User talk:Gakon5

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[edit] Units in Nintendo Wars

The page was undeleted, appropriately since it wasn't included in that AW AfD. I think we should try to make this article as encyclopedic as possible. I think it's already much better than the Advance Wars article, since it covers the units on more of a historical and game design persective. It could use some references, but I'm not really sure where to find such things since they were never released in English territories. You seem to have more experience editing the Wars articles, and we've discussed the deletion issues at CVG and various AfDs. My experience is somewhat limited, as I've only played Advance Wars 2, but the games aren't that different, it's more my lack of historical knowledge here. Would you help me try to improve this article? --SevereTireDamage 00:31, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I think if NW had stayed in then sureley AW could have been saved. Also, someone merged a lot of the Units in AW stuff into Units in NW (whoever it was basically put in the merge suggestion tags and then instantly went ahead with it - how's that for being bold? ;) I tried to clean some of it out, but it resurfaced later; so really we've got copies of both articles in there.

Although it does compare the units across the three main sets of games (GB Wars, Famicom Wars, S. Famicom Wars. GB Wars 3), it's still really trying to convey the same thing, which includes comparing and contrasting different units and explaining their functions and purposes in the game(s). Granted however, Units in AW was on a much narrower scope, but the articles' functions were still the same.

Heck, I once suggested splitting up the Units in NW article, but that never really went through (although some spin-off articles were formed such as Sea Units in Nintendo Wars etc... not really what I had in mind). I figured that keeping the Units in articles to specific games (except in GBW 1/2/Turbo's case, which basically stick together). That'd keep the [split-up] article[s] more in context with their respective games; not to mention it would allow the use of {{main}} in "Units" subheadings for game articles (giving you straight access to an overview of each game's units).

Of course, that would probably kill the whole "historical context" Units in NW has, which seems to be the only thread left keeping this article from being axed like the rest of the "cruft" articles.

Woah, that was a long response. So anyway, to get away from ranting and to your question, I'd certainly work with you on Units in NW (especially if there's even the slightest chance that making this article better would possibly bring back Units in AW). I think we may want to find a way to trim the article a bit (or at least the TOC), especially if it's going to stay this long and cover six games' worth of units. But yeah, sure, let's do it. -- gakon5 04:14, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh man, that's what I get for not watching the talk pages I post to. I'd forgotten I'd even posted this comment here, since I didn't get a response on my talk page. Well, you're on the watchlist now!

I'm not sure "Air Units" and "Units in Advance Wars" pages should be brought back yet, if at all, again, due to the historical value, though at this point there are now three AW games. This article is pretty long with the merged information now, and it probably should be trimmed. I did do some work earlier to trim out potential speculative claims or original research.

In any case, I removed the transwiki tag from the page, and it was immediately put up for AfD here. --SevereTireDamage 22:13, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, it was bound to happen, huh? We'll see how that "historical basis" holds up within the rutheless confines of AfD. I still view Units in NW and Units in AW as the same article, even if NW covers more games and thus they're being "compared." Really, the articles seem the same to me, except UINW includes things like "this game introduced this" and "this game changed this" and stuff like that. This article looks doomed for now. I'll probably put in a vote soon; I think with some cleanup the article would be better, as long as it passes on those grounds (that it could be improved; although this is a content dispute, not a format dispute). -- gakon5 00:40, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kirby manga

Please re-upload your Kirby manga image. It was earlier deleted. WhisperToMe 15:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Eh, if I can find it I'll upload it. It was probably missing fair use rationale, right? -- gakon5 15:09, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

No - it was labelled as unused. WhisperToMe 15:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to tell the person who listed it for deletion that he should have told you that he had listed it. By the way, comic covers are fair use. They are allowed on EN. WhisperToMe 15:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

The listing said "(orphaned fair use image, tagged for more than 7 days)" WhisperToMe 15:59, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Agh! Two edit conflicts! Gotta get my reply in. So if it was orphaned, was it not being used on Kirby (Nintendo)? I thought it might still have been, but I haven't been around that article in a looong time. -- gakon5 16:03, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

User:HighwayCello used tags to "hide" the image (the tags are <!-- -->) - See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kirby_%28Nintendo%29&diff=56691072&oldid=56690550 WhisperToMe 16:06, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

... interesting. I'll start hunting now. Can't we just get it undeleted, or is that just for pages only? (not sure) -- gakon5 16:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

That's for pages only, unfortunately. Anyway, HighwayCello said he hid the image because, at the time, the article did not talk about the Kirby manga, which violates fair use conventions. Now it is in accordance with fair use because the article mentions the Kirby manga. WhisperToMe 16:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

It's just that one sentance, which was there when I uploaded it, and still is. Anyways, I think I've got a site with some of the manga covers. I'll be uploading one shortly. -- gakon5 16:18, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Image:Kirby manga.jpg There you go -- gakon5 16:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life

Hey! I'm here to inform you that the image, Image:Harvestmoonanother.png, needs a source (For instance, did you scan this? Or upload it from a website?). But since we're on the subject of picture, would you mind uploading me some pictures? Once they're uploaded, I'll add the copyright tags, sources, and put them in the right place in the article myself. I'm sorry if I'm being a hassle! --71.118.145.48 02:54, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yoshi Topsy-Turvy

Hey, some people are trying to move this article. DS9 Voyager 01:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Kirbyss box.png)

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