User talk:Rs4life07/Archive 4

Flood of New Users and Articles
We seem to have had quite the flood of new users and edits. As you can see, our number of articles alone went up about 20 in very short notice. I am not sure why the flood of new users, unless it was my posting multiple URLs from this website into Google's search thingy, but we will probably need to keep on our toes more often. Anyway, it is awesome that the wiki is expanding! Cheers,

Banning Sqaddif
Hey, I noticed you banned Sqaddif. I really don't think that he meant any harm when deleting that content. In many ways, he WAS cleaning up the articles. It is just he was too prone to delete as opposed to fix, or put on the talk page what he wants. I definitely think we should give a severe warning, but I think a 3-day ban at this point is unwarranted. Besides, I can vouch for his editing usefulness when he is not deleting content, and he has been a pretty good user thus far. I think we should unblock him and post a warning on his talk. I expect him to come out and say that it was useless content, he merged stuff, and all that, but we should definitely give him a chance. We don't want to be turning people away at this point.

Edit: one thing I noticed for example, is his work on the M249 SAW page. That content he removed was totally unnecassary in reality, so I think putting it back is a little strange. Is there a good reason why we need it? I think we are past the point of "Add all content we can because we are still small".

Profanity
Hello, Thanks for clearing that all up about the profanity policy. I was only wondering about it since creepydude had censored it and then chia uncensored it. I have no problem with the policy, but creepydude has already created a post on the forums about it, I guess to let the community know and share their thoughts. Thanks again,

Hmmm...
Hey, just reading your response on the request for featured really made me think. I think you are correct in what you said, and I think that I have tried too much to be more of what Joeyaa wanted. I dunno if you've read his Review, but there and just in general, he seems to have a major problem with me, and I think I've been trying to correct his opinion of me, but at more cost to overall quality as a user. However, I want to know your thoughts, and what exactly you think I should do.

I guess at this phase it's best to turn to the old Aesop fable: "Please all and you will please none." Thanks for catching me on that. Oh, and how do you get your signature to have a timestamp? The only way I get a timestamp is if I do the, and that puts my entire template on the page instead of just.   BG.    Creepydude  Sniper   Say Some'at Here!   23:40, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Creepydude, if you have a problem with what I said just tell me. As a user, and even more now as an admin, you need to manage and guide the community in a neutrally unbiased sense. Being open to new ideas and other's views is important, now you don't need to always accept what they say; you can create a debate, but you have to back it up with facts instead of stubbornness. Now, I don't specifically dislike you, nor do we have any "beef", but this wiki is dying and we must support all the small things that happen. Oh, and for the sig thing, just add the magic words for the time in your sig as an alternative to it. If you want, I could even do it. Joey -  Talk Contribs 23:49, 26 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't neccassarily have a problem with what you said, but Rs4life07 sort of brought up to me how I was acting, and I see it as a negative impact on my personality. I understand that being open is very important, but I think after your advice I was being too wishy-washy.  Oh, and what do you mean "the wiki is dying?"  Have you seen the number of editors we have pulled in recently?  I think all we need(ed) was (is) a little boost, and I have to say, we've made it happen.  Going back to the "good 'ol days" of when user:Darkman 4 and to some extent, myself were practically the only editors, I'd say we are significantly going uphill.  One thing I did recently was to just do some searching and stuff, and on CallofDuty.com, there were a lot of people pointing to this website.


 * As soppy as it sounds, I think we (the active users) need to band together and sorta create a healthy community. Right now there seems to be some animosity, even if it is not intended.  Whether it is intended or not, I am being pulled one way by Rs4life07 and another by Joeyaa (group hug, anyone?).  Also, this could be one of the things that makes the wiki "die" or become less popular.  What people like to see is a friendly community and usually a couple neat things to do.  Take someone like Tipper45; I gave him a welcome as an IP, and gave a little warning about an edit war with another IP, and as it turns out, he like the wiki and becomes a registered user.  Similar thing with Imrlybord7, although that was a little more bumpy.  Oh, and as to the sig, I don't know what you mean by "magic words".  If you know how to do it, then you're welcome to try.    [[Image:US Army OF-7.png|30px]]  BG.     Creepydude  Sniper   Say Some'at Here!   00:26, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

If it would please you, it may be beneficial to have an IRC live chat to settle any differences and to plan ahead for this channel. Also, I'll assume he writes the template name when he signs, then adds five tildes: a timestamp. Joey -  Talk Contribs 04:27, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Creepy I was just trying to point out that we should value quality or quantity or age on the wiki. The example of your sysopsing was just the first thing that came to mind. The way you have been doing things is fine just remember, quality comes first. As for an irc, yes I think that would be very beneificial.--10:44, 27 January 2009 (UTC)


 * @Joeyaa: Ohhh, that makes sense. Ok, I'll do that.


 * @Rs4life07: Ok, I understand. I just wanted to say that I wasn't changing my vote, just being more open.


 * An IRC is a great idea. We do have an IRC here, but it is some java website.  I'm not sure if we want to link offa wikia's channel or not; we can see about it.  I'm on quite a bit, so you guys just need to let me know when you can be on.   17:32, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm always on, just join and ping me whenever. Joey -  Talk Contribs 23:54, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Just in case you didn't look up...
You don't need your personal monaco.css anymore, unless you want it. I just deleted mine and overrided my browser cache to put it back to normal and to the new default wiki skin. Cheers! 06:29, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

it tipper45
who are you

it me

my pictures
you deleted my pictures tipper45 18:38, 11 February 2009

IRC?
Hey, if you want, we can chat about some of the upcoming changes to this wiki. We can go on ##Creepydude at Java.FreeNode.net. Do you want to? 23:10, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Also, you can always find me on ##Joeyaa on the same network. Just say my name, and I'll be sure to respond. Thanks... Joey  -  Talk Contribs 23:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I'll try to come on IRC whenever I can.--10:22, 12 February 2009 (UTC)


 * If you could go on withing the next few hours, from now till about 7 hours from now, anytime in that we can talk...  Joey  -  Talk Contribs 23:22, 12 February 2009 (UTC)


 * 1) Joeyaa, sorry but I wasn't paying attention when you went in. Go back and just say my name "HuggleBear" this cause my client to flash and I'll be sure to know you're there. Thanks. Joey  -  Talk Contribs 23:32, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

IRC
Thanks for the invite, but I don't do IRC. Darkman 4 00:24, 13 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm on, you just didn't say my name :P Joey  -  Talk Contribs

Sorry
Sorry about that i thought i could because there are a few characters that have their ranks in front of their names ERyan 14:13, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

?
Hi umm ive been here for a month or 2 so far so im not really new maybe ur confused with the guy how edited before me??? And the death i put for the Ryan article is a real date for 2 reasons: 1 it says thats the date in thew begining of the mission and 2 my uncle was there :). sorry if there was any mix up in that welcome message, though if i do have any questions ill be happy to ask.

ERyan 03:12, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

holy crap
Im so sorry that welcome message came to me i didnt realize i wasnt logged in when i made the edit. Im so sorry for the mix up. do u mind if i put that date back in to the Ryan description?

ERyan 03:12, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: RFA
Hmmm, I agree, but I know for a fact Chia will disagree. There isn't REALLY a reason to close it early...  Oh, and I'll put it on my user page, but you probably won't see anything of me until the 29th or so. (Vacation) I guess that the RFA can be closed when I get back, or while I'm gone. I can't remember exactly when it premiered. But yah, I'm pretty sure if we closed it, Chia would complain that he hadn't voted, it's too early, bla bla bla. But it's probably a good thing anyway :) Good ol' Chia.   03:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It's still not fair to remove his chance to vote, if the time period has not hence expired. Sorry, I'm doing an assignment on a Renaissance composer. :)  Anyway, I really think we should just play it safe and give him a chance.  I don't think there is anything urgent that Joey needs to do as an admin.  If Chia wants more time to vote, we should give it to him, unless you contact him and find out he is not interested.  Besides, we just got a vote.  We should not end the RFA before time.  There is a reason we have a bureaucratic voting system.  We have to follow the rules, unless changed.  If Chia was asking for more time after 2 weeks, then we could say, no, we're just closing it, but wew have to give him and all users the 2 weeks to vote.   16:23, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

You guys are talking like I either have not noticed the RfA, or am still trying to decide. I noticed it the day it was made. XD. Anyway, RfAs should always last a minimum of two weeks. Extensions would be normal if discussion is still going on and there is no clear outcome, but that's not the case here. I just don't want to vote. I've had my chance for a while now and I didn't. Is that so wrong? XD 22:19, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Graveyard
Totally made it up. I forget if I did so as an april fools joke but I might have just been having fun. Sorry about that. --Railer 505 01:37, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Call of Duty: World at War ranks
Care to explain why you reverted the changes to add links to the weapons? As it stands now some weapons have links while others do not, and some have a link on the second mention of the weapon but not on the first (this is improper use of linking/referencing, should always be done on the first mention).

Re:Adminship
Sure things, thanks. Joey -  Talk Contribs 01:46, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

AWB? More like WTF.
Okay, I'm guessing that AWB is doing it for you and you don't know every little thing it's doing, but have you seen some of your edits lately? What is this? That edit was unlinking a whole three links. And what is this? Removal of some underscores that did no harm, and the addition of a non-existant template? It almost looks like you're edit whoring (making pointless edits that the wiki doesn't benefit from in order to raise one's editcount (it's a Halopedian term)). 23:44, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Template
Can you post the wiki template thingy you were talking about plz? WhiteyT6 Talk Feb. 24 2009 8:24 EST.

False Information
Could you please keep an eye on User:Puskov1942 as they keep putting false information and removing accurate information from articles Ex.. I have already warned them about this once. Thanks, 21:49, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

ww3
there was a World War III page i want it backOzzie 1 21:13, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

IRC
OK, thanks. I'm there now. Hunterj | My talk 18:26, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletions
Please delete this page - Soviet Onion and check the Category:Candidates for deletion. Thanks, 22:08, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Done. Joey  -  Talk Contribs 23:40, 6 March 2009 (UTC)