GuildWiki talk:Community portal/Archive 21

New style for material pages
In case anyone's interested, I'm almost ready to overhaul our crafting material pages. Join the discussion if you have any opinions about it. &mdash;Dr Ishmael 02:15, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

Me as miniature, and miniatures as me :o??? Bug
When I logged into Longeye's Ledge, I was confronted with a very funny bug, and took many screens from it... and I dunno if you know this or not, but I never have seen this standing anywere on the wiki, so I'll put it here: Omg, I still am as miniature whenever I load into a town... Wtf is this? &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jorre22225 (contribs).
 * I've never seen this exact bug, but I have seen the opposite where your character enlarges. Playing in the crystal desert some years back, my warrior continued to run off a ramp into the sky and kept getting larger as he ran.  It was rather amusing and if I dug around, I probably have a screenshot somewhere of it where my character is standing on the heads of my smaller allies. :P -- [[Image:Isk8.png]]   Isk8   (T/C) 09:54, April 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * The verdict is in. April_Fools'_Day_2010 Its Anet's April Fools Day joke. Enjoy -- [[Image:Isk8.png]]   Isk8   (T/C) 10:11, April 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * You've been pranked. :P RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 10:50, April 1, 2010 (UTC)

Lynx
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Wikia Poop
Hi,

In order to perform scheduled maintenance, all Wikia sites will be "read-only" for about 30 minutes starting at 10:00am UTC Wednesday April 14. (that's 3:00am Pacific, 6:00am Eastern). During this time editing will be disabled, but you will still be able to view the site.

Thank you for your patience, The Wikia Community and Technical Teams

00:02, April 14, 2010 (UTC)

RMT ad on the main page
I'm drawing a blank on where were supposed to report these, but this RMT ad was on the main page just now: http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-3255760518790512&output=html&h=90&slotname=6441124621&w=728&ea=0&flash=10.0.42&url=http%3A%2F%2Fguildwars.wikia.com%2F__varnish_athena%2Fathena%2Ftag%2F%3Ftag_id%3D365%26size%3D728x90%26slotname%3DHOME_TOP_LEADERBOARD&dt=1271789227173&shv=r20100331&correlator=1271789227176&frm=1&ga_vid=2041855950.1266119559&ga_sid=1271789068&ga_hid=1388825450&ga_fc=1&u_tz=180&u_his=2&u_java=1&u_h=900&u_w=1440&u_ah=900&u_aw=1440&u_cd=24&u_nplug=24&u_nmime=109&biw=-12245933&bih=-12245933&ifk=318734419&fu=0&ifi=1&dtd=10 Not to mention that I didn't think I was supposed to get ads at all, but anyway... RoseOfKali 18:51, April 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * I think those are all reported through Special:Contact now, just like all other Wikia issues. &mdash;Dr Ishmael Diablo_the_chicken.gif 19:01, April 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok, I'll do that. Related question: am I stupid, or did I use to not have an ad on the Main Page, but do now for some reason? I can't seem to remember having it there, right at the TOP of Main, between the header and the first content boxes, until today. O_o All I did differently was to add some buttons to my monaco.js. RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 00:03, April 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, I reported that using the Special:Contact link, but I'm still seeing various incarnations (including the one I reported) of the same RMT seller ads on the main page, EVERY STINKING DAY, it's like there are no other ads for anything ever. Grrr... >_< What's the point of Contacting them if nothing happens? RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 20:10, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

New GW2 info coming soon
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Wikia Poop 2
We will soon be releasing a new 'followed pages' feature, which includes changes to your watchlist privacy settings. Please visit the help page to learn more.

Basically they're trying to make Wikia more "social" (yay buzzwords!) by letting you view other users' watchlists. All I have to say about this is... (disclaimer: not a rickroll). &mdash;Dr Ishmael 20:39, May 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * A quick reword/tl;dr: "You can now see other people's watchlist. Live @ May 5th." Ish's link is very appropriate. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  20:55, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * You can disable this in Special:Preferences - the preference is live right now (under watchlist, surprisingly) so if you don't want your watchlist to go public, change it today Random Time  21:11, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * That's another big wikia fail - the default should be the setting that protects our privacy. -- ◄mendel► 06:07, May 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Personally, I could care less either way - my watchlist isn't exactly something I consider "personal information" - but I've added this to the sitenotice to make sure everyone knows about it. &mdash;Dr Ishmael Diablo_the_chicken.gif 14:39, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * "I could care less either way" - surely you mean "I couldn't care less either way", otherwise you somehow mean that you care a lot, either way - bah language is confusing Random Time  17:19, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * What annoys me more is the "You have new messages" box that doesn't go away no matter how many times I click on it. --Macros 16:03, May 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's odd. Did you dismiss the Wikia message? That should do it. Try force-refreshing your talk page, if yes. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  16:08, May 5, 2010 (UTC)

So now my "followed pages" link is hidden in the "MORE" menu, making me click twice to get to it, which is getting annoying. >_< Is there a way to make it display on my top bar (like the old watchlist link) without being hidden in that stupid menu? RoseOfKali 19:43, May 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * [ See here]. &mdash;Dr Ishmael Diablo_the_chicken.gif 20:24, May 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Awesome, thanks! RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 20:44, May 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * My watchlist is approximately 5 pages. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 02:42, May 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * 28, but yeah. You're not even watching the admin noticeboard. What kind of bureaucrat are you? (The one that reads RC, I know.) When you leave here, you can't have your account deleted, and now we can see what users who have long since left have been watching. This is a privacy nightmare. -- ◄mendel► 21:18, May 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sucks for them, but why would they care if they left? :P But yeah, wikia should have made it private as the default. I also hate the layout of this thing. Worthless. <_< I like having my watchlist link back where it belongs via awesome nerd magic. :] Though, at this point, it's not too different from RC... *sigh* RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 22:19, May 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Whoever did this has clearly never seen the new Answers skin. Dear God! A_F_K_sig_2.jpg A F K When Needed 16:01, May 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * The "new" answers skin is Monaco. -- ◄mendel► 16:14, May 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * And terribad unless you get rid of the list (I set pages to be on mine for 0 days) A_F_K_sig_2.jpg A F K When Needed 21:37, May 7, 2010 (UTC)

New unique/perfect items?
Are we missing the new unique/perfect items from the War in Kryta? Spot-checking the mesmer material, it seems that we are missing The Rapture from the Mesmer list. Is this a one-off? Or should we systematically list the various articles that need review (and start a project to review them)? &mdash;Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 21:10, June 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * Most of them are absent, yes. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  13:48, June 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sigh.


 * Okay, I'm happy to get things rolling here about what specific articles/types of articles probably need to get a review. &mdash;Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 03:47, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

Minor formatting issue, need consensus
On weapon pages, where we have a list of related unique items, sometimes we have profession icons in front of the item's name to depict which profession that item is linked to (through its linked attribute) - see Platinum Scepter. But we also have a lot of weapon pages where we don't do that - see Spiked Axe. Our S&F for weapons doesn't say anything either way about this; likewise, I have no opinion either way, but we do need to get consistency on this. So what does everyone else think? &mdash;Dr Ishmael 14:45, June 22, 2010 (UTC)