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Moving a few images

So, I've been moving .PNG to .png and I've come across a few images I can't move. One is [[:File:Bureaucratcrown.PNG]]. Please move this to File:Bureaucrat crown.png.

Also, I am unable to move File:Mint cake.PNG and File:Iron scimitar.PNG. Any help for these? http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 08:28, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

Are you fixing file links? User:Urbancowgurl777/Signature 08:30, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

Yup. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 08:31, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

I can't do it either. (: Send (yet another) message to Wikia. I deleted the bureaucrat crown crap image. User:Urbancowgurl777/Signature 08:38, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

The error occurs because Wikia's image cache has histories for images with the new name, even though there's no current image with the new name. It's not the first time this error has come up. --User:Saftzie/Signature 08:53, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

So does that mean that it's impossible to move these images to the name? http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 08:55, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

There are two solutions, based on past experience.

1. Wikia can delete the erroneous cache images, then the move can succeed.
2. It's possible to upload a new image to the new name, but then the history would be gone. I'm uncertain what result a history merge would have. This is a bit uglier.

But a straight move at this time isn't possible, I believe. --User:Saftzie/Signature 09:21, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

Is this a permanent thing, or as long as the image can be undeleted, which I think is around 6 months?

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I only saw the bug with images that were too old to be undeleted. They eventually got fixed, probably by Wikia because of bug reports and also probably on an image-by-image basis. --User:Saftzie/Signature 18:37, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

I sent in the bug report, so we'll see what happens then. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 22:33, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

So basically, what they said was that it's a PNG file, not a png file, and they cannot move it. I told them that I've moved from PNG to png before. Awaiting a response from them. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 17:24, December 20, 2012 (UTC)

Give them the move log of User:RSW image renamer if they don't think it's possible. It's been done hundreds of times.

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Both these cases have lost one of their archived images for past uploads, I imagine that has something to do with it. --Henneyj 20:47, December 21, 2012 (UTC)

What Wikia told me to do was to simply save the images to my computer, and reupload them as a .png instead of .PNG. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 06:56, December 22, 2012 (UTC)

It'll be interesting to see what history merge does to it, then. --User:Saftzie/Signature 08:18, December 22, 2012 (UTC)

What problems could history merge do then? http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 22:33, January 5, 2013 (UTC)

The images that don't exist, but prevent a move, prevent the move because they have a history. I'm just saying it will be interesting to see what a merge does with that. --User:Saftzie/Signature 22:37, January 5, 2013 (UTC)

I'm going to upload the images then. Could I please get an administrator to do history merge, and a bot to change all the links from File:Iron scimitar.PNG to File:Iron scimitar.png and from File:Mint cake.PNG to File:Mint cake.png? http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 22:43, January 5, 2013 (UTC)

Status report: Blaze got me to move all the file links to point to .png versions of the files. However, the old .PNG files refuse to budge using the standard delete, move, delete, undelete process. 222 ^talk 05:30, January 8, 2013 (UTC)

Soo has anyone followed up with Wikia yet apart from watching them say it's not possible when it is? User:Urbancowgurl777/Signature 05:38, January 8, 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I have. I sent the following just now.

“	One of our users is trying to perform a merge history from the File:Iron scimitar.PNG to File:Iron scimitar.png to comply with our image policy. This has been done before, however a bug is occurring whenever the merge is attempted for this specific file. Is it possible for someone from Wikia to solve this problem? We are also having the same problem occur with File:Mint cake.PNG being merged with File:Mint cake.png Thanks!	”
	— http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 07:03, January 8, 2013 (UTC)

Possibly a little extreme, but exporting and importing the history of the page is an option if all else fails.

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I'd say it probably would be the best option.

“	Hello, Thanks for contacting Wikia. We appreciate you letting us know about this problem with moving the PNG file. I was informed about this a few weeks ago and there is a bug ticket open. I will pass your extra example directly to our technical staff for investigation and review. Sorry for this issue, and thanks for using Wikia.	”
	— Tim Quievryn, Jan 09 04:17 pm (UTC)

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 18:46, January 9, 2013 (UTC)

Yey for forward steps. User:Urbancowgurl777/Signature 18:49, January 10, 2013 (UTC)

I still think we should do what Cam suggested because I have the feeling Wikia won't do anything. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 19:50, January 10, 2013 (UTC)

Be aware, importing isn't a perfect process. I recall Cook had some issue recently with trying to import histories, where it just didn't work. At all.

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I hate to be a bother, but it's been a little under two weeks since this was last discussed. Are we gonna do anything about it? http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 07:26, January 23, 2013 (UTC)

Additions to Edittools

Can some add ¶ and ¦ to MediaWiki:Edittools. They're used as escape characters in DPL, and don't appear on too many keyboards. The relevant line is:

<div id="editpage-specialchars" class="plainlinks" style="margin-top: 15px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #aaaaaa; padding: 2px;">
<span id="edittools_main">'''Insert:''' <charinsert>– — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § </charinsert></span><span id="edittools_name">  '''Sign your username:''' <charinsert>~~~~</charinsert></span>

Which needs changing to:

<div id="editpage-specialchars" class="plainlinks" style="margin-top: 15px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #aaaaaa; padding: 2px;">
<span id="edittools_main">'''Insert:''' <charinsert>– — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · §  ¶ ¦</charinsert></span><span id="edittools_name">  '''Sign your username:''' <charinsert>~~~~</charinsert></span>

Please copy the source code of this rather than what appears on the page as the tildes use html entities to stop someone signing the mediawiki page. Thanks,

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And whoever does the above, can you remove:

<div class="hidable start-hidden">
<div style="padding:4px; margin:1em 0 0 0;">
<div id="edittools_top">
<div id="lf-preload" style="display: none"><div>Insert template: <span id="lf-preload-cbox"></span></div><div>Load the text of a page (enter the page name): <span id="lf-preload-pagename"></span><span id="lf-preload-button"></span></div></div></div></div></div>

As it's included elsewhere in the editing interface and seems to be a relic of an old script in 2007.

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Deleting a page

Could I get someone to delete Update Patch Notes (14 January 2013)? The page already exists at Update:Patch Notes (14 January 2013). It's not showing up in Category:Speedy deletion candidates. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/Blaze_fire.pnghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/blaze_fire12/RuneScape%20Wiki%20Images/12.png 04:58, January 15, 2013 (UTC)

Done. User:Azliq7 05:33, January 15, 2013 (UTC)

RS:AD CSS

Finally got around to fixing all the issues I've found with the CSS for RS:AD, so here goes.

Replace the content of MediaWiki:Handheld.css (everything in it) with:

/**
 * MediaWiki:Handheld.css is for the Wikiamobile skin.
 * Wikiamobile skin can be accessed by adding ?useskin=wikiamobile to the end of the URL.
 * Skin configuration set with $wgHandheldStyle.
 * There does not appear to be an equivalent .js page for this skin.
 * Only add styling here that is causing problems with this skin.
 * MediaWiki:Common.css is not automatically imported here.
 * Inline CSS, eg 'style="display:none;"' does not work in this skin.
 * Do not import MediaWiki:Common.css, add the styling separately here.
 */

/**
 * Stopping display of [[RuneScape:User of the Month]] when transcluded into [[RuneScape:Active discussions]].
 * Page needs to be transcluded for the variables used in vote tally to be passed into the final result.
 * Noinclude tags not viable for this.
 * Inline styling does not work in wikiaphone and MediaWiki:Common.css is not imported.
 * - Cåm
 */
.page-RuneScape_Active_Discussions #uotm-variables {
	display:none;
}

/**
 * Stopping display of extra parameters in [[Template:Forumheader]] used in [[RuneScape:Forum Archives]]
 * - Cåm
 */
#archive-params {
	display:none;
}

I've taken the liberty of adding in some instructions and notes for the page. I've recommended not adding anything that doesn't need to be there as my phone takes long enough to load things here as it is, without having to load all the CSS we have in the Common.css.

For MediaWiki:Common.css simply add the following to then bottom of the page. I'll fix up the stuff relevant to the theme resorting I did a few days ago another time.

/**
 * Stopping display of [[RuneScape:User of the Month]] when transcluded into [[RuneScape:Active discussions]].
 * Page needs to be transcluded for the variables used in vote tally to be passed into the final result.
 * Noinclude tags not viable for this.
 * - Cåm
 * To do - Double check after implementation whether !important is really needed (needed during tests).
 */
.page-RuneScape_Active_Discussions #uotm-variables {
	display:none !important;
}

/**
 * Table styling for [[RuneScape:Active discussions]]
 * .discussiontable used for headers
 * .dpltable used for dpl lists
 * - Cåm
 */

/* Workaround from having to use table headers */
table.dpltable {
	margin-top:-4px;
}

/* Adding small padding so they don't look so strange
 * .discussiontable td for UOTM */
table.dpltable td,
table.discussiontable td {
	padding-left:5px;
}

/* Setting table widths */
table.dpltable,
table.discussiontable {
	width:100%;
}

/* Colouring the headers */ 
table.discussiontable th {
	color:#fff;
	background-color:#483821;
}

table.discussiontable th a {
	color:#fff;
}

table.discussiontable th a:hover {
	text-decoration:none;
}

/* Column widths */
/* For tables with 3 columns */
table.dpltable th.topic, 
table.discussiontable th.topic {
	width:40%;
}

table.dpltable th.edited,
table.dpltable th.edited-by,
table.discussiontable th.edited,
table.discussiontabel th.edited-by {
	width:30%;
}

/* YG Archives */
table.dpltable th.yg-archive,
table.discussiontable th.yg-archive {
	width:20%;
}

/* RFA & RFR
 * Required templates not yet implemented -20/01/2013 */
table.dpltable th.rfa-nominee,
table.dpltable th.rfr-nominee,
table.discussiontable th.rfa-nominee,
table.discussiontable th.rfr-nominee {
	width:20%;
}

table.dpltable th.rfa-create,
table.dpltable th.rfr-create,
table.dpltable th.rfa-type,
table.dpltable th.rfr-type,
table.dpltable th.rfa-edited-by,
table.dpltable th.rfr-edited-by,
table.dpltable th.rfa-close,
table.dpltable th.rfr-close,
table.discussiontable th.rfa-create,
table.discussiontable th.rfr-create,
table.discussiontable th.rfa-type,
table.discussiontable th.rfr-type,
table.discussiontable th.rfa-edited-by,
table.discussiontable th.rfr-edited-by,
table.discussiontable th.rfa-close,
table.discussiontable th.rfr-close {
	width:15%;
}

table.dpltable th.rfa-edited,
table.dpltable th.rfr-edited,
table.discussiontable th.rfa-edited,
table.discussiontable th.rfr-edited {
	width:20%;
}
 
/* RFCM specific column widths
 * Required templates not yet implemented -20/01/2013 */
table.dpltable th.rfcm-nominee.
table.discussiontable th.rfcm-nominee {
	width:24%;
}

table.dpltable th.rfcm-create,
table.dpltable th.rfcm-edited,
table.dpltable th.rfcm-edited-by,
table.dpltable th.rfcm-close, 
table.discussiontable th.rfcm-create,
table.discussiontable th.rfcm-edited,
table.discussiontable th.rfcm-edited-by,
table.discussiontable th.rfcm-close {
	width:19%;
}

I've tried my best to explain what it's all for with the comments, e.g. /* comment */, any further questions feel free to ask. The extra styling for for the tables requiring templates not currently in use is working, but still a little buggy for the time being, hence the commented date.

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