User talk:Jack Phoenix

Hello Jack. Welcome to . As you are with ShoutWiki, I was wondering if you had any interest in helping me sort out some issues I have been having with interwiki data interoperability, as well as custom namespace set-up? — Mitchell Gore (talk) 05:48, 8 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Mitchell, thanks for the welcome. :-) I'm glad to help you out &mdash; after all, it's what we are here for! What kind of issues have you been having with interwiki data? As for custom namespaces, just let me know what namespaces you need added and I'll go add them. --Jack Phoenix (talk) 15:17, 8 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I was looking to have the w: interwiki work properly to link to Wikipedia, and likewise have the file/image passthrough from Wikimedia Commons work properly so Wikimedia Commons content could be used on this wiki without having to uploaded it within this wiki. — Mitchell Gore (talk) 22:41, 8 March 2013 (UTC)


 * The feature that allows reusing Wikimedia Commons content without reuploading it is called InstantCommons; I've now enabled it for this site.

Is there a reason besides the word length why you couldn't use the standard  prefix?
 * However, the  interwiki link is a bit more complicated one. You see, at ShoutWiki we have the   syntax to link to other ShoutWiki hosted wikis (the s and w in that link syntax come from the word ShoutWiki) and I'm quite sure that adding a new interwiki link with the w: prefix would confuse that system and cause issues.


 * Again, please let me know if you have any other questions or requests and I'll do my best to help you out! --Jack Phoenix (talk) 17:36, 9 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you for enabling the InstantCommons! I was under the misimpression that the Interwiki Data passthrough was what allowed the use of Commons files as well as the simpe w: shortcut to the external Wikipedia linking. The w: interwiki linking is not a huge deal, but thought it would be a nicety to not have to strip out the w: in any culled content from WIkipedia I was using and putting in the full external URL, so no biggie as that is not nearly as big of an issue as the media commons file sharing. — Mitchell Gore (talk) 17:50, 9 March 2013 (UTC)