Ninja or Not?[]
This has been discussed before on forum ninja talk page. Here is what was said and decided. Bobcast 02:15, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Shishka[]
Although Shishka is still an active and visible member of the Bnet community he is no longer a ninja (Gold text not salmon, title is playlist overlord not ninja). Shishka has been promoted above the level of ninja to a member of the web team and as such he has retained his moderation powers. For these reasons Shishka is not and should not be considered a ninja, for he is now better than that. Bobcast 03:13, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
- But are we going by HFCS descriptions? If we are, then he is a master moderator.--Fbifriday 03:27, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
- Intersting point. I will PM Shishka about it and see what (if) he says about it. Bobcast 17:26, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Shishka's Response[]
I heard back from Shishka via PM, and this is that he said,
"I am not technically a forum ninja. That's a title reserved for the volunteer moderation staff on the website. I'm an employee at Bungie and as the Optimatch is directly related to the work I do, I moderate it directly. I occasionally step in and moderate in other forums when it's needed, but usually I stick to Optimatch. I'm an admin on Bungie.net that moderates the Optimatch forum on top of posting news articles about new matchmaking playlists and maintaining the Matchmaking Playlists page.
I remain on the ninja list because I can be contacted for forum clean up if it's necessary, and because Optimatch is more my charge than any of the actual forum ninja."
So as I had previously mentioned, Shishka should be considered as a member of the Web team, and not a ninja. He has been promoted up in the Bnet world. Bobcast 22:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC)