User talk:Mr. Lefty/Archive 7

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Lemon heads

Can you check on Lemon heads (hist) again for me? I had tagged it for speedy delete, but the user was insistant about having the article. I'm still doubtful about its notariety, but at the same time I appear to be the only one reverting. What didn't help was that the user removed the speedy tags twice and placed an {{sprotect}} as he thought I was vandalizing the article. Trying to do the right thing here per WP:BITE, so I made an apology on his talk page and backed off. Maybe all I'm looking for is a "You didn't screw things up, James" from someone. Can you help? Notary137 03:17, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandal bot

hey dude did u create that vandal bot... its kool

Uh, no, I haven't been creating any vandal bots. If you're asking about AntiVandalBot, that would be Cyde who created that. --Mr. Lefty (talk) 17:17, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Re:Andrew Sylvia

No, Glen created the account, so it's not a sockpuppet. I justed wanted to know why. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 18:46, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I knew it wasn't a sockpuppet, I was just informing him that it was blocked in case he didn't already know. --Mr. Lefty (talk) 18:48, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Won't that block his IP as a result? The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 18:49, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

It might, but I don't think it did in this case [1]. --Mr. Lefty (talk) 18:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 21:52, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hi there; I notice that in the midst of my brief bit of action with User:BubbaJubba, terminated by User:Gwernol, you reverted a piece of vandalism which I did not even see, you were that quick. Thank you.--Anthony.bradbury 22:28, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

RE make redirect in place of nonsense article)

Could you put it back just for a few days.... it took me hours to make and i rly need it....thx

Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool

RE make redirect in place of nonsense article)2

How about changing it to .... /orly_manu

that should work....thx

1 more thing how can i become a mod or and admin like you....

Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool

Scientific attitude

When you have a moment, can you take a look at this article [[2]], and tell me if this looks kosher? I was going to speedy it, but could not think of the proper category to put it in... it's not really nonsense, but it is certainly not encyclopaedic. Your opinion would be appreciated. Thanks. ---Charles 00:36, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that's not speediable, but it's also very subjective. You will probably want to consider a PROD or AfD. --Mr. Lefty (talk) 00:38, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok. When I first looked at it, I was going to tag it for wikification, etc., but there is nothing to wikify. It is an opinion piece, not an article. I will propose it for AfD. Thanks for your thoughts. ---Charles 00:47, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Rv vandalism on my page

Thanks for fixing that. I gotta admit that's one of the funnier vandalisms I've seen in a long while! I LOLed!! E. Sn0 =31337= 01:51, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

A very Californian RfA thanks from Luna Santin

Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of (97/4/4)! I've never been able to accept compliments gracefully, and the heavy support from this outstanding community left me at a complete loss for words -- so, a very belated thank you for all of your kind words. I have done and will continue to do the utmost to serve the community in this new capacity, wherever it may take me, and to set an example others might wish to follow in. With a little luck and a lot of advice, this may be enough. Maybe someday the enwiki admins of the future will look back and say, "Yeah, that guy was an admin." Hopefully then they don't start talking about the explosive ArbComm case I got tied into and oh what a drama that was, but we'll see, won't we? Surely some of you have seen me in action by now; with that in mind, I openly invite and welcome any feedback here or here -- help me become the best editor and sysop I can be. Again, thank you. –Luna Santin

I'll look forward to seeing you around. :) Luna Santin 19:11, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

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Hi Mr. Lefty,

I see looking at the WikiProject user warnings page, that you are a participant in this project. I have recently started an undertaking to harmonise all user page warnings and templates. For this I would like your assistance. I have listed a number of ideas on the project template page here as a first draft. I fully appreciate that as with most editors and admins, that you are fairly busy. Therefore I am not looking for anyone to carry out the actual work, I am willing to do that myself, with help from a number of other RC Patrollers who have come forward. But what I am looking for is your invaluable input, on the draft ideas and also to suggest other ways you believe we may improve the templates. I do however require the services of a couple of administrators to put into effect some of the new templates, as they are currently protected. Please take 5 mins to look through the new templates page, and both the project and templates talk pages and leave any ideas or suggestions that you may have. Best regards Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 09:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Could you take a look at what I think is a blockable offense?

Street Scholar (talk · contribs) has expressed some pretty offensive views about women and continues to do so after warnings. This interaction on my and his Talk page is the most recent: User talk:Street Scholar#Pakistan Hackerz Club, User talk:Saxifrage#It was an old convo. Apparently this is a pattern.[3] [4] As far as I've read, people have warned him for previous offenses but he's yet to receive a message in the form of an instructive block. My first reaction to reading (before I'd even commented to him) was that I'd block had I the power. Your opinion on it would be good as I fear I'm losing perspective. I'm not asking for a block, but your opinion on it would be appreciated. I think an RfC is probably the appropriate next step, as I don't think Wikipedia needs that kind of un-self-restrained attitude. Thanks. — Saxifrage ✎ 16:58, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, but thank you anyway. There appears to be an entry at WP:ANI#User:Street_Scholar already. Good day! — Saxifrage ✎ 17:31, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Objection

What I posted in Halo 2 was not "nonsense". It was simply a fact (NOT opinion) of Halo 2 that many players do not like to admit. Just because you don't like the fact doesn't mean it is "nonsense".

Thanks!

Seems that we have a new pest whom I've dubbed the "Shit Vandal." Thanks for flushing that loser. What a turd.  :) - Lucky 6.9 23:14, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

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Vandalism by User 205.188.116.139

Hello. I'm contacting you because I saw your name on the talk page for User:205.188.116.139, who is once again engaged in vandalism.

He/She has been at the article on author Kevin J. Anderson and has also blanked my user page and added a {{banned}} tag.

SandChigger 01:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, but there's not much I can do right now, seeing as it's an AOL IP and probably a different person than the previous warnings were directed to. But, I warned them, and if they keep it up I will have no choice but to block them. Thanks, --Mr. Lefty (talk) 01:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks; I understand the problem with the proxy IPs. No doubt it's the same person, but I just noticed that the Anderson page edits were from address 205.188.117.8, the blanking of my page from 205.188.116.139. Sorry for not being more precise earlier!

I haven't looked into such "meta matters" recently, but is there some reason why the powers that be don't go ahead and require people to create accounts (with verified email addresses) before they can edit? SandChigger 01:18, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for supporting my RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA that I have passed with 73/2/1.--Jusjih 10:01, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

A Descriptive Header

[5]
;) -- Steel 11:39, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm sure you know where I got that from... --Mr. Lefty (talk) 16:03, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Admin coaching - October 29

As far as I can see you are not currently assigned as a coach to anyone at Admin coaching. Are OK to receive a new trainee? Thank you for helping with admin coaching! Highway ^{Grammar Enforcer!} 22:12, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Would you prefer a more experience partner, or would you like to take someone more junior to the program? Apologies if you're junior yourself. ;) Highway ^{Grammar Enforcer!} 22:16, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

D-Day, FayassalF needs a partner, Tawker is free too. I'll just match you up with the next person who replies. Why do I get the feeling I'm going to get a whole archiveful of message by tomorrow morning? :P Highway ^{Grammar Enforcer!} 22:22, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

User:Mr. Righty

I went to block this one for being too similar to your username and saw you got there first... I thought your block summary was hilarious. =) --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · e@} 23:56, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, it's better than a stuffy old "user...". ;) --Mr. Lefty (talk) 00:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching

Hi! It seems that we will work together on training User:Shyam Bihari. Do you have an msn or skype account? It'd be much easier to talk about it a bit more dynamically. :) My skype account is ncurse. NCurse _work 12:59, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Speedy deletion tags

Please don't remove speedy deletion notices from articles. You may place {{hangon}} on the page and make your case on the article's talk page if you oppose an article's speedy deletion. Thanks. I have provided a better explanation for the tag this time. --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 01:41, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm an admin, so I do know what I'm doing. Speedy deletion tags can be removed as long as you're not the one who created the article. --Mr. Lefty (talk) 01:42, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry. Just tired at the moment. Not thinking straight. --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 01:44, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching

It's my pleasure that you are agreed to coach me. Please suggest me, how should I start? Please make all the suggestions at a common place: User:Shyam Bihari/Admin coaching which is created recently. Regards, Shyam ^(T/C) 02:39, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

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Admin coaching - November 1 - New recruit issues

Hey Lefty, NCurse (talk · contribs) has offered to take on Shyam Bihari (talk · contribs) by himself, so you could take on another coachee yourself. It's up to you if you'd like to have a student to yourself, you're free to stay with NCurse. Please get back to me soon, Highway ^{Grammar Enforcer!} 20:53, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

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Need some help

Hello,

The page Splashdown (disambiguation) is completely antiquated at this point, its contents having been moved to Splashdown and all of its links changed as well. So, if speedy deletion criterion g6 isn't the approproate template for it, how should I go about getting this deleted?

Thanks in advance, —Lantoka ^{( talk | contrib)} 05:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for supporting my RfA

Thank you for your support in my RfA, which passed with a final tally of (56/0/2). It was great to see so much kind support from such competent editors and administrators as commented on my RfA. I know I have much reading to do before I'll feel comfortable enough to use some of the more powerful admin tools, so I'll get right to it. Again, thanks; └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 13:19, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

triforce

look! i am just saying that you can no way get the triforce in ocarina of time. people just use these gameshark codes called moonjump and this nayrus love code thingy to make us think they got the triforce but they really havent. ok? to be honest, i think that userbox that i keep removing SHOULD get considerd for deletion. 81.129.233.201 02:54, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey there

You've been selected to be my admin coach. Per HighwayCello's instructions, I went and set up a coaching page User:Swatjester/Admin coaching, but in the off chance that I forget to check it, drop a line on my talk page and I'll pick it up, or send me a wikipedia email. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 04:46, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiLove!

Here's a right hand for you! Right hands somehow promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others using Template:smile! Happy editing! --TBCΦtalk? 08:19, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Get it? A righty for Mr. Lefty? Anyhow, keep up the good work on Wikipedia, you've contributed a lot of great edits. :D (another ackward attempt at comedy by TBCΦtalk?)

Please block user: 24.187.79.74

Due to multiple accounts of vandalism. His last edit of yellow journalism was after his last warning. Link to talk page

Image:Sq-thekiss-take2-wi.jpg

This image was used in Bisexual chic in which article it could never be fair use. Please delete it. Arniep 00:46, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, yes, it couldn't really be used in that article, but that doesn't mean it can be instantly deleted. If it's not used in another article in seven days, however, it can be. --Mr. Lefty (talk) 00:47, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah but as it's orphaned it's unlikely it will be used isn't it. Perhaps we could use common sense? Arniep 14:37, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Small Favor

Hey Lefty, I was wondering of you could help me out with getting votes for expanding an article I started a while back. My old US Australia relations article is currently being considered for expansion by the Wikipedia:Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight. To vote, go here and scroll to the bottom.

Thanks man! Sharkface217 05:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

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siggy

do u think u can help me make my siggy be a certain font? pleez just tel me. answer on my talk page pleez--User:Jesusfreek2 06:18, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

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Donald Rumsfeld

Dont know if you saw my message on WP:ANI but I wrote:

Much as I feel its a last resort sprotecting articles linked of the main page, like Saddam's article earlier this week Rumsfelds has gone totally off the chart. In the previous 3 hours its had over 250 edits - and AT LEAST 20 vandalism reverts - and that was just glacing up the history page quickly.

I personally reverted a good dozen of those myself and so I'd kindly ask that you please keep a very close eye on it now you've removed protection. As frankly Im beat.

Good luck! :)  Glen  02:16, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

All quiet on the western front for now, but I will keep an eye on it, thanks. --Mr. Lefty (talk) 02:17, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for the extra feathers on my wings! Thank you so much, Mr. Lefty, for your support in my RfA, which passed on November 11, 2006, with a final tally of 82/0/2. I am humbled by the kind support of so many fellow Wikipedians, and I vow to continue to work and improve with the help of these new tools. Should you have any request, do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Húsönd 20:22, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi Mr. Lefty, and thanks very much for your support during my recent RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of 64/0/0. I am grateful for the overwhelming support I received from the community, and hope I will continue to earn your trust as I expand my participation on Wikipedia. It goes without saying that if you ever need anything and I can help, please let me know. Wait, I guess it does go with saying. ; ) --cholmes75 (chit chat) 15:27, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks and sorry

Thanks for reverting the accidental edit I made to Tango's RfA - I got a bit confused about how to use the interface. All a mistake.Walton monarchist89 17:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Sorry about the trigger-happy oppose I made on yours, too. --Mr. Lefty (talk) 17:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

At it again...

Hi there. User:61.88.131.157 is at it again. --Merbabu 23:22, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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Danger Sign?

Can I use the danger sign on my page? Its very funny...XYZ CrVo 21:43, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

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		To Mr. Lefty, for swiftly catching and reverting vandalism on my userpage. –- kungming·2 | (Talk·Contact) 01:06, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your support!

A week ago I nominated myself, hoping to be able to help Wikipedia as an administrator as much as a WikiGnome. I am very glad many others shared my thoughts, including you. Thank you for your trust! Be sure I will use these tools to protect and prevent and not to harass or punish. Should you feel I am overreacting, pat me so that I can correct myself. Thanks again! ReyBrujo 19:46, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting the vandalized page on L-chondrites ! Fratz 13:46, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

coaching

haven't heard from you on my admin coaching page in some time. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 23:48, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thank you for blocking User:24.118.20.96 for his vandalism of Mario!

wordsntunes

Hi, my previous posting was deleted as it was a reflection of my website. I reposted it sometime back noting that it is my own company, but it still does not appear. Could you please tell me why? Thanks.

WnT New York, NY

www.wordsntunes.com

http://wordsntunes.com/reviews http://www.myspace.com/wordsntunes

Dmitriy Goldin 212 504 2723 fax [email protected]

coaching

Admin coaching answers completed. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 04:24, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Looks like you haven't contribued in about a week. Everythign ok? ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 08:33, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your support at RFA

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Much thanks for your morally questionable vote of confidence on my RFA; if I can assist you in any plans for world domination or wiki preservation in the future, do not hesitate to call.

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you ok?

You haven't contributed in over 10 days now. You alright? ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 07:44, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

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WP:UW

Hi,

You have put yourself as interested in helping out atWikiProject on user warnings. We are now at a stage where we are creating the new templates and are wondering if you are still interested? If so please visit the overview page and choose a warning type you wish to work on. There is a base template available here, which you can copy and use to get you started. Have a look through the redirects and see what old templates are affected and incorporate them into the the new system. Anyway, any questions please don't hesitate to give me a shout. Regards Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 08:55, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Madness combat article

I recently was directed to view one of the Madness Combat flash video movies. I am a 36 year old professional, working in philanthropy, education and computer systems. I read the discussion on 9/2006:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Madness_Combat

I have to say that after seeing the video, I wanted to learn more about what the cultural phenomenon that was behind this series of flash movies. My first choice was to come to Wikipedia for information (before googling it even). However, I was dismayed to learn that information about this series has been *banned* from Wikipedia. I can understand why some articles might be banned, but this article seems at this point to clearly merit existence. It seems similar to banning an article about Grand Theft Auto III. It may be offensive but it is certainly noteworthy.

We can't erase the fact that these movies exist in the world and that many people are viewing them. I would welcome information about the the cultural context of this series in Wikipedia. In other words, I don't think of Wikipedia as a factual reference solely - it serves as a cultural reference as well - and that's a very important job that only it is capable of doing well. There are many very obscure video games for example (M.U.L.E - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.u.l.e. for example) that have no substantial notability except that a very small percentage of computer afficiando's remember it. I can't see how this modern series of relatively offensive and extremely violent flash movies deserves any less?

Thanks for considering this input. Advice on how to post it to revive the discussion on the "salted earth" status of this series would be most welcome. You can reach me at "public A T MISUSE DO T O R G" (sorry for the obfuscation - I'm not sure if this posting will be publicly visible or not).

Thanks,

Steve —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stevemidgley (talk • contribs) 16:37, 18 December 2006 (UTC).

User block

Yes, you may be right about it being excessive. I don't do blocking very often, but this appeared to me to be a reincarnation of the "poopy" vandal who so often graces our screens. I'll change it. Deb 22:52, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess it could be a sockpuppet, but I think there are a whole lot more poop vandals than anyone knows about. ;) --Mr. Lefty (talk) 22:54, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

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Madness combat article, reply

Thank you for your reply - it's greatly appreciated. So, I had reviewed the Notability Criteria before writing to you. I also reviewed the discussion pages under the Madness_combat page itself. Several people talked about "banning" the content and "salting the earth" which is why I mentioned that the page was banned. I don't know much about Wikipedia administration, so I apologize if my words were wrong.

I believe this web movie content clearly meets criteria 3 of WP:WEB: The content is distributed via a medium which is both well known and independent of the creators, either through an online newspaper or magazine, an online publisher, or an online broadcaster.

Take a look at this link: Google Search for "Madness Combat" 278,000 entries for this search - and the first 5 pages (at least) are entirely devoted to this flash movie series. Now, I realize that being on Google alone is probably not notable. But consider these links:

Atom Films

UGO Player

New Grounds

All three of these locations are large-scale internet distribution systems that have editorial range and some regard. In particular Atom Films is a repository for a diverse and artistic range of content. It's run by MTV so it's clearly major media. Also note on the New Grounds page that there is a tremendous amount of fan created content produced around this series. That content is also being widely distributed (though I could understand some concerns about "notability" for this fan created material).

I make no claims that Madness Combat is high quality art or entertainment, and in fact I'm not even really a fan. I just was very surprised that Wikipedia would remove any content that had widescale distribution, is widely known on the internet and has measurable artistic integrity (the idea that porn stars are notable, but this movie series isn't, is a little hard to understand - both are notable subcultural phenomena). User:Stevemidgley Stevemidgley 06:55, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Again, thanks for your time and attention to this issue and I hope that you will see things in this light. Let me know how I can help move the issue forward to allow this article back on Wikipedia. Happy holidays!

madness combat

I understand that no one could provide evidence of relevence on the talk page when it was deleted, but if you would please follow this link, (and pay no attention to animations not within the series) then I think that you would find evidence of immense popularity, and hopefully lift the salted earth status.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/search.php?terms=madness+combat&kind=j&x=19&y=4 this link contains evidence that millions of people have viewed it on newgrounds alone (antipathy being the only one below a million, and apotheosis + avenger having over 2 million views)

the series is also on stickpage http://www.stickpage.com/madnessseries.shtml

Atom Films

UGO Player

the series has its own fan site (not made by the creator) http://madnesscombat.com/ atomfilms has already been explained above, and madness is a featured series on stickpage, and they aren't even stickfigures. It's probably also on a few other sites that I don't know. As for the requirement of outside media, there is the MTV (atomfilms) thing, (and by now all the attention that the deletion got could be considered lol)

User:Schizel 9:00 PM, December 21 2006 Ont.

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There is some dispute as to whether these blocks are supported. There are many active editors who do just fine contributing with non-latin names. Per the discussion here, there seems be support for reccomending for to people creating a username at en.WP to not use non-latin characters. But does not appear to be consensus for blocking people on sight who already have a non-latin account at another Wikimedia wiki. Will you please start taking these non-latin username through Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names in order to better gather opions on the mattter? Thank you for your atttention to this matter.--Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 17:03, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Madness Combat, re-opened?

Hi,

Madness_Combat --> Was this article re-opened? Did you do that? I put up a test edit, because it appeared to be unlocked. I don't want to violate the terms of service. Can you confirm that this page is intentionally now "unsalted earth?"

Note that the alternate spelling is still prohibited: Madness_combat

Thanks, stevemidgley

Stevemidgley 01:00, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

funny stuff

How can I get stuff like the warning sign and the busy with real life thing. Also, what's with the aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! thing, and how can I get stuff like that. Schizel 05:52, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

p.s. Is it possible to change my name without starting a new account?

Madness Combat (deleted)

Why was the Madness Combat deleted? It meets criterion #3 on WP:WEB.

I quote:

"3. The content is distributed via a medium which is both well known and independent of the creators, either through an online newspaper or magazine, an online publisher, or an online broadcaster."

The Madness Series has been distributed through various respected Flash Animation sites, including UGO Player and Newgrounds. The series is an icon of flash animation, and Krinkels is one of the most well-known and idolized flash artists on the internet. This is evident through his reviews, ratings and immense popularity.

Please help to bring the Madness Combat page back from deletion!

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I do not understand why you have locked the Madness Combat page. While the series is juvenile, it is incredibly popular (1 million plus viewers on newgrounds alone). I ask you to re-open the page.

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KH3

About your deletion of Kingdom Hearts III, i have a question... there are many fine pages, such as the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows article, that are about future events and releases. Yet they are not deleted under the context of Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.. If there is information released by the makers of the Kingdom hearts series, then why can't there be an article about it?

kingdom hearts 3

About your deletion of Kingdom Hearts III, i have a question... there are many fine pages, such as the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows article, that are about future events and releases. Yet they are not deleted under the context of Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.. If there is information released by the makers of the Kingdom hearts series, then why can't there be an article about it? Use the force 17:43, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

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Kingdom Hearts III, there is information at these sites

http://www.kingdom-hearts-3.com/trailers/

http://www.kingdom-hearts-3.com/category/kingdom-hearts-3/ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Noj9 (talk • contribs).

To save your time: No, there is no announcement for "Kingdom Hearts III". No sources, no interviews. Nothing. ' ^{(Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!)} 20:38, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

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kingdom hearts 3

hello "Mr. Lefty" I read the act log for the KH3 thing and I think I found a sort of confirmation of it. maybe you can post this up. this is it. straight from game spot:

"Though Kingdom Hearts II has just about wrapped up its journey onto North American shelves, it won't be the end of the action role-playing series. A day after Square Enix held its Kingdom Hearts II launch party in Los Angeles, producer Tetsuya Nomura took some time to talk about the future of the franchise with Famitsu.com. There, he revealed that he already has some new ideas for the series.

Nomura is thinking of a new installation that won't be a numbered sequel or something that takes place between two games the way that Chain of Memories (Game Boy Advance) did. If fans of the series find that a bit confusing, they have nothing to worry about, because they're not alone.

"It's difficult to explain it. I'm thinking about how to talk about it [without giving things away], which means that there will be some twists to it. Up until now, the series followed along a [straight] time line, going from Kingdom Hearts to Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts II. But the idea I have right now doesn't follow that flow," Nomura told Famitsu.com. "However, as long as it inherits the Kingdom Hearts title, it needs to have some connection [to previous installments] in terms of storyline, so it won't be too distant from the other titles. In any case, this is still at a conceptual phase, where I'm thinking about what I want to do."

Famitsu.com also asked Nomura whether the next installment's story will take place after the ending in Kingdom Hearts II. However, Nomura only smiled, neither confirming nor denying it.

Nomura is currently at work on multiple titles, and he revealed that there will be more announcements at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo and Tokyo Game Show. Square Enix is planning a big event for the E3 announcement in particular, and the company will be holding a surprise ceremony during the expo.

Kingdom Hearts, rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older, is scheduled to be available in stores tomorrow for $49.99 on the PlayStation 2. For more information on the game, check out GameSpot's previous coverage or come back later this week for a full review"

or something like this.

here is the link so you can look at it for yourself

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/kingdomhearts2/news.html?sid=6146677,

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