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:::Which one?--<font face="Papyrus" color="blue" size="3">[[User:Mizu101|Mizu]]</font><font face="Papyrus" color="blue" size="2"><sup> [[User talk:Mizu101|(talk)]]</sup></font>  15:09, 29 August 2011 (BST)
:::Which one?--<font face="Papyrus" color="blue" size="3">[[User:Mizu101|Mizu]]</font><font face="Papyrus" color="blue" size="2"><sup> [[User talk:Mizu101|(talk)]]</sup></font>  15:09, 29 August 2011 (BST)
::::[http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977757191 I found a pic] of the two new b'crats at that Wikia.--<font face="Papyrus" color="blue" size="3">[[User:Mizu101|Mizu]]</font><font face="Papyrus" color="blue" size="2"><sup> [[User talk:Mizu101|(talk)]]</sup></font>  15:20, 29 August 2011 (BST)

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Proof reading

Hey, thanks for your edits. You are right, this wiki does need a lot of proof-reading. Anyone can edit here, and some things that were badly-written years ago still exist. This wiki is built entirely by its users, and relies entirely on them to improve it. So just keep fixing the problems you see, and let me know if you have any questions. Keep up the good work! Gboyers 03:17, 14 April 2011 (BST)

Re: Red links

In reply to Red links... images

Those crazy links are called "interwiki" links, which link to the same page but on a different wiki. It's mostly used so that people can find the same page in a different language (such as on the Spanish GTA Wiki); so obviously on the Spanish wiki the title of that page will be in Spanish.

For example, if you look here, at the very very bottom, just under the categories, you can see a little "Languages:" section. If you edit the bottom of that page, you can see all the interwiki links added (such as [[es:Tommy Vercetti]]). Instead of showing up on the page as normal blue links, they are transformed into interwiki links in that list.

Now, the problem is that since we moved away from Wikia, I removed all the interwiki shortcuts that go to Wikia wikis. This means that any interwiki link is not recognised, and it is just treated as a normal link. I haven't yet decided what the best method of action is. At the moment, ignore them, don't bother removing them, we'll figure something out.

As for images, when we moved from Wikia, we couldn't copy every single image across. Most of them should work, but some of them won't. If you find an image that should be here, find it on Wikia, save the FULL version of it (not the thumbnail or preview version), and upload it here with its original name (make sure it doesnt start with a size like 800px-filename.jpg). Instructions are here and here. Gboyers 01:16, 30 April 2011 (BST)

Re: Wikia

In reply to About moving from wikia

We have no control over that wiki. Once we moved, Wikia decided to keep a copy and to ban GTW staff from it. There is nothing we can legitimately do with that site.

The main issue is that everyone is used to going to "gta.wikia.com" instead of "grandtheftwiki.com" - so most people, and most links, end up going to that site. Even though this one is a lot better, people just end up there. We need to do two things:

  1. Convince people who go to wikia to come here instead
  2. Get as many sites to link to GTW as possible

If you can help do those, that would be great (: If you want to do things to Wikia, such as add links to GTW, that's your choice; but Wikia will just ban anyone who does it.

One problem today is that our site was down for a few hours, which meant people couldn't edit. That was just a one-off mistake and won't happen again. Our activity is usually a bit more than this.

But finally, statistics are not my priority. I want an awesome site that everyone here loves to use and edit. The more people that can enjoy that, the better. It is sad and frustrating to see Wikia stealing all our hard work, though. Gboyers 23:26, 2 May 2011 (BST)

Re: New Pictures

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, but I realized that the subtitles aren't the only things in Polish in those images. A lot of the instructions, etc are also in Polish, and they annoy me to the point where I just decided to change them as well. But I agree with you on the others, if there isn't any text I won't be doing anything about them. --Andreaz1 18:58, 20 July 2011 (BST)

What?

Tommy, what exactly is the point of this discussion on User:Tommie-Vercetti's page?

Hahaha.

This is the best you can come up with?

Seriously? Go on, try and troll and see how long it lasts. Haha. I'm saving this, just for hilarity's sake.

--MrLanceVanceDance 03:37, 7 August 2011 (BST)

I went to the awful GTA wikia to try and bring more people over here. Of course, the place is full of idiots and I got banned instantly. However, almost immediately thereafter, I saw this little smart ass pop up "Tomie_Vercetti" and it was obviously a troll account by someone who loves the wikia here. Looks like they chickened out almost immediately since they haven't done anything, but I let them know, it was a stupid "ploy".--Tommy-Vercetti 17:54, 7 August 2011 (BST)

Reply

No problem, I really hate Wikia, not just the skin but the Staff and the false GTA Wikia.--Mizu (talk) 14:44, 29 August 2011 (BST)

I planning a trick on them, really don't like them.--Mizu (talk) 14:54, 29 August 2011 (BST)
How did you get banned? oh wait let me guess the "new" admins block you did they.--Mizu (talk) 15:03, 29 August 2011 (BST)
Which one?--Mizu (talk) 15:09, 29 August 2011 (BST)
I found a pic of the two new b'crats at that Wikia.--Mizu (talk) 15:20, 29 August 2011 (BST)