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Hi, David! It's a pity that nothing came from Full Throttle - there were not much sources on the game though. I noticed that you had contributed to [[Fable (video game)|Fable]] and I am wondering if you would like to work on Fable 2. I'm planning to improve the article, so any possible help would be welcome. Thanks, [[User:Electroguv|Electroguv]] ([[User talk:Electroguv|talk]]) 13:04, 26 December 2011 (UTC) |
Hi, David! It's a pity that nothing came from Full Throttle - there were not much sources on the game though. I noticed that you had contributed to [[Fable (video game)|Fable]] and I am wondering if you would like to work on Fable 2. I'm planning to improve the article, so any possible help would be welcome. Thanks, [[User:Electroguv|Electroguv]] ([[User talk:Electroguv|talk]]) 13:04, 26 December 2011 (UTC) |
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Out of interest, how do i put the "in soviet halo, weapon need you" on my page? Its quite clever :) |
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I want to thank you for your decision and your time in my appeal, you will not regret the decision, I will prove my dedication to improving the encyclopedia. Mìthrandir (talk) 13:25, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
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George Koval (1913–2006) was a Soviet intelligence officer. According to Russian sources, Koval's infiltration of the Manhattan Project as a GRU agent "drastically reduced the amount of time it took for Russia to develop nuclear weapons". Koval was born to Jewish immigrants in Sioux City, Iowa. Shortly after reaching adulthood he traveled with his parents to the Soviet Union to settle in the Jewish Autonomous Region near the Chinese border. Koval was recruited by the Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate, trained, and assigned the code name DELMAR. He returned to the United States in 1940 and was drafted into the US Army in early 1943. Koval worked at atomic research laboratories and, according to the Russian government, relayed back to the Soviet Union information about the production processes and volumes of the polonium, plutonium, and uranium used in American atomic weaponry, in addition to descriptions of the weapon production sites. After the war, Koval left on a European vacation but never returned to the United States. In 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin posthumously awarded Koval the Hero of the Russian Federation decoration for "his courage and heroism while carrying out special missions". (more...)
UcuchaBot (talk) 00:02, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that this article was created recently. Since you have done redirects on the article multiple times, I'm just wondering if you're gonna work on it so make a Good or Featured Article so it can be added to the Halo Featured Topic. GamerPro64 18:55, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Review article to help make it FA quality?
Greetings. As a former (current?) member of the FA-team, would you be willing to help me out? I'm looking for some editors to help review an article I've been working on and give feedback to help it reach FA-quality. Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 18:06, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
- Hi David, I see you've made a few useful edits to this article. Now that you've taken a look at it, are they any specific points or pieces of advice you might give before it is brought to FA-nominations? Looking over previous FAC discussions, it would be nice for me to anticipate any issues with images in the article. Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 21:13, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
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AfD Closure Request
Hey David. Would you mind closing this request? The article in question is one that I have not edited, (at least edits that didn't involve me calling for its expansion), and its nomination has strong consensus for a Keep, with the only opposition being the nominator, who brought up nominations for every electronic sports article he came across. Also, this request has been opened for two weeks, so I think it's time that it's closed. DarthBotto talk•cont 18:12, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
This indefinitely blocked user was unblocked as the result of an appeal to the BASC under terms enumerated here. Prior to his unblocking, this user engaged in extensive, disruptive socking related the article Nelson Antonio Denis. His socks disrupted a PUF discussion[1] concerning a photograph of himself, during which his socks claimed there was a OTRS letter claiming he "created" the photo. He obviously didn't create the photo (as he was the subject), and the photo was deleted after protracted discussion.
Another user has just uploaded the same photo, and Nelsondenis248 swiftly materialized to post a notice on the photo and its talk page claiming, again, to be the "copyright holder" and stating, again, that an email was again being sent to OTRS.[2][3]
It seems to me that while editing files or photos of himself was not prohibited by his unblocking, which banned him from editing his article, it is certainly against the spirit of his unblock for him to get involved in the addition of photos to his article. This is especially so considering the way his socks disrupted the previous PUF discussion by making identical arguments that were rejected. I think that he should be expressly cautioned to desist from involvement of any kind in photos of himself or uploaded for insertion into the article about him. ScottyBerg (talk) 05:31, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
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Jabbsworth
IIRC, User:Jabbsworth is now asserting that he was unblocked because ArbCom ruled that way ... [4] shows his specific claim. I note you were the unblocking admin on 22 July, and wonder if such was in fact the case (the user had removed his block notice from his talk page [5] at 2:42 on 22 July, after the unblock where you said he would only edit from the one account. The main accounts, however were, and are, indefinitely blocked, and I had thought that such an unblock was unusual. He has, unfortunately, reverted to his personal attacks on me, and is using ArbCom as his "Get Out of Jail Free" card at the SPI case Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Ratel where he makes his identity abundantly clear. As this is part of the initial problem Ratel and his myriad of socks has had in the past, I would appreciate learning if he does, indeed, have that card. Cheers. Collect (talk) 12:48, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Ratel
AFAICT, Ratel had atr least 8 socks - notable for making identical edits on article pages. He currently seems to have erred by posting that we should look at the Matt Drudge material on sourcewatch.org, where, mirabile dictu, such article appeared only a few hours before Jabbsworth pointed us to it. That article has the same edit that Ratel, TickleMeister, Jabbsworth, BozellHammer made. In addition, SPI requests connect TickleMeister to OzOke, RxWatch, Hills-Mitchelson, Elleeomosynary, Long:iveReagan, AllYrBaseRBelongUs, and Jabbsworth -- making the link complete. He is now engaging is disruptive behaviour at the Matt Drudge article, inter alia, making the exact same type of edits which caused him to be indeffed a long time ago by Gwen Gale 11:04, 26 May 2009 Gwen Gale (talk | contribs) blocked Ratel (talk | contribs) (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (blatant and willful violation of WP:BLP, [6] . He also got a block from JPGordon for Abusing multiple accounts to feign consenus at [[abusing multiple accounts to feign consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Climate change denial (4th nomination)) He is continuing to operate as usual, and as such I suggest he has violated his parole.
Read also the unredacted Talk:Matt Drudge to see one other teeny problem he appears to have. Cheers. Collect (talk) 12:41, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Please delete all pages and references to Fernando Rivas on Wikipedia. See user talk page for 68.58.200.127. There is a legal situation that is potentially destructive and devastating to my career and family. Contact me at fernando@rivasmusic.com. A reply would be greatly appreciated, as well as an explanation if the deletion is not possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.58.200.127 (talk) 15:10, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
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Full Throttle
Hi, David! Let me introduce myself - I am quite a new face around WP:VG and my name's Electroguv. I would like to promote Full Throttle (a 1995 LucasArts adventure) to GA, but I don't have enough print sources to start writing about the game's development. You have quite an expierence in reaching hard-to-find print refs, so I was wondering if you could point me to some pieces I could use. Thank you. Electroguv (talk) 11:42, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- David, hi! Have you found something with which I could start off? Thanks, Electroguv (talk) 11:18, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
- Specifically, I would like some info on when the game was conceived. Without that fact, all the prose in my drafts gets broken. Thank you. Electroguv (talk) 14:33, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hi, David. I compiled all the informantion....and realised that I can't start writing a draft of the article. Even with all the refs you've found (big thanks, by the way) there is not enough info about the game to bring the article up to GA status. Thanks for your help. Electroguv (talk) 12:39, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
- Forget what I said. I've just watched GameSpot video where Tim Schafer talks about his past games, and I think there is chance to make article a GA. Electroguv (talk) 12:49, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hi, David. I compiled all the informantion....and realised that I can't start writing a draft of the article. Even with all the refs you've found (big thanks, by the way) there is not enough info about the game to bring the article up to GA status. Thanks for your help. Electroguv (talk) 12:39, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
- Specifically, I would like some info on when the game was conceived. Without that fact, all the prose in my drafts gets broken. Thank you. Electroguv (talk) 14:33, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
- David, hi! Have you found something with which I could start off? Thanks, Electroguv (talk) 11:18, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
Amendment request
Hi David, I have responded here in answer to your question. Can you please advise accordingly. Thanks, Russavia Let's dialogue 21:38, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
VG newsletter feature
David- Just trying to get a jump on the next newsletter feature. Would you be interested in writing a postmortem like the Final Fantasy one in the latest issue? (Guyinblack25 talk 15:04, 3 December 2011 (UTC))
- Off the top of my head... I'd recommend maybe The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening or Defense of the Ancients. I chose Final Fantasy because I felt that it had enough interesting editing and reviewing history to be worth reading about. The whole experience was full of lessons that really helped me become a better editor. And I thought others would benefit from those lessons. (Guyinblack25 talk 20:50, 5 December 2011 (UTC))
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WikiProject Film November 2011 Newsletter
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Talkback
Replied at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Star_Trek#Image_in_character_infobox. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:58, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Muhammad RFC
Given the mess that was the discussion at WT:NOT which led to 100k words of discussion how is it plausible that an RFC will actually achieve anything beyond delaying an Arbcom case and creating a ton of drama? It's quite clear that basically all of the participants are accused of acting in poor faith by at least one of the other people involved. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 17:05, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
- I presume you've seen the comments raised at PhilKnight's talk page.
- Even so as an arbitrator you should have responded here to some degree within a week - as per the Betacommand case. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:32, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
- I see the case has now been accepted. Even so communication is really important. Just a "fair enough" or "fair point" would have been great.
- As a whole the committee has gone from a stage of pissing everyone involved in a relatively easy case off due to poor communication (such as the MickMacNee case in the summer), to getting good feedback and involvement from the community and much less stress in a much more complex case (such as the Abortion case) - the change over this has been huge and highly worthwhile. It would be very disappointing for that progress to be lost. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 18:45, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
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Features
Hey David. Would it be possible for you to hold off your postmortem for next quarter? I'm planning on making a feature on a look back on the project's landmarks this year. GamerPro64 17:25, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
Season's tidings!
Main page appearance: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is a 1989 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the fifth feature in the franchise and the penultimate to star the cast of the original Star Trek science fiction television series. Taking place shortly after the events of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the plot follows the crew of the USS Enterprise-A as they confront a renegade Vulcan, Sybok, who is searching for God at the center of the galaxy. The film was directed by cast member William Shatner, following two films directed by his co-star, Leonard Nimoy. Shatner also developed the initial storyline in which Sybok searches for God, but instead finds Satan. The original script was disliked by series creator Gene Roddenberry, while Nimoy and DeForest Kelley objected to the premise that their characters, Spock and Leonard McCoy, would betray Shatner's James T. Kirk. The script went through multiple revisions to please the cast and studio, including cuts in the effects-laden climax of the film. The film's ending was reworked because of poor test audience reaction and the failure of planned special effects. The Final Frontier was released in North America on June 9, 1989, amidst a summer box office crowded by sequels and blockbuster films. The film received generally mixed or poor reviews by critics on release, and according to its producer nearly killed the franchise. (more...)
UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
Fable 2
Hi, David! It's a pity that nothing came from Full Throttle - there were not much sources on the game though. I noticed that you had contributed to Fable and I am wondering if you would like to work on Fable 2. I'm planning to improve the article, so any possible help would be welcome. Thanks, Electroguv (talk) 13:04, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Halo sideBar
Hey,
Awesome to know that you got into the Arbitration commitee! I remember editing w/ you with some halo articles way back when, and supporting you in your admin appliaction, you really have gone far :)
Out of interest, how do i put the "in soviet halo, weapon need you" on my page? Its quite clever :)