Assassin's Creed Wiki:Apprentices/Elchzard

The following text is a continuous log of Elchzard's apprenticeship. It exists for staff eyes only. Any outside interference will result in an immediate ban from the wiki.

Current Assignment(s):

Main

• Project 2: Rise and fall of Altaïr/Major Revamp

Misc.

• Project 3: Grand Archivist

Comments:

Previous Assignment(s):

Passed

• Major Project 1: Battle of Arsuf/Revamp
• Minor Project 1: Eagle Sense
• Minor Project 2: Art Connoisseur
• Minor Project 4 and 4/5: Excommunication and Mercy of the Order
• Minor Project 7: The Tonight Show with Ezio Auditore

Failed

Comments:

IRC Interview Log:

IRC Interview Click [show] to view the interview log.

This interview was conducted by Master Sima Yi. 00:45:AM Master-Sima-Yi Hi! 00:45:AM Master-Sima-Yi I'll be doing your interview. 00:45:AM Elchzard okay... 00:45:AM Master-Sima-Yi Or at least, I'll make a failed attempt at doing so. 00:46:AM Master-Sima-Yi I have no idea what I'm supposed to do, so that may come to your advantage. 00:46:AM Elchzard i'll be the one failing Sima xD 00:46:AM Master-Sima-Yi Nah, just relax. 00:46:AM Master-Sima-Yi Not a big deal. 00:46:AM Elchzard okay 00:47:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay, let me look for a first question. 00:47:AM Master-Sima-Yi (Yeah, hold on a moment, I need to know what I'm doing first. XD) 00:48:AM Elchzard Okay, will do xD 00:48:AM Master-Sima-Yi How long have you been a member on the wiki, btw? 00:48:AM Master-Sima-Yi Not one of the questions ;P 00:48:AM Elchzard Erm, let me check, not sure 00:48:AM Master-Sima-Yi But it comes in handy so I don't pick stupid questions. 00:48:AM Elchzard Wikia, for quite a while... 00:49:AM Elchzard I've lurked here for a bit 00:49:AM Master-Sima-Yi No, just this particular wiki. 00:49:AM Elchzard but only started editing and coming to the IRC in the last... week or so i think 00:49:AM Elchzard makes me sound like such a newb xD 00:49:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay, cool. 00:49:AM Master-Sima-Yi Nah. 00:49:AM Master-Sima-Yi Everyone has to start at one point, don't they? 00:49:AM Elchzard Yup 00:50:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay, first one coming up. 00:50:AM Elchzard Okay 00:50:AM Master-Sima-Yi When you first joined here, what was the hardest aspect for you to grasp? 00:50:AM Elchzard Hmmm... 00:51:AM Master-Sima-Yi (Be quick with your answer though, I believe there's a time limit or something... ) 00:51:AM Elchzard Okay xD 00:51:AM Elchzard Probably the way that everything I did made an impact 00:51:AM Elchzard I could improve the articles for the better 00:51:AM Elchzard and improve everybodys knowledge 00:51:AM Elchzard i hadn't really done much like that before 00:51:AM Master-Sima-Yi Hmm, okay. In what way is that different from other wikis? 00:52:AM Elchzard I hadn't really contributed to other wikis probably... 00:52:AM Elchzard the fallout wiki is pretty much perfect at the moment 00:52:AM Elchzard so there's not much to improve besides grammar 00:52:AM Master-Sima-Yi I see. Though does that 'impact' encourage editing? 00:52:AM Elchzard Yes, definitely 00:52:AM Master-Sima-Yi Cool ;D 00:53:AM Elchzard its really enjoyable to further other peoples knowledge ;D 00:53:AM Master-Sima-Yi 2. What mistakes did you make? Be sincere on your answer since that shows your ability of being self-critical and honest, both wanting traits. And be assured, we KNOW if you’re lying. 00:54:AM Master-Sima-Yi ... tik tok tik tok... ;D 00:54:AM Elchzard Sometimes I just write down stupid stuff, preview it 00:54:AM Elchzard and then see how stupid it was 00:54:AM Elchzard and... 00:55:AM Master-Sima-Yi ... yes? 00:55:AM Elchzard i start editing sometimes 00:55:AM Master-Sima-Yi What do you mean? 00:55:AM Elchzard on the first point? 00:55:AM Master-Sima-Yi No, the latter. 00:55:AM Elchzard okay 00:56:AM Elchzard well, i start editing, and then i get hung up on a little detail, like some grammar, or something im not sure about in the game, and I immediately just cancel the edit 00:56:AM Elchzard im not really assertive enough to just add in what i've already done, which can sometimes be quite alot of grammar correction 00:56:AM Elchzard just because i know i've got something wrong 00:56:AM Master-Sima-Yi Hmm. What would you think to do about it? 00:57:AM Elchzard about the non knowingness? 00:57:AM Master-Sima-Yi About not being assertive enough. 00:57:AM Elchzard if i'm not sure of something, ask on the IRC, or put in what i think is right 00:58:AM Elchzard basically, be more assertive about editing... 00:58:AM Master-Sima-Yi Well, as a member, you need to make edits by yourself. 00:58:AM Elchzard yeah, i know what you're saying 00:58:AM Elchzard i suppose just write down what i think is right 00:58:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay. 00:58:AM Elchzard chances are it's not too far off the mark 00:59:AM Elchzard and somebody can correct it later... 00:59:AM Master-Sima-Yi I see. 00:59:AM Master-Sima-Yi Well, moving on to the next one. 00:59:AM Elchzard That answer didn't go very well 00:59:AM Elchzard Okay 00:59:AM Master-Sima-Yi Nah, it did. ;D 00:59:AM Master-Sima-Yi I understand what you mean. 00:59:AM Elchzard cheers 00:59:AM Elchzard thanks 01:00:AM Master-Sima-Yi If you came across a page titled “AC is awesome”, and notice that it was created by a user, what would you do? 01:00:AM Master-Sima-Yi *anonymous user 01:00:AM Elchzard tag it for deletion, and tell an admin 01:00:AM Master-Sima-Yi Righto. 01:00:AM Elchzard perhaps write on the users talk page about it being more appropriate for a blog/forum post 01:01:AM Elchzard oh, wait you said anon 01:01:AM Elchzard sorry 01:01:AM Master-Sima-Yi (Well, technically, admins should already look at the deletion category, so there's no need to tell an admin; but it'll be deleted faster if you do.) 01:01:AM Elchzard yup 01:02:AM Elchzard seeing as i'd probably be on the IRC anyway, and one of you would be on, it'd be easy to tell somebody anyway 01:02:AM Master-Sima-Yi Yeah. 01:02:AM Master-Sima-Yi Moving on. 01:03:AM Elchzard Yup 01:03:AM Master-Sima-Yi Are you aware of the manual of style, such as when to use bolding and italics, how to correctly write a header, and what tense or formatting to write an article in? 01:03:AM Elchzard Yes. Do you want detail? 01:03:AM Master-Sima-Yi If you can. 01:04:AM Elchzard Bolding is used for emphasis, or to make the name of the article stand out in it's introduction 01:04:AM Elchzard italics are used for the names of games/books/films 01:04:AM Master-Sima-Yi Yup. 01:04:AM Elchzard headers are written by surrounding the words of the header with == or === for a sub header 01:05:AM Master-Sima-Yi Do you also know how to write in those ways? 01:05:AM Elchzard which ways? 01:05:AM Master-Sima-Yi Bolding, italics etc. 01:06:AM Elchzard yeah, surround bolding with three apostrophes and italics with two 01:06:AM Master-Sima-Yi Good, good. 01:06:AM Master-Sima-Yi And can you go into detail about the tense and formatting as well? 01:06:AM Elchzard can you explain what you mean by formatting? 01:07:AM Master-Sima-Yi ... No... XD 01:07:AM Elchzard okay xD 01:07:AM Master-Sima-Yi It's one of the standard questions. Just do tense. 01:07:AM Master-Sima-Yi I'll come up with some of my own questions when it comes to your AC knowledge, though. ;D 01:08:AM Elchzard i can't really describe the tense... 01:08:AM Master-Sima-Yi Hmm, okay. 01:08:AM Master-Sima-Yi Moving on. 01:08:AM Elchzard all written from the present, with no mention of the author at all.. 01:08:AM Master-Sima-Yi Hmm. 01:09:AM Master-Sima-Yi Next question coming up. 01:09:AM Elchzard yeah, it's just difficult to put into words, sorry 01:09:AM Elchzard (that was bad 01:09:AM Elchzard ) 01:09:AM Master-Sima-Yi XD 01:09:AM Elchzard you agree xD 01:09:AM Master-Sima-Yi All's good. 01:09:AM Elchzard its ten past midnight here, sorry 01:09:AM Master-Sima-Yi No worries, I won't make my judgment yet. 01:09:AM Master-Sima-Yi You live in NL? 01:10:AM Elchzard nope, UK 01:10:AM Master-Sima-Yi Oh, yeah, that's right. 01:10:AM Elchzard the united kingdom 01:10:AM Master-Sima-Yi Well, I'm one hour ahead of you, so don't complain. ;D 01:10:AM Elchzard okay 01:10:AM Elchzard i have to answer stuff though 01:10:AM Master-Sima-Yi Do you fully understand the meaning of the words “Revamp” and “Stub”, so you know what pages do and don’t need the templates? 01:10:AM Elchzard Yes. 01:11:AM Elchzard give me some time to type some detail 01:11:AM Master-Sima-Yi Alrighty. 01:11:AM Elchzard a stub is a short article outlining the topic it's covering 01:12:AM Elchzard no real detail is gone into 01:12:AM Master-Sima-Yi And revamp? 01:12:AM Elchzard and there sometimes isn't any more than just an introduction, very shortly outlining the subject matter of the article 01:12:AM Master-Sima-Yi Aha. 01:13:AM Master-Sima-Yi And revamp? 01:13:AM Elchzard revamp is sometimes multiple things; grammar, broken links, poor formatting of images and text 01:14:AM Elchzard and it just needs stuff to be generally cleaned up 01:14:AM Master-Sima-Yi I see. 01:14:AM Master-Sima-Yi Well, moving on again. 01:14:AM Elchzard (fail.) 01:14:AM Elchzard Yup 01:14:AM Master-Sima-Yi Confidence, man, confidence. ;D 01:14:AM Elchzard xD 01:15:AM Master-Sima-Yi I won't say wether your answer is good or not, wouldn't be right. 01:15:AM Master-Sima-Yi Anyways, moving on. 01:15:AM Elchzard Yeah... 01:15:AM Master-Sima-Yi We've just done the first of three parts. Editing is done. On to community. 01:16:AM Elchzard Okalydokaly 01:16:AM Master-Sima-Yi A person has left you an insulting message on your talk page for no apparent reason, how do you react? 01:17:AM Elchzard Politely ask them why they've left the message 01:17:AM Elchzard and if they just answer abusively, ignore it 01:17:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay. 01:17:AM Master-Sima-Yi You notice a feud between two users that has gone unnoticed for quite some time, what would you do to resolve the conflict? 01:18:AM Elchzard What sort of stuff are they saying to each other? 01:18:AM Master-Sima-Yi ... Fuck... XD 01:18:AM Master-Sima-Yi Uhm. 01:18:AM Elchzard haha xD, sorry 01:18:AM Elchzard and IRC or talk page? 01:18:AM Master-Sima-Yi Well... they're having an edit war. 01:19:AM Elchzard Okay 01:19:AM Master-Sima-Yi They both think they're right and keep putting contradicting content on pages. 01:20:AM Master-Sima-Yi Be quick with your answer, man. 01:20:AM Elchzard Probably remove the material that was causing the conflict, unless it was vital to the article, and tell both users to refrain from posting anything related to the subject they're arguing about again 01:20:AM Elchzard sorry, i was typing 01:21:AM Master-Sima-Yi Yeah, but I don't know much about the time limit thing, so I'm just warning you. 01:21:AM Elchzard Lm 01:21:AM Elchzard * okay 01:21:AM Elchzard hit enter by accident, sorry xD 01:21:AM Master-Sima-Yi XD 01:22:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay, moving on. 01:22:AM Elchzard Okay 01:22:AM Master-Sima-Yi You suspect a person of medal/badge abusing/hunting, what do you do? 01:23:AM Elchzard is this medal hunting threatening coherent structure on articles they're doing it on? 01:23:AM Elchzard * in articles 01:23:AM Master-Sima-Yi Medal hunting is simply not allowed. 01:23:AM Master-Sima-Yi No way to justify it. 01:23:AM Elchzard Okay 01:24:AM Elchzard I'd ask them to stop on their talk page, tell them that medal hunting is just unjustifiable, and not to do it again or I'd take them to and admin 01:24:AM Master-Sima-Yi Righto. 01:24:AM Master-Sima-Yi Moving on. 01:25:AM Master-Sima-Yi Last part. Knowledge. 01:25:AM Master-Sima-Yi Standard questoin: What do the Templars and Assassins believe, what are their goals, and why are they striving for them? 01:26:AM Elchzard templars want to create a perfect world - their aims are good, but the means are bad 01:26:AM Elchzard they want to do it by force 01:26:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay, and Assassins? 01:27:AM Elchzard the opposite - they believe people should have free will and be able to choose their choices in life, without being forced into anything 01:27:AM Elchzard even if this does mean humanity is flawed 01:27:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay. 01:28:AM Elchzard okay... 01:28:AM Master-Sima-Yi Well, I'm going to try to come up with some questions now. I will do it about the overall AC universe; not simply the main game storylines. I will also include stuff from The Fall and the Glyphs and such. 01:28:AM Master-Sima-Yi Will that be a problem? 01:29:AM Elchzard I don't know anything about the fall 01:29:AM Master-Sima-Yi Hmm. 01:29:AM Elchzard and i haven't done the glyphs for a while 01:29:AM Master-Sima-Yi I see. 01:29:AM Elchzard but some glyph questions are fine 01:29:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay. What about the books? 01:29:AM Elchzard haven't read any, sorry 01:29:AM Master-Sima-Yi Cool, me neither. 01:29:AM Elchzard i didn't know they existed till i got on the wiki 01:30:AM Elchzard xD 01:30:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay. 01:30:AM Master-Sima-Yi Who is the CEO of Abstergo Industries? 01:31:AM Master-Sima-Yi Small question, quick answer. ;D 01:31:AM Elchzard Allan Rikkin 01:31:AM Elchzard *alan 01:31:AM Elchzard one L 01:31:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay. 01:31:AM Master-Sima-Yi In what year was Ezio inducted into the Assassin Order? 01:32:AM Master-Sima-Yi Again, quick answer, no looking it up on the wiki. 01:32:AM Elchzard argh, i don't know 01:32:AM Elchzard i used to 01:32:AM Elchzard not any more 01:32:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay. 01:32:AM Elchzard sorry 01:33:AM Master-Sima-Yi Who was the leader of the merchants guild in Venice? 01:33:AM Elchzard 14 something... 01:33:AM Elchzard erm... 01:34:AM Master-Sima-Yi - One of Ezio's targets in Venice - 01:35:AM Master-Sima-Yi Don't know? 01:35:AM Elchzard no 01:35:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay. 01:35:AM Elchzard arrgh 01:35:AM Master-Sima-Yi It was Emilio Barbarigo ;D 01:35:AM Master-Sima-Yi Next one. 01:36:AM Elchzard thats so annoying, i knew that :L 01:36:AM Elchzard i've just assassinated him in my replaying of ac2... 01:36:AM Elchzard anyway 01:36:AM Elchzard next one 01:36:AM Master-Sima-Yi Which arm did Malik lose and how? 01:36:AM Elchzard left arm 01:37:AM Master-Sima-Yi And how? 01:37:AM Elchzard i can't remember D: 01:37:AM Elchzard i'm being stupid this evening... 01:37:AM Master-Sima-Yi XD 01:38:AM Master-Sima-Yi In what year did Ezio kill Cesare Borgia? 01:38:AM Elchzard 1507 01:38:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay. 01:39:AM Master-Sima-Yi Al Mualim turned out to be a different person than Altaïr thought. In what way? 01:40:AM Elchzard He was a Templar, rather than Assassin 01:40:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay. 01:40:AM Master-Sima-Yi One last one, then I won't bother you further. 01:40:AM Elchzard you mean embaress me further? xD 01:41:AM Master-Sima-Yi Nope. 01:42:AM Master-Sima-Yi Who was the woman Ezio was truly in love with and how did their relationship come to its ultimate end? 01:43:AM Elchzard Caterina? 01:43:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay, and the last part? 01:44:AM Elchzard Villa auditore attacked... and that she'd only shagged him for the politics 01:44:AM Elchzard i think 01:44:AM Master-Sima-Yi Okay. 01:45:AM Elchzard well, that was a complete fail... 01:45:AM Master-Sima-Yi XD 01:45:AM Master-Sima-Yi I hope not. 01:45:AM Master-Sima-Yi I'll let the others judge.

Additional Notes

Master's

• Apprentice has settled disputes over at the IRC in the absence of any superiors (i.e. sysops and masters). Has good initiative.
• Apprentice has helped settle dilemmas unrelated to the wiki (i.e. master's own technical difficulties). Helpful, even outside wiki matters.
• Apprentice is able to garner much positive feedback from several users, both publicly on the wiki, and privately on the IRC.

Other Istruttori

• Seems very enthusiastic to learn, and become a better, and more valuable contributer. He's been incredibly helpful over the IRC, remaining polite and respectable at all times. He's a regular on there, and is a friendly and useful member to the community. As for his editing, he's making good progress, being tasked with quite difficult assignments, which could put most people off. Yet he gets straight into them, and completes them rather well. Assuming he continues as he is, I predict he will have a very successful Wiki career, and become an excellent member of Staff. -- 'R BlaiddDdraig^{WolfDragon’s Lair} 14:48, June 4, 2011 (UTC)
• "A very awesome, friendly user" is the impression that has been given from this user's actions. I must agree with Blaidd, a regular on the IRC, always friendly and respectful, and is handling the tasks that have been given to him well. Good job so far, keep it up! --THIEF 15:46, June 4, 2011 (UTC)
• I don't know anything about his apprentice-related tasks, but I have known from the very start (and when I interviewed him) that he is great staff material, and at this rate I'm sure he will become one. Great job and keep up the awesomeness! -- Master Sima Yi 17:38, June 6, 2011 (UTC)
• I agree too. Though I never really looked into any of his tasks either, Elchzard has shown to be responsible enough, sociable (good community man) and a good assest to the wiki. No doubt going to make it through. Assassino de Roma 17:59, July 6, 2011 (UTC)

Promotions

Time: 2:10 AM (Philippines - Master's Time) - 7:10 PM (England - Apprentice's Time)
Date: 5/11/2011 (Master's) - 5/10/2011 (Apprentice's)
Promoted to: Rank 2 - Servitore (Servant)
Reason: Knowing a side of a story the Master did not know, and also informing him of it.

This promotion has been approved by War Clown. Congratulations.
--WarClown ^{Frequency: 149.94} 18:16, May 10, 2011 (UTC)

Time: 1:40 AM (Philippines - Master's Time) - 6:40 PM (England - Apprentice's Time)
Date: 6/3/2011 (Master's) - 6/2/2011 (Apprentice's)
Promoted to: Rank 3 - Assistente (Assistant)
Reason: Able to promote and invoke subliminal messages into powerful figures around the wiki.
Bonus: Gets an Assassin Cookie courtesy of grand master D. Cello.

This promotion has been approved by Isaac Clarke and the remnants of the CEC. Congratulations. --WarClown ^{Frequency: 149.94} 17:48, June 2, 2011 (UTC)

Time: 3:53 PM (America - Camerlengo's Time) - 9:53 PM (England - Apprentice's Time)
Date: 6/9/2011 (Camerlengo's) - 6/9th/2011 (Apprentice's)
Promoted to: Rank 4 - Milite (Soldier)
Reason: Ability to help out another Staff member where others failed repeatedly.
Bonus: Gets a healthy dose of Prouds from Camerlengo Assassin-Rayne.

This promotion has been approved by Assassin-Rayne. Well Done, Apprentice.

Rayne ^Message 21:04, June 9, 2011 (UTC)

Time: 8:53 AM (Philippines - Master's Time) - 02:23 AM (England - Apprentice's Time)
Date: 6/25/2011 (Master's and Apprentice's)
Promoted to: Rank 5 - Discepolo (Disciple)
Reason: Established a benchmark that certain editors aspire to.
Bonus: A Mercer Cookie.

This promotion has been approved by Cole MacGrath and James Heller. Congratulations! --WarClown ^{Frequency: 149.94} 01:12, June 25, 2011 (UTC)

Time: 2:48 AM (Philippines - Master's Time) - 07:49 AM (England - Apprentice's Time)
Date: 7/9/2011 - 7/8/2011 (Master's and Apprentice's time respectively)
Promoted to: Rank 6 - Mercenario (Mercenary)
Reason: Possesses a leader's mentality and perspective.
Bonus: Achievement: The Assassin - Successfully recruited the Assassin.

I am Commander Shepard, and I approve of this promotion. Congratulations. --WarClown ^Dial-Up_inFamous 19:01, July 8, 2011 (UTC)