User talk:Jo The Marten

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Hey :) Thanks for dropping by, and for the kind words. What kind of help did you need?
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 01:11:32 Thu 08 Sep 2011 

Well, as on any wikia wiki, you can begin to understand the style of the site by looking at MediaWiki:Common.css and MediaWiki:Wikia.css. The code for the protected/locked tabs can be found in our Common.css, but the similar stub tags are in our Wikia.css. Basically, we just defined a style which we then parked at a negative left margin. I will say, though, that some of our users don't like it, because it apparently doesn't sit well in some older browsers. But it does seem like a majority of our vocal users enjoy the fact that it doesn't take up any space within the article proper.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 01:29:08 Thu 08 Sep 2011 

Sorry, wasn't speaking with precision there. It's not old browsers, but monitors which are the (tiny) problem. Basically I got reports back from a user that he was having a problem seeing the left tabs because he was using something like an 800X600 setting on his monitor. This made the stuff outside the left margin "disappear" off the left side of his monitor. Truth is, though, you can always zoom out your browser, no matter what your monitor settings, to see the margins of the page. No one, as far as I know, is actually completely unable to see the tags, but it is possible to be zoomed in far enough so that you (temporarily) don't see the tags.

There's a big discussion about this in the forums. I've kinda forgotten the thread title, but it's on the first page of the forum:panopticon listing. Without checking, I think it's this thread, if I recall correctly: Forum:Wikipediainfo tag seems to be broken
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 02:05:20 Thu 08 Sep 2011 

Your input is needed!

You are invited to join the discussion at Forum:Can we disable visual editor please?.

czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 17:57: Tue 20 Dec 2011 

Christmas cheer

Happy holidays!

As this fiftieth anniversary year comes to a close, we here at Tardis just want to thank you for being a part of our community — even if you haven't edited here in a while. If you have edited with us this year, then thanks for all your hard work.

This year has seen an impressive amount of growth. We've added about 11,000 pages this year, which is frankly incredible for a wiki this big. November was predictably one of the busiest months we've ever had: over 500 unique editors pitched in. It was the highest number of editors in wiki history for a year in which only one programme in the DWU was active. And our viewing stats have been through the roof. We've averaged well over 2 million page views each week for the last two months, with some weeks seeing over 4 million views!

We've received an unprecedented level of support from Wikia Staff, resulting in all sorts of new goodies and productive new relationships. And we've recently decided to lift almost every block we've ever made so as to allow most everyone a second chance to be part of our community.

2014 promises to build on this year's foundations, especially since we've got a full, unbroken series coming up — something that hasn't happened since 2011. We hope you'll stick with us — or return to the Tardis — so that you can be a part of the fun!