Talk:The Game (rapper)/Archive 1

message: "Game was arrested on January 27, 2006 in Queens, NY, on charges of first degree murder in an incident involving Lloyd Banks mother, Ya-Quisha Banks."
^^ I know quite recent, but cant find any sources or anything. Can anyone confirm? Tutmosis 02:48, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Arrested?

message: If anybody is unsure about any information thet are about to post on [the game] page then please post your info/question here and i will answer it as soonas possible. MostWanted05 B.W.S affiliate
Question 1. I heard the game went to school in the Antelope Valley is this true?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.163.0.36 (talk • contribs) 
MostWanted05 got banned from wikipedia, so he won't be able to answer your queastion. But no he did not go to school in the Antelope Valley. He went to school in Compton, California and Carson, California.--Ted87 23:27, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Questions & Answers

message: I revamped the existing article, correcting spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and establishing a more neutral, professional, and encyclopedic tone throughout. I tried to remove claims that were unsupportable, but in general the article lacked dates and citations and I left in a lot of information in spite of its uncited status. This article still needs a lot of help, notably in two areas:
1. It lacks dates and citations. Many of the feuds etc. are difficult to understand because the chronology is lacking.
2. The article focuses way too much on the rapper's feuds and not enough on his music. A large section analyzing his music's style and content is clearly in order.
Tcassedy 19:39, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: New version 2005-09-16

message: This article is not up to Wiki standards.  It has grammatical errors, uses slang in an unprofessional way, lacks dates, and does not cite sources.  Tcassedy 23:08, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I have absolutely no knowledge whatsoever about The Game, so I don't feel comfortable editing it myself, but phrasing like "The Game, a former gangbanger who turned to rap after being shot five times and left for dead, is about peace not war. Working closely with Dr. Dre on his debut album; This Game is for real" does not belong in any Wiki article. Someone please clean up. 80.217.216.57 21:11, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Older criticism

message: Tcassedy is right. This article needs someone who knows the subject matter better than I do to do some housecleaning and make a lot of improvements.
:Maxmasnick 19:17, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article needs help! 

message: It says "at Summer Jam in New York." If the person who wrote this is talking about the Summer Jam run by Jamn 94.5, then that took place in Boston at the TD Banknorth Garden (formerly the FleetCenter) this past weekend. I am not going to make any edits, because I am not sure if this is referring to a different Summer Jam. I ask whoever wrote this to please clarify. --Mjp797 20:04, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the "50 Cent and G-Unit" section 

message: I've heard both used by many people. Does anybody what it really should be? Xunflash 03:44, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Is it "Game" or "The Game"?

message: HALLMONITOR! IF THE CHANGING OF THIS PAGE CONSITS, I.E THE PLACING OF THE PICTURE OF THE GAME, WHICH I HAVE STATED MANY TIMES BEFORE IS AGAINST "THE GAME'S" "THE BLACK WALLSTREET" COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT. IF THIS CONTINUES LEGAL ADVICE / ACTION WILL BE SOUGHT ON "THE BLACK WALLSTREET" BEHALF. PLEASE ONLY USE THE MIXTAPE COVER, OR ANY ALBUM COVER. BIG FASE 100 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.133.123.192 (talk • contribs) 09:47, 24 October 2005  (UTC)
: Hello Big Fase 100.  It has been difficult to correspond with you because you have do not have an account with Wikipedia and your IP address keeps changing.  Would you please consider creating one?  In response to your concerns over various images within this article, are you the copyright holder of these images?  If you believe that copyright or fair use law is being violated in any way, please nominate the image for deletion through the proper channel, which in this case would be WP:IFD.  Should you have any questions regarding this process, please feel free to contact me directly and I will be more than happy to assist you.  And again, please create an account or log in if you already have one.  Best regards, Hall Monitor 18:13, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: FINAL WARNING

message: I know I'm gonna get a lot of flask for this, but I think there's a VERY valid reason to remove the DVD material from the article.  I think that the last part of this article talks more like its a promotion of the DVD than it is an actual article belonging to a respectable encylopedia:
"In "Stop Snitchin - Stop Lyin," The Game candidly talks about his rap career, personal life, ex-label mates, and exposes the truth about the fall out with his former crew with help from the Black Wall Street camp and numerous other celebrities. There are no secrets kept inside this DVD, The Game exposes the whole truth and then some along his mission to hunt down "five-0" that takes him from Los Angeles through New York City (including a stop to the G-Unot billboard in Jamaica Queens), finally ending in Farmington, Connecticut outside of 50's house in a final show down between The Game against the unit you must see to believe!"
How the heck does someone actually know that, "There are no secrets kept inside this DVD," as "The Game exposes the whole truth," for a DVD that hasn't even been released yet?! It seems to me that someone simply wanted to add this and it rings as some sort of promotion for the new DVD coming in January, so they just COPY&PASTED a synopsis from the internet of what would probably appear on the back of a DVD box.
I don't think this belongs to a POV violation, because it obviously is not a bias, but the fact of the matter is, Wikipedia IS NOT AN INTERNET BLOG SITE to promote records and DVD releases, and what IT IS, is an actualy encyclopedia!  Encyclopedias do not have promotional material that looks like it was COPY&PASTED from the back of a DVD box set.  I think this type of writing really doesn't qualify as encyclopedic, and it kinda seems like it really belongs to some internet blog, rather than as a WIKIPEDIA entry.  It should probably be shortened and only what is factually known about the DVD should remian, rather than what is essentially heresay and the "copy-pasted" promotional material for the DVD release--which exists essentially to stir people to buy the record.
:i'd say that's exactly POV.  if it promote a certain viewpoint (such as that a DVD is good, contains the whole truth, holds nothing back, and is therefore worth buying), it is EXACTLY not neutral-point-of-view.  but that's just my two cents.  --jfg284 you were saying? 01:17, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  More OPINION Than Fact 

message: I guess we'll never know! We'll keep adding nonsense, vandalism, opinion, unconfirmed facts, uncited sources, etc.. The whole bang! Now it's time to be serious! If you believe this article needs to be edited and cleaned up seriously, then place your comments below and support! Cause I am getting tired of fighting this battle with this! talk to LILVOKA
*For those who felt that this article is awful and want change it to fit the encyclopedia standards place comments below!
*For those who believe that it fits the encyclopedia standards and like the way it is place comments below!
=== Stop Snitchin Stop Lyin ===
* This section is POV and also way too long for this article. This should be sorted out into a seperate article for itself (covering the DVD and mixtape) and linked to from the Game page. - Stoph 05:39, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: What's does it take to do a better article?

message: * This section is POV and also way too long for this article. This should be sorted out into a seperate article for itself (covering the DVD and mixtape) and linked to from the Game page. - Stoph 05:39, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stop Snitchin Stop Lyin 

message: Why does the link to the fansite AftermathGame.com keep getting removed?
Simple question, but one which I cannot find an answer for.
Cheers
If you have a problem with me cleaning up the articles you seem to leave back with the empty sections, the added opinion, the bad grammar, and so on and so on....You seriously need to go back and pick up that dictionary that you left at the bottom of your backpack and learn how to write a good article. Oh yeah, how about leaving an account seeing that your a user who chooses to use many ip numbers when leaving inflamatory messages about me and the other users on WIKIPEDIA. LASTLY, no one knows who Brazil and Wilmington are, the date of Stop Snitchin' Stop Lyin' is, and the life of Jayceon Taylor, other than himself. So whatever you decide on putting in here with the The Game article among others, I will check each of them and then decide whether should revert it or edit it. Whatever it takes. Oh yeah, YOU DO NOT OWN THIS PAGE THEREFORE, YOU "DO NOT" HAVE THE RIGHT OT EDIT PEOPLES POSTS AND INFORMATION THAT ARE CORRECT AND ARE NEEDED IN THIS TOPIC. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DELETE CORRECT POSTS, THIS IS CLASSED AS VANDALISM! IF THIS PAGE CARRY'S ON GOING BACK TO "YOUR" PAGE AND NOT THE PEOPLES, THEN NOT ONLY WILL I INFORM AN ADMIN, BUT THE GAME HIMSELF, TO SOUGHT THIS OUT!-----Remember that when you post messages. Thanks LILVOKA!
Hahahaha ok, it wasn't me who wrote up there, but yo, lilvoka... not only are you retarded but chill. And don't be hypocritical, I mean you tellin this cat to go get the dictionary he left in his backpack when you're sayin you gon talk to Game himself to "sought" this out... the word is "sort" buddy. And you're retarded because Brazil and Wilimington are streets in Compton. However, you're right, that no one knows the entire life of Jayceon Taylor, and that includes you. There are certain embarassing things that have come out recently about Game that you refuse to allow on the site, such as he having a tongue ring, being a stripper, and even his butterfly tattoo it seems you won't allow on the site. Look all I'm sayin is you need to chill, this ain't your site either even though you have a say in what goes up. Also, I'm sure if I were to post messages slurring the Game, and you ran and told him, he would not give a fuck... Even if he did care, what is he gonna do about it? Cry, like the girl he is? Aight lilvoka, I hope you've realized some things today, like wikipedia shouldn't be your life, this is a forum for everyone, not just you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.97.7.153 (talk • contribs) 
:Actually him having a toungue ring and getting a butterfly tattoo are both in the article. Him being a stripper isn't in there because there is no actual proof. It's easy to beilive because so many people say it, but not a single piece of actual proof exists. None the less the article does mention how 50 Cent put his head onto a stripper body for one of the mixtapes. --Ted87 19:56, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  AftermathGame.com 

message: In my opinion they present a wealth of information and are great resources for Game fans can get the latest news, interact with other fans and so on. Why this page in particular forbids fansites and where in wikipedia guidelines is this rule stated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.140.41.61 (talk • contribs) 00:55, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why are fansites not allowed to be linked to? 

message: Despite there being no guidelines against fansites being posted, it seems Likova has a problem as the link to AftermathGame.com is constantly being removed. Can anyone explain why the member would continue doing such a thing and if there is any means of preventing this?
*—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.140.41.61 (talk • contribs) 00:55, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  LIKOVA constantly removing a fansite link? 

message: ..it's the fact that we have users who put down information without citing sources. I know we value the information on The Game. Let's realize that when information is valued and appreciated, it's not confirmed and like the issue with Shyne, the information is false. I suggest that if information is needed go to sites that are not fanbased! I would rather go through the newspapers and official websites that offer daily information on The Game. So therefore, we'll get more information that is proven true. So when the information is placed in the articles related to G-Unit, The Game and 50 Cent, are proven true, it can be included in Wikipedia! Thanks LILVOKA
I'll be honest, I write information down and don't cite it, not because its untrue... but because I don't know how the hell to cite it. And its not such a big deal to me that Game gets exposed on wikipedia, so I'm not gonna bother learning how.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.97.7.153 (talk • contribs) 
:In regards to citing something, simply post the website it's one (make sure it is a reliable source) and put it inbetween "<*ref>" and "<*ref>" (without the asteriks). Most wikipedia articles do not use this format, so to be safe when you write down the info just put it between these to charecteristics >>> "[" and "]". --Ted87 20:25, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And if you don't know how to cite sources then you shouldn't be adding stuff to wikipedia. Citing sources is one of the basic things you should learn if you are going to edit pages. --Ted87 22:27, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  There is one thing that bugs me and...