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Nintendo

Hey guys, I think somebody blanked the Nintendo page (not me), and I can't put it back because of the abuse filter and multiple edits to undo. So can somebody put the whole page back? 2001:569:7C59:1E00:4E9:C5C7:84A5:DD72 (talk) 04:47, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Should be done. Cactus🌵 ^hi ^ツ 09:36, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Blanking a page ("User talk:2600:387:1:811:0:0:0:96") is such a dirty way to get people's attention. Yilangderen (talk) 08:06, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Using "Annihilation" for disambig

Please move "Annihilation" to Annihilation (physics), so that title "Annihilation" can be used as disambig. See draft for that 'partly simplified draft'

simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&oldid=10403592

If that can not be done, then never mind.--The physics-thingy links to c. a half dozen articles. 2001:2020:359:B9D1:B5DA:A453:E622:41E6 (talk) 03:55, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mentioned in media

I put an en-WP press template on a talkpage, Talk:Heartbound (video game), but maybe that was a bad idea. Is there a local version? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:22, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: A local version of the template? Yes, you used it on the talk page. However, I have removed that press notice because the link to the Sports Illustrated site doesn't seem to work. -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:07, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Doh! Yes of course the template was "local" since it worked, sorry! The "mentioned by a media organization:" redlink confused me.

Yeah, the article seems to be gone now, and I can't find an archived version, oh well. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 04:45, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

English Wikipedia discussion about styling

On English Wikipedia I have started a discussion about Simple Wikipedia having distinct styling. Sorry if this is the wrong place to note this. Commander Keane (talk) 23:42, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The styling developed over time, and likely it isn't easy to change. Also,being different from another Wikipedia is likely not a sufficient reason to change. Eptalon (talk) 05:12, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have fun discussing over there. It's pretty much like the Italian WP discusses changes for the German one. If you want something changed, you need to discuss this with the local community and not with a different one. -Barras talk 08:59, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, I should have started the discussion here then. Or maybe Meta. I don't intend to continue the enwiki discussion.

The mobile/minerva logo header has changed over time? It looks just like the English, German, Afrikaans, (...) versions. Of course in those editions when you start reading, the language difference is apparent.

It must confuse others apart from me.

Admittedly, changing the styling is not easy but I thought I would at least mention it somewhere. Commander Keane (talk) 10:04, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Before anything is done, I again want to point out: The fact that one language wikipedia is too similar to another language version is not enough to force people to change the markup, or the logo, or anything. So, unless you have other arguments, I don't think there is much we can discuss here. Eptalon (talk) 16:42, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great Firewall

Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2025/Great Firewall. However, accessory is very similar. Yilangderen (talk) 00:30, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There’s no reason to bring this here when discussion can occur at the RFD. CountryANDWestern (talk) 00:34, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Of course there is a reason to bring this here. By the way, would someone please read Wikipedia:Requested pages and try to write the wanted pages being requested there, thanks a lot. Wikipedia:Requested_pages#G I did put a "Great Firewall of China" request there. Yilangderen (talk) 02:49, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I should not be silenced, because I am just writing the truth honestly. Yilangderen (talk) 02:50, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Filmography

Have we ever decided on a word to use instead of this? First thought is "movieography" but that really doesn't fit the bill. --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 15:15, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"List of movies"? Ravensfire (talk) 15:37, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest "Media". MrMeAndMrMe_Talk 15:40, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Both seem like good ideas. Thanks both! --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 20:30, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ferien Category:Filmographies and the word "filmography" is used pretty often. Do you think SEWP should change instances of this word? MrMeAndMrMe_Talk 16:03, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Media might be too broad. I think "List of movies" makes the most sense for simpleWP. -Barras talk 16:07, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

+1 to the list of movies. BRP^ever 16:13, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes these filmographies can also include different things, like Television, Music videos, Video games etc, hence why I think Media may be ok. Although in most cases it'd just be movies. "List of works" might be appropriate for those cases where different things are included? --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 16:48, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. There is not really a risk of too much broadness in this case. MrMeAndMrMe_Talk 17:49, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree as well. BRP^ever 08:34, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]