User Talk: Ryan York

Your GA ↗ nomination of Microsoft Gaming ↗

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've Talk:Microsoft Gaming/GA1{{!}}begun reviewing ↗ the article Microsoft Gaming ↗ you nominated for GA ↗-status according to the criteria ↗. 20px|link= ↗ This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. <!-- Template:GANotice --> <!-- Template:GANotice --> <small>Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Cocobb8</small> -- Cocobb8 (talk) 16:04, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Your GA ↗ nomination of Microsoft Gaming ↗

The article Microsoft Gaming ↗ you nominated as a good article ↗ has passed 20px|link= ↗; see Talk:Microsoft Gaming ↗ for comments about the article, and Talk:Microsoft Gaming/GA1 ↗ for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear ↗ in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it ↗ within the next seven days.<!-- Template:GANotice result=pass --> <!-- Template:GANotice --> <small>Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Cocobb8</small> -- Cocobb8 (talk) 14:22, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

:Thank you! Ryan York (talk) 16:59, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Microsoft Gaming

Hello @Ryan York,

This it to let you know that the article Microsoft Gaming ↗ that I recently passed as a good article will be further reviewed for GAC ↗. It will remain listed as a good article, but I have received feedback and need to provide notes about what I checked (see this discussion ↗). I am planning to complete this over the next few days. You can check '''Talk:Microsoft_Gaming/GA1 ↗''' where I will be writing about my progress on the review.

Thank you, and apologies for that! '''<span style="color:purple">Coco</span><span style="color:green">bb8</span>''' (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs ↗) 16:15, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

:Oh, no worries. If you find any errors, I will be happy to fix them. Thanks a lot again! Ryan York (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
::I have completed the review, and the article remains as {{Passed}}. Thanks so much for your contributions, and please keep going! '''<span style="color:purple">Coco</span><span style="color:green">bb8</span>''' (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs ↗) 16:04, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
:::Thank you very much! Ryan York (talk) 16:05, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For your outstanding contributions to Wikipedia and especially for bringing the article Microsoft Gaming ↗ up to a Good Article status, I award you this Special Barnstar. Thanks again for your amazing contributions! '''<span style="color:purple">Coco</span><span style="color:green">bb8</span>''' (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs ↗) 21:20, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
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King, Activision Blizzard, and the 2026 reporting change

Hi Ryan, I reverted your edit because I think it makes an unsupported jump from an operational reporting change to a corporate/divisional reclassification.

I agree that the 2026 sources show a real change: Xbox Wire says that “Mojang and King will now report directly” to Asha Sharma, and Game File says that Minecraft and King were “moved within the company’s gaming organization” to report directly to Sharma instead of Matt Booty.

However, those sources do not say that King legally left Activision Blizzard, became a separate Xbox subsidiary, or became a new Xbox division. A change in reporting line is not the same thing as a change in corporate structure.

That distinction matters here because the infobox and organization table should not reclassify entities unless the sources explicitly support that classification. The most accurate wording, in my view, is to keep King within Activision Blizzard for corporate/organizational context, while noting the 2026 direct-reporting change to Asha Sharma in the article body.

I’m not trying to remove the restructuring information. I’m trying to avoid implying a corporate split that the cited sources do not establish. Happy to discuss on the Talk page if you disagree. Chocococooo (talk) 02:37, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

:Hi! It's unclear at the moment whether King is its own subsidiary or not, since the language used by Sharma is not clear. She said that King will report directly to her, which suggests they are no longer be reporting to Activision Blizzard. Phil Spencer used similar language when Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard in 2023.
:Thanks for the message. Ryan York (talk) 16:46, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
::Thank you for your response. I opened a discussion at Talk:Xbox (division)#King, Activision Blizzard, and the 2026 reporting change ↗ if you would like to participate. Chocococooo (talk) 17:01, 7 July 2026 (UTC)