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User:GeeJo/Draft
I found a link to this in one of the TFAR talk page archives. Wow, what a lot of work went into it! (I speak with a little knowledge on the subject, having done something similar at User:Bencherlite/TFA notepad for my own purposes as a new TFA delegate). Anyway, I hope you don't mind, but I went through your page and took out the articles that had appeared on the main page / been demoted at FAR since you last edited it. I've added a link to your page for my own benefit at my notepad page, and I'm sure I'll consult it regularly when I'm trying to work out what articles to schedule as TFAs. Thanks for your efforts. Regards, and best wishes. BencherliteTalk 23:54, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

The Life
I'm thinking of nominating The Life (advertisement) for GA status. I just thought I'd let you know first as you are the one who has done the vast majority of the work on it. Cheers, James086 Talk  16:23, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

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Magic: The Gathering parody cards
Where'd you go to make your Wikipedia Magic cards? I've got a few ideas, but anywhere I find doesn't let me put in an expansion symbol. (I prefer to keep all discussions on one page, so please respond here) (I'll be off-wiki from Tuesday afternoon til Saturday sometime, so it might take a while before I respond) Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex  02:27, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Man, I made those nearly a decade (and three computers) ago now. I honestly have no idea what I used, except that it was on the first page of results of whatever search engine I was using back then. I do recall that I added in the expansion symbol to the finished product using Photoshop, but that's about it. I'm honestly surprised that five of the six of them are still up and about.
 * Looking back, Arbitration Committee definitely needs a massive rewording. "Skip a turn"? seriously? End the turn (activate only when you could cast a sorcery) would work, though that's not much of a drawback, since you can use it post-combat. Skip your next turn would work too, though I can't imagine a situation that would ever, ever be improved by using that card. Ah, and it needs to specify that the spells are cast 'without needing to pay their mana cost', too. Wheel War is pretty parasitic, I'd probably let it apply to all creatures. The rest aren't bad, though Collaboration of the Week should be a darned-sight cheaper for its effect. GG would probably do it. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) &bull; 13:44, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Maybe "Skip your next combat phase"? I was thinking of, among other things, a Legendary Land for each WMF project, a Cluebot creature with the Evolve mechanic, and a massive cycle of the various WikiFauna with corresponding effects. When I get back, I'll see about making some (minus the Wikipedia expansion symbol since I don't have GIMP or Photoshop or anything like that), would you mind if I added them to the existing gallery? Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex  14:33, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure, no worries. You know that GIMP is free (and relatively easy) to use, though, right? GeeJo (t)⁄(c) &bull; 15:00, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Yep, and I'm quite fond of it! Unfortunately, my home computer died and the school doesn't like us downloading stuff, so I'm up a creek without a paddle in that respect. Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex  15:05, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

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