User talk:Dabtowner

Hello from the Long Gone Admin!
Hey, Dabtowner. You had to wait quite a while. My apologies. It seems you have been quite active while I was gone. When you get this message, please fire one back and let's get a dialogue going. Stumpers 05:57, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

It's great to hear from you at long last! I don't suppose you'll very active on the site, will you? You've already mentioned how busy you are, and I'm sure the site is in good hands! I think this site really needs to push fowards and focus on goals. This will mean that we can complete certain sections and show them off a bit. You appear to be the authourity here, so tell us what to do! Dab 19:41, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the confidence in me! I think the first thing we need to do is hammer down what is notable enough to get articles (characters, locations, etc.) and then hammer down guidelines for what constitutes a good article of each type.  After a little organization on my end, I hope to open a big ol' discussion on the main talk page.  We'll see how that goes.  Also on my todo list is to familiarize myself with the process of electing another admin. :P Stumpers 22:27, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

They're all good ideas. Hearing what everyone wants is certainly best- you'll be able to see what we need to work on. Buildings and special characters will need attention first; we need a basic layout for these categories and then build up from there. I'm sure you'll do a good job of sorting things out. Dab 21:01, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Our two most viewed pages are Wild World and City Folk, so I also think we should work hard on the video game pages, particularly CF. Hoo - we certainly have our work cut out for us.  Once more, thanks for the confidence! Stumpers 21:15, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Adminship?
So, I'm pretty sure that you're going to be an admin. Question is: would you like anyone else to be promoted in addition? Stumpers 01:50, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, Thanks! I would certainly like the help of someone who knows what they are doing on the 'technical' side of things. I'm useless at charts and such. I also think it would be good to have someone to consult when it comes to monitoring the site and deleting things. It would be good to have a second opinion when it comes to things like this.

Thanks again! Dab 11:18, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * So, I knew I wanted you to be an admin because of the work of yours I've seen, and I was also considering Yowuza. I think between the three of us we'd make a good team... or at least between the two of you. :( I'm not sure if I'm all that useful!  Anyway, so if Yowuza accepts the adminship offer I just made, I'll be promoting both of you shortly.  See you soon!  And welcome to the administration team. :D Stumpers 06:38, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * P.S. I made Furniture List (AC)... so I know something about charts. :P Stumpers 06:40, 17 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, good! I think that before I do anything, I need to be briefed with regards to what I can do as an admin, and what's expected of me in this position. I'm glad that Yowuza's being promoted alongside me, by the way. Good choice. Dab 10:55, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay, here's the short version:
 * 1) You can delete pages. There's a new tab at the top of each page.
 * 2) You can ban users. Check out the history, recent edits, or contributions pages to do that.  You'll want to temporarily block users who are causing trouble and need a "time out" and permanently block users whose first edits were blanking pages, spamming, or vandalizing.
 * 3) You can "rollback" edits. This works just like undoing an edit (compare selected versions through history, watchlist, or recent changes), except you'll click the rollback option instead of the undo option.  What it does is undo all consecutive edits by the last editor.  So, if a spammer made three spam edits to a page, clicking rollback would take care of them all at once.  You can't include an edit summary if you rollback, however.
 * 4) You become a face of the Wiki. Just keep treating users with respect and be warm and inviting with new users.
 * 5) Updating the main page. Find a new article or image worthy of being featured?  Any news the Wiki should know?  Once you're an admin, feel free to change that stuff.

It's a lot easier than you think, and I'll be here to help! I'll let you know when you're actually promoted to admin (ie when Yow responds and I go through the work of promoting you) Stumpers 05:07, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Congrats!!!! (I sorry if I said that too late. :P) Grapes

Hurrah! Thanks for that, Grapes!

FishyBuggy Templates
Sure - if I can't do it I'll ask that the creator of our villager template, 050294, give us a hand. However, I think if I modify the villager template, I should be able to do it myself. Don't be worried if it takes a while - from here until next Monday things are going to be busy for me! Stumpers 22:59, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Stumpers! This will be really useful! Dab 10:01, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * They're great! Stumpers 07:26, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

FishyBuggy Seal of Approval
Can you upload a versionn of the bug seal of approval which isn't a jpg? I can't use it to create a Fishy seal of approval because Jpgs mess it up at pixel level. Dragonfree 9 7 17:45, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I'll try- all images I have of it have been messed up... I'll try to re-do it. Dab 17:47, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Cheers. Dragonfree 9 7 18:17, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

What kind of file shall I save it as, to avoid bluriness? Dab 18:41, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi-colour BMP, PNG Dragonfree 9 7  19:00, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, Dabtowner. Can you please delete Rocky? There are also a few other articles that require some cleanup. Paper Crossing
 * Also, while your at it, could you upload the animal crossing city logo that stumpers made to here so its our logo? Thanks! :D Paper Crossing

Oh, okay! I'll try and do that now, and also get some deleting done. Dab 14:19, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

I didn't know Stumpers had made a new logo. Where is it? Clicking on the link you game me just gives me an image of the old logo. Dab 14:21, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * If you need help, just save this logo (stumpers logo) to your computer, then click upload new version on the page, image:Wiki.png Paper Crossing


 * I'm afraid it won't allow me to, it says that the file is corrupted... I don't know what I can do, sorry. I'm sure you could always try. Dab 14:28, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * K. I'll try. :D Paper Crossing
 * when I do it it says its been locked to prevent editing. but I think its because wiki.png is png and the one stumpers made was a jpg. if you could save it as a png then upload it, it might work. Paper Crossing
 * I could only save it as a jpg, sorry. I think Stumpers will have to sort this one out. Dab 14:33, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I got it as PNG. I'll upload it as PNG, then you can upload it as wiki.png. Paper Crossing
 * PNG version. If you don't want to right now, thats okay. :D Paper Crossing