Talk:Signature Race/Archive
I don't plan to do anything I woulnd't otherwise do, but it does give me incentive to step up my updates. Nice to see I FINALLY edged out that damn suggestions page, and I expect to hit 500 quite soon. --Seb_Wiers VeM 00:37, 10 May 2007 (BST)
Very good!--Vista 13:03, 7 May 2007 (BST) and again +1
- Heh, thanks. I've almost got an image I'm happy with so I'll be uploading it in a few seconds. Feel free to change the content on the page. It's a rough draft for now. - JedazΣT MC ΞD GIS S! 12:11, 7 May 2007 (GMT) +1 more for me as well =P
Ha ha! Possibly the saddest popularity contest I've heard of.... and yet, I'm in! I think we should add more categories, something like "coolest sig", "most inventive sig", and last but not least "most butt-ugly sig". Kinda like Amazing's James Earl Jones awards, except monthy. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 14:32, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Hey! What about the "Sig with the best animated picture"? --Axe Hack Talk 14:34, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- That would fit into "most butt-ugly sig" methinks... --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 14:39, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Heh, good ideas, I'm just adding them in. If you think of anything else feel free to add them. If I think they are terible or redundant I'll just remove them and open a discussion here about them. - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR 13:40, 8 May 2007 (GMT)
- I'm thinking "most bloodiest sig pic"...but that would probably be me...since I know where to grab bloody buddy icons... --Axe Hack Talk 14:42, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- I think 3 pizes for signature are a bit much, seeing as we're basically about link count. how about we combine them to one? say most "noticeable" signature. ?--Vista +1 14:46, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- It works for me, it's changed now. Although now I think about it the "most creative page gain" kinda covers it. I'll think about it, but for now I'm tired so I'll figgure it out in the morning. - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR 13:49, 8 May 2007 (GMT)
- Hagnat bitched me out for my 25 px square image sig (or maybe he bitched because it was a re-size of a 500 px square image), which is a bummer- it was VERY noticable. He said it was ugly- hard to see how, it was black and white. Maybe he meant its effect on page formating. --Seb_Wiers VeM 00:40, 10 May 2007 (BST)
- It works for me, it's changed now. Although now I think about it the "most creative page gain" kinda covers it. I'll think about it, but for now I'm tired so I'll figgure it out in the morning. - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR 13:49, 8 May 2007 (GMT)
- I think 3 pizes for signature are a bit much, seeing as we're basically about link count. how about we combine them to one? say most "noticeable" signature. ?--Vista +1 14:46, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- I'm thinking "most bloodiest sig pic"...but that would probably be me...since I know where to grab bloody buddy icons... --Axe Hack Talk 14:42, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Heh, good ideas, I'm just adding them in. If you think of anything else feel free to add them. If I think they are terible or redundant I'll just remove them and open a discussion here about them. - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR 13:40, 8 May 2007 (GMT)
- That would fit into "most butt-ugly sig" methinks... --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 14:39, 8 May 2007 (BST)
Damn we are spamming the recent changes like a wildfire! --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 15:09, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Even Lach is against this...oh well. Gotta stop now. Time for me to head to school. See ya! --Axe Hack Talk 15:10, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Yes, even I. For a true attention *cough* seeker doesn't need this excuse to talk to people. Notice how I already have lots of links.--Lachryma☭ 15:13, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Uh...even I have more links then you....OK...now I'm out. Bye bye! --Axe Hack Talk 15:15, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Hmmm, yeah well I was going to idle out of the wiki for a few months, then this popped up! I think I'll take taht holiday down the track, a little later on. And damn, it's 15 past midnight here in Australia... I should go to bed! --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 15:16, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Idling out? seriously? that would be a shame. and happy dreams--Vista +1 15:18, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Yeah, I'm studying Journalism at the moment. It's not the study, it's gonna be the practical work that takes up my time. Ya'know interviewing people, writing up stories, getting updates, research etc. Gotta get the scoop, ya know! --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 15:21, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Idling out? seriously? that would be a shame. and happy dreams--Vista +1 15:18, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Uh...even I have more links then you....OK...now I'm out. Bye bye! --Axe Hack Talk 15:15, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Yes, even I. For a true attention *cough* seeker doesn't need this excuse to talk to people. Notice how I already have lots of links.--Lachryma☭ 15:13, 8 May 2007 (BST)
Interesting. I don't know if I should be proud to be the 18th most linked to user, or if I should be thinking about retirement. I think I'll sign up, not like I have anything better to do.--Labine50 MHG|MEMS|DHPD 02:22, 10 May 2007 (BST)
- Glad to have you with us. And as long as you haven't passed xiod it's not time for retirement yet--Vista +1 17:10, 10 May 2007 (BST)
Grumbles
Well, I noticed this thing long ago, but only decided to sign up now. Arh... By the way - proposition, when voting for sig, use subst: like {{subst:User/sig}}, so that current text of sig was included and was voted on. Ya'know, it changes with time... --Duke GarlandTLCD SSZ 16:40, 9 June 2007 (BST)
A Siren's Parting Cry
I know this is just fun and all, but the parting words of Mia Kristos still ring in my ears: "SysOps and Regular Users alike, shape up. Your very job in this wiki is to provide information, not to stroke your amazing egos". Hmmm, still just fun? --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 15:31, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Yet another great reason not to do this. Ah, I'm a genius...--Lachryma☭ 15:37, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Neh, if we continue editing like mad for days just to get our sigs everywhere, then it's not good. But the short run across the wiki we just had? We're allowed to have fun and hang lose sometimes as well. as long as we don't bother people. This is supposed to be tongue in cheek. I intend to keep it that way for myself, I'm serious enough most of the time.--Vista +1 15:42, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- I think a good rule of thumb is to keep all of the edits you do meaningful and consructive.... otherwise it really is just spam. I have to admit, I've already found some pages in the last 15min that I would have never seen. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 15:46, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- I think that even in that run about half my edits were for constructive reasons. It's not only a wiki, it's also a community. one of the best things non-constructive I've ever done one this wiki was the start of the Piebased meme's here. sometimes it's o.k to be non-constructive.--Vista +1 16:01, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Exactly, anyway the difference between this and stroking our egos (or at least for me) is that this is not a serious competition, but just for a bit of silly fun. Nothing to take seriously. Anyway has anyone seen what happens when people just work and don't have fun? It could happen to anyone =P - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR: 05:45, 9 May 2007 (GMT)
- I think that even in that run about half my edits were for constructive reasons. It's not only a wiki, it's also a community. one of the best things non-constructive I've ever done one this wiki was the start of the Piebased meme's here. sometimes it's o.k to be non-constructive.--Vista +1 16:01, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- I think a good rule of thumb is to keep all of the edits you do meaningful and consructive.... otherwise it really is just spam. I have to admit, I've already found some pages in the last 15min that I would have never seen. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 15:46, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Neh, if we continue editing like mad for days just to get our sigs everywhere, then it's not good. But the short run across the wiki we just had? We're allowed to have fun and hang lose sometimes as well. as long as we don't bother people. This is supposed to be tongue in cheek. I intend to keep it that way for myself, I'm serious enough most of the time.--Vista +1 15:42, 8 May 2007 (BST)
Thumbs up but stepping down
Just to say: It's a cool idea, and I must confess that I did check every now and then how many links to my page were on the wiki, but I can't sign myself here with a clear conscience. Why? If I do sign myself, it's like I'll start to seek stupid ways to include my signature in yet another place (like Xoid, nah it's a joke =P) and the purpose of helping and good faith contributions to the wiki is yet again bent. I rather don't bend the poor thing anymore, as other users do it enough already. --Matthew Fahrenheit YRC☺T☺+1 19:55, 8 May 2007 (BST)
- Heh, thanks. Anyway you can join and just go ahead with your normal day to day opperations. Theres no need for you to go on a silly rampage signing pages that you haven't already signed. Most of the "Hey lets find a random page and sign it" should be gone within a few days, if not sooner. - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR: 05:39, 9 May 2007 (GMT)
Nominations Discussion
I'd like to challenge the title 'most noticeable signature', Jedaz. I honestly didn't like it much before, and wasn't it a snap-decision? I mean, I wanna nominate Vista's sig, but it's not like it's noticeable much or anything. it's blue like the rest. I like it though because it is so minimalistic wiki-wise. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 12:55, 18 May 2007 (BST)
- Yes, it was a snap decision. However you can say that Vista's signature is noticeable because it's minimalistic, so it stands out because everyone else is having larger and larger signatures. If you can think of a better way to phrase it then I would like to know, however I think for now it is general enough to include any signature, although I will freely admit I'm wrong if I am. - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR: 12:00, 18 May 2007 (GMT)
Maybe just "signature of the month" to make it nice and rounded, and something we can cycle regularly? --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 13:13, 18 May 2007 (BST)
- I guess so. However I still prefer most noticeable signature. I'ld like to see what other people think before changing it. - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR: 12:20, 18 May 2007 (GMT)
I'd like to add in another category...such as most sig on a specific page? --Axe Hack Talk 04:41, 1 June 2007 (BST)
- I'll be honest, I don't think there is any need for a category like that. How can we even find out except for manually crawling through every page anyway? --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 04:45, 1 June 2007 (BST)
Sig of Month discussion
- Lachryma☭
- It combines the minimalistic aspect of Vista's sig with an aesthetically pleasing color and format, and the nice detail of the hammer and sickle that fits perfectly with the rest of the sig. It's always the first sig I note on anyone's talk page, and not because of it's uglyness. --Matthew Fahrenheit YRC☺T☺+1 15:21, 19 May 2007 (BST)
- A worthy signature for a nomination, but unfortunately, she is not a member and not in the competition.--Vista +1 15:36, 19 May 2007 (BST)
- It never said in the guidelines that it needed to be a member of the Sig Race. Nor does the nominator have to be a member either. Besides, within the sig race, I think the pool of sigs is too small. Within a month we'd run out of people to nominate. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 15:56, 19 May 2007 (BST)
- It's ok if I can't nominate it, or she can't be nominated. I just tought that it was a worthy siggy for the award when I saw this talk page. --Matthew Fahrenheit YRC☺T☺+1 21:01, 19 May 2007 (BST)
- It never said in the guidelines that it needed to be a member of the Sig Race. Nor does the nominator have to be a member either. Besides, within the sig race, I think the pool of sigs is too small. Within a month we'd run out of people to nominate. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 15:56, 19 May 2007 (BST)
- A worthy signature for a nomination, but unfortunately, she is not a member and not in the competition.--Vista +1 15:36, 19 May 2007 (BST)
Most creative page gain Discussion
"Have you seen how many {{Welcomenewbie}} templates he's put on peoples pages? I think thats gotta count for something. - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR: 01:28, 22 May 2007 (GMT)"
- He's not the only one. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 07:06, 22 May 2007 (BST)
- Heh, oh sorry. I didn't realize that you did any. I only saw Matthewfarenheits because he was flooding recent changes when I was on a few days ago. If you want you can add yourself to the nominations. - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR: 06:23, 22 May 2007 (GMT)
- Add myself? Isn't that against the spirit, nominating yourself? Nah, I wouldn't do that. You can nominate me if you want. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 07:34, 22 May 2007 (BST)
- OMG, I'm here. This page makes me feel much more of an attention whore than I already am. Anyways, I think that the most creative page gain has to go to Swiers, he's being adding danger reports with his name all over them, much more creative than my traditional {{welcomenewbie}} run. --Matthew Fahrenheit YRC☺T☺+1 14:44, 26 May 2007 (BST)
- I went further than that. For example, as the creator of the NT Status Map, I took the liberty of putting (a short version) of my sig in a templates it uses over 100 times, where it gives instructions on how to update the maps user pages; I wanted people to contact me if the needed further help. That was good for a 100+ page gain with maybe 30 seconds extra work. The bulk of the danger page sigs are also templated in, to save typing.
I guess it was creative, but was aiming to hammer the page gain category, so I didn't want to reveal my methods earlier, lest they be imitated or disqualified. It was actually part of a legit project I started before joining the sig race; I only have maybe 80 or so danger report pages to go, so only another 100-150 sigs to gain from that project now. I doubt I'm gonna catch Xoid or MF. Maybe next month I'll go for creativity, with a low(er)-but-weird(er) page gain. --Seb_Wiers Imagine 01:40, 2 June 2007 (BST)
- I went further than that. For example, as the creator of the NT Status Map, I took the liberty of putting (a short version) of my sig in a templates it uses over 100 times, where it gives instructions on how to update the maps user pages; I wanted people to contact me if the needed further help. That was good for a 100+ page gain with maybe 30 seconds extra work. The bulk of the danger page sigs are also templated in, to save typing.
- OMG, I'm here. This page makes me feel much more of an attention whore than I already am. Anyways, I think that the most creative page gain has to go to Swiers, he's being adding danger reports with his name all over them, much more creative than my traditional {{welcomenewbie}} run. --Matthew Fahrenheit YRC☺T☺+1 14:44, 26 May 2007 (BST)
- Add myself? Isn't that against the spirit, nominating yourself? Nah, I wouldn't do that. You can nominate me if you want. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 07:34, 22 May 2007 (BST)
- Heh, oh sorry. I didn't realize that you did any. I only saw Matthewfarenheits because he was flooding recent changes when I was on a few days ago. If you want you can add yourself to the nominations. - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR: 06:23, 22 May 2007 (GMT)
Nominations and Winnings template?
Maybe we should have those...Anyone up for the idea? --Axe Hack Talk 13:04, 20 May 2007 (BST)
- Go crazy. Personally I think there is no need. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 13:43, 20 May 2007 (BST)
- Neh, every competition has winning templates. I'm for just an honorary mention on this page. the winners themselves may whip up a template if they're so inclined--Vista +1 17:20, 20 May 2007 (BST)
Separated Pages
Personally, I think we should put the Nominations and the votings on a separate page (Signature Race:Nominations/Voting perhaps?), rather then on the talk page all the time. It might actually make it easier to keep track of things on this page. --Axe Hack Talk 04:09, 1 June 2007 (BST)
- Not a bad idea. Why don't you set it up and see how it goes? --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 04:11, 1 June 2007 (BST)
How about...this? It's a work in progress, so add to it what you think might fit in it. --Axe Hack Talk 04:29, 1 June 2007 (BST)
- Good point, and good solution. An archive page (Signature Race:Archive:N/V) after voting would be good as well. I'll get onto that one though in just a few minutes. - JedazΣT MC ΞD CT SR: 04:23, 1 June 2007 (GMT)
I've been trying to formalise sup-page formating across the wiki (to make it easier to keep track of who pages belong to). Group sub-pages are in the format Signature Race/Nomination-Voting and then Signature Race/Nomination-Voting/Archive... mind if I move them there? -- boxy T L ZS Nuts2U DA 01:36, 2 June 2007 (BST)
a note about signatures
I'm all for well designed signatures, but some of them (I've noticed Vista's) insert a massive wad of code into the page, enough that it's actually hard to edit around the thing sometimes. Would it be possible for folks with such code-intensive sigs to just use templates in the normal fashion, rather than substituting them? --Seb_Wiers Imagine 13:42, 13 June 2007 (BST)
- I agree. It is only one template, just don't use the lazy color template anywhere in your sig. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 13:54, 13 June 2007 (BST)
- Oh, and you haven't noticed mine? It's usualy about 5 times longer then my posts =P Anyway there are pros and cos doing it either way. As you said substituting the signature leads to the page being harder to edit sometimes, however a templated signature is prone to "crashing" if there are too many on a page. The templated signature "crashing" is increasingly more probable these days as 1) People use more tempalated signatures these days, and 2) Talk pages can become extremely long meaning that templated signatures are more likely to crash. These are the main reasons I don't use a templated signature myself. - Jedaz13:19, 13 June 2007 (GMT)
- Also templated sig makes danger reports look ugly... Although, on the other hand, one can "subst" them on there --Duke GarlandTLCD SSZ 15:06, 13 June 2007 (BST)
- True, having created pages that actually used enough NON-signature templates to crash, I can see how it would be a real problem with sigs. Sadly, the place where you edit the most often is talk pages. Well, its something to keep in mind. Personally, I'm going for the ultimate in minimalism. 15:38, 13 June 2007 (BST)
- Heh, I keep wanting to put an unsigned template onto your comments because the '.' blends in so well =P - Jedaz03:47, 14 June 2007 (GMT)
- Heh, I keep wanting to put an unsigned template onto your comments because the '.' blends in so well =P - Jedaz
- True, having created pages that actually used enough NON-signature templates to crash, I can see how it would be a real problem with sigs. Sadly, the place where you edit the most often is talk pages. Well, its something to keep in mind. Personally, I'm going for the ultimate in minimalism. 15:38, 13 June 2007 (BST)
- Also templated sig makes danger reports look ugly... Although, on the other hand, one can "subst" them on there --Duke GarlandTLCD SSZ 15:06, 13 June 2007 (BST)
Sigh...
Looks like after my regents and stuff are done, I'll have a lot of catching up to do... --Axe Hack Talk 13:01, 14 June 2007 (BST)
Cool! I might join next month...
...or this month, or possibly not at all. --Anotherpongo 18:42, 15 June 2007 (BST)
"It's opposite-land! Rain falls up? Snow is hot?"
How did I manage to drop 2 pages since I joined? I swear I was at 125 on when I signed up.. armareum 04:14, 2 July 2007 (BST)
- Sigs on user talk pages often do get edited away, and legitimately. . . . swiers 04:48, 2 July 2007 (BST)
- Heh, maybe we should give you an "encouragement" award. It only goes to the users who manage to lose pages. But anyway basicaly your explanation is as Swiers has said. Such is the mystery of life. - JedazΣT 10:09, 2 July 2007 (BST)
- I've hardly been to any talk pages. And I've voted on plenty of suggestion. Even accounting for some wastage on user talk pages, I'd have thought that I'd have gone up at least by one!! The sound of an encouragement award sounds.. encouraging. Or perhaps just special mention for June :(. 'armT:S 11:16, 2 July 2007 (BST)
OMG Matt has done the impossible
He's way past Xoid already! -- boxy T Nuts2U DA 10:22, 2 July 2007 (BST)
- But a lot of those are welcome newbie templates. Xoidwasn't around for those. It's like comparing homeruns with wooden and aluminium bats. It's a whole different ballgame.-- Vista +1 10:26, 3 July 2007 (BST)
Hmm....
...I'm thinking of a Signature of the year thing for December....You know? As in best signature for 2007, 2008, etc. But we have months to discuss about that.... --Axe Hack Talk 20:23, 2 July 2007 (BST)
- That might be interesting to think about, but then again we would have to consider all of the different variations of signatures throughout the year for it to be truely "signature of the year". It's more likely to be signature of the month, however we could always have a nominations page open throughout the year. - JedazΣT 10:56, 3 July 2007 (BST)
- I'm thinking he's more styling it as a competition between the previous sigs of the months. A bit like the playmate thingy. I'd be game for that. (the sigs competition, not the playmate thingy. I haven't got the figure...)-- Vista +1 11:07, 3 July 2007 (BST)
Idea!?!
Who would be interested in a signature design competition? The general idea is that you have a set of criteria that must be fufilled. Eg uses the colour red. Once every 3 months people would design a signature to fit those criteria, once they have they "present" their piece of work. A panel of Judges would decide on which signature is the most astheticaly pleasing and meets the criteria. Thoughts? - JedazΣT 10:56, 3 July 2007 (BST)
3 months is a bit long between competitions IMO, but i'm game. It should stand alone from the regular sig of the month though.-- Vista +1 11:09, 3 July 2007 (BST)
- Well we can change it to 1 or 2 months. I'm not set on 3 months, or any time period myself. Of course it will be different to signature of the month, other then different sections the main difference will be that signatures will have to conform to certain guidelines, and the public doesn't get to vote on the competition. However that doesn't stop people from using the signature that they designed and win signature of the month =P - JedazΣT 11:17, 3 July 2007 (BST)
- Well, i was going to redisign my sig long ago already... But i still don't really care --Duke GarlandTLCD SSZ 12:14, 3 July 2007 (BST)
June awards
Huh, just noticed I got "most creative page gain" for June. I assume that was for my OVERALL page gain (done mostly in May)- thanks! When was the voting done, and is there a record? . . . swiers 15:51, 3 July 2007 (BST)
- Nope you've been edged out by that by Goebi. You won overall page gain in may. Signature_Race#Awards This one is purely about how you gained pages. Last month I was nominated for a single specific one page.-- Vista +1 16:49, 3 July 2007 (BST)
- See here for the race.-- Vista +1 16:51, 3 July 2007 (BST)
July
Is there any competition for sigs this month? -- goebi oo ooooooo 14:37, 18 July 2007 (BST)
- Yep, sorry it took so long to start proceedings. - If Jedaz = 01:46, 19 July 2007 (BST) then pi = 3
Top 50
You should update it coz it has changed a lot, not because I want to be on the top. Not at all. Really. Yeah. --Matthew Fahrenheit YRC☺T☺+1 02:37, 20 July 2007 (BST)
- I agree. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 07:58, 20 July 2007 (BST)
- go ahead --Duke GarlandTLCD SSZ 08:39, 20 July 2007 (BST)
*sits up in surprise* I'm number 6?.... wow. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 00:34, 29 July 2007 (BST)
- And me 13th? Wow, holy vault number! --Duke GarlandTLCD SSZ 10:59, 29 July 2007 (BST)
I made probably the most pointless graph. It could be displayed like using: [[Image:Top_50_graph.png|right|thumb|Top 50 Graph]] ? 'arm. 02:52, 29 July 2007 (BST)
- I'ld have to agree that it's probably pointless, mainly because people overtake each other, so the X axis isn't constant. But it's interesting to see that it's an exponential curve. I would have thought that it'ld be more liner then anything else. I'll put you in charge of being the graph guy ok? =P - If Jedaz = 09:14, 29 July 2007 (BST) then pi = 3
- Well, it's just the number of sigs in each position (1st got xx, 2nd got xx, etc), rather than attributed to the same person each time. It mostly is straight, but with Xoid and Matt pushing the top end out. I suppose I could regress it to see what formula came out, to see how close to exponential it really it. I though about having a few pie charts too: proportion of top 10 to rest; proportion of sysops sigs out of top 50, stuff like that. 'arm. 13:13, 29 July 2007 (BST)
- I'd expect the "link mass" for individuals to be distributed in the same manner as the physical mass of asteroids, or the size of fluctuations in stock prices. That is, small quantities are more common in direct proportion to their size. Consider this:
- Tally up how many pages have 1 link, 2 links, 3 links, etc, and call that value Tl.
- Each page has M links to it. Consider the page that has the greatest number of links to have Max links.
- Plot each page as a point, with the Y axis value being 1/Tl, and the X axis value being M/Max.
- I'd expect the "link mass" for individuals to be distributed in the same manner as the physical mass of asteroids, or the size of fluctuations in stock prices. That is, small quantities are more common in direct proportion to their size. Consider this:
- Well, it's just the number of sigs in each position (1st got xx, 2nd got xx, etc), rather than attributed to the same person each time. It mostly is straight, but with Xoid and Matt pushing the top end out. I suppose I could regress it to see what formula came out, to see how close to exponential it really it. I though about having a few pie charts too: proportion of top 10 to rest; proportion of sysops sigs out of top 50, stuff like that. 'arm. 13:13, 29 July 2007 (BST)
What shape do you think the curve would be? I'm betting the points would cluster around a straight line from 0,0 to 1,1. And actually, this is probably a do-able experiment. You don't even need to restrict it to USER pages; this likely holds true for the set of all pages on this wiki, or even all pages on the internet. __Swiers___ 16:18, 29 July 2007 (BST)
Nominations
There doesn't seem to be any nominees...what do we do about this? --Axe Hack Talk 20:26, 27 July 2007 (BST)
- Can I nominate Vista again? His is still my favourite. I'd nominate Hagnat, but he hasn't yet voted on a suggestion putting "First Vote". 'arm. 21:34, 27 July 2007 (BST)
- All it means is that there isn't going to be a signature of the month, or most creative page gain. No biggie - If Jedaz = 04:43, 28 July 2007 (BST) then pi = 3
August 1st numbers
I just did a count of the number of link for the participants of this race:
- User:Armareum (322 links) +199
- User:Axe Hack (594 links) +63
- User:Boxy (758 links) +104
- User:Duke Garland (553 links) +180
- User:Dux Ducis (692 links) +121
- User:Goebi (666 links) +132
- User:Jedaz (530 links) +12
- User:JudeMaverick (171 links) +30
- User:Labine50 (475 links) +13
- User:Swiers (917 links) +53
- User:The Surgeon General (152 links) +12
- User:Vista (783 links) +98
- User:V2Blast (77 links) +2
I'll put in the differences in a few minutes. 'arm. 06:23, 1 August 2007 (BST)
- Ah cool. Thanks for that. - If Jedaz = 06:26, 1 August 2007 (BST) then pi = 3
- I almost forgot, I just added the judging section to the design competition, so if you could fill out your part then that would be great =) I need to do it myself, but I'm going to do that when I feel more awake. - If Jedaz = 06:28, 1 August 2007 (BST) then pi = 3
Hey, I think I win! Woot! 'arm. 06:31, 1 August 2007 (BST)
- Nice job, it's an improvement from last month =P I'll update the page... - If Jedaz = 06:38, 1 August 2007 (BST) then pi = 3
A new award...
...such as most advertising signature race sig? Just a thought. --Axe Hack Talk 16:34, 3 August 2007 (BST)
- Winner is the person who gets the most people to join? Each new member has to say which sig inspired them to join? 'arm. 16:43, 3 August 2007 (BST)
- Nah. I was thinking of the most effective way to get more people to join the signature race by the means of our sigs. Something like the catchiest pharse or something... --Axe Hack Talk 16:55, 3 August 2007 (BST)
- Why should we advertise the race with our sigs at the first place? --~~~~T` ` 17:04, 3 August 2007 (BST)
- Well...the idea for this came from Vista's +1 sig...And it might be interesting to advertise the sig race...in an attempt to see if we can score new members. --Axe Hack Talk 17:08, 3 August 2007 (BST)
- If your catchphrase / ad is good and your put it around a lot, you'll win the "sig of the month" vote eventually, so there is no need. If an ad isn't good enough to be "best sig", its not that good.
However, if we all had a link to the sig race in our sig, I bet that page would quite rapidly become the "most linked to page". And THAT would be kind of cool, because it would be the entire group / page competing against every other group / page on the wiki. So, I'm gonna do it. ΔΔΔ Swiers17:13, 3 August 2007 (BST)
- If your catchphrase / ad is good and your put it around a lot, you'll win the "sig of the month" vote eventually, so there is no need. If an ad isn't good enough to be "best sig", its not that good.
- Well...the idea for this came from Vista's +1 sig...And it might be interesting to advertise the sig race...in an attempt to see if we can score new members. --Axe Hack Talk 17:08, 3 August 2007 (BST)
- Why should we advertise the race with our sigs at the first place? --~~~~T` ` 17:04, 3 August 2007 (BST)
- Nah. I was thinking of the most effective way to get more people to join the signature race by the means of our sigs. Something like the catchiest pharse or something... --Axe Hack Talk 16:55, 3 August 2007 (BST)
Sig Race vs. Wiki
Oddly enough, I have a feeling me and Vista are the only ones helping the Signature Race move along on the most linked to page. Unless someone besides us 2 have the sig race as a link in their sig... --Axe Hack Talk 15:12, 5 August 2007 (BST)
- I have it my sig. I also used a steaalth version of the same sneaky trick that won me the race the first month to bump the page by about 250 links in just 2 edits. I could easily use the same trick to add another 4,500 or so, but it technically would be vandalism, even though the results are invisible... ΔΔΔ Swiers
15:26, 5 August 2007 (BST)
Nope, like this, only not as a header.
- Hit the "edit" link to see the trick. And yeah, the idea would be to use invisible template spam.
As you can see, the text just simply is not there, but the link is. I actually find this quite useful for creating editing sections. And I only did it on templates that I am the author (and the only user) of.
I'm no Splinter Cell. But there is this one bar, where they have this club... ΔΔΔ Swiers17:15, 5 August 2007 (BST)
- Sorry, but for me the text is there... it's some browser feature with displaying smallest font - i already faced it on other sites - there's just some threshold and fonts cannot be displayed smaller. On the other hand, i've now revealed my idea of "hidden link"... :/ --~~~~T''' 22:15, 5 August 2007 (BST)
- Hows that now? And doesn't your "hidden link" produce an underline (or other link effect, depending on browser) for that blank space? That's not really much different from my old "stealth sig", which was just a period made as a link to my user page. People thought I was accidentally entering a timestamp. ;-) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Swiers (talk • contribs) at an unknown time.
- White is quite obvious but still a genius in it's simplicity idea. Hm... an underline? No underline displayed in my browser... --~~~~T''' 22:27, 5 August 2007 (BST)
- I use background-matching a lot for table padding, and now I'll know to use it to hide headers text as well. It doesn't work for links though, for obvious reasons. ΔΔΔ Swiers
22:33, 5 August 2007 (BST)
- Seb, check how my message looks in edit... i assume it doesn't show up in your browser either --~~~~T''' 22:39, 5 August 2007 (BST)
- I use background-matching a lot for table padding, and now I'll know to use it to hide headers text as well. It doesn't work for links though, for obvious reasons. ΔΔΔ Swiers
- White is quite obvious but still a genius in it's simplicity idea. Hm... an underline? No underline displayed in my browser... --~~~~T''' 22:27, 5 August 2007 (BST)
- Hows that now? And doesn't your "hidden link" produce an underline (or other link effect, depending on browser) for that blank space? That's not really much different from my old "stealth sig", which was just a period made as a link to my user page. People thought I was accidentally entering a timestamp. ;-) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Swiers (talk • contribs) at an unknown time.
- Sorry, but for me the text is there... it's some browser feature with displaying smallest font - i already faced it on other sites - there's just some threshold and fonts cannot be displayed smaller. On the other hand, i've now revealed my idea of "hidden link"... :/ --~~~~T''' 22:15, 5 August 2007 (BST)
- Hit the "edit" link to see the trick. And yeah, the idea would be to use invisible template spam.
- Yes, Duke. .- -. -.. - .... .- - .-- --- ..- .-.. -.. -... .? (Translate this with this. It's morse code...so...) --Axe Hack Talk 22:26, 5 August 2007 (BST)
- Axe, if you reallly think i don't know what is morse code... Anyway, here's a better link --~~~~T''' 22:30, 5 August 2007 (BST)
- Yes, Duke. .- -. -.. - .... .- - .-- --- ..- .-.. -.. -... .? (Translate this with this. It's morse code...so...) --Axe Hack Talk 22:26, 5 August 2007 (BST)
- I also am linking the page in my sig. Only I don't use a template so it isn't a retroactive application of linking (not that I've signed many pages that others haven't). 'arm. 02:36, 6 August 2007 (BST)
*Clap Clap Clap Clap* Only about another 300 links to go before the Sig Race takes down Matt! --Axe Hack Talk 13:21, 11 August 2007 (BST) And now it's been linked in my sig as well (though not quite as creatively, although I did think about a way). --V2Blast T•P!•C•SR 01:56, 20 August 2007 (BST)
Taking over
I think I'm gonna do you guys a BIG favor, altough this may make me look worst on my detractors eyes. Well, sue me! --Matthew Fahrenheit YRC☺T☺+1 03:01, 20 August 2007 (BST)
- Now check my sig, and your link count for that matter. Sorry Vista but I couldn't think of a better way to include the link on my sig, I copied you but it's because you rock! --Matthew Fahrenheit YRC☺T☺+1 03:09, 20 August 2007 (BST)
- Looks like, after waiting for a while for the wiki to process it, my lil' contribution has almost doubled the link count for the siggy race. Hurray! Also, I wasn't aware until just now that you were making it compete against ME! When I first saw it I couldn't believe it, it was hilarious! Tell me if you think that the competition against me must take priority and then I'll vanish the link out of my sig. --Matthew Fahrenheit YRC☺T☺+1 04:55, 20 August 2007 (BST)
- Wow, nice =) It's alright to keep it there. I think that we should make it this groups goal to get the number 1 spot for most linked to pages. It'll be insane if we can get over 10,000 links (because thats roughly how many will probably link to the Locationblock Template in the end) - If Jedaz = 08:56, 20 August 2007 (BST) then pi = 2 + 1
- Ah, ok... I performed my insidious plan. Let's give the counting few minutes to update and check again --~~~~T''' 09:07, 20 August 2007 (BST)
- To be honest I can't approve of that. I suggest you revert it before someone calls you for vandalism (trust me, they will). Sure you can't see the links, but if people are allowed to do it then every template would be full of useless group spam so the groups can get the most linked to pages. We'll get those numbers the hard way, by signing a heap of pages. Not by modifying a template which has nothing to do with our group. - If Jedaz = 09:19, 20 August 2007 (BST) then pi = 2 + 1
- Ah, ok... I performed my insidious plan. Let's give the counting few minutes to update and check again --~~~~T''' 09:07, 20 August 2007 (BST)
- Wow, nice =) It's alright to keep it there. I think that we should make it this groups goal to get the number 1 spot for most linked to pages. It'll be insane if we can get over 10,000 links (because thats roughly how many will probably link to the Locationblock Template in the end) - If Jedaz = 08:56, 20 August 2007 (BST) then pi = 2 + 1
- Looks like, after waiting for a while for the wiki to process it, my lil' contribution has almost doubled the link count for the siggy race. Hurray! Also, I wasn't aware until just now that you were making it compete against ME! When I first saw it I couldn't believe it, it was hilarious! Tell me if you think that the competition against me must take priority and then I'll vanish the link out of my sig. --Matthew Fahrenheit YRC☺T☺+1 04:55, 20 August 2007 (BST)
Am I reading this correctly? Matt signed up for the race??? --Axe Hack Talk 13:40, 24 August 2007 (BST)
hiatus
From the 20th When Sig Race was on 13th place in Most linked it's now... still there! Looks like it came into zone where other "featured" articles are (featured in other people's sigs). So to get over them we need not only to sign more, but be sure we don't have these " competitive" links in our sigs and sign more than people who have them there do... --~~~~ [Talk] 22:24, 1 September 2007 (BST)
- Oh trust me...the only competitive links I noticed...are links to our user page. --Axe Hack Talk 15:17, 3 September 2007 (BST)
- From 20th of August till right now Signature Race boosted with 210 links, Project Mentor with 110. Category:Current Suggestions with 163. Yeah, we're catching up, but quite slowly --~~~~ [Talk] 15:26, 3 September 2007 (BST)
Holy smokes! The Sig Race has overtaken Project Mentor! --Axe Hack Talk 22:20, 13 September 2007 (BST)
- And I helped! I feel so proud of myself.-- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 22:26, 13 September 2007 (BST)
Archiving
By the looks of it, this page just grows longer by the minute...I vote that we archive this page...soon. --Axe Hack Talk 00:26, 14 September 2007 (BST)