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Even better! Thanks!--Editor2020 (talk) 19:58, 11 April 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I reverted your revert on D&D. The reason is that the two axis alignment section wasn't properly represented as it was. If you think I'm wrong I set up a talk section called Alignment on talk D&D where you can explain your reason. If I'm wrong you can then change it back. Thanks! Ethan a dawe (talk) 12:20, 26 April 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No worries! I've reverted the wrong version before myself! Ethan a dawe (talk) 15:54, 26 April 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There is a content dispute in the talk page of the above article. The second- and third-last sections are currently active for discussion. You are invited to have your say and make meaningful contributions, but please note that a consensus has not been reached yet. Best regards, ~ Troy (talk) 00:42, 21 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

In the orchestral world, the Italian names of instruments have special significance, because traditionally a score is noted only with the Italian name of the instrument. It's not universal any more, but it's still very likely that when you pick up a sheet of music, the name of the instrument will be in Italian. That's my reasoning that it's important enough for a separate line at the top of the infobox. Acsenray (talk) 14:20, 28 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ah, sorry about that then! - IanCheesman (talk) 17:30, 28 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Though I'm flattered by your request to translate the Kemetic Orthodoxy and Tamara Siuda pages into French, this would take too much effort on my part to produce in a reasonable amount of time. I'm afraid I'm much better at translating French to English. I have a lot of things in meatspace on my plate right now.Cnadolski (talk) 02:10, 23 September 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there!  :)

As someone who's worked on D&D and/or RPG articles before, I'm inviting you to participate in our goal to both improve articles that have been selected to be placed in the next Wikipedia DVD release, as well as nominate more to be selected for this project. Please see the WikiProject D&D talk page for more details. :) BOZ (talk) 19:24, 25 September 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I guess that's what I get for trying to go 4 wide (which fits on my screen settings)... Thanks for the head's up - IanCheesman (talk) 04:12, 8 November 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello. :) If you hadn't heard, Gary Gygax and Wizards of the Coast have recently been promoted to "Good Article" status. I was also thinking of nominating Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms, and I figured I'd contact you since you've done some work on at least one of those. See the project talk page for discussion on that. BOZ (talk) 20:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You have asked a long time ago for an assessment at Wikiproject Egypt of these two articles. I'm very sorry that no one answered u back than but now that I'm here I will address the assessment.

In General we can't give any article GA status. This is done by a Good article nomination. Our highest rank can be B-class.

B-class criteria: More detailed criteria

1. The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations where necessary.

   It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. The use of citation templates such as ((cite web)) is not required, but the use of <ref></ref> tags is encouraged.

2. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies.

   It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.

3. The article has a defined structure.

   Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.

4. The article is reasonably well-written.

   The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it certainly need not be "brilliant". The Manual of Style need not be followed rigorously.

5. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate.

   Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams and an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.

6. The article presents its content in an appropriately accessible way.

   It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. Although Wikipedia is more than just a general encyclopedia, the article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.

Tamara Siuda

1. You need to add citation templates ((cite web)) and there are some missing citations.
2. Expansion of the article is necessary.
3. Lead is too short.
4. Your prose is great.Y
5. The artice needs an ((Infobox Biography)) and a picture
6. It's still short but techincals are ok. Y

Kemetic Orthodoxy

It's better but:

1. You need to add citation templates ((cite web)) and there are some missing citations
2. The article is resourcefulY
3. Lead is too short.
4. Your prose is great.Y
5. The artice needs an ((Infobox Biography)) and more pictures
6. Y

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We are prepping the Dragonlance article for a GA nomination. Anything you can do to help out would be great. :) BOZ (talk) 22:21, 19 February 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey there! Just letting you know that we have nominated Dragonlance to be a Good Article, and it is currently up for review. :) BOZ (talk) 00:14, 14 March 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for cleaning up my mess on Talk:Role-playing game. Percy Snoodle (talk) 06:44, 3 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Since you were the one who reverted the anonymous change from Crest to Coat of Arms, I'm interested in your comments on the subject at Talk:Alpha Phi Omega.Naraht (talk) 06:15, 11 November 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

pls see Talk:Religious_toleration 117.204.88.31 (talk) 07:27, 21 November 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I see from your previous posts that you have an interest in the naming/content of Role-playing game. That article currently describes tabletop roleplaying games, with other forms of roleplaying such as video RPGs and LARP described as a variety of tabletop game. Based on the comments on the talk page, it seems that many users are surprised to find that the article Role-playing game is about tabletop role-playing games.

I have made a proposal that in order to meet the WP:NAME policy that article should describe all activities commonly described as role-playing games on an equal footing, and that a new article Tabletop role-playing game should be created to describe tabletop roleplaying games. If you have the time I'd be grateful if you could give your opinion on my proposal at Talk:Role-playing game. Ryan Paddy (talk) 23:19, 8 December 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I read your comment on the talk page for List of new religious movements and I think you raise an important point. I started just wanted to let you know that I put out a request for comments. :)Elmmapleoakpine (talk) 00:48, 11 December 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I didn't think that the changes done by User:Gmp001lvc rose to the level of vandalism (WP:AGF). He was trying set the number of chapters to that in the info box and trying to add the zip code, not realizing that the value didn't exist in the template.Naraht (talk) 14:46, 21 April 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You are correct, vandalism was the wrong term to use there. My bad. - IanCheesman (talk) 14:58, 21 April 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

NP, I left a welcoming note on User talk:Gmp001lvc.Naraht (talk) 15:05, 21 April 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Can you explain your re-deletion of content at Tamara Siuda‎? The note on the page is unclear. tlesher (talk) 21:28, 18 June 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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