the region of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups
You recently rejected a draft article of mine. I would like to know where you found the sources to be unreliable or insufficient to improve it. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
I hope this message has found you well and that you may help me. I apologise in advance if it is inappropriate to ask questions here.
Hello @Mooshrooms. Here's an analysis of the sources:1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10 are all venues to download the game/related media or view basic information. There is no synthesis from secondary sources that prove why the game is notable.3 is unreliable (see WP:VG/UNREL)6 is a primary source and does not prove why the game is notable8 seems unreliable. The author is attributed with their first name only and there is no editorial policy or staff pageEven if 7 is reliable, one working source is not enough. You can see WP:VGRS for sources you should and shouldn't use for video game articles. toby(t)(c)(rw) 18:27, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
Hi there,
I have updated the article with more reliable sources and removed the more questionable sources. I'm not sure if I should resubmit it or ask you? Nonetheless, I'd really appreciated if you took a look again at my sources. I apologise if I'm not supposed to ask this here.
Can you add one or two more sources? The reliable ones listed in WP:VGRS are especially needed. Eurogamer and 148apps look good. You can submit your draft at anytime. toby(t)(c)(rw) 15:26, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
Hey there,
Just wanted to thank you for all your help and guidance. Thanks.
Nice job. toby(t)(c)(rw) 17:41, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
Very Cool Person Alert
Welcome, and thank you for your successful edit to lighten up Ace's day! However, this is a user's talk page that intends to be fun and cool place, so please make joke edits, as you did to User:Ace.still.life. Readers looking for accurate information will not find anything there because it's a goober's userpage. User is suspected of being incredibly cool, administrators should give user an infinite supply of kittens and should appoint user to the highest level of administration there is along with User:Ace.still.life - Ace, a random autistic on the internet 12:58, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
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Decline reason
Hi, I noticed that my article for creation was declined, may I ask the reason behind the decline? It’s my first time creating an article and I have been offline for some time. Thanks. DawnB3 —Preceding undated comment added 00:51, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
Hello @DawnB3. You did not prove that the subject is notable, as required by WP:N. toby(t)(c)(rw) 00:54, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
All right thanks, working on draft right now DawnB3 (talk) 00:58, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
It’s already been created by someone, never mind. DawnB3 (talk) 01:15, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
Changes to user permissions made from Meta are now included in the local user permissions log (T6055).
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Arbitration
The arbitration case SchroCat has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 15 April.
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Congratulations, Tarlby! The article you nominated, Rain World, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, DavidFuchs(talk) via FACBot (talk) 23:06, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Congratulations!!!
Hopefully you don't mind me creating a talk page section to say congratu-freaking-lations on the promotion of Rain World! It's such a well-written, well-sourced, well-organized, and well-presented article that I'm surprised you've never brought any other article to FAC or even GAN. For your first venture, it is amazing. Great job!!! nub🙂 00:24, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Thank you @Nub098765, it means a lot.Ironically, I honestly dislike the process of content creation, which probably explains my lack of GAs and authored articles. It just feels like a slog for me to parse through sources and organize them into an article... which I think makes it even more special for me that I took the time to work on this particular article since February 2024. It took a lot of time and a lot of opinions from people more experienced than me. I don't think I could have done it without the amazing foundation the author @Czar made and left back in 2017. There were a lot of breaks in-between, but I'm still proud of myself. Thank you! Now I just have to think about what other article I can work on for the next two years. toby(t)(c)(rw) 00:35, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
I can relate. Unless I'm really dedicated to a topic, I'm terrible at looking through sources. My attention enters a void from which I cannot pull it. 3 of my 6 total GANs have been improvements on foundations. Hopefully the article Fortnite Battle Royale can follow the same pipeline Rain World has with you. I wish you luck on Omori, a game which I have never played but which countless people have recommended to me. Perhaps I should play it. Anyway, again, nice job! nub🙂 01:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Playing Omori was an unforgettable experience for me. I implore you to play it.And good luck with your work on Fortnite! toby(t)(c)(rw) 01:30, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
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Congratulations!
Congrats on getting Rain World to FA! It's one of my favorite games, so it's great to see someone putting so much time and effort into giving it the attention it deserves! Gasmasque (talk) 23:00, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Thank you. And yeah, it absolutely deserves the attention! toby(t)(c)(rw) 01:03, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
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