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Your GA nomination of Dead Cells

The article Dead Cells 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:Dead Cells for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of ProtoDrake -- ProtoDrake (talk) 10:02, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Dead Cells

The article Dead Cells you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Dead Cells for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of ProtoDrake -- ProtoDrake (talk) 12:02, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Question from Sponge Patrick James on Fletcher's Laxative (20:50, 30 September 2022)

I have a bottle, would like to send pictures of chrtHFletcher castoria.how to upload is problem. --Sponge Patrick James (talk) 20:50, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Sponge Patrick James, and welcome to Wikipedia. You can upload a file here using the File Upload wizard. Before doing so, you should read about Wikipedia:Copyright and Wikipedia:Image use policy before uploading any images. Once you have done so, you can upload the file. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Cheers! ‡ Night Watch ω (talk) 20:57, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Longing

The article The Longing you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:The Longing 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Blue Pumpkin Pie -- Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 19:24, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Triple Crown

Congratulations The Night Watch, you are awarded the WikiProject Video games Triple Crown for your amazing contributions to this subject. Your work is appreciated. Damien Linnane (talk) 00:43, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

FA!

February songs
my daily stories

Congratulations to you first FA, The Longing! I meant to review but was too slow. When would you like it to appear as today's featured article? Can I help you with that? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:59, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes! I'd love to have it as TFA! I was hoping for it to appear on April 14th, the day that the video game was released on Nintendo Switch. Can you help me with that? The Night Watch (talk) 19:46, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes. For the next time: the way to request something for the month to be scheduled next - which is April - is WP:TFAR. First step: check if something is requested for that day. No, nothing so far. The next step is to word a "blurb", the text that will appear on the Main page. I'll try, and you can always fix it later. Is there a picture to show? Finally comes the nomination itself. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:13, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/The Longing - please check blurb, and feel free to support ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:38, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Also wanted to congratulate you on your FA. Keep up the great work! Shooterwalker (talk) 17:10, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
I couldn’t have done it without you Shooterwalker! Thank you so much for your review! The Night Watch (talk) 17:57, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
music today: the regional festival - DYK of 13 years ago ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:39, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
The Rheingau? I remember passing through Lorch am Rhein on vacation! The Night Watch (talk) 20:52, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
Exactly. The church in Lorch was a venue from the beginning in 1987, see 22 Feb story. My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:05, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Question from Pisceszodiac (08:08, 24 February 2023)

Hello! I am new here .please I need a guidelines --Pisceszodiac (talk) 08:08, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Pisceszodiac Hi there. Anything specific you want to ask me? The Night Watch (talk) 12:23, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard - February 2023

Hey, The Night Watch! Here is the February 2023 issue for the TheWikiWizard!

Humor

  • Have you finished raking up those leaves from fall?
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Your GA nomination of Kingdom Two Crowns

The article Kingdom Two Crowns you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Kingdom Two Crowns for comments about the article, and Talk:Kingdom Two Crowns/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Shooterwalker -- Shooterwalker (talk) 18:04, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

December greetings

January songs

Latest pics, with an opera discovery and some snow. Today my talk has a DYK that was planned for 22 November, among the recent deaths the author of Duck, Death and the Tulip, and now a choir pic of "our" concert last Sunday, likely to become next year's lead image. Enjoy. Best wishes for the season! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:24, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy new year, and sorry about my confusion in users who changed their name, - you fixed it! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:12, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Altered speedy deletion rationale: New page test

Hello The Night Watch. I am just letting you know that I deleted New page test, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided, which didn't fit the page in question. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:31, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

The Longing scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the The Longing article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 14, 2023. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page blurb, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 14, 2023, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. If you wish to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article, you can do so at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/April 2023.

I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:22, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

March flowers

March songs
my story today

Thank you for improving articles in March! - Today we remember the 150th birthday of Max Reger, who saw the horrors of a world war right when it began in 1914, while others were still in high patriotic moods --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:55, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Hogwarts Legacy

Hey, thanks for reviewing Hogwarts Legacy. Just reminding you to add it to the proper section of Wikipedia:Good articles/Video games when you have a chance. -- ZooBlazertalk 23:59, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Page mover granted

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Question from Dorybean (18:49, 12 April 2023)

Hi, what counts as a quality source? All/any news articles, blog posts, other websites? --Dorybean (talk) 18:49, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

@Dorybean Hi there! Quality sources, or more commonly referred to on Wikipedia as reliable sources, are published material written by known authors with a recorded history of accuracy, such as books/studies written by professional scholars, well-known news organizations, or others. A process known as consensus, where editors discuss the aspects of a source, is typically how we determine which sources are reliable and which ones are not. WP:RSPS is a page listing some of most commonly used sources and the current consensuses on how reliable they are, though many sources are not discussed, and you may need to ask the opinions of others to determine if they are of quality. The Night Watch (talk) 19:01, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Happy Easter!

April songs
my story today

Thank you for a question that made me think! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:33, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

I loved to see Marian Anderson and her story of protest against discrimination by singing on Easter Sunday 9 April 1939 on the Main page yesterday. Impressions of Easter here and music here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:45, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

My story today, Messiah (Handel), was my first dip into the FA ocean, thanks to great colleagues. - a few pics added, one day missing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

My friends were singing Messiah on Easter Sunday. Many thanks for helping bring it to the main page! The Night Watch (talk) 14:34, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
Well, that was a long story, invited to FAC in 2011 by Brianboulton and Tim riley, appeared as TFA in 2012, and again in 2022 on the day of the first performance, and now in OTD without me doing anything ;)
today, however is your day: thank you for your first dip in FA country, The Longing, "about a video game that takes 400 days to complete. The good news is that you don’t need to have the game open for any of its 9600(!) hour playtime. But what’s the fun in beating a game without playing it? So for the players who want some actual gameplay, you can spend the 400 days doing…not much. You can read books from the minds of Friedrich Nietzsche or Herman Melville, walk through caves at a laughably slow pace, or watch as your character makes crude drawings of the moon, lice, or abstract concepts. Thankfully, the 400-day timer can be sped up, or you can always just ignore the deadline and help your character escape the caves. The choice is yours: Will you help the little Shade see the sun for the first time? Or will you stay and awaken the sleeping king, and make him keep his promise of "a world without longing"? This is my first FAC, so hit away. It is reliably sourced, and covers some of the principal ideas behind development, and I believe that it is just shy of the FA criteria."! - or: the gift of patience --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:12, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for improving articles in April! - Today is the 80th birthday of John Eliot Gardiner. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:50, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive

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A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
You beat me to most vandalism reverts!!! Snagstaxi (talk) 00:43, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Maitreyi Tadepalli (09:10, 27 April 2023)

Hey. I want to create a basic page for a non-governmental organisation I volunteer for. Its founder is a deaf person and so are the employees. They support education, employment and awareness initiatives for the deaf community. Please guide me. --Maitreyi Tadepalli (talk) 09:10, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

@Maitreyi Tadepalli Hi there! Sorry for the late reply. A good place to start in creating an article would be reading Help:Your first article. In short, articles on Wikipedia should be supported with with high-quality references that independent of the subject. You can begin assembling your article using Article wizard, and reading some of the guidelines highlighted in blue. If you have any specific questions on how to source or develop an article, or would like me to clarify a concept, please do ask! The Night Watch (talk) 20:08, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Hurricane Henri

Regarding this...can you help out? I'm thinking of a potential FA for this article! Tails Wx 02:51, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi there Tails! I'm not too experienced with Tropical Cyclone FAs, video games being more of my area of focus. However, I can take a general look and give you some comments on the writing. For specialized help, WPTC may have some editors who may be better able to organize and critique the article for an eventual nomination. As a start, reading this essay may help a little as you begin preparing for a nomination. I'll take a look at the article soon and see what I can do. The Night Watch (talk) 20:13, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

An award for you!

CVU Anti-Vandalism Award
Thank you for your efforts fighting vandalism, keep up the good work! 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 (talk) 13:47, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shovel Knight Dig

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Shovel Knight Dig 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Yoblyblob -- Yoblyblob (talk) 15:01, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Elden Ring


Tiwa Savage

Thanks for reverting the edit made by an IP editor. There are still tons of inaccurate info in the article's info box. Can you please restore the article to the revision made by ThurnerRupert? I am not able to do so using the mobile app.  Versace1608  Wanna Talk? 14:39, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

@Versace1608  Done. If you search up the Wikipedia website on your mobile phone (not the app, sadly doesn't work on that), you should be able to scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "desktop view" to get an interface similar to the PC format of Wikipedia. You should be able to revert via that view. The Night Watch (talk) 14:49, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for restoring that revision. I am going to look into that. It would be nice if the mobile version had the full functionality that the desktop version has. Anyways, the mobile app is still great.  Versace1608  Wanna Talk? 15:25, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard - May 2023

Hey, The Night Watch! Here is the May 2023 edition for the TheWikiWizard!

Humor

  • Now is the time to start writing those Christmas cards and do the Christmas shopping! Come December, you can sit back and edit Wikipedia! ;)
  • When it snows in December/Winter, stock up the snow in your freezer, so when it gets hot you can do a snowball fight in the summer!

Wiki(P/M)edia News

  • A conversation with trustees event took place on the 18th of May. You can read more details on the event here!
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  • There is a event (Conference) that is taking place in city of Belgrade. More details on the event can be found by clicking on the link!

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May 2023 NPP Drive Award

The Reviewer Barnstar

This award is given to Fathoms Below for collecting more than 200 points doing redirect reviews, in the May 2023 NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 01:24, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Question from JoJoMac11 (18:11, 10 June 2023)

Good day, how do i enter my biography --JoJoMac11 (talk) 18:11, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi there @JoJoMac11. You may want to read this guideline regarding autobiographies before proceeding to write one. If you need any help understanding any of the concepts written on that page, or are prepared to write an autobiography once you have understood those guidelines, please do ask me for assistance. The Night Watch (talk) 18:30, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of Kingdom Two Crowns

Congratulations, The Night Watch! The article you nominated, Kingdom Two Crowns, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Question from AravindEditor (07:48, 16 June 2023)

I noticed a vandaliser,what should I do ? --AravindEditor (talk) 07:48, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi @AravindEditor. If you spot an instance of vandalism, the best practice is to revert to an earlier revision of the page before the vandalism occurred. WP:RVAN is the policy detailing the methods on how to respond to most instances of vandalism. See the "For Beginners" section of that paragraph and follow the five steps to respond to vandalism. If you need any clarification of a concept, please ask me. The Night Watch (talk) 13:37, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

Hello Fathoms Below,

New Page Review queue April to June 2023

Backlog

Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.

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You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.

Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).

Reminders

Four Award

Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Kingdom Two Crowns. — Bilorv (talk) 08:31, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to the club

The Featured Article Medal
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". Gog the Mild (talk) 14:35, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
June songs
my story today

Congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:27, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Question from Sharpmarble (15:24, 25 June 2023)

Hi Night Watch! I am a new user, and you were assigned as my mentor. I don't have a question, but I wanted to say I'm a huge user of Wikipedia and very grateful for people like you who have racked up thousands of edits. --Sharpmarble (talk) 15:24, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Question from DaisyBindi (23:23, 27 June 2023)

Hello there, I would like to have some schedules translated. How will I do this. --DaisyBindi (talk) 23:23, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

New pages patrol needs your help!

New pages awaiting review as of June 30th, 2023.

Hello Fathoms Below,

The New Page Patrol team is sending you this impromptu message to inform you of a steeply rising backlog of articles needing review. If you have any extra time to spare, please consider reviewing one or two articles each day to help lower the backlog. You can start reviewing by visiting Special:NewPagesFeed. Thank you very much for your help.

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Question from Yonella malahla on File:Son by Lois Lowry.jpg (20:38, 9 July 2023)

How can people see what I write --Yonella malahla (talk) 20:38, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

MatPat and FNaF

Saw the comment about MatPat on the FAC. Is this source of any use? — VORTEX3427 (Talk!) 05:42, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shovel Knight Dig

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Shovel Knight Dig 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of ProtoDrake -- ProtoDrake (talk) 19:02, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shovel Knight Dig

The article Shovel Knight Dig you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Shovel Knight Dig for comments about the article, and Talk:Shovel Knight Dig/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of ProtoDrake -- ProtoDrake (talk) 10:00, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

May thanks

May songs
my story today

Thank you for improving that article and others in May. - I had a good story on coronation day: the Te Deum we sang that day. And the following day we sang it for the composer ;)

I nominated Soňa Červená for GA just to give her a bit more exposure, and I took some pics of bright scenery - click on songs. -- (and then I forgot to sign)

Pentecost was full of music, and my story today is that 300 years ago today, Bach became Thomaskantor, with BWV 75, writing music history. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:38, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Question from Vipgirlua (16:00, 26 July 2023)

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/15/fashion/fashion-illustration-exhibitions.html Another member insulting me because this link not free and I want delete it  !!! In fashion illustration article --Vipgirlua (talk) 16:00, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Kingdom Two Crowns scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 9 August 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 9, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/August 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:39, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

@The Night Watch, very nice to see this as TFA- congratulations! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 00:18, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

July thanks

July songs
my story today

Good news! - On today's Main page, you can find a cantata that Bach first performed 300 years ago (thanks to you!), and an iconic saxophonist from East Germany. Also: a bit about the history of QAI on my talk. Thank you for being part of it! A new member designed a user box that I adopted. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:07, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. I began the article of the woman in green. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:24, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

journalism and news reporting

news reporting is not same as journalism. it is a subfield of journalism. while subfields like correspondent have article in wikipedia news reporting should have too. so journalism is not just news reporting. it can be in other worlds. like music journalism . please do not delete news reporting article. Wikijournalistt (talk) 22:10, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

It is the exact same thing as journalism or even News reporting, the definitions in News reporting and Journalism are functionally identical. That article is effectively a Wikipedia:POVFORK. Please stop creating POVFORKS on types of journalism, MrOllie has already warned you about this. The Night Watch (talk) 22:45, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from AccForKoshutin (15:14, 9 August 2023)

I made this account for the sole purpose of making a page for a very nice developer - Konstantin Koshutin, I may contribute to other pages but this one is the goal, very nice --AccForKoshutin (talk) 15:14, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

know what? nevermind, we'll just sporadically contribute, or I'll just abandon this acc, let's not trouble the man, it's not notable after all, at least not for the wider audience AccForKoshutin (talk) 15:29, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Xmln.195 (15:25, 9 August 2023)

Hi menter, I wanted to ask if me or you can ask to create a new page on language that I can't speak (for example Dutch, Hungarian, Polish etc.) because I don't want to do something wrong so I have to ask people that can speak the language and is active here. --Xmln.195 (talk) 15:25, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

@Xmln.195 I'm not too familiar with asking to create articles on foreign language Wikipedias. Maybe the Wikipedia:Help desk can give you some advice on how to contact Wikipedians who are active on Non-English wikis. The Night Watch (talk) 21:20, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of Five Nights at Freddy's (video game)

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Thank you today for Kingdom Two Crowns, "about a strategy game made back in 2018. It’s the third game in a franchise called Kingdom, and it was the last one in which the original creator was involved. It basically replicates everything from the two previous games, except it made things slightly easier and gives you a way to permanently eradicate the monsters. Oh, and multiplayer was added too I guess."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Enjoy your second TFA! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:50, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Today, my focus is on Renata Scotto, after days of updating. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:57, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Today is Debussy's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:38, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

This too shall pass. - Ten years ago on 28 August, I heard a symphony, with a heavy heart because of the pending decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX, and not worried about my future here but Andy's. - It passed, and I could write the DYK about calling to dance, not battle, and Andy could write the DYK mentioning about peace and reconciliation, - look. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:48, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Quarter Million Award for Five Nights at Freddy's

The Quarter Million Award
For your contributions to bring Five Nights at Freddy's (video game) (estimated annual readership: 260,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Quarter Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 01:52, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kingdom Rush

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DYK for Kingdom Rush

On 14 September 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kingdom Rush, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the success of Kingdom Rush prompted plans to grow the video game industry of Uruguay? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kingdom Rush. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kingdom Rush), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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September thanks

September songs
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Thank you for improving articles in September, such as this achievement! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:52, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Hasan723 on Code 39 (05:08, 15 September 2023)

Mm --Hasan723 (talk) 05:08, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Five Nights at Freddy's Page (Finding Sources)

Hello Night Watch, it's Rainbow Runner. I appreciate you trying to have good faith when it comes to making sure the information has proper and reliable sources. I likewise have tried as hard as I could to ensure the sources I provided meet that criteria. I also have got to wonder if there is a way to cite the video game directly, since they are sources in of themselves. I know that actual entertainment material (movies, books, and games) might not be easy to cite, but even if there was a specific review of them elsewhere on the Internet.

Anyways, I apologize if it seemed like my consistent edits were leaving a negative impression. I certainly want to be a good user and refrain from any destructive behavior such as edit warring. That said, I certainly felt that adding the mention of the custom night in the gameplay section was warranted, given the divine impact it has made on the FNAF series as a whole (most notably with Ultimate Custom Night).

Thanks for reading and understanding. I wanted to do my best to ease any tensions our disagreements may have caused and make things right. RainbowRunner2000 (talk) 01:52, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

@RainbowRunner2000 You didn't leave a negative impression, quite the opposite! I'm a bit shocked and disappointed that I could not find a quality source for custom night in the gameplay section, but I did mention it in plot because it was an important part of that game's story, and we can cite the game itself for plot points. Though I think the IGN source may also be not the best considering it is from that site's wiki, which is user-generated. I only learned that after I accidentally cited the IGN wiki in an article myself :). I think I'll try looking for another one for custom night, maybe some deeper searching will help. Anyways, I appreciate that you did some searching, and I am so sorry if I came across as disagreeable to you. The Night Watch (talk) 01:59, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
I've been thinking about it a lot. I guess you're right about how hard it may be to find a reliable source which mentions custom night. How there is a reliable source provided which mentions Night 6 but not custom night is quite beyond me. I believe there is a way to cite the game itself. Therefore, would it be feasible to use that as my reliable source when mentioning custom night in the gameplay section? I also have looked at the criteria page about the stuff needed for an article to be featured. While reliable sources are among that, it also says to not neglect any major facts or details. I just don't want there to be some inconsistencies with the content. If all of the nights are mentioned in the plot section, the same should apply to gameplay too. I've been wanting to make this work so badly. RainbowRunner2000 (talk) 12:51, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
@RainbowRunner2000 I don't know exactly why the reliable sources omit custom night either. I've never seen a gameplay section on a FA that has content sourced to the game itself, but plot sections can technically cite the game as a primary source (WP:VG/PLOT). I did not want to neglect custom night so I used the plot section to mention it because it is considered part of the story. Since I am unsure if the game itself can be cited for gameplay, you might try opening a discussion on Talk:Five Nights at Freddy's (video game) to ask page watchers if it is feasible. I don't think citing the game itself will be allowed, but I'd like to see what other users have to say. Though perhaps that one game guide written by the FNAF franchise might be acceptable since it is a primary source and the manual of style allows game guides. The Night Watch (talk) 13:12, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

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Question from KevinkressROC (14:26, 29 September 2023)

Hello, mentors! Long time fan of Wikipedia here, but first time creating an account.

I did an edit just now and hope it is OK.

The back story is that I am in the U.S.A. but a friend of mine recently visited Italy and gave me a small souvenir of a boar's head. Curious, I read a little bit more of this on Wikipedia to undertand more of its origins. I frequently vacation myself in Las Vegas, NV, and see a much, much larger version of this boar's head at a casino-brewery-hotel I frequent.

Well, the boar's head I have seen in Las Vegas, NV, is a copy of the original. The page I edited did not have this stated-- though numerous other copies were documented. I merely added the Las Vegas, NV location.

It was interesting to leran more of its history (the original, that is). Thanks, Wikipedia.

Hope my edit is OK. I thought about using hypertext or maybe a footnote to the below article, but I'm not sure if that is allowed or not. But, in any case, below is some supporting documentation that backs up my edit.

Thanks for reading and the work you do!

https://vegasexperience.com/downtown-insider/why-we-love-boars-head-bar-main-street-station/ --KevinkressROC (talk) 14:26, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

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