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Cruft, etc.

True, it can be a challenging task. Which is why I like the FF WikiProject, because there's not much cruft and/or cruft defenders in the first place, which makes it much easier :) — Deckill er 21:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's still a ton of work to do :) Right now, we're working on Final Fantasy II and XII. — Deckill er 21:09, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. I was updating the WPFF membership list the other day, and I must've added 100+ names to the former members list. A lot of users have left, but I think we have another core group forming soon. — Deckill er 21:23, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure; he left sometime in August after the X, VII, and VIII promotions. Probably busy with school (although after Essjay, I don't know if I believe that he's a schoolteacher quite yet :) ). — Deckill er 22:00, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to sound like a recruiter, but would you like to come back to article writing with the FF WikiProject? We could use all the input we can get :) — Deckill er 22:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

None need writing; we just need to imporve what we already have, merge, get some input, etc. — Deckill er 22:15, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is getting ridiculous

Dude look at the history. There is a lot of good content being added by anons, but the vandalism is nuts. Does one out way the other? Should it be semiprotected?--Clyde (talk) 00:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wow, that book takes me back some years. Anyway, if protecting it will save you effort, then I'll protect it. – Steel 00:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, ran into it somehow through linking a while back. I'm hesitant to ask for protection though, since it is one of those articles that new people edit often (for better or for worse), probably because that's all they can think of to search for (maybe like George Washington). Protecting it might send a bad message. In a couple days, if this trend hasn't changed, I'll request semi.--Clyde (talk) 01:45, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's up to you. I'll protect it if you want it protected. – Steel 01:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not yet. I'll wait it out a few days, then let you know.--Clyde (talk) 01:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah it's time to semi-protect it, if you're not too busy. It's been pretty much all vandalism.--Clyde (talk) 23:26, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cyber Nations

I'm just a Cyber Nations user who wants to help get an article up for us. What do I need to do to accomplish this? - RossGarner

There's an article in the works over at User:Pious7/Cyber Nations, but the game needs to have been the subject of non-trivial works (i.e. so far no-one other than people associated with the game have written anything about it) before it can be moved and become a proper article. – Steel 11:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Salt.js

Hi, Steel. My purpose here is to ask you about (Salt.js), the monobook that you are using right now. I think you'are the one who knows more about Salt.js. What do you usually use Salt.js for? In my opinion, Salt.js is very similar to monobook.js. Am I right? I'm really curious about Salt.js. Could you please explain to me bit about Salt.js? Please reply in my talk page. Cheers! Daniel5127 | Talk 02:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Centralized video game navbox discussion

You previously expressed a strongly-stated opinion about a video game navbox or all video game navboxes in general, or perhaps I clicked on your talk page by mistake. Whichever it is, you are invited to offer your opinion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Navboxes III: Son of Navboxes. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 07:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PEBS

I notice that Wiki has many pages dedicated to schools, both secular and religious... past and present. Wiki contains biographies for religious leaders living and dead... founders of various organizations, etc. Wiki contains biographies of missionaries, too. Wiki holds pages about orphanages, hospitals, stores, restaurants and the like...

Providence Evangelical Bible Seminary was birthed by the South Asian Gospel Alliance and will very likely hold a significant place in religious history in the coming years. I am still researching the subject, being very interested in the second largest country in the world (India) and every religious, economic, and political facet of it. PEBS seems to have a vision for starting schools, orphanages, and hospitals which is sure to tremendously impact New Panvel, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra and the surrounding areas. PEBS may very likely send out today's Hudson Taylors and Adoniram Judsons (for whom there are wiki pages).

This page in no way promoted a company, product, group, service, or person and would NOT need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Wiki rules state that simply having a company, product, group, service, or person as its subject does not qualify it as BLATANT ADVERTISING; "an article that is blatant advertising should have inappropriate content as well". This article had NO inappropriate content.

What EXACTLY must be done to prevent PEBS speedy deletion!?!

Thanks a ton! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.241.244.121 (talk • contribs)

It was promotional and it would need to have been fundamentally reritten to become encyclopedic. – Steel 22:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WHAT made it promotional?!? I requested aid in making it "encyclopedic". I found no fault when compared with other, active wiki listings of like nature. What must be done to reactivate the page and give it clout? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.241.244.121 (talk • contribs)

What on earth are you comparing it to? The fact that you can't see what was wrong with the article suggests to me that you shouldn't be the one writing it. Read WP:ATT, WP:NPOV and WP:COI. – Steel 23:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That was pretty mean. I have only been kind. I have pleaded for suggestions to aid me in staying within wiki guidelines. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.241.244.121 (talk • contribs)

I'm going to copy and paste some suggestions I offered to someone else earlier:

Try not to use language you would expect to see in a prospectus, or on the school's website. Essentially, phrases like "students are encouraged to...", "The parent body is diverse economically, socially and in terms of religious affiliation" or "The term “consciousness-based education” is used to describe the school’s philosophy and approach to education.".
Avoid any kind of "Mission" section.
Make sure the content you add is attributed to a reliable source preferably external to the school itself. This especially for statistics like that top 1% in the Iowa Educational development thing.
Try and keep it short.
Neutral point of view and attribution are important. Try and keep conflict of interest in mind as well.

I would really like to know what you compared your article against for you to find no fault with it. – Steel 00:41, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful! Now THIS is helpful! Thanks so much for your time! I compared the entry to several other schools, actually... many of which contained mission statements. And I will certainly site external sources. Thank you, again. ~Tina

Cuba

Thanks for semi-protecting it, I was going to look at requesting it if more of the same IP edits kept happening, but I wasn't sure exactly what threshold to use for requesting it. I may request it with Kim Jong-il soon if the IP vandalism keeps occurring there. Any ways, thanks! -- Whereizben - Chat with me 23:00, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try and keep an eye on Kim Jong-il, but it doesn't look too bad at the moment. – Steel 23:02, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Twinkle

Well, people over the past have commented to stop my bot from editing, and to not confuse myself with a bot, I add that. Nol888_(Talk)^{(Review me please)} 01:03, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, I don't mind, go ahead. Nol888_(Talk)^{(Review me please)} 01:06, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rfa Thanks

Hey Steel, just wanted to say a bit thankyou for your support on my Rfa, it is really much a appreciated, oh and I bet your right - I'll be sick of the buttons soon! Cheers again, and feel free to contact me when I mannage to mess up! Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 21:30, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sony Protection Group

Why did you delete Sony Protection Group without putting up a notice first. Isnt that procedure? Also other similar gaming forums/blogs are listed such as Playstation Underground and Kotaku so what criteria have i not met. i mention in the article about a project underworks that could be the equivalent to xbox's gamercards which is big in the gaming community and i think the site deserves to be mentioned — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elortt (talk • contribs)

It's some random forum which was created a month ago. – Steel 23:33, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Over the Hedge 2

Why did You Delete and Protected My Jay-G7's Page?. and Why Did You Protected By Over the Hedge 2 and I'm Starting a new page. -Delarion97 13:19, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]