User talk:A morris

Clamour? Glamour?
Is Clamour a word? I was looking at the Riverview article went I came across Clamour!? It's in the grey box to the right! I don't know how to fix it! Is it even a big deal? IDK! --ThesimsUk 17:53, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

Sorry
Hello, A morris I'm sorry for ThesimsUk page article, I'm tryying to get to grips with Wikia. If you would like to be transfered to the page click - http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/ThesimsUk, I added page not found and put links to my userpage, the wikia home and thesims3.com, sorry, ThesimsUk. PS -- why did u block (the evil) Bleeh? &nbsp --ThesimsUk 16:26, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

Talk Box
Hello A morris I was wondering how to create user talk boxes can you tell me so I can make one for myself thanks--Thelamppost 14:17, June 12, 2010 (UTC)

Spotlight
Hello, I'm Miss Sophie   (talk) ! I am fond of your wiki and I would like to nominate it for a spotlight. However, I need your confirmation before nominating it. You could also nominate The Sims Wiki by yourself here. Miss Sophie  (talk)  18:19, January 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * I nominated The Sims Wiki for a spotlight! Miss Sophie   (talk)  12:46, February 1, 2010 (UTC)

Hello, it's me Miss Sophie   (talk). Have wikia contacted you yet (about The Sims Wiki becoming a spotlight)? As I didn't recieve any messages. Miss Sophie  (talk)  06:40, March 9, 2010 (UTC)

Hi
Hi, remember me, I asked you if that sims 3 expansion pack i found was real, well I have another thing for you to look at, I personally think its fake it looks like it is a screen shot from Microsoft Word or something, but I wanted someone else's opinion: Dentface 19:31, February 28, 2010 (UTC)

Userbox templates
Hello! I just made some userbox template things. You can see them here, here, here, and here. I was wondering if I made them correctly (format, width, length, etc.). Thanks!  Bleeh  Lions make you brave, giants give you faith...♥ 03:31, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * The formatting looks good. Pages that use the template can be added to categories under Category:Users if you add the category to this line:

--a_morris (talk) 03:43, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

Category:Users
On my user page, in my user box, right after my image for IKEA Stuff, it says "Category:Users". I was experimenting with how to get rid of it, but I can't figure it out, and I'm sure you know how, haha.  Bleeh  Lions make you brave, giants give you faith...♥ 02:51, March 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * The " " and "  " were missing in User ts2games. --a_morris (talk) 04:01, March 3, 2010 (UTC)

Spelling Differences
After checking out the The Sims 3: Ambitions article (how awesome does that EP look!?!?!?!), I had a question that came to mind. Should I spell in Canadian/ British English, or American? I am (and probably you too, considering you live in Canada also) more used to using Canadian. So far, I've used Canadian on all the articles I've edited, but used American on my userbox templates. I was wondering if you have a preference, which it appears you don't, because you spelt "Rumours" the Canadian way :).  Bleeh  Lions make you brave, giants give you faith...♥ 03:19, March 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I used that spelling because, I believe, that was the spelling used for the rest of the article. Here are some guidelines. --a_morris (talk) 03:27, March 5, 2010 (UTC)

Userbox Boxes
Now that I know how to make those userbox box things, I actually want to make more :D. I want to make some using images from moodlets, but I'm skeptical on whether I should make them or not. They won't be actual moodlet ones, because that'd take a long time. They'll have an image of a moodlet and say something like "", using the image I linked the words to. What do you think?  Bleeh  Lions make you brave, giants give you faith...♥ 16:26, March 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * That sounds great! --a_morris (talk) 16:27, March 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, I finished them, and their categories. What do you think?  Bleeh  Lions make you brave, giants give you faith...♥ 18:44, March 7, 2010 (UTC)

User box fix again
Can you please fix my user boxes again thanksBellagoth 21:15, March 10, 2010 (UTC)

Onomatology
If you are wondering where I got the meanings, I got them here. Author 22:18, March 10, 2010 (UTC)

Spotlight Request
Hi. The Sims Wiki looks great and I've added it to the spotlight list. -- Wendy (talk ) 03:58, March 11, 2010 (UTC)

Now The Sims Wiki is a spotlight! Miss Sophie  (talk)  12:13, March 11, 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
For your warm welcome, and for the tips as well. I'm not entirely new to the wiki thing (being using and editing Wikipedia for a while now) so it shouldn't be too hard. Thanks again :) Daphoenyx 17:58, March 11, 2010 (UTC)

Re: Admin request
Thank you so much A morris! I'm so delighted to hear that. Walker guy94 [  MyTalk  ] 14:52, March 12, 2010 (UTC)

Sim Battle
I was just checking your To-do list, and I noticed you want to make something called "Sim Battle". I followed the link, which is on the MySims wiki (guess you're using it as an example), and I think it'd be really awesome (even though I know Bella would win :)!). If you want any help with that, I'd be more than willing to help you :). Thanks,  Bleeh  Lions make you brave, giants give you faith...♥ 22:06, March 12, 2010 (UTC)

Ombudsman
Hi, it's me again. I've just checked the admin request page and there are still two positions available: Forum Moderator and Ombudsman. Can I take the position of the Ombudsman? Thanks for giving your time!

Spellbound Teaser Poster?
HI i'M BACK! and I found a possible Magic EP teaser poster, but the plumbob on it looks photoshopped to me and it says joel faber in the bottom right-hand corner too:

It looks really fake, as the plumbbob image was possibly photoshopped. And mostly the words written there uses the "word art" template from Microsoft Word. --

Cleanup of the month
The list is cached daily. The last time it was cached is displayed at the top of the page. --a_morris (talk) 01:15, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

Genetics
Hi, A morris. My name's Kate, and I'm relatively new to this Wiki (but not to The Sims, which I've been playing for almost a year). Would you mind answering my question about genetics? It's in the forum. And if you can't answer it, that's ok, too :). Sparrowsong 02:26, March 21, 2010 (UTC)

Translating
Saille88 14:19, March 24, 2010 (UTC) Hi A Morris, I'm Saille88, I wander if I could be useful to translate pages in my native language, Italian (sorry for my bad English!), and who can add Italian to the list of languages here in Sims Wiki.

I've been playing The Sims since 2000, so I would be proud to help those who love this amazing series!
 * This wiki is for English only. A wiki for The Sims has already been created in Italian, Simspedia Wiki, if you would like to contribute there. --a_morris (talk) 17:24, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

Lots of vandalism
My title is self-explanatory. I gots to go on The Recipes Wiki now. bye bye.The world is dead and so am I 12:26, March 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * It's most likely because we are getting Spotlighted. Bleeh 19:06, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

YAY!
We've reached 3,600 articles! Next target: 4,000 articles. Good grief. The world is dead and so am I 05:52, March 26, 2010 (UTC)

article deletion
Hi, amorris. I wanted to inform you that the theory that Vita Alto's urn or her family existed anywhere in The Sims 2 has disproven. Since the Alto Family Theories page and the Vita Alto theories page are no longer necessary, they should probably be deleted. Thanks! Dortheabea 20:41, March 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * I have marked Vita Alto/theories for deletion, but Alto Family/theories does have other theories not related to the urn in a Pleasantview basement. --a_morris (talk) 20:49, March 27, 2010 (UTC)

Adopting a wiki
Hello A morris! I was wondering. How do you adopt a wiki? I was hoping I could adopt a wiki then email friends to come and edit. Do you have any idea how to adopt a wiki? --The world is dead and so am I 07:48, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Done Archie 21:15, March 30, 2010 (UTC)

Jill Smith
You don't really know I was recently moved the Strangetown version of Jill Smith into Jill Smith (Strangetown) article. The Jill Smith article is now a disambiguation page of two pages consist are of a Strangetown child and a Garden Club. Could you please move it back? Thanks.

Therefore, Jill Smith (Strangetown) is the article of Strangetown's Jill Smith, the youngest daughter of PT9 and Jenny Smith. ApprenticeFan 13:23, March 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * When someone is searching for Jill Smith I think it is safe to say they are looking for the Strangetown character and not the Garden Club character, therefore that should be what they get. Directing them to a disambiguation page is unwelcoming. Also calling the disambiguation page Jill Smith (disambiguation) is extremely clear as to what that page is about. Third, there were so many links already linking to Jill Smith, I didn't want to have to go through them all and change them as internal links should not point to disambiguation pages unless they are supposed to. --a_morris (talk) 14:37, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Ack, I hate vandalism
This user vandalized my talk template, my user page, a userbox box thing (I still don't know what they're called) I made, and the majority of my images (he added a picture of a bloody baby to my talk template, he added bad words and pictures of bloody babies to my user page, he added a picture of a drawn bloody baby to the userbox template thing, and he replaced my images with bloody babies). I blocked him for 1 year, which may be a little too long but I know he did all that vandalism on purpose. Luckily, DavidMC123 reverted most of it by the time I woke up, but unfortunately there was still more. I'm scared that he'll come back or something (by making a new account, etc.) so I protected my talk template and my user page. So, if you see any more vandalism on anything related to me (or any vandalism in general, bloody babies aren't my favourite thing to see in the morning)and you're on please revert it as quickly as possible :). Bleeh 13:07, March 29, 2010 (UTC)

Contests
Since I'm the community director (grins :D) and there hasn't really been many things made to get the community involved in the wiki for awhile I was thinking that there could be a new contest or something. The problem is, I have no ideas for a contest. Do you have any ideas? Bleeh (talk) 21:19, March 29, 2010 (UTC)

Not Again
Oh shoot. I am really mad with the trolls/vandals/whatever you want to call them. I'm a little scared to go to my user page, so I just want to know if you know if anybody has actually reverted the vandalism. I sent Angela an email about this. I seriously think the vandalism is getting out of hand. Oh, and I changed the recent vandal's block from 1 week to 1 year, because they sent me this wonderful warning "One attack. Once a day. Every day. This is all your fault. Ihe only way to save your beloved Sims Wiki is to leave forever. XxDarkButterflyxx 06:12, March 31, 2010 (UTC) At the end of the day, you're just the person who has to clean up all the shit. XxDarkButterflyxx 09:24, March 31, 2010 (UTC)". I also got a warning from a vandal on The TimeSplitters wiki, but luckily an unregistered user reverted their edit, so if you want to see what they did you'll have to check my talk page history. Bleeh (talk) 14:19, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

He won't stop
XxDarkbutterflyxx is really starting to scare me. He keeps emailing me disgusting pics and hes saying that hes going to kill me! Is there anything you can do?! He just won't stop! I'm getting really scared! Archie 05:31, April 1, 2010 (UTC)

Please come on soon! He's come back! I don't know how, but he came back! The pictures are getting worse and worse! Please login soon! Archie 05:48, April 1, 2010 (UTC)

Delete
I was looking throgh the wiki stickies and there was a spell check one on a page called my family of sims. This page has no content but I think it should be deleted because if they are planning to put content on it is most likley to be fanon.Bellagoth 19:23, April 1, 2010 (UTC)

Resurection Project
Sure! Speaking of projects, I forgot about the console project, so I will need to start on that too. I also need to learn about the new templates. Archie 21:03, April 2, 2010 (UTC)

Excuse me
Excuse me, I'm OGblack and I had put some picture of Nina Caliente on sims wiki. and I went to go look at it and the pictures were gone. according to some feature on wiki, it said you were the last on at that page. SO did you delete my pictures. If so why?!
 * No, the person who edited the page before me did. They were removed because they were of low quality and I believe not canon. The gallery was placed at the top of the page as well which made the page look weird. I think you also, possibly by accident, added some other images, the wiki's logo, which is used in the example gallery. --a_morris (talk) 21:50, April 2, 2010 (UTC)

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Urbz Articles
Hello, I wanted to try and work on the Urbz articles. Is there a type of article policy, or do I set up the page to the best of my ability? I left a message on the Urbz category discussion page: Category_talk:The_Urbz, to give others an alert that I am going to try and expand on things. Bunai82 03:20, April 3, 2010 (UTC)

Can't Edit
A morris, it's me, Bayoubash. When I log in with my user name I can't edit pages, but if I log out I can. I checked using two different browsers, but the problem continues. Can you help me? Reply to my talk page, please. Thanks! 118.137.127.206 06:09, April 4, 2010 (UTC)

Userpage

 * Well this is where I am going to ask you I guess... I need help making my profile thing on here. Can someone help me please?

Contest
I made a contest called prettiest user created female sim.On the main page it doesn't say it in the contest list. If you can would you get a link to it up? There is a link to it in the page that comes up if you press join or create a contest. It says it there but it doesn't show it on the main page.Bellagoth 15:43, April 5, 2010 (UTC)

Fanon wiki
I agree with RR. Maybe combining might help attract more users but I gurantee there would be more vandalism. --Archie 01:01, April 6, 2010 (UTC)

A morris, do you think it would be okay to put information about the possible merger in The Sims Wiki News, so we could get the opinions of many users? --Random Ranaun 08:18, April 7, 2010 (UTC)

What about a poll? It would show us who wants the merge, or who likes the seperation. Author 08:23, April 7, 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure about a poll, just one user could repeatedly vote and do whatever they want. --Random Ranaun 08:51, April 7, 2010 (UTC)

Hey A morris, when should we decide if we want to merge with the fanon wiki or stay divided? --Random Ranaun 03:46, April 9, 2010 (UTC)

About the quotes
So-So. I got made the quotes by assumptions by other Sims Websites. Sorry to dissapoint you. The only one that wasn't made up was Ginia Kat. Author 02:47, April 6, 2010 (UTC)

Did you see my request for rights? Sparrowsong 03:35, April 7, 2010 (UTC)

About my request
Hello A morris. I've heard people on the kingdom hearts wiki say that there are too many admins. So I took off my request for admin rights. Hope this helps stop the arguments. Also, they say, it would be better if people could vote for people who want admin rights. Author 11:47, April 10, 2010 (UTC)

Hi A Morris
check out this new wiki i created and please help me edit it the link is bnroken so please type this in on your URL bar http://sims2pets.wiki.comMyuntoldfunstory 15:40, April 10, 2010 (UTC)

I've got a question
Do you have Apartment Life? If so, do you know how to cast spells? Please answer, I know you're on...sorry to sound like a weirdo...LOL. Sparrowsong 04:02, April 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Not anymore. I can't remember, but if you're Sim's a witch I think there is a "Cast" option in the pie menu when you click on something. --a_morris (talk) 04:16, April 12, 2010 (UTC)

But all the spells are grey. Do I need to like, find a cauldron in her inventory and take it out? Sparrowsong 04:17, April 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * You might need reagents which can be made in a cauldron or bought from a high witch of the same alignment. --a_morris (talk) 04:19, April 12, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Sparrowsong 04:33, April 12, 2010 (UTC)

Edit war
I apologize for the edit war. But, sparrowsong tends to have ideas not really cut. I mean, if Frida really married, she would still have her husband's last name like Catherine Viejo and Olive Spector. Not sure with Tango, though I'm pretty sure his wife would still be connected to him in the family tree. Plus, Dina and Nina would've had memories of Tango's wife.

Suggestions
I'm going to give you some suggestions about this wiki as we can make several improvements. So here they are: I hope you listen to me for this time. --Walker guy94 (talk) 08:20, April 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * We should close the thread of "The Burn Wall". Even though those opinions are made anonymously, the negative ones are still considered as personal attacks. This is a collaborative site not a community site, so we shouldn't make opinions about any other contributors.
 * I've been checking through the admin request page, and I've concluded that this wiki will be flooding in adminisrators. I suggest that you should reconsider they requests more complicated than before as some admins who were absent in the past few weeks have returned to this wiki. More importantly, you should close the admin request page when no more admins are required.
 * Thanks for your suggestions. I will consider taking action in the next few days. When I was first given the ability to give other admin rights I was told by Wikia's helper "the more admins, the better!", but you are not the first to suggest that there may be a limit or ratio between admins and regular editors. I will do some research on it and also check on which admins are still active. I was looking at a wikia a couple of days ago (Avatar wiki I think) and they have strict policies regarding how long an admin can be inactive before their adminship is revoked. That might be something we would want to consider. --a_morris (talk) 13:31, April 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding! I'm sure we can make this wiki even better in the future. --Walker guy94 (talk) 11:00, April 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * I personally believe that administratorship should only be revoked if the admin has gotten banned for something major (vandalism, etc. minor would be if they didn't vandalize or be rude to another user, but got banned for something else) or if the admin is absent for 1 year & months +, and show no signs of returning to the wiki (i.e. by telling a fellow user on Facebook or something they'll never return to this wiki/Wikia in general). Once they do become active (not just editing 5 pages or something) their administratorship should be given back, because they (probably) worked hard for it! ^_^. Bleeh (talk) 22:38, April 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * This is my opinion of who you should take away their adminship. TheDataMonster, Bella Goth, Bob Newbie is KL, Walker guy94, and JAL. Archie 02:19, April 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Admins become admins for a reason. Whether that reason is that they are good editors, are kind to users, or both, there's is always a reason (or there should always be). Anyways, only staff could remove Bob Newbie is kl's administratorship because he's a bureaucrat, not just a sysop. I do agree with JAL's administratorship being removed, though, it hasn't been 1 year and 3 months since his latest edit. If he doesn't edit before one year and three months is over, I think his administratorship should be removed until he comes back and becomes active once again. If he comes back and becomes active again. Bleeh (talk) 02:38, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

Bob and Betty Newbie of console
Bob and Betty actually are not the same people. Secondly they appear in the console version of the sims 2, not The Sims 2 Pets (Console).
 * I fixed that in Betty Newbie (console)'s page after completely reading Bob's. They seem the same to me they are even married to the same people. --a_morris (talk) 21:09, April 14, 2010 (UTC)

Hi A Morris
Its myuntoldfunstory i have a question do you mind if i make a page on this wiki advertising the sims 2 pets wiki if you dont want me to i completely understand and i DO NOT want to be known as compition im just making that wiki to expand the part aboute it on your wiki and if you want to pleeese tell your freinds about it and if you can pleeeeeeeeese edit if you can possibly do it
 * I will link to your wiki, where we have other related sites, at The Sims Wiki:About and in the sidebar. --a_morris (talk) 00:29, April 15, 2010 (UTC)

Vandal Watch
Right now it's 2:04 so I'm gonna have to call it a night on vandal watch. Goodnight. Archie 06:05, April 17, 2010 (UTC)

My family trees
Since you didn't bother to send me any message, do you have any opinion on my family trees? Archie 01:20, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

Clean up of the month

 * Yes. I am going to change it next month. I already have some ideas. --a_morris (talk) 22:35, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

Direct Admin Request
I have been a member of the Sims Wiki for a few months now, but have been a fan of the Sims for nearly nine years now, and I want to become a proper member of the community. I want to become an administrator, so that I can contribute more to the site. I never use slang and always use correct form when I write, so you know that my contributions will be worthwhile. I would have made a request on the request page, but it was not working properly on my computer.

Please consider me, and reply as soon as possible on my talk page "alexjames" 10:23 Fri 23rd Apr.
 * I know I'm not A morris, nor am I even a bureaucrat (I'm a sysop), but you have to request administratorship here. Otherwise, you're either not going to get a response, or you will be asked to request administratorship there, like I'm doing now. I'm sure once you request administratorship there you will get a response as soon as possible from A morris. If I could I would move your response there myself, but requests are supposed to be in point form, not in paragraphs. Thanks for reading. Bleeh (talk) 15:08, May 1, 2010 (UTC)

New Italiono Sims Wiki
Not sure, if you noticed, or if you even care, there is a new Italion wiki. Instead of just ignoring me like you usually do, can please put the italian wiki under languages? Archie 03:21, April 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * What's the link? --a_morris (talk) 13:53, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

it.sims.wikia.com --Nacho 15:00, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

Talk Bubbles?
Hey, I'm new to wikia... I've made pages, edited things, but I just don't know about talk bubbles. Can anyone help? I'd appreciate that. :)

Don't mean to bother you

 * No, I haven't been changing it. --a_morris (talk) 21:01, April 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've noticed that sometimes the background doesn't load. --a_morris (talk) 21:08, April 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * I personally don't like the custom skin, so, I just the Monobook skin. --Auror. plus the great Andrachome 21:10, April 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if it's just my computer but, the skin is always Jade! It won't go back! Is there anything you can do? Archie 03:21, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think the skin and styles are not loading properly. I am getting Sapphire too sometimes. Refreshing the page usually helps. --a_morris (talk) 03:26, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * I am getting the sapphire skin for every page that I'm often on (i.e. my home, my talk page, etc.). Bleeh (talk) 03:32, May 1, 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulatons on you 22,000th edit! --Auror. plus the great Andrachome 21:50, April 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --a_morris (talk) 22:04, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

Your page!
http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/207.68.225.207. --Sparrowsong 01:35, May 1, 2010 (UTC)

Vote
Okay, so since the first vote of the new poll thing was casted in favor (i.e. your vote), does that mean that users can no longer move fanon to the user who created the fanon's namespace, if not already created there? Even though "Disagree" is winning? Sorry, I'm just not so clear on what to do. Bleeh (talk) 15:03, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Continue to move fanon to the user namespace until after the vote, and all decisions are made. --a_morris (talk) 16:58, May 1, 2010 (UTC)

Community contests and stuff
I'm going to post a blog thing about what users want to have as a community contest. I was wondering if after I could give you all of their ideas and then you can help choose which you think would be the most useful to the wiki and/or fun for the users. Thanks. Bleeh (talk) 15:19, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure. That sounds great! --a_morris (talk) 17:02, May 1, 2010 (UTC)

Delete the following files, please

 * You didn't upload all of those images. I'll delete the ones you did upload (if any). Bleeh (talk) 21:19, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, all of those are Jacob's images, that he asked you to delete, but, he was of course mad at you at the time. Author 21:21, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Images have been deleted. Bleeh (talk) 21:28, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks Bleeh! Author 21:33, May 1, 2010 (UTC)

Weekly Poll
Hey A morris what happened to the weekly Poll you used to have?
 * Bob Newbie is kl is in charge of the polls. --a_morris (talk) 13:55, May 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thats the problem though. He doesn't come on very much anymore, so, I think either Walker guy94 or Bleeh should replace him. Thats just my opinion though. Archie 03:29, May 4, 2010 (UTC)

Hi
Hi A morris, thanks for the friendly welcome! If I'm stuck in a rut I'll be sure to give you a shout :) happy Simming!

Hello.
Hi and thanks for welcoming me. I'm a little new to the Sims, since I only started playing January this year, but I have mastered most of the things. Could i ask you a few questions?

1. An admin is the highest person in power on the wiki, right? Apart from Central Wikia, I guess. How do you become one? I know I'm not qualified, I only have about two edits...

2. How do you make one of those talk-box things? Looks quite nice.

3. How do you make your own userbox? I've been looking for a specific one but I haven't found it.

4. And lastly how do you make your userpage look... um... decent? Yours is nice but mine has like practically nothing on it.

Thanks for your time.

Sprinkle love! 07:19, May 8, 2010 (UTC)

Thank you.
Thank you, I appreciate your help.

Sprinkle love! 02:42, May 9, 2010 (UTC)

Bleeh got blocked XD
Poor Bleeh got blocked again. So sad. Archie 11:13, May 10, 2010 (UTC)

added to this comment-

HAHAHA why is she blocked?

HAHAHA I'm so glad! Thanks!

ThesimsUk 17:04, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

Jmgdigimon and the Pleasantview article
This user keeps inserting a link to Forum:Alien_stories_of_Pleasntview into the Families section of the Pleasantview article, even though it's player stories/fanon. Kiwi Tea removed it once, and I've removed it twice, but Jmgdigimon keeps putting it back. Since this could turn into an edit war, I thought I'd pass it up to you before it goes on too long. Dharden 22:52, May 12, 2010 (UTC)

Newsletter
Hello again! I was wondering, since The Data monster is somewhat inactive, can I lead and help write the newsletter? --Author 00:49, May 13, 2010 (UTC)

Jeffo jackinson
The user name is Jeffo jackinson, and he is repeatedly vandalizing the Young adult article. Dharden 14:32, May 14, 2010 (UTC)

Salutations, A morris. There is a user named Jeffo jackinson who has been vandalising the wiki. I was wonder if you could undo or rollback his edits. DavidMC123


 * He has been blocked and all his edits undone. --a_morris (talk) 21:27, May 14, 2010 (UTC)

Archie
Could you try to resolve the little issue with Archie? Sparrowsong 00:57, May 18, 2010 (UTC)

I mean, he's wondering why he was blocked, and I think he deserves to know, but I don't exactly have the heart to tell him...*gulps nervously* Sparrowsong 15:24, May 18, 2010 (UTC)

I was going to tell Archie about my grandfather's death, but, he's blocked. I come on after a couple of days, and learn that he's blocked. I need another break. I'm sorry. Author 03:53, May 19, 2010 (UTC)

I'm a little worried about the fact that you're currently the only active admin, since Bleeh is taking a break. If you went on vacation or your internet crashed or you lost your password, we'd be hooped. I was thinking we could use 1 or 2 more admins. Would you agree? Also, do you think I'd make a good one? Sparrowsong 04:17, May 20, 2010 (UTC)

IP vandalizing
76.243.135.51 keeps vandalizing a bunch of player stories pages. --Sparrowsong 15:33, May 20, 2010 (UTC)

Password reminder not working
I am User: Chaos Shepherd the password reminder is not working. The password dos not sign me in.
 * You need to contact the Wikia Staff about that. --a_morris (talk) 15:24, May 22, 2010 (UTC)

92.25.94.197
A morris, was it really necessary to ban that user? While his/her edits were unconstructive, s/he didn't sound like a troll to me. S/he sounded like either a little kid goofing around or a newbie who doesn't know any better. What if this is someone who really loves The Sims and could become a great contributor someday? I think you should at least give a user 2-3 warnings before you ban them. We're supposed to be AGFing, aren't we? Sparrowsong 04:32, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

P.S. Also, I believe Italay90's ban should be shortened. I know s/he vandalized Bleeh's page, but that doesn't really constitute a permanent ban.

P.P.S. I'm sorry if you're offended by this.


 * You can't really give anonymous user warnings because they don't have a static talk page. I found "stripping" as a career deserving of a temporary ban. I have ended Italay90's ban. Italay90's vandalism of Bleeh's page could be considered harassment and is against Wikia's terms of service, but I have not found any guidelines from Wikia about policies dealing with users who break them. --a_morris (talk) 14:18, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, still, you should at least try. I made mistakes when I was new. I'm sure you did, too. Sparrowsong 15:03, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * P.S. A.P. Freeman and Salemguy123 are sockpuppets of ArchieAndrewFan3001.
 * Thats old news, A morris was already involved. I'm not sure about A.P. Freeman, he seemed so nice. Salemguy...eh. --Auror. plus the great Andrachome 19:11, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Seriously, though. I got a checkuser to confirm it and everything. Could you please ban them? Sparrowsong 22:50, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

Twinbrook
Hi. There have been a lot of edits back and forth regarding Twinbrook. Since everything pre-release is highly specultaive, would it be possible to semi-protect the article for about a week until the game is released? The page is sort of developing into an edit war and, again, we won't know any real facts until the game is actually released, so the edits are really pointless and distracting. Thanks. --LostInRiverview 00:11, May 26, 2010 (UTC)

120.18.54.201
That user made an inappropriate blog post comment. Sparrowsong 03:36, May 26, 2010 (UTC)

89.243.162.168
The person using this IP is engaging in repeated vandalism. This person's edits are also including things such as "Rebecchi", "Toadie", "Toadie Rebecchi", "Billy Kennedy", and references to "The Full Monty" that I have seen from other IPs. Dharden 16:56, May 26, 2010 (UTC)

4.000 pages here we come!
Self-explanatory. --Auror. plus the great Andrachome 06:36, May 29, 2010 (UTC)

Kent Hackett
I'll try to remember that he's real (in the NDS version), and not a figment of Repeat Vandal's imagination. Sorry about getting over-enthusiastic with the Delete tag. Dharden 22:07, May 29, 2010 (UTC)

Woooo!
Yay! Ambitions is released today! --Auror. plus the great Andrachome 05:34, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Glitches page
Why not make a glitches page??monster2821?

Best place for a discussion?
Hi A Morris. I was wondering how to best set up a place to discuss changing the traits list, as is mentioned on the Traits List talkpage. Would that talk page, the Traits talkpage, the Community Portal discussion page, or some other page be the best place to discuss and reach a consensus on this? Thanks! LostInRiverview 00:11, June 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * The best place is probably on the page the discussion concerns. If needed, I will post a notice on the main page. --a_morris (talk) 03:11, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Need ambitions info template
Hi there, not sure where to ask this and I see your name popup more often than not so I thought I'd try here. Is there a template for articles needing an update with Ambitions stuff? I've seen other wikis dedicated to games with content updates do it. It informs the average user that the page might not have been updated for the newest content yet. A category might also be a good idea, so you can quickly see where info is needed on the newest content. I think this would make it more accessable...accessible.. manageable for contributors to add stuff instead of just filling in the blanks when they don't find the info themselves. Duskey 07:02, June 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * I just found the Under Development 2 template. Would it be okay to smack that into articles lacking/concerning Ambitions? Duskey 08:10, June 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll use those in the future. Duskey 13:24, June 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * I couldn't help myself. How does this look? Entering   would produce the example below. (I haven't messed around with the templates just yet, don't worry). I'm thinking red might be abit too much of a warning. Maybe a softer color or something.

Thanks a bunch. | Duskey | 20:55, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

Messed up Template
Hi again A Morris. a user added an image to the Needs image template, which made me confused for many minutes wondering how a picture of the Twinbrook Baker family ended up on the page for Glitches. I went to that template and undid that user's edit, but I felt you should be warned - I don't know whether it was done intentionally or by accident, but I went onto their talk page and told them what they had done (in case they didn't know) and warned them to be more careful when editing templates. Thankfully it was something simple, because I was very confused as to why there was an image on that article, and hopefully it was just an accident and not done on purpose. Thanks. LostInRiverview 07:24, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Family trees
How do you make the pictures of the family trees, do you export the picture directly from the game?--Nk3play2 23:24, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

rollback user
Can i become a rollback user:I made at least 100 edits and i have not vandalised for about a year?? 01:51, June 14, 2010 (UTC)monster2821? 01:51, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

I mean't Rollback Rights.Not Rollback User.? 02:26, June 14, 2010 (UTC)Monster2821? 02:26, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

I'm waiting for a response.? 02:29, June 14, 2010 (UTC)Monster2821? 02:29, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

...? 02:45, June 14, 2010 (UTC)monster2821? 02:45, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

leave the response on my talkpage.? 03:29, June 14, 2010 (UTC)monster2821? 03:29, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

ok fine.:(? 18:42, June 14, 2010 (UTC)monster2821? 18:42, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

Are you inactive?You still havn't responded to my question.? 19:10, June 14, 2010 (UTC)Monster2821? 19:10, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

I give up.? 19:36, June 14, 2010 (UTC)Monster2821? 19:36, June 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Try taking a look here: The Sims Wiki:Requests for administratorship. | Duskey | 19:38, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

look at my talkpage.? 20:15, June 14, 2010 (UTC)Monster2821? 20:15, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

Rollback Request
Hello! I would like to request to become a rollback on this Wiki. As you will see, I have not edited much since I joined in March, but I try to make every edit count. I am quick to spot vandalism/fanon and report it. If you would like to know more please leave me a message. Thanks. Jeve 20:58, June 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * You should make that request in here. -- Walker guy94 [  MyTalk  |  MyBlog  ] 07:33, June 16, 2010 (UTC)

Duplicated rights
My username have duplicated rights, it is written me as rollback and sysop. It is a small matter actually, but I think you should remove the rollback rights from me just as the same thing which was done by Uberfuzzy. -- Walker guy94 [  Talk  ] 09:48, June 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding to my message. -- Walker guy94 [  Talk  ] 07:30, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

Help with a template
Hi, you seem like the resident template nut around here. I was wondering if you had the time to look over a template I'm trying to make. It's almost done, I'm just ironing out the kinks, but I can't quite figure this last bit out. I set up the template at User:Duskey/Template and trying to implement it into a copy of a patch page in my sandbox. I figured out how to add ifs so if I only enter one game version, it'll only show one row in the table. Problem is it registers the lineskips between the ifs when there's no subsequent input (like how it is in my sandbox now), but when there IS subsequent input it needs those lineskips to create a new row in the table. I have no clue how to fix that. Hope you can drop me a hint and you're very welcome to edit the template so it works as intended. Thanks in advance. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 16:29, June 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * I tried that and this is what happens: Duskey/Template it messes up the template for some reason. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 20:56, June 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Added a proper link to show you how it bugs out. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 23:04, June 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * My word, I believe you've fixed it. I'm gonna play around with it some more. Here's a tulip for you. [[File:Thanks_tulip.png]] Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 00:50, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, seems I'm not outta the woods yet. I'm having trouble with the implementation of categories. I rigged it so the template include articles to be added to Category:Patches and updates, but so does the template itself and the /doc page since there's a sample output. I typed in  on the template page and   on the /doc page. When I edit the pages though, the code isn't showing like it does on all the other templates and the category is merely added down in the category box. Is this because it's not placed in the templates section? Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 13:00, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright, I think I figured that one out now. What's the policy for moving templates to the template category? I'll be sure to mention it's not quote done yet. I just wanted to move it to the other templates and give it some final test runs. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 15:19, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * I added the template to the wiki now and I think I did it without breaking anything. I included it into Patch 12 to test it out. Seems to work fine, but I'm not using it anywhere else until it's completely done and properly categorized and everything.
 * Links: Template:Patch Template:Patch/doc The Sims 3/Patch 12
 * Categories are treated different when on the 'Template:' pages, they don't give themself a category as soon as I enter for example. One thing though, I added a   to the template for categories being added to pages with the template, but since all the patch pages are in the The Sims 3 directory, they aren't treated as being in the mainnamespace. I can't add the category to pages outside the mainnamespace or the template itself will get it too. Does this mean I have to use the #if method you mentioned aswell? Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 19:14, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * D'oh! A small oversight. I guess I'm more eccentric than I realized. Thank you once again, I think I'm getting the hang of the basic template business. One last thing though, the template is listed under T for template in the Category:Infobox templates since I initially just threw it into the category. I tried removing it and then adding, but that didn't correct it. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 20:59, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I added that after my initial creation of the template pages. The line looks like so, on the doc page.


 * As I wrote above, I tried removing it and then adding it again, but the page is still under T. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 21:38, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sweet, it's all good now. Thank you for helping me to figure out this template stuff, you are a very patient woman. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 22:25, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hi A Morris. This IP has been vandalizing pages. I've already warned them on their talkpage, and told them that further vandalism would be reported to an Admin, so here we are. Since I've already warned him/her, I'm not going to again, so you can do whatever you want (not that you couldn't anyways). Thanks LostInRiverview (talk)(blog) 00:03, June 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Scratch that, Charitwo already blocked them for 3 days. LostInRiverview (talk)(blog) 02:26, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

Power aspiration image?
A question has come up as to whether that image should be deleted, as the Power aspiration has no icon. I've thought about it, and come to the conclusion that the user who uploaded it may have meant for it to indicate an incomplete aspiration instead of meaning it to be the aspiration's icon. Anyway, I'm not sure what to do about this. Dharden 22:43, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
What do you do if you think an admin hasn't been acting in accordance with the policies of the wiki. I'm torn between explaining my disapproval on the individuals talk page or reporting it on another admins talk page. I'm not out to flame said admin, just explain that his/her words could have been chosen better. The subject specifically is the 'don't feed the trolls' mantra. An admin condoning another user flaming vandals isn't exactly screaming professionalism. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 02:59, June 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I keep forgetting wikipedia as a resource since this is wikia domain. I'm gonna mull things over. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 06:40, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

Seeking some advice
Hi! I realize that you're an experienced template-maker, and I'm trying currently to learn more about how templates work and how to make them (this is partly for this wiki, but also for another wiki I'm working on). For instance, I've already created a template (Template:Expand) and I think I have a rough idea of how things work (the, and tags, the 't' template, etc.) and I'm also familiarizing myself with categories, traits belonging in certain categories, etc. I've tried exploring this Wiki's help and the main wiki's help on template-work, especially in more complex templates than the one I've made, but have had a hard time getting really useful info. Do you a) have any advice or words of caution, especially looking at what I've already done, and b) know where on this or another wiki I can get a good base of information? As for caution, I try to be very sure of what I'm dong before I do it, especially in something like templates where it afffects possibly hundreds of articles.

Any help or advice is greatly appreciated. I don't have any specific tasks at the moment, ones which I might need your direct assistance or adivce on, but if I should come up with any ideas I'll let you know. Thanks in advance for your guidance! LostInRiverview (talk)(blog) 01:17, June 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * You can try Wikia Templates, Help:Template at Wikipedia and Help:Template at WikiMedia. --a_morris (talk) 02:30, June 20, 2010 (UTC)

RIPBrandibroke
http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:RIPBrandibroke#PPL_to_destroy_is Sparrowsong 19:17, June 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * His abuse is limited to his talk page. I'd just leave him alone. --a_morris (talk) 21:08, June 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * But it's vandalism/harassment/a personal attack, and the user is obviously a troll and not going to make constructive edits...I think they should be banned for at least a month and unable to edit their own talk page. Sparrowsong 21:34, June 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * If all they're doing is huffing and puffing and stomping their feet on their talk page, it might come under Do Not Feed The Trolls. However, this person has vandalized before, so I wouldn't necessarily count on them limiting their abuse to their own talk page. Dharden 23:27, June 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, they have. I don't think that banning trolls counts as feeding them, though, unless you ban them with a summary of "GO AWAY, YOU STUPID *****!" Sparrowsong 23:47, June 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * They have already been blocked for their past vandalism. --a_morris (talk) 00:00, June 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I know that, and IMHO, they should be banned again. Sparrowsong 01:29, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

I saw that this person had vandalized articles again, and gave them a 2-week block for the second offense. Dharden 15:36, July 4, 2010 (UTC)

Re:RIPBrandibroke
I agree too sparrowsong.? 22:10, June 22, 2010 (UTC)Monster2821? 22:10, June 22, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!!
Oh my god, thanks so much for the rollbacker rights! Sparrowsong 01:42, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

adminship
A morris look at requests for adminship.? 02:59, June 23, 2010 (UTC)Monster2821? 02:59, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

Re:Adminship
A Morris look at requests for adminship.? 23:34, June 23, 2010 (UTC)Monster2821? 23:34, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

The Sims Directory
Perhaps we should sign up at http://www.simsdirectory.com/directory/ it requires you to make a login so I figured it'd be best if an admin of the wiki did it. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 06:31, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. --a_morris (talk) 22:26, June 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 11:40, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Should we feature their link and banner other places than Sims Directory? It's not like it's any other Sims site, but then again, I wouldn't want it plastered everywhere. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 04:10, July 10, 2010 (UTC)

Vandal
Sorry to bother you, but IP 66.189.32.187 vandalised a few pages. Jeve 13:00, June 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * Another vandal Special:Contributions/96.238.67.190. I reverted a change to The Sims 2 (console) already. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 15:14, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Now that I'm here; would it be an idea to set up a page where non-admins can report spamming and vandalism? Admins should check it regularly and hand out warnings and bans accordingly and then write that the matter has been resolved. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 15:24, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Another vandal, it's removed now though: http://sims.wikia.com/index.php?title=Werewolf&diff=prev&oldid=144084 Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 08:24, June 27, 2010 (UTC)

Waited a week for adminship review.
A Morris i have waited a week for adminship review.last message.? 03:06, June 28, 2010 (UTC)Monster2821? 03:06, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

Contest suggestion and question
Suggestion: Have sections for Sims 1 objects, Sims 2 objects, and Sims 3 objects. Question: Are custom objects eligible, or just Maxis/EA objects? Dharden 03:10, June 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * We do have Category:Objects by game. Some custom objects are eligible. See The Sims Wiki talk:Project Downloads and custom content. --a_morris (talk) 04:44, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

Transparent logo
I asked Dharden if he/she (?) wanted a transparent logo, or that it has to be a white logo, because of the background. Dharden said that the logo was a non-issue for him/her (?), and that I should ask you. So, here goes:

Would you like to have a transparent logo or has it to be a white logo, because of the background (can be made more beautiful with #background_strip in Monaco.css)?

I can make the logo transparent, and I can upload it as File:Wiki-transparent, for example.

Dennyboy1997 06:08, June 29, 2010 (UTC)

P.S. Sorry for my awful English, I'm not very good at grammar...

Thanks for the welcome!
Thanks for the welcome to this site. I've been a long time Sims fan and I've been wanting to join this site for a long time. I'm glad to be here!


 * Sorry I forgot to sign. The post above is mine. Sorry for the double post.Pittsburgh26 01:22, June 30, 2010 (UTC)Pittsburgh26

Sorry
Sorry a_morris I know you are a admin and I am write you a mensage to sorry, because unintentionally I delete a template of the page of Sandy Bruty , can you help me to improve the page and put a template and an image of Sandy again ? Thanks Guilherme Guerreiro 22:29, July 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Looks like Monster2821 took care of it: http://sims.wikia.com/index.php?title=Sandy_Bruty&diff=147638&oldid=147634 Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 11:39, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for adminship.--? 00:01, July 3, 2010 (UTC)User:Monster2821--? 00:01, July 3, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for the opportunity! I just logged on and noticed I could delete the main page (though I never would) and I realized you must have granted the request. Thanks again! --LostInRiverview (talk)(blog) 02:22, July 3, 2010 (UTC)

Question - Sims Fanon Wiki
Hey, A Morris!! This is TamsBams219 from The Sims Fanon Wiki. First I wanted to thank you for adminship and, secondly I wanted to ask about setting up a Featured Article for the Fanon wiki? However, I am un-sure how to do so. Some help would be greatly appreciated. TamBams219 06:04, July 4, 2010 (UTC)

25k
Grats on hitting 25k! Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 06:06, July 4, 2010 (UTC)

Hiya
Can you take a look at what I wrote on File talk:Wiki.png? I was annoyed at your logo being inside that ugly white box, so I removed it as best as I could. Oset&bull;c 14:39, July 4, 2010 (UTC)

Blog wiki news
I had no idea blog posts would be on the site news when you put it in the Category:Blog posts/Templates, would've made abit more effort then. Oh well, live and learn. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 23:01, July 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * User blog:A morris/New news format --a_morris (talk) 00:37, July 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 09:12, July 10, 2010 (UTC)

request for Bureaucrat
A_morris look at requests for adminship.--Monster2821 21:13, July 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Monster, I see that you want bureacrat rights, if I was the bureacrat, I would turn you down. You don't have much expirence with wikis but I'm just a regular user here. --Auror. plus the great Andrachome 23:54, July 9, 2010 (UTC)

Two template suggestions
Hello, It's me pestering you again. I got some inspiration for two templates while browsing other wikias. They are basically simple message templates, but I wanted your opinion on their usefulness first. The first is basically just adding a warning to the top of the template page, stating that the template is still under development or undergoing testing and people should not use it. The other template is somewhat similar, but urges users to help out and provide feedback through the talk page. Appropriate categories would be added to the templates of course. This would also make it easier for users to see if someone needs a hand on a template or just wants a second opinion. What are your thoughts? Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 06:39, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. --a_morris (talk) 14:18, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * What about a third asking for feedback/suggestions on developed templates? --a_morris (talk) 14:20, July 11, 2010 (UTC)

Admin vs Sysop
Hi, I have noticed that there are two similar templates, here and here. Why are there two so similar templates?   Jeve  '  Talk  16:33, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * idk. Does it matter? --a_morris (talk) 16:38, July 11, 2010 (UTC)

66.189.32.187
I gave this IP a 3-day block for continuing to vandalize after having been warned twice. Given their track record, I'm not sure they don't deserve a week, but I know policy is not to block anon users for too long. Dharden 18:47, July 11, 2010 (UTC)