From DoomWiki.org Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be recorded in this page's edit history. Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Re: "'normal user' status" == Nuxius says: ''"However, I'm not an admin like you are, so I try to keep my edits within my "normal user" status, and try to give reason for any deletions/edits I make unless I'm deleting spam or something."'' I feel that the wiki has failed you somehow. AFAIAA Fredrik has always made clear that people are made admins in order to clean up messes (block spambots, delete ripped images, fix typos in the interface), not to give them increased purchase in content or policy discussions, or permission to make less comprehensible edits. When Fraggle gets into a debate on the wiki about aspect ratios, he expects to be taken seriously because he is a port programmer, not because he is an admin. I suppose that a lot of editors might feel the same way you do, based on their experiences of Wikipedia or other large volunteer projects (or, God help them, other gaming sites), which is even more depressing. I've thought of adding an explanation [[Doom Wiki:Administrators|here]], but as it is a rather strong philosophical statement, I would want to run it by the other admins first, and I have no idea how to contact the inactive ones. [[User:Ryan W|Ryan W]] 02:12, 18 May 2008 (UTC) :Ha ha, no, this wiki definitely hasn't failed me, trust me on that one. ;) And thank God it's not like Wikipedia, otherwise I would not be editing here anywhere near as much. :''or, God help them, other gaming sites'' Images of me trying to deal with Moby come to mind. Never before have I donated so much content to a site that could least yet give a crap about any of it because it is content for old games and no one cares about those anymore. I don't know how many images I uploaded there back in November of last year for some PSX games that they had no cover scans or images for, and to this date not a one of them have been approved or shown up on the site. Meanwhile, content for newer games will show up the same day. That's bullshit. :Anyway, back on topic (heh) I'm curious as to why you felt the need to post ''When Fraggle gets into a debate on the wiki about aspect ratios, he expects to be taken seriously because he is a port programmer, not because he is an admin.''? My post wasn't even in response to him, as he made that post after mine, so there's no way I could have seen it in the first place. ????? [[User:Nuxius|Nuxius]] 09:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC) ::Oh, sorry; the reference to Fraggle was just an example and not related to that specific thread (actually I was thinking of [[Talk:Skulltag#Aspect Ratio|this]]). I'm glad you like it here. :> [[User:Ryan W|Ryan W]] 19:14, 18 May 2008 (UTC) Summary: All contributions to DoomWiki.org are considered to be released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 International (see Doom Wiki:Copyrights for details). By contributing, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. Your changes will be visible immediately. Please enter a summary of your changes above. Do not submit copyrighted images or text without permission! This includes text taken from in-game codices or logbooks, or from official instruction manuals, strategy guides, and other such books. This project is not affiliated with id Software, Raven Software, ZeniMax Media, Bethesda SoftWorks, or any other commercial software developer or publisher. Use of trademarked logos and other protected intellectual property is solely for the purpose of analysis and critical commentary on the identified products and associated fan community activity, and does not imply any endorsement by any of these organizations or their employees, past or present. Upload images to the wiki. Don't forget to categorize pages! For testing, please use a sandbox. View this template Cancel | Editing help (opens in new window)