Talk:Flashback (video game)

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[edit] Duplicate articles

There are two articles about this game, namely Flashback: The Quest for Identity and Flashback (computer game)...They need to be merged and one needs to be deleted. S Sepp 14:05, Nov 6, 2004 (UTC)

I pasted together the two articles about Flashback. Feel free to improve the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Somos (talk • contribs) 00:25, November 23, 2004 (UTC)
This article should probably just be under Flashback (computer game) without "The Quest For Identity". I have the original French PC floppy disk release and it is simply called "Flashback". Sometime later, the foreign releases were re-branded as "The Quest For Identity". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Darkwren (talk • contribs) 00:12, 5 March 2007

[edit] Copy editing

I have done large-scale copyediting. I have not added or removed any content. EDIT: I also removed stub status. S Sepp 21:57, Nov 23, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Mobygames link

I don't think the external link to mobygames should be present. It is a commercial website which is not NPOV, and does not add much to the article. I have read http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/When_should_I_link_externally and have decided to remove the link. S Sepp 21:09, Nov 24, 2004 (UTC)

But isn't the external link there for people who want more detailed information about the game, such as platforms, developers, screenshots, etc, from a site that specializes in video games (MobyGames), as opposed to Wikipedia, which is not? Don't most game articles link to MobyGames, in a way similar to IMDb linking on movie articles? Another World also links to MobyGames.. Linking to MobyGames looks like the right thing to do, in my opinion. Wasn't there some debate about this in Wikipedia in the past, with some reasonable conclusions?
Also, I think, inconsistency is another thing to consider.. shouldn't there be a standard for MobyGames linking for games? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Somos (talk • contribs) 15:56, November 28, 2004 (UTC)
Maybe I was wrong. Many articles about games link there, and I didn't really know what kind of site it was. I looked for the discussion you referred but couldn't find it...Do you know where it was? I have re-added the Mobygames link. S Sepp 21:37, Nov 28, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Table

Is there a reason why game details are presented in a table rather than a game infobox? --jet57 (u∴t) 10:58, 24 April 2007 (UTC) 09:52, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reminescence site

On the Reminescence site there seems to be no reference to Nintendo DS nor PSP ports, where does that information come from? --GozzoMan 13:11, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other Platforms

I do believe there was a RISC-OS version of this game released, can anyone please confirm this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.147.19.128 (talk • contribs) 07:12, 31 August 2006

[edit] Flashback Legends

I'll volunteer to add a section about Flashback Legends - with links from Delphine and Adeline pages - but will need someone to improve the language and edit that section, since I know next to nothing about Wiki editing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.105.170.105 (talk • contribs) 14:38, January 6, 2007 (UTC)

Take a look at the "Editing help" link next to the Save/Preview/Changes button. Use the preview, or try some edits in Wikipedia:Sandbox. The biggest thing you need to know is [[internal link]] [http://www.example.com External link with this text as a caption]. Hopefully you'll like the (small) learning cuve! (If you're going to contribute to other articles, an account might be in order too..) --GargoyleMT 14:41, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Flashback menu Amiga.png

Image:Flashback menu Amiga.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 10:34, 5 November 2007 (UTC)