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Looks like I was proven wrong about you! Keep up the great work and I look forward to further edits from you. <small>] &#x007C; ] &#x007C; ]</small> 01:33, 24 November 2008 (UTC) Looks like I was proven wrong about you! Keep up the great work and I look forward to further edits from you. <small>] &#x007C; ] &#x007C; ]</small> 01:33, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

:Thank you for the nice message. All the best! Sincerely, --]<sup>'']''</sup> 01:35, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

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A Nobody is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.

Welcome to my talk page! Please be sure to make all posts civil and constructive, as I will ignore or revert anything I deem to be bad faith, dishonest, or vandalism. Also, let us try to keep two-way conversations readable. If you post to my talk page, I will just reply here. If I posted recently to another talk page, including your talk page, then that means I have it on my watchlist and will just read responses there. I may refactor discussions to your talk page for the same reason. Also, please do not refer to me here or elsewhere by my previous username as I changed names due to real-world off-wiki harassment that remains a concern. Due to the issues that caused my name change and other matters I may be slow in responding to messages and I may even stop editing for long stretches of time. Sincerely, --A Nobody 18:36, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

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I am not sure what was on the previous version of the article, but the following out of universe information can be added from "Resistance 2: Getting To Know Nathan Hale," PlayStation The Official Magazine 13 (November 2008): 62: the character is voiced by David Kaye. PTOM states that "The Resistance 2 story is all about Nathan Hale and his role in this great conflict." Ted Price, one of the game developers, adds, "Internally we wanted to know more about Hale, and focusing on him provided the opportunity to answer questions about him." Thus, I encourage someone to restore the article and add this information in a manner such as this:

Nathan Hale is the protagonist of the Playstation 3 games Resistance: Fall of Man and its sequel Resistance 2. He is voiced by David Kaye.

Development

Ted Price, one of the game developers, adds, "Internally we wanted to know more about Hale, and focusing on him provided the opportunity to answer questions about him."

Biography

Hale killed practically every chimera in England and then went to America to win again.

Reception

PTOM states that "The Resistance 2 story is all about Nathan Hale and his role in this great conflict." Playstation Universe lists Hale among the top five Playstation 3 characters thus far.

Request

Heya, I was wondering if you could do me a favour. Previously, before you had certain off-wiki problems, you posted a bunch of references in some articles relating to a journal article (in EGM I think) on fictional weapons analysed by a weapons expert or military historian or something along those lines. Could you check in that magazine, if you still have it, for any references that could be potentially used in gravity gun? -- Sabre (talk) 21:58, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Dear Sabre, yes, I do still have that magazine and would be happy to look through it; however, it is at my parent's house and I am currently on my university's campus for classes. So, I won't be able to look through my game magazine stack until the weekend (I am going home for my birthday), but again, I am of course happy to do so when I go back home. Best, --A Nobody 00:46, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
Electronic Gaming Monthly describes Half-Lufe 2’s Gravity Gun as the "thinking man's death tool, this weapon let you toy with gravity to kill foes with everyday objects." Call of Duty series military advisor Hank Keirsey says that the weapon his not very practical. He does, however, discuss its historical precedents: "The ancients learned very early how to use gravity to their advantage--but this usually involved rolling rocks down hills or pouring boiling oil down the castle walls. Those that failed to respect gravity suffered. For example, the guys that based their plan of attack on rolling rocks up hills--Google Sisyphus: That's a name of a guy, not the disease of your college classmate--or pouring the boiling up the wall." The gaming magazine gives the weapon a lethality level of 2.
Thanks, I should be able to integrate that into the article quite well when I get back to it in a few days. -- Sabre (talk) 20:00, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Happy to help! Take care! Sincerely, --A Nobody 20:01, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

References

  1. "Resistance 2: Getting To Know Nathan Hale," PlayStation The Official Magazine 13 (November 2008): 62.
  2. "Resistance 2: Getting To Know Nathan Hale," PlayStation The Official Magazine 13 (November 2008): 62.
  3. "Resistance 2: Getting To Know Nathan Hale," PlayStation The Official Magazine 13 (November 2008): 62.
  4. Dave Wales, "Top five PlayStation 3 characters thus far," Playstation Universe (March 16th, 2008): http://www.psu.com/Top-five-PlayStation-3-characters-thus-far--a0003095-p0.php
  5. Electronic Gaming Monthly features seven notable video game weapons and for each of them divides the profiles into sections headed as "The Gun," "Keirsey says...Practicality," "Historical precedents," and "Lethality level." See Evan Shamoon, "Gun Show: A real military expert takes aim at videogame weaponry to reveal the good, the bad, and the just plain silly," Electronic Gaming Monthly 230 (July 2008): 49.

IP Address 121.88.73.110

Hi, thanks for the welcome, heh heh heh, I've been a member for a few months now, but oh well, i forgot to log in when i contributed... Ffgamera (talk) 05:53, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome and happy editing! Sincerely, --A Nobody 16:20, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Out of this World

I noticed you did some edits to a certain UFO related article with a very long title, but I couldn't see any changes comparing the diffs. It's almost as if something otherworldly passed through that article, without leaving any physical evidence of its presence... ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:56, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I eliminated unnecessary spaces between the text and the references. Best, --A Nobody 16:20, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
So you're saying there's no evidence of extra-terrestrial or para-normal activity in relation to that article? ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:05, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
? --A Nobody 02:02, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the support!

Thanks for supporting me at my successful Rfa! Hope to work with you again in the future!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 17:30, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, congratulations, and good luck!  :) Sincerely, --A Nobody 19:08, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

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Okay, I'll see if I can get it into an article. Best, --A Nobody 19:15, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
It was in List of characters in The Nightmare Before Christmas; it was removed by an editor who maintained that it was impossible to tell what it is. It really is a pretty indistinct image; maybe another one would be a better choice.--otherlleft (talk) 19:54, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Could/should we use any images from the other Nightmare Before Christmas related articles? Best, --A Nobody 19:55, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Well done

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for Herculean efforts on the part of List of characters in The Nightmare Before Christmas otherlleft (talk) 21:19, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Thank you! Best, --A Nobody 02:02, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

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Happy Birthday

Saw somewhere you were celebrating, Happy Birthday fellow Novemberian. StarM 02:30, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you and if it is/was your birthday this month, then Happy Birthday to you as well!  :) Sincerely, --A Nobody 02:31, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! I'm next Sunday so looking forward to a good day. Uh oh, don't tell the date police I just wiki-linked *and* piped a date. :o StarM 02:35, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Well, we watched UFC 91, so I hope you have a nice and fun party as well! I really wish I could show you the cake, as it was pretty cool, but it would reveal my real-world identity to possible undesriable onlookers. In any event, a good time was had by all and my brother bought me Rock Band 2 for the PlayStation 3. I have not tried the guitar or drums yet, but singing is a blast! Sincerely, --A Nobody 02:37, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Who says we don't learn things on talk pages, I had to click both of those links because I don't know much about fighting or video games. For my birthday I plan to possibly go to a museum I enjoy, eat at my favorite restaurant and then enjoy a hopefully good football game. We'll celebrate my birthday the following Thursday when family is in town for the holiday StarM 03:07, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Well, I definitely hope that y'all have a fun time and that you get nice gifts! Best, --A Nobody 03:08, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
It's your birthday? Oh, I am not going to bake you a cake -- I have a habit of incinerating food rather than cooking it. So please allow me to give this birthday blessing to one of the finest people I've encountered on Misplaced Pages:

Ecoleetage (talk) wishes you peace!

Spread peace and goodwill by adding {{subst:WikiPeace}} to other's talk pages with a friendly message.
Thanks! You are a good guy! Best, --A Nobody 15:47, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Sweetie Pie

Is now at User:A Nobody/Sweetie Pie. Happy Birthday as well! MBisanz 12:58, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you on both accounts! Sincerely, --A Nobody 18:32, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Restoration

Extended content

Nathaniel is a character in Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy. Nathaniel is one of the main characters of this series. After coming of age as a magician when he was 12 years old, he was granted the new name of John Mandrake, and is known by this name to everyone but the title character, Bartimaeus and in the later part of Ptolemy's Gate to Kitty.

Attributes

Appearance

In The Amulet of Samarkand he is described as being small and scrawny with dark hair. His hair, as he increases in rank, becomes increasingly long, but during the gap between The Golem's Eye and Ptolemy's Gate he has opted for a crew cut in (politically advantageous) tribute to the soldiers fighting in America. He is further described as attractive, with "the scent of power around him" and of medium height and slender build, his forehead prematurely lined (Ptolemy's Gate, U.S. Edition, pg. 21).

Personality

Nathaniel is, at first, a small, shy boy uncomfortable with anyone who is not Mrs. Underwood or Ms. Lutyens. He is very nervous and scared by Bartimaeus when he first summons the demon. As the books progress, and he becomes more and more proficient, he also becomes more confident, and possibly overconfident. He works fervently when motivated, as is shown when he furthers his education with incredible speed in The Amulet of Samarkand. Throughout the books he also shows signs of ambition to rise through the ranks of the government, a common goal among magicians. Bartimaeus compares him more than once to Simon Lovelace, as they share a similar mindset, and habitual tics, such as stroking back their hair.

Role in books

The Amulet of Samarkand

In The Amulet of Samarkand, Nathaniel starts off as a young boy who, at the age of five, had been given up by his parents to apprenticeship under a mediocre Whitehall magician named Arthur Underwood, the assistant minister of Internal Affairs. Underwood begins teaching the boy in magic, but Nathaniel, being inquisitive, decides to advance his education to higher levels without the knowledge of his tutor.

However, at the age of eleven, in his master's house, Nathaniel is publicly humiliated by a greedy and ambitious young magician named Simon Lovelace. In a fit of juvenile fury, Nathaniel hatches a plan for vengeance. He sets several mites (a weak kind of imp) on Lovelace, but Lovelace is powerful and stops the mites, then proceeds to beat Nathaniel as punishment.

Later, after much research and preparation, Nathaniel summons Bartimaeus, a 5,000-year-old djinni, to exact his revenge on Lovelace. Mrs. Underwood - Nathaniel's master's wife - inadvertently reveals Nathaniel's true name to Bartimaeus. This vastly limits Nathaniel's control over the djinni, because spells can be cast on people when their true name is known (hence the practice of assigning names).

In the end, Nathaniel earns the respect of the majority of the other magicians including Rupert Devereaux, the Prime Minister. He is accepted as a magician in the government.

The Golem's Eye

Nathaniel summons Bartimaeus again, facing off against the Resistance and sinister magicians.

The second book picks up almost three years later and features Nathaniel as a junior magician working his way up the government ranks. He is described as one of the governments' rising young stars. In this book, Kitty Jones is introduced as an important character. She is a part of the Resistance movement, which seeks to end the oppressive rule of the magicians. Nathaniel is tasked by his superiors to crush the Resistance movement and capture the members. His task is complicated when a seemingly invulnerable clay golem starts to make random attacks on London. Much to the displeasure of Bartimaeus, Nathaniel recalls the djinni to aid him in uncovering the origins of the golem, and to save his own skin.

During the course of the book Nathaniel is almost fired from his post and executed for treason. By the end of the book however he has come back to favor when Duvall's conspiracy comes to light.

Ptolemy's Gate

In Ptolemy's Gate, Nathaniel has risen to the ruling Council and is arguably the most powerful magician in the government. He stands against a force of hybrid magicians with spirits trapped inside them, led by Nouda. Romantic feelings are hinted at in the book at various points between Kitty and himself. Nathaniel summons Bartimaeus into his body to help fight the Hybrids with Gladstone's staff, and destroys most of them, leaving only Nouda alive. However, during this fight, Nathaniel is seriously injured and he loses strength quickly, even with Bartimaeus' assistance. When Nathaniel and Bartimaeus confront Nouda, Nathaniel dismisses Bartimaeus which saves Baritmaeus just prior to the staff being destroyed killing both Nouda and Nathaniel. Bartimaeus returned to the Other Place, but is known to have survived; according to his "journal", he was summoned by a female magician with a stutter afterwards. Kitty, in the end, goes visit her old friend Jakob before she begins to travel around the world in a new life.

Trivia

  • Nathaniel's chosen magician name, John Mandrake, may be a reference to the popular comic strip and real life magician, Mandrake the Magician
  • Nathaniel's birthday is on November 26, as confirmed by the author.

External links

References

Here you go. MBisanz 13:23, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Would you be okay with my merging this content and then creating a redirect? Best, --A Nobody 16:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

My Rfa

A Nobody, thank you very much for participating in my Rfa, which was successful with 80 Support, 5 Oppose, 6 Neutral. The comments were overwhelming, and hopefully I can live up to the expectation of the community.

I would also like to thank my nominator Realist and my co-nom Orane (talk), and special mention to Acalamari and Lenticel for the kindness from the start. Regards, Efe

--Efe (talk) 07:15, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, congratulations, and good luck! Sincerely, --A Nobody 16:07, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you to all who participated in my RFA- regardless of whether you supported or opposed, all feedback is important to me. I look forward to proving in the coming months that the trust placed in me by the community is not misplaced. Mizu onna sango15
Thank you to all who participated in my RFA- regardless of whether you supported or opposed, all feedback is important to me. I look forward to proving in the coming months that the trust placed in me by the community is not misplaced. Mizu onna sango15
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Thank you to all who participated in my RFA- regardless of whether you supported or opposed,

all feedback is important to me. I look forward to proving in the coming months that the trust placed in me by the community is not misplaced.
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That is by far one of the most original and cool looking RfA thanks I have yet received! Anyway, congratulations and good luck!  :) Sincerely, --A Nobody 00:28, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Looks like I was proven wrong about you! Keep up the great work and I look forward to further edits from you. seicer | talk | contribs 01:33, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the nice message. All the best! Sincerely, --A Nobody 01:35, 24 November 2008 (UTC)