User talk:Dude RB
Welcome
-- New user message (talk) 00:07, 30 October 2020 (EDT)
Editor and Admin Awards
Dude RB, Editors contributing to Sarna typically fall into three categories: single-digit Editors, Site-wide editors, & Focused Interest Editors. They are all valued equally, for each brings a much needed level of attention to issues throughout the overall project. However, every now and then, the efforts of the third type of Editors catch my eye, for they add something that was either sorely neglected or altogether missing. Your focus on beefing up the tracking of the individual issues of miniatures is equal to that of any other type of BattleTech product reported on here and you've certainly added tremendous value to Sarna for your efforts.
I normally don't grant multiple serial awards, but your scope of articles (Miniatures - Catalyst Game Labs, Miniatures - Ral Partha, and Ral Partha Catalogs) each deserve the Admin level Good Article Award for their comprehensive details. (It should be noted you also started Miniatures - FASA, but I suspect that article just doesn't have much more information for you to inject.) As a fellow Editor, I'm also awarding you the Substantial Addition Award for your work improving List of Miniatures.
Finally, I'd like to also recognize your six+ months of Time In Service since you started here. This ribbon, much like the Edit Count Award, can be updated by yourself, as you meet the milestones. I've taken the liberty of adding the ribbons to your User Page ribbon board.
Thank you for your efforts, Dude RB.--Revanche (talk|contribs) 14:31, 9 May 2021 (EDT)
Boxed Sets
Hiya, just wanted to let you know that I am super happy about what you did to the BattleTech boxed set article. Thank you! Frabby (talk) 03:46, 7 June 2021 (EDT)
- You're welcome. Thanks for creating the page in the first place. Given the multitude of boxed sets, having a central page showing them all is quite helpful. --Dude RB (talk) 09:21, 7 June 2021 (EDT)
ForcePacks
Revanche recommended working with you on this. Looks like we need to rename and recategorize the new Lance/Star packs. Currently "BattleTech: Inner Sphere XXX Lance" but should actually be "BattleTech: ForcePack: Inner Sphere XXX Lance" https://www.sarna.net/wiki/BattleTech:_Inner_Sphere_Command_Lance https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/featured-products-homepage/products/battletech-forcepack-inner-sphere-command-lance Same for the Clan ones. Plus divorcing the ForcePacks from the Lance Packs would add some clarity to the categories.
Thoughts?MahiMahi (talk) 23:27, 20 June 2021 (EDT)
- Thanks for reaching out. I would be glad to assist and add another perspective with this. I saw your addition of a series page for Alpha Strike Lance Packs and your updating of the series info in those products. I think that the addition of a series page (and using the series info) is a good idea and it will definitely help grouping. It seems to me best to think of all of the Clan KickStarter Force Packs as one series. [Dividing into three series: Lance Packs, Star Packs, and Division II Packs is another passing thought, but that does not seem to be the best for defining a series.] In terms of Series Name how about simply `BattleTech Force Packs'. Please let me know your thoughts on this.
- In terms of the article name for each product, it would be ideal to keep the name identical or close to the name of product advertised commercially, but I also understand the desire to make the article names easy to distinguish. For the product "BattleTech: Inner Sphere Battle Lance" I could see the following article names as reasonable.
- BattleTech: Inner Sphere Battle Lance
- BattleTech: Inner Sphere Battle Lance Force Pack
- Force Pack: Inner Sphere Battle Lance
- I currently favor the third one (Force Pack: Inner Sphere Battle Lance) for the following reasons. When sorting alphabetically, a prefix (rather than a suffix) would cause grouping automatically. Also BattleTech is an implicitly assumed prefix for most things on this site, so omitting is no real info loss. Also the "Force Pack:" prefix stands out more than something beginning with a 'B'. FYI: This is also the label used within the Clan Kickstarter. Let me know if this approach seems good to you. --Dude RB (talk) 23:42, 20 June 2021 (EDT)