User talk:Admin

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this will make it easier for me to keep track of conversations.

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Thanks!

Archives	Archived Discussions
Oct-Nov 2006	Timezones? • Wikipedia (RE: Genesis) • Categories • GD Library • OMG • A Possible Site Logo • Episode Template • Forgot to ask • Adding my fan site • Adding a german version • Main Page: Podcasts • Portal Pages • XML Files for Upload? • French interlanguage links from German wiki • Renames • Portal Pages & Screen Resolutions • Google Adwords • greetings from wikia • Changing Screen cap to {{image-screenshot}} • Pages for Deletion • Google Translations
Dec 2006	excess redirects • Audio uploads • Redirects • Template:Infobox • Community Building • Contributor Category • Template Form • Hebrew HeroesWiki • Re:Interwiki links • Seven Minutes to Midnight ATOW stuff • Peter's sketch • Hits per Page • 10th Wonder salute! • Re:Vandalism • Admin • blurbs on graphic novels • Merry Christmas! • YouTube Embedding • Spelling
Jan-Feb 2007	Image rendering problem • Meta: StringFunctions • Episodes to Chapters • IMDb Images • Edits not registering on "Recent changes" • Re: Affectations on HRG's Glasses • StringFunctions • Mark as Patrolled • Clach • Removing info • Re: Hebrew site • Authors of Changes and EMail Notifications • AFD • Ad blocking • Spelling Nazi • Hana Gitelman page and notes regarding email/IMs • MediaWiki Without Subdirectory? • Angela Petrelli • Page Restoration • Site Translation • Well I WAS a little harsh... • Section Edit links • Userboxes • The Traffic? • Links • Fan Creations - Incidental Heroes • Heroes Wiki Contributor • Interwiki Links • Sorry to sound pushy... • Airdates • Edit Count • Linderman

The activatingevolution.org stuff

• Sorry about the activatingevolution.org stuff. I was a bit overzealous there, I suppose. (Walters 09:43, 7 March 2007 (EST))
  • Hey, no problem! :) The site is a little disappointing, they could have done much more good with that site, but including a practically unmaintained wiki is a bad idea and they're just letting it flood the Heroes universe with inaccurate and incorrect information. (Admin 09:50, 7 March 2007 (EST))

Heroeswiki in Portuguese

• Hey Admin, how are you? I'm Scaico, a great fan of Heroes here from Brazil and i'm wondering if is it possible to get a PT version of the Wiki. I already got some friend who are willing to help with the translations of the articles already created and the creation of new articles. You can catch me on MSN at: scaico@gmail.com . Thanx and Hugz, (Scaico 13:39, 9 March 2007 (EST))
  • Thanks for that. My fault I didn't checked it first. I noticed you have no Portuguese-Speaker burocrats yet. Any idea about when you're gonna get some? What are the requirements? Hugz, (Scaico 13:51, 9 March 2007 (EST))
    • Once the Portuguese site has more activity and needs an admin, I'll set someone up as one there. There's not a whole lot that really requires a dedicated administrator while the site is small, but as it gets larger it helps. Generally I'm looking for someone who's a reliable contributor, comfortable working with MediaWiki, and also understands English well so that all admins across the different language wikis can communicate with each other easily. In the meantime if anything needs administrative attention over there, feel free to let me know. :) (Admin 14:02, 9 March 2007 (EST))
      • THanks for the info. I'm working on the wiki right now, creating some pre-definitions for translating articles. I've been SysOp of LostPedia PT for about 7 months and was willing to make a PT version of HeroesPedia. I'll help as much as I can, with my friend Jean Goés. I'll be sure to contact you if i need anything that i can't do. Thanx for your time, buddy.
        • Oh, excellent. So you have plenty of experience. I'll definitely keep you in mind when setting up an admin for that site then. (Admin 14:24, 9 March 2007 (EST))

Suggested mediawiki plug in

Hey Admin.. I noticed you've got the parserfunctions and stringfunctions mediawiki extensions intalled. Perhaps you might consider using Winter (short for Wiki Interpreter), which is useful for producing more complex logic than the string and parser functions allow. I wrote the extension so i'm very familiar with writing WinterScripts and also I could add Heroes Wiki-specific improvements if needed. Anyways just a though :) --Frantik (Talk) 19:11, 9 March 2007 (EST)

• Thanks, Frantik, I'll check it out. It saw it supports for loops which is something I've thought would be useful for a while. (Admin 22:22, 9 March 2007 (EST))
  • Yeah.. loops would be cool especially for the minor character pages.. adding a new character and reformatting 4 pages of tables is no fun :( hehe. Plus I was thinking the random number generator would be useful for the new "did you know" box. --Frantik (Talk) 01:40, 10 March 2007 (EST)

An Area for Descriptions & Links to Heroes Fanvids

• Hi Admin(s), I have seen several creative and very humorous Heroes fanvids on the net, but I've noticed that there is no place on this wiki that lists & describes the videos. For instance, there is a fanvid of a Mohinder video montage with the Jem theme song, "Them", which is very funny. I want to start a wiki page dedicated to cataloguing such Heroes fanvids. Where in our wiki is the best place to do that, and how would I create a portal icon for it? Thanks!. (AlexDo 15:41, 13 March 2007 (EDT))
  • I would suggest just creating an article named "fan videos" and adding links and descriptions to it and see how the community accepts it and where it grows from there. :) (Admin 18:00, 16 March 2007 (EDT))

Two questions? okay

• 'ello Mr. Admin. i was just wondering when the site was started and what made you want get it going? by the by its the awesomest place on the web.
  • Actually, that's two questions. :) I started the site on October 11, 2006. I had seen a few episodes of Heroes and realized how amazing the show was going to be. I was inspired by wikis like Lostpedia and Memory Alpha and knew that Heroes would really benefit from its own wiki. I did some quick looking around and there weren't really any other wikis dedicated to Heroes, so I set this one up. The site grew slowly at first, but with the help of some excellent contributors and some advertising, the site really started to take off. I'm still thrilled everytime I see fan sites and blogs that link to us when talking about an episode or a character for instance. If this site's amazing it's because of the hard work by everyone who's contributed. (Admin 23:19, 13 March 2007 (EDT))

Linkage to Got-Heroes.com

• Hey there, I sent you an e-mail also, but have added you to http://www.Got-Heroes.com and was wondering if I could be added on the main page? (Erratikmind 01:43, 18 March 2007 (EDT))
• Still wondering.(Erratikmind 21:52, 20 March 2007 (EDT))

MSN

Hey Admin, do you have a MSN account? -User:Citizen

• I have one, but it's only used for work. If you're going to ask me if it was flakey today, yes, a number of us had problems with it. :) (Admin 17:57, 16 March 2007 (EDT))

New Category

I want to make an "Images for Deletion" category.Is it alright if I go ahead and do that? Heroe 22:06, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

• You don't need permission, but it's good you're discussing it first to get feedback. :) Is there a compelling reason to separate images from other articles? There's already a Category:Articles for Deletion for instance. To me there's not much difference between an article and an image and it's convenient to have a single category that can be checked when looking for articles (or images) that have been nominated. Did you have something in particular in mind? (Admin 22:12, 19 March 2007 (EDT))
  • Personally, I think it would be neater if we separate images and articles for deletion. Heroe 22:35, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
    • Right now, the afd template changes to say "image" if it's on an image, and says "article" if it's on an article. When I'm perusing stuff for deletion, it's nice to have everything (images and articles) in one place. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 22:39, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
    • Maybe it could be a sub-category? Heroe 22:45, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
      • If it were a subcat, that would make it easier than if it were its own category, but it would still require going to two pages. As it is now, the page separates the articles from the images. I personally think that's sufficient. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 23:04, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

Admin

• Do you recruit frequent contributors to be admins like Lostpedia? (Citizen 20:48, 20 March 2007 (EDT))
  • You know, I've been wondering that too... Heroe(talk) 22:01, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
    • From time to time when it looks like we need an additional admin the other existing admins and I discuss it and pick a consistent editor and ask them if they're interested in becomming an admin. It doesn't take a huge admin staff to run the wiki, so the number of admins grows slowly... but as the site continues to grow, and it is indeed growing steadily, the number of admins will increase. Simply stated, "Don't call us, we'll call you."  ;) (Admin 22:06, 21 March 2007 (EDT))
    • I can't speak for anybody else, but for me, when it comes time to discuss new admins, I think a lot less about frequency of contributions and a lot more about quality of contributions. I think more about things like whether or not somebody writes helpful edit summaries, whether or not they participate constructively in talk page discussions, whether or not they use message templates like stub, afd, noimage, and the like consistently, and most of all whether their edits consistently leave articles in better shape than they were before. As an admin, I probably spend more time cleaning up content for consistency, style, speculation, and the like than writing new content, so from my point of view writing a ton of content is less important than writing consistently good content. Unless you're willing to spend a good deal of time worrying about whether something should be a comma or a semicolon or whether item X should go before or after item Y in an infobox, it's probably not the job for you: it's mostly small, nitpicky details. Having a thick skin and the right attitude for working constructively with new, less experienced editors is also a plus.--Hardvice (talk) 06:12, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
      • Well said, Hardvice. In addition, I think it's also important for an admin to generally have patience and kindness. Across this site, we don't have too much of a problem with people being rude to each other, but every once in awhile, some people make comments that are a bit short, or that show a lack of sympathy and even intolerance of other members' (especially new members') learning curves. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 15:23, 24 March 2007 (EDT)

Finding Copy/Pasted Articles

Here a site I use as a web designer to check content to see if it was copy/pasted from another site. I thought you might find it useful. Copyscape --Xmuskrat 14:53, 26 March 2007 (EDT)

• Thank you, Xmuskrat. :) (Admin 21:56, 26 March 2007 (EDT))