Suggestions/3rd-Oct-2006

Rules for Previous Suggestions

• These suggestions can only be voted on now, and only up to two weeks from the day they were submitted.
• You can make new suggestions on the Suggestions Page.

Voting

1. You are voting on Suggestions, not Users. The text of your vote should not personally attack or denigrate the user who has submitted it... no matter how ridiculous the idea. Flaming and/or Trolling will not be tolerated.
2. Before voting please read the Suggestions Dos and Do Nots and Frequently Suggested Ideas Page to read about concepts that have been generally considered unworkable in the past. You do not need to follow the guidelines on these pages but they are worth consideration before casting a vote.
3. One vote per user. No exceptions. You cannot use multiple wiki accounts to vote on a suggestion.
4. To Vote, use the [edit] button next to the suggestion you wish to vote for. Then enter your vote in the suggest_votes field. Please ensure that your vote is placed before the double brackets of the particular suggestion (ie the "}}")
5. Votes must include a signature in order to be considered valid votes. To sign a vote, use --~~~~. Please remember to sign your votes! Unsigned votes will be deleted after 30 minutes or when found.
6. Each Suggestion will be open to voting for two (2) weeks, measured from the suggestion's Timestamp, unless it is a Dupe or Spam. If, at the end of that time, there are two thirds (2/3) more Keep votes than Kill votes, the Suggestion will be moved to the Peer Reviewed Suggestions page. Otherwise, the Suggestion will be moved to the Peer Rejected Suggestions page.

Rules for Discussions

Votes are NOT the place to discuss Suggestions. This page and archived suggestion pages are only to be used for the Suggesting and subsequent Voting of these suggestions. If you wish to discuss any of the suggestions or votes here, please select a specific vote's page by clicking on its link under Current Day's Suggestions and use the associated Talk page. Suggestions do not have to be submitted in order to discuss them. The Suggestions talk page can be used to workshop possible suggestions before they are submitted.

Valid Votes

• Keep, for Suggestions that you believe have merit.
• Kill, for Suggestions that you believe do not have merit. If you need to discuss a rule fix, use the discussion page.
• Spam, for the most ridiculous suggestions.

Suggestions can be removed with Spam votes as described below in the Removing Suggestions section. If the criterion described there are not fulfilled, the suggestion must remain for the whole two weeks.

Spam votes are not a "strong kill", they are simply here to prevent the utterly ridiculous from clogging up the system. If you do not like the idea, and it's not some crazy uber power or something else ridiculous, VOTE KILL, NOT SPAM. Spam votes will be counted as Kill when votes are tallied.

• Dupe, for Suggestions that are exact or very close duplicates of previous suggestions. For a Dupe vote to be valid, a link must be provided to the original suggestion.

Dupe votes can be used to remove suggestions as described below. Dupe votes will not be counted when votes are tallied.

Invalid Votes

• Server Load and Programming Complexity are NOT very good Kill reasons. You are voting on the merit of the suggestion and whether or not you think it belongs in the game. Server load/complexity issues are up to Kevan to decide.
• X should be implemented first is not a valid reason for a vote. You are voting on the merit of THIS suggestion, not how it compares to others.
• Votes that do not have reasoning behind them are invalid. You MUST justify your vote.

Comments

• Re may be used to comment on a vote. Only the original author and the person being REd can comment. Comments are restricted to a single comment per vote, and it is expected that Re comments be as short as possible. Reing every kill vote is considered abuse of the Re comment. A Re does not count as a vote, and any subsequent discussion not part of the Re comment should be held on the discussion page if there is any extended commenting.
• Note is used by System Operators to invalidate trolling-based votes. Only Sysops may remove troll-based votes and they do so with a strikeout <s></s> in order to preserve the trolling removal for posterity. The voter may contest the strikeout with the Sysop that struck their vote out on the discussion page. Only a System Operator may remove a strikeout.

All Caps

Try to avoid YELLING, writing in bold, or using italics, except when emphasizing a point which has escaped other voters.

VOTING EXAMPLES

Keep Votes

1. Keep - I am the author and I am allowed to vote once on my own suggestions. --MrSuggester 05:01, 11 Nov 2005 (GMT)
2. Keep - Best. Suggestion. Evar. --Bob_Zombie 04:01, 11 Nov 2005 (GMT)
   
3. Keep - Good sugestion. no signature --FakeSuggester 07:39, 15 Nov 2005 (GMT)

Kill Votes

1. Kill - This is a terrible idea, but you can totally fix it up. --NegativeGal 06:01, 12 Nov 2005 (GMT)
   • Re - Please be more specific about how to fix it on the discussion page. --MrSuggester 14:01, 12 Nov 2005 (GMT)
     • Re - Sure, I have detailed my proposed fixes here. --NegativeGal 23:38, 12 Nov 2005 (GMT)
2. Kill - You will eat my poopie and love it! --PooEater 11:12, 13 Nov 2005 (GMT)
   • Note - Inane vote removed. Defend in discussion. --DaModerator 11:13, 13 Nov 2005 (GMT)

Spam/Dupe Votes

1. Spam - Kung Fu CB Mama on Wheels is an inappropriate Survivor Class. --NoFunAtAll 09:01, 12 Nov 2005 (GMT)
2. Dupe - Duplicate Suggestion --AnotherSuggester 05:01, 14 Nov 2005 (GMT)

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Removing Suggestions

Suggestions can be removed for two reasons:

• Dupe If a suggestion is a duplicate of an earlier one, and has recieved at least 3 Dupe Votes linked to the Duplicated suggestion, then it can be deleted as per the guidelines below.
• Spam If a suggestion is deemed by the community to be either not made seriously, or simply completely awful and not worthy of inclusion on the Suggestion page for a two-week period, it can be Spaminated. The suggestion may be sent to either the Peer-Rejected or Humorous suggestions pages.

Eligibility for Spamination is acheived if there are at least 7 Spam votes and the number of Spam votes are equal to 2/3rds or greater of the total number of votes, with the author vote included in all these tallies. In addition, A Sysop can if they so choose delete any suggestion with three or more Spams as long as Spams outnumber Keeps; this includes their own spam vote. Suggestions may not be removed as spam unless voting has been open for 6 hours.

Authors are not allowed to use Re: to defend their work or correct the editor after a suggestion has been removed.

When removing a Suggestion, you take the responsibility to be mature regarding the situation. Each Suggestion is an author's child and they can be come quite passionate in regards to the Suggestion's removal. Please do the following when removing a Suggestion:

• Duplicate - If the removed Suggestion is a duplicate, you must:
  1. Confirm that there are absolutely no viable differences between the original and the duplicate.
  2. List the number of Dupe Votes received.
  3. Provide a link(s) to the Suggestion that it duplicates.
  4. Optionally note the Linked Suggestion status: Reviewed/Undecided/Rejected.
  5. Sign the removal.
  6. Be Polite and make no additional comments.

• Humorous - If the removed Suggestion is deemed humourous, you must:
  1. State that the Suggestion has been deemed humorous.
  2. Move the Suggestion to the Humorous Suggestions page.
  3. Sign the removal.
  4. Be Polite and make no additional comments.
  5. Bring fourth a vandalism case against the user who posted it citing rule 13 of making a suggestion.

• Spaminated - If the removed Suggestion has become eligible for Spamination, you must:
  1. List the number of Spam Votes received and the total number of votes.
  2. State that the Suggestion was Spaminated.
  3. List or summarize/paraphrase the comments/reasons made on the Spam votes.
  4. Move the suggestion to Peer Rejected Suggestions page.
  5. Sign the removal.
  6. Be Polite and make no additional comments.

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It is your responsibility to be a mature editor.

DO NOT PLACE A VOTE AFTER DEADLINE

If the two week deadline for voting is passed, your vote WILL BE DELETED AND IGNORED.

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Trail of Blood: Zombie Trail Leaving Skill

[Removed by author, which wasn't me --Funt Solo 02:23, 5 October 2006 (BST)]

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New Zombie Skill: Feral

Spaminated with 10/15 Spam votes --Funt Solo 08:13, 4 October 2006 (BST)

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Carrion's Kiss

Spaminated with 8/12 Spam votes --Funt Solo 15:27, 4 October 2006 (BST)

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The Games

Spaminated with 10/13 spam votes.--Gage 04:01, 4 October 2006 (BST)

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Digital Camera

Timestamp:	Canuhearmenow Hunt! 20:36, 3 October 2006 (BST)
Type:	New item.
Scope:	For those who find a Kodak moment.
Description:	This adds the Digital Camera to Malton, the Digital Camera is found in these locations; 4% Mall Tech Stores, 2% Clubs, 2% Schools, 1% Buildings. The Camera is a 1 inventory space item that has 5 "Shots." any more and it will erase the last picture. Upon clicking the camera it takes a picture of the current screen HTML (.txt) Which would be great for Bounty Hunting, it would produce a unfakeable picture. "Why Not just Copy and paste the Screenshot on the Wiki?" you ask, well, this works in-game without the hassle of using the Wiki, also you can display these pictures on your profile with optional Captions. You also can "Check" your favorite pictures, so that once you reach the 5 pic limit it would not delete it, and if you save all your pics, well, you can't take anymore pictures. Use? Well 1.) It allows you to save those beautiful and memorable Kodak moments. 2.) Allows you to display intel you found, be it Revive Point numbers or a PK. 3.) Allows uniqueness in the game, like it would allow customization to a character ("Look at what I took!").

Keep Votes

1. Keep - Author Vote, would help Bounty Hunting and taking that beautiful pwnage shot.--Canuhearmenow ^Hunt! 20:36, 3 October 2006 (BST)
2. *Flash* Gotcha! --Funt Solo 20:43, 3 October 2006 (BST)
3. Keep That Pose Could be neat, your favorite pictures collection. "Ohh look honey, here's us at the Caiger Mall seige!" (If this passes, and the river suggestion passes I'm making Jaques Cousteau and he'll do a play by play as he takes pictures "In zere native habitat zeez zombies love to ransack buildings, and decorate their territory with bodies..") --MrAushvitz 20:51, 3 October 2006 (BST)
4. Keep I'm down with this, though I'd suggest that going over the limit replaces the first picture, not the last. Also, I think that something like this might need a rough equivalent for the zeds, if only for the bounty hunting purpose. --Kestrel 21:02, 3 October 2006 (BST)
5. Keep - Why not? Nothing wrong with it and displays information for those who dont know about or cant get onto the wiki.--Mr yawn 21:04, 3 October 2006 (BST)
6. Keep - Slightly pointless, but in a good way. Adds flavour, can't see why not. -- Catriona McM 22:14, 3 October 2006 (BST)
7. Keep - Now this is a good idea.--Labine50 ^MHG|^MalTel 22:46, 3 October 2006 (BST)
8. The camera loves ya Baby! - and if you get a picture of a celebrity you can text message it to a Gossip magizine for Xp! --Officer Johnieo 23:34, 3 October 2006 (BST)
9. Keep I just know the inevitable pro-PKing spam votes: "Don't be lazy! If you want to be a bounty hunter just take the simple steps of taking a screen cap, saving it as a jpeg in photoshop, cropping out the important parts, uploading it to a private photo site, and advertising the link in game totally shattering the immersion." Puh-lease. Besides, photoshop can easily fake that kind of stuff. Something in game is verifiable. This is fair. Here's a suggestion though...make it a camera phone. That'll put those cell phones to good use. And then you can send pictures to other people's phones maybe. --Jon Pyre 23:39, 3 October 2006 (BST)
10. Keep- Like Dead Rising sort of.--Grigori 00:44, 4 October 2006 (BST)
    • Re - That's actually where I got the idea.--Canuhearmenow ^Hunt! 01:07, 4 October 2006 (BST)
11. Keep- Awesome, can be improved a bit but still earns my keep.(If you want my suggestions message me)--Blackie Chan 20:39, 3 October 2006 (BST)
12. Strong Keep- What can I say that already hasn't been said? Great idea in evrey sense of the word. SaintKashmir 02:04, 4 October 2006 (BST)
13. Photo Finish! (What? Anyone got a problem about me not writing Keep in front of my comment take it to my talk page. This is the Keep section for crying out loud!) --Axe Hack 02:19, 4 October 2006 (BST)
14. This could be a game unto it's self. Get the best pic and win a free cading of the place of your choice. --CrimsonD 03:14, 4 October 2006 (BST)
15. Hooray- I want to get snap happy --Gene Splicer 12:18, 4 October 2006 (BST) To answer Kalir's query below, I assume that the server would store a simplified (pared of links to reduce storage size, fake buttons that don't actually do anything, etc) HTML page that would reconstruct a copy of the photographed page when opened in your browser. And holy crap, I love Pyre's addition. Note!--Gene Splicer 12:54, 4 October 2006 (BST)
16. I'm sortof happy with this as it is, thus the keep vote, but I think you need to consider the mechanism by which the snapshots are shared between users. See the discussion page. --ExplodingFerret 12:21, 4 October 2006 (BST)
17. Snap Shot - Great :) --Marie^{The Grove} 17:29, 4 October 2006 (BST)
18. Keep - Great idea. --Preasure 18:44, 4 October 2006 (BST)
    

Kill Votes

1. ILUVU - Note: I really like this suggestion, honestly, but it confuses the FAK out of me. Do we get raw HTML code, a sort of simplified text file resembling it (a la alt.org Nethack) or something else altogether? --Kalir 05:30, 4 October 2006 (BST)
2. Kill - Before starts hating me for my kill vote, realize that the only problem with the idea (and I think it's a great idea!!) is that people could take pictures after they get killed. If I mis-read the camera idea, please give me a note so I can change my vote!. - Nicks 23:33, 4 October 2006 (BST)
   • Re - Nope, can't take pictures after death.--Canuhearmenow ^Hunt! 20:42, 5 October 2006 (BST)
     

Spam/Dupe Votes

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