User talk:BoxFigs

IP blocks
Hello, Pcj here from the GRASP team. I noticed in the past you have used infinite global block to combat vandalism from IP addresses/users who aren't logged in. Per "Blocking users" on the help wiki, the standard for IP address blocks is two weeks, as IP addresses are dynamically assigned (and the smarter vandals/spambots use proxies/VPNs to show a false IP anyway). It would be preferable to only use two weeks, or short of that, at least make the block only local to this wiki. I'll be unblocking users whose blocks are past the two week limit. If there are any problems with that we can address them as they arise. Thank you. --Pcj (talk) 19:58, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, I wasn't aware of the two-week standard. Thanks for informing me. BoxFigs (talk) 17:43, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

UCX implementation
Hi! I’m Héctor, one of the Fandom Community Managers. I’m here to talk with you about the upcoming changes we will experiment on the wikis when the new UCX will be released. As a result, we’ll have to adapt the current content - mainly the design and implemented code - to ensure they’re compatible and operational.

Specifically talking, the UCX will mainly affect the Frontpage, the design (logo, background, favicon, themes), the CSS/JS used and some templates that should adapt their look to it. While the wiki will still be migrated some weeks later, I’m here to work alongside you to anticipate all the work regarding review, improvements and adaptation to the new skin.

If you agree, I’ll start soon, reviewing the mentioned elements and describing to you what work should be done. For the case of the design, I can work with the future version, that will be working once the wiki will be migrated. Regarding the frontpage, templates and the code, I can work and implement the changes now, to have them properly working both in the present and the future, but having all the changes done in advance.

Let me know if you have any comments about it and we can explore together the upcoming changes. Thanks! --CuBaN VeRcEttI (Contact) 18:08, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for letting me know about this. I suppose it would be better to start this sooner than later, since I expect all wikis will need to be moved to the new format at some point. I like that UCX seems to utilize more of the page width than the current Fandom design, which has always bothered me. It's a major reason why I favored Gamepedia before the merger.


 * I'm not really up on the CSS and JS stuff; all my technical work on the wiki has been with templates. Pcj probably knows much more than I do about that. There is one unique CSS feature on this wiki that I know of, though: the "bar-display" class. It's used in the Bar template, which is subsequently used in the Infobox gear and Statbox templates. The class was created to improve loading times of pages using Statbox, which use numerous instances of that template. Its wide usage means it's important that it gets carried over properly. BoxFigs (talk) 00:38, 12 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, Pcj is also busy with all this work we're doing for all the top Fandom and Gamepedia wikis, so that's why I'm here to support him. Anyway, I can talk with him if I have any issue on this wiki. bar-display is included in the common.css, so it will still be working in the UCX.


 * I'm doing a general quick check to the wiki, to detail what it currently needs (while most of them typically need the same, based in the new changes and where the style were put). --CuBaN VeRcEttI (Contact) 09:21, 19 May 2021 (UTC)


 * I've finished the review:
 * -The sections of the frontpage don't have the style. We have to move it and adapt it from the hydra pages to the new UCX skin page.
 * -We have to define the 2 new themes and re-upload the logo and the favicon.
 * -The rest of code seems fine and compatible with both themes. Nevertheless, I've found some tables that have concrete style in the pages (like in Tools or Blocks). To be compatible with both themes, they shouldn't have concrete style on them (like Parts), or define the style using classes (and later defining the classes in the CSS pages). You can anticipate that work, checking all the pages using tables (same for each kind of template) with concrete design code on them, and move that concrete code to the CSS pages (and then we can easily deal with it in a comfortable and standardized way for all at the same time). --CuBaN VeRcEttI (Contact) 09:46, 19 May 2021 (UTC)