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NPOV?

This segment "He did everything from making the characters, writing the dialogue, creating the music, and animating every pixel" seems slightly POV to me, how could we change it to be more neutral? (I could also just be wrong) 12.169.98.114 (talk) 17:46, 5 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

looks quite fine to me, although I agree it can be worded more better (but I lack the vocabulary skill to do so) Aliffa Rezha (talk) 03:16, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution

Text or other creative content from Eric Barone was copied or moved into Stardew Valley: Original Soundtrack. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Ersene (talk) 15:26, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for your contribution ersene Aliffa Rezha (talk) 03:14, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Cant find character traits

Please Wikipedia put in character traits

Cheers! 199.235.76.251 (talk) 20:08, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

can you provide more context information, I don't quite get it, maybe I can help add it ^_^

Cheers! Aliffa Rezha (talk) 03:22, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

update: well, the one thing I could give you is, Eric barone for sure an introvert, it's extremely hard to look information about Eric barone, he tend to do things secretly ^_^ Aliffa Rezha (talk) 12:19, 24 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Overlinking

It seems like there are more links in External links than are necessary. – OdinintheNorth (talk) 19:58, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I reduced them to just his X account per WP:SOCIALS and WP:TWITTER-EL. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 18:00, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

just for reference, by looking at other game creators, they have plenty of external links, one example Markus Persson and Jeff Kaplan Aliffa Rezha (talk) 03:30, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 14 April 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 18:02, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Barone → ConcernedApeConcernedApe – Per WP:COMMONNAME; he uses the professional alias ConcernedApe in every project he works on. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 17:58, 14 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 18:58, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I spot checked the first 15 references and a handful of others and most use Eric Barone exclusively or predominantly. (Side note: A lot of these are duplicates; the references section could use some work.) Sources include a lot of gaming-centric media that one might assume would preference his online handle, but they don't. I did a Google News search for ConcernedApe and Google suggests the topic Eric Barone. I did a word search of each of the first 10 articles and 5 prefer ConcernedApe, 4 prefer Eric Barone, and 1 was pretty mixed. His IMDb credits are listed as Eric Barone. I'm aware of the issues with citing IMDb but this at least does not support the assertion that his moniker is always used professionally (Cf. Lady Gaga.) --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 22:46, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Myceteae. Many sources use his regular name, which should be the default. — Amakuru (talk) 22:49, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per others. I do, however, support moving him to Eric Barone (game developer) to differentiate from Éric Barone, who should be at Éric Barone (cyclist). I am not sure SMALLDETAILS is enough in this case. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:36, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

philanthropist

can eric barone philanthropic work be included in the "other project" section? And do we accept if the citing source from official facebook fanpage or official website without a blog post (just the philanthropic donation section page)? Aliffa Rezha (talk) 18:04, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Aliffa Rezha It depends on the source. If you can find reliable sources, it most likely can be added. Facebook fanpages are never reliable, though. I would suggest checking the following lists if you want to add something: Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources and Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources. The lists are not complete, but those who are discussed as reliable are generally safe to use. Vestigia Leonis (talk) 12:21, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for the guidance vestigia, that list exactly what I need, I'll look into it Aliffa Rezha (talk) 14:58, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

need help adding ConcernedApe signature

the link is here, need help to 1) edit the picture so it become wikipedia compatible 2) upload the signature to wikipedia

https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/1d0x6r3/concernedape_signed_my_guidebook_at_the_portland/

appreciate if you help me ^_^ Aliffa Rezha (talk) 02:21, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Successful, I'm happy with the result ^_^ Aliffa Rezha (talk) 09:15, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:AUTOGRAPH, I don't think there is sufficient justification to include this signature. (Granted, it is an essay, not official policy.) Funcrunch (talk) 17:27, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any problem with including this signature. This signature was given freely to a fan, suggesting he is not too private about his signature. He also wrote as signature as "ConcernedApe" rather than "Eric Barone", so there is little chance of use for impersonation. The signature is definitely below the threshold of originality in U.S. copyright law (and the signature was created in Portland, Oregon, by a U.S. citizen, so no other jurisdiction would apply). –IagoQnsi (talk) 19:00, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

New Wikipedia Page: ConcernedApe LLC

Eric Barone started building a team in 2019 to help with Stardew Valley update. As of 2026, there is 7 people working at ConcernedApe LLC (1 business manager, 1 community manager, 5 game developer including Eric Barone). I wonder if we can make new Wikipedia company page for that. Aliffa Rezha (talk) 06:52, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say it at most merits a redirect to a section of this page that mentions the LLC. Funcrunch (talk) 17:59, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Funcrunch. You may want to check out the notability policy for orgs/companies. As of right now, I don't see any sources that talk about ConcernedApe LLC as a separate entity from Eric Barone; it's just the legal entity through which he conducts his business. There would be nothing to say in that article that wouldn't also fit in the Eric Barone article. Notability is not inherited; just because Eric Barone is notable doesn't mean his LLC is independently notable.

FWIW, there does exist a Wikidata item for ConcernedApe LLC (Q137650268) I created a few months ago, as notability works differently on Wikidata. I went ahead and created the redirect ConcernedApe LLC, and linked it to the Wikidata item just now. –IagoQnsi (talk) 18:40, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

okay, sound good, I'll go with you all, thanks for the guidance, I'll check it out Aliffa Rezha (talk) 19:17, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Awards

Eric Barone won several awards for Stardew Valley, can we add it to the page? I'm using Veronica Roth as an example Aliffa Rezha (talk) 13:36, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Done, I'm using the same formatting as Neil Druckmann, so when Haunted Chocolatier release and win awards it will be easier to maintain Aliffa Rezha (talk) 18:27, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]