User talk:Jake

QuickLink

Hi Jake, could you install the QuickLink extension please? Thanks, The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 12:00, 25 February 2012 (EST)

Ok, it's installed but it does not support our editing toolbar. If you want to use it, go into preferences, click the 'Editing' tab, and uncheck all 'Beta' and 'Labs' features. The extension should then function as intended. --Jake 09:03, 26 February 2012 (EST)

Okay, thanks again. I never really used those features anyway so I don't mind not having them :P The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 09:27, 26 February 2012 (EST)

Bugs

MediaWiki:Recentchangestext ‎and Extension:WikiEditor does not work for me. AleWi 12:11, 28 February 2012 (EST)

Could you be more specific? What exactly about those pages isn't working? -Jake 12:14, 28 February 2012 (EST)

When I push a button or a link is nothing happening. I've testing Google Chorme and Internet Explorer on two diffrent computers but it dosen't work. It works at the "Svenska Wikisimpsons". AleWi 12:18, 28 February 2012 (EST)

The same seems to be happening for me. I'll look into this as soon as I can! What's wrong with MediaWiki:Recentchangestext? -Jake 12:20, 28 February 2012 (EST)

Sorry MediaWiki:Recentchangestext should be, MediaWiki:Edittools /AleWi 12:27, 28 February 2012 (EST)

So it turns out that this was a bug with the new QuickLinks extension. I've inserted some checks into the code to make sure it doesn't conflict with the default editor. It should be working properly now. --Jake 01:29, 3 March 2012 (EST)

List of redirects

No matter what the combination (500, 2x250, 3x100, 6x50, 15x20) I can't get to the 300th redirect on Special:ListRedirects. Any idea why?--Cook879 16:54, 28 February 2012 (EST)

That's odd. I can't think of why that would be happening. I'll take a look at the database later and see if there's anything wrong in there. -Jake 12:10, 29 February 2012 (EST)

Ok, this should be fixed now. Turns out MediaWiki wasn't happy about there being some redirects to merchandise wiki left over. I manually went through and removed them from the database. -Jake 01:06, 3 March 2012 (EST)

Thanks Jake :)--Cook879 05:57, 3 March 2012 (EST)

Piwik

Hi, Merchandise and Chinese need to be removed from Piwik. Thanks, The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 11:32, 29 February 2012 (EST)

I thought I did that already, but I guess I didn't. Thanks for the reminder! :P -Jake 12:11, 29 February 2012 (EST)

External links in templates

Hi, a few times now, we've put external links into templates and they haven't shown up or even counted as an element of the template. This happened before the upgrade so it isn't that. At first i thought it was specific to the table template but it's also happened for {{QuoteEx}} I have no idea what is causing this problem so could you look into it please? Thanks, ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 12:49, 29 February 2012 (EST)

There's also a problem with {{Desc}}! It doesn't display the link! Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 13:16, 29 February 2012 (EST)

Bullet point error

Hi, when indenting bullet points with our appearance templates (see my sandbox for an example), we have two bullet points instead of an indent. Is there any way to fix this through normal means? Thanks, The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 16:32, 29 February 2012 (EST)

Some things...

Hi!
The 404 page needs to be edited. The german site should be linked to Hauptseite instead of Main_Page, the swedish to Huvudsida and the chinese link should be removed. Also in Recent Changes in the languages section on the side, "Svenska" links to "Special:Senaste_ändringarna" but it should be "Special:Senaste_ändringar". Also in the section "På andra språk" on the sidebar in the swedish wiki, the chinese is still there, and I don't know how to delete it. Thanks! FatHomer^Talk 04:37, 2 March 2012 (EST)

Fixed. :) -Jake 07:32, 2 March 2012 (EST)

Thank you :D FatHomer^Talk 09:20, 2 March 2012 (EST)

Connecting and disconnecting

I keep connecting and disconnecting from Wikisimpsons. So does Solar, possibly Will. Do you know what's happened? | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 04:41, 4 March 2012 (EST)

I'm connecting, disconnecting and connecting as well. Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 04:43, 4 March 2012 (EST)

I noticed the first problems around 1 am, and concluded that the downtime was caused by a power outage near our server's data center. I was able to confirm this by going to the power company's web site. The problem was resolved just after 2 am, at which time I went to sleep. Since then, there seem to have been several intermittent power outages. These power outages seem to be causing only network problems, as the server itself has remained online through all of them according to its network graphs. (The four gaps are the power outages.) Hopefully we won't experience any more outages, but if we do, at least we'll know why. --Jake 08:46, 4 March 2012 (EST)

Explode StringFunctions

Hi Jake, could you add the explode StringFunctions to Wikisimpsons please? Thanks, The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 17:52, 4 March 2012 (EST)

Sure thing. --Jake 20:50, 4 March 2012 (EST)

Common.js

Hi, is there any way to clean up the MediaWiki:Common.js as the page is stretched out. Also, could we have the syntax highlighted as well? Thanks, Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 11:35, 6 March 2012 (EST)

There's really no way to clean it up other than cutting out unused code. I don't really see that as much of a problem though, as those pages are really only used by people who know what they're doing with Javascript. As for syntax highlighting, I don't really think it's possible. If you want the benefits of syntax highlighting, I'd recommend editing the JS in a proper editor on your computer and then transferring it back over to the wiki. --Jake 15:27, 6 March 2012 (EST)

I've seen other wikis highlight syntax here for instance. Plus, they have a scrollbar in the page to stop it stretching out too. Not sure what they've used to do that but it would look better. The Solar Dragon 15:33, 6 March 2012 (EST)

Wow, I somehow missed that extension entirely. :P It's been installed. :) I'm not sure how they're fixing the page stretching, but I'd be happy to apply the fix if you can find it. --Jake 15:43, 6 March 2012 (EST)

I was given the code "pre { overflow: auto; }". I put it into the Common.js but it didn't seem to do anything so thought I'd ask you in case you knew what to do with it. ;) Thanks, The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 09:23, 7 March 2012 (EST)

That's because that's CSS, not Javascript. I'll set it up for you. :) --Jake 11:46, 7 March 2012 (EST)

Rollbacking on German

Hey Jake, just an FYI but when you rollback something on German it displays a database error upon completion.--Cook879 15:41, 6 March 2012 (EST)

Should be fixed now. :) --Jake 15:47, 6 March 2012 (EST)

MWSearch

Hi, could you install MWSearch, and by extension, Lucene-search please? Thanks, ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 16:03, 8 March 2012 (EST)

I have been looking into search alternatives, but at the moment, I haven't reached a decision on which one to use. Replacing the search engine is not as simple as installing any other extension, and it's something that I will have to plan out carefully before deploying new software to the server. -Jake 12:14, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

Thumbnail images

Hi Jake, around the thumbnail images is a slightly darker shade of the main colour, of "fff9cf" while the main content's colour is "ffffe0". Could you change the colour around the thumbs to "ffffe0" please? Thanks, The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 10:55, 9 March 2012 (EST)

I believe I was able to fix it. It's hard to tell. Please let me know if it's fixed, otherwise I'll try editing a different CSS rule. :) --Jake 12:24, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

Weird userwiki stuff

Hi, when I go to UserWiki:Randomno it has a no-page content, but I can edit it and actually see the text of the no page thing (O_o). Also, when I go to User:Randomno it's in user profile style, but I use prfile not wiki. I'll have a go messing around, but this is weird and I don't want to lose my actual user page... | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 16:32, 12 March 2012 (EDT)

Oh, fixed, but I never remember switching round UserWiki with User profile... | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 16:33, 12 March 2012 (EDT)

Polish Wiki

Hi Jake, a user has expressed interest in a Polish wiki so he could translate articles there. Could you set this up please? Thanks, ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 18:55, 12 March 2012 (EDT)

Absolutely! I'll get to that as soon as possible. --Jake 12:16, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

There's been a placeholder since yesterday afternoon on http://pl.simpsonswiki.net/. When is the Polish wiki going to be up? Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 14:14, 14 March 2012 (EDT)

Special:Patrol

Hi, Special:Patrol appears to be broken and nothing loads. Thanks, The Solar Dragon 02:21, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

Are you sure? It's loading for me at the time of this edit. --Jake 12:15, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

Huh. Earlier, it wasn't loading. I tried it three times. :S Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 12:16, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

Weird. Well let me know if it happens again and I'll see if I can figure out what's going on. --Jake 12:25, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

German wiki

For some reason whenever I try to edit the de:Simpsons Comics article on the German wiki, I click the "Save" button in German, and an error comes up on [1]:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /w/index.php on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Can you fix this please? Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 13:09, 15 March 2012 (EDT)

Strange. Just edited on the page and went normal. When I input the data I want, it comes up with the error. Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 13:11, 15 March 2012 (EDT)

For some strange reason, the error is to do with the links. I don't think that should happen. The links are only to a German comic site! Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 13:18, 15 March 2012 (EDT)

Simpsons skin width

Hi, I'm not sure if you can do this because of your knowledge with CSS, but could you try making the "simpsons" skin a little bit wider or something? If you look here, you'll notice Orville Simpson's name stays on one line, but on the simpsons skin his † goes on to the next line. A few other things are slightly squashed up too.

Also, for my tree, I need to add all of this, so it will be too large. Do you think you could make a special page or something with a very wide width so I can fit the tree on the page?

Thanks, | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 11:45, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

Firstly, I don't see how we could increase the width. Secondly, it depends on screen size as it fits on one line for me. Thirdly, we shouldn't go changing the skin for one thing. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 12:27, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

Okay... But still, if we don't have a widened skin, I'd still like a special page for that tree. There are LOADS of people to add, including the Bouvier family. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 12:37, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

What do you mean by special page for the tree? The Solar Dragon 12:40, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

Can't we have it scroll - both vertically and horizontally - and start it out in the right corner, where the main family are?--Cook879 13:32, 18 March 2012 (EDT)

Broken sidebar

Although it's not a really big issue, on long pages, such as List of couch gags, the sidebar stops at some point and you just see the background. Then, there is another part of the sidebar, it breaks again, and then the bottom of it is at the bottom of the page. Not sure if this is on any other pages but I'd guess other long pages like that. Thanks, ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 06:08, 19 March 2012 (EDT)

Erm, I've just been on the page, and no sidebar breaks. Also, why is Jake inactive at the moment? Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 12:39, 19 March 2012 (EDT)