User:Toughpigs/Talk Archive 26

Archive of Danny's talk page.

"New" in edit summaries
Hi, Danny. I've noticed that when new pages are created, the edit summary just has "new." Is that an automatic edit summary, or is that just the way the community would like it to be? Thanks! -- Matt H. ( talk ) 18:28, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's controlled by MediaWiki:Autosumm-new -- if you leave the edit summary blank for a new page, that message gets added automatically. We changed it to "new" because we didn't need to see anything longer than that. -- Danny (talk ) 19:20, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Look at this!
I figure after all you've been through this week, you need a laugh! -- Ken (talk ) 04:58, 15 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, that's adorable -- thank you! What a great find. And yeah, thanks for noticing... It's been a crazy week. :) -- Danny (talk ) 05:00, 15 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Would this count under Items Other Than Cookies Consumed by Cookie Monster? -- Ken (talk ) 05:06, 15 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Dang, now that I look at it, that whole page needs better citations.... Ah well, another project. -- Danny (talk ) 05:07, 15 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Okay, I'll keep that in mind. I think I have some stuff to add from some records. -- Ken  (talk ) 05:31, 15 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I didn't mean to make that your project. :) -- Danny (talk ) 05:36, 15 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, I know. I've got tons of projects, and hopefully I'll get to mess with some of them with Andrew next week!  I'm already making sure I take all of my notes with me! -- Ken  (talk ) 05:39, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

A is for Addicted
Don't think I don't see you :) angies (talk) 02:37, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

C is for Coloring books and Cereal boxes
Hey, Danny! It's great to see you around again, and I love all of the images you've been adding! I just got some more records, so I'll be creating and expanding their album and song pages. See you later! -- <font color="Blue">Ken (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:07, 10 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Yay! I can't believe that there are more records in the world that you didn't have. :) -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:19, 10 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, there's tons I still don't have, mostly from the later half of SS Records. But I almost fainted when I found a SEALED copy of the Columbia edition of SS Live on eBay for a Buy it Now price of only $7.95!  And the lyric poster will help clear up some of the songs we haven't been sure about as far as credit, so that's an added bonus!  For some reason, I've been seeing a lot of sealed stuff on eBay lately, and the prices aren't too bad!  And I love Buy it Now, because then I'm sure I'll get it, and I know what the price is. -- <font color="Blue">Ken  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:35, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Ping!
Hey Danny -- if you could get on Skype right now that'd be helpful; I had a question. -- <font color="Blue">Wendy (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 00:03, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Skin
First of all, I am not sure if I'm doing this right, but it says post at the top ... so I will.

Second, the skin. I run MSI Wiki and I was wondering, could I have this kind of skin, with the avatars and stuff. Is it JavaScript, if you don't mind me asking? Thanks! Akira Otomo Talk | Contributions 18:56, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Sesame Characters
Hey, Danny! Back in 2006, in this discussion, you decided that "Sesame Street Characters" as a category should relate to all characters, including random specials and Follow That Bird and such, as a "universe" category rather than a guide to who actually appeared on the show (later, Category:Muppet Show Characters wound up the same way, including illustrated characters and so on). Have you changed your mind, or forgotten? With the exception maybe of random video compilations and at least Sesame books (Muppet books causes problems with the post-Muppet Show things like the Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories, plus the confusion from seeing LaVerne with The Lautrec Sisters), I always thought it made more sense to approach it as those who appeared on the show. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 00:31, 31 May 2008 (UTC)


 * D'oh! Forgot. Guilty as charged. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 06:04, 31 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Okay, just checking. I was hoping you'd changed your mind (since we also have the subcats and the other way makes it easier to track down how many characters actually appeared on the show/in books). Well, such is life. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 06:11, 31 May 2008 (UTC)


 * P.S. When you get a chance, you might appreciate Where Is My Skate? -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 06:24, 31 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, that is lovely... The Skate Fairy is fantastic. And how do you lose your roller skate under your pillow? It seems like an uncomfortable sleeping situation. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 06:29, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Beverly Hills, 90210
Why is it a "Mention" and not a reference?

Also are there any other connections between the Muppets and 90210? -- Rnazar 29 May 2008


 * On this wiki, "Muppet Mentions" = the Muppets being mentioned in something. "Muppet References" = the Muppets making a reference to something. So when Sesame Street does a parody of Grey's Anatomy, that's a Muppet Reference. When Mystery Science Theater 3000 mentions the Muppets, that's a Muppet Mention.


 * It's a little hard to see the difference at first, but you'll get it. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 17:22, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Snow White (series)
I saw at Snow White that you quoted Karen Falk as your source, but it doens't say where the quote coems from (a live appearance? An e-mail or letter? an interview?). Do you remember your source for that quote? --Minor muppetz 21:27, 28 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, good catch! It was from an e-mail. I added the reference. I'm glad you spotted it! -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 23:59, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Question
Hey, Danny, good to hear from you about all of the changes about ads and layout and stuff. It's really exciting. And guess what? I've now joined the ranks of the "faster-connected"! That's really exciting too. Anyway, I found this on YouTube, but I didn't see any mention of it on here already. Where do you think we should put it? -- <font color="Blue">Ken (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 03:09, 20 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Yay, congratulations on your fast connection! So now we're going to see you doing even more edits? I can hardly imagine it. :) That's a cute interview... it could go in Online Appearances. I love Muppet interviews. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 20:01, 20 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Danny! Yeah, I can't believe how much more I can get done in less time!  I also want to learn how to work with images in the near future.  Then I can add even more!


 * It looks like Chuck the Movie Guy has a new interview with Kermit and Fozzie for Season 3, so I'll work that in, too. I can tell by the wiki's activity that we're all watching our copies! (I picked up mine today!) -- <font color="Blue">Ken  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:04, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Test
Edits are fast again? Yes! \o/

Top 'o the page
Hello there. I'm a bit of a newbie at this game and wondered if you could help me out. This is a great site that I'm using style ideas from for the Oxford Chess Wiki. Can you tell me how it is that the Muppet Wiki page doesn't have something like "Muppet Wiki" as the title at the top? I'm betting the answer is very obvious. Thanks a bundle in advance. --Kieran 12:39, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Pirates of the DVD's
Hi, Danny! Well, I went through the Muppet Wiki:Pirates page, and I was able to find the text for all the other ads on the top list except for one, but I don't think that one is active right now. I also found some new ones. Hope this helps! -- <font color="Blue">Ken (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 04:47, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

The Dead Hensons in SF this Saturday (5/10)!
10:45 PM at this place called Bottom of the Hill, Connecticut & 17th. I'll be taking some buses there after the Kids in the Hall show that night. Wanna meet me there (and/or drive me there)? --MuppetVJ 04:27, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Weird Bug
Hey. I should have my good machine back tonight, at last, but I wanted to let you know before this one crashes again. There's an odd bug affecting text today. I noticed it on The Adventures of Gina the Veterinarian, as seen when it replaced part of "Season 38 (2007-2008") with "Marjory the Trash Heap," linked. Then, on Abrete Sesamo, I noticed you tried to fix the link to "Kermit," but this is what happened. It's like Wikia is somehow pasting text from other pages at random for no clear reason. I don't know if any other articles are affected (it seems to have started today) and I can't check myself on this malfunctioning machine. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Y'know what? In my case, the weird bug was in my head. I thought I was copy and pasting the Kermit thing, but I had copied something else. So that was my bad. Maybe yours was too? -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 22:04, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * It couldn't have been. I haven't typed, copied, *or* pasted anything related to Marjory on this old Dell, and I was typing it all by hand, no copying. But if its only one page and not two, maybe it was just a one time glitch. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Something like that happened to me the other night, too, but I thought it might be me. I'll have to see if it happens again.  I also noticed that now things appear under the edit screen like possible article titles, while I'm typing stuff.  Could these things be related, like it's trying to anticipate what you're about to type? -- <font color="Blue">Ken  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 01:43, 3 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Ken, I think you're talking about Link Suggest... I'll post on Current events about it. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 17:56, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

MediaWiki stuff
Heya. We need to talk about big changes to the wiki like the skin and talk page text. Can we open up discussion either with other admins or the full community on Current Events? Thanks! —Scott ( talk ) 16:17, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Sure. I'm just in a MediaWiki mood right now. But I can do Current Events. :) -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 16:18, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Do you know what Justin was doing with Common.css yesterday? —Scott ( talk ) 16:21, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Oops, I'm sorry I didn't see the responses on Current events about the scary skin. My bad.


 * Justin added a new "site metrics" thing yesterday... It's still in the testing stage, so I don't know if anybody has access to it except for staff. Try it out, though: Special:SiteMetrics. It's a new way to gather data on edits, in more-or-less real time. Doesn't quite work the way I'd like it to yet, so I've asked for some tweaks. I'm also not sure how useful it is... The day-by-day graphs are just noise. One thing I've asked for is to be able to track the number of active editors. Anyway, just a harmless test at the moment. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 16:29, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Special:SiteMetrics is reserved for staff only. —Scott ( talk ) 15:02, 27 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah... That may be because it's in testing right now. Part of what they're testing is the server load... They need to make sure that opening this up to everybody on every wiki won't crash the servers. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 15:38, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Sysop Question
Can I be a sysop? I won't use the job crazy. Since we have lots of requests of duplicated images, I will delete theduplicated images (we still have lots of them). I still have the job in Webkinz Wikia making me know what to do. Can I be one? Answer soon. Webkinz Mania 15:20, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for offering! We've got a great team of admins here, and we don't need another one right now, so I'm going to say no to making you a sysop. But I really appreciate what you've done here so far -- it's only been a few days, and you've added a lot! -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 15:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry! Webkinz Mania 19:53, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Another Update?
I'll email you as well, but did they do another update to the Wiki? The main page picture will flash up there for a second, then disappear. I've noticed a few weird things, but figured they were something else and just forgot about them. Now I'm starting to wonder. -- ''<font color="Purple">Nate (<font color="Purple" size="1">talk ) 15:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I dunno; there's always something. Can you describe exactly what you're seeing? I'll ask about it. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 15:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I can confirm Nates discovery, I'm at the computer at my work that also uses IE 6, that I know Nate uses as well. On the front page the image of Grover appears for a few seconds and then it disaper leaving a blank box, but it don't show the normal red x when a image is missing. Also it's possible to click on the image as normal while it appears, but once its gone you can no longer click on it. I don't have access to any other browser from my work, but I would bet it's another IE6 bug, like the line from the headings that goes through the pictures. Henrik ( talk ) 21:04, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


 * That's weird... If it's only that picture, then maybe there's something weird about the way that the imagemap works? Scott might know. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:10, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Current Events
Hey, I know you just did another of your fleeting hit and runs and may not be around for awhile, but when you see this, your input could be used on the current event discussion, as to whether or not it's worthwhile to convert Sesame Street DVD/videos to the format used for the episodes. Kyle wants to do it, I'm against it, and Scott's somewhere in the middle. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 04:00, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Link by link putting it together
(sorry for the title of this question, I'm in a Sondheim mood this week (and Alice in Wonderland)... but anyway. Question.  Is it "External Links" or "External links"?  I've always seen it as "External Links" on everyone's pages (and that's how I've done it), but if they need to be "links", then I'll make sure to start fixing them as I see them.  -- ''<font color="Purple">Nate  (<font color="Purple" size="1">talk ) 23:26, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, there's a general sense that it should be "External links" and "See also"... But there are so many pages that nobody feels like going through and fixing everything. So we fix them when we see them. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 23:29, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I'll file that away in my brain. And start plugging away at it.  -- ''<font color="Purple">Nate  (<font color="Purple" size="1">talk ) 23:33, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, Danny's sense anyway. We go along with it because we love him. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 23:35, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Yay. That's my favorite way of doing things. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 23:49, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm signing out for awhile, but still no spotlights showing up. I'll keep ya posted!  -- ''<font color="Purple">Nate  (<font color="Purple" size="1">talk ) 00:41, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey, Danny! I'm glad somebody brought this up again.  I'd been meaning to bring it up on Current Events, but with all the other stuff, I didn't want to get in the way.  So I'm guessing that it should also be "Audio releases", "Video releases", and "Track listing", right?  I'm fixing things as I see them, too, which is great now that things are faster on both ends! -- <font color="Blue">Ken  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 04:04, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's right -- Audio releases, Video releases, etc. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 04:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism?
I just erased the text on Survivor on Sesame Street. Can you delete the page? Thanks! -- <font color="Blue">Ken (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 01:11, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikiing quickly!
Hey, Danny! I'm glad the site is faster now, and I wanted to let you know that things are faster on my end too, because Phase I of Ken 2.0 is operational! I'll tell you more about it in an e-mail over the weekend, but I'm really happy with everything, and I can't wait to add even more to the wiki! Hope you're doing well! -- <font color="Blue">Ken (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 06:47, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

User blocking on wheels
Hey, twice now I've blocked a vandal, only to discover the infinite block is no longer an option, only specific times or "other." Do I choose "other" and type "infinite," or what? I just noticed it the other day, and I don't know if it's a bug (I think this happened at least once before) or a new change at Wikia or what. In the mean time, I'm using "1 year" because it's the longest time span available. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 20:23, 2 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, sorry -- I should've mentioned that. The com-team decided to remove infinite from the drop-down box, to discourage people from making infinite blocks on IP addresses, when usually those change and are used by other people. You can still make an infinite block by clicking "other" and typing "infinite". So infinites are still possible, they're just not as automatic. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 01:10, 3 April 2008 (UTC)