GuildWiki talk:Community portal/Archive 17

The recent vandalism
Is, firstly unacceptable, if it is a sockpuppet of any user here they should be ashamed (not to say it is). The spammer seems to: Anything we can do, apart from :D and bear it? RT | Talk  18:21, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Create a link using !important before each argument in the span tag
 * Remove from the article, small amounts of content, so it looks like a very minor revision
 * Use a referer URL (url2it.com in this case - i've looked on there site, there seems no clear way to report a bad url to have it removed)


 * Also he uses Position:Absolute. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 18:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah! RT | Talk  18:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Is it still happening in the last few days? And is it also happening on the official wiki or are we the only target? -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 21:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't check the Official Wiki. It has happened a few hours (well, 3 hours) ago. It doesnt happen on GW2W for as far as I've seen tho. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 21:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * What does the vandalism do, anyway? (I've been a bit less active here) Thought ful [[Image:Thoughtful Sig.png|19.px]] (Talk) 21:56, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It covers the entire page with an invisible external link pointing to bad sites. No matter where you click on the page you get sent there. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 21:59, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added a javascript that should reduce the damage it causes, until the bad guys catch on and invent something new. In the mean while, the javascript *might* break some fancy legitimate use of external link formatting.  Please report any such occurrences. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 21:59, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * And I've no doubt they've protected their own page with it. I don't see how it's possible to cause whatever they've caused. Thought ful [[Image:Thoughtful Sig.png|19.px]] (Talk) 22:01, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ignorance is bliss. I don't want GuildWiki to turn into the Academy for Advanced Vandalism Techniques.  -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 22:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Something similar (or identical) was tested over here. I also looked at the HTML of the page and found probable causes why a couple of elements weren't covered (see the talk page) --Gimmethegepgun 22:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I've missed these vandalisms, what does "absolute" do? <font color="#4682b4">Entrea Sumatae  <font color="#4682b4">[Talk]  22:29, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It makes the positioning of the element measured with respect to the entire page, as opposed to it's immediate container. This is how it's range/size can cover the entire page. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 22:33, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, "absolute" makes it relative to the container. "fixed" makes it relative to the page.  "relative" (default) makes it relative to the current position of the element. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 22:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * .........OK, so it makes it cover the page. OK then.[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]]<font color="#4682b4">Entrea Sumatae  <font color="#4682b4">[Talk]  00:05, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Except the GuildWiki logo, the navigation bar on the side (just the one, not all the boxes), the search box, and the tabs on top --Gimmethegepgun 00:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Skill templates
What happened to the "edit skill details" button? Cress Arvein(Talk) 00:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ummm... it seems like  isn't working --Gimmethegepgun 01:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, I first noticed something strange in the statistics page, the job queue link disappeared. Regular external links appear to work, but plainlinks isn't --Gimmethegepgun 01:07, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Just was going to post that. The main page link to PvX and Gw2wiki are gone (they are in the code, but aren't showing up). Cress Arvein(Talk) 01:08, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * And I just found something very strange. Check out my sandbox and look at the code. Before, only the pure external (no plainlinks) one showed up, but now for some reason... uhh just look at it. Also try removing either one of the spans and see what happens --Gimmethegepgun 01:13, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd guess it's due to Pan's changes to the Common.js --Gimmethegepgun 01:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * On Internet Explorer, the links show up :/ Cress Arvein(Talk) 01:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I guess that's because IE is such EpicPhailTM that the changes to the Common.js won't work on it --Gimmethegepgun 01:22, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Also all the links on the Ban template are fucked --Gimmethegepgun 01:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * After purging cache that seems to have fixed it --Gimmethegepgun 01:28, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Back to normal again, I guess. Cress Arvein(Talk) 01:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Long loading and time-outs
GuildWiki is awfully slow today. Also I get time outs like every 4th click within GuildWiki. What does that cause? It's a pain to add stuff like that. Other pages work just fine. LOL even got an error after I clicked Save here ;_; *grrrr* I'm no person with much patience :P 2nd time-out *sigh*, wonder if I'll be ever able to post this comment... 3rd with new error: The requested URL could not be retrieved --Birchwooda Treehug 20:49, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It seems that someone has a grudge against Wikia and is doing DDoS attacks of all of Wikia. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 21:12, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Kind of ironic, because they don't give Wikia any problems, just the people who are trying to use the websites <font face = "Matura MT Script Capitals">Silver Sunlight [[Image:SSunlight.jpg|19px]] 21:23, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

1.12 should be coming soon
FFXI and EQ2 are upgrading to 1.12 right now. Depending on how many new bugs get discovered, so I'm guessing it might be our turn sometime next week or the week after (the more bugs, the later). -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 04:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * <makes entry in diary to be sure to be "away on business" next week> :D --Wolfie [[Image:Wolfie_sig.jpg|19px]] (talk|contribs) 04:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Were in
Wikia's big wiki list! YAYYY! <font color="FF0099">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  20:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * We have been for months now d-: And Yu-Gi-Oh! just recently surpassed us )-:  -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 22:44, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Semantic MediaWiki
The Semantic MediaWiki is an extension currently undergoing testing on Wikia, and I think it can be useful on GuildWiki. The testing site on Wikia's installation of SMW is here. Official documentation of SMW can be found here. -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 22:01, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * As long as it works with wikied, it's probably fine <font color="FF0099">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  22:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * What I mean by that is, I don't realy understand the document, but if it works with my editor extention (Called wikied) it's probably fine <font color="FF0099">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  22:05, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Admittedly only had a brief read through some of the features / examples, but agree that some of those features could be very handy for GuildWiki. One question-mark though, what sort of impact is it likely to have on the servers, infrastructure etc?  Ie, all that additional syntax structuring etc will surely come at some extra server resources usage cost?  Will Wikia accommodate that? --Wolfie [[Image:Wolfie_sig.jpg|19px]] (talk|contribs) 03:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Semantic MediaWiki, if I am not mistaken, is MUCH better than DPL at performing similar tasks (which is currently deployed on standard Wikia installations, and we'll probably get DPL once we upgrade to 1.12). Wikia is currently testing it, which means looking for bugs or any subtle corner cases of huge resource drain, and if it passes the tests, then it will be available to all Wikia wikis (may not necessarily be automatically on by default).  I believe it would be generally desirable in terms of resource consumption to convert any applicable usage of DPL into Semantic MediaWiki. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 07:43, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ahhh, very cool. Anything that can enhance performance is a good thing, and if it can give us some neat new features as part of the bargin, all the better! --Wolfie [[Image:Wolfie_sig.jpg|19px]] (talk|contribs) 23:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * At first glance, I thought this was called "Semitic MediaWiki." I was nearly horrified. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 23:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC)