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ˈīˌkän :Talk Archive 2017

Announcement: I'm no longer active. My talk page is still your best bet to get in touch. —Aichon— 04:39, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

This is an archive. Don't post here.

If you have anything you'd like to add to one of these conversations, then go to my talk page, reference the relevant conversation from here, and post your comments there. This page should not be edited by others. These are all messages I've filed away. They shouldn't be changed or added to, since the contexts of the situations have been lost, forgotten, or could simply be remembered differently by the involved parties. I'd prefer to start any of these conversations fresh, if they must come up again.

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Script installs

Hi ! I'm going to sound quite noobish and feeling silly asking for this simple question but here goes anyway : I'm using Chrome and picked up Tampermonkey. However, ALL the links to your scripts give me a "page not found". Am I missing something ? --Murderess (talk) 15:44, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Nope, not noobish at all. Apparently I misconfigured my DNS settings when moving web hosts recently, since it looks like anything that links to www.aichon.com is broken, but anything linking to aichon.com is fine. I'll update the links on the userscript page in a moment to drop the www, which should fix the issue for you, and then I'll try putting together a more permanent fix on the server side of things so that others don't run into this problem with any old links that may still be out there. Thanks for cluing me in! —Aichon— 16:10, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Awesome, I'm not insane! Was getting there though looking around to see if I could figure this out but yeah, only explanation out there was the DNS. Thank you! --Murderess (talk) 16:18, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Sure thing! Funnily enough, I specifically remember testing my userscript links after I moved everything over to the new host and had let DNS settle. What I forgot, however, is that I rolled my DNS changes back for a few days when I ran into some unexpected issues. Apparently after I dealt with the issues and pushed the "corrected" DNS changes through again, I wasn't quite as thorough as I should have been in my testing, so I didn't notice that those links were broken. *headslap* —Aichon— 16:27, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

lol Hey I'm just glad you're around. We'll just keep this our little secret *giggles* --Murderess (talk) 16:41, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Aichon, there is no access to the profile link on players for the Rogues Gallery, this is what I get : This site can’t be reachedrg.urbandead.net’s server DNS address could not be found. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN --Murderess (talk) 18:06, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm afraid the Rogue's Gallery has been defunct for a year or two, so I'm afraid that button no longer works. So far as I'm aware, no one has set up a new iteration on the Rogue's Gallery idea for me to link to, and setting up my own Rogue's Gallery is definitely not something I plan to do. I probably should remove that button, honestly, but it just never occurred to me before. >_> —Aichon— 18:26, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Are you saying that there is no keeping track of Pkers and BHers anymore ? No list ? Man I was gone way too long... While you're here, may I bug you for something else ? How do I get my group active and dedicated Suburb ? Do I HAVE to have 10+ in my crew ? I'm all full of questions today... nice to be back though :) --Murderess (talk) 18:32, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Afraid so. You might want to check in with the folks over at NecroConnect, since if there is a Rogue's Gallery alternative, I'm guessing they'll be aware of it and using it.

As far as groups being active and whatnot, I'm not quite following the question. The only thing that having 10+ members gets you is that the game lists your group on the stats page. Otherwise, you don't need X members for anything. If you'd like to add your group to a suburb's group listing, there should be an "edit group listing" link above the list, but I'm not sure if that's what you were asking, so I apologize if I didn't provide a useful answer. Let me know and I'll try again. :) —Aichon— 18:38, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Yes I basically just want to add my group to the listing. ENVY is still listed under survivor groups though but I did get the message in my group talk that we were to be tossed (Because your group hasn't responded within a month, your suburb and radio listings have been removed. Feel free to relist your group. Bob Moncrief MTT•W! 03:12, 26 November 2013 (UTC)) Does that mean that ENVY still lives but doesn't have a suburb affiliated ? And how do I do that ? And ok, I'm in NecroConnect already. I'll check it out. --Murderess (talk) 18:55, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Oh, yeah, there's a periodic (every few years) cleanup of the suburb group listings, just to clean out the inactive groups that no longer exist. It's a simple janitorial task here on the wiki, but it doesn't actually mean anything, other than that we're trying to keep information up to date so that the wiki reflects reality in the game. As Bob said, you are welcome to re-add your group to the listings for your suburb and the Radio. There are no membership requirements or whatnot that you need to worry about. —Aichon— 19:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

That's the problem, I listed my radio freq back but no idea how to list active suburb --Murderess (talk) 19:02, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Gotcha. To add your group to a listing, just go to the suburb where you'd like it listed (e.g. Richmond Hills), look at the right side of the suburb where you'll see the groups listed, and then click the "edit group listing" link right above the list. It looks like your group was in Richmond Hills when Bob removed ENVY from the listing back in 2013, so I've gone ahead and re-added ENVY to the Richmond Hills' listing. If you run into any problems, let me know. —Aichon— 19:39, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

You are such a sweetheart, thank you! I added us to Havercroft as well as we work both subs. You've been most helpful and its truly appreciated. This should be all for today lol --Murderess (talk) 19:50, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi! Yes, NecroConnect maintains a Bounty Hunter section including a Bounty Board, but it's all done manually (I was never on Rogue's Gallery back in the day — was it done manually too?) You can report PKings and bounty hunting there and the staff (including myself!) keeps it updated. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 20:49, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

With the RG, humans entered all the data, but the pages themselves were generated programmatically from the data the moderators had entered. It'd show screenshots, claims for and against, comments, links, etc.. Very useful, especially since it meant I could programmatically generate a link to a page for any arbitrary character, given that the links all followed the same pattern and it had a default page for any characters who had no information (i.e. no 404s). —Aichon— 20:54, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Ah yeah, the NC one is just a set of lists without subpages. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 21:12, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Dumbwit - iamscott.net

Hi ! How does one go about fixing this (iamscott.net) : This Domain Name Has Expired - Renewal Instructions. iamscott.net is Registered with one of our resellers

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You're superman... I'm sure you know lol --Murderess (talk) 12:32, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Its working again... ignore me :) --Murderess (talk) 14:56, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Awesome. Yeah, it was something out of our hands, so I wouldn't have been able to do anything other than point you towards the guy in charge, but it sounds like he's got things under control. —Aichon— 15:59, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Looks like I can't use my sat phone though... I even shut down all my scripts and it still doesn't work. Any idea ? --Murderess (talk) 01:57, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

I'd suggest hitting up Sophie, since she's the developer of the script and is fairly responsive to questions people ask. ;) —Aichon— 02:01, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so very much :) --Murderess (talk) 02:18, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Sadface

--Rosslessness ^{; the shambling custodian of UD's past...} 00:19, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

---Second that *pouts* --Murderess (talk) 03:52, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Ehh, I'll still be around the wiki for awhile, as I said, but I figure it's time for me to make it official that I'm planning an exit from checking it everyday. That said, I'll probably keep my name on the sysop roster for as long as the community wants me around, if only so that I can be summoned when needed. And I don't plan to stop responding to comments on my talk page anytime soon. ;) —Aichon— 05:54, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Maybe I will now succeed with sneaking you into the crat election unnoticed. -- Spiderzed▋ 10:31, 21 February 2017 (UTC) 1 person likes this comment.

Find user email address question

Hey Aichon!

A user contacted me asking if there's a way to find out what email address is associated with his wiki account. I tried emailing him via the wiki, but the copy of the email I received didn't list his address. He doesn't know what address it is and therefore can't reset his password (his account is very old).

Thanks! Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 18:26, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Sheesh. *scratches head* Uhh, I can't really think of any way to do that, sadly. Kevan could probably use his backend access to check the database entry directly, but from the front-end of the wiki software, I don't know of any way that 'crats and sysops can see anything relevant. All we have access to that a normal user doesn't is checkuser, which doesn't give us anything useful here. —Aichon— 18:48, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Ok, I'll let him know. Thanks! Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 21:13, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Just for reference about this... Here is the answer. stelar (talk) 10:29, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

How dare you to undo my valuable contribution to an admin page?

Do not even bother to answer, we will see us again next time in wiki court. The drama tree needs direly to be irrigated with the blood of honest mistakes being overblown to epic proportions. -- Spiderzed▋ 21:11, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Yeah...

When I looked at my watchlist on my tablet, the rollback link for that edit ended up line-wrapping immediately under the diff link, so when I went to see what you had said...poof. It was gone. Not the first time I've missed the link and accidentally tapped the other one. Probably won't be the last time it happens either. At least I caught it this time, unlike last time. —Aichon— 21:28, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Stop Aichon, you're supposed to be escalating this... A ZOMBIE ANT 02:46, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

SoC Recruit ad

Hey, the SoC ad on the recruitment page has a really big gap between the group name and the ad. I have no idea what would be causing it (and don't want to mess with your coding anyway :P), so if you get a chance, can you take a look? Just wanting to try and get the recruitment page a bit more uniform looking :) stelar (talk) 11:19, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm afraid we have conflicting interests in this case. That blank space that you think is around our ad is actually part of our ad (kinda like full-page ads that are entirely blank, aside from a company logo in the middle). I know it's bothersome because it breaks up the visual uniformity of the page, but you need to realize that breaking up visual uniformity is exactly what I designed it to do. After all, an ad that goes unnoticed isn't a very good ad. ;) I appreciate you asking about it, but I'm sorry to say that the gap needs to remain. —Aichon— 15:41, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Right-o. No worries. I had never noticed it was entirely around your ad because the SoC one has generally always been at the bottom. But all good! stelar (talk) 21:16, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Where's the best place to shoot you a PM?

SoC forum? Hope you're well! BOSCH 06:23, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

SoC forum works, or else you can just e-mail me from the side link. I was actually just looking through your recent page changes and was going back through some of those old pages. Fun times. —Aichon— 06:25, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Howdy, Aichon. I came to ask the same but since I'm here I might as well make an obligatory wiki post. I wonder if I remember how to sign properly. ~ _{03:05, 19 December 2017, The year of our lord (UTC)}

Love ya vape A ZOMBIE ANT 12:50, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Ugh, I’ve been super busy, so I’ve had a reply partially written in my drafts folder for days. But here’s the important part: what you’re asking about is possible, but it’s WAY bigger than any of my other userscripts, and I’m afraid I’m checked out enough that I’m not up for tackling it at this point. I’ll try to respond to the rest and in more detail as time allows. —Aichon— 06:10, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

No problem. I sort of thought the answer might be along those lines. Hope you're well. Will look for that email when it comes. ~ _{00:41, 23 December 2017, The year of our lord (UTC)}

The message left behind by the person who wiped this page

do not mess with my talk page kid. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Auralius (talk • contribs) 16:29, 15 December 2017‎ (UTC).

I don't understand the hostility when I've simply been offering to help you with a problem you've been complaining about, but I'll try to remember to honor your request, provided I'm not required to do otherwise as part of my duties around the wiki. That said, wiping my talk page is NOT acceptable behavior and will not be tolerated. —Aichon— 17:04, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Message on IRC

Only saw the message you left for me on IRC ages later - hop on Discord at some point and I'll run you through it! -- Adward  22:25, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Which Discord channel/room/thing? I don’t really Discord, so I’m a bit out of the loop on where all the cool kids hang out. —Aichon— 06:12, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

udwiki one is ace, just PM me from there! -- Adward  00:49, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

WikiCode Question

Howdy Aichon. Wiki coding question for you any it is fully possible this can't be done. I am trying to figure out how to make what is basically a random quote generator pulling from an array or hidden list that refreshes on a button press. I'd prefer it not reload the whole page but if necessary that would work as well. Any ideas or am I just beating my head against a wall with no hope of breaking through? - ШəəϨо ϨоЯЯλ (talk) 04:25, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

It’s possible to get close to what you want, but it’ll be necessary to refresh the page. More or less, create a {{Switch}} that has different quotes each hour/minute/whatever (by using the appropriate magic words), then add a refresh link near it that uses the full URL for the page with &action=purge at the end. It isn’t random, but it does provide new quotes on a regular basis, which is usually good enough for most people.

I did something similar when Big Bash 4 was launching, except instead of quotes, I had a timer that was counting down to when we went public. The countdown itself doesn’t work anymore, but if you look at the code for that version of the page, you’ll see an example of both the way the link works and how you can use a switch to provide different text.

Let me know if you have any questions, though my response may be delayed a bit around this time of year. —Aichon— 06:24, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Boss. I'm thinking that's more trouble than it's worth as I already have it programmed on the 15A's forum. I'll just link folks there from the wiki page instead. - ШəəϨо ϨоЯЯλ (talk) 15:16, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Peralta and I did a quote cycler for the EBD page here. It changes every hour I'm pretty sure. Is that kind of what you're after doing? stelar ^{Talk|MCM|EBD|Scourge} 19:35, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Interesting. I may need to copy that onto my sandbox and tinker with it a bit. Rando thanks you. - ШəəϨо ϨоЯЯλ (talk) 20:28, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

There's the Sith Insult Generator that I made for Sith if November back in the day if that helps. ~ _{00:31, 23 December 2017, The year of our lord (UTC)}