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Interwiki link request
I'd like to request interwiki link with the PvXwki (http://www.pvxwiki.com) using the PvX: prefix, so that PvX:Main Page would like to PvXwiki's main page. -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 21:04, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I've added that to the Interwiki map but that's not currently in use on this wiki. I'll try to get this enabled here. Is it going to be a problem if whatever links point to the Central Wikia instead of to Wikipedia? Angela 12:44, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Nothing on GWiki links to Wikia, so that would be a problem unless all existing W:something links were converted as part of this change. Also it would take a bit of getting used to since W:X linkage is second nature here now; may want to make a Site Notice or whatever [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 02:24, 15 November 2007 (UTC)


 * From what PanSola has written, thought the idea was we could use something like PvX:Minion Master in an article and it would go to an article named "Minion Master" on the PvX wiki, or have I mis-read something here? --Wolfie [[Image:Wolfie_sig.jpg|19px]] (talk|contribs) 02:33, 15 November 2007 (UTC)


 * You're right. That's what it will do if it's set up. I was just wondering if applying the rest of Wikia's interwiki map here would cause problems since it includes w: to mean Wikia, whereas this wiki seems to use w: to mean Wikipedia. Angela 03:34, 15 November 2007 (UTC)


 * A simple bot to convert all W: to Wikipedia: or something like that would eliminate that problem, I think...Other than that minor snag, interwiki-map ability would certainly be handy for PvX linking. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 04:12, 15 November 2007 (UTC)


 * If there are still any w: links left, they will need to be changed to instead of  but it looks like that was more common anyway. Angela 04:52, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Any prominent W: links will probably get fixed as soon as people realize they changed, so I think you're clear to go ahead and add it now. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 04:57, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * If we can't get a bot to do a search-n-replace, is there a way to search for em? (ie, generate a list and gather a few people to get them all corrected sooner rather than later). --Wolfie [[Image:Wolfie_sig.jpg|19px]] (talk|contribs) 05:04, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


 * JSharp is creating a bot to fix the interwikis listed here, at least the ones in articles. Angela 07:26, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Bad Coding?
I'm new to the wiki and have been trying to update the monster pictures. i was instructed by some helpful comunity members to replace the old images instead of adding a whole new one to the database. While this has worked for me usually, I've been having problems repalacing the old Modniir pictures. I have entered the replace file with updated version link and uploaded the appropriate picture from my computer. However, instead of uploading the image as I desired, it instead distorted the old image to the dimentions of my image and failed to load my new image. How can I go about fixing this without uploading entirely new files to the database?--Lord Twitchiopolis 01:59, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You may need to clear your browser cache. Refresh the page, it might be showing up incorrectly but actually be correct. --Shadowcrest 02:00, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

thanks. It showed up correctly approx 15min after I edited it....must have alot in cache V_V'--208.40.188.107 02:02, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Odd Ads
Recently I saw an ad advertising http://www.mobularity.com. It was an annoying flashy ad saying "IS YOUR LOVE CHEATING ON YOU?," while flashing between hot pink and black. There is also an ad for Live-Giveaway.com, advertising a "free" Guild Wars Nightfall. Naturally, this seems suspect. (Signed later than should have been by Theta Republic 23:42, 14 December 2007 (UTC) )
 * I have just encountered an ad while viewing "Sunspears in Cantha." It was an ad for "www.GdpChina.com." It said it had 10 billion gold in stock. Gee, makes me want to know what kind of builds they use. :P Theta Republic 06:48, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I also saw the "Is your love cheating on you?" ad, I saw it, I think when I was on my talk page unlogged, I came here to report it, logged in, and on that that screen, I saw it again. Thoughtful [[Image:Thoughtful Sig.png|19.px]] 12:31, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Annoying Ad
Lately I have been seeing a particularly annoying advertisement popping up which I feel is both "Inappropriate" (flashing animation w/rainbow colors) and somewhat smutty as well. Its banner reads "Calculate the exact name of your lover!" or something to that effect, while two static cutouts "kiss" in the background. I can't get the target link for the ad, since it's made in Flash and thus a "Properties" isn't obtainable through a simple right-mouse click, and this sort of ad almost always leads to sites which could compromise your Internet security...not to mention the ad already hints at what sorts of top-quality content could be found there. It may not be explicitly pornographic, but I think this toes the line of acceptable/tasteful content. (T/C) 05:50, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I need the URL it points to to be able to block it. You might be able to get that by viewing the html source of the page if it isn't right-clickable. Angela 12:41, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Obscene annoying ad
Have you checked the link to FuryWiki? It is both obscene and annoying, and has nothing to do with game information. Legend Victoria
 * It's not exactly an ad, but it seems the admins over there are doing absolutely nothing. I'll go revert it now. Cress Arvein 02:06, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, after looking at the wiki itself, the link is worthless. I'll try to get it removed. Cress Arvein 02:11, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Questionable "sponsors" ad
On the sidebar, under "sponsors" noted an advert claiming to offer "Download Guild Wars", this caught my interest as ArenaNet would be the only source for downloading the GW client. The link has the claim "Stop paying for new games! One time fee to download for life", my concern is that this may either be a scam (pay them a fee just to to download the GW client), or an illegal software site (though, without a valid product key, don't think you'd get far). The link was. --Wolfie (talk|contribs) 05:22, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for reporting it. I'll have that one blocked. Angela 12:46, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

farming bot ads
One of the Ebay farming bot ads is sported right at the bottom of this page, as I'm typing this... It advertises 4 (random?) GW-related things offered on Ebay, 2 of which were farming bots. Type "guild wars" into an Ebay search and you will get a million hits, half of which will be bots. Nothing from Ebay should ever make it onto a wiki page, since Ebay is swarming with illegal bots and gold traders. In one of the reviews I saw a person complaining that they got permanently banned for using this particular bot, on a 2 year-old fully developed account. And I thought to myself "How naive did you have to be to buy a bot and not expect this to happen?" Too bad, he lost 2 years worth of play and over $100 worth of software for being greedy. Here is the current ad's url: http://gmodules.com/ig/proxy?url=http://thumbs.ebay.com/pict/110192351486.jpg If possible, can you block anything that says "ebay" anywhere in the link? Thanks. RoseOfKali 03:15, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Here's another, with different content, same ad template: http://gmodules.com/ig/proxy?url=http://thumbs.ebay.com/pict/330187609953.jpg. Please block anything with "ebay" in the string, since they seem to be randomly generated.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 03:18, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Does the community as a whole really want the whole of ebay blocked? It seems better as a first step to just block the problem ads themselves... what do you think? -- Sannse 12:29, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The ads are randomly generated (the string of 12 numbers in the end), which means you will block one out of 10^12 permutations, which is wasted effort. And like I said, Ebays sells more bots than any other GW-related merchandise, so yes, block them ALL, or don't bother. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 03:06, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought that "farm", "farming", "run", "running", "gold", etc. were automatic red flags which caused ads to be blocked...we don't have to block all of Ebay unless their permutation program is advanced enough to do stuff like "Sell B0T for GW" (with a zero). [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 04:56, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * And this is coming from a person who got offended by a "Love Button" ad. :P (No offense, just find it funny ^_^).  I thought that you block the address of the ad, which just says "blablablaebayblablasomenumbers" and has none of those flag words in it.  Or does the blocking software analyze the ad's content? That would be too advanced for a free website.  All in all, I will repeat myself again: Ebay has hundreds of, dare I stress, illegal bots up for sale as soon as you type "guild wars" in the search.  It should not be anywhere near a wiki site that supposedly promotes honest gaming.  It's not even about honesty as much as it is about the fact that any player will get banned for using one, thus, a wiki should not provide a direct link to such things.  Just try the search yourself and you will see what I'm talking about. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 05:31, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I remember reading that Wikia blocks any ad that contains "gold" in some form or other. I don't think it's possible through image scanning or anything, but for any sort of text or code it would be easily checked...meh. Also, I'm not sure that we should be responsible for players' actions. It's obvious that our ads aren't things that we support or endorse. If someone was dumb enough to use an illegal bot advertised through EBay, that is their stupid decision and they deserve to be banned for it. If they claimed "well I saw an ad on Gwiki!" then that is a lame excuse...
 * Still, considering how strongly we police the gold ads, I guess you have a point. It is to some extent our responsibility to promote positive GW stuff. We certainly don't allow pages for illegal third-party software or mods (though we have some that are...questionably used...) [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 05:38, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Also, I just noticed that the links I provided only lead you to the thumbnail image that was displayed next to the sale items list, so the ad is not a single banner, it's a combo of several "frames" or whatever you want to call them. I would have given you all the links had I noticed this earlier. My bad. My argument is still correct, though. Wiki should not provide a link to a site that is swarming with illegal bots. Don't know how else to convince you. If someone wants to shop Ebay, then can go there directly at their own discretion. Everyone knows about it anyway. RoseOfKali 05:42, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, we block ads with the word "gold" (although the people writing the ads do all they can to bypass such filters of course!). I've mailed the guy that looks after our ads, and asked for a block on ebay or, if he thinks it is worth trying, a block on "bots", "farm" and "farming".  I'll let you know what I hear back -- Sannse 12:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 20:00, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Another bad ad


I find the ad's language to be coarse, if implicit. "The Love Button - Push Me Hard!" just doesn't seem to convey the sort of attitude we want here. (T/C) 05:42, 15 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Again here, I have to ask if this is considered offensive by the majority here? We are happy to block anything that offends the majority of wiki users, or violates the rules of the game, but obviously we can't account for every taste, or we would never have ads at all.  (wait! is that the plan!? ;) -- Sannse 12:32, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


 * To be honest I'm of the mind that ALL ads catering to sexually deprived/depraved preteens should be blocked anyways. Companies like that don't deserve to live... [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 04:58, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, this ad had nothing to do with sex or explicit images. All it did was trick you into thinking it will give you your "true love's" name, while gathering a bunch of your information for sale.  They made the ad seem like it leads to explicit content just so people would click it in the first place.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 05:37, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * It's still harmful, then. Information sale over the internets is a dangerous business to put yourself into, especially unknowingly. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 05:39, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * True, but wiki is not responsible for police-ing people who can't recognize a phish, whether in E-mail or on a site. That should be common sense to any internet user.  However, a guild wars wiki IS responsible for guild wars related illegal software ads, or directly explicit content, etc. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 05:46, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * That's a thin line to walk between what's obvious and what's not obvious, isn't it? What exactly are we responsible for policing - just Guild Wars related stuff and what we deem as "obviously malicious/inappropriate"? That seems like a double standard... [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 05:50, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

All I'm trying to say is that this one was a drop in the ocean. These things are all over the internet. I have nothing against blocking them, but it just seems like wasted effort. On the side note: thanks for all your contributions, Entropy. I seem them all over both GW wikis, and you are a valuable user. Not many people honestly give a d@mn about this :P, except for when they want to see a pretty picture or find a trick on how to beat a mission. RoseOfKali 05:59, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I blame society for acclimating us to seeing shitsauce adds on all sorts of otherwise clean and legitimate websites. Point taken.
 * Uh, I don't contribute to GWW or PvXWiki at all. That must be someone else. (Damn, they stole my username!) [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 06:04, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Agreed. I just find things like this sort of "benign" anymore.  The worst it could do is spam your E-mail inbox or wake you up at 8am with a sale call if you're silly enough to give a phone #.  Explicit content is always offensive, though.  As well as it really sux to get banned permanently.
 * Hehe, maybe I'm just so used to seeing your name that it seems like it's everywhere. :P Your sig stands out.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 06:14, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Awesomesauce. The ad now has a new permutation. "Is Your Love Cheating On You?" with two silhouettes of...hmm...sluts in the background. And it blinks, too. Wonderful. (T/C) 03:55, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Ebay ads
Hi all, Michael tells me he has blocked these. If you see any more, please let me know. If possible, please right-click on the ad and give me the url shown for Image Properties - Location, or for the text link. It's also useful to know what page you saw the ad on. Thanks -- Sannse 20:56, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

error while opening page
ERROR The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://gw.gamewikis.org/

The following error was encountered:

Unable to forward this request at this time. This request could not be forwarded to the origin server or to any parent caches. The most likely cause for this error is that:

The cache administrator does not allow this cache to make direct connections to origin servers, and All configured parent caches are currently unreachable. Your cache administrator is technical@wikia.com.

Generated Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:04:42 GMT by www.wikia.com (squid/2.6.STABLE16) Pul 15:11, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, did you get this once? or many times?  Was it after clicking a link? or using a bookmark? What was the URL you were trying to go to?  And finally, what browser do you use?  Thanks! -- Sannse 16:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It apeared when i clicked on a link, but when i typed in http://gw.gamewikis.org i got the same error, as if the server couldn't handel my request. when i tried again a few minutes later everything was back to normal. I used IE7 when i got this error, didn't try it with FF becouse i don't think its a browser isue.Pul 19:49, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd probably diagnose the problem as "IE7" --Gimmethegepgun 20:00, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * lol Pul 10:19, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * hrh, go Firefox! Pul, it sounds like a transitory error, which could even be with one of the connection points between you and Wikia, rather than the server setup here.  Please let me know if you keep seeing it.  And if anyone else sees it, please say too!  Thanks again -- 84.66.243.159 15:59, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Recent Changes
Just a little thing that's been bugging me. When you click on RC, you get this sentence: "Below are the last 50 changes in the last last 7 days, as of 10:13, 11 December 2007." (There are two instances of the word 'last'.) Kokuou 01:14, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed, this is a bug in the MediaWiki default message. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 03:02, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Gold ad slipped by the filter


The ad says "Cheap WoW Gold", but that's beside the point. Block please. (T/C) 16:19, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Gah, how did it even make it past the filter with "Gold" in there? >_<" -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 17:35, 12 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Perhaps it used a pipe for an L? Who knows... --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]] -- (s)talkpage 17:39, 12 December 2007 (UTC)


 * If it did, then my link is wrong, but with such small font it is hard to tell. I bet it is indeed a switch of lL to iI or something. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 18:12, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

This one is also showing up all the time with a WoW gold selling related image banner. -- (gem / talk) 22:56, 12 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I just saw another gdp china one on Death Weasel's userpage ^^ *(not his fault of course)  X Deity X  [[Image:xdeityx.png]] 18:17, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

I saw 1 on my userpage, its white and has an assassin on it Clouddyl

Big, graphical gold ad
"10000000 gold in stock"

I don't know how to properly report it, but here's the URL, for all the good that'll do.

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BQ5-1UCpkR8OTMoqsqQO2n4WsDo_q9jWT9e2mBMCNtwGw2wYQARgBIMGM9QI4AFDTlqGOBmDJ5s2H5KOkF6ABzajH-AOqAQo5MDAwMDAwMDIwsgEQZ3cuZ2FtZXdpa2lzLm9yZ7oBCTcyOHg5MF9hc8gBA9oBK2h0dHA6Ly9ndy5nYW1ld2lraXMub3JnL3dpa2kvVGFsazpDaGFyYWN0ZXKAAgGoAwHIAwXoA_0C6ANp6AO0BfUDIAEAAA&num=1&adurl=http://www.GdpChina.com&client=ca-pub-4086838842346968&nm=1 --Risuko Family 19:28, 15 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I just saw this same ad for the second time today... X Deity X [[Image:xdeityx.png]] 20:16, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * WOW lol check this out- [[Image:ironic_gold_ad.jpg|200px]] I took a screenie right after i saved the above comment. X Deity X  [[Image:xdeityx.png]] 20:19, 15 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, saw this same one on the Site Support page. Link to pic of ad [[Image:User Frvwfr2 signature.jpg|User:Frvwfr2]] frvwfr2 (T/C) 21:50, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=B7sFR2jZlR6CjLY74-AKmzr3-C9uprzmT9e2mBMCNtwHAuAIQARgBIMGM9QI4AFDTlqGOBmD9qqGE1BKgAc2ox_gDqgEKOTAwMDAwMDAyMLIBEGd3LmdhbWV3aWtpcy5vcme6AQk3Mjh4OTBfYXPIAQPaATFodHRwOi8vZ3cuZ2FtZXdpa2lzLm9yZy93aWtpL1RhbGs6UmFwdG9yX05lc3RsaW5ngAIBqAMByAMF6AP9AugDtAXoA4ED9QMgAAAA&num=1&adurl=http://www.GdpChina.com&client=ca-pub-4086838842346968&nm=3 similar one i just spotted -- Ricky  14:33, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I saw it today too! http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BHFeAb05lR8-HE4TmwAGPpKT-C9uprzmT9e2mBMCNtwHAuAIQARgBIMGM9QI4AFDTlqGOBmDx1ZSG4B-gAc2ox_gDqgEKOTAwMDAwMDAyMLIBEGd3LmdhbWV3aWtpcy5vcme6AQk3Mjh4OTBfYXPIAQPaATJodHRwOi8vZ3cuZ2FtZXdpa2lzLm9yZy93aWtpL1NwZWNpYWw6UmVjZW50Y2hhbmdlc4ACAagDAcgDBegD_QLoA7QF&num=1&adurl=http://www.GdpChina.com&client=ca-pub-4086838842346968&nm=5 --AlpHaz 16:17, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Just got this one as well. http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BSCHxGHVlR_SBM4Xw8QHrnfnKC9uprzmT9e2mBMCNtwHg1AMQARgBIMGM9QI4AFDTlqGOBmDJ1oaN5KTAE6ABzajH-AOqAQo5MDAwMDAwMDIwsgEQZ3cuZ2FtZXdpa2lzLm9yZ7oBCTcyOHg5MF9hc8gBA9oBJ2h0dHA6Ly9ndy5nYW1ld2lraXMub3JnL3dpa2kvVXNlcjpZaWtleYACAagDAcgDBegD_QLoA2k&num=1&adurl=http://www.GdpChina.com&client=ca-pub-4086838842346968&nm=9 [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 18:59, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * OMG it's chasing me!! I see it at the bottom of every page! Help o_O -- Ricky  23:44, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I see it too! :o --Curse You 01:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I should add, I first noticed it while I was looking through the Invincible Monk page. --Curse You 02:01, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I just found it at the bottom of this very page whilst checking if others have found it! This ad could very well be a demon. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 02:05, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Same, following link: http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BXDNIPuFlR-yuDoGy4gGbw5H5B9uprzmT9e2mBMCNtwHAuAIQARgBIMGM9QI4AFDTlqGOBmDJzreLwKSwEaABzajH-AOqAQo5MDAwMDAwMDIwsgEQZ3cuZ2FtZXdpa2lzLm9yZ7oBCTcyOHg5MF9hc8gBA9oBKWh0dHA6Ly9ndy5nYW1ld2lraXMub3JnL3dpa2kvQ3JlbWVfQnJ1bGVlgAIBqAMByAMF6AP9AugDPugDtAU&num=1&adurl=http://www.GdpChina.com&client=ca-pub-4086838842346968&nm=1074.79.184.66 02:42, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks all.. these have all been reported. It's annoying, because they are all from Google, who were specifically working with us to block gold ads. Possibly the problem is that they don't actually have text to filter out, they are images. But either way, we don't want them of course! I've asked our guy who deals with the ads about this. He'll get in touch with our Google representative for more help. Keep those links coming, and screenshots are welcome too -- Sannse 10:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Isn't there a possibility to disable image ads in the google ads service? That would solve the problem if images can't be filtered through word filters. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 12:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * There's a new graphical ad, this time a WoW power leveling service, http://elitewow.com/. It seems like most graphical ads are illegal WoW/GW related ones so disabling them would be a good idea. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 22:02, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BfVuG_O9mR52OI4X68wHbhsDVC9uprzmT9e2mBMCNtwHAuAIQARgBIMGM9QI4AFDTlqGOBmDJ_rKH3KPcEKABzajH-AOqAQo5MDAwMDAwMDIwsgEQZ3cuZ2FtZXdpa2lzLm9yZ7oBCTcyOHg5MF9hc8gBA9oBVWh0dHA6Ly9ndy5nYW1ld2lraXMub3JnL2luZGV4LnBocD90aXRsZT1HdWlsZFdpa2k6V2lraWFfc3RhZmZfbm90aWNlYm9hcmQmYWN0aW9uPWVkaXSAAgGoAwHIAwXoA_0C6AOnBugD3AU&num=1&adurl=http://www.GdpChina.com&client=ca-pub-4086838842346968&nm=2 Someone really needs to get this thing outta here,it's bugging me,but im too stupid too 4.235.184.216 22:01, 17 December 2007 (UTC) I'm seeing it too


 * gdpchina.com is now blocked, and the other two reported here... I've no idea why this wiki seems to be more susceptible to these than others... gah. We'll keep on it :) -- Sannse 23:02, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Maybe it's because its for an MMORPG, whose players are possible customers for them. Fortunately, most of the players that use this wiki are above buying gold from those sites. --Curse You 05:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Cross Site Scripting, unkonown if bug
I use wikiswitch to switch wikis, If I'm editing a page and hit the switch button, the firefox extention noscript comes up and states that it blocked a cross site scripting issue from gw.gamewikis.org, anything that we can do to change this issue? RT | Talk  - A joyous wintersday to all 10:03, 19 December 2007 (UTC)


 * That sounds like a n issue with your settings in firefox... I don't know anything about wikiswitch, so can't be sure, but maybe you need to adjust your firefox security settings? -- Sannse 17:30, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * There tight, noscript is on. RT | Talk  - A joyous wintersday to all 12:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

(somewhat) inappropriate ad
The ad for Adult Swim with the half-naked man is hardly appropriate for the wiki, in my opinion. &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.255.226.122 (contribs).
 * It's a guy in a bathing suit on a beach. Hardly inappropriate. &mdash; ♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 00:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

"New Messages"
As seen here, numerous users are getting a "new message" messagebox when this IP gets a message, when it is not their IP --Gimmethegepgun 02:30, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It's affecting other wikis on Wikia too. They are working on fixing it right now. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 04:14, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * and Catherine says "please pass on our apologies, it should be better soon." -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 04:15, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Cool, had a chat with some of the Wikia support guys on their IRC server (hope no-one minds me trying to escalate this), for the technically inclined as far as I can deduce, the problem apparently is that the cache/proxy server (Squid) had a configuration change that caused external Internet IPs to appear as an internal address to the wiki server(s). This in turn confused the heck out of the software as probably was seeing different users on the same IP address (just on different ports), which likely explains why when User talk:10.10.20.183 is updated, multiple users get notified of a new message. Anyway, as noted already, it being fixed. --Wolfie [[Image:Wolfie_sig.jpg|19px]] (talk|contribs) 04:51, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Since new ppl are gonna keep trying to post on the talk page anyways, I have protected it from anons (it's not gonna make the problem worse, and might make it better). Please discuss the bug and/or the protection here. Since the talk page doesn't correspond to any actual user's IP, protecting that talk page doesn't affect anyone's rights. -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 09:18, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Seems the "converting to internal IP address" issue still exists (see Special:Contributions/10.10.20.183) over 24 hours later, any further updates? --Wolfie (talk|contribs) 07:52, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Again, same IP still contributing. Do we know anything else as of yet?  [[Image:Isk8.png]]Isk8 18:28, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * This is warw, I'm getting it directing me to multiple talks which none of them are mine. ~Él Kíngíé (warw)
 * So in other words, issue is still present and escalating. Is that 10.x.x.x IP causing annon users to be redirected to ALL pages it edits?  Edit:  Even when pages aren't being edited by that IP, it still gives annon users the new message.  It seems to re-occur every 20-30 seconds.   Edit again:  Seems to instead be based on viewing pages on the wiki.  It doesn't occur when I refresh say the main page or RC's, but when I view random pages. Some do it, and some don't.  [[Image:Isk8.png]]Isk8 19:49, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Its now telling me i have new messages and redirecting me to ANYTHING. A minute ago, i had one redirect me to Special:Random.. Even when I'm logged in.. >.< --[[Image:Warwick sig.JPG]] Warwick (Talk)/(Contr. ) 23:19, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I actually haven't encountered this problem yet. I'm not the only one to be unaffected, am I? [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 23:20, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I haven't personally seen any 'New messages' boxes apart from those caused on my own talk page. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 23:27, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I too am not getting the issues. Wonder if it only affects those that have logged-in after the proxy/cache server mis-configuration occurred (and anon contributors of course). Ie, I use the "remember me" option and so have not had to re-login to date since this started. Be interesting to find out if all those registered users that are having the problem have logged-in at some point since this all began. --Wolfie [[Image:Wolfie_sig.jpg|19px]] (talk|contribs) 00:19, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I tried logging out and then in again earlier but I still don't see the message. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 00:37, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, then it appears to be randomly effecting some but not all, probably due to Wikia having a server-farm of proxies and only some were changed before the error was realised. Wonder if browser cookies are used to remember "last known IP address used", and so only once those cookies expire (or are cleared by the user), though would think that could be open to abuse, so would hope not. Be nice if Wikia would use this page, being Wikia staff noticeboard and all, to post a formal status report. *hint hint* :) --Wolfie [[Image:Wolfie_sig.jpg|19px]] (talk|contribs) 00:47, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

New messages
It *only* appears when I look at images. And its not linked to when the person contributes, they haven't contributed for a while and it happened just now. -- Shadow crest   22:06, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It only shows up for me when I log out. Random pages will trigger the "new messages" prompt, and usually the first view of the main pages does as well.  I have not seen it as a logged in user as of yet.  [[Image:Isk8.png]]Isk8 13:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Category:Candidates for deletion bug
currently, if pages are linking to certain un-made/deleted templates, they are candidates for deletion. This appears to be a bug, and because of that I am reporting it. -- <font face="vivaldi" size="4">Warwick (Talk)/(Contr. ) 19:27, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Just don't link to it, then. Cress Arvein(Talk) 20:37, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It's an old MediaWiki issue: categorization via templates/transclusions don't immediately update when you alter the transcluded thing. Updating the transcluded categories is a passive task filed into the job queue so that the wiki doesn't just hang to the death when you edit a template that is used by a few hundred articles. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 17:53, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Pages Not Loading Properly
ERROR The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Trial_by_Fire

The following error was encountered:

* Socket Failure

The system returned:

(24) Too many open files

Squid is unable to create a TCP socket, presumably due to excessive load. Please retry your request.

Your cache administrator is technical@wikia.com. Generated Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:59:10 GMT by www.wikia.com (squid/2.6.STABLE16)

Getting this error when trying to load a good half of the pages on the wiki this morning. Isk8 16:01, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Another Candy Cane Man Ad
Yet another one of these have slipped by.

http://www.thecandycaneman.biz/?gclid=CIHN0Oqny5ACFUV0OAodJUZ7Ww Isk8 15:40, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Loose a point for forgetting to sign, another one for not blocking ads from thecandycanemand.biz. (hosts file ftw) <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  15:42, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * There's actually two candycaneman ads, one with Aidan and another with a male Warrior. Cress Arvein(Talk) 15:48, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Just put:

127.0.0.1	thecandycaneman.biz 127.0.0.1	www.thecandycaneman.biz 127.0.0.1	/thecandycaneman.biz 127.0.0.1	.thecandycaneman.biz into C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Clear your dns cache by going start -> run -> "ipconfig /flushdns" (without quotes) and watch the ads dissapear <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  15:58, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Or download ABP and watch how much faster everything runs and how many less seizures you get from flashing ads! --Gimmethegepgun 18:29, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * +1, I love ABP [[Image:Jamster Sig.jpg|19px]] ---Jamster--- 18:45, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * -3 to gimmme for nicking points withoug permission <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  18:50, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Aww :( --Gimmethegepgun 18:51, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 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)

More
Please block:


 * www.guildwarsgoldmoney.com
 * GoldConsulting.org

I thought they already would have been blocked, but somehow they slipped through again for me.

...and could someone check: too? Who the hell is Gaert? (T/C) 04:43, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * www.SwordsSwords.com/Guildwars

Having trouble accessing the Dwayna's Kiss article
If I search for the above article, or search for just dwayna and follow the link to the page, my browser (firefox) converts the %27 to a _ automatically and I have to manually put the ' into the link to get to the page.. Is anyone else having trouble like this with any article? FoxyUK 03:17, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Not happening with me. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 03:27, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorted it, was due to NoScript blocking the link because it was from mIRC (was testing a script). FoxyUK 19:44, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

NO, I want to see s! NOTHING else!!
Previously this site had pictures of weapons or items but the characters were inappropriate. Some of them had no clothes on, carrying the items. I am sure some user thought that was <insert cliched reference to unconcionable graphic portrayal under the pretense of whim or liberality> but it was just wrong. I hope that the pictures, ANY that feature or should feature things other than the wielding characters show the items and IF they show the characters, that they are fully and appropriately dressed. Users come to the site wanting information about the game and such things are insulting to decent people. Please update the pictures appropriately among your other updates. &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.187.187.247 (contribs).


 * If you take a pic without a wielder, you have no idea how big it is and such, and that can make a big diffrence. Also, armor can disrupt the view of an item, by clipping through, covering it, all that stuff. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 19:56, 5 January 2008 (UTC)


 * In terms of images showing the details of a particular item skin, the reason that images are typically taken with the characters clothing not showing, is the distraction effect. Showing the skin of an item on a neutral backing focuses all attention on the item, and not the characters armor.  And the characters still have clothes on.  Nothing in Guild Wars is "naked".  There should be no reason to be bothered by the characters "under garments".  Also please remember to sign your comments. (Edit conflict... grr Viper) -- Aggro [[Image:Isk8.png]]  Sk8  19:59, 5 January 2008 (UTC)


 * If you are really disturbed by the images, you can use the official Guild Wars Wiki since they are trying to get renders from ANet to replace all images. Render = the item without any background or character, taken with an external tool by an ANet staff member. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 20:40, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Druid's armour link
The link to view Druits armour from the Morgren page sends you to a page about old prefixes.
 * And there is a big notice about that being out of date on the top of that page... hmmm... Wikia, get on that!&mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 04:07, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

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) <font color="Purple">Thought <font color="Blue">ful  (Talk) 21:08, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Same thing here... took me a few minutes just to load the log in page <font face = "Matura MT Script Capitals">Silver Sunlight [[Image:SSunlight.jpg|19px]] 21:14, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm on #Wikia now <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  21:27, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Lol, PvX wiki lost there domain name <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  21:30, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? <font color="Purple">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 <B><font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black"><B>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 <B>R</B><B>T</B> 16:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

gold ad
http://www.goldsoon.com

Yes, their banner is for WoW gold, but it is the same thing. Block please...stupid all-graphic ads bypassing filters. (T/C) 10:47, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


 * it's still there --83.182.194.51 13:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

MMO Account purchase add?
http://www.gamewar.com/

Not exactly a gold ad, but against the EULA nonetheless. Rukias Tonarim 02:35, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Agrees, I've seen this one testing IE8 beta (sucks btw - use this) - delete plz <B>R</B><B>T</B> 21:07, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Removing the Build: namespace from Special:Wantedpages
Is it possible? As the page is useless after the Builds wipe <B>R</B><B>T</B> 12:16, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * The Wanted Pages is automatically generated from red links. If you want the Build namespace removed from that list, see "What links here" to the red link and manually remove it from every page that links to it, only then it will be gone from Wanted Pages.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 18:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Fine... prepare for spam <B><font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black"><B>Talk</B>  18:58, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Accualy, I can't be bothered, I think the special page is going to be useless then <B><font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black"><B>Talk</B>  19:02, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The namespace can be removed from the Wantedpages server-side, but as far as I know, it's quite risky and would need updating each time there is a significant update to the software. The GWW tried to get a similar thing done with the Guild namespace, but we eventually got it out by changing a few templates. -- Brains12 \ Talk 19:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * would said templates work for here as well, possibly?
 * Aside from trying something like that, I think it wouldn't be too hard to remove all the red links. At least, not very hard with multiple people working on it, and a bit of time. (whoever said stuff like that had to be finished all in one shot?) I've got to back up my computer today, but I may hop on my laptop later and go to town on Build: links. --[[image:GEO-logo.png]]<font color="#237d00"> Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> <font color="#237d00">.cнаt^  21:42, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Templates wouldn't work here (as far as I know) - it worked on GWW because all the red links came from the alliance nav templates, so certain people found a way to get rid of red links if the page wasn't created. Our Wantedpages works again :D
 * You could probably take out the links with a bot to save time and trouble, not to mention RC and watchlist spam. -- Brains12 \ Talk 22:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Problem is, I don't think anyone has a working bot; they'd need to make one and get entropy to make it a bot. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest  22:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Not all of the links are actually to the Build: namespace either, as I just found out. Back before the Build: namespace, it was all in mainspace; when builds got moved, they'd leave redirects. So you would need a bot that looks for profession abbreviations... --[[image:GEO-logo.png]]<font color="#237d00"> Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> <font color="#237d00">.cнаt^  22:08, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd be happy to give bot-status for a project like this, as it is of such monotonous and yet massive scale that no one is ever gonna be bothered to do it. I would code it myself if C++ could be made into MediaWiki code, but oh well. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 01:28, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Should we move this conversation to adminnotice board or community portal? -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 01:30, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I think community portal. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest 01:33, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Scoot it to the 'Portal, perhaps someone would like to code the bot from there, etc. --[[image:GEO-logo.png]]<font color="#237d00"> Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> <font color="#237d00">.cнаt^  01:34, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Incredebly Lag
Guildwiki has been lagging this morning, with me taking over 30 seconds to load a page, normally I can download 140kb/s, so it's not on my end, and the rest of the internet is working fine.--<font color="Black">Gigathrash 20:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Seconded. Even the wikia site is experiencing extreme lag.  I went over there to see if there was any kind of notice or something informing us that they were having issues, ect.  But to no avail.  Wikia is worse than Crapcast -- [[Image:Isk8.png]] <font face="comic sans ms" color="teal">Sk8  (T)  (C)  20:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Me thinks DoS <font color="Purple">Thought <font color="Blue">ful [[Image:Thoughtful Sig.png|19.px]] 12:25, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Me thinks you dumb, who would DoS GuildWiki? Absolutly no point to risk fines and imprisonment. 24.18.131.180 14:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Again today, I am experiencing ridiculously long load times for this wiki. Unlike the last time, Wikia's home page is loading just fine. It's so bad that Firefox is timing out half the time instead of loading pages. -- <font face="comic sans ms" color="teal">Sk8  (T)  (C)  16:42, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I would also like to add, that this vastly affects our userbase too. I've seen many users get fed up with loading times, and go to the other wiki] instead.  I don't think this is what we want, now is it? Please can we get someone to address this issue? -- [[Image:Isk8.png]] <font face="comic sans ms" color="teal">Sk8  (T)  (C)  16:45, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I admit, I actually just used the official wiki because this one is misbehaving. Fix it plz. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 16:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Am I the only one who seems to be unaffected by lag? :( (T/C) 01:36, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Not the only one, Entropy. I'm not getting any lag at all.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 01:39, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It's only at some times <B>R</B><B>T</B> 08:49, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Banned?
Your user name or IP address has been blocked by PanSola. The reason given is this: Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "ShesOnly12". The reason given for ShesOnly12's block is: "multi-vandal"

(If this automated message says you have been blocked by Adam.skinner or Rainith for vandalism, it could be due to a known bug. Please wait a few minutes and try again.)

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Your IP address is 216.151.156.20. Please include this address in any queries you make.

Keeps popping up when I try to edit my userpage, other people are having the same problem as well. See talk here. --<font color="Orange">Paradoxical <font color="Black">Ambiance  15:03, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Gold Purchase Ad
Just found an add for goldsoon.com, advertising WoW gold. Probably other MMOs too.

Ad to cause lag
http:://www.grandchase.net/

Ad has multiple moving frames, changing colors, etc. While it does not fit the criteria exactly for an "inappropriate ad", it does tend to slow down the loading of any given page by about 5 seconds. Which annoys me. (T/C) 20:37, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Adblock Pro, I don't even bother with ads anymore. --[[Image:OrgXSignature.jpg]] 20:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I would, but then I couldn't report bad ads. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 20:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Your job sucks. :P --[[Image:OrgXSignature.jpg]] 20:40, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Adblock plus! YAY! <B><font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black"><B>Talk</B>  20:42, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I have almost forgotten what an ad looked like (ABP ftw!) --Gimmethegepgun 07:03, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ABP here too :D We should make a userbox for that. Jam[[Image:Jamster Sig.gif|19px]]ster 09:35, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Account Sale Ad
eliteaccounts.com advertising sale of elite armor chars and etc, I hate Google Ads so much!


 * Get Adblock Plus like the rest of us if you use FF, if you don't... too bad --Gimmethegepgun 22:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * That's not the point, the point is a fan site for Guild Wars cannot have gold/account/item selling ads. --Macros 22:25, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I know, but he's also saying that he hates Google Ads, and with ABP they don't even exist any more --Gimmethegepgun 22:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Site loading error
About half of the time that I attempt to load guildwiki, it causes my browser to freeze. This isn't my Browser, as I've tried it in FF and IE as well. Its not my computer either, because I've tried it on my other computer, which is decent, and even that one freezes. As well as that, lately I've been having a lot of error 500 while editing, and having to backspace and retype my comments. &mdash; (P)/(T) 18:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Problem with spam filter


I was attempting to remove a pointless note and was prevented from doing so on Entangling Asp, twice. I'm not exactly sure what the problem is here, but it seems to me that it's not a good thing. 19:28, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Just tried it, couldn't edit the main article (same error) but could the heading. Jamster 19:34, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Bloody annoying. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 19:37, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Whitelisted, but I have no clue why http://gw.gamewikis got blocked to begin with. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 19:45, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Bad ads
The side menu advertisement is almost always a gold-selling/game-hacking advertisement. Just a heads up.-- (Talk) (Contr.) 05:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * please be specific. Whenever I am paying attention, they don't show up.  The name of the seller's site would be nice, and if you can go into the source of the page, any kind of advertisement ID would be helpful. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 05:34, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe you're just unlucky Marco. I don't get 99% bad ads...lots of "questionable" sure, but most are benign. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 05:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Odd...now they seem normal. Although I am still getting the ad mentioned below, not sure if that's supposed to be fixed yet. Meh.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 22:27, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Naughty Ad
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BuISMMyvxR4aPGZjcnAa2yuXQBvXq6zGN77bQBJnX9o8NwKkHEAEYASDBjPUCOABQ6oTv0wVgyd7ohsijkBmgAfvopP4DsgEQZ3cuZ2FtZXdpa2lzLm9yZ7oBCTcyOHg5MF9hc8gBAtoBLmh0dHA6Ly9ndy5nYW1ld2lraXMub3JnL3dpa2kvVXNlcl90YWxrOlBhblNvbGGAAgHAAgGoAwHIAwXoA_0C6AMf6APcBQ&num=1&adurl=http://www.arg.com/livechat&client=ca-pub-4086838842346968&nm=8 A couple of dolled-up girls with the words "Live chat right now." Seems highly inappropriate. 18:20, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing that to our attention. I've reported the ad to our advertising controller. -- JSharp 20:38, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I ran into it again, and took a screenshot; I hope it helps.




 * [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 21:33, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I just got that ad while looking at this page. Anyone want a screenshot of it appearing twice at the same time?[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]]<font color="#4682b4">Entrea Sumatae  <font color="#4682b4">[Talk]  22:29, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Ooh, double the evidence!--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 22:30, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * But it won't happen to me again, I finally stopped being lazy and got Adblock.[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]]<font color="#4682b4">Entrea Sumatae  <font color="#4682b4">[Talk]  22:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Isn't it nice? :D -- [[Image:Isk8.png]] <font face="comic sans ms" color="maroon">Sk8  (T / C)  17:34, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Is it me, or are they taking racial diversity a bit too far? Slutty white girl, self-confident black girl, and a cute underage asian? Hmmm... Looks like they nailed it. O_o RoseOfKali 17:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

No images
Since I'm too lazy to repost the problem that I'm having, I'll give you a link to the discussion: User talk:PanSola. Basically, no images are appearing on my browser.-- (Talk) (Contr.) 21:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Moar gold


http://www.pvp-depot.com 08:08, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

issues and lack of community input
the + tag on the top has been replaced with a big "leave a message tab." that doesn't even make sense... also.. please see GuildWiki_talk:Wikia Migration. I expect these issues to be addressed. &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 17:52, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Multiple users are also seeing japanese/chinese/whatever characters and random code instead of normal english text. The site is also lagging seriously due to the ads. This is not how to treat the wiki after all the promises that were made back when you guys bought the wiki. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 18:10, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Jedi: interface text can be fixed from Special:Allmessages. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 20:53, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Jedi & Gem, Please collect all your issues on the GuildWiki_talk:Wikia Migration page. Several Wikia community team members and engineers have this page watch listed and are working to fix any issues and answer questions as soon as possible. Angies 23:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Meh, we're already fixing half the "problems" on our own, and epically annihilating all the changes Wikia has made --Gimmethegepgun 23:27, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Gj guys, good to see that someone is doing something right. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 20:45, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I realy don't like wikia going and overwriting mediawiki default... I fixed the + thing btw <B><font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black"><B>Talk</B>  20:47, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Stupidly long loading time
On each page, its taking about 5 minutes to load each page, which is pretty much unacceptable. And the cause of it is the ads.. My .js takes at least 1 minute to load for each page. I'm in the middle of typing somthing, and suddenly the screen will shoot up because of my extra links. I'm going to test the monaco skin, and I'm pretty sure there arn't these problems on the monaco? Is it because Wikia doesn't want us to use the monobook skin? &mdash; Warw/Wick 16:17, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe it is just you. I'm on a bad Wireless connection and IE, but am not having 5 minute loading times. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 22:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)


 * She meant half a minute. Forgot where she mentioned that, but the stated it was closed to 30-40 than 5 minutes, so to say... /memoryfail --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 14:34, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Entropy, I'm using a wired connection. And its fixed now; Turns out it was those ads like I thought it was. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 14:37, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

foo
http://www.PvP-Depot.com/

It may be case sensitive, I can't tell. They are advertising WoW gold, but still. (T/C) 07:50, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Felix reported that, look up <B><font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black"><B>Talk</B>  07:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Oops. Also, I apologize for not creating a new section. Shame on me. (T/C) 08:12, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

problem reports
not sure how to post this because its about the reports themselves. I've tried it in both IE and FF and when I click on the button it doesn't pop up. I'm not sure if its me or if its some setting but I'm not sure why it would suddenly stop working and in both browsers. &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 03:00, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * they dont work. if they arent gonna work why do we have the tab?? 130.245.23.70 23:25, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I have reported the bug. Thanks for the heads-up. --KyleH (talk) 04:16, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * For the record, I just realized that they work in Monaco but not Monobook. &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 04:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the extension is not compatible with the custom GuildWiki version of Monobook. Since that version is the default skin, I went ahead and disabled the extension for the time being just to avoid confusion. --KyleH (talk) 15:58, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * So that explains how it worked with the Wikia version and monaco. Are you guys planning on adding it to our monobook eventually? Is there some way to manually create a problem report that doesn't involve that popup?&mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 16:10, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I remember it working before in Monobook, don't see why it won't work now --Gimmethegepgun 17:00, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * From my understanding: There's a difference bwteen Gravewit's Monobook, and Wikia's Monobok. Only the Wikia monobook has been modified to work with the extension. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 17:31, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That is correct. Unfortunately, we will not be able to add it to the GuildWiki version of Monobook.  If and when you guys get to the point where you are comfortable setting Monaco as the default theme for anonymous users, then it would make sense to turn in it back on. --KyleH (talk) 18:13, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

game updates
hey, i clicked on the updates and read the news. but, when i decided to post my own thoughts on the 'edit' page, i noticed something strange. the 'edit' page's content and the 'discussion' pages content, are not matching. there are more posts on the edit page, and when i switch back to discussion, they are not there. is anybody else experiencing this? or is it my computer?68.187.16.3 02:53, 18 April 2008 (UTC) Gabe
 * Maby someone added a message between the opening of the page and opening of the edit page? In that case you wouldn't see the message on the discussion page since itwasn't there when you loaded it, and then after you hit the link to the edit page the edit window shows the message since it has been added at that point. If you then hit the back button in the browser to move to the talk page in normal mode, the browser will show the version that it loaded previously, not the up to date version. You need to hit f5 to refresh the page to see updated content in that case. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 10:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've had this happen on talk pages before. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 15:58, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, I bet you were just confused by the modular nature of the game updates article. Each individual update is its own article, and they are all "included" onto the overall Game updates page.  Each update has its own talk page, as does the overall page.  You were probably looking at Talk:Game updates to start with, then after you clicked on an "edit" link and went back to "discussion" you were looking at Talk:Game_updates/20080417. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 20:27, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

more bad ads
 Image is: http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CJau2pvXo-adSBDYBRhPMghiepvrJ5FqTA Block? :) &mdash; Warw/Wick 20:09, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

site notice
I don't see the site notice when I'm logged in. Does dismissing it once permanently dismiss it? Because that doesn't seem like a good idea. And IDK if I dismissed it ever even. &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 20:41, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I just incremented the sitenotice id. Is it back?   In general, clearing your own cookies will bring it back. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 20:45, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, its back. Good call. &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 20:45, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Zombie Strippers
Pretty unacceptable, it's showing up on most pages. 17:14, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Passing the message along to get it removed. Thanks. --KyleH (talk) 20:42, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It's still there. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 03:02, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * eww the link is scary its not actually bad (i only clicked the link once) just more creepy <font color ="#73C2FB" size="3px" face ="mistral">Lost-Blue 03:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Footer
On the site's footer, the words are:


 * This page was last modified (date)


 * GFDL
 * Privacy policy
 * About GuildWiki
 * Disclaimers

Mistake on the GFDL part, we are, and always have been creative commons + <font color="Black"><B>Talk</B>  05:58, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Screenshot? The Monaco footer doesn't appear for me at all (cept teh spotlights), whereas Monobook shows the CC BY-NC-SA banner for me. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 06:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * This issue should be resolved. Let me know if you find anywhere else that displays the incorrect text. --KyleH (talk) 06:52, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

deleted pages
is it a new thing that deleted pages are getting their entire history removed from recent changes? I know that it gets removed from a person's list of contributions but removing it from RC makes it annoying to go back and figure out who made it after it was deleted if I wanted to ban them or something. Also... didn't I read somewhere about an option to protect non-existing pages to keep them from being created? &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 17:31, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * They've always disappeared from RC. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 17:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)


 * If you "recreate" the page (going to the Edit) it shows a small link which shows deleted versions. There, you can see who edited it last, and thus who made it. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 17:52, 24 April 2008 (UTC)


 * The easiest way to prevent pages from being created is to use cascading protection. Create a page with links to page names that you want protected from creation, then protect that page with cascading protection (it's a check box on the protect page screen).  Doing so will protect all pages linked from that page. --KyleH (talk) 19:11, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Another bad ad
Some sort of evil dating site geared toward gamers? Either way, doesn't seem appropriate. 02:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I've reported the ad to our advertising manager and they will take a look at it shortly. -- JSharp 02:30, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually this one seems okay. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 17:17, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It may sound bad, but you click the link and realize it's a nerd version of Facebook. Don't worry about it. :P RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 02:59, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for volunteering to click on the link o_O -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 03:03, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm a curious cat. I have regretted it before.  But yeah, the only people on that site are the ones that actually will be impressed with the size/type of a MMO mount and not much else...  Blocking that site would be kind of sad...  Felix reads into things too much.  :P  This one really was literal, no hidden meanings.  ;) RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.jpg]] 21:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't actually click these links. I just report them. How about this.
 * [[Image:good_one_google.jpg]]


 * It's not that I object to cosmetic surgery, ofc; I just don't think 12-year-old kids need to learn about reshaping of the private regions while on this wiki. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 16:50, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That one's already been reported two sections down. Kyle needs the URL to block it.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 17:53, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 09:07, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Reporting that ad to have it removed. Thanks! --KyleH (talk) 17:34, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Another Bad Ad
For some reason, whenever I view the noticeboard is when I get the bad ads... I guess it is out of spite ^.^ I'll post is right after this. <font color="Green">X Deity X  18:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Here... Image:Bad ad noticeboard.JPG
 * Heya ... I'll be happy to report that, but in order to block it, I need to know the link it goes to (just right click on the link and click Copy Link URL). Thanks! --KyleH (talk) 19:11, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Steward
With the Wikia Migration, Entropy's Bcrat powers have decreased a tad, and she can't desysop anyone. As well as this, she can't give anyone the Bot Status, and we have 3 people currently who are going to be running bots, and so I was wondering if you could promote Entropy to a Steward (Or is that Wikia-Thing-Only?). &mdash; Warw/Wick 19:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Entropy and I had a conversation about this here. The gist of it is that right now we can't give rights above what Entropy currently has; however, we are currently looking in to ways of expanding the powers that wiki bureaucrats have.  Either way, I, or any other staff member, can modify user rights as necessary upon her request. --KyleH (talk) 04:09, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Another Bad Ad
Not sure if we care, or if it is even against Blizzard's Code of Conduct, but www.accountbay.com is selling WoW accounts on here.
 * If you see that ad again, please reply with the full URL that the ad links to by right-clicking on the ad link, clicking "Copy Link Location" or "Copy Shortcut", then pasting that link in to your message. Thanks! --KyleH (talk) 04:29, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Wtf?
Special:contributions/Warwick and Special:Editcount/Warwick. O_O -- Warw/Wick 15:37, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Unrelated, but deserves the header name: The whole preferences stuff has been reset. Highly annoying. Also, some users (I've noticed Dark Paladin X and his other account) haven't been merged. --- -- (s)talkpage 15:42, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Watchlist
Ok... my watchlist is useless now because it lists every edit instead of the most recent one, any way to change? <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  11:08, 10 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Eh, that is odd. Mine still shows 1 edit per page, sotoday... --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 11:16, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Watchlisterror.JPG|thumb|right|RT's Watchlist]] this is mine <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  11:26, 10 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, that's annoying... I'll peek around... --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 11:30, 10 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Preferences -> Watchlist -> Show Applicable Changes, or something similar. Turn it off :P --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 11:31, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Errors
A lot of the time I go onto GuildWiki (but not all the time) my Firebug error tracker repeatedly picks up this error:

urchinTracker is not defined var wgCatId;

Also sometimes I'm given another urchinTracker error with something along the lines of this (different green lines denote different error messages):

urchinTracker is not defined if (wgUserName == null) ...     if (wgIsArticle) ...      if (skin == null) ...

It also sometimes catches a div tag in the green part. Also, Firebug will not work at the moment, and the first bug on the huge list (which has been stacking up each time I change pages) is:

Any clue? --Gimmethegepgun 21:28, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Looks like a Wikia problem to me, I suggest moving this to the staff noticeboard. It's probably not a site-breaking problem though so I wouldn't worry too much about it. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 23:01, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Does this happen on both monobook and Monaco, or just monobook? --KyleH (talk) 04:11, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I checked, the Urchintracker thing is still there in Monaco as well as monobook --Gimmethegepgun 02:04, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Special:Wantedpages
Some pages seem to be showing up in here more than once, and the extra copies say they have different numbers of links to them. But they both link to the same whatlinkshere page, with the same links. For example, R/N Touch Ranger shows up at least twice, the first saying it has 24 links, the second saying it has 21.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 01:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Those ones that are for builds also seem to be borked, because if you click the Whatlinkshere link you'll see that none of them are even linked. Probably needs a system cache purge --Gimmethegepgun 02:04, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * More than likely it's due to transclusions, and the fact that the wiki engine deals with refreshing link counts (among other things) only when an article gets edited. When a source article is created with a link to a certain article, say "Article A", that adds 1 to Article A's link count.  When another article is created that transcludes the first article, then Article A's link count is again increased by 1.  However, there's still only 1 actual link to Article A, and it exists on the transcluded article.  When the transcluded article gets edited to change the link, Article A's link count is decreased by 1.  The count that the transcluding article added for Article A will not be removed until that article gets edited again.  The system cache definitely needs to be purged if we've got incorrect link counts for articles that were deleted a year ago.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 04:08, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I just relayed that information to our tech team so they can take a look at it. Thanks! --KyleH (talk) 17:32, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Done, but with errors...
Displays every time I load an "Edit" page. No clue what the errors are, but it always takes forever to load and Edit page, and then another forever to preview/save it. Wikia sucks... >_< (This edit page was still loading when I was done typing all this, never finished before I hit "Save" just kept "waiting on ...pagead2.google....blablabla...  Aaaaaand.... still "Waiting...")  RoseOfKali  04:00, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Spam filter - false positives
There are a number of pages being blocked by the spam filter for no apparent reason. The common thread seems to be pagenames that end with a trailing slash. These are the pages that I have seen blocked: The talk pages for these articles also get blocked by the spam filter. Bot ishmael 20:30, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Bump. These pages really need to be edited as they contain a lot of redlinks.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 19:51, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Agree <font color="Orange">Random Time 19:56, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The solution, of course, is to change the page names. I got the the bottom 4 moved, then I was throttled. I'm hoping this doesn't create too many double redirects. mendel 23:39, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I would argue that those pages should be moved, they have no good reason to have a slash at the end of their names. Additionally, lots of spam bots like to create random page with names ending with slash. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 23:41, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Taken care of - Mendel had already moved them all, and I deleted the redirects. Only two of them had anything linking to them (from within the same user's space), which I fixed.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 00:38, 4 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually you never know what external forum posts etc. may be linking to articles that we move - maybe it'd be best to keep the redirects. It doesn't hurt, does it? mendel 00:51, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Redirects
Are currently borked on Image pages --Gimmethegepgun 15:15, 18 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Known issue. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 16:02, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Been known for how long now...?--[[Image:AlariSig.png]] 16:06, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Special:Uncategorizedpages
See this. It doesn't seem to want to show anything past the 1000th page. Even though there's definitely at least one uncategorized page with a title starting with a letter after M. It's possible this is related to the issue with the deletion log I reported above.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 03:45, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * That is a common occurrence on most similar Specialpages, I've noticed. See User:Dr ishmael/todo - Special:Longpages, Special:Shortpages, Special:Uncategorizedimages, Special:Uncategorizedtemplates, Special:Wantedpages, and Special:Lonelypages are all ones I remember that do that.  Special:Unusedimages was an exception, for some reason.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 04:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Last time I asked about this one, I was told "it's a feature, not a bug" ;) The idea is that users fix the problems in the first 1000 or so, and others move up the list to be fixed.  If it's a big problem, I may be able to find out if there is a setting that can be adjusted, but in general we'll go with the devs reply. -- sannse (talk) 11:44, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * For ones like Wantedpages, Longpages, or Shortpages, I can understand that, since they are sorted by number of links or page length, and in those cases this "feature" makes sense - a redlink that appears 200 times needs to be fixed much more than one that only appears 2 times. The Uncategorized and Unused lists, though, don't have a set ordering scheme (they seem to be mostly alphabetical or by creation date, but not entirely), so in those cases I'd have to call this a "bug".  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 16:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The reasoning is, that all those pages are provided to help people fix the issues on them. So showing 1000 is plenty for people to work on, selecting each and adding a category, or linking the image... and once those are done, the next 1000 will be visible -- sannse (talk) 21:02, 25 May 2008 (UTC)


 * One reason for this being useful is that you might have a list of pages from some other source (say, all pages that start with "Game update") and want to find out which of these are also uncategorized = find which pages are on both lists (which AWB can do for you, I believe). Having only a partial list available isn't going to cut it. --mendel 01:16, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

It seems that enough people didn't like this for the software to be changed by the MediwAiki developers :) I'm told that a future version will change this - you will be able to scroll though all the listed articles.  -- sannse (talk) 17:48, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Message upon Opening Page
Every time I open a new page (Eg go to refresh RC- its everywhere :|) a little box saying "Guildwars.wikia.com asks: does a box come up? Ok." Dunno what it is :| &mdash; Warw/Wick 10:05, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * That means your User:Warwick/monobook.js isn't completely broken d-: -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 10:06, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I just blocked wikia.com with noscript, wikied stopped working (D:), and so did my personal preferances from my .js, but at least the irritating box went away! Yay! :p &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 10:08, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Paan! That was mean d-:.. Good prank though.. Gets me thinking about next april fools.. >_> &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 10:09, 27 May 2008 (UTC)


 * It's not a prank. You told me your entire Monobok.js was broken, I was testing that claim. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 10:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Eh, you told me "the whole thing" wasn't working. That would've included WikiEd too.  Grr... -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 10:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

The deletion log
Is borked? See this. Note that the offset number in that URL is approximately one decillion, and it's showing edits from august 2007.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 02:07, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It went back beyond the beginning of time and wrapped around, obviously d-: -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 02:11, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yay everyone's back and I've still got all my teeth! --Xasxas256 02:39, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, just fyi, it shows those entries for any offset number of 10000 or higher.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 17:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Considering the "correct" behavior is probably "ERROR! Invalid offset! Go delete more pages!", I doubt this is high on the priority list to fix... -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 18:07, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, that's not what the correct behavior should be. Perhaps using an offset of one decillion wasn't the best example. Look at the deletion log with an offset of 10000 and with an offset of 10500. They show the exact same entries. But go to the bottom of the page and look at the date of the last entry - July 9th, 2007. The builds wipe was in May of 2007, so there should be entries in the log after that, but you can click "next 500" forever and it will never get to them, it'll just keep showing the same 500. Those entries are still in the log - if you search for a specific user you can see them, and you can probably see them if you search for a specific page, but you can't see them without specifying a user or an article.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 21:17, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 21:53, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. I reported this issue to our tech team so they can take a look at it. --KyleH (talk) 17:25, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Heya ... just a quick follow-up on this. This behavior is intentional in MediaWiki 1.12 for performance reasons.  The MediaWiki developers have changed that behavior in 1.13, so it should be fixed in the next MediaWiki upgrade. --KyleH (talk) 22:00, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Bot posts triggering new messages notice
We have found that if a bot posts on a user's talk page, it does not seem to trigger the new messages notice. I have found no information indicating that this is normal behavior. The only special feature of a bot is that its edits do not show up in recent changes by default because of their flag. We would like to use bots to leave important notices on user's talk pages and if the bot doesn't trigger the new messages notice, they won't know about it. Is this a bug or some setting that can be changed? We are discussing it primarily in relation to Bot tasks/License reminder but I bet we will have other reasons to perform similar tasks in the future. &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 18:28, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Heya! The reason that the bot is not triggering notification messages is because it is marking the changes as minor changes.  By default, users to not receive notification of bot edits marked as minor edits.  Try leaving the messages as non-minor edits and see if notification works properly.  You can find more details here  --KyleH (talk) 18:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Not something I would've guessed, but that's exactly what it was. I got a notification for my bot editing my talk page as a non-minor edit.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 18:50, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Kyle. Good to know. Could have sworn I read that exact page yesterday when I was looking for my answer though... must have missed it. I can easily change it so the bot's edits are not minor. &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥  18:54, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. Trudging through the MediaWiki documentation is an arduous task ... I just got lucky and found that page pretty quickly.  It wouldn't surprise me if you found a page almost exactly like that one somewhere else without that tidbit of information. ;) --KyleH (talk) 21:55, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Spam filter stuff
I don't know if this is discussed somewhere else, but I never encountered anything blocking me cause of spam filtering but what do I do about it? lol. I couldn't edit the following page: User:Vespa Lynch. I say that sysops shouldn't have spam filter issues... </3 &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 23:57, 6 June 2008 (UTC)


 * It would be best if wikia could just pop up a warning that allowed to user to [Cancel this link] [Continue to destination website] - else people are just going to start circumventing the block, and I already found two different ways to do so without really tring hard. ;-) Just rewrite the link whenever it is saved, e.g. http://badspammer.com to http://spam.wikia.com/?spamurl=badspammer.com . --mendel 10:40, 7 June 2008 (UTC)#
 * Tinyurl has a preview feature - I agree with wikia doing it - perhaps a user preferences opt out... <font color="Orange">Random Time 10:44, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Since I obviously worded my idea badly, I clarify: I want wikia to pop up a warning (similar to the tinyurl warning) for all URLs it classifies as spam, instead of blocking them. Although this probably defeats the purpose of preventing spammers posting in the first place. :-( --mendel 11:12, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll pass the feedback along to our product guys. I suspect that we don't do that because that really doesn't prevent the spam from appearing ... spammers and their bots interpret the post as a success and keep chugging along.  By the way, you can use MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist to allow the posting of URLs that would otherwise be blacklisted. --KyleH (talk) 06:04, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, so you have the same suspicions I do. ;-) Well, we can probably make another template for users to request an admin to unblock a URL (much like page deletes or bans are requested). We'll see how that works out. --mendel 13:10, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * In case you want to customize it to send users to a certain page to request that the URL be whitelisted, the text for the message that the user receives when a page is blocked by the spam filter is stored at MediaWiki:spamprotectiontitle (for the page title), MediaWiki:spamprotectiontext (for the first line), and MediaWiki:spamprotectionmatch (for the second line). --KyleH (talk) 16:44, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

edit count
Sometime recently the format of Special:Editcount was changed to be a new table. Out of curiousity, I wonder when that occurred. Out of concern, the font is very small and hard to read. Should we fix that within our own css or is that a wikia wide thing that should be adjusted? &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 01:40, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It looks like this went in to production on Tuesday, June 3rd. I'll pass along the comments regarding the font size of the text in the table, but for the time being, it's probably best that you just fix it yourself in your MediaWiki:common.css.  Adding ...

.ecmaintable { font-size: 10pt !important; }
 * ... should do the trick. --KyleH (talk) 06:00, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like that'll work, thanks! &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 21:23, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Another editcount issue: the "All wikis" column of mine currently says 0 for everything. It was working yesterday, and it's working fine for other users. Might be related to me having just tagged a couple hundred screenshots :P  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 22:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Speaking of Editcount, why does it refer to our wiki as "gwguild", and how could we change that?[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]]<font color="#4682b4">Entrea  <font color="#4682b4">[Talk]  23:48, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It refers to that because that is the name of our database. If that were to be changed, you'd have to change the name in all of the configuration files where it occurs, and if one is missed, stuff breaks. If it ain't broke, don't fix it - it's just a name in an unimportant place, I can live with it. --◄mendel► 00:50, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Image:Gwevilcoolnl6.jpg
The image was deleted back in April, yet you can see it if you follow a link, it shows up in Special:Unusedimages, internal links to it don't show up as broken, and you can display it normally. Oh, and the headline preview shows it as a redlink o_O  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 18:10, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * hmmm, that's a pretty odd bug, but re-uploading then deleting (rather than just undeleting then deleting) seems to have fixed it). --KyleH (talk) 18:15, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Most of the time undel/del worked when I came across images like that during my huge delete spree about a month ago. I'll remember this trick for the future, though.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 21:32, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Sidebar
Its broken. about 80% of the time, it gets frozen loading either images.wikia.com or tag.contextweb.com. Fix please? I want to be able to RC patrol properly.. ._. ;-; &mdash; Warw/Wick 08:33, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, that's happening to me as well. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 08:45, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Which skin are you two using? I haven't noticed anything weird with the monobook sidebar.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 16:56, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, duh, because Monobook actually WORKS --Gimmethegepgun 17:01, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Try blocking the broken contextweb in your hosts file <font color="Orange">Random Time 17:02, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Can you provide any more information? I'm gathering that the issue exists only on Monaco?  I'm having trouble reproducing it on my computer. --KyleH (talk) 17:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm using monobook, as always (boo monaco!), and I have blocked tag.contextweb.com and I havn't had any more problems. (I'm running noscript, previously with all allowed, now blocking tag- No errors). Ooh, what does this do? &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 18:10, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * it sounds like contextweb.com was just misbehaving, but that issue seems to be resolved now--I've been clicking the Random page button for the last 15 minutes and can't replicate it. If it starts happening again, please let me know.  P.S., in Monaco, ads are the last thing on the page to load, so this theoretically should never happen when browsing in Monaco. --KyleH (talk) 22:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Image:328px-Tryia5.jpg
For some reason (maybe because filename starts with a number?), this image is always showing up as the 1000th image in Special:Uncategorizedimages.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 02:36, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Special:Orphanedpages
Disambiguation pages (such as Can't We Get Along?) shouldn't show up there, since every internal link to a disambig page should really be pointing to one of the pages being, uh... disambiguated.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 04:13, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Add them to Non-orphaned articles under a new heading. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 05:44, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Done.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 06:06, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Script Error
Using IE7, pretty much every page I load gets an 'Error on page' message in the status bar, and the bottom ad doesn't load.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 05:39, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Solution A
 * Solution B
 * <font color="Orange">Random Time 05:41, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Solution A - any smart wiki should work for all commonly used browsers.
 * Solution B - that just stops the window asking if you want to debug from popping up. It doesn't get rid of the error :(
 *  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 05:43, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Rebuttal A - Yes, but as there is an error - a workaround is nice.
 * Rebuttal B - and as soon as Wikia fixes it, it stops
 * <font color="Orange">Random Time 05:45, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * You should have just called them "Workaround A" and "Workaround B". ;-) Could it be that the ad code is split, and one part defines the ad while the other part uses it? And one of these two parts get cached? --◄mendel► 06:30, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, and good idea <font color="Orange">Random Time 06:36, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I've reported this issue to our tech team. --KyleH (talk) 18:23, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Aah editing toolbar
Is anyone else seeing all the editing toolbar buttons twice?  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 04:56, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, and I am also getting a weird effect where the Monaco-specific (at least, I thought it was Monaco-specific) "link suggest" was somehow trying to work on Monobook and dynamically updating a div below the edit box. Turning on "Do not show link suggest" in my editing preferences fixed the latter, but I can't figure out a way to fix the double-toolbar problem.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 05:06, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Both issues appear to be related to the fix that was implemented for the IE script errors. Link Suggest isn't actually a Monaco-only feature, it was just never implemented in GuildWiki's special version of Monobook.  I'll ping the tech team about the double-toolbar issue. --KyleH (talk) 16:52, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Permanent Link
the permanent link button does not appear anywhere on a page when viewing with the monaco skin. I think its rather important it be added somewhere to it. GW-RogueJedi 01:03, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
 * This is a known issue and will be fixed soon. A permanent link button will be added to the footer of the page.  I tried to figure out a short-term workaround, but  doesn't seem to work properly (and the toolbox is cached anyway). --KyleH (talk) 18:21, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

constant interruption of site usage by advertisement/banner loading ad
Impossible to use the guildwiki... this code is interrupting on nearly every page and wont go away...

div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; visibility: hidden;" id="beacon_2601"><img width="0" height="0" style="width: 0px; height: 0px;" alt="" src="http://wikia-ads.wikia.com/www/delivery/lg.php?bannerid=2601&campaignid=351&zoneid=570&channel_ids=,&loc=http%3A%2F%2FAQLB34%2FBL%3Fgwguild.HOBBIESINTERESTS.ROLEPLAYINGGAMES&cb=cfe327bfac"/**/div


 * Yes, it is super annoying. One work around I have found is to refresh the page, then hit the back button. But it really does need to be removed asap.

Same problem--sorry i'm not the only one--recent problem this weekZorro tehl 01:38, 4 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I know this is exactly the opposite of what Wikia wants us to say, but I'm going to say it anyway - the simplest way to deal with the broken ads right now is to not deal with them at all. Simply follow these two easy steps:
 * Install Firefox
 * Install Ad-Block Plus (Firefox add-on)
 * You'll never have to complain about online advertisements breaking your favorite sites again. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 02:19, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

StarCraft wiki asks for help
Could you have a look at User_talk:PanSola? The StarCraft wiki wants a filter (dunno why she didn't post here). --◄mendel► 06:33, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Elite Skills List now loads improperly....please check this out...
From the main page, go to elite skills, and from the Factions skill area down, the page loads improperly and is unusable.

I had been using this page for some time just fine, then went buggy about a week ago...

Thanks 75.62.209.86 13:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)Elrindel Kelminion
 * It loads fine for me. Its likely an issue on your end, just leave the page to load for a while. That said, you can never rule out wikia having broken something. Lord of all tyria 13:42, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

It is working fine once again for me. Thanks. It will be a big help. 75.62.209.86 14:07, 23 July 2008 (UTC)Elrindel Kelminion