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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Courcelles ( submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:
All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:
Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.
Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email), Godot13 ( talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs · email) and Vanamonde93 ( talk · contribs · email).
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!
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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 11, No. 2 — 3nd Quarter, 2019
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This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.
Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.
Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
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1 | Rosguill ( talk) | 47,395 | Patrol Page Curation |
2 | Onel5969 ( talk) | 41,883 | Patrol Page Curation |
3 | JTtheOG ( talk) | 11,493 | Patrol Page Curation |
4 | Arthistorian1977 ( talk) | 5,562 | Patrol Page Curation |
5 | DannyS712 ( talk) | 4,866 | Patrol Page Curation |
6 | CAPTAIN MEDUSA ( talk) | 3,995 | Patrol Page Curation |
7 | DragonflySixtyseven ( talk) | 3,812 | Patrol Page Curation |
8 | Boleyn ( talk) | 3,655 | Patrol Page Curation |
9 | Ymblanter ( talk) | 3,553 | Patrol Page Curation |
10 | Cwmhiraeth ( talk) | 3,522 | Patrol Page Curation |
(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)
A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by DannyS712 bot III.
Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.
While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag.
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Hello Red Phoenix: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Everedux (talk) 19:32, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
Please reconsider the whole vandal 1, 2, 3, 4 system of warnings. After their first or second edit you could have seen where this was going. Same with User talk:73.91.227.67. Thank you. Drmies ( talk) 04:20, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
What makes you say phrases like "as the name implies" is unencyclopedic? 2605:E000:2E52:FA00:B110:973F:95CA:3B3F ( talk) 04:30, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email), Godot13 ( talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 ( talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 11, No. 3 — 4th Quarter, 2019
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Hey Red! Hope you've been doing fine. I just wanted to ask: I've been working on the Sonic the Hedgehog article for some time and want to get it spiffed up for GAN, but I'm going to be shifting my priorities to The Empire Strikes Back this coming week. I wanted to ask if you had any suggestions/sources for the reception section? I haven't really started it yet (I did add sections about cultural impact and industry influence) and I'm still not sure how to write it. Also, do you think you could read through the development section to see if there are any inaccuracies? I'd be willing to do anything for you in return. If you don't want to or can't, it's all fine. JOE BRO 64 15:47, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
Sonic Team may not have been involved with the coin-op side of the company, but its success isn't entirely divorced from it. Sega owes much of its rise during the first half of the 1990s to Sonic Team's efforts. The sales monster that Sonic became provided the revenue and market share for Sega to topple Nintendo's monopoly
— Ken Horowitz, The Sega Arcade Revolution: A History in 62 Games, 2018, pp.163—164
I think Sonic was a title which contributed on improving the quality of future Mega Drive-released titles
— Takashi Iizuka, from Retro Gamer #158
We can't argue—its hard to keep track of how many programmers have cited the game as a bar against which they have measured their own work
— Nick Thorpe, Retro Gamer #158
Of course, the influence of Sonic's earlier outings goes much further than that too. Every E3 conference dig can be traced back to the console war that truly fired up when Sonic and Mario were put side by side. Every time console games have pushed to obtain an older target age group, that's something that Sonic was on the leading edge of — and broadening demographics has been important to the growth of the games industry, whether for reasons of content... or appeal... Five years prior to the co-ordinated international launch of Sonic 2, your gaming experience depended heavily on where you lived... These days, with same-day global launches and region-free consoles, that seems like a lifetime ago. And of course, every time you buy DLC, you might want to spare a thought for Sonic & Knuckles. And, of course, all of that is to say nothing of the legion of mascot platform games that came in the wake of the Sonic series.
Likewise, the games have brought a generation of creators into the fold. The kids who grew up idolising Sonic The Hedgehog are now the kids making games like Freedom Planet, and in some cases even working closely with Sega — people like Christian Whitehead and Simon Thornley were raised in the fan scene and have taken a key role in continuing the legacy of those early Mega Drive games, both through direct conversions and with projects like Sonic Mania, a love letter to the 16-bit heritage of the Sonic series. Whatever Sonic is up to in the present day, the historical significance of that quarter of Mega Drive games is assured.
But for all of our assessment of Sonic's legacy, it's Iizuka as the guardian of that legacy who truly matters. "I do not want say anything too exaggerated, but I think the Sonic games were one of the titles that energised the videogame industry the Nineties," he says. "Especially in the West, by having Sonic in the market, the hardware competition of Nintendo versus Sega was very clear, and that lead to the result of having more hardware in the market and many third parties joining to create games on Mega Drive and/or SNES. Of course, this wasn't just because of Sonic, but to Mega Drive, I think Sonic was a great trigger," concludes the developer. A trigger is a fine way to think of it — the Mega Drive was always potent, but Sonic propelled it like a speeding bullet into the realm of the all-time great consoles. 25 years later, the impact of that shot is still being felt.
— Nick Thorpe, Retro Gamer #158
That's what I have for you for now. Hope it helps! Let me know if you need a little more and where you'd like me to focus it. Red Phoenix talk 20:32, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
Wasn't trying to crap in your sandbox, just noticed the name of the band was incorrect. It is indeed Hericane Alice. Never tried to edit anything before, and thought I was being helpful. Ah well. Last FM has a complete bio. 174.20.82.183 ( talk) 05:00, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
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To be fair, you probably have a point about my comment been less than neutral. I think it is safe to say I was been a bit, erm, cheeky with that one. I won't make a habit of it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.42.69 ( talk) 00:29, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Altered Beast you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Namcokid47 -- Namcokid47 ( talk) 18:20, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hey Red Phoenix. Right now I'm starting to work on the article for the R360 arcade cabinet and hopefully get it to GA status (making it the first GA on an arcade system/cabinet); since Sega-related stuff is clearly your kind of thing, I was wondering if you'd like to collaborate with me on this? I understand that you're on a tight schedule and are busy with other stuff, but I'd love to work with you on something like this. Thanks! Namcokid 47 (Contribs) 02:20, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#GT/FT plans for the Sakura Wars series. Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 00:11, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
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And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
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There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I'm Aya Syameimaru! I've just totally improved Beatmania IIDX (video game). I'm aiming for a GAN. Here's this: Before and after. Aya Syameimaru 文々。新聞 11:59, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Localization articles?. Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 08:10, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
Hey. I am correct. The tournament was scheduled for Bronx, NY in Fordham University. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.33.28.139 ( talk) 02:58, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
¿Puedo cambiar algunas palabras del resumen y ponerlas en sinonimos? Mineherabri ( talk) 08:29, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
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You seem to be reigning over all the new redone Sega articles. I was blocked for a long while, and just now on April 1st my block has been expired. So I am a bit catious and therefore ask you first, to do things right. All in all, I would really like to contribute.
I am very knowledgable about Sega and contributed quite a bit that you now also find at the main Sega article (mainly about the Sega Sammy merger and newer arcade stuff). I also do stuff on Segabits, for example: http://segabits.com/blog/2020/02/26/the-history-of-sega-japan-rd-part-5-the-road-to-2020-is-complete/
-- OtopNr.3 ( talk) 15:27, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
--yeah cool, your edits are no problem at all. OtopNr.3 ( talk) 15:33, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
Hey again. I've meant to do this a ways back, but I've finally decided to go back and really crack down on the article for Namco. I was rather afraid to work on it again simply due to its sheer length and the amount of content I'd need to cover, but with quarantine giving me nothing to do I feel I was ready to give it another shot. I wanted to get your opinion again on this sandbox page I've made for it, as you gave a nice, concise response over on the original peer review for the article. It's a long way from being complete and nowhere near how I want it to be, but I feel I should try to get feedback on it before I go any further. Lots of things don't have a source, but I'll add them in once I'm towards the end. I've tried to keep the following things in mind, based on the response in the peer review:
Sorry to just vomit a giant amount of text at you, but I've worked really hard to try and fix this page. I know you're pretty busy trying to get Sega up to FAC and I know you're patiently waiting on this GANs I've said I'll review (which I will get to soon), so I don't expect a response right away, but I hope you're able to squeeze some time into looking at this. Thanks again. Namcokid 47 (Contribs) 02:44, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
I'm going to try to do this FAC-style as best I can, since you are looking for it to be an FA. Bear in mind I'm not the absolute best at prose and I would still recommend you to a copyeditor even after my comments. I'm also not fully aware of Namco's history as it's not a company I've studied (I guess I'll learn by reviewing the article!). But I'll try to look at the whole banana here, aside from source spot-checks purely for time reasons. I'll trust that you have avoided plagiarism and original research and have cited everything accurately. At the very minimum your first FAC, respectfully presuming you haven't had one yet, will have a spot-check and later ones it's always possible and usually recommended, so be prepared for one when you take it to FAC.
This is a big article and it's a very comprehensive subject. One of the trickiest WP:FACR is 1b. and 1c., that it's completely researched for all major facets of the subject with the most comprehensive analysis of the literature there is. That's easy for video games. It's not so easy for corporations, which are so business-complex and are constantly generating news all year long. Getting all of the detail into Sega, with caution to keep it summarized, was the hardest thing I did. That is also part of why there are only six FAs on companies, and none have been passed in at least five years as the standards have raised.
I have to admit the limits of my knowledge here, but I can guide you to a couple more names who might be able to help as well. While I'm not sure how much he knows about Namco, Indrian is someone who is extremely knowledgeable about the history of video games. I'm almost positive he's actually a video game journalist, and I would not have had the success in the Sega articles without him because he's been able to tell me when something's not right and what I needed to find - and he does come up with reliable sources himself. The only thing about Indrian is he's very busy outside of Wikipedia and very time-limited, but I think he would be worth reaching out to. I haven't worked with this name in a while either, but PresN also seems to be someone who is a video game historian of sorts. He has an FAC going now as well in Spacewar!, but he might be able to help out as well.
While I can copyedit sort of well, and I will do that as part of my reviewing, I really recommend Popcornfud as an excellent copyeditor. He works a lot with taking out excess words and simplifying expressions, and he'll put up tags when it's something he can't sort out and needs to know what is meant.
I'll work on this in segments as time allows. Back later with more. Red Phoenix talk 18:39, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
@ Namcokid47: It occurs to me I don't actually know how in-depth you want me to go. If I went a little too far, I'm sorry. Feel free to let me know how deep you want me to go with this; I was in an FA review-y mood having just reviewed Sakura Wars (1996 video game) when I started putting this together. I'm more than glad to continue on at whatever level you would like, as best as time permits me to do. Red Phoenix talk 11:12, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
@ Namcokid47: I think this is about as far as I can take you for now. Hope it helps! Red Phoenix talk 02:13, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
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Hey; I was wondering why you coudn't find anything. You read the Sega Arcade History book by Ken Horowitz right? I remember you using that as a source. On kindle it says "games like Hitmaker's Derby Owners Club" (position 5622 from 6880, 82%). Or nn Hitmaker's archive site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040610032406/http://www.hitmaker.co.jp/site/comphistory.html. OtopNr.3 ( talk) 02:24, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
"Derby Owners Club was the first of a long line of games in Asia that utilized magnetic cards that players could take home with them and use for games later on. Building on the success of Derby Owners Club, Sega developed World Cup Champion Football, also using the multiple-terminal construction and the custom-player-on-magnetic-cards concept. From there, they developed Key of Avalon, which utilized deck-building type strategies and resembled Magic: The Gathering. Other game companies took notice and started copying the idea.By 2006, arcades in Japan were making record profits based on games like Derby Owners Club that created passionate fan bases that returned to the game again and again and again."
https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2017-youre-not-arcade-geek-unless-you-played-game. Perhaps this could worked into the Sega AM3 article? OtopNr.3 ( talk) 15:39, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
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The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
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For all your hard work on Sega. Congratulations on finally getting it to FA! Can't wait to see it on the main page. JOE BRO 64 13:39, 24 May 2020 (UTC) |
Well deserved. Long time coming. Popcornfud ( talk) 00:15, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
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For your tireless efforts at finally getting Sega up to FA status. I was real glad to see it get promoted on my watchlist. Can't wait to see it on the main page. Congratulations! Namcokid 47 (Contribs) 00:25, 25 May 2020 (UTC) |
@ Namcokid47: Thank you! I look forward to seeing you have Namco at FAC someday as well. Red Phoenix talk 04:00, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
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I never expected to see Sega reach Featured Article status, especially given that relatively few articles on companies achieve that distinction, but it's certainly an outstanding testament to your productivity and enthusiasm. Congratulations! TheTimesAreAChanging ( talk) 05:02, 26 May 2020 (UTC) |
@ TheTimesAreAChanging: Thank you! Also, long time no see! Red Phoenix talk 11:33, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sonic Dash you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TheJoebro64 -- TheJoebro64 ( talk) 23:40, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
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The article Sonic Dash you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sonic Dash for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TheJoebro64 -- TheJoebro64 ( talk) 22:01, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
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For your contributions to bring Sega (estimated annual readership: 590,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg ( talk) 14:13, 6 June 2020 (UTC) |
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Hi! Please read my comment on your vote, since it's a very important detail that changes things. Regards, Jovanmilic97 ( talk) 20:17, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
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The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
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Gresley Rovers Thank you for your message. I'm not too good at the technicalities of Wikipedia. I'll try to follow the link. The club changed their name back to Gresley Rovers in July 2020. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ferry58 ( talk • contribs) 08:41, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
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On 23 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Crush 40, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Japanese-American hard rock band Crush 40 created music for a number of Sonic the Hedgehog games? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Crush 40. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Crush 40), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hi again. After doing cleanup and expansion on a bunch of Namco-related articles recently, I thought it would be a good idea to finally get back to work on Namco, after I had barely touched the sandbox I created for it for months now. For the past week I've been almost exclusively working on this one article, getting it into shape so that I can kick it off to GAN and FAC eventually. As one could tell, it's considerably different from the older version that you had reviewed a while ago, both in size and content. While I obviously won't provide an exhaustive, detailed list of every minuscule thing I've changed, I'll at least list the major changes I've done:
I'm still working hard on this page and I've been listening to many of your earlier comments, so expect other major changes to unfold here. I am in no rush, so please take as much time you need. Thanks a bunch! Namcokid 47 (Contribs) 23:14, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
@ Namcokid47: I'm sorry to ask, but am I looking at Namco or your sandbox? Just want to make sure I'm staring at the right thing before I begin. Red Phoenix talk 14:20, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
@ Red Phoenix: Quick update, the writing portion of the article (at least how it's structured) is completed. All that needs to be done now is some summarizing, copyediting, and a few more bits of info to source. Namcokid 47 (Contribs) 20:07, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Namcokid47 -- Namcokid47 ( talk) 04:01, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
The article Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Namcokid47 -- Namcokid47 ( talk) 22:41, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
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These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!
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This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.
Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.
Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
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4 | Arthistorian1977 ( talk) | 5,562 | Patrol Page Curation |
5 | DannyS712 ( talk) | 4,866 | Patrol Page Curation |
6 | CAPTAIN MEDUSA ( talk) | 3,995 | Patrol Page Curation |
7 | DragonflySixtyseven ( talk) | 3,812 | Patrol Page Curation |
8 | Boleyn ( talk) | 3,655 | Patrol Page Curation |
9 | Ymblanter ( talk) | 3,553 | Patrol Page Curation |
10 | Cwmhiraeth ( talk) | 3,522 | Patrol Page Curation |
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A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by DannyS712 bot III.
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Please reconsider the whole vandal 1, 2, 3, 4 system of warnings. After their first or second edit you could have seen where this was going. Same with User talk:73.91.227.67. Thank you. Drmies ( talk) 04:20, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
What makes you say phrases like "as the name implies" is unencyclopedic? 2605:E000:2E52:FA00:B110:973F:95CA:3B3F ( talk) 04:30, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hey Red! Hope you've been doing fine. I just wanted to ask: I've been working on the Sonic the Hedgehog article for some time and want to get it spiffed up for GAN, but I'm going to be shifting my priorities to The Empire Strikes Back this coming week. I wanted to ask if you had any suggestions/sources for the reception section? I haven't really started it yet (I did add sections about cultural impact and industry influence) and I'm still not sure how to write it. Also, do you think you could read through the development section to see if there are any inaccuracies? I'd be willing to do anything for you in return. If you don't want to or can't, it's all fine. JOE BRO 64 15:47, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
Sonic Team may not have been involved with the coin-op side of the company, but its success isn't entirely divorced from it. Sega owes much of its rise during the first half of the 1990s to Sonic Team's efforts. The sales monster that Sonic became provided the revenue and market share for Sega to topple Nintendo's monopoly
— Ken Horowitz, The Sega Arcade Revolution: A History in 62 Games, 2018, pp.163—164
I think Sonic was a title which contributed on improving the quality of future Mega Drive-released titles
— Takashi Iizuka, from Retro Gamer #158
We can't argue—its hard to keep track of how many programmers have cited the game as a bar against which they have measured their own work
— Nick Thorpe, Retro Gamer #158
Of course, the influence of Sonic's earlier outings goes much further than that too. Every E3 conference dig can be traced back to the console war that truly fired up when Sonic and Mario were put side by side. Every time console games have pushed to obtain an older target age group, that's something that Sonic was on the leading edge of — and broadening demographics has been important to the growth of the games industry, whether for reasons of content... or appeal... Five years prior to the co-ordinated international launch of Sonic 2, your gaming experience depended heavily on where you lived... These days, with same-day global launches and region-free consoles, that seems like a lifetime ago. And of course, every time you buy DLC, you might want to spare a thought for Sonic & Knuckles. And, of course, all of that is to say nothing of the legion of mascot platform games that came in the wake of the Sonic series.
Likewise, the games have brought a generation of creators into the fold. The kids who grew up idolising Sonic The Hedgehog are now the kids making games like Freedom Planet, and in some cases even working closely with Sega — people like Christian Whitehead and Simon Thornley were raised in the fan scene and have taken a key role in continuing the legacy of those early Mega Drive games, both through direct conversions and with projects like Sonic Mania, a love letter to the 16-bit heritage of the Sonic series. Whatever Sonic is up to in the present day, the historical significance of that quarter of Mega Drive games is assured.
But for all of our assessment of Sonic's legacy, it's Iizuka as the guardian of that legacy who truly matters. "I do not want say anything too exaggerated, but I think the Sonic games were one of the titles that energised the videogame industry the Nineties," he says. "Especially in the West, by having Sonic in the market, the hardware competition of Nintendo versus Sega was very clear, and that lead to the result of having more hardware in the market and many third parties joining to create games on Mega Drive and/or SNES. Of course, this wasn't just because of Sonic, but to Mega Drive, I think Sonic was a great trigger," concludes the developer. A trigger is a fine way to think of it — the Mega Drive was always potent, but Sonic propelled it like a speeding bullet into the realm of the all-time great consoles. 25 years later, the impact of that shot is still being felt.
— Nick Thorpe, Retro Gamer #158
That's what I have for you for now. Hope it helps! Let me know if you need a little more and where you'd like me to focus it. Red Phoenix talk 20:32, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
Wasn't trying to crap in your sandbox, just noticed the name of the band was incorrect. It is indeed Hericane Alice. Never tried to edit anything before, and thought I was being helpful. Ah well. Last FM has a complete bio. 174.20.82.183 ( talk) 05:00, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
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To be fair, you probably have a point about my comment been less than neutral. I think it is safe to say I was been a bit, erm, cheeky with that one. I won't make a habit of it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.42.69 ( talk) 00:29, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Altered Beast you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Namcokid47 -- Namcokid47 ( talk) 18:20, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hey Red Phoenix. Right now I'm starting to work on the article for the R360 arcade cabinet and hopefully get it to GA status (making it the first GA on an arcade system/cabinet); since Sega-related stuff is clearly your kind of thing, I was wondering if you'd like to collaborate with me on this? I understand that you're on a tight schedule and are busy with other stuff, but I'd love to work with you on something like this. Thanks! Namcokid 47 (Contribs) 02:20, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#GT/FT plans for the Sakura Wars series. Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 00:11, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
The article Hang-On you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hang-On for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Namcokid47 -- Namcokid47 ( talk) 22:22, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
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Hi, I'm Aya Syameimaru! I've just totally improved Beatmania IIDX (video game). I'm aiming for a GAN. Here's this: Before and after. Aya Syameimaru 文々。新聞 11:59, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Localization articles?. Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 08:10, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
Hey. I am correct. The tournament was scheduled for Bronx, NY in Fordham University. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.33.28.139 ( talk) 02:58, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
¿Puedo cambiar algunas palabras del resumen y ponerlas en sinonimos? Mineherabri ( talk) 08:29, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
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You seem to be reigning over all the new redone Sega articles. I was blocked for a long while, and just now on April 1st my block has been expired. So I am a bit catious and therefore ask you first, to do things right. All in all, I would really like to contribute.
I am very knowledgable about Sega and contributed quite a bit that you now also find at the main Sega article (mainly about the Sega Sammy merger and newer arcade stuff). I also do stuff on Segabits, for example: http://segabits.com/blog/2020/02/26/the-history-of-sega-japan-rd-part-5-the-road-to-2020-is-complete/
-- OtopNr.3 ( talk) 15:27, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
--yeah cool, your edits are no problem at all. OtopNr.3 ( talk) 15:33, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
Hey again. I've meant to do this a ways back, but I've finally decided to go back and really crack down on the article for Namco. I was rather afraid to work on it again simply due to its sheer length and the amount of content I'd need to cover, but with quarantine giving me nothing to do I feel I was ready to give it another shot. I wanted to get your opinion again on this sandbox page I've made for it, as you gave a nice, concise response over on the original peer review for the article. It's a long way from being complete and nowhere near how I want it to be, but I feel I should try to get feedback on it before I go any further. Lots of things don't have a source, but I'll add them in once I'm towards the end. I've tried to keep the following things in mind, based on the response in the peer review:
Sorry to just vomit a giant amount of text at you, but I've worked really hard to try and fix this page. I know you're pretty busy trying to get Sega up to FAC and I know you're patiently waiting on this GANs I've said I'll review (which I will get to soon), so I don't expect a response right away, but I hope you're able to squeeze some time into looking at this. Thanks again. Namcokid 47 (Contribs) 02:44, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
I'm going to try to do this FAC-style as best I can, since you are looking for it to be an FA. Bear in mind I'm not the absolute best at prose and I would still recommend you to a copyeditor even after my comments. I'm also not fully aware of Namco's history as it's not a company I've studied (I guess I'll learn by reviewing the article!). But I'll try to look at the whole banana here, aside from source spot-checks purely for time reasons. I'll trust that you have avoided plagiarism and original research and have cited everything accurately. At the very minimum your first FAC, respectfully presuming you haven't had one yet, will have a spot-check and later ones it's always possible and usually recommended, so be prepared for one when you take it to FAC.
This is a big article and it's a very comprehensive subject. One of the trickiest WP:FACR is 1b. and 1c., that it's completely researched for all major facets of the subject with the most comprehensive analysis of the literature there is. That's easy for video games. It's not so easy for corporations, which are so business-complex and are constantly generating news all year long. Getting all of the detail into Sega, with caution to keep it summarized, was the hardest thing I did. That is also part of why there are only six FAs on companies, and none have been passed in at least five years as the standards have raised.
I have to admit the limits of my knowledge here, but I can guide you to a couple more names who might be able to help as well. While I'm not sure how much he knows about Namco, Indrian is someone who is extremely knowledgeable about the history of video games. I'm almost positive he's actually a video game journalist, and I would not have had the success in the Sega articles without him because he's been able to tell me when something's not right and what I needed to find - and he does come up with reliable sources himself. The only thing about Indrian is he's very busy outside of Wikipedia and very time-limited, but I think he would be worth reaching out to. I haven't worked with this name in a while either, but PresN also seems to be someone who is a video game historian of sorts. He has an FAC going now as well in Spacewar!, but he might be able to help out as well.
While I can copyedit sort of well, and I will do that as part of my reviewing, I really recommend Popcornfud as an excellent copyeditor. He works a lot with taking out excess words and simplifying expressions, and he'll put up tags when it's something he can't sort out and needs to know what is meant.
I'll work on this in segments as time allows. Back later with more. Red Phoenix talk 18:39, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
@ Namcokid47: It occurs to me I don't actually know how in-depth you want me to go. If I went a little too far, I'm sorry. Feel free to let me know how deep you want me to go with this; I was in an FA review-y mood having just reviewed Sakura Wars (1996 video game) when I started putting this together. I'm more than glad to continue on at whatever level you would like, as best as time permits me to do. Red Phoenix talk 11:12, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
@ Namcokid47: I think this is about as far as I can take you for now. Hope it helps! Red Phoenix talk 02:13, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
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Hey; I was wondering why you coudn't find anything. You read the Sega Arcade History book by Ken Horowitz right? I remember you using that as a source. On kindle it says "games like Hitmaker's Derby Owners Club" (position 5622 from 6880, 82%). Or nn Hitmaker's archive site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040610032406/http://www.hitmaker.co.jp/site/comphistory.html. OtopNr.3 ( talk) 02:24, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
"Derby Owners Club was the first of a long line of games in Asia that utilized magnetic cards that players could take home with them and use for games later on. Building on the success of Derby Owners Club, Sega developed World Cup Champion Football, also using the multiple-terminal construction and the custom-player-on-magnetic-cards concept. From there, they developed Key of Avalon, which utilized deck-building type strategies and resembled Magic: The Gathering. Other game companies took notice and started copying the idea.By 2006, arcades in Japan were making record profits based on games like Derby Owners Club that created passionate fan bases that returned to the game again and again and again."
https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2017-youre-not-arcade-geek-unless-you-played-game. Perhaps this could worked into the Sega AM3 article? OtopNr.3 ( talk) 15:39, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
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For all your hard work on Sega. Congratulations on finally getting it to FA! Can't wait to see it on the main page. JOE BRO 64 13:39, 24 May 2020 (UTC) |
Well deserved. Long time coming. Popcornfud ( talk) 00:15, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
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For your tireless efforts at finally getting Sega up to FA status. I was real glad to see it get promoted on my watchlist. Can't wait to see it on the main page. Congratulations! Namcokid 47 (Contribs) 00:25, 25 May 2020 (UTC) |
@ Namcokid47: Thank you! I look forward to seeing you have Namco at FAC someday as well. Red Phoenix talk 04:00, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
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I never expected to see Sega reach Featured Article status, especially given that relatively few articles on companies achieve that distinction, but it's certainly an outstanding testament to your productivity and enthusiasm. Congratulations! TheTimesAreAChanging ( talk) 05:02, 26 May 2020 (UTC) |
@ TheTimesAreAChanging: Thank you! Also, long time no see! Red Phoenix talk 11:33, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hi! Please read my comment on your vote, since it's a very important detail that changes things. Regards, Jovanmilic97 ( talk) 20:17, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
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Gresley Rovers Thank you for your message. I'm not too good at the technicalities of Wikipedia. I'll try to follow the link. The club changed their name back to Gresley Rovers in July 2020. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ferry58 ( talk • contribs) 08:41, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
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On 23 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Crush 40, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Japanese-American hard rock band Crush 40 created music for a number of Sonic the Hedgehog games? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Crush 40. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Crush 40), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hi again. After doing cleanup and expansion on a bunch of Namco-related articles recently, I thought it would be a good idea to finally get back to work on Namco, after I had barely touched the sandbox I created for it for months now. For the past week I've been almost exclusively working on this one article, getting it into shape so that I can kick it off to GAN and FAC eventually. As one could tell, it's considerably different from the older version that you had reviewed a while ago, both in size and content. While I obviously won't provide an exhaustive, detailed list of every minuscule thing I've changed, I'll at least list the major changes I've done:
I'm still working hard on this page and I've been listening to many of your earlier comments, so expect other major changes to unfold here. I am in no rush, so please take as much time you need. Thanks a bunch! Namcokid 47 (Contribs) 23:14, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
@ Namcokid47: I'm sorry to ask, but am I looking at Namco or your sandbox? Just want to make sure I'm staring at the right thing before I begin. Red Phoenix talk 14:20, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
@ Red Phoenix: Quick update, the writing portion of the article (at least how it's structured) is completed. All that needs to be done now is some summarizing, copyediting, and a few more bits of info to source. Namcokid 47 (Contribs) 20:07, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
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