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BabylonAS

BabylonAS skin (Java Edition).png: Infobox image for BabylonAS the profile in Minecraft

Minecraft skin

Name

Nikita

Date of birth

July 23, 2002 (age 22)

Gender

Male

Pronouns

he/his/him

Nationality

Russian

Language(s)
  • Russian (native)
  • English (advanced)
Time zone

UTC+3

E-mail address

BabylonAS@yandex.ru

GitHub account

BabylonAS

Discord name

babylonas

Joined Minecraft

Pocket Edition free demo (≤2013)
Java Edition 1.10.2 (2016)

Minecraft username

BabylonAS

Joined Minecraft Wiki

August 5, 2014 

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I’m BabylonAS (known as naista2002 before December 23, 2014, and NickTheRed37 before July 31, 2017), a Minecraft Wiki editor and Russian Minecraft Wiki administrator.

Overview[edit | edit source]

I'm a member of the Minecraft Wiki since August 5, 2014 (for a total of 3905 days or 10.7 years).

On the English wiki I used to be associated with the Rewrite for Style project, among other activities. Recently, I’m having more involvement with the English wiki due to the fork, which brings upon many technical challenges that I help with.

My Russian wiki contributions include various templates and modules (mostly translated or adapted from the English wiki), a revised set of policies and guidelines (made in cooperation with Russian wiki administrator AttemptToCallNil), some new or rewritten articles as well as new administrators (and a bureaucrat) successfully promoted on my suggestion or with my support. In July 24, 2017 I became a RuMCW administrator myself and remained so until my voluntary retiremenent in September 23, 2019. In February 4, 2024, I have been appointed an administrator on RuMCW again, and since August 8 I represent RuMCW at the Minecraft Wiki board.

Overall, I prefer focusing on technical matters such as templates, modules, and CSS, though I am more than capable of writing and editing articles as well. I have good knowledge of Lua and wiki markup; however, my JavaScript skills are not as formidable. Other programming languages I’m proficient in include C/C++, Python, Rust, Java, C#, Unix shell, and PowerShell. These skills help me with operating my bot account, Robot Werther.

Traditionally my edits have had a pronounced metapedic focus, especially during the first two years as I didn't have Minecraft at the time, though I’ve 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.

Games[edit | edit source]

My parents 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 with both vanilla and a bit of modded Minecraft (notably the IndustrialCraft 2 mod, recently also 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).

I have some skill in redstone mechanics and recently I’ve attempted going into more aesthetical building. My PvP skills are very limited however, and due to my server choices I’ve only ever fought under the “classic” 1.8 combat mechanics, even though I mostly play modern versions.

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. Underlined 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.

Hardware[edit | edit source]

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 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: Honor 10 Lite (3/32 GB)

Userboxes[edit | edit source]

BabylonAS has been a member of the Minecraft Wiki since August 5, 2014
3,500 BabylonAS has made over 3,500 edits to this Wiki.
BabylonAS prefers the source editor over the visual editor.
BabylonAS owns a bot, Robot Werther.
Lua BabylonAS codes modules for Minecraft Wiki in Lua.
BabylonAS is from Russia.
BabylonAS prefers Firefox.
BabylonAS prefers Microsoft Edge.
BabylonAS uses uBlock Origin.
BabylonAS uses Indie Wiki Buddy.
BabylonAS has been playing Minecraft since Java Edition 1.10.2.
BabylonAS prefers Minecraft: Java Edition.
BabylonAS voted for the Crab in the 2023 Mob Vote.
BabylonAS loves the badlands.
BabylonAS loves jungle biomes.
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एन्ड 		BabylonAS is against Mojang's glossary and its policy of forcing English terms into other languages.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • 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!
  • I also don’t recall anyone else changing their nickname voluntarily twice or more.
  • 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.
  • Many of my devices have a given name: my former main PC is called “Lighthouse”, a reference to a location in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., while my secondary laptop has got the name “Blackbird” (the same as the SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft, though in reality after a custom craft from an episode of Battlestar Galactica). My smartphone has the nickname “Battlephone” (portmanteau of “battleship” and “smartphone”), though it didn't really age well. The current PC is named “Vindicator”, after the protagonist’s ship from Star Control II.
  • My nickname references Babylon 5, a remarkable science fiction TV series, and Alisa Selezneva (or Seleznyova; 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 age thanks to a TV miniseries adaptation of a novel, and I have even fallen 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.
      • 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 爱谢 / 愛謝 / ài xiè, the first syllables for transcriptions of Alisa’s name and surname from Russian respectively. Note that the “S” in “Selezneva” 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 巴比伦爱谢 / 巴比倫愛謝 / Bābǐlún ài 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.
    • Another character I feel strong affection for is Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars.
  • My favorite default Minecraft skin is Alex. For my current Java Edition skin, I’ve changed Alex to wear Babylon 5’s “Army of Light” uniform featured since the middle of Season 3. On Bedrock Edition, I’ve made some changes to Alex using the Character Creator.
  • I am against mindlessly splitting articles.

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