Please note I prefer an IM way of talking on talk pages, as in responses are made to the other's talk page (in other words, I respond to yours). I have close to 12 billion pages on my watchlist, and finding your talk page in the sea of information might be a little tough. Please bear with me.

• Archive 1 (12/16/06-12/16/07)
• Archive 2 (12/16/07-06/01/08)

So it's official then, Jimbo Wales belongs on this list. I'll let you do the honors. :) davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 15:04, 1 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Re: your reply: 8 legs? I heard they were noodley appendages, but what do I know? davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 21:29, 1 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Anytime. Don't forget to check back to the task force. It is getting awfully inactive...I have named a new co-leader. Check the talk page for that. The whole page has been completely revamped.--Smashbrosboy 23:28, 1 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

True, but that one is more surprised than smiling. I'd rather just tell it as it is.

"Guess what, your dog died! " --Koji†Dude ^(C) 02:59, 2 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

So that's why they call you "tinkleheimer"...--Koji†Dude ^(C) 03:33, 2 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ah, yes. I forgot about the "no pee-pee jokes" part of WP:USERNAME. Your welcome, by the way. :-D --Koji†Dude ^(C) 03:52, 2 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello again,

Thank you for the helpful links. I must still be missing something because I cannot find anything that describes how to create a lead layout. My attempts always include the title and lead layoout sections in the outline. Most of the Wiki advice seems to be centered on how to write lead layout, not on how to mechanically create one.

Thanks again for your time and help

Koures (talk) 03:02, 2 June 2008 (UTC) ________________________ Koures reply to: No problem on the help. Are you just looking for how a lead paragraph should look in an article? Lemme know and I will try to help you. Article style is not my thing, but I will do my best to help or point you in the right direction. :)<3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 03:10, 2 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi. Sorry for the delay. I think I solved my problem concerning article titles. Thanks for your help _________________________

Hi Tinkleheimer - why did you revert my America's most smartest model post? Was it too confrontational? If I re-wrote it in a more neutral style would it be ok? Cheers 82.4.51.61 (talk) 19:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Tinkleheimer. You have new messages at RyRy5's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the ((Talkback)) or ((Tb)) template.

--RyRy5 (talk) 07:35, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks fer letting me know :) <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 07:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Consider it disregarded :) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 08:21, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks, I feel a little stupid and trigger happy. Will be sure to do more research next time. :) <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 08:22, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Haha, its okay :) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 08:33, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for dropping by my Talk Page. That expression comes from Mozambique (so do I, for that matter), and it was used as a rallying cry to empower people to work together for a common goal. Ecoleetage (talk) 12:29, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Try chanting it, fist raised. Pronounced: "Ah loo-tah con-teh-new-ah!" Ecoleetage (talk) 19:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, you actually inspired me: A luta continua. Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 19:39, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for making my day!

Ecoleetage (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
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A luta continua! Ecoleetage (talk) 19:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Actually, something did come out of it all... the section on WP:USER saying it's discouraged. And it doesn't hurt the project, but then again neither do games in userspace, or cabals and the like. Anyway, I'll not delete, salt, and block [you], because wikipedia isn't communism (yet! :D). You're welcome x2. And sorry for the poorly thought-out reply... I'm kind of busy. · AndonicO ^Engage. 21:51, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Likewise; cheers. · AndonicO ^Engage. 22:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Glad you changed your mind. Sorry about your RFA, by the way. :( I hope it goes better next time (and please don't take the oppose personally). · AndonicO ^Engage. 19:00, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Mothers generally have a hard time with "constructive criticism." ;) · AndonicO ^Engage. 19:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 3 - June 4, 2008 Archive before | Archive After To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project at a Glance As of 2008-06-04, the project has: 89 Featured articles 13 Featured Lists 9 Featured Topics 2 articles in Featured Article Review 208 Good Articles 0 articles in Good Article Review 10 articles for Peer review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts, List of Harvest Moon titles, Riven, Myst, Topic: Characters of Halo, The Orange Box Demoted FA/FL: Devil May Cry series (FT) Promoted GA: Air (visual novel), Crash Boom Bang!, Driving Emotion Type-S, Einhänder, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Metal Gear Solid, Off-Road Velociraptor Safari, Team Fortress 2, Grand Theft Auto (series), Kratos (God of War), History of video game consoles (seventh generation) Demoted GA: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Cloud Strife, Super Smash Bros. News There were 203 new articles in May 2008 Current proposals and discussions Well, gee, thanks 1up! 1UP.com has recently changed their rating scale. A list of affected articles can be found here. See discussion for details. About 28% of the articles on the list have been checked and updated. Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. WikiProject Dragon Quest has been redirected to WP:VG. WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games Guild Wars task force has been deleted. Interested in a specific video game series or company? Check out some of our task forces to help improve the related articles. Atari Command & Conquer Devil May Cry New! Gears of War Grand Theft Auto Silent Hill Suikoden New! StarCraft New! Valve Visual novels New! Warcraft Feature Writing about Development Development content is very important to include in an encyclopedic video game article. It provides a history of how the game came to be and provides real world information needed for an article to claim comprehensiveness. However, writing this section can be difficult because the amount and type of information available will vary for each game. One of the best sources for such information is a developer interview. These can provide insight into the thought process of the designers and give examples of influences and obstacles encountered. Previews can also be helpful by giving a snap shot of the game before it was released and may mention development issues that were still being addressed. When writing about development, common sense should be used to organize content to maintain a sense of flow for the reader. Most times, it is best to give the information in a somewhat chronological order—though information can also be grouped by topics like audio, promotion, graphics, etc. If one such topic gets large enough, it can be split off into its own subsection or regular section. For example, Kingdom Hearts#Audio is a separate section from the rest of the development information because it focuses on the game's musical score and voice acting. Portal (video game)#Soundtrack, however, does not have as much content and is a subsection of the main development section. What to include about development Who are the developers? Which company or studio developed the game, and are there any prominent designers involved? When did development begin? When and where was the game first announced? (e.g. Tokyo Game Show, E3 Media and Business Summit, etc.) What influenced the game's story, characters, music, and/or gameplay ? (e.g. past games, movies, books, etc.) Were there any delays? Was anything excluded because of time or technological constraints? (e.g. extra levels, game modes, characters, story arcs, etc.) Things to remember Avoid proseline. Though maintaining a sense to chronology is important, this section should not read like an ordered list of events. Images in this section should be relevant to the information given and should add on to it. Source everything to avoid information being tagged as original research. Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Marth (Fire Emblem) (2 participants) Veronika Megler (8 participants) Space Combat (4 participants) The Fast and the Furious (2004 video game) (5 participants) Say "I Gotta Believe!" 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I see that you responded to my comment on here and I'm curious about it. Is the individual that 'left' and 'came back' the same person? Sorry, I'm new to this but it feels like people are playing 'characters' and not just editing an encyclopedia. Bigjake (talk) 03:48, 5 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey there... Just wanted to thank you for participating in my recent RFA... I admit, I am a little curious, what even was it that gave you a good impression? I gather you are like me, somewhat of a talk page stalker (feel free to help me expand this humour page, I'll probably work on it more as soon as I get all this thank-spam out). anyhow, feel free to also check out my in-depth RFA analysis and see the templated thank spam I let for you below. cheers, xenocidic (talk) 13:24, 5 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

templated rfa thank-spam

Thank you for your support

I would like to thank the community for placing their trust in me during my recent request for adminship, which passed 72 13 2 . Rest assured, I have read each comment thoroughly and will be addressing the various concerns raised as I step cautiously into my new role as janitor. In particular, I would like to thank Balloonman for putting so much time into reviewing my contributions and writing such a thoughtful nomination statement after knowing me for only a brief period of time (and for convincing me that I was ready to take up the mop now, rather than go through admin coaching).

To my fellow admins - please let me know right away if I ever take any mis-steps with my new tools. Should I make a mistake, and you reverse the action, I will not consider it to be wheel-warring (but please tell me so I can understand what I did wrong).

To everyone - please feel free to slap me around a bit if I ever lose sight of the core philosophy of Wikipedia as I understand it - the advancement of knowledge through the processes of mutual understanding and respect. As always, feel free to drop by my talk page if I can be of any assistance. =)

Sincerely,

~xenocidic, 01:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem, man. I got your back. Useight (talk) 06:34, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, regarding your late article Items in Super Mario Bros. -- why don't you get a friendly admin to resurrect the deleted article and have it sent to you? I've had that done with three articles that are now back on Wikipedia to stay. One of them actually wound up winning a DYK notice, too! If you want help in getting the article into Wiki-worthy shape, I'll be glad to assist. A luta continua! Ecoleetage (talk) 18:22, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You don't need to start from scratch. It is still there, just out of sight and out of reach. Get an admin like DGG or Xenocidic to forward the article to you or save it on your User Talk page; several admins are happy to dig up deleted articles and send them to their original writers. This way, it will be preserved and you can update and wikify it at your leisure. Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 18:27, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good deal. Never let a worthy article die without a fight. :) Ecoleetage (talk) 18:29, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for your note. I was happy to support. Some free advice-- continue to rotate through article building and the admin related areas. Look at the policies once in a while to make sure of your understanding of them. Be reluctant to block/report to AIV until the user is still going after a full complement of recent warnings. Be reluctant to delete/tag for CSD unless there is clearly no hope of salvage. Keep in mind alternatives-- improvement, sourcing, redirection, AFD, prod. Many first time article creators create what at first looks like CSD material, but a search for sources sometimes turns up enough info to make the article worth keeping. As you continue to edit, your understanding will become clearer to the community, and eventually the community will be willing to support. Hope that helps. Dlohcierekim 18:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Commenting on inadequately warned AIV reports is what persuaded me to support. I should have stated that in my support rationale. Dlohcierekim 18:51, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If you don't mind my horning in -- I was very glad to support your RfA and I will be supporting your next go-round. Keep at it -- a luta continua! :) Ecoleetage (talk) 19:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Agree with the above, though I oppose-!voted. My comment stands, you're a good editor, and I look forward to supporting your next RFA, and to helping in any way I can in the meantime. Best wishes, UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 19:42, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem! sorry if i sounded a bit harsh; you have made a lot of fantastic contributions and i think it's more a case of not right now than anything else. I could find about 5 articles you'd created, but 3 were redirects; apologies if i missed any. Ironholds 21:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the thanks. Perhaps I misinterpreted the statement about admins and managers. There is always another day! --Regents Park (roll amongst the roses) 21:19, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I wish you all the best, and I'm here if you need help with anything. As I said, I'm sure you'd be a fantastic admin with a bit more experience, and I'll be glad to support after a few months. :) Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 21:22, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey there. Sorry I couldn't support. Just try to be as careful as you can. And remember, adminship is no big deal, so you are a good editor even without the mop. :) Cheers! Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 21:29, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You're more than welcome for the comment. I've been in a similar position just below the threshold - but like I said you're certainly on the right track. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing you on RFA again! Shereth 22:18, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there Tinkleheimer, thanks for taking the time to try and address my concerns, but unfortunately I think you only furthered them. I feel that building the community is a great and strongly encourage it, but the only reason community building should be done is to benefit the project (ie meet ups, IRC) and quite frankly at this day and age sign books do just the opposite and have lead to a community all right, but in no way one that helps to build a encyclopedia. As for the whole Jimbo argument I must say that just because Jimbo says does not mean it is right, or that I have to agree with it. I would also like to point out that Jimbo made that comment over 2 years ago, when sign books were not causing the issues they are now and people were not gamming Wikipedia and turning into a encyclopedia. Also, just because Jimbo said it is alright does not mean you have to do it. As for your team leader analogy, I guess I do not get it. I as a administrator gets blamed for the mistakes of my so called “employees”? How do we get the blunt of criticism any more than an active editor does? I hope you take this RfA as a learning curve and will be back even stronger than ever saying, “I told you so” Tiptoety ^talk 22:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I found you via The Great Pumpkin's talk page. (His username is La Grande something or other....) Kyaa the Catlord (talk) 04:53, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Which D.186 HS did you go to? I'm from the area, myself. --InDeBiz1 (talk) 02:13, 10 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ahhh, Southeast.. the Spartans. LOL I very briefly dated a girl that went to Southeast when I worked for WDBR, about seven years ago.

Get used to the "feeling old" thing.. it only gets worse with each passing year!  :) --InDeBiz1 (talk) 04:00, 10 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I got started as a summer intern for Fig, back when he was doing Nights at WDBR. About six weeks or so into things, somebody either quit or got fired - depending on which version of the story you believe - and I was offered their on-air shift. The rest is, as they say, history.

Reach out to somebody at WDBR about an internship or maybe even a part-time on-air shift. Dave Daniels is the Program Director. Or, I could probably get you a show on WQNA out at CACC, as one of my best friends in the industry is the Program Director there. --InDeBiz1 (talk) 06:01, 10 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes. Let's take this off-wiki, per Wikipedia is not Myspace. Please feel free to email me. --InDeBiz1 (talk) 06:07, 10 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I saw your comment on Leeboyge's talk page and thought it was quite funny. Just thought I'd let you know. Useight (talk) 05:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No worries Tinkleheimer. Give it a few months and a bit more experience (I suggest XfD if you're looking to get your hands dirty), and I'm sure you'll sail straight through! Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 08:47, 10 June 2008 (UTC).Reply[reply]

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Congrats are in order for you, too! --Ecoleetage (talk) 19:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you very much for the response.--Asdfghuiop (talk) 03:22, 13 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		The Editor's Barnstar
		In recognition of your fine contributions to Wikipedia. Keep up the good work! Ecoleetage (talk) 13:52, 13 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, you deserve it! Be well. Ecoleetage (talk) 20:33, 13 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi! You appear to be a friendly and deserving user, so gratefully, we'll get along well. You quote you have a lot of pages on your Watchlist; do you do that purposely? Like, do you want help filtering?Sυρєrıor ^{(Reply!,Contribs)} 19:49, 21 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I completed the first episode's table at Shear Genius (Season 2). If you can write up a little summary for the first episode, that would be great! I'll also be on IRC so you can contact me there too. Mike H. Fierce! 03:11, 26 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Congrats on getting 2 DYKs:-) Keep up the good work here!--SJP (talk) 03:23, 27 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem:-) Wikipedia can sometimes be a stressful place, and I try to lighten the mood up a bit by leaving people encouraging comments. I try to do it daily, and it is my hope more people will start doing it as well:-)--SJP (talk) 06:22, 27 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Tinkleheimer! How are you? I withdrew my nomination. Most editors who opposed my RfA expressed that I need to argue better in AfDs. I will take care about the concerns raised by them and apply again after sometime. I would like to thank you for supporting my RfA and if you have any suggestion for me, feel free to contact me. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 12:58, 29 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm going around and messaging any user who had discussed on the Smash Bros. taskforce and alerting them about Brawl's second attempt at the FAC. Any comments are appreciated, especially constructive criticism. I don't want the FAC to drag out so long that SandyGeorgia will be forced to close it before things could be properly fixed. So if you have time, please leave a comment. Thanks very much in advance! --haha169 (talk) 04:49, 2 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I see you were listed as a participant in the League of Copy-Editors so it seems likely you can ... The thing is the Military history wikiproject urgently needs prose pros to help with our best articles. Milhist covers a broad range of interesting and varied subjects from film to biography, battles to weaponry, and Roman emperors to twentieth-century dictators. In Milhist, A-Class has become the last port of call before FAC and we are looking for people to help identify prose and MoS issues at A-Class A-Class Reviews and help fix them prior to featured article candidacy. We also have a copy-editing section in our Logistics Dept and that can always use experienced copy-editors. For most of our articles, you don't need to be a specialist in the subject matter, just good with words.

If you think you can help, please do! Thanks for your time, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 04:19, 3 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi I'm that editor at the FFIVDS article that went kinda good at the end.

• Listen sorry for that was still kinda angry for the grou[p here banning my first I.P for

not having sources for every part I edited. I really want to edit here and make kinda new friends too. User:Zolo6 —Preceding comment was added at 04:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ok —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zolo6 (talk • contribs) 05:15, 8 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your welcome, and I'm glad it was noticed. Also, I corrected a typo on this page as well. It was either a typo, or very strange grammar. Leonard^(Bloom) 14:49, 8 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Not a problem. Leonard^(Bloom) 18:35, 8 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 4 - July 9, 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of 2008-07-08, the project has: 90 Featured articles 16 Featured Lists 9 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 231 Good Articles 1 articles in Good Article Review 16 articles for Peer review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Crackdown, Myst III: Exile, List of Sega 32X games, List on songs in Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s, List of WWE SmackDown video game titles Topic: Video game consoles (seventh generation) Demoted FA/FL: 3D Monster Maze Demoted FT: Final Fantasy titles Promoted GA: Alleyway, Chrono Resurrection, Club Penguin, Conan (2007 video game), Day of Defeat: Source, Final Fantasy VII (Famicom), King Arthur & the Knights of Justice (video game), Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Mario Power Tennis, Midtown Madness, Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume, Pokémon Gold and Silver, Pokémon Red and Blue, Super Smash Bros., The World Ends with You, Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory, WWE SmackDown (video game series), Ayu Tsukimiya, Music of the Final Fantasy Tactics series, Nobuo Uematsu, Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo Original Soundtrack, Jack Thompson (attorney), Key (company), The Myst Reader Demoted GA: World of Warcraft News There were 236 new articles in June 2008 Current proposals and discussions Well, gee, thanks 1up! 1UP.com has recently changed their rating scale. A list of affected articles can be found here. See discussion for details. About 32% of the articles on the list have been checked and updated. Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. Wikipedia:WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games redirected to WP:VG. See MfD. MU* taskforce moved to page under WP:VG. See new MU* task force page. Neopets and RuneScape taskforces deleted. See MfD. All talk pages moved to archives under WT:VG Wikipedia:WikiProject Dynasty Warriors deleted. Feature: Writing the Reception In many video game articles, the Reception section is the last main section of prose. As its name suggests, within the section you should summarize the critical reaction to the game. The section should provide a high-level overview of what the critics liked and didn’t like about the game; it is a summary, not a repetition of what publications thought. Therefore, don’t put in excessive, long winded quotes or have a paragraph detailing IGN’s thoughts on the game. To prevent cluttering of the prose with scores, reviews table such as ((VG Reviews)) can be used to organize this kind of information. A good way to lead off the section is a by-the-numbers or at a glance snapshot of the game’s reception; you can use aggregate scores to suggest an overall critical response to the game, and can provide sales figures (if you have them) for the game’s release. Commonly, the rest of the reception is broken into positive and negative paragraphs. Entirely separate ‘Praise’ and ‘Controversy’ or ‘Negative comments’ or the like are strongly discouraged as troll magnets. If the game has won any awards, then listing them at the bottom of the reception section is an option. Other things to remember: Don’t list every single review in the reviews table; likewise, don’t mention every award the game has ever gotten. Generally, talk about what the reviewers say rather than speaking for them; for example, “Reviewer X of Publication Y took issue with elements of the game such as X, Y, and Z” instead of “Review X said that “I took issue with elements of the game such as X, Y, and Z.” If a reviewer has a good comment which sums up the positive/negative/overall reaction, or a particular sentiment common in many reviews, it might be more appropriate to use. If adding sales data, make sure to provide context; did it sell those 4.2 million units within three months of release or three years? If possible, break down the sales by region; did the Japanese like the game, but Americans not buy it? Use reviews whose scores are outliers from the average ratings to find key points that were liked or disliked about a game. If all reviews except for one average around a 9 out of 10, and the one is a 7 out of 10, there is probably some clear negative points to be found in it; the same works with very positive reviews. Perhaps most importantly, give proper weight and keep a neutral point of view. If the game received mostly negative scores, having three paragraphs on positive aspects and glossing over the bad parts in a sentence or two conveys the wrong impression to readers. Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Marth (Fire Emblem) (2 participants) Veronika Megler (8 participants) Space Combat (4 participants) The Fast and the Furious (2004 video game) (5 participants) Say "I Gotta Believe!" (4 participants) Starport: Galactic Empires (4 participants) Gary Biasillo (0 participants) List of Darkstalkers characters (8 participants) Ultrakill (11 participants) Sigma (Mega Man X) (6 participants) Worm Game (2 participants) Diddy Kong (12 participants) Kill Screen Festival (3 participants; relisted) Jacob Bredesen (2 participants; relisted) Josie Rizal (3 participants; relisted) Provable fairness (6 participants; relisted) Merge discussions Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (soundtrack) (discussion) Amazon Lumberyard (discussion) Meowth (discussion) Ninja Gaiden (Atari Lynx) (discussion) Gyarados (discussion) Magikarp (discussion) Home video game console generations (discussion) Installation 01 (discussion) Bethesda Game Studios Austin (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Letterpress (video game) (nom) List of most-followed Twitch channels (nom) Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (nom) The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (nom) Good article nominations Microsoft Gaming (start) ZX Spectrum (nom) Super Fantasy Zone (nom) Raymond (Animal Crossing) (nom) Virtual Lab (nom) Dragon's Lair (Game Boy Color video game) (start) The Sims 2: University (nom) Pokémon Crystal (start) Snake Eater (song) (start) XCOM: Enemy Unknown (start) Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (start) Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (start) Minthara (nom) Vanessa Z. Schneider (start) Taki (Soulcalibur) (start) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (nom) Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted (start) Insane 2 (nom) Microchess (start) Warbits (nom) Demon Attack (start) Phoenix (1980 video game) (start) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (start) Waluigi (start) White Men Can't Jump (video game) (nom) DYK nominations Robbery Bob Geno (Super Mario RPG) Reviews and reassessments The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (nom) Hogwarts Legacy (rev) Call of Duty 2 (nom) Raichu (rev) Battle of B-R5RB (nom) Articles that need... assessment (6) (48) reassessment (0) cleanup (13) infoboxes (11) cover art (233) screenshots (8,755) photos (64) translation from japan (125) creation merging Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

• Newsletter delivered by xenobot 03:44, 9 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey me again I'm trying to upload images for the Yu-Gi-Oh character articles, but can you give me a little explanation on how to organize pictures I'm trying to upload it's sorta confusing. Thanks. --Zolo6 (talk) 04:48, 12 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This edit summary was you likely taking a knock at yourself for forgetting to put a signature, but it might be construed as you beating up on the candidate. Might wanna put in a dummy edit to clarify that. –xenocidic (talk) 18:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I wanted to thank you for your support on my RfA, even though it did not succeed. When I feel I'm more than ready, I may (extreme maybe) try again. Much appreciated, and happy editing. Leonard^(Bloom) 19:11, 15 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm sorry, but I don't understand. All I did was ask nicely if you would sign my autograph book and shoutbox! What's the big deal? Sure I'd like more signatures, but it doesn't mean the world to me. And yes, it did seem rude. I was nice enough to sign yours, so what's the big deal if you signed mine? --Soccer5525 (Tk • Ctrb) 22:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ok then. I guess I can't tell you your opinion is wrong. But even so, I'd be glad if you kindly sign my autograph book anytime you'd like. Thanks. --Soccer5525 (Tk • Ctrb) 01:54, 23 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm attempting to get a consensus on the talk page for Talk:I Love Money. If you would like to add your thoughts, it would be greatly appreciated. IRK!_{Leave me a note or two} 06:37, 24 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for your support in my RFA, which passed with 140 supporting, 11 opposing, and 4 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have given to me. If I can ever assist you with anything, just ask.

Cheers!

J.delanoy^gabs_adds 19:40, 27 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks to everyone who participated in my RfA, regardless of their !vote. I have withdrawn the nomination as a failure at 19 supports, 45 opposes, and 9 neutral statements. As has been written and sung, you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need — and what I need is to go back to working on our shared project. Not everyone has to be an admin; there is a role for each of us. After reflection, I feel I don't have the temperament to secure community consensus as an admin at any point, and I will not be applying again in the future — and hey, that's all right, 'cause I stay true to the philosophy that adminship is no big deal: I tried, I failed, and now I'll return to doing what I've always done. I have an extremely strong belief in the consensus process, and the consensus was clear. I will be devoting my energies to volunteering at MedCab and working up a complete series of articles on the short stories of Ernest Hemingway, among lord knows what else. Thanks again to everyone who spared the time to weigh in on this one. It was made in better faith than it probably seemed. Mr. IP 《Defender of Open Editing》 14:37, 4 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for participating, tall fellow. Cheers! Mr. IP 《Defender of Open Editing》 14:37, 4 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oh, bugger. That is exactly the kind of thing I do not want to hear when I've just spent an hour finishing an update and thought I was finally done with it :/

Okay *sigh* I guess I'll have to find someone knowledgeable to quickly review that article or else find a replacement. Thanks for the heads up. Gatoclass (talk) 10:20, 6 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oh, that was unexpected! Thanks very much Tinkleheimer, much appreciated :) Gatoclass (talk) 10:33, 6 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 5 - July 2008 Archive before | Archive After To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of July 2008, the project has: 92 Featured articles 19 Featured Lists 11 Featured Topics 0 articles in Featured Article Review 16 A-Class articles 231 Good Articles 1 articles in Good Article Review 11 articles for Peer review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Flood (Halo), List of songs in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, List of voice actors in the Grand Theft Auto series, Super Smash Bros. Brawl Topic: Devil May Cry (series), Super Smash Bros. (series) Demoted FA/FL: None Promoted GA: Devil May Cry 4, Final Fantasy III, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, Guitar Hero: On Tour, Halo 2 Original Soundtrack, Halo: The Flood, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mario Party 4, Mario Party 5, WWE SmackDown (video game series) Demoted GA: RuneScape News There were 304 new articles in July 2008 Well, gee, thanks 1up! 1UP.com recently changed their rating scale. See discussion for details. The list of almost 700 articles has been checked and updated. Special thanks to MrKIA11, Dukeruckley, JFlav, FMF, and several other editors for checking the large number of articles. Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. Wikipedia:WikiProject Tales of deleted. Wikipedia:WikiProject Indie Game Developers deleted. Wikipedia:WikiProject Arcade games moved to page under WP:VG. See new Arcade task force page. Feature: Reliable Sources A common issue with writing video games articles is that it's often natural for editors to turn to the internet for all their information. However, using only online sources can be problematic, especially if editors are not familiar with Wikipedia's sources guidelines. First off, for every notable, reliable web site about gaming that exists on the web, there are twenty-five fan sites or personal blogs. As per Wikipedia's, content guideline about reliable sources, a proper source that should be used in an article must meet the following criteria: Articles should be based on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. How do you determine if website X meets the criteria? Look around for information on who owns the website or if the website has a staff and established editorial processes; if the site doesn't have information posted online, send an email to the webmaster or editor. It can be hard to definitely prove the a website has a "reputation" for accuracy. Thus, it's probably easier to go with established sites to begin with, such as IGN or GameSpot. If you use a source with borderline qualifications, be prepared to justify the site at content review or to other editors. WikiProject Video Games has a partially-complete listing of vetted sources in print or online at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources, as well as more detailed information on what constitutes a reliable source. To find sources on the internet, checking Google News as well as simple web searches can help spot references you might have missed. Often, however, older news articles are locked behind pay gates or subscription services. A workaround is using a service like ProQuest or LexisNexis, although unless you have access to these through a college or education institution it will likely cost you money regardless. Libraries can have old newspapers and copies of magazines; to assist in finding print sources online, WikiProject Video Games has a Magazines Department where you can contact users to get copies of certain reviews, previews, or features from old magazines. If you have gaming magazines of your own, add yourself to the list! Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Marth (Fire Emblem) (2 participants) Veronika Megler (8 participants) Space Combat (4 participants) The Fast and the Furious (2004 video game) (5 participants) Say "I Gotta Believe!" (4 participants) Starport: Galactic Empires (4 participants) Gary Biasillo (0 participants) List of Darkstalkers characters (8 participants) Ultrakill (11 participants) Sigma (Mega Man X) (6 participants) Worm Game (2 participants) Diddy Kong (12 participants) Kill Screen Festival (3 participants; relisted) Jacob Bredesen (2 participants; relisted) Josie Rizal (3 participants; relisted) Provable fairness (6 participants; relisted) Merge discussions Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (soundtrack) (discussion) Amazon Lumberyard (discussion) Meowth (discussion) Ninja Gaiden (Atari Lynx) (discussion) Gyarados (discussion) Magikarp (discussion) Home video game console generations (discussion) Installation 01 (discussion) Bethesda Game Studios Austin (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Letterpress (video game) (nom) List of most-followed Twitch channels (nom) Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (nom) The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (nom) Good article nominations Microsoft Gaming (start) ZX Spectrum (nom) Super Fantasy Zone (nom) Raymond (Animal Crossing) (nom) Virtual Lab (nom) Dragon's Lair (Game Boy Color video game) (start) The Sims 2: University (nom) Pokémon Crystal (start) Snake Eater (song) (start) XCOM: Enemy Unknown (start) Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (start) Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (start) Minthara (nom) Vanessa Z. Schneider (start) Taki (Soulcalibur) (start) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (nom) Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted (start) Insane 2 (nom) Microchess (start) Warbits (nom) Demon Attack (start) Phoenix (1980 video game) (start) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (start) Waluigi (start) White Men Can't Jump (video game) (nom) DYK nominations Robbery Bob Geno (Super Mario RPG) Reviews and reassessments The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (nom) Hogwarts Legacy (rev) Call of Duty 2 (nom) Raichu (rev) Battle of B-R5RB (nom) Articles that need... assessment (6) (48) reassessment (0) cleanup (13) infoboxes (11) cover art (233) screenshots (8,755) photos (64) translation from japan (125) creation merging Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 22:26, 6 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Just a little note to say thankyou for participating in my successful RFA candidacy, which passed with 96 supports, 0 opposes, and 1 neutral. I am pleasantly taken aback by the amount of support for me to contribute in an administrative role and look forward to demonstrating that such faith is well placed. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 10:27, 12 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Just to let you know, I have removed misinformation from your userpage. Thanks for understanding.  Asenine  11:04, 12 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If Jimbo can have it on his page, why can't I have it on mine?<3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 18:02, 12 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Most of what I want to say is already on that incidents page. I was not attacking Schuym1 personally; I was merely questioning his motives, and especially his actions, first with the AfD tag, then his words toward me. I have debated other editors on topics (and articles) in the past, and I don't mind giving in or backing down when someone produces a convincing argument, no matter what their age, experience or position. ("I would give in to the editor's office boy, if the office boy happened to be right." - Ayn Rand)

Calling me a "jerk", dropping an F-bomb, then going behind my back/over my head to the incidents board, does little if anything to convince me he even has a point, much less is justified in placing an AfD tag on an article whose topic he admits he knows nothing about. What I see is a typical teenaged attitude of "If I don't know it, it's not important." I deal with that 'tude every week in my present job (I teach high school, among other things), and if a student knows a topic (or can explain it) better than I can, I make a point of bringing them up, having them state their case to the class, and praising them for it. Hardly the work of a "troll", I'd say. (At worst, I was filibustering him, or "giving him enough rope to hang himself" - which I'd say he did. Standard discussion strategy.) I do appreciate your qualifying your words, on the incidents page, as I said there. "This looks to me" is one thing; "this is" is another, and I'd say we both understand the difference. You didn't make an accusation, you expressed an opinion, and I'm OK with that. Zephyrad (talk) 07:41, 30 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nicktropolis a GA candidate The article Nicktropolis is currently a GA candidate. It was nominated on August 14, 2008, and, as of press, is still pending a review. You can review the article, just be neutral when you do. Here's the important links: Article Talk page Good article nominee page

New look You may have noticed some changes around the home page (and the newsletter). WP:NICK is getting a face lift, and so are most aspects of it. Jonathan and Macy are working on this so far, but we'd love your help! If our code has an issue, or you think a new bit of code will make it look better, feel free to work with it!

Collaboration of the Month Our next collaboration depends on the pending GA review of Nicktropolis. If there are problems Nicktropolis (per review) Fix these problems ASAP. When these are done, or if Nicktropolis goes GA Work on improving Nickelodeon's article

Archives We made a new page just so we can archive these newsletters. Go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Nickelodeon/Newsletter. I felt that was a bit lengthy, so I made a shortcut just for it. It's WP:NICK/NEWS. I created that so, if our delivery boy fails, you can still access the newsletter.

Editor's note on the hiatus The newsletter went on hiatus for around 3 months because I took a wikibreak to get away from all the drama on Wikipedia. Let me tell you, though: I'm back, and I feel better than ever. So don't expect me to put the newsletter on hiatus for a long while. —Jon How's the weather? - talk about me behind my back 00:22, 21 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Something on your second archive is causing it to be on Category:WikiLove templates. Please remove it.--Andrzejestrować ZP Pbjornovich (talk) (contributions) (email) 12:05, 2 September 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There's no Wikilove in that. :(. My archive is fully protected, so I am unable to edit it as of right now. I will figure it out in a little bit. <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 18:14, 2 September 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nevermind, already done by someone else. <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 18:16, 2 September 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Yeah, someone told me that my talk page was in the category, so I removed it from my talk page and then looked at the other pages in the category to see if there were any that should not be there, and I removed them. Cheers! J.delanoy^gabs_adds 18:40, 2 September 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The WPVG Newsletter for August 2008[edit]

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 6 - August 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of August 2008, the project has: 97 Featured articles 20 Featured Lists 11 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 17 A-Class articles 238 Good Articles 0 articles in Good Article Review 14 articles for Peer review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: 4X, Alleyway, Conan (2007 video game), List of songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Midtown Madness, Wipeout 3 Topic: None Demoted FA/FL: None Promoted GA: Chocolatier, Cloud Strife, Discography of Final Fantasy I and II, Discography of Final Fantasy VII, The Guardian Legend, Guitar Hero III Mobile, Halo: First Strike, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Key Sounds Label, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Necrid, Paper Mario, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Secret of Evermore, StarCraft: Brood War, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Xenogears Original Soundtrack Demoted GA: GoldenEye 007 News Special note: The naming convention for the newsletter has altered. Instead of being labeled the month it is delivered, it is now labeled the month the content applies to. See discussion. There were 204 new articles in August 2008 Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. The following Wikiprojects are candidates to be turned into task forces. Nintendo Project: See discussion. Castlevania Project: See discussion. Pro Gaming Project: See discussion. The first video game genre article has reached Featured article status—4X. Special thanks to Randomran for pushing the article up the quality scale. Feature: Departments Assessment Department: This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's video games articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the WP:1.0 program, and more specifically in the Video games essential articles page. Two new quality ratings have been implemented into the Assessment Department's scale. The new Wikipedia-wide C-Class rating (see category) has been added to the scale between Start-Class and B-Class. Because of this, the criteria of the B-Class has been tweaked to better illustrate the difference between a B-Class and C-Class article. An older rating, List-Class (see category), has been added to the scale as well. It is mainly used on pages that have very little prose and are primarily tables and lists of information. Editors are encouraged to submit articles for assessment if they feel an article has made significant progress up the assessment scale or has gained importance within video game articles. Assessed articles generally receive some feedback to further improve the article. Experienced editors are also encouraged to help with assessment of articles when the number of requests gets too large. Peer Review Department: The Peer review process for WikiProject Video games exposes video-game-related articles to closer scrutiny from a broader group of editors, and is intended for high-quality articles that have already undergone extensive work, often as a way of preparing a Featured article candidate. It is not a academic peer review by a group of experts in a particular subject, and articles that undergo this process should not be assumed to have greater authority than any other. Editors are encouraged to use the Video game peer review process, as well as the regular Wikipedia-wide process, to improve the quality of articles. While a peer review can be done at any time, it strongly suggested to use this process before an article goes up for Good article nomination and Featured article or Feature list candidacy as articles cannot be a candidate for GA or FA while at peer review. Editors are also encouraged to leave feedback for articles undergoing peer review. A process such as this will not work if editors do not give as well as take. Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps. Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Marth (Fire Emblem) (2 participants) Veronika Megler (8 participants) Space Combat (4 participants) The Fast and the Furious (2004 video game) (5 participants) Say "I Gotta Believe!" (4 participants) Starport: Galactic Empires (4 participants) Gary Biasillo (0 participants) List of Darkstalkers characters (8 participants) Ultrakill (11 participants) Sigma (Mega Man X) (6 participants) Worm Game (2 participants) Diddy Kong (12 participants) Kill Screen Festival (3 participants; relisted) Jacob Bredesen (2 participants; relisted) Josie Rizal (3 participants; relisted) Provable fairness (6 participants; relisted) Merge discussions Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (soundtrack) (discussion) Amazon Lumberyard (discussion) Meowth (discussion) Ninja Gaiden (Atari Lynx) (discussion) Gyarados (discussion) Magikarp (discussion) Home video game console generations (discussion) Installation 01 (discussion) Bethesda Game Studios Austin (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Letterpress (video game) (nom) List of most-followed Twitch channels (nom) Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (nom) The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (nom) Good article nominations Microsoft Gaming (start) ZX Spectrum (nom) Super Fantasy Zone (nom) Raymond (Animal Crossing) (nom) Virtual Lab (nom) Dragon's Lair (Game Boy Color video game) (start) The Sims 2: University (nom) Pokémon Crystal (start) Snake Eater (song) (start) XCOM: Enemy Unknown (start) Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (start) Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (start) Minthara (nom) Vanessa Z. Schneider (start) Taki (Soulcalibur) (start) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (nom) Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted (start) Insane 2 (nom) Microchess (start) Warbits (nom) Demon Attack (start) Phoenix (1980 video game) (start) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (start) Waluigi (start) White Men Can't Jump (video game) (nom) DYK nominations Robbery Bob Geno (Super Mario RPG) Reviews and reassessments The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (nom) Hogwarts Legacy (rev) Call of Duty 2 (nom) Raichu (rev) Battle of B-R5RB (nom) Articles that need... assessment (6) (48) reassessment (0) cleanup (13) infoboxes (11) cover art (233) screenshots (8,755) photos (64) translation from japan (125) creation merging Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

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The WPVG Newsletter (September 2008)[edit]

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 7 - September 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of September 2008, the project has: 102 Featured articles 20 Featured Lists 12 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 8 articles for Peer review 18 A-Class articles 243 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 1 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mario Power Tennis, Myst IV: Revelation, Space Invaders, The World Ends with You Promoted FT: Guitar Hero series Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted GA: Anarchy Online, Codename: Gordon, Concerned, Hotel Mario, I Love Bees, Kyo Kusanagi, Species of StarCraft, StarCraft (series), Super Mario Strikers Promoted GT: Final Fantasy XII, StarCraft titles Demoted GA/GT: None News There were 192 new articles in September 2008 Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. Wikiproject Red Faction has been deleted. WikiProject Nintendo moved to page under WP:VG See new Nintendo task force page. Two Nintendo task forces have become Video game task forces: Mega Man task force and Super Smash Bros. task force WikiProject Castlevania moved to page under WP:VG See new Castlevania task force page. WikiProject Kingdom Hearts has been deleted. VG Wikipedia 0.7 workshop Workshop page to coordinate preparation of articles to be included in Wikipedia 0.7. 39 of 393 articles have been prepared and submitted. Come help us prepare more at the workshop page. Feature: Wikipedia 0.7 Wikipedia 0.7 is a collection of articles taken from the English version of Wikipedia, compiled by the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team. It is designed for a DVD release, and the selection was put together using a Selection Bot, based on the quality and importance assigned by WikiProjects. The Video games Project and its daughter projects have multiple articles among the selection and are currently working on cleaning up the articles to improve their presentation. A workshop page has been set up that is designed to assist and coordinate the effort. The status of and recommendations for articles is listed on the table. Discussion about which articles should be kept and removed from the list have been taking place on the talk page. If you have assisted in working on and improving a current Featured article, Good article, or A-Class article, please check the workshop page to see if the article is recommended for inclusion. Articles will need an id version submitted to ensure it is included. They will also need to be cleaned up if maintenance tags and other issues are present. Participation is not restricted, and if you can assist with the preparation effort, it would be greatly appreciated. Things to remember for preparation The workshop page has a notes section for each article. Clean up suggestions have been left for some articles. Do a light sweep of the article to address any vandalism andclean up tags: citation needed, more references, lengthy plot, etc. If you need help with an article, post on the talk page. Because some articles were promoted over a year ago, they may need to undergo Featured article review or Good article review. Be sure to list the oldid on the workshop page and User:SelectionBot/0.7/V-3. Articles need to be prepared by October 20. Articles that do not have an id submitted may not be included in the release. See original notification on WT:VG for more details. Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Marth (Fire Emblem) (2 participants) Veronika Megler (8 participants) Space Combat (4 participants) The Fast and the Furious (2004 video game) (5 participants) Say "I Gotta Believe!" (4 participants) Starport: Galactic Empires (4 participants) Gary Biasillo (0 participants) List of Darkstalkers characters (8 participants) Ultrakill (11 participants) Sigma (Mega Man X) (6 participants) Worm Game (2 participants) Diddy Kong (12 participants) Kill Screen Festival (3 participants; relisted) Jacob Bredesen (2 participants; relisted) Josie Rizal (3 participants; relisted) Provable fairness (6 participants; relisted) Merge discussions Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (soundtrack) (discussion) Amazon Lumberyard (discussion) Meowth (discussion) Ninja Gaiden (Atari Lynx) (discussion) Gyarados (discussion) Magikarp (discussion) Home video game console generations (discussion) Installation 01 (discussion) Bethesda Game Studios Austin (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Letterpress (video game) (nom) List of most-followed Twitch channels (nom) Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (nom) The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (nom) Good article nominations Microsoft Gaming (start) ZX Spectrum (nom) Super Fantasy Zone (nom) Raymond (Animal Crossing) (nom) Virtual Lab (nom) Dragon's Lair (Game Boy Color video game) (start) The Sims 2: University (nom) Pokémon Crystal (start) Snake Eater (song) (start) XCOM: Enemy Unknown (start) Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (start) Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (start) Minthara (nom) Vanessa Z. Schneider (start) Taki (Soulcalibur) (start) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (nom) Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted (start) Insane 2 (nom) Microchess (start) Warbits (nom) Demon Attack (start) Phoenix (1980 video game) (start) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (start) Waluigi (start) White Men Can't Jump (video game) (nom) DYK nominations Robbery Bob Geno (Super Mario RPG) Reviews and reassessments The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (nom) Hogwarts Legacy (rev) Call of Duty 2 (nom) Raichu (rev) Battle of B-R5RB (nom) Articles that need... assessment (6) (48) reassessment (0) cleanup (13) infoboxes (11) cover art (233) screenshots (8,755) photos (64) translation from japan (125) creation merging Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

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WP:NICK Newsletter — October 2008[edit]

October 2008

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The WPVG Newsletter (October 2008)[edit]

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 8 - October 2008 Archive before | Archive After To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of October 2008, the project has: 106 Featured articles 20 Featured Lists 13 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 8 articles for Peer review 19 A-Class articles 247 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 1 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Crush (video game), Half-Life 2: Episode One, StarCraft: Ghost Promoted FT: StarCraft titles Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted GA: Aether (video game), Chris Metzen, Doom 3, Final Fantasy VII, Half-Life 2: Survivor, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Mega Man 2, Silent Hill 3 Promoted GT: Key visual novels Demoted GA/GT: Final Fantasy (video game) News There were 284 new articles in October 2008 Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. Miscellaneous Warcraft pages cleaned up: Two old redirects deleted and others tagged as historical. WikiProject Mortal Kombat and most of its subpages have been moved to page under WP:VG. See new Mortal Kombat task force page. WikiProject Pro Gaming has been moved to page under WP:VG. See new Pro gamin task force page. Feature: Partnered reviews For some time now, the Video games project and the Military history project have been cross listing their articles undergoing peer review in an effort to improve the quality of articles, as well as the copy editing skills of editors. The idea was first proposed by User:Krator as a way to better prepare articles for Featured article candidacy. After being approved by both projects, the idea was implemented under a trial period, and eventually approved as a standard practice. New, cross listed military history articles are announced on the Video games project talk page, and listed on the Video games Peer review page under a special section. Video game editors are encouraged to leave any type of comments that come to mind. If you don't know anything about military history, that's perfectly fine because that's the point. An editor lacking knowledge about the particular topic can provide a helpful point of view as a general reader—the intended audience. If you have a video game article undergoing peer review that you think would benefit from an outside view, post the following boilerplate at WT:MILHIST: ((subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/Toolbox/Partner peer review notice|Name of article|Raw link to review|Video games)) ~~~~ Things to remember A peer review process such as this will not work if editors do not give as well as take. Peer reviews are meant to examine not just the prose, but the sources and images used in the article. Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps. Reviewing another editor's article can help sharpen your writing skills, which in turn can improve the articles you write. See past discussions for details: VG discussion and MilHist discussion Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Marth (Fire Emblem) (2 participants) Veronika Megler (8 participants) Space Combat (4 participants) The Fast and the Furious (2004 video game) (5 participants) Say "I Gotta Believe!" 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The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 9 - November 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of November 2008, the project has: 109 Featured articles 24 Featured Lists 13 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 5 articles for Peer review 21 A-Class articles 258 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 2 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game, Ico, List of One Piece video games, List of songs in Guitar Hero World Tour, List of StarCraft media, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Myst V: End of Ages Promoted FT: None Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted GA: Characters of Myst, Combine (Half-Life), Crash: Mind over Mutant, F-Zero, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Half-Life: Decay, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Halo 3 marketing, Ico, Iori Yagami, Jim Raynor, LittleBigPlanet, Marble Madness, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Myst (series), Sam & Max Hit the Road, Silent Hill Homecoming, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Promoted GT: None Demoted GA/GT: Call of Duty 2, Fate/stay night, Make Love, Not Warcraft News There were 275 new articles in November 2008 Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. WikiProject Test Drive has been deleted WikiProject Sega has been moved to a page under WP:VG. See the new Sega task force page. A Sega task force has become a Video game task force: Sonic task force. WikiProject Sims has been moved to a page under WP:VG. See the new The Sims task force page. Feature: Article Importance Article importance is an assessment of a topic's importance in understanding a specific higher level topic. Assessments are maintained by WikiProjects and reflect the project's view of what is essential to understanding their scope. In the VG Project's case, all importance scales are in terms of understanding video games. A video game article's importance is listed and set in the ((WikiProject Video games)) template on its talk page. An assessment of importance can be done by the Assessment Department by submitting a request. Recent discussions at the VG Project's talk page have called for revisions to the practice of assigning article importance. The discussion began in mid-November with the goal of clarifying what level of importance should be assigned to certain type of articles. It eventually expanded to creating a standardized table of importance to serve as a guide for current and future editors. The discussion has focused on and shifted to several topics including flaws of previous practices, new ways to view assessment, other project practices to emulate, and specific articles which are exceptions to proposed guidelines. A brief pole and discussion determined most editors felt that the bulk of some topics—specifically individual video game, series, and character articles—were not essential to understanding video games, making them ineligible for top importance. The discussion then shifted to tweaking the wording and layout of the table. The current proposed table is being discussed on the project's talk page, and the issue of whether some topics—specifically character articles—should be allowed to be rated importance has also been brought up. As always, member are encouraged to voice their opinions and engage in discussion to determine consensus so the new assessment scale can be implemented. See past newsletter feature for more information about the Assessment Department. Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Marth (Fire Emblem) (2 participants) Veronika Megler (8 participants) Space Combat (4 participants) The Fast and the Furious (2004 video game) (5 participants) Say "I Gotta Believe!" (4 participants) Starport: Galactic Empires (4 participants) Gary Biasillo (0 participants) List of Darkstalkers characters (8 participants) Ultrakill (11 participants) Sigma (Mega Man X) (6 participants) Worm Game (2 participants) Diddy Kong (12 participants) Kill Screen Festival (3 participants; relisted) Jacob Bredesen (2 participants; relisted) Josie Rizal (3 participants; relisted) Provable fairness (6 participants; relisted) Merge discussions Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (soundtrack) (discussion) Amazon Lumberyard (discussion) Meowth (discussion) Ninja Gaiden (Atari Lynx) (discussion) Gyarados (discussion) Magikarp (discussion) Home video game console generations (discussion) Installation 01 (discussion) Bethesda Game Studios Austin (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Letterpress (video game) (nom) List of most-followed Twitch channels (nom) Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (nom) The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (nom) Good article nominations Microsoft Gaming (start) ZX Spectrum (nom) Super Fantasy Zone (nom) Raymond (Animal Crossing) (nom) Virtual Lab (nom) Dragon's Lair (Game Boy Color video game) (start) The Sims 2: University (nom) Pokémon Crystal (start) Snake Eater (song) (start) XCOM: Enemy Unknown (start) Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (start) Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (start) Minthara (nom) Vanessa Z. 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The WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video games Newsletter Volume I, No. 10 - December 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of December 2008, the project has: 112 Featured articles 25 Featured Lists 14 Featured Topics 2 articles in Featured Article Review 11 articles for Peer review 20 A-Class articles 264 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 1 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good content Promoted FA/FL: Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, List of Kirby media, Marble Madness, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Promoted FT: Half-Life 2 titles Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted AA: None Promoted GA: Guitar Hero World Tour, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros., Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith Promoted GT: None Demoted GA/GT: Final Fantasy II, Resident Evil, Super Mario Land News There were 182 new articles in December 2008 Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. WikiProject Sports video games has been deleted. WikiProject The Legend of Zelda series has been merged into the VG project's Nintendo task force. Importance scale has been added to Assessment page. A search bar has been added to the archive box on the VG project talk page. Searching the discussion archives is now much easier. Feature: Video game notability Video game related articles fall under niche categories on Wikipedia: "Culture and the arts" and "Everyday life". Because of this, they are often required to demonstrate notability more than other topics. Wikipedia defines notability as "worthy of notice", and considers it distinct from fame, importance, and popularity. Though it is acknowledge to be related to fame and the like, it is important understand that being famous, important, or popular does not mean a video game article should be on Wikipedia. Being notable means that a topic has "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Wikipedia's policy also stipulates that this only presumes to "satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article." This means that though an article may meet the criteria on paper, it is up to the community to decide if a topic truly is notable and/or violates other policies such as WP:NOT. In short, just because a video game, character, or related topic exists, does not mean it should also exist as a Wikipedia article. Dealing with non-notable topics Articles that do not meet the criteria are either deleted or merged into a relevant topic. WP:Articles for deletion (AfD) handles the deletion of non-notable articles, among other types, and has an established process to begin discussions about reasons for deletion. If an article is a subarticle of a larger topic, merging it into the larger topic article is a more desirable action. For example, the main character of a video may not be notable, but has received some mentions in reviews. 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The WikiProject Video games Newsletter Volume II, No. 1 - January 2009 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of January 2009, the project has: 118 Featured articles 25 Featured Lists 14 Featured Topics 1 article in Featured Article Review 15 articles for Peer review 20 A-Class articles 280 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 2 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good content Promoted FA/FL: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, New Super Mario Bros., The Simpsons Game, The Simpsons Hit & Run, Super Columbine Massacre RPG! Promoted FT: None Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted AA: None Promoted GA: Age of Empires (video game), Controversy over the usage of Manchester Cathedral in Resistance: Fall of Man, Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades, Masashi Hamauzu, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Metroid Prime Hunters, Metroid Prime Pinball, Nemesis (Resident Evil), OverClocked ReMix, Reptile (Mortal Kombat), Sam & Max, Sheng Long, The Simpsons Wrestling, Sonic Unleashed, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario Kart Promoted GT: None Demoted GA/GT: Rinoa Heartilly News There were 209 new articles in January 2009 Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. Old "left over" project pages have been added to a clean up page to discuss appropriate courses of action. Come help out and voice your thoughts. Several video game articles appeared on Wikipedia's main page this month. Marble Madness was featured on the Main Page as "Today's featured article" for January 11, 2009. A fact from Lost Pig appeared on the Main page in the Did you know? column on January 23, 2009. A fact from Alisia Dragoon appeared on the Main page in the Did you know? column on January 30, 2009. Editor David Fuchs was interviewed for the Dispatch of the January 17th Signpost. Herr Fuchs was selected by having the second highest number of FA nominations in 2008, many of which were video game articles. Collaboration of the week has resumed. The first article to benefit from this was "Video game genres". Featured editor: This issue we are trying a new type of newsletter feature: "Featured editor". This is a chance to learn more about the various editors who contribute to the Video games project as well as the roles they fill. If you enjoyed this new feature and would like to see similar interviews in future issues, please drop us a note at the VG newsletter talk page. David Fuchs (also known as Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs), is a long time video games editor that has written a large number of the project's Featured articles. He has been ranked high on Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations, and has assisted in reviewing and editing more many. Recently David has begun to assist with image reviews for Featured article candidates, and branched out into other types of articles in addition to video games. He can normally been seen on the project's talk page offering advice and his input on the various discussion taking place there. What drew you to Wikipedia, and what prompted you to begin editing? I got involved due in part to (I believe, my memory is fuzzy) finding the site while doing research for Advanced Placement Europen History during high school. My earliest contributions (in December 2005) were creating topics based on what I learned, as well as creating an article for my high school with another friend. 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The WikiProject Video games Newsletter Volume II, No. 2 - February 2009 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of February 2009, the project has: 119 Featured articles 25 Featured Lists 15 Featured Topics 1 article in Featured Article Review 15 articles for Peer review 21 A-Class articles 294 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 1 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good content Promoted FA/FL: List of Metroid media, Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Promoted FT: Myst series Demoted FA/FL/FT: List of Metal Gear Solid characters Promoted AA: Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario Kart Promoted GA: Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Alan Kotok, Alisia Dragoon, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Braid (video game), Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!, Discography of the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series, Fast inverse square root, Left 4 Dead, Luke Smith (writer), Mario Kart DS, Metroid Fusion, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Metroid: Zero Mission, Myst Online: Uru Live, Pong, Shadow the Hedgehog (video game), Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Metroid, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver Promoted GT: None Demoted GA/GT: Crystalis, Duck Hunt, Game Boy Micro, P.N.03, Super Mario RPG, Yoshi Touch & Go News There were 193 new articles in February 2009 Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. Old "left over" project pages have been added to a clean up page to discuss appropriate courses of action. Come help out and voice your thoughts. Several video game articles appeared on Wikipedia's main page this month. Congratulations to the contributing editors. A fact from Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 8. A fact from Maressa Orzack appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 8. A fact from Neighborhood Games appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 10. A fact from Runes of Magic appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 12. A fact from Luke Smith (writer) appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 18. A fact from Super Mario Bros. theme appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 20. Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None was featured on the Main Page as "Today's featured article" for Feb 20. 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The WikiProject Video games Newsletter Volume II, No. 3 - March 2009 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. 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Wikipedia Signpost: 6 April 2009[edit]

• Special report: Interactive OpenStreetMap features in development
• News and notes: Statistics, Wikipedia research and more
• Wikipedia in the news: Wikia Search abandoned, university plagiarism, and more
• Dispatches: New FAC and FAR nomination process
• WikiProject report: WikiProject China
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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Wikipedia Signpost: 13 April 2009[edit]

• License update: Licensing vote begins
• News and notes: WMF petitions Obama, longer AFDs, UK meeting, and more
• Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism
• WikiProject report: WikiProject Color
• Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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Nintendo task force membership[edit]

If you are not already aware, the Super Smash Bros. task force (formerly WikiForce Super Smash Bros.) has very recently been merged into the Nintendo task force (formerly WikiProject Nintendo). As a result, the memberlist of the old task force has been merged into the Nintendo task force's memberlist. In order to gauge who is still active and willing to participate actively in the Nintendo task force, I have placed all those members under the inactive participants list, which is located below the active participants list at WP:NIN.

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Wikipedia Signpost: 27 April 2009[edit]

• Book reviews: Reviews of Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia
• News and notes: Usability study, Wiki Loves Art, and more
• Wikipedia in the news: Wikipedia Art dispute, and brief headlines
• WikiProject report: Interview on WikiProject Final Fantasy
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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A note regarding the WPVG Newsletter[edit]

Due to an apparent lack of interest, the WPVG Newsletter will be switching from a monthly publication schedule to a quarterly one. The next issue be delivered on July 1, 2009, and will pertain to the second quarter of the calendar year. If you have any comments regarding this, or suggestions to improve the newsletter, please post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter.

—VG Newsletter Contributors

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Wikipedia Signpost: 11 May 2009[edit]

• News and notes: Wikimania 2010, usability project, link rot, and more
• Wikipedia in the news: Quote hoax replicated in traditional media, and more
• Dispatches: WikiProject Birds reaches an FA milestone
• WikiProject report: WikiProject Michael Jackson
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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Wikipedia Signpost: 18 May 2009[edit]

• From the editor: Writers needed
• Special report: WikiChemists and Chemical Abstracts announce collaboration
• Special report: Embassies sponsor article-writing contests in three languages
• News and notes: Wiki Loves Arts winners, Wikimania Conference Japan, and more
• Wikipedia in the news: Arbitrator blogs, French government edits, brief headlines
• WikiProject report: WikiProject Opera
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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Wikipedia Signpost: 25 May 2009[edit]

• License update: Licensing vote results announced, resolution passed
• News and notes: New board member, flagged revisions, Eurovision interviews
• Wikipedia in the news: Wikipedia: threat or menace?
• WikiProject report: WikiProject LGBT studies
• Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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Wikipedia Signpost: 1 June 2009[edit]

• From the editor: Browsing the archives
• Book review: Review of The Future of the Internet
• Scientology: End of Scientology arbitration brings blocks, media coverage
• News and notes: Picture of the Year, Wikipedia's first logo, Board elections, and more
• Wikipedia in the news: Tamil Wikipedia, Internet Watch Foundation, and more
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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Wikipedia Signpost: 15 June 2009[edit]

• Book review :Review of Cyberchiefs: Autonomy and Authority in Online Tribes
• News and notes: License update, Google Translate, GLAM conference, Paid editing
• Wikipedia in the news: In the Google News, London Review of Books, and more
• WikiProject report: WikiProject Chemistry
• Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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Wikipedia Signpost: 22 June 2009[edit]

• Special report:Study of vandalism survival times
• News and notes: Wikizine, video editing, milestones
• Wikipedia in the news: Wikipedia impacts town's reputation, assorted blogging
• Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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The WPVG Newsletter (Q2 2009)[edit]

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 2, No. 4 — 2nd Quarter, 2009
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Project At a Glance
As of Q2 2009, the project has:

125 Featured Articles 28 Featured Lists 15 Featured Topics

28 A-Class Articles 321 Good Articles 2 Good Topics

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Changes to Featured and Good content News items and announcements

Feature: Data suggest an increasing lack of interest Featured editor: Masem

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• VG Project Main pages

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Wikipedia Signpost: 6 July 2009[edit]

• News and notes: Commons grant, license change, new chapters, usability and more
• Wikipedia in the news: Wikipedia and kidnapping, new comedy series
• WikiProject report: WikiProject Food and Drink
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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Wikipedia Signpost: 27 July 2009[edit]

• From the editor: Welcome to the build-your-own edition of the Signpost
• Board elections: Board of Trustees elections draw 18 candidates for 3 seats
• Wiki-Conference: Wikimedians and others gather for Wiki-Conference New York
• Wikipedia Academy: Volunteers lead Wikipedia Academy at National Institutes of Health
• News and notes: Things that happened in the Wikimedia world
• Wikipedia in the news: Assorted news coverage of Wikipedia
• Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
• WikiProject report: WikiProject Oregon
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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Wikipedia Signpost: 3 August 2009[edit]

• News and notes: WMF elections, strategy wiki, museum partnerships, and much more
• Wikipedia in the news: Dispute over Rorschach test images, and more
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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Wikipedia Signpost: 10 August 2009[edit]

• Special story: Tropenmuseum to host partnered exhibit with Wikimedia community
• News and notes: Tech news, strategic planning, BLP task force, and more
• Wikipedia in the news: Shrinking community, GLAM-Wiki, and more
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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Wikipedia Signpost: 17 August 2009[edit]

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Wikipedia Signpost: 24 August 2009[edit]

• News and notes: $500,000 grant, Wikimania, Wikipedia Loves Art winners
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The Wikipedia Signpost: 21 September 2009[edit]

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• Wikipedia in the news: Wales everywhere, participation statistics, and more
• Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
• WikiProject report: WikiProject Video games
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The Wikipedia Signpost: 28 September 2009[edit]

• Opinion essay: White Barbarian
• Localisation improvements: LocalisationUpdate has gone live
• Office hours: Sue Gardner answers questions from community
• News and notes: Vibber resigns, Staff office hours, Flagged Revs, new research and more
• Wikipedia in the news: Stunting of growth, Polanski protected and more
• Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
• WikiProject report: WikiProject National Register of Historic Places
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
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The Wikipedia Signpost: 5 October 2009[edit]

• New talk pages: LiquidThreads in Beta
• Sockpuppet scandal: The Law affair
• News and notes: Article Incubator, Wikipedians take Manhattan, new features in testing, and much more
• Wikipedia in the news: Wikipedia used by UN, strange AFDs, iPhone reality
• Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
• WikiProject report: New developments at the Military history WikiProject
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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The WPVG Newsletter (Q3 2009)[edit]

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 2, No. 5 — 3rd Quarter, 2009
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126 Featured Articles 33 Featured Lists 16 Featured Topics

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 12 October 2009[edit]

• From the editor: Perspectives from other projects
• Special story: Memorial and Collaboration
• Bing search: Bing launches Wikipedia search
• News and notes: New WMF hire, new stats, and more
• Wikipedia in the news: IOC sues over Creative Commons license, Wikipedia at Yale, and more
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• WikiProject report: WikiProject Tropical cyclones
• Features and admins: Approved this week
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The Wikipedia Signpost: 26 October 2009[edit]

• Interview: Interview with John Blossom
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• Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
• Features and admins: Approved this week
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The Wikipedia Signpost: 2 November 2009[edit]

• Article contest: Durova wins 2009 WikiCup

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• Election report: 2009 ArbCom elections report

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• Features and admins: Approved this week

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 9 November 2009[edit]

• Fundraiser: Controversial "Wikipedia Forever" fundraiser to start 10 November

• New pages experiment: Wikipedians test the water at new page patrol

• German controversy: German Wikipedia under fire from inclusionists

• Multimedia usability: Multimedia usability meeting concludes in Paris

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• Sister projects: Meta-wiki interview

• Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations

• Features and admins: Approved this week

• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 16 November 2009[edit]

• Fundraiser: "Wikipedia Forever" fundraiser begins

• Bulgarian award: Bulgarian Wikipedia gets a prestigious award

• Election report: Arbitration Committee Election: Several candidates standing

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• Sister projects: Wiktionary interview

• Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations

• Features and admins: Approved this week

• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 23 November 2009[edit]

• Uploading tool: New tool for photo scavenger hunts

• Election report: Arbitration Committee Election: Nominations closing November 24

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• In the news: The Decline of Wikipedia, and more

• Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations

• Features and admins: Approved this week

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 30 November 2009[edit]

• Election report: ArbCom election begins December 1, using SecurePoll

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 7 December 2009[edit]

• From the editors: 250th issue of the Signpost

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 14 December 2009[edit]

• Election report: Voting closes in the Arbitration Committee Elections

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Hey, Tinkleheimer. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!-- MisterWiki talk contribs 03:19, 21 December 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 21 December 2009[edit]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 28 December 2009[edit]

• News and notes: Flagged revisions petitions, image donations, brief news

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• Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations

• Features and admins: Approved this week

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The WPVG Newsletter (Q4 2009)[edit]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 1 January 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Fundraiser ends, content contests, image donation, and more

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• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 11 January 2010[edit]

• From the editor: Call for writers

• 2009 in review: 2009 in Review

• Books: New Book namespace created

• News and notes: Wikimania 2011, Flaggedrevs, Global sysops and more

• In the news: Wikipedia in British schools, Hitler's Downfall meme, and more

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 18 January 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Statistics, disasters, Wikipedia's birthday and more

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 25 January 2010[edit]

• BLP madness: BLP deletions cause uproar

• Births and deaths: Wikipedia biographies in the 20th century

• News and notes: Biographies galore, Wikinews competition, and more

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 1 February 2010[edit]

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• Strategic planning: The challenges of strategic planning in a volunteer community

• News and notes: New CTO, Britain Loves Wikipedia, Telefónica partnership, Multimedia and more

• In the news: Wikipedia on CDs, BBC uses Wikipedia content, and more

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• Sister projects: Sister project roundup

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 8 February 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Commons at 6 million, BLP taskforce, milestones and more

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• Dispatches: Fewer reviewers in 2009

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Olympics

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 15 February 2010[edit]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 22 February 2010[edit]

• News and notes: $2 Million donation, cybersquatting, comScore statistics and more

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 1 March 2010[edit]

• Reference desk: Wikipedia Reference Desk quality analyzed

• News and notes: Usability, 15M articles, Vandalism research award, and more

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 8 March 2010[edit]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 15 March 2010[edit]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 22 March 2010[edit]

• Wikipedia-Books: Wikipedia-Books: Proposed deletion process extended, cleanup efforts

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 29 March 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Usability rollout, downtime, admin phishing, Wikimania scholarships and more

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• WikiProject report: The WikiProject Bulletin: news roundup and WikiProject Chicago feature

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 5 April 2010[edit]

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The WPVG Newsletter (Q1 2010)[edit]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 12 April 2010[edit]

• Sanger allegations: Larry Sanger accuses Wikimedia of hosting illegal images

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 19 April 2010[edit]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 26 April 2010[edit]

• From the team: Introducing Signpost Sidebars

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 3 May 2010[edit]

• Book review: Review of The World and Wikipedia

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 10 May 2010[edit]

• From the editor: Reviewers and reporters wanted

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• Book review: Dan O'Sullivan's Wikipedia: a new community of practice?

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• News and notes: Public Policy and Books for All

• In the news: Commons pornography purge, and more

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• Features and admins: Approved this week

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 17 May 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Backstage at the British Museum

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 24 May 2010[edit]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 31 May 2010[edit]

• Photography: Making money with free photos

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 7 June 2010[edit]

• From the team: Changes to the Signpost

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 14 June 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Pending changes goes live, first state-funded Wikipedia project concludes, brief news

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 21 June 2010[edit]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 28 June 2010[edit]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 5 July 2010[edit]

• News and notes: WMF expansion, community hires, award for MediaWiki, admin recall

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 12 July 2010[edit]

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 19 July 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Politician defends editing own article, Google translation, Row about a small Wikipedia

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 26 July 2010[edit]

• News and notes: New interwiki project improves biographies, and other news

• In the news: Wikipedia leads in customer satisfaction, Google Translate and India, Citizendium transition, Jimbo's media accolade

• WikiProject report: These Are the Voyages of WikiProject Star Trek

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 2 August 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Canadian political edits, Swedish royal wedding, Italian "right of reply" bill, Chapter reports

• In the news: Gardner and Sanger on why people edit Wikipedia, Fancy and frugal reading devices, Medical article assessed

• WikiProject report: Always Expanding: WikiProject Images and Media

• Features and admins: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution

• Technology report: Major MediaWiki release, password security, vulnerable MediaWiki installations, and more

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 9 August 2010[edit]

• News and notes: FBI requests takedown of seal, Public Policy advisors and ambassadors, Cary Bass leaving, new Research Committee

• In the news: Wikinews interviews Umberto Eco, and more

• Admin stats: RfA drought worsens in 2010—wikigeneration gulf emerging

• Sister projects: Strategic Planning update

• WikiProject report: Chocks away for WikiProject Aviation

• Features and admins: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution

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The Signpost: 16 August 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Book publisher apologizes for plagiarizing photos by Wikipedians, brief news

• Spam attacks: Large scale vandalism revealed to be "study" by university researcher

• In the news: Supportive communication and missing incentives on Wikipedia, and more

• WikiProject report: A Pit Stop with WikiProject NASCAR

• Features and admins: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: ArbCom releases names of CU/OS applicants after delay

• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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The Signpost: 23 August 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Pending changes poll, Public policy classes, Payment schemes debate, and more

• In the news: Zionist editing courses, newspaper denies editing candidate, net neutrality

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Cryptozoology

• Features and admins: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Proposed decision of climate change case posted

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The Signpost: 30 August 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Most linked websites on Wikipedia, New York Wiki-Conference, and more

• In the news: Agatha Christie spoiled, Wales on Wikileaks, University students improve Wikipedia, and more

• WikiProject report: Studying WikiProject Universities

• Features and admins: Featured article milestone: 3,000

• Arbitration report: What does the Race and intelligence case tell us?

• Technology report: Reusability of MediaWiki code, Google Summer of Code: Interwiki transclusion, and more

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The Signpost: 6 September 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Pending changes analyzed, Foundation report, Main page bias, brief news

• In the news: WikiLeaks and Wikipedia; Google–WP collaboration to translate health information

• Book review: Cognitive Surplus, by Clay Shirky

• Dispatches: Tools, part 1: References, external links, categories and size

• WikiProject report: Putting articles in their place: the Uncategorized Task Force

• Features and admins: Bumper crop of admins; Obama featured portal marks our 150th

• Arbitration report: Interim desysopping, CU/OS appointments, and more

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The Signpost: 13 September 2010[edit]

• News and notes: Page-edit stats, French National Library partnership, Mass page blanking, Jimbo on Pending changes

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The Signpost: 20 September 2010[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2010[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2010[edit]

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help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!![edit]

Hi ! I am new to wiki so i hope I'm typing this in the right spot! I'm reaching out to other users for help. As I understand it, I need to track down an established wiki editor to help me rid the first article i've created ("Stone and Stone")of the ugly box that was posted on top "This article has multiple issues....".

I know exactly how these complaints came about. In my ignorance on how wiki works, I gave myself the same nickname as the subject I was writing on and then a whole drama ensued, as it was assumed that I was my subject and that I was writing an autobiography! In truth, I am a huge comedy fan and biographer and was dipping my toes for the first time in wikipedia waters!

Any help or solutions you could provide me when you get the chance would be greatly appreciated! This poor little article certainly doesn't deserve such an ugly heading box because of my wiki-ignorance! Thank you in advance for your time! Comedybiographer (talk) 10:52, 24 February 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2011[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2011[edit]

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New Page Patrol survey[edit]

New page patrol – Survey Invitation Hello Tinkleheimer! The WMF is currently developing new tools to make new page patrolling much easier. Whether you  have patrolled many pages or only a few, we now need to  know about your experience. The survey takes only 6 minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist us in analyzing the results of the survey; the WMF will not use the information to identify you. If this invitation  also appears on other accounts you  may  have, please complete the  survey  once only.  If this has been sent to you in error and you have never patrolled new pages, please ignore it. Please click HERE to take part. Many thanks in advance for providing this essential feedback. You are receiving this invitation because you  have patrolled new pages. For more information, please see NPP Survey. Global message delivery 13:39, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2011[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2012[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2012[edit]

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You're invited to Wikipedia Takes St. Louis![edit]

Dust off your Polaroid camera and pack your best lenses. The first-ever Wikipedia Takes St. Louis photo hunt kicks off Sat, Sept. 15, at 12:30pm in downtown St. Louis. Tour the streets of the Rome of the West with other Wikipedians and even learn a little St. Louis history. This event is a fun and collaborative way to enhance St. Louis articles with visual content. Novice photographers welcome! Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 01:23, 2 September 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2012[edit]

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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 16:01, 15 October 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy birthday![edit]

Just a happy Birthday message to you, Tinkleheimer, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Statυs (talk) 01:07, 21 December 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy Birthday![edit]

	Happy Birthday	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing Tinkleheimer a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2013[edit]

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WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, October 2013[edit]

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WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Quarter 4, 2013[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2014[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20140402

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2014[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20140702 MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:06, 4 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2014[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2015[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2015[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2015[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20151007 MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:55, 13 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Proposed deletion of Knight's Action Park[edit]

The article Knight's Action Park has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Notability.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Template:Tlc notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on [[TALKPAGENAME:Knight's Action Park|the article's talk page]].

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing Template:Tlc will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:25, 21 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2015/MassMessage MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:53, 23 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2015[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2016[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2016[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20160703 MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:02, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]

New deal for page patrollers[edit]

Hi BASEPAGENAME,

In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2016[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2016[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2017[edit]

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Reality television task force[edit]

Hello Tinkleheimer. I see you are a member of the Reality TV task force, but have not made any edits on Wikipedia in over a year. I have placed your name as inactive on the Project page and am leaving this message here for when you return to Wikipedia. WikiVirusC (talk) 02:43, 15 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2017[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2017[edit]

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Women in Red World Contest[edit]

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2019[edit]

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q3 2020[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2020[edit]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2021[edit]

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Latest (and most likely final) issue of the WP:VG newsletter[edit]

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