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The C guy
Another thecandycaneman ad slipped in http://www.thecandycaneman.com/index.php?ref=5&gclid=CK6a177a_ZACFQVFMAodrDMksw Talkyr The Honest 16:40, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

http://www.thecandycaneman.biz/?gclid=CJSHqMHm_ZACFUV0OAod-jo0oQ -- Brains12 • Talk • 17:33, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

And another: http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CJi3tN2XnKPT4wEQ2AUYTzIIC2-OhtraUAc RoseOfKali  19:27, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Severe Wiki Lag + Socket Errors
Ok, for some reason, over the last 10 or so minutes I've experienced severe lag and at least 10 "socket errors." Has anything changed with the wikia servers recently? Also, to other users, has anyone else experienced this? EDIT: I've tested other sites and I've only gotten this lag on GuildWiki (haven't checked other wikia sites) Thought ful  (Talk) 21:08, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Same thing here... took me a few minutes just to load the log in page Silver Sunlight [[Image:SSunlight.jpg|19px]] 21:14, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm on #Wikia now RT | Talk  21:27, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Lol, PvX wiki lost there domain name RT | Talk  21:30, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? Thought <font color="Blue">ful [[Image:Thoughtful Sig.png|19.px]] (Talk) 21:33, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * pvxbuilds.com redirects to http://72.55.184.5 which is there server. I can't see a domain <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  21:35, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * PvXwiki is pvxwiki.com =p <font color="Purple">Thought <font color="Blue">ful [[Image:Thoughtful Sig.png|19.px]] (Talk) 21:37, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Pvxbuilds.com always worked for me <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  21:38, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I just use the link on our main page so I wouldn't know. <font color="Purple">Thought <font color="Blue">ful [[Image:Thoughtful Sig.png|19.px]] (Talk) 21:40, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * PvX is fine for me, but Gwiki is very laggy for me right now. [[Image:Jamster Sig.jpg|19px]] ---Jamster--- 21:44, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * PvX is not wikia <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  21:59, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Someone else mentioned it *box* [[Image:Jamster Sig.jpg|19px]] ---Jamster--- 22:13, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Local IP again?
Just saw the local 10.10.20.183 make an edit, did block expire, and are we going to block again <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  18:48, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I saw it too. It's starting to tick me that I can't directly talk to him (and moreso I don't remember why I wanted to). --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 19:04, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, Special:Contributions/10.10.20.183 is back again :( --Wolfie [[Image:Wolfie_sig.jpg|19px]] (talk|contribs) 21:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Questionable Ad


It's an ad for a particular GW guild's website encouraging people to join them. Since GuildWiki does not endorse or support one guild over any others, it out to be blocked so we don't appear partial to them. 06:44, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Imho people should know that we have no particular influence over what makes it through Google ads - we don't endorse or condone any of them. We can only request blocking for those which are obviously wrong or deceptive, like GW gold. But yeah, I see your point. I would stop short of blocking anything with "guild" in it, because things like GuildCafe are obviously okay, but...a single guild may be deceptive. (T/C) 12:39, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

GWiki is down D:
I've gotten a GuildWiki is down message twice because of excess connections today, and twice yesterday. I solved it by repeatedly reloading the page, but it still is annoying. --<font color="Pink">Giga <font color="Black">†ħŕášħ 03:20, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm busy getting that right now as well, and did yesterday as well --Gimmethegepgun 17:27, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ditto for me. This has been happening alot lately, and in the past I never experienced this.  Is there a reason for this? Aggro [[Image:Isk8.png]]  Sk8  17:33, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm.... I think I know the root cause... --Gimmethegepgun 17:44, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I lolled at the message... :P --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 17:55, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Spam filter
Is hitting me repeatedly just trying to edit Aidan because of the external link on the bottom. Shouldn't it check for external links ADDED, not ones just plain in the text? --Gimmethegepgun 21:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * That's unfortunately how the extension works. anyways, I've added babyhold to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist.  Any other admins can also edit the whitelist. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 01:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, why aren't we using the same extension as Wikipedia does? They have anons and newly-registered users at least have to pass a visual test if they ADD a new link, and seeing how pretty much every single page there HAS an external, but you don't need to do the test every time, I don't see what the problem is --Gimmethegepgun 17:27, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * There are two different checks. Unregistered anons are asked to pass a test whenever they add an external.  Everyone are blocked from edits containing URLs that are blacklisted.  If you go to Wikipedia and login and try adding the following link (I just tried on my own user page), you'll find you'll get the same block:


 * Aidan
 * So, this proves we ARE using the same extension Wikipedia uses. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 17:53, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Another questionable ad
Just saw an ad for a poll for Gay Marriages. Doesn't offend me, but this is not the place to talk about a person's beliefs. This is kind of a touchy topic and I do not want it to offend anyone else. Unindal 16:51, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, at least it seems an inteligent subject, unlike those "Fight and lvl up" adverts R</B>T</B> 16:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)