Hmmm.... they shouldn't... the starter kits are supposed to make the 
links point locally on a new wiki. In any event, for Monaco we pull the 
_content_ for the links from Central as a default but they show up on 
your wiki as local links... the links won't point back to Central.

Thanks,
John Q.


Leia Yeung wrote:
> Yes, thank you. But, correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't default 
> links go to starter.wikia, not central?
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:13 PM, JohnQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Leia,
>
>     Let me see if this answers it...
>
>      - for the sidebar, we pull default links from here:
>     www.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar
>     <http://www.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar> (and
>     Monaco-toolbox).
>      - for your wiki, if you create the page
>     XYZ.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar
>     <http://XYZ.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar>, then that
>     will be used
>     instead (only admins can do this).
>      - for personal use, if you create the page
>     XYZ.wikia.com/wiki/User:ABC/Monaco-sidebar
>     <http://XYZ.wikia.com/wiki/User:ABC/Monaco-sidebar>, then that
>     will be used for
>     you personally (same for Monaco-toolbox).
>
>     So starters will automatically pull from the default page
>     (www.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar
>     <http://www.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar>) until an
>     admin writes
>     their own.
>
>     Did that cover it?
>
>     Thanks,
>     John Q.
>
>
>     Leia Yeung wrote:
>     > Damn, I need to stop hitting the "send" button so fast. What I meant
>     > was, are new wikis going to have starter messages that work with
>     > Monaco soon? An example of what I am talking about would be
>     > Mediawiki:Monaco-sidebar.
>     >
>     > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Leia Yeung
>     <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >     Are new wikis going to be shown with the Monaco skins
>     anytime soon?
>     >
>     >
>     >     On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:22 PM, JohnQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     >     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >         Hi everyone,
>     >
>     >         Two things I wanted to cover quickly.
>     >
>     >         1. A while ago we talked about a new skin that we were
>     >         developing and
>     >         showed some screen shots... that skin (Monaco) is now ready
>     >         for rollout
>     >         and can be previewed here: http://communitytest.wikia.com
>     >         (keep in mind
>     >         it's a test site... not much interesting content). Go to
>     >         http://communitytest.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Preferences to
>     >         select one of
>     >         the Monaco skins. On Monday, we'll be enabling this so
>     that it
>     >         is in
>     >         everyone's preferences on all wikis ... we'd appreciate
>     >         getting your
>     >         feedback all through next week before we start enabling this
>     >         as the
>     >         default on more wikis. One nice feature is the ability to
>     >         build your own
>     >         personal sidebar by creating a user sub-page. You can check
>     >         out more on
>     >         how to customize the Monaco skin here:
>     >         http://inside.wikia.com/wiki/Monaco_Skin_Customization .
>     >
>     >         2. As part of the work on this skin, the underlying widget
>     >         framework was
>     >         rewritten to be smaller and faster. Unfortunately, this
>     meant
>     >         we had to
>     >         reset the list of widgets... so if you had dropped any
>     on your
>     >         sidebar,
>     >         you'll need to pull those down again.
>     >         http://inside.wikia.com/wiki/Widgets
>     >
>     >         You can see a list of new features (both released and
>     about to be
>     >         released) here: http://inside.wikia.com/wiki/What%27s_New
>     >
>     >         Thanks,
>     >         John Q.
>     >
>     >
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>     >
>     >     --
>     >     Leia Yeung
>     >
>     >     Glacier Wolf @ en.wikipedia, wikia
>     >
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>     >
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