User talk:Macbeth/Archive3
Operation kick ass
Hi Macbeth. I sent you an email this morning, not sure if it is still an active email for you so I'm poking you here about it as well. If you don't receive the email, let me know with your new email and I will resend it. --Kym 19:12, 31 December 2010 (CST)
- Yep, that e-mail address still works :). I've replied. --Macbeth 12:10, 5 January 2011 (CST)
Spam bots
There looks to be a lot of spam bot edits in Recent Changes lately - does there need to be some sort of CAPTCHA installed or changed? I'm not sure if we have much server access with which to do that, though.... AySz88 23:43, 28 January 2011 (CST)
- Yes, there certainly has been! There are several captcha options we can look at - ConfirmEdit and ReCAPTCHA extensions - and certainly will do if this keeps up in the long term. I don't have server access myself, but I've e-mailed Kym about disabling account creations temporarily. I might ask him if I could have server access to /neodex to speed up dealing with this sort of thing in the future, though. --Macbeth 07:37, 29 January 2011 (CST)
- Looks like we might need that CAPTCHA solution soon, since now they're just editing anonymously. We'd need one on anonymous edits and one on account creations. AySz88 18:00, 8 March 2011 (CST)
No account creation?
Maybe I'm being silly and missed something but is there anyway to create an account here? I don't mind too much editing under an IP but it's nice to have a name. I figured I'd ask you as you're on the staff list and seem to be fairly active :P (Crimsonfox) 80.2.185.71 21:03, 13 August 2011 (CDT)
- According to the Current Events Page, account creation is temporarily discontinued due to some spam attack issues. I'm not sure when that happened or how long it will remain -Cath 21:50, 13 August 2011 (CDT)
- As Cath says, account creation was disabled because of automated spam. Any sysop can still make an account for you, though. If you send your desired username in an email to neodexhelp@gmail.com I'll set it up for you and reply with your password (which you'll be able to change as soon as you log on). Looking forward to having you with us! --Macbeth 05:09, 14 August 2011 (CDT)
- Cheers guys, email sent. =) 80.2.185.71 19:11, 14 August 2011 (CDT)
Images
Apologies for another question but is the image stuff pretty much completely broken or is there something I am missing? I can't seem to edit, resize, use "thumb" or upload over images. Are things just being worked on at the moment or is there another method on this wiki? Cheers, CrimsonFox talk 19:41, 18 August 2011 (CDT)
- Viewing an image's page throws up an mysql error (that's being worked looked at) but they can still be placed in articles. Thumbs and resizing should be working, though? For example,
[[Image:Moncer.gif|thumb|left]] [[Image:Moncer.gif]] [[Image:Moncer.gif|80px]]
- produces
- The upright attribute with thumbnails only works for users signed in, which is a bit weird. You can still resize normally, though. --Macbeth 19:52, 18 August 2011 (CDT)