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Hey, CSY - you've done a lot of edits to this wiki, I could use someone to help patrol for spammers and whatnot.  Do you mind helping out with admin work?  --rbos
* [[User talk:ChallengeSpaceYard/February 2012|February 2012]]
* [[User talk:ChallengeSpaceYard/August 2012|August 2012]]


Hello rbos, I've previously had experience with administrating another wiki. Therefore, I know how some of the '''sysop''' powers work, and would be glad to oversee the wiki's growth. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]]
== antispam changes ==


Cool, thanks. Let me know if there's any policy decisions to discuss. --rbos
I added the requirement for a valid email address in order to edit pages, and changed the registration question. --[[User:Rbos|Rbos]] 16:03, 18 September 2012 (UTC)


== E-mail requirement ==
:Nice one, rbos. Hopefully this will slow their advance. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] 18:53, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
hey, I set it to require a confirmed email address. Sucks, but maybe it'll help. Sorry I haven't been around much lately, Skyrim. :P --rbos


It may take a while before we get long-term effects. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] 23:12, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
== server migration ==


Enabled FancyCaptcha instead of the broken one that wasn't even properly enabled. Not sure what I was smoking. Currently enabled for sysops too for testing. --rbos
You'll notice some weirdness - I'm moving stuff onto a new server, and mediawiki is getting dragged along with a minor upgrade. Hopefully doesn't break tooooo much but do let me know, rbos@novylen.net. [[User:Rbos|Rbos]] ([[User talk:Rbos|talk]]) 10:52, 25 May 2013 (PDT)


So far, so good. Hopefully we'll see less spam. I just tested a link to Planets 4 in the [[Sandbox]], with minor troubles. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] 09:15, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
:I see that the ship list tables are currently broken. I'll have to study the tables and see if I can convert them to the "wiki table" format, which is all well and good. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] ([[User talk:ChallengeSpaceYard|talk]]) 12:21, 25 May 2013 (PDT)


Also. Is it necessary to use the CAPTCHA on every edit? I normally see this tactic used when new external links are made. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] 09:20, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
::I re-added the inline substitution stuff, and for some reason the tables had a blue background. Explicitly set it to white. Bit of a hack. [[User:Rbos|Rbos]] ([[User talk:Rbos|talk]]) 14:36, 25 May 2013 (PDT)


Thanks for the signing tip. Also, I've set it to require captcha on create page, edits that add URL, createaccount, and badlogin. --[[User:Rbos|Rbos]] 18:12, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
:Some ship pages had broken images; I went through, loaded all the ship pages, and saved them. That fixed it.


If this doesn't work, I'll put in some extra effort and implement Question captcha, which lets me define custom questions, like "What is the solution to two plus two?", or "Type the word 'four'."  --[[User:Rbos|Rbos]] 18:14, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
:Fixed the Math extension.


Definite improvement so far. -[[Special:Contributions/173.180.198.152|173.180.198.152]] 00:50, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
== nuker ==


Looks like you ultimately closed down the problem, at least for a good long while. Great job, rbos. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] 23:36, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
Installed a plugin to mass-nuke spam by username/IP.


The new tactics may not be stopping accounts from being created, but I'm only occasionnally seeing a spam page now and then. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] 04:25, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
http://vgaplanets.org/index.php/Special:Nuke


Restricted anonymous edits. The vast majority are spam. -[[User:Rbos|Rbos]] 17:58, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
== Userscript article request ==
Hi I would like to add a list of must have planets nu addon script to the main page, can you give me edit right ? <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:LordLancelot|LordLancelot]] ([[User talk:LordLancelot|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/LordLancelot|contribs]]) 19:55, 27 August 2014 (PDT)</span></small>


== seeking information ==
:Greetings Lord Lancelot,  
question regarding hyperspacejumps, i get confused because i play both vgap4 and vgap3
when hyperjumping in vgap3 do you end up at the end of the max range of hyperjump distance regardless how far u set the waypoint indicator? for example: the falcon hyperjump ring indicates a circle of 350 lyrs. but i only want to hit a planet at 302 lyrs. will i end up at the planet? or 38 lyrs beyond? additionally does warp movement occur after the hyper jump or before? or notall during hyperjumps? thanks for your answers in advance. will write the wiki page on this once i know the facts. --Protomatter 19:47, 16 June 2012 (UTC)


:In Planets 3, you usually jump a flat 350ly (regardless of ship), but you can jump to a planet anywhere between 340 and 360ly. Therefore, with the 302 example, you would end up in space. Hyperjumping overrides standard movement, and your warp factor will be zeroed out after movement. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] 00:34, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Last week, you posted a message on my user page asking a question. Although I should not directly allow you to edit the main page, I have added a link to the page, allowing work to be started on the new article.


:Also. When adding to a talk page, please add new topics and replies at the bottom. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] 00:34, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Next time you wish to talk to me, I recommend you use my talk page instead of my user page. --CSY (talk) 17:18, 5 September 2014 (PDT)*
== Race template inclusions ==
Me again, since i cant recall on how to build tables etc, id like to see if i could bother you to add a climate template to the player races pages. basically a slide thermomenter that probably should go along the rignt side of the race picture. red means colonists die at this temp, yellow means livable but no growth. and green means livable but with growth. would be nice to see the climate likes of the races to better improve the game. see example
--Protomatter 14:16, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
<br>
[[File:thermometer1.png]]


Okay, did that do it?  [[User:Rbos|Rbos]] 03:04, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
==Lord Lancelot==
Hi can you add a few section for the main page check the talk page. [[User:LordLancelot|LordLancelot]] ([[User talk:LordLancelot|talk]]) 06:46, 8 November 2014 (PST)


Not a pleasant afternoon, but an educational one. [[User:Rbos|Rbos]] 03:13, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks in advance
 
===SPAM===
On the plus side, backups aren't backups unless you know you can restore them - it was a good dry run.  I could have gone with the old db tree and attempted to repair it, but since splitting the InnoDB tablespace into individual files required a dump/reimport anyway, I decided to go with that and knock out two birds at once - testing backups, and doing some tweaking. I also tripled the transaction log file size, which started out the ruckus. [[User:Rbos|Rbos]] 03:19, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 14:46, 8 November 2014

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When discussing, use ~~~~ or --~~~~ to sign your posts. Older discussions may be periodically archived to make it easier to maintain. Use colons to indent your replies as necessary.

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antispam changes

I added the requirement for a valid email address in order to edit pages, and changed the registration question. --Rbos 16:03, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Nice one, rbos. Hopefully this will slow their advance. --CSY 18:53, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

server migration

You'll notice some weirdness - I'm moving stuff onto a new server, and mediawiki is getting dragged along with a minor upgrade. Hopefully doesn't break tooooo much but do let me know, rbos@novylen.net. Rbos (talk) 10:52, 25 May 2013 (PDT)

I see that the ship list tables are currently broken. I'll have to study the tables and see if I can convert them to the "wiki table" format, which is all well and good. --CSY (talk) 12:21, 25 May 2013 (PDT)
I re-added the inline substitution stuff, and for some reason the tables had a blue background. Explicitly set it to white. Bit of a hack. Rbos (talk) 14:36, 25 May 2013 (PDT)
Some ship pages had broken images; I went through, loaded all the ship pages, and saved them. That fixed it.
Fixed the Math extension.

nuker

Installed a plugin to mass-nuke spam by username/IP.

http://vgaplanets.org/index.php/Special:Nuke

Userscript article request

Hi I would like to add a list of must have planets nu addon script to the main page, can you give me edit right ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LordLancelot (talk • contribs) 19:55, 27 August 2014 (PDT)

Greetings Lord Lancelot,

Last week, you posted a message on my user page asking a question. Although I should not directly allow you to edit the main page, I have added a link to the page, allowing work to be started on the new article.

Next time you wish to talk to me, I recommend you use my talk page instead of my user page. --CSY (talk) 17:18, 5 September 2014 (PDT)*

Lord Lancelot

Hi can you add a few section for the main page check the talk page. LordLancelot (talk) 06:46, 8 November 2014 (PST)

Thanks in advance

SPAM

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