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Possible dox

I stumbled across this thread from the founder of Adland and there need to have an admin look at this. If this is a dox some scrubbing of the dox from Wikipedia is going to be needed. GamerPro64 02:50, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

I haven't really handled much doxxing related stuff on Wikipedia, so I'm not entirely sure how far to go to handle it, so by all means, feel free to weigh in, TPSs. The editor who did it, while seems to be interacting somewhat aggressively, didn't appear to be trying to dox the person - to me, it seemed like a by-product of trying to prove another point, so I don't think any action would be necessary other than a brief reminder to be more careful. As for the comments themselves, it looks like they have been both archived and redacted by another editor. I can revdel if need be, though with all the edits/archiving/etc since, it could be hard to pinpoint how to get it all gone without destroying the conversation... Sergecross73 msg me 21:50, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

The series i'm extremely interested, but need help

i know you probably have no experience with this. But there are two articles that i'm extremely interested. 1) Green Lantern articles and all side kicks of Batman such as Tim Drake, Jason Todd and Dick Grayson. I wanted to also make an exemplary articles out of these to see if WP:COMICS can recover and also make more quality content.

Again, i know you probably have no experience in these type of articles, and i myself have tried quite a lot to improve them, and end up with a headache. But i most likely just need someone to work with in order to get them working. I don't even read comics, but i listen to the stories about them. Just need the right resources, and maybe someone to help me. Lucia Black (talk) 05:14, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

That's a commendable project. As you guessed, my comic knowledge is minimal, but I can try to help here and there on them. There certainly would be plenty for you do do if you get into the comic area - it seems their low quality of articles is commonly a counterpoint to what WP:VG is trying to achieve. Sergecross73 msg me 21:31, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
There is a youtube video i watch that makes the story more concise and easy to understand. i've only been watching green lantern ones so far. One of the problems with WP:COMICS is that it mostly treats it more closer to wikia. They focus on fictional information first, then everything else second. I'm trying to see what i can do to work on an article that is strictly media-related over plot. Lucia Black (talk) 00:12, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
I just re-organized the navbox of Green Lantern. This is my current version here as oppose to the previous version here. I think this is one big step to get things organized and work on the articles one step at a time. Lucia Black (talk) 04:24, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Release dates thoughts

(diff) Very curious. Do you disagree that WP is not a repo of release dates? That release date lists are not in our scope or something we do consistent or well? That a change (at any pace) to correct it would at least be going in the right direction? What kind of watchlist reverts do you have in mind? Because I watch a fair amount of pages and the only infobox confusion I regularly see is over release dates, which this proposal directly addresses. What parts of this proposal are more counter-intuitive than our current guideline? czar 22:30, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

I do not approve of the List only the first major release in the infobox part of your proposal.
  1. As I mentioned, I don't feel its intuitive to your average editor. No one outside of the core 10-15 of us who are hardcore WP:VG editors would think to do that. It's intuitive to list all release dates/platforms - a key part of commericial products are availability and medium. I feel its going to lead to lots of arguments, reverting, and extra discussions on something that ultimately is not hurting articles. Very similar to how I feel the project has, and continues, to waste time over the approach and enforcement of GameRankings. There are so many shoddy, incomplete, and nonexistent VG articles out there, and we're wasting our time middling over a minuscule aggregate link that are redundant at worst. I think we also waste time enforcing whether or not we list "emulated ports" on the platform list. With maintaining so many Sonic and Final Fantasy related articles, this is a constant battle on my watchlist. IPs add all release info, experienced editor removes it. Again, wasted time. They were released on the platform, so enhanced port or not, why not list it? It's not wrong information.
  2. I also don't believe listing multiple release dates are outside of the scope of an encyclopedia. Quite the opposite, sometimes when these obscure games are ported to more modern platforms, the port release date could be of more importance. (Something like Sonic CD, where its more recent re-release on mobile/PSN is probably more relevant to readers than when it was release on an failing console 20 years ago.
  3. Ultimately, I feel like more aggresive use of the "collapse" option would be an easier fix to reduce clutter while retaining the information. Sergecross73 msg me 14:08, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
I'm very surprised by your reply. The only trend I've seen in infoboxes in the last year is more users trying to pack in more information (through collapsed lists or otherwise). And re: GameRankings, come on, you have to give it at least a few weeks to catch on, especially when we aren't systematically enforcing it. (IPs will see one article with GR and go and change the other—how can they be expected to know that we're in the middle of a transition?) And I can't imagine you saying that we would really be better off with all emulated platforms in the infobox, or that reverting that is any different from reverting other kinds of over-applied infobox parameters? But apart from that one example, I don't see the GR implementation (or even the emulated emulated port implementation) taking up much of your or project time, so I don't know how that claim is substantiated. (I'd add that the vast majority of the stuff we debate is because we lack the will to take a unambiguous stance.) Sonic CD's release date might be more relevant to readers this year, but articles are written for general knowledge, not to be one-stop-shops for video game facts, and you know that. (And even if we did decide the iOS port was paramount, it's more important that it be noted in the lede with appropriate background detail than given a single release date in a box...) Not even the dedicated game encyclopedias list more than the first release date in their main infobox (so we're closer to Wikia than Giant Bomb/MobyGames). This would at least give some credence to the idea that listing all dates is not in itself "intuitive". And the one site that does (GameFAQs) we chastise for being particularly messy and unreliable. Well how are we any better? Back to Spinball as the example, as its dates are unsourced—we act like our lists of release dates are useful for the reader but they're almost always unsourced and therefore unhelpful for the reader (unless they blindly trust us and, bam, citogenesis). We should be removing these lists wholesale anyway just by virtue of their lack of verifiability, nevertheless our incompetence in maintaining them consistently. To keep them in their current state because it's hard to change sounds to me like sour grapes. I don't see how doing nothing is an option. The genre warring will always be a problem regardless of the existence of infoboxes—that has little to do with policy and more to do with questions of definition, but there were iterative compromises to make that load manageable and we need to do the same. czar 18:38, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
I'll write a more complete response later, but for the record, in that Sonic Spinball dif you listed above, that is partially me reluctantly enforcing the current consensus (Note that I didn't even bother to explain it, but rather asked someone else to explain, as I'm so tired of argument, and partially my belief that we shouldn't display it as that IP did, where it just says one of Sonic Spinball's platform is the PlayStation 2. I don't feel its accurate to label it like that. Yes, it was released on some Sonic compilation disc on the PS2, but its not like you could walk into a GameStop and pick up a box labeled Sonic Spinball. Sergecross73 msg me 19:05, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Arizona Wildcats football series records and three others for deletion

Sergecross73, because of the interest you expressed in a closely related topic during the discussion @ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Texas Longhorns football series records, I am notifying you that a new discussion is taking place as to whether the following articles are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether they should be deleted:

  1. Arizona Wildcats football series records;
  2. Charlotte 49ers football series records;
  3. Texas A&M Aggies football series records; and
  4. UMass Minutemen football series records.

These articles will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arizona Wildcats football series records until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the articles during the discussion, including to improve the articles to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the articles. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 06:55, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Lead singers

Just so you know, Keith has sung lead on Breaking Benjamin's cover of "Who Wants To Live Forever" and Aaron has sung lead on the song "Believe" and their cover of "Ænema" (live performances only, of course, the studio versions are Ben). I don't know what Wikipedia's policy is on cover songs and live performances, but we may be dealing with that as people discover they're doing it. :P User:Jacedc (talk) 16:22, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, Jacedc, I wasn't aware of that. I personally wouldn't add them unless they were consistently performing lead vocals for the band. The examples I'm digging up are supporting this. WP:FA Smashing Pumpkins only list Billy Corgan as lead vocalist, even though there's a few studio tracks where James Iha or D'arcy Wretzky performed lead/all vocals. Same goes with WP:GA A Perfect Circle. Surprisingly, even GA Linkin Park doesn't list both vocalists as "lead", even though they alternate lead in my opinion. But anyways, if they don't with them, they almost certainly wouldn't with these minor live performances. Sergecross73 msg me 16:33, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
I'm surprised about the Linkin Park article. Anyway, if even they don't neither should Breaking Benjamin. User:Jacedc (talk) 23:51, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Re: Nice Work

Thanks. It's nice to know my work's appreciated. After finishing up on Xenoblade Chronicles, I thought it might be a neat idea to do similar work to the other two Wii RPGs that formed part of Operation Rainfall's campaign, with possible extension via The Last Story of doing similar work on Lost Odyssey (I've already got the sources for both). At the moment, I have decided not to elect any more GAs after Last Story until the FA on Persona (series) is completed. I am confident that it will pass muster, but I also don't want to overload myself like when Final Fantasy Type-0 was at FAC. As you might have noticed, I have a habit of taking on repair/expansion projects that grow exponentially as I work on them, despite initial assessments on my end. How are things on your end? --ProtoDrake (talk) 18:08, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Things are fine over here, though being busy in real life, and still being in a rut with motivation, keeps me from doing any massive rewrites or article creations. Still around plenty, just not doing the big projects. Hopefully that'll change someday... Sergecross73 msg me 15:47, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

PlayStation VR

Hello. Could you also protect PlayStation VR for a short time. We have a persistent anon IP acting disruptively. — TPX 14:03, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Forgot to mention it, but I did this shortly after you requested it. Sergecross73 msg me 15:47, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Declined report at AN3

I don't disagree with your decision to do nothing, I just wonder why you chose to mark it as "declined." I (a non-admin) had already done what I considered to be properly dealing with the situation: both editors were warned, they both quit warring, and one seemed to drop the matter at issue altogether. I'd think that might be "Warned" because both received warnings, possibly "Stale" because the war has ceased, "Not blocked" because nobody was blocked. I wouldn't have personally gone with "No violation" because although 3RR wasn't technically violated, you don't have to revert 4 times to be edit warring, as these editors clearly were. The only reason I didn't perform non-admin closure here is because I've been strongly discouraged from doing so, especially because some admins have informed me that they a) have access to reports that I don't, and b) might choose a different course of action than I did. When I said "I think we're done here," that was basically me stating that I thought the matter needed to be simply closed.

"Declined" is an insult to the editors who have handled the situation already. I'm surprised that you made no reference to the comments that were placed here. Did you not find our work helpful? Finally, I didn't find "Declined" to be very useful. As far as I'm aware, I'm the only person who made any attempts to edit the talk page, and I'm not even really involved in the dispute (other than to arrive after the fact and do some preliminary triage, sorting a malformed report into more manageable form.) You can't just send people to the talk page and close the report when it's not clear that either edit warrior has any intention of going there. J♯m (talk | contribs) 21:58, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)This report never should have been filed (And was filed incorrectly, without notification) 3RR was not violated, and the edit in question was only reverted twice (As noted on my talk, the first edit reverted was incorrect and factually wrong). Discussion WAS started on Kvally's talk page, he simply chose not to engage. To avoid a real edit war and any 3RR violations, I deliberately stopped and approached a third party. Granted, it's my personal opinion that two reverts is not an escalation to an edit war. -- ferret (talk) 22:05, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
(edit conflict) The report was terrible - the filer didn't fill out the report as instructed, and failed to add the necessary things like how they warned the other editor (because they didn't.) I'm also generally pretty unsympathetic to editors who report the other editor when they did the same number of reverts. How does one expect action against another when they did the exact same thing? Above all though, neither editor broke 3RR. Use whatever word you want to summarize it, the point was that no action was warranted, and no further looking into it was warranted. Those were the only 2 ideas I meant to express. If you prefer the closing word to be something else, go for it. (But probably not "Stale", I mean, I think that usually refers to it not happening for like days...) Sergecross73 msg me 22:11, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the clarification. J♯m (talk | contribs) 00:22, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Jdcomix

I do not like this guy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thashaan (talk • contribs) 00:23, 26 January 2016‎ (UTC)

I'm all for helping people out with their issues, but you've really got to be more specific and constructive with your complaints... Sergecross73 msg me 20:07, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

my follower

Wants references I give them then cant read/understand what it says. Now I bet if I delete things not referenced in articles (AS REQUIRED) he will be undoing that and harassing me again.

"Magic can be played by two or more players in various formats, the most common of which uses a deck of 60+ cards, either in person with printed cards or using a deck of virtual cards through the Internet-based Magic: The Gathering Online, on a smartphone or tablet, or other programs.

Each game represents a battle between wizards known as "planeswalkers", who employ spells, artifacts, and creatures depicted on individual Magic cards to defeat their opponents. Although the original concept of the game drew heavily from the motifs of traditional fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, the gameplay of Magic bears little similarity to pencil-and-paper adventure games, while having substantially more cards and more complex rules than many other card games.

An organized tournament system and a community of professional Magic players has developed, as has a secondary market for Magic cards. Magic cards can be valuable due to their rarity and utility in gameplay. Often the prices of a single card can be anywhere from a few cents to a few hundred dollars, and in some instances thousands of dollars."

NO REF is that in line with wiki policy or shall I delete it? Whats your stance?--Ertttttttt (talk) 02:26, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

  • If you have a good faith doubt if it's accuracy, delete it.
  • If you are unsure of its accuracy, but feel it's plausible, add a "citation needed" ([citation needed]) tag next to it.
  • If you can find a source, or someone else does, then keep it.
Now please, rather than these games where you try to poke holes in policy, please focus on learning how to source your content additions, because, as I've already said, you can point the finger at all the unsourced content you want, it doesn't somehow validate your unsourced content edits/suggestions. Sergecross73 msg me 02:38, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Iowa Hawkeyes football series records and three others for deletion

Sergecross, because of the interest you expressed in a closely related topic during the discussion @ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Texas Longhorns football series records, I am notifying you that a new discussion is taking place as to whether the following articles are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether they should be deleted:

  1. Iowa Hawkeyes football series records;
  2. Alabama Crimson Tide football series records;
  3. Michigan Wolverines football series records; and
  4. Michigan State Spartans football series records.

These articles will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iowa Hawkeyes football series records until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the articles during the discussion, including to improve the articles to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the articles. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 10:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

You sir are welcome.

I saw the vandalism coming from another site, so I signed up to make the correction. I would have signed up years ago but I already contribute for igdb.com. Now that I have signed up I might as well explore this fantastic site. It must be hard to keep track of all this activity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JasnKCK (talk • contribs) 12:26, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi there. I'm glad you decided to join up with an account and start editing! Let me know if you have any questions or need any help, the website does have a bit of a learning curve with its various policies and guidelines, so its natural to be confused at times. Also, I'd look into the prospect of a WP:WATCHLIST if you aren't already, it really helps monitor all the changes to any articles you're interested in. Its actually the reason I made an account many years ago - its a neat feature. Sergecross73 msg me 15:04, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

FF Type-0 news

Hi there. I've just nominated Final Fantasy Type-0 at TFA. since you count as one of the major editors, it's only proper to drop a line. --ProtoDrake (talk) 18:57, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for being proper! Haha. I'm not super familar with TFA, but let me know if there's anything I can do to help. Sergecross73 msg me 19:28, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Blue (Third Eye Blind album)

Fantastic job of updating Blue. It makes that article much better.--SportsMaster (talk) 22:40, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words! I always appreciate it when people notice my efforts, especially on articles that aren't exactly "in the spotlight" anymore. Sergecross73 msg me 15:57, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Steam user reviews

"Its based entirely on user-reviews, which Wikipedia doesn't document."

Can you point me to where this policy is written please? 67.240.254.28 (talk) 16:18, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Our reliable sources policy covers this. HighInBC 16:19, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
I also already put links on the IP's talk page. But regardless, 76.240, please see reliable source and WP:USERG. Sergecross73 msg me 16:24, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Please undelete Fung Ging Man (actor)

A clear case of speedy tagging without following WP:BEFORE. Subject has more than 200 credits listed in IMDB (as Ging Man Fung), and article appears to be accurate despite lack of references. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by admins since 2006. (talk) 17:48, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Do you want me to restore it to the draftspace for you to improve upon? I'm not terribly fond of restoring such an incomplete, unsourced biography devoid of any formatting wiki-links, formatting, or much else - to the mainspace... Sergecross73 msg me 17:58, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
Restoring to mainspace "as is" would make it an immediate BLPPROD candidate... ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 18:01, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
What I meant is that if I had patrolled it myself I would've declined the CSD and replaced it with a BLPPROD. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 18:03, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
That was my initial response, but the article stated that the person in question has passed away. Does that still apply to people who are no longer living? Regardless, I don't feel great about posting it in the mainspace either way in it's current state, and I feel like this would be a prime suspect of an article that would just sit without improvement indefinitely. I don't feel like the English Wikipedia will be especially conducive to writing about Hong Kong actors who passed away two decades ago... Sergecross73 msg me 18:08, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
The article was just created today, and appears to have been overhastily tagged. The Google cache version shows standard formatting [1], aside from a lack of wikilinks. I don't know whose subsequent edits broke the formatting, since I can't see the history. This looks to me like just another case of an inexperienced user being pounced on by new page patrollers rather than being given the help that might make them a productive editor. The cached text certainly makes a credible claim of significance; neither formatting nor sourcing issues justify speedy deletion. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by admins since 2006. (talk) 18:41, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
Hullaballoo Wolfowitz, if you can wait a bit until I'm home tonight I'm willing to restore and "wikify" it with whatever sources/EL/formatting I can find, and then it can be AfD'ed (or not) if relevant. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 18:44, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
I'm fine with that if he is. Sergecross73 msg me 18:46, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
OK by me. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Misspelled by administrators since 2006. (talk) 19:07, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
Sorry I misspelled your name... I truly empathize. Join the club! ;) ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 19:35, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Can You Help Make My Page?

I need help with my page, I can't code from scratch. Can you help me?--kody1492 Talk 16:30, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Sure, I can try to help. Let me know what you'd like help with in particular. Feel free to take whatever there is on my user page as a starting point and then tailor it towards you too. (For example, feel free to copy my userbox about how many articles created, but make sure you switch the number from 94 to however many article you may have created.) Sergecross73 msg me 16:53, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll see what I can do. I just can't make it look nice and have color, you know?--kody1492 Talk 13:54, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

respected sir

Already srehari name was enterend in to indas book of world records,can see it online,allready entered in to Guinness book, news published in noted newspapers like Hindu and Deccan chronicle.

Why is my achievement not on the website?

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/FAQ Why is my achievement not on the website? There are more than 40,000 current records in our database and we try our best to feature as many as possible online. We currently include over 15,000 records online which we update every week, so make sure to check the site regularly! Dr sreehari created world record recently,it will take some time to found at online or in book.Some more doubt , i know some Guinness book record holders,i found their articles in Wikipedia,only their notability form Guinness book,if you want details of this articles ,i can send the detail. ...thankful to you sir, you have given your voluble time to my text, i am requenting you sir ,please give permission to keep artcle on the name sreehari,like other Guinness record holders...thanking you sir.. ( Zaqwsxs (talk) 06:04, 11 February 2016 (UTC) )

I just blocked him for continuing his disruption. DGG ( talk ) 06:13, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
Yes, based on my looking around for speedy deleting the article, it looks like there's a recurring issue of disruption here, correct? Thank you. Sergecross73 msg me 13:56, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

The Phantom Pain talk page

Hey Serge,

I wanted to say I'm sorry I got you dragged into the mess that is Talk: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Hopefully the previous IP editor will understand that their rants do not work. --Soetermans. T / C 14:33, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

No problem. While I do typically prefer to stay out of this sort of dispute, I also didn't like that it didn't seem like you were getting any help from WP:VG or ANI, so I figured I'd step in. The IP still doesn't seem to understand that his understanding of policy is flawed, but at least things seem less heated with the rants and attacks on others at least... Sergecross73 msg me 14:52, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
I appreciate it. It's been months, and that guy is still not giving up. It's like he's saying the whole world is crazy, not him. --Soetermans. T / C 08:34, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
What am I reading? Months? I started commenting in January so what are you even talking about? (P.S.: getting cozy with editors who are in favour with a problematic edit isn't exactly the best way to be "uninvolved"). GaussDistribution (talk) 15:54, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
He's probably mistaking you for the countless other IPs that have had the same argument as yourself on the talk page - this is exactly why one of the conditions for mediating was that the IPs starting identifying themselves or make accounts, so we can understand who is saying what and avoid misunderstandings like this. Speaking of misunderstandings, you don't seem to understand this conversation here either. Soetermans, needing assistance in a content dispute, did the right thing, neutrally contacting both WP:WIKIPROJECTS and Administrators Noticeboard for help. I was the only one who volunteered to intervene, and he's merely thanking me for that. Sergecross73 msg me 16:26, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
Oh, I see. Yeah, I can see how that can be confusing (and why I followed your good suggestion to create an account). As for the contact part: Oh ok. I was thinking you're affiliated or something. Or that maybe Soetermans was trying to get on your good side or something haha. No offense, no hard feelings! Cheers. GaussDistribution (talk) 16:34, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

MGSV

I can see you're aggravated about the article, but can you please fix the grammar mistake I fixed and you reintroduced? Thanks. —Torchiest talkedits 03:12, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I will fix this. The protection was due to all the big content changes without discussion, there's no problem with your particular change. Sergecross73 msg me 03:39, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
I saw you put back one of my other changes, and thanks for that, but I think you forget to fix this one. —Torchiest talkedits 17:12, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
Yes, sorry, I missed this one. I believe I've fixed it now. Sergecross73 msg me 17:29, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

MTG

Could you swing by Magic: The Gathering and decide whether the recent addition CombatWombat and Leitmotiv are warring over should stay until they discuss it on talk? An IP added it, along with other biased edits. Leitmotiv reverted the addition, Combat Wombat added it back. I then partially undid it, removing most of the POV pushing and leaving the single sourcable part. Leitmotiv and CombatWombat have since reverted each other two more times and are at 3RR limit. Both have 3RR warnings on talk page now (I warned CombatWombat, and CombatWombat warned Leitmotiv). Since I've issued a warning, and previously undid part of the edit, I feel I count as involved currently. -- ferret (talk) 00:45, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Final warned both for edit warring. I'd rather have them at least start discussing themselves first... Sergecross73 msg me 05:36, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Replied

Replied on PS Vita talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.221.50.134 (talk) 05:37, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

I keep an eye on the vita page, so I should see your comments there. Sergecross73 msg me 14:40, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Final warnings

I left a message to you on my talk page. Please comment. Leitmotiv (talk) 05:50, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

I've responded as well. I'll try to keep an eye on your talk page. Sergecross73 msg me 14:40, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

stay off my talk page.

CombatWombat42 (talk) 15:24, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

I'll gladly stop posting on your talk page going forward, but if you continue to edit war, you'll continue to get warnings or block notices, there's no way around that. If you don't like that, don't edit war. Thanks. Sergecross73 msg me 15:32, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
It is long standing policy that you need to stay off my talk page. If you post there again it is wp:harassment CombatWombat42 (talk) 15:35, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
CombatWombat42 - There is nothing preventing an uninvolved Admin from warning an editor about edit warring on their talk page, it's standard protocol, and my second comment made it clear that it would be the last comment unless you need to be warned further, so cut it out with the tough guy routine (and the edit warring too). Sergecross73 msg me 15:38, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
Your first post was certainly valid, I am not arguing with that. There was no need to post on my talk page after I asked you not to (i.e. a second time). CombatWombat42 (talk) 15:41, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
Why is it you have the time for bickering, but not content disputes you edit war in? Stop wasting my time here and take care of your business. Sergecross73 msg me 15:45, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Metal Gear Solid 5 Talk page

It's a bit hard to have a conversation when people are now starting to accuse editors of having an agenda. Can we ask to expand the quiet criticism to "Allegations of sexism" and cover the whole game? Fangrim (talk) 17:04, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
I'm only mediating, and I'm only making uncontroversial or uncontested changes while the article is fully protected. However, I do feel that is a valid approach worth pursuing. If you want to start a new talk page discussion specifically proposing that rewording, and it gathers consensus, then I'd be happy to make the change and/or reduce the protection though. Sergecross73 msg me 17:13, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
Again, so sorry to drag you into that mess! --Soetermans. T / C 15:43, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Help with moving a page

Hi, and sorry for bothering you. I was going to move Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 2: Oni Shūrai! Shiren-jō! to Shiren the Wanderer 2 per WP:COMMONNAME, but couldn't, as the redirect page has a history. Could you help me with this? Thanks.--IDVtalk 08:33, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

IDV - Done. Let me know anytime you find stuff like this, I'm a big proponent of WP:USEENGLISH in addition to WP:COMMONNAME. Sergecross73 msg me 14:29, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

DBeaver

Hi,

Could you please provide some details about reasons of DBBeaver deletion? Wikipedia has very similar pages to the similar tools, and I think that DBBeaver is the interesting tool than many other and should be here too.

Best regards, Konstantin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bkaspb (talk • contribs) 12:34, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response, but reading through User:Sergecross73/Why was my article deleted may help explain why the article was deleted. Sergecross73 msg me 17:31, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

why did you take down step wilks site i put hour into that and the artist is great why did you not help me to fix the site wow but thank you

why did you take down the steve wilks page why did you not help me fix it wow man but thank you for the action thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterdow123 (talk • contribs) 02:10, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

sorry i type so fast i miss spell why did you not help me fix the site but THANKYOU YOUR ACTION WILL BE rewarded has all are — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterdow123 (talk • contribs) 02:11, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi there. Please read through User:Sergecross73/Why was my article deleted. Sergecross73 msg me 02:26, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Serge. You were right. It was wrong. But please understand my post was out of frustration. There is a history between him and me. And it's not good. I'm really fed up that he removes all of my sources on almost every article I work on just because I added the sources. I'm fed up. And I'm fed up with him treating me like he's better than me. I'm sorry but I am just fed up. Anyway any guidance from you would be appreciated. Please delete the post I left him that you warned me about. Caden cool 05:28, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

I do understand your frustration, I too have had some lengthy disputes with the editor. I don't know your exact disputes, but I encourage you to get others involved - WikiProjects, RFCs, etc. He may be stubborn, but he does adhere to consensus... Sergecross73 msg me 05:50, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Both he and I are already topic banned at Talk:Money_(That's_What_I_Want) and we are butting heads at Ring My Bell and at Heart of Glass, not to mention on his talk page and at my talk page. It's not good. Caden cool 06:02, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
I will look into thing tomorrow. Sergecross73 msg me 06:04, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Okay thanks. Caden cool 06:08, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
  • Sorry, Serge, I didn't see this discussion (and your agreeing to look into this tomorrow) until now. I just blocked both Caden and Synthwave.94 for a week each, and removed the PA from Synthwave's talk page. If you do look into this tomorrow and think I should have done something differently, please go ahead and do whatever you think best, including lengthening/shortening/removing blocks. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:06, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
  • Floquenbeam - No, not a problem at all, Caden removed my comment from his talk page, so beyond that, there was no obvious reason to have seen that I had intervened at all. I think you handled things correctly, and I'm glad you did it - I've had some lengthy debates with Synthwave in the past in regards to his edits in other music articles too, so I would have been too involved to take any administrative action anyways. It's better someone uninvolved, like yourself, made the decision independently of me, so don't worry, you actually helped me out. Sergecross73 msg me 16:15, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
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