User talk:KaVir

Second member of MUD task force, yay

You da man. :) —chaos5023 (talk) 21:46, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Adding DVW references all over the place

At the risk of causing you to have a talk page that consists entirely of me repeatedly saying "you go": you go! —chaos5023 (talk) 18:30, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm still a little unsure about punctuation and such, so thanks for going over my additions. I really need to buy more books though! KaVir (talk) 18:46, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Sure. Stuff like punctuation vis refs is covered in WP:MOS, but that's a teal deer to the point where picking it up as one goes along seems preferable to me. More books are always good, and if you get a lead on anything decent that isn't already in Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/MUD#Print_sources, please let me know. —chaos5023 (talk) 19:07, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

ANI Notice

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.   — Jess· Δ♥ 13:07, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi KaVir. It's been a while. I'm letting you know about the thread on ANI, since you were involved in the original discussion. There is probably no need to comment there. However, I will ask that you read over WP:CANVASS, and not do that in the future. We have a pretty good process here, on site, for advertising AfDs and ensuring that quality articles get kept. Canvassing off-site just guarantees that there's additional drama, and that the AfD might be relisted or rerun. Thanks.   — Jess· Δ♥ 13:07, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

WP:CANVASS states that "In general, it is perfectly acceptable to notify other editors of ongoing discussions, provided that it is done with the intent to improve the quality of the discussion by broadening participation to more fully achieve consensus". The post I made on Top Mud Site stated only "For those interested in the subject, the "MUD trees" article has now been nominated for deletion:" (followed by a link to the nomination). While some of the replies were certainly hostile, I thought the wording of my original post was very neutral. Of the responses to the nomination, all were from existing editors - except for one anonymous respondant who proposed "delete" KaVir (talk) 13:58, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but your post was off-site, on a forum for MUDs. The intent of the post was obviously to attract people who were sympathetic to having increased coverage of MUDs on wikipedia. Read the "appropriate notification" and "inappropriate notification" sections of WP:CANVASS, particularly: "Contacting users off-wiki (by e-mail or IRC, for example) to persuade them to join in discussions." It's no big deal now; wikipedia operates without any firm rules or "newbie school", as it were, so I'm sure you weren't aware of our policy regarding canvassing. I'm letting you know now because, in the long run, canvassing like that doesn't help preserve articles. It often makes preserving them harder, in fact, because editors perceive a bias in the !voting. Anyway, if you need any help with the subject here on wikipedia, feel free to drop by my talk page and ask. I cleaned up a few articles I saw. Unfortunately, it looks like our coverage of MUDs isn't very good.   — Jess· Δ♥ 14:09, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

The text "Contacting users off-wiki (by e-mail or IRC, for example) to persuade them to join in discussions" is followed by the comment "(unless there is a specific reason not to use talk pages)". I didn't know their Wikipedia names (and therefore their talk pages), except for Chaos5023 (who I did actually contact on his talk page). I guess we need a way to contact each other on Wikipedia. KaVir (talk) 14:36, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

That text is a fairly narrow exception; for example, if there is something sensitive being discussed and so you contacted a user privately (and directly). Contacting a whole community or forum does fall afoul of CANVASS, I'm afraid. Again, it's really no big deal. Don't worry about it. I'm just letting you know for future reference. Luckily, you have their usernames now so you can find their talk pages, or post to the MUD wikiproject (if there are active users there). Anyway, it was good running into you again. See you around :)   — Jess· Δ♥ 15:09, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

I've made another post to Top Mud Sites inviting any Wikipedia editors there to watch and/or comment on my talk page here if they're interested in being involved in future discussions about mud-related articles. KaVir (talk) 15:14, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Sounds good. That should be fine, as long as you're not pulling them into a specific discussion involving a !vote. The more editors here, the better. Thanks!   — Jess· Δ♥ 15:44, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

You've been here for a while, but never welcomed... Welcome!

Hello, KaVir! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already excited about Wikipedia, you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field when making edits to pages. Happy editing!   — Jess· Δ♥ 13:07, 25 January 2013 (UTC) Getting Started The five pillars of Wikipedia • Tutorial • Your first article How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions New contributors' help page Where to: ask questions • make requests Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Simplified Manual of Style • Three-revert rule Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • Sock puppetry Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Maintenance • Peer review • Requested articles Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Mud task force

How does one join the MUD task force? I am interested, but unable to figure out how this process works. It does not help that the wiki search function is completely useless; google at least gives me the correct pages, but I still have no idea what to do. Flying hazard (talk) 17:15, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

If you're talking about the MUD wikiproject (Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/MUD), all you need to do is sign your name below the "Members" section. So, click on "edit" at the top right of the section, and put in *~~~~ on a new line. Wikiprojects are pretty informal, so it's just a matter of listing yourself as involved. Then start editing :)   — Jess· Δ♥ 17:35, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Hello. You have an obvious conflict of interest with the article GodWars, considering that GodWars is your product as said on the first line, and that your biographic article Richard Woolcock redirects there. You should thus limit yourself to non-controversial edits. This includes only adding any new text if there is is clear consensus on the talk page. Also, please note that I'm not trying to antagonize you, I'm only trying to make the MUD articles look more professional. Thank you. EternalFlare (talk) 10:41, 27 January 2013 (UTC)