User talk:Ryangibsonstewart

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New User Creation

• I'm getting ready to test out allowing new user registrations again. The past captchas are woefully inadequate anymore, so I'm switching to one that asks you pre-defined questions. My goal is to try to make the questions easy enough for people to answer without providing the answer itself in the question. e.g. "Which of these is a primary color: red yellow blue" (as an example of an undesirable question). If you have any suggestions for questions that pretty much anyone with a very basic knowledge of Heroes would probably know, feel free to reply here. Just to be on the safe side don't supply any answers to those questions. Besides if it's not something I (or most people) couldn't answer off the top of my head then it's not really an ideal question to have new users answer upon account creation. (Admin (talk) 01:03, 8 April 2015 (EDT))
  • Spelling would be an issue. I could see somebody writing "Clair" when they mean "Claire". Hmm. I'd also be concerned about keeping out new people who have never seen Heroes, but want to join because they are excited about Heroes Revolutions. That said, here are some basic questions:
  • What is it called when the moon blocks out the sun?
  • "Save the cheerleader, save the _________" <-- This is my favorite!
  • What does Mr. Bennet wear on his face?
  • Which character was a cheerleader who could heal herself?
  • What country is Hiro from?
  • What relationship do Nathan and Peter Petrelli have?
  • What character frequently cut the heads off of people?
  • Nathan Petrelli didn't need planes because he knew how to do what?
  • What network airs Heroes?
  • What is Mohinder's last name?
  • Before he died, Isaac had prophetic visions. What was his profession?
  • What kind of organization was Sullivan Bros.?
  • What was the last name of the NYPD cop who could hear people's thoughts?
  • How are those? -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 01:10, 8 April 2015 (EDT)
    • That's a great start. I have some of those already just worded slightly. You know for a moment I thought "Well, maybe not everyone knows the relationship between Peter and Nathan" then it occurred to me, "Since I'm using this for account creation if someone hasn't gotten even THAT far into the series yet it would be best for them not to edit pages yet." heh. (Admin (talk) 01:17, 8 April 2015 (EDT))
      • Yeah, good point. I'm forgetting that Heroes Wiki can be used as a fan site without an account. Accounts are for editors that know the show, or at least basic info about the show. (Plus, anybody who wants create an account that badly can do a very simple search and find the answer within a click or two.) The questions encourage knowledgeable editors, and discourages spammers. I'm adding some more above... -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 01:26, 8 April 2015 (EDT)
        • So I've had user registrations turned on most of this evening and from the logs I suspect a lot of spammers are trying to create accounts. So far it's doing a great job and none are getting through. It won't stop spammers that manually create accounts, but that's a smaller concern than all the bots. I'm going to turn it off again tonight as I'll be out of town for a few days, but when I return I'll put it back on (tentatively) for good and send out a Facebook announcement. (Admin (talk) 22:55, 8 April 2015 (EDT))
          • Sounds like a plan. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 22:58, 8 April 2015 (EDT)

New gig

• That's great about your new job there. What basically do they have you doing? As you probably know Joe is no longer with NBC, but I have new handlers there that I coordinate with now. :) They've expressed interest in working with us so we'll see how that goes especially as things gear up for the new season. (Admin (talk) 01:30, 8 April 2015 (EDT))
  • Thanks. Can't say much about it other than I'm doing some research for Retrofit and the new webisodes. That's great to hear about NBC's interest. Let me know what needs to be done on the site to get it either more traffic or to be a good center for Heroes Reborn promotion/information. I want the site to be attractive to NBC. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 01:32, 8 April 2015 (EDT)

Parkour Leap

Just noticed you uploaded the Parkour Leap image a few minutes before I did. Sorry about that! Feel free to delete my one. -Kon (talk) 13:51, 8 July 2015 (EDT)

• Nah, I kind of like yours better. The hand is in a better spot. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 13:55, 8 July 2015 (EDT)

New MediaWiki issues

The new MediaWiki upgrade seems to have introduced a few issues with templates and conditionals, such as appearances templates no longer correctly forming the right subheading, the template:connect being messed up on Character connections, and ArchiveLinks no longer working properly on pages like Talk:Shattering. I'm not sure on what exactly the new syntax is to fix them, but I thought I'd draw attention to all the issues I've noticed so far. --Radicell (talk) 17:18, 24 July 2015 (EDT)

• Thanks! I've noticed a few of the same things. Not much I can personally do, other than edit the actual templates. Leave a message for Admin. That's really his department. Thanks! And welcome back! :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 17:22, 24 July 2015 (EDT)
  • Hey, I noticed the fixes you're implementing with respect to the appearances templates. One thing I noticed when I tried to do this fix is that the [edit] link no longer appears on each individual episode, graphic novel, or webisode page for me. A worthy price to pay, I assume? --Radicell (talk) 14:44, 27 July 2015 (EDT)
    • I guess. It's kind of frustrating, and I'm not sure where the issue happened, but I don't see any other way to fix it. I just want it fixed, and I guess we lose the edit buttons. Oh well. But judging by how infrequently those templates are edited, I don't think it's a huge deal. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 14:52, 27 July 2015 (EDT)

Javascript being downloaded?

Have you seen any issues where from time to time here where your browser downloads or asks you to download a .js file? I'm seeing it myself and it appears to be a related to a certain ad at the top (for adult gummies), but I'm trying to figure out if others are seeing it, too. Thanks! (Admin (talk) 12:07, 28 July 2015 (EDT))

• Nope. I haven't seen that. -- RyanGibsonStewart (new comment) 12:27, 28 July 2015 (EDT)
• I have it happen occasionally. In fact it happened as I previewed this reply. it is f.txt from ad.doubleclick.net -Lөvөl 13:23, 28 July 2015 (EDT)
  • Thank you, Level. When you see it could you confirm that it's when the "adult gummies" ad shows at the top? (Admin (talk) 13:28, 28 July 2015 (EDT))
    • Yes it is. -Lөvөl 13:41, 28 July 2015 (EDT)
      • Thanks. I'm waiting for the ad to show up again so I can grab the image as an example. (Admin (talk) 13:43, 28 July 2015 (EDT))
        • Link to ad image, I saved it and took a screenshot as well if you need them. -Lөvөl 11:37, 29 July 2015 (EDT)
          • Thanks. I already notified them just waiting to hear back. (Admin (talk) 14:04, 29 July 2015 (EDT))