User talk:Archduk3

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Enjoy! -- CatherineMunro (Talk) 02:49, February 2, 2010

Fantastic job!
Your comment on sannse's blog is the only one in over 700 that made me smile. You are a true master of the skewers of irony and sarcasm. -- ◄mendel► 11:10, August 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * The sad part is I had actually wrote a piece about how wikia isn't facebook, isn't going to be facebook, and shouldn't be trying to be facebook; pointing out that we are not one big community like they say, but are actually thousands of independent communities that only have a few things in common, all the while saying it's nice to have easy access to these other communities, but pointing out I, or anyone else for that matter, don't need a third of every page, along at least that giant top bar, to throw ads at me for wikis outside of the one I'm on when an actual Central hub could do what all that wasted space is doing, but better. At about that point, I thought f*ck it, I've spent a month already trying to talk to these people, no one is listening, might as well entertain myself at least while blowing off some steam. - 11:43, August 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, you entertained me, too. :)
 * I think that many Wikia wikis do have a lot in common, but it's a challenge to find ways to actually capitalize on that. (Shared help is one of these ways, a project that goes back to an idea I had on the #wikia irc channel.) It's deeply ironic that the one project that brings hundreds of admins and other editors from all across Wikia together on one page is the protest against the skin change. -- ◄mendel► 14:36, August 19, 2010 (UTC)

IRC
Hop on IRC when you get the chance. I would like to talk to you about another issue I noticed. Rappy 20:55, March 12, 2011 (UTC)

Attitude
Archduk, I understand that you are frustrated with many of wikia's recent changes to things but your comments and attitude are down right nasty and do nothing but insult wikia staff. It is for that I must ask you to remain civil and polite when leaving comments. If you do not think you can do that then perhaps being here is not the best place for you.--
 * "Frustrated" doesn't cover it. "Recent" doesn't cover it. I'm from a CC-BY-NC wiki "hosted" by wikia and I can't have an open discussion with the other admins about switching hosts because of the constant threat of us all being arbitrary blocked and replaced with corporately appointed users. Wikia won't answer copyright questions or even explain simple reduction of control changes they make mandatory by changing the terms of use. I'm not respected by the company branding my content, and all I'm asking for and expressing is the truth of that situation. I've tried "civil and polite", and got much the same as I get with "frustrated and angry", so if I'm not going to get answers either way, the only difference I see is I'm likely to be blocked for something as nebulous as my "tone", which there is no policy or guideline about, while directing my "frustration" at the company that's the cause of it, instead of injuring myself and my wiki by remaining silent. I'm angry at the company, not the employees, and anyone in customer service should be able to tell the difference, and not take it personally. I've done that job before, and I've never threatened a customer for their tone. Productive feedback is honest, not polite. - 20:47, August 16, 2011 (UTC)