User:Moviesign/ArchiveTalk2017

Archives: 2011, 2012, 2013–14, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

As of this date, there are 21,352 articles on the FR Wiki. and my edit total was 24,123/24,861 depending on which number you believe. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 15:23, January 2, 2017 (UTC)


 * Very nice! Here's to a productive 2017! Artemaz (talk) 15:37, January 2, 2017 (UTC)

Category Rename Request
Can you use your bot magic to rename Category:Nar organizations to Category:Nar tribes please? ~ Lhynard (talk) 04:31, May 19, 2017 (UTC)


 * Done! Let me know if you find any problems. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 13:36, May 19, 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks! ~ Lhynard (talk) 20:48, May 19, 2017 (UTC)

Featured Wiki Videos
Hey Moviesign. Julia here :) from Fandom's Community team. By now you may have seen our announcement about Wiki Modernization and how we're using featured wiki videos to reduce the number of ads on the site and improve the performance of all Fandom wikis.

As we move forward we plan to have wiki videos in many communities, with Forgotten Realms wiki being a candidate for videos. If you are interested in which video types we might use you can find some great examples in this blog post. If we start producing videos we may reach out to you, other admins, and users to be involved in writing video scripts or being part of the production process.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! Springteufel (talk) 13:14, May 23, 2017 (UTC)

Slack
Hey, not sure if you're interested, but I'm hoping to set up a bit more of a community feel around the wiki moving forwards, so I've set up a Slack group. Unfortunately it needs email addresses to invite people, so I've set up a form to anonymously collect them. If you are interested, would be great if you can fill out https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoVCqUNSPCKTp77IxhwMDyIQ4UGVoB1AP0MM15agNUZsU94Q/viewform and leave your email so that I can send an invite! Fw190a8 (talk &middot; contr) 09:44, July 8, 2017 (UTC)

Links to Dragon+ PDF versions
In response to the comment you left on User_talk:Ir'revrykal, you mentioned that initially you could not find a PDF link to articles in Dragon+ magazine, but then you found one, but you didn't say where the link was. I cannot find a PDF link anywhere. I'd rather link to a PDF than the crazy online version. Would you mind sharing on my talk page how you managed to find the PDF link for any given issue? Fw190a8 (talk &middot; contr) 22:54, July 8, 2017 (UTC)

Primordial template
Hi, Movie. If I'm not drunk (and I'm pretty sure, I'm not at the moment), I remember it was you who made (or remade?) the primordial template... Even if not, you're the one who can help me with this, as you're pretty good with templates.

To the point, I was re-reading the Primordial list in Heroes of the Elemental Chaos, and I noticed that this list includes a "status section", stating the current whereabouts of each primordial on the list (Dead, dormand, free, etc). Can you edit the Primordial template to include the status of each primordial in the wiki? Thanks in advance.--Zero (talk) 18:46, August 23, 2017 (UTC)


 * Sure! It will actually be easy since Primordial just calls Deity with a special parameter. I will expand Primordial to include all the Deity fields, which includes power (and power1e, power2e, etc.) which we have been using to indicate either their power level (greater, intermediate, and lesser, usually) or "Dead". We could re-purpose that field for Primordials, or would you like a new, additional field for status? &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 00:29, August 24, 2017 (UTC)


 * I guess, the status field would need to be its own thing, as primordials have status such as "free," "bound," or "dormant," besides dead.--Zero (talk) 21:55, August 24, 2017 (UTC)


 * Done! Give it a whirl let me know if you encounter any problems. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 02:57, August 25, 2017 (UTC)

A favor
Hi, Movie. I have another favor to ask you. Can you help me (or point me out to a tutorial on how) to export some tags to the Points of Light? I can give you the permissions you need for such stuff. Thanks and awaiting for your answer!--Zero (talk) 07:33, September 24, 2017 (UTC)


 * I think anyone can export using the export tool, but you have to be an admin to do the import. I presume you want to import some stuff to the CKW? If you give me a list of pages, and/or categories I can do that for you. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 13:34, September 24, 2017 (UTC)

Missing user profiles
Hello! Since some days my user profile page is not displayed when I try to open it, as well as a few others like User:Zeromaru X. Do you have any idea why or maybe even a solution? Thank you very much! Daranios (talk) 20:10, November 4, 2017 (UTC)


 * The User new pages template seems to be the problem. I have commented it out on your profile and on Zero's profile, but I left it on Eli's page because I submitted a bug report to FANDOM about this. Hopefully they will take a look at it and let me know if it will be fixed or going to stay broken. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 01:03, November 5, 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks for taking a look at this and making the profile visible again! It would be great if the template could be made to work again (it's strange that it worekd fine before and now doesn't, but well, it's computers, so why am I surprised). Daranios (talk) 13:17, November 5, 2017 (UTC)


 * They fixed the problem in last night's patch, so your profiles should be visible again. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 19:13, November 7, 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot! Everything is back to normal. Daranios (talk) 15:57, November 8, 2017 (UTC)

The problem seems to have come back, but it's actually a different problem. The fix has already been found and should be deployed with Monday's update. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 14:44, November 17, 2017 (UTC)

AutoWikiBrowser
Hi Movie. Are you having any luck with AWB? I'm using the latest version, 5.9.0.0, freshly downloaded and installed and just about nothing works. The most common error I'm getting now, even right on start-up, is "Network access error: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send." There doesn't seem to be much online discussion on the problem, and what there is isn't helpful. — BadCatMan (talk) 09:50, November 18, 2017 (UTC)


 * I ran it (5.9.0.0) a few hours ago, categorizing all those years pages for User:Daranios, and it worked just fine. When you spoke about having trouble earlier, I asked in the Community Council if anyone else was having trouble with AWB, and no one said yes and maybe one or to nos. When you launch the program, does it say http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com in the lower right corner? If not, you could try the "Reset to original default settings" in the File menu and start all over, I suppose. It's possible that your firewall settings have changed, either on your computer or by your ISP. Did you install or update any virus scanning or system protection software recently? I will ask about your error and see if anyone has a suggestion or a solution. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 15:01, November 18, 2017 (UTC)


 * It's reverted to Wikipedia, but I get the error messages during start up, log in (when I can log in), and going to Preferences to change the wiki, and I can't even get into Preferences to do that. I don't use it often enough to know what the cause might be, but my virus scanner did do an update the other day. I switched off virus scanners and firewall, but it didn't help anything.


 * So, on start-up, after "Network access error – The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send." I get "Error connecting to wiki – Received an unexpected EOF or 0 bytes from the transport stream." followed by another "Network access error". On log in, I get "User check problem – Check page failed to load. Check your Internet is working and that the Wikipedia servers are online." — BadCatMan (talk) 15:49, November 18, 2017 (UTC)

Violine
Why did you add the Wikipedia link again? It really has no business being on that page. - Erik the Mad (talk) 00:40, December 12, 2017 (UTC)


 * It would help to explain the problem before arguing about it. I'm not Movie, but I've looked into the issue. I've taken the discussion to Talk:Violine. — BadCatMan (talk) 01:09, December 12, 2017 (UTC)