Talk:Blockland (video game)

message: I'm from RTB and Blockland. I notice you from the Forums. 
Anyways, explain Events and Weaponry.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blocklander (talk • contribs) 23:57, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regulith?  

message: This notice is pointed at ROBLOX and Blockland members alike. Wikipedia is not some advertising joint, its a place where people can find information on things.
Stop adding in shit like "roblox is free" or "blockland is super cool you should buy it".
Please make sure your entries are spelled correctly as well, and look professional. It looks bad when there's a section called "Add-ons!" that does nothing but advertise a few add-ons and promotes the game. If you're going to add anything, make sure it is constructive. Regulith (talk) 04:21, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stop adding in spam 

message: Here is the first result in google when you look up this game:
Blockland - That game where you build stuff.
Blockland is a non-competitive multiplayer sandbox-style construction game.
www.blockland.us/index.asp
Keeping in the mind that this is the official site and given that I've actually played the game, something that the writer of the article apparently didn't, I'm changing it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.208.46.211 (talk) 00:55, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extremely competitive? 

message: Could someone update the part about development and V11?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.248.56.73 (talk) 05:08, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  V11 released 

message: The point of deletion is outright stupid. It's like saying the August 2008 conflict between Georgia and Russia article should be deleted because it's page doesn't get any hits.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.250.188.114 (talk) 23:04, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Why are you bringing this up know? It is well documented that I used to play roblox avidly. This happened in April. 5 months ago.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 02:42, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for Deletion 

message: I had to re-instate the CSD tag placed by User:Stifle. You cannot just remove speedy deletion tags. It will be reviewed by an administrator, and most likely declined anyway.--gordonrox24 (talk) 21:04, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it said that you need to add the  tag, then add your reasoning on the talk page.--gordonrox24 (talk) 23:11, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, your history with LUA is a convenience... No. It's working against you, this is just more Roblox indignation. And if so, explain some real reasoning behind your request for deletion besides no one sees it. Because that's the case with A LOT of Wikipedia articles. MattHouser (talk) 01:04, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  CSD tag. 

message: Would it be a good idea to add a paragraph about the Blockland Community?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Blue Pen (talk • contribs) 12:48, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: NO! How many times do I have to say this. It has to be third party. Meaning a reference to something other then the blockland web site, or something written by the developers. The forum is not a third party reference.--gordonrox24 (talk) 17:24, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I want to cite it to show that Blockland has a large community. Also, the forum is hosting on the Blockland website, but lots of the content on it was written by other people. Could you please show me were the rule is that says you can't use non-third party sources. -74.38.145.55 (talk) 18:14, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

text: IAR only applies when the rule prevents you from improving the article.  It is my opinion (and most would agree) that forum links and excessive primary sources do not improve the article.  ~a (user • talk • contribs) 21:16, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: In my opinion, improving an article is doing something to add more accurate information. Deleting chunks of the article because the sources are not cited correctly with little warning is not making it better. --Tommeh6 (talk) 22:12, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: A forum does not need to be accurate. Joe Blow can post a thread on a forum.--gordonrox24 (talk) 23:01, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blockland Community 

message: I fixed the tagging on the picture to the correct formats. It is a logo, not a screen shot.--gordonrox24 (talk) 17:24, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BlocklandScreenshot.jpg Logo] 

message: Whoever placed the COI tag on the page please explain the reasoning for this here Ephialtes42 (talk) 21:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I did not place the COI tag on the page though I did re-add it after the unexplained removal.  Since re-adding it, I've come to the opinion that it probably should stay for the time being.  Many enthusiastic single purpose users of blockland/roblox have done much editing of this article.  ~a (user • talk • contribs) 00:00, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I placed the COI tag with the same rationale as what User:Arichnad stated above. Edits are in good faith and with good intentions, but people close to the game have a hard time following WP:NPOV , understandably.--gordonrox24 (talk) 20:03, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: But of course someone from Roblox isn't going to think the point of view isn't correct. Neither is someone form Blockland. --Tommeh6 (talk) 20:59, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

text: I understand, but as other people outside of the video game world have the same opinion as me, I still feel something is wrong.--gordonrox24 (talk) 00:31, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I can see some POV problems, but I don't think there's anything major. But I do play Blockland, so my personal bias is going to be different. And you play Roblox more, so your opinion of the POV might be different. I would like to see some more opinion posted here from people who don't play Roblox or BL.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommeh6 (talk • contribs) 02:28, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

text: User:Arichnad isn't a user of any game.--gordonrox24 (talk) 10:55, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

text: Can you fix them yourself? Sergeant Peppers (talk) 21:32, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I could try.--gordonrox24 (talk) 21:47, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You do not have to have any affiliation with a subject to be able to constructively work on an article. I have worked on articles I know nothing about. If there are enough references, you can find the information out, cite it, and add it to the article with no problem.--gordonrox24 (talk) 14:52, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm just saying that the people who usually edit articles do have affiliation with the subject. Some guy who has never heard of or played Game X probably isn't going to do major edits on the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.38.129.145 (talk) 17:12, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI/POV

message: ~a (user • talk • contribs) 23:26, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Refactoring_talk_pages | Archiving the talk page]] 

message: If people read that article, they will expect a free game.
I don't play Blockland so I don't know how much it is, but I don't know why not. Also, please sign your signatures by having 4 tildes at the end (~~~~). Thanks! Jeremjay24 (talk) 15:46, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shouldn't this article tell how much it costs? 

message: Stop messing with the user count. It is correct by the reference we have. If you want to change it, leave a better reference.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 22:43, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yo, I so agree with you. Jeremjay24 msg 14:44, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  User count. 

message: Seeing as the ROBLOX article is, for obvious reasons, oughtn't the Blockland article be protected too?
Just a thought. 209.7.100.10 (talk) 15:22, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I slightly agree because if you look at the history, it's full of vandalism. They are probably from Roblox. Jeremjay24  12:30, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-Protection 

message: http://blockland.kalphiter.com/gallery/gallery.php?page=1
Any way this is allowed to be a "External Link"?
Kalphiter (talk) 21:29, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't see that violating Wikipedia's external link rule... Jeremjay24  01:04, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

text: It does violate Wikipedia's external link rule:  "linking to a site that you own, maintain, or represent" (source).  ~a (user • talk • contribs) 06:28, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah that really is a POV issue...--Gordonrox24 | Talk 16:49, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: wupseez. Jeremjay24  21:37, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gallery 

message: Really, some of the passages sound more like an ad. Like the sentence about the forums.  
--75.17.203.225 (talk) 03:02, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm... I'll read it over and redo this article. Thanks and happy holidays! Jeremjay24  13:37, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Too much of an ad?

message: There has been some edit conflict over the reference being re-added by User:Kalphiter. This is a self published survey and he has a self interest in promoting the website. The data cannot be verified as there is no existing set of statistics. Paypal (the primary purchase method) didn't publish any data and there is no sales counting service for indie games like there are for things sold in stores. Furthermore we do not know how the data was acquired. There is no significant or encyclopedic reason for the number of users to be included in the article. They weren't cited by any mainstream source. The oxyclean article does not say "4.6 million people use oxyclean on a regular basis." Finally, the data does not account for accounts that were cancelled due to fraudulent credit card purchases, etc. Ephialtes42 (talk) 20:51, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems that you don't know anything about Wikipedia. Your edits are giving us more things to revert. Jeremjay24  21:14, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Please remember to assume good faith when editing Wikipedia. If you disagree with any of the points I made above it'd be great if you could explain your reasoning so we can sort this out once and for all! Thanks. Ephialtes42 (talk) 00:28, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Seriously, not gonna make the fight bigger, but the phrase assume good faith really makes people shut up.  Also, the reason why I said that is because you tagged me for no reason. Jeremjay24  01:35, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If you want to discuss my reasons for tagging you, that's cool. Just do it on my user page. It was mainly because you reverted two section edits I did, both times with no actual reason for revert specified. Anyway - I'm really looking to discuss your argument for keeping the ID list as a reference. Thanks. Ephialtes42 (talk) 04:10, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I gave you a reason. Don't remove that section. Do you know that that sentence is one of 2 main reasons why the article is still alive? Jeremjay24  22:28, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have yet to see a reason for keeping it. If you could write it again here that'd be great. I believe the article is still alive due to the strong references that illustrate the software's notability. The ID List is a weak reference at best and proves no such notability. It's the references on the Globe and Mail and Shack News that allow this article to continue existing, I believe. Ephialtes42 (talk) 23:04, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

text: I'm still not sure why you think it adds notability. The reference totally violates one of the main rules for references, WP:Verifiability. The page could say "1,000,000,000" users play Blockland and by your reasoning this would make Blockland more notable than World of Warcraft. The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth - and this reference is entirely unverifiable. You're just taking someone's word for it that the number on that page is an accurate reflection of the number of users that have bought the game. Ephialtes42 (talk) 21:18, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Blockland "ID List" Reference

message: Why were some of the screenshots on the article removed?
-Kalphiter (talk) 03:03, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Screenshots 

message: While Blockland is not specifically advertised as having GNU/Linux support, there have been a number of reports suggesting it runs fine under emulation software such as WINE. If nobody has a problem with this I'll add it back to the sidebar. Thanks - Ephialtes42 (talk) 14:16, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think we should mention that it works on Linux. Many Windows programs work on linux with programs like WINE, but aren't mentioned in their Wikipedia articles. Also, we need references. Jeremjay24  01:08, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, fair point. Plus since there aren't any WP:Verifiable references I'll go ahead and remove it. Thanks. -- Ephialtes42 (talk) 18:29, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  GNU/Linux Platform 

message: This is the official discussion for the dubious sentence in Section 3. Jeremjay24  01:25, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure if it was you who added the dubious tag, but anyway. There's no third party reference to verify that Lego offered Eric a job - the only thing close to a reference is the forum thread he wrote. Lego never published anything or made any announcements. However it is a contributing factor to Blockland going retail which makes it slightly relevant. What could Eric provide that might pass as a WP:Reliable reference, since I don't think Lego would be willing to comment. -- Ephialtes42 (talk) 18:58, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I never add tags. I just wanted to clean up the article asap so I created this section. Jeremjay24  22:15, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Dubious

message: This seems to have a lack of actual pictures depicting ingame play. The only ones that were there were removed from the Gameplay section.
Another thing is that the logo picture is outdated, as Blockheads now don't have legs. Could someone bother to update it? -Conan- Nixill (talk) 18:13, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm terrible at finding logos, and bad at copyrights. I'll wait for someone else. Jeremjay24  11:32, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

message: I posted the Game Modes topic in this article. I am a Blockland user so I know what I am talking about, but feel free to clean it up a bit or add a new game mode that i may have missed. Thanks  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kicooi (talk • contribs) 04:06, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Game Modes 

message: Most of these are simply mods made by the community. It's also written rather horrendously. I suggest either remove it or improve it. I'd suggest to include only things present in Blockland in 'default'. - The Titanium  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.188.213.148 (talk) 17:52, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Game Modes"? Really? 

message: As I said. Please feel free to remove or edit the game modes topic. I am new to wikipedia and am new with everything about it. So feel free to change it if you feel it is necessary.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kicooi (talk • contribs) 04:59, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Game Modes 

message: Since this is an article on Blockland, shouldn't it cover the older versions, like Vanilla Blockland, and Return to Blockland 1.045? Since they were around WAY before retail came out, they belong here.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eldigato (talk • contribs) 10:08, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Older Versions 

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message: The maximum amount of players that can be online at once on a single server is 99. 100+ player servers don't exist. If you use the forums, search up community events such as "Kalpither's New Year Party", which had 99 players on at once. That would be cited evidence for 99, but not 100.
Tanner Ghosen (talk) 14:14, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: um, New Years 2020 had more than 100 players. -Chazpelo (talk) 16:37, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  100 players in a server - not technically possible 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The wiki says "As of February 2017, the game's community consists of over 218,000 players.", but, well, the BLID (a special, unchangeable number that is used for each player) system works a bit differently than what people mainly expect, The site people in the Blockland community use (http://blid.daprogs.com/blid_tool/) says that there's 61k invidiual records (accounts), however, due to how the forum works, some people may have bought lots of accounts to ban evade their ban on the forum (or their ban on Glass Live, a feature on a popular Blockland addon known as Blockland Glass). Which leads me to believe, around 70-80% of the accounts are actual accs and not ban evading accoutns. --Chazpelo (talk) 02:15, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blockland's community is NOT that large