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Leslie Benzies

Hi there, I am contacting you on behalf of a client who is working on behalf of Leslie Benzies.

On the 29th of January you reverted an update to the webpage of Leslie Benzies where his display image was altered to an up-to-date image. You reverted without reason being provided.

The image is more recent than the previous, and has full copyright privilege and was authorised by Mr Benzies himself.

Now my client is not that familiar with Wikipedia and may have made an error in the uploading that voided copyright somehow, and if so i understand your revert completely. However I was just wondering if you could explain this further so we can proceed.

Thank you!

~~jacka1993~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacka1993 (talk • contribs) 11:32, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

@Jacka1993: Thank you for your message, and your edits to the article. I apologise for not providing a reason for my revert. Basically, the copyright ownership of the image (which has since been deleted—see deletion request) was unclear. While Nabcc claims to be the owner of the image (which I personally do not doubt, but professionally must remain questionable about), it is not clear that this is the case; this also applies to the image of Matthew Smith. If you wish for the image to be re-uploaded, I recommend submitting a declaration of consent with the necessary information to OTRS (if you have not yet done so). All details about this declaration can be found at WP:CONSENT. If you have any other concerns, let me know. Thanks. – Rhain ☔ 14:36, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

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Take a peak, if you could...

Could you take a peak at the awards table at 2016 in video gaming, following your same format? BAFTAs aren't in but the first 3 are there. --MASEM (t) 05:15, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

@Masem: Thanks for the message. I think it looks good! I'll look into making tables for the previous years when I can. I find it interesting that Overwatch has won three of the four Game of the Year awards so far, even though the majority is naming Uncharted 4 as the favourite. Divided, to say the least. – Rhain ☔ 05:25, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

I want to get your opinion again on the table, please see 2014 in video gaming. There are two situations that are not covered by the previous table format that I want to check:

• For the DICE awards, Destiny won both the audio and the separate soundtrack award. It does not make sense to merge those two awards to give the appearance that there was only one award.
• Monument Valley won the combined handheld/mobile for the GDC and BAFTA awards (neighbors on the table) ; does it make sense to make this a row-col 2x2 spanning block for that?

Thanks. --MASEM (t) 21:25, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

@Masem: That's an interesting situation. I agree with your point about Destiny—it's always possible to merge the two wins and leave a footnote with clarification, but I think the way you've done it works well. As for Monument Valley: the "[year] in film" articles merge columns and rows for multiple wins, and in this case it won the combined award (not like Destiny with Audio), so a 2x2 block makes sense here. I like the work you've been doing! – Rhain ☔ 22:16, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

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Ellie (The Last of Us)

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Ellie (The Last of Us) has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Good luck with your FAN request.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:19, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

@Twofingered Typist: Thank you for your edits! Hopefully the next candidacy goes a little better than the first two. – Rhain ☔ 22:02, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Do you get paid for these edits? --2607:FB90:6459:E2B1:0:4B:9BC1:AB01 (talk) 22:17, 15 March 2017 (UTC)jen

@2607:FB90:6459:E2B1:0:4B:9BC1:AB01: I do not. Paid contributions must be disclosed. – Rhain ☔ 02:39, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

SuddenDeath

FYI: [1] --Laser brain (talk) 03:20, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

@Laser brain: Thanks. I had intended to create a talk page thread if the user continued to revert, but figured that I'd suggest it to them first, as they were the one altering the status quo. Do note that I only made the suggestion once, and would have taken the next appropriate steps myself upon further opposition. I was unaware of the editor's history. – Rhain ☔ 03:32, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

I've yet to see him engage on a Talk page, so you're probably wasting your time. He'll argue in edit summaries and sometimes go to user Talk pages. --Laser brain (talk) 03:53, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

I figured it would be rather useless, but I like to avoid edit warring, so it was the next logical step for me. Administrators noticeboard seems like a good choice though. – Rhain ☔ 03:54, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

about "clear"

White-space minimization is another goal, "clear" increases the white space. I think also here "clear" was not a benefit for readability or structure but just increased the white-space... but I will not argue wiht you here, not important enough. Shaddim (talk) 18:34, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

@Shaddim: Keeping {{clear}} allows the References section to utilise the full page width; without the template, the reviews table pushes the references to the side. – Rhain ☔ 23:35, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Far Harbor

Hey Rhain, seeing as you reviewed Fallout 4: Far Harbor, I thought contacting you to tell you that it's at FAC now (again) would be a good idea. If you've got any improvement ideas or comments, please tell me. Cheers, Anarchyte (work | talk) 11:11, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

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Video game walkthrough article

Hi there! Just sending a quick follow up message as I noticed that the discussion on the talk page of WP:Video games was archived already. Have you managed to take a look at Video game walkthrough? --TheSandDoctor (talk) 04:50, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

@TheSandDoctor: My apologies—I've been a little busy as of late, and haven't had a chance to thoroughly look through the article yet. Some quick notes:

• The "History" section could do with some expansion, particularly with the one-sentence paragraphs; perhaps they could be merged somehow. I also expected to see more dates/years mentioned in this section, like when Twitch.tv started becoming popular for walkthroughs, or when Let's Play videos began taking form, and by whom (if applicable, and if reliable secondary sources find it notable).
• The information regarding the Rockstar Editor could probably be shortened a fair amount. I don't think there's any need to mention who developed and published the game; the sentence could probably read something like "Several video games, including Grand Theft Auto V (2013), feature in-game recording features, allowing players to record and edit gameplay." (and then reference it).
• To me, "Examples of walkthroughs and guides" is an invitation for IP editors to try to advertise their own walkthroughs, or their favourite YouTubers. It's also not entirely necessary to point out specific examples like this. Perhaps this subsection could be merged into its parent section—is there any information available regarding how (or why) Prima Games or CVG publish/ed walkthroughs and guides?
• There are quite a few inconsistencies within the referencing, and a few unreliable sources, but I'm sure this will be addressed in-depth in a GA review.

I'll try to take a proper look, and perhaps make some changes myself, if I have time. For now, it's a good start! – Rhain ☔ 03:05, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

No problem! Thank you for looking and I welcome any edits to it. Regarding the history section, I agree with you that it be expanded but I have run into difficulties finding sources and pinning exact "dates" (even just years). I have gone ahead and shortened the Rockstar Editor example as you suggested.

I never thought of "Examples of walkthroughs and guides" in that way so thank you for pointing it out! You are 100% right. I have removed the subheading and merged it with its parent. If you think it is unneeded to provide examples, feel free to remove it or tweak it as you see fit. As for the referencing inconsistencies, what do you mean by "inconsistencies" in this case?

Thanks again for your input and I look forward to your response. The majority of what you have said so far I have implemented. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 05:20, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

@TheSandDoctor: No worries, thanks for replying. I think providing some examples (such as Prima Games and CVG) is inevitable, but outlining a certain subsection to solely list examples (which may very well devolve into a WP:PROSELINE of sorts) may not be the best approach—merging it into the parent section, as you have done, is a more seamless integration. Regarding referencing inconsistencies: some references refer to websites by their company name (Kotaku, CNN) and some refer to the URL itself (venturebeat.com, www.gamefaqs.com). Not the end of the world, but definitely something that requires attention before GA. I'll try and do some edits in the near future if I can find the time. Thanks again. – Rhain ☔ 12:56, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Ah, I see what you mean. The visual editor is mainly to blame for that as I do not manually enter the references if I can avoid it and have not done so for this particle article (that I recall). Going in and editing them shouldn't be too difficult (I think) unless they are using different citation templates (ie web and news). I cant look at it right now but will later today. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 14:51, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

They were using different templates in some cases but I was able to go in and manually edit them. Do the edits I have made alleviate some of the concerns that you raised? --TheSandDoctor (talk) 21:48, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

@TheSandDoctor: It's definitely in better shape than beforehand. I'm sure an in-depth GA review will polish the article much more. Best of luck! – Rhain ☔ 00:22, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you for "one of the greatest video games of all time"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:00, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

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Shilling for TakeTwo Interactive

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@199.19.94.96: Nice assumption, but I wouldn't have written an entire article about their game's controversy if that was my "motivation". The information was removed because it is not a controversy, nor is it directly related to Grand Theft Auto V—the information has been appropriately added to the Modding in Grand Theft Auto article. – Rhain ☔ 23:23, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

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