Talk:Mario Party 3

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Over the past week, a IP user going by 166.147.112.254 / 166.147.120.33 / 166.147.120.19 / 166.147.120.18 has, on four separate occassions, added false information about a Virtual Console release. A search for sources turns up nothing -- if he has a source, he needs to add it, though it doesn't seem to be a "real" claim. I have left notices on his talk page(s), to no avail. I doubt constantly reverting him is the way to go -- what else can I do? Salvidrim (talk) 01:34, 28 September 2011 (UTC) Reply

Salvidrim asked me to take a look at this, as I've spent a lot of time at Virtual Console. OK, first of all, you're correct in saying that if there's no reliable proof of the game's release on Virtual Console, then it doesn't belong. That includes both statements of an impending release date and addition of inappropriate categories. All you can do, unfortunately, is revert the edits and notify the user of the situation. I've gone into the user contributions of one of the IPs and found similar edits on other articles, such as Beetle Adventure Racing ; I've reverted it and added a user warning tag to at least that one. I'll check the others shortly, so at least I can get something on the talk page that (a) the user(s) will see and hopefully read and (b) other editors will know they've been warned at least once if they catch the IPs doing this again.

If things get heated, with numerous changes in a short period of time, consider semi-protecting the article for a few days and see if the IPs get the message then. Or, just as Salvidrim did, ask for help. I'll start following Mario Party 3 and will provide whatever assistance I can. --McDoob AU 93 02:26, 28 September 2011 (UTC) Reply

Thanks a lot for the quick reply! The problem(s) include addition of release info (as "TBA"), addition of a console in the Infobox, addition of a category, etc. I've left messages on the user's talk for the last two revert and will keep doing so if need be. I doubt the user(s) checks talk pages but the warning thing you mentioned sounds like a good start -- what template is it? As for a semi-prot request, if he starts more than once every few days I'll look at how that's done, otherwise... would reverting the user's edits 4-5 times per week be something I could be warned/punished for? I know about the 3RR rule, but over a longer span of time I'm not sure if it would qualify as edit warring or something, despite his (so far) lack of discussion. Salvidrim (talk) 02:37, 28 September 2011 (UTC) Reply

The editor has struck again, so I've asked for temporary semi-protection to see if the inability to edit will prompt him/her to go do something else instead of making our jobs harder. --McDoob AU 93 01:16, 7 October 2011 (UTC) Reply

Sadly this is not the only page he was vandalising, so I have a nagging feeling he'll just find others. But hey, that's life. :) Salvidrim (talk) 05:13, 7 October 2011 (UTC) Reply

Fortunately, that's not all ... the admin who semi'ed the article also issued a cross-IP warning to the editor to all the IPs found editing this particular article that match up (which is maybe half of the ones I've listed). I've sent them a separate message saying I have more IPs I can send them and other articles that are affected, but haven't heard back yet. --McDoob AU 93 11:05, 7 October 2011 (UTC) Reply

I saw that, since I had posted warnings on a number of them, thus auto-watched. ;) Salvidrim (talk) 11:53, 7 October 2011 (UTC) Reply

Conflicting sources. Some are more reliable than others, but I'd still like a second opinion.

• May 6, 2011:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/mario-party-3

http://www.giantbomb.com/mario-party-3/61-12447/releases/

http://www.gamefaqs.com/n64/374848-mario-party-3/data

• May 7, 2011:

http://ign64.ign.com/objects/015/015245.html

http://www.nindb.net/game/mario-party-3.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279947/

http://www.kotakgame.com/review/index.php?c=4&g=592

http://www.apluscheats.com/cheats/Mario-Party-3_3975_Nintendo-64

http://www.gamepro.com/games/hub/n64/all/months/all/popular/1/ (sidebar on the right)

http://www.videogamevalue.com/nintendo64/marioparty3_045496870898.html

http://www.metacritic.org/games/platforms/n64/marioparty3

It would seem that 7-May-2001 is the correct date, both from sheer numbers and from reliability (GamePro, Metacritic, IGN being generally reliable, and MobyGames, GiantBomb being of doubtful reliability, while GameFAQs is generally not even considered). Unless there is a different idea, I'll change it back to 7-May and use the Metacritic source. Salvidrim (talk) 02:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC) Reply

Nintendo's official website also lists May 7. AJFU (talk) 22:18, 10 June 2016 (UTC) Reply

With the Story Mode's theme of trying to figure out who should own the Millennium Star, a summary would go nicely here. 2603:6010:8B45:FA00:2077:C477:CB7F:492D (talk) 02:12, 30 May 2023 (UTC) Reply

The story is already covered in the gameplay section. We don't need a dedicated summary section. ThomasO1989 (talk) 17:40, 31 May 2023 (UTC) Reply