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If you actually have problems with any specific sources
then post either next to them (and I'll see if it's true), or bring it to the talk page.

The huge article tag is for actually problematic content, like with the tag that I posted at Evil Dead (in the refeerences section, along with one about bare urls) where the poster "ImBruce Campbell" on Reddit might be or might be not a real Bruce Campbell (and I don't know how to either confirm or disapporove it, especially since I know next to nothing about how Reddit works).

Of course all the content in such articles are only for specific audience. Anyone else either won't come to read it, or will be satisfied with reading the summary in the lead and the infobox. --Niemti (talk) 16:35, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

..and I actually just changed it to specify this one. --Niemti (talk) 16:38, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Oh, and this "specific audiences" tag is actually about What Wikipedia is not, which is among totally different things, namely: Summary-only descriptions of works; Lyrics databases; Excessive listings of statistics (without sufficient explanatory text to put statistics within the article in their proper context for a general reader). That's also what I meant by "bogus tags". So always read about what the tags are about before posting them (they usually link to stuff, so it's just one click away), and welcome to Wikipedia. --Niemti (talk) 16:47, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Ah, and one more thing, as for these tags being totally bogus and unneeded: the articles are getting too long only after passing 50 kB of readable prose (not including references, Wikipedia stuff, etc). Article size. So - don't use tags not knowing what they're about, and also don't revert them repeatedly after people who know better removed them. --Niemti (talk) 16:53, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Red vs. Blue
Did you mean Characters of Red vs. Blue or Red vs. Blue characters? Neither of which exist, but I believe we should use the former. James086 Talk 20:27, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed, "Characters of..." sounds better. I must go now, but I'll edit some more tomorrow. James086 Talk  20:57, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Slime (Dragon Quest)/GA1
Hi, I'm JDC808. I've begun the GAN review of Slime (Dragon Quest). I've reviewed everything except sources. I will do those once the other issues are addressed. -- JDC808  ♫  18:11, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Source review done. -- JDC808  ♫  04:43, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * A couple of minor things and it'll be good. -- JDC808  ♫  02:06, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

As per archiving online sources, it's pretty easy. Go to this website, click the link under "What is WebCite®?" that says [http://www.webcitation.org/archive.php Try it! Archive a URL here. It's free and takes only 30 seconds.] Then all you need to do is fill out the first two lines (URL and email) and submit. It'll take up to 30 seconds (though some of mine have just been a few seconds) then a new page will load giving you the archive URL. Check it though to make sure it worked. Some websites I've tried to archive wouldn't archive. -- JDC808  ♫  02:06, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * It passed. Great job. -- JDC808  ♫  03:07, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Kefka
All right. I've gone ahead and passed the article for GA. Good work on improving the article, as usual! Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 16:42, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Final Fantasy (video game)
FYI, I did some minor cleanup on the talk page, looks like there's no editor or editors at the moment shepherding quality improvement of the page, or even quality maintenance of its current WP:GA status against deterioration, unless there is someone?? — Cirt (talk) 02:53, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Final Fantasy (video game)
 * Well, keep me posted, my arena these days is more generalist topics related to Freedom of speech ... but I could help out with copyediting and stuff like that, or particular subsections and sourcing here and there. — Cirt (talk) 03:07, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay, sounds great! Update me when you're ready, — Cirt (talk) 03:31, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

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Halo Soundtrack
Thanks for the heads up, its passed now.  ★ ★ RetroLord★ ★  04:50, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Halo Anniversary FAC
I'll tackle it when I can. Hopefully tomorrow, but I'm pretty busy for the rest of the week. I'll definitely give it a go though. James086 Talk 17:34, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Bungie list
Alright, you're mostly there. The list you're going to want to the compare against is List of Looking Glass Studios video games, which I helped JimmyBlackwing get to FL in December- same style, same templates. If you look at that list and the Bungie list together, you'll see the one thing you have left immediately- citations. By far the worst part of doing video-games-by-company lists.

To start with, unlike an article, where the lead is just a summary of the rest of the text so it doesn't need its own citations, for lists the lead often doesn't summarize anything- it instead provides context for the list. As such, it needs citations (and context). For here, you'll need something saying that Seropian founded it, that he brought in Jones, that the west coast studio was an offshoot rather than the company moving fully, that Halo made a billion dollars, something for the dates Bungie was bought and spun off, and for the Blizzard publishing deal. I'd also recommend a statement in the lead about what kind of games they make- that most of their stuff is FPSs. (that one doesn't need a citation, as it's a summary of the table)

In the table itself, you need citations for the release dates and systems. Every release date, and every system. It's a major pain. I like to use Gamespot pages as references if there's no reason to think they're wrong as I can usually find a single page to reference every release of a game, but whatever you'd like is fine. Also- you need to be consistent with the statements you have in each game as to the genre- you say that Pathways is an FPS adventure, but you don't way what Operation Desert Storm is, or Halo. Genre statements don't need to be cited. I'd just go- first bullet point: Science fiction FPS - second bullet point: whatever interesting detail you currently have there - optional third bullet point: if you have another detail that isn't a continuation of the first.

I know it's a lot, but you do all that and you'll skate through FLC without a major hiccup. -- Pres N  18:43, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

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RE: Dragon Warrior
Will be getting to it tonight :) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 16:48, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Halo: Primordium and Halo: Silentium
I finally get some free time and the FAC has already been closed! I'll get to work on these tonight but work is hectic still so it may be a while before I can consistently contribute again. Nice work on the two other Forerunner novels. James086 Talk 18:37, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Re: WP:SE stuff
Well, you've been all over the map these past few weeks; it's amazing how many articles you've managed to move up the ratings single-handedly! I've been too busy at work to get much of anything big done on WP lately, but I'm willing to keep reviewing articles as long as I haven't worked on them beforehand. 2013 is looking to be a major year for WP:SE! -- Pres N  06:20, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

IP block
I got your email. You don't appear to be caught in an autoblock. Reply here if you're still having problems. Toddst1 (talk) 15:35, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Raiden (Metal Gear)
Last year I worked in Raiden (Metal Gear) but with the release of a new game that has the character as the lead, most sections have become relatively longer (most notably creation and reception). Do you have any idea regarding how to reduce the size or just a way navigation? In creation and reception there are some paragraphs that focus on a different potrayal of the character but I'm not sure how to do it. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 19:39, 18 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the help :).Tintor2 (talk) 02:22, 19 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks again. The two version look really good and help to reduce the size of some parts. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 17:23, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Character articles
Yeah, I don't really edit character articles, I find them really messy. (not to mention hard to source.) There's certainly no standard- even in GA+ articles, you'll find some articles with a "personality" section (whatever the hell that means, or is sourced to), and some without, some with massive regurgitations of plot, and some without, etc. Each character article has its own problems- how do you describe who a character is without talking about the game's plot if they have a big character arc during the plot and come out a different person than they went in? And if you do that, then what do you put in the "appearances" section that you haven't already said?

Looking at FAs, we only really have two that are about a specific character- Cortana and Master Chief (Halo). Naturally, even though they're both from the same games, they're not structured the same at all, which is super-helpful. Of the two, I prefer Cortana's layout. Development, description, overview of her role in the plots of what she's been in, other appearances, reception. Can't really get enough sources to do more than that for most characters. I would, if at all possible, try to keep discussion of who she is (as opposed to what she looks like) in the "appearances" section, otherwise you're just going to have to repeat it again there.

You're working on Vincent Valentine right now, yeah? (And with Niemti too- fun!) Hmmm. I don't like that it jumps into appearances without ever describing the character first, but I also see putting development second, same as we stick it after plot in game articles. Maybe Description, appearances, design? Be a bit of work to avoid repeating yourself, but, well, there's a reason no one ever writes these things to GA+, isn't there- it's not simple.

I think if I was making a character article without looking to other GA+ articles, that's how I would do it. A description section first, that covers physical description, and, if it doesn't change drastically over the course of the game, a description of their "personality". Next, an "appearances" section- what they do over the course of their game(s), how they change, etc. Then a "design" section, that covers development info. Finally, a reception section, with, well, reception. That's what makes sense to me.-- Pres N  07:42, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Final Fantasy XIV Page Vandalism
Im trying to fix the damn thing. I play Final Fantasy XIV 2.0 as a beta tester. Look at the history. Also i thought you were the vandalizer until i saw the unknown IP addresses. Deszeraeth (talk) 18:52, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Update, i reverted the page to before the edits made by the IP starting in 180.-, since there is already a new page for the version 2.0 of the game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deszeraeth (talk • contribs) 18:56, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Update on FFXIV
So i am not sure if i am replying right so i just post on both my page and yours. Also, i was editing in my own message on this page before i saw the leave comment button, so hopefully this works. Please pardon my newness again. x.x I am used to wiki page editing though, my experience is here: http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/User:Deszeraeth_Kanzaki Also, if you happen to be a Final Fantasy player at all, i would be more than happy to connect again with you! Deszeraeth (talk) 19:21, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

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Final Fantasy XIV
Semi'd for 2 weeks, and I blocked the 3 ip addresses that seemed to be the same person with the "4.0" nonsense. -- Pres N  17:02, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

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Regarding Final Fantasy Adventure/Sword of Mana
I reecently worked a bit on it. Nothing major. But I added few refs in the talkpage if you ever want to return to it. I'm fairly interested in it myself but too busy. I'll do what I can though, Before Crisis is sort of on my priority list.Lucia Black (talk) 09:29, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Nintendo Power Final Fantasy Adventure
Hi there. Issue 257 of Nintendo Power covers FFA on page 84 in the "Play Back: Revisiting the Classics" section. The piece's writer, Nathan M., is very positive on the game. He says One of the best things about the Game Boy was its uncanny ability to turn many agonizing hours spent in the uncomfortable back seat of the family car during road trips into awesome sessions of monster-slaying, evil-thwarting, and magical-item collecting. And few games had the epic staying power to hold one's attention like Final Fantasy Adventure. Then he summarizes the plot and gameplay and ends with Although the game featured a few elements from other Final Fantasy games..., its bold deviations from the Final Fantasy formula allowed the game to stand on its own. In fact, the title's sequel- the beloved Secret of Mana for the Super NES- dropped the Final Fantasy name entirely and gave rise to a completely different franchise. But for most players, Final Fantasy Adventure's history doesn't matter; the important part is that it was one of the most absorbing adventures for the Game Boy. Plastering "Final Fantasy" on the cover guaranteed the game would make it into the hands of the faithful, and we're all the better for it. A sidebar on the same page says Final Fantasy Adventure was such a solidly enjoyable game that it deserved to stick around. Publisher Sunsoft thought so, too- the company rereleased the Game Boy game in 1998 after the original print run had long since sold out. Then in 2003, more than a decade after the Game Boy original appeared, Square Enix completely revamped the game and released it (in conjuction with Nintendo) as Sword of Mana for the Game Boy Advance. Though it kept most of the story, characters, and basic gameplay intact, Sword of Mana sported a completely new look and integrated elements of other Mana titles into the gameplay. Notably, you could choose to play as a male or female protagonist, and each had unique story elements to experience.-- Atlantima  ~ ✿ ~ ( talk ) 18:23, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * would it be easier to scan it? Plus, do you know what its ISBN or ISSN #?Lucia Black (talk) 19:40, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I will try to get to a scanner but it may be a few days. The ISSN is 1041-9551.-- Atlantima  ~ ✿ ~ ( talk ) 21:29, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * However, the above quotes are pretty much all the relevant info. It's a one-page article with about 30% of the page taken up by screenshots.-- Atlantima  ~ ✿ ~ ( talk ) 13:37, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * that's fine. Just summarized gameplay part thought we might be able to use it too. I'll let Judgessureal decide tho.Lucia Black (talk) 14:11, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * We'll use what we've got, and if you Could scan it when convenient... :) that'd be cool... We are probably going to try to restore this articles GA status at some point and need everything we can get our hands on!Judgesurreal777 (talk) 14:30, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Here's the scan. http://pdf.thepdfportal.com//PDFFiles/43110.pdf -- Atlantima  ~ ✿ ~ ( talk ) 17:44, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Something's going on at ANI
See WP:ANI, which Lucia Black just did. I don't wish to get involved myself. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 01:15, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Farewell
I am sending this message to the users who I have closely collaborated with. I will be taking a temporary Wikibreak for at least 5-7 days to let off some steam and get myself reenergized. Some of the stress has got to me, so I think it's best if I should take a couple of days off. I also have final exams coming up as well, so I have more important things to worry about. I, however, will be here to contribute to some articles that I have worked on. Until then, farewell. With my very best and warmest regards, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 20:37, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

translation
User talk:Oda Mari helped out on the translation. It seems it doesn't directly highlight Final Fantasy Adventure as the top 5 GBA games, but rather more like honorable mentions.Lucia Black (talk) 07:56, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Re: Characters of XIII
Sounds great. I'll nominate right away, and expect your help when the reviewer casts their beady eye over the article. --ProtoDrake (talk) 16:13, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. And I've found a reference for the info I found about Sazh to-boot. --ProtoDrake (talk) 16:48, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Re: Dissidia
I have given it a second look over. I can't see anything wrong with it, and have performed the necessary actions. Dissidia Final Fantasy is now a Good Article. Congratulations, and keep up the good work. --ProtoDrake (talk) 19:06, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Balthier/Basch
Hey, in Balthier you're citing an Edge piece that Balthier was the original protagonist of the game, as opposed to Basch, which was what WP articles have been saying for a while- for instance, FF12 is linking to a (probably non-RS) French interview where Hiroshi Minagawa says that Basch was the original protagonist. Do you have access to the Edge interview, and if so, can you tell me what the wording is? I'd like to adjust FF12 to match the other articles, but I don't know if it went Balthier->Vaan or Basch->Balthier->Vaan or what. -- Pres N  20:06, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * "le premier personnage que l'on avait créé et qui était à la base le héros de l'histoire c'était Bash, et finalement les héros du jeu final tel qu'on le connaît aujourd'hui qui sont Vaan et Penelo, ils ont été en dernier et on les a rajouté à la fin", translates as "the first character we had created and that was basically the hero of the story was Bash, and finally the hero of the final game as we know it today are Vaan and Penelo, they were last and were added to the end". The Edge article is pretty explicit though, and would override FFRing.com. My personal interpretation (aka SYNTH) is that they made the character design for Basch first with the intention of it being the design for the hero, then when they had the characters and were writing the story Matsuno wanted Balthier to be the lead, then late in development he got bumped for Vaan. Or Minigawa misspoke. I'll adjust FF12 to the Edge ref regardless. -- Pres N  20:21, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar
Thanks for the barnstar! Yeah, I was pretty pleased to see the list headlining that section of the Signpost as well. -- Pres N  03:44, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Main Page appearance: Final Fantasy XI
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Final Fantasy XI is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by Square as part of the Final Fantasy series. Designed and produced by Hiromichi Tanaka, it was released in Japan on May 16, 2002 for Sony's PlayStation 2, and for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in November of that year. The game was the first cross-platform MMORPG and the Xbox 360's first MMORPG. The story is set in the fantasy world of Vana'diel, where player-created avatars can both compete and cooperate in a variety of objectives to develop an assortment of jobs, skills, and earn in-game item rewards. Players can also undertake an array of quests and progress through the in-game hierarchy and thus through the major plot of the game. Since its debut in 2002, five expansion packs have also been released along with six add-on scenarios. In 2006, between 200,000 and 300,000 active players logged in per day, and the game was the dominant MMORPG in Japan. Final Fantasy XI has a user base of around 500,000 subscribers, and the total number of active characters exceeds 2 million. It is the most profitable title in the Final Fantasy series. UcuchaBot (talk) 23:03, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

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Re: Chocobo series
I think it should stay as one article, unless we manage to find enough information that the article gets a lot bigger than it currently is. I'll see what I can find. -- Pres N  17:58, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Akira Toriyama
Hey, are we really suppose to wait over two weeks for a copyedit and is there a limit to how long an article can be a GA nominee? Xfansd (talk) 06:19, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Dragon Warrior VII GA review
Hello, Judgesurreal777. I've reviewed Dragon Warrior VII and passed it for GA status. A full review is given here. Happy editing and good luck as you keep it moving forward! Red Phoenix build the future...remember the past... 02:36, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Final Fantasy Adventure GA review
I've reviewed Final Fantasy Adventure and placed the article on hold for the time being. A full review is given here. Thanks, Red Phoenix  build the future...remember the past... 18:00, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Re: Characters of
Thanks for the encouragement. I will certainly help out on character articles, but there are four reasons why I won't be diving in head-first with the same passion I had with the XIII series one. A: outside Final Fantasy, a lot of character articles seem to be policed by a certain, slightly possessive user. Need I say more? b: the main reason I did the XIII series and the article for Lightning was because I was shocked how many good references from the internet and books were screaming out, and no-one had touched them. c: I don't feel much passion for many of the other articles, primarily because a lot of them fall into the category of endlessly watching text boxes in difficult fonts until my eyes ache or delving into violent stories that make me feel very unwell, and in the case of VII and the pieces for X-2, the old-fashioned or laughable character stories just put me off to the point I would wince while writing them, and that's not a pleasant feeling for something you're supposed to love. Plus: XIII is my inaugural Final Fantasy, so there was a level of personal liking there. d: it's an awful lot of work, and in doing the XIII series, I'm quite sure I overworked my hands and went into a total energy meltdown a few days ago. Not something I'm likely to be doing again in a hurry. Well....hopefully.

If you want to know the secret as to how I managed to get all that info, it was mainly a question of hunting round and not giving up until I had my hands on the info, then I could write up the relevant points in a Wikipedian style. Certainly for the Final Fantasy articles, I went to the FF Wiki, searched through the characters' creation section and found the things the text referenced, or followed the links when they had them, then molded that around the rest of the info. Glad you liked it. I'm quite sure it's the first "Characters of" article to have a hundred reliable web, book and quote references to its credit (plus a couple of eye-strain headaches and sore finger joints on my part). If you want, you can take on the VII or X and X-2 articles yourself. I can act as someone who gives advice and helps from time to time. I certainly don't feel like either of us doing nearly all the work ourselves. It should be a collaborative effort, and we should proudly see it become a GA as one (I'm not being critical about any user by the way, just saying this from experience of the XIII article). --ProtoDrake (talk) 07:41, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness
Hi there, Judgesurreal777. I was wondering if you would take a look at this article, see if it's worthy of being bumped up in terms of quality scale. Several users, including myself, have worked hard on it, and as you can see, we've managed to get a good plot section, a descent development section and a reasonably comprehensive reception section (or should I say "Reception, Sales and Aftermath" given what happened). I know you're able to do that, and you don't seem to have had much contact with the article. If you don't want to for some reason, you can inform someone who does or won't mind, and they can have a look. It seems criminal that it's still at start class with over thirty references to its credit. --ProtoDrake (talk) 12:47, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm back (kind of)
I have been super busy with work and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, but I will try to put in some time when I can. I've begun the list of RvB media over here: User:James086/sandbox3. Please take a look and feel free to move it to the mainspace when you feel it's ready. I will continue to work on it but I might be slow. James086 Talk 16:27, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2013
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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary/archive2
Hey, as someone who commented on the last FAC for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary I'm letting you know I've opened a new FAC here. I would appreciate your comments this runthrough as well. Thanks. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 19:10, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Matt Leto GA Review
I have reviewed Matt Leto and placed the article on hold for some prose issues and missing elements. Take a look here for more information, and to see what needs to be fixed to earn a GA rating. Thanks, Red Phoenix  build the future...remember the past... 21:27, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Your thoughts on an image in Lightning (Final Fantasy)
theres an image of cosplay keeps me uneasy. it was basically proven that its superfluous but unfortunately, an editor believes its necessary. But ti me, it seems to overshadow her actual in-game appearances.Lucia Black (talk) 03:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Is there any consensus on cosplay images? Do they help establish notability and provide fair use images, or are they junk? If we have no policy to brandish in the discussion, we end up in a turf war over the article, which with this person will quickly escalate. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 14:15, 10 July 2013 (UTC)


 * There really isnt any. The image does not help isn't any way but apparently it is fair-use. To me, it seems like its only meant as pure decoration or just prove how popular she is among cosplayers, but the sources were irrelevant to lightning and more about the cosplayers in general who happen to cosplay as lightning. The issue is that it overshadows the rest of her other, more relevant appearances.Lucia Black (talk) 18:51, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Hi, I've reviewed this article for GA status. There seems to be just one minor issue. See here. Thanks! -- (T) Numbermaniac (C) 08:52, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

WP Square Enix in the Signpost
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XIII characters review
The review is underway. You said I could turn to you when that time came. Keep your eyes on it, I'll probably need your help to make it go all the way. --ProtoDrake (talk) 16:09, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting
You are invited to the 2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, on 20 July 2013 in Boston! We will be talking about the future of the chapter, including GLAM, Wiki Loves Monuments, and where we want to take our chapter in the future! EdwardsBot (talk) 09:49, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ventus (Kingdom Hearts)
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Your GA nomination of Ventus (Kingdom Hearts)
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Thank you very much
Characters of the Final Fantasy XIII series has made GA. Thanks for all your encouragement. I'm sure I'll have the privilege of reviewing another of your articles, just not any time soon. Thanks a lot. You've gained a friend on Wikipedia. --ProtoDrake (talk) 20:39, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jun Akiyama (video game designer)
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Your GA nomination of Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
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VE newsletter
Hey Judgesurreal777. The newest updates: Along with some miscellaneous language support fixes. That's all for today; as always, let us know if you spot more bugs. Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:47, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Links now don't extend over space/punctuation/workbreaks when you type (51463)
 * Users with the "minoredit" preference set get working functionality (51515)
 * You can tab to buttons in dialogs, including the save dialog (50047)
 * We now show the (or ) message as an edit notice (51459)
 * You can scroll dialog panels like in transclusions' templates' parameter listings (51739)
 * Templates that only create meta-data and no display content at all (like Template:Use dmy dates) now can't be deleted accidentally or deliberately, but still don't show up (51322)
 * FlaggedRevisions integration (49699)
 * Edit summary will get the section title pre-added if you launched from a section edit link (50872)

A belated Barnstar
 The Square Enix Barnstar

I originally gave barnstars out to several people when this one was just made. I'm surprised to see that i somehow missed giving you one. here you go as a sign of appreciation.Lucia Black (talk) 00:23, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

FLC review
Hi, if you have some spare time, would you care to look at this article, Characters of God of War? -- JDC808  ♫  13:10, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Aqua (Kingdom Hearts)
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VisualEditor newsletter for 06 August 2013
It's been almost two weeks since the last newsletter, and a lot of improvements have been made during that time. The main things that people have noticed are significant improvements to speed for typing into long pages, scrolling and deleting  on large pages. There have also been improvements to references, with the latest being support for list-defined references, which are s defined inside a ) (bug 53345).  Selecting both an image and some text, and then trying to add a link, previously deleted the selected image and the text.  This was fixed in bug 50127. There was another problem related to using arrow keys to move the cursor next to an inline image that was fixed (bug 53507).

Looking ahead: The next planned upgrade is scheduled for next Thursday, and you should expect to find a redesigned toolbar with drop-down menus that include room for references, templates, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, and code formatting. There will also be keyboard shortcuts for setting the format (paragraph vs section headings).

If you are active at other Wikipedias, the next group of Wikipedias to have VisualEditor offered to all users is being determined at this time. Generally speaking, languages that depend on the input method editor are not going to receive VisualEditor this month. The current target date is Tuesday, September 24 for logged-in users only. You can help with translating the documentation. In several cases, most of the translation is already done, and it only needs to be copied over to the relevant Wikipedia. If you are interested in finding out whether a particular Wikipedia is currently on the list, you can leave a message for me at my talk page.

For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:42, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

VisualEditor newsletter for September 19, 2013
VisualEditor has been updated twice in the last two weeks. As usual, what is now running on the English Wikipedia had a test run at Mediawiki during the previous week.

As announced, the toolbar was redesigned to be simpler, shorter, and to have the ability to have drop-down groups with descriptions. What you see now is the initial configuration and is expected to change in response to feedback from the English Wikipedia and other Wikipedias. The controls to add  (underline),   (subscript), and   (superscript),   (strikethrough) and   (computer code/monospace font) annotations to text are available to all users in the drop-down menu. At the moment, all but the most basic tools have been moved into a single drop-down menu, including the tools for inserting media, references, reference lists, and templates. The current location of all of the items in the toolbar is temporary, and your opinions about the best order are needed! Please offer suggestions at VisualEditor/Feedback/Toolbar.

In an eagerly anticipated upgrade to the reference dialog, newly added references or reference groups no longer need the page to be saved before they can be re-used (bugs 51689 and 52000). The 'Use existing reference' button is now disabled on pages which don't yet have any references (bug 51848). The template parameter filter in the transclusion dialog now searches both parameter name and label (bug 51670).

In response to several requests, there are some new keyboard shortcuts. You can now set the block/paragraph formatting from the keyboard: Ctrl sets a block as a regular paragraph; Ctrl up to Ctrl sets it as a Heading 1 ("Page title") to Heading 6 ("Sub-heading 4"); Ctrl sets it as pre-formatted (bug 33512). Ctrl, which creates level 2 section headings, may be the most useful.

Some improvements were made to capitalization for links, so typing in "iPhone" will offer a link to "iPhone" as well as "IPhone" (bug 50452).

Copying and pasting within the same document should work better as of today's update, as should copying from VisualEditor into a third-party application (bug 53364, bug 52271, bug 52460). Work on copying and pasting between VisualEditor instances (for example, between two articles) and retaining formatting when copying from an external source into VisualEditor is progressing.

Major improvements to editing with input method editors (IMEs; mostly used for Indic and East Asian languages) are being deployed today. This is a complex change, so it may produce unexpected errors. On a related point, the names of languages listed in the "languages" (langlinks) panel in the Page settings dialog now display as RTL when appropriate (bug 53503).

Looking ahead: The help/'beta' menu will soon expose the build number next to the "Leave feedback" link, so users can give more specific reports about issues they encounter (bug 53050). This change will make it easier for developers to identify any cacheing issues, once it starts reporting the build number (currently, it says "Version false"). Also, inserting a link, reference or media file will put the cursor after the new content again (bug 53560). Next week’s update will likely improve how dropdowns and other selection menus behave when they do not fit on the screen, with things scrolling so the selected item is always in view.

If you are active at other Wikipedias, the next group of Wikipedias to have VisualEditor offered to all users is being finalized. About two dozen Wikipedias are on the list for Tuesday, September 24 for logged-in users only, and on Monday, September 30 for unregistered editors. You can help with translating the documentation. In several cases, most of the translation is already done, and it only needs to be copied over to the relevant Wikipedia. If you are interested in finding out whether a particular Wikipedia is currently on the list, you can leave a message for me at my talk page.

For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:43, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Fortune Street
I know its about 6 months late, but thanks for cleaning that page. I recently looked it up for reference, and noticed you cleaned it up a lot since the last time I had read it. Thanks! Sergecross73  msg me   23:51, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2013
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VisualEditor newsletter on 16 October 2013
VisualEditor is still being updated every Thursday. As usual, what is now running on the English Wikipedia had a test run at Mediawiki during the previous week. If you haven't done so already, you can turn on VisualEditor by going to your preferences and choosing the item, " ".

The reference dialog for all Wikipedias, especially the way it handles citation templates, is being redesigned. Please offer suggestions and opinions at mw:VisualEditor/Design/Reference Dialog. (Use your Wikipedia username/password to login there.) You can also drag and drop references (select the reference, then hover over the selected item until your cursor turns into the drag-and-drop tool). This also works for some templates, images, and other page elements (but not yet for text or floated items). References are now editable when they appear inside a media item's caption (bug 50459).

There were a number of miscellaneous fixes made: Firstly, there was a bug that meant that it was impossible to move the cursor using the keyboard away from a selected node (like a reference or template) once it had been selected (bug 54443). Several improvements have been made to scrollable windows, panels, and menus when they don't fit on the screen or when the selected item moves off-screen. Editing in the "slug" at the start of a page no longer shows up a chess pawn character ("♙") in some circumstances (bug 54791). Another bug meant that links with a final punctuation character in them broke extending them in some circumstances (bug 54332). The "page settings" dialog once again allows you to remove categories (bug 54727). There have been some problems with deployment scripts, including one that resulted in VisualEditor being broken for an hour or two at all Wikipedias (bug 54935). Finally, snowmen characters ("☃") no longer appear near newly added references, templates and other nodes (bug 54712).

Looking ahead: Development work right now is on rich copy-and-paste abilities, quicker addition of citation templates in references, setting media items' options (such as being able to put images on the left), switching into wikitext mode, and simplifying the toolbar. A significant amount of work is being done on other languages during this month. If you speak a language other than English, you can help with translating the documentation.

For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:44, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Red Phoenix -- 00:11, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
The article Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Red Phoenix -- 01:31, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vantine84 -- 11:42, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014
Hi, if you haven't already, you should consider signing up for WikiCup 2014. Cheers, --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 02:34, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
The article Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Red Phoenix -- 04:32, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
The article Sora (Kingdom Hearts) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Sora (Kingdom Hearts) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Khazar2 -- 12:43, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
The article Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vantine84 -- 07:21, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
The article Sora (Kingdom Hearts) you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Sora (Kingdom Hearts) for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Khazar2 -- 20:52, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

VisualEditor newsletter for November 2013
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked on some feature changes, major infrastructure improvements to make the system more stable, dependable and extensible, some minor toolbar improvements, and fixing bugs.

A new form parsing library for language characters in Parsoid caused the corruption of pages containing diacritics for about an hour two weeks ago. Relatively few pages at the English Wikipedia were affected, but this created immediate problems at some other Wikipedias, sometimes affecting several dozen pages. The development teams for Parsoid and VisualEditor apologize for the serious disruption and thank the people who reported this emergency at VisualEditor/Feedback and on the public IRC channel, #mediawiki-visualeditor.

There have been dozens of changes since the last newsletter. Here are some of the highlights:


 * Accidental deletion of infoboxes and other items: You now need to press the Delete or Backspace key twice to delete a template, reference or image. The first time, the item becomes selected, and the second time, it is removed.  The need to press the delete key twice should make it more obvious what you are doing and help avoid accidental removals of infoboxes and similar (bug 55336).
 * Switch from VisualEditor to the wikitext editor: A new feature lets you make a direct, one-way editing interface change, which will preserve your changes without needing to save the page and re-open it in the wikitext editor (bug 50687). It is available in a new menu in the action buttons by the Cancel button (where the "Page Settings" button used to be). Note that this new feature is not currently working in Firefox.
 * Categories and Languages are also now directly available in that menu. The category suggestions drop-down was appearing in the wrong place rather than below its input box, which is now fixed. An incompatibility between VisualEditor and the deployed Parsoid service that prevented editing categories and language links was fixed.
 * File:, Help: and Category: namespaces: VisualEditor was enabled for these namespaces the on all wikis (bug 55968), the Portal: and Viquiprojecte: namespaces on the Catalan Wikipedia (bug 56000), and the Portal: and Book: namespaces on the English Wikipedia (bug 56001).
 * Media item resizing: We improved how files are viewed in a few ways. First, inline media items can now be resized in the same way that has been possible with block ones (like thumbnails) before. When resizing a media item, you can see a live preview of how it will look as you drag it (bug 54298). While you are dragging an image to resize it, we now show a label with the current dimensions (bug 54297). Once you have resized it, we fetch a new, higher resolution image for the media item if necessary (bug 55697). Manual setting of media item sizes in their dialog is nearly complete and should be available next week. If you hold down the shift key whilst resizing an image, it will now snap to a 10 pixel grid instead of the normal free-hand sizing. The media item resize label now is centered while resizing regardless of which tool you use to resize it.
 * Undo and redo: A number of improvements were made to the transactions system which make undoing and redoing more reliable during real-time collaboration (bug 53224).
 * Save dialogue: The save page was re-written to use the same code as all other dialogs (bug 48566), and in the process fixed a number of issues. The save dialog is re-accessible if it loses focus (bug 50722), or if you review a null edit (bug 53313); its checkboxes for minor edit, watch the page, and flagged revisions options now layout much more cleanly (bug 52175), and the tab order of the buttons is now closer to what users will expect (bug 51918). There was a bug in the save dialog that caused it to crash if there was an error in loading the page from Parsoid, which is now fixed.
 * Links to other articles or pages sometimes sent people to invalid pages. VisualEditor now keeps track of the context in which you loaded the page, which lets us fix up links in document to point to the correct place regardless of what entry point you launched the editor from—so the content of pages loaded through   and   both now have text links that work if triggered (bug 48915).
 * Toolbar links: A bug that caused the toolbar's menus to get shorter or even blank when scrolled down the page in Firefox is now fixed (bug 55343).
 * Numbered external links: VisualEditor now supports Parsoid's changed representation of numbered external links (bug 53505).
 * Removed empty templates: We also fixed an issue that meant that completely empty templates became impossible to interact with inside VisualEditor, as they didn't show up (bug 55810).
 * Mathematics formulae: If you would like to try the experimental LaTeX mathematics tool in VisualEditor, you will need to opt-in to Beta Features. This is currently available on Meta-wiki, Wikimedia Commons, and Mediawiki.org. It will be available on all other Wikimedia sites on 21 November.
 * Browser testing support: If you are interested in technical details, the browser tests were expanded to cover some basic cursor operations, which uncovered an issue in our testing framework that doesn't work with cursoring in Firefox; the Chrome tests continue to fail due to a bug with the welcome message for that part of the testing framework.
 * Load time: VisualEditor now uses content language when fetching TemplateData information, so reducing bandwidth use, and users on multi-language or multi-script wikis now get TemplateData hinting for templates as they would expect (bug 50888).
 * Reuse of VisualEditor: Work on spinning out the user experience (UX) framework from VisualEditor into oojs-ui, which lets other teams at Wikimedia (like Flow) and gadget authors re-use VisualEditor UX components, is now complete and is being moved to a shared code repository.
 * Support for private wikis: If you maintain a private wiki at home or at work, VisualEditor now supports editing of private wikis, by forwarding the Cookie: HTTP header to Parsoid ( set to true) (bug 44483).  (Most private wikis will also need to install Parsoid and node.js, as VisualEditor requires them.)

Looking ahead: If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at VisualEditor/Feedback. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 22:09, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * VisualEditor will be released to some of the smaller Wikipedias on 02 December 2013. If you are active at one or more smaller Wikipedias where VisualEditor is not yet generally available, please see the list at VisualEditor/Rollouts.
 * Public office hours on IRC to discuss VisualEditor with Product Manager James Forrester will be held on Monday, 2 December, at 1900 UTC and on Tuesday, 3 December, at 0100 UTC. Bring your questions.  Logs will be posted on Meta after each office hour completes.
 * In terms of feature improvements, one of the major infrastructure projects affects how inserting characters works, both using your computer's built-in Unicode input systems and through a planned character inserter tool for VisualEditor. The forthcoming rich copying and pasting feature was extended and greater testing is currently being done.  Work continues to support the improved reference dialog to quickly add citations based on local templates.

hi
Can you add an article of Vagrant Fighter FX and type the contents?

Your GA nomination of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
The article Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vantine84 -- 22:32, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

FF VII characters
Following up from an ancient conversation, I have done a little work on the Creation and Development section of Characters of the Final Fantasy VII series. I may do some more work from time to time, but I think most of the rest of the improvement that's needed to possibly get it to GA status (and make it possible for Final Fantasy VII to be a GT) is just reviews and quotes that can be found in other articles. Just thought you would appreciate an update on that front. --ProtoDrake (talk) 15:18, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

VisualEditor newsletter • 19 December 2013
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked on some toolbar improvements, fixing bugs, and improving support for Indic languages as well as other languages with complex characters. The current focus is on improving the reference dialog and expanding the new character inserter tool.

There have been dozens of changes since the last newsletter. Here are some of the highlights:

Looking ahead: The transclusion dialog will see further changes in the coming weeks, with a simple mode for single templates and an advanced mode for more complex transclusions. The new character formatting menu on the toolbar will get an arrow to show that it is a drop-down menu. The reference dialog will be improved, and the Reference item will become a button in the main toolbar, rather than an item in the Insert menu.
 * Rich copying and pasting is now available. If you copy text from another website, then character formatting and some other HTML attributes are preserved.  This means, for example, that if you copy a pre-formatted suggested citation from a source like this, then VisualEditor will preserve the formatting of the title in the citation.  Keep in mind that copying the formatting may include formatting that you don't want (like section headings).  If you want to paste plain, unformatted text onto a page, then use Control or Command  (Mac).
 * Auto-numbered external links like can now be edited just like any other link.  However, they cannot be created in VisualEditor easily.
 * Several changes to the toolbar and dialogs have been made, and more are on the way. The toolbar has been simplified with a new drop-down text styles menu and an "insert" menu. Your feedback on the toolbar is wanted here.  The transclusion/template dialog has been simplified.  If you have enabled mathematical formula editing, then the menu item is now called the formula editor instead of LaTeX.
 * There is a new character inserter, which you can find in the new "insert" menu, with a capital Omega ("Ω"). It's a very basic set of characters.  Your feedback on the character inserter is wanted here.
 * Saving the page should seem faster by several seconds now.
 * It is now possible to access VisualEditor by manually editing the URL, even if you are not logged in or have not opted in to VisualEditor normally. To do so, append   to the end of the page name.  For example, change   to   to open a random page in VisualEditor.  This is intended to support bug testing across multiple browsers, without requiring editors to login repeatedly.

If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at VisualEditor/Feedback. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 20:39, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

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VisualEditor newsletter for Janaury 2014
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked mostly minor features and fixing bugs. A few significant bugs include working around a bug in CSSJanus that was wrongly flipping images used in some templates in right-to-left (RTL) environments (bug 50910) a major bug that meant inserting any template or other transclusion failed (bug 59002), a major but quickly resolved problem due to an unannounced change in MediaWiki core, which caused VisualEditor to crash on trying to save (bug 59867). This last bugs did not appear on any Wikipedia. Additionally, significant work has been done in the background to make VisualEditor work as an independent editing system.

As of today, VisualEditor is now available as an opt-out feature to all users at 149 active Wikipedias.


 * The character inserter tool in the "Insert" menu has a very basic set of characters. The character inserter is especially important for languages that use Latin and Cyrillic alphabets with unusual characters or frequent diacritics. Your feedback on the character inserter is requested. In addition to feedback from any interested editor, the developers would particularly like to hear from anyone who speaks any of the 50+ languages listed under Phase 5 at mw:VisualEditor/Rollouts, including Breton, Mongolian, Icelandic, Welsh, Afrikaans, Macedonian, and Azerbaijani.
 * meta:Office hours on IRC have been heavily attended recently. The next one will be held this coming Wednesday, 22 January at 23:00 UTC.
 * You can now edit some of the page settings in the "options" dialog –    and   as selection (forced on, forced off, or default setting; bugs 56866 and 56867) and   as a checkbox (bug 57166).
 * The automated browser tests were adjusted to speed them up and bind more correctly to list items in lists, and updated to a newer version of their ruby dependencies. You can monitor the automated browser tests' results (triggered every twelve hours) live on the server.
 * VisualEditor/User guide was updated recently to show some new and upcoming features.

Looking ahead: The character formatting menu on the toolbar will get a drop-down indicator next Thursday. The reference and media items will be the first two listed in the Insert menu. The help menu will get a page listing the keyboard shortcuts. Looking further out, image handling will be improved, including support for alignment (left, right, and center) and better control over image size (including default and upright sizes). The developers are also working on support for editing redirects and image galleries.

Subscriptions to this newsletter are managed at VisualEditor/Newsletter. Please add or remove your name to change your subscription settings. If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at VisualEditor/Feedback. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 20:04, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

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VisualEditor Newsletter—February 2014
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked on some small changes to the user interface, such as moving the reference item to the top of the Insert menu, as well as some minor features and fixing bugs, especially for rich copying and pasting of references.

The biggest change was the addition of more features to the image dialog, including the ability to set alignment (left, right, center), framing options (thumbnail, frame, frameless, and none), adding alt text, and defining the size manually. There is still some work to be done here, including a quick way to set the default size.


 * The main priority is redesigning the reference dialog, with the goal of providing autofill features for ISBNs and URLs and streamlining the process. Current concept drawings are available at VisualEditor/Design/Reference Dialog. Please share your ideas about making referencing quick and easy with the designers.
 * A few bugs in the existing reference dialog were fixed. The toolbar was simplified to remove galleries and lists from the reference dialog.  When you re-use references, it now correctly displays the references again, rather than just the number and name.  If you paste content into a dialog that can't fit there (e.g.   in references), it now strips out the inappropriate HTML.
 * You can now edit image galleries inside VisualEditor. At this time, the gallery tool is a very limited option that gives you access to the wikitext.  It will see significant improvements at a later date.
 * The character inserter tool in the "Insert" menu is being redesigned. Your feedback on the special character inserter is still wanted, especially if you depend on Wikipedia's character inserters for your normal editing rather than using the ones built into your computer.
 * You can now see a help page about keyboard shortcuts in the page menu (three bars next to the Cancel button).
 * If you edit categories, your changes will now display correctly after saving the page.
 * Saving the page should be faster now.
 * Any community can ask to test a new tool to edit TemplateData by leaving a note at.

Looking ahead: The link tool will tell you when you're linking to a disambiguation or redirect page. The warning about wikitext will hide itself after you remove the wikitext markup in that paragraph. Support for creating and editing redirects is in the pipeline. Looking further out, image handling will be improved, including default and upright sizes. The developers are also working on support for viewing and editing hidden HTML comments, some behavioral magic words like DISPLAYTITLE, and in-line language setting.

If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at VisualEditor/Feedback. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 04:20, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor newsletter—March 2014
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has mostly worked on changes to the template and image dialogs.

The biggest change in the last few weeks was the redesign of the template dialog. The template dialog now opens in a simplified mode that lists parameters and their descriptions. (The complex multi-item transclusion mode can be reached by clicking on "Show options" from inside the simplified template dialog.) Template parameters now have a bigger, auto-sizing input box for easier editing. With today's update, searching for template parameters will become case-insensitive, and required template parameters will display an asterisk (*) next to their edit boxes. In addition to making it quicker and easier to see everything when you edit typical templates, this work was necessary to prepare for the forthcoming simplified citation dialog. The main priority in the coming weeks is building this new citation dialog, with the ultimate goal of providing autofill features for ISBNs, URLs, DOIs and other quick-fills. This will add a new button on the toolbar, with the citation templates available picked by each wiki's community. Concept drawings can be seen at VisualEditor/Design/Reference Dialog. Please share your ideas about making referencing quick and easy with the designers.


 * The link tool now tells you when you're linking to a disambiguation or redirect page. Pages that exist, but are not indexed by the search engine, are treated like non-existent pages.
 * Wikitext warnings will now hide when you remove wikitext from the paragraph you are editing.
 * The character inserter tool in the "Insert" menu has been slightly redesigned, to introduce larger buttons. Your suggestions for more significant changes to the special character inserter are still wanted.
 * The page options menu (three bars, next to the Cancel button) has expanded. You can create and edit redirect pages, set page options like ,   and   , and more.  New keyboard shortcuts are listed there, and include undoing the last action, clearing formatting, and showing the shortcut help window.  If you switch from VisualEditor to wikitext editing, your edit will now be tagged.
 * It is easier to edit images. There are more options and they are explained better.  If you add new images to pages, they will also be default size.  You can now set image sizes to the default, if another size was previously specified. Full support for upright sizing systems, which more readily adapt image sizes to the reader's screen size, is planned.
 * VisualEditor adds fake blank lines so you can put your cursor there. These "slugs" are now smaller than normal blank lines, and are animated to be different from actual blank lines.
 * You can use the Ctrl or Command shortcuts to open the save window, and you can preview your edit summary when checking your changes in the save window.
 * After community requests, VisualEditor has been deployed to the Interlingual Occidental Wikipedia, the Portuguese Wikibooks, and the French Wikiversity.
 * Any community can ask for custom icons for their language in the character formatting menu (bold, italic, etc.) by making a request on Bugzilla or by contacting Product Manager James Forrester.

The developers apologize for a regression bug with the deployment on 6 March 2014, which caused the incorrect removal of  size definitions on a handful of pages on the English Wikipedia, among others. The root cause was fixed, and the broken pages were fixed soon after.

Looking ahead: Several template dialogs will become more compact. Looking further out, the developers are also working on support for viewing and editing hidden HTML comments. You will be able to see the Table of Contents change live as you edit the page, rather than it being hidden. In-line language setting may be offered to a few Wikipedias soon.

If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at VisualEditor/Feedback or by joining the office hours on 19 April 2014 at 2000 UTC. Thank you! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:44, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

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VisualEditor newsletter—April 2014
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has mostly worked on performance improvements, image settings, and preparation for a simplified citation template tool in its own menu.


 * In an oft-requested improvement, VisualEditor now displays red links (links to non-existent pages) in the proper color. Links to sister projects and external URLs are still the same blue as local links.
 * You can now open templates by double-clicking them or by selecting them and pressing Return.  This also works for references, images, galleries, mathematical equations, and other "nodes".
 * VisualEditor has been disabled for pages that were created as translations of other pages using the Translate extension (common at Meta and MediaWiki.org). If a page has been marked for translation, you will see a warning if you try to edit it using VisualEditor.
 * When you try to edit protected pages with VisualEditor, the full protection notice and most recent log entry are displayed. Blocked users see the standard message for blocked users.
 * The developers fixed a bug that caused links on sub-pages to point to the wrong location.
 * The size-changing controls in the advanced settings section of the media or image dialog were simplified further. VisualEditor's media dialog supports more image display styles, like borderless images.
 * If there is not enough space on your screen to display all of the tabs (for instance, if your browser window is too narrow), the second edit tab will now fold into the drop-down menu (where the "" item is currently housed). On the English Wikipedia, this moves the "Edit beta" tab into the menu; on most projects, it moves the "" tab. This is only enabled in the default Vector skin, not for Monobook users. See this image for an example showing the "" and "" tabs after they moved into the drop-down menu.
 * After community requests, VisualEditor has been deployed as an opt-in feature at Meta and on the French Wikinews.

Looking ahead: A new, locally controlled menu of citation templates will put citations immediately in front of users. You will soon be able to see the Table of Contents while editing. Support for upright image sizes (preferred for accessibility) is being developed. In-line language setting will be offered as a Beta Feature soon. Looking further out, the developers are also working on support for viewing and editing hidden HTML comments. It will be possible to upload images to Commons from inside VisualEditor.

If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at VisualEditor/Feedback or by joining the office hours on Monday, 19 May 2014 at 18:00 UTC. If you'd like to get this on your own page, subscribe at VisualEditor for English Wikipedia only or at meta:VisualEditor/Newsletter for any project. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 20:23, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Re: Hey
Erm, I'm glad of the message and your willingness to help, but I'm a little confused. I only have only article up as a GAN at the moment, and that's Localization of Square Enix video games. Mind you, I'm proud that I managed to get the first two Drakengard games up to GA before the release of the third game in the series. Which others do you think are ready? I'm watching/working on 23 articles not including project pages and templates. --ProtoDrake (talk) 21:43, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah. I understand now. I'm glad you like what you see. I've just nominating Type-0 for GA, though I'm not holding my breath on it given the continued chances of a Western release, which would probably ad further info, enable me to reference the plot section, possibly create a new development subsection and add a proper reception section. Music of XIV is very much a co-project between PresN and myself, so I am feeling a little diffident about that and will probably as him/her before I do anything like that. Lightning Returns still doesn't have decent sales data apart from rankings in charts and sales in Japan. It may be it will never have it, as the whole thing seems to have gotten far less attention from both the media and Square Enix than the other XIII games. Fabula Nova Crystallis... well, I was waiting until post E3 before I nominated it, but I guess it doesn't matter one way or the other. --ProtoDrake (talk) 07:19, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

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VisualEditor newsletter—May 2014


Did you know? The cite menu offers quick access to up to five citation templates. If your wiki has enabled the "" menu, press "" and select the appropriate template from the menu.

Existing citations that use these templates can be edited either using the "" tool or by selecting the reference and choosing the "" item in the "" menu.

Read the user guide for more information.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has mostly worked on the new citation tool, improving performance, reducing technical debt, and other infrastructure needs.

The biggest change in the last few weeks is the new citation template menu, labeled "". The new citation menu offers a locally configurable list of citation templates on the main toolbar. It adds or opens references using the simplified template dialog that was deployed last month. This tool is in addition to the "" item in the "" menu, and it is not displayed unless it has been configured for that wiki. To enable this tool on your wiki, see the instructions at VisualEditor/Citation tool.

Eventually, the VisualEditor team plans to add autofill features for these citations. When this long-awaited feature is created, you could add an ISBN, URL, DOI or other identifier to the citation tool, and VisualEditor would automatically fill in as much information for that source as possible. The concept drawings can be seen at mw:VisualEditor/Design/Reference Dialog, and your ideas about making referencing quick and easy are still wanted.


 * There is a new Beta Feature for setting content language and direction. This allows editors who have opted in to use the "" tool in the "" menu to add HTML span tags that label text with the language and as being left-to-right (LTR) or right-to-left (RTL), like this:   .  This tool is most useful for pages whose text combines multiple languages with different directions, common on Right-to-Left wikis.
 * The tool for editing mathematics formulae in VisualEditor has been slightly updated and is now available to all users, as the "" item in the "" menu. It uses LaTeX like in the wikitext editor.
 * The layout of template dialogs has been changed, putting the label above the field. Parameters are now called "fields", to avoid a technical term that many editors are unfamiliar with.
 * TemplateData has been expanded: You can now add "suggested" parameters in TemplateData, and VisualEditor will display them in the template dialogs like required ones.  "Suggested" is recommended for parameters that are commonly used, but not actually required to make the template work.  There is also a new type for TemplateData parameters:  wiki-file-name, for file names.  The template tool can now tell you if a parameter is marked as being obsolete.
 * Some templates that previously displayed strangely due to absolute CSS positioning hacks should now display correctly.
 * Several messages have changed: The notices shown when you save a page have been merged into those used in the wikitext editor, for consistency.  The message shown when you "" out of an edit is clearer.  The beta dialog notice, which is shown the first time you open VisualEditor, will be hidden for logged-in users via a user preference rather than a cookie.  As a result of this change, the beta notice will show up one last time for all logged-in users on their next VisualEditor use after Thursday's upgrade.
 * Adding a category that is a redirect to another category prompts you to add the target category instead of the redirect.
 * In the "" dialog, it is no longer possible to set a redundant border for thumbnail and framed images.
 * There is a new Template Documentation Editor for TemplateData. You can test it by editing a documentation subpage (not a template page) at Mediawiki.org: edit mw:Template:Sandbox/doc, and then click "Manage template documentation" above the wikitext edit box.  If your community would like to use this TemplateData editor at your project, please contact product manager James Forrester or file an enhancement request in Bugzilla.
 * There have been multiple small changes to the appearance: External links are shown in the same light blue color as in MediaWiki.  This is a lighter shade of blue than the internal links.  The styling of the "" (character formatting) drop-down menu has been synchronized with the recent font changes to the Vector skin.  VisualEditor dialogs, such as the "" dialog, now use a "loading" animation of moving lines, rather than animated GIF images.  Other changes were made to the appearance upon opening a page in VisualEditor which should make the transition between reading and editing be smoother.
 * The developers merged in many minor fixes and improvements to MediaWiki interface integration (e.g., edit notices), and made VisualEditor handle Education Program pages better.
 * At the request of the community, VisualEditor has been deployed to Commons as an opt-in. It is currently available by default for 161 Wikipedia language editions and by opt-in through Beta Features at all others, as well as on several non-Wikipedia sites.

Looking ahead: The toolbar from the PageTriage extension will no longer be visible inside VisualEditor. More buttons and icons will be accessible from the keyboard. The "" link will be moved out of the "" menu, into the "" menu. Support for upright image sizes (preferred for accessibility) and inline images is being developed. You will be able to see the Table of Contents while editing. Looking further out, the developers are also working on support for viewing and editing hidden HTML comments. VisualEditor will be available to all users on mobile devices and tablet computers. It will be possible to upload images to Commons from inside VisualEditor.

If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback or by joining the office hours on Thursday, 19 June 2014 at 10:00 UTC. If you'd like to get this newsletter on your own page (about once a month), please subscribe at w:en:Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Newsletter for English Wikipedia only or at meta:VisualEditor/Newsletter for any project. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 22:16, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor global newsletter—June 2014
Did you know? The character formatting menu, or "" menu lets you set bold, italic, and other text styles. "Clear formatting" removes all text styles and removes links to other pages.

Do you think that clear formatting should remove links? Are there changes you would like to see for this menu? Share your opinion at MediaWiki.org.

The user guide has information about how to use VisualEditor. The VisualEditor team is mostly working to fix bugs, improve performance, reduce technical debt, and other infrastructure needs. You can find on Mediawiki.org weekly updates detailing recent work.


 * They have moved the "" link out of the "" menu, into the "" menu. Within dialog boxes, buttons are now more accessible (via the Tab key) from the keyboard.
 * You can now see the target of the link when you click on it, without having to open the inspector.
 * The team also expanded TemplateData: You can now add a parameter type "  for dates and times in the ISO 8601 format, and  "  for values which are true or false.  Also, templates that redirect to other templates (like   →  ) now get the TemplateData of their target (bug 50964).  You can test TemplateData by editing mw:Template:Sandbox/doc.
 * Category: and File: pages now display their contents correctly after saving an edit (bug 65349, bug 64239)
 * They have also improved reference editing: You should no longer be able to add empty citations with VisualEditor (bug 64715), as with references.  When you edit a reference, you can now empty it and click the "use an existing reference" button to replace it with another reference instead.
 * It is now possible to edit inline images with VisualEditor. Remember that inline images cannot display captions, so existing captions get removed.  Many other bugs related to images were also fixed.
 * You can now add and edit  and   in  the "" menu, rounding out the full set of page options currently planned.
 * The tool to insert special characters is now wider and simpler.

Looking ahead
The VisualEditor team has posted a draft of their goals for the next fiscal year. You can read them and suggest changes on MediaWiki.org.

The team posts details about planned work on VisualEditor's roadmap. You will soon be able to drag-and-drop text as well as images. If you drag an image to a new place, it won't let you place it in the middle of a paragraph. All dialog boxes and windows will be simplified based on user testing and feedback. The VisualEditor team plans to add autofill features for citations. Your ideas about making referencing quick and easy are still wanted. Support for upright image sizes is being developed. The designers are also working on support for viewing and editing hidden HTML comments and adding rows and columns to tables.

Supporting your wiki
Please read VisualEditor/Citation tool for information on configuring the new citation template menu, labeled "". This menu will not appear unless it has been configured on your wiki.

If you speak a language other than English, we need your help with translating the user guide. The guide is out of date or incomplete for many languages, and what's on your wiki may not be the most recent translation. Please contact me if you need help getting started with translation work on MediaWiki.org.

VisualEditor can be made available to most non-Wikipedia projects. If your community would like to test VisualEditor, please contact product manager James Forrester or file an enhancement request in Bugzilla.

Please share your questions, suggestions, or problems by posting a note at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback or by joining the office hours on Saturday, 19 July 2014 at 21:00 UTC (daytime for the Americas and Pacific Islands) or on Thursday, 14 August 2014 at 9:00 UTC (daytime for Europe, Middle East, Asia).

To change your subscription to this newsletter, please see the subscription pages on Meta or the English Wikipedia. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 04:59, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

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'''Hey. What about the games for Sharp X68000?''' --Arringtastic1992 (talk) 20:18, 29 June 2014 (UTC)