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Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did on Sarkar (2018 film). This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. - Arjayay (talk) 15:38, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

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Upon what reliable source did you base this change? I would appreciate a response, please. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 01:40, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

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Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did on Nani (actor). This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Diff: [2] Cyphoidbomb (talk) 01:59, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

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Review table

Hi! I am just writing here to remind you that per the instructions in Template:video game reviews, we only include reviews in the review template only if they are cited within the text. That means that a reception section should not only include the review box and nothing else. I have seen that you have systematically included a bunch of reviews into video game articles, some of which only have the review box and nothing else. I just wanted to remind you that our function here is not to serve as Metacritic where we list a bunch of scores. We want to give an overview of the game's reception to the general public. OceanHok (talk) 04:47, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello! I am also here about review tables. I wanted to point out a different issue, though. You are inserting the review template in the middle of sentences, rather than at the very beginning of the section. Sometimes I've found you put them in the entirely wrong section. This IS disruptive and means someone else has to come around and review all your edits and make corrections. PLEASE be more careful. -- ferret (talk) 14:41, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

I have reverted this edit on Forza Horizon 4. It is not helpful. The review section already has little to no text, and it ABSOLUTELY does not need more reviews in the review box. We are not an indiscriminate collection of review scores. OceanHok (talk) 14:29, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

You are still doing this in multiple edits, and have not acknowledged or heeded the advice given here. Please stop creating work for others. It's disruptive. There is a possibility you could be blocked if this continues. -- ferret (talk) 18:16, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

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Removing and muddling up video game reviews on articles and tables.

Hello there again. I just noticed on your edits on Tunic (video game) that you were removing video game reviews and also muddling up the order of reviews on the table when they were already supposed to be there to begin with in ALPHABETICAL ORDER. Please DO NOT do this because it's labelled as WP:VD and you WILL be blocked from editing on Wikipedia. Also, please use mm/dd/yyyy on the date and accessdate from the sources as Wikipedia is an American site. And also REMOVE the one from the last and first name on the sources as it does nothing to improve Wikipedia and clutters up the source. I've already reverted your edits on the page as I've already added the reviews on the table. You're free to put prose in, but DO NOT change the video game review sources when they are already added. Neverrainy (talk) 17:39, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I just noticed that you're doing it again on Ghostwire: Tokyo in which you were muddling up the order of the reviews on the table AND the prose when in actual fact they were SUPPOSED to be in ALPHABETICAL ORDER! Please, DO NOT muddle them up again. This is your LAST WARNING, if you do this again, you WILL be BLOCKED from editing any Wikipedia articles. Neverrainy (talk) 23:32, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Sorry! Please don't block me from editing, I'm genuinely trying to figure things out and noticed that I'd messed the prose up, but I didn't know how to fix it. I implemented the other fixes you told me to, such as the first and last name, mm/dd/yy, accessdate, etc. Once I figure out how this works exactly (and I'm trying, I promise), it won't happen again. Venky64 (talk) 01:05, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

The template automatically lists reviews in an alphabetical order. That's why a review from Game Informer would always have a smaller reference number when you compared to that of a IGN review, regardless of how you actually arrange them in the review box source text. You don't always have to use mm/dd/yy though. The guideline is that we should follow whatever date format the article is already using, though unofficially, an article about a British game uses dd/mm/yy, while an article about an American game uses mm/dd/yy. Making minor formatting errors generally speaking would not result in a block.

@Neverrainy: Venky64 can remove reviews from the table when they are not mentioned in prose. The Guardian and Easy Allies, in fact, should be removed from Tunic's review box since it is not being used. The guideline from Template:video game reviews is very clear about that. OceanHok (talk) 15:47, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Thanks for the review table on Rifftrax: The Game! ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 13:51, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

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Sorry! I noticed the move has already been requested by you upon visiting the page. Should I also log an individual request of my own? Venky64 (talk) 15:33, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

No, I did it for you in this specific case. Just something to note for the future. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:40, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

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Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I will do my best to follow this from now on. Venky64 (talk) 23:09, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Note - I forgot for the last few edits but I will start incorporating them now. Venky64 (talk) 00:49, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Keep an eye out for the MK 2 vandal

Can you keep an eye put for the guy who keeps changing the MK 2 date to June 25. I reported him to user:sergecross73 last year but the page hasnt been perma locked. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sergecross73&diff=prev&oldid=1036668007 Fruitloop11 (talk) 08:29, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

no problem, thank you for asking! I've just added the page to my watchlist. Venky64 (talk) 10:33, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

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Hello. I noticed you added another version of the Judgment cover and reverted. Still, I'm confused by the change. Is it the cover of another region? Japan uses an alternative featuring two other characters while North America uses the current one if I understand due to the drug issues with an actor. Cheers. Tintor2 (talk) 20:10, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

I changed this due to Wikipedia infobox rules. The original cover art has an M rating from the ESRB with a Sega logo in each bottom corner of the box art.

The rules say to use art without platform decals, such as PC cover art, where possible. --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_video_game Venky64 (talk) 20:50, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

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Per WP:VGIMAGES, "If the game was released for multiple platforms with a similar cover, art without any platform-related logotypes should be used where possible either from an official source or by editing the cover picture in order to create a platform-neutral picture. The only editing that should be done to the original art to achieve this should be the cropping of platform banners and not the removal of any platform specific logos, publisher logos, 3rd party icons, etc. on the art itself." This means that something like the existing Crystal Crisis art is fine, as it had already removed the PlayStation 4 banner from the top of the image. It is much easier to simply crop the banner off the top of the existing image than to upload new images that are often completely different from the actual cover art. Furthermore, the covers you have been uploading are much too large; images need to be 100,000 pixels or less, so a typical square icon should be no larger than around 315x315. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 16:50, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Sorry! I was completely unaware of low resolution rules until now, and I assumed download icons, even if different from the box art of the games, still counted as official cover art that could viably be uploaded. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Venky64 (talk) 16:57, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

No worries. Generally, while downloadable icons will do in a pinch (like Splatoon 2 or Super Mario Odyssey for example), the proper box art is generally preferred, especially for multiplatform titles, as that's how most people will identify the game. As long as the console banner at the top is cropped out, any other rating or company logos on the cover are fine, so no need to replace stuff like Crystal Crisis or Judgment (video game). (And of course, if the game is only available on one system like Sonic Rush or Infamous 2, it's okay to leave the console banner.) -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 17:08, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

@Cyberlink420 I just removed Madden NFL 20's box art which had an Xbox One banner on it until now and replaced it with a downscaled version of the cover art used across all platforms. Is this a good example of how to handle this? Venky64 (talk) 12:07, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, more or less. Though next time, I would suggest just uploading it as a new version of the existing file. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 16:54, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

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Your contributions are appreciated, but when adding games to the list of video games in development could you spend another five seconds creating a redirect (if one doesn't already exist) and avoid using piped links per WP:NOPIPE? ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 15:25, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Sorry! I didn't know this was a thing; I'll be sure to check when creating them from now on. Venky64 (talk) 21:49, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

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I'm curious as to your reasoning behind this edit. The Tecmo source seemed more definitive. That was Tecmo US saying "hey, we shipped this game today" versus the GameSpot source, which says they will ship it in 3 weeks. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 00:43, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi, it's just that many publishers do not take care to announce what date exactly their games have shipped.

X-Men Legends II from Activision, and Activision in general, are pretty egregious examples of this. Other major publishers such as Electronic Arts and Infogrames usually do not have release announcements consistent with contemporary sources. Other publishers, such as Capcom, are timely and consistent with their issuing of press releases that coincide with them.

https://investor.activisionblizzard.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activisionrs-x2-wolverines-revengetm-explodes-retail-shelves (Publisher announced May 2, every other prominent gaming news site says April 15).

If you go back into the Wayback Machine to verify contemporary reviews at the time, (and thanks for reminding me, apparently the original North American release date listed [distinct from the in-store date], 12/10/2002, was correct https://web.archive.org/web/20040217013533/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/441/441137p1.html, https://web.archive.org/web/20040603193213/http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/fatalframe2/index.html) it usually gives away the actual release date.

You can check to see if something's off also by the day that it has been shipped. North American games usually ship on Tuesday, with the release date either being the same day, or varying by one day in special cases. Games in Europe ship by Friday, too, with release dates always lining up with that day, except for in special cases.

Pay attention to the ship date by Tecmo. December 14, 2003 was a Sunday. The release does not usually coincide with the weekend except for in special cases.

Past this, you can also check around when reviews of the game started to show up, and most of the major ones start to show up before December 14, as catalogued by the MobyGames page. Venky64 (talk) 02:23, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the detailed explanation. There really is a lot to consider when trying to determine a game's release date. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 21:24, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

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Sorry! I will keep this in mind in future edits! Venky64 (talk) 20:00, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

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Please actually read the citation template documentation. This citation is off in almost every way: {{Cite web |date=2001-02-11 |title=PSX Nation: News: |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010211024532/http://www.psxnation.com/news/oldnewsjune99.shtml |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=web.archive.org}} }}

Should be: {{Cite web |date=June 1999 |title=News |website=PSX Nation |url= http://www.psxnation.com/news/oldnewsjune99.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010211024532/http://www.psxnation.com/news/oldnewsjune99.shtml |archive-date=February 11, 2001 |access-date=November 3, 2023}}

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To run through that example bit by bit: |date= is for the date of the original publication, not an archival date. |title= is the title of the specific page as given by the publication; if it redundantly contains the name of the publication again, that part can be omitted. |website= AKA |work= is for the name of the website (or its domain name like PSXNation.com if it does not have a clear natural-language name); never for the archive host. |url= is always for the original URL, whether it still works or not. |url-status= tells us whether it works or not (and is only used in presence of |archive-url=). The |archive-url= is for the URL at the archiver (Internet Archive in this case). |archive-date= is for the date of that archive (which is what you had put in |date=). You did get |access-date= right. But all of these dates should have been in MDY format not ISO format, because MDY is what is used consistently in the rest of the article.

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All that said, that page was not the right kind of page to cite as a source in the first place, since it's just a list of headlines and has no article content. You would instead cite a particular article, specifically this one: {{Cite web |date=June 17, 1999 |title=THQ's Ships Ultimate 8 Ball |website=PSX Nation |url= http://www.psxnation.com/news/061799c.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010225234017/http://www.psxnation.com/news/061799c.shtml |archive-date=February 25, 2001 |access-date=November 4, 2023}} I already put that into the article in place of the citation to the headline list.

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Thank you so much for reminding me! I often forget archived links don't auto-fill in everything properly. I will be sure to do that from now on. Venky64 (talk) 15:24, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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Hi there. I saw two WP:OR issues today, which you've been advised on before. Here[3] you wrongly marked this as minor, gave no explanation, and gave no update to the given source. Here[4] you contradicted the given source, gave a new source only in an edit summary, and the source is Usenet chat WP:USERGEN. Maybe there's a source from print media somewhere. I'm confused because you're obviously a WP:LIBRARY user who is perfectly aware of reliable sourcing, and have already deleted non-reliable WP:USERGEN sourcing from the same article[5] and others. Thanks. — Smuckola(talk) 02:44, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Lemme go all the way and say thanks for all your amazingly diligent reliable sourcing of release dates and such. That's some major boring stuff, I don't want to do it all day, and I sure hope you're having fun reading about the good old days along the way. I'm also in WP:LIBRARY so let me know if I can help sourcing, and I'll note that WP:LIBRARY has a request board because other people have much wider access to the same databases that WP:LIBRARY has and other databases it doesn't have! — Smuckola(talk) 02:55, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much for this! I tripped up because I thought Usenet users referencing reps from the company itself could constitute as a legitimate source, but I was wrong. I don't know where to find other information like this, however. I should've given a summary for the previous edits; sorry that I didn't! For Nox specifically, there is no updated source, it mentions in the existing citation that the game shipped February 15, which takes precedence over in-stores date when no official release date due is given due how often it aligns with ship over in-stores date as per WT:VG. I'll be more diligent about revision descriptions for the foreseeable future. Thanks so much for the recognition; compiling all this info thought to be lost or unsalvageable has honestly been really fulfilling! Venky64 (talk) 04:46, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

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I'm sorry! Where did I last do this where it was seen as an unnecessary change? Venky64 (talk) 05:21, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

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Hello Venky64,

I found you via the Edit History section of the Untold Legends Warriors Code wiki, and I was hoping you'd be able to provide some help to me. You see, this game is my childhood and I have played it countless times, however, in each attempt at finishing the game I just can not seem to complete the bestiary section. I have scoured the internet, and all I could find were a few YouTube videos on it, none of which caring to complete the game entirely, and a few discussion threads online which only asked the same questions as me.

So I am wondering, do you by chance know any of the developers, or somehow I can find my way to them? I have tried contacting Sony support and they were unable, and I have tried using the way-back machine but that does not work very well.

If you know anything, please contact me 2763298553

Thank you, Ash Ashdawg100 (talk) 19:44, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Yeah sure! I don't know of any ways to directly contact them and I'm certainly no expert, but here's a list of all the people that have worked on the game, if that helps at all! You can view the staff's history in the industry by clicking on their names as well!

https://www.mobygames.com/game/23225/untold-legends-the-warriors-code/credits/psp/?autoplatform=true Venky64 (talk) 21:17, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

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The Xbox 1 version of a 360 would have been released later and was un planned
So f1 23 right of the bat was compatible with linux •Cyberwolf•talk? 15:24, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

It still isn't directly compatible with Linux, otherwise you'd see every other article that is Steam Deck-compatible list Linux under its platforms. Running on Proton doesn't mean there's any native version for Linux. If you want to know the consensus on this matter, consult WikiProject/Videogames at WT:VG. Thanks! Venky64 (talk) 17:09, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

I just feel removing it removes valuable information on a directly supported announced on launch by ea that Linux would be supported via proton •Cyberwolf•talk? 17:39, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

That info can be supported in prose, and sure, it is useful info, I completely agree! But the platforms listing has a set of rules to abide by and unfortunately Proton capabilities alone don't make the cut for what goes into the infobox.

Check out articles like Elden Ring, Redfall, or Hitman 3. These are all massively popular games compatible with the Steam Deck, but WikiProject's consensus says that its lack of nativity to the platform is what matters, and why it shouldn't be included. Venky64 (talk) 17:58, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

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CS1 error on Wonder Boy (video game)

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CS1 error on Fantasy Zone

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"Resident Evil RE:Verse" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Requesting Day-Specific Citations on NES Open Tournament Golf Release Dates

Me and another user want to add citations to every current day-specific release on NES Open Tournament Golf, mainly because that sort of info gets all muddily overtime and might turn into false information. You have previously denied claims of a day specific release for NA regions on this article so we just figured you had more info about the release history. Please respond to this and give reasons why you won't or will help out with this issue. 50.232.118.218 (talk) 17:54, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

I previously rejected it due to no visible citation information confirming a specific day in September being listed on my end. I see it now and it looks perfect; thank you! Venky64 (talk) 19:36, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

OpenCritic scores

Per WP:VGAGG and WP:VG/REC, Wikipedia only uses OpenCritic's Critics Recommend metric; please stop changing to its Top Critics Average score, as you did today. Perhaps you have notifications disabled, but I have explained this several times in previous reversions. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 22:10, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Sorry; I never received this message in notifications before! I'll be sure to not change this in the future. Venky64 (talk) 01:09, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

'Aces high'

Hi, it seems like you added '| Aces high' to the titles of links in the Reception section of quite a number of games in 2021. A good number of them remain, such as Phoenix Point, Life Is Strange: True Colors and The End is Nigh (video game), plus multiple Tony Hawk games and many more. I guess my questions are: why, and do you want to fix it? 2406:3400:31F:AD40:A09A:CC1D:E792:CC2E (talk) 10:14, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

When I added it, it didn't display in this manner, otherwise I would've seen and fixed it accordingly. I'm not sure why they show up that way now? Given the choice, I would remove them, and since I added the star table format, general consensus has also changed to representing scores in a purely numerical format. Venky64 (talk) 14:13, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

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