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[1] - whatever you're using for checklinks has some issues: it tagged a ref link as dead even though there was an archive link (and deadurl=yes), as well as creating [[name|name]] links and de-linking a publisher in a ref. It's a bit odd. --PresN 19:42, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Oops! Feel free to revert as needed, it shouldn't have done that... Judgesurreal777 (talk) 19:55, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Adventures of Mana GAN

Hey, you put that AoM was at GAN on the WP:SE page... but I think you forgot to put the GAN template on the actual article talk page. --PresN 19:41, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Yeah sorry about that, glad it got fixed, will be more careful in the future. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:50, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

No worries, just got a bit confused and figured you forgot. Great job on the article so far, and great job cleaning up all those WPSE starts! --PresN 01:30, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

I wasn't making a joke.

Look here, he actually was called Mace Windy: https://web.archive.org/web/20150219212116/http://www.secrethistoryofstarwars.com/earlydraftreviews.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.1.192.101 (talk) 17:43, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Here's a further source backing up my claim.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Journal_of_the_Whills,_Part_I — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.1.192.101 (talk) 17:45, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thank you. :) And it's fine, np.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.1.192.101 (talk) 18:14, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Box cleanup

I went and made a template for the userpage/talk page boxes, because all of the divs and nonsense are hard to read and I really should have done it years ago. While I was at it, I actually cleaned up some of the code in your userboxes; you somehow managed to have html errors all over the place that were correcting each other, while leaving artifacts like shifting the text to the left or shrinking the titles of some of the boxes. Sorry for not asking permission first! --PresN 04:00, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

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Dragon Quest II

Thank you for rewording my broken English! This source (now ref 19 in article) has lots of info I didn't add. After you complete, I'll see if there any other things worth to be added. Cheers!--223.104.30.225 (talk) 16:02, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much for all you're help! I don't know how to thank you, but I hope you join us more on Wikipedia! Maybe make a Username so I know what to call you! Judgesurreal777 (talk) 16:04, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

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Re:Coded (pun unintended)

I've looked, and failed when it came to development. Here is the date when the mobile version shut down, here is a reference for the date when the final episode was released. As to the remaining uncited dates, you may have to rely on this. As to Re:Coded, there are these titbits about some changes. As to more detail, you could do worse than use this:

• キングダム ハーツ Re：コーデッド アルティマニア (in Japanese). Square Enix. 2010-11-04. ISBN 4-7575-3050-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help) Translation

That's what I found with some looking. Hope it helps. --ProtoDrake (talk) 20:14, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

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Could you refer this?

Hey, I've been doing a little casual work on Resonance of Fate, and though I'm not feeling like taking any further, I'm sure another editor would find it a breeze sorting out the gameplay and reception sections now I've filled in development and straightened out the synopsis. I'm not sure about your history of the article, but I was thinking you might be able to refer it to someone willing to take it the rest of the way. I'm really not invested enough to take the next few steps. --ProtoDrake (talk) 09:21, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do @ProtoDrake:, I'll ask some people. Great job on it! Judgesurreal777 (talk) 14:11, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks @PresN:! It just kinda happened, but would not have been possible without @Jaguar:s fantastic response time and catching things I missed :) Judgesurreal777 (talk) 17:17, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

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Parasite eve GA nomination

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Ten years ago I worked parasite Eve into a, at least, readable article, it was still part of Parasite eve (series) article, and now after a lot of work you have put into it, is a GA nominee. I`m a semi-retired editor and when i was active i worked on evaluating albums articles so i never imagined an article i worked would get such a nomination. We haven`t work together but i wanted to thank you. Thanks. Zidane tribal (talk) 17:37, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

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FF Common Themes - Update

Hi there. I've been doing some more work on the proposed article in question. I've more or less finished the "Scenario" section (managed to find actual references for the writers of the first three games). I've also created most of the "Art Design" section. All that's left is the "Gameplay" section, a fairly minimal part of the Art Design section, and the "Reception" section. --ProtoDrake (talk) 08:36, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Wow! It's a colossal article, great job @ProtoDrake: on getting sourced content where there is currently none to speak of. It will be an awesome addition to the encyclopedia, let alone our Wikiproject. If you find any info that covers the character jobs, particularly the famous final fantasy black Mage, that would be great, we could get ride of all three poor articles on this subject at once. Can't wait for it to hit the article space. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 22:53, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Right. I'm taking you up on your offer. I've created as much of the article as I can at this point, as it's been a truly exhausting task. If you could handle the side tasks around its creation, and create a full reception section (which should actually be a fairly minor job compared to the rest of the article), I can put the finished article out there and do the last pieces of polishing on what I've got. Looking at it now and what I thought it would be, I think I've created something three times bigger than my initial estimate, and something that puts the articles it's essentially replacing to shame. Here's a couple of references to get started on reception.

• "Ranking The Final Fantasy Games". IGN. 2016-05-13. Archived from the original on 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2016-05-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131985/a_japanese_rpg_primer_the_.php?print=1

Hope you're willing to help in this regard. I'll wait for your signal before I actually create the article. --ProtoDrake (talk) 19:01, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Done. --ProtoDrake (talk) 19:30, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

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Re: Valkyrie Profile

Tempting, but I'm really not that drawn to the Valkyrie Profile series. I've left sources on the talk page for anyone who wants to try it. I had a more interesting long-term project in mind... Bringing the remaining eight mainline Fire Emblem titles to GA status, along with creating GA-worthy articles for both Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem (the latter currently a redirect). The most difficult to my mind is probably Gaiden, but I've seldom been beaten when I really set my mind to it. Heck, I even created a development and release section for BS Fire Emblem. So thanks for pointing Valkyrie Profile out, but at the moment I'm not interested, though I've left material for someone else to have a go. --ProtoDrake (talk) 06:43, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

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I want to add the original SFC artwork by using Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2016 May 17#Front covers of Star Ocean (video game) as precedent. However, I wonder whether you would allow me to replace it. If not, shall I add the SFC one as extra and then put the images up for discussion at FFD instead? --George Ho (talk) 11:05, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

I went ahead boldly and added the SFC image. I also changed game screenshots to battle ones. Same for Dragon Quest VI. --George Ho (talk) 06:36, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

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Invitation to discussion about FF4 and FF6 box arts

I started the discussion, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Square Enix#Localized box arts of Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy VI. I invite you there. --George Ho (talk) 12:45, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Do you think Lucina from Fire Emblem: Awakening deserves a Wikipedia page as of now.

She was a main character in the game, had appeared in many games after it, and she basically became the Rosalina of the Fire Emblem franchise. I think she has plenty of coverage to warrant herself a page. What do you think? ULTRA-DARKNESS^{:) 2 CHAT} 23:36, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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Editing News #2—2016

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Did you know?

It's quick and easy to insert a references list.

Place the cursor where you want to display the references list (usually at the bottom of the page). Open the "Insert" menu and click the "References list" icon (three books).

If you are using several groups of references, which is relatively rare, you will have the opportunity to specify the group. If you do that, then only the references that belong to the specified group will be displayed in this list of references.

Finally, click "Insert" in the dialog to insert the References list. This list will change as you add more footnotes to the page.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has fixed many bugs. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for Arabic and Indic scripts, and adapting the visual editor to the needs of the Wikivoyages and Wikisources.

Recent changes

The visual editor is now available to all users at most Wikivoyages. It was also enabled for all contributors at the French Wikinews.

The single edit tab feature combines the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab. It has been deployed to several Wikipedias, including Hungarian, Polish, English and Japanese Wikipedias, as well as to all Wikivoyages. At these wikis, you can change your settings for this feature in the "Editing" tab of Special:Preferences. The team is now reviewing the feedback and considering ways to improve the design before rolling it out to more people.

Future changes

The "Save page" button will say "Publish page". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta.

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next few months. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. This will affect several languages, including: Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, Assamese, Aramaic and others.

The team is working with the volunteer developers who power Wikisource to provide the visual editor there, for opt-in testing right now and eventually for all users. (T138966)

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. It will look like the visual editor, and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices around September 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list.

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• Do you teach new editors how to use the visual editor? Did you help set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki? Have you written or imported TemplateData for your most important citation templates? Would you be willing to help new editors and small communities with the visual editor? Please sign up for the new VisualEditor Community Taskforce.
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Your GA nomination of Luminous Studio

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Your GA nomination of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix

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Your GA nomination of Brave Fencer Musashi

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Your GA nomination of Organization XIII

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Your GA nomination of Brave Fencer Musashi

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Your GA nomination of SaGa Frontier 2

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Your GA nomination of Organization XIII

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Your GA nomination of Brave Fencer Musashi

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Kingdom Hearts Unchained X

Hey! I've noticed you working to get the KH articles up to GA status, if possible. I was just wondering, given your work on the articles, if you felt it was appropriate to split off the Unchained info from X? I don't know if there is much difference between the two, so if there isn't, maybe it should be split a bit more on the existing article? Just some thoughts, even though I know the article was just GA reviewed. Thanks. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 19:29, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

@Favre1fan93: The biggest obstacle to splitting out another article is that an article needs to be very large, so that it makes sense to make a new one because there is an overflow of gameplay, development, and reception, but especially the last two. I don't think we see that yet with this article, and it may make more sense to keep it together until such time as it grows even more. For example, Final Fantasy III has had a remake in 3D released many times, but to this day, that article has yet to grow "too big", so it has not separated, whereas the article for the Final Fantasy IV Remake has. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 21:00, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

I guess the crux of my question is if the two are vastly distinct enough to even consider (I don't know this personally). It may not be an immediate thing, but also considering that X's servers are being discontinued, as well as a stop of new content going to it, while Unchained will (presumably) continue, it's just some food for thought. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 22:03, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2016

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GA reminder

Hi there. I'm sorry if I've caught you when you're busy, but you agreed to review the game Titan Quest some time ago. When can I expect a review from you? --ProtoDrake (talk) 09:23, 12 July 2016 (UTC

Sorry to bother you again, but your review is somewhat overdue. If you can't manage it, then you can hand it over to someone else. --ProtoDrake (talk) 08:58, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Organization XIII

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FAC voluntary mentoring scheme

During a recent lengthy discussion on the WP:FAC talkpage, several ideas were put forward as to how this procedure could be improved, particularly in making it more user-friendly towards first-time nominees. The promotion rate for first-timers at FAC is depressingly low – around 16 percent – which is a cause for concern. To help remedy this, Mike Christie and I, with the co-operation of the FAC coordinators, have devised a voluntary mentoring scheme, in which newcomers will guided by more experienced editors through the stages of preparation and submission of their articles. The general format of the scheme is explained in more detail on Wikipedia: Mentoring for FAC, which also includes a list of editors who have indicated that they are prepared to act as mentors.

Would you be prepared to take on this role occasionally? If so, please add your name to the list. By doing so you incur no obligation; it will be entirely for you to decide how often and on which articles you want to act in this capacity. We anticipate that the scheme will have a trial run for a few months before we appraise its effectiveness. Your participation will be most welcome. Brianboulton (talk) 20:02, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Editing News #3—2016

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Did you know that you can easily re-arrange columns and rows in the visual editor?

Select a cell in the column or row that you want to move. Click the arrow at the start of that row or column to open the dropdown menu (shown). Choose either "Move before" or "Move after" to move the column, or "Move above" or "Move below" to move the row.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has mainly worked on a new wikitext editor. They have also released some small features and the new map editing tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the list of work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, releasing the 2017 wikitext editor as a beta feature, and improving language support.

Recent changes

• You can now set text as small or big.[2]
• Invisible templates have been shown as a puzzle icon. Now, the name of the invisible template is displayed next to the puzzle icon.[3] A similar feature will display the first part of hidden HTML comments.[4]
• Categories are displayed at the bottom of each page. If you click on the categories, the dialog for editing categories will open.[5]
• At many wikis, you can now add maps to pages. Go to the Insert menu and choose the "Maps" item. The Discovery department are adding more features to this area, like geoshapes. You can read more on MediaWiki.org.[6]
• The "Save" button now says "Save page" when you create a page, and "Save changes" when you change an existing page.[7] In the future, the "Save page" button will say "Publish page". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta.
• Image galleries now use a visual mode for editing. You can see thumbnails of the images, add new files, remove unwanted images, rearrange the images by dragging and dropping, and add captions for each image. Use the "Options" tab to set the gallery's display mode, image sizes, and add a title for the gallery.[8]

Future changes

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining 10 "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next month. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. This will affect several languages, including Thai, Burmese and Aramaic.

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. The 2017 wikitext editor will look like the visual editor and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices in October 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list.

Let's work together

Do you teach new editors how to use the visual editor? Did you help set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki? Have you written or imported TemplateData for your most important citation templates? Would you be willing to help new editors and small communities with the visual editor? Please sign up for the new VisualEditor Community Taskforce.

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The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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Your GA nomination of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix

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Your GA nomination of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix

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Hi again

Just noticed that you're back on WP. If you have time now and feel like it, I currently have a short article up on GAN if you want to review that.--IDV^talk 20:48, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Universe of Kingdom Hearts

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Your GA nomination of Universe of Kingdom Hearts

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Characters of Chrono Cross article

What gives? I've worked on improving the article, you nominated for GA twice now, just to advocate for a merge the next day? Your stance on that article is all over the place. Thanks for all your help, really appreciating the support. Sergecross73 msg me 20:00, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

@Sergecross73: this is not personal. The article seems not to be GA-able, so we should consider merging it again. It's time to discuss the articles fate, and if you still think it can be recovered, then be my guest to keep at it. I did not propose It's merger, but when asked, I'm still not totally convinced it is keepable. It's because it's borderline, close to being notable and not that makes it seem like I am of two minds. 20:13, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

You say it as if "GA" or "Merge" are the only two choices here. I've never even had any interest in making it a GA in the first place, in fact, I'm pretty certain I've expressed explicit concern with the process and starting these debates up again when you first brought it up. I'm just voicing my disappointment that not only did you ignore my wishes, but then you advocated for scrapping all of our work too. Sergecross73 msg me 20:24, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Well I'm sorry about that, I have been off of Wikipedia for a while, and I do seem to have forgotten all the good work you did. I did not mean to ignore that. @Sergecross73:. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 22:34, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Universe of Kingdom Hearts

The article Universe of Kingdom Hearts you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Universe of Kingdom Hearts 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 IDV -- IDV (talk) 06:41, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2016

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• 210 Featured Articles
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• 1 Featured Portals

• 27 Featured Pictures
• 1137 Good Articles
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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2016

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List of other media for 24 (TV series) listed at Redirects for discussion

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2017

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As of Q1 2017, the project has:

• 211 Featured Articles
• 70 Featured Lists
• 11 Featured Topics
• 1 Featured Portals

• 28 Featured Pictures
• 1,172 Good Articles
• 23 Good Topics

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Content

• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements

• Interview with Coin945 and Deltasim about the edutainment video gaming genre

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Editing News #1—2017

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Did you know?

Did you know that you can review your changes visually?

When you are finished editing the page, type your edit summary and then choose "Review your changes".

In visual mode, you will see additions, removals, new links, and formatting highlighted. Other changes, such as changing the size of an image, are described in notes on the side.

Click the toggle button to switch between visual and wikitext diffs.

The wikitext diff is the same diff tool that is used in the wikitext editors and in the page history.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has spent most of their time supporting the 2017 wikitext editor mode which is available inside the visual editor as a Beta Feature, and adding the new visual diff tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, supporting the 2017 wikitext editor as a beta feature, and improving the visual diff tool.

Recent changes

A new wikitext editing mode is available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices. The 2017 wikitext editor has the same toolbar as the visual editor and can use the citoid service and other modern tools. Go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures to enable the ⧼Visualeditor-preference-newwikitexteditor-label⧽.

A new visual diff tool is available in VisualEditor's visual mode. You can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs. More features will be added to this later. In the future, this tool may be integrated into other MediaWiki components. [9]

The team have added multi-column support for lists of footnotes. The <references /> block can automatically display long lists of references in columns on wide screens. This makes footnotes easier to read. You can request multi-column support for your wiki. [10]

Other changes:

• You can now use your web browser's function to switch typing direction in the new wikitext mode. This is particularly helpful for RTL language users like Urdu or Hebrew who have to write JavaScript or CSS. You can use Command+Shift+X or Control+Shift+X to trigger this. [11]
• The way to switch between the visual editing mode and the wikitext editing mode is now consistent. There is a drop-down menu that shows the two options. This is now the same in desktop and mobile web editing, and inside things that embed editing, such as Flow. [12]
• The Categories item has been moved to the top of the Page options menu (from clicking on the icon) for quicker access. [13] There is also now a "Templates used on this page" feature there. [14]
• You can now create <chem> tags (sometimes used as <ce>) for chemical formulas inside the visual editor. [15]
• Tables can be set as collapsed or un-collapsed. [16]
• The Special character menu now includes characters for Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics and angle quotation marks (‹› and ⟨⟩) . The team thanks the volunteer developer, Tpt. [17]
• A bug caused some section edit conflicts to blank the rest of the page. This has been fixed. The team are sorry for the disruption. [18]
• There is a new keyboard shortcut for citations: Control+Shift+K on a PC, or Command+Shift+K on a Mac. It is based on the keyboard shortcut for making links, which is Control+K on a PC or Command+K on a Mac. [19]

Future changes

• The VisualEditor team is working with the Community Tech team on a syntax highlighting tool. It will highlight matching pairs of <ref> tags and other types of wikitext syntax. You will be able to turn it on and off. It will first become available in VisualEditor's built-in wikitext mode, maybe late in 2017. [20]
• The kind of button used to Show preview, Show changes, and finish an edit will change in all WMF-supported wikitext editors. The new buttons will use OOjs UI. The buttons will be larger, brighter, and easier to read. The labels will remain the same. You can test the new button by editing a page and adding &ooui=1 to the end of the URL, like this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Sandbox?action=edit&ooui=1 The old appearance will no longer be possible, even with local CSS changes. [21]
• The outdated 2006 wikitext editor will be removed later this year. It is used by approximately 0.03% of active editors. See a list of editing tools on mediawiki.org if you are uncertain which one you use. [22]

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2017

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 10, No. 1 — 2nd Quarter, 2017
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Project At a Glance
As of Q2 2017, the project has:

• 211 Featured Articles
• 70 Featured Lists
• 11 Featured Topics
• 1 Featured Portals

• 28 Featured Pictures
• 1,172 Good Articles
• 23 Good Topics

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Content

• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements

• Feature: Shiny Wikipedians - A Featured Content Leaderboard
• Feature: Final Fantasy VII postmortem

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Project Navigation

• VG Project Main pages

  • Main project – talk
  • Project category – talk
  • Portal – talk

  VG Project Departments

  • Assessment – talk
  • Cleanup – talk
  • Peer review – talk

   

  • Reference library – talk
  • Newsletter – talk
  • Video game images – talk

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You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" at John F. Kennedy Park, near Harvard Square, Cambridge, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. Sunday July 16 New England Wiknic (also on Facebook) 1–5pm - come by any time! Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia banner! We hope to see you there! --Phoebe (talk) 16:33, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2017

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 10, No. 3 — 3rd Quarter, 2017
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Project At a Glance
As of Q3 2017, the project has:

• 211 Featured Articles
• 70 Featured Lists
• 11 Featured Topics
• 1 Featured Portals

• 28 Featured Pictures
• 1,211 Good Articles
• 23 Good Topics

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Content

• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements

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Project Navigation

• VG Project Main pages

  • Main project – talk
  • Project category – talk
  • Portal – talk

  VG Project Departments

  • Assessment – talk
  • Cleanup – talk
  • Peer review – talk

   

  • Reference library – talk
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SaGa

I don't know how interested you are in the SaGa series, but I remembered you brought the SaGa Frontier article up to GA level. I thought I'd let you know that I've just created an article for the currently JP-exclusive SaGa: Scarlet Grace. I was also toying with making an article for Imperial Saga as I've found several sources for it. At present, it's Christmas and I'm a little SaGa'd out. Since you seem to have an interest in SaGa, I thought I'd let you know about Scarlet Grace. --ProtoDrake (talk) 11:14, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

@Protodrake: Thanks for letting me know! Looks good, just needs more reception, great work! My interest in the SaGa series was primarily in expanding our Square Enix article quality, and who knows? At some point, we could have a good topic! Anyway, Merry Christmas! And I'll be on Wikipedia more in the days ahead. 2600:8805:D880:1D00:2DBA:A9D3:C56F:6ACB (talk) 15:24, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

And a merry Christmas to you too. --ProtoDrake (talk) 17:30, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

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Editing News #1—2018

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Did you know?

Did you know that you can now use the visual diff tool on any page?

Sometimes, it is hard to see important changes in a wikitext diff. This screenshot of a wikitext diff (click to enlarge) shows that the paragraphs have been rearranged, but it does not highlight the removal of a word or the addition of a new sentence.

If you enable the Beta Feature for "⧼visualeditor-preference-visualdiffpage-label⧽", you will have a new option. It will give you a new box at the top of every diff page. This box will let you choose either diff system on any edit.

Click the toggle button to switch between visual and wikitext diffs.

In the visual diff, additions, removals, new links, and formatting changes will be highlighted. Other changes, such as changing the size of an image, are described in notes on the side.

This screenshot shows the same edit as the wikitext diff. The visual diff highlights the removal of one word and the addition of a new sentence. An arrow indicates that the paragraph changed location.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has spent most of their time supporting the 2017 wikitext editor mode, which is available inside the visual editor as a Beta Feature, and improving the visual diff tool. Their work board is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, supporting the 2017 wikitext editor, and improving the visual diff tool.

Recent changes

• The 2017 wikitext editor is available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices. It has the same toolbar as the visual editor and can use the citoid service and other modern tools. The team have been comparing the performance of different editing environments. They have studied how long it takes to open the page and start typing. The study uses data for more than one million edits during December and January. Some changes have been made to improve the speed of the 2017 wikitext editor and the visual editor. Recently, the 2017 wikitext editor opened fastest for most edits, and the 2010 WikiEditor was fastest for some edits. More information will be posted at mw:Contributors/Projects/Editing performance.
• The visual diff tool was developed for the visual editor. It is now available to all users of the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor. When you review your changes, you can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs. You can also enable the new Beta Feature for "Visual diffs". The Beta Feature lets you use the visual diff tool to view other people's edits on page histories and Special:RecentChanges. [23]
• Wikitext syntax highlighting is available as a Beta Feature for both the 2017 wikitext editor and the 2010 wikitext editor. [24]
• The citoid service automatically translates URLs, DOIs, ISBNs, and PubMed id numbers into wikitext citation templates. This tool has been used at the English Wikipedia for a long time. It is very popular and useful to editors, although it can be tricky for admins to set up. Other wikis can have this service, too. Please read the instructions. You can ask the team to help you enable citoid at your wiki.

Let's work together

• The team is planning a presentation about editing tools for an upcoming Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting.
• Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and other communities may have the visual editor made available by default to contributors. If your community wants this, then please contact Dan Garry.
• The <references /> block can automatically display long lists of references in columns on wide screens. This makes footnotes easier to read. This has already been enabled at the English Wikipedia. If you want columns for a long list of footnotes on this wiki, you can use either <references /> or the plain (no parameters) {{reflist}} template. If you edit a different wiki, you can request multi-column support for your wiki. [25]
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Merging The Forerunner Saga

I'm looking at some of the Halo novels and it seems like while Halo: Cryptum has enough content (barely) to satisfy a standalone article, the others don't particularly. I was wondering your thoughts about combining them into The Forerunner Saga. I did something similar with The Myst Reader since the other two books didn't have as much as the first one in regards to useful content to stand alone. I started a draft at User:David Fuchs/draft, but I've got to sort out all the reference issues and then work on flowing the content together rather than just stacking it. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 15:06, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

@David Fuchs: I am always in favor of one Featured article versus three good articles, and the scope of the articles in question make it seem that merger will lead to no content loss, so by all means, you have my full support! Judgesurreal777 (talk) 18:10, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Your ping worked (I admit as an old-timer it still throws me off and I double-check myself :P) Glad to see fellow geezers still kicking around. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 18:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Editing News #2—2018

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Did you know?

Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?

Tap on the pencil icon to start editing. The page will probably open in the wikitext editor.

You will see another pencil icon in the toolbar. Tap on that pencil icon to the switch between visual editing and wikitext editing.

Remember to publish your changes when you're done.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has wrapped up most of their work on the 2017 wikitext editor and the visual diff tool. The team has begun investigating the needs of editors who use mobile devices. Their work board is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are fixing bugs and improving mobile editing.

Recent changes

• The Editing team has published an initial report about mobile editing.
• The Editing team has begun a design study of visual editing on the mobile website. New editors have trouble doing basic tasks on a smartphone, such as adding links to Wikipedia articles. You can read the report.
• The Reading team is working on a separate mobile-based contributions project.
• The 2006 wikitext editor is no longer supported. If you used that toolbar, then you will no longer see any toolbar. You may choose another editing tool in your editing preferences, local gadgets, or beta features.
• The Editing team described the history and status of VisualEditor in this recorded public presentation (starting at 29 minutes, 30 seconds).
• The Language team released a new version of Content Translation (CX2) last month, on International Translation Day. It integrates the visual editor to support templates, tables, and images. It also produces better wikitext when the translated article is published. [26]

Let's work together

• The Editing team wants to improve visual editing on the mobile website. Please read their ideas and tell the team what you think would help editors who use the mobile site.
• The Community Wishlist Survey begins next week.
• If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly. We will notify you when the next issue is ready for translation. Thank you!

— Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 17:12, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

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Editing News #1—July 2019

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Did you know?

Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?

Every article has a pencil icon at the top. Tap on the pencil icon to start editing.

Edit Cards

This is what the new Edit Cards for editing links in the mobile visual editor look like. You can try the prototype here: 📲 Try Edit Cards.

Welcome back to the Editing newsletter.

Since the last newsletter, the team has released two new features for the mobile visual editor and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to make editing on mobile web simpler.

Before talking about the team's recent releases, we have a question for you:

Are you willing to try a new way to add and change links?

If you are interested, we would value your input! You can try this new link tool in the mobile visual editor on a separate wiki.

Follow these instructions and share your experience:

📲 Try Edit Cards.

Recent releases

The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the mobile site. The Editing team has recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:

1. Section editing
   • The purpose is to help contributors focus on their edits.
   • The team studied this with an A/B test. This test showed that contributors who could use section editing were 1% more likely to publish the edits they started than people with only full-page editing.
2. Loading overlay
   • The purpose is to smooth the transition between reading and editing.

Section editing and the new loading overlay are now available to everyone using the mobile visual editor.

New and active projects

This is a list of our most active projects. Watch these pages to learn about project updates and to share your input on new designs, prototypes and research findings.

• Edit cards: This is a clearer way to add and edit links, citations, images, templates, etc. in articles. You can try this feature now. Go here to see how: 📲Try Edit Cards.
• Mobile toolbar refresh: This project will learn if contributors are more successful when the editing tools are easier to recognize.
• Mobile visual editor availability: This A/B test asks: Are newer contributors more successful if they use the mobile visual editor? We are collaborating with 20 Wikipedias to answer this question.
• Usability improvements: This project will make the mobile visual editor easier to use.  The goal is to let contributors stay focused on editing and to feel more confident in the editing tools.

Looking ahead

• Wikimania: Several members of the Editing Team will be attending Wikimania in August 2019. They will lead a session about mobile editing in the Community Growth space. Talk to them about how editing can be improved.
• Talk Pages: In the coming months, the Editing Team will begin improving talk pages and communication on the wikis.

Learning more

The VisualEditor on mobile is a good place to learn more about the projects we are working on. The team wants to talk with you about anything related to editing. If you have something to say or ask, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.

PPelberg (WMF) (talk) and Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:25, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2019

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 11, No. 1 — 2nd Quarter, 2019
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Project At a Glance
As of Q2 2019, the project has:

• 229 Featured Articles
• 82 Featured Lists
• 11 Featured Topics
• 1 Featured Portals

• 42 Featured Pictures
• 1,434 Good Articles
• 29 Good Topics

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Content

• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements

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Project Navigation

• VG Project Main pages

  • Main project – talk
  • Project category – talk
  • Portal – talk

  VG Project Departments

  • Assessment – talk
  • Cleanup – talk
  • Peer review – talk

   

  • Reference library – talk
  • Newsletter – talk
  • Video game images – talk

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q3

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 11, No. 2 — 3nd Quarter, 2019
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Project At a Glance
As of Q3 2019, the project has:

• 231 Featured Articles
• 82 Featured Lists
• 11 Featured Topics
• 1 Featured Portals

• 32 Featured Pictures
• 1,470 Good Articles
• 29 Good Topics

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Content

• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements

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Project Navigation

• VG Project Main pages

  • Main project – talk
  • Project category – talk
  • Portal – talk

  VG Project Departments

  • Assessment – talk
  • Cleanup – talk
  • Peer review – talk

   

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Editing News #2 – Mobile editing and talk pages – October 2019

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Inside this newsletter, the Editing team talks about their work on the mobile visual editor, on the new talk pages project, and at Wikimania 2019.

Help

What talk page interactions do you remember? Is it a story about how someone helped you to learn something new? Is it a story about how someone helped you get involved in a group? Something else? Whatever your story is, we want to hear it!

Please tell us a story about how you used a talk page. Please share a link to a memorable discussion, or describe it on the talk page for this project. The team would value your examples. These examples will help everyone develop a shared understanding of what this project should support and encourage.

Talk Pages

The Talk Pages Consultation was a global consultation to define better tools for wiki communication. From February through June 2019, more than 500 volunteers on 20 wikis, across 15 languages and multiple projects, came together with members of the Foundation to create a product direction for a set of discussion tools. The Phase 2 Report of the Talk Page Consultation was published in August. It summarizes the product direction the team has started to work on, which you can read more about here: Talk Page Project project page.

The team needs and wants your help at this early stage. They are starting to develop the first idea. Please add your name to the "Getting involved" section of the project page, if you would like to hear about opportunities to participate.

Mobile visual editor

The Editing team is trying to make it simpler to edit on mobile devices. The team is changing the visual editor on mobile. If you have something to say about editing on a mobile device, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.

Edit Cards

What happens when you click on a link. The new Edit Card is bigger and has more options for editing links.

• On 3 September, the Editing team released version 3 of Edit Cards. Anyone could use the new version in the mobile visual editor.
• There is an updated design on the Edit Card for adding and modifying links. There is also a new, combined workflow for editing a link's display text and target.
• Feedback: You can try the new Edit Cards by opening the mobile visual editor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the Edit cards talk page.

Toolbar

The editing toolbar is changing in the mobile visual editor. The old system had two different toolbars. Now, all the buttons are together. Tell the team what you think about the new toolbar.

• In September, the Editing team updated the mobile visual editor's editing toolbar. Anyone could see these changes in the mobile visual editor.
  • One toolbar: All of the editing tools are located in one toolbar. Previously, the toolbar changed when you clicked on different things.
  • New navigation: The buttons for moving forward and backward in the edit flow have changed.
  • Seamless switching: an improved workflow for switching between the visual and wikitext modes.
• Feedback: You can try the refreshed toolbar by opening the mobile VisualEditor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the Toolbar feedback talk page.

Wikimania

The Editing Team attended Wikimania 2019 in Sweden. They led a session on the mobile visual editor and a session on the new talk pages project. They tested two new features in the mobile visual editor with contributors. You can read more about what the team did and learned in the team's report on Wikimania 2019.

Looking ahead

• Talk Pages Project: The team is thinking about the first set of proposed changes. The team will be working with a few communities to pilot those changes. The best way to stay informed is by adding your username to the list on the project page: Getting involved.
• Testing the mobile visual editor as the default: The Editing team plans to post results before the end of the calendar year. The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist: VisualEditor as mobile default project page.
• Measuring the impact of Edit Cards: The Editing team hopes to share results in November. This study asks whether the project helped editors add links and citations. The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist: Edit Cards project page.

– PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 16:51, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q4 2019

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 11, No. 3 — 4th Quarter, 2019
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Project At a Glance
As of Q4 2019, the project has:

• 233 Featured Articles
• 83 Featured Lists
• 11 Featured Topics
• 1 Featured Portals

• 33 Featured Pictures
• 1,488 Good Articles
• 28 Good Topics

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• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements

• Feature: Rare Replay GT postmortem
• Interview: Alexandra IDV

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Project Navigation

• VG Project Main pages

  • Main project – talk
  • Project category – talk
  • Portal – talk

  VG Project Departments

  • Assessment – talk
  • Cleanup – talk
  • Peer review – talk

   

  • Reference library – talk
  • Newsletter – talk
  • Video game images – talk

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q1 2020

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 12, No. 1 — 1st Quarter, 2020
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Project At a Glance
As of Q1 2020, the project has:

• 233 Featured Articles
• 84 Featured Lists
• 10 Featured Topics

• 33 Featured Pictures
• 1,522 Good Articles
• 28 Good Topics

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• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements

• Feature: High-Level Article trends in the past decade or two
• Interview: Zxcvbnm

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• VG Project Main pages

  • Main project – talk
  • Project category – talk
  • Portal – talk

  VG Project Departments

  • Assessment – talk
  • Cleanup – talk
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Editing news 2020 #1 – Discussion tools

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This early version of the Reply tool automatically signs and indents comments.

The Editing team has been working on the talk pages project. The goal of the talk pages project is to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. This project is the result of the Talk pages consultation 2019.

In a future update, the team plans to test a tool for easily linking to another user's name, a rich-text editing option, and other tools.

The team is building a new tool for replying to comments now. This early version can sign and indent comments automatically. Please test the new Reply tool.

• On 31 March 2020, the new reply tool was offered as a Beta Feature editors at four Wikipedias: Arabic, Dutch, French, and Hungarian. If your community also wants early access to the new tool, contact User:Whatamidoing (WMF).
• The team is planning some upcoming changes. Please review the proposed design and share your thoughts on the talk page. The team will test features such as:
  • an easy way to mention another editor ("pinging"),
  • a rich-text visual editing option, and
  • other features identified through user testing or recommended by editors.

To hear more about Editing Team updates, please add your name to the "Get involved" section of the project page. You can also watch these pages: the main project page, Updates, Replying, and User testing.

– PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 15:45, 13 April 2020 (UTC)