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Per your post at the Village Pump I attempted to work with this editor and have now nominated the article for deletion. Regards, Durova 21:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC) reply

Yo. Please don't just declare my edits to be vandalism; I always try to edit in good faith. Anyway, do you really think that a link to their Myspace page is appropriate for referencing their video, as compared to [1] a link to the video itself? - Corbin Simpson 21:46, 7 March 2006 (UTC) reply

Hey, another Oklahoman on here. What university are you going to for journalism? I don't know if you'd be interested, but check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Oklahoma to help improve Oklahoma-related articles. Ash Lux ^{( talk | contribs)} 00:28, 31 May 2006 (UTC) reply

• I'm rather embarassed to admit it, but I'm attending OBU in Shawnee. You're at OSU, right? - CNichols 00:31, 31 May 2006 (UTC) reply
  • Graduated from OSU in Dec 2004 with a BS in Computer Science. Why do you find that embarassing? :P -- Ash Lux ^{( talk | contribs)} 01:31, 31 May 2006 (UTC) reply
• Well, OBU is a rather fundamentalist Baptist school; some of it's academic stances are rather dodgy. I'm attending for family reasons. - CNichols 02:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC) reply
  • That does seem like it would be the nature of a Baptist school. Heard about some protests by some gay 'rights' activists [2]. I'm sure that was a lot of fun to watch :-P Funny, Oklahoma Baptist University article kinda... sucks. I just threw {{ reqphotoin}} onto the talk pages if you have a camera. =) How long have you been editing Wikipedia? -- Ash Lux ^{( talk | contribs)} 02:46, 31 May 2006 (UTC) reply
• Sorry it took so long to get back - my computer access is limited. Yeah, the OBU article is pretty much just a redigested press packet - very lame. If I can snag a digital camera, I'll try taking some photos for the article. I started editing Wikipedia in July 2005, starting with Memory palace. Mostly I clean-up vandalisms I spot on the Recent Changes page. How long have you been editing Wikipedia? What was your first contribution? - CNichols 17:07, 31 May 2006 (UTC) reply
  • On this account, my first edit (on this account) was on November 16, 2004 at 17:14 on Pat Smith followed by Eddie Sutton. My first edit was most likely Ratatouille (film) under an anonymous IP at OSU 139.78.11.1. I think I've developed a bit of an obsession since I've had 1891 total edits - most have come recently. Thanks for taking the time to get some pictures (I don't have to be a fan of the school to help make the article better). :-P -- Ash Lux ^{( talk | contribs)} 17:36, 31 May 2006 (UTC) reply
  • Oh yah, since you like to revert vandalism, check out WP:VandalProof. Neat application if you're using windows (haven't tested it with wine) under Linux yet :P -- Ash Lux ^{( talk | contribs)} 17:40, 31 May 2006 (UTC) reply

You might be interested to know the article was deleted without an AfD tag, so is currently undergoing deletion review here [ [3]] and might subsequently end up in another AfD.

Currently, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars has two lists pertaining to it ( List of characters in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, and List of locations in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars). User:TTN decided it would be best to merge the lists into the main article and split Smithy Gang into those articles. I recently merged Smithy Gang into the list of chatacters by removing the non-notable characters, and I have asserted that a cameo section in the list of characters is valid, per Wikipedia:Trivia sections and Wikipedia:Handling trivia that uses Alex Trebek#Cameos as a good example. I have suggested that we rename the articles per Wikipedia:Requested moves#Requesting potentially controversial moves to something along the lines of Characters of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and World of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars or Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars) just like Characters of Final Fantasy VIII and World of Final Fantasy VI or Gaia (Final Fantasy VII). I believe if these articles are to evolve beyond a non-notable list, they should be renamed. For example, List of Final Fantasy VII locations was merged into Gaia (Final Fantasy VII), because a World article is notable, but a simple list of locations is not. That is why there are other secions of the article to make it a World article. It simply has not been renamed yet.

TTN believes the citations in the development and reception sections of the list of locations, books and magazines, are trivial sources. When I added that the 3D perspective of the game is reminicent of Equinox to the main article, TTN removed it since my souce was "the opinions of the Nintendo Power player's guide writers". Although it was actually Nintendo Power magazine, I do believe a magazine is a reliable source, and I gave a page from Next Generation Magazine which also said the same thing. In addition, I was surprized that TTN said that it was from the players guide, since he claims to own the players guide for the game. He has not verified this, since I asked him for citations in May, "Could you look in the back of the Player's Guide and tell me what “types” of … Magic? I forgot what they call it in the game … well, anyways, what types of Special Attack or whatever it is (actually, could you find out what it's called?) there are? I remember some vaguely when I owned the guide like “Fire”, “Jump”, “Electricity?”, etc. Could you provide a citation, like the page number with a quote in context?" TTN replied that he was going to "get to it" ( User talk:TTN/Archive 5#List of locations in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars). TTN claims the player's guide is "at the bottom of a box that's behind at least five others in a cramped space". Seeing that TTN did not recognize that the page was not from the player's guide when I provided a scan of the page in question from Nintendo Power shocked me. However, I have continued to assume good faith by not questioning TTN's honesty.

Per Wikipedia:Consensus#Consensus can change, I have offered five different reasonable, temporary compromises that might integrate my idea with TTN's.

1. Go over the list of characters so we can delete non–notable characters
2. Rename the articles by following the steps at Wikipedia:Requested moves#Requesting potentially controversial moves.
3. Cut down the geography section list of locations by cutting it into the regional maps the adventures use when traveling from one to another. I can get pictures and write the fair use rationals, and someone can cut down the text that has no citation and does not allude to other media.
4. Write the concept and creation and reception sections for the list of characters
5. Write the concept and creation section for the main article

TTN rejected my compromise because it still keeps the articles. I agreed I would consider a redirect, but Wikipedia:Article size does not allow that, since the list of locations is currently 82 KB long. Instead, I agreed to help cut down the geography section that is the bulk of the article, but TTN rejected that as well because TTN states, "I am not interested in working on the article in regards to improving it." and "get past this "having sources automatically means that this information is good" mentality." TTN states, "I don't think they have or will ever assert notability." I have replied with, " Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, so if you don't think the articles will ever assert notability, we cannot yet know this, per Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions#I don't like it.

Would you please take a look at Talk:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and give us your thoughts? Taric25 01:37, 1 October 2007 (UTC) reply

Thanks for the appreciation on my page. If you ever need help dealing with vandalism hit me up! -- AP Shinobi ^{My Contribs} 00:42, 14 November 2008 (UTC) reply

The article Dungeons & Dragons iconic characters has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Contrary to the name, the article lacks any sources.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. TTN ( talk) 22:22, 2 February 2020 (UTC) reply