Project at a Glance

As of2008-06-04, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

News

There were 203new articles in May 2008

Current proposals and discussions

• Well, gee, thanks 1up!
  1UP.com has recently changed their rating scale. A list of affected articles can be foundhere. See discussion for details.
  • About 28% of the articles on the list have been checked and updated.
• Inactive project cleanup
  Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be foundhere.
  • WikiProject Dragon Quest has been redirected to WP:VG.
  • WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games Guild Wars task force has been deleted.

Interested in a specific video game series or company? Check out some of our task forces to help improve the related articles.

Feature

Writing about Development

Development content is very important to include in an encyclopedic video game article. It provides a history of how the game came to be and provides real world information needed for an article to claim comprehensiveness. However, writing this section can be difficult because the amount and type of information available will vary for each game. One of the best sources for such information is a developer interview. These can provide insight into the thought process of the designers and give examples of influences and obstacles encountered. Previews can also be helpful by giving a snap shot of the game before it was released and may mention development issues that were still being addressed.

When writing about development, common sense should be used to organize content to maintain a sense of flow for the reader. Most times, it is best to give the information in a somewhat chronological order—though information can also be grouped by topics like audio, promotion, graphics, etc. If one such topic gets large enough, it can be split off into its own subsection or regular section. For example,Kingdom Hearts#Audio is a separate section from the rest of the development information because it focuses on the game's musical score and voice acting.Portal (video game)#Soundtrack, however, does not have as much content and is a subsection of the main development section.

What to include about development

• Who are the developers? Which company or studio developed the game, and are there any prominent designers involved?
• When did development begin?
• When and where was the game first announced? (e.g.Tokyo Game Show,E3 Media and Business Summit, etc.)
• What influenced the game's story, characters, music, and/or gameplay ? (e.g. past games, movies, books, etc.)
• Were there any delays?
• Was anything excluded because of time or technological constraints? (e.g. extra levels, game modes, characters, story arcs, etc.)

Things to remember

• Avoidproseline. Though maintaining a sense to chronology is important, this section should not read like an ordered list of events.
• Images in this section should be relevant to the information given and should add on to it.
• Source everything to avoid information being tagged asoriginal research.

Things you can help with:

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As of2008-07-08, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

News

There were 236new articles in June 2008

Current proposals and discussions

• Well, gee, thanks 1up!
  1UP.com has recently changed their rating scale. A list of affected articles can be foundhere. See discussion for details.
  • About 32% of the articles on the list have been checked and updated.
• Inactive project cleanup
  Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be foundhere.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games redirected toWP:VG. SeeMfD.
    • MU* taskforce moved to page underWP:VG. See newMU* task force page.
    • Neopets and RuneScape taskforces deleted. SeeMfD.
    • All talk pages moved to archives underWT:VG
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Dynasty Warriorsdeleted.

Feature: Writing the Reception

In many video game articles, the Reception section is the last main section of prose. As its name suggests, within the section you should summarize the critical reaction to the game. The section should provide a high-level overview of what the critics liked and didn’t like about the game; it is a summary, not a repetition of what publications thought. Therefore, don’t put in excessive, long winded quotes or have a paragraph detailing IGN’s thoughts on the game. To prevent cluttering of the prose with scores, reviews table such as{{VG Reviews}} can be used to organize this kind of information.

A good way to lead off the section is a by-the-numbers or at a glance snapshot of the game’s reception; you can use aggregate scores to suggest an overall critical response to the game, and can provide sales figures (if you have them) for the game’s release. Commonly, the rest of the reception is broken into positive and negative paragraphs. Entirely separate ‘Praise’ and ‘Controversy’ or ‘Negative comments’ or the like are strongly discouraged as troll magnets. If the game has won any awards, then listing them at the bottom of the reception section is an option.

Other things to remember:

• Don’t list every single review in the reviews table; likewise, don’t mention every award the game has ever gotten.
• Generally, talk about what the reviewers say rather than speaking for them; for example, “Reviewer X of Publication Y took issue with elements of the game such as X, Y, and Z” instead of “Review X said that “I took issue with elements of the game such as X, Y, and Z.” If a reviewer has a good comment which sums up the positive/negative/overall reaction, or a particular sentiment common in many reviews, it might be more appropriate to use.
• If adding sales data, make sure to provide context; did it sell those 4.2 million units within three months of release or three years? If possible, break down the sales by region; did the Japanese like the game, but Americans not buy it?
• Use reviews whose scores are outliers from the average ratings to find key points that were liked or disliked about a game. If all reviews except for one average around a 9 out of 10, and the one is a 7 out of 10, there is probably some clear negative points to be found in it; the same works with very positive reviews.
• Perhaps most importantly, give proper weight and keep a neutral point of view. If the game received mostly negative scores, having three paragraphs on positive aspects and glossing over the bad parts in a sentence or two conveys the wrong impression to readers.

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As of July2008, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

News

• There were 304new articles in July 2008
• Well, gee, thanks 1up!
  1UP.com recently changed their rating scale. Seediscussion for details.
  • The list of almost 700 articles has been checked and updated. Special thanks toMrKIA11,Dukeruckley,JFlav,FMF, and several other editors for checking the large number of articles.
• Inactive project cleanup
  Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be foundhere.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Tales ofdeleted.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Indie Game Developersdeleted.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Arcade games moved to page underWP:VG. See newArcade task force page.

Feature: Reliable Sources

A common issue with writing video games articles is that it's often natural for editors to turn to the internet for all their information. However, using only online sources can be problematic, especially if editors are not familiar with Wikipedia's sources guidelines. First off, for every notable, reliable web site about gaming that exists on the web, there are twenty-five fan sites or personal blogs. As per Wikipedia's, content guideline aboutreliable sources, a proper source that should be used in an article must meet the following criteria:

• Articles should be based on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy.

How do you determine if website X meets the criteria? Look around for information on who owns the website or if the website has a staff and established editorial processes; if the site doesn't have information posted online, send an email to the webmaster or editor. It can be hard to definitely prove the a website has a "reputation" for accuracy. Thus, it's probably easier to go with established sites to begin with, such asIGN orGameSpot. If you use a source with borderline qualifications, be prepared to justify the site at content review or to other editors. WikiProject Video Games has a partially-complete listing of vetted sources in print or online atWikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources, as well as more detailed information on what constitutes a reliable source.

To find sources on the internet, checkingGoogle News as well as simple web searches can help spot references you might have missed. Often, however, older news articles are locked behind pay gates or subscription services. A workaround is using a service likeProQuest orLexisNexis, although unless you have access to these through a college or education institution it will likely cost you money regardless. Libraries can have old newspapers and copies of magazines; to assist in finding print sources online, WikiProject Video Games has aMagazines Department where you can contact users to get copies of certain reviews, previews, or features from old magazines. If you have gaming magazines of your own, add yourself to the list!

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As of August2008, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

News

• Special note: The naming convention for the newsletter has altered. Instead of being labeled the month it is delivered, it is now labeled the month the content applies to. Seediscussion.
• There were 204new articles in August 2008
• Inactive project cleanup
  Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be foundhere.
  • The following Wikiprojects are candidates to be turned into task forces.
    • Nintendo Project: Seediscussion.
    • Castlevania Project: Seediscussion.
    • Pro Gaming Project: Seediscussion.
• The firstvideo game genre article has reachedFeatured article status—4X. Special thanks toRandomran for pushing the article up the quality scale.

Feature: Departments

Assessment Department: This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's video games articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in theWP:1.0 program, and more specifically in theVideo games essential articles page.

Two new quality ratings have been implemented into the Assessment Department's scale. The new Wikipedia-wide C-Class rating (seecategory) has been added to the scale between Start-Class and B-Class. Because of this, the criteria of the B-Class has been tweaked to better illustrate the difference between a B-Class and C-Class article. An older rating, List-Class (seecategory), has been added to the scale as well. It is mainly used on pages that have very little prose and are primarily tables and lists of information.

Editors are encouraged tosubmit articles for assessment if they feel an article has made significant progress up the assessment scale or has gained importance within video game articles. Assessed articles generally receive some feedback to further improve the article. Experienced editors are also encouraged to help with assessment of articles when the number of requests gets too large.

Peer Review Department: The Peer review process forWikiProject Video games exposes video-game-related articles to closer scrutiny from a broader group of editors, and is intended for high-quality articles that have already undergone extensive work, often as a way of preparing aFeatured article candidate. It is not aacademic peer review by a group of experts in a particular subject, and articles that undergo this process should not be assumed to have greater authority than any other.

Editors are encouraged to use the Video game peer review process, as well as theregular Wikipedia-wide process, to improve the quality of articles. While a peer review can be done at any time, it strongly suggested to use this process before an article goes up forGood article nomination andFeatured article orFeature list candidacy as articles cannot be a candidate for GA or FA while at peer review.

Editors are also encouraged to leave feedback for articles undergoing peer review. A process such as this will not work if editors do not give as well as take. Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps.

Things you can help with:

Summary ofVideo games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Northbury Grove (1 participant) Telebbit (1 participant) Free Talk Studio (3 participants) Fix-It Felix Jr. (video game) (3 participants) Thunderobot (3 participants) Bad End Theater (5 participants) Microcabin (1 participant) MOSS (company) (2 participants) Racjin (1 participant) Parlay Entertainment (6 participants) NScripter (2 participants) John Jackson (esports administrator) (3 participants) Jailbreak (Roblox) (10 participants) Hirameki (1 participant) Ryan Saba (5 participants) Thor (video game) (4 participants;relisted) Noble Racing (4 participants;relisted) Crazy Bus (8 participants;relisted) Characters of the Metroid series (14 participants;relisted) Moritz Baier-Lentz (7 participants;relisted) Merge discussions Characters of Fire Emblem Fates (discussion) Niantic Spatial (discussion) Yasuke (Assassin's Creed) (discussion) Emergent gameplay (discussion) Game feel (discussion) EB Games Australia (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Donkey Kong (character) (nom) List of generation IX Pokémon Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (GBA video game) (nom) Good article nominations I Maed A Gam3 W1th Z0mb1es 1n It!!!1 (nom) Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (nom) Yun Jin (nom) Master Hand (nom) Zhongli (Genshin Impact) (start) Megaton (Fallout 3) (start) Kururin Squash! (nom) Halo 5: Guardians (start) Super Robin Hood (start) Hu Tao (start) Eric Tolt (start) Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced (start) DYK nominations Super Robin Hood /v/ (imageboard) Rhythm Heaven Groove Arataki Itto Alhaitham (Genshin Impact) Time Flies (video game) Reviews and reassessments Nintendo Switch Sports (rev) Dorfromantik (board game) (rev) Kururin Squash! (rev) Devil May Cry (video game) (nom) Star Fox Command (nom) Mario Party: Star Rush (rev) Final Fantasy III (nom) First-person shooter (nom) Sokoban (rev) Articles that need... assessment (24) (25) reassessment (0) cleanup (13) infoboxes (9) cover art (330) screenshots (9,524) photos (78) translation from japan (176) creation merging

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As of September2008, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

News

• There were 192new articles in September 2008
• Inactive project cleanup
  Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be foundhere.
  • Wikiproject Red Faction has been deleted.
  • WikiProject Nintendo moved to page underWP:VG See newNintendo task force page.
  • Two Nintendo task forces have become Video game task forces:Mega Man task force andSuper Smash Bros. task force
  • WikiProject Castlevania moved to page underWP:VG See newCastlevania task force page.
  • WikiProject Kingdom Hearts has been deleted.
• VG Wikipedia 0.7 workshop
  Workshop page to coordinate preparation of articles to be included inWikipedia 0.7.
  • 39 of 393 articles have been prepared and submitted.
    Come help us prepare more at theworkshop page.

Feature: Wikipedia 0.7

Wikipedia 0.7 is a collection of articles taken from the English version of Wikipedia, compiled by theWikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team. It is designed for a DVD release, and the selection was put together using aSelection Bot, based on the quality and importance assigned by WikiProjects.

The Video games Project and its daughter projects have multiple articles among the selection and are currently working on cleaning up the articles to improve their presentation. Aworkshop page has been set up that is designed to assist and coordinate the effort. The status of and recommendations for articles is listed on the table. Discussion about which articles should be kept and removed from the list have been taking place on thetalk page.

If you have assisted in working on and improving a current Featured article, Good article, or A-Class article, please check the workshop page to see if the article is recommended for inclusion.

Articles will need anid version submitted to ensure it is included. They will also need to be cleaned up if maintenance tags and other issues are present. Participation is not restricted, and if you can assist with the preparation effort, it would be greatly appreciated.

Things to remember for preparation

• The workshop page has a notes section for each article. Clean up suggestions have been left for some articles.
• Do a light sweep of the article to address any vandalism andclean up tags: citation needed, more references, lengthy plot, etc.
• If you need help with an article, post on thetalk page.
• Because some articles were promoted over a year ago, they may need to undergoFeatured article review orGood article review.
• Be sure to list the oldid on theworkshop page andUser:SelectionBot/0.7/V-3.
• Articles need to be prepared byOctober 20.
• Articles that do not have an id submitted may not be included in the release.

Seeoriginal notification onWT:VG for more details.

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As of October2008, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

News

• There were 284new articles in October 2008
• Inactive project cleanup
  Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be foundhere.
  • Miscellaneous Warcraft pages cleaned up: Two old redirects deleted and others tagged as historical.
  • WikiProject Mortal Kombat and most of its subpages have been moved to page underWP:VG. See newMortal Kombat task force page.
  • WikiProject Pro Gaming has been moved to page underWP:VG. See newPro gamin task force page.

Feature: Partnered reviews

For some time now, the Video games project and theMilitary history project have been cross listing their articles undergoing peer review in an effort to improve the quality of articles, as well as the copy editing skills of editors. The idea was first proposed byUser:Krator as a way to better prepare articles forFeatured article candidacy. After being approved by both projects, the idea was implemented under a trial period, and eventually approved as a standard practice.

New, cross listed military history articles are announced on theVideo games project talk page, and listed on theVideo games Peer review page under aspecial section. Video game editors are encouraged to leave any type of comments that come to mind. If you don't know anything about military history, that's perfectly fine because that's the point. An editor lacking knowledge about the particular topic can provide a helpful point of view as a general reader—the intended audience.

If you have a video game article undergoing peer review that you think would benefit from an outside view, post the following boilerplate atWT:MILHIST:{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/Toolbox/Partner peer review notice|Name of article|Raw link to review|Video games}} ~~~~

Things to remember

• A peer review process such as this will not work if editors do not give as well as take.
• Peer reviews are meant to examine not just the prose, but the sources and images used in the article.
• Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps.
• Reviewing another editor's article can help sharpen your writing skills, which in turn can improve the articles you write.

See past discussions for details:VG discussion andMilHist discussion

Things you can help with:

Summary ofVideo games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Northbury Grove (1 participant) Telebbit (1 participant) Free Talk Studio (3 participants) Fix-It Felix Jr. (video game) (3 participants) Thunderobot (3 participants) Bad End Theater (5 participants) Microcabin (1 participant) MOSS (company) (2 participants) Racjin (1 participant) Parlay Entertainment (6 participants) NScripter (2 participants) John Jackson (esports administrator) (3 participants) Jailbreak (Roblox) (10 participants) Hirameki (1 participant) Ryan Saba (5 participants) Thor (video game) (4 participants;relisted) Noble Racing (4 participants;relisted) Crazy Bus (8 participants;relisted) Characters of the Metroid series (14 participants;relisted) Moritz Baier-Lentz (7 participants;relisted) Merge discussions Characters of Fire Emblem Fates (discussion) Niantic Spatial (discussion) Yasuke (Assassin's Creed) (discussion) Emergent gameplay (discussion) Game feel (discussion) EB Games Australia (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Donkey Kong (character) (nom) List of generation IX Pokémon Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (GBA video game) (nom) Good article nominations I Maed A Gam3 W1th Z0mb1es 1n It!!!1 (nom) Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (nom) Yun Jin (nom) Master Hand (nom) Zhongli (Genshin Impact) (start) Megaton (Fallout 3) (start) Kururin Squash! (nom) Halo 5: Guardians (start) Super Robin Hood (start) Hu Tao (start) Eric Tolt (start) Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced (start) DYK nominations Super Robin Hood /v/ (imageboard) Rhythm Heaven Groove Arataki Itto Alhaitham (Genshin Impact) Time Flies (video game) Reviews and reassessments Nintendo Switch Sports (rev) Dorfromantik (board game) (rev) Kururin Squash! (rev) Devil May Cry (video game) (nom) Star Fox Command (nom) Mario Party: Star Rush (rev) Final Fantasy III (nom) First-person shooter (nom) Sokoban (rev) Articles that need... assessment (24) (25) reassessment (0) cleanup (13) infoboxes (9) cover art (330) screenshots (9,524) photos (78) translation from japan (176) creation merging

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As of November2008, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

News

• There were 275new articles in November 2008
• Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be foundhere.
  • WikiProject Test Drive has been deleted
  • WikiProject Sega has been moved to a page underWP:VG. See the newSega task force page.
  • A Sega task force has become a Video game task force:Sonic task force.
  • WikiProject Sims has been moved to a page underWP:VG. See the newThe Sims task force page.

Feature: Article Importance

Article importance is an assessment of a topic's importance in understanding a specific higher level topic. Assessments are maintained byWikiProjects and reflect the project's view of what is essential to understanding their scope. In the VG Project's case, all importance scales are in terms of understandingvideo games.

A video game article's importance is listed and set in the{{WikiProject Video games}} template on its talk page. An assessment of importance can be done by theAssessment Department bysubmitting a request.

Recent discussions at theVG Project's talk page have called for revisions to the practice of assigning article importance. Thediscussion began in mid-November with the goal of clarifying what level of importance should be assigned to certain type of articles. It eventually expanded to creating a standardized table of importance to serve as a guide for current and future editors.

The discussion has focused on and shifted to several topics including flaws of previous practices, new ways to view assessment, other project practices to emulate, and specific articles which are exceptions to proposed guidelines. A briefpole and discussion determined most editors felt that the bulk of some topics—specifically individual video game, series, and character articles—were not essential to understanding video games, making them ineligible for top importance. The discussion then shifted to tweaking the wording and layout of the table.

The current proposed table is beingdiscussed on the project's talk page, and theissue of whether some topics—specifically character articles—should be allowed to be rated importance has also been brought up. As always, member are encouraged to voice their opinions and engage in discussion to determine consensus so the new assessment scale can be implemented.

Seepast newsletter feature for more information about the Assessment Department.

Things you can help with:

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As of December2008, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good content

News

• There were 182new articles in December 2008
• Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be foundhere.
  • WikiProject Sports video games has been deleted.
  • WikiProject The Legend of Zelda series has been merged into the VG project'sNintendo task force.
• Importance scale has been added toAssessment page.
• A search bar has been added to the archive box on theVG project talk page. Searching the discussion archives is now much easier.

Feature: Video game notability

Video game related articles fall under niche categories on Wikipedia: "Culture and the arts" and "Everyday life". Because of this, they are often required to demonstratenotability more than other topics. Wikipedia defines notability as "worthy of notice", and considers it distinct from fame, importance, and popularity. Though it is acknowledge to be related to fame and the like, it is important understand that being famous, important, or popular does not mean a video game article should be on Wikipedia.

Being notable means that a topic has "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Wikipedia's policy also stipulates that this only presumes to "satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article." This means that though an article may meet the criteria on paper, it is up to the community to decide if a topic truly is notable and/or violates other policies such asWP:NOT. In short, just because a video game, character, or related topic exists, does not mean it should also exist as a Wikipedia article.

Dealing with non-notable topics

Articles that do not meet the criteria are either deleted or merged into a relevant topic.

• WP:Articles for deletion (AfD) handles the deletion of non-notable articles, among other types, and has an established process to begin discussions about reasons for deletion.
• If an article is a subarticle of a larger topic, merging it into the larger topic article is a more desirable action. For example, the main character of a video may not be notable, but has received some mentions in reviews. It would benefit both topics, the character and its video game, to include the content into the article of the video game; essentially using a small, weaker article to strengthen a larger more notable article.

Things to remember

• The best way to show notability is to providereliable sources about the topic.
• Notability is less about keeping articles out of Wikipedia and more about making sure readers are provided articles about significant, quality topics.
• While you may think a topic is notable, others may disagree. Try to keep a clear perspective when assessing notability so discussions can reach a consensus.
• AfD is more of a last resort and is not always the best course of action to take.
• Consider starting a merger discussion first, as some editors may not fully understand why an article they started is not suitable for Wikipedia.

Things you can help with:

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Project At a Glance

As of January2009, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good content

News

• There were 209new articles in January 2009
• Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be foundhere.
  • Old "left over" project pages have been added to aclean up page to discuss appropriate courses of action. Come help out and voice your thoughts.
• Several video game articles appeared onWikipedia's main page this month.
  • Marble Madness was featured on the Main Page as"Today's featured article" for January 11, 2009.
  • A fact fromLost Pig appeared on the Main page in the Did you know? column on January 23, 2009.
  • A fact fromAlisia Dragoon appeared on the Main page in theDid you know? column on January 30, 2009.
• EditorDavid Fuchs was interviewed for theDispatch of the January 17th Signpost. Herr Fuchs was selected by having the second highest number ofFA nominations in 2008, many of which were video game articles.
• Collaboration of the week has resumed. The first article tobenefit from this was "Video game genres".

Featured editor:

This issue we are trying a new type of newsletter feature: "Featured editor". This is a chance to learn more about the various editors who contribute to theVideo games project as well as the roles they fill. If you enjoyed this new feature and would like to see similar interviews in future issues, please drop us a note at theVG newsletter talk page.

David Fuchs (also known asDer Wohltemperierte Fuchs), is a long time video games editor that has written a large number of the project'sFeatured articles. He has been ranked high onWikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations, and has assisted in reviewing and editing more many. Recently David has begun to assist with image reviews forFeatured article candidates, and branched out into other types of articles in addition to video games. He can normally been seen on theproject's talk page offering advice and his input on the various discussion taking place there.

1. What drew you to Wikipedia, and what prompted you to begin editing?

   I got involved due in part to (I believe, my memory is fuzzy) finding the site while doing research forAdvanced Placement Europen History during high school. My earliest contributions (in December 2005) were creating topics based on what I learned, as well as creating an article for my high school with another friend. I soon became involved with editing topics related toHalo video game franchise, specifically the article on the parasiticFlood.

2. What got you involved in writing Featured articles?

   I think for most editors it's a shiny accomplishment you are striving for, and natural for most editors to try and get an FA. I first nominated an article for FA in 2007, after about a year of inactivity onwiki; it didn't pass as it was poorly written and didn't follow our guidelines forwriting about fiction; I also took a couple of tries to get my first video game FA (Halo 2).

3. What article(s) are you most proud of writing or exemplifies your best work?

   I supposeMyst is a sort of accomplishment I can point to; I started work on the article on May 2 2008, when it looked likethis, and submitted it to Featured Article Candidatesone day later. I think that's some kind of record, but I dunno. In terms of being a good read or something I'm very happy with, however, I'd have to look at my more recent work, specificallyStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan andBone Wars.

4. How do you pick the articles you work on?

   Whatever hits me. There's many articles I haven't gotten around to editing and improving as planned because another article has caught my fancy.

5. What advice would you give to editors seeking to write quality articles?

   In the words of one of myfavorite cartoon characters when I was a child, "We must doreeea-search!" Even in video games, online sources don't usually cut it. Even after getting an article to FA, make sure you continually trawl the internet and elsewhere for more information to add to the topic.

Note: This is an abridged version. To read the full interview, clickhere.

Things you can help with:

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Project At a Glance

As of February2009, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good content

News

• There were 193new articles in February 2009
• Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be foundhere.
  • Old "left over" project pages have been added to aclean up page to discuss appropriate courses of action. Come help out and voice your thoughts.
• Several video game articles appeared onWikipedia's main page this month. Congratulations to the contributing editors.
  • A fact fromElebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero appeared in theDid you know? column on Feb 8.
  • A fact fromMaressa Orzack appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 8.
  • A fact fromNeighborhood Games appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 10.
  • A fact fromRunes of Magic appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 12.
  • A fact fromLuke Smith (writer) appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 18.
  • A fact fromSuper Mario Bros. theme appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 20.
  • Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None was featured on the Main Page as"Today's featured article" for Feb 20.
  • A fact fromMario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 22.
  • A fact fromFast inverse square root appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 23.
  • A fact fromMoorhuhn appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 24.
  • A fact fromBloodSpell appeared in the Did you know? column on Feb 26.
  • A fact fromPokémon appeared in theOn this day column onFeb 27.

Feature: Weekly Collaboration

TheVG Project Collaboration of the Week is a new effort to improve important video game articles of low quality. Every week, an article is random selected byAnomieBOT from theStub-,Start-, andC-class categories that are rated eitherHigh- orTop-importance. Such topics can offer a reader a good deal of encyclopedic information about video games, but are often too underdeveloped or lacking the proper level of writing and sourcing to accomplish this.

All editors are welcome and encouraged to participate by offering their insights and suggestions. Having a pool of different editors, both old and new, will help maximize improvements to the articles as well as our editing skills.

History

Collaborative efforts have come and gone within the VG project several times before. The first such effort, the "Gaming collaboration of the week", began in October 2004 as aresult of the several otherweekly collaborations popping up on Wikipedia. It proved to be quite successful at improving articles to meet Wikipedia's standard at the time, but the effort eventually saw less and less participation. A second effort, the "Improvement Drive", began in August 2005 with the intent of improving articles to FA-quality. However, few nominations and articles were selected. The decline in participation in the collaborations and peer reviews resulted in a third effort. It began in February 2006 as a workshop, but never got off the ground.

Numerous discussions have taken place on atWT:VG to jump start collaborations and improve the process to prevent its decline again. While previous collaborations selected any video game article, most editors felt focus should be on video game topics more encyclopedic in nature—topics that are also generally in poor shape because of lack of attention. A common problem mentioned was that previous nomination processes were lengthy and hindered participation. The current idea to automate the process wasbrought up byJohnnyMrNinja, which wasfurther discussed to iron out the details.

Current collaboration

The current collaborative efforts began in mid-January 2009, and several articles have been improved by editors. The random choice is intended to minimize the selection process, which allows editors to focus on article improvement. Improvements include better organization of content, massaging and copy editing the prose, removing excess non-free images, and much more. The random choice is also meant to encourage participation from editors of varying interest and help prevent burnout. If the present selection is not to your liking, wait until next week. Editors are encouraged to addTemplate:Collab-gaming to their watchlist to see which article is selected. Recently selected articles are:

1. Week of January 19, 2009:
   Video game genres –See how it improved
2. Week of January 26, 2009:
   History of video game consoles (fourth generation) –See how it improved
3. Week of February 2, 2009:
   Action-adventure game –See how it improved
4. Week of February 9, 2009:
   Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss –See how it improved
5. Week of February 16, 2009:
   Joust (video game) –See how it improved
6. Week of February 23, 2009:
   Cartridge (electronics) –See how it improved

Things you can help with:

Summary ofVideo games WikiProject open tasks view watch edit history shell vg talk alerts purge AfDs Northbury Grove (1 participant) Telebbit (1 participant) Free Talk Studio (3 participants) Fix-It Felix Jr. (video game) (3 participants) Thunderobot (3 participants) Bad End Theater (5 participants) Microcabin (1 participant) MOSS (company) (2 participants) Racjin (1 participant) Parlay Entertainment (6 participants) NScripter (2 participants) John Jackson (esports administrator) (3 participants) Jailbreak (Roblox) (10 participants) Hirameki (1 participant) Ryan Saba (5 participants) Thor (video game) (4 participants;relisted) Noble Racing (4 participants;relisted) Crazy Bus (8 participants;relisted) Characters of the Metroid series (14 participants;relisted) Moritz Baier-Lentz (7 participants;relisted) Merge discussions Characters of Fire Emblem Fates (discussion) Niantic Spatial (discussion) Yasuke (Assassin's Creed) (discussion) Emergent gameplay (discussion) Game feel (discussion) EB Games Australia (discussion) Other discussions No major discussions Featured content candidates Donkey Kong (character) (nom) List of generation IX Pokémon Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (GBA video game) (nom) Good article nominations I Maed A Gam3 W1th Z0mb1es 1n It!!!1 (nom) Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (nom) Yun Jin (nom) Master Hand (nom) Zhongli (Genshin Impact) (start) Megaton (Fallout 3) (start) Kururin Squash! (nom) Halo 5: Guardians (start) Super Robin Hood (start) Hu Tao (start) Eric Tolt (start) Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced (start) DYK nominations Super Robin Hood /v/ (imageboard) Rhythm Heaven Groove Arataki Itto Alhaitham (Genshin Impact) Time Flies (video game) Reviews and reassessments Nintendo Switch Sports (rev) Dorfromantik (board game) (rev) Kururin Squash! (rev) Devil May Cry (video game) (nom) Star Fox Command (nom) Mario Party: Star Rush (rev) Final Fantasy III (nom) First-person shooter (nom) Sokoban (rev) Articles that need... assessment (24) (25) reassessment (0) cleanup (13) infoboxes (9) cover art (330) screenshots (9,524) photos (78) translation from japan (176) creation merging

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Project At a Glance

As of March2009, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good content

News

• There were 209new articles in March 2009
• Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be foundhere.
  • Old "left over" project pages have been added to aclean up page to discuss appropriate courses of action. Come help out and voice your thoughts.
• Several video game articles appeared onWikipedia's main page this month. Congratulations to the contributing editors.
  • A fact fromChristopher Erhardt appeared in theDid you know? column on Mar 3.
  • A fact fromSt.GIGA appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 3.
  • Giants: Citizen Kabuto was"Today's featured article" for Mar 5.
  • A fact fromMakoto Kanoh appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 6.
  • A fact fromNintendo DSi appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 7.
  • A fact fromClean Asia! appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 16.
  • A fact fromGang Garrison 2 appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 22.
  • A fact from5th British Academy Video Games Awards appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 23.
  • A fact fromMy French Coach andMy Spanish Coach appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 23.
  • A fact from4th British Academy Video Games Awards appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 24.
  • A fact fromMonster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 25
  • A fact fromMale Restroom Etiquette appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 26.
  • A fact fromRufus (Street Fighter) appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 27.
  • A fact fromFactions ofCommand & Conquer appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 29.
  • A fact fromDarkness over Daggerford appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 30.
  • A fact fromBloody Fun Day appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 30.
  • A fact fromAliens vs. Predator: Requiem (video game) appeared in the Did you know? column on Mar 30.

• EditorKieferSkunk was interviewed by video game magazineEdge. Comments from the interview were used in an article in issue 199, and anabridged online version is available on their website. Kiefer has also provided thetranscript of his interview.

Reader Poll

TheWikiProject Video games Newsletter released itsfirst issue a year ago. The newsletter is meant to help connect editors, keep them up-to-date with the activities of the VG project, and improve the knowledge of our members. We've compiled a list of questions to help gauge the effectiveness of the newsletter's first year.

Answers will be accepted for a three week period following the deliver of theMarch 2009 issue on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Just to clarify, this is not anApril Fools' Day gag, and we would really appreciate honest criticism. Information obtained from this poll is intend to alter the newsletter for the better. So don't feel you should hold back or give answers similar to everyone else.

Feel free to voice your opinion on thePoll page.

Feature: VG Barnstar

		The Video Game Barnstar
		The VG Barnstar is an award given to Wikipedians recognized for efforts and contributions to improve and develop video game related articles.

The VG Barnstar is one of manyWikipedia Barnstars designed to be given to editors that have helped further the overall quality of Wikipedia. It was created in February 2006 byJacoplane—seepast discussion for details—and has been given to numerous editors since. Sometimes editors with multiple Barnstars use an alternative way to display them:ribbons.

Barnstars are designed to be given by anyone, so don't be shy as everyone enjoys appreciation. If you have noticed or have been impressed with the work of an editor, feel free to let them know by placing {{subst:Barnstar VG|"message" ~~~~}} on their talk page. The template uses a parameter to include a message expressing the reasons behind the award.

See also

• Wikipedia:Service awards
• Wikipedia:Other awards
• Wikipedia:Personal user awards

Things you can help with:

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