User talk:Sannse

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

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)

Having trouble understanding skin customisation
Hi - In the skin section of my preferences I don't see what it is shown in this graphic: http://inside.wikia.com/wiki/Quartz_Skin_Customization#Setting_a_Default_Color_Theme I just have a list of themes with radio buttons. For this new wiki: http://chainsofreason.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Basically, I want to change the colours to go better with the logo and I don't know any CSS, HTML, etc.. Please reply here, thanks. Derrick Farnell 06:29, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, the stuff on Inside is being written ready for the release of that new skin chooser. I hope it's going to be out very soon.  In the mean time, I would suggest waiting, and I'll be glad to give you some help with choosing a skin or making your own with the "custom" option as soon as it's on :) You have come along right in the middle of the changeover I'm afraid! -- sannse (talk) 17:28, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay - thanks! 89.241.234.95 17:34, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Forgot to login. Is notification of such updates always done via the mailing list? Derrick Farnell 17:38, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * They tend to be on a few places, the mailing list, Inside.wikia, and the Central forums. We really need to tidy that up and have one place :-/ -- sannse (talk) 19:24, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok. I know how to do CSS but how do you do it on your Wiki? Is that the quarts custom thing? --Bucketruck 01:39, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok. I figured out how to customize it. I went into http://gamemods.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monobook.css

and added code but it didn't change. Help?--Bucketruck 02:08, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * You need to match the name of the css page with the name of the skin on your wiki. See http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Quartzslate.css for an extreme example of this sort of customisation.  When the skin chooser comes on line, the it will be Mediawiki:Quartzcustom.css for the editable version. -- sannse (talk) 19:29, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Irc Inciclopedia
Thanks for the answer.I know who is Zuirdj, he helped me so much times, but in Desciclopèdia adviced me that i ask to you. >> Ғijøʃdαlgø  22:50, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

How to edit links next to logo?
Hi - I know that you can add four links to the top of the page, next to the default four links to the right of the logo, but can you edit those default links? To be clear, I'm not just wanting to edit the text, but also the page the text links to. Someone in live help insisted that the answer is to make changes to the relevant section of allmessages, but I can't find anything in there when I search for the text of the default links - at least, no instances of that text which are in the form of a link. Any ideas? Please could you answer on my talk page, thanks. Derrick Farnell 11:40, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Someone else in live chat told me that this area of the interface is a 'wikia area', like the links at the bottom of the page. Are you able to edit those links for me? While I can of course understand why we are not able to edit the links at the bottom, it seems a bit odd that we can't edit the links at the top, given that they are, unlike the links at the bottom, part of the wiki. Derrick Farnell 07:17, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, The four links are currently fixed. I'm not sure they will stay that way, but the idea was to ensure that newbies could find four important pages whichever wiki they were on.  But you can add four more links alongside that.  See http://inside.wikia.com/wiki/Quartz_Skin_Customization#Add_Custom_Links_to_the_Top_Nav for how to do this -- sannse (talk) 19:36, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Table Backgrounds
I'm the Admin of Wiki NASCAR and have been working with some of those cool templates from Wikipedia that can show or hide their contents. I transferred the technology to some of my pages as a Beta and it's working wonderfully.

My question is what lines can I insert to change the overall background color of the table. For example, if you go to the 2006 Emerson Radio 250 page, and click on "Show" for the Results, the overall background color is still gray, which I don't much like at all. I want the whole background to be white.

Could you pull your heads together to help me with this. Much appreciated --DaNASCAT 13:48, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, I'm not so good at this sort js. and for some reason can't even see the table correctly. I think your best bet is to either ask other contributors in the forums, or ask Splarka... he's good with js. -- sannse (talk) 16:47, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Depends on what you want to do and how you want it to do, if you just want that hide thing then do this
 * Substitute:
 * for this in the desired table that way you will assign the content the white bacground:
 * Tip:
 * will affect the full box. and  will affect only the header
 * Note:
 * remember that tables are sometimes independent from the div boxes so you may have to add there also the background if you want everything to match.
 * Now if you want something more permanent then review what you did by checking [this page] where there are instructions of installation for dynamic navigation, also you will add css on the MediaWiki:Common.css file where things will be more permant
 * --Cizagna (Talk) 16:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Now if you want something more permanent then review what you did by checking [this page] where there are instructions of installation for dynamic navigation, also you will add css on the MediaWiki:Common.css file where things will be more permant
 * --Cizagna (Talk) 16:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Suggestion for instructions
Hi - I'm in the process of setting-up a new wiki and uploaded the logo with the filename wiki_wide.png. However, I've just noticed that when I view my wiki using the monobook template, I don't see my logo. I fixed this my uploading a square version of my logo with the filename wiki.png. Perhaps I missed it, but I don't think it states in the instructions for setting-up a new wiki that you need to upload two versions of the logo. If I'm right, then I think this should be added - I get the impression that a lot of the people who registered before the new template came out still have their preference set to monobook. Please reply on my talk page, thanks. Best :— Derrick Farnell ( talk ) 19:56, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

ACG Wiki
Afker has been poking me repeatedly to solve the problem of confusion between ACG and Animepedia policies by moving Wikia ACG Polices to a more identifiably separate location. I'm also starting to think that things might not hold out to well for much longer if the project doesn't make the move sooner instead of later.

As shown at the Wikia ACG page, there are already 11 wiki in the project. And also the Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki is now joining. Which basically now means that a wiki larger than the rest of the project together is joining. Not to mention that having lots of anime stuff in the ACG section of the sidebar doesn't work out to well on the wiki like AliceSoft or even Yu-Gi-Oh! Which have a large gaming area. So me and Afker thought of instead of having the 4 top-level media wiki in the sidebar with lists, just have the link to the main ACG wiki and it's Forum/IRC/Mailinglist and let people find the rest of the project from there.

So if we could, having the wiki created now would be good. Mostly it would be used for: Basically it was always planned as a central resource.
 * Wikia ACG Stuff
 * Policy pages
 * The actual project page
 * Project terminology
 * Help pages for things like the ACG Worlds, Tech pages, and other things used on the top-level wiki.
 * Templates and code which is shared out everywhere.
 * ACG Stuff
 * Definitions on things like Anime, Manga, etc...
 * Genre pages and information on common aspects in Animanga styling and Cartoon-Comic styling.
 * Company pages for the companies making the series.
 * Pages for the Authors and Voice Actors
 * Lists and indexes for worlds and series linking to the other wiki. (ie: Naruto would link out to Animepedia for anime information, Manga information on the wikia about manga when in the project, and also the Narutopedia for detailed information)

The plan is to use this for the wiki's info:
 * Name (url):  (http://acg.wikia.com)
 * Project namespace/Sitename: :
 * Wiki language:  (English)
 * Interwiki:  :...] (I explained it before but it is a bit technical, there is an extension being worked on to allow for much easier linking all over wikia, but that generalized linking needs an interwiki in the map to work, w:c:... won't work for that system; But I can handle the link itself)

And the Wiki's info page would be at ACG with a redirect from acg.

When it is created, could I have the Mailing list password so I can set that up. I'll half to wait for forums though... ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Sep 25, 2007 @ 23:14 (UTC)


 * I think a good space for organising the project would be the projects wikia. That's available for any project, and it will be easy to organise the test.  For the other part, the detailed content, I feel this is a split of existing wikis (with some other content thrown in).  This is really a combination of the Anime and Manga wikis, plus a bit of content common to both and other wikis.  So why not explore the idea of a merge of Anime and Manga instead?  I think that would be more viable than another wiki, and the name could be made more generic and less obscure than ACG too.  http:animanga.wikia.com/ "Anima & Manga wiki"? -- sannse (talk) 18:21, 4 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Organizing how? It's not really a combination of just Anime and Manga. It's for things common to everything in the project; Anime, Manga, Cartoons, Comics, etc...
 * You'd have to merge all of them together if you were to merge things but they all don't fit that way, there are things common to them but you can't put them all together in all cases. And even if you decided to merge into a Anime and Manga wiki, and a Cartoons and Comics wiki then the project still does not have a central wiki. The project is using the Animepedia for that purpose at the moment because the people wanting to do Manga, Cartoons, and Comics haven't poked and said anything yet. But the wiki can't be used that way for all the phases of the project, once the project moves up a phase where there are two or more top-level wiki then none of them can identifiably be the central area of the project (I doubt a cartoons wiki would like being 2nd generation in a tree with anime as the 1st generation) and without a central area there is no place to put the stuff that all the areas share.
 * The project's reasons for existing are: Navigation (Making it easy for people to navigate from a focused wiki to a general one and find another similar focused wiki they want to go to), Not repeating the same things (Instead of having every wiki define what Anime is or what a Cartoon is, define it in a central location where everyone from all the projects can work on it together), and globally shared things (Many templates and various scripts are done over and over in these kind of wiki, and it takes time to come up with them and may never be done as well as it's done elsewhere; So instead we put all of that in a central location common to all the wiki, and share it out to all the other wiki and let everyone work on it together so they don't half to repeat all the work). ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Oct 4, 2007 @ 19:17 (UTC)


 * I think by "Organizational" it means the "Wikia ACG" stuff, put those on projects.wikia. Then the "ACG" stuff will go on "animanga.wikia". -Afker 04:31, 5 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, things to organise the project can go on projects. I don't see a need for a wiki for "anime, manga, cartoons, and comics", that doesn't feel like a good topic for a wiki. -- sannse (talk) 18:10, 5 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Ya, a combined wiki on all of them isn't needed. But defining Anime, Manga, Sci-fi, etc... In 2 or 4 different places is redundant. Which is why the point of the wiki is not to be a combination of all the wiki, but to be a place to put things common to the various wiki. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Oct 6, 2007 @ 02:37 (UTC)

Also, as I noted the Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki is joining. TwoTailedFox already gave AnimeBotSys the Sysop powers, but AnimeBot needs the Bot flag. ^_^ Otherwise the Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki's Recent Changes page will look like swiss cheese. Since it's a large community and you'll probably want confirmation. w:c:yugioh:Yu-Gi-Oh!:Community Portal. It's been up there for an entire week, TwoTailedFox put a note on the Main Page and made notes on a bunch of people's talk pages, and I put it in the Sitenotice. TwoTailedFox (the founder) is ok with it and as seen there knows about it, and the two active admins who come into the wiki's IRC are ok. No-ones posted objection, and the only person confused had more explanation given to him off page.

^_^ plus even if someone notes concern on the page before the joining happens, I'm still helping them improve their own templates which will require a good deal of bot work to fix things. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Sep 25, 2007 @ 23:14 (UTC)

Language change
Hi! :) Is it possible to change the language of a Wiki without recreating it from scratch? I just noticed my project was in the English section. I'd like it to be in French! Thank you :) --Sebleblanc 04:12, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh I forgot! The name of the project is [eduquebec.wikia.com EduQuébec]. Thanks! Have a nice day. --Sebleblanc 04:13, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * This is done. It should show in about an hour or so -- sannse (talk) 17:43, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Layout problem with new skin
Hi - I've posted this problem in the Inside forum, but it doesn't seem to be a very busy forum at the moment, and I was wondering if you could do anything yourself. It seems to be the case that, with the new skin, the 'top content' box always appears for those who are not logged-in to the wiki I've just started (http://chainsofreason.wikia.com/wiki/Home). The presence of this box, along with the ad box, means that the navigation box is quite far down the screen - indeed, it is actually off the screen on my laptop when the ad box is square-shaped (as opposed to when it is a not-so-high oblong shape when displaying 'Wikia Spotlight' ads). Is it possible to have this 'top content' box not show, or at least show below the navigation box? Please reply on my talk page, thanks. Derrick Farnell ( talk ) 18:12, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi - I didn't get a reply to the above. Derrick Farnell ( talk ) 14:38, 3 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry I missed this one Derrick, on my way to your talk page now -- sannse (talk) 22:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

RS Wiki sysop
Hi. There is a certain sysop on the RuneScape Wiki who has been behaving very inappropriately lately. Dreadnought has always been "the mean admin", but lately he's been making personal attacks and abusing his powers in general. A while ago, he attacked Whiplash here and called Gangsterls an idiot here. I tried to act appropriately by blocking him for a day according to policies, but he responded with fury by unblocking himself and blocking me here. I warned him that he was on his last toenail here, but he later persisted here. I do not think this is acceptable behaviour. I think that he should be desysopped semipermanently until he completes a successful RFA. Please respond on my RS Wiki talk page. Thank you. Dtm142 04:03, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Replied on Runescape -- sannse (talk) 22:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Dofus.wikia
Well dont know if you read my msg that i put in your talk page in the dofus.wikia, the {{Replace seems unafected if they changed the $wgStringFunctionsLimitReplace i left a template on your talk page so you could see when this is properly working.

Then on another note i want to request again bot tags for User:CizBot and now to User:LiriBot, c:Dofus:Forum:Bot permition request --Cizagna {{sup|(Talk)}} 00:23, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Cizagna, I've asked TOR to have another look at the setting, and I've set both those accounts as bots. -- sannse (talk) 22:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks --Cizagna {{sup|(Talk)}} 23:58, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

#uncyc-overflow
Hi sannse,

What do you think about setting this channel +q? This sends any messages to anyone currently opped, even though the channel is moderated.

Manticore Talk 15:32, 11 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not really involved in that channel much... I think Tom generally looks after it, beat ask him -- sannse (talk) 17:21, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Unescesairy protection
Hi, i think the main page of this [wiki] should not be protected like that. I've discovered it was because i wanted to put on it. Thanks in advance for the help. TulipVorlax 10:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Doh! There's another one : ! TulipVorlax 10:08, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Can i ask why the subst doesn't work there : ? TulipVorlax 10:24, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, I've unprotected those pages, let me know if you need others done. I'm not sure what's wrong on fr.finalfantasy, I'll report that as a bug -- sannse (talk) 22:44, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, i'll continue to "scan" the french category for currently inactives wikis. TulipVorlax 04:51, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Another inactive wiki here that i can't tag the main page for adoption : . Thanks. TulipVorlax 03:10, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * fixed -- sannse (talk) 16:49, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I will take a break of thoses things... ;-) TulipVorlax 10:45, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

I feel so stupid asking this...
Okay, I am adopting the Titanic wiki. Is there any way that I can find out the original mission statement for the wiki?
 * Hi, looks like there wasn't much of one... what there is is on the description page at Titanic. Looks like you can take it wherever you think it should go!  Have fun :) -- sannse (talk) 16:51, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Halopedia Forums
Rename "Halo Forums" to "Halo," please, add a section called "Community," move the subsections "Halopedia Community" and "Help Desk" to "Community," and make a subsection called "Other Games" inside the "Community" section, please. Thank you! =D -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 01:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * All done -- sannse (talk) 17:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Right now it's this:


 * Halo
 * Halo 3
 * Halo 2
 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo Novels
 * Community
 * Other Games

Can you change it to this, please?


 * Halo
 * Halo 3
 * Halo 2
 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo Novels
 * Community
 * Community
 * Other Games

Thanks! =D -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 22:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * All done again -- sannse (talk) 22:12, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Need this now, by request of some of the forumgoers:


 * Halo
 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo 2
 * Halo 3
 * Halo Wars
 * Halo Novels
 * Community
 * Other Games
 * Community
 * Montages
 * Help Desk

If you can reorder, please do. If not, don't worry about it--mainly I just need the "Montages" and "Halo Wars" added. Thanks! =D -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 23:31, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

How to set QartzBeach as a default skin for my wiki?
My wiki is Bg.astronomy.wikia.com The default skin is the monobook and i want to set the QartzBeach as a default!

Thank you!

JėdĬ māŜŢEŖ ĈĦĂνĊhσ 10:39, 19 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Replied on the user's central talk page, hope you don't mind. :) -- Manticore  Talk 11:36, 19 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Not at all :) thanks for replying -- sannse (talk) 18:24, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for trying sannse. If this opportunity ever arises, let me know =) --LordTBT Talk! 19:58, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Perverted works on Fiction wikia
The fiction wikia currently is undergoing a major debate over what stories ("works") should remain on the site. Quite a few works are particularly controversial. this one is one such case. The work is hard literotica/porn and thus I found at least parts of it inappropriate for the web site. I deleted such sections, but User:Serprex undid the "censorship" and now it's back to a really, really perverted story. What's more, for a fiction site, not only is the particular work bad taste, but it's also heavily lacking in either literary merit or humor/creativity, which means that it's not worth much.

This is actually an example of a larger conflict that we've been having. I'll tell you right away that I'm in favor of works in which people actually spend their time and effort to make into credible, good stories and poems with merit, because I see this as the best way to attract responsible, diligent new users in the long run, which is what we need if the site is to grow. Problem is, there are far more people who put up works of bad taste (such as works in made-up languages, works in which words are written backwards, works in which there's primarily random nonsense) and claim them to be good works unworthy of deletion. As a result, every once in a while an edit war occurs, depending on what we decide should or should not be kept on the site. Most of them are resolved peacefully rather quickly, and we all do our best to posit our points of view on talk pages.

It's hard though. And I have a feeling that if the bad works on this site aren't gotten rid of, newcomers will merely take it as an indication at they too can also submit horrible content, which perpetuates the cycle. And when the actual good writers show up for the first time and see the mess, they may be discouraged. Thankfully, there aren't too many such pages that I consider worthy of deletion, but I want to get this sorted out so in the future there will be less need for controversy. And I hope you'll agree with me that the best way to make a wikia for fiction is to remove shoddy, I-spewed-this-out-in-one-minute, perverted, random/jejune, pseudo-, controversial stories in favor of nice traditional poems, short stories, and novels that can actually attract attention. I hope you'll show up on the Fiction wikia and see for yourself.

Yunzhong Hou 14:15, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know about this. I've deleted that article, and will leave a message for the community.  In general, it's best for the community to regulate themselves in this regard, and certainly issues of quality of writing are an issue for the wiki community and not for Wikia.  But if the boundaries of offensiveness and sexual content are pushed too far, then we do have to step in.  I hope the community can pull together to avoid that!  Thanks again -- sannse (talk) 21:07, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

fi.wikia problems
Hi sannse, regarding the problems with fi.wikia, I found another: CSS-related problem this time. MediaWiki:Common.css and MediaWiki:Monobook.css are loaded in page HTML sourcecode, but seems that they have no effect whatsoever: w:c:fi:Wikia has ads, even though some ad-hiding CSS is defined on w:c:fi:MediaWiki:Monobook.css, in the per-page CSS (sivukohtainen CSS) section. .page-Wikia #column-google {display:none} is clearly there and it has worked before...very odd, please poke TOR/Splarka/someone about these problems.

Thank you. :) --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 22:44, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Seems to be working today, including MediaWiki messages recentchangestext, mainpage and site CSS is working too...I really wonder what was up last night...oh well. --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 13:30, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Danny saw some of this too... not sure what it was, but it seems to be a temporary glitch at least -- sannse (talk)

I wan to change my "SITENAME"
Well, greetings and congratulations, I think wikia is a very good project.

I have asked somewhere about this topic, and they said me to ask you.

My wiki is http://es.wow.wikia.com/wiki/Portada, and his topic/Sitename is World of WarCraft.

I just want to change it to WarcraftWiki, cuz World of WarCraft doesn't fit entirely with the wiki, and no man in the wiki likes it.

If you can change it to WarcraftWiki, I will be so pleased.

Thanks a lot, --Lon-ami 16:04, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey sannse, I pointed this user your way because apparently the form doesn't like Splarka. :P -- Manticore  Talk 16:42, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks Manticore. Lon-ami, do you also want the project namespace as well?  You have a few redirects in the "World of WarCraft:" namespace, and some articles that start with "WarcraftWiki:".  If you want the namespace changed to WarcraftWiki too, then you need to move all articles using both the old and the new name.  Otherwise they will break when I make the change.  Thanks -- sannse (talk) 21:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Done. All the World of WarCraft articles have been deleted and moved to WarcraftWiki articles. I don't know if I explain well, but I only want to change all the names World of WarCraft to WarcraftWiki. I think that's the project name or the wiki's topic, don't know. Thanks ;).--Lon-ami 15:30, 24 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, all the conflictive pages have been renamed. The namespace can be now changed with no problems.-- Fo xt re me  (Contacto) 17:07, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Redirects are pages too ;) I deleted those, and changed the setting.  You are now "WarcraftWiki"!  You can move back any pages you want to now.  Thanks -- sannse (talk) 22:00, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, that was all, so thanks a lot! Continue with wikia, it's great!--Lon-ami 14:38, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Navbar troubles
Could you please take a look at the Fiction wikia? In particular, the pages


 * MediaWiki:Common.js
 * Template:Dynamic navigation noncentered
 * Main Page

I would like for the + and - / show and hide buttons to appear to the left of the header text in each bar. Could you do that? Thanks! --Yunzhong Hou 19:13, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * You may be able to get help in the Forum with that, or ask Dantman, I see he is an admin on Fiction. He's great with such things and should be able to help. -- sannse (talk) 21:41, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Request
I would like adminship on please so i can help there.--Supericed 20:39, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, maybe you could work on the wiki you requested first? It's a bit daunting starting a wiki by yourself, but getting a few good pages on your topic there will be a good start.  Then you can try and encourage other users to join you.  You could work on two wikis at once, but maybe working on the one you founded will be the best first step.  Good luck with the project! -- sannse (talk) 22:24, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I need an image, please
I'm changing up all the Hubs a bit, adding more stars and stuff... and I need a picture. Something along the style of the taskstars, but shaped like a rhombus and all white and shiny, and we only need 12x12, not 20x20. It should look like a diamond. If you can help with this, thank ya VERY much! =D -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 01:15, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi GPT, I'll try and do this over the weekend -- sannse (talk) 22:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Sannse -- I was just talking to GPT on his talk page... I love the three-star system, but I have a different idea about the colors. GPT said that I could change them if I wanted, and suggested that I talk to you. You can see the conversation there if you're interested. I don't know if you have time for this at the moment, so I'm also going to ask Scott about it. But for now, you're off the hook on the diamond. Let me know what you think... -- Danny (talk ) 17:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Addition of Namespace to Age of Conan wikia please.
Hi there Sannse,

Is it possible to have a Namespace added for the Age of Conan wikia ? Please add Namespace of "Guild" if you could?

Thanking muchly!


 * Hi, I've added this. -- sannse (talk) 23:14, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks :) One problem tho, the Forum namespace was removed? Kind of wanted to keep that as well. c:aoc:Forum:Index is gone now. :/ Zido [T] [C] 00:27, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Argh! I forgot that bit! I will have to get a techy guy to help now. I will get help as soon as I can... I'm so sorry about this, it will be right back! -- sannse (talk) 00:32, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


 * No problem, I think we can manage without it for a bit :) Zido [T] [C] 02:17, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


 * And it's back, thanks to TOR! Well at least that's another mistake that I won't stumble over next time :) -- sannse (talk) 17:52, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


 * YAY! Thank Ye!

Cancel option for report a problem tabs
Is it possible to get a "Cancel" option added to the inpage form that appears when someone clicks on the "report a problem" tab?

It seems under the runescape.wikia.com (and possibly others) that some people have inadvertantly clicked on the "report a problem" tab, and decided they did not want to report anything, or maybe they were just looking. However, they have not worked out how to get out of it, so end up clicking the "Report a problem" button to get out.

I think a "Cancel" or "Cancel report" button next to the "Report a problem" button would make it more obvious. This new button could just hide the form again.

Anyway, just a suggestion. Thanks. Amaurice (talk) 14:13, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * And a good one! thanks :) I'll pass this on to the developer working on the feature.  -- sannse (talk) 23:15, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Tyler Warren
Just a heads up for you. I've posted this on Angela's talk page too, but since she's a bit busy with house moves, etc, I thought I'd message you too.

The runescape.wikia.com site had a problem with repeated major attacks from 2 or 3 specific people over a period of time, using IP switchers, etc. One of the major vandals was someone know as "Total Rune" (real name Tyler Warren). It now seems that he has got his own wikia at odyssey.wikia.com. It's possible that he will now be constructive rather than destructive (see Runescape:User talk:Tyler Warren). I just wanted you to be aware of it. Amaurice (talk) 14:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting us know, we will keep an eye out :) -- sannse (talk) 18:14, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppet vandalism and spamming at several wikis
Recently a user named Assaulthead has appeared on a number of wikis (StarCraft, C&C, Transformers, and South Park, possibly others) and made a large number of spam edits. When confronted by administrators, he deleted their warnings and harassed some of them. He was eventually banned from StarCraft, C&C and Transformers for these activities.

When he first appeared on the StarCraft wiki, he originally didn't have an account, and at first used the name Sideways (which has also since been banned). Since then, he has come back with different account names, such as Soldier 79, and continued to spam the various wikis (and deletes warnings from his talk pages, to the point that these pages were sometimes locked after he was banned). His style of communication is distinctive, and he always puts "I'm not Assaulthead" in his new user page; I'm 99% sure the other accounts are sockpuppets.

I am requesting a checkuser on his IP in order to be 100% sure that it's the same person, hopefully so that all the accounts can be blocked at the same time.

For the StarCraft wiki, http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/69.234.144.73, http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/69.234.145.190, http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/69.234.99.35, http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Sideways,  http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Assaulthead, http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Soldier_79 and possibly others.

For the C&C wiki, http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Assaulthead, User talk:Smugface the untrustworthy dwarf and http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Soldier_79

For the teletraan-1 wiki, http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Assaulthead - this shows the most vivid reasons why he has been blocked from so many wikis.

Sorry if this message appears someplace else; I tried using the private "contact us" form but my computer crashed at the exact moment I hit the send button.

PsiSeveredHead 19:34, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, yes, they look like the same person. You could try blocking 76.247.222.101 and 69.234.0.0/16 - although I wouldn't keep the second blocked for too long, it's a common IP -- sannse (talk) 21:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I've spread the news to the other affected wikis as well. PsiSeveredHead 04:00, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

fOrUmS1!1
Need this:


 * Halo
 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo 2
 * Halo 3
 * Halo Wars
 * Halo Novels
 * Community
 * Other Games
 * Community
 * Montages
 * Help Desk

Turned into this:


 * Halo
 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo 2
 * Halo 3
 * Halo Wars
 * Halo Novels
 * ilovebees
 * Community
 * Other Games
 * Community
 * Montages
 * Help Desk

Thanks! =D -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 20:19, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry GPT, I'm out of time! But I will do this as soon as I'm back on-line... if someone else can't help before then -- sannse (talk) 21:59, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Forumadmin on RS Wiki.
Hi. I started a community discussion on the topic here, and there seems to be consensus to make myself and possibly some other editors forumadmins. Also, could you please give Wowbot bot status? He seems to have gained a general consensus to get the powers and begin editting here. Thank you. Dtm142 01:12, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Done and done (you only on forumadmin, until you make a decision on how this is going to work :) -- sannse (talk) 22:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Desysop me on SW Fanon, please
I would like to request a desysop on SW Fanon. Due to the fact that I no longer have the time or the interest to contribute, it would be unfair to them to have me in an admin position when they all earned theirs by their activity and enthusiasm. User:StarNeptune 10:43, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Done - thanks for all your help there StarNeptune! -- sannse (talk) 21:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Adopting a wiki
The wiki at this link seems to be dead and I'm the only person who has been editing it for the last couple of months (possibly ever!). Would it be possible for me to take over as sysop at this wiki? How do I go about it? The only other registered user apart from myself is the current sysop and he is totally inactive and has contact details. --Oskarsson 13:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * you are now a sysop! Have fun! -- sannse (talk) 21:57, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

pvx builds bugged?
I think something is bugged with the Pvx builds when you download them. Before whenever you would download a build they each had their own name. I just downloaded a few builds and they were all named {art_name} If you try to download any other build it will not matter all of them have the same name. I know it did not used to be like this before, so if you try to download a second build a message will pop up saying this file already exists, and asks to replace. (even though it is a different file, has same name)


 * PvX Wiki is not affiliated with GuildWiki or Wikia. -Afker 22:25, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I see, thank you. Where are the PvX admins though? Can anyone tell me where i can contact them or give a link, please? Or perhaps this can be forwarded move this to them?


 * There is a list of them at http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Special:Listusers/sysop - you will have to look at contributions to see which are active though (or try the admin notice board, linked in the sidebar) -- sannse (talk) 18:35, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

IE7 bug report
Hi Sannse, when you come back could you inform me hows the IE issues i reported you on mirc im still getting reports at Special problem report --Cizagna (Talk) 16:12, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Bots in IRC
Can we get some semi-formal rule about bots being brought into #wikia. Users keep bringing in bots like PinkyBot and [NewsBot] without any consensus to bring them in, then the bot gets kicked out and auto returns, making the person work on a long block to only block the bot without blocking a user. Then after that a big debate starts about whether bots belong in #wikia. Users against it note the dislike of bots by some staff and that consensus should decide if it is ok for a bot to be inside of #wikia. Then those few who want the bot go and say that the other 40 or so users don't have an issue with it, when 90% of those users are formally away, lurking, or a double user and aren't responding on how they may not like it because they are not at the computer.

All these bots coming in with no valid reason or pre-consensus is getting annoying. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 4, 2007 @ 21:03 (UTC)