User talk:X201

MotorStorm updates and servers shutdown

Hi, i noticed you rejected my edits for the MotorStorm page at least two times, but you also removed info not added by me, which also written in the page for the game sequel, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, and generally most PS3 exclusive titles which saw the closure of the multiplayer modes.

You said that forums are not reliable sources, however that's the only source available, as they discuss about the availability of the game updates, the attempts at getting in touch with the developers (there are links to Playstation Blog pages with people getting responses and updates about the server status) and the return of the game updates. The first reply is on page 2 of that "source". I can personally confirm that the game updates were still downloadable as of February/March 2014, and they're probably still available, as they're required for DLC compatibility, and DLC is available on Playstation Store, for a price. I just wanted to make the edit as the game used an old system to get the game updates. 99% of the games have the updates available on the main Playstation Network servers, while some of the earlier games, like that game, Resistance 1, and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, had the updates on separate servers, and when they went down, they took the patches away.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.180.0.228 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 2 January 2015‎

How is 3SwitcheD not notable?

Hello, I realize the article is very short but it's still a notable topic. Doing a google search for the game will come up with the steam store and a very select amount of pages. Clicking on the "news" button on google will lead me to unrelated searches. Thanks, Anarchyte (talk) 10:21, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Anarchyte, article topics require significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent sources. (?) This does not include self-published sources (dev sites), user blogs, or Steam listings. The best way to make a case to keep an article on its own is to use the video game reliable sources custom Google search. It's also not a big deal to redirect an article to its dev and let it incubate there summary style. czar ⨹ 11:00, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

What Czar said. - X201 (talk) 13:13, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Infobox vg script

Why does the infobox vg script change [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]] to [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]? The former is sufficient, especially per the guideline on redirects that are not broken. Also what do you think of the proposal to standardize that field? – czar 12:57, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

It was just an attempt to standardise the five different forms that are currently in use (Single-player, single player, Single player, Singleplayer, Single-player video game|Single-player) into one, to make sifting through the field data easier and, in turn, make cleaning up the field easier. If standardisation via a code change on the infobox is in the offing then I'll stop doing it. - X201 (talk) 13:16, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

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AWB help on Special:LinkSearch task

I'm looking to use AWB to process articles (not talk or user pages) from a Special:LinkSearch search. On those pages, I'd like to find the refs that link to a certain web address and then replace those refs entirely (between <ref> and </ref> tags) with {{citation needed}} templates. For example, removing dualshockers.com only mainspace links from Special:LinkSearch/*.dualshockers.com. Have any suggestions on how to set this up? You're my resident AWB guru. – czar 01:26, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

@Czar: Sorry. Have been snowed under with off-wiki stuff. I'll try and sort it tomorrow. - X201 (talk) 15:53, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

• Also, would you have the review of Blast Corps from Edge #45? – czar 06:02, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

@Czar: Sorry for the long wait, lot of off-wiki stuff to deal with. This will remove DualShockers references that are formatted between ref tags, references that are in "Japanese" format and refs that have been given "Autogenerated names", you'll need to check the last ones carefully to make sure it doesn't remove the refrence but leave the named reference. Named references are a bit of a problem in AWB as you can't pass the reference name as a variable to another search. The code below will skip any named reference, they really need a module coding up for them to do them safely. Let me know how many you've got at the end and I'll either code a module or help you get through them manually. Have got Edge 45, Blast Corp review won't be as long a wait.

DualShockers Code

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Copy and pastecode, same as before. - X201 (talk) 11:59, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks so much. Can I ask another favor? I'm tweaking the regex but I don't know what to do next: http://regexr.com/3be14. In the third example, I need the regex to abort if it hits the ref close tag before finding the right URL. Any easy fix from an expert? – czar 19:11, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Nevermind—I think I got it with negative lookahead – czar 19:35, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Expert is pushing it a bit far :-D Searching for refs is a pain in the backside. There's a breakdown of techniques to miss them on one of the AWB talk pages. I'll try to find the link. - X201 (talk) 09:42, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

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Old Edge

I'm trying to verify a citation in Knight Lore (by Ultimate Play the Game) and you may hold the key. Do you have: "Edge File volume 1, page 257, Future Publishing, 2006. From an article originally published in Edge issue 12, 1994"? I'd prefer both the Edge File and issue #12 scans, if you happen to have both. – czar 05:15, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Poor Niko =\

I wonder if the warring over his nationality will ever stop. –xeno^talk 10:59, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

I wish I knew how to stop it. Have been pondering expanding the nationality section to fully cover the "we don't know" aspect. But it would probably end up having no effect, nationality and identity seems strong in Balkan Wikipedians. - X201 (talk) 13:50, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Game Tycoon 2

Hi, Game Tycoon will get a sequel, starting on 30th October on Early Access on Steam. Final release should be February 2016. Should I create a new site for it? The first game can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Tycoon — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcoCol74 (talk • contribs) 10:22, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

It needs to be well sourced and notable. Adding reviews from reliable sites will help notability. You could create the article in your user space first and then move when its reaches a good enough standard. - X201 (talk) 18:38, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Ok. How can I add a screenshot at the release? I've created a first try at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Tycoon_2