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BOZ

Joined 31 January 2006
I put a spell on you!

About me

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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 toWikiProject ComicsandWikiProject Dungeons & Dragonsin particular, expanding toWikiProject Role-playing gamesand more than dabbling inWikiProject Video games.

User:BOZ/Draft pagesis a list of pages that I have put indraft space.If you have any independentreliable sourcesto 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 atUser:BOZ/Game magazine index.

I have also done some work with video games, includingUser:BOZ/Early computer game reviews.

Dungeons & Dragons

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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 & Dragonson September 14, 2007;Planescape: Tormenton December 12, 2009;Expedition to the Barrier Peakson July 6, 2010;Ravenlofton October 6, 2010; andDungeons & 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,andWizards 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

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Player's Handbook,Dungeon Master's Guide,Monster Manual,Deities & Demigods,Fiend Folio,Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set,Oriental Adventures,Manual of the Planes

Adventures

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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

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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

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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

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Drow,Beholder,Dragon,Illithid,Elminster,Raistlin Majere

Settings

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Forgotten Realms,Greyhawk,Dark Sun,Planescape,Ravenloft,Eberron

Game concepts

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Editions of Dungeons & Dragons,Alignment,Character class,Non-player character,Experience point,Player character

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Dungeons & Dragons(TV series),Pathfinder Roleplaying Game,Gen Con,D20 System,Dungeons & Dragonscontroversies,TSR, Inc.,Dragon(magazine)

Oh, how interesting

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This user is anadministratoron theEnglish Wikipedia.(verify)

=Oshadzar-talk21:19, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, I was!:)BOZ(talk) 15:30, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

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Saving the Lost Children

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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:

Current projects

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AFD fails

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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.:)

Article accomplishments

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Articles I started that are now featured content

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I'm not claiming credit for improvement on them, but these have been improved after I started them toFeatured article:

orGood articlestatus:

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

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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.

RPGs and supplements Board, card, and tabletop games Novels and other books

I separated my work on video games from the rest, because the table got so ridiculously lopsided (even with the majority collapsed):

Many other notable games with less developed reception sections

Start it up

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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!

RPGs and supplements Board, card, and tabletop games Novels and other books

I separated my work on video games from the rest, because the table got so ridiculously lopsided:

Many other notable games that are still pretty stubby and need to grow
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