User talk:Porplemontage/Archive 4

Chat
what do i do if i think an OP should be De-Oped "Alpha"
 * You can message another op on the chat and make your case. You can send me a PM on the forum if you'd like to provide a few more details on this. -- 00:02, 2 January 2008 (EST)

how bout Aim? "Alpha
 * I won't be on AIM tonight. You can email me if it can't wait until tomorrow. Otherwise, I'll be in chat tomorrow too. -- 00:10, 2 January 2008 (EST)

I sent it and it is urgent 'Alpha"

GJ

 * This is what the Old One told me:
 * You must travel for three days and three nights with no food, water or provisions through the Argonne Forest. After such a journey, you shall come upon a monument to the great Shroom of Argonne. You must climb to the top of said monument and meditate for a further three days. After which, the long lost name of the Almighty ShroomKing of Argonne shall be revealed to you. Take a shard of the great rock and carve the name in your flesh. You will then have the power to de-op ONE op of your choosing by calling out the ancient spell of Doomhammer:


 * "I. AM. OVERSENSITIVE TO MATTERS THAT PERTAIN TO ME NOT!."


 * Thus, it shall be done. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 00:07, 2 January 2008 (EST)

Wayoshi
That guy can't be trusted, he is making like 10 spam accounts on userpedia. We don't have definite proof, but even if it isn't him, he still can't be trusted! HyperToad He also impersonated Alphaclaw!
 * I don't have jurisdiction over what he does on other websites. If there have been any recent problems with him on the MarioWiki or chat, let me know. -- 14:54, 3 January 2008 (EST)
 * Just to cleanup on the matter: it was Dummmmmmmy, or however many m's there are. The Alpha thing was a small joke. 15:54, 3 January 2008 (EST)

Great Game
Super Mario 64 is a great game! It's the first Mario game I ever got to play! I'm waiting to play Super Mario Galaxy; I've heard it's really good too.
 * Agreed. -- 03:30, 5 January 2008 (EST)

Userpedia Closing
I haeard something about the sysops are in a disscussion about closing Userpedia. An answer should be; I thought we created Userpedia for a reason. Didn't we create it because we were getting too distracting with sprite comics and such? Well it will happen again if we close Userpedia. Or was it just a rumor Wayoshi spread -_-'
 * I have no idea. -- 03:30, 5 January 2008 (EST)
 * Steve has no connections with Userpedia. It was made by Xzelion and Sadaharu.
 * It's impossible to close Userpedia, sysops here basically aren't sysops there. It's my personal opinion. Minimario here says sprite comics were too distracting, and the problem's fixed by moving them to another wiki. Guess what, Mini-M? Userpedia is sucking people away from this wiki because it continues to be even more distracting. That's why I want it closed. 09:19, 5 January 2008 (EST)
 * You can't close Userpedia just 'cause people are over there more than here. They have a right to be on what sight they want to. If they're neglecting the wiki that's their problems. I spend more time here than there and even I think that's unfair. You wouldn't like it if it were the other way around, would you? I'm not trying to be rude, but I don't see a reason to shut down a site just because some people like it more than here.

Thanks
I just wanna thank you for making the MarioWiki. I'd probably be bored every night if you hadn't!
 * Glad to hear it! -- 02:06, 6 January 2008 (EST)

Who's Online
How did you set up that Who's Online Wiki Extension? 02:19, 6 January 2008 (EST)

Oh you're online! Why won't you answer me? 15:29, 6 January 2008 (EST)
 * I don't know. I did whatever the instructions for it said to do. That usually involves adding some files to the extensions directory and adding a line to LocalSettings.php. -- 15:34, 6 January 2008 (EST)
 * Oh great. I still don't know how to install it into the my website. Boo hoo.[[Image:MPWBWDLR.jpg|110px]] 15:37, 6 January 2008 (EST)

MySpace Links
Hey Porplemontage, not to be a tattletale but Dummmmmmy has a link to his MySpace page on his userpage. Is that allowed? - Glitchman 18:48, 6 January 2008 (PT)
 * Yes. -- 21:55, 6 January 2008 (EST)

Wayoshi SPAMMED..
Hey Porplemontage, Wayoshi said d*** in the chat room!! That's spam, right?

[16:13] ChaosNinji: It cofirmed Falcon, Jigglypuff, and the Animal Crosser! [16:13] ParaChomp: who spamed [16:13] Glitchman: Who's Alloy Team? [16:13] ChaosNinji: Smash Bros update. [16:13] Wayoshi: it didn't confirm a damn thing. [16:13] Glitchman: ParaChomp spammed [16:13] ChaosNinji: :roll: [16:13] Glitchman: Wayoshi spammed


 * Wayoshi didn't do anything wrong. Your "X spammed" comments were more disruptive. -- 19:09, 9 January 2008 (EST)

Oh, sorry. I just thought cursing wasn't allowed. -
 * I'm glad that you came to me when you thought someone was breaking the rules. I personally don't have a problem if "damn" is used as long as it's not directed at another user, obviously. -- 23:25, 9 January 2008 (EST)

Comic's Done
Hey PM, just wanted to let you know that my comic is done, and I don't know if you checked or not but you were portrayed as the sysop, Toad. However, I'm not going to post the fact that the comic's done on my user page until you and all of the other users involved in the comic have left positive feedback (approval for being in the comic, basically) on my (or your) talk page. Reply ASAP, and feel free to use any of the sprites whenever! Oh, and by the way, sorry about the above comment. I really didn't know, sorry to have been a disturbance.

-
 * I approve of the comic. -- 23:25, 9 January 2008 (EST)

Questions
Sorry if this is an annoying question or if I'm wasting your time here, but do you happen to own Both the 360 & Halo 3?, Also is it possible to block an Ip using a wildcard (like how it can be performed on the forums)
 * Why are you asking about Halo? This is the second time I've been asked that question so I find it kind of odd. Yes, I own a 360 and Halo 3. I've never seen anything about blocking wildcards with MediaWiki, so my guess would be no, but I've never actually tried it. -- 19:49, 11 January 2008 (EST)

Do you know why the wiki is slow and experiences so many problems? Is it from the amount of users on-line?Geno Whirl
 * More or less, yeah. -- 18:28, 28 January 2008 (EST)

I can't
I can't access the Director election, it says is a database error, or it is in bold.
 * Unfortunately I can't figure this out tonight. -- 00:03, 14 January 2008 (EST)

I know what made it have an error Alphaclaw11 come on AIM and i wil tell you

Name change
Can you change my name to RapidRocker?-- 14:52, 14 January 2008 (EST)

King of Swing
Hey steve, i've just expanded the DK: King of Swing article, and i want to know if it's expanded/rewritten enough.


 * Looks good to me. -- 15:13, 14 January 2008 (EST)

OK, Thanks.

HELP
Um,Master Crash And Chaos Ninji Has Blocked Me For A BIG Mistake.Um My Friend Is Mario Bros. And We share A Computer And They Think He Is A Sockpuppet Of Me.Please Unblock Me.
 * I'll save Steve the trouble: Steve isn't a user on Userpedia, you'll just have to tell them here. (MC and CN) (  Toadbert101  |[[Image:TBPaper.PNG|30px]]|  Scream  | My comic ]|Sez:) 20:33, 15 January 2008 (EST)

Spammer in IRC
Can you make me an op so I can kick spammers out? I wanna get rid of that guy becausen he was making sexual content oriented against minors so I wanna kick him out.-- 20:14, 17 January 2008 (EST)

SMB3
Do you know if there are any articles on the worlds in SMB3? I can't find 'em. If there aren't any, I'll make 'em!

Oh, never mind: 3D told me about them. Sorry to bug ya.

Multi Upload
I tried uploading multiple images on the special page for it and changed the name for the files, but the page ignored it and uploaded the images under the name they had on my hard drive. Can this problem be fixed? - 04:14, 21 January 2008 (EST)
 * Hey it worked for me. -- 13:29, 21 January 2008 (EST)
 * I used Special:MultipleUpload, and entered new names which had a space. Then, I got to a page which told me that the spaces got changed to underscores, and asked me if I still wanted to store the pictures. I clicked save, and the pictures were uploaded, but not under the new names but the old ones from my harddisk. - 13:32, 21 January 2008 (EST)

Hey there Steve. When uploading 14 audio files for SMG just now, I forgot to ignore all warnings, since they were way oversized, and again the rename issue popped up. I'm not going to redo it again, being the big files they are, but it is slightly annoying. Any way to fix it? 13:34, 3 February 2008 (EST)
 * No. -- 14:27, 3 February 2008 (EST)

Notice
Hey Steve, I'm retiring from the MarioWiki, and I'd like to express my deepest apologizes for leaving you without a Bureaucrat again. Hope the Wiki flourishes and grows to be the best Wiki on the Internet. Good Luck. Xzelion
 * This is unfortunate news but okay. -- 15:39, 25 January 2008 (EST)

Wii
Would you like to add me as a friend? If not, it's fine, if so tell me here. (  Toadbert101  ||  Scream  | My comic ]|Sez:) 00:05, 26 January 2008 (EST)
 * Sure. What's your number? -- 06:53, 26 January 2008 (EST)
 * Here it is: 3034 - 4077 - 2932 - 1378. :) (  Toadbert101  |[[Image:TBPaper.PNG|30px]]|  Scream  | My comic ]|Sez:) 14:28, 26 January 2008 (EST)
 * I have added you. -- 02:16, 27 January 2008 (EST)

Weird Question
I know this may sound weird but... errr may I be a back-up OP in Chat please I am very active when it comes to chat.
 * The op situation is a bit of a mess right now. We can talk about this when I see you in chat. -- 02:17, 27 January 2008 (EST)

My Purpose Is My Username
Since Dark Toad and I are the same person(Seriously, why would my userpage just be a link to his page and a sentence to go with it), and I only created this account because I forgot my password for my Dark Toad account, and I want to have my username for the Dark Toad account changed back to KP Shadow-Informant
 * You can use the account on the Changing username page to have it changed. -- 02:09, 27 January 2008 (EST)

What about my password for the Dark Toad/KP Shadow account? I need the password so I can log back in as Dark Toad/KP Shadow, otherwise my Dark Toad/KP Shadow account will be deleted, and I'll have to start all over, and I made 58 contributions total in 2 weeks(yes, 2 weeks, I'm that good) as Dark Toad/KP Shadow. I need that password!!!-Informant
 * Err I don't know your password. If you signed up with an email address you can have a new one sent to you. -- 17:22, 27 January 2008 (EST)

Can you make me a new one and post it on my talk page-Informant
 * I can't do that. -- 17:55, 27 January 2008 (EST)

Thanks for getting rid of the Curcuit City ads-Informant
 * I didn't. Well, maybe. -- 14:43, 13 February 2008 (EST)

New Forum
Hey Steve i was just wondering why you changed the forum I could be wrong because I have a different computer
 * I'm hoping to combat the spambot problem. -- 22:07, 29 January 2008 (EST)
 * Oh ok King Mario Thats weird cause I posted about almost 30 posts it says I only have 1 post ???

Problems
Do you know why this site's having so many problems loading pages?
 * User influx. There will be a solution. -- 23:03, 29 January 2008 (EST)
 * Thanks, Steve!

Can I help?-Informant This is the nephew of a Best Buy manager you're talking to Oh, yeah I used to live in Brooklyn, and I have Italian heritage as well as Hispanic and Irish, wierd, huh.
 * There is a server upgrade on the way which should help us out. -- 17:32, 30 January 2008 (EST)

Promblems
I sometimes have problems logging in to the wiki and is it because of a dead server or something?
 * What problems do you experience? I don't see the issue. -- 14:54, 1 February 2008 (EST)

Whenever I logged on to this wiki sometimes it would say that the wiki is experiencing some problems, page cannot be displayed, etc. or is it my computer?
 * These were most likely due to some server strains. -- 01:42, 2 February 2008 (EST)

Miscellaneous
Shouldn't there be a Miscellaneous spot for mario knowledge? Because, for example, Fourth wall, I would have never known about it if I didn't check a User's contributions. So I think there should be a link for it on Mario knowledge. Thanks! P.S. This site is awesome! How old are you?
 * It probably couldn't hurt to have a miscellaneous page, but I think it would end up pretty unorganized and unhelpful. "Fourth Wall" could use a link under Glossary anyway. I'm 17. -- 01:30, 2 February 2008 (EST)

Forum Problems
Porplemontage, I need help!!! I registered myself on the forum a month or so ago, and now I can't sign in again!! And when I tried the "forgot your password" link in case I typed in a wrong password, it said this user didn't have a secret question!! So I figured that my registering must not have worked, so I tried to re-register but it said somebody already had that username! I need to log on in order to PM 3Dejong my Fake News article!! HELP!!
 * I have you down as registering today. Check your email for an activation link. It looks like you may have actually supplied an invalid email address. You can attempt to fix that here. -- 01:30, 2 February 2008 (EST)
 * Thanks, it works now :P
 * You're welcome. -- 20:10, 2 February 2008 (EST)

17?
Wow! That means you were about 15 or 16 when you started this site? That's impressive.
 * Thanks. -- 16:54, 3 February 2008 (EST)

You're welcome. If I knew how to make a website, I'd make a "Car Wiki".

Top Ads
Not only is the new ad line at the top annoying, it is blocking the sitenotice. 15:48, 6 February 2008 (EST)
 * The amount of revenue that the site makes off the ads recently plummeted out of nowhere. I don't know why, I don't like the top ad unit either, but this is definitely a predicament for the site. The additional unit is just an attempt to increase revenue. -- 20:17, 6 February 2008 (EST)

Patroller
I'd consider making the user Mr. Guy a Patroller. He's really awesome at editing, reverts spam unseen, gives out warnings to vandals, etc. But it's your wiki, so....
 * Thanks. -- 21:35, 6 February 2008 (EST)

Ads problems
could not you remove those ads? seriously, that disturbs hiding the wiki's notices bar. why don't you see on Bulbapedia's top ad? it looks more decent.
 * Exactly. -- 00:40, 8 February 2008 (EST)

Censoring
There's currently an ongoing discussion about whether or not to censor Bob Hoskins's quote on the Super Mario Bros. movie, which reads: "The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Brothers. It was a fuckin' nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. After so many weeks their own agent told them to get off the set! Fuckin' nightmare. Fuckin' idiots." Would a censoring of the word "fuckin'" go okay with you or are you following Wikipedia's policy of not censoring anything? - 14:04, 9 February 2008 (EST)
 * Censoring the word with asterisks or anything similar seems kind of silly. I wouldn't be against leaving out some sentences like in Wikipedia's quote template. Some kind of "See full quote (mature)" show/hide link could be an interesting compromise. -- 14:48, 9 February 2008 (EST)

Confused >Con
Hey Steve. I just wanted to point out that I lost my password for the Confused account and instead made a sockpuppet in the form of the account posting this message. I hope it is okay if I start using this account instead of Confused, because I can't remember my password. I know that you cannot retrieve a password or something like that, but I just want your verification on whether having a sockpuppet for this reason is okay.Con 19:43, 12 February 2008 (EST)

This may be a stupid question but...
I know, this is a dumb question, but how do you make a vertical line in syntax? BTW If you care, your sprites, which used to be a blue bowser, are now a blu ebowser wearing Mario's clothes :S
 * There's no quick syntax for a vertical line. -- 19:09, 14 February 2008 (EST)

German Maio Wiki
Hello, dear English and American friends. I wanted to ask you as an administrator of the German Mariowikis whether we want to work together as partner sides, because our Wiki still in originate is, some information is still absent. We would be glad very much if, we co-operate. Your side is already written down on the German Mariowiki side. --Link1205 10:20, 16 February 2008 (EST)

Sorry for my bad english
 * I'm leaning towards no because I'm not sure how practical it would be since most of our contributors don't speak German. -- 14:13, 16 February 2008 (EST)

But if somebody gets lost on the side and, actually, German speaks, nevertheless, it would be quite practical thus a small tip to German mariowiki. And so that they know which develops the Mariowiki also into other languages.--Link1205 03:29, 17 February 2008 (EST)
 * Right now there's an English, German, and Spanish MarioWiki at Wikia. The Spanish and English wikis link to the German site on their sidebar. I want to keep mariowiki.com separate from the Wikia wikis. -- 12:39, 17 February 2008 (EST)

adverts
how can you allow those annoying adverts to be a the side, bottom and top of the screen? I just saw one advertising pornographic videos, please have you or one of your snotty sysops do something about this Bigger sid 10:55, 16 February 2008 (EST)
 * Right. -- 14:13, 16 February 2008 (EST)

Also get rid of the Circuit City ads.-KP Shadow

Porn Ads
If other users did see the porn ads then how come it didn't appear whenever I log on? It's not that I wanna see them but I never seen no such thing as porn ads.
 * I don't know. -- 16:00, 16 February 2008 (EST)

Ghost Jam
Ghost Jam recently(Like just a few minutes ago) banned me from using the forum(I have no idea for how long) with the reason of "3 counts of mod baiting and inappropriate language in sig.", I don't remember having inappropriate language in my sig, and I don't even know what he means by "mod baiting", but I don't think there's anything against flaming mods more so than flaming other users in the rules... Well, I'm not sure, since I can't get to them. And I'm not sure how minor it was when it started, but he modified my sig to say things like "Ghost Jam is the best person ever" after I said bad things about him in my sig.
 * You've been trying to push my buttons for several days now. I changed your sig ONCE as part of the joke you started (which included a hint for you to stop), in which you included the use of '@$$hole', minus the obvious censoring. I intended to partially suspend you, but it didn't take for any number of reasons. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 19:19, 16 February 2008 (EST)
 * And because I'm not a mod, it's fine for you to push my buttons? And unless stated otherwise(which I have no idea of knowing) only the auto-censored swears should be against the rules, right? Anyway, I don't think Porple wants an immature spam war between a spammer and a spammy sysop on his talk page.
 * I don't push your buttons. Every problem that has come between us has been instigated by you. As for your question, we only have two auto-censored swears, but that doesn't make it ok to run around called people assholes, just in the same way it's ok to own a gun, but not ok to run outside and start randomly shooting people.
 * And don't give me this garbage of what Steve would or would not like. If that mattered, you wouldn't have started the topic here. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 19:29, 16 February 2008 (EST)
 * I didn't "start this garbage", I informed him of the fact that I was flaming and you where abusing power. And all you basically said was "He started it!" like a kid trying to get out of being yelled at for punching someone. ._. I'm not saying that I'm NOT just saying "He started it!", but it's weird being in an immature argument like that from someone who's supposedly like twice my age.
 * And you're using the "I'm not touching you, I'm not touching you!!!!" game that children use. Every time, with very few exceptions, that I try to do my job, you take issue with it, attack me and then, when I say ANYTHING to you, you act like you're the victim and run to daddy for help, very much like you're doing now. You can accuse me of being childish all you want, but you're right up there with me. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 19:44, 16 February 2008 (EST)
 * I might be acting as immature as you, but I'm a lot younger than you, plus I'm not a mod on the forum, so I have an excuse. :P Porple is so gonna be ticked when he logs in.
 * Turning that excuse on it's ear, you being young = having a lot to learn. However, I don't see you learning. In fact, I see you becoming worse. However, of my various weaknesses, my hot head is the worst. I'ma unban you, but lets this be the end of the button pushing. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 20:02, 16 February 2008 (EST)

Look, Uniju, stop teasing GJ just because you know he reacts the best. Go somewhere where it's OK to flame and tease if you want to flame.

Si-Fi
He's spamming chat everytime he comes (now also) can you help us?-- 12:22, 17 February 2008 (EST)


 * Okay, I'll admit I went over the top there. But just one thing; How did Uniju become op? He's putting the F word in every sentence he makes. And he's still flaming like crazy. I say something should be done. - SiFi
 * We designed it that way. -- 16:11, 17 February 2008 (EST)

I'm making a comic on Userpedia called Super Smash Wiki Brawl, and I was wondering if you wanted to be in. Just sign yourself up as whatever character you want-Informant A.K.A. KP Shadow


 * O, may I be an op? (kill me if you want)-- 19:23, 19 February 2008 (EST)

Media Files?
I've tried to get the media files that I saved from this site to play, but they aren't working! Might there be a problem with the .ogg files?

I hope that I'm not a bother to you...


 * I don't know. -- 15:16, 21 February 2008 (EST)

Watch What Page?
Um, not to be a bother, but how come my user page and my talk page, keep winding up on my watchlist? I've removed them quite a few times, but they keep going back.
 * Those are MediaWiki default, they can't be removed. - 16:13, 23 February 2008 (EST)

Offensive User Name
I'm wondering if you can do something about this user's name. I find it extremely offensive, and other users might too. I say this only because I'm trying to protect this site and what it's about. I hate being a tattler, but this is an issue I find...disturbing...at the least. Thank you.
 * Okay. -- 18:24, 23 February 2008 (EST)
 * Thanks!

User Rename
Is it possible renaming users to names which are already in use by inactive users? requested a rename to his nick of which he lost the password for. - 08:49, 29 February 2008 (EST)
 * I suppose renaming the old username to something else then renaming the current username the old username would work. Obviously only for sockpuppet accounts where you're not renaming someone else's account. -- 14:50, 29 February 2008 (EST)

Wayoshi perverted
He did.


 * [09:20]  What's a burp other then a soda burp?\
 * [09:23]  my penus burps and wurps
 * [09:23]  you dun understand my language




 * This seems like something an ops should take care of. Did anyone happen to tell DP or Uniju about it? -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 21:17, 2 March 2008 (EST)
 * 1: Uniju has been demoted.
 * Internet justice reigns. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 21:54, 2 March 2008 (EST)

2: For being a visitor of the chat, I can attest that Wayoshi did far worse things than what Crypt Raider showed. The OPS are just too lazy\incompetent\corrupt to actually do anything about him. --Blitzwing 21:21, 2 March 2008 (EST)
 * Going off of that, try bringing it up to any op that may have been there during the event. Excuses aside, they should be able to IP ban/suspend/spank Wayo. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 21:54, 2 March 2008 (EST)

Oh wow, I was reported? Someone on chat cares to stop troublemakers? That's certainly amazing... 22:19, 2 March 2008 (EST)

Server crashes.
Recently for the last few hours, or a copule of days the wiki keeps getting more server crashes. You do know what's the problem with the wiki? Space storage? Too much users? Server expiring? I think the last one would be it though. Please elaborate this. All I can see in the wiki is green zeros and ones outside my mansion! D:
 * I do not know. We'll get our investigative team on this right away. -- 22:02, 2 March 2008 (EST)
 * Another thing to note- on my computer, one tab with mario wiki could have the database error stuf and the other mario wiki tab works perfectly! GreenKoopa - Comments or questions? · [[Image:Koopa.gif]] 16:10, 3 March 2008 (EST)
 * That's because the error was a hiccup and if you refresh on whatever tab it goes away. -- 21:20, 3 March 2008 (EST)

Yo Steve.
Mind deleting this disgusting topic? I'm thinking this Rudnicki guy needs a block; he's going around forcing his theoris and flaming whoever disagrees. (I can send you some PM with some of the content he's written me. >>)
 * Deleted. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 17:18, 4 March 2008 (EST)

Ads
Supposedly this is only happening for some people, but at least for me and ChaosNinji(they supposedly prevent him from being able to use MarioWiki's chat applet), the ads are on the left side of the page, and are kind of annoying, and for some people are supposedly covering up parts of the page itself(for me, the page is stretched around it, but their certainly still kinda annoying). I'm not sure what's up, but I don't think their suppose to be like this. <_< ...Or are they? I understand that this is most likely a glitch, and you may already be trying to fix it, but I wanted to say this just in case.
 * Okay. -- 19:43, 4 March 2008 (EST)

SQL queries
As it appears, SQL queries on error pages are no longer hidden for me. Is that because of my bureaucrat status, or did the protection go wrong? - 10:21, 5 March 2008 (EST)
 * When the errors show up I like to see what they are to see what the problem is, so they're not hidden right now. I haven't seen any since then though so if you get one you can post it here. -- 12:00, 5 March 2008 (EST)