User talk:Sannse/Archive 14

More on Janitors
Hey Sannse, do you think that it would be a good idea to put some info on the Project:Janitors page about the IRC channel #cvn-wikia? I completely understand if you don't wish to, as trolls on that channel would not be preferred. It would, however, give users (like myself) who are interested in Wikia-wide anti-vandalism a good place to start. Thanks, 02:15, October 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Ajraddatz, we will probably be re-vamping that page soon, so probably best to wait until them :) -- sannse (talk) 18:47, October 1, 2009 (UTC)

Bot
I'm trying to set up a bot on the Narnia wiki using pywikipedia bot. I'm having trouble. Can you help me? ~Arvan Swordwielder
 * I'm sorry, I know nothing about bots. Try the [|Central forums], there are other users there who use that system and who may be able to help -- sannse (talk) 20:40, October 13, 2009 (UTC)

Article Rating
Hello,

I'm a computing science master student at Federal Univesity of Minas Gerais - Brazil and Im doing a reasearch about automatically quality assessment of wiki articles. My last article can be seen here: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1555449

Because of that, I used the wiki api (http://starwars.wikia.com/api.php) to extract all the average votes of an article, but I'm needing to get how many times one article have been voted, because if an article has been voted more than once it might be better than other that has been voted for only one user. Is there any way that I can get this data?

thanks in advance

--DanielHasan 11:19, October 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I've asked Uberfuzzy to look at this question - not something I know about I'm afraid -- sannse (talk) 20:44, October 13, 2009 (UTC)

Eberron Wiki has been abandoned
Hi Sansse,

As you may recall, some new users at Eberron Wiki proposed that the wiki change from a 'fanon wiki' (a wiki of fan fiction) to a 'canon wiki' (an encyclopedia similar to Forgotten Realms Wiki). This is a major U-turn, so I was a bit worried that these new users might steamroller their way over older users if proper consultation was not started.

Then I found out that someone had somehow killed the forum. You recently offered to help fix the forums, however it turns out that the situation over there is more serious than I thought it was. The only bureaucrat on the wiki has abandoned the wiki.

I don't know what the procedure is for getting a new admin, but the wiki needs to have the process started. TOR (who is a Wikia staff member) is also a sysop at Eberron Wiki. I have contacted them and the seven users with more than 100 edits to try to get them to contribute to the process of deciding the future of this wiki.

I know very little about Eberron, but would love to see this setting get an encyclopedia that is as useful as Forgotten Realms Wiki. But I don't feel that it is fair for new users to come in and change the entire focus of a wiki without the old users getting a fair chance to keep its original vision. (I actually want exactly the same thing that the new contributors want to see, but the old function was also a valid one).

So if you could get the forums working, as you offered, that would be extremely useful.

And if Wikia has any sort of help for election of a new bureaucrat, I'd be grateful if you could post a link over there.

Would it also be possible for you, or someone else in the Wikia staff to put up some sort of alert that ensures that all the other users know what is happening?

Someone has pointed out that if the wiki changes focus there are nearly 900 pages that will all need to be checked to see if they contain fanon or canon. I don't know if there is anyway to automatically put all of the pages into some sort of 'this needs to be checked' category, but I think the canon-wanters need to be given some advice on how much work their change in focus might be creating.

Finally, if I haven't already given you enough problems: if the users want to try to put both canon and fanon on the same wiki, I personally think that would be very difficult to do, but if people vote to do that, I think the will need advice on creating a new namespace as well as categories and templates that help instantly make the two types of content look different.

Thanks in advance for your help. David Shepheard 19:11, October 13, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, so let's see...
 * I'll try and pop over to fix the forums this evening - it's certainly a good way to get conversations going
 * How the community chooses to select new admins and bureaucrats is up to you. I'd suggest simply talking it over in the forum
 * I can understand your worries about new users over-riding the preferences of the older users, but remember that communities always change over time :) The best thing to do is discuss it as a group, and consider the many options. you could split in to more than one wiki, or use separate namespaces for fanon and canon, or choose to concentrate on one area, or use the blogs for fanon, or many other ways of organizing the wiki!
 * You could probably get help from the Central Forums if you want a bot to add a "check" category to all pages. There are lots of users that can do this sort of change.
 * Any admin on Eberron can set a site notice, that will let people know of the discussions.
 * Have I missed anything? Basically, my advice is to talk it over, and take it slow. Remember, it's a wiki! It doesn't all have to be changed at once. You can make your decisions as a community, and work on making the wiki be what you want it to be over time. Have fun! -- sannse (talk) 23:56, October 14, 2009 (UTC)

Did you finished ?
Hi Sannse. I want to ask you if you finished your control about the article "dofus" in "désencyclopédie" there is one month ago you erased it to see an eventual bad contain. When do you think you will be able to reedit it ? Sorry for my bad English and my expression. Electre 16:58, October 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Electre. My French is much more of a problem! Which is really the issue with the Dofus page. I can see that it is likely to be rather offensive, perhaps even to the level of it being a legal issue, but I don't have the French knowledge to really assess it well. I was hoping that the admins would be able to look and see if it should be on the wiki... perhaps a rewrite would be best? It's always hard to find the right line where satire is concerned, but it would certainly be best if we didn't have to have lawyers involved! Thanks -- sannse (talk) 00:05, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

Admin is inactive on Finnish ikariam wiki
Hi Sannse! On Finnish ikariam wiki (fi.ikariam.wikia.com) admins are inactive: Mcjanne last logged in 12.5.2009 kello 17.11 ; Sanssuman last logged in 22.6.2008 kello 10.46

In Wikia is many spam pages and edits. I am worried about the future of Finnish ikariam wiki! Please help us... --Ilkea 18:01, October 16, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, the best thing to do is for you and any other active users there to talk about who should be admins, and then ask on Wiki adoption requests :) -- sannse (talk) 20:40, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

zoids wikia
hi! i'm the current admin of zoids wikia. i would like to report 3 users, who because of certain site restrictions, who decided to put up a site, namely zoid wikia, and has started ripping-off articles from the former site which they explain as making a back-up? you can check their site at zoid.wikia.com and compare articles and also find out who they are. hoping for advise on what action to take. thank you. --Hollow ichigo 02:16, October 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, the first thing to do is to remind them that using the content from another wiki requires attribution (unless they are the sole authors of the article). It's OK to use content from other wikis, but you need to include on each page the source of the text. If they won't do that, then please email us via Special:Contact and we'll look into the probem. -- sannse (talk) 01:31, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Help with editing
How di I help this user edit? Proxima Centauri 12:55, October 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks like he's made a start already :) I would tell him to experiment on community test and learn what works. Then to jump in and make any improvements he can. The best way to learn is to try! -- sannse (talk) 01:33, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Pierlot
[discussion removed]

Please see w:c:stad:User talk:Sannse for my reply. -- sannse (talk) 01:37, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Cloaking
In order to get a cloak do we have to get 50 edits on central or on all wikia?-- Ced1214 Halloween Mode!! 20:41, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, on any wikia is fine -- sannse (talk) 23:15, October 20, 2009 (UTC)


 * K-- Ced1214 Halloween Mode!! 23:56, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Listen
Sannse, listen. You refused to crosswiki ban Pierlot. I want you to do it anyway. You know why? Because he is a a worthless user with no good intentions. You said you would not do this. Because "we are just playing a little game here". That's bullshit and you no it. I think your statement was demeaning. And you must know that in any game, the ones that refuse to play by the rules are kicked out. We are dead serious now. Pierlot needs to be kicked off Wikia. No kidding. You know it, I know it. Let's block the bastard crosswiki and you will not hear from us again for a long time. It is the best for all of us. And in the best interest for Wikia itself. Dr. Magnus 15:41, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Magnus they wont listen 83.161.230.43 17:43, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Calm down please, Pierius. 18:35, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree, calm down. And while your at it, work on your langauge, there are much politer ways of saying things. Btw, the word Know should be in there where you said "you no it". -- 18:39, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

arcapedia:
Hi Sannse, long time no see. You've always taken care of this for me in the past so I hope you don't mind me contacting you again. If you remember, we arranged the inclusion of an arcapedia: interwiki shortcut (like, , etc.), which previously pointed to http://starcadia.sasoriza.us/wiki/. That link no longer works; the new link is http://www.sasoriza.us/a. Simple database tweak will change it. If you could pass it on, that would be great, and thanks as always for your help. --User:Sasoriza 16:01, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I've updated the listing, it should update fully the next time the update script is run. -- sannse (talk) 23:04, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Um... did someone revert it? I checked it yesterday; was working... Today it's back to the old link. (?) – Sas 05:43, October 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a caching problem - with the change migrated to some servers and not others. It should catch up after a while -- sannse (talk) 16:53, October 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * Still hasn't caught up. – Sas 21:58, November 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Still not working. Any chance of getting this tended? – Sas 18:43, November 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * Bump. – Sas 19:48, December 14, 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed this all the way up here... I tend to expect messages at the bottom! I'll see what I can find out -- sannse (talk) 02:24, December 15, 2009 (UTC)

Werewolfhell
The guy didn't take your dealing of the situation very well.

http://left4dead11ty.wikia.com/wiki/Nitpicker

http://left4dead11ty.wikia.com/wiki/Spoon

http://left4dead11ty.wikia.com/wiki/Spoonfield

Personal attacks, yes?

Spoon Leave me a freakin' message 13:26, October 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * "Also, make sure you don't listen to anybody on that wikia except for Six Dog.There all dumbasses, you needn't interact with them.They blocked me out of idiocy anyway. Werewolfhell 17:32, October 21, 2009 (UTC)"


 * Taken off of http://left4dead11ty.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Supermutantslayer450


 * Now, I don't know about you, but calling Wikia staff 'dumbasses' doesn't seem like a good idea. I really don't think somebody like this should be allowed to use the site if all he's going to do (and has done) is spread lies and insult everybody and his mother. Nitty 22:37, October 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * The best way to deal with attacks of that kind? Ignore :) Remember, Don't feed the trolls! -- sannse (talk) 23:32, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Ignoring it is easy, yeah, but not when he's touting it as truth to other users, like Supermutantslayer450. I prefer not to have people listening to rumors from trolls. >.< Nitty 20:44, October 27, 2009 (UTC)
 * Take the high ground, tell your side of the story as necessary, and ignore the rest :) It really is the best way -- sannse (talk) 23:02, October 27, 2009 (UTC)
 * Undo, block, ignore (or something like that :D) 23:15, October 27, 2009 (UTC)

I thought you'd moved
Your page still says, "I live in a small town on the East coast of England". -- ◄mendel► 23:18, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Good point! I'll fix that :) -- sannse (talk) 00:49, October 27, 2009 (UTC)

Sysop abuse/misunderstanding
A sysop on Smash Wiki called PenguinofDeath has banned me and my two friends (Ba-boom headshot!!! and MaxPain90) because we use the same IP. He accuses us of sock puppetrey because another person on our wiki was a real sockpuppet. I requested unblock for the three of us but he hasn't responded even though he is currently editing other pages. We edit in a computer lab with multiple computer. So I would like you to unblock us and talk to PenguinofDeath about it. Thank you. Tuth the tough Mii  You got owned!   Visit Mint Brick Wiki! 
 * Did you have to leave the same message for 2 different staff members? If you wanted to contact any of them, Special:Contact would of done it. -- 16:33, October 27, 2009 (UTC)
 * Might I also point out that this is really a local wiki thing. You can still edit your talk page, so argue the ban there. I am sure that the admin in question knows a lot more about the situation than Sannse does. 16:45, October 27, 2009 (UTC)

Hello
Look at this. Author requested to close the project. Alaar 12:10, October 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, That page has no content as far as I can see... But either way, we don't usually close wikis with content, we leave them for future users to adopt. You can use Special:Contact if you want to discuss this further, but the wiki is fine waiting for adoption for now. -- sannse (talk) 16:55, October 28, 2009 (UTC)

usercheck
I was just wondering are you able to do "userchecks", or whatever you call those, when you check that are some users sock puppets to each other. Hehee 14:48, October 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes she can, if you want users IPs checked then use Special:Contact. 17:39, October 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok good, I was just asking. Thank you for info. Hehee 19:59, October 31, 2009 (UTC)

83.161.230.43
I ask you again. Please give the IP 83.161.230.43 a cross wikia bann. That means a block on every single wikia there is. I am sure such an action is a possibility. And this IP has been vandalising ever since 2007 on every single wikia it is on. The user (Pierlot, Klaast, PatatjeOorlog) curses, threatens other users repeatedly and removes text from articles. He has been given numerous changes. Not just one. Or two. Or even ten chances. No. He has been given as many as 30 chances if not more. And now it is over. Only a crosswiki bann can stop him. He keeps staling and harassing me and others, and he does not stop. Every single Wikistad user agrees this is the best solution. Dr. Magnus 16:54, November 1, 2009 (UTC)

[excess messages removed]


 * Dr. Magnus, one message really is enough. I get to talk page messages as soon as possible (I've just got in to the office for Monday morning, so didn't see them before this). I'll move this discussion to email, and get back to you later today. -- sannse (talk) 17:45, November 2, 2009 (UTC)

Spam?
I'm not sure what this is but you or Sannse have deleted similar material before. I don't want to delete it or to block the user without being sure it's spam. If you're sure please delete and block. Proxima Centauri 15:24, November 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, yes it's spam. We get rather a lot of Russian spam across Wikia for some reason. The best way to check is to paste the content into Google translate, that usually shows if it's the random type text that comes with spam. I've deleted and blocked Wikia-wide -- sannse (talk) 17:30, November 2, 2009 (UTC)

I've just deleted this, I suppose it's spam. Proxima Centauri 16:03, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

Image search on italian uncyclopedia
Hi Sannse, in italian Uncyclopedia when I search a file, on the page the thumbnails are not visualized. Doing so we need to open each file found to search for the suitable one. You can restore the old visualization? Thanks! --Nonciclopediologo talk 14:46, November 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, that's something we hope to include in a future version of this search. It is a nice addition, but not one that works with the new search yet. Sorry -- sannse (talk) 01:17, November 4, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank's Sannse, now it's very difficult to search an image, and I hope that the addition is made as soon as possible. --Nonciclopediologo 02:04, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Signature
Why in our wiki at the last button is your signature?.

We tried to find out where the error comes, but not found. --Chincheta 17:33, November 4, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I don't understand. Perhaps you could show me a screenshot of the problem? Thanks -- sannse (talk) 18:35, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Adverts
Is their a way to remove these adverts i fear their scarring off my editors?

-- Parsonsda 21:28, November 11, 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that's not possible. The adverts are what pay for the free service Wikia provides, so they can't be removed. The best thing is to encourage your editors to log in -- sannse (talk) 01:32, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

Spanfighters block the wrong stuff
I tried to add a link about persecution of gays in the Bible Belt to this article in Liberapedia but the spam filter blocked me. I added it to RationalWiki instead and if you follow the link here the spam filter won't block you. I know computers can't tell responsinble material about sex from spam but I have a suggestion. If you don't do it already programme the computers so every time the spam filter blocks anything Wikia staff are alerted. That way you find out sooner about irresponsible spammers and you also find out sooner when the wrong stuff is blocked. Proxima Centauri 14:27, November 15, 2009 (UTC)
 * Add  to w:c:Liberapedia:MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. Joey (talk) 22:17, November 15, 2009 (UTC)
 * Proxima Centauri, I'm afraid that if we tried to be aware of and check every time the spam filter is triggered, we would do absolutely nothing else :) We try to set things that are unlikely to give false positives like this, but it's impossible to get every situation right. But Joey's suggestion will work, you can allow URLs that are globally blocked by adding them to your local whitelist -- sannse (talk) 03:35, November 16, 2009 (UTC)

I tried to add it but it didn't work. Proxima Centauri 13:23, November 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * You didn't add anything, any line prefixed with a # is just a comment and does nothing, not to mention you added that url, which isn't on the blacklist, but  is. Add   to the whitelist. Joey (talk) 14:52, November 16, 2009 (UTC)


 * I've added it for you... see w:c:liberapedia:User:Sannse/test for my test -- sannse (talk) 02:27, November 20, 2009 (UTC)

Uncyc Name Change
Please change my Uncyclopedia name from Ajr to Ajraddatz, as per the IRC conversation. Thanks, 03:43, November 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for confirming Ajraddatz -- sannse (talk) 03:46, November 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Sannse, this is Syndrome from Uncyc. Will you change my name, please? WIKIA SUCKS 03:59, November 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Now now Syndrome, you know what Auntie Sannse says about trolling on other wikis... -- sannse (talk) 04:03, November 16, 2009 (UTC)

Spambots at Novelas
I great many new users have turned up at Novelas without making an edit and I'm sure most or all of them are spambots. I haven't blocked them in case I inadvertently block a legitimate human user as well. Do you think it's worthwhile to do checkuser on them and block any that you find are clearly spambots? Proxima Centauri 11:44, November 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * They are not clearly spambots. Sadly, may people make accounts without actually editing on them. What you see is a very active wiki that gets looked at a lot, and people make accounts, and never go back. They are not spambots, especially since spambots are not yet smart enough to make accounts ;) 14:28, November 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry to contradict :) but sadly, spammers and spambots are able to make accounts. However, we have found that this is relatively rare, and the vast majority of spammers doing log in to edit. So it's likely that most of these are, as Ajraddatz says, just people trying out viewing the wiki logged in. There's no need to worry about them, better to deal with problem accounts as and when you are sure they are a problem :) -- sannse (talk) 02:30, November 20, 2009 (UTC)

I got a bot which isn't a bot and I want to be IP-controller!
Hey, Sannse, I'm administrator & bureaucrat on Ikkjepedia. I would like to be an IP-controller, and I want that my robot (Floydobot) shall get a bot status. I'm also the most active user on the wiki ever, I've got more edits since june 2009 than you got here on the Wikia since december 2005. I want to be IP controller on the wiki, 'cos it isn't any of them there, and we need'em there if Rodelero is doing comeback! And so I can know all sockpuppets then. Mr. Floyd 19:08, November 18, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I've no idea what you mean by an "IP-controller", that's not a user group we have on Wikia. As your bot isn't a real bot, I won't flag it... I think it's best that your edits remain visible in Recent Changes -- sannse (talk) 02:31, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey! I mean a user which can see the IP a user have. And in norway we calls it IP-kontrollør. On Ikkjepedia I want to be one, 'cos I don't want to have staffs which all the time is looking at the IP of a vandal, and found out the IP, so I can block it. That's something only staffs can edit. It's not any vandal there now, but it have been vandals there, and if the vandal Rodelero comes back, we're in great trouble, and I must found all his Ip's to found out when he returns. Maybe the user Floydd is the same user, he got a way of making vandalism on which looks little like Rodelero, 'cause he told about to be admin all the time, and he wrote on my user page, and that is ways of making vandalism which looks very much like Rodelero. I don't think the user Alaias150195 was him, because Alaias wrote that one of his classmates is a pedofile devil. I will find out everything if I get that title. Change it on http://ikkjepedia.wikia.com/wiki/Spesial:Brukarrettar/Mr._Floyd to the thing which is longest down at right side, which Iis there is known as "IP-kontrollør" (IP controller). Is it something wrrong with that? Sorry for my english, I hope you understand me, and I would have written better on Uncyclopedia or Wikipedia in English. Mr. Floyd 15:52, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Do you mean Help:CheckUser -- 15:56, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * YES!Mr. Floyd 16:02, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that's given out very rarely, and not in this case. -- sannse (talk) 00:59, November 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Why can't I be CheckUser on Ikkjepedia, when there's no of them there?
 * CheckUser is a user right that is very seldom given out. It allows you to see the IPs of any user, so Wikia only likes it to be in trusted hands. If you need an IP checked, just use Special:Contact, and ask them to check the IPs of the users that you want them to. They will tell you if they match or not. Ajraddatz Talk 15:46, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

Wiki name change
Hey Sannse. Back in August '08 when I created the Star Wars Fan Wiki, I'd originally requested that it's name be "Star Wars Fanpedia." That name was rejected due to Wikia not wanting to have any wiki's ending in "pedia" anymore, and it was replaced with "Star Wars Fan Wiki." However, because I was concerned that the name would cause confusion with Star Wars Fanon, Catherine (I think it was Catherine) told me that if I thought of a new name in the future then the name could be changed.

I actually haven't thought of a new name, but I would like to request that the wiki's name be changed to "Star Wars Fanpedia" as originally requested. I understood the stance back in 2008 before the instant wiki creator was implemented, but now users can create wikis with any name, including "pedia." The other administrators of the wiki and I believe it's the best name for our future, since we have a working relationship with Wookieepedia (get it? =P), and it will avoid the obvious confusion that having a Star Wars Fan Wiki and a Star Wars Fanon Wiki could create.

Would it be possible to have Fan Wiki's name changed to Star Wars Fanpedia? We'd be very appreciative if it was. Regardless of the decision, thanks in advance for taking the time to consider it. - Brandon Rhea (talk) 04:13, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * For this type of thing, use Special:Contact. They can change your wiki's name for you :) Ajraddatz Talk 04:44, November 20, 2009 (UTC)

I'm aware that I can use that, but I prefer to deal with one person directly instead of waiting for one of countless people to pick it up. I do that unless they specifically say otherwise. =) - Brandon Rhea (talk) 21:15, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Heh, that works too.. or does it? Sannse? Ajraddatz Talk 00:25, November 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * It does, but generally more slowly and less efficiently :) All of the Community Team can work on any part of what we do, but we all have areas we work on most. So it's quite possible that I'll be busy with something else and not get to this quickly - or I may simply be away for a few days! So it's generally better to use Special:Contact. You are likely to get a reply faster that way (and we are still a small company, so there are only about 4 people answering the contact mail, certainly not countless hordes! :P )
 * I've made the change to the site name, you may want to move your main page and change MediaWiki:Mainpage to match -- sannse (talk) 01:10, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Looks like there's a missing letter, though. When I got a message on the wiki (and saw the new messages message on another wiki), it said "Fanpedi" instead of "Fanpedia." =P - Brandon Rhea (talk) 03:05, November 21, 2009 (UTC)


 * Oops! fixed -- sannse (talk) 05:25, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

BOT "Flag"
Hi dear Sannse. I registred my bot named NonnoBOTtacciaio in the nonciclopedia_wikia. I read I have to "flag" my BOT account to approve it into nonciclopedia. You can do this? (sorry if my english is wrong :-) )--User:Nonno_D'acciaioUser_talk:Nonno_D'acciaio 22:30, November 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I just need to check: is the community OK with this account being given a bot flag? Thanks -- sannse (talk) 01:25, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

The admins Eurinome and Pfenner are OK. --User:Nonno_D'acciaioUser_talk:Nonno_D'acciaio 23:03, November 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * OK, I'll add the flag now. Please make a user page for your bot, so that people know how to contact you if there is a problem -- sannse (talk) 22:24, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

Advise
Hello, I'm Angélica Casarin Hartmann, 20 years, a Brazilian sysop from Desciclopédia (the Brazilian Uncyclopedia) and an user was banned because he/she didn't respect our rules, and now he/she create a page on your wiki only to offend me. Please, I need that your staff delet it, and preferencially give me the IP from the user. I need your help, thank you. 189.30.215.225 21:54, November 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I see that Sarah has deleted the page already -- sannse (talk) 01:26, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

Uncyc name change
So, I want to change the Uncyclopedia name of my account (RAN2) to my usual one (RAN1). Is that ok?  R A  N 1 01:21, November 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, your usernames are matched now -- sannse (talk) 01:26, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

Can you help us?
Hi, my username is Roxy13. I'm from the Winx Club Wiki. I would like to request that you appoint myself and another user, UchihaGlenn, admins alongside Winxfan1 and Sorreltail18. The two latter users aren't often on, and there are some rather unsavory pictures and some unneeded pages that need to be dealt with, and UchihaGlenn and I would like to be able to perform this task even when the other two aren't on. Please get back to me on my talk page as soon as you can. Thank you for your time. Roxy13 23:13, November 28, 2009 (UTC)Roxy13
 * Hi, you need to discuss this with the current admins. I would suggest that one of them ask on the adoptions page to be given bureaucrat rights (after discussion with the community). Then they will be able to add new admins themselves. -- sannse (talk) 22:30, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

Language
Hi, in my computer, all the wikia's sptolights are in spanish, I don't know if you understand me. For example, the spotlights are from .es (es.mortalkombat.wikia.com or es.fringe.wikia.com) How can I change that so that the spotlights will be in english? Thanks for your help! -- Shadow Na'vi  Talk   My Workload  18:43, November 29, 2009 (UTC)
 * Spotlights are based on the language of the wiki. So I guess you mean es.american-idol.wikia.com? That will always show Spanish spotlights... after all, the readers are most likely to be Spanish speakers� :) -- sannse (talk) 22:37, November 30, 2009 (UTC)


 * No, in my new wiki http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com the spotlights are in spanish and the wiki isn't an .es wiki. Is there a way to change that, it happens on every wiki, english and spanish. -- Shadow Na'vi  Talk   My Workload  22:56, November 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * Humm... I see English spotlights there. Maybe a cache thing? - sannse (talk) 00:36, December 1, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's why it's weird. What is a cache? Is thre a way to fix that? I really don't want to see spanish wikis. -- Shadow Na'vi  Talk   My Workload  00:44, December 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * It's possible that your computer has stored the images, and is serving them whatever site you vist (although that seems strange in this case). You could try clearing your browser cache and cookies (look on Google to find how to do this) -- sannse (talk) 19:42, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

Avatar Wiki Copy
Hi sannse, user Rocerus Golden-Feather has copied information from my wiki, http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com and passed it to http://avatar-film.wikia.com. I think that the last wiki should be eliminated, because it is a copy. Thanks for your help. The design that is on the last wiki is my last design, that I changed recently. -- Shadow Na'vi  Talk   My Workload  02:24, December 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, all content on Wikia is under a free license, which means that copying is allowed... but... that's only if proper attribution is given. You need to ask the person who copied the content to add proper attribution to each page, or to delete it -- sannse (talk) 23:06, December 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * What? Some time ago, if you remember, I copied info from Fringepedia to Fringe Wiki and I was blocked and all the information was deleted. Why is this case different? -- Shadow Na'vi  Talk   My Workload  02:41, December 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * Wikia policy has changed over the years, and also, I am guessing that the ban was local, not Wikia-wide. Talk to the local admins about why it isn't happening anymore. Ajraddatz Talk 02:46, December 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm the admin, and it happened just less than 9 months. He copied all the articles, even the old main page. --<font face="Segoe UI" size="2"> Shadow Na'vi <font face="Arial" size="2"> Talk   My Workload  03:13, December 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * Fringepedia to FringeWiki was illegal because the licensing on the wikis were different. FringePedia was under cc-by-nc-nd a.k.a. non-commerical, no derivative works. They weren't part of Wikia, so had different licensing which made them uncompatable (Wikia is commercial). &mdash; <font color="#7777CC">Balistic 03:27, December 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * Still, I think that http://avatar-film.wikia.com/ should be closed and redirected to http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com as the latter is more popular and the former is just a copy. Even the Wikia Entertainment "What's Hot!" links to the latter. &mdash; <font color="#7777CC">Balistic 03:28, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Well, if it's legal, then it's OK, I guess� :) --<font face="Segoe UI" size="2"> Shadow Na'vi <font face="Arial" size="2"> Talk   My Workload  12:25, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Confirming rename
Hello there. I'm the one who was trying to log in Uncyclopedia, first as ArkBlitz, then as csolisr. I'm here to confirm the identity to process the switch. Thanks in advance. -ArkBlitz (alias "¡Despegate de ese aparato!") ~ Quéjese aquí 00:46, December 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, that's done� :) -- sannse (talk) 19:05, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Medium Wiki
Dear Sannse: PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T BE A AUTOMATED MESSAGE!:

I would like to become the Administrator of the "Medium Wiki", are you the person to ask for said position or do I do go elsewhere on Wikia? Please reply back ASAP! Lily Ford 05:07, December 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * If the wiki's admins are inactive, discuss who should get new rights, then who ever is getting them should go to Adoption requests and leave a link to the discussion. If the Wiki has an active B'crat ask them first. -- 16:06, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Google Analytics
Hello. Is it possible to use Google Analytics on my wiki (Children's Books Wiki)? I have browsed through the forums, but I am confused as to whether it is available or not. Thanks, Bethel23 (talk) 08:40, December 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm sorry, Google Analytics isn't available any more. We had problems with the codes working alongside our own tracking. Sorry -- sannse (talk) 00:14, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * Is there an alternative hit counter or some such that other people use on Wikia? Or can Wikia provide some statistics on number of people viewing the wiki? Bethel23 (talk) 16:29, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * I've heard of people using an image-based counter before, but haven't seen it done recently and don't know how well it works. Possibly you could ask on the forums about this. Wikia gives some stats at Special:WikiaStats, but that doesn't include page views I'm afraid. It's certainly something we hope to include some time in the future though -- sannse (talk) 00:01, December 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Runescape Wiki has a nice use of Site Meter within the sidebar via js. You may want to try something like that. Joey (talk) 00:10, December 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. Bethel23 18:12, December 10, 2009 (UTC)

Unsafe site
I clicked onto this link which was a paid for advertisement about astronomy on Liberapedia. My Norton Anit-virus told me the site is unsafe and threatens my computer. I risked my computer just long enough to copy the URL and I suggest you check the site out. Proxima Centauri 16:23, December 10, 2009 (UTC)

I ran a full systems scan and nothing unusual has turned up. Proxima Centauri 17:17, December 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for letting us know, I'll pass this straight to our ads guy. It's generally best if you can report these via Special:Contact, with as much information as possible (and, if possible, a screenshot of the ad)... that helps us gather all the info we need. Thanks again -- sannse (talk) 23:24, December 10, 2009 (UTC)

I Understand
I understand what you were talking to me about on the Gamecube Wiki, but may you please give me my admin and burecraut rights back so if there is a problem on my wiki I can fix it, thank you. --Sirnot 01:34, December 13, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, OK we'll give it another go -- sannse (talk) 02:25, December 15, 2009 (UTC)

The Worst Witch Wiki
Could I have control of The Worst Witch wiki please. I would really appreciate it as I am a big fan and the wiki is currently being mixed with Harry Potter canon! Please get back to me, Many Thanks --Alistair Dempsey 20:53, December 13, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, we have a page especially for requests like this. Please visit the adoption page and someone will help you there� :) -- sannse (talk) 02:26, December 15, 2009 (UTC)

Rs Famous Players wiki
Hi, I've taken an interest in your rs famous players wiki where you seem to be a little inactive. Could I please be given admin rights to help the wiki grow? I've already re done the Zezima article. --Tristan_Is_God
 * Hi, I don't edit there, I'm just set to welcome on inactive wikis� :) Please visit Adoption requests, you can ask for adoption there. Good luck! -- sannse (talk) 19:29, December 17, 2009 (UTC)

I undo vandalism
I see this vandalism, and I undo his changes. Are you can block this user? ' Century Gothic&#039;;color:Orange;" _rte_style="font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:Orange;" _rte_attribs=" style=font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:Orange;">Andres ' Century Gothic&#039;;color:SteelBlue;" _rte_style="font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:SteelBlue;" _rte_attribs=" style=font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:SteelBlue;">Qu'est-ce qui arrive01:31, December 19, 2009 (UTC)
 * Well that would mean blocking you, wouldn't it. As that's your IP. Please don't play games like that, or I will have to block. -- sannse (talk) 01:59, December 19, 2009 (UTC)


 * No. I don't this changes. Maybe the IP, is shared or alterare. Previously, I was affected by a block of a other user. ' Century Gothic&#039;;color:Orange;" _rte_style="font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:Orange;" _rte_attribs=" style=font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:Orange;">Andres  ' Century Gothic&#039;;color:SteelBlue;" _rte_style="font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:SteelBlue;" _rte_attribs=" style=font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:SteelBlue;">Qu'est-ce qui arrive02:11, December 19, 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry� ;) ' Century Gothic&#039;;color:Orange;" _rte_style="font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:Orange;" _rte_attribs=" style=font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:Orange;">Andres  ' Century Gothic&#039;;color:SteelBlue;" _rte_style="font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:SteelBlue;" _rte_attribs=" style=font-family:&#039;Century Gothic&#039;;color:SteelBlue;">Qu'est-ce qui arrive19:04, December 20, 2009 (UTC)

Problems
Hello Sannse, I'm Station7 and I have a few questions where you maybe me can help with. First of all I'm from The Netherlands, so if my english is too bad that you can't read it, please say it to me.


 * 1. On my Lost: The Journey The Conspiracy of Truth I have copied an infobox, but I need more information to have a good infobox. Here is the link to the infobox, maybe you can fix it. Here is the link: http://lostthejourneytheconspiracyoftruth.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Individual_infobox. This is an example that I have copied from a good friedn on the Harry Potter wiki, named Seth cooper and he said that I have to come with to the Wiki Staff.
 * 2. It says that there Template Rb in red, do I need that?
 * 3. I have a problem since I'm adminstrator there. Everything I do something with images, even if don't have them, there appears then one puzzle.
 * 4. Do I have to make an second accountant, so I can work better?

I thought that I had more questions, if so you will hear them.--Station7 12:16, December 19, 2009 (UTC)
 * I fixed it.- <font face="Century Gothic"> <font color="#FF4F00">5 əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7 aŋk (<font color="#FF4F00">7alk ) 13:39, December 19, 2009 (UTC)

Problem solved, I don't need help so far. Thank you Subtank.--Station7 13:53, December 20, 2009 (UTC)

IRC cloaks
Hi Sannse, do you mind checking the IRC cloak list and possibly doing mine. I've seen you on IRC before, you know it's me. Every time I go on IRC, you and 'Fuzzy are away.

Many thanks, 15:01, December 19, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi. unfortunately I need to check your registration on IRC and freenode staff need to check you really want the cloak. It's annoying I know! What time are you usually there? I'm away a bit over the holiday, but maybe we can be around at the same time -- sannse (talk) 04:57, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * Well I can probably see you in the evenings [UTC] (mornings for you?), you can see by my timestamps. I'll do my best, but I'm going inactive for Christmas soon. 17:43, December 22, 2009 (UTC)

Trying to find you with no such luck *sadface* 00:15, February 19, 2010 (UTC)

Death threat
Someone threatened to find me and kill me! I think the user should be banned from the whole of Wikia and the police in the relevant country informed. Proxima Centauri 16:51, December 20, 2009 (UTC)


 * By the looks of things, it looks like someone home on holiday from school and very bored. Revert, block, and ignore is the best solution here. -- 17:20, December 20, 2009 (UTC)


 * I see he has apologised. If he does this again, please let me know. That's obviously very unacceptable -- sannse (talk) 05:03, December 22, 2009 (UTC)

If it's the same user he's found a way round the block. The consensus seems to be leave it unless it's repeated and provided it's that boy I'm quite prepared to treat it as youthful naivity. If he has autism he may not understand distress he causes as one effect of autism is to prevent autistic people seeing things from another person's point of view. Are you sure the death threat was not someone else pretending to be the boy? I haven't got check user and can't tell. Proxima Centauri 22:28, January 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, these things are never certain, but the IPs match. I think a firm "don't do that again" and another chance seems a good way to go -- sannse (talk) 16:58, January 11, 2010 (UTC)

Tips
Hey Sannse! iTS wikiadud. i could use some help on the nick jones page on the cory in the house wikia. just leave tips on my talk page!
 * Hi. I'll answer there� :) - sannse (talk) 05:03, December 22, 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I'm a bit new to wikis.
I like to call myself Togepikachu, and I started off on the Kirby Wiki. Anyways, I have a confusion regarding two Pokémon Fanon wikis. They are this and this. Are they the same or are they different? This link goes to my user page on the Kirby wiki: Togepikachu (talk)

Hi, I will reply there. -- sannse (talk) 18:34, December 26, 2009 (UTC)

Username Change
Hi Angela, is there a way that I can change my username without deleting my contributions?--<font face="Segoe UI" size="2"> Shadow Na'vi <font face="Arial" size="2"> Talk   My Workload  18:44, December 23, 2009 (UTC)


 * I think you mean sannse, not Angela� :) And she's on holiday. See User_talk:Angela -- 18:45, December 23, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, sorry Sannse� :) -<font face="Segoe UI" size="2"> Shadow Na'vi <font face="Arial" size="2"> Talk   My Workload  19:25, December 23, 2009 (UTC)

How can people find my new wiki?
How can people find my new wiki? my http://cod-tomclancy.wikia.com/wiki/Call_of_duty-Tom_Clancy_Wiki


 * These tips are sure to help send more traffic your way and will increase the visibility of your wiki.

--<font face="Segoe UI" size="2"> Shadow Na'vi <font face="Arial" size="2"> Talk   My Workload  00:25, December 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * The description and pagetitles for your wiki are crucial to favorable placement.
 * Google recommends no more that 100 links on your main page for better indexing.
 * The most relevant content for your topic should link from the main page.

Pierius Magnus
Could you please checkuser User:William Johnson? It seems that he is a sockpuppet of Pierius Magnus 15:48, December 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * Note that this user, Pierlot, is exactly the same user I asked you to give a crosswiki bann months ago. On the website http://nation.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, WikiNation, Pierlot is a troll and a vandal. He edits with only one purpose: to get me banned forever. That is his only goal. To get revenge for me having him banned at other wiki's. He is a troll and he should be stopped. Could you go to the wikia and take a look at his behaviour, and see what you can do to calm him down? Thanks in advance, Dr. Magnus 16:15, December 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * I was only asking for an checkuseer 16:19, December 24, 2009 (UTC)

Pierius has done following bad things:
 * Sockpuppetry:
 * Abusive use of User:86.89.146.118
 * Possible sockpuppetry using User:William Johnson
 * Intimidation and harassment:
 * Very provocative language:
 * pierlot, fuck off you dirty no good asshole vandal bastard
 * no, he is not, i have no sockpuppets, you leave other peoples pages alone pierlot, you troll, always vandalising, you never learned your lesson, wait for the crosswikia bann you no good bastard
 * i have no sockpuppets pierlot you are making shit up because you hate me, because you were a dirty asshole and a vandal at Wikistad and you never forgot that I was the one who banned you, stupid fuck 17:01, December 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * This kind of situations should be asked though Special:Contact. 22:02, December 24, 2009 (UTC)

The thing is, I did not did any vandalism, and have not abused multiple accounts. I have, however, used very provocative language to Pierlot. This was, however, because he was vandalising pages and really got on my nerves. All I did was reverting his vandalism, and at some point, I lost control and began cursing and using provocative language. I do not deny this. And yes, I believe I deserved to be blocked. But he (Pierlot) deserves a block himself. As you know first hand, Sannse, Pierlot has been a known sockpuppeteer on several wikia's and a terrible vandal who did much harm to many people and many sites. I have, to be honest with you, a rather similar reputation. However, it is now being used against me, while he (Pierlot) gets away with it. Which I believe is unfair. I therefore ask you to visit http://nation.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page. This website is similar to the Dutch site Wikistad, although this is an English language site run by mainly Dutch people. I would like you to go there and give both user Pierlot, and "McCrooke" and their IP-adresses a block of one month, which is the exact same block I got. As he has done the same vandalism and even worse as I have, I believe this to be fair. An eye for an eye, right? You cannot give two people different blocks for basically doing the same things, breaking the same rules... note: ever since I and several others have campaigned her for a crosswiki block for Pierlot, he hates me and out of this hatred he has of me, he keeps trying to get me into trouble, to get me blocked, banned... He vandalises my pages when I am blocked. Dr. Magnus 21:48, December 25, 2009 (UTC)

I need some help.
There's this movie I made up, and its called "Wars". I really have a pic for my wiki, but when I first made it, I skipped the pic step. Now I can't put my "Wars Wiki" picture on. Could you tell me how? --Wafowlks 21:36, December 24, 2009 (UTC) (P.S. Here's my wiki if you need it. OK, maybe not. I lost the URL.)
 * Hi. You created http://kikiohyeah.wikia.com and http://wars2009.wikia.com/ . All you need to do to add a logo is upload a .png image with the name wiki.png
 * good luck with your project! -- sannse (talk) 18:42, December 26, 2009 (UTC)

Hello
Nevermind the Peter Jackson wikia edit, that was just a Christmas present for Cajek. Anyhoo, I just put in an application to work at the Wikia office in SF, Perhaps you could put in a good word? If not, that's okay too - See you 'round IRC sometime I'm sure =) Zana Dark 19:02, December 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * Have a good Christmas Zana -- sannse (talk) 18:43, December 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, and a happy new year to you� ;) Zana Dark08:45, December 31, 2009 (UTC)

Hi
Pierlot is a vandal, he has vandalised numerous websites and now he got Pierius Magnus banned, who is a fine user and innocent of vandalism. Could you, sannse, block pierlot crosswikia, for he still does awful vandalism. At wikination.com he has three sockpuppets: Pierlot, Piercet and McCrooke. User Pierius Magnus, and William Johnson were banned there for no reason. 15:53, December 26, 2009 (UTC)

Charges for Pierius at wikination {These have been given by DimiTalen, a admin from that site): 16:08, December 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Sockpuppetry:
 * Abusive use of User:86.89.146.118
 * Possible sockpuppetry using User:William Johnson
 * Intimidation and harassment:
 * Very provocative language:
 * pierlot, fuck off you dirty no good asshole vandal bastard
 * no, he is not, i have no sockpuppets, you leave other peoples pages alone pierlot, you troll, always vandalising, you never learned your lesson, wait for the crosswikia bann you no good bastard
 * i have no sockpuppets pierlot you are making shit up because you hate me, because you were a dirty asshole and a vandal at Wikistad and you never forgot that I was the one who banned you, stupid fuck
 * you and dimitri are both vandals. you are hating pierius magnus, that is why you are doing this. you want him to be blocked, but you know he does not deserve it. You, pierlot, are a vandal and a sockpuppeteer. At wikination you are a vandal, and at wikistad you were, and at many other sites. You hate pierius because he has blocked you, when he was a WikiStad admin, and you were a vandal, and you are just trying to get revenge. 16:13, December 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Go away 16:14, December 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: William Johnson is no sockpuppet. Pierius also doesn't have sockpuppets 16:23, December 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Brainwashed? 16:59, December 26, 2009 (UTC)

Of course he isn't brainwashed, Pierlot. He just hates you, just as much as I do. And he is not the only one. If only I knew how to brainwash people, I would send a thousend users to annoy you...� :) Dr. Magnus 17:17, December 26, 2009 (UTC)

Other Article on Septimus Heap
How do I delete this other article on Septimus Heap titled "Septimus Heap"? There's another article titled "Septimus Heap (character)" that's much better and more informative. Yet searches for Septimus Heap lead directly to the less informative one. I figured we might as well erase that to fix the problem. How exactly is that done?
 * Use the "delete" button on the top of the article you want to delete. Also see the deletion guide. 04:46, December 28, 2009 (UTC)