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RE: Rocksmith
First, let me assure you I do not consider the Rocksmith article to be a "personal project", and am fully aware that this is not "my" website. Heck, if my edits were motivated by such a feeling I'd be in violation of WP:OWN. I just want to make sure any article I come across adheres to Wikipedia policy, the Manual of Style etc.

Regarding Ubisoft San Francisco first of all, Rolling Stone as a source is probably fine. However, I'm not sure that article is specific enough to be used as a proper source (it never actually says that USF developed Rocksmith, only that two of the people behind it were working there in 2008; they could easily have been moved to a different Ubisoft studio when they started development on Rocksmith). That said, it's good enough for me to leave it in the article with a cn tag. The only reason I changed it in the first place was that I couldn't find any evidence that it was developed by a specific Ubisoft studio, but plenty that it was a Ubisoft game in general, and thus felt that having it as just Ubisoft would suffice until a source was found (it is accurate after all, just not very specific).

As for when Joystiq reviewed it, I simply see no reason why it is relevant to what he said. Simply the fact that something is true is not sufficient reason to include it in an article; there are any number of details that are true, but don't belong in the article (e.g. the review was released on a Tuesday, the reviewer was male, the review had X words, Joystiq's logo is orange and dark grey etc). However, if you can explain why you want to include the date (and your reasoning makes sense), then I certainly won't fight you on it; at the moment it seems like a fairly arbitrary addition to me but there may well be a legitimate reason for including it that I haven't considered (perhaps some clarification of the article's wording is in order). In hindsight, maybe I should've asked about it on the talk page or something.

 Alphathon  /'æɫfə.θɒn/ ( talk ) 22:06, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Oh, and if USF did develop it, then the article needs to loose the "Games developed in Canada" category.  Alphathon  /'æɫfə.θɒn/ ( talk ) 22:11, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, I see you've re-added the date thing but changed it to "on the date of release". Are you trying to include the date to show that negative reviews were held back by Ubisoft until launch day so as to improve the game's prospects? If so, that may be considered non-NPOV.  Alphathon  /'æɫfə.θɒn/ ( talk ) 22:14, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Wasn't intentionally suggesting anything of the sort. Actually, my intent was to suggest that the reviewer for Joystiq hadn't had nearly enough time to play with the software before making his apparently unfounded conclusions. Yes, he probably had an advance copy (although that's not verified), but this is not Halo Reach or some game where you can work your way from beginning to end in a couple of days if you get paid to do such things. The date of the release and date of review indicate the amount of time put into constructing the reviewer's opinion. Totally neutral observation - but relevant. Mikerrr (talk) 23:17, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * I hope this will show up as a new message. . . I'm still not real savvy on the ins and outs of Wikipedia's inner workings. It appears that the photo in question probably came from an eBay listing which ended YEARS ago (about 6 years ago, apparently). The seller/original photographer is unknown and unfindable. Wouldn't this be a public domain item by now? If not, I'm not sure the website where I found the photo can give me the permissions required. In that case, I'll have to try tracking down other photos. Mikerrr (talk) 15:06, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi there. The message showed up fine but I was off net for a few days. Unfortunately this image won't be public domain. Under the current US laws this will be, as a work with an unknown author, copyrighted until somewhere after 2100, possibly later if further laws are passed extending it. Peripitus (Talk) 11:34, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Well. . . that's a bummer. I've tried to contact an alternate source of photos of these guitars but they haven't seen fit to reply other than to say they'd get back to me. . . So, if you must take down the photo I uploaded, I guess that's just how it has to be. Hopefully either I can find a usable one elsewhere or someone else will upload one. The unique shape of the Gemini model is one of the key aspects which made these guitars stand out. That and the "W" cut-out in the tremelo mount. Mikerrr (talk) 19:55, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

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Lima Bean changes to George Floyd article
Hello, I can not seem to find where the message you left is on my talk page. However, I do see it in my history, and I am not sure what you are talking about. First, which edits are you threatening to report me over? I have made edits on many pages and I would like to know which ones you are talking about. Second, I’m not sure what you mean by “you haven’t read the rules”. I do state on my talk page that I am not familiar with every guideline, as most editors are not, but I have read many. If you could be clear at what edits I am making that are detrimental, that would be helpful. Thank you! Lima Bean Farmer (talk) 17:27, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

I'm talking about the removal of the reference to the County Medical Examiner's report findings on the George Floyd article. You removed it and made some comment about citations. First, you seem a bit new to Wiki to be jumping in and removing anything, especially when you freely admit that you're not familiar with all the rules. Do you walk into a room, jump into the middle of a conversation and start dismissing what others are saying, too? Perhaps you should consider sitting back to watch for a while before you jump into articles and start deleting factual information. I've looked at your history and it's pretty clear that you've overstepped on several occasions and been blocked from certain articles as a result. While your enthusiasm is innocuous, you may need to rein it in a little. Mikerrr (talk) 17:43, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

I’m sorry, what George Floyd article are you talking about because I never made any edits to Floyd’s Wikipedia page. Second, I have been on wiki for over four months and have made over a thousand edits. Third, I don’t know what you mean when you refer to me dismissing what others are saying. If you could please point me to the area where you are criticizing me, I would appreciate it. Same goes for “factual information”. I don’t know where you think I deleted it. Please add your sources. I’m also not blocked from any articles, so I’m not sure where you got that from. Lima Bean Farmer (talk) 20:11, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

I got a message from Wikipedia regarding the change you made to my edit on the George Floyd article along with your comment. I see that you were blocked from Wikipedia for persisting in using commercial or other promotional-sounding user names and then abusing the unblock request feature by submitting three simultaneous unblock requests. It appears to be your style to just jump into trouble and then claim that you made an innocent mistake. Either you are being disingenuous or you have let your fingers get ahead of your thoughts on Wikipedia. I'll suggest again that you need to rein in your enthusiasm for changing other people's contributions to articles, sit back, watch, and learn a little. For someone who has only been on Wikipedia for 4 months (versus the years and years some of us have been around here), you sure seem to have a Talk Page full of controversy. Mikerrr (talk) 20:53, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I did issue a warning because that information was not at a consensus. I have completed almost five times the amount of edits you have, so please don’t tell me I’m just a beginner. Also, my user page is not snarky and I actually can take criticism. I was not persistent in promotional usernames, I simply made a username that sounded promotional which I willingly changed. I made those unblock requests because I wasn’t quite sure how they worked. I keep my talk page there because I am a transparent user. You act as if you’re an administrator or something, but you barely make any edits and definitely not on a regular basis. Lima Bean Farmer (talk) 21:16, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I definitely noticed that you've barely been on Wikipedia for four months and you've already made over 1000 edits. Sort of proves my point. You "issued a warning?" Who's acting like an admin here? As a user, it's not your place to "issue warnings." If you have a question over an edit, you need to contact the person who made it BEFORE deleting it. NOT afterwards. As to the number of edits I've made, perhaps I don't just jump into an article and start changing things without knowing what I'm doing. . . You might think about adopting the same cautious approach. What information that I added to the George Floyd article "was not at a consensus?" There's no consensus to an ME report. The report was issued. It says what I said that it said and that is a matter of public record. Mikerrr (talk) 21:40, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Please stop using all caps because that is considered uncivil. I have not been uncivil towards you. I am allowed to issue a warning before I report a fellow user to the Wikipedia noticeboard. There is nowhere saying that you need to contact an editor before reverting their edit. Also, I agree that that’s what the article says, but the Wikipedia page itself should follow consensus. Not all information should be on a Wikipedia page. Please try to take this as constructive criticism as opposed to a personal attack, since I have not made any personal attack towards you. Only trying to help the project. Lima Bean Farmer (talk) 01:18, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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