User talk:Xevo

Gold seller Ads
I have no problem with the ads, but I would like to see this one blocked. I have no problem advertising other games or wiki-related stuff to help you pay the hosting fees but I don't want us to advertise gold seller's services. The same thing applies if any similar ads show up. Would that be fine by you? --Borror0 19:30, May 14, 2010 (EDT)

I need the web url that appears at the bottom of the ad. Its too fuzzy in that pic to make out. This is just an experiment, I'm not sure the ads will even make enough to be worth it. I THINK it is GoldRockU.com...which I have now blocked --Xevo 19:38, May 14, 2010 (EDT)

testing @ 1287539590

Wiki Imagemap Extension
Hi Xevo, if it isn't difficult to implement is there any chance the imagemap extension can be added to the wiki? I would like to do an image of Stormreach, the Harbor, the various Houses and other areas into one clickable imagemap for this page: Places. Thanks in advance! UltraMonk 09:37, October 20, 2010 (EDT)


 * I have just installed the ImageMap extension --Xevo 11:46, October 24, 2010 (EDT)


 * Thanks for installing it however there seems to be a bug, whenever I insert the appropiate imagemap tags (As from this page: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Imagemap) when I save the page it goes to a blank page and the changes are not actually saved. UltraMonk 07:30, November 12, 2010 (EST)


 * Sorry, it should be fixed now. --Xevo 16:03, November 13, 2010 (EST)

DDO VIP
Most of those rights are given by the basic membership with the exception of "skipcatcha" and "autopatrol." If you're going to give that user right this freely, it'll undermine our best quality control tool (patrolling) because many users we trust enough to give "skipcaptcha" to are not trusted enough to have their edits automatically marked as patrolled.

How about giving accounts with a verified email addresses "skipcaptcha"? It was that way before and we never had bot problems. It's an obvious necessity unregistered users but, if one goes through the trouble of creating an account, then we should let him or her skip the captcha. Being asked to fill a captcha for each edit is just too much to ask to new users. --Borror0 17:19, December 12, 2010 (EST)


 * for the record we did have bot issues back in 2007 (see Special:BlockList), but i agree with Borror on Special:ListGroupRights. "skipcaptcha" for all registered users or email confirmed users (ddowikivip?), "autopatrol" for superusers and above. --yoko5000 00:53, December 13, 2010 (EST)


 * We did have bot issues in 2007, but that was before Elliott improved the captcha. Elliott switched to a more effective captcha at some point and we never heard from bots again. --Borror0 09:23, December 13, 2010 (EST)

Google Analytics
I still see Google Analytics loading when I load a DDOwiki page but I no longer can access the DDOwiki data on Google Analytics. Did you just forget to remove the old code or is it a new account I don't have access to? If the former, could you remove it as it would be slowing our loading speed? (Likewise for Mint if it's still there too.) --Borror0 17:26, December 12, 2010 (EST)

User promotion rights bugged
Special:UserRights is completely bugged for my account. created another account (User:Yoko4999) for testing and got the same result. i'm guessing things are the same for recently promoted users. can you look into that please? much appreciated. --yoko5000 00:53, December 13, 2010 (EST)
 * It looks like Borror0 gave you the Bureaucrat user permission a few days ago. That only allows for making people a sysop. The Steward permission is required for full management of user rights. I will try to improve upon the permissions each group gets. Is that the issue, or is it something else? --Xevo 07:52, December 14, 2010 (EST)
 * yes, "makesysop" and "makesuperuser" simply arent working for me. --yoko5000 03:55, December 18, 2010 (EST)
 * I can't figure out how makesysop and makesuperuser even work. I got it working a different way though. You should now see "User rights management" in your Special Pages list. --Xevo 17:51, December 19, 2010 (EST)
 * works. problem solved. thank you so much! --yoko5000 23:48, December 19, 2010 (EST)