Talk: Grunny/Archive4

J'Min

I was getting to it, but thank you for reminding me about there being no sources. I found a source so I removed the {{Verify}}. --Gmalek ^{(The ability to edit does not make you intelligent)} 00:51, October 10, 2010 (UTC)

No problem :). Grunny (talk) 00:52, October 10, 2010 (UTC)

New skin stuff

I assume you're already aware, but to be in safe side, era icons are possibly the last thing missing in js (and wordmark in styling, File:Wordmark-logo.png is possibility after some cleaning?). (: --Tm_T ^(Talk) 10:42, October 10, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm going to have play with where the best place to put the eras in the new skin would be and whether positioning them with CSS might be easier in the new skin. I've added the logo with CSS. I tried uploading it through the theme designer but it will only take images that are exactly 250 × 65 pixels. So it might need a resizing at some point. :) Cheers, Grunny (talk) 00:02, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Wookieeproject

Hello! I have a really good idea for a WookieeProject. I asked Xicer9 if it was okay to start it and he said "yeah" as long as I "didn't screw up majorly". Is that true? I just wanna clear this up before I start. --Gmalek ^{(The ability to edit does not make you intelligent)} 01:25, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Yes, anyone can create a WookieeProject, so you can make one. :) Cheers, Grunny (talk) 01:27, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Sound template

I like the sound template you have on here and I was wondering if you could tell me how to use it. -- Alex Martin Rider 01:22, October 17, 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean the "Listen" at the end of quotes? If so, take a look at the {{Quote}} and {{Dialogue}} template pages, which explain how to use them with an audio file in the audio section. Let me know if you have any questions about it. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 01:34, October 17, 2010 (UTC)

Force speed

Hey Grunny, just giving you a heads-up that Purpilia put a {{merge}} template on Force speed, and he's said that he interprets The Jedi Path to say that Force speed (along with some other powers) is just an aspect of Altus sopor. I don't have The Jedi Path to check it out myself, so I just thought I'd let you know. Cheers! Jonjedigrandmaster ^(Talk) 00:13, October 21, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Jugs. I've replied on Purpilia's talk page :). Grunny (talk) 04:24, October 21, 2010 (UTC)

IE CSS problem

Hey Grunny. I don't know if anyone's mentioned this to you, but there's currently a bug that seems to be from the local CSS when viewing Wookieepedia using Internet Explorer. It shows two wordmarks, both the custom one and the words "Wookieepedia" that would normally be replaced by the custom wordmark image. Here is an image of it. I just wanted to make sure you knew, since you're typically the coding guy here. :) - Brandon Rhea 15px ^(talk) 16:13, October 22, 2010 (UTC)

• Hey, I talked to Tm T and he said that it was caused by the hack to put the wordmark up via CSS. I suggested to him, and he suggested that I suggest it to you, that—as a temporary solution, because he's working to tweak it anyway—the canvas area of the wordmark image be the exact required Theme Designer size. That'll keep the logo in the wordmark the same size, while allowing you to upload it via the Theme Designer and remove the hack, thus getting rid of the problem. - Brandon Rhea 15px ^(talk) 18:34, October 22, 2010 (UTC)

Just to give you a heads up, I was given a 250x65 version of the wordmark. I can upload it via the Theme Designer if you want, or I can send it to you. Let me know. - Brandon Rhea 15px ^(talk) 22:39, October 22, 2010 (UTC)

• Done. It increases the canvas size, so it's good for a temporary solution until the logo itself can be made bigger, or until Tm T revises it. I don't know the sourcing and licensing information, though, so I'll leave that up to you or someone else who knows. - Brandon Rhea 15px ^(talk) 03:08, October 23, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey Grunny, just a quick thanks for catching my eras mistake on Korsinata. I guess the whole Legacy era thing is a habit for me now. :P Jonjedigrandmaster ^(Talk) 02:32, October 26, 2010 (UTC)

Haha no worries :). Grunny (talk) 02:37, October 26, 2010 (UTC)

The Diary of Antos Wyrick

Hey Grunny, I recently created the article The Secret Journal of Doctor Demagol (in-universe), but was told I should move it to simply The Secret Journal of Doctor Demagol, as IU articles get precedence over OOU articles. Would you mind working your magic and changing the links for The Secret Journal of Doctor Demagol to The Secret Journal of Doctor Demagol (article) so I can move The Secret Journal of Doctor Demagol (in-universe) to The Secret Journal of Doctor Demagol? Thanks! Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 22:54, October 28, 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'll get to it in a bit. Grunny (talk) 23:06, October 28, 2010 (UTC)

Done. Grunny (talk) 06:05, October 29, 2010 (UTC)

Trash Compactor/Galen Marek (clone)

Why was my vote cut out on the "Trash Compactor/Galen Marek (clone)" page? I have more than 50 edits made. JRT2010 04:29, November 1, 2010 (UTC)JRT2010

Hi. The reason your vote was stricken, is because you have less than 50 mainspace edits per our voting policy. Mainspace edits are basically article edits. So if you go to Special:Editcount/JRT2010 you'll see the value for "(Main)" you currently only have 43 mainspace edits. Once you get to 50 your vote can be reinstated. Hope that helps. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 04:32, November 1, 2010 (UTC)

• Okay, thanks for clearing that up for me. But it doesn't make any sense that the clone page is up for possible deletion, at least not with the reasons that have been given. Dylax actually said it best - how the clone having Marek's memories is similar to Spar having Jango's, and yet Spar has his own page and is seen as a separate individual. In a way, he also pointed out how assuming that Vader lied about Starkiller being a clone, and having no confirmation about it, is pure speculation and violates this site's policy. If at some later point he is confirmed to be the real Starkiller, then Id be the first to admit I was wrong and that the clone page should be merged with the original. But as it stands right now, I just do not see how the opposing side's arguments hold up. JRT2010 04:52, November 1, 2010 (UTC)JRT2010

Hey, so I made it past 50 mainspace edits. Should I just vote again or should I just reinstate the vote that was stricken out? It's still there, just crossed out. Or does it not matter either way? JRT2010 12:08, November 2, 2010 (UTC)JRT2010

I've unstruck the vote for you. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 13:28, November 2, 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks, I appreciate that. One last question though. How many votes does it take to decide whether to keep or delete the article. Just wondering because it has been going on for a while now. JRT2010 13:51, November 2, 2010 (UTC)JRT2010
  • You can read how we determine consensus on votes at our Consensus policy. Votes go for two weeks, unless a vote overwhelmingly supports one option. There would need to be a significant majority voting delete for the article to be deleted. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 23:28, November 2, 2010 (UTC)

Help

Hey Grunny,

I'd like to chat with you in IRC when it is convenient for you. Please let me know when that is, and I'll make whatever arrangements are necessary to meet you there. Thanks,—Tommy ⁹²⁸¹ 21:50, November 2, 2010 (UTC)

I'm online now, and will be for the next couple of hours, if you're available. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 23:34, November 2, 2010 (UTC)

I won't be able to get there until about hour and a half or so. Will you still be around?—Tommy ⁹²⁸¹ 01:22, November 3, 2010 (UTC)

I should be. Grunny (talk) 01:25, November 3, 2010 (UTC)

37th Meeting

Hello, Grunny.

I'm writing to remind you about the upcoming Inq meeting this Saturday/Sunday. Early registration is still available! Hope to see you there. — Fiolli 17:39, November 9, 2010 (UTC)

Side wiki Javascript template implimentation

Hey again Grunny. jSarek said you might be the person to ask about this. I also have a wiki for Back to the Future media called Futurepedia. On there I added the Appearances template and I want to implement the Hide feature. So far the App template works but any addition I've made concerning the Hide code is unable to work properly. Might you be able to scan through the Jv meta pages to see what element is missing to complete the Hide feature? Thanks. -- Riffsyphon1024 07:27, November 10, 2010 (UTC)

Hey Riffs. I replied on your talk page there. Let me know if you have any issues with it. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 08:17, November 10, 2010 (UTC)

I want to thank you here as well. The Hide feature works perfectly on Futurepedia. Now I will expand it to other areas like the films and animated series episodes. :) -- Riffsyphon1024 08:31, November 10, 2010 (UTC)

No problem :). Grunny (talk) 08:33, November 10, 2010 (UTC)

New format

Interesting. Well, if the goal is, as the CT says, "So I'm asking the community to come to a consensus on which method we should use consistently," they have a ways to go. JMAS applied the new format to 7 pages, all of which fit in the Category:Dark Acolytes. This left every other category extremely disorganized, as none of the thousands of other pages were modified. Still, whatever, if that's the new format, I'll leave it as is. Simply noting that this decision will only eliminate consistency, not establish it. Enochf 09:57, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

• Meh. Here's an example of how much work there is left undone. Category:Images of individuals by name/B. Here's an example of a job half-assed-done. Category:Images of locations by planet. If it were actually implemented, I wouldn't be so annoyed. As it stands, just an icky mess. Enochf 10:34, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

Jango Fett's Legacy

In Knights of the Old Republic II, Kreia predicted the end of the Mandalorians and the fate of one Mandalorian in particular who was easily slain by a Jedi. Is she referring to Jango Fett? Because the "all too easily slain by a Jedi" seems to give it away as such. It was removed from Jango's Legacy section awhile ago because some fans thought it was speculation, but it comes from a canon source like the game itself. I don't think it's speculation to say that she predicted the decline of the Mandalorians from her time, a decline that lasted for millennia. JRT2010 11:00, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

It's speculation to absolutely say that the prophecy referred to Jango Fett without having it stated somewhere. The information on the prophecy should be included in the Mandalorian article, but only the specific canon information of what was said. We try to present information without speculation, and fans can make their own assumptions and theories. Hope that helps :-). Cheers, Grunny (talk) 11:07, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

• I created a Legacy section for the Mandalorian page and placed Kreia's Prophecy on it so thanks, that did help. JRT2010 11:58, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

Revan

I wanted to add how Revan's personality dramatically changed in the Mandalorian Wars, such as from genuinely wanting save the Republic to falling to the dark side. But a lot of that is based on things said by other characters like Canderous, HK-47, Kreia, and the members of the Jedi Council. Obviously everything they said about Revan can't be included into the personality section if it's subjective, but what about if they're backed up with facts? For example, HK-47 noted that everyone who Revan sent to Malachor V were soldiers and Jedi who's loyalty were not completely with him. HK-47 believed that Revan was basically "cleaning house", so could things like that be added to his personality (prior to his "new personality" in the first game)? JRT2010 21:48, December 5, 2010 (UTC)

If the information on Revan's personality is from the perspective of other characters, then it most definitely can/should be included, but it needs to be made clear that it is from that person's point of view. For example, "According to Kreia, ..." or "Kreia considered Revan to be..." and so forth. Hope that helps :). Cheers, Grunny (talk) 08:09, December 8, 2010 (UTC)

Inqmoot 38

Just letting you know that Inqmoot 38 is scheduled for this Saturday evening. Hope to see you there. Toprawa and Ralltiir 19:23, December 6, 2010 (UTC)

KB rule 11

I did not notice until now, but My KB forum topic, "Did CC-7567 Ever die" was removed by you according to you in accordance with KB rule 11. I take this as a personal attack, as this rule states that the Knowledge Bank is not there "to cater to your lack of ability to read", and as it says nothing about CC-7567 being killed in his article, this complaint is invalid. brightfur 02:15, December 7, 2010 (UTC)

That's exactly the point, we don't know when/if he died as the article reflects. Another user correctly tagged the forum post for deletion under rule 11, and I therefore deleted it. I suggest you read up on what constitutes a personal attack before throwing the term around, as enforcing site rules in forums is in no way a personal attack. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 08:02, December 8, 2010 (UTC)

Need an Inq opinion

Hey Grunny. I'm looking for the opinion of a few Inqs on one of my objections to the Wedge FAN. Havac and I disagree on whether {{Quote}} or {{Dialogue}} should be used for this quote. As neither Havac nor I are Inqs, it would be helpful to obtain the opinion of a few Inqs on this matter. Your input would be appreciated, and I've also asked Tope and Tommy to weigh in on the matter. Thanks. Master Jonathan 20px ^{(Jedi Council Chambers)} 18:46, December 10, 2010 (UTC)

Hey MJ. The MoS is quite clear, and while the Dialogue template was used for long back-and-forths prior to Forum:CT Archive/Quotations, that CT established the rule of using {{Quote}} for two speakers regardless of length. If Havac wants that changed, he can start a CT, but right now it must be changed to quote per FAN rule 4 "...follow the Manual of Style, Layout Guide, and all other policies on Wookieepedia." Hope that helps. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 22:08, December 10, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I've informed him of your, Tope's, and Tommy's responses on the nom page. Master Jonathan 20px ^{(Jedi Council Chambers)} 22:27, December 10, 2010 (UTC)

KOTOR meeting

Hi! Just wanted to let you know that we're trying to have a meeting on Saturday 18th December at 23:00 UTC. –Tm_T ^(Talk) 13:51, December 12, 2010 (UTC)

Re: JS sidebar links

Yeah, they work. Thanks very much! :) 1358 ^(Talk) 16:56, December 30, 2010 (UTC)

WP:NSW check-in

A look to the future… Hello Grunny, happy new year! This is a friendly check-in from your new project head of WookieeProject New Sith Wars. Our activity has been lagging a bit of late, with only one new Featured article and one new Good article in the last three months, and no Comprehensive articles at all since their creation back in June. If you're still interested in participating in the project, I'd like to encourage you to pick an article or two to write and mark it down on our current projects listing when you have the chance. Also, if you have any questions/suggestions regarding WP:NSW, don't hesitate to ask/let me know. Let's see if we can't get this project up and running! Cheers! Your project head, Jonjedigrandmaster (Talk) 06:58, January 4, 2011 (UTC)

The Salvation

I was thinking about adding a lot more information to the Salvation, a Rebel starship, since it has next to nothing at the moment. For starters, I thought about adding production information, technical specifications, etc. Since the ship is an EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate, could I just use certain information from that page on the Salvation? Since that is its class, I'm assuming that it would have the same specifications, or would that be going too far? If not, I could just skip the info box and add the information from TFU II in a history section. JRT2010 00:08, January 9, 2011 (UTC)

Apart from basic information like the model and manufacturer, we generally don't make assumptions about technical information, as ships are often modified from their model's default specifications, especially ships used by the Rebellion. It's best to only work with information that is confirmed about that specific ship. Hope that helps. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 10:03, January 9, 2011 (UTC)

Inq meeting rescheduled

Inq meeting 39 has been rescheduled for this Saturday evening, January 15, at the same scheduled time, 7 PM EST for North Americans. The meeting was postponed this past weekend because no one bothered to show up. If you value your position in the Inq, we expect you to please make an effort to be in attendance. If you cannot attend the meeting, we still expect you to participate by leaving notes on the meeting page. Thank you. Toprawa and Ralltiir 22:29, January 10, 2011 (UTC)

Inq Review Redux: Form V: Shien / Djem So

Good day! Based upon our discussion at our last meeting, a thorough Inq review of Form V: Shien / Djem So has been initiated. Please take the time to review this article as if were a present FAN. The review page can be found here. Thank you and have a wonderful day! — Fiolli; 15:44, January 18, 2011 (UTC)

Inquisitorius Meeting 40

Here is a preliminary reminder that Inquisitorius meeting 40 is scheduled for 12 February 2011. Absentee voting for probationary articles is available at the posting of the meeting page, and absentee voting for new articles will begin five days prior to the meeting. Thanks! — Fiolli; 15:44, January 18, 2011 (UTC)

Woopsie

Hey Grunny, I just wanted to say thank you for your guest contribution to WP:TOR with Tengrove. I know it was way back in November, but I honestly never noticed it up until just now. I didn't get the chance to thank you for the work then, but I guess it's better late than never! Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 06:02, January 19, 2011 (UTC)

No problem :-). Cheers, Grunny (talk) 06:11, January 19, 2011 (UTC)

Help with Template:Title

Heya. I principally edit at the Doctor Who Wiki and am trying to implement italics in titles. I tried to adapt something from wikipeida, but Wikia.css didn't play nice. Then I tried to the {{title}} template here, and I just can't figure it out. I've created a test wiki to help me test css changes in a safe environment, and I've been lookin' at it for a week. I just don't get it. I note you made a substantial change to the template and to the common.css file here on the 17th January 2010 under the edit note of "1.1 Cleanup", and that you seem to have written the java, so I'm guessin' you must know a thing or two about how it works. So far, I've got the following:

• Obviously, the code from {{title}} is at w:c:tardistest:template:title.
• The one li'l reference to #title-meta in MediaWiki:Wikia.css is at w:c:tardistest:MediaWiki:Wikia.css
• The code at MediaWiki:Wikia.js that relates to the title change is at w:c:tardistest:MediaWiki:Wikia.js

Yet, when I place {{title}} on my page at w:c:tardistest:The Seeds of Death, I get no joy in either the Wikia or Monobook skins. It's still as unitalicised as ever. You seem really busy round here and wikia generally, but if you could take a look, I'd be really grateful. What am I missing? It's kinda makin' me batty. The only thing the template seems to be calling for that no .css file want to define is title-align, but I'm not sure that explains the lack of italicisation. czechout ☎ ✍  04:35 Monday 15 Dec 2025 

• (drive-by response because I'm bored) {{Title}} is no longer necessary to italicize titles. With the recent upgrade to MediaWiki 1.16, the DISPLAYTITLE magic word can now handle italics much better and without the need for any JS or CSS hacks. The format for that is {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Article name''}} to italicize the whole title, or you can easily pick and choose which part(s) to italicize, such as {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Article name'' (''Time'' series)}}. Master Jonathan 20px ^{(Jedi Council Chambers)} 23:54, January 31, 2011 (UTC)
  • Just a note, DISPLAYTITLE currently doesn't work in the new skin. So, if you want logged-out users to see the changed title, you'll still need {{Title}} for now. Grunny (talk) 00:08, February 1, 2011 (UTC)

Well, regardless of what DISPLAYTITLE may or may not do, you have no idea how grateful I am to finally figure out what the heck I was missing. Thanks, Grunny, for your assistance. If I can impose on you for a little more very general advice — is there some place I can go for a guideline of what should go in common.css vs. wikia.css and monobook.css? The TARDIS wiki had virtually no css coding prior to about two weeks ago, when I started playing around with it. So, essentially, we're starting css usage post-oasis. I know on this wiki and memory alpha, there'e the notion of putting most everything into common.css and then importing into wikia. But I gather that's at least somewhat because you guys have been playing with css for years, and therefore already had stuff in common and monobook. Is there anything wrong with starting in wikia and importing wikia.css back into common and monobook?
czechout ☎ ✍ 

bad apostrophes

Thanks for redirecting/moving etc those articles with bad apostrophes... was a real hell trying to conform to changes and fix and change stuff back and have them just deleted >.>

Bla, thanks Calithlin 08:30, February 2, 2011 (UTC)

Some assistance

Hey Grunny, I was wondering if you could use your mystic powahs to change all the links to Second Battle of Jabiim (Clone Wars) to simply Battle of Jabiim (Clone Wars)? After looking through a number of sources, it seems that "Battle of Jabiim" is the official name. Thanks much. Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 02:40, February 25, 2011 (UTC)

Done. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 14:10, February 25, 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks. Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 01:15, February 26, 2011 (UTC)

Re: EC

Hooray! Thanks for the congratulations. :) I thought I remembered seeing somewhere that EC powers were retroactive --- should I add the template to support votes I've already made? Menkooroo 04:36, February 26, 2011 (UTC)

Wikia tricks

Hi there, I'm an admin of the [matrix.wikia.com Matrix Wiki] and have noticed a couple of tricks here on Wookieepedia that I can't replicate on other wikis.

The main one is the Show/Hide collapsible links that I've spotted on some of your infoboxes: this would be really useful in similar context and also for sections of some of our (too long) credits pages.

The other one I just noticed on your user page: using Template:USERNAME to include the name of the person viewing the page.

So my question is what would I have to do to add these to the Matrix Wiki?

Cheers! --xensyria^T 17:42, March 2, 2011 (UTC)

Image Upload

Hi, I'm the founder of the Redwall Wiki. I was just curious as to how you made it so that when someone clicks the "Add an image" button, they are redirected to Special:Upload, instead of the popup dialog box. -- LordTBT ^Talk! 17:16, March 6, 2011 (UTC)

One of our admins added this JS to do it: MediaWiki:Wikia.js. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 23:39, March 6, 2011 (UTC)

Comprehensive article

I want to put up a CAnom on and article i have worked on but i am not sure if it is ready could you give my hand and give me your opinion? The article is D5-Mantis Patrol Craft GTQ 01:50, March 8, 2011 (UTC)

Kime Enanrum

Hi there. I noticed you own a copy of The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia. Could you check what it tells about this guy, Kime Enanrum? Kreivi Wolter 13:04, March 13, 2011 (UTC)

• Nevermind, I already found out. Kreivi Wolter 13:18, March 17, 2011 (UTC)
  • Sorry, completely forgot about this as I received your message while I wasn't at home so didn't have it there. After that it slipped my mind. Glad you got the info anyway though :). Grunny (talk) 13:20, March 17, 2011 (UTC)

AC Meeting 33

Hey Grunny, just a heads up that AC Meeting 33 will take place at 4 PM East Coast Daylight Time, meaning that you will have to watch the clock better due the DST. :P Cheers. 1358 ^(Talk) 15:55, March 15, 2011 (UTC)

About css again

Hi, apparently #title-shortcut part in the MediaWiki:Common.css should be moved to MediaWiki:Wikia.css as it causes doubled box with Monobook. I should have tested it a bit more, sorry about that. (: –Tm_T ^(Talk) 22:02, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

No worries. Fixed :). Grunny (talk) 22:09, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

IRC

Hey Grunny, long time no see. You are obviously aware of the upcoming Mofference, and I was hoping to attend, but I am still banned on the IRC. I was originally banned by Graestan two years ago, and I asked him to unban me a few days ago so I could attend the Mofference, but he left the site before replying to my request. Is it possible you could unban me from the IRC? I can understand if you don't want to get innvolved, but I really want to attend the meeting. Kilson 00:22, March 26, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Kilson. Sure, I'll unban you on IRC, but I can't be sure which ban is matching your account. If you come on IRC while I'm online and PM me, I can remove the ban (assuming one is still in place). Just make sure not to get in any trouble ;-). Cheers, Grunny (talk) 07:56, March 26, 2011 (UTC)

What times are you generally on? Also, it has been awhile since I was on the IRC, what's the personal message command? Kilson 19:24, March 27, 2011 (UTC)

Well, I'm online now. But I'm not convinced a ban is affecting you right now. Try joining the #wookieepedia channel, if you are banned from it, type /whois grunny and if I'm online, /msg grunny <your message here>, alternatively, you can try asking Darth Culator. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 23:54, March 27, 2011 (UTC)

Disabling the new article / file popup

Hey there, it's been a while! (we chatted a bit on the Firefly wiki some time ago, if you forgot)

I noticed that the popup leading to Special:Upload and Special:CreatePage is disabled on Wookieepedia. I guess you provided the code? Could you tell me how to achieve this? I really need users to notice the need to use Template:Information at Combine OverWiki. Thanks for your help. ;) Klow 13:25, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

The create page popup was disabled by Wikia staff as it is not suited to this wiki and we already have some preload options in our edittools. So you can use Special:Contact to request them to turn that off. The upload pop-up was disabled with JS one of our admins added MediaWiki:Wikia.js|here. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 14:03, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Quite helpful, as always! Klow 14:51, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

Mhh. I noticed that due to theses changes the left click doesn't work anymore for the standard galleries, the image categories and the new file gallery... Help! Klow 17:11, March 29, 2011 (UTC)

Can you link me to an example of what you mean? Cheers, Grunny (talk) 06:51, March 30, 2011 (UTC)

Here. The small gallery within the page, and the new files on the right, under the menu. Then in the new files, same thing... No left click possible. Klow 07:31, March 30, 2011 (UTC)

That looks more likely caused by the imagelinks function you added to your Common.js, which might be a ToU violation with the feature policy. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 07:48, March 30, 2011 (UTC)

Well apparently not. After disabling the imagelink code, that still doesn't work... Klow 18:54, March 30, 2011 (UTC)

Okay, found what's going on. The left click is working, it is bringing up the lightbox. However, you're hiding the lightbox with CSS here. So if you remove the line #lightbox, .blackout {display:none !important;}, you'll see the lightbox appear when you click. So, the image pop-up is working, it's just being hidden. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 13:46, March 31, 2011 (UTC)

I actually want to get rid of all these popups... Klow 18:42, April 4, 2011 (UTC)

Disabling the file popup for all your users is against Wikia's ToU, so you shouldn't do that anyway. You can only disable it for yourself. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 02:54, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

Star Wars Battlefront III

Hey I was able to get valuable information on SWBF3, my contact in LA wishs to remain annoymous in all standerds and will not comply with comfirming the date due to the trisk of being sued or fired. My contact got the info from his cousin who was in the SWBF dept. I heard there was a block on it and I request that you please leave a message for me on my talk page so I can give you this information. I risk haveing this info stolen and will not post it here due to how many regular users there are on your page. Thank you. Metalbro82 23:48, March 30, 2011 (UTC)

Your assistance needed

I'm sure you know what tomorrow is. Xwing has some pages made for us that we can use and I was hoping you could tie it all together code wise, in both Monobook and Wikia skins. We may be discussing this further in detail on IRC tonight. I appreciate your time and help. Cheers! -- Riffsyphon1024 17:19, March 31, 2011 (UTC)

• Alright it's on Grunny! I just uploaded an image of Mermeia in 3-D. Let's use her for our "Featured Article" even though, she is a stub. She's already holographic anyway. ;) -- Riffsyphon1024 00:22, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
  • Done. Grunny (talk) 00:28, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
    • LOL! You're so fast Grunny. I was JUST about to do that myself. ;) -- Riffsyphon1024 00:31, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
      • Additionally, can we throw this quote up as QOTD, or did it have to go through the process first?

-- Riffsyphon1024 00:34, April 1, 2011 (UTC)

3D away

Take the 3d away, its giving me a headache!Homesun 01:07, April 1, 2011 (UTC)

Copy the contents of this into Special:MyPage/wikia.css or Special:MyPage/monobook.css depending on what skin you use to override it temporarily. Grunny (talk) 01:10, April 1, 2011 (UTC)

I had to edit the community-level MyPage/global.css to get it to work; wikia.css loads too early. slothman@amurgsval.org 01:50, April 1, 2011 (UTC)

Image

• Okay, I was hoping on using that in a documentative way, but if you say it gives the enemy firepower.. -- Riffsyphon1024 01:48, April 3, 2011 (UTC)
  • We just talked about it in the admin IRC channel. To quote Tope's comments: "vandals want recognition, you're giving them exactly what they're looking for by doing that". We don't want to glorify vandalism in anyway. Grunny (talk) 01:53, April 3, 2011 (UTC)

vandalism

This user: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/174.61.144.150 vandalized the old republic era page I removed the vandalism however i cannot do anything else maybe as an admin you could do something GTQ 01:09, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

Looks like IFYLOFD blocked them :). Cheers, Grunny (talk) 02:57, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

Quote of the Day

I wanted to implement the Quote of the Day feature in the Matri Wiki. I asked Riffsyphon about this and he referred me to you. He has already shown me the template here and I didn't understand it. Could you please help? Thanks in Advance.
--Nisheeth (Leave message)-- 09:11, April 18, 2011 (UTC)

• If I may butt in, it's rather simple "have a quote page for every single date, and then use the date as dynamic part of the transclude". To explain every piece of {{QOTD}}, {{Wookieepedia:Quote of the Day/ is prefix for the qotd pages, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} each of these are placeholders for the current day, month and a year respectively. <div style="text-align: right;" class="noprint">'''[[Wookieepedia:Quote of the Day/Archive|Archive]]'''</div> is simply a link to be added for qotd archives. And then, for example the qotd of today is then located in Wookieepedia:Quote of the Day/18 April 2011. Hopefully this explains it well enough. (: –Tm_T ^(Talk) 09:32, April 18, 2011 (UTC)
  • Yeah. the explanation was good. But The Matrix Wiki doesn't have that many users or quotes that a new quote be implied every day. Is there a way to use the quote of the da feature that will pick up any one quote from the archives?--Nisheeth (Leave message)-- 09:37, April 18, 2011 (UTC)
    • You mean random? Then see for example how our random Good articles work, but then ofcourse it won't be "Quote of the Day" anymore. (: –Tm_T ^(Talk) 09:56, April 18, 2011 (UTC)
      • Well yeah. That will be much better. Thanks a lot.--Nisheeth (Leave message)-- 09:59, April 18, 2011 (UTC)

"Notable practitioners" of Force powers

Hey Grunny! Since you were the one who successfully nominated Force speed to GA status, could you please explain what were your criteria of notability for addition of its users to the "Notable practitioners" field in the infobox? And what are such criteria in general? I mean, I realize the infobox can't (and shouldn't) have a comprehensive list, but if Thaum Rystra is listed and Galen Marek is left out... Could you please enlighten me? Imperators II^(Talk) 00:12, April 27, 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Imperators. While writing it, I only put main characters of fairly significant storylines, but others have added to it since then. I'll go through and reassess the notable practitioners list :). Cheers, Grunny (talk) 01:33, April 29, 2011 (UTC)

Pilot chatter

Hey there, Grunny,

I know that you have a mountain of Legacy characters to update, but just a heads-up that Jae Akura was mentioned in Legacy: War 4 on page 8. On that note, I was wondering if you could help me out with something. In that issue, the starfighters of Storm, Crasher, and Cannon all appear, and Crasher comms Gunner to say "Storm and Cannon have to withdraw!" I was wondering if you had any words of advice on how to treat those characters' "Appearances" sections. Would it be a (Mentioned only) for Storm and Cannon and a (Voice only) for Crasher? Or would something else be in order, since they "appear" inside their starships? Any wisdom would be awesome. Thanks! Menkooroo 04:56, May 1, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I missed that. (I really have to get to work on these updates :P) I treated it as an appearance if I could tell that their starship appeared, like if a speech bubble of them talking came from one of the fighters. So in Legacy—War 4, I can't tell if Storm's fighter is in any of the frames for certain, so I used {{Mo}}. Not sure if this is the best approach, but it's how I've been doing it :P. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 00:02, May 3, 2011 (UTC)

• • That sounds good. Thanks for the insight. :) Another quick note that, unfortunately, only increases your workload: Thanks to an image upload by Cato Neimoidia, I just realized that Sayar Dun'la is in Issue 25 of Legacy, meaning that the beginning of his bio'll have to be updated to discuss his presence when the Mynock and the IK's arrived at the temple. Sorry! :P Menkooroo 13:14, May 13, 2011 (UTC)

Gar Stazi Update

Hi Grunny! I have been editing the Gar Stazi article in hopes of getting it back to FA status. I would appreciate any feedback, edits, or advice you feel would make the article better. AdmiralNick22 22:41, May 1, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Nick, good to see you editing again :). I have the Stazi article on my watchlist, so if I notice anything, I'll edit it or let you know :). Cheers, Grunny (talk) 00:04, May 3, 2011 (UTC)

Yo

Hey Grunny, I added links to my articles Rend(Dark Side) and Obscure(Mind-Affecting. They should be vertifiable now.Darth Grieve 22:49, May 2, 2011 (UTC)

Unable to Upload Images

Hello, Grunny! I don't know if I've met you before, so my name is Cato Neimoidia. I've been editing Wookieepedia on and off for five-six years now. Anyways, my recent projects have revolved around Star Wars: Legacy and Star Wars: Legacy—War. A lot of these articles are a little behind and need to be updated, especially seeing how the series is comming to an end in the next issue. However, recently i've been unable to upload images. The site thinks i'm spamming the site or something.

The last time I had a major editing phase, I greatly expanded a number of articles, such as Deliah Blue and Jariah Syn. To go with the text, I used a tool (the "Add Image") on the right side of the new skin (that has seemingly been taken down/linked to the normal form) that allowed me to upload many images quickly. They would initially been unsourced and everything, but I quickly sourced them using copy/paste and editing. I found this faster to be faster than using the normal Special:Upload. However, now I cannot add images using that tool. Instead I get one of two messages:

"<This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your edit was constructive, please contact an administrator, and inform them of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Combined unverified user upload prevention
>""

OR

<a href=" class="image" data-image-name="Dialog-warning.svg" id="Dialog-warning-svg"><img alt="Dialog-warning.svg" src=" width="40" height="40" /></a>

Due to upload abuse, adding or replacing files is limited to users who have achieved a threshold number of edits and account lifetime. Please find something constructive to do until you reach this threshold. Please note that spamming unproductive edits to reach this threshold will cause your account to be completely blocked from editing. Uploaders must also have a confirmed email address in their user preferences. For more information, please contact an administrator via <a href="/wiki/Wookieepedia:IRC" title="Wookieepedia:IRC">IRC</a>.

I contacted CC7567 about this matter and he directed me towards you for your tech-savvyness. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks! -- Cato Neimoidia 22:09, May 9, 2011 (UTC)

Hi. It's because you don't have an email confirmed in your preferences. In response to upload abuse, requiring a user to be emailconfirmed was an extra check that was put in place. So if you put an email in your preferences (a good idea anyway :-)) and confirm it, you should be able to upload. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 23:08, May 9, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Bots

Hey, I was wondering if you could tell me how to make/use a bot? I need it for some tedious maintenence around the Wook. Thanks so much! --Gmalek ^{(Hit Me Up)} 15:03, May 14, 2011 (UTC)

To make a bot you can use an existing framework such as Pywikipedia or AWB (both of which you can download online) or make your own if you know how to program. However, before using a bot you should request approval here. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 08:08, May 16, 2011 (UTC)

Star Wars Roleplay Wiki

Hello, Grunny.
Before I start, I would like to tell you that when I created my account, I did not realie I could use the same account for the many different Wikias. I am Anti-Umbridge league on all other wikias, so it might take me some time to get back to you.
I am a user on the Star Wars Roleplay Wiki, which has not got enough users and needs to expand. The wiki allows you to create your own character and then roleplay them by opening shops, flying starships, becoming Jedi etc.
We were wondering whether it would be possible a link on the main page of Wookiepedia, so Star Wars Fans can go to the Star Wars Roleplay Wiki as well.
Thanks
Babaric fett 17:05, May 15, 2011 (UTC)

You are looking for Wookieepedia:Official Friends of Wookieepedia/Nominations, familiarise yourself with past nominations, and think an answer for "how Wookieepedia would benefit from this?" and "How this would be something what existing official friends are not?", those should get you started. (: –Tm_T ^(Talk) 17:18, May 15, 2011 (UTC)

Bot request

Hi Grunny. Any chance you could take a look at my recent bot request? Cheers, --Eyrezer 08:21, May 17, 2011 (UTC)

Imperial Commandos

Hey, I noticed that the pages for the Republic Commandos (the ones with designations that we know of) still go by their Republic designations, despite being renamed Imperial Commandos (IC). For example, RC-1138 (Boss) should now technically be IC-1138, since he and the other two remaining members of Delta Squad went on to serve the Empire as Imperial Commandos of the 501st Legion. Obviously Sev's designation would not be changed since he went missing just before the Empire was created; the commandos that deserted wouldn't have IC-designations either. But for those that remained like Delta Squad, shouldn't their pages be moved to reflect their Imperial designations? I was thinking of doing that, but I wanted to check with an administrator first.JRT2010 10:24, May 22, 2011 (UTC)

IRC

Hey Grunny. Are you on IRC? When I try and log in I get a message that I am banned, which is something of a surprise. Can you check if this is the case? --Eyrezer 11:38, May 25, 2011 (UTC)

• <drive by> Hey Eyre, perhaps you could come to the social channel so that some currently-on admin could sort this? 1358 ^(Talk) 11:59, May 25, 2011 (UTC)
  • Did you get this sorted out? Or do you still need help with it? Grunny (talk) 12:39, May 25, 2011 (UTC)
    • Seems like Eyre was able to join the channel. :) 1358 ^(Talk) 12:47, May 25, 2011 (UTC)
      • Hey Grunny, if you have some time in the next days, I'd like to discuss something with you in IRC. Tyber ^{J. Kenobi's Droid} 18:06, June 12, 2011 (UTC)
        • Hey Tyber. Sure, I'll be on later today, I'll see if I can catch you. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 01:50, June 13, 2011 (UTC)

Inqmoot XLII

Hey Grundawg,

Inqmoot 42 has been scheduled for June 19th. Your presence is requested, but if you are unavailable, please remember to leave notes. Thanks,—Tommy 9281 Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 02:04 UTC

Kae Kwaad TC

Hey Grunny, just letting you know that a new voting option has been created on the Kae Kwaad TC per general demand. Jonjedigrandmaster ^(Talk) 14:39, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

AC Meeting 37

Hey Grunny! AC Meeting 37 has been scheduled for July 30…with a Clone Theme. Please make sure to leave notes if you are unable to attend. Also, you can review the minutes from today's Meeting 36 by clicking here. Thanks, and remember: File:Rex-JoinTheCW.jpg|The Republic Needs You! CC7567 ^(talk) 21:56, June 25, 2011 (UTC)

A page needs deleted

There is a page called Unidentified Clone Trooper that just says "Once upon a time there was a clone trooper. He died." Please delete it as soon as possible. --AnyGuy 20:51, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Looks like Culator got it :). Grunny (talk) 05:32, June 28, 2011 (UTC)

Help with a template

Hi Grunny, it's Jayden from the Harry Potter Wiki. I seem to remeber that you're quite savvy when it comes to technical editing and template creation? If so I could really use your help. I've just been made admin on the True Blood Wiki and I would like to create a template, which, when added to an infobox will randomly select a main image from a specific list of files whenever the page is loaded. I've seen this done on another (non wikia) wiki, and have tried copying their code, but it doesn't work. I'm not sure if you know how this is done, or if you even know what I'm talking about, but if you do your help would really be appreciated. Thanks. Jayden Matthews 11:03, June 30, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Jayden. Sure, I can help you out, can you link me to the template you're using? Cheers, Grunny (talk) 12:35, June 30, 2011 (UTC)

And just in case this can help straight away, I believe what you might be looking for is <choose> and <option>. So for example:

<choose>
<option>Picture one here</option>
<option>Picture two here</option>
<option>etc.</option>
</choose>

Take a look at our random GA page which is included on the main page for an example. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 12:44, June 30, 2011 (UTC)

It works! Thank you so much, I've been tearing my hair out over this. I really appreciate your help. Thanks again. Jayden Matthews 17:02, June 30, 2011 (UTC)

Inqmoot 43

Hey Grunny,

The next Inq meeting has been scheduled for July 23/24. Hope to see you there. Menkooroo 14:03, July 3, 2011 (UTC)

One-click delete

My extra tabs still work, so that "unneeded function" removal worked fine, but the one-click old revision delete doesn't seem to do anything. -- Darth Culator ^(Talk) 19:58, July 3, 2011 (UTC)

HTML help

Hi Grunny! I would like to ask you to help me revamp my signature. I managed to get to this level:

[[User:TK-999|<font face="Book Antiqua" color="grey">'''TK999''']]—[''[[User talk:TK-999|Discuss]]'']</font>

However, I realized that the <font> tag is deprecated, so I switched to <span>. The problem is that the effect of "span" ends when it runs into wikilink brackets, so formatting the signature to make it look like the aforementioned version would mean unnecessary coding. Is there a way to describe the formatting at its first mention and then use a shorter variant in all subsequent places? If I had to type <span id="whatever" /> (which doesn't work) or something along this line, that would be perfect. Any help would be appreciated! Cheers,—TK-999 20px^{(Rise of the Empire)} 17:12, July 4, 2011 (UTC)

Not really, defining a rule would require CSS, which we obviously don't add to the site for user signatures. The correct way to make it look exactly the same would be this:

<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: grey;">[[User:TK-999|<span style="color: grey">'''TK999'''</span>]]—[''[[User talk:TK-999|Discuss]]'']</span>

It is longer, but not too bad :). Cheers, Grunny (talk) 23:05, July 4, 2011 (UTC)

• Works like a charm! Many thanks! TK999—[Discuss] 08:45, July 5, 2011 (UTC)

Proxies

Hi Grunny! I recently joined the Admin Tools Wiki and have some problems with determining proxies. Do you know of any method to use the results obtained by the Wikipedia:Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies and associated pages or any other way to recognize proxy IPs? Thanks in advance.TK999—[Discuss] 12:09, July 10, 2011 (UTC)

NewsNet twitter

Hey Grunny; I've gone ahead and set up the Twitter account, and posted it over on the NewsNet as well. We're at @WookieeNewsNet due to naming issues. I've followed all our official friends that I can find, plus some major official and fan feeds. I'll be adding more over the coming days. Anyone on the project who wants the password is free to have it, or I'll keep updating myself. I'm aiming for daily tweets regarding QotDs and FAs, semi-regular ones for DYKs, as well as updates that are posted to the NewsNet. - Cavalier One20px^{(Squadron channel)} 14:56, July 14, 2011 (UTC)

Great, I'll grab the password off you later so I can update for any stories we post when I'm around :-). Cheers, Grunny (talk) 23:44, July 14, 2011 (UTC)

I'll respond here to keep conversation in one place: I think we could set twitter to aggregate the newsnet directly, or set some bot to do it, thus reducing the need of manual updates. What do you guys think of that? –Tm_T ^(Talk) 06:47, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

I'm already following and updated the Facebook fan page about the news. Hopefully that will spur more interest. -- Riffsyphon1024 07:43, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

Keeping the conversation together. Grunny, I'll send it to you when you want. We might need a little more advertising. Will a main page link need a CT? Also, maybe throw it up on the site notice? Tm_T, news aggregation will probably be a good idea. If we can tweet links to FAs/ QotDs on a daily basis, that would be good as well. Riffs; thanks for that! I was wondering who to talk to on that front :) - Cavalier One20px^{(Squadron channel)} 09:49, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

In regards to the Facebook fan page, either jSarek or I had access, however I have been the primary updater for the page over the last few years now. -- Riffsyphon1024 10:11, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

@Tm T: That sounds great :).

@Cavalier One: A main page link may not require a CT but an SH forum to just make sure no one has an issue with it might be a good idea. We could also add it to the main page as a small feed, similar to how the NewsNet section displays two stories. Cheers, Grunny (talk) 10:29, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

Should the (now old ?) Revamp of the Main Page discussion be used or entirely new opened? –Tm_T ^(Talk) 10:54, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

I'm sure the old one will do since it's all related (though we should actually get some things settled on a main page redesign :P) :). Grunny (talk) 10:56, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

Ah, missed the replies ... I set up a new SH thread here to inform the user base. - Cavalier One20px^{(Squadron channel)} 17:20, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

Question

I would like to make a fan story, and since I cannnot make a blog, can I still make 1 here? Jim Logan The King of All Conduits Word Life! 20:07, July 18, 2011 (UTC)

No, we don't accept fan stories, this wiki is for purely canon material. I'd suggest contributing to the Star Wars Fanon Wiki where you can contribute all your fan stories :). Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 23:19, July 18, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Jim Logan The King of All Conduits Word Life! 23:34, July 18, 2011 (UTC)

Signature

Hi, one thing has been bothering me in your current signature, shouldn't $ be replaced with # as you have admin rights? (I wonder how many gets this) (; –Tm_T ^(Talk) 15:24, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

Haha yeah, I've been asked what it is by a few people :P. Well, I could say I'm a regular user with access to those tools, hence the $ and to use my admin rights I just sudo... ;-). (Tbh, I just like the look of the $ better) Well let's try it that way: grunny@wookieepedia:~# 15:35, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

Meeting 37 reminder

Hey Grunny, just wanted to remind you about AC Meeting 37, which will be held tomorrow at the usual time of 4 ET. If you find yourself unable to make it, please remember to leave notes. Thanks, and hope to see you there, brave soldier! CC7567 ^(talk) 17:29, July 29, 2011 (UTC)

Dialoguetrans

My apologies. None of the quotes displayed properly after the templates were deleted, and QOTDs use the Speaker: format, not the incorrect format they were "fixed" to. I was just about to nominate a Jabba quote that would also not display properly without the templates. Per CT, I will no longer nominate translated quotes or permit them to be QOTD. Enochf 01:36, August 10, 2011 (UTC)

• Holy bugger.... well, why weren't they replaced properly after the CT? OK, that's a big relief. Didn't know Template:Dialogue was that versatile. I'll hunt and replace then. thx (relaxes) Enochf 01:41, August 10, 2011 (UTC)

XXXVIII

XXXVIII—Tommy 9281 Thursday, August 11, 2011, 00:47 UTC

Thanks

Hey Grun, just wanted to say thanks for the myriad typo fixes you made; I'm a bit embarrassed I let so many slip through. Thanks for those catches. Jonjedigrandmaster ^(Talk) 14:03, August 12, 2011 (UTC)

Hey Jugs, no problem :). Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 14:32, August 12, 2011 (UTC)

Essay

Hey Grunny,

In effort to continue the chronicling of our FA history, I am asking and encouraging you to update your personal FA statistics here please, when time permits. Any questions, don't hesitate to ask, and thanks.—Tommy 9281 Sunday, August 21, 2011, 01:54 UTC

Template coding issue

Hey Grunny. I'm trying to rework the meeting time infobox to be easier to use by auto-calculating all times from a single specified time in either UTC or U.S. Eastern Time, as well as displaying the proper time zones in the proper places based on daylight saving time rules. It's the second part of this that I've run into a snag on. Take a look at the template and the test page. Under the "UTC" header on the test page, you'll see that it's throwing me an "expression error". I have analyzed the code for a half hour, and despite usually being able to figure out templates, I cannot find the source of this error. I've checked the syntax multiple times, and it appears to be correct, yet I'm still getting the error. The error only occurs when |UTC= is specified without |ET=; if |ET= is specified, no error is produced regardless of whether |UTC= is specified or not (this makes sense since the template first tries to calculate the time zone based on the ET parameter, and goes to UTC only if ET is not specified). I've given up on trying to find the error; can you track it down? If so, I would greatly appreciate it. Feel free to edit either page directly to run tests if needed. Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 02:01 UTC}

Fixed :). Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 03:00, August 23, 2011 (UTC)

GAH! I was looking at the "{}|" stuff and totally missed that basic copy-and-paste error. Thanks a lot. Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 04:48 UTC}

No problem :). When you stare at code too long it's easy to miss the simple stuff. Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 09:13, August 23, 2011 (UTC)

InterWikis

Hello Grunny, you reverted somehow my links to the German Jedipedia. I saw, you have a special box for it, but in that box, you were referring to a fork of the Jedipedia. Those have different articles than the official Jedipedia. Thanks, for making it correct. --Heimat Eins 14:40, August 25, 2011 (UTC)

Hi. The wiki voted to use that template rather than normal interwiki links and the community decides through votes which wiki to put the links to, not any one administrator. You can find the vote on the template here. Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 00:10, August 26, 2011 (UTC)

JS Inquisitor is j00!

G'day - your name came up as a sanity checker for the JS in Forum:SH:Making_a_better_"Timeline_of_media" - could you take a look when you get a chance? Specifically, I'd be looking for a) insight into why it's not working on Monobook [but it is in Wikia and in Firebug], b) approval or denial for eventual integration into MediaWiki:Common.js and c) a way to merge down all the User:Morbus Iff/monobook.js code into single for loop + function to save code duplication. --Morbus Iff 21:45, August 30, 2011 (UTC)

Hi. My responses: a) I see you got it working in monobook. b) Sure, if the forum results in people deciding this is how we want to format the timelines we can certainly add it. c) User:Grunny/mediatimeline.js should do the trick. Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 01:04, August 31, 2011 (UTC)

Offensive edit summaries

Hey. You might want to take a look at the page history of Galactic Empire; 64.107.219.139's edit summaries might be worth redacting with RevisionDelete. Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 19:05 UTC}

Done. grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 22:12, August 31, 2011 (UTC)

Changing user names

Hi Grunny!

I was wondering, is there a way that I can change my user name which is 501st Sniper?

--501st Sniper 00:28, September 14, 2011 (UTC)

Hi 501st Sniper. You can request to have your username changed through Special:Contact. This process cannot be reversed, and once we change your username, we cannot change it again. I'd suggest reading this article: http://help.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Changing_your_username and that you double check that the username you want is not already in use and is spelled correctly when making the request. If you are not worried about keeping the edits you have made so far, you can simply create a new account and redirect your current user page to your new one (just make sure not to edit under both accounts!). I hope that helps :). Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 09:23, September 14, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Grunny!

Thanks for your help and I'll keep your suggestion in mind.

--501st Sniper 04:51, September 16, 2011 (UTC)

Question

Why do you need check user if your a util already? Are staff rights not permitted to do local wiki actions? Thanks. --TheBen10Mazter (Talk -User_blog:TheBen10Mazter|Blog -Contribs) 01:47, September 19, 2011 (UTC)

AWB

Can you please add my name and AJTD6 to the AWB checkpage? I just downloaded it and would like to learn how to use it. AJTD6 is a new account I created that is intended as a bot account for larger tasks to avoid flooding recent changes; I haven't filed a request for the bot flag yet at Wookieepedia talk:Bots yet because I'd like to gain a little experience with the tool first. Thanks. Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Monday, September 19, 2011, 02:52 UTC}

Done. Be sure to mention that the bot belongs to you on its user page, so people can tell straight away who it is run by :). Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 02:59, September 19, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, and done. Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Monday, September 19, 2011, 03:01 UTC}

Template

If you'd like, i can make a icon template that allows you to put {{administrator}} on your user page that says this user has admin rights and links to a admin page, with a png file you can provide. Like the one at Commmunity Central, im pretty sure that you already know how to do it since your a ninja though. Well, reply to this either way and thanks!  :) --TheBen10Mazter (Talk -[[User_blog:TheBen10Mazter|Blog]] -Contribs) 19:51, September 20, 2011 (UTC)

I already have a banner on my user page that says I'm an admin (and a user box, and a little icon up the top). But thanks for the offer. grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 21:09, September 20, 2011 (UTC)

Jjiaah Porpman

Thanks for your help with the Jjiaah Porpman article. I didn't remember how to get it redirected and goofed, so thanks for fixing it. I'll get it right next time. Gethralkin^Hyperwave 19:52, September 20, 2011 (UTC)

No problem :-). grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 21:07, September 20, 2011 (UTC)

Web archive

Hello there. Yesterday I added links to external Lutin Hollis, Kol Kotha, and Vedd Deviss. They were for the web archive/wayback machine, and when clicked on, they redirect you to the wayback machine instead of the proper page, the defunct Star Wars: Battle for Naboo website. Should I leave them as is, or just put a link to the defunct page? Thanks. Corellian Premier20px^{All along the watchtower} 02:53, September 29, 2011 (UTC)

Tarpals

Hey Grunny. I just realized that I made a boo-boo and accidentally put a spoiler in the summary of this edit. Do you think you could use your awesome bureaucratic powers to hide the summary (and the edit, if necessary)? I can redo the edit if need be. Thanks! CC7567 ^(talk) 04:07, October 1, 2011 (UTC)

Done. grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 05:14, October 1, 2011 (UTC)

Thankies. :) CC7567 ^(talk) 05:18, October 1, 2011 (UTC)

Quickie

Hey, mind popping into IRC real quickly? Thanks. 1358 ^(Talk) 09:31, October 1, 2011 (UTC)

Wikia staff

Hey Grunny! Just wanted to thank you for your quick response on that Battlefront Wiki thing. I appreciate your help. Cheers!--Cal Jedi8px ^{(Personal Comm Channel)} 14:30, October 4, 2011 (UTC)

No problem :). Let me know if there are any other issues regarding it. Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 01:07, October 5, 2011 (UTC)

Image Uploading

Hey Grunny, I was wondering if you could help me with an issue I've been having. Every time I try to load an image onto the site, it tells me that I've triggered an Image Abuse message. As far as I know, this shouldn't happen, since I've definitely done a "threshold" number of edits while at the same time almost never uploading any images before. If there's something I can do to solve this problem, please let me know, as there's a few images I'd like to upload or update for the site. Thanks!--Demos Traxen 18:35, October 4, 2011 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 01:12, October 5, 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, that did indeed fix things. I appreciate the help!--Demos Traxen 03:34, October 5, 2011 (UTC)

Strom Dubrak

"So—are you still worried about being sent to the Agricultural Corps?" Strom Dubrok has been approved by the AgriCorps and awarded Good status. Feel free to add the {{User GA}} template to your userpage to acknowledge your hard work. The AgriCorps thanks you for your efforts, and looks forward to future nominations from you! — 1358 (Talk) 20:03, October 5, 2011 (UTC)

Wedge Antilles redlinks

Hey, Grunny. I'm in the process of trying to save the Wedge Antilles FAN, and right now the biggest problem with it (other than a needed update) is the large number of redlinks. I've compiled a list of the current redlinks here; as you can see, there are some sources, namely games and comics, that I am unlikely to be able to gain access to myself. Your collection lists some of these sources. Would you be willing to help out in creating articles to fill in those which I've labeled with your username? If so, I would greatly appreciate it. This nomination has come too far and is too close to passing to allow it to fail now. I've also pinged Taral, Dark Lord of the Sith for his help as well, both to spread the workload a bit and because he appears to have a source you don't. Thanks in advance for the help. :) Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Thursday, October 20, 2011, 00:02 UTC}

Sure, I'll have a crack at some of them over the next few days :). Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 08:44, October 20, 2011 (UTC)

AC meeting 40

AC meeting 40 has been scheduled and will take place in the parlour, where gentlemen may partake in cigars and brandies. - Cavalier One20px^{(Squadron channel)} 20:21, October 25, 2011 (UTC)

CheckUser request

Got a request for you. Could you check this fellow? I have a sneaking suspicion since he showed up just after this fellow's block. Trak Nar ^{Ramble on} 03:42, October 26, 2011 (UTC)

Answered on IRC. grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 04:01, October 26, 2011 (UTC)

Infoboxes

Hey Grunny

You may remember me from the Senate Hall, asking about infoboxes. Well thank you for that assistance, as i managed to include some infoboxes on my page though i had some difficulty in organising them. I noticed on other user pages that their infoboxes are located in a Character infobox beneath the title, "Infoboxes". Could you possibly tell me how to do this ???

-Many Thanks, Lu'ika

Hi Lu'ika, you can have the userboxes inside infobox by placing them inside the infobox template, for example in your case (as you're using {{Character infobox}} instead of {{User infobox}}) between the |apprentices= and the following }}. (: –Tm_T ^(Talk) 11:37, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

Inqmoot 46

Hey. Just to let you know, Inq Meeting 46 has been scheduled for midnight UTC on 27 November. Green Tentacle ^(Talk) 16:10, October 30, 2011 (UTC)

Alter Friction

Hello,

So I am looking at the Alter Friction page and I see that there seems to be some sort of writing but then it was deleted. I was wondering if I could get a look at that archived writing to help me prepare to write it again? Alter Friction is used in the EU so I feel it is deserving of a page (Especially since there is a lot more evidence of its use then many other force powers that are allowed to be kept on the site). I am only posting on your talk page since you were the one to remove it. Any idea on the abilities to get this or is it lost to the admin vault?

-Dunta Coral

TOR beta

If you are interested in beta key, or know of some WookieeProject participants who might be, please contact me on IRC. I will be in the main channel for a few days. --Imperialles 14:36, November 5, 2011 (UTC)

• Bioware is allowing us more keys. If you are still interested, contact me with the e-mail you used to sign up for TOR testing. You can reach me at imperialles at wookieepedia.com. --Imperialles 02:25, November 12, 2011 (UTC)
  • E-mailed. Thanks, Imp :). grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 15:26, November 12, 2011 (UTC)

DS-181-4

Hello Grunny, it seems that StarsiderSWG has edited DS-181-4 updating the info. Assuming he has fully updated it, maybe you, as the original nominator, can make any other necessary changes for this article to remain good quality? Hanzo Hasashi 22:43, November 6, 2011 (UTC)

Awesome. Looks good at a glance, I'll look closer a bit later :). Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 09:59, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

CA editintro

Since we apparently need it, I have created an editintro for CAs to match the existing ones for FAs and GAs. Can you add the necessary code to MediaWiki:Common.js to activate it, please? Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Sunday, November 13, 2011, 19:13 UTC}

Done. Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 02:51, November 14, 2011 (UTC)

Outstanding, gentlemen. :) Btw, might want to archive, Grunny. ;) -- Riffsyphon1024 02:54, November 14, 2011 (UTC)

I archive whenever I get to 100 headings ;). Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 02:56, November 14, 2011 (UTC)

Oh dear. ;) -- Riffsyphon1024 03:00, November 14, 2011 (UTC)

Image uploads

Hi, Grunny. Jayden here. I'm having some trouble uploading an image, I was wondering if you could help me? I've filled out the form correctly, but when I hit the upload button it causes the page to break drastically. A load of red colored coding appears all over the screen, along with a warning saying I either haven't reached the required edit threshold, or I don't have a confirmed e-mail registered to my account. The latter I do have, so could you please tell me how many edits I need? I've uploaded images in the past without issue, and there is no mention of a threshold on the upload form itself, or on Wookieepedia's policy page about image uploads. Thanks. Jayden Matthews 15:35, November 19, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Jayden. It requires you to be emailconfirmed. Though you have set an email in your preferences, you haven't confirmed it. This requires going to Special:Preferences and there will be an option in your Email options section to send a confirmation link to you email, or something similar. When you get the email, click the link to confirm the email address is yours, then you should be able to upload. You can check that you're not emailconfirmed by going to Special:EmailUser/Jayden Matthews and seeing the error "This user has not specified a valid e-mail address." I hope that helps, and let me know if you have issues with this. Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 15:40, November 19, 2011 (UTC)

Ah, that explains it. I just thought it seemed a bit odd the way this coding was scrawled all over the place. Thanks for your help. Jayden Matthews 15:53, November 19, 2011 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Mr Grunny sir,

I am new here, and I just want to help make this wiki a great place. Not that it isn't a great place, but I want to help make it better.

Do you have a list of rules/policies I can look at? Also, if I will probably make a mistake sometime in the future, so I apologize in advance. --I'm living for my User Blog:Ghgt99|dying wish. 17:24, November 19, 2011 (UTC)

• <driveby> See Category:Policies on Wookieepedia for a list. I recommend you take a look at the signature policy and adjust your signature accordingly. ;-) Cheers, and apologies for intruding, Grunny. ^.^ 1358 ^(Talk) 17:27, November 19, 2011 (UTC)

AJAX is broken

What the header says. AJAX is not working for me on either recent changes or my watchlist. I don't even get the checkbox at the top of the page to enable/disable it. Can you fix it, please? :) Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 17:57 UTC}

• It's not broken for me. It's Wednesday, a.k.a. wikia code rollout day, which means you are probably getting some kind of caching issue. See Grunny's comment here. 1358 ^(Talk) 18:00, November 30, 2011 (UTC)
  • Ah. I hadn't looked at the SH yet when I posted that. I've posted it in the appropriate SH thread now. That said, bypassing my cache isn't helping. Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 18:06 UTC}
    • It's not just your browser cache that can be the issue, you can keep being served an old or broken version (or nothing at all) while things rebuild after a code release. Let me know if this is still affecting you and I'll look into it further. Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 21:58, November 30, 2011 (UTC)
      • After walking away from the site for a few hours, it's now working. Thanks anyway. :) Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 23:42 UTC}

Test subjects

Hey Grundawg,

Who do I contact to become a permanent TOR tester? I left a message on Imp's page, but have yet to receive a response. Thanks,—Tommy 9281 Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 23:46 UTC

Imp's the person to go through. Unfortunately, he responded to you here that no more permanent testers are being accepted :(. Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 23:49, November 30, 2011 (UTC)

Policies Template

Hi Grunny, Do you mind if I borrow the Policies template for my Wiki? Thanks, Sam201120px 14:05, December 1, 2011 (UTC)

Sure, you can usually freely copy templates between wikis. Unlike article content, people aren't generally too bothered if wikis reuse their templates, and as it is licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 you can copy it with attribution (though that may not be necessary for templates). :) Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 14:08, December 1, 2011 (UTC)

Would you like me to give attribution? Sam201120px 14:10, December 1, 2011 (UTC)

For templates, I personally don't think that's particularly necessary. It's okay to just put in the edit summary something like "based off template at Wookieepedia" when saving the page (note, this is only for templates, if you copy any articles, you should give attribution). So, up to you. Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 14:14, December 1, 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I have put a note in the editor saying that the template was originally created for Wookieepedia. Thanks! Sam201120px 14:17, December 1, 2011 (UTC)