User talk:Angela

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MediaWiki Upgrades?
Hi, Angela. I notice that MediaWiki upgrades have been going up across the board. Or rather, I would not have noticed them unless I noticed the in-wiki search and Firefox search plugin not working, as well as being unable to edit the front page of my wiki without being logged out in the process in receiving a, "this page has been protected, blah blah blah" message. Are we going to be seeing stability any time soon?


 * Which wiki do you mean? It's up to the admins on each wiki whether they want to protect or semi-protect their own main page, so this isn't a bug, but something the community there has chosen to do. Can you tell me more about the Firefox plugin problem? Have you also found this on other wikis? Angela talk

New Blog Feature
Angela;

Thank you for adding the new feature to Wikiality.com! We hope to be using it soon, I am sure I will do it wrong, so please send me some kind of note on how to do it properly! LOL. Thank you.--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 20:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I keep seeing this error message whenever I try to go to the Humor blog, and another admin has had the same experience. I've followed links from several directions, so I wonder if I am looking in the wrong place or if it just hasn't launched yet? Thanks again for helping us out, and for adding us to the blog! --thisniss 20:26, 9 May 2007 (UTC)


 * All better! Thanks for launching us and general awesomeness.  The Wikia and your crew are most highly  Stephenerated over at Wikiality (after Stephen, The Baby Jesus, and The Greatest President Ever, of course). --thisniss 03:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


 * The humor blog is causing a few problems because Uncyc and Wikiality have their own domains, but it seems to be working now, at least for Wikiality. YAngela talk 05:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

RuneScape Wiki forums
Is it possible to have the Forums: namespace on the RuneScape Wiki semiprotected, so only users with accounts 4+ days or older can edit, make a topic, etc? I don't want this done right now, but it's something we're curious about and are discussing. Oddlyoko 20:46, 8 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It's not really possible since that would mean protecting uncreated pages when you don't know what new users are going to call those pages. An alternative solution is to not let new users find the forums too easily. For example, you could put it in the welcome message you give someone once they've made a few edits so good users know about it, and remove it from the sidebar so that not everyone knows about it. Angela talk

Pirates of the Caribbean wikia
Is there any way to get an interwiki link for the PotC wiki, similar to Wikipedia and Starwars:Star Wars? Thanks - Kwenn 20:22, 9 May 2007 (UTC)


 * You can use w:c:potc:article name to link there from any Wikia site and WikiaSite:potc:article name to link there from Wikimedia sites (like Wikipedia). Angela talk 05:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Admin on Wikitubia
I recently started working on the (apparently) inactive Wikitubia and I was wondering if I could be an admin there. I don't want to sound like I deserve to become an admin or anything, but I'm not sure what the policy is when there are no active editors. I'd like to see the wiki developed, and when admin tasks need to be done, it would be nice to be able to do them since there's really no one to ask to do them for me.--Jonpro 06:24, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


 * The original founder has never edited, so I've made you an admin there. Good luck developing this wiki. Angela talk

New Wikia
Please, can you open the new wikia project? ru.independentgeo.wikia.com? I inquired to request it yesterday. The language of interface in this project is russian and it's title is "Независимая География". Can you open?--Medved&#39; 17:55, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * May you give me you answer?--Medved&#39; 10:31, 12 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but I can't see your request on requests.wikia.com. Did you make it with another account? Angela talk 05:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

ComputerRPG, stuff
Greetings Angela,

I've been watching w:c:ComputerRPG, and just happened to miss User:A townplayer by a few hours (he says he's gonna be off the wiki for a period of time), so I'm probalby not be able to discuss things with him.

Anyways, by the way User:A townplayer started to add content (the first person to add any content), and if we continue in the direction he started, ComputerRPG will simply be a "scratchpad wikia with a theme (computer RPG games)". I was wondering if that is alright with wikia, or if its nature would overlap with scratchpad too much that such kind of use for a wiki should be just folded under scratchpad.

And if it is alright to run ComputerRPG as just a themed scratchpad, I envision it to actually operate under the "pseudo-namespace" structure that the scratchpad used to be under. That is to say, a link such as c:ComputerRPG:Maps should NOT be a proper article (unless there is a game named "Maps"), and for maps of the game "Tales Of Pirates", the link should be at c:ComputerRPG:Tales Of Pirates:Maps. c:ComputerRPG:Maps would be a disambig page to all the map articles of each game on ComputerRPG (instead of an article that contains maps for however many games that ComputerRPG deals with).

This, in turn, makes wikifing things very very tedious (especially for games with very long names). Thus I was wondering if it'd be possible to modify the way links work so that if I'm at the Foo:Bar article (anything with a colon in the article name), and use the wikicode  Bar2 , the resulting link actually goes to Foo:Bar2 (instead of Bar2. Additionally, if I'm at article Foo, and use the wikicode  Bar , the resulting link goes to Foo:Bar (instead of Bar). Linking to the main namespace can be forced, say, by the syntax  Foo , which would link to the article Foo.

Finally, again, if it is alright to have ComputerRPG run as a themed scratchpad, would it be possible to request scratchpads with other themes? -Afker 23:17, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it could actually be both - a wiki about RPGs and also a wiki that allows people to build WalledGardens within that. Does that sound ok to you? Angela talk


 * Hmm, the WalledGardens link goes to a non-existing page... Anyways, there's no "ok or not ok" with me, I'm just trying to sort out the identity issues between various game-related wikias, and to figure out where and how I would be contributing some game-related content. -Afker 23:38, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I've fixed the link. I forgot which wiki described that. Basically, a walled garden is a section of a wiki that is a section by itself and one that doesn't really interact with the rest of the site. Angela talk 01:11, 14 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Hmm, smack me if I turn out to be just splitting the fine hairs of semantics. After reading that link, and the discussion behind it, the feeling I get about a WalledGarden, is something that the mini wikis are highly parallel to, but with subtle differences and blurry lines (or it's possible that you consider the two terms interchangable and I'm just splitting hairs).  Here is my understanding, using mostly my own words:
 * WalledGarden would seem like what certain sections of the AliceSoftWiki and the Final Fantasy Wiki resembles. Certain collections of pages are very inter-connected, with occasional links to the rest of the wiki.  WalledGardens are like introvert neighbors in a community.
 * Mini wikis are like what is found on Scratchpad and anime. Individual mini-wikis are more independent than individual WalledGardens.  Links that go out from a mini-wiki tend to be definitional in nature, and often could have easily linked to wikipedia or wiktionary instead of somewhere in the main wiki.  Individual mini wikis are by nature independent communities (though they may be related, and the collection of independent communities may be considered from a meta point of view as one larger community, but with each mini wiki as a distinct member of that larger community).
 * Under this interpretation (which may simply be my over-analysis), ComputerRPG is currently actually heading towards a Mini wikis direction, as opposed to a WalledGardens direction. Do you envision the WalledGarden direction to be more conducive with community growth on wikia? -Afker 02:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
 * In the short term, I think it's a good way to get people to the site. Longer term, the community would be stronger if people actually work together on the topic rather than having their "own" sub-wikis within that. Angela talk 01:24, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Business
Hi Angela,

Thanks for pointing out Business. I see very few edits on that wikia, and I'd like to see what I can do with it. Business is one third of the primary triangle of institutions that our civilization is built on, the others being Government and Charities. Now that we have all three, it's time to really get started. I'll volunteer as Admin on Wikibiz if you want to make that change. Chadlupkes 14:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I've made you an admin there. Angela talk 05:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Admin at Harry Potter Wiki
Hi Angela,

I'm having a few problems with a fellow admin on the Harry Potter Wiki. I would really appreciate your advice and help in this. Since the matter is a bit delicate, I have emailed you the details instead of posting them here. If you have any questions, please contact me via email.

Hoping for your prompt action regarding this matter. - Chosen One, 16:35, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I'll send you a reply about that soon. Angela talk 05:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Project Namespace change and new custom namespace for MMKB
The Namespace and SITENAME Discussion on the MMKB has given 3 positive votes on both the changes to the namespaces. The Project namespace which is currently The Mega Man Knowledge-base which understandably is so long and poorly named that no one has ever bothered to use it has been decided to be changed to MMKB as it is the best Project namespace to reflect the Wiki's name and act functional. Additionally, many articles have started a trend of naming things with Fanstuff: as if a namespace was wanted. Votes have also been cast which state that the community would like that custom namespace to be made so they would like those changes. Though, currently there are 2 articles which start with MMKB: and a number more which start with Fanstuff:, I would like AnimeBot and DantmanAWB(For the sake of not requesting something later that could be requested now) to have the Bot flag added to them so that I can use the Pywikipedia bot framework and the remnants of an old script of mine to move all those pages out from titles which would cause them to become lost pages when the namespaces are changed. Thanks for any help. ~Dantman(talk) tricks May 11, 2007 @ 23:09 (UTC)
 * Splarka helped with the flags so you don't half to worry about that part. And the pages should be moved by the time you get around to this. Thanks again for all your help. ~Dantman(talk) tricks May 12, 2007 @ 10:03 (UTC)
 * I've listed the namespace changes for the tech team to do. Angela talk 05:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help. I also messaged the active users there so that should prevent anyone moving pages back to spots which would make them lost. ~Dantman(talk) tricks May 13, 2007 @ 07:11 (UTC)

Marpedia
Angela, I've noticed something a little disconcerning at the Marpedia. The founder Ichigo nicely Sysoped a user who came to the wiki and asked for admin status to help the wiki out. That user was Jakerl. As a test he blocked the Founder with a 2 week block, then unblocked him the next day. Some days later he blocked him again with an infinite then unblocked him soon after. And a few days ago he blocked the founder with an infinite and hasn't unblocked him since. The improvements to the wiki's interface aren't very good or helpful (Actually, they served to make it hard for me to navigate when I first got to the wiki), and he also Sysoped a completely random user who came to the wiki just to put a few letters into a userpage for himself. I gave a normal greeting to the founder of the wiki, and also gave a small welcome to Jakerl also noting that it would be polite for him to unblock Ichigo so he can help improve the wiki. It would be a good idea to wait for what his response is first as a bit of a test on if his character is one trying to improve the wiki and just making mistakes, or that of a general negative admin. If he does not unblock Ichigo when he get's around next it may be a good idea to use staff powers to unblock Ichigo and de-admin Jakerl and also The cool guy who Jakerl randomly admined. ~Dantman(talk) tricks May 12, 2007 @ 00:49 (UTC)


 * They're all the same person. I left the original founder as admin, not bureaucrat, and removed his two admin sockpuppets, but the wiki needs watching to make sure no more of this silliness happens. Angela talk 05:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok, It's already in my WikiSwitch tab and it's an anime related wiki anyways so I'll watch over the RC there to check for any silliness or anyone chance of someone wanting to help get rid of the current silliness left there. ~Dantman(talk) tricks May 13, 2007 @ 07:11 (UTC)

Cloak
Sorry to half to ask you something else, if I could I'd ask someone else so that I wouldn't be asking to much of you. But I suppose I can't request this from anyone else. I recently setup a better set of IRC names for myself. Including Registering my Away state so that I don't half to re-identify each time I come back. I also Registered an alternative so that I could request a cloak. I'm not that fussy about hostname hiding, but I do like the idea of having  as my ADDR as a nice way of verifying to other users that I am Dantman here on Wikia, and also for a bit of community awareness that I am located here primarily.
 * My master Registered username is Dantman and my alternative name as required by the cloak is DanielFriesen. If you perform a  you'll see Dantman listed as master, DanielFriesen listed as the second (My Alternative), and alternative namestates (Such as |Away) further listed. Sorry that I had to ask this also of you, but feel free to take your time with my requests. If you want a list of which is more important than which here's one:


 * Bots on MMKB
 * Namespace Request on MMKB (Cause that can't work out without the pagemoves anyways)
 * IRC Cloak
 * Marpedia stuff (Because waiting for a response is a character test and a good determiner for response anyways) ~Dantman(talk) tricks May 12, 2007 @ 08:33 (UTC)


 * There are no staff on freenode right now, but I'll get you a cloak as soon as I see someone there. Angela talk 05:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok, that's fine. ~Dantman(talk) tricks May 13, 2007 @ 07:11 (UTC)

help needed on the ksw wiki
On the RuneScape wiki, we have a group of vandals (one IP) under the name of Buck nell, Buck nell 2, etc. On my user page on the RS wiki, I mention that I am also found on the Kuk Sool Won wiki. This vandal migrated to that wiki. I reverted his edits there, but one of our two admins is on vacation, and the other has not been active lately. I did once ask for adminship there, but since I did not have 500+ edits, and created 15+ articles, and have 10+ awards, Etc. I was refused. I also found this slightly unfair, because I had 3 to 5 yes votes, and only 2 no votes, but the guy in charge, Jimwitz, just said no, and that was the end of it. I am not here to complain about this, and I am sorry that I kind of got off topic, but on the Kuk Sool Won wiki, the user Buck nell 3 needs to be banned. Megalodon99 01:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for telling me about this. I'll look into the vandal problem on Kuk Sool Won. Is the problem being dealt with ok on runescape? Angela talk 05:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Page deletion on inactive Animanga wiki
I was scanning the recent changes of the wiki in my WikiSwitch recently, and I ran into a bit of pagespam on the Manga Wiki. It's not something that a user can revert, and made me realize the annoyance of not being able to at least delete spam off the inactive Animanga related wiki. The Manga Wiki was one that the WGEP was planning to adopt in the future, but not directly now (noone seams to heavy on moving into phase 2 yet). But it would be nice to at least remove vandalism off inactive English Animanga wiki. I don't really need anything other than Sysop as I just want to be able to keep these clean for whenever either the WGEP or some other user comes and decides to Adopt them. The English Animanga wiki I notice are inactive (and I'm not admin on) I've found are: Manga, Digimon, Zatchbell, Sailormoon, Battle B-Daman, and CCS. ~Dantman(talk) tricks May 13, 2007 @ 15:08 (UTC)

SWGames Admin
Hello, I am an admin on SWGames. I recently noticed that the actual founder of the wiki has been inactive, and by inactive I mean they haven't made a single contribution since the wiki was started four months ago. I hate to do this, but I was wondering if you could desysop them? Any help in this would be much appreciated. :) Supergeeky1 (The Cantina) (My Edits) 22:56, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I tried emailing Elelohesterling to see if he was intending to come back but the email bounced, so I'd assume he's definitely not. If he ever does, he's welcome to ask one of the bureaucrats there to re-admin him. Angela talk 23:11, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for you help in this! Supergeeky1 (The Cantina) (My Edits) 01:09, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Motorcycle Wiki
Thanks for creating it. Is it ok to copy articles from wikipedia? And if so, is it better to copy and paste, or import/export. Thanks, -Pinky


 * I've left you a message on your new wiki about this. Angela talk 01:11, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Cinema e Cultura Wiki
Hi Angela, you sent to me a mensagen about this wiki that I'm adopting now. I'm new on wikia and I've two questions: 1st May I change the name to Cinema or pt-br.cinema? 2nd Where can I see the msg that you sent to me? Sorry for my english. My best wishes to you. Artfikan 02:31, 14 May 2007 (UTC)


 * You can see it here. I can ask for the URL to be changed to pt-br.cinema if you like, though it might take a while for that to happen. Angela talk 02:36, 14 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I would like to change the name, don't worry about the time. I'll need time to set the things up. Thank you. Artfikan 02:46, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Beekeeping wiki
Dear Angela, I would like to ask you to do something for me that could make my life easier while editing on Wikia. I discovered Wikia a few days ago after I searched the internet hoping that I would find a wiki about beekeeping. I found only one with a few pages, but I also found Wikia which offers hosting for wikis. First I registered at Wikia with the username Adela (because I thought that I would enjoy better a username different from the username from Wikipedia), but I started to miss my old username. So, I am respectfully asking you to change my username into User:Emily, if that would be possible. I would also like to start the wiki about beekeeping in romanian and in this case I still have an open request (Apicultura) and romanian beekeepers that are waiting for an answer from me. I wish you a nice day! Greetings, --Adela 16:18, 14 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I think that name has already been taken. Did sannse talk to you about this already? Angela talk 01:24, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Mediawiki
For some reason, the mediawiki functionality is broken on Quest.wikia.


 * MediaWiki:Monobook.css page doesn't work
 * User:X/monobook.css doesn't work either
 * Slate and Smoke look just the same as Monobook
 * ...and there's probably more.

Could you fix this please? Thanks! --Yunzhong Hou 16:33, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

--Problem fixed --Yunzhong Hou 16:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)