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User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.

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:: Archive from [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User_talk:Joe_Beaudoin_Jr.&oldid=36068 March 6, 2006]
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==Design Improvements==
Just a few minor design improvements.
*<s>1. On the image pages the mime/type text is white font on white background. The text of this or background box colour should be changed in the css to be black. </s>http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4151/bsgdesignimprovements11xv.png
** Done. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:49, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
*2. The tiny little logon man perhaps changed to something more relevant, bgs logo or viper insignia http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2377/bsgdesignimprovements27up.png
*<s>3. Redirect image should be inverted, this is how it look right now </s>http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1546/bsgdesignimprovements30lv.png
** Done. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:49, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
* [[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 08:13, 29 March 2006 (CST)

: When considering design changes, please keep in mind that not everyone reads the site using the default theme. I, for one, find the black background with bright text extraordinarily hard -- downright painful -- on the eyes, particularly in contrast with just about every other program and web site I use. I'm using the straight Monobook theme in my preferences. As a result, there are already some boxes that are all but unreadable unless I highlight the text in them.
: (Ironically, I used to feel just the opposite, but the predominance of white-background websites and GUIs has shifted my preferences. It's easier to go with the flow than to find ways to change every single GUI system I use). --[[User:UncleMikey|Uncle Mikey]] 10:20, 29 March 2006 (CST)
::Would it help on the boxes if we specified the white foreground? Granted, this would go against the rest of the text on the page, but I'd think that it'd make it look closer to how it is intended. However, you still have the blue links (unless that can be specified as well). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 16:12, 29 March 2006 (CST)
:::Might help. It seems to me that there ought to be some way to make sure that template boxes &c integrate with the theme (using style-sheet names for things, &c), but I haven't messed enough with Mediawiki themes to know exactly how you'd do it portably.--[[User:UncleMikey|Uncle Mikey]] 16:16, 29 March 2006 (CST)
::::You're absolutely right. That would be the correct way to do it. I too, however, lack that [[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_styles|knowledge]], and so I end up reaching for the quick/easy/ugly hack. Day has mentioned looking into such things in the past. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 16:25, 29 March 2006 (CST)
:::::I'm pretty good with CSS. I'll look into this, but I don't want to commit to a project I won't have time to see through properly. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 29 March 2006 (CST)

:::::: I would feel comfortable commiting to this project, time-wise. I feel confident enough in my CSS skills that I either know or know how to find out anything that would be needed to be done... I just need to remember to email Joe about which files do what and that kind of thing. Then... Do we put the CSS labels in spans and divs in the Wikicode, then? Or somehow mesh it into the XHTML generated by MediaWiki? --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|talk]]) 01:34, 30 March 2006 (CST)

::::::: I'm not too pro in the likes of CSS but perhaps in the meantime something like the redirect image could be made as a red arrow with a transparent png background then it would ok on both a white and a black background? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 03:38, 30 March 2006 (CST)

== Sysop Privs on Battlewiki-Deutsch ==
I think that I currently lack sysop privs over at the German-language version of the site. I was pondering helping in the import/export effort to get completed pages moved over there. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:02, 17 April 2006 (CDT)
: You're now an admin over at Battlestar Wiki-Deutsch. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 22:04, 18 April 2006 (CDT)

==System Clock==
The clock appears to be over an hour slow. --[[User:Grafix|Grafix]] 03:23, 18 April 2006 (CDT)
: It's a minor issue that I cannot change at server level (I've already tried a month or so ago). I was going to contact the host and note this, but never got around to it. It's minor, so it's not priority right now (but it's on my to-do list nonetheless). -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 22:06, 18 April 2006 (CDT)

== All Projects Link ==

Could that be ponited to [[Battlestar Wiki:Project List]]? --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 12:37, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
: Done. Great idea Shane! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:42, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
:: Weird. It works point to that page when I view your User page, but when I goto the main page and hover over the link, it goes stright back to catgoery listing. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 12:49, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
::: Did you try a hard-refresh? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:52, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
:::: I just purged the server-files. It works now :-) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 12:53, 20 April 2006 (CDT)

==Email validation==
It has come to my attention that my email address is "not yet authenticated". I have clicked the "Confirm your e-mail address" button but i dont get anyhitng sent to me. I have checked my emails and spam box but nothing from BSWiki? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 12:17, 23 April 2006 (CDT)
: Have you checked to ensure that the e-mail address you provided in your preferences is the correct one? Even if it looks right, try re-entering it again from scracth, then apply the changes. If not, I'll confirm it from my end (which means going into the DB itself). -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:26, 23 April 2006 (CDT)
::Just checked email address and its all correct. Tried submitting again but wont be able to know if its worked until i get home from work tonight. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 04:21, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
:::Nope, still no activation link. :( --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 12:24, 24 April 2006 (CDT)

== SVG Images ==

Could we support SVG images? The timeline image I am working on has SVG capabilities and it is a growing file format. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 13:23, 23 April 2006 (CDT)
:Its still not supported by many browsers. I say stick with PNG for now. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 04:19, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
::Mediawiki will fall back to PNG rendering if SVG isn't supported on the browser. I don't see a problem. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 10:08, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
:::I learned something today :) --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 10:25, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
:::'"In browsers such as Internet Explorer and Safari, a plugin is needed to view SVG content. ...Internet Explorer users must separately download it." -[[Wikipedia:SVG]] As fun as using new, better things is, it's not practical to exclude large portions of your user base. Content negotiation is at best a bad solution, at worst not a solution. --CalculatinAvatar 13:39, 29 March 2006 (CST)' -[[Image talk:ColonialColors9.png]]
:::Given [[Wikipedia:Common criticisms_of_Internet_Explorer#HTTP_and_MIME]], I still don't see content negotiation as a strong solution, barring Mediawiki behaving in a disturbing manner by giving IE the image as PNG regardless of what it requests. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 22:04, 24 April 2006 (CDT)

SVG should be enabled now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:19, 25 April 2006 (CDT)

== New Extension ==

Mind if ya give it a testing? http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Calendar_extension It would be cool if you could setup like a private wiki so I do some code work on it. You know I'm worth it! :-) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:09, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
: I set up the [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/hangarbay Hangar Bay] for testing. Did you need FTP access as well? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:19, 25 April 2006 (CDT)
::Yeah. You can find me on Gtalk. Need to be able to edit that Localsetting.php file. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 12:22, 25 April 2006 (CDT)
:::When you get the chance, you can disable the Calendar ext. Right now it's not working. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 08:19, 12 July 2006 (CDT)

== Pointer ==
Just in case you missed it, something new appeared [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr./Archive#Slander|here]]. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 21:37, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
: Thanks for the keen eye! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:20, 25 April 2006 (CDT)

== Main Page Redesign (part 2) and other ==

I think we are ready to submit the current design at [[Battlestar Wiki:Main page]] for depolyment on the front page. IF you think it's a go, we just have to create the backend pages on the same "[[Battlestar Wiki:Main page]]" (subpages that would be sysop locked) so we can use those as for the places to edit the information and that is controled.) The only thing that we would have to work on as a community is the Featured Picture and Article process as of the data used right now is jsut a mockup.

The "News" front, even for site news has a new home at [[Battlestar Wiki:News]] so the "Current Events" link would need to be changed.

We wouls still be workong on [[Battlestar Wiki:Main page]] to make the design use CSS so people can switch skinjs between the default and the monobook skins. That is the next step, but since most people use this skin, right now the hardcoded values are fine. (we do this at the Hanger Bay site, which is werid. jsut tried looking at the preferences, and it fails. (I'll work on this.)).

With that in mind, I pretty much got he Calender ext. working and possiable could get cite.php to work on the Hanger bay so we know the setup. That's about it. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 12:57, 29 April 2006 (CDT)
: Calendar extension enabled. I'll begin implementing the new main page at present. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 10:54, 1 May 2006 (CDT)

== Cite.php ==

I just noticed something when working on the Hangerbay...u need...

<pre>
require_once( "extensions/Cite.php" );
require_once( "includes/DefaultSettings.php" );
</pre>

in the LocalSettings.php file. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 12:11, 30 April 2006 (CDT)
: That's odd, seeing as this is included by default... I'll try it anyway. --[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 09:36, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
: I just included it (and made a note on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php) the alternative method. So Cite now works. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 10:53, 1 May 2006 (CDT)

== Friend status? ==
: ''Discussion moved to the [[Battlestar Wiki:Wikipedian Quorum]].'' -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 22:44, 7 May 2006 (CDT)

==Extension which would be really useful==
Would it be possible to add the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ShowHide_Extension Show/Hide extension] here? It will be useful to have an 'edit' control panel on the main page and also for showing and hiding possible spoilers? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 08:45, 9 May 2006 (CDT)
:One problem with this ext. Javascript. To find all "normal" users with javascript enabled would be like a good thing. It also creates my favorite issue of not fullfilling it's "job" as if something like that is placed at the bottom of the page, you would still have to scroll down to read more text. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 10:57, 9 May 2006 (CDT)
::Surely javascript is _already_ in use here to work the current show/hide used for the contents box --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 11:35, 10 May 2006 (CDT)
::: It is, AFAIK. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:46, 10 May 2006 (CDT)
::::So this extension wouldnt make any difference to anyone than it already does. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 12:54, 10 May 2006 (CDT)
::::: That seems to be about right, from what I know anyway. Maybe Shane knows something I don't... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:57, 10 May 2006 (CDT)
:::::: Safri is one broswer, and I.E. at certain secruity settings disables the show hide code. But as I said before, you would still have to scroll down if a large show/hide box was created because it's "inline". --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 16:25, 10 May 2006 (CDT)

== german episode list does not work any more ==

Hallo,

*1)
We have a german episode list. It is installed under all german episodes. It is at present the only instrument we have for the fast episode navigation and thus the most important.
http://www.battlestarwiki.org/de/w/Vorlage:Episodenliste
Now it does not work any more. I do not know about the technical stuff. I am working here only as a translator. Could you please look for the german episode list and make it run?

*2)
I began her as an IP. Now this is not possible any more. I am quite shure, that I never had began here as a translator, if I could not do this as an IP. At present we are only three active members in the german section. Would it not be better, to allow the IP editing, to get more people there. I have established a link to the german battlestar wiki in the german wikipedia battlestar article. I think, if an IP editing would be possible, we could get more people to work there.

Thank you for your attention.
*[[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 11:29, 13 May 2006 (CDT)

: Tirkon: I'll take a look at the episode list, it's likely a simple issue. As for the IP address... I'll consider lowering the block on anonymous editing, if it spurs up valid contributors. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 15:58, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
:: Odd, it seems to work now... Where exactly doesn't it work, may I ask? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 16:41, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
::: on http://www.battlestarwiki.org/de/w/Vorlage:Episodenliste itself and on http://www.battlestarwiki.org/de/w/Hauptseite (Link {{Episodenliste}}) ... There also is a second problem, which is not present on wikipedia: If I click to "compare two versions", it does not show me the differences, but it wants me to download an "index.php" -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 17:27, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
::::It's working for me as well (on both the main page and from the template (vorlage) page itself. I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.3. The diff function (compare two versions) also seems to be up. However, Joe and I are both running English-native settings for OS and browser... perhaps there's something to do with i18n at one of those levels? --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 21:08, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
:::::Joe and Steelviper, thank you very much for your help. :o) I tried german firefox and everyting is O.K. But it does not work (for me) on german Internet Explorer (new version), while on original Wikipedia it is O.K. I will use Firefox for the further translations. Thanx for this hint. -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 21:51, 13 May 2006 (CDT)

== wikipedia Battlestar template for german users ==

Hallo, I have a further question. This template in the german wikipedia links to the english Battlestar Wiki. How could it be changed to link to the german Battlestar Wiki?
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:User_Battlestar_Wiki

Thank you -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 17:37, 13 May 2006 (CDT)

::Thanx, it runs well now. -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 21:50, 13 May 2006 (CDT)

:::A further question: I need the picture for this template. As far as I know, the upload of pics to german wikipedia shsll be disabled in near futur and it is strongly recommended, to uploded to commons. This also would it make easyer for other international Battlestarwiki users, to use the pic. Because you are the copyrighter, I would beg you to do so with the matching licence and then please tell me the link. Thank you -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 22:16, 13 May 2006 (CDT)

::::Funny, the link to the template was just deleted from my german wikipedia user page. After that the template was deleted from official german wikipedia. An administrator reproved me, not to use "such" templates in the official german wikipedia (without explaining, what "such" is). I should only host it on my personally side, where it was moved to now. Seems, as if german wikipedia administrators are much stronger. -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 22:48, 13 May 2006 (CDT)

== Favicon ==

Joe... I'm not sure when you did it, but the new favicon appears... garbled in my Firefox. I think it's because of the image scaling. I'm guessing that it's just the logo shrunk down way. Personally, I think such a small picture should be MUCH simpler. Just thought I'd weigh in on that. I'm not demanding a change or anything, just piping up. --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 00:27, 14 May 2006 (CDT)

==Persimmons?==
I would like to ask your permission to use your likeness (from the image for your user page) in a project I'm working on. It's just a little banner I'm putting together for the Galactica BS fan art forum (not going to be on the front page of anything, just in a post or two (if the original ends up being quoted). I'm actually done with yours but posting it once is as good as publishing in these days of caching, so before I even posted a preview of it to photobucket I wanted to clear it with you. I just used your pic as is, with some minor changes in scaling, rotation, and shadow. I'm not 100% done with it, but it's looking pretty good. I'd rather not spoil the "surprise" of what exactly I'm doing until closer to unveiling, but I could promise a preview before it is "published" (aka posted into my fan art thread). Just drop a note here (or on my talk, or email, or whatever) letting me know. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:49, 16 May 2006 (CDT)
: Sure. Hack away. :-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 21:24, 16 May 2006 (CDT)
::Preview has been sent to your gmail account. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:25, 18 May 2006 (CDT)

== Bot ==

I am ready to test the bot again. See if runs under the bot name. If it does, we can set it to auto run every 3 or 6hours. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:06, 7 June 2006 (CDT)

== RFC ==

Joe, I figure you've got the paged Watched or whatever, but I thought I'd draw your eye, anyway. I'd very much like to hear what you're thinking regarding [[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for comment/Shane|this RFC]]. I know that, due to the way it's been edited, the page is somewhat confusing to read, but I feel this needs the attention of the full body of administrators. --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 21:47, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
: I'm working on a response now. I just want to make sure that my position (and possible solution) is clear, since the page does seem to be confusing due to its choppy flow. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 22:08, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
::Joe, if possible, can you please contact me via GTalk before you post? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:14, 25 June 2006 (CDT)

:: Cool, Jow. Just making sure it was on your dradis. --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 22:57, 25 June 2006 (CDT)

==Email Validation (2)==
Earlier i posted to your [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.#Email validation|talk page about the problems]] I was having with email validation. Well I kinda forgot about it for a while but the issue has cropped up again now I am an administrator of thw wiki. I posted more details about it to the [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard#Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admins noticeboard]]. The email address that i am trying to validate is '''mattsims'''''@evilmerc.com'' Cheers --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 15:08, 1 July 2006 (CDT)
:Maybe some experimentation could be done over at the hangarbay to try to troubleshoot this? --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:19, 6 July 2006 (CDT)
::I didnt get an email from the hangarbay wiki either. Possibly a problem with the way its set up on the server? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 07:51, 10 July 2006 (CDT)

== MediaWiki 1.7.1 ==

It's out. One thing: PHP 5 upgrade needed. So it's up to you. :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 18:30, 14 July 2006 (CDT)
: Thanks Shane! I'll read more on it later. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 18:40, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

== Wikipedia ==

Someone just slamed your Wikipedia talk page.... --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 20:53, 17 July 2006 (CDT)

== Subpages + Bot ==

Well.. I noticed something. Subpages for the '''User''', '''Battlestar Wiki talk''', and possaible some other namespaces. Maybe just turn them all on so it works as used. See [[Battlestar Wiki:Sandbox/Temp]] and [[Battlestar Wiki:Sandbox/Temp/Temp1]] for examples. I can also work on the task bot if Perl is complied into PHP. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:15, 25 July 2006 (CDT)
:The bot might be ready to run again. I uploaded a whole bunch of fixes to the file. Post any errors to my email. Run it using <tt>perl taskbot.pl OPENTASK_UPDATE</tt> --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 13:21, 26 July 2006 (CDT)
:No idea where to put this, but maybe the <tt>trusted</tt> group could get Patrol/Protect status. What this would do it would give the group the ability to protect pages up to the trusted status and not any higher nor could remove a sysop edit. This way pages could still be protected, but for the <tt>trusted</tt> group who might do edits on pages that need still be protected from the normal group, can edit them. Patrol is just something to watch mark changes that they were seen. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 16:00, 27 July 2006 (CDT)

== RFA ==
I accepted my RFA nomination; can you put up one of those "current event" banners on top of the site? Also, I've noticed that since the wiki media change, when we search for something that doesn't exist, instead of that hi-larious "Man Created the Cylons, He Did Not Create An Article With This Title" page doesn't appear anymore; can that come back? Thanks. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 18:45, 30 July 2006 (CDT)
: I don't think that's necessary... I'll work on the other problem though. Thanks. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 11:17, 31 July 2006 (CDT)

== Feel Better ==

Drink lots of water and have chicken soup. :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 12:23, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
: Thanks Shane! :-) Honestly, I find gatorade works better, at least for me. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]
:: 0_o Gatorade? That's a new one. I would think Gatorade be bad because of the suger content to keep the virus alive. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 12:47, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
:::Electrolytes would be the big selling point on Gatorade. Pedialyte is also a common solution (though, obviously more with younger patients). The carbs would mean more blood sugar (and therefore energy). Not sure the effect on viruses. No more than taking in any other form of nutrition, I suspect. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:22, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
:::Do you have lucozade across the pond? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 13:15, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
::::We have GNC. :) Same deal though. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 13:19, 31 July 2006 (CDT)

A cold?! Hm. Sounds like our current [[Mop Boy]] hasn't used the disinfectant in the mop water...take care of yourself, Joe. We'll keep it all running along here; at least you're not ill during an new episode run. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 14:21, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
:It was sabotage i swear! I saw you by the bucket as i was coming back from doing a wee! --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 14:26, 31 July 2006 (CDT)

== Setting up a mirror ==

MediaBlvd would like to offer up some of our server space and bandwidth as a mirror, if that would be useful. Great job here, all involved.

[[User:NetRanger|NetRanger]] 22:38, 31 July 2006 (CDT)

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== Current Administrators ==
===Bureaucrats===
Bureaucrats are administrators who have the ability to make other users into administrators. Currently only [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] has this status.
===Sysops===
Sysops are administrators who have access to move, delete and restore pages as well as blocking malicious users. The current administrators are:
*[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
*[[User:Day|Day]]
*[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin Jr.]]
*[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]
*[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]]
*[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]

See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all admins on Battlestar Wiki]]

== Javascript Reported Vandals ==

==Battle Template==
Me and Shane have been working on a template with aim to replace the individual wikitables on the battle pages Merv created. I was hoping I would get some feedback from you on the appearance etc.
The testing area is [[User:Mercifull/Battle template|here]] and you can see the actual template at {{tl|Battle Data}} --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 13:49, 21 June 2006 (CDT)
:I left a note at [[Template talk:Battle Data]]. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]([[Special:Contributions/CalculatinAvatar|C]]-[[User talk:CalculatinAvatar|T]]) 14:24, 21 June 2006 (CDT)4

==Inadvertent Deletions==

I have inadvertently save over another's edit 2 0r 3 times (RFA for Merciful) in the last 2 days . I thought that the wiki prevented that automatically. Is it because I talking so longer to edit sometimes? Or is there a problem. Just don't want to keeping doing it. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 14:03, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
:I think this happens when two people are editing the same page, always preview your work before posting to make sure you havnt made a major fubar. I recently did it on the ships page cutting off half the page lol and if i had previwed i wouldnt have messed it up hehe. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 14:05, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
::Thanks, I usually preview, but will make sure that I do in the future.--[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 14:08, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
:::Steel re-added the vote, so no problem there. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:13, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
::::It also helps to only edit a section (not the whole article) when possible; this limits how much teeth gnashing you have to do as you repaste your contribution. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 17:25, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
:::::For the record, that can't happen on an RFA due to it's design. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 18:00, 23 June 2006 (CDT)

== Unlock the [[BW:SC]] Archives ==

I am going around to most of the pages that are getting to long and making archives to keep the content clean and the [[BW:SC]] archives are protected and ''[[BW:RFA#Shane|I]]'' can not edit them. So can someone unlock them for me. They do not have to be locked up as items would have to be removed if the same issue arised in the future. Thanks. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 08:35, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

: I'm confused... You want to archive the archives, or...? Maybe a link to the specific page you're wanting archived. --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 22:25, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

:: Just the old archived pages. It's already been done. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 22:55, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

::: Okay. I thought so... That's what had confused me. They didn't look locked to me. *wink* --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 23:52, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

==Request that User "Shane" be given a warning ban==

Per the discussion on "[[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for comment/Shane]]",

Per our banning policy:

:"The Battlestar Wiki community, taking decisions according to appropriate community-designed policies with consensus support, following consensus on the case itself.
# The Administrators can impose a parole whereby any sysop can, at their judgement, impose a 24-hr temp ban for a violation of the parole, even though this offence would not normally be a bannable offence."

Per the Appeals Process for banning (my italics):

:"Community-derived bans may be appealed to Joe Beaudoin via a ''request for arbitration''. Joe will decide such a case based on whether the ban followed a genuine Battlestar Wiki policy, whether the procedures were correctly followed, and whether the ban was consistent with other Battlestar Wiki policies.

I'm formally requesting the Administrators and specifically sysop/Bureaucrat Joe Beaudoin, to, as per the suggestons in the RFC linked above, give user Shane a warning ban of one week, followed by the standard probatationary period of one month. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 17:03, 25 June 2006 (CDT)

:I think this process is already underway. The appropriate place for other administrators to weigh in on the decision is still the RFC. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:12, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
::The "[[Battlestar_Wiki:Banning_policy|Ban]]" Policy is not even "Official". It's {{tl|Proposed Policy}} --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 17:13, 25 June 2006 (CDT)

Given that Shane has apparently agreed with the results of his RFC to take a 7 day vacation, this proposal is a moot point. Nevermind. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 21:47, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

== Vandel ==

I can not sit idlily by and watch this vandel mess up the site. I am taking action to revert the pages. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 23:40, 28 June 2006 (CDT)

==Report on Vandalism by [[User:Mickey McGizzle]]==

===Summary of Events===

On 18:42, 28 June 2006, [[User:Mickey McGizzle|Mickey McGizzle]] joined Battlestar Wiki. He immediately initiated a series of attacks against several articles. These consisted of blanking the original content, which was replaced with a short string of nonsense, and quickly moving articles from one name to another, generating a massive number of redirects.

At 18:57, [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] took notice and posted a [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Mickey_McGizzle&diff=prev&oldid=62022 comment] to McGizzle's user page.

At 19:00, Kkimball restored the contents of [[Battlestar Wiki:Cast and Crew]] (at that time located at "Cwap"). At 19:04, he restored the contents of [[Battlestar Wiki:Human Census Survey]], which had not been moved. At 19:24, he restored the contents of [[The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game]], (at that time located at "The Land of Seventeen Guatemalens") and attempted to return it to its original namespace by moving it to "A Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game".

Immediately after Kkimball's edits, McGizzle renewed his attack on the Drinking Game, and retaliated with an attack on Kkimball's user page.

At 20:40, 28 June 2006, [[User:Shane|Shane]], currently banned from editing on an informal basis, posted a notice to [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques]], due to an error on [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard]], which he corrected at 20:41. At 20:42, I reverted his comments to Official Communiques, and at 22:19, I moved his comment to the Administrators' noticeboard. It is my opinion that due to the extraordinary circumstances at work, Shane's actions were not in violation of the terms of his ban as set forth in [[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for comment/Shane]].

Immediately after his post to Official Communiques, Shane notified me of the attack via GMail. On 20:42, 28 June 2006, I banned Mickey McGizzle with an expiry time of infinite, and set to work on repairs. By 21:34, all the attacked articles had been restored and moved back to their original locations. By 22:04, all spurious redirects had been deleted.

During this time, [[User:The Merovingian]] attempted to help by tagging several redirects for deletion.

===Analysis===
====Damage====
*Mickey McGizzle was able to actively vandalize Battlestar Wiki for exactly two hours.
*He attacked a total of fourteen articles:
**[[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)]]
**[[Sparto Relamia]]
**[[Galactica (RDM)]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Human Census Survey]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Cast and Crew]]
**[[The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game]]
**[[Battlestar Galactica]]
**[[User:Kkimball]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:News]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Original Series Article Development Project]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Project List]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Community Portal]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Site support]]
*He generated over 200 redirects.
*The Wiki remained vandalized for 52 minutes after Mickey McGizzle was banned. Deletion of all redirects took 1 hour and 22 minutes.

====Response Time====

*[[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] first noticed the attack 15 minutes after it commenced, but he failed or was unable to report it to an Administrator.
*[[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]]'s attempts to combat McGizzle's vandalism on his own were ineffectual.
*[[User:Shane|Shane]] noticed the attack 1 hour and 58 minutes after it commenced, and notified me. If he had not done so, the damage would undoubtedly have been much worse.

====Threat Assessment====
McGizzle's personal response to Kkimball ([http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User%3AKkimball&diff=62108&oldid=33060 replying] to a [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Mickey_McGizzle&diff=prev&oldid=62022 comment] on his user page, and subsequently moving Kkimball's user page to "Fatass") clearly indicates that he is not a bot, of the variety we've occasionally seen depositing link span. That a human being was able to cause so much damage raises serious concerns over automated agents using the same techniques.

McGizzle's vandalism method is extremely time consuming to revert. Vandalized articles must be identified from a large number of move log entries, then followed to their final destination, reverted, and returned to their original locations. This took an average of 3 minutes and 42 seconds per article. Following this, an enormous number of redirects must be deleted. This is tedious and inconveniently floods [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]], but the presence of redirects does not directly harm the usability of the wiki.

===Recommendations===

I recommend that the ability to move pages be restricted to administrators, and, if possible, other trusted users. I understand that current versions of MediaWiki allow a distinction to be made between newly registered users and old hands; if it would be possible to implement such a thing here, that would be ideal.

Straightforward vandalism would still be possible, but it is much easier to revert than the redirect technique.

The fact that it took two hours for an administrator to be notified of the attack is extremely disturbing. Hopefully Mercifull's election as an Admin will enable more round-the-clock surveillance, but Kkimball's attempt to revert McGizzle's edits personally, rather than contact an Admin is disappointing. Presumably, it simply didn't occur to him. Perhaps contact information for admins should be consolidated in another location besides user pages, to which a link could be included in the welcome greeting.

[[Star of Kobol|Stars of Kobol]] should be awarded to [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]], [[User:Shane|Shane]] and [[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] for their valiant efforts to stop McGizzle's rampage.

--[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:15, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

:Its a shame this has happened, at a time when some people were contemplating opening the wiki to guests I feel that we cannot ever do this now. For every minute this mailicious user was here he caused 3 minutes of time to fix. I have a few suggestions however i am unsure if they can be implemented:
#Make it so only administrators can move/rename a page. While this wouldnt stop someone manually making a new page and then adding a redirect to the old one it would certainly slow them down.
#Edit limit for new users. I'm not sure if this can be done with MediaWiki but is it possible to limit the number of edits per hour/day for new users?
#Limit on the number of "New" pages that newly signed up users can make.
#Wikipedia runs some bots that look for these kinds of mass changes by users and reverts them and blocks the user. Is that kind of thing possible here?
#Make it so pages cannot be blanked... minimum number of characters for example.
:Just a few ideas. I think its something that needs to be discussed in detail fairly soon. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 03:14, 29 June 2006 (CDT)
:I also think that with users such as this blocking just isnt enough. These kinds of people need to be [http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess5.shtml completely banned] from the site using .htaccess --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 03:27, 29 June 2006 (CDT)
::The timing of this is extremely unfortunate. The type of vandalism involved is something we have never see here at this wiki. Previously all vandalism has been either a direct personal attack (user pages, etc.) or more commercial in nature (editing pages to include invisible spam links). This is the first time that I am aware of that an individual has committed vandalism solely for what appears to be their own amusement. While the thought of this type of attack had been considered (it wasn't "inconceivable"), I imagine we all thought it unlikely as no such attack had occured for so long (even when we had less restrictive login requirements).

::In the "Recent Changes" banner, there is text that states that "If you find any vandalism or edits that need to be brought to the attention of an admin, report it here." (With a link to the admin noticeboard.) Unfortunately that might not be read/paid attention to much. Also, while the noticeboard IS on my watchlist, it won't generate an email notice like a note on a user page would. I definitely concur that some research should go towards improving accessibility to Admins and educating editors about who should be contacted in the case of an emergency (like this one).

::I agree that an attack of this magnitude merits an evaluation of our security protocols. (Would such a discussion be best suited here? The Quorum?) I would like to urge that we not be too hasty in locking things down, though, and should perhaps let the sting of this attack subside somewhat before any security decisions are finalized. If we allow this incident to harm the daily experience of our average editors, then this "terrorist" will have had more impact on this world than they deserve to have made.

::Lastly, I second the call for a commendation of [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]], [[User:Shane|Shane]] and [[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]]. Dedicated editors like them are what keep this place running. I concur that this incident should have no bearing on Shane's RFC-imposed "vacation". While he is obviously still checking up on the place, he prevented a great deal more work through his timely contacting of an administrator. I would also like to thank [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] for his diligence in dispatching and cleaning up after the vandal. It might be a good idea to work out a protocol for distributing vandal cleanup work amongst administrators, in the event more than one is active or in the event of a larger attack. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:13, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

::Thanks for your kind words, guys, though I'd like to apologize. Though my immediate thought was to contact an admin, the user page didn't occur to me as I haven't used the mediawiki software in a peroid of several months previous to my return last night. I'm afraid my attempts to restore the content were somewhat feeble, but I'm glad this could all be fixed relatively simply (if not quickly). [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 08:39, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

::I would agree to an open discussion on the issue of "wiki security", for lack of a better term. It would probably be best to discuss it on the Quorum so that all users can put in their two cubits. I know we've just recently brought up on [[Talk:Main Page]] about how we can lessen our editing restrictions, so I would really like that discussion to coincide with the "wiki security" one because, at the end of the day, they are both the same. Thoughts? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 21:40, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

:::(Damn if wasn't able to be on at the time to help; I finally have some success in getting a new job, which took most of yesterday.) I concur with the "trusted users" limiting. I think that no user with less than 100 edits can move articles. Gives plenty of time for newbies to get used to things without messing up badly, and keeps what happened from happening again in such severity. New users with less than 100 edits could be limited to 5 edits per hour; after 50 edits, 10 edits/hr, and no limit (and privileges to move articles) after 100 edits. That might also help against any bots used to attempt to circumvent the process. Kudos to the three who tried to fix the damage!--[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 21:57, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

I agree that Shane should not be punished, special circumstances. I'm sorry I didn't notice earlier, but I have to sleep sometime :) Ironically, before logging out the last thing I saw was that a new user named McGizzle had joined, and was annoyed that I logged out without giving him the big hello. Yikes. Well, ---->This event has caused me to change my position on allowing unregistered users. There are those that hate TNS enough that they would smash BSWiki to atoms if they could. I propose voting Joe emergency powers, and creating a Grand Army of BattlestarWiki to counter the increasing threats of the Vandals. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 22:01, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

: As a precautionary measure, I have prevented all users, with the execption of administrators, from moving pages. To request a move, please post your move notice here. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 22:07, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

::If anyone hadn't looked at the speed and frequency of the edits, I strongly suspect that the user was using some kind of bot to make the changes; I know I can't edit that fast.

::Move requests might get lost here in current format. Create a "Move" section where requests are better found? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 22:19, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

::: Great thing you mention this, because guess what's going to go through the [[Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank|Think Tank]] first? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 22:40, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

== Shane's RFC and the Think Tank ==

[[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for comment/Shane|The RFC]] on Shane has been officially closed. As I noted on Shane's talk page, his vacation begins on Friday, June 30th at 12:01 A.M. UTC and will officially end on July 7 at 12:01 A.M. UTC. As decided in the RFC, he's not officially blocked, unless he makes any edits during his vacation from the wiki.

Should '''that''' happen, I will officially do the blocking. I request that no other administrator do this action.

Now that Shane is on his vacation, the question of who will be willing to keep an eye on his contributions needs to be addressed. Peter is exempt from this due to the friction between them.

Also, as mentioned in the RFC, I will be creating the [[Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank|Think Tank]]. I would welcome everyone to help build this while Shane is on vacation. This is where all the major stuff will happen, and that "major stuff" is to be determined by the consensus of the administrators, per Day's points.

Now, if there are any questions, please ask away. Thank you. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 21:49, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

:I'll keep an eye on Shane's contributions and note on your talk page if there's a change that's against his parole. (I look like a bouncer, anyway.) Shane can take heart; Lee Adama was put in the brig once, but look what [[Pegasus (RDM)|happened]] to him. :) --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 22:03, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

:: Yes, but you do it with style ... and I have no doubt that the Jedi mind tricks are helpful as well. :-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 22:42, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

: I have the ''will' to keep an eye on Shane edits, but I'm not certain I have the ability. I go a few days without looking at the Wiki on occasion and sometimes I don't have much time for it when I do get a look. Also, in August, I'll be moving (yay!), which means I will have various things to prepare before then. Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is, if you need me, I'll do my best, but I'm making no promises. *wink* Maybe someone else will step up like Spence and make the full time commitment. --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 22:44, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

==Problem with mail validation==
In my preferences in the '''email''' section it say that "Your e-mail address is not yet authenticated. No e-mail will be sent for any of the following features." with a link to [[Special:Confirmemail|Confirm your e-mail address]]. When I click this I push a button to mail out a validation code but I never recieve one. I have tried several times and checked my spam box but still nothing. Because my email is not validated I cannot set it up to send me notices on changed etc. Does anyone know how to fix this? My email is correct in the '''user profile''' box. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 06:04, 30 June 2006 (CDT)

:I've had this happen, too, earlier in the year when I had to use public terminals. Joe should know how to fix it. Place a note on his talk page to ensure he knows, and leave the email address you prefer to use. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 08:23, 30 June 2006 (CDT)

==VandalBot Feature==
I was scanning administrator help pages on Wikipedia when I stumbled onto [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vandalbot the Vandalbot feature in MediaWiki]. This apparently allows an admin to use a bot to automatically rollback ALL user contributions. If we could have used this for the last horrific attack, it could have saved some time. Is this something we have available or can use? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:22, 30 June 2006 (CDT)

Oh, and [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edit_throttling Edit throttling] is a topic in Wikimedia to explore in regards to limiting edits per hour. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:31, 30 June 2006 (CDT)
:The Vandalbot feature seems interesting. To roll back all edits by a specific user would be an impressive tool to have in the box agaisnt vandals and spammers. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 09:50, 30 June 2006 (CDT)
::It wouldn't have helped much in this case. The majority of the work came from tracking down final page locations and deleting redirects. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:02, 30 June 2006 (CDT)
:This rollback tool is good, but I don't think we should limit the number of edits a user can make per hour. Several of our regualrs, when on a roll the night an episode airs, post as fast as he did in that attaack, so we shouldn't limit that. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 09:50, 30 June 2006 (CDT)
::I agree. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:02, 30 June 2006 (CDT)
:I don't fully agree with edit-throttling. I will look into installing the VandalBot, however, as I have a feeling that this will be a good tool for us. (Unfortunately.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 09:54, 30 June 2006 (CDT)

== July 8 Vandalism ==

I've permanently blocked a user who spammed this board early this morning. I've removed the content (see history). There wasn't much, but just enough for me not to wait to see someone create new work for anyone. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:09, 8 July 2006 (CDT)

== Adminoticeboard ==

Also, a new member [[Adminoticeboard]], vandalism threat? --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 06:02, 8 July 2006 (CDT)

:I'll block him if warranted. It is an odd account name to have, but sticks and stones... ---[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:09, 8 July 2006 (CDT)
::I would also be tempted to block this user. It should be a rule so as not to impersonate other users or admistrators of this wiki. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 09:23, 8 July 2006 (CDT)
:::Thinking it over (in my pre-caffienated haze), I concur on your block. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:37, 8 July 2006 (CDT)

== Possible Vandalism ==

Some wierd stuff going on. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 06:07, 8 July 2006 (CDT)
:Those users are now blocked. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 09:25, 8 July 2006 (CDT)
::Looks like that it could have been a "fishing" expedition. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:20, 8 July 2006 (CDT)

== Vandel ==

There is vandel. Need blockage. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 13:24, 15 July 2006 (CDT)
:Thanks Steel. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 13:38, 15 July 2006 (CDT)

== Search ==

Either I'm crazy or something is wrong with the search function. When I tried to searched "Quotes" it search "Main". --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 19:06, 30 July 2006 (CDT)

:It worked correctly for me just now with the arbitrarily selected sample queries "today", "magic pills", and "starbuck". I'd note that the main namespace is checked by default; perhaps you simply forgot to uncheck it? --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]([[Special:Contributions/CalculatinAvatar|C]]-[[User talk:CalculatinAvatar|T]]) 02:17, 31 July 2006 (CDT)

::Tested it also. Didn't see any problems. I search all the sections by default. (Not the talk pages) Check your preferences. There is a new preference in which I just noticed also called <tt>List redirects</tt> which is neat cause then we can find stuff to fix redirects. :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 02:21, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
:::In the preferences you can set what namespaces you can search on by default. Its really useful --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 03:40, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
::::As soon as I posted this it started working again. Ok, who is messing with me ;-). Honestly, for it didn't work for some time, while I was working on quotes yesterday. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 07:42, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
:::::It's alright we believe you *pats on head* lol --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 07:49, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
::::::Thanks, I need all the pats I can get (even for being DUH!) :D --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 07:56, 31 July 2006 (CDT)

== How do you sign up to be a mirror? ==

Hey all, I'm the webmaster of bsgtns.com and one of the owners of MediaBlvd. We think this is a pretty cool thing that you have here, and would like to offer up some server space for a mirror. MB has 6 high end servers, and good deals on bandwidth. I might be missing how to go about that, as I'm fairly new to this space. I did want to say that I really like the concept though, and I spent several hours going thru the Wiki yesterday, and liked what I saw enough to want to be involved-- NetRanger

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NetRanger: How do you sign up to be a mirror?