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considering the number of series articles, shouldn't we find a standart for series infoboxes using the current box ? I've seen a few articles so well developed that each title has it's own full-sized infobox ( Star Wars: Rogue Squadron comes to mind), but in most cases that isn't possible (due to short article length) or practical (games with over 10 games, like FIFA Series). Anyone wants to comment on that ? I'm almost sure it can be done using the current infobox, but I'd like to hear from the rest of this WP before advancing to something a little more definitive. wS 00:12, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
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Right, I've worked something out here. There's still a lot to be improved in them, although in the end, I've come to the conclusion that each one of them serves a different purpose, so I doubt there will be a consensus about the definitive. Comment and fix them as you please. wS 14:19, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I guess it's time to open up this discussion again. The era's are all differently named. The articles we have so far are:
For the record, the umbrella article is History of computer and video games. I don't think, considering our "computer and video game" naming convention that "History of video games ( )" is proper. I do think that that might be the way to go though, "History of computer and video games (8-bit era)" for example. 32-bit is arguable since 1 of the main systems during that era is 64-bit.
I still don't know what to do with the 6th and 7th generation eras. First they're not consistent (one has a hyphen) and second I've never heard of either of these being referred to by these names. For 6th, I've heard of 128-bit, but that was more of a marketing thing than anything else. 7th could arguably be the HD era, but thats a Microsoft marketing thing. :(
This needs to be addressed (again). Any ideas? K1Bond007 02:14, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
As wS pointed out though thats what they're known for. I'm planning to make the changes to these articles soon unless someone disagrees. I plan to do it like this:
The only one that is debatable is the 32-bit era one, which is known as the "32-bit era" regardless of there being a 64-bit system in the mix. I'd rather not get into the whole "32-bit/64-bit" naming scheme. If we have to we can switch it to Fifth generation era. Anyone have a problem with the above? I'd like to get this setttled. K1Bond007 20:55, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
I was wondering (could be the result of a late-night caffeine-induced insomnia) about some way to get collective input for enhancing some developed articles that don't qualify for either CVG-Stub and the GCOTW. For instance, I've seen some quite developed articles in the later that could use some review for new cleanups, sections and overall improvement etc but due to their size, never got past the 3 or 6 votes barrier (if not even one).
My idea goes around something like WP:PR, except the goal would be to turn an article into one of the example articles (or simply better) instead of FAC. I occasionally see or write articles that could be further developed, but can't pinpoint where.
If it's a foolish idea, nevermind, call in someone with a megaphone saying "There's nothing to see here, move along". wS 02:11, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
(If this has been brought up before, I was not aware.) I don't think that using a picture of the cover is as informative as using an in-game screenshot. This type of thing works for a movie, where the picture is made to be memorable and relevant (perhaps of the main characters, or some central 'thing'), but for games, it's misleading. Compare Counter-Strike, LOOM, Pong, and Space Invaders to Doom, StarCraft, Super Mario 64, and Wolfenstein 3D. The latter group gets by on the game title text, and on the elements that appear in the game (green armor for doom, commonly seen face for sc, mario). In my opinion, screenshots are clearly better. Why aren't we using them? Slike2 04:38, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I don't really see why this is an issue really. Ideally, I prefer to see the boxart in the infobox with screenshots elsewhere in the article. Examples being Doom, Mario 64, GoldenEye 007. If the boxart hasn't been released then put a screenshot there, I don't care, but for an ideal page that actually has context and so forth, I'd rather see boxart. K1Bond007 04:32, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
As do I, but I see nothing wrong with having this discussion in the meantime. Now, I hope this doesn't seem rude, I'd just rather not tiptoe around it since I completely disagree: what you said about not being able to tell the difference is absolutely ridiculous. You can tell the difference from the name of the article. You're not supposed to tell the difference there anyway! They're both very similar, so it only makes sense for the screenshots to be... very similar. It's as if there are people out there who somehow open these two pages, ignoring the title, and get confused over which game is which. Absurd. I can understand that people (like the editors) who are very familiar with the game, they'll be able to pick up the logo that is on the box (and which is also on the title screen), but the average reader probably doesn't care in the least about what picture was on the cardboard that the game was encased in. And I can see the point about standards, though I still think it's stupid to go with a standard when something better exists, all things considered. But this notion that people will get confused by similarities in games that are very similar, and ignore everything except the screenshot, including the name of the game right at the top - it's absolutely ridiculous. I'm sorry. Slike2 03:32, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
As I said, an infobox is supposed to be a very quick glimpse at vital information. I don't see how the boxart is vital at all. No, I do, it lets people (who are familiar with the game) recognize the game based on the title... which just so happens to be the title of the article. I'm not saying we should enforce it, I'm saying we should encourage it: we recommend not using boxart if a screenshot is available, and any disputes between the two would favor the screenshot. It's like some weird collection/junk hoard, where for some reason we need to put the box somewhere in the article... but we can't find a good place to put it (I wonder why?) so we just put it in the infobox. And it sits there useless, because it's not informative. Movies are movies, you seldom recognize/differentiate them by a screencap anyway, so they don't have anything better than the poster. Games do. Slike2 05:20, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Anyway. I've suggested a change in the infobox some months (or maybe around a year, dunno) ago that had two image placeholders: one for the box shot right where it is now, and a second, on the bottom of the infobox with a screenshot. I've originally thought of this to ease the inclusion of screenies in stubby/short articles, the particular example being
KGB, and since I've never went around to article to improve it and can't place the screenshot anywhere in the article (I hate putting screenies or anything but text leftside of the infobox) its still more a less like I've created it.
IMHO, the WP:CVG should follow the same line of the others (books, movies and music) and display the box cover. Different things, yes, but it's standartization, regardless. There is a number of reasons why this way is better (namely console games, where most screenies are from commercial websites and subsq. watermarked and there aren't any problems with the game looking better or worse on personal computers), although for really old or commercially obscure games, a screenshot might result better. Said that, I still believe a second image in the infobox should be included. Don't know how it slipped by when we've changed to the template thingy. wS 20:08, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Please see: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computer_and_video_games/Screenshot_examples
The following is in no way authoritative and is intended more as a warning to the following content, but I'd like to strike the proceeding "Arguments in favor of..." sections from the record (for want of a better term), if not remove them completely, as they do nothing but repeat what has been said above, but with the addition of the authors ( Slike2) heavy bias applied. Particularly if we are going to vote on the matter, in which case the above should all be read through by newcomers before voting. That and I refuse to repeat in full what I've already discussed above just for the sake of this apparently new format of discussion being employed. – Quoth 15:24, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Sadly, despite the above information, the best stuff is conveyed in what I can't write out, as is the nature of pictures. You could describe the entire screenshot to people, and there may be hundreds of things that they could have in their minds. Also, opening these pictures up, I don't see any major change, and my pixels are small, and 250 isn't that big for me. Yeah, that notice board shows up better, and that black mushroom in the middle of the road is actually another player, and I can see that the sc interface has counters up at the top, but this stuff isn't important. This exercise is kind of going off the track of the other, and probably better arguments. How many people, when hearing of a new game, look for the box art or the text describing it before they look at the screenshots, assuming screenshots are available? Slike2 04:10, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
My $0.02- use the box art in the infobox (if available, if it is not available, use a screenshot,) and if both are available, use the box art. However, both certainly belong in the article. You (Talk) 18:10, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
From looking at the demo page, the box art is FAR more recognizable than the screenshots. The only alternative to box art that might be worth it is using the title screen. At the very least, the logo needs to be in the infobox. Fredrik | talk 18:16, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How does this look: [2]? (select "newer revision"). Side by side and out of context comparison: User:Slike2/test. Slike2 20:30, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The boxart is an important element of a game. If it is not placed in the infobox, there is really no space elsewhere in the article to put it. For screenshots, obviously, this is not a problem. For the articles to be truly authorative, the box art should be included. I'm personally really against removing all the box art. Perhaps we should just have a vote and get this over with. Jacoplane 23:53, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I was wondering if there is an IRC channel for this wikiproject. If not, maybe it's an idea to set one up. If one were to be set up, I think it should be set up on freenode, as that is where existing wikipedia irc channels are. Why? I find that the speed of collaboration increases greatly with a IRC channel (I'm speaking from my experiences in MMORPGs), also, new members of the project might get more of a sense of community, which will encourage them to stick around and contribute more.... Jacoplane 00:59, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Read this in an above discussion:
Is there any reason why we can't use watermarked screenshots? If IGN watermarks a screenshot, that doesn't mean that they hold the copyright; the game developer still does. It seems to me that fair use would apply equally to any screenshot of a game, regardless of the source. -- Poiuyt Man talk 14:36, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I've noticed the addition of style="white-space: nowrap;" to each of the left-hand column cells in the Infobox. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this just prevent multiple words from being wrapped within the cell? If so, then it's superfluous for all but "Release date(s)", since everything else uses a one-word noun. -- Poiuyt Man talk 04:26, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Not to intentionally divert attention from this project's infobox, but extra opinions are desperately needed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Arcade games/Infobox, under "Adapting the CVG Infobox". It's regarding the usefulness of the Notes and Ports fields. -- Poiuyt Man talk 14:10, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
This page really needs to be archived again. It's getting ridiculously long. Jacoplane 28 June 2005 17:15 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikiportals is an attempt to refine methods of categorizing Wikipedia:Wikiportals and the Wikipedia:WikiProject groups that build and maintain them... Quinobi 29 June 2005 06:52 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games and Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Computer and video games is exemplary of how we would like all of the WikiProjects/ Wikiportals to work. Instead of individual Wikipedians joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikiportals, we would like Specialized groups to join. It's a sort of Meta-effort to get wikipedians to move as groups through the vast array of topics Wikipedia has to offer the readers. The WikiProjects will meet as a large Consortium in Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikiportals in one or more of the top-level Portal groups:
...Which will then coordinate with WikiProject Main Page to polish master portals that will link to the Main Page in the primary namespace. As you can see, there are WikiProjects that have yet to form.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikiportals could also benifit from your participation and visa-versa by becoming a repository for templates and tables that can be reused up and down the schema. Your project has some very nice componants that are the envy of less developed portals. Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikiportals is also developing a huge classification matrix for all wikiprojects - wikiportals and the Wikipedia:Categories that link them all together into a harmonious whole.
Please think about this Whole schema - whole schema and how Wikiportal/Computer and video games will look in the main namespace. This will become known as the The Wikipedia Verb.
Thank you for your consideration of this proposal. Your friends at WikiProject Community salute your efforts! Quinobi 29 June 2005 07:30 (UTC)
Would anyone object to changing the light blue background in the infobox to #eeeeee? IMO, this looks much better. Fredrik | talk 2 July 2005 00:20 (UTC)
It's just a minor character, like that met character in the the Mega Man series. Ivers2 brought to you by Citi Bank indentity theft protection service
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Angel Tiger 6 July 2005 05:18 (UTC)
Right now Grim Fandango is the example for the infobox. However it is not filled out very well. For example the release date just says "1998". I think the Final Fantasy VII infobox is filled out quite well, although it doesn't seem to have the box cover as a pic, just the logo. I've been wondering what to do with different release dates for games and what to do when there are different publishers for different platforms. The FFVII infobox shows how to do this. Jacoplane 7 July 2005 07:59 (UTC)
Are they categorized by last name or first name? I've been going by last name. -- Dangerous-Boy
I dont know if I should post here, but I've removed the Request for split personalities, I added the article here -> See Here. Just telling you all, plus any help adding info. chopping and changing would be appreciated. Thanks GL3N
I 've been sorting the Category:SNK characters section by last name but some user with no user name keeps changing it back. I made a remark about it in the discussion section but no one seems to answer it. Any thoughts on what to do? It takes a lot of time sorting it. -- Dangerous-Boy
hm. After seeing the edits and the user made and the User talk:152.163.100.201 section, I think it's just vandalism. -- Dangerous-Boy
As part of the present proposal to expand the criteria for speedy deletion, it has been suggested that all RPG characters that do not have a basis for existence in a book or other offline medium should be deleted. I suspect this was well-intentioned effort but seems unreasonably broad. Since this would seem to call for the elimination of all or nearly all articles for Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy and most likly could be expanded into several other game series. I figure that this community needs to be made aware of the impact of this proposal. Voting is also up for this proposal.
See: Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/7. -- ZeWrestler 03:26, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
We should rewrite this proposal. The author, I believe, had good intent and has a good point with the addition of non-notable and vanity MMO accounts. I'm not sure if they're still accepting proposals at CSD, but it looks like they are. So as a starting point, I suggest: All avatars or personal accounts in a MMORPG where notability is not established. or something like that. I don't play MMO, but I imagine there is the potential for some legendary avatars out there that would be worthy of a Wikipedia entry. What do you say? Cookiecaper 05:30, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Would it make sense to add Game Rankings [3] or similar pages to articles (either as part of the infobox, or under external links)? Apologies if this has been brought up before, but to me it looks like a useful piece of info to add where available. -- Dave2 12:30, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
If we do get a general agreement as to whether to link or not, and which site to link to, it would be a good idea to have some general "stock" link text IMO; e.g. Collection of reviews for Deus Ex. And yes, I do only bring this up because that's the best link text I can come up with... -- Dave2 16:43, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
Is there a gaming-related page where general notices can be posted? Or is this the place? (If it isn't, please forgive me . . . .)
I'm hoping a few more folks will weigh in on moving the article Hammer Bro.. Please see Talk:Hammer Bro. for a list of the possible moves, and weigh in. BrianSmithson 02:03, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
Should those be included in the articles about a specific game? I think we should leave this area for the dedicated cheat databases and only include general information about the games. See Superfrog for an example. startaq 16:23, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
I've noticed an inconsistency in the naming of various video game series. Sometimes, these articles will have the -series suffix on their titles:
This might be done so games like The Legend of Zelda and Metroid can keep their article titles. However, other articles omit the -series, and use plain titles for the titles:
For these series, if the name is shared with an individual game in the series, it is renamed to something like Final Fantasy (video game) or Metal Gear (video game).
Does anyone think it would be wise to standardize the series titles, so they all have the same naming scheme? I would think that most readers would more interested in the series information when they search for a title. And if they aren't, they can quickly navigate to the individual game article from the series. Opinions? -- Poiuyt Man talk 23:12, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
a dude with aol ips: 205.188.117.14
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keeps on unsorting the capcom and snk character sections. He keeps on removing the last name for sorting in the categories. Is there anyone that help keep an eye out for the two sections? It takes a while to resort. -- Dangerous-Boy
he did it again at street fighters character page. -- Dangerous-Boy
The article about computer & video game genres lists both
as belonging to the same genre. The category system follows this grouping. This doesn't make any sense, since their gameplay and audience are vastly different. The two types of games have even less in common than first person shooters have with computer RPGs. Indeed, you could as well include Tetris as a simulation of falling blocks.
I propose to form two categories: "Simulator computer games" for flight, space and other vehicle simulator games, and "God games" [5] for The Sims, Populous, SimCity and the like. Comments? -- The Merciful 13:01, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
Below is a quick scetch for the category structure. Edit as you see fit. "God games" should propably be their own category or a subset of strategy games. -- The Merciful 17:57, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
OK, Category:God games is now split from Category:Simulation computer games. Lists and articles remain to be corrected. -- The Merciful 18:45, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
Christie monterio is also up for deletion. Anyone want to help out for the voting to kepp them? -- Dangerous-Boy
Should we be removing inactive participants? For example, User:FriedMilk hasn't contributed anything to Wikipedia since last year, yet he is listed here as one of the participants. Jacoplane 21:39, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
Here is what I've found (all of these are "questionable,") but some haven't been inactive long enough to remove IMO)
While I oppose this for reasons I've already stated, I just want to note that Slike is now Slike2 because he was foolish and forgot his password :) - he should fix this on his own. Also I wouldn't disagree with removing Ivers2. I actually agree with Thunderbrand that he was possibly a sockpuppet - of this guy most likely Ivers. K1Bond007 00:55, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
I nominated Wario for the Improvement Drive, and was wondering if you guys could assist him. He already has four votes, and some more might win it for him. Also, on a note unrelated to the Improvement Drive, I'm attempting to improve some game articles, such as Animal Crossing, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past to featured article status, and trying to get characters like Kirby to featured article status. -- A Link to the Past 16:10, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
I've added a proposal on the stub sorting project page to make some sub-categories for the CVG stub. Anyone with input on the subject, I'll be glad to hear from you. -- ADeveria 13:20, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
{{ future game}} is meant to be a subset of {{ future product}} and is for video and computer games under production. Currently the template places the game tagged to Category:Computer and video games in production. Something like "category: future games" would be more consistent. -- The Merciful 17:48, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
Note that Category:Computer and video games in production existed before the template {{ Future game}}, so some games have been added to the category manually. As for the term "vaporware". It's about as encyclopedic, or rather, unencyclopedic, term as "hot air" or "bogus". Therefore "vaporware" shouldn't be used in "official" wikipedia text. -- The Merciful 12:53, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
Should be noted that Category:Computer and video games in production has been nominated for deletion, while Category:Future games has also been proposed for merging with CVG in production. Either way, one has to be deleted as being redundant. See: Cfd for discussion and voting. K1Bond007 15:38, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
I believe that an Awards section should be added to any games that can apply. There would be four types of awards:
Thoughts? -- A Link to the Past 13:43, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
Can someone look over Wario and tell me what needs to be done? Don't mention plot, that will be added, I mean, anything but game plots. -- A Link to the Past 23:10, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
Regarding Category:Nintendo games, my initial impression was that this category was intended for video games developed by Nintendo (Intelligent Systems, HAL, the R&Ds), but I see Star Fox Adventures on there, among many others, that were developed by another company. We need to reach a consensus on the scope of this category and write a description for it. -- Pagrashtak 15:44, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
I noticed that Category:Open source games is not linked in to the Category:Computer and video games hierarchy. It probably should be, somehow, but I have no idea where. Hv 16:14, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, this is ScarredSun from Sonic the Hedgehog Information Treasury, a wiki dedicated to Sonic the Hedgehog. I just recently stumbled across this WikiProject and was wondering if there was some way that we could help you guys out. I realize that our own focus may be a bit too fancruft for Wikipedia's standards, but we've thrown some stuff back to Wikipedia (for instance, a few sections of the Sega Saturn article), and would like to continue to do so in the future or collaborate on new things. - ScarredSun 23:08, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
A followup to Awards - I suggest that we put any 'universal critisisms' into any article that applies. Example ( Final Fantasy Tactics Advance):
A common criticism of this game is the law system, which is both liked and disliked. Some argue that it keeps the game fresh and original, while others complain that it caused problems, such as getting into a fight with all animals with a law protecting them.
That's a half-assed attempt, and hopefully all of them would be better. Comments? -- A Link to the Past 12:55, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
I've started on some ESRB ratings templates, currently in my user space. Please feel free to contribute.
Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 06:25, 2005 August 6 (UTC) Not working out that great, templates inside of templates. ~ Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 04:00, 2005 August 11 (UTC)
IMDB doesn't seem to be the best source to link. It doesn't provide anymore info than an IGN link, and some games don't even have IMDB links. -- A Link to the Past 18:25, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
I was considering that we make offshoots of Featured article and Improvement drive. It would be a little small in them, but it'd be nice to have a place, say for ID, where you can put several articles that need to be improved, but aren't GCotW-compatible. Plus, we DO have GCotW and Peer Review, after all. -- A Link to the Past 19:50, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
I'd like to make the image optional via this code: {{if defined call1 | {{{image}}} | Infobox CVG/image | {{{image}}}}}. The reason for this is that the Image cell does not completely collapse when there is no image inside of it. I have already made the subpage Template:Infobox CVG/image for this and now seek project approval to implement it. See {{ Infobox webcomic}} for an example of what I am talking about. ~ Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 04:06, 2005 August 11 (UTC)
I've uploaded a lot of box covers, screenshots, etc thinking that providing the right fair use copyright tag ( Template:game-screenshot, Template:gamecover, Template:promotional) is enough. Apparently, it isn't. Wikipedia:Image description page#Fair use rationale and Wikipedia:Fair use describe that a rationale has to be given for each image to be used in an article.
We've run up against this at the Featured article candidature of Wario. The images there did not have this rationale, though now they do (e.g. Image:Ss wl4 pre.gif).
I'm thinking we should talk about this on the Wikiproject CVG page, since most newcomers are very unlikely to know of this requirement (I know I only found out it not too long ago) and going back to fix every image later is a pain in the neck.
Still, I find it rather strange that Super Mario 64 doesn't have this rationale while at it's candidature page no such objections were raised. I think it's mainly User:Carnildo who is very strict about this as he seems to raise the issue whenever he can. It's probably a good idea though since it will improve the legal status of wikipedia. So:
Jacoplane 19:26, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
Frankly, I think this is silly. All video games are too new and too commercial to have public domain images, so they're all going to be fair use with the same rationale. Andre ( talk) 01:39, August 13, 2005 (UTC)
Hi! I've added myself to the WP:CVG participant's list at WolfenSilva's kind suggestion. I am doing this on a trial basis as I am new to WP and exploring quite a bit. My first interest in computer and video games is in city building games and I started the article on Children of the Nile, which has been added to by several since then. I have a secondary interest in plans for categorizations and lists of computer and video games, but I have not yet tried to read through your listed archives. I notice you have no "categorization suggestions" section on the main page... is that because there's still a lively discussion, or it stopped at no consensus, etc.? My third and primary interest in computer and video games is online user forums and impact of computer and video games and computer and video game forums on learning. -- Sitearm | Talk 18:54, 2005 August 14 (UTC)
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considering the number of series articles, shouldn't we find a standart for series infoboxes using the current box ? I've seen a few articles so well developed that each title has it's own full-sized infobox ( Star Wars: Rogue Squadron comes to mind), but in most cases that isn't possible (due to short article length) or practical (games with over 10 games, like FIFA Series). Anyone wants to comment on that ? I'm almost sure it can be done using the current infobox, but I'd like to hear from the rest of this WP before advancing to something a little more definitive. wS 00:12, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
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Right, I've worked something out here. There's still a lot to be improved in them, although in the end, I've come to the conclusion that each one of them serves a different purpose, so I doubt there will be a consensus about the definitive. Comment and fix them as you please. wS 14:19, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I guess it's time to open up this discussion again. The era's are all differently named. The articles we have so far are:
For the record, the umbrella article is History of computer and video games. I don't think, considering our "computer and video game" naming convention that "History of video games ( )" is proper. I do think that that might be the way to go though, "History of computer and video games (8-bit era)" for example. 32-bit is arguable since 1 of the main systems during that era is 64-bit.
I still don't know what to do with the 6th and 7th generation eras. First they're not consistent (one has a hyphen) and second I've never heard of either of these being referred to by these names. For 6th, I've heard of 128-bit, but that was more of a marketing thing than anything else. 7th could arguably be the HD era, but thats a Microsoft marketing thing. :(
This needs to be addressed (again). Any ideas? K1Bond007 02:14, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
As wS pointed out though thats what they're known for. I'm planning to make the changes to these articles soon unless someone disagrees. I plan to do it like this:
The only one that is debatable is the 32-bit era one, which is known as the "32-bit era" regardless of there being a 64-bit system in the mix. I'd rather not get into the whole "32-bit/64-bit" naming scheme. If we have to we can switch it to Fifth generation era. Anyone have a problem with the above? I'd like to get this setttled. K1Bond007 20:55, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
I was wondering (could be the result of a late-night caffeine-induced insomnia) about some way to get collective input for enhancing some developed articles that don't qualify for either CVG-Stub and the GCOTW. For instance, I've seen some quite developed articles in the later that could use some review for new cleanups, sections and overall improvement etc but due to their size, never got past the 3 or 6 votes barrier (if not even one).
My idea goes around something like WP:PR, except the goal would be to turn an article into one of the example articles (or simply better) instead of FAC. I occasionally see or write articles that could be further developed, but can't pinpoint where.
If it's a foolish idea, nevermind, call in someone with a megaphone saying "There's nothing to see here, move along". wS 02:11, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
(If this has been brought up before, I was not aware.) I don't think that using a picture of the cover is as informative as using an in-game screenshot. This type of thing works for a movie, where the picture is made to be memorable and relevant (perhaps of the main characters, or some central 'thing'), but for games, it's misleading. Compare Counter-Strike, LOOM, Pong, and Space Invaders to Doom, StarCraft, Super Mario 64, and Wolfenstein 3D. The latter group gets by on the game title text, and on the elements that appear in the game (green armor for doom, commonly seen face for sc, mario). In my opinion, screenshots are clearly better. Why aren't we using them? Slike2 04:38, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I don't really see why this is an issue really. Ideally, I prefer to see the boxart in the infobox with screenshots elsewhere in the article. Examples being Doom, Mario 64, GoldenEye 007. If the boxart hasn't been released then put a screenshot there, I don't care, but for an ideal page that actually has context and so forth, I'd rather see boxart. K1Bond007 04:32, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
As do I, but I see nothing wrong with having this discussion in the meantime. Now, I hope this doesn't seem rude, I'd just rather not tiptoe around it since I completely disagree: what you said about not being able to tell the difference is absolutely ridiculous. You can tell the difference from the name of the article. You're not supposed to tell the difference there anyway! They're both very similar, so it only makes sense for the screenshots to be... very similar. It's as if there are people out there who somehow open these two pages, ignoring the title, and get confused over which game is which. Absurd. I can understand that people (like the editors) who are very familiar with the game, they'll be able to pick up the logo that is on the box (and which is also on the title screen), but the average reader probably doesn't care in the least about what picture was on the cardboard that the game was encased in. And I can see the point about standards, though I still think it's stupid to go with a standard when something better exists, all things considered. But this notion that people will get confused by similarities in games that are very similar, and ignore everything except the screenshot, including the name of the game right at the top - it's absolutely ridiculous. I'm sorry. Slike2 03:32, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
As I said, an infobox is supposed to be a very quick glimpse at vital information. I don't see how the boxart is vital at all. No, I do, it lets people (who are familiar with the game) recognize the game based on the title... which just so happens to be the title of the article. I'm not saying we should enforce it, I'm saying we should encourage it: we recommend not using boxart if a screenshot is available, and any disputes between the two would favor the screenshot. It's like some weird collection/junk hoard, where for some reason we need to put the box somewhere in the article... but we can't find a good place to put it (I wonder why?) so we just put it in the infobox. And it sits there useless, because it's not informative. Movies are movies, you seldom recognize/differentiate them by a screencap anyway, so they don't have anything better than the poster. Games do. Slike2 05:20, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Anyway. I've suggested a change in the infobox some months (or maybe around a year, dunno) ago that had two image placeholders: one for the box shot right where it is now, and a second, on the bottom of the infobox with a screenshot. I've originally thought of this to ease the inclusion of screenies in stubby/short articles, the particular example being
KGB, and since I've never went around to article to improve it and can't place the screenshot anywhere in the article (I hate putting screenies or anything but text leftside of the infobox) its still more a less like I've created it.
IMHO, the WP:CVG should follow the same line of the others (books, movies and music) and display the box cover. Different things, yes, but it's standartization, regardless. There is a number of reasons why this way is better (namely console games, where most screenies are from commercial websites and subsq. watermarked and there aren't any problems with the game looking better or worse on personal computers), although for really old or commercially obscure games, a screenshot might result better. Said that, I still believe a second image in the infobox should be included. Don't know how it slipped by when we've changed to the template thingy. wS 20:08, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Please see: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computer_and_video_games/Screenshot_examples
The following is in no way authoritative and is intended more as a warning to the following content, but I'd like to strike the proceeding "Arguments in favor of..." sections from the record (for want of a better term), if not remove them completely, as they do nothing but repeat what has been said above, but with the addition of the authors ( Slike2) heavy bias applied. Particularly if we are going to vote on the matter, in which case the above should all be read through by newcomers before voting. That and I refuse to repeat in full what I've already discussed above just for the sake of this apparently new format of discussion being employed. – Quoth 15:24, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Sadly, despite the above information, the best stuff is conveyed in what I can't write out, as is the nature of pictures. You could describe the entire screenshot to people, and there may be hundreds of things that they could have in their minds. Also, opening these pictures up, I don't see any major change, and my pixels are small, and 250 isn't that big for me. Yeah, that notice board shows up better, and that black mushroom in the middle of the road is actually another player, and I can see that the sc interface has counters up at the top, but this stuff isn't important. This exercise is kind of going off the track of the other, and probably better arguments. How many people, when hearing of a new game, look for the box art or the text describing it before they look at the screenshots, assuming screenshots are available? Slike2 04:10, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
My $0.02- use the box art in the infobox (if available, if it is not available, use a screenshot,) and if both are available, use the box art. However, both certainly belong in the article. You (Talk) 18:10, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
From looking at the demo page, the box art is FAR more recognizable than the screenshots. The only alternative to box art that might be worth it is using the title screen. At the very least, the logo needs to be in the infobox. Fredrik | talk 18:16, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How does this look: [2]? (select "newer revision"). Side by side and out of context comparison: User:Slike2/test. Slike2 20:30, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The boxart is an important element of a game. If it is not placed in the infobox, there is really no space elsewhere in the article to put it. For screenshots, obviously, this is not a problem. For the articles to be truly authorative, the box art should be included. I'm personally really against removing all the box art. Perhaps we should just have a vote and get this over with. Jacoplane 23:53, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I was wondering if there is an IRC channel for this wikiproject. If not, maybe it's an idea to set one up. If one were to be set up, I think it should be set up on freenode, as that is where existing wikipedia irc channels are. Why? I find that the speed of collaboration increases greatly with a IRC channel (I'm speaking from my experiences in MMORPGs), also, new members of the project might get more of a sense of community, which will encourage them to stick around and contribute more.... Jacoplane 00:59, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Read this in an above discussion:
Is there any reason why we can't use watermarked screenshots? If IGN watermarks a screenshot, that doesn't mean that they hold the copyright; the game developer still does. It seems to me that fair use would apply equally to any screenshot of a game, regardless of the source. -- Poiuyt Man talk 14:36, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I've noticed the addition of style="white-space: nowrap;" to each of the left-hand column cells in the Infobox. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this just prevent multiple words from being wrapped within the cell? If so, then it's superfluous for all but "Release date(s)", since everything else uses a one-word noun. -- Poiuyt Man talk 04:26, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Not to intentionally divert attention from this project's infobox, but extra opinions are desperately needed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Arcade games/Infobox, under "Adapting the CVG Infobox". It's regarding the usefulness of the Notes and Ports fields. -- Poiuyt Man talk 14:10, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
This page really needs to be archived again. It's getting ridiculously long. Jacoplane 28 June 2005 17:15 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikiportals is an attempt to refine methods of categorizing Wikipedia:Wikiportals and the Wikipedia:WikiProject groups that build and maintain them... Quinobi 29 June 2005 06:52 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games and Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Computer and video games is exemplary of how we would like all of the WikiProjects/ Wikiportals to work. Instead of individual Wikipedians joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikiportals, we would like Specialized groups to join. It's a sort of Meta-effort to get wikipedians to move as groups through the vast array of topics Wikipedia has to offer the readers. The WikiProjects will meet as a large Consortium in Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikiportals in one or more of the top-level Portal groups:
...Which will then coordinate with WikiProject Main Page to polish master portals that will link to the Main Page in the primary namespace. As you can see, there are WikiProjects that have yet to form.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikiportals could also benifit from your participation and visa-versa by becoming a repository for templates and tables that can be reused up and down the schema. Your project has some very nice componants that are the envy of less developed portals. Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikiportals is also developing a huge classification matrix for all wikiprojects - wikiportals and the Wikipedia:Categories that link them all together into a harmonious whole.
Please think about this Whole schema - whole schema and how Wikiportal/Computer and video games will look in the main namespace. This will become known as the The Wikipedia Verb.
Thank you for your consideration of this proposal. Your friends at WikiProject Community salute your efforts! Quinobi 29 June 2005 07:30 (UTC)
Would anyone object to changing the light blue background in the infobox to #eeeeee? IMO, this looks much better. Fredrik | talk 2 July 2005 00:20 (UTC)
It's just a minor character, like that met character in the the Mega Man series. Ivers2 brought to you by Citi Bank indentity theft protection service
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Angel Tiger 6 July 2005 05:18 (UTC)
Right now Grim Fandango is the example for the infobox. However it is not filled out very well. For example the release date just says "1998". I think the Final Fantasy VII infobox is filled out quite well, although it doesn't seem to have the box cover as a pic, just the logo. I've been wondering what to do with different release dates for games and what to do when there are different publishers for different platforms. The FFVII infobox shows how to do this. Jacoplane 7 July 2005 07:59 (UTC)
Are they categorized by last name or first name? I've been going by last name. -- Dangerous-Boy
I dont know if I should post here, but I've removed the Request for split personalities, I added the article here -> See Here. Just telling you all, plus any help adding info. chopping and changing would be appreciated. Thanks GL3N
I 've been sorting the Category:SNK characters section by last name but some user with no user name keeps changing it back. I made a remark about it in the discussion section but no one seems to answer it. Any thoughts on what to do? It takes a lot of time sorting it. -- Dangerous-Boy
hm. After seeing the edits and the user made and the User talk:152.163.100.201 section, I think it's just vandalism. -- Dangerous-Boy
As part of the present proposal to expand the criteria for speedy deletion, it has been suggested that all RPG characters that do not have a basis for existence in a book or other offline medium should be deleted. I suspect this was well-intentioned effort but seems unreasonably broad. Since this would seem to call for the elimination of all or nearly all articles for Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy and most likly could be expanded into several other game series. I figure that this community needs to be made aware of the impact of this proposal. Voting is also up for this proposal.
See: Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/7. -- ZeWrestler 03:26, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
We should rewrite this proposal. The author, I believe, had good intent and has a good point with the addition of non-notable and vanity MMO accounts. I'm not sure if they're still accepting proposals at CSD, but it looks like they are. So as a starting point, I suggest: All avatars or personal accounts in a MMORPG where notability is not established. or something like that. I don't play MMO, but I imagine there is the potential for some legendary avatars out there that would be worthy of a Wikipedia entry. What do you say? Cookiecaper 05:30, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Would it make sense to add Game Rankings [3] or similar pages to articles (either as part of the infobox, or under external links)? Apologies if this has been brought up before, but to me it looks like a useful piece of info to add where available. -- Dave2 12:30, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
If we do get a general agreement as to whether to link or not, and which site to link to, it would be a good idea to have some general "stock" link text IMO; e.g. Collection of reviews for Deus Ex. And yes, I do only bring this up because that's the best link text I can come up with... -- Dave2 16:43, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
Is there a gaming-related page where general notices can be posted? Or is this the place? (If it isn't, please forgive me . . . .)
I'm hoping a few more folks will weigh in on moving the article Hammer Bro.. Please see Talk:Hammer Bro. for a list of the possible moves, and weigh in. BrianSmithson 02:03, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
Should those be included in the articles about a specific game? I think we should leave this area for the dedicated cheat databases and only include general information about the games. See Superfrog for an example. startaq 16:23, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
I've noticed an inconsistency in the naming of various video game series. Sometimes, these articles will have the -series suffix on their titles:
This might be done so games like The Legend of Zelda and Metroid can keep their article titles. However, other articles omit the -series, and use plain titles for the titles:
For these series, if the name is shared with an individual game in the series, it is renamed to something like Final Fantasy (video game) or Metal Gear (video game).
Does anyone think it would be wise to standardize the series titles, so they all have the same naming scheme? I would think that most readers would more interested in the series information when they search for a title. And if they aren't, they can quickly navigate to the individual game article from the series. Opinions? -- Poiuyt Man talk 23:12, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
a dude with aol ips: 205.188.117.14
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keeps on unsorting the capcom and snk character sections. He keeps on removing the last name for sorting in the categories. Is there anyone that help keep an eye out for the two sections? It takes a while to resort. -- Dangerous-Boy
he did it again at street fighters character page. -- Dangerous-Boy
The article about computer & video game genres lists both
as belonging to the same genre. The category system follows this grouping. This doesn't make any sense, since their gameplay and audience are vastly different. The two types of games have even less in common than first person shooters have with computer RPGs. Indeed, you could as well include Tetris as a simulation of falling blocks.
I propose to form two categories: "Simulator computer games" for flight, space and other vehicle simulator games, and "God games" [5] for The Sims, Populous, SimCity and the like. Comments? -- The Merciful 13:01, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
Below is a quick scetch for the category structure. Edit as you see fit. "God games" should propably be their own category or a subset of strategy games. -- The Merciful 17:57, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
OK, Category:God games is now split from Category:Simulation computer games. Lists and articles remain to be corrected. -- The Merciful 18:45, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
Christie monterio is also up for deletion. Anyone want to help out for the voting to kepp them? -- Dangerous-Boy
Should we be removing inactive participants? For example, User:FriedMilk hasn't contributed anything to Wikipedia since last year, yet he is listed here as one of the participants. Jacoplane 21:39, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
Here is what I've found (all of these are "questionable,") but some haven't been inactive long enough to remove IMO)
While I oppose this for reasons I've already stated, I just want to note that Slike is now Slike2 because he was foolish and forgot his password :) - he should fix this on his own. Also I wouldn't disagree with removing Ivers2. I actually agree with Thunderbrand that he was possibly a sockpuppet - of this guy most likely Ivers. K1Bond007 00:55, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
I nominated Wario for the Improvement Drive, and was wondering if you guys could assist him. He already has four votes, and some more might win it for him. Also, on a note unrelated to the Improvement Drive, I'm attempting to improve some game articles, such as Animal Crossing, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past to featured article status, and trying to get characters like Kirby to featured article status. -- A Link to the Past 16:10, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
I've added a proposal on the stub sorting project page to make some sub-categories for the CVG stub. Anyone with input on the subject, I'll be glad to hear from you. -- ADeveria 13:20, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
{{ future game}} is meant to be a subset of {{ future product}} and is for video and computer games under production. Currently the template places the game tagged to Category:Computer and video games in production. Something like "category: future games" would be more consistent. -- The Merciful 17:48, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
Note that Category:Computer and video games in production existed before the template {{ Future game}}, so some games have been added to the category manually. As for the term "vaporware". It's about as encyclopedic, or rather, unencyclopedic, term as "hot air" or "bogus". Therefore "vaporware" shouldn't be used in "official" wikipedia text. -- The Merciful 12:53, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
Should be noted that Category:Computer and video games in production has been nominated for deletion, while Category:Future games has also been proposed for merging with CVG in production. Either way, one has to be deleted as being redundant. See: Cfd for discussion and voting. K1Bond007 15:38, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
I believe that an Awards section should be added to any games that can apply. There would be four types of awards:
Thoughts? -- A Link to the Past 13:43, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
Can someone look over Wario and tell me what needs to be done? Don't mention plot, that will be added, I mean, anything but game plots. -- A Link to the Past 23:10, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
Regarding Category:Nintendo games, my initial impression was that this category was intended for video games developed by Nintendo (Intelligent Systems, HAL, the R&Ds), but I see Star Fox Adventures on there, among many others, that were developed by another company. We need to reach a consensus on the scope of this category and write a description for it. -- Pagrashtak 15:44, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
I noticed that Category:Open source games is not linked in to the Category:Computer and video games hierarchy. It probably should be, somehow, but I have no idea where. Hv 16:14, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, this is ScarredSun from Sonic the Hedgehog Information Treasury, a wiki dedicated to Sonic the Hedgehog. I just recently stumbled across this WikiProject and was wondering if there was some way that we could help you guys out. I realize that our own focus may be a bit too fancruft for Wikipedia's standards, but we've thrown some stuff back to Wikipedia (for instance, a few sections of the Sega Saturn article), and would like to continue to do so in the future or collaborate on new things. - ScarredSun 23:08, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
A followup to Awards - I suggest that we put any 'universal critisisms' into any article that applies. Example ( Final Fantasy Tactics Advance):
A common criticism of this game is the law system, which is both liked and disliked. Some argue that it keeps the game fresh and original, while others complain that it caused problems, such as getting into a fight with all animals with a law protecting them.
That's a half-assed attempt, and hopefully all of them would be better. Comments? -- A Link to the Past 12:55, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
I've started on some ESRB ratings templates, currently in my user space. Please feel free to contribute.
Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 06:25, 2005 August 6 (UTC) Not working out that great, templates inside of templates. ~ Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 04:00, 2005 August 11 (UTC)
IMDB doesn't seem to be the best source to link. It doesn't provide anymore info than an IGN link, and some games don't even have IMDB links. -- A Link to the Past 18:25, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
I was considering that we make offshoots of Featured article and Improvement drive. It would be a little small in them, but it'd be nice to have a place, say for ID, where you can put several articles that need to be improved, but aren't GCotW-compatible. Plus, we DO have GCotW and Peer Review, after all. -- A Link to the Past 19:50, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
I'd like to make the image optional via this code: {{if defined call1 | {{{image}}} | Infobox CVG/image | {{{image}}}}}. The reason for this is that the Image cell does not completely collapse when there is no image inside of it. I have already made the subpage Template:Infobox CVG/image for this and now seek project approval to implement it. See {{ Infobox webcomic}} for an example of what I am talking about. ~ Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 04:06, 2005 August 11 (UTC)
I've uploaded a lot of box covers, screenshots, etc thinking that providing the right fair use copyright tag ( Template:game-screenshot, Template:gamecover, Template:promotional) is enough. Apparently, it isn't. Wikipedia:Image description page#Fair use rationale and Wikipedia:Fair use describe that a rationale has to be given for each image to be used in an article.
We've run up against this at the Featured article candidature of Wario. The images there did not have this rationale, though now they do (e.g. Image:Ss wl4 pre.gif).
I'm thinking we should talk about this on the Wikiproject CVG page, since most newcomers are very unlikely to know of this requirement (I know I only found out it not too long ago) and going back to fix every image later is a pain in the neck.
Still, I find it rather strange that Super Mario 64 doesn't have this rationale while at it's candidature page no such objections were raised. I think it's mainly User:Carnildo who is very strict about this as he seems to raise the issue whenever he can. It's probably a good idea though since it will improve the legal status of wikipedia. So:
Jacoplane 19:26, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
Frankly, I think this is silly. All video games are too new and too commercial to have public domain images, so they're all going to be fair use with the same rationale. Andre ( talk) 01:39, August 13, 2005 (UTC)
Hi! I've added myself to the WP:CVG participant's list at WolfenSilva's kind suggestion. I am doing this on a trial basis as I am new to WP and exploring quite a bit. My first interest in computer and video games is in city building games and I started the article on Children of the Nile, which has been added to by several since then. I have a secondary interest in plans for categorizations and lists of computer and video games, but I have not yet tried to read through your listed archives. I notice you have no "categorization suggestions" section on the main page... is that because there's still a lively discussion, or it stopped at no consensus, etc.? My third and primary interest in computer and video games is online user forums and impact of computer and video games and computer and video game forums on learning. -- Sitearm | Talk 18:54, 2005 August 14 (UTC)