Fanlore talk:Fanlore Policy & Admin
Hi, are there any plans to upgrade the wiki?
The reason I realized we're behind the latest release is because MediaWiki's page Help:Images#Rendering_a_gallery_of_images shows that there's an option for slideshow galleries starting in version 1.28. Slideshow galleries would be super helpful on pages like:
- Self-Insertion where there should really be more example artwork but adding more would mean either seriously inteerrupting the flow of the article or moving the gallery to the bottom of the page
- Proposed_Zines/A and the rest of the subpages where there are lots of images that could be displayed bigger but in a gallery so they'd be readible without having to navigate away from the subpage.
- Connie Faddis and other fanartist pages, probably.
3.31 integrated these extensions into the wiki:
- CodeEditor provides a more friendly editor when editing CSS and JavaScript on-wiki
- CategoryTree provides a form to let administrators do string replacements on the entire wiki, for both page contents and page titles.
- MultimediaViewer provides a lightbox viewer for images and galleries.
- OATHAuth provides two-factor authentication for wiki accounts.
- Replace Text provides a form to let administrators do string replacements on the entire wiki, for both page contents and page titles.
Plus... you know... I'm sure there are a bunch of technical things. Maybe there's a reason we're still on 1.26.2? - Hoopla (talk) 19:45, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, Hoopla. Thanks for flagging this up! Yes, we plan to upgrade the wiki as soon as possible. Our lone tech staffer is too underwater to take that on at the moment, but our plan is to recruit for a new MediaWiki-focused tech volunteer at the start of the year so that we can carry out the upgrade. --PriscillaD (talk) 20:02, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
Protecting a Page
Hi, can anyone on the committee protect the page TM Alexander or block the user User:Mayphoenix from editing it? It looks like it has been the target of vandalism, and User:Mrs. Potato Head said that this isn't the first time and suggested I contact the Fanlore Committee about it -- Kingstoken (talk) 01:07, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
- Did you sent a notice via the contact formular? I think that's more likely to reach the committee directly. --Doro (talk) 08:44, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
- Actually I just received an email from the user, and she says that she has contacted the Gardeners about deleting the page, because page is about her and she has some privacy concerns. I have advised her to contact the Gardeners again about resolving the issue. So I'm just going to leave it at that for the time being -- Kingstoken (talk) 09:51, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Moderator Needed
Can I please get an admin/moderator to take a look at this? A user made a comment that was difficult for me to interpret as anything other than downplaying or even defending Gamergate (describing it as a "mess" that wasn't as "simple as [I] said"). Instead of immediately de-escalating when I called them out, they attacked me while declaring their right to free speech. I do not feel comfortable contributing to Fanlore in this environment. There are multiple posts about the article subject's Wikipedia activity on r/KotakuInAction (the largest open Gamergate hub) and so no I'm not making up the connection. I called Gamergate a "misogynistic hate campaign" because it was a misogynistic hate campaign. Gamergate didn't magically become nuanced and complex when it decided to target a woman with a documented history of misconduct and abusive behaviour. Gamergate was perfectly happy propagating conspiracy theories and baseless smears to justify its campaigns of harassment in the absence of credible accusations (e.g. what it did to Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn). Night Rain (talk) 23:18, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for reaching out! You can contact Fanlore Policy & Admin via the contact form for situations like this, in which you have an issue with another user on Fanlore. (Select the appropriate topic from the Subject menu. If you select 'Fanlore Policies,' 'Identity Protection,' 'Technical Support,' or 'Other,' your message will reach the Policy & Admin team.) -- FBV (talk) 07:28, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- I'd hoped that something might've changed in the three years since I last had cause to take issue with another user. A moderation/dispute resolution process that is opaque and require's outing one's identity is not actually a moderation/dispute resolution process. Moderation/dispute resolution requires transparency and equal accessibility to all. So, functionally, there is no moderation/dispute resolution on Fanlore. That's fine when things are chill, as they usually are. But not when things get complicated. I will be taking my leave again. Night Rain (talk) 07:46, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- To be clear: I'm not upset with you, FBV. I understand you were simply trying to point me where you thought I might find resolution. But this is a systematic problem I've run into before. Nothing was resolved then, and I don't expect it will be this time, either. I do appreciate you closing the discussion on the LH page though. That's the kind of moderator intercession I was seeking her. It felt like MJH was personalizing the discussion after a consensus had already been reached on article-relevant considerations. Night Rain (talk) 08:20, 19 October 2023 (UTC)