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Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/The Legend of Zelda titles

I've got WP:FTC number two on the go. Let's see how this goes. Gary King (talk) 18:50, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Thoughts on my new signature? I figured I'd try something new, to try and make an identity for myself. Gary King (talk) 18:55, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I should have done this a while ago just to create an 'identity' for myself. I think yours stands out a lot, especially because it's Verdana and that's a big font :) I originally had no space in between, but added it after finding that people might search for my name on Talk pages using 'Gary King' in their browser's 'Find' feature, and adding a space would let them find me. If I wanted to, I could add the space then hide it using fancy CSS, but that would require too many characters that I don't think I have enough of. Gary King (talk) 19:25, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
I've made a new user page layout. The toughest problem is that I'm making the layout for 1024x768 screens but my own screen is 1440x900, so it doesn't look as pleasing to me. 1024x768 is still the majority (I think?) so I'm making it for those guys! Regarding that, what screen size are you using? 1024x768? Gary King (talk) 22:21, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:WPDBZ

Are you still up for updating these pages? You may respond below, Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 05:43, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. Time constraints have been more prevalent lately. It's a rather time-consuming process to bring those lists up to par, but I'll get to it eventually. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 06:12, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Ok. Where should a shortcut box be placed on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/Dragon Ball? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 20:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't know. The formatting problem is a bit weird. You might want to try WP:HELPDESK. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 06:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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Attack

Looks like someone hasn't read WP:V or WP:NPOV. using TW)

Yes i have, i have been here for many years and have kept up to date with them all of them, also please do not use twinkle on non vandalism edits.--The Last Uchiha 13:43, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Have it your way then--The Last Uchiha 09:24, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow 1UP.com content

FYI- You may or may not know about Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/1UP Reference Update Task Force, which was set up because 1UP.com altered the website setup and some content. Anyway, I just check DoS, and it was for the most part fine. The only thing I found was the last sentence in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow#Setting wasn't really supported by the source anymore. The text is still there, but I commented out it and the ref tag in case you know of another source you can use. Just thought you'd like to know. (Guyinblack25 talk 15:26, 21 April 2008 (UTC))

DYK

Updated DYK query On 21 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Soul Eater episodes, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Thoughts on if and when to run again for adminship?

I'm curious as to your thoughts on if and when I should run again for adminship? As I said before, the adminship was both a great place to see what I have been doing right here at Wikipedia, and also a wake-up call to see what I need to improve on. Thankfully, mainspace edits and civility were both not a concern; most of the concern lied with my understanding of policy. Fortunately, that is something that is not embedded deep within me and can be learned on and improved on, and of course, that's what I have been doing since the RFA ended. So, I'm curious as to whether or not I should run again? The mop would certainly be useful when I am content-editing — something I plan on being my main focus during my 'career' here at Wikipedia. I don't think I will see myself being a vandal-fighter; over long periods of time here, I will probably always be contributing content to Wikipedia, so admin tools will be secondary to real content. The tools would definitely be useful when they are needed, though — especially for non-controversial, maintenance work. I'd like my next RFA to focus on my content-building above everything else, and that's what I will be focusing on in my edits. Regarding the when for a future RFA, it'd preferably be this year :) But more specifically, the summer would be ideal, because that's when I would have the most free time to spare for the stress of an RFA. Any other time during the year would be extremely inconvenient — I may also be AFK for the last few months of the summer, meaning from July to September or so. Your thoughts? Cheers! Gary King (talk) 09:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to also mention that I have decided to start an Editor Review in a few weeks on myself, and ask for reviews from people who opposed my first nomination to see if I have improved or not, and what else could be improved. Hopefully the edits that I make from now until a future RFA convinces them that my edits have improved significantly :) Gary King (talk) 09:54, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
is it possible to see a user's edits on a single page besides browsing through the page's history? Gary King (talk) 18:52, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTD

Congratulations! A list you have been involved with was selected a WP:LOTD for May. You may want to add the {{ListoftheDayheader}} or {{ListoftheDaylayout}} templates somewhere in your userspace. Other template options are at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/templates. Your list will appear as WP:LOTD twice. If you have any date preferences in May let me know by April 25th.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 19:28, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

thank spam

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral.

Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations.

Thank you again, VanTucky

Majin Buu --> Majin Boo

Fellow member, can you move the article? It's pretty much the last Dragon Ball page, under the scope of WP:WPDB, titled under the "wrong" Japanese-translated name. See this discussion. BTW, I left a reply here in case you missed it. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 05:13, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Done. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 06:29, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:AFD

I should give you another barnstar for providing all the diffs :) Thanks. And of course:

The AFD Barnstar
For taking the challenge and making over 50 contributions to AFD, I Milk’s Favorite Cookie (Talk) hereby award you this Barnstar. Congrats! Milk’s Favorite Cookie (Talk) 16:28, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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Shikamaru Nara to GA (or something like that)

With my poor "English-condensing" abilities I have been cleaning Shikamaru Nara in order to leave as good as Orochimaru (Naruto) or Gaara. However, the article would need some conception improvement and a grammar check to reception. i think that Naruto artbook may have some conception info of the character. Cheers.--Tintor2 (talk) 14:25, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

And how could I forgot? the lead needs to be increased also ^_^Tintor2 (talk) 14:39, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for bothering but could I know if you are working there or you are kind of busy? Regards.--Tintor2 (talk) 17:46, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I am finding now a days more reception of Itachi Uchiha and updating it in the draft. See "For me, Naruto has always been one of those shows that I'll watch on TV simply because it's on, but I don't know that I've ever felt a burning desire to pull out a DVD and rewatch an episode. However, these episodes are still amongst what I think are the “good” episodes, so if you're going to buy any Naruto boxset, this should be one of them. The villains are still exciting and frighteningly evil, and these episodes are still in the stage where plenty of character development is still happening. Sasuke's brother is really interesting, if only just for what his appearance reveals about Sasuke's past."[1]--Tintor2 (talk) 17:49, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

InuYasha

Hey. In the Goryomaru AfD you said "Judging from the number of these characters at WP:ANIME/D, the InuYasha articles could use a serious cleanup effort." Indeed it could if Template:InuYasha characters and Template:InuYasha are any indication. It seems like some of our biggest series, and some of our most potential FA/FT ones, are in the worse shape. InuYasha, Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, etc. Unfortunately, the parts I've tried to help clean up with seem to often be met with the main editors who dig in their heels about the need to follow MoS and Wikipedia guidelines. It would be good if the clean up task force discussed in the project gets formed and maybe revives the collaboration efforts as those big articles definitely need more than one editor for progress to get made. Collectonian (talk) 19:27, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

81.23.56.73 (talk · contribs)

Hi there. I added a retroactive block notice to match the date and time you blocked this IP address. Friendly reminder: Don't forget to add block notices, found here. Cheers! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 18:09, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks Sephiroth, for your gracious editor review. :) Being new still, in some respects, I really didn't expect a review so positive. Also, in the past I have hesitated to install anti-vandal tools like TW and HUGGLE because I either didn't have the things necessary (like Opera or Firefox for Twinkle), or my operating system's too old to support Huggle; I have a ten year old computer running Windows Millenium Edition, unfortunately. I'm currently trying to install Lupin's tool, but I'm experiencing some difficulty, still. But, anyhow, thank you so much, and I'll be sure to keep up what I'm doing. :D Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 01:51, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

This edit

Then could you kindly ask that she strike out the unnecessary and unconstructive remarks about me? Thank you. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 18:40, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Up for a redirect nukefest?

User:Caribbean H.Q. never finished all of these, and I gave another sysop a list of other redirects but (s)he never responded. So, I was thinking you'd like to scan through both and get rid of the unneeded ones? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 03:10, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Mark the ones you want to delete under CSD R3. That will make my job easier, as well as alert other administrators, who can tackle the issue also. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 03:13, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
I actually want all of them deleted so can you look at them and decide? Any you're unsure of, I'll tag for deletion. Just let me know. Or are you unsure of all of them? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 04:32, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Abtract

Do you have any thoughts on the situation with Abtract, part of which is documented on my talk page? He's showing a very bad tendency to edit war against consensus, usually doing 3-4 reverts then "stopping." He's seemed to avoid any blocks from the generosity of other editors in not reporting him and trying to work with him because he keeps promising to change. He's also be engaging in some incivility, particularly with User:Sesshomaru whom he has accused of stalking him. I've tried to talk to him, Redrocket has tried to talk to him, and LessHeard vanU attempted to mediate and correct as well. His responses are not showing any indication that he is going to change his behavior at all. I'm thinking the next step would be an WP:RFC/USER. Would that be correct? Collectonian (talk) 18:54, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I would be quite happy for that to happen. And thanks for taking an interest. :) Abtract (talk) 22:38, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user

Caution There is currently a backlog of 52 users at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user. Please consider offering adoption to one or more of these users. Don't forget to change their {{adoptme}} template to {{adoptoffer|Sephiroth BCR/Archive 13}}. Thank you for your continued participation in Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User. xenocidic (talk) 19:57, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

FYI

Please take note of the bottom part of this diff. Thanks.--chaser - t 09:18, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Speaking frankly, he adopts an inclusionist stance that puts most inclusionists to shame - he believes that practically anything that's verifiable (even a lot of stuff that fails WP:NOT) belongs on Wikipedia, and his primary response to any form of criticism is that it's scaring new users away, which is, most of the time, not really relevant to the subject. He's even opposed people on RfAs because their !votes on AfDs are "delete" most of the time, ignoring the obvious fact that most of the articles that are sent to AfD do warrant deletion. That and he blames people that bring AfDs forward or !vote "delete" for not improving the article, even when he's pointed out that the burden of proof falls on the editors of the article, not the people bringing forth the AfDs. I could go on, but I think you get the idea. He's basically established himself as an "extremist" as you've put it, and your marked off post was basically spot-on. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 09:36, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Maybe so, but I don't want to say something negative about my own adoptee unless I'm sure it's true. I'm not denying it, but I'm not saying it either.--chaser - t 11:46, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
I have argued to delete more articles than a good number of deletionists have argued to keep, so unless if you're willing to designate a good deal of those on the opposite side "extremist" as well, then calling me one is uneven. I believe that anything that's verifiable and passes what Wikipedia is belongs on Wikipedia, the paperless encyclopedia that combines general and specialized encyclopedias and alamanacs. We can oppose RfAs for whatever reason we want and as a major function of admins is closing deletion discussions, it is relevant to the community if the candidates have a bias one way or the other. How else can we assess how they will closes these discussions than by their participation in them? The fact is that many articles sent to AfD do not warrant deletion and those that I argue to keep do not, which is why a sizable number of articles sent to AfD are kept (they could not be kept if only I argued to keep them). The deletion policy suggests that editors make attempts to improve the article and discuss with its contributors before just bringing it to AfD, so the whole burden of proof claim is bunk. Finally, please note that even some deletionists have made my list of editors who said nice or supportive comments about me. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 13:46, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

FLD

I see you are not listed among the nominees for FLD and did not formally decline or withdraw. What is going on?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:09, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I guess I should have phrased my question more formally. I was looking for your name at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Featured list director. I would like a response before I cast my votes. Can you respond at my talk page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:11, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

FYI

Hello, Sephiroth BCR. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Yours, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 08:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Unending discussion

Sorry I missed the fun this weekend. It looks like the discussion has reached a consensus. I'll keep an eye on it though. (Guyinblack25 talk 15:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC))

Delete page

Can you delete this page I blanked: User:Gary King/monobook.js/punctuation-config.js. I would request a CSD but I can't do so on JS pages. Gary King (talk) 23:19, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Gary King/js/user tabs.js Can go, too (as I've noted in the page's History). Gary King (talk) 02:33, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
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Akatsuki (Naruto)

First off, about Akatsuki. I know it was merge by consensus, but what bothered me was the fact that you did not even put in a merge tag before doing so. (which at least notifies other users who might come in to this and have their own say on the matter. Who the heck is gonna know that this was taking place on Akatsuki's Talk page?) So, in a way, that was merge without warning, which I believe is improper on this site, don't you think? ZeroGiga (talk) 04:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Admin coaching

I'm looking to become an admin, but I feel like I've still got a long way to go before I'm ready. I noticed on the coach status page that you have one student already but that you could take on one more. I was wondering if you would coach me? I came to you instead of placing my name on the list because I've worked with you on articles before. Please let me know what your response is when you have the chance. Thank you. --Eruhildo (talk) 22:14, 8 May 2008 (UTC)