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I noticed you made some changes to WP:MTG today. I have some suggestions if you want to keep this going:
- Reach out to people who are still active who contributed to the project. This is the most important thing – a WikiProject is not just a subject, it’s a group of interested editors, many of which in this area have since moved on to greener pastures.
- List it on WP:CBB along with other projects, as you can see some other projects being revived are there (ex: Haiti, Christianity).
- After a while, consider the value of reviving the WikiProject. It is only useful if there are other interested editors. If you are the only participant, it’s just busywork that our readers won’t ever see.
To get things moving, you might want to work on some new articles or addressing the issues brought up in the good article reassessment of Magic: the Gathering. Final Fantasy and Marvel’s Spider-Man may be notable new sets that could be given articles given the press they got by virtue of being crossovers. I had to decline a new article on OTJ a while ago because it had no news coverage at the time. — Reconrabbit 14:00, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for the suggestions! I was planning to start posting to people on the members list today and make a post on the community board. This is mostly an exercise in seeing if there is interest. If there isn’t at the very least I learned how to do some new things. The main article is going to be daunting but I have started reading through sources figuring out how to clean it up. I should be able to get a Final Fantasy article up by this weekend though. Snuggle 🖤 (talk) 15:47, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
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—Rosiestep (talk) 17:08, 30 October 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Welcome, welcome, welcome Snugglebuns! I’m glad that you are joining the November 2025 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.
Cielquiparle (talk) 00:16, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
Hi Snugglebuns. Thank you for your work on Bloomburrow. Another editor, 11WB, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
This looks to be an excellent article, kudos. There a few things, mostly nit-picks, that stand out to me however. Gaming Trend is a fansite as was discussed here at the VGRS talk page. It is as such, listed as an unreliable source at the video game WikiProject sources list. It is attributed however, so this is likely not too much of an issue.
Secondly, you have links directly in the article text that go straight to the MTG website. This is forbidden under WP:ELBODY, which states ‘
With rare exceptions, external links should not be used in the body of an article‘. However, I can also see it uses Template:Magic: The Gathering card/doc, so it might be acceptable.There a few other WP:BLOGS that should probably be changed out, and some marginally reliable sources such as WP:SCREENRANT. On the whole though, this is a very good article. From such a new editor, it is very refreshing to see. I’ve marked this as reviewed at WP:NPP! Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia and happy editing!
To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|11WB}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)
11WB (talk) 08:53, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
- tone: genuine/positive
- @11WB:, thanks a ton for reviewing the article!
- The external link template: I wish there was a better way to deal with it, but it seems to be the standard and it is the most effective way to illustrate points being made about specific cards without breaking copyright laws and fudging fair use, it was discussed here. I have been trying to come up with a better idea, but beyond doing inline notes with card text (which would introduce the possibility of more errors by editors and start getting a bit too close to WP:NOTGUIDE) there doesn’t really seem to be a ton of options. I have been considering taking it to a conversation on one of the noticeboards again since the conversation a bit over a year ago kinda puttered out. Now, there is the possibility of creating a database tool that could provide card information in articles since WOTC welcomes use of their database API but I don’t have the appropriate skills for that particular task.
- sources: I’m going to see if I can replace the 4 marginally reliable sources, especially since 2 of them were sources I found quickly and didn’t dig into a ton (they matched my knowledge, the primary source, and the authors have been cited by others so I didn’t take the time to dig more.)
- Thanks again for taking the time to review the article and walk through the issues that you saw. I appreciate the chance to learn how to make better articles (and improve current ones) Snuggle 🖤 (they/them/it) (talk) 13:14, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
- I don’t have a set solution for the external link problem, aside from maybe using Template:Efn and a notelist. As for marginally reliable sources, these are fine to use, they just aren’t as reliable as others and don’t quite reach the status of being a true reliable source. 11WB (talk) 13:18, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
