User talk:Sparky the Seventh Chaos/Archive 1

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[edit] Metroid Prime and first-person adventures

I removed almost all of the first-person adventure article. The article just didn't agree with what I and many others thought first-person adventure meant. (For the reaction of those who play adventure games, see here: http://forums.adventuregamers.com/showthread.php?t=9661&page=1&pp=20 ) Metroid Prime was released in 2002, and the first first-person text adventure was released in 1976, so I think the definition referring to adventure games is the correct one. At least for the time being. --Deadworm222 15:37, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ponderosa

I changed Ponderosa back into a redirect to Bonanza -- you stated that the reason that you restored the original text was "the link to the tree is worth keeping," but the Bonanza article already has a link to Ponderosa Pine, so I really don't see the point in a seperate article. Even if there is information in Ponderosa that isn't in Bonanza, I think a merge would probably be more appropriate, since they are different names for the same show. - RedWordSmith 02:49, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject: Computer and Video Games

I've noticed your contributions to game-related articles. Maybe you'd be interested in this WikiProject? I don't see you on the list of participants. –Andre (talk) 22:45, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] SR-388 pic

Sorry, I meant Metroid Fusion when referring to the pic. I went in an changed it. (talk) >]])

[edit] The Gaming Collaboration of the week

Hey there Sparky the Seventh Chaos! I just wanted to drop you a message to inform you of the new Gaming Collaboration of the week that's just been set up. You seem to be interested and knowledgeable about computer/console gaming, so I thought I'd drop you a line. Gaming Collaboration of the week aims to improve the quality of Wikipedia's computer and video game articles through widespread cooperative editing, similar to the more generic Collaboration of the week. If you're interested, please stop by the page or its talk page. It would also be appriciated if you spread the word about Gaming Collaboration of the week's existence--I'm sure there are plenty of Wikipedians that would be glad to help out. Anyways, I look forward to collaborating with you to make a better Wikipedia. --pie4all88 01:48, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] The Metal Sonic image.

I found it on google images. But i´m sure it´s an official artwork of Sega. Sorry if i set the wrong license... how can i change it??

Sorry about don´t signing it. I´m new here. It was found on http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/sonikku/. I guess it´s probably from the sonic cd manual.--Mark the Echidna 23:16, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Pokemon cloning

Here's the content of the deleted article you wanted to see:

In the Pokémon video games, there are two ways to "clone" Pokémon, and both of them involve exploiting in-game glitches. One works in the Pokémon Red and Blue versions. It involves trading Pokémon and turning off the game during the process. However, instead of duplication the trick may sometimes delete the Pokémon if improper timing is used.
There is also another way to clone Pokémon. It is a trick that can clone Pokémon and items. It works only in the Gold, Silver, and Crystal versions, although it does require more exact timing in the Crystal version.

I think it looks OK myself, and I voted to undelete it, but I also appreciate Pokemon content more than a lot of people. Everyking 07:32, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations!

Congratulations! You've been mentioned in the external press -- see Wikipedia:Press coverage#December! :) -- Arwel 22:36, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] You're in the news

Check out [1]. Incidently, excellent work on your diligence on the Ecco the Dolphin article! - Ta bu shi da yu 22:49, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Response to the above two comments

Heh, too bad said article reads like it was written by one of those mildly entertaining (at least in small doses) vandal types, which I suppose it was. ^_^ Ah well – I'm in the news, and I don't care that they seem to think us Wikipedians are a bunch of geeks with no lives. And thanks very much for the Barnstar! Hehe... my first user page vandalism followed so soon by my first Barnstar – I feel important. Not too important, though. ^_~ --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 01:09, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] The Humungous Image Tagging Project

Hi. You've helped with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)

[edit] If you're here because of my messages on behalf of the HITP...

Please post your descriptions under this header. ^_^ --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 23:59, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

[edit] Did you know that you don't exist?

Not according to a particular Cornell Sun editor. See User_talk:Ta_bu_shi_da_yu#JS.27s_Response and [2] where you are mentioned directly. Some people have no clue. - Ta bu shi da yu 12:31, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Well, I think I prefer non-existence to that editor's existence. And all this time I thought I was an actual eccentric entity with a penname/screename... --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 12:40, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling

I think you may have spelled 'licensing' wrongly on your user page. 62.49.5.21 17:15, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thanks. I could've sworn I ran that through a spellcheck... guess not. ^^' --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 18:12, Dec 27, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Powerpuff Girls category dispute

I'm thinking that maybe we should post it up for comment. Then again, I fear a decision that would chafe critics. Marcus2 22:25, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)

[edit] pokemon/digimon

If you insist, then how about I add a differing description to that page just to make Pokémon and Digimon unrelated.

I apologise, but I'm not really sure what you mean here. They are inherently different from one another; it's just... part of what they are. It's like Metroid Prime and Halo being different, or The Call of the Wild and White Fang. Similar ideas, perhaps, but inherently different executions.
Also, you can sign your name by clicking the "Your signature with timestamp" button in the Edit window, or by simply typing three or four tidles (~); three gives your signature with no timestamp, four with. People appreciate it when you sign your Talk page posts. --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 01:49, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)

Pretend it's a guide book to how Digimon are different than Pokemon.

RoadRunner3000

[edit] Return of the Untagged Image project

You were kind enough to contribute to the Wikipedia:Untagged images project; I beg to draw your attention to part 2 of the project - there are about 12,000 more images in need of tagging. Any assistance you could provide would be most welcome. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk)

[edit] A Pokemon Wiki

There is a Pokemon wiki at http://pokemon.wikicities.com/wiki/Home - it's not as good as the stuff we have here, but I think if we help, it may be within a few months. I think that us Wikipedians from the Pokemon project should help there to make is better. User142 30 June 2005 11:57 (UTC)

[edit] Expanding and improving the Pokémon articles

I saw your name on the WikiProject Pokédex rollcall. The Pokémon Adoption Center is improving, expanding, cleaning up, and reorganizing the Pokémon-related articles, and I wanted to invite you back to help. Some of the Pokémon species stubs still need to be adopted, and we're still building consensus on how to structure tools like categories and lists, designing new infoboxes, and writing a new Pokémon article style guide. If you're interested, take a look at our new Wikiportal, and come and contribute to the discussion at WP:PAC. - A Man In Black (Talk | Contribs) 23:10, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Please do not put Pokemon articles in the Fictional Birds category or other Fictional animal categories. Leave them in the Pokemon categories, usually handled by the templates, I think. Thanks. Hu 02:18, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I was just reverting, man. But I'll keep that in mind in the future. --Sparky Lurkdragon 04:05, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] lol

lol furry :P

Don't be swack, why you swack, hey you swack -WindFish

[edit] more spelling

Your userpage says "...and Wikipedia is no acception". Acception should be exception (at least according to my English teacher, and she's probably right).

69.138.229.246 04:32, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] All your base are belong to us

As an occasional editor of the All your base are belong to us article, I wanted you to know that someone has suggested that the transcript of the opening and closing dialog be deleted. Personally, I think this is ludicrous, but your support is needed to keep the information on Wikipedia. If you are in favor of keeping the text, as it is clearly used under fair use guidelines, please enter a KEEP vote on its AFD page. Thanks! --BRossow 05:18, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I think you'd be perfect...

For the Alien Species Wiki. By your profile, it looks like you're into this kind of thing. Head over there and check it out at least. I'm trying to get it started.--Silentshadow900 21:15, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I'll certainly give it a look-over. ^_^ --Sparky Lurkdragon 23:32, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pegasuses

I have to agree with this one! It should be Pegasi!

Although, I'm more of a "winged horses" man myself.Michaelritchie200 07:00, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I dislike all forms of calling winged horses "Pegasuses/Pegasi/pegasuses/pegasi", openly and without regret. It's like calling an orca a keiko or a collie a lassie.
Perhaps I need to make that a bit more clear. :) --Sparky Lurkdragon 00:11, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation

Hi Sparky, I'm fixing a bunch of disambiguation links for "medium" and your Userpage came up on my list. I was wondering if you could change it so it drops off the disambiguation list. Artistic or Material perhaps? Thanks! - Dreadlocke 05:13, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I'll just delink it. :) --Sparky Lurkdragon 11:29, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Sparky! - Dreadlocke 04:19, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Pokémanics anon

If you are interested in Pokémon articles, you may like to join the Pokémon Collaborative Project, a group of editors who work together to improve Pokémon articles. You can help with our current collaborations (which are Pokémon and Marshtomp) and find out more information on editting articles, as well as discuss Poké-related information. We hope to see you there! Highway Rainbow Sneakers 21:48, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thank you the barnstar, it's very shiny. ; ) Highway Rainbow Sneakers 07:22, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fanfiction!

Oh cool, I found another fanfiction writer. I noticed you liked game series, I mainly write Harry Potter. Harry Potter slash. Yeah. I may add links to my lj and fanfiction thing, I'd like to get some traffic. I can't really decide which to update. Yeah xD Highway Batman! 23:37, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oink!

An editor has oinked at you! Make sure you assume good faith and be happy. Have a nice day, Highway Return to Oz... 22:01, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
An editor has oinked at you! Make sure you assume good faith and be happy. Have a nice day, Highway Return to Oz... 22:01, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding Falco Article

Hello, I am writting about the message you sent me (I apologize if this could be done in private, I'm a bit new to Wiki.) involving the edit I made in Falco Lombardi

You are correct, I do not have any absolute proof anymore. I received that information from the Nintendo official press site when the URL and password were leaked. However the password I have is not valid anymore, and because my computer recently died, I no longer have the URL either. Please feel free to revert what I edited untill I find that information again. I should have posted the confrimation in the first place.

I am sorry for the inconviniance.

DSMeatte 17:31, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship!

Have you ever wanted to be an admin? I was thinking of nominating you a while ago, but you hadn't been editing frequently, but since you've returned I think you should think about it. Cheers, Highway Return to Oz... 21:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Klamath Falls

Hey Sparky. It's Rick, from German. I was wondering if you would be interested in assisting a bit with the article on Klamath Falls, Oregon, which I see you've already done an edit or two on. The place may not be particularly exciting, but I just feel like information that should be in there is missing.

I've already written a draft for an education section based on the same section on Longview, Washington that I'd like to get in there. I can show it to you for review first, if you'd like.

Let me know if you're interested, and if you are, how you think we should correspond while working on the article. Äþelwulf See my contributions. 05:54, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Just Wondering

No reason in particular, but what sort of dragons are you into? Are you a spyro-type hero dragon fan, or more of a Smaug person? I'm guessing the former, but I wanted clarification. Also, which do you like better- Harry Potter, or The Chronicles of Narnia?

Sincerely, User:Ben 10

Aesthetically, I tend to prefer thin Western types with long snouts for some reason, but hey, if it's a dragon or dragonoid, usually I'll think it's cool, even if it's in a villain role. Ridley, for example, I think is just awesome, even if he's technically not a dragon and is an antagonist, Charizard is one of my favorite Pokemon, and after playing Paper Mario and its sequel, I think Bowser is oddly adorable. Also I like non-videogame representations, but those are the three specific dragon/dragony characters that come to mind.
And... neither, really? I've read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and I think the first four Harry Potter books, but kind of lost interest in both series after that. I'm really more of a gamer, even though I do love reading. I tend to play a lot of story-driven games. --Sparky Lurkdragon 12:56, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
Well, I happen to be working on a dragon book of my own. I don't know if you'd be interested, but I've been told it's pretty good, a lot like The Chronicles of Narnia. If you want info, I'd be glad to serve it up. --Ben 10 3:26, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship (again)

Sorry, I just remembered our convo. Anyway, I had a look at your edits, and if you became a bit more active on User talk (and possibly Wikipedia talk) for about two months, then I think you'd be a perfect candidate. What do you think? Highway Grammar Enforcer! 11:11, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

I can appreciate that, and keep up the great work! Highway Grammar Enforcer! 18:39, 14 October 2006 (UTC)