User talk:Vantine84/Archive3

An unholy union between The Wayback Machine and Webcite
Heya, further to our discussion during Dead Head Fred's GAN I've just used TWM to dig up an expired web citation, then copied the URL straight into Webcite, which in turn archived the now-dead interview. So, it is possible. I just did so on Chocolatier (video game) if you want to take a look. Sliding those two additional fields into an existing citation also formatted correctly, so it isn't a big job. After that I've decided to back up most if not all pages I cite from now on. Someoneanother 09:15, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks for the tip! —   Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   08:34, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver/archive1
Regarding your outstanding points, the genre (action-adventure) is wikilinked in the lead (it was originally incorrectly labeled just "adventure", which implies something rather different). had added a bit about the camera; do you think more needs to be said?

Also, I'd appreciate your opinion on sourcing; although no one has yet been able to obtain the EGM and Next Generation Magazine print reviews, it could be argued that the mix of sources currently in the article is broad enough to be "thorough and representative" (per WP:FA? 1(c)). Do you think that these publications absolutely need to be included (or at least consulted) for comprehensiveness, or is the current balance of opinions enough (and representative such that the omitted two probably wouldn't do much to sway NPOV balance)? I personally would be more comfortable with at least consulting them, but I tend to have a high standard for sourcing coverage, and it's been a very long time (i.e., 2006) since I've put anything through FA myself. I'm also at this point a somewhat significant contributor to the article because I've added a few sources and copyedited. I'd appreciate uninvolved input in this respect. — TKD:: {talk}  12:42, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Regarding Gameplay, I'm looking at it as though I've never played a video game. The information that's there is good, but maybe there should be a few more sentences in the beginning that kind of hold a non-gamer's hand and wikilink things like action-adventure and third-person camera.


 * I'm satisfied with the sources. Even for a game this old, there's plenty of stuff on the internet that makes it thorough and representative.  Some editors feel that a game article shouldn't be FA unless it has print sources cited, which I generally don't agree with.  I'll support the nomination if my issues are addressed, most likely. —    Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   13:00, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the input. I've also asked to revisit his comments regarding sourcing. I'm not a subject-matter expert regarding this particular game (I only know how to run through prose and find sources in online databases :-p), so  will have to flesh out the gameplay section. — TKD:: {talk}  13:05, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I've reworded to avoid the term "camera" altogether (in favor of "perspective" and "viewpoint") and have shifted the explanation of perspective earlier. I've also mentioned "action-adventure" explicitly in the beginning of the Gameplay section (it was previously only mentioned in the infobox and in the lead). Further, since this wasn't clear to me on (re-)reading, I've clarified that the purpose of shifting between realms is to actually make progress through areas. Do you think that covers it? — TKD:: {talk}  05:51, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me. —   Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   05:47, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

You can help!
eah, this is random and stalkerish, but trust me when I have a reason for asking: where do you edit from? (City and country would be nice, but the country is really all I need.) You can just shoot me an email, or via my talk. It's for a project I have to do involving Wikipedia articles and editing patterns, nothing special, but I'll let you see it when I'm finished :) Thanks, -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 22:09, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Exactly what about the gameplay section do you think should be improved? The Clawed One (talk) 04:18, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks fine now. It just needed to be more explicit about the genre, camera, etc. —    Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   05:49, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Check that. In response to your last concern, it appears that the reviews have to be that way due to the VG review template. I tried to alphabetize them, but even though the coding for the review fields was alphabetical, the template shown in the preview wasn't. The Clawed One (talk) 06:32, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

D&D taskforce
I'm too busy in real life right now to be of any active use in a taskforce. Sorry. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 23:58, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Dead Head Fred
Actually I entirely forgot about it (if it makes you feel better, I didn't realize I hadn't done two GA reviews from weeks back yesterday too :P) I'll get back to you asap. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 12:03, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
Hello! there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath and respond there as soon as possible.

Barnstar

 * Wow, thanks! —   Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   13:37, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem, you deserve it.--( NGG ) 13:39, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Alan Miranda
Don't know if you'd be interested in this. I found a speedily deleted "bio" for Alan Miranda which was basically just one sentence. I decided to restore it, and I built it up a bit mostly by purloining text from Darkness over Daggerford. If you have an interest in the subject, feel free to make it more of a real bio, or we can just wait to see if someone else does the job. ;) BOZ (talk) 02:27, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Great! Well, he's notable enough to have a bio, so it'll get fleshed out sooner or later. I'll take a look at it sometime. —    Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   05:06, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

RE: TJ&E2
Sorry about the delay, been having some technical difficulties the past week. Should be able to edit now... perhaps give it a few days and if I've not made any progress, feel free to fail it. I'll fix it up at some point. bridies (talk) 09:40, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem; I'll give it until May 12. Let me know when it's ready. —    Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   05:09, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Ultima Underworld
I have attempted to remedy the issues you brought up at the FAC. I'm still not sure what you meant about the Cite video game template, though. Your updated comments about the article would be appreciated. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 09:01, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Neverwinter Nights 2
The Good Article review for Neverwinter Nights 2 has begun! There is some work to do, but overall it looks like we're in good shape. BOZ (talk) 19:21, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey there; looks like the reviewer still has some unansered concerns; see comments on Drilnoth's talk page. BOZ (talk) 00:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Riddick!
Hey Vantine! The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay is on hold. we only got five days or we fail. Hope you help me with passing it. GamerPro64 (talk) 01:57, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Peer review/Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Hey, sorry to ask for your assistance again but I need someone to review Lost Planet. Up for it? You'll be rewarded handsomely.--( NGG ) 22:24, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? An assessment, or copyedit?  Der, didn't read the heading, got it.  Give me a few days. —    Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   00:38, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * KK.--( NGG ) 00:51, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
--( NGG ) 23:21, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Neverwinter Nights 2
The GAN was been stale for about a week now with two issues that still need to be resolved (a couple of unsourced paragraphs and good fair-use rationales in all the images). Normally, it's a 7-day window for GA reviews, but I don't know if you were aware of the GAN or that there are still a couple of issues remaining. Just to let you know. Thank you, MuZemike 17:01, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
The article Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir for things needed to be addressed. MuZemike 21:55, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks like this one is just about good, just a few bits in the plot summary that need sourcing. :) BOZ (talk) 21:08, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

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 * Sorry to leave you the bland message; that's WP:TW for you. :) Anyway, the reasoning is at the FAC. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 01:53, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Another barnstar

 * Thanks so much! —   Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   16:50, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

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Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate
Drilnoth has been getting to work on Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate. I'll do what I can, which may not be much. :) BOZ (talk) 01:35, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * FYI, Drilnoth has nomninated this one for GAN. BOZ (talk) 02:17, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

In need of your mentorship
Hi,

I need the advice of an experienced Wikipedian, and I saw your name over at WP:ADOPT.

I need advice concerning a WikiProject I've been coordinating. Here's the situation:

The project is WP:WPOOK. The set of pages the project concerns is listed at Portal:Contents/Outline of knowledge and WikiProject Outline of knowledge, and has grown to about 500 articles in the encyclopedia. I also run a team of 5 advanced wiki-editors - the team communicates via user talk page posts. We use a variety of tools such as AWB, bots, Linky, etc. to execute tasks on batches of hundreds of pages at a time. Three of the team's members are admins, and 2 of the members have bot accounts. The team works on tasks that I assign, on the OOK and also on problems that the OOK has revealed in the encyclopedia-at-large (reverse outlines are good at that) - we've worked on things as diverse as creating country demonym disambiguation pages, to cleaning up the CIA World Factbook data on country "Demographics of" pages, to renaming "Cuisine of" articles to their demonymic form, to organizing the "Index of x articles" pages, etc. I also send out a newsletter or project update to the team, to the WikiProject members, and to anybody else who has been involved or who has expressed interest (20 to 30 Wikipedians).

So you see, we can implement just about any strategy. But we need more strategies. Your ideas on the following would be greatly appreciated...

The goals of the WikiProject are:


 * 1) Increase awareness of readers of the existence of the outlines on Wikipedia
 * 2) Complete the existing outlines
 * 3) Create an outline for every subject that is exensive enough to benefit from having an outline (core subjects and major or extensive fields).  There are thousands of these.
 * 4) Recruit as many editors to work on these as possible (we need thousands of editors working on these)
 * 5) Surpass portals in number by the end of the summer, and leave them in the dust by the end of the year
 * 6) Get the major outline subject areas displayed on the Main Page (in place of or in addition to the portal links at the top of the page)
 * 7) Increase the OOK to higher quality than Britannica's Outline of Knowledge (published in its Propaedia volume).

We've posted over a thousand banners and notices so far, which resulted in just a couple complaints - one complainer posted at WT:WPOOK & WP:AN & WP:VPP and the other posted at WP:VPR. Not a bad negative feedback level for such a large posting. The complaints went nowhere, as several users came forward in defense of outlines.

I've proposed a 200-Wikiproject contest at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries, and I had notices posted on the talk pages of all the corresponding country WikiProjects' talk pages.

I've created some pointers for developing outlines to guide editors through the process of building outline pages, because once many editors are attracted, I won't be able to instruct them one-on-one. I've also been working on a new article for the subject, since the current article is very lacking.

I was hoping you could comment on how to achieve the goals above.

Also I'm interested in every possible way of reaching readers and editors of Wikipedia. How can I get the most eyes and typing fingers on Wikipedia's outlines? Contacting editors directly without a reason relevant to them is spam, which I'd like to avoid. There are 75,000 regular editors on Wikipedia, and I want to contact all of them. So how do I do it? Directly or indirectly, I don't care which, piecemeal or all-at-once, all methods are fine with me. But I've got to find ways. I need your help.

I would also like to know how to find or attract editors to create new outlines. And I need advice on finding editors to help write the new outline article mentioned above (it needs to be fleshed out, completely referenced, and brought to featured article status).

Every little bit helps. So anything you know or come across would be most appreciated.

I look forward to your reply on my talk page.

The Transhumanist 02:55, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm not interested. This is also not the kind of thing that I was looking for when I listed my name at WP:ADOPT; I suspect that is the same for most of the editors there. —    Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   23:57, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Fortunately, I have not found that to be the case. But it is the the exception to your suspicion that I'm interested in finding.  I wasn't expecting it to be easy.  ;)  The Transhumanist  02:55, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Request to participate in University of Washington survey on tool to quickly understand Wikipedians' reputations
Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington. In April, we met with some local Wikipedians to learn what they would like to know about other editors’ history and activities (within Wikipedia) when interacting with them on talk pages. The goal of those sessions was to gather feedback to help design an embedded application that could quickly communicate useful information about other Wikipedians. We have now created a few images that we feel represent some of what our participants thought was important. We would appreciate it if you took a few minutes of your time to complete an online survey that investigates whether or not these images would be useful to you. Your quick contribution would be very valuable to our research group and ultimately to Wikipedia. (When finished, the code for this application will be given over to the Wikipedia community to use and/or adjust as they see fit.)

Willing to spend a few minutes taking our survey? Click this link.

Please feel free to share the link with other Wikipedians. The more feedback, the better! The survey is completely anonymous and takes less than 10 minutes to complete. All data is used for university research purposes only.

Thank you for your time! If you have any questions about our research or research group, please visit our user page. Commprac01 (talk) 01:06, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

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Additional details about our research group are available here.

Thanks for your reviews

 * Wow, thanks! Always happy to help. —   Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   09:50, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Request for adoption
Hello, Vantine. I'm a longtime Wikipedia user and created an account some time ago. I would like to begin contributing to the site but am intimidated by... well, everything. I found out about the adoption programme and would like your guidance. Thank you! (Please note that I am contacting several adopters at once) BlazerKnight (talk) 01:46, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks like you've already got some other offers, but I'm always happy to help if you need it. —   Levi van Tine  ( t  –  c )   09:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Think I'll be taking up Xeno's adoption offer. Thanks anyway! (Curiously, there are a bajillion more adopters than adoptees, when so many new editors would benefit from the programme...) BlazerKnight (talk) 09:56, 14 July 2009 (UTC)