User:Rhino Schneider the III

Resignation From Moderating Wikis:
Some of you may have missed my post on this, so here's a brief overlook;

'"Don't walk in front of me, I'll step on your shoes with clumsiness. Don't walk behind me, I'll forever be looking over my shoulder in anxiousness. Stand at my side, see me as an equal, and I'll be at peace knowing you're there with me." - (Rhino Schneider, April 27th, 2021) (yes, I made my own og inspirational message at 10 past midnight, don't judge) (iwi )  My Copy-Paste Official Intro (lol): ' Intro time: They call me Rhino, I am...
 * Who/What/Where: I have decided to resign from all admin/mod roles on all wikis I have such roles on (*with the exception of my own personal wiki).
 * When: So as of March 03 2022, I will be no longer moderating on any wikis (all bureaucrats have been given the heads up to find replacements before then, and all that good jazz).
 * Why: My irl work schedule no longer provides enough time for me to both moderate the wikis and have my own free personal time. I've also just... grown tired of dealing with it all - moderating used to be fun, but now it's not. I'm tired of being treated like shit, told to shut up and do what I'm told (*this is not a localized issue; it's happened across a couple wikis over the last two years so don't worry about it; most of the issues have been solved already), when this is... literally... a volunteer job I could have walked away from in the blink of an eye without any notice. I don't get paid to do this. I don't get any rewards, any prizes, any credit. I do it because I love the community and I wanted to help. I have been a patient person, I have stuck through thick and thin, but the camel's back was broken so long ago, I ignored the poor thing as I dragged its limp body another hundred thousand kilometers. So yeah.... point being, I need a long extended break so I can sit back and just chill.
 * I will still be around as a normal user, so don't worry about me leaving, lol. I'll still be around, doing my monthly art contests, and just chatting on some posts, and such. Though most of the time I will be chilling in RPs with my friends. Nevertheless, if you want to ping me to review a stand idea, look at your art, or even just to chat, feel free!
 * I will be retaining the role of content mod here on the JJBA wiki for now, so I can still help out with vandalism and editing shenanigans if you guys need assistance.

Founder/Don of the Speedwagang (we help new users with orientation posts every so often, and we worship Speeeeedwagon) (*disbanded after the era of wiki gangs ended)

Founder/Capo of LA BRAVA (an alliance made up of gang representatives) (*disbanded, same reason as above)

Co-founder/Milkyoin of Council of Kakyoin (we stand up for out underappreciated Jobro boi, Kakyoin) (*disbanded, same reason as above)

Formerly Discussions Mod on the Gravity Falls wiki and Beer Wiki (*officially resigned as of 2022 March 03)

Formerly Administrator on the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Wiki, Murder Drones Wiki, and Murder Drones Fanon Wiki (*officially resigned as of 2022 March 03)

Bureaucrat/Sysop of my personal Rhinoverse wiki (for roleplays and such);

And a few others....

If you ever need help with anything here, feel free to contact me via message wall! Hope you enjoy your stay here!

Favourite JJBA character overall: Abbachio

Favourite Joestar: Joseph (all parts)

Favourite Jobro: Kakyoin

Favourite Jofoe: Kira

Least Favourite JJBA character: Giorno the sad donut hole.

Favourite Theme: Jotaro's Theme

Favourite Opening: Sono Chi no Sadame

Favourite Ending: Oingo Boingo Brothers

Favourite Part: Battle Tendency

Favourite Stand: Black Sabbath (closely followed by Moody Blues)

Favourite Waifu: Suzie Q

"Wait what’s the Speedwagang?"
*deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep inhale*

Early last year, around the time I joined the JJBA wiki, it was a fad to make and join gangs here. There was the Fruit Gang, the Ungalo Cult, etc.

I was invited to the Fruit Gang (the biggest one), but I said 'nah, psyche' and made my own. Thus, was borne the Speedwagang. Out first invite poll gathered over 200+ people who joined us (I was shocked there was that many peeps on the wiki).

During those times, there was also a lot of prejudice towards new users. This was a time before the low-effort rule, so there was a lot of spamming memes everywhere. This, was all blamed on the new users.

One day, there was a glitch with my account. I asked Fenn-chan if she could help figure out what happened (we thought I had been hacked at first). At the same time, I got permission to use an alt so I could stay on the wiki while the issue was being figured out.

I decided to do a little social experiment. I pretended to be a new user. There was a venting post blowing up with 100+ comments, all hate towards new users. I joined, and commented something like "hey guys can someone explain why you hate new users?"

From there, it was a long, long, bout of everyone using me as their new scapegoat. There I was, trying to politely get an answer to my question, and there everyone else was basically just calling me a piece of shit. At one point, I had enough, I was done laughing at the nonsense. So, I pinged Fenn. Then it switched to "ew the new user is tattling to the admins". Fenn came, locked the post after all that.

Some time later, we found out, yeah, it was a rare glitch that happened with my account. So, I lay the alt down to rest, and came back as my og account. I casually explained to some of my closer friends "yeah guess what, that was me you were picking on yesterday".... that was a hoot...

From that day forth, I repurposed Speedwagang to be about "welcoming new users to the wiki". We posted the "Weekly Welcome Wagon" posts, which were basically helpful tips and tricks about the wiki + guidelines and a list of the current wiki staff to @ in case help is needed.

Eventually.... over time, the gangs faded away... people lost interest in that. Everyone started becoming more accepting and kind to newer users; less toxic and more welcoming. Soon, it was just me running Speedwagang.... then, it became just a name.

That name, I use in memoriam on the most important posts I make here (e.g. that troll info post I made a little while ago). So, if you ever see the name "Speedwagang" on my posts, it holds the meaning of "I am here to help the wiki".

And that, is the history of Speedwagang.

(there's a lot more history on literally every gang that was here, + a few RPs that happened too)