Agimat made 191 wiki edits, all pics of himself

[Chortles Snort|eS]

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[Baa]

Originally Posted by Chortles Snort|eS [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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I cannot escape it on the wiki and now it is on the forum, unacceptable!

[indiscriminate_hater]

Originally Posted by Chortles Snort|eS [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Is that one of his pics? If so, that is fantastic.

[soulsummenor]

Sound like he is doing some good work, is op jealous that his character isn't on the forums sporting some nice gear?

[zanderklocke]

I approve of this guy's actions, especially since he seems to be doing it under the radar and not promoting himself.

I think he should make it a goal to post a picture of himself with every single item on the wiki.

Some people level as many character to 60 as possible. Others try to get best in slot items. Others want one of every epic. This guy is just trying to obtain a photo of himself with every single item; this is a way harder EverQuest goal to achieve than all other goals.

[loramin]

The wiki's unofficial official policy on this (which came out of a discussion among wiki admins awhile back) is that the wiki:

1. Prefers un-credited (ie.name-less) screenshots: they're more encyclopedia-like, and the wiki is P99's encyclopedia
2. If there is no picture of a something already, it is acceptable to upload one that is "credited": the wiki is better off having credited pictures than none at all
3. Because of the above two, you are allowed to replace a credited picture with an uncredited one
4. However, what you are not allowed to do is take an existing picture (credited or not) and replace it with another screenshot just to get your name in (or, as it was in the original case, to remove a certain guild's name)

So, for the most part it looks like what this user has been doing has been good: they've been giving the wiki images it didn't already have, and if he gets to stick his name in as "bragging rights" for helping the wiki, so be it.

However, I reviewed his edit log and he removed some existing pictures in order to replace them with his own. That's a very clear bad practice, and so I have temporarily suspended this user until we can have a quick conversation and make sure they understand the rules.

[Drakborn]

I agree that having pictures of the items is beneficial... but..

https://wiki.project1999.com/P99_Everquest:Image_Policy

Items
In general, images of items should not be uploaded. Only in rare circumstances (classic screenshots proving existence, stats, etc) would they be useful.

Players
Currently, the only place where you will find p99 player pictures is one per class epic quest, denoting the first player to receive that epic.

I think having a specific policy against posting pictures of the item's graphics is dumb (FashionQuest).

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Drakborn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I agree that having pictures of the items is beneficial... but..

https://wiki.project1999.com/P99_Everquest:Image_Policy

Items
In general, images of items should not be uploaded. Only in rare circumstances (classic screenshots proving existence, stats, etc) would they be useful.

Players
Currently, the only place where you will find p99 player pictures is one per class epic quest, denoting the first player to receive that epic.

I think having a specific policy against posting pictures of the item's graphics is dumb (FashionQuest).

Oh, heh, I never even knew that page existed. That's actually the perfect place to post our unofficial official policy and make it official [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, I'll update it to mention that fashion screenshots are ok. That page was written back in 2012 by our beloved wiki god Ravhin, and a LOT has changed since (including the introduction of the fashion categories).

The page will (soon) say that images of visible equipment are acceptable, but it should also encourage people to post them on category pages rather than on item pages (since many items look the same, and what we really want is ten different pictures of different races/genders on the same category page holding similar-looking items ... not ten different images on ten different pages of different items that all look the same).

[bilirubin]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Oh, heh, I never even knew that page existed. That's actually the perfect place to post our unofficial official policy and make it official [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, I'll update it to mention that fashion screenshots are ok. That page was written back in 2012 by our beloved wiki god Ravhin, and a LOT has changed since (including the introduction of the fashion categories).

Please update that policy Loramin. It seems really silly to not allow images of items to be posted as images would allow the readers to increase their knowledge of the item [subject of wiki article], which is the entire point of having a wiki.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by bilirubin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Please update that policy Loramin. It seems really silly to not allow images of items to be posted as images would allow the readers to increase their knowledge of the item [subject of wiki article], which is the entire point of having a wiki.

Done: https://wiki.project1999.com/P99_Everquest:Image_Policy

Would very much appreciate feedback if anyone has any.