Halopedia talk:Administrators

Halopedia Leaders

Well, since we have moved from the old location, It seems like AgentSeethroo has stoped coming here altogether. Porplemontage and Buz almost never come here, and I don't see any admins from the previous site. So who is in charge of Halopedia now? Is Dragonclaws the only leader? Is there need for any more Admins? -ED 04:08, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

User:Porplemontage and User:Dragonclaws are the admins of the site --210.174.41.209 04:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I know that. But Porplomontage only visits the site once a month or so, at least according to his contribs. That leaves Dragonclaws to perform all the duties of an admin. -ED 05:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

And what persay are the duties of the admin? My understanding the only differnce is that between an admin and other users is that admin can grant admin status to normal users ... and delete pages which never happens here anyway. --210.174.41.209 15:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

And ban vandals, and edit system messages (like the copyright note at the bottom of an editing page). I would have to agree that we are not at full power with only one admin. However, I don't find this much different than the norm. AgentSeethroo would only pop in occasionally to talk about where he wanted Halopedia to go, Porplemontage only handled the technical side, and Buz only showed up at the very begining before leaving. Now that we've moved, I'm not sure who's in charge anymore myself. --Dragonclaws 19:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

If you would like, I wouldn't mind becoming an admin to help you out. Thats only if you need/want help, though. Just thought I would offer. -ED 03:13, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer. It sounds good, I'd appreciate the help. --Dragonclaws 06:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Yup. I'll do what I can to help you now. -ED 02:49, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind helping you out as an admin either. I'm on this site frequently clicking that Random Page button for some articles to read and maybe correct.--Jack-137 14:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for volunteering, but I think I'd prefer sticking with Ed for now. --Dragonclaws 04:16, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Admin policy

We need to state a clear admin policy we can't just be passing out admin rights to everyone. Now with more admins we don't know if they're going to just give admin privilages to all their friends, people the community hasn't chosen. We need a clear policy of voting in New Admins. --210.174.41.209 00:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• There is only one new admin, and that is me. I have been part of Halopedia for almost a year now, and I can assure you, I would not just randomly give out admin privledges. I was given them because, as per a concern I have had over the past year, there has been only one admin actively monitoring the site. I don't intend to make new admins without consulting Dragonclaws. In fact I leave it up to him entirely if he wants more admins. The general policy is stated on Halopedia:Administrators. -ED 02:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• As long as ED doesn’t go power mad there’s nothing wrong with him being an Admin, and it seems for now that two Admin’s will be enough. But as ED say’s on his user page “With three more books, another game and a full length motion picture planned for the future, I suspect Halopedia will double, maybe triple, in size.” So there may be need for more help in the future. -Climax Viod 11:13, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

• Agreed. -ED 21:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
• Agreed as well--Ryanngreenday 17:26, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

New Admin

The User:Zervon , needs to be added to the Admin list as he was able to protect this page, User:Zervon/monobook.css. Protecting a page is one of the things only admins can do right? Maybe this guy was made admin by User:ED as one of Ed's support staff or does this particluar type of page become protected when ANYbody creates it?--John117 02:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I didn't give him admin privledges, and the page you linked to doesn't appear to be protected? -ED 21:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Esemono

Esemono's an admin right? Angela gave him the admin powers so he could upload the logo here. So, should he be added to the list? --Dragonclaws 08:09, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I didn't know that. Well, if he is, he should be added. According to the stats page there are only four admins, AgentSeethroo, Porplemontage, Dragonclaws, and ED. (Buz never recreated his profile, I suggest he be removed.) -ED 18:58, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Correction: It now reads five admins. So I would say adding Esemono is ideal. -ED 01:55, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Another correction: It seems to be switching between 5 and 4. At least on my comp. Well, I'll leave it as is. -ED 19:04, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

AgentSeethroo never came here, though, did he? So his account would not have been made an admin, making the list: Dragonclaws, Ed, Esemono, and Porplemontage. Perhaps the fifth one could have been confusion over Angela, or just a glitch. --Dragonclaws 22:25, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Halopedia Leaders

I am new hear, but I have been waching this site for some time, and the data is coming along smothly, I would like to try to be a Halo Administrator, and if I become one I will try to help Halopedia the best that I can.--Darth nexes 18:48, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Administrators should be elected by the Main Editors of Halopedia, chosen because they think they would do the best job and help to expand Halopedia. --Climax Viod 11:23, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I concur, but the standards for administration would be very high, and an intricate system be set up. Hell, admins are only necessary for blocking vandals. Actually, do block J!MMY808. Just see the ~10 fanfic articles he wrote and the vandalism he did to the UNSC Carrier and UNSC Supercarrier pages b4 Vlad and I reverted those blasphemous edits and tagged those pages 4 deletion. Cheers,RelentlessRecusantFile:Jedi Order.jpg 15:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

• Agreed,--User:JohnSpartan117 [1] 19:48, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Angela

Angela is the cofounder of the wiki software, and so she has automatic sysop rights on every wikia wiki that exists, including ours. It surprises me how much she visits our site. She's not a dedicated member of our community, but I have seen her reverting edits, talking to users, and helping us out with our porject to get Halopedia its own Wikipedia article. Should she be added to the list of admins or at least mentioned on the page? -ED 03:25, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah it always surprising when she drops in eh? Writing that she has Sysop power would be a good idea ... unless that encourages people to write to her about trivial things, I'm sure she is busy enough. Maybe a disclaimer like local Admins handle local problems? -- Esemono 04:28, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I'll mention her with a disclaimer that she should generally not be messaged. -ED 16:32, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Porple

Hey, I just checked Porplemontage's contributions, and he hasn't been on since AUGUST! I think that qualifies as inactivity. His name should be taken off the list above. And, no, I don't think he needs a replacement. Esemono and Dragonclaws and ED have things taken care of. Regards, SPARTAN-091 File:UNSC.jpg ^{HelmetComm||Juliet} 17:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Porple does come back from time to time, he does a lot of the encoding and other less fun tasks for the site. I say keep him on unless he goes even longer without any contribs. -ED 20:19, 4 January 2007 (UTC)