User talk:Sergecross73

Vandalism pt 17

Serge's 17th iteration of his own personal WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. Feel free to report anything you see may need intervention. Ferret may also answer queries, as we're both generally pretty active and on the same page when it comes to policy. Sergecross73 msg me 13:46, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

• Ryanrossofficial (talk · contribs) Appears to be either self-promotion(?) account or a vandalism-only account. Either way, user isn't here to contribute. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 06:02, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

• Looks like someone got him on a username block before I got the chance to look into it. I imagine that's the end of things right there, but let me know if you see him editing under a new name. Sergecross73 msg me 13:46, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

• Would you mind protecting my talk page for a while? An IP-hopper added forum-like material to Talk:Mode 7, which I reverted, and has been going off on me. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 16:32, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Done. Let me know if you want it shortened or lengthened. Sergecross73 msg me 16:48, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

• Lel64 (talk · contribs) - Vandalism-only account. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 02:12, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

• Blocked. Sergecross73 msg me 02:25, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

• Bruce Allen (American football) needs protection from vandals. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 19:59, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

• Protected for 3 days. Just curious - anything in particular spur this? Nothing in the vandalism I spot-checked seemed to be about anything in particular other than vague general insults. Sergecross73 msg me 20:27, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Need help on the Playerunknown's Battlegrounds article

So I need somebody who can give these two (or maybe the same? the last editor has only worked on articles related to the game) users a warning, or perhaps lock the page long enough for me/you/somebody else to fix it without being reverted on sight. Notability at this point as been established, but the article is still a mess that doesn't follow general WP:MOS and WP:VG guidelines, and any attempt I make to fix that gets reverted for "trolling". ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 19:11, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Protected page, gave editor a warning about a litany of things done wrong. FYI, they've "reported" you to WP:DR - not that it matters, as they'd never take a "case" like that. Also, I tink it's voluntary, so you can literally opt out without consequence. Sergecross73 msg me 21:59, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm not worried about whatever they try to do, I just needed some other editor to explain that it's not just me who would make these edits. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 15:32, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Just as well, the DR case was thrown out. But yeah, let me know if you need further intervention, as it seems there's been multiple editors who are aggressively pursuing non-encyclopedic additions to the article. Sergecross73 msg me 15:46, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Sonic 1 to FA

Hey Serge, I've been trying to get Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game) to FA status recently. I need someone who's familiar with the page to give me suggestions for what needs to be improved; can you help? TheJoebro64 talk 12:10 PM, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

I don't really do much with the GA/FA process, so I'm probably not the best go-to on FA stuff. Personally - I see it as a bit of a waste of time, as most of your average readers don't value it, or even understand what it means. To me, it just slows down my editing efforts, having to wait for people to review my work, and argue with them over changing things. I just make articles as good as I want to make them, and move on to the next thing. (The only reason I have GA's listed on my userpage is because other's take my high B-level work, tweak it a bit, and make it a GA with minimal improvements needed.)

That being said, FA-status takes some really advanced-level knowledge of Wikipedia. With still being relatively new to the Wikipedia, I'd recommend you not take it on quite yet. (No offense intended, you've learned much since you've started here.) Sergecross73 msg me 14:08, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Merging Sonic Crackers with Knuckles' Chaotix

I just wanted to ask you if it'd be a good thing to merge Sonic Crackers into Knuckles' Chaotix. The Crackers page is extremely small and has only three reliable sources (Sega-16 is not a reliable source, and Nintendo Player appears to just be a fansite); it seems like it would be better to expand the "development" section on KC to include Crackers. TheJoebro64 talk 9:30 PM, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, I had tried to dig up sources 4-5 years ago in efforts to save the article from what I feared could be a merger candidate, but wasn't really able to come up with much other than what you've seen in it recently. Looking back, it does seem like they're mostly fringe-reliablity or passing mentions in RS's. I haven't been able to find anything recently either. I can't come up with a policy-based reason to not merge it, unless any other sources are dug up. Sergecross73 msg me 21:37, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

About Koei Tecmo...

Hey there,

Sorry, but I need some help/advice from an admin on the Koei / Koei Tecmo pages (and you're the only one I remember, soz) While editing the date of Koei being disbanded, an IP user pointed out that Koei, the developer, simply renamed itself Koei Tecmo Games Co. Ltd., when absorbing Tecmo, rather than becoming a newly established company called Koei Tecmo. I checked this on Koei Tecmo Holding's company site, and yeah, Koei turned into KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD, meaning some of the information is written wrongly on these pages, and that would have to be corrected, but I digress.

https://www.koeitecmo.co.jp/e/company/group/#koeitecmogames (or the legal document https://www.koeitecmo.co.jp/news/docs/news_20110207_01.pdf - It's using the Emperor Date System, so, 昭和53年)

But... here's the mess; Technically, this means

Koei Tecmo should be moved to Koei Tecmo Holdings Co., Ltd., and Koei should be moved to Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd., right? As a normal user, I can't do either, as people have already created redirect pages a long time ago. But this would also mean that most of the pages linking to Koei Tecmo right now, should actually direct to Koei Tecmo Games - which, as I said, is Koei right now.

And that's, well, that's a lot of pages. Not to mention, the Koei page would need to receive a major overhaul, since it wasn't updated to accommodate this.

Maybe I'm missing something. Do you have any advice or solutions on what to do here?

Sincerely,  Kyoushu~  ►Talk Page  16:19, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

I'm happy to help try to sort this out, but why don't we run it by WikiProject Video Games first. They're a good place to pose video game article related questions, and probably one of the most active Projects on Wikipedia. I'm only marginally familiar with Koei, they've made a game or two that I liked or would like to play, but I don't know a ton. It might be better to see if there's anyone more well versed with these companies, or how they've handled it with similar company mergers. (Square Enix comes to mind.) If no one comes to our aid, I'll dig in deeper to it all.

So, I recommend copy/pasting the bulk of your comment above to the WP:VG talk page, and seeing if anyone helps. I can do it for you if you like, but it's really no different than starting up a discussion anywhere else... Sergecross73 msg me 16:36, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Not a problem, will do!  Kyoushu~  ►Talk Page  16:54, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

feedback on my page

Hi there!

You had left some very valuable feedback on my first wikipedia page. I have tried to incorporate yours suggestions as best as possible. Please do have a look to suggest if its okay. I am new to this, hence keen to learn and contribute. Also, I realise when I type Melissa Leach wikipedia in google search then only I see her page, I was wondering shouldnt the wikipedia page come on its own the moment I type her name? Let me know if I have got something wrong.

Thanks and cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hansdar (talk • contribs) 20:33, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

List of music considered the worst

I noticed you removed some empty entries, but not others. As it stands, "Shaddup You Face", Joe Dolce Music Theatre (1980); "Barbie Girl", Aqua (1997); "Faith", Limp Bizkit (1998); and "Stupid Hoe", Nicki Minaj (2011) are all entries with no text or references. If you are waiting for content/refs for these, ignore this message. Otherwise, could you please remove them? Thanks. 82.132.224.83 (talk) 21:07, 12 March 2017 (UTC)