Thanks for uploading File:Disney's Animated Storybook 101 Dalmatians trailer.ogg. 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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:34, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Disambiguation link notification for September 22
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Madeline (video game series), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page TLC. 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) 11:27, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I've kept myself busy adding essential elements to some of your newly created articles. Next to the Living Books and Carmen Sandiego series that Brøderbund worked on, there is also a trilogy they developed and published called the "Early Learning Family" Series. This includes the games The Playroom, The Treehouse and The Backyard. These articles may be worth checking out if you'd like to make improvements. Cheers! Deltasim (talk) 15:54, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads-up. Real life has gotten a bit busier recently so I have to pick and choose the articles to invest time into. I've never played these games before and know nothing about them so I'd need to invest more time into research before I could start. I'd rather invest that time into other endeavours. But keep telling me about awesome edutainment games that I can check out when I have free time and maybe improve. I'd love for you to check out all the work I've done to the Carmen Sandiego template. Perhaps there's something you could do there? :D
I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for to improve the template, but dividing into subgroups is the only method I can think of:
1. Dividing by theme (World, Region, Time and Space etc.) Failed
2. Dividing by developing company (Brøderbund, The Learning Company, Other) Trying
3. Dividing by decade (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s) Not attempted
4. Dividing by generation (1st generation "Where in the World (1985)" till "Math Detective", 2nd generation "ThinkQuick Challenge" onwards) Not attempted
If any of those don't work out for you, you may wish to divide the games and other media into different subtemplates in the style of Template:Sierra Adventure Games. Deltasim (talk) 06:50, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Deltasim:, oh I see the confusion. I didn't mean for you to work on the template itself. I meant for you to check out the individual articles within the template and see if there's anything you can do to improve those individual articles. I'm pretty sure the current arrangement of games is better than your other suggestions.--Coin945 (talk) 07:09, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi
Could you do another review of the article Rock-Olga and the DYK for her article. It was re-added to the list DYKs since there was some issues that needed to be taken care of. Those issues has now been taken care of.--BabbaQ (talk) 19:32, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Madeline 1st and 2nd Grade Math.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Madeline 1st and 2nd Grade Math.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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 03:23, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Madeline 1st and 2nd Grade Reading.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Madeline 1st and 2nd Grade Reading.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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 03:24, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Madeline European Adventures.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Madeline European Adventures.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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 03:25, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Madeline Rainy Day Activities.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Madeline Rainy Day Activities.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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 03:25, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for uploading File:Madeline Thinking Games.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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 03:26, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Madeline and the Magnificent Puppet Show, A Learning Journey.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Madeline and the Magnificent Puppet Show, A Learning Journey.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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 03:28, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
On 30 September 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pyst, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Game Revolution was pissed with Pyst? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pyst. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pyst), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Just so you know — the article you cited, which alleged a link between Myst and sociopathy? It was from a page of parody news, whose other stories included "Hell to Offer Free PCs, Eternal Suffering". Google Books only shows a snippet, which out of context might look somewhat persuasive, but Archive.org has the full thing. So I removed it. DS (talk) 12:25, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ahh thank you so much @DragonflySixtyseven: for catching that. I did wonder about it when adding it to the article, but at the time, based on the snippet I had access to, I made a judgement call that it was legit. I'm glad that you caught the error.--Coin945 (talk) 15:42, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Disney's Animated Storybook: The Lion King
Coin945, I've just nominated this review page for speedy deletion; nominators may not open review pages for their own nominations.
I have added the comment/request you made on that page for the article not to be reviewed to the GA nominee template on the article talk page in the "note" field, which is where such requests properly go. I'm sure you'll remember this the next time you need to make a comment or request on an article you've nominated to be a GA. You'll probably also want to review the Good Article Nominations instructions page when other situations come up in the GA nomination space. When you've received the source and updated the article, please be sure to remove the message from the "note" field so no one thinks the nomination should continue to be off limits. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:57, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Madeline (video game series) has been completed so that fundamental issues have been dealt with.
In my opinion the article is significantly longer than it needs to be for the average reader. Successive contributors have found a reference to a title and simply added it to the article. One or two citations from the most credible sources for any topic is really sufficient; an article's quality is not based on the number of citations. I hope that you, as a major contributor, agree and can find the time to tighten the article's text.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Which made me wonder - wouldn't it be better if we move development info on a separate article, e.g. Development of Madeline (video game series) and provide a summary thereof in the main series article instead? (c.f. Development of Grand Theft Auto V) That way readers won't be presented with a wall of text and are offered a link to said development article in case they are interested. Blake Gripling (talk) 13:41, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Early Learning House, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk.
@Aoba47: I ordered it on the 6th and it was supposed to arrive by the 26th but it hasn't yet... I think the supplier screwed up. I just sent them a message and they replied that they'd send me a new one to arrive in about 15 days, but I think we've waited long enough, and its been on the GAN page for enough time for it to be snapped up by a reviewer. :) It's okay, you can go ahead with it. I may still add the info to the article once my book arrives (and after the article becomes GA).--Coin945 (talk) 12:05, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Coin945: No worries, I just wanted to check in and see how things were going with that :-). It may take a while for this article to be picked up by a reviewer since it is rather large. Aoba47 (talk) 17:00, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The Challenge Series is a current drive on English Wikipedia to encourage article improvements and creations globally through a series of 50,000/10,000/1000 Challenges for different regions, countries and topics. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are invited to participate.
Hello, Coin945. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
Hey, not sure if you remember me, you helped me find sources for the Titanic: Adventure Out of Time article this year and I said I would help you with other articles, long time ago. This semester's been kinda stressful for me (studying a lot) and I really didn't have time for WP, and I just did some casual edits. I'm not sure when I'll be back, but I really want to; just have to find the time, haha.
Anyway, sorry I never got back to you, I just kinda left but I didn't have much time for editing.
I've been seeing your articles and they're looking great. Awesome job! And thanks for helping me out with Titanic, really appreciate it. I hope I can still work on it more and help you as well later.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/No One Is Alone (song) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. KDS4444 (talk) 16:05, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I've been working on the Carmen Sandiego titles, by finding awards and removing a great deal of game guide and trivial material. I'm thinking about working some more on the Blaster Learning System articles and creating new ones. If there's anything else you think I should turn my attention to, I'm open to suggestions.
Recently I created an article on an educational series based on the Muppet franchise called Muppet Kids. I appreciate any content you can add to the article.
Take care of yourself and Happy Christmas. Deltasim (talk) 11:04, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Back in 2009 you started the article for Perth Hebrew Congregation for which I just added a few links to a new article, Fremantle Synagogue, which I've just added. I've done a few articles on heritage places but none on any Jewish places and I'm not too sure if I've worded alot of it very well. Would you mind casting your eyes over it to check for any clangers? Cheers and keep up the good work. Hughesdarren (talk) 08:21, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
... If you want to, please review Javine Hylton at TAFI. I nominated that article because I think it could benefit from being included. Give me a heads up if you nominate some article.BabbaQ (talk) 23:15, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/80's remix until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. InsertCleverPhraseHere 08:15, 21 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Today's articles for improvement nomination format
Hello, Coin945 -- I just visited the Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement/Nominations page and saw your nominations. I saw they each lacked a section heading and two links were red. I added the section headings and fixed the two links. Next time, if you want to nominate an article, copy the template, which you'll find in a gray-shaded box in Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement/Nominations#Nominating an article, and paste it in the right section, in the edit window (in edit mode). Then fill in the information. You have to write the name of the article twice. Then save. I think it's great you are participating in TAFI. – Corinne (talk) 19:38, 22 January 2017 (UTC) P.S. If I don't vote "Support" for any of your nominations, don't take it personally. Sometimes I don't know whether an article meets the criteria or not, so I just don't vote. Just be patient. Other editors who know more about this than I do will come to the page. I've nominated a few articles; some were accepted (I think three support votes are needed) and some were not. Northamerica1000 knows more about this than I do. – Corinne (talk) 19:51, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I have reviewed your latest nom at TAFI. Could you please take a look at my nom for Javine Hylton. Much appreciated.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:32, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Girl playing educational game.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Girl playing educational game.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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:34, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I went ahead and "userfy"ed the article you're writing. It's now at User:Coin945/Early Games. Feel free to ask me to move it back when you're done, if you can't move pages. --I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 06:19, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm quite happy with how Reader Rabbit has turned out. It certainly does look nice, professional and ready for DYK. There are still some things that can be added to the article such as music and song composition. Sources I have found so far are the following:
I shall keep an eye out for any alternate titles some of the games might have had. I shall also properly arranged the platforms that the games were released on and look for any other existing compilations. While the article itself is adequate, I can help you with any individual Reader Rabbit game articles you may wish to create. It was fun working with you in the draftspace. I hope the outcome of our efforts is a good one and I look forward to working with you on future articles. Deltasim (talk) 13:40, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It's great to hear from you @Deltasim:! Yes I am very impressed with our collaboration. We make a swell team.
Ahh yes, it is nowhere near complete. But it's practically reached a stage where it offers a decent overview. Please add some info about the music if you have it. You managed to dig up some really nice art/chaarcetr design info that I wasn't able to find.
You seem to be much better at putting tables into chronological order. Would you be able to do that for the Award table again?
The alternate titles confused the heck out of me. But I think its more trouble than its worth to investigate the ins and outs of every re-release and name change, so I'm leaving it. There are bigger battles to be won.
I don't think I'll create any more Reader Rabbit game articles (I've already made around 4). But you are more than welcome to, of course! I'm working on a Carmen Sandiego game atm (Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?) to take it to DYK too, so any help you could do there would be fabulous.--Coin945 (talk) 13:48, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I have a feeling that once the last few touch ups are made (re: chronologicalising the awards table), we'll gave a very nice DYK nom on our hands. <3 (As part of the DYK nomination we have to do a QPQ - quid pro quo - review. Would you like to do the honours? :D).--Coin945 (talk) 13:48, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the expansion, but you used two sources that copy from Wikipedia. One was removed already and the other is Cram101, which I'm removing. You should watch for unreliable sources anyway (see WP:PUS and WP:CIRCULAR) but especially if you're aiming for DYK and hence the main page. Fences&Windows 22:26, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I've finally managed to find the old official Learning Company website or what's left of it. There aren't that many accessible links, but you can make the best of everything at http://web.archive.org/web/19990204013043/http://www.shoptlc.com/newproduct.asp for not only Reader Rabbit but other products too. I'm still browsing the web for interesting information on "Reader Rabbit 3" to ensure it earns its keep. Deltasim (talk) 14:43, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Deltasim:! I don't think a whole bunch of info can be gleaned from that site. I didn't find much to do with game behind-the-scenes juicy development stuff or reviews, but it's a neat little site if I ever decide to improve the The Learning Company article. Also, while it would be great to save Reader Rabbit 3, I think it is also important to get that product list out of your sandbox and create a few more articles on Reader Rabbit games. Oh and also adding content to the most popular of them all: [{Reader Rabbit (video game]].--Coin945 (talk) 22:36, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again. I have all 12 different languages that Reader Rabbit was translated into. Whether they are more languages available, remains to be seen. I am now going to focus on researching the modern games such as the Wii and NDS platforms they were released on. I might also venture to mention some cancelled games such as "Reader Rabbit Math" I came across at http://www.gamerankings.com/ds/631593-reader-rabbit-math/index.html . I do not know if it is based on Math Ages 4-6 or Ages 6-9 or if it's original game not based on either. While I was at it, I stumbled across an interesting page at https://trademarksoncall.com/trademark/reader-rabbit-and-the-fabulous-word-factory/73492389 . The information looks like a relic, but I cannot make it out since accounts are not my forte. If there's anything else you think I can improve I'm open to suggestions. Deltasim (talk) 17:40, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (software) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Thank you.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Hmm, wonder if we could dig up more info on this game as well. Google searching alone doesn't appear to cut it, and neither does Highbeam for some reason. :/ Blake Gripling (talk) 12:04, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm pretty sure that's a sign that the game hasn't yet reached a level of notabiltiy to warrant its own article. But it could certainly have a paragraph in a list of American Girls games article.--Coin945 (talk) 23:21, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
As what I was thinking. And yet Opening Night didn't turn up much on Highbeam hence why I left it redlinked 'till you showed up and did the trouble of writing the article, sources and all. Blake Gripling (talk) 13:24, 19 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Blakegripling ph: please don't go silent on me... I put in all that work gathering sources! :)--Coin945 (talk) 22:26, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oh no I didn't mean to ignore you or anything. Just needed a bit of time before I go on with the article. Blake Gripling (talk) 22:57, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Hi! I have been looking through the games and I am finding that a few of the years for the games are not correct. That years are obviously applying to the first release of the corresponding games. It would be nice if every release had a release date to go with it. If you take a look at the table in my sandbox, you'll see how complicated the numerous releases are. I wouldn't apply that sort of table to the article. However it might be possible to include all releases and remakes of one game in a single article such as "Math Rabbit" which would have information on the game itself as well as information on "Math Rabbit Deluxe", "Reader Rabbit's Math 1", "Reader Rabbit Math Ages 4–6" and "Reader Rabbit Personalized Math Ages 4–6". It might even be interest to explain how the game evolved through it's releases and remakes.
On a side note you may wish to look into a series of educational games by FLIX Productions which include "Animated Math", "Animated Alphabet", "Animated Super VGA Memory Game", "Animated Money", "Animated Multiplication and Division" and "Animated Memory Game". Deltasim (talk) 13:39, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Deltasim: To be completely honest, this whole Reader Rabbit versions/dates thing confuses the heck out of me, so I gave up on it and instead focused my time on improving the other sections. The work you've done in your sandbox is fabulous. Would you be willing to finish it off and then add it to the article? (properly sourced of course)--Coin945 (talk) 04:12, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for uploading File:Reader Rabbit 3.0.png. 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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:46, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Reader Rabbit version 2.0.png
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Reader Rabbit version 2.0.png. 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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:47, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Reader Rabbit version 4.1.gif
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Reader Rabbit version 4.1.gif. 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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:48, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Reader Rabbit version 4.1.png
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Reader Rabbit version 4.1.png. 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 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).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:49, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Reader Rabbit
On 2 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Reader Rabbit, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Learning Company's educational video game franchise Reader Rabbit sold over 25 million copies between 1984 and 2002? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Reader Rabbit. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Reader Rabbit), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dark Room Sex Game until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. →ὦiki-Coffee(talk to me!)(contributions) 00:37, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. Looks like we're back to that yearly routine, where I ask you slow down and put a little more care into your article creations. They're getting pretty sloppy and bare-bones again. For example:
You didn't even manage to write a complete sentence for a WP:LEAD.
It appears 4 of the 5 sources used are first party - attributed to the game developer themselves, which is an issue on proving notability grounds, and because articles are generally supposed to be written according to third party accounts anyways, to avoid WP:PROMOTION and WP:NPOV issues.
The article is only 6 sentences long, with 4 of the 6 going unsourced.
The article is...extremely vague. One could probably rewrite the article in two sentences and cover all the same sentiments.
With both of these articles, you (nor anyone else) have touched them in over a month, making it hard to believe further cleanup/expansion efforts are planned. Look, I know you do a lot of good work for the website, but things like this are dropping below the threshold of what is acceptable for Wikipedia's sourcing and notability guidelines. Please consider slowing down again so we don't have to escalate into blocks again. Thanks. Sergecross73msg me 15:31, 14 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Point taken. Thank you for your check on my work. I needed that.--Coin945 (talk) 13:16, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Agharta: The Hollow Earth is tough because I know many reviews exist but I can't access them. Even when Mobygames has links, only two worked in WayBackMachine and the rest didn't... *sigh*--Coin945 (talk)
Thank you for understanding and taking it into consideration. FYI, if you're unsure if you can come up with the sources to create an article that can meet the WP:GNG, consider making it a WP:DRAFT first. I do it commonly myself, when I'm unsure on the plausibility of an article. User:Sergecross73/Drafts documents ideas I have, in varying degrees of work done on them. Sergecross73msg me 13:26, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Another approach, which I believe we've discussed before, is to write on the game developer or series with lists/sentences/paragraphs on each game (breaking out into sections if the paragraphs get beefy). It's really easy to stack references this way and create redirect targets without making a mess. But please do not put articles in mainspace without adequate sourcing. czar 17:16, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure if you're asking for input on this, or if this is just a little "note to self", but my two cents is that it looks like there's a pretty good claim to notability here: NintendoLife, GamesRadar, MCVUK, PocketGamer, IGN, Kotaku all have consensus for being reliable per WP:VG/S, and BBC is an obviously huge mainstream RS as well. I imagine this article would be in pretty good shape if you chose to implement a lot of sources like this with care. Sergecross73msg me 18:19, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Working on JumpStart
Hi! I have made a few more updates on the Reader Rabbit series, now I'm moving on to make much needed improvements to the JumpStart articles. Did you know the very first game JumpStart Kindergarten began as a DOS game? I think it should receive more or less the same treatment the Reader Rabbit articles got. Just like Reader Rabbit, JumpStart had many different flavours of topics and a number remakes and re-releases. If you are interested in working with me on those series, I would be glad. I found a few starting webpages for referencing important information:
There will of course be a lot more to research about those edutainment games. I look forward to working with you again. Deltasim (talk) 08:14, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Funnily enough I was actually thinking about taking this on as a project. I never played these games as a kid but I've recently become fascinated by then through my research of 80's/90's educational video games. I've watched various lets plays on youtube and hope to play one one of these days.
First thing I would suggest (after moving the article into a sandbox) is - especially for the history section - to turn each sentence into its own seperate bullet point, and check each sentence to make sure it has a reference afterwards. Then fill in the gaps with additional sources. Or, we could just nuke (delete) the entire history section and start afresh.--Coin945 (talk) 18:08, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I have copied the entire main article to my sandbox. Feel free to make any edits. Another day I will examine the sources and history and see what else can be added. Happy editing. Deltasim (talk) 20:49, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the head starts you've given me. I suppose if it's not exactly your nostalgia you can take a well deserved break from it. I'll talk to you again, once I've made significantly major progress. If you want, I have created an article on another Interactive Storybook series called The Kidstory Series created by Hewlett Packard of all companies. Deltasim (talk) 19:54, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm starting to make use of the links you provided. I hope to remove the first column from the table and chronologically order the series by next week. During my research I came across this link http://images.knowledgeadventure.com/school/teachermaterials/ which is full of edutainment game manuals by Knowledge Adventure. The hyperlinks may seem inaccessible, but its easily solved by removing the extra "teachermaterials/" in the URL. You may find it useful for a number of Knowledge Adventure articles. Cheers. Deltasim (talk) 16:35, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. Heard you were interested in doing other projects during our interview. I've paved an opening on the ClueFinders articles, which were previously filled with trivia, so now they can be improved much better. As for the Humongous Entertainment articles, I worked on them a while ago, but I've never found any interesting facts to go with them except one about the music composition in Pajama Sam 4. It may be simple to give them the same treatment as the Reader Rabbit series, so there's no need to copy them in a sandbox. I think JumpStart can wait for a bit until we've both had a break. I'll get researching on those articles when I have some free time. I think we're going to make a difference to them. Deltasim (talk) 21:09, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you clearing the trivia from those articles! Nice work. To be honest I never played Humungus Entertainment games as a kid so again I think it would be a bit harder to edit those articles. I've done a bit of work on the individial articles - e.g. I found some neat behind-the-scenes development stuff for... one of them. I forget which. Still it's a project I was thinking of dabbling in. But what I'd really like to do is get The Cluefinders series article up to snuff. Would you be willing to collaborate on that? (I do think JumpStart should at least be back on the Mianpage which a bunch of potential sources listed on the talk page for later reference... only because I find having things in Draftspace/Sandboxes means you lose interest over time and they start to smell. We can very easily put all the bare links on the talk page, clear up the prose a bit, then get it on the mmainpage. I think that might be a fair option).--Coin945 (talk) 04:12, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
This collaboration on Cluefinders is become very fruitful. I have found extremely interesting links:
Use those to expand or cite whatever you think fitting. I'm going to continue finding out how many copies were sold throughout the years. Deltasim (talk) 14:40, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Deltasim: Which of these sources have you already added to the article? --Coin945 (talk) 16:09, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
o[reply]
Just the first three sources. The first (LA Times) I used for the "Educational Goals" section, the second (Top 10 Additions) I used to reference that ClueFinders official began in January 1998 and the third (Mattel Interactive) I used to reference a TV Series in the works. The fourth source elaborates a great length about the 4th grade game. I haven't used it yet, but the Systems Requirements paragraph at the bottom notes the subsidiaries, which is a clue about the languages that products may have been translated in. I'll keep note of any other reliable sources I may find. Deltasim (talk) 17:33, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The main ClueFinders article seems almost complete. I'm going to focus on the individual articles, unless you think something else on the main article can added or improved. I stumbled across some PC Mag webpages that seem to link and categorize the games with a program called "netViz 3D". It's possible that the program was used to create some of the graphics, but a quick internet search has revealed nothing. If you'd like to investigate, the webpages are:
I should also like to find out more about the browser games, as there's no information other than their names and existence. We're doing great. Deltasim (talk) 18:25, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Deltasim: to be honest I don't think we should invest our time into the individual game articles; rather we could focus the Cluefinders efforts on the series article. When I worked on Madeline (video game series) we eventually redirected all game articles there, and that focused the improvement toward a single article and ensured no articles would wind up at AFD. I couldn't find a great deal of info/reviews on the individual games (particularly the browser ones) so I think that might be a good option. Thoughts?--Coin945 (talk) 19:39, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Disambiguation link notification for April 1
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited The ClueFinders, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Computer Shopper. 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) 11:09, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited We are One (Simba's Pride), you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages We Are One, Thomas Snow and Kiara. 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) 09:55, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I enjoyed working on find information on various articles. Glad I was able to help you on Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? (1986). I think personally there should be one infobox instead of two (the second one being in the reception section). There are two possibilities to reducing the second infobox. The first is to directly combine the information of the Deluxe version with the Original version, though that does mean likely more clutter, confusion and a longer infobox. The alternative is to attach the infoboxes together in the manner of an example in The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots. To make it look nice, the images would have to change to one showing both the Original and Deluxe versions together. Hope this inspires you.
Great idea! You can fix up those infoboxes if you feel like it. Otherwise I think they're fine how they are now. My life is a little busier now so I don't want to commit to any further projects for a bit. But if I was to work on anything next, it would probably be Where in America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego?. I'm fairly sure that the source you linked to is indeed refering to Carmen Sandiego Returns. There were two different games released, both under that name, and one of them was an app.--Coin945 (talk) 12:41, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:The Big Ben Burglary.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:The Big Ben Burglary.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 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).
Orphaned non-free image File:The Lady Liberty Larceny.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:The Lady Liberty Larceny.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 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).
I'm not sure if this applies to you as I am unfamiliar with the process. I just applied myself. I noted that you requested a renewal. On Wikipedia:HighBeam#Apply or renew your account the second line is: For renewal requests, please email Luis.Pedraza@cengage.com directly asking for an extension of your TWL account. Signing up again will otherwise require a different email address Also, I noticed you had edited below the Edit above this line comment, so I moved the comment below my request. No need to reply. Best regards Jim1138 (talk) 05:31, 6 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! Your submission of Mahmood Hayat at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! Yoninah (talk) 00:18, 9 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Photo of Mahmood Hayat.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Photo of Mahmood Hayat.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 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).
Thanks for uploading File:Creative Wonders logo.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 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).
Orphaned non-free image File:Vortex Media Arts logo.png
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Vortex Media Arts logo.png. 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 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).
Hi! You've noticed my work on Starflyers. I think it looks ready to create, minus the links. If you have a moment, a final inspection and research would be a good measure. Also I reorganised the Zoombinis article. It was a bit of a mess, but at least someone had added Educational Values to it. I did tidy the Trail series up a bit. I would recommend that The Oregon Trail (video game) be split into two separate articles since the existing one explains more about the series than the first video game. I believe at this point, the next TLC articles that need attention are the Super Solvers series, being full of bad references, lacking in reviews and other junk to deal with. If you can think of any other articles of games by TLC that need attention I'm open to your suggestions. It's nice to see that we're making progress. Deltasim (talk) 21:01, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I've just created the Starflyers article, so others can work on it as well. In my Sandbox I have copied and modified some of the contents of The Oregon Trail (video game) to create a main page that covers the entire series. Feel free to adjust it and see what needs to removed or transferred from the first game article. This new main page should be a stepping stone for improving all the other articles. Deltasim (talk) 09:25, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Are you still interested in having access to this database? You never filled out the google doc I sent out about a month ago... --Cameron11598(Talk) 20:00, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, the email must have slipped into my mailbox as I have been rather busy these past few weeks. Upon considering your message, I have concluded that I don't require the subscription presently so I will withdraw my request. Thank you for the prompt though. :)--Coin945 (talk) 02:19, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I just finished editing the original Oregon Trail and created a series article. I may be able to make further changes to some of the later games so that there is as much to write about them as the older ones. I'm also starting to improve the Blaster Learning System articles. Just one opinion from you. Should I combine all math blaster games related to the first game into one article? Or do you think I ought to split them into two articles which is Math Blaster! (Also containing information on "Math Blaster Plus!" and "New Math Blaster Plus") and Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot (Also containing information on "Mega Math Blaster", "Math Blaster: Ages 6–9" and "Math Blaster for 3rd Grade")? I'm attempting to give those articles the same treatment as Reader Rabbit. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Deltasim (talk) 13:55, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ahh nice work with The Oregon Trail series. I don't really have an opinion on the Master Blaster series. In general, if there's enough information on each of those branches to write an article, and the games in each branch are similar enough to warrant being clumped together, then run with it. Otherwise, I'd suggest redirecting all individual game articles to a series article (unless there are some clearly notable games).--Coin945 (talk) 01:48, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? (1986 video game)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Lego (TT Games video game series). Since you had some involvement with the Lego (TT Games video game series) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Lordtobi (✉) 14:24, 11 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I have been browsing around the internet and I have found out about a title that MECC also worked on called "Explore Yellowstone" (Sometimes titled "eXplore Yellowstone") created in 1996. Apparently the game is grouped together with the Trail series at http://www.mrbillsadventureland.com/reference/gametype/kidssoft.htm#T . I'm not sure if it actually is related to the series. MECC labels the game as a Science topic at http://www.mecc.co/mac--pc-products/science/ . What are your thoughts? Deltasim (talk) 09:31, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Deltasim: I don't know if that's an Oregon Trail game. I couldnt find much about it at all, let alone anything in the context of the series. FYI if you want a new project, I'm hoping to expand Microshaft Winblows 98 5* in length so it's eligible for DYK. (Or create The X-Fools). :)--Coin945 (talk) 02:35, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ultraviolet photography is one of the many visual technologies. This image of the rings of Saturn is an example of the application of ultraviolet photography in astronomy.
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:SFB Game logo.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination.
ATTENTION: This is an automated, bot-generated message. This bot DID NOT nominate any file(s) for deletion; please refer to the page history of each individual file for details. Thanks, FastilyBot (talk) 23:55, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
On 24 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The X-Fools, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that developer Parroty Interactive's 1997 parody video game The X-Fools was released in anticipation of the fifth season of the paranormal TV series The X-Files? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The X-Fools. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, The X-Fools), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on Jenny's Journeys, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Melcous (talk) 08:09, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Not to burst your bubble, but judging from the revision history, the spam was actually the handiwork of a bot account which, in what appears to be a new modus operandi, replaced the page contents with spam for some shady email marketing service. Blake Gripling (talk) 08:31, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah thanks, message was automated via twinkle but not sure why it would place the warning here. Sorry Coin945. Cheers, Melcous (talk) 09:07, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
An article you recently created, Operation: Eco-Nightmare, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please follow the prompts on the Articles for Creation template atop the page. - TheMagnificentist 11:11, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
An article you recently created, Operation: Weather Disaster, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please follow the prompts on the Articles for Creation template atop the page. - TheMagnificentist 11:12, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, thank you, TheMagnificentist. I second this decision. Coin, if these are the sorts of articles you're creating in the mainspace, you need to slow down. Again. Sergecross73msg me 12:59, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, how's editing? Inside the educational games comes a topic of ecology such as EcoQuest. In my Sandbox I am working on a title that seems to have been forgotten, called "Ozzie's World". While I've been able to dig up some interesting stuff, it could a while before I find anything that would establish sufficient notability. Any help you can offer would be much appreciated. If there's any articles you think that could do with improvement in the meantime, let me know. Deltasim (talk) 17:28, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I have now turned the material I gathered into an article titled Ozzie series. It was a tricky one to create with reliable sources. I'm always open to any useful information you can add to the article. Feel free to use the references I left in my sandbox. Happy editing. Deltasim (talk) 13:32, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bubble Struggle (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 11:55, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Mango Plumo. Thanks! Chris Troutman (talk) 04:06, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Narutolovehinata5 was:
Considering this has been deleted twice and few new sources have been added, it would probably be better for this to first be discussed with the deleting admins, or for this to be discussed at Wikipedia:Deletion review.
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Mango Plumo and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
Hello! Coin945,
I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Narutolovehinata5tccsdnew 10:21, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Part of Your World.ogg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Part of Your World.ogg. 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 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).
Hello, Coin945. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
Hi and thank you for your interest in tackling the backlog of potentially unsourced old articles. It'll be great if you do a little bit of basic background research before your next batch of forty AfD nominations. Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 09:49, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Crime Scene (U.S. TV series)
I closed this as a redirect; there's no point to go seven days for this type of show where little is known and the most its known for is time filler. Nate•(chatter) 01:12, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia editor Babymissfortune just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:
Happy holidays! Babymissfortune is wishing you a MerryChristmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!
Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas6}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
To reply, leave a comment on Babymissfortune's talk page.
When nominating multiple articles for deletion, please take care to place templates on all the nominated pages and notify all the creators. At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aussie Nibbles, you only did so for the first article nominated. Instructions on how to format multiple nominations can be found at WP:MULTIAFD. Thanks. – Joe (talk) 12:45, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I see now that all those pages, including the first one, were created by the same user (Allied45), and you didn't notify them about any. That strikes me as extremely discourteous – you are proposing that a substantial chunk of a fellow editor's work is deleted without even telling them! Also I'd consider using Twinkle if you're not already. It automates most of the nomination process, so you don't risk forgetting steps like transcluding in the log or notifying the creator. – Joe (talk) 13:02, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the information @Joe Roe:. I am now using WP:Twinkle to ensure that every step of the WP:AFD process of completed. :)--Coin945 (talk) 09:01, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Halloween franchise
First, just because other pages are doing it doesn't mean this one should, or that all of them should. Second, here is the problem with a "ratings table" when you're dealing with films like this franchise. Most of the films listed in Rotten Tomatoes for Halloween do not have enough reviews to have a statistical significance. 30 reviews is not a lot of reviews for a film that was released in 2500 theaters, and not when there are hundreds of reviewers out there. That means, when you compare film that has a 6% ratings (Curse of Michael Myers) from 32 reviews, to a film like the first remake which had 111 reviews at 25% you cannot genuinely say that one was better than the other. If 80 more people decided to review Curse of Michael Myers, maybe they would have liked it and scored it higher and thus bringing the percentage up. I'm sure more than 32 people reviews Curse of Michael Myers at the time of release.
Which brings me to my next issue. If you look at the reviews actually listed, you'll see dates like 2000, 2014, 2007....but not too many actually from the critics at the time of release. That's because Rotten Tomatoes didn't exist before 1998, and anything before than would be hard to get an electronic copy of it. It happens, but RT isn't in the business of tracking down old reviews. They just pile into what they already have. So, if someone decides to rewatch it and write a review, it'll likely end up there. So, now you're trying to compare the reception of a film from 1988 to a film from 2005, yet the reviews from 1988 aren't even present, nor do you have enough contemporary reviews to compare it to the 100+ reviews of 2005. To create a table that compares all these films through RT scores would be doing a disservice to readers, because we would be inherently stacking the deck inaccurately in these comparisons. That's why ratings tables for film franchises that are older are not appropriate. It's more appropriate to try to find articles that discuss the historical reception of those films, since it'll be hard to actually find reviews from 1988 (not impossible, but difficult). See Friday the 13th (franchise). BIGNOLE (Contact me) 13:49, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your assessment @Bignole:. I will step down.--Coin945 (talk) 09:00, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Advice for AFDs
WP:TWINKLE has a built-in feature that aids in the creation of future AfDs. I notice that Cyberbot had to fix your multiple AfDs while you were searching for non-notable video game-based articles. Hence why I am suggesting this tool to you. Hope it helps with this and any other features you come across while using the tool. jd22292(Jalen D. Folf) (talk • contribs) 05:19, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for this @Jd22292:. Had no idea it existed. :D--Coin945 (talk) 08:38, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Υπογράφω (talk) 07:51, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on Masterclass.com, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. —FormalDude(talk) 07:53, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on Masterclass.com, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. —FormalDude(talk) 08:15, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from Masterclass.com, a page you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Contest this speedy deletion which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. You should know this, you've been editing long enough. Also, you should complete or mostly complete your article before publishing it. —FormalDude(talk) 08:17, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
December 2017
Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Contest this speedy deletion, which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you. —FormalDude(talk) 08:26, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on Masterclass.com, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. —FormalDude(talk) 08:27, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
AFD
Stop nominating new articles please. It was disruptive 3 days ago when you were asked to stop on the project page and it is beyond disruptive at this point. Your cooperation is appreciated. --Izno (talk) 12:54, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I'm Abishe. Coin945, thanks for creating Criminal Girls!
I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix.
Hello Coin945: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Abishe (talk) 08:54, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.
Hi, I'm Whoisjohngalt. Coin945, thanks for creating Erotica Island!
I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia, one of the largest collaboration projects of all time.
The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.
For doing a near-total rewrite of Islamic Fun that took it from delete-worthy to worth saving! PohranicniStraze (talk) 14:29, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not appropriate for Wikipedia per WP:NOTDIC. Merged Greek history material to Manumission. Merged word-related material to Wiktionary. Article is orphaned. No further need for this article.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it.
To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.
Nominating a large number of articles for deletion in a short space of time is not helpful. If you continue to nominate articles for deletion in this way, evidently having spent little time looking into them, and purely based on the state of the articles, you should expect to be blocked from editing. --Michig (talk) 09:31, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It's not relevant how many articles one proposes for deletion in a given amount of time. Each nomination either stands or falls on its own merits. Proposing a large number of deletions in bad faith, or putting forward a large number of deletions that turn out to be ill-conceived could be grounds for a complaint, but there is nothing wrong with tackling article cleanup on a big scale by rapidly reviewing and proposing deletion of articles that don't meet standards. --Srleffler (talk) 19:02, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
34 AfD discussions started in little over an hour and a half, all with pretty much the same 'no sources' argument, several of which already had sources, several others where sources are trivially easy to find, no consideration apparently given to merging or redirecting before taking to AfD. This has created a hell of a lot of work for other people. --Michig (talk) 19:12, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, and he irritated a lot of the Video Games WikiProject by doing the same thing a few weeks ago. I wasn't as bothered, but many were. Coin, you're free to your personal philosophies in a general sense, but that's not going to help you if you're irritating a majority at ANI, or the wrong Admin. I'm not threatening action, I'm just advising you to listen to the complaints before you get blocked by someone else. Sergecross73msg me 20:03, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you everyone for your opinions. This has been a fruitful discussion, and has given me much to think about. As stated by Srleffler, this constitutes article cleanup rather than bad faith deletions. In fact, the vast majority of nominated articles were created by myself at some point or another, and seeing how little they've been expanded after all this time leads me to believe that they deserve a deletion discussion. I look forward to seeing the outcomes of these interesting AFDs. :D--Coin945 (talk) 05:58, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for uploading File:Sciamrev.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 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).
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Operation: Eco-Nightmare, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:35, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Crackingcodes.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Crackingcodes.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 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).
Thanks for uploading File:Sparkfiles.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 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).
Thanks for uploading File:Da-Vinci-and-His-Super-brain.jpeg. 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 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).
Thanks for uploading File:Leonardo-da-vinci-his-super-brain.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 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).
Thanks for uploading File:Former horribly famous.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 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).
Thanks for uploading File:My Man.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 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).
Thanks for uploading File:Terry deary's greek tales.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 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).
Thanks for uploading File:Truly terrible tales.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 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).
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cameleurion until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Bearcat (talk) 19:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Tally board. Since you had some involvement with the Tally board redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. PamD 23:02, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.
If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. HasteurBot (talk) 06:01, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Thanks for uploading File:Sing! Karaoke logo.png. 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 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).
Speedy deletion nomination of Top Secret (magazine)
Hello Coin945,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Top Secret (magazine) for deletion, because it seems to be an article that was previously deleted by a consensus decision.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.
If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.
Hi. I worked a bit on your article Prokletí Eridenu adding categories and improving references. Would you mind to improve the other 2 or 3 remaining references? I am not into video games really, stumbled upon it doing category maintenance. Good luck with your edits! -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 18:30, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. Nice work in adding lesser known video games to the project. I just wanted to remind you to remember to add categories to those articles as well. I just added some to four of your creations but since oyu have more knowledge of those games, it would be great if you could add them while creating the articles. Regards SoWhy 17:06, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. >Cæsey 04:08, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Richard Rohr OFM (born 1943, pictured at podium) is an American Franciscan friar ordained in 1970. He is a known inspirational speaker and has published numerous recorded talks and books.
If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified the non-free rationale on those pages too. 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 media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described in section F6 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
ATTENTION: This is an automated, bot-generated message. This bot DID NOT nominate any file(s) for deletion; please refer to the page history of each individual file for details. Thanks, FastilyBot (talk) 03:00, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I'm RonBot, a script that checks new non-free file uploads. I have found that the subject image that you recently uploaded was more than 5% in excess of the Non-free content guideline size of 100,000 pixels. I have tagged the image for a standard reduction, which (for jpg/gif/png/svg files) normally happens within a day. Please check the reduced image, and make sure that the image is not excessively corrupted. Other files will be added to Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing. There is a full seven-day period before the original oversized image will be hidden; during that time you might want to consider editing the original image yourself (perhaps an initial crop to allow a smaller reduction or none at all). A formula for calculation the desired size can be found at WP:Image resolution, along with instructions on how to tag the image in the rare cases that it requires an oversized image (typically about 0.2% of non-free uploads are tagged as necessarily oversized). Please contact the bot owner if you have any questions, or you can ask them at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. RonBot (talk) 17:12, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for uploading File:Good game app.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 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).
Orphaned non-free image File:Good Game cast and crew 2012.jpeg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Good Game cast and crew 2012.jpeg. 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 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).
Thanks for uploading File:Good Game set.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 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).
Hi, I'm RonBot, a script that checks new non-free file uploads. I have found that the subject image that you recently uploaded was more than 5% in excess of the Non-free content guideline size of 100,000 pixels. I have tagged the image for a standard reduction, which (for jpg/gif/png/svg files) normally happens within a day. Please check the reduced image, and make sure that the image is not excessively corrupted. Other files will be added to Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing. There is a full seven-day period before the original oversized image will be hidden; during that time you might want to consider editing the original image yourself (perhaps an initial crop to allow a smaller reduction or none at all). A formula for calculation the desired size can be found at WP:Image resolution, along with instructions on how to tag the image in the rare cases that it requires an oversized image (typically about 0.2% of non-free uploads are tagged as necessarily oversized). Please contact the bot owner if you have any questions, or you can ask them at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. RonBot (talk) 17:11, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman, builds a fire to help combat frostbite and hypothermia during a survival, evasion, resistance and escape exercise in Alaska. Note that there is a draft for the Survival page located at Draft:Survival.
Please see note on your DYK review. Yoninah (talk) 00:50, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Marienbad (video game)
On 1 July 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marienbad (video game), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1962 mainframe game Marienbad, based on the logic puzzle Nim, is often considered the first Polish video game? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marienbad (video game). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Marienbad (video game)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Orphaned non-free image File:Proud Of Your Boy storyboard.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Proud Of Your Boy storyboard.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 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).
On 12 July 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Piposh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the developers behind Israeli video game series Piposh turned down a NIS20,000 offer by Burger Ranch to distribute the games because they were vegetarians? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Piposh. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Piposh), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Challenge: A Sailing Simulation until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:54, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Santa Fe Mysteries until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 14:40, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Orphaned non-free image File:Disney's Animated Storybook Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too.jpg
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Disney's Animated Storybook Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too.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 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).
Moving Cluedo franchise content to franchise article.
Hi. I see you did this without a discussion. I personally don't have a problem with it, but I seem to recall about a decade ago when I first started working on the Cluedo page, that there had been some nominations to merge such sections into one article. I'm not sure if the community position on this has changed or not, nor what your experience with other game franchises has been as an editor. Monopoly is one such franchise that has been well maintained and regulated from which I have derived my cues for improving the Cluedo article. That said, I'm happy to assist in this direction so long as it's not going to all be undone by committee in the future.
--Closettrekker (talk) 19:10, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Closettrekker:, as Cluedo is essentially a franchise than began with a boardgame (encompassing games, video games, a film, a musical, a TV series, a book series etc.), it doesn't make sense to cram all of that into a "Cluedo" article. By having an overview article on the franchise, the Cluedo article can now focus on the board game, creating a more defined and streamlines approach. The franchise article may be rudimentary, but if editing continues with these article boundaries in mind, it's going to be a great way to house all the content on this franchise on Wikipedia. P.S. I was WP:BOLD in my edits, and if there is opposition, it can be discussed. :)--Coin945 (talk) 04:18, 1 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the response. Like I said, I agree with the premise. I'm happy to pursue this direction with you, as it can always be merged back if the consensus is to do so. At one point I ran into several editors who were opposed to expanding the number of pages within Wikipedia unnecessarily. Perhaps that mentality has changed. I see there's been a lot of vandalism on the page since I last visited, which can make Wikipedia trying as well. That said -- onward and upward.--Closettrekker (talk) 18:51, 1 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hey! I noticed that you moved the Cryo adventures template to an overall Cryo template. The thing is, Cryo did a lot more than just adventure games, and a full template that covered all of its games would be far too large to be viable. I made the Cryo adventures template specifically to avoid that issue, and I feel like keeping the scope down to adventures will be best for organizational purposes. If you don't have any objections, I'll move the template back to its original title. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 01:14, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@JimmyBlackwing: All good. I was confused because the template wording includes the term "Cryo Interactive", when the content is only its adventure games. But your argument makes sense and I'll trust your judgement. :)--Coin945 (talk) 04:35, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Jahangir (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627) was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death in 1627. Pictured is a 17th century painting of Jahangir hunting with a falcon.
Thanks Coin945 for merging SFPD Homicide into Golden Gate Killer. When I created that one, I remember looking at that article and wondering if they were the same game, or at least part of the same series. Since I wasn't sure, I went ahead and created it as a separate article. I'm glad you were able to figure that out! BOZ (talk) 11:48, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Coin945, I originally made that stub as part of a long-term project I've been working on. :) If you see any articles there that catch your eye, feel free to build up on them as you please! BOZ (talk) 04:17, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The People's Republic of Angola covers the period of Angolan history as a self-declared socialist state established in 1975 to the time it was dismantled in 1992.
Musicians at a pub session, an event that involves playing music and/or singing in the relaxed social setting of a local pub, in which the music-making is intermingled with the consumption of ale, stout, and beer and conversation.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Queen of clubs until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. --Lord Belbury (talk) 15:06, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Coin945. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
Hello, Coin945. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Extreme points of Georgia (country). Since you had some involvement with the Extreme points of Georgia (country) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Andrei (talk) 18:30, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated files}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the file's talk page.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated files}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the file's talk page.
Hi, I'm RonBot, a script that checks new non-free file uploads. I have found that the subject image that you recently uploaded was more than 5% in excess of the Non-free content guideline size of 100,000 pixels. I have tagged the image for a standard reduction, which (for jpg/gif/png/svg files) normally happens within a day. Please check the reduced image, and make sure that the image is not excessively corrupted. Other files will be added to Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing. There is a full seven-day period before the original oversized image will be hidden; during that time you might want to consider editing the original image yourself (perhaps an initial crop to allow a smaller reduction or none at all). A formula for calculation the desired size can be found at WP:Image resolution, along with instructions on how to tag the image in the rare cases that it requires an oversized image (typically about 0.2% of non-free uploads are tagged as necessarily oversized). Please contact the bot owner if you have any questions, or you can ask them at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. See User:RonBot for info on how to not get these messages. RonBot (talk) 18:11, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I'm RonBot, a script that checks new non-free file uploads. I have found that the subject image that you recently uploaded was more than 5% in excess of the Non-free content guideline size of 100,000 pixels. I have tagged the image for a standard reduction, which (for jpg/gif/png/svg files) normally happens within a day. Please check the reduced image, and make sure that the image is not excessively corrupted. Other files will be added to Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing. There is a full seven-day period before the original oversized image will be hidden; during that time you might want to consider editing the original image yourself (perhaps an initial crop to allow a smaller reduction or none at all). A formula for calculation the desired size can be found at WP:Image resolution, along with instructions on how to tag the image in the rare cases that it requires an oversized image (typically about 0.2% of non-free uploads are tagged as necessarily oversized). Please contact the bot owner if you have any questions, or you can ask them at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. See User:RonBot for info on how to not get these messages. RonBot (talk) 17:59, 31 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Please use the copy edit template instead of adding the tracking category
I've been removing the category from articles that aren't also tagged with the template (the template generates the category automatically, and is therefore automatically removed when the copyedit is complete and the template removed), and came here to request the same thing. I'll let you take care of replacing the one with the other. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:55, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Re: Getting Tajemnica Statuetki to GA
Hi Jarod, I will try to have a read and see if I spot anything. Thanks! BeŻet (talk) 23:34, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image File:Carmen Sandiego character depictions.png
⚠
Thanks for uploading File:Carmen Sandiego character depictions.png. 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 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).
Just a friendly reminder that "you may have up to two open requests at any one time" so "every request can have a fair chance of being fulfilled within a reasonable period". Currently, you have seven requests open, which is more than the limit of two. Please cut them down to two. You also have one article repeated twice. Aoba47 (talk) 23:03, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I second that. Thanks Aoba47 for getting to this so quickly. So, yes Coin945, you can only have two requests at a time. Please remove any extra requests and leave behind the ones you want the most help on. PopularOutcasttalk2me! 03:47, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I do look forward to reading your articles when they are copy-edited though. Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time may be one of my favorite games too; I played it so much when I was younger. And it is an easy thing to miss on the request page. I missed it when I first made requests too lol. Aoba47 (talk) 04:10, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads-up. Just throwing it out there, could I ask another user to make requests to the page on my behalf, or is that a no-no?--Coin945 (talk) 05:47, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I think that is okay, though I would recommend asking at the talk page first just to make sure. I would offer to do some requests on your behalf, but I have already met my two request limit. Aoba47 (talk) 05:54, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Asking an uninvolved editor to make the request on your behalf seems like gaming the system to me. The goal of the limit is to give all editors a fair chance to submit requests and have them edited in a timely manner. If you and some helpers insert a long list of articles, that fairness is decreased. If other editors have been significantly involved in improving an article, it would be reasonable for them to make a request. – Jonesey95 (talk) 08:39, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That makes sense to me. Aoba47 (talk) 05:09, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy deletion nomination of What The Fuck France?
Hello Coin945,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged What The Fuck France? for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!
Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.
@Britishfinance: Hi, I'm a little bit confused as to why this was speedy deleted, due to the numerous reliable sources out there talking about the series. If anything, it should be taken to AFD in order to have a more fruitful discussion with the larger community.--Coin945 (talk) 23:10, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Coin945 (and @Phil Bridger:); I don't think the channel, as presented, meets notability; however, perhaps Phil's idea of an article on Paul himself (who much of the channel-article was about) could be a better route, and could incorporate a section on his channel? I was not familiar with Paul so I can't tell whether he would be notable as a BLP, but it seems like a good idea. In a way, it would be hard to argue that his channel was notable but he wasn't, which means that he is the better subject. Britishfinance (talk) 00:45, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Britishfinance: I appreciate your comments but I would disagree. If you would like to write an article on the man behind the series, be my guest. But that's not an argument for speedy deletion.
Here's just a small sample of what's out there (this is from a 5 second Google search): --Coin945 (talk) 01:06, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for uploading File:Disney's Animated Storybook.jpeg. 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 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).
Has no one given you this yet? Well, it's deserved. Thank you for all your contributions to obscure video game-related articles like Disney's Animated Storybook (I apologize for not having finished this yet, but I promise I will soon!) and Piposh. By greeting readers with comprehensive, high-quality articles like these, you are actually contributing to their legacy. Keep it going!!!JOEBRO64 22:53, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
stop adding links to the Piposh article to every article that seems like it might be remotely relevant. You're verging on spam. DS (talk) 05:27, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:23, 7 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
You'll notice as you look through the article I have added several [clarification needed] tags where I believe further information, if you have it, is required.
I don't review Good Article candidates but there are several other matters I believe also need to be clarified (again if you can) before you submit it for GA consideration.
1. Individuals who worked on the programme demo'ed it at a major mall when it was published. It's hard to believe copies were not available for sale then. Otherwise, there was not much point in doing the demos. Yet apparently there is no proof any copies were ever sold in retail stores.
2. The public could purchase the programme from Broderbund Software-Direct. Presumably this would have been a retail version, not the one with all the educational materials for teachers? Yet later in the article it says that only "10 prototype retail copies were ever produced, which were all mailed to educators involved in the project". One of them was later given to the Video Game History Foundation. So what was Broderbund selling to the public? If only 5000 copies were produced for schools, and they were all sold, were they all sold to schools (i.e. roughly ten per school as the article says, which seems a lot) or were some of them sold to the public?
3. Broderbund did not produce a version of Carmen for any other state yet in the Contemporary Review section it says that the title was "picked up" by other states. When I tried to check citation ":9" I could only see two paragraphs so could not resolve this apparent contradiction.
I hope this is useful.
Best of luck moving forward,
20:57, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
@Twofingered Typist: Thanks for all your help copyediting this article. I greatly appreciate it! I think a recurring challenge with this article is that while many sources do exist, they cover specific part's of the game's history which leave other aspects - such as how many copies were sold and how - a bit vague. Sometimes sources told me conflicting things which is a little frustrating. Thank you for your comments. I'm inspired to keep refining the article. :)--Coin945 (talk) 22:39, 7 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! I just wanted to request that you archive your user talk page. While it may not be bothersome to you, many editors have slow connections, and having a very large talk page can hamper communication. If you need help, just check out the guide over at Help:Archiving a talk page. Thanks! Miniapolis 23:14, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/The American Girls Premiere at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 04:48, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
,_cropped.jpg)
_Foon_Yew_5.jpg)
czar 17:16, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from Masterclass.com, a page you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Contest this speedy deletion which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. You should know this, you've been editing long enough. Also, you should complete or mostly complete your article before publishing it. —FormalDude(talk) 08:17, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Contest this speedy deletion, which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you. —FormalDude(talk) 08:26, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
