User:MuppetArchives/Current Events 25 (March-April 2008)

Archive of Current events.

Picture lines
Has anybody been able to figure out why heading lines are going through pictures? I was just wondering. Everything else looks great! -- Ken (talk ) 06:47, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't know; I haven't seen that. Maybe Scott knows? -- Danny (talk ) 06:50, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Only the Shadow knows. I haven't seen it either, on IE or Mozilla. -- Andrew Leal (talk ) 06:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Really? That's weird.  At first I thought it was me, but I've seen it on other computers, like at the library, and I think somebody else mentioned it on Current Events during the changeover, when you were asking for comments.  I'll have to find out what browsers are seeing it. -- Ken  (talk ) 06:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I know why many people haven't noticed it. I only noticed it when I used the computer at my work to go on the wiki. The line through the pictures happends on IE6, but since it's a out of date browser the question is if it's worth fixing it. Henrik ( talk ) 07:43, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I posted pictures of the lines on a talk page somewhere, but I can't find them now. I thought it was on Danny's, but I didn't see them.  Let me search, but it's been happening for me for awhile now.  -- ''Nate  (talk ) 15:22, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

And I found them...on my own stupid talk page! -- ''Nate (talk ) 15:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Unprotecting main page
The main page is protected right now, because of vandalism concerns. I talked about this with Guillermo and Scott last month, although I can't find that conversation right now. Anyway, I'd like to revisit it, because I noticed something that I hadn't seen before.

We recently changed MediaWiki:Viewsource to change the text on the "view source" button, which is what people see instead of the edit button when a page is protected. Anonymous users see that all the time instead of an edit button, so when we moved to Monaco, we changed the text to say "log in to edit". That way, anons get a clear message about why they can't edit the pages.

The problem is that now everybody (except admins) sees "log in to edit" on the main page -- even when they're logged in. So it's a weird message to send. Somebody comes to the front page, they see "log in to edit", and they do... And then they still see "log in to edit".

So I'd like to unprotect the main page. I don't think vandalism is a particularly pressing problem -- we've got six active admins, and a whole community of strong users who know how to revert vandalism. Vandals don't scare me. I'd rather unprotect the page, and send the message to new users that logging in gives them the ability to edit just about anything on the wiki.

What do you guys think? -- Danny (talk ) 22:04, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree with all that. We've had more vandalism problems with general content anyway, vandalized by recurring nutjobs, than with the main page. -- Andrew Leal (talk ) 00:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I totally agree we should unprotect the main page. -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 00:39, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I just wanted to mention that the original conversation is on Current Events for December 2007, if anybody wants to read what was said. -- <font color="Blue">Ken (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 01:32, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * There seems to be general agreement at this point to unprotect the page. I want to acknowledge Guillermo's desire to protect the page -- he hasn't commented here, so I don't want him to feel like he's being left out of the conversation. But I think that the rest of the group feels that unprotecting the page is the right thing, so I'll unprotect. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 19:52, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

What links here
It appears to be broken, since every page (I've checked a few, notably Chester Pugh and Danny Boy) go to what links to Muppet Wiki. I'm on Firefox, but I've never seen this problem before. Anyone else? -- Mark ( talk ) 16:34, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Yup -- it's a bug. It's a problem with the cache in the Monaco sidebar. This happened a few weeks ago, and they fixed it by adjusting the cache... I reported this problem, so I expect it'll be fixed soon. It's an easy fix. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 16:38, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


 * In the mean time, there's an easy manual fix. When you click "What links here" and it gives you the media css or whatever, just replace that with the page title, and there you go. I just tried it myself. Or don't even bother with clicking, since we know it's broken, but copy and paste this: http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/ and add the appropriate article title. It's an extra step, but it works. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 18:20, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Okay, What links here is fixed! (bows) -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 18:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Muppet Wiki in the news, sorta
Not a mention by name, but Canada's highest circulation newspaper, the Toronto Star, printed a TinyURL link to Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce. -- Zanimum 14:45, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Today on Muppet Wiki Nominations
Hey, everyone. We've been having a hard time keeping Today on Muppet Wiki, mostly for lack of nominations, so I encourage everyone to add to the nomination page. So if you come across a cool, unusually, or really great page, feel free to go ahead and nominate it. Not all articles will be chosen, mind (pages with only two or three sentences, if they've been featured already in the longer format, and the sometimes arbitrary judgement of the admins as to what counts as an interesting and reasonably coherent article). Don't let all of the above daunt you, though, since right now we need more nominations so the admins don't have to hunt up articles to feature when it's time to update. So next time you find a cool page which has just been added or you hadn't realized was there, nominate it! Thanks! -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 04:41, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Skin
Hi guys -- I'm trying to switch the skin to Monobook right now, because there's a problem with Monaco that we're trying to figure out. I'm not sure right now which one everyone is seeing -- but if you see Monobook, it's not a problem for now. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 01:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Danny, under the old skin (monobook), it allowed you to "search" for something and not automatically pull up the page. For example.  If I typed in Halle Berry, all pages with Halle Berry in the text would come up if I clicked search.  I can't find this option any more.  Is it still around on the new skin? I found that feature incredibly helpful when creating links for pages new and old.-- ''<font color="Purple">Nate  (<font color="Purple" size="1">talk ) 19:02, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Nate, I believe you can use the advanced search for that. It's just below the "community menu" in the sidebar. Henrik ( talk ) 20:31, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Nope. Still goes directly to the page.  I even tried to adjust my search settings under my preferences.  -- ''<font color="Purple">Nate  (<font color="Purple" size="1">talk ) 21:08, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Try the advances search again, Nate. I just used it and it works fine. If you simply enter a phrase and press the enter key on your keyboard, it goes straight to the page. Enter a phrase and then click "Search," and it shows you the text results. There's still no getting around it with the main search box, but this should do for now (hopefully they'll fix that later). -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:18, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I got it. I needed to uncheck a box.  Which I did.  I'm going home on the short bus now. -- ''<font color="Purple">Nate  (<font color="Purple" size="1">talk ) 00:02, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

They're here!
Well, the Koch CD's are starting to arrive. I bought one (even though I already have the old version) just to see how they're going to do the whole package, and I was very impressed. I hope this is just the beginning of a long and successful partnership, and I'm going to write a note to Koch to let them know my thoughts. I'll let you know if I hear anything from them! -- <font color="Blue">Ken (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 03:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)