User:KieferSkunk

Hello! Welcome to my User Page. :) This is my space to give a little info about myself and catalog my major contributions.  I also help out occasionally on Wikiquette Alerts with mediation issues between other users.  You're encouraged to help out too!

Links and templates that I use frequently
This table is a list of WP shortcuts and template specs that I use frequently. I put it here mainly for my own reference and quick jumps when I want to visit the pages. (This may be more convenient than having to remember the shortcuts and type them into the Search/Go box.) Feel free to copy this table for your own user page if you like!

Most of the links here are to Wikipedia policy pages that I tend to cite when responding to Wikiquette Alerts, working on consensus issues, or proposing major edits to articles (such as deleting whole sections containing game-guide material or original research).

Movies and TV Shows

 * The Red Green Show &mdash; Rewrote and reorganized Show Description, Show History and Main/Secondary Characters sections. Split out minor characters from main article - secondary article was later deleted per AfD.
 * Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner &mdash; Various fixes and cleanup.
 * Tron (film) &mdash; Rewrote the plot summary, extensive rework of most of the article.
 * Studio Ghibli &mdash; Cleanup
 * Castle in the Sky &mdash; Some fact-checking and cleanup
 * Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind &mdash; Cleanup
 * Pom Poko &mdash; Cleanup
 * Who Framed Roger Rabbit &mdash; Attempted to clean up the plot summary - most of my changes were reverted under the opinion that they were "excruciating".
 * Tiny Toon Adventures &mdash; Massive revisions and cleanup to the entire article.
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope &mdash; Rewrote the plot summary for clarity.
 * Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer &mdash; Rewrote the entire article, provided references for some facts, reintegrated trivia section.
 * Pac-Man (TV series) &mdash; Significant fixes and cleanup to Overview section.
 * The Weakest Link &mdash; Cleanup to descriptions of game rules. Fixed formatting problems in "All Versions" table.
 * Scrabble (game show) &mdash; Significant fixes and cleanup of game rules and general descriptions.
 * Warner Brothers Cartoons:
 * Feed the Kitty &mdash; Rewrote plot summary and identified Pussyfoot as female gender-neutral (see Talk:Marc Antony and Pussyfoot)
 * Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century &mdash; Complete rewrite/condense plot, remove speculation, analysis, etc.
 * Duck Amuck &mdash; Rewrite plot summary (added more detail to explain what is essentially a plotless cartoon)

Video Games

 * WikiProject Video games
 * Participated in numerous consensus discussions regarding level of detail in video-game articles.
 * Clarified Article guidelines for Xbox Live Achievements and scoring details, as well as proper use of verb tense.
 * Helped to enforce consensus decisions on numerous articles (see below).
 * Created Template:vgrationale, a helper template to assist with writing Fair-Use Rationales for video game screenshots.
 * Originally User:KieferSkunk/furvg, this was moved into the main namespace by User:Jacoplane on August 5, 2007.
 * Assisted in revising the WikiProject guidelines (main editor: User:RandomRan).


 * Arcade Games:
 * Galaga &mdash; Revised large parts of the article, added and corrected several facts, condensed Gameplay section
 * Galaga '88 &mdash; Rewrote almost the entire article, provided lots of up-to-date info.
 * Pac-Man &mdash; Significant revisions, up-to-date info based on Xbox 360 release.
 * Bosconian &mdash; Major rewrites and corrections.
 * Gorf &mdash; Rewrote Description section, extra formatting.
 * Dance Dance Revolution &mdash; Added several modes to "Other Modes", refactored "Arcade Releases" sections, other miscellaneous cleanup.
 * Tempest &mdash; Rewrote entire article up to Ports and Sequels.
 * Millipede &mdash; Rewrote entire article up to External References.
 * Asteroids &mdash; Rewrote Gameplay section, condensed "Lurking" strategy.
 * Off the Wall &mdash; Created the article, populated initial information.
 * Lunar Lander &mdash; Major cleanup of introduction and Gameplay sections.
 * Mr. Do! &mdash; Completely rewrote the article, removed larged amounts of trivia and scoring details.
 * Mr. Do's Castle &mdash; Rewrote Gameplay section, removed game strategy and trivia.
 * The Act (video game) &mdash; Created the article, populated initial information.


 * Star Fox series:
 * Star Fox &mdash; Some fact-checking and editing, fully explained Easter eggs
 * Star Fox 2 &mdash; Significant editing and rewrites.
 * Star Fox: Assault &mdash; Major rewrites and organization.
 * Star Fox Command &mdash; Major rewrites and organization.
 * Star Wolf &mdash; Rewrote the entire article (condensing and cleaning up).
 * Arwing &mdash; Significant editing and formatting.
 * Krystal &mdash; Rewrote almost the entire article, before it was condensed and merged into the main character list.
 * List of characters in the Star Fox series &mdash; Significant rewrites/edits to several characters.


 * Metroid series:
 * Super Metroid &mdash; Major revision and cleanup of the plot and gameplay sections.
 * Metroid Fusion &mdash; Added notes about intentional sequence break in plot.
 * Items in the Metroid series &mdash; Major revisions and cleanup in multiple sections. (Since transwiki'd)
 * Samus Aran &mdash; Merged "Samus Aran's gunship" into this article, performed some cleanup, significant edits.
 * Dark Samus &mdash; Extensive rewrites and cleanup, removed original research and POV phrasing. (Since merged with Metroid Series article)
 * Metroid Prime 3: Corruption &mdash; Completely rewrote Plot section, significant edits in other sections and lead.
 * Metroid &mdash; Significant work on games section in series article.


 * Puzzle League series:
 * Puzzle League series: Created the series page, started work on consolidating common gameplay info from individual game articles.
 * Panel de Pon &mdash; Major cleanup, split back into its own article from merged Tetris Attack article.
 * Tetris Attack &mdash; Major cleanup and rewrites to almost entire article. Split out Panel de Pon.
 * Nintendo Puzzle Collection &mdash; Minor cleanup to stub article.
 * Pokémon Puzzle League &mdash; Cleaned up and expanded Gameplay sections.


 * Pac-Man series:
 * Pac-Man Championship Edition &mdash; Major rewrites and cleanup. Called for consensus on scoring details.
 * Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures &mdash; Major rewrites to intro, Plot and Gameplay sections.
 * Pac-Man &mdash; Significant cleanup, assisted with research and citation of original Japanese release date, rewrote "Split-screen" and "Perfect play" sections.
 * Pac-Jr. &mdash; Merged with Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures - PJ is a minigame within one version of PM2.
 * Jr. Pac-Man &mdash; Rewrote and condensed the article.


 * Miscellaneous:
 * Shadow the Hedgehog &mdash; Readability/grammar/spelling rewrites to major sections of the article.
 * Twilight Zone (pinball) &mdash; Rewrote Single-ball and Multi-ball mode descriptions and rules.
 * Boom Boom Rocket &mdash; Rewrote Gameplay section, corrected several facts.
 * Geometry Wars &mdash; Major rewrites and cleanup. Split out Geometry Wars: Galaxies into its own article.
 * FunHouse (pinball) &mdash; Started on writing major rules and shots for the game.
 * Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge &mdash; Major rewrites to intro, Plot and Gameplay sections.
 * Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty &mdash; Cleanup in Plot and Critical Reception sections.
 * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600) &mdash; Cleanup in Gameplay section.
 * WWE WrestleMania 21 &mdash; Fixed numerous formatting problems.
 * Hexic &mdash; Completely rewrote the article and reorganized sections.
 * Rez &mdash; Completely rewrote the Gameplay section.
 * List of Virtual Console games (North America, Europe, Australia, Japan) &mdash; Added subsection headers for each console in the list of released games to make the page more browseable.
 * Sandlot Games &mdash; Assisted with creating a proper stub for this article, proper copyright/Fair-Use Rationale for logo.
 * Assassin's Creed &mdash; Rewrote/condensed article intro, partially rewrote Plot and Gameplay sections.
 * Geometry Wars: Galaxies &mdash; Created new article as a split out from Geometry Wars.
 * Poker Smash &mdash; Extensive expansion of Gameplay section.
 * Super Stardust HD &mdash; Extensive expansion of Gameplay section.
 * Mr. Driller Online &mdash; Wrote Gameplay section, copyediting in Reception.
 * Virtual Console &mdash; Removed detailed pricing info per WikiProject guidelines and WP:NOTDIR.
 * Pin*Bot (video game) &mdash; Created new article for NES conversion of pinball game.
 * The Act (video game) &mdash; Created new article for arcade test-market game.
 * Fez (video game) &mdash; Rewrote Plot, Gameplay and Development sections.
 * Tron 2.0 &mdash; Reorganized and revised Plot, Environment and Gameplay sections.

Removal of Scoring Details and Game Strategy
I removed significant portions of scoring details (bonus tables, etc) and strategy references from the following articles. Much of this is covered in the CVGProj Guidelines, but consensus discussions also took place in Talk:Pac-Man (addressing article precedent) and CVGProj Talk (addressing general level-of-detail issues). Because consensus was reached in Pac-Man, the precedent it set for related articles is no longer a factor.


 * Galaga '88: Game strategy, level/dimension details
 * Pac-Man: Fruit table, specific scoring details, some game strategy
 * Ms. Pac-Man: Fruit table
 * Super Pac-Man: Fruit/item table
 * Pac-Man Plus: Fruit table
 * Pac-Mania: General strategy details, complete list of all levels (condensed to general descriptions).
 * Asteroids (arcade game): Scoring details, detailed strategies (left mention of Lurker strategy due to cultural significance).
 * Pac-Man Championship Edition: Scoring details, fruit table, Xbox Live Achievements.
 * Mr. Do!: Scoring details and strategy hints.

Computers/Video Game Hardware

 * Amiga (computer) &mdash; Made some rewrites to the History and Technical Features sections.
 * TurboGrafx 16 &mdash; Significant editing.


 * Virtual Console &mdash; Significant rewrite to the lead:
 * Explained that "Virtual Console" is the emulation feature, not the download service.
 * Virtual Console is supported by the Wii Shop Channel, which has a "Virtual Console" section.


 * Super Nintendo Entertainment System &mdash; Major copyediting and organizing to multiple sections to assist toward Featured Article status.
 * This article was promoted to Featured Article status on July 26, 2007.
 * This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's Featured Article on August 2nd, 2007.
 * This article was referenced in an issue of Edge Magazine in late 2008/early 2009 as an example of a good video game article on Wikipedia. The magazine article's overall topic was about how some game topics (such as early MUDs) may be lost due to Wikipedia's policies on notability and verifiability.


 * SAM Coupé &mdash; Copyedited intro and hardware overview sections for active voice and present (abstract) tense. (Incomplete)


 * Intellivision &mdash; General cleanup and refactoring.


 * Mega Drive and Mega-CD &mdash; Moved articles from Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega CD, respectively. Fair amount of rework done to both articles.
 * In September 2011, helped facilitate discussions of two separate move proposals for Mega Drive (one to "Sega Genesis" and the other to "Sega Genesis and Mega Drive").
 * In September 2013, helped to bring Sega Genesis to Good Article status.

Other

 * Valspeak &mdash; Reformatted and improved "Emphasizers", renamed section to "Common Words and Phrases".
 * Schizophasia &mdash; Some cleanup, explained why Homsar (from Homestarrunner.com) should not be referenced.
 * Third degree AV block &mdash; Added information on symptoms and treatment
 * C (musical note) &mdash; Helped rewrite the intro for better flow and WP:WEIGHT issues.

Barnstars
I am proud of the contributions I've been making to Wikipedia. While I don't make a practice of calling a huge amount of attention to my contributions outside of my user page, several users have been kind enough to award me Barnstars. Thank you to everyone - it's really great to be working with you. :) (These have been copied over from my User Talk page.)

Administrator Notes
As of October 21, 2013, I am no longer an administrator on Wikipedia. I voluntarily rescinded my adminship after realizing that I rarely used the mop, virtually all of my involvement on Wikipedia has not required use of the admin tools, and my general participation has been causing me more stress than it's worth. Rather than risk retaliating inappropriately with these powerful tools (I do not believe I would, but one can do many terrible things in anger without realizing it), I've decided to hang up the mop and go on extended hiatus.

It's been an honor to serve this project. I wish you all the best, despite what I have been known to say in the past. &mdash; KieferSkunk (talk) &mdash; 19:12, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Funny Vandalism Log
This section serves as a diff archive of vandalism that made me laugh when I saw it in my Watchlist. I don't condone vandalism, but you have to admit that sometimes it can be pretty funny. :)


 * List of Kirby characters/King Dedede
 * "Penis" Aran (somebody put a lot of work into this one).
 * Venting against Windows Vista (yeah, good luck with that, dude)
 * Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (patent nonsense that made me laugh)

Not Vandalism, but still funny

 * Oh, the irony! (taken from User talk:Iridescent)
 * One user's unsuccessful attempt to fool an administrator (archived from original page)