User talk:Solar Dragon/Archive 18

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Seymour Skinner continuity

I know that for a while now, we've all debated about the continuity of "The Principal and the Pauper", and Skinner's identity. When we're able to, I'd really like to arrange a chat to talk about it, as it could end with us making some major changes to articles. --Will k (Talk ~ Contributions) 07:52, 5 October 2011 (EDT)

We'd need to open up a discussion about it. How about the forums? The Solar Dragon 08:24, 5 October 2011 (EDT)

Hmm, well, I guess the forums would be the best place to discuss them, considering with IRC, everyone's not always on, and very rarely all at once. I shall open a thread on it in the forums. --Will k (Talk ~ Contributions) 21:29, 7 October 2011 (EDT)

Head's Up

Charles Napier has just passed away. Check his Wikipedia article and you'll know. UxieLover1994 23:28, 5 October 2011 (EDT)

Thanks for that. Necessary changes have been made and a news article has been written. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 02:30, 6 October 2011 (EDT)

You're welcome. UxieLover1994 08:23, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

MediaWiki:Sitenotice ‎

Can you add tonights meeting? /AleWi 06:02, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

There's a meeting tonight? The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 06:03, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

Well, even if there is, could be postpone it until next week since I never knew about it, others may not have either. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 06:05, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

Well I added it before seeing this discussion as I knew we we're due one. Shall I remove it?--Cook879 07:09, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

Musou

Ohhh, hiii! ^_^ She does have one edit ._., please let it there, I miss my Museyyy. D: --79.168.109.77 14:01, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

The account doesn't exist. The page is left over from the move from Wikia. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 14:02, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

Oh, okay. :CCC I want my Museyyyy back. DDD: Thankies for the help, anyways. :c 79.168.109.77 16:36, 10 October 2011 (EDT)

Simpsons answers?

Hi, i think we should get something like http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Wikianswers , but for simpsons questions. I think we could get even more visitors and the adress should be something like answers.simpsonswiki.net. FatHomer^Talk 13:47, 10 October 2011 (EDT)

I would love something like that. Only problem is, we'd need a special skin designed for it and other unique code just to make it work. It would be incredibly hard and we would need experts to get it working. Not even ShoutWiki have managed something like this and unless they do, we have no hope. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 14:02, 10 October 2011 (EDT)

ShoutWiki

Hello. I'm wondering if you have any news regarding ShoutWiki. They posted an update on their Facebook page around three weeks ago, and nothing has been said since. Do you have any sense when the site might return to full editing? Hopefully soon. Orange Ice 00:32, 11 October 2011 (EDT)

Not sure how much i should be revealing right now but they should be transferring the wikis to the new server right now if we're lucky. ShoutWiki should be up again within the next couple of weeks we hope, although there is no set date yet. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 01:16, 11 October 2011 (EDT)

Thanks the update. The "they should be back within a couple weeks" has me nervous, as they almost always miss their eta's. It'll be lucky if they're back within two months, if they're predicting two weeks.Orange Ice 10:30, 11 October 2011 (EDT)

Well, the ball has been set rolling now and imports may have started by now. Once wikis have been imported, a requests page will be set up to request your wiki to be imported to the new server. This is to allow those who want to leave to leave and for dead wikis to be left behind. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 10:34, 11 October 2011 (EDT)

Okay, thank you for that! So basically, all wikis will be imported, then you have to request for editing to be restored on yours?Orange Ice 10:39, 11 October 2011 (EDT)

No, the main wikis, the staff wikis and staff-run wikis will be imported for now. As well as the wikis requested via other means. A request page will then be opened up on the hub where you can request your wikis to be imported and editing will be restored etc. I think that's how it's gonna work anyway. ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 10:44, 11 October 2011 (EDT)

Okay, great. I hope it's back within a week. Orange Ice 10:50, 11 October 2011 (EDT)

Hi. Do you have any news on how the wiki imports are coming, and if their is an eta yet? Thanks. Orange Ice 10:59, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

I should have another update later today :) ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 11:13, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Okay, pretty much the same. Files getting transferred, not sure about actual wikis yet. The Solar Dragon 13:22, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Thanks, after the wikis are transferred, will editing be unlocked?Orange Ice 13:56, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Should be :) ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 14:06, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Is there an eta for wikis being transferred over?Orange Ice 15:56, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Not yet. No one wants to say yet because every other time they have given an estimated time, they have been wrong, by a few months... The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 15:57, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Great... It'll be lucky if they're back by December, then.Orange Ice 16:03, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

No, something is finally happening so hopefully a week or two. :D The Solar Dragon 16:03, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Hopefully... Still, its a bit pathetic that it has taken four months to move servers.Orange Ice 16:13, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Well, you have to remember that the techs are all volunteers, as are the community staff. No one gets paid. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 16:18, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

...still, four months is an incredibly long time to move servers.Orange Ice 16:25, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

I know, but the techs have also had real life issues to deal with. Skizzerz has been having exams, and I know he is still having them at this time so he's juggling around working for his exams and ShoutWiki. Misza seems to have been very busy too, as have the other techs who were needed throughout this. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 16:28, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Thanks. My biggest concern is the reliability of ShoutWiki. Will the site be gone in a year or two is always at the back of my mind.Orange Ice 16:34, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Well, the new server should be more reliable than the old one and is being looked after my our techs, not some Polish server managers. Plus, ShoutWiki plans on sticking around. We don't plan on going anywhere. We've just had a bad start to life, that's all. The Solar Dragon 16:37, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

I definitely think that ShoutWiki has the potential to be better than Wikia if they're able to keep the site up. More skins, more cool features (unlike the stupid ones wikia crams down peoples throats), and better customer service.Orange Ice 16:45, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Yes, I saw the potential in them too, hence the reason we moved Wikisimpsons there in the first place. Still, I'm glad we got out of there before the massive crash. Still, once ShoutWiki is up again, we'll try and become better than Wikia. We already are better, except from the fact Wikia has more wikis and more users. Hopefully, once they drive all their users away, they'll come to ShoutWiki. :) Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 16:49, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Last question: Will a backup server be implemented once the main one is up? This would help protect against another massive crash.Orange Ice 16:55, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

We won't have a backup server just yet, we will, however, have a backup script running either weekly or daily to backup the information. We're planning on getting a backup server at some point, it's just costs at the moment. The Solar Dragon 17:03, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Will monaco be free for the days lost?Orange Ice 11:29, 14 October 2011 (EDT)

Got the answer "probably".

^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 11:47, 14 October 2011 (EDT)

Good. In fact, I think they should make it free for good, as a "thank you" to the users that stick with them after all this downtime.Orange Ice 11:54, 14 October 2011 (EDT)

Not too sure about that but I certainly wouldn't complain if that happened. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 12:00, 14 October 2011 (EDT)

Hi again. Considering the weekend is almost over, is there any new news to report? Have the wiki transfers begun yet, or more of the same? Thanks.Orange Ice 17:56, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

More of the same. Once anything changes, I'll leave a message here. The Solar Dragon 17:57, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

Ok.. It's been three days. I'm starting to get very fed up at how long this file transfer is taking. It'll be a miracle of the sites back before December.Orange Ice 22:58, 18 October 2011 (EDT)

As much as I think and KNOW they're amazing staff as well as people, how would you cope with that much? Hmm? Touché, good sir. --Will k (Talk ~ Contributions) 01:32, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

Basically, you can either have ShoutWiki up quickly, and it will probably come offline again due to bugs. Or, you could have it up slowly so that staff can check everything over for bugs. There is a lot of data to transfer you know. A wiki host is a lot larger than a website so it takes a lot longer. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 02:09, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

I agree that it is good to check things over for bugs, but seriously this has been going on for an incredibly long time, and there appears to be no end in sight. :(Orange Ice 17:33, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

We should hopefully know more by the end of the weekend. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 17:37, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

Special thanks and quick question?

Thanks Solar Dragon, thanks for taking the appearances away. To my question because Eric Idle is English wouldn't it be 29 March 1943 instead of March 29, 1943 on the Infobox? Mr. Ifans (Talk) 16 October 2011

No, we use American format here since The Simpsons is an American show. Therefore, we use American spellings and date formats.

^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 05:12, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

Mostly. Because of my deep British roots, I tend to type "theatre" without thinking. :-) But seriously, we do keep to American usage. -- Mythigator 14:03, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

Okay thanks, sorry this is very confusing. Also another thanks! Mr. Ifans (Talk) 17 October 2011

Forum Thread

I've started a thread on the Wiki Staff Board I think you should have a look at. The most appropriate place for further discussion is on the Staff Board, IMO. Thank you. -- Mythigator 13:59, 16 October 2011 (EDT)