User talk:David Fuchs/Archive 23

Question for FL nomination

Hi there,

I got to you referenced from one of the directors of the FL committee and I have a very important question to ask.

My self with a group of other editors have been working hardly in a set of articles that we would like to promote to FL (and potentially the whole thing to a featured topic). We managed to promote one, Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Belgium); but when we started to work on the nomination of the other articles (specifically Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Austria)), somebody claimed that there are too many non-free images on them and the whole process froze. We have since then prepared for nomination the countries Austria, Finland, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Slovenia and Monaco; while we continue to work on the other countries (we have good progress in Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain, Vatican and Luxembourg for example).

The question is: what is your opinion about lists that have different non-free but properly fair-use images intrinsic in the character of the list? The images are not there to make the article look good or to ilustrate the topic, they are the core existence of the article and without the images the article itself makes no sense. Can you please take a quick look at Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Austria) for example and tell me your opinion on the usage of the images?

I do have a strong view about it and I think that we can still be within the guidelines of non-free images use in list articles. I am willing to have a discussion on each topic of that guideline if necessary. Can you please let me know what your opinion is? I would love to centralize the discussion in one place, but I want to know what you think first.

Many thanks in advance, Miguel.mateo (talk) 02:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Dejavu-video2.jpg)

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Cleanup for the rest of WP:WP Myst

There's a couple you missed: WP:WikiProject Video games/Myst task force/to do, WP:WP Myst/to do, and some messed up redirect. Can you deal with those in an adminly fashion? --Izno (talk) 17:58, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Mentioned in a dispute

You are mentioned here. Gary King (talk) 21:23, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello, I am mediating for a mediation case that involves you. I would appreciate it if you and any other parties in this could show up to this mediation here, to see if we can reach a neutral decision without tearing throats out. Enjoy! Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?! (talk) 04:00, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

• I apologize for the previous mistake. Thanks to some kind Wikipedians on IRC i have regained my old account. Any mediation will be handled with this one. Concrete Complex (talk) 04:07, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup

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Pinky & the Brain

It looks like you're the one who passed the GA for Pinky and the Brain. I listed this at GA reassessment because I don't think it's GA class. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 22:21, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

I thought GARs transcluded automatically. That's what the GAR page says. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 00:42, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your work on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Thanks for your work helping to bring Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan to WP:FA status. I learned of its promotion from the December 2008 Films WikiProject Newsletter, and I have added the article into rotation at Portal:Film. Happy New Year, Cirt (talk) 07:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm aware you're very busy, but presumably once you've done Undiscovered Country, which would you like to make the next part of a FT, The Motion Picture or the other two parts of the "Spock is not dead" trilogy? Alientraveller (talk) 22:07, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I think it would be best to move it to Star Trek (film series) as certainly the content exists to make it more than a list. Otherwise I'd have redirected it. What do you think? Alientraveller (talk) 22:34, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Have you read James Bond (film series) or X-Men (film series)? I feel there's plenty of stuff to merge together, I mean II to IV are a trilogy and the series is divideable into the Bennett/Meyer era and the Berman/Moore/Braga eras, not to mention all the model ships and sets that get reused. Still, we'll see once a few more articles get to GA. I hope you get all the films on DVD, I'm staving off until the inevitable Blu-ray set in May. Alientraveller (talk) 00:25, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I heard they're recording a Shakespeare play in Klingon for VI's Blu-ray disc. Still, DVDs for old movies always pale next to print because studio archives for golden soundbites are always limited. Not sure what Blu-ray can add really, I'm just panicky about my movie collection though, I failed to find Prince Caspian in time for Christmas because the exclusive 3-disc edition sold out and then Zavvi went into administration. Alientraveller (talk) 01:10, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

In a sad coincidence, I was thinking about Ricardo Montalban and how healthy he was aged 61 in WOK, and how his health is now. [1] Alientraveller (talk) 21:53, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

His death led to Sci-Fi Wire giving high mention of your work.[2] Alientraveller (talk) 17:55, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Your payment...

For all the video game articles I'm suffering through, is to do some copyediting for me! (grins) I'll let you know when I'm ready. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:06, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Feedback request

Hi David Fuchs! Some time ago you commented FAC Meshuggah (now archived as Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Meshuggah/archive3). I intend to nominate it again. It would help me a lot if you could find some time to check whether you are contented with my fixes and the article now. Have a nice day :)--  LYKANTROP  ✉ 11:44, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

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Expansion packs in video game articles?

Hey, fellow video game dude, how are expansion packs usually dealt with in video game articles? For The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, should I mention The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king in its own section, paragraph, or just a line? I don't know if I've ever seen an FA that also has an expansion pack, which would be nice to compare with, though. Gary King (talk) 17:21, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I found Half-Life 2 and StarCraft but they are a bit more complex as both have got at least three expansions. Gary King (talk) 17:22, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I just stuck in a paragraph. Gary King (talk) 18:04, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I might need help from you on Samus Aran, a character article. Got some quick tips that I could begin with? I haven't started on the article yet. Gary King (talk) 18:57, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Also, as the video-games-image-guy, could you help me find a more appropriate image for Metroid (series)? I found this but it's animated, and I don't think it's official. This might be useful in finding or creating a more appropriate image, perhaps. I don't think there's any official image for the entire series, actually; it's mostly variations of the S with the lightning bolt. Could you perhaps Photoshop something out of that when you have the chance? I also see that the article was recently at FAC, so I'll take a peak at that on more ideas. Thanks in advance! Gary King (talk) 19:05, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Seeing as you're doing video game icons again Gary King (talk) 22:51, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

One for an FT, and one for the series article if possible, as an image of Samus Aran isn't really the best image to use to represent the entire series. Gary King (talk) 23:04, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't suppose we could use a free image for the series article? Something that is created from scratch, perhaps based on the style used for the Prime series of games, such as Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, using the style used for the word "Metroid" on the cover, so in gray, getting wider when going down, etc. Gary King (talk) 01:54, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Nice job in File:Metroid series design.png, but can you remake it in red instead of blue? (or you could change the "S" to Yellow) igordebraga ≠ 19:44, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

It doesn't have to be a replica of the logo. It's just that I don't think gray-on-blue is a good combination (probably has some relation to not only having seen that logo in Metroid games/artwork, but with studying Gestalt last semester). igordebraga ≠ 01:58, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Newsletter interview

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Response to your comment

Since you have indicated a threat to block me for creating articles that Meowy doesn't like. I want to propose mediation to discuss. Since there is no policy prohibiting their creation and indeed, each day, dozens are created haphazardly anyway, a more uniform looking article is to be prefered. I do intend, unless mediation efforts or a policy change indicates it be barred, to create more articles - and to avoid a wheel war ending up at WP:RFARB - let's get this mediated before you abuse your sysop rights. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:01, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Your "fact" of a future event is exactly a threat. I request that we go to mediation. Any block of an editor creating sourced articles on notable topics (see WP:OUTCOMES if you doubt it) - none of which has been deleted despite a prior AFD on one of the villages - is so out of step with the proper use of sysop tools that your threat is itself an abuse. If you really consider that creation of such articles is disruptive: I'll give you a bunch of users who have created UNSOURCED geo articles with no more than "X exists in Fooland" so that you can block them too. Please let's go to mediation to solve this rather than waste the arbitrators' time on this. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 01:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

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Dispatch interview

You know the drill :-) Wikipedia:FCDW/WBFAN2008. If possible, I'd like to aim for January 17. If there is a question that doesn't apply to you, feel free to skip it, or to suggest other questions. I'll probably edit it down a bit when all is in, and if you add some suggested (free) images on the talk page there, I'll work them in at the end. Thanks !! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:11, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

LOL !! It's gonna be a good one :-) [3] SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:34, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Heh

Poor Man's Hink? Heh. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 03:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

carlossuarez46 bot

I made a long post to the ANI thread arguing that the bot is breaking the WP:BOT policy. I support a block unless the bot stops voluntarily, or if there is evidence that the bot has been approved for the precise task that it is doing. 67.122.210.149 (talk) 05:29, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Undiscovered Country

Replied here. All the best, Steve ^{T • C} 08:39, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Three-pronged test for Elements of Fiction

I have drafted a revsion to WP:FICT that may address some of your concerns. I would be grateful for your views at WT:FICT#Three-pronged test for Elements of Fiction. --Gavin Collins (talk) 00:45, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Mfds

Hi, what page did Raul nom for Mfd, please? I am referring to the similar-to-'User:Raul654/GoRight'. KillerChihuahua^?!? 15:38, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

oh and if you ans on my talk page, please paste this ? in as well - I prefer discussions unsplit, as I am a puppy of very little ability to remember what the heck something was about when I only see half of it. Thanks!!! KillerChihuahua^?!? 15:39, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Other Wikis

David, my idea was not to convert this mass of information to proseline:[4] it's way too much detail. I'd rather leave this page untouched, and see a summary in a new page. The summary would take an entirely different structure, focusing by area, not by language. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:14, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

half smoke

Wie geht's Herr Fox. I recently made an edit concerning this article, which you rapidly reverted. I'm just coming here to ask why. I see you're involved in a debate on the article's talk page. I made a brief case for the edit on the talk page but it was to no avail. I completely understand that an "In popular culture" section may get out of hand but such would not seem to apply here; at least not yet. Furthermore it seems to me that WP's policy concerning trivia is avoid needless lists and to work the material into the article, which is what I believe that section was doing. Also based upon this it would appear that there isn't any direct policy regarding "In popular culture" sections. Would you be amenable to a negotiated compromise? Perhaps one that reinstates the section but replaces the business's name, which at a glance appears to be the real crux of the issue, with ambiguous language such as "to a 'famous' D.C. area restaurant" with the citation pointing to the transcripts?
Thanks Naufana : talk 03:02, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

• Maybe I didn't word that as nicely as I ought to have and for that I apologize but I did include "looks like," which isn't a direct accusation (I admit it's a split hair). What I'm curious about though is would you consider the wording I proposed. I'm still thinking there is more to this than trivia. For example, I see you've done some editing on the Klingon article, which contains a rather lengthy and disjointed "popular culture" section that to my eyes reads like a pure trivia section. Yet this section remains unmolested. To be sure "In Popular culture" and "trivia" are related beasts; I think though that the Obama edit clearly illustrates how this food is very native phenomenon. Obama has lived in Washington for a few years now, it's not like he just rode in from mid-west, but he has never heard of it. Naufana : talk 03:27, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

To my eyes a one sentence mention is more like trivia not less like trivia. I always assumed the goal was to merge "one off" content into paragraph form and weed out bullet point lists. Of course WP:TRIVIA says list form may be superior but it also "does not suggest removing trivia sections." I don't think we can both be right on this issue but I also don't think we are both wrong. I'm leaning towards reinstating my edit with ambiguous language added. Would you revert such an edit again or would you prefer to discuss it some more?Naufana : talk 03:39, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

• I have class also, US Foreign Relations since WWI (it's a lot more interesting than you might think) I'm going to add it to history section, perhaps that's a better place. Thanks for your help and I struck out that accusation I made you're right it was uncalled for. Naufana : talk 03:44, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Klingon images

I noted that your after an image of the retconned Klingons; I wondered if perhaps this one sitting on WP at the moment could be any service: File:ST-TNG_Redemption_Part_2.jpg. Its not the best quality, but it shows the less-budget conscious armour, the head ridges (a higher quality one would probably show how the ridges differ in style between characters more clearly), the affinity for bladed weaponry, the dark dingey environments used in Klingon sets and part of the Klingon insignia. I would also suggest a starship image if you're going to include any commentary on the ships, although that may not be necessary; Klingon starships is probably a workable article with some research (there's enough design information certain classes), a restructure and a cleanup. -- Sabre (talk) 17:49, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

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Re:me contributions

Nah, I'm not done with them, merely taking a break after losing the motivation to do them in the immediate moment. I somehow entered into a Star Trek mood and began redoing Elite Force recently (still need to finish that one's reception section and referencing sometime soon – I hate reception sections), and had in mind that I might try one of the severely neglected Star Trek fiction articles on ships as well. I noticed somewhere along the line that you were redoing the Klingon article – fantastic job there by the way – and thought it could be worth trying to improve the related starship article: it was as good a place to start as any.

While we're on the subject, perhaps you may be able to give me a couple of suggestions as far as that goes. I really don't like the current structure of the article, it feels too listy for my likings. I want to get a structure where I can discuss individual classes as they arise in production history, thereby keeping it in a nice out-of-universe perspective (I've redone the D7 section so far, as it would be the top of any effective coverage as the first production model). However, I just can't get my head around a decent structure to follow. I had considered organising it by series, but then that gets murky for things like the Bird of Prey and the Ktinga, and the section names get long and awkward. Any ideas on a good structure plan to follow? -- Sabre (talk) 00:51, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I've broken it into series: TOS, TNG (as blanket for DS9 and Voy as well) and ENT, and ordered by appearance. I might add an extra subsection to the ENT section to cover the reuse of a Ktinga class in "Unexpected" after the producers rejected designs for a D4-class. Hopefully this will do the trick. -- Sabre (talk) 14:27, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Calling in a favor...

Can you look over Ealdred (archbishop) and tell me what is missing to make it comprehensible to non-history folks? I'm specifically looking for areas where it's lacking context. I'm not so worried about a CE, although anything you see that's spelled wrong, grammar, etc, would be great if you could correct. He's not quite ready to go to FAC yet, I need to make sure that nothing's missing context wise, and you're a great person for that! Ealdgyth - Talk 16:38, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

And I've worked over your suggestions, feel free to tell me how badly I messed up! Ealdgyth - Talk 01:50, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Since you will not mediate...

I gave you an opportunity to mediate your view that adding articles about towns and villages is disruptive. You cited, WP:NOT, which itself points to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes#Places showing that all places are notable regardless of size. You have not even found one article added to be worthy of nominating for deletion - if you had, despite WP:POINT, it would be kept as has already happened for one village that someone else nominated. Since you will not discuss this, nor put your accusation of WP:NOT into action by deleting any article you think unworthy, nor have you, Meowy, and the various anons who may not agree with the policy managed to change the policy that all places are notable, nor have you taken me up on the offer to point to you the loads of unsourced village articles so that you can take action, I will go ahead and assume good faith on your part, that your threat of blocking for creating articles - for which no one needs your permission - is removed. If it continues, or you block me, we'll be in RfC and I'll be asking that you be recalled. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:44, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Rate, what rate? You have had months since I have created the places - what reverts can't you evaluate in those months? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:55, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I am not asking anyone to look through anyone's contributions, nor should whether many contributions are made in a short time be of any issue either, because we're not requiring anyone who has a complaint about an article to direct the complaint within XX minutes of its creation. It's just irrelevant. What is relevant is your threat at Meowy's ANI that lingers, that's why I am taking it up with you. Regardless of your prior interactions with Meowy, or none, you have taken his side and threatened to use admin powers to back him up. I think you either should withdraw the threat or at least discuss it in mediation. Why do you resist that? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:30, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

As would I rather be creating and improving articles to improve the encyclopedia. If it involves Azerbaijan, I see why Meowy gets bent out of shape - he's in ArbCom parole and one or two missteps away from a permablock. But, why is that problematic to you? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:37, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

A request to use your ProQuest

Hi David, I am not certain if you have archived this request due to mechanical process or otherwise... so kindly hear me out again.

I remember you had full access to ProQuest through your academic privilege. Could you help to provide me the text from:

• Nancy Malitz, "Girls are Game, but Nintendo won't Play", Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Sun - Times, p. 57, August 7, 1992.
• Matt Williamson Scripps Howard (I suspect this is more of author = Matt Williamson, but provided by news service = Scripps Howard), "And the 1992 Winners, Among Home Video Games, Are...", Cleveland, Ohio: The Plain Dealer, p. 5.D, Dec 21, 1992.

Please reply if you are able or unable to help with this. It is okay either way, but I would prefer to have a closure. Jappalang (talk) 09:58, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Sam & Max/GA1

I've tried to address the concerns raised in the review. You should be able to see the entire article now. It was vandalised recently, which is probably why you had difficulties earlier. -- Sabre (talk) 16:21, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Is there anything else to do as far as this is concerned? I've made the alterations or provided explanations for points I'd disagree with, is there anything further to sort out? You originally stated that the bottom part of the article was missing, I trust that's been fixed now? Thanks for reviewing it by the way, it had been lingering in the list for quite a while! -- Sabre (talk) 15:35, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

I've replied regarding sources. I don't think I'm too good at justifying sources, but three of the five should qualify. Fourth might scrape through conditionally, the fifth has been ditched. -- Sabre (talk) 19:07, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I've had to get rid of the other reference as well. Search engines just keep giving me results for "comic" rather than "Comico". -- Sabre (talk) 23:36, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

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Nice article

Gratz on Super Columbine Massacre RPG! passing. I didn't get a chance to review it while the FAC was open but it looks very good. I'm glad to see some quality nominations coming from the video games group. Someday I'd like to get Battlefield 2142 to FA. Many an hour has been spent on that game.. many a good hour. :) --Laser brain (talk) 04:37, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Issue uploading PNGs

I answered on HD. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:25, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

The Raft of the Medusa

David, would you mind revisiting this, there has been some work to address the specific and general points you raised. Thanks, Ceoil (talk) 21:56, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Trek central

You need more than two fair use images for Star Trek VI.I recommend an image of the Enterprise's kitchen and an image maybe of the food at the banquet (which could also allow you to show the main Klingons). Alientraveller (talk) 08:20, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Well not only is the kitchen discussed because the crew apparently believed real food doesn't exist in the future, it also shows that cool (temperature) feel the ship has in the film. Perhaps the final shot of the crew on the redesigned bridge will do. Alientraveller (talk) 13:10, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Whoa. Looking at the article, this should be TFA on May 8. Alientraveller (talk) 12:59, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, I'm saying it's looking superior to WOK's article and would be better for TFA on May 8 to coincide with the revival film. Do you know when you can pause for me to copyedit? Alientraveller (talk) 16:47, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Well it was the last film to feature the whole crew. Obviously WOK is a good pick since the new film's writers cited it as an influence. But I believe the connection doesn't have to overly specific, just obviously, a Trek article on the day the new film is out. If Kirk gets to FA that could be on it. But TUC has such a magnificent article. Alientraveller (talk) 18:56, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

OK, I copyedited the whole Production section, I'll wait for the Release section to be completed. Alientraveller (talk) 19:38, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

LOL, I'll start adding content from my three avaliable books for TMP and TFF in the meantime then. Alientraveller (talk) 00:05, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

I just thought TUC's Release section dwarfs Home Video, so perhaps information on the marketing, the release, sequel talk, box office, novelization, awards and so on can be retained in a Release header – with the main section retitled Impact – while the subjective reviews analysis can be separated into Reviews? Alientraveller (talk) 23:35, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Star Trek franchise name

Looking at a few of the Star Trek articles you've worked on, you seem to use "Star Trek" and "Star Trek" consistently in both. Is there a particular reason for this? I vaguely recall some style guideline talking about using italics on franchise names, although for the life of me I can't think where. Are there times when using the non-italic version is correct style-wise in place of using the italics? -- Sabre (talk) 22:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Up for a graphic design?

I was wondering if you'd be game for creating a graphic I could use for a future featured topic on the Sam & Max series, if you've got the time. It shouldn't be too demanding, but as evidenced by my previous attempts with a StarCraft icon, that level of graphical manipulation is beyond me. What I'm after is essentially a free icon based on the generic US police badges you can see in this and this, with similar cartoonish red text stating "Sam & Max" or "S&M" or whichever looks better. Thanks, Sabre (talk) 16:50, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

That was really darn fast! Thanks David, thats perfect! Great work! -- Sabre (talk) 17:48, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Wonder if I can bother you for a copyedit on Sheng Long?

User:Guyinblack25 suggested I might ask you for a further copyedit on the article before I pushed for it in FAC. Aiming to try and get it to FA before the end of the month to push it for the front page sometime in February (when EGM's final issue will be "released" for download).

Thanks as always for your time man.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 19:03, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, its me again

...because few people are as good as you. I'd like your opinion as an image fair use expert. I just came across http://www.trekcore.com/specials/albums/sketches/STTOS_Drw_KlingonCruiser.jpg (you may need to cut and paste the url to get it to work), the original design sketches by Matt Jefferies for the D7 cruiser. Would there be any encyclopedic value to uploading that for use in Klingon starships, given that it already has three non-free images? -- Sabre (talk) 22:56, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I won't bother with it. Better to have the actual image of the ship than the design documents. I suppose I should probably change the image to that of the original studio model though, rather than the remastered one. -- Sabre (talk) 02:15, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

You are too good to me, David. To say that's awesome would be an understatement. You didn't have to do that! I can't really think of any improvements, things like orbiting ships would be too small and work against the idea of a quick and simple icon. -- Sabre (talk) 22:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I quite like you're current Halo one(s, you did hunter and Guilty Spark ones as well, didn't you?), but I'm intrigued by how an improved version would look. Since you have images on the mind, would you consider creating another fairly easy concept one for me when you've got a free moment? Like the Sam & Max one it shouldn't take someone who knows what they're doing ten minutes, but this would cover me for the future topics I'm working towards for the next year or so. Would it be possible to whip up a free icon version of File:Total War logo.png? Its essentially a dog tag with the two words on. -- Sabre (talk) 22:14, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

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I know you're good with images, and I was wondering if you could help me with this image. It was uploaded to Wikipedia with the {{PD-self}} license. I saw the picture on Flickr here, but there it had an "All rights reserved" license. The uploader of the image has the same name on Flickr ("Mario san"), but is this evidence enough for it being the same person? I tagged the image with {{di-no permission}}, but I don't know if this is right. Would you know how to handle this? The Prince (talk) 16:08, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Do you mean the Wikipedia user or Flickr user? The Prince (talk) 21:40, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah, what the heck. I don't think you've got this one.

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Talk:The Codex/old, and a couple other thoughts

Hey David. Just wanted to let you know that, when it's feasible to do so, it's better to move an entire page to an archive instead of copy-and-pasting. That way, the edit history is preserved.

Yeah, the machinima needs a bit of cleanup. I'll, however, be working on the top-level machinima article primarily, though. I've realized that, with a good top-down article hierarchy, there'll more likely be some place to merge barely notable productions. I trust that the fiction itself for the really notable productions will be ironed out, eventually. The best way to treat the season/episode articles for Red vs. Blue might be to treat season as an individual movie—heck, Rooster Teeth releases them that way—and to summarize the overall plot in a paragraph or so, and then list the episodes with less detail. — TKD::Talk 12:15, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

You sure? I generally think I suck at copyeditting (I was just passing through to see what information was available for Klingon starships), but I'll give it a try. -- Sabre (talk) 12:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I've read through the article (took a whole hour, you've got a heck of a lot of info there) and made some changes where I thought appropriate. For the clear majority of the article, it seems fine to me. There's only one line I still don't like: the opening line of the second paragraph in the plot section "The Enterprise rendezvous with Gorkon's battlecruiser peacefully and proceed to Earth when the Enterprise suddenly appears to fire upon the unguarded Klingon ship with a pair of torpedoes" - the first part just doesn't flow well to me. I tried replacing that with "The Enterprise rendezvous peacefully with Gorkon's battlecruiser and proceeds towards Earth..." but I'm not fond of that either. Other than that, I'm fine with the rest. And where's the logic in filming an ice planet scene on San Fransciso beach? -- Sabre (talk) 14:02, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Uh hey, sorry, I just sumbled on this. After looking over the article, I have to say I'm impressed, but I noticed that you're not using Shatner's autobiography (Well, the second one, at any rate). If memory serves he goes over the film in quite some detail, I wish I had my copy with me still; the man's a blowhard and some of his stuff, especially about directing the Final Frontier and how wonderful it was, doesn't quite ring true. But it might be worth considering for the article, especially for the dyed squid scene. Skinny87 (talk) 15:25, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Was it Shatner reading the audio version? If so, does it have about fifty CDs? I can't imagine that, his writing was bad enough! Skinny87 (talk) 18:36, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I realize it wasn't Shatner's fault completely, but the chapter he devotes to it in the book is so pompous and self-congratulatory ("It was a wonderful idea and I was wonderful and even though I ignored all the veteran's advice it could still have gone well if it wasn't for the execs screwing my budget over") that I can't help but get annoyed at him :) Skinny87 (talk) 18:59, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

(od) Hmmm, you make good points. Dammit, you're making me want to start writing Trek articles now! Skinny87 (talk) 19:11, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Is there like a guide or something on how to write them? I've only ever written history articles before. Skinny87 (talk) 19:18, 27 January 2009 (UTC)