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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2013

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 6, No. 2 — 2nd Quarter, 2013
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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 16:50, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Cannot locate your response

Thank you, Salvidrim, for being easily available to respond to. I tried to find your response to the article which I wrote and submitted, but did not locate it in your listing for "July 9". This is my original work and I certainly can rewrite it from another perspective--however, I am at a loss to understand what the problem is with my submission. As a published author I am familiar with a different type of submission venue and really would appreciate feedback as to what I am missing here. Thank you--Cantiague (Helen Penner Ackerman)Cantiague (talk) 12:48, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Can you provide a bit more information about the article you were trying to submit to help me identify the situation? :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 13:59, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Bomber

Hey there! I am just letting you know that I userfied this article. I have been doing some asking around to try to locate a copy of Datormagazin; per your comment here, please let me know on my talk page if you are able to track down a copy. Thanks! :) BOZ (talk) 08:07, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

@BOZ: I just spent an hour looking and while I was able to find a site with a number of scans, it doesn't have the specific one you need. Sorry! You might get somewhere by asking on dedicated forums. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 13:48, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Wow, thanks for checking that! BOZ (talk) 21:09, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Looks like that came through! Now I just need to ask him to do a proper translation for me.  :) BOZ (talk) 14:44, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Response to your question regarding article

Thank you for your response. The article that I wrote and tried to submit is located at http://www.isaacpenner.com I can rewrite it in any style acceptable to Wiki once I know there is any interest in it being reviewed for the "past historical person" category. Thanks again. CantiagueCantiague (talk) 16:53, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Have you read the advice that was offered as a reply to your Teahouse question in June? You can read it again by clicking here. Let me know if it helps. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 17:13, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Salvidrim!. You have new messages at Samwalton9's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Aww, come on, Sal

No one convinced me to do anything. I'm not offended, really, since I think you're a nice guy and a good admin, but I made that decision entirely on my own. (Well, I asked one editor for advice on how to proceed, but I'd pretty much made my mind up already.) — PinkAmpers&^{(Je vous invite à me parler)} 23:32, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to enlighten me. It was mostly just the impression I got following the AN/I thread, sorry if it wasn't an accurate reflection of what happened. Also, please note I don't think any worse of you for having an opposite point of view. If you're gonna read Wikipediocracy, make sure to take a complete tour, there have been a number of "discussions" about you that would no doubt spark your interest. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 23:45, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Oh, I've wandered around. Some of the comments have been funny. (In some cases funny because they were just good jokes, and in others bitterly ironic, like the time Kiefer personally attacked me for something I said relating to his crusade against off-wiki personal attacks.) Although your comment (and one or two replies) were the only ones I saw from this specific incident; are there others that I've overlooked? — PublicAmpers&^{(main account • talk • block)} 03:32, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

"A little learning is a dang'rous thing;

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:

There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,

And drinking largely sobers us again.

Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts,

In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts,

While from the bounded level of our mind

Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind;

But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise

New distant scenes of endless science rise!

So pleas'd at first the towering Alps we try,

Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky,

Th' eternal snows appear already past,

And the first clouds and mountains seem the last;

But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey

The growing labours of the lengthen'd way,

Th' increasing prospects tire our wand'ring eyes,

Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise!"

Kiefer.Wolfowitz 13:00, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• (talk page stalker) o_O - What is all this about, Salvidrim? Sergecross73 msg me 15:54, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• If I say "long story", you're not gonna let it slide, will you? :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 15:56, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• Haha, I kind of figured a simple dif would explain it (or lead me to reading that would explain it anyways.) Usually I'd just look up someone's contribs if I'm curious about this kind of thing, but you've done so many dab's recently that I didn't see anything relevant. It's no big deal though, its fine if you want to be done with it... Sergecross73 msg me 16:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• If you really want to know, check it out, but I doubt you'll have much interest. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:09, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• What, am I too much of a simpleton for that sort of thing!?  ;) Just kidding. It's true, while it was interesting to browse through, I don't usually involve myself in Arbcom stuff. Sergecross73 msg me 16:20, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• Take it as a compliment -- I think you're above all this kerfuffle. ;) :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:24, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• Yeah, all that just seems to leave so many people angry/jaded/burned out. I prefer doing it minimally so it doesn't leave me the same way. Sergecross73 msg me 18:43, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• Hey @PinkAmpersand:, just to let you know I had let myself be convinced to doubt who you claimed you were, but at this point in time I believe you've been honest (and rather very transparent) on that particular topic. I offer my apologies, should you require them. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 05:51, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

DRV

Hi mate! I just saw this after having contributed to that short discussion. Very good call and a good result too. Nicely done! Stalwart111 22:02, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

As I said, I unsalted before being aware of the DRV, but in any case I trusted the user to do something good (and obviously he did). :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 03:50, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Recent block

It gave me a good laugh. ^_^. Feel free to delete after you read if you like, but I just had to say something! ;). Sergecross73 msg me 15:00, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Yea, I don't remember doing it... which means it was probably a good idea. >_< :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:41, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations on your (comparatively) speedy recovery! Favonian (talk) 16:45, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

If there's one thing I'm grateful for in this world, it's that I never get hungover. I almost always seem to be able to "sleep it off" in 10 to 12 hours. Yesterday a friend made me discover Bootlegger (11.5% proof) and I... I kinda liked it, y'know! :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:52, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

• To be quite honest it gave me a chuckle. Interesting to see that you remained aware enough to do that. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:13, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

• I remember chatting with someone and deciding to delete some big religion article as a hoax (no comment), but it seems I realized this might not be a good idea before hitting the button. I guess I just thought if I came back drunk enough to actually go through with it, I'd be too drunk to unblock myself! And reading what I tweeted yesterday... yea. :/ It's very rare that I get drunk alone at home though, so I'm not normally at or near a computer; yesterday there were exceptional circumstances. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 06:27, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

• Oh my. Yeah, ANI would have caught fire with the number of edit conflicts. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:33, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

New content, same title

Since my previous writing was rejected and deleted, but I still think TASO deserves a page on wikipedia, I am going to write another page but with the same title. Is that acceptable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sylvia Matovu (talk • contribs) 16:23, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Your submission has not been deleted. You are welcome to continue improving Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) until it is meets Wikipedia's standards and then click on the "resubmit" button to have it reviewed again. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 17:10, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the teahouse info

Thank you for being an excellent guide on using Wiki. I had not seen this response at all and it will be helpful as I rewrite the materials in the needed form. My experience with publishing is to have one or more guiding editors throughout the whole process--Wiki is certainly different and I am learning the process. Thanks again. CantiagueCantiague (talk) 18:33, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

It's always a pleasure to help. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 18:34, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Deletion per MfD

Hi, I think it is time to delete the page discussed here [1]. The Master ---)Vote Saxon(--- 02:32, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Agreed. Done, and steward help requested for the one that has too many revisions. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 03:21, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

FYI. There are more recent posts along the same lines. I think we did everything we could for this guy. — Scott • talk 10:48, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Hopefully. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 11:31, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject BSicon

Just a request for clarification, but I don't understand why you said that a cross-wiki redirect doesn't work? Useddenim (talk) 11:57, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

• I keep meaning to reply to this but I want my reply to be supported by examples and I haven't had the time yet. Apologies. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Request

Hello. I recently have been working on a video game series article and I was about to move the article to mainspace but I screwed up, and then screwed up again. Basically, I need an admin to move User:User:Juhachi/The Idolmaster (series) to The Idolmaster.--十八 23:50, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

• LOL! Took me two tried also (heh), but should be all fine now. Lemme know if it's not. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 00:01, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Thanks a lot; I haven't screwed up that royally in years.--十八 00:07, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
    • I've said it a few sections up, moving pages can be surprisingly tricky, and practically impossible to undo by yourself if you mess up (unless you're an admin). And even then, sometimes we mess up so bad we need expert help. So don't worry and keep up the great work! :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 00:09, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

timeline

My first act was to go to INeverCry's talk page. Look at your timelines again, and please remove your false statement at RFAR.—Kww(talk) 00:22, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

With pleasure. Thanks for your vigilance. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 00:28, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Kudos!

I was one of the folks who supported your RfA, and I just wanted to stop by and thank you for doing a great job so far. Level-headed admins seem to be somewhat rare these days, and it's great to see that you are one of that group. Intothatdarkness 14:01, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

And yet, I've a feeling that recently I have been straying off-path and getting involved in shit I probably don't need to bother about (ArbCom requests, AN dramaz, you name it). :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 14:03, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

It happens sooner or later, I think. It's sadly the best way to keep track of where things are rotting in the project and (possibly) come forward as a voice of reason (even though that seems to be a good way to attract mobs with torches and the like). Those processes are dominated by folks who really need a counterbalance at times. Intothatdarkness 14:05, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

As I've said elsewhere, I think the disease is at a point where any attempt at tackling it only leads to more people becoming infected (shitty metaphor, I know). Ignoring it and working elsewhere doesn't resolve the problems but at least you're not contributing to them. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 14:14, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Well, I think you're doing a great job too, and contrary to my personal philosophy, on the opposite end of the spectrum, perhaps I should help with that sort of stuff more often. Sergecross73 msg me 14:18, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

I would say that people trying to tackle the problems do give some of us hope that all is not lost. I understand the concern about more people becoming infected (and actually I think that's a decent metaphor). Ignoring it encourages those who are already infected and discourages the others. Just my take, of course. Intothatdarkness 14:38, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Translation!

Hi Salv! If you have a moment could you take a quick look at Picolaton for me? It's a mechanically-aided translation of fr:Picolaton and I want to make sure I didn't completely botch it. --TKK! bark with me if you're my dog! 18:36, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

I'll try tonight; otherwise poke me again tommorow. I'll just edit whatever corrections are needed. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 21:57, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Done! Not a lot of content though, but still! :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 00:35, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Just wanted to make sure the initial translation from fr was good before i added onto it, haha. I'm going to teeter off to expand on it now! Thanks! --TKK! bark with me if you're my dog! 00:42, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Ah, gotcha. Well, go for it! Personally I'd leave the "nicknames" intact, unless you can find English-language usage for an English version of pique-au-mollet (which is literally prick-to-the-calf). :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 01:48, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	I am awarding this barnstar as thanks for your efforts, both as a member of WP:VG and as an administrator. You do excellent work. May our paths cross again sometime! Regards, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 15:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	For breaking my basic functioning at 1am. I'll have you know that people die from that. Now stop being a Salvidumbass! TKK! bark with me if you're my dog! 05:12, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, so...

 Self-trout Seems the batchdeletion wasn't as finetuned as I thought it would be this time around, even though the first batch worked very well a couple of weeks ago. This would all be solved if those doing G13 deletions would delete redirects to the pages they're deleting... but that would be much too easy, wouldn't it?

If I deleted something that shouldn't have been, post it here, I'll have it restored within the day. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 04:15, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Deleted sandbox

Hi there! I'm 99% sure that there was nothing in User:Justlettersandnumbers/infobox horse breed that I needed to save. But I suppose I would have appreciated a chance to be that other 1% sure before it was deleted. Could you perhaps restore it briefly, or email me the contents or something? I did a lot of work on that infobox a couple of years ago (well, it seemed like a lot because I had no idea what I was doing). If you can't do as I've asked, then NP, I'm sure we've all moved on from there anyway. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 01:38, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

• Done. Although there was no content; it was moved to User:Justlettersandnumbers/blank, which you requested CSD of yesterday; that's why it showed up in the Broken Redirects list. Sorry for the inconvenience. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 01:43, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Thank you so much, sorry to have created work for nothing; the content I wanted to review before seeing it definitively consigned to the oblivion it deserves is at User:Justlettersandnumbers/Infobox horse test. My confusion, my apologies. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 01:50, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
    • No problems. I meant to delete redirects to deleted AfC submissions, this wasn't it, so I'm actually more comfortable to have it restored and redeleted upon user request. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 01:53, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

your deletions of redirects from AFC submissions

Hi, i notice multiple deletions by you of AFC locations, which were redirects, to accepted articles. For articles that I had drafted and submitted. Why? From your edit summary you imply the drafts were not accepted, but they were accepted. From your other comments on this Talk page, i think this is not what you intended. So, something you are doing seems wrong.

I guess i would prefer if you would restore these, though i can't fully explain why.

This is about the following (cut and paste, plus my adding wikilinks which proves the articles were accepted, not rejected:

• . . Salvidrim! (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Reese-Johnson-Virgin House ‎(Batchdel of broken redirects to G13'd AfC subs; feel free to undo if incorrect ·)

(Deletion log); 00:01 . . Salvidrim! (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Menehune Fishpond ‎(Batchdel of broken redirects to G13'd AfC subs; feel free to undo if incorrect ·)

• (Deletion log); 00:01 . . Salvidrim! (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mount Rose Elementary School ‎(Batchdel of broken redirects to G13'd AfC subs; feel free to undo if incorrect ·)
• (Deletion log); 00:01 . . Salvidrim! (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Haraguchi Rice Mill ‎(Batchdel of broken redirects to G13'd AfC subs; feel free to undo if incorrect ·)
• (Deletion log); 00:01 . . Salvidrim! (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Kitzmeyer Furniture Factory ‎(Batchdel of broken redirects to G13'd AfC subs; feel free to undo if incorrect ·)
• (Deletion log); 00:01 . . Salvidrim! (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Barton Villa ‎(Batchdel of broken redirects to G13'd AfC subs; feel free to undo if incorrect ·)
• (Deletion log); 00:01 . . Salvidrim! (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Auerbacher Home ‎(Batchdel of broken redirects to G13'd AfC subs; feel free to undo if incorrect ·)

--doncram 03:12, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

• I... I frankly have no idea how these showed up in the DBR for Broken Redirects. They seem mostly unused but I'll be glad to restore these shortly. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 03:56, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

• Did they perhaps show up because they're redirects from the Wikipedia talk space into article space, and something didn't parse right? It might be worth looking into, especially if there's others like this in the dump you pulled them from. --TKK! bark with me if you're my dog! 04:00, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Crosswiki redirects show up as broken (so I soften them), but not crossnamespace ones... at least the previous dump was alright. But a dozen false positives on 2000 deletions is an acceptable margin I can work with. I'm still reviewing the rest to make sure everything was fine. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 04:04, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
    • What on earth do you think you're doing deleting my sandbox? That was rude, and quite frankly bizarre. bd2412 T 04:11, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
      • Sorry for the inconvenience. I see you've restored it yourself. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 04:19, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Another one

You also deleted User talk:Anomie/talklink.js and User talk:Anomie/talklink.css, which quite obviously have nothing at all to do with AfC. To get this level of incorrect deletion, I'd guess you just made a list of every redirect in certain namespaces to a nonexistent page? You really need to vet your list better. Please do ask at WP:BON or WP:BOTREQ if you want help with that. Anomie⚔ 11:19, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

The source list I pulled from was from the DBR of broken redirects. I guess since my first batch a few weeks ago went off without a hitch I got overconfident in this one. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉

Why did you delete this redirect?

[2]. There are a few links to it from a number of discussions. The content was simple moved to meta. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 08:36, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

• Apologies. Crosswiki redirects show up as broken and aren't automatically followed; I just softened it for you. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 13:44, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Thks. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 15:16, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Please restore my talk page

I had a redirect on my local talk-page to my global talk-page on Meta-Wiki which you seem to have deleted. It was, as you say above, a "crosswiki redirect" which probably would have appeared to you to be a broken redirect. I'm trying to set up my global presence on WMF projects, and this type of indiscriminate deletion doesn't help matters. You could have at least looked at my global profile page and seen what I was up to before deciding to add my talk page to your list of pages to be deleted. Also, despite the edit summary of your deletion which included the comment "feel free to undo if incorrect", I am unable to undo your deletion of my talk page by myself. There is no (undo) link, I cannot access the (diff) from the RC, from your contribs, or from the Deletion Log, so would you mind undoing your indiscriminate deletion of my talk-page please. Thanks. AugurNZ ✐⌕ 21:15, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Restored and softened the crosswiki redirect to ensure it isn't broken anymore. Sorry for the inconvenience. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 21:21, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Why? What was wrong with the hard redirect I had there originally? I've done the same on every other WMF project that I'm registering an account on. Do I need to go to them all and make them all soft redirects now? AugurNZ ✐⌕ 21:25, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Hard crosswiki redirects aren't followed automatically and need a user clickthrough anyways, and thus are classified as broken redirects. Softening them doesn't change anything for you, but prevents it from showing up in maintenance reports. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 21:28, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

So I shouldn't use the basic #REDIRECT imperative then? I thought that is what it was for? AugurNZ ✐⌕ 21:31, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

As per the guideline on using redirects, "redirects to other Wikimedia projects, other websites, or special pages do not work. These should be avoided or replaced with a {{soft redirect}} template."; see WP:SOFTRDR for more info. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 21:39, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. I'll have to go and change that on all my userspaces on other WMF projects now. AugurNZ ✐⌕ 21:48, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

No problem. The deletion was a mistake but even if I had gotten everything straight the first time around, I still soften hard crosswiki redirects that show up as broken. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 21:50, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Status inquiry ?

I am inquiring on the status of my article "Neutrino mass and the universe".

If it has been rejected, please inform the reason. Anyway, I wish to know the status; I am not able to make out the outcome.

Dr. Jose C. Palathingal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr Jose C Palathingal (talk • contribs) 16:56, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

• Please see Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Neutrino mass and the universe. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 17:23, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
• (edit conflict) It looks like your article was rejected for creation because it reads like an essay - you can see this in the banner at the top of the article. You may want to read this for advice on how to rewrite your article so it more closely reflects the tone and style of writing we are looking to achieve here. Once the issues have been addressed, you are welcome to resubmit your article for creation! --TKK! bark with me if you're my dog! 17:31, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Antopandeth (talk) 00:05, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Help Me

Sir, I have given the links related to Mr. Mohan (KS) Narayanan. Please verify it and help me to improve the article which is created by me. What should I do now? Shall I Upload another article about Mr.Mohan (KS) Narayan? Or after verification the first article will be restored?

Thank you

Antopandeth