User talk:A Man In Black/Archive6

Mario communist metaphors

Hello, I realize you are busy, so answer, or do not answer, this at your convenience. Do you believe that a page similar to the Smurf Communism page should be created to explore the rumors of communist metaphors that are allegedly inside Super Mario Bros.? I left a question like this on the Mario talk page, but no one has commented on it, and that was a while ago...--ttogreh 06:14, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Emphatically not. I don't think a Mario Communism page would be appropriate. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 22:10, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, but could you please elaborate on why you feel such a page would be inappropriate?--ttogreh 08:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Because it would be original research and would be far short of notable in any case. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 11:44, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

== Sorry == Sorry about that. I'll try not to. Wikipedian27 13:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for chiming in about the comma thing on Jason Todd. It's been extremely difficult to change the article; one or two other editors seem to have ownership problems. It was just kind of upsetting to have someone point out that I've tried to work on the article, blame me for not correcting one specific kind of mistake, and then do making more of that mistake. I agree with you that the article needs real-world context. I've just been kind of cautious to edit the article after the kind of difficult to do so in the past. Anyway, I appreciate that you took the time to look over the article. --Chris Griswold 04:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Anti-pokemon

zomg yer antipokemon! I often wonder if wikipedia shouldn't include a clause that says fanatics on issues shouldn't be abllowed to express opinions on AFDs...--Crossmr 03:52, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

zomg so anti-Pokémon! Yeah, well. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 03:53, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Iloveminun

Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Iloveminun. Please add evidence to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Iloveminun/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Iloveminun/Workshop.

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Sock Puppet

Im not mad at you, because I know that the block oviously had something to do with HighwayCello, but Cute Minun, is the account I want to keep. The block happened when I was right in the middle of making major improvements to the Minun article, and I had wrote messages on others talk pages asking them if they need help. Not replying, would let them all down. Cute Minun seemed to be a lot better than the old Iloveminun, and I would rather have it the other way round, Iloveminun, being the one who gets blocked, and Cute Minun, being the one who gets unblocked. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.158.162.78 (talk • contribs) .

Please don't make any new accounts while you're blocked. They will, in turn, be blocked. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 17:01, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I would still rather have "Cute Minun", even if I do have to go through the block, and anyway, it would usually be over by now. 81.158.162.78 18:39, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

You tried to bypass your block, so I extended it again. This is common practice. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 18:41, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Alright, i'll stay blocked for the amount of time, but when my block expires, I want to use Cute Minun over Iloveminun 81.158.162.78 18:49, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Template:Pokeinfobox

I disagree with this re-design, completely it looks horrid and chunky, can the project actually discuss this before you go off on a tanjent and change it? Regards, Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 19:08, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Part of the redesign was necessary; hiddenStructure is depreciated. The only reason it looks the way it does is because it was easier for me to make it look like {{Pokémon character}} (which has been uncontroversial) than to re-implement the old appearance. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 19:15, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

But it's horrid! It looks like someone has attacked it with a ruler, and it's insanely coloured in. Couldn't you fix the hidden structure? If you give me a link, I'll read how to do it. Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 19:44, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Let's discuss this on the talk page for the template itself. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 19:47, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

please respond

It looks liek you've forgotten about the above notice. Please respond, I need to know whats going to happen. 81.158.162.78 19:17, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't think switching usernames in the middle of an ongoing arbitration case is a good idea. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 19:22, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I really want it changed, you can put a message on the arbiration page, saying that i've changed by username, and you can make me do something for you if youwant. 81.158.162.78 19:33, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I still don't think it's a good idea for now. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 19:36, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

please, the Iloveminun username has became a nightmare, and because of it I can't get anything done. I'll do something to help with my Ip if you want 81.158.162.78 19:38, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Maybe we should discuss the problem 81.158.162.78 19:39, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

This discussion is over until your blocks are over. If you comment again before your block is expired, I will block this IP. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 19:40, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Unified character infobox

I noticed you've edited infoboxes pertaining to characters within the cvg space lately, and I was wondering if a unified box could be constructed as they are quite similar in both appearance and structure. Surely, a single box would simplify things? Vic Vipr ^T_C 19:18, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I am working on a single box. {{General CVG character}} is a unified video game character box, with support for individual sub-boxes for series-specific info (for example {{Metal Gear character}}). Take a look at Solid Snake to see an example of this implementation, and the CVG project conversation on this very subject. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 19:22, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

My talk page

Please refrain from editing my talk page the way you just did. It's MY talk page and I do whatever I want with it. Just keep the article and we can leave each other alone. CoolKatt number 99999 02:47, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, removing warnings about inappropriate behavior is not appropriate. However, if you don't list AFD pages for deletion again, I don't care what you do with the warning on your talk page. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 02:49, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

This guy has been a problem user in the past. I'd block him. --CFIF (talk to me) 03:03, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I won't. I'm clearly involved in a content dispute with him, and I really don't care so much as to take it to AN/I. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 03:04, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Rollosmokes/Big Rollo vs. CoolKatt number 99999. That should tell you all about this user. --CFIF (talk to me) 03:22, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

White Rose AfD

I just wanted to say thanks for helping restore civility there, and to ask you to request that the IP poster that is annoying anybody who shows up to express an opinion there to please desist? I think we all know his opinion by now, and he is badgering folks. Thanks! BenBurch 03:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'm glad you appreciate my nonsense pruning, but I wish you'd stop feeding the trolls, too. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 03:06, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I've desisted. I'll just leave hands off now unless somebody has a real question I can put a real answer to. BenBurch 03:09, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Conservative notice board

Hi A Man In Black. Thanks for reverting Tony's shameful early closure of the deletion review. I just wanted to inform you that Tony is flat out lying when he says he "deleted a recreation" of the conservative notice board. It was a not a recreation but actually a restoration by another admin, CBDunkerson who attempted to make the project more neutral by renaming the board into the political notice board. See the logs here [1] and here [2] . It is really surprising that Tony would continue to say that it was a recreation when we already told him in the deletion review discussion that it was an undeletion. See [3] and [4] Thanks. --Facto 03:17, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Don't mistake my actions as support for the idea or any incarnation of it. I want to see it gone; I just don't think bypassing DRV serves that end in the most efficient manner. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 03:19, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Tony just bypassed it again. --Facto 20:53, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

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Broken AfD for Ben_Burch

Hi! An IP tried to start an AfD on my entry, but did not complete the job. BenBurch 13:49, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Pokemon anime

Just because you don't like a section doesn't mean you can violate WP:OWN. Leave the section as it is please. CoolKatt number 99999 05:41, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm not the only one who doesn't like it, and it's wholly unsourced and rather trivial. It was deleted for a reason; please leave it be. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 05:42, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

It belongs whether you like it or not. Please stop vandalizing the page. CoolKatt number 99999 05:45, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I've never claimed, nor do I feel, that I own either page. I do not want to see a chunk of wholly unencyclopedic and completely unsourced information from a deleted article in either of those articles, however, and I am not the only user who feels this way. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 05:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I was curious which Pokemon article was being discussed here, so I looked through this user's contributions to find it. You might want to take a look at some of the newly created "articles" there, including List of channel 17 TV stations in the United States. The channel list articles boggle my mind. I can't imagine what on Earth they could be useful for. --Chris Griswold 18:32, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I assume CK#9999 knows what he's doing there, or that someone who does know about that sort of thing will deal with it. I'm not going to charge in blindly to mess with something I don't know anything about, particularly with a user who already thinks I'm persecuting him. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 21:18, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Gah... he added the stuff into the Pokemon anime article again. 69.223.130.16 13:30, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

StarCraft Medic

Hi there. I noticed that you changed the Medic article into a redirect to Brood War. With you being an admin and all, usually I would not object, given as you probably would know more about articles and when to delete them in general. However. I noticed that the deletion vote for the StarCraft unit series was a "No Consensus" as of February; the Medic was one of those articles included. Though I do agree that some of the articles (haven't gotten to them all yet) are probably overspecific, I do believe that the units themselves merit a page, even if a small one, simply because StarCraft is one of the defining elements in the RTS genre and has continuted influence in the world today.

Thus I ask. On what grounds did you base your wipe of the article? And why was only the Medic article redirected, as opposed to the whole lot mentioned in the VfD? Also, would it have been possible to rewrite the meat of the article into a less strategy guide-like piece? Please note that I do not intend to convey a confrontational tone that might be implied; I basically want to know what was wrong so that I could contribute more effectively in the future.

I'll be inactive for a few weeks, so I know this isn't exactly the best time. Still, any answer that shed light on the situation would be appreciated! Thanks, Ourai 02:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Just to start things off, I didn't delete it or protect the redirect or anything; it wasn't an admin action.

As for individual articles, I don't particularly feel that mere association with a notable work necessarily makes every fictional object, character, or place associated with that work an encyclopedic subject unto itself, and I redirected the Medic article (which was filled with instructive, GameFAQs-style tips) for the same reason that I would redirect "Superman's cape" to Superman.

I redirected it after someone added a wholly unencyclopedic stat breakdown more suited to a Starcraft fan site, and partially because I'm unhappy with all these crufty SC non-articles outlining the plot, blow-by-blow, for every single mission, as well as individual articles for every single object, character, and unit. I figured if nobody objected, I would press forward, someone would object and I would convince them and could press forward with some support, or someone would object and I would find no support and I'd work on something else instead of coming off as a lone nut on a crusade (never a healthy thing to do on Wikipedia). - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 04:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Makes sense. Thank you! Ourai 04:25, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

signature

Just out of curiosity, what is the a in your signature supposed to be? It comes up as a square in IE and a question mark in Mozilla (both on Windows), but you've got it hardcoded so I can't decipher what character you're trying to substitute in there. (And if you're not, this is just a friendly notice that it's not showing up for everyone). Reply here if you like. -- nae'blis _(talk) 20:55, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

It's a black chess pawn. I know it doesn't render in most browsers; that's the joke. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 21:48, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

...I don't get it. -- nae'blis _(talk) 22:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Pokémon (anime)

Please do not remove the cultural references section. Doing so is considered vandalism. CoolKatt number 99999 02:17, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Please stop reinserting previously (overwhelmingly!) deleted material into that article. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 02:19, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Choose. It stays in the article, or gets its own article. It must stay one way or another. CoolKatt number 99999 02:21, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

No, it mustn't. It was overwhelmingly deleted from Wikipedia in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cultural references in Pokémon 4. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 02:22, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

It was an AfD it did not deserve. Now, either let the section stay, or undelete the article - and make sure there are NO OTHER AFD'S FOR IT WHATSOEVER. This is your last warning. CoolKatt number 99999 02:24, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, it's not your place to decide that an AFD was undeserved or inappropriate. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 02:27, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Suggest

That you unblock CoolKatt number 99999. Not a comment on appropriateness of the block, but it seems like you're involved with content appropriateness issues aside, and it would probably be better if an uninvolved admin take on actions such as blocking -- Samir धर्म 02:39, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I had a feeling that a block would break CK#9999's typical pattern of revert warring until forced to stop doing so, and this feeling has been borne out. I wasn't planning to leave the block, anyway, unless CK was unrepetant. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 02:43, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. Looks like CK#99999 will resort to appropriate channels. -- Samir धर्म 02:46, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

thought you might be intrested

take a look at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/23 June 2006 Betacommand 03:01, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

merge proposal

I've suggesting this article be combined into Black for more expansion. This article also seems to be unable to be expanded beyond stub status and would prevent clogging on the black disambiguation page. User:Megaman Zero was also merged into User talk:Megaman Zero, so this seems like the most plausible course of action. -Zero^Talk 03:03, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

How dare you! I've blocked you for disruption!!!!!11one - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 03:06, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

:O -Zero^Talk 03:10, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Fair-use imaegs

I would suggest you be involved in tagging Pokémon fair use images with rationales, it seems like its taking forever, thanks --Pokesaur 19:46, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

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Resident Evil disambig

Why have you turned the Resident Evil page into a disambiguation page?

Disambiguation pages are meant for terms which have a number of meanings. Resident Evil is a franchise with many elements - there is only one meaning.

The Resident Evil (series) page as it is now called gives an overview and history of the Resident Evil franchise and everything that it has spawned with links to the various films and games where they are covered in more detail.

I propose that this disambig page is once again turned back into a redirect to Resident Evil (series) again where the topic is properly handled.

DamienG 10:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

In fact you can already see from the page history that people have started adding the names of other films. Somebody previously turned Resident Evil into a disambiguation page and again people started adding images and links to the various games so it becomes a poor clone of Resident Evil (series) which should be back at Resident Evil.

DamienG 11:03, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Consistency. There are three different things named "Resident Evil," and it's reasonable that an incoming link may be referring to the first game or first movie. That said, I've added a commented-out warning not to add the sequels, film or game, again. You're right that it needs to not become another clone of Resident Evil (series). - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 22:27, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

CKs Archives

On his talk page he's mentioned once or twice that he's archived his talk, but there are no links there. Any idea where they are kept, and shouldn't an obvious link to them be a requirement of archiving your talk page, since everyone wants to make sure you're not hiding warnings, etc. --Crossmr 21:42, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

DVader.jpg image

It's all right. License is correct. ru:User:Lone Guardian 217.118.79.9 01:49, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

WP:FAP

If you are trying to promote articles to featured status, please consider joining WikiProject Featured articles, a project where users around Wikipedia work together to promote articles. We hope to see you joining the project. Minun ^(talk) 15:27, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Fair use in VG characters

I'm currently cracking down on fair use in articles pertaining to video game characters as they often contain images depicting characters in different costumes which are 99% of the time not being discussed within the article text, and there's usually not a proper caption either that connects the image to the text. I've noticed you've removed some and I'm hoping you'll continue to do so as these removals are often reverted by a select few editors. For clarification, you may cite items #3 (one image is adequate for identification and illustration), #8 (decorative purpose) and #9 (no critical commentary). Anyway, thanks for your time and hopefully I haven't wasted it. Vic Vipr 22:15, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I've been removing those images for exactly those reasons, and will continue to do so. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 02:07, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I support this. However, Vic, I'm concerned that this is the bulk of your mainspace contributions lately, I looked, and there has not been any legitimate article edits recently. Please don't allow your obsession with process to overshadow your contribtuion to the expansion and improvement of articles. -Zero^Talk 11:20, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Template trouble

What's wrong..? [5] Do you need assistance with this..? -Zero^Talk 11:10, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Nah, fixed it already. It was a loose pipe floating around from a copy/paste, kicking the content into the !IF part of #if, instead of the IF part. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 11:12, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Oh nevermind, I suppose you handled it yourself.

About the general templates, I've recovered from the shock of the previous implementation and I'm no longer opposed to the template, although I still would favor a more simiplistic design than that of the lifted from the CVG design. I'll argue the template design of the main CVG talk at a later time, as there's so much to accomplish on my to-do list, one of which, unsurprisingly, is the removal of spoiler tags and their usage on wikipedia. -Zero^Talk 11:20, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd talk about removing spoiler tags on the talk page of the spoiler tag itself as well as the Village Pump; I don't think a bottom-up crusade is going to work very well. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 11:23, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I am. However, I haven't ceased removing them. Absolutely not. See Wikipedia talk:Spoiler warning and the valid discussion on my talkpage. -Zero^Talk 11:26, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Mainspace projects I'm working on are outlined in R & D, in case you are interested. -Zero^Talk 11:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Minor charactes and WP:FICT

Can you explain to me why these articles aren't redirects to List of experiments from Lilo & Stitch: The Series...?

• Leroy (Lilo and Stitch character) - only appeared in the most recent movie. A minor character.
• Experiment 627 - A one-shot character. Only appeared in one episode.
• Sparky (Experiment 221) - minor character. List description is suifficient.
• Angel (Experiment 624) - minor character.
• Reuben (Experiment 625)- minor character.

As a editor that commonly merges such into list articles like myself, I'm attempting to reason to this editor User:StitchPedia that isn't acceptable. I'm expasperated with the stupid insolense. A third opinion...? -Zero^Talk 18:07, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, describing the opinion of someone who disagrees with you as "stupid insolence" isn't a good start.

My suggestion is to use examples; List of Pokémon characters and List of Advance Wars COs are both good places to start. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 21:13, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I think you may have a point. Can you bring this to one of the talkpages..? -Randall Brackett 21:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Mike's AFDs

While I agree with some of them, he is jumping the gun. The whole point of making the lists was to track minor articles, yes, but it is also necessary to have data available if the article is to become encyclopedic. Fortuntaely, as an administrator, I can track the deleted articles and extract the information, so it's not a problem to me. — Deckiller 18:43, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Eh, I think most of them will be kept, and a couple will be weeded. They can always be remade if there's some new revelation. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 21:13, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

CoolKatt number 99999

I understand that you have had a problem with this user in the past, to the point where he filed a Request for Comment against you. He has done the same thing to me very recently, and that effort was also unsuccessful.

CoolKatt has an RfC against him that was filed on May 17th, and is still pending (obviously, way past the 48-hour window). But, as it seems nothing may result from it, I am considering nominating that RfC for deletion and filing a new one. I may also seek mediation to resolve this dispute between myself and CoolKatt that has been ongoing for nearly two months. What do you think? Leave a comment on this page. Rollosmokes 16:21, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Don't listen to Rollosmokes. He himself is a problem user. CoolKatt number 99999 22:15, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I'll take your comments under advisement. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 22:18, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Investigation and Arbitration

On top of a ongoing investigation pending against CoolKatt, I have now filed a Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration as one more attempt to settle this. I did this after learning that he filed an investigation request against me, and for me this was the proverbial last straw. Please feel free to comment on it. Rollosmokes 18:38, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA and AfD mixup

Replied on the Star Wars WikiProject page. :-P — Deckiller 21:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:For you sanity's sake

Thank you, it's probably for the best. I think he's crossed a line, he wants me to use baton pass... Highway ^Batman! 21:50, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

COmputer Soldier Porygon

May you please put that back on the site so I can print the page out?

As it was a copyright violation, no, I can't. You can find it on Bulbapedia, though. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 03:39, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

A line has been crossed

Cross posted to User talk:Smurrayinchester

Okay, I've been sent a letter from Minun (or Poke Fan's, since Minun has fell off the bandwagon) "feather" (yeah, I think he was shooting for "father") and well it's weird. It's here, I'm not even copying it over, it isn't worth it. It must be his IP, he may have a rotating one, I don't know what it is. If you could talk to him it would be great. Thanks, troubled Highway ^Batman! 16:57, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Uh

It's not a commercial site. It has to do with these gaming systems. If you would have actually looked at the page, you would have seen it has to do with game reviews and the like. So yeah, thanks.

That's a generic template, sorry. Please, though, don't spam the same more-or-less irrelevant review site link across a dozen articles again. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 09:15, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't see how it's irrelevant when it's a site dedicated to the discussion of gaming consoles. I didn't do it randomly across a dozen articles either. I went on Golden Sun, Golden Sun 2, Playstation, and Nintendo. That's it. And that's because it was RELATED information. I also corrected something on the GSII page. I'm not doing this for me.

There are thousands upon thousands of pages dedicated to the discussion of gaming consoles. Please read Wikipedia's external links policy and only add links that actually contribute to improving the article instead of links that are merely topically related. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 09:24, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Obviously "Improvement" is relative.

Hmm, kinda looks like there's a mild dispute about whether to have more or less external links in articles like Golden Sun. I know that every fansite about a game (like Golden Sun Realm) should not all be put on the page, but I've read WP:EL for myself and think that there should be at least one fansite as part of the external links, because it fits all the criteria of the policy page and seems useful. I'll need your opinion so that I know how I should handle potential linkspam myself in the future. Erik the Appreciator 23:31, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

IMO, if it can't ever be a reference for the article (and it isn't itself the subject of the article; e.g. Fark and fark.com), it shouldn't be an external link. If it can be a reference, make it a reference. If it can't, get rid of it. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 23:38, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Athlete bit

"I'm not an athlete of any kind, though." I've always wondered what you meant by having this on your user page. Is there a joke involved? If so, I haven't got it yet. :) Erik the Appreciator 19:17, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I would reasonably conclude its in reference to he is not very physically active and attractive to the ladies, in strark contrast to myself. I'm what my fellow editors would describe as a "wikimaster". I'm fit, attractive, a consistent contributor and I can tote bales too. A Man In Black still has not attained this level of mastery. In the future, perhaps. -Randall Brackett 19:49, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Will you mentor me in being awesome? --Chris Griswold 20:39, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Zero, you are twisted.

It's a reference to what you get when you Google my real name. There are two college athletes of note that have my name, then a Z-grade writer (which is the one that's actually me). - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 23:27, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Wow, you would google your own name, an idea that had never occured to me before? You must really like being around the mirror, or something. Okay, I have now tried your idea for myself, and let me tell you, I am not a friggin' filmmaker! And I don't have a goatee, either. (I shave it every Sunday night) Erik the Appreciator 00:37, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

It came of a discussion on IRC, actually. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 00:42, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, how disappointing. :) Erik the Appreciator 00:50, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Friend of yours

Image:A Man In White.jpg -Randall Brackett 18:50, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

B14rgz0rz m1 h34d 45p10d3

I'd like to think Pokemon is more relevant then Xiaolin Showdown. I'm a fan of most of what you call "cruft", but this is just obsessive. Ace ofspade 03:53, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

What's just obsessive? Who said I don't like Xiaolin Showdown (I love it). I'm lost. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 06:36, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

You mentioned you hate obsessive cartoon fans, and I think all the articles for it are just obsessive —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.68.92.30 (talk • contribs) 19:51, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't hate obsessive cartoon fans. I am an obsessive cartoon fan. I'm just not a big fan of obsessive-cartoon-fan levels of detail on WP, that's all. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 23:26, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I was trying to say maybe you could help trim a little bit, you seem to be merge-crazy

Not my best work, but I think you'd agree that nothing on those lists needed its own article. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 23:29, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Merges

I've completed all the merge tasks at WP:PAC2, cheers Minun ^(talk) 19:59, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Charizard

According to Charizard's peer review, we need to add around 30 references to the article so we will need help from as much Wikipedians as we can find, cheers Minun ^(talk) 19:10, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Black Zero

I could care less if this image is deleted or not as I don't think it should have been included to begin with. I added all the things that you required in event that someone feels its need for inclusion in the Zero article. Thanks for teaching me a couple things Zero X Marquis 01:28, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Hey, were you the one who recolored that image? If not, we also need a source for who recolored it. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 01:30, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

It says in the fair use rationale that I was the one who recolored it. Zero X Marquis 05:06, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Sith Lords

Hi. I suggest you take a look to Darth Plagueis's trivia section. I see your point in reverting my edit to the Darth Vader's page (altho I don't necessarily agree), however the two articles would better be consistent. --Blindscape 14:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Merge (vg character)

Stumbled upon Devil Jin and thought Jin Kazama would be a better fit, though I'm not too certain of how bold one can be, so that's why I'm here. Thoughts? o/s/p 14:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

If you want to merge, go right ahead; the only reason I hadn't merged is because those article need total rewrites, and I knew I'd get bogged down in that if I tried to merge. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 23:30, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Monkeys

I'm not sure about the redirecting of Ukkiki. It's been around for over a year now, and survived an AfD in the past. Anyway, was it discussed anywhere? I always thought that turning a page into a redirect like that was usually an Afd dicussion outcome. Oh well, let me know. Sorry to be such a bother, RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 04:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

It was a bold action, and you can redirect a contentless page without an AFD. I just don't see any enyclopedic value to the page, and there's no sources or any hope for sources, so it flunks WP:V anyway. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 04:37, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't call it contentless. I'm not going to be a jerk, however, and revert your redirect. I would just like it noted that I strongly disagree, based mainly on the article's AfD, where it was decided that the article be kept. Not only that, but the article was even slightly expanded after its AfD closed. Anyway, good luck in further editing. RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 19:55, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Image:Vg021206.gif

I don't think this is speedy-deletable; It was posted here "with permission" before 2005-05-19, and supposedly, that sort of images are only speediable under CSD I3 if they're not actually used in articles, and this picture appears to be (VG Cats as the most prominent example). You could always either take it to IfD or something, or ask the original uploader to clarify the licencing by using {{Non-free fair use in}} and providing fair use rationales. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 08:51, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Misread the date on the upload with that one. I'll probably do that eventually, but I can't really be bothered to at the moment and it's not hurting anything for the time being. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 08:53, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

My mistakes

Sorry about that thing I did to the headers of Charizard, I thought I was supposed to do that Minun ^(talk) 10:25, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Anyway, the "In other media" section needs cleanup, would you like to help? Minun ^{(homme-d'araignée)} 13:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Imposters

I noticed you have been impersonated by multiple users, theres:

• A man in black (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
• Man In Black (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
• THE MAN IN BLACK (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Just like to warn you, cheers Minun ^{(マイナン)} 19:49, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Halo Weapons

Hi there, just wanted to suggest adding List_of_weapons_in_Halo:_Combat_Evolved to your current afd nomination for the other Halo weapons page for the second game in the series. The suggested page is the same thing, except for the first game in the series. It includes such gems as "The Pistol along with the Sniper Rifle is considered by some to be the best weapon in the game" and " It is known that some players can easily defeat a foe who is armed with a rocket launcher simply by doing multiple head shots" and "A player with this weapon can become an unstoppable juggernaut with good cover/backup." Since its basically the same as the other page, I don't see the need for a separate afd (although maybe thats simpler, I dont know). Anyway, keep up the good work on the anti-cruft crusade! Bwithh 00:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouragement. As for the separate AFDs, like I said on the AFD itself, I'd really rather keep these AFDs separate whenever possible so that issues with each article can be discussed on a case-by-case basis. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 22:49, 13 July 2006 (UTC)