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Block

Solar, block 184.82.4.142. He vandalised your user page and this page. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 14:48, 3 April 2012 (EDT)

Done. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 14:49, 3 April 2012 (EDT)

There's been a lot of vandalism with the IP saying "I changed my IP address" and so on. What CAN we do about it? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 14:50, 3 April 2012 (EDT)

Check if he uses a similar IP again and range block that. I'm guessing it's still Avengingbandit as it is not a spambot due to gloating about changing his IP address. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 14:51, 3 April 2012 (EDT)

Added Spammers section to Wikisimpsons article. Feel free to remove it. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 14:54, 3 April 2012 (EDT)

Please don't glorify spamdalism, Phinbart... Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 14:55, 3 April 2012 (EDT)

There is a Vandalism section earlier on in the article. Why was Avengingbandit blocked anyway? PS. EDIT CONFLICT! ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 14:57, 3 April 2012 (EDT)

Avengingbandit was initially blocked because he was vandalising the wiki. He was later blocked infinitely after he requested it. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 15:45, 3 April 2012 (EDT)

Two things

Thing one

Can you make Autoyes a bot on Fanon, please.

Thing two

I have worked out a way Brandine could be all those relations to Cletus! If Brandine is Cletus' proper mother, there is no way they can be half-siblings. For half-siblings, one of your parents has to have a child with a another spouse. I made an image to explain better (on the right).

Uh-oh, two Brandines.

It could be that Brandine adopted Cletus, as they do look around the same age. Then, they could be proper siblings, thus having the same parents.

Editor meeting

Read your above comments and read Wikisimpsons talk:Editor meetings#Meeting rearrangement please. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 14:02, 4 April 2012 (EDT)

I already read my above comments earlier today. And just replied. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 14:15, 4 April 2012 (EDT)

Restore image

Can you please restore File:Tapped Angel Topiary.jpg. I need to check something. Thanks, ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 16:30, 4 April 2012 (EDT)

Done. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 16:32, 4 April 2012 (EDT)

Merchandise Award

Can you put on the sitenotice "The Merchandise Award has been revived for a Weekend Special starting today!" I asked Mythigator to do the same thing, but he ignored it. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 05:22, 6 April 2012 (EDT)

Solar! ^ ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 05:54, 6 April 2012 (EDT)

It's done. When Phin made the request I was sleeping. I do that for a few hours a day, y'know. :-) -- Mythigator 08:58, 6 April 2012 (EDT)

Swedish Main Page

Hi, could you fix this: Swedish Main Page? FatHomer^Talk 09:52, 6 April 2012 (EDT)

^FatHomer^Talk 15:39, 8 April 2012 (EDT)

Oh yeah, I had a look at it but had no idea what was causing it to break. It should work so I honestly have no idea why it's not. Sorry, The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 15:42, 8 April 2012 (EDT)

Merchandise Award sitenotice

Can you remove the Merchandise Award notice on the sitenotice and replace it with "The Merchandise Award has been revived for a Weekend Special!" Thanks, ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 04:05, 7 April 2012 (EDT)

{{{name}}}

For some reason, "{{{name}}}" appears at the top of The Simpsons Sing the Blues (book). Can you fix this? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 04:59, 8 April 2012 (EDT)

Never mind, Randomno fixed it. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 05:16, 8 April 2012 (EDT)

Sitenotice again

Can you put something on the sitenotice about this please. Thanks, ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 07:49, 8 April 2012 (EDT)

Never mind, asked Cook. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 08:36, 8 April 2012 (EDT)

You still here?

Wikia battles

Check this out: http://www.facebook.com/AvatarWikia/posts/360656400644375?notif_t=feed_comment Any attempt I can make on highlighting how evil wikia is and trying to get wikis to move away from them. I am also trying to make Wikkii (the only good host now) much better but it's difficult to do since google and wikia have a love affair and its hard to break that. Escyos 00:29, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

Wikisimpsons at Google +

I created page for "Svenska Wikisimpsons" at google + https://plus.google.com/113370253851208048807 . You should create a page for Wikisimpsons there. FatHomer^Talk 07:22, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

File:Simpons wiki featured at wikia.png :/ I know we still is a much better wiki. FatHomer^Talk 08:04, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

Solar, ^ ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 10:12, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

Meeting

Can you put something on the sitenotice about the meeting tonight? Thanks, ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 09:56, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

Okay. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 09:58, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

How long until the meeting? --Fred (Talk • Contribs. • Editcount) 10:00, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

8pm UK time, right? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 10:01, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

So, around 3 or 4 hours? --Fred (Talk • Contribs. • Editcount) 10:02, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

5 hours time, 8PM UK time, yes Phinbart.

^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 10:05, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

Wait till it says 3pm on the RecentChanges, and then go on IRC. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 10:09, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

5 hours! I might fall asleep... --Fred (Talk • Contribs. • Editcount) 10:12, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

15,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have reached 15,000, and according to newest pages, the 15,000th one is Dan Povenmire. But I'm also sad, as nobody else noticed we reached the milestone. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 10:53, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

Everyone was excited about 14,000... why not 15,000? |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 10:53, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

I noticed and reported it on Twitter. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 10:56, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

No, the actual 15,000th article is Dean Bauer. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 10:58, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

Actually, it's Ani Martirossians. :P I did double check this time. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 11:31, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

Channel rights

Can you please delete http://simpsonswiki.net/wiki/List_of_channel_rights Thanks, ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 10:57, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

Done. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 10:59, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

Use a bot

How do you use a bot? I want one on the Swedish Wiki. FatHomer^Talk 06:17, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

Read this. The Solar Dragon 06:18, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

Thanks! Also, are you going to create a Google + account for wikisimpsons? FatHomer^Talk 06:24, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

Ok, I got the bot working. How do I replace a text with another? FatHomer^Talk 06:39, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

Create a list of pages (left hand side of AWB) and then use the Find and replace function in the Options tab under the white space.

^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 06:40, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

Downloaded as .jpg, uploaded as .gif

For some strange reason, I downloaded this image File:Do the Bartman promo art.gif as a .jpg file, but would not upload as a .jpg. There was a notice saying "This does not match the mime type (image/gif)" So, after trying twice, I uploaded it as a .gif. Do you know what the problem could be? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 10:16, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

I have no idea. The Solar Dragon 10:18, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

I'd ask Jake. --Fred (Talk • Contribs. • Editcount) 10:20, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

Here's the error.

File:File error.png

~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 10:22, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

He said "I have no idea." --Fred (Talk • Contribs. • Editcount) 10:26, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

MediaWiki has a problem with that sort of thing. You can't save a file under a different format from an internet browser and then upload it, to do so you have to open it in a file editing program (even Paint) and save it as the other format first. Escyos 16:55, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

It was on the website already as a .jpg. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 16:58, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

Here's the site: [1] ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 16:59, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

Yeah, that is a JPG, did you try uploading again? If you did, try re-downloading the file. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 18:31, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

My subpage

You should ask the user first before deleting his (my) subpage... FatHomer^Talk 10:19, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

Well, firstly it was kind of useless. And secondly, it was full of red links, most of which probably wouldn't get articles. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 10:32, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

Orange Ice

Hi, do you know what wiki Orange Ice had on shoutwiki? FatHomer^Talk 13:09, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

No. ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 13:40, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

Do you know how to contact him? FatHomer^Talk 15:05, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

other than his talk page, no. The Solar Dragon 15:06, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

Monobook skin

I did most of it. Others did other parts of it. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 08:26, 12 April 2012 (EDT)

Do you want to hear my criticism? |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 11:32, 13 April 2012 (EDT)

No, not really.

^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 11:39, 13 April 2012 (EDT)

Okay. :P |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 11:40, 13 April 2012 (EDT)

I want. FatHomer^Talk 13:06, 13 April 2012 (EDT)

You want the criticism? |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 13:17, 13 April 2012 (EDT)

Yepp FatHomer^Talk 13:29, 13 April 2012 (EDT)

Firstly, the edit, history etc. buttons start with capitals, something that barely any monobook skin has. Secondly, the content background is white, which makes it look bad and uncolourful. Thirdly, the gradient on the sidebar looks quite bad, and just needs to be a light yellow color. I just think it looks bad and I don't use it. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 14:00, 13 April 2012 (EDT)

Hub

Seems the shoutwiki hub is back up, but all edits before June are gone. What's going on?--Orange Ice 11:01, 14 April 2012 (EDT)

No idea. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 11:02, 14 April 2012 (EDT)

I was just about to tell Solar that ShoutWiki's back up, but everything (articles, images) since it came back online in January has been lost. That means creating episode articles from episodes that aired WAY back last July. Editing is not available yet though. And Orange Ice, they've probably reverted to their December backups. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 11:04, 14 April 2012 (EDT)

Also, Solar, did you read the discussion here? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 11:06, 14 April 2012 (EDT)

Well I don't host a wiki there, so it doesn't really matter. But nice to see them back up! --Orange Ice 11:22, 14 April 2012 (EDT)

http://fishhooks.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page Looks fine to me. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 11:42, 14 April 2012 (EDT)

But it looks like the wiki's dead and hasn't been updated for 6 months. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 11:44, 14 April 2012 (EDT)

303 days, to be exact. :P |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 11:47, 14 April 2012 (EDT)

When will editing be open again?--Orange Ice 20:34, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

I don't know. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 04:28, 28 April 2012 (EDT)

Chuck

I'm a bit confused here, Chuck (student) is actually the name of White-shirt boy. Should we move White-shirt boy to Chuck and Chuck to Buck-toothed boy? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 08:48, 15 April 2012 (EDT)

I think this is Buck-toothed boy. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 08:58, 15 April 2012 (EDT)

Read Talk:White-shirt boy.

^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 09:14, 15 April 2012 (EDT)

IRC

Sitenotice

Can you change the infobox image discussion to "Voting is nearly finished for deciding what images should be used for episode infoboxes! If you want to vote, please vote here.", please. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 12:38, 16 April 2012 (EDT)

Done--Cook 8 7 9 17:13, 16 April 2012 (EDT)

Can you add a Golden Homer voting message? There are two days left and three people have voted. :| |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 04:00, 28 April 2012 (EDT)

This is one of the reasons I wanted to be an admin. Please remove my nomination from the sitenotice. I closed it. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 00:56, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

User:Breawycker

Hi I'm Breawycker from Wikipedia and Wikia. I was just wondering why User:Breawycker was deleted. Thanks--Breawycker 17:47, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

Hi, it wasn't deleted. Check the deletion log if you want to make sure. Try clicking on "use wiki userpage" or something like that on your user page (should be social page by default). Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 17:49, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

It was deleted Solar, i'm presuming as you weren't registered here and there is little on it, so when it comes to removing dead links on such user's pages it's easier to delete then to move the page, edit it and move back to the User namespace.--Cook 8 7 9 18:04, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

Image colour

What colour is it that is the "border" of images? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 15:12, 20 April 2012 (EDT)

Print screen, paste into GIMP, and use the color select tool. Click on the color and you'll see the code for it. ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 15:13, 20 April 2012 (EDT)

Got the HTML code now. Thanks, ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 15:21, 20 April 2012 (EDT)

Overlapping images

For some reason, bullet points and numbering have started to overlap images. See Springfield Swimming Pool for an example. Why is this happening? I've heard of text overlapping images before, but... ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 09:12, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

What am I looking at in particular? :S The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 09:19, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

File:Numbers overlapping image.png - There. An example of numbers overlapping an image from the featured pictures nom page. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 09:21, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

That doesn't show me anything... The Solar Dragon 09:33, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

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Uploaded new version. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 09:39, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

It's a problem on your end, I don't see any problems with it... ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 09:49, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

I think it's my browser. I switched to Opera. The new table style just looks like the old yellow one with a border round it. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 09:51, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

Tapped Out articles

Do you think we should have articles for all the locations in Tapped Out? Think it could be useful. I've already created Simpson House and Brown House; should we create more? ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 10:13, 22 April 2012 (EDT)

American Dad Wiki

Don't know if you know but a new independent wiki has started (http://americandadwiki.com). Slowly wikia is losing! Escyos 12:32, 24 April 2012 (EDT)

Is it just me or is there nothing there yet and part of the sidebar is in Swedish? Anyway I'll check it out once it starts up.--Cook 8 7 9 13:07, 24 April 2012 (EDT)

Quick request.

Hey, would you be able to check Simpsons World for the capitalization of "Pharm-er John's Pharmaceuticals", from the ep Midnight Rx? Mainly I'm unsure whether to capitalize the "e" in Pharm-er. --Nick97 ^{(talk ~ contribs)} 19:23, 25 April 2012 (EDT)

The "e" is lowercase. It is "Pharm-er John's Pharmaceuticals".

^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 09:40, 26 April 2012 (EDT)

Ok, thanks! --Nick97 ^{(talk ~ contribs)} 09:42, 26 April 2012 (EDT)

Appearances

Wow, nice job on them. WebkinzMania 16:51, 26 April 2012 (EDT)

I was bored and they're fairly easy to do :P The Solar Dragon 16:52, 26 April 2012 (EDT)

Tapped out

It was me who added you as a friend, if you wondered... What do you play on? FatHomer^Talk 16:03, 28 April 2012 (EDT)

What's your name? I have a few friends already, some randomly added :P

^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 16:05, 28 April 2012 (EDT)

I think it's AwesomeBigBear (not the best username...) FatHomer^Talk 16:17, 28 April 2012 (EDT)

Willie MacDougal or Groundskeeper Willie?

What is the correct name for that page? WebkinzMania 07:23, 1 May 2012 (EDT)

Groundskeeper is a title so we don't use that as we have both his first and last name so we use Willia MacDougal. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 07:52, 1 May 2012 (EDT)

Why shouldn't we use titles? We shouldn't be bound to the same rules that wikipedia uses. We should use the most common names. It's one thing to name pages "Nick Riviera" and "Clancy Wiggum", because those characters have well-established real names, even if they aren't the mosy commonly used. But it seems silly to use a name used in one episode, especially when that character has had several different names given. -- Brian McClure 09:11, 1 May 2012 (EDT)

We've had a discussion open about these things for a couple months now. See Blog:Changes to the naming policy. We're still unable to reach a full decision though so feel free to leave your input there.

^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 09:13, 1 May 2012 (EDT)

Bot

Uhh, my bot screwed up completely, removing content of every page it edited, but I have no idea why.

File:Bot error.png

The weird error

Firstly, can you rollback the bot's edits, please. Secondly, do you have any idea why the bot messed up? Thanks, * Gulp * |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 03:13, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

Has it been reverted. I can't access your bot's contributions as college has filtered it - probably mentions p**n (blanked so it doens't block this as well). Also, while I'm chatting, home Internet down again. Hopefully fixed today...--Cook 8 7 9 07:13, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

All the edits have been reverted and Autoyes has now had bot rights removed and has been blocked. Until you learn how to use a bot properly and make sure it is not fucking up its edits, it will stay like that. I'm pretty sure I warned you that if it fucked up again, I would remove its rights. ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 07:50, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

File:Canada flag.jpg

Could you restore this image, please? It was only unused because it got taken off the Canada page when the infobox image was replaced with an image of the flag. --Nick97 ^{(talk ~ contribs)} 09:50, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

Done. The Solar Dragon 10:01, 2 May 2012 (EDT)