GuildWiki:Wikia staff noticeboard/Resolved

Old resolved software and technical bugs can be found here.

---

U need antivirus?

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 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 [1]. --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: 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: . Please block anything with "ebay" in the string, since they seem to be randomly generated. RoseOfKali 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 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). (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 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...) (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 20:00, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Another bad ad

[2]

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... (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 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. (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 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... (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!) (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 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 ) 03:02, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Gold ad slipped by the filter

[3]

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 ) 17:35, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps it used a pipe for an L? Who knows... --- -- (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. (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 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 20:16, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

WOW lol check this out- I took a screenie right after i saved the above comment. X Deity X 20:19, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, saw this same one on the Site Support page. Link to pic of ad~~ 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 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. 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. -- (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. -- (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.—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. —♥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 ) 04:14, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

and Catherine says "please pass on our apologies, it should be better soon." -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 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 (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? 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. 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.. >.< -- 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? 23:20, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I haven't personally seen any 'New messages' boxes apart from those caused on my own talk page. -- (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 (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. -- (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 (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. --Shadowcrest 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. 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. -- 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 ) 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) RT | Talk 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 RT | Talk 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 ---Jamster--- 18:45, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

-3 to gimmme for nicking points withoug permission RT | Talk 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

Click for image

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:

• www.SwordsSwords.com/Guildwars

too? Who the hell is Gaert? (T/C) 04:43, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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 ) 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 <item>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. —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. --- -- (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 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. -- (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!—♥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) Thoughtful (Talk) 21:08, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Same thing here... took me a few minutes just to load the log in page Silver Sunlight 21:14, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm on #Wikia now RT | Talk 21:27, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Lol, PvX wiki lost there domain name RT | Talk 21:30, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

What do you mean? Thoughtful (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 RT | Talk 21:35, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

PvXwiki is pvxwiki.com =p Thoughtful (Talk) 21:37, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Pvxbuilds.com always worked for me RT | Talk 21:38, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

I just use the link on our main page so I wouldn't know. Thoughtful (Talk) 21:40, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

PvX is fine for me, but Gwiki is very laggy for me right now. ---Jamster--- 21:44, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

PvX is not wikia RT | Talk 21:59, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Someone else mentioned it *box* ---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 RT | Talk 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). --- -- (s)talkpage 19:04, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Yup, Special:Contributions/10.10.20.183 is back again :( --Wolfie (talk|contribs) 21:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Questionable Ad

[4]

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. --Giga†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 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 --- -- (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 ) 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 ) 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 RT 16:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)