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Spam

Hi, HOMER SIMPSON is Spam. It's been marked with the delete template. Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 16:48, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Wikisimpsons time

Hi, I was wondering what time area does Wikisimpsons follow? It says on various pages - "votes end June 1st 2010 Wikisimpsons time" - is it GMT or some other? I'd like to know, just to see the changes made when all the votes are counted in. Because I'm weird like that! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 22:31, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

It is official Wikia time. On your preferences, it says something like +/- 0 hours. That is Wikia time. The Solar Dragon 07:27, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

OK. And I was meaning to ask you - what day will the rollback nominations end? Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 09:35, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

A week after it started for rollback. Two weeks for Admin and Bureaucrat. The Solar Dragon 09:38, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 09:39, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

That should be the 3rd then. Two days left. The Solar Dragon 09:40, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

OK. And thanks for nominating me for the homer award again this month - it means a lot to me! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 16:09, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah well, I will probably be nominating just about everyone who edits thus month really. The Solar Dragon 16:47, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Why's that? Not many people editing, or something? Effluvium talk contributions email 16:49, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Not at all. More people to vote for. As long as they edit for more than a day, I will probably add them for a wider range of people to vote for. It installs confidence as well. The Solar Dragon 16:53, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Oh, OK. I get it. So, have we switched to this new voting method for good now? Or are we going to revert to our old voting ways? Effluvium talk contributions email 17:00, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

If it works, then we will use it. if not, we will revert to our old way. The Solar Dragon 17:04, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

TYou destroyed my edit

F** you your luky im cesoring jacka** go F*** yoursef —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kni2 (talk • contribs) 17:39, June 2, 2010

Thanks

Thanks for the advice. Will keep that in mind.
--J36miles 18:26, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Great to have a new member here. The Solar Dragon 18:28, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

How do you make friends on this wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddear (talk • contribs) 05:23, June 3, 2010

Firstly, please add " ~~~~ " after each post on a talk page. Second of all, this isn't Youtube or Facebook, this is an online encyclopedia, so we don't have a "friends" function. We're all a part of a community anyway.

Ldude893 05:23, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

Ldude said it for me. The Solar Dragon 05:59, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

Episodes

Hi, I was just wondering if the first paragraph on an episode (with info on writers, airdate, director etc) is really needed, seeing as all that information is present in the infobox? Also, the Manual of Style does not mention these paragraphs (to my knowledge anyway!) but simply asks for a brief summary of the plot. Thanks for that! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 21:38, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

I would say a brief introduction to the episode, Episode X of season X would be wanted. However, nothing else is necessary. A brief summary of the plot, also any major changes should be mentioned, new recurring character, death, etc. Should be mentioned. The Solar Dragon 21:40, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

OK. Thanks for getting back to me! Effluvium talk contributions email 21:46, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

Warning?

Hi, I was a little shocked to see that I have a warning?! I don't understand exactly what've I done wrong and I've in no way vandalised the wiki in such way. If you could tell me what I have done wrong, I'd be very grateful. But I think the warning was unnecessary. Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 10:05, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

According to Smiley12, it had something to do with me editing Homer's age? Even so, if the age or information was incorrect, it shouldn'tof resulted in a warning. I'm still confused over the whole thing though... Effluvium talk contributions email 10:32, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

Rod

Mine was not exactly a duplicate, I converted it, cleaned it, made it transparent, and removed the water mark. And about the skin on the Ben 10 wiki, I need permission with the other admins to change it. --Renzo493 14:35, June 5, 2010 (UTC)

If that is the case, you should have uploaded it under the same file name as it was basically the same picture. Feel free to replace the existing image with it. The Solar Dragon 14:32, June 5, 2010 (UTC)

But mine is .png and I don't think jpgs can have transparent background so I'm gonna upload it Flanders_rod.png? --Renzo493 15:05, June 5, 2010

Upload it over the old version. It works. The Solar Dragon 14:49, June 5, 2010 (UTC)

Sideshow Bob Template

Hi, do we prehaps a template that contains all the Sideshow Bob episodes, such as the one we have for Krusty. If we don't, could I create one? There is a more than decent one which can be viewed on Wikipedia. Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 12:04, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, sure. Go ahead. The Solar Dragon 12:06, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Right. Finished. Here's the template. Hope your OK with it! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 12:20, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Cool. We should make one for each character actually. The Solar Dragon 12:35, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah. That was what I was thinking. I'll try and get around to making a few later. Effluvium talk contributions email 12:38, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Also, see Forum:New Episode Categories and leave your input please if you don't mind. The Solar Dragon 12:40, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Colour Signature?

Hi - I'm really sorry, but how do you put the colours on the name? I can't find a hint of how to do it...—Preceding unsigned comment added by I ish ur nightmare (talk • contribs)

well i could help you just tell me what color you want or solar either of us can do it. ScarletScarabX (Talk) 17:10, June 6, 2010 (UTC) then we can make one we need a color to make it

I left him a message on hit talk page. The Solar Dragon 17:10, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Treehouse of Horror Template

Hi, could I create a template (similar to the Sideshow Bob one I made the other day) that lists all the different Treehouse of Horror episodes? Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 15:14, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

Look. You don't have to ask me in future. Feel free to create any templates you want. The Solar Dragon 15:22, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

OK. Thanks for telling me! Effluvium talk contributions email 16:19, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

speculation ?

hello solar dragon. i am wondering if im allowed to use speculation on this website becuse i relly need to know before i add any theroys on characters or places . if you dont allow speculation on this site i understand completely and if you do id greatly apreciate it . thank you and please answer as soon as you can . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Casecr (talk • contribs) 17:01, June 7, 2010

No. Speculation belongs in the Forum. Feel free to add any speculation you want there. The Solar Dragon 16:11, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

Great job

I haven't visited the site in a while, but it appears to be in much better shape than it was when I left it, and you have done a great job in helping to maintain it. There appear to be more active and dedicated users, which really helps. It will be a while before this wikia is anywhere near the standard set by Lostpedia, but I must say it's starting to get on the right path. -- Brian McClure 22:20, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. I have tried my best to get this site working properly and fully up and running. Appreciate the compliment. The Solar Dragon 05:06, June 8, 2010 (UTC)

Is there a bot at this wikia? I think some of the categories need overhauling, but it would take a long time to do manually. I've been looking through Category:Characters voiced by guest stars, which is very poorly defined and contains several guests who appeared as themselves. There is also Category:Guest Stars. I think that one needs to be renamed to "Guest stars". Then a new Category:Self-voicing guest stars needs to be created. So every guest star would go in "Guest stars". Then, for the in-universe aspect, guest stars who appeared as themselves would go in the self-voicing category. -- Brian McClure 22:18, June 8, 2010 (UTC)

I don't know, most likely not. I'll probably continue my trend of popping by every now and then. -- Brian McClure 14:19, June 9, 2010 (UTC)

Quitting

I have just lost interest in the Simpsons as a whole. I will also be starting school again soon so I will not have as much time to edit.
--J36miles 16:38, June 8, 2010 (UTC)

Non-canon

Hi, can the non-canon template be placed at the top of a Treehouse of Horror episode? Or is the template only for the non-canon sections on characters pages? Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 17:32, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I think we should have a separate template for non-canon episodes actually. If you would like to whip one together, that will be good. The Solar Dragon 20:08, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

I'd be happy to! What were you thinking the template contain? Effluvium talk contributions email 20:12, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Something like: This episode is considered non-canon and the events in it do not relate to the series, or something similar to that but better worded. The Solar Dragon 20:13, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

OK. I'll sort that out for you now. Effluvium talk contributions email 20:14, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Any image in mind? Or keep the same as the other noncanon template? Effluvium talk contributions email 20:20, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Either keep the same or use a suitable THOH segment opening screen, which I doubt there is one so keep the same one. The Solar Dragon 20:22, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

I've found a picture of Homer with his donut head? How about that? Effluvium talk contributions email 20:26, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

I guess that will do fine. The Solar Dragon 20:27, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Done. Here it is. Effluvium talk contributions email 20:30, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Yep. Just seen it and it looks fine. You can add it to the articles if you want now. The Solar Dragon 20:31, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Yup. Will do! Effluvium talk contributions email 20:32, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Right, I've inserted that into all the Treehouse of Horror pages. Effluvium talk contributions email 20:59, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

OK. There are also some other episodes too that could use it such as Simpsons Bible Stories and others. The Solar Dragon 21:01, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll add the template to them as soon as possible. Effluvium talk contributions email 21:06, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

OK. Added the template to pretty much every non-canon episode now. Hopefully, I've got them all! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 15:51, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Episode Title Problem

Hi, Solar. There's a problem with the title for the episode "D'oh-in' in the Wind." It's in our wiki under two different titles:

"D'oh-in' in the Wind" (with an apostrophe after the first "in") - this seems to be the official title, per sources such as snpp.org, IMDB, and the Season 10 DVD.
"D'oh-in in the Wind" (no apostrophe) - the regular Wikipedia has it under this title, but based on the above, I say they've got it wrong.

In our wiki, the no-apostrophe version of the episode is the much better developed one, except for the Quotes tab. I suggest doing the following:

Delete the "with-apostrophe" version (except possibly for the Quotes tab, see #3 below).
Re-title the "no-apostrophe" version to have the apostrophe.
OPTIONAL: Merge the old "with-apostrophe" version of the Quotes tab into the re-titled article. I say "optional" because I've made a backup copy of the completed quotes page. I can paste it back in easily enough if the episode ends up with the bare-bones version of the Quotes tab.

Thanks and hope all goes well with getting it straightened out! -- Mythigator 01:14, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Think I sorted it all properly. Tell me if I missed anything. The Solar Dragon 05:18, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

All looks fine, including the Quotes tab. Well done! The Appearances and Credits tabs need to be expanded, but that was the case all along. Also, I know there are redlinks for "Groovy Grove Natural Farms." I put them in myself as I'm planning on writing that article, so they won't be red for long. And I'll go ahead and check on some of the episodes "peripheral" articles (such as Seth's and Munchie's) and make sure that 1) they link back to the episode OK, and 2) they've got the episode name spelled correctly. There's no point in perpetuating the apostrophe error any further. -- Mythigator 11:50, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Clip Show Template

Hi, seeing as I've been shorting out noncanon templates for the episodes, is a template needed for the clip-show episodes? You know, just saying that the episode is a clip-show and features clips from other episodes. If there's no need, no worries. Just thinking of a way of sorting out all the episodes. Effluvium talk contributions email 16:00, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Well, we might as well have one of those too then if you want to make one. The Solar Dragon 16:58, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Great! I'd be happy to make one! What text were you thinking of? Effluvium talk contributions email 17:06, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Something simple like This episode is a clip show and features a lot of clips from previous episodes. The Solar Dragon 17:08, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

OK. I'll get working on it now. Effluvium talk contributions email 17:10, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Right, here it is. Hope its OK. Effluvium talk contributions email 17:25, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. The Solar Dragon 17:37, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Fine. I've added it to all the clip-show episodes now. Thanks for that! Effluvium talk contributions email 17:39, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that I also created another template with links to all the Terwilliger family members. Hope thats OK. Effluvium talk contributions email 18:57, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Read what I said here. I saw that you had already created that template and I am fine with any template you make. The Solar Dragon 19:03, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Vandal

Hi, that vandal who editted the Elmo page has just vandalized it again! I've reverted the edit, but I think he needs a block. Effluvium talk contributions email 22:04, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

I've blocked him --Smiley 12 was here at 22:51, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for sorting that out, Smiley! Effluvium talk contributions email 09:51, June 12, 2010 (UTC)

Warning? (again!)

Hi, I've been left a message by ASHMAN234122. He has only edited twice and I think it was vandalism to my talkpage. Could it be made unoffical please? Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 18:58, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Right, he needs a block or a warning himself! He has just vandalised Dohayecarumbadoh's talk-page too! Effluvium talk contributions email 19:00, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Sorted. He has been blocked too. The Solar Dragon 19:03, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that! I hate vandals so much! >:( Effluvium talk contributions email 19:05, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Don't we all. I would normally have left him a warning only but he was probably in the act of vandalising my talk page or something. The Solar Dragon 19:09, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah. How long have you blocked him for? Forever? Or just a few weeks? Effluvium talk contributions email 19:10, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Just two weeks. You can see the block log in recent changes. The Solar Dragon 19:11, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Well, I meant to do two weeks so just changed the settings. The Solar Dragon 19:14, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

OK. Well, thanks for sorting that out, Solar! Effluvium talk contributions email 19:16, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Images for the "China" article

I'm adding images into the articles for countries that appeared in The Simpsons. Tell me, which of the following suits best for the China article? Ldude893 12:35, June 16, 2010 (UTC)

China 3.PNG
China 2.PNG
China 1.PNG

The first one will do for the infobox. The other two could go in a gallery or around the article in places. Thanks for the images. Really helps the wiki. Also, please view my latest blog. Link in sitenotice. The Solar Dragon 12:37, June 16, 2010 (UTC)

New templates

Just thought I'd let you know about a pair of new templates I made.

Template:No episode, for pages that don't specify a certain episode
Template:Deleted scene, for pages that are about things featured only in a deleted scene.

I think they will come in useful. -- Brian McClure 23:15, June 16, 2010 (UTC)

Also, could you please use your bot to add this to many of the mainspace navigation templates:

<div style="float:left; width:6em; text-align:left">{{Navbar|template name|plain=1}}</div>

What it does is add a direct link so users can click "edit" or "view" without having to try to find the code. You can find an example here. Just remember to change the "template name" bit for each page (it shouldn't include the "template:" part). Again, this should only go in navigation templates and not infoboxes. -- Brian McClure 00:12, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Baby Button Eyes

What's the stylistic issue with the Baby Button Eyes page? It might not be resolveable, in which case the best course would be to just delete that page. Everything that's known about her is already mentioned on the page for The Re-Deadening, anyway, so deleting her page woldn't be a big deal. -- Mythigator 18:09, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Needs an infobox, appearance section needs the extra s on the end, more categories etc. The Solar Dragon 18:34, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Well, I've just done all of the above, Solar. Hope that helps! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 18:40, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Yep. It is fine now. I would have done it myself but exams. The Solar Dragon 18:41, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. The page looks great. -- Mythigator 02:50, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

"Space" Template

Hi, Solar. I think something may be up with the "Space" template ( {_{Space|(number)}_} -- underscores inserted to keep from making an actual template here). Could you please have a look at Homer Goes to College/Credits? Thanks and happy weekend to you! -- Mythigator 02:47, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I had a look at the template and didn't understand it at all. You may want to ask on Community Central forums if they can help. Also, if you don't want to use the template but just show it, use <nowiki></nowiki> as these stop any wiki code from working. The Solar Dragon 06:44, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

I didn't understand it either! :-) I think the idea is to be able to put multiple names on the same line and have them evenly spaced out horizontally, but something in the template really messes up how the names get displayed on the page. I'll have a couple more goes at that page and see if I can get it to look right either with or without the {{Space|(5)}} templates. And thanks for the "nowiki" tag tip! -- Mythigator 08:25, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

Well, like I said, ask on the [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Community_Central_Forum Community Central forums and I'm sure someone will help you. The Solar Dragon 08:31, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

About this template, do you think you could make your bot to remove the space template from all pages (it is only in "credit" pages) and replace it by a <br>? Like you did with the gray word, your bot replaced it by the grey word. The problem with the space template is it makes sentences to look like in preformatted text (like using <pre>), which looks bad. — ^TheHomer ^{(Talk • Contributions)} 18:00, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

Replacing the space template with <br> would work (I tried it on the "Homer Goes to College" credits). The actual text of the template is {{Space|5}}. It should be a pretty straightforward search-and-replace operation, so siccing the bot on it sounds like a good idea. -- Mythigator 18:57, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

Project images

I'm new to the wiki and I was wondering, if I want to join project images, do I need permision or do I just add my name to the list? Oh, and it looks like Kni2 doesn't like you very much. Bshardy 05:20, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

No. You don't need permission. Just join. The Solar Dragon 06:41, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

Image Edit

I just added an image to The Fat and the Furriest but it put some text before and after it. How do I get it to go away? --Bshardy 05:42, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

Fixed it. For the inbox, you didn't need to have the double square brackets around the file name and number of pixels. -- Mythigator 05:57, June 19, 2010 (UTC)