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sorry

Hey Ferrit... Sorry I was only changing the elder scrolls thing to mess with my friend... i was gonna change it back immediately— Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.39.250.242 (talk) 20:12, 12 January 2016‎ (UTC)[reply]

How Good are you at Makeing pages?

Hey do you think you could help me with my page? I can't code from scratch very well.--kody1492 ^Talk 16:20, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Kody1492: Feel free to borrow from mine for examples. I borrowed heavily from Sergecross73 (talk · contribs) myself. Other people have even more advanced user pages, but mine or Serge's will give you some examples for user boxes, making columns, tables, etc. You can learn about userboxes at WP:USERBOX. -- ferret (talk) 16:22, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!--kody1492 ^Talk 16:26, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"non-English release dates except developer's region"

Where does it say that this information isn't supposed to be non-English release dates included. Sounds like this is pretty egregious ignorance of Global perspective.--Prisencolin (talk) 20:05, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Prisencolin: Template:Infobox video game#General fields has the documentation, which was decided by WP:VG consensus. If you disagree, you'll need to take it up at Template talk:Infobox video game. Note this only pertains to the infobox. Sourced releases for other languages can be included in the prose, which is typically put under the Development section. -- ferret (talk) 20:25, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A Dobos torte for you!

7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it.

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7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:16, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks ferret for helping me with wikipedia!

I'm a newbie at wikipedia so please excuse that. I do not want to violate the terms of service. Sorry. -MCPE FAN — Preceding unsigned comment added by MCPE FAN (talk • contribs) 23:31, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

PunkBuster - About policy

Hello,

I am sending you this message about the PunkBuster page. I noticed that you have removed (two times) the paragraph about the privacy warning that I made / translated from the French Wikipedia's page, also you said "Different Wikis have different policies" (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/PunkBuster)

I would like you to show me the text indicating the "mismatch" between my text and the English Wikipedia policy. Without that, I'll have to rewrite this paragraph.

I consider it very important and necessary to include the privacy warning, while remaining neutral, of course.

Thank you in advance, respecting your work.

92.169.224.218 (talk) 04:04, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The relevant policies on enwiki are verifiability and reliable sources. This section of text is completely unsourced, and the importance of it is not highlighted by any reliable sources. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a consumer warning agency, and unless there's some notable controversy about Punkbuster's terms of service, it isn't Wikipedia's job to read and highlight aspects of it for users. If a reliable source has brought the issue up, then we can possibly include it. However, other Wiki projects are considered unreliable sources by default, as anyone can edit them. To include this without any sources or to claim it holds importance would be original research. -- ferret (talk) 12:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Ferret is correct, the content isn't sourced as being an particularly important aspect of the subject, and its really not appropriate for an encyclopedia article to be listeing off privacy warnings, that's not generally in an encyclopedia's scope. Also, for what it's worth, its not so much that different regions of Wiki's have different policies, as much as some have different interpretations of it, or are more or less strict in enforcing its rules. The English one is rather active in enforcing, especially in areas of media and entertainment, which is probably why its more proactively being removed here. The argument is basically, just because the French Wikipedia hasn't removed it, doesn't make it right. It all honesty, it probably shouldn't be there either. Sergecross73 msg me 13:55, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking the time to answer. About the source, indeed, I had not noticed, I wrote it... But i probably made a formating error. Here is the link: http://www.evenbalance.com/troubleticket/

I think it is necessary to talk about the "software licence agreement" of this anti-cheat software, given the importance that this software can do to our computers. Maybe just a simple link to the source about the software licence agreement in this case, clearly and neutrally. I thought it was a good idea, because i the text is difficult to find, even on their official website !

Anyway, so even if we add the source about privacy, will it be removed ? Thank you in advance again. 92.169.224.218 (talk) 16:55, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The link above is a primary source. It verifies that the EULA exists, but does not allow us to make commentary on it. Synthesis of primary sources is original research. You would need to find a secondary reliable source that has commented on the EULA as being note-worthy in some way. -- ferret (talk) 17:03, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Super NES technical specifications

Hey, I noticed you boldly removed most of the technical specifications... BUT there is a problem, the Technical Specifications link redirects back to the same section on the page and not a different page with the actual technical specifications such as the Audio/Video chips.