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== G.I. Joe ==

Would you look at Snake-Eyes page at the bottom you'll find a section labeled 2009 film with a movie plot could i get your opinion whether the movie plot should be their like that or deleted because some IP keeps deleting it ] (]) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added 03:17, 29 June 2009 (UTC).</span><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

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The Original Barnstar
For dealing so calmly, responsibly, and respectfully in the face of opposition to a pet project. Your behavior through this seems to have modeled the best Wikipedians can hope for, and WP:COMICS will be lucky to have you. ThuranX (talk) 05:08, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Testing

Testing my signature.--BlackWatch21 01:42, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Again.--BlackWatch21 01:44, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Again.uhhhhh.--BlackWatch21 01:46, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Image question

Image:WP logo (2).jpg looks somewhat familiar to me. Would you please help my memory and let me know where it came from? - jc37 21:01, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

GO ahead

I did some searching and they all started by themselves, so I don't see a reason not to start it. So if you want start the page and I will start when the page is up. --DJS24 05:00, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

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The WPVG Newsletter (August 2008)

The Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume I, No. 5 - July 2008

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Project At a Glance

As of July 2008, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

Promoted FA/FL:

Flood (Halo), List of songs in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, List of voice actors in the Grand Theft Auto series, Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Topic:

Devil May Cry (series), Super Smash Bros. (series)

Demoted FA/FL:

None


Promoted GA:

Devil May Cry 4, Final Fantasy III, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, Guitar Hero: On Tour, Halo 2 Original Soundtrack, Halo: The Flood, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mario Party 4, Mario Party 5, WWE SmackDown (video game series)

Demoted GA:

RuneScape

News
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 Misplaced Pages'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 Misplaced Pages's, content guideline about reliable 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 as IGN or GameSpot. 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 at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Video games/Sources, as well as more detailed information on what constitutes a reliable source.

To find sources on the internet, checking Google 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 like ProQuest or LexisNexis, 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 a Magazines 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!

Things you can help with:
Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks
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Games related projects

I'd appreciate it if you'd respond to the message at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Games/related_projects. After the latest reverts I'd really like to know what you're expecting. --Rindis (talk) 06:36, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Old page

I was wondering if this page is still used for anything? If not, could you blank it and tag it as G7. Thanks. MrKIA11 (talk) 00:29, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Now that you're back... MrKIA11 (talk) 19:26, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Could you tag it as G7 ({{db-author}})? It would make it much easier for you to do it since you were the only contributer. MrKIA11 (talk) 19:33, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. MrKIA11 (talk) 19:38, 23 August 2008 (UTC)


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Xbox Live logo image

I'm just curios why you changed the Image:Xbox-live-logo.png to Image:Xboxlive_logo.jpg as it seems to me that the new image is inferior to the old one. Actually, the new image is almost identical to another previous image that I touched up to produce the png version. Just wondering. Thingg 05:38, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

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The WPVG Newsletter for August 2008

The Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume I, No. 6 - August 2008

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Project At a Glance

As of August 2008, the project has:


Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

Promoted FA/FL:

4X, Alleyway, Conan (2007 video game), List of songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Midtown Madness, Wipeout 3

Topic:

None

Demoted FA/FL:

None


Promoted GA:

Chocolatier, Cloud Strife, Discography of Final Fantasy I and II, Discography of Final Fantasy VII, The Guardian Legend, Guitar Hero III Mobile, Halo: First Strike, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Key Sounds Label, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Necrid, Paper Mario, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Secret of Evermore, StarCraft: Brood War, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Xenogears Original Soundtrack

Demoted GA:

GoldenEye 007


News
Feature: Departments

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

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

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


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

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

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

Things you can help with:
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The WPVG Newsletter (September 2008)

The Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume I, No. 7 - September 2008

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Project At a Glance

As of September 2008, the project has:


Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

Promoted FA/FL:

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mario Power Tennis, Myst IV: Revelation, Space Invaders, The World Ends with You

Promoted FT:

Guitar Hero series

Demoted FA/FL/FT:

None


Promoted GA:

Anarchy Online, Codename: Gordon, Concerned, Hotel Mario, I Love Bees, Kyo Kusanagi, Species of StarCraft, StarCraft (series), Super Mario Strikers

Promoted GT:

Final Fantasy XII, StarCraft titles

Demoted GA/GT:

None


News
Feature: Misplaced Pages 0.7

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

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

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

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

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


See original notification on WT:VG for more details.

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Nice Page

Nice Page, can you go anymore pink? LOL --DJS24 17:53, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Template:WPBannerMeta

Just letting you know that WPBannerMeta is standardising project templates. What was wrong with my edits to {{Xboxp}}? If you didn't want the full quality scale it get be turned off by not enabling a switch. With the WikiProject banners using the META template, it means we can easily update every banner by one edit to the main template, instead of going through every banner and manually doing it. Around 500 banners already use the META template. —Borgarde 01:58, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry for not contacting you, I didn't think it was that controversial, hundreds of banners have been changed to the META one with no complaints. I left a note at the project talk page to see if anyone else wants to see the banner standardised. —Borgarde 13:36, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Image:Xboxelitepackage.jpg

Hi Blackwatch21 !
I changed the licence of to Non-free use rationale, because the bigger part most of the image shows a box with copyrighted covers. I also changed the licence to avid that this image gets uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (which would be done if it only tagged with PD-self), because it would get deleted immediately for being a derevativ work.
--D-Kuru (talk) 18:07, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (October 2008)

The Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume I, No. 8 - October 2008

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Project At a Glance

As of October 2008, the project has:


Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

Promoted FA/FL:

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Crush (video game), Half-Life 2: Episode One, StarCraft: Ghost

Promoted FT:

StarCraft titles

Demoted FA/FL/FT:

None


Promoted GA:

Aether (video game), Chris Metzen, Doom 3, Final Fantasy VII, Half-Life 2: Survivor, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Mega Man 2, Silent Hill 3

Promoted GT:

Key visual novels

Demoted GA/GT:

Final Fantasy (video game)


News
Feature: Partnered reviews

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

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

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

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

See past discussions for details: VG discussion and MilHist discussion

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Your image request

Remember 6 months ago you requested me to create a barnstar for the Xbox project? Well, I remembered (surprisingly) and just finished making it. Let me know how you like it and if you would like something else done to it. I'm really sorry for taking such a long time. I was looking through my talkpage and saw your post and remembered. The barnstar looks better on a black background, but I'll let you deside how you're going to award it. Check it out -- penubag  (talk) 11:29, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

You mean a logo similar to Image:Wikihalo.png? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs 22:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I'll upload a couple possibilities later this week and ping you so you can use whichever you want. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs 00:26, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Here's the first one (the colors are muted due to an issue with my color profiles, I'll have to recalibrate them so it's more vivid.) Image:Green-gel-x.png --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs 04:18, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Hmm, I like David's version above. I did try my hand at it though. See: Image:Xboxlogo custom.png , and Image:Xboxlogo-barnstarbased.png (based off barnstar) -- penubag  (talk) 08:28, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
I like the "X" with the flames that Penubag created. --DJS24 20:45, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Script in what way? Like a cursive 'X'? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs 00:52, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
How about Image:Xbox-logotype.png this then? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs 01:56, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
I'll upload a larger version later tonight or tomorrow. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs 02:09, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

The 2nd logo (barnstar based) won't run into any copyright issues because the power symbol is in the public domain and simply changing the color or adding effects to PD'ed symbols or text does not make it liable for copyright issues. This is a different story for trademarks, but a trademarked symbol is allowed to be used on any page without fair-use rational. -- penubag  (talk) 03:19, 4 December 2008 (UTC) Okay, I added text to the logos, let me know if there is anything else. -- penubag  (talk) 03:59, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Did you want a copy of the other logo too? The one with the power symbol shouldn't be deleted because of copyright issues; I disagree with this ruling and it should be brought to WP:Deletion Review. PD symbols/text that are merely modified cannot be copyrighted and thus can be used on any Misplaced Pages/Commons page. -- penubag  (talk) 04:08, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

What are you doing?

Are you going to fix the xbox page or do I have to keep looking at it? --DJS24 15:57, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (November 2008)

The Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume I, No. 9 - November 2008

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Project At a Glance

As of November 2008, the project has:


Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics

Promoted FA/FL:

Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game, Ico, List of One Piece video games, List of songs in Guitar Hero World Tour, List of StarCraft media, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Myst V: End of Ages

Promoted FT:

None

Demoted FA/FL/FT:

None


Promoted GA:

Characters of Myst, Combine (Half-Life), Crash: Mind over Mutant, F-Zero, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Half-Life: Decay, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Halo 3 marketing, Ico, Iori Yagami, Jim Raynor, LittleBigPlanet, Marble Madness, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Myst (series), Sam & Max Hit the Road, Silent Hill Homecoming, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst

Promoted GT:

None

Demoted GA/GT:

Call of Duty 2, Fate/stay night, Make Love, Not Warcraft


News
Feature: Article Importance

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

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

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

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

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


See past newsletter feature for more information about the Assessment Department.

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Re: logo

 Done Thingg 16:12, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank

Thank You --DJS24 21:51, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Yup

Try that --DJS24 16:55, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Image:Qxz-ad132.gif with new logo

 Done TomasBat 17:04, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I forgot to do so ;) -- penubag  (talk) 23:15, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Shortcut bar taken off at WP:NIN

— just wondering why. MuZemike (talk) 00:11, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

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The WPVG Newsletter (December 2008)

The WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video games Newsletter
Volume I, No. 10 - December 2008

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Project At a Glance

As of December 2008, the project has:


Changes to Featured and Good content

Promoted FA/FL:

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, List of Kirby media, Marble Madness, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Promoted FT:

Half-Life 2 titles

Demoted FA/FL/FT:

None

Promoted AA:

None

Promoted GA:

Guitar Hero World Tour, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros., Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith

Promoted GT:

None

Demoted GA/GT:

Final Fantasy II, Resident Evil, Super Mario Land


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

Video game related articles fall under niche categories on Misplaced Pages: "Culture and the arts" and "Everyday life". Because of this, they are often required to demonstrate notability more than other topics. Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages.

Being notable means that a topic has "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Misplaced Pages'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 as WP:NOT. In short, just because a video game, character, or related topic exists, does not mean it should also exist as a Misplaced Pages article.

Dealing with non-notable topics

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

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  • 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.
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Windows vs "PC"

Please do not replace Microsoft Windows with PC in games - "PC" is an ambiguous term which could refer to many different platforms. Other than that, nice work with the XBLA images! –xeno (talk) 21:25, 26 January 2009 (UTC)


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Another suggestion; when you replace a screenshot with the "virtual box art", put the screenshot into the body of the article, as I did here with Shotest Shogi. keep up the good work. –xeno (talk) 21:45, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

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Re: logo

 Done Thingg 15:42, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (January 2009)

The WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video games Newsletter
Volume II, No. 1 - January 2009

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Project At a Glance

As of January 2009, the project has:


Changes to Featured and Good content

Promoted FA/FL:

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, New Super Mario Bros., The Simpsons Game, The Simpsons Hit & Run, Super Columbine Massacre RPG!

Promoted FT:

None

Demoted FA/FL/FT:

None

Promoted AA:

None

Promoted GA:

Age of Empires (video game), Controversy over the usage of Manchester Cathedral in Resistance: Fall of Man, Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades, Masashi Hamauzu, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Metroid Prime Hunters, Metroid Prime Pinball, Nemesis (Resident Evil), OverClocked ReMix, Reptile (Mortal Kombat), Sam & Max, Sheng Long, The Simpsons Wrestling, Sonic Unleashed, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario Kart

Promoted GT:

None

Demoted GA/GT:

Rinoa Heartilly


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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 the Video 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 the VG newsletter talk page.

David Fuchs (also known as Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs), is a long time video games editor that has written a large number of the project's Featured articles. He has been ranked high on Misplaced Pages: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 for Featured article candidates, and branched out into other types of articles in addition to video games. He can normally been seen on the project's talk page offering advice and his input on the various discussion taking place there.

  1. What drew you to Misplaced Pages, 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 for Advanced 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 to Halo video game franchise, specifically the article on the parasitic Flood.
  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 for writing 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 suppose Myst is a sort of accomplishment I can point to; I started work on the article on May 2 2008, when it looked like this, and submitted it to Featured Article Candidates one 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, specifically Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Bone 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 my favorite cartoon characters when I was a child, "We must do reeea-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, click here.

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You're way

I see you changed the page back; I like it much better the way I had it. --DJS24 16:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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The WPVG Newsletter (February 2009)

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The WikiProject Video games Newsletter
Volume II, No. 2 - February 2009

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Project At a Glance

As of February 2009, the project has:


Changes to Featured and Good content

Promoted FA/FL:

List of Metroid media, Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

Promoted FT:

Myst series

Demoted FA/FL/FT:

List of Metal Gear Solid characters

Promoted AA:

Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario Kart

Promoted GA:

Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Alan Kotok, Alisia Dragoon, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Braid (video game), Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!, Discography of the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series, Fast inverse square root, Left 4 Dead, Luke Smith (writer), Mario Kart DS, Metroid Fusion, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Metroid: Zero Mission, Myst Online: Uru Live, Pong, Shadow the Hedgehog (video game), Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Metroid, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver

Promoted GT:

None

Demoted GA/GT:

Crystalis, Duck Hunt, Game Boy Micro, P.N.03, Super Mario RPG, Yoshi Touch & Go


News
Feature: Weekly Collaboration

The VG 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 by AnomieBOT from the Stub-, Start-, and C-class categories that are rated either High- or Top-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 a result of the several other weekly collaborations popping up on Misplaced Pages. It proved to be quite successful at improving articles to meet Misplaced Pages'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 at WT: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 was brought up by JohnnyMrNinja, which was further 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 add Template:Collab-gaming to their watchlist to see which article is selected. Recently selected articles are:

  1. Week of January 19, 2009:
    Video game genresSee 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 gameSee how it improved
  4. Week of February 9, 2009:
    Ultima Underworld: The Stygian AbyssSee 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
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Frequently used idea and approved areas

The Frequently used idea are needs updating seriously and now the future of the approved area is questioned. Please see the discussions at Misplaced Pages talk:Motto of the day/Nominations#Help with FUI and Approved area discussion. Simply south (talk) 20:42, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

xbox game importance

It was my bad, sorry - I thought it was the VG project change but I realized it was the importance on the Xbox project. --MASEM (t) 00:24, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (March 2009)

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Volume II, No. 3 - March 2009

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As of March 2009, the project has:


Changes to Featured and Good content

Promoted FA/FL:

Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst

Promoted FT:

None

Demoted FA/FL/FT:

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Promoted AA:

Pong, Rock Band (video game), Super Mario Bros. 3

Promoted GA:

Dragon kill points, Final Fantasy (video game), First-person shooter, Halo Wars, Joseph Staten, Light gun shooter, LocoRoco, Machinima, Metroid, My French Coach and My Spanish Coach, Ninja Gaiden (NES), Planescape: Torment, Popotan, Shoot 'em up, Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss

Promoted GT:

None

Demoted GA/GT:

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NES)


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Reader Poll

The WikiProject Video games Newsletter released its first 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 the March 2009 issue on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Just to clarify, this is not an April 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 the Poll 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 many Misplaced Pages Barnstars designed to be given to editors that have helped further the overall quality of Misplaced Pages. It was created in February 2006 by Jacoplane—see past 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

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Wiki Project Xbox

It would be my pleasure to sign up and become a member of Wiki Project Xbox. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 16:35, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

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MOTD

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WikiProjects

How hard is it to create one? And how do you create one? --Thejadefalcon (talk) 10:32, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

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G.I. Joe

Would you look at Snake-Eyes page at the bottom you'll find a section labeled 2009 film with a movie plot could i get your opinion whether the movie plot should be their like that or deleted because some IP keeps deleting it The Movie Master 1 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:17, 29 June 2009 (UTC).

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