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Revision as of 04:46, 15 November 2014

"Heroes" or "Classes"?

Should we refer to the playable characters as "Heroes", or as "Classes"? I think TF2 refers to them as classes?

Gusher 16:15, 13 November 2014 (EST)

The official website at playoverwatch.com refers to them as "Heroes" so that's what we should stick with Bastion 16:16, 13 November 2014 (EST)

Overwatch Maps

Can someone work on the maps? I'm finishing some hero stuff currently Bastion 21:18, 13 November 2014 (EST)

Three unrevealed heroes?

Is it true that there are 3 more heroes? anyone know anything about that? Zeldor 15:34, 14 November 2014 (EST)

Overwatch subreddit and watermarks

Does anyone here know how to remove watermarks for the images? I posted on the /r/overwatch subreddit and they removed my post and said they wont link our community in their community links section because of the watermarks. The watermarks dont bother me but I figure we can use the extra exposure from being linked on the subreddit so was wondering if there was a way to remove them - Bastion 15:39, 14 November 2014 (EST)

Really they removed your post? Usually subreddits are more supportive of communities like us and especially since many of us are redditors lol. I've never run into this problem with any other subreddits Monster 15:49, 14 November 2014 (EST)

ha yea that's basically what I told them but they insist they even told me to "use differnt wiki" :( Bastion 15:53, 14 November 2014 (EST)

Anyway to answer your question, I dont think any of us can remove the watermark? and even if we uploaded a new image without watermark I think it will just get overwritten again. Probably only Administrator can remove those so you should contact them Monster 15:54, 14 November 2014 (EST)

Yea figured that, how do I contact admin? Bastion 15:59, 14 November 2014 (EST)

try paging Axton or Corvo they are the most active Monster 16:01, 14 November 2014 (EST)

This sucks :( I think we deserve to be represented in the navbar just like the other wikis. and I dont think they should remove any posts (unless the user is spamming). I hope theyre not singling us out for whatever reason. BTW there are some other Overwatch related subreddits (memes, trade, lfg, etc) maybe we can message those other subreddits and ask them to please place us on their sidebars? I had a look and seems like the mods in the other Overwatch subreddits are not the same mods as the main so maybe they will be more receptive and we wont run into the same issue. This will at least partially counter the censoring on the main sub and give us a bit of that exposure? SkyrimJarl 16:57, 14 November 2014 (EST)

Yea that's a good idea about the other small Overwatch subreddits. Every bit of support helps, especially if the main isnt welcoming us :( I'll message the mods in whichever overwatch related subreddits I find, maybe they can even add us as the first link in sidebar if I explain the situation :) Bastion 17:59, 14 November 2014 (EST)

Anyway I've paged admin so lets hope he responds Bastion 17:59, 14 November 2014 (EST)

Hey guys, Admin here. The watermarks were introduced around a year ago, because users here complained that everyone was using their work without giving credit to them. Users spend time locating a relevant picture for the page (whether it is from a game or an official source), take screenshots, sometimes even edit the images, so they were not happy when other sites used those without permission. We added the watermarks to protect the work of the community and since then we've had a lot less complaints about people just ripping images from other users and uploading them as their own.

Therefore, I cannot remove the watermarks. I could, however, make a bot that will add a note/disclaimer to all current and future Overwatch pages in which images appear that "all images are property of Blizzard Entertainment and taken from official sources such as playoverwatch.com unless otherwise stated". I hope that would make it acceptable in the eyes of the subreddit.

As always, I'd like to thank all the community, including redditors, for their hard work on the Overwatch wiki, I looked at some of the pages and it looks pretty sweet, keep it up your efforts are always appreciated. Corvo 18:26, 14 November 2014 (EST)

Thanks for the reply, I'll pass it on to the subreddit mods, hopefully theyll add us finally Bastion 18:33, 14 November 2014 (EST)

Relayed the response. Theyre still not adding us. They became fixated to that watermark thing. I'm not going to beg :( Bastion 03:24, 15 November 2014 (EST)

Guys, chill. I also messaged them the other day. /u/Shuubawks also gave me the same watermark story and tried to tell me to use a different wiki (where is the so called "Neutrality" they were talking about when a mod there tried to promote specific wikis via modmail, and censor others for some arbitrary reason.) but HERE IS THE PLAN: Like one of the users above said, we will just have to ask the "satellite" overwatch subreddits to add us. They will be more receptive towards us, remember that we are part of the community. And we have one of the best subreddits. Explain the situation politely, how we became "unwelcome" in the main, see if they are more receptive. If they do agree to add us in the sidebar, ask that we get added in FIRST POSITION, that would go a lot towards showing some support to our community and countering the lack of exposure we get in the main. Though make sure none of the mods in the related subreddit belong to the main, as they will just sway the other mods against us. I wonder if they have some hidden agenda against certain members of the community Tracer 03:46, 15 November 2014 (EST)