Call of Duty Wiki talk:CoDferences/Archive 1

blogpatrol usergroup (added)
I think we should discuss this further so we can start to hand it out, or maybe on the contrary put it to death. It's been lingering for a while, we should get it out of the way in my opinion. 00:35, July 27, 2011 (UTC)

I agree with the blog patrol topic, because there are so many blogs that have non-sense or are full of spam or stuff like that. Floody 16 own&#39;s you 00:52, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Cod4, you do realise you don't need to suggest it here, and could have added it straight to the agenda? You are a crat after all... 10:25, July 27, 2011 (UTC)

Inactivity etc.
I think we should discuss the inactivity of admins and possibly switch them out where needed/recommended if at all possible/fair and the timeslots in which admins can't work, in order to get possible temporary admins for them times or get admins into timeslots where possible in order to keep pages to a high standard, as in vandalism prevention and blocking, which your average user cannot do. 11:57, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * There are no specified "timeslots" for admins. While our work is a responsibility, it's not a job that we collect hours for. If there are truly periods of time with no admins on-wiki, then a new sysop may be called for, but we're not going to take shifts to make up for that. 13:23, July 27, 2011 (UTC)

Images in blog comments (added)
Given the recent flood of images in blog comments, I think it might be worth discussing either limiting them or banning them outright. 20:57, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree, I think this should be brought up in the Codference. No more meme ponies in blogs! :D 21:34, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Getting bored of seeing "NOT SURE IF TROLLING OR STUPID" plastered all over blogs. The occasional picture for funny effect is fine, but it's getting to the point where it's just spam. I agree that we could discuss this. 21:37, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, no more pony/brony comments, they're borderline trolling. 23:08, July 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Nty. 23:13, July 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * I agre with Sp3c. We really should discuss the brony related comments. They're borderline trolling, and some of them even are trolling. Ireland_flag.gif  CoaZ Talk Ireland_flag.gif   17:42, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

What to do with usergroups
Usergroups are a good idea, but I have went round them regulary, and there is little edits to them (If not none). I say we had better discuss what to do with these, especialy The Gun Pimpers. Reznov115 Talk  20:32, July 28, 2011 (UTC)

Consider doing a giveaway with help from Wikia (added)
Hey guys, my name is Tae and I am Wikia's category manager for gaming. Would love it if you guys would consider discussing doing a giveaway with us in the near future. I've been organizing wiki community contests with a few of our other top wikis (Fallout Wiki, WoW Wiki, Runescape, LoL to name a few) and would love to work with you guys. We'd essentially provide prizing (was thinking of maybe a pair of Astros or the official MW3 headset from Turtle Beach when those come out). All details would be handled by the community (admins set the rules, the entry parameters and declare winners) and Wikia would handle prizing. We would consider this to be a wiki giveaway, not a Wikia giveaway, so we would not try to dictate any of the rules. All we ask is a small mention in the contest text that the prize came from us, and the prize is given a blurb and a link to the product site (it will be easier to convince vendors to provide prizing that way). Hope you guys will discuss this and that you will be interested. Please let me know if you have any questions. tae (talk ) 22:57, July 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the offer, we will discuss this as soon as possible and get back to you with questions/results of the discussion. 23:08, July 28, 2011 (UTC)

Special:Chat Bans
What would be the appropriate time for a ban, and what would warrant a ban. Also, if bans should carry over to IRC to prevent users from trolling in Chat. 23:10, July 28, 2011 (UTC)

That already happens usually. If anything should be the other way around YellowRiolu Leave a message! 16:46, July 29, 2011 (UTC)

Site Mete/Page Counter
I suggest that it should be taken up and discussed more about the page counter Maxwell123 13:30, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

What's there to discuss? It's been pretty resoundingly rejected in the War Room. 13:33, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

Page Image
Where is that picture of the conference room from? It looks like it's lit by an IW engine, but I don't want to jump to conclusions. Big Fish, Little Pond - 04:26, July 28, 2011 (UTC)

Its one of the rooms in the TV station from "Charlie Don't Surf". 11:09, July 28, 2011 (UTC)

Enough topics.
I think we've got enough topics to discuss at this agenda. 09:43, July 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, we'll have more than one CoDference, let's not overwhelm ourselves with the one in 1 week's time. 16:01, July 30, 2011 (UTC)

Question
Can someone tell me the Atlantic time, if I do happen to come?
 * 1:00 pm in EST. Carbonite 0 01:13, August 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks bus  Eagle.png Zombie Dropper Talk Raygunprofile.png  18:21, August 1, 2011 (UTC)

Notification Box
Why does it say T-MinusWe will be holding our first CoDference in T minus 2868 days 11 hours 8 minutes 51 seconds (August 6, 18:00 UTC).

2868 Days is a long time.

EDIT: Forgot to sign, my bad Happy Gaming! -British GM 16:49, August 4, 2011 (UTC)

Question re:IRC
Hey guys,

Just curious what made you decide to use IRC instead of Wikia's Chat. Is it the 50-edits-for-voice rule or some other thing (or combination of things)? Thanks!

-Sean Colombo 20:05, August 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * IRC is much better for things like this. You also somewhat answered your own question :P 20:18, August 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * We can't control who can speak in chat, and IRC is much more versatile, plus we can log it easier. 21:18, August 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, it doesn't lags <.<.-21:27, August 4, 2011 (UTC)

Codference Logs
Where will the logs be kept? Reznov115 Talk  14:53, August 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Uhh, pastebin I believe, and put into an external link in the Codferences page.-15:08, August 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sactage and I will have copies of the logs on our computers, we could make them available for download instead and I'll make a blog after the CoDference to sum up the results of the discussion. 15:18, August 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sounds reasonable. Shotrocket6 (T/C/E) 15:21, August 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * I would rather have them be on-wiki and accessible on the CoDference page. 16:08, August 6, 2011 (UTC)

Make em subpages like "Call of Duty Wiki:CoDference/Logs/1" and so on. and have a page called "Call of Duty Wiki:CoDference/Logs" as a table of contents and such. 16:09, August 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Per Drk. 16:21, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * Per Drk. Ireland_flag.gif  CoaZ Talk Ireland_flag.gif   22:14, August 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * They're already up as subpages. 22:17, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

The Use Of IRC For Codferences
I recently was unable to attend the 6th of August codference, and so I had to look at the logs after the event to catch up on things. What I saw I could not read. IRC is great because it allows large numbers of users to put forward their views quickly and easily and these can all be logged. However, it lacks structure. Its not clear, and barely understandable. And if you can't understand it, it just becomes a waste.

I propose that at the next codference (or even sooner), that we discuss where the best place to hold conferences is. TheDocRichtofen (  Talk  ) 15:50, August 12, 2011 (UTC)

The problem is that there is no other place to hold it. IRC chatflow can be controlled (+v and +m), while the wiki's chat cannot. IRC is also easier to log. I think the problem was the amount of people there, and I would bet that some of the people there were only there to "be part of it", and not to contribute anything of value. I agree that it was hard to follow, but that would be expected with 40+ people all talking at the same time. 15:58, August 12, 2011 (UTC)

Yes it is true that the IRC is more suitable to facilitate a codference, and yes confusing and a lack of clarity does come with many people conversing at the same moment. However, just because these problems are there does not mean that we should have to take them for granted and it does not mean that we do nothing about them.

Maybe we could split the codference up further into separate rooms. For each section of agenda, split it into different chat rooms to help clear up the confusion about the topics and hopefully do something to iron out the mass conversation issue.

This is an idea with flaws, but it is an idea. We need something, or the whole point and effectiveness of the codference will be taken away and then it just becomes regular #wikia-cod with too much activity. TheDocRichtofen (  Talk  ) 19:57, August 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * It was fine as it was. Splitting it up would make it (number of agenda items)x more complex. 20:13, August 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * I know it would be a complicated system, and when I noted it I didn't think it was ever going to be a clean cut model of a future system for codferences. Still, we need something.' TheDocRichtofen  (  Talk'  ) 21:51, August 12, 2011 (UTC)''