II Wiki: Announcement and Discussion Thread

[Commerce Heights]

This probably isn’t as big a deal as actually having disk space, but I’ve noticed that my fancy SVG logos that I’ve uploaded are being rendered with a white background even though they’re supposed to be transparent. After a bit of searching, I’ve found that this is caused by the inexplicable inclusion of “-background white” in the default value for MediaWiki’s $wgSVGConverters setting for ImageMagick. Changing this to “-background none” should fix it.

Thanks for doing the research and finding the solution for me! I've made the change to background none and it should all work good now, tell me if it doesn't. But, really thank you! Makes my job much easier!

All is right with the world. (Or at least it will be once I reupload the rest of the logos.) Thank you.

[Solm]

Hey all -

I've placed the site into read-only state, and you will experience some downtime very shortly as I take it offline and upgrade the servers to handle all this new demand. We hope to have it back up and running normally very soon, thank you for your patience!

[Kyrusia]

IIwiki Server Upgrade Downtime Update:
So far, it appears most individuals (whom I've spoken to) in both the Eastern and Central Timezones (U.S.) are now able to access IIwiki again. If you are outside (or inside) of these regions and are still unable to access IIwiki, you can expect it to be online sometime within the next twenty-four hours (give or take), depending on the rate of DNS propagation. If you are able to view IIwiki again, please note it is still in READ-ONLY so you will not yet be able to edit.

Thank you for your patience.

[Costa Fierro]

Are the IIwiki staff aware of the massive spamming done before it went offline?

[Kyrusia]

Are the IIwiki staff aware of the massive spamming done before it went offline?

Yes. We're aware. A significant portion of it (at least on pages created by other users) has already been cleaned, as far as I am aware. A considerable amount of new (spam) articles were created, and will likely be deleted over the coming days. There are a few "taggings" on some project ("IIwiki:[article]") pages, but those are low priority considering they're not currently disrupting anything.

So yes, we're aware; the Staff will, no doubt, be removing what little bit remains once things are fully back online again.

[Solm]

Thank you all for your patience during the upgrade and the brief downtime. Everything on the new server is in working order now and the whole site has been successfully moved to the new server. Please alert the staff if anything is amiss.

Thank you very much,
The IIwiki Staff

[Aquitayne]

Tagging for ease of access in the future and to keep up with the updates. Looks good, guys! Keep up the awesome work.

[Solm]

7,000+ posts \o

[Tergnitz]

7,000+ posts \o

Congrats buddy.

I'm surprised that these fools allowed someone as notorious as you onto their 'staff'.

Glorified tag.

[Kyrusia]

7,000+ posts \o

Congrats buddy.

I'm surprised that these fools allowed someone as notorious as you onto their 'staff'.

Glorified tag.

He's the host. We're on his staff.

[Milograd]

Indeed.

By the by, I'm always available to help with hosting if need be.

[Feidexhaven]

There appears to be a problem with select pages in the IIWiki. For example one of my nations doesn't show whereas another does.

[The Saint James Islands]

There appears to be a problem with select pages in the IIWiki. For example one of my nations doesn't show whereas another does.

I'm guessing the site might've gone down for some reason. I can't get to a copy of the page for Michillies and I can only access a cached copy of the page for TSJI.

[Kyrusia]

We're currently aware of IIwiki operating as a cached copy. The host has already been contacted, but due to severe snow storms and ice storms in the northeast, southeast, and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States, we can unfortunately not give an immediate timetable with any degree of certainty. Power outages are common right now, and it is possible this may have influenced the server's status.

We ask you to be patient. Currently, most articles on IIwiki can be viewed as a cached copy. We're expecting everything to be back to normal within the next forty-eight hours, but due to severe weather, everything is a bit fluid at the moment - spare, y'know, the snow that the Arctic decided to dump everywhere. Delays may occur.

Thank you, and thank you for your continued patience.

[Layarteb]

Mother Nature has it in for iiwiki - this is a true fact.

[New Azura]

Mother Nature has it in for iiwiki - this is a true fact.

Mother Nature has it in for half the country it seems. I'm beginning to suspect Global Warming is a crock.

[Questers]

):

[Lagunia]

Double

[Solm]

Everything seems to be working all good now! I apologize for any downtime that may have affected you.

[Satanic Socialist States]

I need help with my infobox. Could someone give me a template for a national infobox I could copypasta & then fill in?

[Pavonistade]

I need help with my infobox. Could someone give me a template for a national infobox I could copypasta & then fill in?

http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Template:Infobox_country

It's the infobox template for countries.

[Satanic Socialist States]

I need help with my infobox. Could someone give me a template for a national infobox I could copypasta & then fill in?

http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Template:Infobox_country

It's the infobox template for countries.

Thanks! For some reason when I save or hit preview nothing appears. Could someone please help me with this? Nevermind I figured it out.

[Kyrusia]

We're aware of the MySQL issue resulting in a cached copy again. We're already working to correct this issue permanently as it relates to our upgraded servers. You can still view most pages on the website. Thank you for your patience.

UPDATE: IIwiki is back up and running. As for a solution to this problem, some discrepancies in regard to process load have been found. We're currently still working to determine a source - and thus a certain solution - for this issue. Again, we thank you for your patience.

[Virana]

Just tossing this up in case IIwiki administration is currently unaware, but IIwiki is again displaying cached versions of every page. It seems to be, from a glance, related to the issues IIwiki had earlier in the week.

[Namor]

Just tossing this up in case IIwiki administration is currently unaware, but IIwiki is again displaying cached versions of every page. It seems to be, from a glance, related to the issues IIwiki had earlier in the week.