User talk:Zeppellin94

GTA
Hi Jack, glad you decided to join. Unfortunately I'd have to advise against creating articles for any other GTA characters. This has been done before and they always get either deleted or redirected to the character lists. In fact, there's recently been talk of merging the Victor Vance article with List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories; Niko Bellic already redirects to List of characters in Grand Theft Auto IV. It's basically a matter of notability—to warrant a Wikipedia article, a topic has to have received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject. Sorry to come down on you with all this Wiki guideline stuff, I don't want to put you off, but it is important to understand. Obviously I've given you a bunch of links above, but to be honest the best way to learn is through experience and seeing what other editors do (the good ones, that is). If you want to learn more about contributing to video game articles, check out the video games wikiproject, for GTA games you might want to have a look at the Grand Theft Auto task force. If you have any questions, just ask.  Dbam  Talk/Contributions 21:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: GTA Task Force; Posting things on Wikipedia; Notability
To add your name to the task force list, click the "edit" link next to the Participation heading. At the bottom of the list (above the  ) type # (only using three tildes excludes the date and time), then save as normal.

I'm not sure what you mean about posting things for other people to read. Are you referring to article talk pages? If so, they should only be used to discuss the article itself, rather than the article's subject in general (see Talk page guidelines). General chit-chat on talk pages is generally frowned upon and usually gets ignored or removed.

I see what you're saying about the likes of Phil Cassidy and Catalina, those characters are notable within the GTA universe. But notability on Wikipedia means notable outside of the subject (in this case GTA). They need to have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. A perfect example of a notable subject would be the GTA games themselves, which have received extensive coverage in magazines, newspapers, etc.  Dbam  Talk/Contributions 14:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: GTA stuff
Those are certainly some original theories, but come to think of it, Tommy doesn't seem to show much interest in women, and he dresses pretty flamboyantly too! I don't think I'd make those kind of suggestions to his face, though.  Dbam  Talk/Contributions 21:32, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Task Force userbox
Nearly forgot, to add the GTA Task Force userbox to your userpage, just add the following:

There's a list of userbox galleries at the bottom of Userbox, if you want to have a look at some others.  Dbam  Talk/Contributions 21:50, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: Zeppellin94 page
Looks great. A good way of developing your user page is to look at other user pages and if you see an element you like, just go into the "edit this page" tab, and copy and paste the relevant code to your page. Some people just rip off whole user pages, but I've always liked to try and mix and match.  Dbam  Talk/Contributions 20:49, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: friends
Hi Jack, probably the best way to find people with similar musical tastes is to check out the various wikiprojects associated with the artists you like. Some, for example Queen, have their own project page, while others, such as Iron Maiden, are covered by projects dedicated to the band's genre (in this case WP:METAL). Have a look here to see more music-related wikiprojects. Hope this helps.  Dbam  Talk/Contributions 19:46, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: GTA 4
Yeah, I was lucky enough to get a copy the day it was released. It is a truly awesome game. I personally enjoy the shooting sections the most; the ability to lock on to an enemy and then move the target around their anatomy is a brilliant addition (although you do sometimes get that old problem of locking on to the little old lady half way down the street instead of the gangster sticking an uzi in your face!). The controls for driving are a bit different to previous games and take a bit of getting used to, but once you do it's like second nature. Storyline's great too, there's some real tense moments, especially when you've got to decide what happens. Overall, it's a must-have game, definitely worth saving up for.  Dbam  Talk/Contributions 14:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)