User talk:Bennie

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Welcome on my talkpage
Hi everybody, welcome on my talkpage. If you want to say something to me feel free to post it here! Have fun in Tibia ;)

Administrator Application
Hi Bennie, again. I thought long and hard about what you said on my talk page and really decided that it can't hurt to try applying right now, so here's my application.

Admin Application: Now, as I’ve been told, an Admin should have significant contributions to TibiaWiki before applying. (Not really required but of course it gives the applicant a better chance). Not that I consider my contributions insignificant, but I don’t think many will consider them significant. I haven’t added anything really huge to this, but if all the Admins spend their time adding huge things, who will take care of the proofreading and small edits? That’s why I’m here. I’m applying because I feel like I can do better things and expand on what I already do ten-fold. The reason for my not-so-huge edits is because most of my time spent on here is when I’m at work, and I have no access in-game. If I had the access, I’d be gathering NPC sounds and house screenshots for you, but unfortunately right now that’s not a prominent option. I spend a good amount of time on here each day, about 2-4 hours and I’m always looking for more information to add in. After the update hype cools down, I hope to get more active on the larger stuff, but for now there is plenty of work for me to do making sure everyone keeps their edits accurate and making sure vandalism stays to a minimum. I am also working on mastering html code, and I think I’m good with the wiki markups.

Some information about myself: I’ve been playing tibia since 2003, and was a “noob” up until 2005. I started on Amera, but moved to Keltera because my real-life friend got himself hunted. We thrived there. I joined the guild Harmony after some time on the server (I was around level 15) and ever since I have been a member on one character or another. I’ve been around the power cycle. I’ve been in the hunted guilds, the peaceful neutral guilds, the war guilds, and the “nobody” guilds. I find myself back in Harmony and that is where I will remain. I am currently level 128 (was 129) on my highest level character, though my main character is level 83. (Note I only included in-depth info for experience reasons and the guild name because it’s semi-reputable)

My username (obvious) is Myst Leingod, and my main characters are Myst Leingod and Myst Morningstar. I hope that my application will be considered and I am willing to do whatever is asked of me to help your decision. I don’t feel comfortable posting my email address here, but I will give you it if it’s necessary.

I guess that’s it! Let me know what you think, really. I want to do everything I can to help the community. I'll answer any questions you have and take any advice you give.

Looking forward to your replies,

 † Myst Leingod †  † Talk †  16:21, December 21, 2010 (UTC)

I read your application, but I need some time to think about it. -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 12:00, December 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Why do you want to be an admin anyway? My personal reason was to edit the templates and make more impacting edits to the wiki without restriction. That doesn't seem to be your area, you don't really edit that much as it is. Do you want to help stop vandals? If so you've got a reasonable power in rollback, not great I agree. If it's for a sort of power trip - seriously not worth your dedication, this is a really thankless job. People only ever complain about this wiki, so you have do admin work for yourself. Personally I wouldn't make you an admin just yet, for one we've got plenty of active admins and we don't want to make the entire active community admin. I would like to see you around the wiki some more though, mainly due to you having some decent english (hard to come by as I'm sure you've noticed in tibia). None of this was meant to be offensive and it's good to have goals, I just think it's too early.  Craggles  ಠ_ಠ  Talk ∙ Contribs  12:51, December 22, 2010 (UTC)

Of course there was no offense taken, Craggles. I understand that the job is thankless, it sounds a lot like what I deal with in rl for a job honestly. I don't feel that the power will do much for me, well, because.. it's really not that much power at all. I totally understand that there are enough active administrators as of right now and I also see where you're coming from. If it were for a simple power trip, I'm sure there would be something easier to shoot for than this. What I really love to do is help people. I love to know that I'm helping (however little it may be) to keep information in this wiki correct. I have used it countless times, as have many of my friends. Whenever a problem appears I or someone else often says "check wiki" and the information is almost always right. I can't say that I'll come up with all sorts of fancy templates, or write a nice javascript application, but I can tell you that I will devote myself to keeping information on here correct. It's a small thing but very important (at least in my eyes). If my application is rejected for any reason, I'll still be here helping out. I completely agree, too, with the fact that there should not be too many active admins. As I said above (I think I did at least, O.o) I'm usually at work for most of the day. When I start to have a bit more time (after the new year begins) I will work more on getting house screenshots because I've noticed that we're lacking in that area.

Anyway, I hope this helped clarify my intentions. There's no rush/pressure either, guys. I'm not going to leave if you tell me I can't be an admin, and I'm not going to disappear if you take too long to give an answer. These things take time and that is completely understood. It may be too early, but I don't see any harm done by submitting an application now. Anyway, sorry if I rambled, and I tried to address all of your points, Craggles. Feel free to fire more questions at me. Thanks, --  † Myst Leingod †  † Talk †  13:43, December 22, 2010 (UTC)

I thought about it and although I don't have large objections I think it's good to let some trust/bond grow. Therefore your application is rescheduled/postponed for 2 months, which is February 21, 2010. This also has some other reasons which I can't tell right now but will be announced soon. In other words, you are doing fine right now, just keep up the good job and we'll see again in some time :) -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 19:12, December 22, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for considering me, and I half expected a result like this. I have only been really active for a short time and you can't just trust anyone. :) Glad to help out here.  † Myst Leingod †  † Talk †  19:15, December 22, 2010 (UTC)

Infobox's
I've had the idea for ages now that we could try and pure the core mechanics of the infoboxes on a seperate template. Things like the outline box the location and situation of the information in the corners of the templates. I know it's not entirely necessary, hell there's nothing wrong with the templates currently. I just like the idea of an all emcompassing Template:Infobox - may even tie in nicely with your configuration template.  Craggles  ಠ_ಠ  Talk ∙ Contribs  22:41, January 3, 2011 (UTC)

Mmm, your ideas sounds cool someway but I don't see a direct advantage. Wouldn't it confuse new/newer editors who want to try to understand how our infoboxes work? Actually it's already kinda complicated for me.. But you can try just for the fun of it. -- Bennie (talk ~ fellows) 15:45, January 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Might be easier to read the code ..maybe. My idea is to take all those excessive bits of html and jam them in a template. So the templates would be in parametres like | topleft= |topright= |width= |colour=, most would be redundant no doubt but it'd be cool to change them on the fly. I'm not going to start it just yet, just mulling the ideas.  Craggles  ಠ_ಠ  Talk ∙ Contribs  16:27, January 4, 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism
The user User:Jeshiia ( talk &bull; contribs &bull; [ bot contribs] &bull; [ block log] &bull; block ) has vandalized. Please review their edits and take appropriate actions if necessary.

This person has continuously changed the other user's page, and looking into the rev history it looks as if it's been going on for a while. I reverted his edit and wrote on his talk page, but saw today that he just made the edit again, completely disregarding my comment. --  † Myst Leingod – ' ₪ Talk ₪ ' – Contribs †  13:32, January 5, 2011 (UTC)