I just created the page [1] for the nomination but I fucked up the proccess and now the page looks like crap. Please help me! URDNEXT ( talk) 02:11, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi Czar. If you have the time, what do you think about the new development section of Wipeout? Writing development sections are my weakest points, and I know that you have created articles on development of games alone. I'm halfway through the GAN, so I should hopefully address all of the problems soon. Regards ☠Jag uar ☠20:06, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
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I've responded at the Flight Unlimited III nomination page. Your input is welcome. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 19:29, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
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— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:27, 1 September 2014 (UTC) 12:03, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
WTG on all of the editing of these articles. I've been meaning to go back to them, but fixing a lot of the problems the Mother 3 article had was such an intimidating and time-consuming practice. Development of Mother 3 is a much more effective way of covering EarthBound 64, too.
Speaking of DoM3, I was thinking about making a category for articles about the development of specific video games, but I can't think of the way to title the category in the state I am in. I think it would be really valuable to find that kind of content without having to deal with general video game development content. - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 12:24, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
The DYK nomination passed! Now, since I'm new to the proccess, what happens to the hook now? Does it go straight to the main page? URDNEXT ( talk) 22:07, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
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Czar So where are we going now with it? URDNEXT ( talk) 23:12, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
Doing it right now. Sherlock Holmes ( talk) 23:41, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
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See Help:Books/for experts#Saving books. The pdf renderer is picky about how you format articles. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 16:40, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hey Czar, I wrote this list of things that can be useful to the article: - Alt caption for synopsis and design pics, elaborate more about the definitive edition on marketing and release, and to mention purchasing vehicles, Shooting and Driving, action hijack in the gameplay section. Overall, I believe if we get this out of the way, we can get to FA easily coverage-wise. Is there any way you could incoporate this in the article? URDNEXT ( talk) 00:07, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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Per your comments at the GA I'd appreciate your input on the article. David Mulich has confirmed he has another interview due soon so I may be able to expand it somewhat, but I'd like to get it into a state for FA in between working on this and trying to get the Joker to GA. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 19:11, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hey, this is a page New Age Retro Hippie and I were working on pretty heavily a few months ago and just kind of... stopped with because we weren't sure where to go and he was largely inactive. I suggested recently that we take it to GAN because there's little to nothing reliable that isn't included, but I did have a question he couldn't answer and thought you might be able to: should Gameplay go into more detail? There could possibly be a brief summary of Melee's or Brawl's gameplay, but if so, how brief, and would it constitute OR to extend these details to Project M when they aren't covered by summaries of it? As far as I've seen, the reviews are generally just... well, how they usually are for fangames and mods: lauding how cool it is that fans do this thing without actually saying much. Tezero ( talk) 21:27, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
Czar And ride the bandwagon. The party just got started at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sleeping Dogs (video game)/archive1. URDNEXT ( talk) 22:48, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi. The article is incomplete to improve this section. Can you help me? Thanks. MandatoryTeaser ( talk) 00:46, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
Since you made three GTCs recently, I'm wondering if you would be able to review some of the other nominations on the board. Just to help get a consensus for them made. GamerPro64 22:06, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
Can you take a look at the imaage I dropped in the FAC? I hope it meets the cruteria. URDNEXT ( talk) 23:14, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi can we be friends?-- Supreme elite soldier ( talk) 14:52, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
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— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:02, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
I have read your (earlier) comments on the talk page. You appear to be upset over my changes, stating that your efforts were a waste of time or you or your style are not welcome. You must know that I'm not trying to spite you or discourage you as an editor. I am only acting in favor of what I believe is best for the article. Your efforts are not wasted-- you have provided a lot of useful information. I have issues with the ways the information is presented. I don't want you to mimic my style of writing, but I do want you to accept my constructive criticism of the article, which I believe will help you grow as an editor. That said, let me present my criticism and my motives for my changes. I apologize in advance if my statements below are perceived as harsh.
I feel that the article goes into too much detail regarding certain facts, like it tries to be as comprehensive as possible. In the scope of an encyclopedic article, it isn't cohesive. My goal is to express the same ideas but keeping it concise and easy to read. I want the reader to obtain a broad yet focused understanding of the topic without overwhelming them with as many details as possible. This especially in regards to the Development section. There's already a main article for it that I know you've worked on, so there's no need to go in such tedious detail here; the reader should only get the basic understanding. There are also a lot of prose issues that I fixed as well. I also removed a lot of repeating or contradictory text.
I have brought up my grievances with the Gameplay section on the talk page beforehand. To be blunt, it is a mess. Tezero agrees in his GA assessment. I feel that it assumes that the reader has previous knowledge of EarthBound, so it does not go into any real detail about the gameplay (how battles work, how the player navigates through the game world, etc). This should never be the case in an encyclopedic article: every article should assume that the reader knows nothing about the subject beforehand. It is also keeping so close to what references say that it begins compromise the quality of the information. It does not refer to the characters by name, it gives them quoted descriptions and doesn't detail their importance to the game or the story. Coverage of the story itself is practically non-existent, which I also believe is due to few reliable sources covering the story, but whatever details are there are inexplicably dumped middle of the gameplay section. I know you want to avoid primary sources, but citing the game itself for specific gameplay and plot points is perfectly acceptable. See Chrono Trigger, a featured article, as an example.
In regards to sources, there is citation overkill. It's great to have citations for all or most information, but the article does so tediously. Some sentences have multiple citations littered throughout, and it starts to become a distraction when reading it over. I instead re-arrange sentences so that multiple statements in a row come from one source, and it is understood that a selection of sentences/paragraphs come from one or two sources. If there is still overkill, then I remove what I feel is not vital. There are also problems I have regards to interpreting sources; opinions are sometimes stated as fact. For example, it was claimed that "Mother 3 was not released on the basis it would not sell," because the source said so, even though the statement was clearly an opinion made by its writer, and is unverifiable. Without an official statement by Nintendo, the article cannot explicitly make such a claim.
I don't agree with the use of the Notes section. To me, this suggests that additional details that could not be worked into the prose and were instead "tacked on" as Notes. Some of these notes, as I have addressed in my edit summaries, are or were unnecessary. For example, "Reggie is a fan of the series" is irrelevant to the game not getting an international release.
If you also want to know why I removed the screenshot of the commercial, it is because the image does not add to the reader's understanding, unlike screenshots of the game itself. The Japanese sentence shown in the commercial could have easily been supplied in prose and would convey the exact same thing. But even so, the sentence I added, "Mother 3 was later announced in 2003 to have restarted development for the Game Boy Advance handheld console in a Japanese commercial for Mother 1+2." expresses the idea quite clearly (and more concisely), so the screenshot simply isn't needed.
This was my analysis of the article in its previous or current state, and why I made my changes as shown. I hope you understand my approach. -- ThomasO1989 ( talk) 17:45, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
There were more problems similar to above, which is why I acted boldly. I re-arranged and summarized sentences to improve the article's flow. As I said, much of the material in this section is already covered in the main article, so there's little reason to recap everything already mentioned there. -- ThomasO1989 ( talk) 19:53, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
You seriously need to archive some of these messages. This page is getting bigger than List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States. URDNEXT ( talk) 20:30, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
I'm proud if you for archiving those messages! Here's a cookie. URDNEXT ( talk) 21:30, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hey Jimmy, thanks for the edits. Question on this:
Fez was released on April 13, 2012, and it sold 200,000 copies during its yearlong exclusivity to the Xbox Live Arcade platform.
Why was that "it" needed (bolded)? czar ♔ 06:12, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
I've seen it argued at FAC that a subject should be restated after that sort of comma break. (As usual, this was years ago and I don't remember where it happened.) I've done it ever since without really questioning it. Perhaps the person was wrong, but I haven't seen their advice disputed until now, and the restated "it" has always read more tightly to me. I suppose you could change that instance back if you strongly disagree—I don't know what the style guides say about it, either way. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 06:40, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
What do you think about collaborating on taking 1001 Spikes to GA? URDNEXT ( talk) 03:23, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
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Count me in? I'd like to help out with mentoring too? It would be a good experience. ☠Jag uar ☠10:50, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
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Greetings Czar, since you closed the debate as a merger without even waiting for my opinion, I reckon all other articles (like List of satellite television service providers in Uganda) should also be merged with the parent article. Darreg ( talk) 23:24, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hey Czar. I'm wondering if there's any template that can be used in the announcements page for GTC additions. Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Final Fantasy XIII/addition1 and Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Music of the Final Fantasy series/addition4 are up and I'm not sure how to add them. GamerPro64 15:13, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
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Music of the Final Fantasy seriesJust letting you know that the nomination has been successful :) Snuggums ( talk / edits) 05:07, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
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Please participate at the above discussion. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 14:55, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
Thanks. That reference had some interesting information in there. By the way, could you take a look at Final Fantasy Type-0 to see if there's any grammar or reference mistakes. I'm feeling slightly cross-eyed from the research I've needed to do. I'm surprised I was able to find so much about its mobile incarnation. -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 16:11, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect I Am Bread. Since you had some involvement with the I Am Bread redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 ( talk) 18:18, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Czar, we are laying plans for the 2015 Art+Feminism editathon. As part of this process we have written two linked PEG and IEG grants. We have given extensive community notice, but haven’t generated substantial feedback. As one of the Satellite Event organizers we would really like your feedback, comments and questions, and if you support the grants, your endorsement of one or both of them. Additionally, we have confirmed International Women's Day, March 8th 2015 as the date of the international editathon. We hope you will be able to participate, as an organizer, facilitator, or participant. On behalf of my co-organizers. -- Theredproject ( talk) 21:18, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hi. You've stolen two article creations from me recently. First Apple Pay and now Google Inbox. Keep up the good work! :-) -- MZMcBride ( talk) 04:26, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
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Accept reason: Sounds reasonable to me. Chillum 20:38, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
@ Chillum, hey—currently teaching a class and this was one of my students. He has desisted (you can keep him blocked), but please unblock the IP for us? Sorry for the trouble czar ♔ 20:35, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
Done. Let me know if you have any more trouble. Chillum 20:38, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
So, I did get your message, concerning the GA. Ah, my apologies, got distracted by life, exams, all that. Beyond that, just wanted to say, speaking as a big Deus Ex fan, nice seeing Development of Deus Ex not only an article, but a GA.
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Hi. The above discussion has now been closed by a fellow admin as 'delete'. As coordinator of the WP:WPSCH, I vote on, but in order to remain impartial as an admin, I do not close school AfDs. There is a common misapprehension that a plethora of sources automatically confers notability on a Wikipedia article. Indeed, I admit that our Wikipedia notion of notability is not always easy for many people to grasp, and even harder to teach. Especially in the case of teaching college professors how to teach their students to edit Wikipedia. Some professors themselves are notable without being famous, while others are famous without being notable.
In spite of often having many sources, kindergartens and primary schools are very, very rarely notable for anything unless, for example, they were the centre of a very important and lasting news item, or famous for trail-blazing a revolutionary new concept in education. Just being a run-of-the-mill school directory listing however has unfortunately no value whatsoever. More useful info available at WP:WPSCH/AG, or don't hesitate to ask me directly, or even DGG, one of our most highly qualified experts on notability of educational institutions. Regards, -- Kudpung à¸à¸¸à¸”ผึ้ง ( talk) 02:39, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
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I was wondering if you would give the article for Final Fantasy XIII character Lightning a source review as part of its FAC. It's got three supports and an image review. As far as I've gathered, it just needs a source review before it could theoretically be promoted to FA. If you don't feel like doing this, you don't have to. -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 16:10, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that in the game Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, players progress by increasing Satan's wrath? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Saints Row: Gat out of Hell. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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I looked closely at your contributions after your request, and I think you are well qualified for RFA and I'm more than happy to nominate you if you wish. You got a strong history of content contributions, and your help in admin areas is really appreciated. I don't see any red flags. I could get the nomination started today. Thanks Secret account 16:50, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
I am going to need to pay more attention to RfA to remember to !vote in this. (I would also co-nom but more than 3 is seen as over the top and showboat-y by a segment of the community) -- Guerillero | My Talk 01:49, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
RFA is ready, all 3 nominations set, all we need you to do is accept. Thanks Secret account 22:55, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for helping out by closing AfDs. If you close as 'redirect' please remember to add the approprite 'R from..' template to the redirect page so that it adds information for the reader and automatically populates the corresponding category. In the case of school articles for example, this would be {{ R from school}}. If you need any help, just let me know. -- Kudpung à¸à¸¸à¸”ผึ้ง ( talk) 11:52, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
Moved as requested. This is some kind of record: anything in the speedy-deletion queue ending in "ism" or "ology" is invariably a "joke" religion or philosophy whose author needs to be pointed to WP:NFT. This is the first exception I can remember in five years as an admin! Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 08:32, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for redirecting the Aceto (album) article! I will include the track listing in the artist's discography section. Have a great day! Dontreader ( talk) 03:46, 17 November 2014 (UTC) |
Hey, I've finally gotten around to uploading that picture of us; it's right there on my page. I obscured my own eyes to deter facial recognition technology, but if you want to do the same, I can upload a new version. Just thought I'd let you know. Tezero ( talk) 06:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
Have you ended up getting over to Chicago? Tezero ( talk) 06:57, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm curious how Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Regulatory translation ended as no consensus. Aside from my nomination the only comment was from someone who effectively argued that he found a couple notable uses about "regulatory translation" (the term), but the article isn't about either of them. Though he didn't bold anything officially, he sounds to be advocating for !redirect (and that from someone with an 83.5% keep stat, not that that should necessarily have any bearing). In other words, there's no argument to keep or merge visible anywhere. --— Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:52, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
"an admin would have closed [it] the same way", which ignores the other possibilities in such a situation e.g. soft delete or redirect -- neither of which are uncommon in a low participation AfD as far as I know. NAC is the problem because there is no one completely uncontroversial close there except when closing as a non-admin (i.e. if a non-admin opts to close such a discussion, it has to be no consensus).
![]() | On 20 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mother (video game), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the completed English localization of 1989 video game Mother was abandoned only to be rediscovered and later uploaded to the Internet? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mother (video game). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 22:45, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi Czar; in case you aren't aware, several people (including me) have mentioned you in passing in this thread. Feel free to contribute/ignore as you see fit. J Milburn ( talk) 20:12, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hatred (video game), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the protagonist of Hatred is a mass-killing villain who begins a "genocide crusade" in his hatred of humanity? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hatred (video game). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
 — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 12:03, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi Czar, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations! As always, the administrators' reading list is worth a read and the new admin school is most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere. Good luck with your adminship! Acalamari 18:21, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
I've mentioned your comment at Talk:Fuck:_Word_Taboo_and_Protecting_Our_First_Amendment_Liberties#Article_history_template.
Could use your input there for clarification.
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 16:22, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
"The just pointing to a policy ("per GNG") will be ignored by the closer without some explanation of the editor's background reasoning."
That's inaccurate. It might be ignored if the !vote is not based in guideline/policy, or if it was just "Keep" without any reason at all. But a !vote with a policy/guideline reason, is reason enough for it to be considered. -- Green C 14:20, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 2 December 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Google Inbox, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that The Verge wrote that Google Inbox "feels a lot like the future of email"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Google Inbox. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
 — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 18:28, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of a marginally notable female CIO might be controversial, so I removed your deletion tag. Bearian ( talk) 20:43, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 December 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Herbartianism, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Herbartianism was greatly influential in the development of the science of education in the 19th century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Herbartianism. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 07:43, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
Hey Czar. I was looking around featured topics and saw the topic that Videoball is part of. Seeing how the article says it'll come out in 2014 and the year is almost over, I'm wondering if there was any updates on the release date for the game. GamerPro64 22:02, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Czar,
Congratulations on getting the mop! See, now you get bugged, aren't you lucky. Would you please restore the deleted talk page (not the article) to someplace in my userspace, (if not the talkspace of the deletion discussion per my request there)? I may find it useful should this or something similar come up again. Thanks much! 78.26 ( spin me / revolutions) 22:41, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi there. Have you considered comments? the deletion was part of an aggression.
In any case, please consider not redirecting to FreeJ, but Dynebolic.
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Hello Czar! Will you please take a look and merge the history of Draft:The Jungle Book (2015 film) into The Jungle Book (2015 film)? Draft has a lot of editing history and was moved from mainspace until the beginning of production, which now has begun. Will you able to do it or should I request it at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests? -- Captain Assassin! « T ♦ C ♦ G» 10:27, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
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Coming Soon or Instagram to confirm that
principal photography has begun. Other than the one backlit photo, it's not entirely clear that these aren't pre-production takes. czarÂ
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Hi, just looking for information about Richard Hogg and found you'd created a page with that name as a redirect to Hohokam, an article which contains no mention of him. Any idea where I might find more? -- Andreas Philopater ( talk) 04:20, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I am confused on why the article on Exact (company) was proposed for deletion and then merged without any form of consensus. I just thought that it is a video games company, notable for developing a few well received games and I have seen even smaller and lesser known developers on Wikipedia that have not been merged. I don't exactly oppose it, but just don't know why it was merged. Regards ☯ Jag uar ☯ 14:18, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
I just created the page [1] for the nomination but I fucked up the proccess and now the page looks like crap. Please help me! URDNEXT ( talk) 02:11, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi Czar. If you have the time, what do you think about the new development section of Wipeout? Writing development sections are my weakest points, and I know that you have created articles on development of games alone. I'm halfway through the GAN, so I should hopefully address all of the problems soon. Regards ☠Jag uar ☠20:06, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
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It isn't really an issue of reference formats when stuff that isn't "References" is under a header of the name, eh? — innotata 03:56, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
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I've responded at the Flight Unlimited III nomination page. Your input is welcome. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 19:29, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 3 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cuphead, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that indie video game Cuphead was inspired by the 1930s cartoons of Fleischer Studios and is drawn in their subversive and surrealist style? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cuphead. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:27, 1 September 2014 (UTC) 12:03, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
WTG on all of the editing of these articles. I've been meaning to go back to them, but fixing a lot of the problems the Mother 3 article had was such an intimidating and time-consuming practice. Development of Mother 3 is a much more effective way of covering EarthBound 64, too.
Speaking of DoM3, I was thinking about making a category for articles about the development of specific video games, but I can't think of the way to title the category in the state I am in. I think it would be really valuable to find that kind of content without having to deal with general video game development content. - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 12:24, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
The DYK nomination passed! Now, since I'm new to the proccess, what happens to the hook now? Does it go straight to the main page? URDNEXT ( talk) 22:07, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 4 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article EarthBound, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that EarthBound's "religiously dedicated" fan base translated its sequel when Nintendo would not, and brought the game's localizer into the media limelight? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:17, 2 September 2014 (UTC) 12:04, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article EarthBound fandom, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that EarthBound's "religiously dedicated" fan base translated its sequel when Nintendo would not, and brought the game's localizer into the media limelight? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:17, 2 September 2014 (UTC) 12:04, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mother 3 fan translation, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that EarthBound's "religiously dedicated" fan base translated its sequel when Nintendo would not, and brought the game's localizer into the media limelight? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:17, 2 September 2014 (UTC) 12:05, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marcus Lindblom, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that EarthBound's "religiously dedicated" fan base translated its sequel when Nintendo would not, and brought the game's localizer into the media limelight? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:17, 2 September 2014 (UTC) 12:05, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Crawl (video game), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a critic cited the roguelike, bullet hell, brawler Crawl as an example of the indie resurgence of couch co-op? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Crawl (video game). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:02, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
Czar So where are we going now with it? URDNEXT ( talk) 23:12, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
Doing it right now. Sherlock Holmes ( talk) 23:41, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sleeping Dogs (video game), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although the video game Sleeping Dogs sold 1.5 million copies within a year of its release, its publisher Square Enix considered it a commercial failure? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sleeping Dogs (video game). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:07, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
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See Help:Books/for experts#Saving books. The pdf renderer is picky about how you format articles. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 16:40, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hey Czar, I wrote this list of things that can be useful to the article: - Alt caption for synopsis and design pics, elaborate more about the definitive edition on marketing and release, and to mention purchasing vehicles, Shooting and Driving, action hijack in the gameplay section. Overall, I believe if we get this out of the way, we can get to FA easily coverage-wise. Is there any way you could incoporate this in the article? URDNEXT ( talk) 00:07, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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Per your comments at the GA I'd appreciate your input on the article. David Mulich has confirmed he has another interview due soon so I may be able to expand it somewhat, but I'd like to get it into a state for FA in between working on this and trying to get the Joker to GA. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 19:11, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hey, this is a page New Age Retro Hippie and I were working on pretty heavily a few months ago and just kind of... stopped with because we weren't sure where to go and he was largely inactive. I suggested recently that we take it to GAN because there's little to nothing reliable that isn't included, but I did have a question he couldn't answer and thought you might be able to: should Gameplay go into more detail? There could possibly be a brief summary of Melee's or Brawl's gameplay, but if so, how brief, and would it constitute OR to extend these details to Project M when they aren't covered by summaries of it? As far as I've seen, the reviews are generally just... well, how they usually are for fangames and mods: lauding how cool it is that fans do this thing without actually saying much. Tezero ( talk) 21:27, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
Czar And ride the bandwagon. The party just got started at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sleeping Dogs (video game)/archive1. URDNEXT ( talk) 22:48, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi. The article is incomplete to improve this section. Can you help me? Thanks. MandatoryTeaser ( talk) 00:46, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
Since you made three GTCs recently, I'm wondering if you would be able to review some of the other nominations on the board. Just to help get a consensus for them made. GamerPro64 22:06, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
Can you take a look at the imaage I dropped in the FAC? I hope it meets the cruteria. URDNEXT ( talk) 23:14, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi can we be friends?-- Supreme elite soldier ( talk) 14:52, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Development of Deus Ex, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Warren Spector (pictured) began planning the development of Deus Ex after connecting his wife's fascination with The X-Files to " conspiracy stuff"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Development of Deus Ex. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:02, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
I have read your (earlier) comments on the talk page. You appear to be upset over my changes, stating that your efforts were a waste of time or you or your style are not welcome. You must know that I'm not trying to spite you or discourage you as an editor. I am only acting in favor of what I believe is best for the article. Your efforts are not wasted-- you have provided a lot of useful information. I have issues with the ways the information is presented. I don't want you to mimic my style of writing, but I do want you to accept my constructive criticism of the article, which I believe will help you grow as an editor. That said, let me present my criticism and my motives for my changes. I apologize in advance if my statements below are perceived as harsh.
I feel that the article goes into too much detail regarding certain facts, like it tries to be as comprehensive as possible. In the scope of an encyclopedic article, it isn't cohesive. My goal is to express the same ideas but keeping it concise and easy to read. I want the reader to obtain a broad yet focused understanding of the topic without overwhelming them with as many details as possible. This especially in regards to the Development section. There's already a main article for it that I know you've worked on, so there's no need to go in such tedious detail here; the reader should only get the basic understanding. There are also a lot of prose issues that I fixed as well. I also removed a lot of repeating or contradictory text.
I have brought up my grievances with the Gameplay section on the talk page beforehand. To be blunt, it is a mess. Tezero agrees in his GA assessment. I feel that it assumes that the reader has previous knowledge of EarthBound, so it does not go into any real detail about the gameplay (how battles work, how the player navigates through the game world, etc). This should never be the case in an encyclopedic article: every article should assume that the reader knows nothing about the subject beforehand. It is also keeping so close to what references say that it begins compromise the quality of the information. It does not refer to the characters by name, it gives them quoted descriptions and doesn't detail their importance to the game or the story. Coverage of the story itself is practically non-existent, which I also believe is due to few reliable sources covering the story, but whatever details are there are inexplicably dumped middle of the gameplay section. I know you want to avoid primary sources, but citing the game itself for specific gameplay and plot points is perfectly acceptable. See Chrono Trigger, a featured article, as an example.
In regards to sources, there is citation overkill. It's great to have citations for all or most information, but the article does so tediously. Some sentences have multiple citations littered throughout, and it starts to become a distraction when reading it over. I instead re-arrange sentences so that multiple statements in a row come from one source, and it is understood that a selection of sentences/paragraphs come from one or two sources. If there is still overkill, then I remove what I feel is not vital. There are also problems I have regards to interpreting sources; opinions are sometimes stated as fact. For example, it was claimed that "Mother 3 was not released on the basis it would not sell," because the source said so, even though the statement was clearly an opinion made by its writer, and is unverifiable. Without an official statement by Nintendo, the article cannot explicitly make such a claim.
I don't agree with the use of the Notes section. To me, this suggests that additional details that could not be worked into the prose and were instead "tacked on" as Notes. Some of these notes, as I have addressed in my edit summaries, are or were unnecessary. For example, "Reggie is a fan of the series" is irrelevant to the game not getting an international release.
If you also want to know why I removed the screenshot of the commercial, it is because the image does not add to the reader's understanding, unlike screenshots of the game itself. The Japanese sentence shown in the commercial could have easily been supplied in prose and would convey the exact same thing. But even so, the sentence I added, "Mother 3 was later announced in 2003 to have restarted development for the Game Boy Advance handheld console in a Japanese commercial for Mother 1+2." expresses the idea quite clearly (and more concisely), so the screenshot simply isn't needed.
This was my analysis of the article in its previous or current state, and why I made my changes as shown. I hope you understand my approach. -- ThomasO1989 ( talk) 17:45, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
There were more problems similar to above, which is why I acted boldly. I re-arranged and summarized sentences to improve the article's flow. As I said, much of the material in this section is already covered in the main article, so there's little reason to recap everything already mentioned there. -- ThomasO1989 ( talk) 19:53, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
You seriously need to archive some of these messages. This page is getting bigger than List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States. URDNEXT ( talk) 20:30, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
I'm proud if you for archiving those messages! Here's a cookie. URDNEXT ( talk) 21:30, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hey Jimmy, thanks for the edits. Question on this:
Fez was released on April 13, 2012, and it sold 200,000 copies during its yearlong exclusivity to the Xbox Live Arcade platform.
Why was that "it" needed (bolded)? czar ♔ 06:12, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
I've seen it argued at FAC that a subject should be restated after that sort of comma break. (As usual, this was years ago and I don't remember where it happened.) I've done it ever since without really questioning it. Perhaps the person was wrong, but I haven't seen their advice disputed until now, and the restated "it" has always read more tightly to me. I suppose you could change that instance back if you strongly disagree—I don't know what the style guides say about it, either way. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 06:40, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
What do you think about collaborating on taking 1001 Spikes to GA? URDNEXT ( talk) 03:23, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
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Greetings Czar, since you closed the debate as a merger without even waiting for my opinion, I reckon all other articles (like List of satellite television service providers in Uganda) should also be merged with the parent article. Darreg ( talk) 23:24, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
You haven't responded at the nomination page in a couple of days. Would you mind responding?-- The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 21:13, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hey Czar. I'm wondering if there's any template that can be used in the announcements page for GTC additions. Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Final Fantasy XIII/addition1 and Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Music of the Final Fantasy series/addition4 are up and I'm not sure how to add them. GamerPro64 15:13, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
{{gtcl|Final Fantasy XIII|add=1}}
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Music of the Final Fantasy seriesJust letting you know that the nomination has been successful :) Snuggums ( talk / edits) 05:07, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
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Please participate at the above discussion. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 14:55, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
Thanks. That reference had some interesting information in there. By the way, could you take a look at Final Fantasy Type-0 to see if there's any grammar or reference mistakes. I'm feeling slightly cross-eyed from the research I've needed to do. I'm surprised I was able to find so much about its mobile incarnation. -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 16:11, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect I Am Bread. Since you had some involvement with the I Am Bread redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 ( talk) 18:18, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Czar, we are laying plans for the 2015 Art+Feminism editathon. As part of this process we have written two linked PEG and IEG grants. We have given extensive community notice, but haven’t generated substantial feedback. As one of the Satellite Event organizers we would really like your feedback, comments and questions, and if you support the grants, your endorsement of one or both of them. Additionally, we have confirmed International Women's Day, March 8th 2015 as the date of the international editathon. We hope you will be able to participate, as an organizer, facilitator, or participant. On behalf of my co-organizers. -- Theredproject ( talk) 21:18, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hi. You've stolen two article creations from me recently. First Apple Pay and now Google Inbox. Keep up the good work! :-) -- MZMcBride ( talk) 04:26, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
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Accept reason: Sounds reasonable to me. Chillum 20:38, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
@ Chillum, hey—currently teaching a class and this was one of my students. He has desisted (you can keep him blocked), but please unblock the IP for us? Sorry for the trouble czar ♔ 20:35, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
Done. Let me know if you have any more trouble. Chillum 20:38, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
So, I did get your message, concerning the GA. Ah, my apologies, got distracted by life, exams, all that. Beyond that, just wanted to say, speaking as a big Deus Ex fan, nice seeing Development of Deus Ex not only an article, but a GA.
...Can't help but wonder why a woman with a stove is watching me type this message. – Mr. Stellarum ( talk) ( contribs) 18:57, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi. The above discussion has now been closed by a fellow admin as 'delete'. As coordinator of the WP:WPSCH, I vote on, but in order to remain impartial as an admin, I do not close school AfDs. There is a common misapprehension that a plethora of sources automatically confers notability on a Wikipedia article. Indeed, I admit that our Wikipedia notion of notability is not always easy for many people to grasp, and even harder to teach. Especially in the case of teaching college professors how to teach their students to edit Wikipedia. Some professors themselves are notable without being famous, while others are famous without being notable.
In spite of often having many sources, kindergartens and primary schools are very, very rarely notable for anything unless, for example, they were the centre of a very important and lasting news item, or famous for trail-blazing a revolutionary new concept in education. Just being a run-of-the-mill school directory listing however has unfortunately no value whatsoever. More useful info available at WP:WPSCH/AG, or don't hesitate to ask me directly, or even DGG, one of our most highly qualified experts on notability of educational institutions. Regards, -- Kudpung à¸à¸¸à¸”ผึ้ง ( talk) 02:39, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello Czar:
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I was wondering if you would give the article for Final Fantasy XIII character Lightning a source review as part of its FAC. It's got three supports and an image review. As far as I've gathered, it just needs a source review before it could theoretically be promoted to FA. If you don't feel like doing this, you don't have to. -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 16:10, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
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I looked closely at your contributions after your request, and I think you are well qualified for RFA and I'm more than happy to nominate you if you wish. You got a strong history of content contributions, and your help in admin areas is really appreciated. I don't see any red flags. I could get the nomination started today. Thanks Secret account 16:50, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
I am going to need to pay more attention to RfA to remember to !vote in this. (I would also co-nom but more than 3 is seen as over the top and showboat-y by a segment of the community) -- Guerillero | My Talk 01:49, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
RFA is ready, all 3 nominations set, all we need you to do is accept. Thanks Secret account 22:55, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for helping out by closing AfDs. If you close as 'redirect' please remember to add the approprite 'R from..' template to the redirect page so that it adds information for the reader and automatically populates the corresponding category. In the case of school articles for example, this would be {{ R from school}}. If you need any help, just let me know. -- Kudpung à¸à¸¸à¸”ผึ้ง ( talk) 11:52, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
Moved as requested. This is some kind of record: anything in the speedy-deletion queue ending in "ism" or "ology" is invariably a "joke" religion or philosophy whose author needs to be pointed to WP:NFT. This is the first exception I can remember in five years as an admin! Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 08:32, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for redirecting the Aceto (album) article! I will include the track listing in the artist's discography section. Have a great day! Dontreader ( talk) 03:46, 17 November 2014 (UTC) |
Hey, I've finally gotten around to uploading that picture of us; it's right there on my page. I obscured my own eyes to deter facial recognition technology, but if you want to do the same, I can upload a new version. Just thought I'd let you know. Tezero ( talk) 06:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
Have you ended up getting over to Chicago? Tezero ( talk) 06:57, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm curious how Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Regulatory translation ended as no consensus. Aside from my nomination the only comment was from someone who effectively argued that he found a couple notable uses about "regulatory translation" (the term), but the article isn't about either of them. Though he didn't bold anything officially, he sounds to be advocating for !redirect (and that from someone with an 83.5% keep stat, not that that should necessarily have any bearing). In other words, there's no argument to keep or merge visible anywhere. --— Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:52, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
"an admin would have closed [it] the same way", which ignores the other possibilities in such a situation e.g. soft delete or redirect -- neither of which are uncommon in a low participation AfD as far as I know. NAC is the problem because there is no one completely uncontroversial close there except when closing as a non-admin (i.e. if a non-admin opts to close such a discussion, it has to be no consensus).
![]() | On 20 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mother (video game), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the completed English localization of 1989 video game Mother was abandoned only to be rediscovered and later uploaded to the Internet? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mother (video game). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 22:45, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi Czar; in case you aren't aware, several people (including me) have mentioned you in passing in this thread. Feel free to contribute/ignore as you see fit. J Milburn ( talk) 20:12, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hatred (video game), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the protagonist of Hatred is a mass-killing villain who begins a "genocide crusade" in his hatred of humanity? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hatred (video game). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
 — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 12:03, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi Czar, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations! As always, the administrators' reading list is worth a read and the new admin school is most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere. Good luck with your adminship! Acalamari 18:21, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
I've mentioned your comment at Talk:Fuck:_Word_Taboo_and_Protecting_Our_First_Amendment_Liberties#Article_history_template.
Could use your input there for clarification.
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 16:22, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
"The just pointing to a policy ("per GNG") will be ignored by the closer without some explanation of the editor's background reasoning."
That's inaccurate. It might be ignored if the !vote is not based in guideline/policy, or if it was just "Keep" without any reason at all. But a !vote with a policy/guideline reason, is reason enough for it to be considered. -- Green C 14:20, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
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 — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 18:28, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of a marginally notable female CIO might be controversial, so I removed your deletion tag. Bearian ( talk) 20:43, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
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Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 07:43, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
Hey Czar. I was looking around featured topics and saw the topic that Videoball is part of. Seeing how the article says it'll come out in 2014 and the year is almost over, I'm wondering if there was any updates on the release date for the game. GamerPro64 22:02, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Czar,
Congratulations on getting the mop! See, now you get bugged, aren't you lucky. Would you please restore the deleted talk page (not the article) to someplace in my userspace, (if not the talkspace of the deletion discussion per my request there)? I may find it useful should this or something similar come up again. Thanks much! 78.26 ( spin me / revolutions) 22:41, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi there. Have you considered comments? the deletion was part of an aggression.
In any case, please consider not redirecting to FreeJ, but Dynebolic.
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Hello Czar! Will you please take a look and merge the history of Draft:The Jungle Book (2015 film) into The Jungle Book (2015 film)? Draft has a lot of editing history and was moved from mainspace until the beginning of production, which now has begun. Will you able to do it or should I request it at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests? -- Captain Assassin! « T ♦ C ♦ G» 10:27, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
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. Common practice now would be to merge the draft text into the mainspace article with an edit summary that notes the attribution (previous location of the text) and add a talk page template that confirms this. Alternatively, and I know of no precedent for this, if the draft article is going to be the main article history anyway, it's possible to swap the locations of the current draft and mainspace articles. Probably has no precedent because it's overkill. I'd just text merge the draft into mainspace and move on. I'll add that I also think we can do better than
Coming Soon or Instagram to confirm that
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Hi, just looking for information about Richard Hogg and found you'd created a page with that name as a redirect to Hohokam, an article which contains no mention of him. Any idea where I might find more? -- Andreas Philopater ( talk) 04:20, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I am confused on why the article on Exact (company) was proposed for deletion and then merged without any form of consensus. I just thought that it is a video games company, notable for developing a few well received games and I have seen even smaller and lesser known developers on Wikipedia that have not been merged. I don't exactly oppose it, but just don't know why it was merged. Regards ☯ Jag uar ☯ 14:18, 30 December 2014 (UTC)