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Contents 1 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Victorian Doll Chucky Believe.jpg) 2 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Hyena Rabbit Believe.jpg) 3 Meetup 4 The WPVG Newsletter (June 2008) 5 Speedy deletion of User:Cream/See

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Victorian Doll Chucky Believe.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Hyena Rabbit Believe.jpg)

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Meetup

Yes, a priori I'm interested. But when? Where? Then I'll really be able to answer. Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 11:32, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for the invitation, but I now live in the US, so it wouldn't be practical. --Kyoko 15:10, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (June 2008)

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 3 - June 4, 2008 Archive before Archive After To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project at a Glance As of 2008-06-04, the project has: 89 Featured articles 13 Featured Lists 9 Featured Topics 2 articles in Featured Article Review 208 Good Articles 0 articles in Good Article Review 10 articles for Peer review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts, List of Harvest Moon titles, Riven, Myst, Topic: Characters of Halo, The Orange Box Demoted FA/FL: Devil May Cry series (FT) Promoted GA: Air (visual novel), Crash Boom Bang!, Driving Emotion Type-S, Einhänder, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Metal Gear Solid, Off-Road Velociraptor Safari, Team Fortress 2, Grand Theft Auto (series), Kratos (God of War), History of video game consoles (seventh generation) Demoted GA: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Cloud Strife, Super Smash Bros. News There were 203 new 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 found here. 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 found here. 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. Atari Command & Conquer Devil May Cry New! Gears of War Grand Theft Auto Silent Hill Suikoden New! StarCraft New! Valve Visual novels New! Warcraft 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 Avoid proseline. 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 as original research. Things you can help with: Peer review: Video game, Crash of the Titans, Xbox Live Arcade, List of Final Fantasy compilation albums, Metal Gear Solid, Shigeru Miyamoto, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess‎, Myst III: Exile, Blade Runner, Zanac Cleanup: List of characters from The King of Fighters, Hellgate: London, LeChuck Featured article candidates: List of songs in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (FLC), Crackdown, Halo (series), List of Sega 32X games (FLC), Alleyway Good article nominations: Ayu Tsukimiya, Music of the Final Fantasy Tactics series, Super Smash Bros., Music of Final Fantasy XI, Day of Defeat: Source Article status review: GA Review – None; FA Review – The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, 3D Monster Maze; FT Review – Final Fantasy titles Articles for Deletion: Participate in video game related deletion discussions. Images: Add box-art and screenshots to articles. Make sure to include a valid non-free use rationale. Monitor the following related changes pages: changes to WP:VG and changes to this to-do list. Announce your new articles Sign up for the new VG Newsletter. Project Navigation VG Project Main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk VG Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup – talk Peer review – talk   Magazines – talk Newsletter – talk Video Game Images – talk

Speedy deletion of User:Cream/See

A tag has been placed on User:Cream/See, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Creamy!^Talk 12:47, 6 June 2008 (UTC)