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==Wikitubia==
==Wikitubia==
Could you help with the infobox on the [[Wikitubia]] article? --[[User:Yowling wolfie|Yowling wolfie]] 13:43, 2 August 2008 (EDT)
Could you help with the infobox on the [[Wikitubia]] article? --[[Special:Contributions/Yowling wolfie|Yowling wolfie]] 13:43, 2 August 2008 (EDT)
: Sssssss... Get out of bed! ''{scares Dave out of bed}'' --[[User:Snuffleupagus|Snuffleupagus]] 12:38, 5 August 2008 (EDT)
: Sssssss... Get out of bed! ''{scares Dave out of bed}'' --[[User:Snuffleupagus|Snuffleupagus]] 12:38, 5 August 2008 (EDT)
:: Fixed now, forgot to close. --[[User:Yowling wolfie|Yowling wolfie]] 12:31, 31 August 2008 (EDT)
:: Fixed now, forgot to close. --[[Special:Contributions/Yowling wolfie|Yowling wolfie]] 12:31, 31 August 2008 (EDT)


==measuring wiki size==
==measuring wiki size==
Hi, I have a quick question.  When measuring a wikis [[Template:Size|size]], do we go by total pages? (I.e. all the talk pages included) or just articles?  Thanks. - [[User:Jacjohncoles|Jacjohncoles]]<sup>[[User talk:Jacjohncoles|Talk]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Jacjohncoles|Contribs]]</sup> 19:44, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
Hi, I have a quick question.  When measuring a wikis [[Template:Size|size]], do we go by total pages? (I.e. all the talk pages included) or just articles?  Thanks. - [[User:Jacjohncoles|Jacjohncoles]]<sup>[[User talk:Jacjohncoles|Talk]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Jacjohncoles|Contribs]]</sup> 19:44, 12 September 2008 (EDT)


: Does the discussion at [[Talk:WikiProject:By Size]] answer your question?
: Does the discussion at [[WikiIndex talk:WikiProject - By Size]] answer your question?
: For [[wiki]] that use the [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software, I think we are currently only including articles, not including talk pages or redirects or user pages.
: For [[wiki]] that use the [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software, I think we are currently only including articles, not including talk pages or redirects or user pages.
: --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 15:18, 17 September 2008 (EDT)
: --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 15:18, 17 September 2008 (EDT)
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: She's sent me an email asking for all traces of her to disappear. I think that can be done. &mdash;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Kristen ITC, Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Sean Fennel]][[User talk:Sean Fennel|@]]</span> 01:01, 21 June 2009 (EDT)
: She's sent me an email asking for all traces of her to disappear. I think that can be done. &mdash;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Kristen ITC, Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Sean Fennel]][[User talk:Sean Fennel|@]]</span> 01:01, 21 June 2009 (EDT)
:: Sean, I've put the {{tl|delete}} template on her user pages, and in a week or so I'll delete them.
:: Sean, I've put the {{Template|delete}} template on her user pages, and in a week or so I'll delete them.
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:: I wish that when someone asked "Please help", there is something more productive and friendly that we could do -- other than delete all evidence that person was ever here ([[MeatBall: RightToVanish]]).
:: I wish that when someone asked "Please help", there is something more productive and friendly that we could do -- other than delete all evidence that person was ever here ([[MeatBall: RightToVanish]]).
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: Nx and I have done nothing but clean up the mess you left behind. [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 15:50, 23 August 2009 (EDT)
: Nx and I have done nothing but clean up the mess you left behind. [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 15:50, 23 August 2009 (EDT)
:: On many wikis you wouldn't be an administrator after this kind of thing. I have justified my removal's of content. I did not remove meaningful content, in fact I added the backup thing instead of a quote. I am not trolling. [[User:65.60.53.250|65.60.53.250]] 15:52, 23 August 2009 (EDT)
:: On many wikis you wouldn't be an administrator after this kind of thing. I have justified my removal's of content. I did not remove meaningful content, in fact I added the backup thing instead of a quote. I am not trolling. [[Special:Contributions/65.60.53.250|65.60.53.250]] 15:52, 23 August 2009 (EDT)
::: Yeah, but it's clear that this place has fairly incompetent administration anyway, given that they sysopped her in the first place. [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 15:56, 23 August 2009 (EDT)
::: Yeah, but it's clear that this place has fairly incompetent administration anyway, given that they sysopped her in the first place. [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 15:56, 23 August 2009 (EDT)


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==Reply==
==Reply==
See [[User talk:ht14|here]]. Is that policy also here? [[User:Ht14|ht14]] ([[User talk:Ht14|talk]]) 19:19, 27 October 2010 (PDT)
See [[User talk:ht14|here]]. Is that policy also here? [[Special:Contributions/Ht14|ht14]] ([[User talk:Ht14|talk]]) 19:19, 27 October 2010 (PDT)


==Nice work with Joel==
==Nice work with Joel==
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I appreciate your feedback and input on the [[LexingtonWiki]]. I am honored that you visited and equally embarrassed that you had difficulty. We recently upgraded to MediaWiki v1.17 and catastrophe befell us. Overnight one night last week we installed the upgrade and spent eight hours attempting to perfect the configuration. When I returned some hours later, I was not permitted to log in. The system rejects me as it did you. As I am unfamiliar with MediaWiki and (to a certain extent) Php, I don't know how to fix it.
I appreciate your feedback and input on the [[LexingtonWiki]]. I am honored that you visited and equally embarrassed that you had difficulty. We recently upgraded to MediaWiki v1.17 and catastrophe befell us. Overnight one night last week we installed the upgrade and spent eight hours attempting to perfect the configuration. When I returned some hours later, I was not permitted to log in. The system rejects me as it did you. As I am unfamiliar with MediaWiki and (to a certain extent) Php, I don't know how to fix it.


Again, thank you for your visit, my apologies for the glitch and a promise to let you know when I get it fixed!  --[[User:ScottSchaefer|&#91;&#91;Scott Schaefer&#93;&#93; &#124; &lt;small&gt;&#91;&#91;User talk:ScottSchaefer&#124;talk&#93;&#93;&lt;/small&gt;]] 10:00, 25 September 2011 (PDT)
Again, thank you for your visit, my apologies for the glitch and a promise to let you know when I get it fixed!  --[[Special:Contributions/ScottSchaefer|ScottSchaefer]] 10:00, 25 September 2011 (PDT)


: WARNING - David, forgive me for butting in - but I need to alert you to the fact that [[User:ScottSchaefer]] is basically a spammer!  Virtually all of his [[Special:Contributions/ScottSchaefer|edits here]] on [[WikiIndex]] primarilly contain URLs to his own external sites - including his commercial blog and his commercial site for website design (which also offers SEO optimisation) - they contain NO 'internal' WikiIndex wikilinks.  Yes, granted, he has created an entry on here called [[LexingtonWiki]] - but that too (on here) was full of external URLs - primarily relating to his own commercial enterprises, rather than any actual content on his 'wiki'.  Finally, looking directly at his LexingtonWiki - it is both plagued by spam (including the usual medications for 'erectile dysfunction'), along with many entries blatantly copied and pasted directly from the [[English Wikipedia]] (presumably to somehow 'boost' his viability of his 'web sites' by inflating his page count).<br>I personally would recommend leaving the [[LexingtonWiki]] article on here (it is afterall a viable wiki - albeit an extremely unethical one!) - but block [[User:ScottSchaefer]] - on the grounds that he tried to use WikiIndex to blatantly peddle spam by subversively inserting non-wiki URLs into a wide range of articles (primarily userpages, sub-userpages, talkpages and images).  Just my recommendation - and although I may only be a 'regular editor' (rather than a sysop), I hope you can agree that I have been a trustworthy editor, and one which is making [[:Category:Active contributors to this wiki|an active and positive contribution]] to WikiIndex - by both improving articles, and improving 'housekeeping' of templates, categories and the likes.  Best regards  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Hoof Hearted]] 15:11, 30 December 2011 (PST)
: WARNING - David, forgive me for butting in - but I need to alert you to the fact that [[Special:Contributions/ScottSchaefer|User:ScottSchaefer]] is basically a spammer!  Virtually all of his [[Special:Contributions/ScottSchaefer|edits here]] on [[WikiIndex]] primarilly contain URLs to his own external sites - including his commercial blog and his commercial site for website design (which also offers SEO optimisation) - they contain NO 'internal' WikiIndex wikilinks.  Yes, granted, he has created an entry on here called [[LexingtonWiki]] - but that too (on here) was full of external URLs - primarily relating to his own commercial enterprises, rather than any actual content on his 'wiki'.  Finally, looking directly at his LexingtonWiki - it is both plagued by spam (including the usual medications for 'erectile dysfunction'), along with many entries blatantly copied and pasted directly from the [[English Wikipedia]] (presumably to somehow 'boost' his viability of his 'web sites' by inflating his page count).<br>I personally would recommend leaving the [[LexingtonWiki]] article on here (it is afterall a viable wiki - albeit an extremely unethical one!) - but block [[Special:Contributions/ScottSchaefer|User:ScottSchaefer]] - on the grounds that he tried to use WikiIndex to blatantly peddle spam by subversively inserting non-wiki URLs into a wide range of articles (primarily userpages, sub-userpages, talkpages and images).  Just my recommendation - and although I may only be a 'regular editor' (rather than a sysop), I hope you can agree that I have been a trustworthy editor, and one which is making [[:Category:Active contributors to this wiki|an active and positive contribution]] to WikiIndex - by both improving articles, and improving 'housekeeping' of templates, categories and the likes.  Best regards  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Hoof Hearted]] 15:11, 30 December 2011 (PST)


==The ACC Bible Quizzing Wiki==
==The ACC Bible Quizzing Wiki==
Isn't there a way to actually delete the page? --[[User:Joel amos|Joel amos]] 07:34, 2 February 2011 (PST)
Isn't there a way to actually delete the page? --[[Special:Contributions/Joel amos|Joel amos]] 07:34, 2 February 2011 (PST)


: Where is the Wiki for this Logo? [[File:ACC Bible Quizzing Logo.png]] [[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 15:31, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
:Where is the Wiki for this Logo? [[File:ACC Bible Quizzing Logo.png]] [[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 15:31, 13 August 2014 (UTC)


:: Dear Manorainjan,
:: Dear {{U|Manorainjan}}, have you heard about our [[WikiIndex:Opt out]] guideline?
:: Have you heard about our [[WikiIndex:Opt out]] guideline?
:: That wiki is hosted on [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]]. Its [[sysop]] created a "The ACC Bible Quizzing Wiki" page on WikiIndex linking to that quizzing wiki. After its sysop later changed his mind and asked us to delete that WikiIndex page (see [[User talk:MarkDilley/Archive5#ACC Bible Quizzing Wiki]] and [[User talk:Joel amos]]), and confirming that on that quizzing wiki itself, we did what he asked -- we deleted our WikiIndex page about that wiki. --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] ([[User talk:DavidCary|talk]]) 09:45, 24 April 2015 (PDT)
:: That wiki is hosted on Wikia. Its sysop created a "The ACC Bible Quizzing Wiki" page on WikiIndex linking to that quizzing wiki. After its sysop later changed his mind and asked us to delete that WikiIndex page (see [[User talk:MarkDilley/Archive5#ACC Bible Quizzing Wiki]] and [[User talk:Joel amos]]), and confirming that on that quizzing wiki itself, we did what he asked -- we deleted our WikiIndex page about that wiki. --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] ([[User talk:DavidCary|talk]]) 09:45, 24 April 2015 (PDT)


OK, noted that on the files page. [[User_talk:Manorainjan|'''<span style="color: orange;">Manorainjan</span>''']] 23:12, 24 April 2015 (PDT)
OK, noted that on the files page. [[User talk:Manorainjan|'''<span style=color:orange>Manorainjan</span>''']] 23:12, 24 April 2015 (PDT)


==Unbundling of Wiki status, Edit mode, Membership mode*, View mode* & Connect mode*==
==Unbundling of Wiki status, Edit mode, Membership mode*, View mode* & Connect mode*==