User talk:Defiant Elements/Archive 2

Sysophood

(the 1st time I got edit conflict with someone archiving his talk >.<) Hi, congrats on making the sysop team, so... please add your details to this list. Good luck ;) -- ab.er.rant 05:32, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations DE! Welcome to the team -- Wyn 05:41, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

:D - anja 06:09, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations. -- Gordon Ecker 06:16, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Took a while, but congrats. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 06:35, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

grats, DE ^^ - Y0_ich_halt 09:41, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Congrats!!!! --Silverleaf 12:23, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations. Lord Belar 15:40, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

grats! --Shadowphoenix 15:43, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Congrats DE!!! -- Indochine talk 17:48, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Congrats DE and welcome to the team :) --Kakarot 18:04, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! ¬ Wizårdbõÿ777(talk) 18:50, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Congrats, DE :) calor (talk) 22:55, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Congratulations DE! -- scourge 23:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Congrats -- Salome 23:56, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

As with Calor, I'm late, but congratulations nontheless. :D — Galil 00:27, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

CONGRATZ!

On a related note, may I ask why you removed the delete tag of WoH page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NuclearVII (talk • contribs) at 14:47, September 9, 2008 (UTC).

I'm pretty sure that was simply by accident; I've re-added it. *Defiant Elements* +talk 05:46, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot m8.

On a related not, I <3 DE. -- NUKLEAR IIV 18:29, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Chess Tournament

See who you are playing against. — ク Eloc 貢 03:25, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Good luck ;). — ク Eloc 貢 02:15, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Hippos

Hi Def Ele. Yes, Hippopotamuses is an acceptably correct pluralization, but not correct in the true sense, just "acceptably" correct due to language evolution. The same applies to the plural for Octopus, Octopi. Octopuses can be used (that is, is accepted) in today's language. (People are going brain-dead these days I guess) Just an FYI. Have a good one! – josəph 21:32, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Or Octupussies. Depends on your personal taste. calor (talk) 21:34, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm well aware of that. However, many people consider "hippopotami" to be antiquated or overly precise or pedantic; Wikipedia lists "hippopotamuses" as the plural form of hippopotamus before going on to say that "hippopotami" can also used; the FF spell checker recognizes "hippopotamuses," but not "hippopotami"; the Oxford English Dictionary lists "hippopotamuses" as the "usual plural." So yes, "hippopotami" is, perhaps, more "proper," but it seems to me that "hippopotamuses" is more easily recognizable given that it's the "accepted" plural nowadays. *Defiant Elements* +talk 21:49, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

FAG

WHY DO YOU DELETE MY COOLNESS???? D: IM GOING TO SUE YOU Aerie 09:21, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

/Sigh*, please Defiant, do not react on this user, it hasn't any sense o.o |Cyan LightBoooh!!!| 09:53, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Blocked for 3 days. Don't go around calling other editors fags please. --Xeeron 10:31, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

As you're alive

Might you be interested in GvG in D&D 4.0? I've been considering making grid maps for it, but I kinda need to finish PHB. -- Armond Warblade{{Bacon}} 02:19, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Pretty fucking urgent

assuming it's real and I know you are active right now so-> [1]. Misery 16:18, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Already deleted. *Defiant Elements* +talk 16:18, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

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you suck. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:67.165.78.168 (talk).

[2]

nice troll imo :D - Y0_ich_halt 12:30, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Deleting

Don't Delete My Stuff. How Would You Like It If I Deleted Your Stuff --Uraku

I assume you're referring to [[Uraku's Bite]]? I deleted that because it didn't belong in the main space. If you want to put it in your user space (i.e. User:Uraku/Uraku's Bite), that's fine. *Defiant Elements* +talk 23:15, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

I'd be impressed if you could delete his stuff Uraku :) --Lemming 23:20, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Come to think of it, so would I :D. On the other hand, he might conflate blanking my page with deleting it, and that would just be a pain. *Defiant Elements* +talk 23:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Conflate? Is that like inflate? For the vocabularically impaired, please define, DE (and it would be a terrible occurrence). calor (talk) 03:02, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

wiktionary is ftw :P ¬ Wizårdbõÿ777(talk) 18:57, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

GWWT tagging

You can do more than one tag in one go; just click the ones you want and it'll tag them in one edit. -- Brains12 \ talk 23:03, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

From arbcomm

Just to not keep the off-topic there...
I guess they could pull something along the lines of "He is not allowed to name ANet and izzy by theirs or alternate names on any edit on any namespace. Any violation of this shall be reverted/removed asap by an admin.", basically censoring him, without censoring his balance contributions. Of course, they could also pull a "he is not allowed to write words starting with 'a' or 'i'" just to make life easier XD.--Fighterdoken 05:37, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Theoretically, they could, yes, but even the most half-witted troll could find loopholes quite easily in such an injunction. Also, this line of discussion is very much on-topic; if the situation can be handled successfully through sysop intervention alone, an ArbComm injunction may not be required. *Defiant Elements* +talk 05:42, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Problem is, admins are mostly restricted by existing rules, and there is just so much "disruption even though you have broken no rule, so banstick" that can go before people starts crying. Arbcomm can create new rules for specific cases, and can make them vague enough as to give admins room for "discretion", so if the user in question finds a loophole, admins can just act without being questioned. That, at least, is as far as i have seen how the injunctions from arbcomm operate.--Fighterdoken 06:50, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Just wanted to note. Rules "guide" sysop action rather than "restrict". People crying about a ban does not mean a ban was unwarranted. -- ab.er.rant 03:18, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

So I herd u like chess....

You said that on your userpage.

If you like chess, I recommend you try out a game called "Heroes of Might and Magic III". It's a turn based strategy(you can collect resources and build/upgrade castles) and the combat is like chess only a LOT better.

lol, what a contrast. Please don't compare chess with strategy games.. Except the fact that they are totally different, chess requires a lot more strategy... poke | talk 17:07, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

strategy tragedy. - Y0_ich_halt 17:48, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

smagity. --Antioch 03:29, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

never gonna click your link, never... i bet it is. - Y0_ich_halt 13:02, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Confirmed. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 14:20, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

BackSword edits to skillbugs

Head here. He has delete so much I lost count. Much of them were fixed and some werent even discuss nor reported by an employee(bug or not bug). Im sorry if its seem so much work but at least restore skills that were not reported by an Arena employee and could someone tell him to do not delete bugs that havent been confirmed yet as a bug or not a bug.--ShadowFog 03:39, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Ping

Finish the game. - Tanetris 19:31, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh Yo has already won. or has the 3 day rule been removed for the final match? - Y0_ich_halt 19:41, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

"If you fail to make a move by this time, your opponent has the option to either wait for you or they can claim victory.". Oh Yo has not chosen to exercise that option, at least so far. - Tanetris 20:53, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

ah, i didn't read that part ^^ - Y0_ich_halt 10:59, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh lord... I've had RL stuff on my mind lately and I'd completely forgotten about the chess tournament :/. Thanks for the ping. *Defiant Elements* +talk 19:54, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion

Give me a good reason why this page: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/ArenaNet:Guild_Wars_2_suggestions/Don%27t_repeat_these_mistakes has right to be here but this: http://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=ArenaNet:Guild_Wars_2_suggestions/Nerf_Monks&action=edit does not. Either add deletion tag to the page mentioned first or undelete the page mentioned seconds. Thanks. (Limu Tolkki - talk) 15:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Fallacious logic. Stay away from it. -Auron 15:30, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Explain please. (Limu Tolkki - talk) 16:09, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

The first link is a compendium of mistakes made, very visibly, in the game known as Guild Wars - so ANet knows not to make them in Guild Wars 2. The second link is an insanely POV writeup made without much research done and without any knowledge of what Guild Wars 2 is going to have (Will monks even exist? Will they still be prot/heal? Will they have more offensive options that will account for weakening their support?). Thinking both articles should be treated the same is fallacious logic. -Auron 16:16, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Link 1, delete suggestions 3 (it will be all the way different skill system in GW2 so thats not proper suggestion), 5 (same than previous), 6 (it will be all the way different weapon system in GW2), 7 (same than previous), 13 (all the way different system, non instanced areas etc.), 14 and 16 (for same reason 3 and 5), 18 (same reason than 3, 5, 6 and 7) and 19 (for the reason link 1 page was deleted). Once those are deleted, that page deserves to be there. Otherwise it should be deleted. (Limu Tolkki - talk) 19:24, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

First, if you want to remove specific sections, bring it up on ArenaNet talk:Guild Wars 2 suggestions/Don't repeat these mistakes. Second, do you have any sources which confirm that any of those suggestions are irrelevant to Guild Wars 2? -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 00:51, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

The specific logical fallacy is W:Begging the question. You put forth the premise that one page is the same as another and conclude that both should be deleted or neither should be deleted, which follows if one accepts that premise, but your premise is unsupported. - Tanetris 01:13, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

So...

You're deadly Elements x? -- Halogod35 01:46, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Deletion :)

You just deleted my userpage :), i think there was a template on it which was tagged delete and instead of deleteing the template you deleted my page^^ (or maybe i am incorrect and there was delete tag and then it was my mistake) Fox007 19:42, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Restored. - Tanetris 19:46, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

and the content of User:Fox007/Userpage/code thanks in advance :) Fox007 19:54, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Loading screens

You speedied a bunch of loading screens, giving redundant image as reason. Given that they are now missing from the region articles, that seem to not be the case. What's going on? Backsword 13:41, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Checked a few of the deleted revisions, and the tag reasons were that better images existed (for example, the Kourna loading screen's reason was that Image:Mudhuts1.jpg was a better version). I think they can be found at Category:Loading screens. -- Brains12 \ talk 13:55, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for the vote of confidence in noting that I've made it to the limit to be able to be civic-minded on the Wiki. (Saw it in the 12/08 Ecker vote.) --Trailsong 03:46, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

About chess

I'd like to play a match with you please. Dark Morphon(contribs) 11:42, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

That'd be difficult, given he's largely absent these days. Lord Belar 17:27, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I still check my watchlist on a daily basis, and since it only takes a few minutes to update a chess match, I don't think that'd be very difficult at all. Do you have preference between white or black? *Defiant Elements* +talk 22:37, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Not really, I can manage with both. Dark Morphon(contribs) 09:49, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Shall I put the template for the board on my page? Dark Morphon(contribs) 15:41, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Sure, that'd be fine. *Defiant Elements* +talk 21:04, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Match is here, I took white. Dark Morphon(contribs) 10:12, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry didn't see the post

my bad, sorry bout' the posting after the warning. -- WoB 05:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

chess

lemme own you in it, kthx.Oni 17:28, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

MSN

Would you care to come online for a moment? Misery 00:59, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Just thought I'd bring this to your attention

I'd like you to look at this, if you could. I really think the users of PvXWiki need a way to reconfirm their admins, rather than them only being responsible to you and the other bureaucrats. Here on GuildWiki, the community has a way to do this. On PvX, we don't. Karate Jesus

This is Guild Wars Wiki by the way; GuildWiki is http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page. -- Brains12 \ talk 18:07, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

My bad. I meant Guild Wars Wiki. Sorry, I don't contribute here much, but I was asked by the admins of PvX to place this here. Thanks, Brains. Karate Jesus 18:22, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

That's inaccurate, I said he would probably have a better chance of reading it if you put it here as he seems to be more active on GWW than PvX these days. Misery 18:24, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

wtf does it matter? It's essentially the same thing. Karate Jesus 18:28, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm a precise person, there is a difference. Misery 18:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Precise, huh? ...you sure? Karate Jesus

PvX stuff

What's the process for nominating a new Bcrat? And is there anyone you trust to pick a good nominee? For the life of me, I can't think of anyone who could do it w/o being biased or being terrible. Karate Jesus 02:49, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

There is no formal process for nominating a Bureaucrat. You could probably create an RFA-esque page if you really wanted to for the purposes of discussing nominations/candidates, I 'spose, but, frankly, it would essentially come down to convincing Auron/me/the other admins that a) another Bureaucrat was required and b) that candidate X is a good candidate. As to who I would trust, honestly, I'm inclined to say Auron. Here's the thing: everyone's biased. That said, bias isn't an inherently bad thing, per se. Auron is, generally speaking, good at separating personal, irrelevant bias from his decision-making process. Combine that with his experience as a Bureaucrat and with his continued activity, and that's about as good a choice as you're gonna be able to make. *Defiant Elements* +talk 03:11, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Auron has told me to just email him if I think of a nominee (but I have no idea who to nominate). I understand your points, but like you said "everyone is biased". It wouldn't hurt to have 2 opinions to balance things out. I also understand that Auron is experienced, but at one time I'm sure all of you guys weren't "experienced" but you did your jobs and the site has survived. I think it would really help the wiki out to have just 1 more bcrat to help level things out. I can give you more detailed reasons later, but I'm about to leave for the weekend. Sadly, my wife's grandfather is in the hospital, so I probably wont be back until Monday. Karate Jesus 03:30, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh, and I'm sorry to bring all this up and take up so much of your time. I am just tired of the quality of pvx. I've had too many friends/others complain to me that pvx is a worthless place to contribute because of how poorly it is run and how biased it is. Karate Jesus 03:36, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

MSN v2.0

do you ever come online anymore? =o InfestedHydralisk 11:15, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Not really, no. Why? *Defiant Elements* +talk 15:51, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

i miss you InfestedHydralisk 16:00, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

I mostly use Skype these days. The MSN account was really primarily for PvX people, and since I don't edit PvX these days... *Defiant Elements* +talk 19:29, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

oh right InfestedHydralisk 19:46, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

[3]

Hiya, could you please actually state a formal "Accepted" or "Declined" decision instead of just signing? Thanks. -- Lacky 11:22, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

People are not required to accept a nomination. poke | talk 12:13, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

I realise that but it would still help. -- Lacky 23:22, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Understand his signature and the fact that he didn't move himself to the removed candidates list as an acceptance. poke | talk 23:25, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Understand people still clearly state acceptance or declination along with their signature, and should always do so. -- Lacky 23:34, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Um, says who? -- Armond Warblade{{Bacon}} 01:19, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Lacky, obviously... poke | talk 13:18, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Oh, well then, if Lacky says it, then it must be true. Lord Belar 19:59, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Sigh... -- Lacky 09:30, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Why did you remove the voting section?--Burning Freebies 22:02, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

The voting phase hasn't started. --Riddle 22:04, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

But now its past midnight UTC, making in August 20th for UTC time zone people, meaning a change of phases. So if you dont mind, Im going to change it back.--Burning Freebies 22:05, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

It is not past midnight UTC. Look at the clock at the top, or just look at the timestamp you just signed with.. poke | talk 22:07, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Lol, i was just about to come back and say i forgot that.--Burning Freebies 22:08, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Hell, It's still just the evening for me.-- anguard 22:09, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

The world works in mysterious ways, namely in time zones. -- Brains12 \ talk 22:12, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

is this seriously the first election you guys have been awake for? no, we don't require signatures to accept and we never have. no, we don't start things before the date in UTC. come on, these are mistakes that were acceptable a year ago or more when this whole thing was new, but it's OLD by now. remember - think, post, that order. -Auron 22:42, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

New members? I dunno, I don't look at people's join dates.-- anguard 22:48, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

No, just sheer stupidity and general ignorance. Lord Belar 23:36, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

I was just playing benefit of the doubt.-- anguard 00:17, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Voting for yourself?

I notice that you have voted in favor of Tenetris' continuing tenure, but not voted for yourself. Any particular reason? Thanks.   — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 05:09, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

It's considered tacky. Vili 点 05:35, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

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r afag Super Igor

...What exactly are you trying to say? Is that English? Dude, he's got a friggin Banjthulu irl, he doesn't care what you might think about him. -- Armond Warblade{{Bacon}} 00:01, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

First

I'm so sorry to do this.

Nice and clean userpage, you know? NuVII 18:29, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

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