User talk:JoePlay

Re: Platinum Badge promo image on the main page of The Sims Wiki
LostInRiverview passed your message along to A morris and myself. Since I recognize that the question is not whether to add the image to our main page, but where, I suppose that placing it in the right column would cause the least disruption. Also, I suppose that, technically speaking, it is being featured, so there's a certain logic to placing it in the "featured content" column. Dharden (talk) 21:03, October 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * Since the promo was to end on November 21 and it's now November 22, will you - or can we - remove this image? Dharden (talk) 16:49, November 22, 2010 (UTC)

The Late Night promo blog
Joe, I don't want to do this, but I am seriously considering putting a semi-protect on the Late Night promo blog. I'm considering this because it seems that the worst offenders wrt profanity and the like have been anon users. I don't want to do it, because it would be restricting a class of users due to the actions of a few. Still, if that's what it takes to stop the anon abusers, and it looks to me like it is, I will do it unless you as Wikia staff tell me not to. Dharden (talk) 21:31, October 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * please disable commenting on this blog because anons and new users keep using inappropriate words on it.--Monster2821 (Talk) 16:26, November 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * I have to agree. I've even tried semi-protecting it, but unfortunately protections don't apply to blog comments so apart from disabling comments or deleting the blog altogether, there's not much I can think of to stop this. I've been deleting really bad comments, but I think the only thing the administrators can do at this point is adopt a zero-tolerance policy on that specific blog, and start issuing blocks for any amount of spam. The blog is such a huge mess, and the admins here have so little power to do anything about it; please do something! -- LostInRiverview talk · blog 19:32, November 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Monster and LIR - please see my message on Dharden's talk page. I just deleted a few comments myself and will continue to help out for the rest of the promotion. In the meantime, I will certainly pass on your feedback to the organizers of the promotion. JoePlay ( talk ) 20:14, November 1, 2010 (UTC)

Re: Platinum badge event done
Thanks, Joe. We did have a vote, and decided not to keep the achievements system. I did notify Wikia through Special:Contact, and it looks like it's already taken care of, but thank you for offering. Dharden (talk) 18:21, November 22, 2010 (UTC)

Semitransparent background
Thanks, that's insanely helpful. A couple other things; I might propose to make these visual changes I've been working on wiki-wide, so I am trying to get it visually "ideal" before I do. I've noticed two things I may wish to adjust. First, there is a horizontal gray 'bar' in between the 'header area' (where the wordmark and menus are) and the 'content area'; do you know how to get rid of that or change it? Additionally, I'm thinking about the other background you made (the Sims 'mosaic') and possibly checking out what that would look like in the header area; do you know how to change the header background individually? The code on my wikia.css page changes the header and content areas simultaneously.

You've been a tremendous help through all of this. Thanks a ton! --  LostInRiverview talk · blog 03:20, June 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the mosaic is a bit 'loud'. It might also help to highlight the dropdown menu buttons (currently they're transparent). I've added some code to my .css that I borrowed from Les Sims Wiki which makes the buttons a solid color, and it works for the time being. --  LostInRiverview talk · blog 17:07, June 29, 2011 (UTC)