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| == Late congratulations == | | == An old question about hits counter from Enabran == |
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| Hello, Joe! Until a few hours ago, I had no idea that the Battlestar Wiki had been restored months ago. Thanks for fighting the ''very'' long fight! -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] ([[User talk:BlueResistance|talk]]) 16:18, 6 January 2020 (PST)
| | Hi Joe,<br/>[[user:Enabran|Enabran]] asked some time ago if it is possible to retrieve the hits counter. I tried to install a stable version of [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HitCounters Extension:HitCounters] on the [[:fr:|French wiki]]. It seems to work. You'll need to run an <tt>maintenance/update.php</tt> after installing the extension with the following in the <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt> file |
| : Hello, Blue! Happy to see you back! It's been a long time, for sure, but it's worth it. I look forward to continuing on into 2020 and beyond! Good hunting. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:43, 7 January 2020 (PST)
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| == Allowing user CSS and JS use ==
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| Hi Joe,<br/>I wish you a Happy New Year! Hope you're fine. Is it possible please to modify the <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt> file as followed:
| | It should keep the old values. As you wish, but I think there will be a happy, happy editor ;-) Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 13:57, 3 June 2020 (PDT) |
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| This to allow work on CSS in order to look like the [[:fr:|French Wiki]] (color and scheme) for testing if you want to. After the right attempts, I would like to implement the css on the [[MediaWiki:Timeless.css]] page. Thank you very much. Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 11:09, 18 January 2020 (PST)
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| : Done and done! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:55, 18 January 2020 (PST)
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| <gallery widths=400px heights=280px>
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| File:English wiki by LIMAFOX76.png|Image of a modified Main Page taken with my [[User:LIMAFOX76/timeless.css|CSS template]].
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| File:Main English with CSS.png|Image of the current Main Page (2020-01-27) with my personal CSS template.
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| </gallery>
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| :: Hi Joe,<br/>Here is a first glimpse of what could be {{SITENAME}} with a look similar to the [[:fr:|French one]]. Tell me what you think... Some reverse writing (white on white) must be fixed. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 02:10, 24 January 2020 (PST)
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| ::: Hi Joe, I updated my "Main Page" example (see on the right). Tell me what you think. Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 00:01, 27 January 2020 (PST)
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| :::: Is there a way to use that skin (as a standard) on the german page? [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 14:20, 4 April 2020 (PDT)
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| ::::: Yes. I wanted to test and tweak it on the English wiki before I rolled it out on the Media Repository and the German wiki. I think I'm nearly done with the testing. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup>
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| == Allowing download of TTF and OTF files ==
| | : I will look into it! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:20, 4 June 2020 (PDT) |
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| Joe, can you please add the "ttf" and "otf" extensions in the [[:md:|Battlestar Wiki Media]] <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt> authorized files so I would be able to use extra fonts for the wiki's look.<br/>Thank you very much! Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 04:22, 24 January 2020 (PST)
| | :: I can see the hit counter back on the french wiki - can someone please add it to the german wiki? [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 14:23, 14 November 2020 (PST) |
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| : Best to email me the files sent me directly, so I can upload these directly to the Skins folders: webmaster (at) battlestarwiki (dot) org. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:51, 24 January 2020 (PST) | | :: Installed. Unfortunately, it didn't retain the old numbers, and there was no way to recover those. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:21, 2 January 2021 (PST) |
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| :: I dove in and modified the "Timeless" CSS, cloning it into "Daybreak" and have begun additional stylings, see: [[MediaWiki:Daybreak.css]] and [[MediaWiki:Daybreak.js]]. | | ::: oh, thank you! Any number is better than no number ;-) [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 00:51, 3 January 2021 (PST) |
| | | :::: There is one way: Hit the refresh button x times to gain x counters :-D [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 01:00, 3 January 2021 (PST) |
| :: Once things are locked in on EN, I'll deploy on DE and the Media Repository, too. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:42, 26 March 2020 (PDT)
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| ::: I am happy to see the old look back! :-D [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 10:22, 26 March 2020 (PDT)
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| == The Return of... the spammers! ==
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| Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that the spammer bots (or not) have found a way to strike back. May it is time to add some new questions the the Questy-Captcha inside the LocalSettings.php file. I made some for "my" English version attempt. I'll send you via email to your admin.<br/>Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 13:34, 14 March 2020 (PDT)
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| : Cheers! Received your email. Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:11, 14 March 2020 (PDT)
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| :: Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that the spammers are attacking the German wiki. I cannot prevent them as I have no admin right. Can you do something please? Thank you. Cheers!--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 07:34, 19 March 2020 (PDT)
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| ::: On it. Thank you! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:31, 20 March 2020 (PDT)
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| ::: Looks like [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] already handled it! Cheers! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:34, 20 March 2020 (PDT)
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| Update: I've removed some of the older CAPTCHA questions, since they were easily cracked (ergo the influx of spammers as of late). Furthermore, given our increase in SEO, I suspect that spammers are salivating and thus we're seeing a lot more attention now than we did when we relaunched. Reminds me of the "good ol' days." -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 08:44, 21 March 2020 (PDT)
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| : <big>'''147!'''</big> That's crasy though. Big job! Ouf! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 09:10, 21 March 2020 (PDT)
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| :: Can you please disable the annoying captcha questions for my account here. It is really disturbing my work here and you know I will do no mess here. And can you repair or reintroduce the page click counter? [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 10:22, 26 March 2020 (PDT)
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| ::: Hi Enabran, the page click counter has been disabled on recent versions of MediaWiki. You need another extension to enable it. Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 11:15, 26 March 2020 (PDT)
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| ::: Enabran, I'll check into disabling the captcha. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:29, 26 March 2020 (PDT)
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| :::: LIMA, all the page click counters are pretty much beta or untested versions. Any thoughts? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:29, 26 March 2020 (PDT)
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| ::::: Great, thank you :-) [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 01:44, 27 March 2020 (PDT)
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| :::::: I would say to try [[md:Extension:GoogleAnalyticsMetrics|GoogleAnalyticsMetrics]] but we become dependant to Google. ;-)
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| : The Spammers are back. [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 01:50, 8 April 2020 (PDT)
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| == TOS-Cast-Chaos ==
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| chaos in the cast datas of Battlestar Galactica TOS!
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| For example, there is a name of a role during the credits. When you go to Imdb, there is another given name. Then you figure out that the actor was married x times and had x names.
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| What do I do now when I create an article? Here in the Wiki, each role needs an article for the actor. Do I now give article the name given in the credits, the current name of the actor, their birthname or the artist name of IMDB?
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| This lady, for example: [[Janet Lynn Curtis]]
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| the credits say: Janet Lynn Curtis - Sorell (only 1 r unlike the [[Sorrell]] here, anotehr mistake?)
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| IMDb entry for her https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193371/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm
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| says Janet Prescott ??? how so??? Born as Janet Lynn Curtis, married to Glen A. Larson and therefore a Janet Larson or Janet Curtis-Larson.
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| We need a guidline.[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 07:13, 31 March 2020 (PDT)
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| : I see there was a discussion on this begun at [[Talk:Sheila DeWindt]]. It's best to follow what we've done with [[Janet Lansbury]], with redirects from the original name as credited in the episode, and go from there. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 08:55, 31 March 2020 (PDT)
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| :: And what would be the accurate Articlename for Janet? [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 11:02, 31 March 2020 (PDT)
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| ::: For Janet Lynn Curtis, the primary article name would be [[Janet Lansbury]]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:36, 31 March 2020 (PDT)
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| :::: Sure! But sorry I was not clear enough with my last post, I was meaning [[Janet Lynn Curtis|that Janet]] ;-) <br> and here we have the big mess [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 23:37, 31 March 2020 (PDT)
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| ::::: Oh! sorry! I thought they were the one and the same Janet! (They're not.) I've moved that to [[Janet Prescott]]... and I believe she was actually married to Glen Larson for a time! Worth further investigation! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 07:41, 1 April 2020 (PDT)
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| :::::: That's what I have done. She was married with Larson from 1982 - 2008. It was her only marriage. She was born as Janet Lynn Curtis and she is only credited as forms of Janet Curtis or Janet Larson-Curtis. I do not know where the Prescot comes from. Other Sources name her Janet Larson-Curtis [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 09:44, 1 April 2020 (PDT)
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| ::::::: She went by Curtis-Prescott in 2017 per [https://harrismanagement.prezly.com/janet-curtis-prescott-hollywood-veteran-producer--writer-signs-with-harris-management this press release], so that's where Prescott comes from. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:08, 1 April 2020 (PDT)
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| == Things I cannot do ==
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| If you have time, there is that family-tree-thing, that I never managed to do, what I want it to do. Maybe someone of you can repair that stuff. Here is one of 2 I use on the german page: [https://de.battlestarwiki.org/Vorlage:Adama_Stammbaum_(TOS) TOS Adama Tree] thank you --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 14:26, 4 April 2020 (PDT)
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| : Yes, I'll see about deploying the Family Tree extension in the next behind-the-scenes updates. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:47, 4 April 2020 (PDT)
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| Layout: When I have a template [https://de.battlestarwiki.org/Vorlage:Schlachtdaten like this] used for battles [https://de.battlestarwiki.org/Tausend-Yahren-Krieg like that] how can I force the Matrix to add a little space between "Ergebnis:" and "Entscheidender zylonischer Sieg..."?
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| : Hi Enabran. I think I fixed it with adding a "padding-rigth" on the template, waiting until you have the next "Daybreak" skin. Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 05:32, 5 April 2020 (PDT)
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| :: thank you Lima! It looks much better now. I will use it in my other templates too. [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 06:13, 5 April 2020 (PDT)
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| == Uploading a new version of an existing file on [[:md:|Media Battlestar Wiki]] ==
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| Hi Joe,<br/>Several times, I tried to upload a better version of existing files on the Media repository. Every time I have a error appearing and I have issues to retrieve it on the English wiki. Is it possible please to check and fix this point. It may be a question of read/write access or owner/group issues (<tt>www-data</tt>) for MediaWiki on the "Images" folder. Thank you very much. Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 12:25, 7 April 2020 (PDT)
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| : Which files in particular? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:42, 7 April 2020 (PDT)
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| :: [[:File:Dancer.jpg]], [[:File:Carillon.jpg]], [[:File:Anton.jpg]] for example. Some are okay now but every time, I had an error message for after uploading the update, and I had to refresh/purge several times in the media repository AND the English wiki to have the image in the good way. But now it's correct. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 23:49, 7 April 2020 (PDT)
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