A group for contestants and lovers of the Channel 4 game show 'Countdown'.
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/
Yeah, we need some help. Who we gonna callRhys Benjamin wrote:Sea of spamming this morning
Every time we block a spamming user, a new accont is created. It would be useful to see if the IP addresses are the same.Rhys Benjamin wrote:ARRRRRRGH!
(By the way, scrolling down on Recent Changes may be needed.)
No, it says, "Account Creation disabled", but I wonder if that worksJoseph Krol wrote:Every time we block a spamming user, a new accont is created. It would be useful to see if the IP addresses are the same.Rhys Benjamin wrote:ARRRRRRGH!
(By the way, scrolling down on Recent Changes may be needed.)
If it's easy to do, this sounds like an excellent idea.Ben Wilson wrote:Maybe all new accounts should be approved before they're allowed to contribute, like here on c4c?
(btw the mad is at the spammers, not you)If only one of us could be given the powers to delete such people, rather than wait for others to arrive......Rhys Benjamin wrote:I've done This to underline our problems.
Rather you than me.James Robinson wrote:If only one of us could be given the powers to delete such people, rather than wait for others to arrive......Rhys Benjamin wrote:I've done This to underline our problems.
Jar Jar Binks wrote:Egads! What is mesa saying!
SiKai Laddiman wrote:Does Sysops give one the power to delete an account?
How about a bit of appreciation for the fucking ridiculous amount of work I already put into this place rather than rolling your eyes at things I haven't got around to yet?James Robinson wrote:If only one of us could be given the powers to delete such people, rather than wait for others to arrive......Rhys Benjamin wrote:I've done This to underline our problems.
Of course, master. I bow down to you for all the other magnificent things you have done for the last 3 and a bit years.Charlie Reams wrote:How about a bit of appreciation for the fucking ridiculous amount of work I already put into this place rather than rolling your eyes at things I haven't got around to yet?James Robinson wrote:If only one of us could be given the powers to delete such people, rather than wait for others to arrive......Rhys Benjamin wrote:I've done This to underline our problems.
)This is your problem.Gavin Chipper wrote:There doesn't seem to be a "proper" discussion thread for the Wiki so I'll use this one as well rather than start a new one.
People who make the quarter finals or better in their series are often referred to as "finalists". I find this very strange and misleading.
That's how Countdown refers to them. Anyone who loses from the quarter-final stage onwards gets a "Series [n] Finalist" trophy.Gavin Chipper wrote:There doesn't seem to be a "proper" discussion thread for the Wiki so I'll use this one as well rather than start a new one.
People who make the quarter finals or better in their series are often referred to as "finalists". I find this very strange and misleading.
If they got a horse trophy would they be a horse?Adam Gillard wrote:That's how Countdown refers to them. Anyone who loses from the quarter-final stage onwards gets a "Series [n] Finalist" trophy.Gavin Chipper wrote:There doesn't seem to be a "proper" discussion thread for the Wiki so I'll use this one as well rather than start a new one.
People who make the quarter finals or better in their series are often referred to as "finalists". I find this very strange and misleading.
No, I'll just wait a couple of years and then apply at the point where merely applying makes you a champion of champions winner.Jon O'Neill wrote:This is your problem.Gavin Chipper wrote:There doesn't seem to be a "proper" discussion thread for the Wiki so I'll use this one as well rather than start a new one.
People who make the quarter finals or better in their series are often referred to as "finalists". I find this very strange and misleading.
I'd be happy to do this.Rhys Benjamin wrote:This is out of hand now. We now have swearing in the titles.
Should we have an election for the next admin between Me, James, Kirk, Johnny Canuck, Kai, Joseph Krol and Mike Brown? (Well, there are other non-spammy editors but this is my shortlist)
You have to edit the front page, but only people with the rights to alter it can change it, and it's a set few that doesn't include me, unfortunately...........Gavin Chipper wrote:If you edit a featured article, it doesn't appear to affect the front page version of it. How does this get sorted?
(P.S. Sort it out, Charlie. 
)Surely it should take it from the article anyway rather being a separate entity in its own right that needs parallel editing.James Robinson wrote:You have to edit the front page, but only people with the rights to alter it can change it, and it's a set few that doesn't include me, unfortunately...........Gavin Chipper wrote:If you edit a featured article, it doesn't appear to affect the front page version of it. How does this get sorted?
Going back to this, the featured articles all seem to have a separate (uneditable) page - e.g. Susie Dent's - which are separate from their main article so can end up quite different if the main article is edited.Gavin Chipper wrote:Surely it should take it from the article anyway rather being a separate entity in its own right that needs parallel editing.James Robinson wrote:You have to edit the front page, but only people with the rights to alter it can change it, and it's a set few that doesn't include me, unfortunately...........Gavin Chipper wrote:If you edit a featured article, it doesn't appear to affect the front page version of it. How does this get sorted?
Yep, but it would be good if they could be "synced" with their article every so often to prevent divergence.Charlie Reams wrote:Those are templates meant for inclusion on the front page, they aren't articles per se.