GuildWiki:Admin noticeboard

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To create a new request, add a new subheading and provide a neutral, concise, and signed summary of the issue. It is suggested that any other users involved in an issue should be informed of its discussion here. New sections go on the bottom.

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Templates
I've created (with the help of a friend) some templates to determine Zaishen Challenge Quests, similar to the template used to determine the items collected by Nicholas Sandford. You're welcome to use them on the main page and/or any other pages, but I recommend protecting them if they are added to the main page, and would appreciate being able to modify them myself even if they do become protected. The templates can be found at the following locations:

http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Zaishen_forecast/Mission

http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Zaishen_forecast/Bounty

http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Zaishen_forecast/Combat

And accessed as follows:

-- Kirbman 03:34, 24 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Now that the Zaishen Challenge Quests are expected to change their pattern at the time of the next update, we have a small problem with how to handle that on the main page. I'd like get in real-time contact with an admin to help prevent a mess on the main page. Vent would probably be best but AIM, GMail, or whatever else would work. Please leave a note on my talk page if you'd like to help. --[[Image:Kirbman sig.png]] Kirbman 05:20, September 29, 2009 (UTC)


 * Try GW:IRC info. --Wolfie [[Image:Wolfie_sig.jpg|19px]] (talk|contribs) 05:29, September 29, 2009 (UTC)

Upgrade to 1.15.1
Just to let you non-admins know that wikia's upgrading Mediawiki to 1.15.1 today (check Special:version to see if it's done yet) From wikia:


 * Hi all,


 * We'll be upgrading MediaWiki, the software that runs Wikia, to version 1.15.1 very soon. We plan to upgrade most wikis on the morning of Wednesday, August 26th. Click here for more information about this upgrade. We don't anticipate any downtime or major changes, but if you notice anything unusual after the upgrade, please let us know.


 * Thanks,
 * The Wikia Community Team

As of now, it's not done (even though they said they'd be doing it this morning and it's now 3PM, but then I'm british) - so expect downtime soon.

For the technically minded, I've mirrored the release notes here

For me, this looks good - we've got some new prefrences, and there's a link to the custom JS on the prefs page Random Time  14:18, 26 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Next time, if you want to alert the non-admins, use the community portal talk, like Felix did yesterday; it's been pointed out there that we're going to be switched over next week. -- ◄mendel► 17:32, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ugh, I really wasn't alert yesterday, apologies Random Time  10:28, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Vandals and Visigoths
this IP seems to vandalize in series. Latest activity was a little while ago. I leave it to the admins to decide on appropriate action. (Please let me know if there's a better spot to highlight this or if it's even necessary.)  &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 09:15, September 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Gone for 2 weeks - that should work alright, we can't really block for long periods of time for dynamic IP addresses, which this user may be. That sort of vandalism isn't much of a problem, as it only requires a click on the "revert" button, just annoying really Random Time  09:21, September 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool. I figured a 3-day ban would slow this particular series. (I wonder if it's a completely random IP, as the past contributions a few months ago were similar in tone, style, content.) Anyhow, thanks for taking care of them, however temporary it turns out to be.  &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 09:28, September 26, 2009 (UTC)