User talk:Senso

I used to go by the name Admin on the previous wiki.

Contact Info

- sensoz@gmail.com

- PM me on SA: Senso

A request

Hullo! I've got a request that's fairly minor, though it's something only doable by an admin - copying the 'collapsible tables' code from Wikipedia's MediaWiki:Common.js to MediaWiki:Common.js (or might have to be MediaWiki:Monobook.js, I'm not sure if the configuration on this particular install is different). This would mainly be for the benefit of things like Template:Creatures, to keep them as useful (go directly to related pages without loading a category page in-between) but without taking so much space on the screen. --Sukael 15:50, 29 October 2007 (EDT)

Done. --Senso 16:20, 29 October 2007 (EDT)

Thanks! As you can see at Template:Creatures, it looks to be working perfectly. --Sukael 21:12, 29 October 2007 (EDT)

That's pretty fucking sweet. I didn't even know you could do that with MediaWiki. :)

Wikipedia links

I've just noticed that when I'm not logged in, a link to a random Wikipedia help topic appears on every page in small font in the upper right. Is there any way to disable it? Most of the topics I've seen so far are pretty specific to Wikipedia and don't really belong here. --Peristarkawan 15:28, 1 November 2007 (EDT)

Yes, it's annoying - I'll look into it. It seems to be well hidden into an obscure CSS file. --Senso 16:33, 1 November 2007 (EDT)

I don't know what's causing it, but putting this in MediaWiki:Monobook.css should hide it:

div#anontip{
    display:none;
}

--Valdemar 21:13, 15 March 2008 (EDT)

Thanks, this seems to have fixed it. If you still see the links, do a full refresh. --Senso 10:28, 18 March 2008 (EDT)

The wiki looks weird to me now. The page is rendered under the left toolbar, making it impossible to read and click links on that side.screenshot. It's with skins besides Monobook, and it looks fine in IE (but not in Opera). Is there some way I can fix it? If not, I could just live with another skin I suppose. --Turgid Bolk 22:56, 18 March 2008 (EDT)

I have the same problem (I use Opera as my main browser), I fired off an e-mail to Senso so he can fix it. It's incredibly annoying right now. —Rick 02:23, 19 March 2008 (EDT)

It should be fixed now, my apologies. I had put the code in Monobook's main CSS file so I removed it. If you still have issues, clear your browser cache and refresh the website. --Senso 08:37, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

I've removed it. It works perfectly fine in Firefox but since it breaks Opera, I'll try to find a permanent solution, in the monobook CSS files directly. --Senso 15:48, 19 March 2008 (EDT)

I've found out what's actually causing it. In MediaWiki:Common.js there's this line:

 document.getElementById("contentSub").innerHTML +='<div style="position:absolute; z-index:100;  right:100px; top:0px;" class="metadata" id="anontip"><div style="text-align:right; font-size:87%">• <i>' + messageEdu[whichMessageEdu] + '</i> •</div></div>';

Just remove it (search for 'anontip') and the tips should go away. (Alternately, you could change the "messageEdu[x] = 'foo';" lines to Dwarf Fortress related lines =) --Valdemar 15:53, 23 March 2008 (EDT)

Well that seems to work! I've removed the line, logged out and refreshed - I don't see the quote anymore and the menus don't look broken. Can someone with IE and Opera let me know if everything is working correctly? --Senso 08:31, 25 March 2008 (EDT)

Confirming that Opera still works. —Rick 10:19, 25 March 2008 (EDT)

Old Bloodline article in main namespace

There is probably an article named Bloodline:Outpost Ducimemal in the main namespace that redirects to Outpost Ducimemal, which in turn redirects to the Bloodline namespaced Outpost Ducimemal. This is causing some confusion on the double redirects page. Is there any way to fix this? I can't seem to get at the mainspaced article to fix the redirect (though it would probably best be just to delete it). --Shagie 20:20, 6 November 2007 (EST)

Thanks, I've deleted Outpost Ducimemal, which was a redirect to Bloodline:Outpost Ducimemal since I added the namespace. I don't think Bloodline:Outpost Ducimemal redirects to anything. --Senso 22:27, 6 November 2007 (EST)

It now shows up in Special:BrokenRedirects. This page exists from prior to the bloodline namespace being created and thus was in the main namespace but is now effectively masked by the bloodline namespace article. --Shagie 13:32, 7 November 2007 (EST)

The MediaWiki manual has some instructions on dealing with this. --Peristarkawan 15:11, 7 November 2007 (EST)

Even easier: I've manually deleted the redirects in MySQL. --Senso 15:35, 7 November 2007 (EST)

Database wiredness

Since you've fixed this before...

Special:Special pages -> Orphaned Pages -> How do I stop my retarded miners falling in channels as they dig them?

This gets redirected to How do I stop miners from falling in channels as they dig them? - however, it is not the same one you go to if you hit that page directly or through the FAQ. --Shagie 18:52, 6 December 2007 (EST)

I'm looking into this. It seems that putting the '?' character in the title tends to break things.

Vandal

We have a user blanking the main page and replacing it with racist slurs. Special:Contributions/spanky. VengefulDonut 11:25, 9 March 2008 (EDT)

Hi. User:Billdauterive (contribs) keeps reverting the Goblin article to call them "pedophiles". Could you block his account or ban him, at least temporarily? After five edits it's just annoying. --Turgid Bolk 14:35, 12 December 2007 (EST)

I have reported it on SpamReport also, mirroring the old page on the old Wiki. If something like this happen again, should I come here to report it instead? --Eagle of Fire 15:24, 12 December 2007 (EST)

I'm watching both pages but I'd say SpamReport is better. I've warned the guy, I'll block him if he does it again. --Senso 15:32, 12 December 2007 (EST)

Just to make sure that you were aware of it, please take knowledge of this matter posted on the main DF forum: [[1]]. --Eagle of Fire 21:17, 1 January 2008 (EST)

Seems to have been taken care of... --Edward 12:23, 25 February 2008 (EST)

Yes, the day after this was posted. :) --Senso 11:50, 26 February 2008 (EST)

SVG

I can't upload SVG images. Is this deliberate, or an oversight? --Savok 11:44, 5 February 2008 (EST)
I don't actually have any SVG images to upload, but I expect that some diagrams will be SVG if possible.

I'll look into this but I think it's disabled by default. I'd need to install a plugin to have full SVG support. --Senso 11:22, 7 February 2008 (EST)

Wiki logo in upper-left corner

I just noticed that it is a resize, and shows, so I put together another version tile-by-tile with the tiles 5x8 (which isn't quite the 8x12 ratio; it is compressed horizontally by 6.25%). --Savok 15:05, 5 February 2008 (EST)

Thanks, I've replaced the old logo. --Senso 11:20, 7 February 2008 (EST)

Odd.

This shouldn't be happening.
Not the strange colors - that's GIF. The left-hand menu is placed far below where it should be. --Savok 10:45, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

Here too, and it is really annoying --Nitem4re 16:58, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

Should be fine now, do a full refresh. Let me know if other problems remain. --Senso 12:18, 22 March 2008 (EDT)

Blank pages

During about midnight (CDT) last night the main page was loading as a blank page. I did some experimenting during that time and any page with the #expr parser function failed to load. This is very strange. Possibly a bug in the ParserFunctions extension. I tested it using {{#expr: 1 + 1}} which normally evaluates just fine to 2. VengefulDonut 02:40, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

I've done some tests right now and it seems to work fine. Are you still experiencing that? It could have been an issue with my host. --Senso 09:31, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

It was a temporary problem. I'll keep an eye out to see if it happens again. If it's not a regular issue, we can probably ignore it. VengefulDonut 10:17, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

(If it recurs, it will be really easy to notice because the main page won't show up) VengefulDonut 10:19, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

I noticed the main page being blank at that time as well. The odd thing was that other pages besides the main page were still accessible at my end.--Richards 11:57, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

GreyMario

I've noticed some overly aggressive editing by this guy. While in general, it might just be bad form, today it was over the line.
He decided it was his job to blank and mark for deletion another user's user page. [2]
I'm unsure how to address him about this matter, and the likely hood (given past behavior) of something similar happening again.
I'd readily give him a "Don't Bite The Newbies" link or something similar if this was Wikipedia, but I don't know how closely we're trying to maintain our format in comparison.

Passing this matter up for your review. --Edward 22:19, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

Umm... The "Corhen" page is not in fact a user page. Corhen does also have a user page, which hasn't been touched by anyone else. Just wanted to clarify, since it looks like you missed that. --Janus 12:08, 4 May 2008 (EDT)