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| ==Site down== | | == Archives == |
| Was it my imagination or was IMFDB down for at least one day? Is this something we should be concerned about? :) Was it the server change over? Things DO LOOK much faster right now. :) Hope everything is okay and we haven't moved the servers to Haiti or some other hurricane ravaged place. ;) MPM2008
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| ==Hey== | | == Upgrade Issues == |
| Hey Bunni, thanks for helping me create the Resident Evil page, just to let you know it's all done. Also, I wanted to know if you allowed 18th century weapons on this site too because I'm thinking about doing a page on The Last Samurai. Thanks.
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| == Reply ==
| | If you notice any upgrade issues, or hit any errors on the site, you can let us know here or email manager at imfdb.org |
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| Thanks, I just wanted to make sure it was okay with you before I started, and no problem, it was fun creating the Resident Evil page.
| | === Known Issues === |
| | '''Issue:''' MediaWiki no longer allows accented characters in page titles. 1,606 pages that had accented characters in their page titles have been moved to new pages with the Broken\ prefix. |
| | '''Plan:''' We are working on a script to automatically move these pages to new pages with valid titles. |
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| == The Last Samurai is finished ==
| | '''Issue:''' Some images are missing. |
| | '''Plan:''' We are working on a script to automatically pull these images from the backups. |
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| Hey Bunni, I just wanted to let you know The Last Samurai page is finished, but some of the images I put up might need to be fixed. Sorry to bother you about it, but I don't know how to make the images fit together as well as you can. And also, I noticed you are creating a page on Heroes. I know a website where you can find the guns used on the show, go to this site:
| | '''Issue:''' Full SSL encryption is now enabled. If you were logged in via http your cookie may no longer be valid. |
| | '''Fix:''' If you see errors related to 'session hijacking' clear all imfdb.org cookies and log in again. |
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| | The [[Panzerbüchse 39]]. |
| | [[file:PzB-39.jpg|thumb|none|450px|PzB 39 Anti-tank rifle - 7.92x94 mm (Patrone 318)]] |
| | [[file:Sniper5 Panzerbüchse 39 hold.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Holding a Panzerbüchse 39.]] |
| | [[file:Sniper5 Panzerbüchse 39 aim.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Aiming a Panzerbüchse 39.]] |
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| And search weapons, and it should bring you to a page that shows you the weapons that are used in the show, hope it helps.
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| == Taking a short break. ==
| | There is a problem with this weapon. The link is not working. The German letter (ü) does not work in the link. --[[User:Mateogala|Emto_PL]] ([[User talk:Mateogala|talk]]) 08:47, 4 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | :Thanks, this is the same issue as the page titles. There is a script to 'fix' the image titles but I'm not 100% sure of its consequences so I'll try it on the development server first and report back. --[[User:Bunni|bunni]] ([[User talk:Bunni|talk]]) 16:19, 4 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | ::When will the bug be fixed? Lots of websites are down all the time.--[[User:Mateogala|Emto_PL]] ([[User talk:Mateogala|talk]]) 11:37, 14 September 2022 (UTC) |
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| Hey Bunni, I just want to let you know I'll be taking a short break so I can think of a film to make a page about next. Also, thanks for editing the pages Orca and I made and putting them on Wikipedia.
| | == "Keep me logged in" doesn't work == |
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| == Image:Prof-Case.jpg semi-autos ==
| | Every time I visit IMFDB after previous closing of the browser, and even after I closed the tab with the browser still active, I have to log in again, despite I check the "Keep me logged in" box every time. This happens regardless of whether I performed any actions, or just visited the site. I changed the previously used eight-digit password to a ten-digit one, as recommended, but nothing has changed. I use Firefox, hadn't a chance to test in on Chrome or Edge. Sorry to disturb you with this issue, it's not a fatal problem, but it would be good to solve somehow in the future, it if possible. Thanks. --[[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] ([[User talk:Greg-Z|talk]]) 15:38, 4 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | :Can you try specifically going to the https://www.imfdb.org version of the site? You have to type it in manually in the search bar, you'll know you have it because the you'll see a lock in url bar. For me that keeps me logged in on Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. If you have restrictive cookie settings or a cookie blocker that might also be logging you out. We'll move to a 100% https site for everyone next week. --[[User:Bunni|bunni]] ([[User talk:Bunni|talk]]) 16:25, 4 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | :::Following your instructions, I typed the address and was redirected to http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page with crossed out lock in the url bar. Then I logged in, checking the box, then closed the tab, opened again the HTTPS address - and was not logged. Sorry, maybe I did something wrong? |
| | ::::If you click the Random page link does it take you to a https version with a lock in the url bar or a http version with a broken lock? For me I don't get a redirect if I manually type https in the url bar and Random page sends me to https with a lock in the url bar. If Random page doesn't send you to https then you may have a 'preferHTTP' cookie that keeps redirecting you to http, you could try clearing cookies in your browser for imfdb. In Firefox if I click the lock there's a dropdown for 'Clear cookies and site data...' --[[User:Bunni|bunni]] ([[User talk:Bunni|talk]]) 17:06, 4 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | :::::As far as I know, I don't use any restrictive cookie settings or a cookie blocker. At least I had no problems with keeping logged in the old version. I'll try to inspect my browser for any possible cookie problems, and also I will try to install Chrome and test it. If the problem will still exist, and nobody else suffer it... OK, it's not fatal, I will just log in each time. :) Thanks! --[[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] ([[User talk:Greg-Z|talk]]) 16:51, 4 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | ::::::When clicking Random page, I get into HTTPS page with lock. I installed Chrome, and everything works perfect, so the problem was only in Firefox only. After cleaning Firefox cookies, I'm logged in correctly, so looks like the problem was on my side and now it is solved. Thanks for advices, and again I apologize for disturbing you. --[[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] ([[User talk:Greg-Z|talk]]) 17:24, 4 September 2022 (UTC) |
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| Took a look at the pistols in Image:Prof-Case.jpg, and I believe the one in the back is a Beretta Inox while the one in the front seems to be some sort of custom job using a 1911 frame. I think the revolver -might- be a Taurus of some kind. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 17:02, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
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| == Thanks ==
| | Ey, Bunni. Thanks for upgrading the website for us, I finally now have access to this account (after checking my spam folder on my email). I've seen the reports of it that was going on the [[Talk:Main Page]] and the development on it, glad to see it finally worked out there. Also, I'd give thanks to [[User:Ultimate94ninja]] too since I asked them about the problem I was having earlier. --[[User:XSlayer300|XSlayer300]] ([[User talk:XSlayer300|talk]]) 01:32, 6 September 2022 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for the tip, that looks like the gun. RE: Apocalypse should be done today, I just have to add three more guns.
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| == Re: Scarface ==
| | Hello, Bunni. I don't know if this has been addressed elsewhere, but I also have a problem: I updated the ''Verdun'' page with new images a week before the website upgrade. These were processed and shown correctly. But now the older images are back on the page.--[[User:HighPhigh|HighPhigh]] ([[User talk:HighPhigh|talk]]) 09:51, 10 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | :I've had the same issue on other pages. The replaced images (after waiting the usual little while) had successfully updated themselves, but after the site upgrade a couple days later they reverted to their older versions, and are still stuck that way. [[User:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] ([[User talk:Alex T Snow|talk]]) 22:44, 11 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | :::I think the issue here is that there's a window of a few days before the site upgrade where ''updated'' images didn't get their new versions copied to the new server, I'm currently working to verify this. The updated images should still exist on the old server and in the backups. --[[User:Bunni|bunni]] ([[User talk:Bunni|talk]]) 22:53, 11 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | ::::That would make sense to me. For clarity, the actual updated image files themselves didn't revert and are still here on the site, it's just the ''pages that use them'' are still displaying the old version. As if the "page" didn't "ask the server" for an update, for a rather layman's way of putting it. [[User:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] ([[User talk:Alex T Snow|talk]]) 23:04, 11 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | :::::Oh interesting. Can you link me to one of these pages? There may be a maintenance script that I need to run to update these pages. --[[User:Bunni|bunni]] ([[User talk:Bunni|talk]]) 23:08, 11 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | ::::::One is on [[Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow#Bofors_40mm_L.2F60|Strike Witches: OVA, second image in the Bofors section]]. The [https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/File:SWovaB2.jpg image file page] also still shows the old preview (in both places) but also lists that I did in fact update it, and if you click on the image and open it fully it does actually display the new version (stitched image with more visible on the left side). In my experience this is all totally normal after updating an image, but only for a few hours-ish until the server realizes something has changed (or similar), the difference here being that I updated these almost two weeks ago. [[User:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] ([[User talk:Alex T Snow|talk]]) 01:37, 12 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | :::::::Possibly the problem is somehow connected with the fact that the last update of the cache was more than a week ago - 3 September 2022?--[[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] ([[User talk:Greg-Z|talk]]) 06:52, 12 September 2022 (UTC) |
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| Thanks, I also like the job you did on Saving Private Ryan, you take better pictures then I do! Also, it might be awhile before I make another movie page, I have to get more Fullscreen dvds because most of my dvds are in Widescreen, and my picture don't come out so good with the two black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, but I'll do as much as I can. And thanks again for commenting my work on Scarface.
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| == The Beretta/M16 issue ==
| | Hi, I don't want to sound like I'm rushing you guys as I'm sure it's a headache trying to fix all this, but when it comes to page titles that now have "invalid" characters should we keep waiting for that fix script/etc you mention, or is it okay to rename them to something that works manually? I just don't want to step on any toes or screw up a larger-picture fix by fixing something individually. [[User:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] ([[User talk:Alex T Snow|talk]]) 05:02, 17 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | :We're working with someone now to build a script for both the Broken pages and the broken image names that have accents, but that process will probably take 2-3 weeks, in the meantime it's okay to rename them manually, it won't harm anything. --[[User:Bunni|bunni]] ([[User talk:Bunni|talk]]) 16:23, 17 September 2022 (UTC) |
| | ::Thank you! :) [[User:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] ([[User talk:Alex T Snow|talk]]) 18:53, 17 September 2022 (UTC) |
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| I think that the [[M16 rifle series]] page should be kept together, since the guns listed on the page are essentially the same weapon, though giving the Beretta 93R its' own page is possible, so long as it's done well and kept up to the same quality standards as the other gun pages on the site. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 22:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
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| : I'm afraid I goofed on making a page for the Beretta 93R; it somehow ended up getting labeled as "[[Beretta 92]]". If you could fix this, I'd greatly appreciate it. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 23:12, 17 July 2007 (UTC) | | It is worth adding these two new categories of weapons. |
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| | On the IMFDB website, we already have a lot of created pages on this subject. An example of AA weapon. |
| | [[2cm FlaK 38]] and AT weapon [[5 cm Pak 38]]. |
| | What do you think ? Complete all pages in one of these two categories. --[[User:Mateogala|Emto_PL]] ([[User talk:Mateogala|talk]]) 16:13, 14 November 2022 (UTC) |
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| :: Disreguard, [[Alienqueen11]] took care of it. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]]
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| == Merge Sig Sauer P220-series pistol pages? ==
| | Would it be possible to make use of the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualEditor Visual Editor] that's available for WYSIWYG editing, as it's more developed and intuitive for most contributors who may not be versed in the MediaWiki markup? |
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| I would like to suggest that all the pages for the Sig-Sauer P220-series pistols be merged into one, since they're all essentially variants of the same weapon. This merger would include the [[Sig Sauer P226]] and [[Sig Sauer P228]] pages, and any others I might have overlooked. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 16:56, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
| | Also, there are a few extensions and features that I'd like to recommend that would improve the search functionality of the IMFDB, which I am familiar with (as I am project leader and tech support over at the [https://en.battlestarwiki.org Battlestar Wiki]). Perhaps they could be deployed as well? Happy to discuss further. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] ([[User talk:Joe Beaudoin|talk]]) 16:29, 2 December 2023 (UTC) |
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| : I've copied the Sig P228 material onto the Sig P226 page, I just need someone to retitle the P226 page and redirect the P228 page. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 20:21, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
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| == RE: Congrats ==
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| Thanks, that's great that they're featuring it. It's also good for this site since it's being advertised. And sure, I'll keep checks on the Scarface page, I already deleted one vulgar comment, I wonder how you block users like that from editing.
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| == We need moderators ==
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| Hey Bunni, I was wondering if you knew how to get some moderators on this site to block some of the users because there's been alot of vandalism since we're gettting alot more visitors. This one user deleted the content on the main page, Scarface, wallpaper, and support, but don't worry I fixed them.
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| == Relation between IMFDB and a former Wikipedia article? ==
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| Hey Bunni, I was curious, aside from the overall theme, is there any relation between this site and the former Wikipedia article "List of Firearms in Films" and its' sister article, "List of Firearms in Video Games? I was a frequent contributor to that article and a fervent advocate against its' deletion, and was wondering if that article is living on here? [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 22:05, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
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| == Re: Adding Admininstrators ==
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| Sure, I be more then happy to take up the status, just let me know when it's done, Thanks alot. Alienqueen11.
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| == Re: Wikipedia article ==
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| I'm afraid I don't know any of the admins over at Wikipedia, I'm just another user there. As for your suggestion that I be a moderator here, I could give it a shot. Also, don't forget to retitle the [[Sig Sauer P226]] page so it covers all the P220-series pistols, and/or let me know how to do it should you give me moderator privledges. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 01:07, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
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| == Suggestion for movie articles ==
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| I just had an idea to help add something to the movie articles. How about adding movie poster or DVD/VHS cover images to them, like their articles over at Wikipedia have? Just a thought. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 01:25, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
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| == The Sig P220 pistol page ==
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| Thanks for fixing the Sig Sauer P220 pistol page. I'll start fixing the links as nessicary. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 02:24, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
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| == Re:Digg ==
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| Cool, You mean vote for it? I have to have an account there to do it, I'll make one.
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| I just voted for or digged it, it has 7 diggs now.
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| == New Category suggestion ==
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| Hey Chris, I was wondering if you could make a new category for movie posters & video covers? I'm considering adding movie posters & case cover images to some of the articles to improve them, but need a category to put those pictures in, since they don't exactly qualify as screenshots. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 23:04, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
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| == Re: Cover and Poster Categories ==
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| How about we combine them together into "Poster and Cover Art"? make things a bit simpler and avoid mis-categorizing. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 02:10, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
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| == Poster and Cover Art category created ==
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| I just created the "Poster and Cover Art" category. If you could create a link for it on the main page, I would appreciate it. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 22:18, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
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| lol, that is funny. I still have more stuff to add before it's complete though. And also, when do you need those revolvers from Sin City identified? Alienqueen11.
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| == Sin City Revolvers ==
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| I know some of those revolvers you're uploading, would you like me to tell you what they are here, or do you just want me to edit the screenshots? Alienqueen11.
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| == RE: Sin City ==
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| Yeah, I was thinking that too, plus a few of them look like Colt Peacemakers or Single Action Armies.
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| == Call for screenshots ==
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| I was wondering if you or Alienqueen111 could help add some screenshots to some of the film & game articles I've made? I'm only limited to images I've been able to scour off the internet, which sadly isn't much. Any help you two could provide would be greatly appreciated. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 21:56, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
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| == Update on SC. ==
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| I identified some of weapons, and created some headlines for them and placed thier screenshots were they needed to be. but there are still four unknown guns though. Alienqueen11.
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| Thanks man, I appreciate it. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 22:25, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
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| == Ghost's 'mystery pistol' in The ''Matrix Reloaded'' ==
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| From what I've been able to dig up, it looks like Ghost ([[Andrew Wong]])'s mystery pistol in ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' is a customized SIG P220-series pistol, most likely a P229. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 03:57, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
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| == Screenshots ==
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| Hey bunni, do you how to take a screenshot from a Widescreen movie and not have those two black bars?
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| Nevermind actually, I found a way to get rid of the black bars. Alienqueen11.
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| == BHD M1911A1 ==
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| Why did you delete the M1911A1 pistol from the ''[[Black Hawk Down]]'' article? That weapon is indeed used in there by the Delta Force operators. In the scene at the beginning of the film where Blackburn and Eversmann first meet, you can see one of the Deltas draw and fire his M1911A1 on the shooting range. It is also used by Delta snipers Shughart and Gordon in their ill-fated attempt to defend the second crash site. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 20:58, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
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| == Shoot 'Em Up ==
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| In Shoot'Em UP, Mr. Smith is not firing a AKS-47U and the men chasing Mr.Smith are not firing FN SCAR's they both are armed with Mico Gali's.
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| [[Image:Galil_m.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Micro Galil.]]
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| The picture you have of the FN SCAR is not correct. You have a picture of a 'Robinson Arms XCR' with an EoTech sight. Here is a picture of an FN SCAR.
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| [[Image:FN_SCAR_-1-.jpg|thumb|none|400px|FN SCAR with Aim Point sight.]]
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| On a side note the SCAR has not been released to the civilain market yet, just like the H&K G36.--[[User:Gunner313|Gunner313]] 17:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
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| No Problem, I blocked that user, and undid all his edits with the help of another user using an IP address so everything should be fine now. Alienqueen11.
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| == Pistol ID Needed ==
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| Hey, do you think you could ID this pistol? I was browsing still images from ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' on IMDB and came upon this pic:
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| [[Image:TWINEPistol.JPG|thumb|none|500px|The "Cigar Lady" moments before using an unknown pistol to blow up a hot air balloon and kill herself in ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'']]
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| Any help would be greatly appreciated. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 20:40, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
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| == Re: Glad to see you back! ==
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| Sorry about my absence, my computer ate it hard back in mid-september, and my internet access has been spotty at best (presently using my mom's laptop, hence why I haven't made pages for some of the things I've seen in the interim). I'm trying to get my computer back up, but it's looking to be a lengthy process due to financial troubles. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]]
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| == About [[Snatch]] ==
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| There are a bunch of pictures of the S&W 686 being used, but when you click the pics, it says they're Colt Pythons. The pictures aren't that clear, so I can't be too sure, but at least one (the pic with the titles in it and the arm in the picture) is very likely not a Colt Python. The Python has a noticeable "railing" on the top of the barrel. S&Ws don't. The "Boris" picture, though, does look like a Python, although the top of the gun is hard to see.
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| is this how this works? I hope so. anyway, thanks for the message. I was thinking about signing up.
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| == RE: SVT-40 ==
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| It's too big to upload here, but here's an imageshack link:
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| I paid about $300 for mine after a large number were imported to Canada, they're going for $400-$500 now as they got bought up. We got them because Russia signed a agreement with the Clinton government not to export certain firearms (including the SVT-40) to the US.
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| == Shooter ==
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| Hey Bunni, can you please upload more images for [[Shooter]] when you get the chance, I want to see more great screenshots. I'll greatly appreciate it, thanks.
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| ==Re:Platoon==
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| Thanks. I still got plenty to do. It should be done in an hou or two.
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| By the way, why did you pick Platoon for the front page? Just curious.
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| And if okay with you, you should add some of the larger articles like [[Hard Boiled]] (biggest with 54 guns) or one of my lesser ones like [[Last Action Hero]]. Or find articles that convey the different time periods. My [[Quigley Down Under]] page shows the 19th century side of the site. [[Heat]] should definately deserve a spot on the main page, being such an infamous gun movie. Sorry to advertize my work, I'm just shooting some ideas. Great site, still got many more articles to come. On my to-do list are Rambo II & III, and I got this western film called "Young Guns" to do. I might do [[The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly]] eventually. Weekends will be my time to shine now that I'm back to school. -[[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]]
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| ==Check out the vandal==
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| Some moron is now vandalizing the [[Commando]] Page. His last comment when i said 'not to delete page contents and replace them with gibberish' was ''"It's fun. Good luck"''. But he changes his IP address every time.'' ((Edit: AlienQueen took care of it. Thanks! ) I hate these vandals. ''
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| ==Old site + front page==
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| I'm trying to make the front page code function again so that we can see the same stuff we used to see, but no go. Also, someone is still editing the old site, apparently after accessing it via the link on the front page...maybe we should lock it so that source code can still be copied, but no new changes can be made?
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| I noticed that the images of guns and screenshots on movie pages on this server are a little pixaleted and fuzzy when they were crystal clear on the old server. I'm sorry to bug you about this issue, but I would like to know if this is just a bug that will be worked out (hopefully), thanks. --[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 01:47, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
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| You're the second person to tell me this - but I don't see it at all in my browsers? I've looked on OS X and Windows XP with Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, and Chrome... [[Special:Contributions/76.174.56.4|76.174.56.4]] 02:13, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
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| :Same here. I've been looking at several articles (mostly my own, admittedly), and I don't notice a difference. It might be the fact that I'm viewing the site on a laptop with a pretty small 13" screen, but I also viewed the site this morning on my desktop at work, which has a 19" monitor, and again...no difference in image quality that I could see.
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| I think I've found a solution, I found that if I change my Magnification from 100% to 101%, the images on the pages look fine, the page is a little wider, but it looks better. I think the site could have been slightly more magnified on the last server, is this possible?--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 03:25, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
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| ==Main Page==
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| I added some more pages to the feed on the Main Page. Not just my own either...old favorites like ''[[Heat]]'' (still our most popular) and ''[[The Matrix]]'', as well as various articles from the past few months by myself, Gunmaster, MoviePropMaster, and Orca. My criteria was to add thorough pages that have screencaps for all of the guns listed, and which generally meet high standards. This is, of course, your site, so feel free to judge which pages meet your standards for the Main Page, but I just think we should make sure we're promoting the best pages by our users.
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| :Hah! I could hardly call it my site - too many great users, including yourself, have made huge contributions of time and energy to call it *mine* - I'm just trying to keep the hardware up to our growing needs and the site backed up daily! :) [[User:Bunni|bunni]] 03:38, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
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| ::LOL...thanks, dude, but seriously, you started it, and you run it, so that does ''kinda'' make it yours, no?
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| ::BTW, what's wrong with the article feed? I've tried a couple of little edits that haven't made it work any better. Any idea what bug is causing that? Also, I edited the proportions of things slightly...the "Featured Page" now takes up 65% of the horizontal width, and the "Featured Image" 35%, which seems a little more ideal. -[[User:MT2008|MT2008]]
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| :::The article feed relies on an extension that's giving me nothing but errors at the moment... I'm looking for a different version or a bug fix... [[User:Bunni|bunni]] 06:06, 3 October 2008
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| ==Uzi==
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| The Uzi page is down last I checked, thought I'd let you know. -GM
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| == Moderating ==
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| Hey Bunni, I sorry to bother you about this, but there is a bug with my moderating abilities. I am unable to block users who vandalize or spam pages, there are these two users who inserted gibberish into [[The Rock]] page and [[Commando]] Talk page, and I'm unable to do anything about them. If this isn't too much trouble for you, can you fix this as soon as possible? Thanks.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 17:49, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
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| == Re: Admin Rights ==
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| I'm sorry, but I'm still getting an error message. Any ideas to what could be going on?--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 03:21, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
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| Here's the Database error message:
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| A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:
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| from within function "Block::insert". MySQL returned error "1054: Unknown column 'ipb_by_text' in 'field list' (localhost)".
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| I'll going leave a message on Orca's talk page right now asking if he has the same issue.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 04:03, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
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| ==Unregistered Users==
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| I think anonymous users should only be allowed to edit a page if they have an account because any random troll can defile these pages whenever they please and if they register and troll, they are easier to ban. Also, when an anonymous user messages you, you can't respond back. By all means they should be allowed to read and view the pages but they shouldn't be allowed to defile the pages we work so hard on so much whenever. I know they can be blocked but still they do it so much, something should be permenantly done. Does it sound like a good idea? I'm not trying to make things harder for you so if it is too hard to do, dismiss my message. It's just when the Commando page and other pages keep getting trolled it makes me mad.
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| P.S. What do you think of the new and improved [[Saving Private Ryan]] page I spent all day on? -[[User:Gunmaster45|GM45]]
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| == Re: Which User? ==
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| I contacted Orca, and he has the same problem. Go to the [[Commando]] talk page, and look at the revision history and it's the first user down, and on [[The Rock]] page, there was a user that vandalized the page, but it has since been undone. Also be sure to read Gunmaster45's comment, it sounds like a way to protect the site, but I'm also afraid the site will loose activity if done so. I'll be sure to create a new account Thursday or Friday, I'll let you know the name when I do. Thanks, and good luck.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 03:47, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
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| :Personally, I don't agree with the idea of banning anonymous users from editing, for precisely the reason Alienqueen has cited. However, I do think we should probably get some more moderators around here. -[[User:MT2008|MT2008]]
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| Okay, it was a ''bit'' harsh, but I was just throwing out ideas. In most cases, anonymous users make unprofessional pages, add incorrect info randomly, troll, and other things which wouldn't be missed (But not all. Some of the more knowledgable ones should just sign in with a user name and join the club), yet the main lot of us on the site with user names makes new professional pages and add good pictures everyday. I'm saying if it is harder to edit the site, more of the negative editors are weeded out and more of the dilligent users will sign in. And if a die-hard troll does sign in, he is far easier to ban and prevent future trolling. Obviously my plan is flawed but not a horrible idea. -[[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]]
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| My 2 cents on the issue. The person who was vandalizing the [[Commando]] page was doing it repeatedly from different IP addresses. IP addresses that changed from minute to minute, so this guy must have been doing it from a computer room at a school/college, or at a workplace with lots of IP addresses. This anonymous vandal taunted me with the words "Good Luck!" & "It's fun!" when I warned him to stop messing with IMFDB pages. One has to weigh the consequences, and personally, making it so that certain targeted pages are protected by these individuals, (and have to be edited only by persons who have bothered to make an online account), is a good compromise. Any other course of action, we can quickly lose control of IMFDB to people whose only desire is to do it harm. This comment coming from a member (me) who had to UNDO this weirdo's vandalism THREE times in the course of a few hours. If that had spread to the rest of the site ... I shudder to think what would happen. The fact that we have MODS who are willing to protect the site from this intentional vandalism is a good thing, and such action keeps members like myself from abandoning the site. I appreciate the quick action taken to protect the page. Members take a lot of their time to building good pages and it's one thing to lose info due to a hardware issue and it's another entirely to spend all one's time undoing the gibberish from a bunch of infantile internet vandals. Just something to think about. [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]]
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| I just created a new account called [[User: Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus]], so you can try to upgrade whenever you're ready.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 19:55, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
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| ::I can understand the frustration with these vandals. However, the fact is, most anonymous users are perfectly law-abiding and make useful contributions to the site. The way I look at it (and I say this as a libertarian who believes in personal freedom and responsibility), it's similar to the issue many of us have with gun control laws: A few gangbangers shoot up their "hoods" with AKs, so the liberals feel the need to ban everyone, including law-abiding citizens, from owning AKs. And the liberals might argue, "Well, if we don't ban assault weapons, think of all the criminals and terrorists who are going to use them to out-gun the police and take control of the streets!" But most of us would disagree with that, no? It's the same issue of freedom and responsibility here. I've had some pages I've worked on vandalized, and it's annoying, but it is fairly simple to undo the damage (go to "Page History", select the version that precedes the vandalism, and undo it). I think the biggest issue is the lack of available moderators to ban the vandals as soon as they strike. -[[User:MT2008|MT2008]]
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| == Nominations for new mods? ==
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| The site has a lot of great users who I would be happy to have as additional moderators - however not everyone wants the responsibility. So, rather than foisting administrator status on some users I'd love for you guys to either step up to the plate or nominate other users you trust. [[User:WikiSysop|WikiSysop]] 19:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC) [[User:Bunni|bunni]] 19:59, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
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| Sorry to say this, but it still won't let me block them.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 20:02, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
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| == Hey ==
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| Hey, Bunni, I would like to know if you can make [[User: MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] an adminstrator because a user has been uploading over his images, and I would like to put locks on his images so only he can upload new versions and revert them. Also, sorry if I'm bothering you, but did you ever find out what the bug was? I would really like to have the ability to block people again, because right now it would be very useful.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 02:16, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
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| Sorry to say this but it still refuses to work, but it sounds like you getting close to solving the problem, I'm unable to block Users or IP adresses, but I'm still able to protect and delete pages, I think it says the error is in the function "Block::insert". . Is there a possiblity moving to a new server could fix the problem? (Not that you have to, It's just a thought). But thanks for making MPM2008 a mod though.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 23:14, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
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| == Thanks ==
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| Thank you so much, Bunni. I'm going to ban all the vandals we couldn't before now. If you still have the nomination thing up, I would like to recommend [[User: Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]] and [[User: MT2008|MT2008]] for positions as new Admins. I will also let Orca and MPM2008 know about the good news. Once again, thanks.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 03:20, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
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| ==RE:Top pages==
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| The page still needs a lot of work though. I'm still working on adding cars and knifes to the Punisher dicussion page for anyone to use, so I can't. Other wise, I would try. Any ideas on how to automate the page so it changes the information on its own? -GM
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| ==The Leone Trilogy==
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| I just finished the last of the three Sergio Leone westerns, [[A Fistful of Dollars]], [[For a Few Dollars More]], and [[The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly]]. I was wondering if their is any way to put them in order on the "next page" options and in order on the movie page instead of alphabetical order. It isn't a big deal but let me know if you can. Also, keep your eyes out for my next projects. I just got [[Last Man Standing]] in the mail today and I also planning to do The Whole Nine Yards and The Whole Ten Yards soon. -GM
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| :That sounds like a good idea. -GM
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| == Beast of War ==
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| Hey Bunni, Orca discovered another bug on the site. [[The Beast of War]] page is broken for some reason. If you can find a solution to that, I would be thankful.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 19:44, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
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| ==Defiance==
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| Hope you don't mind. I replaced some of your pics on the ''[[Defiance]]'' page along with some other screencaps. [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 06:33, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
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| == Forums ==
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| Good Job on getting the forum back, but I recommend you put the anti-spam thing on it like you did with the one before the crash. Because you're already getting spammers on the off topic forum now.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 23:33, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
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| ==Empty pages==
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| Anonymous users have been making far too many empty pages and it's kinda getting out of hand. Is there anyway we can stop anonymous users from making pages (before I was thinking too harshly by saying they shouldn't be able to edit the site), now I think it is a little less harsh if we can stop them from making the 20 empty pages a day. Even if this isn't possible, is there any way we can notify them to stop making these empty pages? [[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]] 21:11, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
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| == Another Mod recommendation ==
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| Hey Bunni, it's me again, and I have another mod recommendation. If you can make [[User:Excalibur01|Excalibur01]] an admin, it would appreciated. He has done alot of great work on the site, and is deserving of a promotion. Thanks.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 03:04, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
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| ==Who's User:Tyrannosaurus?==
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| It says he is a sysop, and I've never heard of him nor seen him post. Did you or WikiSysop give him this rank or is there foul play? - [[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]]
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| ==Speakeasy804==
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| Bunni, you may have noticed [[User:Speakeasy804]] has been doing an exceedingly good job of screencapping pages for some time now (sometimes two or three in a day!), do you think you could make him an Administrator, I think he's earned it. - [[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]]
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| == Thanks! ==
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| Thank you very much for the new privilege! I'm honored and I'll try and keep up the good work! - [[User:Speakeasy804|Speakeasy804]]
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| ==Screenshots==
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| Bunni, please do tell...how are we doing as far as server capacity goes? Do you want me (and other admins) to engage in another huge deleting spree of unused images/pages? We did it a while ago, but if it would help, please don't hesitate to ask.
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| Also, what kind of server upgrade do you need? -[[User:MT2008|MT2008]] 03:33, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
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| :Yeah, I admit that many of us (myself included) have been getting WAY out of hand with screencaps. I used to make pages where I might have 10 images for a single gun, which is definitely overdoing it. And since many of our pages are the ones getting used for the Featured Article section, it makes sense. If you want, we can always start enforcing rules against having so many screencaps.
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| :As far as the new server goes, how much are you going to need? In the forum, we've discussed the possibility of finding advertisers. This site's Main Page has had over 1,000,000 views, and in the last month since we reached that benchmark, we've now had close to 200,000 more. At that rate, we can definitely start shopping around for sponsorship deals, especially in the American gun owning community. It might help with finding money to upgrade servers.
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| :The idea for the Main Page that you have seems like a decent enough idea, but I just worry that it will take away a great deal of the visual splendor from the site. After all, featured pages do a great job of showing casual viewers what IMFDB is like. An alternative might be to start being a LOT more frugal about what pages we put on. We can limit it only to articles that have, say, no more than 20 guns and no more than 3 images of each. I would be willing to edit some of my pages to fit this standard. -[[User:MT2008|MT2008]] 04:00, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
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| ::I know what you're saying about the featured page, and that was my intention when I first added featured articles to the front page - but at this point we are receiving enough traffic that it has become a serious strain. I've just updated the front page with a couple examples of what I was talking about using only one screenshot and then linking to the article. We have so many new visitors daily that I think it's important our front page load quickly so they can access the rest of the site - I don't want to discourage new visitors with an unusually long load time as their very first experience with the imfdb. [[User:Bunni|bunni]] 04:05, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
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| :::Understandable. Anyway, what about revenue from advertising? -[[User:MT2008|MT2008]] 04:33, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
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| ==A new member asked me for help==
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| Here is the repost of his query... Any idea why the system keeps kicking him out?
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| ::I am having difficulty trying to assist with the website. I have registered using the user name "sgtmonroe". Unfortunately I cannot seem to get anything to work on the website. Everytime I go to a page to upload an image, or something to that effect, I get logged out.
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| ::I am the "mystery user" that posted some additional information under the "Wild Geese" entry about the actors and firearms [such as the M1934 Beretta, SIG P-210, etc.]. For some reason when I posted my user name would not show up. I cannot figure out why the site keeps logging me out...even when I check the "Remember my login on this computer " box.
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| ::I would love to assist with the website...I have prepared screen caps for the film "Lost Command" and was going to update the page for it...since the entry is very lacking...the film features around 25 different firearms...yet the entry just has the "MAT 49" at this time.
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| ::I would appreciate any assistance you could afford me...BTW...after reading the forum entries I have noticed a trend in the complaints...just for your information I am 40 yo, former military and current law enforcement, can form a complete sentence, and have been a film "couch commando" pretty much my entire life...oh, and I own real guns!
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| ::Thanks for any help as well as your time concerning this matter.
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| ::C.A. Monroe
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| Thanks
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| [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 02:15, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
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| ==Template==
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| Thanks for the note. To the mods: Though my own preference is strongly towards chronological order, I can accede to the wishes of the majority. I do like the format of Title First, before actor. Please note all, in the [[Steyr AUG]] page that the title, then character, then actor template, dovetails nicely into the other genres (television) but also Anime and Video games. Since there is no Character in some and no Actor in Anime or Videgame, I think this order maintains the same look from Film all the way down to VG. Thanks and please look at the page to see what I was referring to. Thanks again. [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 04:28, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
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| ==Account(maybe you could help)==
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| I had to make another account because [[User: Kenny99|Kenny99]] has account problems. When I clicked on to my user page, it is always blank and nothing else. I am not sure why this happens, but I uploaded a drawing from my camera, uploaded it, and the uploading progress disappears. I don't know why, but probably my camera probably has problems. - [[User:Kenny199|Kenny199]] 02:46, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
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| *Never mind, it is solved. - [[User:Kenny99|Kenny99]] 05:49, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
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| == Help! ==
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| Bunni, I really need your help, there is an error on this site preventing us from undoing revisons on Pages and Images, and this asshole named Hieloco just ruined a few of MoviePropMaster2008's images, and I can't fix them, please respond as soon as possible.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 23:53, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
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| I just sent you a message concerning this on your Gmail.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 00:10, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
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| Thanks Bunni, and yeah, I was assuming Unixy was someone was an administrator or someone like that. I'd also think the bug is affecting some pages such as a few talk pages too because if you look at ones such as Orca's and yours, a whole bunch of text in missing at the top, but it appears in the edit page. Anyway, whatever it is, I wish the best of luck in fixing it, and thanks for your help again. P.S sorry if I overreacted earler.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 01:42, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
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| ==the Mystery IP address==
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| If you look at the recent activity page, ANYONE who has edited without logging in has the same IP address :) It's some serious X-Files stuff goin' on! :) [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 04:24, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
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| ==Thanks==
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| I will only exercise the function when deleting or banning spammers (don't know how to do that yet, but the next time someone spams the forums with gibberish, I'll get the chance to practice). Thanks again. [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 04:25, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
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| ==Thanks for deleting the old re-directs==
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| Those were back in the days before I was able to delete spam pages. As a regular member, all I could do was blank the page and change it into a legitimate gun or movie page. Anyway, that hasn't been an issue for a long time. :) [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 07:41, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
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| == forum login ==
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| Well the weird thing is that there were 2 instances when the forum asked for my password when I wanted to delete and ban a spam bot. Those 2 instances when I typed my password correctly, it lead to a thing that said that it was the wrong password and that I should wait 15 minutes to try again. I then clicked on the button that saids send me password to my email to see if I did used the wrong password, but I never got any emails from the forum. Later on, when I tried again, I was able to delete spambots by typing in my password, unchanged. [[User:Excalibur01|Excalibur01]] 15:31, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
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| ==Rules page==
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| Sorry, it seemed as if we were conflicting each other's edits. I will stop if you want to flesh out the page uninterrupted :) My apologies. [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 04:37, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
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| ==Insulting actors==
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| I was torn on putting it in the commentary section (which I have not had time to flesh out yet) rather than the principles section. It could belong in either section. In the commentary section I was going to address (a) inappropriate comments (b) moving commentary to the discussion page, (c) insulting actors (d) noting that observing flaws or goofs or anachronisms in a scholarly way is not being insulting (e) to limit sarcasm in all descriptions and commentary on pages (f) limit requoting entire sections of the movie in commentary 'just because it's cool' .... stuff like that. I'll put it in whatever section you deem appropriate though. Just let me know. :) [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 00:48, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
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| ==My forum login is still screwed up==
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| Not only can I not log in most of the time, the forum logs me OUT after a few minutes. I was composing a response to a question and I was logged out and not, again, cannot log back in. Can this be fixed? No much I can do as a Mod if I can't get into the forums. :) [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 19:54, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
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| ==Forum problems login==
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| Yes, I cannot login most of the time, because when I click on 'remember me', even if I carefully type in the correct username and password, I still get booted out with the warning that I've used up my login attempts, WTF? Only if I don't click on 'remember me' can I log in, but then I get logged out very quickly (within fifteen minutes) I know this because I was composing a forum reply to someone and just as I was about to post it, I got a NEW error message that I must be logged in, in order to post, but I was already logged in. So when I tried again to log in, I got the same Error message that I had used up all of my login attempts, even though the last time I tried to log in was obviously successful. I gave up trying to reply to ANYONE's forum posts, because I get booted out alot and can't get back in. Hopefully this description helps. [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 22:32, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
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| :Thanks for the explaination-[[User:S&Wshooter|S&Wshooter]] 00:33, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
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| ==I still can't get into the FORUM==
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| I've tried many times. I always get this when I try to log in for the first time....
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| It's really ridiculous. I was given Mod powers to delete and block spammers but I spend HOURS where I cannot get in. [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 20:58, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
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| ==You won't believe this==
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| Score! I've been holding off uploading these because I'm still waiting on an image for the [[Heartbreak Ridge]] page (their weapons are set up slightly differently) so I hope people will wait to update that page until I can get a good image for that page.
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| ===Say Hello to My Little Friend!!!===
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| [[Scarface]] fans will crap in their pants. Got the ACTUAL '''screen used''' LITTLE FRIEND. Now I used black gaffers tape and taped two 30 round magazines together as best I could (to try to match the screenshots). Do you think that was smart? or should I just present it with a plain magazine? Anyway, I did that because I wanted people to see it as it was most seen in the movie (Wow that launcher is beat up, it's been 25 years after all since the movie was filmed!!!!) It is also the old launchers that were used before the Cobray 37mm launchers became prevalent.
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| [[Image:M16A1M203ScarfaceCombo.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tony Montanas' 'Little Friend' from the movie [[Scarface]] - Motion Picture Faux M203 launcher attached to M16A1 - 5.56mm/39mm]] | |
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| ===Screen used Zabala Shotgun===
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| This IS the gun used by 'The Skull' [[Gino Silva]] to blast Tony Montana in the movie. I also included a closeup shot of the top of the gun to show the markings.
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| [[Image:SBS-Shotgun_Scarface.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Screen used side by side Spanish Zabala Shotgun from the movie [[Scarface]] - 12 gauge]]
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| [[Image:SBS-ShotgunTOP_Scarface.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Top of the Screen used side by side Spanish Zabala Shotgun from the movie [[Scarface]] - 12 gauge. Note manufacturer markings on the top of the shotgun.]]
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| ===RUN! GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!!!===
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| Recognize this lovely? I've been waiting to get pics for the [[Predator]] page for a while. So many weapons have either been sold off or taken apart and reconfigured for other movies.
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| [[Image:M16M203PredatorCombo.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Motion Picture Faux M203 launcher attached to M16/SP1 Rilfe - 5.56mm/39mm. Configured as it appeared in the movie.]]
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| '''IMFDB is the only place in the WORLD, now that has these images. How cool is that?''' :) I got some screen used muskets from Last of the Mohicans (from private collections), which is interesting since I usually don't get many pre 1848 weapons.
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| [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 03:31, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
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| ==The new 870==
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| Nice shotgun you got there, Chris! I was in the market for a shotgun myself recently, and I thought about getting the 870 Express Tactical (with the rails and the door breacher), but ultimately decided on the Mossy 500 Mariner instead (because the stainless look won me over). Here's mine:
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| [[Image:MTMariner-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|(I now have a pistol grip for it, too)]]
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| Still, that 870 looks sweet. Again, good choice. -[[User:MT2008|MT2008]] 18:28, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
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| :Congrats on the 229R, too. As for me, I love my SIG. It's a good, dependable shooter and far more accurate than I can ever hope to be. As for the 229, it's a good choice, although I personally find it a bit too wide (its grip circumference is a bit wider than that of the 226 and 228). But I'm sure you'll like it. It's a very popular LE pistol, and for good reason. -[[User:MT2008|MT2008]] 00:50, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
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| ==Interesting email I recieved==
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| I recieved an interesting email today in regards to deleting a duplicate image of an [[RKG-3 anti-tank grenade]], filename 'RKG-3 GRENADE REPLICA.jpg' and I thought I should share it to see what you and the other senior admins think of it. Below is the bulk of the message in its entirety:
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| "Hello,
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| Thank you for the image update on IMFDB, we didn’t load those images originally due to copyright issues and chose to use an image from our company website instead. Any questions you have regarding ordnance or weapons feel free to send an email. Thank you and any questions, please do not hesitate to let me know.
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| Sincerely,
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| M. Patrick Jordan
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| Sales and Logistics
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| INERT PRODUCTS, LLC.
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| INERT EXPLOSIVE TRAINING PRODUCTS
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| Email - Sales@Inertproducts.com
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| Phone: 1-570-341-3751
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| Fax: 570-300 -1693
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| http://www.inertproducts.com"
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| If I'm interpreting this correctly, it sounds like someone uploaded a copyrighted image without permission and the owners of the image emailed me to thank me for removing it. What do you think? [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 18:46, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
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| ==Deseart Eagle page edit==
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| Hey, I know your not the original creator but since you the second person to work on it and the original creator doesn't have a page, I figured I would ask you. I was wondering if I can fix up the Desert Eagle page by turning the lists into tables and ordering them in the correct time line. I just wanted your permission before I started screwing around on that page. Thanks, --[[User:ThePotShot|ThePotShot]] 23:33, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
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| PS:Same with the Colt Python page. Thanks again.
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| ==Small image upload problem==
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| I just tried to upload a new version of this [http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Image:ATeamS2_2006.jpg] image, but for some reason it wont show. I tried reverting to it, but to no avail.
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| Can you do something about this? Thanks in advance! --[[User:Milkovich|Milkovich]]
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| Thanks for answering, but no, it still does not work. When I try to replace a screenshot the first time it refuses to do so and ''re-uploads the original'' instead http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Image:ATeamS2_2009.jpg.
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| The one picture that seems to work only has a working thumbnail. Try clicking the picture and it will redirect you to the old version. --[[User:Milkovich|Milkovich]]
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| Alright, I had to upload them on a German site, imageshack isnt working for me. All of the pictures are replacements for old ones, mostly by Ben41.
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| Image:ATeamS2 2010.jpg
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| http://image-upload.de/image/YaExce/92636f426b.jpg
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| Image:ATeamS2 2013.jpg
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| http://image-upload.de/image/Twizs9/fe9f2b64f5.jpg
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| Note how this one was actually replaced, but the thumbnail in the article hasn't changed...:
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| Image:ATeamS2 2009.jpg
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| http://image-upload.de/image/SADs3Y/8a67f57a96.jpg
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| ...while the thumbnail for this one changed, but actual pic wasn´t replaced:
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| Image:ATeamS2 2006.jpg
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| http://image-upload.de/image/ZGOmxt/1cf76d3fc1.jpg
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| Image:ATeamS2 2005.jpg
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| http://image-upload.de/image/Cz4I8p/cbc91f355f.jpg
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| Since IMFDB is all about quality I figured that they should make way for improved screncaps.
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| Thank you for helping with this. --[[User:Milkovich|Milkovich]]
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| ==Template:FeaturedArticle==
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| Would it be okay if I changed the pics on the [[3:10 to Yuma (2007)]] & [[Live Free or Die Hard]] Featured Article? --[[User:Predator20|Predator20]] 21:08, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
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| I changed them, if you think they're lame now. Please revert them back to yours or tell me and I'll do it. --[[User:Predator20|Predator20]] 21:50, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
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| ==Member having trouble creating an account on forum==
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| http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/User:Milkovich
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| he wrote to me:
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| :** Well, my account remains deactivated. Attempted to make a new thread and post replies, but nothing works. I also checked my spam folder to see if I got an e-mail with some sort of activation link (just in case), but no e-mail was ever send. :--[[User:Milkovich|Milkovich]] 08:18, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
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| Have any advice for him? :) regards [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 16:59, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
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| Hi Bunni,that happens on me too. I just registered 2 days ago and still I cant post any threads. So [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] told me to ask for your help. Please?
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| ==Feature article problems==
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| Sometimes the feature article is not showing up on the main page. I think it has just started in the last few days. It may have been doing it before, but I never noticed. Could it be the number of articles on the feature list, even though it's random? 3 new articles have been added in the last few days, I've added one of them. I usually try to take an old article off before adding another. Just wondering what the problem could be.--[[User:Predator20|Predator20]] 22:28, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
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| ==Note my comment to the NUTCASE 'inventor' on the Total Recall Page==
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| If he were real he would NOT be talking to a lawyer. Despite being a gun inventor, he sounds like a kid when he writes. In order to be liable, one must inflict some sort of 'damage' whether to reputation, marketing, sales, review, etc. This guy is 2 bottles short of a sixpack based on his comments. I have no problem telling him where to shove it. (his rant was moved to discussion page and my response as well) [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 22:13, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
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| == Axeman and Lost Images ==
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| On the [[Lost]] page, the user Axeman keeps reverting the screencaps back to originals he put up. Axeman's images weren't cropped and were too dark. I put up a comparison of his images next to mine on the Lost Discussion page. I think mine would be preferable, but I want to get some other opinions. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 22:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
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| == Question ==
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| Ok, Question I need to ask.
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| I notice that this website operates alot like a wiki. How did you do that? Does it cost money to operate a website like this? The reason I am asking this is because I have my own Wiki, but, do to circumstances beyond my control, I must find a new home for this wiki. Why? Simple: Because the new layout SUCKS! Also I know this is asking alot, but Do you now a way I could do this change quickly? However the big thing is making act like a wiki, but having the good old layout that you somehow have. So please answer back.
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| P.S. Sweet 870. :) [[User:Drjuki|Drjuki]] 20:33, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
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| == Delete this page? ==
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| http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/March_13%2C_2008
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| What is it for and do we need it? [[User:BurtReynoldsMoustache|BurtReynoldsMoustache]] 06:14, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
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| == Not allowing PNG's ==
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| Someone noted that if we're discouraging uploading of PNG files, then it should be removed as an acceptable format on the upload page. This has been asked in the forum, but is there a way to do that? Is there a way to just restrict the uploading of files to just JPG's only? --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 07:31, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
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| ==Searching Images==
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| In the "Screenshot" category, is there any way to increase the number of images seen in the page? Currently you can only search for 200 images at a time, and with the amount of images we now have, it takes forever just to get through the "A"'s. Another way maybe to put the Alphabetical index up there like the one seen on the Main Page? Thanks for your time. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 02:01, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
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| == Email ==
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| I tried to email you about that message you left on my talk page, but I never got a reply. So, um, hi? [[User:Vangelis|Vangelis]] 09:37, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
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| *Ok, I've sent you another. [[User:Vangelis|Vangelis]] 13:58, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
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| ==New Web Design Error?==
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| When I log in, the new website design is gone and the old one appears, but when I open a picture, the new website design reappears again. Not sure if this is just my browser or something. - [[User:Kenny99|Kenny99]] 02:30, 5 March 2011 (MSK)
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| ==Forum Error==
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| When I tried to access the forum, I get this message
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| "Internal Server Error
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| The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
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| Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@forum.imfdb.org and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
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| More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
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| Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
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| Apache/2.2.17 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.17 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_bwlimited/1.4 Server at forum.imfdb.org Port 80"-[[User:S&Wshooter|S&Wshooter]] 02:36, 5 March 2011 (MSK)
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| ==Forum Error IIb==
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| Most of the links keep taking me back to the home page. --[[User:Jcordell|Jcordell]] 02:50, 5 March 2011 (MSK)
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| == Database error ==
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| Um, hi. You propably haven't seen me before, I'm [[User:Warejaws|Warejaws]]. The message on the main page said to contact you if any problems appeared. Well... I can't see any screenshots (or any pictures at all), as if they have disappeared into thin air. I just get a message like this: "Error creating thumbnail: File seems to be missing: /home/imfdb/tmp/5/54/24S7E4_H&K_MP7A12.JPG" on top of a grey area where the picture usually is. I don't know why this is happening, but I hope they get this fixed... --[[User:Warejaws|Warejaws]] 03:06, 5 March 2011 (MSK)
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| == Taking out PNG's ==
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| Since you're upgrading, is there still no way of removing PNG's from the permitted file types on the upload page? --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 03:25, 5 March 2011 (MSK)
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| == Upload Page problems ==
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| Just letting you know that after I upload an image, the final image page doesn't recognize that I've logged in (so I can't delete any images if I need to). Also the "upload file" command is missing on the left side in the "toolbox". It's useful when I'm uploading multiple images that I don't have to go back to another page to do it. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 07:02, 5 March 2011 (MSK)
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| == Deleting history ==
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| I want to delete the history on my page, so it can't be reverted or accessed. [[User:Excalibur01|Excalibur01]] 07:23, 5 March 2011 (MSK)
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| == Still having problems uploading ==
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| You're welcome with the RB page. Here's the problem I'm still having. When I click on a picture and brought to that picture's page, the site doesn't show that I'm logged in even though I am. Also when I'm on that picture page, I use to be able to go to the "toolbox" on the left side and be able to click "upload file". It's missing now on the picture page only.
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| Here's the snap of a page as it looks now. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 07:36, 5 March 2011 (MSK)
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| [[Image:Picture page.jpg|thumb|800px|none|Note in the upper right it only says "Logged in" and then on the right there's no "upload file" command in the toolbox.]]
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| == One more Thing ==
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| The top ad is not centered anymore (probably because the side ads are gone). Are you planning to put up the side ads again? While it's nice to have more space for editing, if it helps to pay the bills, I would say go ahead. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 07:59, 5 March 2011 (MSK)
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| ==Where's the Forum link?==
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| Dude, I can't get to the forum. What's happening? --[[User:Swordfish941|Swordfish941]] 01:43, 6 March 2011 (MSK)
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| ==S&W links don't ==
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| I keep clicking on all the Smith & Wesson links and I go directly to the page for ''[[Smith]]''. Here see what happens. [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]]. --[[User:Jcordell|Jcordell]] 04:29, 6 March 2011 (MSK)
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| == H&K links don't work ==
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| All the Heckler & Koch links redirect to a deleted page titled "Hecker". Ex. - [[Heckler & Koch MP5]]. - [[User:Kilgore|Kilgore]] 01:27, 7 March 2011 (MSK)
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| :I noticed that all articles with non-alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) in the titles are coming up as bad links as well. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 01:36, 7 March 2011 (MSK)
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| ==Re: Ampersand Links==
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| Links with numbers are working fine, it's NON-alphanumeric characters that are causing troubles, such as the ampersand and the : symbol. Also, the glitch with image pages showing users logged out, which me and several other users have observed, is still present. [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 10:56, 7 March 2011 (MSK)
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| == Changing Trivia Format ==
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| Just wondering if it would be okay to change the trivia to more of a statement format instead of a question format. I have it all set up already and would like to test it out on a trial basis, if it's okay with you. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 06:40, 7 March 2011 (MSK)
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| Thanks, I'll put it up shortly. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 06:46, 7 March 2011 (MSK)
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| == A Few More Things ==
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| A couple more things of note:
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| 1. The additional advertising banner at the top seems to be overlapping with the edit commands.
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| 2. Should the Trivia box also be left justified (as the Quote box is)?
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| 3. Are you planning on adding back the recent discussions and recent articles? (I believe you removed these to test the loading speed of the page).
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| --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 01:57, 8 March 2011 (MSK)
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| ==Responses==
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| 1. The browser is Firefox and the skin I was running was "minibanners", but I switched over to Vector and it doesn't seem to have that problem.
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| 2. I hope you can bring back those recent discussions and recent new articles because they are very helpful to keep up to date on what's going on the site.
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| 3. As more progress on fixing that login bug on the picture pages? Could it have something to do with the thumbnails of the previously uploaded screenshots? That wasn't there before and don't know if it causes any slowdown. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 23:46, 8 March 2011 (MSK)
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| ==Article Problem==
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| I think you should take a look at this: [[Talk:Iron Eagle II]]
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| [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 00:42, 10 March 2011 (MSK)
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| ==Old image problems==
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| Is it because images were originally called image instead of file it's causing the problem where you can't upload over them because it acts like you're logged out and when you try to log in you get an error message? I uploaded some images today and it seems like you can upload over them.--[[User:Predator20|Predator20]] 03:19, 12 March 2011 (MSK)
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| == Hey ==
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| Hey Bunni, sorry if I'm not on as much as I used to, but I want to say I like what you did with the site.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 08:45, 12 March 2011 (MSK)
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| == Image Upload Problems continued ==
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| Couple of problems still with the uploading images:
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| 1. There's still the problem with the site not recognizing my login on the image page.
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| 2. When I try to overwrite an image, the site doesn't recognize the new image (there's no revision seen).
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| 3. The movie page doesn't recognize the new image revision even when I refresh the page.
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| Anyway, thanks for doing the png thing. Hope you can get to these when you can. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 22:42, 14 March 2011 (CDT)
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| ==Re fixing image upload text==
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| Thank you :) [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 22:56, 14 March 2011 (CDT)
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| == Image Uploads ==
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| Tried a few images on [[Back to the Future Part II]], but it still doesn't recognize it. I'll describe my workaround for uploading over old images:
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| 1. Copy filename of old image.
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| 2. Go to "upload file" and copy filename into the "Destination filename: " box.
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| 3. After uploading new image, it takes me back to the image page, but it doesn't record that a new image has been uploaded.
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| Before, I was able to just click on the old image and do an upload file from there. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 00:07, 16 March 2011 (CDT)
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| ==Upload Maintenance==
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| Thanks for looking into it. Let me know when it's done and I'll check on it. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 21:47, 20 March 2011 (CDT)
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| == SpaceArt ==
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| I don't know about this user. I just contacted him about the number of screenshots he put up for each gun. Should he be banned? --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 00:47, 22 March 2011 (CDT)
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| == Upload Page working ==
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| I tried uploading over some old images and it seems to be working now. Thanks! --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 19:55, 23 March 2011 (CDT)
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| == Restoring Recent Articles ==
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| Any luck on restoring the Recent Articles on the main page? --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 20:53, 29 March 2011 (CDT)
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| == This is Vangelis ==
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| Hey there, I sent you an email back but I still haven't got a reply, did you get it? [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 08:03, 15 April 2011 (CDT)
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| ==2011 Topic: Type 69: RPG or no RPG? ==
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| Recently, there has been some controversy about whether a Type 69 launcher should be indicated as an RPG or not. I've started a topic in the forums about this and also here to see if we can get to a consensus about this. Moderators, please respond in the "Type 69" Rocket Launcher thread. For further information about this, you can take a look at the [[User Talk: BurtReynoldsMoustache]] page and the [[User Talk:Evil Tim]] page. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 01:21, 20 April 2011 (CDT)
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| == Unusual spacing in Actor pages ==
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| When I view the site on using Internet explorer (at 1366 x 768 resolution), I've noticed some of the actor pages that have multiple pictures, the tables get shoved down below some of the pictures that it was doing before. I've had to place the picture coding underneath the "Film" heading in order for it to look right. Take a look at the [[Amanda Tapping]] page to see the unusually large spacing.
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| Also, the actor title template I was using also has unusual spacing, as everything after the actor's name gets put on a second line. Please refer to the [[Sam Phillips]] page for an example.
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| I just took a look at it in Firefox at the same resolution and it was fine. Don't know what's the problem with Internet Explorer.
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| --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 05:41, 30 April 2011 (CDT)
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| == Massive Vandalism ==
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| Just in case, you didn't see it, but there was a massive attack on the site by what appears to be a spambot. Perhaps a moratorium on unregistered users making changes might be in order? --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 06:14, 11 May 2011 (CDT)
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| == Recent Articles ==
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| Any progress on putting back up the recent articles? --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 02:23, 24 May 2011 (CDT)
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| == How pagecounter works ==
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| Hi there i im looking for how the pagecouter works on this wiki.
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| Do it works on wikia.com ?
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| == new captcha ==
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| A captcha has been triggered a few times when I've been uploading some screenshots? What's been going on? Also the site's been taking awhile to recognize an overwrite of a screenshot. Because of a server switch? --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 00:23, 20 June 2011 (CDT)
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| Thanks for the update. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 20:13, 20 June 2011 (CDT)
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| == Strange issue ==
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| Clicking on a recently uploaded image by [[User:Pz.Abt.100]], I got this:
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| [[Image:Weirdissue.jpg|thumb|none|600px]]
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| As you can see, it showed his login at the top instead of mine and displayed what I assume are his language preferences. Luckily, the "preferences" link still goes to ''my'' preferences rather than his so it's not a security issue, but it's still pretty weird. [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 02:29, 9 July 2011 (CDT)
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| :Hey, Bunni, I'm having the same issue as Tim here: If I click on screenshots, IMFDB mistakes me for [[User:Mandolin|Mandolin]] and displays his user name at the top right corner instead of mine. -[[User:MT2008|MT2008]] 10:56, 10 July 2011 (CDT)
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| ::I think I've figured it out: it's Cloudflare, rather obviously. It seems that until it updates, Cloudflare serves image pages ''exactly'' as they looked when they were first uploaded; one of mine tells me I have new messages when I look at it because I did at the time. I'm guessing this includes showing the language settings of the uploading user and their user bar. So, this is another incarnation of the issue that makes image upload pages take a long time to register any change to them. [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 11:14, 11 July 2011 (CDT)
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| == IMFDB Forum ==
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| I've activated my account, can you please add me to the imfdb forum. Do you need any additional info? - [[User:Mr. Wolf|Mr. Wolf]] 14:16, 5 August 2011 (CDT)
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| ==Image uploading==
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| Is it me or every time I upload a new version of the screencap, the changes are only visible when I view it in full resolution and the image shown is that of the old image? - [[User:Kenny99|Kenny99]] 13:54, 4 September 2011 (CDT)
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| == Nice Rabbit ==
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| Hey Bunni, is that bunny on your userpage yours? Because he looks awesome.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 23:40, 6 September 2011 (CDT)
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| I added a new bunny wabbit 4 u <3 haha --[[User:Sergei Titov|Сергей Титов, Sergei Titov]] 19:31, 5 November 2011 (CDT)
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| == Returning Vandal ==
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| Hey Bunni, it's me. We have a small issue on the site involving this previously banned user constantly returning every other day and vandalizing the site and creating numerous pages ranting on how the admins are corrupt which we have been deleting everytime he come back, and many of these rants are toward MoviePropMaster2008. He seems to be constantly switching IP addresses and making a new account every other day, the last time he was banned was last night. Do you think you can find out anything about his IP address and get rid of him for good? . here's a list of some of the usernames he had so far:
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| Bj
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| Jmd1
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| A1234
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| Jables
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| Jamalpickmycotton
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| Dimaggio1
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| They're all on the block list so you can see them there along with his last IP address. Thanks for any help you can provide.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 16:49, 7 September 2011 (CDT)
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| == Re: IP bans ==
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| Thanks bunni, do what you need to do. It looks like he's back as User:JD0556. Just waiting for him to do something so I can confirm it's him.--[[User:Alienqueen11|Alienqueen11]] 20:34, 8 September 2011 (CDT)
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| ==Template:FeaturedArticle2==
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| I added another article. It shows up. But it still wants to do a blank one where nothing shows up sometimes.--[[User:Predator20|Predator20]] 14:22, 13 September 2011 (CDT)
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| ==Test pages==
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| Shouldn't the test pages be protected as it is highly likely that spammers and page-vandalizing users might ruin what you are intending to do? - [[User:Kenny99|Kenny99]] 20:44, 15 September 2011 (CDT)
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| == Cloudflare ban issue ==
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| We've had some trouble recently with a spammer using randomly-generated names (see [[User_talk:Predator20#Spammer_.2B_ones_to_watch]] for the details and his potential accounts) but we've had an odd development; earlier, Predator20 banned one of his accounts ("3f8WoqN8") which has apparently made 173.245.53.76 a blacklisted IP. Thing is, IP checking says [http://www.ipchecking.com/?ip=173.245.53.76&check=Lookup that's one of CloudFlare's servers], and it appears it's now edit-blocking random users who get served by that one. Is there some workaround to stop account banning from blocking CloudFlare accidentally? [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 10:15, 30 September 2011 (CDT)
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| == IMFDB icon ==
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| Am I just being dumb, or has this only just started appearing in my browser's address bar (Firefox 7) today? If it's new, good job, it works fine. :D [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 12:01, 11 October 2011 (CDT)
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| == Multiple File Upload ==
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| Just tried the multiple file upload system and it appears to be working fine. Thanks for this! --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 01:00, 24 October 2011 (CDT)
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| == BF3 ==
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| That's actually my PS3. Had a copy reserved, and while BF3 is likely to join Far Cry 2 on the list of "games I own two copies of because of IMFDB," it's kinda nice to record video rather than hammering the screenshot key and hoping. I'm also feeling better now, and I'll drop you anhother email soon. [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 02:01, 30 October 2011 (CDT)
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| == Chuck Page's ==
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| Both of the Chuck page's are locked for only admins edits. Can you please unlock them. Thanks.
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| Sorry, it's that user again trying to vandalize the site. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 22:26, 3 November 2011 (CDT)
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| Oh THANK GOD i wasnt restricted from the talk page I thought I was, ps I think the talk page is still locked to only admins --[[User:Sergei Titov|Сергей Титов, Sergei Titov]] 19:33, 5 November 2011 (CDT)
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| == IMFDB Forum ==
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| Hey, I tried to post in the forum after creating my account but it says I need to get approval from an Admin. Any way you can help me out? Happy Holidays. --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 10:51, 26 December 2011 (CST)
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| :Thanks a bunch and I am sooo glad you like them! I was talking to [[User:MT2008|MT2008]] and telling him REALLY don't want to be the guy who comes in and tries to change everything, but I truly think it would be a great addition to this site. With your permission I will keep it going. I was hesitant to do much more for fear that the decision would be made to delete them. Please let me know if you have any thoughts on how the pages could be better. Happy holidays to ya! --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 14:02, 26 December 2011 (CST)
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| == Gun Brand Pages ==
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| So whats the word on getting a new category for these? Are the pages going to be sticking around? I was going to get started on S&W but if this is all going to just get deleted...--[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 15:51, 28 December 2011 (CST)
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| :Any update on these? --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 15:35, 4 January 2012 (CST)
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| ::Sounds good to me. What should I use to determine the "complete and accurate name of the firearms manufacturer"? I know that for movies we use IMDB, should I go off of Wikipedia? --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 09:45, 5 January 2012 (CST)
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| Any word on getting a new category for these pages? --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 12:24, 11 January 2012 (CST)
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| :AWESOME!! Thanks! --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 13:07, 13 January 2012 (CST)
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| ::Small quibble, but I think the link on the side bar should be the plural, as everything else is. --[[User:Commando552|commando552]] 16:31, 13 January 2012 (CST)
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| == I can't create a new thread in the forum ==
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| When I try to create a new thread in the forum I get a message that I don't have permission. I was told that you're the man who can fix this. I'm using Phillb39 as my forum username. Thanks.--[[User:Phillb36|Phillb36]] 22:42, 1 January 2012 (CST)
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| == Manufacturer Template ==
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| I created a template for the manufacturer pages ([[Manufacturer Template]]). I am going to add a link to it from the <nowiki>[[Category:Manufacturer]]</nowiki> page. I would love any input from you and other admins on it. I want to make it as straight forward as possible. Thanks! --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 13:35, 19 January 2012 (CST)
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| == Convertion Template ==
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| So I've been updating a lot of gun entries and one thing that is always annoying is having to use a converter to get the info in both metric and "standard". I noticed that on Wikipedia they have a nifty little converter template... Any thoughts about adding that? I'm not suggesting that there isn't enough on your plate right now but just curious what your thoughts were. --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 17:52, 21 January 2012 (CST)
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| :Just found this which might do the trick! [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UnitsFormatter#Units| MediaWiki Units Formatter] --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 17:56, 21 January 2012 (CST)
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| ::O sweet! I'm really interested in see how it comes out. Thanks! :-)
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| == Featured Article Template ==
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| Question for ya. What was the reason behind the change from [[Template:FeaturedArticle]] (with the movie poster) to [[Template:FeaturedArticle2]] (without the movie poster)? Also I'd be interested to hear your feedback on my idea about updating these templates. I posted about it [[Talk:Main_Page#Featured_Articles|here]] in the main page discussion. --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 22:47, 13 February 2012 (CST)
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| :Gotcha! Thanks for the explanation. By the way, did you get anywhere with the conversion template? --[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann08]] 00:15, 15 February 2012 (CST)
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| == Skibo ==
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| There had been a lot of spambot user names and the name looked like one of them. I'll unlock the user. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 19:51, 3 March 2012 (CST)
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| == Odd shape ads ==
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| Is there any way to fix the different size ads that appear on the top, side and bottom? Often I find that a rectangular size ad appears on the side when it should be a vertical ad, and that it blocks the "Save Page" button (I have to refresh the page in order to use the button). Also a vertical ad appears at the top, forcing me to have to have scroll down a lot to get to the beginning of the page. Do you know what's going on? Thanks --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 19:18, 20 March 2012 (CDT)
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| : This seems to happen when using the Google Chrome browser. --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] 03:45, 23 March 2012 (CDT)
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| == I need you or another admins help, my other account was blocked wrongfully. ==
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| Hello, I was wondering if you could help me with an issue I am having. Admin "Evil Tim" blocked me for no reason thinking I was some guy named "Burt", which I am not, my name is Danny. I tryed to contact him about it on my blocked account "Glock17gen4", but it wouldnt let me so I'm forced to use this account I made. I tryed to contact him and I have no received a reply, I think he is ignoring the msg or something. I was wondering if you could help and unblock my other account, thanks. [[User:SaferSephiroth|SaferSephiroth]] 16:24, 7 April 2012 (CDT)
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| == Blocked user ==
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| I believe it's another old friend, [[User:BurtReynoldsMoustache]], who was the previously banned [[User:PersonOfInterest]] who we all know and do not love. I can't think of anyone else who thinks you can distinguish what version of the TT-33 the pistol in Goldeneye is. [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 04:36, 8 April 2012 (CDT)
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| :Evil Tim, this is Glock, for the love of God will you stop blocking me and let me explain myself? I am not this BurtReynoldsMoustache or PersonOfInterest guy. Good lord! The only reason I changed it to the Tokaygt or whatever it's called on the Perfect Dark page is because thats what I saw on the Goldeneye 007 page, I am not this Burt Reynolds guy, please stop banning me! Dont you guys check IPs? [[User:RugerLord|RugerLord]] 14:21, 8 April 2012 (CDT)
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| Well hello there bunni! How are you? I see your site is prospering, this brings warmth to my heart and a smile to my face. It's me PersonOfInterest/BurtReynoldsMoustache. This is very long and I’m sorry for that, but I fully expect to be banned or blocked as soon as I post this, so I’m cramming in everything I want to say.
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| =====What am I Doing Here?=====
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| I’ve been thinking about sneaking my way back in here for a while. There are a lot of errors on this site I seem to be the only one noticing. If I hadn’t been banned from the wiki, there are probably about 100 things I could’ve fixed in the last year. I’ve been watching a lot of The A-Team on Netflix and it got me thinking about working my way back into the community’s good graces by redoing The A-Team’s page; dividing it up into separate seasons, adding a whole bunch of new screenshots, ID’ing overlooked guns, updating the actor pages, etc. The kind of stuff that makes one a respected member of the community. I was just trying to figure out the best way to do it surreptitiously so that I could continue contributing without being found out. (Among other things, I was concerned that my IP block was still in effect.)
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| What finally pushed me over the edge into making a new account the old fashioned way was seeing my old stomping ground, GoldenEye 007, up on the front page under the Latest Discussions feed. I thought it was weird that a page that had been admin locked a whole year ago would be back in the news, so I checked it out. A user by the name of Glock17gen4 had started two topics, one correcting an incorrect identification (which impressed me quite a bit, because it was a such a small difference, even I hadn’t noticed it), and another concerning the image captioning policy.
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| He was a bit mistaken about what was proper as far as captioning goes, and I figured helping out a new guy would be a good place to start over fresh. So I made a new account, hoping to God that my original IP edit block had been automatically lifted (Huzzah! It was!). I posted in the discussion about proper captioning, and moved onto to do some much needed editing.
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| The first thing I edited was because it caught my eye and seemed really off to me. The airsoft Minigun image on the Minigun page is captioned as "(fake) 7.62x51mm NATO". What? "That makes no sense" I think to myself, "some dumb gamer kid must have put that there." So I changed it. (In researching this matter further since then, I have concluded that the uploader of the image, Cutaway, placed the text in the image page’s description, most likely to be humorous. This doesn’t mean it belongs in a thumbnail caption elsewhere on the site, nor does it give any explanation for what happens next.)
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| Then SWOOP like Batman, my old archnemesis Evil Tim descends upon my edit. He reverts it, and informs me that it is now IMFDB policy to label fictional prop/rubber/airsoft/non guns as the cartridge of whatever real firearm they are emulating. Now I've been here a while and I know that's not true. I've not seen it any other caption nor is it written up anywhere in the rules. I've brought up my issue with labeling firearms with their cartridges in photo captions (I find it superfluous), but I was overwhelmingly disagreed with and I got over it because ultimately it's factual information. Labeling fake toy guns as "fake Xmm Whatever" is not factual, informative, or helpful but apparently Evil Tim thinks it's absolutely necessary.
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| I thought it possible that this was some new deal that I was not aware of, so I went to message Evil Tim to clarify. I wasn’t interested in arguing or debating with him or proving a point. I didn’t want to get into it and end up spending a whole day back-n-forthing with him again, I certainly didn’t want to do anything that would raise suspicions and result in me being found out and banned/blocked a third time. All I wanted was to clarify that this fake-gun-cartridge thingy is indeed an official rule.
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| I went to his user page to message him and saw that somebody else was having an issue with Evil Tim blocking them. What? Evil Tim is an admin now? You went and made freakin' Dongs an admin? What a coincidence, the guy with major Tim beef is Glock, the same new dude with the mistaken notion whom I'd corrected just a few minutes ago in the Goldeneye discussion page. So I did some digging.
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| =====The Tale of Glock & Tim=====
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| A while ago I had pointed out that Goldeneye’s DD44 pistol, which had been identified as a TT33, was actually closer in appearance to a specific variation, the FEG Tokagypt 58. I edited the page, linked to the appropriate image, and nobody had a problem with it. When Orca locked the page, that information was still there, along with a whole bunch of other contributions to the page that I had made. Glock saw the page and saw that there were Goldeneye weapons in Perfect Dark and decided to update Perfect Dark to be inline with what the Goldeneye page said.
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| For his earnest efforts, Glock ended up on the business end of a ban sandwich.
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| 09:42, 8 April 2012 Evil Tim (Talk | contribs) blocked Glock17gen4 (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (account creation disabled) (Abusing multiple accounts: Naw, it's him. All edits to Goldeneye or related, thinks the pistol is a Tokegypt which is a POI / Burt-ism)
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| Goldeneye was a pretty popular game, it's the 3rd best seller for the N64 with 8 million copies sold. But apparently I'm the only person in the world who remembers it, according to Tim. Why don't you just ban Orca while you're at it? He created the page, clearly he must be me as well. Also Tim seems really bitter about that Tokagypt thing. Nobody else disagreed with me when about that edit, but he went and changed it anyway. Glock wasn't ID'ing the Tokagypt, as Tim claimed, he was just copying the information to another page. He tried to plead his case with two new accounts, both of which Tim banned (without checking IP's apparently).
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| 09:37, 8 April 2012 Evil Tim (Talk | contribs) blocked SaferSephiroth (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (account creation disabled) (Abusing multiple accounts: I don't believe you)
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| Based on what? Jeez, give the man a chance.
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| 20:15, 8 April 2012 Evil Tim (Talk | contribs) blocked RugerLord (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (account creation disabled) (Abusing multiple accounts: I still don't believe you. And if you're really not him, you would come back with a different account and I wouldn't be able to figure out you were him. Ball, court, yours.)
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| Well that's very arrogant and presumptuous of you Tim, seeing as not only did you misidentify him as me, you completely missed identifying me as me. Also note the unnecessary snark. Quite unbecoming of an administrator I must say.
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| =====The Goldeneye 007 Page=====
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| To address the Tokagypt issue that appears to be the heart of this entire mess, I think you Sir Bunni should be the final authority on that. Here's a the DD44 in the game’s pause screen menu and your site's very own Tokagypt photo.
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| Notice what I'd pointed out when I first made the edit; the horizontal grooves on the grip and the magazine finger rest. So the colors are off, nothing in Goldeneye had proper texturing anyway. Both are present in both photos, yet Evil Tim thinks I'm crazy for seeing it and that anyone who agrees with me should be banned. Also the Tokagypt was used in For Your Eyes Only, so it's not inconceivable that that it would be present in a James Bond game.
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| He called me "obsessed" with the Goldeneye page, while he himself used the Glock incident as an excuse to abuse his admin powers and make a number of needless and detrimental changes to the Goldeneye page.
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| Tim has filled up the page with unsourced information concerning decisions made during the game's development that appear speculative at best. If he could back up his claims, then they would be some interesting trivia, but he phrases everything in such a way that implies he's making things up off the top of his head to fill in logical inconsistencies presented in the game. I deleted all of this information for being speculative and nobody else had a problem with that. Now he's an admin and suddenly it's all back in. I've googled everything he claims and none of it can be found. (Many people were supportive of my effort to eradicate irrelevent information from video game pages, even MPM said he’d update the official rules page if I gave him a write-up on the topic, though he never followed through. Of course Tim argued that this was all a conspiracy on my part to monopolize the Goldeneye page through abuse of the rules.)
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| Tim insists that the “ZMG”, which is based on the Uzi Pistol/Micro Uzi, has been “scaled up to the size of a regular Uzi”. This is just bizarre, as it is not true at all. Looking at the screenshot and comparing, you can see it’s roughly the same size as the “D5K/MP5K”, which is how they are in real life.
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| See for yourself. The third person models of the guns are also properly scaled (the models held by the enemies as opposed to the models held by the player). This among other things (see the sniper rifle gif below) leads me to believe that Tim may have some sort of neurological disorder effecting his spatial visualization.
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| One of the weapons is a stun gun, referred to as the Tazer Boy. For a long time it was labelled as “Fictional Taser” or something similar. I changed it to “Stun Gun” because a Taser is a specific kind of stun gun, which this stun gun was not. Tim changed the label to “Tazer”, which is either an incorrect ID with a spelling mistake or it’s a violation of site policy regarding fictional names for video game weapons. The only conceivable reason I can think of for this change is to spite me personally.
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| He also changed up the order of the weapons on the page. I know ordering weapons by type is the growing trend here, there's nothing wrong with it, but Goldeneye was a page that didn’t really need it. The weapons were ordered as they appear in the pause menu of the game. It was close to that order before I showed up, and I was the one to fix it all up properly. Nobody had an issue with it except Tim, and when he brought it up, nobody else cared and it was left the way I put it. There's nothing wrong with the order on it’s own, but combined with the information above, it shows that Tim is a massive hypocrite who places his personal vision for the site over presenting useful information.
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| One more thing concerning this page but not Tim, the D5K is not just an MP5K, but either an MP5K-N or an MP5K with a PDW/-N barrel. Note the barrel. (I don’t want to commit to one or the other because the image you have was only built up to resemble the MP5K-N and a quick GIS showed me a whole lotta folding stocks.)
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| I think that’s worth mentioning on the page.
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| =====Evil Tim's Suitability as an Admin=====
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| The point I'm trying to make with all of this: Evil Tim is far too confrontational, argumentative, nitpicky, rude, bullheaded, foolish, territorial, hostile, and petty to be in a position of authority here and I am shocked that he managed to obtain the promotion.
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| First and foremost, Tim really jumped the gun on this Glock deal. It amuses me that I've left him so paranoid that he sees my shadow in anything he doesn't like, but it really sucks for Glock and I feel sorry for him. Tim had a kneejerk reaction to a perfectly valid edit and wrongly banhammered the guy for sockpuppeting without talking to him first or checking his IP. This should be unacceptable behavior for an admin on any website. He overlooked his duties to settle a personal vendetta and this speaks volumes of his character.
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| Evil Tim is the same guy who erroneously ID'ed the Goldeneye sniper rifle as an L96A1. Everyone thought that was ridiculous, so he responded by posting this picture...
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| ...for comparison to prove his point, which got him laughed at by everybody on the forums. Evil Tim is the same guy who insisted on the Family Guy page staying up, remaking it every time it was deleted. Evil Tim is the same guy who insisted that every single gun in Perfect Dark had to be based on something real. Evil Tim is the same guy who registered under the ridiculous name "Dongs".
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| Evil Tim and I got into a huge day long debate over whether to use "Type 69 Rocket Launcher" or "Type 69 RPG". The core of my point was that RPG is a Russian language initialization, that the Chinese would not use it in their official nomenclature. I attempted to find what the official name for it was, if indeed it had a name beyond just "Type 69". His argument was that RPG is in common usage as a generic descriptor. What set off the whole thing was when I removed "RPG" from all Type 69 entries on the site, he reverted just 2 or 3 that happened to be pages he had contributed to. He claimed that they should all say "Type 69 RPG", but didn't bother to change any of the entries other than on his chosen few pages. When I asked him if all antitank weapons should be identified as "RPG" (ie. M1A1 Bazooka RPG, M72A2 LAW RPG), he said yes. When I asked him if the same generic rule should apply to all weapons (ie. M4A1 carbine instead of just M4A1) he said yes, but he hasn't actually done anything to enforce either of those opinions. This leads me to believe he was just arguing for the sake of arguing and that he didn't want anyone making any changes to any pages he had claimed as his own.
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| Tim displayed the same attitude towards the aformentioned airsoft minigun caption. He insists labelling the fake gun with a real cartridge is proper, but doesn’t do anything to ensure across-the-board consistency on the rest of the site.
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| Based on my hypothesis of Tim having a nuerological disorder effecting his spatial visualization and the massive amount of minor errors I’ve encountered on this site, I posit a further hypothesis that Tim has made a lot of mistakes that nobody has caught. No I’m not blaming Tim for everything wrong with the site, I’m saying that Tim is probably prone to making errors and that there are a lot of errors on this site that have been overlooked, therefore any errors that Tim may have made have a good chance of being overlooked. I’m not going to do an audit of every single contribution the guy has made, but I’m sure if somebody were to do some digging they’d find more than a few things.
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| Of course Tim is an admin now, so if somebody changes one of his mistakes on one of his pages, he just may very well flip out and ban the person instead of merely reverting the edit, debating the merits of the edit, or allowing the issue to be brought up to the community at large, as we saw him do with Glock. I know other people here, including admins, have had issues with him before. Given his argumentative nature, I further posit an additional hypothesis; that Tim is no longer antagonizing the other admins or even regular users because he is free to antagonize new users, such as Glock, with impunity. All he has to do is state that he thinks they are me. This is going to scare away new users, and ultimately give IMFDB a bad reputation.
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| =====Glock’s Innocence=====
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| Glock17gen4/SaferSephiroth/RugerLord/Evil Tim is a Limey, is not me. He is innocent, and as evidenced by his trainspot on the Blackhawk in the Goldeneye page, he shows some real potential as a contributor. Therefore you should unban him and maybe even apologize. Yes, his last account has a rude name and he made it just to leave foul messages on Evil Tim's talk page, but can you blame him? He comes here, because he likes the site, he wants to help, he makes a few edits, then out of nowhere he gets accused of being someone else for a very spurious reason, banned, and when he tries to figure out what's going on, he gets ignored and ridiculed.
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| If you need any sort of proof that I am not him and that he is not me, just check our IP's. I'm using the same one I was using when I was banned the second time (as BRM). Also I would never name myself after a Final Fantasy character. Also I replied to his post in the Goldeneye discussion page (I didn't yet know he'd been banned.)
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| =====PersonOfInterest Unmasked=====
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| My first account, PersonOfInterest, was suspended from the forums. I had a history of “causing trouble” there. I don’t really remember much of what I did that got people to dislike me so much. I remember I drunk posted once, and said something that ticked off MT2008, I don’t recall what exactly. Also I had problems with another user, ZuluTwoSix, who was later banned because he was a spastic kid with rage issues. Other than those two things, I’m not sure why people disliked me so much.
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| I don’t remember what I did that got MT2008 to finally suspend me for 2 weeks (it may have been Zulu related), but it was during that suspension that I created my second account; BurtReynoldsMoustache. I initially created BRM just to post in the forums. Scientology came up in a discussion and I wanted to discuss it. I figured I’d go back to POI when the suspension ran out and just try to better behave myself.
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| That plan fell apart when MT2008 sent me a private message saying that he didn’t like me personally and demanded that I apologize to him and promise to be a good boy. I felt this was was a really bizarre thing to say to somebody on the internet, it’s not like I’d hit his kid with a car. I wasn’t going to beg for forgiveness from a stranger on the internet because I had said something he didn’t like. So I said “screw it” and went on a crap posting spree for my own amusement until I got POI banned.
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| I switched back to BRM, who nobody had a problem with, and nobody suspected a thing. I didn’t drunk post anymore, but I debated a lot and for some reason that got a lot of people very angry. Topics included the war on drugs, scientology, the death of Bin Laden talking on the phone while driving. As time went on people started to become suspicious that I might be POI, but nothing came of it because the IP addresses for my two accounts didn’t match. I had posted from three different addresses at different times on both accounts, so that probably caused some confusion. I’m sure if MT had looked just a little bit harder, he would’ve seen the truth.
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| The final straw for BRM came in a discussion about Israel. I was banned by MT for being “antisemitic”. I don’t like Israel, that doesn’t mean I hate Jews. I don’t like Saudi Arabia and Iran either, but that doesn’t mean I hate Muslims. A couple people even came to my defense in that one.
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| All of this happened on the forums. Except for one incident when I first joined back in 2009 in which I called “Dongs” a sperg, I was never a problem on the wiki. I never vandalized anything, I never added false information. I just edited stuff that I saw was wrong, added a few pictures, fixed tables. I wasn’t even banned from the wiki by MT2008, Ben41 banned me from the wiki because he thought he was supposed to do it automatically in response to my forums banning. Nobody asked or told him to, he just assumed.
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| So now today here I am with my third account, completely off of Evil Tim’s radar, with no plan to post in the forums. I just want to fix mistakes and adjust tables. So why am I outing myself? If I got in undetected, why am I blowing it now? Part of it is because it’s really unfair for Glock if I don’t. He is an innocent party caught up in the crossfire. Another part is to make Evil Tim look stupid. He was so convinced that Glock was me, it brings me much joy to rub it in his face and remind him that he’s a paranoid loony who needs to get out more.
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| But the biggest reason is because I quit. I give up, that’s it. With Evil Tim as admin, there is no possible way for me to meaningfully effect the site, even with a secret identity. Inevitably we would butt heads, and he would be ban me for being me, even if he had no proof it was me, or he could check my IP address and have proof. Or he would recognise my mannerisms during a debate, or he’d just ban me for challenging him on anything. Even worse, if he were to find me out, not only would he ban me, but it’s possible he would vindictively erase any and all edits and contributions I could make. He’s already demonstrated this as his MO in the Goldeneye page. What’s stopping him from doing it somewhere else? I could be here for six months without getting caught and then one day let something slip then he would ban me and erase six months worth of contributions.
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| =====My Offer=====
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| Among the many things I’ve noticed, there’s a minor identification error that effects dozens if not hundreds of pages. Nobody else has noticed this error. I’m not going to tell you what this error is or try to fix it unless you permanently de-admin Evil Tim and let me back in as a normal member without prejudice. It’s not really an important thing, but if you know it’s wrong and see how widespread it is, it does make the site look a bit silly and amateurish.
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| =====In Summation=====
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| Dongs is an egomaniac with an easily bruised ego who abuses his power and may run the site into the ground if he’s not kept in check or dismissed.
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| I was unfairly banned from the wiki just because a few people on the forums didn’t like me and because MT2008 takes himself way too seriously.
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| I’m not saying that the wiki will suffer without me, it’s doing just fine as I expected it to. It’s not going to crumble into chaos because I’m not here. This is just a warning that you’ve made a foolish decision making Evil Tim an admin and the first sign of the fallout to come from this is Glock17gen4. Take heed my friend. [[User:Simsandwich|Simsandwich]] 00:45, 9 April 2012 (CDT)
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