User talk:Artichoker/Archive 6

The WPVG Newsletter (February 2009)

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WholeSecurity
WholeSecurity and AntiBot are not related! I used to work there. This article in the 3rd paragraph talks about how AntiBot and SONAR (developed by WholeSecurity) are complementary therefore implying they are not related (how can something complement itself??!!). The WholeSecurity article is still relevant as it was a full company that employed about 100 people. It was real and the article describes what they did. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9727254-7.html "Norton AntiBot is designed to complement Symantec's existing SONAR technology, a behavior-monitoring and blocking feature acquired from a company called Whole Security last year and currently available on Norton Antivirus, Norton Internet Security, and Norton 360."--66.25.175.163 (talk) 23:11, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * All right, let's not get engaged in an edit war. Remember not to make more than 3 reverts within 24 hours; it is a blockable offense. TechOutsider (talk) 20:15, 25 March 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
 * I'm sorry, but I have utterly no idea what you are talking about.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 22:00, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

(Ir)relevant sentence
Hello, Artichoker! You recently reverted an edit of mine concerning a sentence in the "Development" section of the Pokémon Red and Blue page. The sentence I'm referring to is: "Regardless, this same strategy of creating a normally-unobtainable Pokémon was employed in later generations via Celebi, Deoxys, and Arceus respectively." When I saw this sentence initially, I thought it just needed to be rewritten ("respectively" doesn't belong in the sentence, for example). I then realized the sentence has absolutely nothing to do with the development of Red/Blue, or even Red/Blue in general, so I removed it. Why do you say it belongs? -Sesu Prime (talk) 11:10, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 01:08, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey, Artichoker. I just don't think that sentence is relevant enough to belong in the article.

By the way, "respectively" is used when there are two lists within the same sentence that correlate to each other in the order in which their items appear. For example, if someone simply wrote, "Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina are on the covers of Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum", then it implies that all three Pokémon are pictured on each cover. But, by adding "respectively" to the end of that sentence, it clarifies that Dialga = Diamond, Palkia = Pearl, and Giratina = Platinum. However, if the sentence read, "Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina are on the covers of the fourth-generation games", then "respectively" wouldn't be used, as there's only one list in that sentence, and thus there are no individual items with which "Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina" can correlate. I know, it's kind of confusing. ; -) Sesu Prime (talk) 09:39, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 18:00, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey, Artichoker. Sorry for not getting back to you sooner (I was busy becoming a WoW addict). Anyway, I don't think the Celebi, Deoxys, and Arceus bit belongs because it doesn't enhance the reader's understanding of how Red and Blue were developed. The Red/Blue article is simply not the place for that information.

Er, and about "respectively": as I pointed out in my (admittedly over-complicated) examples, it doesn't fit in that sentence because the generations aren't listed within the sentence. If you really want "respectively" in the sentence, then it should be written as follows: "This same strategy of creating a normally-unobtainable Pokémon was later employed in Generations II, III, and IV via Celebi, Deoxys, and Arceus, respectively."

By the way, I still think the sentence should be removed. I'm just clarifying how "respectively" should be used for your own wikibenefit. -Sesu Prime (talk) 17:29, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

P.S. I know wikibenefit isn't a real wikiword, and I know wikiword isn't a real, um... wikiterm, and I know wikiterm isn't, oh nevermind. ;- }
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 18:02, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

é e é e é e é e
Hello again, Artichoker. You and I both know the only correct spelling is "Pokémon", not "Pokemon", "pokémon", or "pokemon", and certainly not "Pokeman". Any Pokémon fan knows this, but the media apparently does not (even video game websites usually type "Pokemon"). They either don't know the correct spelling, or don't know how to type the é. Anyway, I realize that many (if not most) sources use an incorrect spelling, but as Wikipedia is a tool for learning, I don't think we should use incorrect forms (except when used in quotations, which should always be followed by [sic]). Either we should go through each time Pokémon is misspelled in a reference and add [sic], or simply fix the spelling. Thoughts? -Sesu Prime (talk) 04:49, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 18:00, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay. I'm with you now on leaving all the Pokemon as is within references. However, there are two instances within the body of the article of Pokemon being used. They're both in a quote, so rather than change them to Pokémon, they should both be followed by [sic]. -Sesu Prime (talk) 16:02, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 16:06, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

There's a reason I didn't use the Wikilinked [sic] for the second "Pokemon": Template:Sic says not to use the Wikilinked version when [sic] is used multiple times close together. -Sesu Prime (talk) 16:23, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 18:02, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Have a second?
Hello again, Artichoker! Er, I have a favor to ask of you if you have the time. Could you take a look at the Pokémon mini article? I've done extensive editing to it since early February and I would like your input on how it looks now compared to before I made my first edit. I think all the game descriptions still need to be rewritten, and I think the picture should be replaced with a more professional-looking one. What says you? Any constructive criticism is appreciated. Thanks! -Sesu Prime (talk) 17:56, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 00:50, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Pokemon Platinum AU
Here what about this http://gonintendo.com/?p=76670 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Canand1 (talk • contribs) 00:17, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 00:21, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Image upload help!
Hello, Artichoker. I have two images I want to upload, but I'm having trouble figuring out the copyright status. One of them is of a Virtual Boy controller and the other is of a Pokémon mini. The Nintendo logo is prominently shown on both, which is obviously trademarked, but I took both photographs myself, so do I own the copyright? Or does Nintendo? I've found seemingly contradictory information on this: the Wii article has nine pictures, eight of which are from Wikimedia Commons, but Commons' policy doesn't allow copyrighted images to be uploaded. So, are my photographs okay for Commons or should they be uploaded directly to Wikipedia using free-use rationale? Thanks in advance. -sesuPRIME talk • contributions 03:08, 30 March 2009 (UTC) PS: I realize there's already a picture of a VB controller and Pokémon mini, but mine are much more professional-looking.
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 19:51, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, Artichoker. Thanks for pointing me to WT:VG. Someone there answered my question and I uploaded my two pictures, then affixed them to their respective articles. Thanks again. -sesuPRIME talk • contributions 02:43, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 19:47, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Userpage
Excellent work on that revamping. Useight (talk) 00:35, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 00:38, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (March 2009)

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Ezra Klein quote on Conservapedia article
My initial edit was kind of randomly made, and I'm surprised it got any pushback, so I'm half making this comment out of curiosity. What is it, precisely, that the Klein comment adds to a reader's understanding of Conservapedia? Klein's comment, about half of which is a hat tip to DeGroot, appears to me contentless snark. About all I can get out of it that Klein and DeGroot are derisive of Conservapedia. Nor is it clearly tied to the preceding sentence. If I didn't get it, I presume that it won't be of much value to others. But I'm interested in hearing the other side of it, so hit me back here or my talk page when you get a chance. Cheers, WWB (talk) 14:08, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 15:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Dunno if you have a preference for keeping these conversations in one place, but I'll reply here for the sake of reciprocity. You say the quote is "relevant because it provides third-party coverage" of the subject. This doesn't quite address my point that the coverage in question is not very illuminating. And you say both sentences relate to religion, but here's the exact quote from Klein's column as cited in the article now: "As Daniel DeGroot notes, you've got to wonder which 'unreasonable' explanations they rejected when formulating that entry." What explanations? There's no there there, you know what I mean? I don't have the time now, but I think we could find something with a little more context. Does this make sense? Cheers, WWB (talk) 17:00, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Happy Easter!
On behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just wanted to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Happy Easter! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 06:21, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I appreciate it. Happy Easter/spring holiday to you as well. Cheers,  Artichoker [ talk  ] 16:34, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Diamond, Pearl, & Platinum info
Hey Artichoker there was a discussion on the Wikiproject that you might find interesting; while looking for information about Ivysaur, a user found an interview with the game and music directors of Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. I'm not sure how to copy and paste it here (the link leads straight to a ZIP file), but it has some really good information on the development fo the games, the music aspect especially, that might be worth inclusion. You're the user who edits the video game articles most frequently, so I figured I'd best bring it to your attention. Cheers, MelicansMatkin (talk) 23:52, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 00:05, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

For me? Thank you!
Hey Artichoker! A barnstar for me!?! Really? Well thank you! You don't know how much it means to me for an experienced editor like yourself to acknowledge my efforts.

I don't know if you know this, but I've looked up to you since I began editing here on Wikipedia, as evidenced by my posts on your talk page asking for your help or your opinion. I really appreciate my anti-vandalism barnstar. I hope you don't mind, but I moved it up near the top of my talk page, where it will stay even when I inevitably start archiving my talk. I really, really appreciate my barnstar. You more than made my day. -sesuPRIME talk • contribs 01:11, 27 April 2009 (UTC)



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My proposal
Hey Artichoker. Did you see this? What do you think about it? -sesuPRIME talk • contribs 12:17, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

D/P FA
Ok, there has been talk at WP:PCP about D/P going for FA,but before I do anything, I would like your permission, since you have done the majority of edits for this page.Thanks and Peace Out--Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ LifeDeath 13:41, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, we would like your opinion on Bulbasaur evolutionary line.Thanks man.--Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ LifeDeath 17:00, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 19:55, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

A ref I found, useful for PKMN R/B
It's something not covered by the article, but on this page Satoshi Tajiri notes Makai Toushi SaGa was one of the influences behind the Pokemon games being on the game boy, in a nutshell seeing the game in action showing him the Game Boy could handle more than just action games. I started to work the reference into Pokemon Red and Blue, but since I know the article's your work you might be better at weaving the information into what's there.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 07:50, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 23:09, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Related, but went on a dead run and managed to cook this up. It's still got some ways to go, but it should satisfy WP:N enough to get out there for now. What do you think?--Kung Fu Man (talk) 08:15, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

NOTICE to all members of WikiProject Pokémon
Following a discussion on the Project's talk page, we will be updating WikiProject Pokémon's list of participants. To do this, all users previously listed as "Active" have been moved to the "Inactive" list; after this change anyone may add/re-add their name to the "Active" participants list. As your name was one of those on the Active members list, I am notifying you in case your active interest remains. Thank you for your cooperation in our efforts to keep our list of active participants as accurate and up-to-date as possible. ~ Amory ( user •  talk  •  contribs ) 04:21, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Wikipedia:SPEED
I have nominated for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Ipatrol (talk) 13:50, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Citing quotations
Here: Citations :)  The Le ft ori um  15:30, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 15:44, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure. I actually just recently found out about it by a user who reviewed one of my GAs. I think it might be a good idea to ask about it at the talkpage of WP:CITE.  The Le ft ori um  16:20, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 16:54, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Re:Game Informer
Hey Artichoker. Yeah, I have that issue and I'm going to add to the Reception's prose in a little while. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to properly add Nintendo Power's score, as their old system had five editors rate the game (do I average the scores together?). Of course, I'll add NP's two cents to the prose too. Cheers. - sesu  PRIME  16:50, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 16:55, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

I made a reply to your comment
I made a reply to your comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie/archive1. Thanx! ATC. Talk 23:24, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Italicizing "Pokémon"
Hey Artichoker. Are you sure it shouldn't be italicized when referring to the franchise as a whole? I'm not sure one way or the other, I'm just going off of what I've seen throughout Wikipedia. For example, the first line of all the species articles (except Mewtwo, for some reason) say something like "...is one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise...". It doesn't really matter to me which way we go, but it should be consistent throughout Wikipedia. - sesu  PRIME  19:08, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 19:34, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey man, I really, really don't want to see you get blocked for your reversions at Mew (Pokémon), so let's talk this out, okay? - sesu  PRIME  23:19, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if I want to get involved, but from the way I'm looking at it, it does make sense to italicize Pokémon when it refers to the franchise as a whole, and not when it's referring to the noun (e.g. in Mew's case, "legendary Pokémon" is not italicized).  TheChrisD  Rants • Edits 23:33, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Why does it make sense to italicize it when it's referring to the franchise? Why not italicize Google and Wal-mart too? They're franchises as well.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 01:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I would say mainly because Pokémon can be considered a special case. With two meanings to the word, it makes things a little bit clearer as to whether a certain utterance of Pokémon means the franchise or the noun. Besides, we already italicize all the game names and everything like that, so it makes a bit more sense.  TheChrisD  Rants • Edits 02:51, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I still don't see what makes Pokémon any more special than Google. Clearness does not excuse incorrect grammar. The game names are correctly italicized just like all other video games, and likewise, when referring to the franchise, it should not be italicized just like all other franchises.  Artichoker [ talk ] 02:53, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If I may interject to respond to Chris, that's a seperate issue from a franchise; games, albums, scientific names, and film titles are always in italics, it's just the correct grammatical way of doing it. Pokémon Red the game is italicized, but Pokémon the franchise is not. MelicansMatkin (talk) 02:56, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * For the sake of keeping discussion on this issue together, let's continue this at WT:PCP. - sesu  PRIME  03:43, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

IGN guides
I looked at the previous FAC and noticed the problem with those guides, but it's a very simple one. The author of those are the editorial staff of IGN, but the author parameter was omitted from the references at the time of the FAC. Simply adding it in should solve the problem as it can be confirmed by the first page (they initially developed it to require registration as well, but undid that years later). Just toss "author=Staff" or "author=IGN Staff" in those refs and that'll fix your problems in a jiffy.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 04:17, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 17:24, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (Q2 2009)

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re:Reverts
Hey man, thanks for backing-up my edits. In case you were wondering what edit of his(?) I reverted, it was this detail in the Shigeru Miyamoto article. The user later re-added the information with a reliable source, so all is now well. Cheers! - sesu  PRIME  18:14, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Paul McCartney
You deleted the fair-use photo of Dot Rhone, who was McCartney's first serious girlfriend in Liverpool, whom he made pregnant, and then secured the blessing of McCartney’s father for their wedding. Rhone later had a miscarriage, which meant McCartney would break off their relationship. This epsiode is rather important, one would think.

As Linda McCartney and Heather Mills have free-use photos, which show them both to be attractive women, it is of paramount importance to the article that a photo of Rhone is included, as (to be honest) she wasn’t.

To delete the one fair-use photo in a very large article full of free-use photos is, to my mind, nit-picking and bordering on a personal vendetta against McCartney himself. I'm sure you have your reasons, which you will no doubt link to Wikipedia pages that support you. I wish you well. --andreasegde (talk) 22:35, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

re:re
Wow, you're quick! I was going to leave you a message letting you know.

I'm excited for the flagged reversions test. Hopefully it'll change my mind about leaving. - sesu  PRIME  07:54, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry for leaving such a brief message last night, I was very tired.
 * I don't know what I'm going to do now. There were a few times before where I almost left Wikipedia. This was mostly due to the ridiculously lenient policy towards vandals (if it were up to me they'd be blocked for a week for their second offense). Maybe I was jumping the gun by proclaiming my semi-retirement, so for now I'm on a wiki-break for an undetermined amount of time. I'm very, very sorry for all the extra reverting duties this places on you and the others at the Project; that is the primary reason I decided against walking away all those times before. Cheers, and happy editing. :- ) ← (a rare smiley from Sesu) - sesu  PRIME  04:40, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Happy Bastille Day!
Dear fellow Wikipedian, on behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just want to wish you a Happy Bastille Day, whether you are French, Republican or not! :) Happy Editing!  Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 21:04, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Apology, but my concerns remain
You are right; I was mistaken. You undertook a short discussion on the subject. Try Talk:Fascism or Talk:Sarah Palin if you laboring under the mistaken impression that your discussion sprints to AfD are a thorough discussion. However, ANI was not at that time a threat, it was a promise. AfD without discussion is intolerable. AfD with a short discussion is tolerable, but not good form. The discussion was just a rehash of what was said on the revert summaries, and your actions were similar to AfDing as edit war; you had very little to say in the discussion, and your decision to AfD was unilateral, and entirely without consensus. I have no reason to believe you have learned from your mistakes; I expect we will be crossing paths again. Anarchangel (talk) 01:10, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk ] 01:29, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * i have commented on anarchangel's talk page and am just letting you know, happy editing! --&#65279;ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 14:17, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for making WP:NODRAMA a success!
Thank you again for your support of the Great Wikipedia Dramaout. Preliminary statistics indicate that 129 new articles were created, 203 other articles were improved, and 183 images were uploaded. Additionally, 41 articles were nominated for DYK, of which at least 2 have already been promoted. There are currently also 8 articles up for GA status and 3 up for FA/FL status. Though the campaign is technically over, please continue to update the log page at WP:NODRAMA/L with any articles which you worked during the campaign, and also to note any that receive commendation, such as DYK, GA or FA status. You may find the following links helpful in nominating your work:


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Just a shout
I went ahead and nominated Pokémon Red and Blue for A-class, it'll probably be a good long while before it gets two editors to give it a once over but it should pass and bump it up a notch on the assessment scale.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 19:47, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk ] 20:08, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delayed reply (been busy as heck x_X), but you might find Google Books to be useful to get an idea what to expect from the book. Its search function is currently a lot more useful than it was, since even for pages it doesn't actively show it will give a chunk of the surrounding paragraph(s) for what you search for in the book. It's damn handy for cultural impact information, that's for sure.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 13:30, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:FR/LG
It's honestly worth a shot, FAC's still part crapshoot but the article looks pretty damn good all around and the sources stick. I'd say give it a go, couldn't hurt to try it.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 00:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk ] 00:57, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism
Thanks for fixing the vandalism on my talk page. Tezkag72 (talk) 23:27, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

CUT IT OUT!!!
Stop flooding my page with those stupid tags because it's making it look ridiculous.MR KennedyDX (talk) 01:20, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk ] 01:22, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Happy Labor Day!
Dear colleague, I just want to wish you a happy, hopefully, extended holiday weekend and nice end to summer! Your friend, --A NobodyMy talk 03:06, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Ash and Red
User:Jinnai pointed out the concept of Red as a completely separate character than Ash Ketchum seemed to be original research and contrary to his development, and after some checking it does look like he has a point. In the episode that's supposed to be the cited difference between the two, Ash is regarding the manga Red in his flashback, rather than the game one. If anything Ash is pretty much another version of Red from what it looks like. It's kinda like with the Street Fighter characters: the movie versions of them were given different names, identities character etc, and those versions had their own toys, cartoon, comic, game yet are still essentially the base video game characters.

Combining the two would help bolster the final article significantly, and give some much needed reception to Red's article from the various sources Ash also utilizes, much like it did for Mewtwo. What do you think?--Kung Fu Man (talk) 21:33, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * My reply here.  Artichoker [ talk ] 21:37, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * User:Tintor2 actually pointed out something and he's right: Red doesn't just need reception, he has none. I was proposing this under the idea that Blue and Gary were being treated as the same character and would have reception as well, however it not only doesn't seem the case there, but the article was already really chopped into separate parts anyway, someone just hadn't done something to removed Blue's article. I turned it into a disambig page to finish things and save headaches. In light of this, I'm going to go ahead and merge Red, which'll make Ash the primary. Kinda unprecedented but we don't have many cases where one character ends up more notable than later incarnations too often...--Kung Fu Man (talk) 00:17, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

MissingNo.'s successful FAC
Yeah, I was thrown off too because the bots haven't gotten around to updating the relevant pages yet (adding the FA star to the article, for example), but as long as it's listed on WP:Featured articles, it's officially an FA. Cheers. - sesu  PRIME  02:45, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem. I see by reading the barnstar you gave Kung Fu Man that you're as excited as me that our project finally has an FA to its name! It's truly a great day for WikiProject Pokémon! - sesu  PRIME  03:04, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

WP:AN3
You have been mentioned at WP:AN3.&mdash;Kww(talk) 18:45, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

WP:POINT on Misty
Leave the merge tag. Let the discussion play out since it's an obvious WP:POINT disruption and will have the same result anyways. MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 19:35, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Simply so that there are no accusations of edit-warring on our part. MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 19:38, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (Q3 2009)

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RFA spam

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Happy Halloween!


As Halloween is my favorite holiday, I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Halloween! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 01:17, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!


I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 18:23, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

The Great Wikipedia Dramaout
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Merry Christmas


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The WPVG Newsletter (Q4 2009)

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pokemon glitch page
could you please help me find out whatever happened to the pokemon glitch page? it is talked about in the talk page but some retired admin. deleted it. please respond on my talk page (:-- RIVER Babble at my brooks 21:10, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * My response here.  Artichoker [ talk ] 21:49, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

yes I read that article but I wanted to know if there were any glitches in the pokemon emerald game. I would enjoy your help...-- RIVER Babble at my brooks 21:55, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * My response here.  Artichoker [ talk ] 22:02, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

I know I already gave you the barn-star, but my internet is being stupid and I can't access google ): could you please look them up for me and put them on my talk page? I know this is asking a lot, and I wish I had access to a search engine site but none I tried would work ): )=-- RIVER Babble at my brooks 23:42, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

I once again apologize, but when I click the link my computer gives me the "spinning wheel of death" and closes safari unexpectedly-- RIVER Babble at my brooks 20:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer
Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

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Romanization for words of English origin
On the MOS:JP talk page, a discussion has been started about including or not including romanizations for words of English origin, such as Fainaru Fantajī in Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー) (for the sake of simplicity, I called this case "words of English origin", more information on semantics here).

Over the course of a month, it has become apparent that both the parties proposing to include or not include those romanizations cannot be convinced by the arguments or guidelines brought up by the other side. Therefore, a compromise is trying to be found that will satisfy both parties. One suggestion on a compromise has been given already, but it has not found unanimous agreement, so additional compromises are encouraged to be suggested.

One universally accepted point was to bring more users from the affected projects in to help achieve consensus, and you were one of those selected in the process.

What this invitation is: What this invitation is not:
 * You should give feedback on the first suggested compromise and are highly encouraged to provide other solutions.
 * This is not a vote on including or excluding such romanizations.
 * This is not a vote on compromises either.

It would be highly appreciated if you came over to the MOS:JP talk page and helped find a solution. Thank you in advance. Prime Blue (talk) 11:38, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

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MLB Rivalries
You gave me a warning for this page. My other nonconstructive edits aside, you will find that on this page I've been nothing but helpful. I have consistently tried to discuss things with other editors and have been ignored. So, I expect you to give this other person the same warning you gave me. It's only fair.Ultimahero (talk) 05:16, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
 * My reply here  Artichoker [ talk ] 05:19, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, sir. I don't know if you'll notice so I want to let you know that I have a question on this subject. I have added it to the discussion on my page. Thank you.Ultimahero (talk) 05:22, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I have your talk page watchlisted.  Artichoker [ talk ] 05:23, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

There's currently a discussion going on on the Talk:Reds–Cardinals rivalry page and I was hoping that you could give me a hand with it. I know you're not a baseball expert, but that's okay. The problem is that one user, BeenChanged, has essentially stated that he is going to ignore Wikipedia's importance policy. I, and other users, have tried to explain that a topic needs to meet a certain standard of prominence and yet he has rejected this standard. He has also argued that since other pages exists that are sub-par, then therefore other sub-par pages can exist. We have tried to explain that he is violating Wikipedia policy. So, I was hoping that, as a moderator, you could talk to him. Thanks.Ultimahero (talk) 03:06, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

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Paul McCartney FAC
The Paul McCartney article has now been thoroughly copyedited top-to-bottom by numerous editors including User:Lfstevens, who is a member of the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors. If you can find the time in your busy schedule, please consider stopping by and taking a look, and hopefully, !voting. ~ GabeMc  (talk 04:07, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2012
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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter (4th Quarter 2012)
 The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

Volume 5, No. 4 — 4th Quarter, 2012

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2013
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Cut-and-paste moving
Hi. I'm not going to give you the usual template warning, since you're a long-standing editor. But you should know that performing page moves by copying the content from the one article (i.e. Recognition of same-sex unions in New Jersey) and pasting it into the other article (i.e. Same-sex marriage in New Jersey) messes up the page history and the legal author attribution, so please don't do it. - htonl (talk) 14:52, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, it's been a while. Thanks for reminding me.  Artichoker [ talk ] 15:37, 21 October 2013 (UTC)