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==About Me==
 
==About Me==
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I am not sure what came first for me, [[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat]] Video Game or the [[BattleTech: The Animated Series]], at this point I had no idea how important this universe I had just stumbled across would become. [[MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries]] came next and then a gap for a couple of years and then I found [[Technical Readout: 3050|Technical Readout: 3050 (2nd edition)]] in my local games shop. At this point I realized that this universe was a tabletop game for the first time!
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I am not sure what came first for me, [[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat]] Video Game or the [[BattleTech: The Animated Series]], at this point I had no idea how important this universe I had just stumbled across would become. [[MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries]] came next and then a gap for a couple of years and then I found [[Technical Readout: 3050 Revised]] in my local comic shop (circa '98). At this point I realized that this universe was a tabletop game for the first time!
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In the greatest of ironys I found sourcing BattleTech books in the UK a slow and expensive process using my local (not very friendly) comic shop that was unknown to me situated 5 minutes walk from [[Ral Partha]]s european headquarters. [[MechCommander 2]] and [[MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries]] kept the torch burning until [[MechWarrior: Dark Age]] came out in 2003 and for the first time ever getting physical product became easy.
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I have been knocking around Sarna since Feb 2007 and finally after initially struggling to make sense of the universe I was happy to find a place that has everything.
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In that time I have been promoted to Admin in November 2019 having contributed about 30,000 edits to the wiki, backed the [[BattleTech (Video Game)|2018 Video Game]] (no. 23,284) and the [[BattleTech: Clan Invasion]] (no. 2,863) and still have hopes of playing an actual game of BattleTech one day!
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After accusing Catalyst Game Labs of mismanaging the IP in the wake of the collapse of [[BattleCorps]] in 2016 and release of the extremely shoddy [[Technical Readout: Succession Wars]] in 2017, I am incredibly happy to see that in 2019 CGL have not only reversed direction but seem to be pushing BT back towards greatness.
  
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I have been knocking around Sarna since about Feb 2007 and even after all that time I am no article writer. I mostly add in small details to existing articles or create stubs that link things together. I am pretty sure some of the admins must have fits for the way I work but it is just how my brain works and there is usually a larger endgame being created in tiny steps.
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Let the good times roll.
  
 
==Awards==
 
==Awards==
 
<div id="awardsboard"><div id="awardsboardheader">Awards Board</div>
 
<div id="awardsboard"><div id="awardsboardheader">Awards Board</div>
 
[[File:F CSA.jpg|Founder's Consistent Service Award]]
 
[[File:F CSA.jpg|Founder's Consistent Service Award]]
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[[File:F SEYA.jpg|Founder's Superior Editor of the Year Award (2018)]]
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[[File:F SEYA.jpg|Founder's Superior Editor of the Year Award (2018)]]<br />
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[[File:F HonMen.jpg|Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2019)]]
 
[[File:F HonMen.jpg|Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2012)]]
 
[[File:F HonMen.jpg|Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2012)]]
 
[[File:F HonMen.jpg|Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2011)]]<br/>
 
[[File:F HonMen.jpg|Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2011)]]<br/>
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[[File:DA.jpg|Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon]]
 
[[File:DA.jpg|Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon]]
 
[[File:CE 1bol.jpg|Casual Edit Award, 2nd ribbon]]
 
[[File:CE 1bol.jpg|Casual Edit Award, 2nd ribbon]]
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[[File:AP 1sol.jpg|All Purpose Award, 5th ribbon]]<br/>
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[[File:AP 2sol.jpg|All Purpose Award, 6th ribbon]]<br/>
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[[File:RAA_1bol.jpg|Random Act of Appreciation Award, 2nd ribbon]]
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[[File:RAA_2bol.jpg|Random Act of Appreciation Award, 3rd ribbon]]
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[[File:EC3 1c.jpg|Edit Count (25,000)]]
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[[File:EC4.jpg|Edit Count (50,000)]]
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[[File:TIS5 12.jpg|Time in Service (12 years)]]
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[[File:TIS5 14.jpg|Time in Service (14 years)]]
  
 
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==What I am currently working on==
 
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For 2019 I intent to be a bit more focused on clearing my unfinished projects as some of them I have been slowly chipping away at for a number of years.
 
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===[[User:Dmon/Conflicts|Project Battles]]===
 
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Minor project intent on fleshing out some specifics of the 3rd SSW.
 
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*'''Phase 1''' - Deconstruct this article [[Wolf's Dragoons battles]].
 
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**'''Pending'''
 
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*'''Phase 2''' - Extract conflicts from TRO3025.
 
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*'''Phase 3''' - Extract conflicts from TRO3026.
 
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===[[BattleTechWiki:Project Military Commands|Project Commands]]===
 
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Major Project to update the Command article format.
 
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*'''Phase 1''' - Update all Officer sections to CO table.
 
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**'''In progress'''
 
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*'''Phase 2''' - Propose unified command infobox.
 
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**'''Complete''' -(26/1/19)
 
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*'''Phase 3''' - Develop unified Command infobox.
 
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***[[Template:InfoBoxMercUnit]], [[Template:InfoBoxMercUnit/doc]]
 
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***[[Template:InfoBoxStateUnit]]
 
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***[[Template:InfoBoxMilitaryCommand]], [[Template:InfoBoxMilitaryCommand/doc]]
 
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**'''In progress'''
 
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===Project Dark Age===
 
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*'''Phase 2''' - Add expansion rosters
 
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*'''Phase 3''' - Create character articles from various profile cards.
 
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===[[User:Dmon/Project House|Project House]]===
 
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Major Project house is an ongoing project to catalog the noble houses of the Inner Sphere as best I can. BattleTech is space feudalism but we do not actually see a lot of it going on beyond the five main houses. I am interested in the various Dukes, Counts and Barons.
 
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*'''Phase 1''' - Upgrade all character articles to include Infobox.
 
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**'''In progress'''
 
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*'''Phase 2''' - Create article for each noble house/notable family.
 
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**'''In progress'''
 
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*'''Phase 3''' -  Create article for each noble title/notable position.
 
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**'''In progress'''
 
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***'''Phase 3a''' - Link known titles into planet articles.
 
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***'''Phase 3b''' - Attempt to link unspecified Counties and Baronies with locations.
 
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***'''Phase 3c''' - Attempt to link title holders across families and states.
 
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===Project HBS===
 
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Major Project to add in the characters from the HBS game and the linked Novellas.
 
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*'''Phase 1''' - Add in all characters from Flashpoint.
 
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**'''In progress'''
 
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*'''Phase 2''' - Re-read novellas and create at least character stubs.
 
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===Project Weapons===
 
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Minor Project to tidy up the weapons and equipment pages and detail the various brands/models better.
 
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*'''Phase 1''' - reformat ''Models'' section of all 'Mech weapons.
 
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**'''In progress'''
 
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*'''Phase 2''' - weapon brand tagging.
 
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**'''On going'''
 
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===General to-do-list===
 
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* Clean up [[List of BattleTech products]]
 
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**Merge PDF product list into the main products list. '''Complete''' - (25/05/19)
 
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**Make main products list sortable. '''Complete''' - (18/06/19)
 
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**Create "upcoming product" tag
 
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* Clear [[:Category:Dark Age Mechs]]. '''Complete''' - (26/06/19)
 
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* Clear [[:Category:MechWarrior 4 BattleMechs]]. '''Complete''' - (05/07/19)
 
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* Clear [[List of minor mercenary units]]
 
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* Clear [[Star League Defense Force Minor Fleet Characters]]
 
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* Clear [[Clan Smoke Jaguar Minor Characters]]
 
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* Convert [[BattleTechWiki:History/Article Count History|Article Count History]] to a table. '''Complete''' - (05/07/19)
 
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* Datamine [[A New Game]]. '''Complete''' - (20/07/19)
 
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* Datamine [[Redemption Rift]]
 
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* Delete [[ComStar Minor Characters]]
 
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* Delete [[SLDF Minor Characters]]
 
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* Delete [[Clan Smoke Jaguar Minor Characters]]
 
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* Delete [[Free Worlds League Minor Characters]]
 
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* Eliminate misspelt "Alyra" name for [[MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf]] character [[Alera]]. '''Complete''' - (19/07/19)
 
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** Investigate and attempt to confirm spelling of [[Alera]]s JumpShip the "[[Jezebel]]".
 
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** Once correct name has been assertained create article for JumpShip.
 
  
 
==Tools==
 
==Tools==
 
===General stuff===
 
===General stuff===
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* [[User talk:Dmon/To Do List|To Do List]]
 
* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170628225012/http://www.battlecorps.com/BC2/static.php?page=15 Style Guide]]
 
* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170628225012/http://www.battlecorps.com/BC2/static.php?page=15 Style Guide]]
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* [[https://characters.battletech.com/ KS canon characters]]
 
* [[Help:Commonly used templates|Tags]]
 
* [[Help:Commonly used templates|Tags]]
 
* [[Special:UserScore|BTW Edit Counter]]
 
* [[Special:UserScore|BTW Edit Counter]]
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* [[BattleTechWiki:History/Article Count History|Article Count History]]
 
* [[BattleTechWiki:History/Article Count History|Article Count History]]
 
* [[Special:NewPages|New pages]]
 
* [[Special:NewPages|New pages]]
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* [[:Category:Announced Products|Announced]]
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* [[:Category:Sources under Moratorium|Moratorium]]
  
 
===Quickly Create===
 
===Quickly Create===
 
*Commands
 
*Commands
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** [[Help:CreateBrigadeCommandArticle|Brigade Command]]
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** [[Help:CreateCommandArticle|Military Command]]
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** [[Help:CreateCommandArticle|House Command]]
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** <s>[[Help:CreateCommandArticle|House Command]]</s>
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** [[Help:CreateMercenaryUnitArticle|Mercenary Command]]
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** <s>[[Help:CreateMercenaryUnitArticle|Mercenary Command]]</s>
  
 
*Universe
 
*Universe
 
** [[Help:CreatePlanetArticle|Planet Article]]
 
** [[Help:CreatePlanetArticle|Planet Article]]
 
** [[Help:CreateNobleHouseArticle|Noble House Article]]
 
** [[Help:CreateNobleHouseArticle|Noble House Article]]

Revision as of 06:27, 19 March 2021


About Me

I am not sure what came first for me, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat Video Game or the BattleTech: The Animated Series, at this point I had no idea how important this universe I had just stumbled across would become. MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries came next and then a gap for a couple of years and then I found Technical Readout: 3050 Revised in my local comic shop (circa '98). At this point I realized that this universe was a tabletop game for the first time!

In the greatest of ironys I found sourcing BattleTech books in the UK a slow and expensive process using my local (not very friendly) comic shop that was unknown to me situated 5 minutes walk from Ral Parthas european headquarters. MechCommander 2 and MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries kept the torch burning until MechWarrior: Dark Age came out in 2003 and for the first time ever getting physical product became easy.

I have been knocking around Sarna since Feb 2007 and finally after initially struggling to make sense of the universe I was happy to find a place that has everything.

In that time I have been promoted to Admin in November 2019 having contributed about 30,000 edits to the wiki, backed the 2018 Video Game (no. 23,284) and the BattleTech: Clan Invasion (no. 2,863) and still have hopes of playing an actual game of BattleTech one day!

After accusing Catalyst Game Labs of mismanaging the IP in the wake of the collapse of BattleCorps in 2016 and release of the extremely shoddy Technical Readout: Succession Wars in 2017, I am incredibly happy to see that in 2019 CGL have not only reversed direction but seem to be pushing BT back towards greatness.

Let the good times roll.

Awards

Awards Board

Founder's Consistent Service Award Founder's Superior Editor of the Year Award (2018)
Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2019) Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2012) Founder's Honorable Mention Award (2011)
Tireless Contributor Award, 1st ribbon Problem Solver Award, 1st ribbon Vandal Cop Award, 3rd ribbon
Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon Casual Edit Award, 2nd ribbon All Purpose Award, 6th ribbon
Random Act of Appreciation Award, 3rd ribbon Edit Count (50,000) Time in Service (14 years)


Tools

General stuff

Quickly Create

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