Infobox Width Edit

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) Hey, I was wondering what we were going to do about the infoboxes... I have a feeling that they are too wide. Do you think this too? Should we consider narrowing them down to 200 or 150? I was thinking that we could also harmonize those templates by line breaking comma-separated phrases (Burnout 3: Takedown for instance). Also, I have checked The Vault again and they found a nice way to keep the game logos. This page for instance uses javascript to show the full menu... Tell me what you think about these changes and if you agree I'd be happy to work with you to incorporate them. Cheers Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 06:14, February 16, 2011 (UTC).

Yeah, I actually helped a little with that code. TBH, I haven't looked over this site much at all lately. If you're talking about the vehicle infoboxes, then yes, they are probably a tad wide now. With 640px of content space, a 300px infobox if almost 50% of the width. 200px works really good with the new layout for Oasis I have found. The issue there is if we can easily fit all that info in a 200-250px infobox and still make it look good. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 06:28, February 16, 2011 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) I'm sure we can shrink our infoboxes down to 200 pixels, unfortunately we'll have to go through all of them to resize the images inside since I think that they are all coded to be 300 pixels... Would a python script do a quicker job? I think that we'll stick with Oasis, no rolling-back to Monobook... The system is stepping forward and we should too. Embrace the Future! (don't where that's from, nvm). How's the Aion Wiki holding up? ;-) About the logos, do you think you could incorporate them here? I don't think it would be a long job, especially now that you tell me that you worked on the Vault's code... Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 21:09, February 16, 2011 (UTC).

Aion wiki is going good. 13k edits later and we've barely scratched the surface on game content >.< Got good interactive hover over though. Example. The issue with dropping the vehicle infoboxes down will be with the variant icons at the bottom. Currently, it's perfect to fit 8 (which I think is the most needed) Dropping the size down will cause that to irregularly wrap around and won't look as neat. Do some tests in a sandbox on Carson GT Concept. If it comes down to it, I can probably be persuaded to write some code to make the variants section wrap properly (IE 4 max on 1 line, 2 max lines... the Hunter Cavalry has 5 variants, so that would be 3 on top, 2 below.)

I am quite busy on Aion wiki and other projects currently so I am not sure how much time I could devote to help with this. Getting the JS code for the icons shouldn't be hard and wouldn't take more than a few hours. So, I could add that in if we're still wanting it here too.

As far as the infoboxes, if you're willing to do the brunt of the work, I can pop in and help with what you'd need help with, but I can't devote the time to work on them myself. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 22:47, February 16, 2011 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) Pretty impressive stuff on Aion! I'd love to that here too but I don't think we have a real use for hover-overs... So what exactly would you have me do on the infoboxes? Size them and their images down to 200? I don't really know how I could make the variant icons wrap around though... It seems that I may have lost my coding skills during my absence! About the logos, we had them before so we should make them appear now too. What coding could I do to help you out on this? Cheers Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 09:53, February 17, 2011 (UTC).

Do your best to get an infobox down to 200-250px regardless of the variations section and we'll go from there. There is a lot of padding around the side headers that could be stripped... The other issue would be the stats lines. They shouldn't wrap around. All 10 with the (10) and image should show correctly on one line... otherwise it looks like crap as seen in the countless DPL listings. If you're able to get the infoboxes down to 250ish that might be good enough and still leave plenty of room for the content. Also, check out w:c:Aion:Old_Scroll if you want to see another of my projects... A javascripted flip book... just like in-game. Also, that page has a few hover-overs for an item and an NPC in the game. I am working on a lot of projects over there and am getting a good handle on jQuery and trying to learn a bit of javascript all at once... o.0 I will try to get working on the icons this weekend. No promises though. I have a lot on my plate at the moment. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 05:33, February 18, 2011 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) Rappy, I'm letting you know that I worked on the infobox and that Carson GT Concept showcases the modifiations. Unfortunately, the initial coder of the infobox (that's you BTW, ;-P) set up the image= input to be the full link (size included) so we would have to edit all the vehicle pages to resize their images to 200 pixels... Python script possible? Anyway, while we figure this out could you sort out the variant icons? Thanks a bunch mate! Cheers Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 08:39, April 7, 2011 (UTC).

AWB can easily swap those over without hard coded widths. I will look into what you changed shortly. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 20:19, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) I'm not sure what AWB is... but it sounds promising! Let me know once you have inspected my changes. Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 20:48, April 7, 2011 (UTC).

If you're still lurking, hop on IRC. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 21:06, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

Yes it can!!! Edit

Read this -->Flying Van mode —Preceding unsigned comment added by Egon Spangler (talk • contribs)

We don't endorse glitches, cheats, hacks, etc on this site. They should not ever appear in the main space. Glitches, cheats, hacks, etc can have adverse affect to a players game and/or save. They have tentatively been allowed in the forums, but should have a warning to players to use at their own risk. Please do not add glitches to article pages or as pages in the main space.—Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 03:20, February 25, 2011 (UTC)

Well technically i did i said in bold and underline that it will Affect their save and well it was in bold and well i don't know if you saw that

The Answer to life, the universe is 42 03:38, February 25, 2011 (UTC)

That still doesn't change the fact that they aren't allowed in the main article space. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 03:40, February 25, 2011 (UTC)

Factory R190 GT Edit

Looks like Revenge Racer for Burnout paradise

Tagline Edit

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) It's a nice spot for it! Thanks for sorting it out, however I'm not quite sure how it works. I reloaded the page a few times but I doesn't seem to change... I browsed to another page and another line was appended to the same line as before... :-S Does it work perfectly for you? Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 07:35, April 7, 2011 (UTC).

It's a poor implementation for what used to be perfect, but it works. I am guessing the double tag was on MediaWiki:Tagline? If so, that should double tag it. Purging a page won't update it, it seems to work with your 'current session' data. IE, let your session timeout then refresh... you get a new tagline. Ultimately, I'd want it working like it was pre-Oasis and changed every refresh, but I don't think that will be possible with Oasis's limitations. You can read up here is your interested in the conversation and my reasoning for looking for a 'cool' implementation on the idea. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 20:19, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) Well I must say that I never thought you liked the idea that much, and I'm glad you wish to see it working again (as do I). I read through the forum and despite being technically lost among the JS coding and so on, I really appreciate the effort. BTW about the links, perhaps changing the wiki codes "[[" to the "<a href="">" tags could make them work? A small fix next to the bigger issue, but I guess it's a fix nonetheless... Please share with me any progress that is made on this matter! ...and good luck! Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 20:46, April 7, 2011 (UTC).

At the moment, I think I've hit a brick wall with it. I may get another brainstorm on it later, but for what it's worth, it works currently. I just wish it was more random. Anyways, changing to a's might fix that issue. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 21:06, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

Merge template Edit

Exlonox - Burnopedia Admin - @Exlonox on twitter HERE FOR YOU - North American Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4) When you get a chance, could you make a merge template? Thanks. Exlonox posted this at 19:08, April 10, 2011 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) Rappy was busy, so here it is! I'll upload a better icon tomorrow... Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 22:20, April 10, 2011 (UTC).

Exlonox - Burnopedia Admin - @Exlonox on twitter HERE FOR YOU - North American Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4) Awesome! Could you change it so when you type {{Merge|articlename}} it will state the article it should be merged with? Exlonox posted this at 02:20, April 11, 2011 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) It already does, it doesn't display anything when nothing is inputted, leaving the user to choose if he wants to state the destination page. Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 07:57, April 11, 2011 (UTC).

Exlonox - Burnopedia Admin - @Exlonox on twitter HERE FOR YOU - North American Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4) Thanks. Exlonox posted this at 15:08, April 11, 2011 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Common.css Edit

Rappy, I had to remove some code from the Common.css file today: http://burnout.wikia.com/index.php?title=MediaWiki%3ACommon.css&action=historysubmit&diff=69859&oldid=69172 . This will make main page ads appear on the front page again. While I know this considerably detracts from the design of the page you just put in place, obviously blocking ads from appearing violates our Terms of Use and thus that code can not go back in place. Please let me know if you have any questions. --daNASCAT (help forum | blog) 19:09, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

Eh, that must have been left over and overlooked from last time. I don't see adds normally, so I never caught it. Thanks Tim. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • Rappy 20:44, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) I have a question, are you planning on integrating ads more seamlessly into Wiki designs? You said it yourself and indeed, ads destroy Wiki skins. The extra background ad is a real killer too: these days I'm under the impression that I'm editing on the smurf wiki! I understand the purpose of ads but you must find a way to limit their eye soring impact!!! Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 11:08, August 3, 2011 (UTC).

Ceex, I hear you and so does our design team. Yes, we do need ads but we also need wikis to feel happy and unique. Please realize it's a battle behind the scenes as we try different ad presentations to see which ones allow for both parties - ads and readers - to remain content. We've found some good ways to handle it with some of our new formats (footer ads, skin-based ads) but we are still trying to find a way to handle the basic ads you see on article pages. It's a pain point and it's a pain point that has not gone unnoticed. --daNASCAT (help forum | blog) 17:43, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) I'm happy to hear that you are aware of the problem and I can only agree with what you have explained. I'm also -on my side- fully aware that this is probably your most difficult challenge. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 21:56, August 3, 2011 (UTC).

Rappy, unfortunately the aforementioned issue that brought us to your wiki also alerted some of us to a number of other things that need to be tweaked with our skin to fit inside of our Terms of Use. For more information on what I am about to say, please review here - [1].

The following things are currently violating our Terms of Use:

• The logo colour - must be back to the default white.
• The Facebook Like button seems to have disappeared (possibly being hidden by some of your extra features)
• You seem to have added -40px to the end of the Wikia page. This is pushing down parts of the skin, so it must be removed.

Please fix this within 48 hours or I will remove the elements myself (and, not to sound rude and this would not be intentional, but there's a very good chance since I didn't design this skin, I will accidentally remove other things on the skin). Everything else is a-okay. I know this is not what you want to hear, but the Terms of Use are the Terms of Use and they must be complied with.

I will be happy to answer any questions. --daNASCAT (help forum | blog) 20:29, August 9, 2011 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) It seems as though you know Rappy better than myself but he didn't design the skin, I did. I think you should message me about the wiki design issues directly especially when there are deadlines involved... Anyway, I changed the logo color back to white but I would really appreciate if you could tell me how I could discuss this with other members of staff. I never touched the Facebook Like button and it appears on all the pages. Wikia Header has been restored. Sorry for having ignorantly lowered the header. I hope you find the problem for the like button, no (intentional) code here is blocking it and it is displayed on my side. Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 23:53, August 9, 2011 (UTC).

I did also see ads on the front page... I know there supposed to be on the article pages but I've noticed there randomly appearing on the main page, and its kinda ruining the main page. (I do know that the ads help the site but its rather wierd for them to be on the main page). I'm fairly new though so I'm not really usefull with these kind of things. Dunewolfz 01:18, August 10, 2011 (UTC)

I am also seeing the Like button on all pages. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 05:20, August 10, 2011 (UTC)

Ceex, I'm sorry, I do remember now that Rappy mentioned a number of months ago you were the go-to guy for this. Thank you for fixing most of these issues. I will be happy to discuss the Wikia logo thing with you further. Ask what you wish. Also, the Facebook like button - I am not seeing it on the Home Page. One of my coworkers had initially told me they didn't see it anywhere, but I believe they were mistaken. But for sure I am not seeing it on the front page.

Dunewolfz, front pages of all wikis have the same ad system in place. --daNASCAT (help forum | blog) 15:37, August 10, 2011 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) Okay, it seems that the search bar was hiding the Facebook button on the main page, as well as the talk page link and "create new page" link. I repositioned it so that everything is displayed correctly: fixed. For the Logo, as you can see the white color doesn't really fit with the orange background, at all. I tried downloading the sprites image but it never came out well after editing anyway. So I was wondering if you could let admins decide what color (from selected presets) the logo would be through an option in the skin designer (or something else). This feature was present with the old monaco skin where admins re-uploaded a PNG image and it replaced itself. Perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad idea to restore this option... Do you think it's possible? What are your limitations? I think it should be an available option. Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 18:08, August 10, 2011 (UTC).

WikiaSearch is now fixed. If you see anything else, please let us know. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 20:45, August 10, 2011 (UTC)

The logo - It was discussed a lot precisely because of this colorization issue on wikis that want to do some intriguing things with the top bar. But we decided that since we had indeed let communities get so funky with the top Wikia bar, something that originally been off limits at all, we decided we needed to stick with the white Wikia logo for consistency sake. --daNASCAT (help forum | blog) 22:15, August 10, 2011 (UTC)

could you please? Edit

Could you please delete/remove the pages asd and asdsa from the wiki? It's just vandalism. Thanks ahead of time, Dunewolfz - Catch me if ya' can! 03:06, December 4, 2011 (UTC)

A bit slow..Edit

Above the header, it says "Burnopedia has details spanning every game from Burnout to Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.". Either you guys are really slow updating, or perhaps you haven't mentioned Burnout CRASH!, due to it being a spin-off game. --Will (talk) 06:17, December 4, 2011 (UTC)

Just an oversight. That quote is random from 59 others. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 22:06, December 4, 2011 (UTC)

Requesting... Edit

OveReAction - Burnopedia Admin - Racing Maniac Talk to me! - (+8 GMT) Region: I request to make me an Admin coz I'm the one (besides you) visits the site everyday. OR Make the edit restriction to Members only so no one ever vandalize the wiki (especially that recent fool). 07:52, December 15, 2011 (UTC) is the time I published a post.

I would have done so by now if I could. Only bureaucrats can add sysops. You'd have to bug Exlonox. When you do, tell him you have my support. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 08:03, December 15, 2011 (UTC)

Please, if you can, make it so that only members can edit the wiki. I really support that option.Dunewolfz - Catch me if ya' can! 12:36, December 15, 2011 (UTC)

OveReAction - Burnopedia Admin - Racing Maniac Talk to me! - (+8 GMT) Region: Ok. Just stick to that restriction thing. 14:54, December 15, 2011 (UTC) is the time I published a post.

I agree with Over, it would be for the best. (Although, there are some legitimate editors who aren't members.) Perhaps protect some pages that get alot of vandilism? Dunewolfz - Catch me if ya' can! 15:52, December 15, 2011 (UTC)

If there's pages that seem to get vandalized a lot, I wouldn't have an issue protecting them. Limiting editing to members isn't something Wikia likes to/will do. I answer all my talk page messages... feel free to drop me a line at any time. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 20:18, December 15, 2011 (UTC)

Can you admin see which pages are most visited? Because maybe, when the wiki get's even more successful, the fools could especially vandalize the most visited pages. When I'm wrong, just tell me. +++ FreekyFreezer - The suburban Racer 22:18, December 15, 2011 (UTC)

There used to be an extension to do that but Wikia removed it a bit ago. I wouldn't worry so much about possible target pages for vandalism. It's easy enough to revert vandalism when it happens. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 22:24, December 15, 2011 (UTC)

0 editsEdit

I know this is quite a bit off topic but I've always wondered, why is it it says you have zero edits on here? Is it just my computer or is it the wiki? Dunewolfz - Catch me if ya' can! 01:55, December 17, 2011 (UTC)

Eh, that's because my username is actually User:Rappy 4187 and not Rappy. Before Wikia's masthead, it didn't really matter any. I will be moving my stuff shortly. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 07:38, December 17, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the greeting.Mustang 97 13:08, February 20, 2012 (UTC)

This needs restriction! Edit

OveReAction - Burnopedia Admin - Racing Maniac Talk to me! - (+8 GMT) Region: You must restrict all non-members from vandalizing the wiki! Pronto! 13:29, February 26, 2012 (UTC) is the time I published a post.

and delete this and this while you're at it, please. 19:11, February 26, 2012 (UTC)

Bureaucrat Edit

Hi Rappy. I've given you bureaucrat rights so you can promote some other users to help you out. Good luck with it! -- Wendy (talk) 04:43, February 29, 2012 (UTC)

Glitches article Edit

Hey Rappy, I know that rule about "No promoting glitches on the wiki", but how come this hasn't been removed? I presumed it would be deleted because of it showing glitches in the game. 02:40, March 3, 2012 (UTC)

The glitch rule was made to keep people from explaining how to exploit certain parts of the game (like get paint jobs they normally wouldn't be able to). From my first look, the glitches on that page are safe. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 04:07, March 3, 2012 (UTC)

Alright, I guess that makes more sense. 00:33, March 4, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the promotion! Edit

OveReAction - Burnopedia Admin - Racing Maniac Talk to me! - (+8 GMT) Region: Gee, thanks! Now I can take control of vandalism as well! ;) *thumbs up* 01:45, March 5, 2012 (UTC) is the time I published a post.

That was the idea :) —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 01:47, March 5, 2012 (UTC)

Marked Man Template Edit

Hey Rappy, could you make a marked man template? I tried making my own out of the race infobox but that was an utter failure. I want to make Seeing Stars look like standard race articles. Thanks ahead of time, 02:25, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

What would you need in it? Also, the race template can't be used/modified for it? —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 02:40, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

Starting intersection, finish destination, length, place for image... that's it I guess. The race template doesn't work because it links to race (Burnout Paradise) instead of Marked Man and it lists the participants (which seems to be unlimited in Marked Man). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunewolfz (talk • contribs)

Done. Let me know if it needs any tweaking. Template:Marked Man infobox —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 20:28, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

Block request, Edit

Block "Knight1818" he keeps replacing speed stats with random numbers and spamming pages with refferances to other games. I've already undone the vandalism. 01:15, March 15, 2012 (UTC)

You may need to take over the Burnout News feed in the homepage because... Edit

Reported by Dual Pixels, the new Burnout game is rumored to be titled, "Rush Hour". And it's also a part of a launch game of the Nintendo Wii U. It's still unconfirmed as that list might be fake. Talk to me Burnopedia Admin - 10:49, March 20, 2012 (UTC)

I've seen it on another couple of sites across the web also (can't remember which). I'm not sure whether to take this as a new game in development or just another rumour. But, nice find Over! 22:01, March 20, 2012 (UTC)

Aren't you able to edit the news too, OveReAction? It shouldn't be protected. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 03:33, March 21, 2012 (UTC)

I should do so, but I see only Admins who wrote the previous news reports there. It may not be good idea for me to edit that. Talk to me Burnopedia Admin - 05:10, March 21, 2012 (UTC)

Chrome car video Edit

The first video in the Chrome Car article is no longer availible because the uploader got suspended from youtube. Should I remove it or leave it? As it is the first video showing the Chrome car. 16:16, March 25, 2012 (UTC)

Yep, I killed it. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 21:32, March 25, 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism Edit

On the Vehicles (Burnout Paradise) article someone replaced the 500 Gt with random spanish. I don't know what's wrong with my computer but it won't load the comparisons so I can undo the edit that put the vandalism there. It also makes the page wider than it should be. 01:36, March 26, 2012 (UTC)

I'm not seeing it. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 05:38, March 26, 2012 (UTC)

Actually, someone messed up the template itself. But I don't see it's template page... Talk to me Burnopedia Admin - 10:47, March 26, 2012 (UTC)

<file deleted> Here, a picture example: 19:03, March 26, 2012 (UTC)

That was based on Knightrider's old revision. You are seeing an old version of the vehicles page. (That page should probably be fexid to be non DPL). —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 19:43, March 26, 2012 (UTC)

About Knight1818... Edit

About Knight1818, is there a way to keep him out of this wiki.......PERMANENTLY? I don't want you to block him, I want him BANNED! Talk to me Burnopedia Admin - 08:53, March 29, 2012 (UTC)

If he comes back again in 3 months (I think that was his ban timer) and does the same, it will be an infinite ban. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 08:57, March 29, 2012 (UTC)

Good. He's probably too idiotic to edit and he's not even speak English. This wiki is not alone. He did the same thing to other wikis. Yep, he's an idiot. Talk to me Burnopedia Admin - 09:04, March 29, 2012 (UTC)

Yet Again, Edit

We have another vandal, and he's a lot like Knight1818. Block User: TeamVVV. 19:10, April 3, 2012 (UTC)

Done. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 19:55, April 3, 2012 (UTC)

Umm.. He IS Knight1818. He shows his stupidity to create new user and start again like before! Talk to me Burnopedia Admin

Yeah, he is. Same masthead name and similar IPs. Extending block on both accounts. Rappy 22:03, April 3, 2012 (UTC)

Congrats Edit

Congrats on the new VSTF status! May the [[rollback]] be with you!, sorry I'm a bit late, I read it off community central. 01:23, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. =) —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 01:44, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

Wow! You're overpowered in this! =O Talk to me Burnopedia Admin - 02:51, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

Sorta. It gives me tools that allows me to find vandalism or spam across all of Wikia rather than just on a single wiki, but I can only use those tools for that reason. It's a nice balance. ;) —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 02:56, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

Exactly what are those tools Rappy? Or are they a secret? 14:39, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

Oh, of course they are sekrit. =) —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 04:30, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

Clan.Edit

Well do any of you guys still get together and play?{{SUBST:Sig/VICE_xRebelion}} 07:26, April 22, 2012 (UTC)

The Clan is dead. A couple of us still freeburn together every now-and-then though. 13:59, April 22, 2012 (UTC)

A couple of questions concerning templates. Edit

Hey, Rappy I've been making a couple of templates for the MotorStorm Wiki and I found that the template you guys use (the one near the title just a little to the right) was much easier than making what I had in mind. I modified yours (hope you don't mind) for my wiki but the template doesn't show up right. It appears as normal images on the article itself. Can you shed a little light on the subject? Here's a link if you want to see what I rambling about: here. 02:59, May 26, 2012 (UTC)

Umm..I think some templates only works in this wiki. Hence it's edges of the tables. Talk to me Burnopedia Admin - 06:56, May 26, 2012 (UTC)

Another question Edit

Yet another question from me. Could you give me a little hint on how you make a user's access level appear on Recent changes? I imagine it involves either changing the CSS or JS right? 03:28, June 10, 2012 (UTC)

CSS can be done for that, by user name, of course. You can see all of us coded in MediaWiki:Common.css. Rappy 17:51, June 10, 2012 (UTC)

About Tmi1080 Edit

I've talked to him about the reason you blocked him, I hope he understands now that he can't just make categories carelessly like he has (he did the same a while back on the MS Wiki). By the way, do you mind if I copy you guys' Clan card template and modify it a little bit for the MotorStorm Wiki? 04:57, June 15, 2012 (UTC)

It's not the fact he was creating them. I asked him to explain his rationale on the forums and he didn't then continued to create more. I'm unsure if we need/want them. They seem unnecessary.

As far as the clan card, it's fine with me. I started (but never finished) an auto-coder for it (at Burnout Wiki:Clan card maker). It updates most of the card for previewing, but doesn't yet output the code to make it. If I get the time, I may get back to finishing it. Rappy 05:50, June 15, 2012 (UTC)

C_ee_X - Burnopedia Admin - Electro DJ SEEKS SPEAKS - Western European (GMT +1) lol, no rush! Inserted this message into the main mixdown at 20:07, June 19, 2012 (UTC).

AveryFair - Nothing Like Driving 13,000 Miles in Paradise AveryFair Talk - North American Central Daylight Time (UTC -5 hours) Region: (I happened to notice this when I was scrolling down the recent activity.) I did some snooping around and it turns out Tmi1080 has created his own Burnout Revenge wiki here. As for the categories they do not seem needed and to me are mostly based on opinions NOT the game itself. BTW:Haven't seen you in a while Ceex, Lol. AveryFairTalk 02:54, June 25, 2012 (UTC).

Hey guys now I learned my lesson but I might be inactive for a while and if any one plays burnout revenge can you help with my wiki and like I said I learned my lesson I understand why I can't make categories carelessly but the reason why I didn't leave a comment on the forum was because I didn't know how to leave a comment on that forum post Tmi1080 03:32, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

You could have responded on the talk pages. Feel free to continue fixing up the categories here if you want. The categories for Revenge and Legends could use a little work. I just don't have the time, but will look into it when I get the chance. —Rappy talk Burnopedia Admin • 04:22, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Tmi1080 08:33, July 6, 2012 (UTC) Hey Rappy guess what? I think I found a picture of the Dolby Car

Deletion request Edit

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For obvious reasons. 12:34, August 31, 2012 (UTC)

Yep. Got it. I've gone ahead and dropped you sysop rights. I simply just don't have the time now to look after this site. Feel free to ping me if you need help with anything though. Rappy 13:40, August 31, 2012 (UTC)

Question, Edit

Rappy, how do you go about blocking a range of IP Addresses? I'm having a particular annoyance with this one "92.xx.xx.xx" editor who keeps spamming categories. Also, congrats on becoming part of Wikia staff! (although that was probably a while ago, :|)

21:06, September 13, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the congrats. :) There's a nice tool to range block. Check it out here. You can copy/paste recent changes into there too and it will pull the IPs out for you. Wikia will not allow more than a /24 block, so it the result shows /27 etc, Wikia will not allow you to add the block. You will have to find a tighter block. You can review what each range represents here as well as getting more in depth information that I didn't mention above. Let me know if you have any other questions. Rappy 22:17, September 13, 2012 (UTC)

Ah, that ought to do it. I blocked 92.40.0.0/16, that's okay right, not breaking any rules? Here's a link in case you need it, [2]. 22:51, September 13, 2012 (UTC)

It's not rule based... you just aren't able to add a block that's more than /24. :) And that block looks fine. Rappy 01:14, September 14, 2012 (UTC)

Yet Another questionEdit

Hey Rappy, you're good with CSS, right? Could you tell me how one would, for lack of a better word, put an image onto the Wikia Header? I'll try to find an example of what I'm talking about... Hereis what I'm talking about, see those little blue circle/dot/slash things on the Header? How would you do that? I have little experience in CSS, so everything is pretty much new to me. Hopefully you can answer this. Cheers, 18:55, September 15, 2012 (UTC)

Yep, that's added via:

.WikiHeader {
    background-image: url("http://images.wikia.com/tardis/images/c/c8/WikiHeaderFullLength2.png") !important;
    background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
}

Rappy 20:14, September 15, 2012 (UTC)

Rappy you're awesome. 20:16, September 15, 2012 (UTC)

I feel somewhat stupid but I've tried everything I know and nothing is happening. I give it 4-6 hours to update (because I know that normally takes a while) but nothing happens. I've copied and pasted it directly as you have it there (changing the image url though of course). Is it possible that there is something else to it? 02:41, September 17, 2012 (UTC)

Got a link? Rappy 04:28, September 17, 2012 (UTC)

[3] 13:09, September 17, 2012 (UTC)

I moved it to Wikia.css. That line at the top of Common.css is incorrect. Common.css is not loaded when viewing the Wikia skin unless it's imported. Anything that only changes the way the default skin looks should be placed in Wikia.css. I also imported Common.css into Wikia.css for you so that your admin highlights work in Oasis. Lemme know if you need anything else. Rappy 14:28, September 17, 2012 (UTC)

Alright, I will. Thanks a bunch Rappy. I'll be sure to note that. 14:40, September 17, 2012 (UTC)

Another question... Edit

So, in light of upcoming Halloween I've decided to spruce up the MS Wiki a bit. I need your help with something though, how do you float an image above the rest of page? I know about the div style trick but I'm talking about applying the same image to all pages using CSS. Is there any way to do this? 21:46, October 15, 2012 (UTC)

Not with CSS, no. What do you have in mind? I might be able to whip up some JS that would do the trick. Rappy 22:43, October 15, 2012 (UTC)

I need to make an image float above the both the background and the page space. I've heard of "stacking", would that be at all related to it? It needs to be fixed too. (10 minutes later...) Here's and example (the balloons). 22:46, October 15, 2012 (UTC)

The problem with doing this is: you don't know how large the viewing area of the user's screen is. Those images can show up fine if the user has the desired width, or horribly if they don't. You are better off with change the background with CSS or through the ThemeDesigner for that one day/week/etc. Rappy 23:04, October 15, 2012 (UTC)

Indeed, well is there any way to simply put up a banner at the top of the page that says "Happy Halloween!"? 00:56, October 16, 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, banners are disallowed unless they are in the article space, which isn't as appealing. I have seen some wikis redesign their entire skin for the holidays. The background idea wouldn't work? You can always place a big banner on the main page. Rappy 04:23, October 16, 2012 (UTC)

can i be chat mod

Section-only protection Edit

Rappy, is it at all possible to protect a section of an article? I don't want to protect the article itself, just one section.

Here's the page, I just want the "Members" section open to editing, the rest of the article I want to be admin-only protected. Thanks, 02:27, October 27, 2012 (UTC)

Sure. Admin protect the page itself. Then move the Members section to a Template. Add a link in that section to the top to "Add your name here" that sends them to an edit of that template. Then transclude the template onto the admin protected page. Rappy 17:28, October 29, 2012 (UTC)

Assistance required. Edit

Is there any way at all to make it so that when people go to edit a page they get sent another article (particularly, the rules of a page)? I didn't want to have to do that but this page has become a battleground. In simply terms, I just want it so that when someone hits the edit button, they get sent to a page listing the rules of editing that page, then they get sent to the actual editing page. I don't want to have to lock it, but if there is no other way of preventing war...

23:54, December 1, 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, preventing editing this way is not within compliance of the Terms of Use. However, there are a few things you can do that are within.

1. Admin protect the page itself (so they can't click the edit button).
2. Move all existing suggestions to a new page (IE: MotorStorm_6_Wishlist/suggestions)
3. Add a neat little button on the page to "Add your suggestion".
4. Create a template with the rules for editing that page and admin protect it.
5. Transclude the new page onto the existing page via {{/suggestions}}
6. Make the button use that template as an 'editintro'. (You can see how all this is done here)

If you have further questions, feel free to ask. Rappy 07:18, December 2, 2012 (UTC)

Took me a little while to understand what you were getting at, but I've got it now. Thanks Rappy. 15:55, December 2, 2012 (UTC)

Rappy, Edit

I've had quite enough of this user and so has everyone else on the Wiki. All they do is spam categories on random pages and reverting them is getting old. I've done the range block more times than I can count. Help me out Rappy, please.

18:49, December 31, 2012 (UTC)

What's the other IPs they've used? I only see like 8 category additions on that one. Rappy 19:07, December 31, 2012 (UTC)

For as long as it has been happening, it's only been from the 188(etc) range. I'd just like to know who to rid the Wiki of this vandal since the range blocks only seem to work half the time at maximum range (/24). The 94. IP Address could be related, but I'm that sure. 19:29, December 31, 2012 (UTC)

Hey, I'm a little busy at the moment. Can you put this on the VSTF wiki for investigation? Please try to list a few IPs for them to look into. You can place that information here. Rappy 22:50, December 31, 2012 (UTC)

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