User talk:Porplemontage/Archive 2

Game and Watch Wiki

Care to help after everything is planned? Forbidden7 21:21, 19 July 2011 (EDT)

I can help, but I can't host the wiki or anything like that. --Porplemontage (talk) 02:27, 20 July 2011 (EDT)

I understand. Forbidden7 08:36, 20 July 2011 (EDT)

Do you happen to know of anyone who is willing and able to host? DoctorPain99 {ROLLBACKER} 14:51, 20 July 2011 (EDT)

What can you help us with btw.Also, you should archive soon. Forbidden7 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. --Porplemontage (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...

Blindcolours 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. --Porplemontage (talk) 18:57, 16 September 2011 (EDT)

Archiving

I'm starting to bug everyone about this. Forbidden7 PK AWESOME! 00:33, 24 July 2011 (EDT)

I usually wait until 100. --Porplemontage (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? Forbidden7 PK AWESOME! 00:40, 24 July 2011 (EDT)

100 entries, sorry. Is there a rule on talk page length here? --Porplemontage (talk) 03:39, 24 July 2011 (EDT)

Yes, when it reaches around 32-40kb, you have to archive your talk.--PSIWolf (T • C • E) 06:42, 24 July 2011 (EDT)

It isn't a rule; it's a reccomendation... DoctorPain99 {ROLLBACKER} 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. ..... Any time your ready. 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?>_>Lucas-IV- OH MY PORK! 12:31, 14 August 2011 (EDT) thanks btw

I manage the technical side of the wiki; you should talk to the other admins. --Porplemontage (talk) 12:34, 14 August 2011 (EDT)

>_>i also hope other admins see thid page so I din't need to edit more...>_>Lucas-IV- OH MY PORK! 12:39, 14 August 2011 (EDT)

We already have a fleshed out and well written article on Priority. Omega Tyrant 13:42, 14 August 2011 (EDT)

yo

Is it necessary, when a user makes a edit, and months later, a another user paste the {{subst:welcome}} on their talk page? ..... Smash454 My life for Aiur! 19:44, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

You'll have to ask the user posting the welcome message. --Porplemontage (talk) 19:45, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

Let it go ..... let it go. Blindcolours Game Boy 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?--PSIWolf (T • C • E) 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! Kirbythe Amazing 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.--PSIWolf (T • C • E) 09:58, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

I mean, it's only happened once Kirbythe Amazing Know my power! 10:12, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

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

Okay. Thanks for fixing it! What was the problem anyway?--PSIWolf (T • C • E) 15:05, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

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

Could you fix my userpage

So it doesn't look weird? Blindcolours Game Boy 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. Blindcolours Game Boy 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! :) Blindcolours Game Boy 17:38, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

The shortcut template was killing it. --Porplemontage (talk) 17:45, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

I see...anyway, thank you! :) Blindcolours Game Boy 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. Toomai Glittershine The Steppin' 19:53, 5 September 2011 (EDT)

Likely because of the server downtime. Blindcolours 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. --Porplemontage (talk) 21:19, 5 September 2011 (EDT)

Special:ReplaceText

Where'd it go? I know we had it at some point. Toomai Glittershine The Jiggy 06:52, 4 October 2011 (EDT)

It's never going to stick around permanently because of how easily it can be abused. --Porplemontage (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? Toomai Glittershine 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. --Porplemontage (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. Omega Tyrant 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. --Porplemontage (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. Omega Tyrant 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? --Porplemontage (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 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). Omega Tyrant 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. --Porplemontage (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. Omega Tyrant 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. --Porplemontage (talk) 01:56, 5 October 2011 (EDT)

Alright then, change the image link in Brandondorf9999's signatures from [[File:Lemsdadhead (SSBB).png]] to [[File:Lemsdadhead.png]]. With that done, we can delete the former without creating red links. Omega Tyrant 02:31, 5 October 2011 (EDT)

Awesome, before the weekend is over we'll be looking good. Possibly even Thursday. --Porplemontage (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. Toomai Glittershine The SMASH-GINEER 19:08, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

Good catch. --Porplemontage (talk) 19:14, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

Never mind it's fixed now. Might have been that missing bracket on User:BlindColours/monobook.css that I fixed. Toomai Glittershine The Different 19:15, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

Hi.

I heard you're the only person who can do anything about this. Thanks, PenguinofDeath 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 your personal JavaScript. Take a look at this for an easy implementation/starting point. --Porplemontage (talk) 18:11, 17 October 2011 (EDT)

Oh, cool. I'll get on that tomorrow. PenguinofDeath 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? Toomai Glittershine The Ghostbuster 20:13, 18 October 2011 (EDT)

I noticed that too. Hopefully it doesn't start up pop-up windows. BlindColours 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. --Porplemontage (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. BlindColours 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. --Porplemontage (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. Omega Tyrant 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! ToastUltimatum Complaints Box 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. --Porplemontage (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. PenguinofDeath 17:20, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

IE6 doesn't have tabs. --Porplemontage (talk) 17:36, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

I'd like to add my opinion that I loathe those dialogs under any circumstance. Toomai Glittershine The Frivolous 18:21, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

Feasibility of YT monetization

I just want to call your attention to this. Miles (talk) 17:26, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

Not a bad idea, but that won't be necessary. We're covered now. --Porplemontage (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. – Emmett 17:00, 22 October 2011 (EDT)

Sure. --Porplemontage (talk) 17:05, 22 October 2011 (EDT)

Wow, you're faster than I expected. O.o thanks! – Emmett 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. Toomai Glittershine 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. --Porplemontage (talk) 18:09, 10 March 2012 (EST)

Deprecated code page

When I'm not logged in, it says that Smashers as high alphabetically as 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? MeleeMarth01 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). --Porplemontage (talk) 20:31, 10 March 2012 (EST)

The Multi-Upload feature

Could you activate it here like you did on DKWiki? --Havoc48 >:D!!! 17:36, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

Sure. --Porplemontage (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? Toomai Glittershine The Researcher 00:00, 20 March 2012 (EDT)

I don't know of a configuration option to change that. I've submitted a bug report on it and maybe we'll find out if that's even intentional. --Porplemontage (talk) 00:44, 20 March 2012 (EDT)

Okay then. Toomai Glittershine The Jiggy 09:23, 21 March 2012 (EDT)

<successfulupload>

Tried MultipleUpload; that was the title of the list of successful image links. Toomai Glittershine 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. Toomai Glittershine 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. --Porplemontage (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. 68.34.113.98 19:15, 26 March 2012 (EDT)