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[edit] Image:FF8-Winhill.jpeg has been listed for deletion

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[edit] Your vandalism comment

I realize that this comment was tongue-in-cheek, but it could be easily misinterpreted. Please refrain from posting comments like these - remember that the reader can't possibly infer your tone of voice. Shinobu 11:00, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] new game page

Emulator, you wrote such a long article at List of Monster Hunter monsters that I wanted to talk to you about it before I proposed it for deletion. It just seems unnecessary to me to have so much detailed information about this game in an encyclopedia. Also, I think it violates our policy, WP:NOT, which says that wikipedia is not a game guide. While this isn't game guide info per se, it's level of detail isn't necessary for an encyclopedia. Perhaps you could put an external link to such information in the page for the game itself?--Kchase02 T 04:26, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

After looking at the game's page, a move seems merger seems most appropriate. Would that be amenable to you?--Kchase02 T 04:29, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

The article was simply taken from the Monster Hunter article. I do agree with you. It is up to you what you do with it. --TheEmulatorGuy 07:39, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
I'll merge it.--Kchase02 T 07:42, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] M vs M15+

OFLC naming conventions say the short version of the classification is "M", not "M 15+" [1]

Additionally, the 15+ has been dropped from all newer markings, and the OFLC have asked that older classifications drop the 15+ as well to maintain consistency.

I'm happy to continually remove the 15+ as the OFLC request as well as to maintain consistency between older "M 15+" and new "M".

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[edit] You misunderstood

I was correcting another act of vandalism on a different part of the article. I think it was corrected before I finished my edits, so it might not show. I do know that the page refreshes, but what I have a problem with is you saying that it displays new content. It obviously doesn't yet, so saying that it does is nothing but prediction and speculation. Velessar 23:19, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Then it is quite obviously a misunderstanding, caused simply by the mixture of vandalism and good edits which the page is suffering interchangeably. I changed the section so that it did not state that the page would be updated with new content, and must have swallowed your correction in the process. Velessar 23:25, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalisam to Eon8 article

Please do not blank sections of the eon8 article [2] It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you.--Street Scholar 00:35, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Note to readers, this was a false warning and no wrongdoing was carried out. Ignore it. --TheEmulatorGuy 09:31, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] FFVIII in European territories

Hey. While I don't know if I'd say that the information you added in your recent edit is necessarily irrelevant (though, in all honesty, it isn't jumping out at me), that wouldn't be the proper way to include the information. Also, the claim can't be its own reference. Ryu Kaze 23:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

By the way, part of the reason why I'm not convinced that the information's terribly relevant is that every game released in Europe doesn't get a release in every last European country anyway. There's a whole lot of them over there after all. Ryu Kaze 00:05, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
It's not incorrect, though. The game was released in Europe. Just not all of it. Exactly which countries it was released in is a matter for an article discussing the release of video games in PAL territories, as this information you've added applies to every game released in Europe. That's general information about video game releases in Europe, not release information specific to Final Fantasy VIII. Ryu Kaze 14:52, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
For that matter, an understanding of what release in PAL territories means tells someone which countries are included when one refers to a European release. That's why it's a general matter, and not something that every last video game article (or at least the articles for those games released in Europe, which is still a lot) needs to mention. Ryu Kaze 14:55, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
See PAL region. The concept of PAL, as written there, says "Australasia and the majority of Europe" (emphasis added). It doesn't suggest that it covers every last country in Europe. There's nothing misleading when making reference to a European video game release. Ryu Kaze 15:03, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ronnie Johns

Hi, just wondering why you removed the links to the YouTube videos on the Ronnie Johns article. Not saying you were wrong, but with no edit summary I wasn't sure of your reason behind it. Confusing Manifestation 00:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Final Fantasy IX

A good portion of the information in that article is referenced by the game manual itself (per other FF FAs); and, per most other FF FAs, the citations were placed at the end of the paragraphs to lessen redundancies. Don't worry, I'll get around to the article like I promised eventually :) — Deckiller 23:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FFIV English battle screen

It's on the article. Just thought I'd let you know. Sir Crazyswordsman 23:59, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Vaseys vs. Vasey's

It would be nice if you could post your rationale on the talk page, and not just in the edit summaries, so this response could be seen by more editors (I reposted it on the article's talk page). But normally I would agree with you about government sources trumping most others. However, these sources did not deal directly with the topic of vaseys paradise, and only mentioned it in passing. For these reasons, I think scholarly works would be much better researched. (It should also be noted that Google gives more hits for "vaseys paradise" than "vasey's paradise" when searching within the .gov domain. [3] vs. [4].) Additionally, not all government sources call it vasey's. Here is one from the USGS which does not use the possessive (and generally appears much better researched.) --YbborT 04:06, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CAT1-X Hyperion Gundam series

Obviously, I'm not convinced that all of the nearly 100 pages violate policies. All I have in support of that assertion is your word. I, as well as apparently many other editors, do not think it's a good idea to delete dozens of pages this way, with editors voting "keep" or "delete" based on their review of perhaps half a dozen pages (and, often, of only one). What needs to happen, really, is that a WikiProject needs to address the category systematically; I'd like to see its constituents kept until such a thing can be organized. --Hyperbole 01:11, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I think you're wrong to assert that the articles are "stolen." I Googled four phrases from CAT1-X Hyperion Gundam series - two from the introduction, one from the Specifications section, and one from the Trivia section. The two from the introduction and the one from Trivia returned only Wikipedia and mirrors - it appears to have been written for this site. The stuff from the Specifications section does in fact appear to be copyvios and should be removed. But that's an issue for the editorial process - not for a massive AfD. I'll go ahead and delete the Specifications section out of that article. --Hyperbole 01:30, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
When you talk about "policy violations," all you seem to be contending that the articles all violate WP:NOT and/or WP:NOR, right? You apparently claim that they violate WP:NOT on the basis that they're "indiscriminate" - but WP:NOT lists seven specific categories of "indiscriminate information," and these articles don't appear related to any of those. As for their violation of WP:NOR, well, I quite simply don't follow you at all, there. I don't see any evidence that any of the information in these articles was made up by Wikipedia editors. As I said, I don't have any evidence other than your word that the articles are violating policy. --Hyperbole 01:37, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Calm down

I've made the same mistake about these kinds of cruft cleaning on Wikipedia. Before you make individual AfDs, I suggest making a request for comment discussion where we can set up sub-groups for deletion. This way people will see that the articles have been evaluated, etc etc. It just makes people a little bit more comfortable about this kind of thing. And this will be faster than individual AfDs. It's really frustrating, I know, but remember that Wikipedia is a bit like a wild animal. -- Ned Scott 23:57, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

And I'd be glad to help set up that RfC. -- Ned Scott 23:58, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Warcraft

I agree with Ned Scott (in this specific case, I disagree with changing of the Rhonin and Aegwynn articles to redirects. The subjects of the aforementioned articles are quite central to the Warcraft Universe, the former being a main character in four (out of seven) novels and the latter having caused (albeit, somewhat indirectly) the original conflict that started the whole Warcraft line. Regardless, while they may not be important to you or the world (the latter being somewhat debatable), they are quite central to Warcraft. Granted, that is one of the reasons you brought up for changing the articles to redirects, but the same could be said about any article regarding fictional subjects. Are you on a crusade as well to remove all articles on Marvel Universe characters? Lord of the Rings? Harry Potter? I would hope not, but if you are, the most I can do is ask you to first make individual AfDs, or, at the very least, request discussion on the article's talk page. I am therefore going to revert your edits to the Rhonin and Aegwynn articles. If you still feel that they should be redirected, put up AfDs for each one or request discussion on either the article talk page or at Wikipedia:WikiProject Warcraft. And as a sidenote, your edits created circular redirects.--Arabani (Talk ∞ Contribs) 23:13, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

That's not what Ned Scott was talking about, in fact, it was something completely different. I've left a message on your talk page. --TheEmulatorGuy 23:20, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Oops, how embarrassing. At first glance, it did appear somewhat related (AfDs and whatnot), but I guess it isn't. :D Anyway, you do bring up a valid point, although I still think it's better to discuss it first before arbitrarily redirecting. A request for improving the articles could have also been made at Wikipedia:WikiProject Warcraft; if after several days your concerns were not addressed, then I would have no argument with you. I just dislike seeing articles arbitrarily removed. --Arabani (Talk ∞ Contribs) 23:36, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CAT1-X Hyperion Gundam series AfD

I am in the process of closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CAT1-X Hyperion Gundam series. I just wanted to let you know that when you create a second, third, etc. AfD that you should not modify the previous AfDs. You need to create a separate page for each AfD—do not overwrite or modify the previous AfD. In this case, you started by replacing the previous AfD that was closed on April 29th. —Doug Bell talk 07:57, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Well this is strange. I figured you would have been notified for sure since your actions are called into question. I think it is very bad form that you weren't notified that my closing of your AfD nomination is up for review here. —Doug Bell talk 20:57, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

A simple comment on this AfD: Dear god, please, never do such a mass nomination ever again. It really helps nobody. Also, for a happy note, keep up the good work on video game articles. -- Kicking222 16:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gundam deletion

Thanks for taking on the challenge of dealing with ripping out such a massive pile of inappropriate material all at once. I've been considering doing something about it for a while, but the scale of the problem was daunting. When you've recovered, you might want to consider the other gundam continuities, there's several hundred more articles along the same line where that came from that really go into far too much detail. Category:Gundam templates has a dozen templates like the one you took on in it, each with a bunch of links each. Good luck cleaning it out. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 14:31, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Psst, {{Early Universal Century Mobile weapons}}. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Night Gyr (talk • contribs) 14:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC).

If I could make a suggestion. While I've stated several times that as painful as they are, mass AfDs are probably still preferrable to a mass of AfDs, I do think it would be helpful to try and do some grouping in the AfD to make it easier for people whose position is somewhere between keep all and delete all. It will help make the discussion more sane when people don't feel forced into only one of these two options on all of the articles in the AfD. I realize your position in nominating the articles would be that they all need to go, but you risk a trainwreck by not allowing for a consensus between the two extremes. Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cosmic Era vehicles for a saner approach, although you're welcome to adopt your own format. I do plan to try and create a guideline for doing these mass AfDs as I think there has to be a way to do these, but for now please try to at least apply whatever lessons you feel you learned from the last one. These will alway be painful, but perhaps they can be less painful. —Doug Bell talk 20:21, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

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