Forum:Wikia nethack nethack.wikia.com - Revision history

209.151.236.12 at 16:44, 8 February 2015

2015-02-08T16:44:43Z

209.151.236.12 at 16:41, 8 February 2015

2015-02-08T16:41:23Z

Ilmari Karonen: Ilmari Karonen moved page Forum:Wikia hethack nethack.wikia.com to Forum:Wikia nethack nethack.wikia.com: fix spelling

2015-02-05T15:06:48Z

Ilmari Karonen moved page Forum:Wikia hethack nethack.wikia.com to Forum:Wikia nethack nethack.wikia.com: fix spelling

Tjr: article: good. white knight vandalism: bad.

2015-01-23T16:31:07Z

article: good. white knight vandalism: bad.

Ray Chason: Why the cool kids packed up and left

2014-11-19T02:21:27Z

Why the cool kids packed up and left

94.109.100.62 at 22:11, 18 November 2014

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Bhaak at 10:05, 18 November 2014

2014-11-18T10:05:17Z

94.109.71.116 at 05:11, 18 November 2014

2014-11-18T05:11:47Z

94.109.108.202: Created page with "{{Forumheader|Watercooler}} They are two hethack wikis... Created the sa..."

2014-11-18T04:33:22Z

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They are two hethack wikis...
Created the same day O_o ???
it seam some admins abandoned it to move here...
(Paxed and Tjr???)

Whats going on? A dispute?
Why not delete one?

What if you created an article about nethack.wikia and explain it a bit.
--[[Special:Contributions/94.109.108.202|94.109.108.202]] 04:33, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

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	However, it's not possible to deface the wikia wiki: somebody already tried the stealth tactics, and they [sent a bot to undo it all http://nethack.wikia.com/index.php?limit=500&tagfilter=&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Rappy+4187&namespace=&year=2013&month=7]. --[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr\|talk]]) 16:31, 23 January 2015 (UTC)		However, it's not possible to deface the wikia wiki: somebody already tried the stealth tactics, and they [sent a bot to undo it all http://nethack.wikia.com/index.php?limit=500&tagfilter=&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Rappy+4187&namespace=&year=2013&month=7]. --[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr\|talk]]) 16:31, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
		+	:How about we just go <i>very slowly</i>. One article a month, until they're all gone. They'll probably still show up on google search for a while, because they only take snapshots of websites occasionally. Deleting one right now.
		+	[[Special:Contributions/209.151.236.12\|209.151.236.12]] 16:44, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Elronnd

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	::::The problem, is that they hide the fact that their wiki is a ghost town. I had to dig down pages to find out what was going on. Why not make an article here about wikia nethack, explaining what is really going on .... and make an article THERE about this wiki hehehe :P . Isn't that perverse? :P . This wiki is notable enough to be included at wikia nethack, and we'll say what is REALLY going on. Including the incidents that lead to the exodus... What i'm proposing is perfectly legitimate, i want to see how they'll handle it. If they do their bitches about what i'm proposing, we'll just add the new incident at the wikia nethack article here.... Depending how good or badly they handle it, we could try to have the story reported on various specialist sites/social media, like slashdot, or if lucky, even include it in their Wikipedia article. This is realistic, since they are 1000 people at the competition and at NAO (on this server...) they are 400 games a day. Any one want to share his thoughts? Especially the admins.--[[Special:Contributions/94.109.100.62\|94.109.100.62]] 22:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)		::::The problem, is that they hide the fact that their wiki is a ghost town. I had to dig down pages to find out what was going on. Why not make an article here about wikia nethack, explaining what is really going on .... and make an article THERE about this wiki hehehe :P . Isn't that perverse? :P . This wiki is notable enough to be included at wikia nethack, and we'll say what is REALLY going on. Including the incidents that lead to the exodus... What i'm proposing is perfectly legitimate, i want to see how they'll handle it. If they do their bitches about what i'm proposing, we'll just add the new incident at the wikia nethack article here.... Depending how good or badly they handle it, we could try to have the story reported on various specialist sites/social media, like slashdot, or if lucky, even include it in their Wikipedia article. This is realistic, since they are 1000 people at the competition and at NAO (on this server...) they are 400 games a day. Any one want to share his thoughts? Especially the admins.--[[Special:Contributions/94.109.100.62\|94.109.100.62]] 22:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
	:As for why the cool kids packed up and left, consider how ugly Wikia sites are -- just what do those side bars accomplish anyway? -- and how the editing and navigation are dumbed down. If you can edit Wikipedia, you can edit NetHackWiki; but the last time I tried to do a redirect on a Wikia site, I had to jump through a bunch of hoops rather than just type <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[some-page]]</nowiki>.--[[User:Ray Chason\|Ray Chason]] ([[User talk:Ray Chason\|talk]]) 02:21, 19 November 2014 (UTC)		:As for why the cool kids packed up and left, consider how ugly Wikia sites are -- just what do those side bars accomplish anyway? -- and how the editing and navigation are dumbed down. If you can edit Wikipedia, you can edit NetHackWiki; but the last time I tried to do a redirect on a Wikia site, I had to jump through a bunch of hoops rather than just type <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[some-page]]</nowiki>.--[[User:Ray Chason\|Ray Chason]] ([[User talk:Ray Chason\|talk]]) 02:21, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
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		+	Lots of newbies get confused by the two wikis. Let's drum up an article to explain that (and link to it from relevant places).
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		+	However, it's not possible to deface the wikia wiki: somebody already tried the stealth tactics, and they [sent a bot to undo it all http://nethack.wikia.com/index.php?limit=500&tagfilter=&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Rappy+4187&namespace=&year=2013&month=7]. --[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr\|talk]]) 16:31, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

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	::::The problem, is that they hide the fact that their wiki is a ghost town. I had to dig down pages to find out what was going on. Why not make an article here about wikia nethack, explaining what is really going on .... and make an article THERE about this wiki hehehe :P . Isn't that perverse? :P . This wiki is notable enough to be included at wikia nethack, and we'll say what is REALLY going on. Including the incidents that lead to the exodus... What i'm proposing is perfectly legitimate, i want to see how they'll handle it. If they do their bitches about what i'm proposing, we'll just add the new incident at the wikia nethack article here.... Depending how good or badly they handle it, we could try to have the story reported on various specialist sites/social media, like slashdot, or if lucky, even include it in their Wikipedia article. This is realistic, since they are 1000 people at the competition and at NAO (on this server...) they are 400 games a day. Any one want to share his thoughts? Especially the admins.--[[Special:Contributions/94.109.100.62\|94.109.100.62]] 22:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)		::::The problem, is that they hide the fact that their wiki is a ghost town. I had to dig down pages to find out what was going on. Why not make an article here about wikia nethack, explaining what is really going on .... and make an article THERE about this wiki hehehe :P . Isn't that perverse? :P . This wiki is notable enough to be included at wikia nethack, and we'll say what is REALLY going on. Including the incidents that lead to the exodus... What i'm proposing is perfectly legitimate, i want to see how they'll handle it. If they do their bitches about what i'm proposing, we'll just add the new incident at the wikia nethack article here.... Depending how good or badly they handle it, we could try to have the story reported on various specialist sites/social media, like slashdot, or if lucky, even include it in their Wikipedia article. This is realistic, since they are 1000 people at the competition and at NAO (on this server...) they are 400 games a day. Any one want to share his thoughts? Especially the admins.--[[Special:Contributions/94.109.100.62\|94.109.100.62]] 22:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
		+	:As for why the cool kids packed up and left, consider how ugly Wikia sites are -- just what do those side bars accomplish anyway? -- and how the editing and navigation are dumbed down. If you can edit Wikipedia, you can edit NetHackWiki; but the last time I tried to do a redirect on a Wikia site, I had to jump through a bunch of hoops rather than just type <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[some-page]]</nowiki>.--[[User:Ray Chason\|Ray Chason]] ([[User talk:Ray Chason\|talk]]) 02:21, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

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	::: [[Dungeon feature]]s would be a good start. For example move "Altar" to "Altar (dungeon feature)". Might look innocent enough and you just accidentally broke the external incoming links (the internal ones will still work).		::: [[Dungeon feature]]s would be a good start. For example move "Altar" to "Altar (dungeon feature)". Might look innocent enough and you just accidentally broke the external incoming links (the internal ones will still work).
	:::--[[User:Bhaak\|Bhaak]] ([[User talk:Bhaak\|talk]]) 10:05, 18 November 2014 (UTC)		:::--[[User:Bhaak\|Bhaak]] ([[User talk:Bhaak\|talk]]) 10:05, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
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		+	::::The problem, is that they hide the fact that their wiki is a ghost town. I had to dig down pages to find out what was going on. Why not make an article here about wikia nethack, explaining what is really going on .... and make an article THERE about this wiki hehehe :P . Isn't that perverse? :P . This wiki is notable enough to be included at wikia nethack, and we'll say what is REALLY going on. Including the incidents that lead to the exodus... What i'm proposing is perfectly legitimate, i want to see how they'll handle it. If they do their bitches about what i'm proposing, we'll just add the new incident at the wikia nethack article here.... Depending how good or badly they handle it, we could try to have the story reported on various specialist sites/social media, like slashdot, or if lucky, even include it in their Wikipedia article. This is realistic, since they are 1000 people at the competition and at NAO (on this server...) they are 400 games a day. Any one want to share his thoughts? Especially the admins.--[[Special:Contributions/94.109.100.62\|94.109.100.62]] 22:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

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	::Ok i got it. Wikia doesn't permit deletions so that they can make more money... What if you slowly deleted pages???--[[Special:Contributions/94.109.71.116\|94.109.71.116]] 05:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)		::Ok i got it. Wikia doesn't permit deletions so that they can make more money... What if you slowly deleted pages???--[[Special:Contributions/94.109.71.116\|94.109.71.116]] 05:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
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		+	::: Deleting would probably be too obvious and reverted by the wikia staff. One idea to try would be to rename the articles so that the links break for google (you'd have to uncheck 'create redirect') and make it look like a reorganization of the content.
		+	::: [[Dungeon feature]]s would be a good start. For example move "Altar" to "Altar (dungeon feature)". Might look innocent enough and you just accidentally broke the external incoming links (the internal ones will still work).
		+	:::--[[User:Bhaak\|Bhaak]] ([[User talk:Bhaak\|talk]]) 10:05, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

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 What if you created an article about nethack.wikia and explain it a bit.
 --[[Special:Contributions/94.109.108.202|94.109.108.202]] 04:33, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 ::Ok i got it. Wikia doesn't permit deletions so that they can make more money... What if you slowly deleted pages???--[[Special:Contributions/94.109.71.116|94.109.71.116]] 05:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

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	What if you created an article about nethack.wikia and explain it a bit.		What if you created an article about nethack.wikia and explain it a bit.
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		+	::Ok i got it. Wikia doesn't permit deletions so that they can make more money... What if you slowly deleted pages???--[[Special:Contributions/94.109.71.116\|94.109.71.116]] 05:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)