Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-4681049-20140831124312/@comment-3547390-20140901211700

It doesn't seem he is refusing. He is just asking for you not to do such, it is a fair request and definitely the improvement I was talking about. From this point we can discuss our rationale and explain why those edits aren't supported. I don't believe "asserting my power" would be good at this point, open hostility doesn't get you anywhere normally and doesn't especially when he is making an effort to being a decent user.

That part on this page is one of the things I was talking about. He used to declare things, often telling other users not to "do something again" or something to that affect. I can't find the chat message, perhaps he deleted it, but I did explain to him why that type of attitude isn't the best and how he could improve. The method he has used so far seems to be in-line with such a request. The funny thing is that 95% of the time we would not bother with user pages, only changing it if it was something entirely inappropriate.

Well, I guess it will be up to me after we get the idea down. We could try the four logo thing, see how that works. I just don't want to mess things up more than they currently are. I use the latest version of Photoshop, so I have a nice editor for such purposes.

No, I am not totally against it. I am against the return of the sidebar (you missed it, but it was pretty unanimous among the admins and members at the time that such a thing was bad for the community), but the banners can stay as a basic achievement. Plus, in its current form, there is no real sense of competition that I can sense. Sure, it could perhaps have bragging rights, but it would have just as much as the actual number at the top. Perhaps you are right that people need more recognition. I guess if we didn't care and remained distant people would become upset at the lack of doing anything of value. We need a good balance of recognition and non-competitiveness. I believe that we are perhaps seeing this in the current state. So, leave the templates and possibly continue working on the banners, just don't bring back the badges.