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The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.
Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
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to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.Greetings. Is there a tool in Wikipedia that could be used to autoarchive all links in references? I've seen users doing that. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 22:27, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
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Looks like you and I are in the same boat with our FA nominations. We've both been waiting around for a while, so would you be interested in us both reviewing each others' articles? Josh Milburn seems pretty cool. I recall him saying – just a couple of weeks ago – something along the lines of "as long as the nomination is active, it can stay at FA noms". Would you be up for this? Here's mine. I'd do a source review for your article—which seems to be the kind of review holding up most FA noms [I don't know why, they're actually much easier than regular prose reviews]. I've just finished my last Wiki project, so I'm free to do this. Let me know if you're interested. Cheers. Homeostasis07 (talk) 23:17, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
Congratulations on the promotion; thoroughly deserved. Josh Milburn (talk) 22:32, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
I have been recently worked into the Power Ranger like character of the fighting game series Tekken: Lars Alexandersson. I managed to give both the creation and reception a huge expansion. However, I also uploaded one image that talks about the characters' redesign and I'm not sure if it also fits well. Also, the producer Harada has talked about his creation in his twitter account. Is this allowed? Anyway, I also wanted to hear Drake's comments since he also experienced with it. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 00:30, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
@ProtoDrake and PresN: You mean creation information or reaction to the design? If it is creation, I couldn't find anything so far. On the other hand, there are almost two paragraphs about response to it.Tintor2 (talk) 13:31, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
@ProtoDrake and PresN: Then I think it can be used. Thanks you two.Tintor2 (talk) 16:49, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
Emm, I used the tweet template but it says the references are lacking a number but I don't get it. Any idea?Tintor2 (talk) 21:57, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hi PresN, would you be interested in performing a source review of my FAC here? It's completely fine if you're currently wrapped up with real-life obligations. Thanks either way. Slightlymad (talk) 05:06, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
Hey! Thanks for fixing my mistake on Homeworld. I've been drive-by adding awards to articles for a few weeks (or maybe longer) now, and the speed and volume required mean that some errors slip by me. Glad to see that at least a bit of what I added on Homeworld was useful. Keep up the great work—and belated congratulations on the Homeworld FA. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 18:27, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Rebound (video game) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Indrian -- Indrian (talk) 15:40, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
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Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:25, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there! It's been a long time since you reviewed Alexandra Stan discography for FL status. I wondered if you could take a look at the FLC above. Let me know if I can do something for you. Best regards, Cartoon network freak (talk) 18:05, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
The article Qwak! you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Qwak! for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of J Milburn -- J Milburn (talk) 07:21, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
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A fellow user requested me to do a source review in a FAC. Everything seems fine, but I'm confused about one that uses scans from google books. Are scans from Google Books fine or should they be removed? Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 14:50, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
"...Request by user on Discord chat" I am a little familiar with IRC but what is "Discord chat"? Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 04:47, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
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By what you are saying: "Lets not get into spoiling Automata's plot here", are you telling me we shoulden't spoil Automata's plot unless new players had played Automata first? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.105.63.8 (talk) 14:48, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi PresN, would you mind doing a source review for my FLC please? It's all that's needed for it to become featured. Thanks very much. BeatlesLedTV (talk) 20:39, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:49, 20 October 2017 (UTC) |
-(I loved this game - I thought you'd have done this (taking an article from scratch to FA) before this...)-Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:49, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
The article Rebound (video game) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Rebound (video game) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TarkusAB -- TarkusAB (talk) 13:41, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
The article Rebound (video game) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Rebound (video game) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TarkusAB -- TarkusAB (talk) 22:21, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi there,
So you have a bit of a reputation as the list guy in the video game wikiproject, so I figured I would come to you first. The List of video game magazines is in bad shape. The overview sections is surprisingly well sourced, but the list itself needs some revamping. I'm going through right now and trying to find good sources for the magazines, but I'm not quite sure how to tackle the actual list format. Any suggestions? Famous Hobo (talk) 02:42, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
Title | Published | Country | Publisher | Focus | Ref(s). |
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Ação Games | 1991–2002 | Brazil | Editora Abril / Editora Azul | General | |
ACE | 1987–92 | United Kingdom | Future Publishing (1987-89) EMAP (1989-92) |
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I like that format. As for the number of magazines, I'm not sure how many there are. The problem is how do we define video game magazines? Magazines that only focus on gaming? What about old 80s magazines that focused on gaming and general computing like ACE, or Japanese magazines like focus on gaming and manga like Dengeki Maoh. If we allow these magazines, what's the cut off, as this opens the floodgates for magazines that feature one or two game reviews but primarily focuses on something else. For now, I'll just try to clean up the list. Famous Hobo (talk) 02:31, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
Hey PresN! I know you're interested in improving WPVG's early game coverage, so I thought I'd share a resource I just stumbled across. It's an in-depth history of Maze War called "The First First-Person Shooter", which ran in Computer Games Magazine #176 (July 2005). If that sounds useful, I can upload some images of the article. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 04:37, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
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The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:
In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.
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Hey PresN, am trying to look at User:Dweller/Featured Articles that haven't been on Main Page as well as WP:FAR as I am an FAR coordinator. I figured you being familiar with video games could scroll down User:Dweller/Featured Articles that haven't been on Main Page and check some of the video game articles, with a view to ticking them (or nominating them) at TFA if in really good nick, noting problems..and if really substantial problems then nominating at WP:FAR, cheers....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:14, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
Today, I tried doing a major expansion in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3. However, the game has some kind of re-release and I don't know where exactly should I put it. Should it be a subsection of development? Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 22:04, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hello. I have revised Commander Keen in Keen Dreams in my sandbox. Having gone through the article and its predecessor, I can say it is safe to remove (or at least shorten) repeating information that already exists in Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons, since the main focus is on the this standalone game and not the trilogy. I have also removed the repeating information from the top summary and moved information such as declaration of "Lost Episode" at the top. In addition, I have placed subsections, named and placed appropriately.
If you think I'm on the right track, feel free to make some edits to my revision and if it works well, the changes can made to the article. I'm glad to be of help. Deltasim (talk) 14:40, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
I guess, writing this out, overall I'm just not feeling this change to be an improvement. It chops out a bunch of information from a fairly short article, and adds subsections to sections that were only 2 or 4 paragraphs to begin with. I don't want to be rude, because I honestly really respect a lot of the work you do in the articles you work on, I just... don't see the benefit to most of this revision, or even really the point. --PresN 04:50, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Lunar Lander (1979 video game) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Indrian -- Indrian (talk) 22:21, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hi -- Some context to my edit from earlier today: it was a revert of a change made over a year ago by an IP, changing "one of the first" to "one of the last".
My first reaction to reading the lead sentence was that it was odd in tone. Saying "one of the last of the first" is peculiar, and the fact that the anon editor made a one word change came off, at least to me, as snarky.
Thinking about it a little more, though, I saw that there was a point to the anon edit, which was that the game could not be legitimately characterized as one of the first ever video games.
However, GG's significance (which is what a lead sentence is intended to establish) is that it is an example of an early video game (albeit not the "first of the first"). So rather than just doing a straight up revert, changing "last" back to "first", I recast the sentence to make the more general point that it is among the first video games (just not one of the first early video games).
(Maybe) more briefly: Among the three descriptions
...the last establishes the most significant point, and is the least odd sounding. What do you think? Regards, --NapoliRoma (talk) 06:41, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello. I'm glad you're impressed with my edits on the Commander Keen series. If there's anything particular you'd like me to look for let me know. Here's a small list of things I think would go well with the articles if they can be well referenced:
There is also an interesting article on rare vintage copies at https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2017/06/30/original-doom-ii-discs-sell-for-us3150/ . It's great that I can help out. Deltasim (talk) 17:36, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
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The article Lunar Lander (1979 video game) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Lunar Lander (1979 video game) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Indrian -- Indrian (talk) 18:41, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
The article Lunar Lander (1979 video game) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lunar Lander (1979 video game) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Indrian -- Indrian (talk) 18:41, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Pres. There are a couple of FLC matters that need to be sorted out. First, the nominator at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of New England Patriots starting quarterbacks/archive1 has requested closure because they are busy off-Wiki, but I supported early in the FLC. Since I declared support, you or TRM should probably handle this one. Second, Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches/archive1 is awaiting a source review you promised. Come to think of it, quite a few FLCs need source checks at the moment. However, this one in particular is an old FLC and it would be great if we could come to a decision on it soon. Cheers. Giants2008 (Talk) 02:20, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
I've caused this year to end on a chord of disappointment for many, but I hope that despite my mistakes and the differences in opinion and perspectives, and regardless of what the outcome is or in what capacity I can still contribute in the coming year, we can continue working together directly or indirectly on this encyclopedic project, whose ideals are surely carried by both of our hearts. I'm hoping I have not fallen in your esteem to the level where "no hard feelings" can no longer ring true, because I highly respect you and your dedication to Wikipedia, and I sincerely wish you and your loved ones all the best for 2018.
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Hi, PresN. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Uncharted media – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for January 19, 2018. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 02:19, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
Some fellow editors and me trying to see if the article Sasuke Uchiha could become FA in the next year as it has been copyedited twice and every change has been prose reviews. However, I have one doubt, are sketches of the designs mentioned on the article better than actual images. I mean, the character is noted for having three designs: early teen, teenager and adult who are all covered in the main infobox image. In regards to his teen design recently found early sketches of it which are mentioned in the design section. Should the final image be replaced with sketch. It's just some doubt I have. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 21:34, 28 December 2017 (UTC)