Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-4681049-20140831124312/@comment-3547390-20140901061946

I know you were the badge person. I thought you had solidified them prior to leaving. As for leaving, everybody here disappears at times. I just wasn't sure about you coming back due to your brief appearances and plans of returning over the years (well, one instance in 2012) never coming to fruition. So I am glad to be proven wrong only a day or two after assuming you weren't coming back. I am surprised you say the Quake 3 page doesn't need changing, but I don't pay attention to that stuff. I just thought it wouldn't be up to latest credentials and all due to being outdated.

I understand your idea of recognition. I guess the best balance is keeping such banners for long term goals. I definitely am against the return of the badges on the side if you were wishing to bring that concept back. The whole ranking system causes people to try to compete and be better than each other, while the individual badges could be dangerous as it forces attention to certain sections to gain more badges. Honestly I am still a little nervous about the banner concept, it might almost be a bit too much vanity and cause bragging rights. I don't know, I guess the only recognition I feel is needed is the happiness of reaching the end goal. Plus, this is kinda a collaboration. People still curious to know who contributed what could inquire further by looking at the history and whatnot, but it isn't blatantly displayed to say "we are better than those with 12 edits!".

What category did you use? I thought you used This.

As-salamu-Alaykum? He is not an admin, though is the one who did those changes and whatnot. I like some of his concepts, but I agree that he should have let you tinker with it. As far as I am aware, we kinda let each other do their own projects without altering it around until the admin is absolutely finished. At least that is how I believe it works and what I try to do (not that the stuff I do really would have anyone intervene anyway due to unpopularity). It just is disorienting for the developer who is trying to get down a solidified concept (I used to have fears that people would come and change things before I was done, so I know where you are coming from).

Like I said, As-salamu-Alaykum isn't an admin. He is a user that has some good ideas and focuses on some areas "regular users" wouldn't touch. He has even written portions of the policy and other various areas. Perhaps it was this stuff that made you think he was an admin? Or maybe it was due to him writing "rules" and telling people not to revert his changes. I don't believe he does it anymore after discussing it with him, but there was a time when he would take certain things on himself that should normally be done by admins. So, while he is reformed, a stray topic or two might have also given you the impression that he wasn't just a normal user. The only currently active admins are me, Raadec, Vork, and you.

So, basically, we need to come up with a background idea first. Well, I am open to such a reform! We haven't really had such a discussion since earlier this year, where Raadec had an idea on possibly doing all four logos. He has a template somewhere on one of the talk pages, though it was just a simple draft. My biggest fear is aligning everything, I have had bad luck with backgrounds.

Alright, at least you are around to do templates. Like I said, we all disappear from time to time. I think there was a week not too long ago where nobody really was active. I just wanted to make sure you weren't disappearing for two years again :P.