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lorem ipsum I personally know a stuntman/fight choreographer in Hollywood who's friends with most of the guys who're featured in the MK:Rebirth and am in contact with a couple of them.
Object404 (
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07:03, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Hey. I've asked Richard Dorton and he's confirmed that James Lew is indeed Shang Tsung. It's not "original research", it's a first-hand source. How much more accurate can you get? Give credit to James Lew, man. The guy is a legend and has done a lot for the world of entertainment!
Object404 (
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17:42, 28 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Actually by Wikipedia's standards that is exactly original research, see
WP:ORIGINAL. I did try and find and connection to Jame Lew on the internet with no avail, even the site you linked as his personal website is 2 years out of date. To help alleviate problems in the near future I am going to place a citation needed tag on it, this no guarantee no one else will remove it.
Mcmatter (
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00:45, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply
It's an Easter Egg thing and you can't find it anywhere else in the internet except with blog comments who were able to guess correctly. I asked through facebook. Richard's an awesomely nice guy and I was tickled pink to re-confirm. :) I'm not going to post private conversations, so you won't be able to cite this with links. Wikipedia rules says first-hand information is okay, as long as it's used properly. I mean c'mon, dude. You're trying to create an academic research article on Mortal Kombat? Can't you see how hilariously facepalm this conversation is? :) Cheers! -object404 —Preceding
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116.50.221.68 (
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08:44, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Look I'm not saying the information is wrong, I wouldn't know, what I am saying is it doesn't meet the Wikipedia criteria. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a gossip site, which means all the information on here needs to be verifiable in a published source (magazine, book or reputable website). "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth—whether readers can check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether editors think it is true." taken from
Wikipedia:Verifiability.
Mcmatter (
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13:52, 29 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Matt Mullins has confirmed as well. I am a reliable secondary source as defined by
Wikipedia:No original research. I have now
tweeted it. It is now defined as "published in an external source". It is now properly cited in keeping with Wikipedia's core backbone ofOur policy: Wikipedia articles usually rely on material fromsecondary sources. All stringent Wikipedia criteria now met. Do you see how inane this system and your obstinance is? I offer neither offense nor insult, but you, good sir, are the very definition of a
know-it-allinternet nerdjackass. Feel free to write a scholarly academic research paper on
Mortal Kombat which can be submitted to reputable scientific journals. Respectfully yours,
Object404 (
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06:58, 30 June 2010 (UTC)reply
A lot of info. just wanted to post it here before it's gone, and/or difficult to find. Alot of it is summarized between the raticles already posted but I wanted to add those for foresight. Those should work for development information. Sincerely
Subzerosmokerain (
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00:22, 25 January 2011 (UTC)reply