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User:Johnmooth

2 comments • 23:17, 14 April 2023 23:17, 14 April 2023

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Summary by SargeCassidy

User has been permamently banned from the Wiki.

Dandelion Sprout (talkcontribs)

User: User:Johnmooth Username_talk:Johnmooth
Offense: Publishing cracked games on Archive.org (along with other very strange stuff he posts there) and then linking to his own crack uploads on PCGamingWiki.
Diffs:
- https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas&diff=prev&oldid=1404125
- https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Hot_Wheels:_Williams_F1_-_Team_Racer&oldid=1395197
- https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Topic:X8l5wq5utc0jza4u
- (Honourable mention despite it not being Archive.org) https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas&diff=prev&oldid=1404125
- His Archive.org upload list for good measure: https://archive.org/details/@victor_gabriel181
Submitter's comments: He's had a one-week ban before, and has been the subject of no less than four earlier noticeboard threads about him. Time to bring out the big measures.

Edited 22:57, 14 April 2023 22:57, 14 April 2023

SargeCassidy (talkcontribs)

Result:User has been banned permamently for gross violation of both the Wiki policy and Editing guidelines.

23:17, 14 April 2023 23:17, 14 April 2023

User:Phyziyx

One comment • 16:00, 9 April 2023 16:00, 9 April 2023

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Summary by Baronsmoki

Permanently banned from the wiki and Discord

Baronsmoki (talkcontribs)

User: User:Phyziyx User_talk:Phyziyx
Offense: Ongoing disruptive and combative behavior
Result: Permanent ban from the wiki and Discord

16:00, 9 April 2023 16:00, 9 April 2023

User:Mrtnptrs

3 comments • 15:44, 9 April 2023 15:44, 9 April 2023

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Summary by Baronsmoki

Mrtnptrs has been permanently banned from the wiki and Discord.

Andytizer (talkcontribs)

User: User:Mrtnptrs
Offense: Trolling, being disruptive and combative over a long period of time on the Wiki and the Discord server.
Result: Warning.

Edited 20:07, 30 March 2023 20:07, 30 March 2023

Andytizer (talkcontribs)

The offense is Creative trolling:

"if a user is being continually disruptive, and no amount of politeness, consensus, mediation, or anything else is reining them in, they are trolling. When a user, in a conflict of any sort, insists on the letter of a rule while grossly violating its spirit, this is often a sign of trolling."

After much discussion with PCGW staff, any further disruptions will result in a ban.

20:16, 30 March 2023 20:16, 30 March 2023

Baronsmoki (talkcontribs)

Result: Mrtnptrs has been permanently banned due to ongoing disruptive behavior.

15:43, 9 April 2023 15:43, 9 April 2023

User:Johnmooth

3 comments • 15:40, 9 April 2023 15:40, 9 April 2023

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Summary by Baronsmoki

SojerManLan suspended the user for a week.

Mrtnptrs (talkcontribs)

User: User:Johnmooth Offense: repeatedly bad grammar, adding info from glossary pages, and not following editing guidelines despite messages on talk page to which the user almost never responded: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Topic:X8l5wq5utc0jza4u All minor errors, but the user keeps making them repeatedly and mostly doesn't fix them himself.... Never asked for advice on Discord. Keeps doing this even after he responded to SojerManLan's message on his talk page: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Topic:X8u0b6016922w1ys Suspect a language barrier....

Edited 10:29, 16 December 2022 10:29, 16 December 2022

Dandelion Sprout (talkcontribs)

In light of https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Recommendation_of_classic_Grand_Theft_Auto_patches&curid=183808&oldid=1356262, I for one think it's time to consider permabans for Johnmooth, just for how sheer weird (and to some extent xenophobic) that page of his is/was.

15:29, 16 December 2022 15:29, 16 December 2022

SargeCassidy (talkcontribs)

Result: User has been banned for a week due to continued refusal to follow the editing guidelines and hateful language.

16:29, 16 December 2022 16:29, 16 December 2022

User:Woujy

4 comments • 18:16, 8 April 2023 18:16, 8 April 2023

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Summary by Baronsmoki

No action taken. Woujy has been invited to the PCGW Discord.

Dandelion Sprout (talkcontribs)

User: User:Woujy
Offense: Unclear. He has had problems with following the Editing Guide and the Show Preview button, and is now also suspected of undisclosedly being the sole(?) dev of KAKUDO while creating the page for it (including insisting it has ray tracing when there's no possible way that a Steam low-budget project has it).
Diffs:
Submitter's notes: The 3 edits he made to gain creation rights seemed perfectly good and uncontroversial, e.g. https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Home_is_Where_One_Starts...&diff=prev&oldid=1402412. It also doesn't seem like he can be directly tied to Hexteria and its page, and he seemed more or less receptive to feedback in https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Topic:Xfnu86rgu5ihxet6 .

13:45, 6 April 2023 13:45, 6 April 2023

Woujy (talkcontribs)

I am new to the platform... I can't master all the codes in two days... I've been using PCGamingWiki for consultation for years, but I finally took the plunge and want to contribute, like I can contribute on Wikipedia for example.

English is not my mother tongue, I have difficulties to express myself in it, that's why I use translation tools. I answered your message on the TimeShifters topic in an evasive way because : 1) I was at work (computer analyst). 2) English not being my native language, it was a real gymnastics for me. 3) I was intimidated, I felt like I had done something stupid and was being called to order.

Yes, I am a developer on KAKUDO, but until proven otherwise, PCGamingWiki is a free encyclopedia that is a mine of information about video games.

I decided to create pages of indie games that I had enjoyed, because they also deserve to be on this platform, and to provide information that might interest users. What I sometimes had to look for and inquire from the developers.

Coming back to KAKUDO, yes, the game is a "low budget" title but yes, it does contain Ray Tracing... Sure, it's not like a LEGO® Builder's Journey, but it is indeed the case... There is RT, RT Global Illumination, Shadows and Reflection. It is a Unreal Engine 4.27 game.

So, to sum up, I do intend to continue to provide information and research for many PC games, and no, doing the KAKUDO page is not a way to promote... It's a game that has only 10 poor Steam sales. I just wanted to (as the developer on the game) fill in the information that is or cannot be shown on the Steam page. Yes, the game does have RTX (just run the game in DX11 and DX12 RT mode to see the difference).

Moreover, I don't understand how being a developer on the game would prevent me from being able to give information on a game... Until proven otherwise, I only provide technical information on an "encyclopedia" type platform.

In advance, have a nice day. WouJy

PS: thanks for the welcome, it motivates to contribute...

16:43, 6 April 2023 16:43, 6 April 2023

Baronsmoki (talkcontribs)

Hi Woujy, I'm sorry that your recent PCGW experience has not been pleasant. I'm a moderator here, and I don't believe you've done anything wrong. You appeared to be making good faith edits, and we certainly don't have any rules against game developers editing articles for their own games.

Feel free to join us on Discord (https://discord.gg/KDfrTZ8) if you have any questions about editing, or about PCGW in general.

P.S. The PCGW sample article and editing guide are useful resources for editing articles on the wiki:

Edited 16:09, 7 April 2023 16:09, 7 April 2023