RuneScape:Administrative requests

Administrator requests
Note: Please only make requests in this section that specifically require sysop tools to fulfill. =Requests=

Watchlist
Can the watchlist be made to automatically refresh? Or can a button be added to enable this option. Or is it already auto-refreshing? Thanks, 07:46, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * According to MediaWiki:Common.js/ajaxrefresh.js, it does auto-fresh... but it doesn't look like the checkbox is there... I'll look into this, probably happened when that "Following pages" update happened. 08:06, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know... 08:56, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Auto-refresh? Anyone? Anytime soon? 03:41, September 19, 2010 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation changes
Note: Restriction is 4x7 headings and sub-links for this MediaWiki page respectively.


 * Skills
 * Free-to-play | Non-member
 * Members | Member
 * Skill training guides | Skill Training


 * Guides
 * List of quests | Quests
 * Miniquest | Miniquests
 * Achievement Diaries
 * Treasure Trails/Guide | Treasure Trails
 * Distractions and Diversions
 * Money making guide | Money Making
 * Lumbridge beginner's guide | Lumbridge Beginner


 * RuneScape:Community Portal | Community
 * Forum:Yew Grove | Yew Grove
 * http://runescape.wikia.com/forum/ | Forums
 * RuneScape:Requests for adminship | Requests for adminship
 * RuneScape:Administrator requests | Administrator requests
 * RuneScape:Requests for deletion | Deletion requests
 * RuneScape:Wiki Post | Wiki Post
 * RuneScape:Off-site | Off-site features

This is how that page should be laid out (since few ever read MediaWiki talk pages, I might as well post it here due to the protection of said page). There are a few links that I thought might be nice to have and some you can switch with another (like RS:PDDA), but further sub-links (more than two asterisks) don't work. I'm not to sure whether I can clarify why this is what it is or should be (NDA). 16:42, September 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * RuneScape:Policies | Policies
 * RuneScape:Copyrights | Copyrights
 * RuneScape:Images and media policy | Images and media policy
 * RuneScape:User treatment policy | User treatment policy
 * RuneScape:User block policy | User block policy
 * RuneScape:All editors are equal | All editors are equal
 * RuneScape:Assume good faith | Assume good faith
 * RuneScape:Players don't deserve articles | Players don't deserve articles


 * I was bold and added in now, since it was bugging me too. As far as I am aware, Wikia haven't released any extra customisation notes for Oasis, so short of asking them why we'll have to wait. I'll leave this here for extra feedback on what links should/shouldn't be there. 16:55, September 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks. But this is what I could come up with after seeing what the restrictions were. We may want to ask User:toughpigs for some click-tracking data or possibly add Special:Randomincategory/Skills or something similar if it would increase clicks rather than Special:Randompage. Even though it's not on their and not needed, but just a thought. Other things that could be done is re-arranging the links if ranking is an issue. 17:12, September 17, 2010 (UTC)

I think User help would be a better link than admin requests. Simply because more requests can be solved by us users. 02:15, September 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * I added RS:UH to the list. I added it right above RS:AR Having it in lieu of RS:AR isn't a good idea. 02:19, September 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Didn't you stop to think why I had a max of 7 sub-links? You bumped off Off-site now. Remove one of the links and keep this for future reference. Thanks. 03:24, September 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Take out "** RuneScape:Requests for adminship | Requests for adminship" as maybe one a month doesn't really need a link if it shoves something else off. 03:38, September 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Or remove that and another link, reorganize the priority (Administrator requests before User help) and add Featured articles, albeit most of those links are already within the Community link (Community Portal). I actually wanted to do more, but couldn't think of a proper fourth column, so Policies was as good as any. On a final note, we could figure whether we should keep Skills as a single heading with three subnavs or make it one if we find otherwise. It was the best I could come up with. Now as for the 4x7 restriction, we could from time to time tact another link to Skills or remove PDDA for something such as the Surveys. Just thinking out loud. 04:04, September 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, how about you give me a list of steps to do? I really don't care what gets removed, since I didn't like the new sidebar to begin with and I'm still using the old sidebar. Just tell me what you want on the sidebar. 19:37, September 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Psycho has already done it. I'm just waiting on Wikia (at this point I am beginning to doubt it) to allow personal Wiki-navigations. Best thing to do it just wait and ask for Danny for that click-tracking data. I'm not sure if I had already said this, but I personally prefer links descend according to their use and name length (didn't think about RS:UH at all) when possible. Another thing that could be done is have a YG topic about what should be a heading (as Skills doesn't take all that many links) and what to populate it with while leaving two blank for future use, such as the Surveys from time to time. Maybe Content, but that could also be argued for the Guides and as stated earlier, Policies was only put in to create a fourth heading and to prevent -or attempt to- the denial of not knowing some of the most cited policies on the wiki. As a final word, policies would remain one of the least clicked among that list as most users and readers would care little for it (so says Danny). If you can think of a better list or better policies to replace PDDA, it's your choice. However, you probably won't see this in use until late October to mid December on this wiki. Hope I didn't ramble. 02:34, September 19, 2010 (UTC)

Why is it that under Skills it says Non-member instead of Free-to-Play? And secondly, why is it the links under the F2P and P2P links lead to the pages about the type, instead of a list of the skills available. It's kind of misleading. 01:49, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * I used the template as it was under MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar and thought nothing of it. Non-member just sounds better in my opinion and my bad on the links. 02:34, September 19, 2010 (UTC)

Compromise per MediaWiki talk and third proposal navigation:
 * Gielinor
 * History | History of Gielinor
 * God Wars | The God Wars
 * Fifth Age | Fifth Age, Year 169
 * Free-to-play | Free-to-Play
 * Members | Members


 * Guides | Guides
 * List of quests | Quests
 * Miniquest | Miniquests
 * Treasure Trails/Guide | Treasure Trails
 * Achievement Diaries | Achievement Diaries
 * Lumbridge beginner's guide | Distractions and Diversions
 * Money making guide | Money Making Methods
 * Lumbridge beginner's guide | Lumbridge Beginner


 * Game Guide | Information Bank
 * Skills | Skill Assets
 * Weapons
 * Armour
 * Items
 * Bestiary
 * Activities
 * Grand Exchange Market Watch


 * RuneScape:Community Portal | Community
 * Forum:Yew Grove | Yew Grove
 * http://runescape.wikia.com/forum/ | Forums
 * RuneScape:Policies | Policies
 * RuneScape:User help | User-to-User Help
 * RuneScape:Administrator requests | Administrator Requests
 * RuneScape:Counter Vandalism Unit | Counter Vandalism Unit
 * RuneScape:Off-site | Off-Site Features

Anything that needs to be changed? 20:57, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Can there be a small change to the first group:


 * RuneScape
 * Gielinor
 * History | History of Gielinor
 * God Wars | The God Wars
 * Fifth Age | Fifth Age, Year 169
 * Free-to-play
 * Members
 * 21:12, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe, but while I thought about RuneScape, it sounded redundant in my mind due to it being just right of the logo. It's alright, but how about:

Otherwise yours is fine if you don't mind the pun in mine. However, I prefer not listing an article almost taken word-for-word from Wikipedia. 22:53, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * RuneScape
 * Gielinor | The World of Gielinor
 * History | The History of Gielinor
 * God Wars | The God Wars
 * Fifth Age | Fifth Age, Year 169
 * Free-to-play
 * Members

Sitenotice
Could the following message please be added to the sitenotice:
 * Maintenance processes regarding page merges and splits have changed, please use Articles to be merged and Articles to be split pages instead of the talkpage.

10:57, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Does that really need to be in the sitenotice? 10:59, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just for a few weeks, unless you can think of a better place. 11:05, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Declined - For just a few more days until we get everything all sorted out. 00:25, September 20, 2010 (UTC)