User talk:David Fuchs/Archive 53

Halo characters vandalism
Please revert the recent mass-information-removal vandalism you committed at Characters of Halo. 2606:6000:6205:4D00:542B:6BB2:29C0:3227 (talk) 19:49, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * See WP:NOT and WP:WAF for why excessive detail of plot information is not suitable for Wikipedia. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 20:19, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

You didn't shorten excessive plot details, you removed entire characters. 2606:6000:6205:4D00:542B:6BB2:29C0:3227 (talk) 22:16, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Minor characters don't need to be mentioned. For exhaustive details, there are sites like Halopedia. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 22:20, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

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Merging Mike Duncan and Revolutions
Hi David, I just found Mike's Revolutions. I like it so much and admire his presentation enough that I think it should stand by itself and his bio stand as another entry. If they are merged, I'm afraid that Revs would overwhelm his bio page. True, he as such a short bio that it hardly seems worth doing, but I would have Revs stand by itself. No idea how to make this comment on the page where you asked the question. Thanks.Chipnoon (talk) 14:43, 25 April 2020 (UTC)Chip Noon

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Requesting Peer Review at Hyborian War before FA nomination
Hi, I saw you listed as a mentor for FAC with interest in video games and expertise in images. I'd like to nominate the play-by-mail game Hyborian War for Featured Article, but am wondering if I have enough images, although images are challenging in this genre and this game and I'm in uncharted waters.

Would also be happy for a general peer review prior to a FA nomination if agreeable. It's a GA now, but I took an article through the FA wringer once about ten years ago and as I recall it was very different than a GA nom. Thanks for your time. Airborne84 (talk) 03:54, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Please disregard. I went ahead and listed it. I realized that Gog the Mild, another one of the FAC mentors, did the GA review. Thanks. Airborne84 (talk) 03:47, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

TFA...
These Are the Voyages... - Today's featured article/May 13, 2020 - make corrections. You know the drill. --Ealdgyth (talk) 14:23, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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Puberty page
Hello I don’t know if this is the right thing to do or not. But I been trying to get in contact with someone. On the puberty page here, they have pictures of the tanner stage which is wrong to do because the public sees this stuff, I think it is against the law to have this picture on that website but I am not sure because these pictures are old for medical purposes. But if we could take it down. That would be great or if you could get in touch with someone, that would be great. Thank you have a nice day. And I don’t know who posted those pictures Adam Peter 1994 (talk) 15:45, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 Happy Adminship Anniversary! Have a very Fuchs happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, Aasim 05:21, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 Happy Adminship Anniversary! Have a very Fuchs happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

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Talk page is closed?
I don't understand the blanking nor your edit summary. Seems like evidence of continued problems during Arbitration is rather important. Given, Behavior during a case may also be considered by the committee in arriving at a final decision., where's the location to submit such evidence? --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 17:28, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
 * The talk page for the proposed decision is closed until the decision is posted. The evidence phase of the arbitration case has closed. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 17:31, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
 * So my question remains: Where is the location to identify Behavior during a case...? You'll note that the diffs I provided were made during or after the Evidence phase. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 17:34, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I can't figure out the answer to my question, but at least I've figured out why you removed the material from the Proposed decision talk page. Sorry about adding material there.
 * As far as I can tell, the Workshop talk page should not have been closed, so it could be used for behavior concerns. Perhaps the Evidence talk page for behavior during the evidence phase? --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 21:08, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
 * The talk pages for respective phases of arbitration cases are closed in sync with the phases of an arbitration case. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 21:29, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Who can answer my question then? Behavior during the evidence and workship phases should be documented where? --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 21:46, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
 * They should be documented on evidence and workshop pages when those are open. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 22:02, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Masters of Doom
Hey David. Do you still have sources for the Masters of Doom article? I would like to use them and can get them through email. GamerPro64 02:26, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * User:GamerPro64: Sure just shoot me an email. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 15:03, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Sent the email. GamerPro64  17:19, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

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Phish GA
Hi David, I've made a few additional edits to the Phish page w/r/t to the GA review. I plan to do some additional work later on this week with reference formatting and some kind of legacy/influence section, but would you know of any place I should try in order to ask other editors to help out with the page? I've mostly been working at it alone for the past couple years, and I don't have a whole ton of time at the moment to go through things expediently. Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 04:16, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * If you're looking for sources I might hit up a relevant wikiproject, e.g. WikiProject Music. Note that for GA criteria you don't need coverage to be exhaustive nor prose to be Shakespeare, it just needs to be better than the current article. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 15:18, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'll go ask at one of those. Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 04:43, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

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Request for undeletion
David:

In March, you nominated my Wikipedia article for deletion. In April, you were successful. Since then, I have received two grants from national arts organizations. Though the grants have not been mentioned in the press, I can provide you proof via email. Will you please consider reviewing them to restore my Wikipedia article?

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Your GA nomination of Star Trek Generations
The article Star Trek Generations you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Star Trek Generations for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Argento Surfer -- Argento Surfer (talk) 20:41, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

"Aggregating" evidence
David, thanks for the explanation here; so it seems that both you and are on board that the referred links should have been incorporated. I'm sorry that my misunderstanding about this has created such a kerfuffle-- I was hoping to spare you all my ten-for-one typo corrections on the case pages. Here is a list of all of the referred pages; I don't believe Colin's pages or the FA data are subject to deletion per POLEMIC, and Bradv already substituted in three of mine, so that leaves only the one page that is of concern to Tryptofish, and three others that could become a concern for other editors. If you all (including ) are in agreement, here is my proposal for how to move those in to the case pages:
 * First, I have added a collapsed top and bottom to each of those four pages, using my exact words from the arbcase pages, so the entire pages can be moved in where they were originally used in place of the sentence where I originally referred the links. So the entire contents of the referred pages can be moved in as follows:
 * In the section, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine/Evidence, the sentence "Analysis of a small portion of James–Ozzie intersecting contribs is at User:SandyGeorgia/Editor interaction" is replaced with the contents of User:SandyGeorgia/Editor interaction
 * In the section Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine/Evidence, the sentence "See the full description and diffs of a troubling situation here." is replaced with the contents of User:SandyGeorgia/Dyslexia GA diffs
 * In the section Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine/Evidence, the sentence "See User:SandyGeorgia/WPMED editcountitis" is replaced with the contents of User:SandyGeorgia/WPMED editcountitis
 * On the Workshop page, in the section Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine/Workshop, the sentence " I have made a complete list of diffs with timestamps here to explain the issues as I experienced them" is replaced with the contents of User:SandyGeorgia/Response to Trypto diffs.
 * indicated on my talk that this portion should go to the Evidence page instead, but I believe it important to change as little original wording as possible, and leave it where I originally put it. Otherwise, the subsequent statements about why I had to put it on Workshop instead of Evidence (an 11th-hour response) are rendered senseless for future readers, and the less changed the better.
 * If another faulty link (that is mentioned in the final decision) can also be corrected, it would be:
 * In the section Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine/Evidence, replace the sentence "See my evidence regarding Colin at Elitism and cultural changes at WPMED" with See my evidence regarding Colin at WP:MED History
 * Please let me know if this might work, and also, if you prefer that I do the work with your permission, or if you would rather have a clerk to do it.  Separately, I know I have been harsh in saying the remedies were not broad enough to address the issues that have developed over the last five years at WPMED, but although it is still early, there are already very encouraging signs that WPMED is restoring focus on article improvement on Wikipedia, so let's hope that time will prove me wrong and that "less is more" works. I recognize that I gave you a lot to read, and appreciate that you did ... Regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  13:06, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I will take a look at try and get to it early tomorrow UTC. I've got spotty internet access due to a move right now so my Wikipedia doings besides answering emails have been a tad slow; hopefully I'm back up and running by the end of this week. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 16:26, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * No hurry, Bst, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  16:27, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * With thanks to Sandy, I want to confirm that her proposed solutions are fine with me. As I've said earlier, the only part of it that I, personally, care about is the part that concerns me, which is item 4 in the numbered list just above. I've looked carefully at the intended target on the workshop page, and that seems reasonable to me, because it does not interrupt the flow of anything said by other editors. Although I had said earlier that I thought maybe it needed to be on the evidence page instead, I think putting it there on the workshop page, followed by page deletion, satisfies my needs. Thanks again to everyone. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:06, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * No hurry, Bst, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  16:27, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * With thanks to Sandy, I want to confirm that her proposed solutions are fine with me. As I've said earlier, the only part of it that I, personally, care about is the part that concerns me, which is item 4 in the numbered list just above. I've looked carefully at the intended target on the workshop page, and that seems reasonable to me, because it does not interrupt the flow of anything said by other editors. Although I had said earlier that I thought maybe it needed to be on the evidence page instead, I think putting it there on the workshop page, followed by page deletion, satisfies my needs. Thanks again to everyone. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:06, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks !! Sandy Georgia (Talk)  14:31, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * And once again, thanks to everyone! I'm outta here. --Tryptofish (talk) 16:11, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
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Thank you today for Master Chief (Halo), "full of enough of out universe, real-world info on one of the most recognizable video game characters of all time"! - Did you know that the infobox war are over (which had nothing to do with universe, real-world anyway)? ... see Gioachino Rossini or my talk? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:12, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

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Featured article length & Laura Harrier
FAC Laura Harrier is currently in a standstill. One editor supported the promotion to FA status but the current editor believes the article is too short to be a Featured Article. Could anyone assist with this article or quickly look over it for a review, or if not interested in reviewing it, let me know if it is indeed too short please? Factfanatic1 (talk) 13:37, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

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FAC Mentor
Can you mentor me for FAC? I have been working on What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?. Thanks. CAPTAIN MEDUSA  talk  09:58, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey Captain Medusa, I'll take a look at the article this weekend and post some feedback on the talk page. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 20:12, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you.  CAPTAIN MEDUSA   talk  20:32, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I have opened Peer review/What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?/archive1.  CAPTAIN MEDUSA   talk  12:16, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Star Trek IV - Rotten Tomatoes & CinemaScore data
Every Star Trek film prior to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home includes present-day review aggregation data from Rotten Tomatoes, as well as past critic references. Many popular classic films on the site, even those released before Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic's respective launches, follow the same method. I don't see the pointlessness in their inclusion. Additionally, CinemaScore was launched in 1978.

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Your GA nomination of Halo: Spartan Assault
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Appeal of blacklisted site for smashinginterviews.com
Hello David,

My media outlet, Smashing Interviews Magazine (smashinginterviews.com), was banned for spamming a decade ago and remains so. We were victims of ongoing hacking, which may have led to this situation. Our website is a notable media outlet and is highly cited and featured by worldwide mainstream media. This is a source of major embarassment to us; therefore, I am reaching out to you in the hopes we can have this matter reviewed and resolved.

Thank you,

Marc Parker Publisher Smashing Interviews Magazine — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.85.35.185 (talk • contribs)


 * Hello, if you're interested in the process of removing a domain from the whitelist, I would recommend going to the reliable source noticeboard and demonstrating how smashing interviews.com qualifies as a high-quality reliable source, and from there asking for an exception at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 01:38, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Faulty diff
David, in looking for a diff on history, I found a missing character (weird) in a diff at the arb evidence; might you repair this please?In at Ref 87 is missing a character, resulting in an error. The original should be changed from and to: that is, it should have a ? between php and title. Don't know how that happened, but I guess no one clicked on that link! Since I deleted my subpages, I have to go back to the arbcase when discussing wpmed history ... Best, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  17:23, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
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 * 2006, November, Identifying reliable sources in medicine (MEDRS) was started as a proposed guideline [87] by Colin
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.phptitle=Wikipedia%3AIdentifying_reliable_sources_%28medicine%29&type=revision&diff=86964405&oldid=86820442
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AIdentifying_reliable_sources_%28medicine%29&type=revision&diff=86964405&oldid=86820442

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Your comment at ANI
This is in relation to this ANI thread and your comment in it. It seems that the thread has been archived and untouched for a week and a half, without anything being resolved. Would it be appropriate for me to open an arbitration request? Gumshoe2 (talk) 11:14, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * If the problem is still ongoing and other dispute resolution processes have produced no results, then yes. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 22:24, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * There has been no activity on WP:AN, apart from Gumshoe2's interventions. From 27 August until today, Gumshoe2 has not edited wikipedia. In comparison I have made two hundred edits, almost all mathematical, and related to conformal mappings, Teichmüller theory, univalent mappings and Koebe's uniformization theorems. [I have made quite a number of edits in that area since 2010, e.g. Littlewood subordination theorem, Carathéodory's kernel theorem, Carathéodory's theorem (conformal mapping), Koebe quarter theorem, Douady–Earle extension, and so on.] Currently I am preparing material on Bergman-Schiffer kernels, He-Schramm's circle domains, etc. Also there will be material on Schottky groups and Hausdorff dimension (I gave a graduate course on Patterson-Sullivan theory in autumn 2014). If Gumshoe2 is not currently contributing main space edits to wikipedia, I do not understand his concern. Mathsci (talk) 11:01, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The issue is not ongoing in the sense that Mathsci has not been part of any talk page discussions whatsoever since August 26 (one exception, in addition to his above comment). (The basic issue, as I saw it, was about disruptive editing when challenged on talk pages.) For my part, this is intentional since I am trying to avoid discussions with him, despite still feeling that some of the pages in question need significant edits, in addition to some other pages he has edited. I would appreciate your advice Gumshoe2 (talk) 05:03, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Since editing in July 2006, I have been asked to give expert advice on von Neumann algebras and C*-algebras. The untimely death this month of Vaughan Jones has shocked me: most recently in 2012 and 2014 I was one of the main contributors to conferences at Vanderbilt University run by him. My real life family alerted me to Vaughan's passing; slightly prior to that, Dietmar Bisch from Vanderbilt (UserDbis29) provided official notification. (Vaughan did once send me an IP message on wikipedia a long time back, but so far I have been unable to trace it.)
 * I have my personal copies of the books of Isaak Moiseevich Milin and Helmut Grunsky and am very slowly editing topics on uniformization theorem, planar Riemann surface, Neumann-Poincaré operator, singular integral operators of convolution type, Grunsky matrix, Beltrami equation and singular integral operators on closed curves. I recently added content about de Branges' theorem from Hayman's book on multivalent functions. Meanwhile, with my post-stroke condition, doctors and nurses are trying to work out why I still have recurrent syncope and weak anaemia. On wikipedia Gumshoe2 has made relatively few main space edits to mathematics apart from BLPs. The topics seem completely disjoint from mine (in this case geometric function theory and quasiconformal mapping à la Ahlfors-Bers). Mathsci (talk) 21:32, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I can comment on this if needed. It is in part inaccurate, but as far as I can understand it is all irrelevant. Gumshoe2 (talk) 22:43, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * If you have no expertise in the area, it seems inappropriate for you to comment. Mathsci (talk) 07:58, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Master Chief (Halo)
Jim has proposed this for TFA for October, and I'm having a hard time with the blurb. Interested? - Dank (push to talk) 02:00, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure, what's the link? Gives me a reason to move up my expansion efforts on that article, I was waiting for the next game but it's been delayed anyhow. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 16:03, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. WT:Featured article candidates/Master Chief (Halo). - Dank (push to talk) 16:05, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Master Chief (Halo) scheduled for TFA
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Luna Park photo
Hi, thanks for the correction in the Luna Park, Arlington article. I discovered that the photo in question is actually of Luna Park in Pittsburgh rather than Philadelphia. The version of the photo that I had posted to the Arlington article had been uploaded to Commons by someone who relied on inaccurate info from the source (which was a secondary source). Cheers, Moreau1 (talk) 02:37, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem, Moreau1. I've found the same photo in published books (from the 70s and 80s no less) so it seems like a pretty common error. One of these days I need to see if the Arlington County library actually has proper photos of the park in their archives. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 16:09, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

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Pre-FAC advice
Hi David, I was wondering if you'd be able to take a quick look over the article Cefnllys Castle. I've recently rewritten it from a stub and my hope is to submit it to FAC soon. I've requested a peer review and Dudley Miles has been kind enough to provide some feedback there, but would appreciate any thoughts/input you may have, particularly as I haven't been through the FAC process before. All the best, Jr8825  •  Talk  21:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey Jr8825, I'll take a look this weekend and leave comments on the peer review page. If I don't respond, harass me. Got a lot of balls juggling in the wiki world :) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 22:22, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your quickly reply and agreeing to help. I look forward to hearing your thoughts soon. Cheers, Jr8825  •  Talk  00:32, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
 * just a friendly ping to remind you of this, per your request! Please don't feel under any obligation though, especially if you're busy with other things. Best, Jr8825  •  Talk  16:45, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Just so you're aware, I've moved the article to FAC, as I'd received a decent amount of feedback from other folk. If you happen to pass by FAC, it'd always be nice have your input, but please don't worry about it. :) Jr8825  •  Talk  23:47, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea
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 * I have to deal with some personal things for a few days, so I will be mostly unavailable on Thursday 15 October and Saturday 17 October. I will be able to respond to any changes on Friday 16 October. Sunday is anyone's guess. I'll resume near-full availability on Monday 19 October. Sorry if this is an inconvenience! Imaginestigers (talk) 02:49, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

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Jeannie Seely
Hello David! I received the notification that you failed Jeannie Seely's article at the present time. First I will say, that I appreciate your critique. I have never had an administrator review one of my GA nominations before. Much of your feedback seems fair and valid. Secondly, your suggestion is that the article needs to be re-written. Are you suggesting that the entire article should be started over from scratch? Or can I simply tweak the specific sections you commented on? I was confused about that in your review. It took me nearly a month to gather the references and information needed for this article so I am rather concerned about doing a complete overhaul. ChrisTofu11961 (talk) 19:21, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd start with working on reducing the article by being more judicious with primary sources and quotes. By "rewrite" I don't mean every word needs to be changed but that it has problems that are pervasive throughout rather than being confined to a single section. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 14:55, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Would you be interested in reviewing it again once I make the necessary changes? ChrisTofu11961 (talk) 16:40, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
 * {{ping|ChrisTofu11961} I think it'd be better if someone else reviewed it, that way you get two sets of eyes and perspectives on the article rather than just my own. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 13:33, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society
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Squirm
Not sure if you missed my ping but I think I got all your comments taken care of. GamerPro64 16:26, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Still have one unaddressed point I think. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 14:55, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Seemed to have missed that one. I answered it. GamerPro64  16:50, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea
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Your GA nomination of BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea
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Unorthodox request
Hi. Sorry to approach you in an unorthodox manner about sockpuppetry, but the situation doesn't fit the usual sockpuppet investigation opening "form". There have been allegations of sockpuppetry involving participants at Articles for deletion/Iman Farzin. It looks to me that a dispute has spilt over from fa-wiki and there are some politics and mudslinging involved. Could I ask you to perform a check on the participants at the discussion. Thanks. --John B123 (talk) 21:07, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * you'll want to go to WP:SPI for a better team of checkers than I to evaluate the issue. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 23:51, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * OK Thanks anyway. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 23:56, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Oxenfree
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for December 20, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/December 20, 2020. Congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 12:35, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * David, the blurb is 1127 characters now; the max (when there's an image) is 1025. I can work on it if you like. - Dank (push to talk) 15:16, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Apologies, didn't realize the maximums with images. Reduced it to ~1000. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 16:01, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

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ACE2020
In case you are interested in an article related to my question to the arbcom candidates (that you probably saw: L'ange de Nisida, also a FA, and mentioned under #Donizetti on my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

That opera was resolved. There's Hippolyte et Aricie, if I can interest you in a new idea. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Power Mac G4 Cube
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Beethoven 250 years
The birthday display! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:34, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you today for Oxenfree, introduced: "about a video game that's a personal favorite of mine. It's got an excellent audiovisual presentation and a story that is ripped out of the 80s/90s Spielberg/high school drama tableau."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:54, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

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Oxenfree
Managed to stumble across this conversation about Oxenfree. Not sure what to say about it but I thought you would be interested. GamerPro64 03:08, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of BioShock: The Collection
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Featured Article Creation
Hi there, David.

I'm really interested in working towards FAC for League of Legends. It was my second GA, back in October, and I really think it’s a significantly better article than it once was (here is the article prior to my starting on it). I was speaking on the Discord earlier, and someone mentioned to me that — although very useful — PR is often just a starting point, and that it can be helpful to get someone with experience to assist in preparing for FAC, and understanding what's good practice. I'm very familiar with the FA criteria at this stage. So far, my CV is pretty limited. I started editing in the last few days of August, and have managed to promote League of Legends, the Odyssey, and Riot Games to GA. I've conducted six GARs, and participated in 2 FA reviews. Recently, I overhauled The Turn of the Screw and it’s up for GA right now.

Is a mentorship/apprenticeship the sort of thing you'd be interested in? I saw you listed under the FA mentors, and recognised your name — my first GAR was BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea — and saw your video game specialty, and thought it might be a good idea to reach out! Looking forward to hearing from you, regardless of whether or not you can assist. Best wishes! — ImaginesTigers (talk) 23:54, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi again! Thanks so much for all of your feedback. I've implemented almost all of your changes (with a few questions lingering). Do you think the Gameplay section is more structurally sound now? Additionally, I'm really unversed on images, so I don't know how to write (or even edit) the fair use rationale—the image of gameplay was uploaded by another user. ImaginesTigers (talk) 10:17, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll take another look this weekend. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 19:17, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

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Spock and Sherlock Holmes
If you would, I'd appreciate your comments here. Alden Loveshade (talk) 02:28, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

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