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The citation does need to mention the date, and as far as I can see, this one doesn't even mention September, let alone the 11th. Let me know if I'm mistaken. Deb (talk) 12:17, 16 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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I wanted to let you know how much your work fixing incorrect game release dates is appreciated. I came to the same conclusion you did a year or two ago—that enormous numbers of these dates across Wikipedia were wrong and had to be fixed manually with independent citations to articles from the time. To the best of my knowledge, the error derives from a mistake GameSpot made in the late '90s or early 2000s, when it converted its release date listings from month-year format to month-day-year. The release months had been correct before, but in adding the day, something strange happened: the release date was automatically rolled to the last day of its release month or, often, the last day of the previous month. You can see the comparison here and here. Per Online Gaming Review, the game's actual release date was November 11. Wikipedians, including myself, simply copied GameSpot's dates verbatim and spread the error here.

Even though I realized what had happened, the whole job of fixing it was too daunting to do myself, so I just left it alone. And that was that, until your date corrections started to pop up on my watchlist. I don't envy the job you're doing but you have my absolute respect for attempting it. Keep up the great work!

The Video game Barnstar

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For your continuing efforts to correct the rampant inaccuracy of video game release dates across Wikipedia, I award you the Video Game Barnstar. Best of luck with this difficult and often thankless task! JimmyBlackwing (talk) 18:46, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks man! I never really thought I would be awarded a barnstar for what's probably a relatively insignificant thing to most people; but it's always a pleasure to be awarded one. I guess I should probably explain my thoughts: honestly, I never expected those edits to stay for too long as I figured sources from the era didn't have as much weight as modern sources. What I came to my conclusions were that when this site was still in its infancy, Wikpedians just drew from GameFAQs and other aggregate sources to find the release date; which I'd imagine for some older titles was just guesses or estimations. (as to many editors back then (and even still now), who cares about dates?) With your conclusions though, you provided a missing piece to the puzzle on why GameFAQs used those dates. I first noticed things were wrong when I noticed some inconsistencies in Baldur's Gate release date in other sources (we use the correct December 21, many others still use the incorrect November 30; both 1998). While it was already discovered it was December 21 on WP even before I first got to that article, some sources still used November 30 (even the article itself!); so I grabbed two other sources from the time (both a CNET GameCenter article and the old press release) just to conclusively drive home the point.

Your barnstar will not be forgotten as I continue my quest to find every accurate date I can. Thanks for giving me even more of a push to do so! TheBuddy92 (talk) 19:36, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You're very welcome! And, on the subject of your dates being challenged, please hit me up if you have any trouble with people rolling back these corrections. I specialize in sources for VG subjects from this era and can help you argue your case. I think it's important that WPVG gets away from the date errors it's made all these years, which have since spread far and wide thanks to WP:CITOGENESIS. (Even Diablo's famous December 31 release date is wrong—it actually went gold on December 27 and didn't launch until January 1997! But we'd probably need an RfC to adjudicate that one.) Anyway, all the best and I look forward to seeing what corrections your work turns up next. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 20:16, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oy, Diablo's been one I've been back and forth with for some time now. I was close to changing it some months ago but found a field report from January 2, 1997 that said copies were found, which might give the New Year's Eve 1996 ship date some credibility. TheBuddy92 (talk) 21:18, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm up to June 1997 so far. (starting from January of that year) TheBuddy92 (talk) 01:36, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Phenomenal work. And yeah, Diablo is a bit of a tough call, but I think the evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of a January release. Blizzard confirmed it in multiple official documents back then, from what I've seen. It'll be like pulling teeth to change the date on Wikipedia, though, so I've shied away from it as well. We'll see what happens—I might try to start a discussion about it myself in the next few weeks. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 04:52, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Some seriously amazing progress. I never expected it could go this quickly! JimmyBlackwing (talk) 17:53, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Had to stop at December 1998 for now. Will be back in the swing for the rest of the month and 1999 tomorrow. TheBuddy92 (talk) 04:32, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Today's just not been working out for me. TheBuddy92 (talk) 22:39, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, no worries there. I expected this whole project to take years rather than days, honestly! You've done a ton of really important work already. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 23:42, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Got through the rest of December and January 1999. TheBuddy92 (talk) 22:41, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Bonjour, pourquoi vous avez fait du vandalisme ? EOLE79 (talk) 11:05, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't. I just kept the page of the WOW study, don't shoot the messenger! (Je ne. J'ai juste gardé la page de l'étude WOW, ne tire pas sur le messager !)*

* Used Google Translate (Google Translate utilisé) TheBuddy92 (talk) 16:52, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I can't help but think that your essay on Willy on Wheels only serves to inspire other trolls. People see how infamous vandals like him become and decide to imitate him for attention. See WP:DENY. I was wondering what your thoughts were on this essay, and I would appreciate if you could explain what practical purpose the essay has to us. (JayPlaysStuff | talk to me | What I've been up to) 19:08, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh hey, that actually wasn't my essay; I just kept the essay around as the user that originally made it was banned. And yeah, perhaps it could be like that; but this essay's been around for a while and passed around the wiki, so I just wanted to preserve the essay. TheBuddy92 (talk) 00:44, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I personally do not wish to become an admin or any member of ArbCom. I feel I cannot commit to those jobs at this time, so if I ever get voted in; I will decline the offer unless I feel ready. TheBuddy92 (talk) 23:19, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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