User talk:Bizzeebeever/2

Greetings!

You've probably heard about this already, but it'd be really nice if you could check out VFH and see if there's anything you like in there. I'm asking you this because VFH is really low in votes and you're a (more) regular user (than me) and you've got a good taste when it comes to articles. You don't need to vote on everything, just a couple votes would already be a big help. Thanks for hearing me out! —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 00:16, 14 May 2012

Sure, sure. I've been meaning to, but I've been too busy sweeping up crap and working on something. I'll get around to it. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, May 14 '12 0:20 (UTC)

Ninjastar

Not really a major award, but hopefully expresses the retarded nodding I do when I see you do stuff around here. I can stop the nodding now:)--Sycamore (Talk) 10:25, May 15, 2012 (UTC)

I'd say "LOL" if it wasn't so trite. Thansk.  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, May 15 '12 17:57 (UTC)

Message from ResurrectedSage

Yeah, I'd like to drop a message. If the Fire Emblem article is too long, I can create a new, shorter page. I have (somewhat) an entire team that isn't made up of Oscar Wilde survivors who would be able to help on it too.– Preceding unsigned comment added by ResurrectedSage (talk • contribs)

You can absolutely do that if you like, feel free. Just make sure it's funny, and accessible to folks other than those who play Fire Emblem (it's a game, right?). Read that manual that I'm sure somebody left on your talk page when you joined. The reason I put that article on VFD is that it's too long and does not contain enough funny (in my opinion, anyway). And we like to think that articles work better when they shy away from jokes that are only understood by a small group, although inside jokes can be made hilarious, too. Remember, it's nothing personal.

Also, make sure when you drop a message to put it down here at the bottom (unless you're posting to a particular thread), and sign with ~~~~ (four tildes). Thanks. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, May 15 '12 23:06 (UTC)

I'm new, I'm learning and thanks, will start immediately on that page. Might need help since I'm not generally awesome at writing.RS (talk) 00:14, May 16, 2012 (UTC)ResurrectedSage

Saving an article while on VFD is a time-honored tradition. You should either mention there that you are undertaking the job or make a copy in your userspace, in case the vote goes against you quickly; that will save you from begging an Admin to un-huff it so you can continue working. Spıke ¬ 21:19 17-May-12

He's made a copy here, and has also asked for a Pee Review. (Haha, "Pee Review". I've read that fifteen thousand times, but it's still funny.) ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 17 '12 21:22 (UTC)

I've had some help show up finally. It should be funnier, I'm also on my way to make it funny again now. RS (talk) 00:10, May 20, 2012 (UTC)

The article is done and the ICU tag is removed. You're welcome to see the new version myself and another created. RS (talk) 21:52, May 23, 2012 (UTC)

Yeah so I hear my article was taken down by Xamalcro and a few others who decided to vote more than once. I'm just curious, you do know what Fire Emblem is, right? RS (talk) 17:58, July 1, 2012 (UTC)

They're not allowed to vote multiple times. Do I know what it is? My impression of Fire Emblem is that it is a fantasy tactical role-playing video game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo, and is well known for its innovation and for being one of the first Eastern style tactical role-playing games, with a strong emphasis on Western forms of medieval folklore. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jul 2 '12 6:16 (UTC)

University of Nevada, Reno

Thank you for rolling back Anon. I saw his change last evening and considered doing it. Then considered deleting the section. (Butt-hurt Anon gets a parking ticket from Campus Police, oh I mean storm troopers, oh I mean Nazis.) Then considered hauling its whole sorry ass to VFD. (School-cruft, inside jokes, cyberbullying.) Concur? Spıke ¬ 18:58 17-May-12

Lemme look. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 17 '12 21:13 (UTC)

Bland. Blandness is the unforgivable sin, when you're writing humor. If it goes up for a vote, I'll vote "delete", but I'll let you VFD it. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 17 '12 21:19 (UTC)

Well, that was a deft piece of fence-straddling. The deed is done. Spıke ¬ 21:43 17-May-12

I'll straddle your mom. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 17 '12 22:05 (UTC)

I see you hatin'

Well, don't be. :D ^{→ (Der_Führerbunker--Wehrmacht Factories)} 22:24, May 17, 2012 (UTC)

Hello kind sir

Click here and follow the directions for fun and profit. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 10:51, May 20, 2012 (UTC)

Oh thankyou, please to go sign them again because it fucked up according to RAHB. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 06:47, May 21, 2012 (UTC)

I think Puppy's sig says...

PuppyOnTheDishwasher??? -- Sir CuteZekromOnTheRadio [CUN • PBJ'12 • PLS(0) • Stuy'16] 02:50, May 24, 2012 (UTC)

Affirmative, Captain. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 5:41 (UTC)

Thanks. Well, once again, hats off to Pups. -- Sir CuteZekromOnTheRadio [CUN • PBJ'12 • PLS(0) • Stuy'16] 21:31, May 24, 2012 (UTC)

Colorful change histories

May I suggest that you write change histories with less obscenity, disdain, and grandiloquence? If you want to crack wise and/or get on a soapbox, write an article. If you want to correct another user, get on a talk page; or, in the case of Anon, just roll him back and let him be. Change histories should let us identify an edit of interest from the past, not chronicle your editing philosophy. Cheers. Spıke ¬ 11:04 24-May-12

Sorry, I get pissed off from time to time, and I do it to wile away the hours spent doing something that nobody else bothers with. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 11:05 (UTC)

By the way, since you're up, mind telling me what I should do about this or this? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 11:09 (UTC)

On the edit to Robert Burns: Anon seems to have something in mind, and a knowledge of the subject matter that is greater than mine. I would give him some string and see what else he's got, though eventually someone will have to step in, if only to correct grammar and spelling.

On the edit to Honda: Whew! Drug-induced. Verges on funny, but seems to almost have an axe to grind. Again, if this clump of butter remains, eventually someone will have to spread it around the surface more smoothly. Here again, I would proceed slowly and see what else he's got. Spıke ¬ 11:22 24-May-12

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, but both of those things have been sitting there for a few days. The Honda one strikes me as semi-retarded, but then I'm semi-retarded, so who knows. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 11:25 (UTC)

Honda just plain needs an owner. (Sorry; I drive a Hyundai.) The intro is just as rambling, unencyclopedic, and error-filled. Both the intro and the new bit are individual essays that keep the article from flowing. Have now looked at the entire Robert Burns (and the whole change history, where Anon does seem to talk to you briefly). Anon's changes are less encyclopedic than the rest of the article, and don't really blaze humor trails but only suggest that Anon is a funny storyteller. I'll revert. Spıke ¬ 11:38 24-May-12

Roger. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 11:41 (UTC)

Also, what in the world is this? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 11:49 (UTC)

I've been watching that grow for days. My best guess: a personal fantasy autobiography, funny only incidentally. As you can see, RAHB gave it {{ICU}} until he removed it. As User:TropasDeHispañata at least had the courtesy to register, you might try to contact him instead of just QVFD-ing it. Spıke ¬ 12:12 24-May-12

QVFD? I would never QVFD that. I reserve QVFD for articles that consist of the word "PONIES" repeated 300 times, or anything diarrhea/"Wolverhampton" related, or for spam. But, yeah, I'll definitely ask what's up...sometime. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 12:17 (UTC)

...(or for a category made by an IP)... ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 12:21 (UTC)

"MadMax" now has viewed it favorably enough to help with the title formatting.... Spıke ¬ 21:35 24-May-12

Well, then I guess that explains that...sorta.

By-the-bye, I'd love it if somebody helped me with this. It's where I find all the best retarded-shit edits. I'm trying to clear everything out for this past month. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 21:50 (UTC)

You have become a prisoner of this new machine. I admire your work--but then again, I admire the Pixley Septic Service on their periodic visit, but never enough to get down in the pit and help out. A little more admiration and I'll write some CSS so I never see those exclamation points at all. I think George Patton had it right: Kill them all and let God sort them out. Spıke ¬ 22:03 24-May-12

I figured if I could get enough people using it, I would never have to look at it again. I guess I failed. The wiki is going to hell. Also, the CSS you're looking for is abbr.unpatrolled { display:none } ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 22:22 (UTC)

Monday Night Football

Again with the pontificating in the Change Summary! but I agree with you, not just in the overuse of templates, but in the use, ever, of any template that purports to guide the user in how to understand the article he hasn't yet begun to read. It's the child prodigy beginning his exposition with, "As you may be surprised to believe...." Just give me the bleeping info and let me decide whether I'm surprised. The author is on stage and should perform before he tells me how loud to clap. Spıke ¬ 12:54 24-May-12

You know, up until about a month ago, I never used to leave an edit summary. And then somebody mentioned that people should leave a summary when undoing changes, to explain why they were doing it, especially when they weren't just undoing vandalism.

But, yeah, opening templates...just look dumb. And bad. If I could ban users who use them, I would. It makes the place look like a garbage dump. Ironically, my first edit here consisted of making a template. I should've been banned forever. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 12:58 (UTC)

VFDc

Although I appreciate keeping this entry alive, by way of broadcast, {{VFDc}} is not correct. The article was not Kept; it was Deleted and then I recreated it. Spıke ¬ 13:54 24-May-12

Ok. Can somebody put a poopsmith on that, then? It shouldn't still be on the page. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 24 '12 13:56 (UTC)

I believe that template is used to denote that voting is closed, not just that an article was kept. So...yeah. I was right. :)  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, May 28 '12 4:21 (UTC)

Point taken. (Moved here from my talk page.) Spıke ¬ 12:02 29-May-12

People with little or no talent

I... don't understand... why did you put an ICU in an article that could be also put in QVFD? Seriously, that article is SHIT. OMG!!! It`s Cat the Colourful, Jesus Christ!!! 04:44 28 May 2012

Yeahhhh...I guess you're right. I should've put it on qVFD and let an admin take care of it. However, it's not two lines, and it's not spam, so I figured an admin would probably ICU it anyway, so as not to spank the n00b, or chase him off, crying. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, May 28 '12 4:56 (UTC)

Oh... I've... heard of that feeling before... Was it called... pity? OMG!!! It`s Cat the Colourful, Jesus Christ!!! 05:00 28 May 2012

Mrowr, hiss! You're mean to-day, Cat. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, May 28 '12 5:10 (UTC)

But can you forgive me?

I apologise for being mean. I really do. OMG!!! It`s Cat the Colourful, Jesus Christ!!! 13:08 28 May 2012

I meant "mean to the newbies." :) But, yes, I can.  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, May 28 '12 19:17 (UTC)

Thanks

You did make the Snuffleupagus article "at least ... 0.02% less shittier than before". Now, maybe you can apply that talent to your own life. --Naughtius Maximus F@H Woof! MeowMUN 17:18, May 29, 2012 (UTC)

While we are learning lessons, Ned, would you please experiment with the Preview button, which lets you see how an edit will look without saving it? Otherwise a pert little paragraph like the one above registers as five separate edits. Spıke ¬ 17:33 29-May-12

You've let the IPs run away with it, Ned. As for making my life less shitty...no. Never gonna happen. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, May 29 '12 21:28 (UTC)

Could you make the Independence/Formation parameter in {{Infobox Country}} non-obligatory?

In some (ancient/fictional) countries' cases this information may be unknown and/or simply irrelevant to the article. —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 01:27, 30 May 2012

Sure. To be honest, every field should be optional, because there's very little that those stupid infoboxes add to an article, except the fact that they make a page look like a wikipedia page. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, May 29 '12 20:20 (UTC)

Ok, done. Let me know of any breakages. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Wed, May 30 '12 13:44 (UTC)

A great deal of human brains seem to be broken to some extent. The template is working flawlessly, though. Thanks! —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 14:41, 30 May 2012

Am pouncing on this, as several of my Latin American holdings have unfunny Infoboxes because of the historical need to fill in all the fields. As for flawlessly, however, the national flag and seal seem to be left-justified now instead of centered. Spıke ¬ 15:04 30-May-12

@SPIKE: Fix'd, I think. Thanks for the report!

@Socky: Whose brains? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Wed, May 30 '12 15:39 (UTC)

Looks fixed to me; thanks. Spıke ¬ 15:51 30-May-12

The people that fail to see the ongoing degradation of human society. : ) —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 16:35, 30 May 2012

Say, Sockymandius...

Why so serious? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 31 '12 3:34 (UTC)

Because social commentary is one of my most coveted hobbies. : ) —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 23:02, 31 May 2012

Chill Out

That dude is new. He didn't know how to properly make a VFH nomination. And a permaban sounds too strict for a little mishap.---   TALK What's it like to be a heretic? 04:47, May 31, 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Nice to meet you! Been here long? Let me direct you to this page. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, May 31 '12 4:51 (UTC)

........---   TALK What's it like to be a heretic? 04:56, May 31, 2012 (UTC)

The Montreal killer

Inspired me to write this: UnNews:Montrealer fed up with strikers dismembers one. I expect tourism to blossom with all the good news of riots and sick murderers on the loose going around here ROFL! Mattsnow 10:13, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

Awesome, bro. How's it feel to live in America? :)  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jun 2 '12 10:26 (UTC)

Going on IRC if you wanna come Mattsnow 10:28, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

Patrol widget

This is cute! but not exactly what I want.

• On the new "patrol these changes" button in RecentChanges, I especially like not being taken to a new page for confirmation, which invites me to return somewhere where I never want to go. However, having the button here invites me to patrol 12 changes independent of whether I've seen them. What I'd like is to be able to click on "12 changes", see everything that changed, "11 intermediate revisions not shown," and have a [Patrol all these changes] button on the diff display.
• On patrolling a single change, [Patrol this change] is already on the diff page, so I'd tend to use that, despite getting diverted to another page.
• It might be nice to see the unpatrolled attribute, and to signify a patrol, from any History page.

In summary, your user interface is easy and unintrusive, but it's the diff page (or multi-diff page) where I want a way to signify that I've reviewed everything shown on the screen. Spıke ¬ 16:30 2-Jun-12

PS--Also, I don't see your changes when I enable the experimental "Realtime" option to make RecentChanges auto-refresh. Spıke ¬ 16:32 2-Jun-12

And another thing

I'd like a button on my watchlist that takes an item off my watchlist. (Pretty please.) Spıke ¬ 22:27 2-Jun-12

There's View and edit watchlist and Edit raw watchlist right below the title. Those load all your watched pages, though, so it might not be very practical. —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 23:09, 2 June 2012

Yup, I've used both, but Bizzee seems to know ways to make things happen without having to leave the page. Spıke ¬ 23:11 2-Jun-12

Hi Spike!

1. On having a "patrol these changes" on the diff page: there is no way to query the API for the intermediate RCIDs of those changes (and the RCID is the single bit of data you need to patrol a page). There is a workaround, and I was planning to employ it when I got around to making version 2.0.
2. It is handy to patrol single (or even multiple) changes without looking at them. What changes would you want to do that with? Those made by established users who aren't auto-patrolled yet (such as those guys who never do anything but add interwiki links), and for users who are changing pages in their user-space. I used it when "Alcohol" categorized a metric fucktonne of images. Oh, and also for pages which "belong" to the editor, like Medical school.
3. It would be very useful to patrol unpatrolled changes from the history page. So of course the API doesn't allow you get an RCID from anywhere other than Special:RecentChanges. Why? I don't know. Ask Wikia.
4. The realtime function is a whole other can of worms. It loads asynchronously with the page, and my script only runs through the DOM tree when you first load the page. I probably could integrate my script with that one, but I'm guessing the original author didn't leave many hooks lying around, so it would probably end up being a spaghetti-code mess unless I rewrote the whole thing. I'll have to look, though.

TL;DR version: #1 is doable. #2 is there for a reason. #3 is apparently not possible, and #4 may not be possible without rewriting the realtime script.

As for a dynamic watchlist function, I can probably do that without much trouble. I'll get back to you on it.

Hope this answered your questions. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sun, Jun 3 '12 0:50 (UTC)

Thank you! hardly too long to read. Thanks for describing the magnitude of the problem; I had assumed that all the Realtime widget did was add code to the page to pull a new copy every five seconds. Wikia might benefit from your insight as a coder, over mine as a user with a wish list, if you'd care to communicate with them. I am not indeed going to mark edits patrolled without looking at them; at the least, even the edits of a trusted user might need clerical post-edit (Romartus!); at best, anything I see might set me off in a new and worthwhile direction. By the way, marking a page creation as patrolled is for some reason a different procedure from marking an edit as patrolled, and I'm not up to speed on marking creations--sometimes I see the button and sometimes I don't. Spıke ¬ 01:59 3-Jun-12

On page-creation: when a new page is created and there are no subsequent unpatrolled edits, there is just a single "diff", and so the "patrol" link is easily visible. However, when a new page is created and there are subsequent edits, they are all grouped together. If you open the group and look at the first edit, you will find a "(patrol these changes)" link, which will patrol the page creation and the changes grouped with it. This is because the software doesn't supply an "[N] changes" link for changes on new pages. (Why, I would very much like to know.)

I haven't yet looked at the realtime code; if it really does just pull a new version of the page every five seconds, that wouldn't be too difficult to fix for.

As for Wikia...yech. Unless I were getting paid for it, I'd never want to work with them. My expertise lies in Javascript and XML/HTML, anyway, not the mediaWiki API. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sun, Jun 3 '12 2:31 (UTC) P.S. The realtime script is an add-on by VillajIdiot (sp), not a wikia-standard gadget, fur as I know. Most of our gadgets are like that. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sun, Jun 3 '12 2:35 (UTC)

The new legend "(patrol this page)" on an unpatrolled page creation does not seem to be inserted in the right place. I have the timestamp in a different font and your legend is picking up this font; your other patrol legends are in the same font as "diff" and "hist". Why does it appear any differently from the other "patrol" buttons? Spıke ¬ 02:37 4-Jun-12

That's probably because it's not part of Bizzee's legend. I can see it too and I'm not using any legends, gadgets or widgets. —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 02:47, 4 June 2012

SPIKE: not really sure, I've noticed it myself. I think there is a missing style definition in the site CSS for timestamps for new pages grouped with changes. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jun 4 '12 7:48 (UTC)

GermanPug

• Yep, it's from onlinewahn.de, there's much funny shit.--GermanPug was here! SPRICH, FREUND! 11:25, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

Letter to wikia

Just hilarious, I think it does its job pretty well! Want to clean it up/tweak it/format it before nomming it for VFH? :P Mattsnow 15:48, June 6, 2012 (UTC)

I usually don't vote on VFH, but I'll run to oppose this just as I opposed our recent nominee, UnNews:Someone did something to someone, I don't know, don't really feel like writing an UnNews, or whatever it was called. Our beef with Wikia is Inside Baseball. Our main page is our primary interface to the Real World and it should no more be used to posture about how we stood up to the Stinking Capitalists than on how Mr777 likes Bronies. FA should be on the sole basis of appeal to the reader, not to our egos. Spıke ¬ 00:05 7-Jun-12

What Spike said. I posted it here because, after I wrote the email, I thought it would make some people laugh, and that's my only aim here (that, and making sure the site isn't killed through stupidity). VFHing it would be navalism. Or navelism. One or the other. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jun 7 '12 0:56 (UTC)

Thank you, BB. Regarding navalism, if I thought you were old enough to ship out, I'd frickin' salute. Spıke ¬ 01:00 7-Jun-12

Actually, I think it's the other way around. I'm too old to ship out. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jun 7 '12 1:03 (UTC)

Rhode Island

What do you think about Anon changing the name of the state (but only to the beginning) to "Road Island"? I think it's kind of trite, but then again, I did the same thing in our article on El Humidor. Spıke ¬ 23:59 6-Jun-12

Rhode Island isn't famous for roads. It's famous for its hundreds of miles of shoreline, and the fact it's "not Massachusetts" and it's "not Connecticut". "Ha, ha, I'm so clever. 'Rhode' and 'Road' are homonyms!" Random random. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jun 7 '12 1:01 (UTC)

I will take that as a second, and do the right thing. Spıke ¬ 01:04 7-Jun-12

Woof! Woof!

Woofwoof-woof! Woof! Woofwoof woof! Woof-woof! Woof! —Lassie 16:39, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Meeow! MEEEOOOW!

Meowmeow Meow! Meeeow Mjaurn! Meow! Cat the Colourful (Feed me!) Zzz 16:42, 8 June, 2012 (UTC)

AAAAA! Talking animals! Git! ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jun 9 '12 2:41 (UTC)

Template:Infobox University

Would you care to do for this what you did for Template:Infobox Country, that is, make the fields optional? Needless to say, in typical use, many of them are unfunny, or omitted anyway, which at present looks ugly. Thanks. Spıke ¬ 13:25 15-Jun-12

Is it really necessary for that template to have an image_map in addition to an image? The wikipedia one doesn't. I did a javascript search, and it appears that 23 of the 57 pages that use that template use image_map. These are the pages... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jun 15 '12 15:07 (UTC)

I looked at a few at random; some that "use image_map" don't seem to have anything show up; your first citation uses it only as a holding place for a photograph that could go anywhere else. Imitation of Wikipedia should be the main criterion. Spıke ¬ 15:19 15-Jun-12

Yeah, the ones that don't display anything actually use the parameter, but leave it empty. I will get rid of it, then. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jun 15 '12 15:22 (UTC)

Without doubt your template work has cleaned up many of the articles that omitted the formerly required fields. But a more in-depth look at your 23 articles above reveals a treasure-trove of school-cruft. Starting with Clown Enema University, a long inside joke whose article can be retrieved only by readers who already know the punch line. Spıke ¬ 21:01 16-Jun-12

Ay-yup. Go ahead and {{Fix}} the ones that need fixing, and {{VFD}} the irredeemable ones. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jun 16 '12 21:58 (UTC)

If you would place on my userpage a list of all pages that use {{Infobox University}} (with or without image_map), I'll get started. Spıke ¬ 02:48 17-Jun-12

Just go here. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sun, Jun 17 '12 16:15 (UTC)

Guess I could have done that; I was hoping for a list that I could edit as I dispose of them. At any rate, the first nom is in on VFD. Spıke ¬ 16:41 17-Jun-12

Oh, ok, sorry. Lol. Here ya go....I don't know where you want me to put 'em, so C&P wherever, and then delete the above. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sun, Jun 17 '12 16:52 (UTC)

Thanks, I did. Prime candidates are high schools (mainly because they have high-school humor) and foreign ones. Electoral College, by comparison, is in good shape. My personal schoolcruft reclamation project, Michigan Technological University, doesn't use the template at all. Spıke ¬ 17:02 17-Jun-12

And that's why I'm going to add {{Infobox caution}} to all the infoboxes...eventually. They rarely bring anything good to an article here. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sun, Jun 17 '12 17:04 (UTC)

Their use may help a page superficially resemble Wikipedia, which I'm all for; but the implication that you need to fill out every field indeed needs to be fought through education. Spıke ¬ 17:19 17-Jun-12

on a more serious note

could you make regular graphs of who is actually patrolling edits, that way we'll know who to be grumpy at. I've also just finished patrolling back to the start of this month so its going good thus far :) ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 03:53, June 16, 2012 (UTC)

You are welcome to be grumpy at me. Spıke ¬ 03:55 16-Jun-12

Ok ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 03:57, June 16, 2012 (UTC)

Frosty: updated for just this month. Let me know if ya need anything else. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jun 16 '12 5:28 (UTC)

Cool, having updated stats every month would be cool. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 05:56, June 16, 2012 (UTC)

I'll put together a script for that. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jun 16 '12 15:40 (UTC)

face book share/like button

Hey Bizzeebeever...you are like...totally the most coolest awsome guy in the world of awsomeness! Seriously...you rock...and you are so cool. Man...I wish I was as rocking as you are you cool awsome babe magnet!

Hey...remember those five thousand favours I've done for you...this week alone? Well its time to call in the favour back!

It would be really nice if we could get the facebook share button working. Aparantly the old one was broken (maybe because of all the code this site is based on...I don't know). According to Zombie Baron you are a coding genius...so maybe you could help?

If the site can't have a generic share button on the skin, would you know how to put share buttons on specific pages? I tried the following two methods, to no success.

http://help.wikia.com/wiki/Help%3ASharing

http://developers.facebook.com

I copied the code on the developers.facebook onto the wiki, but it doesn't read that code, maybe because the wiki code is not the same as website code? As for the help.wikia I have no idea how to access those tools. I've also dropped a line with Jack Phoenix and Olipro...but I have a feeling you'll beat them too it...you sexy hunk you (shabidoo flutters his eyelashes). xoxoxox --ShabiDOO 18:17, June 18, 2012 (UTC)

First off, flattery will get you nowhere. Second, I believe Lyrithya had a "sharing" tab set up for the site, but...took it down?...because it broke. I can certainly give it the old college try, but it would have to wait until after the PLS, because, believe it or not, I actually want to win a couple of categories. Any sharing buttons would best be added through the site interface itself, which only an admin can fiddle with. I guess the TL;DR version of what I'm saying is "I'll get back to you on it." :D  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jun 18 '12 18:27 (UTC)

My god Bizzeebeever, you are simply incredible. You're never ending escapade of pure awsomeness is without limit, is without stop. We are so lucky to have such a spectacular person like you on our wiki to brighten our days with phenomenal fantasticness! --ShabiDOO 19:10, June 18, 2012 (UTC)

To the left, and faster. Oh, yes. That's it. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jun 18 '12 19:13 (UTC)

Nav Templates Gone Wild

On the bottom of pages such as Mexico, nav templates are proliferating out of control. This page has one for North American countries (there is a separate one for Central American countries), followed by one for Countries of the World. And they look dissimilar. Perhaps there should just be one, with the ability to conditionally display a selected region as a sort of zoom-in. Spıke ¬ 20:41 18-Jun-12

I guess I'm confused. You thinking we should make a new navbox? Or redesign the old one(s)? Or merge them? Are you looking for a list of pages which use more than one navbox?  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jun 18 '12 21:09 (UTC)

The North American one looks junky, and includes Turkey, which is further from North America than ever. Just sayin' you should take a look at them, if you feel like it. Spıke ¬ 21:16 18-Jun-12

How many country navboxes are there? If you could list a few of them, that might help. I'll go see what Wikipedia does. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jun 18 '12 21:28 (UTC)

I'm not talking about single-country nav templates, such as the one I created recently for {{India}}, but the world nav templates. Just look at the bottom of Mexico and see if you think there is a problem. Spıke ¬ 22:48 18-Jun-12

I've tweaked {{North America}} a bit. But the thing that Wikipedia does, when it has to have more than one nav template at the end of a page, is to have each of them use hide/show and turn into one-liners until the user expands them. Spıke ¬ 00:17 19-Jun-12

I know you're not talking about the single-country stuff, and I did look at Mexico. That *is* one runaway template blob. I think if we tackle it, we should make a single template which is divided up into sections along continents, and then make it so that the continent germane to the current article is the only one expanded by default. Whattya think? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, Jun 19 '12 1:07 (UTC)

Er, that seems a bit ambitious, when I consider that there are 200+ actual countries, and no end of made-up ones on this site. But I still like the idea of there being a single template. Thoughts? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, Jun 19 '12 1:12 (UTC)

That is what I was getting at; the goal being to present the user with options he might want, but to avoid bewildering him by confining the initial display to the most likely ones. This is not urgent, just a way to better organize the site that you might act on. Spıke ¬ 01:20 19-Jun-12

What continent should we put fake countries on? And what dictates whether or not an article on a country makes it to the template? Maybe only high-quality, or better yet, featured fake countries? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, Jun 19 '12 1:30 (UTC)

The continent they claim to pertain to? And the discretion of the template writer? Had not thought this through entirely. However, clearly, some of the articles should be occluded until the reader requests them; and the approach ought to be unified through all articles that claim to be about a country of the world. Spıke ¬ 01:40 19-Jun-12

Roger that. I'll toss something together in a day or a week or so. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, Jun 19 '12 3:00 (UTC)

Minor shit you better take care of fast!

I added 2 articles on the resident evil template, and it created a space under and above the pic as you can see:

Can it be fixed so the pic fills it up? Also, if you want to read the Resident Evil: Outbreak one, I just wrote it. Thanks, Mr. Beever! :P Mattsnow 23:13, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

Nice shot! Mattsnow 04:39, June 25, 2012 (UTC)

Oh good.

You're on recent changes. I was worried you might have burnt to death in the inferno currently engulfing your state. -RAHB 05:53, June 28, 2012 (UTC)

The fires are *cough cough* many miles *cough cough* away from me. But it's awesome that you could take the time to pretend to care about me. I feel so loved! ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jun 28 '12 6:03 (UTC)

Template:Worst100

The initial paragraph of prose follows the local rule for BODY because it does not begin with P.

This template is somehow unbalanced in a way that makes the following paragraph render strangely, given my local standing orders. (I usually get this effect when someone puts an illustration in-line in a paragraph without hard returns, which keeps MediaWiki from emitting <P>.) Could you investigate? Spıke ¬ 18:21 29-Jun-12

Fixed? If-not, screen-shot! ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jun 29 '12 23:11 (UTC)

Not fixed. The initial paragraph (above the TOC) does not start with <P>; it does when I remove {{Worst100}}. A screen shot would just be confusing, as I have a different local rule for BODY from P. It won't look this bad on anyone else's screen. Spıke ¬ 23:53 29-Jun-12

Indulge me. Oh, and tell me this: what page is it fucking up on? And does another template directly follow it?

Because without a screenshot, I have, y'know, like, no freaking idea what's going wrong. Trying to fix a problem on your computer without having any idea what it even looks like is like trying to masturbate an elephant in a dark room filled with warm rubber hoses. I might grab the right one by accident, but it's ...not very likely.  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jun 29 '12 23:59 (UTC)

A truly inspiring analogy that can only be the result of experience. Here it is. Spıke ¬ 02:34 30-Jun-12

I haven't been in a dark room with an elephant since your mother propositioned me. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jun 30 '12 3:22 (UTC)

Your "bug solver" change corrects the display here, and indeed the first paragraph now starts with <P>. Spıke ¬ 03:41 30-Jun-12

I'll give you $0.01 US if you can guess why. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jun 30 '12 3:42 (UTC)

I would resent this if I had not spent a large part of yesterday evening riddling my cohorts on how the catcher dropped strike three but ended the inning by taking a single step. My guess will be that the template contains an unmatched <nowiki> tag, though that does not explain why the same thing happens when there is an inline [File:...] embedded in the paragraph. Am dying to know the real cause. Spıke ¬ 03:57 30-Jun-12

If there had been an unclosed <nowiki> tag, I would have fixed that. No, the problem...

(drum roll.....)

...is that your rewrite puts a [[link]] at the beginning of a line. And MediaWiki gets confused when it sees that, because its parser is a retarded mess consisting of thirty gerbils in a bag, and a fifteen-thousand-character regular expression. Sticking a <nowiki/> at the beginning of the line effectively slaps it in the face and says "Yo! Paragraph here, fucker!"

Ta-da! That simple. I figured it out so quickly because...none of the other articles that use that template had the same problem.

Anyway, too bad you couldn't figure it out. I had a new-minted, fresh, shiny copper penny from the Denver mint, just a-layin' here on my keyboard. But my dog just ate it. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jun 30 '12 4:07 (UTC)

P.S. The bases were loaded when the catcher dropped the ball, so he took one step forward and put his foot on the plate to force the runner from third, who, by rule, became a runner when the ball was dropped? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jun 30 '12 4:13 (UTC)

Thank you for the answer. I can always rephrase stuff to avoid this. Meanwhile, don't revert your PS; that is exactly what happened. Some of us with scorecards write: KFC. Spıke ¬ 04:24 30-Jun-12

Tasty. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jun 30 '12 4:35 (UTC)

A similar bug occurs (and <P> is not emitted) when I comment at the bottom of certain users' talk pages, such as User talk:ChiefjusticeDS, and until someone else posts below me. Why for? Spıke ¬ 12:10 2-Jul-12

Diffs or it didn't happen. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jul 2 '12 12:47 (UTC)

You are onto something; it didn't happen in the previous rev. I'll experiment with a NOWIKI in my signature. 12:52 PS--Nothing simple works. Is it a result of having a SPAN in a wikilink (to override the link color)? Spıke ¬ 13:03 2-Jul-12

I did some tests. Pretty sure it's not your sig, or anything about your edit. If you can come up with other examples, I might be able to track it down, but as it's not a particularly important issue, it's probably just best to assume "fuck MediaWiki". ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jul 2 '12 13:36 (UTC)

Only other chronic case, again, is when someone embeds [File:...] in a paragraph without hard returns. 14:49 2-Jul-12 PS--I took all the wiki-code out of my signature and it still does it--perhaps only on user talk pages that have categories? Also, the link you placed on my user talk page cannot be what you want me to look at, can it? Spıke ¬ 14:46 3-Jul-12

Yeah, no, it wasn't. >.< Anyway, about the wiki-code, as you can see, it isn't your signature. Can't you just accept that MediaWiki is a giant pile of pig-slop? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, Jul 3 '12 15:16 (UTC)

Me???

I came back??? (what???, how???, huh??? everything is a smeared hazy blur)... But seriously, I never really left; I still stop in once in a great while just to enjoy seeing how other people mangle, manhandle, and otherwise abuse improve upon my deeply cherished articles of yore. DW ^III 13:42, June 30, 2012 (UTC)

irc

I cannot connect at the minute, I'll be back on later. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 09:59, July 2, 2012 (UTC)

Changed my sig

Are you happy? User:Matthlock/sig2 19:56, July 3, 2012 (UTC)

I...uh...I...who told you I hated your old one? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Wed, Jul 4 '12 1:21 (UTC)

Last christmas...

...I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away. :(

--ShabiDOO 20:45, July 3, 2012 (UTC)

0.o

Really

You should read my reply on my talk page. My most profound thanks! Mattsnow 04:48, July 4, 2012 (UTC)

Curious

Javascript function:getDiffSinceMyEdit('Page name',true) - Can you add a link to Watchlist/Related changes/recent changes? (Or if there's a getDiffSinceILastVisitedThisPageEvenIfIHaveNeverEditedIt that'd be better, but I don't know of one.) --Nominally Humane! 03:07 05 Jul 03:07, July 5, 2012 (UTC)

0_o

Does that function already exist somewhere, or do I have to write it, too? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jul 5 '12 3:16 (UTC)

The first one does, but I'm not sure where. I stumbled across it when I added Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups The second one might, but it's an iffy one. I noticed in Wikia emails they give an option of "See changes since last visit." This means there is a record of when a logged in user last visits a particular page. Where that is I'm not so sure. --Nominally Humane! 02:04 06 Jul 14:04, July 6, 2012 (UTC)

Just for clarification on that last bit - I have only seen something like that with the wikia mail. I've been looking for it for ages via other means and not come across it yet. --Nominally Humane! 02:08 06 Jul 14:08, July 6, 2012 (UTC)

Whew, that's one fancy script. We already have it, it appears. It also appears that the installation here is messed up, because when I turn it on in my preferences, nothing happens. Try putting this code in your [skin].js file, and then refresh your cache (actually, you only need refresh your browser's cached version of your [skin].js file):

importScript( "MediaWiki:Gadget-popups.js" )
importStylesheet( "MediaWiki:Gadget-navpop.css" )

 ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jul 7 '12 5:58 (UTC)

Help a crusty old fogey

I know you used to be able to +1 and Like and Share and all sorts of shit by pressing a button on the tab before. Do you remember what happened? And also is there a way to look at how many times an article has been shared on social media, a la the little box that Dinosaur Comix has? If not, we should make a little box like that.– Preceding unsigned comment added by Thekillerfroggy (talk • contribs)

First off, sign your posts noob. Second: Yeah, yeah, yeah, get in line, I got other shit needs fixin' first. Sheesh, this place is turning into a JOB.

Now: short answers because I ain't got any others:

1. what happened to it? Somebody broke it and then Somebody removed it. Or it broke itself. At any rate, it's gone.
2. Is there a way? Sure, there are javascript tidbits all over the Internet for listing the number of times a page has been "faved" on social networks. We could probably rip off Dinosaur Comics' plugin. If you want it, wait your turn and maybe it'll get done in a week or so, before I lose my Internet access. (Unless you just want it for yourself, in which case, fuck off, I'm not doing any more requests.)

Anyway, yeah. If you want a badge/button/bunch of buttons that hang down off of the toolbar ^^ up there, submit your request vv here. Thansk. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jul 5 '12 5:43 (UTC)

I have no buttons to request. I'd just like to say... Wooo! Dinosaur Comics! —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 22:20, 5 July 2012

How would you like to participate in a forum I've created?

Forum:Are you a Matthlock? User:Matthlock/sig2 20:34, July 5, 2012 (UTC)

patrol script

Wikia has decided to update its version of MediaWiki to the latest version. It seems that your patrol script no longer works, could you please try and fix it? Thanks. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 01:41, July 11, 2012 (UTC)

DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS it appears my browser fucked up there. Never mind. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 01:51, July 11, 2012 (UTC)

Never say that you suck cocks unless you want to be propositioned. (By the way, I have a cousin. He likes boys. You interested?) ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Wed, Jul 11 '12 6:37 (UTC)

I stole your idea

haha (also if I get banned for that it is so your fault) ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 08:05, July 11, 2012 (UTC)

Well played, sir. Well played. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Wed, Jul 11 '12 8:16 (UTC)

As I said, everything is your fault. Also you should irc. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 08:17, July 11, 2012 (UTC)

Evil cop

Sir, have you seen this boy? User:Matthlock/sig2 18:31, July 11, 2012 (UTC)

Son of a....

That issue I had off site with repeated edits to a page. It looks as though the exported files from Mediawiki v1.19 are subtly different to those from v1.16, so that it will import the same revision multiple times when going into v1.12. Which explains that lovely history we were looking at the other day. (older one v newer one.)

Also, I've started going back through the unpatrolled edits, but without quite the same fervour as I was earlier. I know you created a patrol grouped thingy, but it was still in infancy when I was taking my enforced sabbatical. Have you got a "how to" for it? --Nominally Humane! 02:33 13 Jul 02:33, July 13, 2012 (UTC)

And if you really want to show your excitement at patrolling edits, there's always this. --Nominally Humane! 05:52 13 Jul 05:52, July 13, 2012 (UTC)

The way to include my script is the same as the old way (I think, can't remember). It's pretty much done (for now):

importScript( "User:Bizzeebeever/scripts/patrol.js" );
//put this line in your <skin>.js file and then refresh your cache

Each unpatrolled edit shows up with a "patrol" link; grouped edits have a single "patrol these changes" link; and changes to new, unpatrolled pages have a "patrol all changes to this page" link which you can find by expanding the group and looking for the initial (page-creating) edit. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jul 14 '12 2:37 (UTC)

Ah - I had grouped edits turned off, so was missing a couple of things. That should make things a little easier. Should be able to now patrol an entire page history for pages that are now good (like features, user pages/talk pages, etc). Nominally Humane! 03:38 14 Jul

Some things are inevitable. Nominally Humane! 07:08 14 Jul

Death? Is that you? You better not be bringing a 1040EZ again. I WILL SHIT IN YOUR BONES, YOU FUCKER. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jul 14 '12 7:10 (UTC)

you

should irc more. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 08:20, July 15, 2012 (UTC)

and stay there? ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 08:23, July 15, 2012 (UTC)

You win!

	Potatochopper of the Month June 2012

Xamralco didn't think POTM as important enough to archive. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 09:29, July 15, 2012 (UTC)

Am I wrong?

Because I thought I was actually being polite about those edits, and my responses to him. I'm starting to forget that he's new and starting to think of him as a nuisance, so I'm backing off. But am I being unintentionally rude or is he over-reacting? Nominally Humane! 12:29 15 Jul

He's a complete douche knob spazz whose brain is, as-yet, incapable of distinguishing when he's being a douche, and someday soon, it may result in his getting a real good stomping from some guy who has the power to ban his ass, is my opinion. So I would just back away from him slowly, let his energy peter out, and then revert his edits. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sun, Jul 15 '12 12:40 (UTC)

I forgot to mention that I would love to beat the shit out of all the newbies. Am I going to hell for that? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sun, Jul 15 '12 12:44 (UTC)

Also, I guess he's not actually a vandal, after all, so, eh...disregard that? Anyway, good times. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jul 16 '12 6:50 (UTC)

File:Acme anvil testing.jpg

Some n00bs are worth listening too. Nominally Humane! 06:27 19 Jul

When they're polite, are eager to follow the rules, and have generally good ideas? Fuck yeah. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jul 19 '12 9:35 (UTC)

Beer plz

It got deleted, in your face! ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 06:57, July 19, 2012 (UTC)

I think you're the guy who did the script that makes patrolling edits a lot less of a pain in the ass?

If so, it ain't been working since the mediawiki upgrade for me. Gotta go into the revisions to patrol again, hence I don't patrol again. -- T​K​F​​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​UU​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​CK 09:28, July 19, 2012 (UTC)

What browser are you using (full version, etc)? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jul 19 '12 9:37 (UTC)

Working fine here, btw. And I tend to switch between Safari on iPhone, latest Chrome at work, and Firefox and Opera at home. My preferences went screwy with upgrade though. Nominally Humane! 10:01 19 Jul

It also works for me. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 10:39, July 19, 2012 (UTC)

@TKF: Once again, let me know what browser you're using; I had to rework the script after the upgrade because the new API requires HTTP POSTs instead of GETs, so you might try doing a hard refresh of your cache (see here for instructions). Also, any javascript error messages that your browser spits out would be helpful. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jul 19 '12 12:09 (UTC)

retro week

BB. How are you? Ill let you nominate that page...if...you give me my share button for facebook. Nothing special...just a button that will let a user post the page on their wall. Can you do it? --ShabiDOO 15:01, July 19, 2012 (UTC)

I'm actually working on that, due to a request from TKF (up above, matter of fact). It may take a while, because I have to finish these country navboxes I was working on for SPIKE. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jul 19 '12 15:04 (UTC)

BUT I WANT IT NOW. NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW NOW NOW MOTHA FUCKA

GIMME MY BUTTON NIGGA --ShabiDOO 15:16, July 19, 2012 (UTC)

NO BUTTON FOR YOU!

NEXT! ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jul 19 '12 15:52 (UTC)

Some interesting stuff I learned at skool to-day

IP: N/A

Decimal: N/A

Hostname: N/A

ISP: N/A

Type: N/A

Assignment: N/A

Country: N/A

State/Region: N/A

City: N/A

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Area Code: N/A

Postal Code: N/A

Likes: Stalking admins

And so now I know. -- Sir Xam Ralco the Mediocre 19:35, July 19, 2012 (UTC)

Lullz i got ur dox ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jul 20 '12 1:01 (UTC)

Top secret pic

Sorry I haven't have the time to write much and use your pic, but I certainly will sooner or later and nom it then. BTW, was the great pic you did for the Mexico article featured? I hope so, but can't remember seeing it on the frontpage. Also, the title Why? Elephant never forget seems alright to me, since elephants is already taken (and it is a great one BTW! Mattsnow 01:09, July 20, 2012 (UTC)

Yep, the dude with the handgun and the sombrero was featured. Thank you thank you thank you for your praise, I really am flattered. Don't worry about rushing your writing, sometimes the best articles are the ones ya take six years to write. :)  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jul 20 '12 10:35 (UTC)

That box thing you're doing

How's it comin' along? -- T​K​F​​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​UU​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​CK 02:26, July 20, 2012 (UTC)

It's almost done, don't worry, I'll get to the facebook/twitter/stumbleupon/digg appliance. Sheesh. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jul 20 '12 10:36 (UTC)

No not Digg, reddit! Digg is dead, yo. -- T​K​F​​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​UU​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​CK 04:51, July 24, 2012 (UTC)

Whatever. Oh, also, you're needed on IRC for questioning. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, Jul 24 '12 5:56 (UTC)

Fade-in and fade-out

--such as when I expand or dismiss a detailed listing in the JavaScript extension to RecentChanges. Is this animation a result of my recent browser upgrade, or the MediaWiki upgrade, or is this some sorcery of yours? I am offended by my processor expending cycles on such Glitz. How do I turn it off, please? Spıke ¬ 16:22 22-Jul-12

Are you talking about when you expand a group of changes? I use Opera, and I'm not seeing any fade or animation; it's definitely not due to my code. I don't care for silly frills like that, but it is extremely easy to do with jQuery, so it's tempting to use. How to turn it off? There probably isn't a way.  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jul 23 '12 1:45 (UTC)

Yes, that is what I'm talking about. Thanks for the reply. Spıke ¬ 02:55 23-Jul-12

About the fade effect: I WAS WRONG, as detailed here (boy, do I feel stupid). Try putting this code in your <skin>.js file:

jQuery.fx.off = true;

If that doesn't work, try wrapping it in an onReady callback function, like so:

$( document ).ready( function() { jQuery.fx.off = true; } )

Hope this helps. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jul 23 '12 18:28 (UTC)

File:Lifetime 2012 Logo.png

Hey. How long would it take you to convert this to vector? (I can't access inkscape while at work.) Nominally Humane! 04:06 23 Jul

I guess about an hour or so? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jul 23 '12 5:10 (UTC)

Cool. Thanks! Nominally Humane! 05:12 23 Jul

You can get portable Inkscape, ya know. Runs from a flash drive, and all that jazz. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jul 23 '12 5:22 (UTC)

Company policy re using "unapproved" programs. I screw with the policy fairly heavily as is, so I try not to overdo it, as I don't want my access suddenly restricted. Oddly, Michael Jordan is restricted here, due to sex, whereas Censored isn't. Nominally Humane! 05:38 23 Jul

Fuck the Man. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jul 23 '12 6:02 (UTC)

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We need to talk now, something bad has occurred >_< ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 07:53, July 26, 2012 (UTC)

Sharebox

Works perfectly. Let's get it on the fast [track] to getting it integrated into our public CSS or however the fuck you do it. -- T​K​F​​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​UU​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​U​CK 16:23, July 26, 2012 (UTC)

Ok. Let me check with a couple of other people first for testing purposes, and I may also tweak the code a bit. I don't have any older browsers for testing, and I also don't have a Google+ account. I'll get back to you when they're done testing. Oh, and as a side question: are there any pages this shouldn't be included on? Right now, I've got it excluded from the MediaWiki and Special namespaces; however, might there be instances where you'd want to be able to share even them? (Such as a bug report to @wikia?) ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Jul 26 '12 21:02 (UTC)

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Box thing

@uncyclopedia is not an "official" twitter account. @Uncyclopaedia is EMCs version, and @uncyclopediaaaa is my unofficial account. Nominally Humane! 02:39 27 Jul

Balls. I fuckin' knew that. Goddamnit. See, this is why we TEST shit. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jul 27 '12 14:43 (UTC)

Personally - remove it. I rarely keep the details of where I got a link from. Link + title is sufficient as a general rule. Of course, I'm very drunk, so what do I know? Nominally Humane! 02:48 27 Jul

I'll probably keep it in, because (a) it's sorta standard, (b) the twitter account needs all the "pub" it can get, and (c) if you're still drunk (just to make sure, how many fingers am I holding up?), you should probably go to bed. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jul 27 '12 14:51 (UTC)

.One. Are you sure that's a finger. Nominally Humane! 02:59 27 Jul

Dude, you're wearing opaque goggles. This is bad. Have you been drinking wormwood liquor? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jul 27 '12 15:07 (UTC)

Hmmmm... Absinthe. Sadly, no. BTW retweeted once already. So far, good work. Nominally Humane! 03:13 27 Jul

As for my sobriety level - check out my twitter feed tonight. ;-) Nominally Humane! 03:21 27 Jul

BTW

It's time... and sorry for dumping it on you. Nominally Humane! 03:28 27 Jul

Yeahhhhhhhhhh...ok...well, if I'm going to convert THE ENTIRE SITE'S SCRIPTS, I'm going to need a list of things that used to work and aren't working anymore, and...oh, yeah, then I'm going to need administrative privileges, so I can fuck around with MediaWiki:Common.js. And I really don't want to do that. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jul 27 '12 15:32 (UTC)

And the alternative is...? Nominally Humane! 04:09 27 Jul

Uh...somebody else who's an admin does it? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jul 28 '12 1:52 (UTC)

That leaves us with a list of active admins, cross referenced with users who have strong js skills. Depending on your definition of "Active" that leaves us with Villaj, or the one whose name sounds like a mouthwash. Nominally Humane! 04:18 28 Jul

VillajIdeeut is an admin!?? Apparently he is...NOT. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jul 28 '12 4:22 (UTC)

Ah. This is a lovely creek. Wish we had a paddle. Nominally Humane! 04:29 28 Jul

Share box changes - much better interface. Nominally Humane! 02:52 28 Jul

Thanks. Keep trying it out, and it'll soon be in the site's main script. I may tidy it up a bit first, though. I tried to make it modular, so we could include more than one button on a page, and with different options, but that may be needlessly complex. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sun, Jul 29 '12 1:28 (UTC)

It does annoying things with the edit window active. Can we have it inactive on ?action=edit or ?action=submit pages. I can see a point (vaguely) on ?action=history, but on ?action=move could prove more problematic. Nominally Humane! 01:51 29 Jul

Done. Now go here, and then do a hard reload of that page only (SHIFT+F5 or CTRL+F5). Should be all you need to do. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sun, Jul 29 '12 2:26 (UTC)

As soon as I work out how to do a hard refresh on my phone, I'll be all over it! Nominally Humane! 03:02 29 Jul

FYI Nominally Humane! 11:53 29 Jul

Patrol log

I may be wrong, but this really seems off. It suggests that IPs are patrolling their own edits. Nominally Humane! 01:29 30 Jul

Yeah, only auto-patrolled people are able to patrol, but it's being mis-attributed in the log. Frosty is aware of it; I sent wikia an email about it, but they're...not gonna do anything. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jul 30 '12 3:38 (UTC)

Another issue... sigh! Nominally Humane! 04:05 30 Jul

Great work man!

Thanks for helping me out, I do like insanity! Thanks again! Cat the Colourful (Feed me!) Zzz 16:04, 3 August, 2012 (UTC)

No problemo. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Aug 4 '12 1:06 (UTC)

My love

Your share tab is awsome. I like the colour and placement. The only thing is, every time I go to scroll down, I usually hover the mouse over the tab (really quickly) and it opens up and stays opened. I suggest doing two things:

1. Unless the mouse stays in the vecinity of the tab, it should close back
2. Only open the tab with a click.

Or something like that. Otherwise its awsome and Im sure the community will be happy with it. --ShabiDOO 02:54, August 6, 2012 (UTC)

You're the second person who's said that; however, there's just one slight issue with hovering: if you try to move over the facebook or google+ bubble that pops up when you click them, the tab closes, and takes the bubble with it. I was going to make it click-only, but I thought with a mouseover, people would be more likely to actually use it. Oh, well. I'll see if I can fix it for hovering. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Aug 6 '12 3:24 (UTC)

Yes. Heartbreakingly frightening decisions have to be made, to ensure awsomeness. I'm sure whatever you do will be cool. Any idea of when it might be site wide enacted? --ShabiDOO 03:44, August 6, 2012 (UTC)

As soon as I get stoopit bugs like this worked out of it. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Aug 6 '12 3:49 (UTC)

When you are finished I will give you a great reward. --ShabiDOO 04:01, August 6, 2012 (UTC)

Received your info on Garfield

But all those links just lead to faster download apps.  No downloadable fonts.  Explain. – Preceding unsigned comment added by FlameHorse (talk • contribs) 02:42, August 6, 2012

Please add new sections to the bottom of talk pages. Nominally Humane! 05:36 06 Aug

Busted script bis

Derived from a previous discussion above

A script on RecentChanges is busted. Takes forever to run, finally asks me if I want to abort out, and never gets to your work (unless it's your work that is failing). Script: http://slot2.wikia.com/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=jquery%2Cmediawiki&only=scripts&skin=uncyclopedia&version=20120723T142300Z&*:106 Spıke ¬ 14:40 23-Jul-12

That's weird. That appears to be our new version of jQuery. I have no idea how to fix it, but you can probably #BlameWikia.  ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Mon, Jul 23 '12 18:28 (UTC)

The RecentChanges script no longer takes so long that Mozilla thinks it has hung, but it's still damned slow. Spıke ¬ 14:40 26-Jul-12

Time to upgrade the IBM 386, dude. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jul 27 '12 15:13 (UTC)

I only have two of those and neither one is on the Internet. My browser is at 1GHz or so. My RecentChanges is set to 200 entries and, depending on the quality of the connection, the above script still times out before it gives me any way to patrol changes. Spıke ¬ 00:19 11-Aug-12

Since the first time you asked, I discovered that the issue is caused by the new "enhanced recent changes" implementation. It uses the custom plugin jQuery.makeCollapsible(), which works OK for things like navboxes, but when it's used on 200 or more elements, it's garbage. I've heard complaints about it from numerous people, including Wikipedia members. The fix is really, really simple: remove the mw-collapsible CSS class from ChangesList.php, write a new style rule, and then write a new onclick handler using jQuery.live(). However, as we don't have server access, there's no way for me to fix it directly. Another idea: I might be able to hack jQuery.makeCollapsible() to ignore recentChanges elements, since it waits until document.ready to loop through the page. No promises, though. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Aug 11 '12 8:39 (UTC)

Screwing with my brain!

http://patriciopalladino.com/blog/2012/08/09/non-alphanumeric-javascript.html Nominally Humane! 05:45 12 Aug

Nice. Pointless but interesting. I shall file it away in my circular file cabinet, for future reference. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Aug 17 '12 0:26 (UTC)

Do we need to have a point? By the way, you should have a look at a recent exchange on my talk page. You may find it interesting. Nominally Humane! 12:41 17 Aug

Which one? The one about...uh...DPL...with that Lyrithya person? ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Aug 17 '12 1:02 (UTC)

Yah. Although my autocorrect keeps changing her/his/it's user name to Lysteria now for some reason. Nominally Humane! 03:13 17 Aug

RE: #homochats

Hello, Bizzeebeever. You have new messages at Mike the Great's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

only minus the part where I left a message. that's coming up next episode – Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike the Great (talk • contribs)

I see you are a Nominated User, so you probably can help me. Which Lisence should I choose, for an own-made picture?--Sinner George (talk) 19:24, August 31, 2012 (UTC)

Help! I need somebody. Help!

I see you are a Nominated User, so you probably can help me. Which Lisence should I choose, for an own-made picture?--Sinner George (talk) 19:25, August 31, 2012 (UTC)

If you want to publish your picture without restricting anyone's use of it, "Release all rights" will do. If you want to attach conditions, such as that users acknowledge it as your work, one of the Licenses in the list may be right, but I'll leave details on that to others. Spıke ¬ 20:45 31-Aug-12

Also Bizzeebeever is currently inactive. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 23:44, August 31, 2012 (UTC)

EWWWWW

that "loving me" sounds horrible and disgusting! ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 23:26, September 14, 2012 (UTC)

It only hurts if you fight it, Frosty. Relax and let it happen. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Sep 14 '12 23:28 (UTC)

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