User:Curiouscrab/talk/Archive 1

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Welcome
Welcome to the Scratchpad community! Scratchpad is a great place to learn all things wiki.

It's now really easy to make a new wiki. So, if you'd prefer a separate site for your content, just visit Special:CreateNewWiki and tell us the name of your wiki to get started. Having a separate wiki gives you lots more options, such as the ability to change the design of the wiki.

If you need help, you may want to visit the forums on the Community Central Wiki. Or, you may leave me a message on my talk page.

Happy editing!

-- SpikeToronto (Talk) 03:23, February 15, 2013

Talkback: Community portal
— Spike  Toronto  13:10, March 19, 2013 (UTC) Curiouscrab (talk|contribs) 22:48, March 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks.

Signatures
You know it's not nice to rip off other peoples signatures and just recolour it :P 15:19, April 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * I was testing it out. I change my sig a lot and was taking a look at that. Sorry about that.Curiouscrab (talk) 01:09, April 6, 2013 (UTC)

Talkback: Template:Archive bar
— Spike  Toronto  10:34, April 28, 2013 (UTC)

RE: Hide Revision
Ahoy,

At the moment I am just doing mass cleanup on general stuff and not really paying attention... Will get around to my edits at a later date and hide stuff :) Thanks for paying attention though...

And keep up the good anti-vandal work :)

Regards, Kris. 21:31, July 10, 2013 (UTC) ~Curiouscrab (talk) 21:33, July 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * I haven't been doing too much with article content. Just messing with the Archive bar template code to spice it up. Check out that template. You'll notice something interesting. ;)

Talkback: MediaWiki:Edittools
— Spike  Toronto  08:10, August 4, 2014 (UTC)

Talkback: MediaWiki:Edittools #2
— Spike  Toronto  03:25, August 19, 2014 (UTC)

Talkback: User:SpikeToronto
— Spike  Toronto  03:41, August 19, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Sandbox sections
Regarding Scratchpad talk:Sandbox/Write BELOW this line ONLY!!, we don’t really need to section the sandbox. The next person to come along just clears out what’s there, and then does their testing. Also, if we wanted to be able to add/create new sections, we just have to imbed the magic word  which adds a new-section button to the top of the page. — Spike  Toronto  08:03, August 19, 2014 (UTC)

~Curiouscrab (talk) 02:01, August 20, 2014 (UTC)
 * That's what I was saying, but whatever. : P

You’ve got a lot of ideas. Keep ’em coming! — Spike  Toronto  08:32, August 19, 2014 (UTC)

~Curiouscrab (talk) 02:01, August 20, 2014 (UTC)
 * You got it!

Talkback: SpikeToronto
— Spike  Toronto  23:25, May 16, 2015 (UTC)

AjaxRC
CC, if you want me to have the AjaxRC refresh more frequently, I can change it site-wide. No one else here uses it. So, just let me know. — Spike  Toronto  03:53, May 17, 2015 (UTC)

~Curiouscrab (talk) 15:45, May 17, 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, cool. The wait time does seem a wee bit too long.


 * ✅ See: http://sp.wikia.com/?diff=1730700 —  Spike  Toronto  21:05, May 17, 2015 (UTC)

~Curiouscrab (talk) 22:22, May 19, 2015 (UTC)
 * Much better now

Mass categorization, etc.
Hi CC! I noticed that you did some mass categorization of some templates over the past few days. I’ve had to revert most of those edits. The issues are: There are some namespaces that I am very protective of: Please do not change templates – unless fixing broken ones (of course!) – or their documentation without running your ideas past me first. In this instance, the edits had to be reversed because they were incorrect; otherwise, I have no problem with you wanting to clean up categories and categorization here (they are a mess!).
 * category placed in wrong spot
 *  tags not closed
 * incorrect categorization (not all of them)
 * example: Category:Templates should only be populated by subcategories, and contain no individual templates. (I know this is not the case right now, but that’s how it should be..)
 * MediaWiki:
 * Template:
 * Project:
 * Help: (to a lesser extent)

Do you by any chance have a  Skype account? It’d be much easier to discuss maintenance and administrative issues with you using Skype. My Skype account is. You can send me a contact request. (By the way, I am not suggesting Skype for audio/video chat. I am suggesting it for text-only, just like here on talk pages. Many of Wikia’s admins use it to help each other, etc.) —  Spike  Toronto  05:57, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

Thanks …
… for this!! —  Spike  Toronto  06:48, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

Requesting edits to protected pages
Hi CC! When you want to request an edit to a protected page, after you press the view source button, you should see at the top of the source code for the page a button for submitting an edit request. This is especially visible in the Monobook skin. When you press it, it helps set up your request. — Spike  Toronto  07:12, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

Talkback: Template:Proposed deletion because
— Spike  Toronto  07:28, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

Talkback: Template:User6/doc
— Spike  Toronto  07:49, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

Talkback: Template:!!/doc.
— Spike  Toronto  08:16, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

Yikes! Time to slow down
Hi CC! It’s going to take me awhile to get caught up with you. Could you take a break for a few days until then? — Spike  Toronto  14:09, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

Talkback: Template:Archive see also
— Spike  Toronto  15:09, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

Big project for YOU!! :)
Hi CC! I have a big job for you, if you’re interested. We have tons of accidental categories that contain a “/” in them. For example: Category:Thomas/Cars. Almost all such categories are errors that need to be repaired. (Some are acceptable (see Scratchpad:Categories/Subcategories).)

To repair our example, Category:Thomas/Cars, you would need to do the following: I would suggest you start with this list: Special:PrefixIndex/Category:Thomas/
 * 1) If the category is populated, each of those pages has to have their categorization fixed.
 * 2) * Sometimes the cause of the mistake was simply a typo where “/” was typed instead of “|”, such as if the Thomas/Cars page was accidentally categorized as    instead of as  [[Category:Thomas|Cars] . And then, subsequently, WantedCategories were created en masse, giving rise to this incorrect category page.
 * 3) ** N.B. This is not the case with Category:Thomas/Cars. It is a total mistake.
 * 4) After all pages categorized to Category:Thomas/Cars have been correctly re-categorized, the incorrect category page is deleted, using an appropriate edit summary from the Deletereason-dropdown. For example:
 * 5) * Blocked/banned/defunct/nonsense category (under Problems and issues)
 * 6) * Typo(s) in pagename (under Problems and issues)
 * 7) ** Thoroughly read the instructions provided in the delete screen. They will be different than others you’ve seen elsewhere at Wikia.
 * 8) ** Please familiarize yourself with the Deletereason-dropdown for future use.
 * 9) After deletion, there will be a box with various instructions, guidelines, etc.
 * 10) * Click on salt to create-protect the category page, using an appropriate edit summary from the Protect-dropdown. For example:
 * 11) ** Blocked/banned/defunct/nonsense category (under Create protection - articles)
 * 12) ** Typo(s) in pagename (under Create protection - articles)
 * 13) *** Thoroughly read the instructions provided in the protect screen. They will be different than others you’ve seen elsewhere at Wikia.
 * 14) *** Please familiarize yourself with the Protect-dropdown for future use.
 * 15) * Click on WhatLinksHere and make sure to correct any redlinks that may have occurred as a result of the category page deletion.
 * 16) Start over with the next incorrect “/” category page!

Because I have not yet created a page deleter usergroup, I will have to attach full sysop rights to your account for you to do this (huge) job. Do not use these rights for anything other than this project. You are not an Administrator yet. For example, other than these “slash” categories, do not delete any other pages: Continue to flag other pages for deletion with either or, as appropriate. Also, do not make template changes: Continue to propose your edits as you have been doing. I am still reviewing all the pages you proposed deleting, as well as all your recommended template changes. With this week’s ghastly breakpoint/typography release, I have to give priority right now to fixing w:c:admintools:MediaWiki:Wikia.css/editorFixes.css, which we use here at SP.

Let me know here if you’re interested in this project. I hope you are! — Spike  Toronto  23:56, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

Class Change Report
Here’s the class change report for Thursday, and it’s huge! The changes from Wikia are coming so fast and furious, I cannot keep up.
 * http://report.wikia.net/classchange/index.php

— Spike  Toronto  04:34, May 21, 2015 (UTC)