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There is currently a vote going on the Scrolling shooter talk page whether to merge it to shoot 'em up. The shoot 'em up page is younger than teh scrolling shooter, but bthere they are somewhat redundant. To add to the confusion there is Shooter game. What is the correct name of the genre? and what is a sub category of waht and what should be hte main article
Please weigh in. thanks!! -- Larsinio 19:26, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
A little merge help would be needed from someone who would know a thing or two about Fire Emblem series - just advertising this here in hopes someone more qualified and less burdened with other tasks would take the bait, I don't think I'm qualified or anything. Basically, there's a problem brewing at Mythology in Fire Emblem and List of Fire Emblem references. I've rambled a bit about this at Talk:Mythology in Fire Emblem. Basically, the problem is, there's two versions of the same list, and people are spuriously working on both. Also, both articles (and some sections in the list) are titled horrenduously. I have kind of mixed feeling whether the list should exist at all, but I think it's a somewhat tolerable topic. Any ideas? -- wwwwolf ( barks/ growls) 22:04, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I am under the impression that {{ solution}} is the appropriate tag for videogames, and that {{ spoiler}} is for non-interactive fiction. I've changed this in the CVG project page. If that's not the case, please leave an explanation here and revert will you? Arru 08:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking it might be a good idea to include some videos of video games in game articles. I'm thinking about short videos that show important aspects of the game. For an example of video media files, see the New Horizons launch. As you can see, video files on Wikipedia are encoded in Ogg Theora. I was thinking of using an emulator together with video capture software like Taksi, Demo Studio, or CaptureWizPro, perhaps using VirtualDub to do some reencoding. I have a couple of questions:
Any other feedback welcome too. Jacoplane 00:21, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
As was notified on the CC talk page, I went ahead and merged all characters into a list except for Kid, Serge, Lynx, and Harle. Deckiller 16:05, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
I propose creating an infobox for video game characters, similar to the infboxes we use for video game consoles and other games.
What do you guys think?!! -- Larsinio 00:00, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I ran across this article the other day and analyzed the site for its content, hoping that is as extensive as say Memory Alpha is for Star Trek. I was dissappoined when i saw almost every article was a stub, including major games like Super Mario Bros.!! In many articles they take content from Wikipedia as a good bul of the material. I did a good analysis of it, and made changes to teh corresponding wikipedia page noting about the scope of the content compared to the wikipedia. User:AlphaOne, the founder of Encyclopedia Gamia was not at all happy, and claims that Wikipedia gaming articles lack the depth that gamia gives it. I heartily disagree. I mean look above and check out the EXTENSIve articles on every single cahracter of King of Fighters, or the 300 or so starcraft related artciels (maybe not 300 but you see my point).
Well actually what is my point?
1) I need a third party opinion about the content afo encylopedia gmai for use on the wiipedia page about hte external wiki 2) I am suggesting that if we recognize wikipedia s the superior outlet for such material, which i think we agree on, I suggest we start migrating material from Encyclopedia gamia's articles that are more in depth and put it to wikipedia. their dark forces article for instance is more in depth. NOt all ath e conten should be ripped, and it shoudl be definatley copy-edited. But what do you guys think?
P.S. I could use some help in direction of where to go with Contra (arcade game). The article needs to be improved and i need some pointers :) -- Larsinio 20:27, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking of setting up a Current computer and video games events (or Current gaming events), similar to other such pages (see: Current events articles. Seems like an easy enough thing to do, and would provide a nice page to keep track of which games have been released. What do people feel would be the best name for the page? Jaco plane 14:10, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Tally:
I've been playing around with the look & feel of the page. If anyone has any other suggestions as to how the page could be improved, that would be most welcome! Jaco plane 03:56, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
At the moment both the WP:CVGI and Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games/Peer review are mostly inactive. Since both these pages are focused on improving the quality of non-stub articles, perhaps merging these two pages would get more of a response. I also think Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games/Noticeboard should be merged perhaps. Then we would have one page besides the GCOTW where all requests can go. Having 4 different pages is just too much for most contributors to follow... Jaco plane 01:43, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I've started a proposal at User:Jacoplane/Workshop. I think we should take some time to design the page, and when we feel we have a good proposal, we can ask all the members of the WikiProject for their opinion. Jaco plane 18:43, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Is there an automated way we can generate the listing for the To Fix page... I was thinking run a comparison against all arcade pages and then comparing ot hte list of pages that have the infobox arcade template. And then running a similar item for video games pages. I do not know how to accomplish this -- Larsinio
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (computer and video games) is dead. Now it needs to be revived. Recently, user WikidSmaht made some major changes. Among other things, he proposed better disambaguation - that is, articles should be named with their console name, like Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64), and all series pages should be clearly albeled (like Mario Tennis series). i really don't like the changes that much. But I think this Wikiproject needs to take this up, fix, discuss, whatever, and make the naming conventions an official guideline. - Hbdragon88 06:25, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a member of the Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team, which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper. We recently began assessing using these criteria, and we are looking for A-class, B-class, and Good articles, with no POV or copyright problems. Can you recommend any suitable articles? I noticed these, are there any others? Please post your suggestions here. Thanks a lot! Gflores Talk 17:40, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
You may want to include those in the project. I recently improved those of Tim Schafer, Eric Chahi and Michel Ancel but there are many others needing attention. Some bios such as David Perry contained lots of promotional language.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Technitai ( talk • contribs) .
I just added a whole new section to Shoot 'em up describing and overviewing run and gun games. I am ready to make appropriate article for run and gun. I have a few questiosn first, however. Firstly, should itu be run and gun, run and gun game, run 'n gun or run 'n gun game? Secondly please check over my entry on shoot em up to make sure that run and gun encompasses both overhead and sidescrolling games (from Contra (arcade game) to Commando (game)). Thirdly, is run and gun a sub-genre of shoot em up (as I state), or is it a completely different hybrid/top-level genre. -- Larsinio 19:08, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
To get more information about the games, you can get FAQs, Walkthroughs, and Codes from www.gamefaqs.com 70.111.251.203 04:00, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Should we include our to do in our project notice? I've noincluded it in to see what it looks like. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 00:04, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Editors of game-related articles might be interested in the mass RuneScape deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RuneScape skills. Kappa 03:51, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm proposing a new stub here. Please feel free to comment on it. Thanks. Thunderbrand 20:19, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Super Mario 64 has been nominated to have its featured article status removed. Nifboy 06:12, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
I've made a shortcut for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games/Peer review; WP:CVGPR. Lord ViD 20:31, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Does wikipedia still categorize by last name? I usually help organize the Category:Computer and video game characters. We've always categorized by last name. But in Category:SNK characters User:MegamanZero says it is unacceptable to categorize by last name, especially in Category:King of Fighters characters. I asked this question here a long time ago when sorting Category:Capcom characters and everyone agreed that sorting by last name was the way to go. Also, can anyone check if the pics used in the snk characters' sections are legal. I can't really determine it. -- Dangerous-Boy 06:53, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
On the other hand, many (if not most) characters are known only by their first name. It's not really fair to expect players looking for an article about Terra Branford, one of the protagonists of FFVI, to look under B, because Branford isn't actually used anywhere in FFVI. Then again, Serah Kerrigan is just usually referred to as Kerrigan. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 07:47, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Off topic, but I noticed that those pages used a pasted or substed infobox. Where is the proper one? Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 11:24, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Whatever. It is the case that this really doesn't matter too much. I have no qualms about this. -ZeroTalk 20:28, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
I think a vote would be much effienct on this issue. A little yes or no would do. -- Dangerous-Boy 07:01, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
I believe that we should sort by the character's full name whenever possible. Princess Zelda is sorted by "Zelda", that is all we know of her name; "Princess" is not included because it is a title, and should not be part of the sort key. Samus Aran is sorted as "Aran, Samus" in the western sorting order because this is the English language wikipedia. Even in the phone book people are sorted by last name. As for Terra Branford, yes she is sorted as "Branford, Terra" because we know her last name (it is also part of the article title as well ;) ). In short: LAST-NAME, FIRST-NAME MIDDLE, ETC. is my position on the matter. Examine the Fictional characters category for more examples, info. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 09:49, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
The infobox doesn't behave itself well at all fontsizes - especially at larger font sizes the text in the infobox stays small, whereas the linespacing increases. It looks very ugly, and it should be fixed, in all pages containing the infobox. You could of course consider templating the infobox, or part(s) of it, because that would make it possible to fix these kind of mistakes in the future without having to edit every single page containing this infobox. Shinobu 21:56, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
I personally have been looking all over the internet for a good unlockables guide. I finally found one and put it into th SC3 page. It is a little long but I figured that it would be a godsend for gamers like me who have been frustrated looking for it. My other thought was to make a link to the page where it will be solo. This way it will not obstruct the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by D-MAN-2021 ( talk • contribs)
I'm wondering what kind of stub to put pinball game articles under. Would {{ sports-cvg-stub}} work? Thunderbrand 01:39, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
It just occured to me {{arcade-stub}} would be a larger, more appropriate category, but it doesn't exist. The mildly inactive Arcade project has a partial list of arcade stubs here. Nifboy 18:17, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
I'll support the creation of {{ arcade-stub}} and/or {{ pinball-stub}}! Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 10:31, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone have any good ideas about a redesign of Portal:Computer and video games? Would be cool to get it to Wikipedia:Featured portals. Jaco plane 03:03, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
We've currently got a bunch of articles about specific yeears in the CVG industry (see 1980 in video gaming, 1992 in video gaming, 2003 in video gaming, etc.). I've got a question about the titles: first of all, the standard template used on all of these pages emboldens, for example, "1980 in computer and video games," which seems to adhere to our naming conventions. Moreover, looking a similar articles (such as 1980 in games), it seems that at the very least we should be using "in video games" rather than "in video gaming." Would anyone object if I listed the lot of these up at WP:RM to change "in video gaming" to "in computer and video games"? – Seancdaug 15:24, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
I think we need to stop using ESRB rating images (as well as other rating systems) in our articles' infoboxes. They are marked as fair use; we need to use fair use images only when necessary. Criterion 8 of Wikipedia's fair use policy states "The material must contribute significantly to the article (e.g. identify the subject of an article, or specifically illustrate relevant points or sections within the text) and must not serve a purely decorative purpose." Adding the images doesn't really help the article, it's just decorative. Replacing the images with plain text will also be easier to read, as the small images are often a blur. -- Pagrashtak 05:14, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Since no one has objected, I've updated the infobox instructions to specify that no fair use images should be used other than the box art. Pagra shtak 23:27, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
What kind of stub would dance games go under, such as Dancing Stage Max? I was thinking action, or maybe even strategy since you have to time your moves and whatnot. Thunderbrand 18:24, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Arcade stub is approved. ;) While it is true there are home versions, you still need similar hardware to the arcade game to properly play the game. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 11:48, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Seeing that Nintendo has two templates about it (
hardware and
developers), I thought about making one to Sega. I'd even sketched it out:
Divisions |
---|
Wow Entertainment | Sega-AM2 | Hitmaker | Amusement Vision <br.> Sega Rosso | Smilebit | Overworks | Sonic Team | United Game Artists | STI |
Consoles |
SC-3000 | SG-1000 | SG-1000 Mark III | Master System <br.> Mega Drive/Genesis | Saturn | Dreamcast | |
Handheld |
Game Gear | Mega Jet | Nomad | |
Arcade |
System 16|
System 24|
System 32|
Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
Titan Video | NAOMI | NAOMI 2 | Chihiro | Triforce | Lindbergh |
Accessories |
What do you think? And can someone help me?
igordebraga ≠ 22:52, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
I just wanted to let you guys know, that a load of Jack Thompson stuff has been created and is on AFD. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Strickland vs. Sony - The articles aren't going to get deleted, because they've been unwisely blocked together. Some may be of encyclopedic value, but some are not. Some guy, a gamer no doubt has tried to catalogue everything Jack Thompson has ever done, including livejournal aliases and an article on the non event of the Jack Thompson and the Jacob Robida murders. As I said, they aren't going to be deleted, but I'm sure some of them will be up for AFD again, separately, so just letting you guys know. - Hahnchen 06:11, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed a recent trend in series templates; that of the Show/Hide features. Seriously, what's the point in having that? The template comes at the end of the article in near all cases, and thus is doesn't really have much of a use. -- gakon5 20:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm a little bit confused over the naming conventions for gaming consoles. For instnace, we have the Nintendo Virtual Boy and the Nintendo GameCube, but just have the Game & Watch, Xbox, and PlayStation. An anon recently cut-and-pasted moved the NVB to VB and the G&W to NG&W articles, hence why I ask. Is there a standard? If not, shouldn't we a definitive one?
I also looked at the logos and this is presumably why the Nintendo GameCube article is named like so. However, there's no sign of "Nintendo" in the Virtual Boy logo at all. - Hbdragon88 04:42, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Can anyone tell me if there is any validity to Zombie Outpost? It started out as a vanity article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Zombie_Outpost&oldid=40267380) , and I don't know if this is even a real element to StarCraft. Thanks. Eenu 16:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
If a game has been cancelled but there is an article on Wikipedia about it, it can still be kept up right for archival reasons ( Fear & Respect was recently cancelled)? -- Thorpe | talk 12:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
Ansatsuken is up for deletion! -- Dangerous-Boy 02:36, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Goomba, Golden Age of Arcade Games, and Bulbasaur have all just been nominated to have their Featured Article status removed. Take a look at the nominations at Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates and try to address any problems you can. I've already started on Goomba. Pagra shtak 22:33, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
I think its a good idea if we change all years on video game pages to XXXX in computer and video games. Perhaps we could just limit it to hte infobox. We would definately need a bot to do this. 1) DO you think this is a good idea and 2) how do we go about getting a bot to do this. -- Larsinio 18:18, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
I created a new category Freeware games, for games that are released, or eventualyl turn into Freeware. Please update your watched pages, thanks! -- Larsinio 18:11, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
I've only just spotted this, I didn't respond to the earlier show/hide query above as I hadn't seen it until now. But now, every navHead template automatically hides, no matter how many or how little of them there are. Have a look at Street Fighter, Half-Life, Mario and Donkey Kong.
These are absolutely useless. The nav templates are for easy browsing for new and possibly inexperienced users. It means that a newbie doesn't have to know about categories or lists to jump to a related article. However, hiding the template like such absolutely ruins this idea, most general users wouldn't even spot the "show" button. I've made a post about this at the Village Pump, I'd even revert the changes myself if I knew where the CSS files were. - Hahnchen 05:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
What do you mean by floating text? Also, gakon5, could you please add a date-stamp to your signature? Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠
Nintendude created an article for a Flash game called Super Monkey Poop Fight. He has since added "see also" links to it to articles that are, in my opinion, only tangentially related ( Donkey Kong (arcade game), Nintendo Entertainment System, Monkey). Lightdarkness prod'ed the article, but Nintendude, understandably, removed the tag. I mention this here because I don't know if this game is notable or not. I was hoping the CVG Project might be able to comment and, if necessary, nominate the article for deletion at WP:AFD. Also, keep watch for articles linking to the game; in my opinion, it's a dubious "see also" for pretty much any article. The fact that some obscure topic mentions a more notable topic does not automatically mean that that obscure topic should be mentioned in the article on the more notable topic. Thanks, — BrianSmithson 21:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Why would somebody think that an article with 1000+ google hits is not notable. I created that article hence the google score. -- Nintendude 00:38, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Lately, a lot of character articles have been popping up, especially in Fire Emblem and Punch-Out!!. I was wondering if anyone was interested in removing many of these character articles? Put a message on my user talk if interested. - A Link to the Past (talk) 09:33, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
A stub i had made, template:fighting-cvg-stub is up for deletion [3]. Please vote keep for it. -- larsinio \---- (poke)–– (prod)----/ 23:08, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Hey guys, I'm looking for someone interested in putting up a Category for Sega, and its consoles. I know that there's a lot already, but as far as the list goes for articles on games, it's a bit discouraging. Let me know if you want to help.
Oh yeah okay, umm I meant a Sega Template, but anyways, I think some of the lists are outdated... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hucz ( talk • contribs) .
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There is currently a vote going on the Scrolling shooter talk page whether to merge it to shoot 'em up. The shoot 'em up page is younger than teh scrolling shooter, but bthere they are somewhat redundant. To add to the confusion there is Shooter game. What is the correct name of the genre? and what is a sub category of waht and what should be hte main article
Please weigh in. thanks!! -- Larsinio 19:26, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
A little merge help would be needed from someone who would know a thing or two about Fire Emblem series - just advertising this here in hopes someone more qualified and less burdened with other tasks would take the bait, I don't think I'm qualified or anything. Basically, there's a problem brewing at Mythology in Fire Emblem and List of Fire Emblem references. I've rambled a bit about this at Talk:Mythology in Fire Emblem. Basically, the problem is, there's two versions of the same list, and people are spuriously working on both. Also, both articles (and some sections in the list) are titled horrenduously. I have kind of mixed feeling whether the list should exist at all, but I think it's a somewhat tolerable topic. Any ideas? -- wwwwolf ( barks/ growls) 22:04, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I am under the impression that {{ solution}} is the appropriate tag for videogames, and that {{ spoiler}} is for non-interactive fiction. I've changed this in the CVG project page. If that's not the case, please leave an explanation here and revert will you? Arru 08:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking it might be a good idea to include some videos of video games in game articles. I'm thinking about short videos that show important aspects of the game. For an example of video media files, see the New Horizons launch. As you can see, video files on Wikipedia are encoded in Ogg Theora. I was thinking of using an emulator together with video capture software like Taksi, Demo Studio, or CaptureWizPro, perhaps using VirtualDub to do some reencoding. I have a couple of questions:
Any other feedback welcome too. Jacoplane 00:21, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
As was notified on the CC talk page, I went ahead and merged all characters into a list except for Kid, Serge, Lynx, and Harle. Deckiller 16:05, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
I propose creating an infobox for video game characters, similar to the infboxes we use for video game consoles and other games.
What do you guys think?!! -- Larsinio 00:00, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I ran across this article the other day and analyzed the site for its content, hoping that is as extensive as say Memory Alpha is for Star Trek. I was dissappoined when i saw almost every article was a stub, including major games like Super Mario Bros.!! In many articles they take content from Wikipedia as a good bul of the material. I did a good analysis of it, and made changes to teh corresponding wikipedia page noting about the scope of the content compared to the wikipedia. User:AlphaOne, the founder of Encyclopedia Gamia was not at all happy, and claims that Wikipedia gaming articles lack the depth that gamia gives it. I heartily disagree. I mean look above and check out the EXTENSIve articles on every single cahracter of King of Fighters, or the 300 or so starcraft related artciels (maybe not 300 but you see my point).
Well actually what is my point?
1) I need a third party opinion about the content afo encylopedia gmai for use on the wiipedia page about hte external wiki 2) I am suggesting that if we recognize wikipedia s the superior outlet for such material, which i think we agree on, I suggest we start migrating material from Encyclopedia gamia's articles that are more in depth and put it to wikipedia. their dark forces article for instance is more in depth. NOt all ath e conten should be ripped, and it shoudl be definatley copy-edited. But what do you guys think?
P.S. I could use some help in direction of where to go with Contra (arcade game). The article needs to be improved and i need some pointers :) -- Larsinio 20:27, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking of setting up a Current computer and video games events (or Current gaming events), similar to other such pages (see: Current events articles. Seems like an easy enough thing to do, and would provide a nice page to keep track of which games have been released. What do people feel would be the best name for the page? Jaco plane 14:10, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Tally:
I've been playing around with the look & feel of the page. If anyone has any other suggestions as to how the page could be improved, that would be most welcome! Jaco plane 03:56, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
At the moment both the WP:CVGI and Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games/Peer review are mostly inactive. Since both these pages are focused on improving the quality of non-stub articles, perhaps merging these two pages would get more of a response. I also think Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games/Noticeboard should be merged perhaps. Then we would have one page besides the GCOTW where all requests can go. Having 4 different pages is just too much for most contributors to follow... Jaco plane 01:43, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I've started a proposal at User:Jacoplane/Workshop. I think we should take some time to design the page, and when we feel we have a good proposal, we can ask all the members of the WikiProject for their opinion. Jaco plane 18:43, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Is there an automated way we can generate the listing for the To Fix page... I was thinking run a comparison against all arcade pages and then comparing ot hte list of pages that have the infobox arcade template. And then running a similar item for video games pages. I do not know how to accomplish this -- Larsinio
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (computer and video games) is dead. Now it needs to be revived. Recently, user WikidSmaht made some major changes. Among other things, he proposed better disambaguation - that is, articles should be named with their console name, like Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64), and all series pages should be clearly albeled (like Mario Tennis series). i really don't like the changes that much. But I think this Wikiproject needs to take this up, fix, discuss, whatever, and make the naming conventions an official guideline. - Hbdragon88 06:25, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a member of the Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team, which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper. We recently began assessing using these criteria, and we are looking for A-class, B-class, and Good articles, with no POV or copyright problems. Can you recommend any suitable articles? I noticed these, are there any others? Please post your suggestions here. Thanks a lot! Gflores Talk 17:40, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
You may want to include those in the project. I recently improved those of Tim Schafer, Eric Chahi and Michel Ancel but there are many others needing attention. Some bios such as David Perry contained lots of promotional language.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Technitai ( talk • contribs) .
I just added a whole new section to Shoot 'em up describing and overviewing run and gun games. I am ready to make appropriate article for run and gun. I have a few questiosn first, however. Firstly, should itu be run and gun, run and gun game, run 'n gun or run 'n gun game? Secondly please check over my entry on shoot em up to make sure that run and gun encompasses both overhead and sidescrolling games (from Contra (arcade game) to Commando (game)). Thirdly, is run and gun a sub-genre of shoot em up (as I state), or is it a completely different hybrid/top-level genre. -- Larsinio 19:08, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
To get more information about the games, you can get FAQs, Walkthroughs, and Codes from www.gamefaqs.com 70.111.251.203 04:00, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Should we include our to do in our project notice? I've noincluded it in to see what it looks like. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 00:04, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Editors of game-related articles might be interested in the mass RuneScape deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RuneScape skills. Kappa 03:51, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm proposing a new stub here. Please feel free to comment on it. Thanks. Thunderbrand 20:19, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Super Mario 64 has been nominated to have its featured article status removed. Nifboy 06:12, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
I've made a shortcut for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games/Peer review; WP:CVGPR. Lord ViD 20:31, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Does wikipedia still categorize by last name? I usually help organize the Category:Computer and video game characters. We've always categorized by last name. But in Category:SNK characters User:MegamanZero says it is unacceptable to categorize by last name, especially in Category:King of Fighters characters. I asked this question here a long time ago when sorting Category:Capcom characters and everyone agreed that sorting by last name was the way to go. Also, can anyone check if the pics used in the snk characters' sections are legal. I can't really determine it. -- Dangerous-Boy 06:53, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
On the other hand, many (if not most) characters are known only by their first name. It's not really fair to expect players looking for an article about Terra Branford, one of the protagonists of FFVI, to look under B, because Branford isn't actually used anywhere in FFVI. Then again, Serah Kerrigan is just usually referred to as Kerrigan. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 07:47, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Off topic, but I noticed that those pages used a pasted or substed infobox. Where is the proper one? Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 11:24, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Whatever. It is the case that this really doesn't matter too much. I have no qualms about this. -ZeroTalk 20:28, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
I think a vote would be much effienct on this issue. A little yes or no would do. -- Dangerous-Boy 07:01, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
I believe that we should sort by the character's full name whenever possible. Princess Zelda is sorted by "Zelda", that is all we know of her name; "Princess" is not included because it is a title, and should not be part of the sort key. Samus Aran is sorted as "Aran, Samus" in the western sorting order because this is the English language wikipedia. Even in the phone book people are sorted by last name. As for Terra Branford, yes she is sorted as "Branford, Terra" because we know her last name (it is also part of the article title as well ;) ). In short: LAST-NAME, FIRST-NAME MIDDLE, ETC. is my position on the matter. Examine the Fictional characters category for more examples, info. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 09:49, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
The infobox doesn't behave itself well at all fontsizes - especially at larger font sizes the text in the infobox stays small, whereas the linespacing increases. It looks very ugly, and it should be fixed, in all pages containing the infobox. You could of course consider templating the infobox, or part(s) of it, because that would make it possible to fix these kind of mistakes in the future without having to edit every single page containing this infobox. Shinobu 21:56, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
I personally have been looking all over the internet for a good unlockables guide. I finally found one and put it into th SC3 page. It is a little long but I figured that it would be a godsend for gamers like me who have been frustrated looking for it. My other thought was to make a link to the page where it will be solo. This way it will not obstruct the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by D-MAN-2021 ( talk • contribs)
I'm wondering what kind of stub to put pinball game articles under. Would {{ sports-cvg-stub}} work? Thunderbrand 01:39, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
It just occured to me {{arcade-stub}} would be a larger, more appropriate category, but it doesn't exist. The mildly inactive Arcade project has a partial list of arcade stubs here. Nifboy 18:17, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
I'll support the creation of {{ arcade-stub}} and/or {{ pinball-stub}}! Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 10:31, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone have any good ideas about a redesign of Portal:Computer and video games? Would be cool to get it to Wikipedia:Featured portals. Jaco plane 03:03, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
We've currently got a bunch of articles about specific yeears in the CVG industry (see 1980 in video gaming, 1992 in video gaming, 2003 in video gaming, etc.). I've got a question about the titles: first of all, the standard template used on all of these pages emboldens, for example, "1980 in computer and video games," which seems to adhere to our naming conventions. Moreover, looking a similar articles (such as 1980 in games), it seems that at the very least we should be using "in video games" rather than "in video gaming." Would anyone object if I listed the lot of these up at WP:RM to change "in video gaming" to "in computer and video games"? – Seancdaug 15:24, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
I think we need to stop using ESRB rating images (as well as other rating systems) in our articles' infoboxes. They are marked as fair use; we need to use fair use images only when necessary. Criterion 8 of Wikipedia's fair use policy states "The material must contribute significantly to the article (e.g. identify the subject of an article, or specifically illustrate relevant points or sections within the text) and must not serve a purely decorative purpose." Adding the images doesn't really help the article, it's just decorative. Replacing the images with plain text will also be easier to read, as the small images are often a blur. -- Pagrashtak 05:14, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Since no one has objected, I've updated the infobox instructions to specify that no fair use images should be used other than the box art. Pagra shtak 23:27, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
What kind of stub would dance games go under, such as Dancing Stage Max? I was thinking action, or maybe even strategy since you have to time your moves and whatnot. Thunderbrand 18:24, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Arcade stub is approved. ;) While it is true there are home versions, you still need similar hardware to the arcade game to properly play the game. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 11:48, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Seeing that Nintendo has two templates about it (
hardware and
developers), I thought about making one to Sega. I'd even sketched it out:
Divisions |
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Wow Entertainment | Sega-AM2 | Hitmaker | Amusement Vision <br.> Sega Rosso | Smilebit | Overworks | Sonic Team | United Game Artists | STI |
Consoles |
SC-3000 | SG-1000 | SG-1000 Mark III | Master System <br.> Mega Drive/Genesis | Saturn | Dreamcast | |
Handheld |
Game Gear | Mega Jet | Nomad | |
Arcade |
System 16|
System 24|
System 32|
Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
Titan Video | NAOMI | NAOMI 2 | Chihiro | Triforce | Lindbergh |
Accessories |
What do you think? And can someone help me?
igordebraga ≠ 22:52, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
I just wanted to let you guys know, that a load of Jack Thompson stuff has been created and is on AFD. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Strickland vs. Sony - The articles aren't going to get deleted, because they've been unwisely blocked together. Some may be of encyclopedic value, but some are not. Some guy, a gamer no doubt has tried to catalogue everything Jack Thompson has ever done, including livejournal aliases and an article on the non event of the Jack Thompson and the Jacob Robida murders. As I said, they aren't going to be deleted, but I'm sure some of them will be up for AFD again, separately, so just letting you guys know. - Hahnchen 06:11, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed a recent trend in series templates; that of the Show/Hide features. Seriously, what's the point in having that? The template comes at the end of the article in near all cases, and thus is doesn't really have much of a use. -- gakon5 20:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm a little bit confused over the naming conventions for gaming consoles. For instnace, we have the Nintendo Virtual Boy and the Nintendo GameCube, but just have the Game & Watch, Xbox, and PlayStation. An anon recently cut-and-pasted moved the NVB to VB and the G&W to NG&W articles, hence why I ask. Is there a standard? If not, shouldn't we a definitive one?
I also looked at the logos and this is presumably why the Nintendo GameCube article is named like so. However, there's no sign of "Nintendo" in the Virtual Boy logo at all. - Hbdragon88 04:42, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Can anyone tell me if there is any validity to Zombie Outpost? It started out as a vanity article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Zombie_Outpost&oldid=40267380) , and I don't know if this is even a real element to StarCraft. Thanks. Eenu 16:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
If a game has been cancelled but there is an article on Wikipedia about it, it can still be kept up right for archival reasons ( Fear & Respect was recently cancelled)? -- Thorpe | talk 12:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
Ansatsuken is up for deletion! -- Dangerous-Boy 02:36, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Goomba, Golden Age of Arcade Games, and Bulbasaur have all just been nominated to have their Featured Article status removed. Take a look at the nominations at Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates and try to address any problems you can. I've already started on Goomba. Pagra shtak 22:33, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
I think its a good idea if we change all years on video game pages to XXXX in computer and video games. Perhaps we could just limit it to hte infobox. We would definately need a bot to do this. 1) DO you think this is a good idea and 2) how do we go about getting a bot to do this. -- Larsinio 18:18, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
I created a new category Freeware games, for games that are released, or eventualyl turn into Freeware. Please update your watched pages, thanks! -- Larsinio 18:11, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
I've only just spotted this, I didn't respond to the earlier show/hide query above as I hadn't seen it until now. But now, every navHead template automatically hides, no matter how many or how little of them there are. Have a look at Street Fighter, Half-Life, Mario and Donkey Kong.
These are absolutely useless. The nav templates are for easy browsing for new and possibly inexperienced users. It means that a newbie doesn't have to know about categories or lists to jump to a related article. However, hiding the template like such absolutely ruins this idea, most general users wouldn't even spot the "show" button. I've made a post about this at the Village Pump, I'd even revert the changes myself if I knew where the CSS files were. - Hahnchen 05:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
What do you mean by floating text? Also, gakon5, could you please add a date-stamp to your signature? Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠
Nintendude created an article for a Flash game called Super Monkey Poop Fight. He has since added "see also" links to it to articles that are, in my opinion, only tangentially related ( Donkey Kong (arcade game), Nintendo Entertainment System, Monkey). Lightdarkness prod'ed the article, but Nintendude, understandably, removed the tag. I mention this here because I don't know if this game is notable or not. I was hoping the CVG Project might be able to comment and, if necessary, nominate the article for deletion at WP:AFD. Also, keep watch for articles linking to the game; in my opinion, it's a dubious "see also" for pretty much any article. The fact that some obscure topic mentions a more notable topic does not automatically mean that that obscure topic should be mentioned in the article on the more notable topic. Thanks, — BrianSmithson 21:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Why would somebody think that an article with 1000+ google hits is not notable. I created that article hence the google score. -- Nintendude 00:38, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Lately, a lot of character articles have been popping up, especially in Fire Emblem and Punch-Out!!. I was wondering if anyone was interested in removing many of these character articles? Put a message on my user talk if interested. - A Link to the Past (talk) 09:33, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
A stub i had made, template:fighting-cvg-stub is up for deletion [3]. Please vote keep for it. -- larsinio \---- (poke)–– (prod)----/ 23:08, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Hey guys, I'm looking for someone interested in putting up a Category for Sega, and its consoles. I know that there's a lot already, but as far as the list goes for articles on games, it's a bit discouraging. Let me know if you want to help.
Oh yeah okay, umm I meant a Sega Template, but anyways, I think some of the lists are outdated... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hucz ( talk • contribs) .