User talk:Sikon

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Automatic code-entering thingy
Hi,

I am a beurocrat for several other unrelated wikia, but was wondering, when you attempt to start editting a new page on this wikia, there is an option box above where one enters the code that enters standard coding into the page for you - how did you get this, and do you know how I could apply it to my wikia?

Please reply w:c:stargatewars:User:Hunterd rather than at my Wookiepedia talk page.

Cheers.

---ZPMMaker... Hallowed are the Archangels! 23:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm replying here. I did it with JavaScript, see MediaWiki:Monobook.js and MediaWiki:Common.js. You should copy a part of that code to your wiki and create Template:Stdpreloads. - Sikon 04:19, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Profanity
This User has some profanity in his bottom infobox/userbox it says. This user thinks Mace Windu has had enough of these mother****ing snakes on this mother****ing plane 216.211.66.52 11:30, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Only in theory
Mission Vao is, sadly, only of age in theory. There are no pictures, no witnesses have testified on the subject. I continue waiting. Perhaps she'll have a cameo in KOTOR3, as new ruler of the Genoharadan maybe. ^_^ Enochf 10:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Infoboxes help on DB wiki

 * Hey there. A couple of dedicated users and I are working to totally revamp the Dragonball wiki. I was wondering if you would be willing to make or help make some infoboxes for us. Right now I'd be ecstatic to have just a plain old character infobox. I've noticed the great deal of work you've put into infoboxes over here lately and am hoping you wouldn't mind putting in a small amount of time for us. I'd do it myself but I'm not totally comfortable with it and have already screwed up one for the user space. :) If you wouldn't mind, the way we'd like it to be organized is at dragonball:User:Wildyoda/Infobox. Let me know if you wouldn't mind, and if you're too busy or not interested, that's fine too, just thought I'd ask. Thanks for the time. Wildyoda 16:32, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * For the starters, you'll need to copy slh, sli, slc, sls, sld, and slf. After that, copy one of our infoboxes and we'll discuss the rest. And please don't be overly polite. I dislike that. - Sikon 16:37, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Pretty cool
Yea cool page seems like you put a lot of effort into it.......Nice.

Cressa
I don't have the NEGTD, but I added that article right after reading it in the bookstore, and I could have sworn it said Cressa was in charge when the Republic took back 400100500260026. - Lord Hydronium 22:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Old Sith Wars
Hi Sikon. Thanks for your response at Forum:Old Sith Wars. I've added another question about the Old Sith Wars. The article doesn't appear to be entirely canon, at least in terms of the timeline it offers. Just tryng to straighten it out. Have a good one! ~ Jaywin

Help
Could you help me? i Have a question about the MP, how do you get a colored background? I was going to use one for the wiki I created, Gears of War. Darthraul 02:01, 18 March 2007 (UTC)Darthraul
 * A colored background where? On the main page or the entire site? - Sikon 05:10, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

block
When did I ever harass admins today? All I did was ask a question. How is that harassment. You must have me confused with someone else. The other guy was not even mad. I did not know that asking questions was harassing. I am very confused. Please tell me what happeded. Thanks,

I looked up the word harass in the dictionary and it says: Harass- to trouble by repeated attacks.

I did none of those thing I was just confused,so I asked questions.

help
I'm an admin on another wikia, and I am trying to change the background of the wikia to a different color (preferably black). Could you tell me how to do this? I'm not very adept at the whole editing thing (all the bells and whistles), so I may need some explaining. Thanks- Kanogul 18:58, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know if it was you, but the page has a black background now, and I'm trying to turn it gray (#C0C0C0).--Kanogul 19:24, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Help needed
Hi Sikon. Since you are good with code and all, could you possibly center the userbox on my userpage? It's been bugging me for a while and I thought you might know how to fix it. Thanks! Adamwankenobi 21:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Bah!
Bah! 17:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Sandpit
I'm just curious as to why you deleted my sandpit? Obviously I had just emptied it and so it doesn't really matter. Was this part of the user page clean up? --Eyrezer 03:04, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I just assumed that since you blanked it, you don't need it anymore. I will restore it if you want. - Sikon 03:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No worries. I just wondered if my other subpages (not fanon ones) would have to go. Cheers. --Eyrezer 01:13, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Unable to access the action tabs.
As noted, my action tabs are missing. See the image below.



Will (Talk - contribs) 09:32, 27 March 2007 (UTC) BTW: It appears that ordinary users can't edit that CSS page. That might be good, but it prevents it from being manually purged. I don't know if there is another way to do it. Will (Talk - contribs) 07:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * If you're fine with the tabs being in a dropdown menu as well, you can take the fixed version from furry:User:Sikon/monobook.css. The undesired effects appear to be a result of mixing my code with someone else's. - Sikon 12:12, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Also, if you are keeping that CSS page, you might change the See Also link at the bottom. I guess you liked that layout. Will (Talk - contribs) 07:41, 28 March 2007 (UTC) I was going to purge it so I could navigate with the TOC. Since you appear to have copied my CSS page to get it, I thought that would work. I copied the code over. It is acceptable. At least the actions are available now. However, I think that I would prefer the changes listed below. Two are older. Will (Talk - contribs) 07:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * What CSS page? You don't need to edit it. You need to view the source and copy it to your Wookieepedia monobook.css. - Sikon 07:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Tabs for the actions. Makes them handier.  I don't lose that much vertical space to them.
 * 2) Put the contents of the User Menu on the top level on the right.
 * 3) Make the bar non-scrolling.

How can I implement your Preload system at the Christian Music Wiki?
I like the concept. Will (Talk - contribs) 09:32, 27 March 2007 (UTC) That added the special characters. (Which is useful. Thanks.  :)  I had been wanting to add that for a while.)  But the preload stuff is missing.  Do I need to create a file that lists the preloads? Will (Talk - contribs) 08:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC) Well, I created the template.  See w:c:ChristianMusic:Template:Stdpreloads.  However, the controls are still missing.  (See .)  Also, how do I define the preloads themselves?  Do I create templates whose names match the text in the w:c:ChristianMusic:Template:Stdpreloads? Will (Talk - contribs) 08:44, 28 March 2007 (UTC) Common.js did not exist.  So I had to create it.  It appears I put an extra m into the name.  Sorry about that.
 * First, copy MediaWiki:Functions.js and MediaWiki:Edittools to your wiki. Then insert the content of User:Sikon/preload.js into your wiki's MediaWiki:Common.js. - Sikon 11:49, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The custom preload text box and button should work "out of the box". For the combo box, yes, you need to create Template:Stdpreloads. - Sikon 08:27, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * First. Your MediaWiki:Common.js is empty. What did I say about copying the script there? Second, replace addLoadEvent with addOnloadHook in your MediaWiki:Monobook.js. - Sikon 08:49, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

However, there is no change. Will (Talk - contribs) 08:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC) Sorry. My JS skills on not that good. I had web programming. I should stick to desktops in that regard. Now how to I fill the preloads? I assume those are pages somewhere. When I tried it, I got nothing. Not even an error message. I had hoped the error message would tell me what I needed to know. It did not. Will (Talk - contribs) 07:29, 29 March 2007 (UTC) Well, I started in high-school with Applesoft and continue to dabble with it for 10 years. In college (Illinois Central College), I started working with GW-Basic and Pascal (Turbo 1.0). At Western Illinois University, I continued with Pascal, but also started working with C and C++ (my first OO language). I also picked up some ADA (but never understanding it). After college, I worked with KMan (mostly to learn how to translate a product to another langauge that we never picked). I also learned enough about SqlWindows (the name they had then) and PowerBuilder. Neither were capable langauges in my opinion (then as well as now). That was also when I dabbled with HTML for the first time. Since then all my professional work was in C++/MFC -- and all client side. Our apps weren't even Internet-aware. Only the latest one I worked on had any need of it (and only to update itself). A couple years ago, I also picked up some C#.NET -- on my own to enhance my résumé  if only slightly. I never reached the part where my book talked about the Internet -- I never even got SQL Server Desktop going.
 * You didn't replace addLoadEvent. - Sikon 09:40, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The preloads work for me now. If they don't work for you, reload your cache (since you apparently have Firefox, pressing Ctrl-R should do the job). To modify the preload list, edit Template:Stdpreloads. To create a preload template, create Template:Templatename/preload, where Templatename is the line in Stdpreloads. For example, Wookieepedia has Template:Character infobox/preload for the "Character infobox" line. As for web programming: you shouldn't stick to desktops! Web programming is actually quite entertaining. To see JavaScript errors, use the Firefox error console, which is available in the Tools menu. (Out of interest, what programming language(s) do you use?) - Sikon 07:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

As of right now, it is working for Artists. Thanks. Will (Talk - contribs) 08:53, 29 March 2007 (UTC) Cross platform stuff has never been a requirement. Windows was. Besides, as user interface specialist, I found Linux and Unix (along with X-Windows) to be rather repulsive. When I design an interface for users, I insist that the look of a scrollbar look like that what is shown in the manuals or help files. While XP/Vista themes make that near impossible, it is far more likely than with something like X-Windows which make everyone implement their own scrollbars -- and look of those controls.
 * The problem with MFC and .NET is that they're tied to Windows. I advise you to learn a cross-platform language/toolkit, like Java (with Swing or SWT), or Qt (for C++). Or Mozilla extensions, which are a cross between traditional client applications and web (Ajax) applications, due to their extensive use of DOM, JavaScript, and often XMLHttpRequest. - Sikon 09:01, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

As for other stuff (you mentioned Mozilla), I tend to act like a fish out of water when a conventional debugger is not an option. Will (Talk - contribs) 09:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * There is a conventional debugger for JavaScript, it's called Venkman. Besides, dince uniform look is a requirement, both Swing and Qt have support for themes, making it possible to make your application look and feel the same on any platform - be it Windows, Linux or Mac. Besides, don't worry about X11. These toolkits provide a sufficient level of abstraction. And while I understand that non-Windows platforms are not a requirement, it's better to think of it now than when customers request a Linux or Mac version and all you'll be able to answer is "Sorry, guys, it's not portable". - Sikon 09:22, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Beep boop
Hey, if you could run Artoo to change Category:New Republic pilots to Category:New Republic Starfighter Corps personnel, you would have my undying gratitude. Until you blow by making the background pastel blue or something. Havac 04:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Image
how do you upload a image???????
 * See Guide to image use. - Sikon 14:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

admin
I am a beuracrat on another site. how do I make someone else a beucrarat?thanks, Twilekmaster 23:02, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Why are you all asking me? What am I, Wikia tech support? Use Special:Makesysop. - Sikon 00:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Revan gender crybabies
If you want a hilarious series of denials that merit QuentinGeorge's Baghdad Bob, go to Bioware's KOTOR forums and look up posts by a user called vibro9. This guy/girl was probably the inexplicable product of a love affair between David Irving and Sergeant Hans Schultz. Lord Patrick 18:33, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Help on Jundland Wastes
On the Wookieepedia: Jundland wastes page, there are two sentences that say "This page is for editing experiments only. Where no one will criticize your edits." That's a fragment. I've tried to fix it but it keeps getting reverted when the sandbox is raked, I assume. Could you do something about that? Also, there are two of the same "official policy" templates there. Could you possibly fix that as well? Thanks. Chack Jadson 12:40, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Nothing needs fixing there. The two policy templates are just an editing experiment. - Sikon 12:55, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Pardon my ignorance...
...but what does ASR mean? KEJ 23:28, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia:WP:ASR. - Sikon 03:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That makes no sense, especially if it's kinda useful like the reference to the documentation of the April Fools' joke (I'm sure you knew that was what I was getting at) where interested people could just click the link and get a complete list of all the changes made... besides we're not wikipedia. KEJ 07:43, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Not Wikipedia, not Wikipedia. ASR is a basic principle of any wiki. Insert that one into About if you want, or reword it: "Wookieepedia documented these changes at their "April Fools' Day 2007" page [external link]". You can use the srlink template for the external link. - Sikon 07:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * If you say so; you're the wiki-expert. It's just a silly principle that makes no sense. KEJ 10:02, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Burl

 * Hi Sikon. With regards to Burl Ives, I suggest you visit this forum and vote&mdash;and try and find some other votes also. --Eyrezer 09:01, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Search
If it's technically possible, what if we have a plain SEARCH image with no subject, then overlay just the subject on the left side, to keep the search text the same and not have a wookiee that gets changed to something else when the page first loads? 01:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Marty! You're not thinking fourth-dimensionally about people who have JavaScript disabled. For them, the Wookiee will be all they'll ever see. - Sikon 03:39, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, I did think about that. But whatever. We still could use a plain icon though, so people can keep a bit more consistent with the SEARCH text.
 * Also, what I originally meant, not what I tried last night, was to have two images, the Wookiee, and the "SEARCH" part side by side. Then the JavaScript would only override the image of the Wookiee, and leave the search part the same, but I don't think that's worth the trouble now. 16:01, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

WOTM nom
I would like to thank you for the WOTM nomination, I never dreamed I'd get on that thing, even if I don't win. I just found out about it today, so I'm sorry about the delay. While I'm at it, I might as well say I enjoy your Komedy stylings. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  12:28, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Quote database
Hiya Sikon! As there's been some discussion about a QDB for Wikia (instead of one wiki page), I'd like to know what is needed for running the software (so that we can find out if Wikia is able to host one). Unless I'm mistaken, at least PHP support? And MySQL? Thanks in advance! :) --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 19:41, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * MySQL and either Perl or PHP. The Wookiee' QDB is custom software I wrote for myself (in PHP), and Chirpy!, which powers the Uncyc QDB, is written in Perl. - Sikon 03:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Then remove the redlinks
I created the redirects to prevent someone from actually creating those nonsensical articles from the redlinks. It had nothing to do with proving points. KEJ 14:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Search icons
I noticed that in the newest batch of search icons you added to the template, one of them is vitually identical to another one added earlier. Image:XwingSearch.png, from the lastest batch, is almost exactly the same as Image:Xwing-search.png that was added a while back. I know there are different images in the rotation of the same character, but they are very different images. So I didn't know of this was intentional or just an oversight, so I thought I'd point it out. - JMAS 16:10, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * What's wrong with having two X-wing icons? We have two Gamorrean icons and two Carth icons. - Sikon 16:20, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Ahem
May I suggest incorporating "of DOOM" into some of your links to the user page policy? It just...pops. Y'know? --School of Thrawn 101 10:16, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The original didn't have "of DOOM". Blame them. - Sikon 10:21, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Truth, but you must admit, kind sir, that "of DOOM" appended to every one of those lines would add a certain...flair?
 * "I'm not familiar with the type of thing I'm seeing." (c) - Sikon 10:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Hellooo...
Kindly leave my page alone, it's perfectly legit. Besides, you messed up quite a lot that was entirely unrelated to the Guestbook. Evir Daal 10:38, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Read again. That's the place for Guestbook subpages. I haven't broken any rules, just had my page messed up for no good reason. Evir Daal 10:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * We should probably amend that section of the policy, since getting rid of guestbooks on the main page is what was meant by that addition (according to the cleanup project and "useless edits" CT thread.)  &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 12:11, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. --School of Thrawn 101 12:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Is this kosher?
Hey Sikon, just noticed Culator removed a userbox from my page due apparently to his disagreement with me about the Breast Vfd. http://starwars.wikia.com/index.php?title=User:Gonk&curid=133177&diff=1287160&oldid=1283882 I realize that such actions would of course be appropriate if I were (say) impersonating an admin, but I fail to see how this (or, for that matter, his calling me an idiot in IRC) is appropriate. If I'm mistaken and this is indeed within an admin's rights, just let me know; you know I am able to have a sense of humor about this sort of thing, but here I detect no jokiness from Culator.  Gonk  ( Gonk! ) 16:58, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I reverted him. He's out of line. -- Imp http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/e/e5/ATATatarismall.png 17:00, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, he's reverted it twice now. Apparently he wants to get banned or something, perhaps "to create a strong sympathy vote" as it were ;)  Gonk  ( Gonk! ) 18:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I've blocked him, though I am well aware he can unblock himself. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 18:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

UnMeta-wiki
There's some spam to be deleted at UnMeta. --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 17:17, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Search icons...
I have a little question about the search icons. I want to know how you got then to cycle randomly. Also, on April 01, I saw all these different changes to stuff, like the action buttons. I have recently adopted the M*A*S*H wiki and have begun totally remodeling it. The cycling search icons are one of the things that I want. I would also like to know how to change what the wiki is called, how to change what all the things in the "navigation" and "interaction" sections say. Thanks!!!Ultric Sandov ---- [Ultimate Spy] 23:38, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Curious question
Hey, I've just got a question for you. I have about 2650 edits on Wookieepedia (and 3600 total) but on a stats page, I am not listed under the contributors with the most edits, though I should be. Here's the link: stats. You're smart, so maybe you can help. Do you have an explanation? I'm just curious about this, it's nothing major. Thanks. Chack Jadson 20:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry to bug you abou this, but can you think of any explanation? This is just bugging me, I have no idea why it's like this. If you don't know, it's fine. Thanks again. Chack Jadson 01:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikia maintains the list. I have no idea what software they use, let alone giving any support. - Sikon 04:21, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

What
What in god's name does cannon go boom mean? Anzati02 21:12, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It means someone misspelled "canon" as "cannon". - Sikon 04:18, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Delete
Sikon, can you delete floating mountain because it may be fanon?--Windu223 16:38, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I see no reason to delete it right now. Let the author provide sources. - Sikon 16:42, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Dynamic recent changes
I followed the instructions on the forum, but I think I made a mistake some where, because it's not working. Can you please help me? --Jedimca0 (Do or Do Not, There is No Try) 18:03, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by "not working"? And under what browser? Sorry, but the telepaths are on vacation. - Sikon 18:11, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I’m sorry, I'm using Internet Explorer and I followed the instruction on the forum, copied it, reloaded my cache, and opened User:Sikon/rc, after that nothing happened, I got a blank page. Is it supposed to do that? --Jedimca0 (Do or Do Not, There is No Try) 18:17, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * This feature is for standards-compliant browsers, not IE. - Sikon 18:39, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It isn't for IE? what kind of browser do I need? and where can I get it? Thanks, I really appreciate your help. --Jedimca0 (Do or Do Not, There is No Try) 18:44, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm going to beat you to this, Sikon :-P Jedimca0: FireFox. It's free. Just download, install, and use. Jorrel [[Image:Wiki-shrinkable.png|20px]] Fraajic 18:45, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll download and install it right now. --Jedimca0 (Do or Do Not, There is No Try) 18:50, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:Eraicon
I noticed you had done some work on the eraicon template here and I've been trying to mimic it here on TMNTPedia if you could look mine over and see where I went wrong it would be appreciated also my version of Template:Eras is here under Template:Apps

thank you in advance for any help you can offer  N.Y.N.E. Comlink 22:52, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Width in image names
Not that I think many people actually read everything written there, but could you put a note in the Upload page about not putting the image width or height in the file's name. Maybe, just maybe, it will help a bit. - JMAS 22:52, 9 May 2007 (UTC)