Help talk:User Levels

Points system
I dont think there should be a way for points to be subtracted. Also, how does recruiting work? What are gifts? Spartan 107 17:46, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I was wondering the same thing. --Charles II 02:18, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Does the point system include work done before the point system was enacted? I have quite a few edits, but my points seem to say that I have only just signed up.

I want to know how to recruit users and give thumbs-ups to comments. If someone knows, please send me a message (I'll sent you one of the presents). ~Epeu

Some of the ex-Users have been given points from the contribs they made (explained how Esemono got 82000 when he hasn't edited in a year)... Yet i had to start from the beginning and i can't find an ending to MY contrib. list even when i use 500x per page!.Forerunner 15:58, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

arent i supposed to get points for the "Never Ending Quiz?" p.s. i'm new here,so dont flame me plz


 * They removed that a while ago. It still says you get points, but you don't get any. Only way to get points is to edit articles - constructively. Smoke My pageMy talkMy Editcount 01:45, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Automatic Points?
I'm just wondering if what I believe to be true, is in fact true. As the title may suggest, I believe that I, somehow very slowly managed to accumulate points after having had spent months of inactivity on my Halopedia user account. I may be mistaken, since it was a long time since I had last seen my number of points before my short departure. I'm just wondering if this does happen, a gradual increase in points or maybe just weird, unfixed bugs that randomly change your points after periods of time, possibly exemplified by other reports here? Probably I'm just mistaken, any answers resembling helpfulness are appreciated. Thx (Unscientifical 23:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC))

Hmmmmm.... That's intersesting, i See...Maginot Sphere 09:27, 15 December 2011 (EST)

Screw Up
What the hell is going on with this system? I've just signed back in to realise i lost about 6,000 points, what the hell is going on? Please reply.

Pyro Python 16:32, 25 February 2008 (UTC) Apprentice - 1500pts - 0% required to be edits Private - 1,750pts - 5% required to be edits Corporal - 2,500pts - 10% required to be edits And so on and so forth. Meco 05:23, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The system has been redone. Heavy emphasis has been placed on editing the actual wiki, and a user will recieve far fewer points for doing the "fun" things. This is because edits constructively contribute to the wiki, fun stuff does not. Points may fluctuate for different users as this system is set across the user board. You all will have to firgive what a messy transition this may seem to be; Wikia is using Halopedia as a testing site for this skin before they consider applying it to all of the wikia wikis. -- E D [[Image:ArmyROTC.gif|15px]] 21:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * If you ask me, 'fun' stuff is still worth too much. If the points system is supposed to reflect the user's contribution to the wiki, it's ridiculous to see users like User:Charles_II or User:Kal-117 with so many points with barely any edits to their usernames. Although a better solution might be to have the current point values stay, but have the rank title be dependent not only on the amount of points you have, but also on the proportion of those points that were made by actually doing some work. So it might work something like:

You still get 5 points for answering polls... OlinBiz2010 02:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No you don't. The system just says you do, because it hasn't been changed. -- Specops306 ,  Kora  'Morhek  02:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Complete
This list doesnt even seem complete. Why don't we earn points for uploading a file or putting stuff in discussion? Ghost elite 01:25, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Well for 'putting stuff in discussion', it would be because you are not really 'contributing' to a page, or help much (unless someone is thinking the same) and only talking about something, in this case, talking about User Levels, and for uploading files, all you are doing is uploading something, but that is what I think. 343guilty-caboose 23:34, 29 May 2008 (UTC) Yeah

Question about adding friends
How do you add friends and foes to your list.Deltacommander 03:05, 6 March 2008 (UTC)Deltacommander

Please take that to an admin's talk page. Anyways, you have to click "add as a friend" on a user's page. Then you have to wait for them to approve of it.--Shade  10:45, September 29, 2009 (UTC)

Points Alteratrion
So, is this for real, or do we have a vandal here? If it is real, i do agree with most of this, but the recruitment reduction is pointless because adding a new Halopedian is helping Halopedia in a great way, there is one more person that can help Halopedia's cause to become THE source for Halo information.

Pyro Python 17:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

A complaint about user levels (no, it's not about points)
If you get 1000 points from signing up, then what is the Recruit user status for? I mean, really, you get 1000 points for signing up, and getting to Apprentice requires 1000 points. I mean you should remove either the points you get for signing up, or the rank of Recruit.

--GravHammer Lover 20:49, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Recruit is probably anonymous users. I dunno.--Shade  10:46, September 29, 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, some people just sign up to change just ONE thing they either dont like or they think is wrong. Maginot Sphere 09:22, 15 December 2011 (EST)

Highest level/points
Who currently is the highest level/has the most points? 343guilty-caboose 00:23, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


 * ED, a Halopedia original. -- -- The Sarge My Comm LineWhat I've done 00:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

General of the army
Should we name this grand title to something humorous, like "General of the Halopedian army", or "General of the UNSC army"? I think we should. It would show that Halopedia isn't a boring community.Thunderstream328  Here me rawr Stuff I've done 12:26, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I think we should name it General of the UNSC Army, General of the Seperatist Army, General of the Loyalist Army and General of the Flood Army, for people who want to choose the faction they like. Tartarus


 * I think you should stop point-whoring. I don't care if you want to be "General of the Loyalist Army", point-whoring isn't the way to do it. General   simon   r  j  h 14:21, 29 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, Exactly. Everyone knows you point-whore, Tartarus. That's enough for a ban. So your comment will be ignored.Thunderstream328 [[Image:Thunderstream328.jpg|15px]] Here me rawr Stuff I've done 18:27, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

That was also one of my questions aswell, how do you send, or recieve gifts, what are they?? are they figures of our emagination :S jk, but seriously what are they??


 * I can't tell you if you don't sign your name.Thunderstream328 My Wiki Userpage  [[Image:Thunderstream328.jpg|15px]] My board Here me rawr Stuff I've done 18:20, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, the ranks in the points system should be more creative. Don't just follow the Military Ranks in the real world. Also, I would like to point out that erasing others' comment is not quite polite. General CW 21:35, August 7, 2010 (UTC)

Elite Ranks?
What if you don't want a human rank, you should be able to choose if you want an Elite rank or a UNSC rank. It would be a lot better! Something like:


 * Minor - 0 Points
 * Major - 1,500 Points
 * Ranger - 2,000 Points
 * Stealth - 3,000
 * Special Operations - 5,000
 * ect.

It would be really cool, and if any admins or anyone wants to consider it, I have a whole list and points per rank.

I think that'd be great. Just like in Reach.Maginot Sphere 09:21, 15 December 2011 (EST)

I like your idea!!! .-User:Master of Halo-

Avatar
I wonder how do they get 2000 points by getting an avatar? Double  Agent   Rtas 'Vadam  03:22, January 2009(UTC)

wtf?
What happened to the images? Why are half of them messed up? <font color="#4169E1">— <font color="6495ED">ыţ <font color="#87CEEB">ιιб <font color="#008080">TALK • <font color="#66CDAA">CONTRIBUTIONS • <font color="#228B22">AWARDS


 * Subtank did it. It was a mistake. — Ko ug  er  ma  st  er  s ,  Lo  rd   of   Va  li  nor  09:34, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

This page contradicts itself
As per the title. Apparently, everything gives ZERO points. — Ko ug  er  ma  st  er  s ,  Lo  rd   of   Va  li  nor  09:34, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Will be fixed.  Smoke Sound off! 07:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Nah, you're looking at the example.  Smoke Sound off!

Serious Mistake
There is a mistake in the highest ranks. General is actually after Brigadier General, and not after Lieutenant General. Commander Tony is a General, and he has 500.000+ points, not 800.000. Also, he was a Brigadier General before that. - JEA13  [ iTalk  ] 21:06, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Thought I was the only one that noticed that.  Smoke Sound off! 07:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)


 * CT undid your edit lol! And he is the one who should agree with this! How can he be a General with 526.000 points, and, while he saw that the page says 500.000 points - Major General, undo it?! Wtf... - JEA13  [ iTalk  ] 13:29, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

hmm..
Even if the thing says we get zero Pt.s for doing stuff. iff we do them do we still get the reg. points?-MaXxEdGaMeR117


 * Don't know if we get the default points for a wiki, but we do get points. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%">[[Image:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] DavidJCobb  14:00, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

wth
i have 3300 points but my rank is only a private, why is that?
 * You have 2000 points, according to your profile. And the next time you edit a talk page, please read the little bold-print text above the edit box. :| <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%">[[Image:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] DavidJCobb  22:25, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

I noticed
The chart at the very bottom shows 0 on all of the things you can do. There is also some slight spam, but this is a protected page. It is somewhere in the middle in the How it works section. It says the same thing as it did at the top of the page.--<span style="background:Gold;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><font color="Black">Shade  10:39, September 29, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm putting emphasis on this. The chart would be somewhat helpful, but with how it looks now, it isn't. PX1'7'3 09:55, February 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * The chart at the very bottom is made by Wikia and not by us. With that said, we cannot fix it by editing the page (If you click "View Source", you should see that the chart is non-existent). This applies to most, if not all, Help pages. I call them Ghost Templates! Anyway, refer to the first chart as it is the most accurate and up to date (Well, we haven't had any social feature updates since Summer 2009)...- <font face="Century Gothic"> <font color="#FF4F00">5 əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7 aŋk (<font color="#FF4F00">7alk ) 12:11, February 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh well, better than nothing. Although I think you should add some more... to the point values I mean. PX1'7'3 14:50, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

/* How Do You Activate the points sytem for other wikis */
I have my own wiki that i would love to be able to have ranks and points in but who in the world do you do it?

I NEED this system for my wiki! Mojo22106 05:12, August 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * This system is only available to wikis who participated in the Social Tools experience. It has been discontinued by Wikia.- <font face="Century Gothic"> <font color="#FF4F00">5 əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7 aŋk (<font color="#FF4F00">7alk ) 06:21, August 28, 2010 (UTC)