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Ferret mentioned that we may need to reassess Kotaku on Discord so I thought I'd go ahead and start a discussion. I am not an expert on the site, but I do feel we should discuss whether Kotaku should remain in the green or if it should be reclassified as situational. Much of Kotaku's most reputed staff left during the Deadspin controversy (including EiC Stephen Totilo, who's now at Axios), and from the looking I've done... Kotaku's quality appears to have taken a hit in the time since. In general, they've been publishing a ton of clickbaity articles with increasing ideological bias recently. We've gotten articles like this (which paints Notorious Studios, founded by ex-Activision-Blizzard staff, as misogynists for not starting with any women on their tiny team at the moment), and then... this piece of stimulating journalism.
Of course, there are plenty more examples of pretty unprofessional content coming from the site as of late, but these are just two that I found particularly unsettling. I'm not arguing that Kotaku should be full-on demoted to unreliable, nor am I arguing that they should be demoted for being biased. However, I think we may need to implement cautions for additional considerations/limitations when using it. Whether this means bumping it back down to yellow should be up to the rest of the project. Pinging @ Salvidrim!, TarkusAB, and Haleth, since they were involved in our most recent Discord discussion. JOE BRO 64 00:52, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
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I would like to discuss adding Deku Deals as situational, for a very specific use case of verifying that a game has been released in a country. At least for Nintendo Switch games, if they are discontinued in a region, it's very difficult to verify that they were formerly released in that region, even if one has the eShop URL, as that URL will just return a 404 on Nintendo's servers and none of the eShop pages are archived by wayback machine. Deku Deals tracks games using the data from the actual eShop and displays a lot more historical data than the eShop itself. In particular, the fact that a game has had its price tracked by DD should be proof enough that it was formerly released in that region. DD also tracks PS and Xbox releases, although I'm not so familiar with those platforms and so not sure if this would be a help for those also. Kidburla ( talk) 09:54, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
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This site has been regarded as reliable in this discussion. As said there, the site seems to have an editoral team and a fact checking policy. They also have other policies in place, which could possibly enhance their trustworthiness. Jurta talk 16:26, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
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Since this site looks decent at first glance. Per [1] "Can I write for Onono?" says "Yes. Everyone is welcome to write for Onono." Hence, unreliable. Filing here so we can add it to the list. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 10:01, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
I'd like to reopen Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/Sources/Archive_25#TheGamer. At the tail end of this discussion, Haleth noted that the EiC had recently changed, though no further comments were made. This is the kind of articles the new EiC is publishing. I've got some concerns, to be honest. Should this really be listed as a situational source for the 1 year that McKeand ran things? The project continues to move further and further towards declaring parts of Valnet properties to be unusable in a variety of situations. -- ferret ( talk) 23:52, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
The Metro Gaming source was listed as unreliable, however, in the discussion about using this font for games, no consensus was reached, as we can see here. ✍A.WagnerC ( talk) 12:56, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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I have run into this website a few times, but I have never seen it on Wikipedia. They say about themselves: "Overgame is historically the first French online magazine devoted to the world of video games, launched in 1996.". However, they do not seem to be very acknowleged among other sources and sites. What should we do? -- Marcodpat ( talk) 17:33, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
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On the page for reliable sources, there seems to be only three Russian sources out of hundreds. Figured that I'd pitch in the magazine Strana Igr as a reliable source, which has had its own Wikipedia page since December 2013. Its name in Russian is Страна игр while the translation to English is Gameland. There's a decent amount of the magazine scanned on The Internet Archive and numerous websites have cited it upon a quick Google search. It was in circulation from January 1996 to November 2013; thus, 17 years worth of content in a language/country that is barely represented within the sources seems worthwhile to me. FYI, in regards to including it in the reception sections, they rated games by adding points in 0.5 increments, up to 10 total. Each review also had an author listed. Xanarki ( talk) 02:47, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
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Is Looper a reliable source for video games and internet culture? It's owned by the same media group that owns the already considered reliable source SVG, and also has an editorial policy with an established set of writers, some of whom have also written for SVG. Perhaps it's a Polygon/ The Verge scenario here? PantheonRadiance ( talk) 19:50, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
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A few months ago this site was marked as reliable. Their About Us and Staff pages are lacklustre (I can't find any instances of their main staff writing elsewhere), but their articles seem quality enough. I'm not sure we analysed the site enough and I think we would benefit from a wider discussion (the last one only had three participants). Outside the most recent discussion, Gamingbolt was mentioned here, but it amounted to nothing. Anarchyte ( talk) 14:22, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
With Wikia now Fandom since October 2016, can I add Fandom on the " Unreliable sources" section on this page? (I would add that to other WikiProject sources pages as well.)
Or how about rename from Wikia to Fandom on that section and organize that entry in alphabetical order? -- Allen ( talk / ctrb) 05:03, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
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We Chinese Wikipedia Wikiproject Video Game participants launched a one-year-long discussion of finding reliable sources in Japanese and Chinese in 2021. I would like to present some of our discussion results here.
The first one is called Den Faminicogamer (電ファミニコゲーマー). Its name looks like a hybrid of Dengeki and Famitsu, but in fact they are not related. From my observations, Den Faminicogamer produces a good number of insightful news reports. From their about page, the chief editor, TAITAI, was the vice-chief editor of 4Gamer, an already reliable Japanese source (See here for a list of articles by him). Other editors mostly have experience in other sites, which I will introduce below.
The next ones are from an IT company called IID, Inc. [ja]. They have launched three video game-related sites: Game*Spark, Inside and GameBusiness.jp. Their article quality is fine. One special note is that one of the editors of Den Famicogamer was the vice-chief editor of Inside.
The Japanese eroge market is still shrinking. However, there are still two magazines alive. The first one is BugBug
[ja]. and the other one is Megastore
[ja]. Before 2021, there was a third magazine called Tech Gian
[ja]. Although it is hard to get a copy of Japanese eroge magazine from outside of Japan (well, at least it is possible to get a digital copy from DLsite, DMM, or E-h****i[
just kidding), BugBug and Tech Gian both have launched websites: bugbug.news and TG Smart. The contents of their websites sometimes include a portion of their magazine so we can get a glimpse of them.
There is an industry-wide eroge award named Moe Game Award [ja].For each year's winners, they have commentary (from chief editor of BugBug and more) to them, which I believe constitutes valid introduction for an eroge. (For example, this is the page for the latest winner of the grand prize, Maitetsu: Last Run!!) It also worth noting that they also have launched a news website Moe-ge.net this year.
We hope these sources would be useful to achieve a world-wide view of video game articles. There are still more sources we are actively investigating, and we would like to introduce them once we have conclusion. Milky· Defer >Please use ping 16:23, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
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Ginx TV. I've recently notice this site being added to various articles on my watchlist, which seems to indicate a potential spam campaign, as I've not seen it before. Mostly, I've seen it be added in places where suitable sourcing is already in an article, i.e. it's just being inserted in addition to other sources. See history of 82.163.127.182 for examples, which looks COI-y.
The site appears to be for a esports-driven web/streaming property. The About Us page explains all this, but does not mention much of their actual news coverage practices. Neither does the FAQ. I cannot locate a Staff page, or any information on an Editor in Chief, or editorial policies. They have a link in the footer to their "Presenters", which is presumably their web shows rather than their writers, but it just redirects to the main page. Clicking on various staff from articles themselves, most have no biography at all or the brief little "loves games and writing about them" type blurbs.
I'm seeing a lot of churnalism and "how to" type articles. So what's the thought on this site? -- ferret ( talk) 15:26, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
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Well-regarded Israeli news website containing information on local video games. (Like
Master of Dimensions and
Piposh. Website:
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Coin945 (
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90s-00s video gaming magazine.
Wayback link to magazines--
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A youth computer magazine published from 1994 to 1997. There was a companion TV series. Here's a
lengthy piece on Zombie by reliable news source
Haaretz.
Hebrew Wikipedia page.--
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PC Joker was the first German-language computer games magazine for IBM PC-compatible computers, and had the same publsiher as
Amiga Joker (which I believe should also be made a reliable source). German Wikipedia page:
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There was previously one inconclusive discussion, which I wish to be finalised. The Wikipedia article states "The magazine reached its peak circulation of 140,000 copies in March 1994. İn 1996 it was the best-selling European PC magazine." German Wikipedia page:
/info/en/?search=PC_Player_(German_magazine).--
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Excalibur was one of the first magazines in what was then Czechoslovakia to focus on computer games. Czech Wikipedia page:
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Founded in 1985, Micromanía is one of the first magazines in Europe dedicated exclusively to discussing video games, along with
MicroHobby (which should also be made reliable in my opinion). Spanish Wikipedia page:
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Popular Spanish video gaming magazine.
Wayback link to magazine--
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Not sure if this is eligible but it's used in many articles so a concensus should be made. Homepage:
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Popular Polish video gaming magazine. Wayback link to magazines:
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Popular Brazilian Portuguese newspapers I've used for
Master of Dimensions and
Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon respectively. Main pages:
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Used in many Wikipeia articles. Time for a discussion, methinks. Main page:
https://tap-repeatedly.com/--
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Quite a handy site for Polish video games, but is it notable reliable? Main page:
http://www.przygodoskop.pl/--
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PC Jeux was aFrench monthly press magazine specializing in PC video games founded in 1997 by Edicorp, sister company of the British press group
Future Publishing. It was the French version of the British magazine
PC Gamer. French Wikipedia article:
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PC Action was a German computer games magazine, published by
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I doubt this would be deemed reliable, but I've seen it used around the place so would like to have it officially declared one way ro the other.
Archived home page --
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Israeli game magazine from the 90s. Link to multiple issues:
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Mega Score was a Portuguese monthly magazine specializing in video games. Portuguese Wikipedia article:
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Score.--
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A magazine that's been super helpful for my articles on Czech and Slovakian video games. For a time it was the only computer game magazine in Slovakia. Slovakian Wikipedia article:
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@ Coin945: It's extremely unlikely you will get responses on most of these submitting them all at once. Please slow down, and if possible, note the 2-3 you are most in need of evaluation on. This is a huge list and participation at this page is not high enough to parse this volume. -- ferret ( talk) 16:47, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I consider all magazines that were in public circulation (i.e. you could buy it in a shop/newsstand) to be reliable sources of the time, so I guess you can add support under all of those unless there are specific objections on some grounds that I don't know of. They are as "video game journalism" as you can get in the era, contemporary oxymoron implications aside. Not sure how many of these (as scans) I have, but I have heard/seen of at least a bunch of the ones listed. I think a couple are in reference library too. — HELLKNOWZ ∣ TALK 17:18, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
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Added recently to the Kid A Mnesia Exhibition article, but I'm not sure it's useable. Any thoughts? Popcornfud ( talk) 13:05, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
Upcomer.com is currently listed as the newest RS in our esports section. In an unfortunate development, since that's not a space with a ton of great outlets, they appear to have just cut most of their writing staff in the kind of pivot-to-video that we've seen all too often. It's probably worth keeping an eye on this one, because the editorial standards on videos are often lower after this happens. Courtesy ping to previous discussion participants Pbrks and IceWelder. Alyo ( chat· edits) 18:30, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
The first time I saw this source on Forza (series), I initially thought that it would be better to not cite his articles since Matt Gardener is a contributor to Forbes. I removed the source with this edit per WP:VG/RS and because I could not establish the author's reliability (his LinkedIn page did not help much), but now I see independent sources like USA Today, SVG.com and PPE.pl (which I assume is also reliable) citing his articles. I recall years ago from my editing experience that there is a precedent to use Forbes articles written by contributors, but only if those contributors' reliability can be established. I am not sure what to make of this one, though. Free Media Kid$ 22:27, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
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I came across this article from a site named GamesHub while I was working on Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The article seems to be of good quality, and the site seems to be reliable, but I didn't use it in the article because I am unfamiliar with the site and it has never been discussed here. Edmond Tran is the managing director, and I remember he was a staff at GameSpot. OceanHok ( talk) 11:55, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
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I know WhatCulture has been discussed on here and elsewhere on Wikipedia before, and consensus has always been that its unreliable, due to the fact that anyone can write articles there. However, the site also has staff writers, (see https://whatculture.com/team) and it seems no one here has ever addressed that part. Hence, I've wanted to bring this back up. Should we move it under situation sources, and treat it like other sites that accepts both user-generated content and staff-written content, like Destructoid and Giant Bomb? MoonJet ( talk) 20:03, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
Currently using this very useful list as a basis for an article I'm writing. I just stumbled across [16] which I realized has the exact same proportions / font / styling as [17] which has me concerned, since one of them is an accepted source on the list, and the other is situational. Essentially unsure what to do so posting here! — Mcguy15 ( talk, contribs) 18:31, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
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This is a Portuguese site that covers video games, films and comics. I recently bumped into it when searching for resources for Sonic-related articles. Is anyone here able to determine the reliability of this site?
Here's the English-translated version: https://ovicio-com-br.translate.goog/ MoonJet ( talk) 12:18, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to ask if NerdCubed, a popular and renowned gamer and game reviewer who is even in charge of his own company that has made 3 games, is a reliable source for video game articles/pages on this site, like his list of Top 100 greatest games of all time.
He doesn't violate any of wikipedia's source reliability rules from what I can tell, and he doesn't seem too different from the already-accepted Electric Playground Network.
Eseseso ( talk) 02:23, 27 April 2022 (UTC)Eseseso
German game news and review site Gameswelt has surprisingly never been evaluated here, despite hundreds of citations on WP, including a decent amount even on the English WP. The site has been around since 1999, and demonstrably has editorial oversight, as well as a large, paid staff. I don't see any reason this wouldn't pass the RS criteria, considering it seems de facto accepted as a RS already, but I'll still present it here to get it on record. Any objections to me adding it to the approved list? Phediuk ( talk) 06:25, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
Would the sites of Screenage Wasteland (which has done various lists and such that focus on games, including a top 500 games list that begins here) and DigitalDreamDoor (which among other gaming things has its own list of greatest games of all time) be considered "reliable sources"?
Screenage Wasteland definitely seems like a reliable source by this site's standards, and seems no different from other journal/magazine sites that have had their gaming lists accepted.
DigitalDreamDoor was a bit less certain to me, but looking at the lists it seems like they have multiple individuals look over things such as the games put in their ranking lists and use some criteria when listing them. It also seems to follow all of wikipedia's source reliability standards from what I can tell.
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While two editors considered this unreliable in the last discussion back in 2016 with no rebuttals, this site may need another look. Looking at their "
about us" page, some of the staff have previous credentials. Maybe it should be listed under situational sources where we can only cite certain authors?
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Esports Insider ( About, Team) is a business-focused esports news website, akin to The Esports Observer. Most pieces are on acquisitions, funding, and partnerships. Appears to also write some sponsored content, which is tagged with "Supported by:" at the end of the article (e.g. [18], [19]). Also runs a print and digital magazine, The Esports Journal, in partnership with Latam Media Group. Subsidiary of SBC. I lean reliable; it's a good source for the content it provides. – Pbrks ( t • c) 13:13, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
Came across a Polish gaming outlet called ppe.pl. It has a sizable amount of citations on pl.wikipedia.org, as well as a few on en.wikipedia. The website itself also attracts a pretty large amount of visitors in Poland, nearly matching the amount of visitors Twitch gets there, and getting more than wargaming.net. From what I can tell, it's a pretty notable gaming outlet in its home country and reputable enough to be cited on pl.wikipedia.org on numerous occasions, so I'll leave it here for evaluation.
-- Anonymouseditor2k19 ( talk) 02:04, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
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Ferret mentioned that we may need to reassess Kotaku on Discord so I thought I'd go ahead and start a discussion. I am not an expert on the site, but I do feel we should discuss whether Kotaku should remain in the green or if it should be reclassified as situational. Much of Kotaku's most reputed staff left during the Deadspin controversy (including EiC Stephen Totilo, who's now at Axios), and from the looking I've done... Kotaku's quality appears to have taken a hit in the time since. In general, they've been publishing a ton of clickbaity articles with increasing ideological bias recently. We've gotten articles like this (which paints Notorious Studios, founded by ex-Activision-Blizzard staff, as misogynists for not starting with any women on their tiny team at the moment), and then... this piece of stimulating journalism.
Of course, there are plenty more examples of pretty unprofessional content coming from the site as of late, but these are just two that I found particularly unsettling. I'm not arguing that Kotaku should be full-on demoted to unreliable, nor am I arguing that they should be demoted for being biased. However, I think we may need to implement cautions for additional considerations/limitations when using it. Whether this means bumping it back down to yellow should be up to the rest of the project. Pinging @ Salvidrim!, TarkusAB, and Haleth, since they were involved in our most recent Discord discussion. JOE BRO 64 00:52, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
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I would like to discuss adding Deku Deals as situational, for a very specific use case of verifying that a game has been released in a country. At least for Nintendo Switch games, if they are discontinued in a region, it's very difficult to verify that they were formerly released in that region, even if one has the eShop URL, as that URL will just return a 404 on Nintendo's servers and none of the eShop pages are archived by wayback machine. Deku Deals tracks games using the data from the actual eShop and displays a lot more historical data than the eShop itself. In particular, the fact that a game has had its price tracked by DD should be proof enough that it was formerly released in that region. DD also tracks PS and Xbox releases, although I'm not so familiar with those platforms and so not sure if this would be a help for those also. Kidburla ( talk) 09:54, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
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This site has been regarded as reliable in this discussion. As said there, the site seems to have an editoral team and a fact checking policy. They also have other policies in place, which could possibly enhance their trustworthiness. Jurta talk 16:26, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
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Since this site looks decent at first glance. Per [1] "Can I write for Onono?" says "Yes. Everyone is welcome to write for Onono." Hence, unreliable. Filing here so we can add it to the list. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 10:01, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
I'd like to reopen Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/Sources/Archive_25#TheGamer. At the tail end of this discussion, Haleth noted that the EiC had recently changed, though no further comments were made. This is the kind of articles the new EiC is publishing. I've got some concerns, to be honest. Should this really be listed as a situational source for the 1 year that McKeand ran things? The project continues to move further and further towards declaring parts of Valnet properties to be unusable in a variety of situations. -- ferret ( talk) 23:52, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
The Metro Gaming source was listed as unreliable, however, in the discussion about using this font for games, no consensus was reached, as we can see here. ✍A.WagnerC ( talk) 12:56, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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I have run into this website a few times, but I have never seen it on Wikipedia. They say about themselves: "Overgame is historically the first French online magazine devoted to the world of video games, launched in 1996.". However, they do not seem to be very acknowleged among other sources and sites. What should we do? -- Marcodpat ( talk) 17:33, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
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On the page for reliable sources, there seems to be only three Russian sources out of hundreds. Figured that I'd pitch in the magazine Strana Igr as a reliable source, which has had its own Wikipedia page since December 2013. Its name in Russian is Страна игр while the translation to English is Gameland. There's a decent amount of the magazine scanned on The Internet Archive and numerous websites have cited it upon a quick Google search. It was in circulation from January 1996 to November 2013; thus, 17 years worth of content in a language/country that is barely represented within the sources seems worthwhile to me. FYI, in regards to including it in the reception sections, they rated games by adding points in 0.5 increments, up to 10 total. Each review also had an author listed. Xanarki ( talk) 02:47, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
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Is Looper a reliable source for video games and internet culture? It's owned by the same media group that owns the already considered reliable source SVG, and also has an editorial policy with an established set of writers, some of whom have also written for SVG. Perhaps it's a Polygon/ The Verge scenario here? PantheonRadiance ( talk) 19:50, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
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A few months ago this site was marked as reliable. Their About Us and Staff pages are lacklustre (I can't find any instances of their main staff writing elsewhere), but their articles seem quality enough. I'm not sure we analysed the site enough and I think we would benefit from a wider discussion (the last one only had three participants). Outside the most recent discussion, Gamingbolt was mentioned here, but it amounted to nothing. Anarchyte ( talk) 14:22, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
With Wikia now Fandom since October 2016, can I add Fandom on the " Unreliable sources" section on this page? (I would add that to other WikiProject sources pages as well.)
Or how about rename from Wikia to Fandom on that section and organize that entry in alphabetical order? -- Allen ( talk / ctrb) 05:03, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
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We Chinese Wikipedia Wikiproject Video Game participants launched a one-year-long discussion of finding reliable sources in Japanese and Chinese in 2021. I would like to present some of our discussion results here.
The first one is called Den Faminicogamer (電ファミニコゲーマー). Its name looks like a hybrid of Dengeki and Famitsu, but in fact they are not related. From my observations, Den Faminicogamer produces a good number of insightful news reports. From their about page, the chief editor, TAITAI, was the vice-chief editor of 4Gamer, an already reliable Japanese source (See here for a list of articles by him). Other editors mostly have experience in other sites, which I will introduce below.
The next ones are from an IT company called IID, Inc. [ja]. They have launched three video game-related sites: Game*Spark, Inside and GameBusiness.jp. Their article quality is fine. One special note is that one of the editors of Den Famicogamer was the vice-chief editor of Inside.
The Japanese eroge market is still shrinking. However, there are still two magazines alive. The first one is BugBug
[ja]. and the other one is Megastore
[ja]. Before 2021, there was a third magazine called Tech Gian
[ja]. Although it is hard to get a copy of Japanese eroge magazine from outside of Japan (well, at least it is possible to get a digital copy from DLsite, DMM, or E-h****i[
just kidding), BugBug and Tech Gian both have launched websites: bugbug.news and TG Smart. The contents of their websites sometimes include a portion of their magazine so we can get a glimpse of them.
There is an industry-wide eroge award named Moe Game Award [ja].For each year's winners, they have commentary (from chief editor of BugBug and more) to them, which I believe constitutes valid introduction for an eroge. (For example, this is the page for the latest winner of the grand prize, Maitetsu: Last Run!!) It also worth noting that they also have launched a news website Moe-ge.net this year.
We hope these sources would be useful to achieve a world-wide view of video game articles. There are still more sources we are actively investigating, and we would like to introduce them once we have conclusion. Milky· Defer >Please use ping 16:23, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
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Ginx TV. I've recently notice this site being added to various articles on my watchlist, which seems to indicate a potential spam campaign, as I've not seen it before. Mostly, I've seen it be added in places where suitable sourcing is already in an article, i.e. it's just being inserted in addition to other sources. See history of 82.163.127.182 for examples, which looks COI-y.
The site appears to be for a esports-driven web/streaming property. The About Us page explains all this, but does not mention much of their actual news coverage practices. Neither does the FAQ. I cannot locate a Staff page, or any information on an Editor in Chief, or editorial policies. They have a link in the footer to their "Presenters", which is presumably their web shows rather than their writers, but it just redirects to the main page. Clicking on various staff from articles themselves, most have no biography at all or the brief little "loves games and writing about them" type blurbs.
I'm seeing a lot of churnalism and "how to" type articles. So what's the thought on this site? -- ferret ( talk) 15:26, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
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Well-regarded Israeli news website containing information on local video games. (Like
Master of Dimensions and
Piposh. Website:
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90s-00s video gaming magazine.
Wayback link to magazines--
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A youth computer magazine published from 1994 to 1997. There was a companion TV series. Here's a
lengthy piece on Zombie by reliable news source
Haaretz.
Hebrew Wikipedia page.--
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PC Joker was the first German-language computer games magazine for IBM PC-compatible computers, and had the same publsiher as
Amiga Joker (which I believe should also be made a reliable source). German Wikipedia page:
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There was previously one inconclusive discussion, which I wish to be finalised. The Wikipedia article states "The magazine reached its peak circulation of 140,000 copies in March 1994. İn 1996 it was the best-selling European PC magazine." German Wikipedia page:
/info/en/?search=PC_Player_(German_magazine).--
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Excalibur was one of the first magazines in what was then Czechoslovakia to focus on computer games. Czech Wikipedia page:
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Founded in 1985, Micromanía is one of the first magazines in Europe dedicated exclusively to discussing video games, along with
MicroHobby (which should also be made reliable in my opinion). Spanish Wikipedia page:
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Popular Spanish video gaming magazine.
Wayback link to magazine--
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Not sure if this is eligible but it's used in many articles so a concensus should be made. Homepage:
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Popular Polish video gaming magazine. Wayback link to magazines:
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Popular Brazilian Portuguese newspapers I've used for
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Used in many Wikipeia articles. Time for a discussion, methinks. Main page:
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Quite a handy site for Polish video games, but is it notable reliable? Main page:
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PC Jeux was aFrench monthly press magazine specializing in PC video games founded in 1997 by Edicorp, sister company of the British press group
Future Publishing. It was the French version of the British magazine
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PC Action was a German computer games magazine, published by
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I doubt this would be deemed reliable, but I've seen it used around the place so would like to have it officially declared one way ro the other.
Archived home page --
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Israeli game magazine from the 90s. Link to multiple issues:
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Mega Score was a Portuguese monthly magazine specializing in video games. Portuguese Wikipedia article:
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A magazine that's been super helpful for my articles on Czech and Slovakian video games. For a time it was the only computer game magazine in Slovakia. Slovakian Wikipedia article:
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@ Coin945: It's extremely unlikely you will get responses on most of these submitting them all at once. Please slow down, and if possible, note the 2-3 you are most in need of evaluation on. This is a huge list and participation at this page is not high enough to parse this volume. -- ferret ( talk) 16:47, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I consider all magazines that were in public circulation (i.e. you could buy it in a shop/newsstand) to be reliable sources of the time, so I guess you can add support under all of those unless there are specific objections on some grounds that I don't know of. They are as "video game journalism" as you can get in the era, contemporary oxymoron implications aside. Not sure how many of these (as scans) I have, but I have heard/seen of at least a bunch of the ones listed. I think a couple are in reference library too. — HELLKNOWZ ∣ TALK 17:18, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
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Added recently to the Kid A Mnesia Exhibition article, but I'm not sure it's useable. Any thoughts? Popcornfud ( talk) 13:05, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
Upcomer.com is currently listed as the newest RS in our esports section. In an unfortunate development, since that's not a space with a ton of great outlets, they appear to have just cut most of their writing staff in the kind of pivot-to-video that we've seen all too often. It's probably worth keeping an eye on this one, because the editorial standards on videos are often lower after this happens. Courtesy ping to previous discussion participants Pbrks and IceWelder. Alyo ( chat· edits) 18:30, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
The first time I saw this source on Forza (series), I initially thought that it would be better to not cite his articles since Matt Gardener is a contributor to Forbes. I removed the source with this edit per WP:VG/RS and because I could not establish the author's reliability (his LinkedIn page did not help much), but now I see independent sources like USA Today, SVG.com and PPE.pl (which I assume is also reliable) citing his articles. I recall years ago from my editing experience that there is a precedent to use Forbes articles written by contributors, but only if those contributors' reliability can be established. I am not sure what to make of this one, though. Free Media Kid$ 22:27, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
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I came across this article from a site named GamesHub while I was working on Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The article seems to be of good quality, and the site seems to be reliable, but I didn't use it in the article because I am unfamiliar with the site and it has never been discussed here. Edmond Tran is the managing director, and I remember he was a staff at GameSpot. OceanHok ( talk) 11:55, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
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I know WhatCulture has been discussed on here and elsewhere on Wikipedia before, and consensus has always been that its unreliable, due to the fact that anyone can write articles there. However, the site also has staff writers, (see https://whatculture.com/team) and it seems no one here has ever addressed that part. Hence, I've wanted to bring this back up. Should we move it under situation sources, and treat it like other sites that accepts both user-generated content and staff-written content, like Destructoid and Giant Bomb? MoonJet ( talk) 20:03, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
Currently using this very useful list as a basis for an article I'm writing. I just stumbled across [16] which I realized has the exact same proportions / font / styling as [17] which has me concerned, since one of them is an accepted source on the list, and the other is situational. Essentially unsure what to do so posting here! — Mcguy15 ( talk, contribs) 18:31, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
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This is a Portuguese site that covers video games, films and comics. I recently bumped into it when searching for resources for Sonic-related articles. Is anyone here able to determine the reliability of this site?
Here's the English-translated version: https://ovicio-com-br.translate.goog/ MoonJet ( talk) 12:18, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to ask if NerdCubed, a popular and renowned gamer and game reviewer who is even in charge of his own company that has made 3 games, is a reliable source for video game articles/pages on this site, like his list of Top 100 greatest games of all time.
He doesn't violate any of wikipedia's source reliability rules from what I can tell, and he doesn't seem too different from the already-accepted Electric Playground Network.
Eseseso ( talk) 02:23, 27 April 2022 (UTC)Eseseso
German game news and review site Gameswelt has surprisingly never been evaluated here, despite hundreds of citations on WP, including a decent amount even on the English WP. The site has been around since 1999, and demonstrably has editorial oversight, as well as a large, paid staff. I don't see any reason this wouldn't pass the RS criteria, considering it seems de facto accepted as a RS already, but I'll still present it here to get it on record. Any objections to me adding it to the approved list? Phediuk ( talk) 06:25, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
Would the sites of Screenage Wasteland (which has done various lists and such that focus on games, including a top 500 games list that begins here) and DigitalDreamDoor (which among other gaming things has its own list of greatest games of all time) be considered "reliable sources"?
Screenage Wasteland definitely seems like a reliable source by this site's standards, and seems no different from other journal/magazine sites that have had their gaming lists accepted.
DigitalDreamDoor was a bit less certain to me, but looking at the lists it seems like they have multiple individuals look over things such as the games put in their ranking lists and use some criteria when listing them. It also seems to follow all of wikipedia's source reliability standards from what I can tell.
Eseseso ( talk) 18:29, 3 May 2022 (UTC)Eseseso
Find video game sources: "Event Hubs" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
While two editors considered this unreliable in the last discussion back in 2016 with no rebuttals, this site may need another look. Looking at their "
about us" page, some of the staff have previous credentials. Maybe it should be listed under situational sources where we can only cite certain authors?
MoonJet (
talk) 02:05, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Esports Insider" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Esports Insider ( About, Team) is a business-focused esports news website, akin to The Esports Observer. Most pieces are on acquisitions, funding, and partnerships. Appears to also write some sponsored content, which is tagged with "Supported by:" at the end of the article (e.g. [18], [19]). Also runs a print and digital magazine, The Esports Journal, in partnership with Latam Media Group. Subsidiary of SBC. I lean reliable; it's a good source for the content it provides. – Pbrks ( t • c) 13:13, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
Came across a Polish gaming outlet called ppe.pl. It has a sizable amount of citations on pl.wikipedia.org, as well as a few on en.wikipedia. The website itself also attracts a pretty large amount of visitors in Poland, nearly matching the amount of visitors Twitch gets there, and getting more than wargaming.net. From what I can tell, it's a pretty notable gaming outlet in its home country and reputable enough to be cited on pl.wikipedia.org on numerous occasions, so I'll leave it here for evaluation.
-- Anonymouseditor2k19 ( talk) 02:04, 19 May 2022 (UTC)