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Deleting a fanon
Someone can delete Horus Mandrake i don't play sims 3 anymoreSolonor1987 —Preceding undated comment added on 02:15, September 10, 2014 (UTC). Please remember to sign and date your comments with ~

Tyson Davidson and File:Tyson Davidson.jpg|Tyson Davidson.jpg
Can the left over re-direct from page move "Tyson Davidson" please be deleted? And can the image "Tyson Davidson.jpg" please be moved to "Tyson Davison.jpg"? I'd appreciate it, thanks! --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 07:44, September 16, 2014 (UTC)
 * Done --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 08:19, September 16, 2014 (UTC)

Sims2fan1998
I'm sure this user means well, but I would recommend that another user would check in-game to check whether the information he contributed is correct. Me, Nikel23 and probably a couple of other editors have undone many of his edits, but he keeps adding them back. I will be able to confirm whether or not his contributions are correct, however I probably won't be able to check until next week. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 02:34, September 22, 2014 (UTC)


 * I have left a note on their talk page regarding the edit warring. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 02:38, September 22, 2014 (UTC)


 * I just want to add that I didn't exactly mean to contribute edit warring on social class townies. C.Syde started undoing the edits, but he missed some, so I followed. To resolve this issue, I suggest that we should start discussing with him because at the moment we do not know which statement is correct. Sims2fan1998 could be persistent if we continue edit warring without clear explanation, hence my advice to discuss.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  12:01, September 22, 2014 (UTC)


 * I agree to that. Personally I think someone should check inside the game just to see if Simfan1998's statement is correct. The main reason I undid them is because there was no clear evidence that the information was correct.


 * I could check inside the game myself, but I'll probably have to wait for a few more days first. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 03:38, September 23, 2014 (UTC)


 * This user has not responded to (or acknowledged that they have received) my edit warring notice and has just made another revert . I have left another message on their talk page. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 21:10, September 23, 2014 (UTC)


 * This user also did this revert earlier today . I haven't done anything because I am not sure what to do. It seems that this user either doesn't know how to use a talk page or is choosing to ignore them. It seems that any attempt to resolve without edit warring hasn't been successful. I am almost to the point of thinking that blocking might be the only thing that will get this user's attention. (Hopefully!) -- Icemandeaf (talk) 21:29, September 23, 2014 (UTC)

File:Donte Shaw.png
Could someone please delete the first picture shown in the file history of this picture, and keep the current version? The current one is the picture shown in the game files, and matches the images of most the other Bluewater Village townies. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 06:38, September 22, 2014 (UTC)
 * Why? If the file is updated, why delete the file's history? --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 06:49, September 22, 2014 (UTC)
 * Not sure, except that the first picture shows up on his page, even though it's actually meant to be the second one. I guess some servers haven't caught up. If the current picture can be shown, I guess the first one won't need to be removed. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 07:04, September 22, 2014 (UTC)
 * It looks proper in my browser. Perhaps you need to clear your browser's cache so the image will be refreshed.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  11:12, September 22, 2014 (UTC)


 * I've had this issue on other wikis, and deleting the old version does not help. The image is cached on other servers, and purging doesn't always work. You need to wait for the cache to be cleared, which usually takes about 24 hours. Sometimes though, if you're using Chrome.... well, Chrome is terrible when it comes to the cache. There are lots of bits in the cache that you can't clear and Chrome won't let you clear, so sometimes images appear to show the old version indefinitely even when everyone else sees the new version. I discovered this while developing Game guide:How to delete a Sim correctly in my user sandbox, and Chrome kept showing me this outdated image. I deleted the old version but it kept showing up in my browser for weeks. Then I tried loading the page on Firefox on the same computer. Bam! New version. Tried again in Chrome. Old version. Kinda annoying. A lot of complaints regarding Chrome's bad caching system were sent to Google, but the Chrome Development Team never fixed it. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 12:22, September 22, 2014 (UTC)


 * I've just gone back and checked, and apparently it has been refreshed. It took much longer to refresh than normal, but it has been refreshed, so problem solved. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 03:38, September 23, 2014 (UTC)