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What a long, strange trip
editThis infamous game has gone through quite a journey on Wikipedia! Deleted at AFD in 2005, recreated and deleted again in 2007, recreated once more and deleted at AFD again in 2010, and finally rebuilt recently by User:Vaticidalprophet and it appears today as a DYK on the main page. BOZ (talk) 00:34, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
- It's a hell of a topic, ain't it? "FATAL for TFA" is a joke with a few friends on Discord now that I'm starting to wonder about the possibility of. I wonder how big a DYK this will be -- it'll be interesting to see if, say, /r/rpg notices. I'm certainly keeping an eye on the watchlist for vandalism. Vaticidalprophet (talk) 00:44, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Since this topic is now up for GA, I wanted to share this with all of the users who worked on the article at some point even for minor edits, posted on its talk page, or participated in either of the AFDs, since this is an example of what can be done with a relatively obscure topic to improve it so significantly. :) (Minus all the IPs and bots, of course.): @Sam Korn:, @Teucer:, @Ghost Police:, @Treeleaf~enwiki:, @Almafeta:, @Ravenhull:, @Agamemnon2:, @Iceberg3k:, @Halloween jack:, @Aeonite:, @Red Director:, @Zerfetzen:, @David Gerard:, @Gdavidp:, @Xian4250:, @Canageek:, @Apeloverage:, @BillFlis:, @J Milburn:, @HRDingwall:, @RJHall:, @Saxifrage:, @Kwiki:, @McJeff:, @Percy Snoodle:, @Ravenswing:, @Hobit:, @Artw:, @PeterSymonds:, @GB fan:, @Anthony Appleyard:, @Elliot321:, @Goszei:, @Jiawen:, @Dr Archeville:, @Carolus~enwiki:, @BodvarBjarki:, @Guinness323:, @Gmaxwell:, @Zzyzx11:, @Jarcane:, @Samaritan:, @Psyk0:, @Quale:, @Cdc:, @Gene93k:, @Jclemens:, @Edward321:, @Grue:, @Timotheus Canens:, @Smappy:, @DustFormsWords:, @Quantpole:, @Starblind:, @X!:, @TenPoundHammer:, @Reyk:, and @Someone another:. BOZ (talk) 22:59, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
- It's passed. Funniest GA of all time, though I almost want to try expand it more. The interview is a source of endless hilarity -- did you know James Hausler, creator of FATAL, is quote-unquote "creeped out" by LARPers? I guess he decided to draw the line somewhere. (As for the ping list, I think it might be past the limit of 'how many people you can ping at once'? At any rate, a lot of those people are inactive, and one of the active names I can recognize doesn't like me very much...also, I think 'Zerfetzen' might be Hall himself.) Vaticidalprophet 07:40, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- I might take the trouble to weed out the inactive users and try it one more time, just to share the good/interesting news about the crazy journey for this article, and the craziness of the article itself. ;) By the way, I guess LARPers are just not that interested in playing out one's anal circumference statistics? BOZ (talk) 12:43, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Trying again one final time, this time pinging only users who have been active within the past year: @Red Director:, @David Gerard:, @Canageek:, @Apeloverage:, @BillFlis:, @J Milburn:, @Saxifrage:, @Ravenswing:, @Hobit:, @Artw:, @GB fan:, @Anthony Appleyard:, @Elli:, @Goszei:, @Carolus~enwiki:, @Guinness323:, @Gmaxwell:, @Zzyzx11:, @Samaritan:, @Quale:, @Gene93k:, @Jclemens:, @Edward321:, @Grue:, @Timotheus Canens:, @DustFormsWords:, @Starblind:, @X!:, @TenPoundHammer:, and @Reyk:. BOZ (talk) 12:57, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- I have to say I was content to let it die on the basis of being both gross and not interesting. Hobit (talk) 13:26, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- I have only the faintest recollection of this game (it sounds hideous) and the most recent AfD. Most of the sources in the current article are younger than the last AfD for it, so I'm not sure we got it wrong back then. Reyk YO! 14:17, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- I definitely admit to jumping on the GA review on the basis of a bile fascination - it offends the sensibilities, and yet you have to look, because the fact that people sat down and thought "this is good and people will like it" just beggars belief. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 20:45, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- I have only the faintest recollection of this game (it sounds hideous) and the most recent AfD. Most of the sources in the current article are younger than the last AfD for it, so I'm not sure we got it wrong back then. Reyk YO! 14:17, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- This is a GA? OK, I too am amazed - David Gerard (talk) 14:57, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Quite proud of Vati for this one. Elli (talk | contribs) 20:37, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Good job! I knew it had potential back in 2010 because anyone who had anything to do with RPGs has heard of this game. Maybe RPGs themselves weren't mainstream enough back then though. Grue 11:31, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
One more time for the record; this article was also deleted three other times (in 2005, 2007, and 2008) under the title FATAL after the first AFD. People really wanted this page to exist. ;) BOZ (talk) 19:03, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Theme song
edit@Vaticidalprophet: Hey there. In order to comply more with WP:NFCC#3b, I want to replace the WAV file with either mp3 or ogg. But I also want to resample the segment from the source you retrieved it from. I just couldn't find an authorized source providing the theme song. --George Ho (talk) 20:41, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion
editThe following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:
Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 22:36, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Vaticidalprophet, just FYI BOZ (talk) 23:47, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
Grammatical issue with two possible meanings
editThe phrase "F.A.T.A.L. is known for its graphic violent and sexual content" is grammatically incorrect and, depending on what the intended meaning is, has multiple possible corrections with distinct meanings. Is the sentence intended to mean "F.A.T.A.L. is known for its graphic, violent, and sexual content"; with graphic, violent, and sexual all being adjectives modifying the noun 'content'? Or is the intended meaning "F.A.T.A.L. is known for its graphically violent and sexual content", with graphic(ally) being an adverb modifying the adjective 'violent'? Both seem plausible to me, as the former would arise from the author's omission of commas in a list, and the latter would rise from the author using an adjective as an adverb (both of which are common mistakes in my experience). I have not played F.A.T.A.L., so I do not know which is more accurate; could someone with more experience in the rpg system than me edit the sentence to be clearer in the way it is most likely known? DougtheDonkey (talk) 20:51, 25 January 2026 (UTC)