User talk:David Fuchs/Archive 42

Trek film series
David, The purpose of the section you removed in Star Trek (film series) was to give brief plot synopses of about 2 sentences to all the films,and give minimal info about the interrelationship of the film plots to other films and the various TV series. That at least was not redundant to anything else in the article. The rest of the article was devoted to production detail and information, but said nothing about the plots.

Perhaps

1) some format other than a table, or

2) some flag to the title of the table to indicate it is about plots would be in order, or

3) a merge with the tables on music and box office

would be appropriate.

However, the table was not redundant to the rest of the article as your edit-summary suggested or stated. Regards,--WickerGuy (talk) 17:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

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Proposed poll
Re the caps and title case, I asked Aleandr and he says I should ask you about this. I am considering launching a new information poll at WT:TITLE, to get a better idea of where people stand on the changes that Born2cycle has proposed. I have drafted a poll in my user subpage at User:Dicklyon/Recognizability poll. I'd like to post this to WT:TITLE soon, if you think it won't be disruptive to the ongoing process. It might even solicit some opinions that people can cite in evidence. Does that seem like an OK idea? Dicklyon (talk) 16:22, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

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MSU Interview
Dear David,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
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 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 02:51, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

FAC
Two weeks later, the nom is finally within the rules, so here I go again... hope you don't mind if I'm taking a cue from your style of FAC introductions (and your guide - unintentionally, but once I had stumbled upon the very same joke, there was no way I wouldn't link to it!). Also, any comments/suggestions you can add there are welcome :) Thanks. igordebraga ≠ 01:53, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

If you have more to say, I'm willing to hear it. igordebraga ≠ 04:43, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

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Wong Kim Ark FAC
Hi. I realize you're very busy, but I was wondering if you might be able/willing to take some time and participate in the FAC for United States v. Wong Kim Ark. The current FAC (2nd one for this article) has been going on for a very long time — largely because of lengthy exchanges with two skeptical reviewers who, however, seem to have left the discussion for now. I believe the FAC would benefit greatly from new input; and regardless of whether the article gets promoted this time or needs to go for a third FAC sometime in the future, I do believe the comments I've received so far have resulted in the article being significantly improved over where it was a few weeks ago. Thanks for whatever you can do here. — Rich wales 19:52, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

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Inserting of picture for sequel
Hey David. I have a question, that is, regrettably, once more about the DotA article. Right here I have an image comparison between DotA and Dota 2 and I was wondering, while concerning sequels, do you feel it is appropriate to include an image screenshot comparison between the first and the second, if we were to want to include such an edit on the DotA page? D arth B otto talk•cont 02:21, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

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"Locus of dispute"
David, did you see my query at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation/Proposed_decision? It's odd to me that the MOS is included in the locus, when no evidence or workshop discussion was presented to support the idea that there was disruption at MOS beyond the sock behavior. I think it's a holdover from the confusion with TITLE. Can you review and let me know if this can fixed by copyedit as AGK suggested? I'd hate to see the PMA/JCS socking causing sactions at MOS if there's no reason to do so. Of course, if you see a reason to do so, I'd like to see that stated some place. Dicklyon (talk) 21:38, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I don't understand what you mean by "The case was precipitated by the TITLE dispute, but it definitely has its roots in related MoS discussions." (nothing in the TITLE problem was related to style issues, as far as I know). But at least I know you considered it. Dicklyon (talk) 05:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

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ArbCom typo
The final wording at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation has a non-trivial typo in it. "Collegiate" is not the same word as "collegial". The former ('of or having to do with a college or university') has no applicable meaning here, while the latter ('of or having to do with interaction between colleagues') is clearly what was intended, and is the very basis of WP:CIVIL interaction. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ɖ∘¿ ¤ þ  Contrib.  05:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

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Mojang-related mergers
Hey, David. I was wondering if you are able to close the merge discussion for Jens Bergensten? The thing is, it has been opened for more than two months now and the general consensus is that the page should be kept, but expanded and cleaned up some. Just, this discussion should have been closed a long time ago and it never was.

Also, somebody nominated Notch (game designer) for being merged into Mojang, despite that this individual is widely considered the most popular person in the industry today and has won numerous awards, including a BAFTA. Are you able to share your own personal input on the subject? D arth B otto talk•cont 22:08, 01 April 2012 (UTC)

Harassment of editors and Arbcom transparency
On my talk page at User_talk:Russavia, there is a discussion between myself and your fellow Arb User:AGK, concerning an issue which came to the attention of Arbcom. As the various links and diffs show, many editors saw the recent RFC/U against User:Fae as harassment, at best, and as homophobic harassment, at worst.

AGK firstly stated that he "voted" to ban Delicious Carbuncle, then has "corrected" himself to state that he merely was in favour of the Committee reviewing the case; either way there was opposition on the Committee to either banning Delicious Carbuncle or even reviewing the harassment that Fae was being subjected to.

As an Arb, the community elected you to represent the community for the community. The Committee time and time again pushes on editors who come before it that transparency is essential in our editing; in fact, transparency is one of the key tenets of this project, however the Arbcom often does not act in the same transparent way that it (and the community) expects of the community itself.

AGK states on my talk page that one can only expect a transparent hearing if a request for arbitration is filed, and states that most Arbcom business is conducted this way. This notion is somewhat correct, but it is also very wrong. As the committee time and time makes a point of stating that community transparency is essential, the community also expects the same of the Committee -- at all times. The Committee also makes many decisions "behind closed doors", and when pushed to explain decisions cites various "get out of jail free cards" to avoid being transparent to the community-at-large. This includes decisions such as banning editors for things done offwiki which can't clearly be attributed to that editor, or unbanning editors with a history of socking, etc, etc.

In aid of this, and in the interests of transparency to the Community at large, I am asking that you answer the following questions:


 * 1) Did you discuss the harassment of Fae on the Arbcom-l mailing list?
 * 2) If you did discuss this on the mailing list, were you in favour or against the Committee reviewing the information?
 * 3) If the discussion got to anything resembling a vote, did you vote in favour or against banning Delicious Carbuncle?

These are very simple questions which one is able to answer if they are truly for transparency both on the Committee and in the community in general, and I would expect that many in the community would be wanting transparent answers to these questions.

The last thing, it is of course Fae's choice if he wishes to request a case for Arbitration, but these questions are not being asked to have an end-run around the Arbitration process, but are being asked in the interests of transparency on a specific example that the Committee was aware of and refused to act upon. I would expect Fae and other editors (especially LGBT editors) would be wanting transparent answers here now, before deciding if they wish to act. Russavia ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) 07:53, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Star Trek moves
I have reverted all your changes to Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection. Unlike Generations, these two films were marketed with the colon, and so moving them would be improper; secondly, cut-and-paste moves are prohibited due to Wikipedia's content licensing policies; see WP:MOVE for instructions on how to properly do one in the future. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 14:52, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Well i'm not so sure Star Trek First Contact, Star Trek Insurrection, secondly, i could not move page as the title exist Vilnisr  T  15:08, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

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0x10c
Hey David, sorry if my last question was lame. I have another Mojang-related inquiry, however. You see, Mojang just announced their new game called 0x10c. I created a redirect called 0x10c, but I do not know how to have a title with the prolific "c". Are you able to move the page, or at least tell me how I may achieve this? D arth B otto talk•cont 00:04, 04 April 2012 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2012
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Signpost question
Hi David! I write for the Signpost and I'm working on a series analyzing the work of the Arbitration Committee (a recent story here). Would you be free to answer some questions regarding your work on the Committee, and specifically the ins and outs of the committee mailing list? I see you're a member of the incoming mail team for the committee, and I'm interested in some organizational details. For example:
 * Are PD assignments made on the list
 * How much discussion about a decision, pre-PD draft, is there

If you would be willing, please ping my talk page. I'd be glad to post questions here or via email, whichever you prefer. Best regards! Lord Roem (talk) 23:48, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

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Main page appearance: Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
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Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is a first-person shooter video game developed by Iguana Entertainment and published by Acclaim for the Nintendo 64 console and personal computer platforms. It was released in 1997 in North America and Europe. Turok is an adaptation of the Acclaim Comics comic book series of the same name. The player controls a Native American warrior, Turok, who must stop the evil Campaigner from conquering the universe with an ancient and powerful weapon. As Acclaim's first exclusive title for the Nintendo 64, Turok was part of a strategy to develop games internally and license merchandise; Acclaim acquired the rights to Turok when it purchased Acclaim Comics (né Valiant) in 1994. Suffering from cash flow problems and falling sales, Turok became Acclaim's best hope for a financial turnaround. Iguana pushed the Nintendo 64's graphics capabilities to its limits, and were forced to compress or cut elements to fit the game on its 8 megabyte cartridge. Bugs delayed the game's release from holiday 1996 to 1997. Critical reception of Turok was highly positive. Becoming one of the most popular games for the console on release, Turok won praise for its graphics and evolution of the genre. Complaints centered on graphical slowdowns caused by multiple enemies appearing onscreen and occasionally awkward controls. The game sold 1.5 million copies and boosted sales of the Nintendo 64. Turok spawned a video game franchise that currently includes six sequels. (more...) UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello!
Could I get a reaction of interest or disinterest to my e-mail? Either option is fine. TheDarkLordSeth (talk) 16:42, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Wow, a Barnstar!
(In tears) I ... don't even know what to say. I would like to thank my family for supporting me all the time and ... OK, enough whining :). I really didn't expect to receive a barnstar for simple cleanup work. Thanks a ton, David. Carry on the good work. Electroguv (talk) 10:25, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

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FFD comment request
You were the image reviewer at Featured article candidates/No Rest for the Wicked (Supernatural)/archive2 which was promoted to FA on 20 October 2010. This included a review of the infobox image File:Norest.JPG. You were also the image reviewer at Featured article candidates/Pilot (Supernatural)/archive1 which was promoted to FA on 27 July 2010. This included a review of the infobox image File:Pilotinfobox.JPG. I am in a debate at, which is a debate over the infobox image for a television episode. The reviewer believes that the image currently violates WP:NFCC. I was hoping you might weigh in on this debate.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:21, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

UFC Articles
There is a huge discussion ongoing over the UFC Event articles, a lot of people feel that a few people are making sweeping changes without appropiate consensus being reached or in some cases a lack of knowledge about the subject in general. Something needs to be done otherwise this is just going to drag on. Fraggy1 [talk] 21:38, 24April 2012 (UTC)

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Private evidence
Can you confirm that my private evidence for the R&I review, noted by you as received by the Arbcom mailing list on March 26, was factored into the proposed decision? It is unclear from this discussion whether it was even seen by the other arbitrators. -Ferahgo the Assassin (talk) 21:45, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

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Wiki Checker on User Page
The wikichecker link on your userpage is not functional. I'd fix it myself, but I thought it'd be best to let you know and decide how to proceed. Cheers, C(u)w(t)C(c) 03:50, 18 May 2012 (UTC).

Help on CMI
Hi for the zillionth time, David :). I was very fickle during the last several months, moving from one project to another, but currently, I'm hard at work to improve The Curse of Monkey Island, and I WILL GET IT DONE. With your help, of course:). Could you mail me a couple of newspaper reviews for the game? It would make my life much easier. Thanks in advance, Electroguv (talk) 16:51, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure I will! Oh, and I have just realized how poor and moronic my message introductions are, so await something less ridiculous next time :) All the best, Electroguv (talk) 09:53, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi there. I don't want to seem impatient, but I've been waiting for the articles for quite a while (2 weeks, I think), so I would like to know what on earth slows you down :) All the best, Electroguv (talk) 18:01, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Do you want some more work? List of Halo multiplayer maps
I recall that you did some really good work on the Halo series. A newly created Halo maps article has just been AFD'ed. I voted to keep but refactor (and broaden) to cover the release and reception of the DLC map packs. Take a look. - hahnch e n 17:56, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

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