User:Deckiller/archive48

Minigames

I think so, yeah. My last final was today, so I have a lot more time to devote to it now. --PresN 21:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Characters of FFVI merge

I think your merge may have been premature. I disagree with it on two levels: first, as it currently stands, a huge loss of information has occurred. At a minimum, fixing it would expand the Characters of Final Fantasy VI page by an amount that perhaps would not be healthy for it. Personally, I prefer individual pages, but I can see the need of merging, so long as no information is lost.

Secondly, if you are going to keep pages for the "main" characters only, then you should most definitely not just keep Terra and Locke. Although they are important characters, they cannot be said to be the main characters in any sense. FFVI was not like the other final fantasy titles in using a main character and exploring their interactions with others. In FFVI, the emphasis was on a group of characters, and it explored many of them quite evenly. Keep in mind that it is entirely possible to beat the game with only Celes, Edgar, and Setzer in your party, and it will at once be realized that Terra and Locke are NOT the main characters post world of ruin.

Anyway, I feel the situation must be fixed in some way or another, and am calling for comment from other users on the talk page page. If you wish, you may defend your reasons for merging there. Thaks in advance. — Eric Herboso 06:06, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:Ownage

I would like to thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. Axem Titanium 21:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

In other news, I just received my (legitimate) copy of FFX International today AND I finished my last AP exam for the year. Life is good. Axem Titanium 21:54, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey, Deck, quick little request. Can you restore the MFD tag at the top of WP:SPOIL since the MFD has been reopened? Another admin protected the page so I can't do it myself. Axem Titanium 03:35, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 15 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article World of Final Fantasy VIII, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 22:46, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Jihad (song)

It got promoted to FA afterwards, but I'm a bit concerned with how quick it was promoted - I only got 3 supports, and 2 were from Slayer WikiProject members. I'm someone who plays fair and square, but that promotion makes it look like fan support :(. Wish it was left open for a few others to comment on it before it was promoted. Oh well... LuciferMorgan 23:17, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

My first Mother's day!

Sweetheart, if you forgive me the slightly-more-than-24-hours delay, I'll once again thank you for your warm thoughts regarding my first Mom's day, and I'll tell you it was unforgettable. No fancy parties, no gifts - just me and my princess, the two of us alone. I took her to the park, and enjoyed the walk wih her in my arms. It sounds simple, but trust me, Tyler dear, I'll never forget it as long as my heart beats. Once again, thank you for thinking about me, guardian angel :) Love you, Phaedriel - 03:20, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Quick Risk query

I was just wondering if you could help me out. Earlier I was working on an article to complement the main Risk board game article. It ended up being decided by Robdurbar that it should be on one of my personal user pages where I could edit it until it was more finished. Here's the discussion if you need/are interested in seeing it for clarification.

Basically I just want you to move the edit history along with the article. I would have asked Robdurbar to do it but he has left wikipedia since. You don't need to worry about linking it to the main Risk article, I can do that. If you have any questions or need any clarifications please feel free to ask. Cheers. b_cubed 17:51, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the response, I have two quick questions. 1) You mentioned that the font colors should be removed. I'm assuming that you meant the wikilinked names of the boards (red and blue). Should I get rid of both or leave in only the blue? 2) Perhaps this is a stupid question but what exactly do I need to reference? Don't take this question as me saying I don't want to, however, I would prefer to only reference that which needs to be referenced. FYI my main intent for putting this into the namespace was so that other people could work on it with me and help me finish it. I'm not quite sure that I see the difference between this and a typical stub article that is floating around. But yes, thank you for all your help thus far. :o) b_cubed 22:08, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Final Fantasy IV

I had a thought, wanted yours....what do you think of, at some point, merging the characters and locations of Final Fantasy IV into "World of Final Fantasy IV"? I am pretty sure that article could be GA at some point, since the DS release will hopefully give us a big chunk of development info. Judgesurreal777 20:32, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

One other thing, I've been trying to trim down Airship and put it into the Common Themes of Final Fantasy, but I am having some trouble shaping it down. Judgesurreal777 01:19, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps we should check to make sure that these details from when we just merged Spira (Final Fantasy X) is in the Final Fantasy wikia, because if it is, you can have a clear conscience about "moving" it from there :) Judgesurreal777 16:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I tried

Alright, I really thought I could do this time. I really thought I could have a disagreement with someone and work out on my own, without having to call and admin into the mix. But now they're calling for a third party and I was wondering if you could give your two cents at Talk:Insensitive (House episode), it's been going for a few months. If you want a good example of what the articles looked like before I started editing them, here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Insensitive_%28House_episode%29&diff=108649839&oldid=108627795

Every House episode article had been formatted with this. Note the empty sections which were placed in every article regardless if they were filled with anything. Including the Pilot episode article that I helped get up to FA status. I hope you can help me out here. The Filmaker 03:24, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Sooooo..... I know you're busy, so should I ask someone else to check it out or do you think you'll be able to take a look at it in the next few days? The Filmaker 05:40, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Target audience

So, sorry to insult you. I agree with much of what you say about what WP should be. I'm glad you arn't aiming at an educated elite. But

My comment was relevant because much of the argument about spoiler warnings is really an argument about the purpose of WP, and hence about its "target audience".
It is elitist to divide readers of WP into "target audience" and "other". People looking for information about whether to play a game are still looking for information, and should be catered for. Well written articles on WP can do them a service that review sites and amazon can't.
My models for a "scholarly" encyclopedic approach to works of fiction are the massive John Clute encyclopedias of Science Fiction and Fantasy (because I happen to own them). Of course these are much less detailed than WP but their focus is indeed on critical reactions; they highlight innovations but don't obsess on plot: even central works are generally not described in enough detail to spoil the enjoyment if you read them later. Because this sort of info provides a pretty reliable guide to quality, I've read and enjoyed many books years or decades after they were first published which I otherwise wouldn't have bothered with. This kind of serendipity was certainly one of Clute's main aims, and I don't see why it shouldn't be for Wikipedia.
I think it would make an excellent WP article, with full verifiability, if, some time after a game was released, the editor collated major reviews, especially in specialist game mags, and summarised the major comments, along with things like sales figures, awards, etc. Of course this info is available at review sites, but the reader has to do the collation himself, and doesn't get the benefit of WP editors' consensus checking of reliability. Even better would be to describe how later games (& other stuff) was influenced. Obviously this would refer to notable features of the game play. It seems to me this is what WP:WAF is advocating.
You seem to think a "complete" description of the plot is essential. But a plot summary is always a summary... the editor has to decide how much to include. Who benefits from a ton of detail? Not a prospective player...it's bound to contain spoilers. Not an experienced player...they know it already. Presumably, someone who has no real interest in the game but needs to know this info. I can think of a few examples, but nobody I'd want to spend hours working for free to help.
Bottom line. IMHO an encyclopedia is a tool for providing relevant information. Doing so in a way which satisfies the demands of as many readers as possible is a good. Too much information can actually be off-putting to most readers and serve the interests of a very few. Spoiler warnings at least give visual clues to help skip info unwanted by probably the large majority of readers.

PaddyLeahy 19:21, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, if you want to continue this discussion, let's do it here. 2 responses to your latest comments: agree FF7 is at least 2x too long...seeing as it was repeated referenced that's the one I checked out. But mainly, we have plenty of unwelcome editors, but I'd say no unwelcome readers (a word I used above with care). If they just come to read they are looking for info and we should try to supply and not scare them off. PaddyLeahy 20:31, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

World of FF8

You should totally push this one for FA status when you get the chance, it looks awesome, just thought I'd let ya know! Also, I fixed up FFIII DS a bunch, let me know what you think :) Judgesurreal777 05:27, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Spoiler warnings.

While, as you could read on the related page, I did apologize for using excessive profanity in my rant on the latest crusade against spoiler warnings, I find your threat to block me from editing based on that edit quite insulting. I know that kids in their teens think they know everything and always believe they have the moral high ground, but seriously, even a tiny look at my contributions indicates my desire to improve this project, usually calm and even tone in such debates, and hundreds of helpful edits, and I find it quite offensive that you generalized and threatened in your post on that thread. If, as my admittedly brief and possibly mistaken research indicates, you are one of those anti-spoiler-warning crusaders I am irritated against, it makes it an irresponsible and biased display of your mop and bucket, as well. dharmabum 07:59, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:FF8 plot

Hmmmm... it does have fewer script references than I'm used to seeing (prolly because it promoted before my "time"). In general, I saw a lot more script refs for the Characters of FFVIII article. At any rate, I'll see what I can do. The goal is to trim, yes? I also noticed that FFIV's plot section is ridiculously long. We'll see if we can't help with that too, hmmm? Axem Titanium 22:26, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Script refs. Gotcha. I'll get on it right after my last exam tomorrow. Axem Titanium 00:04, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I added 15 script refs and reworked some of the other sections. What do you think? Does it need more work? Axem Titanium 01:35, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Should have saved the "Rampage" analogy till you really needed it LOL

As administrator, I would like to call your attention to these two vandals, please shut them down, they are still going... :) Judgesurreal777 01:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I am confused, isn't what he was doing vandalism, so shouldn't the revert rule not apply to him? Judgesurreal777 02:25, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

formal rubbish

Oh yes, that's a good one. "Note that ..." might fit into the formal frame ... maybe. But I removed your "yuck"; one only, I think, per list! I'm going through the MOS like a dose of salts, from the top. I see that it's prompting a few others to copy-edit. The MOS has grown fat and shabby through committee, and needs a good massage/trim/rationalisation. Tony