GuildWiki:Admin noticeboard/Resolved

Redirecting userpages
Can someone please take a look at this? He says Ron Ng is not the same person as Ron NG. However, capital G's userpage redirects to lowercase g's. Something's going on, either sockpuppetry or capital G is misleading people by redirecting his page to something else. Which I believe is against the rules. If it is I propose that the policy be updated to reflect this. --Macros 22:43, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed, I guess. Thank PanSola. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 02:15, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Phew....--Ron Ng 18:21, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Vandal
IP address 65.96.24.38 keeps adding "Gay Butt Sex" to the Halloween 2007 article. No other contributions. Ban please? -- Kirbman 04:24, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Dealt with. Thank PanSola. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 22:23, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Ads
There's several ads for www.thecandyman.org peddling gold selling and powerleveling appearing on the site. Please stop. Reithan 23:00, 11 October 2007 (UTC)


 * As of today, Wikia is able to block bad ads on this wiki. I've requested thecandycaneman be blocked. If there are any others (eg: gold sellers, power levellers) that you see on this wiki, please let me know on my talk page and I will get them removed as soon as possible. Angela 08:33, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't the proper place to notify the management/admins of a problem be the admin noticeboard? Reithan 16:01, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


 * "Admin" refers to the people with power to (un)ban, (un)protect, (un)delete. Admins in general do not have control over the advertisements.  Angela is a Wikia staff, not a GuildWiki admin. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 21:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Perhaps we should create a "Wikia Noticeboard"? Or is Angela their only representative here? 70.43.98.34 21:09, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, Angela's account here doesn't have the staff flag yet. I've created the Wikia staff noticeboard, and notified the three Wikia staff who has accounts here (see Special:Listusers/staff) on their talk page.  Future gold ad reports can either go on the Wikia staff noticeboard, or on any particular staff's talk page. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 02:08, 30 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm just more likely to see it if it's on my talk page since I get instant notification of messages there. I have thousands of pages on my watchlist (like every main page of every wikia created before September 2007) and there sadly isn't enough time to check them all. Blocking ads ought to be done as soon as possible to prevent readers ever seeing them, which is why it would be better for you to contact me directly rather than using the noticeboard for this. Angela 12:39, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Issues
on the mainpage of guild wiki the link to game updates has been redirected to a template : Troll
 * Thanks. it was done by a recent vandal attack. It's been fixed now.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 19:24, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Disagree with banning of 10.10.20.183
Due to Wintersday content, I think we need the contributions of the general anon population without requiring them to log in. The only issue 10.10.20.183 makes is that we aren't able to tell casual one-time vandals from malicious multi-vandals. The malicious ones will probably just create an account anyways if they seriously want to vandalize, so I don't see the benefit of banning 10.10.20.183. -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 23:20, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I will not oppose you if you unban the IP, but I also won't unban it myself. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 23:25, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Fact remains that if, par example, I want to say something to him/her, I can't because the talk page is protected. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 23:29, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * If only everyone made an account...--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 23:29, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Vipermagi kind of has a point. I'll ponder a little bit more before deciding whether to do the unban. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 23:33, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Unblocked. In the end I feel we shouldn't penalize anons just because we are unable to talk to them, when the software problem is not their fault. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 23:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Weird. The "New Message" problem doesn't happen for my IP anymore. Mebbe it's fixed?--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 23:42, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * You sure it isn't because there haven't been more edits? --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 23:43, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I have no idea. I could edit the talk page and see if it does anything, but I'm afraid it will just mess it up more.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 23:44, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I don't know if that would be the smartest thing to do.... --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 23:46, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, let's do a test since we need to amend that protetion template anyway. Ok, I'll edit now. -> -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 23:52, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the problem's fixed. I logged out and didn't get the "New Message" box, no matter what page I went to.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 23:58, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I logged out too, no message box. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 23:58, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Problem not fixed, but might be less severe (not sure). I still see edits from that IP on RC. -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 00:16, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Let's keep the protection on the IP talk page and let the IP stay unbanned unless it starts mass vandalising. The protection can be undone when we get official word that the problem is solved. -- [[Image:User Gem sig.png|Gem]] (gem / talk) 00:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * According a Wikia tech person, the issue *should* be fixed for GuildWiki now. However it's hard to test for sure.  We'll see if any more edits come from it. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 00:53, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * :) --Wolfie [[Image:Wolfie_sig.jpg|19px]] (talk|contribs) 01:02, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Didn't work. Reported. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 01:09, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Another Gold ad
. In the ad it says gaia online gold, but as with most ads, they also sell GW gold. -- -- talkpage 23:32, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Belongs on the Wikia noticeboard, cuz admins can't filter the ads.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 23:51, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Spam
People keep saying that i'll be banned if i keep spamming, but, other people say they need spam, and on the other side. I'm in the spam crew. so Is there any way to resolve this whole problem with spam and the Spam Crew?--‎ Fire  Tock  05:00, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah. Don't make pointless spam and there's no problem.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 05:07, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well I didn't expect some kind of Spammish Inquisition --Macros 05:08, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * My suggestion is intelligent spamming. You can spew out enormous amounts of text that actually convey a meaning or purpose fairly easy and with no thought or effort; for a few hundred examples, check my contributions. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 05:09, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Nova
Now User:Fighterbitsj Gave permission to User:Nova to make that joke-- Fighterbitsj--STALK MEH 21:44, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * comment talking about revision 1155118 of User:Fighterbitsj/Gallery RT  | Talk  21:48, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

An unusual ad
The Lost Haven

This was a google-placed ad on the bottom of my page. We don't allow guild pages and guild endorsements on GuildWiki; should this ad be mentioned on the Wikia noticeboard? 06:31, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks more like a guide site to me, no probs as we are better. RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  06:34, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well the exact text of the ad was "Join a good PvE GW guild" or something like that. It's a guild site, I looked through it a bit. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 06:35, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Saw it again, screenshotted it. [[Image:Losthavenguildad.png]]


 * [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 06:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I say report, if only one guild gets through, as it seems like we want everyone to join that Guild! <font color="FF0099">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  06:39, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Okey doke. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 06:41, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It seems to be showing up on every page unless it's replaced by a stupid FlyFF or other crappy online RPG banner. D: [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 06:57, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * What the hell? we have adds here? Adblock must be to good.--Alari 07:00, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It is! :) <font color="FF0099">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  07:13, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Image Restore
Would it be possible if we could get this fixed?
 * No point IMO --Gimmethegepgun 23:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Resolved. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 21:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

New template
I made a template for the game updates page that we could use to compress the entire page onto a single template use. Was wondering if we should implement it, and if we do I think the template should be protected to prevent vandalism. Making it would make it easier to add things to it and also deal with vandalism to some extent --Gimmethegepgun 23:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral on whether to use it. The amount of easiness to add things to it is also the amount it becomes easier to mass-vandalize.  I do agree that *if* we use it, it should be protected.  Finally, I feel it should be split into two separate templates, one that auto-generates the bar on the right, the other deals with the content area.  Again, neutral on whether to use it/them. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 23:26, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Compressing the whole thing onto a very short amount also makes it so that people can't screw with the formatting with all the boxes and stuff and make it takes 10 minutes to load the page and fix it, such as when someone went and vandalized it and the server wouldn't show the changes in either the editbox OR the page itself for nearly 20 minutes before I went and reverted it, though that might have been cause he murdered the Job Queue --Gimmethegepgun 23:30, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Doesn't really matter. The vandal only need to change one single byte of data (using your template system) to mess with the entire page.  The more template and transclusions you use, the worse it is for the jobqueue (in this case you are really just calling one extra transclusion, plus five dozen parser functions, so the jobqueue issue only get worse by maybe 1%).  I'm still neutral, just pointing out how this doesn't help with malicious vandals or accidental ppl who don't follow instructions. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 23:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I really don't like this idea. Even if we protted against all but registered users, it is easy to make a vandal account. And with the template all nice and clean and easy to use, like Pan says - it would become even easier for a vandal to cause lots of damage with little effort. Remember that most of the game updates come from either anons, obscure users, or the dedicated...so it also would be bad if it had to be sysop-only. Besides, I believe that the Game Updates page is fine as is...it is not an extremely popular target for vandalism and it is still not hard to make changes to it. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 21:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Inappropriate Discussion
Needs taking care of in my opinion as an editor here; lot's of irrelevant trash. Makes the community look bad.


 * Imo, irrelevance is all over the place. Bad community image? Gaile gave literal flamefests in Int 1 Kamadan, so a bad image is all over the place. And it's not like she'd look on this 'Wiki. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 15:56, 10 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh i'd love to have seen these "flamefests" gaile is repeatedly implicated in. Do we keep any transcripts of them here? Yes i am aware of the irony of posting an irrelevant comment on an admin notice board section about the problems of irrelevant discussion. Our community now looks that little bit worse ;)--<font color="Blue">Cobalt </B>| <font color="Green">Talk</B>  16:00, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
 * A lot of what's there is borderline NPA. "Racial, sexual, homophobic, ageist, religious, political, or ethnic epithets directed against another contributor. Disagreement over what constitutes a religion, race, sexual preference, or ethnicity is not a legitimate excuse."


 * Except much isn't directed, though I'd argue that the bit about running a blade on the arm immediately following Alari's comment is pretty much directed at him.


 * And what someone else does doesn't excuse shitty behavior for anybody.


 * If you find someone crossed the NPA-border, talk about that. You first stated you'd like to see it all removed. Side note: Lost Blue repeadetly makes such remarks, and he knows how others think about it and what comments he can expect. I'm not approving of the comments that he gets, fyi. The slitting Blue talks about is not directed at anyone, but rather how he lives life (His real life is a livin' heck) --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage 16:25, 10 April 2008 (UTC)


 * "And what someone else does doesn't excuse ' shitty  ' behavior for anybody." I think that constitues indirect NPA--<font color="Blue">Cobalt  </B>| <font color="Green">Talk</B>  16:27, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
 * "You first stated you'd like to see it all removed." Where? 147.226.235.171 16:30, 10 April 2008 (UTC)