User talk:Sergecross73

Vandalism part 34
Serge's 34th iteration of his own personal WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. Feel free to report anything you feel may need admin intervention. Sergecross73  msg me  00:34, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, based on the editing patterns, I'm wondering if @125.160.112.170 might actually be blocked editor @JustYourImaginaryGuy. Not sure how to report this; I noticed you dealt with the latter editor before. RegalZ8790 (talk) 05:12, 1 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I agree. I've blocked. Feel free to report incidents like this to me, and if I agree, I'll issue blocks or page protection as needed. Thank you! Sergecross73   msg me  13:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I figured this was okay, just wanted confirmation. Anyway, he's at it again, now with @125.160.115.29... RegalZ8790 (talk) 01:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Sergecross73   msg me  16:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sergecross73 Back for another round as @125.160.113.185. What can be done with an individual who has no intentions of respecting Wikipedia and its community? RegalZ8790 (talk) 06:10, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like someone else hit him with a WP:RANGEBLOCK. Hopefully that helps. Sergecross73   msg me  17:54, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello, This user keeps reverting my changes saying they are vandalism. This IP traces back to the subject of the edits who has been using wikipedia to promote his own name, articles, and videos. He doesn't cite his work, he simply pastes it into other articles.

He has done this on the USNVGT page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_vs_Snakeand several others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/35.135.179.48

Surely this is against the terms. Thank you for looking into this. datagod (talk) 🍁 22:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Adding/restoring info without a source is definitely against policy. I don't know enough about these subjects to know who is correct in some of the disputes, nor am I following the accusations of self-promotion, but I'll warn them about the sourcing issues. Sergecross73   msg me  23:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Seems to be a WP:CIR case. Almost all of their edits in the past month, let alone nearly all edits in general, have been reverted. Typically adds unsourced or completely untrue information to articles, such as listing Takahiro Sakurai as Masahiro Sakurai's child with no evidence other than last name. Their most recent edit was editing the user page of a person who was blocked four months ago. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 18:10, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm suspecting that they actually are that blocked user User:Taqi Inalessa Sany, as they refer to themselves as Taqi. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 18:13, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocked. I agree, I'm pretty sure it's block evasion, but even the disruptive editing alone is enough for a block. Sergecross73   msg me  18:52, 26 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Two AIV ANI posts were made about this single purpose editor who WP:OWNs Mac Tonight and Talk:Mac Tonight. He has an editor group listed at User:HectorHawk9, and is a publisher on that subject. He uses WP:ASPERSIONS and edit wars, to dominate anybody who deletes his mountains of WP:FANCRUFT or who tries to assert any Wikipedia policy. He explicitly combats the idea that an encyclopedia is WP:NOT a fan site or a WP:TRIVIA weblog. It's all on the talk page for the user account and the article. — Smuckola(talk) 22:45, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
 * They've only made like 1 edit in 3 weeks, and there's very little in the way of talk page discussions within the last month. And as far as I can tell, nothing really came of the AIV/ANI discussions? And it doesn't particularly look like anyone's doing very much to explain to them what they're doing wrong... Sergecross73   msg me  00:05, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * There are obviously a lot of discussions there as I said, and on several other users' talk pages that he hounded them at, and they quit apparently because this guy's bullying obliterated the community's collective efforts so he declared his war a victory. Everybody tried to explain everything in plain sight, right there, as I said. Anyway, I engaged even harder because admins failed to do anything, and I guess it worked for now FYI. Yeah the main response at ANI was a quite typical flood from the peanut gallery, barking about how Wikipedia actually has no rules whatsoever. — Smuckola(talk) 00:45, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm short on time (I slept in and gotta run to work crap crap crap) but can you look into a little for me? Most definitely a WP:NOTHERE case.  Panini!  • 🥪 13:05, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * If you took any amount of time to address this on what basically amounts to an unpaid hobby rather than ensure you aren’t late to your paid job, you clearly have your priorities straight. Ariaslaga (talk) 13:14, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I recommend defending yourself in a much more constructive manner very quickly. Sergecross73   msg me  13:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Returning customer. -- ferret (talk) 13:41, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Figured it was warranted but didn't have time to look into it yet. Sergecross73   msg me  13:45, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * And I'll assure you that I wasn't late, but I needed at least some time to drink coffee and watch my morning show before going to work. If I don't have that it ruins my day lol. Thanks ! Panini!  • 🥪 01:43, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Seems to be WP:CIR. Restoring articles that were redirects in abysmal quality. Recently restored Count Bleck just by copy-pasting the text from the Mario Wiki. Responded to a talk page warning with "amogus". --ThomasO1989 (talk) 17:56, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @ThomasO1989 Evading two blocks. CU confirmed and tagged. -- ferret (talk) 18:08, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Would you mind deleting this revision they added since it's a copy-vio? --ThomasO1989 (talk) 20:08, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This is a wordless, single-purpose, WP:MEATBOT editor. His only edits are all bare URLs about airports, including mass destruction of existing citation formatting, and ignoring years of warnings. I placed some of the worst examples at the bottom of Years' Warnings Mountain, aka his Talk page. Sadly I assume the only possible response could be elicited by a block. Thank you so much for any kind attention. — Smuckola(talk) 00:45, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Most of their talk page seems to be about using bare urls. That's not a blockable offense. Sergecross73   msg me  00:57, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This is also incorrect, I have never blocked an editor for using bare urls before. I wouldn't, because it's not a blockable offense. Sergecross73   msg me  02:49, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey Serge, just chiming in about this since I’m the guy leaving most of the warnings on ’s page. Most of the warnings were for Bare URL’s, which yes isn’t a policy so it isn’t blockable. Since they do source their edits, I do believe they are editing in good faith. The main issue is the lack of communication and failure to acknowledge their warnings. They have, and still occasionally edit with unsourced content. Most recently I warned them of an unsourced edit in June: . If you go through their talk page, you’ll see they have a history of editing unsourced. Several of their edits also fail to meet WP:RS, such as this one which is WP:UGC (Twitter link): . After a few months, the user will usually clean up their talk page by deleting my warnings, seen here:, here: , and here, as examples: . Thing is, WP:OWNTALK states that deleting a talk page usually means you’ve read the messages, but the user continues their editing patterns. They don’t use edit summaries, either, and I believe the user hasn’t used one in years (user has been on Wikipedia since 2013 and has less than 3% of their edits with summaries: ). With all that said, I believe the failure to communicate, failure to respond to talk page messages, and failure to use edit summaries and communicate with anyone else is a WP:CIR issue, especially for an editor that has consistently edited Wikipedia for over a decade at this point. WP:CIR states “the ability to communicate with other editors and abide by consensus” which they repeatedly have failed to do, and “the ability to read sources and assess their reliability. Editors should familiarize themselves with Wikipedia's guidance on identifying reliable sources and be able to decide when sources are, and are not, suitable for citing in articles” as many of their edits still don’t use reliable sources. All in all, I’m not sure if this is enough for any action to be taken, and again I do believe they are editing in good faith, but I did want to further explain about the user than what was posted above. Sorry for any inconvenience! VenFlyer98 (talk) 04:13, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding unsourced developer credits to many different articles, sometimes undoing reverts of their edits. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 18:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocked, thank you. Sergecross73   msg me  02:45, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like the above user, a block evader. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 23:44, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yup, already had my suspicions. Blocked. Sergecross73   msg me  01:12, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi! Can you help block ? Likely a sockpuppet account of, which was banned for vandalizing Planet Zoo and various real-life zoo articles. OceanHok (talk) 11:30, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, when I read this I only had a brief amount of time, and simply protected the main page. I meant to circle back. That said, it looks like they've stopped, so we're probably good until/if they start up again. Sergecross73   msg me  20:20, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding unsourced "alternate" names to articles on the Mario cartoon series. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 19:23, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Cancelled Master System games
I've just started a sandbox for building a Cancelled Master System games page. It's still early goings, mostly just using info from Sega Retro that will need to be fact-checked and cleaned up, but I'll be taking care of that over the next week before I move it to the mainspace. Just wanted to make sure it's on your radar so you don't start working on a similar page once you finish the Genesis games. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 15:39, 1 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up. That one wasn't on my radar, so you're good to go. My three next ones will probably be finishing the Genesis one, creating an Xbox One one, and rewriting the SNES one. I'm about to get a lot busier off-wiki though, so my progress could slow down for a bit too...
 * FYI, there may be some leads here for the Master System one. I used that article as a starting point for leads when creating and rewriting a bunch of the Sega-related ones. There were AFD discussions years back that said "List by manufacturer" weren't appropriate, so I redirected it after I had created and rewritten most of the Sega ones. I think the Master System was the only I never reworked. (Nor was I planning on it - its's also the one I have no particular interest in.) Sergecross73   msg me  17:06, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Much appreciated. I think I've now fully consolidated Sega Retro's list, the old Sega consoles list you posted, and the Cancelled Master System Games category, so that should be enough games to start with. I'll migrate over any usable sources from Retro next, then get to work writing up entries. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 20:15, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good plan. Thanks for helping. After a while, these pre-internet console ones can get a bit tedious, so I appreciate you taking some of these. Sergecross73   msg me  20:18, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Okay, the page is officially live! -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 23:08, 8 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Very nice! Looks great! I'm planning on publishing the Xbox One list later this week. (I have to, my time for content creation drops off after this week.) Sergecross73   msg me  23:14, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Cool, best of luck! If I think of any other games to add to any of the articles, I'll add them as they come up. (Except PS3; not even remotely ready to start trying to build that behemoth.) -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 23:49, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Scratch that. Might be getting a little overly ambitious with this one, but I do think it's the most needed of the articles, given both the number of games and the fact they were mixed in with the main PS3 list until now. This'll probably be my big project for the next few months while you're busy. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 15:51, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Awesome, glad to see things will keep moving even as I slow down for a bit. Looks like PS3 may take a while but I'm always impressed with your speed. (I tend to get distracted in my research.) It'll be good to get more PlayStation fleshed out too. Vita is the only one I've been able to up so far. Sergecross73   msg me  16:29, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Userpage and talk page bloated with images
Hi Sergecross73,

What do you make of the userpage and talk page by ? I wanted to left them a message about using an inappropriate tone, but their talk page is so incredibly bloated with images my browser actually crashes. See their contributions. Don't know if this is still own talk territory or if it crosses a line. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 06:30, 8 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Yeah, if nothing else, its disruptive to make it so you can't load/read/comment on user/talk pages, as it keeps them from serving their purpose. It crashed on me too, so I had to address it in a roundabout way. But it's been deleted, and they've been warned not to do that anymore. Sergecross73   msg me  15:46, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Joe Henson
Is it just me, or does Joe Henson (video game designer) read like a paid editor wrote it? Stuff like "Henson's entry into the gaming industry was driven by his passion for video games" sounds like it comes directly from a vanity Who's Who book. And he was "nominated for Community Manager of the Year at the Social Media Marketing Awards UK". I mean, who has ever heard of this? It gets 9 hits on Google, and one of them is Joe Henson's resume on LinkedIn. That said, I guess I'm curious what other people think because I don't want to do a paid editing block without evidence, and I'm not sure these edits are really overt enough t call the creator a promo-only account. Was hoping maybe you, ferret, or some other talk page watcher could give their two cents. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:02, 13 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Definitely reads promotional. Lot of interviews and passing mention sources. Emailing you. Account is definitely coi/promo, but not paid. -- ferret (talk) 03:11, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Did you guys take care of this with your CU powers or would you still like me to look into this? (Sorry for the delay, been a crazy week.) Sergecross73   msg me  17:19, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

July 2024
Hi again. I hope you're doing well. Again, since you work in the area, could you tell me what cover we prefer in infoboxes? I've thought about it as if a song or album has two different covers, digital and cd, the cd would be placed before, and though discouraged if an alternative cover is added, digital should be there. And if both are the same and there exists a third edition, like the first press or limited edition, the standard always goes first. Is my stance on this incorrect? ／talk 06:49, 17 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I don't usually work with images much, but my understanding is that the more recognizable and representative image should be used, and alternate covers generally shouldn't be unless there's something particularly noteworthy about them. Multiple images should really only be used if there's a noteworthy point of discussion about it. For example, if cover art was changed/altered because of violent or sexual imagery. Sergecross73   msg me  17:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I see. I have seen that western artists almost never have differing digital and physical cover arts, while Chinese or Japanese artists often tend to do so. So, if we're playing safe and only including one cover art, what do we pick then? If we go with digital only (probably the more recognisable among both worldwide but might differ case to case for the native country), it just doesn't feel right to skip the physical one. I mean, the cover wouldn't confuse the reader, right? ／talk 02:33, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't really have anything more to add beyond what I already said - go with the more recognizable one. WP:IUP is pretty clear that we need to be using copyrighted images sparingly. Sergecross73   msg me  02:48, 21 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Understood. ／talk 03:07, 21 July 2024 (UTC)