Splodger999

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Dispute resolution

WP:DR gives a good overview of the options available when dealing with a problem user. A "request for comment" is probably the best option for disputes where only a couple of editors are involved and it'd benefit from neutral outside input. Don't be afraid to undo problem edits, that can be all part of the bold-revert-discuss process, but you're right that reverting too many times can be a problem - more than three reverts of the same content can get you blocked under WP:3RR.

Both you and User:Hyperspacecloud should be assuming good faith, though, and focusing on content rather than possible motives of editors. (I don't know if Hyperspace's paranoia about "a group of people that deliberately want to sabotage the game" was aimed at anyone, but it doesn't help.) --McGeddon (talk) 10:31, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Long-term review

Thanks, that makes sense - I knew one publication was deliberately holding fire like this, and had forgotten it was IGN. Odd that they hadn't marked it up as such. --McGeddon (talk) 08:29, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Platforms in video game infobox

Hi Splodger999,

Judging by your edits you haven't been very experienced in editing, but you do seem interested in Elite: Dangerous. May I suggest you take a guick glance at the guidelines on video game articles? For instance, the video game infobox is intended for a quick summary of a video game. Future platforms are very much okay to have there too. It also says they're to be released in Q3, 2015. Thanks, and happy editing. --Soetermans. T / C 11:09, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

@Soetermans: Unless I'm missing something, neither VG/MOS nor the template itself give any explicit instructions for the "Platforms" field, and only use the past tense ("if the game was released on multiple platforms on the same day", "console or operating system the game was released for"). There's a discussion going on at Template talk:Infobox video game#Platforms to determine whether the template documentation should be clarified either way. --McGeddon (talk) 12:58, 11 March 2015 (UTC)