User talk:Rvolz


 * Weirdly, today I am able to login with no issues. Friday, I was given the "global block" message. Thank you for your attention, and I am very sorry to have apparently wasted your time! --Roland 00:26, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Phantom Islands
Thanks for confirming that detail about Melchizedek. I hadn't heard that particular aspect of Pedley's fantasy before. Nonetheless, it doesn't belong in the phantom islands article, as the definition makes it pretty clear that phantom islands are widely accepted as being real, and appear on maps, before it is discovered that they are not. Invented islands that nobody but the inventor believes are not "phantom islands" by that definition. --Gene_poole 03:17, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't disagree, hence why I didn't revert it. Just thought you'd like to know. --Roland 06:56, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
I replied to your post on my Talk page (after I'd already responded to your email). Rather than type it all again, I'll direct you to my talk page. If you would prefer that I reply here, I'd be happy to do that, so just let me know. -- BBlackmoor (talk), 2005-12-13 T 21:53 Z

Bolo (self-aware tank)
LOL wow we both added at the same friggin time :-) Great wikipedians think alike i suppose...

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 * You may also wish to take a look at the discussion on the talk page of the article for Gear (magazine). -- Horkana (talk) 19:09, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

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 * I believe this image falls into the area of fair use, as a cover image and a significant one for both subjects: Gear magazine reached the apogee of its popularity with this issue, and Jessica Biel formally broke out of her former squeaky-clean image. In any case, I see the image has again been added to the Gear article, though not by myself, so I guess the point is moot.--Roland (talk) 00:22, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

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Lon Williams
I'm a fan of his work, but you're going to be hard pressed to find WP:RS-level stuff to show notability. DreamGuy (talk) 03:09, 9 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh wait. Just thought of one. DreamGuy (talk) 03:10, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your note on my talk page. I thuink I once ran across that post you mentioned saying unpublished stories by Lon Williams exist. I actually kind of hoped to track that person down and see if she was looking into getting them published, but I did not have enough information to do so. It's especially frustrating as the Andersonville, TN, Williams lived in is very near where I live, so if his relatives still live in the area I could easily even meet with them. DreamGuy (talk) 01:40, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

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Hi Rvolz! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor&#32;at Darren Watts that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Archer1234 (t·c) 01:32, 8 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Darren had written or edited a large number of works over his life (possibly several hundred), but the Wikipedia entry had only twelve or so. I had recently composed a list of some of his works that I own drawing from his listing at RPGGeek.com and confirming them by referring to my physical copy of the books, so I could do a thread on RPG.net. Apologies if it was controversial. --Roland 14:08, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi @Rvolz. RPGGeek.com appears to be WP:USERGENERATED. If so, it is not a reliable source. If you have copies of his books, you can use cite book to verify them or appending ISBN to each.
 * However, the growing list appears to me to be venturing into WP:NOTDIRECTORY territory, if it hasn't already. The list should not attempt to be a lengthy list of works with no context. It would be better to include prose in the "Life and career" section that highlights and explains key or important published works, including the relevant context. The "Selected works" section would be a list of all of those key/important works. The prose would need to be supported by citations to reliable sources (not to the published works themselves). In other wors, report only what reliable sources say. Do not insert your own commentary or cherry pick what reliable sources say. I am not saying that you would insert your own commentary or bias the reporting, but I wanted to be clear that we need to report only what reliable sources say, giving appropriate WP:WEIGHT.
 * Note, too, that there are already a couple of links in the "External links" section to sites (inluding RPGGeek.com) that provide lists of his works. Be careful not to load up that section with a long list of sites. Be mindful of the WP:ELNO guideline. Including the link to RPGGeek may already run afoul of that guideline. Happy Editing. &mdash;  Archer1234  (t·c) 18:27, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

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