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<table><tr><td>[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|40px]]</td><td style="padding: 0 5px">If you came here because you are '''PISSED OFF''' about my admin actions or my edits, good.&nbsp; [https://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Doom_Wiki:Central_Processing&action=edit&section=new&preloadtitle=Ryan+W+is+an+asshole Click here] to request sanctions.</td></tr></table></div>
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This wiki has outgrown me over the years, and I'm uncertain how I can help.&nbsp; I am neither part of the Doom community nor a competent FPS player; mostly I've organized and summarized research by others.&nbsp; Let's also remember that Wikia's maintenance is my fault &mdash; note the timestamps [https://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=30%2C000_Levels&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=] [https://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ryan_W&oldid=79253#30.2C000_Levels] [http://community.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum%3AAR%3AAdoption_request_for_Doom_Wiki&action=history&year=2012&month=-1&tagfilter=].&nbsp; At the very least, if you have a general question, try [https://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Doom_Wiki:Central_Processing&action=edit&section=new here] or [https://www.doomworld.com/forum/1-doom-general/ here].
This is not an [[Doom Wiki:FAQ#Why are you so anal about bad grammar / topic drift? This is just a gaming site.|encyclopedia]] article.&nbsp; If you find this page on any site other than ''<span style="white-space: nowrap"><span>&#100;&#111;&#111;&#109;</span><span>&#119;&#105;&#107;&#105;</span><span>&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;</span></span>'', you are viewing a mirror site.&nbsp; Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user to whom this page belongs has no personal affiliation with any such site.&nbsp; The original page is located at <span class="plainlinks" style="white-space: nowrap">[http://doomwi<!---->ki.org/wiki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}} <span>http://do</span><!----><span>omwiki.or<!--zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba-->g/wi</span><span>ki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}</span>].</span>
 
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Happy anniversary to me. [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ryan_W&oldid=7034]
 
 
 
I was extremely active on the Doom Wiki for four years.&nbsp; Subsequently it got larger, more visible, and more aware of gamers' preference for misinformed banter.&nbsp; Thus the 2006 approach of slapping together [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:How_to_download_and_run_Doom&oldid=32542 rough cut material] is a dinosaur; even {{wp|Wikipedia:WikiGnome|boring cleanup}} can obstruct a larger project in progress.&nbsp; I ''think'' I'm slowly learning how to contribute positively in this new landscape.
 
  
 
=== To-do list ===
 
=== To-do list ===
  
* [[Talk:List of notable WADs|Every notable level ever]]
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<ul><li>Make it easier for other Doomers, steeped in deathmatching or modding or community history, to edit:
* Subcategorization fixes, such as
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<ul><li>Standardize [[User:Ryan W/Maintenance|boring scut work]] so that occasional contributors never have to think about it.</li>
:* <s>Divide up [[:Category:People]] (per [[Doom Wiki:Central Processing/2013#People category|this proposal]])</s>
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<li>Stop users being hounded off the site based on "policies" that don't exist, are clearly disputed, or were written by one person a decade ago without discussion.</li>
:* Split most of [[:Category:Historical]] into subcategories (after a suggestion on [[Doomwiki (IRC channel)|#doomwiki]] that it was becoming incoherent in its diversity, and then blissful silence when [[User:Quasar|Quasar]] and I [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Ryan_W&offset=20150424010000&limit=18 tried one])
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<li>Update the FAQ and make it short enough to consider reading.</li></ul></li>
:* <s>[[:Category:Doom 2 the Way id Did levels|Levels by WAD]] (if consensus seems to go that way)</s>
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<li>For topics I know a little about (mostly [[Vanilla Doom|vanilla]] gameplay and associated [[Special:PermaLink/61280|levels]]), make all articles complete, [[Doom Wiki:Style|polished]], and easily navigable.</li>
* Backlog of [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Doom_Wiki%3APolicies_and_guidelines&diff=104689&oldid=101534 ridiculously tedious formatting inconsistencies], if feasible without a bot
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<li>For topics I know nothing about, find experts.&nbsp; I've no clue how to actually go about this &mdash; we are an all-volunteer project with none of the rewards of a forum or social media, so we can't just guilt-trip people to donate their time.&nbsp; The current level of participation is unsustainable, however, and we know that collaboration among experts [[zdoom:Main Page|can occur]].</li></ul>
:* Uncapitalize "monster species" names
 
  
=== Places I want to help, but needing further research ===
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=== About being an [[Doom Wiki:Administrators|administrator]] ===
  
* <s>[[User:Quasar/SEO]]</s>&nbsp; <small>''okay, that isn't a project anymore apparently [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=Quasar&offset=20150927040000&limit=1&tagfilter=] [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quasar/SEO&curid=20546&diff=105757&oldid=101132]''</small>
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[[User talk:Ryan W/2007#Sysop|In 2007]], this was purely a technical position.&nbsp; I was permitted to do obvious and tedious tasks (deleting someone's vacation photos, cleaning up my test templates, banning neo-Nazis) without filing paperwork each time.&nbsp; In return, if I didn't comprehend some of my new tools, I was expected to ask for help before [[Doom Wiki:Central Processing/2014#Misuse of Interwiki extension|breaking anything]].
* Establish basic [[Help:Page validation|pending changes]] guidelines
 
* {{wp|Outline of chess|"Portal" articles}} for each core topic (gameplay, community, technical...), eventually effecting a simplified redesign of [[Entryway]]
 
* Things and terrain features in the classic series: clear and complete data sections, segregate vanilla from post-millennial and facts from schoolroom doodles
 
* Improved {{dwforumsp|1340104|combat statistics}}, and related quantities like ROFs and average walking speeds
 
  
=== Areas I hope to see documented by experts, before they all have kids and deny ever playing Doom ===
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Since the {{dwforums|id=52973|title=fork}}, its meaning has changed to be more like a forum mod: enforcing an overall project "vision" above and beyond stated consensus, teaching new users about contributing, maintaining relationships with the rest of the internet.&nbsp; I don't believe I'm at all qualified for these, and I certainly don't meet [[Doom Wiki:Central Processing/2015#Openings for new admins|the criteria]] from the most recent thread.&nbsp; As of July 2017, I think I'm doing a VERY VERY SMALL amount of good (spam, page moves, system message typos), but obviously I could be wrong.
 
 
* [[Deathmatch]] tutorials; strategy sections in all map articles
 
* Exhaustive index of modding topics, whether covered here or on a [[Source port|port]]-specific site
 
* History of community gathering places, old web sites, FTP archives
 
* [[Speedrun]]ning: tricks, competition history, analysis of player styles, the legacies of "Doomgods" from various eras
 
  
 
=== Terms from Doctor Who that I overuse and probably should be reverted ===
 
=== Terms from Doctor Who that I overuse and probably should be reverted ===
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Revision as of 10:27, 30 March 2019



Red information icon with gradient background.svgIf you came here because you are PISSED OFF about my admin actions or my edits, good.  Click here to request sanctions.



This wiki has outgrown me over the years, and I'm uncertain how I can help.  I am neither part of the Doom community nor a competent FPS player; mostly I've organized and summarized research by others.  Let's also remember that Wikia's maintenance is my fault — note the timestamps [1] [2] [3].  At the very least, if you have a general question, try here or here.

To-do list

  • Make it easier for other Doomers, steeped in deathmatching or modding or community history, to edit:
    • Standardize boring scut work so that occasional contributors never have to think about it.
    • Stop users being hounded off the site based on "policies" that don't exist, are clearly disputed, or were written by one person a decade ago without discussion.
    • Update the FAQ and make it short enough to consider reading.
  • For topics I know a little about (mostly vanilla gameplay and associated levels), make all articles complete, polished, and easily navigable.
  • For topics I know nothing about, find experts.  I've no clue how to actually go about this — we are an all-volunteer project with none of the rewards of a forum or social media, so we can't just guilt-trip people to donate their time.  The current level of participation is unsustainable, however, and we know that collaboration among experts can occur.

About being an administrator

In 2007, this was purely a technical position.  I was permitted to do obvious and tedious tasks (deleting someone's vacation photos, cleaning up my test templates, banning neo-Nazis) without filing paperwork each time.  In return, if I didn't comprehend some of my new tools, I was expected to ask for help before breaking anything.

Since the fork, its meaning has changed to be more like a forum mod: enforcing an overall project "vision" above and beyond stated consensus, teaching new users about contributing, maintaining relationships with the rest of the internet.  I don't believe I'm at all qualified for these, and I certainly don't meet the criteria from the most recent thread.  As of July 2017, I think I'm doing a VERY VERY SMALL amount of good (spam, page moves, system message typos), but obviously I could be wrong.

Terms from Doctor Who that I overuse and probably should be reverted

Season 12:  absorb, ampoule, carthorse, constitution, countersigned, fail-safe, ham-fisted, infirmary, subsidence

Season 18:  annihilation/annihilate, anomaly/anomalous, anticlockwise, automatically, calcified, cheeseboard, consul, dodecahedron, enquiries, hysteresis/hysteretic, nexus, out of phase, wild catastrophe







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This is a Doom Wiki user page.

This is not an encyclopedia article.  If you find this page on any site other than doomwiki.org, you are viewing a mirror site.  Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user to whom this page belongs has no personal affiliation with any such site.  The original page is located at https://doomwiki.org/wiki/User:Ryan_W.


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For doing a lot of work on various articles that I would personally find very repetative to do personally. (All I see in recent changes at times are your edits) Thank you. TheDarkArchon 02:35, 28 January 2007 (UTC)