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Hi, David, I need help...

Hi, David! Since I admire your great work on "Da Wiki," I was wondering if you could help me out with Broken Sword. Since all of the installment articles are already GAs, only the series' main article needs to be promoted to GA. I was wondering if you could review it, or if you're too busy, atleast give me some advice on how to improve it. :) All the very Best, --Khanassassin ☪ 16:55, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity, have you ever played Broken Sword, and if so, what did you think about it? :) Best, --Khanassassin ☪ 17:11, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
You should. ;) --Khanassassin ☪ 20:02, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Tuvix review

I've already posted at WT:TREK about having WikiProject members take a look at the Tuvix article. However, I really think you're one of our go-to guys for Star Trek featured articles, and would like to specifically ask for your editorial perusal of the article. I'd really appreciate it! Thanks for your time and attention. — fourthords | =Λ= | 02:03, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is a 1984 motion picture released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the third feature film of the Star Trek science fiction franchise and is the center of a three-film story arc that begins with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and concludes with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. After the death of Spock (Leonard Nimoy) the crew of the USS Enterprise returns to Earth. When James T. Kirk (William Shatner) learns that Spock's spirit is held in the mind of Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Kirk and company steal the Enterprise to return Spock's body to his home planet. The crew must also contend with hostile Klingons, led by Kruge (Christopher Lloyd), bent on stealing the secrets of a powerful terraforming device. Paramount commissioned the film after positive critical and commercial reaction to The Wrath of Khan. Nimoy directed, the first Star Trek cast member to do so. Producer Harve Bennett wrote the script starting from the end and working back, and intended the destruction of the Enterprise to be a shocking development. The filmed grossed $76 million at the domestic box office and a total of $87 million worldwide. Critical reaction to The Search for Spock was mixed to positive. Reviewers generally praised the cast and characters, while criticism tended to focus on the plot; the special effects were conflictingly received. Roger Ebert called the film a compromise between the tones of the first and second Star Trek films. (more...)

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How are you? It has been a while, I'm gladd your still at it so rigorously! I'm still around on Wikipedia on occasion. I tried creating a new article by copying some of the text as a basis to create an article, calledEureqa, and an admin named User:Fuhghettaboutit deleted it. Perhaps it was a fair point that the text needed to be modified, or removed, but he has refused to restore the article for me to improve. and now, he has deleted a Wikipedia Good Article unilaterally and with no consultation, Mark Twain House. I need some assistance on this issue, could you or another admin help? Thanks. In fact, I really think someone should start going through his contribution history to see if he has a record of deleting other Good Articles on very weak grounds and without any warning or communication of the issues involved, speedy deletion of articles are not for notable articles, let alone Good ones. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 02:36, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Just an update, thing seem to have calmed down, just a heads up! Happy editing! Judgesurreal777 (talk) 23:37, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

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I've come back to this after further investigation. I'm blanking this entire section under the Biographies of living persons policy. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vanburrena for why. Uncle G (talk) 09:55, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

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New editor we met today

Hi David, the new editor we met today has created his first article, Karl Slotta, and now has a user page and user talk page where I invited him to email or message you. Cheers.--Chaser (talk) 19:18, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

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RfAr/Perth remedies

Not meant as lobbying, just as clarification, but did you mean to outright support both "Gnangarra admonished" (remedy 5) and "Gnangarra desysopped" (remedy 6), or to post a first and second choice as you did with Kwamikagami (remedies 3 and 4)? Thanks, Newyorkbrad (talk) 13:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Just for the record...

Not having jumped in on Noetica's desysopping straw poll one way or the other doesn't necessarily mean the "community" agrees with him.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 12:15, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant that 18-0 poll on Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Perth/Proposed decision. I didn't bother voting against it for various reasons, but I disagree that desysopping for the wheel-warring actions in question should be off the table. I think the way it's fallen out now is just about right, personally -- I would have supported a desysop for Gnangarra, but I also would have supported an immediate RFA to get the bit back. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:55, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Well, at least this time when editing in relation to that poll SarekOfVulcan, you are attributing your view for desysop proposal(s) to yourself; I recall it was you who misstated another person's position through your edit here by suggesting that they were for desysop proposals when that was not the actual case. Ncmvocalist (talk) 14:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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Halo sales figures

Unfortunately I can't verify how reliable those figures are. However, I would say that from other sources I have seen, the figures are all very similar to one another, and therefore I find it hard to imagine that if these different sources are all quoting similar figures that they've all managed to get them wrong. Nevertheless, I understand your concerns. TurboGUY (talk) 22:54, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/.hack (video game series)/archive3

Ping. I know you're a busy guy but are you still working on this review? Thanks, Axem Titanium (talk) 15:12, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey, sorry for being completely AWOL for 2 weeks. Work picked up at an inconvenient time. I've rewritten the reception section and feedback on it would be awesome. Thanks! Axem Titanium (talk) 16:41, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! Would you also mind taking a quick look at the plot section as well? I'm still a little confused about what bridies is asking for and a second set of eyes copyediting would be awesome. Axem Titanium (talk) 13:53, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

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WP:FAC request

I was checking out your user page and saw that you take requests for reviews. Would you be willing to take a look at KMFDM? Nikkimaria has already vetted the citations, but it's been languishing for about a week with no comments on its actual contents. Thanks. —Torchiest talkedits 18:58, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

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Request

I was wondering if you could leave comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Say Hello to My Little Friend/archive1. You don't have though. Thanks! TBrandley 16:46, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Logged-out edit

... suppressed now ;) - Alison ❤ 20:53, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Triangle FAR

I just wanted to drop a note saying I appreciated you commented on the above nomination, and that I've addressed all of the issues that indopug pointed out as well! Cheers!--Gen. Quon (Talk) 15:30, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

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KMFDM FAC

Hey, thanks so much for your comments. I replied at the review page. —Torchiest talkedits 23:20, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

I made changes based on your last comments, and I just wanted to check to make sure I'd addressed all your previous concerns satisfactorily. Thanks for all your help. —Torchiest talkedits 14:46, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
No problem, and no rush. Just wanted to make sure there wasn't any unfinished business on the earlier comments before moving forward. Thanks again. —Torchiest talkedits 17:06, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

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Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved. A Microsoft Windows version of the game, developed by Microsoft Game Studios, was released on May 31, 2007. The player alternately assumes the roles of the human Master Chief and the alien Arbiter in a 26th-century conflict between the human United Nations Space Command and genocidal Covenant. Time constraints forced a series of cutbacks in the size and scope of the game, including the campaign mode's cliffhanger ending, which drew widespread criticism. On release, Halo 2 was the most popular video game on Xbox Live, holding that rank until the release of Gears of War for the Xbox 360 nearly two years later. Halo 2 is the best-selling first-generation Xbox game, with at least 6.3 million copies sold in the United States alone. Critical reception was generally positive, with most publications lauding the strong multiplayer component. (more...)

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Hi! A quick update, I found a ton of production information for "Say Hello to My Little Friend", which I've added. The other concern has also been fixed. Hope you can support now! Thanks, TBrandley 18:10, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

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Re. Peer review for Forced evictions in Baku

It's interesting you should mention the background section as being the aspect of the article that is most lacking. I had actually reduced the amount of text being used in that section just six days ago on recommendation from Khazar2 (his sentiments were very similar to yours with regards to what the background section ought to include). This is what it looked like prior. However, I agree that the #1 thing which needs to be improved upon is elaborating on the run-up to the evictions/demolitions. I do think the situation merits its own separate article, although I'm not sure if other people would agree with me on that point — the country's human rights article already does have a subsection regarding the expropriations, but I think the information could be covered in more extensive detail on its own article.

In any case, thank you for the taking the time to give a peer review to my article, I appreciate it. Kurtis (talk) 05:16, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

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Idk if you plan to go through with it yet, but heres your reminder that Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Halo: Reach/archive1 isn't listed. I think bots only do PR and GAC's. If/whenever you're interested, I got a lengthy article for you to review (again). « ₣M₣ » 20:33, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

We're both '05ers. Don't wear yourself out. :P Although I am impressed with the amount of stuff you do. « ₣M₣ » 05:49, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

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I think I've received enogh feedback, but more is better. Could you give your opinions and comments over the article? I'd really appreciate all the help. Thanks. — ΛΧΣ21™ 01:59, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

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Reach

I've left some comments at the FAC, too bad it has gotten so little attention. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:52, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Chicxulub crater

Hello David--I just made an edit or two to the article, moving a (useful) external link into the article. I'm not sure I'm following the proper format, but I'm not sure if there still is a proper format: it seems like the referencing system may have gotten to be inconsistent since I think I'm seeing, for instance, journal articles cited in the references and in the footnotes. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:10, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

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Hi David. I just recently noticed "Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary" not being up to GA status nor is it part of the Halo media topic. I know you are working on getting Reach to FA status so I'm just letting you know about this. Just amazed its been nearly a year and no one noticed this. GamerPro64 14:59, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

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David, I wasn't sure what you intended here. Are you supporting or commenting? I would have "fixed" it, but without knowing your intention, I'm just leaving you this message.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:28, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

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For finding the time to write featured articles while serving on Arbcom! Quite a feat. Mark Arsten (talk) 13:06, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Requested third opinion

Hey, David. You haven't been involved with Dota 2 or its talk page hardly at all, so I figured you might be able to give a fair and neutral opinion on this matter. The story is that this editor, Unflavoured, is pushing for only the Dota 2 page to say "action real-time strategy" for its genre, even if no other pages use it and even if the consensus is that pages should be designated as MOBAs, per consensus. His rationale is that since Valve calls Dota 2 an ARTS, that the article should be called that. My reasoning is that such a permanent addition would be counter-intutive to the decisions we've made via consensus and that simply because a company designates their game with a certain name does not mean that it needs to be called it on Wikipedia. Could you give your fair opinion on this matter? DarthBotto talk•cont 00:56, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

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Hello again

It's been a while since I edited but I noticed that you'd nominated Halo: Anniversary for GA status. I didn't want to make the changes to the article myself. GA assessment. :) James086Talk 17:27, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

I passed thanks to your changes, also I get User:MiszaBot III to archive my talk page after 2 days. It used to get super cluttered when I was more active but I just changed it to be after 7 days. Nice work on CEA. James086Talk 18:17, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

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