User talk:Martarius

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1 Chipstead
2 Treorchy
3 Album genre categories
4 Welcome to The Simpsons WikiProject
5 The Beach Boys
6 Ozzy
7 Invitation to join WP:FG
8 A potential chat session with Bill Oakley
9 Treehouse of Horror V‎
10 TfD nomination of Template:ProseTimeline
11 Large Marge
12 The Bourne Supremacy (film)
13 The WPVG Newsletter (June 2008)

[edit] Chipstead

I noticed with interest your link to Chipstead RFC. I moved it though into the ref as I added encyclopedic knowledge that it has been open since 1960. Otherwise the link would be deleted as wikipedia is not really a directory. Hope that's OK. If you live in the area a photo would really enhance the page. SuzanneKn 17:53, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeah that's fine with me, because external links sometimes have information relevant to their subjects. (Martin Banting 18:03, 30 August 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Treorchy

Hi, thanks for your work on the Treorchy page. I'm not too much of a fan of the Trivia heading, just like the person who posted the warning. Do you think we could somehow bring the Trivia notes (which I do think are valid) under Entertainment or maybe change it to Cultural references or something. I also don't like the placement of the photo, it would look far better towards the top of the page, so people see it straight away when they enter the article. What are you thoughts?--FruitMonkey 10:48, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, especially when they just have one piece of information {Martin B 10:58, 1 September 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Album genre categories

Hi there. I see you're adding a bunch of albums to Category:Alternative rock albums. Please see the note at that category that says that albums should not generally be added to the category directly. Have a nice day. --PEJL 15:52, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I've been putting in albums in that category when the genre is Alternative rock according to their infoboxes (Martin B 15:54, 6 September 2007 (UTC))

I've now reverted most of these. See also WP:ALBUM#Categories for more info on how the categories for albums work. --PEJL 16:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to The Simpsons WikiProject

Hello, thank you for becoming a member of The Simpsons WikiProject. The Project has been around for over a year and has seen many Simpsons related articles improved exponentially. The members of the Project have achieved many successes, including getting an an entire season of The Simpsons promoted to Featured topic status as well as getting many articles promoted to Featured article and Good article status. For a full list of Project accomplishments, see this page. There are currently several drives within the project, including a drive to improve the episodes of season 1 and a drive to improve the core articles of the project. If you would like to work on a page and need help, please see our guide to sources or the style guide. If you require any further assistance, please leave a message on the project talk page, or ask myself or Gran2. Once again, thank you for joining the project, and happy editing.

Important: We're currently going through a membership reconfirmation, so you should probably go here and add your name. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 16:53, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Beach Boys

Why have you removed The Beach Boys from the category:American rock music groups? MookieZ 18:40, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Because it's in one of it's subcategories (Martin B 18:47, 5 October 2007 (UTC))

That is a template that is in the subcategory... I think it was better the other way. MookieZ 18:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ozzy

Why have you reverted my edit to the name of Ozzy's boxed set? Look it up, the "vandalism" was obviously not mine but rather the original editor who made it Princess. Idiot.

I'm sorry

[edit] Invitation to join WP:FG

Hello Martarius, thank you for your contributions on articles related to Family Guy. I'd like to invite you to become a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Family Guy, a WikiProject aimed at improving the quality of Family Guy articles on Wikipedia.

If you would like to participate, please visit the project page for more information. Thanks!

I have some simple guidelines for default Class/Importance ratings for {{WikiProject Family Guy}} under WP:FGassess. If you don't want to join, that's fine. Please feel free to continue contributing to Family Guy articles! / edg ☺ ☭ 20:01, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A potential chat session with Bill Oakley

We at the Simpsons WikiProject have managed to get into contact with the one and only Bill Oakley (who showran The Simpsons from season 7 to 8) and he has agreed to send us some images and to do an IRC chat in the future with us so that we can ask questions about things that we can use in articles. The transcript of this chat will hopefully be posted at NoHomers.net, which I think will be a good enough sorce. Failing that, we'll try The Simpsons Archive. Every member is more than welcome to take part, which will be held at our #wpsimpsons channel. Because not everyone will be able to make the chat, a page has been made where any member can post questions that can be asked. Remember, no fan questions, and due to a lack of time, try to limit it to ones that will help improve an article. That page is here. If you have any questions, ask myself, Xihix (who is the one in contact with him) or post it at WT:DOH, which is where any future updates will be posted. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 02:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Treehouse of Horror V‎

You be interested to know I'm currently working on getting this to FA status. Any feedback on it would be much appreshated. Buc (talk) 21:08, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:ProseTimeline

Template:ProseTimeline has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 17:56, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Large Marge

Do you have a source for the "alternate storyline" in the production section of Large Marge?

No, especially because I did not type in that information, I just moved it out of the trivia section into a section of its own. Martarius (talk) 09:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Bourne Supremacy (film)

Don't you think the Differences from the novel section in its present form constitutes original research since no reliable sources have been provided for this section? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 10:44, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, and I think that section is fancruft. Martarius (talk) 10:54, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The WPVG Newsletter (June 2008)

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume I, No. 3 - June 4, 2008

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Project at a Glance

As of 2008-06-04, the project has:

208 Good Articles
0 articles in Good Article Review
10 articles for Peer review

Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

Promoted FA/FL:

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts, List of Harvest Moon titles, Riven, Myst,

Topic:

Characters of Halo, The Orange Box

Demoted FA/FL:

Devil May Cry series (FT)

Promoted GA:

Air (visual novel), Crash Boom Bang!, Driving Emotion Type-S, Einhänder, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Metal Gear Solid, Off-Road Velociraptor Safari, Team Fortress 2, Grand Theft Auto (series), Kratos (God of War), History of video game consoles (seventh generation)

Demoted GA:

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Cloud Strife, Super Smash Bros.

News

There were 203 new articles in May 2008

Current proposals and discussions

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- About 28% of the articles on the list have been checked and updated.
Inactive project cleanup
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- WikiProject Dragon Quest has been redirected to WP:VG.
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Interested in a specific video game series or company? Check out some of our task forces to help improve the related articles.

Feature

Writing about Development

Development content is very important to include in an encyclopedic video game article. It provides a history of how the game came to be and provides real world information needed for an article to claim comprehensiveness. However, writing this section can be difficult because the amount and type of information available will vary for each game. One of the best sources for such information is a developer interview. These can provide insight into the thought process of the designers and give examples of influences and obstacles encountered. Previews can also be helpful by giving a snap shot of the game before it was released and may mention development issues that were still being addressed.

When writing about development, common sense should be used to organize content to maintain a sense of flow for the reader. Most times, it is best to give the information in a somewhat chronological order—though information can also be grouped by topics like audio, promotion, graphics, etc. If one such topic gets large enough, it can be split off into its own subsection or regular section. For example, Kingdom Hearts#Audio is a separate section from the rest of the development information because it focuses on the game's musical score and voice acting. Portal (video game)#Soundtrack, however, does not have as much content and is a subsection of the main development section.

What to include about development

Who are the developers? Which company or studio developed the game, and are there any prominent designers involved?
When did development begin?
When and where was the game first announced? (e.g. Tokyo Game Show, E3 Media and Business Summit, etc.)
What influenced the game's story, characters, music, and/or gameplay ? (e.g. past games, movies, books, etc.)
Were there any delays?
Was anything excluded because of time or technological constraints? (e.g. extra levels, game modes, characters, story arcs, etc.)

Things to remember

Avoid proseline. Though maintaining a sense to chronology is important, this section should not read like an ordered list of events.
Images in this section should be relevant to the information given and should add on to it.
Source everything to avoid information being tagged as original research.