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== Earthbound in GameFan ==
*Des Barres, Nicholas Dean sub nom Nick Rox. "[http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/idhvr.jpg Planet SNES: EarthBound]" ''DieHard GameFan''. No.30 (Vol.3, Issue 6). Pg.55. June 1995.
*"[http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/9rm6g.jpg Viewpoint: EarthBound]" ''DieHard GameFan''. No.32 (Vol.3, Issue 8). Pg.15. August 1995.
**Note: the three scores come from "Skid", "Nick Rox", and "K. Lee" in that order. "Skid" is the nom de plume of Dave Halverson; "Nick Rox" is Nicholas Dean Des Barres; and "K. Lee" is Kelly Rickards. Halverson was the editor in chief so you can list him as the author alone if need be. In other cases with scores like these I've seen people treat them like ''Famitsu'' Cross reviews, i.e. adding the scores and giving a total out of 300. I'm not sure what's the best way to handle it though.
*Des Barres, Nicholas Dean sub nom Nick Rox. "[http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/y7ki6.jpg GameFan 16: EarthBound]" ''DieHard GameFan''. No.32 (Vol.3, Issue 8). Pg.70. August 1995.
*Des Barres, Nicholas Dean sub nom Nick Rox. "[http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/17o98.jpg GameFan 16: EarthBound]" ''DieHard GameFan''. No.32 (Vol.3, Issue 8). Pg.71. August 1995.

These are the GameFan articles for now. I'll take a look at the non-English coverage now. The Russian article may be more about ''Mother 1'' than ''EarthBound'' actually, but I'll take a closer look. -[[User:Thibbs|Thibbs]] ([[User talk:Thibbs|talk]]) 01:29, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
:Excellent. Thanks so much! If the ''Mother'' coverage is noteworthy, do let me know—that's in the pipeline as well. <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 02:54, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

===Earthbound in the non-English press===
Here are some scans from non-English sources. The first one is a review from one of the better-known Brazilian magazines, ''Super GamePower'' (listed [[:pt:Jogos eletrônicos no Brasil#Mídia Impressa|here]] alongside ''Nintendo World'' and ''Official PlayStation Magazine''). The second is from the Russian gaming magazine, [[Velikij Drakon]].

*Portuguese scans: [http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/tuuip.jpg here] and [http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/dzpll.jpg here]
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! Marcelo Kamikaze. Rubem Barros (ed.). "SNES: EarthBound" ''Super GamePro''. No.16. Pg.26-27. 16 July 1995. ISSN 0104-611X.
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*SNES
:By Marcelo Kamikaze
:EarthBound
:EarthBound has all the classic RPG elements : extensive dialogue, complex quests, weapons, puzzles to solve and power-ups. However, the childhood atmosphere may disappoint if you were expecting a game like Dungeons and Dragons.

:Banal Frontier
:EarthBound is the story of a young boy, a meteorite and series of coincidences. When a meteorite crashes in the city of Onett, near the towns of Twoson and Threet, our young hero suspects that something terrible might happen. He gathers his friends : a psychic, a dog and a few others and begins a journey to solve the mystery. The strong point of the game is good music and humorous dialogues. Throughout the game can be found discussions of bodily functions, mania and even some sexual innuendo. The scenarios are not very characteristic of 16-bit games and the enemies are poorly designed. The music by the Eerie Symphony provides heroic ballads of struggle. When you visit Frank's Arcade, you will hear a variety of classic video game music . It's a shame that more efforts was not made to improve sound effects of the enemies. The controls are those of a traditional RPG. A menu system allows you to select items, spells and more. When you buy a more powerful weapon, the machine pays you in cash for the older weapon. Another problem is the small number of items that you can carry at once. EarthBound can be interesting if you know where the funny parts of the game are. The problem is that the humor, typical American humor, is too mature for kids and the gameplay is too childish for veteran gamers. Although EarthBound has all the elements of a classic RPG, including extensive dialogue, complex quests, weapons, spells, mazes to solve and power-ups, elements of the game's atmosphere are quite childish. A game more suitable for beginners than for those already initiated in the genre.

*Attack Strategies
:Attack from behind. The screen turns green and you get a surprise attack (you will have to fight for a battle round)
:Never turn your back to the enemy. The screen turns red and you are hit with an attack
:Laterally attack if the enemy is watching you. The screen turns purple. You attack the enemy counter- attacks, and so on.
:One strategy is to dodge around the enemies . This always works. You can also go in and out of rooms to see if the enemies disappear.

*Struggling With Franky
:Fighting Franky is not easy. Find the arcade (it's in the lower half, near the middle of Onett) . When you find the arcade guy, refuses his help and fight him. Defeat him and you'll meet Frank.
:Do not face Franky without 100% power. Bring with you some burgers and PSI Rockin 'Attack . Without these items, it's just down to luck.
:When Frank dies, there is one more threat, Frankystein! It's time to use PSI Rockin' Attack. Another alternative is to destroy it with punches.

*American Humor
:Bees have a sense of humor: " Oh, what a pain ... Everything is getting dark ... "
:Bathroom humor: " Do not talk to me... I 'm thinking . "
:"Then you are ready to work hard, Spanky?"
:"Finish the winds of violence, not with the winds of change."
:"I'll eat garlic to increase my strength." But garlic should keep people away.
:"... spit in their eyes and make them wet their pants... " says a rebel to his friend in front of police station

*TIP: In town, look for power-ups, even the garbage cans hold interesting items.
*TIP: Visit the library to get some culture. Talk to librarians to get the city map.
*TIP: Take a Dirceu Butterfly. Each encounter restores PSI points. At the mouth of caves, use various PSI attacks . Then exit the cave and fill your PSI meter.
*TIP: The number of items you can carry is small. Eat all you can to clear inventory space and keep up your energy.
*TIP: Call your mother in Onett and she will tell you that your sister is working for the Escargo Express. Use the E. Express to store items that will be useful later.
*TIP: The giant ant by the Big Footprint is a tough nut to crack. First destroy the two spiders in front of it, then use the " PSI Rockin' Attack ' to eliminate it. If your power is low, use " PSI Lifeup " to reinvigorate it.
*TIP: After examining the meteorite, go to Pokey's house (where you will witness a small family squabble). Return to the meteorite and look for a bee.
*TIP: ATMs are located in all pharmacies and department stores. Never carry too much cash with you, leave it in your account. Every time you die, you lose half of the money from your pocket.

*EarthBound - 3.5/5
:SNES
:Nintendo
:24-Meg, 1 player RPG
:Chart - 3/5
:Sound - 4/5
:Control 4/5
:Fun Factor 3/5
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*Russian scan: [http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/cd35k.jpg here]
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! Daniel Martin and G.Dragon. "8-битный картридж ценой в 1 тысячу долларов." ''Великий Dракон''. No.44. Pg.53. 1999. ISSN 0868-5967.
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*8-Bit Cartridge Sold for 1000 Dollars
:One thousand dollars for an 8-bit cartridge! Even the biggest fans in our 8-bit editorial staff were pretty stunned by this incredible news. However, the results of the investigation undertaken by the editors not only confirm the accuracy of the figure, but also expose a world of video games of such depth that Russian gamers could have hitherto only guessed at. So, as usual, it all started in ancient times (not as far back as before the Earth was chosen by the dragons, but not long after). It is on the crest of a wave of 8-bit role-playing games, of which our country has experienced only through "Little Ninja Brothers" and its successors. Nintendo released its new 8-bit hit (in Japan, of course) called Mother for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The debut game was successful and Nintendo of America launched an English version (called Earthbound). The official Nintendo Power magazine had already promised a release of the game by the end of 1992, but  time has conspired to prepared quite a different fate. To battle for a place in the market the just released Super Nintendo console urgently needed new games with guaranteed 100% popularity. The 8-bit project was closed and Nintendo began to develop Mother 2 straight for SNES. And since the 8-bit English version had not come out, Nintendo called this English version of Mother 2 "Earthbound". And this is where things become incredible . Although 8-bit "Earthbound" never appeared on shelves, beta cartridges for testing purposes had been produced. In January 1998, one such cartridge was suddenly put up for online auction at <nowiki>http://www.ebay.com</nowiki> by someone calling himself Mariotti. The cartridge was purchased for $200 (for comparison, Earthbound for the SNES can normally be purchased for a maximum of $30), and shortly afterward the gamers that had lost the bidding began to beg the new owner to use the priceless relic to create an electronic copy for 8-bit computer video game emulation. The price that was asked for permission to use the cartridge was $400: $200 in advance and $200 after copying! A global fundraising event was declared and strong word of thanks were poured out to the new owner. Gamers had gathered the required funds by 22 April 1998. And on April 27, Demiforce (these guys regularly change internet addresses) had already made a copy. A little later, in connection with the relocation, the cartridge again changed hands: this time for $500. And eight months later - again , already over $1,000! The marketing plans are unknown for the new owner of this rare edition of the cartridge.
:Martin (Daniel) and G.Dragon
:P.S. Perhaps the most curious aspect of this case is that Earthbound - a typical and modest-seeming RPG is an outstanding example of the sensational RPG genre.
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Hope these are useful to you. I also have a Chinese source, but it's quite small. I'll keep looking at a slow pace. -[[User:Thibbs|Thibbs]] ([[User talk:Thibbs|talk]]) 18:53, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
:Amazing. I have no idea how you found (or translated) these, but I'm very much indebted. Thanks again and do pass along anything else you find <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 00:38, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

== Welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! ==

Hello Czar, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found '''[[Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2014/Submissions/Czar|here]]'''. The competition will begin at midnight tonight (UTC). There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring]], and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in '''2014''' is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors]] for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on [[Wikipedia talk:WikiCup]]. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! {{user|J Milburn}}, {{user|The ed17}} and {{user|Miyagawa}} 17:32, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
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== James Metzger edits ==

Hi.  You placed a tag on the James Metzger tag regarding self-published sources.  I believe the article is now edited to remove all self-published sources.  Can you take a look and see if you agree that the tag can be removed? (By the way, I added a comment to that article's talk page, but haven't seen a response. What is the best practice for adding these comments for discussion?  On the talk page of the article or on the talk page of the person who edited it?) [[User:Laxblue|Laxblue]] ([[User talk:Laxblue|talk]]) 17:22, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
:I replied on the talk page, and yes, that's the place to discuss article issues. Thanks for the ping <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 15:33, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
:FYI: I added further comments and questions on the page.  Please take a look.[[User:Laxblue|Laxblue]] ([[User talk:Laxblue|talk]])  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|undated]] comment added 04:58, 7 January 2014 (UTC)</span><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== DYK nomination of [[Nidhogg (video game)]] ==

Just to let you know, I've reviewed and approved your nomination of [[Nidhogg (video game)]] - you can see the review [[Template:Did you know nominations/Nidhogg (video game)|here]]. Nice new article! :) [[User:Acather96|Acather96]] ([[User talk:Acather96#top|click here to contact me]])

== Your [[WP:GA|GA]] nomination of [[Stolen Childhood]]==
The article [[Stolen Childhood]] you nominated as a [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|good article]] has passed [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]]; see [[Talk:Stolen Childhood]] for comments about the article. Well done! <!-- Template:GANotice result=pass --> <small>Message delivered by [[User:Legobot|Legobot]], on behalf of [[User:Forbes72|Forbes72]]</small> -- {{User-multi
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Well done! Feel free to leave me any feedback you have if you are so inclined. [[User:Forbes72|Forbes72]] ([[User talk:Forbes72|talk]]) 05:17, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Monument Valley (video game)==
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==Ben Kuchera==
Friend - if you look at the two links you tagged as "unreliable source" - you will see that they are mocking the twitter debacle, not verifying the twitter conservation - (which should be accessible through twitter) - it doesn't make sense to require a <u>comedy</u> site to verify its credibility. - its comedy - like being mentioned in [[The Onion]]. The main point is that whatever the guy did was sufficient to draw attention for an independent published source. [[Special:Contributions/83.100.174.82|83.100.174.82]] ([[User talk:83.100.174.82|talk]]) 19:51, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
:Right, and you wouldn't use ''The Onion'' as a source about a real event. [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources]] adequately explains why Something Awful and that P4R site are not suitable references for an encyclopedia. Please keep this article-related dialogue at the [[Talk:Ben Kuchera|article's talk page]]. <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 20:10, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Phil Fish (video game developer)==
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==DYK for Adrian Piper==
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== [[Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Babnik Brown]] ==

Since you started the review on this article and are most familar with it, would you mind looking over this nomination again. I believe I have addressed all your concerns. Thanks.--[[User:Doug Coldwell|Doug Coldwell]] ([[User talk:Doug Coldwell|talk]]) 12:09, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Nidhogg (video game)==
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==DYK for Kim dynasty (North Korea)==
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==Menacer in Retro Gamer==
*Carrol. Martyn, ed. "[http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/thcbq.jpg Retro News: Radica Gets Menacing]." ''Retro Gamer''. No.14 (Vol.2, Iss.2). Pg.8. March 2005. ISSN 1742-3155.
Not much more than a paragraph, but I hope it helps anyway. -[[User:Thibbs|Thibbs]] ([[User talk:Thibbs|talk]]) 03:34, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
:It was good for a brief aside: [[User:Czar/drafts/Menacer#Reception]]. Thanks! <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 19:05, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

== [[Talk:Glossary of video game terms]] ==

I was going by the fact that at the beginning of [[WP:VG/A#Importance_scale]] it refers to "Low importance articles and all lists" and that [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Video game articles by quality statistics]] has almost all lists (with the sole exception of glossary of video games) at low importance. Although the contradiction in that last row would seem to justify making it mid importance until someone else clarifies this. I'm going to ask at [[WT:VG]] in a few minutes. [[User:FunPika|<span style="color:blue"><b>Fun</b></span>]][[User_Talk:FunPika|<span style="color:green"><b>Pika</b></span>]] 19:02, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
:Sounds good. Let's see what they say <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 19:04, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

==DYK nomination of Nina (Xiu Xiu album)==
[[Image:Symbol question.svg|25px]] Hello! Your submission of [[Nina (Xiu Xiu album)]] at the [[Template talk:DYK|Did You Know nominations page]] has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath '''[[Template:Did you know nominations/Nina (Xiu Xiu album)|your nomination's entry]]''' and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! <!--Template:DYKproblem--> <span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">[[User:Cloudz679|C]][[:User talk:Cloudz679|<span style="color:#6A5ACD">679</span>]]</span> 15:38, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
:Hello, I must apologise, you are completely right and I have now passed the nomination. Thanks, <span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">[[User:Cloudz679|C]][[:User talk:Cloudz679|<span style="color:#6A5ACD">679</span>]]</span> 17:10, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Nina (Xiu Xiu album)==
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==DYK for Max: The Curse of Brotherhood==
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== Infant Joy ==

Hello. I recently discovered your draft at [[User:Czar/drafts/Infant_Joy]] after expanding the article at [[Infant Joy]]. Sorry to jump in before you got a chance. However, I would like to encourage you to continue working on Blake related materials (and bringing over the librivox recordings for the individual poems!). I don't know if you have had a chance to see [[WP:Blake|the William Blake task force]], but it would be great to have another experienced use working on Blake related materials and participating in the taskforce! See you around and happy editing, [[User:Sadads|Sadads]] ([[User talk:Sadads|talk]]) 20:57, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

==Wikipedia Visiting Scholar (please apply now)==
Hi, thanks for your interest in the position.  GMU's application is now open.  Please apply if you think it's a good fit! [[Wikipedia:TWL/WVS/GMU|Application]].  Cheers! [[User:Ocaasi|Ocaasi]]<sup> [[User talk:Ocaasi|t ]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Ocaasi| c]]</sup> 15:50, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

== [[Electronic Gaming Monthly|EGM]] 39 ==

(from [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MuZemike&diff=589837680&oldid=587481797]) Sorry, I do not have that issue at hand. --[[User talk:MuZemike|MuZemike]] 07:06, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

== Halo ==

Hi Czar, 

I think this game definitely warrants its own article; it is untitled but so are the new Star Wars films. When any new information is released, it will be added to the article by myself (or anyone who beats me to it), but for now the article is fully referenced, reliable material. The only problem you seem to have with it is that the game is yet to be titled. 

Let me know what you think, but to have someone delete an article that you spent time working on is demoralising.

Regards, 
Sam. 

[[User:Samcooke343|Samcooke343]] ([[User talk:Samcooke343|talk]]) 13:45, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
:Sam, please see [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Halo Xbox One]], as mentioned in the edit summary. <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 16:47, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

::Czar, there is actually more evidence suggesting "Halo Xbox One" is in fact "Halo 2 Anniversary", and therefore not even part of the Reclaimer Saga. Please understand that the edits being made to Halo Xbox One are those from a fan and follower of the series and not of someone who is trying to edit war with you. This game should definitely have its own article, as it has more information and references than the Reclaimer Saga section has. Also, as the 2014 game will probably be H2A, the redirect doesn't even belong in the Reclaimer Saga anyway. Regards, Sam. [[User:Samcooke343|Samcooke343]] ([[User talk:Samcooke343|talk]]) 17:04, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
:::The idea is that there is no deadline, and now we can discuss your counterargument at the WPVG discussion page. The work that I saw showed no mention of ''H2A'', but you're welcome to share your proof of this from [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable, secondary sources]] at WPVG. Remember that Wikipedia is [[WP:CRYSTAL|not a crystal ball]], and that there's no rush to make an article based on unconfirmed rumors. Please continue the discussion at the aforementioned page. <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 17:16, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

== [[Corps Altsachsen Dresden]] ==
Hi Czar, <br>
I saw that you are listed as a peer reviewer for articles regarding society. I translated an article with some friends of mine from German to English and added it to WP a few days ago. As I'm not a native speaker (and only two of my friends are "half-natives"), I would love to have the article be checked by a native English speaker. The article deals with a typical old-school European fraternity that is only somewhat similar to what people know in the US and Canada as student societies. We also listed the article for a good article review and hope that the peer review will result in synergies. <br><br>
The review can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review/Corps_Altsachsen_Dresden/archive1
<br><br>
Thank you for your help :)  Cheers, --<span style="font-family:serif;font-variant:small-caps;text-shadow:grey 1px 1px 3px">[[:de:User:WikimanGer|WikimanGer]]&nbsp;&nbsp;<sup>[[:de:User talk:WikimanGer|Talk]]&nbsp;<big>•</big>&nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/WikimanGer|Mail]]</sup></span> &nbsp; 17:20, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

==George Mason Wikipedia Visiting Scholar (please apply this week)==
Hi!  You expressed interest in the GMU WVS position.  If you haven't already, please fill out the [[Wikipedia:TWL/WVS/GMU|'''Application''']] by January 27th.  Cheers, [[User:Ocaasi|Ocaasi]]<sup> [[User talk:Ocaasi|t ]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Ocaasi| c]]</sup> 14:57, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
:Applied yesterday. Thanks for the heads up! <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 22:33, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
::Great, I'll let you know as soon as I know!  

::<s>Also, I'll mention since this is somewhat new still, that you can pretty much never have to leave a talkback message again just by using <nowiki>{{U|USERNAME}}</nowiki>in your reply (this also helps me in case something slips by me on the watchlist).  So if I wanted to ping you so that you'd get a notification, I'd just write {{U|Czar}}, and be sure you saw it.  </s>Cheers, [[User:Ocaasi|Ocaasi]]<sup> [[User talk:Ocaasi|t ]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Ocaasi| c]]</sup> 22:40, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

== Saints Row article ==

Hi there. At WP:VG, you indicated interest in helping me improve the [[Saints Row]] article, with a goal set for it to attain GA-Class. Are you still interested in coming on board to help with the article? [[User:CR4ZE|CR<span style="font-size:medium;">4</span>ZE]] ([[User talk:CR4ZE|t]]) 12:14, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
:Hey! Sure, though I'm a little crunched for time now. (And are you planning to do the rest of the series? I'm somewhat more interested in its latter half.) I left a note on the talk page—let's coordinate there. <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 15:38, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
::In the long run, yes I would. I haven't played SRIV and don't really want to, but I played SR1 and SR2 to death as a teenager. Going through SR2's [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Saints_Row_2&action=history edit history], you can see that on my [[User:VG Editor|old account]] I was heavily involved in the writing of the article. I took it through a failed GAN too. The lingering problem with SR2's article is that much of the content was sourced from developer blogs which have since been removed from the site. I tried using Wayback and other web archives but it seems the blogs are lost. That's going to create enormous problems at a future GAN for that article. I wish I had a straight answer :-( SR3, I would be interested in working on. I'll let you lead the way on that one and prompt me when you want to tackle it. I want to get SR1 up to par because I think it will be the easiest one and is more overdue for GA-Class than the others given it's been 8 years. [[User:CR4ZE|CR<span style="font-size:medium;">4</span>ZE]] ([[User talk:CR4ZE|t]]) 15:54, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
:::''SR3''{{'s}} relatively low on my priority list (well, as is ''SR1''{{'s}}, but I love a good collaboration), so it'll be a while before that one. I dug around in ''SR2''{{'s}} history and it doesn't look that bad. The "Row Community" (e.g., [http://saintsrow.com/community/blogs/?p=92]) posts seem to be what's lost, but the vast majority of that info is sourcing minor marketing stuff. I don't think the loss of the source will be an issue because if it's really worth mentioning, it'll have coverage in a secondary source. My 2¢. Anyway, I'm willing to help with both/either—let's coordinate on the talk page. <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 16:23, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

== Re: MOS:COMMA change – or, Comma Molehill, Last Chapter? ==

{{Talkback|Ὁ οἶστρος|MOS:COMMA change|ts = 16:57, 26 January 2014 (UTC)}}

==Mega Jet & Menacer==
Just a small note of thanks on working on the [[Mega Jet]] bio and picture, and to say your work on the [[menacer]] article went above and beyond: I've been feeling very down about the Sega16 article recently (For reasons best not to go into ^_~), but your calm reasoning and hard work turned that around. Now to see what I can help with there... [[Special:Contributions/81.149.182.210|81.149.182.210]] ([[User talk:81.149.182.210|talk]]) 20:33, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
:Thanks! <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 19:27, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

== Press Kit  ==

Hi I am one of the organizers of the Art + Feminism event and can send you a press kit. Please email me at dhoward@metro.org Best, [[User:OR drohowa|OR drohowa]] ([[User talk:OR drohowa|talk]]) 15:28, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

== Jimmy Edgar Wiki Profile Picture ==

Hello,

My name is Tyler Withrow and I am Jimmy Edgar's manager. I have been trying to change his profile picture on Wikipedia and you have been unfortunately changing it back. I want to nicely ask you to please refrain from doing this as it is a misrepresentation of my artist and I need this picture changed immediately.

I am going to have the site change it back again and I ask that you please leave it along from this point forward. 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Best,
Tyler Withrow
Faux Entertainment
tyler@fauxent.com  <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Tyler.withrow1|Tyler.withrow1]] ([[User talk:Tyler.withrow1|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Tyler.withrow1|contribs]]) 23:15, 30 January 2014 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Hi Tyler, welcome to Wikipedia. This is the first I'm hearing of an objection to [[Jimmy Edgar|Edgar]]'s infobox picture. I changed it to the previous photo that obscured his face least. If you have an image to contribute that would show his full face (as typical for photos in an encyclopedia), I would suggest uploading it. For any other discussion, it's customary to use [[Talk:Jimmy Edgar|the article's talk page]]. Let me know if I can help. <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 02:04, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

== Re: Sonic characters ==

It's not that I don't think those wikis are valuable; I just don't see creation or reception information being seen as very useful there, and the rest would already be there. Plus, a good amount of why I edit Wikipedia is to get objective, non-crufty information on stigmatized, less-respected, or "childish" games (hell, look at my two game FA's: ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' and ''[[Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy|Lego Star Wars II]]'') to the public, so they won't be prejudiced to dislike the subjects even more because their articles are crappy. You know, amidst stuff like ''Final Fantasy'' and ''Zelda'', which—while I like—everyone else also does. Channeling my efforts into a separate wiki won't do much for the general public, only for fans who probably already know the information and just don't feel like putting it on their wikis.

I do, however, think contributing to [[List of Sonic the Hedgehog video game characters]] might be a worthwhile task, though. Who knows; creation and reception information could fit there. (Of course, when there's enough of it, I get antsy about creating new articles.) [[User:Tezero|Tezero]] ([[User talk:Tezero|talk]]) 18:40, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
:All right. Just wanted to make sure you weren't discouraged. I know you are recently returning from a wikibreak—you may be interested in the Sega Task Force editors who recently took [[Sega Genesis]] to FA. I know {{u|Red Phoenix}} is particularly interested in Sega stuff and there was an offer to collaborate on ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'' on WTVG recently, if you're interested in collaborating and want to take a look. Take care <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 19:16, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
::Really? I wouldn't mind tooling that one up a bit. Can you link me to the discussion? I didn't see it on WT:VG or its most recent archive. [[User:Tezero|Tezero]] ([[User talk:Tezero|talk]]) 21:25, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
:::Relevant threads: (1) [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/Archive_96#Make_Sonic_the_Hedgehog_a_Featured_Topic.3F|Make Sonic the Hedgehog a Featured Topic?]] (2) [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/Archive_100#Sonic_Adventure_2|Sonic Adventure 2]] (3) [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/Archive_101#Sonic_Adventure_2|Sonic Adventure 2]]. cc {{u|sjones23}} <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 21:34, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

== Re:Kim dynasty ==

The easiest way to define it is that for DYKs, you would need to do a minimum of 1500 characters in order for it to qualify for the process. So 1500 characters would qualify it as significant in 2014. However, you'd need to take into account the overall size of the article etc as a proportionate expansion might come across as significant. In this case, you created a nearly 13,000 byte article in 2013, but there were only two edits made which would qualify as expansions and byte-wise these total another thousand or so. When compared to the 13,000, it just isn't significant enough. We've recently discussed similar cases on the Wikicup talk page and pretty much indicated the minimum there. [[User:Miyagawa|Miyagawa]] ([[User talk:Miyagawa|talk]]) 20:07, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
:Sounds good. Thanks! <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 20:16, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

== OA for a class?  ==

Hi, Czar! Just trying to get some classes set up with an online volunteer for the semester and thought, with your interest in art, you may be interested in supporting the students in [[Education Program:Franklin and Marshall College/History of Fashionable Dress (Spring 2014)|this History of Fashionable Dress]] class. The school now has 2 new Ambassadors who are faculty members, but both of them are new to Wikipedia and learning about editing as they edit themselves. You may have some insights into the students' edits during the assignment that they don't yet have, if you're free to work with them. Hope you're doing well! [[User:Jami (Wiki Ed)|Jami (Wiki Ed)]] ([[User talk:Jami (Wiki Ed)|talk]]) 01:04, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
:Sounds interesting. I'll join in. Thanks for the heads up <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 04:10, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. So far I haven't heard any questions from the students but I appreciate the offer! [[User:Blondebibliophile|Nydia]] ([[User talk:Blondebibliophile|talk]]) 14:15, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Sonic Boom (2014 video game)==
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== History of Fashionable Dress class edits ==

Hello Czar,
Thank you very much for your messages about overuse of the "minor edits" button and especially your notice about too-close paraphrasing and unreliable sourcing today. The students' final edit for this unit occurred this weekend, and I'll be assessing and grading their five short edits this week. You can bet that I will make this a topic of class discussion today. In addition, the students who did not do good work will redo it. I'll be going over all the edits closely this week, but if you see any other problems in addition to the one you flagged, please do let me know. We will be taking a break from editing Wikipedia for a few weeks while we do a "theory" unit, but will return to do a larger, more conceptual edit in April. Thank you again-- I'm very grateful for your scrutiny. 
[[User:FashProf|FashProf]] ([[User talk:FashProf|talk]]) 09:42, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
:No problem. Replied at [[User_talk:FashProf#Close_paraphrasing_and_plagiarism]] with a suggestion on broaching it with the class. I'm watching your talk page, so you can reply there, if necessary. <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 13:57, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

== Coolguyman624 ==

Hey Czar reliable source? I Think I do Have A  reliable source but please can i see that message? <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Coolguyman624|Coolguyman624]] ([[User talk:Coolguyman624|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Coolguyman624|contribs]]) 18:57, 2 March 2014 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
:[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Doom_%28video_game%29&diff=597760066&oldid=597635405 Your edit] added information that, while perhaps interesting, was not encyclopedic in content. We aim to add things that [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable sources]] say, such as facts from books and articles from major magazines and sites. For more, I recommend checking out [[Wikipedia:Plain and simple]]. Welcome to the encyclopedia and let me know if you have any questions. <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 19:09, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

== Re: Ling Xiaoyu GAN ==

Thanks, I'll take care of it. That's definitely a violation of his topic ban. --'''[[User:PresN|<span style="color:green">Pres</span>]][[User talk:PresN|<span style="color:blue">N</span>]]''' 03:26, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

== Declined speedy move ==

Hey, I declined the speedy for two reasons: first, the official game information shows that the official name for the game is ''Threes!''. Multiple reviews use the exclamation point when discussing it as well. Secondly, we already have an article at [[Threes!]], so I'd say that's a better target. You could just cut/paste your information there, if you're so inclined. In any case, we don't need two articles and given that all of the official information refers to the game with the exclamation point, it makes more sense to keep the main article at ''Threes!'' [[User:Tokyogirl79|Tokyogirl79]][[user talk:Tokyogirl79|'''<span style='color: #19197;background-color: #FFFFFF;'>  (｡◕‿◕｡)</span>''']]  04:02, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

== Re: Menacer ==

You are very welcome. [[User:Tezero|Tezero]] ([[User talk:Tezero|talk]]) 03:15, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

==[[Galak-Z]] screenshots==
Saw on Commons that 17-bit have released some media, well done.  I was in contact with 17-bit last year to get [[Skulls of the Shogun]] media released.  They agreed to it, but never followed it up.  My contact was Colin Williamson (colin[at]17-bit.com).  Given that your correspondence is fresher, maybe you could chase this up. - [[User:Hahnchen|hahnch]][[User:Hahnchen/E|<span style="color:green;">e</span>]][[User:Hahnchen|n]] 16:45, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
:Thanks—I'll ask <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 23:15, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
:...though now I'm thinking I'll have a better response post-GDC <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 03:23, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
::{{ping|Hahnchen|p=}}, by way of update, they originally told me the same thing but I haven't heard back from them after several pings—hope I'm not being spam filtered <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909"><u>♔</u></span>]]</span> 11:16, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Menacer==
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== Book reviews ==

#[[Talk:Cutting_the_Mustard:_Affirmative_Action_and_the_Nature_of_Excellence#Additional_book_reviews]]
#[[Talk:Sex,_Sin,_and_Blasphemy:_A_Guide_to_America%27s_Censorship_Wars#Additonal_book_reviews]]

Could use help at both of those.

Thank you very much for your kind offer,

&mdash; '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 06:19, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Galak-Z: The Dimensional==
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|text = On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#22 March 2014|22 March 2014]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|Did you know]]''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''[[Galak-Z: The Dimensional]]''''', which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ''... that '''''[[Galak-Z: The Dimensional]]'''''{{'s}} art style draws from [[anime]] influences, including [[Ichiro Itano]]'s signature ''[[Macross]]'' series "Itano Circus" missile fusillade?'' {{#if: |The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[]].|{{#ifexist:Template:Did you know nominations/Galak-Z: The Dimensional|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template:Did you know nominations/Galak-Z: The Dimensional]].|{{#ifexist:Template talk:Did you know/Galak-Z: The Dimensional|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template talk:Did you know/Galak-Z: The Dimensional]].}} }} }} You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page <small>([[User:Rjanag/Pageview stats|here's how]], [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/index.php?page=Galak-Z:_The_Dimensional&datefrom=2014-03-01&dateto=2014-03-31 live views], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201403/Galak-Z:_The_Dimensional daily totals])</small>, and it may be added to [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics|the statistics page]] if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know talk page]].
}}<!-- Template:UpdatedDYKNom -->  [[User:Orlady|Orlady]] ([[User talk:Orlady|talk]]) 08:57, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

== Red Phoenix ==

I appreciated your post on his talk page and was disappointed that he chose to expunge the entire thread rather than take the chance to extend the olive branch.  I have extended an olive branch of my own, so we'll see what happens.  As an impartial observer, I hope you would be willing to facilitate further if a dialogue can be established. [[User:Indrian|Indrian]] ([[User talk:Indrian|talk]]) 22:30, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
:Thank you. Well, it's his prerogative to delete his talk page threads and I respect that. I think it might be best to put his talk page on your watchlist and just reach out in solidarity when he's back in town. Anything more right now could be construed as an unwelcome advance <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 00:15, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
::Actually, it seems I misunderstood his intention for the delete.  It was actually a move to start the discussion fresh.  We have talked more, and I think this is resolved now.  Mostly just misunderstanding based on us talking around each other a bit and feeling the strain of a pretty massive wiki undertaking (the Saturn GAR) while juggling real life as well.  Thanks again for your intervention, which I do believe was useful for resetting the discussion. [[User:Indrian|Indrian]] ([[User talk:Indrian|talk]]) 00:18, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
:::Good, I'm glad. I look forward to seeing Saturn at FAC some day. Take care <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 00:22, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

== Lucia Lacarra ==

Hi there. Thanks for your review of Lucia Lacarra. I've added ALT1 at [[Template:Did you know nominations/Lucia Lacarra]].--[[User:Rosiestep|Rosiestep]] ([[User talk:Rosiestep|talk]]) 02:46, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

== Your [[WP:Good articles|GA]] nomination of [[Threes!]]==
The article [[Threes!]] you nominated as a [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|good article]] has passed [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]]; see [[Talk:Threes!]] for comments about the article. Well done! <!-- Template:GANotice result=pass --> <small>Message delivered by [[User:Legobot|Legobot]], on behalf of [[User:CR4ZE|CR4ZE]]</small> -- {{User-multi
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== [[Threes!]] ==

Just to note, there are some referencing mistakes, at the bottom of the reflist. Thanks, [[User:Matty.007|<span style="color: #FE7520;">Mat</span>]][[User talk:Matty.007|<span style="color: #BC39FE;">ty</span>]]<span style="color: #800080">.</span>[[Special:Contributions/Matty.007|<span style="color: #3474FE">007</span>]] 19:43, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
:They were just added. Fixed now. Thanks <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909'><span style="color:#909;">czar</span>&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 20:24, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for 18F==
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|text = On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#29 March 2014|29 March 2014]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|Did you know]]''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''[[18F]]''''', which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ''... that '''[[18F]]''' ''(logo pictured)'', the new United States federal government digital services agency based on [[lean startup]] principles, was created in response to complications in [[Healthcare.gov]]'s rollout?'' {{#if: |The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[]].|{{#ifexist:Template:Did you know nominations/18F|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template:Did you know nominations/18F]].|{{#ifexist:Template talk:Did you know/18F|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template talk:Did you know/18F]].}} }} }} You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page <small>([[User:Rjanag/Pageview stats|here's how]], [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/index.php?page=18F&datefrom=2014-03-01&dateto=2014-03-31 live views], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201403/18F daily totals])</small>, and it may be added to [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics|the statistics page]] if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know talk page]].
}}<!-- Template:UpdatedDYKNom -->  [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 09:01, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Threes!==
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|text = On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#31 March 2014|31 March 2014]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|Did you know]]''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''[[Threes!]]''''', which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ''... that the [[indie game development|indie developers]] of '''''[[Threes!]]''''' iterated through puzzle themes such as [[sushi]] for a year before returning to their fundamental concept of pairing multiples of three?'' {{#if: |The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[]].|{{#ifexist:Template:Did you know nominations/Threes!|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template:Did you know nominations/Threes!]].|{{#ifexist:Template talk:Did you know/Threes!|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template talk:Did you know/Threes!]].}} }} }} You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page <small>([[User:Rjanag/Pageview stats|here's how]], [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/index.php?page=Threes!&datefrom=2014-03-01&dateto=2014-03-31 live views], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201403/Threes! daily totals])</small>, and it may be added to [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics|the statistics page]] if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know talk page]].
}}<!-- Template:UpdatedDYKNom -->  [[WP:Did you know|The DYK project]] ([[T:TDYK|nominate]]) 00:01, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

== Re: [[Wisp (Sonic)]] table ==

Assuming this concern of yours was about the article's GAN, not DYK (there aren't such stringent guidelines for DYKs, right?), I should say that I realized while drawing up the table that they're normally frowned upon in WP:VG. The reason I included it anyway is that many of the Wisps in it are referred to by name in the prose and image captions, sometimes more than once, and it would be tedious and awkward to describe each type of Wisp outside a table. Probably the least relevant aspect, if I had to remove one, would be the games each appears in, but I think it really is better with that. Would it help to auto-collapse the table? [[User:Tezero|Tezero]] ([[User talk:Tezero|talk]]) 02:42, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|Tezero}} Right—it's totally outside the DYK scope but I wanted to give you a heads up anyway. I think this would be a good question to throw to WTVG before you sink more time into it <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 02:47, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

== GOCE March 2014 barnstar ==

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==Testing the waters on ''[[Blood Knights]]''==

I've been doing articles on XBLA games for several years now, and I've been getting better it over time. I've recently brought ''[[Blood Knights]]'' up to GA level, and it's the first article I've done that I feel might been a viable candidate for Featured Article. Before I move forward with that, however, I wanted to ask you and a few other people that are involved in video game FACs what their thoughts are on the matter. In short, does the article have a realistic chance of going through FAC successfully? How much work would it take to be at that level? Your thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated. [[User:Sven Manguard|<span style="color:#207004;">'''<big>S</big>ven&nbsp;<big>M</big>anguard'''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sven Manguard|<small><span style="color:#F0A804;">'''Wha?'''</span></small>]] 22:07, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|Sven Manguard}} I think its brevity works in its favor. I have a few thoughts—I'll put them on the talk page <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 13:18, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

== [[Pokémon Channel]] sources ==

Have you found the sources you mentioned at the FAC? I'm a little worried as I don't want the FAC to be closed without promotion due to a lack of feedback. You didn't seem to think it was hugely necessary, though. [[User:Tezero|Tezero]] ([[User talk:Tezero|talk]]) 16:02, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|Tezero}} My connections don't have the mags handy, and I wouldn't hold the FAC for them. I'm backed up in meatspace, but will get to your reply as soon as I can <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 02:05, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
::Alright. Well, heh, I hope I can get your support soon (fixing any further issues of yours as necessary), as the FAC may not be kept up much longer. [[User:Tezero|Tezero]] ([[User talk:Tezero|talk]]) 02:30, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

== Did You Know submission etiquette (for lack of a better word) ==

Hi, thanks for pointing out the error at [[Template:Did you know nominations/2048 (video game)|the DYK for 2048 (video game)]], but what'd you mean by "revise the original hook"? This is my first participation in a DYK submission, but from looking at the others, it looked like any change needed an alt. Was I wrong in assuming that? <span style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#FF6666;">[[User:Supernerd11|Supernerd11]] <span style="color:Moccasin;">:D</span> [[User talk: Supernerd11|Firemind]] <span style="color:green;">^_^</span> [[Special: Contributions/Supernerd11|Pokedex]]</span> 23:41, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|Supernerd11}} Typically, it's just easier to revise the original hook if it's only a one- or two-word change. ALTs are more for completely new hook content or significant rephrasing <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 02:05, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
::Oh, okay. Thanks! <span style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#FF6666;">[[User:Supernerd11|Supernerd11]] <span style="color:Moccasin;">:D</span> [[User talk: Supernerd11|Firemind]] <span style="color:green;">^_^</span> [[Special: Contributions/Supernerd11|Pokedex]]</span> 02:07, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

== GTA V FAC ==

:Thanks for [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Grand Theft Auto V/archive1#Review from czar|your comments]]. I have fixed up most of your points and have left a couple of follow-up questions as well. Please get back to me. Thanks. [[User:CR4ZE|CR<span style="font-size:medium;">4</span>ZE]] ([[User talk:CR4ZE|t]] &bull; [[Special:Contributions/CR4ZE|c]]) 04:02, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
::{{ping|CR4ZE}} I've been mulling over that tab for the past few hours. It's a long one, and wikEd makes my eyes bleed <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 04:14, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
:::Next FAC I do for you, I'll try and use list-defined refs instead. ;-) I still want to hear back from you about what to do with Gameplay. I prefer the way it's organised now, but I'm happy to hear your thoughts. [[User:CR4ZE|CR<span style="font-size:medium;">4</span>ZE]] ([[User talk:CR4ZE|t]] &bull; [[Special:Contributions/CR4ZE|c]]) 04:21, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Pinging {{Ping|Czar}} Support time? [[User:CR4ZE|CR<span style="font-size:medium;">4</span>ZE]] ([[User talk:CR4ZE|t]] &bull; [[Special:Contributions/CR4ZE|c]]) 04:03, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

== Thaddeus Hyatt ==

Thanks for the very meticulous DYK review! This is only my second nomination, and although it was frustrating fixing one minor problem after another, I do appreciate a detailed examination over a cursory glance. Keep it up—DYK needs more people like you. [[User:Altamel|Altamel]] ([[User talk:Altamel|talk]]) 17:56, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|Altamel}} I appreciate that—keep up the good writing! I hope to see you around DYK more often <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 16:19, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

== Secrets of Rætikon ==

First of all, [[:commons:Category:Secrets of Raetikon|holy crap, that's awesome]]!

Second, whichever of the screenshots you decide to use (knowing nothing about the game, I am rooting for [[:File:Secrets of Raetikon screenshot Isadora wakes.png|this one]]), you should take to [[WP:FPC]].

Cheers, [[User:Sven Manguard|<span style="color:#207004;">'''<big>S</big>ven&nbsp;<big>M</big>anguard'''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sven Manguard|<small><span style="color:#F0A804;">'''Wha?'''</span></small>]] 03:24, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|Sven Manguard}} Thanks! I have [[:commons:Category:Video_game_files_uploaded_by_czar|a whole collection]] now. I haven't given much thought to FPC, but I will definitely take a few shots there soon. Let me know if you have other suggestions for candidates <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 16:21, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

==Commons template PD University of Wisconsin Archives==
I was looking images of Wisconsin of the [[Teaching Assistants Association]] and I saw this template that you created at Commons. I reviewed the Archives' [http://archives.library.wisc.edu/researchers.html Policies and Procedures useful for Researchers / Archives Users] and it says "The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with laws of libel, privacy, and '''copyright''' which may be involved in the use of manuscripts and other material." (I bolded the word "copyright"). It looks like the Archive don't necessarily own the copyright to all of the images. Would you provide a link on the template to the basis for this statement? I see this topic has been [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:PD-University-of-Wisconsin-Archives brought up on the talk page]. I hope this is able to be resolved since this is potentially a great resource for Wisconsin topics! '''[[User:Royalbroil|<span style="color:#000000;">Royal</span>]][[User talk:Royalbroil|<span style="color:#FFCC00;">broil</span>]]''' 15:51, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|Royalbroil}} I'm in regular contact with the head of the archives and he's going to provide a statement to the PD banner's effect once I can sit him down to do it. The archives holds things like newspapers, which they don't have the copyright to release and so diligence is on the user, but their other media files are donated to the archives for PD use. If you have an idea for a better way to phrase the banner, let me know—I was going off what I saw other museums and archives use for "no known restrictions" collections. <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 16:13, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
::Oh, I see. They could either put a statement on their website or do the OTRS option that you mentioned earlier. What a great resource! '''[[User:Royalbroil|<span style="color:#000000;">Royal</span>]][[User talk:Royalbroil|<span style="color:#FFCC00;">broil</span>]]''' 21:39, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

== Raymond W. Cross/Richard J. Tefler ==

Hi-Raymond W. Cross just took office of the President of the University of Wisconsin System. This could be an interesting article. His immediate predecessor was acting President of the UW System Richard J. Tefler who is chancellor of UW-Whitewater. This would be an intetesting article also-thanks-[[User:RFD|RFD]] ([[User talk:RFD|talk]]) 16:12, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

== History of Fashionable Dress ==

Hi Czar. We edited different pages in the chronology of fashion for the first five weeks of the semester, and then in our second unit we've been reading theory and doing a different project. This week, though, the students will be making their final, larger and more synthetic edits on Wikipedia. So you should notice a lot of activity this week and next week. 
Thanks for keeping track of us.
[[User:FashProf|FashProf]] ([[User talk:FashProf|talk]]) 09:16, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

== Two digits of precision comment ==

I noticed your comment about two digits on Game rankings and I never knew that on the game rankings we are only supposed to do two digits. I have a question though, while I am implementing the new rule about the number of reviews, if I come across articles that still have the numbers after the decimal in game rankings, do we round up if it is above .50 and down vice-versa or just ignore after the decimal? [[User:Rilech|Rilech]] ([[User talk:Rilech|talk]]) 15:10, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|Rilech}} Yep, the standard is to round to the nearest whole number (with .50 as the cutoff). I think the idea is that the field will be less tedious to update this way <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 15:14, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
::Okay, thanks. And also, I noticed you have already updated the number of reviews at [[Titanfall]]. Thanks for the interest in my proposition. [[User:Rilech|Rilech]] ([[User talk:Rilech|talk]]) 15:17, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

== Richard J. Telfer ==

Hi-I started an article on [[Richard J. Telfer]] who served as interim President of the [[University of Wisconsin System]]. Any improvements or comments are appreciated. Telfer is the chancellor of the [[University of Wisconsin&ndash;Whitewater]]. Thank you-[[User:RFD|RFD]] ([[User talk:RFD|talk]]) 09:34, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

== Robert Clodius ==

Hi-I started an article about [[Robert Clodius]]. He taught at UW-Madison and was acting President of the campus in 1970. He died earlier this month. Okay there is an anon editor connected with UW-Madison that sometimes requests articles about UW-Madison to be written. It takes a long time to do this. I hope this will help the UW-Madison anon editor if the editor wants to expand it. Any comments or edits are appreciated. Thank you-again-[[User:RFD|RFD]] ([[User talk:RFD|talk]]) 13:02, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|RFD}} Where are these requests posted? <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 02:53, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
:Please look at the history for the [[H. Edwin Young]] article. An IP/anon editor connected with UW-Madison has requested many articles and the H. Edwin Young article was one of them. Go to the earliest history of the article and the IP/anon editor will be listed as the author of the Young article. Professor Young died in 2012 and that was the reason for the article. I think it is University of Wisconsin.net. I hope this helps. Many thanks-[[User:RFD|RFD]] ([[User talk:RFD|talk]]) 09:43, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for My Struggle (Knausgård novels)==
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|text = On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#17 April 2014|17 April 2014]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|Did you know]]''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''[[My Struggle (Knausgård novels)]]''''', which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ''... that although [[Karl Ove Knausgård]]'s family threatened legal action over his autobiographical novel series '''''[[My Struggle (Knausgård novels)|My Struggle]]''''', he published it anyway and sold half a million copies?'' {{#if: |The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[]].|{{#ifexist:Template:Did you know nominations/My Struggle (Knausgård novels)|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template:Did you know nominations/My Struggle (Knausgård novels)]].|{{#ifexist:Template talk:Did you know/My Struggle (Knausgård novels)|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template talk:Did you know/My Struggle (Knausgård novels)]].}} }} }} You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page <small>([[User:Rjanag/Pageview stats|here's how]], [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/index.php?page=My_Struggle_(Knausg%C3%A5rd_novels)&datefrom=2014-04-01&dateto=2014-04-31 live views], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201404/My_Struggle_(Knausg%C3%A5rd_novels) daily totals])</small>, and it may be added to [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics|the statistics page]] if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know talk page]].
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==DYK for Secrets of Rætikon==
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|text = On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#19 April 2014|19 April 2014]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|Did you know]]''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''[[Secrets of Rætikon]]''''', which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ''... that the '''''[[Secrets of Rætikon]]''''' ''(screenshot pictured)'' involve ancient machinery?'' {{#if: |The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[]].|{{#ifexist:Template:Did you know nominations/Secrets of Rætikon|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template:Did you know nominations/Secrets of Rætikon]].|{{#ifexist:Template talk:Did you know/Secrets of Rætikon|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template talk:Did you know/Secrets of Rætikon]].}} }} }} You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page <small>([[User:Rjanag/Pageview stats|here's how]], [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/index.php?page=Secrets_of_R%C3%A6tikon&datefrom=2014-04-01&dateto=2014-04-31 live views], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201404/Secrets_of_R%C3%A6tikon daily totals])</small>, and it may be added to [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics|the statistics page]] if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know talk page]].
}}<!-- Template:UpdatedDYKNom -->  [[WP:Did you know|The DYK project]] ([[T:TDYK|nominate]]) 01:16, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

== Bryant Kearl ==

I started an article about [[Bryant Kearl]]. He was acting Chancellor of [[University of Wisconsin&ndash;Madison]] in 1968. Thanks-[[User:RFD|RFD]] ([[User talk:RFD|talk]]) 11:15, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Grand Theft Auto Online==
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|text = On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#21 April 2014|21 April 2014]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|Did you know]]''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]''''', which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ''... that the [[player-character]]s of '''''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]''''' are designed by a genetics-related process?'' {{#if: |The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[]].|{{#ifexist:Template:Did you know nominations/Grand Theft Auto Online|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template:Did you know nominations/Grand Theft Auto Online]].|{{#ifexist:Template talk:Did you know/Grand Theft Auto Online|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template talk:Did you know/Grand Theft Auto Online]].}} }} }} You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page <small>([[User:Rjanag/Pageview stats|here's how]], [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/index.php?page=Grand_Theft_Auto_Online&datefrom=2014-04-01&dateto=2014-04-31 live views], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201404/Grand_Theft_Auto_Online daily totals])</small>, and it may be added to [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics|the statistics page]] if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know talk page]].
}}<!-- Template:UpdatedDYKNom -->  [[WP:Did you know|The DYK project]] ([[T:TDYK|nominate]]) 00:02, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

== Hey bro ==

Good job on the [[bro (subculture)]] article. I just approved it for DYK. One small suggestion: it needs more incoming links. I spent a few minutes linking to the bro page from [[Barney Stinson]], [[Ryan Lochte]], the "[[bronies]]" and some subculture pages. It can use a few more, certainly from the taser incident page for starters. &ndash;&nbsp;[[User:Muboshgu|Muboshgu]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Muboshgu#top|talk]]) 14:27, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
:Thanks. I added a few more. Many of the linked bios didn't have a good section to add such information. <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 01:07, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Bro (subculture)==
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|text = On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#23 April 2014|23 April 2014]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|Did you know]]''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''[[Bro (subculture)]]''''', which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ''... that the '''[[Bro (subculture)|bro]]''' in "[[don't tase me, bro]]" is not the person being called a bro?'' {{#if: |The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[]].|{{#ifexist:Template:Did you know nominations/Bro (subculture)|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template:Did you know nominations/Bro (subculture)]].|{{#ifexist:Template talk:Did you know/Bro (subculture)|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template talk:Did you know/Bro (subculture)]].}} }} }} You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page <small>([[User:Rjanag/Pageview stats|here's how]], [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/index.php?page=Bro_(subculture)&datefrom=2014-04-01&dateto=2014-04-31 live views], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201404/Bro_(subculture) daily totals])</small>, and it may be added to [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics|the statistics page]] if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know talk page]].
}}<!-- Template:UpdatedDYKNom -->  [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 00:02, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

== Query on prior discussion ==

Please see query at [[Talk:Cutting_the_Mustard_(book)#Subtitle]]. 

Thank you, {{u|Czar}}, for your polite consideration of having that talk page discussion, in the first place, and conducting yourself with such a polite and kind and professional tone, in that discussion -- it's most appreciated!

Very much !!! 

Thank you,

&mdash; '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 07:46, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

== FA congratulations ==

Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of [[Menacer]]  to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA) appear as "Today's featured article" soon, please nominate it at [[WP:TFAR|the requests page]]; if you'd like to see an FA on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to [[WP:Today's featured article/requests/pending|the "pending" list]]. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with 1,307 articles in [[:Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page]] at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). </br>You (and your talk-page stalkers) may also be interested to hear that there have been some changes at the TFA requests page recently. Nominators no longer need to calculate how many "points" an article has, the instructions have been simplified, and there's a new nomination system using templates based on those used for DYK suggestions. Please consider nominating another article, or commenting on an existing nomination, and leaving some feedback on your experience. If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. Thanks, [[User:Bencherlite|Bencherlite]][[User talk:Bencherlite|<i><sup>Talk</sup></i>]] 13:42, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

==DYK for Teaching Assistants Association==
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|text = On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#26 April 2014|26 April 2014]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|Did you know]]''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''[[Teaching Assistants Association]]''''', which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ''... that, in 1966, the '''[[Teaching Assistants Association]]''' ''(1970 strike pictured)'' of the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] became the first graduate-student labor union?'' {{#if: |The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[]].|{{#ifexist:Template:Did you know nominations/Teaching Assistants Association|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template:Did you know nominations/Teaching Assistants Association]].|{{#ifexist:Template talk:Did you know/Teaching Assistants Association|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template talk:Did you know/Teaching Assistants Association]].}} }} }} You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page <small>([[User:Rjanag/Pageview stats|here's how]], [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/index.php?page=Teaching_Assistants_Association&datefrom=2014-04-01&dateto=2014-04-31 live views], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201404/Teaching_Assistants_Association daily totals])</small>, and it may be added to [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics|the statistics page]] if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know talk page]].
}}<!-- Template:UpdatedDYKNom -->  [[WP:Did you know|The DYK project]] ([[T:TDYK|nominate]]) 15:36, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Original Barnstar Hires.png|100px]]
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Original Barnstar'''
|-
|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | My congratulations on your DYK about the Teaching Assistants Association! [[User:RFD|RFD]] ([[User talk:RFD|talk]]) 22:44, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
|}

== Greetings, a quick question ==

Hi, I have noticed you are fairly active at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games|WPVG]]. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look at an article I recently created, [[Madden NFL 15|here]]. I am fairly new to creating articles. Just if you wouldn't mind telling me what may need to be improved or if it looks good considering the limited info available. Thanks! [[User:Chambr|Chambr]] ([[User talk:Chambr|talk]]) 20:03, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|Chambr}} Good start! I had actually started the Madden article previous to ''[[Madden NFL 15]]''. I left some thoughts on the article's talk page <span style='font:1.1em"Avenir";padding:1px 3px;border:1px solid #909;color:#909'>czar&nbsp;[[User:Czar|<span style="color:#909;">♔</span>]]</span> 21:36, 28 April 2014 (UTC)