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Super Mario 64 DS images
Hey, I tried expanding the FURs for Super Mario 64 DS. I was hoping you could take a look at them (cover, gameplay, and graphics) and let me know if they are adequate. Thanks. (Guyinblack25 talk 22:12, 6 January 2009 (UTC))
 * Hmm... I did not know about those, and feel kind of stupid I did not. :-p I will certainly remember them for next time. Thanks a bunch. (Guyinblack25 talk 23:27, 6 January 2009 (UTC))

Rogue Squadron GA review
Hey, I was wondering if you could take a look at the GA review for Rogue squadron. It was my first GA review and I'd appreciate another set of eyes on it to critique me and my review as well as the article itself. Cheers, Cabe  6403  (Talk•Sign!) 01:26, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

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GA Review
Hey mate, thanks for the second opinion on the GA for Rogue Squadron! Have a kitten for your work  Cabe 6403  (Talk•Sign!) has given you a kitten! Kittens promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Kittens must be fed three times a day and will be your faithful companion forever! Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a kitten, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. And don't feed him too much corn!

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Could you do me a favour though, I'm currently waiting for a GA reviewer for Glengoyne Distillery so if you've a chance you think you could take that on?

Much appreciated if you do!
 * Cabe 6403  (Talk•Sign!) 16:44, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Klingon
Thanks for pointing out the image. Since it has to be lower res, I'll probably try to find a cleaner version at TrekCore. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 18:41, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Going on something of a Star Trek spree, no? What, are you finished with Half-Life and StarCraft? :P -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 23:56, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * A simple listy-ish method might be the simplest, because it makes sense to group the in-universe info with the design notes about it. Hopefully the info I'm dredging up for the Klingon article in terms of the early designs, and whenever I get around to improving Star Trek III should add some good design info for the D7 and Bird of Prey. I guess you could break it into "first appearances", so to speak, so you have Enterprise (D5), TOS (D7/BoP), et al. While you can probably talk all about merchandise, I doubt there will be any sort of "reception" per se (that's what I've found with the Klingons; they aren't really recieved, they just are.) If you ever need any help with polishing, call me. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk  ) 00:57, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That should be fine, especially since TNG-era is a common demarcation for the Star Trek timelines anyhow. Cheers, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk  ) 18:08, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

RE:Request opinion
Sorry, for the late response. I took a look at the article, Klingon starships, and the edits you've made look like the right direction to go. Organizing them by television series helps keep things in an out-of-universe perspective. There are only a few suggestions I have: Hope it helps some. (Guyinblack25 talk 23:21, 18 January 2009 (UTC))
 * 1) Change the headings from "era" to "series" to further keep things out-of-universe.
 * 2) If the Enterprise ships aren't further expanded, I would remove the sub-headings to avoid undue weight, and just make it a paragraph or two.
 * 3) A lot of fictional character lists have section on recurring characters. I looks like the Bird of Prey is the only recurring ship, but this may be something to consider.

Thanks
Thanks for revising the Plot summary I wrote for Half-Life (Series).

Seankieran (talk) 00:47, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

RE:Don't be too hasty
I've been thinking about a way to get another gameplay screen in there. We really have two options: 1. Find some sort of critical commentary I can add to the gameplay section that would make a screen more relevant. 2. Replacing this image with a similar image in showing typical gameplay AND distance fog. I've been leaning towards the second option. However, do you think shooting for BOTH choices is a viable option? Can you think of any "critical commentary" that would make the first option possible? --TorsodogTalk 13:58, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: 'dem italics and whatnot
I wasn't aware of a franchise rule wiki-wide. The guidelines in Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Trek's guidelines specify italics when referring to the original series and plain formatting for the franchise. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 00:03, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Something along the lines of File:Sam-and-max.png? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk  ) 17:26, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * For whatever reason my 'Save to Web' function in Photoshop is coming out with slightly desaturated colors, so I'll see about uploading a new version with beefed up reds at some point. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 17:54, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I would say that the D7 CGI shot is not significantly different than the concept images that you could have both; most of the comments except the color are common to the design and final product. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 00:56, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * By the way, since you want to use the StarCraft badge in the template so badly, I figured I had to start making it a little better... so I have File:Fuchs-starcraft planets.png if you want to use it instead (or if you have other alterations/suggestions, let me know.) -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 21:53, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll see about making the planet a little more shadowed so the text is easier to read at FT-size or thereabouts, but I guess if you're happy, I'm happy :) (Now I just need to make a really small Halo one... or do my homework :P) -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 22:04, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've got Guilty Spark, but I was just messing around with the pen tool to make him, If I've still got the source file I could prolly' make him better... the Hunter I actually did over a photograph, so it's a derivative work and should prolly be deleted off commons. Either way, File:Fuchs-total war.png. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 22:30, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Source
Please update the URL for the Kirk image you uploaded; I don't see that image anywhere on that site.

Furthermore, it would be useful to have some context for the image. Is it from a publicity package? For what year/season? A screenshot (doesn't look like it)? Camera test (is that his hair looks all greasy?)? Good for both the FUR and for the caption (which, yes, the infobox should have -- across 40+ years of the character, it's prudent to identify what it is we're looking at). Anyhow, if you need a couple of days, great; otherwise, I'll restore the older version until you can track that down. --EEMIV (talk) 00:26, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Request: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
I was wondering if whenever you had some spare time you could copyedit Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country to the best of your ability? I'm pretty sure I'm just glossing over mistakes now and some relatively unfamiliar eyes would be nice. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 12:46, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Something's better than nothing... just don't add more errors in :P I've got The Art of Star Trek and Star Trek Creator off ILL, so I'll look through and see if they've got any more on the design. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 13:00, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

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RE: TR:A
Alright. Thanks for the update. -- The Guy  complain edits 03:38, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

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Re:Mansion
Then you need to remove it from Category:Horror video games, as I was merely going through the list and tagging any article that appeared there. If it fits that category, then it fits the WikiProject. If not, then...well, you know what to do. :D   BIGNOLE     (Contact me)  01:39, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: StarCraft
Eh, it doesn't look like semiprot is needed as the bots and such are reverting all the changes in short order. Speaking of which, why aren't you an admin? -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 17:17, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * You're a good content contributor, so I don't see any issues there... they might want to see more participation at AfDs or at CSD, though (to demonstrate need for admin tools.) You can always dig up my RfA and see what was said (I don't really remember now.) -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 17:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Well who knows, the RfA fairy might alight upon your limey head at some point in the future :P -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 18:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm just a barrel full o' mystery monkeys, I guess :P You could just search for me on Facebook or summat' and guess which one is me (it's a more common name combo than even I thought.) -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 18:32, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

 David Fuchs would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact David Fuchs to accept or decline the nomination. A page for your nomination at Requests for adminship/S@bre. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.
 * The only thing missing in the nomination is an "argh matey". Gary King  ( talk ) 19:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Feel free to harmonize on the "yar" chorus :P -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 19:37, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hopefully in seven days I will have another admin whom I can lump admin-related tasks onto. Gary King  ( talk ) 20:05, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The RfA needs to be transcluded to WP:RFA if you are ready. Be sure to stick around for a while as the first few hours are usually the most important, so that you can respond to issues brought up quickly and swiftly. Gary King  ( talk ) 20:38, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Your RFA
Good luck! And you should have told me, I'd have done a co-nom!  Gazi moff  23:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Forgive me if this has already been asked and answered, but I'm pretty sure it is not possible to sysop someone with an @ sign in their name. Special:UserRights thinks you are trying to grant rights to the user called "S" on the wiki "bre" when you do that. I don't know if the crat interface works differently, but I think the capability of assigning user rights for names with @ signs went away a long time ago. --B (talk) 06:20, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello! Just a general comment, it pains me that some bad faith rivals of mine from the past wish to turn your oppose section into a battleground. I thought there are a number of positives about your editing, but still recall a number of AfDs that cause lingering concerns for me. Had no one else commented and you commented with a "I don't plan to close AfDs I might have a bias in," or "I have changed my opinions since then," etc., I would have simply moved to "neutral" or maybe "weak support," but instead people take the approach that makes one dig in and causes tensions. Even though I said several lines of positives, that I am willing to keep an open-mind, and hope that my concerns will be proven unfounded, editors take the needlessly hyperbole hostility approach rather than the kind of calm challenges that in the past actually have convinced me to change my mind. Despite now having to defend my position and go back and forth with non-neutral critics, I do nevertheless not bear ill will toward you and wish you luck if it does pass. How anyone can read that oppose as anything more than "I see a number of positives, but am just concerned about some AfD work. Nevertheless, maybe the candidate will work out fine" is beyond me. So, anyway, don't let those trying to escalate things there make you lose spirits. I have some faith that you could work out okay in any event. So, have a nice day! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 17:16, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Steve Purcell
Hi Sabre, I am reviewing your article, Steve Purcell, for GA and have entered some comments at Talk:Steve Purcell/GA1. The article is very competently written and well referenced, but I do think, that since the article subject is a "comic book writer, animator and game designer" and his main work is "a pair of anthropomorphic animal vigilantes and private investigators" as the lead says, that this should be expanded in the article body and his work described, and its professional impact evaluated. Please feel free to contact me with comments or questions. Regards, &mdash; Mattisse (Talk) 00:42, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * As indicated in my reply to you on my talk page, while writing the review I realized that leaving out almost all description of Steve Purell's body of work goes to the comprehensiveness of the article, failing a major GA standard. Sorry to be so disjointed in my communication of this. However, an article on an artist needs to address his work. Regards, &mdash; Mattisse  (Talk) 13:45, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Disdain for video game editors
Feel free to edit whatever types of articles you want on Wikipedia. Oh, wait, you already know that. And, you know what, even if you were 15 years old, it wouldn't be something to hold against you for adminship, so don't bite when that's a critique. One of my favorite editors and administrators on Wikipedia probably has yet to reach his majority. Video games and pop culture celebrities are a valid part of an online encyclopedia, and editing these articles well is a challenge with all of the lame vandalism that goes on in those areas--you're welcome to them. --KP Botany (talk) 22:50, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, you asked for it. Now go do some work.  Seriously, check in on the BLP violations board, err on the side of the deleting when it's not sourced, be polite, and don't do any edit summaries that show every else just how rude en.wiki admins are.  --KP Botany (talk) 03:35, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Your RFA...
Best wishes for your RFA --  Tinu  Cherian  - 06:50, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: To name or not to name, that is a conundrum
Shockingly enough, I've never played the Monkey Island games. The depth of my adventure game experience is the Myst series and Carmen Sandiego games when I was a kid. Have you found any sources which offer a name for the rough time period? -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 00:02, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Eh, it's better to err on the cautious by accurate side and just call the early 1990s or something along those lines, then. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 21:54, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

If you could...
Pop over to the 'crat noticeboard; it appears that a rename isn't necessarily a requirement for your RfA to pass. Entirely your call whether you want the rename or not, and in no way impacts your RfA. EVula // talk // &#9775;  // 06:52, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Congrats
Seeing as though your rfa should be closed in about 20 minutes, let me be the first to tell you congratulations on your rfa passing, I know you'll use the tools wisely.--Giants27 T C  18:42, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:


 * Administrators' reading list
 * Administrators' how-to guide
 * Administrators' Noticeboard
 * Administrators' Noticeboard for Incidents
 * Administrators' Noticeboard for Three-revert rule violations

Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux (talk) 19:46, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This is bullshit, I didn't get this formal appreciation! That's why I went wrong :P -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 19:51, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Congrats!!--Hu12 (talk) 20:00, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, a deletion spree this early could land you at Rfar... you could set the record for shortest amount of time before abuse of the tools and desysopping! That would throw the WT:RFA chaps for a whorl. :P -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 20:02, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Good luck, Sabre!  Simon KSK  20:45, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations! --Carioca (talk) 21:18, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, don't let the people down. :) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 21:20, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: RfA
I'll get on your stats in a moment, something just came up. 'Grats, by the way. :) &mdash; neuro (talk) 20:51, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Have an RfA Pie on me!  Gazi moff  21:12, 18 February 2009 (UTC)



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Spread the tastiness of cakes by adding {{subst:GiveCake}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Who needs pie when you can have cake! Congratz Sabre on your RFA. I am happy to see you have been selected and am sure you will make a great admin. Now go celebrate with some cake. Cheers! Smallman12q (talk) 21:45, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I hate to inform you that the upcoming graphs aren't pie charts. Genuinely apologetic, regretful almost. &mdash; neuro (talk) 22:07, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

About your RfA
Congratulations on your successful request for adminship. I am glad you passed, and you are welcome for the support. For information on using your new tools, see the school for new admins; you will find it very useful. Good luck! Acalamari 21:23, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Russian doll RfA spam
Notice anything odd? :) Seems that Nj247 didn't close his tags and now I've got thanks inside thanks. Protonk (talk) 21:39, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations on your successful RfA!
 Congratulations,, your RfA passed with ( 83 / 1 / 5 )!

Best of luck as an administrator, and good luck in general for the future.

<font face="Trebuchet MS">&mdash; <font color="#5A3696">neuro <font color="#5A3696">(talk) 22:27, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to extend my congratulations too. I don't usually poke around on RfA's, so I missed it. But I can't think of anyone more deserving of the tools than you. Randomran (talk) 22:50, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Congratulations! Enjoyu the shiny new buttons. Majoreditor (talk) 00:13, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey, way to go. Drop by my talk page if you ever need anything. Chillum  03:41, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Adding my congrats as well. Welcome to the club. (Also, next time make sure you read the talk page template, 810 is my sock, and I would rather not receive messages there if at all possible.) TomStar81 (Talk) 05:36, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Adding my congratulations! Best of luck.  Aaroncrick (Tassie talk) 09:14, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Now you've done it. You've broken Sam's spirit by trying to pick up that dumb object. In fact, if I didn't find his pathetic sobbing so amusing, I'd come out and rip your limbs off. ... I mean, congratulations!  So Why  12:07, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Image question
I just today noticed what this edit did to the image. Do you know when "file=" became a parameter for images? --Izno (talk) 18:53, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * No, the syntax you added to the image (my bad for pointing to the wrong thing). It went from Foo.jpg]] to [[File:Foo.jpg . Do you know when "link=Bar" was added? --Izno (talk) 13:38, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force
Hi! I just passed the GA review on Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force. Good work! If you have time, please consider reviewing other Good article nominations, to help us clear the current backlog. If you have any questions about the review, please post on my talk page. Thanks! -Drilnoth (talk) 23:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Smile!
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Half a cat, half a cat, half a cat onward...

 * I'd use the analogy of the police, with the extremely poor inclusion of a cat. If someone beats up a cat, they may be warned and briefly detained by the police—the block. If they then attempt to kill the cat, they are arrested and prosecuted—the ban.

First, congrats on the successful RfA.

Second, a small question:

In either case, is the cat alive, and was Schrödinger convicted? - jc37 08:55, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

FAC
I saw your note to Sandy. Don't get discouraged. FAC can be rough (although I see you survived RfA unscathed so you must have thick skin already) but most of us are there to make sure the best content gets featured. If it doesn't pass, then you have a handy worklist to get it through the next time. Good luck. -- Laser brain  (talk)  22:44, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That's good news. I'm not thinking the sourcing is a problem as of now. I'll try to look at the prose today and maybe we can get this thing passed. -- Laser brain  (talk)  19:03, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Whoops! Sorry about that - I am rereading it to see if I have further comments. Struck my others - not sure how I missed it before. Thanks, Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 20:09, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

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Resident Evil
Hi there. Your full protection of Characters in Resident Evil 2, has caused this pointless revert war to spill over to Resident Evil 5. Can't you just block the 2 edit warriors instead of full protection? They don't seem the discussing type so far.--Atlan (talk) 19:01, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * ...And they continue. User:Daymeeee (User:137.99.151.100 when logged out) and User:PrisonBreakguy (User:97.106.54.60 when logged out). Review the recent revision history of Resident Evil 5 for their back and forth reverting and arguing through the edit summaries.--Atlan (talk) 17:35, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Your userpage
I just wanted to ask, is it ok if I nick the layout of your userpage? I've been admiring it for a while. Thanks in advance. :)  Pyrrhus <font color="#FF0000">16 ''' 18:18, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Cheers :)  Pyrrhus <font color="#FF0000">16 ''' 19:56, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Empire: Total War
Hi S@bre, while the Dutch Republic was in decline from 1713, it officially lasted until 1795. They were temporarily "powerful and influential" for 13 years or 26 Empire: Total War turns (1/8 of the game time) - afterwards they still held reasonable strength politically, economically and military wise. 'Creative Assembly' only selected factions that were "interesting and significant" in the era of colonization and imperialism. Thus, the United Provinces was picked, and their importance is reflected in the game - but not on this wikipedia article. I feel that is not telling readers the truth about Empire: Total War, and accounting only specifically for history. The webpage is not about historical fact.

Thanks for your concern. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hardcore Total War Gamer (talk • contribs) 14:30, 28 February 2009 (UTC)