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Crispy Gamer for FA

This time, I shall follow the rules. Are you interested in improving the article so that I can nominate it for the status? Gamingforfun³⁶⁵ (talk) 17:54, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

• @Gamingforfun365: Why can't he just improve the article and nominate it himself? I don't understand why you want to nominate articles for FA-status when you haven't worked on them. --The1337gamer (talk) 18:14, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

For two reasons:

• a. There is fairly much nothing that I can do to improve the article, and
• b. I have recently promoted the article after reviewing it.

I really am desperate to know how to do this FAC business (I had similar trouble with doing the GAN business for video game controversies). Gamingforfun³⁶⁵ (talk) 18:20, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

So you're so desperate to get a Featured Article to nominate something you barely worked on? At this point I don't want you to post on my talk page with an attitude like that. GamerPro64 18:32, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Gamingforfun365: Point B is irrelevant. Point A goes against your argument. If you are not knowledgeable on the topic and cannot help improve the article, then you cannot address the oppositions that may be brought up at FAC. Therefore, you should not be nominating the article for FAC. End of story. You are not going to learn anything about FAC by drive-by nominating articles that you have not contributed to. If you want to learn about FAC then I suggest you find an article/topic that you have an interest in and are knowledge of and start improving it. Many editors would perceive your actions on Crispy Gamer as trying to take the credit for doing no work. --The1337gamer (talk) 18:33, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

What if I were to tell you that I am interested in this topic and that I am fact-checking? Gamingforfun³⁶⁵ (talk) 18:37, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

If you interested in it then great. But what about the parts where you are knowledgable of the topic and make some significant contribution to the article? You already admitted that you can do nothing to improve the article... Also, given that you already conducted the GA review, you should have already "fact-checked" the article to ensure information met WP:V. So you're not really doing anything but drive-by nominating it. --The1337gamer (talk) 18:46, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Well, maybe I am wrong. Gamingforfun³⁶⁵ (talk) 18:55, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Instead of arguing, should I delete this discussion? I was only trying to follow the instructions by consulting a regular editor of an article. Gamingforfun³⁶⁵ (talk) 19:18, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Just stop posting on my talk page. And please do not remove this thread from my talk page. GamerPro64 19:22, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Should I start a GAR for Crispy Gamer, as I have initially not fact-checked the article to make sure that it is accurate and reviewed the article in haste? Gamingforfun³⁶⁵ (talk) 05:10, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

I also largely did not fact-check the other three articles that I have reviewed; I have mostly only pointed out the obvious issues. Gamingforfun³⁶⁵ (talk) 05:14, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

One, no. Do not start of a GAR just yet. Actually fact-check the articles and determine they don't meet the Good Article criteria. Second, have you actually read the criteria for Good Articles? Third, actually take reviewing articles seriously. If you're not fact-checking or following the criteria for reviewing, you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. Again, not ready the rules of Wikipedia will get you anywhere. GamerPro64 05:19, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

This is why I do not like reviewing articles: it is boring and long, and I just do not have the patience, which explains why I am relatively hyper in my editing. No way that I am ever going to review a GAN again; I hate it. Just saying that I do not like it. Finally, I am actually editing Crispy Gamer. Gamingforfun³⁶⁵ (talk) 03:14, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

I tried it because I thought that I would like it, but it is too long for someone with hyperactivity, so I quit as a reviewer. Gamingforfun³⁶⁵ (talk) 03:16, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Okay. Can you please stop posting on my talk page? I've already asked you before. GamerPro64 03:18, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Admin

The rack of green in the chart at BN is indicative of this being a really good start to the year for admin candidates.

I've had a look back at some recentish RfAs and found yours.

I'm inclined to encourage you to go through it all again, but the big question first is...

...do you think you've addressed some of the more substantial oppose issues during the intervening months?

Cheers and happy new year (and of course it's fine to say "no way, not again" - I know RfA is bruising) --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:37, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

I think I addressed the opposes issues lately. If anyone wants to nominate me they can. GamerPro64 17:49, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Can I suggest you undertake one of these to test the waters? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 13:53, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

I already taken one of those. GamerPro64 15:11, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

I've reviewed it. Feedback was generally positive. Negatives were mostly about things that were then (some time ago). Except for this one:

6/10 - my feelings toward your adminship remain the same since your first RfA, but you'll have the following battles ahead: it has been less than a year since your last RfA, relative lack of AfD !voting experience, and lack of article creation. None of these are insurmountable, given the length and quality of your contributions in other areas. Therefore I think you have a better than 50% chance of passing if you ran today, but it isn't a gimme, unfortunately

"less than a year" - you're OK on that now "lack of AfD !voting" - have you been active there since? "lack of article creation" - I'd ignore that, or rather, be up front about it. Not everyone needs to be an article creator. You need to demonstrate sensitivity to those that are and an understanding of the issues around content. There aren't many Ealdgyths around, sadly, but Wikipedia needs gnome admins too, in areas such as vandal fighting, page moves etc Whaddaya fink? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:58, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Seconded! You'd make a good admin and already have my strong support -- Samtar ^{talk · contribs} 10:24, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

NB a decent track record (both in terms of quantity and quality) at AfD can be a useful too for helping reassure other Wikipedians that you understand content issues. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:47, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Okay. I am interested in going to at it again. I don't do much for AfD as I'm more interested in speedy deletions. But I would like to take part in AfD more in terms of admin assistance. GamerPro64 15:48, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

A good record with speedies is useful, but if you say you want to participate in AfD as an admin, I suggest you settle into it for a month or two as a participant first. If you're less interested in AfD, I'd say go for RfA now. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:50, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

I'm honestly not really interested in AfD. But at the same time, there would be concern about what I would be doing as an admin. Would just wanting to contribute to speedy deletions be enough? GamerPro64 16:04, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

No need for the tools is a common oppose. Ealdgyth responded by citing an interest in WP:ERRORS. I see no reason why your interest in speedy wouldn't be valid. You have a track record, you say. Wikipedians will just need to look at that track record and see whether they like it. Not having an interest in AfD is fine - it's not a requirement and it's better to say that than to imply you'll go stomping in without knowing anything and break things :-) --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 16:15, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Okay. That makes sense. So I guess the idea is to do a self-nom, though I don't know how well those do in comparison to people nominating others. GamerPro64 16:23, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

I don't either. Give me a few days to review you and if I'm happy with what I see, I could nominate you? Either way, I'd recuse from closing / Cratchat. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 17:01, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

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Hi, just a few items on the AC report:

• Thank you for clarifying the site ban issue. I'm still not 100% understanding; was Captain Occam first topic banned in 2010, then site-banned later that year?
  • Did the wrong year. He was site banned in 2012. GamerPro64 02:54, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
• Any plans to pursue the interviews you had discussed? Did you get my email response?
  • I do plan to pursue the interviews but haven't gotten started due to getting ready for classes starting up again. GamerPro64 02:54, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
• In a few places, you say "the Committee". This should be either "the committee" or "ArbCom" -- I don't have a strong preference either way, you can mix them as you like.
  • Okay. GamerPro64 02:54, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
• I'm sorry, I don't remember if we've discussed; would you like to join Slack, the chat platform we use to put together each issue? If so, let me know, and I'll send you an invitation via email. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 02:49, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
  • I've never used Slack before. Do I need to sign up or get an app or something? GamerPro64 02:54, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
• @Peteforsyth: Pinging you about the Slack thing. GamerPro64 01:34, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the ping -- just getting past the production whirlwind and resuming other stuff. I just sent you an invitation by email (check your spam folder if you don't see it). If you've ever used IRC, it's very similar in structure, but with a much nicer user interface; there's a web app, and also an app you can download (Mac, PC, Linux, mobile). Let me know if you have difficulty. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 02:50, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured topic removal candidates/National Hockey League awards/archive3

Hi Gamer,

I was wondering if you notified anyone from WP:HOCKEY about your nomination for this topic for FTRC. I looked at WT:HOCKEY, User talk:Scorpion0422, and User talk:Maxim, and it looks like none of them were notified.

I am no longer active, so please notify me once you have replied. Kind regards. --K.Annoyomous (talk) 08:36, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

I did notify the Hockey WikiProject before taking it for review. No one replied to me so I thought they were inactive. Also thought so with the editors you mentioned. But of course the topic can always be taken back to FTC once everything's in order. GamerPro64 15:23, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

God of War: Ascension FAC

Hey, you had done a source review, could you also check the formatting? A coordinator has requested a formatting check. --JDC808 ♫ 04:04, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Permission to use figure in a book.

Dear GamerPro64,

I am working with Prof. Steven LaValle to help obtain permissions for borrowing figures or pictures in his upcoming book Virtual Reality, to be published by Cambridge University Press. The book is online here:

http://vr.cs.uiuc.edu/

We are hoping to include the picture of yours (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Donkey_Kong_Gameplay.png) in this book (Chapter 1, Figure 1.27b). Could we please have your permission for this? Thank you.

Please contact me at awarkoczewski@yahoo.com

Sincerely,

Adam Warkoczewski — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.8.92.79 (talk) 11:11, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

RfC on "No paid editing for Admins" at WT:COI

I've relisted an RfC that was run at WT:Admin in Sept. 2015. It is at Wikipedia talk:Conflict of interest#Concrete proposal 3 as there are a number of similar proposals going on at the same place. Better to keep them together. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 04:51, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

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Re: Phantasmagoria (video game)

Hey, long time no see! Thanks for the kind words about Phantasmagoria (video game), I enjoyed working on that one. Unfortunately I've not really had much time to dedicate to Wikipedia lately, and as much as I'd love to bring it to FAC some time, I fear I might not have the time investment to dedicate to such an intensive review. Maybe in the future some time though! — Hunter Kahn 14:38, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

• I'd be game for it, if you want to list us as co-nominators or whatever. I'll do what I can to respond to questions and whatnot... :) — Hunter Kahn 15:07, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Franklin's electrostatic machine

I'm coming to you because of your technical abilities. If you can not solve this problem, can you direct to somebody that can. [Recently I had a GA review on this above article and it passed. This was on 6 February 2017. However, there is NOT a green icon on the article itself indicating it is a Good Article. Maybe GA1 messed it up, or whatever. Can you figure out how to place a green icon on the article or pass onto somebody that can? Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:32, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Just add template:Good article somewhere on the page after it passes. Recommend at the bottom. GamerPro64 14:42, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

O.K. = thanks! --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:20, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

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It looks to be a kind of blog, and not a reliable source, especially for serious allegations. Allegations would need significant coverage by reliable sources to warrant inclusion in an article. Harizotoh9 (talk) 23:35, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Jamie_Kilstein

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Permission to use figure in book.

I am working with Prof. Steven LaValle to help obtain permissions for borrowing figures or pictures in his upcoming book Virtual Reality, to be published by Cambridge University Press. The book is online here:

http://vr.cs.uiuc.edu/

We are hoping to include the picture of yours:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Donkey_Kong_Gameplay.png

in this book (Chapter 1, Figure 1.25b). Could we please have your permission for this? Thank you.

Sincerely,

Adam Warkoczewski — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.8.254.8 (talk) 10:35, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Didn't you guys ask me this last month? You guys can use it but its not my image? I got it from a website. GamerPro64 16:46, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Re: Good News

Awesome! Thanks for seeing the FAC through, man. Much appreciated! — Hunter Kahn 02:16, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Holiday card

Wishing you a Charlie Russell Christmas, GamerPro64!

"Here's hoping that the worst end of your trail is behind you That Dad Time be your friend from here to the end And sickness nor sorrow don't find you." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1926. Montanabw(talk) 23 December 2016 (UTC)

GT question

Hello there. I'm looking to nominate the Marvel vs. Capcom series for good topic status soon, but before that, I had a question about the Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite article, a game that won't be released until (supposedly) the end of this year. I know that I can have it added to the topic later, but I was wondering if there is anything I should do with the article now (or if I'm supposed to refrain from nominating until the game is released or something). Thank you for your time. Wani (talk) 14:02, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

It needs to have a completed Peer Review before nomination. GamerPro64 14:36, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Another question. If the peer review goes unanswered for over a month and I close it, does that count as 'completed'? I also might make a post on WP:VG's talk page asking for feedback, if that's allowed. Wani (talk) 00:08, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Yeah it would count as completed. GamerPro64 00:10, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

@GamerPro64: Hey, sorry to bother you again. Am I allowed to make a post on WT:VG asking for opinions about my nomination, or is that against procedure? Wani (talk) 11:41, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

You can do that. GamerPro64 13:58, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

GT Re-promotion

With the promotion of the only gap that remained, Wikipedia:Featured topics/James Bond films is complete again. Does it need to be nominated again to get the GT status properly restored? igordebraga ≠ 02:49, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Yes. GamerPro64 02:53, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Ayu Tsukimiya

I tried, but the process is not automated, and I guess I messed up some code. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:21, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

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POTD

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Quick Question

Hey Gamer. Just a quick question about good topic/featured topic candidates. I've been looking around, but perhaps in the wrong places. Can you nominate more than one topic at a time to undergo the candidate process? I can't find a statement anywhere regarding this, but maybe there is. Thanks, Carbrera (talk) 05:16, 2 July 2017 (UTC).

To answer your question you can nominate more than one topic. I recommend it being two so it doesn't clog the system. Also I suggest putting your two cents into any nominations that have barely any discussion so they can go by faster. GamerPro64 03:27, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

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On this day, 9 years ago...

Hey, GamerPro64. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Lepricavark (talk) 14:52, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

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You might be able to answer my question I posted there, as well. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)}  If you reply here, please ping me by using {{re|Ks0stm}} in your reply.  05:51, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Comment regarding Throne of Fire GA nom

Hi there Gamer, just wanted to let you know that I was about to review Throne of Fire, however, it needs some copy editing before it is ready to be reviewed. I have done some of the work but was wondering if you wanted to work with it some more before I started the review? --TheSandDoctor (talk) 22:51, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

If you want to go ahead with the review by all means start it up. It'll probably help with any specific issues the article has. GamerPro64 04:00, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Actually, I don't feel comfortable with you reviewing the article after looking at Talk:Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within/GA1. I'd rather have a more seasoned editor look at my article instead. GamerPro64 04:03, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Fair enough, however, it was a mistake that was quickly remedied here (Talk:Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within/GA2, ). --TheSandDoctor (talk) 07:39, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

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DYK for Renga (video game)

On 10 August 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Renga (video game), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Renga is a video game designed for movie theaters, in which up to one hundred players use laser pointers to control and defend a space ship? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Renga (video game). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Renga (video game)), and it may be added to 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 Did you know talk page.

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The Signpost: 6 September 2017

• From the editors: What happened at Wikimania?
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• News and notes: Basselpedia; WMF Board of Trustees appointments
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• Featured content: Warfighters and their tools or trees and butterflies
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• Traffic report: A fortnight of conflicts
  White supremacists v. anti-fascism groups, Mayweather v. McGregor, Moon v. Sun.

• Special report: Biomedical content, and some thoughts on its future
  Wikipedia's medical and scientific content has come a long way since 2001. Here are some thoughts on how it may continue to evolve.

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• WikiProject report: WikiProject YouTube
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The Signpost: 25 September 2017

• News and notes: Chapter updates; ACTRIAL
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• In the media: Monkey settlement; Wikipedia used to give AI context clues
  Also: Jeopedia, Dubaipedia, shaping science, fake quote reused by scholarly sources

• Humour: Chickenz
  The best that poultry has to offer

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• Technology report: Flow restarted; Wikidata connection notifications
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• Special report: Two steps forward, one step backward: The Sustainability Initiative
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Good Topic

Hi, I wanted to ask you something. If I were to bring Sonic Adventure, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Colors (currently at GAN), and Sonic Generations to Good Articles, would that allow me to make a Good Topic about Generations? (it would include those games, Sonics 1, 2, Knuckles, Adventure 2, 06, and Unleashed) ~ TheJoebro64 (talk) 22:16, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm not entirely positive that would work. Not sure if it would pass nomination. Might have to ask at topic questions for more input. GamerPro64 05:00, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Precious three years!

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:30, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 October 2017

• News and notes: Money! WMF fundraising, Wikimedia strategy, WMF new office!
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• Humour: Guys named Ralph
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• Blog: The future of offline access to Wikipedia: The Kiwix example
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The Signpost: 24 November 2017

• News and notes: Cons, cons, cons
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• Arbitration report: Administrator desysoped; How to deal with crosswiki issues; Mister Wiki case likely
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• Technology report: Searching and surveying
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• Interview: A featured article centurion
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• WikiProject report: Recommendations for WikiProjects
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• In the media: Open knowledge platform as a media institution
  Wikipedia seen as flawed but important; conservative think-tank fellow wants his say; volunteer in Madison wants to close the gender gap.

• Traffic report: Strange and inappropriate
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• Featured content: We will remember them
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Re:Copyedit request

Hey Gamer! It's been a while. I wish I could help, but, unfortunately, work keeps me too busy these days for that kind of focused, time-consuming job to be an option now. My Wikipedia editing is limited mostly to scatterbrained drive-by stuff, half-finished article revisions and things like that. Sorry! I'd recommend another copyeditor in my place, but I've been out of the loop so long I'm not sure who's who anymore. Best of luck with the FAC, regardless—Meteos is a game I've always found interesting. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 00:09, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 18 December 2017

• Special report: Women in Red World Contest wrap-up
  Global article creation contest/editathon exceeds expectations.

• Blog: Close encounters of the Wikipedia kind
  Astronaut is first to specifically contribute to Wikipedia from space.

• Featured content: Featured content to finish 2017
  Seventeen articles, twenty-nine lists, three pictures and one featured topic were promoted.

• In the media: Stolen seagulls, public domain primates and more
  The media discuss online copyright issues, Wikipedia's coverage of the capital of Israel and creation of a "reasonably clean, honest and reliable" work on Earth and in space.

• Arbitration report: Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors
  Evidence phase in Mister Wiki editors case is complete; the community is proposing remedies and the Arbitration committee is slated to make a decision by end of year. Meanwhile, voting has closed on 2017 elections.

• Gallery: Wiki loving
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• Interview: Interview with Charlesjsharp, regular contributor of Wikipedia's Featured Pictures
  Looking back on a decade of contributions including over 1,000 images and over three dozen Featured Pictures, Charles shares his wildlife photography experience and tips.

• Recent research: French medical articles have "high rate of veracity"
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• Technology report: Your wish lists and more Wikimedia tech
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• Traffic report: Notable heroes and bad guys
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And olive branch & holiday wishes!

GamerPro64, please accept these holiday wishes :) I've caused this year to end on a chord of disappointment for many, but I hope that despite my mistakes and the differences in opinion and perspectives, and regardless of what the outcome is or in what capacity I can still contribute in the coming year, we can continue working together directly or indirectly on this encyclopedic project, whose ideals are surely carried by both of our hearts. I'm hoping I have not fallen in your esteem to the level where "no hard feelings" can no longer ring true, because I highly respect you and your dedication to Wikipedia, and I sincerely wish you and your loved ones all the best for 2018. Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 03:59, 21 December 2017 (UTC), humbled but optimistic about the upcoming year of renewal and growth!

FE GTC notification template

Quick question - what's the reason you removed the GTC notification in this edit? I was just following the GTC nom instructions which said to leave that on the talk page, and the nomination isn't finished yet... if anything, I'd think the complaint would be not adding it to all the subpages being added (which I didn't think would be necessary). SnowFire (talk) 23:25, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

I honestly thought that it was for another nomination. I confused it with something else. Though it didn't need its own section in the talk page. It could have just been placed on top of the page. Sorry about that. GamerPro64 23:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Hmm, line 7 doesn't really say of the GTCadd instructions ("Add the template {{FTCaddmain|ExampleTopicName|1}} or {{GTCaddmain|ExampleTopicName|1}} (as appropriate) to the talk page of the main article in the series, and {{FTCadd|ExampleTopicName|1}} or {{GTCadd|ExampleTopicName|1}} (again, as appropriate) to the talk page of each new member article. Replace the number 1 with the actual addition number. This lets the editors of those articles know about the nomination."). I personally think a new section is better; isn't everybody trained to totally ignore the template spam at the top of every talk page? ;-) SnowFire (talk) 23:32, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

The template eventually has to be removed after a GTC so it would be pointless to create a section for the template as the section would have to be deleted itself. That's how I see it. GamerPro64 23:42, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

What am I doing?

I have no clue what to do here on Wikipedia for 2018. No ideas for article work and the like. Can't figure out what else to do here, really. I feel burnt out on anything do to. If anyone has a suggestion feel free to drop one. GamerPro64 02:21, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

How about Mega Man 7? I know this is kinda random but I came across it today and the article's looking good; just needs a better reception section and some citations. JOEBRO64 02:55, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

I did have a thought about Mega Man 7 the other day. I might look at the article again tomorrow. GamerPro64 03:01, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

How about picking up The Signpost again? We're so desperate to get more writers, anything you add would be greatly appreciated. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:10, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 January 2018

• News and notes: Communication is key
  Two new WMF Communications department leadership appointments; a new way for Wikimedia communities to communicate their capacities.

• In the media: The Paris Review, British Crown and British Media
  Wikipedia manipulated and copied – again

• Featured content: History, gaming and multifarious topics
  Historical and pop culture articles promoted.

• Interview: Interview with Ser Amantio di Nicolao, the top contributor to English Wikipedia by edit count
  How do you make an average of 3,600 edits a week for over a decade? And what do you learn when you've done it?

• Technology report: Dedicated Wikidata database servers
  Plus the latest technology upgrades, tools and news.

• Humour: Why don't we have an article about _________?
  Notable missing articles.

• Arbitration report: Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018
  In deciding to de-sysop an admin for efforts to evade discussion and review of paid edits made on behalf of a PR firm, Arbitration Committee doesn't significantly change the rules around paid editing, and leaves it up to the community whether to apply special restrictions to administrators.

• Traffic report: The best and worst of 2017
  A look back at the most popular articles in a tumultuous and intriguing year.

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The Signpost: 5 February 2018

• Op-ed: Do editors have the right to be forgotten?
  Should an editor's block history be a permanent "rap sheet", or does Wikipedia forgive and forget? A reform initiative has begun.

• Featured content: Wars, sieges, disasters and everything black possible
  Exemplary content recognized between January 12 and January 20, 2018

• Recent research: Automated Q&A from Wikipedia articles; Who succeeds in talk page discussions?
  Also: Polish quality, Russian political mythologization, and multilingual analyses

• Blog: New monthly dataset shows where people fall into Wikipedia rabbit holes
  The Wikimedia Foundation's Analytics team compiles a clickstream dataset, now available as a series of monthly data dumps for English, Russian, German, Spanish, and Japanese Wikipedias.

• Interview: Interview with The Rambling Man, Wikipedia's top contributor of Featured Lists
  Lessons on Creating a Featured List

• Traffic report: TV, death, sports, and doodles
  The most popular articles for January 14 to 27

• Special report: Cochrane–Wikipedia Initiative
  A partnership to improve and update Wikipedia's medical content

• Arbitration report: New cases requested for inter-editor hostility and other collaboration issues
  Politeness and collegial behavior about to be taken up by Arbcom, and perhaps a revisit of the infobox question.

• In the media: Solving crime; editing out violence allegations
  Also, did UCF really win?

• Humour: You really are in Wonderland
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The Signpost: 20 February 2018

• News and notes: The future is Swedish with a lack of administrators
  Sweden selected for Wikimania 2019; research report on shaping the future; a scarcity of RfAs.

• Recent research: Politically diverse editors write better articles; Reddit and Stack Overflow benefit from Wikipedia but don't give back
  There might be good things about an edit war.

• Arbitration report: Arbitration committee prepares to examine two new cases
  Editor in self-imposed exile and infobox wars a thorn in the side of arbitration committee.

• Traffic report: Addicted to sports and pain
  The Superbowl, the Winter Olympics, death, and accusations of unspeakable things.

• Featured content: Entertainment, sports and history
  An eclectic mix of promotions.

• Technology report: Paragraph-based edit conflict screen; broken thanks
  And other recent tech news.

• Humour: Impossible and unexplained traffic report
  Stubs get a lot of pageviews.

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Barnstar

		The Special Barnstar
		I wanted to thank you for this note you put on my talk page back in 2014 here: . Editing Wikipedia can feel so anonymous, and if you hadn't dropped that line, I probably wouldn't have kept coming back, especially after I've seen all the people that I used to know around here fall by the wayside. It meant the world to me and I'm here today to say thank you because you reached out-- thanks for all the work that you do here and keep it up! Nomader (talk) 02:49, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar, Nomander. I usually like to keep an eye on other editors, especially ones that always do a great job here on Wikipedia. GamerPro64 03:05, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Request for copyedit

I noticed you are listed as backup for The Signpost's Arbitration Report. Could you possibly do a copyedit on next issue's edition so that we can declare the section ready for publication? Thx ☆ Bri (talk) 03:51, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018

• Op-ed: Death knell for The Signpost?
  Is The Signpost on its last legs?

• News and notes: Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.
  Wikimedia events, group recognition, and individual appointments are ongoing.

• Arbitration report: Ironing out issues in infoboxes; not sure yet about New Jersey; and an administrator who probably wasn't uncivil to a sockpuppet.
  Arbcom considers new discretionary sanctions for infoboxes and an extension of 1RR.

• In the media: The media on Wikipedia's workings: the good and not-so-good
  Diplomats join Wikipedia for International Women's Day, the perfect "Human", how fringe theories are sustained, and perennial plagiarism from our pages.

• Traffic report: Real sports, real women and an imaginary country: what's on top for Wikipedia readers
  Wakanda still fascinates; the Oscars happened; Winter Olympics come to a close; and International Women's Day gets over a million page views.

• Featured content: Animals, Ships, and Songs
  A plethora of content.

• Technology report: Timeless skin review by Force Radical.
  Reviewing a browser skin providing equal emphasis on both content and editing tools simultaneously.

• Special report: ACTRIAL wrap-up.
  Retrospective on article creation trial.

• Humour: WikiWorld Reruns
  Nostalgia and trips down Memory Lane.

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The Signpost: 26 April 2018

• From the editors: The Signpost's presses roll again
  Following Kudpung's op-ed "Death knell sounding for The Signpost?" in the 29 March issue, user comments encouraged a burst of enthusiasm to keep the newspaper in print.

• Signpost: Future directions for The Signpost
  How to revive and evolve The Signpost? Big blue-sky proposals and small concrete proposals from the community and from two regular Signpost contributors.

• News and notes: Photo of Kim Jong-un. Stephen Hawking death tops hits on many Wikipedias.
  Finally a free image Kim Jong-un. WMF wins legal battle. Stephen Hawking death tops all Wikipedia hits.

• In the media: The rise of Wikipedia as a disinformation mop
  Internet companies use Wikipedia to police truth; Citogenesis proven yet again; early birthday greetings; and trains

• In focus: Admin reports board under criticism
  A recent Community Health Initiative survey found only 27% of respondents are happy with the way reports of conflicts between Editors are handled on the Administrators' Incident Noticeboard (ANI).

• Special report: ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide
  New major editing policy starting immediately: creation of articles in mainspace is to be limited to users with confirmed accounts

• Opinion: Guideline for Organization Notability revised
  The standards have been raised for sources used in judging the notability of nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

• Op-ed: World War II Myth-making and Wikipedia
  Wikipedia's myth of the clean Wehrmacht and what you can do about it. Or, how not to be one of "the worst distributors of pro-Nazi perspectives and the Wehrmacht myth".

• Community view: It's time we look past Women in Red to counter systemic bias
  Can Wikipedia mobilize the same energy to fill other gaps in coverage?

• Discussion report: The future of portals
  What should we do about Portals? Keep them, delete them, or mark them as historical? Or should they be more closely connected with their WikiProject(s)?

• Arbitration report: No new cases, and one motion on administrative misconduct
  Quiet month for the Arbitration Committee

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Military History
  Combat, weapons, monuments and personalities.

• Blog: Why the world reads Wikipedia
  What we learned about reader motivation from a recent research study

• Humour: Our Favorite Places to Whine About Stuff
  You might not get all excersized about essays but they can be as fun as talk pages

• Traffic report: A quiet place to wrestle with the articles of March
  The most popular articles from March 25 to April 14.

• Technology report: Coming soon: Books-to-PDF, interactive maps, rollback confirmation
  Plus the latest tech news and userscripts.

• Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
  Material promoted from March 2 through April 20.

• Gallery: A look at some famous and not as well-known border tripoints
  Honoring a day in military history, as well as peaceful borders

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Maniac Mansion scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that Maniac Mansion has been scheduled as today's featured article for 6 May 2018. Please check that the article needs no polishing or corrections. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 6, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:07, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, and Jimmy and the others who made what it is! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:48, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Some GA help?

Sorry for the intrusion, i was looking at the Meteos article and noticed you were the one who helped get it to GA-class. I'm working on Edge (video game) and Every Extend Extra (also trying to get it to be renamed to just Every Extend and encompass it as a series). I thought maybe I could get your help on these games to GA-class as well. IMHO, Edge (video game) is really close to becoming GA. Every Extend Extra still needs some expansion to B-class first before considering it for GA. I also have my eye on a few games such as Lumines, Space Channel 5 and Rez. Sorry if this is coming out of the blue. I wanted to ask in WP:VG but judging from the responses, it seems its better to ask for individual assistance rather than group collaboration.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 09:20, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Personally Meteos was one of my favorite games for the DS so that was a passion project. Not sure about doing another puzzle game. But I will give Edge a solid read through to see if it'll pass a GAN. GamerPro64 20:11, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

I thought that was the case. I jus thought that you also played all of the games i mentioned. If you have a chance, try Edge if its not too expense on smartphone. I wanted to focus on the other games because I'm a fan of Tetsuya Mizuguchi's work and wanted to work on his articles to see if i can get it up to a Good topic or Featured topic. Is Meteos the only game you played Tetsuya Mizuguchi worked on?Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 22:43, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Yes it is. GamerPro64 22:55, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

If you like Meteos, i think you'll enjoy his other works too.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 22:58, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 May 2018

• From the editor: Another issue meets the deadline
  A busy office with minimal staff.

• Op-ed: Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?
  Kudpung has some thoughts on the reasons for becalmed forums and the reluctance of candidates to (wo)man the rigging.

• Opinion: Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia
  Thoughts on how looking for the truth on Wikipedia brings out unexpected things in the real world.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals
  After a recent Village Pump discussion, the Signpost looks at WikiProject Portals.

• Discussion report: User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals
  A busy month for discussions on major topics.

• Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
  Science, sportspeople, video games, and history feature heavily in the community's picks this month.

• Arbitration report: Managing difficult topics
  Has an attempt to prevent historical revisionism become a content battleground?

• News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia
  De-recognition of Brazil user groups; brute-force attack on Wikipedia; Wikimedia Conference 2018; and assorted other silly things.

• In the media: Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work
  And the burning question of the day, is the monkey selfie going to space with the rest of Wikipedia?

• Traffic report: We love our superheroes
  No surprises here as the summer movie season begins.

• Technology report: A trove of contributor and developer goodies
  Improved mobile app, searching, citations, inline maps, voting, and more.

• Blog: Why I write about women on Wikipedia
  Editor SusunW delves into reasons why she has created hundreds of articles about women.

• Recent research: Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues
  Too many women still don't know that Wikipedia is editable.

• Humour: Play with your food
  Down the rabbit hole into the realm of third-grade mind.

• Gallery: Wine not?
  May 25 is National Wine Day in the United States.

• From the archives: The Signpost scoops The Signpost
  The dark and twisted world of Wikipedia's most powerful media institution: The Signpost.

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The Signpost: 24 May 2018

• From the editor: Another issue meets the deadline
  A busy office with minimal staff.

• Op-ed: Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?
  Kudpung has some thoughts on the reasons for becalmed forums and the reluctance of candidates to (wo)man the rigging.

• Opinion: Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia
  Thoughts on how looking for the truth on Wikipedia brings out unexpected things in the real world.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals
  After a recent Village Pump discussion, the Signpost looks at WikiProject Portals.

• Discussion report: User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals
  A busy month for discussions on major topics.

• Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
  Science, sportspeople, video games, and history feature heavily in the community's picks this month.

• Arbitration report: Managing difficult topics
  Has an attempt to prevent historical revisionism become a content battleground?

• News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia
  De-recognition of Brazil user groups; brute-force attack on Wikipedia; Wikimedia Conference 2018; and assorted other silly things.

• In the media: Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work
  And the burning question of the day, is the monkey selfie going to space with the rest of Wikipedia?

• Traffic report: We love our superheroes
  No surprises here as the summer movie season begins.

• Technology report: A trove of contributor and developer goodies
  Improved mobile app, searching, citations, inline maps, voting, and more.

• Blog: Why I write about women on Wikipedia
  Editor SusunW delves into reasons why she has created hundreds of articles about women.

• Recent research: Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues
  Too many women still don't know that Wikipedia is editable.

• Humour: Play with your food
  Down the rabbit hole into the realm of third-grade mind.

• Gallery: Wine not?
  May 25 is National Wine Day in the United States.

• From the archives: The Signpost scoops The Signpost
  The dark and twisted world of Wikipedia's most powerful media institution: The Signpost.

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Question about Template:WPVG announcements

Hi, are merge discussions added to this template under "current discussions"? I was going to add this but I wanted to make sure that's what the section is used for. Cheers, Anarchyte (work | talk) 12:35, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

I think so. GamerPro64 12:38, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 June 2018

• From the editor: The Admin Ship is still barely afloat, while a Foundation project risks sinking
  A Wiki not so Simple, a mayor motivating an editathon, a Marshall Plan, and a Wikimania under a cloud of criticism

• Special report: NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage?
  Further developments on New Page Review and Articles for Creation work sharing

• Op-ed: What do admins do?
  Admins volunteer to be abused – or so it seems

• Opinion: Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes
  So it shouldn't get credit for our work, either.

• News and notes: Money, milestones, and Wikimania
  Major grants announced, a new milestone for Afrikaans Wikipedia, a new WMF technical engagement team, an effort to start up a new library, two new admins – or maybe three fewer depending on your math.

• In the media: Much wikilove from the Mayor of London, less from Paekākāriki or a certain candidate for U.S. Congress
  Several online battles are juxtaposed with stories about cooperation and good deeds, Arbcom hovering over it all; notwithstanding, a good action movie script is not necessarily found here.

• Discussion report: Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page
  Community discussions include style updates to project-wide icons and the main page, procedural questions on royal names and jettisoning unsuitable drafts, and deeper questions of compliance with European privacy laws and the perennial issue of shrinking admin corps.

• Featured content: New promotions
  Enjoy the superb content

• Arbitration report: WWII, UK politics, and a user deCrat'ed
  British politics case enters workshop phase and German war effort closes workshop, goes to Arbcom for proposals.

• Traffic report: Endgame
  Two celebrities hang themselves, and the FIFA World Cup is underway

• Technology report: Improvements piled on more improvements
  An AI assistant comes to watchlists; better mobile compatibility; new bots, tools and scripts; and more

• Gallery: Wiki Loves Africa
  Colorful and moving.

• Blog: Wikipedia should be open for editors in Turkey
  WMF appeals to Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime, and Communications Ahmet Arslan to lift the block of all language versions of Wikipedia for over a year.

• Recent research: How censorship can backfire and conversations can go awry
  Studying ourselves: 'driven by a sense of mission' according to researchers.

• Humour: Television plot lines
  In our next episode...

• Wikipedia essays: This month's pick by The Signpost editors
  Some essays are funny, some are serious; some are just, well what exactly?

• From the archives: Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing
  Revisiting an editor's warning to count our kidneys and keep the wolves at bay

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Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, GamerPro64, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! ‐‐1997kB (talk) 11:30, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

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Is this loss?

Consider moving your approved nomination to Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know. - hahnchen 15:37, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

The hook itself would have to be approved first. But I can get behind it being used for April Fools. GamerPro64 16:09, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 July 2018

• From the editor: If only if
  Ships and shoes – and if you don't like it here, just go away!

• Op-ed: The last leg of the Admin Ship's current cruise
  How admin would-bes run the gauntlet.

• Opinion: Wrestling with Wikipedia reality
  Wikipedia referees wag a finger at Professional Wrestling editors.

• News and notes: Another newspaper for Wikipedia; Wikimania 2018 ends; changes at NPR
  New admins and Kudpung finally leaves NPP after 7 years.

• In the media: Blackouts in Europe; Wikipedia and capitalists; WMF Jet Set
  One secret cabal that watches out for conspiracy theories, and another one out to stymie venture capitalists?

• Discussion report: Wikipedias take action against EU copyright proposal, plus new user right proposals
  And more: a new user group for editing code, Women in Red, and arbitrator articles.

• Featured content: Wikipedia's best content in images and prose
  Spanning the gamut from warfare and destruction to pop culture to celebrations of nature and humanity's achievements.

• Arbitration report: Status quo processes retained in two disputes
  We don't have "state agents" in a political debate, but couldn't talk about it if there were.

• Traffic report: Soccer, football, call it what you like – that and summer movies leave room for little else
  Finding the mathematician and Supreme Court nominee in this list is like playing Where's Waldo?.

• Technology report: New bots, new prefs
  Useful new gadgets.

• Gallery: Independence days, national holidays, and football – all in July
  Depictions of July events in several countries.

• Blog: Motivation of two editors
  Those who study ancient Egypt.

• Recent research: Different Wikipedias use different images; editing contests more successful than edit-a-thons
  And other recent findings, plus a roundup of research presentations at Wikimania.

• Humour: It's all the same
  Merge WikiProject Professional wrestling and ANI.

• Essay: Wikipedia does not need you
  Get over it!

• From the archives: The pending changes fiasco: how an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire
  They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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Collaborating on Suikoden II

Hello, I'm reaching out to see if you would be be willing to collaborate with me on improving the article for Suikoden II. I've got a handful of proposed edits and citations drafted on the game's talk page. It would be awesome if you could help with the edits. TrueNeutral14 (talk) 19:52, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Loss (Ctrl+Alt+Del)

Hello! Your submission of Loss (Ctrl+Alt+Del) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:28, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Good Topic Dhammakaya Movement

Dear GamerPro64, would you mind taking a look at this good topic nomination, and see if it can be promoted? Thanks.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 07:43, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Phantasmagoria (video game) scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that I've scheduled Phantasmagoria (video game) to appear on the main page as today's featured article on August 24, 2018. If you need to make tweaks to the blurb, it is at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 24, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:52, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, and Hunter Kahn, for the article, introduced: "Made by one of the most important women video game designers Roberta Williams, this horror game was a far cry from the type of games Sierra On-Line made back in the day, such as Space Quest and Police Quest. Still the history behind the creation of this game, along with the controversy and banning from Australia once it was released, a fascinating look at gaming back in 1995"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:34, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Loss (comic)

On 28 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Loss (comic), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that on its tenth anniversary, the webcomic "Loss" was replaced by an edited version titled "Found"? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Loss (comic)), and it may be added to 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 Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 August 2018

• From the editor: Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia
  Keep straight on – there are trolls in the hedgerows.

• Interview: 2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin
  "Imagine a world in which every single human being is a Wikimedian. That's my commitment!"

• News and notes: Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend
  WMF pays possible Orangemoody ring for user research, and ditches MediaWiki for publishing its own blog. Knife-edge closures at RfA.

• In the media: Quicksilver AI writes articles
  But unfortunately its output is incompatible with open licensing.

• Discussion report: Drafting an interface administrator policy
  Plus: Simple English Wikipedia stays open, a discussion on draft header templates, bias blind spot by admins offered cash?

• Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
  Astronauts named Armstrong, babes of the Brits, Cortinarius caperatus and all that.

• Special report: Wikimania 2018
  "Bridging knowledge gaps, the ubuntu way forward".

• Traffic report: Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits
  Very high and very low hits; love and loss.

• Technology report: Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work
  Citation bot and mapframe enhancements; new licenses for Data space; possible hiccup on 12 September; per-user page, namespace, and upload blocking; and miscellaneous new bots and tools.

• Gallery: Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat
  Some of the best pictures of 2017.

• Recent research: Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies
  Readers prefer the AI's version 40% of the time – but it still suffers from hallucinations.

• Humour: Signpost editor censors herself
  Nothing funny about it.

• Essay: Principle of Some Astonishment
  Remind you of any Wikipedia articles?

• From the archives: Playing with Wikipedia words
  The Wikipedia Plays.

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