User talk:Porplemontage

Chatroom and Forum

Hi Porplemontage. Anyways, are a forum and a chatroom going to be implemented when things are all sorted out? --Gamefreak75

Yeah, they can be. Is there a preferred chat channel to connect to or do we need to create one? --Porplemontage 22:14, 14 September 2010 (EDT)

Like how MarioWiki connects directly to #mwikitalk? I say just create one on DarkMyst titled something like #pikchat or another related name. --Gamefreak75

In that case, the wiki admins can create the channel and then give me the info to connect to it. --Porplemontage 22:25, 14 September 2010 (EDT)

Doesn't Pikmin:Chatroom work? We were using the creator's libraries which could have moved, so it may not: instead of update right now, could you install the AddHTML extension to avoid extra JavaScript? Then upload the needed files from the latest version.

Alternatively, if the server has Perl support, this is a lot faster than any Java client. If you do this, it looks like you'll need room details - #pikipedia@irc.darkmyst.org - and will probably have to set it up off the wiki. Greenpickle

Oh, missed the forum mention. There'll be the old DPL forum once it's moved, but we were considering a separate cross-wiki forum at forum.pikminwiki.com, IIRC. phpBB is good.

Finally, could you change the wiki's name to Pikipedia? Whatever will affect SITENAME and page titles. I'd assume LocalSettings.php. Greenpickle

Oh, and could we have MultiUpload, please? I've found it useful in the past and realised we don't have it when I saw the link on special:upload. Greenpickle

Hey, why are project (at least) links case-sensitive for the first letter now? Is that something you can turn off, or is it enable and un-disable-able in newer MW versions? Greenpickle

We could do PJIRC or use web chat like this. MultiUpload is not compatible. Project titles are Pikipedia:X. I don't understand how Pikmin:X makes any sense since it implies that those articles are about Pikmin when they are actually about the wiki. --Porplemontage 16:02, 15 September 2010 (EDT)

Yeah, go on, Mibbit's good, I just didn't consider it since it's external. Make a note here once it's up and I'll delete the old one, remove the javascript and move the help page. Project pages: ah, I see; I just assumed 'Pikmin' remained the project namespace as it was at Wikia: so those pages are in the main namespace now, which explains the case sensitivity. I'll have to move them all and leave redirects behind. Greenpickle

The automated welcome is bad because it doesn't substitute the welcome template, it's impersonal (...more accurately as a contrast, has no potential to be personal), and it doesn't discriminate (could welcome a vandal; obviously not the biggest problem, but...). Could you disable it? I couldn't find anything in its documentation to indicate how you would do that beyond uninstalling it. Greenpickle

Hmm, Porplemontage, is it possible to implement a forum like the Mario Wiki one? That way, things will be much more organized. --Gamefreak75

I think everyone agrees a legitimate forum should be added at some point. --Porplemontage 17:02, 16 September 2010 (EDT)

Could you add Forum and Forum talk namespaces, please? That should fix the existing DPL forums.Greenpickle

The web chat is up, there are some messages to edit the text around it. Namespace added, welcome removed. --Porplemontage 17:02, 16 September 2010 (EDT)

Thanks. What do you mean, 'messages'? As in, mediawiki pages, or strings in the code you would have to edit? I think everything I see is fine as it is, anyway. Oh, a link to Help:Chat would be useful, though. GP

Referring to the MediaWiki pages, aka system messages. Here's the header (which is actually the only one). --Porplemontage 19:26, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

Hey, could you install mw:Extension:DismissableSiteNotice, please? GP

Either you already added it, or I'm going crazy. I'm sure it wasn't at special:version when I asked... GP

I added it. --Porplemontage 19:26, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

Can I have the info for SMF? --Sir Pikmin

I was just going to give out FTP info for a subdomain and info for a database and let you guys install whatever forum system you want. Should the subdomain be forum.pikminwiki.com, forums.pikminwiki.com, or something else? --Porplemontage 15:40, 18 September 2010 (EDT)

I like forums.pikminwiki.com, but let's wait for Green to chime in before we decide.SirPikmin,Your Bold Pikmin Knight^{Contributions}

I'd be fine with either of those. GP

Ok then, forums.pikminwiki.com it is!SirPikmin,Your Bold Pikmin Knight^{Contributions}

Someone give me an email address and I'll send out the info. --Porplemontage 17:21, 18 September 2010 (EDT)

Special:EmailUser/Sir Pikmin. It can also be found by clicking on the pikmin sprite in my sig. SirPikmin,Your Bold Pikmin Knight^{Contributions}

Ok. --Porplemontage 18:52, 18 September 2010 (EDT)

I'm going to delete these PHP files and I'll get it going for you. --Porplemontage 19:50, 18 September 2010 (EDT)

It's installed [1] --Porplemontage 20:14, 18 September 2010 (EDT)

Anonymous edits

For the reasons I outlined at the old fanon wiki forum, I think anonymous users should be able to edit. GP

Ok --Porplemontage 16:12, 20 September 2010 (EDT)

Just to clarify, the boards at forums.pikminwiki.com are for use by both wikis as the inter-wiki forum right? I want to make sure before I do anything to big on them.SirPikmin,Your Bold Pikmin Knight^{Contributions}

Yeah. So you could create separate sections or handle that however you want. --Porplemontage 23:03, 21 September 2010 (EDT)

Ok thanks!SirPikmin,Your Bold Pikmin Knight^{Contributions}

Video

Could you install the EmbedVideo extension, please? It would be useful to have alignment/resizing functionality that the YouTube extension doesn't seem to provide. GP

Ok --Porplemontage 11:13, 27 September 2010 (EDT)

Deleting an account made by mistake

See here. Accidentally created an account with the wrong name. Is it possible to have it removed? Please and thanks. —Jimbo Jambo 16:23, 29 September 2010 (EDT)

Accounts aren't actually deleted, so we can just leave it. --Porplemontage 18:07, 29 September 2010 (EDT)

That's fine then. It's not as if anyone is going to want that username anyway. Thanks. —Jimbo Jambo 19:12, 29 September 2010 (EDT)

SVG image format

I don't know if you've been following, but some vectorial images have been created for the hazard icons. Read this if you're interested. The problem is that some of them don't show up correctly. Greenpickle hinted that it has to do with the renderer chosen, and suggested that I talked to you about it. If it's not a wholesome of trouble, could you change the renderer to Inkscape? That way, the images would show up correctly. {Espyo^T} 16:39, 13 October 2010 (EDT)

I'm looking into this; thanks. --Porplemontage 17:38, 15 October 2010 (EDT)

Favicon/logo

It's possible to point the favicon and logo to normal files uploaded on the wiki, right? Could you do that with File:Favicon.png and File:Logo.png, then? GP

I can just swap out the favicon. Logo is updated. --Porplemontage 20:08, 20 October 2010 (EDT)