User talk:jvvg/Archive 20

jvvg

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For those wondering, no, you don't magically know what to do once you become an adult.

This page is archive 20 of User talk:Jvvg. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

First!

Congrats on the new archive!
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  02:23, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Darn you beat me to it :P
Drunken_Sailor (talk | contribs) 17:01, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Congrats. You both beat me to it :P

asqwde talk | contribs 17:05, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

How so many messages on talk

How do you have so many archives and have so many messages on your talk as I don't have a lot?

asqwde talk | contribs 17:06, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

I've been around for a very long time, so over that time the messages accumulated.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 19:48, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

WM's FPC updater script

It appears that nth curator is grammatically incorrect. Take the latest one. Two-hundred-ninety-sixth should not be that. It is incorrect. It should be two-hundred-and-ninety-sixth.

banana439monkey (Talk | Contribs | Scratch | Edits (3,483))

16:54, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Oh yeah. I just noticed that. That should be fixed

asqwde talk | contribs 12:23, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

No, "two-hundred-ninety-sixth" is grammatically correct. However, I feel like it would be better to simply say 123{{th}} instead of spelling out the number.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  12:44, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Confirmation Code

Hey jvvg, because you accepted my application letter I assume you know the answer to this. Why is my confirmation code not working? Also, how do you talk through a mouse
NYCDOT (talk | contribs)I AM THE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 21:06, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Talking through the mouse is done with the HTML "title" attribute. So this:

<span title="talking through mouse">text</span>

Makes this:

text

As for the confirmation code, why do you need one? You can't have more than one account on the Wiki.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  10:43, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

I want the confirmation code to work so I can get email notifications for scratch. Where would you put the code for the talking through the mouse? wiki.
NYCDOT (talk | contribs)I AM THE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 14:16, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Oh, email notifications... But that doesn't need a confirmation code, you just need to click the link that gets sent to your email. Are you not getting the link? Check your spam folder if that's the case.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  04:02, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I found the email.
NYCDOT (talk | contribs)Scratch Wiki Will Remain Supreme. 16:42, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Add faq template to WM settings

{{faq}} adds a category.
Apple502j Talk/Activities 2,243edit 09:40, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

 Done
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  11:29, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Archives

How do you add an archive to a talk page?
NYCDOT (talk | contribs) 19:49, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi! You can make a subpage of your talk page named "User talk:NYCDOT/Archive" or "NYCDOT/Archive 1" or something like that. Then, you can copy and paste the contents of your talk page into your new archive. After that, you can delete the messages in your talk page. Alternatively, you could use the move button.
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 21:35, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you so much!
NYCDOT (talk | contribs) 22:48, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Erm...

I don't know what the topic should be, but do you know how to access a list of user that have joined?
NYCDOT (talk | contribs) 00:31, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

You can look at Special:ListUsers. If you want to see users that have joined recently, look at Special:Log/newusers.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 00:49, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Help with a signature

Hello! Remember when you said that problem with my sig? I was searching around the code of my sig, but I couldn't find anything... can you help me? Thanks!
Botcho (Botcho_Otkho) - Talk - Contribs - Profile 19:39, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

How to create a message from the mouse

I've seen a large magority of users on the wiki that have a message talking out of your mouse-pointer. Could you help me make it? Thank you in advance! :)
PrincessFlowerTV (talk | contribs) 00:23, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

You use the HTML "title" attribute (this question always comes up here every time he archives his talk lol). For example, this:

<span title="Hi">hOII</span>

Makes this:

hOII

The "title" attribute can go on most HTML elements, I think.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  00:42, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

It's funny how everyone associates this with me. I actually got the idea from Scimonster.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 03:48, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

You've said that before, too - but since Scimonster is effectively dead and you're partially the face of the Wiki, people naturally see your talking through mouse before Scimonster's - I suppose if you credited Scimonster in the thing itself more people would ask him, but then again they might still ask you since Scimonster won't respond.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  04:55, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Bot Eorror

you're bot is saying i am not signing stuff. but i am. This was sent by ideapad-320.
-unsigned comment by ideapad-320 (talk | contribs)

I looked at your talk page, and all of the messages it left you are correct. You need to sign your post by leaving your signature (~~~~) at the end. In yours, it looks like you just included your username, but we need your full Wiki signature (the four tildes I mentioned in the previous sentence) so that there's a uniform experience and we know when you posted it. For example:
This is a post is signed properly.~~~~
Please let me know if you have any questions.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 22:09, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Bot

I'm 1000% sure you get a lot of these in your talk, but your bot said I didn't sign a edit in my user talk. I've never had problems with your bot, but this time, it made a mistake because I was making edits to my archives section, which Is Not a post on my talk page.
NYCDOT (talk | contribs) 22:18, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I'm working on improving the detection for what is/isn't a message, and I added this to the list of things to look out for. Also, in the future, if you mark an edit as minor, WM won't check it for a signature.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 23:32, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks!
NYCDOT (talk | contribs) 20:13, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

How do i catagorize files if i upload them with the "upload" button in the file adder? Can you please help?

i have been getting messeges about not catagorizing files. How do i catagorize files if i upload them with the "upload" button in the file adder? Can you please help?
Ideapad-320 (talk | contribs) 12:59, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

You mean the 2nd uploading? If your file is already categorized and

NOT categorized: Add category via Edit (the same way you edit a page)

ALREADY categorized: You don't need to do

Apple502j Talk/Activities 2,243edit 13:04, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Please remember to sign your posts

Hello, I'm WikiMonitor, a bot that patrols the Recent Changes. This is just a friendly reminder that it appears you forgot to sign your post in revision 195806 of User talk:Jvvg/sandbox. Please fix this by adding four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your post to insert your signature and remember to sign your posts in the future. Signing your posts is important as it allows other Wikians to see who made a post. Thanks!
IMPORTANT: If you fixed this right after making the signature, I apologize for the mistake. This will be fixed soon.

This message was sent by an automated bot run by jvvg. You can contact him on his talk page with any concerns.

WikiMonitor (talk | contribs) 01:49, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Please remember to sign your posts

Hello, I'm WikiMonitor, a bot that patrols the Recent Changes. This is just a friendly reminder that it appears you forgot to sign your post in revision 195810 of User talk:Jvvg/sandbox. Please fix this by adding four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your post to insert your signature and remember to sign your posts in the future. Signing your posts is important as it allows other Wikians to see who made a post. Thanks!

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WikiMonitor (talk | contribs) 01:57, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Yikes! WM Mistake

I got an incorrect notifacation from WikiMonitor. I did sign my post, even though WM says I did not.

Could you help?
Mrbumppo (talk | contribs) 13:01, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

You actually did not sign your post. WM does not look at the contents of templates. Please sign your posts outside of the template.

In case you're wondering why it doesn't look at the template contents, there are two major reasons:

• It would take extra processing time, and
• You could change the template later to not have your signature, and nobody would notice.

Remember to sign your post on the top level next time. Thanks.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  14:08, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

There actually was a error, but it was a bit more subtle than that. Mrbumppo added the signature in a later edit, but at that time I hadn't implemented checking for it. However, that has been fixed and should no longer be a problem.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 15:14, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

My new welcoming template

Hello there! I just wanted to ask what you think about my new welcome template:

Welcome to the Scratch Wiki, Jvvg!
I'm Botcho_Otkho.
We can't wait to see what edits you will make! I'm sure you will be a great contribution to this community.
Any questions? Talk to me on my talk page or on the Community Portal!
See you soon and... wiki on!

What should I change/keep? Any feedback is really appreciated!
Botcho (Botcho_Otkho) - Talk - Contribs - Profile 17:40, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Interpreting Guidelines?

Jvvg, can you help me out with something? User:Makethebrainhappy/Sandbox contains a story of Melodia, a Scratch shop, but I'm not sure exactly if it should get it's own article.

mrbumppo - | Contribs | Talk 00:24, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

As per S:NOSP, we do not create articles about shops.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 00:28, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Remove External Icon

I'm working on my navigator to update that I have a ScratchNetwork profile. Is there a way I can remove the external link icon?
-unsigned comment by Mrbumppo (talk | contribs)

You can do so with this code: <span class="plainlinks">[https://futuresight.org Plain link]</span>, which would produce: Plain link.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 20:09, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Deleted Images

You deleted my image Scratch-online-editor.png, thinking it was a duplicate of another image. Actually, that image was the offline editor, and this is for the online editor. CrazyBoy826 (Talk|Contribs)

They both look the same to me. Both images have "Join Scratch/Sign In" at the top, while the offline editor does not, so it looks like the original image (the one I said yours is a duplicate off) was also from the online editor.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 22:20, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

It is not a duplicate because above the stage in my image, there is a texxt box, while the other one does not because it is offline.
CrazyBoy826 (talk | contribs)

There are no text boxes in your image that are not in the other image. The only text box I see in your image is the one for the project title, which is also present in the other one (File:Scratch Layout.png).
jvvg (talk | contribs) 01:40, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Delete IP

I would delete your IP Adress:
NYCDOT [ Talk Page | Contributions | Directory ] 23:52, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

There's no need - that IP address doesn't actually exist, it's the local loopback IP.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  23:54, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Oh, oops.
NYCDOT [ Talk Page | Contributions | Directory ] 00:14, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Which Way Do You Sign Your Username?

Do you sign your username as four tildes or using scratchsig tags?
CrazyBoy826 (talk | contribs)

Use four tildes, that way it also includes the timestamp. WikiMonitor requires that you include the timestamp for it to be considered a valid signature.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 01:18, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Ambiguation Over Redirect "Upload"

You said that the page Upload was deleted because mainspace pages don't link to special or Scratch Wiki pages.It was deleted, and we eventually agreed. But today, when looking at the Wiki, I discovered that it had been re-created with a redirect to Special:Upload. I added the delete template to it, but the reason of re-creation of the page is still unknown.
CrazyBoy826 (talk | contribs) 17:57, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

I have deleted it, I'm not sure why it was created.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 20:50, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

A mistake in the FPC list

Hello! Someone told me that there was a mistake in the list of FPCs. The mistake is that an FPC is listed twice. Since we're not supposed to edit some parts of that page (the parts that WikiMonitor edits), I didn't fix the mistake. However, could you please change it? I looked in the history of that page, and it doesn't seem that it's a glitch with WikiMonitor, so that's good.
Credit to joshuayy on Scratch for finding this mistake.
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 21:40, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

(Thanks!)
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 21:41, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

I fixed it. It actually happened because someone edited the list.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 00:44, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

 Thanks!
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 20:58, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

A problem with WikiMonitor

I got a notification saying "please sign your posts" when I was adding on to a post that I had actually signed in the last revision. This is a little bit of a problem, and I'm wondering if it could be fixed.
KJRYoshi07 (BlueStarPort) (My Talk) (Contribs) 11:30, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Did it have the timestamp?

banana439monkey (Talk | Contribs | Scratch | Edits (3,483))

18:03, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Yep... It could be because I was adding a new line on to my message.
KJRYoshi07 (BlueStarPort) (My Talk) (Contribs) 20:46, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

That's exactly why. If you're adding a new line, you should just add an extra reply instead.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  08:22, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

Permission

Can I move Help:Blocking users to Scratch Wiki:Blocking/Admin Guide?
NYCDOT [ Talk Page | Contributions | Directory ] 01:38, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

What for?
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  09:14, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

The Help namespace is for documenting features about MediaWiki, while the Scratch Wiki namespace is for policies and things specific to this Wiki. Since that page just documents the technical aspects of being blocked, I think it's best where it is.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 23:23, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Rent

DRUNKEN HAST MONEY DRUNKEN WILL PAY FOR SPACE DRUNKEN WANTS SPACE DRUNKEN SAYS PLEASE
Daring Sailor [ Talk | Contribs | More... ] 15:56, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

The rates are low: one cent per nanosecond!
jvvg (talk | contribs) 21:10, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Hang on...

So if there are 86400000000000 nanoseconds in a day... And then times that by 30... OH MY WORD

IT WOULD COST ME $25,920,000,000,000.00 JUST TO RENT IT OUT FOR A MONTH...
Daring Sailor [ Talk | Contribs | More... ] 18:53, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

What a bargain!

KrIsMa user | talk | contribs | edits 21:54, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

11/10 would buy
Daring Sailor [ Talk | Contribs | More... ] 22:20, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Only $26 trillion per month??? Why aren't you renting it right now? Quick, before someone else steals the deal!
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  09:26, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

-steals deal-

banana439monkey (Talk | Contribs | Scratch | Edits (3,483))

06:08, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I SHALL BUY IT FROM YOU BANANAMONKEY!!!! I WILL GIVE YOU INFINITE MONEY! GIVE ME IT!!!
Wait.. what are me buying?
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  17:53, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Transit Systems

I see you are a fan of Transit Systems. So am I! I am in love, repeat, absolute love with the MTA (New York Metro Area). My favorite line is the 7 or the F or the E. What's yours?
NYCDOT [ Talk Page | Contributions | Directory ] 19:29, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

I've only been to NYC a few times (you can see my pictures of the NYC subway here). My favorite line I rode while there was the A train, mostly because it has several long gaps between express stops, and sailing across Manhattan and Brooklyn on an express is really fun. I actually one time did the Subway Challenge, where I rode to and stopped at all 472 stations (it took me 29 hours). I really enjoyed riding BART in San Francisco (pictures), the Los Angeles Metro (pictures), the Cleveland RTA (pictures), and the Charlotte Lynx Blue Line (pictures).
jvvg (talk | contribs) 21:57, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Nice! How is it possible to do the Subway Challenge? I would die if I had to do that! I don't like the A Train because of the amount of Homeless People that seem to get attracted to that line. I wish to ride on the BART and the LA Metro one day. Your photos are great too! Are you also a professional photographer?
NYCDOT [ Talk Page | Contributions | Directory ] 22:08, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

The way to do the subway challenge is to find a route that visits all 472 stations in the least amount of time possible (it must stop at each station at least once, not just pass through), and then actually get on the train and follow that route. I'm not a professional photographer, unfortunately. I'm just a college student who likes taking pictures and sometimes has too much free time.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 22:10, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Nice!
NYCDOT [ Talk Page | Contributions | Directory ] 15:45, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Revert File:Edit-page.png

Warning:

VERY URGENT. In File:Edit-page.png, I was going to upload a new version, but a bug caused it to come out as your older version, squished. Can you fix that?

CrazyBoy826 (talk | contribs) 17:13, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Don't mind, it got fixed.
CrazyBoy826 (talk | contribs) 17:19, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Abuse Filter Error

When trying to create the redirect page Audio Format, the "Prevent uploads or file edits with no comment or category" abuse filter rule was triggered, even though I entered an edit summary. I tried creating the page twice.
Millie S (talk|961 contribs|directory) 00:52, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

The filter is actually only supposed to act on files. It looks like the expression was not properly grouped, so I added parentheses to fix it. I checked and it no longer will stop the edit you attempted to make. Please let me know if you have any other problems.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 02:04, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Now works!
Millie S (talk|961 contribs|directory) 02:06, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Using templates for WM

Hi! I saw that every time WikiMonitor comments on a talk page, it re-creates the three messages over and over again. You could put the three messages as templates instead to save space and time. Can you change WM to just use user subpage templates?
CrazyBoy826 | Talk | 8,242 edits | Scratch 18:40, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

The space savings would be minimal (a few hundred bytes per message), and I don't see how it would save time. However, this would also lead to having extra dependencies, where old messages would depend on current templates, and this would also mean that if I ever decide to change the message, then it will change for everyone who has ever received it.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 00:52, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

I mean new messages will use the template, old ones stay the same. By saving time I mean that more text uploaded will take a longer time to get through. If users want, they can change their bot messages to the template.
CrazyBoy826 | Talk | 8,242 edits | Scratch 01:57, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Using templates would also mean that the messages would be cache-dependant, and directly posting them avoids that; besides, templates increase the link indexing that needs to be done, so in reality the space savings are near zero.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  08:20, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

How do I know if i am a New Wikian?

Question is in the title Please reply on my talk page. Thanks!
Kittenslikefood (talk | contribs) 08:20, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Just wondering do you have any pets

just wondering if you have any pets? if u do reply, pls do on my talk page thx
Kittenslikefood (talk | contribs) 02:00, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Cloud Data

Hi there! Haven't been on here for a while but I am back (for now anyway) I updated the Cloud Data page. Did I add the categories correctly? Still getting used to this new interface!
Jandrewg (talk | contribs) 23:00, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Welcome back! It looks like you did add the categories correctly.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 23:47, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Questions about some edits

So I uploaded a new version of the header at File:ScratchHeader.PNG but it got all squished and I don't know how to fix it...

Also, do we need the citation needed tag at Navigation_Bar#Scratch_Wiki about the headers?

Jandrewg (talk | contribs) 21:29, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

The header image looks fine to me. Your browser was probably just trying to display it in the size of the old image. Refreshing the page usually takes care of that. For the citation needed tag, that was probably put back before we had an authoritative source saying what the Scratch 3.0 header would be, so the header was basically us guessing that they would use that header for Scratch 3.0. Since it now is the header, I removed that tag since the Scratch website header can be considered common knowledge.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 22:00, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

Ok Thanks!
Jandrewg (talk | contribs) 13:21, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

You don't have custom sig?

Why do you not have custom sig if you've been on the Wiki since like 2012 (I think).
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  22:30, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

I like the default sig.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 22:32, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

LOL

Nice to see that as a bureaucrat, you have to be Wiki article!
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  03:16, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

I was incredibly confused as to what this message was supposed to mean until I finally looked at the diff on jvvg's userpage edit
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  07:04, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

This happpens to me a lot when I talk too. It's resulted in me saying some rather bizarre things.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 17:51, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Same, whatever I think becomes a tongue-twister when I speak it. I hate it.
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  19:13, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Please categorize new pages

Hello, I'm WikiMonitor, a bot that patrols the Recent Changes. This is just a friendly reminder that when making the page Uncategorized Page, you did not include any categories. Please remember to categorize all new pages and files. Check out Help:Categories for details. Thanks!

This message was sent by an automated bot run by jvvg. You can contact him on his talk page with any concerns.

WikiMonitor (talk | contribs) 17:41, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Github follows?

I noticed that you are following me and jakel181 on github but not ken, or any other awesome coders. Just me and jakel181. Why???
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  17:49, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

There's no specific reason, I just haven't. However, as is true with Scratch, GitHub is not a popularity contest, and we shouldn't be focusing on follows.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 19:29, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Agreed, I was just wondering.
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  20:00, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Help me Test my Website.

Can you help me test (removed)? I included a chat widget into it. I want to test it.
To get the chat, keep refreshing until a circle in the bottom right appears. Click it, and do a test message. Then let me know here.
Then, we can have a little test chat.

THANKS!
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  20:14, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Wait, it doesn't work. Sry.
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  20:27, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Its working again, can you check now?
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  21:52, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

How do I use welcome templates?

Hey, I noticed you place a welcome template on all new users' talk pages. I made one and I know how to paste it (it's Template:Welcome By EIephant Lover, but with two brackets on either end). I just don't know how you have managed to do one every time. Do you have some sort of bot do it for you or do you just notice when a new user comes and paste it there? For the former, is it possible that I could do this and if so how? For the latter, how can you see when a new user comes? Thanks so much :)
EIephant_Lover (talk | contribs) 20:22, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Although I am not jvvg, you have to do it manually. :( But, you can use some tricks. I use a preload. See this link. Or, you can use Ken's welcome.js
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  22:33, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

12944qwerty: Okay, thank you :) jvvg: Is it okay to have a template of our own like that, or should it be a part of our userspace?
EIephant_Lover (talk | contribs) 21:27, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Edit: Someone already moved the page for me. Oops :P
EIephant_Lover (talk | contribs) 21:28, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Remember, you can use the show preview before you save so everything is looking how you want it to look like.
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  21:42, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

We can see when new users join in the recent changes or by checking the new users log regularly.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  04:55, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

images only used on user pages

wikimoniter said that i did not categorize. how do i do it?
Ideapad-320 (talk | contribs) 01:38, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

If the image is a logo, categorize it as Category:Users' Logos, otherwise at Category:Users' Images.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 02:36, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Welcome Message

hi there, a while ago bigpuppy was trying to teach me how to set a welcome message to automatically go onto a new users talk page, he said something that i cannot remember, i tried what he said and it didnt work, would you mind telling me so i can get it to work?? many thanks,
JJBullet ( u • t • c )

You can store your welcome message as a template in your userspace (for example, User:JJBullet/Welcome) and then whenever a new user joins, you can just comment {{User:JJBullet/Welcome}}~~~~ to leave your message. However, it is not possible for you to make your message be included automatically on new users' talk pages without use of a bot (and we will not approve any such bots). You can see when new users join by looking at the user creation log though.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 16:46, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Bureaucrats

Hey There, recently i have been thinking about elections, and i was just wondering if you (the Bureaucrats and admins) can perform an election soon as i feel some wikians would benefit from an election many thanks,
JJBullet ( u • t • c ) 13:51, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Elections are not held periodically, but rather when the existing admins feel that more administrative help is needed. For now, we are doing fine with the amount of help we have, so there won't be any elections for the immediate future.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  13:57, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

thanks, and i hope you dont mind, i copied the layout of your sig and tweaked it a little bit
JJBullet ( u • t • c ) 14:15, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Same here!

JJbullet, you don't have to add the colons, your signature is fine the way it is. Just put four tildes.
 12944qwerty  Talk  Contribs  Scratch  14:27, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

ok thanks for the help
JJBullet ( u • t • c ) 08:59, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Insanity Error

I know you aren't developing this anymore, but there is an error showing up when I want to run a project I made in your Insanity mod. The block that is showing up red is: (join (num1::variables) [+] (num2::variables)[?]::reporter :: operators)
Could you please try to find out what the issue is and what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! (also why is my timestamp breaking lines)
 Supermonkeycat157  Talk  Contribs  On Scratch 02:47, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Unfortunately I don't really have the time to develop Insanity anymore, and besides I don't remember much about Squeak.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 05:40, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

My User Page

Hi there, Jvvg, i am just messaging you to say that i took some inspiration from your User Page i am basically just saying is that ok? many thanks
JJBullet (Talk ★ Contributions ★ 1,213 edits) 10:55, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, you're welcome to do that.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 15:09, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Permission

do i have your permission to edit the article Welcoming Committee as LiFayTheGoblin is no longer a Scratch Team Member?
JJBullet (Talk ★ Contributions ★ 1,213 edits) 10:56, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

See ken's talk. :)
Jakel181 (talk | contribs) 12:19, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Your bot messed up

Hello! I'd just like to let you know that your bot randomly said I didn't sign something, even though I did. I can give you a link, if you need it. Thanks!
 Dominic305  Talk  Contribs (1,791)  Scratch  Directory  12:56, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

im not Jvvg but if a bot messes up dont worry it is a bot in the end of the day,
JJBullet (Talk ★ Contributions ★ 1,213 edits) 14:30, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

In the future, if you receive an incorrect notification from WikiMonitor, please don't remove it, as I don't want to have to dig through the page history to figure out what you're talking about. Anyway, regarding that specific edit, the div tag you added shouldn't have beeen added to the page, and if you are making an edit to a talk page that is not a message, if you mark it as minor, WikiMonitor will ignore it.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 20:08, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Please add my header to a protected page

Hi. Could you please add my header back on to this page? Kenny2scratch protected it, but he removed my header. I can't edit the page anymore, so could you please do this for me? Thanks.
 Supermonkeycat157  Talk  Contribs  On Scratch 00:25, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

You don't have to do it now, Ken already did it.
 Supermonkeycat157  Talk  Contribs  On Scratch 14:14, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Just a qucik tip, only ask in 1 place, i have learnt that if you ask more than 1 person it might get annoying,
JJBullet (Talk ★ Contributions ★ 1,213 edits) 14:29, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Tumblr Page

What is the password for the tumblr page od bad account requests?
NYCDOT [ Talk Page | Contributions | Directory ] 01:12, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

We shut down that blog by request of the ST, so we will not give out the password.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 00:24, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Ok.
NYCDOT [ Talk Page | Contributions | Directory ] 01:14, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Ooops

I made a page called PR07 by accident (yup, feel stupid) which currently has no content. Can you delete it please?

Thamks ^u^
PurpleRabbit07 (talk | contribs) 16:07, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

 Done
jvvg (talk | contribs) 23:53, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

WikiMonitor

I like to use a custom signature that looks like
 Luvexina  Talk  Contribs  On Scratch . However, WikiMonitor tells me to sign with ~~~~, even though I have a signature. What can I do about this?

 Luvexina  Talk  Contribs  On Scratch 

It looks for a timestamp.

banana439monkey (Talk | Contribs | Scratch | Edits (3,483))

19:52, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, you need a timestamp. You can set what appears when you enter ~~~~ by going to Preferences and entering {{User:VFDan/Sig}} as your signature (make sure you check the box that says "Treat signature as wikitext").
jvvg (talk | contribs) 01:02, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, I didn't really know what that part was for.  VFDan  Talk  Contribs  On Scratch  20:58, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

WM

Can you explain why I can't edit a lot on one page?
FrenchBread49 (talk | contribs) 03:29, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Editing the same page multiple times clogs up the recent changes, which has to show one entry per edit. Instead of editing many times, use the "show preview" button! It's right next to the "save changes" button and it shows you what your edit will look like before you save. Once you're happy with how the edit looks, then you can save changes.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  05:27, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

I figured that was it, but I wanted to get a legitimate answer. I will be sure to use the "show preview" button for now on.
FrenchBread49 (talk | contribs) 05:31, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Ken

Why did ken remove my application without reason?
JJBullet (Talk ★ Contributions ★ 1,213 edits) 11:03, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

You don't qualify.

banana439monkey (Talk | Contribs | Scratch | Edits (3,483))

16:07, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply, but you need 50 mainspace edits to quality, while you currently have 11.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 23:48, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

banana & Jvvg Its fine i found out anyway lol
JJBullet (Talk ★ Contributions ★ 1,213 edits) 10:03, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Is your bot malfunctioning or is it just me being stupid?

Huh, I have a weird feeling I am editing pages a lot. Like three times every minute. Does WikiBot only alert you if you edit one specific page a lot?
Nambaseking01 (talk | contribs) 18:46, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Yes, WikiMonitor alerts you if you make a lot of edits to one page in a short amount of time (currently defined as over 5 in one hour to one page).
jvvg (talk | contribs) 22:40, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Ohh, I see!
Nambaseking01 (talk | contribs) 07:59, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Ur Bot (which is the thing most people are concerned about, why did you make it?)

Dude, it tells me I'm editing some page a lot, but it's a good habit to save your work, innit?
Congyingzhou (talk | contribs) 13:06, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

It was introduced to help people remember the wiki etiquette. 2. It's a better habit to use show preview, just for our sanity, on behalf of those with the patrol edits right.

banana439monkey (Talk | Contribs | Scratch | Edits (3,483))

13:12, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

huh your rule made me work twice on an entire section. I am used to save work.
Congyingzhou (talk | contribs) 05:06, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

As banana pointed out, you should use "Show Preview" to see how things look while you edit. When you save a page, it makes an entry in the page history as well as the recent changes log (which a bunch of people look at to monitor how things are going on the Wiki), and saving frequently creates a ton of entries, making it harder to keep track of what's going on. If you want to save your work while you're working, the best thing to do is save it somewhere else (like a Word doc or something).
jvvg (talk | contribs) 15:23, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

WikiMonitor Bot Thoughts

You changed your bot's schedule of editing the FPC list to Tuesday? Or is that just me?
TenType (talk | contribs) 04:36, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

It edits the FPC within an hour of it being changed, it's just that the ST is sometimes behind in updating it.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 18:23, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Weird. The studios that the Scratch Team manages already updated the FPC yesterday, but your bot still hasn't been triggered.
TenType (talk | contribs) 01:33, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

That's because my Pi is currently unavailable to me. I can see if I can run the script elsewhere.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 18:03, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Hmm, okay.
TenType (talk | contribs) 01:31, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

New curator

The actual curator at the moment is Pandacorn68, kritav was curator last week.
TenType (talk | contribs) 03:56, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

I have to update them in order, so I put in kritav first.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 23:51, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

But then you would be late by one week?
TenType (talk | contribs) 03:05, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

I immediately afterwards updated it to Pandacorn68. The current version in the news is correct.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 18:17, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Okay, sorry for pestering you.
TenType (talk | contribs) 20:51, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

What?

Last time I was on the wiki (1 year ago) you said you were leaving. Why are you still here? And there is so much I have forgotten since 2018.
78ch3 (talk | contribs) 06:23, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

I have left for the most part. I am still occasionally around and still maintain WikiMonitor and help people out when they need it, but other than that I don't edit much.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 13:33, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Oh ok. When is the next EW election?
78ch3 (talk | contribs) 22:11, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

If i may, it will be when needed, a EW election has happened recently and i dont think there will be one for a while....
JJBullet (Talk ★ Contributions ★ 1,213 edits) 17:10, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Correct! It will be when needed. You don't know when it's needed.

banana439monkey (Talk | Contribs | Scratch | Edits (3,483))

07:43, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for that banana, didnt know whether i was correct haha
JJBullet (Talk ★ Contributions ★ 1,213 edits) 15:07, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 78ch3, just for your information, there is now a EW election happening!
JJBullet (Talk ★ Contributions ★ 1,213 edits) 14:30, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Now! Scratch Wiki:Elections/October 2019
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  13:38, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Ken!
JJBullet (Talk ★ Contributions ★ 1,213 edits) 11:02, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

A Suggestion: Add A New Task to WikiMonitor

I know that the WikiMonitor automatically updates Scratch News for new FPCs. So, I have a suggestion: Why don't WikiMonitor also add new SDS? Thanks for read this message.
Ahmetlii (talk | contribs) 19:23, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

SDS is not updated as frequently as the curator. Also, it would be difficult to extract the correct paragraph from the description automatically.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 19:28, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Congrats!

Congradulations on graduating university! Hey, I'll also have a graduation this year(I'll graduate from middle school hopefully).
Dilek10-Talk-Contribs-Profile Page 18:28, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

I second these congratulations!
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 22:12, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

I third these congratulations! :)
wait i don't think thats right
 Dominic305  Talk  Contribs (1,791)  Scratch  Directory  00:30, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! I didn't quite expect to graduate under these circumstances, but if all goes well I will still have a job starting soon.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 01:06, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

@Dominic305 Well, "congratulations" is plural, right? (also edit conflict with jvvg :P)
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 01:07, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

About WikiMonitor

Hi. I just wanted to inform about WikiMonitor. WikiMonitor doesn't work as well in Scratch Wiki:Sandbox. I have no idea about why the bot doesn't clean the page. For your information.
 ahmetlii  Talk  Contributions  Directory  19:20, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

WikiMonitor is a script that is running in the background, and when it sees an edit to the sandbox it will clear it four hours later. However, for various reasons the script stops running (like today, my Pi had to be unplugged to install an air conditioner) and doesn't resume until I manually restart it. In cases where I know it stopped, that's usually pretty quick, but in other cases (such as a power outage when I'm not home or even a power loss that only lasts a second and I don't otherwise notice) I don't know it's not running and thus don't restart it for a while.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 04:55, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for reply.
 ahmetlii  Talk  Contributions  Directory  06:56, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Glitch(?) with ConfirmAccounts

Hey jvvg, I'm not sure if you know about this already (I faintly recall talk about a similar glitch in the past), but today I experienced a glitch with ConfirmAccounts — specifically with this account request: https://en.scratch-wiki.info/w/index.php?title=Special:ConfirmAccounts/authors&acrid=6397&wpShowRejects=1

Instead of directing me to the correct profile, the link directed me to a ten-year-old inactive account. I'm glad I checked the Scratch account verification project, as otherwise the correct user would not have gotten notified via Scratch and if the wrong user ever came back to Scratch, they could have been worried that their account had been compromised.

I didn't mention either username here due to the sheer publicity of talk pages, but you can click the link inside the ConfirmAccounts interface to go to the 10-year-old inactive account, and you can go to the Scratch user verification project to find the correct user (it's pretty obvious which user it is due to the similar username to the inactive user).

Again, I remember there being an issue in the past with the system getting confused if a user had two consecutive underscores in their username (if I remember correctly), but I don't remember exactly how that got resolved so I decided to notify you anyway.

Also, while I'm here, do you prefer stuff like this to be posted on your talk page or your Scratch profile?

Thanks!
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 03:03, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Also, don't get me wrong, it's a rarity that someone has a username like this, so it may not be worth fixing (if it's even possible to fix).
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 03:05, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

That's not the only issue, wfGetLBFactory was deprecated in 1.27, which means by 1.28, it had the potential of being broken. Future updates to MediaWiki will result in ConfirmAccount not working at all unless the modifications are rewritten entirely.

banana439monkey (Talk | Contribs | Scratch | Edits (3,483))

08:40, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

I'm not sure there's much I can do about this, as this is more of a MediaWiki issue. Ultimately the extension (using the original code) uses a built-in function to convert usernames to the MediaWiki format, which I think eliminates consecutive underscores.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 23:24, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Thanks for replying. If I get directed to a user who probably didn't apply (like this ten-year-old inactive account) again, I'll just check the account confirmation project to make sure it's the right account. Thanks!
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 23:27, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

I just got the same glitch with https://en.scratch-wiki.info/w/index.php?title=Special:ConfirmAccounts/authors&acrid=6675&wpShowRejects=1

We should tell future EWs to check the verification project first if the account requester seems inactive.
TenType (talk | contribs) 04:03, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps we should add something to Scratch Wiki:Become a contributor/Admin Guide or the Special:ConfirmAccounts interface?
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 19:01, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

WikiMonitor malfunction

I don't know if WikiMonitor is supposed to work like this, but the page I just created, had only the Introduction, and WikiMonitor said I needed to add catergories when there was not enough info on the page to put in catergories.
Garnetluvcookie (talk | contribs)Garnetluvcookie 14:37, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

It's not malfunctioning, that's purpose of WikiMonitor. If you don't want any notification from bots, just add{{NoBots}} to top of your talk page.
 ahmetlii  Talk  Contributions  Directory  14:46, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

You still need to add categories to a page, even if there is very little content. That helps us keep things organized on the Wiki. Also, please don't use {{NoBots}} just to avoid notifications for not putting categories, as it really is something everyone needs to do when creating pages. The page also usually doesn't need much content for you to know what category it belongs in, you can often tell just by the title.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 22:36, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, i'm just very new.Garnetluvcookie 11:13, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
-unsigned comment by Garnetluvcookie (talk | contribs)

No worries, I just wanted to make sure you knew the whole situation.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 22:47, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Mouse Talking?

How do you do the thing where a text box appears next to your mouse?
Garnetluvcookie (talk | contribs)Garnetluvcookie 18:20, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

<div title="Hi there!>If you use it with another code, I suggest you to check Help:CSS or check sample codes of the users without save your edits.
 ahmetlii  Talk  Contributions  Directory  19:29, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

About WikiMonitor

WikiMonitor asked me not to do several edits in a short amount of time, edits on User:Col_Cat228 which is my userpage, when i was just adding and moving stuff to it. Could you please make it so WikiMonitor has no effects on people's userpages? It's annoying. Thanks
Col_Cat228 (talk | contribs) 11:47, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

See: WikiMonitor (talk | contribs). One of WikiMonitor's purposes is warning users about fast edits. If you don't want to add a notification, simply add {{NoBots}} to your talk page or your main page, but it's not recommended by myself.
 ahmetlii  Talk  Contributions  Directory  14:03, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Col_Cat228, all edits you make to the wiki have to be patrolled, so it's helpful if people don't make a lot of edits in a short amount of time. WikiMonitor is there for a reason; I recommend you do not add {{NoBots}} to your talk page because you may end up missing some important notifications. Thanks, and thank you for editing the wiki!
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 15:59, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Also, I recommend you use the "Show preview" button. If you still make a mistake and end up making too many edits on a page, that's okay. But the WikiMonitor notification will help remind you of that.
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 16:03, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Userpages are actually one of the most common places where people make a lot of edits rapidly, so it was very much intentional that I included them. Regardless of where the edits take place, they show up in recent changes. Using "Show Preview" appropriately still applies there as much as it does everywhere else.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 22:49, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello!

Congrats on the job! I see that your status space has been available for rent since June 20, 2018. How much?
Groko13 (talk | contribs) 22:57, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Still one cent per nanosecond.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 23:08, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Really? No one has rented it...ever...and you haven't lowered the rates? To be completely honest with you, I'm disappointed.
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 23:16, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, I only make $0.000000000000023148148 per nanosecond :(
Groko13 (talk | contribs) 23:18, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

jvvg just got a job, but if someone takes up his offer, he'll be able to quit his job.
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 23:27, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Actually, looking at Drunken_Sailor's math above, that's an understatement. A huge understatement.
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 23:31, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

If you make $1,000,000 a year, you'd still only be making $0.000000000031709792 per nanosecond (approximately 3-billionths of a cent). On the plus side, you'd make about 3 cents per second.
Groko13 (talk | contribs) 23:40, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Yeah, I didn't really count on getting any takers, but I can always hope.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 19:39, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Look here

Some old links are still working if I'm right.
 ahmetlii  Talk  Contributions  Directory  19:32, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

That was created because the built-in account request system (Special:RequestAccount) didn't work. However, since we have since fixed it, we no longer use the system you linked to. It still exists, but no longer link to it in any official capacity. Thus, it doesn't really matter that the links may be broken, since nobody should be using it anyway.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 21:03, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

File creation malfunction

When I was trying to upload a small file (it's about 4MB) I got the error message that said something similar to: "You forgot do put a catergory on your file". I did do that. Can you fix this?
Garnetluvcookie (talk | contribs) 15:42, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

You need to make sure to include a category in the file summary when you upload. It should be formatted like [[Category:Users' Images]] (replace "Users' Images" with the name of the relevant category). It looks like in that case, you misspelled "Category" as "Catergory".
jvvg (talk | contribs) 21:02, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Account naming

Hello jvvg,

I have been having some problems with my scratch account, the only fix for it may be to create a new one, which I would not like, but may happen nonetheless. I want to ask: Is it possible to change the username of a scratch wiki account so as to reflect the scratch account? I am asking this as the only fix might be to get a new account, and so I would like the usernames to match.

I haven't asked anyone else, and this is just an is this possible? question and NOT an actual request to do so yet.

I haven't updated the links at the top to this as, 1. I don't know how to, 2. I don't trust myself to try, 3. I have a sneaking suspicion it is automatic. Sorry for any waffling/overcomplicating.

Currently, I have put this as a warning on my talk/userpage:

Alert!:

Currently my scratch account has been deleted by accident (not by me), and so PLEASE, PLEASE always contact me until this is removed via my talk page. Thanks for understanding.

Thanks.
Supremeprogrammer1 (talk | contribs) 09:13, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

I'm not Jvvg, but according to here, Scratch wiki usernames cannot be changed.
Jammum (💬 Talk - ✍️ Contribs) 09:22, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Ah, ok thanks Jammun.
Supremeprogrammer1 (talk | contribs) 09:50, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Edit: This is now old and irrelevant, thanks. Jvvg, if you wish to, you may remove this.
Supremeprogrammer1 (talk | contribs) 15:26, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Please Delete my account

Hello, Can you please delete my account. I want to register to the wiki under a new username
Acebsa (talk | contribs) 20:00, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Unfortunately, this is not possible according to Scratch Wiki's guidelines. You cannot create a new account unless it's an approved bot account for Scratch Wiki. However, you can create a new redirect on the (User:your other account) page if you want.
 ahmetlii  Talk  Contributions  Directory  20:10, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

No, that's not allowed either. You're unfortunately stuck with the first name you registered with - we don't support moving or renaming accounts, unlike the main site.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  21:05, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Even though redirecting your new username to your old username is not allowed now, feel free to propose that the rule be changed if you would like.
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 21:16, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

WM disabled

WikiMonitor was disabled for a very short amount of time earlier this month using the disable page for an unacceptable reason. The edits were reverted by the user, but still, it's an unacceptable reason. What do I do? Sorry if this is the wrong place to do it, I don't want to report the revision just yet.
4096bits | Talk | 836 Contribs 16:43, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

I have already handled the situation, but thank you for letting me know.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 17:00, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict :P) I don't think you need to take any action, I've notified that user on their talk page

garnetluvcookie (talk | contribs) 17:02, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Got it, thanks.
4096bits | Talk | 836 Contribs 17:03, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

change the notice to the below

The Wiki will be down starting at 9pm EDT (1am UTC) on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Read here for more details.

It's more noticable and won't be ignored.

garnetluvcookie (talk | contribs) 20:26, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

I think it's noticeable enough as-is.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 20:31, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

I don't think it's noticeable enough or my horrible eyesight is getting worse.

garnetluvcookie (talk | contribs) 20:32, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Updating all the blocks categorys footer to 3.0 mode

Hi jvvg ! This was the current pen extension footer :

What the 3.0 version will be :

Do you agree about that ?
-unsigned comment by Scratcheur-2020Send (talk | contribs) 08:36, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Just to drop in my two cents, I do think the navbox's heading colour should be changed, but I don't really see a reason to change the entire thing. Also, shouldn't it say "This block is a pen extension block", not was, because it still is?
 Dominic305  Talk  Contribs (1,791)  Scratch  Directory  14:39, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi, just FYI a better place to put this discussion would be the talk page for the extension itself, since there's no reason this really needs to go by me specifically, and we want to include everyone in the discussion.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 16:17, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Edits made by a nonexistent user

Hi, so I logged onto my account today and looked at my watchlist, which showed that a user named Naleksuh had made edits to pages that I had edited yesterday. As you can see, this user no longer exists. I plan on reverting their edits on both pages because the edit that they made removed the "Not Useful" banner and the "Needs Updates" banner on them which were not yet resolved. Is this a result of vandalism which got this user banned/deleted?
84375 (talk | contribs) 17:58, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Naleksuh is a real user, they just don't have a userpage. See the user list.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 18:01, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Edit conflict, I was gonna say that too, lol
 Dominic305  Talk  Contribs (1,791)  Scratch  Directory  18:02, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

84375, you added an update template to a 2.0 page then claimed the 3.0 page was a duplicate of the 2.0 page. So yes, they are resolved-- the 2.0 pages and 3.0 pages are for different purposes and tags were not correct. If that makes sense, they should be removed.
Naleksuh (talk | contribs) 18:03, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Please keep discussion about the templates themselves to the appropriate talk pages for the relevant articles (or if it spans a lot of articles, the CP). The main issue here was that 84375 thought Naleksuh did not exist, which has been clarified.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 18:05, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

WikiMonitor blocks custom signatures

Hi jvvg! So, Wiki monitor left a comment on my talk page saying that I forgot to place a signature, but I just put my Custom signature. Here's my custom siggy for your reference:
Lovecodeabc Links: talk (new topic) | contribs (815) | directory
I'll sign with my regular signature now.
Lovecodeabc (talk | contribs) 20:34, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

You need to include the timestamp for WikiMonitor to recognize it. To do that, you can either set your signature in your preferences and sign with four tildes (~~~~) or you can include the timestamp by itself with five tildes ({{User:Lovecodeabc/Signature}} ~~~~~}}).
jvvg (talk | contribs) 20:46, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

OK! Lovecodeabc Links: talk (new topic) | contribs (815) | directory

Privacy question

Can bureaucrats see your username and password that you use on the Scratch Wiki? Can sysops see the e-mail address of a user when their Scratch Wiki account is created?
Thanks for looking
4096bits | Talk | 836 Contribs 21:36, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

We can see your username (in the same way that anyone else can). We cannot see your password, and the password is stored as a hash (even in the account request), so it is essentially impossible to recover your password from the request. Currently we cannot see your email, though that may change in the future, given that some users have trouble with email verification.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 21:41, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Thanks for the information!
4096bits | Talk | 836 Contribs 22:28, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Apology

I'm sorry about my behavior on the Project Review Status talk page. I see in retrospect that my messages were out of line and unnecessarily accusatory.
Jackson49 (talk | contribs) 01:34, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your apology. In the end, I hope everyone can take it as a learning experience.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 18:14, 27 December 2020 (UTC)