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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 2px solid lightgray" |Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as [[WP:Editor of the Week|Editor of the Week]] in recognition of {{{briefreason}}}. Thank you for the great contributions! <span style="color:#a0a2a5">(courtesy of the [[WP:WER|<span style="color:#80c0ff">Wikipedia Editor Retention Project</span>]])</span>
|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 2px solid lightgray" |Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as [[WP:Editor of the Week|Editor of the Week]] in recognition of your work with Arthurian legend pages. Thank you for the great contributions! <span style="color:#a0a2a5">(courtesy of the [[WP:WER|<span style="color:#80c0ff">Wikipedia Editor Retention Project</span>]])</span>
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[[User:{{{nominator}}}]] submitted the following nomination for [[WP:Editor of the Week|Editor of the Week]]:
[[User:Atsme]] submitted the following nomination for [[WP:Editor of the Week|Editor of the Week]]:
:I nominate User SNAAAAKE to be Editor of the Week for his work in finding/adding images and expanding multiple articles for topics related to the Arthurian legend. Following is a small sampling of his work: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morgan_le_Fay&action=history Morgan le Fay], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paimpont_forest&action=history Paimpont forest], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brocéliande&action=history Brocéliande]. What I believe sets this editor apart is self-reformation after he experienced some tough times that led him down a wayward path. He was given chance after chance, and time-off for self-reflection. With a bit of guidance, he has realized the error of his ways and vowed to not repeat them. As a result, he was given the opportunity to make a comeback, and is demonstrating that one more chance truly can bring positive results. He is producing quality work in what is clearly a labor of love for him. He has not disappointed those of us who saw his potential to be an asset for the community. He has clearly demonstrated that he is here to help build the encyclopedia, and he’s doing an excellent job of it.
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Post of understanding

Alex Shih, I have agreed to the mentorship proposal offered to me by Atsme and I am very grateful and willing to accept her offer. I believe her guidance will prove beneficial in helping me be a productive contributor since I have learned from my past mistakes to avoid them in the future. Thank you both for giving me the opportunity to present my pledge to you to be a productive editor while maintaining a collaborative editing environment. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 06:43, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

SNAAAAKE!!, I am really glad to hear that. When Atsme feel that you are ready, I will be more than happy to assess whether or not this community is ready also. Best, Alex Shih (talk) 07:09, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
      • Alex Shih - he assured me he would honor our agreement re: his behavior. Let's give it a try? Atsme📞📧 20:10, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Alex Shih...are you back? Atsme📞📧 01:16, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Atsme Not quite. When I am done moving I'll take a look, sorry. Alex Shih (talk) 01:18, 2 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

About unblocking

SNAAAAKE!!, would you mind to submit a unblock request so I can review it openly for the sake of transparency and discuss it with other administrators if necessary? Many thanks, Alex Shih (talk) 14:55, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, sure.

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

SNAAAAKE!! (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

I was asked to do this formally, so I did.

Decline reason:

Only one open unblock request is needed at a time. SQLQuery me! 12:32, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]


If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

I’m thinking Alex meant for you to actually present your reason for wanting to be unblocked, etc. Atsme📞📧 13:10, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, like Atsme said. Please write a full reason so I can respond publicly here. As this does not appear to be a community sanction, we can resolve this here in this talk page (along with ideally some inputs from a few other administrators that regularly patrols unblock requests). Alex Shih (talk) 14:24, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Like what i already wrote? Something else? Every time I write anything someone tries to break into my account ("There have been multiple failed attempts to log in to your account from a new device. Please make sure your account has a strong password." today.) --SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 17:02, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's unrelated - you're not the only one who's receiving these messages. Max Semenik (talk) 20:10, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Aye. Someone has been attempting to brute-force every Wikipedia account's password; thus far they haven't been too successful. —Jeremy v^_^v Bori! 21:53, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
More information about this is located at the Administrator's noticeboard: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Please_help-_who_tried_to_break_into_my_account? Tutelary (talk) 22:01, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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Request reason:

I am requesting the removal of my block as follows: I have agreed to the mentorship proposal offered to me by Atsme and willing to accept the offer if I am allowed to return to editing. I fully understand why my prior conduct has been unacceptable, I have learned from my past mistakes and will not repeat them. Thank you for considering my request.

Accept reason:

I am unblocking this account based on the conditions that I have proposed, which includes 1) 1RR 2) One account 3) Civility restriction. Rest of the details are in the discussion below. Alex Shih (talk) 16:33, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Full disclosure for these who care, and coming just from me (you really don't need to read any of this):

The above is a formal statement that we've agreed on with Atsme (who's an incredibly good person got very much engaged into this, in fact far more than me actually as I almost gave up as recently as yesterday and didn't even want to try) and which I don't think would be any fake or misleading in any way. In fact I'm quite afraid to disappoint her, and I don't know if I'm doing righting this commentary right now.

Atsme suggested a plan if I'm allowed to return, including "joining a few WikiProjects in my area of interest, expanding stubs and working to achieve more GA & FA promotions". Regarding this, truth be told for the last part at least: I'm personally not looking for Wikipedia recognitions and I've got some severe aversion to these two in particular (barnstars are silly but at least it's something personal and coming naturally).

As for the first part of that, I've become so introvertic (not a real word according to the Chrome spellcheck) and very struggling with any sort of social interactions lately, so I might join but I wouldn't even be active much probably, unless something changes or just the experience of this would be positive enough, on which I don't really count because I'm most of time so pessimistic about everything. From what I remember most of these projects were just not active anyway and one or two that were were full of drama, and if they are active I'd hate to be engaged in any sort of dispute or drama here as even a thought of it makes me literally feel sick (as it did even when someone linked me to [1] and I've got a mild physical revulsion reaction to even this). Perhaps if rather someone came to me and ask me to do something, maybe together.

I'd also probably just wouldn't be very active anyway, compared to what I used to be. My experience overall so far has been so crushingly negative I actually use every occasion to recommend everyone I speak with to never use Wikipedia for anything, much less to try to edit which I came to believe is nothing but folly, and I came to seriously hate this website altogether, on which I've been on record elsewhere. Plus I've got a crippling fear of rejection and severe trust issues among other problems so if I don't feel accepted here I'll probably just leave, at least after posting what I've already got long prepared. Perhaps some or all this might change, or maybe I'll just really get rejected right below so it doesn't even matter.

I probably really should've consulted this before posting, but I wanted it to be a geneue thing. Maybe it was really stupid, and now I am stupid to be honest for no reason. If I make a mistake when I do click publish, I'm sorry about that. --SNAAAAKE!! (talk)
Thank you for posting this, SNAAAAKE!!. I will leave this unblock request open for at least 24 hours to see if any other administrators would like to chime in, but I am leaning toward accept as good reasons have been given, and that you have recognised your past mistakes (mostly to do with temperament as far as I can see) and have agreed to follow community customs by not repeating these same editing behaviours. Even if one were to consider the IP editing back in November 2017, I did not see any intention to deceive, so I would have not considered it as a factor to not unblock. I would like to think this is a classic case of rope (it has been more than two years), and unblocking this account would be a net positive to the project. Regards, Alex Shih (talk) 16:23, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I think, at the very least, PresN should be consulted as the blocking admin. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:49, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, NinjaRobotPirate, but I wasn't sure if PresN wanted to participate in SNAAAAKE!!'s unblock request after reading their previous post above this talk page back in December 2017, that's the reason why I did not ping. Alex Shih (talk) 19:02, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm abstaining. Snaaaake has been blocked 15+ times over multiple names, but the real saga ended 4 years ago, and the last 6 months have just been trying to get them to actually post a cogent unblock message. I'm not interested in reaffirming their belief that I'm a boogieman who is out to block them, and apparently there are several people who want them to come back. It's been long enough that I'm uninterested in revisiting the matter. If they break the rules again, they can be blocked again- I'm not getting involved. --PresN 19:16, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Alex Shih: I understand that Atsme has volunteered to be a mentor here, but she is not an admin. Would it be safe to assume you would also be closely following this user’s activities were they to be unblocked? I’m a big supporter of second chances, but 16th chances make me a bit more skeptical... Beeblebrox (talk) 23:10, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Beeblebrox: Thank you for weighing in. Yes, if it makes any difference I would also follow the user's activities closely. I disagree that this should be treated as 16th chance, as PresN noted "the real saga ended 4 years ago", and I am not seeing the same belligerency anymore. I think unblock with the following conditions (1RR, one account, civility restriction) should be fair; a closer look at their openly declared IP contribution page indicates to me that they are here to contribute to the project, but struggles to communicate well, in which I hope the mentorship of Atsme would help. I am optimistic that Snaaaake!! can turn out to be constructive editor again, hopefully similar to this case. If not, then like PresN said, they can be blocked again. Alex Shih (talk) 00:19, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank for your reply. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:56, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I was thinking of opposing the unblock but I can see now that 1RR, one account and civility restriction have been already proposed and they will most likely reduce the potential chances of the past misconduct. I am fine with unblock on this account. OccultZone (TalkContributionsLog) 16:49, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I hope the conditions will be preventative. Snaaaake!!, when you have time, could you take a look at the unblock conditions that I have proposed? If you can agree with them, I will go ahead and unblock your account. Thanks, Alex Shih (talk) 06:25, 13 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. It wasn't horrible, thanks everyone. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 08:01, 13 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ALso, I can restore the "bold" one just below, can I? Rewrote it a bit:

Well it's difficult for me to assess without diffs to compare changes. Feel free to be bold and edit the article directly. Alex Shih (talk) 16:33, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Extended content


Master
'Fallout' character
First gameFallout (1997)
Created byFeargus Urquhart[1]
Tim Cain[2]

The Master, also known as Richard Moreau and Richard Grey, is a fictional character and one of the central antagonists that influences the events of the video game series Fallout. A disgusting mass of mutated flesh infused with the computer system of the underground vault in which he resides, The Master is the leader of the Unity movement that wants to replace the human race that had not suffered mutation with his new race of mutants, believing that they will never fight among each other.

He serves as the primary antagonist[4] and final boss in the original Fallout post-apocalyptic role-playing video game and the would-be antagonist of the cancelled game Fallout Online. He was also supposed to be the villain of the Interplay Films' cancelled Fallout film treatment.[5]

Character biography

The Master is the creator and leader of the super mutant race, and the mastermind behind a movement called "The Unity", the aim of which is to turn every human possible into a super mutant by means of the FEV virus. He claims that those who can not be mutated by the virus as well as those that choose not to will be allowed to live, provided they submit themselves to sterilization. Those that resist the Unity outright will be executed for trying to stand in the way of the Master's "progress". In theory, the Unity is for humanity's own good, as super mutants are better adapted to live in a post-nuclear wasteland. Also, according to the Master, turning all living beings into one single race would finally eliminate the differences and the human fallacies that ultimately brought about the nuclear war.

The Master was born as Richard Moreau, and was a resident of the nuclear shelter Vault 8, later known as Vault City. There he worked as a doctor until 2092, when he was exiled from the city for murder. He changed his name to Richard Grey and headed south, ending up at the settlement known as the Hub, where he met Harold, a prominent caravan leader and trader. Following ever increasing attacks on Harold's caravans by mutated creatures, the pair teamed up in 2102 and led a group of scientists who mounted an expedition to investigate the source of the mutated animals, which were attacking the survivors of the nuclear war. On June 23, 2102, Grey and his party stumbled upon the Mariposa Military Base, in which the U.S. government had been mass-producing, and experimenting with, the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV). With the exception of Grey and Harold, the party was killed by the mutated creatures and the base's internal defense systems. Harold barely escaped, and Grey was plunged into a vat of FEV by a robotic arm. Floating in the vats for almost a month, the FEV transformed Grey into the amorphous, blob-like being that would eventually become known as the Master and bionically merged with computer equipment inside it. The Master began capturing humans that stumbled upon his lair, and intentionally exposing them to the FEV. These initial mutated humans were incredibly flawed, and the Master absorbed them rather than letting them live. In 2103, the Master perfected his method of infecting ("dipping") humans and began creating the "master race" of super mutants, who followed his every command. In 2152, as his army's influence began to spread throughout the wastes, the Master came into contact with a group of human doomsday cultists, led by a man named Morpheus. Realizing the benefits of retaining undipped humans in his service to act as spies throughout the region, the Master recruited the cult into his service. In 2155, he discovered the location of an unnumbered experimental vault prototype, located just south of the center of the ruins of Los Angeles, renamed as the Boneyard. The Master relocated to the vault with his human cult followers and a portion of his ever-growing super mutant army, and oversaw the building of a large cathedral on the surface above the vault the following year. The cult became known as the Children of the Cathedral, and continued to be led by Morpheus, who reported directly to the Master. While the Children appear to be a fervent religious order, the Children and Morpheus are simply a front that the Master uses to advance his plan for the future of mankind: the Unity.

In Fallout, the Master has extremely powerful psionic abilities, able to project extremely vivid hallucinations that easily break the mind of any enemy without some form of mental protection. Besides his psionic abilities, the Master also has a genius level intellect and incredible natural charisma, having rallied an army of cultishly devoted human and super-mutant followers around him. He has mastered genetic engineering through his experiments with the FEV. However, the Master's Unity scenario is not realistic as all super mutants are sterile and cannot procreate. The protagonist of Fallout, later dubbed the Vault Dweller, can help Vree, a scientist of the Brotherhood of Steel, come to this conclusion, and later use this information to convince the Master that his endeavour has no chances of success and to self-destruct. Unless the player joins the Master, the end result is the same: the Cathedral is destroyed by a nuclear device, killing everyone within.

The Master's legacy of super mutants and the FEV continued, including being mentioned throughout the series (with Fallout 4 being the only game in which the Master was not mentioned entirely). A phrase "The Master Lives" could be seen in promotional animation for the cancelled Fallout Online.[6]

Design and gameplay

The Master is a hideously mutated being composed of several other creatures and electronic parts, all apparently melded together. Apart from his appearance, one of his most notable features is his unique way of speaking, as his voice is computer-generated and sentences are composed from samples of several people's speech.[7] His original name (Richard Moreau) was derived from The Island of Dr. Moreau.[8]

Defeating the Master is one of the main objectives in the original Fallout. The Vault Dweller has three options to choose from for this task: he or she can either kill the Master though combat (an extremely difficult task), convince him to abandon his plan (in which case the Master commits suicide), or bypass the Master entirely by manually setting off a nuclear device, located in one of the floors of the vault in which the Master lives. If the player encounters the Master, he or she also has the option of joining forces with the Master instead, which results in a non-canonical ending wherein the player is dipped and becomes a super mutant. The Master is very hard to kill through combat, due to his bio-electrical integration with the Cathedral Vault's Overseer Chair, giving him access to its devastating firepower and an almost constantly respawning supply of super mutant bodyguards.

Reception

The character has been critically acclaimed.[9][10] GameSpot included the Master among the ten best computer game villains for being "one of the most memorable antagonists in computer-gaming history,"[11] and further chose him as one of the 64 characters competing in their 2010 poll Greatest Video Game Villain that included console gaming characters and in which he has won directly in the first two rounds of eliminations against Kain and Heihachi Mishima before losing to Bowser.[12] GamesRadar too praised the Master's role as an antagonist, putting him in their 2013 list of the best villains in video games at number 75.[13] In 2018, Kotaku also called him "one of the greatest villains in video game history"[14] while PC Gamer included him on their list of the best boss fights in PC gaming.[15]

In 2015, IGN ranked the Vault Dweller meeting with the Master as the third best moment in by-then long-running Fallout series, noting these to be also some of the most memorable scenes in the entire history of gaming.[16] Similarly, according to GamesRadar, "the climactic encounter between the player and the Master made [the game's Cathedral location] one of the most striking storytelling devices of its era."[17]

References

  1. ^ "The Top 100 Game Creators of All Time - 89. Feargus Urquhart". IGN. 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Top 100 Game Creators of All Time - 85. Tim Cain". IGN. 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game". IMDb. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  4. ^ "Fallout 3 Afterthoughts from". 1UP.com. 2008-10-28. Archived from the original on 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-08-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Matt Bertz, Codec Chatter: Assassin's Creed Scribe Corey May, Game Informer, October 1, 2009.
  6. ^ Andy Chalk. "The Escapist : News : Bethesda Claims Interplay Wants to "Undermine" Fallout". Escapistmagazine.com. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  7. ^ Winkie, Luke. "The Relentless Champions Of Classic  Fallout". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-05-13. {{cite news}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 36 (help)
  8. ^ Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2016. Bantam Books. 2015-09-10. ISBN 9781910561102.
  9. ^ UGO Team (2008-09-17). "The Master in UGO's Favorite Fallout Characters". UGO.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-08-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "How Fallout Taught the Video Game Industry the Meaning of Role-Playing". Den of Geek. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  11. ^ "The Ten Best Computer Game Villains: The Master". Liveweb.archive.org. 2013-01-06. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11. Retrieved 2013-08-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "All-Time Greatest Game Villain - Current Standings". GameSpot.com. Retrieved 2013-08-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ GamesRadar Staff (May 17, 2013). "100 best villains in video games". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Hernandez, Patricia. "Let's Rank The Fallout Games, Best To Worst". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  15. ^ "The best and worst boss fights in PC gaming". pcgamer. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  16. ^ Kaiser, Rowan (2015-11-05). "10 of Fallout's Craziest Moments". IGN. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  17. ^ Bradley, Alan (November 1, 2015). "The most memorable locations in Fallout". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 2018-05-13.

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What I meant was restoring, but anyway [2] SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 18:49, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Unblocked

Hi Snaaaake!!, I have unblocked your account per this user talk page discussion, based on the unblock conditions proposed above. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at anytime. If you ever feel stressed or run into problems with other editors, you can also feel free to reach out to me too when Atsme is not available. I am looking forward to your mainspace contributions to the project. Take it slow and easy, and good luck. Alex Shih (talk) 16:33, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

+1, Alex. I think he is returning to us with great potential to be an outstanding contributor of quality content. SNAAAAKE, is the collapsed content a new article? You did a good job presenting the material...very well done. If it's new, let me know if you're planning to submit it through AfC. Welcome back!! I'm looking forward to working with you. Atsme📞📧 18:20, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Question

Will you take a look at Tank controls and tell me what you think? Does the article accurately represent the device according to the sources? Atsme📞📧 19:47, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it's a very simple concept. How to enable automatic preview for the article links? It used to be on the bottom. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 19:51, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And by this I mean these pop-up preview windows. Btw I did publish Sebile and Nine sorceresses that I've been working on. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 10:04, 15 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User Preferences (top menu bar) - Gadgets - Browsing - check the box for Navigation pop-ups You can also check Reference tooltips if you need that, too. Will check on those articles!! Good job. Atsme📞📧 02:02, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
PS: I created the TP for both articles. I'll have time to read them tomorrow. I see you have some dabs that should be fixed, and can do that tomorrow, too. confused face icon Just curious...in addition to your many other talents, can you also draw? Atsme📞📧 02:27, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I do, but my tablet's broken right now (for years). Also learnt some rather basic graphic design. And as for "Navigation popups" - it's the single most useful thing anywhere here and should be activated for everyone by default. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 06:22, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Glad to see you back!

Sword in the stone
I'm so glad to see you return successfully, I've missed you! I'm amazed already at your amazing new articles Nine sorceresses and Sebile, which are critical elements of the often-overlooked feminine perspectives of the Arthurian legend. ^_^ Ben · Salvidrim!  03:11, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I had no idea there would be so much of it when I started writing them! It was also really confusing at times but eventually I think I figured out everything about right. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 06:27, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, nice work on those articles. I don't know anything about Arthurian legend but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't impressed. sixtynine • whaddya want? • 12:20, 17 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Terry Bogard

I see you found a lot of information about Mai Shiranui's creation so I've been wondering if you also had information about Terry Bogard or Geese Howard. Creation information is what they lack the most. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 00:07, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'd do but I'm not very interested. I'd be more about Andy but there isn't much really (Terry yes). I'll do Siegfried instead. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 00:17, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, one thing only: Terry's been doing a load of guest appearances in the last decade or so. He and Kyo both, actually. If you check Mai's article there's a very good chance they're also in, likely even in the citation articles. I swear SNK's surviving on licensing them, and Yuri too for that matter. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 00:27, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, in the Soulcalibur character list I gathered as many possible sources for Siegfried should somebody want to create the article.Tintor2 (talk) 01:15, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Listicles & verbosity

Hi, welcome back. In the spirit of new beginnings, Wikipedia's tone has changed over time and we try to avoid Reception sections that list mentions of fictional characters indiscriminately. As a general encyclopedia, we write for a general readership. For example, in your rewrite mentioned above,

The character has been critically acclaimed.[1][2] GameSpot included the Master among the ten best computer game villains for being "one of the most memorable antagonists in computer-gaming history,"[3] and further chose him as one of the 64 characters competing in their 2010 poll Greatest Video Game Villain that included console gaming characters and in which he has won directly in the first two rounds of eliminations against Kain and Heihachi Mishima before losing to Bowser.[4] GamesRadar too praised the Master's role as an antagonist, putting him in their 2013 list of the best villains in video games at number 75.[5] In 2018, Kotaku also called him "one of the greatest villains in video game history"[6] while PC Gamer included him on their list of the best boss fights in PC gaming.[7]

References

  1. ^ UGO Team (2008-09-17). "The Master in UGO's Favorite Fallout Characters". UGO.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-08-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "How Fallout Taught the Video Game Industry the Meaning of Role-Playing". Den of Geek. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  3. ^ "The Ten Best Computer Game Villains: The Master". GameSpot. 2013-01-06. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11. Retrieved 2013-08-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "All-Time Greatest Game Villain - Current Standings". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-08-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ GamesRadar Staff (May 17, 2013). "100 best villains in video games". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Let's Rank The Fallout Games, Best To Worst". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  7. ^ "The best and worst boss fights in PC gaming". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2018-05-13.

Instead of shuffling these claims in a rewrite, ask what the source actually imparts by ranking a character #X of Y with no futher info, and why that fact matters to a general reader. They can be paraphrased. The general assertion above that the character is "among the best video game villains" could be written as a single line with multiple refs without losing any extra detail. If the source has something important to say about the character, paraphrase the importance instead of relying on direct quotes.

In another example:

GamerFitnation speculated on how Jade ("The Emerald Assassin") would fare in a matchup against UFC fighter Ronda Rousey after Rousey successfully defended her UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship title.[1]

References

  1. ^ Moultrie, Tamika (February 28, 2015). "Ronda Rousey Vs Mortal Kombat Jade". GamerFitnation. Archived from the original on March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Refs like this aren't useful for our general audience for several reasons: (1) They're low-quality. The ref barely even gestures at the sourced information having any consequence. In general, Wikipedia isn't a place to aggregate the assertions of listicles, especially in this case, as if the author was actually making some credible claim about the fictional character and the real MMA fighter? (2) It adds nothing to the article. A general audience wouldn't know what to do with this hypothetical non sequitur in the middle of a Reception section, and similarly, sections filled with these sorts of unrelated sentences are hard/convoluted for other editors to maintain. (3) GamerFitnation was never a reliable source—it has no hallmarks of editorial quality or pedigree and no reputation for fact-checking. It's a hobbyist blog and even today it's a front for spyware. There is no feasible reason why this ref would be considered pertinent for an encyclopedia article, nevertheless to resuscitate from an archived URL. These facts should be fairly self-evident to an editor with your experience, so please remove such claims rather than making them more prominent in the article.

Later in that same edit, a source is quoted at length. Quotes and copyvio should be minimized by putting the author's thoughts in our own words.

Regardless of where the content originated, please edit for a general audience by focusing on the subject's general background and importance. There are other wikis that specialize in aggregating factoids about fictional characters, if you want to preserve specialist information somewhere more appropriate. czar 21:53, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't even me who wrote about Ronda etc. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 21:59, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
? Did you not just rewrite those articles and keep that content? I even said "Regardless of where the content originated". I could pull examples from sections you've written in the past—or recently?—but that's not the point. My request is that you mind these suggestions in future edits. czar 22:07, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I really only kept that Ronda thing (shortened) because I've seen it added by someone whom I respect so I presumed it does make sense somehow, even if I thought it's oddly random and pretty stupid without checking the article of which I'm still not interested. Anyway thanks for hot tips (I actually did read) but please don't follow me around. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 22:40, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Czar: *raises hand* The Ronda thing was my fault. After reading this I went to remove it but someone already beat me to the punch. #seemedlikeagoodideaatthetime sixtynine • whaddya want? • 17:28, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Is there a way to autotranslate articles but complete with formatting?

I wanted to get get it for Val sans Retour to start with. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 19:41, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Only way I know to do it would be Google translate. I copied the lead in edit mode, entered it in GT and translated to Spanish:

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En leyenda artúrica, el 'Val sans Retour' (Valle o Valle del No Retorno) es una tierra encantada en la que la poderosa hechicera Morgan le Fay encarcela a sus amantes. El hechizo finalmente se rompe con Lancelot. El Val sans Retour ha sido identificado con un área del mismo nombre en bosque de Paimpont en Bretaña, al suroeste de Rennes, tradición que durante mucho tiempo ha sido el sitio del legendario bosque de Brocéliande. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

As evidenced, there are some issues with translating code, but it could be that when it's added to the relative language WP, it will understand the translated code whereas Eng doesn't. You may need to get help from someone who speaks the language you want translated. Atsme📞📧 01:37, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There's supposedly this tool: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ContentTranslation?title=Special:ContentTranslation&campaign=contributions-page&page=Broc%C3%A9liande&from=fr&to=en&targettitle=Broc%C3%A9liande&version=1 which literally doesn't work at all. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 06:51, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'll be just translating it manually. First the legendary forest, then the real forest, and the Val eventually. --SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 07:30, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries, multiple consecutive edits

Once again, regarding edit summaries and editing practices:

  • Please make a habit of providing an edit summary when you make a change to an article. Doing so makes it easier for your colleagues here to understand the intention of your edit.
  • Plus, it will be easier for you and your co-editors to collaborate on articles if, instead of making multiple consecutive edits in rapid succession on an article, you use the "Show preview" button to view your changes incrementally before finally saving the page once you're satisfied with your edits. This keeps the page history of the article less cluttered. Thanks in advance for considering these suggestions. Eric talk 01:42, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Meh, Eric is correct. Although over the years I've noticed different editors work differently, and your editing style is not particularly unusual. But it would be nice indeed if you can adapt the best practice. May I ask if you are editing from computer or tablet? Cheers! Alex Shih (talk) 15:55, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I nominate User SNAAAAKE to be Editor of the Week for his work in finding/adding images and expanding multiple articles for topics related to the Arthurian legend. Following is a small sampling of his work: Morgan le Fay, Paimpont forest, Brocéliande. What I believe sets this editor apart is self-reformation after he experienced some tough times that led him down a wayward path. He was given chance after chance, and time-off for self-reflection. With a bit of guidance, he has realized the error of his ways and vowed to not repeat them. As a result, he was given the opportunity to make a comeback, and is demonstrating that one more chance truly can bring positive results. He is producing quality work in what is clearly a labor of love for him. He has not disappointed those of us who saw his potential to be an asset for the community. He has clearly demonstrated that he is here to help build the encyclopedia, and he’s doing an excellent job of it.

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