User talk:Jaguar/Archive 11

Hey

Are you available for a source check at the Sleeping Dogs FAC [1] URDNEXT (talk) 22:21, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Sure URDNEXT, I'll take a look through it now. I might do a copyediting review tomorrow morning if you'd like? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:23, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Absolutely I would. Thank you! URDNEXT (talk) 22:25, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

No problem! I'm going to go through the sources now and will leave some more comments tomorrow. I have a good feeling this will pass in the end, you three have put a lot of effort into this one! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:30, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! My day started off really badly, but I'm hopeful it will end amazingly well. URDNEXT (talk) 22:32, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Ugh, I know the feeling. I've had a bad month! Anyway I have left my initial source review at the FAC, it doesn't seem very extensive however those were initially the ones that looked serious. I will leave a full copyediting review tomorrow! Hope things get better. Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:50, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

We just have to remember that things always get better, doesn't matter how bad they are. Tomorrow may be a much better day! And thanks again for the source review, I can't wait for the copy editing review tomorrow! URDNEXT (talk) 22:53, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

By the way, is there any way you can write alternate text for the design and characters images? I tried doing it, but I can't find how to write it. Thanks! URDNEXT (talk) 23:13, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

GA Review - British Raj

Hi Jaguar, I've left comments on the GA review page for British Raj. - Lemurbaby (talk) 02:18, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flappy Bird

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Flappy Bird 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 Legobot, on behalf of SNUGGUMS -- SNUGGUMS (talk) 22:41, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Guess who's back

Jaguar is back! Tell a friend. URDNEXT (talk) 20:52, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Haha that's a good one! Thanks for the welcome. How have you been? How's the Sleeping Dogs FAC holding? I heard it needs a copyediting? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:42, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

I've been kinda well, thanks for asking. The Sleeping Dogs FAC has garnered two opposes in the last couple of days due to its "clunky" prose. I have fortunately enough to get two copy editors (Blackmane and John) to work on the article. Hopefully they'll get the job done. Just by the way, can you do a little copy editing on downloadable content? I know the other editors are working on the page, but John is gonna handle development, while Blackmane hasn't even gotten to Synopsis yet. URDNEXT (talk) 22:48, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

That's good to hear! Yeah sure I'll handle the downloadable content in the morning. It's good to see the amount of progress made on the article in a matter of days. The prose could use with some tightening. I'm confident the FAC will eventually pass, we just need to give it time. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:51, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! And yeah, I'm hoping the article passes. I starting to get more confident now that you, Blackmane and John began to copy edit the article. FA, here we go! (Hopefully) URDNEXT (talk) 22:54, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

FAC's are generally a challenging process, I've had great difficulty with them in the past before... Don't worry, we'll get this thing done! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:57, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

I hope so. URDNEXT (talk) 23:00, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

@URDNEXT: I've copyedited the downloadable content section - I think that it was mainly just a syntax problem. Anyway the sentence structure does look better and the prose flows well, but there is a minor content issue with the last paragraph, "He then apprehends the cult leader during the climax" - I had to guess that this was Shen? I have never played the game so I wouldn't know! Anyway thanks to the efforts of the other copyeditors the article is looking in much better shape! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:25, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Oh, and URDNEXT, I don't know if you've seen it but there is a discussion on Sleeping Dogs' talk page about what form of English should be used in the article. Might be worth having a look? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 23:03, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for warning me about the discussion as I don't know how, but I never saw it before. Also, you guessed it right, it is Shen who apprehends the cult leader, so don't worry about that. You did a wonderful copy edit to the article, so thanks again for that! URDNEXT (talk) 00:47, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, but I felt like I could have done a lot more though. Is there anything else you need help on in the article? Any more copyediting or syntax sorting? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 21:05, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

I reccomend you take a look at nomination page to see if there's anything from the reviewers that wasn't adressed. But more specifically, I have added some new info on the XP system's effect on gameplay. it would be awesome if you could copy edit it a bit to see if the sentence flows better in the prose. Thanks! URDNEXT (talk) 21:16, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Sure, I'll copyedit anything I can find. It's good to see the amount of progress made. I currently have another GAN open which I have to deal with so I'll take a look at Sleeping Dogs in the morning (or in a few hours as my insomnia helps). ☠ Jaguar ☠ 21:29, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Sounds great, do it the way you prefer. Do you have an idea of how long it's gonna take for the article to get promoted? Like tomorrow? URDNEXT (talk) 21:33, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

It depends on when a consensus can be reached. Usually one of the two FAC co-ordinators assess the comments and the article - it is then when a consensus can be achieved. It also depends on the number of supports versus opposes. It might be worth letting some of the people who initially opposed to take another look at the progress made, and see what they think? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 21:35, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Alright, that's what we're gonna do, see if the opposers change their minds. I'm hopeful they will, as the prose is flowing a lot better now. URDNEXT (talk) 21:39, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

@URDNEXT: I was going to leave a message on your talk page but I didn't want to clutter it. I've just seen the new comments/opposes left at the FAC and Blackmane's subsequent departure. But don't give up hope yet - what do you need help with in the article? You still have me, yourself, Tezero and Czar. I could copyedit anything that could have been missed out? The FAC would still be salvageable. Also I saw your comment regarding that you would retire if the FAC failed, please understand, this happens all the time, and it's especially hard when you feel deeply attached to something. Wikipedia has brought me down a lot of times too, and if it's any consolation, I had almost 10,000 articles deleted in 2012 (and a flurry of abuse from admins) which led to my retirement for a year and a half. Please don't retire, we could still do this. Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 17:25, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for messaging me. I think I'll just do Sleeping Dogs, then go away for a couple of weeks from the site to refresh my head. Please join me and Tezero in his talk page where we are trying to figure out what to do. URDNEXT (talk) 17:28, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flappy Bird

The article Flappy Bird you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Flappy Bird for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of SNUGGUMS -- SNUGGUMS (talk) 06:22, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup - September 2014 Newsletter

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - September 2014 Welcome to the GA Cup! In less than 72 hours, the competition will begin! Before you all start reviewing nominations we want to make sure you understand the following: This is a friendly competition so we don't want any cheating/breaking of the rules. However, if you do believe someone is going against the rules, notify the judges. All the rules are listed here. If you are a new editor or new to reviewing Good article nominations, it is imperative that you read the 4 essays/guides listed under FAQ #4. If you do not understand something, ask a judge for clarification ASAP! The competition is not entirely about who can review the most nominations. Per the "Scoring" page, there is different criteria in which you can earn more points. Theoretically, you could review 10 nominations and have 80 points but another user could have reviewed 5 nominations and have 100 points. Yes, we want you to review as many nominations as you can as this will greatly increase the number of points you earn, but you must also keep in mind that every single review will be looked over by a judge. If we find that you are "rubber-stamping" (in other words, the review is not complete but you still passed/failed the article) you may be disqualified without warning. Also, rather than creating a long list on what to remember, make sure you have read the "Scoring", "Submissions", and "FAQ" pages. Now for the one question that we guarantee you have: how on earth will the rounds work??? Yes, we never actually had a solid platform regarding how the rounds would work because we had no idea how many people would sign-up. Even though the competition is about to begin, because sign-ups are still open, it is impossible to say exactly how each round will work. As of now, we can confirm that Round 1 will have everyone compete in one big pool. Depending on the final number of participants after sign-ups close, a to-be-determined number of participants will move on (highest scorers will move on) to Round 2. We guarantee that the top 15 will move on, so make sure you aim for those top positions! Moving on to Round 2, participants will be split into pools of even numbers (for example, every pool will have 6 participants). The pools will be determined by a computer program that places participants by random. More details regarding Round 2 will be sent out at the end of Round 1. It is important to note that the GA Cup will run on UTC time, so make sure you know what time that is for where you live! On that note, the GA Cup will start on October 1 at 0:00:01 UTC; Round 1 will end on October 29 at 23:59:59 UTC; Round 2 will commence on November 1 at 0:00:01 UTC. All reviews must be started after or on the start time of the round. If you qualify for Round 2 but do not complete a review before the end of Round 1, the review can be carried over to Round 2; however that review will not count for Round 1. Prior to the start of the the second round, participants who qualify to move on will be notified. Finally, if you know anyone else that might be interesting in participating, let them know! Sign-ups close on October 15 so there is still plenty of time to join in on the action! If you have any further questions, contact one of the judges or leave a message here. On October 16 or 17, 2014, check the Pools page as we will post the exact number of participants that will move on to the next round. Because this number will be determined past the halfway mark of Round 1, we encourage you to aim to be in the top 15 as the top 15 at the end of the round are guaranteed to move on. Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Jumping Flash!

Great work on Jumping Flash!. I am not on Wikipedia as much as I used to be, but thought you might like this article regarding the game's origins and its predecessor Geograph Seal. ~ Hibana 21:24, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, Hibana! That's amazing - that might be all what it needs to get it to FA. I'll get to implementing some of that content in tomorrow morning. Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 21:37, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the GA review of Concealed shoes

Thanks for the GA review, much appreciated. Eric Corbett 22:21, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

You're very welcome, Eric. If you would like an more GAs done in the future I'm always here! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:24, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup -Round 1 Newsletter

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 1 As we move into the middle of Round 1, we wanted to report some of the lessons we've learned thus far, as well as announce a major rule change going into Round 2, which begins November 1. Remember, sign-ups for this year's Cup ends on September 15. Thus far, we're very happy with the results of the competition. One of our major goals, reducing the long backlog at GAN, is well on the way to being accomplished, mostly due to the enthusiastic efforts of Jonas Vinther, who has earned over 250 points. Over 80 reviews have been made thus far. Thank you all for your efforts and for your part in making the GA Cup a success. However, this is the inaugural year of the GA Cup, so there have been some unforeseen circumstances that have come up. One has been a glaring inadequacy with the rules, which the judges feel makes the competition unfair. As a result, there will be a major change in the rules, starting at the beginning of Round 2: Your review must provide feedback/suggestions for improvement, and then you must wait until the nominator has responded and all issues/suggestions have been resolved before you can pass the article. Failure to follow this rule will result in disqualification. What this means is that you must provide some feedback to the article's nominator, and must wait for him or her to respond before passing the article. If the nominator has not responded in the standard 7 days, you can fail the article. We're instituting this rule change to prevent the possibility of competitors passing articles for the sake of passing articles (or failing them) and to gain more points. We believe that the change will make it more fair to all competitors in the GA Cup. Also, in case you haven't noticed, we increased the "guarantee" for Round 2 to 25 participants. The exact number will be decided in the near future. We thank your for your participation, and for your flexibility and understanding as we learn what works and what doesn't work in this competition. Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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GA Cup Newsletter Correction

Hi everyone,

It was brought to the attention of the judges that there was an error in the newsletter sent out earlier today.

Sign-ups for the GA Cup will close on October 15, 2014, not September 15, 2014 (as mentioned in the newsletter).

Sorry for any confusion.

Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

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GA Cup - Round 1 Newsletter #2

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 1 Hello GA Cup competitors! The judges have learned a great deal in this first part of the competition, and we appreciate your patience with us as we've figured out what works and what doesn't work. As we reported in our last newsletter, an inadequacy in the scoring system has been illuminated in the past 15 days, which has resulted in a major change in the rules. It has also resulted in one withdrawal. To ensure fairness, we've decided to further increase the number of participants moving onto Round 2. Everyone who has reviewed at least one article will automatically be moved forward, and will be placed in pools. You have until October 29 to take advantage of this opportunity. It is our hope that this will make up for the unforeseen glitch in our scoring system. Best of wishes to all of you as you continue to help improve articles and make Wikipedia a better place. Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Superhuman

Hi Jag, I know you have a lot going on. Just wanted to leave a note that I think it's more important to not burn out than it is to be a GA Cup superhuman who reviews every feasible article. Not to insinuate anything, but to say that I appreciate your reviews and that I hope the GA Cup isn't too artificially stressful (and if it is, don't let it be) czar ♔ 14:39, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Czar, I completely understand what you mean... I currently have two reviews to do and once they're complete I'll give the GA Cup a long rest as I have other matters to deal with at the moment (I admit the timing could be better). I have until 1 November to get the nightmare uni stuff out of the way and once the reviews are done I'll give the GAN process a rest. I appreciate your concern, I should have your review done today hopefully! Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 14:44, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

You'll get through it. I'm not anxious about the review, so know that it's fine by me if you need to prioritize other things first czar ♔ 14:48, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I don't have anything to do today and it would be nice to give the transition process a break. I might do the review soon. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 14:58, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Pokémon Black and White

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Pokémon Black and White 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 Legobot, on behalf of ProtoDrake -- ProtoDrake (talk) 17:02, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Citations

You know you don't have to do |author=Last, First when you can do |last=Last|first=First right?—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 18:05, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm just doing what is suggested in the GA review, ProtoDrake noticed that some author names had their first names first and their surnames last whereas it should all be the other way around. I don't know if there's some sort of script that allows you to do it quicker but I'm just doing it manually. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 18:07, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Well you don't need to make it "author=Last, First" when you can do "last=Last" and "first=First".—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 18:19, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing that out, I'll use it in the future. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 18:21, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Request

Hey, I don't know how much time you have for such things, but would you mind dropping a review at Tony Hawk's Underground's FAC? It hasn't gotten any feedback in a couple weeks and I'd rather it not be archived for inactivity. Tezero (talk) 18:27, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Sure, I'll leave some comments at the FAC soon. I have until the end of October until things get tense, so I'll be fine for now. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 18:28, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Pokémon Black and White

The article Pokémon Black and White you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pokémon Black and White for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of ProtoDrake -- ProtoDrake (talk) 18:43, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Re: Lightning FA

I thought I aught to drop a reminder. Last week, you said you might look at the FA nomination for Final Fantasy XIII character Lightning for comments and/or an opinion on whether it passes or fails. I was wondering when you were planning to do that, as you said at the time that "I've got another FAC to look at so I'll leave some comments down on both of them tomorrow morning." I don't mean to nag, but I wanted to find out what the delay was about. --ProtoDrake (talk) 10:40, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Ah yes I'm sorry, I've been so busy outside Wikipedia lately that I haven't done many things I was supposed to do. I promise to leave comments at the FAC today, within a few hours... Again sorry for the delay. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 10:46, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

I've given a support to the FAC as I think all of the prose issues have been addressed. I could have left longer comments if I could have checked the references but the toolserver is still down! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 12:20, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for fixing my error. I was unaware of the TP/DB situation. Usually my confusion dissipates after my morning coffee but today the java must not have taken :-) I left Dr B a note apologizing as well. Thanks again and cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 18:02, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

That's absolutely fine! I didn't know Tibetan Prayer was another account until a few weeks ago (I can't remember what I was doing then). Regards :P ☠ Jaguar ☠ 18:04, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Happy Halloween!!!

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GA Cup - Round 2

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 2 Greetings, GA Cup competitors! Wednesday saw the end of Round 1. Jaguar took out Round 1 with an amazing score of 238. In a tight race for second, Peacemaker67 and Ritchie333 finished second and third with 152 and 141 points, respectively. Two users have scored the maximum five bonus points for article length (60,000 characters+). Anotherclown reviewed Spanish conquest of Yucatán (77,350 characters) and MrWooHoo reviewed Communist Party of China (76,740 characters). The longest review was by Bilorv who reviewed Caldas da Rainha. The review was approximately 22,400 characters which earned s/he two bonus points (20, 000 - 29, 999 characters). In Round 1, 117 reviews were completed, making the first round of the GA Cup a success! A total of 86 articles were removed from the backlog during the month of October! We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in Round 2 so we can lower the backlog as much as possible. To qualify for the second round, one completed review was needed, which 28 users accomplished. Participants have been randomly put into 7 pools of 4; the top 2 in each pool will move onto Round 3. There will also be one wildcard. This means that the participant who comes in 15th place (all pools combined) will also move on. Round 2 will start on November 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on November 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here Also, remember that a major rule change will go into affect starting on November 1, which marks the beginning of Round Two. Round 1 displayed a weakness in the rules, which we are correcting with this new rule. We believe that this change will make the competition more inherently fair. The new rule is: Your review must provide feedback/suggestions for improvement, and then you must wait until the nominator has responded and all issues/suggestions have been resolved before you can pass the article. Failure to follow this rule will result in disqualification. The judges will strictly enforce this new rule. Good luck and remember to have fun! Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Your GA nomination of British Raj

The article British Raj you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:British Raj for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lemurbaby -- Lemurbaby (talk) 02:02, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Userpage

Interesting choice. Any reason? Tezero (talk) 12:36, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Oh yeah haha, that's a poppy. It's for Remembrance Sunday and I guess it's the least I can do to show my respects around here. A few other users have had this on their userpages too in the past, I just thought I'd like to join in. Anyway, how's Indianapolis? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 12:44, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

I think I'm gonna get there (and leave) tomorrow. Luckily for the question, though, I go there all the time since my father's family lives there (my mother's is in NYC and... well, Eurasia). I'm not gonna lie, it's not my favorite city in the contiguous 48, but it's got a slightly friendly feeling about it. Very spread-out, like a poor man's Los Angeles. Unfortunately, I'm not well versed in the characteristics of UK cities, so I'm afraid I can't analogize further. Tezero (talk) 13:24, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

I understand what you mean, yeah! It would be nice to go to a wiki meetup, especially seeing some of the WP:VG members... As long as it's generally friendly and there's a lot to do there then it should be good. I would have loved to go really. Oh well, at least it's not in Albuquerque... ☠ Jaguar ☠ 14:37, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you

Just wanted to drop by and say thanks for your GA review of Mansoor Ijaz. I appreciate it very much §FreeRangeFrog^croak 15:14, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

No problem! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:48, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Sonic 2

Question about ref formatting. Are we using the "website=...|publisher=..." format? You seem to have added those, while I've been removing them not knowing they were your additions, since most of the refs aren't formatted that way. I don't really care, though I usually simply use "publisher" for the website's name - I think that's the usual convention, though czar, 32W, and a few others use "publisher" for the website's owner and "work" for the website - but we should pick one style for each given article and stick with it. (We also need to find full citation information for the game guide, and individual pages for the manual.) Tezero (talk) 19:04, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

I wasn't too sure Tezero - when applying refs I use "website" for the name of the actual website and "publisher" for the website's owner (if applicable). Ack, sorry if this has caused any disruption, what way do VG articles normally use them? I actually have the original in-game manual, will it be useful? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 21:08, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Normally (but certainly not always) "publisher" is just used for the website - honestly, it's probably just because this way's easier. I don't particularly mind either way, though. And I appreciate the offer (I grew up with Mega Collection for the GameCube, whose manual would also work, but that's back at my house) - but the entire manual's online here. Of course, if you'd like to go ahead and start applying it page-by-page where appropriate, be my guest; I've got a couple of other projects to be working on today. Oh, and I have this talk page watchlisted, so pinging me is optional, though still optimal if you want to make sure I see. Tezero (talk) 22:21, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Oh yeah that's fine, sure! I wasn't sure if you had my page watchlisted, sometimes I ping people to be on the safe side. I'll start applying the appropriate refs with the manuals (everything is online nowadays). Thanks for telling me about the "publisher" thing, I wasn't sure if there was a right way. And no rush with Sonic 2, I'll get to copyediting the whole article in the morning. Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:41, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

The functional difference between the work and publisher params is that work italicizes its contents. So if the cited source is a creative work that would be italicized (e.g., "online magazines, newspapers, and news sites with original content"), it would fit best in the "work" field. That leaves the usually optional "publisher" field for the site owner. czar ♔ 23:25, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Can't believe that after four years I've been doing it wrong! Thanks for clearing that one up, anyway, one more thing, would IGN need to be italicised? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 00:11, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Question of the hour. I try to follow what the source's Wikipedia page uses (unless it clearly meets the WP:ITALICS example I used above) at least in the prose, which would leave IGN unitalicized. The argument is that it's an agency like NBC News or a television station and not a creative work like a newscast or television show. I think there's some merit in that, as dirty as it makes me feel. At the same time, it's a publication published by Ziff Davis. So there's a bit of gray area, but I tend to leave IGN unitalicized in the prose and do work=IGN, publisher=Ziff Davis in the citation template. czar ♔ 00:42, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

I suppose it's still technically a network (Imagine Games Network), so it would fall under those examples you given. But then again there is a small degree of ambiguity left in it... I note that most users leave it unitalicised. There should be a discussion about this, it's actually pretty interesting! Your wisdom is always appreciated, czar ☠ Jaguar ☠ 00:52, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

After spending some time with the page today, I think we can easily put it up at GAN as soon as we expand the Reception section and make the citation formatting consistent. Oh, and while I was playing my Steam version of the game yesterday to see if Tails still got into the special stages like Sonic does (I couldn't remember - turns out he does; there just isn't any Super Tails form in this game), I ended up playing all the way through Hill Top without noticing. Enchanting, isn't it? Tezero (talk) 21:35, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for your efforts with the article, sorry I haven't edited it so much today as I've been busy. I'll get to expanding the reception and reworking the legacy section tomorrow (Sonic 2 does have a surprisingly big legacy, but I don't know if that's just the way I personally feel as I've been playing since when I was like, 5)! With a general cleanup and double checking with verifying the refs this should be GA ready. Do you want to have the honours in nominating it or doesn't it matter? Anyway I have to get up early tomorrow and drive to college for something, so I promise to finish all the work on the article tomorrow. Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 00:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Oh, the nominator doesn't really matter; if I do it, I'll just add your name to the GAN page. But yeah, I'm surprised how much attention Sonic 2 gets considering how little 3 and Knuckles do. Huh. Tezero (talk) 00:39, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Uh oh, my "quick drive" turned out to take the whole day. Anyway, I'm going to finish the work on Sonic 2 now, will let you know when it's complete and GA-ready. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 19:51, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Just informing you and Tezero that I'll be reviewing Sonic the Hedgehog 2 :) Snuggums (talk / edits) 19:38, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! Was about to ask Tezero on what to do because it looks like that Indian IP is inactive. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 19:39, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Did your childhood end with Sonic 2? If not, I was wondering if you'd be interested in continuing the GA trek across Megadriveville with Sonic 3 and/or S&K. Tezero (talk) 05:12, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Am I happy you asked!! I'm definitely up for that; I was going to ask you about that soon but I have been busy with the GA Cup. I started playing Sonic 3 + Knuckles in 2010, and it's personally my favourite Sonic so far. Also the only one I finished properly without cheating! When do you plan on bringing it up to GA? Sonic 3 looks like it could be fleshed out a little on information (I could handle that). Is it best for you to do it after the Jumping Flash! GAN? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 15:33, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

I've done some intermittent work on the Adventure 2 article and would like to bring that to GA eventually, so Sonic 3 can happen either before or during then, whenever you're ready. Yeah, Sonic 3 is also my favorite of the Classics, with Sonic & Knuckles (I find it hard not to consider them separate games, since I grew up with Mega Collection and the PC ports) at a close second. The first one I beat was Sonic 1 on my old clickwheel iPod back in '08 or so, but beating Sonic 3, which I actually started with way back in the day, felt a lot more fulfilling. Tezero (talk) 16:15, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

I'll let you know when I've finished with my batch of reviews and addressed everything at the Jumping Flash! 2 GAR. I haven't forgot about nominating the first JF for FA, but I will do it before Christmas (actually, maybe after Christmas, I don't want to ruin my Christmas just in case it fails). Just want to make sure that it's FAC ready as I know in its current standing it will get a hard time. And oh yeah, I know what you mean, I only have Sonic 1 and 2 for the actual Mega Drive (which I still use regularly, sad I know). I also grew up with the Mega Collection, and without save states I would have never finished all three original Sonics! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:43, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Much appreciate what you did. And it goes to show how many editors watching Kubrick have also become annoyed with his vendetta. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:39, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks doc! Don't worry about it, I only did what had to be done, for the better of the community. Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 19:43, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Lightning FA update

An update concerning the FA nomination of said article. It's in the process of being promoted. Thank you for all your help. --ProtoDrake (talk) 15:40, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

No problem! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 15:41, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Poems

That poem you wrote, about Shalden. Are you sure you want to release it under a Wikipedia-compatible license? Because if you're not, I'll have to take it down. Let me know. DS (talk) 21:19, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

DragonflySixtyseven, really? I wrote that poem when I was thirteen, at school, is it really applicable for copyright? I don't understand, it's only in userspace because I wanted to keep it safe. Google Drive is always not so reliable. Hmm. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:18, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

You should always assume that everything is automatically copyrighted to the person who made it, unless you know the specific reason that it isn't. "I was only thirteen when I wrote it, at school" is not a reason that it's not copyrighted. It is copyrighted, automatically, to you. DS (talk) 22:28, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

You're right - I'm not really well versed in copyright laws for non-images on Wikipedia. I didn't know there would be any grounds for this poem to be under copyright. The sound of a Wikipedia-compatible license shouldn't hurt, I suppose, would that be the next step? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:33, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, just add to the beginning that you release it for use by anyone for any purpose, free, as long as they give credit. Or state that you release it under CC BY-SA 3.0. DS (talk) 03:57, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll add that now! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:48, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Two Reviews

I found scanned GamePro reviews for both Jumping Flash! 1 (here) and 2 (here). Hope it helps! ~ Hibana (talk) 19:49, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Hibana! Really appreciated, this is just what I need! I'll start implementing this in shortly. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 20:49, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

A favor

Hey, Jaguar, I was wondering if you'd be able to take a look at Freedom Planet's FAC sometime. It's been open a few days now without so much as a peep from any chick in the hutch. If you do take it up, feel free to be brutally cruel! There could very well be problems with it, though I doubt there are any big ones. Obviously, I'll review Jumping Flash when you FAC it. Tezero (talk) 03:19, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Sure, I'll be happy to return that favour! I was going to leave some comments to Freedom Planet last night but didn't get to it, so I'll be sure to leave some comments today. At a glance it looks well written, so I'm not sure about being brutally cruel! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:19, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup - Round 3

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 3 Greetings, all! We hope that all of our American GA Cup competitors had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. Friday saw the end of Round 2. Two from 7 pools, plus a tie score and one wildcard (16 in all) moved onto the next round. Some pools were more competitive than others. Round 2's highest scorer was 3family6, with an impressive 255 points. Good888, who came in second place overall with 202 points, reviewed the most articles (19). The wildcard slot for Round 2 went to Jaguar. Congrats to all! Round 3 will have 15 competitors in three pools. The key to moving forward in Round 2 seemed to be reviewing articles with the longest nomination dates; almost everyone who moved forward nominated at least one article from the pink nomination box (20 points) or reviewed articles that had languished in the queue for over 5 months (18 points). The GA Cup was also used to promote a group of articles about The Boat Race, a rowing race held annually since 1856 between Oxford University and Cambridge University, on the River Thames. 17 Boat Race articles were promoted to GA in November. In Round 2, 110 reviews were completed, as compared to 117 in Round 1. The GA Cup continues to be a success. This month, we got a report from User:AmericanLemming, who maintains the GA statistics, that in October, there was a net gain of 201 articles nominated for GA. He thought that more open GANs could mean that more editors are submitting more of their articles to the GAN process. In addition, having a high-throughput of GANs means that more articles get reviewed more quickly, which reduces the frustration of potentially waiting several months to get an article reviewed. The activity in Round 2 of the GA Cup seems to bear that out. It's our hope that the competitors' enthusiasm continues in Round 3, and we can continue to make a difference in helping more editors improve their articles. For Round 3, participants have been randomly put in 3 pools of 5 contestants each; the top two in each pool progressing, as well as the top 2 of all remaining users. Round 3 will start on December 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on December 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here. There have been a couple of rules clarifications to announce. We're slightly changing the wording to the second bullet in "General rules", which now reads: You may only score points in a round for reviews which have been completed in that round. We're also including this clarification: Only reviews started during the competition are eligible. We have also lost a judge, so there are now only three judges. Good luck and remember to have fun as we move into the holiday season. It is the judges' hope that every competitor in the GA Cup has a joyous holiday season and Happy New Year. Cheers from Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Thank god! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 01:18, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Re: Adderall

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		It's not exactly easy to find errors or improvements in a well written and already thoroughly reviewed article; however, since you did and the changes were useful (they were applied to 3 other articles as well in some cases), here's a little something to show my appreciation. Seppi333 (Insert 2¢ | Maintained) 00:33, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Seppi333, that means a lot! The article was well written and I try to find whatever prose issues I can with all articles. Glad to see that I helped! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 00:34, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jumping Flash! 2

The article Jumping Flash! 2 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Jumping Flash! 2 for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tezero -- Tezero (talk) 01:40, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

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Template editor

Now you're a fully-fledged template editor, perhaps you could edit the Halloween template above so it reads, "Hopefully these have made your Halloween (and the preceding days) much sweeter".--Ykraps (talk) 21:28, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

Hey Ykraps, and thanks for that suggestion! I'll make the change now. I'm always open for suggestions as I could put this right to use. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 18:13, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, that's been annoying me since October! Congratulations on inheriting a new superpower, by the way. :) --Ykraps (talk) 22:23, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

A page you started (Mission Control V2) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Mission Control V2, Jaguar!

Wikipedia editor TNTdonut just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

Great job on the article! The only suggestion I would make is to add history of the game, but if there is no history, then it's not a problem anymore.

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Thanks, I'll add a development section when or if I can find the information. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 14:51, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Puthiya Paravai

Hi, would you like to conduct a GA review on this film? —Ssven2 ^{speak 2 me} 05:59, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

Hey, and sure I would, it appears to be a well written article. I've opened the GAR and will leave some comments within a day. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 18:41, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

Hey there, anything that I should correct in the article for the GAR? —Ssven2 ^{speak 2 me} 17:18, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Hey, I'll leave the comments at the GAR shortly. It appears to be a well written article so I'll focus on copy editing issues. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 18:57, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

@Ssven2: good job on the article, the only things that stood in the way were a few prose issues, so I've put it on hold. Thanks! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 19:13, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Adressed your comments, Jaguar. —Ssven2 ^{speak 2 me} 03:44, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Seasonal Greets!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015!!!

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A few more sources

Hello. I've happened across a few more Jumping Flash! sources that you may be interested in:

• 1.) This archive issue of Official UK PlayStation Magazine has a review of Jumping Flash! on page 78. It suggests that the UK version of the game's World 5 was altered from the Japanese version. Upon researching it further, there are a number of trivial differences between the two versions (such as the sky color), but I'm not sure a mention in the Wikipedia article of warranted.

• 2.) This archived issue of Computer and Video Games has a small feature on Jumping Flash! 2 on page 33 and review on page 78.

• 3.) Issue 88 of Electronic Gaming Monthly has a Jumping Flash! 2 review here and a two page feature here and here

• 4.) I have found tidbits online in both English and Japanese that the Jumping Flash series was inspired by the 1984 Osamu Tezuka experimental film Jumping. There are definite similarities, but I haven't found a reliable source for this yet.

~ Hibana (talk) 21:27, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Thank you again Hibana! I am very grateful, it really means a lot. I will be away over the Christmas period so I will extensively develop the Jumping Flash! article using the new information here. Interesting, I didn't know there any differences with the UK and Japanese versions. That being said though I do use the American version of the game on an emulator. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 23:37, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Wipeout (video game)

The article Wipeout (video game) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Wipeout (video game) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tezero -- Tezero (talk) 03:40, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup - Round 4 (Semi-Finals)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 4 Happy New Year! We hope that all of our GA Cup competitors had an enjoyable and safe holiday season. Monday saw the end of Round 3. Eight contestants moved forward to Round 4—the top two contestants from each of Round 3's three pools and the top two participants of all remaining users. It was an exciting competition, especially towards the end. Round 3's highest scorer was Jaguar, Round 2's wildcard, with an impressive 305 points, the highest score in the GA Cup thus far. Pool B was the closest race; J_Milburn and Cwmhiraeth switched places a few times in the final hours of the competition, although J Milburn edged out Cwmhiraeth by just 9 points. Pool A was, by far, the most competitive; four out of five moved onto Round 4, and its competitors earned a cumulative 935 points and reviewed 59 articles. Ritchie333, who came in second overall with 255 points, reviewed the most articles (17). Peacemaker67 and Wizardman earned the two wildcard slots, with 184 and 154 points, respectively. Congrats to all! 114 articles were reviewed this round, as compared to 110 in Round 2 and 117 in Round 1. The key to success in Round 3, like in Round 2, was reviewing articles with the longest nomination dates; everyone who moved forward reviewed articles from the pink nomination box (20 points) or reviewed articles that had languished in the queue for over 5 months (18 points). Many of these articles had languished because their nominators had left Wikipedia and had little chance of passing to GA, so our competitors provided a great service by helping remove them from the queue. Also as in Round 2, The Boat Race articles proved to be popular review choices, with 10% of all the articles reviewed in December. We appreciate the competitors' continued enthusiasm, even during the busy holiday season. At least one competitor even reviewed articles while preparing for a holiday meal! For Round 4, participants have been randomly put in 2 pools of 4 contestants each. The top two in each pool will progress to the finals, as well as the top participant (5th place) of all remaining users. The semi-finals will start on January 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on January 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 4 and the pools can be found here. We received some excellent feedback about how to improve the GA Cup in the future, including the definition of "quickfails" and the use of pools, which we'll seriously consider as we move forward. As a result of this feedback and the experience we've gained, there will be some changes to the rules come next years GA Cup. Good luck to all our semi-finalists! It is the judges' hope that every competitor in the GA Cup continue to have fun and be enthusiastic about reviewing and passing articles to GA! Cheers from Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Happy New Year Jaguar!

Happy New Year!

Jaguar,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Snuggums (talk / edits) 05:59, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

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