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Pritst Of Death · Oct 21, 2010, 01:16 AM // 01:16

ummm so randomly looking at wiki and somone f-ed it up harder than ever before here are some examples

http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:E/Rt_Standard_Water_Ele

http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:Me/any_VoR_Mesmer

http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:Mo/A_Blessed_Escaper

http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:Team_-_6-Man_IWAY

http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:N/E_Surging_Golem

this is just a few of them if theres already a topic sorry but wtf lol

and all the "cats for gold" ad's

so everyone know's just checking this thread most the build have been fixed but there will still be a new wiki

sickle of carnage · Oct 21, 2010, 01:21 AM // 01:21

Who knows but I agree that's definitely some outside source lol

mage767 · Oct 21, 2010, 01:22 AM // 01:22

What are you talking about? They look like perfectly fine bars to me

Auron of Neon · Oct 21, 2010, 01:23 AM // 01:23

That is the result of some vandals who are displeased with the treatment the wiki has received from Wikia. The wiki is already forking off (we're going to be hosted by Curse), and as soon as it's up and running we'll make the new URL public.

Take anything you see on [email protected] with a grain of salt. Wikia staff doesn't play Guild Wars, they're unlikely to be able to revert all the stupid build changes people are making.

Deviant Angel · Oct 21, 2010, 01:24 AM // 01:24

I call bullcrap on the 6-man IWAY! We don't get to play furries or have guns until GW2!

Pritst Of Death · Oct 21, 2010, 01:25 AM // 01:25

so there will be a new wiki website?

End · Oct 21, 2010, 01:28 AM // 01:28

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Originally Posted by Pritst Of Death

so there will be a new wiki website?

theres no need for it please research how wikis work a bit.

on a side note lol

Pritst Of Death · Oct 21, 2010, 01:29 AM // 01:29

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Originally Posted by Auron of Neon

That is the result of some vandals who are displeased with the treatment the wiki has received from Wikia. The wiki is already forking off (we're going to be hosted by Curse), and as soon as it's up and running we'll make the new URL public.

Take anything you see on [email protected] with a grain of salt. Wikia staff doesn't play Guild Wars, they're unlikely to be able to revert all the stupid build changes people are making.

i know how it works but i was making a refrance 2 his comment about a new url and that would normaly mean a new website. and a lot of rebuilding on everything on wiki

End · Oct 21, 2010, 01:31 AM // 01:31

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Originally Posted by Pritst Of Death

i know how it works but i was making a refrance 2 his comment about a new url and that would normaly mean a new website. and a lot of rebuilding on everything on wiki

They changed the host for guru without changing the url didn't they?

Come on sites change hosts all the time.

Pritst Of Death · Oct 21, 2010, 01:33 AM // 01:33

but he said there would be a new public url lol thus my question i know the host can change without the url changing but he made a point 2 say new public url

End · Oct 21, 2010, 01:35 AM // 01:35

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Originally Posted by Pritst Of Death

but he said there would be a new public url lol thus my question i know the host can change without the url changing but he made a point 2 say new public url

Meh they will probably keep all the content.

And odds are if they actually bought it they will setup a redirect.

Auron of Neon · Oct 21, 2010, 01:36 AM // 01:36

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Originally Posted by End

They changed the host for guru without changing the url didn't they?

Come on sites change hosts all the time.

It's not going to work as smoothly as that. Both owners of Guru had agreed on the transfer, so it went smoothly without much of an impact to the userbase.

We have to deal with Wikia, a corporation of money-grubbers who will not let go of the domain name. They intend to keep their "fork" of the wiki open, despite it having bad builds and no contributors, simply for the profit of ad revenue.

The active userbase and admins are all going to migrate to the curse wiki. The old wiki will, in only a few weeks after the move, be more or less unusable from the overwhelming amount of terrible builds listed in the "great" categories. It's unfortunate that this is how we had to part, but Wikia is not known for their understanding.

Pritst Of Death · Oct 21, 2010, 01:37 AM // 01:37

in other words all builds will have 2 be reuploaded from scratch? or was there was there some way of saving them 2 the harddrive like they added that option a while ago 2 reload the builds back online

End · Oct 21, 2010, 01:39 AM // 01:39

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Originally Posted by Auron of Neon

It's not going to work as smoothly as that. Both owners of Guru had agreed on the transfer, so it went smoothly without much of an impact to the userbase.

We have to deal with Wikia, a corporation of money-grubbers who will not let go of the domain name. They intend to keep their "fork" of the wiki open, despite it having bad builds and no contributors, simply for the profit of ad revenue.

The active userbase and admins are all going to migrate to the curse wiki. The old wiki will, in only a few weeks after the move, be more or less unusable from the overwhelming amount of terrible builds listed in the "great" categories. It's unfortunate that this is how we had to part, but Wikia is not known for their understanding.

True but you make money grubbing sound like a bad thing, then making curse sound like angelic peoples who don't care about money xD

Indeed I wouldn't not have expected them to be jerks about this. That may suck however I assume alot of the build will probably be transferred over anyway?

Auron of Neon · Oct 21, 2010, 01:40 AM // 01:40

Wikis have database dumps, a roughly 1GB file (for us anyway) with all the pages and page histories. We've given that to curse, and they're unpacking it now. As soon as they get all those pages up on the "new" wiki, it'll be open for traffic.

EDIT; I'm going to work, I'll answer more questions when I get back (or in the off chance I get a break at work).

Pritst Of Death · Oct 21, 2010, 01:41 AM // 01:41

so does that mean all the builds would be in tact if it has page history than they will just be displayed as they were before the vandalisum. and btw ty for clearfying all this auron

RedDog91 · Oct 21, 2010, 02:04 AM // 02:04

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Originally Posted by Pritst Of Death

http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:Team_-_6-Man_IWAY

"The community has decided this build is in the current meta game and deserves to be stored."
The community has spoken!

jimbo32 · Oct 21, 2010, 02:09 AM // 02:09

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Originally Posted by Pritst Of Death

so does that mean all the builds would be in tact if it has page history than they will just be displayed as they were before the vandalisum. and btw ty for clearfying all this auron

Yes, that's what he's referring to with the "database dump". All of the current build and other pages will be transferred over exactly as they were when the PvX admins sent the db file to Curse. Everything should be fine.

As an aside, GuildWiki is also likely making the move to Curse. Among other things, Wikia are forcing a new site-wide skin which isn't compatible with GuildWiki and PvX content, which is why we're seeing the moves.

Karate Jesus · Oct 21, 2010, 02:24 AM // 02:24

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Originally Posted by jimbo32

Yes, that's what he's referring to with the "database dump". All of the current build and other pages will be transferred over exactly as they were when the PvX admins sent the db file to Curse. Everything should be fine.

As an aside, GuildWiki is also likely making the move to Curse. Among other things, Wikia are forcing a new site-wide skin which isn't compatible with GuildWiki and PvX content, which is why we're seeing the moves.

^ Exactly.

We'll have the new site up in another day or two, so just be patient.

We're sorry for those who are going to [email protected] looking for good builds. Unfortunately, Wikia doesn't have the staff or the support to help us with that site. Luckily, Curse has been gracious enough to take us and they're doing a great job so far.

Anyway, we'll be posting on Guru when the new site is up with our new address and everything. We'll continue to work on getting www.pvxwiki.com back, but Wikia is unlikely to let it go (until the site dies, that is).

Pritst Of Death · Oct 21, 2010, 02:25 AM // 02:25

ok well ty all for the helpfull knowloadge