User:RRabbit42/Talk archive:Jul-Sept2009

Archive for older Discussion items, July-December 2009.

Coolest Coaster Ever
I added some comments on the AM Nom for this article. As it's your work, I'd suggest attending to those. Also, something I forgot to add to it, it might need a slight fix in POV, as a little bit of it strays to an episode summary. I have a little brief task I want to do with the image captions, so anyways, just letting you know.  The Flash  {talk} 03:07, 1 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I see what you meant by point of view. Your edit for the opening summary fixed it. I'll mull over the other recommendations you made. (Can't immediately see how to implement them right now.) — RRabbit42 04:11, 1 July 2009 (UTC)


 * The sourcing and stuff was fixed, now all you need to do is give it a rundown to check with new info from Speed Demons.  The Flash  {talk} 15:29, 1 July 2009 (UTC)


 * (Speed Demons did not add anything beyond what was seen in the episode, so no further work was needed. RRabbit42)

A Day With Phineas and Ferb
Hey, RR! A while back you mentioned having saved all the videos on the MSN "Day with Phineas and Ferb" thing. Can you please upload them onto YouTube? It would be very helpful and entertaining as MSN removed them and neglected to archive it! Thanks!  The Flash  {talk} 16:56, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh I agree, whats your username on youtube so I can watch for it!? felinoel ~ (Talk) 18:00, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

If I'm not mistaken it's the same as this one, right, RR?  The Flash  {talk} 18:34, 1 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I have the same user name on YouTube as here. You'll need to give me a reminder about those MSN videos. I remember talking about being able to save videos, but I'm not sure about those specific ones. — RRabbit42 02:59, 2 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh. They were the ones where MSN followed the crew around, Dan and Swampy wrote that song about Anti-gravity, Dan pitched that Norm episode, etc. Maybe jump on IRC and we can clarify.  The Flash  {talk} 03:21, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Here's the new link so we have it on record: http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=352619
 * (and now I have them saved in case they disappear again) — RRabbit42 04:43, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

New background and wiki image


D'you think that these are usable?

The new background's purpose would be to be tileable, because you can easily tell where it tiles right now. It seems like this one would be completely seamless.

Will the wiki image work, or does the wiki not support transparency? I must admit the antialiasing on the transparent one is awful, I just whipped it up in like 15 mins. XD --Zaggy1024 (talk) 02:29, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

The transparency's working. Since Topher worked on the last few versions of the picture, maybe he he saved the project files and could leave out the background.

A couple of months ago, I somehow lost the picture for my desktop and I couldn't remember what it was. So, the triangles are now my desktop picture. Having a version that tiles properly means I don't have to use the Stretch setting. — RRabbit42 02:59, 2 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I meant as a background for the wiki. But I suppose it works well for that too. Oh, and you can also access the svg, and if you open it in inkscape, you can make it whatever resolution you want. (Wonderful, isn't it? XD) --Zaggy1024 (talk) 03:09, 2 July 2009 (UTC)


 * It's main purpose is to be the background for this wiki. I was just commenting that I also used it on my computer for the same thing. Hopefully Topher can upload a version with transparency from his original files. — RRabbit42 04:52, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

The new background is now installed into the style sheet under .color2, so all the little fiddly bits of conversation that guided me to finding out how to install this have been deleted. We don't really need them any more. — RRabbit42 05:02, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Musings
July 3, 2009: In the past month, we've had at least 10 different people all start adding /s to the BR tags. We've been able to easily remove them since the parser on the Wikia Entertainment servers automatically change wikicode into XHTML for web pages to read and we therefore don't need to have them. But where did they come from?

I don't remember this happening before June. They're mostly from anonymous IP users and they're scattered all over the place. Did someone post a message on CNN's website that said "wikis are in desperate need of having the BR tags inside their wiki code changed to conform with XHTML standards"? - RRabbit42


 * Maybe we should take this to a higher level, and just put it on the notice board. Then, hopefully, they'll notice. But if not, we can utilize the power of bold and red text! XD --Zaggy1024 (talk) 01:36, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know why this keeps happening. My only guess is there are IPs who are experienced enough to know about coding in that way and find that they need to add it. But, really, who knows?  The Flash  {talk} 01:54, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There are lots of IPs that add experienced seeming edits felinoel ~ (Talk) 05:00, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

I think I'm going to let this one go. I don't know why people think they need to be in there, but I'd rather not waste any more time removing them. The pages work with or without them. — RRabbit42 17:47, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * D'you know if there's a censor bot or something we could use to automatically change it back? --Zaggy1024 $talk$ 19:27, 5 July 2009 (UTC)


 * We can run Ferbot any time we want, but it's not worth worrying about any more. — RRabbit42 20:07, 5 July 2009 (UTC)


 * "I've had all I can stands, and I can't stands no more." More people are doing this. They don't need to. I've resumed undoing the changes when people put them in. — RRabbit42 14:35, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Patch
Thanks. Perry the Inaction Figure is going to receive a lot of updated information shortly. — RRabbit42 14:37, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Sweat.  The Flash  {talk} 14:42, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * For one of the things I have planned, there may be some sweat involved, but for the most part, it will be sweet. :) — RRabbit42 14:47, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * You know, that's not the first time I've misspelled that without even knowing it :P But, lol. I'm in the midst of getting Sherman to FA class on my sandbox. So I've been cropping the "Where are they now?" video screencaps you uploaded to only show them and not the screen.  The Flash  {talk} 15:05, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Nicknames
"Big Black Boots" is a nickname, doesn't fit Manual of Style We put nicknames in the infobox all the time, as long as its in quotes which states that it is a nickname, I don't see why its only a problem in this one case, and not a problem in the others? felinoel ~  (Talk)  14:29, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * What other pages have this? I wasn't aware we were doing it. Maybe I'm getting this confused with article names that have the nickname in them. — RRabbit42 14:36, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Heinz and Candace's pages have their nicknames in the infoboxes, I assumed since it was only in the infobox it was ok... felinoel ~  (Talk)  14:59, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * You're right. I'll Undo my undo. — RRabbit42 15:02, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I thought it was just "Big Black Boots" Boris? felinoel ~  (Talk)  15:06, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Perry's Page
Yes, it was me who have been editing the page "Perry the Platypus". When I realized that someone has undone all of my work, I thought it might have been the removed pictures (when I tried to save the page, wikia said someone else had changed the page since I began editing, so I had to integrate my changes into the new page. I was so irritated that I just made all my changes the new page, and the changes didn't include the pics, so...) and the anonymous IP address that made me look like a "Bad Faith" editor. So I signed up. Sorry for the trouble. :)

--James Xeradyce 03:18, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * In cases like this, you can go into the History to look at an earlier version of the page. Click on "Edit this page", highlight the entire text and copy it, then click on "Article" in the upper-right to abort the edit and go to the newest version of the page. You can then Edit the page, replace it with what you copied, and continue on with your edits. — RRabbit42 06:01, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Or else you just bring up the one you want to change it back to, and save it, and it'll change it back. --Zaggy (talk) 13:35, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * It was late when I posted that, but I just realized that I never figured that out before. I've always gone into an old page to restore pieces of the page. I see the "you're editing an older version of the page" warning, but it didn't sink in. — RRabbit42 13:57, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Understandably so. I didn't figure it out until lately, too. —Zaggy (talk) 00:01, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Help
Hey, I'm currently in an argument with User:Jack's Posse Fic, but I feel another user needs to step in and handle things better than I am. And, if you're reading this, Jack's Posse Fic, I'm not trying to outnumber you, I'm asking for assistance in handling what has now become an admin issue.  The Flash  {talk} 18:21, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Hey, I'm currently in an argument with User:SuperFlash101, but I feel another user needs to step in and handle things better than I am. And, if you're reading this, SuperFlash101, I'm trying to assist the wiki by making it better, the WAY IT SHOULD BE.  Possefic  {talk} 18:21, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Adding in both requests for arbitration. Page is locked until this is settled. — RRabbit42 18:35, 25 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Jack's Posse Fic has been permanently blocked from this wiki. All other wikis that he frequents have been advised to establish or retain a permanent block. See the user talk page for why, and especially the "Extra notes" section at the bottom. — RRabbit42 20:12, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Blocked IP range
Hey, RR, we have an issue - due to the block on the entire IP range of JPF, User:BigNeerav has been unintentionally blocked. I have not a clue how to fix it and he has e-mailed me his concern over it. Can you find a way to fix this? And why exactly it's happening? Thanks!  The Flash  {talk} 18:05, 26 July 2009 (UTC)


 * It's happening because I selected "Automatically block the last IP address used by this user, and any subsequent IPs they try to edit from" when I blocked JPF. Blocked IP addresses and usernames is where you go to see what's been blocked. It doesn't show what the IP addresses are, but I'm guessing the one with the timestamp of 13:18 is BigNeerav, so I just unblocked that. — RRabbit42 18:10, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Yep, it worked.  The Flash  {talk} 18:59, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: Talk:Irving
(Undo revision 44036 by Felinoel - I think the correct spelling is "recurring") I looked it up, both spellings mean the same thing. felinoel ~  (Talk)  18:24, 26 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Somebody better tell dictionary.com. They don't have it there. It's not in my paperback Webster's dictionary.


 * Change it back. — RRabbit42 18:27, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I use Google define, since I use Firefox, I can access Google define more easily than I can dictionary.com. Wait, what? Change it back? Back to reoccurring? felinoel ~  (Talk)  18:30, 26 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes. I should have said that better. The spelling you used is fine. It's one of those gray/grey areas. :) — RRabbit42 18:32, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!
You got pulled in by that freak's drama, too? Well, no need to worry at all, after his many antics, Kuki's NEEEEVERRRRRRR gonna be unblocked on BP or any Bulbawiki. I swear, though, there's something wrong with him; he's still stalking the recent changes, he watches everything we do, has repeatedly stalked BP admins on Facebook and stuff... it's... scary.

He claims that he's gonna get his mom and her lawyers to file a "wrongful termination" suit against us. Heheheh, too bad that's for employment, when you get fired for a stupid reason unrelated to your performance, rather than for a website which blocks you much in the same way a restaurant could ban you for being a disruptive moron coming in there drunk and demanding the hostess take her clothes off before she gets you a table.

Anyway, if you wanna talk further about this mess... I'm always on BP. --TTE
 * BP? Judging from the conversation talking about him being from the "pokemon wikia" I am going to guess BP is Bulbapedia? Just curious, I didn't think Bulbapedia was officially a Wikipedia brand wikia. felinoel  ~  (Talk)  22:31, 26 July 2009 (UTC)


 * It is Bulbapedia, and it's separate from Wikia Entertainment. In my investigations of what JPF was doing, I saw on The Pokemon Wiki that he was claiming TPW was stealing content from Bulpapedia. Later, I was able to see a message that showed me JPF's user name on Bulbapedia (Kuki), and learned that he was doing the same things there that he does elsewhere. After seeing in the block log the number of times Kuki was blocked, I left a message for their head admin saying to keep the current permanent block in place. — RRabbit42 23:08, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Well in all actuality, I'm the BP head admin, Archaic's just in charge of all of Bulbagarden. --TTE
 * Well, I don't feel like starting another section just for this, but yeah. I used to be an admin at ATBR wiki doing translations and fixing up some coding that the Bureaucrats had messed up, but Bulbapedia is now my main wiki. If you need to contact マグマラシ for any reason, this would be the place to do it. Thanks.--マグマ ラシ  20:47, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

How come?
Hi RR,

I don't know why but when I tried to edit User_talk:Phin68, this is what showed up:

Permission error From Phineas and Ferb Wiki

You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: Your IP address has been automatically blocked because it was used by another user, who was blocked by RRabbit42.

The reason given is this:

Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Jack's Posse Fic".

The reason given for Jack's Posse Fic's block is: "Abusing multiple accounts: user was blocked for same kind of vandalism on The Pokemon Wiki in Ap


 * Start of block: 12:06, 27 July 2009
 * Expiry of block: 12:12, 27 July 2009
 * Intended blockee: 222.127.223.74

You may contact RRabbit42 or one of the other administrators to discuss the block.

Note that you may not use the "e-mail this user" feature unless you have a valid e-mail address registered in your user preferences and you have not been blocked from using it.

Your current IP address is 222.127.223.74, and the block ID is #1970. Please include all above details in any queries you make.

Return to User talk:Phin68.


 * I usually don't use the option for exactly the reason you're seeing. But, given the nature of JPF's abuse, I chose to block the other IPs that he's appeared under. If you're still having problems editing, I'll unblock that specific address. You and BigNeerav appear to be on the same ISP as JPF. — RRabbit42 05:16, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * ISP? —M a i 06:39, 27 July 2009 (UTC)