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[edit] V

One day somebody lame is going to visit your user page and simply remove your image of V, because it is copyrighted, and then you will be sad. Fair use doesn't extend to user and talk pages I'm afraid. ;( Just a heads up. - Phorque 09:05, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Beneath this mask of a screename there's more than just flesh, beneath this mask there is an idea, and ideas are bulletproof. --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 03:19, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
I replaced it instead of simply removing it. So what does that make me? --GunnarRene 23:51, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
....that was incredibly odd. I would not have minded if you simply removed it. Please do not do that again. --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 03:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Neon Genesis Evangelion episodes

Hi. Please see Talk:List of Neon Genesis Evangelion episodes --GunnarRene 21:01, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Let me know when you've restarted on the List. My figurative pen of editing goodness is ready and waiting.--Gatotsu91112 April 2007
A matter of days. Of course, I just started the episode guide because no one HAD already; besides, the "heavy hitters" (episodes bearing the most analysis) are ironically the last 8 or so episodes in which the production was actually rushed. I don't speak any Japanese, and I literally started watching Evangelion when it reran on Adult Swim six months ago (though now I openly lament that I was not watching it when *I* was 14 some 7 years ago...). At any rate, "Rebuild of Evangelion" comes out in September 2007; even if the Live Action Eva Trilogy (Frankly I would prefer a Tetrology) is stalled at the moment, Rebuild will give it a shot in the arm. Okay, I'm a huge Lord of the Rings fan, it's why I went onto "the Internet" in the first place and I can tell you now: Evangelion now looks to be the "next big thing" "next Star Wars/LOTR/Matrix", and the current state of Eva I equate with Lord of the Rings in 1998-99---->After a 10 year furlough from the "original" (over 40 years in LOTR's case) they're going to make a new "adaptation". Long story short, I want to get heavily involved in all Eva articles (I have been punching all of them up for the past 6 months are so as best I could) and eventually launch a "Wikiproject: Evangelion" as a sub-part of Wikiproject Anime (just as Wikiproject Middle-earth is a sub-section of Wikiproject Films and Fantasy). You know, there ARE quite a few other Eva fansites out there, but many are just old holdovers from 10 years ago or so or don't have a lot of people going to them: I mean theoritically I could just make a dedicated "EvangelionWiki" like Wookipedia is for Star Wars: however, I'm focusing my efforts on Wikipedia itself because this is where the most "casual new fans" go for information, and I'm trying to do my part to hook them in. More "Visible" on Wikipedia itself. So there is a two-part goal this summer: launch a Wikiproject Evangelion, and round out ALL Evangelion articles to the point that they are DEFINATIVELY completed, and then we can just sit around and do maintenance on them. Not long after that, word will start coming out about Rebuild of Evangelion, which will basically DOUBLE all Evangelion material, and hopefully give enough new buzz to get Live Action Eva off the ground. --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 23:23, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Righto. Actually, you sound remarkably like me - except I watched EVA after buying the DVD boxset because it sounded like something I'd enjoy, I actually DID watch it when I was 14/15 (I had my birthday in the middle), and, well, yeah. I'm surely in a minority here, but to me EVA is a personal thing rather than a media thing. I kid you not when I say that my mental and emotional state was ALMOST IDENTICAL to that of both Shinji and Asuka (but especially Shinji) at the time I saw the series, and by the time it was finished it had radically overturned my outlook on life. I think of Hideaki Anno the way many people might think of, say, Jesus. At any rate, I am therefore fiercely devoted to the series, on not just a level of fandom but of personal appreciation as well. I'm not the social type, but I always like to share my observations and analyses of something so important to me with those who are willing to hear. That's why I take such an interest in EVA-related editing. And by the way, EVA is the only anime for which I would say without any hesitation that the English dub is equal to, if not greater than the Japanese.

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[edit] shhh

Writing in capitals is considered to be SHOUTInG. Please do not shout, not even in article titles. -- RHaworth 06:52, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

  • (sigh) the name of several Neon Geneis Evangelion episodes is indeed spelled out in full capital letters. I will move them back. --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 15:49, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

This IMDb page does not contain any shouting. Where is your justification for caps? Even you do not use it: in Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win! the title in the infobox is not capitalised. In this Google search how many times is the title capitalised? -- RHaworth 21:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

See List of Neon Genesis Evangelion episodes#Episode titles. The translated Japanese titles simply have some titles which are all-capitalized, and apparently wiki-project Anime states that this takes precedent over the standard manual of style. Please move this discussion there, and stop making more work for me to do by reverting everything back after we're already decided it is correct the way it is. --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 06:15, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Have a Barnstar

The Barnstar of High Culture
For your contributions to Librarians are hiding something among others, and in recognition of your excellent taste in movies, music, and television. Goodnightmush 00:38, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Umm...thanks, how do barnstars work exactly? I mean with "Librarians are hiding something" I was actually trying to write a serious article about what I thought was a new internet meme. Is this just something one individual can award another or was there a vote on this or what?--Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 13:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Howdy. Check out barnstars for more information on barnstars. They're generally given for dedication to one task or another. I can see you do a lot for wikipedia, although your work with "Librarians" is the only material i am also familiar with. Good taste in culture is generally not a criterion, but I was so impressed I had to note it in the award. Goodnightmush 14:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Characters of The Big O

Wikipedia has a manual for writing about fiction. It basically says fictional events should be recounted the way they happen for the viewer, not the way the happen for the characters.

Like saying "Roger was adopted at the age of five by an affluent family" at the start of his entry when the viewer doesn't learn that until halfway through the series. It should read "In Act:14, Roger reveals through internal monologue he was adopted." or something of the sort.

Take Schwarzwald. His entry read...

"Michael Seebach is a vigilante reporter before the main narrative begins, but later he is transformed into Schwarzwald."

Now, we both know it didn't happen that way. When he appears he is already transformed and Seebach does not actually appears on the show. So I changed it to...

"Schwarzwald first appears in Act:04, 'Underground Terror'. His real name is Michael Seebach, a reporter for Paradigm Press."

--Nohansen 16:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh I know I know; I'm going to have to brush up on that eventually; yeah the "In-universe" stuff won't be a problem, it's just that I like all of the info from the show that had to be removed (which basically just means next time around I"ll actually have to say "this is revealed in Act 5", etc. etc.) The goal is of course to eventually get like, independent articles for the major characters....but I'll have to learn how to write them up good to justify that. Well like I said I"m too busy at the moment and I really don't want to devote my life to wikipedia (I just drop in on shows I like)....so I"ll have to spend some time working on that later. --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 16:13, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adult Swim

Er... you seem to know a lot about Adult Swim, so I think it's worth asking: What shows would they, and could they, air, and on what basis do they select them? That is to say, for example, could my dream of watching Excel Saga on AS ever become a reality?

Few people actually know alot about Adult Swim, except Adult Swim. What I do know is that their annual "run potential new shows, or new anime we like, past the ad companies and see which ones they like" event is April 26th. After that, who knows. I have yet to figure out who has exclusive contracts with them (Gainax, ADV, whatever). I DO know they have acquired the rights to Death Note, but acquiring the rights to it does not mean they will run it (they only run stuff if they think they can later make money on it and enough will watch). I *do* know that they actually really liked Elfen Lied (story of the diclonius mutant Lucy (Lucy is like Asuka to a factor of ten). Problem was, they went so far as to ask the censorship board if they could run a *censored* version of Elfen Lied, but the censors flatly said it would be a cold day in hell when they could run ANY of that show. As a result, I am now leading an online drive (well, mostly just the Elfen Lied fans from Adult Swim) to get it on another channel, i.e. IFC, which DID run "Gunslinger Girl" totally unedited. The hope is to garner enough interest to eventually get a sequel. But I do not seriously expect good results. --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 03:10, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You wanted a userbox...

... And I made one.

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[edit] A new genesis of mankind

Hi V,

You wrote a message to me about the project and after some thinking I accept your offer and would like to join and insert everything I know. :)

Just tell me what to do and I'll see what I can do. :D

Kind regards, --MisteryX 08:05, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Naturally, I'll be contributing whatever I have too. It's NERV or nothing!! -- Gatotsu911

[edit] Sorry

I just noticed that you have blanked the page and I assumed it was mistakenly created. My apologies. --Captain Wikify Argh! 22:08, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eva portal images

Hi.

I removed the Selected Image section from the Eva portal simply because there are so few potential images that you can have there. Wikipedia does not allow fair use images on portals. It sucks, but that's the way it is. --129.241.214.41 18:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC) Note also that fair use has been removed from lists, the main page, and probably completely removed from Wikipedia in a while. Are you sure you want to use Wikipedia for this work? --129.241.214.41 18:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I see now that this was a wikipedia-wide policy, apparently similar to when the images were removed from the episode lists. .....EvaMonkey may be better; wikipedia is always just a launching point (i.e. MemoryAlpha is better than wikipedia's Star Trek section could ever be). --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 19:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Well, there might have been a good reason for using one fair use image to illustrate a featured article on a portal, but having somebody elses propriatory image as a "featured image" - not a chance. --129.241.214.41 14:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
What exactly does "Fair use" mean? Do not link to the fair use article I have already read it but apparently, I don't understant what you mean by it. --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 18:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia has stricter rules for fair use media than what would be allowed under US law. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for the policy and guideline on this. Note that as of late, certain administrators have started interpreting and changing policy on fair use to be even stricter than this - it is anticipated that all images, sounds etc. that aren't PD/GFDL/CC-BY will be removed in a while. --129.241.126.121 22:04, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Little context in Enemies in World War Z

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[edit] Evangelion images and episodes

Basically, a non-free image has to say what articles it's being used in explicitly (See file links is a bit iffy) and explain exactly why this image is important to each article it's being used in. A lot of using non-free images is to do with spelling out common sense, I think. If the Evangelion wikiproject makes their fair use rationales more detailed, the images have got more chance of not being deleted in the next fair use purge, whenever that'll be. You could look at how others do their images - GA-FA class articles have to have their images properly fair-use, so it might be worthwhile looking at those. The major problem with Image:Spear_of_longinus_and_unit_00.jpg for me was that it didn't name its articles, and didn't say why the image was important to each article - both problems that Willbyr kindly had a stab at. Try using Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria as a checklist for each image - and if it doesn't explicitly state something on the Image: page, it might be worthwhile editing the Image page to state the bleeding obvious. Another issue is the image sizes - the only concrete mention I've found of this is at Template:Non-free_media_rationale#_note-1, where it suggests 300px or less. Anyway, I hope this helps - I've linked the non-free criteria and the fair use rationale guideline on your project page so that it's handy. Eventually, your episode articles could have stuff like the production and the real-world response - that'd be the stuff that'd need citations, and it also helps make the articles out of universe and more interesting. Anyone can watch an episode, but it takes some research to find out about the production of it. you'll notice that in WP:SM we don't have any episode articles - that's partially due to having 200 of them, and partially due to not being able to find much in the way of real-world information about them. Mind you, we do link to an external Sailor Moon wiki for episodes. None of this stuff has to be done right this second, but you might like to keep it in mind as the Work Group gears up. Best of luck. :) -Malkinann 00:56, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

The problem is that even after reading through the image use guidelines, I keep getting that feeling that I think I know what I'm supposed to do when I really don't. (sigh) I'll be getting back to this. There's a prototype EvaWiki in the works, so the overall plan is to actually make the episode guide articles here conform to rules more and get them GA-quality level, and then expand upon them on the private site (similar to what MemoryAlpha and WookiPedia do). Problem is that anime episodes, that is individual anime episodes, don't have as much of a "real world reaction" as say, Star Trek's "These Are the Voyages" (I pray you never had to live through that mind-bogglingly bad series finale, but I digress...). While I like putting up the "summary" part, I always focus on developing the Notes/Analysis sections; this actually fits well for Evangelion, because the writers kind of "painted in the corners" and little things scribbled on notes a character is holding are actually little hints about the plot that they drop (i.e. in Lilliputian Hitcher's Notes section, the thing pointing out that the hand-written stick-it notes are an Easter Egg). Well I'll be working on this for a while, so "work in progress". Thanks. --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 01:29, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Yo, V5...I think we need to talk about the future of the images in the Evangelion articles. I've started a discussion at the WikiProject's talk page. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 03:57, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP Evangelion

I will need some help on getting the articles to GA status. I have been working on my sandbox for The End of Evangelion (see User:Sjones23/The End of Evangelion). How does it look? Greg Jones II 21:08, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Be back in a few hours please wait. --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 21:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Got your message just now. I'm in the process of getting all the images in the category size-reduced and giving the purposes for each a bolster so they can meet FU guidelines...I'm about halfway done. After that, I may try to tackle the episode articles. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 04:50, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
Got your message, I'm looking forward to what you've got. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 03:38, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Thought I better alert you to this...if any of the work that you've been doing relates to the individual episode articles, you'd better go ahead and get it into them ASAP before we lose them. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 04:40, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Neon Genesis Evangelion episode review

V, I could put Neon Genesis Evangelion on the review list, or you could — actually, anyone can start the process. But if you're interested in keeping the articles, you can start looking for real-world source material now, and improve the articles before the review starts. Some of the reviewers are pretty harsh and dismissive of what they call "fancruft". The best defence against them is to have lots of real-world context as well as the fannish info the articles have now. If there are interviews with the creators, artists, voice actors and so forth, that would help; so would reviews printed in a reliable source. Personally, I'd rather wait to put another anime series on the list until we see how the Oh My Goddess review goes. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:29, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eva 1.0 article

Hi, I'm copy-pasting this image to all you members in the Evangelion workgroup, since there seems to be no communication/to-do template in your workgroup yet (not sure if I have the time to join myself yet). The article on the newest movie needs serious help, particularly in converting listcruft to prose. Note that you may expose yourself to some spoilers if you choose to help. Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone. --GunnarRene 14:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)