User:Scarecroe/Talk Archive 09

Archive of Scott's talk page.

Uploading pictures
Out of blatant curiousity, why do I sometimes see that you overwrote an image that I uploaded with what looks like the exact same picture? I don't have a problem with it, I just want to understand this crazy Wiki thing. -- Joe (talk ) 02:49, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, the over-uploading thing is weird. The wiki hangs onto the cached version of images, so if I overwrite an image that you uploaded with a new one, you may see the old one until you refresh the page. Sometimes you have the refresh the image itself directly or clear your cache. As for why I'm replacing your pictures, it's mostly just to brighten or clean them up. — Scott (talk ) 02:51, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Redirects?
Just out of curiosity, I've noticed you and Nick have created a variety of lower case redirects (or redirects for real names never used in credits, or what have you). Is there a specific reason for that, apart from insurance in case somebody *does* use those terms? Andrew Leal (talk ) 00:58, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * If you type jack and the beanstalk into the search field, it takes forever for the search engine to find a list of results because there's no such article named that. Once the search does come up, you have to weed through the results in order to find the Jack and the Beanstalk article. The software isn't smart enough to get around capitalizations. So, we could have Elmo, for example, be an entirely different article from elMO if we needed to. — Scott (talk ) 01:17, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I make those too. Basically, whenever I type something into the search box and I don't get the page I'm looking for, I turn that into a redirect. I figure if I'm looking for something that way, then other people probably will too. -- Danny (talk ) 02:24, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I guess that makes sense. It's just that I never type in all lower case for anything, so those always through me off. I did go ahead and delete "Leena Horne," though. I didn't see a great advantage in keeping that one around. Andrew Leal (talk ) 03:33, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh, yeah, you can usually delete random misspellings. Those are probably there because one of the kids created a page that was missspelled, and then someone else moved it. We're just talking about either shorter versions of titles or versions in lowercase. -- Danny (talk ) 10:45, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Oscar!
What a novel way to decorate Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I like it! And yay, special pages are working again. 'Bout time. Andrew Leal (talk ) 20:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, there was nothing relevant visually to accompany the verbal gags made in the show, and I didn't want to stretch it. So, that was the best I could do to decorate it.
 * I guess the wikia people didn't know about the Special Page sproblem until today, despite multiple claims to the contrary by myself and others on the mailing list. Are you subscribed to that? — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I am. If you hadn't spoken up, I was going to. And in fact, I still might, since it seems "working" is relative. It was using a more recent cache, but now it's stagnant again. The cache date is "02:01, 1 August 2006." If it replaces itself tomorrow, it won't be a major inconvenience, though the lack of real-time reaction to special pages is a loss, especially when improving short pages only to see the items stay on the list. Le sigh. <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 22:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Indeed. It's causing a major annoyance on Uncategorized pages. — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 00:00, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Tracking AOL IPs
There's some good news for us on this Wikia forum page... In the next software upgrade, we're going to be able to see the actual IP addresses for AOL users, rather than the randomly fluctuating ones that we've been seeing. That'll make tracking vandals and anonymous pests much easier; we won't have to block the same person a hundred times. I dunno when the upgrade is going to happen, but when it does, it'll be sweet like candy. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 09:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * That will make life easier. — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 15:20, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Batbunny
"Carrots are a superstitious, cowardly lot..." -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:32, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Aaah! That's fucking awesome! — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)