User talk:Sergecross73

Vandalism part 34[edit]

Serge's 34th iteration of his own personal WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. Feel free to report anything you feel may need admin intervention. Sergecross73 msg me 00:34, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, based on the editing patterns, I'm wondering if @125.160.112.170 might actually be blocked editor @JustYourImaginaryGuy. Not sure how to report this; I noticed you dealt with the latter editor before. RegalZ8790 (talk) 05:12, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I've blocked. Feel free to report incidents like this to me, and if I agree, I'll issue blocks or page protection as needed. Thank you! Sergecross73 msg me 13:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I figured this was okay, just wanted confirmation. Anyway, he's at it again, now with @125.160.115.29... RegalZ8790 (talk) 01:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked. Sergecross73 msg me 16:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Sergecross73 Back for another round as @125.160.113.185. What can be done with an individual who has no intentions of respecting Wikipedia and its community? RegalZ8790 (talk) 06:10, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like someone else hit him with a WP:RANGEBLOCK. Hopefully that helps. Sergecross73 msg me 17:54, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, This user keeps reverting my changes saying they are vandalism. This IP traces back to the subject of the edits who has been using wikipedia to promote his own name, articles, and videos. He doesn't cite his work, he simply pastes it into other articles.

He has done this on the USNVGT page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_vs_Snakeand several others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/35.135.179.48

Surely this is against the terms. Thank you for looking into this. datagod (talk) 🍁 22:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding/restoring info without a source is definitely against policy. I don't know enough about these subjects to know who is correct in some of the disputes, nor am I following the accusations of self-promotion, but I'll warn them about the sourcing issues. Sergecross73 msg me 23:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Colmedy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Two AIV ANI posts were made about this single purpose editor who WP:OWNs Mac Tonight and Talk:Mac Tonight. He has an editor group listed at User:HectorHawk9, and is a publisher on that subject.[1] He uses WP:ASPERSIONS and edit wars, to dominate anybody who deletes his mountains of WP:FANCRUFT or who tries to assert any Wikipedia policy. He explicitly combats the idea that an encyclopedia is WP:NOT a fan site or a WP:TRIVIA weblog. It's all on the talk page for the user account and the article. — Smuckola(talk) 22:45, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    They've only made like 1 edit in 3 weeks, and there's very little in the way of talk page discussions within the last month. And as far as I can tell, nothing really came of the AIV/ANI discussions? And it doesn't particularly look like anyone's doing very much to explain to them what they're doing wrong... Sergecross73 msg me 00:05, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There are obviously a lot of discussions there as I said, and on several other users' talk pages that he hounded them at, and they quit apparently because this guy's bullying obliterated the community's collective efforts so he declared his war a victory. Everybody tried to explain everything in plain sight, right there, as I said. Anyway, I engaged even harder because admins failed to do anything, and I guess it worked for now FYI. Yeah the main response at ANI was a quite typical flood from the peanut gallery, barking about how Wikipedia actually has no rules whatsoever. — Smuckola(talk) 00:45, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm short on time (I slept in and gotta run to work crap crap crap) but can you look into Ariaslaga a little for me? Most definitely a WP:NOTHERE case. Panini! • 🥪 13:05, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If you took any amount of time to address this on what basically amounts to an unpaid hobby rather than ensure you aren’t late to your paid job, you clearly have your priorities straight. Ariaslaga (talk) 13:14, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I recommend defending yourself in a much more constructive manner very quickly. Sergecross73 msg me 13:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Blocked. Returning customer. -- ferret (talk) 13:41, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. Figured it was warranted but didn't have time to look into it yet. Sergecross73 msg me 13:45, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    And I'll assure you that I wasn't late, but I needed at least some time to drink coffee and watch my morning show before going to work. If I don't have that it ruins my day lol. Thanks ferret! Panini! • 🥪 01:43, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • We Preform, We Rewrite the Norm (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Seems to be WP:CIR. Restoring articles that were redirects in abysmal quality. Recently restored Count Bleck just by copy-pasting the text from the Mario Wiki. Responded to a talk page warning with "amogus". --ThomasO1989 (talk) 17:56, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @ThomasO1989 Evading two blocks. CU confirmed and tagged. -- ferret (talk) 18:08, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Would you mind deleting this revision they added since it's a copy-vio? --ThomasO1989 (talk) 20:08, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Saturnpilot (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) This is a wordless, single-purpose, WP:MEATBOT editor. His only edits are all bare URLs about airports, including mass destruction of existing citation formatting, and ignoring years of warnings. I placed some of the worst examples at the bottom of Years' Warnings Mountain, aka his Talk page. Sadly I assume the only possible response could be elicited by a block. Thank you so much for any kind attention. — Smuckola(talk) 00:45, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Most of their talk page seems to be about using bare urls. That's not a blockable offense. Sergecross73 msg me 00:57, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This is also incorrect, I have never blocked an editor for using bare urls before. I wouldn't, because it's not a blockable offense. Sergecross73 msg me 02:49, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • 86.43.181.105 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Adding unsourced developer credits to many different articles, sometimes undoing reverts of their edits. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 18:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Blocked, thank you. Sergecross73 msg me 02:45, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Pop'n Land[edit]

Hello there! I hope you're doing well. Hey, i just found out that the game on the Mega CD list of canned games, Pop'n Land, is indeed a conversion of Cocoron from the Famicom. I left some sources on the talk page of canned games for the Mega CD so you can double check the info too :) Roberth Martinez (talk) 22:42, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'll look into it. I'm not super familiar with either, so might take me a moment to get up to speed enough to comment on it. Sergecross73 msg me 23:11, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Found a source that confirms your suspicions here. Sergecross73 msg me 16:51, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy[edit]

Regarding the reference: at the time, I thought it was a good idea since the video had the game's Japanese title in its title, but I did not realize that there were other sources that had the title. 2601:547:CC80:4F00:183A:28D8:F9DD:B07D (talk) 13:03, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. I'm just trying to clean it up some so no one tries to target it for deletion or merging. Sergecross73 msg me 13:15, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. 2601:547:CC80:4F00:183A:28D8:F9DD:B07D (talk) 13:46, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

About the Whole Yoshi's Island Sequel/Prequel Business[edit]

I understand what you meant in your edit summary. Do you think we might be able to compromise by stating Yoshi's Island as both a sequel and a prequel? 2603:6010:8B00:44FF:590:539E:5CC5:8241 (talk) 01:29, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're overthinking it. Those games have virtually no story. Sergecross73 msg me 02:07, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Understood. Thanks for the advice! 2603:6010:8B00:44FF:4CB5:B879:46CE:BCFD (talk) 01:49, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Calling a song a lead single[edit]

Hi Serge. Ik there's been plenty of discussion on the topic before, but I'd like some extra clarification if you don't mind. A song was released in Dec 2023 as a digital single. It was a standalone single as it was not stated to be part of any album at the time. Six months later, the artist who released said single announces an upcoming album and the standalone single is included on the tracklist. Is it accurate to write in the lede of the song article that it was released as the lead single from the upcoming album? I feel that this is misleading and incorrect as 1) there was no connection between the two until now and 2) two of the new songs on the album will be released as singles in support of it, one of which has been referred to in reliable secondary news sources as the album's actual lead single. Ik what the lead single WP article says, but it still doesn't feel right to me given the context surrounding this song. -- Carlobunnie (talk) 20:47, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page reader) @Carlobunnie: I'm going to answer because I once had this doubt too. See, a single is a single; it's self-evident that it was released before an album and certainly, in many cases, does not have any connection with any upcoming albums by the artist. I think the readers would easily understand what you are trying to say even when the lead says from the album because it is listed as a single, don't you think? Lunar-akaunto／talk 03:11, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, totally forgot about this, will chime in tomorrow. Sergecross73 msg me 03:18, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Infoboxes external links[edit]

As Ss112 said here, I have removed the music video links from the infoboxes of other albums, but is an album trailer considered promotional too? Lunar-akaunto／talk 03:08, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm technically not aware of an official stance on this, but an album trailer's primary (only?) function is to promote an albums, so probably? Sergecross73 msg me 03:21, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, will remove it too. Lunar-akaunto／talk 03:45, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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