User talk:Sergecross73

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Vandalism part 34[edit]

Serge's 34th iteration of his own personal WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. Feel free to report anything you feel may need admin intervention. Sergecross73 msg me 00:34, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, based on the editing patterns, I'm wondering if @125.160.112.170 might actually be blocked editor @JustYourImaginaryGuy. Not sure how to report this; I noticed you dealt with the latter editor before. RegalZ8790 (talk) 05:12, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I've blocked. Feel free to report incidents like this to me, and if I agree, I'll issue blocks or page protection as needed. Thank you! Sergecross73 msg me 13:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I figured this was okay, just wanted confirmation. Anyway, he's at it again, now with @125.160.115.29... RegalZ8790 (talk) 01:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked. Sergecross73 msg me 16:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Sergecross73 Back for another round as @125.160.113.185. What can be done with an individual who has no intentions of respecting Wikipedia and its community? RegalZ8790 (talk) 06:10, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like someone else hit him with a WP:RANGEBLOCK. Hopefully that helps. Sergecross73 msg me 17:54, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, This user keeps reverting my changes saying they are vandalism. This IP traces back to the subject of the edits who has been using wikipedia to promote his own name, articles, and videos. He doesn't cite his work, he simply pastes it into other articles.

He has done this on the USNVGT page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_vs_Snakeand several others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/35.135.179.48

Surely this is against the terms. Thank you for looking into this. datagod (talk) 🍁 22:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding/restoring info without a source is definitely against policy. I don't know enough about these subjects to know who is correct in some of the disputes, nor am I following the accusations of self-promotion, but I'll warn them about the sourcing issues. Sergecross73 msg me 23:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CVG Hit List[edit]

Hi Sergecross73, hope everything's well. I've noticed Talk: Computer and Video Games#Proposal CVG Hit list keeps being added to, by an IP changing editor. It's just the talk page, but it's unlikely the actual table will be included in the article. What's the best course of action here? soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 19:50, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't worry about it. The proposal is awful, and won't get a consensus. And talk pages get very little in the way of views. It's doubtful it'll ever be seen by many. Sergecross73 msg me 20:12, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cancelled GB games[edit]

Fantastic work on the GBA article so far. I know it's a pretty long list, so if you want to take a break and work on another article, List of cancelled Game Boy games really needs the help. There's only around 10 games currently, so it theoretically shouldn't take long, but it's largely bereft of good sources (or ANY sources in a few cases) and could use some serious TLC to get it in shape. I'm almost finished spot-checking all the sources on the GBC list, so I'm gonna tackle filling out that one next. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 21:01, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I appreciate it! And thank you for all the cleanup help and additional entries you've written. Honestly, with a lot of the lists I write/maintain, I get irritated that other editors don't quite get how to write entries, or don't know what should be included or removed. So I really appreciate how we're on the same page, and you write good entries. I often can't even tell our entries apart.
So, long story short, I do plan on cleaning up the Game Boy ones too. I mapped out a loose gameplan for myself at User:Sergecross73/sandbox#Cancelled video games - I'm trying to work on a list per month. If I work on a list too long, I start to get burned out.
That said, it's just a rough outline I made recently, and I've already been altering it here and there, so by all means, work on whatever you like. If you finish one off before I even get to it, I'll just sub in another replacement project. (There's still a bunch of lower priority ones like 3D0 or Atari that I can add to my list too.) Sergecross73 msg me 00:41, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Tagging Cyberlink420 since I forgot to above.
Also, while I'm at it, to be clear, just in case KGRAMR is watching my talk page or sees this, I absolutely DONT mean you when I refer editors who struggle with the list articles I edit. Sergecross73 msg me 01:11, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the kind words. Glad to know my years of write-ups and admin work at TFWiki have done my prose skills some favors. I'll see if I can get GBC totally finished by this weekend; hopefully that'll mean one more page you can take off your plate. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:28, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I just figured it was from all the years I've seen you around Wikipedia off and on. I know we've crossed paths on a lot of Mario and Sonic related articles over the year.
I don't know it for certain, but I've been guessing that there would be a fair amount of overlap in cancelled GB and GBC games. If we do end up splitting it where I do one and you do the other, we'll have to compare notes and share entries (like we've pretty much been doing anyways at the N64 one.) Sergecross73 msg me 16:21, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds like a plan. I'm about 80% of the way through the existing GBC entries now now, and only two games (Starfy and Sutte Hakkun) suggest Game Boy versions were ever planned, so we'll see how much overlap there ends up actually being. It's unlikely it'll stay that way when the real work starts getting done on it, but if the GB list stays at just 10-15 or so like it is now, it might end up making more sense to merge the two lists together in one article. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 21:06, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, I'm either envious of your speed of writing, or your free time available - I generally only have small spurts of time for dedicated writing. Yeah, that's interesting, I would have guessed more overlap, but you never know. It can also be harder to tell how complete the older lists like that are, where you have to largely rely on old print sources. The Sega-related lists have fansites with massive lists to cross-reference - much like that N64Forever (or whatever it is) website for the N64. Not sure how much is out there for the GB. But oh well, all we can do is add what we can find and verify.
Regardless, nice work, its looking good, and thanks for the helping me with this overarching project! Sergecross73 msg me 21:15, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Happy to help. Just a fast writer, I guess. Agreed that finding info on older games gets much tougher when most of the good sources are pre-internet and not always well-archived. That said, I did manage to find what I'm pretty sure is a complete list of all the GB/GBC games found in the September lot check from the Gigaleak. Filtering out all the cancelled localizations, revisions, etc., it looks like there's 27 fully-unreleased GBC games (12 of which are already on the page) and 13 GB games (6 of which are on the page but could use additional citation). Obviously the spreadsheet I got it from can't be used as a source, but it does at least give us a list of names to start hunting for. I'll add them to the respective talk pages so we have them for reference later. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 00:24, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
GBC's up to date now and ready for more new entries, but I wanted to make you aware of a source I found that might help with what you were talking about earlier. This Japanese fansite has a big list of cancelled games (the section with the green header), but each game's page includes scans of magazine pages that mention them. This could be a big help in trying to find and fill in coverage. The list is mostly focused on GB/GBC, but I see they also have a subpage with some cancelled Neo Geo Pocket, WonderSwan, and Lynx games. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 20:41, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good find! That could be helpful for the expansion part of things. FYI, I've finished writing what's currently present on the GBA one, and will be moving into the expansion/adding new entries phase on that shortly. I'm not sure how much digging I plan on doing on it, but I feel like there could be a lot out there - seems like that can be the case with platforms that have a shorter than usual lifespan. Sergecross73 msg me 17:49, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Ryan barnes 1963[edit]

Ryan barnes 1963 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) has made two additional bad AfD nominations. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 02:03, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This user is very clearly RyanBarnes2007, but its not necessarily socking to abandon an account. I don't have time to look tonight but I suspect there's more to be found. -- ferret (talk) 02:07, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've indeffed him, as I already gave him a final warning about his (non-stop) bad tags and AFD noms. I kinda wondered if he wasn't a new editor with the way he seemed to jump into some of his automated edits, but I wasn't aware of that prior account. His actions on this account alone is enough to warrant the block, but let me know if you eventually find any other socks. Sergecross73 msg me 02:39, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An apologize about some unsourceful edits[edit]

Sorry for editing something unsourceful? I was needed to know about it. But why not edit Sonic Heroes about a possible remake? ArdaOnay2004 (talk) 09:46, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We only report on rumors when 1) reliable sources report on them, and 2) we have to write it with the context that it's a rumor.
Your attempts had no source, vaguely alluded to a Twitter account reporting it (not a reliable source) and failed to mention that it was a rumor.
When I say "reliable source", I mean a mainstream website like IGN or GameSpot. There's a lot of good examples at WP:VG/S too. When I say "a source needs to be added", I mean like what is done at WP:REFB. Sergecross73 msg me 12:45, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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