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== Game and Watch Wiki ==

Care to help after everything is planned? <font face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Forbidden7|<font color="#FFA500">Forb</font>]][[User talk:Forbidden7|<font color="#00FFFF">idden</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Forbidden7|<font color="#00FF00">7</font>]]</font>[[File:ROBHeadSSBB.png|22px]] 21:21, 19 July 2011 (EDT)

:I can help, but I can't host the wiki or anything like that. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 02:27, 20 July 2011 (EDT)
:I understand. <font face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Forbidden7|<font color="#FFA500">Forb</font>]][[User talk:Forbidden7|<font color="#00FFFF">idden</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Forbidden7|<font color="#00FF00">7</font>]]</font>[[File:ROBHeadSSBB.png|22px]] 08:36, 20 July 2011 (EDT)
::Do you happen to know of anyone who is willing and able to host? '''''[[User:Dr. Pain 99|<font color=navy>D<font color=#190080>o<font color=#310080>c<font color=#490080>t<font color=#620080>o<font color=purple>rP</font>a</font>i</font>n</font>9</font>9</font>]]''''' <small>[[Special:Contributions/Dr. Pain 99|{ROLLBACKER}]]</small> 14:51, 20 July 2011 (EDT)
::What can you help us with btw.Also, you should archive soon. <font face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Forbidden7|<font color="#FFA500">Forb</font>]][[User talk:Forbidden7|<font color="#00FFFF">idden</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Forbidden7|<font color="#00FF00">7</font>]]</font>[[File:Lucas.png|15px]] PK AWESOME! 15:13, 20 July 2011 (EDT)

:::@Dr. Pain 99: Sorry, no. @Forbidden7: Pretty much answer any questions you have getting started and setting up the wiki. That's assuming you guys were hosting it. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 22:25, 20 July 2011 (EDT)
::::Assuming we were hosting it, some of my questions are:
*Does hosting a site cost money?
*How do I get MediaWiki?
*What would being a developer give me exclusive access to?
*More questions to come...
<font face="Forte">[[User:BlindColours|<font color="#FFA500">Blin</font>]][[User talk:BlindColours|<font color="#00FFFF">dcol</font>]][[Special:Contributions/BlindColours|<font color="#00FF00">ours</font>]]</font> ''Killin' it since 1999.'' 18:53, 16 September 2011 (EDT)

**Yep, cost depends on how popular the site is. You can start of $5/month with a domain $10/year.
**[[mw:Download]]
**Shared hosting: FTP files, MySQL databases, a few perks like cron jobs and stats. Dedicated server: Everything on the server. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 18:57, 16 September 2011 (EDT)

== Archiving ==

I'm starting to bug everyone about this. <font face="Lucida Fax">[[User:Forbidden7|<font color="#FFA500">Forb</font>]][[User talk:Forbidden7|<font color="#00FFFF">idden</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Forbidden7|<font color="#00FF00">7</font>]]</font>[[File:Lucas.png|15px]] PK AWESOME! 00:33, 24 July 2011 (EDT)

:I usually wait until 100. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 00:35, 24 July 2011 (EDT)
:O_o...I really don't think that's allowed here...not to boss you around or anything...but really...100kb? <font face="Lucida Fax">[[User:Forbidden7|<font color="#FFA500">Forb</font>]][[User talk:Forbidden7|<font color="#00FFFF">idden</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Forbidden7|<font color="#00FF00">7</font>]]</font>[[File:Lucas.png|15px]] PK AWESOME! 00:40, 24 July 2011 (EDT)

::100 entries, sorry. Is there a rule on talk page length here? --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 03:39, 24 July 2011 (EDT)
:::Yes, when it reaches around 32-40kb, you have to archive your talk.--'''''[[User:PSIWolf|<font color=#6E0000>P</font><font color=#A50000>S</font><font color=#DC0000>I</font><font color=#FF0000>W</font><font color=#FF3700>o</font><font color=#FF6E00>lf</font>]]''''' ([[User talk:PSIWolf|<font color=#0000ff>T</font>]] • [[Special:Contributions/PSIWolf|<font color=#0000ff>C</font>]] • [[Special:Editcount/PSIWolf|<font color=#0000ff>E</font>]]) 06:42, 24 July 2011 (EDT)
::::It isn't a rule; it's a reccomendation... '''''[[User:Dr. Pain 99|<font color=navy>D<font color=#190080>o<font color=#310080>c<font color=#490080>t<font color=#620080>o<font color=purple>rP</font>a</font>i</font>n</font>9</font>9</font>]]''''' <small>[[Special:Contributions/Dr. Pain 99|{ROLLBACKER}]]</small> 11:17, 24 July 2011 (EDT)
:::::Practically, you can have as much KB on any of your archives, But too much would be to long. [[User:.....|.....]] Any [[User talk:.....|'''time''']] your ready.  [[File:LinkHeadSSBB.png|19px]] [[Special:Contributions/.....|Yes!]] 16:05, 24 July 2011 (EDT)

== Since you're online... ==

I wanna ask yiu something. Can I made a page giving a list of what will happen if two same/similar moves being hit together at the same time? And do you know an article about a bubble thingy that shows up if a move is negated by using a move almost as strong?[[User:Lucasthefourth|<span style="color:red">>_>'''Lucas'''</span>]][[User talk:Lucasthefourth|'''-IV-''']] [[Special:Contributions/Lucasthefourth|'''OH MY PORK!''']][[Image:Lucas alive.PNG|25px]] 12:31, 14 August 2011 (EDT) thanks btw

:I manage the technical side of the wiki; you should talk to the other admins. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 12:34, 14 August 2011 (EDT)
::>_>i also hope other admins see thid page so I din't need to edit more...[[User:Lucasthefourth|<span style="color:red">>_>'''Lucas'''</span>]][[User talk:Lucasthefourth|'''-IV-''']] [[Special:Contributions/Lucasthefourth|'''OH MY PORK!''']][[Image:Lucas alive.PNG|25px]] 12:39, 14 August 2011 (EDT)
:::We already have a fleshed out and well written article on [[Priority]]. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 13:42, 14 August 2011 (EDT)

== yo ==

Is it necessary, when a user makes a edit, and months later, a another user paste the <nowiki>{{subst:welcome}}</nowiki> on their talk page? [[User:.....|.....]] [[User talk:.....|Smash454]] [[File:PikachuHeadSSBB.png|19px]] [[Special:Contributions/.....|My life for Aiur!]] 19:44, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

:You'll have to ask the user posting the welcome message. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 19:45, 18 August 2011 (EDT)
:Let it go ..... let it go. <font face="Forte">[[User:BlindColours|<font color="#FFA500">Blin</font>]][[User talk:BlindColours|<font color="#00FFFF">dcol</font>]][[Special:Contributions/BlindColours|<font color="#00FF00">ours</font>]]</font> Game Boy[[File:Weegee Sprite.png|7px]] 20:16, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

== What happened? ==

When I upload a file, it appears to not exist and this error message appears:

:   A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: 

:   (SQL query hidden) 

:   from within function "SearchMySQL::update". Database returned error "145: Table './ssbwiki_wiki/searchindex' is marked as crashed and should be 
:   repaired (localhost)". 

Did I miss something while I was gone or what?--'''''<span style="font-family:Arial">[[User:PSIWolf|<span style="color:gold">P</span><span style="color:orange">S</span><span style="color:red">I</span><span style="color:#333333">Wolf</span>]]''''' ([[User talk:PSIWolf|<span style="color:blue">T</span>]] • [[Special:Contributions/PSIWolf|<span style="color:blue">C</span>]] • [[Special:Editcount/PSIWolf|<span style="color:blue">E</span>]])</span> 09:37, 20 August 2011 (EDT)
:I also meet the same page when I pressed the Random Page button! I even save the picture of it! [[User:KirbytheAmazing|<span style="color:pink">Kirbythe]] </span> [[Image:Meta+Kirby.jpg|23px]] [[User talk:KirbytheAmazing|<span style="color:blue">'''Amazing'''</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/KirbytheAmazing|'''Know my power!''']] 09:56, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

::It does not happen to Random page for me, but it does if I press "'''Go'''" in the search box.--'''''[[User:PSIWolf|<font color=#6E0000>P</font><font color=#A50000>S</font><font color=#DC0000>I</font><font color=#FF0000>W</font><font color=#FF3700>o</font><font color=#FF6E00>lf</font>]]''''' ([[User talk:PSIWolf|<font color=#0000ff>T</font>]] • [[Special:Contributions/PSIWolf|<font color=#0000ff>C</font>]] • [[Special:Editcount/PSIWolf|<font color=#0000ff>E</font>]]) 09:58, 20 August 2011 (EDT)
:::I mean, it's only happened once [[User:KirbytheAmazing|<span style="color:pink">Kirbythe]] </span> [[Image:Meta+Kirby.jpg|23px]] [[User talk:KirbytheAmazing|<span style="color:blue">'''Amazing'''</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/KirbytheAmazing|'''Know my power!''']] 10:12, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

Thanks for telling me about this, fixed. Please let me know if it happens again. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 15:05, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

:Okay. Thanks for fixing it! What was the problem anyway?--'''''[[User:PSIWolf|<font color=#00006E>P</font><font color=#0000A5>S</font><font color=#0000DC>I</font><font color=#0000FF>W</font><font color=#0037FF>o</font><font color=#006EFF>lf</font>]]''''' ([[User talk:PSIWolf|<font color=#FF0000>T</font>]] • [[Special:Contributions/PSIWolf|<font color=#FF0000>C</font>]] • [[Special:Editcount/PSIWolf|<font color=#FF0000>E</font>]]) 15:05, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

::I recently updated the wiki, and all I have to do was repair the crashed table. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 15:10, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

== Could you fix my userpage ==

So it doesn't look weird? <font face="Forte">[[User:BlindColours|<font color="#FFA500">Blin</font>]][[User talk:BlindColours|<font color="#00FFFF">dcol</font>]][[Special:Contributions/BlindColours|<font color="#00FF00">ours</font>]]</font> Game Boy[[File:Weegee Sprite.png|7px]] 17:30, 20 August 2011 (EDT)
:Thank you but they need to be higher(so it can be seen how it normally would.) Sorry to pester you. <font face="Forte">[[User:BlindColours|<font color="#FFA500">Blin</font>]][[User talk:BlindColours|<font color="#00FFFF">dcol</font>]][[Special:Contributions/BlindColours|<font color="#00FF00">ours</font>]]</font> Game Boy[[File:Weegee Sprite.png|7px]] 17:35, 20 August 2011 (EDT)
:It's not possible to have it like that with the colors? That sucks...oh well.. thanks for helping! :) <font face="Forte">[[User:BlindColours|<font color="#FFA500">Blin</font>]][[User talk:BlindColours|<font color="#00FFFF">dcol</font>]][[Special:Contributions/BlindColours|<font color="#00FF00">ours</font>]]</font> Game Boy[[File:Weegee Sprite.png|7px]] 17:38, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

::The shortcut template was killing it. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 17:45, 20 August 2011 (EDT)
:I see...anyway, thank you! :) <font face="Forte">[[User:BlindColours|<font color="#FFA500">Blin</font>]][[User talk:BlindColours|<font color="#00FFFF">dcol</font>]][[Special:Contributions/BlindColours|<font color="#00FF00">ours</font>]]</font> Game Boy[[File:Weegee Sprite.png|7px]] 17:46, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

== Sidebar missing ==

The sidebar seems to be in its default form instead of what's specified in [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Steppin' 19:53, 5 September 2011 (EDT)
:Likely because of the server downtime. <font face="Forte">[[User:BlindColours|<font color="#FFA500">Blin</font>]][[User talk:BlindColours|<font color="#00FFFF">dcol</font>]][[Special:Contributions/BlindColours|<font color="#00FF00">ours</font>]]</font> ''Stop smiling, it makes me happy.'' 20:04, 5 September 2011 (EDT)

::For future reference, just go to [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]], hit edit, and hit save page. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 21:19, 5 September 2011 (EDT)

==Special:ReplaceText==
Where'd it go? I know we had it at some point. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Jiggy 06:52, 4 October 2011 (EDT)

:It's never going to stick around permanently because of how easily it can be abused. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 12:05, 4 October 2011 (EDT)
::Wasn't it restricted to bureaucrats though? (Or maybe admins - either way normal members couldn't use it.) So abuse is rather unlikely. Unless you mean it can be easily hacked? [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Honcho 17:43, 4 October 2011 (EDT)

:::Bureaucrats don't need that kind of power on their plates. I've seen admins snap and I've seen accounts compromised. It's not worth it to have that tool lying around. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 19:28, 4 October 2011 (EDT)
::::I think that should be our decision, and our admins/bureaucrats here are trustworthy enough to have access to that tool. Any potential abuse of it is not going to be happening, and we need it to help with Wiki maintenance. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 21:11, 4 October 2011 (EDT)

:::::Of course no abuse should happen ever. Abuse only happens when it should not happen. It's a precaution. In addition, the load of finding/replacing in the whole database is too heavy on the server. It's not a standard tool, and I don't have it on any of my wikis to keep things operating as efficiently as possible. I have discretion over extensions to protect the wiki and to make sure we don't have any hogs. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 21:49, 4 October 2011 (EDT)
::::::''"Of course no abuse should happen ever. Abuse only happens when it should not happen. It's a precaution."''

::::::It's an unnecessary precaution. Admins/bureaucrats here are promoted with full trust to not abuse the tools granted to them. The current admin base is free of abuse (the only instances I can recall that can qualify as abuse are an unwarranted use of protection on a userpage, and a few permabans in inappropriate instances, which I would consider poor judgment calls rather than abuse). When you look at the history of the Wiki, the worst abuse of the admin tools were just unnecessarily harsh bans (which were tone down in all instances), with no admins ever demoted. Plus, I don't see any rational reason to believe the admins on here would consciously misuse this tool to abuse and vandalise.

::::::Simply put, don't keep the tool away out of unwarranted paranoia.

::::::"''In addition, the load of finding/replacing in the whole database is too heavy on the server. It's not a standard tool, and I don't have it on any of my wikis to keep things operating as efficiently as possible.''"

::::::Being a tool that would be used so infrequently, I don't see how this is an issue. It has only been used once so far months ago to get rid of an unneeded red link spread across the Wiki, where it was immensely helpful. And now we need it again to fix a user's signature that contains a moved image, so we can get rid of a useless redirect without causing a plethora of red links to sprout up. As you can see, this is a tool with demonstrable maintenance use.

::::::For assurance, all uses of the tool will be discussed, to avoid unnecessary uses. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 00:08, 5 October 2011 (EDT)

Have you thought about advocating that users switch to template-based signatures at [[Special:MyPage/sig]] such as on the MarioWiki? Benefits include having to remove broken links in one place and less clutter when editing discussion pages. What is the redirect in question which would be deleted? --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 00:21, 5 October 2011 (EDT)
:I'll edit our signature policy to recommend a template based signature, though it can not be forced.

:The redirect in question is [http://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=File:Lemsdadhead_%28SSBB%29.png&redirect=no this], which was moved as the original name was in violation of [[SW:AIN]].

:The user being careless, did not listen to the warning to edit his signature to accommodate this change. Being a frequent poster on talk pages when not banned, his signature has been replicated over 100 times now, each with a link to this redirect we should not need, rather than directly to the image itself.

:I'll also point out, the one previous use of Special:ReplaceText on this Wiki was not a signature related issue, in case you thought that (it was from an old user that has created hundreds of links to their smasher article on talk pages, a smasher page that has long since been deleted due to lack of notability). <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 01:05, 5 October 2011 (EDT)

Yeah, the sig thing is a side-note for general improvement. There are only a few impressions, which I can take care of. But even if there were more, as pages/files are deleted, it's ok if old talk pages have red links. It's not worth using ReplaceText on the database to make sure that old talk page discussions are up to snuff. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 01:24, 5 October 2011 (EDT)
:The reason to get rid of red links to pages we're never going to need is that they lower the utility of [[Special:WantedPages]]. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 01:38, 5 October 2011 (EDT)

I understand. I think the difference here is how we each weigh the cost (heavy database replace, could be abused but would never happen) vs. the benefit (cleaner list). Your priority is the benefit and my concern is the cost. But I admit, I also like the clean list. Maybe you could give me one link each week or something and I can take care of it. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 01:56, 5 October 2011 (EDT)
:Alright then, change the image link in Brandondorf9999's signatures from <nowiki>[[File:Lemsdadhead (SSBB).png]]</nowiki> to <nowiki>[[File:Lemsdadhead.png]]</nowiki>. With that done, we can delete the former without creating red links. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 02:31, 5 October 2011 (EDT)

Awesome, before the weekend is over we'll be looking good. Possibly even Thursday. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 02:37, 5 October 2011 (EDT)

== Did you change something today? ==

Because now all the tabs on the top of pages, the text in the categories bar, and the text in the sidebar are all centered. Also Recent Changes causes the tab to crash. Internet Explorer 8. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The SMASH-GINEER 19:08, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

:Good catch. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 19:14, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

Never mind it's fixed now. Might have been that missing bracket on <code>User:BlindColours/monobook.css</code> that I fixed. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Different 19:15, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

==Hi.==
[[SmashWiki:Administrators' noticeboard#Sidebar|I heard you're the only person who can do anything about this.]] Thanks, '''''<span style="font-family:Arial;">[[User:PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Penguin</font>]][[User talk:PenguinofDeath|<font color="gray">of</font>]][[Special:Contributions/PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Death</font>]]</span>''''' 17:15, 17 October 2011 (EDT)
:I'm not going to install that extension since it's not really necessary/beta. BUT you can customize the sidebar using [[Special:mypage/monobook.js|your personal JavaScript]]. Take a look at [[MW:Manual:Interface/Sidebar#Add_or_remove_sections_.28JavaScript.29|this]] for an easy implementation/starting point. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 18:11, 17 October 2011 (EDT)
::Oh, cool. I'll get on that tomorrow. '''''<span style="font-family:Arial;">[[User:PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Penguin</font>]][[User talk:PenguinofDeath|<font color="gray">of</font>]][[Special:Contributions/PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Death</font>]]</span>''''' 18:17, 17 October 2011 (EDT)

== Now wait a tick ==

I noticed today that we now have two banner ads on every mainspace article for non-logged in users. While it's not my place to criticize the financial status of the wiki, I do have two questions about it - when did it happen and why were we not told about it? [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Ghostbuster 20:13, 18 October 2011 (EDT)
:I noticed that too. Hopefully it doesn't start up pop-up windows. <font face="Algerian">[[User:BlindColours|<font color="#FFA500">Blin</font>]][[User talk:BlindColours|<font color="#00FFFF">dCol</font>]][[Special:Contributions/BlindColours|<font color="#00FF00">ours</font>]]</font> ''o_0'' 20:15, 18 October 2011 (EDT)

:They actually just started working today. What do you guys think? I'm seeing a bunch of video game-related ads come up, which is good. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 20:41, 18 October 2011 (EDT)
::Unless it's absolutely necessary, SmashWiki was and will be better without ads. Also, I'm not seeing as much video game related ads, the only one I see is a generic one with Super Smash Bros. 4 slapped on it. <font face="Algerian">[[User:BlindColours|<font color="#FFA500">Blin</font>]][[User talk:BlindColours|<font color="#00FFFF">dCol</font>]][[Special:Contributions/BlindColours|<font color="#00FF00">ours</font>]]</font> ''o_0'' 23:21, 18 October 2011 (EDT)

:::The ads will vary from person to person, but I've seen Sonic, Smash Bros., Ratchet and Clank, Disney Universe, Civilization, Go Vacation, game design, and free-to-play game ads come up. Looks promising for offsetting costs. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 00:02, 19 October 2011 (EDT)
:::As undesirable as ads are BC, this hosting is not free. As such, the ads are a necessity, though you can be assured they won't reach Wikia levels. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 00:23, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

==Navigate Away==
Hey. I was at school today, making a big edit to [[List of SSBB Music (Star Fox series)]]. I was making good progress, until one student in my class thought it would be funny to press Ctrl+F4 on my keyboard (he didn't realise the importance of what I was doing, and was sorry afterwards, but that's missing the point), and that button combination closes your internet browser (at least on Internet Explorer, School uses IE6. Yes, crappy old IE6. But again, that's missing the point.) And so, KAPOOF, my edit was gone without me getting to save. This made me realise that something could do to be improved on Article Editing.

If it's possible, it would help if when the browser/tab with SmashWiki on tries to close while you're editing (i.e. by accidentally clicking on the wrong tab to close, Ctrl+F4 pressing students), there could do to be a window pop-up saying "Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page? Yes/No". With this in place, if you do one of these things by accident, you haven't necessarily lost everything.

I hope you can implement this! [[User:ToastUltimatum|<font color="darkorange">'''Toast'''</font><font color="maroon">'''Ultimatum'''</font>]] [[File:Transparent Swadloon.png|26px]][[User talk:ToastUltimatum|''<span style="color: silver;">'''Complaints Box'''</span>'']] 14:14, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

:I'm honestly not a fan of those navigate-away boxes, and you have to admit that's a pretty weird case. First step would be researching if there's a decent MediaWiki extension or a MediaWiki setting for it. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 17:02, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

:You could change your browser settings so that it asks you to confirm closing the window if you have more than one tab open. '''''<span style="font-family:Arial;">[[User:PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Penguin</font>]][[User talk:PenguinofDeath|<font color="gray">of</font>]][[Special:Contributions/PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Death</font>]]</span>''''' 17:20, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

::IE6 doesn't have tabs. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 17:36, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

I'd like to add my opinion that I loathe those dialogs under any circumstance. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Frivolous 18:21, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

== Feasibility of YT monetization ==

I just want to call your attention to [[SmashWiki talk:SmashWiki YouTube Channel#Monetization|this]]. [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 17:26, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

:Not a bad idea, but that won't be necessary. We're covered now. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 17:36, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

== Movefile for users ==

Based on [[Forum:Moving images]], could you give all (autoconfirmed if possible?) users the ability to move files? Thanks. &ndash; [[User:Emmett|<span style="color:#000000">Emmett</span>]] 17:00, 22 October 2011 (EDT)

:Sure. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 17:05, 22 October 2011 (EDT)
::Wow, you're faster than I expected. O.o  thanks! &ndash; [[User:Emmett|<span style="color:#000000">Emmett</span>]] 17:09, 22 October 2011 (EDT)

== MediaWiki upgrades ==

How do you approach upgrades to MediaWiki around here? I heard it was bumped to 1.19 recently and we haven't changed, so I'm wondering how you decide when to do it. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Irrepressible 16:50, 10 March 2012 (EST)

:We're on 1.18.1; 1.19 hasn't been released yet. I'll update pretty quickly if it's just a new sub-version. When it's a new branch I'll give it some time as extensions get updated and bugs get worked-out. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 18:09, 10 March 2012 (EST)

== Deprecated code page ==

When I'm not logged in, it says that Smashers as high alphabetically as {{sm|Banks}} have deprecated code; when I'm logged in it's up to date, with the articles with deprecated code starting in the I's (I've been working on it today). What's up with this? Can you fix it, please? [[User:MeleeMarth01|<font color="blue">'''Melee'''</font>]][[User talk:MeleeMarth01|<font color="red">'''Marth'''</font>]][[User:MeleeMarth01/SSB4 Roster Contest|<font color="seablue">'''01'''</font>]][[File:MM01Sig.png|19px]] 20:19, 10 March 2012 (EST)

:I've cleared the page cache. If there are still issues, point me to a specific example or screenshot(s). --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 20:31, 10 March 2012 (EST)

==The Multi-Upload feature==

Could you activate it here like you did on DKWiki? '''''[[User:HavocReaper48|<span style="color:maroon;">--Havoc</span>]][[User talk:HavocReaper48|<span style="color:brown;">48</span>]]<span style="color:navy;"> >:D!!!</span>''''' 17:36, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

:Sure. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 22:12, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

== Wanted image redirects ==

Currently [[Special:WantedFiles]] is being chocked by images that already exist as valid redirects. Is there a way to stop it? [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Researcher 00:00, 20 March 2012 (EDT)

:I don't know of a configuration option to change that. I've submitted [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35350 a bug report] on it and maybe we'll find out if that's even intentional. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 00:44, 20 March 2012 (EDT)
::Okay then. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Jiggy 09:23, 21 March 2012 (EDT)

== &amp;lt;successfulupload&amp;gt; ==

Tried MultipleUpload; that was the title of the list of successful image links. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Jiggy 09:23, 21 March 2012 (EDT)
:It also thought that I uploaded an empty image and gave a warning due to a typo in the filename (as in, it contained a "&"); the image actually uploaded correctly. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Emissary 09:27, 21 March 2012 (EDT)

::As I told Havoc before activating it on the DKWiki, the extension is buggy and unmaintained (which is why it wasn't installed before he requested it). The choice is to either use it as-is or scrap it. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 12:07, 21 March 2012 (EDT)

== Media wiki sidebar ==
That page was protected and you edited it. Does that mean you are still an admin?[[Special:Contributions/68.34.113.98|68.34.113.98]] 19:15, 26 March 2012 (EDT)

:Yeah. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 19:19, 26 March 2012 (EDT)
:If an page is Protected, this usually means that non admin users cannot edit the page as it is too valuable to have wrong edits from non admin users to be put. [[User:.....|.....]] [[User talk:.....|The]] [[Special:Contributions/.....|Spectre]] [[File:NintenNESsprite.png|19px]] 19:28, 26 March 2012 (EDT)
::I didn't need info ...... [[Special:Contributions/71.163.238.154|71.163.238.154]] 12:11, 30 March 2012 (EDT)

== What are you trying to do? ==

I'm looking at your skin edits and all I can see is that article titles are now far too close to the tabs. If I didn't think that there may actually be a purpose to it when combined with later changes I'd revert it instantly. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Yoshi 18:12, 6 April 2012 (EDT)

:I hope you'll enjoy the skin edits which include less white space between the sitenotice and article header, and aligning the article icons with the article header rather than up near the sitenotice. In addition, formatting using tabs. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 18:23, 6 April 2012 (EDT)
::Well let us know when you're done with all that, because right now titles are basically colliding with tabs and it looks horrendous. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Interspacial 18:30, 6 April 2012 (EDT)

:::We're good now. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 18:48, 6 April 2012 (EDT)

== Just wondering... ==

Was this wiki created from scratch (did you use godaddy.com)?--[[User:Avengingbandit|'''''<font color="#0000ff">Avengingbandit</font>''''']] 21:10, 9 June 2012 (EDT)
:Yes, it's created from a fresh MediaWiki install. I use GoDaddy for the domain but not the hosting. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 21:43, 9 June 2012 (EDT)
:#So since you installed MediaWiki here, you're the one hosting this wiki?
:#What would happen if a bureaucrat here demoted you to none and banned you (hypothetically)? Are you able to get your powers back?--[[User:Avengingbandit|'''''<font color="#ff0080">Avengingbandit</font>''''']] 21:51, 9 June 2012 (EDT)

::Double yes. I manage the wiki database. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 21:56, 9 June 2012 (EDT)

== Odd issue with undo link missing for certain edits ==

It seems that those who use Chrome do not see (undo) links in page history for edits with a one-line edit summary. Any idea what could be causing it? [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Brazen 19:58, 1 July 2012 (EDT)

:[https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38109 Reported]. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 21:55, 1 July 2012 (EDT)

== CAPTCHA code ==

I made an account and confirmed my email, but I still get the CAPTCHA code prompt every time I try to edit a page (the answer to which is always "Brawl").  According to ToastUltimatum, this is abnormal - could you look into it please?  [[User:Naked Snake|<font color="darkgreen" size="2px">'''Naked'''</font>]] [[User talk:Naked Snake|<font color="darkgreen" size="2px">'''Snake'''</font>]] [[File:200px-Naked Snake.jpg |19px|]] 21:17, 5 July 2012 (EDT)

:It will stop appearing after you've been here for 4 days and made 5 edits. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 21:53, 5 July 2012 (EDT)
::Oh, I see.  I've made more than 5 edits but I have only been here for one day with an account.  Thanks for the prompt response.  [[User:Naked Snake|<font color="darkgreen" size="2px">'''Naked'''</font>]] [[User talk:Naked Snake|<font color="darkgreen" size="2px">'''Snake'''</font>]] [[File:200px-Naked Snake.jpg |19px|]] 22:33, 5 July 2012 (EDT)

== Formulas ==

It would be nice to have the faculties to display mathematical formulas without going elsewhere and uploading a picture. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Non-Toxic 11:10, 8 July 2012 (EDT)

:It's not worth maintaining that extension and the pieces that go with it for the relatively few times that a new formula image is needed. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 11:29, 8 July 2012 (EDT)
::Makes sense, just thought I'd ask. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] Le Grand Fromage 12:56, 8 July 2012 (EDT)

== Autoconfirmed Users ==

Hey I have a question. For a wiki, how do you change the requirements to have a user be auto-confirmed? For example on MarioWiki, they have you have 10 mainspace edits and be here for one week. I need to use this to fix our spambot issue on Icaruspedia. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:red">'''Light'''</font>]][[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:silver">'''ning'''</font>]][[Special:Contributions/LightningBlue|<font style="color:blue">'''Blue'''</font>]] 19:11, 20 July 2012 (EDT)

:The following config settings:

<pre>$wgAutoConfirmAge = 86400*7;
$wgAutoConfirmCount = 10;</pre>

:[[MW:Manual:$wgAutoConfirmAge|[1]]] [[MW:Manual:$wgAutoConfirmCount|[2]]] --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 19:18, 20 July 2012 (EDT)

== Template nest depth ==

In making various colour-manipulation templates, I've run into cases of valid outputs being ignored and assumed to be 0. From what I can tell this is due to some limit on how deep the template nesting tree is. If so, what is this limit, and is it feasible to increase? If not, then what else could the problem be? [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Steppin' 22:12, 11 August 2012 (EDT)

:[[MW:Manual:$wgMaxTemplateDepth|It looks like the limit is 40]] since I haven't changed that value from the default. Are you really using that many? --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 22:22, 11 August 2012 (EDT)
::Could be in a stealthy way: {{t|hex2dec}} requires three subtemplates just to do one job and {{t|dec2hex}} needs one, and both need to use those subtemplates multiple times. If there were some extention to do those two functions natively I'm guessing we'd be fine, but I can't find anything easily (maybe my search terms just suck). [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Riotous 22:29, 11 August 2012 (EDT)

:::What exactly are you doing, and where will these templates be used? --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 22:31, 11 August 2012 (EDT)
::::One thing is for colouring the value of the status indicator on a multi-point gradient scale, when that policy gets implemented. I have the framework and some tests [[User:Toomai/Garage|here]]. The tier list templates would also become simpler. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Inconceivable 22:38, 11 August 2012 (EDT)

Keep in mind that using this system would mean that templates are recursed-through 40+ times each time a value is generated. That's a lot of extra CPU usage on the backend. Just from the load time of previewing that page, you can tell that a lot of work is being done. I'd look into an alternative such as a table of color values. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 22:49, 11 August 2012 (EDT)
:Beh I'll just scrap the status colour gradient then. Don't want an 800-entry table for something most people probably won't notice anyway. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Zesty 22:56, 11 August 2012 (EDT)

== Japanese ==

When entering Japanese characters into the search box and pressing any of the two buttons, this happens: http://derpy.me/vPXME

That's obviously not supposed to happen.--[[File:Wolfsig.png|19px]] '''''[[User:PSIWolf|<font color="red">PSIWolf</font>]]''''' <small>[[User talk:PSIWolf|<font color="black">The one</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/PSIWolf|<font color="black">and only!</font>]]</small> 11:03, 25 August 2012 (EDT)
:I also got this from searching Chansey's Romanized Japanese name "Rakkī" yet the redirect caught it when removing the line over the i. ''[[User:JamesHeart123|<font color="blue">James</font>]][[User talk:JamesHeart123|<font color="orange">Heart</font>]][[Special:Contributions/JamesHeart123|<font color="black">less</font>]]'' 11:12, 25 August 2012 (EDT)

:Ok, I fixed this. --[[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] ([[User talk:Porplemontage#top|talk]]) 11:51, 25 August 2012 (EDT)
::Thanks.--[[File:Wolfsig.png|19px]] '''''[[User:PSIWolf|<font color="red">PSIWolf</font>]]''''' <small>[[User talk:PSIWolf|<font color="black">The one</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/PSIWolf|<font color="black">and only!</font>]]</small> 11:56, 25 August 2012 (EDT)

== "Probation" usergroup ==

It's [[Forum:Use a "probation" usergroup to control user/forumspace edits|been determined]] that having a usergroup that blocks userspace and forumspace would be more useful than locks and blocks for controling unhelpful users. I'd like to ask you create a usergroup named <code>probation</code> that revokes edit rights to the User: and Forum: namespaces (but not their talkspaces). If you have to create a new right to do this (which I suspect based on [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access this]) or something, that's okay.

Side note: This page could do with archiving. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Incomperable 18:26, 7 September 2012 (EDT)