User talk:Prab

I had some spare time and the inclination today to do some editing. :) Is there any way you are able to remove the error from the .htm files that are being used as a source for those pages? The error with the mispelled Mathew exist in these files too, so in their current state they are going to be adding to the workload in terms of editing out the spelling error before pasting the content into the articles. This is more of a 'spurt' of activity for me, so there is no real rush for any of this to occur. --Mustaphile 18:23, 20 April 2006 (EDT)

Hi Mustaphile,

Yes, it is possible to search replace. I went ahead and changed it in all the pages along with some other changes that may help. However, there may still be a few things such as removing the space below Mathew Henry link etc. to make it appear the way we want may still have to be done manually. I will keep trying to see if we could do that in an easier way. I uploaded the new updated files.

Prab

I've noticed something strange

The Talk:Main Page was moved by Willy on Wheels and then moved back and then it shows me as moving Talk:Main Page to Bitch. I never visited the page on the 11th of May, nor did I move the Talk:Main Page, so I'm curious how the edit history comes to show me as making the move. It's a mystery. I thought perhaps someone might have cracked my account, but my password is definitely not a weak password. It's most disconcerting.

1. (cur) (last) 03:04, 11 May 2006 MustaphiIe m (Talk:Main Page moved to Bitch)
2. (cur) (last) 18:58, 19 April 2006 Muser m (Talk:Main Page on Wheels moved to Talk:Main Page)
3. (cur) (last) 03:47, 19 April 2006 Willy on Wheels m (Talk:Main Page moved to Talk:Main Page on

-edit-

Ah I see now. I think it is someone who has signed up with my name but is using a capital 'I' for Idiot, instead of an lower case 'l' for larry. I noticed this as I was editing this message. :) --Mustaphile 02:17, 12 May 2006 (PDT)

Thanks

Thanks for sorting out the Birmingham page i was really tired so i went to bed before finishing it... I live in Birmingham so if you think of anything that you cannot find out easily that i could ask the archbishop myself or somehting else jsut say :-)

God bless Anton.

Happy to Help

I am happy to help in this worthy project. I would sure think of you when I am in Birmingham and you are welcome to visit us when in Philadelphia. God Bless.

--Prab 15:39, 15 May 2006 (PDT)

Added new sysop

I've added user Ymmotrojam to the list of sysops. I assume thats ok to do. --Mustaphile 22:50, 19 May 2006 (PDT)

user permissions

Prab, just thought I'd make note of the conversation on Talk:Main Page about restricting the ability to move pages to only sysops and higher. --Tom 23:07, 19 May 2006 (PDT)

I'd be supportive of this restriction. The latest vandalism would be resolved quite effectively with this one measure. --Mustaphile 01:39, 1 June 2006 (PDT)

As a fellow wiki admin, I'd almost want to make wikichristian over again from scratch, starting off with the latest version of mediawiki, and the latest spam protection measures... I can't imagine how junked up the database must be with all the spam it has gotten, and I'm not entirely surprised that the site has had corruption errors in the past. You could even save the 'user' table in the database so that people don't have to re-register. That's just me though... File:Big grin.gif

--Tom 02:08, 1 June 2006 (PDT)

I agree that we should restrict the ability of the users to move the pages. The mediawiki version we are using is pretty recent and we do use spam protection measures such as wordpress. However, it is a constant process and we will have to keep upto date with the latest antispam features.

--Prab 03:05, 14 June 2006 (PDT)

I've been distracted for a couple of weeks now, as I am on vacation in the U.S.. I've popped back in to see how things are going and the 'move pages' problem is still there. I don't have the time to go through it all in detail at the moment, so I hope someone else can pick up the slack and fix the latest vandalism. I'll be more active when I get back from my vacation. --Mustaphile 20:14, 23 June 2006 (PDT)

Hi Mustaphile,

I am wondering if you know how to restrict the move. I know it could be done and there must be a wikipedia page somewhere detailing the process. Please let me know if you find it.

--Prab 06:20, 2 July 2006 (PDT)

Checkout the Main Talk page. It'll say there how to do it. --Tom 16:58, 13 July 2006 (PDT)

Thanks Tom, I went ahead and changed the settings so that the move is restricted. --Prab 20:32, 13 July 2006 (PDT)

username blacklist

I would highly recommend that you install the username blacklist extension and the user creation log etension. Sorry, can't remember where I got the latter from, just google it. The user creation log shows in Special:Recentchanges when someone registers, and the username blacklist can help stop repeat spammers from registring that use a certain pattern in their username. --Tom 07:57, 15 July 2006 (PDT)