Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games

WikiProject Video games edit

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Welcome to the Video games WikiProject on the English Wikipedia! We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to video games.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them on our discussion page, or by contacting participants of the project.

Purpose and Goals

Our main functions are to:

provide guidelines and recommendations for all articles related to video games;
improve Wikipedia's coverage of video games by creating, expanding and maintaining such articles;
serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to video games on Wikipedia; and
maintain the Video games portal.

We are currently working toward four major milestones:

10% of articles B-Class or better: 95.6% complete

(3879 / 4058)

75% of articles Start-Class or better: 99.3% complete

(30222 / 30438)

All Mid/High/Top-Importance articles C-Class or better: 79.4% complete

(2891 / 3643)

50 Good or Featured Topics: 84% complete

(33 Good + 9 Featured / 50)

3.4% List-Class
22.1% Stub-Class
49.9% Start-Class
15% C-Class
3.8% B-Class
4.9% GA-Class
0.9% FA-Class
0.1% remaining

Participation edit

We welcome everyone who wishes to improve video game articles. You don't need to formally join our project in order to contribute, but feel free to indicate your participation by adding our userbox or advert to your user page. Members are welcome to join our project chat on the unofficial Wikimedia Discord server, please see WP:Discord for more information.

New users who have contributed to video game related articles can be informed about this project by adding the {{vgproj welcome}} template to their talk pages.

Video Game Barnstar

Members of our project may like to reward other users with a barnstar. The project features the Video Games Barnstar: {{subst:VG Barnstar|text on award. ~~~~}} Userbox and ribbon alternatives are also available.

Editing Practices

Make sure you are familiar with the following pages:

The five pillars of Wikipedia — a quick rundown of the five key rules you should understand before editing.
Simplified ruleset — 12 rules of thumb to help you avoid problems.
List of policies — a comprehensive list of the 42 official policies.

In addition to the usual policies and guidelines, please make sure you understand the specific guidelines for video game-related articles.

Project Structure edit

Related WikiProjects and task forces

WikiProjects

Task forces

Parent project: WikiProject Games

Sister projects: WikiProject Anime and manga; WikiProject Horror; WikiProject Microsoft; WikiProject Software; WikiProject Sports

Child projects: WikiProject Halo; WikiProject Pokémon; WikiProject Square Enix

Companies: Nintendo; Sega

Genres and Systems: Esports; Indie; Video game characters; Visual novels

Directory of video game projects and taskforces

The assessment department evaluates the quality and importance of video game related articles.
The essential articles page identifies the most important topics in the scope of this WikiProject.
The reference library is an archive of high-quality sources that may be used to support development history, critical reception, and other sections of articles.
We have task forces within our project that provide centralized information and discussion for topics that have a sufficiently large scope, but would not benefit from having a separate WikiProject with all of the associated bureaucracy.

Tasks edit

Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks

AfDs

Jibanyan (2 participants)
Alma Wade (2 participants)
Jynxzi (2 participants)
Degrees of Separation (video game) (2 participants)
Revan (7 participants)
Charmander (4 participants)
DougDoug (6 participants)
Android 21 (9 participants)
Ron Fish (3 participants)
Path of Titans (1 participant; relisted)
Buck (video game) (4 participants; relisted)
DSLink (8 participants; relisted)
Video Games Europe (2 participants; relisted)
Vietnamese teams in the Mid-Season Invitational (5 participants; relisted)

Merge discussions

Other discussions

No major discussions

Notability edit

Video game-related articles are considered notable by this project if they pass Wikipedia's general notability guidelines.

Articles edit

This project currently maintains over 102,000 pages of varying importance and quality, of which over 41,000 are articles.

All pages linked to by this page may be monitored from the project watchlist.
The templates page lists all templates useful in writing articles related to video games, including infobox, cleanup, stub, talk page, and external links templates.
Statistics on the articles in this project's scope are available.

Article alerts (Full view)

Today's featured articles

10 Dec 2023 – Doom (1993 video game) (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Did you know

29 Nov 2023 – Zarlor Mercenary (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Govvy (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Kirby (character) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by OlifanofmrTennant (t · c); see discussion
21 Nov 2023 – 1000 Days of Syria (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by NegativeMP1 (t · c); see discussion
15 Nov 2023 – Five Nights at Freddy's (song) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by NegativeMP1 (t · c); see discussion
14 Nov 2023 – Sasuke vs. Commander (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Maury Markowitz (t · c); see discussion
14 Nov 2023 – Crystal Dynamics (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by IceWelder (t · c); see discussion
13 Nov 2023 – SSSniperWolf (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Davest3r08 (t · c); see discussion
13 Nov 2023 – Only Up! (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TrademarkedTarantula (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2023 – Phoenotopia: Awakening (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by RagingPichu (t · c); see discussion
30 Oct 2023 – Pitfall! (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Andrzejbanas (t · c); see discussion

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Articles for deletion

30 Nov 2023 – Jibanyan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Greenish Pickle! (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
30 Nov 2023 – Alma Wade (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Greenish Pickle! (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
28 Nov 2023 – Jynxzi (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Cassiopeia (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
28 Nov 2023 – Degrees of Separation (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
27 Nov 2023 – Revan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
26 Nov 2023 – Charmander (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kung Fu Man (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
25 Nov 2023 – DougDoug (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ca (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
25 Nov 2023 – Android 21 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kung Fu Man (t · c); see discussion (9 participants)
24 Nov 2023 – Ron Fish (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Boleyn (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
19 Nov 2023 – Path of Titans (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)

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Proposed deletions

30 Nov 2023 – Mark Baldwin (game designer) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Zombiewizard45 (t · c): concern and endorsed by Nagol0929 (t · c) on 30 Nov 2023: concern
27 Nov 2023 – EasyGameStation (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by IgelRM (t · c): concern
25 Nov 2023 – The Well (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by QuietCicada (t · c): concern
28 Nov 2023 – Identity (video game) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Matuko (t · c) was deproded by GB fan (t · c) on 28 Nov 2023

Categories for discussion

25 Nov 2023 – Category:Video game characters by superhuman feature or ability (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AHI-3000 (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Category:Video games based on Deadliest Warrior (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Category:Video games based on Dancing with the Stars (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Category:Video games based on Totally Spies! (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Category:The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Category:Video games based on Darkwing Duck (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Category:Video games based on Daria (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Category:Codename: Kids Next Door video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Category:Video games based on The Fairly OddParents (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Category:Video games based on Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion

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Templates for discussion

26 Nov 2023 – Template:Pokémon drafts (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Kung Fu Man (t · c); see discussion
24 Nov 2023 – Template:Arms (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

30 Nov 2023 – Spider-Man (2018) (talk · edit · hist) →Spider-Man (2018 video game) was RfDed by Indagate (t · c); see discussion
27 Nov 2023 – Characters in the Paper Mario series (talk · edit · hist) →Characters of the Mario franchise was RfDed by QuicoleJR (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Marilyn (Mario character) (talk · edit · hist) →Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door was RfDed by CopperyMarrow15 (t · c); see discussion
22 Nov 2023 – Emergency Meeting (talk · edit · hist) →Among Us was RfDed by Skarmory (t · c); see discussion
21 Nov 2023 – Toro Inoue (talk · edit · hist) →Sony Interactive Entertainment was RfDed by Isla (t · c); see discussion
15 Nov 2023 – Untitled Mario film (talk · edit · hist) →The Super Mario Bros. Movie was RfDed by Pizzaplayer219 (t · c); see discussion
31 Oct 2023 – I regret nothing (talk · edit · hist) →Postal (franchise) was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
undated – I Am the Very Model of a Scientist Salarian (talk · edit · hist) →Mordin Solus was RfDed
23 Nov 2023 – Dead body reported (talk · edit · hist) →Among Us RfDed by Skarmory (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Files for discussion

23 Nov 2023 – File:Mojang Studios logo 2020.png (talk · edit · hist) FfDed by IceWelder (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Featured list candidates

06 Nov 2023 – Nuovo Award (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by The Night Watch (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

01 Dec 2023 – Letterpress (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TrademarkedTarantula (t · c); start discussion
30 Nov 2023 – Tomb Raider: Chronicles (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ProtoDrake (t · c); start discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Ditto (Pokémon) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kung Fu Man (t · c); start discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by The Night Watch (t · c); start discussion
22 Nov 2023 – The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Vrxces (t · c); start discussion
20 Nov 2023 – Princess Zelda (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Fieryninja (t · c); start discussion
20 Nov 2023 – The Sims 2: University (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Vaticidalprophet (t · c); see discussion
11 Nov 2023 – Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by OceanHok (t · c); start discussion
06 Nov 2023 – Final Fantasy XVI (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ProtoDrake (t · c); start discussion
04 Nov 2023 – VanossGaming (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Idiosincrático (t · c); see discussion

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Good topic candidates

13 Sep 2023 – Sacnoth (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by ProtoDrake (t · c); see discussion
The topic includes: Dive Alert, Hiroki Kikuta, Faselei!, Shadow Hearts

Featured topic removal candidates

03 Nov 2023 – List of Final Fantasy video games (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for FT removal by ZooBlazer (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

30 Nov 2023 – Letterpress (video game) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by TrademarkedTarantula (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Aoba47 (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – PlayStation Vita (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Equalwidth (t · c); see discussion
17 Nov 2023 – OneShot (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Skyshifter (t · c); see discussion
14 Nov 2023 – Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by NegativeMP1 (t · c); see discussion
31 Oct 2023 – Etika (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by PantheonRadiance (t · c); see discussion
31 Oct 2023 – Hogwarts Legacy (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Vestigium Leonis (t · c); see discussion
14 Oct 2023 – Mega Man X (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Tintor2 (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

30 Nov 2023 – Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Assassin's Creed Altaïr's Chronicles by QuestFour (t · c); see discussion
30 Nov 2023 – Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Assassin's Creed Bloodlines by QuestFour (t · c); see discussion
30 Nov 2023 – Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Assassin's Creed Brotherhood by QuestFour (t · c); see discussion
30 Nov 2023 – Assassin's Creed: Revelations (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Assassin's Creed Revelations by QuestFour (t · c); see discussion
29 Nov 2023 – Fallout Wiki (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Nukapedia by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
29 Nov 2023 – GIGA Television (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to GIGA by 2A02:8070:B82:45C0:DD54:2822:DE5C:89BD (t · c); see discussion
25 Nov 2023 – Escape Velocity (video game) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Escape Velocity by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
18 Nov 2023 – Apprentice (software) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Apprentice (1998 video game) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
18 Nov 2023 – Apprentice (video game) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Apprentice (2003 video game) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
18 Nov 2023 – Acclaim Studios Austin (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Iguana Entertainment by Oknazevad (t · c); see discussion

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Articles to be merged

29 Nov 2023 – Home video game console generations (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to History of video game consoles by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
15 Nov 2023 – No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to No More Heroes (video game) by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion
09 Nov 2023 – Installation 01 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Halo (franchise) by David Fuchs (t · c); see discussion
05 Nov 2023 – Bethesda Game Studios Austin (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bethesda Game Studios by IgelRM (t · c); see discussion
12 Sep 2023 – Craig the Brute (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Halo Infinite#Pre-release by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

30 Nov 2023 – Super Mario RPG (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Davest3r08 (t · c); see discussion
30 Nov 2023 – WWF WrestleFest (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Darrelljon (t · c); see discussion
29 Nov 2023 – Characters of the Mortal Kombat series (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by CaptainMohando1 (t · c); see discussion
17 Nov 2023 – List of Mega Man characters (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 4lepheus B4ron (t · c); see discussion
11 Sep 2023 – War Thunder (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ARandomName123 (t · c); see discussion
09 Sep 2023 – Gamergate (harassment campaign) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Great Mercian (t · c); see discussion
26 Apr 2023 – Ultraman: Towards the Future (video game) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Namcoloden (t · c); see discussion
20 Apr 2023 – Tomy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by JSH-alive (t · c); see discussion
10 Apr 2023 – Blender (software) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Zarex (t · c); see discussion
24 Feb 2023 – Curse LLC (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Pneen (t · c); see discussion

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Articles for creation

01 Dec 2023 – Draft:Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by DEK0308 (t · c)
01 Dec 2023 – Draft:Larry (Pokémon) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Pokelego999 (t · c)
30 Nov 2023 – Draft:Ramón Castro Marín (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 186.177.67.66 (t · c)
30 Nov 2023 – Draft:Roguelite (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by TheSecretivePlotter (t · c)
29 Nov 2023 – Draft:Amazing Cultivation Simulator (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Immanuelle (t · c)
27 Nov 2023 – Draft:Alien Hominid Invasion (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sr1jj (t · c)
undated – Draft:Crowsworn (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
27 Nov 2023 – Draft:Cornucopia (video game) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by BarnyardChampion (t · c) was declined by BuySomeApples (t · c) on 27 Nov 2023
27 Nov 2023 – Draft:Jacob Norris (3D Artist) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Kudos152 (t · c) was declined by BuySomeApples (t · c) on 27 Nov 2023
25 Nov 2023 – Draft:Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by MKsLifeInANutshell (t · c) was closed

The deletion subpage lists video game-related articles that have been nominated for deletion, and invites users to join the discussion process.
The new article announcements subpage lists video game-related articles that have been created recently. An automated list of new video game-related articles can be found here.
The requests subpage lists video game-related articles whose creation has been requested.

High Quality Articles

Content under review edit

Current VG Featured article candidates

Current VG Featured list candidates

Nuovo Award (nom)

Current VG Featured topic candidates

Current VG Featured picture candidates

Featured article review

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (nom)

Featured list removal candidates

Featured topic removal candidates

Featured articles edit

Individual games

Game series and collections

Systems and accessories

Characters

Industry and development

Other related

Featured lists edit

Lists of games/media by series

Lists of games by company

Lists of games by system

Accolades and awards

Characters

Music

Other related

Featured topics edit

Topics

Featured pictures edit

Consoles

Games

People

Robin Hunicke

Good content

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The following video game-related articles have been deemed Good Articles, which places them one tier below Featured Articles. An automated, uncategorized list of good and featured content can be found here. This page also includes Good Topics, collections of Good Articles.

The top of the page lists the content that is under review, either to obtain or keep a Good quality rating.

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