User talk:Bovineboy2008/Archives/2010/July

Why are you removing this category from several games which has been announced for 2010? --Mika1h (talk) 11:37, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Because they haven't been released in 2010 yet. As soon as they are released in 2010, they can be considered a 2010 game. See similar patterns in the film and television. BOVINEBOY2008 11:39, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't have to be released. Only confirmed for release that year. See similar patterns in the Category:2011 films and Category:2011 video games. --Mika1h (talk) 11:47, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

In my opinion, those violate

WP:CRYSTAL. We have no guarantee that they will be released this year. BOVINEBOY2008

11:48, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

No they won't if there are reliable sources to back those dates up. "A schedule of future events may be appropriate if it can be verified." --Mika1h (talk) 11:50, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Well then what do you make of Category:Upcoming video games, should it have both? I think not. I can understand an article containing a list of future dates, but not categories. BOVINEBOY2008 11:52, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

If it's a 2010 game and it's unreleased, then it should have both. --Mika1h (talk) 11:58, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

How do you know its is a 2010 game if it hasn't been released yet? You're assuming it will be, but it isn't yet. BOVINEBOY2008 12:00, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

I know if there is

reliable source for the date. --Mika1h (talk

) 12:03, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

And I know that films and espcially games are often delayed, sometimes even until the next year. BOVINEBOY2008 12:04, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

And so they are, then we update the article accordingly. --Mika1h (talk) 12:05, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

So you are okay with putting out incorrect information? Perhaps we should take this to a more public forum? BOVINEBOY2008 12:08, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

You don't know it's incorrect until they delay it (if they ever will). I go by what the sources say. --Mika1h (talk) 12:19, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

And I go by reality, sorry. Do you want to take this to

WT:VG? BOVINEBOY2008

12:20, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Go ahead. --Mika1h (talk) 12:21, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Howdy. I'm curious why you reverted this edit I made? You didn't give a reason in the edit summary.--Rockfang (talk) 19:09, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I should have. We don't put external links in inline text, only in references and in the External Links section. Plus, we try to avoid links to wikias. BOVINEBOY2008 19:19, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Could you please link a guideline or policy that says this? I don't think the links were hurting anything. I figured they were helpful, otherwise I wouldn't have added them. In fact, one of the links you reverted was a plain internal link.--Rockfang (talk) 19:22, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

See the first line of

WP:ELNO BOVINEBOY2008

19:29, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Ok. But that doesn't explain why you removed the internal link. That single doesn't appear to be linked anywhere else in the section.--Rockfang (talk) 19:45, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I've just moved the Puss in Boots (2011 film) article for you as requested. Thanks for all your work here. On looking through your contributions I have a couple of observations which may be helpful.

• Firstly about rollback, please don't use it to undo good faith edits. These should all be reverted with a proper edit summary. For example the author of this edit deserves to know why their edit was undone. Please only use rollback for blatant vandalism.
• Secondly, I was curious about the Puss in Boots film. This version seems quite decent with inline references, etc. However you edit warred to revert it back to a redirect. Yet a month a later you seem to be happy for the article to exist (and the current version has fewer sources!). Redirecting is almost equivalent to deleting an article and I can't help feeling in cases like this that it would be better to open an AfD on the article to get some discussion going. Or at least to contact the author and explain what you have done and why.

Don't get me wrong, I feel your judgements are usually correct and in line with policy, but I'm afraid that your actions may be turning away and discouraging decent editors who just need some guidance and explanation about what they've done wrong. Regards — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:45, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the notes. I'll be doing more to change my edit habits. I don't really have any good explanation other than being lazy. BOVINEBOY2008 12:47, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Okay, cool. No more laziness then please ;) — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

No worries, consuming information is what I do best. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.130.60.163 (talk) 00:57, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

I am think of Noming it for pending Changes as it seems to meet the Criteria any thoughts or Should we send it back to Semi-Protection? Weaponbb7 (talk) 02:30, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

I am new here. I just saw your private message. I am still learning to contribute for Wikipedia's articles. I tried to edit Inception page just now but I failed to. May I know the problem?Christopherkong (talk) 14:34, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

The page is semi-protected. You need to be

Editsemiprotected}}. BOVINEBOY2008

17:21, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

You may be right that I jumped the gun, although if you'll take a close look, editor Sufi34745 removed a functional formula that prevented editing errors. In any event, thanks for your message, and have a nice day. Cresix (talk) 20:55, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm all for welcoming new users, but welcoming BottomProber (talk · contribs)? Toddst1 (talk) 02:53, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Well, Bovineboy2008, I was going to add secondary sources, but the next day I find out my article was made into a redirect.Dragonite023383 (talk) 11:37, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Try building it in your namespace, like User:Dragonite023383/Squidward, then it can be moved over when it is a sufficient stub at least. By the way, what were your secondary sources? BOVINEBOY2008 16:13, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi Bovineboy2008, Thanks for welcoming me to Wikipedia. I am extremely interested in navboxes and, more generally, information design. I'm reading up on them at the moment--getting ready to contribute. If there's anything or anyone I should know please point me in the right direction. What do you do here? Sightbyvision (talk) 02:16, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I edit articles, mostly on formatting and syntax. Also mostly on entertainment articles. I do a lot of Template editing as well. For navigation boxes, see

WP:NAV is an essay about which most editors agree. Feel free to shoot me any questions you have. BOVINEBOY2008

02:30, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

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I'm trying to get a template to work and it keeps giving an error. User:Bovineboy2008/Template. BOVINEBOY2008 16:46, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

What do you want to do with it? I'm not a parser functions expert but I can help if you explain what is it exactly. Diego Grez ^{what's up?} 16:51, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I want it to use {{Upcoming film}} if the date entered is less than the current date. So if an entry's date happened before today, then it wouldn't use the template. BOVINEBOY2008 16:53, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Ah, can't help you there, but surely another helper will pop-in soon. Diego Grez ^{what's up?} 16:55, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks anyway. BOVINEBOY2008 17:00, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I noticed the debate over naming the film Inception even though it says no consensus was more opposed. And yet the film is now called Inception. How did that happen. Jhenderson777 (talk) 23:12, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

It has been resolved. Sorry for the delayed response. BOVINEBOY2008 12:05, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Probably best to have the admin who moved it move it back. I don't have time right not to deal with

Thanks! BOVINEBOY2008 12:05, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Hey Bovineboy2008, Block Majorclanger. He kepts reverting edits. So Here's the plan.

• Majorclanger (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Vandalism - obvious revert edits.

So Block Majorclanger. FarmAgentRunning (talk) 22:41, 31 July 2010 (UTC)