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| + | July 14, 2022: I am no longer an active Editor on this Wiki. |
| − | ''Do Not Irritate The Loremaster, For Your Name Rhymes With Awful Things, And They Write The Remembrance.''
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| − | {{quote|A man cannot understand the art he is studying if he only looks for the end result without taking the time to delve deeply into the reasoning of the study.|Miyamoto Musashi, Go Rin No Sho (1645)}}
| + | ==Departure== |
| | + | From the very first day I joined this community, I found myself in conflict with a particular person. My first experience of them was them telling me not to edit certain topics without talking to them first, as they "owned" those topics. I DMed them to inquire how that squared with Wiki policy, and they backpedaled fast, but I can only suppose that having challenged their "authority" marked me for further attention. I tried to improve a reference-less article from years ago that had been written by an Admin, and I got publicly bawled out because that person didn't like what the '''Admin''' wrote and felt I should have taken responsibility for those portions. Soon, any project I tried to join or undertake, that person also joined. If I withdrew from a project to avoid contact with them, they also seemed to quickly lose interest--a disturbing trend. |
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| − | ==Profile==
| + | Not solely because of that person, but largely due to them, I left the Sarna Discord. That bought me a couple months of relative peace, and then they showed up right in the middle of a project I was doing with an Admin and...blew it up. Massive disruption. I ducked out of the conversation they had joined and started a new one under a new heading, trying to follow Sarna's advice in Policy of just avoiding them. They promptly cut and pasted their contribution from the conversation I had left down to where I had moved, and I finally snapped back at them. |
| − | Call me Talvin, more people know me by that than my real name anyhow.
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| − | I have been playing casually off and on, both tabletop (that's been a while) and computer games since the early 90s, and I have a significant collection of the novels, some in print from back when, though nowadays I mostly get Kindle. My most interesting achievement is losing a Highlander to a Gauss headshot (after I kept saying "There can be only one!") during a free-for-all game in college. And I have a degree in English and Education for all that's worth. | + | I lost most of my holiday weekend to fixing the damage they did, and all I got from them was snark, and them coming to my User Talk page to answer a question that had been clearly directed at me. I wiped that. That person had been previously told to stop interacting with me, and has continued to ignore it. |
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| − | I have been enjoying this Wiki for a few years and decided it was time I stepped up to pay my dues. | + | So I pulled back from my work, again. And, as before, they suddenly lost interest. I started a smaller project. Guess who showed up again? |
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| − | Previously, I have been involved in a lot of "clean-up" and community service efforts here on the Wiki. As of early July 2022, I am focusing on specific areas that are of personal interest to me.
| + | Bitter experience has shown me that our leadership is too divided and lacking in integrity to address this sort of harassment--indeed, they appear to reward such behavior--and I can't keep dodging this person. |
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| − | ===Discord===
| + | I wish things could have been otherwise. |
| − | If you want to chat on Discord, send a friend request to my username here with #3561 tacked on the end. (Obfuscating that a bit so bots can't just grab it.)
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| − | ==Task List==
| + | --Talvin |
| − | *Every week, look at [[Special:LonelyPages|the Orphans]] and deal with new stuff as appropriate.
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| − | *For those [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage|Orphans]] already classified: pick a category and try to knock it down some. Find homes for stuff. Some of these are just not going to happen. Accept it gracefully.
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| − | *[[User:Talvin/Media Companies|Media Companies]] is going to be slow but sure. Figure out how to fit that into the Wiki as a whole, too.
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| − | *[[User:Talvin/Word of Blake Navy|Word of Blake Navy]] is a long-term project.
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| − | * [[:Category:Foreign Language Editions]] In fact, let's go large on this. To the extent possible, add info about all the publishing houses that have handled foreign editions, and put them under [[:Category:Game Publisher]], since that states it is for Novels as well. They don't need huge writeups, just something to help people find them and their products more easily.
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| − | *[[User:Talvin/Character Mining]]
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| − | *[[User:Talvin/Sandbox]]
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| − | ==Just Keeping Score== | + | ==Awards== |
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| − | [[User:Talvin/Pages I Have Made|Pages I Have Made]]
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| − | ==Projects==
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| − | ===Foreign-Language Publishers===
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| − | * [[List of BattleTech Products in French]]
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| − | ** [[Fleuve Noir]] https://www.publishersglobal.com/directory/publisher-profile/3529 https://www.lisez.com/fleuve-editions/17
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| − | ** [[Hexagonal]] https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/2775/hexagonal/linkeditems/boardgamepublisher (just a lead, nothing confirmed)
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| − | ** [[Jeux Descartes]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeux_Descartes and related: [[Casus Belli]]
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| − | * [[List of BattleTech Print Novels in Hungarian]]
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| − | **[[Beholder]]
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| − | **[[Delta Vision]]
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| − | * Italian
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| − | ** [[Nexus Editrice]]
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| − | ** [[I Giochi dei Grandi]]
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| − | ** [[Granata Press]]
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| − | * Japanese
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| − | ** [[:File:Black_Widow_Company_Japanese.jpg]] Follow up on the ISBN #, that company may have done others.
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| − | * Polish
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| − | **[[Wydawnictwo MAG]]
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| − | **[[Encore]]
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| − | * Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil, anywhere else?)
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| − | ** [[Imperium Jogos]]
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| − | ** [[Devir]] (Also Spanish) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devir_(editorial)
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| − | ** [[Publicações Europa-América]]
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| − | * [[List of BattleTech Print Novels in Spanish]]
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| − | * [[List of BattleTech Products in Spanish]]
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| − | ** [[Devir]] (Also Portuguese) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devir_(editorial) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devir_Iberia
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| − | ** [[Timun Mas]] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timunmas
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| − | ** [[Ediciones Zinco]] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ediciones_Zinco
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| − | ** [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
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| − | * GOLD MINE: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Novelas_de_Battletech
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| − | ===IlClan Jade Falcon===
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| − | A few members of the community have expressed that having a well-cited list of Jade Falcons to survive the ilClan Trial would be useful. As this will necessarily involve some speculation and inferences, the proper format is an [[Policy:BattleTech Essays|Essay]]. So I have begun [[Essay: IlClan Jade Falcons]] to serve until more canon information becomes available.
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| − | ===Word of Blake Navy===
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| − | [[User:Talvin/Word of Blake Navy]] is something I tinker with when I want a break from the other stuff. Space battles need more love and attention.
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| − | ===Stuff on the Back Burner===
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| − | [[User:Talvin/Other_Projects|Other Projects]] I am considering or have set aside for now.
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| − | ==Pages That Amuse or Interest Me==
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| − | *[[Four Horsemen of Errai]] - The first big "gem" that I dug out of the Orphanage, that I recall. I hope they expand on this in canon someday.
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| − | *[[Jeffery Foxworth]] Love the reference.
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| − | *[[Schedar Enlightenment and Liberation Force]] (SELF). I mean, if they got forced to join a Clan, they would be...''SELF-Absorbed''!
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| − | *[[Callandra Witch]] There's a story here, and I hope they continue developing it.
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| − | *[[Dagen's Daggers]] Looks like they were just fluff from a Technical Readout, but this is the sort of thing that could make a whole Scenario Pack or Novella. Both? Both is good!
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| − | *[[Precentor Who Lost His Name]] Huh! I read the novel, of course, but I didn't know about this little followup. Interesting....
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| − | * "Pilot! Can you identify the DropShip?"
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| − | :"Wait a minute!"
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| − | :"Pilot! Identify that DropShip!"
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| − | :"I said [[Waytaminit|WAYTAMINIT]]!"
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| − | * [[Bob]]. It's a planet. It used to have a different name. Check it out.
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| − | * [[Tai Dai Cult]] Somebody actually went there.
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| − | * [[Hobb V. Ess]]
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| − | * [[Kalvin Hobbes]] commanded the [[Third Taurian Lancers]]. We should make that page. Because.
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| − | * [[Rekkem]]: I should apply to be the guy that comes up with names for Clan OLWs (One Line Wonders). I really should.
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| − | ===Saving this from Project Orphanage===
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| − | Had to pull this off when the project went public, so saving it here:<br>
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| − | I am the very model of a Modern Major-General, <br>
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| − | I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, <br>
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| − | I know the [[Khan of Clan Jade Falcon|Khans of Falcon]], and I quote the fights historical,
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| − | <br>From [[Battle of Dieudonné (2416)| Dieudonné]] to [[Galedon#The_Jihad|Galedon]], in order categorical
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| − | :--''with apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan'' [[User:Talvin|Talvin]] ([[User talk:Talvin|talk]])
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| − | ==Awards==
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| − | Oh, this place has awards. Neat. I'll probably update my little red ribbon every Friday for now. It's a fun way to keep score.
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| | <div id="awardsboard"><div id="awardsboardheader">Awards Board</div> | | <div id="awardsboard"><div id="awardsboardheader">Awards Board</div> |
| | [[File:SupArt.jpg|Superior Article Award, 1st ribbon]]<br>[[File:AA 1bol.jpg|Assistance Appreciated Award, 2nd ribbon]][[File:DA.jpg|Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:SubAdd.jpg|Substantial Addition Award, 1st ribbon]]<br> | | [[File:SupArt.jpg|Superior Article Award, 1st ribbon]]<br>[[File:AA 1bol.jpg|Assistance Appreciated Award, 2nd ribbon]][[File:DA.jpg|Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:SubAdd.jpg|Substantial Addition Award, 1st ribbon]]<br> |
July 14, 2022: I am no longer an active Editor on this Wiki.
Departure
From the very first day I joined this community, I found myself in conflict with a particular person. My first experience of them was them telling me not to edit certain topics without talking to them first, as they "owned" those topics. I DMed them to inquire how that squared with Wiki policy, and they backpedaled fast, but I can only suppose that having challenged their "authority" marked me for further attention. I tried to improve a reference-less article from years ago that had been written by an Admin, and I got publicly bawled out because that person didn't like what the Admin wrote and felt I should have taken responsibility for those portions. Soon, any project I tried to join or undertake, that person also joined. If I withdrew from a project to avoid contact with them, they also seemed to quickly lose interest--a disturbing trend.
Not solely because of that person, but largely due to them, I left the Sarna Discord. That bought me a couple months of relative peace, and then they showed up right in the middle of a project I was doing with an Admin and...blew it up. Massive disruption. I ducked out of the conversation they had joined and started a new one under a new heading, trying to follow Sarna's advice in Policy of just avoiding them. They promptly cut and pasted their contribution from the conversation I had left down to where I had moved, and I finally snapped back at them.
I lost most of my holiday weekend to fixing the damage they did, and all I got from them was snark, and them coming to my User Talk page to answer a question that had been clearly directed at me. I wiped that. That person had been previously told to stop interacting with me, and has continued to ignore it.
So I pulled back from my work, again. And, as before, they suddenly lost interest. I started a smaller project. Guess who showed up again?
Bitter experience has shown me that our leadership is too divided and lacking in integrity to address this sort of harassment--indeed, they appear to reward such behavior--and I can't keep dodging this person.
I wish things could have been otherwise.
--Talvin
Awards
