Talk:Destructoid

message: Suggest editors post here before making major changes to the article.
*Okay, I’ve put up the text between arrow brackets, and here’s the reasoning behind this discussion page “suggestion board”, as I like to call it: The administrators of this article truly appreciate any and all contributions, but we are striving to make this the best article it can be. Since it seems that the idea of a Destructoid article is on thin ice with Wikipedia administrators (considering the article has been deleted seven times), we don’t want to unnecessarily anger them with content that doesn’t follow Wikipedia policy, or with edits that are unconstructive. We hope that this does not discourage you from editing, and again, we are happy that you would take the time to try and improve the Destructoid article. Thank you. —BrOnXbOmBr21 • talk • contribs • 08:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *In no way am I trying to put down the good work and effort it took to make this article. I also don't mean to be uncooperative. However I have to ask, is there some important need to have "administrators" to this article? And also, how would article "administrators" guarantee their position in the first place? What I am seeing at this moment are two posts from someone that has not posted on this talk page in nearly two years. It would be difficult to run a major change by an inactive administration. Therefore, if I do end up making some changes to the page, please pardon me, as I would still do my best to live up to Wikipedia's guidelines. - Commandur (talk) 23:04, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup for Reconsideration

message: First note of business should be finding equivalent, notable, external sources for the internally sourced materials we can find.  Suggest we move the GMA award nomination citation from the in-site to something like this 198.146.157.29 05:18, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: I still don't understand all the BS with this article... *sigh* But people will be people.
At any rate, it looks amazing, but the part about the features... can we make the titles a size smaller? Each doesn't have enough content under it, and the title is taller than the text itself. Also, I'm going to edit the sentences in the first paragraph a little. ClockworkCompanionCube 01:30, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, frankly, I’m planning on getting rid of the entire ‘Features’ section, or at least consolidating it into a paragraph or something. You’re right...there isn’t nearly enough content for each sub-section, and I think that that kind of list (it’s the same way that the article on Kotaku looks) is dumb. It doesn’t make for a good article; we need more substance. Hopefully, I’ll have some time to work on this today (November 10). —BrOnXbOmBr21 • talk • contribs • 05:49, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Looks amazing

message: I don't know if it would be helpful, but I'm just going to suggest that you add The Memory Card and The Great Retro Quiz. I mean it seems like there are a lot of small sections under the original features, so It may not be a good idea, and I don't know if you consider those as original features, so I'll let you make the judgement call.
:Well, as I said above, I want to shrink the current ‘Features’ section into a paragraph or two. I won’t be including all of the features; it’s going to read more like a summary of original features in general, rather than than a list of every single original feature that an editor has ever done (again, I don’t think that’s worth doing that unless we can get a decent amount of text for each feature, and that doesn’t appear to be doable). It depends...if I find that the article is starved for content, I may end up doing that, but at this point, that seems like it would be filler more than anything else. I haven’t yet figured out what the end product is going to look like, but, as always, your input is very much appreciated. Thanks! —BrOnXbOmBr21 • talk • contribs • 07:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: More Original Features?

message: I am still new to Wikipedia (at least as an editor) and am wondering what we might use as a graphical representation in this article. I believe it should be a Destructoid logo or the Mr. Destructoid mascot. I was somewhat unclear exactly what the logo was, so I went looking for a mascot image. Would this: Destructoid! on Flickr (mrigneous) be an acceptable image, because of it's Creative Commons licenses? 
The license looks fine, but I'm concerned about two things. First, the apparent book, I'm not even sure what it is, but could that affect whether the image is okay to use? Second, the fact that the mascot/costume represents intellectual property by Destructoid. Does that have any bearing on whether the Flickr user can legitimately grant such a license? (Or maybe this question belongs elsewhere?)- Commandur (talk) 23:22, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logo and/or Other Images 

message: Destructoid has faced some recent criticisms this year, the most notable being the backlash over the Halo Wars review where it was found that the reviewer had played very little of the game yet was pretty harsh on it. After this was revealed the writer completed the game and resubmitted the review. Should such things be mentioned?
http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/61fps/archive/2009/02/24/ron-workman-calls-out-destructoid-for-sloppy-journalism.aspx
The above link also links to other sources. --Elven6 (talk) 23:41, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That article is just chock full of hearsay. I think it would be a significant enough of a controversy to fit in the article, but you need some more reliable sources in my opinion. - Commandur (talk) 05:54, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

text: Not to mention that most game reviewers for magazines such as Game Informer don't bother finishing games either. Not relevant information. ZServ (talk) 18:01, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: I don't imagine that knowing the current workers at destructoid gives much of a fuller understanding of what the site is about. It's not typically listed on other news organization websites (unless the people have their own wikipedia pages). It seems more like printing the honor roll in the newspaper than valuable information.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.192.165.71 (talk) 13:53, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Listing staff =  Unencyclopediac? 

message: It bears mentioning that Destructoid was hacked and there was a large controversy over them storing user names and passwords in plaintext format. Source can be found here: http://www.destructoid.com/important-we-changed-all-of-your-dtoid-passwords-possible-hacker-activity-118504.phtml Can anyone find another reliable source and post this? I know they have (hopefully) increased their security, but something this major should definitely be mentioned in the main article. 98.114.36.210 (talk) 18:54, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Hacked Accounts

message: An image used in this article, , has been nominated for speedy deletion at Wikimedia Commons for the following reason: Copyright violations 
;What should I do?
Don't panic; deletions can take a little longer at Commons than they do on Wikipedia. This gives you an opportunity to contest the deletion (although please review Commons guidelines before doing so). The best way to contest this form of deletion is by posting on the image talk page.
* If the image is non-free then you may need to upload it to Wikipedia (Commons does not allow fair use)
* If the image isn't freely licensed and there is no fair use rationale then it cannot be uploaded or used.
* If the image has already been deleted you may want to try Commons Undeletion Request
This notification is provided by a Bot --CommonsNotificationBot (talk) 06:43, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: File:Logo 2010 destructoid.png Nominated for speedy Deletion

message: Call it the Roger Ebert effect. Why makes his opinion so notable that it appears in every video game article on Wikipedia under 'Reception'? Sometimes he is the only one.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.3.94.182 (talk) 20:44, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jim Sterling's opinion is in EVERY recent video game article 

message: Now someone should write about Japanator and this toy website from the Destructoid network too. --Niemti (talk) 11:32, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. I came here from a Japanator redirect, yet there's no indication in the article as to why it redirects here. Freikorp (talk) 04:51, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japanator.com redirects here now 

message: The redirect Japanator.com has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  Neocorelight (Talk) 01:43, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Japanator.com]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]