User talk:Soetermans/Archive 2010

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Thank you! I will check over the links you provided. I'm not sure how to quote sources, when the source is my own personal experience and what I had read on forums of other people having the same issue. But i will keep checking! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrtraver (talk • contribs) 01:25, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Soetermans! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 2 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 11 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

Harrie Geelen - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
Imme Dros - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 18:15, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Snoopy D-O Double Gizzle

Thanks man - I see you're putting in work too - great stuff! Crateescape101 (talk) 04:08, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Heavy Rain Facebook

I don't agree with it either. But at the moment it does count as a valid external link because it gives people an insight into the marketing style that Sony are using for the game. I suspect that pretty soon after the game's launch the site will go all but dead, and then become a viable candidate for removal. - X201 (talk) 09:32, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Stop Deleting Everything

Regardless of what you consider to be "notable", review sources and news outlets with history over five years is relevant. Also attempting to delete scores that you don't agree with and have been in place for several months is just plain childish. Please utilize Wikipedia the way it was intended and contribute instead of destroying. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acfreeze (talk • contribs) 17:20, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Really dude?

You want me banned because I posted a review on Wikipedia that you don't agree with and then you went on a cleaning spree removing months worth of contributions? And then you tell me you don't "appreciate" me sending you a message? Well doesn't it make sense to ask why you're deleting so much content?

But that is ok. No harm, no foul. If this is what keeps you going, then continue on friend. Enjoy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acfreeze (talk • contribs) 17:38, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

General Notability Guideline

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG#General_notability_guideline —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acfreeze (talk • contribs) 23:02, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikibreak

First Annual Wikiout. In order to give our vandalism, new page and spam patrollers a well deserved day off, it is suggested that all edit patrollers take a 1 day vacation from editing Wikipedia, on Thursday, April 1, 2010. _{(No, this is NOT an April Fools Joke)} Go out, enjoy the spring weather, and give your wrist a break from using that mouse! Please pass this message along to other patrollers by adding {{subst:User:Wuhwuzdat/Wikiout}} ~~~~ to their talk pages

Clarince63 (talk) 21:18, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Deleting my contribution on Bioshock 2 article

Hello Soetermans,

I would like an explanation of why you undid my contribution to Bioshock 2 article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheatch (talk • contribs) 18:18, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Adminship

Hey Soetermans! I see that you have compiled a bunch of really impressive edits and I strongly encourage you to request for adminship. Your track record is amazing and you would make a great admin. Wikipedia needs more editors like you. If you need someone to nominate you, I am more than happy to do it.--NWA.Rep (talk) 07:42, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Hey NWA, you're back!

Well, sorta anyway. Are you just dropping by, or should Wikipedia be prepared? ;) Thanks for your kind words :) I don't see myself as an admin really though, but maybe someday I'll be a menace to others too! :D --Soetermans | drop me a line | what I'd do now? 09:48, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

RPGSite Scores

I would like to know how adding www.rpgsite.net reviews to video game reception tables is spam.

RPGSite receives an average of 600,000 unique hits per month and interviews actors such as Mark Meer (aka the male Commander Shepard in the hit Mass Effect series) and developers such as Motomu Toriyama and Yoshinori Kitase, the director and producer of Final Fantasy XIII.

On what grounds are we not allowed to add nothing more than a review score to Wikipedia articles?

Edited to add that 1) we're a GameRankings site, 2) we're being accepted to Metacritic, and 3) for two months running we have in fact received over a million unique hits.

—Preceding Rexlemche comment added by Rexlemche (talk • contribs) 18:40, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, it is consider spamming because:

1) your only article edits were adding review scores by a single website, which makes it a possible conflict of interest (and the fact that you are referring www.rpgsite.net as 'we' doesn't help either...)

2) I'm not familiar with www.rpgsite.net, but if I have to guess, it mainly revolves around role-playing games. Well-established websites such as IGN, GameSpot, 1UP.com, or Eurogamer are websites that scope a whole range of video games, not only RPGs. On Wikipedia, we prefer a more 'neutral' source before a 'specialised' source (just as a mainstream source like The New York Times is preferred before a video game source).

3) Just adding a score doesn't add anything to an article.

--Soetermans | drop me a line | what I'd do now? 20:14, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

we both have opinions on how the page should look

neither of us are correct but it's annoying going back and forth, can you just compromise —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.165.94.228 (talk) 12:23, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Capitalization

Thanks for taking the time to talk. I used looked at your previous edit and saw the SFX Magazine was not an article. In the headings, I capitalized Screenplay and Origional story because of this: "Use sentence-style capitalization, not title-style capitalization: Capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns in headings, but leave the rest lower case. Thus "Rules and regulations", not "Rules and Regulations"." Those both fall under that catagory becuse you are initially saying the origional story is by so and so. If you have anymore on this, just respond. Thanks! ChaosMaster16 (talk) 22:42, 30 April 2010 (UTC)ChaosMaster16

Why remove the references etc ?

When you made your edit you appear to have removed references to interviews, Flags and Fences etc. which were very handy. Perhaps you could re-instate these items - I'm sure other people were interested in them too. There is little enough information available about the Blue Nile .... possibly the most reclusive band ever! I check Wikipedia every now and then just in case ... now I'm in the realms of fairy tales! .... there might be a fifth CD in the offing or even a live concert! I need something to keep my dreams alive as I am sadly coming to the conclusion that The Blue Nile are no more! Pollyleeevans (talk) 09:12, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Regarding ELNO

This revision specifically, and the reason for it being ELNO... Anyway, the only reason in the ELNO link that I thought was applicable was #12. One reason we even have fan specific wikis is to keep Wikipedia free of cluttered articles pertaining to every minor detail of a series. With few exceptions, Wikipedia is the first searched site for information on a game series. I was planning to add external links to more Kirby related game articles and the WiKirby site. The standards on the wiki's "substantial-ness" seem vague and open to interpretation. WiKirby isn't going to be obsolete any time in the near future. We're being built by members of long standing wikis such as Bulbapedia, MarioWiki.com, and Zelda Wiki.org. Judging from so many talk pages, it seems Wikipedia's interests would be to provide an outlet for fans of a specific series wanting to get more in-depth with the articles. There are several other game pages with external links to fandom wikis, and it wasn't used to source anything in the article. Do tell me if there are further details to measure an independent wiki's status on the "substantial" requirement. Axiomist (talk) 14:53, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for answering my question. The conflict of interest part is true, I won't deny nor conceal that. I didn't fully investigate the policy here. There are another set of external links that I think should be reviewed by Wikipedia staff. The Legend of Zelda franchise has 2 major wikis and in my opinion, the lesser wiki has its links here by default. Compare:

Zelda Wiki.org
- Mentioned in the Official Nintendo Magazine last spring.
- Mentioned in The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy in 2008.
- Affiliated with 26 sites, the bulk of the fan community, 9 of which actually assist in its management.
- Just months older than Zeldapedia.
- Led in article count for 4 years before taking an approach to merge articles of similar natures. (Scents vs Individual scent articles)
- Preferred by even users of sites that are not affiliated Gamefaqs thread.

Zeldapedia
- Fills their wiki with Junk "articles"
- Part of the Wikia network which conceals member statistics by combining all of Wikia's member statistics.
- Couldn't put together an About page, because there was no one to copy from.

Obviously, I'm biased again, but the mentions in printed media and support of the fan community seem reason enough to present the issue to the staff of Wikipedia for a review. Being substantial seems to be subjective, but I would think those points outweigh a site merely being linked to because of it being on wikia. Both wikis could quickly fill in a discussion with its members so a staff decision would be fair to all parties. Axiomist (talk) 12:15, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

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Removal of Soft Sailor review

Hi Soetermans,

There was already a discussion in the talk page about the soft sailor review and it there seems to be agreement that it is at least as notable as some other currently included reviews. Could you please restore that part of your revert?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=StarCraft_II:_Wings_of_Liberty&diff=376411566&oldid=376407735

Thanks,

Zuchinni one (talk) 13:27, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Much appreciated :) Zuchinni one (talk) 22:41, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Transporter 3

In regards to this diff. This section was created by an Afd and consensus. You don't get to unilaterally remove it without discussion.— Dæ dαlus^Contribs 00:54, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Kings of Leon

Take a look at the intro of these pages: Smashing Pumpkins, Bruce Willis, and Star Wars. The word "American" specifically refers to the United States and its citizens; prior to the last couple of days this week, "North" wasn't even in the intro to Kings of Leon. That makes you the vandal here. 71.22.151.202 (talk) 22:22, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Metal Gear articles

Sir, I have seen that you've reverted my edits on those Metal Gear articles. Now may I just politely and calmly ask you... can you please explain to me why you've done this?--King-9 (talk) 00:43, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi King-9,

I'm not sure if you still desire a response, but the reason was that stealth game alone is sufficient. A stealth game is considered a subgenre of the action-adventure game genre and as such there is no need for mentioning two very similar genres. Please don't be a Genre Warrior without any sources to back up your claim.

And also, there is never a need for a unnecessary
break. Thanks, and happy editing. --Soetermans | drop me a line | what I'd do now? 23:58, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Very well, as stealth is a sub-genre of action-adventure. But do you mind... if I just add "third-person shooter" to MGS4 and MGSPW?--King-9 (talk) 19:29, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello?--King-9 (talk) 19:49, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello?--King-9 (talk) 20:52, 11 November 2010 (UTC)