User talk:Dirigible

Dir smells. -- scourge 22:49, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

...like napalm in the morning. Backsword 01:37, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Ohai Dir. You gonna be one of those red link people? Armond 15:43, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

How'd u figure it was a phishing site? I'm not suprised at all, but it never occured to me to think of that. Calor (t) 02:52, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

what is a "phishing" site? Coran Ironclaw 07:49, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia ftw. *Defiant Elements* +talk 07:53, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Ouch, that was close, ty. I tried a dictionary but I didn't find it =P Coran Ironclaw 08:59, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, unless you search an urban-terms dictionary, I highly doubt you'll find it, as "phishing" is a slang and technical term. Calor (t) 17:18, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/index.php?title=User:Raptors&diff=next&oldid=3915

? — ク Eloc 貢 08:52, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

see and read above. Coran Ironclaw 08:59, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Not wanting to put words in his mouth I will explain my understanding. The link on his webpage was a link to a site almost identical to this one. Dirigible believes this site will, if not designed to, trick unknowing users to enter their user information into it to log in, allowing someone to take access their accounts here. The link was removed to prevent people from innocently roaming to his always popular user page and falling into the scam. 58.110.142.135 09:06, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Wow.. someone clearly hasn't been seeing whats going on with that gw2wiki site. User_talk:Raptors#lol -elviondale (tahlk) 13:15, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

i demand an explanation for this faggotry, and curse u dirigible --Cursed Angel 16:52, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

In addition to what "Journalist" said, I have at least one other concrete reason to suspect this was indeed a site put up for malicious purposes. I'm not going to disclose what that reason is at this time, however, until I'm more confident that the repercussions of what may follow will not be negative to the wiki. Regardless, I'd have banned him even for only the reason that the anon suggested. If that reason isn't sufficient to other admins, they're more than welcome to unban him, shorten the length of the ban, or whatever else they deem necessary. Myself, I'm not about to do so anytime soon.

Elviondale, the discussion on that talk page appeared later, the original link to that site was just on Raptors' userpage, with no notice or warning that this was a completely different wiki mimicking this one. Very reminiscent of a link to Goatse he had on his GWW userpage, with the excuse that "I found it on another editor's userpage". --Dirigible 17:41, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Could you privately disclose the other reason to the other bureaucrats? --Rezyk 19:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Dir's got a quick mind, I'm interested in what the other reason is. But if you wish to keep it secret or disclose it at a later time, that's your decision. Calor (t) 20:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

So how do you know it's a phishing site? According to this, it looks like this person set up the site but gave up on it or just simply forgot about it and no it's open to vandals. — ク Eloc 貢 21:18, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

"In addition to what "Journalist" said, I have at least one other concrete reason to suspect this was indeed a site put up for malicious purposes. I'm not going to disclose what that reason is at this time, however, until I'm more confident that the repercussions of what may follow will not be negative to the wiki." -- Dir *Defiant Elements* +talk 21:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

i doubt that the other site was created to mimic this one, the "whois" query shows that it was registered on march 30th, well before this one was setup. and the site creator only appears to have made edits on april 1st and 2nd, never again touching the site under that username. the admin over there appears to have abandoned it, but that's no guarantee i suppose that they won't review their registered user logs for a match to here. for those who want it, the whois also gives contact information, see: http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=gw2wiki.com

Registrant:
   Patricia Lee-Gulley
   5825 Los Angeles Way
   Buena Park, California 90620
   United States

   Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
   Domain Name: GW2WIKI.COM
      Created on: 30-Mar-07
      Expires on: 30-Mar-08
      Last Updated on: 

   Administrative Contact:
      Lee-Gulley, Patricia  blackguppy2@yahoo.com
      5825 Los Angeles Way
      Buena Park, California 90620
      United States
      (714) 527-1307      Fax -- 

   Technical Contact:
      Lee-Gulley, Patricia  blackguppy2@yahoo.com
      5825 Los Angeles Way
      Buena Park, California 90620
      United States
      (714) 527-1307      Fax -- 

   Domain servers in listed order:
      NS1.GUPPYSTANK.COM
      NS2.GUPPYSTANK.COM

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.227.150.109 (talk • contribs).

I had no idea whatsoever that it was a phishing site and I apologize. I thought it was a humorous attempt at a Guildwiki version of GW2W. If you would have told me it was a phishing site I would've have removed the link immediately. I think you should've told me to remove the link or I'm going to be banned instead of just banning me for 3 months without a talk page message or a warning. Again, I apologize for the link, I had no idea. I would like to be un banned or at least have my ban shortened because this is an honest mistake, and it won't happen again. Also, I plan to give Entropy her account back when I get unbanned (which will hopefully be when you get this message) to let the community know that I really am trying to be a good boy. Thank you for understanding. --- Raptors / RAAAAAAAAAA!

Lmao, exactly what I said Raptors would do. And did u get unblocked, or again work your magic? Calor (t) 17:44, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

He's not unblocked. Lord Belar 17:47, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Alright, holiday spirit and all, going to assume good faith on this case. Unblocked. But please, if you link to that site again, make sure to point out somewhere that it's a foreign one, at least until we've figured out what it's about. Today I've tried a few times to call the guy running the nameservers, but no answer. I'll keep trying over the next few days, though. Cheers. --Dirigible 22:36, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

He coulda gotten stabbed in the back or run over like we're always worried will happen to cardinal at PvX. Just one more case as to why there should be a community account funding the wiki. :P Armond 22:38, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, we're quite worried that one of these days, some guy whose build got welled will go murder cardinal. :P Lord Belar 22:41, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Heh, Dirigible, They hate you at that wiki. -- FearDrake 23:23, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Whatever gave you that crazy idea? Lord Belar 23:29, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

(ri) Uhh I was on it? -- FearDrake 23:35, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

You were on Dirigible? :P Lord Belar 23:37, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

nonononononono,,, I have an account there (but that might be a good idea..) -- FearDrake 23:50, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Odds are it will be me who stabs people at PvXWiki ;) — ク Eloc 貢 23:58, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Comment about voting ability, possible implication of low intelligence. (As in, it's getting off topic, let's stop annoying Dir with the orange/yellow notification thing.) Armond 00:03, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Gordon

Hey, there. I think you may need to promote Gorden Ecker to sysop, he seems to have not been grandfathered by Anet when they moved the database over. He posted it on Xeeron's page, but I think he's on a break, so Gordon is still user. -- Brains12 • Talk • 23:19, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Dirigible 23:36, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Gordon Ecker 10:38, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

New section

Could I get your thoughts on Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:Policy#Ideal for core management system? --Rezyk 22:38, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I'd love to, but I myself don't know yet what my thoughts on that matter are. I'm hoping that as the discussion progresses, I'll be able to decide where I myself stand. Till then, just trying to keep an open mind! :) --Dirigible 05:32, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Pardon my asking, but is that usual for you? I've just realized that a lot of the time when I see your opinion, it's after discussion's been going for a while. -- Armond Warblade 08:52, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, unfortunately no. That impression may be caused by how rarely I ever get around to posting these days, I do end up joining most discussions pretty late in their course. Usually I'm the kind of person who too often thinks he's got The Right Answer, so I end up rushing to speak up loud and early and then get verbally smacked around by wiser editors, who reliably will point out the nonsense and gibberish in what I say. This is one of those few rare cases where I don't know which side I am rooting for.

Of course, it'd help if more people were taking part in these core discussions; right now it's mostly the same editors discussing the same few alternatives. Probably a good reason to not rush this process too much, and wait for new perspectives to join the crowd. --Dirigible 00:27, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Dirig? Smacked around by wiser editors? Impossible. :P Better than my style at least - comment definitively on whatever the subject is, confident that I speak for (most of) the rest of the community and the good of the wiki, and watch drama asplode. -- Armond Warblade 08:01, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, but I happen to have another RFC specifically for you. =) Can I get your feedback, as a now-former ArbComm member, on GWW's arbitration policy? Specifically regarding how its bureaucracy helped/hurt in relation to you fulfilling your duties. (Too much bureaucracy? Or could use more rigidity/clarifications? In the right ballpark?) --Rezyk 07:22, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I might add that you are a good candidate to answer these as well Rezyk. --Xeeron 11:04, 9 January 2008 (UTC)