Talk:Main Page/Archive 1

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Flags
Hello, Just wanted to ask if I could have the flags for the following countries: I have all the other obvious flags (Canada, UK, France, etc.) but my computer is very slow. So be patient. -Jeremy
 * Tropico
 * Macau (for the Macau GP)
 * Cyprus (Or wherever the Mediterranean GP used to be)
 * Any others you can think of


 * I have uploaded a crapton of random flags, things like Somalia, Vatican City, Philippines, Kenya, Qatar, Andorra, Israel, Hungary, etc...I don't think there are any left over, if they are they will be extremely obscure ones that only appear once in the entire wiki. If anyone finds a flag redlink post it here please, many of the uploads were by discovery rather than knowing what needed uploaded. Stramala (talk) 23:56, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

To FMecha
Hello,

Could you somehow transfer over the ingenious message box to this wiki? That would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Jeremy (talk) 00:41, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * FMecha's here! What message box you mean? FMecha (talk) 05:10, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Found it (through cache) but I can't make it to work. I tried this:

FMecha (talk) 05:37, 8 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Hmm, looks like it doesn't work for me as well. Where did you get the template from? Jeremy (talk) 03:00, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I basically opened a google cache of the old Wikkii-hosted main page and put it on a HTML to Wiki converter page. Template:Msgbox now exists, but it does not center. FMecha (talk) 06:59, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Driver Infoboxes
Hi chaps! One question, is there a driver infobox doing the rounds at the moment? I'm re-doing my driver profiles and it might be nice to present them with one. Cheers :) Ataxia (talk) 00:02, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I guess there isn't one at the moment, as all templates were lost as well with the Wikkii crash. I honestly haven't put a lot of thought on drivers yet, as I've been busy creating the pages for my series. Unless someone else does it first, I might have a look at the infobox template tomorrow...Nuppiz (talk) 00:42, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Website down again?
I recieve a 404 Error when trying to access the F1Rejects website - Pi3141 10:15, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Same here. Looks like the hosting service is being useless again... Nuppiz (talk) 10:22, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

And it's down again. I'm not surprised, considering the problems it had yesterday.Nuppiz (talk) 08:55, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yep, bit annoying because I wanted to check a few things...Ataxia (talk) 10:35, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It's back up again, at least for the time being... Nuppiz (talk) 13:05, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

And it's down once more.Nuppiz (talk) 22:55, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * How much longer must we wait for Jaenoch to move the website to a server that doesn't suck balls? Stramala (talk) 23:11, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Probably until real-life time has caught up with F1RWRS... seriously this isn't fun anymore, the page's having a tantrum again. Nuppiz (talk) 17:46, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * How often do Jaenoch actuallu look at the forums? Now I understand they are very busy people, but it only takes 5 minutes to driop in and check what's going on... Pasta maldonado (talk) 17:58, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It seems like almost never. Anyway, the website is down AGAIN. Greaaaaat..... Stramala (talk) 18:01, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Is the LifeGP race going ahead as planned, even though the forum is still down? Pi314118:42, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'll drop the link here when it's about to start. Nuppiz (talk) 19:04, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Guys, look at the forum now. What in the name of Pete Doherty has happened?! :S --East Londoner (talk) 19:59, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I haven't got the faintest idea, I was just about to ask about it myself... Nuppiz (talk) 20:03, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * My guess would be that F1Rejects is moving to a different server, because of the recent issues. Pi3141
 * Crosswinds have got to be one of the worst webshosts I've ever seen. Clearing cache and flushing the DNS does nothing. These guys are idiots. Jaenoch really really need to find a better webhost than these clowns...their servers are total garbage. Stramala (talk) 20:10, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Clearing the DNS cache doesn't seem to help at all, contrary to the instructions given on that temporary page. A bit of research yeilded a fun fact though: the F1Rejects.com server is near Wichita, Kansas, USA. Nuppiz (talk) 20:13, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, my guess was wrong, as the website is back by now. Pi3141 20:20, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The forums are still down for me. Clearing the DNS does nothing. It seems that we need to get better servers for everything relating to F1 Rejects... Tristan1117 (talk) 20:25, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Main site is now up, the forums are still down. Nuppiz (talk) 20:30, 14 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I created a new general talk page, where you can also find the link to the LifeGP commentary - Pi3141


 * For anyone that has a Facebook profile, there is now an F1 Rejects page which you can like, post on and receive updates on. At least it's unlikely Facebook will suffer from chronic downtime issues... Stramala (talk) 22:04, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I have faith in the facebook servers not crashing, or, at the very least, they won't take a whole month to fix. Jeremy (talk) 03:39, 15 November 2012 (UTC)


 * arbitary break - Can we have some temporary forum now? FMecha (talk) 09:58, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * If kostas can bring back the old forum he created during the last extended outage, that would work well. Tristan1117 (talk) 00:15, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Kostas said something about the temporary forum he created being taken down, but I am willing to create a new temporary one if needed RonDenisDeletraz (talk) 04:55, 16 November 2012 (UTC) (Eurobrun)

It is done now RonDenisDeletraz (talk) 06:26, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

According to Crosswinds,there are a few files remaining,which may include our forums as I'm no longer getting the Crosswinds page when trying to access the forums.Instead,I get a 500 Internal Server error.Anyone else getting the same issue? WaffleCat (talk) 13:37, 16 November 2012 (UTC) Yes, I have recieved the 500 Error since yesterday. Pi3141 18:30, 16 November 2012 (UTC) The forums are back! Tristan1117 (talk) 04:03, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Oh great, I think it's down again

And it's back! Tristan1117 (talk) 15:51, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

arbitary break

I have access problems again... sigh. FMecha (talk) 17:12, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

To quote the Professor in the Tooned Series, "It's happened again..." Ataxia (talk) 08:48, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm planning on doing a lot of wiki work today, so if there's somthing you need doing, or just want to chat, come over to the F1 rejects mibbit chatroom. F1 Rejects chatroom. Pasta maldonado (talk) 11:43, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

HTML to wiki converter
Thanks to FMecha's hint, I found a handy online tool which allows you to convert HTML tables to wiki. It's not perfect as you still have to convert all flag icons and links manually, but should help a lot in salvaging cached content from the old wiki. You can find the tool here. Nuppiz (talk) 11:08, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Here's another one, which allows whole wiki pages to be converted, not just the tables. Nuppiz (talk) 11:08, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * They both don't work... unless if I'm doing something wrong... :/ Jeremy (talk) 16:10, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * You have to copy the HTML code, rather than what appears on the page :) Pasta maldonado (talk) 16:41, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * And where does one get that? I tried dumping the source code into it, and it didn't work... Jeremy (talk) 19:21, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't try copying the entire source code, but instead just the section starting from the opening paragraph of the page to the end of the actual page (usually the end of results tables, or page categories in some cases). The rest of the source code is some Wiki gibberish which the converters don't understand. Also, Notepad's Find and Replace function is essential to avoid the frustrating editing of the same data multiple times on the same page (for example, you can replace all instances of a certain flag with the current filename). I did so on the 2014 RoLFS season page - none of that was made from scratch, I simply converted the cached page and corrected all remaining errors with Notepad. Nuppiz (talk) 22:56, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * What beowser are you using? Pasta maldonado (talk) 20:29, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Firefox, it's a newer version, I don't know exactly which one though Jeremy (talk) 23:15, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Good Cache List
Here is some examples of caches I found on google:
 * 2010 season
 * 2011 season
 * 2012 season
 * 2013 season
 * 2014 season
 * The 2015 season cache is on the page itself
 * F1RWRS regulations
 * F2RWRS regulations
 * F3RWRS Regulations

That should help, I think. Jeremy (talk) 15:41, 10 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Also,


 * 2014 F2RWRS season
 * 2015 F2RWRS season
 * 2014 F3RWRS season
 * 2015 F3RWRS season