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Since you are bilingual, I was wondering if you would be interested in translating a couple of small articles in French for me? Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:28, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

• Sure! I won't commit to any ETA because my I'm a gold medalist in lazy procrastination but toss me what you need and I'll get it done eventually! :D ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 22:03, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

  No deadline! Thank you! Take your time. The articles are small: Maude Jacques and Cindy Ouellet. I sometimes forget that not all Canadians can speak English very well. But these two can. In fact, Maude was translating for me in Beijing. I tried auto-translating one once, but they delete unless the French is perfect, and mine's terrible. Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:17, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

  I'll be honoured to work on the articles! The most complicated thing will be to figure out the frwiki versions of the various templates used. ;) ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 14:43, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

  Hawkeye7 - Haven't had time to delve into this but I'm keeping this thread unarchived as a reminder. :) ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 17:52, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Game hint lines

I came across an article in GamePro about live game counselors and 900 hint lines which has one or two useful pieces of info. The trouble is, I can't seem to find an article on Misplaced Pages where such information might appropriately go. Any suggestions?--Martin IIIa (talk) 20:34, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

There's probably enough coverage to convert Nintendo Power Line into a broader concept of Video Game hint lines, of which the most famous was the Nintendo Power Line: Kotaku, A.V. Club, the line was revived for the NES Mini launch (Engadget, CNet, Polygon), Wikia (unusable as a source but can be used as a base for research), featured in The Wizard, that time when one number was bought by an sex company (N4G, NBC, Wired), Gamasutra, Felicia Day biography, Geek.com, Sierra Hint Line (this is an archive of 1989 Sierra Magazine), Sega, Konami also had their own Hint Lines. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 20:55, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Martin IIIa do you have a link to the GamePro article? ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 13:17, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Bumping thread for 60 days. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 16:30, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Agh, sorry it took me so unbelievably long to notice this post! To add insult to injury, no, I don't have a link, just a physical copy of the issue. It's issue 92, cover-dated May 1996, and the articles is on pages 14-15, if that helps at all.--Martin IIIa (talk) 15:48, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Ans you wouldn't happen to have a scan? ;D Ben—Salvidrim! ✉ 04:39, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

—  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 20:02, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Still something I'm interested in working on. Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 01:15, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

• Wonder if I am ever gonna write this... here's one more ref https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/02/22/inside-the-nintendo-power-hotline

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Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello Salvidrim!:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is currently a backlog of over 1800 articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!

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I'm trying to help you

But these problems frustrate me, and that people refuse to think about what I'm saying is even more frustrating. I'm not asking you to take my word for anything. Just read what I have to say and think. I want things to get better. I'm tired of things being so terrible. DesertPipeline (talk) 10:52, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

I've read what you said. I understand your point about the risks of using non-libre software. My point is that you are hurting yourself trying to fight a tiny battle when the entire war has been lost a decade ago. Privacy is dead. Everybody carries a surveillance device everywhere, every word you say or type, everywhere you go, all of your data is stored on countless servers. That's how the world goes. Putting disclaimers on stuff will not effect even the tiniest bit of change. The only truly private place is inside your brain (for now). So enjoy the privacy of your thoughts while you still can. Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 11:03, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Believing that certainly helps them, but it doesn't help you. If there really is no way to save ourselves from the oncoming destruction, then at least we can die trying. If you do nothing, you will automatically fail. If you try, there's a chance of success. Even the lowest possibility of succeeding is better than no possibility at all. DesertPipeline (talk) 11:05, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

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Slime Rancher page improvements

Hey! You appear to have created the article Slime Rancher and I figured it would be a good idea for you to check it out and let me know of any more improvements you think could be made. Thanks! Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry | Discord: Blaze Wolf#0001 (talk) 21:51, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Looks pretty good! I'm surprised to see how much of my original text still survives. What the article really needs is info on development. Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 02:54, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

I was actually thinking about that last night as the Slime Rancher Fandom Wiki has SOME info on Development (including some images from early stages of the game) so there must be sources out there with info on it (besides the Fandom Wiki). Thanks for your feedback! Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry | Discord: Blaze Wolf#0001 (talk) 13:11, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

A Humble Sea Snail

User:AHumbleSeaSnail hopes to be unblocked at UTRS. you may remember him as User:LouisPhilippeCharlesNew. I see no way forward. Global lock. Needs to request on original account. No insight offered, only an emotional appeal. On and on. Suggestions appreciated. Thanks, --Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:01, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. For what it's worth, the ceaseless flow of insults interwoven with pleading from this guy has been neverending since 2015 in my e-mail inbox and other social media platforms. Would suggest you move to a different country and perhaps get a new identity. (Non-administrator comment) Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 20:19, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Five years!

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perhaps it would be better to merge to one of the more general pages DGG ( talk ) 06:09, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

• Such as? Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 06:10, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Phoenix (wargaming magazine)

Hi there! You closed the AFD on this one in 2013. I believe that we can find enough sources to make it worth bringing back; would you mind restoring and moving it to draft space? BOZ (talk) 16:24, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

• I'm not an admin anymore so I can't restore it myself but I think it's reasonable to have another admin draftify it for you; the AfD is pretty weak and I said in my close I'd do it myself upon request. Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 16:28, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2021

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2022!

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022

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• Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Cabayi, Donald Albury, Enterprisey, Izno, Opabinia regalis, Worm That Turned, Wugapodes.

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Sorry

for this accusation. Sikonmina (talk) 04:01, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

• No worries! Deletion log is visible to all but not deleted revisions, which can complicate figuring things out. :) Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 04:59, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2022

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• The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

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• The user group oversight will be renamed suppress in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
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• Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad.
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A barnstar for you!

		The Video Game Barnstar
		For your work on video game related articles. Rlink2 (talk) 21:06, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022).

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• A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.
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• The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Misplaced Pages talk:Talk pages project. (T296645)
• Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022. (T25020)
• The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. (T295389)

Arbitration

• Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review.

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• The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.
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