User:Chicken7

   Welcome to Chicken7's central Wikia userpage.


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Hey! I'm James, or more commonly known as Chicken7. I live in Melbourne, Australia. I enjoy wiki-ing very much and look as it as a addictive hobby. I will contribute various things from fixing spelling or code errors to tasks like major content addons. I categorise myself as a "proper community member" meaning someone who gets involved in various ways. I welcome new users, comment on wiki issues or requests and have a chat to other users about their edits or themselves. I am an administrator on many wikis so I do tasks like deleting pages and blocking those idiotic vandals too. One of my focal strong points is friendliness; I never want to come across as "harsh" or "negative" and always aim to be well-disposed. I also enjoy looking at deleted revisions of articles.

I'm not a wikia helper, but I am still happy to help! If you want help with wiki stuff (from notability to coding and everything in between), leave me a line; I'd love to be of your [wiki] services!

I edit

 * Runescape Wiki - A comprehensive source of information about the MMORPG, Runescape. First wiki I edited and still my home wiki. I am an administrator there.
 * Banjo-Kazooie Wiki - An ever-growing encyclopedia about the Banjo-Kazooie video game series. I was there since the time when it started to actually get more users and grow. I am a bureaucrat there.
 * Cities XL - Wiki about the upcoming city-building game, Cities XL. Pretty much no activity, no users, no nothing. Maybe could get it off its feet in time for the game's release.

I did edit

 * Monopoly Wiki - Small but best source of information about the board game, Monopoly. I am an administrator there.

I might edit

 * Australia Wiki - Very small, very inactive but could become a very comprehensive encyclopedia. Probably won't edit as most infois at Wikipedia, but still thinking.
 * CHERUB Wiki - Fairly small, but I'm obsessed with the book series, so I might edit it.
 * Total War Wiki - I love the series and it looks like the wiki needs some good guidance. I am seriously thinking about this, although I have just became fairly active on my first home wiki, RuneScape Wiki. I'll see.

I might create

 * SWAT Wiki/SWAT 4 Wiki - A game I love to play. I am part of one of the well-known clans, and SWAT4 fansites are lacking. Tips on how to improve skills, modify gameplay and other little goodies may prove very popular. I

Wikipedia
I also edit Wikipedia. It was my first wiki software experience. My first edit was on the 7th April, 2007.


 * Wikipedia Userpage

Contributions to Wikia
My usual contributions are either administrative, factual or maintenance. Some things I do on my wikis include:
 * Make large factual additions to articles, while searching the stub category.
 * Obtain screenshots for articles that are lacking
 * Create skins
 * Design wiki logos, using screenshots and the official product's logo, under fair use.
 * Welcome new users
 * Explaining to new users of errors if they have made them
 * Warn vandals before blocking
 * Blocking vandals
 * Having a friendly chat with other users and admins
 * Discussing major wiki changes on the localised "Village Pump"
 * Implementing new templates and tools into the wiki, such as mini-profiles off other websites
 * Deleting articles that are to be speedy deleted
 * Increasing notability of a wiki by increasing its rank in Google, and getting it known on other fansites and forums
 * Developing "affiliation" between the wiki and other fansites to increase both the wiki's and fansite's notability
 * Minor edits, including wanted pages and unclosed wiki markup
 * Reverting/rollbacking vandalism
 * Uploading new images when updates are needed
 * Requesting removal of new Wikia features that may affect the wiki negatively
 * Giving my views on an issue regardless of which way the argument is leaning
 * many more...

Useful pages

 * Help:Wiki configuration
 * Report:Wiki

Subpages

 * Signature
 * Other