User talk:CartoonistHenning

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[edit] Burn in Sveregige

Jag bestämde mig för att be min administrativa krafter tillbaka, eftersom det finns sidor som denna för att eliminera. Rhubella Marie, the rat sockpreppie 1596 preppiedits 17:07, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

I see it's a kind of lol page that is a bit funny because of the template. Other pages like that one will be deleted in the future | CartoonistHenning (talk) 22:42, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

So sorry... I thought I interpreted as a vandal. It seems someone decided to make a play on the vandalism that we were suffering. Sometimes take my work seriously until too. xP Rhubella Marie, the rat sockpreppie 1596 preppiedits 03:32, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

It's okay. It's quite normal that you see this as vandalism | CartoonistHenning (talk) 14:35, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

It's okay. I am reformulating the request to the Croatian uncyclopedia, I noticed that this article was attacked. In addition, there were only two other edits made by Hymie (interlinks), not undoing the vandalism. I have already revealed. Rhubella Marie, the rat sockpreppie 1596 preppiedits 18:23, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

You're now admin there. I've also given admin permission to another user there, because he is a good contributor | CartoonistHenning (talk) 12:50, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Fine thanks... and please, see this Rhubella Marie, the rat sockpreppie 1596 preppiedits 15:30, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations

On your election / appointment to the position of Executive Secretary of the Illogicomedia Foundation's Board of Trustees. Feel free to pop by now and again. ~ The Bard of UnMeta 18:59, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Really nice! CartoonistHenning (talk) 14:39, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

[edit] User colors in special pages

Hi, is it possible to change .special li a to .mw-userlink? it'll mark just username after actions (edits, etc) not marking also diff and hist links. Mjbmr ^{(Discussion | contribs)} 20:41, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Howdoyoudo?

Hello Mr Henning, salutations and libations. So... where are these embassies you told me to take a look at? And where do I create Uncyclopedia's one? Do you contribute to Uncyclopedia much these days? If not you should, we could use a guy like you. Cheers. --Black Flamingo 21:34, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Well erm, then you're interested to read this: en:User:CartoonistHenning. I was chosen to be Queen's reader because I didn't share the "common" opinion of Uncyc's admins about the Wikia issue. They seem to close down debates when they like it, without showing respect for the international community here | CartoonistHenning (talk) 12:09, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

To name an embassy, the Dutch one (a bit of unusual, but though, it's about the content) and the Norweigian one. Then I think you should create UnN:Uncyclopedia, place there some boxes in it (or not) and tell something about Uncyclopedia, news, developments, with links where people should go to if they want to know more. By the way, Henning is banned on Uncyclopedia. I edit sometimes and have created a few articles overthere. Roye7777777 ~ Talk 12:10, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Cool, thank you Roye77777777777777 (man, that's a lot of sevens). And sorry Henning, I didn't know there was such bad history there, I've only been on Uncyc about 2 years and tend to be completely ignorant of the squabbles and politics of it all. Nevertheless I should have checked. Anyway, if I need any more help I'll get back to you. Cheers. --Black Flamingo 17:21, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

[edit] News Main pages

Would you like a opinion on the main pages that I am importing the Wikimedia with the necessary textual changes to our site. Infeizmente, am I still a little distant due to the end of the postal strike in my country (my boss is a simple postman) and I am very little editing. Probably early next month I will be more active here. Rhubella Marie, the rat sockpreppie 1596 preppiedits 23:45, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

[edit] MSN

Kom even zo snel mogelijk op MSN. Roye7777777 ~ Talk 18:10, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Renaming

Hi, Cartoonist.

I've talked to user Rhubella Marie about renaming my account to "Teles" and he said I should talk to you. I am an user from Wikipedia and just want to avoid any possible misunderstanding here with my name. I tried to create "Teles" here, but it seems it is already in use elsewhere. If possible, I would like to edit here with "Teles". I can provide any link you believe to be necessary to prove relation between accounts. I've already done the same on Portuguese Uncyclopedia. Thank you. Teles2 (talk) 15:16, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

This should be done now. I moved your account Teles2 to Teles and I deleted the old Teles | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 20:44, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Great! Thank you. Teles (talk) 02:37, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Latvian Uncyclopedia

Hello! I had a look at Latvian Uncyclopedia (Neciklopēdija), and I want to clean everything there and create new pages full of funny content. My username is 456456456bb (don't ask why!) and I'd like if you make me an administrator.

P.S. Sorry for my bad English! :)

456456456bb (talk) 18:10, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Approved and done

[edit] Noob bureaucrat

Do you know what is the magic that must be done to add check user rights to a wiki, and to prevent new accounts and IPs to modify articles? I was made bureaucrat of a wiki that is under attack by the same Spambots that attack here, but there's isn't much I can do without check user powers. Cthulhu.fhtagn (talk) 18:13, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Go to Special:UserRights, enter your own username and check the box "Checkuser". If you only see "sysop, bureaucrat, bot", you will probably need to install it. See mw:Checkuser, but if you don't have ftp access, you will have to contact the creator of the site | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 23:04, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, duly incorporated in LocalSettings.php at Wikinet. I will place a translation to English in the discussion page. Cthulhu.fhtagn (talk) 22:14, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm so glad that the SpamBots have just attacked UnMeta... So, as soon as you get their IPs, I will block them in all wikis I am admin! Cthulhu.fhtagn (talk) 01:46, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Please accept this offering of a dead walrus.

My cat dragged it in one day and I had no idea what to do with it, so I thought you might know, being from a land with scary trees, and all. Scary trees are relevant to walruses, yes?

Also, I have to ask. Does carlb ever update the existing wikis to stable versions? Especially the less used ones, it'd make sense to do so, since having effective countervandalism tools would save a lot of trouble for those who do nothing else on them, and that would also make them more inviting to the native speakers who might come across them.

Also also, on the off chance you would know, is there any way to set up common css pages for the different skins across all of the uncyclopedias hosted around here, such that common appearances can all be updated and maintained in one place? Javascript, too - we can import a common script on other wikis, which has been done on a few already with some, but it still has to be manually linked on them.

Also also also, on a somewhat unrelated note, what is the process for becoming an op around here? Same as before on UnCommons; there are a lot of little things that could use fixing or updating, but on both I'd also like to be able to do some general maintenance on the occasion I'm around - I deopped myself on UnCommons because it didn't seem right to keep ops granted for another purpose that I'd finished, but especially with shared js scripts we already have there it would be nice to have access in case something goes wrong with them.

Also also also also, you don't mind if I edit the draft for the mainpage you were making, do you?

Thanks. ~ 17:42, 18 November 2011

As I'm speaking as Carl's secretary (uhm... self-proclaimed), he might... erm right... where the hell is he anyway? You already have his e-mail (carlb at kingston dot net)? Answering to your second question, this is possible if Carlb (or we) will write this style script (ourselves) and perhaps it would be clever making one common-thing on meta first and just transclude it to other wikis as default (importscript?). However, I fear we'll have to make style sheets for every wiki apart, because the scripts (eg. Sidebar) are definitely language sensitive. If you want to do this work, great xD

Also, I will certainly think about an admin nom for you, because I see you're possessing a lot more knowledge about wikis than a moderate user here does. Though, this will happen democraticly. The UnMeta community has become too large to just gain powers as a matter of approval by bureaucrat. This will also be part of the coming policy, which I'm currently working on and trying to have finished one of these days. I hope to make some time for that. I consider to write in Dutch first and translate it afterwards (just to speed up a bit and not let me degenerate myself to a level of Google Translate which slows me down terribly), because you know... English is not my native language, it's not even my fourth language. It's my fifth one (after Dutch (+dialect), Norwegian (+dialect), French and German).

Finally, I appreciate a lot if you want to improve my draft. Mind that the purpose of the new main page is to make more or less the same look like the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki. Please keep in mind: parody parody parody. Roy and I already decided that the most important links should be prominently visible in a kind of right bar (perhaps the current list of links at right side can be stretched straight to the bottom of the page, and that the rest of the content at the left gets an the full width, if you understand what I mean). I already made a beginning, and it's up to the rest of you to complete it. I can't multitask, otherwhise it will take to long to have everything completed... I have also college university to follow up | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 23:44, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Something about translations... I think it's much easier for a non-English speaker to first write in English and then translate into the mother-tongue. The reason is that our vocabulary is much more limited in English, so doing native -> English makes the translated text much like a Google Translation, while the other way both texts look more natural. Cthulhu.fhtagn (talk) 03:15, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

For me it's a lot easier to translate it from my native language because then I know what exactly I should translate. If I'm writing directly into English, which I do right now, would not be appropriate for writing a policy, because my vocabulary indeed is too limited to write spontanously in correct terms | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 13:31, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

This is also a problem that affects me, because I do not have a good knowledge of English, and even editing using my native language and translated to Spanish create some inconvenience.

Another point, you had mentioned the situation parodied versions of the main page for the UnMeta and have imported versions in some languages. Just not completed the English version because you had already started but not completed. Since the versions in other languages ​​that are not created with links regarding our UnMeta.

Finally, new versions of the Meta I'm caring for unmet in all languages ​​are with the new version. Some are still with the old version like some versions of the main page of UnMeta. Rhubella Marie, the rat sockpreppie 1596 preppiedits 13:30, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

What exactly do you mean, the new versions - of the format? ~ 20:35, 23 November 2011

Right, yeah, contacting him directly would probably make the most sense. I just feel bad about bothering him about things that may not ever actually happen, considering how much he does already. >.< That said, I was referring to things that would be common with the common scripts - for instance styling the vector search bar to mimic the mediawikis and such. These things needn't vary by language, either - a global script can work with rtl wikis same as ltr since their bodies are labelled accordingly - I already made the sidebar js style properly with fa.uncyc.org, though it never was installed there.

The community here is part of what bemuses me - so much variety, so many languages... pity it's not more organised; there's so much that can be gained from that. But I guess that's sort of the goal, isn't it? Anyway, I'm completely clueless when it comes to other languages, but what about formats? I know the intent is to be proper parody and all (I wouldn't have written that huge rant otherwise), but anything I should know in regards to it? Anything not on there that needs to be linked? Mentioned? Discussed? And what is the relation between Uncyclomedia and the Wikia-hosted Uncyclopedias? And what about the other projects that aren't related? ~ 20:35, 23 November 2011

I worked these relationships out in Dutch. I still have to translate these parts in the policy | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 15:54, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Could you sum it up in a sentence for me? *kitty eyes* ~ 17:40, 24 November 2011

One sentence would not be sufficient to explain. A relationship between Wikia and Uncyclomedia should be friendly. Wikia uncycs may build embassies and set up relationships, but they must link to us (as a matter of "international recognition"). There it actually ends. There should an understanding that Uncyclomedia can't fix their probs. Neither can Uncyclomedia make layout changes, we can only advise. In return, they can also only advise, so they aren't allowed to vote for final decisions. It's a hard rule, but the signal for Wikia uncycs should be clear: no worries, no sorries. Uncyclomedia has spent to much time on worrying about Wikia matters. If Wikia doesn't want to update their interwikis, the rule will stay like that. Another story with independent uncycs: these are a lot easier to convince adapting interwikis and can easily work together with us. Above all, Wikia or not, every uncyc will keep sovereignty | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 20:41, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

So... basically, folks can say hi, but when they come here they're... what? That seems almost like incentive to stay away, though, when in fact the Wikia ones need as much help as they can get - not necessarily by doing anything for them, but in terms of information. And Wikia is very good at hiding information. ~ 20:50, 24 November 2011

Practically UnMeta is a place for gathering and coordination. The reality has shown us that there is no way to coordinate these Wikia wikis, because the dependence on their management (Wikia Staff) is a huge obstacle. So, indeed, in that way we can't help them. We can however help them with deploying relationships between them and other wikis (the positive part of coordinating). This will become more and more important over time, because I don't know what future brings. UnMeta is the only place to hold these projects of the same humour type together. The global maintenance of wikis will loose its importance over time, especially when wikis move apart and definitely when Carl decides to quit with this. Of course our task will be informing Wikia communities about Wikia's greed... still... you can lead a horse to the water, but you can't make it drink. There is load of information available, but if people are too stubborn to not read it, yea well, so be it.

In short: we don't spit them out, but we give them the opportunity to participate in the most important part of UnMeta | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 22:59, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

What do you coordinate? What do you maintain? ~ 21:13, 27 November 2011

Not I, we do. You asked what. Communities, my dear. Or better: empty wikis. Hoping that a native speaker ever will take over one | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 23:11, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

'You' is both a singular and plural pronoun, mon. Although I suppose there's a reason why some people say 'y'all'.

Empty wikis, though? What coordination does that entail, or is it what is done to ensure that folks do take over them that is the matter? And yes, that is definitely something that merits addressing and it's good that it is, but there is so much more to be coordinated between the various wikis, regardless of where they are hosted, what languages they are in, what formats and subprojects they have, what they call themselves, how they function, anything. Even the 'other projects' have some commonalities, but the rest, they are all Uncyclopedias, you see, and they share a common goal regardless of how they go about it, and have so many other things in common as well - they have many of the same logos and formats, use similar templates and have similar content, face common issues regarding software bugs and skinning problems and configuration oddities and all the lovely things the mediawiki will happily throw at users. Not only can discussing and making known problems that have already been overcome by one wiki help others to do the same, but some have better image-makers than others, and others have more competent coders, for instance, and unlike writing, images and scripting are two things that can be done by folks of any language and used for whatever language. Is this not why we should come together, so we can make use of the strengths that Uncyclomedians have for the benefit of all the Uncyclopedias? ~ 00:53, 29 November 2011

[edit] Project space

Or the UnMeta: namespace, specifically - is for stuff specific to UnMeta, whereas stuff that applies globally or not specifically to UnMeta generally goes in the mainspace. This isn't currently UnMeta's setup, but as UnMeta currently has no setup and we need organisation and that is the traditional way of doing it on most wikis, I'm arbitrarily deciding that we should do that too so people who come here encounter as little confusion as possible. And yes, while arguably everything here is part of the project, the same goes for any given uncyclopedia - its encyclopedia (and other things) is(are) its project(s); that doesn't mean the encyclopedia page on tacos goes in the project namespace, nor does it mean the page on revert rules goes in the mainspace.

While the page on the technicalities of wikia vs elsewhere is fuzzier than some, more than anything it concerns what to bring here and what not to bring here. As such, I've put the page back; if you see any others that apply specifically to UnMeta setup and whatnot, could you be a dear and do the same, make sure they're in the project space? And ones that don't concern it directly such as global pages aren't? Thanks. ~ 16:58, 4 December 2011

Dear Athyria, I do agree with this setup but it would be great to discuss these kind of things first and not directly implement it when made up. This does not spell teamwork for me. To be honest, I don't know if this kind of behavior has become a general thing here and if other users do it as well, so I'm not blaming you, just the system. ;-) Wkr, Alzheimlich (talk) 17:59, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

No, I generally agree; it's not a good way to go about things, but please, look around. Discussions just don't work here. I've tried several times with different things, from the layout of the sidebar to the completely lack of consideration for users to the overall goal of the project and nothing has come of any of it; forum/talk page thing sits for a few weeks, and then it just sort of dies. In some cases it's actually managed to made things worse, too, either by upsetting people or even by causing other people to go off and do something they think is a better idea than any of that discussed nonsense, thus upsetting people. It seems to be an unfortunate combination of language barrier and in some cases what I suspect is just a fundamental lack of understanding of how wikis work, not so much in terms of software, but of people and communities. As a result the only way to get anything done around here seems to be to just do it, and do it before someone else does something worse.

That said, I probably should have made a token gesture of at least inquiring before going ahead and doing it... oops. Sorry, Mr. Henning. What do you think of this project space thing? ~ 18:40, 4 December 2011

CartoonistHenning, I apologise. I should not be so short with you, and neither should I compromise the ideals of a wiki, even if you do. It is, however, somewhat exasperating to be constantly stonewalled, insulted, and told that I am doing things wrong when all I am doing is trying to help, but even so that does not justify some of my responses. ~ 19:38, 4 December 2011

A: You're not really doing wrong things, but you expect that your actions are one and only and that there is no discussion about it. I'm just trying tell you to communicate. You can't just go ahead and expect that everyone approves. We had about that on IRC, but I'm putting this explicitely here too.

B: back to the topic. Okay, I have no objections, but what exactly do we want to do with our main namespace? Should we redirect main namespace articles to the UnMeta project space, just to redirect less "complicated" titles? We can also work with shortcuts. But still... what meaning will the main namespace have? Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 20:10, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, CartoonistHenning, you expect that your actions are one and only and that there is no discussion about it. I'm just trying tell you to communicate. You can't just go ahead and expect that everyone approves. Please, remember that.

Mainspace is for... basically, everything else. Global stuff. Problems on other wikis (or all of them), requests for stuff on other wikis, information that is not UnMeta-specific - say, a page about Uncyclomedia. Or that could go in the page about UnMeta (which does go in the project namespace) under a subheading, with the distinction made apparent. ~ 20:16, 4 December 2011

Everything else in main. Okay that's reasonable | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 11:20, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Spambot attack in Ebatsuklopeedia and Kakapedia

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Henning, I took the coming of Carl to require the administrator powers to give a finish those bots who attacked Ebatsuklopeedia a few months ago. I gave a last there and left some 20 pages with the tag "Delete spam article" visible in recent changes. If, Carl gives you the power and you are available, do what is necessary to stop this wave of bots. Rhubella Marie, the rat sockpreppie 1596 preppiedits 17:12, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

I take this occasion to tell him about the vandalism done by spambots in Kakapedia. I do not have powers to fix what, I can only report what happened to you. Rhubella Marie, the rat sockpreppie 1596 preppiedits 13:16, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Either on the Welsh and the Bosanski-thinges, spaam that needs to be removed. Roye7777777 ~ Talk 15:27, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Spam cleared on grc: and bs:, but I don't have permissions on cy: | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 19:49, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Pov?

Is it because you don't like Christmas? Are you not, like all others, acknowledging Santa died for us in a sledge accident and was reborn on Christmas day as a annoying fat bastard, so we could have gifts every year? Or are you just allergic for Christmas trees and not able to type that day because of overactive sneezing? What's the prob? Wkr, Alzheimlich (talk) 20:41, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Ah no... I think that needs a bit of explanation xD

It's because I assume people don't have much time to visit UnMeta on Christmas, so that's why Christmas is an absurd date for the end of any voting. I like Christmas a lot more than our special edition of Santa in the shape of... Sinterklaas | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 23:46, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

[edit] persian uncyclopedia

hi dear CartoonistHenning . please visit your talk page in persian uncyclopedia . you have a message . sincerly yours . --ویکی خور (talk) 16:03, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Galish uncyclopedia

Henning, Carlb need to know as soon as the situation in cy: about spambots [2] Rhubella Marie, the rat sockpreppie 1596 preppiedits 16:22, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Frisian Unsyklopedy

Hallo CartoonistHenning,

Kun je mij a.u.b. administrator maken van http://unsyklopedy.org? Bij voorbaat dank. Groeten --Healwiis (talk) 15:41, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism on simple.uncyclopedia

Hi. I notice that you are a sysop on simple.uncyclopedia. If you are online now, could take a look at this user, please? http://simple.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/Special:Contributions/Heecf
S/he is blanking several pages. Thanks in advance. Teles (talk) 22:36, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Don't worry, I already banned them. But they are persistant on Simple and the english uncyclopedia and apparently here to. Remain vigilant. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 23:04, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

[edit] info:

Sure, no problems, Cartoonist. I can also help on UnMeta and UnCommons if there is a need. You may ask me any time. -- Vox 01:35, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Desciclopédia X Desgalipedia Interlinkwar

• 22:57, 25 January 2012 Dark Fallen Angel (Talk | contribs) removed the prefix "gl" interwiki table (After all, what the hell to have it? Only serves to someone circumvents lock.)

The administrator Fallen Angel Dark removed the prefix "gl" interwiki table at Desciclopédia on the grounds that I'm circumventing locks. But two things are unresolved.

1. Users wanting or may not know Desgalipedia is that a project of Uncyclopedia.
2. Second, a few months there was a voting that gives rights to any user revert edits made ​​by banned users.

Based on these two principles, the sacred Desgalipedia reserves the right to withdraw interlink "pt:" of his tables of interlinks. And it will no longer recognize any user as a representative until this issue is resolved satisfactorily. I just came to tell you that personally I will not do a forum to discuss it, much less expect their representative may argue. I think this kind of problem, if you prefer, be solved through the proper Carlb. Rhubella Marie, the rat sockpreppie 1596 preppiedits 21:19, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Oh no... I hope this won't stirr up new drama :-(

I went there and I left a message to DFA. I can't do more than asking to negociate | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 22:47, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't agree with the removal of gl from Desciclopédia and I will resolve the situation. However, Desciclopédia have a clear policy to reverte edits made by banned users... This mean all edits made by Renard will be reverted, but this doesn't justify the removal of gl interwiki. ABDUL ALHAZRED ^{Salah, Zakāh, Ramadan, Hajj} 23:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Eu concordo, Alz. E já havia postado na talk do Dark no Muro das lamentações a mesma regra sobre posts de users banidos. Entretanto, como a política da DP segue à maneira Jonny Scramer não tenho alternativa de também retirar o interlink "pt" na Desgalipedia e na Çciclopédia como represália./I agree, Alz. And talk had already posted in the Dark, at the Western Wall posts on the same rule of banned users. However, as the DP's policy follows the way Jonny Scram have no alternative Interlink also remove the "en" in Desgalipedia and Çciclopédia to retaliation. Rhubella Marie, the rat sockpreppie 1596 preppiedits 23:22, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

About the removal of the "gl" from the interwiki table, we will create a poll, at Desciclopédia, to check which thing users want.

About the removal of the "gl" interwiki links from the articles, however, I have to remember UnMeta that the removal of the interwiki links is not only motivated by the fact that it was placed by blocked users, the main reason lies in the fact that Desgalipedia is not even close to comply to the copyrights of the editors of Desciclopédia, it doesn't mention that articles that came from Desciclopédia were copyed from there. We should not link to sites that do that.

I do think that all users of UnMeta knows pretty well that the templates showing that an article was translated from another UnMeta wiki is a convention of UnMeta, and also, most of the users knows that this convention is not only to be ethical, but to comply with copyrights of the autors of the original article.

Truewww (talk) 23:19, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't really know what's going on here, but I do know you're entirely right about one thing - not attributing the original authors of something when sporking/translation is gross violation of the CC-BY-NC-SA license under which these all seem to be published, namely the BY part (attribution). Considering that, if such really is the case that they're unattributed derivatives, what they really need is to either be fixed such that they include attribution and whatnot, either with templates or in edit summaries, or to be taken down entirely; not linking them doesn't really solve the problem. The ironic thing here is that if pt: is the source of gl: stuff and the pt: interwikis are removed from gl:, then there'd even less of a tie to the originals... ~ 23:45, 3 February 2012

I only want to warn, that there is a voting regarding the interwiki. I hope that there will be no more issues about this, since now I am actually asking the community. DARK FALLEN ANGEL Lord of Darkness^{HAIL SATAN} 00:05, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Wait a second... all users of UnMeta knows pretty well that the templates showing that an article was translated from another UnMeta wiki is a convention of UnMeta. Can you please cite that? I never knew about that convention. Was this a kind of Foreign Office thing? If so, then it is not an UnMeta convention. Also mind that the articles aren't necessarily "copies", but they could be parodies of the Wikipedia articles.

If you think mwl: and gl: are harming the "BY", you should request changement or deletion of an article. Folks: it's a wiki, edit it!

I also think boycotting wikis is the last thing you should do. You can boycot this as a community, but on UnMeta every wiki counts | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 15:22, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

[edit] I like to have sex with small animals

But the reason I came here was partly due to the mirror Uncyc thingies, but also another project that I've picked up recently. The comedy wikis are not getting as much input as they used to, and the majority of input appears to be less than constructive. I'm wanting to start picking that up by getting more traffic to the sites.

The best way I can see this happening is by having good comedic articles on topics of high importance. That phrase to me comes down to two main things:

1. What people read on Wikipedia most commonly, or google most commonly (ie Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, etc.)
2. Articles that are of a higher importance to people (which is basically the vital list, countries, religions, etc.)

Now there are a number of wikis that have various features articles, and while humour doesn't always translate, a lot of the featured articles on other wikis could be translated to be better examples of articles on their foreign language counterparts. My problem is though that the best forum to start work on this type of project is here. I have no idea about how to use this site to start on that, and I have no idea if it's even that original an idea. (I know isra1337 was talking about that a couple of years ago, but if that discussion went beyond a rough idea I don't know.)

You seem to know your way around. What are your thoughts? PuppyOnTheRadio (talk)

Seems a nice idea to me. Perhaps the main condition to feature such articles would be that page is requested on Special:WantedPages.

You remind me on a similar project that is going on on the Scandinavian Wikipedias that have "guest article of the day" which is a featured article from on of the other Scandinavian WPs (e.g. Norwegian Main page). I suggest that every Uncyclomedia project can sign in on such an initiative. Every candidate adapts the featured article of one of the other candidates. Each week another *pedia, we can think of a kind of rotation.

The most proper place to develop this project is on a forum. If successful, I can create a namespace for it | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 18:03, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipediathink

Here you mentioned that Uncyclopediathink is supposed to be a parody of this, seeming confused that folks apparently hadn't heard of it. And indeed I have not, nor was I able to find any reference to such a title in relation to the Wikimedia projects. Would you happen to have a link? ~ 17:35, 6 February 2012

wikipedia:meta:enwikipediathink | Cartoonist | Spit it out ^(talk) | Website | | 19:42, 6 February 2012 (UTC)