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Hey Tezero. When you support at FAC, could you put it in bold at the front of a line, at either the beginning or end of your section? The FAC coords haven't always seen supports in the past that showed up in other places. Thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 02:06, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Re: RequestAlright. I'll get onto Sega Saturn now. In return, could you do the review for Tales of Rebirth unless someone beats you to it. It's been hanging around for over a month, I think. --ProtoDrake (talk) 22:19, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Freedom Planet FACApologies again for the slow review. I can't help but feel partly responsible for the nomination's closure. I'll be there to finish my copyedit and support whenever you renominate. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 14:46, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
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Today's Featured Article: NotificationThis is to inform you that Tony Hawk's Underground, which you nominated at WP:FAC, will appear on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on 15 January 2015. The proposed main page blurb is here; you may amend if necessary. Please check for dead links and other possible faults before the appearance date. Brianboulton (talk) 12:54, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for December 29Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Sonic Adventure 2, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page G.U.N.. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:41, 29 December 2014 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii UHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii UThe article Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Happy New Year Tezero!![]() ![]() Tezero, ReminderRemind me when the edits I made are unconstructive. 174.92.81.220 (talk) 16:30, 31 December 2014 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii UThe article Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U you nominated as a good article has passed Your GA nomination of E languageHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article E language you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Sonic Adventure 2Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sonic Adventure 2 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. SA2I see. Could you help with the "Setting" and "Characters" sections? Other game-related GAs (like Crash of the Titans) have them but this one doesn't.--Phil A. Fry (talk) 19:19, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Sonic Adventure 2The article Sonic Adventure 2 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Sonic Adventure 2The article Sonic Adventure 2 you nominated as a good article has passed The Signpost: 31 December 2014
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Global accountHi Tezero! As a Steward I'm involved in the upcoming unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to ping me with {{ping|DerHexer}}. Cheers, —DerHexer (Talk) 01:14, 3 January 2015 (UTC) Your GA nomination of E languageThe article E language you nominated as a good article has passed DYK for Afternoon
Harrias talk 00:42, 4 January 2015 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for January 6Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Vertexguy, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page The Pretender. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:08, 6 January 2015 (UTC) Thanks, and something elseThanks for the Drakengard Music review. Now, if only I knew how to class and nominate the Characters article, I could have myself a good topic. I don't know whether it stands as a list or a normal article. By the way, I'm doing something completely new for me. I'm preparing a rewrite for Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, and then I'm going to take it to GA after suitable tweaking. The draft is being prepared in my sandbox at this moment. Either during writing, or after I've done the rewrite, could you help with copy-editing and such? If you're not interested, then that's fine too. --ProtoDrake (talk) 20:02, 6 January 2015 (UTC) I noticed that you started up this Draft. It's been over six months since it was last edited, meaning it meets the criteria to be speedy deleted. Do you still have plans on editing the page? GamerPro64 20:46, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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Sonic 3I have finished sourcing everything that needed to be sourced - more specifically the destruction of all {{citation needed}} and {{fact}} tags. I have also managed to get hold of one or two offline sources for Sonic 3, so I'll put that to good use soon. I was just checking up on what you planned to do with your stuff in userspace and was also wondering on what you would do next with the article. I understand if you need to prioritize other things first, if you're still busy that is? ☯ Jaguar ☯ 19:28, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
Let me know what you think of the article now? This is the revision before I edited it and this is the revision where I left off. All that's left now are the reception and plot sections. The plot summary in the lead may be off, as I summarized it as "the game follows both Sonic and Knuckles the Echidna to stop Dr. Robotnik's orbital weapon, the Death Egg, from destroying Angel Island", but with that being said it has been a long time since I played it so I can't fully recall the details. The plot section may be alright, but I know you like to write plot sections accordingly, so I hope for your judgement! The reception section is a little dry, so I'll find more content for that today. ☯ Jaguar ☯ 16:58, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
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Navajo languageHi Tezero, I just wanted to ask if you had any intention to complete your GA review for Navajo language. It appears that no progress has been made in the past month. If for whatever reason you cannot complete the review, please close it. Thanks!--Dom497 (talk) 14:23, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for January 27Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Sonic & Knuckles, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Checkpoint. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:00, 27 January 2015 (UTC) Sonic BoomHi Tezero, I saw your reversion here at Sonic Boom (TV series). I first contemplated reverting your reversion, but after seeing that the contribution was peppered with silly rhetorical questions that seems like they could have been copy/pasted out of a press release, like, "But will turning over a new leaf be good or bad once Eggman crashes the ceremony?" I thought the better of it. Especially with the other grammatical problems. I'm not sure if you know (and I'm making an unfounded assumption) but per WP:TVPLOT we should expect summaries to be in the 100-200 word range, even if other summaries are not presented this way. I think the kids believe that they are supposed to be writing loglines, which is silly. Our job is to explain the key points of an episode, which (as you acknowledge being aware of) could include spoilers. These loglines tend to be problematic anyway, because the more of them there are, the more like it is that kids will copy/paste them from other sources, rather than writing them from scratch. Anyhow, this isn't a criticism, this isn't a lecture—I support your reversion—I just wanted to share some of the community expectations on the off-chance you might not be aware of the minutia. Regards, and good editing! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:21, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
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FAC nominationHi, about a year ago, you reviewed God of War III's FAC nomination (which unfortunately did not pass then). I've recently renominated the article if you wouldn't care to review again. --JDC808 ♫ 18:13, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of Quality Control (song)![]() The article Quality Control (song) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern: While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing CongratsCongratulations on another FA under your belt. You've been doing a lot of good for the fangame scene—keep up the solid work. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 08:06, 2 February 2015 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
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Template:GameFAQsHi. There is a TfD for {{GameFAQs}} in Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 February 8 § Template:GameFAQs. (It generates an external link to gamefaqs.com.) It is relisted, so I thought it'd be a good idea to call people who work in the relevant field, such as yourself. One minor issue: The relisting admin was a little bit – shall we say – disenfranchised by unrelated discussions like the general merit of GameFAQs links outside the EL section. So, I'd appreciate if such discussions were either totally avoided or kept to a bare minimum. Thanks a lot. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 04:49, 9 February 2015 (UTC) The Signpost: 11 February 2015
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Getting booksHey—if you need books, be sure to ask your university library. If they don't have it, they'll order it, and if they won't order it, they'll get it for you from interlibrary loan! And if you're out of university, let me know and I can help you find what you need. czar ⨹ 19:12, 15 February 2015 (UTC) You've got mail!BTW, the citation is as follows: Reiner (August 2001). "Sonic Adventure 2". Game Informer. 11 (100): 100. Regards,TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 05:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC) |