User talk:Sannse

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Please add new messages to the bottom, thanks :) -- sannse (talk)

a smile for you
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wikipedian_protester.png

Wonderful! <3 xkcd! Thanks for that :) -- sannse (talk) 07:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Revert spree?
I'm interested in your little revert spree on some of the Runescape wikia pages. I noticed you did revert them back again. Were you testing the revert or did you mistakenly think Hyenaste was a vandal? Amaurice (talk) 12:08, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm similarly interested. The IP threatened tattling for the 3RR Wikipedia has, but I didn't believe staff would come and revert spam back onto my talk page. :D >> Hyenaste talk
 * I'm really sorry for that. I was looking through some edits and decided to save time with "open all in tabs"... forgetting that some of the links in view were rollback links :-o I did feel rather stupid at that one.  Sorry again -- sannse (talk) 17:13, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I just wondered if I'd missed something going on. You reverted them back again anyway. So it was just one of those little mistakes that happen, and nothing more sinister. =D Amaurice (talk) 17:19, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

JP Wiki
I have been on the Jurassic Park Wiki since Febuary and have even posted my Personal pictures from Universal Studios JP section. I have tried to adopt it several times but I was unable to contact the creator. I saw that you made Vinny a sysop. He has only contributed only a month longer than me. Could you please make me a sysop? I will make the site better and keep it nice. Thank you so much.Chaosman92 18:11, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Please contact me on JP Wiki. ThanksChaosman92 18:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I explained this to you back in April: "it seems this is not your only account, and that other account has already lost admin rights on one wiki and has been banned from another. I won't make someone an admin under those circumstances."   I'm afraid nothing has changed. -- sannse (talk) 07:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

checking
ok finally i compiled AWB to test the new options and dont seem to work as it should i may report it but i cant still pull any list and i cant find the Query.php and API.php has those been installed? --Cizagna (Talk) 03:38, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Cizagna, yes, they are installed. One is at http://www.wikia.com/api.php - I'm not sure where the other is, but have sent an email to ask the technical team.  I'll get back to you as soon as I can on that -- sannse (talk) 15:23, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * found it http://www.wikia.com/query.php well then i can report the bugs with less thing they can complain about us hehe

Hey
I diddnt upload the origonal images. Some one else did. All I did was sharpen the Images that were already there. Sorry Dan 18:33, 25 July 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, No problem :) -- sannse (talk) 18:55, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

IRC #desencyclopedie
Hi. Ducon seems not to be around this week, so I'm thanking you myself for adding #desencyclopedie to the http://irc.wikia.com/ page. --PiRK 20:28, 25 July 2007 (UTC)


 * TOR actually did the adding, but no problem! :) -- sannse (talk) 09:07, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Admin rights on Birds Wiki
Hi sannse! I was wondering if you or someone else on the Community Team could give me administrator rights on Birds Wiki. It was abandoned by its founder, and I have been the only one editing for a while. (I haven't edited for a couple months, but I was planning on it today. Mainly, I've been the only one editing content on there. I'd like admin rights so that I can get it back up and running and do things that an admin can.  Thanks very much! Swannie  talk to me 22:44, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Swannie, you are all set there - have fun! -- sannse (talk) 09:26, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! Swannie talk to me 13:18, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Show/Hide
Hi Sannse. Do you know the css and javascript needed to be able to use the toggle show/hide buttons. If so could you add them to The One Wiki to Rule Them All. Thanks a lot -- 13:07, 30 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi KingAragorn, I've asked Splarka to help with this. Sorry for the delay, I'm away at the moment -- sannse (talk) 06:08, 4 August 2007 (UTC)


 * The CSS/JS has been added, and if you purge your cache, w:c:lotr:Template:Hidden should start working for you. --Splarka (talk) 23:10, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

New IRC Channels
Hi Sannse! Could you make an IRC channel for Wikihorses and Symbolism Wiki? Thanks. Swannie talk to me 17:58, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Swannie. You can make these yourself, you just need to start a channel by joining it and register it with Freenode.  Once you've done that, you can ask us to add the channel to the list allowed by the web-interface.  If you need help with setting up the channel, just ask on #wikia.  See you there -- sannse (talk) 06:10, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

USERNAME Template on GOW wiki
Hey there Sannse, the USERNAME template on the Gears of war wiki, (link : ) is not working, I have tried several other wikis coding, plus tinkering it on my own. I can't get it to work, I just get the,, so if you can tinker with it and see if you can get it to work, sereral users use it and it is a bit, untidy:P -- Darth tader Stop by 22:34, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, it looks like you refer to id="insertusername" but don't define that in the site css. You need to look for this in the MediaWiki:Common.css page on the wiki you got the code from, and then add that to http://gearsofwar.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css  If you need some help, then the best place to ask is the Central forums or on IRC... another contributor should be able to give you a hand :) -- sannse (talk) 12:09, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Password recovery
At RuneScapeWiki, I have a Wikipedian who wants to become active. He created an account, but forgot his password and information and cannot retrieve his account. He has only made one edit, so it wouldn't be a problem, but he wants the same Wikipedia and Wikia account name. The name is RuneScape:User:Poorleno. Hyenaste 22:54, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid that without an email address set, we can't verify that the account is his. He will have to make a small variation in the name and make a new account.  Sorry -- sannse (talk) 12:11, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Grub.org
Hi Sannse

following on from our convo yesterday Grub.org isnt forwarding properly again. If you could check and then forward to someone i would appriciate it.

--Markie 11:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Markie, I see it, and I've emailed the guy in charge of Search. Hopefully he will be able to fix this soon. -- sannse (talk) 12:12, 10 August 2007 (UTC)


 * just for my info - who is "in charge of search" should i need to contact them in the future. Is it Jeremie or someone else??  Cheers for the help.  --Markie 10:54, 11 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, Jeremie :) he's the best person to contact about all search related issues -- sannse (talk) 11:27, 12 August 2007 (UTC)


 * ok cheers for all your help. --Markie 11:34, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Import Free Images is no longer working
Hi Sannse, can you please forward this to the right contact: Has there been any progress on this technical issue which I reported four weeks ago? We'd really like to continue to use this function in our wiki as it is very valuable for us. Thanks, Spankart 21:01, 11 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, I've checked the ticket and it's not been assigned... I'll follow up on Monday when the technical team is in, and find out more. Sorry for the delay -- sannse (talk) 11:52, 12 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Any news? Spankart 10:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I have asked again, but the technical staff have a lot to do at the moment, and other things are a priority. Some of the smaller bugs that are affecting one wiki and not affecting editing as a whole, just can't be fit in for now.  I have talked to the powers that be about this issue, but there doesn't seem to be an easy solution at the moment. -- sannse (talk) 11:17, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Sorry
fantasysports.wikia.com. I forgot what my Admin sign on & password is. Or I just forgot everythin'. premier_tom_mayfair@yahoo.com 68.52.107.177 22:13, 11 August 2007 (UTC) User:Tom mayfair/sig 22:14, 11 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Didn't you just sign in to make the previous edit? G .He (Talk!) 22:54, 11 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Yep, looks like you have it now... your log in for Fantasysports is the same as your log in here -- sannse (talk) 11:29, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

KDApedia
Dear sannse, you reloaded our wiki a few months ago to their own wikia at kda.wikia.com The old database is however still online at the scratchpad. Is it possible to somehow automatically delete all articles that are tagged "KDApedia" on scratchpad? Thank you! ~Snils, 12:36, 14 August 2007 (UTC+1)


 * Jack Phoenix, one of the admins on Scratchpad has agreed to help out with this. -- sannse (talk) 17:52, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Indeed he did ! thanks a million! :) We keep on editing then ;-)

Kind regards ~Snils, 21:20, 14 August 2007 (UTC+1)


 * I have redirected all Scratchpad pages in the category "KDApedia" and its subcategories to the main KDApedia home page, KDApedia. :) --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 19:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks Jack :) -- sannse (talk) 09:12, 15 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks Jack & sannse - on our main page of scratchpad is a link to the new URL so that has been arranged - even the google results for the old scratchpad are diminishing! :) Kind regards ~Snils, 18:30, 19 August 2007 (UTC+1)

Dear Sannse, where can i find pagehits/user stats for my wiki? on http://s23.org/wikistats/wikia_html.php  our #viewers is 0 - which is certainly not true ;-)

Thanks in advance for the help ~Snils, 18:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC+1)

Forum question
Hi Sannse, wondered if you could help with the Forum question just posted: Forum:Where is the right place for mid-level stuff? Cheers Philralph 07:33, 16 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, replied there -- sannse (talk) 21:51, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Adopt
Hey Sannse, I talked to you about this on IRC regarding the adoption of this wiki which has been abandon by its founder since January 2006 and I would like to adopt it and improve it if its OK with you ..Cheers...-- Cometstyles 20:37, 16 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, looks like you have only three edits, and there is an editor who was active just last month with many more. If he/she returns then they have something of a better claim to adoption I would say...  So my suggestion is that you edit for a month or two, improve the wiki, and then if there is a community you can decide on admins together.  If there isn't one yet, then I'll look again at admining you then.  Hope that works for you! -- sannse (talk) 21:57, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Inactive administrators
At RuneScape Wiki, we have an administrator problem. High admin turnover rate has caused us to amass almost 30 administrators. We are having troubles now getting users to vote for new admins. They cite that our editor/administrator ratio is too high, which is true. As a wiki, we are asking if you could remove the powers from the very inactive users to "thin the herd". One users has also mentioned that these unoccupied administrator accounts are likely targets for vandals. Hyenaste talk 00:51, 20 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, sorry for the delay. I think the best solution to this is to write yourself an 'inactive admins" page to show who is still around and who has disappeared.  That should make things clearer for your contributors.  We are hoping to add something similar in the future, a page listing what admins are currently active.  But removing inactive admins from around Wikia would be a massive and time consuming job, so for the moment we prefer not to de-admin simply for inactivity.  Sorry -- sannse (talk) 11:14, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Italian IP blocked
Hi, on 27 August, on English Uncyclopedia, a lot of Italian IP addresses have been blocked by "Hinoa", as "(infinite, account creation blocked) (Rangeblock for Italian vandal)". These are the dynamic addresses by the main Italian internet provider, and hence the block affects me and most legitimate Italian users. Can this block be removed?

I'm "laurusnobilis" and "qscgu9-bot" on English Uncyclopedia; write me at "laurusnobilis" on Italian Uncyclopedia.


 * Hi, there have been a lot of problems from that range, enough to make a block needed for a while. The ranges were checked for other users, and there are few.  Your IPs are usually outside that range, so if you just reconnect you should be assigned another IP and be OK to edit.  Sorry for the inconvenience, I'm afraid one of your neighbours is making this rather drastic step necessary. -- sannse (talk) 11:18, 30 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, in the past, I was using a different internet provider. With the provider that I'm using now (the main Italian one), I'm always blocked. (It seems to to me better to discuss the topic here, hopefully without some people that wrote on my talk page on Italian Uncyclopedia.) Laurusnobilis 08:43, 3 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what to suggest here, the problem from the vandal is real and persistent. Hinoa had to make a choice on what would be best for the wiki, and cause the least disruption to the fewest people.  I'm sorry you were caught up in that.  Perhaps you could discuss it with him and see if you can work out a solution -- sannse (talk) 14:37, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Admin Request
Hi Sannse could you make me an admin on the Bourne Wiki because not only are there no active admins there but there are no users full stop and i would like to get it going quickly.--\\Captain KickAssJedi// 16:55, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, the wiki isn't a month old yet, so perhaps the founder just hasn't had time to get going on it. Why don't you mail him and see what's going on with the wiki?  The "email this user link" will work if your email is confirmed.  In the mean time, edit away! and if he doesn't return in a month or so, we can look again at you adopting.  Have fun! -- sannse (talk) 09:48, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Open Request
Hello,

I've made a reply for your comment in my request "stopwithear". Please let me know for next steps.

Best regards

\\colonges 09:24, 3 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, I'll look at this today -- sannse (talk) 09:48, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

http://astronomy.wikia.com
Hi, we're seeing some new activity that looks rather promising. One the folks involved has already developed a new logo for the wiki, WikiaAstronomyLogo.png. Unfortunately Joseph doesn't seem to have been around since the middle of June, leaving the wiki without an admin. I was wondering if you could pop the logo in for them. --Kirk 00:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Kirk, I've uploaded the logo. What about new admins there?  Seems a good idea with the increased activity...  -- sannse (talk) 20:07, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Right now, I would say that the best candidate would be User:Leesonma. He's not too experienced with wiki's yet, but he is the teacher for the group that has shown up. Apparently they are a group of seniors in Louisiana. You can put me in as a backup if you think it might be a good idea.--Kirk 21:19, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Great, I've given you both access, and left a message for Leesonma. Thanks for letting me know, and for all you do on the wikis!  Regards -- sannse (talk) 22:19, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

http://fanon.wikia.com
Hello Sannse. I recently sent an e-mail to the Wikia staff but I am unsure if it was sent, due to computer issues. Here is the exact message, and I ask if you can please take you time to read it. Thank you.


 * Hello, Wikia staff. I am writing this on my own behalf, for the fanon wiki. I have recently discussed the issues of lack of administration at the Fanon Wiki, since the Bureaucrat/founder, Brain40, abandoned it long ago. Since then, no proper administration has been able to carry out the duties of a sysop, leaving a lot of articles sitting there for deletion and lack of the ability to block vandals.


 * My sister and I are the ones who discussed these issues. She goes by the user name "Anime Fan" and I by "Squishy Vic", as you may or may not already know. Anyway, I am requesting adminship for the Fanon Wiki to be able to handle the administrative issues appropriately and correctly. I have recently had a lot more interest in expanding my wiki experience. I have been an active member of Star Wars Fanon Wiki, not to be confused with the generic Fanon Wiki I am writing to you about, and I became an administrator in April and a Bureaucrat in June. I am telling you this to show you that I do have the ability to carry out the duties of an administrator. I am also the founder of the "Trapped in the Closet" wiki, which was recently created and I am working on. I also founded the Spanish SWFanon wiki, which is still under a lot of construction as well.


 * ''Please fulfill my request, because I wish to contribute a lot to this wiki and expand as I said earlier. I want the chance to get some order around the Fanon Wiki.

''
 * Thank you,


 * Victor

-- Victor  ( talk ) 04:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, let's give it a go! Have fun :) -- sannse (talk) 20:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Admin

 * So, this is where I should say "thank you"? I hope that's what you were getting at.  I'm not sure if I deserve Admin status, but I do appreciate it, and I'll figure out what I can do with it ASAP.

Leesonma 22:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Peru Earthquake
Hi Sannse: User:Mentor posted a question about his wiki's page on Talk:Education wikis. I'm not sure how to answer it, so I wanted to make sure somebody else saw it. I hope you can help him out. Thanks! -- Danny (talk ) 08:33, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks Danny, I've answered there asking for a screenshot -- sannse (talk) 14:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Screenshot of Peru Earthquake page


Thanks, Sannse. Hope this is what was needed. Paul Goulder


 * Thanks Paul, yes that was what I needed. The problem is your screen size/resolution.  There just isn't enough room for the image, url, and box.  It looks like you have an unusually small screen or low resolution?  I'm not sure what the best solution is, I suspect you will see this sort of thing quite a bit around the site -- sannse (talk) 18:45, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

New Wiki formulation
I am interested in launching a new wiki that would be targeted to practitioners of the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) Industry. By some estimates, the prospective user group would be in excess of 400.000. We would propose to use the Convention Industry Council's Accepted Practices Exchange content to develop a taxonomy for the wiki. We expect active participation from practioners within the industry as well as educators and scholars within the various well known hotel, restaurant and hospitality graduate schools.

Questions: 1- is the concept better suited as its own hub or subcategory  to "Travel" which seems to be the only relevant existing hub? 2- is there any control that we can exercise over the extent to which and nature of advertising that is run over the wiki? 3- is there paid hosting available with in the Wikia complex? Thanks in advance for your kind attention.


 * Hi. I think travel will be the best hub, but the wiki could also be in other categories such as Category:Events and meetings.


 * The advertising is Wikia's area, but we are able to listen to any problems you have with the ads, and remove those that are a problem for a community (for example, we block 'gold' selling sites on some game wikis)


 * We don't currently have paid hosting packages within Wikia, sorry.


 * Hope that's helped! -- sannse (talk) 20:47, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Scanner
Hi Sannse, is your scanner still not fixed? Don't mean to sound pushy... Thanks, --H*bad (talk) 23:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi H*bad. The scanner is still broken, and worse, I'm in the US and the autograph is in the UK!  But I think Jimbo is going to be in the office sometime next week, so I can try again and use the office scanner this time.  I'm sorry this is so awkward!

Monobook skin
Hi Sannse, my wiki, it seems, is viewed by default in the new skin tone. I was wondering if there was a way to make simcity.wikia.com in the the monotone (or classic) skin tone by default, and let people go into the new one if they want? I really think the monotone look is more appropriate for the wiki layout and will attract more visitors (whom may not realize they can easily switch to the monotone skin & leave it once an account is made). Or if perhaps I could make a note like "best when viewed in monotone skin, click here" notice at the top of the mainpage that only certain visitors (people who are using the new skin tone) will see? Thanks for any designing help! Jelx 17:43, 13 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Jelx. Wikia as a whole is switching to the new skin as a default (except for Uncyclopedia, which is a parody and so needs to look like Wikipedia).  What we hope is that this will give a consistent look, with customisations for each wiki, and allow us to offer new features like the widgets.  We don't want admins to switch back to monobook and take away the newbie friendly look and new features, although they can choose their own view of course.  But the new skin is going to offer a lot of choices.  The next version (out soon) has five colour variations, plus a version to customise yourself.  Have a look at Wookieepedia to see the sort of thing that can be done.  So I hope you will bear with us, and see what comes with the next release.  -- sannse (talk) 21:22, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

New Wiki Formulation 2
As we are considering launching a wiki targetted to a global community of prospective users, we are struggling with the question as to whether there is merit in launching it with the Wikia community in the hopes of finding a more robust adhoc development community with which to exchange ideas and solutions. I'm interested to know what happens at such time that we should determine that we want to migrate to an independently hosted site. We are committed to mediawiki and would in all likelihood migrate to a hosted solution. What is the procedure with respect to deleting the content in the wiki that was created (hypothetically) at Wikia?


 * All content on Wikia is licensed under a free licence (generally the GFDL). This means that any community that wishes to move off Wikia can do so, taking a copy of the content with them.  We provide regular database dumps of the content for backups and copies.  However, if a community moves we generally do not close the wiki.  The content can stay and be a starting point for any other contributors who want to take up that subject and start a new community around it.  So it's clearer to say that we allow any community to 'fork' the content, rather than to move it. -- sannse (talk) 18:41, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Villain Wiki
Hi I recently adopted the villain wiki so I could revive it. However I'm critically short on staff (it's just me). Do you know of anyone who might be interested in joining it? Please reply on my talk page Villainous Count Bleck


 * Hi, replied there -- sannse (talk) 18:45, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Spam to delete

 * http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Lookupcontribs?mode=normal&view=full&target=90.156.169.224
 * http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Lookupcontribs?mode=normal&view=full&target=90.156.169.225

--Jack Phoenix (Contact) 12:44, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Looks like someone got to it -- sannse (talk) 18:55, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Block-avoiding vandal (?)
Over at |Wiki24, a vandal has somehow gotten around a block. Please, I need help ensuring that this person is 'actually' banned. My abilities as admin don't seem to be doing the job, and I'm unsure as to where else to turn. Blue Rook 01:24, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The vandal's contribs are here,, and he definitely has some crack to avoid my sysop ban/block. Please check the "Latest Intel" recent changes page to confirm that he keeps re-creating his user page after we delete it. Shouldn't that be totally impossible? Blue Rook 14:50, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi. Banned users can edit their own talk page, so that they can communicate with admins to discuss the block.  If that becomes a problem then the page can be protected (which I've done in this case).  If it becomes a bigger problem, then we can turn that access off :)  But generally, it's a useful way of allowing communication.  Let me know if there is still a problem.  -- sannse (talk) 18:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I had absolutely no idea that could happen, but upon hearing your explanation, it definitely makes sense. (I really should have known.) Being ignorant of that, I was just freaking out that the old Pelican crap vandal had targeted our little wiki and my hands were tied. I really appreciate the help, Sannse! Blue Rook 20:11, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


 * No problem! -- sannse (talk) 20:51, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

IRC Channels for CGI
Both #wikia-acg and #Yu-Gi-Oh could use adding to the dropdown for Wikia's CGI:IRC. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Sep 19, 2007 @ 04:12 (UTC)


 * OK, I've added them to the list -- sannse (talk) 21:30, 19 September 2007 (UTC)