User talk:McDoobAU93/Archive/2016

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2015
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Vandalism warning regarding Incidents at SeaWorld parks
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 * Come on man, WP:DTTR... Sergecross73   msg me  00:12, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yep, not even close to vandalism. User was invited to take it to the talk page, and chose to revert and call it vandalism ... -- McDoob  AU93  00:14, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you're right, looking into the actual edit, it was a failure of DTTR and appropriate template use... Sergecross73   msg me  00:41, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I do apologize for tagging a reg (thanks for pointing out the DTTR shortcut, I'd only heard whispers about it). I don't apologize for calling out a reg for violating WP:PRESERVE, a crime which I do consider tantamount to vandalism. You shouldn't be deleting facts from the encyclopedia. -- Kendrick7talk 02:03, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * PRESERVE doesn't override an active consensus to not mention victims names, not to mention, unless they're celebrities or notable people, the names don't especially add anything to the incident itself anyways in an encyclopedic sense. And there's certainly no bad-faith here, so any allusions to vandalism would be misplaced. He's a long-term editor and writer/maintainer of theme park type articles - at worst it's a misunderstanding or a good-faith mistake. Sergecross73   msg me
 * Preserve also does not override WP:BLP. The presumption in favor of privacy and the WP:BDP sections are particularly relevant to this situation. McDoobAU93 has committed no crime or vandalizing. You really need to take care when using terms like that. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 02:42, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2016
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thanks for keeping up the Incidents pages
I've been inactive (obviously). Wanted to say "thanks" for continuing to fight the good fights. SpikeJones (talk) 04:18, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

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IP editor
Hi, so what's the story with this IP? They were very keen for me to remove talk page access to another blocked IP. Fences &amp;  Windows  22:59, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I'd like to know too. I wanted to intervene, but I could really tell what the hell was going on... Sergecross73   msg me  23:35, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm drawing a blank, too. It's an IPv6 address, so that's tougher to see similarities on a quick glance. It's probably an anon who got reverted and returned to express displeasure. I looked at the IP's edit history, and none of it is anything I even follow. If it's not too much to ask, what is the IP they wanted TPA blocked on? That may be what I need to see ... -- McDoob  AU93  00:17, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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About the List of Wii U Virtual Console games for North America
First of all, I'd like to say thank you for leaving me that message. I did remove the example of Yoshi's Cookie because there has been no news of it since that video's posting in 2013, but I thought I left an edit summary explaining why I removed it. AuraWielder (talk) 21:18, 29 June 2016 (UTC)AuraWielder


 * You did, but you mentioned "the rules" without stating what said rules were. That's the reason for the request to discuss on the talk page. -- McDoob  AU93  21:20, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2016
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Good faith
I realized you had putting good faith in comments. Some people aren't doing it for good faith, like the guy who changed the ToT closing date from January to Fall Hawkeye75 (talk) 01:53, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

RfC at WikiProject Amusement Parks
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bogus Disney rides information
Is there an SPI for this guy, or any blocks that you know of? Meters (talk) 19:56, 4 August 2016 (UTC)


 * It's a user on a dynamic IP, but it's been an on-going thing. I think it may be time to request long-term semi-protection on the articles until this person gets the message. But to be honest, we've been having trouble with users in Japan doing stuff like this for YEARS now. -- McDoob  AU93  20:08, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree. I've only been aware of it for a relatively short time, but it was obvious to me that it was an ongoing problem covering many articles. I would support a multi-article protection request. Thanks. Meters (talk) 20:13, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * I agree. Photo has been deleted and I requested speedy deletion from the project. I've tagged the article with a photo request from both the community and the appropriate WikiProject. In truth, I'm surprised a free photo hasn't been obtained yet. -- McDoob  AU93  13:58, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi McDoobAU93. You could try requesting one at WP:RI, c:COM:RI or even at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tampa Bay. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:19, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

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Gears of War page edit
Hello McDoodAU93, I am new to Wikipedia and its editing guidelines and I was wondering if I can talk to you about why you removed my "Gears of War" Ultimate Edition" subsection in the Gear of War wiki page. Although the game mechanics are the close to identical to the original game, shouldn't the public be aware that Epic Games were not in charge of remastering the game but The Coalition was and that they had the rights to the game prior to its release on the Xbox One and to Windows 10? XxFASTWOLFxX (talk) 20:43, 16 November 2016 (UTC)


 * To answer your question: The game is clearly a remaster of the original title, and its existence is discussed in the main franchise article's discussion of the original game. It also mentions that development of said remaster was done by The Coalition after Microsoft obtained the rights to the game. Further, in the article for the game itself, there is a lengthy subhead on the Ultimate Edition remaster. Since it is a remaster, it's not really a new game in the franchise as Gears of War 4 is. I hope that does answer your question, but if it does not, feel free to respond here and I'll do my best to assist. -- McDoob  AU93  20:52, 16 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Oh okay. I didn't realize that there was a Gears of War Wiki that talks about the game itself and another for the entire franchise. Thank you for clearing things up for me and I appropriate the help. Thanks again. XxFASTWOLFxX (talk) 01:47, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Incidents at Walt Disney World comment
I just have to say that I love your comment to the previous editor on the page. Elisfkc (talk) 02:45, 10 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks ... thought it was appropriate. :) -- McDoob AU93  13:14, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Definitely was. Elisfkc (talk) 18:11, 12 December 2016 (UTC)