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Ummm...I'm a titled user? And for what exactly? --Auron Kaizer 15:13, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
- For litterally hundreds and hundreds of useful contributions. I just didn't add an area of expertise, because you're all over the place, so it's hard to pinpoint. --Hecko X 15:18, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Titled user
Can I get one as Chrono Trigger specialist? I promise to do something related to FINAL FANTASY soon :P --Auron Kaizer 23:03, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
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Mymindislost - You made me forget my dreams when I woke up to you sleeping... TALK - 01:54, 13 May 2007 (UTC) | |||
"Awarded"? Me? Yay! How exciting! :D | |||
Who is...
This has been bugging me for a while, but who is Arckanghel? It says he's an admin, but he doesn't appear on the Sysop page. Also, he only has 20 edits under his name. Was he a friend of the founder or something? | |||
What if he comes back and reeks havoc? What will we do then? That brings me to this question:"Can Admins be banned?" | |||
Hehe, I thought the same thing. Arckanghel isn't an admin though, so I might remove him. However, I do worry that Shane might appear, go insane and start deleting everything. Odd thoughts, but you never know. But don't worry, admins can be banned. I could ban myself if I wanted. | |||
He was a sysop some years ago, I think. Must've been stripped of his title or some error occured back when this page was made. | |||
So Admins can be banned? So say if one of you guys went mad with power, you could just ban the other admins infinitely and then take over for yourself. Then you could rule the wiki in an oppresive regime of fear and domination. Fear keeping the lower classes in line, fear of random bannings. Scary thought. Please don't go crazy until after I've left. | |||
Should something like that ever happen, the sysop would be banned by the wikia.org staff and the "victims" would be unbanned by them as well. | |||
Well that ends my nightmare scenario in its tracks. Now I can sleep soundly at night. | |||
Lucy?
Does anyone know if Lycentia is in-active? :) according to her contributions she hasn't edited in over a month. | |||
I've been wondering the same thing lately. She probably just got busy like the rest of us. | |||
Should she be moved to in-active? | |||
Blue's awesome idea
Blue posted this in the MMIL voting thread, since he noticed that we now have five admins, one of which is a female: | |||
Maybe we should actually put this on this page. :P Hell, it should go somewhere, because it is awesome. | |||
Well that means we can only have one more Admin since after that we'll be out of Judge Images. The sixth guy or gal should get the Judge of Wings picture. | |||
Good catch. However, using the JoW would mean our next admin would be a woman. Curse there being no image of Reddas in his Judge armor! | |||
So the next admin would be a woman aye...? Well if I must then I must: (sounds of sawing, ripping, and a chainsaw accompanied to by the sounds of horrible bloodcurdeling screams)
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Hexedmagica - Rathalos: World Tour/All Ass Sword TALK - My companions' feelings have been etched upon this body. I'll change this eternal darkness into light! Heaven and Earth! One who matches the gods! CHOUGINGA GURREN-LAGANN! {{{time}}} | |||
Bluer deserves a medal for that. | |||
Mymindislost - You made me forget my dreams when I woke up to you sleeping... TALK - 22:58, 17 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
BH, that was one of the best things I've read all day. Seriously. ^_^ | |||
Hexed's idea for the mod bit
Hexedmagica - Rathalos: World Tour/All Ass Sword TALK - My companions' feelings have been etched upon this body. I'll change this eternal darkness into light! Heaven and Earth! One who matches the gods! CHOUGINGA GURREN-LAGANN! {{{time}}} | |||
There are thirteen mods correct? And there are thirteen espers in XII. Place the pieces together. | |||
This is brilliance. Got a good listing in mind? | |||
Hexedmagica - Rathalos: World Tour/All Ass Sword TALK - My companions' feelings have been etched upon this body. I'll change this eternal darkness into light! Heaven and Earth! One who matches the gods! CHOUGINGA GURREN-LAGANN! {{{time}}} | |||
Me: Famfrit BH:Zodiark That's all I can think of listing wise. | |||
Actually I want Adrammelech. I am a Capricorn and Dyecedarg one cool customer. | |||
Zalera was my favorite summon of FFXII so I want Zalera | |||
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Needs a few more tweaking. This is the best I can come up with, and it's all based on my pre-assumptions and the requests above. Comments? | |||
Whoa! I like it! | |||
Hexedmagica - Rathalos: World Tour/All Ass Sword TALK - My companions' feelings have been etched upon this body. I'll change this eternal darkness into light! Heaven and Earth! One who matches the gods! CHOUGINGA GURREN-LAGANN! {{{time}}} | |||
Nice. | |||
Love it! Being a Taurean, I would like to request Chaos please. | |||
CSM....
Either Vayne or... Gramis Gana Solidor or... Judge Basch! I'd like a Zargabaath. | |||
Except he didn't forge the FFWiki, he revitalized it. Just a detail though. | |||
Shane (whoever that guy was) is Gramis. Crazyswords is Gabranth or Vayne. | |||
Crazyswordsman - Final Fantasy VI, because Drake says he wants to link to FF7 every day, which is bad because that game is so far inferior to FF6. TALK - 05:53, 19 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
Forget it. We are the Judges. | |||
Seeing that I started it all, I have made revisions. Anyway, its best CSM is made Vayne since he is the head of the Ministry of Law and stuff like that. Don't mind eh Lord CSM, its all for fun anyways ;p | |||
Hahahaha
TheSwordofDoubt - Xemnas may not be eternal, but his speeches definitely are. TALK - Nanoha ain't called "The White Devil" for no reason. | |||
Anyone who reads my reason for being made a mod is probably going to have a fit over it. | |||
I was just reading it. It's hilarious! you are every lucky to say the least | |||
New B-crat
TheSwordofDoubt - Xemnas may not be eternal, but his speeches definitely are. TALK - Nanoha ain't called "The White Devil" for no reason. | |||
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the idea to end all other ideas
why not just let the Mods choose thier images? You guys seem to want some kind of order, but it doesnt seem like its workin out to well. | |||
Or...something even fun, let's use the character images from Before Crisis. | |||
Its about unity. Every image must have the same general theme or it will look like crap. | |||
@BH, I agree. With 15 mods, having a hodgepodge of summons or characters from different games would make the page look too messy. After all, it needs to be easy for newbies to know who they can turn to when they need assistance. I quite like the GF's for the moment, maybe in 3-4 months we can change it to the VI Espers? | |||
If we use the VI Espers, I call dibs on Ragnarok.
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well thats no fun. eventually nothing will have enough to keep the group theme alive. Before long youl be back at my idea. | |||
Not true. Just make the mods choose a Boss Sprite from FFVI. That's enough to last for an eternity. | |||
You all realise that it'll be a while before more mods are appointed, if ever? | |||
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Dr. cid
I'm LMAO'ing at the moment just by seeing Diablo as Dr. Cid | |||
Hehe
Sweet, I'm Cerberus. I'd go for Tonberry, but that's life. | |||
MMIL and CSM
I haven't seen either user for some time...Should the Staff page be changed? Anyone in contact with them? | |||
TheSwordofDoubt - Xemnas may not be eternal, but his speeches definitely are. TALK - Nanoha ain't called "The White Devil" for no reason. | |||
I don't think so. If they were gone, I personally think that they'd tell us they were taking a Wikibreak or something. | |||
I like to think that they ran off together. Yes, those two are sipping fruity drinks on a white beach in front of a green ocean, just letting the sea air flow. =) If you're wondering where they are, contact their User Talk pages. Then try E-Mail. | |||
I contacted MMIL on her Facebook. She's just rather busy with real life just now. | |||
If we get new mods
I was just thinking, if we get new mods we could use the after playable characters, since there are only 16 GF's. What do you think? - Sweet Dreams | |||
I think we shouldn't get new mods. Who's wiv meh? ILHI 13:54, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Not me. I think there is some well deserving people out there who would make good mods. - Valarie | |||
No, there are some deserving people who deserve to be listed here like most of our current moderators should have. What I'm trying to say is that Moderators are needed to keep the wiki standing -- Not to show good-editors above other editors. That's what CSM did wrong, Moderators should be the select few given the powers because admins believe they are the best users to keep the wiki in-shape, and not just any user that does extensive editing to the wiki. ILHI 14:18, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
True, as you would be a mod by know if that was the case - Tubthumping | |||
Bluerfn
Born from Darkness Talk · Contribs 20:38, 2 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
Er, Bluer got his position removed? Shouldn't Hecko's be removed as well? 'Cause, you know, we could always add Balthier as an image if we get a new admin. Now, for dribbling down little ideas for the Mod pictures, how about the Turks? | |||
BlueHighwind Q? 20:40, 2 April 2009 (UTC) TALK - So if you care to find me, look to the Western Sky!ツ: | |||
Don't worry. One of our present Mods will be upgraded to Admin, so ILHI can take their spot on the Mod table. And with Bluerfn gone I suppose the new Admin will take Gabranth unless they elect something different. | |||
BlueHighwind Q? 00:22, 8 April 2009 (UTC) TALK - So if you care to find me, look to the Western Sky!ツ: | |||
Now Faethin and 8bit can fight over Gabranth if they so choose. As for a final character, I suppose that Emperor Gramis can be picked, or perhaps Judge Cid. If I were going to choose, I'd take Judge of Wings. | |||
What is this? It seems that departed boss admin Bluerfn was removed of all mentions in the staff page! Is this a gesture of ungratefulness? This is far worse than the proposal I have below! How merciless >:O | |||
Deadlyslashsword - +It takes disaster to learn a lesson, but you're going to make it through the darkest nights+ TALK - 03:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC) - Some people betray and cause treason...we're gonna make everything alright. | |||
lol. Shane got demoted to Larsa. | |||
BlueHighwind Q? 12:23, 10 April 2009 (UTC) TALK - So if you care to find me, look to the Western Sky!ツ: | |||
Bluerfn wants nothing to do with this wiki anymore, so he voluntarily removed himself from the Staff page and even somehow got his Admin status removed. Of course, AJ-Baby, I truly must doubt that you ever cared about Bluerfn or anybody for that matter, so what is your point? | |||
Bluer should be mentioned. He should be mentioned up there, as an inactive admin. Yeah, he doesn't have his powers: but if he had just left and never returned, he would have been placed there. He got his powers removed by WikiaStaff and Diablo removed him from history. Whether Bluer asked for him to do that (likely) I don't know.
Still, just ignoring one of the greatest contributors to the FFWiki isn't right. He left because he felt he wasn't getting enough respect for all he was trying to do. To then have his name removed so he'll never be remembered for it. I don't know if it's just me, but I don't think that's right. ILHI 12:28, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
BlueHighwind Q? 12:31, 10 April 2009 (UTC) TALK - So if you care to find me, look to the Western Sky!ツ: | |||
He's still on the History Page. We're not Stalin's Russia. Leaving for not getting respect, I should give that idea a good bit of thinking. | |||
Every user thinks they don't get enough respect. You can't really find respect and thanks working on a wiki. Unless you're a WikiMercenary. ;) ILHI 12:36, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
My point is that it is merely a ruse. If the so-called "departed" administrator HeckoX returned, then it is likely Bluerfn does as well. Though if that was so then he is merely one underprivileged person, and will likely to receive lesser respect than he ever thought he'd received in his short tenure. "Respect" aside, whatever happened to being a fan of the series? Such is unbecoming of an administrator... On a more merry note, I do believe instead of Larsa, Shane613 should be given the image of Emperor Gramis - noting his apparent "death" and Diablocon be given the icon of Larsa to signify his continuation to servitude for the wiki. I failed to find that image, however. If anyone would be so kind? >:) | |||
A new feature if I may
I foresee that my petition would be successful and achieve its purpose. When that happens, the users may still want to be credited for their contribution - whatever it may be. Therefore, how it is if we create a special section of "Acknowledgment" for our ex-rollbackers. It is a good compromise, indeed >;3 | |||
Despite my good intentions, it was severely rejected by the administration. But of course, who indeed tolerates sudden changes and the loss of privileges? But no matter! My brand of edit shall reveal all truths >;3 | |||
Shane613
I think Shane613 should have an Occuria image instead of Larsa! After all, he IS the founder of the wiki. Digitopolis 06:49, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
MMIL
My Mind Is Lost will be missed for her contributions, her willingness to put up with some people's bull shit, and the fact she was a she (!). What should we do, though? I mean, do we remove her from the staff? If I'm offending people I'm sorry, but what do we do? | |||
Deadlyslashsword - +It takes disaster to learn a lesson, but you're going to make it through the darkest nights+ TALK - 01:07, 28 April 2009 (UTC) - Some people betray and cause treason...we're gonna make everything alright. | |||
Check the page's history. I already made the edit you suggested, but Faethin reverted it because she still has her Sysop powers. | |||
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If my fingers don't wrong me, there are 19 Rank III Yarhi in Revenant Wings. - Henryacores^ 22:15, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- That is exactly what I was going to suggest. Psst... one of them is Gilgamesh. ^^ Also, the arrangement of the mod portraits should be in the staggered 2-1-2 format as when XII Espers were used. I can upload those Rank III Yarhi portraits that we don't have if this is liked. 8bit 00:24, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- Dibs on Odin because the rest suck. Bar Gilgamesh. And Tiamat. But I want Odin. The VIII GF are the best summons in the entire series though. ILHI 15:38, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- We should not include portraits of inactive staffers. This page should be about knowing who's here to help and most mods aren't quite around anymore. Faethinte audio 15:44, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- ....True. There will probably never be more than 15 active mods at a time, so we could just keep the GF Images and attribute only active staffers to them. That's actually a better idea... 8bit 15:49, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- About that, CSM has been active recently. I removed the inactive comment but he don't got a portrait.
- And a lot of the mods classed as inactive are hardly inactive. Just not as active as the six at the top. Netherith, Hexed and Nelo? I see Netherith editing every now and then, and Hexed was in RC earlier today I believe. Nelo has uploaded some art recently I think. ILHI 15:56, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- We should not include portraits of inactive staffers. This page should be about knowing who's here to help and most mods aren't quite around anymore. Faethinte audio 15:44, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- Dibs on Odin because the rest suck. Bar Gilgamesh. And Tiamat. But I want Odin. The VIII GF are the best summons in the entire series though. ILHI 15:38, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
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- ? What makes you think we'll never have any new mods? You are correct in that all the mods are portraited and that we only have one wanting picture... GB2K has left the wiki for sure, so I'm going to put "No longer active next to his name and place ILHI with the Brothers. They're.. uh.. Behemothy enough I hope? 8bit 20:15, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
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It's inevitable that we will have more users on the staff at some point. ScatheMote 00:17, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Missing
Why isn't there a picture for CSM? He's still here. | |||
Faethin changed his status to inactive and therefore didn't give him an image. He had being editing recently so I changed his status... although I haven't seen him since. ILHI 08:56, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Oooo Matheus
Love my new image :D Renmiri 01:57, January 20, 2010 (UTC)
- PS: Vayne for CSM ? That's not right, make him Balthier is his favorite char :p Renmiri 01:57, January 20, 2010 (UTC)
- Wouldn't that make Shane Cid, since Balthier is Cid's.... er... protege of sorts? The crazy doctor fits Diablo better, I thinks :P 8bit 02:32, January 20, 2010 (UTC)
- How about making Shane Gerun the Occuria?Digitopolis 08:56, January 22, 2010 (UTC)
- Wouldn't that make Shane Cid, since Balthier is Cid's.... er... protege of sorts? The crazy doctor fits Diablo better, I thinks :P 8bit 02:32, January 20, 2010 (UTC)
Emptying the bin
Someone needs to delete the "Voted for Deletion" articles so that we can continue sifting through the remaining files and such. Netherith 12:24, May 24, 2010 (UTC)
CSS and JS
Which staff member, if any one in particular, is it best to ask about implementing new CSS/JS? I was thinking it might be worth adding the "tabber" div class. An example implementation can be seen here, and I think it might be really useful. The proliferation of collapsible tables on this wiki, while not a problem, could be reduced. As an example application, [[Template:FFVI Enemy|'''this template''']] has three collapsible sections, which could be replaced by tabs -- 22:25, June 13, 2010 (UTC)
- There was a discussion in the forum once. I think people said no. Or I said no, and few else cared. One of the two. 88.108.93.113 22:29, June 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Aha, found it. Forum:Tabs for multi-encounter enemies. Netherith suggested it, I said I don't like them, and 8bit and Drake didn't understand it. Now two have shown interest, it's two for, one against. 88.108.93.113 22:37, June 13, 2010 (UTC)
- I confess that I mainly want tabs 'cause I have a use planned in my Dissidia guide. In the end, my argument comes down to the one I used for USERNAME: basically we'd be adding it just for the sake of having another tool -- 08:47, June 14, 2010 (UTC)
It's just some CSS and JS code. It's not going to harm anyone if it's unused. We may not want use it in our articles, since our wiki's style is already defined and relies more on collapsible tables. Also, unlike KH wiki, which in the case of enemies, has one page for each of them and divides the information in tabs, we have several, and by several, I mean up to some 12 pages on an enemy with the same name. So we're not using tabs for those.
But if we ever do, even if it's not probable since we're so used to collapsable tables (<3), it's there. I vote yay. - Henryacores^ 09:58, June 14, 2010 (UTC)
Incidentally, there's still my initial question of whether there is one particular "best to ask" sysop when it comes to adding new CSS/JS. I just wanted to reiterate that enquiry; I'm sure I'm not the only user who has ever wanted to know this -- 10:10, June 14, 2010 (UTC)
Who used to be the one who added code here? Netherith 00:44, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
- I have no idea how any of this works :] Any admin other than me would be better to ask. If any mod knows what's going on, please do voice your opinion... 8bit 04:11, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
- Bluer, I think. - 11:26, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
- @Anon: I thought you were gone ILHI (I'm assuming it's you because you said it was you in that Forum who voted against it, and the only person who was against it was ILHI). {{User:A.J. two/Sig2} 13:13, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
- I em gone. 'sjust that something reminds me of the wiki, I visit, then I remember I started a discussion a while back, and return to keeping it going, and then get involved in other discussions. And then I stay on the wiki until every discussion I can remember is closed, or I'm reminded of the 'dead' feeling I got at ILHI's end. Last time it was that dead feeling.
- Dynamic IP = amount of contribution since ILHI's end is masked. Yeah, usually it's a similar IP, but sometimes it changes to something completely random. And I've seen many other 88s. 88.108.120.183 16:13, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
- So... should I go ahead and ask Bluer? @8bit, I know exactly what code to add, having successfully done so on my own wiki, but obviously I can't because I'm not a sysop on FFWiki. It's just a matter of permission, essentially -- 15:02, June 19, 2010 (UTC)
- @Anon: I thought you were gone ILHI (I'm assuming it's you because you said it was you in that Forum who voted against it, and the only person who was against it was ILHI). {{User:A.J. two/Sig2} 13:13, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
Click here for relevant linkage -- 19:38, June 23, 2010 (UTC)
Adminship
Is it hard to be one of the admins? s̅̅s̅̅o̅̅r̅̅c̅̅̅̅e̅̅n̅̅i̅̅v̅̅i̅̅d̅̅
Colour?
Who is responsible for changing the colour of links to this hideous teal colour? Please change it back, it actually hurts my eyes =/
Updating this thing
Should it not be mentioned that Mymindislost is no longer active, nor is Crazyswords? And that ILHI now edits under the name JBed or as an anon?C A T U S E03:25, December 10, 2011 (UTC)
- MMIL and CSM have been known to reappear once in a blue moon, and as for ILHI, I don't think the staff page is a proper place to chronicle his descent. I'm fine with the way it is. - +DeadlySlashSword+ 03:29, December 10, 2011 (UTC)
- ILHI is no longer active. He has not come back as a staff member. No need to mention. 79.69.193.145 04:04, December 10, 2011 (UTC)
Inactivity
With this I am trying to call out staff members to pro-actively define their status of activity with accuracy and responsibility. I'm not suggesting the use of timetables to illustrate it, or other complex methods, but I believe that despite the purely voluntary nature of the workings of the website and without trying to have affect upon it at all, the availability and the focus of each staff member's attention should be made more clear.
Fellow wikians and staff memebrs, thank you for your attention to this message. - Henryacores^ 18:59, February 26, 2013 (UTC)
- Put messages on talk pages. If they don't reply in four days they've failed the first test. :)
- Also, ILHI IS DEEEEEEAD!! JBed (talk) 19:37, February 26, 2013 (UTC)
- I'm sorry for the bluntness, but you didn't get the point. This is a request for each involved individual/user/staff member to take action and specify their situation, and is absolutely against that action by second or third parties. I personally oppose the enforcement of a status by anyone but the user, because users have a life beyond their time here, and I can assume that in most cases only they can be accurate.
- The message also applies to active users which have a conditioned availability. So, the keyword of the message is "their". - Henryacores 20:17, February 26, 2013 (UTC)
- I got the point-- Not that this is a place to discuss this, but if someone can't respond quickly to a request on their talk page then they are inactive, and if they later say otherwise they are either lying or their status has changed by the time they make a statement-- and then their stated status can be changed with their actual status. If a staff member happened to die, we shouldn't need them to tell us they are inactive to change it. That's all I'll say. JBed (talk) 20:32, February 26, 2013 (UTC)
- The message also applies to active users which have a conditioned availability. So, the keyword of the message is "their". - Henryacores 20:17, February 26, 2013 (UTC)
Acknowledgements
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Deadlyslashsword - +It takes disaster to learn a lesson, but you're going to make it through the darkest nights+ TALK - 04:16, July 19, 2013 (UTC) - Some people betray and cause treason...we're gonna make everything alright. | |||
It should be kept as it is. | |||
- Yeah, I don't think there should be an active/inactive distinction for them since it's not important, but I don't feel strongly either way. --Shockstorm (talk) 05:48, July 19, 2013 (UTC)
I am also of the opinion that acknowledgements shouldn't be divided between active and inactive. The section is for acknowledgements of past work, and unlike staff, knowing whether an acknowledged user is still active isn't useful. JBed (talk) 13:17, July 21, 2013 (UTC)
Social media and bots
Two things: First thing, can we add Calca and Brina images for Intangir Bot and DrakeyBot respectively, and put them in their sections for Administrators? The bots have admin powers even if they don't use them for anything but editing locked topics, but it's probably important to mention that the bots are there (and that they are run by wiki staff). Second and bigger thing is, I think we should add a section for the social media staff. That is, the ones who have the passwords to and update our Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and YouTube accounts. This is because it is semi-important to mention the people that update this stuff and can update it, and this is probably the most convenient place to list them. Technically, it doesn't relate to powers on the wiki, but they are wiki-related powers, and they are responsibilities on the wiki, as well as being things people should know about. And users in the Acknowledgement section have no powers anyway, yet still get mentioned here. | |||
First point: Yes, but I would put their images and user list separate from the rest of the admins.
Second point: Project:Facebook, Project:Twitter? JBed (talk) 23:44, September 2, 2014 (UTC)
- Hm, I was thinking it'd be like bcrats and sysops. Portrait table below, and a h3, under the admin h2. But their own h2 works.
- As for the project pages for the social medias; well, we should definitely link to them here, but I think the user lists on those page should probably also go on the staff one, as it means you don't have to click the individual project pages for them, and they're still technically staff. Sidenote, I guess a Project:YouTube would work, and could encourage more non-LP uses of the account. Project:Twitch would be useless since we only ever use that for LP.-- Technobliterator TC 23:56, September 2, 2014 (UTC)
- On the fence about Facebook and Twitter, but I don't mind adding that bit to my Staff description along with Drake, Cat, Jeppo and whoever else edits Twitter. And a strong yes to a bot section, a very good idea. Tia-Lewise 18:04, September 3, 2014 (UTC)
- I don't have access to twitter; but, yeah, agreed. Bots shouldn't get an h3 because unlike crats and sysops their job is not to do admin work but to make mass edits (which are sometimes facilitated by the ability to do admin work). Runescape Wiki has this thing but I don't think we really need it because unlike them, we don't have a small army of automated editors.
- Of course, we could also start using our Twitch account for something other than LP recordings... :DC A T U S E 02:47, September 4, 2014 (UTC)
- On the fence about Facebook and Twitter, but I don't mind adding that bit to my Staff description along with Drake, Cat, Jeppo and whoever else edits Twitter. And a strong yes to a bot section, a very good idea. Tia-Lewise 18:04, September 3, 2014 (UTC)
Bots are now added. Since it's not in the admin section we weren't obliged to use FFIV characters, so I used Shinryu and Omega, can be changed of course. I'm not the best at this stuff, so someone (probably Cat) might have to change descriptions. Are we adding social media? We can probably use VII images for those or something.-- Technobliterator TC 12:16, September 5, 2014 (UTC)
Inactive Section
Could we create an entire "Active" and "Inactive" section so that our staff page could look like less of a graveyard? I know it is great to acknowledge the contributions and celebrate our staff members, but more than half of our staff are inactive. The Moderator section is completely gray. If one of the points of this page is to direct new users to people who can help them, then having a mostly blank section for both admins and moderators is pretty useless. I'd say put the inactive or historical users on the bottom of the page. ----BlueHighwindツ 16:08, September 12, 2014 (UTC)
- The main reason the mod section is full of inactive mods is because generally the mods who stay active and work harder become admins anyway.-- Technobliterator TC 16:19, September 12, 2014 (UTC)
- Perhaps we should just remove their rights :) JBed (talk) 16:25, September 12, 2014 (UTC)
- I think the question asked should be more of what we consider as "active". I agree with BlueHighwind, in that it's to "direct new users to people who can help them", as well as it is to acknowledge their contributions. If we go by that, then activity should be more about whether they will respond when approached to help out and answer questions, than whether they contribute daily. The admin activity mentioned is true, but I'm sure the admins would be willing to help out with something if someone left them a note on their talk page.-- Technobliterator TC 17:20, September 12, 2014 (UTC)
- Not meaning to hijack this discussion here, but I'm also sure admins that decide to edit and stay a part of the content side of the community will be a lot more useful to users. Not only for being better equipped to answer one-off queries, but as staff who can actually support users editing the wiki (because RC). I'd definitely much rather put a more-than-a-couple-year-gone "talk-page responsive" admin in the same category as those who are not present at all, than with admins who continually keep an eye on the goings on and who know what good edits look like and what parts of the wiki need editing. Though I'm sure I've shared these opinions before so I just won't continue this. JBed (talk) 19:34, September 12, 2014 (UTC)
- Of course we could also mention the utter pointlessness of the Moderator section, other than being some kind of farming system for Admins. So if a Moderator is inactive, why even have them? --BlueHighwindツ 20:27, September 12, 2014 (UTC)
- Moderator system blows because mod rights should be given to every autoconfirmed user, since they're basically just editing utilities. Pretty much the only reason we don't remove user rights from inactive mods is because that requires crats to pay attention to that sort of thing. C A T U S E 23:11, September 12, 2014 (UTC)
- Of course we could also mention the utter pointlessness of the Moderator section, other than being some kind of farming system for Admins. So if a Moderator is inactive, why even have them? --BlueHighwindツ 20:27, September 12, 2014 (UTC)
- Not meaning to hijack this discussion here, but I'm also sure admins that decide to edit and stay a part of the content side of the community will be a lot more useful to users. Not only for being better equipped to answer one-off queries, but as staff who can actually support users editing the wiki (because RC). I'd definitely much rather put a more-than-a-couple-year-gone "talk-page responsive" admin in the same category as those who are not present at all, than with admins who continually keep an eye on the goings on and who know what good edits look like and what parts of the wiki need editing. Though I'm sure I've shared these opinions before so I just won't continue this. JBed (talk) 19:34, September 12, 2014 (UTC)
- I think the question asked should be more of what we consider as "active". I agree with BlueHighwind, in that it's to "direct new users to people who can help them", as well as it is to acknowledge their contributions. If we go by that, then activity should be more about whether they will respond when approached to help out and answer questions, than whether they contribute daily. The admin activity mentioned is true, but I'm sure the admins would be willing to help out with something if someone left them a note on their talk page.-- Technobliterator TC 17:20, September 12, 2014 (UTC)
Mod layout
I think I figured out why I don't like the look of the grid with the middle row like that. Because it creates three borders around an empty space. Numerous character select screens in games put the fewest-numbered icons in the top row, TTT2 comes to mind.
So if you were to have less icons in a middle-row, it would have to have no more than 1-less-icon than an above or below row to not offend me. JBed (talk) 06:29, December 8, 2014 (UTC)
- I think this is probably an all-time low for relevant conversations I've contributed to. That being said, I personally like the look of the mod layout just fine as it is. The shape kind of reminds me of the old-fashioned movie reels, actually. The layout of modboxes is really one of the most subjective things I can think of to comment on, so unless there is substantial (?) outcry (??), the people who like the current layout (and I can think of at least three) do outnumber those who do not. Jimcloud 07:12, December 8, 2014 (UTC)