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== Request ==
Hello.
I come to you because I need your help. I started to update the french part of the wiki, to translate various pages from the english one, to import templates the french wiki didn't use yet etc etc. I noticed you were looking for somebody to manage the french wiki. I do not exactly know what it'd be about, but let's say I'm quite interested in this.
The reason of my message is simple. I updated the Episode List (not the template, only the wikipage) and had to do some modifications, involving accents, missing or useless capital letters, and special letters. I think i'm done, however these modifications broke several links to episode pages.
I know it is possible to hide them on screen, but that would not be quite clean, that's why I tried to rename the pages who needed it... unsuccessfully, since I'm not allowed to do it. Could you please grant me the correct permissions, so that I could rename the pages with a correct typography ? Afterwoods, when there is no more broken links on the "episode list" wiki page, I shall update de "episode list" template page, and the episode infoboxes.
Thank you.
[[User:Alvine|Alvine]]
== Issues with Wiki Frakr ==


== German Main Page  ==
Hi Shane! Happy holidays to you and yours, I hope all is well ...


Hello Shane,
When I attempt to save an edit on Wiki Frakr I get the following:


I would like to propose some things concerning the German Mainpage:
<pre>
* Because we have lost all german editors, there should be a hint, that they have to subscribe new. Could you integrate that? Proposion for the german text: "Aufgrund von technischen Umstellungen sind die Benutzer Accounts deaktiviert. Bitte registriert Euch unter dem '''alten Namen''' neu." The word "registriert" should be linked to the subsribe process. 
Detected bug in an extension! Hook ReCaptcha::confirmEdit failed to return a value; should return true to continue hook processing or false to abort.
* The Quote of the day does not work. Allthough I have edited the [http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Zitat:09_2 Zitat 9.2 page], it does not appear on the mainpage. Could you please check this?
* As long, as there are only a few collaborateurs on the german page, the quote of the day, which is at present remarked as a "Quote of the week", should stay present until it is edited new and not disappear every day.
* [http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Vorlage:Episodenliste This template] could be integrated into the main page for faster finding the episodes.


General:  
Backtrace:
*In Germany Battlestar is published by two TV-broadcasts, one (Premiere) is payed, and one (RTL II) is free. Only a few people are subscribed for the Pay-TV. Thus shouldn't we have two Spoiler-warnings (Premiere, RTLII) for the episodes?
* I have linked our german page in the article "Battlestar Galactica" of german Wikipedia. I hope, we get more contributors now.  Best wishes -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 09:45, 2 September 2006 (CDT)
:Read your german talk page where I am responding... --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 10:43, 2 September 2006 (CDT)
==Done==
I finished uploading bigger Season 3 Promo shots to your gallery on the media wiki. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 10:39, 2 September 2006 (CDT)
:Nice! :-P --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 10:44, 2 September 2006 (CDT)
==SOK==
Thanks. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 10:59, 2 September 2006 (CDT)


== Matrix Wiki Aid ==
#0 /home/frakr/w/includes/EditPage.php(758): wfRunHooks('EditFilter', Array)
#1 /home/frakr/w/includes/EditPage.php(2259): EditPage->internalAttemptSave(false, false)
#2 /home/frakr/w/includes/EditPage.php(463): EditPage->attemptSave()
#3 /home/frakr/w/includes/EditPage.php(348): EditPage->edit()
#4 /home/frakr/w/includes/Wiki.php(490): EditPage->submit()
#5 /home/frakr/w/includes/Wiki.php(59): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(OutputPage), Object(Article), Object(Title), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
#6 /home/frakr/w/index.php(92): MediaWiki->initialize(Object(Title), Object(Article), Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
#7 {main}
</pre>


Shane, thanks VERY much for the offer to help this wiki. Your answer and suggestions are on my talk page. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 08:13, 3 September 2006 (CDT)
Thanks. [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 04:51, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
:Ah shit. ok. I'm on the case. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 05:01, 19 December 2009 (UTC)


==Chronology==
== Colors and First letter of title in uppercase ==
Hi. I responded to your comment on my talk page, but I don't think you've read it yet. [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 12:19, 7 September 2006 (CDT)


== Navigational Infobox ==
Hi Shane.<br/>Just two questions for the moment.
* Can you give me all the hexa code for the colors you use for the wiki?
* Is it possible to disable or to show me the way to disable the automatic uppercase of the first letter of each word on the article title please?
Thank you very much. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:22, 26 January 2010 (UTC)


Hey. The navigational infobox category and some of its content is dreadfully misspelled, but I didn't want to muck about it for fear of breaking something. Could you correct? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 13:14, 12 September 2006 (CDT)
:Hi, Shane, thanks for [[Battlestar_Wiki:Chiefs'_noticeboard/Archive8#Capitalized_Headlines|fixing this]] for the German version (it works); sorry I didn't notice earlier, since I wasn't active for a while. Perhaps it would be a good idea to drop this transformation alltogether...
:Do'h. Fixing. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 16:49, 12 September 2006 (CDT)
:@LIMAFOX: You can create a personal stylesheet in your profile which applies this change. (for German, it looked ''very'' wrong because this language has quite elaborate rules about uppercase first letters; but I didn't intend to discuss anglo-saxon habits). --[[User:Bruno-the-questionable|Tobias]] 19:32, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
== Hosting thoughts? ==


I ran across [http://www.siteground.com/hosting_features.htm this]. What do you think? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:23, 12 September 2006 (CDT)
== The Matrix Wiki Skin ==
: Scratch that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:41, 12 September 2006 (CDT)


==10k==
Hi, I've recently joined Wikia and started adding to the [http://matrix.wikia.com Matrix wiki], where I noticed that you'd [http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#CSS.2FStyle_Design posted] to the main talk page about a new style design.
Gratz on 10k edits Shane --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 15:26, 13 September 2006 (CDT)
:Thanks. Everyone gave me something to do to reach this point. ''No'' way could I have done 10k of edits of my own project, even if I had to fix it twice. lol :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 15:28, 13 September 2006 (CDT)
::Gratz. Thanks for the work! --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 09:52, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
:::Indeed! Just don't get [[w:Wikipedia:Editcountitis|editcountitis]]! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:24, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
::::Of course. :-) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 11:27, 14 September 2006 (CDT)


== Template to calculate ages? ==
The skin at the moment is terrible, but as I've only ever really had experience altering the content of articles in wikis I have no starting point to alter it (the internal help is pretty limited at the moment too). I'm familiar with CSS and web design etc. so if you point me in the right direction I should be able to improve it, but if you're still willing to help with the style that would be more awesome still.


Shane, is there a way we can calculate how old a person is through a template? For instance, someone would enter their birth day in number format (such as 09-17-1978) and then the template would calculate how many years old someone is? (Admittedly, what brings this to mind is CA's birthday, which he updated on his user page.) Possible? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:15, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
I'm not thinking anything too fancy, just a plain black background, green text and so on, but with an animated gif of the falling matrix code on either side of the page to really make a good impression.
:I'll look into it. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 01:26, 15 September 2006 (CDT)
:{{tl|age}} --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 06:43, 15 September 2006 (CDT)


== e-mail ==
Please reply either here or on my [http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Xensyria talk page there] if you've got the time. Cheers --[[user:xensyria|xensyria]] 17:09, 28 January 2011 (UTC)


Thanks for the heads up; I forgot to check the "enable" button. Should be fixed now. Awesome that the chinese wiki will be up soon. And I just posted a comment about frakparty.com, btw. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 14:31, 20 September 2006 (CDT)
== Userpage Design. ==


==MediaWiki:Emailuser==
I too copied your userpage design. I hope its fine. Just letting you know. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 11:13, 12 August 2011 (EDT)
''I don't understand. The source code? --Shane 07:05, 25 September 2006 (CDT)''
:Yeah. You know, like ''The Matrix''.
::Just kidding. The source for [[MediaWiki:Emailuser]] is hidden so it can't be edited; I'm trying to wrangle up the function for experimentation, to see how it works. Trying to use it on another wiki project; just happened to see it here and thought I'd inquire into it. Was just getting ready to drop you a line since Spence suggested I contact you or Joe. Talk about timing! --[[User:Sasoriza|Sasoriza]] 07:13, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
:::[[MediaWiki:Emailuser]] is nothing more than just "E-mail this user". The PHP code (the software) mediaWiki is what has all the functions. I suggest the MediaWiki site for help to get the function that retrives the data. [[MediaWiki:Emailuser]] is nothing more than an item in a database. Just like this talk page. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 07:20, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
::::Ah, okay. Thanks. --[[User:Sasoriza|Sasoriza]] 07:22, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
==RfA==
Nominated for Mop Boy. [[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for adminship/Shane (2)]]. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 09:53, 1 October 2006 (CDT)

Latest revision as of 15:13, 12 August 2011

Message to all
Please note: This user has a photographic memory. Anything this user sees is quickly memorized.


Request

Hello.

I come to you because I need your help. I started to update the french part of the wiki, to translate various pages from the english one, to import templates the french wiki didn't use yet etc etc. I noticed you were looking for somebody to manage the french wiki. I do not exactly know what it'd be about, but let's say I'm quite interested in this.

The reason of my message is simple. I updated the Episode List (not the template, only the wikipage) and had to do some modifications, involving accents, missing or useless capital letters, and special letters. I think i'm done, however these modifications broke several links to episode pages.

I know it is possible to hide them on screen, but that would not be quite clean, that's why I tried to rename the pages who needed it... unsuccessfully, since I'm not allowed to do it. Could you please grant me the correct permissions, so that I could rename the pages with a correct typography ? Afterwoods, when there is no more broken links on the "episode list" wiki page, I shall update de "episode list" template page, and the episode infoboxes.

Thank you.

Alvine

Issues with Wiki Frakr

Hi Shane! Happy holidays to you and yours, I hope all is well ...

When I attempt to save an edit on Wiki Frakr I get the following:

Detected bug in an extension! Hook ReCaptcha::confirmEdit failed to return a value; should return true to continue hook processing or false to abort.

Backtrace:

#0 /home/frakr/w/includes/EditPage.php(758): wfRunHooks('EditFilter', Array)
#1 /home/frakr/w/includes/EditPage.php(2259): EditPage->internalAttemptSave(false, false)
#2 /home/frakr/w/includes/EditPage.php(463): EditPage->attemptSave()
#3 /home/frakr/w/includes/EditPage.php(348): EditPage->edit()
#4 /home/frakr/w/includes/Wiki.php(490): EditPage->submit()
#5 /home/frakr/w/includes/Wiki.php(59): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(OutputPage), Object(Article), Object(Title), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
#6 /home/frakr/w/index.php(92): MediaWiki->initialize(Object(Title), Object(Article), Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
#7 {main}

Thanks. JubalHarshaw 04:51, 19 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Ah shit. ok. I'm on the case. :) Shane (talk) 05:01, 19 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Colors and First letter of title in uppercase

Hi Shane.
Just two questions for the moment.

  • Can you give me all the hexa code for the colors you use for the wiki?
  • Is it possible to disable or to show me the way to disable the automatic uppercase of the first letter of each word on the article title please?

Thank you very much. --LIMAFOX76 16:22, 26 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Shane, thanks for fixing this for the German version (it works); sorry I didn't notice earlier, since I wasn't active for a while. Perhaps it would be a good idea to drop this transformation alltogether...
@LIMAFOX: You can create a personal stylesheet in your profile which applies this change. (for German, it looked very wrong because this language has quite elaborate rules about uppercase first letters; but I didn't intend to discuss anglo-saxon habits). --Tobias 19:32, 26 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

The Matrix Wiki Skin

Hi, I've recently joined Wikia and started adding to the Matrix wiki, where I noticed that you'd posted to the main talk page about a new style design.

The skin at the moment is terrible, but as I've only ever really had experience altering the content of articles in wikis I have no starting point to alter it (the internal help is pretty limited at the moment too). I'm familiar with CSS and web design etc. so if you point me in the right direction I should be able to improve it, but if you're still willing to help with the style that would be more awesome still.

I'm not thinking anything too fancy, just a plain black background, green text and so on, but with an animated gif of the falling matrix code on either side of the page to really make a good impression.

Please reply either here or on my talk page there if you've got the time. Cheers --xensyria 17:09, 28 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

Userpage Design.

I too copied your userpage design. I hope its fine. Just letting you know. CylonU87 11:13, 12 August 2011 (EDT)