User talk:Sega381/Archive 1

(2005-2010)

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Freeware Lists

I applaud your work on removing the list of commercial -> freeware -releases from [Abandonware] article and putting it on the [List of freeware games]. For months I've thought this should be done but lacked the spine and muscle to do so myself. Good effort! evktalo 11:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome, it just had to be done. That list was really confusing there. It still needs some cleanup, but I guess it's a good step. Sega381 03:13, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Paganitzu.png

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Ok, added the rationale, to it and other images. I hope it's what it was supposed to be. Sega381 03:52, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Commander Keen series

applause for working on the commander keen articles. they are most important.-- ExpImp^talkcon 10:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, they were in need of cleanup and some expansion.Sega381 12:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

As another Keen fan, I'm glad to see more people working on improving the articles.

One piece of comment though; the last 150-or so sequential updates (not counting a few updates that got inbetween) were all made by you, turning the article's history into a big mess. Some of them just added a comma or exchanged 2 sentences or something other tiny. All these could've easily been a few big updates. Of course this isn't as important as the actual article, but it's still nice for others to be able to check what happened easily. You can use the "Show preview" and "Show changes" buttons to see what looks better, and what still needs changing. I personally sometimes simply drop everything in a file on my computer, work on something over a longer time, only upload when I'm done. Of course when somebody updates in the meantime, you may (if the edit wasn't vandalism or something) have to incorporate those changes manually.

I hope I don't sound too negative; I don't mean to be, just trying to help improve the History aspect of Wikipedia as well. :) Retodon8 19:19, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry, I was actually kinda embarassed about that when I realized it. It's just that the moments I have to work on the articles are quite erratic, leading to multiple, small edits. But I'm working on that :). Thanks for the comments.Sega381 23:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Joost

Hi,

I wish improve french wikipedia article about Joost and seen you've contributed ton en. one.

Do you have you a beta access account on Joost ?

--Dereckson 23:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Nope, sorry.... just was helping to make a more coherent entry. I'm not really informed on the subject, and I don't have an account... If I can help you in any other way, just tell me.Sega381 17:54, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Keen3Gameplay.png

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Hmmm, it already has a fair use rationale. I'm not sure what is missing... it has a detailed explanation on why it is used in both articles where it is referenced... could you please tell me what is wrong with the current fair use rationale? Sega381 13:52, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

peer review

I was wondering if you could take some time out of your schedule to head over to the Heroes (TV series) talkpage and give us an honest peer review. The page has gone through some major changes in the last few months, and it would be fantastic if a prominent editor/contributor like yourself, could head over and give us at the Heroes Wikiproject some sound opinion and ideas on improvements for the page. We have all worked very hard at improving the page, and we need great outside, reliable and trustworthy users to come over and help us improve. I you are interested in joining the peer review discussion with other prominent users/contributors, much like yourself, please follow the link. Thank you very much for your help and your continued effort to improve Wikipedia and its quality! Wikipedia:Peer review/Heroes (TV series)/archive2--Chrisisinchrist (talk) 05:58, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Auril

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:ManglingMachine.gif

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Moving Warzone 2100 to open-source from commercial->freeware games list

Yo. Thanks for noting the move in your edit summary, though I would have also appreciated your moving the screenshot I took of WZ2100 along with it. A bot immediately got on my case for having an orphaned image, but no problem. :P - Keron Cyst (talk) 17:23, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I actually didn't move the Warzone game, I just removed it from the list, as it was already duplicated in the other list. I dind't notice the image wasn't duplicated too, sorry! Sega381 (talk) 23:26, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Radar Group

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Nikon DSLR Template Vote

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Re: Help with Problem with 99.235.109.172 at List of commercial games released as freeware

Hello, Sega381. You have new messages at Darth Panda's talk page.
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Wikiproject for Ultima related topics created. Please join us.

Since you are a fan of the Ultima series, I thought I'd contact you ask if you were interested in our new WikiProject dedicated to improving all Ultima related articles on Wikipedia. If so, please sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Video_games/Ultima Dream Focus 15:18, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll see what I can do.--Sega381 (talk) 01:16, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Otherware

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Articles for deletion nomination of Registerware

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Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Fleet Command (talk) 10:44, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

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Great, thanks!Sega381 (talk) 19:47, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Omegamatic.png

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