User talk:Manticore/Archive 2

Reply to the UNSC Army Ranks
The UNSC Army and UNSC Marine Corps ranks are the exact same for the Warrant Officer and Officer ranks. Though the UNSC Army Enlisted and NCO ranks/pay grades are quite different. But this is based off of US Army ranks, which seem to be the basis for Halo's UNSC rank structure.....CommanderTony 23:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

You're Famous Now! =D
Dear ,

Hello! My name's RelentlessRecusant (I think you probably know me =D), and I just wanted you to know that you've been featured in my fanfiction chronicles - Ghost.

Before you start asking "WTF, RR?!" (oh wait, you only can call me RR if you're in the "RR homie club" =D), Ghost is basically a series of modern-day military situations set in the years 2000 and 2005 (and further years when I continue to expand it =D) featuring Halopedians as characters...I encourage you to check it out and have fun ridiculing yourselves and your fellow Halopedians! =D

If you're sufficiently interested and want to let peeps know about your character, just go to Halopedia:Project Userbox, and place userboxes on your page telling peeps that pass by about your character. =D

Questions about the fanfic, me, userboxes, Halo, life, or the crzzy stuff that happens in my fanfic? =D Message me as always at my talk page. Hope to see you soon to chat with you about my fanfic! =D

Best regards,

Gho st I nsi de the M ach ine ''(Whisper through the Storm ) (My Journeys ) (Omens ) 22:14, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Unused Page
Hey Esemono. I noticed in recent changes that you deleted Image:Odst halo3.jpg because "not going to use then erase". According to the unused images page, however, it says "other web sites may link to an image with a direct URL, and so may still be listed here despite being in active use." Anyways, I just think Halopedia shouldn't delete images that aren't in use, because they may have a use in the future. Cheers,  Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 10:49, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up I've changed the unused images page text as recomended. -- Esemono 04:44, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * OK then. Good to have clarification. --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 06:41, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hey Esemono,

As the most recently active administrator, I am directing this message to you. Please acknowledge that you have received it so I do not have to bother the other admins.

User:218.56.144.42 recently added the following code to Bulletin Board/ - Buy cheap viagra online

I have left the user a warning at User_talk:218.56.144.42 and redirected the page to Bulletin Board.

You may wish to preemptively block him/her, or take other actions. I'll leave that up to you.

 Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 08:41, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Done, good eye -- Esemono 08:44, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Covenant of Halopedia
With regard to whether we (CoH) do anything, you could start by reading the page, then reading about the feature article, then reading the history and contributions of the users to find that the CoH is doing some good in cleaning up and improving pages. In case there is any confusion, this reply was meant to be informative and any hostility was unintentional. It's just me, I don't sugar coat stuff. Peace. --James-001 09:45, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

RE: Organisation
I have messaged both RR and Dragonclaws about putting something on the main page but nothings happened .... maybe their ignoring me ? Oh well I have tried --Ares.117 18:25, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

CfD
Hey Esemono. There's a new page been created, Close Quarters Combat, that I'm sure can just be trashed now without leaving it lying around for a while. Cheers,  Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 04:25, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Done -- Esemono 10:33, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Cheers,

Gho st I nsi de the M <font color="#808080">ach <font color="#A9A9A9">ine <font color="#808080">''(<font color="#808080">Whisper through the Storm ) (<font color="#808080">My Journeys ) (<font color="#808080">Omens ) 13:45, 18 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah... I didn't join. --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 01:45, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Cheers,

<font color="#D3D3D3">Gho <font color="#A9A9A9">st I <font color="#808080">nsi <font color="#000000">de the M <font color="#808080">ach <font color="#A9A9A9">ine <font color="#808080">''(<font color="#808080">Whisper through the Storm ) (<font color="#808080">My Journeys ) (<font color="#808080">Omens ) 13:45, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Ensign
Useless info? What do you mean? The article barely had any info. I just made it bigger. It was small.

--Spartan 1 1 7 15:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Master Chief Petty Officer
Excuse me, but I don't believe i've made any edits to this page. ALso, seeing how i've implemented the Covenant Rank and Species infoboxes to the site and all by other contributions to the other articles, i'd say i've done a decent job of creating something useful.

Seeing this, why did you post this on my page?

== RE: Master Chief Petty Officer == +   + Your edits to this page were considerably unhelpful. Instead of turning this into another trashy fan site, why don't you contribute something of value to Halopedia. --  Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 10:23, 23 March 2007 (UTC) <tt> Dude984 </tt> [ Communications ] - [ Contributions ] 13:59, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Never mind. Sorry. I did make [one edit]. However, i moved a picture and switched to a semi-updated UNSC rank infobox (i need to finish that). So, why all the hostility? <tt> Dude984 </tt> [ Communications ] - [ Contributions ] 14:03, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm...yeah, no offense, Manticore, but I don't see what Dude984 did that was rlly wrong on MCPO...except for being...ugly? =D jkjk =D ;D Cheers, <tt>Rainbow Six Vegas</tt>  [[Image:R6V_1.jpg|20px]] - Frag 'n Clear ]]- [[Image:R6V_2.jpg|20px]] - Smoke 'n Clear ]]- [[Image:R6V_3.jpg|20px]] -  Suppressors On  - 14:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Response on Dude974's talk page. --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 09:17, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

FanArt Committee Members
Hey Esemono.

Quick question - why don't we have voting against users as well as for them in FanArt Committee nominations? We do for the Featured Article and other voting situations.

Thanks,  Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 09:49, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't really want the negative thing that was something that RR added. But it wouldn't be a good idea for the FanArt Committee because A)Hardly anyone votes for it and if there was negative votes no one would get elected B)Negative votes would cause bad blood and a lot of members can't take ANY kind of critism. -- Esemono 13:52, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I was thinking about what you said, and it's true that only a small percentage of users ever vote in it. I've taken the liberty of temporarily changing the current events template on the main page, to inform users that elections are taking place. --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 09:43, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. Interest seems to have picked up. -- Esemono 02:09, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

YOU RUINED IT!!!
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY THE SAME THING!!! D= =( D; (=3 ;D 24.251.106.233 04:52, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

FanArt Committee
Hey Esemono. Quick question regarding FanArt nominations - are users allowed to nominate themselves? I don't want to nominate myself, but I've noticed a few users who have on the page. Since it isn't expressly stated either way, it'd be good if one of the admins could post something on the page so it's clear. Also, while it's sort of obvious, I think there should be something about FanArt members being excluded if they get blocked. Or even - having a rule that they can't have been blocked (ever, or in the last six months or whatever), to be nominated/elected - sort of a like a good standing clause. Just some thoughts, let me know what you think. Oh and hope you don't mind me chipping in on your other messages. Cheers,  Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 14:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No worries, thanks for helping me out. As for the FanArt nominations, at the moment users are allowed to nominate themselves but you don't have to do that as you already have a vote for you. -- Esemono 16:47, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Cabal
Dear Manticore,

I direct your attention to - Halopedia talk:Cabal. The top of the page. =D

Cheers,

<tt>Rainbow Six Vegas</tt>  - Frag 'n Clear ]]-  - Smoke 'n Clear ]]-  -  Suppressors On  - 00:01, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Rollback
Hey Esemono. I noticed (when looking at this page's history actually), that I've been given rollback status. Not complaining, just wondering why and who by (there doesn't appear to be a page for user access changes). Cheers,  Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 05:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Had a quick look at the user's with rollback status and noticed that one of them, User:Anaba 'Eesoree has less than 500 edits. I don't want to come across as a bastard but that really isn't all that many and most of them were user and user talk page edits. Why have they been given rollback? --  Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 05:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I gave rollback to all "council" members of the AVC and User:Anaba 'Eesoree happens to be one. -- Esemono 06:40, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not on the AVC council, not even a member. --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 13:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah the Admins decided to hand it out to other trusted users who are on here all the time. -- Esemono 01:37, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Apparently thats just me then - the other 6 users with rollback are on AVC council (except for Donut) --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 14:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Well Esemono, I'm very grateful. Both for the rollback, and for your prompt responses to my seemingly endless questions. And thankyou for nominating me for another term on the FAC. Alas, it was not to be, but I'm actually kind of glad - it means I can concentrate on university and (attempt) to spend less time on here. --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 14:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah I know what you mean ... it's embarrassing how much time I spend on here but I can't stop. -- Esemono 04:25, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

American Voting Age
The age for voting is 18, although there have been some efforts to lower it to 16 (possibly requiring you take a test to prove you understand how politics work). Military age is 17, and I believe there have been some special cases where 18-year-old soldiers were allowed to drink.* There was also a law in Wisconsin that allowed minors to drink in bars if accompanied by a parent, but this was removed a few years ago (I'm not sure about other states).

* I'm not an expert on the military, and I'm just trying to remember a news article I read, so this might not be entirely accurate. -- Dragon<font color="FF0000">c laws ( talk ) 10:01, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

User:SCOUSE 1 G
Dear Manticore,

There's a policy at Wikipedia called "Assume Good Faith". Often, newer editors don't understand the organization of pages and add irrelevant information at the wrong places or just don't understand how to format their article. I am strongly against banning this user, which will probably piss him off considerably, and Halopedia will lose another editor.

Cheers,

<tt>Rainbow Six Vegas</tt>  - Frag 'n Clear ]]-  - Smoke 'n Clear ]]-  -  Suppressors On  - 12:37, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

My sig
Ya, I put in which shows up as whoever reads it's username. I did it as a joke but removed it as I knew it would cause controversy. Sorry if I bothered you.--Gerzam [Communications] [Past Battles] 13:56, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Ya, I understand that which is why I removed it since I knew it could cause problems.--Gerzam [Communications] [Past Battles] 13:55, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Gears Of War
Manticore,

you seriously don't know what Gears Of War is? well well well, I think you ought to play it by the way, IT IS NOT A LESSER GAME, I am a strong supporter of Halo, (the 1 and 2, and definately the 3) but THE GUN WITH A CHAINSAW ON IT WAS INGENIOUS!!


 * over and out,-user:SPARTAN-077 7:18, April 11, 2007

RE: Master Cheif
Please review this (former) redirect page nominated for deletion. --  Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 12:56, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I find mispelling redirects useful when navigating pages. -- Esemono 13:30, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I've corrected the spelling on the pages that used that as a link in any case, so there's something to be proud of ... Halopedia knows how to spell 'Chief' LOL --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 02:02, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Darth Gree
This user has moved their userpage & talk page to different names. While I respect users' rights to modify their own pages, this goes beyond that. It has the potential to confuse many users. Could you please move the pages back and talk to the user.

Thanks,  Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 09:56, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't see it causing much trouble and besides he will probably abaddon his account in a few days anyway. -- Esemono 13:35, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * OK then. --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 02:02, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

User:SCOUSE 1 G
This user has made nonsense edits to a couple of pages. Suggest a short ban, as he/she goes back and makes similar changes once edits have been reverted. --  Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 11:01, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * There's a policy at Wikipedia called "Assume Good Faith". Often, newer editors don't understand the organization of pages and add irrelevant information at the wrong places or just don't understand how to format their article. I am strongly against banning this user, which will probably piss him off considerably, and Halopedia will lose another editor. Cheers, <tt>Rainbow Six Vegas</tt>  [[Image:R6V_1.jpg|20px]] - Frag 'n Clear ]]- [[Image:R6V_2.jpg|20px]] - Smoke 'n Clear ]]- [[Image:R6V_3.jpg|20px]] -  Suppressors On  - 12:37, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I am aware of the Wikipedia policy. However, I believe that this user deliberately vandalised pages after his earlier changes were reverted, suggesting AGF did not apply. This is why I left it up to the discression of Esemono as whether or not he wants to ban the user. --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 11:52, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * If he continues I will take action as it stands his intentions aren't really clear. -- Esemono 13:35, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * As long as you're aware it may be a problem later. I do recognise he may just be playing around and getting a feel for things. --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 02:02, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

FanFiction

 * User:MLG Cheehwawa/Halo Infinity
 * User:MLG Cheehwawa/CR77 Combat Rifle

You may wish to advise the user to contact RR to organise Fanon pages, if you feel these pages classify as FanFiction (I believe they do). --  Manticore  TalkundefinedCSV 14:23, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Not really FanFiction more of a "wishlist" type deal. People are allowed to discuss Halo and what they want out of games. -- Esemono 13:35, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * OK then. As long as it stays off mainspace. --  Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|25px]] TalkundefinedCSV 02:02, 12 April 2007 (UTC)