User talk:Jagged 85/Archive 7

Shoot 'em up

Just wanted to say great work on continuing to update that article. Regarding the Defender (introducing scrolling) and Moon Patrol (introducing parallax scrolling) claims, I started a discussion on the talk page. That includes providing links to youtube videos and other sources to show what I was referring to with previous examples existing of scrolling, side scrolling, and parallax motion. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 09:25, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Merge

I've suggested merging Farangi (which you worked on) into Franks. I think this is better by WP policy and more useful to the readers. Jaque Hammer (talk) 20:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

History of role-playing video games

While I think you are in general doing a good job here, listing games as "most influential" without a source saying so is original research. I didn't check them all, but a few seem to be using the primary source for that. It's also a contriversial claim that I'd expect backed by multiple sources.陣内_Jinnai 20:07, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

I only mentioned that in reference to a specific year, to add some context, although now that you mention it, it is somewhat inappropriate. I've removed those bits from the article now, but left it for FFVII which has two sources specifically listing it as such. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 20:21, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Console/computer rpg history pages

Are these edits from those links? I ask because we should probably redirect all of them since console rpg and computer rpg cannot stand as their own articles.陣内_Jinnai 22:59, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Are you referring to the previous computer role-playing game and console role-playing game articles that were merged into the role-playing video game and history of role-playing video games articles? I'm not exactly sure what your question is? Jagged 85 (talk) 23:02, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Was wondering if your edits are coming from merging the articles under Chronology of computer role-playing games (which contains multiple spinout articles) and ditto for console. If so, I was going to see if any of those could be redirected to the appropriate sections.陣内_Jinnai 23:06, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

If you mean whether my edits are coming from the Wikipedia articles linked to through the Chronology pages, then not really. Most of my edits are actually coming from independent sources outside of Wikipedia, though there are a few sentences here and there I took from other articles. Although I'm not completely sure if that's what you mean, I hope that answers your question. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 23:18, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

I was basically checking to see if they were being taken from there to see whether those articles could be redirected without losing any info since, because computer/console rpg articles no longer exist, nor verifiable definitions for them, those should also be merged/redirected.陣内_Jinnai 23:25, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

If you mean merging both Computer/Console Chronology articles into one Chronology article, then that's not a bad idea. But if you mean redirecting both Chronology articles to the History article, then I wouldn't be so sure about that, as the Chronology articles list far more games than what's covered in the History article, which only deals with the ones that are particularly notable in some way. Jagged 85 (talk) 23:33, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Either or. They should also not be spun out like they are leaving the main page as a stub.陣内_Jinnai 23:39, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Parallel postulate

Possible copyright infringement? http://www.scipub.org/fulltext/jms2/jms25290-92.pdf 51kwad (talk) 12:58, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm afraid you're mistaken. You should check the edit history of the article before claiming such a thing, because it's actually the other way around: that article is most likely copied from Wikipedia. If you check the dates, that article was written in 2009, whereas the parallel postulate article on Wikipedia has been like that since at least November 2008. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 12:26, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough, mea culpa. I just wanted to check as the page has been flagged as needing attention. Part of the history section needs citations anyway, are you prepared to do that? Just one book that you used for all that will be sufficient.

I have removed the template above as it seems overkill! 51kwad (talk) 12:52, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

PS I think the Criticism section should go: it is the ravings of an ignorant philosopher who knows not what he is talking about in my biased opinion, but maybe it needs rewording so as to make it sound less serious? 51kwad (talk) 13:00, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I'm not really prepared to edit the article myself. For nearly a year now, I've stayed well clear of any articles involving the history of science, and I don't really intend to return to them any time soon. I'll leave it to your discretion to decide what's best for the article, but if you need any help from me, you can always drop a message here. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 13:07, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Role-playing video game

How close do you think before you're mostly done with adding info? It needs to be copyedited and I'd want to check the sources (but am willing to wait) as its now well beyond 100k.陣内_Jinnai 01:03, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

I think I'm done for now. There really isn't anything more I could add to the article that hasn't already been covered in the sub-articles. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 01:07, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

The Contribution Team cordially invites you to Imperial College London

All Hail The Muffin Nor does it taste nice... 19:12, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Developer of Phoenix

I'm not sure if Taito developed Phoenix. AFAIK, it was developed by Amstar and distributed by Centuri in the US, and by Taito in Japan. I don't know how accurate Allgame is, but I think that they're wrong in that case. Duo02 ~Please direct all praises/complaints here.~ 00:59, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Allgame is listed as a reliable source according to WP:VG/RS. If you disagree with what Allgame says, then you can feel free to present an alternative reliable source (one that's listed at WP:VG/RS) that states otherwise. From what I've seen, there aren't any reliable sources that credit Amstar for the game. For now, we'll have to go with what Allgame states. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 01:14, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Game of The Year 2010 ..

hi .

Regarding Game of The Year for 2010 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_the_Year

Please add Eurogamer Reader's choice for 2010 , which is Mass Effect 2 , as shown in this link : http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-23-eurogamer-readers-top-10-games-of-2010-article?page=2

Thanks ..

Milky Way

Aloha. I'm working on trying to cleanup the Milky Way article and help restore its previous GA status, which has degraded over the years. As you may or may not be aware, there is a thread on the talk page which makes an allegation about your edits. I am hoping you can either briefly address it, or reinforce the material with more sources that support your contributions. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 22:34, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Those allegations you mentioned have been copy-and-posted by the same one or two users all over Wikipedia, on nearly every science or history article I've contributed to. The reason why the History section has been tagged is simply because I added two paragraphs to it (regarding medieval Islamic astronomers) and therefore the section is "suspect" for that reason alone, not necessarily because it has any actual inaccuracies. The best thing to do is fact-check for yourself with the cited sources to see if there are any inaccuracies. If you have any difficulties accessing the sources, you can feel free to ask me about them. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 23:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the quick reply. I think medieval Islamic astronomy is fascinating, but I would like to see secondary sources making the same claims. That way, when this comes up for review, it will not be a question of "this only appears in one published paper and is not recognized by mainstream historians", but rather, "this is an established, uncontested fact reflected by the sources", or "there is a dispute, and this dispute is recognized in reliable secondary sources and does not represent the opinion of one or two authors." Viriditas (talk) 23:08, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

I've stopped contributing to science-related articles for nearly a year now and, like I said on my talk page before, I don't really have any intention of contributing to them again any time soon. However, I don't mind providing some secondary sources here, but I'll have to go source-hunting for that (which I'm not too keen on at the moment) so I can't promise it any time soon. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 02:51, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

@Jagged 85: You should stick to discussing the particular issue (sources for certain edits) rather than suggest that your edits are merely claimed to be "suspect" for some unsupported reason. The RFC/U provided convincing evidence to support the statements shown at WP:Jagged 85 cleanup: "It has been found that many edits involve the undue promotion of Islamic and other non-European scholarship and achievements. In addition, there has been a severe misuse of sources: misrepresenting what a source has asserted; reporting only one side from a source; quoting out of context; inventing claims using a source related to the topic but which does not verify the claim." Johnuniq (talk) 00:09, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

@Johnuniq: Viriditas asked me to address the allegations and that's exactly what I did. The fact remains that whoever tagged the section clearly didn't bother actually fact-checking, but simply did so for the sole reason that I was the editor for two of the paragraphs in that section. As for the "convincing evidence", sure they've found flaws in some 1% of my edits, but it's still a logically fallacious argument to suggest these flaws apply to all of my edits based on such a relatively small selective sample. Jagged 85 (talk) 02:51, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Jagged 85, I don't want to cause you any stress (don't we have enough of that already?) so please feel free to archive this thread. If I need to ask you a question about the material, I'll probably place comments on the article talk page, so please add Talk:Milky Way to your watchlist. Thank you. Viriditas (talk) 03:10, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Orange Factory Music

Hi I see you contributed a great deal to Jay Sean's wiki page, could you help with his production team;s page Orange Factory Music?

Unfortunately, I'm not really up-to-date on what's happening with Sean at the moment, since I haven't really contributed to the article, or music industry articles in general, for well over a year now. I've never even heard of Orange Factory Music until now, so I don't think there's much I can contribute to the article, though I don't mind helping out with any specific concerns you may have about it. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 03:54, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

refs for Dragon Quest

I don't want to discourage you from helping with making the article better, but please use proper referencing formats as the article is undergoing an FAC and such things are likely to be called out.陣内_Jinnai 18:17, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Alhazen - Theology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Alhazen#Theology —Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.37.21.141 (talk) 01:10, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to comment on RFC regarding the stubbing (deletion) of the Mathematics in medieval Islam article

You are invited to comment on the content dispute regarding the stubbing of the Mathematics in medieval Islam article Thank You -Aquib (talk) 03:57, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for inviting me to the discussion. I've added a comment at that same page. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 09:59, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Jagged 85 RFC/U and cleanup has been appealed to ArbCom

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Jagged 85 cleanup: article stubbing

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Al-Kindi

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Systemic and cultural bias

Hi Jagged 85,

Thank you for dropping by the RFA.

Let me say I do not condone any actions you may have taken that were not in accordance with Wikipedia policies and guidelines. But I do try to keep an open mind.

Having said that, let me ask a question, if I may. I have noticed a tendency in some of your old claims to promote notable Muslim achievements. I have not looked at your recent work nor do I have any earthly idea what percentage of your work this represents. I will not ask you to comment on this point. But I have also noticed what might be characterized as a "reverse tendency" on the part of your detractors.

Do you have any documentation demonstrating "Eurocentrism" on the part of the other editors involved in this dispute? Especially, reversing an Islamic POV by simply replacing it with a western one when both points of view might be valid? Or deleting out a valid Islamic-related claim leaving only a western-related one? If so, would you be willing to share it? Just thought I might ask.

Do you see where I am going with this? Are you interested?

Thanks -Aquib (talk) 01:13, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I appreciate that you are keeping an open mind about the issue. I've also noticed a similar reverse tendency from several of the editors there, but never attempted to document it before in order to avoid conflicts of a personal nature, although I think my politeness and shying away from conflict at the time (pretty obvious from the way I caved in to pressure so easily during that "Jagged 85 RfC") only made things worse, especially towards users who were clearly intent on ripping me to shreds (hypothetically speaking). Nowadays though, I don't really have much of a problem with getting a bit personal, which is obvious from my recent not-so-polite (but still civil) comments. I can look into it, though documenting it would take quite some time. My detractors were documenting "evidence" against me for months before they finally presented an RfC, and that's just against one user. To do so for several users would be quite a task to undertake. I'm sure we can gather enough evidence, but it just might take some time. As for my recent edits, they're almost entirely dedicated to the entertainment industry (which I find more interesting and far less stressful than the more controversial topics such as science, academics, politics, or religion), so there's no need to bother with them. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 02:28, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, we all need other interests, that's for sure. Well, if the little bit I have seen is any indication, there are serious credibility problems among some in the other camp. And worse in others. Of course there are also some who are, in my estimation, beyond reproach. Since it seems they are gearing up for a big push, I would appreciate it if you would let me know if you happen to notice any problems with any material they add or change. That is, of course, if they ever actually get around to adding or changing any content. They seem for the most part content to take it down. Take care -Aquib (talk) 03:07, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Lightgun

Hi there. I thought I should probably let you know that I have reverted your additions to analog stick and joystick. Neither article is about general analog/positional input devices for games; they are about specific input methods. Analog stick is about analog thumb sticks, while joystick is about joysticks that are gripped with the whole hand (this includes industrial joysticks, sticks in aircraft and digital game joysticks as well as analog ones). A light gun on the other hand isn't even a stick and works on a completely different principle. As such, it doesn't belong in either article, especially not when mentioned as a "variation of an analog stick", which is clearly false. Thank you. Alphathon /'æl.f'æ.ðɒn/ ^(talk) 11:25, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Like the source states, a positional gun and a light gun are not the same thing, but a light gun is based on light sensors, whereas a mounted positional gun is "essentially an analog stick" shaped like a gun. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 18:45, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

It would seem I misunderstood your edit - my mistake. Having read it more carefully, it might be better if positional gun were moved from light gun to game controller, since, as you said, it isn't a light gun. It should still be mentioned there of course, if only to disambiguate. Alphathon /'æl.f'æ.ðɒn/ ^(talk) 21:57, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Vanguard

You wrote "The game is known as one of the first scrolling shooters ever made that allowed scrolling in multiple directions". Bosconian was also released in 1981, and also featured scrolling in multiple direction. What month was Vanguard first released?--Asher196 (talk) 16:01, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I only added on the "that allowed scrolling in multiple directions" part to what was previously stated ("one of the first scrolling shooters ever made"). As to your question, the only source I could find giving its month of release is arcade-history.com, which gives it as July 1981 (which would predate Bosconian). However, since that site is not listed at WP:VG/RS, I'm still uncertain about its reliability, so I don't usually use it as a source. Either way, since both Vanguard and Bosconian released the same year, it would be accurate to say each was "one of the first" rather than necessarily "the first". Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 00:53, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

List of Indian inventions and discoveries

Greetings,

You might remember me as user:JSR from two years ago. I am posting as an IP because I forgot my password. It has been too long since I voluntarily retired due to work pressure.

Recently there has been an endless title debate on this article. A "South Asia" title was proposed and even though consensus was not reached a List of South Asian inventions and discoveries article was forcibly bought into existence, drawing universal condemnation from all quarters of Wikipedia, and attracting the attention of this retired Wikipedian.

I have since then intervened to conclusively discredit the flawed "South Asia" hypothesis. The arguments have been well received. But I am not sure on how to act on the excellent advice given here on how to rid Wikipedia of this copy/paste article. Things are harder for me in the capacity of an IP who does not wish to open a new account all over again. In fact, I just discovered that as an IP my powers are so limited that I can't even contact protected users. If someone else could follow it up then it would be of timely help.

My other request to you is to participate in the move process on the page. Choose what you will but do participate, for your participation will help bring the title dispute to an end.

Good wishes, regards, thanks in advance, and apologies for burdening you with new and uninvited exertions,

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Edits to Bollywood article

Dear Jagged,

I'm going to revert your edits re Akshay Kumar and British musicians. These may be your personal favorites, but they just add to the overload of names in the article. An article that started out spare has become almost unreadable as various editors add their favorite films, actors, and musicians. Rather than pack it all into the main article, you might consider starting or linking to articles on various sub-topics. For instance, you could start an article on Bollywood action films. That would put Akshay's films into a larger context, and give you space to discuss them in greater detail. As for the influence of Bollywood music on various British musicians, that goes both ways and it might be better discussed in whatever articles discuss contemporary British music, or in the article on filmi music. It would be much better to add a link to an article than add yet more artist names.

We've been through this cycle of adding stuff and then hiving it off into a new article a number of times. I haven't been doing a lot of editing on the Bollywood article lately (it needs a springclean), but I still remember hiving off articles on filmi families and playback singers.

It's a lot more work to start a new article, but it makes it much easier for readers to understand the main article, and also to find a fuller treatment of some topics. Bollywood action films would be a GOOD article. It would require some research on your part, but I bet you could do it. Zora (talk) 06:08, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Considering how Hollywood doesn't even have its own action movie article, I don't see why Bollywood, which isn't anywhere near as renowned for action, would need one either. All it needs is a sentence or two about action movies in the main Bollywood article, so I don't see any harm in including a single sentence about Akshay Kumar, the only Bollywood actor I know of with a reputation for dangerous stunts, which I would consider to be something worth mentioning. However, I do see your point about name-dropping random successful artists, so I don't mind about removing the names of random British Asian musicians. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 07:03, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Earliest Bollywood action film I know is Kohinoor, with Dilip Kumar. It's a straight steal from various Hollywood actioners, with the hero swinging on ropes and chandeliers, dropping onto a horse from above, and rescuing a princess clinging to a cannon about to go off. It may well not be the first, however. My knowledge of Bollywood film history is spotty. I didn't grow up watching Doodorshan and going to cheap Indian cinemas :)

I found this article on Bollywood action heroines [http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2008/01/bollywood-actress-action.html} in looking for material on Fearless Nadia, whom I vaguely remembered as an action heroine. I should also mention that my big hero, Hrithik Roshan :), is known for doing his own stunts. Dhoom 2 is nothing BUT an action movie. I didn't see the first Dhoom, but it's probably the same. I also find myself thinking of the action sequences in Main Hoon Na. Bullet time! Flaming rickshaws! Then there was Amitabh. He was injured doing stunts for Coolie. Akshay is famous for his Khiladi movies (which I've avoided) but I think he's far from the first action hero and he may not be the best-known if you take the whole history of Bollywood into account. That's why an article on action in Bollywood films would be fun. Zora (talk) 07:55, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Agree . --Ladksj (talk) 16:26, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

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SG-1000

Hey, I noticed that you've been adding the SG-1000 to the History of video game consoles (third generation). Just thought I should point out that the SG-1000 is already listed in History of video game consoles (second generation), and the console's own article lists it as a second generation console. I'm not versed enough in the SG-1000's history to have a real opinion on whether it's third generation or second generation, but if it is third generation, you need to fix those two articles so that Wikipedia is consistent on the matter.--Martin IIIa (talk) 18:57, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Citation templates

First of all, great work on History of role-playing video games!! The console RPGs section has improved greatly due to your efforts! However, I'd like to ask you to please fill out the citation template parameters as completely as you can, as this makes it easier for us to track down an article when a link goes dead. This happens much too frequently, I'm afraid. Secondly, we prefer structured data (e.g. templates) over non-structured data (e.g. plain text), as this allows people to mine the wiki for information using external third-party tools, and it will make the transition easier if Wikipedia ever switches to a better citation system. Lastly, please use more descriptive words for the "name" parameter of the "ref" tag, as in an article as large as this one there are bound to be conflicts. For instance, using "eurogamer" for an article at Eurogamer.com is a bad choice since there are bound to be multiple citations from that source. A combination of the publisher name and game name (e.g. "eurogamer_ffantasy2" - also note the underscore instead of space) is a better choice. Thanks! SharkD  Talk  23:27, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I've finished formatting the references using citation templates and the naming format you mentioned. Feel free to have a look to see if anything is missing. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 17:20, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Sound of Music

I just flipped though Issue 51 of CGW and there is no Sound of Music article there. Even if I somehow missed it, it is definitely not on page 8, as that is the letter page. I assume the article does exist, but I think you accidentally misattributed to either the wrong magazine or issue on the video game music page. Indrian (talk) 01:19, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about the confusion. It was actually page 8 of issue 49, not issue 51. I was using issue 51 to reference another article and copied over the citation template (to make things quicker), but forgot to update the issue and date fields. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 22:52, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Good work

Good work on the synthpop article Edkollin (talk) 08:07, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

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Powerslide

You have added on February 2011 that this is a video game mechanic introduced by Vanquish. Which is incorrect. This video game mechanic was already introduced back in August 2006 by the video game called Urban Terror with their 4.0 release on April 2007. Quake4 1.4.1 beta patch release in that same month also included the game-play mechanic for power sliding: pm_slidevelocity & pm_powerslide . It's quite possible this mechanic itself was introduced even earlier by another game. But it's certainly not a game mechanic introduced by Vanquish. Nexujin (talk) 00:50, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

The Vanquish article is referring to a "sliding-boost" mechanic, not "power-sliding". Forms of power-sliding have existed in video games as far back as Mega Man in the 1980s, but what Vanquish introduced is a type of sliding-boost mechanic. It's important to keep in mind that they are not the same thing. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 01:02, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Good find that of Megaman. But as you yourself has clarified, "sliding-boost" is not the same as "power-sliding". So shouldn't that be filed under "sliding-boost" stub rather than under "power-sliding"? Having checked both titles out. I have to concur that they are indeed not the same game-play mechanics: one can be done from stand still, the other requires a certain speed to be able to perform it. As per references i have provided earlier: The developers of Urban Terror has named this game-play mechanics as "powersliding". In Quake 4 this same mechanics is called "crouch-sliding". Infact, since there are different game-play mechanics involved for the same name. Shouldn't this subject warrant it's own topic where the differences can be clarified? Nexujin (talk) 03:48, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure what you mean? Are you maybe intending to create an article on this topic? I think that might be a pretty interesting article, but we might need more sources to establish the notability of the topic. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 05:40, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

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Hi. I actually already completed that survey yesterday when you sent me an e-mail. Nevertheless, I look forward to seeing the results of your research. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 09:00, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

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Can I ask you something?Ahmad4d (talk) 18:49, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Sure, go ahead. Jagged 85 (talk) 18:51, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

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2011 England riots

Hello there. There has been a history of edit warring over the infobox location details in 2011 England riots. To try to stabilise this, and raise another closely related issue, I've started a discussion topic here: Talk:2011 England riots#Location details, widespread pattern of arrests. Since you've made many contributions to the article, I'd be grateful if you would come and comment. Thanks. Rubywine . talk 01:21, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

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Interview with Wikimedia Foundation

Hi Jagged, I hope all is well. My name is Matthew, I'm a Storyteller working on the 2011 fundraiser with the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco. I hope you got an email from me a month ago? During previous fundraisers, we've relied on Jimmy for most of the heavy lifting on the financial front (and he's lifted quite a bit!), but we're broadening our scope to include many more voices, particularly active editors such as you. I wonder if you would be interested in participating in an interview with us for the 2011 fundraiser and sharing your perspective on Wikipedia. I would ask you a number of questions about your personal editing experiences and general questions about Wikipedia and its impact. Zack Exley at the Foundation speaks very highly of you and has asked numerous times if you are available for the project. Please let me know by emailing mroth (at) wikimedia.org. Thanks! Matthew (WMF) 17:22, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about the late reply, but I think I may have missed your original e-mail a month back (my inbox was a bit full). Nevertheless, I've just found it a little while ago and have replied back to your e-mail address. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 01:45, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Synthpop/GA1

A GA review of Synthpop has started, and is now on hold to allow contributors time to address the issues raised so far. Details are on the review page. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 01:37, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Libyan civil war...

Why do you keep editing Libyan war content to present the conflict as being ongoing? The surprise appearance by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in Tripoli you mentioned on the main article 2011 Libyan civil war happened in August, not this month. WP:RS have said the war is over, and there's no indication fighting is still ongoing. -Kudzu1 (talk) 02:31, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

I think I made a mistake with the source, but the incident I was referring to is much more recent. Jagged 85 (talk) 08:08, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

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Regime to State

I thank you for helping with this. Regime is a very NPOV word, and I've been trying to keep up with changing it to government or state, or something along those lines. Thanks for helping with that! Jeancey (talk) 15:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

No problem. I wasn't sure what to call it at first, but in the end I settled with state, which sounds the most neutral to me. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 01:21, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

RSN thread

See here. ~~ Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 05:04, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

I've just posted a response there. Jagged 85 (talk) 15:00, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Synthpop

This user helped promote Synthpop to good article status.

Nice one. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 21:11, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

I only just realized it was promoted to GA. Good job to everyone else involved with the article. Regards, Jagged 85 (talk) 03:25, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

International Film Festivals

Hi, how to easily find out if a film was screened at International film festivals or won any prizes. It is very tedious to go to every website and search. I want to find out Tamil language films which were screened in the past at film festivals across the globe. --Commander _{(Ping Me)} 15:19, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

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