User talk:Rainith

Revert war over trivia
Please stop reverting. Do you even read what is being written? It's ridiculous to keep doing this, just leave it be. -- Wyn  talk  04:29, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Its an obvious vandal, I see no reason not to revert it. Look at their history's, I'm close to locking the pages for the night.  --Rainith 04:34, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Again, it's about trivia. If you protect them remember it will take the wiki down for about 4 minutes. -- Wyn [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon2.png|19px ]] talk  04:35, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Wyn, please understand that what you feel is completely unimportant (stopping someone from vandalizing four specific articles, even if it is just the trivia), may not concur with what other feel. I understand your opinion, and I disagree with it.  You may feel that I'm an ass for that, so be it.  Have a nice night or day or whatever time zone you are in.  :)  --Rainith 04:41, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Your recent contributions
I find it hilarious that you're listed as semi-active and that nearly all of your edits in the past month are reverting me or talking about my blocks. Is there some sort of Bat-Signal users here have to summon you in times of dire need? 71.125.141.238 01:33, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes. -- FreedomBound [[Image:User_Freedom_Bound_Sig.png|19px]] 22:16, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Employ it now. 71.251.129.148 23:38, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Howdy
Can I get a little help User talk:74.215.145.113 here? Drogo Boffin 04:17, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I've been watching and I thought you were doing okay with him/her. I see they just responded to you, I'll check it out on put in my $0.02.  At a quick look at their recent edits with the exception of the reverts I don't see anything block worthy, so if they would just move on it would be fine.  If I missed anything obvious in their history, please fill me in.  --Rainith 04:22, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

RIPE
Could you explain a little about this service/tool/community? Particularly about checking an IP via an e-mail. I'm mainly curious, and it would be a nice tool to have access to. elix Omni 06:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC) Again, I was tired and I mis-typed RIPE email when I meant RIPE IP address (i.e. 82.94.182.154). Then apparently what I misstated got quoted, either in IM/IRC, other emails, in-game, on wiki-pages that I don't watch, SMS messages, telephone, fax, telegraph and possible two tin cans connected by a string. (<--- The last might only be a rumor, I haven't seen confirmation of it, if anyone has a screenshot, please post it so we can confirm it.)
 * I think you're probably talking about the RIPE network that I mentioned in a email to Auron. I used the word 'email' in the message by mistake, I meant the RIPE IP address that was used.  RIPE is somewhat well known as a Mos Eisley with many people blocking the whole RIPE IP range from forums etc. because of the spam that they generate, usually through people who use their proxys.  IMO anyone who uses a RIPE IP to edit the wiki is coming through a proxy account.  --Rainith 06:32, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I see. Thank you. [[Image:User_Felix_Omni_Signature.png]]elix Omni 06:33, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Huh. My IP(s) is(are) RIPE too, but I'm not using proxies. My IP address is just very dynamic - feel free to checkuser me to see to what extent. -- pling User Pling sig.png 07:27, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Pling is Lena? -- FreedomBound [[Image:User_Freedom_Bound_Sig.png|19px]] 13:35, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually what I would like to know is, who shot first? Brains or Greedo? Erasculio  13:38, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I currently also have a IP from the 91.0.0.0/8 range (which is the same as Pling's, so RIPE as well)... poke | talk 19:41, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * My apologies to Poke and Pling (Poke and Pling? Sounds like either a baby toy, or something really, really dirty...) for implying that they were, proxies?  Spammers?  I'm not sure what exactly I implied, I was tired and depressed when I wrote that, now I'm tired, depressed and hungry (and wet) so, who knows if this will make any more sense, but I'm sorry if I offended anyone.
 * I think what I was trying to say was that in my experience (which is not all-encompassing), I have run into a large number of vandals coming from the RIPE network. A little googling lead me to some posts that seemed to back up what I had experienced.  Then when we started getting vandals from the 82.xx.xx.xx range of RIPE addresses I wrote in an email to Auron "...the RIPE email confirms it in my book."
 * And I believe that is what lead to the creation of this section of my talk page. I've rambled enough, and by now everyone should either be completely confused, have fallen asleep or posted "tl;dr" underneath this.  --Rainith 02:22, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

tldr
underneath this. - Auron 00:07, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Briar
Shouldn't he have been banned for a longer time, considering the last time he was banned for personal attacks the same length was used and it was less than 3 months ago? - Mini Me   talk  13:45, 27 February 2010
 * I agree he's generally a disruptive influence on the wiki. -- Lania Elderfire 17:22, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

About the gay remark here, which was directed at me. I used to have a signature like "-- -Ch  ao  s is  gay -   07:51, October 1, 2009 (UTC)", which then has lead to all kinds of speculations about my sexuality. KJ summed my attitude towards this whole thing very well on my page here. It's an amusing inside thing that spreads at a stunning rate, and so Briar too is part of it. Calling someone a tight ass is also hardly a personal attack, and I don't think Drogo minds. They seemed to have alright relations when Drogo hanged around Briar's page earlier this week. -- -Chaos?- (moo!) -- 19:28, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Or he could learn to converse like a normal human being and not get blocked for two weeks. Simple ^^ - Auron 20:23, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You are requesting too much. I also do believe that the internet is not the right place to define normal people. -- -Chaos?- (moo!) -- 20:56, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * On the contrary, I believe we're setting a minimum standard for personal interaction on the wiki. If people are incapable of interacting on par, they run the risk of getting blocked for dumbassery. I'm sure you could try to PvX-logic (i.e., bullshit) your way out of bans, but it doesn't work on people like Rainith. The better option is just to learn and grow instead of trying to make excuses to defend poor behavior. - Auron 21:00, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that's a little far-fetched, seeing how I was the subject of the "personal attack". I can't see why there has to be a taboo to never mention someones sexuality, even though it's pretty common because people like to point it out. -- -Chaos?- (moo!) -- 21:04, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't ask don't tell. The wiki isn't about you growing as a person, it's about a game. And no one in Guild Wars is gay. Coincidence? I think not. [[Image:User_Felix_Omni_Signature.png]]elix Omni 21:06, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * That still doesn't qualify as a reason to ban him. -- -Chaos?- (moo!) -- 21:07, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it does. Read what I wrote. You're trying to bullshit his way out of a ban for inability to interact like a normal human being. The entire NPA policy exists to help regulate personal interaction, but it only covers one facet. We're using the sysop discretion part to cover the rest. When he is able to act like the rest of us in a conversation, he will not be banned. Is there a part of this you're not understanding? - Auron 21:13, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Not really. I'm probably just amazed by GWW. I'll go and recover from my holidays, my head is a little lost. -- -Chaos?- (moo!) -- 21:33, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Let me clarify something for you. Briar is not getting blocked just because he insulted you or Drogo. He is getting blocked because he, amongst others, is trying to normalize insulting people for fun. Someone else (I think it was Unendingfear) was also banned for this reason. Maybe it is common practise on PvX, where everyone is insulting everyone, but here, people still have some decency.  Koda  [[Image:User_Koda_Kumi_UT.jpeg‎|19px]]  Kumi  22:50, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

@ Mini and Lania: Yes, I could have done it for longer and possibly I should have, but I decided to go with just two weeks. @ Chaos: Calling someone gay is still seen as a personal attack in many places, even if it wasn't insulting to you personally. Similarly if NewUserA called NewUserB a nigger, NewUserA would be blocked, even if NewUserB came to NewUserA's defense by saying, "Its okay because we're both black." That defense just won't fly in polite society. If you want to joke around with your buddies like that, go to Facebook, don't do it here. If that doesn't work for you, please go to my reconfirmation page as Briar has already threatened to do in an email to me. --Rainith 05:24, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * No, it's fine. I was mostly just out to getting a personal response from you, and making sure that people know the circumstances of the personal attack. -- -Chaos?- (moo!) -- 10:41, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

A mostly random aside, but people keep saying things like "This kind of behaviour may be acceptable on PvX...", but both people who were banned recently for it (UnendingFear and Briar) are not from PvX. Just saying. "They are from PvX" is being used pretty commonly as a derogatory term, with that intent, pretty commonly here on GWW now. Considering this is a conversation where part of the reason someone was banned was for calling someone who is gay, gay, maybe people would like to cut that out too? By the way, I'm from PvX. Misery  14:32, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay. But wherever this trend is coming from, it should stop. You agree with me on that, right?  Koda  [[Image:User_Koda_Kumi_UT.jpeg‎|19px]]  Kumi  21:26, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Could we clarify again why insulting each other is bad? Thanks! NuVII  [[Image:User NuclearVII signature 3.jpg|19x19px]] 21:29, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Because this isn't PvX. [[Image:User_Felix_Omni_Signature.png]]elix Omni 21:30, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Why do you tell him this isn't PvX when he has nothing to do with PvX? -- -Chaos?- (moo!) -- 21:33, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That would be because it's ironic, and irony is the highest form of humor. [[Image:User_Felix_Omni_Signature.png]]elix Omni 21:35, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Personally Koda, I couldn't care less what people do to each other on their own user talks, just be nice if they could do something productive on the side and keep crap out of important places. That being said, I'm not the only enforcer. In fact, I'm not even really an enforcer any more. I don't see people circle jerking on their own talk pages any more destructive than users who spend their entire time on wiki cataloging all their in game achievements. It actually only becomes disruptive when third parties become involved. Misery  21:36, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Goren trivia
The current dispute is over whether it's worth including the fact that Goren means moon if we're not including the fact that Goren is an anagram of negro, which is more relevant to his character. -- Armond Warblade 03:06, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * In the whole of that discussion, I see two people who say essentially that the moon in hebrew trivia should be removed if the anagram trivia isn't allowed... I see no one arguing to keep the moon reference, so what is the problem? Remove the moon part.  --Rainith 03:42, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * i.e. it takes two sides to make a dispute and no one seems to be on the side to keep the moon reference... --Rainith 03:43, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
for being there.-- Neil  2250   21:06, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeh the rc log was hurting my eyes. Tidas 21:07, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Just popped on here at work and saw the three accounts I just blocked, were there any others? --Rainith 21:08, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Ive been studying for tests for 2 hours. i needed some fun rv wars, so killing a vandals edits is best for that.-- Neil  2250  User Neil2250 sig icon6.png 21:09, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Dont think so.ill go search RC and account creation log.-- Neil  2250  User Neil2250 sig icon6.png 21:09, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope.unless Valenitnegirl5650, Beato666, Superbuyro, Babolon5, and Wolfie913 are vandals, which i dout.-- Neil  2250  User Neil2250 sig icon6.png 21:11, 10 June 2010 (UTC)


 * " WTB BLOCK 100K WTB BLOCK 100K WTB BLOCK 100K WTB BLOCK 100K WTB BLOCK 100K WTB BLOCK 100K " Has just risen from the troll grave.-- Neil  2250  User Neil2250 sig icon6.png 21:13, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yup, got him. Back to work for me now.  --Rainith 21:16, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Interested?
Guild Wars Wiki:Elections/2010-10 bureaucrat election/Rainith - Tanetris 23:28, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll think about it and respond in a day or two. Kinda funny though, at one point (either here or on GuildWiki, I can't remember), someone thought that Gares and I were the same person and you nominate me to take the position he held.  --Rainith 01:50, 15 October 2010 (UTC)