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edit User to User email no longer working through wiki

I have enabled all options under the Email tab form my preferences and i have a valid account. Yet the system says 'This user has not specified a valid user name or has chosen not to receive emails from users. when someone tries to email me from the wiki. On further investigation it turns out that this option is reversed! Those who have enabled email get that warning, yet those who haven't can be emailed! --Sa'ad [ talk•email•chat ] 00:47, 4 June 2008 (PDT)

edit Editing Daily Buzz = Proxy error

Editing DailyBuzz produces a proxy error, and if you see your edit isn't there at first but returning to the page after a while shows the edit in place. Something is keeping the edit too long before it goes through. Same thing when editing AboutUs.org page --Saad Saeed 08:57, 30 May 2008 (PDT)

edit case base issue still

  • example here
    • What seems to be the problem? --Ali Anwar 01:17, 15 May 2008 (PDT)
      • When you click on contribs on the link above, nothing shows up. TedErnst (talk) 15:41, 15 May 2008 (PDT)

edit No template on PersonalPage and no welcome on TalkPage:

For some reason it appears that a certain percentage of new people that create accounts don't end up with a talk page auto welcome, and this often goes hand in hand with them not getting an auto personal page as well.

edit no template on personal page

edit no template on talk page

edit no welcome

edit Others with Tasks


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edit Inbox

Add your new issue here and it will be moved into the correct section below.

edit Extraneous information from dmoz.org

I just had AboutUsBot create ConsumersChoice.ca, and it added a description from dmoz.org. ConsumersChoice.ca is not listed in dmoz.org, and the description picked up was from http://www.billcolgate.com/ , listed at "Colgate, Bill - Roots rock singer-songwriter. Biography, album information, songs in development and news" on http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/C/ This wasn't casued by AboutUsBot trying to get two dmoz.org descriptions at the same time, because the AboutUs page for BillColgate.com already existed at the time the ConsumersChoice.ca page was created. Something strange is happening. --Iapetus 08:16, 29 July 2008 (PDT)

Hmm. That is odd. Have you fixed the text? Let us know if you see anything like this again. Honestly, fixing the bot is a low priority for us right now. Our intention is to replace the bot entirely, with a new bot. I'm not sure when we'll get to that, but I'm thinking that replacement will be more important than fixing, when we get to it. I apologize for the error, and am glad that you're able to fix it up yourself! TedErnst (talk) 09:44, 31 July 2008 (PDT)

edit thoughts

  • center the layout for folks with larger monitors?
    • this will probably happen soon, but is not a priority. --Vinh Nguyen
  • Having "related changes" and "what links here" at the very top left of a domain page seems quite odd to me. And it seems logical that all of these (especially "move" should be together with "article", "edit" and "history"). Kristina .talk. .chat. 22:00, 17 March 2008 (PDT)
    • unfortunately move refers to the page while the edit, history, article commands refer to the wiki portion of a page. Now, for non-domain pages this makes sense, as the whole page is a wiki, but for domain pages this isn't the case as there will be distinct sections other than wiki. --Vinh Nguyen
      • I agree with you Vinh, but the problem still persists, related changes and what links here are in illogical places, and would fit better in more links section on left. ~~ MarkDilley 21:29, 23 April 2008 (PDT)
  • I think it would make sense for the first three links at the top left to be home, then help and contact. Kristina .talk. .chat. 22:09, 17 March 2008 (PDT)
    • contact us has been demoted to an even lower position on the page, and the purpose of random page and rc is to push users into traversing the site by giving them large jumping-off points. --Vinh Nguyen

edit Pages Just Edited

  • The recently editied pages is not updating, this is a new bug from the last 24 hours. ~~ MarkDilley 12:15, 15 April 2008 (PDT)
    • JohnStanton and I think that the front page is not reseting it's cache anymore. ~~ MarkDilley 12:32, 15 April 2008 (PDT)
  • I don't know when it started, but we are not filtering the module for recently edited pages showing up on our front page. Bad pages are showing up on the front page and I don't think we want that... ~~ MarkDilley

edit Skin related issues

  • PortlandTech -- the Stoel Rives badge is off center from the user info box and the Name.com badge. -- TakKendrick | talk Comment_green.gif 17:30, 11 April 2008 (PDT)
    • The badge is also broken in i.e. 6 - ~~ MarkDilley 20:08, 23 April 2008 (PDT)
  • Skins on Edit and History pages -- Not sure if this is possible, but pages that have a specific skin (FloorMall.com, SpiderGourmet.com for example), don't show the skin in Edit/Preview mode or on the history page. On the history page, I'm not sure it matters, but I think it might be confusing for people to see the skin and then not while editing/previewing the page. Not sure this is an easy fix, if it's not, then we should discuss whether it's needed or not. -- TakKendrick | talk Comment_green.gif 17:30, 11 April 2008 (PDT)


edit Ad Reaction

the placement of the ads in content will probably move over time, but for now the bottom of page is the agreed upon position. --Vinh Nguyen

edit Functionality--Todo

edit presense meters

  • presence meters (currently online)
    • With the current backend that we have, its a bit difficult to get this working for now. So, we will continue working on other bugs and functionalities for now and will get back to this later. Arif Iqbal 00:29, 26 March 2008 (PDT)
  • Currently online:' I think having this back (if it isn't a hard fix) would really help the look of the homepage, particularly from a sales point of view since we're showing them the spotlighted articles section a lot. Kristina .talk. .chat. 19:50, 27 March 2008 (PDT)

edit ConnectUs

  • WikiWear.org doesn't show the claim just made, kind of confusing.
    ~~ MarkDilley 14:54, 17 March 2008 (PDT)
  • Publishing a Claim seems to happen a little too fast. Ted & I made one to Aol.com; I hit 'return' and it was published, no preview mode or chance to edit or delete. Luckily there were no tyops. Kasey 14:22, 14 March 2008 (PDT)

edit UberPatrol Functionality

  • Fixname functionality does not work in UberPatrol like it used to in the past revision. Fix name now takes you to a new page where you can click to complete the fix, rather than fixing it through uber itself. --Sa'ad talk•email•chat 05:39, 14 April 2008 (PDT)

edit WatchList bugs

  • Lately i have been receiving very few watchlist alerts. This page CompostUsBugs is on my watchlist and i primarily use my email to patrol my watchlist. There are changes made to this page but i have not received a notification of it nor does it appear to be listed in My Watchlist.
    • I did some further tests, and i seem to be receiving email alerts now. --Sa'ad talk•email•chat 00:56, 27 March 2008 (PDT)
    • Nope still not getting all emails. Esp this page!! (no single email since) --Sa'ad talk•email•chat 08:02, 1 April 2008 (PDT)
      • This is a strange bug. I seem to be receiving very few emails of items on my watchlist. Having to unwatch and rewatch pages to be able to retreive alerts on them. --Sa'ad talk•email•chat 22:09, 3 April 2008 (PDT)
  • I am having the opposite problem. I have never received email notifications for my watchlist and this past week I started receiving tons of emails even though all the email boxes are unchecked in my preferences.  ? Kristina (contact me) 09:34, 19 May 2008 (PDT)


edit Other/uncategorized

  • on cascade-protected pages, two messages are shown instead of one: "WARNING: This page has been locked so that only users with sysop privileges can edit it. Warning: This page has been locked so that only users with sysop privileges can edit it, because it is included in the following cascade-protected page: * Wiki" --VartanSimonian
  • Template:LargeCategoryTOC does not work the way categories are currently implimented in CompostUs. This may be okay if categories are being re-thought anyway. Is there a page for this, where I can participate? TedErnst (talk) 07:28, 17 March 2008 (PDT)
  • I just tried the "scrub" function leaving checked on "history" and it simply told me that "no changes were made to the page". We need this feature. :-) TedErnst (talk) 08:37, 17 March 2008 (PDT)

edit For later?

  • Double-clicking to the edit the page (part of a user preference setting) is broken. I'm probably the only person in the world who uses this, but I do use it like extensively. It's also might be related to something else, since double click to edit relies on Javascript to work correctly. -- TakKendrick | talk Comment_green.gif 20:54, 9 March 2008 (PDT)

edit AddThisHereTool

  1. AddThisHereTool does not work in CompostUs. Asad | *~talk~* 23:28, 17 March 2008 (PDT)


edit Fixed Bugs

See the history tab above for fixed bugs

edit Help us improve our service!

This page is for reporting errors and bugs you encounter while using AboutUs. Please include as much information as you can, including the page name you were trying to access, what you were trying to do and the date and time.

Also see BugSquashing and FireFighting

edit Recently Done

edit Intersect Tool

Doesn't respect {{DEFAULTSORT|PageName}} like the category lists do. --Brandon 11:22, 27 November 2007 (PST)

Can you tell a bit more about this error? Umar Sheikh


edit Editing in Opera

Editing pages using Opera has, as of last Thursday or Friday, given the following problems:

  • Show Preview doesn't work
  • Clicking on Save Page doesn't seem to do anything, and one doesn't leave the edit box but refreshing the page shows that it has been updated.

- FatimaRaja 14:44, 1 October 2007 (PDT)

I have to agree with this. Several of the functions do not work either. I find it strange since Opera is the only webbrowser to meet every web standard. (Hell they even wrote some of them.)) --Nick 22:46, 16 November 2007 (PST)




edit lahore.metblogs.com

The thumbnail and "Go directly to site" link puts a "www" infront of this URL which does not work.

edit Bot isn't creating domain pages

mogenius.co.nr topmoney.co.cc mopages.co.nr mopages.co.cc

The bot still won't create Math.cz Nysun.com StoraEnso.com Regionalsuche.at --Eohippus 11:23, 16 November 2007 (PST)
gov.tw --Sa'ad 00:40, 4 December 2007 (PST)
BelizeAnglican.org --Iapetus 07:18, 30 December 2007 (PST)
ProtectYourWindowsNetwork.com --Eohippus 15:52, 18 January 2008 (PST)


edit Domain pages not created by bot

carhirejersey.com Fourspeedlab.com 11:38, 29 November 2007 (PST)

I tried opening the sites; they took a long time to respond, the first one gave the message "Server not found" and the other one failed to load. This suggests that the page was not created because the bot timed out when it tried to scrape the page for Fourspeedlab, and couldn't find the server for carhirejersey.
But still, the bot does sometimes fail to create pages. We need to look into it. Umar Sheikh

edit Problem with search

If we search for "devj", only Devj.com is returned in the basic search results, the other page Devj.net does not show up: [2]. What could be the problem? Obed Suhail 02:47, 22 November 2007 (PST)

Our search is more or less broken. I can't seem to find a task for this, but User:Julia has it on her personal task list (I heard her say it, I haven't seen it written down) to push for this. Maybe talk with her? TedErnst (talk) 08:08, 22 November 2007 (PST)

Has been added to Needs a Task section.

edit new edit buttons formatting problem

Take a look

This one is still active bug! TedErnst (talk) 23:46, 8 January 2008 (PST)

edit still a problem

When there's a PO Box or an apartment number, maps still don't work. Example: HWAccessories.com TedErnst (talk) 13:15, 7 December 2007 (PST)

edit Problem with "What Links Here"

It seems that the "What Links Here" is missing a few links. An example case is given below: There is a link of ActiveFind.net on FaceParty.com. But this does not show up in the "What Links Here" of ActiveFind.net.

There is a known issue with this function and case. You'll noice that on FaceParty.com the link is actually for Activefind.net, which has a different capitalization. I don't expect this will get fixed in the short-term. The fix is complicated, and not sure to work, so we just get used to this broken function. TedErnst (talk) 23:22, 25 November 2007 (PST)



edit Possibly Unrepresented Bugs

edit Open Bugs on Other Pages

edit Opera Support

moved from SuggestionBox

For some reason, none of the links on the home page work when using the Opera web browser. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kb6nu (talk • contribs) .



edit bottom links in weird places

I've been noticing the links that usually line the bottom (privacy policy, disclaimers, etc.) showing up to the right below useful links and above the ads on pages such as Special:RecentChanges and on my watchlist.  ??? Kristina ..talk.. 00:29, 17 December 2007 (PST)

Also happening in links that have anchors: http://www.aboutus.org/DailyBuzz#Monday.2C_17_December_2007 MarkDilley 22:55, 17 December 2007 (PST)

edit Small bug on SpecialPages

On http://www.aboutus.org/Special:Specialpages the first in the item (verifylogin) has html part exposed. Pointed out by User:kryptoz --Sa'ad : talk : email : contribs : 23:25, 18 December 2007 (PST)

edit Not seeing the main edit tab

...at the top left of some pages some of the time tonight. It is there up until the white where it disappears but I can still click this area and be taken to the edit screen. Don't know, Kristina ..talk.. 03:09, 29 December 2007 (PST)

I've seen this at times as well. Haven't been able to isolate it. TedErnst (talk) 07:55, 29 December 2007 (PST)
  • Couldn't understand the problem. Can you be a little specific about this bug? --Ali Anwar 04:34, 18 April 2008 (PDT)

edit visit aboutus portals:

On some pages the bottom and right of this box are chopped off...? Kristina ..talk.. 02:43, 4 January 2008 (PST)


edit Problem with Safari

Also, there's a problem with page display in Safari 3 on an Intel macbook. See the Suggestion Box page for a screen shot and description. -Pete 13:30, 8 January 2008 (PST)

edit JS & CSS Warnings and Errors

Please see JSCSSIssues. I warn you, it's a lot!

--Vartantalkcontribsemail 19:01, 10 January 2008 (PST)


edit Top two Special:Specialpages

The first two bulleted links on Special:Specialpages show up as odd link names and the first links to the homepage and the second to a blank page with the # 1 on it...? Kristina ..talk.. ..chat.. 01:02, 17 January 2008 (PST)


edit Case Base

I have a friend who has registered and is starting to edit. User:Eds - however I don't know how to get to him, because I get case based to User:EdS - is there an easy work around? ~~ MarkDilley

In databases, User:EdS exists whereas there's no User:Eds. Is that what your friend registered? --Ali Anwar 00:05, 21 April 2008 (PDT)
Ali, I moved the Eds to a different login. ~~ MarkDilley

edit Google Maps extension and captions

Captions work right in intersected map lists, like the one in PortlandTech/Software
Captions work right in intersected map lists, like the one in PortlandTech/Software
There seems to be a recent bug that happened that's causing "captions" to not show up correctly on maps added to pages using the Google Maps Extension. Generally, if you click on a "pin prick" on a map like on E-TechSiliconValley.com#Locations/Contact, there should be a bubble that comes up with caption information (which I have entered). The captions show up fine in "Preview" mode, but then when the page is saved, they do not.
  • Strangely enough, this works correctly on intersected maps, like those found in the PortlandTech portal (see image).
  • I know the captions worked in early Dec. when I built the BasketAndFloral.com page, so I'm not sure what's broken since then.

-- TakKendrick | talk Comment_green.gif 11:34, 4 February 2008 (PST)


edit BiLinks

<-> BugReport Strings in GoogleSearch terms don't work as expected

  • Couldn't understand the problem. Can you be a little specific about this bug? --Ali Anwar 04:32, 18 April 2008 (PDT)

edit Problem with Safari

Reported this a while ago -- still seeing the problem. I'd characterize this as a pretty significant "lack of polish" when viewed in Safari, probably worthy of prompt attention... There's an extra pair of scroll bars on the main frame of AboutUs pages when using Safari browser. I think it results from the content in the frame being just a tiny bit larger than the frame size itself. I don't see the problem in Firefox. -Pete 16:41, 3 March 2008 (PST)

Hi Pete. I can confirm this bug. I see it in Safari as well. And, we have a fairly significant backend and skin change coming up in the next two or three weeks. Let me know if you would like to test the alpha version. It's not quite ready for the whole community to bang on it, but you're happy to try it, if you'd like. Because of this big change, I don't see us fixing the Safari bug you're seeing before the change-over. peace, TedErnst (talk) 09:05, 4 March 2008 (PST)

edit No Javascript in Safari

Don't know if this was a problem before I upgraded to the latest Safari -- Version 3.1 (5525.13) -- this week or not, but I can't get the javascript stuff ("site navigation," address intersect maps, etc) to work on AboutUs in Safari. I've made sure that my javascript is turned on, and it works on other sites, including "test" site like http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/jscript.html, so it appears to be AboutUs specific. Javascript works fine for me in Firefox. -- TakKendrick | talk Comment_green.gif 15:31, 19 March 2008 (PDT)

  • So, some Javascript works for me (the "more links" in the navigation, and my enhanced RC). Other Javascript doesn't work in Safari, like the "flag" menu. This might also be related, but the "double click to edit" preference (which claims to be a Javascript setting in preferences) still doesn't work for me in Safari or Firefox. -- TakKendrick | talk Comment_green.gif 10:42, 20 March 2008 (PDT)
    • The adult-content flags worked for me fine in Safari. However, you are correct, certain javascript preference settings aren't working, like double-click. It looks like this is a javascript problem and not a browser problem. --Vinh Nguyen 11:10, 20 March 2008 (PDT)

edit Templates and Casespace

Templates that have been typed in under an improper casespace (ie {{clear}} instead of {{Clear}}) aren't working now. Unfortunately, it appears that a variety of pages are using the {{clear}} and no one caught it before because the casespace worked. -- TakKendrick | talk Comment_green.gif 17:50, 19 March 2008 (PDT)

    • This bug is currently being studied. --Vinh Nguyen 11:12, 20 March 2008 (PDT)

edit No maps in the domain box (lat and long)

Maps aren't showing up in the domain box on Article pages if they have the lat/long information rather than the "<map section="Address"></map>". See HilmanRollers.com for an example. -- TakKendrick | talk Comment_green.gif 10:35, 20 March 2008 (PDT)

edit Maps at undesireable street scale

Some domain location maps show at street scale while others show at state scale. This seems to correlate with a domain page having an Address section vs just a Contact section. For example compare:

edit Category Preview Bug

When previewing a category, it defaults back to the 3-column category listing instead of the new 1-col. listing. The third also goes over the new fixed width. Happens in both Firefox and Safari. -- TakKendrick | talk Comment_green.gif 12:29, 20 March 2008 (PDT)





edit OptOut

Scrape special page still uses {{OptOut}} instead of {{NoBot}}

--VartanSimoniantalkcontribsemail 12:10, 26 March 2008 (PDT)



edit two rails=too much real estate

I see two problems with the recent redesign, sorry to say. First, pages with YouTube videos (for instance, see The Open Lobby) leave a very narrow margin for any text beside them. Second, on an 800px-wide monitor, the righthand navbar is 100% hidden. I see more people still using 800x600 monitors than you might expect...for instance, that's the default size for all colored iMacs. Small screens are not as outdated as it may seem to those of us with massive or even medium-sized screens! -Pete copied from SuggestionBox Kasey 11:17, 3 April 2008 (PDT)

The user contributions tab in the nav box doesn't work consistently. This user has made edits, see history; but when I am on the user's personal page and click to see contribs in the nav box- the page is blank. Kasey 12:14, 3 April 2008 (PDT)

edit unable to view contribs

Currently I am unable to view contribs, I keep getting the owls. Kasey 09:35, 15 April 2008 (PDT)

  • Seems to be working fine. Can you be more specific on where did you find the problem? --Ali Anwar 04:12, 18 April 2008 (PDT)

edit Galley of new files...

I am only able to view the gallery of news files back to the second page (next 48). I believe that this jut started today. Kasey 12:39, 18 April 2008 (PDT)

edit Page not Accessible

The page myfavoritesinger.com shows an error while trying to access. Asad | *~talk~* 00:57, 25 April 2008 (PDT)

edit when looking at a diff and I click edit, I'm editing the wrong version!

This is a huge annoyance. I reported it before, but can't find it, and it's still an active bug. When I'm looking at a diff, and I click edit, instead of editing the version on the right, the one I'm looking at, it edits the one on the left, the previous one. Can this be fixed, please? TedErnst (talk) 09:31, 6 May 2008 (PDT)

This has been fixed. It should go live after the next deploy. Although it shouldn't but in case it persists, please let me know. --Ali Aslam 04:01, 13 May 2008 (PDT)

edit Anonymous Edits

  • We are still getting edits from Anonymous IPs like this one: [3] Asad | *~talk~* 08:49, 7 May 2008 (PDT)
    • See this: [4]
    • It looks like a bot is able to get through for some gibberish edits, help! MarkDilley
      • Brandon says it's not serious enough to make it to the top of priority list right now. Do you think differently? Asad | *~talk~* 21:55, 8 May 2008 (PDT)

edit Blocking IPs

I can't seem to block this person. See block log and note that I've deleted the garbage pages they've been creating so they won't show many contributions. Also, along with this it might be a good idea to disallow anonymous people to create pages manually. Kristina (contact me) 20:17, 10 May 2008 (PDT)

edit Pop-Up Survey

For some reason this evening I have had the pop-up survey come up about three times in the last hours which seems like a bit more than I would expect, but also... when it does pop up the new watering can for the article writing service appears twice to the right, one on top of the other. Not a big deal, just FYI. Kristina (contact me) 23:17, 16 May 2008 (PDT)

edit AboutUs no longer added as search engine

I used to be able to go to AboutUs on Firefox and clikc Add AboutUs.org as a search engine practically allowing me to search AU from within firefox, but now i get the following error: Firefox could not download the search plugin from: http://www.aboutus.org/opensearch_desc.php This functionality was very helpful as it extended the functionality of Find bar in a very convenient place allowing the use the site from any page. --Sa'ad <sup>talk•email•chat</sup> 02:31, 26 May 2008 (PDT)

edit WhatRedirectsHere does not show images that redirect to URLS

See: http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=Special:Whatredirectshere/ShareMyReality.com&action=view

Yet: http://www.aboutus.org/Image:Smr_logo.png?redirect=no

--Saad Saeed 10:31, 26 May 2008 (PDT)

edit Image page does not shows preview for large image

Image page does not displays a preview for larger images. It says that : Size of this preview: 600 × 335 pixels but it doesn't show this confined preview. Exaple: http://www.aboutus.org/Image:IridologyNYC_Underacid-stomach.jpg

edit Blocking Users

I have had this problem for some time, but it is still there and still painful. When trying to block someone with a username that begins with a lowercase letter (I think this is the reason) I can't. I get an error saying that the user doesn't exist and to check my spelling. Try this as an example. Kristina (contact me) 10:24, 4 June 2008 (PDT)

Happened again, noted in IncidentReport. Kristina (contact me) 09:26, 9 June 2008 (PDT)
Just tried to block User:reversus. Success! --Ali Anwar 20:44, 9 June 2008 (PDT)

edit Image doesn't show up

See BuckDrop Is it a server problem? This appears to be similar to the EditModeBug a link to an already edited page in view mode, points to the page in edit mode. fridemar 06:42, 8 July 2008 (PDT)

edit Hide Ads Bug

If you are on a page and click hide ads, and then go to the history listing for that page, the ads will still be displayed.

-- 22:59, 14 October 2008 (PDT)
I just tried this and was unable to reproduce. Which browser? TedErnst (talk) 15:09, 15 October 2008 (PDT)