Ohembersowarmandtender/Oh_Dovoodo

Here's one of his blogs, i think it might help track down the IP address. Please ban him from Wikia, thank you! TDA15 is cool 01:32, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

Positive comment on the New Look!
I must admit, I was wrong and I'm sorry I even complained! I'm one of the beta testers but due to my initial views of the new look, I didn't even give it a chance...until about half an hour ago. I left you guys some feedback, but I wanted to actually talk to one of the staff one-on-one. The wiki I run is a roleplaying wiki and the new look is not giving me any issues at the moment; in fact, I think it is a major improvement and love it. I have one issue with it so far, and that's content space. Now, I know you've heard this a million times by the angry bloggers but I want to give you honest feedback as a tester. There is a big white gap on the side of the article, and that combined with the infoboxes at the top of pages that my wiki uses, makes some articles look absolutely horrible, not to mention that some images look tacky. If you guys were to somehow allow for that space to be taken up by content, just the big white gap, I'd be happy with the new look completely. Could you clear this up for me? Perhaps I'm not understanding. I know you need this for ad space, but is there any way at all to expand the content area? That would definitely quell a lot of the anger other users have. Thank you for allowing me into the beta testing, btw. ---Ten Tailed Fox talk page 02:20, October 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm glad that you're enjoying the new look, and thank you for writing I appreciate that. :)  Can you send me a screenshot and your explanation either as a PM in the beta forum or at the beta email address?  That way it will go directly to me and I'll see if there's anything we can do to help that, and if not make sure the feedback gets in.  Susan Wikia Blog 16:49, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

Poke
Any way you can poke someone into fixing the image servers? Theres been a massive image-caching issue wikia-wide for more than 11 hrs now. Theres no staff in IRC, and theres been no response to Special:Contact. Resa1983 16:07, October 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey Resa, thanks for the poke. Looks like we've already filed several tickets about this and alerted our engineering team.  They're working on it.  Susan Wikia Blog 16:46, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

Thank You!
Hello! I just wanted to say that although I'm not very happy with the way the new look is turning out, I appreciate you taking the time to reply to so many of those comments on the blog pages. Keep it up! MontagnaMagica|Talk 00:20, October 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I really appreciate the note.  :)  Susan Wikia Blog 00:55, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

Templates
How do you make templates for a Wiki like a infobox or something.HazeShot 23:19, October 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Help:Infobox -- 23:20, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Custom
How do we customize the new Wikia Look? I looked in my prefences and it gave me a link to MediaWiki:Monaco.css. I would have put this on a blog, but you probably don't have time too look at every single individual comment, so I put it here.

18:55, October 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * If you're an admin you can go to Special:themedesigner or access Theme Designer through the link your My Tools menu. The CSS file for the new look is wikia.css, which should be accessible.  Let me know if it isn't! Susan Wikia Blog 19:04, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

Maybe you'll listen
You have officially turned Wikia sites into a piece of crap. I don't care how many "people" like this new skin, it's horrible. And the "small" group of people that want Monaco to stay is not small, it's most of the Wikia community. If you keep up these so-called improvements, so many people will leave Wikia it's not even funny. If you actually listened to us, you'd know that. So what if not everyone knows CSS or whatever? It doesn't matter, they could have used the RichText editor, or live preview, or whatever it's called. This is the worst thing you could have done. The Winx Club Wiki's skin doesn't even work anymore! The banner style apparently can't make the transition to the new skin (If you want to see it look good, switch over to Monaco). Roxy13~Dad, I'm a fairy! 19:13, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

HELLO? ARE YOU NOT LISTENING? THIS SKIN IS HORRIBLE, DESPITE WHAT YOU SEEM TO THINK! IT MAKES SOME USERS HAVE HEADACHES JUST TRYING TO READ IT!! IF YOU DON'T GIVE US MONACO BACK, WIKIA WILL NOT MAKE IT BECAUSE SO MANY WIKIS WILL LEAVE!!! Roxy13 ~ Dad, I'm a fairy! 23:36, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

Issues with the Wikis
The browser I'm using at the moment is Internet Explorer 8 (my default) and the operating system is at Windows Vista, 32-bits. One of those offbrand computers from EMachines, about a few years old now.

The following issues (thus far) that I've been experiencing are:


 * No Dropdown Menues. Hovering over any option does not activate the menu, all I can do is click on the option like "Wikia News" and it will bring me to whatever page that in itself links me to.


 * Unable to reply to comments, all I can do is make new comments. And when I do make new comments, I'm automatically sent to the top of the page after it is posted and in some instances (even if I don't refresh), the comment will post itself a SECOND time within 2 or 3 seconds of the original post.


 * Comments are reposting themselves if I refresh a page and sometimes if I head to another (such as Wiki Activity).


 * Lag issues, some wait times ranging from 30 seconds to a minute.

I've also noticed that there are no Ads currently anywhere on the Wikis I visit. There is just a lot of blank space where they naturally should be. TVthePunisher 19:58, October 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * TVthePunisher- Hm, sorry you're seeing these issues! I went over to a computer running IE8 with clean cookies and cache and had no problem posting comments or replying to comments and the Wiki navigation drodowns worked on hover for me. So, let's try some specific troubleshooting for you. Can you clear out your cookies and cache and start a fresh instance of IE8?  If that does not help are you able to access (or download) another browser such as Firefox or Chrome and see if you see the same issue in a completely different browser?  That will allow me to pinpoint the problem a bit better.  If none of these work I'll send you over to the experts at Special:Contact.  We'll get it working for you!Susan Wikia Blog 21:14, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

Issues
The new look causes headaches for users due to the fact the text is too cramped, it is placed on one side (The left) and as such is uses the weaker eye, thus causing headaches, unless you plan to give free pain killers to users i sugest you change this. The Width desolates articles and degrades the overall look of a wiki. The loss of the side bar makes it difficult to navigate the wiki. The In-your-face ads are an eye sore and also contrubute to the headaches, i can note several people including myself who canont use the wiki because of this.

The overall opinion on IRC is MOVE or burn Oasis, lots of wiki are now voting to move due to the damage you have caused by the creation of this inneficient and Obsolte skin. Halo fanon along with many wiki that just want to wrtie down their ideas find the look to be repulsive and moves them off from wanting to write.

And a now favourite phrase has become very relevant "If it ain't broke don't fix it" Also i apoligise for putting this on your talk page. I had to take a pain killer to even write this and several others have had to do the sameEcho 1125 20:04, October 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Echo 1125 - Sorry that you seem to be having a headache. We've done a lot of testing around readability on the new look and many studies suggest that smaller shorter line lengths are easier to read.  I myself find this to be so on the new look - though we realize issues like readability vary from person to person.


 * Of course, we wouldn't like anyone to leave and would love to discuss any specific questions further or help in the transition if the wiki wants to request that. The best place to do that is here: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Help_with_moving_to_the_new_look


 * There are quite a few people watching that page and willing to help from simple questions to more complex coding. Susan Wikia Blog 21:08, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

You forbade the altering of width, the only solution to the problem Echo 1125 21:12, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

Wiki
Hi can you make a wiki about a fan made show.


 * Yup! You can make a wiki about anything you like.  Usually it's a good idea to check and make sure there isn't already a wiki about your topic - if there is you might just want to edit there instead.  :)  You can go here to start a wiki: http://www.wikia.com/Special:CreateWiki Good luck and let us know if you have any questions! Susan Wikia Blog 20:57, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

My Wikia, the Redwall Wars Wikia is turning glitchy for me. I can't delete, edit, or look at the history of comments, every time I post a blog comment or on the shout box, the page refreshes, but with the shout box, my comment doesn't show. Is there a way to fix this? -Bloo D00d

FAN WIKI
Cool but I was wondering what if someone takes the idea because its a pretty good idea for a show so what do i do.72.130.114.41 01:34, October 7, 2010 (UTC)

Warning
Your new skin is upseting many wikians, and they have gotten sore eyes because of it! I'm from the Spyro Wiki, and I have to say how furious I am on the new skin ruining it! If you decide to ignore the controversies that everyone on wikia is worried about, then you will find yourself with fewer wikis and rivaled with their desternation! I am planning to move my wiki to ShoutWiki if you decide to disable the curent one and keep Oasis. This is serious; if you don't listion to what everyone is saying, then you will one day find yourselves empty, alone and forgotten. I am saying this nicely, and please reply on my talk page. Uxie  Lover  1994 10:16, October 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Why are you NOT listioning to me!? This is VERY SERIOUS! If you guys ignore all the anger, then you will find yourselves with very few wikis left! I am just about ready to move the Spyro Wiki out of here! LISTION TO US, AND DON'T BE SUPER SELFISH! Uxie   Lover  1994 00:57, October 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi UxieLover1994 - I'm sorry that you're feeling so upset, I know how difficult it can be when there is so much change going on. I'm not able to say that we are going to stop the new change from happening -- I believe that the decisions we're making will ultimately make Wikia better going forward.  This is a work in progress, so what you see now will not be the end-all, be-all of the look of Wikia and we'll definitely be assessing all the changes through the coming months.  I hope that you'll give the new look a chance over the next couple of months and see how you like it.  Though I understand if that's not what you prefer to do.  If you have any specific questions let me know and I'll be happy to help answer them. Susan Wikia Blog 18:22, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

New Look

 * 1. How do I stop the RECENT ACTIVITY from showing up on EVERY PAGE? (See Madagascar Wiki )
 * 2. How do I change the options linked on the title bar? (Here I don't want all the info on the right side to be on every page. It ruins the layout of the page.)
 * Sounds like Sarah or Sannse have already replied. :) If you have any other questions feel free to let me know. Susan Wikia Blog 23:53, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

Someone for you to ban
there's someone posting Innapropriate Images, Delete them, Please. If he keeps on posting them, Ban them.--Spam 00:46, October 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, this has been taken care of. -- 00:47, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

I feel bad for you.
You're new and still actually care what we think...

No, really.

You respond to comments, good or bad. Others only respond to blog comments that are saying "I love this skin, blah blah". You're the newest Staff member dealing with this (I think?) in blogs, etc., are the only one who cares enough to respond to those who dislike what's happening.

That is an observation which cannot be denied. I'd hate you for joining Wikia, but due to the way you're handling your blogs I put it down to not knowing what you're getting wrapped up in. You're a beautiful person inside and out. Please find a company more deserving of your knowledge and enthusiasm. A F K is pro-AWA! 13:48, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

Regarding The New Skin
Before I begin, for the record, I think you are the most reasonable Staff member at this point. If you could address this to the staff, I would be very, very grateful. (Or at least read it.)

The new skin is just ludicrous. You must see why this is a bad move. Many wikis, including mine, are going to leave if you don't make it optional. Seriously, I love Wikia. It's a really great thing. But you're making it, much, much worse by forcing this stupid new skin on us. I get it, it's all about the money. More ad space equals more cash. But, if you make it optional, the ads will still be on some Wikis, now won't they? You'll still get the money you deserve without upsetting your community. And, by reading some of your below replies, it most certainly will not work out in the long run. More than half of the Wikis on here will leave. Some people are even buying AdBlock so that they won't even see your useless ads. And that makes it worth almost nothing putting up these ads. And (as I said above) you call yourself a community run website? You're barely even listening to what we have to say. And don't lie to me about it, I know what you're doing. You have to agree with me and 99% of the users on Wikia and you have to bring this up to the rest of the staff. I'm already taking a direct approach and sending similar messages to this on other staff members' talk pages. It's not too late, you guys. You can still make your "community" happy.

-YE (This message was copypasted and slightly edited from my previous message on Sansse's talkpage.)


 * Hi YE - Thanks for your note, I'm not sure if anyone else has replied yet, but I've definitely read this over. This is one of those places where I can't just say that e won't continue on with our schedule to release the new look. What I can say is that we're listening and if you have specific feedback about some of the elements I'm happy to track it and make sure it's been passed on. Some of the feedback like that about content space is something that we've heard a lot and will be watching super closely -- but we don't feel comfortable making a change to that area without first letting the whole user base give it a try and getting back the numbers and tracking data over the next few months. Other things we've felt comfortable enough to change right away - some of which are listed in my Beta Wrap-up blog post and other changes (like making the grey font darker, making spotlights smaller, adding a "magic" word so admins can exclude photos from the latest photos module) are still being made and implemented based on your guys' feedback. So, even though sometimes it may not seem like it to some, we're definitely listening. :) Susan Wikia Blog 21:47, October 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hello. Thought I'd jump in here and say I believe this is a serious mistake on the part of Wikia: "Some of the feedback like that about content space is something that we've heard a lot and will be watching super closely -- but we don't feel comfortable making a change to that area without first letting the whole user base give it a try and getting back the numbers and tracking data over the next few months."


 * I would love to see an open forum on this issue alone where all the staff discuss the pros and cons of this issue. I am sure the staff has diverse opinions on this number-one issue, but we aren't hearing any of it.


 * My main problem is this: What is more important in my opinion is that editors and admins of wikis be allowed to make "mistakes" in content space width. Their happiness is much more important than what tests show concerning average happiness of readers concerning width. --Timeshifter 01:15, October 12, 2010 (UTC)

Voice?
Are you the voice of the commercial video of Wikia? Just want to know it :) If not, could you tel me who?--Station7 19:28, October 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * Nope, though I wish my voice was as nice as that! :) It's actually a voice actress, not one of the staff, though I don't remember her name, sorry! Susan Wikia Blog 21:42, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Maybe we should make a Wikia for that ;) lol Thanks for letting me know.--Station7 15:52, October 12, 2010 (UTC)

New problems?
Firefox fixed my issues before hand but I had changed the skin back to Monaco so I could enjoy the old look while it lasted...big issues! I come on today and the entire site is hard to navigate, it looks like GameFAQs.com during Maint. time! Is there something going on with Wikia right now or am I the only one seeing this? I'm not sure how I can fix it using Firefox or IE...

If you need screen caps or anything of what I'm seeing, I'd be glad to show them. Let's just say that everything is kind of on the left...and I mean every option you can select is like on a primitive "list" format with ugly dark backgrounds and plain text. TVthePunisher 23:51, October 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey, the issue seems to have resolved itself and it worked its way back to normal Monaco. If it happens again, I'll be sure to leave another message. Do you know why it went to a primitive stage like that? TVthePunisher 23:54, October 12, 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I'm getting that problem too. If I log out and clear my cache, things look just fine. But if I log in, the entire layout of any wikia.com wiki breaks, including the community wiki. Cronje 23:55, October 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * There are some issues in both Monaco and the new look right now. Our team is working on fixing them as we speak so they should hopefully be resolved in both skins soon.  Susan Wikia Blog 00:53, October 13, 2010 (UTC)

Customised nav bars
Hey there, I have posted this question many times, but it remains unanswered: will users ever be able to use personally customised navigation bars? It's a minor but very useful feature that I believe will ease many complaints users are having, especially the navigation-related ones. In case you do not understand, I mean the Oasis version of Monaco-sidebar. If possible please reply on my RS Wiki talk page, thanks. 06:27, October 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey there - you can't currently personally customize the edit:the new look navigation, but we do have a ticket filed for that to be done in the future. It's a bit more complicated than you might think so I don't have a time frame on it yet, but it's on the list for sure. Susan Wikia Blog 20:53, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes you can, I know it as a fact as I've been using the above for months. But thanks for replying and I look forward to being able to add my own nav bar in the future. Thanks, 05:24, October 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oops I wrote Monaco above when I meant the new look. Same answer, different skin. :) Susan Wikia Blog 16:19, October 19, 2010 (UTC)

fonts/spacing
Hi susan,

I'm not sure what you mean with different parts of the page. I noticed the font sizes where enlarged in general and where all looking about the same size. Same story with the spacing. With that I mean normal text of articles, but also the text of templates. I would like to know what the spacing/line heights and font size of the normal text in articles and templates was before this change, and how much it's enlarged.

--Sonny Black 19:52, October 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the note Sonny Black. I took a look at the spec for these changes here are the numbers: article content is 13px size/ 24px line-height, right rail paragraphs are 12px size/21px line-height. Hope this helps! Susan Wikia Blog 20:50, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

Skin
If after a few months and everyone still hates the Oasis Skin, will you consider bringing Monaco back? Hockeyben 19:32, October 20, 2010 (UTC)

Recent activity box?
Is there a way to work with the whole page. When I look at this page BMET Map the recent activity box covers part of it. Is the a command I can put at the top of the page that gives the whole page to work with? Thanks Jandkcompton 13:46, October 25, 2010 (UTC)

Why have you forsaken us?
Not sure why I am wasting my time - because obviously the entire Wikia staff is giving ALL of their admins, managers etc. a big fat middle finger... but for the love of Pete, at least give us the Monaco option. It actually works and our Pirates Online wikia is USABLE with it!

This is supposed to be a system built from the ground up, not defecated on from the top down. Are you really wanting the entire system to be emptied out and NOT used?

The new look is UNIVERSALLY hated by 90%+ of the user base. It's barely tolerable that some of the staff seem to have a smug, 'cuz we know better' attitude... but this 'you take your new look and like it' crap is over the top.

ALL I am asking for another option besides the truly useless Monobook. Monarco was fine and dandy. Was it made by someone you folks hate? Is there some underlying reason why you want Wikia to fail?

You are part of the staff, so you share the blame. Advocate for us or don't bother contributing.

Eliza T. Creststeel 19:56, November 3, 2010 (UTC)

logo
How can you add a logo to the new skin.HazeShot 02:58, November 26, 2010 (UTC)

Help
Yes I am calling because I am having trouble with an administrator on the red vs blue wiki who his repeatedley causing me problems.Soldier Jean 21:24, November 26, 2010 (UTC)

Yea so am I. His name is WhellerNG and he is the sole Bureaucrat of the Red vs. Blue wiki. He is known to ban without warning and well its starting to get annoying. I was banned back in April for repeated speculation and telling a non logged in admin to stop. I had no idea of the wikis policys and he did not tell me what I was doing wrong even in the reason for editing or my talk page. That was it for me but he banned another user there who I belive has left because of all the unright bans given to him. His name is Bron Handa. I only know of two bans against him but there may have been more. The two I know of was for making a page that was previously deleted. He did not remake the page someone else did and it looked terrible so being a good user Bron fixed it up and was banned without warning for it. When he tried to defend himself he was banned from his talk page. The second time he was repeatedly making red links in hopes of someone creating pages for said links. We had or only other admin and a friend of mine Cyrus Arc was giving him a warning(Cyrus had only recently been given adminship mabey just the day before) Bron was banned by Wheller again this time simply for disagreeing with an admin. Now my friend Cyrus was also affected. The first time my buddy Jean up there was banned Cyrus unbanned him because what Jean did was add information on the characters sucsessor who had the originals memories and acted just like him. Well Cyrus was demoted for that. Now for Jean. You now also know why Jean was first banned but Jean recieved no warning just like the others and myslef. He was again banned today for adjusting a picture to a size that I consider much more acceptable because now the template takes up half the page(Jean reduced it to a fourth like its supposed to be) and again was banned without warning. Please we want this admin to be dealt with. Thank you for your time.Sniperteam82308

I am here to also complain. He promoted me to admin and then demoted for giving Soldier Jean a second chance, and for conspiracy or something. So please help us and end Wheller's terror, and he's bee ignoring all requests. does that sound like a good Beurocrat to you? Cyrus Arc 23:29, November 26, 2010 (UTC)

Hi, please relay this to Special:Contact so it can be looked at by the community team, as this is a social issue. Susan is part of a different team and has her own tasks, she doesn't take on duties that are better handled by the community team. -- 23:32, November 26, 2010 (UTC)

Two questions
How can i block all the pages so only register users can edit.

Also how can you add a logo to the new skin. HazeShot 04:49, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * The first question would raise a community issue, and depending on the size of the community, require consensus. 95% of Wikia wikis are editable by users logged-in or out, fyi. You may want to send details to the community team.


 * 2nd question. That's done through Special:ThemeDesigner on the applicable wiki. You'll need to be an admin to access that page. You can see Help:Logo for more guidance on that! -- 04:56, December 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok because their has been a lot of vandalism at my Wiki and a lot of people go their.HazeShot 06:37, December 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * == Questions ==
 * If I wasn't wrong, you are the Wikia bosses right? User_talk:Ericard 05:59, December 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * If I wasn't wrong, you are the Wikia bosses right? User_talk:Ericard 05:59, December 17, 2010 (UTC)

Some users
Some users put pictures of them in real life, and their not even helpers, staff, VSTF, Oversight, Checkuser, Checkuser-global. Is that messing up with the Privacy Policy?

-- <span style="border: 1px solid #000; -moz-border-radius:1ex; border-radius:1ex; border-top-right-radius:0ex; border-bottom-right-radius:0ex; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:0ex; -moz-border-radius-topright:0ex;"><span style="background-color:#FFF; border-top-left-radius:1ex; border-bottom-left-radius:1ex; -moz-border-radius-topleft:1ex; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:1ex;"> <font color="black" size="5" face="Freestyle Script">paul mccartney <span style="background-color:#696969; color:#FFF; border:1px solid #000; border-top-left-radius:1ex; border-bottom-left-radius:1ex; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:1ex; -moz-border-radius-topleft:1ex; border-top-right-radius:0ex; border-bottom-right-radius:0ex; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:0ex; -moz-border-radius-topright:0ex;">   <span title="A large song encyclopedia with lyrics and the music video that any music fan can edit!">Songpedia   The Beatles   Chat    <span style="border: 1px solid #000; -moz-border-radius:1ex; border-radius:1ex; border-top-left-radius:0ex; border-bottom-left-radius:0ex; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:0ex; -moz-border-radius-topleft:0ex; background-color:#98FB98; color:#006400">  Contribs   12:42, December 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * There is nothing wrong with anyone whether contractor, staff, user, or volunteer putting their own picture up. -- 12:59, December 27, 2010 (UTC)

YouTube Playlist
I had tried putting a playlist from YouTube on the Head Spys Wiki headspys.wikia.com on the page Christmas Day and it didnt work do you know how to fix it Kimigirl 13:30, January 14, 2011 (UTC)

Vote for the Wikia question and answer website
Hi,

Wikia has a great support system, but newcomers and Admins alike would have lots of similar questions about the system, configuration, graphics, layout, or any other questions that could be quickly answered by the community if there was a central place to find these questions.

We all know the concept of forums, but StackExchange (remember StackOverflow? or MathOverflow?) have started a new system where questions can be asked, found, answered and sorted very effectively, and its even better than Yahoo Answers.

The results are fast and accurate. Great users get reputation, and hence more rights. The system has really been a success and with a little bit of YOUR help, we could have a StackExchange dedicated to Wikia and your wiki questions!


 * 1) Visit the Wikipedia and Wikis proposal
 * 2) Login
 * 3) Click the "Follow" button (or "Commit" button)

Thank you for supporting this venture!

(I would really appreciate it if you could re-post this on the main Community blog)

Baseball Fan?
I noticed that on the Super Bowl Blog you said that you were more of a baseball fan than a football fan. So am I. What team(s) do you root for? I like the Red Sox and Phillies. Dustpelt <sup style="font-family:Arial;color:Green">A Wikia Contributor


 * Good to see another baseball fan! I root for the Dodgers, which is even harder because I live in the city of their rival team, The Giants.  I've been a Dodgers fan since I was a little girl, not giving it up now!  Susan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png   (help forum | blog) 00:29, March 15, 2011 (UTC)

Community Council?
I just noticed you give 11 staff/helpers/VSTF users the "Community Council" privileges. Can I ask what this council is?


 * I'm curious about it, too. It popped up on my watchlist about Charitwo, who is about the last person I'd like to see on that council if it is to represent me in some way. He threatened a user for asking a question on another user's talkpage [ here], and he's the reason I won't visit the #Wikia irc channel any more. I've seen him be good at fighting spam, though. --◄mendel► 03:30, March 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Monchoman45, only two of those users were vstf/helpers. The other 9 were users with no global rights. Ajraddatz 05:00, March 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * The Community Council is a group of Wikians we've put together to help give us early stage feedback on our new product ideas. We'll be rotating members every few months, though we aren't accepting any applications right now.  Susan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png   (help forum | blog) 00:30, March 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * The Community Council is a group of Wikians we've put together to help give us early stage feedback on our new product ideas. We'll be rotating members every few months, though we aren't accepting any applications right now.  Susan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png   (help forum | blog) 00:30, March 15, 2011 (UTC)

choosing commmunity council members
How are the members chosen?--<span style="color:Navy;font-family:Comic Sans MS;background:Green;border:1px dashed; -moz-border-raiuds: 1em; color:Black;">kangaroopowah Talk  23:42, June 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * As I mentioned on my talk page - its an invite only process based off of user contributions and activity. In the future, best to just leave a message for me or one of the other community team members - since Susan is focused on Wikia products now. Thanks, Sarah (help forum | blog) 22:46, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

A few ideas to help wikia

 * See Forum:A few ideas to help wikia TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 17:19, July 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Cool! Thanks for highlighting this for me, I'll definitely check it out. :) Susan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 18:02, July 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * I made it and could you please comment on it? Thanks!  :)  TheBen10Mazter  (Talk -Blog -Contribs)  18:20, July 21, 2011 (UTC)

Userpage
Hi ,

I have been working on layouts for staff talks I've done meg and jen already, if you would like one please leave me a message on my talk :) <font color=Maroon>Tama <font color=Maroon>63  09:54, August 4, 2011 (UTC)

Please revert a wrongful deletion.
A perfectly balanced meal that precisely matched expended calories derived for BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) or TEE (Total Energy Expenditure) could be formulated by computer fascinated me so I set to work writing one and finally succeeded. Healthyrecipes.wikia.com seemed like the perfect place to list them. Because Union prisoners had all but starved to death at Andersonville Civil War Prison I was inspired to submit only the ingredients likely available at the time for meals to see what the computer might come up with.

I posted the recipe as The Prison Diet Plan Gruel recipe to show my students how little amount and variety of ingredients was necessary to meet minimum calories and balanced macronutrient requirements.

Then The13thbaktun deleted it without even asking what the recipe was about and now refuses to revert it.

It is a lot of work doing a new recipe from scratch. I am happy to include a more complete description for those who have no sympathy for prisoners of any kind but I need the recipe reverted so I do not have to start from scratch.

Also please take a look at the other deletions The13thbaktun has made. I do not believe anyone intended a VSTF to make so many deletions solely on on their own culinary and personal preferences. Otherwise there would be little reason for making further contributions. --imho 05:04, November 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * The13thbaktun is not a VTSF member. And please use Special:Contact for this matter rather than posting it on several staff members' pages. -- sulfur 11:28, November 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Is there a FAQ on community central or healthy recipes where I can find a link to the question "How do I revert or request reversion of a wrongful deletion?". Also the Special:Contact link you provided is open ended rather than specific. Which option there should I choose? --imho 15:46, November 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Restoration of deleted pages should be requested on the talk page of the person who deleted them. In the special:contact form, pick the option which you feel best fits your situation.--


 * Unfortunately, all of the requests for reversion I posted on the The13thbaktun talk page were summarily deleted. Therefore I am not sure which option on the special:contact form best fits this situation and at this point I prefer not to select one at random. If no one else here is concerned about "rabbit starvation" or other types of confinement or ignorance caused overweight, hunger or starvation, which might be eliminated through use of an expended calorie and balanced diet meal planner then there is little point in making further recipe restoration effort. I am truly disappointed but can find a more receptive site and will go on to something else. --imho 23:09, November 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi imho - Apologies for the less than great experience you've recently had. Feel free to reach out to us via Special:Contact - probably the best choice for contact reason in this case would be the "Problem with another user?" selection. Thanks - Jen Burton (help forum | blog) 23:46, November 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay Jen. I will re-post this message there. --imho 01:11, November 4, 2011 (UTC)