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The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 6 - August 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of August 2008, the project has: 97 Featured articles 20 Featured Lists 11 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 17 A-Class articles 238 Good Articles 0 articles in Good Article Review 14 articles for Peer review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: 4X, Alleyway, Conan (2007 video game), List of songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Midtown Madness, Wipeout 3 Topic: None Demoted FA/FL: None Promoted GA: Chocolatier, Cloud Strife, Discography of Final Fantasy I and II, Discography of Final Fantasy VII, The Guardian Legend, Guitar Hero III Mobile, Halo: First Strike, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Key Sounds Label, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Necrid, Paper Mario, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Secret of Evermore, StarCraft: Brood War, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Xenogears Original Soundtrack Demoted GA: GoldenEye 007 News Special note: The naming convention for the newsletter has altered. Instead of being labeled the month it is delivered, it is now labeled the month the content applies to. See discussion. There were 204 new articles in August 2008 Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. The following Wikiprojects are candidates to be turned into task forces. Nintendo Project: See discussion. Castlevania Project: See discussion. Pro Gaming Project: See discussion. The first video game genre article has reached Featured article status— 4X. Special thanks to Randomran for pushing the article up the quality scale. Feature: Departments Assessment Department: This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's video games articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the WP:1.0 program, and more specifically in the Video games essential articles page. Two new quality ratings have been implemented into the Assessment Department's scale. The new Wikipedia-wide C-Class rating (see category) has been added to the scale between Start-Class and B-Class. Because of this, the criteria of the B-Class has been tweaked to better illustrate the difference between a B-Class and C-Class article. An older rating, List-Class (see category), has been added to the scale as well. It is mainly used on pages that have very little prose and are primarily tables and lists of information. Editors are encouraged to submit articles for assessment if they feel an article has made significant progress up the assessment scale or has gained importance within video game articles. Assessed articles generally receive some feedback to further improve the article. Experienced editors are also encouraged to help with assessment of articles when the number of requests gets too large. Peer Review Department: The Peer review process for WikiProject Video games exposes video-game-related articles to closer scrutiny from a broader group of editors, and is intended for high-quality articles that have already undergone extensive work, often as a way of preparing a Featured article candidate. It is not a academic peer review by a group of experts in a particular subject, and articles that undergo this process should not be assumed to have greater authority than any other. Editors are encouraged to use the Video game peer review process, as well as the regular Wikipedia-wide process, to improve the quality of articles. While a peer review can be done at any time, it strongly suggested to use this process before an article goes up for Good article nomination and Featured article or Feature list candidacy as articles cannot be a candidate for GA or FA while at peer review. Editors are also encouraged to leave feedback for articles undergoing peer review. A process such as this will not work if editors do not give as well as take. Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps. Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake ( 5 participants) Matt Alt ( 1 participant) Granny (video game series) ( 2 participants) Sago Sago ( 2 participants) Rick Jay Glen ( 2 participants) Unreleased third Minecraft album ( 6 participants) Kelly Metzger ( 7 participants; relisted) Do You Like Horny Bunnies? ( 11 participants; relisted) Atlus USA ( 10 participants; relisted) The Boss (Metal Gear) ( 8 participants; relisted) Merge discussions Forge (level editor) ( discussion) Greninja ( discussion) Nostalrius ( discussion) Opera House (Final Fantasy VI) ( discussion) Transformers Decepticons ( discussion) Transformers Autobots ( discussion) Home video game console generations ( discussion) Bethesda Game Studios Austin ( discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Trauma Center Etika ( nom) Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number ( nom) List of accolades received by The Last of Us (TV series) ( nom) Good article nominations ZX Spectrum ( nom) The Sims Online ( start) Unicorn Overlord ( nom) Jynx ( start) Bulbasaur ( nom) Psyduck ( start) Slowpoke (Pokémon) ( start) Gau (Final Fantasy) ( nom) Strago Magus ( start) Squirtle ( start) Rayman (video game) ( nom) Setzer Gabbiani ( start) General Leo ( start) Game Boy Color ( start) Shin Megami Tensei J ( start) Phase Zero ( nom) Missile Command 3D ( start) Dead Space: Extraction ( start) DYK nominations Albert Wesker Delta (emulator) DarkZero Esports Reviews and reassessments The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask ( nom) Hogwarts Legacy ( rev) Pokémon Channel ( nom) Discord ( rev) Rayman M ( rev) Rain World ( rev) Fallout: New Vegas ( nom) Articles that need... assessment ( 2) ( 2) reassessment (0) cleanup (12) infoboxes (10) cover art (222) screenshots (8,769) photos (63) translation from japan (126) creation merging Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 01:50, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Template:User_GoogleChrome&diff=236530285&oldid=236362655

You do realize that my userbox uses the same free logo as yours (I mimicked yours), and has the official colors of the Google chrome logo right? -- Cat ^chi? 18:43, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

First of all, you lied saying something like "redirect to pre-existing template (or userbox)" while making my template page a redirect to yours. Second, the moment I checked your template and went to the history, I noticed someone had added a non-free logo, currently used in the Google Chrome page, so I removed (I didn't check history before reverting your immature redirect edit). So you must've checked the your current template but never checked your own history page as to why I said, "yours has a non-free logo". So.. how much of a newbie are you? -- staka ( T) 19:40, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

I did not lie. I created the userbox about 20 minutes before you. I had taken the time to figure out the colors on the Official Google Chrome logo and applied them to the template. I am quite new to the site. I am still learning things. There is no reason to make a big deal out of it.

Your tone is quite hostile. I suggest a quick adjustment.

-- Cat ^chi? 19:57, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

So you didn't lie.. You said you mimicked but that was in the later edit. I get it now.. it's just that I remember seeing my time and date was earlier than time and date in some other edit in another page, so probably got mixed up. You brought the topic up and you're saying not to make a big deal of it.. I was just a little mad when you made my template a redirect to yours, I believe. Well anyways, you're okay now, satisfied and all? You just wanted to say you didn't have a non-free logo? (By the way, since you were new, I didn't think you would come check this talk page so I replied in your talk) -- staka ( T) 01:33, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 7 - September 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of September 2008, the project has: 102 Featured articles 20 Featured Lists 12 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 8 articles for Peer review 18 A-Class articles 243 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 1 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mario Power Tennis, Myst IV: Revelation, Space Invaders, The World Ends with You Promoted FT: Guitar Hero series Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted GA: Anarchy Online, Codename: Gordon, Concerned, Hotel Mario, I Love Bees, Kyo Kusanagi, Species of StarCraft, StarCraft (series), Super Mario Strikers Promoted GT: Final Fantasy XII, StarCraft titles Demoted GA/GT: None News There were 192 new articles in September 2008 Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. Wikiproject Red Faction has been deleted. WikiProject Nintendo moved to page under WP:VG See new Nintendo task force page. Two Nintendo task forces have become Video game task forces: Mega Man task force and Super Smash Bros. task force WikiProject Castlevania moved to page under WP:VG See new Castlevania task force page. WikiProject Kingdom Hearts has been deleted. VG Wikipedia 0.7 workshop Workshop page to coordinate preparation of articles to be included in Wikipedia 0.7. 39 of 393 articles have been prepared and submitted. Come help us prepare more at the workshop page. Feature: Wikipedia 0.7 Wikipedia 0.7 is a collection of articles taken from the English version of Wikipedia, compiled by the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team. It is designed for a DVD release, and the selection was put together using a Selection Bot, based on the quality and importance assigned by WikiProjects. The Video games Project and its daughter projects have multiple articles among the selection and are currently working on cleaning up the articles to improve their presentation. A workshop page has been set up that is designed to assist and coordinate the effort. The status of and recommendations for articles is listed on the table. Discussion about which articles should be kept and removed from the list have been taking place on the talk page. If you have assisted in working on and improving a current Featured article, Good article, or A-Class article, please check the workshop page to see if the article is recommended for inclusion. Articles will need an id version submitted to ensure it is included. They will also need to be cleaned up if maintenance tags and other issues are present. Participation is not restricted, and if you can assist with the preparation effort, it would be greatly appreciated. Things to remember for preparation The workshop page has a notes section for each article. Clean up suggestions have been left for some articles. Do a light sweep of the article to address any vandalism andclean up tags: citation needed, more references, lengthy plot, etc. If you need help with an article, post on the talk page. Because some articles were promoted over a year ago, they may need to undergo Featured article review or Good article review. Be sure to list the oldid on the workshop page and User:SelectionBot/0.7/V-3. Articles need to be prepared by October 20. Articles that do not have an id submitted may not be included in the release. See original notification on WT:VG for more details. Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake ( 5 participants) Matt Alt ( 1 participant) Granny (video game series) ( 2 participants) Sago Sago ( 2 participants) Rick Jay Glen ( 2 participants) Unreleased third Minecraft album ( 6 participants) Kelly Metzger ( 7 participants; relisted) Do You Like Horny Bunnies? ( 11 participants; relisted) Atlus USA ( 10 participants; relisted) The Boss (Metal Gear) ( 8 participants; relisted) Merge discussions Forge (level editor) ( discussion) Greninja ( discussion) Nostalrius ( discussion) Opera House (Final Fantasy VI) ( discussion) Transformers Decepticons ( discussion) Transformers Autobots ( discussion) Home video game console generations ( discussion) Bethesda Game Studios Austin ( discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Trauma Center Etika ( nom) Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number ( nom) List of accolades received by The Last of Us (TV series) ( nom) Good article nominations ZX Spectrum ( nom) The Sims Online ( start) Unicorn Overlord ( nom) Jynx ( start) Bulbasaur ( nom) Psyduck ( start) Slowpoke (Pokémon) ( start) Gau (Final Fantasy) ( nom) Strago Magus ( start) Squirtle ( start) Rayman (video game) ( nom) Setzer Gabbiani ( start) General Leo ( start) Game Boy Color ( start) Shin Megami Tensei J ( start) Phase Zero ( nom) Missile Command 3D ( start) Dead Space: Extraction ( start) DYK nominations Albert Wesker Delta (emulator) DarkZero Esports Reviews and reassessments The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask ( nom) Hogwarts Legacy ( rev) Pokémon Channel ( nom) Discord ( rev) Rayman M ( rev) Rain World ( rev) Fallout: New Vegas ( nom) Articles that need... assessment ( 2) ( 2) reassessment (0) cleanup (12) infoboxes (10) cover art (222) screenshots (8,769) photos (63) translation from japan (126) creation merging Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 12:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

For some reason, I have to go through each individual article to make sure any changes to the template appear in that article. And if they don't appear, I have to repost the template in each article, which is very frustrating. With the Universal Century characters template, I don't have that problem. I was wondering if you could help me with this. Shaneymike ( talk) 17:37, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

There's one difference and that is that Universal Century template uses something like

{| style="margin:0 auto;" align="center" width="100%" class="toccolours"
| align="center" style="background:#ccccff" | '''[[Universal Century Characters]]'''
|-

while the Anno Domini template use Template:Navbox so there might be a problem occuring with the use of Navbox template. -- staka ( T) 18:10, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

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In April 2008, this film was won as the Best Japanese Anime Film of the Year. Really? April 2008 and the Best Japanese Anime Film of the Year? Quangbao ( talk) 14:03, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

"Relly?" is funny.. Well, how am I supposed to know if that's the correct information when I didn't added it. -- staka ( T) 22:00, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

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A page you created, Kara Crane, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is about a real person, group of people, band, club, company, organisation, or web content, but does not indicate why its subject is important or significant.

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The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 8 - October 2008 Archive before | Archive After To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of October 2008, the project has: 106 Featured articles 20 Featured Lists 13 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 8 articles for Peer review 19 A-Class articles 247 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 1 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Crush (video game), Half-Life 2: Episode One, StarCraft: Ghost Promoted FT: StarCraft titles Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted GA: Aether (video game), Chris Metzen, Doom 3, Final Fantasy VII, Half-Life 2: Survivor, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Mega Man 2, Silent Hill 3 Promoted GT: Key visual novels Demoted GA/GT: Final Fantasy (video game) News There were 284 new articles in October 2008 Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. Miscellaneous Warcraft pages cleaned up: Two old redirects deleted and others tagged as historical. WikiProject Mortal Kombat and most of its subpages have been moved to page under WP:VG. See new Mortal Kombat task force page. WikiProject Pro Gaming has been moved to page under WP:VG. See new Pro gamin task force page. Feature: Partnered reviews For some time now, the Video games project and the Military history project have been cross listing their articles undergoing peer review in an effort to improve the quality of articles, as well as the copy editing skills of editors. The idea was first proposed by User:Krator as a way to better prepare articles for Featured article candidacy. After being approved by both projects, the idea was implemented under a trial period, and eventually approved as a standard practice. New, cross listed military history articles are announced on the Video games project talk page, and listed on the Video games Peer review page under a special section. Video game editors are encouraged to leave any type of comments that come to mind. If you don't know anything about military history, that's perfectly fine because that's the point. An editor lacking knowledge about the particular topic can provide a helpful point of view as a general reader—the intended audience. If you have a video game article undergoing peer review that you think would benefit from an outside view, post the following boilerplate at WT:MILHIST: {{subst: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/Toolbox/Partner peer review notice|Name of article|Raw link to review|Video games}} ~~~~ Things to remember A peer review process such as this will not work if editors do not give as well as take. Peer reviews are meant to examine not just the prose, but the sources and images used in the article. Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps. Reviewing another editor's article can help sharpen your writing skills, which in turn can improve the articles you write. See past discussions for details: VG discussion and MilHist discussion Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake ( 5 participants) Matt Alt ( 1 participant) Granny (video game series) ( 2 participants) Sago Sago ( 2 participants) Rick Jay Glen ( 2 participants) Unreleased third Minecraft album ( 6 participants) Kelly Metzger ( 7 participants; relisted) Do You Like Horny Bunnies? ( 11 participants; relisted) Atlus USA ( 10 participants; relisted) The Boss (Metal Gear) ( 8 participants; relisted) Merge discussions Forge (level editor) ( discussion) Greninja ( discussion) Nostalrius ( discussion) Opera House (Final Fantasy VI) ( discussion) Transformers Decepticons ( discussion) Transformers Autobots ( discussion) Home video game console generations ( discussion) Bethesda Game Studios Austin ( discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Trauma Center Etika ( nom) Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number ( nom) List of accolades received by The Last of Us (TV series) ( nom) Good article nominations ZX Spectrum ( nom) The Sims Online ( start) Unicorn Overlord ( nom) Jynx ( start) Bulbasaur ( nom) Psyduck ( start) Slowpoke (Pokémon) ( start) Gau (Final Fantasy) ( nom) Strago Magus ( start) Squirtle ( start) Rayman (video game) ( nom) Setzer Gabbiani ( start) General Leo ( start) Game Boy Color ( start) Shin Megami Tensei J ( start) Phase Zero ( nom) Missile Command 3D ( start) Dead Space: Extraction ( start) DYK nominations Albert Wesker Delta (emulator) DarkZero Esports Reviews and reassessments The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask ( nom) Hogwarts Legacy ( rev) Pokémon Channel ( nom) Discord ( rev) Rayman M ( rev) Rain World ( rev) Fallout: New Vegas ( nom) Articles that need... assessment ( 2) ( 2) reassessment (0) cleanup (12) infoboxes (10) cover art (222) screenshots (8,769) photos (63) translation from japan (126) creation merging Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 16:24, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Kii Kitano requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{ hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 13:58, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

I have nominated Kii Kitano, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kii Kitano. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. JodyB _talk 14:35, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Binbō Danshi requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 9 - November 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of November 2008, the project has: 109 Featured articles 24 Featured Lists 13 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 5 articles for Peer review 21 A-Class articles 258 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 2 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game, Ico, List of One Piece video games, List of songs in Guitar Hero World Tour, List of StarCraft media, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Myst V: End of Ages Promoted FT: None Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted GA: Characters of Myst, Combine (Half-Life), Crash: Mind over Mutant, F-Zero, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Half-Life: Decay, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Halo 3 marketing, Ico, Iori Yagami, Jim Raynor, LittleBigPlanet, Marble Madness, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Myst (series), Sam & Max Hit the Road, Silent Hill Homecoming, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Promoted GT: None Demoted GA/GT: Call of Duty 2, Fate/stay night, Make Love, Not Warcraft News There were 275 new articles in November 2008 Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. WikiProject Test Drive has been deleted WikiProject Sega has been moved to a page under WP:VG. See the new Sega task force page. A Sega task force has become a Video game task force: Sonic task force. WikiProject Sims has been moved to a page under WP:VG. See the new The Sims task force page. Feature: Article Importance Article importance is an assessment of a topic's importance in understanding a specific higher level topic. Assessments are maintained by WikiProjects and reflect the project's view of what is essential to understanding their scope. In the VG Project's case, all importance scales are in terms of understanding video games. A video game article's importance is listed and set in the {{ WikiProject Video games}} template on its talk page. An assessment of importance can be done by the Assessment Department by submitting a request. Recent discussions at the VG Project's talk page have called for revisions to the practice of assigning article importance. The discussion began in mid-November with the goal of clarifying what level of importance should be assigned to certain type of articles. It eventually expanded to creating a standardized table of importance to serve as a guide for current and future editors. The discussion has focused on and shifted to several topics including flaws of previous practices, new ways to view assessment, other project practices to emulate, and specific articles which are exceptions to proposed guidelines. A brief pole and discussion determined most editors felt that the bulk of some topics—specifically individual video game, series, and character articles—were not essential to understanding video games, making them ineligible for top importance. The discussion then shifted to tweaking the wording and layout of the table. The current proposed table is being discussed on the project's talk page, and the issue of whether some topics—specifically character articles—should be allowed to be rated importance has also been brought up. As always, member are encouraged to voice their opinions and engage in discussion to determine consensus so the new assessment scale can be implemented. See past newsletter feature for more information about the Assessment Department. Things you can help with: Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks view watch history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake ( 5 participants) Matt Alt ( 1 participant) Granny (video game series) ( 2 participants) Sago Sago ( 2 participants) Rick Jay Glen ( 2 participants) Unreleased third Minecraft album ( 6 participants) Kelly Metzger ( 7 participants; relisted) Do You Like Horny Bunnies? 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I do not have the name of the publication in which this information has been posted. However, if you look at the history of the page, you will see a link to a blog which hosts the scans, as well as scans on the talk page of the article which contain all that information.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙) 03:42, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

But other users will also say in-text citations are important. The article currently only has one information cited properly. It lacks sources. -- staka ( T) 03:44, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

I can't possibly use the scans as in-text citations (I had done so in the past, but it was decided that linking to a Photobucket/Imageshack-hosted image would violate copyright and whatnot). I can show you the references and citations do exist. I just cannot say where they explicitly come from (until the TV-kun, Hyper Hobby, and Figure-Oh features).— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙) 03:48, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Alright, fine. I'm sure references you used do exist, and may be reliable, but I wanted to actually be cited in the article. Leave it as is.. for now. -- staka ( T) 03:51, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to see where you think that was right.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙) 02:21, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh sorry, I was already writing it in your talk page.. -- staka ( T) 02:24, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure that's right, still. It's the British style, but an American wrote the primacy of the page.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙) 04:46, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

If the article topic is Britain related, you use the British style, while you use the American style when the article topic is US related. Only thing not in the manual of style is the use of different spelling and that was the answer. I already discussed this somewhere else.. ask at the help desk or discuss it in the Wikipedia:Manual of style talk page. -- staka ( T) 15:02, 31 December 2008 (UTC)