User:Meat and Taters



= My Information =

Hello, I'm Meat and Taters. In all honesty, I hate it when people call me MaT, my name isn't Mat, it's Stephen. I perfer that you call me Stephen. It's not really a life or death issue, it's just my perferance.

If you wish to speak with me, post a message on my talk page and I'll get to you when I can.

About Me
I came here looking to write fanon articles and that's exactly what I do. I started from the bottom and worked my way to a respectable position here.

I have many fans... and many enemies. My enemies are usually people who flame my articles or give them bad ratings for no good reason. Yeah, they can be immature, won't mention their names though. I do have fans too, they keep me feeling good about what I do here, and they're probably the only reason that my enemys haven't made me give up. I give a big thanks to you guys and you know who you are. You're the reason my articles are still kickin' tail!

I currently am writing Varine 'Zembenee. I have high aspirations for it. I think it will end up being a very high-calibur article here when I'm done.

As for my morals, I hate hate HATE flamers and harrassers and if I see flaming going on, I will do all I can to stop the flaming and to put the flamers in their place. Flamers here are immature babies who flame just to make themselves feel... high-class or something. Well I don't care if I look low-class, I will do all I can to stop flamers in their tracks. Most of the high-ranking users won't like me because I don't cater to them or suck up by flaming with them like many do. No, most of them will hate me because I stop them from being jerks. I'm very well liked by lower-ranking users though because I help them and defend them from flamers and harrassers; and you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way. I would rather be friends with a bunch of noobs than to be some beloved flamer. If I could have anything I wanted on this sight it would be that you, dear reader, follow my example and protect others from the harshness of flaming and harrasment.

If you agree with me, feel free to sign below and keep fighting to stop flaming and harrasment for the better of this wikia!


 * [[Image:You Must Pull All the Chicks =P.PNG]] Meat  &   Taters...   03:35, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hells yeah!
 * With you 100%- S-08B!
 * Down with Flamers! Gruntijackal 21:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Down with Flamers! Gruntijackal 21:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Down with Flamers! Gruntijackal 21:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Projects

 * Varine 'Zembenee, my greatest article yet...


 * RP:Separatists, my first role play!

Note to Halo Fanon's Administrators and Other Leaders
You guys do a good job here. Like RelentlessRecusant, Subtank, LOMI, Rataretilbo, Dragonclaws, SPARTAN-077, Ajax 013, and Spartan-091. You guys have a tough job here and I respect and appreciate what you do.

One thing though: a lot of people here do excessive flaming and commit horrid acts of harrasment. Most of these users are either administrators or highly respected users that and administrator wouln't be willing to ban/punish. You need to step it up. It sickens me to see how you neglect the newer users and let the other users get by with this crap. You need to start treating all users fairly and just. That is all...

Note to Halo Fanon's Users
If this is your first time here, PLEASE READ THE RULES AND GUIDELINES!

Here's a link: Halo Fanon:Rules.

1: Of coarse, have fun.

2: Don't vandalise or delete articles without proper clearance to do so.

3: NEVER HARRASS A USER!

4: If you find a problem, report it to this wikis' administrators.

5: Contribute.


 * Note: if you feel uncomfortable telling an administrator about someone harrasing you, feel free to come to me. I take harrassment very seriously and will do whatever I can to resolve the situation.  Also, if there's anything else you need, come and talk to me about it.  Remember, I'm always there if you need me.

A PERSONAL NOTE:

Well guys, I do not reccomend flaming an article, even if it is a god-modded, unreal, plagarised peice of crap. Flaming is just immoral and wrong and you should be ashamed if you have ever taken part in it. So what if an article isn't perfect? Go do something else or even help the author but don't flame. If you flame, the wiki will not see you as better or high-class, which seems to be the goals of flamers. No, the wiki will be ashamed of you. So don't flame.

My Articles
FANON

1: The Epic of Barbartus.

2: Jaren Empetee.

3: Tidar 'Berthamee and Deedop.

4: SPARTAN F71.

5: Project Slayer.

6: T.E.P.T..

7: The Alliance of Justice.

8: Varine 'Zembenee.

9: Barjah

HUMOR

1: The Prophet of Haters.

2: The Beast.

3: Teedle the Crackhead Grunt.

4: Lunch Liberators.

5: Ultimate Battle.

6: SGT. TIDDLES.

Need Help?
If you need help with an article, or would like to refer to or edit one of mine, send me a message and we can work it out. I am more than willing to help an article with anything.

Special Thanks
I would like to thank Sgt.johnson for helping me get situated into the wiki and being a good friend.

I would also like to thank: ODST Joshie for giving me a warm welcome and being one of the nicer users here.

I'd like to thank Blade bane for being a loyal fan of my articles and sticking with me through thick and thin. Thanks pal =) You play a big role in keeping my articles on track.  You guys, my fans, are the reason they're still whoopin' lol.

Also thanks to Justanothergrunt for always being there to give me tips and pointers on my articles. Helps a lot.

To Actene for being ma bestest homie eva' lol. Thanks.

I'd like to thank SPARTAN-08BLAM! for supporting me in the struggle to make the wiki harrassment free.

Along with SPARTAN-08BLAM!, I would like to thank Halopediaman for being one of my most strongest supporters in the struggle.

Thanks guys.

My Signature
Here's the page to my signature: User:Meat and Taters/Sig. This signature was forged by Sgt.johnson at my request. I have recently changed it some though.

= User Interface =

Below are free spaces that you can interact with, but please maintain a level of civility.

Where's my Peeps!?
If you consider yourself a friend of mine, please sign below, you don't really have to be my friend though, I'm keen on meeting new people, just sign below!

WOOT IMA FURST!jk, I <3 you dude... not really but you know what I mean...-

What's your Favorite Song?
Hey there, feel free to post the name and author of your favorite song below!

Faovorite Book?
I know a lot of you guys out there are heavy readers, so feel free to post the title and author of your favorite book below.

Favorite Movie?
Everyone loves movies right? Well, tell us the movie you love below!

What Makes you Great?
Below you may list the greatest qualities about yourself that you think makes you great!

Who's your Pal?
Here, you can name your most bestest, bestest friend in the whole world! Come on, give em' a shout, they deserve it!

What's your Life Dream?
Tell us below what you aspire to become in your life. Maybe a doctor, a celebrity, a rapper, etc. There's no telling when your life will end so live it up while you have the chance!

What do you Appreciate?
Life is quite a gift. There are many things that people don't seem to appreciate like the refridgerator, lighting, or running water. When you think about it, there's a lot we take for granted, prove me wrong and tell us what you appreciate most about your life below!

= MY STRUGGLE =

This is the final section of my userpage... it's probably the most vital part of my userpage too. Below are some of my deepest, most personal thoughts and ideas. This is all I've ever wanted for this place, this... is my struggle.

Beggining the Struggle...
Long ago, just when I was beggining on this site, I was just doing the normal thing: writing articles and contributing. Then I found a user named Colass. I saw that his articles didn't really add up, many had problems and people were becoming angry at him for it. Back then, I thought I was the greatest thing to grace the wiki so I offered to help him out.

Link: http://halofanon.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Colass#Hey

Then I scrolled up a bit and noticed a message that particularly struck my attention.

Link: http://halofanon.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Colass#FYI

I was appalled by this, I had never known that someone could do that to another person and sleep well on it.

Before I was able to confront S-118, Colass sent me this message.

Link: http://halofanon.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Meat_and_Taters/Archive_2.#i_would_love_to_make_a_artical_with_you

That was what Colass sent me. I quickly responded.

Link: http://halofanon.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Colass#IRC_and_the_Aticle

A long time passed since then and Colass hadn't responded. I had a suspicion that he had left the wikia forever because of what the others did to him. It... crushed me inside. Nobody else cared, I guess they weren't as soft as me. I cared though, I was obsessed with this; I couldn't get my mind off how much the others had hurt that poor person. I suspected that this was happening elsewhere so I took a look.

I looked into the wiki some more, and I found the IRC too. All I found was that harrassment and bullying here were really big problems. I overreacted, lashing out at those who were flaming in sheer outrage. I even disrespected RR who was in all honesty doing nothing wrong and I am sorry.

Soon people started to notice me acting out, so they approached me about it. Then none other than SPARTAN-118 came to me with this.

Link: http://halofanon.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Meat_and_Taters/Archive_2.#Take_a_Chill-pill

That really pissed me off. So I quickly responded with this.

Link: http://halofanon.wikia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:SPARTAN-118&diff=168910&oldid=167534#Response_2

With that, S-118 removed the message from his page in shame and apologized to Colass for his actions. I felt like an asshole afterwards, I had never treated anyone like that, but then I found that I had solved the problem. I thought I could do it again, I thought I could do it for the entire wikia.

Afterwards, I made a last-ditch attempt to bring Colass back to the wiki with this.

Link: http://halofanon.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Colass#Hey_Colass

Sadly, colass never returned and is gone forever. To this day I'm still killed inside by how we all pushed an innocent person away from the wiki with brute force. From then on I vowed to fight bullying here and I dedicated my struggle to Colass.

With all that lesson... my struggle was born.

Why I Fight...
This, is not for my interest at all, I do this for those on the wiki who are harrassed and bullied by other more high-calibur users who an admin would think twice about banning. I do this for no reward at all, in fact, this is to my expense. I do this because it's the right thing to do.

I fight anyone who stands in the way of my struggle, I fight anyone who hurts others, I fight for those who need me.

What I See...
I see people being harrassed and tormented by other veteran users, I see admins doing little to nothing about it.

My Solution
This is aimed to all admins who are currently reading now. I ask that you crack down on users who bully others.

The following was copied from LOMI's talk page, I only did this because it was worded perfectly there.

Look... I don't completely think you guys are corrupt. In fact, I think the admins here on Halo Fanon are about the easiest-going admins that I've found so far. You guys give fair warnings to allow a person to correct their mistakes, you give the three strikes system which I find very effective because it also lets the person know what they're doing wrong without completely kicking their asses. You guys are also really fun to be with and you show other users decent amounts of respect. For the most part, you guys are the best admins I've found around wikia, so please don't think that I'm making you out to be the bad guys. I know that you aren't.

The only problem I find is with the harrassment thing, you guys handle it well but you don't really handle a select group of users. You let them slip by (unless they commit a major offense such as vandalism which none of those users do). All I'd like is you guys to simply tighten up your discipline system; and I don't want you to do it only on these select few users, I want you to do it to all the users of the wiki.

Seriously though, it's not really a major issue. I am aware that this place can survive and thrive with harrrassment. It's by far not a big issue. It is an issue though so it needs to be confronted and cleansed.

It saddens me to see when people around here are hurt, that's the reason I do what I do. So please just talk to the other admins in one of your "top-secret meetings" (lol). It would make the wiki a much better writing atmosphere.

Here's ways to start cleaning up: flaming... well it's a pretty easy thing to find. There are two types of flaming. Most talk pages have forms of harrassment known as: excessive flaming-the negative form of flaming. It usually contains insults to the story or author; usually this doesn't contain any aid to the author at all and even if it does, the author usually ignores it because of the insult that was given. Try to get rid of that, warn the people commiting it, nomatter who they are and enforce those warnings. The other type of flaming is: constructive criticism. This is the flaming that you want on talk pages. This type of flaming is put in a kind way and suggests ideas to help the author with his or here mistakes. The majority of true harrassment actually happens on the IRC though. The harrassment that happens here is the worst too. I thnk you might need to get more admins on the channel (when possible) because, though Ajax 013 can easily do his job, he is only human and can't constantly monitor the chat. So get some more guys in there to do so. The IRC is the most vital place to begin the fight against harrassment. I hope these suggestions will help you.

An Insurance Policy...
I am aware that sometimes I can push it... sometimes, I have to push it. In the future it is possible that I may be banned... forever. One day my struggle may be the end of me. If that happens, please take what I have pointed out here to your heart, remember me, remember my struggle, but most of all carry on my struggle. Don't let this place die, make it a comfortable atmosphere where people can do what they were meant to do... write. If I go, don't let my struggle die, carry it on.

'''THIS... IS MY STRUGGLE... '''