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Special:Editcount
The stats are all wacked. It used to track all my contributions. Now the stats don't make sense even if I assume it only reflects "stats of the past month". -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 23:05, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Mine still work. I had ~9900 before and after the new WikiaStats was introduced. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 23:38, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Editcount says I only have 426 total edits, whereas WikiaStats say 9k+... -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 01:44, 19 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Works fine for me too... Well, when I check my editcount, that is. Yours is indeed borked (Special:Editcount/PanSola). Also look at the "All Wikis" thingy. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage  18:47, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I've reported the issue ... someone should be able to take a look at it soon. --KyleH (talk) 23:12, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure if this is a related error, but the edits shown from Special:Editcount any my Special:Preferences is different by more than 1,000 edits. (T/C) 17:46, 27 September 2008 (UTC)


 * My editcount in Prefs shows 3k spot-on. Nothing on Special:Editcount matches that. So, yeah. Weird. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage  21:16, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Special:Editcount says I have ~18,000, with the most in any one namespace being ~6,500 in Main, while Special:Preferences says I only have ~11,000 total. Definitely confusing.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 22:12, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps Editcount includes deleted revisions but preferences does not? 208.44.247.101 01:03, 30 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Special:Contributions/HANSAEWOO = 0 edits
 * Special:DeletedContributions/HANSAEWOO = 2 edits
 * Special:Editcount/HANSAEWOO = 0 edits
 * Good idea, but doesn't look like it. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 02:32, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Just a btw, only sysops can see deleted revisions. --Shadowcrest  02:37, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * This looks like it is resolved now. Does it look good to you now too?  --KyleH (talk) 21:38, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I still see PanSola's edit count as 426 edits, not the 9000+ he has. --Shadowcrest  21:46, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * D'oh ... I was just looking in the right column. You're right.  --KyleH (talk) 21:51, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * My Special:Editcount and the number displayed in my preferences has a 500 edit difference.--[[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg]]îğá†ħŕášħ 22:06, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Mine has a 400 edit difference. Also, on my editcount, it claims I have more contributions in GuildWiki than I have on all Wikias :P Seems to be missing 2 talk page edits --Gimmethegepgun 22:26, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm still working on this ... --KyleH (talk) 19:07, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reassurance (-: -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 20:08, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Random bump. -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 01:36, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Site Completely Un-browse able Due to Script Error.
This is coming up for me on EVERY page on the wiki in Firefox2. Started a few days ago, but seeing as I haven't had any time to even use the computer, I'm just now reporting it. Anyone else having this issue? The page mostly loads, freezes for a few seconds then that pops up, and if I don't hit stop script, it will stay frozen. Really a pain in the ass. --   Isk8   (T/C) 19:00, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Turn off script debugging. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 19:01, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * How? And how did this just start happening out of nowhere? -- [[Image:Isk8.png]]   Isk8   (T/C) 19:08, 28 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm using FF2 myself, with ABP and the "Stop! Hammertime!" add-ons. Nothing is borking for me. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage  19:11, 28 September 2008 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Isk8-Firebug1.jpg|400px]] [[Image:Isk8-Firebug2.jpg|400px]] I'm using Greasemonkey, Firebug, ABP, and a few other misc. addons. -- [[Image:Isk8.png]]   Isk8   (T/C) 19:19, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Apparently turning off Greasemonkey stopped it for the time being. -- [[Image:Isk8.png]]  Isk8   (T/C) 19:22, 28 September 2008

(UTC)
 * Fine for me - try noscript - and look at the scripts running and see if there is anything else that could cause errors (FYI: FF3 > FF2) Random Time  19:34, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I haven't even installed FF3, I didn't know if all the addons from FF2 would work with it. -- [[Image:Isk8.png]]   Isk8   (T/C) 21:57, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The good majority do. But I'd still recommend you see if you can find an extra ff2 installer lying around so you can downgrade if needed.[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]] Entrea   [Talk]  22:39, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

sidebar and top bar
These essential parts of the wiki skin refuse to show up for me unless I refresh each page several times. Sometimes IE does not even detect that there was an error. Either something siteside is broken or new Microsoft updates don't like GuildWiki. >.> (T/C) 04:55, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm seeing this in IE7 as well. In FF3, I'm seeing an error "quantserve is not defined" at various line numbers.  (Quantserve is a tracking service from Quantcast.)  I'm actually seeing this on other sites as well, now that I'm looking for it, so it's probably an error in Quantserve's javascript.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 16:17, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I've loaded some pages on IE7 yesterday, and the bars showed up for me. They've always showed up on FF so far, unless I left some divs unclosed.. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage  16:58, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Dunno if this is of any relevance, but in FF3, when I opened a page, it loaded the content, but not the top/side bars, then it sat there for a good 5 seconds saying "Transferring data from media.fastclick.net..." Would that be related to the cause of the problem?  I dunno if wiki uses that site for anything.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 02:36, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * IE sometimes gives an error about getElementsByID at line X is null or not an object. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 07:15, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * media.fastclick; isn't that ads? Could explain why I don't have such problems; Ads are blocked for me. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage  12:36, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I need to stop forgetting that you guys are using Monobook. Anyway, I was able to reproduce both this problem and the upload problem.  I've bugged the appropriate people and I'll let you know when I find out more. --KyleH (talk) 21:55, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Just for a little more info, not sure if it helps or not, my bars are showing up about 15% of the time. But most of the time they don't. [[Image:Shogankillername.jpg|x19px]] 20:59, 28 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Also, see this, the toolbox appears at the bottom ... --Balistic Pve (T/C/E) 00:50, 29 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Nice illustration of the "uploaded, but missing picture" bug. Anyway, that funniness is because your browser doesn't receive the CSS from wikia. If it thinks it has an incomplete copy and that is the correct one, the instructions at w:Special:MyPage/global.css may help you (?). --◄mendel► 14:27, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * My sidebar and top bar are also not showing up... 100% of the time, no matter how many times I refresh the page or clear my browser cache. No error message popping up either.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 20:36, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * See .CSS hack a few subheaders below this. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 20:39, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Didn't help. Sidebar and top bar still isn't showing up.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 21:04, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * IE/FF/Opera/Safari/other? --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage  21:29, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Refresh and it appears eventually. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 03:54, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

uploading images
I can not upload images any more. When I hit the "Upload" button, it blanks out whatever I had entered into the "Source filename" field, thus resulting in the "The file you uploaded seems to be empty..." error. (T/C) 09:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * What browser and operating system are you using? --KyleH (talk) 17:47, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I had the same problem in IE7, started with all of the recent mumbo-jumbo crap. No error, but it clears the "Browse" field when I hit upload.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 18:12, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * ^What she said. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 18:40, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm installing IE7 now so I can do some testing. I'll let you know what I find out. --KyleH (talk) 18:42, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Also check out the shole side and top navigation bar thingy. It shows up for me sometimes, and usually it doesn't.  E7 on XP.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 21:18, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

broken tag somewhere
Occasionally when I load a page, everything is in the center, as if the entire page was enclosed in a tag. One of them must be broken or unclosed somewhere in the code. (T/C) 19:55, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * If you reload the page, does it fix it? Also, any specific places it happened, or just random crap? --Gimmethegepgun 19:56, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I've seen it on Felix's talkpage and also on the Recent Changes. Goes away with reload(s). I often have to reload many times anyway, to get the sidebars back. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 19:58, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Happened to me a few days ago when I refreshed my Talk page in IE7. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 01:05, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

wiki freezes up
On a diff comp, whenever i go to a Wikia wiki (GWiki being the most often), i see "Waiting for "http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-01-0VIaSjnOLg.gif?tags=ADSDAQ.HOBBIesINTeReSTS ..." at the bottom of my ie7 and it just stays like that forever... any solution? --Balistic Pve (T/C/E) 00:09, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * See above, it's a bug in Quantserve's javascript. It's very likely that this bug is also causing the sidebar/etc. to not load.  Kyle has bugged the appropriate people about it.  In the meantime, Firefox is not crippled by this bug, so you might want to try it instead.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 01:23, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You can also add (courtesy of Wizardboy):
 * to your .css and that will take care of the hanging problem, and the sidebar one sometimes. However, since the default skin while not logged in is monaco, it can still hit you on the way in and out. >.> [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 05:13, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Add ?useskin=monobook to your "way in" bookmark/shortcut (or add &useskin=monobook if that URL already has a "?" in it) to avoid the monaco detour. --◄mendel► 05:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, cool. Do you have one for the "way out" also? Or actually, that's not possible since then it would have to be sitewide and we can't do that. I think... [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 05:32, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * For in and out, you can put the CSS in w:Special:MyPage/global.css, that applies it to all skins on all Wikia wikis. --◄mendel► 05:33, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * ..... no wait ... you're right, there's no way to do it for not-logged in users without disabling the ads, which we are forbidden to do by Wikia. --◄mendel► 05:35, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I can at least get it to work for me, so that's cool. Thanks, Father. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 05:36, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * That one would do it for the way out, though. And you really ought to adress me as "brother". --◄mendel► 05:38, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, I like that, but I can see how it's kind of useless too...after all we always prefer if people make an account, if only because it improves our WikiStats! It was my understanding that Gregor Mendel would be addressed as Brother only by those meeting or exceeding his status; and children or the like would address him as Father. But maybe I'm wrong on that. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 05:46, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Lol, well thanks guys it seems to be gone... for now --Balistic Pve (T/C/E) 22:17, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Lol, well thanks guys it seems to be gone... for now --Balistic Pve (T/C/E) 22:17, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Template:Showhide box
This is broken for me. The links to "show/hide" the box are missing. They also refuse to close on their own, even if there is more than one on a page as they normally would. Probably because they use JS for this sort of function (?), and that's usually broken for me. (T/C) 05:56, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Status updates
I've consolidated all these issues because I believe that they are related. I apologize that it is taking a while to get a fix out for this, but we're currently reworking the way that ads are displayed on Monobook, so it's taking a little bit longer than it should. I'll let you know when I have more information. --KyleH (talk) 19:07, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I have finally been able to confirm that this problem should be completely fixed now. Let me know if you experience any more javascript problems. --KyleH (talk) 00:29, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Server Failure at life.
I've tried posting something on progger's talk, and its failed no less than 7 times. I just gave up in the end. It's probably going to fail to post this, too. &mdash; Warw/Wick 14:22, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * It took 6 tries to get this one working. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 14:23, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


 * It took 1 try to type this. My guess is it's on your end. --[[Image:Progger.png]] - talk 14:25, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Working flawlessly for me atm. It's even fast. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage  14:47, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


 * My meditating gurus are varnishing. (not that often but I shouldn't be seeing it ever >.>) [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 15:05, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

This is also showing up for some people when they first try to load GuildWiki:

Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Apache Server at gw.gamewikis.org Port 80

Danger Will Robinson! (T/C) 01:21, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Use guildwars.wikia.com directly. --◄mendel► 09:13, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I am. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 10:23, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah ... some stuff broke ... it should be fixed now. Sorry :( --KyleH (talk) 19:44, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikia supports porn
What the deuce is this? 19:26, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * It's a Kevin Smith film. Zack and Miri Make a Porno --KyleH (talk) 19:41, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well ask them to change their spotlight ad. We have kids 10 years old coming here. And yes, I am objecting to the word "porno," not the link. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 19:44, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll pass the feedback along. --KyleH (talk) 19:47, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No offense but, ugh - bad choice Random Time  21:15, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * According to imdb, that film is rated at age 16 to 18, depending on the locale, and GuildWars is rated 12, so it really isn't appropriate. --◄mendel► 22:29, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I thought "Teen" was 13-18. >.> [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 03:47, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It's the low end we're looking at here, frankly. Two notes: a number of theaters nationwide will not be playing this movie because its R rating was basically a personal favor to the director and it's really more like NC-17, and tonight I saw an official TV commercial for the movie which called it simply "Zack and Miri." Is Wikia's moral sense looser than cable television's? [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 07:06, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * So does the fact that you link your talk page with a "T" mean that it is rated Teen, Entropy? ;-) Anyway, I bet movies rated T are appropriate for 13-99 (but Z&M isn't, is it?). And then there was this cinema where this bunch of kids went to see "Zack and Miri", and the cashier looks at them says and says: I'm sorry to disappoint you lot, but you really must be 18 to see this movie, and the kid at the other side of the counter says, why do you think I've brought 17 friends? --◄mendel► 07:19, 1 November 2008 (UTC) & 07:43, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Entropy: Guild Wars is rated 12 in the UK. Random Time  08:25, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You savage Brits [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 23:43, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

(Reset indent) I am still seeing this ad. I would like to request that Wikia remove it completely until the Kevin Smith wiki people make a new one. 23:58, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Images without extensions
Recently there have been a few images uploaded to the wiki that lack a file extension in their name (Image:Ultimate collection ;D, Image:Great isn't it?-D are from today). Is there a way to prevent people from uploading files without extensions? --Shadowcrest 18:51, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * This reminds me of when person uploaded an .exe, I thought this extentions issue was dealt with... [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 22:21, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It looks like the extensions issue was only partially dealt with ... please don't delete that image until I can get our tech team to look at it. --KyleH (talk) 00:33, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Image:Monk >.> [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 23:08, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Image:Grimsdale Wildfire &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 04:20, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Interlanguage links
I guess it's futile to ask for the wikis listed in Category:Templates/Links to be added to the interwiki map, but nl: and es: really should be in the interlanguage table (and maybe cn: for w:c:guildwarscn:)? I'm asking because I'm presently building interwiki link templates. --◄mendel► 20:46, 2 November 2008 (UTC)


 * gww:, gw2w: and pvx: are already on the interwiki list, were there others that need adding? I just checked the interlanguage table to ensure all the variations are in there - including es and nl.  New ones may take up to 24 hours to show (they tend to get cached) but please let me know of any that aren't working after that.  Thanks -- sannse (talk) 12:12, 3 November 2008 (UTC)


 * The four templates (gw.de, gw.es, gw.fr, gw.it) link to our "sister" wikis not on Wikia, and it'd be nice to have them on the list, even if they can't be set up in the interlanguage system. Thanks for taking care of the Wikia interlanguage links, I can see es: is working already! --◄mendel► 19:37, 3 November 2008 (UTC)


 * nl has kicked in too now. We can add the others to the interwiki list, but it's probably best not to use abbreviation with full-stops (periods) in.  It probably won't have any effect, but it's good to be cautious.  Is there another suitable abbreviation?  Either way, please add any additions you want to http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Interwiki_map and a Central admin or someone else with access will add them -- sannse (talk) 18:58, 4 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you, and thanks for the hint. :D --◄mendel► 00:41, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Not getting enough ECs (lol)
So recently there have been a number of cases (many of them on my part) where someone writes a comment, and it "eats" someone else's comment, totally replacing it on the page. The other person's is still in the history n stuff. Normally, you get edit conflicts to prevent this. What's going on? (T/C) 21:14, 6 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Another similar case is on articles; 2 people editing the same thing. Say, change Kournan Scouts to Kournan Scouts . The second to press edit doesn't get EC'd, the edit does show up in RC, but without any changes. As if the second person made a null edit (which don't pop up on RC). --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage  10:43, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * This is still going on, would be nice if someone at Wikia could look into it. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 00:38, 20 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I just got another one (it didn't make a difference, but in my edit window, I changed the last number from 64 to 66, not 65 to 66).  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 18:44, 8 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Looking in to this ... --KyleH (talk) 22:51, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Game updates
Hi got this error on the Game updates talk page, but the rest of the site was working OK...???... Wierd:



Himm Taeguk  (T/C) 15:26, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Now Fixed, oh well :p. Himm Taeguk  (T/C) 15:29, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, some times the meditating gurus need varnishing. Happens to everyone once in a while. --Macros 15:34, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It's an issue with Wikia's front-end cache servers, which use a memory caching service called Varnish. The Guru Meditation has a much older origin, though.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 15:59, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Interesting reading as ever Ishy :D Himm Taeguk  (T/C) 16:08, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. ^_^ &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 16:27, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Other Wikia wikis
Why is it GuildWiki is the only Wikia wiki that doesn't look like this? --Macros 11:35, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 'Cause we're just that good and/or Kyle is oorsome like that [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 13:08, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * w:c:fallout looks fine to me - intermittent glitch? But yeah, we're special. --◄mendel► 13:34, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Mendel suggested switching to the quartz skin to see if it worked, and it did. Switching back to monobook makes the wikis break again. --Macros 14:40, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Is that bug still happening? I can't seem to reproduce it.  GuildWiki is special (that is, it has a separate version of Monobook), but the rest of Wikia shouldn't look like that anyway. --KyleH (talk) 21:33, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Macros told me on irc that it doesn't happen on Quartz (I suggested tryng that), so the problem seems to be with Wikia's monobook and monaco skins - remember GuildWiki is special for having its own GWmonobook.php skin. I told him to try that because I caught a conversation on #wikia the other where another person seemed to have similar problems, possibly related to some plugins. --◄mendel► 22:59, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It seems to be working now. For some reason... --Macros 22:44, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

HANGING CHADS?!
I've noticed with the new way that polls work - the tallies do not seem to update in any meaningful way until I make an edit to the page. For example, I have a few polls on my userpage. One of them had ~31 votes, another ~15, another ~3, and the last ~8. After I edited my page, the counts were ~40, ~30, ~18, ~24, or something like that.

Do we have to make null edits to see updated polls? Or is this yet another problem with IE? :C (T/C) 14:11, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Updates just fine on Firefox. :\ -- [[Image:Isk8.png]]  Isk8   (T/C) 03:43, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Doesn't update normally for me, but whenever I vote on something I do a purge of the system cache and it shows up :P --Gimmethegepgun 03:47, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It shows me what other people voted before I vote, and I can change my vote at any time, is that normal?--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg]]<font color="Black">îğá <font color="Brown">turkey 03:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Dunno, but I get the same thing. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 04:18, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

While we're on the topic of polls: What happened to the "You voted x"? --- -- (contribs)  &emsp;(talk)  12:43, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Links not working
Lately when I'm trying to browse the main page, i have to take alternate routes because the direct link isn't working. For example, when i clicked on elite skills, it brought me to a page with a bunch of scripts and codes on it. There are also a few more links that are working right for me, i don't know if its a site problem or just me. Please let me know (if it is just me) if there's any way to fix the problem, any other input on the problem would be appreciated too.
 * thanks,Pure Killin
 * Now its starting to work again, thanks to ne1 who might have fixed it

Tabs broken for Monobook
I am extremely chagrined for making things very inconvenient for Monobook users for a while. Because of caching I hadn't realized that my change to Mediawiki:monobook.css had broken things when I logged off last night. I have since repaired the change, previewing that via my personal monobook.css (which I should have done in the first place), and I trust that when the cache updates &mdash; this should take less than 24 hours &mdash;, the top navbar will be gone (as it is now) and the personal links, tabs and logo will have moved up.

As a stopgap fix until the cache updates, you can add the following lines to your Special:MyPage/monobook.css or switch to Monaco temporarily. Again, I apologize. --◄mendel► 14:03, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) column-one { padding-top: 145px; }
 * 2) p-logo { top: 0em; }
 * 3) p-personal { top: 0.6em; }
 * 4) p-cactions { top: 1.9em; }


 * The issue is completely fixed now. See User_talk:M.mendel if you want the navbar back, and contact me or examine Vipermagi's css if you want it back but empty or with custom text. --◄mendel► 19:37, 2 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Mendel, note that I have't put a custom text in there yet. Couldn't think of anything really, since links wouldn't work. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  19:42, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure
The sitenotice shouldn't have this written on it:

!-- var cookieName = "dismissSiteNotice="; var cookiePos = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName); var siteNoticeID = "1.19"; var siteNoticeValue = "\x3cdiv align=\"center\"\x3e\n\x3ctable style=\"background: #E6EFEF; border: 2px solid black; text-align:center\"\x3e\n\x3ctr\x3e\n\x3ctd\x3e\n\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan style=\"font-size:1.2em\"\x3e\x3cb\x3eHave a suggestion for GuildWiki? \x3ca href=\"/wiki/GuildWiki:Suggestions\" title=\"GuildWiki:Suggestions\"\x3eWe\'d like to hear it\x3c/a\x3e!\x3c/b\x3e\x3c/span\x3e\n\x3c/p\x3e\n\x3c/td\x3e\x3c/tr\x3e\x3c/table\x3e\n\x3c/div\x3e\n\x3cdiv align=\"center\"\x3e\n\x3ctable style=\"background: #E6EFEF; border: 2px solid black; text-align:center\"\x3e\n\x3ctr\x3e\n\x3ctd\x3e\n\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan style=\"font-size:1.2em\"\x3e\x3cb\x3eWintersday Decorations are going up! \x3ca href=\"/wiki/User:Entropy/Wintersday\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"User:Entropy/Wintersday\"\x3eSee here for more information\x3c/a\x3e!\x3c/b\x3e\x3c/span\x3e\n\x3c/p\x3e\n\x3c/td\x3e\x3c/tr\x3e\x3c/table\x3e\n\x3c/div\x3e\n\x3cp\x3e\x3cbr /\x3e\n\x3c/p\x3e\x3cp\x3e\x3cbr /\x3e\n\x3c/p\x3e"; var cookieValue = ""; var msgClose = "dismiss"; if (cookiePos > -1) { cookiePos = cookiePos + cookieName.length; var endPos = document.cookie.indexOf(";", cookiePos); if (endPos > -1) { cookieValue = document.cookie.substring(cookiePos, endPos); } else { cookieValue = document.cookie.substring(cookiePos); } } if (cookieValue != siteNoticeID) { function dismissNotice { var date = new Date; date.setTime(date.getTime + 30*86400*1000); document.cookie = cookieName + siteNoticeID + "; expires="+date.toGMTString + "; path=/"; var element = document.getElementById('siteNotice'); element.parentNode.removeChild(element); } document.writeln(''); document.writeln(' '+siteNoticeValue+' ['+msgClose+']

'); } -->

but maybe its just me. :\ &mdash; Warw/Wick 17:26, 2 December 2008 (UTC)


 * That's the javascript that displays the site notice or hides it based on the value of a user cookie. It also sets the cookie when the user clicks on "dismiss".  So yes, it should be there.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 17:46, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Should probably change the link from User:Entropy/Wintersday to GuildWiki/Wintersday though Viruzzz 17:50, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Fixed. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 18:15, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Ishy, thats what was being displayed as the sitenotice. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 18:30, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that wasn't clear in your original post. It's probably something bugged on your end or temporary, it's displaying (or rather, not displaying) fine for me in both FF/IE and both Monaco/Monobook.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 18:45, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Wintersday Skin
Please report bugs with the wintersday skin here. Known glitches at this time include: --◄mendel► 12:13, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The Monobook tabs look slightly oversized on Internet Explorer.
 * There has been one report of incompatibilities with importing monaco-common.css.
 * Sometimes Wikia image servers refuse to display all the background images.

Theme not visible due to caching
It may take a few hours for Wikia cache servers to deliver the wintersday style. :-( --◄mendel► 12:31, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I believe Monobook has now updated to winter, while Monaco hasn't yet. --◄mendel► 13:31, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Still no sign of Monaco winter on my end. --◄mendel► 22:10, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I have posted to the central Wikia help desk about this issue. --◄mendel► 14:17, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Skin does not update

 * I use the "classic" skin, whichever that name is (I think that was Monobook?), and I still don't see it. I use FF3. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 18:29, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Ahh ha ha! Ctrl+F5 FTW! RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 18:30, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Personal Navigation links
My top navigation bar (Username "my talk" "my watchlist" "log out" etc.) are almost impossible to see. They are blue on blue snow, and there's no shaded box behind them... *sigh* RoseOfKali 18:33, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * This number can be adjusted to force your personal links down into the white area so they are visible. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 18:38, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * This number can be adjusted to force your personal links down into the white area so they are visible. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 18:38, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * A more complex but more elegant solution, based on what Wizardboy did:

background: white; width: 470px; float: right; position: relative; top: -2px; border: 1px solid gray; padding: 0 2em 0 0; }
 * 1) p-personal ul {
 * I was about to put that into my own .css when I saw the comments here. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 18:54, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Eh, I'm not gonna bother with that. It's only temporary, anyway, and I can still sort of see them. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 19:24, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I like them that way. I thought the issue wasn't very serious because once you mouse over them, they should show a white background and be readable. --◄mendel► 22:10, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Browser performance
Unfortunately (as it looks very nice) I've had to disable the wintersday theme as it seriously degrades the performance of my browser while viewing it (FF3, other tabs are unaffected, only guildwiki tab). While scrolling the page there is heavy shearing of images (including the new background) and lag. This is the only site that I have experienced this on since I left dialup behind. Yggdrasil 19:33, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * For me, the snowy background on the left scrolls faster than the main page text, but it's bearable. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 19:39, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * The reason is that the trees stay fixed to the lower right screen corner, which makes them visible even at the top of long pages. There is no easy fix without compromising the design, I'm afraid, except the Microsoft way (= get a faster PC already!). --◄mendel► 22:10, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * A workaround for the shearing (and some other issues) has been posted to GuildWiki talk:Wintersday/Wiki decorations. I apologize for the inconvenience. --◄mendel► 06:34, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

runs fine on Icecat
Well I showed you what it looks like on Ice Cat, and to be honest Icecat is experiencing none of the problems anyone else is. There is no slowdown at all, no messed up images or anything. In fact it runs better on Icecat than on Firefox, no idea why to be honest. They are both using the same plugins. If anyone has any problems on Icecat let me know as I might be able to help them configure it properly. Tenetke Mekko 14:33, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Ok, so it's a .bz2 file... So what the hell do I do with it? O_o RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 15:40, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * You're running Icecat on a Linux distro though, not on that Windows? --◄mendel► 16:08, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Huu? I need Linux to run it? O_o RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 18:50, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, you would need Linux to use Icecat sorry, I don't think it will even compile using mingw. I was posting to let you know that the problems reported about the page slowing, and problems with the images mentioned above maybe related directly to firefox. Just didn't want you thinking it was the .css itself that had done anything wrong. [[Image:Spikeicon.png]]Tenetke MekkoMy Talk Page 19:02, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't think it's a browser- or OS-specific issue, I think it's because the images are somewhat large: the total file size of the two main background images is just under 500kB. You'd need quite a bit of processing power to scroll that much image data quickly.  (Linux might have an edge up on Windows, though, as it has less kludge in the background taking up resources.)  Also, the Wikia image servers run slow sometimes, which can delay page loading for some people.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 19:19, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The images have to be loaded just once, unless your local browser cache is set to less than 5MB or so. I doubt the compressed size of the images matters any when scrolling is concerned; if it does, the browser fails. I should expect them to be rendered at screen resolution and scrolled from that. But since the trees are staying fixed, the text has to be redrawn on it with each scroll step; the browser can't simply "push the whole page up". --◄mendel► 23:32, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, and my processing power is a 3-year-old PC. --◄mendel► 06:36, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

more issues
Post them here, please. --◄mendel► 22:10, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Feature proposal/request - Recentchanges enhancement
Something a bored tech might be able to whip up over an afternoon: For items in the Special:RecentChanges, add a class for each  to monaco.css. -- ◄mendel► 18:13, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Or stop using Monaco/add moar fixes to your .css .[[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 06:15, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

The ads are blocking the view of the several of the pages, some ads are blocking pictures while others detailed writing - - this page, when I'm subverted from the official wiki to wikiA is just a single example of a ongoing problem throughout wikiA. I do not know how to move the ads out of the way to view a page correctly, and to get the information or see the pictures that I need. Guild Wars official wiki doesn't have ads and doesn't have this issue, but because I'm not familiar with why you need two copies or duplicates of the same information I feel frustrated when I'm subverted to wikiA when clicking on a link on the official wiki page. I'm sure there is probably some detailed page of what this is all about- why this happens, etc. I don't seem to be able to know the correct key words to pull the page to understand and view the "why wikiA" page. &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.23.36.34‎ (contribs).


 * There's a message on the top of the screen that says we should leave a note on this page whenever there are ads overlapping content. I'm not sure I'm doing it right, but anyway, here's one I came across: http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Ad_overlapping_text.jpg -- OMGWTFCHEESEFRIES 18:21, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Lolz... This is getting ridiculous. Every problem seems to be just the wrong size stretched out ad in the wrong place.  I saw plenty of banner ads on the left side bar, but they would just get cut off down to the allowed size, instead of stretched out into the content space.  What have you F*ed up again, Wikia? RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 19:07, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Here's another page with an ad overhang, I have had at least one of these a day for the past week. The url is in the pic.http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Gw_wikia_ad_overhang.jpg GTA3Fan 21:25, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

This one only overlaps if you scroll over it; however, it's still annoying as I've done it on accident a few times and then clicked the ad trying to click what was underneath it. http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Overlappingads.jpg <font color="Purple">Minxy 21:26, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Image:Wikiaoverlapping1.gif
 * Image:Wikiaoverlapping2.gif
 * Image:Wikia ad overlap problem 14Apr09.JPG
 * Image:Ad.jpg
 * Image:Wiki ads.jpg
 * Image:Ad overlapping text.jpg
 * Image:Gw wikia ad overhang.jpg
 * Image:Overlappingads.jpg

Not cool. (T/C) 21:27, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi all, a quick update on this. We now know what's causing the problem and are working with one of our ad providers to stop it.  We've turned off ads from that provider for now and so, other than times when we are testing with them, you shouldn't see this happening now.  Sorry for the problem -- sannse (talk) 15:31, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- ◄mendel► 20:20, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I noticed when I went to my talk page before logging in that the side menu and advertisements were blocking the content. I'm not entirely certain how to link a pic to here, but I've tried my best. Image:Ad overlap.jpg --  NCA 14:48, 21 April 2009
 * RE: This issue was not a problem with wikia, but a coding problem with a missing  tag - resolved. <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  19:00, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Templates redlinking
Things like or  show up as red links with full template heading ("Template:GW:SIGN" or "Template:Platinum") in it. RoseOfKali 19:07, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * GW:SIGN isn't a template, and seems to be working fine. 208.44.247.101 19:13, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * >_< Plat works now too, didn't just a few minutes ago... RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 19:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Spam Filter
I have many different songs on my userpage, all but one with a youtube video associated with it. Today I tried to add another one, however the spam filter would not allow me to save because it decided that (Number deleted because the spam filter blocks me from saving this complaint with it in there, oh the irony) (the youtube address of the associated video) was a link to an outside page. Of course it is. However, I'm pretty sure youtube isn't malevolent or will steal your account information.--Łô√ë <font color="Black">îğá†ħŕášħ 07:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually it wasn't the one that I was adding, it was an old one. So now I can't edit my userpage without deleting that video.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]<font color="Black">îğá†ħŕášħ  07:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Added youtube to the whitelist, does that work? <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  07:24, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope, because it's the random string of letters and numbers that trips the filter, how odd, annoying, etc <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  07:26, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Use Special:Contact and complain. It's the rickroll that triggers it. -- ◄mendel► 11:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Rickrolls have never locked my page before... strange. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 12:13, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Key word being "before". This must be a new thing. I had a rickroll on my page around December, if anyone remembers... that went through fine, with no problems. Hmmph. :\ [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 12:21, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I still have one on my page, and it never interferes with my edits. 208.44.247.101 19:05, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Very likely because you neither uploaded it as a video nor added it after the spam filter was turned on. (or it just might not be on the list.) [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 04:43, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Weird Menu Bug
The menu started to overlap the content heres a picture: Image:Bug.jpg


 * It wasn't a bug actually, but broken code. Fixed it. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  19:11, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Monobook skin problem (resolved)
The update is here, and with it came a change that makes Monaco user see an allinone.css, no personal monaco.css (but the central global.css loads), and Monobook is badly broken because none of MediaWiki:common.css , MediaWiki:monobook.css or the personal monobook.css load. Monobook users should switch to the "custom" monaco skin for the time being, I've send a Special:Contact message to Wikia, too. -- ◄mendel► 13:14, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The personal Monaco.css does load. Sorry for the mixup. -- ◄mendel► 13:29, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Wikia staff have put us back on 1.13 for the time being:

<Kirkburn>	Safer fix for the moment, but you should be back on 1.14 tomorrow <emil^>	we will update beta.guildwars.wikia.com later today with all fixes for your skin and css
 * Please see whether beta.guildwars.wikia.com works for you, and I would ask any admins to add a link to it to our site notice once the updates have been applied. -- ◄mendel► 13:52, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Beta's looking good for me. --JonTheMon 15:37, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Same. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 19:32, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Beta loads all of my pages fine, though I'm not using monobook. -- [[Image:Isk8.png]]  Isk8   (T/C) 19:39, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Last night (11pm-2am or so, Pacific time) everything got completely screwed up for me. All pages took 5+ minutes to load, and were displayed in plain text only, no HTML, no navigation bars, no images, it was quite disturbing.  This was in Monobook on XP, both FF and IE.  Seems to be ok now, though... RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 20:53, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Poll problems
I'm not able to create a poll on beta, but I hope that works once the setup is moved. -- ◄mendel► 22:04, 28 April 2009 (UTC) Does this poll work? yes no
 * Yes, but with a refresh of the page before results update. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 17:04, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Doesn't work for me no matter what I do. Entropy [[Image:Entropy Sig 2.jpg]] (C) 21:33, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Can't get a vote in. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  21:53, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Same here. Cress Arvein [[Image:Cress sig.JPG]] 22:07, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Poll works perfectly fine for me. -- [[Image:Isk8.png]]  Isk8   (T/C) 20:41, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

The poll seems to work reliably for Monaco and not for the Monobook skin. The workaround: add  to the URL of a page that you want to vote on, load it, and then vote. If the URL has a # character, add it before that! -- ◄mendel► 21:46, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Probably a very complicated workaround, perhaps add a link on important polls to the useskin=monaco argument <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  21:47, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I have an idea. Could we add a thing with ?useskin etc tacked on, as a clickable link to the poll interface? Entropy [[Image:Entropy Sig 2.jpg]] (C) 18:05, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Quartz Not Working
I decided to click on the beta link, and try it, and with Quartz, the colors of the boxes on the main page don't show up, it is pure white. 23:12, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I've sent a message on to Wikia staff. -- ◄mendel► 00:17, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * They didn't get it fixed mendel. With the move, my main page is there, but it is all white. It still has the words and links, but no colors. I understand that switching back to Monobook or w/e the default is would work, but I am used to this, and I would like to keep using this. Much thanks, [[Image:MiniKold.PNG]] 21:00, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I now have went to other pages, like creature and skills pages, and the colored template/background by the picture doesn't show up. This stinks. [[Image:MiniKold.PNG]] 21:12, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. I'm trying to poke people, but I've not had a reply so far. You could try using Special:Contact yourself and see what you get. -- ◄mendel► 21:47, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikia reply received
Wikia staff see the quartz issue on other wikis too, they've passed it on to tech to fix. They'll look into the poll issue. -- ◄mendel► 22:10, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for sending the the Quartz problem. :) ¤†¤MiniKold¤†¤ 22:34, 29 April 2009 (UTC)