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Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)

Hi, you said that you will comment at FACs if requested, and I think you are also a member of the WikiProject Video games. I have a favor to ask, can you look at the Shadow the Hedgehog FAC? It's been relatively inactive. Tezkag72 (talk) 14:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Sure, send me whatever you have. I just want the article to pass; you're probably a better judge than me of what that takes for it. Tezkag72 (talk) 21:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Necrid images

Removed the secondary design image and marked it for speedy delete. As for the screenshot...only defense I have there is that it shows what exactly the weapons looks like better than the words really can. Will that suffice?--Kung Fu Man (talk) 20:25, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Alrighty, the swords image is removed as well. Is there anything in the article needing improving beyond that? At the rate the FAC's going I'm afraid it's going to default fail just because not enough people voted support or oppose period XD--Kung Fu Man (talk) 05:14, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 18:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

If I could just take a moment of your time...

Just wondering if you could give me a quick opinion on something. I've had User:S@bre/Sam & Max: Season One under development for a while, and its nearly done save for the reception section, referencing and a copyedit. I'm just a little lost as to how best to approach the reception section; should I approach it on an episode-by-episode basis (around 3-4 paragraphs), or a game-feature-by-feature approach (harder due to the overall lack of different aspects within an adventure game, probably 2-3 paragraphs), bearing in mind that the available reviews for the entire season generally aren't the usual sources. I'm just after a second opinion on the matter, then I can finally finish the article off and get on with other stuff. -- Sabre (talk) 22:36, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok, ta. I'll see what I can make of that. Oh, I do so hate writing reception sections. They just don't come naturally. Development sections are much more smoother to write. -- Sabre (talk) 12:23, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

ST:FC

I am interested in helping, let me know what you're thinking of needing for that. --MASEM (t) 01:24, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

You know what Red could do with?

I revisited some old articles, and it struck me that no one had thought that Raptor Red could do with some free images...

There is Commons:Category:Utahraptor for some free images of a Utahraptor; however, most of them would need some more information (from where did they base their drawings on). File:Utahraptor 3.JPG, taken by Ballista, can be used without concern (I tidied it up); Dinoguy2 might rail about its accuracy, but it is a verifiably free image (and you can explicitly state it in the caption as a "reconstruction by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History"). File:Utahraptor ostrommaysi skeleton.JPG might be okay, but a bones lack the impact for a fiction.

As for Bakker, I found this on Flickr. The photographer has copyrighted it, but since he licensed this one under CC-by-2.0-sa, perhaps he can be persuaded to release the clear image of Bakker under the same license as well. Jappalang (talk) 13:15, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

What's with the Rollback?

[1]??? Dabomb87 (talk) 00:35, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

I assume it was one of those pesky rollback links that all too often have a mind of their own. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:38, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it was a mistake too, no harm done ;) Dabomb87 (talk) 00:39, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Apparently I subconsciously had it in for Julian or Dabomb, don't remember that at all :P Thanks, --Der Wohltempierte Fuchs ^(talk) 01:10, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

At least it wasn't Twinkle's vandalism link, like this. — TKD::{talk} 02:23, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Amusing

I nearly voted Oppose: bears a grudge myself at KWW's rfa, but figured the irony might escape a few onlookers...and thought aaah what the heck, lotsa folks are gonna watch him. Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:38, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

nb: I supported wo/grudge. G'day, Jack Merridew 12:44, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Hehehe. I suppose there is some old saying about leopards and spots, but saying the opposite really. Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:07, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. More than one way to stick a pig? ;) G'day, Jack Merridew 13:21, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

What did you mean switch sides, Cas? You aren't still bitter about me opposing your ArbCom candidacy, right? :) --Der Wohltempierte Fuchs ^(talk) 19:04, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

(In best-Robert-de-Niro-to Ben-stiller-voice) 'I' am watching 'you' ;) Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:09, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Your oppose

I don't follow up on most of the opposes, but I am on yours, because it surprised me. I felt like I did a good job of staying civil and representing my points logically during those discussions. Can you expand a little bit here so that I understand your issue better?—Kww(talk) 12:43, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Wasn't "calling you out" ... I was genuinely perplexed. I think a large part of my "combative" reputation has more to do with the fact that I'm tenacious, and will participate calmly in discussions that include a lot of name-calling and bad behaviour. People remember my name, associate me with the bad behaviour, and don't remember that it wasn't me.—Kww(talk) 19:06, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

How do I...

... delete individual versions of an image? Sorry to bother you with this, but I'm utterly confused with this. It seems prudent to remove repeated versions of an image in the file history (I saw it done over at File:Qos-teaser.jpg under WP:CSD#F1), but every time I do it, it deletes the entire image and edit history. I tried it on File:Star Trek Voyager Elite Force.jpg, managed to delete the whole thing and then restored it all. I just tried it on File:Sam & Max Season One.png, but the entire history was deleted again. Restore only brought back the text and refused to restore the images, so I had to reupload a fresh copy (jpg is more appropriate anyway). I would have thought you click the "delete" button at the side of each image version you want to delete—I'm not hitting "delete all"—but it deletes all anyway. I can't find any how-tos for image versions over at WP:NAS. -- Sabre (talk) 18:58, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

That's what I've been doing. I've got the version number in the url when it takes me to the delete page (like this rather than the generic version), but when I go on from there, it just blows the whole thing away. Maybe the system just doesn't like me. -- Sabre (talk) 19:33, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Hesperornis in Bone Wars?

Hey David, did you ever come across anything on the discovery of Hesperornis when you were working on Bone Wars? I suggested this one to Firsfron as something to work on while WP dino was in low activity mode as lotsa birdos could join in (sorta killing two birds with one stone...) Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:18, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Orlady RfA

I have responded to your comments here. Kaldari (talk) 15:59, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Riven

Good work on the article, I haven't thought of that game in over ten years. It took me two months of almost daily play on the Playstation. Happy editing to you. Keegan^talk 06:20, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, kudos on the TFA. It's always so nice to have an article there that makes me smile so. I must say the ending of Riven was so much more satisfying than the "ending" of Myst. Cheers! Scartol • Tok 11:53, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, the music is superbly sublime. I put together my own little audiocassette soundtrack of Myst (by plugging my computer speaker out to the cassette deck aux in) before the CD was available, and snapped it up (with Riven) as soon as they came out. Good stuff. So sad that the series got horrible in episode IV. Scartol • Tok 15:27, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Nicely done. :) · AndonicO ^Engage. 16:52, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

KHAAAAAN!!

Sorry, I had to do it. I saw that you had added the "news citation" template to Talk:Khan Noonien Singh, but the article that was named in the template wasn't where the URL was pointing. I found the named article on Sci Fi Wire's website and changed the URL to this article. I can't wait to hear how that hot-dog article got put in there by accident! Or was it on purpose...? — OranL (talk) 12:40, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Happy Easter!

On behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just wanted to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Happy Easter! Also, I like the Russian reversal on your talk page!  :) Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 16:20, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 16:08, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Iman Abdulmajid

Hi. I noticed you left a comment on the Administrator's Noticeboard referring to the argument that the Iman Abdulmajid page should stay named "Iman Abdulmajid" rather than renamed to "Iman (model)" as "the worst strawmen I have heard in a long time". Well, if you consider the fact that modeling isn't Iman's primary profession and hasn't been for over twenty years now -- she herself describes it as marking the early part of her career; not being her career -- and that Wikipedia's policies actually expressly discourage the type of parenthetical disambiguation being proposed in this case (i.e. "(model)"), it is most certainly not a strawman. You see, the person that posted that entry on AN didn't even have the common courtesy to link to an earlier, very involved talk page discussion where this and a lot of other issues are discussed in detail. But whatever the case, I, for one, will respect your opinion. Middayexpress (talk) 23:50, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Shadow the Hedgehog image

What would you propose I do about the image in Shadow the Hedgehog (video game) (whose FAC failed largely because of that complaint)? Tezkag72 (talk) 21:08, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I was looking for a better image and just did that one because it was the best screenshot I could find. Even so, the multiplayer mode was only mentioned by, like, two of the reviewers. I guess I'll remove the image. What I was talking about, though (sorry for not specifying), was File:ShadowTheHedgehogMap.JPG. You said the lines made it confusing, so I explained that in the image caption. Now, though, the caption is almost as big as the image, and I'd be damned if that didn't come up at the next FAC if left as is. However, pretty much all the text in the caption is necessary for comprehension, as is the image. What do you think I should do? Tezkag72 (talk) 21:17, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Done. Now, about File:ShadowTheHedgehogGun.JPG, do you think that is covered by the NFCC? It was the most appropriate screenshot I could find, because the "maturity" aspect of the game and the mechanics of Shadow's weapons are two of the main criticisms mentioned in the reception section. If that isn't justified, no screenshot will be. Tezkag72 (talk) 21:55, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Done. Oh, and what do you think I should do about the long caption in the free image? I'm a little concerned, although pretty much all the text is necessary to explain the image. Tezkag72 (talk) 22:03, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Then what do you think still separates the article from an FA? I want to be as sure as possible before I renominate it. Tezkag72 (talk) 22:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Your sig

I just paid a little more attention to your sig. Is it meant to be an allusion to "well tempered"? If yes, it should be "wohltemperiert". – sgeureka ^t•c 13:17, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

"Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs" - still missing an "e". ;-) – sgeureka ^t•c 15:23, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

The Motion Picture

I'm being slow on this, but I'll get through the whole thing soon. Can you run through it with an eye toward jargon? I remember seeing something toward the end about Dolby with no explanation or wikilink. That may be a problem as the discussion of film technology gets a bit deep. --Laser brain (talk) 17:07, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Bone Wars expansion

Thanks, I'll add it to the Catalan version as well. --Leptictidium (mt) 13:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

A deletion review discussion you may wish to contribute to.

Hi. I've listed two deleted articles at Wikipedia:Deletion_review, following the discussion on "lists of unusual things" which took place earlier in the year. As a contributor to that discussion, you might be interested in expressing an opinion on whether the two deleted articles should be restored. SP-KP (talk) 15:40, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Only Proper

Hi David. I left a comment at the more public arena on the Boyle issue (at Rootology's page), but I thought it only proper to come say my piece to you face to face as it were. If any of my comments came across as snarky, then I do apologize. It's obvious that you're one of the most trusted, and valued members of our community. The fact that you put the betterment of Wikipedia above your own beliefs in endorsing the closure of the Boyle DRV speaks volumes about your integrity. I compliment you sir. — Ched :  ?  23:28, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

OK .. no bullshit .. you're ok in my book. ;) — Ched :  ?  00:27, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Quick note on RfA

I recently added a discussion re: Goodmorningworld's neutral !vote. I encourage you if you have time to read that discussion, and Goodmorningworld's own additions to his commentary. Thanks. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 10:37, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Samus Aran peer review

If you have a chance, could you peer review Samus Aran at Wikipedia:Peer review/Samus Aran/archive1? It's a video game character so it's something you have experience in. Gary King (talk) 15:39, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delivered by SoxBot II (talk) at 18:21, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Copyright issue?

You said rv (template was a copyright violation by a blocked user) in your edit summary when removing my template userbox. what pictures would not have a copyright issue with master chief on it (or do i have to make my own). I don't understand why you said I was blocked, please clarify your summary. -— Preceding unsigned comment added by Assasin Joe (talk • contribs)

Image review

If you get a chance, could you take a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Damien (South Park)/archive1? Several editors have left image reviews, and they are conflicting. I thought you might have a good perspective, since you are familiar with the image policy and are fond of video games (which use screenshots just like tv show articles do). Thanks! Karanacs (talk) 16:46, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Gracias! Karanacs (talk) 19:45, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Damien (South Park)

I responded to your image objections, and would appreciate it if you'd take a look and give me any other feedback you might have. As I've often said, the image policy at Wikipedia is one of my weakest points, but I'm trying very hard to meet its standards for this episode, and I'd have to see it fail FAC based solely on this... — Hunter Kahn _(contribs)

• Hey, it's Hunter again. One of the other users I talked to from the South Park featured topic drive has made some tweaks to the image rationale. If you wouldn't mind, please take a look and let me know if you think it's sufficient now. If you still don't think it works, and if you don't think there's anything that can be done to bring it up to the right standards, then I'll drop the image from the page. Again, I really don't want this to hold up the FAC. Also, I apologize if I've been a bit too curt over this whole thing (the image policy at Wikipedia always kicks my ass) and I am especially sorry if I was out of line in asking people from the drive to take a look at it... — Hunter Kahn _(contribs) 00:49, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Your AFD closure

I just wanted to thank you for providing a detailed summary of your reasoning for closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chronology of Star Wars. Now that I know my efforts won't be wasted in a deletion, i'll start trimming it down to only events of major significance, that can be well sourced. The final article will have maybe 10% the number of events it currently does, but will be able to discuss them in more depth. Once again, thanks! Firestorm ^Talk 04:50, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Image review

Hi, David! I'm sorry to disturb you and I'm sure you're pretty busy. However, could you please find some time to do an image review for the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire and write the results on its FLC page? I uploaded most the images used and checked them several times, so I'm pretty sure they're all PD. However, Truco insists on having an external review done. In order to facilitate your task and not take too much of your time, I'd like to point out that images in the Tughra column all come from the same source and use the same license tag; therefore, there's no need to go through each one of them. Thank you very much. --BomBom (talk) 12:57, 25 April 2009 (UTC)