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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

This is Getting Stupid

The Deletionists at Wikipedia are going through and deleting all the RPG articles again.  There is a crew of them and they are pushing some sort of agenda, but there are not enough people to source the articles to save them.

So I am again asking for help.  I need third party sources. Tons of them.
Magazine reviews, newspapers, nothing is too small.

Here are the articles in danger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Buffalo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Loomis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Soth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecna

Give me hand with these please!
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6 comments:

  1. Brett B.October 9, 2013 at 12:45 PM

    I don't understand. Why are they deleting them?

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  2. Timothy S. BrannanOctober 9, 2013 at 1:10 PM

    Claims that they are not notable.

    ReplyDelete
  3. mythusmageOctober 9, 2013 at 2:28 PM

    Note that it has to be notable to them, and things they are not interested in can't be notable.

    Some folks have a hard time understanding that they alone cannot determine what is and what isn't important.

    ReplyDelete
  4. BillyOctober 10, 2013 at 8:34 AM

    I can see their argument, at least in part. You don't necessarily need long, detailed articles on fictional characters in Wikipedia. For stuff like that, it makes more sense to have a private wiki for the game and detail it's mythos there...

    ReplyDelete
  5. MattOctober 13, 2013 at 11:59 PM

    Hey Timothy,

    Here are some articles I found for Rick Loomis:

    Phoenix New Times, April 5, 1989
    http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-04-05/news/fun-and-games/

    The Best of Creative Computing, Volume 1 (1976)
    Pg 148
    http://www.atariarchives.org/bcc1/showpage.php?page=148

    Ken St. Andre inverview
    http://www.garenewing.co.uk/tnt/interview.html

    Stamp Collecting has gone to pot for some hobbyists
    Deseret News, June 23, 1998
    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/637618/Stamp-collecting-has-gone-to-pot-for-some-hobbyists.html?pg=all

    Ariz. Entrepeneurs benefit from Kickstarter crowd funding
    The Republic, May 14, 2013
    http://www.azcentral.com/business/consumer/articles/20130513kickstarter-helps-ariz-entrepreneurs-fund-their-projects.html

    GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association)
    Annual Membership Meeting Minutes
    June 14, 2013
    http://www.gama.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=fsY7nCJ8tRM%3D&tabid=2716

    101 RPG Geeks you should follow on Twitter
    Berin Kinsman
    Examiner.com
    May 16, 2009
    http://www.examiner.com/article/101-rpg-geeks-you-should-follow-on-twitter

    MPs seek ban on nuclear board game described as "disgusting and offensive"
    Ottowa Citizen
    March 3, 1984
    http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19840303&id=H68yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Te8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1472,1208483

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  6. Timothy S. BrannanOctober 14, 2013 at 7:49 AM

    That is awesome!

    Thanks.

    ReplyDelete

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