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GA Sweeps July update[edit]
Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 290 articles were swept in June! Last month was our second most successful month in reviewing articles (after May). We are currently over 70% done with Sweeps, with just under 800 articles left to review. With nearly 50 members, that averages out to about 15 articles per person. If each member reviews an article every other day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. This may sound difficult, but if everyone completes their reviews, Sweeps would be completed in less than two years when we first started (with only four members!). With the conclusion of Sweeps, each editor could spend more time writing GAs, reviewing at the backlogged GAN, or focusing on other GARs. Again, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 18:03, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Reviewed and given GA. I left a few comments you might look at, but you should be home free from here.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 11:32, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
Barnstar[edit]
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The Black Mages Good Topic[edit]
I was wondering if The Black Mages could become a GT if I got Tsuyoshi Sekito, Kenichiro Fukui, and Keiji Kawamori to GA status. TBM and Nobuo Uematsu are already at GA status, and I've been planning to work on Sekito, Fukui, and Kawamori anyway. Information on the remaining members, Michio Okamiya and Arata Hanyuda, is very scarce, so I don't think any articles can be made about them (at least yet). Do you think this will become a problem for the GT? The Prince (talk) 21:14, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
- Cool, I'll get to work then. The Prince (talk) 21:39, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Hey, can you give a bit more feedback on, if Pavilion projects is brought to GA, whether you'd then prefer it to be included or not? (As opposed to whether you feel it needs including in the first place?) rst20xx (talk) 19:08, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
GA Sweeps August update[edit]
Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 215 articles were swept in July! We are currently nearly 80% done with Sweeps, with under 600 articles left to review. With 50 members, that averages out to about 12 articles per person. Once the remaining articles drop to 100, I'll help in reviewing the last articles (I'm currently taking a break). If each member reviews an article every other day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. Again, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 19:33, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
You've marked this in your Sweeps list as one you've done and passed, yet there is no GAR listed on the article and it clearly fails the GA criteria. Was this one you intended to do and did not get to? Ditto Music of Final Fantasy VIII, Music of Kingdom Hearts and World of Final Fantasy VIII. Also, as all of these appear to be articles you actively edit, it would seem to me that you should not be doing GAR review son them at this time. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 18:00, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
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I have reviewed Creid and placed the GAN on hold pending any further improvement. Please see Talk:Creid/GA1. Thank you, MuZemike 20:57, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
ff8 picture source[edit]
please study sources properly before reverting a good edit - the last words before compact disc say published by square europe, i also have the game the first words on screen are published by square europe - theres no argument chocobogamer mine 17:51, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
Music of the Mana series[edit]
Great work so far on the Music of the Mana series article. I just noticed today the Gamasutra posted a lengthy interview with both Hiroki Kikuta and Yoko Shimomura that I thought you might be interested in. ~ Hibana 00:38, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Music of the Katamari Damacy series[edit]
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Thanks![edit]
Hey, thanks for pitching in. This is gonna be a bit of a project, but I'm hoping we can make this a good list! Lychosis T/C 18:08, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
Soul soundtrack question[edit]
Hey oh, I got a question. Could you merge Super Battle Sound Attack Soul Edge, Soul Edge Original Soundtrack - Khan Super Session, Soulcalibur Original Soundtrack, Soulcalibur II Original Soundtrack and Soulcalibur III Original Soundtrack - Legend of Sounds into Soul series discography? I'm asking you this since your he only one that does this stuff. GamerPro64 (talk) 19:17, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Wow! you work fast! GamerPro64 (talk) 20:26, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
- Hah, looks like GamePro had the same idea I did, I was going to ask if you'd be up for working on that article as you're pretty much the master of great discography articles.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 20:36, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Just wondering, should all composers who have worked for Square Enix be added or just the ones currently employed? I see for one that e.g. Yasunori Mitsuda and Yoko Shimomura aren't present. The Prince (talk) 21:01, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks :) I've added a few more composers to increase the count to 25. The Prince (talk) 22:24, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
File:FFVIIsephirothkillsaeris.jpg[edit]
Hi, I've started a new discussion over this file at Talk:Final_Fantasy_VII#File:FFVIIsephirothkillsaeris.jpg. I thought you might like to join in. Best, umrguy42 22:21, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for catching that. I didn't mean to remove the template, and when it was taken of the todo list, I followed suit on the GAN page. MrKIA11 (talk) 16:20, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
FF7 needs you again[edit]
Tintor2 has decided to change Aeris name to Aerith. There has already been discussion and concensus that it should remain Aeris. Obvious reasons include all English versions of the game say Aeris. I would like your opinions on it please chocobogamer mine 23:57, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
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Aeris[edit]
thanks for the section merge, I was about to do the same when I realized it was already on-going above, but you beat me to it :) umrguy42 19:58, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Make moar articles for EarthBound![edit]
I assume you have an interest in EarthBound, and ATM, I've been working on the following articles: User:New Age Retro Hippie/Giygas, User:New Age Retro Hippie/Lucas (Mother 3), and User:New Age Retro Hippie/Characters of EarthBound. I'm not sure if there's enough for Lucas (probably isn't), but I reckon that Giygas might be doable; the only problem I have is that I can't find very much critical coverage for him, believe it or not. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 20:11, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Yoko Shimomura[edit]
Hi. I thought maybe it would benefit the Yoko Shimomura article to have a portrait of her. Perhaps we could upload a fair-use image from Flickr, such as this one, to the Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons license. (Nice work on the article by the way) ~ Hibana 05:28, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
- FYI, I have uploaded the images to commons, so that other Wikipedia projects can use them as well. I'm not sure, but I think maybe the files you uploaded should be deleted. I have to thank you very much for making the effort of getting the images usable on Wikipedia. All those articles look a lot better with an image. BTW, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could I ask you to do the same to this image of Ko Otani? I'm going to start expanding it, and it would be so much more motivating starting on it with an image. :) The Prince (talk) 23:52, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
I'll finally get around to reviewing this within 24 hours, just a heads up :) Wizardman 19:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Revenant Wings[edit]
FFX-2 is a different game, but it is recognized as a sequel. Same with FFXII and Revanant Wings.Fractyl (talk) 17:51, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
Found a [script for that purpose|http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/935614/58221] care to help out?Fractyl (talk) 18:19, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
Triple Crown[edit]
One Winged Angel[edit]
Been looking at that section on Sephiroth's page, and it makes me think if it could be expanded and with some reception a small yet good article could be developed for the song. Since you're the resident music guy I figured you'd know best whether or not the sources even exist to really bother building such an article. What do you think?--Kung Fu Man (talk) 18:36, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
- Figured that'd be the case: people love to call something like this iconic but never actually go into the why or how. Ah well, thanks for your time man.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 18:50, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Hiroki Kikuta[edit]
Hello! Your submission of Hiroki Kikuta at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Materialscientist (talk) 04:47, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Hiroki Kikuta[edit]
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Final Fantasy II[edit]
No problem! :) Glad to have gotten it done, finally. If I don't get back to you tonight, then bug me again in about 12 hours. :) BOZ (talk) 16:07, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
- Check your e-mail, and let me know if you got it! It's a big-un. BOZ (talk) 00:51, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
2010 WikiCup Signups Reconfirmation![edit]
To ensure that everyone who signed up is still committed to participating in the 2010 WikiCup, it is required that you remove your name from this list! By removing your name, you are not removing yourself from the WikiCup. This is simply a way for the judges to take note of who has not yet reconfirmed their participation. If you have not removed your name from that list by December 30th, 2009 (by 23:59 (UTC)) then your name will be removed from the WikiCup.
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Interview[edit]
PresN, I have selected you to be interviewed for this quarters Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter. Do you accept? GamerPro64 (talk) 20:17, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
- Excellent. I'll let you know when I have your questions done. GamerPro64 (talk) 23:16, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
I have your questions done. There may be more questions in the future, so I'll tell you there is. But for now, the questions are at the draft. GamerPro64 (talk) 22:35, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
- I added two follow up questions to the draft when you get a chance. (Guyinblack25 talk 16:07, 10 December 2009 (UTC))
Orphaned non-free image File:Katamari Damacy Tribute album cover.jpg[edit]
Thanks for uploading File:Katamari Damacy Tribute album cover.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 06:11, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
Hiya. Your name was mentioned at a thread at the video game Wikiproject's talk page, in that you are a active contributor in music video game songs. As such, you may be interested in this new WikiProject. Regards -- Sk8er5000 (talk) 23:08, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
admin?[edit]
Hey. I've seen your edits around and was wondering if you were considering adminship; if so, I'd gladly nominate you over at WP:RFA. Let me know. Wizardman 18:49, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
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The 2010 WikiCup begins tomorrow![edit]
Welcome to the biggest WikiCup Wikipedia has yet seen! Round one will take place over two months, and finish on February 26. There is only one pool, and the top 64 will progress. The competition will be tough, as more than half of the current competitors will not make it to round 2. Details about scoring have been finalized and are explained at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Please make sure you're familiar with the scoring rules, because any submissions made that violate these rules will be removed. Like always, the judges can be reached through the WikiCup talk pages, on their talk page, or over IRC with any issues concerning anything tied to the Cup. We will keep in contact with you via weekly newsletters; if you do not want to receive them, please remove yourself from the list here. Conversely, if a non-WikiCup participant wishes to receive the newsletters, they may add themselves to that list. Well, enough talk- get writing! Your submission's page is located here. Details on how to submit your content is located here, so be sure to check that out! Once content has been recognized, it can be added to your submissions page, from which our bot will update the main score table. Remember that only articles worked on and nominated during the competition are eligible for points. Have fun, and good luck! Garden, iMatthew, J Milburn, and The ed17 19:22, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
GA Sweeps update[edit]
Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 90% done with only 226 articles remain to be swept! As always, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. With over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 4 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. As an added incentive, if we complete over 100 articles reviewed this month, I will donate $100 to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps participants. I hope that this incentive will help to increase our motivation for completing Sweeps while supporting Wikipedia in the process. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 00:15, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Jeremy Soule pic[edit]
Hi, I wrote to the contact on Soule's website for a freely licensed picture using one of the request templates on Commons and I also asked a flickr user to allow an image of him to be used under a CC license. Just so you don't doubly request (of course if you already did then I'm the sucker haha). Regards Hekerui (talk) 12:06, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
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GA review of Steins;Gate[edit]
Thank you for the review. I have made some changes to the article based on your comments. I presume you have the review page watched so I will respond to future inquiries on the review page directly instead of spamming your talk page. :) --Remy Suen (talk) 22:17, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Flower (video game)[edit]
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Materialscientist (talk) 00:01, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
FFIV passed[edit]
Passed Final Fantasy IV this evening. Good work. Tezero (talk) 02:58, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Masaharu Iwata[edit]
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Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Jack Wall (composer)[edit]
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Materialscientist (talk) 00:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Jack Wall GAN[edit]
Hi, sorry for the delay in the review of Jack Wall. I posted it. If I'm wrong with anything don't hestitate to mention it on the page in a reply. Regards Hekerui (talk) 00:37, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
- Hi, I took a closer look on language because shorter formulation etc. makes it easier for a reader - we tend to add more words to an article to make it seeemingly more coherent but reading is actually easier when those are not used; I often look at the "cheat sheet" here to avoid unnecessary work. I have some points left on the review page. Best Hekerui (talk) 21:25, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Hayato Matsuo[edit]
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Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
I've passed this article straight off the bat, but have left a few notes for you to work on if you hope to take this article to FAC or to improve it further generally, so do take a look. J Milburn (talk) 01:05, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
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3 GANs[edit]
Three articles assessed as "good" today, you're doing well! Congrats! Hekerui (talk) 22:13, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Question[edit]
Hey, seeing you're interested in music, could I convince you to read Ram Narayan and tell me your opinion on whether it reads well and is neutrally worded? Hekerui (talk) 14:50, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
"City of Blinding Lights" FAC[edit]
Hello, thanks for your comments on the "City of Blinding Lights" FAC. I believe that I have addressed your concerns with the Alt text and the broken link. I hope that you don't mind me asking you to revisit those concerns to see if they have been properly fixed! Cheers, MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 20:43, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
- I'm sorry if this comes across as nagging or being too worried, but could you return to review the adjustments on the above FAC soon? I've had several prior FAC's closed without promotion when the reviewers did not return after their comments had been addressed, and it's something that I would really like to avoid this time round. Cheers, MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 02:24, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
WikiCup 2010 January newsletter[edit]
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to 
Sasata (submissions), our current leader, who, at the time of writing, has more listed points than 
Hunter Kahn (submissions) and 
TonyTheTiger (submissions) (second and third place respectively) combined. A special well done also goes to 
Fetchcomms (submissions)- his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.
Around half of competitors are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. 64 of the 149 current competitors will advance to round 2- if you currently have no points, do not worry, as over half of the current top 64 have under 50 points. Everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places in round 2! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! J Milburn, Garden, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:19, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
dyk hook problem - Music of the Xenosaga series[edit]
Hi, there is a problem with your dyk hook submission that perhaps you could address here. Regards, —mattisse (Talk) 18:00, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
- Your new hook is 243 char, when max allowed is 200 char. Can you shorten it? —mattisse (Talk) 19:14, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
another problem with dyk hook[edit]
Hi, please see here and point me in the right direction regarding the reference source. Regards, —mattisse (Talk) 02:04, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
February GA Sweeps update[edit]
Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 95% done with around 130 articles left to be swept! Currently there are over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 3 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. Per my message last month, although we did not review 100 articles last month, I still made a donation of $90 (we had 90 reviews completed/initiated) to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps reviewers. I would like to thank everyone's efforts for last month, and ask for additional effort this month so we can be finished. I know you have to be sick of seeing these updates (as well as Sweeps itself) by now, so please do consider reviewing a few articles if you haven't reviewed in a while. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:43, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Music of the Xenosaga series[edit]
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Materialscientist (talk) 00:01, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Nice work[edit]
Looks like you're keeping everything going, as always. Not nominating your own articles for removal I hope :) — Deckiller 20:18, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Masaharu Iwata[edit]
I quick failed this because I felt it was desperately underdeveloped. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 02:07, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Final Fantasy character classes[edit]
Thanks for fixing the GA page. I didn't do my homework to actually see what happened to the article, I just assumed someone had forgot to list it under DGA after removing from GAR, based on multiple edits. MrKIA11 (talk) 21:31, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Gyromancer[edit]
Hello! Your submission of Gyromancer at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Calmer Waters 00:30, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
WikiCup 2010 February newsletter[edit]
Round one is over, and round two has begun! Congratulations to the 64 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our first round. A special well done goes to Sasata (submissions), our round one winner (1010 points), and to Hunter Kahn (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions), who were second and third respectively (640 points/605 points). Sasata was awarded the most points for both good articles (300 points) and featured articles (600 points), and TonyTheTiger was awarded the most for featured topics (225 points), while Hunter Kahn claimed the most for good topics (70). 
Staxringold (submissions) claimed the most featured lists (240 points) and featured pictures (35 points), 
Geschichte (submissions) claimed the most for Did you know? entries (490 points), 
Jujutacular (submissions) claimed the most for featured sounds (70 points) and 
Candlewicke (submissions) claimed the most for In the news entries (40 points). No one claimed a featured portal or valued picture.
Credits awarded after the end of round one but before round two may be claimed in round two, but remember the rule that content must have been worked on in some significant way during 2010 by you for you to claim points. The groups for round two will be placed up shortly, and the submissions' pages will be blanked. This round will continue until 28 April, when the top two users from each group, as well as 16 wildcards, will progress to round three. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup; thank you to all doing this last round, and particularly to those helping at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:51, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
GA Sweeps Completed![edit]
Thanks to everyone's amazing efforts in February, we have reviewed all of the articles and are now finished with Sweeps! There are still about 30 articles currently on hold, and once those reviews are completed, I will send you a final message about Sweeps process stats including the total number of articles that were passed and failed. If you have one of these open reviews, be sure to update your count when the review is completed so I can compile the stats. You can except to receive your award for reviewing within the next week or two. Although the majority of the editors did not start Sweeps at the beginning in August 2007 (myself included), over 50 editors have all come together to complete a monumental task and improve many articles in the process. I commend you for sticking with this often challenging task and strengthening the integrity of the GA WikiProject as well as the GAs themselves. I invite you to take a break from reviewing (don't want you to burn out!) and then consider returning/starting to review GANs and/or contribute to GAR reviews. With your assistance, we can help bring the backlog down to a manageable level and help inspire more editors to improve articles to higher classes and consider reviewing themselves. Again, thank you for putting up with difficult reviews, unhappy editors, numerous spam messages from me, and taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:35, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Thank you![edit]
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| For your excellent and wonderful contributions at Wikipedia:Featured Article Candidates during the month of February 2010, you're truly a star! Ealdgyth - Talk 15:52, 29 January 2010 (UTC) |
RFA[edit]
I've seen you around and your work, and I think you'd be trusted with the mop. Anyways, let me know. –MuZemike 01:48, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Works of John Douglas[edit]
Just a short note to say many thanks for making the box for John Douglas. Clearly I am not an expert like you in this matter; much appreciated.--Peter I. Vardy (talk) 19:02, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Garry Schyman[edit]
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The Last Remnant[edit]
I relisted the article because it had no proper review, as advised in WP:GAR. Regards Hekerui (talk) 01:19, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Flower[edit]
Err, you might want to take a look at Flower (video game) whenever you're next on. The prose is being bastardized pretty badly... MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 02:21, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
- No problem at all mate; I'm always happy to keep an eye on strange edits like that! Cheers, MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 04:34, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Gyromancer[edit]
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Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
FAC: Free State of Galveston[edit]
FYI: I replied to your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Free State of Galveston/archive1.
Thanks.
--Mcorazao (talk) 17:11, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
I have just added File:20100228 McCormick Tribune Plaza Chicago Winter Dance 2010.JPG to McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink. Could you please revisit Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:27, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Image review for 1956 Winter Olympics[edit]
Hello, I note that you do quite a bit of image review on WP:FAC. I am attempting to bring the 1956 Winter Olympics article to FAC and I have uploaded three images (my first image uploads). These were uploaded from the official report of the Games written by the Organizing Committee. The image links are: File:1956 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies.jpg, File:Sverre Stenersen.jpg, File:Ice stadium.jpg. My question is whether or not you feel that these would pass review at FAC? I've asked the question at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions and the answer was inconclusive. There has been a recent discussion about whether or not to delete the PD-Italy template and the consensus was to keep the template. The discussion is archived and can be accessed here: Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:PD-Italy. Would you be able to take a look at these images and see if they meet FA standards? I sincerely appreciate your time and help. User:H1nkles citius altius fortius 22:46, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for your review. I appreciate it, and I know that you don't speak for the entire community but you're giving your opinion. I'm so confounded by copyright laws that it is frankly daunting to even begin the try and understand them. I will keep the images in the article for now. Much appreciated! User:H1nkles citius altius fortius 22:32, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
I have offered a review of the article, and placed it on hold. Congratulations on the Flower FA by the way- that's one of the fastest DYK-TFA turnovers (with all the middle bits) I've ever seen. Shame you didn't create the article, otherwise you would be eligible for a Four Award. J Milburn (talk) 22:13, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Imperial Triple Crown[edit]
Audio help[edit]
I know you are currently working on Gyromancer to GA status, but can you work on the Audio section in Beyond Good & Evil (video game)? GamerPro64 (talk) 19:40, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help on BGE's audio section. Sorry about music4games, though. GamerPro64 (talk) 19:09, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive[edit]
| WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April. |  |
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 18:06, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
A sincere thank you from Wikiproject Good Articles[edit]
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On behalf of Wikiproject Good Articles, I would like to express our gratitude to you for your contributions to the Sweeps process, for which you completed 23 reviews. Completion of this monstrous task has proven to be a significant accomplishment not only for our project, but for Wikipedia. As a token of our sincere appreciation, please accept this ribbon. Lara 01:07, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi PresN, I just noticed these two articles were created on the 17 October and 20 October, respectively. If they're not merged back into the Characters of Final Fantasy XII article, then they should definitely be added to the FFXII FT. The three month from creation rule means they should have been added by 17 and 20 January, though I for one would be willing to let you try to get them to GA/merge them before considering nominating the topic for removal - rst20xx (talk) 17:11, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Re:Gyromancer GAN[edit]
Hey, I'll get back to this soon- I imagine I'll find some time tomorrow evening. J Milburn (talk) 21:55, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
WikiCup 2010 March newsletter[edit]
We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. Hunter Kahn (submissions) leads overall with 650 points this round, and heads pool B. TonyTheTiger (submissions) currently leads pool C, dubbed the "Group of Death", which has a only a single contestant yet to score this round (the fewest of any group), as well five contestants over 100 points (the most). With a month still to go, as well as 16 wildcard places, everything is still to play for. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.
Although unrelated to the WikiCup, April sees a Good Article Nominations backlog elimination drive, formulated as a friendly competition with small awards, as the Cup is. Several WikiCup contestants and judges have already signed up, but regular reviewers and those who hope to do more reviewing are more than welcome to join at the drive page. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) 22:19, 31 March 2010 (UTC)