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Jennifer Hale

Because I'm not convinced the convention is a reliable source. If Hale had listed that role in her list of credits it'd be one thing, but this looks like a case of "common knowledge" and if something does look unreliable, it's better to assume it is until something can verify it. And IMDB shouldn't be used to back up *anything*: they used to list a Final Fight cartoon as existing, complete with cast credits.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 18:20, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

You know what? I'll just ask her. --Niemti (talk) 21:23, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

Hi Niemti. I have provided yet another response to your Teahouse post. It's a tool that I believe does just about exactly what you described in your post. Please see Misplaced Pages:Teahouse/Questions#I need to purge my watchlist. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:53, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

ANI discussion

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Darth Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 02:38, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

I have asked Sjones to stop responding to you on the ANI thread, and I would like to request that you stop responding to him. Both of you are being moderately abusive to each other right now and it is not helping calm the situation down.

Thank you. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 03:21, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. --Niemti (talk) 03:33, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Hey. Just really really try to chill out for awhile in terms of getting frustrated with people. Just keep reminding yourself that there will always be nonsense on Misplaced Pages and it is neither your job, nor in your power, to remove it all. When it starts getting weird (and yes, people will try to bait you), just walk away. You're too good of a contributor to get tripped up over some stupid teenage drama.VolunteerMarek 03:38, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Welcome back. Since you're kind of in the Wiki doghouse, best strategy is to totally ignore Sjones23 on AN & ANI and be excruciatingly polite in any interactions with anyone in article space. If you get dragged to back to drama board (WQA, AN, ANI), don't respond to the original poster but wait for third party editors to comment, and respond to them as appropriate. Nobody Ent 19:17, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Reply: Do you care about Darkstalkers characters?

Not really. I'm not even really a fan of Darkstalkers to begin with. The only one I've played is Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower.

And speaking of character articles, have you looked for any other reception for Jun Kazama? It seems that people want her split from the character list article. And do you know if Fighter's Generation would be considered a reliable source? I don't think it is. Kokoro20 (talk) 15:06, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

It's "an independent fan site with no direct affiliation to any particular company". --Niemti (talk) 20:14, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

He's also not a reliable source. The site is practically a blog.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 03:27, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Allow me to make you happy: Scientific theme

Hello, Niemti

Look, I am sorry for what happened back at Talk:Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. I did not mean to be pig, I just tried to play a devil's advocate but did not know you are not in the mood. So, allow me to give you a hint for the discussion: There is indeed a science fiction theme in the film.

The scientific aspect of the film, which is far beyond the conceived science of today, is Geostigma. Geostigma is caused by super-evolved microorganisms that once formed a super-collective whole called Jenova. So, yes, the film is indeed Science Fantasy.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 00:07, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

P.S. Sjones23 has closed the discussion. I'd revert him (because a reasonable amount of time should pass before concluding that the discussion has ended) but I am out of reverts for today. So, ... Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 00:22, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

It was really just bickering about nothing. (But no, you were no "pig".) --Niemti (talk) 00:23, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Turtleback tb

hopiakuta Thank You, DonFphrnqTaub Persina. 06:30, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

UFO: Enemy Unknown

What kind of assessment are you looking for (GA-Class or A-Class)? JDC808 (talk) 18:45, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure. --Niemti (talk) 18:48, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Okay, well since it's a B-Class, the next level is GA then A. The assessment page is the wrong place for GAN, instead, nominate it here - WP:GAN. Once it's become GA-Class, you can relist it at the assessment page for A-Class. JDC808 (talk) 18:56, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

God of War

Since you've helped out with Kratos, maybe you can help out with List of God of War characters. If not so much for the help, another opinion would be nice, most recently here and the overall article. JDC808 (talk) 06:26, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

De-bold the names? Rid of the red links. The "sympathetic antihero" thing again - most sources rather describe him as a total bastard (which he is, also literally). --Niemti (talk) 09:29, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Okay. As for the "sympathetic antihero", that wasn't my idea. Bluerim insisted it be there. JDC808 (talk) 17:23, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Also (aside from the "sympathetic antihero"), what is your opinion on the lead? I'm more inclined to the Third Opinion compromise by SGCM with the couple of small tweaks I made, which Bluerim said "It needed some tweaking". You can find the compromised version in the same section under "Response to third opinion request:" JDC808 (talk) 17:35, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Your edits

are unconstructive. and stop accusing people of things just because you keep adding spam to articles, and it gets removed. Street Kombat (talk) 15:17, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

August 2012

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Beeblebrox (talk) 15:43, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Niemti! In which articles did you edit war? I did not see anything, and the blocking admin did not provide any links or diffs. Next time you should not report anything on WP:ANI and especially on WP:AN, even if you are right, but seek an advice from an individual administrator. Otherwise, any administrator who did not like the way you was recently unblocked, can block you again. It also might be a good idea to edit completely different subjects. Unfortunately, I will be out of town for a couple of weeks and will not be able to watch. Please take it easy, My very best wishes (talk) 18:58, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

I have seen you a few times recently giving very bad advice to other users. You do realize that you are asking this user to assume bad faith on my part? If you are going to make an accusation like that you best be prepared to support it with evidence. Niemti knows very well where they edit warred as they reported the other users they were edit warring with. I blocked them indefinitely as obvious socks, and Niemti for two days for edit warring. There's nothing unfair about that. If I was hell-bent on re-instating the previous block I would have just done so. The community has decided to give this user another chance and I respect that but it does not absolve them from blame in an edit war. Anyone who engages in an edit war is automatically wrong. Of course Niemti is free to appeal the block in the normal manner as they see fit. I would encourage them to ignore the bad-faith-assuming advice given by best wishes. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:16, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

I guess http://en.wikipedia.org/User:Smoortsixe / http://en.wikipedia.org/User:Street_Kombat --Niemti (talk) 04:02, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

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UFO: Enemy Unknown GAN

I've now done a full review and - sorry - have failed it. Feel free to just renominate, especially if you think it unfair, but really suggest addressing the points I covered. bridies (talk) 09:54, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

That's OK, thanks. --Niemti (talk) 09:55, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

I should get to the copy edit this evening (where I am), in a few hours. bridies (talk) 09:24, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Re: Promotion and polls

Um, yeah merchandise is used to promote a character and/or game. It's not "Cultural impact". Cultural impact is when a virus gets named after Robotnik or Topeka changes its named to Topikachu. Not the fact they got an action figure a few pop-culture nods as weapons in games. Companies get paid to license a character for merchandise and in turn get advertising for their game or even the character itself. And yes that contest was essentially the same as a GameFAQs character battle. You notice we never cite those? The reason is they're unreliable as anyone could partake in them, so who she 'beat' in the brackets is meaningless. If something was actually said about the character in that case too it'd be unusable as well: the poll was not run by an independent party, but Konami themselves.

I've done this long enough and bounced off GA- and FA-nominations enough times to know what does and doesn't work for an article. You could try meeting me halfway there if you want it to stick around, because there's enough material to work with there...but not the way you're going about it.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 18:56, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

No, it's only when it's given for free or otherwise distributed promotionally (contests, bundled with limited editions, etc), and not sold separately, and it's to promote a game/series, not a character. GameFAQs character battles, whatever they are (never heard of them), are not official, are they? Being chosen by the company makes her one of their minor mascots. --Niemti (talk) 19:00, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

No merchandising can still fall under promotion in this case, but cultural impact is greatly reaching. The one way I could see the poll used is you can mention she was included in the polls among the promotion segments and the point of the polls, but the ranking/who she beat in the brackets would be unreliable.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 19:08, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Fact and fiction categories

You recently reverted two category edits I made concerning fiction samurai and fictional ninja bringing them into the non-fictional categories.

As I understand Misplaced Pages:Categorization#Articles 'Articles on fictional subjects should not be categorized in a manner that confuses them with real subjects.', it would be better with the former categories. Could you give me your views on this? Thanks! jmcw (talk) 12:09, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

It's a separate sub-category, clearly marked as "fictional". --Niemti (talk) 12:42, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Fictional categories usually derive from 'media' categories rather than a 'factual' category. jmcw (talk) 09:54, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Except it's nothing to do with "Japanese media". --Niemti (talk) 10:15, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Would you consider using {{WikiProject Fictional characters}}? jmcw (talk) 08:25, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Fictional characters NA‑class

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Coward!

You'll pay for having my article deleted you S.O.B and I promise that you little coward! --MegaCyanide666 (talk) 08:00, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

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