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== Thanks ==
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I was wondering, how would you like to be a mod? <small>--The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Greg Bishansky]] ([[User talk:Greg Bishansky|talk]]).</small>
  
Hey, I would like to thank you for your help in improving the GargWiki, and making things more organized. You've catched little errors that even I've missed.  Thanks. <small>--The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Greg Bishansky]] ([[User talk:Greg Bishansky|talk]]).</small>
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:That would be very cool, thank you. What would I have to do? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:10, 21 March 2007 (CDT)
  
:You're very welcome. Keep up the good work. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:02, 3 February 2007 (CST)
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It's already done.
  
== Comic ==
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==Vandalism==
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Any details on this vandalism?  Because a few months back, someone created a username to frame me and vandalised the other wiki. <small>--The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Greg Bishansky]] ([[User talk:Greg Bishansky|talk]]).</small>
  
The comic book is included in the episode category as well, because that's how Greg Weisman wants it. <small>--The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Greg Bishansky]] ([[User talk:Greg Bishansky|talk]]).</small>
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:The cited incidents can be found [http://gargoyles.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/G._Bishansky here], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GargsDarau here], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GDarau here] and [http://gargoyles.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Demonus here]. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 08:44, 13 April 2007 (CDT)
  
:Well I won't dispute that, but the way things currently stand (category-wise) doesn't seem right to me. There's no sensible reason for having a category, such as "Category:Comic Book", if all of the pages are in another category elsewhere. I'd make it a subcategory, except that I think it would make more sense to rename it first, for example to "Category:SLG issues".
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:I've also discovered [http://gargoyles.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/71.62.204.109 this one]. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:00, 13 April 2007 (CDT)
:As a compromise if it was renamed, we could make a new category, e.g. "Category:Gargoyles episodes" or "Category:TV episodes", solely for the original 65, also a subcat of "Category:Episodes". We could empty out the parent cat entirely, except for the list of canon episodes and the subcats.
 
:Or, we could do it by season. "Category:Season 1 episodes", "Category:Season 2 episodes", "Category:The Goliath Chronicles episodes", "Category:SLG episodes", etc. At the moment I'm leaning towards the latter. Do you have a preference? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 17:05, 4 February 2007 (CST)
 
  
Just leave it as is. <small>--The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Greg Bishansky]] ([[User talk:Greg Bishansky|talk]]).</small>
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::Thanks for arguing our case at Wikimedia. [[User:Jeb|Jeb]] 19:26, 13 April 2007 (CDT)
  
:That's not really convincing, considering I've already expressed dissatisfaction with the status quo. If you really believe that the current system is the best of all options, then I'll gladly hear you out, but right now I can't see the merits of it over other possibilities (save that it would be easier to leave things alone, which is no sort of reason).
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Are we still blacklisted? <small>--The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Greg Bishansky]] ([[User talk:Greg Bishansky|talk]]).</small>
:Take the by-season idea. This would make the episodes easier to search for using the categories. It would keep the episodic comic issues on equal footing with the older televised episodes. It would also allow paragraphs at the head of each season to sum up the important occurences and themes ("expansion" for season 2 comes immediately to mind), as well as general background information.
 
:If there's something you dislike about this suggestion, then we can keep working to find a suitable compromise. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:40, 5 February 2007 (CST)
 
  
Well, Greg wants it that way, and I think it works. Episode Guide is a list of canon stories anyway. -- Greg Bishansky
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:Yes. A new Wikipedia user has taken the opportunity to use Ask Greg as a conduit in an attempt to circumvent the blacklisting. It is making the removal process complicated. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:32, 21 April 2007 (CDT)
  
:I don't really know how to respond to that. I know it ''works'', and has done so just fine since 11th January when the category was created, but I just don't think that it's perfect. I don't think my idea is perfect either, but I hope that it's a bit of an improvement.
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**Ugh, link? <small>--The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Greg Bishansky]] ([[User talk:Greg Bishansky|talk]]).</small>
:As for the statement that Greg wants it that way, well, I can't say to that. I don't know him, and I have never met him. I respect him for everything he's done on the show and in the fandom, but not even Greg should have the last word on how things are organised on this site <small>(although content is a different matter)</small>. Nobody should. That's the whole point of a Wiki: there is no last word to be had.
 
:That said, if Mr Weisman, or you, or anybody else believes that the current system is the ''best'' of all possible systems, and that there is nothing I could contribute to improve the situation, then I'll stop now and happily use what we've got. If not, then I'll keep talking.
 
:The one thing I most want to convey is this: categories are a different breed than lists or articles, and they should be treated differently. Or, at least, that's what I believe. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:39, 6 February 2007 (CST)
 
  
Why can't an episode be in multiple categories? Say, Episodes, Season 1 stories, Television stories; Episodes, SLG stories, Comic stories. Just a thought. [[User:Jeb|Jeb]] 17:24, 6 February 2007 (CST)
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:The new incident can be found [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GT75gs here], and the ongoing discussion is [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Spam_blacklist#gargoyles.dracandros.com here]. Not much to do at this point except keep your fingers crossed. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:18, 21 April 2007 (CDT)
  
:Yeah, could work. To be honest I've lost track of what this discussion is about. I'm now supporting a bigger change than the one I initially made that got reverted... In fact, I'm not even supporting that original change any more. I'm now wholly convinced that issues of the comic book do belong in the episodes category (although we've got a category for them already that could serve as a suitable subcategory). Maybe I'm blowing this out of proportion. Is there actually any real objection to making a couple of new categories (subcats of "Episodes") to add some structure, or is the point of contention somewhere else?
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==Lex pic==
:Hang on, I've had a new idea. Bear with me. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:32, 7 February 2007 (CST)
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Nice work on the Lexington pic. I really like the transparency. You mind if I edit out Coldstone's hand? It's driving me nuts. :P [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 14:01, 25 May 2008 (CDT)
  
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:''Ongoing discussion at: [[User talk:Matt#Lex pic]]
  
:Okay, so the new idea was the creation of the article [[Episode Guide]], separate from the "category: Episodes". I think it might be a better place for the episode lists (and maybe, if expanded, some very short descriptions), so we can leave the categories as that: categories. Baby steps. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:39, 8 February 2007 (CST)
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==Belushi==
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Just to be clear, I didn't think you were implying that Belushi the celebrity hockey player was named after Belushi the comedy development gargoyle.  I just thought that since there's no context in the article itself, it would be helpful to mention which of the two the hockey player is named for. -- [[User:Demonskrye|Demonskrye]] 10:59, 31 May 2008 (CDT)
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:Oh, okay. Sorry. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:02, 31 May 2008 (CDT)
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==Dracula==
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Dracula has a bit of a cameo in "Eye of the Beholder." You guys want a screenshot of him?  [[User:Dtaina|DTaina]] 17:38, 10 December 2008 (CST)
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==Exo-Frame==
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Thank you, Supermorff, for fixing the page!  I was starting to get worried there!  You may need to come back and fix the rest of the pictures, though.  I still have to put up the screenshots for Dingo and the Hunters!  [[User:Dtaina|DTaina]] 15:05, 31 December 2008 (CST)
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:Heh! I'd be happy to come back! It should be easy now that I've finally figured out how to put them in tables. (I suppose I'd better check whether you've added them already...) -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 18:30, 31 December 2008 (CST)
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==HELP!==
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Hey, formatting on this entry sucks: [[Demona's Perpetual and Astoundingly Impressive Supply of Heavy Artillery]]. What we really want is each image lined up with its proper episode, but I have no idea how to do that.  --[[User:Greg Bishansky|GregX]] 20:32, 20 April 2010 (CDT)
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:Never mind. DTaina tackled it. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|GregX]] 20:41, 20 April 2010 (CDT)
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::DTaina to the rescue!  ;)  [[User:Dtaina|DTaina]] 20:43, 20 April 2010 (CDT)
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== Mediawiki ==
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What's the version of Mediawiki software used here? It doesn't seem to have lots of functions we're used to... [[User:Thogial|Thogial]] 12:00, 10 May 2011 (PDT)
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:Is there a possibility for an upgrade? [[User:Thogial|Thogial]] 04:29, 11 May 2011 (PDT)
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==Rotating Featured Article==
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JEB sent me this is an e-mail:
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It doesn't appear that Wikipedia does it automatically - in fact, it seems they do it more or less the same way it's done on the Gargwiki (transclude the text of a special featured article page onto the main page). The only difference is that featured articles are chosen by user consensus, and there's an editor whose sole job is updating the featured article page. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles for more details.)
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They DO have some sort of automated tool for choosing a random featured article linked on that URL above, but it's some private software hosted on a remote site and not part of Mediawiki itself. So, in short, upgrading the wiki wouldn't give you that feature.
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However, I think have a solution... I found a forum thread (http://www.mwusers.com/forums/showthread.php?6181-Featured-Article) that discusses this very issue... and they note that Wikipedia's method has the featured article pages set up ahead of time with a month, date, and year in the page name (i.e. "Feature/December 1, 2010"), while the main page is set up to automatically display the featured article with the current date (instead of a single "Feature" page). And I remember that I used something similar for my "Today in Multiversal History" bit on the Multiversal Omnipedia main page (feel free to check that out to see how I did it). So you could give that a shot. (Yes, you'd still have to edit the featured pages manually, but you could do a bunch at once, then sit back and let the software do the rest of the heavy lifting.)
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This doable? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|GregX]] 00:15, 13 May 2011 (PDT)
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== Creating your own independent wiki ==
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First of all, thanks for giving me access here. Secondly, how do I create my own independent wiki like this? -- [[User:PossiblefromScoobypedia|PossiblefromScoobypedia]] 18:39, 14 May 2014 (PDT)
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== Family tree ==
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Hi, Supermorff. There's something breaking the CIT family tree. Can you check it out? -- [[User:Thogial|Thogial]] ([[User talk:Thogial|talk]]) 08:27, 6 September 2015 (PDT)

Revision as of 08:27, 6 September 2015

I was wondering, how would you like to be a mod? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Greg Bishansky (talk).

That would be very cool, thank you. What would I have to do? -- Supermorff 07:10, 21 March 2007 (CDT)

It's already done.

Vandalism

Any details on this vandalism? Because a few months back, someone created a username to frame me and vandalised the other wiki. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Greg Bishansky (talk).

The cited incidents can be found here, here, here and here. -- Supermorff 08:44, 13 April 2007 (CDT)
I've also discovered this one. -- Supermorff 09:00, 13 April 2007 (CDT)
Thanks for arguing our case at Wikimedia. Jeb 19:26, 13 April 2007 (CDT)

Are we still blacklisted? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Greg Bishansky (talk).

Yes. A new Wikipedia user has taken the opportunity to use Ask Greg as a conduit in an attempt to circumvent the blacklisting. It is making the removal process complicated. -- Supermorff 03:32, 21 April 2007 (CDT)
The new incident can be found here, and the ongoing discussion is here. Not much to do at this point except keep your fingers crossed. -- Supermorff 13:18, 21 April 2007 (CDT)

Lex pic

Nice work on the Lexington pic. I really like the transparency. You mind if I edit out Coldstone's hand? It's driving me nuts.  :P D Taina 14:01, 25 May 2008 (CDT)

Ongoing discussion at: User talk:Matt#Lex pic

Belushi

Just to be clear, I didn't think you were implying that Belushi the celebrity hockey player was named after Belushi the comedy development gargoyle. I just thought that since there's no context in the article itself, it would be helpful to mention which of the two the hockey player is named for. -- Demonskrye 10:59, 31 May 2008 (CDT)

Oh, okay. Sorry. -- Supermorff 11:02, 31 May 2008 (CDT)

Dracula

Dracula has a bit of a cameo in "Eye of the Beholder." You guys want a screenshot of him? DTaina 17:38, 10 December 2008 (CST)

Exo-Frame

Thank you, Supermorff, for fixing the page! I was starting to get worried there! You may need to come back and fix the rest of the pictures, though. I still have to put up the screenshots for Dingo and the Hunters! DTaina 15:05, 31 December 2008 (CST)

Heh! I'd be happy to come back! It should be easy now that I've finally figured out how to put them in tables. (I suppose I'd better check whether you've added them already...) -- Supermorff 18:30, 31 December 2008 (CST)

HELP!

Hey, formatting on this entry sucks: Demona's Perpetual and Astoundingly Impressive Supply of Heavy Artillery. What we really want is each image lined up with its proper episode, but I have no idea how to do that. --GregX 20:32, 20 April 2010 (CDT)

Never mind. DTaina tackled it. --GregX 20:41, 20 April 2010 (CDT)
DTaina to the rescue!  ;) DTaina 20:43, 20 April 2010 (CDT)

Mediawiki

What's the version of Mediawiki software used here? It doesn't seem to have lots of functions we're used to... Thogial 12:00, 10 May 2011 (PDT)

Is there a possibility for an upgrade? Thogial 04:29, 11 May 2011 (PDT)

Rotating Featured Article

JEB sent me this is an e-mail:


It doesn't appear that Wikipedia does it automatically - in fact, it seems they do it more or less the same way it's done on the Gargwiki (transclude the text of a special featured article page onto the main page). The only difference is that featured articles are chosen by user consensus, and there's an editor whose sole job is updating the featured article page. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles for more details.)

They DO have some sort of automated tool for choosing a random featured article linked on that URL above, but it's some private software hosted on a remote site and not part of Mediawiki itself. So, in short, upgrading the wiki wouldn't give you that feature.

However, I think have a solution... I found a forum thread (http://www.mwusers.com/forums/showthread.php?6181-Featured-Article) that discusses this very issue... and they note that Wikipedia's method has the featured article pages set up ahead of time with a month, date, and year in the page name (i.e. "Feature/December 1, 2010"), while the main page is set up to automatically display the featured article with the current date (instead of a single "Feature" page). And I remember that I used something similar for my "Today in Multiversal History" bit on the Multiversal Omnipedia main page (feel free to check that out to see how I did it). So you could give that a shot. (Yes, you'd still have to edit the featured pages manually, but you could do a bunch at once, then sit back and let the software do the rest of the heavy lifting.)

This doable? -- GregX 00:15, 13 May 2011 (PDT)

Creating your own independent wiki

First of all, thanks for giving me access here. Secondly, how do I create my own independent wiki like this? -- PossiblefromScoobypedia 18:39, 14 May 2014 (PDT)

Family tree

Hi, Supermorff. There's something breaking the CIT family tree. Can you check it out? -- Thogial (talk) 08:27, 6 September 2015 (PDT)