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Formatting issue
For some reason, part of my profile page's formatting just stopped working (fairly recently). I use  for a few external links, and that still works fine. But I used to have the links colored as well, and for some reason now, they disappear instead of changing color. Here's the coding I'm using:
 * GWW Profile

Example:
 * GWW Profile

If you're seeing a small bit of white space under "Example", then it's not working on your end either. Now this did work like, a month ago; it still works perfectly on GuildWarsWiki and PvXWiki to boot. But for some strange reason, it doesn't work here, for me. I think it might still work in other browsers (I use Firefox), and possibly still works for other users. Is there anything different in Wikia's setup that could be possibly causing this to "malfunction" like this? -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> .cнаt^  09:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Formatting inside teh text of external links are being stripped as part of the javascript protection. The false-positives were caused by the need for a much belated response for the evolving attack methods being seen on GuildWiki, and I have not spent the time to see how I can make the net more specific without opening a hole for attacks to renew. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 18:29, 3 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hmm, I see. One thing that's confusing me is, the formatting inside external links does still work, for other websites... wiki.guldwars.com doesn't work, www.pvxwiki.com does work, my personal site doesn't work, deviantART does work... is the coding particularly picky about what it does or doesn't shut down? I would think, if you're stripping formatting for external links, shouldn't that go for all external links? --[[image:GEO-logo.png]] Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> .cнаt^  01:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * The script checks if there are any sub-elements inside the external link, then check if those elements have any attributes. If so, the entire link gets removed (and if the sub-elements don't have attributes, they are considered harmless).  Does that sound about right?  If not, please paste all the links with their formatting in a bullet list so I can easily compare across them. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 06:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Let's see... I only half understood that, so I'll post examples instead. They're almost all different in some way, but a few of them just seem like they would both be the same...
 * - GuildWarsWiki
 * - PvXWiki
 * - VynaioccWiki
 * - deviantART
 * I would assume PvX gets through because it's a fairly normal address, but I would have thought deviantART wouldn't then, by that logic...
 * ...on this subject, there wouldn't happen to be a list of inter-wiki prefixes, would there? (talking about pvx:User:Jioruji Derako, wikipedia:User:Jioruji Derako, etc.) --[[image:GEO-logo.png]] Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> .cнаt^  07:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The only prefixes I know about are pvx: for pvx, wikipedia: for wikipedia articles and w: for wikia central articles RT 07:20, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, now THAT is weird. Let me check if it is actually the javascript I wrote that did that... -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 16:42, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Test a:
 * - GuildWarsWiki
 * - PvXWiki
 * - VynaioccWiki
 * - deviantART
 * Test b:
 * - GuildWarsWiki
 * - PvXWiki
 * - VynaioccWiki
 * - deviantART
 * Test c:
 * - deviantART
 * - VynaioccWiki
 * - PvXWiki
 * - GuildWarsWiki
 * Ok, that's definitely a bug in my javscript )-: It's not specifically discriminating any address though, as Test c shows, it's just alternatingly skipping. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 16:56, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

possible copyvios
See here, here, here, here, and here. Long story short: I suspect all but the first two on Lost-Blue's page are copyvios. But since I don't know really what I'm doing, I thought I'd mention it here. --Shadowcrest 22:30, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

advance notice
Notice for admins and others who may be interested

In a week or so I am going to do some desysoptions of long-gone people such as User:Adam.skinner, User:William Blackstaff, etc. There is just no reason to keep them either on GW:ADMIN or the system-generated list; it is outdated/obsolete information and is slightly misleading as to the number of actual sysops we have here. Besides, if for whatever strange reason someone came back, it is simple process to give back their adminship. I don't think this is a very controversial subject, unless I am much mistaken.

On the other hand, I want to know what the public opinion is on keeping people such as User:Karlos, User:Skuld, User:Fyren, etc. on the list as well. Although these folks are also pretty much gone for good, the length of time is not nearly as much as the very old ones listed above. I also want to know if it would bother people if I removed bureaucrat status from User:Gravewit, User:LordBiro, and User:Nunix.

Don't worry - this isn't me prodding the current "inactive" or "semiactive" sysops to log more hours. :) I just want to do a little housecleaning and give a more real picture. Anyone who has contributed even remotely recently, for example User:Gem, is perfectly safe. The provision in GW:ADMIN that "administrators are appointed for life" explicitly states that under no circumstances, even inactivity, will sysoption be removed. However, when you really look at the realities, the times have changed. The idea behind that provision was to ensure more legitimacy and less worrying about "reelections". But I think we almost all can agree by this point that we have a pretty good idea of what a sysop can and can't do, we seem to agree on RfA's about the various good and bad things that need to be taken into account, and we never take away an adminship except for resignations (1) or incredible circumstances (1).

In short: this is not about forcing you to log on more! This amendment only concerns those users who we can 99.9% say are never returning. (T/C) 14:46, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Alright. Just put some Historical Monument of Dinosaur Guild Wiki Admins somewhere, respect for the dead and such. May be a burial ceremony too. lol but you get the point, right?[[Image:Ereanorsign.jpg]]reanor 16:37, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * "Administrators are appointed for life. No amount of inactivity can result in an administrator losing his position." RT  | Talk</B>  16:39, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * She brought that up in her comment... --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 16:40, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I agree with that <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  16:41, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I am of the opinion that the ones still active in the Guild Wars community should have their sysop/bcrat flags be kept, even if we feel there's little chance of them returning. I am fine with amending away the "sysops are appointed for life", but I feel if any old sysops have their flags taken away from them, we should proactively leave them a talkpage message letting them know they can have it back anytime they want, just let us know (so that effectively, the old ones can still have sysop status for life if they choose to). -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 21:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm fine with the idea that Sysop status is earned for life, but that doesn't mean thay have to be Sysops for life. Perhaps keep inactive Sysops on the admin list (they're already listed as inactive there), but remove them from the user group. If a inactive Sysop comes back and feels the need for Sysop tools, it's simple enough to make a few clicks and pop them back up to their original glory.
 * If someone's totally inactive, there's no need for Sysop powers. And someone going through the system-generated list in hopes of finding an Admin will just get confused at which one's actually active. Consider the Sysop powers being "turned off"; they're still there, they're just not "on" yet. And like mentioned before, it's really easy for someone to say "hey, I'm still using that" and have their powers back. So long as it's completely clear that a previous Sysop can always get their status back, then it doesn't matter what we do with them now. --[[image:GEO-logo.png]]<font color="#237d00"> Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> <font color="#237d00">.cнаt^  08:28, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I see no problem with prying sysop status from the cold dead hands of those long-forgotten users, none of whom I've ever talked to or care about. I also see no problem with removing bureaucrat status from Gravewit or Nunix, although I feel LordBiro's should be retained, since he can actually be contacted in case of a dire emergency. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 09:03, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I see no issues arising with this, especially if the users are notified they can retain their sysops powers if they send entropy a message. LordBiro can retain his bureaucrat status, though I believe Wikia can appoint a bureaucrat if Entropy suddenly dies :P  --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest  20:29, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed with everything else, but let Biro stay as bureaucrat. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 22:43, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I actually asked Gravewit to pass on my request to be desysopped everywhere after the Wikia move was done, but it never actually happened. Another request was to change the editing lock message on NeverWiki, not that it turns out to have mattered at all. Also, debot Fyrenbot. --Fyren 09:06, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Update: Due to a timely discovery, I can not perform these actions for who knows how long. I need to talk to Wikia to get back some of my bureaucrat powers. >.> Aside from that, I appreciate everyone's imput and think it's all agreeable. And thank you Fyren for posting from the grave. :) (T/C) 03:14, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I am astonished that you would consider breaking policy (GW:ADMIN) outright without first changing policy. The policy states very good reasons why admins should not be demoted, and I don't see any of those addressed here. If the list is too cluttered (I believe the inactive admins section is good enough, though), present policy allows you to contact the admins in question and to ask them to step down. Don't fix it if it ain't broken, and "a little housecleaning" doesn't count as broken in my view. mendel 09:11, 27 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I think the implementation details allows the process to actually adhere to a particular interpretation of the policy. We aren't asking them to step down, we don't even want them to step down, and we will not hesitate to give them back the actual powers if they show up.  They are still considered inactive Administrators of this wiki, with their actual powers temporarily disabled until they show up again. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 09:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The proposal is to strip the admins of their powers and remove them from the admin lists. How this can be seen as them not "losing their position" is beyond me. The policy is crystal clear on this, there is no clause that says "it's ok if you only do it temporarily". I can see that Guildwiki consensus might be that it should be done that way now, but then the proper way is to change the policy first, then do the (temporary) demotions - although it could be done in one step. If I was cynically inclined, I'd insert a scathing comment about 'mericans having been conditioned to doubletalk like this by their current administration. mendel 10:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The proposal is to remove their sysop flag and remove them from the list of sysops, while keeping them on the inactive administrator list. The difference is between "being an administrator" and "having the sysop flag".  Too many people equate the term "administrator" and "sysop" on the wiki, and I am equally guilty of mixing up the terminologies.  Those people would still be administrators of the wiki even when they lack the "sysop" flag.  In fact, without the "Administrators are appointed for life" clause, there would be no reason really to give them back the sysop flag if they ever return, and currently I am inclined to defend giving them that flag back if they do return.  Basically, you are defining "Administrator" as "user accounts with sysop flag", and I would like to point out that while being a common usage, is not a strict/technical definition.  And while I probably have comparable distaste as yours for the current American administration, delving into such technicalities has been a disease widespread among people interested in policies even before the professions of lawyers and politicians officially came about. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 10:36, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Vandal
User:65.92.232.122 -- Shadowphoenix  23:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not really a big deal unless they do major vandalism, they aren't worthy to be mentioned on this page.[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]]<font color="#4682b4">Entrea  <font color="#4682b4">[Talk]  00:02, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Try Template:Ban next time <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  11:32, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

floating boxes
Floating boxes like the ones here are extremely disruptive and irritating, and they remind me of the position:absolute vandalism. They also break pages here. Would it be reasonable to disallow these boxes? --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest 18:46, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Breaking it was intentional, I'll go fix that now. I agree, though. They are disruptive.[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]]<font color="#4682b4">Entrea  <font color="#4682b4">[T]  18:48, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Jesus, people are using those now? Yes, we should definitely not allow those, since for example the one linked to above hides the navigation links in the top right corner. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 19:10, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I personally don't like it, but I'm gonna officially be neutral regarding its use on the user namespace. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 19:40, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Annoying as all hell. If we're not going to allow advertisements like this I see no reason to let users use it - unless there's one hell of a good reason. Userspace is OK as long as it's not on a) userpage itself or b) user talk page. Since those serve special purposes, and disruption there is bad. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 04:26, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * As long as navigation is not hindered to any destination/function, a user page can have anything it wants (respecting other general rules of course). The floating box in that link is covering the edit buttons and dismiss button, so it should not be allowed in its current form. -- Xeon 16:22, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * These are highly annoying, they should definitely not cover up controls. --[[Image:OrgXSignature.jpg]] 16:25, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I think I started this trend. Sorry >.< Lann's is almost alright though, surely, because it doesn't follow you down the page. My old one did. My new one's just random :p Jamster 16:36, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Lann's one did follow you around.. Till I.. dealt.. with it.. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png|Hello]] Warw/Wick 16:37, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * May pleads the Fifth :/ --Gimmethegepgun 16:38, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Eh? &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png|Hello]] Warw/Wick 16:38, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, May broke that code a few times and finally got it to stop stalking us. -- [[Image:Isk8.png]] User:Isk8  (T / C)  16:39, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't want to completely disallow it, it can have some very useful benefits as well. But definitely, if one proves to be disruptive or hinders other uses of the page, it should be fixed. --[[image:GEO-logo.png]]<font color="#237d00"> Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> <font color="#237d00">.cнаt^  22:58, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

I feel the same way about this as I do about the changing of the title of your userpage. You can do whatever you want in the content section of the page. Anything that you do to your page taht extends out of the content is inappropriate. &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 03:57, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I believe if you make the margins the correct size, you can keep the floating box out of the way of the headers and tabs. I don't think it can do harm there. But if you need to scroll up and down just to reach basic parts of the page (tabs, menus, etc), then I'd consider that disruptive. --[[image:GEO-logo.png]]<font color="#237d00"> Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> <font color="#237d00">.cнаt^  04:19, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Just require all floating boxes to have a class, so one line of css can take care of them. <font color="#DD2200">Lord Belar 21:52, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Warwick
She claims she was banned, but I cannot seem to find anything in the block log that suggest she was :S. Can anyone justify that she was/was not blocked? -- Shadowphoenix  15:26, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Blocklog for User:Warwick. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 15:31, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The block log for non-sysops -- Brains12 \ Talk 15:37, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gem and Brains..... So this basically proves she wasnt blocked, odd why would she lie about something like that? -- Shadowphoenix  15:38, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Lol, I failed with the link. No clue about why she would say something like that, especially since I don't know where she said it. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 15:47, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * User_talk:Felix_Omni -- [[Image:Isk8.png]] User:Isk8 (T / C)  15:49, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * She couldn't have been blocked or autoblocked. According to the logs, no one was blocked since before her last logged in edit. She's either lying or insane. &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 18:35, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * AGF? -- [[Image:Isk8.png]] User:Isk8 (T / C)  18:37, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, may be a bug <font color="Orange">Random </B>|<font color="Black">Time</B> 18:42, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I assumed good faith when I checked the logs instead of assuming she was lying. I think the odds of a bug telling her she was blocked when we didn't block her right when we were talking about blocking her is really really weird. &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 18:52, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, well I'm unblocked now. I'm certain that it said that I was blocked.. :\.. What would be the point of lying about it? It'd be easy for somone to find out if I was or not.. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png|Hello]] Warw/Wick 19:17, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, that's the thing. According to all available evidence, and especially because I've only issued two blocks in my career and I'm not delusional, you were lying. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 19:19, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * NPA me and all, but is there anything Warw won't lie about if pushed? Jamster 19:20, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That is pretty much a violation. Shame on you, don't do it again. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 19:30, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It wouldn't be the first time, in fact, it's probably around the 30th time when someone is effectively blocked when no one actually blocked that somebody. Please don't jump to conclusions about ops "stealth-banning" people, or jump to conclusions about people lying about being banned. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 19:37, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well you see, Warwick claims that the ban summary was written by me and directly applied to her. So this wouldn't be a case of an oops-block. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 19:38, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

build articles
Would anyone mind horribly if I were to start manually going through the Special:Wantedpages list and modifying the links that link to those build articles to send them to the corresponding pvx articles? I'm bored and it could be entertaining for a little while. -- User:Isk8  (T / C)  16:46, 28 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, if you insist. Dr Ishmael wanted to let a bot do the work, but if someone else feels so damn bored like doing something so repetitive... Go ahead imo. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 16:52, 28 April 2008 (UTC)


 * LULZ! Coding a bot for that would seem extremely complicated, imo.  And I am in the mood for something boring and repetitive at this point.  Just ate breakfast and I am just ready to lounge about for the rest of the day.  -- [[Image:Isk8.png]] User:Isk8  (T / C)  16:54, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Only problem is if the build doesn't exist anymore. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest  16:56, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I could just be cruel and remove all those old links from peoples long forgotten user pages :P -- [[Image:Isk8.png]] User:Isk8 (T / C)  17:03, 28 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Point deceased builds to the Main Page, or Special:Search :P --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 17:04, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Unless you want a heck of a lot of watchlists and recent changes to be spammed, leave it to a bot. -- Brains12 \ Talk 17:05, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Correct me if I am wrong, but wouldn't a bot do the same thing. -- [[Image:Isk8.png]] User:Isk8  (T / C)  17:06, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Bots with, BOT STATUS, I believe, can be/are automatically hidden from RC. Jamster 17:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * My God... there are 1000+ items in Special:Wantedpages. That is just insane. Second though, I'm not gunna get mixed up with that crap. lol.  That would have me pulling my hair out I think. -- [[Image:Isk8.png]] User:Isk8  (T / C)  17:11, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I am going to bot it, one of the tasks.. waiting for approval <font color="Blue">Random </B>| <font color="Black">Time</B>  18:02, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Bot tasks/Builds redlinks rewrite &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 05:07, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Descriptions
Just how much is too much? As some of you would have obviously noticed, I've been going through and giving some descriptions to some EotN creatures that were missing out. As you would also notice, I tend to get some creative with them, sometimes being either somewhat sensationalised or slightly humourous. A recent one I did [|here] is an example of both. Powersurge deemed it too much and removed the 'funny' part. If you want to see more examples of my descriptions then basically look at all the EotN Stone Summit, Undead, Modniir and some others to see what I've done.

Now my point isn't to disagree because this wiki in general tries to be strict, straight and serious in their articles which I've repsected. However after vising another wiki, namely this | Transformers Wiki and seeing how they basicaly encourage humour in all of their articles, I was thinking why couldn't we have something to liven this place up? Look at this article and tell me that you didn't at least chuckle once (I know I lol'ed quite a lot reading that).

So really, is it alright to add some humour like what I did for the Restless Dead page or is that too much? If it is too much, I would like to know why? After all, some humour isn't that bad is it? Blue.rellik 04:41, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Anything regarding the sexual preferences of the monster in question is unacceptable. Skill puns are annoying but fine. Crap like "it's a necromancer, in case you couldn't tell from the name. It gets beaten up by warriors" is stupid and pointless. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 04:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The B.O.T episode link takes me to a bad page. <font color="#FF44AA">♥ <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="turquoise">Mis <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="orange">fate <font color="#FF44AA">♥ 04:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Try again Blue.rellik 04:45, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I had fixed your link there, buuuuddy. To have text for external pages you don't need the pipe, just hit space.&mdash; Powersurge360 Melancholia  04:48, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * tyvm Blue.rellik 04:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Worst.Episode.Ever <font color="#FF44AA">♥ <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="turquoise">Mis <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="orange">fate <font color="#FF44AA">♥ 04:50, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Here is another another article. If you can read through that without smiling at least once then you are gay Blue.rellik 04:54, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I am so glad this wiki isn't like that one... I'd never be able to handle that level of annoyance... &mdash; Powersurge360 Melancholia  04:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

To link to the transformer wiki, you can do w:c:transformers:Main Page. -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 05:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, let's move on from the fact that my ineptitude at wiki syntax is legendary and move onto the actual discussion. There is something god damn wrong with this place if I am the person advocating stay on-topic Blue.rellik 05:45, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Some humor is fine, yes, but too much is annoying and detracts from the factual basis of the wiki. I would've removed the same bit on the Restless Dead article that Powersurge did because of the swearing - remember that we have kids viewing this site, so sexual references and swearing are definite no-nos.  And if I see any descriptions written in rhyme, I'll sic my chicken army on you.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 05:51, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note to self: Write a limerick description for Charr Flameshielder. [[Image:Maui_sig.png]] 05:53, 5 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm fine with being light-hearted. But those nicknames sound like random venting, instead of trying to be funny. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 05:54, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, that kind of stuff belongs on talk <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  05:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok I get the idea, you guys are all squares and aren't as awesome as your's truly. GW:NPA LOL!!!!11!!shift one !!11!! <font color="darkBlue">b.r // <font color="Black">talk 

Redirects
Wikia are aware of the image redirection problem, I've been on IRC and a global bug report has been filed. <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  20:57, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * So when will this be fixed? Cause my shiny new userpage wont work if images don't redirect.--[[Image:AlariSig.png]] 01:02, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Unsure <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  05:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

User:½
That is going to be a pain in the ass to link to. (unless I'm missing something) --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest 16:14, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

User: & 16:27, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * That failed. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest 16:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, the code User: doesn't work... looks like copy+paste or alt+something will be the only option. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 16:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * User:½ It's alt+0189, not too tricky. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 16:30, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * And you're going to remember this code should this user start to contribute on a regular basis? :P --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest  16:34, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * ALT-Codes. Favorites it! [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 16:39, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * My point is that it's not an easily accessable username, and people who haven't read this could spend ages trying to get there. I was going to suggest we request on that user's talkpage that he create a more accessable account. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest 16:43, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Have him create a shoe puppet, User:One Half, which redirects to his page. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 16:44, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * That would work. Does anyone else disagree, before I mention it to the user? --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest  16:46, 10 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Let's wait until the user actually makes addtional edits besides his own userpage. If he never uses the account again, it might not be worth the effort to take up another account name. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 17:03, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Warwick?
Um...yeah. I just recently found out she was banned by Felix. Why the hell did he ban her? Was it possible abuse of powers? I just find it kind of weird that someone would actually do some shit like that because Warwick is a good contributor and helper around the wiki. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="purple">Hellbringer (T/C) 18:51, 21 May 2008 (UTC)


 * She has also been warned numerous times and know that she should not troll. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 18:53, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright...any other reasons, Viper? --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="purple">Hellbringer (T/C) 18:54, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * (EC)I wouldn't say banning warwick is a step too far in general, since said user often ignores people, incites drama, etc. That said, I feel felix is generally too personally involved in anything involving Warwick, and things between them escalate very quickly. I'd appreciate links to the contributions causing this ban, or at least a rundown if pages have been deleted. Lord of all tyria 18:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * So basically Felix took the insults and drama too far leading to a lot of pages being deleted? --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="purple">Hellbringer (T/C) 18:57, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I have no idea, I missed recent happenings on wiki, and I'm just saying what I know. Lord of all tyria 18:59, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright. I missed them too. I have just been messing around with a few things on here. Like User:Hellbringer/Weapon Skin Comparison...which takes so much time so I do it in school and when I have nothing to do. Thanks for the info. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="purple">Hellbringer (T/C) 19:05, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah - links would be good <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  19:46, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The only thing I saw was a userspace page she made that said "/irritatefelix" x100 or so, which Felix deleted, but that doesn't justify a 1-week ban. If Felix banned her for stuff that happened outside the wiki, then that is definitely abuse of powers.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 20:08, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * According to may she sed that rt told her tht the reason felix banned her was:


 * Thts what May told me rt sent her as the reason <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="red">Hel <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="yellow">llb <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="green">rin <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="black">ger ([[User_talk:Hellb 20:11, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I dont get why she was banned cuz of that, sinc she wasnt involved at all.. <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="red">Hel <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="yellow">llb <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="green">rin <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="black">ger ([[User_talk:Hellb 20:13, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * If you post that again you will be banned as well. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 20:17, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * why? why'd u delete my stuff? May said rt said you said (lol) that was what u banned her for.. <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="red">Hel <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="yellow">llb <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="green">rin <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="black">ger ([[User_talk:Hellb 20:19, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm going to respond to that in great detail, and I would appreciate everyone not editing this page before then, because I do not want to deal with edit conflicts. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 20:19, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeh but wat did may actually do? <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="red">Hel <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="yellow">llb <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="green">rin <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="black">ger 20:20, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * After a conversation with felix on MSN - I agree with his reasons for blocking May - however a block of hellbringer for asking reasons is unacceptable <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  20:28, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You must have missed the huge block of comments hellbringer pasted here that brought up some stuff from about a week ago. JonTheMon 20:32, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I did <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  20:37, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

OT but, you can block someone while already blocked yourself?-- 21:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It would seem so. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest 21:37, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * And then unban yourself to explain, then reban yourself. Interesting.--[[Image:AlariSig.png]] 21:43, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You can't post while banned. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest  21:46, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Isn't it a fundamental flaw that a sysop retains all powers even when they get banned?--[[Image:AlariSig.png]] 21:50, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorta, but part of being a sysop is abiding by discipline like blocks. If a block keeps on getting undone or bypassed, then that's grounds for removal of sysop powers. JonTheMon 21:53, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Listen up
and the corresponding talk page were deleted by me because the conflict it detailed was a personal matter between myself, Maui, and blue.rellik- it was barely related to the wiki, and should never have been brought up here. I handled the situation spectacularly badly, by trolling rellik and losing my temper. Ideally I should never have made the list at all. I have suffered a good deal for that outburst- Maui has not spoken to me since then, and I wonder if she ever will, and I also returned from my miserable convention to find myself banned for a week. I maintain that the entire topic did not belong on wiki, and if anyone has any respect for me or my decisions, they will NOT attempt to revive it again.

Now, on to Warwick. Warwick has been harassing me in-game and on MSN for months, really- she spends more time on my block and ignore lists than she does off it. "But that's not on wiki!" you may protest. Take a look at User talk:Felix Omni if you haven't already- Things that you say and do off GuildWiki may be invisible to the rest of us here; but they still reflect on you. This morning Warwick begged me in-game to unblock her MSN account, so I eventually did. She proceeded to taunt me in regards to the ban, and then revealed that she had the entire text of the Noobs talk page. Now, the only way she could have gotten that is by asking a sysop to procure it for her, and I'm quite upset about that as well- regardless of what you feel about my powers of judgment or my temperament, I made an administrative decision to remove that page from this wiki, and I would expect others to either abide by it or address their concerns directly to ME. Anyway, Warwick told she was going to repost that entire conversation on the wiki under requests for arbitration or some nonsense. I expressly forbade her to do so, because of the reasons above, and also because it's none of her business. She said that she was going to do it anyway, I warned her (again) that if she did, I would ban her for at least a week, because in her escalating series of escapades she's gone from a day to three days, and the next step is a week. She continued to say that she was going to do it, even when I asked her to shut up, because I was monking in the Fissure of Woe at the moment and it was extremely distracting. A few minutes later she MSNed me again with something like ":) /waits for ban," and sure enough I saw a very large post in Warwick's userspace with the title "felixban." As I decided that the situation warranted it, I banned her just as I warned. I then asked Viper to delete the page, since doing it myself would require unbanning myself, something I'd rather not do because Entropy clearly trusted that I would respect her decision in banning me. And I do feel horrible that I've broken that trust right now, but I really need to say all this. Now people are saying that the page was actually just irritating nonsense, and if that was the case, I apologize for jumping to conclusions, but while banned one cannot view deleted pages even if one has sysop privileges.

As for Hellbringer... I told May that if she or any of her friends wished to protest the ban, they could contact me on MSN or wait until Friday. Fairly promptly I was messaged by Hellbringer, who said several hundred times "OMG WTF why did u ban may" before I blocked him. I don't care what kind of a relationship you have with Warwick- don't repost that conversation, don't harass me.

Now, if anyone feels that the ban was unjustified after knowing what happened, please contact me via MSN, or even e-mail, because I will now be re-banning myself for the remaining time, regardless of what happens on this page or any other page. 20:44, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I gave may the pages after this had cropped up - and after Felix asked me whether I had given the pages. Idk why I did this, looking back <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  20:46, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Felix I have to say I'm sorry for being rude on MSN. I have no real idea why I did it. But thank you for explaining what all went down. May might have gone too far with that stuff she has done. I should talk to her after this. She will probably get mad at me. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="red">Hel <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="yellow">llb <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="green">rin <font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="black">ger 20:50, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The pages aren't terribly hard to get, I have access to them to, in that my computer has an archival program that stores copies of every site (in every revision) for up to two months. Google Desktop (the program I use) is also relatively common, so don't feel too bad about it. &mdash; Powersurge360 Violencia  20:51, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for explaining, Felix; I was very angry for a bit. I had given may the pages a while ago, for the same reason as Powersurge said; it wasn't exceptionally hard to get. Any user that had been on at the time could have copied it and given it to everyone they knew. Perhaps not the brightest decision I've made, and I'm sorry for it; but what's done is done. At any rate, I will not oppose the block. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest  21:03, 21 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I still think that stuff that happens outside the wiki needs to stay outside the wiki. Yes, anything a person does will reflect on that person, but that in itself shouldn't be grounds for banning anyone from the wiki.  If it is brought onto the wiki, though, then the overall issue should necessarily be considered when making administrative decisions against that user, but only if and when it is brought onto the wiki.  If I go and start spamming, say, Vipermagi with random insults in-game, of course that's going to make me look bad, but Viper isn't going to ban me from the wiki just because I insulted him in-game (at least I hope not :P ).  Now, if I were to reference said insultspam in any way here on the wiki, then it could be considered a wiki issue and I could be banned for it.
 * This case, of course, is more complicated because it sprouted from long-standing issues between a few people. It was brought onto the wiki through, and Entropy took action because of that.  What happened since then, however, has mostly happened off-wiki except for , which in itself was really just spam (and a touch of trolling).  Off-wiki threats a user makes to do something on the wiki should not be relevant to any administrative decisions against that user unless those threats are somehow made a part of the on-wiki issues against the user, which I believe did not happen here.  This was made obvious by everyone's confusion immediately after Felix blocked Warwick.
 * I'm actually going to stand in Warwick's defense in this issue and recommend that she be unblocked, or at the least have the block length shortened (since she did post that spam/troll page). I also feel that Felix allowed his personal feelings against Warwick to greatly influence his actions in this matter, and I would agree with a decision to demote him because of this.  He should have simply ignored Warwick both on MSN and in-game, instead of allowing her to continue harassing him.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 22:09, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Felix has since unblocked Warwick, on the basis that the spam/troll page Warwick made didn't contain the content of User:Felix Omni/Noobs, and thus grounds for banning weren't sufficient. --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest 00:28, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Ishmael makes good points. I believe that...
 * banning Hellbringer was/would have been wrong
 * May cannot be banned for actions off the Wiki if they do not affect the wiki; i.e. the whole conversation on the Noobs page in addition to the outside knowledge was, I think, justifiable cause. But there was no such similar comments between May and Felix on the wiki (at the time, to my knowledge) which justify banning her. Yes, she has numerous warnings and such and such...nevertheless, banning for general asshattery is hard and I don't think there is sufficient harm done right now - if it was an admin other than Felix making such decision, Warwick would probably not be banned, since Warwick did not harass them on MSN or such.
 * It was a mistake to give the contents of the Noob page to May, and I feel it led directly to these later actions and reactions.
 * Felix is walking on thin ice with two strikes. Further actions on the wiki during the remainder of this ban will result to desysoption (I am upset about that); any actions after the ban which are of this nature will also result in desysoption. The only reason I am not desysopping right now for this incident is because I beliveve the other sysops are to blame (see above bullet), as well as May pushing it in harassment. It is true that "[Felix] should have simply ignored Warwick both on MSN and in-game, instead of allowing her to continue harassing him." But considering the situation right now, I believe it was rather inevitable even if Felix had strongly wished not to act, and I feel others would have done the same. This is the same reason I did not block Blue.rellik or Maui in regards to the original Noobs page discussion, even though they repeatedly broke NPA very clearly...I didn't think it would help to resolve the issue. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 01:01, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * May I clarify- I didn't actually give that log to ANYONE other than Felix, until I was given it by RT apparently from Felix as the reason I was banned. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 14:24, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Wawrick...again?
Erm, why did Wawrick get banned again with the reason given as "User Request" and an expiry time of infinite. An infinite ban based on "User Request" seems a bit harsh. User request by who, and based on what? Can we atleast have some explanation of that?-- - (<font color="Blue">Talk </B>/<font color="Green">Contribs</B> ) 18:53, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * And she just asked me on msn to unban her. Im laughing hysterically, so I would like to know what is going on too. -- [[Image:Isk8.png]] User:Isk8  (T / C)  18:55, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Warw requested it <font color="Orange">Random Time 18:57, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * O Rly? About 5 seconds later I req'd unblock.. At which point you started ignoring me.. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 18:59, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ugh - I'm not here at all times of the day - I needed to go somewhere and my brother grabbed the computer before I could get back <font color="Orange">Random Time 19:01, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You don't always have to do what Warwick says, RT lol. And Warwick, if you really felt that you needed to have something banned, ask em to ban one of your other accounts to play. We are not here to pander to your every whim. &mdash;<font color=#ff44aa>♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 19:04, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Good call <font color="Orange">Random Time 19:05, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes you are, you're all pawns to my magnificence and majesty. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 19:06, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

http://guildwars.wikia.com/index.php?title=User:The_Hero_Of_Darknes&action=history
Seems like a user that has been here for a while, but recently has started making a gwiki account for each one of his characters. See history list for some, and prolly checkuser him too. Someone deal with it. &mdash; Nova   &mdash;  (contribs) 19:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * GuildWiki does not have an explicit anti-Sockpuppet policy. If any of the accounts is doing bad things, we'll deal with that particular account accordingly.  If anybody is using sockpuppets to pretend to be good on one hand, and do bad things on the other hand, my inclination is to just ban the bad hand and exploit the good hand for the improvement of the wiki.  As a user, you are encouraged to bring up your specific concerns of his using multiple accounts with him, or bring to attention here additional problems due to him having multiple accounts. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 19:26, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The only problem I have with him is the RC spam actually. Doesn't really matter that he has several accounts, as long as he's not trolling there shouldn't be repercussions. --[[Image:OrgXSignature.jpg]] 19:45, 24 May 2008 (UTC)