User talk:Grunny/Archive5

Image uploads
Hi, I'm new to this site. Actually I've browsed here many times before, but today was the first time I've tried editing any wikis. I made a bunch of edits to images related to Ralph McQuarrie artwork, and I wanted to upload a few thumbnails of his artwork that is not already available here, but it says I can't because of protections against "upload abuse" and that I should contact an administrator.

Is this something you could (and would be willing to) help me out with?

I've been a Star Wars fan for a long time, and especially interested in preproduction artwork, and I have a number of contributions I could make to this site in that regard. Thanks.

daehl

Wiki Website Icons
I have a question- on Wookieepedia and many of the large major wikis, when you look at the Internet tab that the website is on, they have a specified icon before the website title. Woookieepedia has the circular red white and black icon. Most wikis, instead, have the typical blue W. How can you customize your wiki to have a particular icon for your wiki?


 * Hi. That's done by uploading a new version of [[File:Favicon.ico]]. You can read more about it here. I hope that helps. Cheers,  grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 02:02, December 4, 2011 (UTC)

Wedge Antilles
Hey, Grunny. When you get a chance, can you look at the Wedge Antilles FA nom and approve/archive it? Ordinarily, I wouldn't bug someone about this, but it's been sitting ready to go for over two days now. Trust me, I'm glad it's finally over after 17 months. I'll even help you out: here's the nomination diff. Thanks.  Master Jonathan &mdash; Jedi Council Chambers Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 00:46 UTC
 * Done. grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 05:39, December 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yay! --Eyrezer 06:13, December 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you! And it looks like it will hit the Main Page the day after my birthday. Cool!  Master Jonathan &mdash; Jedi Council Chambers Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 15:46 UTC

Email
Hey Grun,

Shoot me an email when you have a moment please, thanks.  —Tommy  9281  Friday, December 9, 2011, 05:06 UTC 
 * Shot. grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 05:08, December 9, 2011 (UTC)

The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide request
Hi Grunny? Could you please check what The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide says about the Dominus sector and on which page(s)? Thanks in advance. TK 999  21:30, December 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi TK. I should be able to get this info for you tomorrow, sorry for the delay. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 15:24, December 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem. TK  999  13:10, December 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * Posted it on your talk page. grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 14:00, December 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! TK  999  14:01, December 29, 2011 (UTC)

Main Page FA code issues
Hey Grunny. Just wanted to bring it to somebody's attention that there is some bad code in the Main Page that will cause breakage if not fixed before the end of the year. The code that pulls the appropriate FA blurb has an #ifexpr function that was put in to enable a smooth transition when we switched to two per week; if that's not removed, it will try to go back to daily pages on January 2 and show a redlink instead. Also, the current code will cause the redlink Featured article queue/Week 52, 2012/1 to show on Sunday, January 1. I'll leave it up to you to come up with a solution to that.  Master Jonathan &mdash; Jedi Council Chambers Thursday, December 22, 2011, 02:28 UTC

Red links
How do u search for redlinks?24.193.147.106 02:39, December 22, 2011 (UTC)

Preloads
Hey, Grunny! Happy Holidays! Yanno, I've been trying to figure out why preloads don't work at w:c:tardis ever since the new editor smashed its way into our lives. But I just don't get it. For a time I had the drop down appearing in the same spot it is here at Wookie, but it wouldn't actually do anything when ya selected a preload. Now I don't even have that. Could I possibly get you to take a peek at tardis:MediaWiki:Common.js and tardis:MediaWiki:Wikia.js, and tell me where I've screwed up? No rush, the holidays are a busy time for us all! Thanks for whatever help you can give. 10:03: Fri 23 Dec 2011
 * Okay, I've finally got the drop-down working, but what's happened to the input box/custom preload? That was the coolest thing about the old system. I note that you guys don't seem to have custom working here, but there seem to still be references to it in the code.  Is there any way of getting it back?  11:04: Fri 23 Dec 2011
 * You're a god amongst men. Thanks for that lovely Christmas gift!  19:07: Fri 23 Dec 2011

Link change
Hello, Grunny. Following the pagemove of Dark Apprentice to Dark Apprentice (novel), I went through and attempted to change all links to Dark Apprentice to the new name. However, I was unable to change the link on your userpage because it is fully protected. As the Dark Apprentice title is now occupied by a character article, the link(s) on your userpage now most likely point to the wrong article. You may want to check your userpage and correct the link(s) if necessary. On behalf of my operator,  Advanced Jedi Training Droid 6  ( Talk to my master ) 03:27, December 24, 2011 (UTC)

Editing Article
Hey there. After being a fan of the website for many years, i finally decided to join and help editing where i can. However, because of my new status, I cannot edit featured articles. I have identified a possible grammar error in the 'Saving Darth Bane' section of the Darth Zannah article. It seems that the editor accidentally stuck another 'an' and made the sentence harder to understand. i'll list as follows "Caleb's daughter was an now an adult, however, and Zannah took notice of the satisfaction with which he spoke as he told her that his daughter was gone, and the Sith therefore held no more power over him."

I'll link you to the article; http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Zannah#Saving_Darth_Bane

Thanks for your time and consideration! --Hoth Chocolate 22:26, December 28, 2011 (UTC)

Ultimate Sith Edition - Title
The title is as it's stated in the press release, not as it is in the article. That's why I've changed it. Alexrd 00:31, December 30, 2011 (UTC)

AC meeting 43
Just reminding you that AC Meeting 43 is scheduled for this Saturday, January 7. See you there. Toprawa and Ralltiir 19:35, January 5, 2012 (UTC)

Email pages
Pages like this belong in the Talk: namespace, not the mainspace. Placing them in the mainspace artificially inflates our article count and can result in them showing up on Special:Random, as has happened to me on a couple of occasions. If others are in the mainspace, then they should be moved to the talkspace as well. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Holocomm Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 00:48 UTC

Thank you for the move
Thank you for moving it to the proper place. I think this was too hard an ambition for such a lame computer as I am. -___- I won't do it again. LelalMekha 13:54, January 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem :). Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 13:55, January 10, 2012 (UTC)

IRC
Could you pop into IRC for a moment? Got a question. Thanks.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 05:58, January 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure, just a minute and I'll be on. :) grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 05:59, January 11, 2012 (UTC)

Inqmoot
Inqmoot 47 has been scheduled for midnight UTC on 29 January 2012. If you can't make it, please feel free to leave reviewing notes on the meeting page. I hope you had a nice break over New Years! --Eyrezer 22:40, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

Hello
I am currently in a conflict with admins on another wiki regarding Wikia policies, ao I ask you this:

Should a user under the age of 13 be blocked until they reach said age?

07:00, January 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Metlman. All issues regarding users who may be under 13 should be sent through Special:Contact. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 15:06, January 29, 2012 (UTC)

Meeting 44
AC Meeting 44 takes place today at 9 PM UTC (4 PM ET). Please make an effort to show up, and apologies for the late heads up. 1358 (Talk)  18:23, February 4, 2012 (UTC)

Newsnet
Hey Grunny,

I've written a post about the Episode I barn-burner for the Newsnet. I just created a wordpress account with gradualferguson@hotmail.com. Can you set me up so I can post it? And... should I just use html to post links to Wook articles? Thanks. Menkooroo 02:45, February 6, 2012 (UTC)

Convention stuff
Hey. Per the Mofference discussion, I've started a section on the C6 SH thread to try to gauge whether there's enough people going and willing to volunteer to be able to have a table. Can you please advertise this via the sitenotice and community corner? I'm thinking something simple like, "Wookieepedia is considering whether to apply for a table at Celebration VI and is looking for dedicated editors willing to volunteer to staff it. If you're going and are interested, see this Senate Hall thread for information and signups." If you can put that in the sitenotice/community corner, that might draw in some of the quiet users who don't check the SH. Thanks. Master Jon Training Room Sunday, February 12, 2012, 04:57 UTC
 * Done, added to sitenotice and community corner. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 07:30, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. &mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> Training Room</b> Sunday, February 12, 2012, 17:56 UTC

Inqmoot 48
Hey Grunny. Please mark your calendar for Inqmoot 48, which will be held on March 4 or 5, depending on your timezone. As always, please leave notes prior to the meeting if you cannot attend. If you don't, this time the newly resurrected Darth Maul will be sent after you. Hope to see you there!  CC7567  (talk) 05:50, February 15, 2012 (UTC)

Newsnet post
Ping! Also four posts in the RSS feed please and thank you. :) Menkooroo 05:49, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * Coolio! :) Remember to categorize the posts as well (interviews and wookieepedian of the month for this one). I've bumped the RSS feed up to 4 entries as well. Once the cache clears, the new post will appear. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 06:13, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks for the reminder. I'll be sure to categorize in the future. Thanks for taking care of this! Menkooroo 06:14, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem, thanks for helping keep the Newsnet alive. :) grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 06:17, February 24, 2012 (UTC)

Hey-hey! Another WOTM interview is fresh out of the oven. Categorized and everything. :) Menkooroo 01:32, March 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks great! :) grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 13:25, March 7, 2012 (UTC)

Gadget typo
In MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition, the line  should be   (period instead of comma). :) &mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> Training Room</b> Thursday, March 8, 2012, 03:43 UTC
 * Fixed. grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 05:29, March 8, 2012 (UTC)

Copying my things
This user user copied my complete list and it's not even his work, but it's my work, where I put all my time in. Could you do something about it? He completed it completely, with a few things (and then a little few) different. --Station7 16:06, March 8, 2012 (UTC)

I was wondering do you think it would be a good idea to open up chat on Wookipedia?--Tomahawk23 21:29, March 10, 2012 (UTC)

InQuest 39
The InQuest 39 page on Wookieepedia has been locked from editing, which I presume was because of vandalism or something like that, but I've been working on adding a couple of links from the page, and I was going to remove the "Excess of Red Links" gadget from its page, but then I realized that it was locked. Could you do that for me? ObiKenobiUPC 00:08, March 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 13:38, March 11, 2012 (UTC)

Wikinav
Hi Grunny! How come this wiki does not have wikinav? It makes the wiki look more nicer with wikinav IMO. Is it b/c wikinav interferes with the clock or some sort of js here? -- 23:49, March 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi PlasmaTime. Simply because the community simply hasn't voted on whether to enable it yet. If the community votes to enable wikinav, it will be turned on. :) Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 15:05, March 16, 2012 (UTC)

Another NewsNet post
Here's a ping! Thank you. :) Menkooroo 05:07, March 16, 2012 (UTC)
 * Awesome, looks great! :) grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 15:04, March 16, 2012 (UTC)

Oasis editor
Hey Grunny. The Oasis skin editor seems messed up. If you press the > between the edit window and the sidebar, the editor seems to mess up pretty badly. I was given some fix on IRC but that was wiki-specific and only made the mess worse. Cheers, 1358  <sup style="color:#336600;">(Talk)  08:59, March 28, 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, looks like it's due to the preloads and edit summary box. I'll have a play with the best way to fix it later. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 10:37, March 28, 2012 (UTC)

Hey
Hey Grunny, mind popping into IRC for a while today if you have time? Thanks. 1358 <sup style="color:#336600;">(Talk)  10:33, March 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey Grunny, mind pinging this pong? Thanks. :D Menkooroo 18:01, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

Celebration VI again
Hey. It's time to do another push for volunteers. Could you toss the following into the sitenotice and community corner, please?

Wookieepedia has been approved for a fan table at Celebration VI, but is short on volunteers to staff it. If you have a passion for Wookieepedia, are going to the convention, and are willing to spend an hour or two each day working the table, sign up now!

Thanks. &mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> War Room</b> Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 00:11 UTC


 * Done. grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 07:14, April 4, 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright, I think this has been up long enough that we're not going to get any more on this go-around. Please blank it, and I'll do this again in a month or so. Thanks. &mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> Council Chambers</b> Friday, April 13, 2012, 21:45 UTC


 * Done. grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 05:03, April 14, 2012 (UTC)

Good article ping
[http://wookieepedia.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/wookieepedia-presents-good-articles/ Publicity! Yay!] :) Thanks a million. Menkooroo 03:40, April 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * Nice. :) grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 16:08, April 11, 2012 (UTC)

Custom preloads
Hey, Grunny! Back again for more fun with preloads. I notice that your custom preloads here at Wookiee are just as dead as ours at Tardis. That, of course, makes some sense, because, well, I just stole the code from here, didn't I?

However, for a time, I was still loading the old MediaWiki:Functions.js whereas you had abandoned it. And there was a point there where I was loading functions.js and custom preloads were working at Tardis, but not at Wookiee. Now that I've followed suit with you and brought the remaining semi-relevant functions into common.js directly, I can't seem to find my way back to the combination of things that worked.

Before I started resetting my site back to conditions on Christmas, 2011, when everything was working fine, I thought maybe you, as the developer, might immediately have an idea why standard preloads would be working, but customs would not. <span style="">22:19: Wed 11 Apr 2012


 * Hey CzechOut. Custom preloads appear to be working fine here on Wookieepedia for me. Can you give me an example of where it doesn't and what you tried? I also just tried on tardis and typing in "redirect" into the custom preload seemed to work fine. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 22:25, April 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * OK, realised it used to work differently where it didn't add the "Template:" and "/preload" so you could use any page. Fixed once and twice. :) Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 22:37, April 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the speedy help. Sorry for the delay in thanking you but I had to do a bit of jiggery pokery to get it to work.  Nothing to do with your fix, but some funkiness on my side about the order in which certain elements on my common.js were placed.  It's all working swimmingly now.  <span style="">00:53: Thu 12 Apr 2012

Bachenkall
Hello Grunny, I remember earlier in January, I added Annotated Screenplays and Behind the Magic to Bachenkall's source list, as I automatically assumed the scripts presented in those are the same as the one on Blueharvest.net. I have since realized that is not the case, and therefore it is possible at least one of those scripts could skip over their mention, and just say some different wording along the lines of "the squat, evil-looking Admiral Ozzel and the young, powerfully built General Veers, who have been conferring near the front, also feel an approaching presence and turn toward it. Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith, enters like a chill wind." As you have access to Behind the Magic (not sure about the other source) can you verify my addition? Hanzo Hasashi 22:40, April 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't actually have access to BTM, I always got my info for it from Toprawa. I believe a few others have access to it as well such as SavageBob. So you can try pinging one of them about it. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 05:07, April 14, 2012 (UTC)

Just curious...
Could you perhaps run a CheckUser on this user? I have a sneaking suspicion that that user and this one may be related, but it's simply due to a contribution pattern and I'd rather find that such a suspicion is unfounded and that it is merely a coincidence. Not that the user in question has done anything wrong, mind you, I'm simply curious and need some confirmation. Thanks.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 07:26, April 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * no match to that user, but the IP was a proxy used by a banned user (along with a bunch of others). Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 08:03, April 17, 2012 (UTC)


 * Ah, so my sneaking suspicion proved somewhat valid, even though it wasn't entirely correct. Good to know.  Thanks.  I'll let you know when I have more sneaking suspicions. :P  Trak Nar  Ramble on 08:06, April 17, 2012 (UTC)

Inqmoot 49
Inqmoot 49 is this Saturday. Check it out. Toprawa and Ralltiir 03:38, April 18, 2012 (UTC)

New post, and categories
Hey Grunny. Sorry to keep bothering you, but here's one more post to tide us over until the next WOTM interview. :) I'm also wondering if you can tell me how to create a new category on the NewsNet --- I'd love to create one for Comprehensive articles and add it to this post. Menkooroo 05:34, April 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * It's not bothering me, it's great to see you bringing the Newsnet back to life :). As for creating a new category, while editing or creating a post, in the right sidebar where the categories are listed with checkboxes, (at the bottom just under the scroll box) there should be an "+ Add New Category" link. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 10:05, April 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, realized "manage categories" was restricted to editors (you were an author, like everyone else on the blog). So, I've promoted you ;). You should now see the link (and can also edit/publish/etc. all posts not just your own, and can approve comments, so feel free to approve any non-spam/troll ones if you see any unapproved at anytime). :) Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 10:10, April 18, 2012 (UTC)

RevisionDelete request
Hey. Please redact this revision ASAP; it is purely an attack on someone. Thanks. &mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> Council Chambers</b> Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 03:38 UTC
 * Done. Also, removed name of attacked person from block log. Thanks for reporting it. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 10:09, May 2, 2012 (UTC)

Interview
Heya, Grunny. Here is this month's WOTM interview, read for main pagery. Also, not sure if you're aware, but it looks like you're on paperwork duty for last week's inq meeting. Cheers! Menkooroo 22:01, May 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * Canon updates for April has been submitted.  JangFett  (Talk) 22:24, May 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * Awesome to both :). Menkooroo: Yep, I've already done half (well the removed and saved articles), I just haven't had the time yet to go through the probes, but should get to it soon. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 23:09, May 3, 2012 (UTC)

A Request for mediation
I am appealing to you to draw your attention to a matter on the administrators noticeboard. I have been unfairly blocked from my user account User: Darth Ceratis for reasons that are untrue and unfair, as I relate in my argument there, by one of your fellow Bureaucrats, user: Darth Culator. I presented my case in a very civil and professional manner, and I’m requesting that you mediate the conflict. Culator has protected the article so I can no longer post in it in any capacity, despite the fact that I have broken no rules of conduct. Additionally, he has extended my block from the maximum of one month (already uncalled for given the original issue) to an infinite one due to “Block evasion.” I have evaded my block only in order to appeal to have it removed, as I have not figured out any other way to do so. I’ve made no other edits than to attempt to plead my case on the admin notice board. I understand that it is generally the policy that administrators do not overrule one another’s decisions, but I firmly believe that Culator is abusing his power regarding his treatment of me, and I would like some neutral parties to involve themselves.216.8.121.1 19:19, May 4, 2012 (UTC)

CSS
There is an issue with the current implementation of Main that causes partially italicized display text to sometimes split the link, as seen here. I have worked up a solution, but it requires adding sitewide CSS. Please add

to MediaWiki:Common.css and then revert this edit to make the change live. The CSS was taken directly from wikipedia:MediaWiki:Common.css, so that should be noted for attribution. &mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> Jedi Council Chambers</b> Saturday, May 5, 2012, 05:31 UTC


 * Done. :) Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 05:48, May 5, 2012 (UTC)

Two unrelated things
Me again!


 * 1) Can you please put the following in the sitenotice and community corner, please? "Wookieepedia is still looking for committed editors to staff its fan table at Celebration VI. Volunteers with a reasonable knowledge of our policies are encouraged to sign up now and help show off our corner of fandom to the world in August."
 * 2) I tweaked Qotdarchive to automatically hide the 29th, 30th, and 31st when the month in question doesn't have them. It's working fine, except for one very perplexing error. How can it possibly encounter an unexpected < operator when there is no < operator anywhere in the code? You have about 87.5 years to find the problem before Wookieepedia explodes. :P

&mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> War Room</b> Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 00:21 UTC


 * Done for the sitenotice. The second is an interesting one, I'll take a look at it tomorrow :). Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 14:04, May 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * One other thing. Can you add  to the   in Scroll box? This would have no sitewide effect, but would enable individual users to modify them through their personal CSS files (I, for one, would prefer to make them disappear completely if I can find a way to do so). Currently, one can access them with , but I haven't fully tested that, and it may have unintended effects. It would probably also be best to move all of the inline CSS in the div to MediaWiki:Common.css, as I believe that would remove the need to force personal changes with  . Thanks. &mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> War Room</b> Saturday, May 12, 2012, 03:58 UTC


 * *ping* Did you miss this? &mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> <b style="color:red; font-variant:small-caps;">War Room</b> Sunday, May 20, 2012, 13:36 UTC


 * Sorry, yeah, I read this on my phone and then forgot to get back to it. Done. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 13:34, May 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey, Grunny. Sorry to bother you with this, but I'm at a bit of a confused state. I'll admit that I know very little about MediaWiki stuff, but I happened to notice that you were tweaking with the scrollbox stuff. I noticed a few problems here and here. The scrollboxes apparently are no longer contained and are meshing with the whole page. I'm not sure if it's something to do with my personal .css, or if it's something that's happened site-wide. Do you know what the deal is with this? Thanks.&mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 16:05, May 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * They're displaying fine for me. Have you tried bypassing your cache? The CSS for the scroll boxes was moved from the template itself to MediaWiki:Common.css, so you may need to get the new version of Common.css. <b style="color:navy; text-decoration:underline; font-family:serif;">&mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> <b style="color:red; font-variant:small-caps;">Training Room</b> Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 16:47 UTC


 * Per MJ, make sure you clear your browser's cache. Then, if it's still broken for you, let me know. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 08:18, May 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay. They're working fine for me now. Many thanks.&mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 12:31, May 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * To Grunny: Hopefully the last request for now. Can you blank the sitenotice and community corner? The message has been up for two weeks now. I'll try again in June. <b style="color:navy; text-decoration:underline; font-family:serif;">&mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> <b style="color:red; font-variant:small-caps;">Comlink</b> Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 16:51 UTC


 * Done. grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 08:18, May 23, 2012 (UTC)

Just a question
Hey Grunny, I saw you corrected the ending date of Cal's RFR; however, seeing as he was nominated on May 19 UTC time, wouldn't that make June 1 "the fourteenth day", with May 19 being "the first day"? 1358 <sup style="color:#336600;">(Talk)  12:28, May 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * We always do two weeks from the start date, the start of the 14th day from the start date. Look through any of the RFU archives for prior examples. June 1 is 13 days from the start date. If we were doing exactly 14 days, it would finish at 21:25 on June 2, but we go with the start of that last day, so it finishes at 0:00 on June 2 instead. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 12:44, May 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * Makes sense, I guess; thanks. 1358  <sup style="color:#336600;">(Talk)  13:45, May 20, 2012 (UTC)

Scroll box
Hi Grunny, I see you made a recent edit to Scroll box. I think it has broken the template. See here for example. Are you able to fix it? Cheers. --Eyrezer 06:34, May 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks fine to me. You'll need to refresh your browser's cache. If it's still broken, take a screenshot and upload it so I can see what you're seeing. :) Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 08:15, May 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Grunny. Refreshing the cache has solved it. --Eyrezer 10:03, May 23, 2012 (UTC)

IP range lookup help
I'm trying to figure out how to determine an IP range so that way I am better able to do range blocks. How does one determine an IP range? Google isn't as helpful as I would like it to be, as I cannot figure out the proper query to use to get the results I want.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 05:46, May 25, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey Trak. First take a look at this help page on mediawiki.org which will explain a bit about them and also lists how many IP addresses each range will block. To calculate one, you can use a tool such as this range block calculator. You just enter one IP per line and click calc range and it will give you a range that covers all the IPs. Take a look again at the help page to see how many IPs that range will block and consider narrowing it down into groups of IPs if it's too big (MediaWiki won't let you do a range lower than /16 which is 65,536 IPs). I hope that helps, and let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 05:55, May 25, 2012 (UTC)


 * That helps a lot, actually. I made sure to do a quick whois look-up to make sure that what I was about to block was indeed a range of proxies.  Thanks!  Now I can better thwart spammers on SWFanon! :D  Trak Nar  Ramble on 06:11, May 25, 2012 (UTC)

Corellian Star Destroyers
Hey Grunny, long time no see. I noticed you moved all the info on the "Corellian-engineered Star Destroyer" back to the Corellian-class cruiser page. According to part four of Jason Fry's endnotes to the EGW, the sentence about the Corellian-engineered Star Destroyers is a retcon of Han's remark about the "big Corellian ships" in A New Hope. I'm not sure what to make of the main quote regarding the "big Corellian-class cruisers" though; perhaps the Corellian-class is a separate design. Anyway, I just thought I'd bring that to your attention. Grand Moff Tranner (Comlink) 20:20, May 28, 2012 (UTC)


 * Yeah, the sentence in the book seems more like "Corellian-engineered Star Destroyers", as in Corellian made not a specific name for the vessels, however, I guess we can assume "big Corellian-class cruisers" is a mistake or the same thing?  Either way, the main problem I had with it was redirecting a page created in 2006 to a page created a few days ago, which is just wrong. So, as long as the history is maintained, I don't mind which page title we go with (assuming we consider the  "big Corellian-class cruisers" is the same thing). Cheers,  grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 10:22, May 29, 2012 (UTC)

CheckUser request
I have some suspicions about this user and I'm wondering if you could take a look at it. Thanks.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 08:41, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
 * No connection to any user accounts. Though it's possible given the IP's ISP and the edits to the forums it's our regularly blocked forum poster, but there's no absolute proof of that. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 09:24, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
 * The posts (now deleted) were of a trolling nature, so I have my doubts that it's this guy. Best to keep an eye on the IPs in that range, as they may require a block so we can simply rid ourselves of a troll.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 09:32, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
 * Unless he moved countries, it's not the same person. Like I said, that IP is more likely our forum poster who Tranner used to block a lot. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 09:47, May 31, 2012 (UTC)

Got another one who actively states that this isn't the original account of his. Perhaps you may be able to help him...  Trak Nar  Ramble on 05:38, June 5, 2012 (UTC)

Comic-Con?
Just wondering if any of the admins from here are headed to Comic-Con? User:Nblonkenfeld --Nathan Blonkenfeld 01:30, June 4, 2012 (UTC) Remember to RSVP to our party: http://www.wikia.com/Entertainment/ToMoro

IRC
Hey, Grunny, if you get a chance, could you pop into IRC for a minute? I have something I'd like to discuss, and I think Ecks needs you to do a checkuser. Thanks. Cade  Calrayn   15:14, June 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * On IRC now. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 15:16, June 5, 2012 (UTC)

The next interview!
... is here! Thanks again. :) Menkooroo 21:11, June 9, 2012 (UTC)

Purge button code
Something seems to have happened to it recently, because it's not acting like it used to. Rather than a link, the tab now goes to some kind of javascript thing. Since you're the only person I can think to ask about this, how do I get the old purge button back? I can't purge an image directly from an old revision delete anymore, nor can I easily copy-and-paste a purge link to IRC for educational or testing purposes. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 18:12, June 16, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey Culator, this change was suggested here. Basically it now purges the page with an Ajax request then reloads the page using a method that also purges your browser's cache (which is desirable as it means you don't need to follow up with a ctrl-F5 to make sure a change occurs). This obviously breaks on an old revision delete as it will ask you to resubmit the data you did in the delete (though if you click to resubmit the data, it will actually purge the file page, the reload just won't be great). There are some options to get the functionality you want. Either use the old version which I've put here (disable the Gadget in your preferences and use  in your mononbook.js) or, you can try this (use  ). What the second one does is still do the ajax request and clear-cache reload, but the link will have the old URL, so you can right-click and copy link location to paste examples. What it also does, is work with opening in a new tab using ctrl+click. So on old revision deletions, you could purge by ctrl+clicking the link. So, you'd get the cache purge functionality, but have the option of opening the normal purge URL in a new tab using ctrl+click. So, give the second one a try, and if you still don't like it, you can go with the old version :). Cheers,  grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 09:51, June 17, 2012 (UTC)


 * Completely unrelated, but could you run your admin stats script? Cheers, 1358  <sup style="color:#336600;">(Talk)  09:53, June 17, 2012 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll run it now. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 10:06, June 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 10:53, June 17, 2012 (UTC)

Javascript query
I know you're out of touch at the moment, so please don't consider this the least bit urgent, but I've just found the neatest little doodad on the Dev wiki called InactiveUsers. I've already figured out how to alter the API query it uses to only check for main namespace edits (my modified version is here), but I was wondering if there was a way to adapt it to Monobook. I can understand just enough about how it works on Oasis to see that it quite wouldn't work the same way, since Monobook doesn't have a masthead section, and I can't seem to figure out how to append it to the title div. Like I said, not a big deal, just seems like something you'd be able to fix in your sleep while I'd be sitting here like a monkey poking it with a stick for hours. :P  Thanks! -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 16:04, July 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, never mind this, the author made it Monobook-compatible. Now if only the server wasn't utterly FUBAR so I could make it a working gadget. Oh well. XD --  Darth Culator  (Talk) 15:12, July 7, 2012 (UTC)

Export request
Since it's getting around the time for me to close the TC, I'd like to put in a request to export Charlie Benante to the Fan Wiki. I'd do it myself the old-fashion copy/pasta way, but I dunno the link to the Fan Wiki. The fate of that article here is to kill it off and let the Fan Wiki deal with it. Thanks.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 02:55, July 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * I saw Tope copied it. Unfortunately we can't import at the moment as the difference in MediaWiki versions is breaking it. Once SW Fans is upgraded to MW 1.19 like the Wook is we can import properly. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 16:03, July 21, 2012 (UTC)

AC Meeting 48
Hey Gruns. Quick reminder that AC Meeting 48 is tomorrow at 4 PM EDT. Cheers.&mdash; Cal Jedi (Personal Comm Channel) 20:44, July 6, 2012 (UTC)

Next NewsNet post
Hey Grunny,

I've written the most recent WOTM interview. Mind updating the Main Page's RSS data? Thanks. :) My last three posts have all been WOTM interviews; hopefully I'll be able to come up with something more creative this month! Menkooroo (talk) 19:26, July 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * Wait a minute. I think I've been in error for the past six months. I've been pinging you because I was under the impression that you had to do something to the Main Page for the RSS feed to update. But I just re-read your original comment: "Then just ping me again (or a few others who have appropriate access such as Toprawa and Cavalier One) and I can publish it." But since I have the ability to publish posts myself... I guess I don't need to ping you at all... Crap. I feel like an idiot. If you've been wondering why I message you every time I write a post, it's because I thought I had to. :P Menkooroo (talk) 19:40, July 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually... do you have to do something? The main page hasn't updated, but it might be a bug from Mediawiki 1.19. Menkooroo (talk) 04:37, July 16, 2012 (UTC)
 * No, I don't have to do anything ;). You just have to wait for the cache to clear so the main page updates. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 16:02, July 21, 2012 (UTC)

INQUISITORIUS MEETING 51
Attention! Atención! Achtung! Et cetera! Inq meeting 51 has been scheduled for 19:00 UTC on August 5. Failure to attend is punishable by&hellip; absolutely nothing whatsoever, but you should be there anyway. Or at least leave notes. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 03:22, July 31, 2012 (UTC)

REQUEST
(--Skyrunner27 (talk) 05:09, July 31, 2012 (UTC))Hello, there! I made a mistake a few hours ago... I was curious about what would happen if you edit an Wookiepedia article, without knowing that once you press the "Save Page" button it would be made public.

This was the article I'm talking about: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Meetra_Surik

And this is the modified article that remained in the revision history: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Meetra_Surik?oldid=4109423

Like I said, I didn't know what will happen and I only just replaced Meetra Surik's name from under the Photo with one of my KOTORTSL character's name:D

I feel a little uncomfortable for exposing one of my chars in the Revision Histoy, so I was wondering, if you can just erase it from the History, as long as it is only a minor "aberration"... Thank You, in advance!(--Skyrunner27 (talk) 05:09, July 31, 2012 (UTC))

File:Tsurr.jpg
So, what's the deal with this file now, anyway? said you were looking into it, and it's still kinda weird. Can I delete the new version of this name and it will stay dead this time, or should I move the file info from the duplicate and then delete that? -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 13:48, August 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * I was never handed a ticket about it, so I haven't looked into it. I've checked, and it seems to be being looked into by another engineer. I'd say leave it for now so that it can be investigated and fixed properly so nothing further goes screwy with that file. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 16:44, August 1, 2012 (UTC)

Upload file
Have I been banned or something from uploading pics? I have a decent net connection and have been trying for three days to upload three new pics from The Essential Guide to Warfare and still can't upload them, nor will the license load properly. The page loads as it should. The pic meets the size requirement. Used both guided and basic forms and still nothing. DarthRevan1173 (talk) 04:58, August 7, 2012 (UTC)

Seems to work fine now not sure why it didn't work for the past three days. DarthRevan1173 (talk) 05:14, August 7, 2012 (UTC)

Picture for my profile
When I try to upload a picture of myself to use in my infobox on my profile, i get this messgae... <This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your edit was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Combined unverified user upload prevention > Can you help me? The image is owned by me and it has no offensive materials in it, it is just me holding a lightsaber. Matt Seay (talk) 23:17, August 12, 2012 (UTC)

Please Help, I'm new
Hello Grunny. This is Grand Master Gray. I just recently joined Wookieepedia as a member, so I am still learning how to edit and stuff. I don't even know how to make a decent profile page (Don't worry, I'm not interested in making fanon or fanfiction). Please help me learn how to put up a profile picture up and tell me if I've done anything wrong. All help is much appreciated. I only want to help make Wookieepedia a better website with my contributions and mean no harm. Please reply on my talk page if you can find the time, and thank you. Sincerely, (Grand Master Gray (talk) 19:26, August 15, 2012 (UTC))

Meeting 49
Hilarious Entertaining AC Meeting 49&trade; is scheduled for August 25 at 8 PM UK time like usual. Please make an effort to show up. Cheers, 1358  <sup style="color:#336600;">(Talk)  22:50, August 17, 2012 (UTC)

How did you do that?
Hey there!

Once I saw that visual editor is disabled, I decided that I want to do the same thing on our wiki. Looking though the code in common.js didn't gave me any understanding in this question. Could you help, please?

PS Sorry for the mistakes if there are any. English is not my mother tongue... 12:46, August 29, 2012 (UTC)

Hey I was Wondering if there was some way I could change my username. ((personal temple comm channel) 05:35, September 16, 2012 (UTC))

AC Meeting 50
AC Meeting 50 is scheduled for this Saturday, September 22, at the usual time, 4 PM ET. Apologies for the short notice. Please remember to leave notes if you cannot attend. Thanks. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 17:11, September 20, 2012 (UTC)

Meeting 52
Inq meeting 52 is scheduled for 7 PM ET next Saturday. Be there if you can.  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 00:23, September 23, 2012 (UTC)

CheckUser request
Could you do a quick search on ? In the passed few days, I've been encountering a number of socks. Thanks.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 06:08, October 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked along with another sock (one other was already blocked). Also, blocked the IPs used for a month. They are dynamic residential IPs (not a proxy), so someone else is likely to get one of them soon (and the sockpuppeteer is likely to just get another one), hence the short block on it. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 06:27, October 11, 2012 (UTC)

AC Meeting 51
Hey Grunny. Meeting 51 is scheduled for this Saturday, the 20th. Make sure to come as your favorite Jedi Council member, or leave notes if you can't attend. Hope to see you there!  Eeth Koth  (talk) 01:32, October 15, 2012 (UTC)

Stdpreloads
Hey :) I saw the template preloads you have here and they are to be a huge improvement on the oasis standard ones. I found Template:Stdpreloads and each template page need to have a  subpage. My question regards the code itself: is it as simple as c/ping the code, assuming the pages referenced by it are in the same place? I'm clueless with jQuery sadly :( Cheers, Cåm 00:27, October 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, yeah, copying and pating should be all that's required. You'll need to copy:
 * fillPreloads, doCustomPreload, and insertAtCursor from MediaWiki:Common.js. fillPreloads and doCustomPreload are the versions for Monobook, while insertAtCursor is required for both skins
 * customPreloadTemplates and doCustomPreloadOasis from MediaWiki:Wikia.js which is the version for the Wikia skin
 * Then just make sure you are calling the main function, which in Wikia.js will be . In Common.js you'll need  . I hope that helps. Cheers,  grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 15:32, October 22, 2012 (UTC)

Meeting 53
Hey Grunny,

An early heads-up that Inq Meeting 53 has been scheduled for Saturday, November third at the usual time. Hope to see you there, and if not, be sure to leave some notes beforehand. Cheers. Menkooroo (talk) 12:15, October 21, 2012 (UTC)