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Well, I only know the mission briefings because I double checked them the other day when I wrote it up. I like the style of how the storyline and missions go. When I initially wrote it, the object was to write a summary of the game and reference the levels so that when you're reading along you can look over on the side and see a timeline of the events in the game. Hence parts where I put the level name in quotes, like "Depot", "Silo", and "Frigate". I honestly hate the way Half-Life 2 is setup right now as far as how their story goes. Besides that its all over the place, I don't like how it's broken down into a list. Theres no reason for that. I don't particularly think the storyline section we have is too detailed, but I do believe that some parts might be written in a way to make it seem like the story is virtually identical to the film or novelization when in reality, its not. It's based on, yes, but they're not the same. (Silo, Frigate, Depot, going to Severnaya etc) Thats why I initially wrote it with some insight saying "this part wasn't in the film" etc. May not have have been a great idea, but I wanted to make the summary seem like it had a purpose instead of just rewritting the plot summary of the movie.
The Cold War bit, I don't know. Being based on the movie - the first scene took place "9 years ago". The movie, released in 1995, would make that roughly 1986. The surface level in the game states it takes place "4 years ago", but 4 years ago from what? Does the game actually take place in 1995? Its never said and its possible the game is saying that the Severnaya level took place 4 years before the Dam level. So... your guess is as good as mine. I could be missing something - I'd ax the line just because we don't know. K1Bond007 20:49, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
Hi there. I'm pretty sure that ACE was the predecessor of Edge - you're right it's not in the Edge archives, but, in itself, that's not completely surprising. The reason that I wanted to mention it was from the Top Banana article (one of the external links for that also mentions ACE becoming Edge). Anyway, keep an eye out for more info if you like, Thanks, Trollderella 17:20, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
why did you revert my trivia about matrix in latin? It seems quite interesting and relevant. njh 04:57, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Whoops, ya I obviously forgot that line. :) I still maintain that it's too trivial though. Thanks for pointing it out. K1Bond007 19:22, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey Nick, I dont know if you're a "moderator" for the PDZ forum, but I'd like to contribute a lot to that (as well as some other video games for the 360). If you could help me out a bit, direct me to some links, or even help me become a member that controls the PDZ article that would be cool too. Thanks for you help, and hope to hear from you. -- Dukester101 04:16, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
DUDE, we decided to do the same thing the same time...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_Characters_in_the_Matrix_Universe
Howzabuot we do it together..? mine is a little more "cleaned up" and I added the nice Introductory text (which should be expanded, if you may)
So be it. I'm doing some changes to (y)our art. VdSV9• ♫ 12:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
I'll fix all the links from Charname (Matrix character) to #charname now. VdSV9• ♫ 12:49, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
How very nice, even though I was already working on it.. However, its all the human characters, rather than program characters, which have a page I already made. It should be changed to List of minor humans of the Matrix series. Atropos 23:43, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Man, Morpheus introduces Neo to the construct program one day before the Dojo Fight, you're messing things up. You know... the first time Neo is plugged while in the Neb... Him and Morpheus in a white place, the red armchair, "you believe it to be 1999, but in fact its 2199...". "...to change human beings into this" "lemme out!" Neo vomits... It's only the next day... Tank shows up on Neo's room "did sleep?" "you will tonight, I garantee it!" ... "I know kung fu" "show me" ... "This is a sparring program, similar to the matrix... rules can be bent, others broken" remember now or should I go on? Plus, I do believe (and it seems I'm not the only, we can start a discussion on the talk page if we must) that the blue pill and red pill should be in bold or italics or both, I'll leave it in italics.
I'm gonna change a few things back. VdSV9• ♫ 18:29, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Hello there, long time no talk. Well, that To-Do list is a mess (my fault actually...) What do you say we 'reset' it? --
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Thanks for your recent edits to the Perfect Dark article, I think it's a pretty strong article now. Perhaps you would like to contribute to the Featured Article debate? Soo 16:09, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
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Read the entry in Talk:The Beatles as to why the infobox listing for former members is the way it is. Steelbeard1 19:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Haha, no, that's not the greatest reasoning ever. And seriously, that was just not a good template. Thanks for the heads up. -- Kicking222 01:49, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
It timed out once I restarted my computer, for me. I replaced it back with the search link. I think with the link you have of the "tribute" coupled with the "search" link, it should be sufficient. That's a crap problem on the AA website. We should probably include (if not already done, I haven't re-read the section) the bit about the "Saturn Award" that is on the "tribute" page. I know the Saturn Awards don't time out their pages. Bignole 20:51, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for fixing my contribution. I always figure someone's going to come along and delete or flag or vandalize. It's nice when it's an improvement. NjtoTX 00:00, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Be careful of User:Wildroot. Despite how many times I try to assume good faith, he is in constant violation of WP:OWN and always blanks my copyedits. Alientraveller 08:30, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
You asked a question in an edit summary about how to cite an article that was reprinted in a book. The best way is to cite what you saw. So, if you only read the reprint in the book, you cite the book. You might add a comment about where the article originally appeared, with the intent being to help a future researcher by
So, rather than starting with "Originally published in MoJo...", I'd put that at the end. — John Cardinal ( talk) 17:22, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I see you removed the comma from a date the "The Matrix" article with the foundation that it would be inserted according to the user's preferences. That is actually not correct. The date only gets parsed if the month and day are linked and, also, the year. Perhaps you'd like to read a recent discussion on my talk page here for further information and a test page that I made here. Happy editing. TINY MARK 19:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Dear Nick R, We have noticed that you have recently edited Red Dwarf related articles and we think you would make a great member of Red Dwarf WikiProject. -- Nreive ( talk) 09:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC) |
I noticed that you are a big contributor in the "List of Sega Mega Drive games", and I'd like to invite you to contribute to the Talk:List of Nintendo 64 games#Removal of Alternate Titles and Number of Players where we are discussing the use of keeping alternate titles in the "List of...games" some have suggested that they take up too much space and that other columns could seem to be "useful only to fans", and other things that have been mentioned that, and other 'List of' talk pages. I know you might be watching the page and seen how I mention this on the Mega Drive games list page, but I hope you'll come and give you opinion, and hopefully keep these type of concerns from arising again and again at each "List of" pages. ( Floppydog66 ( talk) 22:24, 18 December 2008 (UTC))
You recently removed an addition to the cast list in this article. The addition (which i had made) was of a minor, named, character in the film. If it is to remain omitted, I think the heading should probably be amended to read principal cast and characters, otherwise it will suffer from having an arbitrary cutoff as to who should be in and who out. Any views? Cheers. hamiltonstone ( talk) 01:11, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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I've responded to your query at Talk:Halo (series). Thanks for the helpful (and well-cited/written) additions! Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 16:35, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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GoldenEye 007 was nominated by the GA for someone, and then withdrawn - and I had even started fixing GA requests. Being the primary editor, what do you think it's needed before a renomination? Thanks. igordebraga ≠ 05:01, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I was just wondering if you planned on taking this article to GAN. The article seems basically done. Being the primary editor, I think you are the best person to nominate it. If you do not want to do it, I myself will nominate it and deal with the possible issues. -- Niwi3 ( talk) 16:22, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
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Yes, it was intentional since I felt it was better to leave it as it was. To be frank, I admit I'm a bit finicky and obsessed with the article, and I hate that. Obsession is a bad thing. Anyway, if you think my edits can damage the article, feel free to undo them as long as you have a fair reason. -- Niwi3 ( talk) 21:44, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
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I think we were close to a consensus, and now the article has taken the opposite direction, you should check it out. — GabeMc ( talk) 04:41, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
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Please don't return unsourced material to wikipedia pages and remove sourced material, as you did on Joss Whedon. Bulldog123 16:46, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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I think I should explain to you a bit why I undid the edit on The Matrix article. I understand that 'upon reaching the exit' is grammatically correct way to say that Neo's reached the room. There's nothing wrong with it grammatically. But I would like to point out that Wikipedia is written for everyone. That includes the readers who've never seen the movie as well. When you said 'Upon reaching the exit,' it is possible for some readers to think that he's reached it safely and proceeds, while 'Before reaching the exit,' though it seems a nitpicking, eliminates that possible image and put the readers on the right track. I would like to point out too, that language concerns and its clarity is a factor in nominating or evaluating this article a good article. (See Wikipedia:Good article criteria)If it could be more clearer through a bit nitpicking, while I'm aware that you wrote this section, please overcome the feeling of being offended by an edit.
Also, when you state a reason for editting, 'it's an OK way to describe it' does not exactly clarify why you editted it, saying 'It's not this or that' doesn't explain why it is. Please state why instead. Please follow wp:horse.
And regarding the Matrix's relation to Neo, I added that for readers who haven't seen the movie too. Forget for a moment that we don't know what 'The Matrix' is about. When someone take a pill, if it comes from a bad person, you could end up being drugged and subjected to many bad things. This is true in real crimes. Please don't forget that some readers who've never seen the Matrix before can very well arrive at this conclusion. Stating that 'he wakes up some place else later' doesn't get rid of this possibility. So I stated that Neo's woken up from the silmulated reality for some readers' benefit. I did the same to 'reaching the exit' for a similar reason. That you think you have a better way to word it is fine, as I can see that you originally wrote it, but again, please overcome the feeling of being offended by an edit. Anthonydraco ( talk) 10:02, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Also, since you seem to know the reason of my edit and how I work now, I assume that we can work together without too much talking and explaining. I'd prefer not to annoy you with my explanations. Feel free to drop a message if you need to know more reasons aside from what I put in the reason box. Anthonydraco ( talk) 13:41, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
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I agree with the last edit - I didn't mean to loose that bit when I did my edit, so sorry for the poor tweak! Cheers - SchroCat ( ^ • @) 21:36, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Nick,
Regarding red pills/blue pills description, your wording is fine grammatically, but it feels somehow leaned toward one side because you only describe blue pills. As it is, readers might ask "What the heck are red pills then?" Even if what happens after Neo takes the red pill is narrated later, I think it still doesn't answer this question very clearly. If you wanna describe only the red ones, there will be the same questions about the blues. So you'll end up needing to do both, which is excessive. I think this blue pills/red pills thing is very trivial. Non-fans will not understand its significance without watching the movie anyway, so I think we can just remove the details about the choosing or what they are altogether.
How about?
"Undeterred, Neo meets with Morpheus and proves that he wants to learn more by swallowing an offered red pill. Neo then abruptly wakes up in..." and so on?
I would like to ask your opinion as well. I know you didn't do the overhaul of the plot section (or did you?), but I'd like your input just the same.
Do you think "laws of physics" seem too excessive? I think physical laws read fine.
"Morpheus allows himself to be captured to let Neo and the crew escape." Do you think we should name Neo separately? Neo has been mentioned as a part of the group. Shouldn't we just skip his name?
Regarding "the humans' subterranean refuge" I think we should say "the humans' last refuge" here. We need least word to convey the importance. And the word subterranean, while cooler, doesn't convey the importance of Zion. Why is a subterranean refuge that important when there could be other refuge in the sky, etc. "The humans' LAST refuge" on the other hand...
And this paragraph: "In the Matrix, the Agents, led by Smith, interrogate Morpheus in an attempt to learn his access codes to the mainframe computer in Zion, the humans' subterranean refuge in the real world. Neo resolves to return to the Matrix and rescue Morpheus, and with Trinity's help he succeeds; in the process, Neo gains confidence in his ability to manipulate the Matrix."
"Neo resolves to return to the Matrix and rescue Morpheus, and with Trinity's help he succeeds." Do you think this part reads confusing? It could be read as if Neo succeeds in getting into the Matrix instead of suceeds in rescuing Morpheus.
Do you think we can just say "the Agents interrogate Morpheus..."? No need to mention that Smith leads him? It's inconsequential anyway. I would also prefer to add the word 'drug' too, as an interrogation might not sound as terrifying without drugging too. Otherwise, readers could ask, "It's just an interrogation. Why do you really need to rescue him?"
"Neo resolves to return to the Matrix and rescue Morpheus, and with Trinity's help he succeeds; in the process, Neo gains confidence in his ability to manipulate the Matrix." Here, I think we can just say "Neo returns to the Matrix with Trinty and rescues Morpheus." And I would hope we keep the dodging bullet part, since it's the only part in this plot section that say how important Neo is, and much better he has become. This entire story is about Neo, after all.
What do you think? Anthonydraco ( talk) 06:51, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Are you the one who contributed on Production section of The Matrix article? If so, can you help summarize that in lead section too? I'm not sure I'm the best person to do so, since I didn't contribute in that section. If I do it, it's bound to be reworded anyway. Anthonydraco ( talk) 03:00, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Also, I've started a little discussion regarding the Matrix' lede section. There are quite a wide variety of critiques the movie got, and it's hard to pin down their general direction and put that in the lede. You're invited to participate the discussion. Anthonydraco ( talk) 10:22, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Dear Nick,
While I'm aware that you do not like me very much, could you please reply some of the messages asking for your opinion? It will make our colaboration much easier, especially in the Matrix article if we communicate more efficiently. In that article, there are practically only two of us now who know what we're doing. If you keep ignoring many of my messages, I don't think this project will go anywhere. I try to leave most things you've added to you, but there are things that I would like to edit too, but I do not know whether I should proceed because I do not know what you want or where you stand. Going ahead without informing you or waiting for your feedback won't make you like me more than you do now. I would prefer not to step on your feet for the good of the project, but I can't wait for your answers forever. I'm pretty certain that you've seen some of those messages, can you please reply some of them that require answers? This refers to the questions on the Matrix's talk page in particular. There are only two of us there now. I really want to work with you. Anthonydraco ( talk) 18:48, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Following the previous thread on the talk page, I've extensively re-worked the critical reception section of Skyfall along subject lines, so it now breaks down into the following paragraph structure: summary (RT, best Bond); the film; Craig; supporting cast; Mendes & Deakins; criticism. Does the section now look and feel better? - SchroCat ( talk) 14:43, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, but do you have a copy of this documentary? I would have reformatted the refs, and cited more from it, but I have never seen it, nor do I know where to find it. Can I leave this to you? I've seen some unformatted refs citing The Art of the Matrix. Since it's an actual book where I can find ISBN and such online, I'll fix refs about the book. Anthonydraco ( talk) 05:26, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
If so, sorry. I think I should say it. I've been editing alone for days, and I thought I had the article to myself. If you start editing, and see me doing it a few mins before, can drop me a word? I'll leave it to you. Or maybe you can use Wait template. Anthonydraco ( talk) 12:37, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
Which should we go for? There are only two of us now, so I'll just ask you. An admin suggested that it should all be in one style, and currently we have Style 1 most. Online sources without authors will be too hard to reformatted into SFN style, and I must say it's too complicated for me. I couldn't even get the Reference to link to Bibliography. Do you agree that we should go for inline long citation using the usual citation templates? Anthonydraco ( talk) 06:54, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Topic. Right now, we've pretty much done everything on the to-do list except reformatted citations. The new materials from The Matrix Revisited have expanded short sections to considerable length. At least, they are not pitifully short anymore. I can't find some references, however, for the life of me. But even without the materials tagged as "citation need", we still have considerable amount to offer. Do you have any parts you still want to expand? If not, there doesn't seem to be much else that needs doing anymore. After I reformatted the references, I'll go ask the Language Guild to review our English and then I'll submit this to GA nomination. Is this fine to you? I think I should you ask first. Anthonydraco ( talk) 12:52, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Nick, the copy-editor from the Language Guild has come to do his work on The Matrix article and gone. I assume that since you haven't touched it for about a month, you don't have anything to add for now? If so, I'm going to nominate this to GA. Is this fine? If you have any last bit to add, kindly do so. I'll wait for about half a month. Anthonydraco ( talk) 06:39, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Dear Nick, I apologize for yet another message on your talk page. I've got rid of the close paraphrasing on The Matrix article as the copy-editor asked, and what we quote from the article now seems within reason. You once mention that you want to work on the filming section to avoid listing filming scene by scene. I was the person who added the materials in that section, so I'm willing to admit that I am not the most subjective person to do the cutting/rewriting, as I will regret to part with something in that section, so would you like to do it? This is the very last thing I've been waiting for. I honestly looking forward to it, and I can promise you that once I see you being active on it, I will not touch that section until you inform me that it's done. (Or whatever you want, to make it easier for you.) Right now, the article has no significant change aside from the usual Lana/Larry issue, and has been like that for quite some time. At this rate, with all the waiting and hesitating, it won't be a GA. So we should do something now. Or if you don't want to do something, maybe I'll just try our luck and nominate it GA. Trying and failing is better than letting it be, IMO. How does that sound? Anthonydraco ( talk) 02:53, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Nick, I know we all old editors are sick of this. There are revisionists who insist on starting a discussion and choose to use the over-sensitive, political, and intentional inaccuracy of naming a director of The Matrix "Lana". It's been done million times, I know, but it seems there's a million and first time. -_-
It started on The Matrix talk page. Join us and help us preserve historical accuracy over touchy political sensitivity here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film#Describing_transgendered_individuals Anthonydraco ( talk) 23:14, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
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Hey Nick! Your work on The Matrix is great. I've read the whole article and am generally satisfied with it. What would it take to make the article a good one? I saw that the article once received a peer review but doesn't seem to be relevant any more. I just love the film and would love to see it achieve good article status. Maybe we could cooperate on improving the article. What do you say? What do you think should be changed for a start? Nataev talk 14:02, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
You guess it. It's the same trouble on the Matrix article. I might need a bit of your help convincing people there. Anthonydraco ( talk) 14:59, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
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Well, I only know the mission briefings because I double checked them the other day when I wrote it up. I like the style of how the storyline and missions go. When I initially wrote it, the object was to write a summary of the game and reference the levels so that when you're reading along you can look over on the side and see a timeline of the events in the game. Hence parts where I put the level name in quotes, like "Depot", "Silo", and "Frigate". I honestly hate the way Half-Life 2 is setup right now as far as how their story goes. Besides that its all over the place, I don't like how it's broken down into a list. Theres no reason for that. I don't particularly think the storyline section we have is too detailed, but I do believe that some parts might be written in a way to make it seem like the story is virtually identical to the film or novelization when in reality, its not. It's based on, yes, but they're not the same. (Silo, Frigate, Depot, going to Severnaya etc) Thats why I initially wrote it with some insight saying "this part wasn't in the film" etc. May not have have been a great idea, but I wanted to make the summary seem like it had a purpose instead of just rewritting the plot summary of the movie.
The Cold War bit, I don't know. Being based on the movie - the first scene took place "9 years ago". The movie, released in 1995, would make that roughly 1986. The surface level in the game states it takes place "4 years ago", but 4 years ago from what? Does the game actually take place in 1995? Its never said and its possible the game is saying that the Severnaya level took place 4 years before the Dam level. So... your guess is as good as mine. I could be missing something - I'd ax the line just because we don't know. K1Bond007 20:49, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
Hi there. I'm pretty sure that ACE was the predecessor of Edge - you're right it's not in the Edge archives, but, in itself, that's not completely surprising. The reason that I wanted to mention it was from the Top Banana article (one of the external links for that also mentions ACE becoming Edge). Anyway, keep an eye out for more info if you like, Thanks, Trollderella 17:20, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
why did you revert my trivia about matrix in latin? It seems quite interesting and relevant. njh 04:57, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Whoops, ya I obviously forgot that line. :) I still maintain that it's too trivial though. Thanks for pointing it out. K1Bond007 19:22, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey Nick, I dont know if you're a "moderator" for the PDZ forum, but I'd like to contribute a lot to that (as well as some other video games for the 360). If you could help me out a bit, direct me to some links, or even help me become a member that controls the PDZ article that would be cool too. Thanks for you help, and hope to hear from you. -- Dukester101 04:16, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
DUDE, we decided to do the same thing the same time...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_Characters_in_the_Matrix_Universe
Howzabuot we do it together..? mine is a little more "cleaned up" and I added the nice Introductory text (which should be expanded, if you may)
So be it. I'm doing some changes to (y)our art. VdSV9• ♫ 12:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
I'll fix all the links from Charname (Matrix character) to #charname now. VdSV9• ♫ 12:49, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
How very nice, even though I was already working on it.. However, its all the human characters, rather than program characters, which have a page I already made. It should be changed to List of minor humans of the Matrix series. Atropos 23:43, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Man, Morpheus introduces Neo to the construct program one day before the Dojo Fight, you're messing things up. You know... the first time Neo is plugged while in the Neb... Him and Morpheus in a white place, the red armchair, "you believe it to be 1999, but in fact its 2199...". "...to change human beings into this" "lemme out!" Neo vomits... It's only the next day... Tank shows up on Neo's room "did sleep?" "you will tonight, I garantee it!" ... "I know kung fu" "show me" ... "This is a sparring program, similar to the matrix... rules can be bent, others broken" remember now or should I go on? Plus, I do believe (and it seems I'm not the only, we can start a discussion on the talk page if we must) that the blue pill and red pill should be in bold or italics or both, I'll leave it in italics.
I'm gonna change a few things back. VdSV9• ♫ 18:29, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
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Read the entry in Talk:The Beatles as to why the infobox listing for former members is the way it is. Steelbeard1 19:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Haha, no, that's not the greatest reasoning ever. And seriously, that was just not a good template. Thanks for the heads up. -- Kicking222 01:49, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
It timed out once I restarted my computer, for me. I replaced it back with the search link. I think with the link you have of the "tribute" coupled with the "search" link, it should be sufficient. That's a crap problem on the AA website. We should probably include (if not already done, I haven't re-read the section) the bit about the "Saturn Award" that is on the "tribute" page. I know the Saturn Awards don't time out their pages. Bignole 20:51, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for fixing my contribution. I always figure someone's going to come along and delete or flag or vandalize. It's nice when it's an improvement. NjtoTX 00:00, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
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So, rather than starting with "Originally published in MoJo...", I'd put that at the end. — John Cardinal ( talk) 17:22, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
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You recently removed an addition to the cast list in this article. The addition (which i had made) was of a minor, named, character in the film. If it is to remain omitted, I think the heading should probably be amended to read principal cast and characters, otherwise it will suffer from having an arbitrary cutoff as to who should be in and who out. Any views? Cheers. hamiltonstone ( talk) 01:11, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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GoldenEye 007 was nominated by the GA for someone, and then withdrawn - and I had even started fixing GA requests. Being the primary editor, what do you think it's needed before a renomination? Thanks. igordebraga ≠ 05:01, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I was just wondering if you planned on taking this article to GAN. The article seems basically done. Being the primary editor, I think you are the best person to nominate it. If you do not want to do it, I myself will nominate it and deal with the possible issues. -- Niwi3 ( talk) 16:22, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
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Yes, it was intentional since I felt it was better to leave it as it was. To be frank, I admit I'm a bit finicky and obsessed with the article, and I hate that. Obsession is a bad thing. Anyway, if you think my edits can damage the article, feel free to undo them as long as you have a fair reason. -- Niwi3 ( talk) 21:44, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
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Please don't return unsourced material to wikipedia pages and remove sourced material, as you did on Joss Whedon. Bulldog123 16:46, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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I think I should explain to you a bit why I undid the edit on The Matrix article. I understand that 'upon reaching the exit' is grammatically correct way to say that Neo's reached the room. There's nothing wrong with it grammatically. But I would like to point out that Wikipedia is written for everyone. That includes the readers who've never seen the movie as well. When you said 'Upon reaching the exit,' it is possible for some readers to think that he's reached it safely and proceeds, while 'Before reaching the exit,' though it seems a nitpicking, eliminates that possible image and put the readers on the right track. I would like to point out too, that language concerns and its clarity is a factor in nominating or evaluating this article a good article. (See Wikipedia:Good article criteria)If it could be more clearer through a bit nitpicking, while I'm aware that you wrote this section, please overcome the feeling of being offended by an edit.
Also, when you state a reason for editting, 'it's an OK way to describe it' does not exactly clarify why you editted it, saying 'It's not this or that' doesn't explain why it is. Please state why instead. Please follow wp:horse.
And regarding the Matrix's relation to Neo, I added that for readers who haven't seen the movie too. Forget for a moment that we don't know what 'The Matrix' is about. When someone take a pill, if it comes from a bad person, you could end up being drugged and subjected to many bad things. This is true in real crimes. Please don't forget that some readers who've never seen the Matrix before can very well arrive at this conclusion. Stating that 'he wakes up some place else later' doesn't get rid of this possibility. So I stated that Neo's woken up from the silmulated reality for some readers' benefit. I did the same to 'reaching the exit' for a similar reason. That you think you have a better way to word it is fine, as I can see that you originally wrote it, but again, please overcome the feeling of being offended by an edit. Anthonydraco ( talk) 10:02, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Also, since you seem to know the reason of my edit and how I work now, I assume that we can work together without too much talking and explaining. I'd prefer not to annoy you with my explanations. Feel free to drop a message if you need to know more reasons aside from what I put in the reason box. Anthonydraco ( talk) 13:41, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
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I agree with the last edit - I didn't mean to loose that bit when I did my edit, so sorry for the poor tweak! Cheers - SchroCat ( ^ • @) 21:36, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Nick,
Regarding red pills/blue pills description, your wording is fine grammatically, but it feels somehow leaned toward one side because you only describe blue pills. As it is, readers might ask "What the heck are red pills then?" Even if what happens after Neo takes the red pill is narrated later, I think it still doesn't answer this question very clearly. If you wanna describe only the red ones, there will be the same questions about the blues. So you'll end up needing to do both, which is excessive. I think this blue pills/red pills thing is very trivial. Non-fans will not understand its significance without watching the movie anyway, so I think we can just remove the details about the choosing or what they are altogether.
How about?
"Undeterred, Neo meets with Morpheus and proves that he wants to learn more by swallowing an offered red pill. Neo then abruptly wakes up in..." and so on?
I would like to ask your opinion as well. I know you didn't do the overhaul of the plot section (or did you?), but I'd like your input just the same.
Do you think "laws of physics" seem too excessive? I think physical laws read fine.
"Morpheus allows himself to be captured to let Neo and the crew escape." Do you think we should name Neo separately? Neo has been mentioned as a part of the group. Shouldn't we just skip his name?
Regarding "the humans' subterranean refuge" I think we should say "the humans' last refuge" here. We need least word to convey the importance. And the word subterranean, while cooler, doesn't convey the importance of Zion. Why is a subterranean refuge that important when there could be other refuge in the sky, etc. "The humans' LAST refuge" on the other hand...
And this paragraph: "In the Matrix, the Agents, led by Smith, interrogate Morpheus in an attempt to learn his access codes to the mainframe computer in Zion, the humans' subterranean refuge in the real world. Neo resolves to return to the Matrix and rescue Morpheus, and with Trinity's help he succeeds; in the process, Neo gains confidence in his ability to manipulate the Matrix."
"Neo resolves to return to the Matrix and rescue Morpheus, and with Trinity's help he succeeds." Do you think this part reads confusing? It could be read as if Neo succeeds in getting into the Matrix instead of suceeds in rescuing Morpheus.
Do you think we can just say "the Agents interrogate Morpheus..."? No need to mention that Smith leads him? It's inconsequential anyway. I would also prefer to add the word 'drug' too, as an interrogation might not sound as terrifying without drugging too. Otherwise, readers could ask, "It's just an interrogation. Why do you really need to rescue him?"
"Neo resolves to return to the Matrix and rescue Morpheus, and with Trinity's help he succeeds; in the process, Neo gains confidence in his ability to manipulate the Matrix." Here, I think we can just say "Neo returns to the Matrix with Trinty and rescues Morpheus." And I would hope we keep the dodging bullet part, since it's the only part in this plot section that say how important Neo is, and much better he has become. This entire story is about Neo, after all.
What do you think? Anthonydraco ( talk) 06:51, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Are you the one who contributed on Production section of The Matrix article? If so, can you help summarize that in lead section too? I'm not sure I'm the best person to do so, since I didn't contribute in that section. If I do it, it's bound to be reworded anyway. Anthonydraco ( talk) 03:00, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Also, I've started a little discussion regarding the Matrix' lede section. There are quite a wide variety of critiques the movie got, and it's hard to pin down their general direction and put that in the lede. You're invited to participate the discussion. Anthonydraco ( talk) 10:22, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Dear Nick,
While I'm aware that you do not like me very much, could you please reply some of the messages asking for your opinion? It will make our colaboration much easier, especially in the Matrix article if we communicate more efficiently. In that article, there are practically only two of us now who know what we're doing. If you keep ignoring many of my messages, I don't think this project will go anywhere. I try to leave most things you've added to you, but there are things that I would like to edit too, but I do not know whether I should proceed because I do not know what you want or where you stand. Going ahead without informing you or waiting for your feedback won't make you like me more than you do now. I would prefer not to step on your feet for the good of the project, but I can't wait for your answers forever. I'm pretty certain that you've seen some of those messages, can you please reply some of them that require answers? This refers to the questions on the Matrix's talk page in particular. There are only two of us there now. I really want to work with you. Anthonydraco ( talk) 18:48, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Following the previous thread on the talk page, I've extensively re-worked the critical reception section of Skyfall along subject lines, so it now breaks down into the following paragraph structure: summary (RT, best Bond); the film; Craig; supporting cast; Mendes & Deakins; criticism. Does the section now look and feel better? - SchroCat ( talk) 14:43, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, but do you have a copy of this documentary? I would have reformatted the refs, and cited more from it, but I have never seen it, nor do I know where to find it. Can I leave this to you? I've seen some unformatted refs citing The Art of the Matrix. Since it's an actual book where I can find ISBN and such online, I'll fix refs about the book. Anthonydraco ( talk) 05:26, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
If so, sorry. I think I should say it. I've been editing alone for days, and I thought I had the article to myself. If you start editing, and see me doing it a few mins before, can drop me a word? I'll leave it to you. Or maybe you can use Wait template. Anthonydraco ( talk) 12:37, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
Which should we go for? There are only two of us now, so I'll just ask you. An admin suggested that it should all be in one style, and currently we have Style 1 most. Online sources without authors will be too hard to reformatted into SFN style, and I must say it's too complicated for me. I couldn't even get the Reference to link to Bibliography. Do you agree that we should go for inline long citation using the usual citation templates? Anthonydraco ( talk) 06:54, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Topic. Right now, we've pretty much done everything on the to-do list except reformatted citations. The new materials from The Matrix Revisited have expanded short sections to considerable length. At least, they are not pitifully short anymore. I can't find some references, however, for the life of me. But even without the materials tagged as "citation need", we still have considerable amount to offer. Do you have any parts you still want to expand? If not, there doesn't seem to be much else that needs doing anymore. After I reformatted the references, I'll go ask the Language Guild to review our English and then I'll submit this to GA nomination. Is this fine to you? I think I should you ask first. Anthonydraco ( talk) 12:52, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Nick, the copy-editor from the Language Guild has come to do his work on The Matrix article and gone. I assume that since you haven't touched it for about a month, you don't have anything to add for now? If so, I'm going to nominate this to GA. Is this fine? If you have any last bit to add, kindly do so. I'll wait for about half a month. Anthonydraco ( talk) 06:39, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Dear Nick, I apologize for yet another message on your talk page. I've got rid of the close paraphrasing on The Matrix article as the copy-editor asked, and what we quote from the article now seems within reason. You once mention that you want to work on the filming section to avoid listing filming scene by scene. I was the person who added the materials in that section, so I'm willing to admit that I am not the most subjective person to do the cutting/rewriting, as I will regret to part with something in that section, so would you like to do it? This is the very last thing I've been waiting for. I honestly looking forward to it, and I can promise you that once I see you being active on it, I will not touch that section until you inform me that it's done. (Or whatever you want, to make it easier for you.) Right now, the article has no significant change aside from the usual Lana/Larry issue, and has been like that for quite some time. At this rate, with all the waiting and hesitating, it won't be a GA. So we should do something now. Or if you don't want to do something, maybe I'll just try our luck and nominate it GA. Trying and failing is better than letting it be, IMO. How does that sound? Anthonydraco ( talk) 02:53, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Nick, I know we all old editors are sick of this. There are revisionists who insist on starting a discussion and choose to use the over-sensitive, political, and intentional inaccuracy of naming a director of The Matrix "Lana". It's been done million times, I know, but it seems there's a million and first time. -_-
It started on The Matrix talk page. Join us and help us preserve historical accuracy over touchy political sensitivity here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film#Describing_transgendered_individuals Anthonydraco ( talk) 23:14, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Invitation to participate in the poll for Infernal Affairs.
From your edits for the film Infernal Affairs there is presently a poll taking place on The Departed film Talk page regarding whether you believe a separate subsection should be included for (a) Infernal Affairs as a source for the plot of The Departed film, and/or (b) a second subsection for the recently captured crime figure Whitey Bulger as the source for the character played by Jack Nicholson in the film.
The recent capture of Bulger has revived the question from two years ago of Infernal Affairs from when it did have a separate subsection on The Departed film page which was deleted by User:RepublicanJ, now known as User:OldJ. Invite to visit The Departed Talk page, to the Bulger section at the end of the Page, to participate in the Poll currently taking place. 208.120.96.227 ( talk) 11:33, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
Hey Nick! Your work on The Matrix is great. I've read the whole article and am generally satisfied with it. What would it take to make the article a good one? I saw that the article once received a peer review but doesn't seem to be relevant any more. I just love the film and would love to see it achieve good article status. Maybe we could cooperate on improving the article. What do you say? What do you think should be changed for a start? Nataev talk 14:02, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
You guess it. It's the same trouble on the Matrix article. I might need a bit of your help convincing people there. Anthonydraco ( talk) 14:59, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
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