User talk:Balthus Dire

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 * Deathwalker 13000
 * It is I, Deathwalker 13000, bureaucrat of Villains Wiki. I just wanted to say thank you for your contributions, you are doing great, and to keep up the good work. That is all. I'm out.

Thanks
I just wanted to take the time to thank you for your contributions to the wiki - your articles are very good and show that you take pride in your work, I'm also rather glad to see another fan of Fantasy fiction around (especially the RPG type) - I hope you continue to share your knowledge with us and have fun contributing: if you need any help or just feel like talking please contact me via my talkpage Stare Too Long Into The Abyss.. 04:16, July 20, 2010 (UTC)

Compliments
'Hi! I just wanted to give you my compliments. I've been reading some of your articles and find them very interesting and well-written (especially the articles about gamebooks villains are very good). Keep up the good work! That's all for now! Amnestyyy 21:37, November 30, 2010 (UTC)

we need more people that appreciate roleplay outside the video game subgenre - I play Warcraft but its not really the same as the old-school stuff like the original Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer board-games or gamebooks. Inferno Pendragon 18:17, December 1, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliments. (Rather late I'm afraid.) I have plan to add other gamebook villains to the category, but the first poblem is that I only know the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, and the second problem is that I have to finish the "Cosmo Entelecheia," "Father," "Madara Uchiha" and "XANA" articles that I started long ago and I lack time to go as quickly as I would have liked. But there is no need to rush. All shall be done eventually.Balthus Dire 19:52, December 4, 2010 (UTC)

Antagonists
I apologize about having to delete "antagonists" as I know you did a lot to try and fix the category - I just wanted you to know it wasn't an easy choice.. sadly the term is just too vague and is open to abuse (with over 1000+ articles).. sadly people refuse to listen and add minor villains to it as well, knowing fine well they can get away with doing so as "antagonist" can mean.. in its broadest sense.. any villain Queen Misery 22:51, January 25, 2011 (UTC)

Templates
I thought I would supply you with a List Of Templates since you are a fairly regular contributor, it may come in handy if ever you wished to use them.. Inferno Pendragon 03:21, February 8, 2011 (UTC)

Pages
Can I use the pages you made on Black Cat for one of my Wiki's. HazeShot 00:17, December 8, 2011 (UTC)

Of course you can, I would be flattered. I will just ask you to note "this material is from Villains Wiki" or something like that at the beginning of the article. Which wiki do you need it for if I can ask? Balthus Dire 09:30, December 8, 2011 (UTC)

Thank You and Black Cat Wiki, I will add the links give me a little time, if you dont like where or how im putting the links just tell ok. Also would you mind helping me on Train's page or give me tips. HazeShot 00:07, December 9, 2011 (UTC)

Ban lift
Don't mention it - we have a change of admins due to me and a few other admins leaving this wiki for other commitments.

I've left a message on Robinson's page about the importance of trying to talk to users first (unless they are obvious trolls) - this is partly the fault of myself and older admins who could be trigger-happy when it came to bans (a bad side-effect of the time when we had a lot of trolls): the community is changing so new admins need to try and change with it.

Anyways, I can't say much as - like I said - I'm quite inactive these days.. hopefully things will work out alright and this was a case of misunderstanding but if you or any other user feels the change of admins is wrong or have issues with any new admins just let me or another admin know and we can work on it Inferno Pendragon 15:25, December 13, 2011 (UTC)

also, seems you have earned an admin post after all (I apologize - I was originally planning on adding you but forgot due to a rush of edits I've been doing elsewhere): I know this may seem a bit of a shock but I think you of all users deserve the post (perhaps you and the new admins can find a better way of appointing new admin / staff). anyways - congratulations on the new post. Inferno Pendragon 19:43, December 13, 2011 (UTC)

Adminship
don't worry - being an admin means you will have to face a lot of unpopular decisions and people will be childish, rude or troll-like to you more often than not (I've been called a bitch, whore and worse by users for doing my job): in the end any category you delete can be restored if enough people complain, nothing is truly permanent - it may be hard to get rid of categories or pages at first but in general doing so improves the wiki (look at the uproar that happened when Antagonists was deleted for example).

In the end run the wiki as you feel is appropriate, ask other admins if you want a larger-scale reform but never feel as if you are somehow obliged to obey the whims of others users (we should be approachable and kind, sure, but in the end we also need to remember that we are admins and need to make decisions, whether people like them or not).

On debate me and Inferno have been thinking on for a while now is whether to delete Real Life "Villains" from this wiki, it has traditionally been accepted but as we've matured we've began to realize demonizing real-world figures (even the most vile) causes us in turn to be demonized by people who are offended by such depictions.

This could be a debate you could ask other new admins - perhaps a vote on its talkpage. Queen Misery 15:07, December 20, 2011 (UTC)

Tim Curry
Thank you for telling me. It actually occurred to me that this was the case later after I edited it, but since I was away from a computer I could not change it. Much as I would enjoy having a easy way to list all the villains Tim Curry has played, if I spot it I promise to delete it. Page-Mistress 17:15, February 18, 2012 (UTC)}}

RE
I suggest you go to the other admins on this site (talkpages) and ask them to start helping you out more, work as a team - I notice a few admins are not seeming to do much in the way of clearing up category abuse.

Also from now on ban ANY user who is abusing categories - pass this message to all admins, if a user recreates a deleted category: ban without question.. it has come to the point now that users need to respect the code of this wiki Queen Misery 00:03, March 28, 2012 (UTC)

New Guidelines For Admins
please read and follow -

http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Queen_Misery/CATEGORIES_/_RULES_%28Read_Or_Don%27t_Complain_When_You_Get_In_Trouble%29 Queen Misery 01:07, March 28, 2012 (UTC)

Categories
Heya! Due to the sheer amount of categories, I decided to make the list from A to E and discuss that first. All categories at once would be too much and too daunting for us to be able to discuss anything about it. The list can be found here, so I would appreciate it if you would have a look and give opinions. Thanks! Nesty Contact me! 12:47, March 30, 2012 (UTC)

Answering
Other than Plagirisum, I never notice any other problems with this Wiki. I've working on this wiki for nearly 3 years, ans the worst thing I notice is plagirizum. Other than that this Wiki is nearly perfect. And on a side, totally pointless note, when will I be an Admin? William J. Hawkins 12:56, March 30, 2012 (UTC)

OK, so it turns out that even when a deleted category has been removed from all pages, it still shows up in the suggestions when writing its first letters in the category editbar. I have messaged Wikia to ask whether or not there is a solution for this issue, because it causes other users to re-add the categories. Nesty Contact me! 18:07, March 30, 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for my late reply, your messages went unnoticed somehow. I asked Wikia, but have not yet received an answer. It may possibly just be my cache that's lagging. I did find out that they do eventually disappear for me as well, though it takes a few days.

Also, so far, I'm faring fairly well against the categories, though it would be nice to see more people voting on the ones I'm not sure about. Nesty Contact me! 14:56, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

Categories
Hello there. Yeah I did that on Amnestyyy's deletion list because there are some categories, specifically these ones:  Evil Hideouts  (of course they're not villains but hey, every evildoer has an evil lair),  Evil Arenas  (arenas that are like evil hideouts & they are most importantly used for climatic showdowns even on a villain's turf),  Death To Smoochy Villains  (because there are 6 including the hilarious bad guy turned good guy Rainbow Randolph) &  Death Machine Villains  (I fixed that; all they were miissing were 2 more minor villains important to the sci-fi/horror movie Death Machine's storyline) are not quite entirely suitable for deletion. Think about it. Best regards B1b1lkal Don't cha judge me! 22:30, April 3, 2012 (UTC)

You're right, & I'm sorry about that. I've should've take my time & discuss it first real quick but I'm just so busy. I'm not tryin' to sneaky or anything, you know that? I'm simply helpin' out stopping the category abuse from spiraling outta control by gettin' rid of the certain categories we don't nessecarily need or want. Anyway, I've put upmy first couple of discussions on the discussion list now & I'll send out a couple more later, ok? I'll talk to ya later. Take care. Best regards B1bl1kal Don't cha judge me! 20:35, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

STM candidate for deletion
Regarding the Sleep Talkin' Man page, TheRatSquid put it up as a "candidate for deletion". He hasn't responded to the message I sent him yet, so I'm contacting you for assistance. Anyways, this is what I said, just to see if it seems legit to you:

" Though Sleep Talkin' Man may not commit these acts in real-life, he is probably commiting them within the fictious setting of his dream. Similarly, fictional characters, like The Joker, do not exist in reality, but commit evil within the particular series they serve as villains in. I think it is best to say, that STM is, indeed, valid when judging from a fictional view."

Please reply soon, as I do not want the page to be deleted. If you can (and if my reason seems right), I'd like it removed from the "delete" category. Thank you! :)

Curly-BraceXD 03:38, April 11, 2012 (UTC)

Renaming Categories
Hey how's it goin', Balthus Dire? I just wanna ask you: Do you know how to rename categories or knew somebody who does? Me & Snakewhip were thinking and discussed that the "Evil Hideout" category should be changed to " Evil Lairs " (or " Evil Lair " without a plural) because "hideout" sounds more like a robbers' den and not cool. Let us know on that one, please? Thank you... - Best regards B1b1lkal Don't cha judge me! 23:20, April 26, 2012 (UTC)

Well that sucks with renaming the category by only destroying it and create the new one instead of the other way around. Ah well, in advance thank you so much for your help, man. See ya later. Hit me back when you need help or if you got any questions for me. - Best regards B1b1lkal Don't cha judge me! 01:40, May 8, 2012 (UTC)

Greetings. I am the great Dread Baron and soon to be Emperor of Evil. I require your assistance in a matter. I have just completed an infobox for my work in progess, Colin Weasler. Though I have typed in what appears to be the necessary details, my picture has not appeared on my infobox. Could you deal with this irratating issue so that I may learn from it for future Wikia based endeavours.

Thank You in advance.

My Little Pony Internet villains
I highly suggest we restore it. The reason is that: A. There are more evil internet parodies of My Little Pony characters than any other franchise has. B. They shouldn't be put in the normal "My Little Pony Villains" category because not only are they not official, but nothing like them would ever be allowed to appear in the real series for extremely obvious reasons.

Please unlock the page so I can recreate it. Moleman 9000'' 02:45, April 30, 2012 (UTC)

Nava–Verse
The Nava–Verse is my own franchise. It's completely original and features nearly 200 original species of creatures and counting. May I please create pages for the villains in it?Moleman 9000'' 02:53, April 30, 2012 (UTC)

My work is published on DeviantArt and consists of nearly 50 illustrations and over 100,000 words of text. Moleman 9000'' 15:14, April 30, 2012 (UTC)

Just a Friendly Suggestion
Hello, good admin. I'm just here with a friendly suggestion for this fine wiki: Have you ever been to the Batman Wiki or DC Wiki? If so, you'll notice that there are some boxes with images of characters, usually under a heading of "Heroes" or, of course, "Villains." Now, this only an idea, but I thought it would look nice to have these kind of boxes with well-known villains (ie Darth Vadar, Frieza, Creepers, etc) on the front page of this wiki. Only a suggestion, but give it some consideration if you like the idea. User:Tremorfan94.

PS: I had a custom sig wiki on the Mortal Kombat Wiki, but here it appears as " 22:45, May 3, 2012 (UTC)". Do you know how to fix that?

Troll: TomHanks9
User:TomHanks9 is a troll who is making up category names for nonexistent works and adding random pages to them. He has also stolen the "Heroes Villains" category by removing the real pages there and adding Shrek villains and others in their place. Please fix this and perma–ban him. Moleman 9000'' 22:47, May 9, 2012 (UTC)

Anna Mackowiak
How does "Anna Mackowiak" not correspond to the policies? I think she belongs on the wiki because of the way she treated that man. How cruel was it when she pulled out all of his pernament teeth? This was the reason why I started the Anna Mackowiak page on this wiki. Another reason why, is because she did a villainous thing as explained above. Hence, ripping out all of another person's teeth is a very very bad thing and can lead up to penalty charges. --Vince Martinez 22:51, May 9, 2012 (UTC)

PLEASE STOP...
...Trying to kill "Jim Cummings–Played Villains" and any other actor categories. I support them. Moleman 9000'' 21:58, May 10, 2012 (UTC)

Why?
Why Dose the Lord Voldimort Page on Veiw Sorce and why is it being prevented from editing 4:14 Leafers4d May 16 2012

lol why do you asume he knows? truth is any admin can lock p[ages and only other admins can edit it, usually the view source is returned to free-editing though by an admin eventuallyUltimate Law of Kaitlyn 20:17, May 16, 2012 (UTC)