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Thanks for the hold. I haven't been working on this article, but I'll help address the issues and then help with a thorough copyedit. On a related note, the "Brandtastic!!!!" comment made my day. GaryColemanFan (talk) 15:59, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks—I like to inject a little humour/sarcasm every now and then. I look forward to viewing the amendments. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 16:03, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Gary, I improved the article, but I forgot to copy-edit it. I also loved the sarcasm, BRANDTASTIC, I gotta use that. ;) But I responded to your concerns, at the review page, here.--SRX^--LatinoHeat 17:34, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I'm done, I hope I addressed your concerns fully.--SRX^--LatinoHeat 20:26, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You for your review!SRX^--LatinoHeat 13:48, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for leaving a review at Blue Dragon's peer review.Gears Of War 18:30, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure. I hope you've found it useful. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 18:35, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was very helpful thank you.Gears Of War 22:23, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have fixed the article acording to the problems you told me adress and I think you would like it. I only need people to come through and do a quick copy-editing.Gears Of War 12:48, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brawl has been nominated. Thanks for your support and request for a preliminary assessment like last time. Unfortunately, I already listed it on the FAC page... Just leave an assessment there. Thanks! Oh, and on a side note, I'm reviewing your GAN of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. There's not any big issues, and they might take probably 10 minutes max. to fix. --haha169 (talk) 03:27, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Again? Fingers crossed! —Giggy 09:04, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I hope so! And I think I just broke a wiki-record. I fixed all of Ashnard's concerns in less than an hour. I may find some extensions of his problems later on, but as of now, they are basically fixed. W00t! :) (This also included fixing Eagyldth's concerns. --haha169 (talk) 18:33, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, I'm going to dediacte a lot of time to copyedit the article generally, as well as my comments. Thanks for fixing all of the issues raised. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 18:37, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, and thanks for your time. I'm going to go take a break right now, and check on the FAC processes a bit later today.--haha169 (talk) 18:54, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ashnard, I am amazed at the status of the Brawl article. I read the entire development section without thinking a particular sentence felt awkward, and fixing it. In fact, the entire article made me feel that way! I did find one sentence that I corrected myself, but really, good job! I've also done some minor shortening of places in the Gameplay section to try and fix your neutrality in the FAC.--haha169 (talk) 16:40, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This has just reminded me how stressed how I was during the Melee FAC. Anyway, I'm glad I could be of assisstance. In case you didn't know, make sure you cite that quote that Jappalang picked up on. Good luck!!! Ashnard _Talk^Contribs 16:51, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. --haha169 (talk) 16:53, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		Thank you for your amazing work on copy-editing the Super Smash Bros. Brawl article. You just may have saved its FAC, and by extension, FTC. Thank you so much! I really do appreciate it. :) haha169 (talk) 16:53, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. This is really appreciated. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 16:55, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Ashnard, I have a dream that you changed your stance from neutral to support. Additional copy-editing has been done by Laser Brain and I, as well as fixing some concerns of Sandy Georgia. I must say, the article is now literate to people who don't understand video game jargon. :) Anyway, you should check it out. Thanks!--haha169 (talk) 05:14, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You dream about me, Haha? Okay, now I'm creeped out;-). Left comments at the FAC. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 08:50, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

:) Lolz. I was quoting Martin Luther King, but dreaming about you is good too. Actually, last night, I dreamt I was a werewolf in China, and some guy was after me. Anyway, I'm sure you'll be happy to know that Brawl has been promoted to FA status! Its now at WP:FTC. :) I think our topic dream is coming close... --haha169 (talk) 16:48, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was advised by User:Jappalang to get a dedicated and capable copyeditor to go over the Crash of the Titans article (currently a GA) and help get it to A-Class or Featured Article, and you seem to fit the criteria. Sorry if you're busy, but could you go over it sometime? Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 13:40, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm flattered. I'll copyedit the article and leave some suggestions either today or tomorrow. Thanks. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 14:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, that's probably the best Crash related article I've seen on WP. (Not a good thing, but then again I don't look very hard!) I've done a bit of copyediting and will try and help out some more. —Giggy 14:20, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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• Newsletter delivered by xenobot 03:24, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've addressed the issues mentioned in the FAC by you regarding the article.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 17:17, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cleaned up the other issues mentioned now. Sorry if this is like pulling teeth, but I really want to get it and some of my other articles to FA. Btw, would you be interested in doing some copyediting on the other said articles if I tossed you links to them?--Kung Fu Man (talk) 21:07, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. I plan on doing multiple assessment in a week, so that would just mean that they're all directed your way this time. It's pretty late where I am, so I'll look over Alleyway tomorrow and reconsider. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 21:34, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to bug you like this, but I was wondering if you could give Alleyway another onceover for a copyedit, since the FA is kinda...sitting there, right now, and I'm at a dead end to see how to improve the article further >_<'--Kung Fu Man (talk) 05:28, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. I'll probably wait to finish writing Mario Party 4 first, though. Don't worry about the FAC—it seems all the VG ones are pretty stagnant at the moment. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 08:49, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I've copyedited it. Sometimes I've been unsure by what is meant so I've reworded to clarify based on assumption. If I've made a mistake, or you disagree with the alteration, feel free to revert back. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 10:58, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've been constructing a rewrite for Doom 3 over the last ten days or so here, and I'm nearing completion: just have to do the reception section and the introduction, as well as sort out a few last bits of referencing. I was wondering if I could borrow your knack for reviewing articles at FAC to give it a look over, just to check for spelling errors, bad wording, and other bits that might hold the article back at a good article nominations. I'm hoping to have it at GAN fairly soon after its been completed. And do you think the plot section is too long? I wanted to do it in three or at most four paragraphs, and was rather disappointed when I couldn't get it to anything less than five. Thanks, Sabre (talk) 18:52, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looking good. I'll give it a lookover some time this week. Do you want it to be a general look over, or a detailed review, like for an FAC? Cheers, Sabre. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 19:21, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm after a general look, but if you want to do a full FAC-esque review, that would be spiffing! -- Sabre (talk) 21:43, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved the article to mainspace, if you wouldn't mind running through the version there rather than the one in sandbox. Don't worry, I've still got your tweaks you made to the intro a few minutes before, I didn't notice that you'd made them until after I'd copied the article! -- Sabre (talk) 15:21, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm right in the middle of doing a full review. Do you want me to stay on the sandbox or go to the mainspace one? Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 15:46, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh darn, I wouldn't have moved it out if I'd known you were doing the review at that moment - as I said, I didn't notice your edits until afterwards. Well, since its out, I'd suggest moving to the mainspace one, leave any comments on the main article's talk page. Since you're doing the full review, ignore the tweaked comment I made earlier. Sorry if this messes things up a bit, I do apologise! -- 15:58, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

No worries. I won'y be able to finish it straight away since my time on the PC is frequently interrupted, but I should finish some time today. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 16:09, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Ashnard, just wondering if you have the NOM issue decribed here:[1]

Based on your userpage and this it "ONM" or "NOM"? « ₣M₣ » 13:47, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm afraid not. I only have ONM, which is 2007 to present. NOM was the official Nintendo magazine in the UK before that. Technically, ONM is the successor to NOM, although there is a different editorial team and publisher. Sorry. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 16:49, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Check your email. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 14:00, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

David, you are a legend. Thanks. This should help this article's chances at FAC when I take it down that route. Thanks. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 16:49, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Judgesurreal777/Topic_Building#Mario_RPG_series Take a look, there could be a featured topic out of the Mario RPG games...Judgesurreal777 (talk) 17:04, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I was planning on getting Super Paper Mario and Paper Mario to GA at some point. However, our major stumbling block is a lack of info relating to development of the games in general. Without this, I can't see any of them passing FA. Thanks for the note, Judge. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 17:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another thought, is that you should do a draft of what the four Mario RPG articles (main one, characters, music, and world) would look like merged together and polished up. I think that one article covering all aspects of that game would be a Featured article, instead of 4 articles that keep stretching to be notable. That would help build the topic I think. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 21:41, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. The only problem is that Super Mario RPG is the only one of the GAs then I didn't write (User: Kariteh). I haven't played the game too, which could make things difficult. However, the actual information seems to exist already so we could work on the idea of a merge and then a big charge to get it to FA standard. It may be worthwile getting a collaboration between myself, Kariteh, Guyinblack and you on one of the user sandboxes to see what it would look like. The only problem remaining then, however would be that alone wouldn't be enough for a featured topic, I think. But yeah, I'd be prepared to give that a go. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 23:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've been bored, so I was checking the external links checker for FA VG articles, and leaving comments on the talk pages of articles with excessive amounts of dead external links. SSBM, though, only has one. But I'm unable to fix this one since Edge seems to have taken Melee off its site completely. Its current ref 52. Do you know anything about it? --haha169 (talk) 00:54, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They must have taken the "review archive" feature off the site. I've replaced it with the actual magazine ref. Thanks for the heads up. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 13:47, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I spotted the problem, so I might as well tell someone! --haha169 (talk) 18:14, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to bug ya again, but I could use a copyedit on Final Fantasy VII (Famicom) to tidy it up and improve its legibility. It seems I've exhausted all the information I can about it (given Square Enix seems to be actively sniping auctions of it [2] and sent me a rather blunt "don't step on our copyrights" letter when I asked them about the game, I can safely rule out EGM or such ever covering it o_O') so the only thing left is to improve what I have and try to get it FA quality with that.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 00:35, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I should be able to give it a thorough copyedit some time this week. Thanks. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 09:43, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I did a bit of work on it too. —Giggy 10:09, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If your able Ashnard, I would like you to do the same process for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. « ₣M₣ » 13:47, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay. Hopefully, by the end of weekend I'll have given a copyedit and a full list of issues/comments on the talk page. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 13:58, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey now don't say that. I'm very thankful you took the time and effort, I just wasn't sure what you were planning to do since that was the second time you altered the sentence to read like that. You're well aware of what others such as David think of your copyediting abilities and that's the reason I asked you. I really couldn't put it any better myself [3]. I guess your done now, so thanks and if your willing, I look forward towards your assistance again in the future. Cheers, « ₣M₣ » 15:41, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Apologies for spitting my dummy out. I'll help out any time you want to. Cheers, FMF. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 15:48, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How did you like them can of worms about the list of events? Took forever to get that to FA... Anyway, congrats on having the 100th VG-related FA. « ₣M₣ » 00:29, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that was unlucky. I probably would have offered some form of opinion but I avoid such types of discussion when I can nowadays. Anywho, congratulations on Mario & Sonic. As for the hundredth, I didn't know until you told me:-) Thanks!!

Two things: Ike is cheap and I need you to C.E. F-Zero whenever you can. « ₣M₣ » 19:27, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Say that again and I'll e-Falcon Punch you in the face;-). Anywho, you've caught me at a good time. I've just got a week off from college, so I should be able to give it a once over by the end of the weekend. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 20:00, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the Wipeout 3 review. I'm going to get to all your concerns and such. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find sales data via the interwebs or from a newspaper, maybe there is some old sales charts page but for right now I'm not sure. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 22:04, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah that's annoying, especially as I keep on seeing the sales data for the older, original version. The only thing I got was a GameSpy page saying that "And though it didn't help make Wipeout 3 a commercial success, it was no less an example of uncompromised, artistic game-making. " from here. Anywho, good luck at FAC. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 07:31, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks for the find... I'll keep digging, but if worst comes to worst at least there's a general picture of how it fared poorly. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 15:44, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 22:09, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not be talkin' 'bout people behind they back. It's considered not civil. Thank you. - A Link to the Past (talk) 17:08, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it was highly probable that you'd be watching or at least checking the page. Anyway, it was only a passing comment, and I hope you didn't take too much offense from it. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 17:12, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for asking—I will be glad to give it a look within the next couple days. RL is pretty busy right now. --Laser brain (talk) 16:23, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Giggy (talk) 07:19, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, Giggy; your comments were a great help. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 16:00, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article Paper Mario you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:Paper Mario for eventual comments about the article. Well done! LegoK^ontribsT^alkM 05:13, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 10:11, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Project At a Glance As of August 2008, the project has: 97 Featured articles 20 Featured Lists 11 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 17 A-Class articles 238 Good Articles 0 articles in Good Article Review 14 articles for Peer review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: 4X, Alleyway, Conan (2007 video game), List of songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Midtown Madness, Wipeout 3 Topic: None Demoted FA/FL: None Promoted GA: Chocolatier, Cloud Strife, Discography of Final Fantasy I and II, Discography of Final Fantasy VII, The Guardian Legend, Guitar Hero III Mobile, Halo: First Strike, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Key Sounds Label, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Necrid, Paper Mario, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Secret of Evermore, StarCraft: Brood War, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Xenogears Original Soundtrack Demoted GA: GoldenEye 007 News Special note: The naming convention for the newsletter has altered. Instead of being labeled the month it is delivered, it is now labeled the month the content applies to. See discussion. There were 204 new articles in August 2008 Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. The following Wikiprojects are candidates to be turned into task forces. Nintendo Project: See discussion. Castlevania Project: See discussion. Pro Gaming Project: See discussion. The first video game genre article has reached Featured article status—4X. Special thanks to Randomran for pushing the article up the quality scale. Feature: Departments Assessment Department: This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's video games articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the WP:1.0 program, and more specifically in the Video games essential articles page. Two new quality ratings have been implemented into the Assessment Department's scale. The new Wikipedia-wide C-Class rating (see category) has been added to the scale between Start-Class and B-Class. Because of this, the criteria of the B-Class has been tweaked to better illustrate the difference between a B-Class and C-Class article. An older rating, List-Class (see category), has been added to the scale as well. It is mainly used on pages that have very little prose and are primarily tables and lists of information. Editors are encouraged to submit articles for assessment if they feel an article has made significant progress up the assessment scale or has gained importance within video game articles. Assessed articles generally receive some feedback to further improve the article. Experienced editors are also encouraged to help with assessment of articles when the number of requests gets too large. Peer Review Department: The Peer review process for WikiProject Video games exposes video-game-related articles to closer scrutiny from a broader group of editors, and is intended for high-quality articles that have already undergone extensive work, often as a way of preparing a Featured article candidate. It is not a academic peer review by a group of experts in a particular subject, and articles that undergo this process should not be assumed to have greater authority than any other. Editors are encouraged to use the Video game peer review process, as well as the regular Wikipedia-wide process, to improve the quality of articles. While a peer review can be done at any time, it strongly suggested to use this process before an article goes up for Good article nomination and Featured article or Feature list candidacy as articles cannot be a candidate for GA or FA while at peer review. Editors are also encouraged to leave feedback for articles undergoing peer review. A process such as this will not work if editors do not give as well as take. Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps. Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Bejeweled Stars (1 participant) Melee (game terminology) (2 participants) Solo leveling: Unlimited (2 participants) Game Sack (4 participants) Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters (4 participants; relisted) Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (4 participants; relisted) Araya (video game) (3 participants; relisted) Chao (Sonic the Hedgehog) (8 participants; relisted) Crazy Bus (11 participants; relisted) Merge discussions 2024 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series (discussion) 2023 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series (discussion) Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands (discussion) Input lag (discussion) Neo Geo Pocket (discussion) Minecraft – Volume Beta (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted (nom) The Suicide of Rachel Foster (nom) Claire Redfield (nom) Pokémon episodes removed from rotation (nom) Donkey Kong (nom) Yoshi's New Island (nom) Good article nominations Tina Armstrong (start) Kim Kitsuragi (start) Miner 2049er (start) Pixel Piracy (start) Dr Disrespect (nom) The Outer Worlds (start) River Raid (start) The Great Giana Sisters (start) Haunter (Pokémon) (start) Bit City (start) Dendy (start) SimsVille (start) Dark Urge (start) Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (start) Jeanette Voerman (start) Mario Party 7 (nom) Crono (start) Deathloop (start) Quiver (video game) (start) DYK nominations No did you know nominations Reviews and reassessments Pokémon Channel (nom) A Space for the Unbound (rev) Wild Arms (video game) (nom) Bejeweled (video game) (rev) Articles that need... assessment (1) (0) reassessment (0) cleanup (7) infoboxes (14) cover art (258) screenshots (8,845) photos (64) translation from japan (188) creation merging Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 01:31, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Since you featured Mario Power Tennis, I suspect that it's then that much easier to do a featured topic. I think that starting on the first two Camelot Mario Tennises would be best, then Power Tour, then the series, and finally, Mario's Tennis - if we can't GA it, it still counts if we do a successful peer review. - A Link to the Past (talk) 00:16, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be willing to do that although my time's being cut short since I've just started college, so I can only work on weekends. Since I haven't played the rest, it would probably be easiest if you research/write the gameplay mechanics, and then we can strike a balance about who does what. As you'll know, whether we can take any to FA will depend on any development info available; I can almost always manage to scrape some form of it together to be enough for GA though. But yeah, just let me know when you're ready. Cheers, Link. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 20:42, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 7 - September 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of September 2008, the project has: 102 Featured articles 20 Featured Lists 12 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 8 articles for Peer review 18 A-Class articles 243 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 1 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mario Power Tennis, Myst IV: Revelation, Space Invaders, The World Ends with You Promoted FT: Guitar Hero series Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted GA: Anarchy Online, Codename: Gordon, Concerned, Hotel Mario, I Love Bees, Kyo Kusanagi, Species of StarCraft, StarCraft (series), Super Mario Strikers Promoted GT: Final Fantasy XII, StarCraft titles Demoted GA/GT: None News There were 192 new articles in September 2008 Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. Wikiproject Red Faction has been deleted. WikiProject Nintendo moved to page under WP:VG See new Nintendo task force page. Two Nintendo task forces have become Video game task forces: Mega Man task force and Super Smash Bros. task force WikiProject Castlevania moved to page under WP:VG See new Castlevania task force page. WikiProject Kingdom Hearts has been deleted. VG Wikipedia 0.7 workshop Workshop page to coordinate preparation of articles to be included in Wikipedia 0.7. 39 of 393 articles have been prepared and submitted. Come help us prepare more at the workshop page. Feature: Wikipedia 0.7 Wikipedia 0.7 is a collection of articles taken from the English version of Wikipedia, compiled by the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team. It is designed for a DVD release, and the selection was put together using a Selection Bot, based on the quality and importance assigned by WikiProjects. The Video games Project and its daughter projects have multiple articles among the selection and are currently working on cleaning up the articles to improve their presentation. A workshop page has been set up that is designed to assist and coordinate the effort. The status of and recommendations for articles is listed on the table. Discussion about which articles should be kept and removed from the list have been taking place on the talk page. If you have assisted in working on and improving a current Featured article, Good article, or A-Class article, please check the workshop page to see if the article is recommended for inclusion. Articles will need an id version submitted to ensure it is included. They will also need to be cleaned up if maintenance tags and other issues are present. Participation is not restricted, and if you can assist with the preparation effort, it would be greatly appreciated. Things to remember for preparation The workshop page has a notes section for each article. Clean up suggestions have been left for some articles. Do a light sweep of the article to address any vandalism andclean up tags: citation needed, more references, lengthy plot, etc. If you need help with an article, post on the talk page. Because some articles were promoted over a year ago, they may need to undergo Featured article review or Good article review. Be sure to list the oldid on the workshop page and User:SelectionBot/0.7/V-3. Articles need to be prepared by October 20. Articles that do not have an id submitted may not be included in the release. See original notification on WT:VG for more details. Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Bejeweled Stars (1 participant) Melee (game terminology) (2 participants) Solo leveling: Unlimited (2 participants) Game Sack (4 participants) Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters (4 participants; relisted) Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (4 participants; relisted) Araya (video game) (3 participants; relisted) Chao (Sonic the Hedgehog) (8 participants; relisted) Crazy Bus (11 participants; relisted) Merge discussions 2024 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series (discussion) 2023 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series (discussion) Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands (discussion) Input lag (discussion) Neo Geo Pocket (discussion) Minecraft – Volume Beta (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted (nom) The Suicide of Rachel Foster (nom) Claire Redfield (nom) Pokémon episodes removed from rotation (nom) Donkey Kong (nom) Yoshi's New Island (nom) Good article nominations Tina Armstrong (start) Kim Kitsuragi (start) Miner 2049er (start) Pixel Piracy (start) Dr Disrespect (nom) The Outer Worlds (start) River Raid (start) The Great Giana Sisters (start) Haunter (Pokémon) (start) Bit City (start) Dendy (start) SimsVille (start) Dark Urge (start) Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (start) Jeanette Voerman (start) Mario Party 7 (nom) Crono (start) Deathloop (start) Quiver (video game) (start) DYK nominations No did you know nominations Reviews and reassessments Pokémon Channel (nom) A Space for the Unbound (rev) Wild Arms (video game) (nom) Bejeweled (video game) (rev) Articles that need... assessment (1) (0) reassessment (0) cleanup (7) infoboxes (14) cover art (258) screenshots (8,845) photos (64) translation from japan (188) creation merging Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 12:39, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All done Gary King (talk) 21:54, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've had the most cursory of glances to remedy one problem I came across. I'm not sure if you want a follow-up. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 09:07, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I'd like a follow-up. Gary King (talk) 17:53, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll follow up to notify you if some amendments haven't resolved the original issues, but these again are only recommendations, and definitely not things that have to be followed. I'll be pretty busy over the next few days though, so I may not have time to look back any time soon, though. Thanks. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 19:05, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, if you can please take a look at this video game-related peer review. Thanks. --MrStalker ^(talk) 19:29, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll probably be able to give it a look tomorrow. Thanks. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 20:36, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 8 - October 2008 Archive before | Archive After To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of October 2008, the project has: 106 Featured articles 20 Featured Lists 13 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 8 articles for Peer review 19 A-Class articles 247 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 1 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Crush (video game), Half-Life 2: Episode One, StarCraft: Ghost Promoted FT: StarCraft titles Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted GA: Aether (video game), Chris Metzen, Doom 3, Final Fantasy VII, Half-Life 2: Survivor, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Mega Man 2, Silent Hill 3 Promoted GT: Key visual novels Demoted GA/GT: Final Fantasy (video game) News There were 284 new articles in October 2008 Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. Miscellaneous Warcraft pages cleaned up: Two old redirects deleted and others tagged as historical. WikiProject Mortal Kombat and most of its subpages have been moved to page under WP:VG. See new Mortal Kombat task force page. WikiProject Pro Gaming has been moved to page under WP:VG. See new Pro gamin task force page. Feature: Partnered reviews For some time now, the Video games project and the Military history project have been cross listing their articles undergoing peer review in an effort to improve the quality of articles, as well as the copy editing skills of editors. The idea was first proposed by User:Krator as a way to better prepare articles for Featured article candidacy. After being approved by both projects, the idea was implemented under a trial period, and eventually approved as a standard practice. New, cross listed military history articles are announced on the Video games project talk page, and listed on the Video games Peer review page under a special section. Video game editors are encouraged to leave any type of comments that come to mind. If you don't know anything about military history, that's perfectly fine because that's the point. An editor lacking knowledge about the particular topic can provide a helpful point of view as a general reader—the intended audience. If you have a video game article undergoing peer review that you think would benefit from an outside view, post the following boilerplate at WT:MILHIST: {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/Toolbox/Partner peer review notice|Name of article|Raw link to review|Video games}} ~~~~ Things to remember A peer review process such as this will not work if editors do not give as well as take. Peer reviews are meant to examine not just the prose, but the sources and images used in the article. Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps. Reviewing another editor's article can help sharpen your writing skills, which in turn can improve the articles you write. See past discussions for details: VG discussion and MilHist discussion Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Bejeweled Stars (1 participant) Melee (game terminology) (2 participants) Solo leveling: Unlimited (2 participants) Game Sack (4 participants) Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters (4 participants; relisted) Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (4 participants; relisted) Araya (video game) (3 participants; relisted) Chao (Sonic the Hedgehog) (8 participants; relisted) Crazy Bus (11 participants; relisted) Merge discussions 2024 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series (discussion) 2023 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series (discussion) Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands (discussion) Input lag (discussion) Neo Geo Pocket (discussion) Minecraft – Volume Beta (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted (nom) The Suicide of Rachel Foster (nom) Claire Redfield (nom) Pokémon episodes removed from rotation (nom) Donkey Kong (nom) Yoshi's New Island (nom) Good article nominations Tina Armstrong (start) Kim Kitsuragi (start) Miner 2049er (start) Pixel Piracy (start) Dr Disrespect (nom) The Outer Worlds (start) River Raid (start) The Great Giana Sisters (start) Haunter (Pokémon) (start) Bit City (start) Dendy (start) SimsVille (start) Dark Urge (start) Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (start) Jeanette Voerman (start) Mario Party 7 (nom) Crono (start) Deathloop (start) Quiver (video game) (start) DYK nominations No did you know nominations Reviews and reassessments Pokémon Channel (nom) A Space for the Unbound (rev) Wild Arms (video game) (nom) Bejeweled (video game) (rev) Articles that need... assessment (1) (0) reassessment (0) cleanup (7) infoboxes (14) cover art (258) screenshots (8,845) photos (64) translation from japan (188) creation merging Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 16:02, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know your page says "semi-retired", but can you take a look at the FAC for Metroid Prime 2: Echoes? igordebraga ≠ 23:52, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure. As for my status, I can just about manage a single review on weekends if needs be, but I won't be writing or featuring any articles during this period. I may not respond to feedback on the review immediately. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 12:11, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you've got time, would you mind peer reviewing a fairly short video game article, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Half-Life 2: Lost Coast/archive1? I think it's almost ready for FAC but I'd like another review before moving forward. Thanks in advance! Gary King (talk) 20:55, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to manage something this week coming up; next weekend at the latest. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 20:57, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay thanks; hopefully the article will be ready to submit to FAC sometime in the middle of next week. Gary King (talk) 21:21, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also when you get a chance, Wikipedia:Peer review/The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass/archive1 for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass :) Thanks in advance! Gary King (talk) 00:23, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, I'm not going to be able to manage two;-( I need some time to play Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon as well as all the homework. If you can manage, it looks like the HL2 review will be this weekend; I'll do an FAC review if it's at FAC by that time. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 19:24, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alright sounds good Gary King (talk) 19:37, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 9 - November 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of November 2008, the project has: 109 Featured articles 24 Featured Lists 13 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 5 articles for Peer review 21 A-Class articles 258 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 2 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game, Ico, List of One Piece video games, List of songs in Guitar Hero World Tour, List of StarCraft media, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Myst V: End of Ages Promoted FT: None Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted GA: Characters of Myst, Combine (Half-Life), Crash: Mind over Mutant, F-Zero, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Half-Life: Decay, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Halo 3 marketing, Ico, Iori Yagami, Jim Raynor, LittleBigPlanet, Marble Madness, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Myst (series), Sam & Max Hit the Road, Silent Hill Homecoming, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Promoted GT: None Demoted GA/GT: Call of Duty 2, Fate/stay night, Make Love, Not Warcraft News There were 275 new articles in November 2008 Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. WikiProject Test Drive has been deleted WikiProject Sega has been moved to a page under WP:VG. See the new Sega task force page. A Sega task force has become a Video game task force: Sonic task force. WikiProject Sims has been moved to a page under WP:VG. See the new The Sims task force page. Feature: Article Importance Article importance is an assessment of a topic's importance in understanding a specific higher level topic. Assessments are maintained by WikiProjects and reflect the project's view of what is essential to understanding their scope. In the VG Project's case, all importance scales are in terms of understanding video games. A video game article's importance is listed and set in the {{WikiProject Video games}} template on its talk page. An assessment of importance can be done by the Assessment Department by submitting a request. Recent discussions at the VG Project's talk page have called for revisions to the practice of assigning article importance. The discussion began in mid-November with the goal of clarifying what level of importance should be assigned to certain type of articles. It eventually expanded to creating a standardized table of importance to serve as a guide for current and future editors. The discussion has focused on and shifted to several topics including flaws of previous practices, new ways to view assessment, other project practices to emulate, and specific articles which are exceptions to proposed guidelines. A brief pole and discussion determined most editors felt that the bulk of some topics—specifically individual video game, series, and character articles—were not essential to understanding video games, making them ineligible for top importance. The discussion then shifted to tweaking the wording and layout of the table. The current proposed table is being discussed on the project's talk page, and the issue of whether some topics—specifically character articles—should be allowed to be rated importance has also been brought up. As always, member are encouraged to voice their opinions and engage in discussion to determine consensus so the new assessment scale can be implemented. See past newsletter feature for more information about the Assessment Department. Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Bejeweled Stars (1 participant) Melee (game terminology) (2 participants) Solo leveling: Unlimited (2 participants) Game Sack (4 participants) Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters (4 participants; relisted) Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (4 participants; relisted) Araya (video game) (3 participants; relisted) Chao (Sonic the Hedgehog) (8 participants; relisted) Crazy Bus (11 participants; relisted) Merge discussions 2024 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series (discussion) 2023 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series (discussion) Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands (discussion) Input lag (discussion) Neo Geo Pocket (discussion) Minecraft – Volume Beta (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted (nom) The Suicide of Rachel Foster (nom) Claire Redfield (nom) Pokémon episodes removed from rotation (nom) Donkey Kong (nom) Yoshi's New Island (nom) Good article nominations Tina Armstrong (start) Kim Kitsuragi (start) Miner 2049er (start) Pixel Piracy (start) Dr Disrespect (nom) The Outer Worlds (start) River Raid (start) The Great Giana Sisters (start) Haunter (Pokémon) (start) Bit City (start) Dendy (start) SimsVille (start) Dark Urge (start) Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (start) Jeanette Voerman (start) Mario Party 7 (nom) Crono (start) Deathloop (start) Quiver (video game) (start) DYK nominations No did you know nominations Reviews and reassessments Pokémon Channel (nom) A Space for the Unbound (rev) Wild Arms (video game) (nom) Bejeweled (video game) (rev) Articles that need... assessment (1) (0) reassessment (0) cleanup (7) infoboxes (14) cover art (258) screenshots (8,845) photos (64) translation from japan (188) creation merging Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 15:12, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The only way that it was actually ever rated A-Class is if there was an off-article discussion, which certainly does not qualify. I don't understand why you continue to revert - A-class needs a review just as much as GA-class. Hell, MORE. There was clearly no review on the talk page, so it shouldn't be A-class. A-class can't be slapped onto the talk page anymore than GA or FA. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 19:41, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just think you should have queried this with User: Kung Fu Man first. If an established user has rated it that way, then there must be a misunderstanding or mistake, either with you or with him. Anywho, are you not curious as to why this happened? Because I certainly did not request assessment. I'll happily revert myself once the thing's been explained. If you have no intention of asking KFM, then I will. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 19:54, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have no problem asking him. However, I removed it because people are rating articles as A-class as if it's just like B-class - a class without any requirements to meet. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 19:59, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty much indifferent to A-class—I don't really care whether this article is stripped of it or not. I suppose I should have followed this one up when it first happened... Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 20:05, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've left a message on his page. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 20:22, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can see it here. To my understanding of policies (and apparently everyone else given recent ratings), it takes two reviewers to agree to grant an article A-class quality. In this case, it was myself and SomoneAnother. I don't know what all this discussion hoopla is, but I don't think we've ever discussed A-class rating for an article. Just used two editors on the assessment request page.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 20:25, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just writing to confirm that Kung Fu Man had supported A-class promotion, I in turn read through the article, agreed and then countersigned it. There was no talk page discussion on the article because this was done via signature on the assessments page. If A-class remains operational then the project needs to lay down exactly what is expected in terms of documentation and participation. Someoneanother 00:41, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. I hope I didn't come off as accusative or anything, it's just that Link questioned the assessment without a formal review, so I neededto follow it up. Thanks. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 17:17, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No not at all, the question was asked so it's only right that an explanation is offered. Someoneanother 18:21, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to bother you, I know you're semi-retired and all, but I need a copy edit on the article...it's up for FAC, and an editor brought the prose in question. You're one of the best people I know to turn to for help :\--Kung Fu Man (talk) 02:38, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in a position where I don't know if I can accept such requests any more, given that things are really intense with the work load. I definitely won't be able to do it this week, but will probably be able to squeeze something in at the weekend, but no promises. I'm not being rude, it's just that I have three exams in January, and five mock exams in that period. But yeah, in summary: this weekend, but not 100 percent. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 17:30, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I understand completely, got the college semester winding down myself. Good luck on your exams for what it's worth. :)--Kung Fu Man (talk) 11:41, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 17:12, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, nice job keeping Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Magazines/Nintendo Official Magazine and other related pages up-to-date. I'm looking for information on What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver, and I see that October 2008 and Christmas 2008 issues both have info on it. Could you please send those to me?

Thanks in advance! Gary King (talk) 19:35, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure; they're fairly short pieces, so it shouldn't take too much time. I don't have a scanner, so do you want it via e-mail or on your talk page? Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 20:48, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Either is fine. If it's too long then email is probably better. Gary King (talk) 20:49, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay thanks Gary King (talk) 04:16, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think it needs to be its own section because we'll likely have development information and reception for it, especially with it coming out in almost a month. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 21:51, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that it will eventually need this, but I just think we should hold off until we have more information. Thanks for the info, by the way. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 22:07, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Great thing about the Play on Wii release is that it will allow this article to grow far larger, especially if it comes out of Japan (which it likely will). - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 22:13, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. I seem to recall you were busy with other things. However, I was just wondering if you were planning, at all, to work on getting the Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon article to GA status? Since it's been out in Europe for a while, although the NA release is still a few months away.

Also, is there any way I can contact you outside of Wikipedia? Since I don't want to spam your talk page. I was just wondering if you were interested in writing a Fire Emblem-based article for my site ^^

Of course, neither of these are urgent matters. Aveyn Knight (talk) 20:14, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm really busy with my AS-levels. I'm currently playing through Shadow Dragon, albeit very slowly due to work. I was planning on helping to take it to GA once I've completed it, but I'll probably hold off until after my initial exams in January. Regarding your site, it sounds really interesting, and something that I'd be happily prepared to commit to once my schedule loosens up. It's probably best if you e-mail me now regarding specifics and then we can decide what to do. Contact me via my e-mail, which can be accessed via the "e-mail this user" link on the lower left-hand toolbox. Don't worry about the talk page and spam—I enjoy getting messages. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 17:49, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in the process of gathering sources with which to try and expand Super Mario Kart, I was wondering if it would be possible for you to provide me with the "Super Mario Kart look back" in issue 15 of Nintendo Official Magazine? Regards, Guest9999 (talk) 01:31, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a bit rushed off my feet, but I'll get it to you when I can. Maybe this weekend. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 20:45, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for not acknowledging sooner, if you're busy don't worry about it - I managed to find a fair few sources to use. Good luck with your exams (noticed the previous discussion). Guest9999 (talk) 03:56, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, I haven't forgotten. I will almost certainly get it to you, although I don't know when exactly. I finish my first exam on Friday, so I should be able get it to you by Friday night, if that's okay. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 19:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for the information, sorry if it was any hassle. I'm going to blank it on my userpage just in case there's a copyright issue but it will definitely be useful as a source to improve the article. Thanks again, Guest9999 (talk) 22:49, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The VG Barnstar
		For your impressive dedication to improving Wikipedia's coverage of video games which seems to span content contribution, reviewing, copy editing and providing sources to those in need. Keep up the good work. Guest9999 (talk) 22:55, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aww, thanks a lot. Friendly gestures like these make me wish I had more time to contribute to the project. No hassle at all; you've made my day;-). Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 23:01, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]