Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Archive 13

About Wikia - RecentChange
Okay, first is MediaWiki:Recentchangestext become very... "simple" (several things was cut and made the template become very weird like this.

And then, "Show new changes starting from TIME, DATE" disappeared. Any one know why? -- TX55   TALK  14:01, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, we've been doing some maintenance on the interface... removing some of the excess that's built up over the years. Mediawiki does tend towards over-technical wordyness at times :)  Of course, each wiki can over-ride the global defaults with local changes if they prefer.  Local admins just need to edit the mediawiki pages here, and the local versions will be shown instead of the Wikia global ones.  So if you feel something is too simple now, you can change it back (but think of the newbies! ;) -- sannse (talk) 17:39, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, I understand now. ;-D (But I think those aren't really excess, though. It's very convenient.^^) By the way, I know about local overriding but I'm still not familiar with the MediaWiki, which entry from MediaWiki should I edit in order to restore "Show new changes starting from TIME, DATE"? And what is it source code (like using which template or tags) to create "Show new changes starting from (TIME, DATE)"? Thanks again. ^^ -- TX55   TALK  02:39, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * You can usually find the right page by searching though the text of Special:AllMessages.. For this one, you need to edit MediaWiki:Rclistfrom to say "Show changes since $1" (no quotes). -- sannse (talk) 10:39, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * OH, that's very convenient. And I just restore the setting. Thanks a lot!! ;-D -- TX55   TALK  15:22, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

The ads which ruin the layout
Well, I know it is an old issue ^^, but it is really a "bit" of incovenience. Is there any chance to:


 * make the landscape ads (the upper one) more on-center than on-right?


 * remove the square ads (the left one) since it is much harder to handle and often ruin the layout.

-- TX55   TALK  02:50, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but the ads can't be changed. Remember the main page ads are the only external ads you see if you are logged in. -- sannse (talk) 10:41, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * That's okay :D but I remember I saw some sites only have the landscape ads (That is one of the reasons I post the section).

Rampant vandalism, w/ no banning?:
See Arcee (G1) and Ravage (Movie).


 * I'm sorry, but I don't get your point. -- TX55   TALK  15:25, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Switching to the new parser
Hi,

We are currently making preparations for the next wiki software upgrade. While we expect this to have little or no effect on most wikis, it may cause some pages on this wiki to render poorly. To help reduce or eliminate these issues, please see the Central Forums for more details.

Thanks - sannse (talk) 13:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

We got a problem
Template:Episodenav seem to be broken and I can't figure out the key point. Plus...(please don't laugh at me) I don't know how to use "report the problem". OMG. -- TX55   TALK  14:08, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I've asked Uberfuzzy, our resident template guru, to come over and help. This is probably a side-effect of the switch to the new parser (see above) -- sannse (talk) 15:21, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Got it, Thank you! ;-D -- TX55   TALK  16:40, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, I... stopped the parser from complaining about the loop, but I would only lightly call it "fixed". Its still some pretty heavily linked code, all i did was safely (i think, only did some basic testing) split it into separate templates so that the parser wouldnt see it as a loop anymore. I'll put this wiki on my list of wikis to comeback to once we're doing flipping to everyone to the new parser to see if theres better cleanup that needs to be done. --Uberfuzzy 18:09, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * *chortles unprofessionally* I beat my head against a wall for 10 days on that thing before I figured out the right solution.
 * I look forward to the depths of your existential horror when you realize that there are actually two separate implementations of the undocumented lovecraftian episode-nav guts template living side-by-side on the wiki (and possibly partially intertwined like incestuous hillbillies, I forget) to either be sorted out or percussively updated in perpetuity. We were in the middle of iteratively moving from one to the other when we decided to leave Wikia-- and so we left them, conjoined and suffering, for you to deal with.
 * Weep at their liminality, for your tears are delicious to me, and nurture my blackened hate-filled heart! love and kisses,    -Derik, tfwiki.net
 * Thank you very much!! It is back in function now! ^^ -- TX55   TALK  15:32, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Our "new user"
Well, no offenSe, but it's about our "new user". I really don't like others who post message in my name, it is "a little bit" troublesome. Because IT IS NOT me. Can we change User:Wikia's welcome note into:


 * ''Hi, welcome to Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki! Thanks for your edit to the (page name).
 * ''If you have any problem, you can leave a message on the most active user's talk page(which use "&action=edit&section=new" within the link).
 * -- User:WikiaTalk 05:38, 2009 March 19

At least don't sign a name who doesn't post the message. I believe there must be someone else who is being troubled by this bot user. I apologize if I'm being not polite. :) -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 06:59, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

And it even welcomes the vandalizer. May I ban the bot for few days before we have any further method to work it out?
 * User talk:205.235.57.1 - Beta
 * User talk:194.80.135.122 - U-Haul Robot

-- TX55   TALK </SUP> 15:11, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello, anyone here? -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 07:52, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, just to make sure you know how to disable this or change the welcome message, there are full instructions on the user page. -- sannse (talk) 13:15, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Oooh, how silly I am. I must be too flustered(?) to miss the instruction. Thanks for noticing! ^^ -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 14:57, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Um, is there any way to idetify User:Wikia as a bot account on RecentChanges? -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 16:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Sure, I've set it as a bot -- sannse (talk) 17:00, 7 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks! ;-D -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 05:59, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Admin identifying
Um, how to identifying the admin in recent changes or page history? Such as highlighting the user name or placing a icon besides the user name. Thanks! ;-D -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 13:48, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Category editing
Is there any way to make it stay in code view? Thanks. ;-D -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 03:47, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

ATENTION ANIMATED FANS

 * Moved from Talk:Transformers Animated -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 13:37, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I have been using the "Animated screen captures" on almost every Transformers Animated cartoon screencap but there are still some that I have missed. I have already done the characters and the episodes' screens and now I need you to check the other TV animated Screencaps and put down "Animated screen captures" on their Categorys. Thank you. Mr. Serious 11:48, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

TFA episodes that is not broadcast yet
Okay, someone gave me a noticeh. Some episodes hasn't be broadcast on it broadcasting date (ex: Human Error pt1 on 4/18 but the page content came up on 4/17), why it show up on this site? Is it legal-and-not-leak? Just ask for sure. Because I just hear some of the 3rd season episode has been leaked to YouTube. -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 14:16, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

email updates

 * Moved from User talk:TX55

Lately, when I check my webmail for updates to pages on my watchlist, some of the links are cut off immediately after the character name; has anyone else had this problem? Xeno the Hedgehog 23:51, 25 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't have the problem since I don't use the feature often so far. @@ -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 03:06, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I am confused. I came to this wiki because I thought it was a serious collection of Transformers data. After reading the first article I found that all of the photo inserts have nothing but jokes in the captions. Lame jokes at that. Leave the comidy to the pro's. Another good wiki idea, ruined by immature wannabe's.

SABOTAGE

 * ''Originally post on Talk:Unicron

That's why we need new admins, and I've sent a e-mail to the staff for requesting adding Jeep! as a new admin and four more users with rollback button. But I haven't received any reply yet. -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 12:37, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Proposed Change For Maurice LaMarche page

 * Moved to Talk:Maurice LaMarche

Bullet points
Actually, it's been a while. When using IE and Fire Fox (from 3.0, not for older version such as 2.0), the bullet point lay over the picture, not to mention the picture lays over the message box such as Template:Stub. Can the problem be fixed? Thanks. -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 02:53, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

How to edit Special:Upload
As title, I think Special:Upload page need some changes, but I don't know its MediaWiki page name, does anyone know how to edit it? Thanks. :D -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 01:41, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Problem reporting function
Why can't I find it like in other wikia site? -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 17:31, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


 * The former admins did not like it at all, so they hid all the links with css. So eventually it was turned off here, since it was being hidden. --Uberfuzzy 18:54, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

I got it. So, can the report function be turned on again for those such as the template pages? -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 01:30, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It should be on now. But, it only works on namespaces marked as content, which means article pages (namespace 0) --Uberfuzzy 18:28, 28 May 2009 (UTC)