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Dendy

I don't know why you removed this edition, since I gave source stated that Steepler has a license to sell Nintendo to all USSR countries (https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/94004), but I understand if you do not believe me. I have a list of Dendy's chain stores and there is Tallinn, a city outside the CIS region, so I think this is a better proof (http://www.greatdragon.ru/uploads/posts/2013-12/1386378769_greatdragon18-1-92.jpg). The list may not be complete, so there may be sellers in other Baltic States, which is why I am trying to write 'former USSR' --Agonia09 (talk) 12:12, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

@Agonia09): This is, unfortunately, is an unacceptable source, because you cannot infer "was not interested in the former USSR" or something like that from a list of stores, please see WP:SYNTHESIS. The statement should be spelled out in the source. If it's not - then it's an unsourced statement and should be deleted, see Wikipedia:Verifiability.

As in, the prudent question would be: How does the list of stores in an Estonian city confirm or deny that the Nintendo was not interested in post-Soviet market?.

The provided Kommersant source ( https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/94004 ) does not state that directly, and was used in a different part of the article, about later licensing in post-Soviet states that was given to Steepler. This, actually, does not confirm "Nintendo was not interested in the former USSR" either, because it never states that. I would, actually, divert your attention to a https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/96173, which was posted a month later, and says "получила эксклюзивные дистрибуторские права на распространение в России и странах СНГ" verbatim. It seems to me that the later one clarifies the error in a previously posted source and therefore trumps it. --Sleeps-Darkly (talk) 18:08, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

The second article by Kommersant states that only Russia and CIS, but later Nintendo's catalogs made by Dendy always give this store list along with the Estonian one https://avatars.dzeninfra.ru/get-zen_doc/3737694/pub_5f933eacd2b7e4128871f21a_5f93463746218d3c84ddab94/scale_2400, so the source differs with reality that's why I wanted to write 'former USSR' but fortunately it is already in the article.

However, I wanted to write on a different matter. I wanted to ask you, to add information about Jippy to the Terminator 2 article, same as to Famiclone along with source that you used. And since I don't have a source and you have it, you will probably add it much better than me. -Agonia09 (talk) 10:53, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Need to be quite careful with the store catalog and making the conclusions from it.

@Agonia09: Anyway, I actually don't have the full source and I'm still looking for the full printed issue; but I've found this photo of a 65 page with a snippet about Jippy, from this review, which I was able to use.

Still looking for the full issue, because the full article supposedly seems to be very useful. -- Sleeps-Darkly (talk) 11:50, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

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@Elizium23. Hey, I understand that I have issues with English style of writing, because English isn't my first language; however going with "although", "disturbs" implies a fair bit of passive-aggressive writing, which is somewhat uncalled for, I'm afraid. Better to trim that down a little, thanks. As in, just leaving MOS:TENSE in the comment for an edit would've been enough – I'd notice. Sleeps-Darkly (talk) 05:09, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

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Kia ora! I saw that you added photos from the Auckland Pride Parade on top of mine! I love seeing more people adding content, it feels awesome to have more people photographing/editing around me. Could I check if you're based in Auckland? We've restarted doing in-person and online meet-ups (the next one's online on 18 March) --Prosperosity (talk) 22:20, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

@Prosperosity: Hiya! Yeah, of course, I'm based in Auckland for now, pending some personal stuff. I don't think I can attend online meetups, but I may be able to drop in for a in-person meetup. However, even then, I may be not able to contribute much, due to being deaf-mute. I'll see what I can do! -- Sleeps-Darkly (talk) 22:34, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

That would be amazing! I'll send you a message when we've got the date for the next in-person meeting. --Prosperosity (talk) 22:36, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

Kia ora Sleeps-Darkly, I'm sorry I never got back to you when in-person meetings started again. Our next one is on 24 August at 10:00AM in New Lynn. --Prosperosity (talk) 04:01, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

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Imane Khelif 'failed verification' tag

Hello, I saw you added a 'failed verification' tag where no reference was given, and I was going to revert it or replace it with a citation needed tag. However, after reading your edit summary and looking at the rest of the article I saw there was a reference at the end of the sentence that you appear to be referring to. Therefore I wanted to let you know that the template instructions say The template should be placed outside the reference (<ref> ... </ref>), within the article's text, that is, after the closing </ref>. I wanted to let you know so that you had the opportunity to move the tag to the right place yourself. Best regards JustAnotherCompanion (talk) 00:53, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! This has been resolved for now anyway, but I'll keep that in mind for the future. Sleeps-Darkly (talk) 00:59, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

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