Hello Masem, I noticed you reverted my edit to Rhythm game earlier, and you were right to do so - at least with regard to the genre term. I've thought about it a bit more and written up my objections to the term currently used on the talk page there. I hope we (and anyone else interested) can reach a good consensus on this. Thanks! Personman ( talk) 08:28, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
Helo there. I understand you are an Admin. I think User: William M. Connolley, an Admin (who previously blocked me), is abusing his power at List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom. He is calling my insertion of a "citation" tag (as no source is tagged for a Taiwan / RoC entry as "edit warring". I have to tread carefully because he will likely block me again if I try to revert his change. Could you wade in with yor tuppence on the relevant talk page. Otherwise, if you won't, is there a page where these sorts of complaints can be made? Regards. Redking7 ( talk) 18:30, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Ireland Collaboration is melting down. Weeks and weeks of it are not getting us anywnere. Some progress has been made. See the talk page. We really need guidance from you now. -- Evertype· ✆ 13:59, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello Masem, I believe the Collaboration process-in-question, is eroding my brain; ahhhhh. GoodDay ( talk) 20:42, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
So you like to play games? 98.26.147.251 ( talk) 01:46, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Treat those users well. They may be new, and not understand Wikipedia much yet, but they are well intended. Don't just throw policies at them, explain, teach, etc. Cheers, and thanks, Prodego talk 05:46, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
I think you'd better fix that " Oppose" on your FLC... it's a great list, make it pass! igordebraga ≠ 04:31, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Please see the "RE: Image Galleries" section on Hammersoft's talk page for a reply. Since this will be going back and forth (with many replies for awhile) you might want to check it often or watchlist it. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 05:25, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Masem, please see this discussion on finalizing the ballot paper. -- Evertype· ✆ 08:14, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
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Are we good to go? --rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid ( coṁrá) 09:13, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 215 articles were swept in July! We are currently nearly 80% done with Sweeps, with under 600 articles left to review. With 50 members, that averages out to about 12 articles per person. Once the remaining articles drop to 100, I'll help in reviewing the last articles (I'm currently taking a break). If each member reviews an article every other day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. Again, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 19:32, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem, please lock the ballot paper and we will begin the poll. -- Evertype· ✆ 08:14, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Masem,
I'm having difficultly getting anyone to do this by the usual means. There is a problem with the voting template. It's a bug that means the template breaks for people with fancy sigs. The change fixes the bug, no more. It means too that the instructions on the ballot page need to be updated with slightly different instruction for using the template.
Could you update the template and ballot page as requested hered.
Thanks, --rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid ( coṁrá) 19:06, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Delivered by SoxBot ( talk) at 05:06, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem; I have added back the latest update. Would you please tell me why you saw fit to remove it? Without discussion (with me)? This is especially outrageous given that the actual votes coming in are proving beyond reasonable doubt that my contention re British voting strength is correct. Are you trying to deny reality? Sarah777 ( talk) 18:55, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem,
At least two voters have removed their votes to avoid being "ethnically profiled" or being "added to some POV warriors statistics": Nanonic and Andrwsc.
It was agreed that, "Non-trivial sanctions will be imposed for canvassing, forum shopping, ballot stuffing, sock puppetry, meat puppetry or otherwise manipulating the ballot (or attempting to do so)." At one time a straight 12-month block was aired. Voter intimidation is surely a serious matter. Can you please do something to stop it.
--rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid ( coṁrá) 19:44, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
There is a serious problem here, and it's you Masem and your handling of the issue. I'd suggest some drastic action, but the chances of having something done is next too zero! -- Domer48 'fenian' 20:05, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem. Do you think going to Arbcom enforcement to try and get Sarah blocked is fair. You may have been right asking her to remove her text, but come on, you were really quick off the mark taking her there. This could have been sorted quickly without this. No drama, no fuss. I have a feeling most of those who disagreed with her profiling would not want her blocked, just reverted. Jack forbes ( talk) 21:45, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
User:Cadbury Wispa has broken the Arbcom ruling of moving pages using ROI/Ireland. Please see the history of the page in question [here]. The user is a sock puppet of a previous disruptive user User:Dylanmckane. Can you sort it out? Thanks. 83.43.216.214 ( talk) 17:24, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
I've been accused of sectarianism here. I asked the editor to retract the allegation, but he has refused. Can you advise if there is anything I can do to have the allegation removed? Mooretwin ( talk) 21:33, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible for you to rule on the question of stricken votes at the Ireland poll talk page to avoid further unnecessary drama brought on by my initial post? I think the issue is cut and dried on this minor question. Sswonk ( talk) 13:57, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, didn't realize there was any consensus on this. Axem Titanium ( talk) 04:33, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
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Masem, no doubt you've been keeping an eye on goings-on at the Ireland poll. I've been expecting you to pop in. Before I start what is going to sound like a big whinge and moan, genuinely I'd like to thank you for the huge amount of effort and time you've put in. It's a thankless job, but I'd like to at least let you know that your efforts were appreciated. But Sarah's block today by an involved admin, with no response by you or other admins (and I *know* that Sarah's Talk page is on perma-watch by dozens of admins) takes a lot of credibility out of the vote and effectively puts an end to the process. Coupled with the fact that the initial intentions behind the vote in the first place (a comprehensive compromise involving article titles and article content) has now been overtaken by numerous editors attempting to cement the status quo in place for 2 years. Arbcom did not give a mandate for that, and I did not sign up for such a process. So I'm withdrawing from the process altogether, and I don't believe that this process has any credibility any longer. It's a pity, seeing as how close we came with Mooretwins proposal. -- HighKing ( talk) 22:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Well, I was looking at Dhani's goofy mug and I realized Giles Martin should be represented as well. He's clearly the most important person to the game in terms of the audio. T. H. McAllister ( talk) 18:22, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
There's one at the Ed Sullivan Theater at the official site's promo section ( [2]) but it doesn't show the vocal harmonies. Why not put the Ed Sullivan shot that's already in the article in the art production section and remove the image from the opening cinematic? At the moment, the opening cinema image only useful as a representation of what it looks like, while the Ed Sullivan image at least includes the caption detailing how the Apple archives were used to shape the in-game visuals. I'll try to set it up now. T. H. McAllister ( talk) 18:51, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem, there is enough nonsense being put onto the page, do we have to endure these inane additions
[3]?
Tfz
19:51, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Masem, I suppose while the tension is high at the Colab page, I should restrain my 'laid back humour'. GoodDay ( talk) 22:38, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
I know you were involved in the discussion regarding their use some time back, and wanted to bring your attention to something.
In reviewing the high use NFCC list, I'm seeing a large number of sports logos listed. I was avoiding those because of all the brouhaha it causes, but out of curiosity checked out File:Usc football logo.gif. From there, I was looking at the logo's use on 1951 USC Trojans football team (which didn't have a rationale), and a thought suddenly occurred to me. "This logo looks pretty modern for 1951". So, I went digging. I couldn't find when the logo was adopted, but I did find it was missing on O. J. Simpson's uniform in 1968, his last year on the team. The earliest use of it that I could find was in the 1970s. I removed the logo from entries from before 1970 primarily because they were missing rationales, but probably a considerably more important point was that this logo was not their logo in that day. I did a similar check on the Texas Longhorns "Bevo" logo. Interestingly enough, it quite possibly didn't come into use until 1961. See this page regarding the 1960 Cotton Bowl. Contrast with the page on the 1962 Cotton Bowl. The 1960 bowl game was famous for a brawl that erupted between the teams. Look at this photo (which is very large, and you can see details readily) of the brawl. Not one Texas player has the logo on their uniforms, nor any Texas staff member. Oops. In the 1962 page, we can see the logos on the helmets in the various images.
I think what has been happening is the people putting the logos on the "<Year> <team> season" articles are not doing any checking to see if the current logo actually applies to the seasons in question. Some logos are quite modern and were only recently invented. Some are old. But, even old ones like the Texas logo need to be checked. This is true whether the logos are free of copyright or not. -- Hammersoft ( talk) 15:55, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Do you have a subscription to NGamer? « ₣M₣ » 19:00, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Don't mention it. I had to write and self-edit almost the entirety of the article for The Velvet Underground and Nico. It can be a headache. Editing the work of others is far easier than editing your own work. T. H. McAllister ( talk) 23:33, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
My bad on deleting the Wii column. I didn't realize the full list was pulling information from the other three tables. T. H. McAllister ( talk) 02:12, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem, do we have to endure this dribble on a daily basis [4]. There is nobody claiming ownership to anything, and most knows that. Tfz 02:22, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Of course this exemplifies what I have said: Options A, B, and F are offensive to some people, and Options A, B, and F are problematic. BritishWatcher would appear to be offended by Options A and B... Tfz would appear to be offended by Option F. Option E is getting very good support. At present I see it as the only solution (taking into account that Masem has said that the Poll gives us information about what the majority think, which can help us to make a decision when the Poll closes). -- Evertype· ✆ 07:39, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
By accident I came across User:Wgh001 editing the RoI article and remembered he/she had been ivolved in the debate at some stage. Yet no notification of the poll was posted on the user's page. How is that? I thought everyone involved in the debate was going to be notified? (I have now added the template). Sarah777 ( talk) 03:19, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
I know you're an experienced VG page editor, so I thought I'd let you know that I flagged the Compilation packs for the Grand Theft Auto series article for deletion. I think it's pretty obvious that the article needs to be deleted, but ould you express your opinion here? VG Editor ( talk) 08:51, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem - since you're the mediator, or whatever, at the IECOLL poll, I thought I would bring this to your attention. User:Sarah777 removed this comment by Srnec from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Poll on Ireland article names, calling it a personal attack against her. I think that the case for this being a personal attack is questionable, and that, at any rate, if anyone is going to be removing it, it should not be her. (Personally, I'm pretty dubious of the merit of removing all but the most egregious personal attacks from non-user talk pages. Taken too far, this can be chilling to debate, and gives a false sense of what is said. As such, I restored it. Sarah then removed it again, and posted a note on my talk page accusing me of a personal attack by restoring it. At any rate, I really don't want to get into it again with Sarah, so I thought I'd just point it out to you and leave you to decide what to do. Thanks for your attention. john k ( talk) 01:52, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
This matter should've been between Srnec & Sarah. GoodDay ( talk) 20:48, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Delivered by SoxBot ( talk) at 03:00, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem, I think it would be a good idea to remove all unfounded spin from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ireland_Collaboration/Poll_on_Ireland_article_names page, as it can get quite tedious having to read the same bald untruths day after day. Tfz 12:06, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
If I remember rightly, it was you who drafted the "images in lists" text adopted at WP:NFC. Can I ask if you could have a look at this discussion at DRV on images of characters from The Mighty Boosh ?
Specifically, am I out of line, or is J. Milburn's latest comment essentially completely ignoring and completely out of step with what was quite a hard thrashed-out consensus? And does my presentation of how the guidance fits with policy more or less get right what you had in mind when you wrote it?
The discussion could use some neutral policy analysis. Jheald ( talk) 14:42, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Masem. Full protection of that talk-page until September 13 (2009), would be fine with me. I'm getting scared to go out at night. GoodDay ( talk) 23:17, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem,
If you have a chance, I'd like to get with you concerning the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Per_station_television_schedules. I'm quite worried that sourced, verifiable and encyclopedic content is going to be deleted by a group of deletion-happy editors who don't understand the value of what they're proposing for deletion because they don't work in that area. As I said earlier in the discussion, the schedules themselves are the subject of non-trivial coverage in many respected sources; I'm disturbed by several of the current remarks, some of which seem to be so senseless as to make me think these editors can't possibly be paying attention to what they're saying (for example, the editors who propose deletion based on WP:NOT a directory; given what #4 says, is it even possible to take such a comment seriously?). What can be done in a discussion where editors aren't paying the least bit of attention to the policies they're citing? Your advice is appreciated. Firsfron of Ronchester 04:20, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
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Masem, just thought you should know that there's been even more altering of the voting area with this edit. This clearly should have only been done by you, and only after some considering of the facts. Just because this editor is *now* blocked as a sock doesn't necessarily mean that the vote should be discounted since there's no evidence that he abuses his voting by multiple vote-casting. I expect you should at least make a decision and let it be known on the Talk page... not that I'm endorsing this vote in any way either.... -- HighKing ( talk) 16:56, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
All confirmed un-announced socks should be deleted. GoodDay ( talk) 17:20, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem,
Why not mention the rumours, as long as it's made clear that they are, for now, just rumours? It's the only other information we've really got on a possible sequel for Okami, so I thought it would be worth mentioning - especially since Okamiden could well be short for Okami Gaiden or Okami Densetsu, ie. an Okami spin-off or Legend of Okami. It's certainly very tantalising, especially since this is happening only a short time before Okami for Wii is being released in Japan, thus potentially sparking new interest in a sequel.
Regards, Alphard08 ( talk) 13:35, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem, to be clear:
I ask other editors to refrain from adding to this section until Masem has a chance to respond. Feel free to start your own section if you like... -- HighKing ( talk) 12:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. Currently I'm looking for active editors to participate in the Atlus Task Force, a proposed task force of WikiProject Video games which covers articles related to Atlus and its products. I noticed that you've contributed quite a bit to Persona 3 and Persona 4, so would you be interested in helping out? If so, could you please leave a comment on WP:VG's talk page. Thanks! Heavyweight Gamer ( talk) 08:57, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem, two votes in the Ireland poll struck me as being particularly suspicious. In an excahnge with RedKing, I (for better or for worse) identified them as potential sock/meat puppets on the ballot talk page. What I wrote was as follows:
Insectgirl has since removed her vote citing my comment. (I should say that I further find it suspicious that he/she would/could do so - i.e. that an editor that contributed only for two days in 2008, only logging in again to place a vote one year later, should spot a comment expressing susicion about him/her within a few hours of it being made. For someone who did not make a single edit for over a year after registering, or a single once since casting her vote, he/she sure had an eagle eye on that page!)
HighKing has opened a thread discussing my comments and Insectgirl's withdrawl of her vote. Can you express a view on these two votes and my comments on them? --rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid ( coṁrá) 12:21, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Watching this from a self-imposed hiatus since the 8-13 "chill", I am beginning to wonder if the easiest compromise to be reached at this point would be one in which Masem freezes the entire process as "flawed", for several reasons, and begins discussion of the possibility of restaging the vote with a revised set of rules, and possibly choices. Sswonk ( talk) 14:26, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Masem. I've modified my opinon on this topic & am acceptable to your & HighKing's views. GoodDay ( talk) 19:51, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Or at least, help me finish up. I've basically added most of what I'm going to add (maybe some more reception), but it's really just sourcing, copyediting, and placement of certain comments from developers, reviewers, and others. You can find it here. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 22:18, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
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I love the game Peggle. When I read the article here, it definitely looked like some serious work went into it. After going through the history, it looks like a large chunk of the article was written by you. So, I'm here to say thanks! It's definitely one of the better games that PopCap Games has released recently; I figure that Bejeweled is usually considered their masterpiece, but I never really liked it all that much; same goes with Zuma. I think that Plants vs. Zombies is the bee's knees though, and probably a bit better than Peggle actually because it involves less luck and requires more strategy :) Gary King ( talk) 07:30, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
- ;) rst20xx ( talk) 17:53, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Three other ideas I have are the Weighted Companion Cube, Chell, and the Portal Gun, but I have a good feeling that the latter two are not significant enough to warrant their own articles. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 00:52, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I noticed that Ico's North American release was on September 24, which is coming up...have you considered nominating it for Today's Featured Article? It might not have many points since Vagrant Story was on the main page August 10 and Ico has been FA for less than a year, but if no other articles are nominated for that date it might be worth a shot at least... rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 12:25, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
I think that because GLaDOS is more about her audio than her imagery, and an article can often sustain three fair use images that warrant use, I think this article could sustain an image and two sound files easily. Anyway, my proposal is that a second sound file be added to demonstrate the change from a computerized voice to an insane voice. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 18:58, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
You supported:
WP:AFD:ARSify I thought you maybe interested in this: Wikipedia:Article_Incubator which will go live soon. Your comments are very welcome. Ikip ( talk) 20:37, 13 September 2009 (UTC) |
Hmm, well, I think the notion of a P217 article is sustainable; Scribblenauts' article seems like it'll be just big enough, and Post 217 might seem a bit extra if included in full. It's certainly proven itself as a meme, and has had multiple official responses from 5th Cell. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 22:49, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
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Thankfully, there hasn't been too much hostilities since yesterday. GoodDay ( talk) 16:01, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
Masem, please restore User:Matheuler vote [7] which should not have been removed [8]. Its clear the vote was removed because the persons first edit [9] was on "04:02, 8 August 2009", after the cutoff point. However the user log [10] shows the account was created 27 July 2006 but not used until August 2009.
The vote there for must be restored right away and a full recount take place along with a second declaration following this new information, sadly noone picked up on this before. BritishWatcher ( talk) 18:15, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
1 or 2 votes being allegedly tampered with, hardly justifies invalidating the whole Poll. GoodDay ( talk) 19:17, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Masem. I fear that my advice isn't be followed at the post-Poll discussions. GoodDay ( talk) 15:20, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Still Alive (song) I'm not sure if it's entirely big enough (I've never really worked on any song article before except for Super Mario Bros. theme). What do you think? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 19:32, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
I can't really find any serious attempt by you to actively or strongly encourage the compromise that was mentioned. Sometimes moderation requires passion and more than a laissez-faire hand on the tlller. You may disagree. But I feel that much effort—on my part and the part of others—has been wasted. My faith in the ArbCom process is about nil. I instigated this process in order to try to get a solution to a long-standing problem. We haven't got one. -- Evertype· ✆ 10:24, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Masem, you're doing alright. There's alot of strong political emotions behind these Troubles related topics & it's great to see that you can remain calm. Cheers. GoodDay ( talk) 15:55, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't have "strong emotions" regarding the political elements of this dispute. And I never have. I am disappointed at the failure for conflict resolution to have resolved anything. -- Evertype· ✆ 22:55, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
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Masem, you've gone through a number of development sources for Tales of Monkey Island back when that was first announced, I was wondering if you'd come across one particular source I'm after. Its an interview, possibly in video form, with either Grossman or Stemmle, in which they explain their reasoning for choosing the British actor from CMI over the American actor in EMI for Elaine in TMI; I recall its vaguely connected to the fans' view of the character. Does that ring any bells? I want to use it for Elaine Marley's development section, but I can't for the life of me find where I first saw it. It doesn't seem to be in any of the sources currently in the TMI article. I'm rather hoping that you may have encountered it in the sources you've been through. -- Sabre ( talk) 16:58, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm doing some last-minute cleanup before I nominate Saints Row 2 for GA-status. Obviously, one or two of the images will need to go from Gameplay and Synopsis sections to meet the criteria. Now, I'm asking you for help because nobody gave me a reply when I inquired at the WikiProject VG page and I know you have experience on the matter. Which images do you personally think should go? Thanks, VG Editor ( talk) 00:43, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
I know you have had interest in date formatting in the past, so thought you may perhaps have interest in following or being involved in the discussion of the YYYY-MM-DD format that is ongoing at [11] at the moment.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 08:52, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
Would you be willing to certify an RFC against Gavin.collins? Hiding T 13:22, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for the wait; I've been busy with school and family lately. I'll definitely give the reception section of the article a check, as well as a general review of the entire article. T. H. McAllister ( talk) 17:41, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I don't know if you have any interest in updating the article with new information; some people, myself included, will get something to FA and leave it alone. However, on the off chance that you are interested, I thought I'd tell you that, while working on the Online print archive, I located information not included in the article. The first is an extensive Computer Gaming World preview, with quotes about the game taking influence from Super Mario 64, among other facts. I also found four reviews from notable print publications, including Computer Gaming World and PC Gamer, and an article from Computer Games Magazine that contains numerous quotes from Schafer about the game's conception and development. Like I said: I don't know if you want it, but if you do, there it is. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 10:50, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Congrats on the FL promotion, but be sure to fix the dead link. Dabomb87 ( talk) 03:18, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
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Hi! Please have a look at this diff. Cafone doesn't seem to be exactly a compliment. Could you help? Thank you!-- 93.45.120.166 ( talk) 05:48, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
I couldnt find much on ps2 limitations for gh5. the cover does say rock with 2 guitars OR 2 Basses, that might help the multitap section. there are pics out there on the internet of the ps3 or wii or 360 that are of the song list and i could take a picture of the ps2 songlist because on the bottom of the others it has challenges but not on the ps2 version. I also think that the downloadable songs thing is stated in the article already. NTC TNT ( talk) 14:14, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
(I've changed this topic name from "help" to something more informative.)
Hi, I'm a newbie who added a small new section about PS2 limitations. It got reverted my Masem: "Reverted good faith edits ...; Not necessary (at least as standalone section)."
Yeah it was a pretty small section but I did it that way as it seemed to be in keeping with the existing "Wii-specific features" section, and it could grow larger too.
Any suggestions how to get this PS2 info onto the page then? This really is new info that's close to non-existent on the net. I spent some time trying to find out about the PS2 version but all so-called "PS2 GH5" reviews around are actually generic GH5 reviews without mention of all the bits missing from the PS2 version. I think this info is needed.
146.195.128.174 ( talk) 07:24, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
Skinsmanau here, I'm "146.195.128.174" ... I've now got a proper account. :)
Being a newbie I stuffed up a bit - I didn't check the GH5 page before making the above comment. Looks like before that someone else came along and put my "PS2 Limitations" section back in. I guess there's a demand out there to keep the info. So can we leave it in now Masem without it getting reverted? Thanks.
Skinsmanau ( talk) 03:33, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
May I have the permission to promote Scribblenauts as a good article? Please respond ASAP. Secret Saturdays ( talk) 22:37, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
For The Amazing Race 15, it was shown that Zev and Justin had their fanny pack. Obviously they placed the passport in another bag or something, so could this rule be made slightly clearer? Thanks Mylife2702 07:00, 13 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mylife2702 ( talk • contribs)
Why aint they significant? They're used onmany game review pages, Gears of War 2 for example.
Goku1st ( talk • contribs) 22:30, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
If you have the time I'd like your input on my proposed clarification of WP:Image use policy concerning fair-use/copyright versus public-domain/trademark image use. The proposal is contained here. Thanks. BillTunell ( talk) 21:33, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
See what I mean about wikipedia being an administrative cesspit? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.196.158 ( talk) 18:56, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
You made a comment about rewriting Wikipedia:Notability (news events), but it was truncated. [12] Could you comment on the talk page of the proposal about your reservations? Fences& Windows 16:02, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi, there is currently a proposal to raise the percentage of articles featured topics need to have featured to 50%, from 1 September 2010, and as someone with a topic with less than 50% of articles featured, this change if passed will directly affect you. Any input on your part to the discussion, and opinions both for and against the proposal, would be most welcome - rst20xx ( talk) 01:20, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
I think that the image of GLaDOS, while it gives some idea, isn't really important, as GLaDOS is almost never cited for her appearance as far as I can tell, but for her personality and the way her voice changes. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 20:00, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Regarding User:Koavf removing Category:PlayStation 3 games from games already in Category:PlayStation 3-only games, can you and User:ChimpanzeeUK liase and let me know a list of articles or a way to build a list of articles so that I can sort the mess out. Is it as simple as adding Category:PlayStation 3 games to all articles in Category:PlayStation 3-only games which do not currently have it? Cross posted to User talk:ChimpanzeeUK. Hiding T 22:36, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Hello Masem,
I noticed you uploaded several pictures related to The Beatles: Rock Band from Flickr to Commons. However, you did not categorise the pictures. You surely have noticed the CommonsCat box at the end of The Beatles: Rock Band article, which leads to the relevant category (which I created two weeks before your last uploads). It would be nice if you could categorise pictures you upload, at the very least in the root Commons:Category:Video games so that Commonists can spot it and put it into the relevant categories. An uncategorized picture is as good as lost on Commons.
Also, the Flickr Web Tools allow to use a different name than the one used on Flickr. A title like "File:The Beatles Rock Band - Höfner Bass.jpg" is much more useful than "File:Hofner noBG.jpg".
Cheers, Jean-Fred ( talk) 23:21, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
You mentioned "For example, I have such a table in Guitar Hero because of the number of platforms the series has covered, but I would not use one for Ratchet & Clank since that has been pretty much one platform per game (with two exceptions).". Could you elaborate? Which article? Guitar Hero (video game), Guitar Hero? Ratchet & Clank or Ratchet & Clank (series)? Where are the two exceptions; can you expand? 174.3.111.148 ( talk) 22:01, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Consensus says that tables are not appropriate on Touhou Project. What is the reason a table is used in Ratchet & Clank (series)? 174.3.111.148 ( talk) 04:52, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
is glados the only game character who is in one game that has an article?-- Vaypertrail ( talk) 18:38, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHICH PART OF Opposing Force Blue Shift · Decay and Counter-Strike Online did VALVE CORP develop then??-- Vaypertrail ( talk) 18:45, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Which actor were you referring to in your example? Just curious. Thanks. Equazcion (talk) 22:54, 8 Nov 2009 (UTC)
I understand your concerns; I was just doing so because another user had improperly started a split (I'm not really big on splitting articles like that either, but it was already half done, so....) Thank you for the notice, I'll remember that for the future!-- fetch comms ☛ 01:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem,
As you have been involved in the previous discussions about bibliography pages, I thought you should be notified about a formal proposal here. Any constructive contributions would be welcome.
Happy editing,
Neelix ( talk) 20:07, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem. I wanted to let you know that User:Иван Богданов left another personal attack on my talk page, referring to you and I as gay buddies. I don't personally care, and I'm sure you don't either. But since you warned him previously, I wanted you to be aware. I placed a warning on my talk page in response to him, and to be unambiguous about this issue, I placed at uw-npa2 on his talk page [13]. -- Hammersoft ( talk) 15:51, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Regarding this , I think "unneeded" would have been a far better edit summary. -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 15:28, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
I got a question. Are you gonna fail Sim Tower? You held it for 13 days. Just wanna know. GamerPro64 ( talk) 16:50, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Feel free to close it if you have to. You were asking for more information and doing research is very time consuming, so I haven't gotten around to it yet. Gary King ( talk) 06:09, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Template:Vgy has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ( Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 21:25, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem, please see my recent restoration of the consensus-supported version of WP:N. Regarding the recent discussion at WT:N, I agree that some sort of RfC is needed in order to establish a consensus regarding the information discussed. Would you be interested in setting it up? If so, how would you like it to be framed? Also crossposted at FT2's, Hiding's, and Gavin's talk pages. Them From Space 18:34, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Sometimes a second opinion is very helpful. :) I appreciate you taking the time to weigh in. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:13, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia does use spoilers under a plot/ending format. The plot section here should indicate where the story progresses into "ending" territory, as the nature of the final twists is integral to the enjoyment of this work of art. Instead of a general flag, as I used before, we should determine where to stick an "ending" section heading. The plot should cover the basic and introductory story information, i.e. back of the box blurb, and the ending should cover the final few chapters (where the story digresses into its final stages).
"Therefore, Wikipedia no longer carries spoiler warnings, except for the content disclaimer and section headings (such as "Plot" or "Ending") which imply the presence of spoilers."
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spoiler
In this case, I think that the article would best be served by isolating the final two paragraphs of the "plot" heading under a new, "ending" heading. Do you agree?
This was done in good faith, but do you think it reads awkwardly? In any case, the summary needs some clean-up. Connor Towle 02:04, 22 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Convicious ( talk • contribs)
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File:WestVirginiaMountaineers.png has been brought to my attention. So what is the turnout of this discussion? ( Wikipedia:Media copyright questions/Archive/2009/October#Proof) Is it copyrighted or not? Cause if its not, you would've think someone would change it earlier. Project FMF ( talk) 18:32, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
Alt text is now a requirement for featured articles. I thought it might be a good idea to go ahead and include some for Ōkami and any other higher class articles to which you've heavily contributed. ~ Hibana 01:57, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
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Don't know if you want to include this or not, but Grim Fandango was originally titled "Deeds of the Dead" according to GamesRadar [14] (number 85 on the list). Your call. ( Guyinblack25 talk 17:45, 2 December 2009 (UTC))
Hi. I semi-randomly selected you (Firsfron, Masem, Protonk) as major participants in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not/Archive 30#Per station television schedules, which I didn't follow closely. The subject has arisen again at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Forbidding programme guides, and I was wondering if any of you could give a short/neutral summary at the VPump, of what the WT:NOT thread's consensus was, if any. Much thanks. -- Quiddity ( talk) 22:19, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
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I'm drafting an RFC on Gavin at User:Hiding/RFC, appreciate any input you may have. Hiding T 15:46, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
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I was wondering if you'd think there would be something to this? I mean, it has a few soundtracks, and in my searches for sources on Neku Sakuraba, I noticed some praise for its music tracks. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 00:28, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
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Red Star Congratulations, Masem! It's my pleasure to award you December 23, 2009's Red Star for being hard working, kind to others, and for being an excellent user in general. A record of this award will always be kept at User:Meaghan/Shining Stars. Enjoy! Meaghan - Merry Christmas! - 00:51, 23 December 2009 (UTC) You could also receive the next higher up award, the Orange Star! |
Dear Masem,
Wishing you, your family, and friends a very merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate at this time of year), and I hope that the new year will be a good one, in real life, and on the wiki. There is always a reason to spread the holiday spirit; it's a special time of year of almost everyone. ;)
Love and best wishes,
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Merry Christmas! -
00:24, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
Could you not have perhaps joined the conversation on the discussion page about the edit of mine you undid. I would like to know why you disagreed with my reasoning as I assume your edit was made in good faith also. I made a good argument for my edit and the people who originally disagreed with me did not continue the discussion after I countered their contests. If my reasoning for the addition cannot be countered then the addition should be there. Please add to the discussion and dispute my reasoning.
I hope that this can be resolved amicably.
Regards and good wishes,
Thetictoc
monkey
18:24, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Perhaps, then, you could have moved my edit to another section of the article as apposed to deleting it entirely.
Why are there continuity sections for so many of the Doctor Who episode pages if this is not considered good practice?
Thank you for your speedy reply,
Thetictoc
monkey
18:42, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 90% done with only 226 articles remain to be swept! As always, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. With over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 4 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. As an added incentive, if we complete over 100 articles reviewed this month, I will donate $100 to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps participants. I hope that this incentive will help to increase our motivation for completing Sweeps while supporting Wikipedia in the process. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 00:12, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I reviewed the article Guitar Hero: On Tour series, and it passed as a Good Article (yes, I am a reviewer. You can see proof at WP:Good article nominations/List of reviewers). To see why it passed, see Talk:Guitar Hero: On Tour series/GA1, and see the top of the articles' talk page to see which topic it was listed under (it was listed under Video game series, but that's listed under Everyday Life, so technically, it was actually listed under Everyday Life). Just letting you know in case you were curious about the results. -- Ha dg er 04:59, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
I removed the heroes_vs_villains entries from the previous seasons' infoboxes because I couldn't find a reliable source for the cast of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. The main article revision history (for H v. V) says CBS won't officially announce until the 10th. -- Bull Wiki Winkle 03:02, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
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I sincerely apologized for my comment on that last summary edit of the film. It was so not true. I'm sorry. I am really sorry. I ask for your forgiveness. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahjong705 ( talk • contribs) 01:41, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Is there really fines in the US for age 17-18 students who don't attend optional schooling? That sounds crazy to me. In the UK people can essentially do what they want once they have reached 16. 86.133.230.9 ( talk) 19:47, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for not blocking me. I would be very limited if you did. I just said for you to revert the edit and delete the picture without blocking me. Kay? I won't do it again. Blocky cuzco ( talk) 02:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I put hard effort and work on that picture. How will people know what the 6 LocoRoco look like? Just yellow? They'll think that. What should I do? Post it on the wikimedia commons? Blocky cuzco ( talk) 21:39, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Hey. The FAC nomination for Supernatural (season 2) will probably be ending later this week, and a user has demanded that I get a copy-edit done for the article. Could you please, if you don't mind, copy-edit the article? It's already been copy-edited three times, and the user's demand is pretty much based on what he considers to be over-linking, so I don't think there will be much work to do for it. Thanks. :) Ω pho is 18:00, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello again, Masem -
I'm sure you thought (hoped even!) that you had heard the last of this but consensus was (finally) reached on how to refer to Ireland/Republic of Ireland in other context over at WP:IECOLL. I summarised the outcome of the WP:IECOLL process on the Ireland MOS. You can this summary here.
HighKing is unhappy with this summary. His changes were reverted by Mooretwin, BrownHairedGirl and Superfopp.
Could you look over the summary for fairness and factuality?
It is also been suggested in a discussion on this summary that ArbCom officially conclude the process. If you are satisfied that the process has come to a finality (until 2011 at least) could you get ArbCom "sign off" on its conclusion.
Thanks, --rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid ( coṁrá) 18:32, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
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So based on your logic on using an offensive term because it is used in the movie, in discussions of Huckleberry Finn, we should all be referring to Jim as a "ni****"? Because that is exactly what he is called in the book. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.86.240.101 ( talk) 02:59, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Masem. The Resistance (series) article could really use a picture, I think. Perhaps using one picture would be appropriate? Could you point me to the page of the MoS that discusses this? Jason Quinn ( talk) 18:12, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
For this [15] I hope you don't take it the wrong way. -- BozMo talk 23:00, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
I saw your comment about the FAC queue and I like your version better than the one I put up. How about something like this as an additional option:
That seems pretty simple and isn't subject to some of the objections given so far. What do you think? Mike Christie (talk) 17:57, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated List of Xbox Live Arcade games, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Xbox Live Arcade games. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
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I left some comments, suggestions, and questions. Sorry about doing it so late. It's a very interesting article and I don't think I'll have any qualms about supporting it, I just wanted to leave some minor suggestions first. rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 05:46, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 95% done with around 130 articles left to be swept! Currently there are over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 3 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. Per my message last month, although we did not review 100 articles last month, I still made a donation of $90 (we had 90 reviews completed/initiated) to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps reviewers. I would like to thank everyone's efforts for last month, and ask for additional effort this month so we can be finished. I know you have to be sick of seeing these updates (as well as Sweeps itself) by now, so please do consider reviewing a few articles if you haven't reviewed in a while. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 02:37, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey man. Just wanted to let you know your Rapture article is looking really good so far. Keep up the good work! AlexHOUSE ( talk) 16:49, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Are you calling me wordy? =) Long episode. =P -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 23:07, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
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Better late than never!
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For your hard work on nicely cleaning up the plot sections of the three Back To The Future articles -- Lyverbe ( talk) 23:59, 19 February 2010 (UTC) |
I'm trying to write an article on Fontaine, but I'm having difficulty writing the plot summary of this character for an obvious reason; it's a pretty grey line. Halp? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 22:57, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
I saw the deletion debate Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fan fiction terms (2nd nomination) and thought you might be able to save it. -- Gavin Collins ( talk| contribs) 22:30, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! -- Hammersoft ( talk) 16:09, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Not sure what I did to start the fire at Monty, but it looks like Meat/Socks will have their way. I'll leave the page in your hands, as friendly communication is not the answer. 173.144.172.98 ( talk) 04:01, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
I told the IP it was in the movie, and he continued to demand that it needed a source. That's either trolling or total cluelessness, take your pick. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 06:55, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi. A user appears to be mass-deleting good links from articles, eg here, a link to game-credits and screenshots removed. I've left a note on his talkpage, and tracked down the original discussion to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/Archive_76#MobyGames_paid_Wikipedia.3F, but don't have time today to go any further in investigating/preventing this damage. Any idea what to do? (I don't object to removing poor-links, of which there may be some mixed in, but blanket-deletions are more harm than help). Thanks. -- Quiddity ( talk) 21:49, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey there, so I erred in my first attempt to try to fix it. What was wrong with my previous edit? Wouldn't you agree that the way the summary is written now takes some liberties with the plot?-- The lorax ( talk) 04:41, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
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'Kay, thanks for the detailed edit summary! WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/ complex 14:30, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
Can you review Shigeru Miyamoto. -- Pedro J. the rookie 00:00, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
I reviewed Guitar Hero: Van Halen check it out. -- Pedro J. the rookie 20:09, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
If "holiday season" is common, are you also going to remove the link right after that to Microsoft Windows? How about video game or morse code? Rhetorical, I don't care what your answer is. -- 82.171.70.54 ( talk) 04:21, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
I undid your revision of the songs I added to Weird Al's noncommercially released list-- they appear at the very bottom of the list on the official site and that same link is used to verify almost every other song on that list so why not those? http://www.weirdal.com/setlists.htm "or these unrecorded or unreleased "concert-only" songs: A Matter Of Crust (A Matter of Trust) - in Food Medley, Albuquerque - special "fake" version, Beverly Hillbillies/Miss You, China Grove, Close To You, Hot Beets (Heartbeat) - in Food Medley, Inna Gadda Da Vida, It's A Gas, Last Train To Clarksville, Love Me Two Times, More Than A Filling (More Than A Feeling) - in a medley, Orgy On My Own, Purple Haze, Radio Radio, Rio Rancho, Rocky Road Hoochie Koo, School's Out, Smoke On The Water, Sweet Home Alabama, Sweet Home Albuquerque, We Won't Eat Another Hero (We Don't Need Another Hero) - in Food Medley Whole Lotta Love, Wipeout, You Light Up My Life (punk version)" Lisa mynx ( talk) 10:31, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
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Hello Masem, I noticed you reverted my edit to Rhythm game earlier, and you were right to do so - at least with regard to the genre term. I've thought about it a bit more and written up my objections to the term currently used on the talk page there. I hope we (and anyone else interested) can reach a good consensus on this. Thanks! Personman ( talk) 08:28, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
Helo there. I understand you are an Admin. I think User: William M. Connolley, an Admin (who previously blocked me), is abusing his power at List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom. He is calling my insertion of a "citation" tag (as no source is tagged for a Taiwan / RoC entry as "edit warring". I have to tread carefully because he will likely block me again if I try to revert his change. Could you wade in with yor tuppence on the relevant talk page. Otherwise, if you won't, is there a page where these sorts of complaints can be made? Regards. Redking7 ( talk) 18:30, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Ireland Collaboration is melting down. Weeks and weeks of it are not getting us anywnere. Some progress has been made. See the talk page. We really need guidance from you now. -- Evertype· ✆ 13:59, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello Masem, I believe the Collaboration process-in-question, is eroding my brain; ahhhhh. GoodDay ( talk) 20:42, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
So you like to play games? 98.26.147.251 ( talk) 01:46, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Treat those users well. They may be new, and not understand Wikipedia much yet, but they are well intended. Don't just throw policies at them, explain, teach, etc. Cheers, and thanks, Prodego talk 05:46, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
I think you'd better fix that " Oppose" on your FLC... it's a great list, make it pass! igordebraga ≠ 04:31, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Please see the "RE: Image Galleries" section on Hammersoft's talk page for a reply. Since this will be going back and forth (with many replies for awhile) you might want to check it often or watchlist it. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 05:25, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Masem, please see this discussion on finalizing the ballot paper. -- Evertype· ✆ 08:14, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
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Masem, please lock the ballot paper and we will begin the poll. -- Evertype· ✆ 08:14, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Masem,
I'm having difficultly getting anyone to do this by the usual means. There is a problem with the voting template. It's a bug that means the template breaks for people with fancy sigs. The change fixes the bug, no more. It means too that the instructions on the ballot page need to be updated with slightly different instruction for using the template.
Could you update the template and ballot page as requested hered.
Thanks, --rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid ( coṁrá) 19:06, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Delivered by SoxBot ( talk) at 05:06, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem; I have added back the latest update. Would you please tell me why you saw fit to remove it? Without discussion (with me)? This is especially outrageous given that the actual votes coming in are proving beyond reasonable doubt that my contention re British voting strength is correct. Are you trying to deny reality? Sarah777 ( talk) 18:55, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem,
At least two voters have removed their votes to avoid being "ethnically profiled" or being "added to some POV warriors statistics": Nanonic and Andrwsc.
It was agreed that, "Non-trivial sanctions will be imposed for canvassing, forum shopping, ballot stuffing, sock puppetry, meat puppetry or otherwise manipulating the ballot (or attempting to do so)." At one time a straight 12-month block was aired. Voter intimidation is surely a serious matter. Can you please do something to stop it.
--rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid ( coṁrá) 19:44, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
There is a serious problem here, and it's you Masem and your handling of the issue. I'd suggest some drastic action, but the chances of having something done is next too zero! -- Domer48 'fenian' 20:05, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem. Do you think going to Arbcom enforcement to try and get Sarah blocked is fair. You may have been right asking her to remove her text, but come on, you were really quick off the mark taking her there. This could have been sorted quickly without this. No drama, no fuss. I have a feeling most of those who disagreed with her profiling would not want her blocked, just reverted. Jack forbes ( talk) 21:45, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
User:Cadbury Wispa has broken the Arbcom ruling of moving pages using ROI/Ireland. Please see the history of the page in question [here]. The user is a sock puppet of a previous disruptive user User:Dylanmckane. Can you sort it out? Thanks. 83.43.216.214 ( talk) 17:24, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
I've been accused of sectarianism here. I asked the editor to retract the allegation, but he has refused. Can you advise if there is anything I can do to have the allegation removed? Mooretwin ( talk) 21:33, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible for you to rule on the question of stricken votes at the Ireland poll talk page to avoid further unnecessary drama brought on by my initial post? I think the issue is cut and dried on this minor question. Sswonk ( talk) 13:57, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, didn't realize there was any consensus on this. Axem Titanium ( talk) 04:33, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Delivered by SoxBot ( talk) at 04:27, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem, no doubt you've been keeping an eye on goings-on at the Ireland poll. I've been expecting you to pop in. Before I start what is going to sound like a big whinge and moan, genuinely I'd like to thank you for the huge amount of effort and time you've put in. It's a thankless job, but I'd like to at least let you know that your efforts were appreciated. But Sarah's block today by an involved admin, with no response by you or other admins (and I *know* that Sarah's Talk page is on perma-watch by dozens of admins) takes a lot of credibility out of the vote and effectively puts an end to the process. Coupled with the fact that the initial intentions behind the vote in the first place (a comprehensive compromise involving article titles and article content) has now been overtaken by numerous editors attempting to cement the status quo in place for 2 years. Arbcom did not give a mandate for that, and I did not sign up for such a process. So I'm withdrawing from the process altogether, and I don't believe that this process has any credibility any longer. It's a pity, seeing as how close we came with Mooretwins proposal. -- HighKing ( talk) 22:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Well, I was looking at Dhani's goofy mug and I realized Giles Martin should be represented as well. He's clearly the most important person to the game in terms of the audio. T. H. McAllister ( talk) 18:22, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
There's one at the Ed Sullivan Theater at the official site's promo section ( [2]) but it doesn't show the vocal harmonies. Why not put the Ed Sullivan shot that's already in the article in the art production section and remove the image from the opening cinematic? At the moment, the opening cinema image only useful as a representation of what it looks like, while the Ed Sullivan image at least includes the caption detailing how the Apple archives were used to shape the in-game visuals. I'll try to set it up now. T. H. McAllister ( talk) 18:51, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem, there is enough nonsense being put onto the page, do we have to endure these inane additions
[3]?
Tfz
19:51, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Masem, I suppose while the tension is high at the Colab page, I should restrain my 'laid back humour'. GoodDay ( talk) 22:38, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
I know you were involved in the discussion regarding their use some time back, and wanted to bring your attention to something.
In reviewing the high use NFCC list, I'm seeing a large number of sports logos listed. I was avoiding those because of all the brouhaha it causes, but out of curiosity checked out File:Usc football logo.gif. From there, I was looking at the logo's use on 1951 USC Trojans football team (which didn't have a rationale), and a thought suddenly occurred to me. "This logo looks pretty modern for 1951". So, I went digging. I couldn't find when the logo was adopted, but I did find it was missing on O. J. Simpson's uniform in 1968, his last year on the team. The earliest use of it that I could find was in the 1970s. I removed the logo from entries from before 1970 primarily because they were missing rationales, but probably a considerably more important point was that this logo was not their logo in that day. I did a similar check on the Texas Longhorns "Bevo" logo. Interestingly enough, it quite possibly didn't come into use until 1961. See this page regarding the 1960 Cotton Bowl. Contrast with the page on the 1962 Cotton Bowl. The 1960 bowl game was famous for a brawl that erupted between the teams. Look at this photo (which is very large, and you can see details readily) of the brawl. Not one Texas player has the logo on their uniforms, nor any Texas staff member. Oops. In the 1962 page, we can see the logos on the helmets in the various images.
I think what has been happening is the people putting the logos on the "<Year> <team> season" articles are not doing any checking to see if the current logo actually applies to the seasons in question. Some logos are quite modern and were only recently invented. Some are old. But, even old ones like the Texas logo need to be checked. This is true whether the logos are free of copyright or not. -- Hammersoft ( talk) 15:55, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Do you have a subscription to NGamer? « ₣M₣ » 19:00, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Don't mention it. I had to write and self-edit almost the entirety of the article for The Velvet Underground and Nico. It can be a headache. Editing the work of others is far easier than editing your own work. T. H. McAllister ( talk) 23:33, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
My bad on deleting the Wii column. I didn't realize the full list was pulling information from the other three tables. T. H. McAllister ( talk) 02:12, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem, do we have to endure this dribble on a daily basis [4]. There is nobody claiming ownership to anything, and most knows that. Tfz 02:22, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Of course this exemplifies what I have said: Options A, B, and F are offensive to some people, and Options A, B, and F are problematic. BritishWatcher would appear to be offended by Options A and B... Tfz would appear to be offended by Option F. Option E is getting very good support. At present I see it as the only solution (taking into account that Masem has said that the Poll gives us information about what the majority think, which can help us to make a decision when the Poll closes). -- Evertype· ✆ 07:39, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
By accident I came across User:Wgh001 editing the RoI article and remembered he/she had been ivolved in the debate at some stage. Yet no notification of the poll was posted on the user's page. How is that? I thought everyone involved in the debate was going to be notified? (I have now added the template). Sarah777 ( talk) 03:19, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
I know you're an experienced VG page editor, so I thought I'd let you know that I flagged the Compilation packs for the Grand Theft Auto series article for deletion. I think it's pretty obvious that the article needs to be deleted, but ould you express your opinion here? VG Editor ( talk) 08:51, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem - since you're the mediator, or whatever, at the IECOLL poll, I thought I would bring this to your attention. User:Sarah777 removed this comment by Srnec from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Poll on Ireland article names, calling it a personal attack against her. I think that the case for this being a personal attack is questionable, and that, at any rate, if anyone is going to be removing it, it should not be her. (Personally, I'm pretty dubious of the merit of removing all but the most egregious personal attacks from non-user talk pages. Taken too far, this can be chilling to debate, and gives a false sense of what is said. As such, I restored it. Sarah then removed it again, and posted a note on my talk page accusing me of a personal attack by restoring it. At any rate, I really don't want to get into it again with Sarah, so I thought I'd just point it out to you and leave you to decide what to do. Thanks for your attention. john k ( talk) 01:52, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
This matter should've been between Srnec & Sarah. GoodDay ( talk) 20:48, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Delivered by SoxBot ( talk) at 03:00, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem, I think it would be a good idea to remove all unfounded spin from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ireland_Collaboration/Poll_on_Ireland_article_names page, as it can get quite tedious having to read the same bald untruths day after day. Tfz 12:06, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
If I remember rightly, it was you who drafted the "images in lists" text adopted at WP:NFC. Can I ask if you could have a look at this discussion at DRV on images of characters from The Mighty Boosh ?
Specifically, am I out of line, or is J. Milburn's latest comment essentially completely ignoring and completely out of step with what was quite a hard thrashed-out consensus? And does my presentation of how the guidance fits with policy more or less get right what you had in mind when you wrote it?
The discussion could use some neutral policy analysis. Jheald ( talk) 14:42, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Masem. Full protection of that talk-page until September 13 (2009), would be fine with me. I'm getting scared to go out at night. GoodDay ( talk) 23:17, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem,
If you have a chance, I'd like to get with you concerning the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Per_station_television_schedules. I'm quite worried that sourced, verifiable and encyclopedic content is going to be deleted by a group of deletion-happy editors who don't understand the value of what they're proposing for deletion because they don't work in that area. As I said earlier in the discussion, the schedules themselves are the subject of non-trivial coverage in many respected sources; I'm disturbed by several of the current remarks, some of which seem to be so senseless as to make me think these editors can't possibly be paying attention to what they're saying (for example, the editors who propose deletion based on WP:NOT a directory; given what #4 says, is it even possible to take such a comment seriously?). What can be done in a discussion where editors aren't paying the least bit of attention to the policies they're citing? Your advice is appreciated. Firsfron of Ronchester 04:20, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
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Masem, just thought you should know that there's been even more altering of the voting area with this edit. This clearly should have only been done by you, and only after some considering of the facts. Just because this editor is *now* blocked as a sock doesn't necessarily mean that the vote should be discounted since there's no evidence that he abuses his voting by multiple vote-casting. I expect you should at least make a decision and let it be known on the Talk page... not that I'm endorsing this vote in any way either.... -- HighKing ( talk) 16:56, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
All confirmed un-announced socks should be deleted. GoodDay ( talk) 17:20, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem,
Why not mention the rumours, as long as it's made clear that they are, for now, just rumours? It's the only other information we've really got on a possible sequel for Okami, so I thought it would be worth mentioning - especially since Okamiden could well be short for Okami Gaiden or Okami Densetsu, ie. an Okami spin-off or Legend of Okami. It's certainly very tantalising, especially since this is happening only a short time before Okami for Wii is being released in Japan, thus potentially sparking new interest in a sequel.
Regards, Alphard08 ( talk) 13:35, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem, to be clear:
I ask other editors to refrain from adding to this section until Masem has a chance to respond. Feel free to start your own section if you like... -- HighKing ( talk) 12:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. Currently I'm looking for active editors to participate in the Atlus Task Force, a proposed task force of WikiProject Video games which covers articles related to Atlus and its products. I noticed that you've contributed quite a bit to Persona 3 and Persona 4, so would you be interested in helping out? If so, could you please leave a comment on WP:VG's talk page. Thanks! Heavyweight Gamer ( talk) 08:57, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Masem, two votes in the Ireland poll struck me as being particularly suspicious. In an excahnge with RedKing, I (for better or for worse) identified them as potential sock/meat puppets on the ballot talk page. What I wrote was as follows:
Insectgirl has since removed her vote citing my comment. (I should say that I further find it suspicious that he/she would/could do so - i.e. that an editor that contributed only for two days in 2008, only logging in again to place a vote one year later, should spot a comment expressing susicion about him/her within a few hours of it being made. For someone who did not make a single edit for over a year after registering, or a single once since casting her vote, he/she sure had an eagle eye on that page!)
HighKing has opened a thread discussing my comments and Insectgirl's withdrawl of her vote. Can you express a view on these two votes and my comments on them? --rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid ( coṁrá) 12:21, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Watching this from a self-imposed hiatus since the 8-13 "chill", I am beginning to wonder if the easiest compromise to be reached at this point would be one in which Masem freezes the entire process as "flawed", for several reasons, and begins discussion of the possibility of restaging the vote with a revised set of rules, and possibly choices. Sswonk ( talk) 14:26, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Masem. I've modified my opinon on this topic & am acceptable to your & HighKing's views. GoodDay ( talk) 19:51, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Or at least, help me finish up. I've basically added most of what I'm going to add (maybe some more reception), but it's really just sourcing, copyediting, and placement of certain comments from developers, reviewers, and others. You can find it here. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 22:18, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
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I love the game Peggle. When I read the article here, it definitely looked like some serious work went into it. After going through the history, it looks like a large chunk of the article was written by you. So, I'm here to say thanks! It's definitely one of the better games that PopCap Games has released recently; I figure that Bejeweled is usually considered their masterpiece, but I never really liked it all that much; same goes with Zuma. I think that Plants vs. Zombies is the bee's knees though, and probably a bit better than Peggle actually because it involves less luck and requires more strategy :) Gary King ( talk) 07:30, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
- ;) rst20xx ( talk) 17:53, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Three other ideas I have are the Weighted Companion Cube, Chell, and the Portal Gun, but I have a good feeling that the latter two are not significant enough to warrant their own articles. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 00:52, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I noticed that Ico's North American release was on September 24, which is coming up...have you considered nominating it for Today's Featured Article? It might not have many points since Vagrant Story was on the main page August 10 and Ico has been FA for less than a year, but if no other articles are nominated for that date it might be worth a shot at least... rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 12:25, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
I think that because GLaDOS is more about her audio than her imagery, and an article can often sustain three fair use images that warrant use, I think this article could sustain an image and two sound files easily. Anyway, my proposal is that a second sound file be added to demonstrate the change from a computerized voice to an insane voice. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 18:58, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
You supported:
WP:AFD:ARSify I thought you maybe interested in this: Wikipedia:Article_Incubator which will go live soon. Your comments are very welcome. Ikip ( talk) 20:37, 13 September 2009 (UTC) |
Hmm, well, I think the notion of a P217 article is sustainable; Scribblenauts' article seems like it'll be just big enough, and Post 217 might seem a bit extra if included in full. It's certainly proven itself as a meme, and has had multiple official responses from 5th Cell. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 22:49, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated Complete list of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Complete list of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
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I have nominated List of Rock Band track packs, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Rock Band track packs. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
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Thankfully, there hasn't been too much hostilities since yesterday. GoodDay ( talk) 16:01, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
Masem, please restore User:Matheuler vote [7] which should not have been removed [8]. Its clear the vote was removed because the persons first edit [9] was on "04:02, 8 August 2009", after the cutoff point. However the user log [10] shows the account was created 27 July 2006 but not used until August 2009.
The vote there for must be restored right away and a full recount take place along with a second declaration following this new information, sadly noone picked up on this before. BritishWatcher ( talk) 18:15, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
1 or 2 votes being allegedly tampered with, hardly justifies invalidating the whole Poll. GoodDay ( talk) 19:17, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Masem. I fear that my advice isn't be followed at the post-Poll discussions. GoodDay ( talk) 15:20, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Still Alive (song) I'm not sure if it's entirely big enough (I've never really worked on any song article before except for Super Mario Bros. theme). What do you think? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 19:32, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
I can't really find any serious attempt by you to actively or strongly encourage the compromise that was mentioned. Sometimes moderation requires passion and more than a laissez-faire hand on the tlller. You may disagree. But I feel that much effort—on my part and the part of others—has been wasted. My faith in the ArbCom process is about nil. I instigated this process in order to try to get a solution to a long-standing problem. We haven't got one. -- Evertype· ✆ 10:24, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Masem, you're doing alright. There's alot of strong political emotions behind these Troubles related topics & it's great to see that you can remain calm. Cheers. GoodDay ( talk) 15:55, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't have "strong emotions" regarding the political elements of this dispute. And I never have. I am disappointed at the failure for conflict resolution to have resolved anything. -- Evertype· ✆ 22:55, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
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Masem, you've gone through a number of development sources for Tales of Monkey Island back when that was first announced, I was wondering if you'd come across one particular source I'm after. Its an interview, possibly in video form, with either Grossman or Stemmle, in which they explain their reasoning for choosing the British actor from CMI over the American actor in EMI for Elaine in TMI; I recall its vaguely connected to the fans' view of the character. Does that ring any bells? I want to use it for Elaine Marley's development section, but I can't for the life of me find where I first saw it. It doesn't seem to be in any of the sources currently in the TMI article. I'm rather hoping that you may have encountered it in the sources you've been through. -- Sabre ( talk) 16:58, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm doing some last-minute cleanup before I nominate Saints Row 2 for GA-status. Obviously, one or two of the images will need to go from Gameplay and Synopsis sections to meet the criteria. Now, I'm asking you for help because nobody gave me a reply when I inquired at the WikiProject VG page and I know you have experience on the matter. Which images do you personally think should go? Thanks, VG Editor ( talk) 00:43, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
I know you have had interest in date formatting in the past, so thought you may perhaps have interest in following or being involved in the discussion of the YYYY-MM-DD format that is ongoing at [11] at the moment.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 08:52, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
Would you be willing to certify an RFC against Gavin.collins? Hiding T 13:22, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for the wait; I've been busy with school and family lately. I'll definitely give the reception section of the article a check, as well as a general review of the entire article. T. H. McAllister ( talk) 17:41, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I don't know if you have any interest in updating the article with new information; some people, myself included, will get something to FA and leave it alone. However, on the off chance that you are interested, I thought I'd tell you that, while working on the Online print archive, I located information not included in the article. The first is an extensive Computer Gaming World preview, with quotes about the game taking influence from Super Mario 64, among other facts. I also found four reviews from notable print publications, including Computer Gaming World and PC Gamer, and an article from Computer Games Magazine that contains numerous quotes from Schafer about the game's conception and development. Like I said: I don't know if you want it, but if you do, there it is. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 10:50, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Congrats on the FL promotion, but be sure to fix the dead link. Dabomb87 ( talk) 03:18, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
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Hi! Please have a look at this diff. Cafone doesn't seem to be exactly a compliment. Could you help? Thank you!-- 93.45.120.166 ( talk) 05:48, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
I couldnt find much on ps2 limitations for gh5. the cover does say rock with 2 guitars OR 2 Basses, that might help the multitap section. there are pics out there on the internet of the ps3 or wii or 360 that are of the song list and i could take a picture of the ps2 songlist because on the bottom of the others it has challenges but not on the ps2 version. I also think that the downloadable songs thing is stated in the article already. NTC TNT ( talk) 14:14, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
(I've changed this topic name from "help" to something more informative.)
Hi, I'm a newbie who added a small new section about PS2 limitations. It got reverted my Masem: "Reverted good faith edits ...; Not necessary (at least as standalone section)."
Yeah it was a pretty small section but I did it that way as it seemed to be in keeping with the existing "Wii-specific features" section, and it could grow larger too.
Any suggestions how to get this PS2 info onto the page then? This really is new info that's close to non-existent on the net. I spent some time trying to find out about the PS2 version but all so-called "PS2 GH5" reviews around are actually generic GH5 reviews without mention of all the bits missing from the PS2 version. I think this info is needed.
146.195.128.174 ( talk) 07:24, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
Skinsmanau here, I'm "146.195.128.174" ... I've now got a proper account. :)
Being a newbie I stuffed up a bit - I didn't check the GH5 page before making the above comment. Looks like before that someone else came along and put my "PS2 Limitations" section back in. I guess there's a demand out there to keep the info. So can we leave it in now Masem without it getting reverted? Thanks.
Skinsmanau ( talk) 03:33, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
May I have the permission to promote Scribblenauts as a good article? Please respond ASAP. Secret Saturdays ( talk) 22:37, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
For The Amazing Race 15, it was shown that Zev and Justin had their fanny pack. Obviously they placed the passport in another bag or something, so could this rule be made slightly clearer? Thanks Mylife2702 07:00, 13 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mylife2702 ( talk • contribs)
Why aint they significant? They're used onmany game review pages, Gears of War 2 for example.
Goku1st ( talk • contribs) 22:30, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
If you have the time I'd like your input on my proposed clarification of WP:Image use policy concerning fair-use/copyright versus public-domain/trademark image use. The proposal is contained here. Thanks. BillTunell ( talk) 21:33, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
See what I mean about wikipedia being an administrative cesspit? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.196.158 ( talk) 18:56, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
You made a comment about rewriting Wikipedia:Notability (news events), but it was truncated. [12] Could you comment on the talk page of the proposal about your reservations? Fences& Windows 16:02, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi, there is currently a proposal to raise the percentage of articles featured topics need to have featured to 50%, from 1 September 2010, and as someone with a topic with less than 50% of articles featured, this change if passed will directly affect you. Any input on your part to the discussion, and opinions both for and against the proposal, would be most welcome - rst20xx ( talk) 01:20, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
I think that the image of GLaDOS, while it gives some idea, isn't really important, as GLaDOS is almost never cited for her appearance as far as I can tell, but for her personality and the way her voice changes. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 20:00, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Regarding User:Koavf removing Category:PlayStation 3 games from games already in Category:PlayStation 3-only games, can you and User:ChimpanzeeUK liase and let me know a list of articles or a way to build a list of articles so that I can sort the mess out. Is it as simple as adding Category:PlayStation 3 games to all articles in Category:PlayStation 3-only games which do not currently have it? Cross posted to User talk:ChimpanzeeUK. Hiding T 22:36, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Hello Masem,
I noticed you uploaded several pictures related to The Beatles: Rock Band from Flickr to Commons. However, you did not categorise the pictures. You surely have noticed the CommonsCat box at the end of The Beatles: Rock Band article, which leads to the relevant category (which I created two weeks before your last uploads). It would be nice if you could categorise pictures you upload, at the very least in the root Commons:Category:Video games so that Commonists can spot it and put it into the relevant categories. An uncategorized picture is as good as lost on Commons.
Also, the Flickr Web Tools allow to use a different name than the one used on Flickr. A title like "File:The Beatles Rock Band - Höfner Bass.jpg" is much more useful than "File:Hofner noBG.jpg".
Cheers, Jean-Fred ( talk) 23:21, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
You mentioned "For example, I have such a table in Guitar Hero because of the number of platforms the series has covered, but I would not use one for Ratchet & Clank since that has been pretty much one platform per game (with two exceptions).". Could you elaborate? Which article? Guitar Hero (video game), Guitar Hero? Ratchet & Clank or Ratchet & Clank (series)? Where are the two exceptions; can you expand? 174.3.111.148 ( talk) 22:01, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Consensus says that tables are not appropriate on Touhou Project. What is the reason a table is used in Ratchet & Clank (series)? 174.3.111.148 ( talk) 04:52, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
is glados the only game character who is in one game that has an article?-- Vaypertrail ( talk) 18:38, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHICH PART OF Opposing Force Blue Shift · Decay and Counter-Strike Online did VALVE CORP develop then??-- Vaypertrail ( talk) 18:45, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Which actor were you referring to in your example? Just curious. Thanks. Equazcion (talk) 22:54, 8 Nov 2009 (UTC)
I understand your concerns; I was just doing so because another user had improperly started a split (I'm not really big on splitting articles like that either, but it was already half done, so....) Thank you for the notice, I'll remember that for the future!-- fetch comms ☛ 01:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem,
As you have been involved in the previous discussions about bibliography pages, I thought you should be notified about a formal proposal here. Any constructive contributions would be welcome.
Happy editing,
Neelix ( talk) 20:07, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem. I wanted to let you know that User:Иван Богданов left another personal attack on my talk page, referring to you and I as gay buddies. I don't personally care, and I'm sure you don't either. But since you warned him previously, I wanted you to be aware. I placed a warning on my talk page in response to him, and to be unambiguous about this issue, I placed at uw-npa2 on his talk page [13]. -- Hammersoft ( talk) 15:51, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Regarding this , I think "unneeded" would have been a far better edit summary. -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 15:28, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
I got a question. Are you gonna fail Sim Tower? You held it for 13 days. Just wanna know. GamerPro64 ( talk) 16:50, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Feel free to close it if you have to. You were asking for more information and doing research is very time consuming, so I haven't gotten around to it yet. Gary King ( talk) 06:09, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Template:Vgy has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ( Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 21:25, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Masem, please see my recent restoration of the consensus-supported version of WP:N. Regarding the recent discussion at WT:N, I agree that some sort of RfC is needed in order to establish a consensus regarding the information discussed. Would you be interested in setting it up? If so, how would you like it to be framed? Also crossposted at FT2's, Hiding's, and Gavin's talk pages. Them From Space 18:34, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Sometimes a second opinion is very helpful. :) I appreciate you taking the time to weigh in. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:13, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia does use spoilers under a plot/ending format. The plot section here should indicate where the story progresses into "ending" territory, as the nature of the final twists is integral to the enjoyment of this work of art. Instead of a general flag, as I used before, we should determine where to stick an "ending" section heading. The plot should cover the basic and introductory story information, i.e. back of the box blurb, and the ending should cover the final few chapters (where the story digresses into its final stages).
"Therefore, Wikipedia no longer carries spoiler warnings, except for the content disclaimer and section headings (such as "Plot" or "Ending") which imply the presence of spoilers."
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spoiler
In this case, I think that the article would best be served by isolating the final two paragraphs of the "plot" heading under a new, "ending" heading. Do you agree?
This was done in good faith, but do you think it reads awkwardly? In any case, the summary needs some clean-up. Connor Towle 02:04, 22 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Convicious ( talk • contribs)
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File:WestVirginiaMountaineers.png has been brought to my attention. So what is the turnout of this discussion? ( Wikipedia:Media copyright questions/Archive/2009/October#Proof) Is it copyrighted or not? Cause if its not, you would've think someone would change it earlier. Project FMF ( talk) 18:32, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
Alt text is now a requirement for featured articles. I thought it might be a good idea to go ahead and include some for Ōkami and any other higher class articles to which you've heavily contributed. ~ Hibana 01:57, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
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Don't know if you want to include this or not, but Grim Fandango was originally titled "Deeds of the Dead" according to GamesRadar [14] (number 85 on the list). Your call. ( Guyinblack25 talk 17:45, 2 December 2009 (UTC))
Hi. I semi-randomly selected you (Firsfron, Masem, Protonk) as major participants in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not/Archive 30#Per station television schedules, which I didn't follow closely. The subject has arisen again at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Forbidding programme guides, and I was wondering if any of you could give a short/neutral summary at the VPump, of what the WT:NOT thread's consensus was, if any. Much thanks. -- Quiddity ( talk) 22:19, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
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I'm drafting an RFC on Gavin at User:Hiding/RFC, appreciate any input you may have. Hiding T 15:46, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
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I was wondering if you'd think there would be something to this? I mean, it has a few soundtracks, and in my searches for sources on Neku Sakuraba, I noticed some praise for its music tracks. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 00:28, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
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Red Star Congratulations, Masem! It's my pleasure to award you December 23, 2009's Red Star for being hard working, kind to others, and for being an excellent user in general. A record of this award will always be kept at User:Meaghan/Shining Stars. Enjoy! Meaghan - Merry Christmas! - 00:51, 23 December 2009 (UTC) You could also receive the next higher up award, the Orange Star! |
Dear Masem,
Wishing you, your family, and friends a very merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate at this time of year), and I hope that the new year will be a good one, in real life, and on the wiki. There is always a reason to spread the holiday spirit; it's a special time of year of almost everyone. ;)
Love and best wishes,
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Merry Christmas! -
00:24, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
Could you not have perhaps joined the conversation on the discussion page about the edit of mine you undid. I would like to know why you disagreed with my reasoning as I assume your edit was made in good faith also. I made a good argument for my edit and the people who originally disagreed with me did not continue the discussion after I countered their contests. If my reasoning for the addition cannot be countered then the addition should be there. Please add to the discussion and dispute my reasoning.
I hope that this can be resolved amicably.
Regards and good wishes,
Thetictoc
monkey
18:24, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Perhaps, then, you could have moved my edit to another section of the article as apposed to deleting it entirely.
Why are there continuity sections for so many of the Doctor Who episode pages if this is not considered good practice?
Thank you for your speedy reply,
Thetictoc
monkey
18:42, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 90% done with only 226 articles remain to be swept! As always, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. With over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 4 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. As an added incentive, if we complete over 100 articles reviewed this month, I will donate $100 to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps participants. I hope that this incentive will help to increase our motivation for completing Sweeps while supporting Wikipedia in the process. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 00:12, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I reviewed the article Guitar Hero: On Tour series, and it passed as a Good Article (yes, I am a reviewer. You can see proof at WP:Good article nominations/List of reviewers). To see why it passed, see Talk:Guitar Hero: On Tour series/GA1, and see the top of the articles' talk page to see which topic it was listed under (it was listed under Video game series, but that's listed under Everyday Life, so technically, it was actually listed under Everyday Life). Just letting you know in case you were curious about the results. -- Ha dg er 04:59, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
I removed the heroes_vs_villains entries from the previous seasons' infoboxes because I couldn't find a reliable source for the cast of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. The main article revision history (for H v. V) says CBS won't officially announce until the 10th. -- Bull Wiki Winkle 03:02, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
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I sincerely apologized for my comment on that last summary edit of the film. It was so not true. I'm sorry. I am really sorry. I ask for your forgiveness. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahjong705 ( talk • contribs) 01:41, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Is there really fines in the US for age 17-18 students who don't attend optional schooling? That sounds crazy to me. In the UK people can essentially do what they want once they have reached 16. 86.133.230.9 ( talk) 19:47, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for not blocking me. I would be very limited if you did. I just said for you to revert the edit and delete the picture without blocking me. Kay? I won't do it again. Blocky cuzco ( talk) 02:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I put hard effort and work on that picture. How will people know what the 6 LocoRoco look like? Just yellow? They'll think that. What should I do? Post it on the wikimedia commons? Blocky cuzco ( talk) 21:39, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Hey. The FAC nomination for Supernatural (season 2) will probably be ending later this week, and a user has demanded that I get a copy-edit done for the article. Could you please, if you don't mind, copy-edit the article? It's already been copy-edited three times, and the user's demand is pretty much based on what he considers to be over-linking, so I don't think there will be much work to do for it. Thanks. :) Ω pho is 18:00, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello again, Masem -
I'm sure you thought (hoped even!) that you had heard the last of this but consensus was (finally) reached on how to refer to Ireland/Republic of Ireland in other context over at WP:IECOLL. I summarised the outcome of the WP:IECOLL process on the Ireland MOS. You can this summary here.
HighKing is unhappy with this summary. His changes were reverted by Mooretwin, BrownHairedGirl and Superfopp.
Could you look over the summary for fairness and factuality?
It is also been suggested in a discussion on this summary that ArbCom officially conclude the process. If you are satisfied that the process has come to a finality (until 2011 at least) could you get ArbCom "sign off" on its conclusion.
Thanks, --rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid ( coṁrá) 18:32, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
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So based on your logic on using an offensive term because it is used in the movie, in discussions of Huckleberry Finn, we should all be referring to Jim as a "ni****"? Because that is exactly what he is called in the book. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.86.240.101 ( talk) 02:59, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Masem. The Resistance (series) article could really use a picture, I think. Perhaps using one picture would be appropriate? Could you point me to the page of the MoS that discusses this? Jason Quinn ( talk) 18:12, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
For this [15] I hope you don't take it the wrong way. -- BozMo talk 23:00, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
I saw your comment about the FAC queue and I like your version better than the one I put up. How about something like this as an additional option:
That seems pretty simple and isn't subject to some of the objections given so far. What do you think? Mike Christie (talk) 17:57, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated List of Xbox Live Arcade games, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Xbox Live Arcade games. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
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I left some comments, suggestions, and questions. Sorry about doing it so late. It's a very interesting article and I don't think I'll have any qualms about supporting it, I just wanted to leave some minor suggestions first. rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 05:46, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 95% done with around 130 articles left to be swept! Currently there are over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 3 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. Per my message last month, although we did not review 100 articles last month, I still made a donation of $90 (we had 90 reviews completed/initiated) to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps reviewers. I would like to thank everyone's efforts for last month, and ask for additional effort this month so we can be finished. I know you have to be sick of seeing these updates (as well as Sweeps itself) by now, so please do consider reviewing a few articles if you haven't reviewed in a while. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 02:37, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey man. Just wanted to let you know your Rapture article is looking really good so far. Keep up the good work! AlexHOUSE ( talk) 16:49, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Are you calling me wordy? =) Long episode. =P -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 23:07, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
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Better late than never!
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For your hard work on nicely cleaning up the plot sections of the three Back To The Future articles -- Lyverbe ( talk) 23:59, 19 February 2010 (UTC) |
I'm trying to write an article on Fontaine, but I'm having difficulty writing the plot summary of this character for an obvious reason; it's a pretty grey line. Halp? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 22:57, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
I saw the deletion debate Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fan fiction terms (2nd nomination) and thought you might be able to save it. -- Gavin Collins ( talk| contribs) 22:30, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! -- Hammersoft ( talk) 16:09, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Not sure what I did to start the fire at Monty, but it looks like Meat/Socks will have their way. I'll leave the page in your hands, as friendly communication is not the answer. 173.144.172.98 ( talk) 04:01, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
I told the IP it was in the movie, and he continued to demand that it needed a source. That's either trolling or total cluelessness, take your pick. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 06:55, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi. A user appears to be mass-deleting good links from articles, eg here, a link to game-credits and screenshots removed. I've left a note on his talkpage, and tracked down the original discussion to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/Archive_76#MobyGames_paid_Wikipedia.3F, but don't have time today to go any further in investigating/preventing this damage. Any idea what to do? (I don't object to removing poor-links, of which there may be some mixed in, but blanket-deletions are more harm than help). Thanks. -- Quiddity ( talk) 21:49, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey there, so I erred in my first attempt to try to fix it. What was wrong with my previous edit? Wouldn't you agree that the way the summary is written now takes some liberties with the plot?-- The lorax ( talk) 04:41, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated 2009 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series (2nd nomination). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
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Thanks to everyone's amazing efforts in February, we have reviewed all of the articles and are now finished with Sweeps! There are still about 30 articles currently on hold, and once those reviews are completed, I will send you a final message about Sweeps process stats including the total number of articles that were passed and failed. If you have one of these open reviews, be sure to update your count when the review is completed so I can compile the stats. You can except to receive your award for reviewing within the next week or two. Although the majority of the editors did not start Sweeps at the beginning in August 2007 (myself included), over 50 editors have all come together to complete a monumental task and improve many articles in the process. I commend you for sticking with this often challenging task and strengthening the integrity of the GA WikiProject as well as the GAs themselves. I invite you to take a break from reviewing (don't want you to burn out!) and then consider returning/starting to review GANs and/or contribute to GAR reviews. With your assistance, we can help bring the backlog down to a manageable level and help inspire more editors to improve articles to higher classes and consider reviewing themselves. Again, thank you for putting up with difficult reviews, unhappy editors, numerous spam messages from me, and taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 02:33, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
'Kay, thanks for the detailed edit summary! WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/ complex 14:30, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
Can you review Shigeru Miyamoto. -- Pedro J. the rookie 00:00, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
I reviewed Guitar Hero: Van Halen check it out. -- Pedro J. the rookie 20:09, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
If "holiday season" is common, are you also going to remove the link right after that to Microsoft Windows? How about video game or morse code? Rhetorical, I don't care what your answer is. -- 82.171.70.54 ( talk) 04:21, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
I undid your revision of the songs I added to Weird Al's noncommercially released list-- they appear at the very bottom of the list on the official site and that same link is used to verify almost every other song on that list so why not those? http://www.weirdal.com/setlists.htm "or these unrecorded or unreleased "concert-only" songs: A Matter Of Crust (A Matter of Trust) - in Food Medley, Albuquerque - special "fake" version, Beverly Hillbillies/Miss You, China Grove, Close To You, Hot Beets (Heartbeat) - in Food Medley, Inna Gadda Da Vida, It's A Gas, Last Train To Clarksville, Love Me Two Times, More Than A Filling (More Than A Feeling) - in a medley, Orgy On My Own, Purple Haze, Radio Radio, Rio Rancho, Rocky Road Hoochie Koo, School's Out, Smoke On The Water, Sweet Home Alabama, Sweet Home Albuquerque, We Won't Eat Another Hero (We Don't Need Another Hero) - in Food Medley Whole Lotta Love, Wipeout, You Light Up My Life (punk version)" Lisa mynx ( talk) 10:31, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
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