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Thak you today for the article, introduced: "Outer Wilds is a game that's hard to explain: not because it's complex, but because the less you know going into it, the more you'll get out of it. All you ever have in the game is what's in your head, so I'm doing you a disservice by nominating this if you ever plan on playing it. But I'm doing it anyway, because for a subset of people (myself included), Outer Wilds is the best experience they've ever had with a video game, and I wanted to share that in an article. It's a GA and polished and ready for review and this isn't my first (or 20th) rodeo at FAC and all that, but really I just wanted people who go cared enough to go looking to know that in 2012 Alex Beachum made a sketch of a game about roasting campfire marshmallows while the sun explodes, and a little over seven years later what it became won the video game BAFTA for game of the year without losing that heart."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
• Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
• AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

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Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated, List of myosoricines, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Giants2008 (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated, List of soricines, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hey man im josh (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Is this ready to be archived? Sorry new to this process Template:48JCLsignature 15:41, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@48JCL: The delegates will close the nomination when we get to it and feel it has reached consensus. It may take some time, so please be patient. --PresN 16:14, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Template:48JCLsignature 14:19, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Laika: Aged Through Blood you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 00:05, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Laika: Aged Through Blood 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Laika: Aged Through Blood and Talk:Laika: Aged Through Blood/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 13:20, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Laika: Aged Through Blood you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Laika: Aged Through Blood for comments about the article, and Talk:Laika: Aged Through Blood/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 14:42, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated, List of eulipotyphlans, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hey man im josh (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there. I was looking around a Chinese game exhibition through twitter and a photographer took a picture from a Mega Man X statue large here. As I found the image well done, I tried contacting such persona and upon telling what it would be awesome if we could use it in the franchise article or the title character article, he kinda gave me permission. Is there a proper procedure to uploading a free image? The only one I even uploaded was the one of voice actress Megumi Ogata but with help from a user. When talking with the user, he suggested this but then showed me the statue images himself. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 21:29, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: Well, it'd be [1] for free images; looks like under Chinese law Freedom of panorama applies to statues (it doesn't in the US), so photos of a copyrighted statue displayed in public are free use, so you should be able to just follow the wizard. The problem here is- where is the proof that the photographer has released the photograph itself into the public domain? It needs to be either publicly viewable, or they have to submit it in an email, and they have to be explicit about what the new license is, not just "yeah it's fine to use on Wikipedia" - see Wikipedia:Requesting_copyright_permission. --PresN 21:47, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see. That sure is long but it means I can upload it myself so that the other user is not forced to create an account and instead just send an email providing his approval right? Tintor2 (talk) 22:39, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: Yeah, they use [[2]] to fill out the permissions form. --PresN 12:49, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I started creating an article for 9S from Nier: Automata here after seeing several notable third party sources that heavily discuss them. I would be bold and create it but I'm kinda missing creation sources other than Yoko Taro commenting on how he created his portrayal in the endings. By any chance did you see anything? I find the reception strong enough to pass notability guidelines since almost every source primarily focuses on the duo, recognition of best spoiler and character by reliable sources and scholars with published articles that have been cited several times. CheersTintor2 (talk) 15:52, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: I haven't; maybe ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Video game characters? --PresN 16:04, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Created the article. Thankfully I found information about the voice actors and some commentaries from the staff members even if it is not as big as 2B's article. Searching in Japanese was kinda easier since 9S is not written in Japanese characters so I googled Yoko Taro in Japanese alongside 9S. Tintor2 (talk) 03:33, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey :) I'm the researcher who rebuilt The Sumerian Game. I saw you worked a lot on that article and recently added my project. Just in case you would like to check, I just released the preview of my upcoming book about the process of rebuilding the Sumerian Game: the sources, the game logic, the slides and much more. I researched in depth the 2 known versions of The Sumerian Game and how the gameplay changed from version to version, and then from The Sumerian Game to Hamurabi, going through King of Sumeria. According to my research, David Ahl's addition to King of Sumeria (the perpormance calculations at the end of the game) aren't his own. Xend3r76 (talk) 16:41, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Xend3r76: I look forward to it! --PresN 20:08, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Released :) Xend3r76 (talk) 19:55, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there! I thought I remembered you posting a few months ago about mobilizing people to reduce the number of video game stub articles, so I found your post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Archive 174#Goals update. I have been wondering if there is a centralized place to list stub articles with greater potential, such that we know the sources exist if someone is willing and interested in expanding the article into a start or better? If there is no such place, would there be an interest in starting one, like maybe as a task force page focused on this specific goal? I for one would be super extra happy to start forming such a list, checking to see which games have sources listed on their talk page that need to be implemented, or reviews listed on trusted external sites, or that the sources are already in the article but it just needs to be expanded. I think it would help to identify as many such articles as possible so that anyone interested in reducing the amount of stub articles could have a direction to focus on. :) BOZ (talk) 20:30, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BOZ: Seems like a question for the WTVG talk page, really, but if there's interest I don't see any issue with starting a page. That said, I would think pretty much every stub out there should theoretically have enough sources to be improved to a Start at least, just that no one has done it yet. --PresN 21:46, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Right, theoretically they should, but I'm talking about ones where we know for a fact the sources are out there, especially if we can view the sources online. Sort of like, anyone looking to build up a stub could look over this list of the top 10% or 20% that could easily be built up using sources that other people found but did not use (or use much). BOZ (talk) 21:59, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Dorfromantik you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 10:24, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Dorfromantik 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Dorfromantik and Talk:Dorfromantik/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 15:04, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
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The article Dorfromantik you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Dorfromantik for comments about the article, and Talk:Dorfromantik/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 09:04, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated, List of hipposiderids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hey man im josh (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was just looking up and noticed that List of Atari, Inc. games (1993–present) was redirected by you to the SA article. However just like you said in the summary, I definitely agree that a proper, clean split should be done into a 'List of Infogrames/GT Interactive' and 'Atari', - due to how confusing it is and how it blends the lines - and I'm willing to make it.

I ask you to come and read Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#About Atari, something I posted today to clean up the confusing mess of Atari-related articles. I think as part of that, the list of SA games also need a split - especially now with the comeback of the Infogrames brand as a publisher. Sceeegt (talk) 21:52, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve asked Hey man im josh about this, but figured I’d get your input as well.

On the note of the GMs FL nomination, and the 8-10 entry standard - the seasons list is at seven entries, with season eight about to begin. Would I stand a chance if I improved/nominated it for FL in the near-future, or should I just wait until the end of the upcoming season? The Kip ^(contribs) 04:04, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@The Kip: I think you can nominate once the season starts and its row added, you don't need to wait until the end. --PresN 11:47, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh good, that was my thought as well. Just make sure to include a last updated date somewhere so that we can tell when it's accurate as of (even though some people might actually update it after game). Hey man im josh (talk) 11:58, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I have been creating articles for the Art of Fighting trilogy, including it's director Matsumoto (cant find more sources for what he did after 3), the three individual games, and the protagonist Ryo Sakazaki. Ryo is currently Afd but I Made a big search to give the reception sources focused on different sides on him besides reviews, various sides of the characters, etc. If possible could You create a navigation box for the franchise? I'm not good at making then but after learning SNK would continue making more games I wanted to improve the articles. Cheers Tintor2 (talk) 02:20, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: Sure, {{Art of Fighting}}. --PresN 03:08, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Tintor2 (talk) 03:26, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated, List of miniopterids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Giants2008 (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:26, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I plan to give Laguna Loire from ff8 an article. This is the sandbox I made today. If you are interested feel free to correct. User:Tintor2/sandbox I was advised to first put it review but I never did that so I'm not if it is fitting. Cheers Tintor2 (talk) 22:10, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: Looks good in terms of content, though it needs a thorough copyedit- the writing has some odd contortions like "While the face had no difficulties in being drawn". --PresN 01:15, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated, List of molossids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hey man im josh (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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	For your amazing work on those mammal lists! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:30, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChrisTheDude: Thanks so much! --PresN 13:55, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

After seeing your ping on Discord, I used the information you provided to complete the List of manids article. Please take a look at it, and let me know of what you think. Thanks. Wolverine X-eye ^{(talk to me)} 23:07, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wolverine X-eye: Looks really good! Glad to see other people doing animal lists! --PresN 01:26, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'm hoping to bring it to FL-status. Any advice before I proceed with this? Wolverine X-eye ^{(talk to me)} 05:25, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wolverine X-eye: Mini-review:

• Is it intentional that it's list of "manids" rather than list of "philodotans"? There's a weak consensus to name these after the 'highest' group that holds them all
• Indian pangolin gives the length of the tongue rather than the tail but no others do
• Maps captions inconsistent between "current range in (color)", "extant range in (color)", "range in (color)", and nothing
• Your cladogram includes extinct species, but there's no text explicitly stating that they're prehistoric (or what Scale_H4 & Scale_H8 means)
• Lede says vaguely that they're found in a lot of habitats, but it's actually just savanna, forest, grassland and shrubland (plus artificial)
• I'd personally call out that 3 of the species are classified as Critically Endangered right after you say they're all threatened, but that's a personal preference
• Lede says "many" extinct species have been found, but the cladogram has only 6

That's it I think; I've made some tweaks and there's some style differences from my lists that are perfectly valid, but it's basically ready for FLC! --PresN 13:13, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Completed all except the first one, which I think needs more weigh in from others. Regarding H4 and H8, they are just scale samples for an unknown species. That said, I really appreciate this mini-review. The FLC has been created and is now in progress. Wolverine X-eye ^{(talk to me)} 15:07, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

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• MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
• Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
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Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated, List of vespertilionines, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

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Good luck with that one. I was planning to make that one into a Four Award someday, but I think you'd do a better job. If you want a general copyedit or maybe some help with reception let me know. Fathoms Below (talk) 20:57, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Fathoms Below: Thanks, will do! --PresN 21:18, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On Template:Mammals, I added Atlantogenata to the template, but when I did that, the part that said “Eutheria” was gone. Can you fix this, please? Afranklady (talk) 20:43, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Afranklady: Fixed. --PresN 23:22, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I went ahead and added range maps for those that were missing them in the lagomorph lists. Though the Korean pika is missing one on the IUCN red list right now. I am a complete novice in inkscape so apologies for the incongruity but I hope it helps - I'm aiming to make Lagomorpha a good topic eventually. If you have any suggestions on how I could make these better or where I can get better maps, any specific style fixes that are needed, or if there are particular criteria that could be followed better across the topic it would help a lot! Reconrabbit 21:04, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Reconrabbit: They look great! Wikipedia in general has a ton of missing or outdated maps, so any efforts are greatly appreciated. IUCN is the best source in general; they let you download "shape files" but I don't know how to turn those into svgs, I'm also a novice at inkscape. I think what you've been doing is great. I think only very optional suggestions I have is that for some with smaller areas, like File:Ochotona-coreana-CIS.svg, you could crop/zoom in closer to just, like, the bottom-right quarter of that image? It's a judgement call, though, since you still want it to be understandable to people who aren't familiar with the coastline, it just makes it hard to see the colored area when it's a small map image like in the tables in those lists so readers may have to click on them to zoom in. Also, any blank map is fine, but I think File:BlankMap-World.svg is easier to make out at small sizes just because it's a bit darker, but that's just my personal opinion. Looking forward to the good topic! --PresN 02:18, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried to "zoom in" or crop the image to make it easier to see the range, but couldn't figure out how to do that in Inkscape, and following the tutorials seems to provide a different definition of "crop". If I could figure that out I would do this with the BlankMap-World.svg, but there is then the issue of not showing the curve of the projection, and there aren't good versions of that map that are centered on Korea and India (though apparently there are Python scripts to rotate and apply shapes). Reconrabbit 03:13, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, noting something on the Robust cottontail: IUCN describes it as the Davis Mountains cottontail, but ASM doesn't even mention the common names of Davis Mountain or Holzner's cottontail, and MSW3 doesn't provide a vernacular name at all. Reconrabbit 03:21, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I made a couple a few years ago, and I think I just found a way to select an area and print it to a png? It's been a while. I think what you have is perfectly fine.

As to the cottontail: IUCN has S. robustus (as Davis Mountains cottontail) and not S. holzneri (as anything), MSW3 has S. robustus (no name) and S. f. holzneri (no name), and ASM has S. holzneri (as Robust Cottontail) but no robustus. Messy! The rules for WP:MAMMALS, which I follow more stringently than Wikipedia at large does because I'm just one person and I need clear rules to keep track of ~50 lists, say basically best 2 of 3. So, IUCN and MSW3 have robustus, so it gets a row, and only ASM has holzneri, so it doesn't. So, we need a name for robustus, and... IUCN calls it Davis Mountains cottontail, and so does Wikipedia (even if it moves it to a subspecies, which again per the rules it shouldn't); nothing in the article says that robust cottontail is a name for robustus, it says it's a name for holzneri. So, the robustus row gets Davis Mountains cottontail. Bonus points that since Davis Mountains cottontail redirects to the holzneri page, it's slightly less confusing that the link name is for the robustus subspecies there, not for the holzneri species. --PresN 03:45, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I've figured out the process to make those range maps, now that I've got QGIS up and running on my computer (see Alpine pika). I'd be happy to contribute any for future terrestrial mammal lists. I have moved on to attempt working on List of octodontids, for which your FLs have been a massive resource. More of these may be forthcoming thanks to my recent procurement of Volume 6 of the Lynx Edicions Mammal Species Handbook, though its taxonomic data is out of date in some places. Reconrabbit 16:33, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Reconrabbit: Awesome! That range map looks great! Since I did that list, I've gotten the Lynx Edicion "All the Mammals of the World" book, which is just the drawing+range+size for each species but was up to date as of 2023, so if you need any of that for anything newer than 2016, let me know and I can take a photo of the page(s). --PresN 16:54, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, PresN. I'm just posting to let you know that Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for January 3, 2025. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 23:31, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I nominated Kiruko to GA but the reviewer failed it because he is too busy to check it. Can't I just ask for another reviewer instead? First time this happens to me. Tintor2 (talk) 14:12, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wait. I didn't notice that he renominate it for another reviewer to take it.Tintor2 (talk) 00:23, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated, List of murinines, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

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Hello PresN: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:51, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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First of all, Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoyed the parties. Ever since late November I nominated Kiruko but the reviewing has been taking kinda long time. However, before the second review, the user requested for another opinion about the article size and nobody has commented it. I tried avoiding to the article too big to avoid the issues that led Ryo Sakazaki being nearly deleted last months and instead went to use recent FAs like Claire Redfield as model to follow. If possible, could you provide a response? No idea when this might end.Tintor2 (talk) 00:44, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, PresN. I'm just posting to let you know that List of pilosans – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for January 27, 2025. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:33, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated, List of kerivoulines, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sea of Stars you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of A412 -- A412 (talk) 22:43, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The article Sea of Stars you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sea of Stars for comments about the article, and Talk:Sea of Stars/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of A412 -- A412 (talk) 00:43, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But my edit desc is: "first non exclusive was beautiful katamari. That's X360. That was... 10 years ago? 15? This game is for the people".

You being the editor that created that page doesn't give you a privilege to undo works of others, even if you don't like the edit. the edit is valid. The game was developed for PS2 for 2 games, and it says so in their entry, but saying the entire series is for it is plain wrong. please read WP:OWN. 85.250.17.30 (talk) 09:49, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on talk page, you don't need to start the same discussion in two places. --PresN 12:53, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Heyo, you may or may not remeber that we briefly talked about what to do with List of Crystal Dynamics video games some time back. While the main article is now a GA, the listicle remains in very poor shape. Since I currently do not (and likely won't soon) have the time for big rewriting projects, are you still interested in taking this one on? Regards, IceWelder [✉] 21:41, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@IceWelder: Probably not, to be honest. I made it more clear last year what games they had been a publisher for in the 90s, and I just replaced one odd ref, but I don't think I've ever played any of their games so I'm not that invested in the list. I'd be willing to swap it over from the current template structure to something more like List of Blizzard Entertainment games if you want, but I'm not interested at the moment in tracking down refs for exact release dates and collections/compilations releases which would be the next, lengthy step to bring it in line with that list. --PresN 01:41, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, I figured this would be the case. Thanks anyway! Perhaps I'll slog through it eventually. If the article is irreperable, though, I will retain a redirect as a last-resort option. IceWelder [✉] 17:24, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PresN, I noticed that you work on many gaming-related articles, including Infinity Blade. I have created a draft about Donald Mustard, video game industry veteran and creative director behind the Infinity Blade trilogy. Since I work for AGBO, where Mustard is now a partner, I'm not publishing the article directly. Would you please review the draft in my userspace (User:SarahCaruso/Donald Mustard), editing as you see fit, and move it to mainspace? I'd appreciate it, thanks! SarahCaruso (talk) 21:12, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SarahCaruso: Hi, unfortunately I'm not comfortable moving the article to mainspace; the way it's written right now is like an advertisement for Mustard, with puffed up phrases like "led the game to its iconic status within pop culture". It manages simultaneously to not give details on what he actually did in the games he had a direct hand in, but also ascribe everything in Fortnite to him, and I can't trust the sources you used to back that up- you said "He also initiated the creation of live events in the game", which first of all is awful corporate-speak, but the source you used never says he did that, just that he was the CCO of Epic and that also Fortnite "became known for cultural crossovers". So, in order to feel comfortable moving it to mainspace, I'd have to rewrite half of it and check every source, and that's too much. Mustard is notable enough for an article, but I don't think this is the one. --PresN 13:52, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated, List of emballonurids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

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