User talk:Acer4666

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Enjoy! -- Kirkburn (Talk) 13:29, 29 July 2009

Page header bar
Hi Acer, I've found the problem. The piece of code before this one has not been closed (There is no } at the end). Add the }, then replace the original code I gave you with this one: .WikiaPageHeader { border-bottom: 1px solid #D9D9D9; margin-bottom: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;} That should sort it for you.

Re: Thank you
You're welcome :) -- Porter21 (talk) 10:50, June 1, 2011 (UTC)

I am not really sure what you are talking about. Please elaborate. --JW Talk   12:59, July 19, 2011 (UTC)

Gaming the games
To reply to your message on User talk:Jirachiwish:

I'd say there's a benefit to giving motivation via a system of goals and awards, even if those systems can be gamed by pointless edits. I've always been proud of my Wikipedia edit count, but could have built that count with bad edits. Of course, I would have quickly been banned if those edits were not genuine, just as can happen here if someone tries to play the system. I see badges as an extension of an edit count or my list of featured articles/images on Uncyclopedia.

The ideal for me is a system that rewards good editing, to help motivate more people who have good things to add... and also a social system that stops those that try to game it by adding bad or pointless things. Better still would be a system that could see the difference between the two automatically... but, of course, fixing a typo and adding an unnecessary space can look the same to an automatic system. But in general, giving encouragement, feedback, and credit for building a wiki can work well as a motivator for contributors. Or it might not work for your wiki, in which case it can be turned off.

The image attribution isn't intended to be a motivator btw, the intention there is for the link to help show visitors that this is a site that various people have built, rather than something created by "Wikia" or "the game company". But again, if it doesn't work for your wiki it can be turned off on request. -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog)  22:46, July 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * Just to let you know the situation, Bleach Wiki, the wiki where Jirachiwish constantly changes images, has image attribution turned off so so that does not factor in.--


 * Many thanks for the response Sannse! I didn't mean to come across overly negative, or to re-hash the old oasis vs old skin debate etc., I just thought I'd point out the implications of the image attribution and how it can encourage that sort of behaviour. It's my personal belief that it is fine to promote the community side of wikis, but done in the right way (ie separate from the content, not mixed in) but this is personal so it's great that we have the choice to opt out of that. I guess I just wanted to point out the flaws in mixing content and community.
 * In terms of a more representative edit count system, have the staff ever considered having a figure showing how much content you have added to the wiki? Each edit shows a number of bytes added or taken away from the article, perhaps taking all the positive numbers and adding them together. Once again, it would be majorly flawed, and open to gaming, but might give another viewpoint on someone's edit count. Might not be worth all the computing power that would be needed to work it all out--Acer4666 09:53, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

Re:
Pro. Point taken. Cook Me Plox 21:57, September 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * Awesome. Thank you.--Acer4666 21:58, September 1, 2011 (UTC)

Blog post
Hi Acer, Just wanted to give you a head's up to a blog post I just posted. If you haven't seen the Technical Update from yesterday, you may want to check out the blog post. I think you'll be excited. ;) Let me know if you have any questions. --Meighan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 18:35, November 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Meighan, thanks for the heads-up. This is definitely a change for the better, I'm glad you (Wikia) have managed to change your minds over this. I'll comment on the specifics of the blog over there :)-- Category:Acer4666 12:30, December 1, 2011 (UTC)