User talk:Odie5533/Archive 2
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Puzzled and sorry
I am sorry about the rollback of your edit, but I am totally bewildered about it. I have no idea what happened, but I have to chalk it up to a disturbance in the force. At the time of that rollback, I was feeling frustrated by the fact that I had gotten an error message when I submitted an edit to Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Statistics -- and that my edit was nowhere to be found when I hit the back button in the browser. Finally, the page appeared, showing my edit (after I had recreated my edit in order to resubmit it). The rollback apparently occurred between the time I submitted the edit and the time I stopped seeing error messages. I think the rollback (on a page I wasn't even looking at) was somehow to the Wikipedia gremlins I was fighting.
I'm very glad you were watching! --Orlady (talk) 02:46, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Gamestats
I've merged and redirected the page to IGN, and added a short subsidiary history onto that page diff Imgaril (talk) 17:01, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Your DYK nom for Iron Grip: Marauders
Hi Odie, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Iron Grip: Marauders and there is an issue with the referencing. Could you take a look at my comments at the nomination page and reply there? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:58, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
Coherence
Hello Odie5533, I came here to have a very serious (and polite) discussion with you. Are these articles notable or have reliable sources? (only 3 random examples)
Oh, and another question, why didn't you want to delete the article 4 Nin Shōgi? where is the "reliable" sources, huh? also, look at the first picture uploaded by you:
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:4_Nin_Sh%C5%8Dgi_screenshot.jpg
Yes, I had to waste my time cutting/editing it to make it look better/decent. The truth is: no one uploads a picture like you did. what's that? can you explain? Also: http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=File:4_Nin_Sh%C5%8Dgi_screenshot.jpg&diff=450759292&oldid=450756273 ... "|Source = Famicom.biz"
So... Famicom.biz is a reliable source???? Wow... I guess coherence is not your strong point??
If you give me good and decent excuses, you can delete Super Family Gerende. I don't care at all, really. What really bothers me is your attitude or lack of consistency. --Hydao (talk) 19:44, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
- Hi. Before I begin, let me say that I do not delete anything on Wikipedia as I am not an admin; I can only nominate things for deletion. I thought my discussion with you at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Super Family Gerende was cordial although perhaps you disagree. I try to be as consistent as possible. Let me answer you in reverse order, because there is a good explanation for the 4 Nin Shogi question which I hope you will accept. I'm sure a strong argument could be made for Famicom.biz's reliability, but I have no idea if it is reliable or not. It does, however, post high quality scans of video games which can be useful. When searching for a cover for the article, I stumbled across the site in google images. I had seen a couple images of the box in Google images, so I knew somewhat what the box looked like. Famicom.biz simply had the highest quality version which I like to find before resizing the image. In that particular case, I wasn't sure which was the proper one and I'd previously seen multiple images used in an infobox so I figured I'd leave both up. In hindsight, I probably should have cropped it. Now the reason I did not nominate the article for deletion is that before nominating an article, I perform quite a bit of research on Google which takes time. I uploaded the cover during a bout I had of cover uploading where I went to Category:Video game articles requesting identifying art and started with the #'s and began uploading covers for games I could find. Check [1] and you can see my progress; I'm still only in the A's. During the bout, I may have nominated a few articles for deletion, but as I said that takes a lot of time so for some articles I just added the cover art and went to the next. Sorry if this method of editing seems sloppy, but I find identifying art so important for articles that at times I really just want to be adding it and doing nothing else but helping out in that manner.
- It takes a while to determine the notability of a video game, and I only looked up Sansara Naga 2. The game does not appear notable, so I proposed it for deletion. --Odie5533 (talk) 02:14, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
- I think you're, let's say, "getting worse". Well, I guess you have nothing to do with video games, you are not from this area at all. I work in this area, and... anyway I'm not here to talk about my life/job.
"Famicom.biz simply had the highest quality version which I like to find before resizing the image. In that particular case, I wasn't sure which was the proper one and I'd previously seen multiple images used in an infobox so I figured I'd leave both up"
(If you are not sure about the subject just leave it alone... instead of messing up and wasting ppl's time.)
"... but I find identifying art so important for articles"
(Yes, so far the ONLY thing I agree with you.)
Why don't you just edit the articles of the things you like or know about, and leave the articles you are not familiarized with... to others (creatures who actually knows about it)? You are wasting my precious time, I'm telling you.
Sansara Naga 2 is not "notable"?!?!? The music was composed by the great Kenji Kawai and there are loads of Japanese sites. Also, why did you remove the external link from MobyGames? http://www.mobygames.com/game/sansara-naga-2 (There are useful info in there.)
I don't know what kind of searches you are doing. What kind of sources you want for Super Family Gerende, can you tell me? There is a reference on the Nintendo site. What kind of source you want? I repeat, can you tell me?? You already wasted my time, but I'm telling you that I'm going with this 'till the end. I don't like the way you are nominating articles for deletion, you have no right to do so.--Hydao (talk) 02:49, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
- If you truly believe that my nominations for deletion have shown egregious errors in judgement or are done mischievously then you can start a discussion at WP:AN/I. I take editing of Wikipedia seriously for the most part and I admit I am not an expert in any areas at all, but I don't think expertise is required to write articles. And I like reading about video games so I edit articles about them. I removed the links for MobyGames because it is not a reliable source (see WP:IRS to help identify reliable sources). Although I do not personally use it, MobyGames is perhaps a useful resource to some, but it is not useful for writing Wikipedia articles. For the video games, I would want to see sources that show news articles about the game, game reviews, or other critical analysis and commentary of the game. Database entries only prove the game exists and do not support notability. --Odie5533 (talk) 03:38, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Question
Are these articles notable??
Do you want to remove the MobyGames link too? P.S. Before proposing something, please discuss about it first. you are not going to mess with other ppl work. I'm not here on Wikipedia to play around. I'm taking this very serious and you are messing with other ppl efforts. P.P.S. you didn't answer my question about 4 Nin Shōgi and Energy Breaker. are they notable or not? what's the difference between these two "random" games and Sansara Naga 2 or Super Family Gerende?
- The difference is that I did not research 4 Nin Shogi or Energy Breaker because I find researching Japanese games to be difficult. I assume Super Double Dragon is notable because it was reviewed by Nintendo Life and Nintendo Power. Contra III was reviewed by IGN, EGM, Nintendo Power, and Nintendo Life so it is notable as well. Operation C is notable because it was reviewed by Nintendo Power, EGM, and Nintendo Life. --Odie5533 (talk) 03:38, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
- Maybe because these 3 games (which I deeply love) was released in the US? we can't compare. so by your logic, all Japan-exclusive games (that weren't released in the US) are not notable.
Second question: Are these games notable?
Nosferatu (video game) Sumo Fighter: Tōkaidō Basho
At first sight, they aren't notable, right? there are no official website and stuff.
Funny, I can see through Facebook how many people liked it (or added the game/page to their "favorite games" section).
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nosferatu/191369224222302 (1,631 fans) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sumo-Fighter-T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D-Basho/120308784707218 (717 fans)
About Sansara Naga 2, well, the article was created only recently but so far 8 people already added it to their "favorite games", and I confess, I'm not one of those ppl.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sansara-Naga-2/202276056495206
Attention, I'm not using this Facebook thing as an argument. Nosferatu and Sumo Fighter are just two examples, there are so many Japan-exclusive games, or games without the so-called "reliable sources" with thousands of fans (or whatever they call it). But well, discussing with you about this it's a waste of time. Have fun with your nominations. While other editors are here to contribute/work, there are others who "nominate" things just because they have nothing better to do. --Hydao (talk) 03:55, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
- I can't research all these articles, sorry. --Odie5533 (talk) 04:11, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
- Of course you can't. By the way, F1 2001 (video game), funny how an "article" like this is not nominated for deletion. You only removed uncited material. Instead of googling it, adding links, or image and stuff, you only removed stuff. Feeling too lazy, huh? I'm loving your "work" on Wikipedia. --Hydao (talk) 22:44, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
- P.S. I just redirected the page. I will keep an eye on you. --Hydao (talk) 22:53, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
- And another thing:
- "I've helped illustrate many video game article
- 100 Bullets (video game), 4 Nin Shogi, Age of Pirates: Captain Blood, Age of Mythology: The Boardgame, AIKA Online, Aiyoku no Eustia, Airheart, Alien Olympics 2044 AD, Alfa: Antiterror, All Grown Up!: Express Yourself, Alliance: The Silent War, Alteil, Anarchy Reigns, Amy (video game), And-Kensaku, Ant War, Ankh: Battle of the Gods, Aoki Ookami to Shiroki Mejika IV: Genghis Khan, APOX, Apano Sin, Arabians Lost: The Engagement on Desert, Arevan, Archetype (iPhone), Armageddon Empires, Armada 2526, Armadillo Run, ARMA 3, Armed Formation F, Armored Core V, Ashes of Empire, Asterix (Super Nintendo), Astro Fang: Super Machine, Astro Tripper, Asylum (1991 video game), Ataxx, Class of Heroes, Desktop Dungeons, Eduardo the Samurai Toaster, Go Vacation, Medal of Honor (2010 video game), Miami Law, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, PHM Pegasus, Roogoo Attack, X-Blades"
- Are you serious? I'm glad you included 4 Nin Shogi... (sarcasm)
- Well, enough of this. Take care. o/ --Hydao (talk) 04:07, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
- To you as well. --Odie5533 (talk) 04:11, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
I have Game Informer scans that could help with sourcing Fall of Cybertron. I got the digital copy of the magazine today, but don't really have time to read through it. Let me know if you're interested and I'll send the necessary pages. --Teancum (talk) 03:50, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Your comment "Obituaries are typically written by the family of the deceased and so are not a reliable source" at this DYK article is interesting to me. I have written biographies on deceased persons, for example Francis Alfred Broad and its related DYK. I generally use newspaper obituaries as sources for some of my facts. In the example case, I used the The Times and the Tottenham & Edmonton Weekly Herald. Are such sources not WP:RS then? --Senra (Talk) 15:13, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
- See the relevant discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_50#Obituaries. There is apparently a UK meaning of the word obituary, like the one published in the UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph, and a US meaning like the one published in the New Jersey paper Asbury Park Press. The consensus appears to be that newspaper obituaries can only be considered reliable if they are written by a reliable writer for the publication such as their typical staff writers. The article in the Asbury Park Press is more like a family death notice and was likely written by the family of the deceased, not by a professional journalist. --Odie5533 (talk) 16:03, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
- I have now read Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 50#Obituaries. Thank you for the link. I now feel comfortable that my article is safe for two reasons. Firstly, the two obituaries I used were from reliable UK news sources—The Times and the Tottenham & Edmonton Weekly Herald—prepared under editorial supervision. Secondly, I used other sources, such as Hansard, to back up my primary claims. Thank you for your help --Senra (Talk) 18:30, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
- I have interacted with contributors who used locally published family-contributed obituaries as sources for most or all of the content of a biographical article, including the content about the subject's notability. Just as we would not rely on a persons CV to document a person's notability, those local obituaries are not trustworthy for that purpose. That kind of use of obituaries, IMO, is the kind of thing that has resulted in warnings against using obituaries as sources. However, just as we might use a person's CV to help fill in details about that person (for example, the year an academic received the PhD that is documented by other sources, but without a date), a local obituary may be a good source for encyclopedic details (such as where the deceased is buried) that may not have been documented by other publications. --Orlady (talk) 02:29, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
- I have now read Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 50#Obituaries. Thank you for the link. I now feel comfortable that my article is safe for two reasons. Firstly, the two obituaries I used were from reliable UK news sources—The Times and the Tottenham & Edmonton Weekly Herald—prepared under editorial supervision. Secondly, I used other sources, such as Hansard, to back up my primary claims. Thank you for your help --Senra (Talk) 18:30, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Iron Grip: Marauders
![]() | On 13 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Iron Grip: Marauders, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the video game Iron Grip: Marauders changed from an isometric to a perspective camera during open beta? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Iron Grip: Marauders.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Wasteland Angel
![]() | On 16 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wasteland Angel, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that publisher Meridian4 compared the video game Wasteland Angel to honey badgers and even used a video of badgers to promote the game? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wasteland Angel.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks for the barnstar (my first)! The article isn't saved from afd yet but I look forward to seeing what the outcome will be. Thank you for the excellent work finding those sources, I searched for about an hour and didn't turn up with some of those. (: France3470 (talk) 01:42, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
![]() | On 17 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the upcoming video game Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will not be based on a movie, unlike the 2010 title, Transformers: Dark of the Moon? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 00:05, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks
Hi Odie5533,
Thanks for reviewing the article's DYK nomination and awarding me my first barnstar! I promise to continue working hard to improve Wikipedia's patchy coverage in this area in future.--Lionratz (talk) 07:19, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Supremacy MMA
![]() | On 17 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Supremacy MMA, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Supremacy MMA is the first mixed martial arts video game to have female fighters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Supremacy MMA.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 12:03, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Context quotes
Thanks for your opinion about context quotes which is highly appreciated. Don't you agree that it is better to have quotes than not to have them?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 20:34, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
- Maybe my question sounded angry, but that was not my intention. I would really like to know your opinion if it is better to have quotes or not?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:15, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
- Your question did not sound angry at all, I just got a bit distracted from it. I don't really know if it's better or not. The problem I could foresee is that if you had a lot of long quotes it would eventually be a copyright violation. But I doubt it would ever reach that kind of proportion. Other than that, I don't know. I have not come across any page on Wikipedia with quotes used to backup nearly every line. You might want to ask at WT:V or WT:CITE. --Odie5533 (talk) 09:34, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for your advice. I will ask this question on WT:V or WT:CITE.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:44, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
- Your question did not sound angry at all, I just got a bit distracted from it. I don't really know if it's better or not. The problem I could foresee is that if you had a lot of long quotes it would eventually be a copyright violation. But I doubt it would ever reach that kind of proportion. Other than that, I don't know. I have not come across any page on Wikipedia with quotes used to backup nearly every line. You might want to ask at WT:V or WT:CITE. --Odie5533 (talk) 09:34, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Professional eSports Players
Hey, on the argument about gamers, since you are arguing for dota 2 in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ivan Antonov (Professional Gamer), could players who participated on ESWC, World Dota Championship and SMM count as notable too? thanks :D Redefining history (talk) 00:59, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi there ODIE, VASCO from Portugal here,
please read this discussion (http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Eugenio_Bustingorri), subject passes notability by 1,000 miles...
Attentively - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 13:39, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
- Per the WP:GNG, a subject should have received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources to be presumed notable. Unless such sources can be shown for this player, I recommend the article be deleted. --Odie5533 (talk) 13:51, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
- Better now? If not, i give up, delete it, was only trying to help. --Vasco Amaral (talk) 16:22, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
- Those really only present trivial coverage that the man existed and did play football, facts which I do not dispute. But I do not think he is notable. --Odie5533 (talk) 16:23, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Persistent Vandalism
Can you see this lame user??
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Special:Contributions/Wetsoap
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Special:Contributions/112.201.36.225
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Special:Contributions/124.106.133.82
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Special:Contributions/58.69.4.64
Look at his/her "contributions"... -.- ... I'm sure it's the same person. And guess what? No one did a shit, I only noticed now about all the vandalism.
... etcs. I guess all these pages are notable?? :-) --Hydao (talk) 06:22, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
- MLBP's Revenge
- Operation 777 ... etcs... I'm done... o/ --Hydao (talk) 06:39, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
--Hydao (talk) 06:50, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting my know. I CSD'd all the articles and the user was taken to WP:AIV. --Odie5533 (talk) 06:50, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
- I think this is amusing (not!)... I only noticed because of: http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=List_of_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_games&action=history ... and decided to check other contributions and suddenly I found all those IP within a minute. It seems that he's vandalizing since months ago and no one noticed... --Hydao (talk) 06:58, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
- Good spotting. The articles have all been deleted and the user has been indefinitely blocked. --Odie5533 (talk) 07:02, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
- I think this is amusing (not!)... I only noticed because of: http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=List_of_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_games&action=history ... and decided to check other contributions and suddenly I found all those IP within a minute. It seems that he's vandalizing since months ago and no one noticed... --Hydao (talk) 06:58, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Warco
![]() | On 23 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Warco, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that players in the upcoming first person video game Warco will shoot camera footage, not bullets? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Warco.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Joe Danger: The Movie
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Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
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Go Vacation NA Box Art Final
Hi, I don't know how to change it myself but just wanted to let you know that the NA box art for the Wii game Go Vacation (http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Go_Vacation) is not the final North American box art. The actual box art can be found here...
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/boxshot.php?pid=632840
Raynerad (talk) 10:12, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know. I updated the box art. --Odie5533 17:18, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
EGM Halo review quote?
Back in September, I asked on Talk:WP:VG about a quotation attributed to EGM #150 that is used in the Reception section of the Halo:CE article. You said you'd ordered that EGM issue via inter-library loan - did you ever receive it? --Nick RTalk 12:48, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
- My library appears to have canceled it at some point. I reordered it and will speak to someone at my library next time I go. Still trying. --Odie5533 (talk) 12:52, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Young Thor
![]() | On 2 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Young Thor, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Young Thor is one of the first Western-developed digitally distributed video games to be released on the PlayStation Network in Japan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Young Thor.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
J Scott Turner
Thanks for your positive words about the J Scott Turner article (my first on Wikipedia). Ark2 (talk) 18:52, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Well, I would but if they went gay over the "use of boiling oil" as an advert, what makes you think they won't flip out over none of those sources specifically saying it was based on a "free mod"?--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 17:48, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
- ALT2 seems to be agreeable with everyone, so I think if you noted your support it would pass. --Odie5533 (talk) 18:26, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
![]() | On 17 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the video game Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is a successor to Age of Chivalry, but while the latter was in Source, the new game will be Unreal? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chivalry: Medieval Warfare.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:01, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
4shared article deletion
4shared is big site, can you explain me about this?I didn't find any helpful information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.235.163.52 (talk) 15:28, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
- The article was deleted because it was written like an advertisement and because the article's topic possibly failed the WP:ORG notability guideline. You can read the deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/4shared. --Odie5533 (talk) 18:10, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Unblock request
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Request reason:
I have been editing on Wikipedia sites for years. I am now using a VPN and would like to continue editing. I sent an email off to someone on Meta I think and was unblocked for a while, but I see there is a recent discussion about the IP block in question (see [2]) and I am blocked again. I thought I had a global IP block exempt, but perhaps the local block on enwiki is somehow overriding this as I am still able to edit WikiSource for example. I would like to receive a local IP block exempt if possible. Please consider my request. Thank you. Odie5533 (talk) 18:55, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Accept reason:
I've added the local IP block exemption flag, which is obviously not a problem. Let us know if this helps. --Kinu t/c 23:02, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
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I've had a misktake
I canceled again your tag..it has been a mistake =( You've written "2010 pop album", I corrected it in "2012" but I've canceled the tag..I'm sorry for the mistake — Preceding unsigned comment added by DaveM93 (talk • contribs) 23:03, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
How can I put references??
Sorry again..=)I don't know how to insert references.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DaveM93 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
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knight legends page
hi odie
thanks. got it what u mean. i will redo the info and resubmit it. for now, it is just grabbing the text from their site first and creating a page where i will build it up later. no intention to advertise or copy as the intention is to teach players more about the game.
or can i just empty the page with content first and fill it up along the way?
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fanaticdragon (talk • contribs) 04:19, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Barnstar
Thank you for the barnstar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ladytimide (talk • contribs) 10:07, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
How to change the main title of a page
Hi again! =) I would change a word in the title of Noi's Eros Ramazzotti page..I wrote "Noi (We)" but I think "Noi (Eros Ramazzotti)" is better. Can you help me to do this?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DaveM93 (talk • contribs) 14:41, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
--DaveM93 (talk) 14:50, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Thank you
Thank you so much for have moved the page =) How did you add the entry??
--DaveM93 (talk) 19:07, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Prod on article Jeremy Noble (writer)
Thanks for your message on my talk page. I have answered there. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:33, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Bin Weevils Page
Thank you so much for that! I can't thank you enough! You're very helpful and kind! Thanks so much! :) I will improve it more quickly. Thank you. :) --ForeverBoriSeddie187 (talk) 15:04, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Some Earl Gray with a spot of milk for you!
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Some Earl Gray with a spot of milk for you! |
For speedily reminding me that fiddling with some crazy wikicode doesn't make you an expert. (If I were cleverer I'd link this to another challenge, but alas, I'm not. Give me a few days ;) ) — Francophonie&Androphilie (Je vous invite à me parler) 15:07, 17 November 2012 (UTC) |
IRC Link
Hey again Odie. I forgot the link to the IRC on the Wikipedia. I can't find it! Could you link it to me? Thanks so much. --ForeverBoriSeddie187 (talk) 15:08, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
Less than a minute? Seriously? — Francophonie&Androphilie (Je vous invite à me parler) 15:07, 17 November 2012 (UTC) |
Stub sorting
Recently, I've been working on WikiProject Stub Sorting, moving articles marked as {{stub}} to more specific stub categories so that people who know about a specific topic can focus on stubs about that topic. I noticed that you've tagged a lot of articles (at least 24) with a generic {{stub}}, which makes more work for stub sorters. A (mostly) complete list of all available stub types can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/Stub_types. A userscript which makes finding stub categories easier is available at User:MC10/stubtagtab.js. — Wolfgang42 (talk) 15:24, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry about that. I've been using the Page Curation tool which tries to handle all the tagging, but it doesn't do stub sorting. Thanks for telling me about the script; I had not heard of it before. I have installed it and will try to use it when I tag stubs to make less work downstream. Thank you for sorting the new stubs, and for noticing. --Odie5533 (talk) 15:38, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
DYK for The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
![]() | On 17 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that to watch an early screening of "The Gathering", attendees of the Star Wars Celebration VI had to bring their kids with them? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:53, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Those Indian rail articles
Since you already redirected Howrah purulia express to South Eastern Railway zone, I was wondering what your opinion would be on putting Rupashi Bangla Express up for AfD with a proposal to redirect to South Eastern as well - it's a pretty bad article, and it Howrah and Rupashi are actually the same routes. — Francophonie&Androphilie (Je vous invite à me parler) 18:22, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- The Howrah Purulia Express covers trains 12827 and 12828 whereas the Rupashi Bangla Express covers trains 12883 and 12884, so they are slightly different routes. That said, the subject does not appear notable. Per WP:ATD-R, rather than taking the article to AFD it would be better to just form a consensus that the article should be turned into a redirect. I have made a proposal at Talk:Rupashi Bangla Express so please post your thoughts there. --Odie5533 (talk) 18:38, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Thank you
Dear Odie,
I'm afraid I am still new to the Wikipedia experience (and therefore unsure how to navigate the messaging process), but I received your message and wanted to send a 'thank you' of my own. If you are the only person to ever read the article on the 'Fair Maid of the Exchange', it was still well worth the while.
Sincere regards,
Renaissancefan (talk) 19:25, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
YAY! WE DID IT!!!
Odie, THE BIN WEEVILS PAGE GOT ACCEPTED!!!! :D YAY!!! I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR HELPING ME, AND ENCOURAGING ME!!! YOUR SO EPIC!!! *Hugs through internet* XD I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH!!! THANKS SO MUCH!! See you on the IRC Chat tomorrow!!! :D We can talk pal! :) --ForeverBoriSeddie187 (talk) 20:22, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
New Article Request Denied- Demigodz
Hello... hoping to make the needed improvements to get Demigodz article approved. Several of the group's members have articles that passed notability standards, so the only issue seems to be verifiable sources. The group has artist listings under Yahoo Music and MTV.com, and articles in UndergroundHipHop.com, DJbooth.net and a number of other publications specific to this genre of music. Would adding these sources be sufficient or is there a more stringent standard that needs to be met? I am somewhat new to contributing on Wiki so any guidance would be greatly appreciated. (Wolvy184 (talk) 14:00, 18 November 2012 (UTC))
Recently edited page
Hello Odie5533... Can you please advise me what else needs to be added to get my submission approved? Do I need to have better citations?... I am a bit unclear. thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nadler1744 (talk • contribs) 05:11, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Review of the Infastech new page for creation in pages for creation
Hi Odie5533
You reviewed the Infastech page for creation and declined the submission for being written too much like an advertisement. I tried to see what part of the first paragraph is advertorial in content but cannot see any self promotion in there. Can you elaborate on the changes required?
Thanks Danpils — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danpils (talk • contribs) 22:33, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
Failing my review on Elisava School of Design
Hi! I don't want to start a fight, but I tend to disagree that "WP:PROF does not cover schools." What it says is: "This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability—see the guidelines for academics and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia." Academics covers schools, or? Thanks, Jakob 17:12, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- Hello. I'm afraid that the academics guideline does not cover schools, but only "academics" which refers to people in academics (see WP:PROF). The notability guideline that covers schools is located at WP:ORG for organizations and companies. Notability is a rather complicated area on Wikipedia, and consensus at AfD can often override the established guidelines. Often if I'm not sure if an article falls under a specific notability guideline then I just refer users to the general notability guidelines. Please let me know if you have any other questions. --Odie5533 (talk) 17:26, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- Alright, I understand. Thanks for explaining! --Jakob 17:28, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
Pong Toss
Thank you for the input. I will try to minimize the paraphrasing. - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 06:26, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I tagged it while I was still doing the review. You can see the full B-Class criteria assessment at Talk:Pong Toss! Frat Party Games. --Odie5533 (talk) 06:35, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
A Friendly Thanks
Hi there my dear friend! I can't see your talk page that's why I ended putting a message here in your userpage. I just wanted to thank you for giving me a barnstar a while ago. I'll promise that I'll contribute more in Filipino medias. Thank you very much! Sincerely -- Alphonsewan (talk) 03:52, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
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Help
Hi Odie, I'm from pt wiki and I translated (I would create at your account, but you don't have created it, so I did in mine) to pt your "User:Odie5533/SnipManager.user.js", and I am having problens with that. Well, I changed the cite templates (cite book, cite web), but I can not insert more templates; when I do that, the tool get into errors. Thus, the warnings, like "copied" and "clean up", are not working. I tried to change to pt versions, but when I do that the tool do not work. Can you take a look? +Prince Willy 15:44, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
- Hi! Thank you for your interest in my script and thank you for translating it into Portuguese! I am so surprised people other than me still use it! Please continue to make changes to the one on your user subpage; it's not necessary to have one at my subpage on the pt wiki since I do not edit there. Regarding your issue, the problem is occurring because you have changed the name from Cleanup to Limpeza in the "Groups:{ .. }" list but not in the "Menu:[ .. ]" list. The menu is constructed so that it has tiles for the tabs ("Name:") and within each tab it has groups listed at the bottom of the tab ("Groups"). The contents of a group are then pulled from the Groups list ("Groups:{ .. }"). It's a complicated way to construct the menu, but it makes it easier to move groups later on if you decide to move a group from one tab to another, or to place a group in a different place on a tab. An example makes this much easier to understand, so take a look at the fix here. I hope this solves the problem for you. Regards, Odie5533 (talk) 02:47, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- Oh, your template it's very usefull! For a long time I tried to find a tool with a lot of cite templates links, but I never found until yours. Well, your tips worked wonderfully, but I am having troubles with "More refs" and "More notes" (Mais refs and M-notas, in pt). Another thing it's that I am trying to insert more cite templates,
but it's not working. For example, try to copy one of then that it's already listed and try to insert it down. Well, it never works for me. And so, what it's "CompactTOC8"?+Prince Willy 16:35, 8 November 2012 (UTC) - I tried again and now works. Well, do you know how can I insert a date template, like {{1|2|2}} in the cite templates? E.x, "Date of birth={{1|2|2}}". And thus, Cite albun doesn't work.
- Oh, your template it's very usefull! For a long time I tried to find a tool with a lot of cite templates links, but I never found until yours. Well, your tips worked wonderfully, but I am having troubles with "More refs" and "More notes" (Mais refs and M-notas, in pt). Another thing it's that I am trying to insert more cite templates,
+Prince Willy 18:18, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- CompactTOC8 was the best method for creating Table-of-Contents listings on articles, but since I created SnipManager it has since been merged into {{Compact ToC}}. I grabbed this version of the localized SnipManager to work with. I was able to add the Album from the earlier version with no problems (see changes here). I am not sure what you mean by adding a date. Can you show me an example of the code you would manually type in an article that needs to be replicated by the script? e.g. {{cite web |title=New Article |url=http://google.com}} would be an example of the cite web template. --Odie5533 (talk) 20:24, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'd also like to mention a better method for programming the script: using Scriptish. To use it, first install the Scriptish addon in FireFox. Then you need to go here and save your script to your computer as SnipManager.user.js. Then drag and drop the JavaScript file onto your FireFox browser. A little window will pop up asking if you'd like to install it. Say yes, and then the script will be installed to your browser locally. To make live changes to the script, go to Firefox \/ in the upper left of the browser and click Add-ons. From the left side choose User Scripts then click the SnippetManager and click the edit button on the right. When you make changes to the script they will show up when you refresh the page in your browser without having to save them to Wikipedia first. I personally edit the script using Notepad++, but you can use whatever editor you want—just configure it in Scriptish. --Odie5533 (talk) 20:32, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- Oh...the addon it's great! Well, I don't know what happned, but when I traslated "Cite web" (The template alredy existed in ptwiki, I only inserted in Snipmanager)he started automatically insert today's date in the U.S. format for dates, and I ended up leaving it up, but here in Brazil we use day, month, and year in sequence. It turns out that person templates, as Info Singer or Info Actor, for example, to enter the date of birth or death, there is a template (pt and en version) which is used within these info boxes. As the date comes formatted in cite web, I thought it would be possible to insert these templates in elsewhere too.
+Prince Willy 23:26, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- I am not completely sure what behavior you are looking for, but I think SnipManager has two methods that come close to what you are after: one is using defeval, which is what I use but probably not what you should use; and the other is using 'default'. My code has:
{'title':'Access date:', 'code':'accessdate', 'defeval':'smGetTime()', 'help':'Full date when URL was accessed.'}
You could have:{'title':'Access date:', 'code':'accessdate', 'default':'{{subst:#timel: d-m-Y}}', 'help':'Full date when URL was accessed.'}
Or you could change it to something like{{subst:#timel: d M Y|now|pt}}
where the |pt part specifies to convert the month name to the Portuguese name. When you view the form it will show you the {{subst}} form, but when you save the page it will convert it to the current date. Please let me know if this answers your question. --Odie5533 (talk) 03:19, 9 November 2012 (UTC) - Alternatively, if you just want to provide the user with default data for them to enter in details, you can do that using the 'default' value as well. An example would be
'default':'{{dni|dia|mês|ano}}'
and then just let the user change the text to the right numbers. --Odie5533 (talk) 03:23, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- I am not completely sure what behavior you are looking for, but I think SnipManager has two methods that come close to what you are after: one is using defeval, which is what I use but probably not what you should use; and the other is using 'default'. My code has:
- I'll try this. Well, about "Citar álbum", did you notice that it only appears on Firefox? When I was editing was in Chrome, that's the reason, I guess, that this citar was not working. That's very weird. There's something very strange happening with some scripts. I am an OTRS volunteer and I translated a tool from another's user script...and this tool works with no issue in pictures pages, but it doesn't work in articles pages. When we click the button, it should open a window, we insert the tickets number, and the tool edits the article's talk page. Well, he do all of this, but the script doesn't insert the OTRS template. It just opens for edits. I guess the error it's about ''"location.href = "http://pt.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=" + linktoaddotrs + "&action=edit&otrstype=" + type;"''.
+Prince Willy 15:03, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- Oh, it's working now. About Chrome it just need to have the navegation history erased. Do you know if Snipmanager can insert a Dif, like "This edit was made by Snipmanager", or something?
+Prince Willy 23:03, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- It could certainly be modified to do so, but I am not sure exactly what behavior would be best. Perhaps it should simply fill in the edit summary? Or do you think it should submit the changes as well? Either is possible. --Odie5533 (talk) 01:21, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- You've actually stumbled on a bit of cruft in my code. Before I started using the jRibbon interface I had built my own drop-down menu system which used the 'smMenus' config, but now that it uses jRibbon the smMenus config can be safely removed. --Odie5533 (talk) 01:25, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- I just updated a few things in SnipManager, the most important being smInsertTags. You might want to pull it into your version because it fixes some serious incompatibilities with wikiEd. --Odie5533 (talk) 02:13, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- I made your uploads to snipmanager. Well, I was thinking in update a lot of infoboxes in the tool, but I was looking to make it without turning the toolbar into a mess. For example, do you know how can I make a groups of templates, and separate then at the menu? Like templates about sports separated from templates about music, for example. I guess it would create new groups and strings at snip, but I have no idea where can I start.
+Prince Willy 15:58, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- If there are new features you want, just let me know and I can try to add them. To add groups such as for infoboxes, go to the
"Menu":[
area and below"Name":"Infoboxes",
is the"Groups":["Common"],
line. You can change this to be something like"Groups":["Common", "Sports"],
. Then below the menu is the"Groups":
part. Look for"Common":{
and you want to add a new group for Sports. See this paste I made for how to add Sports. After you've added it to the Menu and Groups, you finally need to add the form code for the infoboxes towindow.smConfig['smForms']
. If you are having any trouble let me know and I can take your code and set up some empty slots on the menu/groups/smForms for you to fill in. --Odie5533 (talk) 16:45, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- If there are new features you want, just let me know and I can try to add them. To add groups such as for infoboxes, go to the
- Hum...something got wrong...But...well, I don't want to create a new group in "common", but a new group in "Infoboxes", and a subgroup, "Esportes". For example, you click on "Infoboxes", and a new window shows with "esportes", "music" and so...inside then must be the templates. ~Well, this will change some Snip configs, and I don't know if it's possible.
+Prince Willy 22:04, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- Do you want the new group next to Infoboxes? Or do you want it next to Common? The only thing I see wrong is that you switched Futebolista and Info/Futebolista in Item and ItemCodes so the button doesn't work. --Odie5533 (talk) 22:10, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- Infoboxes. This will clean the menu and will be more easy to find the templates, if I insert more than 20 there. Well, can you imagine 20, 20 templates in this version of Snip? I won't use all of the infoboxes, but other users may find it usefull...a tool with a lot of ptwiki templates.
- Do you want the new group next to Infoboxes? Or do you want it next to Common? The only thing I see wrong is that you switched Futebolista and Info/Futebolista in Item and ItemCodes so the button doesn't work. --Odie5533 (talk) 22:10, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
+Prince Willy 22:55, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'm afraid I still don't know exactly where you want it. At the top of SnipManager are Tabs. The Tabs are References, Cleanup, Infoboxes, and Lists. Within the Tab are Groups. In the Cleanup Tab there are three groups: Cleanup, Intro, and Style. Which of these are you wanting to add, a Tab or a Group? --Odie5533 (talk) 06:38, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- A Tab. Ex, For infoboexes, a subtab; 'sports', and in the future, maybe, a subtab inside tab 'sports' called 'soccer', or 'lacroisse'. So the templates will be inserted by subject.
+Prince Willy 13:19, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- I made a few changes here to lines 743–747. --Odie5533 (talk) 13:32, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- The changes resulted in this. It's good to organize by subject, but still gets the initial difficulties of organization. For example, if I create a tab for sports and one for music. Tab sports I'll put football and racquetball, and I'll put music albuns and singers infoboboxes at music tab. However, the list will grow and grow and will occupy the entire browser screen to the right. That's why I said it would be good to have the tab "Infoboxes", and with sports and music into it as subtab to leave Snipmanager access screen compressed. In the version that you created there are not many infoboxes, so there is no need this changes, but in the pt version I will insert several subjects, leaving the access screen in this initial enwiki format very confusing.--
+Prince Willy 12:11, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'm afraid subtabs aren't supported by the jRibbon (and never will be–the project is dead). The Ribbon UI (like in Microsoft Office) isn't really meant to have subtabs. Instead, it has two ways to offer more buttons: drop-down buttons and windows. The windows would be like how Twinkle operates. I found 4 different JavaScript Ribbon UI libraries that I think might fit the bill: jQuery Ribbon, jquery-ui-ribbon, jquery-officebar, and Office Ribbon 2010. The first one seems the best option. Here is an example of the drop-down menu buttons I was talking about. The problem with any of these options is they will require a significant amount of work to implement. At the moment, I believe you and I are the only ones that use SnipManager. I may be able to implement one of these other Ribbon UIs in the future, but I don't have the motivation to do so right now. Sorry. --Odie5533 (talk) 08:13, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
- Oh, no problem. I won't be able to insert many templates on Snip. But, for the future, changes can come. ~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Willy Weazley (talk • contribs) 16:09, 29 November 2012 (UTC)