User talk:CPWebmaster/Archive1

Image uploading?

User:Horace asked me "I am having trouble uploading an image file. Are you able to help?" I replied that I had no idea... that my own experience is that image uploading is very flaky, I get errors about 2/3 of the time. What I usually do is to keep making random changes in the local filename, and usually I succeed in uploading eventually. Whether changing the name actually helps, I have no idea.

Anyway, I suppose it ought to be brought to your attention. Dpbsmith 20:13, 8 March 2007 (EST)

We are aware of this problem and working for a solution, thanks Conservapedia Webmaster 09:10, 9 March 2007 (EST)

I'd like to help if I can.

Hi, my name is Tom Major. I am a wiki server administrator for about 4 other Christian wikis. I don't really know who's in charge here, but if you guys need any help in that regard (spam, etc), just let me know. The wikis I administer are http://wikible.org, http://theopedia.com, http://creationwiki.org, http://wikichristian.org :-) --Ymmotrojam 19:00, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

New Look

The modified look of the site is fabulous! ~ SharonS ^Talk! 10:01, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

Monobook and Conserv

Thank you kindly for your work with the new skin and for restoring the original Monobook skin as an option for those who prefer the old look. The extra effort is much appreciated :) --Sid 3050 11:33, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

"We The People" logo added

Conservapedia Logo - It is only just readable if you make an effort. I still think it's an improvement. I hope you like it also. --BillOReillyFan 15:13, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

Block

I recommend blocking for infinite duration for vandalism, as in the case of Rjohnson. Thanks.--Aschlafly 17:20, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

User:Rjohnson created this [1], already covered in Guantanamo Bay detention camp. RobS 17:40, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

Accesskeys

I'm not sure if you're the right person to ask about this... if I should ask someone else instead, please let me know.

I support most of the changes recently made to differentiate this wiki from others... However, I noticed that the accesskeys just got removed (eg. alt-j ⇒ Special:Whatlinkshere, alt-k ⇒ Special:Recentchangeslinked, alt-x ⇒ Special:Random, etc). I suppose most people don't rely on these, but I personally use them quite frequently and find it a little distressing to have them missing. Is there any chance they might be able to be restored, since they're unobtrusive and don't contribute much to a site's identity? --Interiot 20:44, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

Ahh, I changed my skin to monobook, and it seems to be working soon after that. Did you do something to fix it?

I have a second question: The page: /archive1 should probably not exist, but while it does, I wanted to point out that this link strangely doesn't turn out correctly. (viewing the page source, I see it appear as <a href="//archive1" ...">, eg. clearly wrong) I don't know if this is a bug within MediaWiki itself, or it's somehow do to some mod_rewrite-ish rules that Conservapedia has written. --Interiot 15:44, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

Javascript extensions

Does this site support monobook.js extensions in Javascript? There are some very useful browsing and editing tools written for MediaWiki, which I'd like to use here. Like Lupin's pop-up's. --Ed Poor 08:15, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

Judging by the source code, Lupin's popups wouldn't actually work over here without modification. Don't know what the copyright situation is there, either. I'll look into it. Tsumetai 08:23, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

I am pretty sure this is already enabled, I'll double check though. Conservapedia Webmaster 09:00, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

I can confirm that this is now enabled, and working as it ought to. Thanks! Tsumetai 09:58, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

Please read this

Please read the message I posted here to SYSOPS: http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Dinosaur Conservative 17:12, 20 March 2007 (EDT)conservative

OK Conservapedia Webmaster 08:59, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

Account creation notification

On Wikipedia, when a new user account is created, this shows up on the "recent changes" list. Is there a way to allow this to happen here? This way, when obscenely named or suspicious accounts are created, we could delete them before they do any damage. MountainDew 03:54, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

I'll look into it. Conservapedia Webmaster 08:59, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

Scientific theory of evolution

...was the collaborative work of a few admins, myself, and a few other editors. It was coming along nicely. Could you please restore it or explain its deletion? Please use my talk page.-AmesG 21:36, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

404.shtml

This has already been discussed in various places, but I thought I should put it here too, since you're the one who's in a position to fix it. When trying to access certain pages, one ends up at 404.shtml instead. This isn't a standard redirect. Interiot has discovered that it happens for any URL ending with the letters 'ico' which leads me to suspect that the culprit is a mistyped RewriteRule in an .htaccess file. There ought to be an exception there for files with .ico extension. If the dot is missing or not escaped properly, that could account for the problem. Tsumetai 12:16, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

Thanks for the tip... I'll let you know once it's fixed. CPWebmaster 12:19, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

Fixed CPWebmaster 12:22, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

sysop

sysop me please

done

Sysop-only page?

As you can see, having just posted on Andy's page, it really is something that is sorely needed. Any idea as to if it is something involved to do, the patch that was posted, etc.? Oh, and do you have a name? Seems silly to only refer to you as Webmaster, but maybe thats how its done. --~ TerryK ^MyTalk 22:52, 24 March 2007 (EDT)

I posted the link (on Aschlafly's talk page) to the website and the MediaWiki site for the patch that allows certain pages to be made invisible to users without certain permissions. I've also created User:SYSOP and User_talk:SYSOP that could be used for a sysop only talk page, without giving away what the page is through the title, the only thing non-sysops could possibly see. Check it out and see what you think. ColinR^talk 22:57, 24 March 2007 (EDT)

• Colin, yes, I remember your talking about it. But you said the posts there wouldn't be private, so that is why I was asking the Webmaster, as Andy said he was making a private Sysop page a priority. Are you saying that the pages you made cannot be seen by regular users? --~ TerryK ^MyTalk 23:02, 24 March 2007 (EDT)

The current page can be seen by other users; to make a sysop only page, the above patch needs to be installed. ColinR^talk 17:53, 25 March 2007 (EDT)

Stub2

Next time, please don't simply delete a template that is being used by 160+ pages. The resulting mess (a "Template:Stub2" red-link appeared in place of the template on all pages that used it) has now been fixed by redirecting the "Stub2" entry to "Stub", so please don't delete the re-created "Stub2" entry. --Sid 3050 08:54, 25 March 2007 (EDT)

Rob Pommer....."Cracker"

Cannot access his account. Hasn't been blocked. Tried to add his email, system never accepted it. That is when his troubles began.

Can you re-set his password and email him? --~ TerryK ^MyTalk 17:38, 25 March 2007 (EDT)

• Hello? Anyone here to help? --~ TerryK ^MyTalk 09:13, 26 March 2007 (EDT)

I just reset his pw and emailed it to him. Sorry about the delay. CPWebmaster 13:41, 26 March 2007 (EDT)

Image Uploading

Image uploading still seems to be down. Several of us have been unable to upload. ColinR^talk 14:44, 26 March 2007 (EDT)

Conservapedia Panel

May I write a preliminary statement to be delivered to this "panel" of high school students? I would hope that you would extend me that courtesy, especially since this is a quasi-adjudicative panel, where I worry about the presentation of my "side." Please feel free to respond on my talk page or by e-mailing me at ames@nyu.edu.-AmesG_yo 19:01, 26 March 2007 (EDT)

Sure, go ahead. We are still working out the particulars of submitting conflicts, etc. As you probably guessed. CPWebmaster 22:51, 26 March 2007 (EDT)