User talk:Grunny

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Question
Hello Grunny,

I've made two edits before I registered. Is it possible that to show them that I've made them? I've edited Salazar Slytherin's Locket and Obliteration Charm. I've added the third the third subject to known Obliteration Charm uses and I've just changed "the" to "that" in Salazar Slytherin's Locket that was used.

Enesquest 16:13, November 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Enesquest. It's not possible to have those edits attributed to your account, but you can link to the contributions of the IP address you made them from on your user page. That is, if you're comfortable people knowing an IP address you have used. Hope that helps. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 10:12, November 20, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks.HermioneGranger123 11:19, November 20, 2010 (UTC)

Deathly Hallows Premiere Event Slideshow
Hi Grunny, I wanted to let you know that I just realized that no one can add their own pictures to the event slideshow on my blog post because blog posts can only be edited by staff and admins. I've copied the slideshow over to the Deathly Hallows Premiere Event page so people can add their pics there and comment on them. Please don't delete their comments! I am completely fine with you moving/archiving this page at the end of the month if you have a problem with it, but let's leave it up while everyone is attending the premiere. Thanks!-- Kacie (talk ) 01:16, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Grunny!
I was worried that something was up when he didn't reply to my latest email. I'll make up the page and let you all change it to whatever design you want. I also don't want to mess with your main navigation so I will make a note when I email the affiliates that it will be getting updated soon. If you and the other admins agree and update the navigation let me know :) Thanks! Babyjabba 03:32, November 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * Here is the page, feel free to reorganize/design away! http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Harry_Potter_Wiki:Affiliates
 * Looks Awesome! :)
 * Thanks for dealing with the affiliates page, Grunny; the fuzz is only just starting to clear :P - Cavalier One Gryffindorcrest.jpg( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 15:21, November 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * No worries, Cav :). Grunny  ( talk ) 23:18, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

Award
Glad I'm the person who give this to you ;) --Station7 15:50, November 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Station7 :). Grunny  ( talk ) 23:17, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

Facebook and Twitter
Okay, our official Facebook fan page and Twitter feed are up! Any SysOps who want admin access to either should let me know through the email function; the FB can have admins, while I will provide the Twitter log-in details to you (it is set up on a separate HPW exclusive account). Links are on the main page as well. - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 12:36, November 22, 2010 (UTC)

Monobook
Hey, quick question, you added the "create a page" to the side bar in monobook....how did you do that? I have my own Wikia I created for my recipes and I want to add it but i don't know how..... --BachLynn (Accio! ) 14:07, November 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * To change the sidebar in monobook, just create the page MediaWiki:Sidebar on your wiki, then edit it. When you create it, you will notice it will have default text which you can change. To add the create page link, I just added the line  under the navigation section. Hope that helps. Cheers,  Grunny  ( talk ) 23:00, November 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Very helpful, thank you!!! --BachLynn Gryffindorcrest.jpg(Accio! ) 00:25, November 23, 2010 (UTC)

FYI
Hey Grunny, not sure if you are on right now but just so you know I am about to do a major update to the main page. We really want to capitalize on the increased traffic from the premiere and the wizarding world contest so we are updating with more terms people are searching for. We are also testing out a slider if you all like it. Don't worry, I am not changing any of the templates and we are saving all of the old code.

I know that a lot of the material on the main page is voted on and if any users have concerns please let them know that this is only for a week, we still have all of the old info and will put it back to normal once some of the hubbub has died down.

I heard you all have been thinking about updating so hopefully this will give you a few ideas :) and not scare too many people. Shot me a message if you have any questions or concerns...Babyjabba 00:35, November 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * btw If you are around you can check out the slider here: http://kaciesandbox.wikia.com/wiki/KacieSandbox_Wiki

Vandal IP's
There's been several incidents of vandalism recently from the following IP's:
 * 62.171.194.38
 * 62.171.194.19
 * 62.171.194.6
 * 62.171.194.31

It's obvious this is the same person. Each IP has already been blocked for 3 months, but they can simply change it slightly and start vandalizing again. What are our options? - Nick O'Demus 15:51, November 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've rangeblocked the range they're using (62.171.0.0/16). It's school IPs. So now no IP in that range can edit for 3 months. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 23:27, November 25, 2010 (UTC)

Fix
I hope you can the category: Category:Death Eater defectors. Rubeus Hagrid appears as Lucius Malfoy and Neville Longbtoom appears Severus Snape. Another one: Category:Slytherins, Draco Malfoy appears as Lucius Malfoy, Category:Gryffindors, Lily Evans and James Potter appear as Albus Dumbledore. I hope you can fix it ;) --Station7 22:18, November 25, 2010 (UTC)

thank u u are so kind and nice i hope we can become friends on Wiki

FAN Locket
Hey Grunny,

I've been away for a couple of months, and I just saw you comments on the FAN for Salazar Slytherin's Locket. I will address them in the next couple of days. Thanks, --JKoch (Owl Me! ) 22:09, November 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * That's okay :). I'm going to be less active for the next two and a half weeks, so I might not see you've addressed it straight away, but I'll get to it as soon as I can :). Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 04:37, December 1, 2010 (UTC)

Checkin in!
Hey, hows it going? Its been pretty quiet...Just wanted to let you all know that we have a new slider (its easier for users to edit, Yay!) and I just switched it out. :) Babyjabba 00:03, December 3, 2010 (UTC)

Main page
Can we go ahead and switch back to our regular Features content now? - Nick O'Demus 11:42, December 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd ask Kacie/Babyjabba, to see if they're still running anything. About the page width changing in the new look, Wikia are regularly testing changes to the new look design by having people see some different changes, so that's probably why you saw a different width for a while. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 07:38, December 4, 2010 (UTC)

Wotcher!
Hey, do you know what is going on with the "Read More" sections that are appearing below articles, they aren't editable (in case it matters I'm viewing in monobook). Also, I've noticed that the photo captions are appearing beside the photos instead of below them (in thumb nails)..... --BachLynn (Accio! ) 15:58, December 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not seeing this. Can you link me to articles where you are seeing it? Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 07:53, December 8, 2010 (UTC)

Assistance
Hi, user 86.145.92.21 has posed some pretty big discussions on the Killing Curse page and the Unidentified Curse that Bellatrix used against Sirius in the book, the talk pages are getting pretty heated. Also as much as this user seems to quote policies, I'd also like to note that so far this user has only made numerous edits to talk pages, which I don't need to tell you is also against policy as he has made no edits to actual articles. --BachLynn (Accio! ) 17:18, December 8, 2010 (UTC)

Assistance
Hi, user 86.145.92.21 has posed some pretty big discussions on the Killing Curse page and the Unidentified Curse that Bellatrix used against Sirius in the book, the talk pages are getting pretty heated. Also as much as this user seems to quote policies, I'd also like to note that so far this user has only made numerous edits to talk pages, which I don't need to tell you is also against policy as he has made no edits to actual articles. --BachLynn (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="2" color="Purple">Accio! ) 17:22, December 8, 2010 (UTC)

Rollback
Hi Grunny,

I just learned about the rollback ability granted to some users. I just had a few questions. What exactly is the difference between the rollback ability and just clicking undo in the page's recent history? And how does a user get granted this ability?

Thanks, Texthawm   | To          Click Here  22:16, December 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * The difference between rollback and undo, is basically that with one click of the rollback button users with the rollback right are able to undo bad edits with one click. Whereas with undo, you have to click undo, then submit. Also, when viewing the most recent diff of a page, clicking undo will only restore to the previous revision. So if one user has made multiple bad faith edits (i.e. vandalism, spam, personal attacks, etc.), to undo it you would have to go to page history and revert back to the last good version of the page, but with rollback it reverts all those edits by a single user with one click. Note, that rollback should only be used on bad faith edits such as vandalism, spam and personal attacks.
 * To request rollback rights, add your name under Harry Potter Wiki:Requests for permissions with a statement as to why you think you should be granted the right, and if your edits show you are trustworthy enough to have the tool (we give it pretty freely here :-) ) then myself or another bureaucrat will grant you the rollback permission. Hope that helps, and let me know if you need any help. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 00:03, December 22, 2010 (UTC)

I have a question
What are some templates I can use? On a different wiki, I typed

(Character refering to just any random character... You actually had to type in a name)

And a pic on my page popped up saying I was a fan of that character. I tried to do that here with Luna Lovegood, but it didn't work. Could you help me with this?


 * You can find our userboxes at Category:Userboxes, and I think the one you are looking for is User Luna Lovegood. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 05:58, December 22, 2010 (UTC)

Hy Grunny
--Roselyn 20:46, December 30, 2010 (UTC)How can I make that thing whit blood purity, died , born and rest of it , on my page ?


 * I got it. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 20:49, December 30, 2010 (UTC)

Wikia look
Hi, I was wondering if you had any idea what has been going on with wikia the last couple of days, I usually keep my preference set to the MonoBook look but today it's been randomly switching over to the new look and I was wondering if they were getting ready to do away with the monobook look or something. --BachLynn23 00:21, January 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi BachLynn, the issues come from an upgrade of Wikia Wikis to a newer version of the MediaWiki software. There has been an issue with people's preferences being reset during the upgrade, which we hope to get fixed. They will not be getting rid of monobook. Sorry for these issues. You can read more about it here. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 03:05, January 13, 2011 (UTC)

Dear Admins,

I don't know who is doing what and who is still active here so I am sending this to all of you. There are a few users, mainly BachLynn23 and Rodolphus that keep changing pages here with untrue facts. I have amended the Slytherin Quidditch Team page with the info that there are no female players, as Rowling states so a few times in her books and in several interviews, on the team. I also took out the spoof names in the list on the right hand side.

Two minutes later that Rodolphus changed it, I corrected it, the user changed it. It is not right that fans and those seeking correct information get mislead on here with names that were created in a fanfiction or the users own mind and may think it happened making a fool of themselves with other fans during discussions.

I have messaged the user and asked to please stop but they did not react and just amended it again. Even putting on some of the pages "Spoof only" but this has now been taken out by BachLynn23.

Maybe you can make sure the page is correct and then have it so that no one can edit it anymore, or do something about this? I am a Harry Potter expert and know every fact that is given us from the books and the great athors interviews therefore I don't really think it is nice to have false information and made up people on here.

I hope you can take care of this in one way or another as I won't continue editing as I am not in kindergarten or pre-school and most certainly those users appear to be as they re-edit true information with false and misleading information.

Dear Admins,

I don't know who is doing what and who is still active here so I am sending this to all of you. There are a few users, mainly BachLynn23 and Rodolphus that keep changing pages here with untrue facts. I have amended the Slytherin Quidditch Team page with the info that there are no female players, as Rowling states so a few times in her books and in several interviews, on the team. I also took out the spoof names in the list on the right hand side.

Two minutes later that Rodolphus changed it, I corrected it, the user changed it. It is not right that fans and those seeking correct information get mislead on here with names that were created in a fanfiction or the users own mind and may think it happened making a fool of themselves with other fans during discussions.

I have messaged the user and asked to please stop but they did not react and just amended it again. Even putting on some of the pages "Spoof only" but this has now been taken out by BachLynn23.

Maybe you can make sure the page is correct and then have it so that no one can edit it anymore, or do something about this? I am a Harry Potter expert and know every fact that is given us from the books and the great athors interviews therefore I don't really think it is nice to have false information and made up people on here.

I hope you can take care of this in one way or another as I won't continue editing as I am not in kindergarten or pre-school and most certainly those users appear to be as they re-edit true information with false and misleading information.

Userbox Please?
Nick says you know a lot about coding and templates. On Jokes Wiki, I created one userbox, but I'm not sure how to do this one. I am trying to make one that says "This user enjoys rap music", but I can't seem to get it right, so I deleted it. Could you possibly help me, and maybe add a picture of Eminem? Thanks!

Mace170 17:56, January 23, 2011 (UTC)

Admin Request
Grunny,

I really love the Harry Potter Wiki and was wondering if you could make me an Administrator.

Thank you,

Head.Boy.Hog 22:50, January 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Administrator rights are given only to trusted, long-term users who have made significant contributions to the Wiki. I'd suggest you stick around for a while and make good contributions to the Wiki to be considered. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 00:10, January 24, 2011 (UTC)

Can I have a moment of your time
I couldn't help but notice that the Tamplets on each section were designed in a very unique way. I also noticed similar styles on other wikipedia (Such as the StarWars Wiki.) uhm, http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Dark_wizard_infobox. By any chance do you know if this is unique only to certain wiki? Or is there a way to configure the biography the same on other wikis as well? Because when I tried to use it, other than it appearing as does on the other wikis the bottom half is configured as a 'Square' shape. Do you get what I am trying to say? Like so:


 * Hi. You need to style the infoboxes using CSS, which can be found in our Common.css. We also use the templates Rt and Rb to give the rounded parts of our templates, with Rb being used at the bottom of our infoboxes. I hope that helps. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 23:38, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

You killer
Ya deleted ma freinds page:(

Block
Hey, Grunny, can you please block 90.196.210.168? He just made a personal attack against. Thanks. -- <font face="Gisha" color="red">Cubs Fan <font face="Gisha" color="white">(Talk to me)  08:23, February 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 08:57, February 20, 2011 (UTC)

Wikia Community Council
So I just finished with the first Wikia Community Council meeting, and apparently, a small group of people have been chosen for it, it's to talk about changes, new things, problems, etc. We'll get to test new features as they come out. It's going to meet once a month, and will have a wikia page I'll be a part of to communicate between meetings. So, that being said, if there is anything you would like me to bring to a meeting, problems you've had, ideas, etc. Please let me know. They've started this as a trial, a way to communicate more with the members of wikia. --<font face="Vivaldi" size="4" color="Purple" >BachLynn (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="2" color="Purple">Accio! ) 02:18, March 2, 2011 (UTC)

Login issue for new user
A new user left me this message about a login issue, but this isn't a problem I'm familiar with. I was hoping you could help. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 07:19, March 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * i created an account on another wiki (yay!!). the problem is when i try to login onto this wiki with the same account (i am pretty sure a user can use an account on multiple wikis) i keep on getting the same error message: There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Go back to the previous page, reload that page and then try again. help me!! Jacob 71.104.184.11 02:26, March 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey Nick. It's an issue with the servers that ops are working to fix. So, hopefully they should stop having log in issues soon :-). Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 08:40, March 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I'll let them know. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 09:09, March 2, 2011 (UTC)

Special:Upload in Wikia skin
Hey Grunny; just looked at the Special:Upload page in the Wikia skin, and in my view, the summary box is extremely small and bunched into the corner. Any idea if there's a fix for this, or if its just a local server issue on my end? - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 15:08, March 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey Cav. Can you send me a screenshot of what it looks like? Also, check Firefox's error console to see if anything is erroring for you. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 07:45, March 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Grunny; screenshot is here. As for the error console, mistakes currently attributed to the Special:Upload screen are:

Any thoughts? - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 08:45, March 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Unexpected token in attribute selector: ‘!’.
 * Error in parsing value for ‘top’. Declaration dropped.
 * Error in parsing value for ‘right’. Declaration dropped.
 * Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped.
 * Error in parsing value for ‘display’. Declaration dropped.
 * Unknown property ‘zoom’. Declaration dropped.
 * Error in parsing value for ‘top’. Declaration dropped.
 * Expected declaration but found ‘*’. Skipped to next declaration.
 * Unknown property ‘-moz’opacity’, Declaration dropped.
 * Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped.
 * Error in parsing value for ‘too’. Declaration dropped.
 * Error in parsing value for ‘top’. Declaration dropped.
 * Resolved on IRC. Grunny  ( talk ) 08:54, March 8, 2011 (UTC)

CSS help
Wotcher! I was wondering how versed you are in .css? I'm somewhat familiar with it, but it's been awhile and I'm rusty, I've been helping User:*Luna with the Hogwarts Roleplay Wiki, and I'm trying to change the background colours in the infoboxes (not the headers, but the background colour behind where all the information gets filled in). Any ideas? --<font face="Vivaldi" size="4" color="Purple" >BachLynn (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="2" color="Purple">Accio! ) 01:34, March 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Assuming they are set up with the same classes ours is:

.infobox td.infoboxlabel, .infobox td.infoboxcell { background-color: Blue; }
 * Replacing "Blue" with whatever colour you want. Hope that helps. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 07:57, March 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Worked! Thanks so much! --<font face="Vivaldi" size="4" color="Purple" >BachLynn Gryffindorcrest.png(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="2" color="Purple">Accio! ) 14:52, March 8, 2011 (UTC)

Wiki suggestions
HI Grunny, thanks for your message. With Harry Potter DH Part II coming out soon, we at wikia are interested in spotlighting the film on the main page and also, in general, we'd love to help you continue to grow the wiki and have some ideas to that affect. Among some of our internal suggestions are:


 * Giving the main page a new background. Just to change things up a bit and keep the look fresh.


 * Changing the Quote of the Week to a random quote generator that will automatically keep the quotes updated.


 * Categorising the pages with no category. Making more use of the 1,000 photos that are not being used.


 * Adding more content to the Daily Prophet News page (such as the recently released HP DH 2 online game).


 * Reaching out to more affiliates to get more links set up which will help with Google ranks and bring more traffic to the wiki.


 * While the site abounds with HP facts and knowledge, we think it could benefit from more interactive elements- like polls and areas where users can chat about their opinions on things- maybe creating a link page to promote more dialogue.

We hope you and the other admins (who I am contacting as well) will be receptive to some of our thoughts. Let me know.

Thanks,

Bchwood 00:46, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Grunny,

Thanks for your response. I get what Cav had to say about the social networking stuff, so happy to confine adjustments. Please let me know your thoughts on the following ideas:

-Using a random quote generator on the main page to make it's never blank.

-Main page slider changes. Featuring DH Part 2 with a link. Changing some or all of the other pictures/links. Maybe include the Battle of Hogwarts, Dumbledore, a look back at the original book. I'm happy to work on updating the slider if you all can give me some direction.

-New background image- how about putting an image of Voldemort on the left column and Harry on the right, in battle poses?

-Putting a movie countdown on the Deathly Hallows Part 2 page.

Thanks!

Bchwood 20:22, March 11, 2011 (UTC)

Grunny,

Thanks for the quick response, it's much appreciated. I will get going on the items mentioned and will put up a blog to the community about ideas for the main slider.

Best,

Bchwood 20:08, March 12, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Grunny,

Have a look at the background image i am proposing at:

http://pksandbox.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WikiActivity

Let me know your thoughts.

Cheers,

Bchwood 21:48, March 12, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Grunny, Just wanted to check in and make sure the current changes are to your satisfaction. Also, in an effort to make more use of our Facebook forum, we are thinking it would be cool to post a trivia game with links to the respective page with the answer on the wiki (or just make people look for the answers on their own). This way we are taking advantage of the encyclopedic nature of the wiki.

Let me know. Thanks,

Bchwood 21:07, March 15, 2011 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Wikia.js
Hey Grunny; I saw you removed the code for the image upload redirection from the Wikia.js. What's the problem with it? I thought it was working okay? - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 01:40, March 19, 2011 (UTC)