Hey Wendy,
I was just curious on how long it takes for a spotlight to be approved. I applied for one (for http://hogwartsrpg.wikia.com ) about a month ago and have received no update. Thanks!
Regards,
Head of Ravenclaw @HogwartsRPG Wiki - Administrator
Hey there, Thanks for your replay. Sorry i haven't been editing much in the wiki, but my internet was down and when i went to the library, it did not let me get on, Only sometimes, But i just got my internet back and i will be working once again. And you said to talk to SuperTiencha, But i dont think he/she is active, Cus i left him a message but i have gotten no response since then. And also can do i have to leave another message in the Community Central:Adoption requests page. or just edit under my old one? Thanks.{{SUBST:User:Omega_natsu2/Sig}}19:47,2/15/2012
I am aware that ZEM and The Paleontologist are active admins on the wiki, but ZEM is currently only making a few edits on the wiki every few days - weeks, and though The Paleontologist does make more edits a day than ZEM, currently, he usually only edits the wiki every couple days or so.
Hi Wendy, I just had a question about Wikia Spotlight. I know there used to be a requirement about the amount of time that had to pass before a wiki could request Spotlight again, and after searching, I couldn't find it. Is there still one, and if so, what is it? Thanks very much. :)
Hi. You can ask for a 2nd spotlight right away. But then we ask that you wait awhile (roughly speaking, until it has been a year since the first) for another.
Wendy,the Requaest is no more real,then i become the Admin-Rights from a Helper and its all okay . So in the Germany Sonic Wiki (http://de.sonic.wikia.com/wiki/SonicWiki) i´am the Admin . :)
Hold on! It turns out I don't need help anymore! I solved my own problem! What happened was I clicked on a little blue link at the bottom of my 'yet to earn' badge column which read 'Customize badges', and it took me to the admin board page where I can control all of the badge features! I did make a few changes here and there, but I think it was all for the better! I can't believe it! That little link answered all of my questions!
Now that I'm the administrator of The Backyardigans Wiki, how do I gain access to the badges, to enable any that still don't appear, and even to create new ones? How do I do that? (By the way, if I can, I would like to create a higher gold badge for the blog post section, but I've already earned the first two badges on that one. How can I create another and still have it count up from what I've already earned on my column?) Can you help me with this issue?
In the Talkpages, we ussually get the automatic welcome message, which can edited from a page.
And after I changed it to message wall, i'm kinda confused to find the automatic message wall greeting page. Can you help me?
As an admin, you should be able to edit the message automatically left at Mediawiki:Welcome-message-wall-user and Mediawiki:Welcome-message-wall-anon for your wiki if you want to have custom messages. If you mean you want to edit the message after it is left on your wall, you can only do that as an admin. But you can respond to it or remove it if needed.
Hi I know there is two of the active users from the Gossip Girl Wiki and I have been on the Wiki for nearly 2 years and I go on the wiki to edit pages and I really want to help the wiki and THE8PURPLE2!! told me that I should try to adopt the wiki. I would love to become a Bureaucrat because I love the Wiki and want it to do well. But I think that all 3 of us shold work together on the wiki so the others dont feel left out. Thank you for listening to my view please consider this.
Hi. I'll be happy to give rights to all 3 of you, but please do have a public discussion on the wiki (a blog or forum) so the other contributors are aware of the adoption, and so I can see that all 3 of you are in agreement.
well there are only 3 of us, and were all happy to work together so.. if we decide that all three of can be admins does that mean we can or does some one still have to be left out?
Hi Wendy, i would just like to tell you that Thenchick and i have agreed on working together and both being bureaucrats to GG wiki, and here is a link to her agreement, http://gossipgirl.wikia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:THE8PURPLE2
it is under: Re:Bureaucrat rights
Thanks
Hi. You and/or thenchick need to start a blog or forum post about new leadership for the wiki that the other contributors can see and comment on. Ideally, given the apparent size of the community you would include a vote (for/against). You can leave messages on users' talk pages to help them find it if it is not very visible.
That's a standard request for an adoption. It's a step to 'screen' 'crats when there is already a community where you're editing. A forum or a blog post is usually the best way to handle that.
I'd personally make a forum post. Adding a poll will make other want to adopt the wiki too. A simple "So-and-so and I would like to adopt this wiki. Please leave comments below with either a support or against." works. Merrystar just wants to make sure that the community on your wiki are aware of what is taking place and allow them to voice their opinion on the matter.
Hello Wendy, I just wanted to ask how long does a normal spotlight request take to be answered. I'm asking because I thought that my spotlight request was buried under so many other requests. You see, JAF1999 made a request but he was blocked forever so I tried to re-request it. The request is for the World War II Wiki and it is number 64 I believe. Sorry if people constantly ask this question.
Hi. If I already answered the request once, then yes, I won't see a further post on it (except maybe by chance). It is much better to make a new request altogether at the bottom of the page which I *will* see.
Hi, Wendy. I am still awaiting some kind of confirmation regarding my adoption requests. I don't really know why it's taking this long, but I thought I'd stop by to see if everything's going okay. (I did send my request to the proper place, yes?) Anyway, just let me know when my requests have been answered. Thank you.
Hi
Someone is copying the wikia-wikia www.battlepirates.wikia.com to http://kixeye.wikia.com, including users, talk pages and everything else. I am burocrat of the original and understand that copying is allowed, but I don't think that having multiple copies of the same pages is wikia's intention. If it was, you could just create a super-wiki and copy all of wikia's content in it.
Is there something I should or could do?
Grtz
Hi. The best thing is usually to report it to Special:Contact. Yes, content can be copied as long as it is properly attributed, however not a full copy of a wiki! Copied content can be used as a the basis structure for a different wiki, eg. importing a bunch of harry potter character pages into a fanon wiki for Harry Potter. Or to get going on a wiki as long as it is then built on and and expanded. At anyrate, that particular wiki appears to be importing from multiple wikis as far as I can tell. Could you please go ahead and send in the report? Thanks!
Hi. This was a bug yesterday, where people were getting notifications for any conversation on a wall for a user where they formerly followed the talk page. It should be resolved. If you are still being flooded with emails, please let us know at Special:Contact. You can also go unfollow the walls (not the individual threads but the user's entire wall) as you get them :)
This guys a vandal who has been vandalising the GTA and L.A. Noire Wiki's amongst others. He has now created a Wiki, which he is now using to harass users, could you please block him and shut it down, thanks.
If you were following a person's talk page before, you now follow their wall. Every time someone posts something on a wall you follow, you get a notification.
I don't see where the button is in Oasis but an easy work around is to go to the person's message wall, switch to Monobook and it is the first page tab. So +1 for Monobook.
@Milkman, same here, I just went to my preferences and un ticked the option that says email me when someone posts a message on a thread I follow, or something along those lines.
@Woho69woho, you can always report this to Special:Contact. However, I see you have some arguments with that vandal. All you need to do is to talk with that vandal and discuss about his plan or compromise with each other. Don't panic as vandals like to see users panicking. If he still keep on vandalizing, ask a staff to solve it as staff have powers to block the user and stop creating accounts.
Hi Tom -- I've blocked the sock accounts and disabled the attack wikis. Please report this type of behaviour to Special:Contact next time -- it is better handled through email.
I actually really like it. But then I've been using the message wall on my "home" wiki (Muppet Wiki) for a little while now and am pretty used to it :).
This site was the first time I used the message wall. Your home Wiki which was founded by Toughpigs also has a Message Wall there before I asked you this question. All other things left on the talk pages were archived when the Message Walls came into view. Back when I first contacted you here, I thought that the person who first welcomes people to the Wiki on their first edit was the Head Administrator. I was proven wrong by Andrew. As a curious sidebar to the thing, I once thought Lanate was the Head Administrator at the Digimon Wiki yet he corrected me on KrytenKoro's page stating that KrytenKoro was the Head Administrator. How does one tell who the Head Administrator is?
There isn't such a thing as a "head admin" but there's a right called "Bureaucrat" that is any user who can give another user admin rights. To find out who that is, go to Special:Listadmins and have a look for the person, or people with the Bureaucrat flag.
There is no such thing as a Head Administrator, unless a wiki has renamed one of the preexisting user groups or requested a new one. The founder can be identified with the corresponding badge—if the wiki has achievements enabled—or combing through the list of bureaucrats. If s/he has been demoted, it's much harder to do so.
