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Outbreak Source?

Did anyone know where the zombie virus came from? (You know, except from NecroTech.) Like, did it come from Ridleybank? Or some NecroTech facility outside of Malton? Is there a known source, geographically? Tried searching the wiki, but nothing came up. --Rolfero 16:02, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Outbreak and Possible Causes for the Situation are the best ones, but there isn't really any stuff on where it came from. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 16:27, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Reading Time! Thanks. --Rolfero 16:36, 10 June 2009 (BST)

From a RP point of view, there is no confirmed source. read half a dozen location pages and you'll come up with one with a theory. For instance. Blabey Drive--Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 16:38, 10 June 2009 (BST)

That's cool. Hmm... You know any more locations like that? I'll search around and try to find as many as possible. --Rolfero 16:46, 10 June 2009 (BST)

There's a few on ALiM, i forget which one's though. One of the dead interesting ones, a coffin lolcations p'aps? --xoxo 06:01, 13 June 2009 (BST)

Removing the iwitness link on the main page

Since urbandead.info's been stolen by domain poachers, it looks like it's gone, at least for now. I say that we replace it with dumbwit (which is a hasty replacement for itwit, been there since the last time it went down,) or just remove the link. Thoughts? Linkthewindow  Talk  10:20, 20 June 2009 (BST)

Or udwitness. Linkthewindow  Talk  10:30, 20 June 2009 (BST)

I don't know which is best, eaasier, more accessable. Perhaps a link to a page holding all such programs? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 10:39, 20 June 2009 (BST)

I'll go ahead and remove the link now. I've used dumbwit quite a bit, but it's very simple. I'm going to try udwitness for a while. Anyone else got an idea? Linkthewindow  Talk  10:44, 20 June 2009 (BST)

Put it onto List of External Sites. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 11:02, 20 June 2009 (BST)

Done. Linkthewindow  Talk  11:11, 20 June 2009 (BST)

One thing that could be done is to have the link to iwitness reports in a template (or any other external resource used in the wiki). So, if this happens again, one can simply change the base url and update any reference to a iwitness in the entire wiki. The page would be protected to prevent vandalism, of course. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 15:23, 20 June 2009 (BST)

I say you guys fix this travesty considering iwitness works, is better, and etc etc. Also the Max Map needs adding again. ;) The urls are all the same, oh and udwidget has been updated too. --Karek^maps?! 21:39, 3 July 2009 (BST)

As far as I can tell, the only thing I'm missing with UDWitness is a search feature and privatization of reports. :p -   HaliphaxTCS 16:19, 8 July 2009 (BST) (UDWitness author)

Which is to say it's lacking but you're trying to minimize that by not mentioning all the things it's lacking in. I fail to see how this is relevant.--Karek^maps?! 04:49, 9 July 2009 (BST)

So you want a way to make them more secure AND a way to search for the one you want? Thats a little bit contradictory. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 08:43, 9 July 2009 (BST)

facepalm to end all facepalms .. It lacks a search feature and privatization. PERIOD. The two are NOT mutually exclusive -- PUBLIC records can be searched, PRIVATE ones will not be listed. There is no need to be boorish. Don't you also think it a bit closed-minded to only put stock in only one service when 1.) There are several like it and 2.) It has gone down repeatedly over the last several years? I am merely offering an alternative to IWitness. It was built simply because one day, when I wanted to use IWitness, it was down. A week later, it was still down. I wasn't having any of that, so I built UDWitness. I figured other people could benefit from it, so I released it to the general UD-playing public. I receive no benefit from running the service other than knowing that it serves a purpose (i.e., there is no ad revenue, and I pay for the server out of pocket). -   HaliphaxTCS 14:23, 9 July 2009 (BST)

Not to stir he pot, but the current listings look good to me. The various systems do pretty much the same thing (hell, looks like they use the same code in the bookmarklets). Halifax- if you want to slap in a private reacord feature, its as simple as having an index page (one that does NOT list the files) for the directory the private record pages are stored in. Since it looks like all your record are stored in one stonking big directory, that means a single static index page would do the trick for ya (rather than the fancy / excessive system Iwit uses of a new directory every hour).  Swiers 03:56, 10 April 2010 (BST)

Added it back on the page, by the way. Linkthewindow  Talk  08:55, 9 July 2009 (BST)

Guide for Newbie UDWiki Users

two years ago several users started to create a guide for the udwiki newbie user. Its incomplete right now, and some sections could be tweaked a little to become more friendly. Anyway, could someone link this guide in the main page, just below the first time playing link ? --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 21:15, 15 July 2009 (BST)

I'll make a new one or update this when I get around to it. I've been meaning to do so for a while. Until then, we shouldn't add it to the main page. Linkthewindow  Talk  13:33, 16 July 2009 (BST)

Ross?

A wild Rosslessness appears. :P. Really though, what's up with that? --Haliman - Talk 13:31, 18 September 2009 (BST)

I have no idea. probably my edit to news. hold on. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 13:36, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Sorted. Anything you type on template wiki news, below the included template is added to the start of news. I can see no way it could be exploited to get messages onto a protected page.--Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 13:39, 18 September 2009 (BST)

I knew I wasn't crazy. :D --Haliman - Talk 05:23, 19 September 2009 (BST)

*Looks at Wiki*
Mmm hmm I won't even go there.
Jerrel Yokotory 21:49, 16 October 2009 (BST)

Error

"Apr 11th - A better policy which requires notification of escalations and de-escalations in the vandal system has be submitted for discussion. All users are encouraged to comment here." Fixing this, anyone? --Skin 15:48, 11 April 2010 (BST)

You were welcome to do so... but I'll get to it. -Poodle of Doom^{M! T} 15:57, 11 April 2010 (BST)

Main Page tweaks?

So I've been working on some possible alterations to the main page. I'm hoping for some input on this, and if anyone would be interested in seeing some of these changes made. ~ Red Hawk One ^{Talk | space for lease} 04:02, 26 April 2010 (BST)

it is my understanding that GPDNAS is not active. i could be wrong but might want to check their forums.--Dirty 11:01, 26 April 2010 (BST)

I like the community portal, but hate the top box. We could always modify MediaWiki:Anonnotice to contain the information. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 11:39, 26 April 2010 (BST)