User talk:Mod mmg/archives/May10

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=Latest From Mod MMG=

Phosphor

 * You are more than welcome to expand this new article that I created (but got banished to my sandbox) here

This Talk Page

 * My reconstruction of my talk page is almost complete, all that remains is to find out how to get a link with alternate text for display to link to the page which creates a new section in a talk page (i.e. does the same thing as clicking the "new section" button on the top of the talk page). The link must be able to work from multiple subdirectories and still lead back to creating a new section on the main talk page.  If you can help please leave a comment/message.

=Responses From Mod MMG=


 *  These are my responses to your comments on this page (I will most often respond on this talk page rather than leave a reply on yours). They will begin with @namehere where namehere is the name of the person I am responding to.  They are in order from newest to oldest so new ones will be added at the beginning. 

=Your Comments=


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Oh...
After reading the comments from you on my talk page, I have realised that it may have been a bit hasty how I PRODed all those pages in one session. I think I might check with you or someone or get consensus on the talkpage before PRODing or adding  templates to pages in future. Also, thanks for your other earlier response on my talkpage. I think I will begin to update the ensemble studios page soon, as per what I have already informed you of. Now, one last thing, the animation I and several other users had on their talkpages has been deleted. It was even used on an article ( Gait_(human) ). Until you removed it and then it got reverted back by someone else then it got deleted, then another image was used. I myself decided to use it on my talkpage after seeing it on an admins page! So as you can see this image was widely used throughout the english Wikipedia as well as other language versions. I has now been deleted and I would like advice on how to procede from here. Thanks, Mod MMG (User Page) Reply on my talkpage. Do NOT click this link 22:22, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The image was removed from commons as it did not comply with WikiMedia guidelines and policies. When an image is owned by someone, and that image is used without the owner's permission, it is illegal, and the people or organisations which use that image illegally can be fined. The Wikimedia Foundation is a respectable charity foundation which does not encourage people to break the law.
 * Among the options open to you, the two main ones would be: 1) Track down the owner of the animation and ask the owner to donate it to Wikipedia under a GNU Free Documentation License; 2) Use a different animation - one which has an appropriate GNU Free Documentation License. You could have a look through these to see if there is one you like that you can use.  SilkTork  *YES! 08:37, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Ensemble Studios
I have updated the 'Closing' and 'External Links' sections of the Ensemble Studios article. I would be glad if you checked out what I have done! And yes, before you ask, I did add references. Mod MMG (User Page) Reply on my talkpage. Do NOT click this link 08:28, 12 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Good morning. I'll take a look now.  SilkTork  *YES! 08:36, 12 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Each article has a history section. To view someone's contributions you can click on the hole next to the previous contributor, and then the hole next to the last edit of the contributor you want to look at, and then click "compare selected revisions". This is useful as it highlights differences in red: . If you look at that you'll see more clearly your changes. Your edits look useful, and you have got a source. Well done!
 * Some details:
 * You've made a common error (I do it quite a lot!), in that you have added past tense ("has") but haven't removed the present tense ("is").
 * You place a cite in the middle of a sentence. This is sometimes acceptable, though it is more common to place a cite at the end of a sentence in order not to stop the reading flow.
 * If your information updates the previous information it is permissible to remove the older citation.
 * The names of games are usually placed in italics. You do this by placing '' before and again after the name.
 * Linking can be overdone. Sometimes people link too much, so it's good that you haven't overlinked. However, it's always worth looking to see if something can be usefully linked for the reader. I think it might be useful to link wired.com, as not every reader would know who or what Wired is.
 * I'll take a look now at your sources.  SilkTork  *YES! 09:01, 12 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Your source is a fansite forum. Forums and noticeboards, especially those related to fansites, are generally not regarded as reliable. See Identifying_reliable_sources. You could try asking at Reliable sources/Noticeboard if the heavengames.com forum would be considered reliable, though the answer would be no. You'd do better tracking down the wired.com source, or doing a search for "Newtoy" + "Words with Friends" on Google: . That search will throw up a press release:, which it would be permissible to use to confirm your statement that Newtoy have released those games, though does not confirm the wired.com award. I searched wired.com and only found this - . There was no mention of an award.
 * I hope that helps. You'll be able to amend the article with that information. Regards  SilkTork  *YES! 09:21, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Mod MMG (User Page) Reply on my talkpage. Do NOT click this link 09:27, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I have read your feedback on my editing. Thanks!  I will not be able to make the corrections until tomorrow so if there is anything really pressing then... I don't know, but I won't be able to do anything more until tomorrow.  Until then, bye!


 * I have updated the article. Keep well.

Hi
I tried to respond to a topic in the village pump, and even though I was logged in, there was no edit option anywhere on the page. Is there some edit count you have to reach before participating in the wikipedia community?

EDIT: I would really like to get involved with the wikipedia community and decision making proccess, I feel I have so much to contribute to it.

Mod MMG (User Page) Reply on my talkpage. Do NOT click this link 08:25, 4 April 2010 (UTC)


 * If the topic was in the archives then section edit options are not available. Which topic was it?  SilkTork  *YES! 09:53, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

It was just the main village pump (all) with all the topics in their entirety. here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mod mmg (talk • contribs) 23:42, 6 April 2010 (UTC)


 * That is the main page which transcludes conversations from the relevant pages. If you have a proposal, then go directly to Village pump (proposals) and you can post there.  SilkTork  *YES! 10:00, 7 April 2010 (UTC)