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Template:CollapsibleBox

For some reason, the color part of the template will not work. Do you know why? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 06:59, 15 June 2013 (EDT)

Try now. Two {s are a template. Three {s are for parameters. You only had two around color. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 07:02, 15 June 2013 (EDT)

How stupid am I? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 07:04, 15 June 2013 (EDT)

Golden Homer

Please vote in the June Golden Homer Awards. /AleWi 13:44, 29 June 2013 (EDT)

Decoding

Outerhaven has told me that he has given you the guide to decoding the images from the Tapped Out files. Would you be able to:

Decode a colour image of the Hal Roach Apartments?
Decode colour images of the Snowmen (non-melted)?
Confirm if Hailstone's is in the game files and/or the sound files?

Thanks, ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 01:36, 4 July 2013 (EDT)

It'll take time. I need to find the things first. Hailstone's is in the files, Cook has confirmed it. I'll try and find the others. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 03:32, 4 July 2013 (EDT)

I can't find the Hal Roach Apartments image anywhere... Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 04:07, 4 July 2013 (EDT)

Wiki History

This place moved from Wikia? I'm not surprised, a lot of wikis have done that. In fact, the only good wikis I know that haven't are the Final Fantasy and Elder Scrolls wikis... How long ago was this? - TidusTehSacrificer357 02:24, 8 July 2013 (EDT)

We moved to ShoutWiki in November 2010. We became independent sometime mid-2011. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 03:21, 8 July 2013 (EDT)

Crime Spree, Die Bart Die and Cuff 'Em Boys

Can you find the dialogue for these quests? The quests themselves were found in the game files in December last year. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 13:30, 13 July 2013 (EDT)

All three are on User:Cook879/Game files at the moment - none have dialogue.--Cook 8 7 9 16:52, 13 July 2013 (EDT)

Hi

Could you reply on the message I sent you? FatHomer^Talk 16:19, 25 July 2013 (EDT)

Oh, sorry. I did reply earlier but my Internet died shortly after I sent the reply, or so I thought. It mustn't have gotten through. The Solar Dragon 16:20, 25 July 2013 (EDT)

Thanks! :) FatHomer^Talk 16:51, 25 July 2013 (EDT)

Uter Zorker image

Something's messed up with the image on Uter Zorker's article. At first I thought the issue was related to whether the umulauts were included in the file name, but on second glance the issue looks more complicated than that. -- Mythigator 13:28, 11 August 2013 (EDT)

Yeah, it's not that. We had the same problem with the Richard Dean Anderson article and file earlier. Just emailed Jake about it again. Hopefully we won't have to keep emailing him every time we notice one of these and one change can stop it from happening... The Solar Dragon 13:30, 11 August 2013 (EDT)

So it seems like the issue has to do with character encodings. Any files that had special characters in their names were not correctly encoded during the transfer to the new server. The solution to this is simply to re-upload the image. If anyone knows of any other images with special characters, please email me a list and I'll see to it that they're repaired. --Ja ke 22:11, 11 August 2013 (EDT)

Homer the Moe on Channel 4

Homer the Moe gets a lot of cuts on Channel 4. They cut out Homer's blood spurting out of his hand, him running for oxygen and swearing when he gets caught in the bear trap, as well as what the models say to Moe. Maybe you could add? Homer to the Max 18:07, 12 August 2013 (EDT)

Oh, and also the bit at the dinner table when Homer shoves it into Lisa's mouth. Homer to the Max 18:09, 12 August 2013 (EDT)

I'll get onto adding them. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 18:14, 12 August 2013 (EDT)

Hey

http:www.simpsoncrazy.com/ukcuts —Preceding unsigned comment added by Homer to the Max (talk • contribs) 18:28, 12 August 2013

User:Phinbart is working on a page here. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 18:31, 12 August 2013 (EDT)

Well you could add them there Homer to the Max 18:38, 12 August 2013 (EDT)

You could add them there too. I have other stuff to be getting on with, have you seen my to-do list? The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 18:42, 12 August 2013 (EDT)

Hey

What does "auto-patrolled" mean? Homer to the Max 18:38, 12 August 2013 (EDT)

Admins and rollbacks see a little exclamation mark next to non-autopatrolled users in recent changes. These exclamation marks show that the edit hasn't been checked. If a user is autopatrolled, it means that the user is trusted enough to not go about vandalising pages or making stupid edits. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 18:41, 12 August 2013 (EDT)

Template:E

The template will not accept "+" and "=". Is there a way to fix this? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 09:18, 15 August 2013 (EDT)

No idea... The Solar Dragon 09:26, 15 August 2013 (EDT)

I'll ask Jake. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 09:32, 15 August 2013 (EDT)

Just to let you know...

SNPP.com - Contacts - The correct address (well, it links to the .net site) is there. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 10:37, 15 August 2013 (EDT)

DVD boxset art

On my The Simpsons distribution in the UK and Ireland user page, I'm putting together a gallery of the DVD boxsets. Is there a way to have a second image related to the Complete First Season "column", so to speak, so that if a viewer presses "Alternate boxset art", the alternate boxset art shows up in the image's space? Do you get what I mean? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 09:27, 26 August 2013 (EDT)

I think I know what you mean. It would require JavaScript code to do so though. Do you know of anywhere that uses a system like that? If you can find one, I can look at the JavaScript and take it and hopefully get it working. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 10:14, 26 August 2013 (EDT)

Er, I don't know anywhere that uses a system like that, but the Infosphere has a similar technique, you can see it on the "Robot Santa's Little Helpers" article. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 10:21, 26 August 2013 (EDT)

Can you test to see what happens if you put an "image2" into the infobox now? Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 10:45, 26 August 2013 (EDT)

I have absolutely no idea how to code it in. I'm baffled. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 11:11, 26 August 2013 (EDT)

What exactly are you trying to do? Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 11:15, 26 August 2013 (EDT)

I'm putting the {{#if: thing after the image bit (in the normal infobox: Template:Infobox). I bet I've done something really stupid that could have been fixed really easily. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 11:17, 26 August 2013 (EDT)

Sorry, went somewhere yesterday so couldn't get on. Er, do you think the code would have to be changed or will something else have to be done? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 07:40, 28 August 2013 (EDT)

MediaWiki Upgrade

Hey Solar. Just wanted to let you know that we've upgraded to the latest version of MediaWiki. I'm aware that some of the SocialProfile features are broken at the moment and I'm looking into it. Special:ReplaceText is also working again. Please let me know if you encounter any issues while using the site. Thanks! --Ja ke 22:03, August 28, 2013 (EDT)

DVD boxsets

Hi, just wondering whether we should re-name DVD boxsets past Season 10 "The ..... Season" and not "The Complete .... Season", because the former is listed on the DVD boxsets. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 12:19, August 29, 2013 (EDT)

Creation of my user page

Hi - for some reason I am unable to create my user page. I click on my name and I get the "D'oh this page doesn't exist" message. I click the link to start it and it bounces me back to the "does not exist" page. Is this just me or...--Boston Burkenation (talk) 14:33, August 29, 2013 (EDT)

We're having some problems with the user pages and social user pages since the latest MediaWiki update. Can I ask you to bare with us whilst we look into fixing the problem? Thanks, ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 14:48, August 29, 2013 (EDT)

I created a userpage for you by creating a mainspace page and moving it to the userspace. You should be able to edit it now. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 14:51, August 29, 2013 (EDT)

I was fine with waiting - I was just curious if I had gone crazy and it had decided to ban from editing my own userpage or something like that. Thank you though for creating it on my behalf. --Boston Burkenation (talk) 16:11, August 29, 2013 (EDT)

I didn't want to add another new section here but I just added you on The Simpsons: Tapped out. my Origin name is "Burke Nation. Kind of like my username here but without "Boston" --Boston Burkenation (talk) 01:26, August 31, 2013 (EDT)

Table and CollapsibleBox

Jake seems to be busy, so I'll ask you this. Why does the CollapsibleBox template not work alongside the Table template? I'm trying to collapse the tables on the Simpsons distribution page and I'm unable to because of this and because the "collapsible=yes" feature on the table no longer works. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 10:06, August 31, 2013 (EDT)

Sorry to bother you, I didn't notice Jake had answered my question. Sorry again. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 10:09, August 31, 2013 (EDT)

Soccer

Would you help me make a page for Soccer? Seeing as Basketball and other sports have them. I'd do the appearances section, you could do the introduction-thingy. Homer to the Max (talk) 16:04, September 8, 2013 (EDT)

Blame It on Lisa

I don't remember soccer in Blame It on Lisa. Homer to the Max (talk) 16:09, September 9, 2013 (EDT)

Yeah, you're right... I don't know what I was thinking. :P The Solar Dragon 16:12, September 9, 2013 (EDT)

Mexico vs. Portugal

Thank you for helping out with the page, but I don't think the soccer match Lisa watched on DVD in Marge Gamer was a World Cup match between Mexico and Portugal. I think it was just a generic soccer game. The Mexico-Portugal match was at the beginning of The Cartridge Family. The family went to the stadium and watched it. Homer to the Max (talk) 16:22, September 9, 2013 (EDT)

I thought those two teams were in the DVD as well? Anyway, this is why references are needed. :P Oh, wait, Brazil played in the DVD match... that's where Blame It on Lisa came from! :P ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 16:23, September 9, 2013 (EDT)

Thanks, I barely remember anything from that episode. I've remembered another soccer reference as well, in Missionary: Impossible. Homer to the Max (talk) 16:26, September 9, 2013 (EDT)

OK

Sorry for moving the page without your permission. Homer to the Max (talk) 09:16, September 20, 2013 (EDT)

Thanksgiving

Could you help me create a page for Thanksgiving? Homer to the Max (talk) 17:05, September 20, 2013 (EDT)

If you start it off, I'll try... although I can't remember much about Thanksgiving episodes as I'm English. :P The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 17:12, September 20, 2013 (EDT)

Special:Recent Changes

Not a good way to start our birthday off, is it? Just wondering whether asking Jake to put one of those captcha things on any page whenever a new or unregistered user edits it. What about you? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 01:30, September 24, 2013 (EDT)

Hello? I think this is now necessary because we are now getting multiple spam attacks during the night over here. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 01:10, September 25, 2013 (EDT)

I believe all the accounts created very recently are spam accounts. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 12:39, September 25, 2013 (EDT)

I know. It's too many to block though. When an account spams, I will block it. Jake is looking into things to help put a stop to the account creation. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 12:42, September 25, 2013 (EDT)

Some accounts it's waiting for spaming.

21:26, September 24, 2013 User account 2xadxy6bb was created

18.38, September 25, 2013 User:2xadxy6bb (+3 696 byte)

/AleWi (talk) 13:05, September 25, 2013 (EDT)

IP BLOCK NEEDED!!! Sorry for the shouting, but it is that urgent. Ale, Nick and I are all blocking those phantom accounts as they post spam, but there are too damn many of them to keep up with. -- Mythigator (talk) 08:46, September 27, 2013 (EDT)

Fred is helping too... Yeah, I think we need to disable accounts being created for a little while or something along those lines. --Fred (Talk • Contribs. • Editcount) 08:57, September 27, 2013 (EDT)

The best should be some email confirmation if you creating an account. /AleWi (talk) 09:10, September 27, 2013 (EDT)

IP block is impossible. The IPs are all different. I'll do what I can but it might not be enough. I've emailed Jake asking him to do several things to help; more CAPTCHA questions, or a new CAPTCHA system should be put in place. A CAPTCHA for every non-autoconfirmed user and raise the autoconfirmed post level from 10 to at least 20 (some spambots are making 6+ edits now as well...) Stop non-autoconfirmed users from adding external links too. Just checked my emails and Jake has disabled account creation temporarily. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 11:25, September 27, 2013 (EDT)

Should we block all of the crap accounts pre-emptively, or wait for their various spambots to post and then block them? -- Mythigator (talk) 15:14, September 27, 2013 (EDT)

Block them if you feel like it. There were over 1,000 accounts made in the last couple of days though, if not more than that... ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 15:17, September 27, 2013 (EDT)

Editor meetings

We haven't had one for a while and I think it would be a good idea to raise some questions from the past few months. What do you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phinbart (talk • contribs) 12:23, September 27, 2013

It's probably best to keep these sort of things on the wiki. If you make a discussion in the forum space with things you want to discuss under different headers, feel free to do so. That way, people from other time zones can take part and hopefully, it won't just revert to a massive shouting match as later editor meetings did. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 12:29, September 27, 2013 (EDT)

I'd like to have editor meetings again. I only went to one. :L Maybe we should have a vote? --Fred (Talk • Contribs. • Editcount) 11:38, September 28, 2013 (EDT)

Season 25 Countdown

Solar, as the Season 25 has started you should remove the Season 25 Countdown from the main page. / Loco87 ^{(talk / contribs)} 14:04, September 30, 2013 (EDT)

AleWi has taken care of this. Sorry I forgot about it. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 12:11, September 30, 2013 (EDT)

Golden Homer Award

Hey, Solar, as you're WikiHead, and everyone on the wiki seems to be lazy, including me, could you possibly, from now on, just decide the Golden Homer Award recipient, as well as other good users, yourself as it hasn't even been decided from last month yet and it has been happening too often? It's only logical... --Fred (Talk • Contribs. • Editcount) 06:26, October 2, 2013 (EDT)

Font color

For some reason, I can't use the <font-color="red"></font> in tables. Is this already possible or am I being completely stupid and doing the simplest thing wrong? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 12:14, October 2, 2013 (EDT)

There shouldn't be a dash between font and color. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 12:16, October 2, 2013 (EDT)

Tried that. Didn't work without the dash as well. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 12:51, October 2, 2013 (EDT)

Then try <span style="color:red">Text</span> The Solar Dragon 12:58, October 2, 2013 (EDT)

Nope. Still shows up "{{{1}}}". ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 15:21, October 2, 2013 (EDT)

Urm... try making it a template, if there isn't already one for font color. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 15:35, October 2, 2013 (EDT)