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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:11, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
Thank you today for Roberta Williams, "about a notable game developer, who earned their reputation mainly with the King's Quest series from the 1980s and 1990s. She arguably developed the first graphic adventure game, which catapulted her career and her company, Sierra Entertainment. She retired in the late 1990s after Sierra went through a series of acquisitions (including some unfortunate financial drama). But she leaves a great legacy of titles she personally developed, plus the successful business that she ran with her husband, Ken. She has won lifetime achievement awards for her overall career."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:24, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
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I was wondering who had written a great FA on Roberta Williams! Thanks for the wave of nostalgia. :) Double sharp (talk) 00:16, 14 November 2022 (UTC) |
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If you are still interested, you have done a copyedit of the lead a bit back but I have since then overhauled it to make it comprehensive to the article's contents. If you are willing, could you do a second lookthorugh? Panini! • 🥪 15:44, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Star Control you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Panini! -- Panini! (talk) 04:41, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
Game genre categories generally don't require citations, and I don't understand on the insistence for this particular category of Category:Metroidvania games? This is very problematic for a newer term like Metroidvania, which means reviews of older games can't possibly contain the term. The genre itself has a clear definition, and usefully applies to a lot of older games. When the elements of a game are well known and fit this definition, it is not WP:OR to apply the definition, it is simply applying the facts. 1+1=2. Furthermore, you're reverting even the ones I can provide a modern source for which actually use the term. I have no idea which sources you consider valid or not. You're gatekeeping a very useful categorization with an impossible task that has very nebulously defined requirements. I think some of your removals were correct, but for others you're eliminating good and correct information. List of affected articles:
- Rainwarrior (talk) 21:58, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
Are they worth using in the article? Panini! • 🥪 23:56, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
The article Star Control you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Star Control for comments about the article, and Talk:Star Control/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Panini! -- Panini! (talk) 00:02, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
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Hi there Shooterwalker. Since you are very good at copyediting video game articles, I would like to ask if you are able to leave any comments here at my FA nomination for The Longing. It has stalled recently over a few concerns over the prose, and I would greatly appreciate some advice on how I can improve it. Any amount of comments would be appreciated, but I completely understand if you are busy or uninterested. Thanks in advance, The Night Watch (talk) 15:06, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
On 26 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Star Control, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the creators of the 1990 game Star Control designed a starship for an alien race of female humanoids, naming it the Penetrator for its resemblance to a ribbed condom? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Star Control. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Star Control), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
Hi, in this AfD you mentioned you found a reference in the book "Playing Nature: Ecology in Video Games" by Alenda Chang. How did you find it? I cannot find anything about this game online, barring some database mentions. Do you have access to the book physically? Thanks, Merko (talk) 22:09, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
Hello. I have noticed that you often edit without using an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This helps your fellow editors use their time more productively, rather than spending it unnecessarily scrutinizing and verifying your work. Even a short summary is better than no summary, and summaries are particularly important for large, complex, or potentially controversial edits. To help yourself remember, you may wish to check the "prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" box in your preferences. Thanks! - AquilaFasciata (talk | contribs) 13:23, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Shooterwalker, I hope you are keeping well. No real reason for messaging, other than that I was reminded of Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ur-Quan/archive1 in a recent thread and so of the string of quality FACs that followed and I thought I would say hi. As I type this I realise that Ur-Quan came up at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Raichu/archive1 where the nomination is struggling big time and there seems to be a communication issue. Possibly, if you were so inclined, you may be able "translate" to the nominator[s?] and so help them get the article back at FAC sooner rather than later (or possibly but sadly, not at all). Just a thought. In any event "Hi" and if you felt like nominating a new FAC, that would be most welcome . Gog the Mild (talk) 21:00, 24 January 2024 (UTC)