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Apologies[edit source]
I'm sorry again for what happened with Talk:Samwise Gamgee. It was a stupid decision of mine! I should have cleared it with you first. --DoctorWellington 02:08, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
Image Upload[edit source]
Hi,
I was trying to upload better quality versions of some pictures, namely from Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring and Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings (of which I recently acquired a Blu-ray copy of), but I found no upload option anywhere. Is it some limitation for being a new user or am I missing the upload option? Thanks in advance. Alexrd 12:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, it is limited for new users. You will need to make a certain number of edits before you can upload. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 06:35, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
- That explains it then. Thanks. Alexrd 16:23, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
- Hi again, quick question. When I'm uploading a better version of a picture, do I need to tag it for deletion so that the old versions can be removed later or it simply doesn't matter? Alexrd 15:44, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
- On an image page you can upload a new version of an image. The original one will be just be overwritten, and wherever it is used on the wiki it will also be overwritten. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 15:45, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, I was refering to the old versions listed at the bottom, once the new one is uploaded. Alexrd 15:48, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
- On an image page you can upload a new version of an image. The original one will be just be overwritten, and wherever it is used on the wiki it will also be overwritten. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 15:45, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Dwarf vandal[edit source]
That guy doesn't seem to be getting the hint. Sadly, I can't check regularly - I'm on vacation till Tuesday. --Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 20:18, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
- Don't worry about it. I think we might need to protect more pages but we'll see how we go! --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 07:09, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
GDPR[edit source]
How are we for GDPR compliance? I've read it's more or less covered by the most recent MW update, but haven't been able to find any confirmation of that. --Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 18:01, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
- Also, any chance of a SSL cert? Those things are becoming all the rage (and quite a necessity, SEO-wise) of late. --Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 17:56, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Using citation templates on other wikis[edit source]
Hello Mith. Would it be permissible or would it be inappropriate to copy Tolkien Gateway's citation templates for use on other Lord of the Rings-related wikis? -Sullathron(Talk)(Edits) 02:39, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- With the appropriate credit in line with our copyright policy, sure! Although I would say to any editor that they should consider editing Tolkien Gateway as the most comprehensive Tolkien-specific wiki. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 17:35, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks! How would I do that, just mention on the template page that it was copied from this wiki? -Sullathron(Talk)(Edits) 18:40, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
Question on Special:PopularPages[edit source]
Hi, Mith! I'm new to Tolkien Gateway and an occasional editor on The One Wiki to Rule Them All. I was just wondering whether you'd know whether the Special:PopularPages page lists pageviews on a weekly, monthly, or lifetime basis. I noticed that the page itself does not specify that, so I'd be very grateful to you if you would be willing to satisfy my insatiable curiosity. Thanks in advance! :) --ShireHobbit 22:15, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks! ShireHobbit 17:19, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
Infoboxes[edit source]
Dear Mith, I'm a little new here (as in I-just-joined-like-9-hours-ago new) and I'm a little confused on how to create infoboxes. I cut and pasted the one on my homepage, but could you tell me how to do it from scratch? Thanks! Holdwine Meriadoc 00:52, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
- Oh, oops. I just found it on the Community Portal page. *slams face on desk* Holdwine Meriadoc 00:52, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
Source Additions[edit source]
Hey Mith, I've begun adding new citations to the article on the Ring Verse. Could you check it out and give me some feedback on it? Thanks!--Holdwine Meriadoc 16:37, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
- OK, thanks! --Holdwine Meriadoc 18:27, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
The urgent issue of Aragorn's & Arvegil's ages[edit source]
I am very sad to see that you reverted out my addition of the extremely important,so far as purists/nitpickers are concerned,ambiguity in Arvegil's age and birth-year created by the revision of Aragorn's age in the most assiduously corrected editions of TLotR.Was this vanity for your own revision or did you have a real reason that you failed to disclose?12.144.5.2 00:40, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- This isn't an urgent issue. But to answer your slightly rude suggestion, the reason it was reverted was because it both contained speculation and was without references; also, it came across a little irrelevant to the rest of the article, just dropped in a piece of trivia. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 08:15, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- "Without references"?...it relates to particularly cited text in Appendix A,and calls into question a great deal of the article's other content in a manner making "speculation" absolutely mandatory.(The "two hundred and ten" appears on page 1044 of the 50th Anniversary one-volume,but there are too many editions of TLotR to make any sense giving a page reference.It's the paragraph before the subhead for "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion".)12.144.5.2 21:53, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Edit Questions[edit source]
Hi Mith, please forgive me if I come across as bothersome with my all of my questions, but I've noticed that whenever I edit a page, one of the same three questions always appears at the top of the edit box. I fully realize that those are there for security reasons (which is brilliant), but I feel like they're a little bit redundant and am a little bit worried about the level of security. Is it possible to maybe add a few more basic questions just to keep the edits safer? Again, sorry if this is a bother. --Holdwine Meriadoc 00:55, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
- The short answer is no - those questions are very effective in filtering out spammers. But, you shouldn't be getting those questions at all: are you logged in when making those edits? --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 10:39, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- OK, I get it, Thank you! I used to get them even when I was logged in, but I guess that was before I was autoconfirmed. --Holdwine Meriadoc 16:09, 12 December 2018 (UTC)