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== 2014-12-13 MediaWiki Upgrade ==
 
Details [[BattleTechWiki:Updates|here]].  Please list any issues you see below: [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 19:19, 13 December 2014 (PST)
 
  
*I noticed a couple things: 1) The table of contents box on any given page is stretched across the width of the page 2) The edit boxes (i.e. [edit] ) are adjacent to the headers, not over on the right as they were before. I don't know if it matters, but it's different. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 20:50, 13 December 2014 (PST)
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==Rebecca "Spreadsheet" Taylor==
:Yep the contents box is very stretched, please fix this Nic.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 08:14, 14 December 2014 (PST)
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Excuse me Nic, never done this before, but how do I get Rebecca "Spreadsheet" Taylor added to the Canon character's page? She's my late fiance and in Rec guide 12 [[User:Livewire2112|Livewire2112]] ([[User talk:Livewire2112|talk]]) 21:14, 12 May 2021 (EDT)
:: 1) Should be fixed. [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 08:16, 14 December 2014 (PST)
 
:: 2) Looks like this is new with [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Change_to_section_edit_links MW v1.22]. I'm OK with it, unless there is feedback from others. [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 08:16, 14 December 2014 (PST)
 
  
*Found another issue, the text in the image summary template on any files is floated to the left and is not in center.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 08:27, 14 December 2014 (PST)
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: Hello, Livewire. I am reasonably sure that if the character is canon (I don't have #12 yet), they will be added in some fashion. However, if you want to prime the pump a bit, and are not familiar with wikis, I'd recommend opening a similar character (maybe from an earlier ''Guide'') and starting an article named [[Rebecca Taylor]], copying all the stuff (text & code) over into the new article, changing everything that doesn't pertain and adding what is needed. Some other Editor will be sure to follow behind and correct any mistakes or add needed info. Good luck, and I'll be looking for the article (and the ''Guide'').--[[User:Revanche|Revanche]] <sup>([[User_talk:Revanche|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Revanche|contribs]])</sup> 21:21, 12 May 2021 (EDT)
:Hm, I'm not seeing that. Can you share an example page, or screenshot? [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 12:40, 14 December 2014 (PST)
 
::I think he means the text in the box under images on their image page (e.g. [http://www.sarna.net/wiki/File:3025_Atlas1.jpg ) this one] are formatted differently (the text is to the left and the {fairuse} is to the right). At least that's all I noticed that was different. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 19:04, 14 December 2014 (PST)
 
:::Thanks Bob, you hit the nail.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 03:06, 15 December 2014 (PST)
 
::::So I see the rows Summary, Artist and Source being left-aligned, which I think is appropriate -- were they centered before? The License row has a {fairuse} template that takes 95% width (centered).  I personally think it looks fine? [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 07:15, 17 December 2014 (PST)
 
  
*Nic - I'm liking some of the new aesthetics!
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: Update: [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Clan_Invasion_Kickstarter_Characters&diff=prev&oldid=676150 The process has started], Livewire, thanks to [[User:Dmon|Dmon]].--[[User:Revanche|Revanche]] <sup>([[User_talk:Revanche|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Revanche|contribs]])</sup> 22:07, 12 May 2021 (EDT)
:So in the past, when you started typing something into the search box on the left, potential results would begin popping up. I kinda liked that feature. Any chance we could get it back? [[User:ClanWolverine101|ClanWolverine101]] ([[User talk:ClanWolverine101|talk]]) 07:12, 16 December 2014 (PST)
 
::Yes, it seems as if the autocomplete is broken... again. It's something with a cache issue that Nic has to fix. This has happened a few times when the site has been updated in the past. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 14:31, 16 December 2014 (PST)
 
:::The "left" search box (if you're on desktop and you get the left bar) should've been working. Let me know if not.  The top search box (if you're on tablet or mobile) had a bug with auto-suggest, and should be fixed now. [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 07:12, 17 December 2014 (PST)
 
::::Yes, it seems to be working now. Sometimes it's a little slow, but the suggestions are an improvement for when you misspell things. I feel that it is kinda off in the suggestions sometimes, but it's an improvement. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 11:42, 18 December 2014 (PST)
 
:::::Working now. Great stuff!
 
  
*New question - when you click Recent Changes, it used to bold the edits the logged-in user had performed. Seems this isn't the case anymore? [[User:ClanWolverine101|ClanWolverine101]] ([[User talk:ClanWolverine101|talk]]) 13:22, 18 December 2014 (PST)
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== Potential issue in File:Götterdämmerung (system) 3151.svg ==
*On the "Recent changes" special page, my Watched articles are no longer highlighted in bold, nor are changes to my talk page etc. (Win7, Mozilla Firefox 34.0.5). [[User:Frabby|Frabby]] ([[User talk:Frabby|talk]]) 08:48, 18 December 2014 (PST)
 
::I noticed that too. I didn't know if others cared that it was changed. It might be helpful to continue the bolding... -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 11:42, 18 December 2014 (PST)
 
:::Fixed [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 17:07, 20 December 2014 (PST)
 
  
*I noticed that the "new user welcome message bot" has stopped adding welcome messages to new registered users (e.g. [[User:CarcerKango]]). I'm not sure if this is related to the update. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 11:42, 18 December 2014 (PST)
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Hi Nik,
::I found that the 'New User Message' user was blocked (in 2003), and I think the ''new'' NewUserMessage extension verified the user wasn't blocked before posting.  I unblocked the user, which should fix it now. [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 17:07, 20 December 2014 (PST)
 
  
* Yet another thing, all of the "thumb"-sized images are huge compared to what they were previously. This is especially noticeable on [[Infantry#Jump Infantry|the Jump Infantry page]]. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 15:21, 19 December 2014 (PST)
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While reviwing images without category, I found out this one File:Götterdämmerung (system) 3151.svg, which had no category nor information unlike the rest. I remember you have the "macro" that creates them and prepares them and adds a category because I asked this to help clean the [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Special:UncategorizedFiles "Uncategorized Files"] page. No idea why this one got nuts. I added the information. Maybe it is because of the nice german spelling, but it is not the only planet like this. Hope you can review and thanks in advance!--[[User:Pserratv|Pserratv]] ([[User talk:Pserratv|talk]]) 08:23, 5 November 2021 (EDT)
::Are you sure the infantry image is supposed to be much smaller, or do you remember what size it was before? I didn't change anything specific here, but maybe MW changed the defaults at some point for thumbnail sizes? [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 17:07, 20 December 2014 (PST)
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: Perfect thanks!  I had to hand-upload that file, because the umlaut caused issues with the initial batch. I think the rest were OK.  Appreciate you added the category! [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 21:07, 8 November 2021 (EST)
:::I remember having to resize that in the past, but it is also noticeable in every page with a |thumb| sized image, e.g. [[Conrad Toyama]]. Whether or not you manually did it, something has changed, and it has resulted in occasionally huge images. Either the images are bigger or the text is smaller, which I think also might have changed... -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 18:33, 20 December 2014 (PST)
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:: No problem. Thanks to you for the macro and all other things you do for this page!--[[User:Pserratv|Pserratv]] ([[User talk:Pserratv|talk]]) 11:04, 9 November 2021 (EST)
  
*Another thing; [[Special:Disambiguations|this page]] seems to be down. I use it a lot, and it'd be nice to be able to access it again. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]])
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== Help with Uncategorized files ==
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Hi Nik, I've seen that the file with only have this category: [[:Category:Missing copyright information]] do not appear as Uncategorized... unfortunately, there are a lot of files with miss this but also other information and it is quite complex to find which ones only have the missing copyright... as those ones are missing some category else... Is there any way for you to help identify them?--[[User:Pserratv|Pserratv]] ([[User talk:Pserratv|talk]]) 08:21, 14 January 2022 (EST)
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: Hey Pserratv!  Sorry I'm not fully following.  You're looking for files that are *only* missing Copyright, but don't have any other categories assigned?  [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 14:59, 17 January 2022 (EST)
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::Yes Nick, that it is. I want to see which images are missing a real category as missing copyright is a "commonplace" not a category for me. It is good to know they are missing copyright, but for me it is even more to know which ones are missing a place like being an image of a Free Worlds League character...--[[User:Pserratv|Pserratv]] ([[User talk:Pserratv|talk]]) 05:07, 19 January 2022 (EST)
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==Bug with Module:LuaTest==
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Hi Nic,<br>
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[[Module:LuaTest]] shows up as a blue link in [[Special:LonelyPages]], but the page appears to be deleted. Adding it to [[User:Talvin/Project_Orphanage#Technical_Pages]] shows it as a red link, and it does not disappear from the Orphans when that cache refreshes overnight.  This is hardly a showstopper bug or even close, but it's odd. [[User:Talvin|Talvin]] ([[User talk:Talvin|talk]]) 10:57, 27 February 2022 (EST)
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: Strange, I couldn't find any way to make it disappear either.  Must be a side-effect of it being a LUA module.  Since it's not affecting anything else (that I can tell) I'll leave it for now, but if there's a pattern of this happening I can dig into it more.  Thanks for bringing to my attention! [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 22:26, 22 June 2022 (EDT)
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== Looks like a Bug. ==
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[[:Category:Spanish language products]] is a double redirect, and it looks like it is locked up in the change propagation process since 26 March 2022.  It appears to need deletion.--[[User:Talvin|Talvin]] ([[User talk:Talvin|talk]]) 10:15, 14 June 2022 (EDT)
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: Thanks.  I had to set <code>$smwgChangePropagationProtection = false;</code> first, then remove the page.  <code>$smwgChangePropagationProtection</code> is now back to <code>true</code>. [[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]] ([[User talk:Nicjansma|talk]]) 22:32, 22 June 2022 (EDT)

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Rebecca "Spreadsheet" Taylor[edit]

Excuse me Nic, never done this before, but how do I get Rebecca "Spreadsheet" Taylor added to the Canon character's page? She's my late fiance and in Rec guide 12 Livewire2112 (talk) 21:14, 12 May 2021 (EDT)

Hello, Livewire. I am reasonably sure that if the character is canon (I don't have #12 yet), they will be added in some fashion. However, if you want to prime the pump a bit, and are not familiar with wikis, I'd recommend opening a similar character (maybe from an earlier Guide) and starting an article named Rebecca Taylor, copying all the stuff (text & code) over into the new article, changing everything that doesn't pertain and adding what is needed. Some other Editor will be sure to follow behind and correct any mistakes or add needed info. Good luck, and I'll be looking for the article (and the Guide).--Revanche (talk|contribs) 21:21, 12 May 2021 (EDT)
Update: The process has started, Livewire, thanks to Dmon.--Revanche (talk|contribs) 22:07, 12 May 2021 (EDT)

Potential issue in File:Götterdämmerung (system) 3151.svg[edit]

Hi Nik,

While reviwing images without category, I found out this one File:Götterdämmerung (system) 3151.svg, which had no category nor information unlike the rest. I remember you have the "macro" that creates them and prepares them and adds a category because I asked this to help clean the "Uncategorized Files" page. No idea why this one got nuts. I added the information. Maybe it is because of the nice german spelling, but it is not the only planet like this. Hope you can review and thanks in advance!--Pserratv (talk) 08:23, 5 November 2021 (EDT)

Perfect thanks! I had to hand-upload that file, because the umlaut caused issues with the initial batch. I think the rest were OK. Appreciate you added the category! Nicjansma (talk) 21:07, 8 November 2021 (EST)
No problem. Thanks to you for the macro and all other things you do for this page!--Pserratv (talk) 11:04, 9 November 2021 (EST)

Help with Uncategorized files[edit]

Hi Nik, I've seen that the file with only have this category: Category:Missing copyright information do not appear as Uncategorized... unfortunately, there are a lot of files with miss this but also other information and it is quite complex to find which ones only have the missing copyright... as those ones are missing some category else... Is there any way for you to help identify them?--Pserratv (talk) 08:21, 14 January 2022 (EST)

Hey Pserratv! Sorry I'm not fully following. You're looking for files that are *only* missing Copyright, but don't have any other categories assigned? Nicjansma (talk) 14:59, 17 January 2022 (EST)
Yes Nick, that it is. I want to see which images are missing a real category as missing copyright is a "commonplace" not a category for me. It is good to know they are missing copyright, but for me it is even more to know which ones are missing a place like being an image of a Free Worlds League character...--Pserratv (talk) 05:07, 19 January 2022 (EST)

Bug with Module:LuaTest[edit]

Hi Nic,
Module:LuaTest shows up as a blue link in Special:LonelyPages, but the page appears to be deleted. Adding it to User:Talvin/Project_Orphanage#Technical_Pages shows it as a red link, and it does not disappear from the Orphans when that cache refreshes overnight. This is hardly a showstopper bug or even close, but it's odd. Talvin (talk) 10:57, 27 February 2022 (EST)

Strange, I couldn't find any way to make it disappear either. Must be a side-effect of it being a LUA module. Since it's not affecting anything else (that I can tell) I'll leave it for now, but if there's a pattern of this happening I can dig into it more. Thanks for bringing to my attention! Nicjansma (talk) 22:26, 22 June 2022 (EDT)

Looks like a Bug.[edit]

Category:Spanish language products is a double redirect, and it looks like it is locked up in the change propagation process since 26 March 2022. It appears to need deletion.--Talvin (talk) 10:15, 14 June 2022 (EDT)

Thanks. I had to set $smwgChangePropagationProtection = false; first, then remove the page. $smwgChangePropagationProtection is now back to true. Nicjansma (talk) 22:32, 22 June 2022 (EDT)