User talk:Jack Phoenix/Archive 10

ShoutWiki — express yourself and be heard!
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Do you really need to contact me? It is preferrable to use the ShoutWiki forum for general questions, discussion and feedback to encourage participation and to gather a wider audience.

For problems with a specific page, use the problem reporting tool ("Report a problem" tab/link on the page in question).
See the help page for more info.

Report software bugs (problematic behavior with the underlying MediaWiki wiki engine and/or its extensions) on Phabricator so that our technical staff can track these issues appropriately and keep you posted. Phabricator requires a separate registration. Read Help:Bug reports for more information on how to report a software bug.

You can also contact ShoutWiki staff privately via email at troppusmoc.ikiwtuohs.


Archived talk: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10


rar

Dude how's it going!? Long time no talk haha. Phil.e. (talk) 17:36, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

ZOMG, it's Phil.e.! Like Obi-Wan Kenobi would say, "now that's a name I've not heard in a long time".
Things have certainly changed a bit since we last spoke, but it's mostly good. :) Do you still use IRC? It'd be nice to talk to you in real time (although IRC's not exactly a real-time communication method, but it's close enough) — see my user page for my IRC (and other) contact details.
But enough about me — I'd be curious to know where you've spent the last couple years! --Jack Phoenix ShoutWiki Staff (contact) 20:12, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
Glad to hear mostly good! I've not gone on IRC much in a while, but I'll get XChat again so it'll feel just like the old days. When would you be free to chat? I'm busy for what's this afternoon for me(EST), but I'll be free 10pm EST or tomorrow. I actually renewed my nick on Freenode over summer, though it probably expired again since lol. Phil.e. (talk) 17:06, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
I'm online 24/7 (yay for bouncers!), but whether I'm available is a different matter — it varies on a day-to-day basis depending on things like issues needing my urgent attention, matters to resolve and positioning of the stars. ;-) Try pinging/messaging me to see if I'll reply; if not, I'm probably not around at the moment.
Time zones confuse me most of the time, but thankfully there are search engines out there which can be used to discover all sorts of fun time zone conversion websites. 10PM EST translates to 5AM local time, which means that I should be asleep at that hour. I hope we can talk on IRC soon, despite time zones and other fun little things! --Jack Phoenix ShoutWiki Staff (contact) 17:22, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
Ah I miss learning about stuff like that, after wikia my usual internet hangout was 4chan, which is rarely a good source of knowledge lol. I feel you, in that case I'll give it a few tries on #mediawiki or pm (since I doubt our old cabal channels are still around lol) tomorrow; I'm sure we'll catch each other at some point ;) Phil.e. (talk) 18:44, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Nityanica-lite

On Nityanica-lite project constantly lapping vandals. Ask as project administrator, to prevent the creation of accounts. Thanks in advance. --Кайзер Вильгельм (talk) 13:51, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Restricting the creation of accounts won't do any good, I'm afraid, because accounts are shared between all ShoutWiki wikis, so the problem users in question could just go to a different wiki and create an account there. I've however enabled the AbuseFilter extension on s:w:nityanica-lite, so you or another admin can write custom rules to prevent certain kinds of actions from taking place. The MediaWiki.org page about AbuseFilter's rules' format might be of use, too.
Please let me or another ShoutWiki staff member know if the vandalism persists or should you need any help with AbuseFilter and writing rules for it. --Jack Phoenix ShoutWiki Staff (contact) 17:56, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Top-level forums need prominent exposure

Hi again. I think the forums here need prominent exposure in order to get more people participating.

Wikia's hub wiki gives their top-level forums prominent exposure. The forums are openly linked from the top of every page on Wikia's Community Central hub wiki. The forums link is not in a sub-level menu farther down the page.

I suggest putting a forum link right after "Create a wiki" in the sidebar. People like community, but usually only if it is prominent and popular. --Timeshifter (talk) 01:28, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I've added a link in the getting help section. Best regards,--Cook879 ShoutWiki Staff talk 23:20, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, I hope that it helps. I note that some people who have chosen Vector in preferences (like me) may not see the forum link if they have closed that help subsection. It seems that the closing is remembered on subsequent pages that are launched. I don't know how many people are using Vector though while viewing the hub wiki. --Timeshifter (talk) 03:58, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello, I just wanted to thank you for responding to my topic and helping me with my Wiki site. I also appreciate the compliment about Sega Sonic Wiki's look. ^_^ I'll be adding my Wiki to the description page.

BessDreamer (talk) 15:12, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Old search JS was broken. Removed it from MediaWiki:Common.js on the Cannabis wiki

I am commenting here since I am not sure you will see my message here:

Please see MediaWiki:Common.js on the Cannabis wiki, and its history.

It seems the old JS was no longer working right for me too. It not only automatically opened search results in a new tab. It also opened them in the same tab. So it was creating 2 search result pages. It shouldn't have been doing that. I added a note about this problem at the top of the source page here:

So I removed the old JS from MediaWiki:Common.js on the Cannabis wiki. Instead I added JS that provides an option to open search results in a new tab. It works via Ctrl-click (PC) and Command-click (Mac). It is working fine for me. I haven't had any problems with the popup blocker in the browser I use (Firefox).

I copied the current JS from working gadget JS from the Wikimedia Commons. See:

--Timeshifter (talk) 12:12, 6 December 2013 (UTC)