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Nice to see you again

Hi Chad. Remember me? I used to be User:Bentvfan54321 (chose that username when I was 12 and have since changed it to something a bit more sophisticated) and we got into a bit of an argument a couple of years ago regarding The Chase (read the escapades here if you're interested...). Anyway, it seems you've really grasped the ropes here on what these articles should look like, and I'm serious when I say Double Dare has a shot at GAN. I know you're not the most active user around here but I'd love to see you keep up the good work with these game show articles. I never saw any of your game show appearances live but I must say, you are quite the champion in that department as well.

Also, speaking of The Chase, it's now a Featured Article Candidate while The American Bible Challenge just passed FAC last month. Wikipedia's game show coverage is improving greatly! --Bcschneider53 (talk) 02:30, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

@Bcschneider53:Ahhhh, I forgot about that. I really go in and out in my Wikipedia involvement. I was a lot more involved years ago. Being such a Double Dare fan and appreciating what it's done for the genre and my own interest in it, one day I just got sick of how poorly the show was represented by its article here and decided to tear it apart. I've spent much of my free time in the last week and a half (and a free trial to a newspaper database!) to get it up to par and I appreciate the compliments on it. Also, I'm glad to see an article I worked on (even be it eons ago) doing well here. Congratulations! — Chad1m ^Email Talk _Cont. 02:39, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! And good luck with Double Dare; I'd review it myself but A) as a member of the Game Show WikiProject it may be seen as a conflict of interest and B) I don't have time to take on something like that at the moment. Best wishes, --Bcschneider53 (talk) 02:44, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Apologies for reviving this thread, but these kinds of edits are impressive and show how much of a commitment you have to improving this article. I don't know how familiar you are with FAC, but if/when this passes GA, I think it may have a shot there as well. Keep up the good work! :) --Bcschneider53 (talk) 17:07, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

No apologies necessary, I'm grateful for the compliment! I'm aiming for that once I get through the GA process, so your nod of support is appreciated. I'm almost glad that the GA process has taken a longer time, because I think the work I've done between nominating and now has been more valuable in upping the overall quality. — Chad1m ^Email Talk _Cont. 23:35, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, GAN can be a long process...but the silver lining is that it gives us even more time to perfect the article! --Bcschneider53 (talk) 11:04, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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		Congratulations on Double Dare! It is quite incredible that you took this monstrosity to GA status almost singlehandedly (hence the "cleanup" barnstar). If I were you, I'd consider giving this a go at FAC as I think it may have a shot there. Nice work! Bcschneider53 (talk) 14:24, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words and the award! I do plan on starting processes and getting it ready for FAC! I'm very proud of the work on this article and want to try to take it as far as it can go! — Chad1m ^Email Talk _Cont. 18:25, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome! Also, dang you autocorrect for changing "barnstar" to "barrister" in my original message... --Bcschneider53 (talk) 19:01, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

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Double Dare (Nickelodeon game show)

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Double Dare (Nickelodeon game show) has been completed.

I have never come across a situation I found in this article before. In the body of the article, the date format used consistently throughout is M/D/Y; this makes sense since it is an American series. However, the citation dates are all (I think) in the British D/M/Y format - perhaps because the original author set it up this way. Generally dates used within an article should be in the same format. However, in this case, I think it makes sense to leave them as they are. You might want to check that the format of each citation is correct. I fixed one where I noticed "date" was in the wrong order within the citation. You should also consider archiving any URLs - although I don't believe this is mandatory for FA.

Good luck going forward.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:56, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

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Don't give up!

I had to take this article through FAC FOUR TIMES, mostly due to a lack of reviews. It's just the nature of how the process works. I know, it's incredibly frustrating (for some reason, my two areas of work, game shows and motorsport, seem to get less attention), but patience is a virtue. Once August 30 comes around, it's take two. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 23:37, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Here we go again! — Chad1m ^Email Talk _Cont. 17:01, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

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I was scrolling through the winners at the end of the game and then said, "wait, THAT'S CHAD!" Congratulations on the big prize. I only lasted eight questions lol. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 20:41, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

So sorry I'm late responding to this, but that's awesome. I thank you very much! — Chad1m ^Email Talk _Cont. 22:57, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Double Dare

I linked the wrong link, and unfortunately, cannot edit summaries. Amaury has been persistent that they are all presenters, as seen here. Magitroopa (talk) 00:33, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

I'm glad that Amaury has an opinion, but he is wrong; they are not presenters. By its very definition, a presenter is a host. Some of them (Harvey, Marc) have more involvement than a typical game show announcer, but there is no way Tiffany from Double Dare 2000 is a presenter. Please don't take one person's view on the article as gospel when a lot of work has went into this article, through many processes of review and analysis, to make it a good article. — Chad1m ^Email Talk _Cont. 00:38, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

I did try to explain that already, but he said completely disagreed with me. I was trying to make both articles line up since one has to be wrong since the presenters/narrators were formatted differently. Thank you for helping. Magitroopa (talk) 01:34, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Double Dare Shirt

Hi there, I was just wondering about your Double Dare shirt. More specifically, what it was from. I see you responded to someone saying it was for employees, so this was a shirt for employees/crew of Double Dare? I'm wanting to know since I was able to snag one on eBay recently. It's a size small, but still fits me! Thanks in advance. Magitroopa (talk) 17:19, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Double Dare

Note that making a serious accusation like WP:SOCKPUPPETRY without any definite proof constitutes a personal attack. Please don't do that. Amaury (talk | contribs) 03:51, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Where can I lodge this complaint, then? I have proof of my claims. — Chad1m ^Email Talk  _Cont. 18:55, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

If you're serious, see WP:SPI. Good luck with that. Amaury (talk | contribs) 19:07, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

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Double Dare had 136 Nickelodeon episodes on weekdays?

Have you seen these episodes with the original slates? Why 136? Were there taped but never shown episodes? Also, did early 1987 actually have 66 episodes taped?

Should this information be mentioned on the Double Dare page? What would you suggest?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dypcBJV81ro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b_zSqmRbVA--2600:6C50:23F:406E:5D70:97FC:952C:F596 (talk) 06:13, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

• Everything is a bit murky with the Double Dare episode numbers. For example, the second and third taped episodes have codes of DD 3B and DD 4B. The 65th taped episode has a code that says DD 69S. So while I don't know the exact explanation for the mislabeling, the episode codes alone can't be reliable information for episode count. — Chad1m ^Email Talk _Cont.

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