GuildWiki:Wikia Migration

User Database Migration
Hey everyone!

As we mentioned before, the final stage of migrating GuildWiki over to the Wikia code is to migrate the GameWikis user database over to the main Wikia user database. This will allow you to use the same username and password to log in to any Wikia wiki, and will allow the Wikia staff, helpers, and janitors to better help you out whenever you need it. We recently moved WoWWiki's database and the process was relatively painless, so I believe it will be that way here as well. Here are a few things that you need to know: Please let me know if you have any questions. --KyleH (talk) 21:29, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The migration is tentatively scheduled for Monday, May 5th Thursday, May 8th.
 * If your username conflicts with an existing Wikia user, your username will be prefixed with "GW-". For example, "KyleH" would become "GW-KyleH".  A list of users with name conflicts can be found here.
 * If you signed your username on my username survey here, then there is a good chance you will be able to keep your username even if it conflicts with an existing user (provided that the existing Wikia user is inactive).
 * If your username is changed, your main User: and User_talk: pages will automatically be moved; however, this may happen at some point after the initial move. Subpages in the User: and User_talk: namespaces will not be automatically moved; however, if this becomes a significant problem, we may be able to figure out a way to bot the move for some users.
 * Links, such as those from signatures, will not be updated throughout the wiki if your username changes. I suggest that the community decide whether or not redirects would be appropriate to maintain consistency.
 * If you already have an account on Wikia with the same username as your GuildWiki username, make sure the email address is the same on both accounts. If the email addresses are the same, then the accounts will be merged, otherwise your GuildWiki account will be prefixed.
 * If your username ends up prefixed and you don't like being "GW-Bob", you will be able to request that your username be changed after the merge. We will post details on how to do so after the merge is complete.

Code Migration (old information)
Hello, GuildWiki users. I wanted to give you a heads up that we are (finally) going to migrate guildwiki (along with the other gamewikis) to the Wikia MW 1.12 codebase. We plan to move war.gamewikis.org and nwn.gamewikis.org tomorrow and move oblivion and Guildwiki next Tuesday/Wednesday. The changes you will notice are: here
 * the primary domain will be changed to guildwars.wikia.com. gw.gamewikis.org will still work down to the article level but will redirect.
 * the skin will change to our version of Monobook (ad along the right side instead of along the bottom), although we will keep your CSS customizations
 * the Nav bar along the top with the different wikis will disappear
 * you will be able to use interwiki links to link to any other gamewikis or wikia wikis.
 * GuildWiki will have the option to enable our new skin Monaco (you can see it live on ffxi.wikia.com) Full customization details
 * Guildwiki will have the the option to take advantage of new features and extensions such as You Tube video embeds, Dynamic Page Lists, Widgets, and more.. See full list at http://inside.wikia.com

I also wanted to ask your thoughts on what to do with the content on meta.gamewikis.org. Is any of that content being actively used? Should we move it onto guildwiki?

Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions Angies 17:14, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Just a quick update. The final migration will happen tomorrow, April 2nd around 7AM UTC. Angies 19:12, 1 April 2008 (UTC)