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== Might need a IP range block ==
There is an anonymous user that is vandalizing the site. They have done so from two IP addresses in this range: 216 216.66.128.0 0 - 216216.66.207.255 Is it possible to place a range ban on these IPs? [[User:TeraS|TeraS]] 21:08, 16 April 2012 (PDT)
:Okay, I've had enough and I used the nuclear option on the anonymous user that has been causing mass attacks on the site. I've banned their IP range for one year as a temporary measure. Further action or modification I leave for Mark to decide on. [[User:TeraS|TeraS]] 15:04, 17 April 2012 (PDT)
Is there a standard maximum size for a Wiki logo? I've just created [[TranzWiki]] but the logo I've uploaded seems much too big: should I upload a smaller version, or is there a way of controlling the size as displayed, like "thumb" on Wikipedia? [[User:Ross Burgess|Ross Burgess]] ([[User talk:Ross Burgess|talk]]) 07:49, 7 June 2013 (PDT)
:About 100 to 200 px, like http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=TranzWiki&diff=170327&oldid=170319. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 22:51, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
:Define "standard". :-) Wiki engines and skins are different, but most MediaWiki installations use either the Monobook or Vector skin (as those are available out-of-the-box) and the standard logo size for those skins is either 135 × 155 px or 150 × 150 px. Other [[:Category:Custom skin|custom skins]] may require different logo dimensions, but due to the complex nature of MediaWiki's skinning system, the majority of MediaWiki users won't even bother thinking of writing their own skin system. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 13:47, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
==Misleading number of pages==
The [[TranzWiki]] page again. I've quoted the number of pages as 125, to agree with http://gires.org.uk/tranzwiki/index.php/Special:Statistics - but the actual number of pages (not including talk pages, redirects, etc) seems to be much more than this (I've counted up to 425 by going through the "Popular pages" route). Any suggestions as to what could be going on? [[User:Ross Burgess|Ross Burgess]] ([[User talk:Ross Burgess|talk]]) 07:49, 7 June 2013 (PDT)
:It's probably related to the way how articles are counted, i.e. what qualifies as a valid article. See [[mw:Manual:$wgUseCommaCount]] and its modern-day equivalent, [[mw:Manual:$wgArticleCountMethod]]. Simply put, in order for MediaWiki to consider a page as a valid article, it has to have at least one ''internal'' link (that is, with the default settings; you can change this behavior by changing the value of the globals I mentioned earlier). --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 13:47, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
== Seems like account spam is increasing ==
::Is there any kind of guide to using the filter? [[User:TeraS|TeraS]] ([[User talk:TeraS|talk]]) 13:33, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
::: Maybe there's only three ways -- testing, examining and trying to learn the filters of wikimedia projects. I prefer to setup a localhost wiki to do the testing. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 13:44, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
::::AbuseFilter is quite a geeky piece of software, but there is ''some'' documentatiion about using it on MediaWiki.org; see [[mw:Extension:AbuseFilter#Abuse filter management]] and the pages linked there. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 13:47, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
