User:BOZ
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About me
[edit]I registered my account in February 2006, and was an administrator from April 2009 to February 2022. In all this time I have devoted myself to improving content on articles relating to WikiProject Comics and WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons in particular, expanding to WikiProject Role-playing games and more than dabbling in WikiProject Video games.
User:BOZ/Draft pages is a list of pages that I have put in draft space. If you have any independent reliable sources to add to any of these pages, please help me reach my goal of eventually getting them all to article space!
I have been busily adding reviews to articles about RPGs and other tabletop games from 2017 to 2022; you can see my progress at User:BOZ/Game magazine index.
I have also done some work with video games, including User:BOZ/Early computer game reviews.
Dungeons & Dragons
[edit]WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons has accumulated a number of high-quality articles, including some Featured articles, and Good articles. Five Featured articles have been Today's Featured Article: Dungeons & Dragons on September 14, 2007; Planescape: Torment on December 12, 2009; Expedition to the Barrier Peaks on July 6, 2010; Ravenloft on October 6, 2010; and Dungeons & Dragons (album) on May 19, 2018.
We also have a number of Good articles, which have been judged to be of high quality: Against the Giants, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Dave Arneson, Dragonlance, Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Despair, Drizzt Do'Urden, Dwarf (Dungeons & Dragons), Dwellers of the Forbidden City, Gary Gygax, Icewind Dale II, Libris Mortis, Neverwinter Nights 2, Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate, Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir, Pool of Radiance, The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Tomb of Horrors, Unearthed Arcana, White Plume Mountain, and Wizards of the Coast. With some work, they could be Featured articles one day!
If you want to lend a hand, and if you are a good writer and familiar with Wikipedia's content policies and want to help out, you can work on the Good articles to improve them to be Featured class, or you can help us build some of these articles in need of tender loving care:
Books
[edit]Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual, Deities & Demigods, Fiend Folio, Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set, Oriental Adventures, Manual of the Planes
Adventures
[edit]Scourge of the Slave Lords, The Keep on the Borderlands, Desert of Desolation, The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, Descent into the Depths of the Earth, The Isle of Dread, The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, The Temple of Elemental Evil
Biographies
[edit]Rich Burlew, David Cook, Monte Cook, Tony DiTerlizzi, Jeff Easley, Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb, Tracy Hickman, Todd Lockwood, Keith Parkinson, R. A. Salvatore, David C. Sutherland III, Margaret Weis
Video games
[edit]Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Eye of the Beholder, Neverwinter Nights (MMORPG), Curse of the Azure Bonds, Dungeons & Dragons Online
Creatures and characters
[edit]Drow, Beholder, Dragon, Illithid, Elminster, Raistlin Majere
Settings
[edit]Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Dark Sun, Planescape, Ravenloft, Eberron
Game concepts
[edit]Editions of Dungeons & Dragons, Alignment, Character class, Non-player character, Experience point, Player character
Related subjects
[edit]Dungeons & Dragons (TV series), Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Gen Con, D20 System, Dungeons & Dragons controversies, TSR, Inc., Dragon (magazine)
Oh, how interesting
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=O shadzar-talk 21:19, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Well, I was! :) BOZ (talk) 15:30, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
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Saving the Lost Children
[edit]Wikipedia has had many thousands of articles deleted. In truth, the majority probably have little or no potential, but there are those that slip through the cracks and would never have been deleted if sources had been found in time. Additionally, articles are sometimes redirected, or drafts are abandoned, and no one knows they even existed.
Fortunately, we can restore articles after deletion if sources can be found. I have been working to do this as much as I possibly can, and here are some of my favorites and what happened to them before I found them:
- Vincent Baker (deleted via PROD)
- Cam Banks (speedy deleted)
- Don Bingle (deleted via PROD)
- Emily Care Boss (deleted via PROD)
- Tom Braunlich (deleted at AFD)
- Dave Carson (speedy deleted)
- Andy Chambers (redirected)
- Tom Dalgliesh (deleted at AFD)
- Mike DeCarlo (speedy deleted)
- Flint Dille (deleted at AFD)
- Ann Dupuis (abandoned draft)
- Matt Forbeck (PROD and speedy)
- Crystal Frasier (redirected)
- Jeff Laubenstein (speedy deleted)
- Madison Lintz (deleted at AFD)
- Rick Loomis (speedy deleted)
- Alan Miranda (speedy deleted)
- Josh Mosqueira (redirected)
- Clark A. Peterson (was just a redirect)
- Jessica Price (moved to draft after AFD)
- Paul Randles (deleted at AFD)
- S. John Ross (deleted at AFD)
- George Vasilakos (redirected)
- Stewart Wieck (deleted via PROD)
Current projects
[edit]AFD fails
[edit]I've always wanted to keep a record of this, to remind myself that not everyone out there is going to be successful on deleting things they don't like. :)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adventures in Middle-earth
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ann Dupuis
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Asmodée Éditions
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bumblebee (Transformers)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bushido (role-playing game)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cerebro
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daredevils (role-playing game)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Morris (writer)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David L. Pulver
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doctor Who Roleplaying Game
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ego the Living Planet
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Features of the Marvel Universe (2nd nomination)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Free League Publishing
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hillfolk
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lankhmar (2nd nomination)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/London Cabbie
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mac Gargan (2nd nomination)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Management (game)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martha Washington Goes to War
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melee (game)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paper-and-pencil game
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phoenix Games (3rd nomination)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ptolus (2nd nomination)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sleeping Queens
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sons of the Serpent
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SORAG
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volothamp Geddarm
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wild Talents (role-playing game)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zartan (2nd nomination)
Article accomplishments
[edit]Articles I started that are now featured content
[edit]I'm not claiming credit for improvement on them, but these have been improved after I started them to Featured article:
or Good article status:
- Chicago by Night
- Isle of the Dead (video game)
- MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy
- Nobles: The Shining Host
- Sword of Aragon (re-created after copyvio deletion)
- Tetris Classic
- White Plume Mountain
I may not have put all or most of the work into improving them, but at least I took the initiative to start them and I helped out here and there. It's always good to see your children grow up. :)
Bring the reception
[edit]I have added reception information to many existing articles, including plenty of articles that existed for years without a reception section (or in some cases, no sources at all!) or even needed to be rescued after deletion. Here are some of the notable articles that had no reception section before I added one (although I am not claiming credit for building them beyond that first edit), and a link to show what they looked like right before my first edit.
I separated my work on video games from the rest, because the table got so ridiculously lopsided (even with the majority collapsed):
- Aces of the Pacific [272]
- Addiction Pinball [273]
- Age of Sail II [274]
- Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse [275]
- Alien Logic: A Skyrealms of Jorune Adventure [276]
- Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2 [277]
- Arkanoid [278]
- Auto Destruct [279]
- Balance of Power (video game) [280]
- BattleTanx [281]
- Blaze and Blade: Eternal Quest [282]
- Blazing Lazers [283]
- BloodNet [284]
- Burning Soldier [285] (deleted at AFD)
- California Games [286]
- Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer [287]
- Cobra Mission: Panic in Cobra City [288]
- Commander Keen [289]
- Contra (video game) [290]
- Cosmology of Kyoto [291]
- Cyber Groove [292]
- Dark Castle [293]
- Dark Seed (video game) [294]
- Dark Sun: Shattered Lands [295]
- Discworld (video game) [296]
- Doom II [297]
- Dragon's Lair (1983 video game) [298]
- Dungeon Explorer (1989 video game) [299]
- Dungeon Master (video game) [300]
- Earl Weaver Baseball [301]
- Electro Man [302]
- Extreme Assault [303]
- Eye of the Beholder (video game) [304]
- Flag to Flag [305]
- Gauntlet (1985 video game) [306]
- Gradius III and IV [307]
- Gunship 2000 [308]
- Heretic (video game) [309]
- Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the Dragon Bone Staff [310]
- Hover Strike [311] (deleted by PROD)
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis [312]
- Karateka (video game) [313]
- Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos [314]
- Landstalker [315]
- Legends of Valour [316]
- Loom (video game) [317]
- Lure of the Temptress [318]
- MageSlayer [319]
- Maximum Force [320]
- Mechanized Assault & Exploration 2 [321]
- Mega Man 3 [322]
- Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra [323]
- Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony [324]
- Monty on the Run [325]
- Mortyr [326]
- Motor Mayhem [327]
- NASCAR Heat 2002 [328]
- NBA In The Zone '98 [329]
- NCAA March Madness 98 [330]
- NFL Xtreme [331]
- O.D.T. (video game) [332]
- Oids [333]
- One (video game) [334]
- Out Run [335]
- Overboard! [336]
- Panzer Commander [337]
- Pete Sampras Tennis [338]
- Phantasy Star II [339]
- POD 2 [340]
- Prince of Persia (1989 video game) [341]
- Princess Maker 2 [342]
- Puzzle Bobble 3 [343]
- RayCrisis [344]
- Realms of Arkania: Star Trail [345]
- Red Baron (1990 video game) [346]
- Rise of the Dragon [347]
- Road Blaster [348]
- Robotron 64 [349]
- Rush'n Attack [350]
- San Francisco Rush 2049 [351]
- San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing [352]
- Serious Sam: The First Encounter [353] (is now a GA!)
- Shadow Dancer (1989 video game) [354]
- Shining in the Darkness [355]
- Shinobi (1987 video game) [356]
- Silpheed [357]
- SimTower [358]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game) [359]
- Space Griffon VF-9 [360] (speedy deleted)
- Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels [361]
- Star Control II [362]
- Star Trek (1971 video game) [363]
- Starflight [364]
- Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula [365]
- Steep Slope Sliders [366]
- Strider (1989 arcade game) [367]
- Temple of Apshai [368]
- Test Drive (1987 video game) [369]
- Tetris [370]
- The Journeyman Project (video game) [371]
- The Pawn [372]
- The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness [373]
- Three Lions (video game) [374]
- Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar [375]
- Ultima VI: The False Prophet [376]
- Ultima VIII: Pagan [377]
- Uprising X [378] (deleted by PROD)
- Vanguard Bandits [379]
- Waxworks (1992 video game) [380]
- Wing Commander (video game) [381]
- Winter Games [382]
- Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna [383]
- World Series Baseball '98 [384]
- World Series Baseball 2K2 [385]
- Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished [386]
Start it up
[edit]I have started many articles on Wikipedia, usually as stubs to allow other interested editors room to build them up. Here are some of the notable articles I have started, feel free to pick one and help it grow or polish it nicely!
I separated my work on video games from the rest, because the table got so ridiculously lopsided:
- Alien Mind
- Andretti Racing
- Armor Command
- Banzai Bug
- Battlecars (video game)
- Black Fire (video game)
- Blade Force
- Crime Crackers
- Dangerous Curves (video game)
- Doctor Hauzer
- FIFA Soccer 64
- Harpoon (video game)
- Hoops (1986 video game)
- Inferno (video game)
- Kampfgruppe (video game)
- Mech Brigade
- Menzoberranzan (video game)
- Namco Museum Vol. 1
- NBA Full Court Press
- Newman/Haas Racing (video game)
- NFL Blitz (1997 video game)
- NFL Blitz 2000
- Operation Crusader (video game)
- Panzer Battles (video game)
- Prop Cycle
- R.B.I. Baseball '95
- Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
- Rugby World Cup '95
- Sega Worldwide Soccer '98
- Sex Vixens from Space
- Shadowlands (video game)
- Shanghai (video game)
- The Flintstones (1994 Ocean Software video game)
- Trip'd
- Ultraman Powered (video game)
- Virtua Striker 2
- VR Stalker
- War in Russia
- Warship (video game)