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::All those hits, other than WikiIndex, support 1988. While it's possible that the IP simply made a mistake, it's more likely you were pranked. And it worked. You weren't sure, so you left it, and the page was protected into the Wrong Version. Page protection was only needed because of edits by [[User:Sophie Wilder|Sophie Wilder]], who, of course, doesn't give a fig about accuracy here. Otherwise it could easily have been semiprotected. I'll ask for that. Frankly, the page could use more clean-up. --[[User:Abd|Abd]] ([[User talk:Abd|talk]]) 12:52, 14 March 2014 (UTC) | ::All those hits, other than WikiIndex, support 1988. While it's possible that the IP simply made a mistake, it's more likely you were pranked. And it worked. You weren't sure, so you left it, and the page was protected into the Wrong Version. Page protection was only needed because of edits by [[User:Sophie Wilder|Sophie Wilder]], who, of course, doesn't give a fig about accuracy here. Otherwise it could easily have been semiprotected. I'll ask for that. Frankly, the page could use more clean-up. --[[User:Abd|Abd]] ([[User talk:Abd|talk]]) 12:52, 14 March 2014 (UTC) | ||
:::The Wikipedia article was based off one of the more recent versions of ''Strength of Nations''. However, that date came from the title screen, I think. I doubt that del Rio would have bothered to update that, since changing an image would have been harder than just changing a [[wikipedia:String (computer science)|string]] in a program. Yeah, del Rio is probably around; and usually I've found that game developers are more than willing to talk about their projects. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 13:06, 14 March 2014 (UTC) | :::The Wikipedia article was based off one of the more recent versions of ''Strength of Nations''. However, that date came from the title screen, I think. I doubt that del Rio would have bothered to update that, since changing an image would have been harder than just changing a [[wikipedia:String (computer science)|string]] in a program. Yeah, del Rio is probably around; and usually I've found that game developers are more than willing to talk about their projects. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 13:06, 14 March 2014 (UTC) | ||
::(edit conflict with above) This is likely definitive: cd.textfiles.com/softkeyep/PROGRAMS/DOSGAMES/.../NATION.DOC (find the actual file through the googlelink I gave, but with "1988"). The earliest copyright date is January 1, 1988. That's version 0, which may never have been released. If it was, he just could have blown his copyright by claiming a 1988 year instead of 1987, under the old law, anyway. I read that date as meaning he was working on the game, and put a copyright date into it of January 1, coming up, because he knew he would not release until then or later. There is no sign that anyone but maybe him knew about the game in 1987. There are 1,640 results supporting 1988, this one very explicit, compared to one supporting 1987, this one created by the open proxy vandal. Whaddaya think, we should AGF? "1988, but according to [[Special:Contributions/77.109.141.138]], an open proxy, before before the BON turned into a clear vandal, it's 1987." Whaddaya think, this is excessive detail? Ah, but it's Truth! If it's Truth, it MUST be included, that's article one in the [[Inclusionist Manifesto]], right? --[[User:Abd|Abd]] ([[User talk:Abd|talk]]) 13:14, 14 March 2014 (UTC) | |||