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Black Hat's Hat: /* Clearing up how to become a trusted user */

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‎Clearing up how to become a trusted user

81.179.199.253: /* Clearing up how to become a trusted user */

2026-05-21T20:51:57Z

‎Clearing up how to become a trusted user

81.179.199.253: /* Clearing up how to become a trusted user */

2026-05-21T20:49:34Z

‎Clearing up how to become a trusted user

Black Hat's Hat: /* Clearing up how to become a trusted user */

2026-05-21T18:09:02Z

‎Clearing up how to become a trusted user

Black Hat's Hat: /* Clearing up how to become a trusted user */ new section

2026-05-21T18:07:10Z

‎Clearing up how to become a trusted user: new section

42.book.addict at 19:00, 14 May 2026

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YZ100: /* Page for What if? questions */

2026-05-14T04:39:09Z

‎Page for What if? questions

YZ100: /* Multiple Blondies, Merge Blondie/Lenhart */

2026-05-14T04:38:24Z

‎Multiple Blondies, Merge Blondie/Lenhart

YZ100: /* Page for What if? questions */

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‎Page for What if? questions

YZ100: /* Hear me out: What If? discussion page. */

2026-05-13T04:02:55Z

‎Hear me out: What If? discussion page.

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	:The point at which you realise that you ''can'' create new pages (you hit a redlink, by accident or curiosity, and get given the option to unredlink it ...whether or not you then go through with it) can then be just give you a fuzzy feeling and a realisation that you've 'arrived'.		:The point at which you realise that you ''can'' create new pages (you hit a redlink, by accident or curiosity, and get given the option to unredlink it ...whether or not you then go through with it) can then be just give you a fuzzy feeling and a realisation that you've 'arrived'.
	:...but, again, this is just my view. Having seen many new users, and come to admire many of those that stuck around and have done great things. I would gladly see you as one of them, even if I would advise against undue impatience on the way to getting there. Having checked your activity, I ''will'' say that you're not ''too'' far off, but I'll not enumerate exactly how distant that point will be... That'd be like setting up a finishing tape and encouraging you to recklessly sprint for it. ;) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 20:49, 21 May 2026 (UTC)		:...but, again, this is just my view. Having seen many new users, and come to admire many of those that stuck around and have done great things. I would gladly see you as one of them, even if I would advise against undue impatience on the way to getting there. Having checked your activity, I ''will'' say that you're not ''too'' far off, but I'll not enumerate exactly how distant that point will be... That'd be like setting up a finishing tape and encouraging you to recklessly sprint for it. ;) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 20:49, 21 May 2026 (UTC)
		+	::Makes sense ☃ [[User:Black Hat's Hat\|Black Hat's Hat]] ([[User talk:Black Hat's Hat\|talk]]) 17:48, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

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 :If you define a line, then people will delibretely push right up to this line. Either in this kind of case where someone desires to get the enhanced abilities (for good or ill) and will do the exact minimum necessary to get to that point, or for limits of behaviour (such as being told "you may call your fellow forumites <beep>, <boop> or <censored>, but using <nastier word> is an instabanning offence>").
 :The actual criteria for page-creation abilities is not that difficult to achieve (and have been explicitly mentioned elsewhere), but is not just a single threashold. I might liken it to "it's better to travel hopefully than arrive", in that until the ''very point'' that someone realises that they have accomplished the ability to create new pages (any new pages, not just their own userpages), you have probably eased yourself into how the site works and appreciated its general construction and will then only create new pages that they have some amount of genuine justification for wanting to create (to save others having to clear up after some "Template:Cool, I can create new pages!" splurge, or similar...)
-:Ok, so it's not exactly a guaranteed method of getting a more considerate, but it's better than automatically treating it as a [[3246: Speedrun]] and missing out on the more general atmosphere there is here.
+:Ok, so it's not exactly a guaranteed method of getting a more considerate userbase, but it's better than automatically treating it as a [[3246: Speedrun]] and missing out on the more general atmosphere there is to be had here.
 :Also, it doesn't at all stop you getting User Pages set up, ''right now''. You just need to mention that you'd like them - as you maybe just have done - and any pre-established user can decide that they're happy to create them for you... if that's all you want to actually create, then you might never do any more and just continue to edit exactly as you're currently editing.
 :The point at which you realise that you ''can'' create new pages (you hit a redlink, by accident or curiosity, and get given the option to unredlink it ...whether or not you then go through with it) can then be just give you a fuzzy feeling and a realisation that you've 'arrived'.
 :...but, again, this is just my view. Having seen many new users, and come to admire many of those that stuck around and have done great things. I would gladly see you as one of them, even if I would advise against undue impatience on the way to getting there. Having checked your activity, I ''will'' say that you're not ''too'' far off, but I'll not enumerate exactly how distant that point will be... That'd be like setting up a finishing tape and encouraging you to recklessly sprint for it. ;) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253|81.179.199.253]] 20:49, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

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	As a new user myself, the tiny section on why you can't make a user page yet is vague and annoying. Few edits? How many? Who makes you a trusted user, what is the process, etc are questions that many people ask. Just saying it would be nice for a better explanation on how to become a trusted user. Thanks :) [[User:Black Hat's Hat\|Black Hat's Hat]] ([[User talk:Black Hat's Hat\|talk]]) 18:08, 21 May 2026 (UTC)		As a new user myself, the tiny section on why you can't make a user page yet is vague and annoying. Few edits? How many? Who makes you a trusted user, what is the process, etc are questions that many people ask. Just saying it would be nice for a better explanation on how to become a trusted user. Thanks :) [[User:Black Hat's Hat\|Black Hat's Hat]] ([[User talk:Black Hat's Hat\|talk]]) 18:08, 21 May 2026 (UTC)
		+	:Not that it is my decision on how to approach this, I (as you can see from my non-username status, being ''far'' from being an official 'trusted user') prefer the vague nature.
		+	:If you define a line, then people will delibretely push right up to this line. Either in this kind of case where someone desires to get the enhanced abilities (for good or ill) and will do the exact minimum necessary to get to that point, or for limits of behaviour (such as being told "you may call your fellow forumites <beep>, <boop> or <censored>, but using <nastier word> is an instabanning offence>").
		+	:The actual criteria for page-creation abilities is not that difficult to achieve (and have been explicitly mentioned elsewhere), but is not just a single threashold. I might liken it to "it's better to travel hopefully than arrive", in that until the ''very point'' that someone realises that they have accomplished the ability to create new pages (any new pages, not just their own userpages), you have probably eased yourself into how the site works and appreciated its general construction and will then only create new pages that they have some amount of genuine justification for wanting to create (to save others having to clear up after some "Template:Cool, I can create new pages!" splurge, or similar...)
		+	:Ok, so it's not exactly a guaranteed method of getting a more considerate, but it's better than automatically treating it as a [[3246: Speedrun]] and missing out on the more general atmosphere there is here.
		+	:Also, it doesn't at all stop you getting User Pages set up, ''right now''. You just need to mention that you'd like them - as you maybe just have done - and any pre-established user can decide that they're happy to create them for you... if that's all you want to actually create, then you might never do any more and just continue to edit exactly as you're currently editing.
		+	:The point at which you realise that you ''can'' create new pages (you hit a redlink, by accident or curiosity, and get given the option to unredlink it ...whether or not you then go through with it) can then be just give you a fuzzy feeling and a realisation that you've 'arrived'.
		+	:...but, again, this is just my view. Having seen many new users, and come to admire many of those that stuck around and have done great things. I would gladly see you as one of them, even if I would advise against undue impatience on the way to getting there. Having checked your activity, I ''will'' say that you're not ''too'' far off, but I'll not enumerate exactly how distant that point will be... That'd be like setting up a finishing tape and encouraging you to recklessly sprint for it. ;) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 20:49, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

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−	As a new user myself, the tiny section on why you can't make a user page yet is vague and annoying. Few edits? How many? Who makes you a trusted user, what is the process, etc are questions that many people ask. Just saying it would be nice for a better explanation on how to become a trusted user. Thanks :) ~~~ ~ ~~~	+	As a new user myself, the tiny section on why you can't make a user page yet is vague and annoying. Few edits? How many? Who makes you a trusted user, what is the process, etc are questions that many people ask. Just saying it would be nice for a better explanation on how to become a trusted user. Thanks :) [[User:Black Hat's Hat\|Black Hat's Hat]] ([[User talk:Black Hat's Hat\|talk]]) 18:08, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

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	Let's make a page for What if? questions we all have and take some of those questions to send to Randall? This may also help revive the blog articles. Does anyone have any other ideas? [[User:YZ100\|YZ100]] 4:38, 14 May 2026 (UTC)		Let's make a page for What if? questions we all have and take some of those questions to send to Randall? This may also help revive the blog articles. Does anyone have any other ideas? [[User:YZ100\|YZ100]] 4:38, 14 May 2026 (UTC)
	:I think that Randall might be working on some other projects. Added a question onto [[User:FaviFake]]'s page in regards to whether or not What If? will be continued in the future. [[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:11pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#4A86A6">tor</span><span style="color:#C0728D">i :3</span></span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:8pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#7E7E7E">talk </span><span style="color:#C0728D">to </span><span style="color:#4A86A6">me!</span></span>]]</sup> 19:00, 14 May 2026 (UTC)		:I think that Randall might be working on some other projects. Added a question onto [[User:FaviFake]]'s page in regards to whether or not What If? will be continued in the future. [[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:11pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#4A86A6">tor</span><span style="color:#C0728D">i :3</span></span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:8pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#7E7E7E">talk </span><span style="color:#C0728D">to </span><span style="color:#4A86A6">me!</span></span>]]</sup> 19:00, 14 May 2026 (UTC)
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		+	As a new user myself, the tiny section on why you can't make a user page yet is vague and annoying. Few edits? How many? Who makes you a trusted user, what is the process, etc are questions that many people ask. Just saying it would be nice for a better explanation on how to become a trusted user. Thanks :) ~ ~ ~

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	== Page for What if? questions ==		== Page for What if? questions ==
	Let's make a page for What if? questions we all have and take some of those questions to send to Randall? This may also help revive the blog articles. Does anyone have any other ideas? [[User:YZ100\|YZ100]] 4:38, 14 May 2026 (UTC)		Let's make a page for What if? questions we all have and take some of those questions to send to Randall? This may also help revive the blog articles. Does anyone have any other ideas? [[User:YZ100\|YZ100]] 4:38, 14 May 2026 (UTC)
		+	:I think that Randall might be working on some other projects. Added a question onto [[User:FaviFake]]'s page in regards to whether or not What If? will be continued in the future. [[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:11pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#4A86A6">tor</span><span style="color:#C0728D">i :3</span></span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:8pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#7E7E7E">talk </span><span style="color:#C0728D">to </span><span style="color:#4A86A6">me!</span></span>]]</sup> 19:00, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

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	== Page for What if? questions ==		== Page for What if? questions ==
−	Let's make a page for What if? questions we all have and take some of those questions to send to Randall? This may also help revive the blog articles. Does anyone have any other ideas? [[User:YZ100\|YZ100]] 4:37, 14 May 2026	+	Let's make a page for What if? questions we all have and take some of those questions to send to Randall? This may also help revive the blog articles. Does anyone have any other ideas? [[User:YZ100\|YZ100]] 4:38, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

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	:::In [[1985: Meteorologist]], Lenhart has a Linguistics degree and she teaches grammar in [[3229: Grammar]]. She isn't limited to just math, like how she teaches science in [[3132: Coastline Similarity]]. Besides, being a math teacher and a mathematician are not the same thing. [[User:YZ100]] 4:50, 12 May 2026 (UTC)		:::In [[1985: Meteorologist]], Lenhart has a Linguistics degree and she teaches grammar in [[3229: Grammar]]. She isn't limited to just math, like how she teaches science in [[3132: Coastline Similarity]]. Besides, being a math teacher and a mathematician are not the same thing. [[User:YZ100]] 4:50, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
	:::: You are of course {{w\|begging the question}}, by insisting that the person/people with a Linguistics/Grammar background is Miss Lenhart, ''then'' using that as further proof as to why you are correct to say they are all the same person. Try not to do that. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.221.157\|82.132.221.157]] 13:37, 12 May 2026 (UTC)		:::: You are of course {{w\|begging the question}}, by insisting that the person/people with a Linguistics/Grammar background is Miss Lenhart, ''then'' using that as further proof as to why you are correct to say they are all the same person. Try not to do that. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.221.157\|82.132.221.157]] 13:37, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
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		+	== Page for What if? questions ==
		+	Let's make a page for What if? questions we all have and take some of those questions to send to Randall? This may also help revive the blog articles. Does anyone have any other ideas? [[User:YZ100\|YZ100]] 4:37, 14 May 2026

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 :::You make a fair point. He did already explain in great detail what would happen if [x] scenario happened. It just seems like it would be nice to have a page exclusively for discussing all the ''What If'' articles. [[User:Psychoticpotato|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato|talk]]) 20:49, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 ::::People just need to make a draft or two and see what happens. Be sure to link a draft here if one is created, I would like to help on it. "I want to learn more and explore this scenario further" is a valid feeling to have. [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 07:34, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 == Randall-ify the Captcha ==