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Lightning Bolt passed, please close the removal candidacy! igordebraga ≠ 17:11, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello GamerPro64! I see that earlier today you closed the Good Topic Candidate (GTC) of the 2002 North Indian Ocean cyclone season "with no consensus to promote". Last night I finally fixed the remaining problems that User:Jason Rees had. However, I forgot to comment that I addressed his issues. Would you be willing to reopen the GTC and check if Jason Rees is satisfied with the progress I made or should I just move on and possibly re-nominate sometime in the future? Thanks! -- 12george1 ( talk) 20:30, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
-- MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
Great to see you around, too. I've been good; just not had much Wikipedia motivation in the last year. I had some free time today and a sudden itch to write that Voyager article, so I figured I might as well. In all likelihood, I'll disappear again after dealing with the GAN and DYK stuff on Voyager, but we'll see. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 00:23, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Just wanted to add some thanks for your help with finding possible references for the Loadout article, it needed lots of work & I still need to work on it but, this should make the process easier & faster. I'll be sure to add some of your sources when I find the time. Thanks. Thdegy ( talk) 02:12, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Thdegy
Just a note; I guess the bot isn't coming. Tezero ( talk) 18:37, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
The March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 21:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
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Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 09:14, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Not to pile more work on you, but is Wikipedia:Featured topics not being updated with the new topics as they are promoted? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:30, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
I was looking over some topics, and I noticed that Wikipedia:Featured topics/Nickels of the United States does not include 1913 Liberty Head nickel. When the topic was promoted in 2012, the issue wasn't raised, despite said article existing when the topic was nominated. Should the topic be put up for removal, or is the topic complete since the 1913 nickel is already briefly covered in the Liberty Head nickel article?-- 十 八 11:38, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Since no one has outrightly opposed the topic as it stands, I think it would be safe to pass it. Although of the 4 current supports, Nergaal ( talk · contribs) is the only one who has expressed interest in wanting Sonic added to the topic in the future. Everyone else, other than Ritchie333 ( talk · contribs), seems to agree that the topic doesn't need it.-- 十 八 05:22, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
I briefly glanced at this discussion, and if anybody has any issues with any current topic, feel free to raise those points somewhere at wp:FT?, wp:FTC, or wp:FTRC. Nergaal ( talk) 18:57, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
I'm having a debate with JakIIDax about Impossible Mission
here. }I
Mr*|
(60nna)I{
18:38, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
Hey. Looks like I didn't lose interest like I thought I would: I finished up the last few articles in the Looking Glass Studios video games topic, and I'll be nominating it for GTC as soon as those articles pass GAN. A couple of years ago, I asked about the scope of the topic, and you said that it would probably be fine. I wanted to make sure that nothing had changed in the meantime. You can see the current topic draft here.
Aside from that, I was wondering if there was anything I should know about GTC that isn't explained in the nomination guidelines, since I've never really been involved in the topic process before. Any advice on my nomination would be a huge help. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 04:41, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
You have a question to the project report. As it's not really about the topic I come here for an answer. Look at the top of my talk and ask more if you don't find enough ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:58, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
ps: you seem to be interested in video games. Follow the link for Duck Attack! in the report, - the author left end of December, I translated, - I am happy he's back. Similar thing for Gilbert Foliot. I translated Stargazy Pie just for fun, had done the DYK review. Unfortunately, the other authors (and many more) are still missed, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:08, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
Adding: today is the anniversary of giving Precious to one I particularly miss. I also had reason to translate another article, - "anyone can edit" is a myth, Remember not, Lord, our offences, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:03, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up. And yeah, I've been waiting for David's image before nominating. I'm not in a massive hurry, but I might end up nominating without an image if he's too busy. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 06:23, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
That's bizarre; I only posted that earlier today. Anyway, I feel bad about bringing that up, but it really is a serious problem; I couldn't exactly go through the sources and place them as appropriate, since not only are they quite long, but many are print-based. Usually in my experience, the nominators of old, problematic FAs are inactive but haven't officially gone on retirement or semi - so I wonder about this one's. Tezero ( talk) 19:37, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
How do you find the new content with which to update the to do list so fast? czar ♔ 21:44, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
How would you feel about adopting a new format for VGTD along the lines of {{
WPMILHIST Announcements}}? It's somewhat cleaner. Wanted your thoughts before I work on it
czar
♔
18:25, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
Everything's set up to go, so the only place "to do" is left in use is on WTVG. There's a conversation on that page about removing the project banner and just leaving announcements à la MILHIST. Thoughts? Ready? czar ♔ 23:27, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
Tried to get some work in tonight; got some of czar's minor issues resolved, so I think we've substantially addressed all of his. I'm wall-to-wall destroyed with apartment hunting and a huge exam the next couple of days, but I should make another pass Monday night. ZeaLitY [ Talk - Activity ] 23:30, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
Hey man! Would you consider doing a peer review, or giving some feedback on Sleeping Dogs (video game)? I would like to get some feedback about issues that need to be resolved. Thanks for you for your cooperation! URDNEXT ( talk) 14:37, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
Just wanted to say hi! What's up! URDNEXT ( talk) 15:12, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello! I wanted to let you know that your signature is in violation of policy because it uses the deprecated "font" tag. I have made you a visually identical signature using the acceptable "span" tag:
[[User talk:GamerPro64|<span style="color:red">GamerPro64</span>]]
Which yields:
-- AmaryllisGardener talk 17:34, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Your
Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for
featured picture status,
File:Starved Vietnamese man, 1966.JPEG, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates.
Armbrust
The Homunculus
03:46, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
|
What's your opinion on Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Para-skiing classification/archive1? The nom's been up for almost 2 months, and the last comment was over a month ago. It doesn't seem like it's going anywhere, so should it be closed for lack of activity? And are two supports enough to promote Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Australia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics/archive1?-- 十 八 07:22, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Congrats on your big article man! How does it feel like to be in the big league now? URDNEXT ( talk)
Thanks; and great work getting that thing featured. Zeality is a hero of mine (who else could keep working on The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest over three years and five FAC noms?), and it's really good to see his masterpiece get the star. Honestly, I considered Anachronox probably the best video game article of all time when he first wrote it. Flight Unlimited was my shot at rivaling it. And yeah, I've been meaning to update my History section. I'll most likely get to it after I've finished User:JimmyBlackwing/Sourcing video game articles, my pet project right now.
As an aside, has the possibility of an "Ion Storm video games" topic ever crossed your mind? It would be really ambitious, given the vast number of sources available for games like Deus Ex and Daikatana. However, there would only be seven articles in it, and one of them is already featured. An Ion Storm topic was always a dream of mine, but I knew I couldn't write it and the Looking Glass topic at the same time. If anyone ever went for it, I'd be there in a heartbeat to do the research, like I did for Anachronox. Food for thought, I guess. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 06:17, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks a ton, everyone. I got sidelined again the last week with more new job logistics (I'm moving cities tomorrow), so I was criminally kept from helping more. Couldn't believe the news when I finally checked in today. It's been a while since I've had something as a TFA request, so I don't know how long this article's going to have to "age" before we can get a successful TFA nomination... ZeaLitY [ Talk - Activity ] 22:36, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
Question for you: when you inquired into that image we put through FPC a couple weeks ago, did the archives administration reply to you quickly? Considering how there's a film on "The Monuments Men" out right now, this would likely draw some attention. I'd like to work from a TIFF if possible though. Otherwise I'll just work from this version. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 15:19, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
Bit of a blast from the past there; I remember writing that almost 6 years ago. I used to be much more involved in Featured Topics back then (2006-2008), so you can see my signature all over the talk page archives- I was the one who pushed the minimum featured percentage up to 25% back in late 2008, and was heavily involved in the creation of the GT process around then. I was still around a year later when we bumped it to 50%, but kinda faded away since (besides nominating my own topics). Glad to see it still going strong, largely thanks to you! -- Pres N 00:05, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey there! Sorry I missed your earlier post. Yea, Manuel should be part of the GT. It was officially retired on April 11, so I guess the three month rule would go from then? I informed User:Yellow Evan of this conversation, as he may have further thoughts (since I know he was one of the main editors to the article). ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 02:19, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
Definitely, I'll review some. I'm currently at work (eek), but when I get home tonight I will :) ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 17:58, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
I hate to waste your time, but I've developed a habit of creating templates for topics that I find interesting, and my most recent addition to the list has me confused. The topic is Seumas McNally Grand Prize, and I was wondering whether it would include only winners or runners-up as well. As one of the guys behind FTC, I figured that you would probably know the answer. Sorry to bug you. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 20:36, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey, would you mind if I helped you with the Ion Storm articles? I'm looking to get some experience. URDNEXT ( talk) 20:45, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | ← | Archive 4 | Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 | Archive 8 | → | Archive 10 |
There is a WikiProject about Freedom of speech, called WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do:
Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech, — Cirt ( talk) 18:07, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Lightning Bolt passed, please close the removal candidacy! igordebraga ≠ 17:11, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello GamerPro64! I see that earlier today you closed the Good Topic Candidate (GTC) of the 2002 North Indian Ocean cyclone season "with no consensus to promote". Last night I finally fixed the remaining problems that User:Jason Rees had. However, I forgot to comment that I addressed his issues. Would you be willing to reopen the GTC and check if Jason Rees is satisfied with the progress I made or should I just move on and possibly re-nominate sometime in the future? Thanks! -- 12george1 ( talk) 20:30, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
-- MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
Great to see you around, too. I've been good; just not had much Wikipedia motivation in the last year. I had some free time today and a sudden itch to write that Voyager article, so I figured I might as well. In all likelihood, I'll disappear again after dealing with the GAN and DYK stuff on Voyager, but we'll see. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 00:23, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Just wanted to add some thanks for your help with finding possible references for the Loadout article, it needed lots of work & I still need to work on it but, this should make the process easier & faster. I'll be sure to add some of your sources when I find the time. Thanks. Thdegy ( talk) 02:12, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Thdegy
Just a note; I guess the bot isn't coming. Tezero ( talk) 18:37, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
The March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 21:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anachronox, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a two-and-a-half-hour film of Anachronox's cut scenes won the 2002 Machinima Film Festival for Best Picture? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anachronox. 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) 09:14, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Not to pile more work on you, but is Wikipedia:Featured topics not being updated with the new topics as they are promoted? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:30, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
I was looking over some topics, and I noticed that Wikipedia:Featured topics/Nickels of the United States does not include 1913 Liberty Head nickel. When the topic was promoted in 2012, the issue wasn't raised, despite said article existing when the topic was nominated. Should the topic be put up for removal, or is the topic complete since the 1913 nickel is already briefly covered in the Liberty Head nickel article?-- 十 八 11:38, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Since no one has outrightly opposed the topic as it stands, I think it would be safe to pass it. Although of the 4 current supports, Nergaal ( talk · contribs) is the only one who has expressed interest in wanting Sonic added to the topic in the future. Everyone else, other than Ritchie333 ( talk · contribs), seems to agree that the topic doesn't need it.-- 十 八 05:22, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
I briefly glanced at this discussion, and if anybody has any issues with any current topic, feel free to raise those points somewhere at wp:FT?, wp:FTC, or wp:FTRC. Nergaal ( talk) 18:57, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
I'm having a debate with JakIIDax about Impossible Mission
here. }I
Mr*|
(60nna)I{
18:38, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
Hey. Looks like I didn't lose interest like I thought I would: I finished up the last few articles in the Looking Glass Studios video games topic, and I'll be nominating it for GTC as soon as those articles pass GAN. A couple of years ago, I asked about the scope of the topic, and you said that it would probably be fine. I wanted to make sure that nothing had changed in the meantime. You can see the current topic draft here.
Aside from that, I was wondering if there was anything I should know about GTC that isn't explained in the nomination guidelines, since I've never really been involved in the topic process before. Any advice on my nomination would be a huge help. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 04:41, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
You have a question to the project report. As it's not really about the topic I come here for an answer. Look at the top of my talk and ask more if you don't find enough ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:58, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
ps: you seem to be interested in video games. Follow the link for Duck Attack! in the report, - the author left end of December, I translated, - I am happy he's back. Similar thing for Gilbert Foliot. I translated Stargazy Pie just for fun, had done the DYK review. Unfortunately, the other authors (and many more) are still missed, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:08, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
Adding: today is the anniversary of giving Precious to one I particularly miss. I also had reason to translate another article, - "anyone can edit" is a myth, Remember not, Lord, our offences, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:03, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up. And yeah, I've been waiting for David's image before nominating. I'm not in a massive hurry, but I might end up nominating without an image if he's too busy. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 06:23, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
That's bizarre; I only posted that earlier today. Anyway, I feel bad about bringing that up, but it really is a serious problem; I couldn't exactly go through the sources and place them as appropriate, since not only are they quite long, but many are print-based. Usually in my experience, the nominators of old, problematic FAs are inactive but haven't officially gone on retirement or semi - so I wonder about this one's. Tezero ( talk) 19:37, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
How do you find the new content with which to update the to do list so fast? czar ♔ 21:44, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
How would you feel about adopting a new format for VGTD along the lines of {{
WPMILHIST Announcements}}? It's somewhat cleaner. Wanted your thoughts before I work on it
czar
♔
18:25, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
Everything's set up to go, so the only place "to do" is left in use is on WTVG. There's a conversation on that page about removing the project banner and just leaving announcements à la MILHIST. Thoughts? Ready? czar ♔ 23:27, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
Tried to get some work in tonight; got some of czar's minor issues resolved, so I think we've substantially addressed all of his. I'm wall-to-wall destroyed with apartment hunting and a huge exam the next couple of days, but I should make another pass Monday night. ZeaLitY [ Talk - Activity ] 23:30, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
Hey man! Would you consider doing a peer review, or giving some feedback on Sleeping Dogs (video game)? I would like to get some feedback about issues that need to be resolved. Thanks for you for your cooperation! URDNEXT ( talk) 14:37, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
Just wanted to say hi! What's up! URDNEXT ( talk) 15:12, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello! I wanted to let you know that your signature is in violation of policy because it uses the deprecated "font" tag. I have made you a visually identical signature using the acceptable "span" tag:
[[User talk:GamerPro64|<span style="color:red">GamerPro64</span>]]
Which yields:
-- AmaryllisGardener talk 17:34, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Your
Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for
featured picture status,
File:Starved Vietnamese man, 1966.JPEG, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates.
Armbrust
The Homunculus
03:46, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
|
What's your opinion on Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Para-skiing classification/archive1? The nom's been up for almost 2 months, and the last comment was over a month ago. It doesn't seem like it's going anywhere, so should it be closed for lack of activity? And are two supports enough to promote Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Australia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics/archive1?-- 十 八 07:22, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Congrats on your big article man! How does it feel like to be in the big league now? URDNEXT ( talk)
Thanks; and great work getting that thing featured. Zeality is a hero of mine (who else could keep working on The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest over three years and five FAC noms?), and it's really good to see his masterpiece get the star. Honestly, I considered Anachronox probably the best video game article of all time when he first wrote it. Flight Unlimited was my shot at rivaling it. And yeah, I've been meaning to update my History section. I'll most likely get to it after I've finished User:JimmyBlackwing/Sourcing video game articles, my pet project right now.
As an aside, has the possibility of an "Ion Storm video games" topic ever crossed your mind? It would be really ambitious, given the vast number of sources available for games like Deus Ex and Daikatana. However, there would only be seven articles in it, and one of them is already featured. An Ion Storm topic was always a dream of mine, but I knew I couldn't write it and the Looking Glass topic at the same time. If anyone ever went for it, I'd be there in a heartbeat to do the research, like I did for Anachronox. Food for thought, I guess. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 06:17, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks a ton, everyone. I got sidelined again the last week with more new job logistics (I'm moving cities tomorrow), so I was criminally kept from helping more. Couldn't believe the news when I finally checked in today. It's been a while since I've had something as a TFA request, so I don't know how long this article's going to have to "age" before we can get a successful TFA nomination... ZeaLitY [ Talk - Activity ] 22:36, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
Question for you: when you inquired into that image we put through FPC a couple weeks ago, did the archives administration reply to you quickly? Considering how there's a film on "The Monuments Men" out right now, this would likely draw some attention. I'd like to work from a TIFF if possible though. Otherwise I'll just work from this version. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 15:19, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
Bit of a blast from the past there; I remember writing that almost 6 years ago. I used to be much more involved in Featured Topics back then (2006-2008), so you can see my signature all over the talk page archives- I was the one who pushed the minimum featured percentage up to 25% back in late 2008, and was heavily involved in the creation of the GT process around then. I was still around a year later when we bumped it to 50%, but kinda faded away since (besides nominating my own topics). Glad to see it still going strong, largely thanks to you! -- Pres N 00:05, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey there! Sorry I missed your earlier post. Yea, Manuel should be part of the GT. It was officially retired on April 11, so I guess the three month rule would go from then? I informed User:Yellow Evan of this conversation, as he may have further thoughts (since I know he was one of the main editors to the article). ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 02:19, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
Definitely, I'll review some. I'm currently at work (eek), but when I get home tonight I will :) ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 17:58, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
I hate to waste your time, but I've developed a habit of creating templates for topics that I find interesting, and my most recent addition to the list has me confused. The topic is Seumas McNally Grand Prize, and I was wondering whether it would include only winners or runners-up as well. As one of the guys behind FTC, I figured that you would probably know the answer. Sorry to bug you. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 20:36, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey, would you mind if I helped you with the Ion Storm articles? I'm looking to get some experience. URDNEXT ( talk) 20:45, 30 July 2014 (UTC)