User talk:Mika1h/Archive 4

The WPVG Newsletter (December 2008)

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The WPVG Newsletter (January 2009)

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GA Reassessment of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NES)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NES) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Articles are typically reviewed for one week. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. ''Since I saw you contributed to the article around its original GA listing, I figured I let you know in case you have something to contribute. Thanks,'' MuZemike 21:05, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (February 2009)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  00:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Popotan importance
Please read carefully the new criteria for video game articles. Popotan meets the mid critera as it has "[a]chieved wide commercial success, critically acclaimed or had wide sub-culture effect outside of their country of origin". じん ない  22:18, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (March 2009)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  16:53, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

A note regarding the WPVG Newsletter
Due to an apparent lack of interest, the WPVG Newsletter will be switching from a monthly publication schedule to a quarterly one. The next issue be delivered on July 1, 2009, and will pertain to the second quarter of the calendar year. If you have any comments regarding this, or suggestions to improve the newsletter, please post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter.
 * —VG Newsletter Contributors
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The WPVG Newsletter (Q2 2009)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  15:31, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Technical drawing tools article
Thank you for translating some of the terms on the above article. I cannot read Finnish, so I need the help! I am happy to correct the grammar in sentences when they are completed, so I have started doing that.

Regards,

-Google Translate-

Kiitos kääntämällä joitain ehtoja edellä artikla. En voi lukea suomeksi, joten tarvitsen apua! Olen iloinen korjata kieliopin lauseita, kun ne valmistuvat, joten olen alkanut tehdä niin.

Terveisin, --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 22:44, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Categorizing video games by one year only
Is that a guideline or your personal opinion? Most all of the Dance Dance Revolution articles cover more than one game, which is why they tend to have more than one year. The games are different enough to be called different games but not enough to merit their own articles. If the Video game project says first year for individual games I'll make sure to exclude ports and re-releases, but different releases should have their release year I think. æron phone  home   18:29, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by different release for example? Extra categorizing was for home versions, reissues or regional versions which are not entirely different games AFAIK. --Mika1h (talk) 19:24, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 was also released as Full Full Party in Japan, with an altered song list. Dance Dance Revolution X is the same engine, but the arcade, Japanese PS2 and North American PS2 releases have different sets of songs, which for a music game is different releases. In the case of something like DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix though the game was ported almost 100% faithfully to the PS2 with two added songs. It's not exactly a clear line and that's why it takes major differences to put a release in a separate article. But are you making these edits because there's a guideline or manual of style suggestion that says so? æron  phone  home   19:41, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It was discussed a couple of times at VG project's talk page: . Also in category pages it reads "video games first published in XXXX". Addition to that every other media article like films or albums uses only the original release year. --Mika1h (talk) 19:51, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, for ports and rereleases I'll shave off the categories, but for the articles that cover more than one game I think there should be a year cat for each one. æron  phone  home   20:04, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (Q3 2009)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  04:17, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Guideline
To which guideline are you referring?--Crossmr (talk) 23:54, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:VG/DATE --Mika1h (talk) 08:28, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

re: 320769209
iirc the general rule is to have links to explanatory articles so the reader isn't possibly confused, it's no different to links in the article itself so how is it otherwise  Elm-39 - T/C/N 17:06, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * What article are you referring to? --Mika1h (talk) 17:43, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, you must mean Template: Darius series. WP:NAVBOX states "Navigation templates provide navigation between related articles". Arcade game or Video game console are not closely related to the Darius series. See for example Template: Mario series or Template: Guitar Hero series. They link only to articles that are closely related like subseries or character list articles. --Mika1h (talk) 17:56, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * oh, I was mostly going by WP:NAME, especially about the red link (speaking of which can I put that back? an article will probably come up soon). I also thought that list titles were somehow exempt from some part of WP:NAVBOX.  Elm-39 - T/C/N 13:31, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It's okay to put the red link back in if the article is going to be written soon. --Mika1h (talk) 13:38, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

SWAT 3 images
G'day there,

I just fed the fair use images in SWAT 3 you tagged the other day (File:SWAT3 loadoutscreen.jpg, File:Swat 3 0004.jpg and File:Swat 3 0005.jpg) through Irfanview, and reduced them to 500x375 (and optimised them a little too). Are they any better now? I still have the originals, I can always shrink them some more.

Cheers, CaptainVindaloo t c e 16:53, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, they seem to be fine. --Mika1h (talk) 16:57, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

American Dream
I noticed that someone else removed the stub off my American Dream (video game) article. Would you please re-assess the article and give it a start-class rating? GVnayR (talk) 15:46, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

World Grand Prix
I've noticed you recently assessed my World Grand Prix article but left it at stub-class even though there was no stub on the article. Why didn't you upgrade it to start-class? GVnayR (talk) 15:50, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Because I'm going through the list of articles which have no importance rated. Right now, I'm only rating importances not quality. If you think it's above stub-class, you are free to rate it yourself as start, c or b-class. See instructions at assessment page --Mika1h (talk) 18:50, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that tip of enlightenment, Mika1h. I think that I will rate my own article right now. GVnayR (talk) 03:08, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (Q4 2009)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  21:15, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Update
Thanks. Geschichte (talk) 09:03, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (Q1 2010)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  17:05, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

re: Maui Mallard
Dude, if you think the page needed the European version of the boxart more than the American version, by all means, change it back to the other image, but don't overwrite the image file I uploaded with a different one. That's just a dick move. :(

I maintain that the main picture should be of the version the page was named after, but I included the European box art in the page as a picture. Is that an acceptable compromise? Master Deusoma (talk) 21:20, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * If you would have read my edit comment, you would have noticed that I linked to a video game article guideline (WP:VGIMAGES) which states "Where different cover designs are available for different regions, the one from the region in which the game has been developed should be used." Maui Mallard was developed in the United Kingdom so it should use the European cover art.
 * Also, "Video game covers should generally only be used in the game's infobox, and only one cover should be present." and "Cover images can only be used in the body of the article if there is significant commentary on the cover itself, and not just to identify the game as part of a new section on the port". As far as I know there is no significant commentary on the North American SNES cover. --Mika1h (talk) 23:10, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Revision to Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri articles
I noticed that you have revised either Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri or Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire.

I intend to revise those articles following the WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines. There are more details on the discussion pages of those articles. I'd be interested in any comments you have. It would be best if your comments were on the discussion pages of the two articles.

Thank you.

Vyeh (talk) 12:41, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Carmageddon2Box.jpg
Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Carmageddon2Box.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 15:58, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II on the PC
The reliable source is here. And on Wookieepedia they tell that the PC version will be developed by Aspyr. 84.86.199.99 (talk) 14:03, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Why are you telling me this? --Mika1h (talk) 14:12, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Because I suddenly thought best that each member of the Wikipedia article had done something to tell. 84.86.199.99 (talk) 16:34, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

This trailer is at least officially, at the end of this trailer, all announced platforms. 84.86.199.99 (talk) 16:35, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

2010 video games
User:Bovineboy2008 keeps removing the 2010 video games category from Sonic Colors. Earlier he was doing the same thing to Kirby's Epic Yarn until someone kept reverting his edits & he apparently gave up. Since he appears to not be a vandal based on his other edits, I figured he can be reasoned with. The reason he removes the category is because he doesn't seem to understand that upcoming games can be in the 2010 video games category. Seeing as you often add upcoming games to these categories, I am hoping that you can explain to him why he is wrong on this subject. SNS (talk) 02:22, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe because he can't understand the Italian source that is used. A translation or English language source should be used if available. Also where does the 24th of September date come from? It didn't seem to mentioned in the source. --Mika1h (talk) 06:32, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * No he was removing the 2010 video games category from Kirby's Epic Yarn earlier with claims that upcoming games don't belong there. He even undid one of your edits on that article . As for that date, it probably doesn't mean anything. It seems like something IPs keep adding to the article. SNS (talk)
 * Recently he removed the category from Epic Mickey, Fable III, Gran Turismo 5, & several others. You can see a row of these edits in his edit history . SNS (talk) 03:55, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Template:Vgrelease
Could you explain that recent edit? I thought regional releases would go in the same template as mentioned in the documentation. What confuses me even more is that you seem to have split the templates, but not for each regional release. Is there a specific pattern we should follow? Again, it just confused me, don't take this as an offense. Prime Blue (talk) 19:29, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * From the template page: "If it is desirable to list release dates in a specific order (e.g. chronological), specify each region with a separate call.". --Mika1h (talk) 19:32, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I see. That was added by Stratadrake three years ago. Do you think there is any particular reason behind that? To me, it seems pretty weird to suggest to use separate calls for regions, especially since that would mean that multiple flags in a single call would not have had to be implemented for the template at all. A separate call for versions and platforms is reasonable and necessary, but for single regions, it looks more like a waste of space. Prime Blue (talk) 21:23, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * You can't list the dates in chronological order if you put them all in a single call. --Mika1h (talk) 02:33, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, now I understand. Might probably be better to add some code to the template to make it sort dates automatically. The current solution is kind of clunky and not very user-friendly. Prime Blue (talk) 11:14, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks a lot for the Sonic Colors edit, I was trying to find a way to fix the whole blue ray thing, never even thought of cropping. I owe you one. =D SSB Fan (talk) 03:19, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Help with two WP:VG assessments
Hey, I know you're busy, but if you could, would you do a quick review of #2 and #3 at WikiProject Video games/Assessment/Requests? I'm trying to get my current projects all to B-Class. Thanks! --Teancum (talk) 15:04, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks much! --Teancum (talk) 20:33, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Category renaming
Hello. It looks like you added category redirect to Category:XBLA Compilations in an attempt to rename the category to Category:Xbox 360 Live Arcade compilations. As you can see, the latter category no longer exists. Since this was an out-of-process renaming, I have replaced your redirect with a Cfr template, and invite you to explain the reasons for the proposed renaming on this discussion page. Thank you. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 10:33, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2010
MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 18:45, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Template
Hey. About that thing on the todo template: looking here and here, I don't see any evidence that the article is featured. The FAC isn't even archived yet. What is that page that you and User:GamerPro64 are going by? I don't understand why that would be updated before anything else. Sorry about the whole disturbance; I thought GamerPro had just made a slight mistake. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 10:29, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * You can see the template at Portal:Featured content. User:Karanacs promoted killer7 on the 28th and it took almost a day for the bot to catch up and update the article. --Mika1h (talk) 17:57, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Ooooh, I see. Things have changed since I was last at FAC, I guess. Again, sorry for the disruption. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 22:50, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Recent move of Ani*Kuri15 to Ani-Kuri 15
Hi. I notice you just moved the article, Ani*Kuri15 to Ani-Kuri 15. Is this a new official localization? If so I think we should provide sources for this. The asterisk character is clearly part of the original Japanese title (アニ＊クリ15) and in fact the animenewsnetwork and crunchyroll sources you cited in the edit summary for the move claim that "[t]he title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words 'anime' and 'creators'" (emphasis added). The twitchfilm.com source you provided refers to shorts associated with a program called "Ani Kuri" that I believe may be the show, アニクリ instead of アニ＊クリ15. Because none of the sources you cited in the edit summary for the move refer to the program by the title "Ani-Kuri 15," I think it's wisest to retain the title found in the majority of the sources (i.e. "Ani*Kuri15") for the time being at least. I have restored the article to its original title. If you still think a move might be in order then feel free to bring it up in talk. Cheers, -Thibbs (talk) 01:27, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

GitS:SAC merges
I've "closed" your proposed merges to Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. You failed to post a rationale at Talk:Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, or discuss your reasons forproposing the mearge in anyway. If ytou still believe the articles should be mnerged, then you're welcome to add the merge tags again, but please open a discsuiion on the target article's talk page (Talk:Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex). If you don't klnow how to do thios, I'd be happy to help you. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 12:48, 16 December 2010 (UTC)