User talk:Devout Atheist

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Halopedian of the Month December 2008 KAC- 06:25, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

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Need help

Please, someone deleted the "Drone Leader" page, and I can't seem to get it back :-( Could you please help me? It is a distinct rank from the Major and Minor Drones. Minors are green with no shields, majors are blue, silver and yellow with a very, very weak shield. Drone leaders are red/gold with a strong energy shield, and they wear brute plasma rifles. They are clearly distinct ranks, the Halo 3 ODST stats clearly say so. Please, could you re-create the page? They exist outside firefight, which the deleter, Subtank, said. please, i spent too much time with the article yesterday to have some vandal remove it, and I can't manage to create another page yet again. I beg for your help :-(

Create a page for Tundra?

Hey, do you think Halopedia should have a page for the forged variant of Sandbox, Tundra, shown in the weekly update this week?

This map will be in matchmaking, and I think, should have a page.

Agree?

It should be a section of the Sandbox article. Commander DA, Administrator 02:06, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Smoke?

Can you tell me why Smoke is demanding me to do stuff in private message? Can you please talk to him? He's telling me to do things as if he is a moderator of the wiki?

This was Owner, and let me clear up this misconception right now. I never sent you a private message. I sent you a message on your talk page. The only 'demand' I made was for you to take the advice. I wasn't there to threaten you.

Carry on. Smoke ^{My page}_{My talk}^{My Editcount} 23:22, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I don't know the whole story, because the private messages cannot be verified, if they exist. If either of you have a problem, it is best to report it to an admin so it can be solved quickly. From what I've heard, you've had a small edit war, and this would normally get you banned by another admin. The best thing to do is to clearly state the problem in order for a third party to resolve it. I'm not sure what exactly the dispute is about, I've gotten fragments of it from Smoke. What I recommend is both of you posting your side of the argument on this page, providing links and other evidence to support your argument. I'm not trying to be a jerk, I just want to be as fair as possible, and the only way I can do this is if I know as much as possible about this situation. Commander DA, Administrator 02:14, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, the whole thing started when he added in something on the Brute Chieftain article. Pretty much, we went back and forth on edits there, both of us becoming increasingly irritated with each other. Today, I sent him a message on his talk page earlier, which I also told you about. I was a bit harsh about it due to being irritated. That's when he came to you. He sent me a message (using the message system this time), to which I replied (the first message was sent to the wrong member, but it was in his recent changes on his page, so that's how I got it). None of those messages were private, however; if you'd like to see our conversation, it's here: http://halo.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:UserBoard&user=Smoke.&conv=Owner2647

We pretty much resolved the issue on the message system. We both apologized to each other about it. I do recognize that I was wrong in the way I dealt with this situation (aside from coming to you about it, anyway). As far as I know, we're cool now. It won't happen again.

As for private messages, he meant the talk page. I never sent anything to him in a private message; he can verify that simply by taking a screenshot of his user page. Smoke ^{My page}_{My talk}^{My Editcount} 02:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Glad it's been resolved, and the fact that you were able to settle the dispute amongst yourselves is good. Also, both of you took the right steps by approaching an Administrator with your problem as well. Anyway, I was glad to help, and don't hesitate coming to me with any problems you have on this site. Commander DA, Administrator 02:33, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion nom

Marking a deletion nomination removal as minor is insulting, as is not explaining why you removed the nomination. --Odie5533 18:59, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Can you be more specific? If you specified which page you are talking about, I'll gladly provide my reason.Commander DA, Administrator 19:01, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Template:ButtonCombos --Odie5533 19:19, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

I felt that was a useful list, with no reason for deletion. Commander DA, Administrator 00:21, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Completely beside the point. --Odie5533 07:51, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

How so? Commander DA, Administrator 11:58, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Your reasoning for disagreeing with the nomination does not excuse the way in which you promulgated your decision. --Odie5533 13:57, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Point taken, I will post my reason next time. I apologize for any grievances I have caused by the actions I have taken. Commander DA, Administrator 16:21, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Excessive Creation

Slightly after 1:00 A.M. Eastern time, many new accounts were created within several seconds of each other, the furthest being still less than two minutes. I believe they are spam accounts and require further inquiry.

-DinoBenn

Yeah, I'm watching too. A couple of them (Shrike942, DivinityBadger) are, as far as I can tell, legitimate.

Smoke

05:21, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

What makes them legitimate over the others?

-DinoBenn

One user (DivinityBadger) is the IP that attempted to add an image earlier, and it got reverted. They messaged CommanderTony about it. I highly doubt that that's a spammer. I'm assuming good faith on Shrike942; they're setting up details on their user page. A couple (Udickface, Assholes) are definite spammers, and the others are unknown.

Smoke

05:29, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Good call on that.

-DinoBenn

Thanks for notifying me of this. Commander DA, Administrator 15:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

A new icon for Halopedia

I noticed that the halopedia site icon is very simple for such a high profile game. Since it occurred to me that the Halopedia site theme is white, I designed a new one from the Halo logo on the Halopedia Main Page.

Old: File:Favicon.jpg, New: File:NewFaviconW.jpg

If you could please move the current File:Favicon.ico to OldFavicon.ico and move File:NewFaviconW.ico to Favicon.ico we could see it live.

Please note that when you view the .ico files, they will appear blank, but your browser will understand them.

And if anybody objects, I guess you could revert back to the old.

Thank you!

Drtomjenkins 00:08, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Sounds good, but the other Admins have to approve of this as well. Commander DA, Administrator 13:39, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I updated the icon to the Halo logo as seen on the Main Page (a light blue H on a white background). This suits the site better and in comparison the black icon looks like a misfit: File:NewFavicon.png

Do I have to approach the other admins on their respective talk pages, or should I start a forum post? Thank you. -- Drtomjenkins 14:47, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Send a board blast if you have them on your friend's list. Commander DA, Administrator 23:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

No I don't. So would it be alright to contact them individually on their talk pages? Or would a forum post with supporters generate all the authority you need to update the icon? Thank you. -- Drtomjenkins 03:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Personally, I dislike this icon proposal. The blue H letter does not contrast with the light colors of browser address bars etc. It isn't as distinct. And changing a favicon that has become associated with this site is just a poor move in marketing terms. Why change something that works? The 888th Avatar ^(Talk) 05:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Vehicles on the sidebar menu

Could you please add the following just below the "Weapons" line on MediaWiki:Sidebar??

   ** Vehicles|Vehicles

The Vehicles item is not anywhere on the sidebar menu and is as important as the Weapons. I've already updated the same on Halopedia:Halo Game Play so no worries about that. Thank you! -- Drtomjenkins 03:40, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Weird, I put it there, but it's not showing up. Commander DA, Administrator 11:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Try a hard refresh. The 888th Avatar ^(Talk) 11:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

It's up there, just had to wait a little. Commander DA, Administrator 18:40, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

You deserve it

Best friend award Usually I wouldn't be so sentimental but I saw this reward and immediatly knew who to give it to. Without your help I wouldn't be half the Halopedian I am today. Don't you feel special now. ~ UserWiki:Galacticdominator ~ ~ 00:58, November 7, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! I proudly put it on my Userpage. =] Colonel DA, Halopedian Administrator 23:09, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

Halopedia:Manual_of_Style#Headers.2FHeadings_as_Links

Since you're an admin, just want to tell you about the above... really don't want to revert all of your edits.外国人^(7alk) 02:46, February 17, 2010 (UTC)

Ah, OK. I was unaware of this. Colonel DA, Halopedian Administrator 02:49, February 17, 2010 (UTC)

Help!

Hello DA. I am Odysseas-spartan-53. I am writing this message because I have a problem with logging in.

When I log in, the message "There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please hit "back" and reload the page you came from, then try again." appears. I tried everything, I changed my IP, restarted my computer, cleared my history, changed blowser. Nothing worked. Do you know what can I do to log in Halopedia again? Is this one of the many problems that this site (god make it) has?

Note: When I go to other wikis, I am logged in. Now that I am writing this message it shows that I am in my account! However, if I go to an other page, I'm away again!!! You may see me writing this as OS53 but when I go to any other page, I am logged off.

Sorry for bothering you with this, CT is never replying to my messages and Subtank is on holidays (lucky her :) )--^{Odysseas-Spartan}53 12:17, June 20, 2010 (UTC)