User talk:Joeyaa

German Military?
Hey, is it you who's put the "under construction" tag on German Military? I guess I could look in the history, but are you going to change it about? I just saw you made the last edit and there is an "under construction" tag on it... Anyways, good work so far! Creepydude 17:20, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

edit: heh never mind, I see you just moved the article from "German military" to "German Military". Good work. ;) I think I can safely remove the "under construction" tag.  Maybe even put a "stub" tag...  Creepydude 17:23, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Fixed Sig
Just to let you know, I fixed my signature. Thanks for letting me know, that could easily turn into a disaster. Also, I changed the font, as it appears most computers do not have the "creepy" font installed... Anyway, I'm glad you let me know, and thanks!
 * Hey, thanks for your edit, but I had already fixed it I think... Anyway, can you vote or give some sort of response?  Just kind of like to know if you are getting these.

Adminship...
Hey, while you're active... Can you vote for or against Darkman 4 and I at Call of Duty Wiki:Requests for Adminship? If you agree, sign your name with the rest, if you disagree, make another subdevision below and make it "negative support." Voting is pretty important, so sign your name somewhere whether you agree or not. Deciding whether Darkman 4 and I should be admins or not could be as simple as looking at our edit counts and some edit examples and seeing if it will be worthwhile. Darkman 4 and I have agreed to both go for admin, as we both want the other in. Also, we could help each other get past the bumpy start of adminship. Currently, we don't really have any active admins, as they are only on once in a while. I am not trying to get you to vote for me necessarily, and I'm trying not to solicit, but we do need the community opinion no matter what. So... Thank you for your vote, every one counts.   M/Sgt. Creepydude Sniper   Say Some'at Here!

03:28, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, thanks for your response at least, and well, I think this is pretty much everybody's concern. What I like to use to back me up in a situation like this is the fact that Darkman 4, by far the best editor on this wiki, agrees with me being admin.  Not only that, but the second most active user agrees.  Notice the main page was updated?  I went through and changed all of those.  My edits are climbing quite fast, I must say, and although I do have quite a few change edits after I save the page, isn't really all that counts the fact that I'm always editing and changing?  By the way, I also made a template box for the challenges in Call of Duty: World at War.  I definitely understand your concern, but checking to see if I am a good choice by my edits seems...  Almost funny.  However, it is a legitimate and good thing to check, so I won't try to defer you.  And really, this wiki is in desperate need of a few admins.  I actually sort of suggested that Darkman 4 could become admin by himself if he wanted, but he said "You've done a great job so far, I can't see why you can't become admin as well."  Also, if it means anything, you have my word that there will be no vandalism by me and no block wars.  If I go through one block war, you can ask Chiafriend12 to block me.  Now, obviously anyone can come out and say that, but at least I had a "threat of block" to back me up. :)


 * I have no doubt that this will be a severe probation period, and you know, the only reason I even thought about becoming admin is because Chiafriend suggested that I try for admin, because I had to keep asking him if he would lock a page and do some things that only admins could do. He was really the only "active" admin, and he told me that "If the community's responses are positive, then talk to him and he would SYSOP us.  Anyway, I'll stop trying to change your opinion, but make sure to cast your vote one way or another.  Thank you,   M/Sgt. Creepydude  Sniper   Say Some'at Here!  16:05, 10 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey, just thought I would let you know that RFA's are ending soon. Everyone who voted left a positive vote.  I think you are the last active user who hasn't voted.


 * '''Interesting vote. Well, it's kinda nice that you voted "neutral/pending" as opposed to "oppose".  However, I must say that I think you are thinking a little too deeply into this.  You do realise that, because Rs4life07 is running for beaurocrat at the same time as my running for admin, if he sees ANY issues with me, he can not only relinquish my admin powers, but also ban me?  Or maybe you just think I am underqualified?  I suppose you could say that, and maybe I couldn't argue you about it, but really, I haven't seen any really major flaws with what I've done so far.  I guess basically, I am wondering just why you disagree with my becoming admin.  Do you want to take my place?  Do you think/worry that I might vandalise?  Do you think that making me admin with a small(er) edit count will lower the bar for people becoming admin?  Do you think/worry that I might fight with other users or IPs?  Or do you think that I am just underqualified as of yet to have that responsibility?  If your response was the latter one, then I have an answer/question right away.  What is the harm of me trying?  Really.  It's not like I'm going to be flaunting my new power, making changes everywhere and banning users, because I know darn well I will get banned.  Like I said, it will be a probation period for me, and I will certainly be careful.  Text is bold so you can see it although it is not at the bottom.

Hmm, definitely some good points, and I appreciate all your concerns. Really, I am not necassarily "anxious" to become an admin. Okay, well, if you had a very good chance of becoming an admin, then who wouldn't be anxious, but don't really have my heart set on being admin. Its just that I come here often, like VERY often, and I am prepared to continue with that dedication. Maybe in a year or so, my dedication will diminish a little, but for now, I just want to be able to help out this wiki. Now another thing to take into account is the fact that when I came along, there were literally no active admins here. Now we have one, and Darkman 4 will be two, then a third being me. I don't really think that 3 admins is "too many" and that it will unbalance things. So wind the clock back, when I asked to become admin. I was posting around looking for help for things like banning IPs for vandalising, deleting pages, and other admin stuff, and there was no-one to help. Finally, Chiafriend12 finally responded and said that he is not really able to help anymore, why don't I try for admin. So I asked Darkman 4 if he would become too, and we both tryed for admin. Then Rs4life07 happened along and responded to my request for help. This sort of prompted him to become an active admin, and following, a beaurocrat. I went along, updating the main page, because it had not been changed in ages, updating Call of Duty: World at War info, and things like that. So you see, now, although I could very easily not bother becoming an admin, I feel a sort of pride in helping this wiki to come alive again. So in a way, regardless of my experience, you might call it similar to when this wiki started out, and some of the other users were completely new to wikis and trundled along just the same. Then of course you have Darkman 4 and Azncutthroat who were always here, so the three of us keeping the wiki moving. Azncutthoat I don't think is really interested in admin, and he isn't on all THAT often; at least not as often as Darkman 4 and I. Oh well, I have rambled, but I just wanted you to see things from my point of view. Also, let me repeat, I really don't see what is wrong with 3 active admins. All the rest have unofficially resigned and passed on the torch. Bye for now,

Thanks for Zombie Mode Help
Thanks for your help on the Zombie Mode article. I was just merging that article with "Nacht der Untoten," so I hadn't proofread it yet. It looks like it become a very good article in the future, maybe a Featured Article someday... Obviously it would have to have a good going-over, but the content is looking pretty good.

900 Articles!
Wow, we just broke 900 articles! At this rate, it shouldn't be long before we hit 1000. Good job!

IP Welcome
Hey, thanks for welcoming my IP! I feel very welcomed and honoured now. :D

Adminship
Thanks! Darkman 4 03:13, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

About Adminship
Hey, I don't wanna start a flame war, I'm willing to just let this drop. You have your opinion, I have mine. All I wanted to say was that I thought his opinion was too easily swayed by yours. My intention was not to talk about you behind your back. Maybe off of this I can get some rollback privilages or something... :D I'll come back with an admin request in maybe a couple of months. Merry Christmas!

IRC
Hey, yah I don't really have much time today, but I was basically asking for help or a tutorial how to work on the wiki theme. You know, on sites like Left 4 Dead Wiki and Gears of War Wiki, they all have a colour scheme, where as ours is all white. I don't know what a good one would be, but it certainly makes the wiki look better (not just to our eyes, but to attract peoples). What are your thoughts?

Review
In your first paragraph on your review of the wiki, you put "I won't this wiki to succeed". Did you mean "want", or did you mean "will not" (which doesn't even make any sense. 'I will not this wiki to succeed'?)? 05:53, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Review
I understand what you are trying to say, but it is simply not that way. I am not really into edit count. I am happy to see my edits go up, just like I am happy to see my rank go up while playing Call of Duty: World at War. I hope (although you didn't say it) that you do not think of me as someone who is "only" interested in edit count, and is not trying to make the wiki succede. I really don't care two bits about my edit count if you think not putting stuff about it on my user page will make the wiki a better place. Oh, and what are you talking about? I always sign my postings. What's up with that? :(


 * Oh, I have been just typing   as per a suggestion from Rs4life07.  I was doing the tildes and he got me doing it this way.   Besides, I have never even used the timestamp; and if I really need to know when someone typed it, I go in the history.  But if you want it with tildes, sure.  [[Image:US Army OF-6.png|30px]]  Col.     Creepydude  Sniper   Say Some'at Here!   03:15, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Community Portal
Good idea. Sorry I haven't looked at examples yet, as I have been working on the skin, but I'll do a search around and make a good one. I don't think it will take too long. What name should the template be under? 06:46, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * You mean something like this? Wikipedia:Template:Non-free game screenshot   06:49, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok, check out the rough copy here. Any changes are welcome.  Oh, and no problem about the recent changes spam; only thing is aren't you going to just change them all again with this new template, and we could just transclude the category onto the template?   07:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Righto, sounds good! ;) I'm just setting up the new FA, User of the Month, and all the weekly crap on the main page.  Tomorrow is both the start of a new week and the start of a new month.  Hmmm, I wonder what a good poll would be...   07:11, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I see that; that is pretty nice. How long you had that for?  Anyway, thanks a lot for your help on this.   07:18, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Re:Manual of Style
It is at Call of Duty Wiki:Manual of Style, created by Richard1990 and Kirkburn. As you can see at the top, however, it is mostly copied from WoWwiki and thus is not customised and complete. We can work on that. ;)  18:06, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Ha, no problem. Just want to do a check-over.  Man, after going through those, the first thing I want to do is create a POLICY FOR UPLOADING IMAGES!  Something like: "Please read such-and-such to find out how to upload images.  Please do not upload any images without reading it."  Then we could have a manual or something that says exactly what to put in what situation, and that if you upload an image without a license, even if it is the "source is unknown" one, then it may be deleted.  Now I see why manuals and policies are so important. ;)   22:56, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Yah, we should make the manual ASAP. There are some users (no names mentioned) who are uploading images with no license and for personal use as well. :(  Oh, and I laughed hard when I saw the image of Stalin with the license saying it was a screenshot from a video game. :D   23:06, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Botting
I'm pretty sure your hordes of bot edits wouldn't help your rank. Cheater :P. 02:15, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * ...Cheater :) (Oh, I thought you bumped yourself up to general on the list. Now I see that it was Ross.). 06:03, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Re:Let's Talk
Hmmm, sorry I wasn't on last night. However, I should have time today. Just let me know when you want to talk and what channel you will be using. Heck, we could even use the shout box if you wanted. Just lemme know. 17:05, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Righto on all counts. Yah, and I keep forgetting to add "Makin Day", the newest map.  Oh, and on the java.freenode thing, I can't figure out how to register my name; it keeps putting me to Creepydude1,2, etc...  I went on your ##Joeyaa channel earlier, just to look around, but you weren't responding.  Anyway, I got a couple of things to talk to you about. :)   05:12, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm wayyyyyy ahead of you bro! ;) Seeya on ##Joeyaa!   05:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Need to hear from you ASAP
Ok, Sannse made a forum posting about switching to a new parser on the 17th. There is a list of pages for our wiki that need changing in some way or another. I am not totally sure how, but that is the error list. I believe it has something to do with the templates put on those pages, but I could be wrong. Please respond ASAP so we can get this worked out. By the way, don't forget to accept your nomination at COD:RFA. Oh, and something I should have said last night is that I will be on vacation from the 20th to the 28th, with very minimal/nil use of wikia during that time. 17:26, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

IRC, and... problems
Well, first off I am on your IRC, but you aren't. :) Second off, on your list we somehow lost things to fix 1, 2, and 3.  You should be able to retrieve them though.   23:42, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Re:IRC
When I go to the IRC thing do I type #Joeyaa or ##Joeya?--23:28, 12 February 2009 (UTC)


 * oh, my bad. I can't come on now anyway, was just poppin in. I'll try and get on in school but I'm not sure if the filters will let me. If not I'll be on today when I get home.--10:50, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: New stuff
You act as if I'm only on when editing. I've been reading things for a good half hour before submitting any edits. It's not new to me. ;) 07:42, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've been using CGI:IRC since the RuneScape Wiki opened their channel back in 2007. Since I use CGI:IRC and not a downloadable client, only certain channels made for Wikia wikis are accessable. 07:54, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't use java.freenode. The interface annoys me, and it causes massive lag. Anyway, I gotta' go for the night, so don't expect me to answer any more messages. 08:10, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

IRC
Whoa! I'll come on, but I won't really be on for long. :)  03:09, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

RfA
Its a user? What type of signature is that? Wow, I'm just really confused, but still we don't count a "new user"'s vote seeing that his only contrib was the RfA or is this someone that edits on other wikis?


 * Be patient; RFAs have to go for two weeks. When two weeks has passed, I'll ping Chia or BigM and they'll give you your privelages. 17:05, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Adminship
Congratulations, your RFA has achieved community consensus. You may now rollback edits, block users, protect pages, and edit certain pages. If you have any questions please message me on my talk page.-- 01:46, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Bot edits
Can you make your bot mark its edits as minor. That way it doesn't clog up the recent changes to much. I figure you know how to change your settings to make minor edits only, but if you don't, go to my preferences, click the editing tab, then mark the "Mark all edits minor by default" box. Thanks, 15:57, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Sure, although it is kindof sad that I didn't. :P Joey  -  Talk Contribs 01:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Irc?
Ok, I'll pop on, but I can't type too good (broke my thumb). 17:57, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Bot
Yous runz your bot on the Uk articlez plz and makes it do the wikipedia: thing-- 00:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Thankz youz. Your bot iz uber pwnzing-- 17:08, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that. (Me likez slangz u nos) Joey  -  Talk Contribs 21:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Re:Welc addition
Ok, that's awesome! I guess I'll just change the welcome IP button then. Have you seen my custom sig button I worked up for Ross and me? I could put a world button that all you had to do was type your name, but I'm not sure if people are interested... The current ones are just hard-done on our monaco.js. 14:47, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Yah, to some degree the time it takes you to to get your mouse and sign it... It may be faster just to type the thing.  Besides, you use ~ anyways...  By the way, I wonder why they (wikia staff) removed the   Interesting, maybe they recieved complaints or something.  I know it was gone for a while, because I was having to fix all of my postings, such as on the forums, where I used those tags.   15:02, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok... But is there anything to talk about anymore?    15:07, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * :O That is an insult of the utmost severity! (Calls in a staff member to un-sysop you)   15:17, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * HA! I can just warn a staffy to check your IP!  There will be no escape! xD   15:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Even LuvingAzula had his Achilles heel!  15:23, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Re
It doesn't really matter to me. I'm taking a wikibreak to help on the futurama wiki-- 17:10, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Make me a wiki break template plz. I can't do it at school and also am I still signed in on the IRC?-- 17:22, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I'm coming on IRC now-- 19:17, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikia Bot
Do you like the Wikia bot? Darkman 4 02:34, 29 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Lets just say that I was the first to tell the staffers the level of fail it borders. Joey  -  Talk Contribs 02:40, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Eh, I don't have a problem with it. :/ Darkman 4 02:51, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, when it first came out it was spamming recent changes on a lot of bigger wikis and also was creating useless user pages which pissed everyone off. Now it's better, but meh. Joey  -  Talk Contribs 02:57, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * If they tweaked it so that it doesn't create userpages in addition to talk pages, then I don't think anyone would have a problem with it. Darkman 4 04:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I can see how for many people it is a great tool, but for me in the way I edit cross-wikia I end up getting 20 emails a day based on the blasted bot, plus all the new messages notifications that piss me off. They are still working on it, and I'm on their case 'til it gets better. Joey  -  Talk Contribs 04:21, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Leaving
Hey, I just figured I'd let you know that I'm kinda leaving the wiki. I've edited and been an active contributor for a while and the wiki's looking in good shape, so I figure I'll just sorta move along. I dunno, I don't think wikis really appeal to me anymore, especially after the big ol' break I had. So I'll trust you to keep on admining. I'll do some editing today and then move quietly on my way. Seeya! 16:25, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

April Fools "joke"
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Don't do that again. It rendered me, and probably half of our other visitors, unable to do anything. Something like changing a signature (such as what I did) or a userpage is a much better prank for a wiki. 02:27, 2 April 2009 (UTC)