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[edit] Request

Koveras, thanks for checking my articles recently though they're not as good as yours. I'm trying to write an article about Madlax's albums and OSTs but i don't really know the released dates and who performed them. Since you know a lot of stuffs about Madlax than i do, can you tell me the details. Thank you.OgasawaraSachiko (talk) 09:21, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words. ^^; About the OSTs, I've compiled some of the information I know on Bee Train Fan wiki: [1], [2], [3], and [4]. There are also some links at the bottom of these pages. You are welcome to join the BTF community, btw, if you ever need help regarding Noir or Madlax. ;) --Koveras ^☭ 09:33, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your cooperation, i found that BTF is really useful. Once again,thanks!OgasawaraSachiko (talk) 20:50, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Anytime. :-) --Koveras ^☭ 14:16, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] About List of Madlax characters

Good day to you, as you can see, i'm just a newcomer. i don't even have a userpage yet, but i guest i don't need one. I'm just an anime lover, and Madlax is one of my favorite, but while i'm reading the page, the List of Madlax characters article doens't have their character images, not like they were before. I went and look on the page's history and found out that they are all WP:NFC. The page is still a good article, but since it lost all its picture, it just doens't seem right, how can you say it? It just feels like "uncomfortable". So can you just recreat or do whatever, i don't know since i'm not good at these stuffs, but can you just repair the page backs to the way it was. Or if you can, can you upload new versions of all the images. I know it's stupid to ask you to do something like this but it pains me a lot when some of my favorite articles have themselves change, making them "uncomfortable" like the time someone change Harry Potter and Gungrave --SevenNights ^☭ 21:45, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

It does indeed look very awkward without images but the rules for WP:NFC explicitely state that:

The use of non-free media in lists, galleries, discographies, and navigational and user-interface elements is usually unacceptable for failing the test for significance (criterion #8).

And right now, I don't see any possibility of Madlax character list being a special case exempt from it. :( Of course, other anime character lists do this all the time but the fact is: it is against the guidelines. And it may even cost the main article its featured status on which I've spent almost year of hard work...

Addressing your suggestion, it is indeed possible to just revert the removal of the images but that won't deal with the source of the problem: the unacceptability of such act under Wikipedia policies, which in turn, stems from the US fair use and copyright laws. Unfortunately, there is very little I can do about the latter, so anyone who'd remove the images again will be formally right AND it will eventually lead to an edit war which is an unconditionally bad development.

Don't think that I don't understand your concern. I too, hate character lists without character portraits and a thought of my favourite anime series having one pains me to no end. But it's just the way Wikipedia is. Being the most popular educational site on the web sadly comes with a price tag. :( --Koveras ^☭ 16:04, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for stubs help

Thanks for responding to my "helpme" request. I will use the personal sandbox, and I would be delighted to have you look over it and help me figure out when it's ready for stub and/or article status. thanks!Sharper1 (talk) 17:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome. I'll be monitoring the page from now on. :) There's not much text there right now, so you might wanna check out some larger articles in Category:Libraries to give you inspiration. ;) Generally it's often useful to follow a precedent: if someone did it on another page and it wasn't edited away, you can do it on your page, too. --Koveras ^☭ 18:31, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Madlax again

Hey, just for you to know, i just uploaded the screenshots that had been deleted from List of Madlax characters, i don't know if you like but they're all new, except for Friday Monday, Richard Burton and SSS. By the way, can you check my latest article on Gungrave, it's about the main character Beyond The Grave. The thing is i've created it 3 days ago but no one has came to view it (that's what i think), so i don't know if it's good or bad. Can you check it up for me?OgasawaraSachiko (talk) 09:55, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I have explained the thing with images and lists to SevenNights above, and my position hasn't changed since then. I won't revert your contributions but I will also not oppose others removing the images again. :) I have checked out your article and right now, it appears predominantly in-universe with several heavy violations of encyclopedic tone. I haven't read too much into it, however, out of fear of spoilers. ^^ --Koveras ^☭ 14:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I thought so, but still, thanks for checking that page, i just hope they don't delete or redirect it.OgasawaraSachiko (talk) 19:54, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

That will depend on whether you'll make the article appear as if it perfectly notable and encyclopedic to an objective observer or not. :) --Koveras ^☭ 13:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Moon Dog (Dungeons & Dragons)

An article that you have been involved in editing, Moon Dog (Dungeons & Dragons), has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moon Dog (Dungeons & Dragons). Thank you. J Milburn (talk) 14:55, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] help with editorial comment

Hi Koveras! I posted the Round Rock Public Library article round rock public library, but I received a "written like an advertisement" editorial comment. How do I contest that, or better yet get that off the page? thanks! Sharper1 (talk) 16:34, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

You should ask the user who put up that notice for details but from what I see, you have used a bit too many expressive statements like "an essential stop for researchers of all kinds" and "thriving teen program". This kind of tone is not liked by many editors because it is too easy to lapse outside the neutral point of view when using it. Basically, it's the style, it isn't dry enough. :) --Koveras ^☭ 17:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)