Halopedia talk:Administrators

Halopedia Leaders

Well, since we have moved from the old location, It seems like AgentSeethroo has stoped coming here altogether. Porplemontage and Buz almost never come here, and I don't see any admins from the previous site. So who is in charge of Halopedia now? Is Dragonclaws the only leader? Is there need for any more Admins? -ED 04:08, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

User:Porplemontage and User:Dragonclaws are the admins of the site --210.174.41.209 04:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I know that. But Porplomontage only visits the site once a month or so, at least according to his contribs. That leaves Dragonclaws to perform all the duties of an admin. -ED 05:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

And what persay are the duties of the admin? My understanding the only differnce is that between an admin and other users is that admin can grant admin status to normal users ... and delete pages which never happens here anyway. --210.174.41.209 15:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

And ban vandals, and edit system messages (like the copyright note at the bottom of an editing page). I would have to agree that we are not at full power with only one admin. However, I don't find this much different than the norm. AgentSeethroo would only pop in occasionally to talk about where he wanted Halopedia to go, Porplemontage only handled the technical side, and Buz only showed up at the very begining before leaving. Now that we've moved, I'm not sure who's in charge anymore myself. --Dragonclaws 19:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

If you would like, I wouldn't mind becoming an admin to help you out. Thats only if you need/want help, though. Just thought I would offer. -ED 03:13, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer. It sounds good, I'd appreciate the help. --Dragonclaws 06:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Yup. I'll do what I can to help you now. -ED 02:49, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind helping you out as an admin either. I'm on this site frequently clicking that Random Page button for some articles to read and maybe correct.--Jack-137 14:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for volunteering, but I think I'd prefer sticking with Ed for now. --Dragonclaws 04:16, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Admin policy

We need to state a clear admin policy we can't just be passing out admin rights to everyone. Now with more admins we don't know if they're going to just give admin privilages to all their friends, people the community hasn't chosen. We need a clear policy of voting in New Admins. --210.174.41.209 00:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• There is only one new admin, and that is me. I have been part of Halopedia for almost a year now, and I can assure you, I would not just randomly give out admin privledges. I was given them because, as per a concern I have had over the past year, there has been only one admin actively monitoring the site. I don't intend to make new admins without consulting Dragonclaws. In fact I leave it up to him entirely if he wants more admins. The general policy is stated on Halopedia:Administrators. -ED 02:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• As long as ED doesn’t go power mad there’s nothing wrong with him being an Admin, and it seems for now that two Admin’s will be enough. But as ED say’s on his user page “With three more books, another game and a full length motion picture planned for the future, I suspect Halopedia will double, maybe triple, in size.” So there may be need for more help in the future. -Climax Viod 11:13, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

• Agreed. -ED 21:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
• Agreed as well--Ryanngreenday 17:26, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

New Admin

The User:Zervon , needs to be added to the Admin list as he was able to protect this page, User:Zervon/monobook.css. Protecting a page is one of the things only admins can do right? Maybe this guy was made admin by User:ED as one of Ed's support staff or does this particluar type of page become protected when ANYbody creates it?--John117 02:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I didn't give him admin privledges, and the page you linked to doesn't appear to be protected? -ED 21:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Esemono

Esemono's an admin right? Angela gave him the admin powers so he could upload the logo here. So, should he be added to the list? --Dragonclaws 08:09, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I didn't know that. Well, if he is, he should be added. According to the stats page there are only four admins, AgentSeethroo, Porplemontage, Dragonclaws, and ED. (Buz never recreated his profile, I suggest he be removed.) -ED 18:58, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Correction: It now reads five admins. So I would say adding Esemono is ideal. -ED 01:55, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Another correction: It seems to be switching between 5 and 4. At least on my comp. Well, I'll leave it as is. -ED 19:04, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

AgentSeethroo never came here, though, did he? So his account would not have been made an admin, making the list: Dragonclaws, Ed, Esemono, and Porplemontage. Perhaps the fifth one could have been confusion over Angela, or just a glitch. --Dragonclaws 22:25, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Halopedia Leaders

I am new hear, but I have been waching this site for some time, and the data is coming along smothly, I would like to try to be a Halo Administrator, and if I become one I will try to help Halopedia the best that I can.--Darth nexes 18:48, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Administrators should be elected by the Main Editors of Halopedia, chosen because they think they would do the best job and help to expand Halopedia. --Climax Viod 11:23, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I concur, but the standards for administration would be very high, and an intricate system be set up. Hell, admins are only necessary for blocking vandals. Actually, do block J!MMY808. Just see the ~10 fanfic articles he wrote and the vandalism he did to the UNSC Carrier and UNSC Supercarrier pages b4 Vlad and I reverted those blasphemous edits and tagged those pages 4 deletion. Cheers,RelentlessRecusantFile:Jedi Order.jpg 15:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

• Agreed,--User:JohnSpartan117 [1] 19:48, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Angela

Angela is the cofounder of the wiki software, and so she has automatic sysop rights on every wikia wiki that exists, including ours. It surprises me how much she visits our site. She's not a dedicated member of our community, but I have seen her reverting edits, talking to users, and helping us out with our porject to get Halopedia its own Wikipedia article. Should she be added to the list of admins or at least mentioned on the page? -ED 03:25, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah it always surprising when she drops in eh? Writing that she has Sysop power would be a good idea ... unless that encourages people to write to her about trivial things, I'm sure she is busy enough. Maybe a disclaimer like local Admins handle local problems? -- Esemono 04:28, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I'll mention her with a disclaimer that she should generally not be messaged. -ED 16:32, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Porple

Hey, I just checked Porplemontage's contributions, and he hasn't been on since AUGUST! I think that qualifies as inactivity. His name should be taken off the list above. And, no, I don't think he needs a replacement. Esemono and Dragonclaws and ED have things taken care of. Regards, SPARTAN-091 File:UNSC.jpg ^{HelmetComm||Juliet} 17:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Porple does come back from time to time, he does a lot of the encoding and other less fun tasks for the site. I say keep him on unless he goes even longer without any contribs. -ED 20:19, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

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Splarka

Special:Ipblocklist How did Splarka block Bow? Is Splarka an admin? g^ue_st^y-p_er^so_ny-^th_in^gy 05:13, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Splarka, like Angela, Gil, and a bout half a dozen others, are Wikia staff who visit Halopedia occasionally, and when they do, they usually ban vandals, revert vandalism, or let us know something important. -ED 21:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

RR?

Is RR an Admin? He seems to be --JohnSpartan117 (MY SIG STILL DOSNT WORK)

Nope.--H*bad 13:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I think he should be an admin. --mango 19:20, 16 May 2007 (UTC) GTP said on Blemo's talk page that he was mad with "powah", which probably meant why he isn't an admin. -Gree100

Another Admin

In the absence of Guesty-Persony-Thingy, should we nominate another user? --Dragonclaws^(talk) 18:53, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah sounds like a good idea.--UHSO. LT. COL. "Running Riot" Ryan BAM 19:36, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

From what he told me i dont think hes coming back so we should have another admin, if some one would nominate me i would gladly be one, as one of the longest active members, and one of the most edits and all that nice stuff.--UoH. COL. "Running Riot" Ryan BAM 22:58, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

As the current RfA guidelines stand, no users fit the criteria yet. And I think it'd be best if we waited for GPT for a little while. His departure was extreme, but he may decide to return. Sannse only revoked his sysop privileges on the proviso they would be reinstated if he requested it. -- Manticore ^{Talk | CSV} 05:02, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

We don't need another RfA. We have enough admins. Unless our wiki grows any, then maybe.--H*bad ^(talk) 05:10, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Wait, no one fits the RfA guidelines you say? I thought i did, and we should wait awhile for GPT, but i was talking to him earlyer, it doesnt look very good. I cant tell you what he said but still you'll just have to believe me about that.--UoH. COL. "Running Riot" Ryan BAM 10:00, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

You don't yet have 1000 mainspace edits. And we should hardly be taking your word on whether or not GPT will be returning. As you are a possible candidate for administratorship, it represents a conflic of interest. -- Manticore ^{Talk | CSV} 11:17, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Well i never thought you would believe me Manticore, but he did say over and over to me he wasnt coming back, it has to do with users and what not. Abd i will have 1000 very soon.--UoH. COL. "Running Riot" Ryan BAM 13:11, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Ryan, I'm not doubting your word. I'm just saying it would be inappropriate for anyone to represent GPT's position except GPT. -- Manticore ^{Talk | CSV} 13:54, 22 June 2007 ccc(UTC)

is it really accurate to say "GPT's position" since he's left Halopedia? Phil.e. ^{[Talk to me]} 14:25, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

We don't know how long he's left for. Its only been 5 days since he blocked himself, and in my opinion, I think it would be appropriate to wait a little longer before replacing him. In case anyone is unaware, Sannse removed his admin access, but will restore it on request. As far as Wikia is concerned, GPT is just taking a time-out. -- Manticore ^{Talk | CSV} 14:41, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

I know GPT personally and just spoke to him. Before the conversation, there was a 100% chance he was not going to return, and I think that I've leveled the odds to 75% chance he will return and 25% he will return...and if he does return, he'll probably do it sometime over the next wekk. Cheers, RelentlessRecusant 'o the Halopedia Team ^TALK • _SPEAK 14:47, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

My promotion

Hi there and I had this promotion: Template:UoH Promotion

And I'm not sure but would this change my account to be that rank? Borisjake 18:30, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

No. This is your rank in the UoH, a Halopedia usergroup. Your rank on Halopedia itself is unaffected by this. --EDFile:ArmyROTC.gif 05:08, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Admin count

I just realised that there is 7 Admins. Coincidence?Thunderstream328 My Wiki Userpage _{Here me rawr Stuff I've done} 10:36, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Don't you dare add that to the 7 article...lolz. Joking. It would be fun if we actually insert this in the trivia section... :)File:Cortana Gif.gif - Artificial | Intelligence 10:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it would be.Thunderstream328 My Wiki Userpage _{My board Here me rawr Stuff I've done} 10:40, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

SVG

You should use the SVG version of the US Admin flag. —This unsigned comment was made by G35cpe (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Swapped. — Manticore [ Admin • IRC • HOTM • Bot ] 09:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Healthy Proposition

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Mini-Banner

Hi, I'm a member of this site, although I'm more busy on HaloFanon, anyway to business... I run a Halo 3 clan, our forum is in maintenance mode right now being prepared for a major update, however it will see much activity in March. On our main page for the site we have an affiliation bar, my proposition is to advertise Halopedia in this affiliation bar. I'm also going to offer this proposition to similar wikias (HaloFanon and HaloWiki.net). I do not expect Halopedia or the other wikias to advertise my site, or demand that you do. This offer is simply to advertise these wikias, with nothing expected in return. Why? Well, our affiliation bar is currently empty, and I'd like something nice to go in it. Then there's the positive for you that Halopedia might receive slightly more activity.

So there's my offer... if you accept, then could you please create / decide upon a mini-banner to be used for Halopedia in our affiliation bar. And then perhaps post it in a message on my user talk page. After then, I will add it to our site. There's just one thing I should mention however, is the size of the mini-banner to fit in our affiliation bar. To fit, it should be the same size as the DEADLY VIPER SQUAD example one, above. Thanks! -TheLostJedi 14:03, 03 February 2009 (GMT)

I forgot to mention... the mini-banner can be a still image, or a moving gif. -TheLostJedi 14:49, 03 February 2009 (GMT)

Opps

I accidentally pressed the undelete link, sorry if this caused any problems.Potatom 20:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Bureaucrat

Which admin is a bureaucrat? BPL 22:11, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Number of Admins

I don't think we need 12 Admins. Too many chefs will spoil the broth, as they say. It just seems to me that RfAs are just accepted for fun. When I came back, cos I was gone for nearly 6 months, there were 4 RfAs going on, half of which have been accepted. I don't really think we need this much. Thunderstream328 Scroll 15:17, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

There aren't that many admins compared to the number of users here. Smoke^{Sound off!} 15:20, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, but what's an Admin's job? Delete spam, edit, kepp the people under control. To me, the maximum you'd need for that is 5 Admins. Thunderstream328 Scroll 20:50, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

No, its not. For a start, half the admins are inactive. We need cover. And second, it doesn't matter if there's loads of them, it makes no difference. The more we have, the better, so we have more cover, if you know what I mean. Compare it to having a lot of guards guarding your bank, or whatever. Same view. - Ascy 'Vamal ^{Light your way with honour!} 20:54, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

I suppose. I would like my bank well-guarded. What I really am trying to say is that we, for the current time, don't need anymore after 12 Admins.Thunderstream328 Scroll 12:44, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

I understand where you're coming from, and yes, maybe 12 is about enough to keep ity running.

The real thing is, because we have about.... 3 admins on a leave of absence, which is why the recent RfAs were opened. Despite the fact that we may have just above the needed number, the number of admins isn't something that should be taken into consideration in an RfA, but rather the quality of the nominee himself. - Ascy 'Vamal ^{Light your way with honour!} 12:51, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't know about the rest of you, but i think what the site needs is to remove all of the current Administrators and start again from scratch. Really, they have been on top for so long that i think that it has gone to their heads. The way that this site is run has become stagnant, and electing new Admins while the old ones are still in place does not solve the problem. I'm not saying we shouldn't have adminstrators, but we really need some new blood. And by the way, dont' comment on this negatively thinking that i will care because i know what is going to happen. Psycho60 04:34, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

I agree with the fact that we need some new blood in the Administration team but I don't agree we should remove all of the current Administrators and start from scratch. The problem with the latter is that the new Administrators wouldn't be able to cope with the number of policies and rules Halopedia has. Additionally, several might even act immaturely and possibly abuse his/her rights whenever they are unable to cope with their situation. For that reason, the Administration team recruits a few candidates who exercised not only good contributions to the site, but also show good and mature behaviour (thus, able to control his/her emotions and not let it interfere with the site's performance), the ability to utilise common sense when in doubt (such as deciding whether an article should be rename, deleted or protected) and good relationship with the community in Halopedia (without communications, how can we trust them?). Also, I believe several Administrators are planning in retiring......- 5əb'7aŋk^(7alk) 09:01, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

barnesy

Is there an admin called Barnesy? My friend was watching me on the Animal Crossing Wiki the other day and he said to me, 'Are you an admin?' to which I replied, 'Yes'. He then said he was an admin on here, and his name was Barnesy from the UK. Thanks. -- Dragonfree 17:41, May 13, 2010 (UTC)

If it's not on the list, then he is not an administrator. He might be an administrator of other Halo wikis though.- 5əb'7aŋk^(7alk) 17:50, May 13, 2010 (UTC)

Honorably Discharged

Several admins were "Honorably Discharged" in April. I was just wondering what this meant. Reddy645 22:49, August 20, 2010 (UTC)

They were all but inactive and it was decided to discharge them. Que Sera, Sera 22:51, August 20, 2010 (UTC)

The admins in question were all inactive for over, or almost a year, and were discharged and replaced by new users to do the administrative work that was needed. Quite a fiasco that was... - File:Black Mesa.jpg Halo-343 (Talk) (Contribs) (Edits) 22:56, August 20, 2010 (UTC)