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Hi Kirkburn! Thanks for all the hard work you've been putting in here. I love having the Wikia gaming links in the sidebar. Let me know if there's anything I can assist you with. Have fun! BTW, we also have a channel for this wiki, it's #gtawiki You can find me there most evenings (in my time zone, anyway, which is US Eastern zone) --GuildKnightTalk2me 03:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Add a link to it in the sidebar too :) I've still got a few more things I'm planning on doing, especially given GTAIV's upcoming release! Kirkburn (talk) 16:49, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Main Page Revamp[]

Moved to User talk:Kirkburn/Dev.

Privacy removals note[]

I am removing some content due to valid privacy requests from non-famous individuals. I've let the Wiki Rep know about this, for further discussion - but since personal privacy is involved, I do not wish to delay the removals. -- Kirkburn (talk) 13:54, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi Kirkburn. While I appreciate that privacy matters, all of the content regarding Rockstar employees has been obtained from publicly available information (names are taken from in-game and online credits, and public LinkedIn profiles are used for employment history). I fully understand the right to remove any personal images or personal sensitive data, but a name and job history is not in its own right sensitive data. These articles simply attribute their contribution towards Rockstar Games and their role within that.
We have dealt with a number of "privacy" "requests" during the rollout of these articles, typically from a user account of the alleged article subject. Usually the removal of links to other platforms (Instagram, Facebook, etc) and imagery is enough. We do not add links to any social accounts without permission.
Hope to hear back from you. Monky Talk 14:20, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
I've asked our Trust and Safety team for their input for the more general policy around these pages, but I will have to continue with invidual removals at this time - we simply cannot justify hosting pages about non-notable members of staff if they request removal. -- Kirkburn (talk) 14:38, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for your prompt response Kirk. While waiting for further input, I have taken it upon myself to bot-delete and remove all files pertaining to Rockstar Lincoln employees, and am happy to roll this further. I will hold-off deleting articles in batch until we have further information from T&S, but if and when it is required to do, I am able to perform a batch deletion of all Rockstar employees, which I hope it does not come to. Monky Talk 15:57, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
I really appreciate your proactivity on this, while the T+S team review the situation. I think it's reasonable to say there are some notable employees (e.g. founders, game leads), but including QA staff is harder to justify. On the upside, I am pretty sure these pages are a tiny percentage of the overall traffic. -- Kirkburn (talk) 16:21, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
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