User:BabylonAS

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BabylonAS is a Minecraft Wiki editor, best known as an administrator and wiki representative of the Russian Minecraft Wiki.

I’m a member of the Minecraft Wiki since August 5, 2014 (for a total of 4346 days or 11.9 years). Though I’ve began with the English wiki (notably joining the Rewrite for Style project), I’ve soon shifted my focus to the less-fortunate Russian one, where I’ve eventually become an administrator (for the first time on July 24, 2017 until my voluntary retirement on September 23, 2019, and again on February 4, 2024). Nonetheless, I continue contributing to the English Minecraft Wiki as well, especially since the fork. Out of RuMCW users, I am perhaps the one most involved with other language communities; since August 8, 2024 I am the Russian wiki’s representative at the Minecraft Wiki Board.

I have renamed my account twice: before December 23, 2014 I was known as naista2002 and before July 31, 2017 I was NickTheRed37.

Traditionally my edits have a pronounced technical and metapedian focus, especially during the first two years as I didn’t have Minecraft at the time, though I’ve already had limited familiarity with early Pocket Edition and a somewhat decent knowledge of Java Edition gained by watching many videos made during the game’s “golden age” at around 2012–2014. Since getting the game in 2016, I am more involved with writing articles too (not just copyediting as in Rewrite for Style), but it’s mainly on the Russian wiki, not so much here (but it does happen here as well, as the Eerie Mojang Office Party event has shown). As a metapedian, I’m known to work on policies, guidelines, and help pages, again mostly on RuMCW (but I can give some advice for EnMCW). I am also active at administrator nominations, having repeatedly started them on RuMCW myself.

On the technical side, I am particularly skilled with templates and modules (some of my most important RuMCW contributions are related to them), as well as CSS. I have good knowledge of Lua and wiki markup; however, my JavaScript skills are not as formidable. Other programming languages I’m familiar with include C/C++, Python, Rust, Java, C#, Unix shell, and PowerShell. These skills help me with operating my bot account, Robot Werther.

My native language is Russian, if that’s somehow not evident from my dedication to RuMCW. My written English appears to approach the level of native speakers, though I’m not so confident with verb tenses. I also don’t speak it often; when listening to me, expect incorrect word stress and occasional weird pronunciation. I’d like to learn Chinese (so far I can only read a handful of characters) — the corresponding version of MCW seems to have many interesting things not seen elsewhere. Other languages of interest are Japanese and Latin; so far the former is more intelligible to me than Chinese. I also have a limited understanding of Ukrainian, a related language to Russian.

My parents have bought me what is now called Java Edition on August 24, 2016 (during version 1.10.2), after six days of myself trying the demo mode (and, long before that, some time playing old Pocket Edition versions, starting with the free demo based off v0.2.1 alpha2). By that point I had been editing the Minecraft Wiki for over 2 years, which is pretty unique among MCW editors. I have experience both with vanilla and a bit of modded Minecraft (primarily IndustrialCraft 2, The Aether, and Create), as well as some survival multiplayer and mini-games.

Alongside Java Edition, I have got a gift code for Windows 10 Edition, now Minecraft for Windows (part of Bedrock Edition), which I’ve redeemed in 2020 — before it would become unusable — in case I would get a PC with Windows in the future (I did get such a laptop in 2021, and Minecraft for Windows became the first game I’ve installed there). I signed up a Microsoft account for this specific purpose and eventually migrated my old Mojang account there. In theory I should be eligible for the One Vanilla cape, but so far I haven’t got one (I did get a few other capes though).

As a Minecraft player, I have some skill in redstone mechanics (notably redstone-powered farms) and recently I’ve attempted going into more aesthetical building. My PvP skills are very limited however, but I have a little bit of familiarity both with the modern and the “classic” 1.8 combat mechanics, even though I mostly play modern versions otherwise.

Below is the list of my other games. Games played the most are in bold, games not yet played or installed are in italics, abandoned games are stroke through. are commercial games obtained for free on giveaways or through gifting. The Ur-Quan Masters stays as a unique case of being available (and obtained) in commerial and FOSS versions simultaneously and legally. Many of these games don’t feature a Linux port and are run on that OS via means of Wine and Proton, with various success.

Main PC

• Motherboard: GIGABYTE AORUS B550M ELITE (Socket AM4)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (6 cores, 12 threads, up to 4.4 GHz)
• RAM: 2 × ADATA XPG GAMMIX D20 (32 GB, DDR4-3200, CL16), for a total of 64 GB
• GPU:
  • AMD RX Vega 8 (integrated; currently unused)
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 LP OC (Turing TU117, 4 GB GDDR5)
• SSD: ADATA Legend 960 Max (1 TB, M.2 form factor, NVME, PCIe 4.0×4)
  • Used in PCIe 3.0 mode because the CPU doesn’t support PCIe 4.0
• Operating system: Arch Linux (rolling release)
• Monitor: LenOwO Lenovo ThinkVision S24q-10 2560×1440, 60 Hz (can run up to 75 Hz apparently?)

Main laptop

• Model: HP Pavilion 14-dv0002ur (29Y18EA)
• CPU: Intel Core i5-1135G7 (4 cores, 8 threads, up to 4.2 GHz)
• RAM: 2 × Samsung 8 GB DDR4-3200, for a total of 16 GB
• GPU: Intel Iris Xe Graphics (integrated)
• SSD: Intel SSD 660p or its OEM equivalent (512 GB, M.2 form factor, NVMe, PCIe 3.0×4)
• Operating system: Windows 11 Home (originally Windows 10 Home)
• Monitor: 1920×1080, 60 Hz

Additional hardware

• Secondary laptop: Sony VAIO VGN-TZ3RXN (Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 @ 1.2 GHz, Intel Mobile 945 Express chipset, 2 GB of RAM, 160 GB PATA HDD, Debian 12)
  • I used to have an IBM ThinkPad X31 but it stopped working in 2021.
• Smartphone: Huawei Nova 13 (12/256 GB)
  • Formerly: Honor 10 Lite (3/32 GB)

Various images uploaded by me for use on Minecraft Wiki.

• 👁 Mind your steps near powder snow
  
  Mind your steps near powder snow
• 👁 Modern recreation of the sky dimension
  
  Modern recreation of the sky dimension
• 👁 Sculk veins are not destroyed by liquids, leading to this
  
  Sculk veins are not destroyed by liquids, leading to this
• 👁 A monster room in a deep dark biome
  
  A monster room in a deep dark biome
• 👁 The Eerie Mojang Office Party lobby
  
  The Eerie Mojang Office Party lobby
• 👁 Help me!
  
  Help me!

• 👁 Vertical redstone transmission with pistons
  
  Vertical redstone transmission with pistons
• 👁 Early custom variant of Minwi
  
  Early custom variant of Minwi
• 👁 Texture of the same
  
  Texture of the same

• 👁 2025 submission
  
  2025 submission
• 👁 2026 submission
  
  2026 submission

• I am one of the few Minecraft Wiki users who has begun editing before buying Minecraft (though I’ve played a Pocket Edition demo and watched a lot of videos beforehand), but I am perhaps the only one to get a Java Edition license after two years of wiki activity!
• Not many users change their nickname voluntarily twice or more, either. Aside from myself, the other one I’m aware of is MissDelibirda aka Arceusgjengen aka Olivia aka Gwen Stacy. However, I’m pretty sure that would not be their final username, whereas I don’t plan any further renames for myself.
  • LemonBread (a RuMCW admin) might also count, being previously known (in reverse chronological order) as Asassin 1, Shadow Ore, and some other nickname that I don’t remember; however, these renames were tied to creating new accounts or (in case of the Asassin 1 nickname) the infamous Gamepedia migration, so the “voluntary” part is debatable here.
• I was temporarily denied access to my Gamepedia account in 2016 because I have registered before turning thirteen (as mandated by COPPA), though I was already past that age by the time.
• My devices often have given names. My former main PC is called “Lighthouse”, a reference to a location in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., while the current one is “Vindicator”, after the protagonist’s ship from Star Control II.
  • My old laptop, a ThinkPad X31, was named “Blackbird” — the same as the SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft, though in reality after a custom spacecraft from an episode of Battlestar Galactica. Pretty fitting as the X31 had a carbon-fiber case, just like its Galactica namesake (which somehow gave it stealth capabilities — don’t ask me). Some time after that laptop stopped working, I carried the “Blackbird” nickname over to the current secondary laptop, a Sony VAIO that is also colored black. However, the current primary laptop, which has a light-colored metallic case, does not have a name yet even after 5 years of usage.
  • My previous smartphone (a Honor 10 Lite) is named “Battlephone” (portmanteau of “battleship” and “smartphone”), as it was so much snappier than what I had before. However, it didn’t age well, and about six years later it needed a replacement, which I have bought on May 8, 2025 and named “Victory”.
• My nickname references Babylon 5, a remarkable science fiction TV series, and Alisa Seleznyova (or Selezneva; Russian: Алиса Селезнёва), a character of children-oriented fiction stories written by a Soviet/Russian science fiction writer. She has been highly popular back in the time, thanks in part to a TV miniseries adaptation of a novel which made many schoolchildren of the time fall in love with her.
  • My nickname is pronounced “Babylon ay es”. The AS initials must be read as separate letters (both from Babylon and from each other). Keep this in mind if you see my nickname written all-lowercase due to technical limitations.
    • If spoken aloud in a non-English language, the “Babylon” part should be pronounced like the historical Mesopotamian city’s name is pronounced in the language in question: “Вавилон” in Russian and Ukrainian, “Вавілон” in Belarusian, “Βαβυλών” in Greek, 巴比伦 / 巴比倫 / Bābǐlún in Chinese (simplified / traditional / pinyin) etc. This is the same logic as with the TV series’ name.
    • The AS letters should be pronounced as single syllables each, regardless of language (not as, say, “alpha sigma” in Greek, use α ες there instead). For Chinese, it is suggested to pronounce them as 阿谢 / 阿謝 / ā xiè, the first syllables for transcriptions of Alisa’s name and surname from Russian respectively. Note that the “S” in “Seleznyova” is actually palatalized or “soft” (the corresponding syllable would have been written Sie in Polish), and xiè reflects that.
    • Given the above, the full Chinese pronunciation would be like 巴比伦阿谢 / 巴比倫阿謝 / Bābǐlún ā xiè.
  • I am not to be confused with the Babylon.js rendering library. I’ve only learned about its existence some five-and-a-half years after making up my current nickname.
  • A fictional character from the same universe as Alisa Selezneva is honored in my bot account’s name, Robot Werther.
• Other favorite fictional characters: Taiga Aisaka from Toradora! (present on my Zulip and Steam avatars); Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars; Sakaki and Osaka from Azumanga Daioh; Yui Hirasawa from K-On!
• My favorite default Minecraft skin is Alex. Since 2023, for Java Edition I’m using a version of the skin changed to wear Babylon 5’s “Army of Light” uniform that has been featured since the middle of Season 3. It was originally paired with the Migrator Cape, but now the Mojang Office Cape is used.
  • There is a crowned variant honoring Technoblade, worn together with the Migrator Cape that I had equipped at the time of his untimely death.
  • On Bedrock Edition, I used the Character Creator to drastically change Alex’s clothes and hairstyle using the Character Creator, as well as equipped the 15th Anniversary Cape. See the results in the infobox.
  • I has also been involved in the wiki mascot discussion, and at one instance I wore a prototype skin for the mascot, alongside the Cherry Cape that I got for voting for the crab.
• I am against mindlessly splitting articles.

Consider this section as a new version of the friend list, a feature of Gamepedia’s user profiles.

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• LemonBread (Russian wiki; formerly Asassin 1; inactive)
• BloodCaster (Russian wiki)
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• LauraFi (previous account)
• FireX420 (formerly JEC6789)
• MakandIv (Russian wiki)
• Dianliang233
• Kokloswine (Russian wiki)
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