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An issue with categories
[edit]Over the last several years, we've had a number of editors making a good effort to populate categories that sort games based on studio or publisher (eg Category:Valve Corporation games)
First, I notice that whether the use of "games" or "video games" in these titles is non-standard, and given that "games" can also imply printed board games, I think we need to standard to "video games" but that's less of a concern.
The case that led me to realize there was a problem was the fact that Disco Elysium was published by Spike Chunsoft in Japan, so it has been categorized as a "Spike Chunsoft video game", which seems very misleading. And that's where I think we need to make these categories more explicit between the developer and the publisher. Disco Elysium is clearly under "video games published by Spike Chunsoft" and nothing seems weird about that at that point.
It makes then more sense when we get to the big publishers like Activision and EA. Battlefield 2042, currently is listed as a "Digital Illusions CE games" and an "Electronic Arts games", but it would make far more sense to have it as a "video game developed by DICE", and a "video game published by EA".
There are a few things to consider before making this massive a change. One is the naming scheme, as "video games developed/published by X" is weighty but also I think the minimum we need to distiguish between these. The other would be in how we'd catalog games that have multiple studios aiding a single lead studio, such as most Assassin's Creed games. It would make sense to categorize Assassin's Creed Odyssey as a "video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec" and "published by Ubisoft", but all dozen-some other Ubisoft studios that assisted in its development would be overkill for that. So I think in such cases, only the lead studio should be incldued in the categorization. Finally, for many indie games where the developer and publisher are the same (like for Hades / Supergiant Games), it doesn't make sense to include both categories, but instead just give weight to the developer version.
In any case, we're talking a major change so I'd rather get our consensus on this figured out first before seeing how much automation we could make to simplify any changes. — Masem (t) 15:14, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
- I understand we have rules for the infobox template to keep it simple and direct, but I don't see why we need that for categories. I don't think we need to make the distinction that clear. Battlefield is made by DICE but it is also clearly an EA property, so calling it an EA game is not wrong. You will still need a parent category for studios that both develop and publish games. OceanHok (talk) 15:20, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- Agreed and in general the more specific a category is, the better. The only limiting factor is if the category in question is WP:Defining which in this case it certainly is. Sources will always make clear who the publisher and developer are rather than say the game is "by [publisher]." The categories should reflect that. In terms of how this would work in practice, it could look something like "[publisher] video games" with two children "video games developed by [publisher] and "video games published by [publisher]" J2UDY7r00CRjH (talk) 18:27, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- Agreed, this seems like the best way to handle this. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 00:10, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- More realistically for every notable studio or publisher, there should be a category with just their name, like Category:Valve Corporation, then these two categories can be children of that (if both are needed) — Masem (t) 02:04, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- Agreed, this seems like the best way to handle this. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 00:10, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- I think that having separate categories for 'video games developed/published by X' seems unnecessary, and just having 'X company games' is simpler. I don't think having a category for a company that only published a game in X region or for X port is misleading or confusing - whatever's going on with the game's developers/publishers should be discussed in the article itself. I don't think this is codified somewhere, but I think specifying 'X company video games' rather than 'X company games' is only necessary when the company in question also makes games other than video games, such as board or card games. Waxworker (talk) 00:31, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- But to take the example of Disco Elysium, no one would naturally classify it as a Chunsoft game, but that's the implication given by the fact it is categorized, presently, as a Chunsoft game. So the current scheme is misleading. Masem (t) 01:58, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- I have to concur with Masem that categorizing "published by" and "developed by" separately would be very helpful. These are two completely separate things and I'm sure people tend to be much more interested in finding categories of works created by a studio than a categories of works published by a corporation. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 06:12, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- But to take the example of Disco Elysium, no one would naturally classify it as a Chunsoft game, but that's the implication given by the fact it is categorized, presently, as a Chunsoft game. So the current scheme is misleading. Masem (t) 01:58, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Due to the brand Japan Studio not being used until 2006, all games produced by the developer prior should be credited as Sony Computer Entertainment Japan or any appropriate alternative (must be a pipe/redirect of Japan Studio article). It's as absurd as calling EarthBound a Creatures Inc. game. MimirIsSmart (talk) 14:29, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
New Articles (September 16 to September 22)
[edit]A listing of all articles newly added to the Video Games Wikiproject (regardless of creation date). Generated by v3.20 of the RecentVGArticles script and posted by PresN. Bug reports and feature requests are appreciated. --PresN 18:14, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- Articles deleted/removed: David Pierce (CEO), Geimos, Micronics, Onyanko Town, Area 69, Build order, Cluckin' bell, Yellow Bell Station, Angel Pine, Blastin Fools Records, Blueberry (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas), Brown Streak Railroad, Caligula's Casino, Easter Basin, Flint County, San Andreas, Four Dragons Casino, Hashburry, Juniper Hollow, Las Payasadas, Las Venturas Airport, Market Station, Mount Chillad, Mt. Chiliad, Muholland Intersection, Palomino Creek, Palomino Creek, San Andreas, Pirates pants casino, Red County, San Andreas, Tierra Robada, Tierra Robada County, TransFender, Whetstone (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas), Whetstone County, Whetstone County, San Andreas
- Drafts deleted/removed: Draft:Artie McCallum, Draft:Coryphaeus Championships, Draft:Franklin Clinton, Draft:TheRevolt, Draft:V3ra7han, Draft:Dylan Nadel, Draft:List of video games set in Miami, Draft:✅, Draft:Tilleh Awards, Draft:Tom Clancy's The Division (series)
- Articles redirected: SureAI, Romhacking.net, VG247, New Nintendo 2DS XL, Wii Freeloader, Glitching (video games)
- Categories deleted/removed: Video game glitches, Video gaming by century, Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network
- New categories: Arthur (Besson book series) — Dimadick, Colopl games — Waxworker, Yogscast Games games — Waxworker, Cellius games — Mika1h, Mi-Clos Studio games — Waxworker, Young Horses games — Waxworker, Venom (character) — Cwf97 (newly tagged - originally created 6 years ago)
- New templates: {{Art of Fighting}} — PresN (newly tagged - originally created 18 years ago)
September 16
- — Shakib69SH (previously a draft: undrafted by original creator)
- — Kung Fu Man (was previously a redirect)
- — Cukie Gherkin (was previously a redirect)
- — NinjaRobotPirate
September 17
- None
September 18
- — JIP (previously a draft: undrafted by original creator)
- — Emiya Mulzomdao
- — Cukie Gherkin (was previously a redirect)
- — Tintor2 (was previously a redirect)
- — Tintor2 (was previously a redirect)
- — NinjaRobotPirate
- — Pinchwise
- — MouseyMick31 (previously a draft: accepted AfC submission)
- — Cukie Gherkin (was previously a redirect)
- — NinjaRobotPirate
- — NinjaRobotPirate
- — Forthicy (newly tagged – originally created 1 year ago)
September 19
- — Eldomtom2 (newly tagged – originally created 2 months ago)
- — 1234qwer1234qwer4 (was previously a redirect)
- — TheQuietLon3r (previously a draft)
- — NinjaRobotPirate
- — Riskeltona
- — PferdesalamiMann
September 20
- — Kung Fu Man (was previously a redirect)
- — MrKaraRocks
- — Elli (was previously a redirect)
- — Cukie Gherkin (was previously a redirect)
- — NinjaRobotPirate
September 21
- — DearFlocke (newly tagged – originally created 2 months ago)
- — GeniusTaker
- — Zxcvbnm (previously a draft: undrafted by original creator)
- — NinjaRobotPirate
September 22
- Shoutout to JIP for that fascinating article on an oldie, and an overseas one at that!
- Also, do you know what was on Draft:✅? I'm curious. Panini! • 🥪 19:42, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- It was a draft about a Filipino indie video game that was deleted as non-notable and lacking references. It used to have a normal title but someone moved it to that funny title. JIP | Talk 21:20, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- Been a very busy week for Pokemon it feels like. I didn't even realize Haunter and buzz were that close apart from each other when I did them.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 20:17, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Requests for comment on Pokémon-related articles
[edit]There are currently two Pokémon related discussions ongoing: One is to discuss whether Pokémon Emerald should be merged with Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, while the other is to discuss whether Fan-made Pokémon games should be moved to a new title or not. Further comments on both discussions would be greatly appreciated. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 02:36, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- Now that you mention it, I don't think I've ever considered Magneton... I gotta go call him asap. Panini! • 🥪 05:50, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
Request for comment about Assassin's Creed Shadows
[edit]Assassin's Creed Shadows has an RfC for possible consensus.Should Assassin's Creed Shadows retain the Re-enactment flag controversy and Japanese reaction? A discussion is taking place.Xslyq (talk) 15:51, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
Goal: 7,500 or fewer Stub-Class articles
[edit]I have been wondering if it would be beneficial to have something like a project subpage or taskforce page to assist with the goal of expanding stub articles to get them to start or better. I feel like it would help have such a centralized place to list the stub articles with the most potential in terms of how many sources have been found online but are not currently being used (or used much) in the article.
For example:
- Sources are listed on the talk page or in the External links
- Sources are noted on trusted external websites such as MobyGames or World of Spectrum
- Sources are listed in a reviews table in the article but not anywhere else
- Sources were found in a previous AFD or merge discussion
This would specifically list just the stubs where known sources have been identified and found online but not yet put to use, which would help any users with the time and interest in building up articles (especially if they don't find the sources themselves) and such a list would give users a direction to focus on.
I for one would be super extra happy to start forming such a list, checking to see which stub articles for games have sources that need to be implemented and thereby de-stub the articles. BOZ (talk) 14:41, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- So to give an idea of what I am looking for, I started looking through the stub articles and found that the following articles about games have sources listed on the talk page or in the article itself, sufficient enough to easily expand the article beyond stub class or better:
- 2 Fast 4 Gnomz
- 2XL ATV Offroad
- 3 in 1 College & Pro Football
- 3D Railroad Master
- 4 Soccer Simulators
- 4x4 Off-Road Racing
- 5th Gear (video game)
- 7 Sins (video game)
- 9 Elefants
- 90 Minutes
- 99 Levels to Hell
- 100 Rogues
- 187 Ride or Die
- 500 cc Grand Prix
- 911 Fire Rescue
- 1869 (video game)
- 1914 Shells of Fury
- 1993 Space Machine
- 2088: The Cryllan Mission
- I already stated that I wouldn't mind creating such a list, but the question is what would be the most helpful way to organize it? Alphabetically? By publication date? Platform? Something else? BOZ (talk) 08:10, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- I actually made a for-funsies list of articles I was interested in improving as part of de-stubbification for whenever I'm in the mood for it: [1] - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 10:05, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oh nice, so a list like this could definitely be useful then. :) I'll construct it as I find the time, probably on a user page for now. BOZ (talk) 14:21, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not sure why I was expecting anything other than lust on the cover for 7 Sins... I opened it... currently in a sanctuary...
- By platform seems the most helpful because I find people target articles to work on based on that parameter, but cross-platform and PC releases make this impossible to track. I suggest by publication date, which should give a rough idea to the user what generation of consoles they're in for example.
- I like taking on stubs sometimes only if it's possible to greatly expand, because that's the most fun part for me. Games like Good Job! and Animal Crossing Plaza are games I have never played but were intriguing enough for me to work on. If a list were to exist I would definitely browse it, and whether or not I pick up something is up to what's there. I understand you're an absolute machine when it comes to this stuff BOZ, and like the machine you are you don't mind the labor(!, this would drive me nuts), but if I can help with anything let me know. We ought to give you a hand for all the work you do for the project. Panini! • 🥪 14:28, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- OK sounds good, I will aim towards listing them by age because some people definitely have a preferred focus on that. :) It may take some time to put this together, but we'll see. Thank you for the kind words! Good luck with the Donkey Kong GA review! BOZ (talk) 15:24, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oh nice, so a list like this could definitely be useful then. :) I'll construct it as I find the time, probably on a user page for now. BOZ (talk) 14:21, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- I actually made a for-funsies list of articles I was interested in improving as part of de-stubbification for whenever I'm in the mood for it: [1] - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 10:05, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
High traffic stubs
[edit]I published a list of the most popular video game stub articles over the last month at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/High traffic stubs.
I recently returned to Wikipedia (not committing to anything, just dabbling again) and was thinking of where contributions would have most impact. Stubs seemed to be low hanging fruit, and coupled with traffic statistics - we can see where our readers want our attention to be. A lot of articles on that list probably aren't even stubs any more, so there should be some easy wins for a bit of admin. There's a lot of WP:RECENTISM in that list, but I'm sure there are some perennially popular pages that could do with some attention. For someone without clear editing goals, I think the list could be useful.
I probably won't maintain it, but if it's helpful, I hope someone can just refresh the numbers every month. Why not add it to the mostly empty left hand side of Template:WPVG announcements? - hahnchen 21:52, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- That's a good idea too. :) BOZ (talk) 02:50, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Another page worth publishing periodically would be the largest pages in Category:Stub-Class video game articles. This would require Wikipedia:Database queries which I am not familiar with. - hahnchen 17:10, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- That's something to consider. BOZ (talk) 16:44, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
New Articles (September 23 to September 29)
[edit]A listing of all articles newly added to the Video Games Wikiproject (regardless of creation date). Generated by v3.20 of the RecentVGArticles script and posted by PresN. Bug reports and feature requests are appreciated. --PresN 11:55, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Articles deleted/removed: B-Dup, FXOpen eSports, Jizzy B., List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Luma3DS, Minecraft@Home, Ran Fa Li, Zero (Grand Theft Auto), Kingdom hearts kari, Major All Stars, Major All Stars Season 1, D1 Cup
- Drafts deleted/removed: Draft:Gombas, Draft:Let's Dance 1, Draft:Mira (esports player), Draft:Rap Rat (1992 video board game), Draft:Skyrim, Draft:Call to Arms - Gates of Hell, Draft:Combat Wings, Draft:SIMAGIC, Draft:Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, Draft:Yatoro, Draft:Dark Deception (videogame), Draft:Grand Theft Auto Role-Playing, Draft:Impact items, Draft:R2Beat, Draft:KnottedGD, Draft:Redcheeks, Draft:BluBox Studios
- Articles redirected: SuperBot Entertainment, Alvin and the Chipmunks (video game), Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation, List of Pokémon special episodes, Roblox Studio, Bidoof, .io games, Danish Academy of Digital, Interactive Entertainment, Project V13, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, Super Mario War
- Articles moved to draft space: Kirby (novel series)
- Categories deleted/removed: De Blob, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic characters, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic novels, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video games, Video games with alternative versions, Emergent gameplay, Video game boot disks, Video games about nanotechnology
- New categories: Disney Interactive Studios games — (Oinkers42), Drecom games — Waxworker, Games Workshop video games — CoolingGibbon, Realms of Fantasy games — Waxworker, Varcon Systems games — Waxworker, Video games based on Blade — AHI-3000 (newly tagged - originally created 5 months ago), Warhammer Age of Sigmar video games — CoolingGibbon, Synergy (video game company) games — Waxworker, CD Projekt — Nagae Iku, Kuro Games — Nagae Iku, Boltrend Games games — Waxworker, Suspicious Developments games — Waxworker, Vektor Grafix games — Waxworker
- New templates: {{Digital Eclipse video games}} — Andrzejbanas
September 23
- — Sceeegt (was previously a redirect)
September 24
- — Tintor2 (was previously a redirect)
- — Rhain (previously a draft)
- — Kung Fu Man (was previously a redirect)
September 25
- — MrKaraRocks (was previously a redirect)
- — Andrzejbanas (previously a draft: undrafted by original creator)
- — Dn9ahx (was previously a redirect)
- — OceanHok (was previously a redirect)
- — Sr1jj
September 26
- — TrademarkedTWOrantula (previously a draft: accepted AfC submission)
- — Themoviea (previously a draft: undrafted by original creator)
- — Kung Fu Man (was previously a redirect)
- — The boss 1904 (previously a draft: accepted AfC submission)
- — Favre1fan93 (was previously a redirect – un-redirected 1 month ago)
- Wikipedia:Good topics/Panzer Dragoon series (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) — NovemBot
September 27
- — Yogurt moon123 (previously a draft: accepted AfC submission)
- — Nodicenomasters
September 28
- — Kung Fu Man (was previously a redirect)
- — Zoq-Fot-Pik (newly tagged – originally created 2 months ago)
- — Kuba Jakubowicz (previously a userpage – moved out 2 months ago: undrafted by original creator)
- — FMecha (was previously a redirect)
- — Prayerie (newly tagged – originally created 4 months ago)
- — Tintor2
- — SummerPocket (newly tagged – originally created 3 months ago)
September 29
- You don't see articles on game consoles and video game publications all that often; good work Sceeegt, and Favre1fan93 and Trailblazer101! Panini! • 🥪 17:16, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Review Thread: Help Wanted Edition
[edit]We are on edition number 50somethingsomething of review thread time! These are all of our outstanding reviews written out, and any reviews to lower the backlog would be greatly appreciated. A lot of them are really cool articles, too!
FAC
- Ada Wong (review)
- The Sims 4 (review)
- Smash Hit (review)
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted (review)
GAN
Donkey Kong- Puff-puff (onomatopoeia)
- Tina Armstrong
- Kim Kitsuragi
- Miner 2049er
- Pixel Piracy
- Ether One
- Dr Disrespect
- Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass
- Async Corp.
- Hotline Miami
- Pokémon fan games
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures- The Outer Worlds
- River Raid
- The Great Giana Sisters
- Pikachu
- Visions of Mana
- Mario Party: Island Tour
- Meltan
- Bejeweled (video game)
- Kleavor
Peer reviews
I usually make these expecting a quid pro quo on my article, because I'm selfish, but I don't have one this time. I encourage people with outstanding reviews to give another user a review in return.
I will be taking on Donkey Kong before TheJoeBro goes ape. It won't be good for the project if that happens again. Panini! • 🥪 14:43, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Normally I would scoop some of these up in a heartbeat, but I'm super busy this week. If there's still any of these not taken in the coming weeks I'll see if I can try hitting up a few of them. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 01:27, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- I've been really busy lately too. But I am excited to see so many of these articles being improved. I will have more time for GA again soon. Shooterwalker (talk) 15:26, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Done Lego Indy. One down. --ProtoDrake (talk) 14:25, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Wanted to do that one next but whatever Panini! • 🥪 16:42, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
Question regarding a questionable Redirect
[edit]The redirect WP:POKEMON currently redirects to Wikipedia:Pokémon test, an essay on the subject of the history of Pokémon species article notability. While other redirects to this essay are valid and non-conflicting, I do feel WP:POKEMON redirecting to this essay and not the actual WikiProject feels slightly bizarre. One would assume a decently active WikiProject covering and maintaining the articles on a particular franchise would take precedent over an essay (Especially in-line with other franchise WikiProjects: See examples like Wikipedia:DOCTORWHO, Wikipedia:STARTREK, or Wikipedia:BIGBROTHER). Given the essay's historical nature, I felt this worthwhile to discuss here before I took any BOLD action, but I strongly feel as though this particular redirect is better served actually linking to the respective WikiProject, as the essay's use for an editor looking for ways to contribute to Pokémon-related subject articles is rather minimal given the essay's lack of actual influence on discussion, especially in the present day. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 01:26, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Honestly I agree. It hasn't been used in some time, and while I realize the Pokemon Test redirect has some history on pages, it's actually not as many as it sounds in the grand scheme of things, to the point I could sit through in less than an hour and adjust every usage to use something like WP:POKETEST instead.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 01:59, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- POKETEST makes sense as a redirect to the essay. Redirecting the main POKEMON link to the wikiproject makes more sense. Shooterwalker (talk) 15:24, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- I agree, it shouldn't redirect to "Pokemon test". Even as someone who is skeptical about the notability of many current Pokemon articles, it is not helpful for such a prominent shortcut to go to a defunct essay. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 15:32, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Now that all of the links have been fixed, I think it makes sense to retarget this to the Pokémon WikiProject. QuicoleJR (talk) 00:44, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- And done!--Kung Fu Man (talk) 00:59, 4 October 2024 (UTC)