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[edit] Apologies
I hereby offer my apologies to The Prince for "vandalizing" his talk page. It has not been my intend to vandalize it, it only was my intension to show him that not everyone will apreciate his ways of telling people to stop editing an article. I hope that The Prince will read this and accept my apologies. Moccamonster (talk) 20:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
- Apology accepted. PS: I didn't tell you to stop editing the article. Any constructive edit is welcome to Super Mario Galaxy. I was a little bit harsh with you because I want this article a GA, and in order to achieve this status, we'll need to follow Wikipedia's guidelines. The Prince (talk) 21:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Transformers Animated
Fyi pal, I did see the names Scrapper, Mixmaster, and Scavenger for Transformers: Animated. Look under the article named Scrapper and my proof is there. if ya still don't think it's true then go here, http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Transformers_Animated_%28cartoon%29#Cast
Shadowhawk27 (talk) 23:39, 23 April 2008 (UTC)Shadowhawk27Shadowhawk27 (talk) 23:39, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
- All i see under the article Scrapper is "Scrapper has been revealed to appear later on in the Cartoon Network series". There is no source confirming this, and the link you gave can't be reliable since it probably has some speculation in it too. Sorry, but there are no names given, just that Tom Kenny will voice "a Constructicon". Moccamonster Talk 06:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
my mistake, i ment the Constructicons article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructicons#Transformers_Animated Shadowhawk27 (talk) 00:22, 26 April 2008 (UTC)Shadowhawk27Shadowhawk27 (talk) 00:22, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- Same thing under that article. It's sourceless. You're probably right seeing that the constructicons are going to be in the show, but as long as there is no reliable source which states the names, we can't put it in the article. Moccamonster Talk 17:59, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
There is, you just have to go to this site. http://pic.tf08.net/ (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 03:16, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- Oke, i guess this is a reliable source, so it can be added. I also noticed Omega Supreme, so we can add him too. Good job with the source. Moccamonster Talk 09:53, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Why did you remove all that content here? bibliomaniac15 20:20, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- I don't plan on trying to know what you are thinking - but if it was an attempt to make the lead shorter, you remove small snippets of unnecessary stuff, not an entire paragraph. --haha169 (talk) 22:46, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- I removed it because it felt too much like something for a reception area, and a lot of things have been quoted from the reception. But you're right, i should've tryed to shorten it rather than remove. Apologies. Moccamonster Talk 14:13, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Our lead was based off of this newsletter: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Video_games/Newsletter/20080409. --haha169 (talk) 02:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The WPVG Newsletter (June 2008)
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- Project at a Glance
As of 2008-06-04, the project has:
- Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics
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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)
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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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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, Warhawk (PlayStation 3 game)
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