User:Porplemontage/talk archive 51-100
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Merging
Steve were you the one who thought of merging the dk wiki, wariowiki, banjo wiki, etc. to the mario wiki?--Fg 15:09, 5 February 2007 (EST)
- Yes. Although only the DK Wiki was actually merged. The other wikis were never started. --Steve (talk)
15:50, 5 February 2007 (EST)
Three More Extensions
- Disable editing of User pages by other users. That is, each user can only edit his or her page and no other. Sysops still can edit all pages.
- Top Contributors Overall. What we were looking for in UserScore. Not sure whether this can be restricted to sysops or not – might want to reconsider if it can't be restricted.
- Multi-File Upload. I'm pretty sure you can get rid of the "AWC" in the Special page title.
Even though these were created a few months ago for MediaWiki 1.5.x, they should still be fine now. There's a few things about customizing and notes for the last two, so check those out. Unrelated: Check under Sysop Discussion on the forum. Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 20:50, 12 February 2007 (EST)
- Maybe the first one. I really don't see a point to the second one. Don't know if we need third one either. These things can be annoying so unless we really need one I won't want to install it. --Steve (talk)
20:59, 12 February 2007 (EST)
- OK, I can see the uselessness in #2. But we have users uploading a lot of images at once all the time. Doing it in one load would save time for them. Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 21:04, 12 February 2007 (EST)
- Of all the users that I mentioned #3 to, they all said it would be useful. That includes WarioLoaf, Son of Suns, Yoshi626, Knife and Paper Jorge. Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 15:19, 14 February 2007 (EST)
- OK, I can see the uselessness in #2. But we have users uploading a lot of images at once all the time. Doing it in one load would save time for them. Wa
WOW!
You Are AWESOME! I mean, you FOUNDED the most awesome site on the web! WOW! user:maxlover2
Wikia
Hello Steven, what you think about this? --Slade 17:17, 14 February 2007 (EST)
- Thanks for answer. --Slade 14:15, 15 February 2007 (EST)
Hey
Just came by to say hi and haven't seen you for a while.--Fg 15:47, 15 February 2007 (EST)
This wiki...
You know,I tried to make a mario wiki from wikia,but they just told me to edit the nintendo wiki.So I made mine an edithis wiki.HOW COME YOU GUYS GOT TO MAKE A MARIO WIKI AND I DIDNT!?Toadbert101 17:36, 15 February 2007 (EST)
Because Steve is actually a Toad...HK47
Comic
As you've probably heard, or in this case seen, that I'm attampting to make my very own comic. I wanted to know what character you wanted to be. Please respond ASAP.--
Aipom
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Autoconfirming the Move Feature
Via Special:Userrights, can you autoconfirm the ability to move articles? This will restrict new users under 4 days old from moving pages, making the recent serious vandalism attacks harder to make. Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 22:53, 17 February 2007 (EST)
- You could also add this in LocalSettings.php:
$wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['move'] = false;
Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 22:57, 17 February 2007 (EST)
- How do you know this? --Steve (talk)
23:40, 17 February 2007 (EST)
- [2] – lists default user groups and rights. Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 23:43, 17 February 2007 (EST)
- Such a thing cannot be done through Special:Userrights and your code is bogus. --Steve (talk)
00:00, 18 February 2007 (EST)
- That's true (my mistake before) – but notice when I added the code, I said it should be added to LocalSettings.php. The $wg stuff all goes there. Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 00:04, 18 February 2007 (EST)
- That's true (my mistake before) – but notice when I added the code, I said it should be added to LocalSettings.php. The $wg stuff all goes there. Wa
- Such a thing cannot be done through Special:Userrights and your code is bogus. --Steve (talk)
- [2] – lists default user groups and rights. Wa
- How do you know this? --Steve (talk)
$wgAutoConfirmAge = 3600*96; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['move'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['move'] = true;
Because a user is considered autoconfirmed after the AutoConfirmAge time passes (in seconds), so you must block users from moving pages (because you're considerer a user the second you create an account) and only allow autoconfirmed users. --Steve (talk)
00:54, 18 February 2007 (EST)
Sysop
steve will there ever be more than ten sysops in this wiki?--Fg 16:38, 18 February 2007 (EST)
Idea: Shortcuts
Just running an idea through ya about the use of shortcuts. Wikipedia creates redirects to all its policies by using WP:Whatever (WP:NOT for what Wikipedia is not, WP:BLOCK for blocking policy, etc). Sometimes there's more than one shortcut for a page. This makes it easy for everyone to check these special pages for reference or for newbies to learn the rules. The redirect pages would be categorized into one category, and a quick page like MarioWiki:Shortcuts would describe what they're for and how to categorize properly ([[Category:Shortcuts|Specific pagename - not {{PAGENAME}}]] is needed). Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 17:26, 18 February 2007 (EST)
- That's a good idea. You can get it going if you want to. --Steve (talk)
17:33, 18 February 2007 (EST)
Checkusers?
What are checkusers? YoshiFan
- It means they have permission to check the IP address of a user account for banning purposes. --Steve (talk)
14:38, 19 February 2007 (EST)
Reply:Sysop
Steve when are we going to have more than ten sysops?Just wondering.--Fg 17:16, 19 February 2007 (EST)
MarioWiki:RareWiki Vote
As shown, we are now voting to determine the direction we're taking. One of the options is joining up with DKVine to create a RareWiki. Son of Suns has contacted the site about the issue. Son of Suns is going off AIM at 12:25, so you can come on to talk about the issue if you see this message relatively before then. Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 23:56, 20 February 2007 (EST)
- I'm not interested in creating any more wikis, so keeping the articles and adding the template would be the best move. I don't want to join with DKVine either. We should both just do our own thing. Can't talk about it on AIM tonight. --Steve (talk)
00:05, 21 February 2007 (EST)
- What if we just create it without any DKVine interaction at all and DKVine users would be attracted anyways? Is that still offsetting? Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 00:38, 21 February 2007 (EST)
- Yeah, pretty much we just need permission from you to transfer articles from this wiki onto our wiki. Thats all, no work for you.<<< Knife 00:42, 21 February 2007 (EST)
- What wiki? There's no RareWiki yet. Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 00:44, 21 February 2007 (EST)
- Yet'<<< Knife 00:46, 21 February 2007 (EST)
- "we just need permission from you to transfer articles from this wiki onto our wiki" If DKVine is creating a wiki why is there a need for interaction from us? If they did create one we would have nothing to do with it, so we would keep the articles and include that template, so then both wikis would have the same articles. The articles should be written from a different perspective anyway: ours from a perspective of the character in the marioverse and theirs more general.
- What if we just create it without any DKVine interaction at all and DKVine users would be attracted anyways? Is that still offsetting? Wa
- We could possibly create the wiki. I wouldn't even mind if it was considered a team up if we were in control of the hosting. I was concerned about the workload but I know you guys would cover most of it. So either:
a. They create the wiki on their own and of course our members can help out and whatnot but not directly transferring articles.
b. We team up on it and we'll host the wiki.
c. We'll do the wiki alone and it won't be an official joint thing but they can help obviously.
d. NOTHING
I haven't heard anything from them so I need to know what their expectations are. --Steve (talk)
01:17, 21 February 2007 (EST)
Well in the meantime...I have submitted a request to Wikia to start the RareWiki. Entirely a different entity from the MarioWiki, no Wiki Alliance. If that goes through, all we would need from you is the permission to move articles out. The Banjo & Conker board could go and never be heard of again as well. I would just put a link to it. Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 01:22, 21 February 2007 (EST)
- If they're separate entities we would keep the articles and not transfer them. The board could stay as well. --Steve (talk)
01:41, 21 February 2007 (EST)
I think the point is that many users feel Banjo and Conker are out of place and this wiki, and should be moved anyway, regardless of who is hosting the site. They are simply too removed from Mario's universe. We could just delete all the content, and if a wiki never emerges, the consensus may be just to erase all those articles without any move. -- Son of Suns
I think C. is the best choice. I disagree with just deleting articles, some users worked pretty hard to write them. At this point, we don't need an official alliance with DKVine. But then again, this all depends if we get permission from Wikia to host it. This would be at no cost or workload to anybody, and is a fair solution. Being part of the Wiki Alliance (if we still have that)... well all in all thats your decision.<<< Knife 18:14, 21 February 2007 (EST)
Personally, I like D. All in one Wiki. Cool.
3D, VERY active!
Remember that this wiki abides by the Marioverse. Banjo & Conker are barely in the Marioverse. RareWiki, which I have requested, will satisfy Choice C. Maybe we can move articles over to get a jumpstart on mainspace articles. Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 18:25, 21 February 2007 (EST)
Hold on a minute, we may team up with DKVine? By the way, nice proposal Wayoshi. --
Aipom
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Recent Vote
Steve, what's your opinion on this? --KPH2293 (T/C/EC/L) 21:00, 22 February 2007 (EST)
Glossary
Shouldn't the Glossary be on the sidelines, I could think of a lot of people that don't understand much about the Marioverse. YoshiFan
- It's not one of the main navigation pages, so no. I've put it back on the main page, so it's more accessible now. --Steve (talk)
22:50, 24 February 2007 (EST)
Mario Forum
3D told me that you activated his account without an e-mail address, would you please, if you can, activate my account for me.--
Aipom
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I can't because I'm not allowed to give out my E-Mail address. I've tried to get on before, without the e-mail, but it says I need the e-mail or to contact an admin.--
Aipom
- You can keep your email address private, so it would only be used for the activation. --Steve (talk)
14:16, 25 February 2007 (EST)
I have not registered yet, but I just want to know how you make your e-mail address private.--
Aipom
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- After you're activated, login and edit your profile. Where is says Always show my e-mail address select No. --Steve (talk)
15:02, 25 February 2007 (EST)
Paper Mario Heads
I've noticed some Paper Mario heads at the bottom of the articles, what does that mean. A confused fan of Yoshi.
- That's just a style effect I installed. It means nothing. Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 21:00, 28 February 2007 (EST)
Question?
Steve, What was the first article? Was it really Super Mario Bros? Max2
- If Steve installs the latest extension I found, I can find out... :D Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 16:29, 1 March 2007 (EST)
Little Colored Numbers
Are we going to get that...whatever it is that makes articles on the changes page have a little number telling how much was added/subtracted to a page per edit? Not that it's really needed.... -- Chris
18:01, 5 March 2007 (EST)
Hopefully not, they're really just a nusance on my watchlist on Wikipedia.--
Aipom
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- Eh... --Steve (talk)
20:37, 5 March 2007 (EST)
- A) Clarification: the number tells how many bytes were added or subtracted to the file size of the article. B) At a certain point, extreme numbers turn bold. This is used to signal possible vandalism in the negatives. C) We've got vandalism covered – it isn't daily like Wikipedia. I don't think we need it, unless it is auto-installed into a MediaWiki version (which I bet might be able to be turned off if so). Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 20:45, 5 March 2007 (EST)
Tumble
can you add a :tumble: to the forum? Max2 (C)
- For what image? --Steve (talk)
22:09, 8 March 2007 (EST)
- Question: What the hell is :tumble:? --
Chris
22:40, 8 March 2007 (EST)
? what image? do you mean, like Birdo is sorta lova, Koopa is confused, like that? Max2 (C)
Remember Homestar Runner?
- Hey, how come you never get on the Homestar Runner Wiki anymore? You got an sbemail answered! Come back! The edit summaries miss you! --Theyellowdart 22:16, 8 March 2007 (EST) P.S. I got the link to this wiki by your userpage at the hrwiki.
- I still visit the site, but I was never big on the editing scene there. --Steve (talk)
22:25, 8 March 2007 (EST)
- Oh. That's cool. Man, that place (hrwiki) has grown like heck! See you around, I'm off to go gnome some pages. --Theyellowdart 22:27, 8 March 2007 (EST)
- BTW, what e-mail was answered?
3D, BRB, BTB, BTW.
- "montage". Hm... where have I heard that name before...? You watch Homestar? Join the wiki!! --Theyellowdart 22:35, 8 March 2007 (EST)
- Cool.
3D, I may join.... maybe.....
- No offense to this wiki, but I think that the Homestar Runner Wiki is the most organized, content-full, and community-ish sister wiki to this date. The sysops there are so smart. --Theyellowdart 22:54, 8 March 2007 (EST)
- Never really been there.. but it looks really, really cool. And the pages are sooooo awesome. Shall we move this to my talk page?
3D, to avoid clogging up Steve's page.
- Never really been there.. but it looks really, really cool. And the pages are sooooo awesome. Shall we move this to my talk page?
- No offense to this wiki, but I think that the Homestar Runner Wiki is the most organized, content-full, and community-ish sister wiki to this date. The sysops there are so smart. --Theyellowdart 22:54, 8 March 2007 (EST)
- Cool.
- "montage". Hm... where have I heard that name before...? You watch Homestar? Join the wiki!! --Theyellowdart 22:35, 8 March 2007 (EST)
- BTW, what e-mail was answered?
- Oh. That's cool. Man, that place (hrwiki) has grown like heck! See you around, I'm off to go gnome some pages. --Theyellowdart 22:27, 8 March 2007 (EST)
My best friend and I am there too, I'm Munchlax and he's SpazzingWonder.--
Aipom
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- Neat. Okay, 3D, move it if you want. --Theyellowdart 23:27, 9 March 2007 (EST)
Mar10 Day
Tommorow (or Today, depending where you are) is Mar10 Day! (March 10=Mar10; Mar10=Mario) Celebrate! The 'Shroom comes out on Mar10 Day!
Extension
Inputboxes – I need the create article inputbox to use with a DynamicPageList to reorganize how MarioWiki:Trouble Center is done. The comment inputbox might also be useful as well as the create - Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 22:41, 11 March 2007 (EDT)
What's Up
What's Up steve? how are you doing?F g
Parabeetle pic
We need your help, go to Talk:Parabeetle#Pic Vote. We can't decide on which one(s) to use.--
Aipom
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- Looks like you guys figured it out; it looks good the way it is now. --Steve (talk)
21:06, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
New Special Page
I think it would be very helpful if there was a Special Page for most viewed pages. A wondering fan of Yoshi
I mean a whole special page, with all the most viewed pages. The statistics only shows ten. A fan of Yoshi
- Special:Popularpages Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 15:53, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
Mariowiki
Hey steve I'm glad you've came up with the mariowiki!if the mariowiki didn't exist,then I wouldn't made new friends with cool users.F g
- That's great. Mario and friends. It's what we're here for. --Steve (talk)
20:10, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
An Issue on Talk:Main Page
An issue has come up since this morning's vandal attack. Just letting you know. --KPH2293 (T/C/EC/L) 17:30, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
We need a verdict, possible sysop cut-off, or a poll.--
Aipom
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- So there was some vandalism and we need some more sysops? Who would you suggest? --Steve (talk)
19:29, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
Yoshi626 for sure. But I have an idea, on the talk page, we'll start polls where people nominate users and then everyone else votes on them. The MarioWiki democracy.--
Aipom
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- So, Steve, just to make sure; Do you give your official approval on this? --KPH2293 (T/C/EC/L) 13:34, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
Yep, I just wanted to see who sysops and normal users alike want to see be promoted.--
Aipom
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Suprisingly, nothing has spiralled out of control yet. Yoshi626, YellowYoshi398, and I haveall been nominated. Yoshi626 has 8, YY398 has 3, and I have 2.--
Aipom
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How long will the poll be open?
We need you to post some votes on the MarioWiki:Sysophood Nominations page.--
Aipom
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Mariowiki Party
Hey steve you know I was thinking that one day you could arrange a date where we could all meet each other in a specific place(Although I know this would never happen).F g
- What abotu a date when everyone goes to forum chat?
Paper Jorge ( Talk·Contributions)·
- What abotu a date when everyone goes to forum chat?
not everyone's on the forum. Max2 (C)
Happy St. Paddy's Day!
Image:Plumber Sprite.PNG Happy St. Paddy's Day, Mr. Steve Boss Guy!
The MissingLink Happy Saint Patrick's Day!Mr. Head Honcho,hehe
Possible bearucats
Any possible people that you promote to bearucat position. A wondering fan of Yoshi
- Yeah, I should do that. Wayoshi is a bureaucrat now. Tell him about your sysop wishes. --Steve (talk)
23:23, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
Cheese
I'm sure you're aware of the Cheese Craze of '07. We want to know - Do you like Cheese?Mada Mada Dane
Username
How did you get your username. A wondering fan of Yoshi
Hello.
I'd like you to place a notice on the pages of Superchao and Shyper saying that those account are inactive. TheGreatBlockyBoo 16:27, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
- You created another account? --Steve (talk)
16:31, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
- Another password fiasco. I didn't want to go through the whole process AGAIN, so I stopped using that account. I'd like the notice to inform everyone that the account are not going to be used again. TheGreatBlockyBoo 16:33, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
- Thank you. TheGreatBlockyBoo 17:19, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
- Another password fiasco. I didn't want to go through the whole process AGAIN, so I stopped using that account. I'd like the notice to inform everyone that the account are not going to be used again. TheGreatBlockyBoo 16:33, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
Anti-Spam
Hi Porple/boss man, :)
After yesterday;s violent spam attack I was thinking...aside from a couple more sysops, should we have a Counter Spam Group? I was thinking of them having the power To block a spammer for 24 hours (or until a sysop can handle the situation.
Maybe consist of ten VERY Active members, I mean it would help since yesterday morning a 'Tonya Logan' was spamming and a sysop didn't get on for a while, please think about it...
- I can't limit the amount of time a certain group is allowed to ban people for, so this group would essentially be sysops. So instead we're going to get some more active sysops on board to better our coverage in the event of an attack. --Steve (talk)
19:07, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
so you're saying that we definitely need more sysops?F g
Hey steve what do you think of me becoming a sysop?Cause I'm here in this wiki everyday.F g
- You're certainly active enough. Remember, we'll let you know if you're selected. --Steve (talk)
19:38, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
F g would be a good sysop(he is on ALOT)
Interwiki
I think it's someone who is on Muliple Wikis... Max2 like the 2 of us, Plumber.
- The interwiki group is used for giving me permission to edit the interwiki table using an extension installed. The interwiki table is the list of various interwiki links and the sites they go to, such as [[Wikipedia:Main Page]] for linking to Wikipedia. --Steve (talk)
19:52, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
Tony Logan
Hey, Porplemontage a spammer named Tony Logan (tonya?) has been changing page to give false information could you deal with this?
oh man thanks alot! :) you rock!
Hey Porple I noticed he was doing the samething as Tonya Logan..
plus the name similarity... Max2 (C)
Were all pages reverted? Wa
TC@ | Mi Youtube 15:09, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
I changed all the pages (s)he changed, back to their normal pages, bentendo helped too.
I had blocked the ip for Tonya Logan, after having actually missed her actual edits. PJ blocked her. I blocked the ip.Mada Mada Dane
Inactive Sysops
Hey steve have you seen these sysops: DarkInsanity and Salty?F g
New inproved sysop polls
I just thought of something, since the sysop polls didn't work, instead of just voting, users will ask the nominee important, sysop-related, questions. Hey, it's just a thought.--
Aipom
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- No, no. This isn't a game show. We get a pretty good idea of who's sysop worthy by a user's actions on the wiki. We'll make sure that user knows the ins and outs of being a sysop if they're chosen. --Steve (talk)
20:48, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
Please stop e-mailing me the same message. I've gotten it 6 times and I'm going to get in trouble if I'm caught.--
Aipom
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It's an activation message, I've gotten it six times. It says it's from you.--
Aipom
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- Well I'm not sending it out. Is it regarding your forum activation? --Steve (talk)
18:50, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
Yeah.--
Aipom
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It appears whenever I get a private message. Is there any way to get that message to stop appearing?--
Aipom
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yes. in your preferences. Max2
Yep, check No to Notify on new Private Message. --Steve (talk)
19:59, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
Some stuff...
- How did you get the mario head on the catgory box thing?
- How did you get Peach,Mario and Luigi on the edit box?
Toadbert101 01:34, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
- You add a background image through the CSS. So for the edit box you would do something like:
textarea { background: #FFFFFF url("URL TO IMAGE")
}
- And with the category box we have:
#catlinks {
background-image: url(URL TO IMAGE);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center right;
}
--Steve (talk)
15:32, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
- How do you get to the CSS?Toadbert101 18:11, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
- If we're talking MediaWiki, the easiest way is to edit MediaWiki:Monobook.css and add the code. Where are you trying to do this? --Steve (talk)
20:30, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
- A bionicle wiki called Bioniclepedia. It wikia.Toadbert101 15:18, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
- If we're talking MediaWiki, the easiest way is to edit MediaWiki:Monobook.css and add the code. Where are you trying to do this? --Steve (talk)
- How do you get to the CSS?Toadbert101 18:11, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
kirby wiki
Should I start a Kirby Wiki? Max2 (C)
Main page vote
There's another poll going on on the main page's talk page. I'd like to see what your vote is.--
Aipom
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- I don't wish to host such a thing on the server. Anywhere else it obviously doesn't matter to me. --Steve (talk)
22:34, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
Starting
When did you start this wiki? A wondering fan of Yoshi
DK Wiki
Hey steve can you start the dk wiki again?F g
Why? And I don't support having dk articles here.F g
Inactive Sysops
Hey steve have you seen these sysops DarkInsanity and Salty?F g
I have a question is it ok to have two duppucate wikis?