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Thank you for the Barnstar and kind words. I'll certainly try not to let them get to my head. :-p Thanks again. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 12:51, 29 June 2009 (UTC))

My character files for BlazBlue have been nominated for deletion huh....I only created them because others are complaining about the none relevent info that is given on the characters section. If you think my profiles are not relevent, I listed that I got them from the Aksys Blazblue Official website and arcade modes. These ARE relavent sources which have the info I explain and support the article greatly. I planed to erase the Characters section in the article of BlazBlue to add the ones I made that have relevent info. So if my "relevent" profiles will be deleted I WILL delete the characters section (...I leave the names up) unless anyone can tell me EXACTLY where this information is coming from. (especially Ragna the Bloodege's). This is not a threat, it is to further Wikipedia's honesty. It is your own fault if taken as a threat. If you think they don't need profiles then this should be okay right?Zekami (talk) 17:05, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't hate you. It's okay I understand what you say. But the Bios on the article aren't relevent or don't have any referenced places to get this info. It dosen't make sense to put none relevent information on Wikipedia. I created the individual pro's to list actual true facts about the characters but if they have to be deleted so be it. I just can't keep seeing the article be damaged as I come across it every day without any sources. If you can give me or list the places I can find this info on the Blazblue article. I will stop deleting their so called Bios. but for now all thats needed is the playable characters and thier drives.Zekami (talk) 17:52, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Here's the info I found about the Game & Watch games.

• Dual screen DK- 1982
• Wide screen DK Jr.- 1982
• Dual screen DK II (sequel to DK Jr.)- 1983

That's all I came across. Here's the ref. <ref name="RG-55">{{cite journal| journal = [[Retro Gamer]]| publisher = [[Imagine Publishing]]| title = Retroinspection: Game & Watch| issue = 55| page = pp.44–51| month = October| year = 2008}}</ref>

The only other place I can suggest is check out http://www.gameandwatch.com/ and see if you can use that to help searching. I found some info about some tabletop versions too. I'll add them later tonight. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 03:10, 1 July 2009 (UTC))

Quick question- The tabletop versions are based on the DK and DK Jr. arcade games. Do you think they should be included the arcade sections or get their own table? (Guyinblack25 ^talk 03:28, 1 July 2009 (UTC))

You know, I'm not sure. I've been looking at my Space Invaders list and am thinking about merging the LCD games to the original arcade entry. So I'm kind of on the fence on list structures. :-p Maybe a perspective from another editor would help. Sorry. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 04:25, 1 July 2009 (UTC))

Yeah. That's what I was thinking, but there are some new DK games that were made for exclusively for Game & Watch (Circus, Hockey, and DK II), and one of the Space Invaders LCD games had a virtual reality version released by the same company. It's these weird little exceptions that really stump me. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 04:37, 1 July 2009 (UTC))

Sure I can do some copy editing. I was planning on taking care of that yesterday for the DK list, but got caught up with a non-free media issue on Music of Kingdom Hearts. I'll try to give both lists a look today. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 16:39, 7 July 2009 (UTC))

Thanks for addressing that issue at the SI FLC. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:23, 10 July 2009 (UTC))

It was an oversight. I was cleaning a bunch of pages and I made that mistake. I undid it. MrKIA11 (talk) 20:45, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

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Nomader, I noticed your work on a number of lists for prominent video game series. I did some work on List of The Legend of Zelda games a while ago, but got bogged down with other things. If you have some time in the near future, would you mind helping me push it that last bit to FL? (Guyinblack25 ^talk 19:10, 20 July 2009 (UTC))

No rush at all. so take your time. I'll try to take care of the Game & Watch parts on the list and do bits here and there in the mean time. Thanks for the help. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:23, 21 July 2009 (UTC))

Like I said, "no rush". I'm technically on a break too. :-p We'll get to it when we get to it. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:33, 23 July 2009 (UTC))

Because {{Vgrelease}} auto sorts the regions in a particular reason, separate templates have to be used to display them in a different order. Condensing them isn't a bad idea, but we can leave it alone if we want. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 15:43, 3 August 2009 (UTC))

If you need some sources for the Zelda manga, check out Anime News Network. I believe the Anime and Manga Projects considers them a reliable source. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:55, 11 August 2009 (UTC))

Found some listings of Zelda soundtracks.[1][2] Don't believe those sources meet WP:RS though. Maybe check out All Music.com for them. We use All Game as a source in articles so I assume All Music falls under their umbrella of reliability. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:59, 18 August 2009 (UTC))

I'll see about adding some this week. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 16:48, 18 August 2009 (UTC))

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I found squat looking for sources for Moto Racer. Something substantial might show up with a more thorough review, but for now all I've got is a review by the Sydney Morning Herald to add to the reception. Send me an email if you're interested and I'll send it your way, along with anything else I find later on. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 22:14, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

FYI Gary King (talk) 02:05, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi, there's a discussion about the name of the list. Could you check it out? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 02:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi there. Just a note that you should probably take a look at File:Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.jpeg (used in the FL List of Kirby media). I'm pretty sure that it is not GFDL; more likely it is fair use. Can you take care of this? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:40, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and removed the image altogether; I'm not too familiar with copyrights and images and I've made mistakes with regards to derivative works before with the Wario list so I'm in no rush to repeat the same error. I'll try to look for a free-use replacement although I can't guarantee anything– thanks for pointing out the problem. -- Nomader ^(Talk) 02:30, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I happened upon the issue while perusing Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Task force, if you're interested. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:32, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll definitely check it out. I've always wanted to be more involved in the review process but I haven't found the time lately. Seems like FLC needs the reviewers so I might try to lend a hand in the next week or so. -- Nomader ^(Talk) 02:42, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

You might want to check out the video-game-related lists on there. Best to fix them up before they reached FLRC. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:43, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

We do definitely need reviewers though, especially since Truco no longer has time to help out. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:43, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, for the next few days I won't be around but I should be back soon after that and I'll try to throw out reviews and work on some lists. I'll be sure to go through them– I noticed a couple on there that I'll try to work up. Just an FYI, I'm copying this conversation over to my talk page, no need to talk in two places. -- Nomader ^(Talk) 02:47, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

The article Moto Racer Advance you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Moto Racer Advance for things needed to be addressed. MuZemike 22:37, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

		The Nintendo Barnstar
		This is for turning four lists into Featured Lists! GamerPro64 (talk) 03:14, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Keep up the good work. GamerPro64 (talk) 03:14, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Such kind words are certainly difficult to respond to, but a thank you is certainly in order. Thank you for your praise. I'll try to live up to it. As far as the Zelda list, you helped as best you could and that was all I asked for. So don't sell yourself short, you helped prep it before FLC with content and sources, and you helped address questions and issues at the FLC. That's welcome help in my opinion, so please share the credit. Drop me a note if you want to work on another series' game list together. I think we should at minimum have the major franchises at FL and am a little surprised the WP:VG doesn't already. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:52, 31 August 2009 (UTC))

Very kind of you to say... again. :-p I agree that recognition is not the end goal, especially on a wiki like this: everyone does a part which culminates in a quality entry.

No worries about having less time to edit. Real life always trumps our Wikipedia lives so do what you need to do. Wikipedia isn't going anywhere.

Fixing up a proper Mario list would be awesome. Don't worry about any time frame, List of Space Invaders video games took me about a year of working on and off in my user space. It was very discouraging when I kept getting lost while researching. But bit by bit the list made it to FL. I'll try to peek in on your Mario draft from time to time to see if I can help it along. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:48, 4 September 2009 (UTC))

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See here. Cheeers, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:49, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, I can assure you that GS is wrong. In the original Wario Land title, Wario had a standard Mario-type health system - you get a hat, get hurt, lose it. Get hurt again, Mini Wario (similar to that of regular Mario, with a tuft of hair and no hat however), and get hurt again, you die. The sequel to the game for the Virtual Boy also uses this system, and the invincibility, while awesome, was only used in two games. I'm kinda tired so I don't want to go reference hunting, but the Wiki articles on the games should explain this well enough. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 06:32, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi. The bot went through the category Category:Music video games, tagging all pages in the category with the tag. This is just a restriction of the bot. Sorry for the inconveinence -- Sk8er5000 (talk) 05:30, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

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Hey, Nomader. I just saw you commenting about the List of Mario media. Where have you been? GamerPro64 (talk) 00:46, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, the Nintendo Taskforce hasn't been active lately and since User:MuZemike became an administrator, a lot of stuff in the taskforce hasn't been updated. GamerPro64 (talk) 14:48, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

The last purge ended in November. And now that you mentioned it, I'll ask MuZemike to have another purge. GamerPro64 (talk) 19:52, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of Moto Racer 2 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Jujutacular ^T · C 19:50, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind - I don't what I was thinking. For some reason I completely missed the first words of that hook... Good work on the article. Jujutacular ^T · C 19:56, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

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— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Just throwing this out there- I have a offline draft going for List of X-Men video games. It is maybe a third complete and slowly (very, very slowly) making progress. Anyway, I wondered if you'd be interested in helping me finish it if I update the article page with the draft. Let me know what you think. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 18:47, 23 June 2010 (UTC))

I updated the list and will work on it during my free time. Thanks for the help. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 01:30, 24 June 2010 (UTC))

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:04, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Aside from the notes (still doing), I think I've fixed all your concerns at the Digimon games PR. Tezero (talk) 21:57, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

By the way, the list is at FLC now, here. Tezero (talk) 18:43, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi Nomader/Archive 3. After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
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If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Tiptoety ^talk 21:11, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Nomader. Its always good to know that someone recognizes your hard work. GamerPro64 (talk) 14:11, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Any content I placed the citation on is covered by the source. So if it list of systems has a single citation, then that source listed all those systems.

Though I did discover a few flaws in the GI source. It only lists the first release year. So something like Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge was misleading because other systems releases were later. I didn't discover that until I looked for actual release dates. And I forgot which, but one or two years were incorrect in the GI issue; also discovered when searching for the full date.

Something to keep in mind I guess: to correct any system releases as we find the full dates. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 15:54, 14 July 2010 (UTC))

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Hello Nomader, I'm Airplaneman. I believe I've seen you around here; I've left a short review at your editor review. To keep WP:ER at a manageable size, I'm archiving requests older than 30 days with at least one review per standard procedure. Since yours falls into that category, it'll be linked here and removed from the main page. Happy editing, Airplaneman ✈ 01:51, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again for reviewing - I've tried to implement your suggestions in The Titan's Curse with limited success. I could not find any more reliable sources for the audiobook section, so it is still skimpy. I did, however, beef up the reception section with more non-quotes. Here's my attempt. How'd I do? I'm just worried now that the paragraph is a bit long - do you think it would be fine to remove more quotes? Thanks, Airplaneman ✈ 04:38, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Hmm... alright, I've just looked over it. I'd get rid of the "also" in front of wrote in the first sentence-- it was part of the same review, so it's not particularly necessary, and I feel you can remove the last addition you made, the quote's just fine there on its own (... "about the allure of the main character, Percy Jackson, also citing humor and adventure as key elements to the book's popularity. They wrote"...). I didn't particularly expect any audiobook references to show themselves to be honest, they're terribly difficult to find. That you took the time to look over your article again and make the changes is commendable Airplaneman, even if they're mostly minor ones. Outstanding job. Nomader ^(Talk) 05:46, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

I really appreciate your help, Nomader. Hopefully we run into each other again soon! Best, Airplaneman ✈ 23:09, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for working on the Miami University article. It can use some work. The Snowball Rebellion is an important part of the University's history and probably ought to be added to the history section somehow and it probably needs a little more context.DIDouglass (talk) 12:27, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:02, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello Nomader, thank you for your review Template talk:Did you know#Tarebia granifera. However I would like to appeal if you could re-evalutate the DYK hook review, please. It will take some time to universally solve this matter at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Tarebia_granifera. I can show you a short list of DYK hooks made by me at User:Snek01/Awards. Look at them and see, that de facto all of them incorporate free texts. For example Biomphalaria glabrata incorporate free texts from 4 different sources. There are no rules for such cases and using free texts is not forbidden and it was not a problem in DYK hooks until now. Do not refuse valuable DYK hook articles, please. Thank you. Have a nice day. --Snek01 (talk) 21:00, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

We have our final eight! The best of luck to those who remain. A bumper newsletter this week as we start our home straight.

• Pool A's winner was Sturmvogel_66 (submissions). Awarded the top score overall this round, Sturmvogel_66 writes primarily on military history, favouring Naval warfare.
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We say goodbye to the six who fell at the final hurdle. Geschichte (submissions) only just missed out on a place in the final eight. Resolute (submissions) was not far behind. Candlewicke (submissions) was awarded top points for in the news this round. Gary King (submissions) contributed a variety of did you know articles. Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions) said "I'm surprised to have survived so far into the competition", but was extactic to see Finland in the semi-finals. Arsenikk (submissions) did not score this round, but has scored highly in previous rounds. We also say goodbye to Ian Rose (submissions), who withdrew earlier this month after spending six weeks overseas. Anyone interested in this round's results can see them here and here. Thank you to Stone (submissions) for these.

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