User talk:Enki

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I introduced a new user here. Hopefully a dedicated one at that because the user loves wikis. Gstar (talk) 17:27, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! If it's the writer of the Charlotte article, I already gave him the automoderated privilege. If you say he's ok, I can upgrade again to editor. Enki (talk) 17:30, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Yw. And the user's a "she" and is a legitimate contributor. Gstar (talk) 17:30, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you and sorry for the mistake. Upgrading now. Enki (talk) 17:32, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Is it possible if I upload a screenshot from Now, Faster pinkfong for my avatar? Now, Faster (talk) 17:38, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

It should be, now that you are upgraded to editor. Enki (talk) 17:41, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Speaking of which, what's the policy on fair use images? Gstar (talk) 17:46, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

I don’t know. Could you rename me to Now, Faster on Camianpedia because that is the proper term Now, Faster (talk) 17:48, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

I told you there it's done. Gstar (talk) 17:50, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Encyc:Images is the policy so far. I generally like to respect intellectual property. That's the reason I like Commons so much, because someone else does the thinking. But there is room for a real fair use policy. Enki (talk) 17:52, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

I think the fair use policy should be "only upload if you're illustrating a subject for informational purposes, like how Yoshi appears in artwork for Mario Party 4 or the nuances between Mario's artwork on this game or that game with slight design changes." Gstar (talk) 17:55, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Has Nintendo ever objected to using images like that?Enki (talk) 17:58, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

I don’t know. Now, Faster (talk) 17:59, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Don't believe so. Long-time wikis have been using images like that for many years, and they don't contribute to any profit loss. To be on the extra safe side, if I do use images (e.g. Chain Chomp), I'll keep them at low resolution. Gstar (talk) 18:01, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Sounds good. I'm no legal expert, but I think that if we're doing it respectfully, and sharing our love for Nintendo games, that might be something they would even encourage. Enki (talk) 18:04, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Images

Is that every old version of those files? If so I can click select all and then uncheck the most recent. Enki (talk) 01:24, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Just the ones mentioned. --Leic Lass 03:31, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

I made you an administrator for a week so you can take care of it. Enki (talk) 15:38, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Merry Christmas! --Leic Lass 20:26, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

First block

This is my first successful block on Encyc. This IP address (193.74.242.230) added an inappropriate edit to Carolinian Forest, so I rejected it and blocked that IP for 1 week. I do hope I can keep my admin role full time. --Leic Lass 19:49, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

Cool. There might be a short outage in a few minutes. Working on some updates. Enki (talk) 19:52, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

I sure do hope that you could consider extending my admin role. I wish for indef but you know, it would be great to edit my page (protected). --Leic Lass 23:26, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

New year

I'd appreciate it if my admin privelege was extended. But seriously, I thank you for giving me that golden opportunity. --Leic Lass 20:18, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your service, but I have to think more about what to do with this admin issue.

Factors to consider:

The Moderation extension has been very effective at stopping vandalism. I could disable the extension, which might encourage more participation, and a resulting hamster-wheel of admin counteractivity, but do we really want that?
Wikis are meant to be edited. I know that Wikipedia protects a lot of pages, but I really don't like that. What ends up happening is a two-tiered system where admins run all over the editors. The original idea was that editing should be open, that we should trust all our users and if anyone makes mistakes, they are easily reverted. Maybe Wikipedia is too big for that to work anymore, but we are not. Enki (talk) 17:19, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy new year 2026!

Yes! I just want to have the admin role to just edit my page. Happy new year Jeff! 🎇 --Leic Lass 23:44, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy New Year to you too! Enki (talk) 22:40, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Are anonymous IP contributions allowed here...

Are anonymous IP contributions allowed here?

I think I saw one, and commented at Talk:Western Reserve High School (Warren, Ohio)#explanation. I don't want to bite possibly promising newbies, but this looked like a vandal edit. My apologies if you would have let it slide. Geo Swan (talk) 03:30, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

They are. They have to deal with the Moderation extension though, which can be difficult if you're trying to make multiple edits and get formatting right. In this case there were two edits from the IP and I tried to approve them but then one conflicted with the other and I think might have been lost. Enki (talk) 03:37, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

New quote

"Art is humanity. AI will never be art. If it wasn't made with human hands, it was never meant to exist." — Dame Dove Hepburn (1980–2025) --Leic Lass 19:03, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

There is no guidance on this wiki

You really need actual sources here Sandsonthehorizen (talk) 22:07, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

I think this wiki values pages being created to begin with, if I'm not mistaken. Gstar (talk) 22:24, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

"And to think my high school guidance counselor said I'd never amount to anything!" Enki (talk) 22:28, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi im doing better now.

Ive left Lass alone and im having fun again thanks. Sandsonthehorizen (talk) 23:03, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Excellent. I was hoping this was a nice message and not more problems. :) Enki (talk) 23:11, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

CloudWiki

Hey Enki! Me and CocoPuff have launched a new wiki farm called CloudWiki and we are looking for one more global wiki staff. If you are interested find me or Koa (CocoPuff) and see you on our Discord. --Leic Lass 16:46, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Is it related to this? https://cloudwiki.sourceforge.net/doc/Cloud%20Wiki.html Where can I check it out? Enki (talk) 17:01, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

No. Our Discord server CloudWikiMeta Main Page. --Leic Lass 17:07, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Nice. I like the Citizen skin. What's the deal with the "Hosted by SkyWiki" button at the bottom? I clicked over to SkyWiki and it said something about migrating to OasisWiki or something. Enki (talk) 19:00, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

CocoPuff is the founder of SkyWiki. The admins on there backstabbed him and removed his user rights. So he took his revenge and created CloudWiki Meta. Forget about the SkyWiki and WikiOasis, we have migrated to CloudWiki. --Leic Lass 19:11, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Move to article space

I draw your attention to User talk:Geo Swan/Marisa Lazo#Provenance and User talk:Geo Swan/Marisa Lazo#move to article space. It is a page in userspace, explicitly protected from search engines. I've updated it [1]. Geo Swan (talk) 18:30, 28 January 2026 (UTC)