User talk:Volker89

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[edit] Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Where has this been reported as a launch game for Wii? I have not even see any confirmatio of a Wii version at all. TJ Spyke 00:57, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

The proof is in the links: [1] [2] Volker89 9:04 PM, 8 September 2006 EST.

OK, thank you. It's just that we've had problems in the past with people putting in games and not having any proof. TJ Spyke 01:15, 9 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Flag of Japan

Hello, I noticed your changes to several Olympic pages, with respect to the flag of Japan. First, you should know that the "correct" way to make those changes is not to edit the Olympic articles that use FlagIOCxxx templates directly, but instead make changes to the underlying flag template. In this case, look at the source of {{country flag IOC alias JPN}}, which I have edited to reproduce your desired effect. These templates dynamically select a flag image for use in the appropriate articles. That way, you do not have to edit hundreds of articles when a new flag image is used; a single edit takes care of them all. Therefore, I also reverted your changes to the 2000-2006 Olympic pages. The {{FlagIOC}} templates are used for good reason; please do not replace them with hard-coded images and links.

Now, the other issue is the use of that flag variant for pre-1999 Olympic pages. Do you think it is really necessary? The change from 10:7 to 3:2 aspect ratio (which is very close, at 10.5:7) is obviously too subtle to notice on a 22 pixel icon. Also, the big advantage of the previous version is that the bordered flag was used for all pages. The icon flag for Japan looks terrible without the border, and so using the "variant" flag makes all the older Olympic pages use border-less images. It is not possible to use a border template with the FlagIOC template; I tried that already. Would you object terribly if I reverted country_flag_IOC_alias_JPN back to using the bordered flag for all years? Thanks for your comments, Andrwsc 19:33, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

In response to your well detailed comments on November 20, no I do not object to this move. I was just trying to edit each page for historical accuracy. I was not really familiar with the workings of the flag IOC templetes. So, if it is too much of a hassle to use a "variant" flag, then I do understand using the bordered flag. I'm sorry for any trouble and for not responding sooner. Volker89 23:00, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

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