User talk:Master Thief Garrett

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Because of their length, the previous discussions on this page have been archived.

Previous discussions:

merging/categorising: Your merge of OoT info into Link, LinuxQuestions.org on peer review
Welcoming/compliments: Hi, Welcome!, the inspired person VfD Family traditions
banning/vandals: 68.32.177.137, Back Off, Re: John Edwards, Wikipedia is Communism Vandal, re:tagging war, Zoltarak
Vfd/speedy: Speedy deletion, RE: Vfd: G-Java link does not work, VfD Merge Candidates, Comment about VfD for DOOM cheats, Revotes on Vfd, VfD and Copyvio overlap, VfD Vote Justifications, VfD
sockpuppets: My user page, your question, puppetteer ...I unknowingly talked to the legendary JoeM himself! Wow! I feel special! And the other guy... dunno who he is exactly, but let's just say he's on my watchlist...
Questions/comments: Horsie Defacer!, Taffer, Who's taffing about then?, Strange actions in Mormon topic, Sigh
VFD/speedy: Help w/properly listing VfD, Link to VfD debate?, Your work on speedy deletions, VFD note, Patrick Flynn VfD, Re: VfD Christian Liberty Academy., Some advice on a VFD discussion?, [/Archive02#Closing VfDs|Closing VfDs]], Alaska
Thanks/Comments/Questions: Wiki-Hell, AIM/MSN?, Thanks!, "Wherefore"
remember to jab Grutness in the ribs somtime: Admin prep school
conflicts: ...
Copyvio: ...
will list full contents later.
  • Archive 3 (Goodness Knows When to April 27 2006)
I become a sysop, I slip up, I get shouted at, I slip up some more... yeah, you gets the ideas.

(old stuff archived)

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[edit] James Chico Hernandez

Hi, any possibility that you can rethink your deletion of this? He seems to be at least marginally notable, based on the article. It did read like a copyvio, but I couldn't find it online anywhere, and it needs rewriting, but the person himself seems notable. User:Zoe|(talk) 22:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

If you have no objections, I'm going to list it at WP:DRV. User:Zoe|(talk) 18:19, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
(answered at talk page)
Thanks, I agree with you that it needs a lot of work. User:Zoe|(talk) 22:11, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citations in castleroid article

Why have you removed the "(Qualls)" parenthetical citation in the Castleroid article? If you'd read the references subcat it's clear that a review is being cited. No one is trying to brand the article with their username. Guermantes 23:00, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red to grey

Yeah, perhaps the red on the Shaw template was a bit much, but I swear it was all for the common good! I suppose grey matches Beckett's black...oh well. I was just so tired of that light blue. :) Cheers! -- Yossarian 10:12, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are you sure that is the source of Image:Ps3-controller.jpg?

You said the image is licensed as GFDL and was taking from a Nintendo DS fan website. I saw the exact same image but higher resolution from Engadget/Joystiq and they claim they're taking photos and are attending the presentation. I go with them as the source consider they're owned by a major corporation (TimeWarner) and have the money and credentials to attend the presentation. Thier stuff is copyrighted, too. [1] --Who What Where Nguyen Why 03:16, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh. Wrong file. Feeling stupid now. Removed. Deleted. :) GarrettTalk 03:42, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding swearing

Garrett, while it may not be wise to cuss, it's best not to remove cuss words from talk pages. Wikipedia is not bowdlerized for childrens' protection. WhisperToMe 07:06, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I have... no idea what you're referring to. How long ago was this? Well, while I can't recall the case I was likely enacting WP:RPA or somesuch. GarrettTalk 07:18, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LinkandMidna

Someone has uploaded a new version of LinkandMidna.jpg, which is actually just a cropped version of Twilight9sj.png. Please re-upload the old version if you still have it, thanks. -- WikidSmaht (talk) 20:50, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:SEWAGE

Hi. We don't usually allow redirects from WP: to user space. Might I suggest you simply move your essay to WP:SEWAGE? --kingboyk 09:16, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Well it's your call mate but I rather liked WP:SEWAGE :) --kingboyk 11:04, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Voting with images

Thanks Garrett. My opinion is that we should sort out issues according to the guidelines. But there seems to be an obsession with putting everything to the vote. We have guidelines that cover everything, so I don't know why people are calling for a vote so often. --WikiCats 07:19, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Criteria for speedy deletion

Hi Garrett. I noticed you recently closed a few AfDs early citing speedy deletion. While the articles themselves are certainly awful, I just wanted to remind you that hoaxes, WP:NOT, and previous non-AfD deletions do not fall under the speedy deletion criteria. Those things are deletion worthy, just not technically CSD. --Alan Au 18:00, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

WP:IAR ON WHEELS. Culling hoaxes improves Wikipedia, so, thusly, IAR applies. GarrettTalk 23:11, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
The reason that putative hoaxes are not speedy deletion material is that there are more things in heaven and earth, Garrett, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. It is does almost no harm to let hoaxes go the full distance on XfD, and culling something odd and fringe but true damages Wikipedia. Save the rouge card for when you really need to use it.
152.91.9.144 23:38, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Bandai Satellaview base unit.jpg

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[edit] I deprodded List of cancelled video games, but...

...I encourage you to take it to WP:AfD to see how the community feels. Personally, I'd go weak keep, but I can also see the case for deletion, too. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 13:47, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi nominated for deletion

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[edit] From Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Classes in World of Warcraft

Your comment: Afd is first and foremost critiquing articles' current status, not their potential.

I'd ask that you think a more deeply about this. Look at the first "article" speedy deletion criterion for some fodder: The reason that it emphasises context is because the content can come later. Deletion of material as unverifiable is another example: We give editors the chance to supply sources before removing information. Deletion is in fact all about potential, not current status.
152.91.9.144 23:27, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that was poorly worded. What I weas meaning to convey is that it's a combination of the two (poor articles valid good subjects get deleted regularly despite their potential). GarrettTalk 03:22, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey there

Hey MTG:

Just stopped by to say that I was looking in on old friends and saw that you're still around and kicking; I've been revisiting some of the "good old days" and you popped up in my thoughts. Drop by my talk page some time and fill me in on how you're doing. Yours, Essjay (Talk) 08:41, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Auckland Meetup 2 Scheduled - Feb 10 2007

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[edit] WikiReview (a bit off topic)

hello, Garrett. I posted a message on your Reviews Wiki member page, but I assume you don't check it too often, so I'll post it here too, sorry for the off-topic-ness :) And also, sorry if I didn't use the right code or if I didn't insert the section correctly. I'm a bit lost in all this code :). hi, Garrett. I am quite new to the wiki world, and I would like to see just how feasible a Romanian version of WikiReview (yes, I am from Romania) would be. What would I need to do to create the Romanian version? I don't mean the translation, but a new version, with new content. I would like to raise interest for people in my town (Cluj-Napoca) to review restaurants and clubs since I have been numerous times in the situation of not finding any good ones, and also not having any personal reviews to look into. So that's about it I guess. Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Guanomike (talk • contribs) 16:46, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Survey Invitation

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[edit] List of experiments from Lilo & Stitch PROD

I removed the proposed deletion you added for the reasons listed here. I know that certain parts of the article are a disaster. Disney didn't help matters with the last movie as it just screams filling in OR. Lots of what I believe are kids are "helping" the article, too. I've been trying to keep some semblance of a proper article there, but it's been a long battle and to be honest, I'm getting rather tired of fighting the battle. If you think the article is unsalvageable, you're welcome to try another AfD. -- Gogo Dodo 05:35, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] {{Sonic games}} inclusion criteria has been drafted

An inclusion criteria for {{Sonic games}} and related templates has been proposed at Template talk:Sonic games#Totally new inclusion criteria. You are cordially invited to discuss the proposal. —davidh.oz.au 01:10, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Page vandalism

This guy A Link to the Past keeps removing references to Zelda from the Action role-playing game article. I'm not very good at forming a clear argument. Maybe you can get him to stop. SharkD 02:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! However, he seems to have moved the discussion to my talk page. SharkD 20:00, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Request

List of Virtual Console games (Australia), List of Virtual Console games (Europe) and List of Virtual Console games (Japan) should probably be formatted better (or exactly like the North America list). If you have time, could you format them? I don't have much free time today. RobJ1981 15:53, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New to Wikipedia, could use some help...

Hi, you flagged the halo25 productions article of mine for deletion, and it may need to be deleted, but could you help me improve it? I don't really want to see it get deleted, but I'm not the best of writers and was wondering what you would like me to fix up on the article. I have removed the prod, I will put it back though if you feel that the article will still need deletion after I edit it more. Thanks.Reclaimer1217 12:18, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory: #4 is about prices. This was added a few days ago, and I was told about it on my talk page earlier. So frankly: as no one has objected to this addition, points don't need to be listed on the VC list at all. The compromise doesn't need to happen, as it violates #4 clearly. RobJ1981 15:09, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Prod Blackbox?

Hi, you recently tagged Blackbox with a 'companies' prod. Blackbox isn't a company, so i'm not sure if that bit's relevant. Blackbox is notable, but should probably be merged into a list of the gajillion Windows Managers for X windows. Dan Beale 20:19, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eh Emmm.....

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[edit] Concerns over emulation articles - use of WP:PROD

I just noticed that you used WP:PROD templates as justification to have the PC Atari Emulator and Stella (emulator) articles be reviewed as being "uncontroversial" material thus leaving them open to deletion. Please do not used PROD without even leaving any messages on the said articles' talk pages; this makes it seem as though you're just trying to get around the normal WP:AFD process by avoiding discussion about the matter. It doesn't seem reasonable to me to put these articles up for PROD when they are the preeminent emulator programs of the Atari 2600 videogame console. Also, these articles were referenced, and I can add further references if needed; articles that may simply be lacking references is not proper rationale (by itself) to opening them up to non-reviewed deletion. I would have contested the PROD usage had I seen the templates a bit sooner (I do not keep a constant eye on all the articles I have ever edited). Bumm13 22:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Also, two other concerns. You did not leave a {{subst:prodwarning|fooarticle}} template on my talk page regarding PC Atari Emulator (I did not start the Stella (emulator) article). Also, your justification for using WP:PROD was under Wikipedia's Companies notability guideline. I'm curious as to how widely-known hobbyist emulator projects relate to corporate notability. If you are trying to squeeze such topics in under the guise of "non-notable project spam", then that would really be taking liberty with the concept of spam. Bumm13 22:45, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] MESS page move revert

Hi Master Thief Garrett,

I wanted to discuss the disambiguation needs (or possible lack thereof) of the MESS article (regarding the compiler -- it was recently reverted.) As you may have noticed I mistakenly moved the page thinking there was a bug with the mediawiki software. However, I decided to keep the disambiguation link on the merits that a Mess article (regarding the dining halls), even though it differs in case, already exists. As I mentioned in the talk page and after reviewing the policy, I came to the conclusion that even though they have differing case, they use the same name, thus avoiding any potential confusion. What do you think about this? --Stux 17:28, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Grue_(monster)

Back in June you put the tag "This article does not cite any references or sources" on Grue.

The article talks extensively about the Infocom Zork games and _Dying Earth_ by Jack Vance. I hardly know how you could have more cites. Am I missing something? Keith Henson (talk) 13:27, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Appreciate the note about this you put on my talk page.

"Surprisingly, inferring that most or all information in an article came from the work(s) it encompasses fails to satisfy the guidelines laid down at Wikipedia:Citing sources. Wikipedia:Verifiability states that, ideally, "Articles should rely on reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy". In the cases where such sources do not exist, references to the material itself are somewhat permissible as long as they are explicitly referenced. Take a look at Final Fantasy VII#References for an example of how facts about a work can be referenced from within the work itself. In addition to providing acceptable referencing this method clearly separates facts actually contained in the work from original research done by the editors. Anyway, I hope that clarifies this for you. :)

That's a strange policy for Wikipedia. My wife is an archivist and research librarian and she tells me that citing primary sources--if you can--is always considered superior to citing secondary or third party sources. Wikipedia has this backwards on subjects like Jack Vance and computer games (Infocom) where you are not likely to find "reliable" 3rd party sources writing about imaginary predators. And while you can cite a page number where the origin of grues are discussed for Vance (page 248 in _The Complete Dying Earth_, hard cover, 1998, SFBC Fantasy, "Grue: man, ocular bat, unusual hoon") how do you cite a game where the damned things pop up and eat you when your light goes out?

Final Fantasy VII#References has 122 footnotes/cites. Is this really useful? Or is it the result of some kind of wikipedia rule gaming?

I happen to know a great deal about both Jack Vance (being a big fan) and Zork, having played it way back in the early 80s. The article on grues is good and as far as I can see accurate. I guess it will just have to live with the cites problem or be deleted.

Thanks for the education in the weirdness of Wikipedia. Keith Henson (talk) 02:50, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] San Andreas Multiplayer

Just letting you know I removed the prod on this one, it's already been to AFD twice according to the talk page. The latest was quite a while ago and a "no consensus", so I'd go that route. --UsaSatsui (talk) 08:10, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:GTA Liberty City Stories scan explosion.jpg

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:PokemonBattridScreen.jpg

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[edit] Gameinfo links

Hey, why'd ya remove the gameinfo links? ^^; All you had to do was adjust Template:Gameinfo, which I've done now (and moved to Template:Egamia). Perhaps you should restore the links? - furrykef (Talk at me) 05:45, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Moblin Miniblin.jpg)

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Moblin The Wind Waker.jpg)

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Moblin comic.jpg)

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Moblins cartoon.jpg)

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Octorok Big Octorok The Wind Waker.jpg)

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening map.png)

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[edit] Admin Coaching

I have heard that you are a good admin and coach so i was wondering if you would admin coach me i am currently up on the requests page, i'll match our pairing if you accept or you can do it, i was chatting on wikia irc and Skizzerz recommended that i ask you because he said you are a friendly helpful guy, anyway hope you accept, thanks.  Sunderland06  00:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC) Thats fine, i'm currently adopted by User:F9T, at the moment. Thanks.  Sunderland06  15:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:BS Zelda Kodai no Sekiban title screen.jpg)

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Moblin the Great Moblin.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Pac-Man World 2 with Pac-Man vs.jpg

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Zelda Game & Watch Gallery 4 remake.png

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[edit] Image:The_Legend_of_Zelda_cartoon_logo.png

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[edit] Image:Link_LOZ_with_items.png

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[edit] IEC prefixes: kibibytes v.s. kilobytes

From reviewing a Talk:MOSNUM archive, I see that you were one of the earliest editors to weigh in on the issue of whether or not the IEC prefixes like “kibibit,” “kibibyte,” “mebibyte” (Kib, KiB, MiB) should be adopted. I wanted to let you know that a new proposal is being considered on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers). Voting on it is ongoing here, and discussion is ongoing at various places throughout the page. I ask only that you very carefully read the proposed new policy guideline before posting a vote. If you have suggested revisions for the policy before even registering a vote, please feel free to do so in the provided “Comments” section immediately below the voting section. Greg L (my talk) 16:50, 1 April 2008 (UTC)