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==My Story==
==My Story==


I joined the wiki not long after it's creation. See, at that time, the only active contributors were me and [[User:A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]] (with some help here and there from [[User:Porplemontage|Steve]] and [[User:Geno Kirby|Geno Kirby]]).
I joined the wiki not long after it's creation. I had just started college and was killing time in the campus computer lab. I don't exactly remember why, but I was looking through the Mario article on Wikipedia when I ran across a link the then newly born MarioWiki. So, I signed up.
 
See, at that time, the only active contributors were me, [[User:A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]], [[User:Porplemontage|Steve]] (who admittedly wasn't around much) and [[User:Geno Kirby|Geno Kirby]] (whom I miss).


Problem is, I had a roommate at the time. I created the account [[User:Jelly Soup|Jelly Soup]], as that is the name I normally use online. Due to issues at school, I didn't use the account for several weeks. But my roommate did. By the time I got back here, my roomy had started a fight with Link (who is rather overzealous about wiki-matters). Seeing that I would never be able to work with the guy under that name, I made this account. By this time, a few more people had joined (partly due to me advertising on a few private message boards), but no serious editing was going on (apart from what me and Link did).
Problem is, I had a roommate at the time. I created the account [[User:Jelly Soup|Jelly Soup]], as that is the name I normally use online. Due to issues at school, I didn't use the account for several weeks. But my roommate did. By the time I got back here, my roomy had started a fight with Link (who is rather overzealous about wiki-matters). Seeing that I would never be able to work with the guy under that name, I made this account. By this time, a few more people had joined (partly due to me advertising on a few private message boards), but no serious editing was going on (apart from what me and Link did).


Link quit not long after, as he was essentially trying to build the Great Wall of the Marioverse with a toothpick. At this time in the wikis life, there wasn't enough people or content to establish things like policy and feature articles.
Thinking back, I think our main problems came from trying to move too far too fast. Link has extensive wiki experience and was applying it to try and build the Great Wall of the Marioverse with a toothpick. At this point in the wikis life, there wasn't enough people or content to establish things like policy and feature articles. Link left shortly after.
 
During this time, I was more into reverting edits by spambots (which was major problem #1 at the time). With the absence of Link, the only major contributors were me and Geno Kirby, the latter of which focused on correcting random data and sorting out messes.
 
After a few...days? Weeks? I don't remember. Anyway, after a time, I eventually got engrossed in a few projects of my own:


The only two big contributors at this point were me and Geno Kirby. Geno added in random article information and sorted out a lot of the mess. I set to work on two things:
*Trying to fix multiple redirects/links to the same places (which major problem #2 at the time).
*Trying to integrate categories into the wiki. I think this one was more successful. It's funny to think how it started, looking at the category tree now.


*1. Trying to fix multiple redirects/links to the same places (which was a major problem at the time).
As time went on, we had more and more bots attacking the wiki, adding adverts and just being general pains. At the time, Steve didn't want to restrict editing to registered users only, as doing so might put people off of the wiki and we were starving for memebers. Eventually, I was made MarioWiki's second Sysops (and first active one. AgentSeethrough had departed long before hand, having made a grand total of three edits, I think).
*2. Trying to integrate categories into the wiki. I think the latter was more successful. It's funny to think how it started, looking at the category tree now.


As time went on, we had more and more bots attacking the wiki, adding adverts and just being general pains. At the time, Steve didn't want to restrict editing to users only (as it might put people off of the wiki and we needed members). Eventually, I was made MarioWiki's first Sysop (well, after Steve).
As more and more active users joined and school got busier and busier, I realized it wasn't necessary for me to play watchdog anymore. We had people like Wayoshi, Paper Gorge and Sun of Suns (not necessarily in that order) to keep watch. The wiki was capable, finally, of standing on it's own two feet. So, I let other members handle the big stuff. These days, I use my sysops powers for house cleaning (page deletions, page moves, blocking idiots, etc.). It takes time and tends to be a rather tedious process, but I do enjoy doing it.


As more and more active users joined and school got busier and busier, I realized it wasn't necessary for me to play watchdog anymore. The wiki was capable of standing on it's own two feet. So, I let other members handle the big stuff. These days, I use my sysops powers for house cleaning (page deletions, page moves, blocking idiots, etc.). It takes time and tends to be a rather tedious process, but I do enjoy doing it.
I remember taking a few months off for school and family. Coming back was a trip, seeing how much had changed (read: improved) in just under four some-odd months.


Really, there's more to my cleanup habits. I happen to be '''really''' bad at mainspace edits. Sure, I could do a lot in the early days, but most of that was start up stuff to help get the ball rolling. And yes, I'm good for an obscure article every now and again. But I'm much better at grammar proofing, spell checking, link fixing and other maintenance based tasks. Having Sysops powers allows me to tackle a few of the bigger cleanups that I couldn't normally.
And here we are now.


==Current Goals==
==Current Goals==

Revision as of 19:34, July 25, 2008

Ghost Jam
The best part of Viva Pinata is the Cluckles.
Name: Chris
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Notes: Page deletions taste like love and happy.

I am a Sysop. This means that I am a member of the administrative team here on MarioWiki. If you have any questions or concerns, or otherwise have a need to contact a Sysops (you can just BS with me too), please feel free to leave a message on my talk page.

You can find a list of all of MarioWiki's administrative staff here.

My Story

I joined the wiki not long after it's creation. I had just started college and was killing time in the campus computer lab. I don't exactly remember why, but I was looking through the Mario article on Wikipedia when I ran across a link the then newly born MarioWiki. So, I signed up.

See, at that time, the only active contributors were me, A Link to the Past, Steve (who admittedly wasn't around much) and Geno Kirby (whom I miss).

Problem is, I had a roommate at the time. I created the account Jelly Soup, as that is the name I normally use online. Due to issues at school, I didn't use the account for several weeks. But my roommate did. By the time I got back here, my roomy had started a fight with Link (who is rather overzealous about wiki-matters). Seeing that I would never be able to work with the guy under that name, I made this account. By this time, a few more people had joined (partly due to me advertising on a few private message boards), but no serious editing was going on (apart from what me and Link did).

Thinking back, I think our main problems came from trying to move too far too fast. Link has extensive wiki experience and was applying it to try and build the Great Wall of the Marioverse with a toothpick. At this point in the wikis life, there wasn't enough people or content to establish things like policy and feature articles. Link left shortly after.

During this time, I was more into reverting edits by spambots (which was major problem #1 at the time). With the absence of Link, the only major contributors were me and Geno Kirby, the latter of which focused on correcting random data and sorting out messes.

After a few...days? Weeks? I don't remember. Anyway, after a time, I eventually got engrossed in a few projects of my own:

  • Trying to fix multiple redirects/links to the same places (which major problem #2 at the time).
  • Trying to integrate categories into the wiki. I think this one was more successful. It's funny to think how it started, looking at the category tree now.

As time went on, we had more and more bots attacking the wiki, adding adverts and just being general pains. At the time, Steve didn't want to restrict editing to registered users only, as doing so might put people off of the wiki and we were starving for memebers. Eventually, I was made MarioWiki's second Sysops (and first active one. AgentSeethrough had departed long before hand, having made a grand total of three edits, I think).

As more and more active users joined and school got busier and busier, I realized it wasn't necessary for me to play watchdog anymore. We had people like Wayoshi, Paper Gorge and Sun of Suns (not necessarily in that order) to keep watch. The wiki was capable, finally, of standing on it's own two feet. So, I let other members handle the big stuff. These days, I use my sysops powers for house cleaning (page deletions, page moves, blocking idiots, etc.). It takes time and tends to be a rather tedious process, but I do enjoy doing it.

I remember taking a few months off for school and family. Coming back was a trip, seeing how much had changed (read: improved) in just under four some-odd months.

And here we are now.

Current Goals

  • Keep the to be deleted page as clean as possible.
  • Run through Special Pages lists periodically to clean up smaller messes.
  • End fights and revert-wars as quickly and effectively as possible.

Stats

  • Joined MarioWiki on the 27th of September, 2005, at 12:46 (EST)(this is estimated).
  • Promoted to Sysops on the 23rd of November, 2005, at 18:12 (EST).

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