User talk:Torchiest

Tagging spree
An old friend has tagged Simon Hawke, Dean Shomshak, and Jonathan Tweet. Anything you can find for those would help. BOZ (talk) 02:16, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Torchiest, I do see HighBeam hits for Simon Hawke at least:    BOZ (talk) 14:10, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Ha, I just added something I originally found there saying he's won an award. There might be some other stuff to dig out of the contemporary authors source at least. —Torchiest talkedits 14:13, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Wow, that was bizarre, you were already working on this as I was typing my post. ;) BOZ (talk) 14:14, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Torchiest, the tag was removed from Tweet, so we will see if someone puts it back or tries to fight it. BOZ (talk) 15:10, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Careless (album)
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Recent trimming of Peacock language
Hi Torchiest, I saw your helpful edits just now and I was wondering if you would be interested in working on a larger-scale trim. This idea comes from a talk page proposal here that I have been meaning to attend to, but that I realize I'm kind of being apathetic about. No worries if you're too busy or otherwise uninterested. I of all people would understand that. But I thought I'd bring it up on the off-chance that you were looking for a bit of a project. -Thibbs (talk) 15:47, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I hadn't checked the talk page, and didn't want to do too much too quickly, but I had the same misgivings about the people included and excluded from that list myself. I'll probably continue to peck at it, but I don't plan to do anything huge all at once. Thanks for the heads up. —Torchiest talkedits 16:11, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

I just had the best misunderstanding ever
Hi there, couldn't resist passing this on -- saw your recent edit to Zoe Quinn, which summary ended with "cats are subcats of the genderless ones." At first I thought you were making some very obscure, Lovecraftian statement about our feline friends. It took me WAY too long to parse your statement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dumuzid (talk • contribs) 03:07, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Hahah, wow, very good stuff. Thanks for the laugh. —Torchiest talkedits 03:08, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Non-diffusing categories
Please stop removing articles from the parent categories of non-diffusing categories such as Category:Women video game developers. They are non-diffusing for a very specific reason: to prevent the ghettoization of women in these industries as "not real video game developers" because they're not seen when you look at the main category. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:11, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I noticed that after I removed them. It wasn't my intention to cause a problem in that way. —Torchiest talkedits 03:15, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

ZQ
There is a talk page section on the categories if you'd like to discuss it. If we're going to remove one of the categories, then it should be developer not the more specific programmer. — Strongjam (talk) 15:57, 15 July 2015 (UTC)


 * The thing is, the entire article refers to her as a developer. Programming is one specific aspect, the code itself, and development encapsulates that as well as many other aspects of product life cycle, such as debugging. Quinn has gone through all the steps for releasing at least one game on her own. —Torchiest talkedits 16:12, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * The standard seems to be to use the programmer category in such cases though. For example Peter Molyneux, Tim Schafer, Satoru Iwata, Sid Meier, are all in Category:Video game programmers and not Category:Video game developers. — Strongjam (talk) 16:19, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Right, but they're all described as programmers in their article bodies as well, so the categories match the content. Quinn is described almost exclusively as a developer in her article. Having said that, I'm not sure there is a clear standard really. I've been poking around in these categories for a couple of days, trying to sort out any kind of pattern, and things seem fairly jumbled. I'm trying to figure out if there is any clear division supported by reliable sources somewhere, or if it's been discussed before. —Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 16:27, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually, the first paragraph of programmer is pretty enlightening, and gets at what I was saying. Programming is one aspect of development. Perhaps Category:Video game developers should be made a subcategory of Category:Video game programmers. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 16:30, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Weird.. Hit submit to say the same thing and got an edit conflict. I think it should, but not sure what the process to suggest that is. — Strongjam (talk) 16:32, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it. Category:Video game developers should probably be the parent category. — Strongjam (talk) 16:34, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * But all developers are programmers, while not all programmers are developers. It's a bit counter intuitive, but similar to how all women video game developers are video gamer developers, but not the reverse, so women VG devs is the child category. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 17:06, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Other way around in this case, Category:Video game developers are people who are involved in game development, but not necessarily programmers (script writers, designers, produces, artists, etc...) So all video game programmers are video game developers, but not the other way around. In the broader context of programmer v.s. developer, they're usually considered synonyms although sometimes people take the labels too seriously (don't get me started on "software engineer"). — Strongjam (talk) 17:16, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

July Barnstar script
I was hoping not to have to ask you, but I can't make it work for the July drive. I haven't heard from Jonesey95 and will ping Baffle gab1978, but in case no one has gotten to it (I banged my head against it all afternoon, but there are probably things I don't know) would you please run it? Thanks very much and all the best,  Mini  apolis  23:43, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, sorry you're having trouble with it. I'll run it when I get home from work today. Cheers. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 15:02, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much. It was a bear to get going for some reason (I have Windows 7), and then it seemed to hang up on signature markup (I'd done all the data-file preliminary cleanup I could see). For some reason I was getting the same error messages over and over—not "client mismatch", but scary stuff like "File not found". I couldn't get past DThomsen8 to save my life, but it did get me out of weeding the garden :-). I'm game to learn this, but my learning curve is steep. Hope all's well with you and the family. Thanks again and all the best,  Mini  apolis  19:46, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Done. I'm guessing the spot that hung you up was the listing for Hopea foxworthyi. That line didn't have parentheses around the word count. Took me a while to find it myself. :) —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 00:35, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Might have been, and thanks again; learning experiences are almost always painful (at least for me :-)). All the best,  Mini  apolis  13:16, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, and "file not found" isn't too bad. That likely just meant the script wasn't looking in the right place, either because the file was in a different place, or there was a typo in the name. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 16:45, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

I got stuck on the same line (no parens), but I was able to make the script work once I found that problem. I made the following change to the script to automate the month name in the table header. Use it if you want: objOutput.WriteLine "!Old rollover total (DO NOT USE FOR JANUARY)" objOutput.WriteLine "!Grand total" objOutput.WriteLine "!New rollover total (USE THIS NUMBER FOR JANUARY)"

Thanks for the script! It worked well once I RTFM'd a couple of times. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:00, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Integrated the most recent event you added to EPA to 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill
Hey, just wanted to let you know I added your bits from EPA, to 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill. Sadads (talk) 00:24, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I wasn't ready to create a standalone article so I put them in the EPA article to start. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 11:05, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

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Re:Maniac Mansion
Hey, about the content you re-added. I initially deleted that because I wasn't sure it was even about the game, since the prose that the ref supports makes no mention of Maniac Mansion. Had no idea who added it and figured it was just random cruft (there has been so much of that in this article so far), so I just went ahead and cut it. I'm totally okay with its being in the article—my only concern is that the book doesn't talk about MM when it defends verb-guessing. If it doesn't, I don't think it can be included, since that goes against WP:REL and (potentially) WP:UNDUE. Since you're apparently the one who added it, could you confirm that MM is discussed by the authors during that passage? JimmyBlackwing (talk) 00:21, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I didn't add it initially, but here's the relevant passage: "But the player still has to interact with the game through typed commands. This remained so until the introduction of the point-and-click interface by LucasFilm Games in 1987 in their adventure game Maniac Mansion. Now actions like push, pull, give, open, close, use, unlock et cetera, were shown on the screen so that the player could select them using her mouse or keyboard. This avoided typing errors and having to work out which commands worked and which not. This did, however, take away some of the fun as, apart from solving puzzles, figuring out a game’s vocabulary was very much part of the enjoyment of playing (text) adventure games." Cheers. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 01:45, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. I'll work with this to make the connection clearer in the prose. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 02:53, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Jim Semonik
I was having all kinds of trouble with that website and after three tries I gave up. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 03:34, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The article is now prodded for deletion. Drmies (talk) 13:55, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

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Sooraj Pancholi
Hi User:Torchiest. Thanks for fixing above. Seems some of the New Page Patrol Javascript code seems to be buggy, possibly. That was 3 times it has happened in the last few days. Curious. Could also be something i'm doing. I'll need to suss it out. scope_creep (talk) 08:13, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Years in space templates
Hi Torchiest! Just to remind you the Years in space templates can be used on pages that are already in the year in space category. If it worked as you think it would then the templates would be useless don't you think? Also multiple pages using the template are also included in those categories which exceeds 100 pages if you wish to remove them all. Davidbuddy9 (talk) 21:43, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Whoops, that was just a misunderstanding on my part. For some reason I thought it was a category that had been added incorrectly because it had the category at the bottom of the template. I didn't even realize I'd removed the entire template. Thanks for fixing it. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 01:34, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem, Its all good. I was just adding the 2012 template to the appropriate pages. I do apologize if I was a bit harsh I was a bit grumpy at the time. Davidbuddy9 (talk) 02:23, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

dnd alignments
this is ridiculous. my every contribution is essentially being deleted and/or stolen via self refuting catch 22's. "needs better cites" okay, fine, i provide highly credible citations by experts many of whom are licenced representatives. not good enough, then they use that as some kind of excuse to say it's not even exactly dnd then. okay well if it isn't exactly dnd then why is it also not applicable to place it in the gary inspired mmorpg games? and why are you ignoring the whole point of showing the level of inspiration as an argument about "how great it is bluster bluster" rather than exactly as i said QUALIFYING INSPIRATION! wtf! if ddo doesn't fit as a dnd reference then it cant then not fit for a non dnd reference. editing it out is total bs. wiki really digs contributions.... i have no reason at all to believe it would be any different on any other page nit that i'm very motivated at this point to contribute anything anymore, ever. JeffryBloom (talk) 04:39, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Alignment (D&D) article
Can you please take a look at the recent most additions. I think they are irrelevant WP:SYNTH, and have removed them, but keep getting reverted. I'm at 3RR, so I can't take them out again, but they're pretty pointless. oknazevad (talk) 20:46, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

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Talk page digest
Hey Torchiest, I just wanted to say thanks for creating the Newsletter's "WP:VG Talk Page Digest". That's exactly what I had in mind and it looks great. -Thibbs (talk) 01:18, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. Glad you like it. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 16:52, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

GW video game adaptations
Space Hulk is an article in excellent shape. It make me wonder what could be made of Space Crusade, HeroQuest, and HeroQuest II? BOZ (talk) 22:20, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Boo on HeroQuest! I'll never forgive them for making Sierra rename their game Quest for Glory. ;) —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 01:28, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * LOL - blame Games Workshop, not the game. ;) BOZ (talk) 02:53, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Steven Belledin
Hey Torchiest, do you have any sources you could add to Steven Belledin ? BOZ (talk) 13:39, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * If Star City Games is considered reliable, there's something of a profile of his game card artwork here. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 00:02, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I moved it to Draft space already, but I can add that source. Thanks! BOZ (talk) 21:11, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

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Ken Whitman
Might you have any sources to add to Ken Whitman? He is a good and controversial figure, so I have to imagine there are sources out there for him. People have been vandalizing that page almost since I started it. ;) BOZ (talk) 21:12, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Wow, sounds like a real winner. I'll see if I can find anything this weekend. —<B>Tourchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 02:04, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hah! Great, thanks. :) BOZ (talk) 22:03, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I haven't found anything useful yet. Seems like there are a lot of pissed off blogs about him, but almost no coverage in reliable sources. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 20:27, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * LOL - thanks for checking. BOZ (talk) 23:09, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

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Chet Williamson
Can you do anything for Chet Williamson with these HighBeam links?:   BOZ (talk) 19:05, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * My HighBeam subscription has expired! :( —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 19:49, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Ick. Can you find anything else for him at all? BOZ (talk) 20:32, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I found some stuff in one of the HighBeam sources, and added that, then found the free version of the profile here. Maybe you can scrape some more out of it. I'm inclined to remove the PROD and let it go for a full AFD, just based on the number of results at HB. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 23:26, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I was thinking the same thing, but the PROD has a few more days left and I wanted to let it ride a bit longer to have a chance to find more sources. BOZ (talk) 23:54, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Autechre Pages
It must be because of the fact that several different authors have worked on the Autechre pages over the years but edits were a bit slapdash at points and there was no consistent style, I hope it's not beyond my remit to try inject such uniformity into the articles, I sort of appointed myself high judge magister of the pages, hah.

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 * Totally fine. They are a mishmash of styles and content. I've occasionally worked on them, but haven't been as active as I used to be. Keep up the good work. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 03:06, 16 December 2015 (UTC)


 * I am having a bit of a problem that I hope I can ask your advice on; is there such a thing as 'over referencing' articles? Particularly with articles I feel might be lesser known or of questionable notability I do go slightly over the top with the references. Take the L-Event page I made for example, it's about 2 paragraphs and a couple of tables long BUT it has ended up with 14 references. Is this a bad thing? Billy Neil, Lover of Electronic Music (talk) 22:11, 16 December 2015 (UTC)


 * No, I think it's fine. If you have half a dozen references for a single sentence, that could be an issue, but since almost half of them are links to reviews, which could later be used to expand the article, there's nothing wrong with it in that case. There was one superfluous source that didn't provide anything useful, so I pulled it, but otherwise no problems. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 14:04, 19 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Right, ok, i'll try and spread out refs a bit if there are lots of them. Billy Neil, Lover of Electronic Music (talk) 20:54, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

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Wayne England
Another RPG creator has passed. Can you check to see if you have anything you can add to his article? BOZ (talk) 23:26, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks! BOZ (talk) 22:14, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

MGS5
I'm currently trying mediate month-spanning disputes about the article. Can you please undue edits like this and participate in the talk page discussions? Thanks. Sergecross73  msg me  02:41, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Undone, but I'm not that hung up on it either way. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 02:42, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted
Hi Torchiest, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3A added] the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! — xaosflux  Talk 00:50, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you! —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 01:19, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

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Do you have any good sources for Mark Poole? BOZ (talk) 01:27, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Not much. There's this (examiner.com/slideshow/famous-mark-poole-magic-the-gathering-cards), but it has no prose. There's also these (examiner.com/article/original-art-wrath-of-god-magic-the-gathering-painting-sells-for-80-000) two brief mentions of his work appearing in exhibitions and conventions. io9 has list that mentions his work. Here's a video of a talk he gave. That's the best I've got. I also added a little the article. And apparently, based on my failed attempt to save this comment, examiner.com is blacklisted? So not a good source. Boo. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 13:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Hah! Well, I appreciate it.  And I know Examiner seems like it would be a fine source, but it is blacklisted. BOZ (talk) 13:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Gamergate Controversy on 1RR
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 * 1RR applies to making a reversion more than once, which I did not. My second edit completed restoring it to the state it was in before I reverted. —<B>Tourchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 10:54, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * WP:3RR: "An edit or a series of consecutive edits that undoes other editors' actions—whether in whole or in part—counts as a revert." - your first edit reverted my edit, and your second reverted a part (note the wording of Wikipedia policy on edit warring) of 's. Please self-revert. PeterTheFourth (talk) 23:40, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to reintroduce an unsourced piece of information. If you disagree, revert it, and I will take it to talk. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 01:33, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks. It's because we transclude our newsletters instead of simply pasting the contents. That's like adding a template to an article page. Everything from the template is part of the article, so any changes to the template will change everywhere it's transcluded. If we had pasted the contents, we could later change the original newsletters and not have this problem. I can see how you would think adding cats would be helpful, but we already have a central location in the WikiProject listing all the newsletters, grouped by month and year, so it's fairly easy to navigate through them all there. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 15:38, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

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Reminder
Just following up on your suggestion of a reminder to send out the newsletter. Here's a link to the feature draft too: link. Thanks for helping to look it over. I just want to avoid being too harsh/critical of anyone in connection with the Lucia Black business. I also put a mention of the logo business here. We'll see if there are any comments. I guess I'm pretty resigned to the whole thing. Anyway thanks again. -Thibbs (talk) 18:43, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

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Sam Pepper DYK
Hey there! So, knowing that you were the one that passed my hook, I would like you to support me in the discussion on it being removed. Now, I know that you recently commented on it, apologizing due to BLP concerns. But, the article is heavily sourced, backing up the negative info, thus passing WP:GNG/WP:BASIC. Again, I know you already commented on the matter, but I would really appreciate it if you in any way supported the hook and try to help revive it, as I am very confused on the removal. Thank you. Sekyaw  (talk)  22:38, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

With respect
I'd politely ask that you take a light hand in collapsing comments. It is sometimes certainly called for, but anything that involves editing or changing the visibility of other editors' comments has a way of upping the vitriol. Thank you. Dumuzid (talk) 17:34, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Please explain to me how the comment of yours I collapsed didn't up the vitriol. It reads as plainly mocking and unconstructive. And the sentence I used in my collapse comment is a quote from the giant notice that pops up every time you edit the page. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 20:06, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I thought it was a somewhat silly take on the laconic nature of the comment. I like to think that even among those who disagree there can be some fun.  Also, you'll notice I didn't complain about the comment you used.  But do as you will.  Collapse to your heart's content.  Dumuzid (talk) 00:38, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm fine with humor, but not when it's essentially dismissive of another person's view on such a delicate subject. I was hoping the general tone would improve after the most disruptive personality was removed, and I feel like you've made plenty of good points on the talk page before. And I'm not planning on hatting everything. Just most of it. ;) —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 01:22, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

More "Austin Petersen"
Hi Torchiest. You may recall the fighting over the page "Austin Petersen and the several attempts to get around the deletions. Not sure if you are the person I need to speak with, but "they" are at it again. Twice, they renamed the page and here is is again under a new name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Petersen_presidential_campaign,_2016 Bunco man (talk) 21:33, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2016
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GOCE drive script
Hey Torchiest, Per this discussion, I've been advised to ask you for the script and documentation for running the end of the monthly drive counts. Do you have that available? Many thanks, Tdslk (talk) 18:43, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MacGyver the Lizard
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 * Please see above. Lizzymartin (talk) 03:47, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry I didn't participate in that discussion, which is now closed. I couldn't find enough to form a strong opinion either way on it. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 18:17, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Forgotten Realms characters
Thanks for looking after Wulfgar (Forgotten Realms). Do you know of any sources that could be added to that article, or to Erevis Cale or Jarlaxle? BOZ (talk) 16:30, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News
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Today's featured article/October 31, 2016
Hi Torchiest, here's another one of your FAC nominations at TFA, I'm working on the TFA text now. - Dank (push to talk) 19:28, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Found nothing to change, good job. - Dank (push to talk) 20:54, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Precious
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Articles for deletion//r/The Donald
You participated in the same Afd under a different name. You mentioned several sources that you may want to reiterate at the new one. I don't want to take credit for your research.That man from Nantucket (talk) 17:23, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for popping into the AfD. On another (now closed matter) would you mind looking at this closed AfD?  I'm still scratching my head over this.  The close was not well thought out (much less explained).  For those doing a Google hit count and nothing else, well I can see why they would vote that way, but that's still poor rationale.  And the most risable keep !vote?  That goes to one of our very own Arbcom members, for claiming a web forum is a "media organization".   Am I crazy or did the system just not work here?  HNY. That man from Nantucket (talk) 09:58, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News
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GOCE February 2018 news
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WP:VG
Hi Torchiest, I wanted to compliment you on the really great job you're doing at the WikiProject. I had a question about the Quality Content, is this report by month produced by a bot/script, or made manually? Thanks  – Lionel(talk) 03:25, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, Lionel. You're too kind. I've actually completely slacked on that stuff this year, as has the rest of the newsletter team from what I can tell. I'm just too busy with other stuff to keep up with anything beyond minor fixes on WP right now. But that page is created manually. That is to say, it's maintained throughout the quarter manually on the newsletter draft page, then I split the draft into pieces for all the separate newsletter pages. You can check with GamerPro64 to see how he tracks all that information. Hope that helps. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 13:52, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Skinny Puppy articles
Hi, Torchiest. I saw the great work you've done on KMFDM, KMFDM-related articles, and Mythmaker. Recently, I rewrote the articles for VIVIsectVI, Last Rights, and Weapon. I've never gone through the 'good article' process, so I was wondering if you would want to do the review for one of those albums. Thanks either way! CelestialWeevil (talk) 00:32, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi there. At a glance, all three of those articles look extremely well sourced, and the writing seems on point. It looks like you've nominated all of them for good article review at this point. It can take a while for a reviewer to pick up nominations when the backlog is really big. I can't make any guarantees, as I have a lot of other stuff going on outside of Wikipedia, but I might try to review one or more of them in the near future. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 18:08, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks a lot! And no problem, it seems like a big undertaking. Happy editing. CelestialWeevil (talk) 18:19, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

June 2018 GOCE newsletter
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Wikiproject Industrial
Hi again, Torchiest. What happened to Wikiproject Industrial? It seems inactive. Was it always like that, or has it fallen off? I've a great interest in promoting as many articles as I can under the project's umbrella, but things feel kind of dead. I've rewritten Streetcleaner, Godflesh, Last Rights, VIVIsectVI, and some others with minimal interaction with editors who seemed to be frequent in the past. Any idea what happened, and any idea how I can help? <b style="color: #0061ff;">CelestialWeevil</b> (<b style="color: #6f6177;">talk</b>) 01:12, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
 * For me, I just don't have as much time or energy to put into WP as I used to. When I was active in that WikiProject, I was the main person, and there were a few fringe people who participated a little here and there. I tried pretty hard to get the project moving years ago, and did a lot of revamping of the project, but didn't stir up anywhere near as much activity as I would have liked. My best advice, and something that I had a little success with, is to look at Category:WikiProject Industrial members and see which people in that group are still active, and get in touch with them. The number of people in that group is 3-4 times larger than it was when I was reactivating the project, so that's encouraging. Or check the people who have been active on the talk page and see what they're up to. I'm at a point now where I mostly do small edits here and there rather than sit down and do major work. Good luck! —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 01:11, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
 * - Hi! I've been on the periphery of Wikiproject Industrial for about a year and just noticed this week that someone marked the project as 'inactive' which set off a cascade of problems with the project's worklist and so on... so, I just started patching things together as if I am in charge - hope you don't mind.  Still plenty to be done over there, so I'd appreciate whatever help y'all can spare.  Thanks -- t_kiehne (talk) 04:04, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

August GOCE newsletter
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Downloaded new GOCE script version
Hi again, Joe. I don't know if you've seen WT:GOCE/COORD, but I got in over my head and figured the best thing would be to re-download your original script. However, when I renamed it on my computer it's still recognized as a .txt file (not .vbs, its new extension). Do you have any idea why? (My better half is out this evening: I'll ask him when he gets home if you don't see this before). Edit mode has been wonky here, so I dunno what's going on. Thanks for your patience and all the best,  Mini  apolis  22:56, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

December 2018 GOCE newsletter
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Streetcleaner FAC
Hi again, Torchiest, sorry to bother you. One of my main articles, Streetcleaner by Godflesh is up for featured article status, and it's kind of floundering due to lack of responses. If you ever get time to throw in a couple of comments, I would really appreciate it. <b style="color: #0061ff;">CelestialWeevil</b> (<b style="color: #6f6177;">talk</b>) 15:53, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

GOCE 2018 Annual Report
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Nomination for deletion of Template:LOCErequest
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March GOCE newsletter
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VG newsletter
Hey Torchiest. I am planning on reviving the Newsletter and was wondering if you would be interested in taking part again. GamerPro64 05:41, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah I might be able to work myself up to it. What's your game plan? Just put together a regular quarterly newsletter at the end of June? Or something more comprehensive? —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 21:34, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I was thinking quarterly again as I'm not positive how to make it more comprehensive. Might have to ask other people if they are interested in joining. They might have ideas themselves. GamerPro64  04:05, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I checked on Thibbs and he would be interested in helping out again, albeit he has health issues at this time. Nomader is also interested in contributing so we can talk about what can be done with the project. GamerPro64  21:45, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Made a thread for the relaunch to get the ball rolling. GamerPro64 03:10, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Hey Torchiest can you help with process of mailing the next issue of the Newsletter. GamerPro64  00:32, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

We finally got the draft completed. But I am still wondering if you can help with mailing the newsletter. Not sure how to do it. GamerPro64 01:18, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks Torchiest. GamerPro64  23:27, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

GOCE June newsletter
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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter
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Dwarf (Dungeons & Dragons)
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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter
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Nomination of Mai's for deletion
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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2020
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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2021
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GOCE June 2021 newsletter
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GAN Backlog Drive - July 2021
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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter
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October 2021
Recently, I saw your help edit on the BTS page for this musical group. We are currently looking for an experienced editor who can help with doing the GA review for this musical group with nearly 20K page count visits per day. The page is currently under extended page protection which should provide a stable editing environment. Any chance that you could look at the article and try to do the review? ErnestKrause (talk) 20:00, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Games deletions
I wanted to let you know that after spending about 4 months completing User:BOZ/Games deletions, this week I started work on User:BOZ/DnD deletions. :) BOZ (talk) 21:14, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Edit conflict
Hello. You might want to see what happened there. -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:19, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That's weird, because I didn't get an edit conflict at the time. I'll have to re-add my comments. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 22:48, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

December 2021 GOCE Newsletter
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Merry Christmas 2021
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Doug Kovacs
Hi there! Do you see anything more for this artist? BOZ (talk) 02:02, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Slim pickings, I'm afraid. Mostly directly listings, promotional material from companies, and his own postings. This is the best I could find:
 * Six Answers from Doug Kovacs on a site called Blue Moon Rising.
 * Brief profile on the same site. Both of these two are written by Jeff Jonez and published by Squeeker Media fyi.
 * Another brief profile when he was a special guest at a gaming convention. The link to the guests page is useless, as it has been changed since 2017 and there's no archive copy from back then.
 * That's all I see that's useful. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 02:01, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

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BOZ (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

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I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer. :) BOZ (talk) 23:21, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * No problem! I'm not necessarily going to set the world on fire, but I hope to knock out at least a dozen articles in March. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 19:59, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

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<div style=" background-color: #eeeeee; border-top: 4px #eeeeee solid; border-left: 2px #eeeeee solid; border-right: 2px #eeeeee solid; text-align: center; padding: 0.5em; margin:0em;"> The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

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BOZ (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

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I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer. :) BOZ (talk) 00:23, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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