User talk:Scepia/archive/2007

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[edit] Let Me Know What Ya Think

Hey Scepia, borrowed one of your already made templates (credit was given :o)) and I made one making fun of "you" being the "Person of the Year" for 2006 by Time Magazine....everyone can use this one. It is located here: User:Orangemonster2k1/Userboxes/Time2006 If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you tell me where a list of the letter/number combos and their corresponding colors are...Thanks! - SVRTVDude 08:18, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Koji Kondo.jpg listed for deletion

[edit] User Box Sugegstion

I made a UserBox Called User Nintedophile that you might be interested in. It looks like this:

I'm aware that the image may not be fair use but... what can you do? --Thaddius 18:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Just examined the copyright of the image in question and it says that 'low resolution' versions of the image are acceptable. Would said userbox count? I will change it if this image does indeed turn out to be not allowed. --Thaddius 15:03, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Virtual Console (Wii)

Where does it say WP has to use military time (24 hour clock)? 9AM PST looks better than 09:00 PST. TJ Spyke 23:54, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hilarious edits (and other discrepancies from the truth)

So in what way are your amendments hilarious? They seem very similar to vandalism.

In fact, you seem to claim you're against vandalism when really you seem to thrive upon it. Don't you think you should either remove all references to your past vandalism OR remove all statements on your userpage saying you're against it?

Surely your entire userpage is a Vanity page, and as such (going by your own self-embraced ideal that all vanity pages should be removed) you should remove it yourself.

Just a thought. Blackmatt666 23:09, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, looks good! Hate to be a snot...but it's just so much fun!

Have Fun! Blackmatt666 23:46, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zelda: TP ranking

Since Game Rankings requires only 10 reviews to be ranked, you have to switch the search terms from 20 reviews to 10 reviews. There are 2 games with less than 20 reviews that rank higher than TP (the GBC version of Metal Gear Solid at 96.3% from 17 reviews, and the PC game Championship Manager 4 at 94.9% from 16 reviews). TJ Spyke 00:46, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:Wikipedia_dot_org.png)

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[edit] GTA 4 GamesTM article info

Hi, I noticed you deleted my additions to the gameplay section because they were unsourced. I have the link to the source (A GamesTM Magazine print article) but I'm not sure how to cite it in a reference. I put back the info and tentatively marked it as being from that source. Could you please help me integrate that as a citation? here's the link: http://www.destructoid.com/new-gta-iv-details-and-scans-34686.phtml Cheers, Henrysugar 05:24, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! Henrysugar 05:40, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_May_20

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[edit] Apple-iPhone.jpg

I have reverted your change to this image. The subject of the photograph is the physical product itself. Although it screen is included in the image, the image is, quite obviously, not a screen grab. Now, of course, if you're that concerned about it, someone could easily post out the screen all together and you'll be left with an image with a big black screen. Hardly attractive, but if that's what you'd rather see in the article, then so be it. Other than that, I suggest you enlist the help of an admin for explanation. Roguegeek (talk) 08:13, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia nor myself care about your personal opinion about copyright. Policy clearly defines these things and I would suggest you read up on it if you want to constructively edit. Maybe even think about using one of the "adopt an admin" programs they have to help guide you on this. I would also suggest that you take the time you spend trying to keep useless failed fair use images around on Wikipedia and put it to use trying to find free alternatives. We should be so lucky the English Wikipedia even allows fair use of any kind (which no other non-English Wikipedia does). Roguegeek (talk) 10:24, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I reverted your edit as well. I don't see why this image is fair use, it just isn't. .Koen 05:55, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:TPLinkMasterSword.png listed for deletion

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[edit] Zeruda/Zelda

Doesn't romanizing ゼルダ as Zeruda violate the Manual of Style (see Japan-realted articles > Romanization > Body Text)?

For transliterations from katakana, use the English spelling if available (i.e., Thunderbird (サンダーバード Sandābādo) instead of Sandābādo). If an English spelling is not available, but a spelling from another language of origin exists, use it (i.e., Homard (ja:オマール Omāru) rather than Omāru, and Zha cai (ja:ザーサイ Zāsai) rather than Zāsai). Otherwise, macrons should be used for all long vowels indicated with ー, including "a", "e", and "i".´

After all, the name is based on Zelda Fitzgerald, so it's certainly English. --Pidgeot (t) (c) (e) 16:36, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

(your reply copied for the sake of context - feel free to reply here if you prefer, I'm watching the page)

It seems like that MoS sections says to do both. As in The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説, Zeruda no Densetsu). There are 2 reasons for it to be this way: The "Zelda" part is included as the main title; also, the romaji should stay consistent. By that I mean, it should be stricly Zelda (ゼルダ, Zeruda). I think throwing English into the romaji would confuse people, and it's known at Zeruda in Japan, right? I will argue about the the Zelda Fitzgerald thing too. The name was based off an English woman, but considering that "Zelda" can't be said in Japanese, they changed it. I consider the Japanese version to be "official", far above any translations. Basically, if the North American version was never created, we would all call it "Zeruda". Scepia 21:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't know whether or not Japanese people realize it's really "Zelda" and not "Zeruda" - yes, it's written ゼルダ on the boxes, not Zelda, but the katakana reveals that it's not originally Japanese, and when romanizing with revised Hepburn (as the MoS says to do), it is standard to use the "original" spelling.

However, I realize that there seems to be a tendency towards not following the part I quoted at all - Super Smash Bros. Melee uses Sumasshu Burazāzu Derakkusu instead of Smash Bros. Deluxe, Luigi uses Ruīji, Charizard uses Rizādon, and heck, Princess Zelda even has Princess written as Purinsesu - so that might be a good indication that there is a different rule for that part of articles. I'll admit I can't find it, though, but I'm not really going to press further about this - I just happened to notice that it said Ken instead of Tsurugi (at least I know THAT part needed to be changed :) ), and changed the rest since that's how I read the MoS. --Pidgeot (t) (c) (e) 23:41, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thanks for your try on controlling that awful user defaming me everywhere. I feel really hurt by this but from his/her talk page, I can see that you at least tried to clear some of this up. What steps can I take now to get rid of everything that he's written. They are truly some awful words and I feel completely humiliated. More than I have ever felt. Can I delete the stuff he wrote on my user page and talk page without getting in trouble for blanking or vandalizing? I just don't think it's right that he is allowed to post that. I thought Wikipedia was filled with admin who took care of such awful stupidity. Please help if you can... Cynthia18 14:20, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 3 million Twilight Princess sales

Hi Scepia,

The reference makes a note of it at the bottom of the news article.

Happy editting

JackSparrow Ninja 02:08, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Warning on personal attacks

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[edit] Scaling images down

I just saw your tagging of {{fairusereduce}} on Image:Uno Draw 2 card.jpg and related images. I'm not complaining or anything, just saying I'd have appreciated a note on my talk page then I could have done it sooner. That's it. :) Cburnett 18:40, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism (again) by user Degraded man

@ In Flames he added As I lay Dying, Fall Out Boy, [[[Simple Plan]]] as influences, which are not. Please block him from editing as he was already warned. Thank You --Dexter prog 19:46, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Signing comments

Allo Scepia.
I only don't sign when I'm on certain computers where I can't readily log in. (hence the IP address) When using my own computer, or my office computer, I log in and sign properly.
The reason I don't ~sign when I'm not logged in is because I add (~Bladestorm) to identify who I am, and thought it'd be just a bit too long to include both that, and an IP signature. (almost like signing twice) I figured that identifying who I actually am was more significant than signing a dynamic IP address.
Quick question, as a possible solution... Happen to know if there's a way I can sign as myself without being logged in? (Sorta like how bots "sign" for me, even though they aren't me?) Happen to know if it's possible for me to 'sign for someone else', with the someone else simply being me? Bladestorm 17:53, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wii

I'm not being territorial, the subject has been talked to death on the talk page and everytime it get shots down. How many times does it need to be discussed. TJ Spyke 01:13, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure if there is a solution that will please everyone. In the last vote, several compromises were offered and none were accepted. I think everyone is tired of this issue. TJ Spyke 01:18, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

The fact that the name change got negative reastions IS mentioned in the article already. TJ Spyke 01:23, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] {{lowercase}}

{{Lowercase}} isn't an article warning - it just changes the page title so the first character displays in lowercase, and is used for pages that have lowercase titles (such as eBay and Talk:eBay). --Coredesat 07:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mario Parties

The one sentence or total deletion of this section is unreasonable. WP:NOT states nothing against this list. Instead it says Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia, there is no limit to the size or number of articles. You are therefore violating a policy. Henchman 2000 13:24, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

The images you removed from my userpage may be screenshots, but I took them myself. Who changed the licensing?! Pikminlover^Meep!|| 01:02, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Line Rider Template

THE SLEDDER HAS GONE!!! WHY !! I complained nearly a week ago, i think. Jake95_(talk!) 18:00, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:UBM

Hi Scepia: if you'd like to userfy any more userboxes, now's a good time. (CAT:UBM is empty, and my bot is begging for more work :-) —Mets501 (talk) 04:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Why are you moving general purpose, uncontroversial userboxes (that are useful to identify professional traits of editors) to your userspace? It seems like the consensus is to leave such boxes in template space... or at the very least that there is no consensus to remove them. The inconsistent migration of boxes indicating that one is a Bayesian, but not that one is a Statistician is unhelpful. Tomyumgoong 19:00, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

WP:UBM states that it is not necessary to migrate uncontroversial userboxes that are useful in describing the interests of an editor in a way that is useful to the encyclopedia. Migrating them all to a particular individual's userspace (especially without the consensus of those using the boxes) is inappropriate. And silly. Tomyumgoong 01:03, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Need some template help

Allo
I just need to know that I didn't screw anything up (in my first attempt at a template).
The template was for converting foreign currencies to american dollars. You can see the explanation here. And you can find the template here.
Did I make any horrible mistakes? Bladestorm 08:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Scepia/The Prestige

I don't want to be offensive, but I'd like to know why you moved a userbox I created into your account. As far as I know, you aren't part of the Userbox Migration thing, but then again, I might just be ignorant. Can you please let me know? --Major Despard 00:59, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Scepia. Look, I know that no one owns anything on Wikipedia and all that sort of stuff. Sorry to be a pain, too. Anyway, thanks again. --Major Despard 05:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] fair use

i noticed you tagged an image released by IBM as a candidate for a user-replaced image. The picture is of an IBM tech in a clean room with a tray of Wii chips. I'm not sure how someone could hope to create something to that effect -- how many of us have (camera!) access to an IBM cleanroom?  ;-) /Blaxthos 00:00, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, then let's take a picture of any modern console's chip. There's no reason to have that picture of the manufacturing room, because it's not essential, or even particularly important to the content on IBM. Since we are attempting to illustrate the products of IBM, a picture of the chips would be acceptable, because free triumphs fair. Scepia 03:51, 28 February 2007 (UTC) (copied)

Did you read the article? The point is that IBM manufactures the chips -- not the chips themselves. This image was released by IBM as a promotional picture, and is intended for this purpose. Please save argument for problems that actually exist. /Blaxthos 04:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

"This image was released by IBM as a promotional picture" Unfortunately, that means fair use. Regardless of your personal feelings, or IBM's feelings on use of this image, the law in place on Wikipedia stands that we need to replace "promotional" photos where possible, or where the photos don't help the article greatly. Hey, if it were my site, or your site, that would be acceptable, but we have fair use. Scepia 04:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC) (copied)

1. Wikipedia has policies and guidelines, not laws.
2. "My feelings on the use of this image" are not at issue.
3. "or IBM's feelings -- IBM, as the copyright holder, is the only one that really matters. In this instance, where it is a valid fair use (and is not re-creatable, and has value), there is not an issue.

You're over-analyzing the guideline and creating problems where none exist. Judging by your talk and contribution history, it appears others have pointed this out in the past. I hope you can focus your energy on more productive tasks. Good luck! /Blaxthos

Copyright matters. I can care about whatever i want. "Wikipedia has policies and guidelines, not laws." Fair use is a law. You seriously need to check out the page on fair use. Fair use is not some imagined policy that Wikipedia came up with. Fair use is a valid US copyright matter. Do you honestly think i'm trying to be a snot? No, i am trying to comply with the law, which states that unless the image is essential to the article, it needs to be replaced. It is pretty easy to use... oh... . Scepia 03:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC) (copied)

Let's make this pretty simple... Do you believe that the use of this image is a violation of copyright law? Do you honestly believe that the use of this image is a violation of wikipedia guidelines? Do you think that this is an issue worth your energy (especially since the copyright holder has specifically released this to illustrate their participation in game console production)? ...or... maybe you're just trying to make a WP:POINT and create problems where none exist. Your past contributions and discussions with other editors lead me to believe you enjoy just going around looking for problems (and apparently inventing some when you feel the need). Sorry to no longer WP:AGF, but your history speaks for itself. Please find actual problems, instead of creating them. /Blaxthos 04:15, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bit of help?

Allo scepia. Just needed some (pretty basic) help, and you were the first person I thought of that I could ask.
I want to archive my talk page, but there are still a couple things that I'd like to keep on it.
I'm having a hard time understanding the wikipedia page for archiving talk pages. If I just 'move' my talk page to /Archive1, will that still preserve the edit history for it? (I figured that, if that worked, then I could just copy over the things I wanted to keep on my main talk page, like the article suggestions from SuggestBot)
So, any problems? Thanks. Bladestorm 04:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Much neater now. :) Bladestorm 17:56, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Advice on Phantom Hourglass

Hey Scepia

GameInformer just confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass will first be released in Japan, meaning before the 2007 holiday seasons (US date). However, I wasn't too sure how to format this with the Japanese date. I've just put

2007 (first region)

for now, but perhaps you have a better idea to format it.

JackSparrow Ninja 05:35, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, considering that release dates start with the 1st region on top (which is nearly always JP, NA, EUR / AUS), i am actually not sure that (first region) is needed. I will leave it, as a user may be confused, but i also noticed that the page uses flagicons. ^{I am going to change them to superscript}. Scepia 05:41, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

The reason I did this, is because Japan is always automatically put above, because usually it's first. However, this time it's confirmed, so that's why I was looking to making it clear it was confirmed to be first now. JackSparrow Ninja 05:46, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You got me pal

Yes, you directed me to the practical joke page. I was expecting something in my talk page LOL. --Cyril Thomas 12:30, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

User:PatPeter/Wikiproject:Source to Short/StSBarnstar

[edit] userspace -> userspace

Have a look at this edit[1]. 2 problems; "User:UBX" implys that it is more official (why can't you host them on your own account?) and the UBXs were already hosted on a willing user page. There's no reason to move them, and especially not to a specific account for userbox hosting. Scepia 03:56, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Scepia. The userbox was moved to User:UBX's userspace per request of User:Mira, not because I just decided to move them. This was Mira's message:

Hi there, I noticed what you did with Rfrisbie's userbox archive, and was wondering if you could do the same to mine (if it's not too much work) at User:MiraLuka/Userboxes (a full list is at User:MiraLuka/Userboxes/Alphabetical). I've been out of the userbox "business" for a while now, and I recently asked for a name change, so I thought this would be the ideal time to move them all out. Please let me know if you're willing to do this. —Mira 08:17, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I personally do not support moving userboxes from userspace to userspace, as it's unnecessary edits, but users have the right to rid themselves of stuff in their own userspace. Which brings me to the reason why I created User:UBX. It wasn't meant to be more official, but a userspace clear from the grasp of any user, including me, who could decide to leave at any time or rid themselves of their userspace. At no point will boxes ever have to be moved out, and if I decided to quit (which I don't plan to), I wouldn't have to worry about moving away all of the userboxes. If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to ask. —METS501 (talk) 04:04, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

"I didn't want to host the userboxes in subpages of User:Mets501, for various reasons"
Funny, you never mention these "reasons". The least you could do is make User:Mets502 or something, so at least it doesn't encourage people to put userboxes on a seemingly "official" account (User:UBX). I hope Jimbo deletes the account if he sees it; there is no reason to have such a official-sounding name for any account. Should i put up a little "move your userboxes" thing on my page? I'm certainly not leaving Wikipedia any time soon. If Mira is tired of the userboxes, she shouldn't have put them on her account in the 1st place. It is not your job to collect them, it is up to all of us. Thank you. Scepia 04:12, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Why the hostility from you? I'm not trying to falsely sound official or anything else. I just explained to you why I didn't want the userboxes in subpages of User:Mets501 above. I don't want the account to sound official, I just thought that was a good account name for what I'm doing. You don't need to put a "move your userboxes" thing on your page, and the sarcasm is not appreciated. I've only moved userboxes from two users, one who was leaving the project and one who got a name change and requested it. Saying that you hope Jimbo deletes the account is just rude and unnecessary. My goal is not to act in secret or offend anyone, and I think you need to assume more good faith instead of coming in with a sarcastic and rude response. —METS501 (talk) 04:23, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I apologize if i was rude. I was not being sarcastic; but recommending a solution that would eliminate any official-sounding account. I am glad to host UBXs on my account, but am opposed to a specific account just for that - guess why? Jimbo's policy. I'm not trying to be brash about policy - it is what it is. Sorry. Scepia 04:42, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Do you mind pointing me to anything where Jimbo said he was opposed to it? If he did, then I will reconsider. —METS501 (talk) 04:45, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

"How would you feel about moving all of the Userboxes that you moved to your userspace to User:UserBox's? McKay 16:06, 5 January 2007 (UTC)"

"Unfortunately, that idea has been vetoed by Jimbo himself. No special purpose accounts for hosting userboxes, it turns out. -GTBacchus(talk) 22:45, 5 January 2007 (UTC)"

User talk:Scepia/archive/userbox migration#the User:UserBox solution Scepia 04:50, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. I have written to Jimbo asking about the situation, and I'll let you know when I get a response. —METS501 (talk) 05:02, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userboxes

Can you have created so many, would you mind creating one for people who prefer Xbox and GameCube over the PS2 (similar to the one you made for Xbox and PS2 over GameCube)? TJ Spyke 07:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Resident evil userbox

Hi, I'm correcting links pointing to the Resident Evil disambiguation page and noticed one of your userboxes does so. Would you mind if I change it to point to Resident Evil (series) or Resident Evil (video game)? (This should force all the occurrences of the userbox to change right?) Gimboid 15:09, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Wii games

Hey there Scepia,

I've noted that you've contributed before to the List of Wii games. Just wanted to let you know that the list is getting ready for Featured status and is currently undergoing a Peer Review. If you can take a moment to look over the article and add your suggestions/comments for improvement here, it'd be much appreciated. Thanks! -Digiwrld1 22:03, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userboxes

Close to all of your userboxes are miscategorized. Please read the rules at Category:User templates before making any more. -PatPeter 14:02, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of best-selling video games

I see you changed the Franchise list to use #'s instead of 1,2,3... Your reason was display issues. May I ask what the display issues were? Zomic_13 15:40, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Messages

Please do not mislead people into going to pages they did not intend to go to. This is considered vandalism and if you do not stop, I will request that you be blocked eskimospy (talk to me) 15:40, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

I am sorry, I wasn't actually serious (the "talk to me" link to the practical joke page was supposed to be a stupid counter-joke). By the way, I liked the "new message" thing. No hard feelings.--eskimospy (talk • count) 00:46, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Also, please do not remove the "message" message on the top of your userpage. I really feel like a mean person now.--eskimospy (talk • count) 00:49, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiLove

KatxCore has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

[edit] Soul Blade UBX

Ummm...heh; I know that this makes me sound like either a perfectionist or a nerd, but shouldn't your Soul Calibur/Blade userbox say "This user plays games in the Soul series" or something along the line of that? ChromeWulf ZX 23:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Ehhh..ok...thanks anyway. ChromeWulf ZX 23:55, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wii date

We are just listing the first date it was available (which was, by the way, for almost all of North America and part of South America. So it wasn't just the United States). There is a link right next to it to the Wii launch page, which has the release date info for every country. If you feel differently, please start a discussion on the Wii talk page. TJ Spyke 05:32, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Typo redirect Final fantast vii

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[edit] Grand Theft Auto IV

Just to let you know I reverted your change of "instalment" to "installment". This is because the article has been written in British English, see WP:ENGVAR. Thanks. John Hayes^talk 07:14, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Did you read WP:ENGVAR? I reverted your change again. Firstly because the article has to have one consistent form of English, so if you change one you have to change them all. You didn't do this. Secondly WP:ENGVAR states any change in style has to be for a very good reason, and has to have reached consensus that it is needed on the article talk page. Again you didn't do this. WP:ENGVAR states that if an article is obviously linked to one style it should use that, but this is not that case. It is produced in Britain as much as America, so this reason can't be used, and America being larger is not a valid reason, nor is people being confused by another style of spelling, otherwise every article would have to be written in US English. By all means discuss the change on the talk page, and see what the consensus is. My personal feeling is that the article could be written in either style, but that there is not a strong enough case to switch it to US English, so it should stay with the original style. John Hayes^talk 07:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

There is no point discussing this with me, it's not my decision, I don't mind either way, it is policy not to change a style without a strong reason and consensus, you have to reach this on the talk page, there is already a discussion on the talk page, so I would suggest you make the same comments you made to me there. But as a quick guide to your reasons

• America has a larger readership on Wikipedia, and larger game sales - Not a valid reason, the style has to be based on the subject of the article
• 2 users changed the spelling of "instalment", and it was reverted, which is counterproductive. - Not if they are acting against policy, while ignoring ongoing dicussions
• The game takes place in America. - True, but so does Live and Let Die, doesn't mean that it should be written in US English
• Rockstar and Take-Two are based in America. - But also in Britain, in fact the majority of the game is produced in Britain
• For a general idea of the popularity of different spellings, Google searches[2][3] give "instalment" 4 million hits and "installment" 25 million hits - Irrelevant the style has to be based on the subject of the article
• GTA series, GTA II, and GTA III are in American English - Irrelevant, this is about this article, not the others
• American English tends to be more phonetic, as we say "cent-er" not "cent-re" in speech - This doesn't mean every article should be written in US English
• Changing the article's spellings takes one user, and i am happy to do it. - There is no doubt it wouldn't take much effort, but it is the principle of the change that matters.

If you can provide a strong reason for change, based on WP:ENGVAR, which consensus is reached on, by all means change it, but until then leave it as it is. John Hayes^talk 08:59, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

By the way, the discussion in at Talk:Grand Theft Auto IV#Spelling. Thanks. John Hayes^talk 09:01, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fallout 3 logo

Hey Scepia, could you please do me a favor? I need to find the logo for Fallout 3 and scale it down to userbox size. I tried to upload one of mine but it didn't work, could you help me? WikiTaco 21:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Elder Scrolls userbox

First of all I want to say, great job on all the userboxes. Now, to the point, the user box

This user plays all the Elder Scrolls games.

links to Elder Scrolls rather than The Elder Scrolls I'm trying to clean up the list of pages that link to Elder Scrolls but alot of them are users using your userbox. I don't know how possible this is but if it is possible could you make the small change to the link. Thanks Cabe6403 23:43, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind, figured out how to do it myself, I hope you don't mind Cabe6403 00:40, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

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• Thank you for your help and your reply! Cabe6403 08:09, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Pfizer-logo.gif)

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[edit] EV Nova userbox

Hey, I added the picture from the Escape Velocity Nova article to the userbox to spice it up a bit, I hope that's alright. GlassCobra (talk • contribs) 07:52, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Check that, just discovered fair use images aren't okay in userboxes. This box definitely needs a kick though. Any suggestions? GlassCobra (talk • contribs) 07:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, that looks better than before. Thanks! GlassCobra 02:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Frequency

Forgive me, but so as not to clutter that discussion page with yet another dialogue, I thought I would ask you here: why did you separate out the paragraphs on the French women's survey and the San Francisco men's survey from the hetero and homo categories in the Anal sex article? Haiduc 03:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

I would suggest that your edit is based on a misinterpretation of the term, as they say, "being more Catholic than the Pope". Orientation is only one sense of "hetero" or "homo", the other being of course the quality of the act. Take a look at the article on Homosexuality, the very top of the intro.Haiduc 11:28, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your explanations. I have restored those two sentences to their previous locations, as I felt that otherwise they would have created more problems than they solved. Regards, Haiduc 04:27, 28 September 2007 (UTC)