From Halopedia, the Halo Wiki

About the Author

Hey everyone, i'm CommanderTony one of the more senior Administrators here at Halopedia. And despite people's thoughts, I am not...I repeat, I am not the Leader or Head Admin of the wikia. I prefer to be called "Tony" or "CT" over the entirety of my name, and most messages you send me will be replied to.

I'm currently a student in the United States, and a Marine Cadet with the rank of Gunnery Sergeant. I love to watch movies, play games, shoot firearms, work on cars, go to work, and other assorted things with myself and friends.

After High School, I hope to become an Infantry Officer in the US Marine Corps or a Fighter pilot in either the Marines or Navy. If neither of those work out, then I hope to become a writer/artist for either movies or games.

More By CommanderTony

Proposal for new Spoilers Policy

0 votes, 23 comments

Halopedians in ODST

0 votes, 16 comments

Halopedia's Funniest Video of the Week (May 18th to May 25th, 2009)

0 votes, 3 comments

View All

Other recent contributors

Make this page better by editing it.

Other recent voters

If you like the article, vote for it.

Disbanding the Usergroups

by CommanderTony

created May 24, 2009, last edited November 27, 2009

28

Vote

The Usergroups of Halopedia have played a wonderful part in the history of our great wikia, providing the means for many users to aspire to greatness and articles to become of better quality.

Though it is quite obvious that in the past year, it has all taken a downward spiral, one that nobody could have seen (even with the rise in accounts created), or even thought of. Four terms have been in power across all usergroups since the lack of activity began. All they've really truly done is accept users into the group and take promotion requests. The current terms and the councilors from each of them during the last elections promised a real increase in activity and attempting to get more users involved. More than a month has passed since that, and nothing has changed a single bit. And as a side note, the Ancients and Gamers usergroups have barely had any activity, even user acceptance into their ranks.

This is why I propose that all of the usergroups, including the Monitors and Standard's Council, be disbanded immediately. In their place, I suggest an Administrator-supported effort to assist in the attention of Project: M.O.S.. Or perhaps even a restructuring of the current groups into focusing on smaller things (i.e. Weapons, Characters, Starships, Levels, etc.) rather than a wide and overwhelming arc of an entire faction's related articles. I also propose that the Monitors of Halopedia be replaced by active users, rather than just only Administrators, nearly half of which are currently inactive at the time. There are many good candidates for Featured Articles, though it is only hindered by (of course), a lack of activity in the usergroups.

I'm sure this won't come to a shock to some people, and many people will be infuriated with rage and hate. But there is simply no point whatsoever in hosting usergroups that are nothing more than a name and a group of users, disregarding their prime objective of enhancing our articles. I also remind you that they will not go away forever, as only the non-essential pages for the groups will be deleted.

Thank you, and have a great day!

Rawr,
Captain James T. Kirk, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) ^Talk December 22, 2009

Votes

Support (29/2)

Support - As per my statement above. Captain James T. Kirk, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) ^Talk December 22, 2009
Support - User groups aren't that great. I, of all people, should know. Kougermasters (Talk) (Edits) 22:36, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Support - I had noted that in the past 2 months. Should be done.--Flood12345 23:33, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Support - Mild support, stronger under the conditions of my proposal. - G h o s t Sangheili ^[iTalk] _[iWork]
Support - Overstrong support. - JEA13 ^[iTalk] 06:07, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Support - I think more focused groups is the way to go. Also leaders that actually participate regularly, those that don't should lose their high rank. The wiki might need wider reforms though, for example the featured article has been the same for over a year or more. --Jaguartalon 08:59, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Support - I honestly never saw the point in usergroups, it makes users neglect articles by only focusing on a specific category when editing. Colonel DA, Administrator 13:46, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Support As per Subtank's comment. - Ascy 'Vamal ^{Light your way with honour!} 14:01, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Support-ShadowBroker44 15:39, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Support-As many others have explained.Surpreme Commander Sith-venator Wavingstrider (Holonet) 17:51, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Support - As much as I've liked the usergroup idea, I have to agree with Subtank's comment below, but I do like some of the other ideas given such as keeping a page protected by the admins for each group and keeping our userboxes. --Andrew-996 ^{"Radio Frequency 9.96"}_{"Confirmed Kills"} 22:39, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Support - They can be fun, but they really serve no purpose anymore. D1134 03:07, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
Support - Although I am saddened by the thought of the Usergroups being disbanded, I agree with what you are saying CT. You have my support. -- Lieutenant Mechanical-Menace _{Defense System: Active} ^{Communications Array: Online} _{Construction: Complete}
SupportHalopedia neds to be changed KY4EVER Ultragruntfan
Support - I think this is a great idea. Wjxhuang, the 888th Avatar ^{Talk} 11:23, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
Support - you have my support in removing them. S-058
Support - I see the logic and it will be painful to say goodbye, but they have had a good run. §u b n o v a 7 1 0:12, 31 May 2009 (UTC) (Now I will go to my corner and cry... XD)
Support - The original purpose of them was to encourage group work, and that no longer happens. They no longer have a reason to be here. Blade bane 14:18, 30 May 2009 (UTC)Blade bane
Support - While I agree the Usergroups should be disbanded, I think there should be something more efficient to replace them. Halo-343 17:38, 30 May 2009
Support -I have been personal witness to the total inactivity of the usergroups. They are nothing but a waste of memory crystal. Lieutenant Mcloganator 00:39, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
SupportSecond Lieutenant Keith Johnson ^{com link} 17:53, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Support- While I agree the usergroups be disbanded, this is thou the third time this event has come up something more effecient (not human controlled) should be brought to surface. Death Rider
Support- Captain6 01:42, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Support - Go ahead. I don't even take part in 'em, and I haven't seen them do anything noteworthy. DavidJCobb 04:16, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Support - DinoBenn 07:35, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Support - I never liked em anyway... WraithAscendant ^TacComm _{Classified Operations} 07:53, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Support - Alas, all the usergroups have turned into is a list of people joining up and then not doing anything. Its tedious going through promotion requests for the tiniest thing, and there's little incentive left for people to edit. -- Administrator Specops306 - Qur'a 'Morhek ^{Honour Light Your Way!} 10:15, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Support - Begone with them. All they are doing is taking up space. --Thunderstream328 Scroll 11:04, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Support - They seem to serve no purpose, and we should remove them. S-058
Support - M33 11|Ro bot | 17:55, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Neutral (3/0)

Neutral While I agree that work efforts in groups are down, I don't one hundred percent agree with disbandment. Perhaps if they were disbanded, they could be replaced with a small cleanup group, or maybe more emphasis could be put on Improvement Articles? Elimination. Decimation. Annihilation. 21:57, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Neutral I don't care either way. Smoke^{Sound off!} 05:46, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Neutral Not that I completely disagree nor agree with the entire disbanding of the usergroups, but I, too like, SevenCycles, also admit that the usergroups are becoming more and more inactive. I still believe that the usergroups are still attracting more users to edit, but at a much smaller scale than ever before. They provide a sense of who's been the most hard-working and constructive, and I believe this shows other users, members of the usergroup or not, who to turn to for help. (Although technically, Halopedia isn't supposed to be a hierachy). I agree with the second and third (and obviously first) paragraphs of CT's proposal and I do believe in the reconstructing the groups into weapons, characters, ships, and etc., but I was wondering with all these different categories, wouldn't the number of groups just double and cause even more confusion and/or disorganization? I may be wrong or have read it wrong, but that's the way that I'm picturing it at the moment. Again, I'm a little on the support side, but unfortunately in my infinite wisdom, I always like to contradict my own strong beliefs, and abstain for now until further stronger comments. If the usergroups are to be disbanded, I strongly hope that Ghost Sangheili's "Save the Page" idea of keeping the usergroup pages and userboxes as a chance to remember them by as an old ancient Halopedian relic. On a different note, I congratulate Tony on his proposal. Rawr and forever, --Blemo ^TALK • _{CONTRIBUTIONS} • _EMAIL • _CALENDER • _MESSAGE

Oppose (4/0)

Oppose-Dragonblaze-052 03:38, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
Oppose-Same reason as my comment.Kasa 'Makonee 19:49, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
OpposeGalacticdominator 12:47, 28 May 2009 (UTC) why not simply create sub-groups? the usergroups are an importaint part of halopedia
Oppose- I think that Usergroups are a more enlightening side of the Halopedia community. Although the community as a whole is a fantastic one (aside from vandals and point whores), the Usergroups add a fun side where people can find a sense of belonging and group together with people that have similar likes and interests. Yes, the usergroups have been inactive; but it is still fun to have a group of people that can help each other and work together to help the community. We can't blame the inactivity of the usergroups on its leaders or anything of the sort. I think that a major part of the inactivity is that many people join the groups, but then stop helping the group a few days after they join. There are still many loyal users that help each usergroup with page edits as well as aiding the community. The groups should remain. User talk:ThirstyGrunt 11:06, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Oppose- I agree with galacticdominator. It makes more sense to sub divide the groups than undertake a radical restructuring; that would take more time to develop and iron out a new system than to revise the current one. User talk:VYPER117
Oppose:Read my comment. But the hint is, it is hard to find mistakes or stuff to edit in great wikias like this one, Zeldapedia, etc.--Shade Link 19:22, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

NicmavrColonel

212 days ago

Score 3

I really don't know. While I agree that most usergroups are inactive and are just like a group of people, I do have some doubts on this, probably due to the fact that a lot of work was put in making them in the first place. So, I'm going to stay

Neutral on this for now.

Create a new article Upload a new image
Recent changes Help	Random page Special pages Recent changes Random page