StrategyWiki:Staff lounge

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Welcome to all users! This page is where you can ask StrategyWiki-related questions to the staff and senior community figures, and they will do their best to answer. If you want to raise a topic for discussion (rather than just ask about it), please use the community issues forum instead. New issues are entered here, with the most recent at the bottom of the page. If your question does not pertain to editing StrategyWiki (e.g. asking for hints or game-specific information), please ask on the guide's talk page or on the forums.

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Testers needed
We're working on some new features for SW and need some testers. Email me if interested and I'll send out details in the next few weeks. -- Prod (talk) 01:04, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Bump back into RecentChanges, because this is totally awesome and people should sign up! -- 00:38, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Editing the text for the Guide Page template
Does anyone know how I can edit the text displayed when choosing the preset guide page template when starting a new page? I want to replace the word "headers" with "headings", since that's what we use in the guide. Alternatively, maybe a kind sysop can help do that for me? T.testLP(talk) 14:26, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. You can find the template here if you ever want to make any more changes. -- Wario Talk 15:06, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Site design suggestions
1. I find the share buttons and toolbox features are too much clutter and would prefer them removed. It makes a good site look cheaply built by having these. Most wikis don't and I think they look better.

2. The forums, from what I can tell, have not allowed any new registered users for months and are fairly empty as a result. If you are not going to re-enable registration then you should remove the link at the top, otherwise you will waste visitor's time since they have to work out what is happening/why they can't register, which isn't obvious to work out, especially when having it publicly linked has an implication of allowing registration. If bots register then you could always add a captcha.

Hydrogyrum (talk) 03:58, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments and suggestions. The forums have been neglected for some time, and it probably would be best to remove the link.  Out of curiosity, how do you most commonly view the site?  While the share and toolbox features do expand, they are designed to be minimally invasive, and usually do not interfere with most users.  Where would you suggest the links in the Toolbox be relocated?   Pro  cyon  06:20, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * We are making a few changes to the site design you may like. However, I'm also curious about your issues with the share links.  -- Prod (talk)

MediaWiki 1.20.4
We've upgraded to the latest version of mediawiki (1.20.4). You can find some info about the release at MediaWiki 1.20. Let us know if you find any issues. -- Prod (talk) 23:39, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yay, I love stable updates. -- 23:58, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

re; adding a page
I added a page for an old game called Dragonsphere, sorry that i made it by creating a link to the empty page in my profile space, i should have asked you about it. I'm wandering though, whats involved in making a game page? Sclera1 (talk) 05:17, 20 April 2013 (UTC)


 * You don't need to ask for permission to create game pages. If they are incorrect or the game does not fit into our scope, we will correct or remove it as necessary. Please look over some featured guides for what we look for in a completed guide. Also, look over the help documents starting at Guide/Walkthrough. -- 03:48, 22 April 2013 (UTC)