Uncollapsed-border table styles
Have any internal .css files been changed recently? I just noticed that certain tables with border-collapse:separate no longer have the expected white space between (the borders of) each cell (history diffs, Template:MaintenanceLinks) but others still do (Template:MeleeTiers), and everything looks as expected outside IE9. Toomai Glittershine 
The Brass 18:14, 18 September 2012 (EDT)
- Nothing has changed and Template:MaintenanceLinks has the white spaces on my IE9. --Porplemontage (talk) 18:36, 18 September 2012 (EDT)
<youtube> and <choose>
How were these tags set up in the server? LightningBlue
23:08, 29 September 2012 (EDT)
- RandomSelection and YouTube extensions. --Porplemontage (talk) 23:12, 29 September 2012 (EDT)
Lockout
How long until the site is unlocked for everyone else? Air Conditioner 
My edit count 17:45, 23 November 2012 (EST)
- The DNS changes have been made and now we're just waiting for them to propagate. Should start working for most within a few hours and hopefully we'll be back to normal by tomorrow morning. Thanks for bearing with me on this; I know it's a pain and it's not something I'll be making a habit of. --Porplemontage (talk) 18:03, 23 November 2012 (EST)
- The only real pain with this was how no one was informed beforehand (publicly on any of your wikis, as far as I could tell) it would be happening. For something like a server move I would expect you would be able to tell people you were going to do it at such-and-such time and it might take a day or two to resolve. Toomai Glittershine The Victorious 10:13, 24 November 2012 (EST)
- The only real pain with this was how no one was informed beforehand (publicly on any of your wikis, as far as I could tell) it would be happening. For something like a server move I would expect you would be able to tell people you were going to do it at such-and-such time and it might take a day or two to resolve. Toomai Glittershine
- Sorry about that. The initial plan was to get it done overnight so most people wouldn't notice, but it ended up taking way longer than I expected. I've learned a lot in this process and for next time there will be a system of announcements and updates in place. Thank you to everyone for being patient and putting up with this. At least now that it's done we got a nice server upgrade and hopefully we won't have to do this again for a very long time. --Porplemontage (talk) 14:37, 24 November 2012 (EST)
So what's this now then
Okay, so we moved to 1.20, that's nice and all. Why did that result in Monobook being infected with a bunch of Vector styling for things like the edit box and history diffs? Toomai Glittershine The Interspacial 08:47, 10 December 2012 (EST)
- The edit box can be turned off in your preferences; the diffs are just the new 1.20 diffs. --Porplemontage (talk) 12:19, 10 December 2012 (EST)
Yo
Can you move Target Smash!! to Target Smash!, please? DoctorPain99
23:17, 8 February 2013 (EST)
Adding usernames to the automatic ban list
Can you add ALLAH, GOD, PARADISE, HEAVEN, and all variations (lower case and reverse spellings) to said ban list? MegaTron1XD
02:00, 3 March 2013 (EST)
- Ok. --Porplemontage (talk) 02:14, 3 March 2013 (EST)
For your information
Since the thumbnailer was crashing when I was trying to work with "File:OilPanic..jpg" (note the double dot), I moved it to File:Oil Panic Melee.jpg. It then coughed up this:
Warning: unlink(/home/ssbwiki/public_html/images/thumb/d/d4/Oil_Panic..jpg/120px-Oil_Panic..jpg) [<a href='function.unlink'>function.unlink</a>]: Permission denied in /home/ssbwiki/public_html/includes/filebackend/FSFileBackend.php on line 393
Warning: unlink(/home/ssbwiki/public_html/images/thumb/d/d4/Oil_Panic..jpg/180px-Oil_Panic..jpg) [<a href='function.unlink'>function.unlink</a>]: Permission denied in /home/ssbwiki/public_html/includes/filebackend/FSFileBackend.php on line 393
Warning: unlink(/home/ssbwiki/public_html/images/thumb/d/d4/Oil_Panic..jpg/200px-Oil_Panic..jpg) [<a href='function.unlink'>function.unlink</a>]: Permission denied in /home/ssbwiki/public_html/includes/filebackend/FSFileBackend.php on line 393
Just in case this is important somehow. Toomai Glittershine The Eggster 09:13, 9 March 2013 (EST)
- Got it, thanks. --Porplemontage (talk) 10:04, 9 March 2013 (EST)
Search is borked
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::searchInternal". Database returned error "145: Table './ssbwiki_wiki/searchindex' is marked as crashed and should be repaired (localhost)".
Occurs whenever what's being searched for does not have a page or redirect. Toomai Glittershine The Undirigible 15:16, 13 April 2013 (EDT)
- Fixed. Thank you for reporting this error. --Porplemontage (talk) 16:44, 13 April 2013 (EDT)
Extensions question
I have an ambitious idea in mind, but I don't want to get too far into it if the foundation is infeasible. The concept hinges on having two extensions:
- Extension:Variables
- Extension:Loops
- In addition,
ExtLoops::$maxLoopswould need to be higher than the default 100 (the idea wouldn't involve hitting 100 loops very often, but it will a few times). 250 might be okay but to be sure I would prefer 500 or even 1000 (assuming that -1 for unrestrained is infeasible).
- In addition,
I'm not currently asking to install these extensions right now; I'd just like to know if you have a problem with either of them. Toomai Glittershine The Chronicler 15:38, 22 April 2013 (EDT)
- May I ask what you'd like to use them for? My concern is similar to here - using a lot of nested loops and CPU usage when it's not really necessary or there's a less-intensive way to get it done (even if it does make it less-convenient). --Porplemontage (talk) 19:32, 22 April 2013 (EDT)
- The main premise of the idea is to use looping to display rows of icons (or possibly simple templates to choose such icons). For example: displaying 8 red squares, 3 yellow squares, and 15 red squares all in a row. There would be no loop nesting; I may create a wrapper template for the loop code.
- The idea can work without these extensions, but this would involve manually counting the code for dozens of icons. We could also use
subst:so that we can use loops to edit and preview but then not use loops once saved; I'm not a fan of this approach but it can be done if necessary. Toomai Glittershine The Chilled 22:59, 22 April 2013 (EDT)
- Ok, I'm fine with installing the extensions whenever. --Porplemontage (talk) 00:40, 23 April 2013 (EDT)
Alright, given how the idea is turning out positive, I'd like to have these two extensions put in now so I can create on-site proofs of concept. Toomai Glittershine The Chronicler 11:50, 4 May 2013 (EDT)
- They are now installed. --Porplemontage (talk) 12:18, 4 May 2013 (EDT)
While the vast majority of relevant pages don't need more than 100 loops, some apparently require an absolute minimum of 498 loops. Please increase ExtLoops::$maxLoops. Toomai Glittershine The Superlative 20:29, 7 July 2013 (EDT)
- Ok. --Porplemontage (talk) 21:11, 7 July 2013 (EDT)
Regarding Wikitroid
Hi Porple, we've probably never met before. My name's Roy. I'm also a user over on Wikitroid, and the admins are seriously considering a fork away from Wikia. However, despite considering it, they're not planning to merge with NIWA and instead want to fork to their own servers. I just wanted to ask you if Wikitroid could potentially become an affiliate of NIWA even if you have your own Metroid wiki. Thanks, --RoyboyX Talk 20:27, 6 May 2013 (EDT)
- Whether Wikitroid can join NIWA is a question for the Metroid Wiki community; they are the ones with the right to allow or veto a member that covers their ground. Toomai Glittershine The Wacko 22:27, 6 May 2013 (EDT)
- Hey buddy, I think you should be careful. While I think this question may be okay, I know that your discussing of Wikitroid forking is a bit...frowned upon back over there. I just don't want you to get yourself in trouble. DoctorPain99
00:38, 7 May 2013 (EDT)
- Hey buddy, I think you should be careful. While I think this question may be okay, I know that your discussing of Wikitroid forking is a bit...frowned upon back over there. I just don't want you to get yourself in trouble. DoctorPain99
Pre-2011 contributions
Hello Porplemontage! I was sent here by Toomai regarding on an issue with my contributions page. It only goes up to 2011 but it does not show my contributions before the SSB Wiki was formed. Magiciandude (talk) 22:50, 8 June 2013 (EDT)
- It looks like the way MediaWiki handles this is that it only assigns the old contributions to you if you were registered before the import occurred. At least this means that new users can't hijack edits from unregistered veteran users. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. --Porplemontage (talk) 08:35, 9 June 2013 (EDT)
Frame bars and resolutions
You appear to have a very strong opinion as to frame bars being no more than ~680px long. The sidebar is about 170px wide, meaning your total max desired page width is about 850px. According to these statistics, over 90% of people use screens larger than 1024px wide (which might be lower in general since that's a tech-ish site but will also be higher because that was in January). I assume you have resolution statistics for this site specifically that suggest we have a reasonable amount of people using lower-end monitors? Toomai Glittershine The Jiggy 17:23, 19 July 2013 (EDT)
- It's not just monitors, though. Mobile phones, tablets, and game consoles typically render the page at 1024 pixels wide. About 28% of visits come from a mobile OS, and then add the people with low monitors and it's probably about a third. These people shouldn't have to get the horizontal scroll where the page looks funky. --Porplemontage (talk) 18:35, 19 July 2013 (EDT)
Removing youtu.be links from the spam filter
Hi, can you remove links with youtu.be from the spam filter? I don't see how these links are particularly susceptible to spamming to merit blocking them, and it complicates linking to youtube videos on the wiki. Omega Tyrant 
04:40, 11 August 2013 (EDT)
- Ok. --Porplemontage (talk) 05:02, 11 August 2013 (EDT)
Yo
Other NIWA staff members (spefically this guy) have inormed me to let you know that urls are to be changed to /wiki/$1 all across NIWA. If you have more questions/concerns/complaints, ask him. DoctorPain99 22:42, 14 August 2013 (EDT)
- If you're going to do that, ensure that the current link style at least redirects to said new style, or a ton of offwiki links will break. Toomai Glittershine The Yoshi 22:58, 14 August 2013 (EDT)
- I don't intend to make the change. NIWA is a network of independent wikis and doesn't mandate such policies. There's no need to make our URL's redundant (ssbwiki.com/wiki/... ok) and longer for no reason. Lylat Wiki should fix DKWiki's interwiki link. --Porplemontage (talk) 23:20, 14 August 2013 (EDT)