Wikipedia:WikiProject Games

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WikiProject Games

This is a WikiProject, a collaboration area and open group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of a particular topic, or to organizing some internal Wikipedia process.
Please see the Guide to WikiProjects and the Directory of WikiProjects for more information.

Shortcut: WP:GAMES

WikiProject Games is, for now, just an umbrella project for all of the more topical and more active sub-projects listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Games. This WikiProject works on all game articles that need to be fixed. This WikiProject is being supported for the time being by Wikiproject Xbox.

"Working on game articles!"

1 Project overview
- 1.1 Goals
2 Participants
3 Article structure
- 3.1 Hierarchy definition
4 Templates
- 4.1 Talk pages
- 4.2 Userpages
5 Related WikiProjects

[edit] Project overview

[edit] Goals

1. To provide all game and related articles with accurate information.
2. To create a consistent look and style for each type of page: games, characters, places, races, etc.
3. To be a community of editors who like to focus on the improvement of game articles.
4. To improve articles on games in a productive way.

[edit] Participants

If you would like to join our project, please click here and add your username at the bottom of the list.

After joining, you can insert the following on your userpage:{{User WPGames}}

This user is a member of WikiProject Games

[edit] Article structure

WikiProject Games

Each article should have these main sections and paragraphs.

Front matter (above the table of contents)
1. Infobox template {{Template:Infobox Game}} (plus parameters) - see mock-up at right and Template_talk:Infobox Game for full usage information
2. One or two paragraphs giving a brief record of the game's significance. Remember, on a print-out, this is the information on page #1.
History - initial version, variants, current producer or status
Game play - NOT a rulebook, but a few paragraphs briefly overviewing the game. If some mechanics (like shuffling) are not unique to the game, link the term to a generic article, but no need to go into detail.
References (with cited sources)
See also
External links

[edit] Hierarchy definition

Games can be classified into Board Games, Card Games, Word Games, Role Playing Games, War Games, Strategy Games, Casino Games, Parlor Games, and others. Each game can be listed in one or more classifications.

See this example on dividing a topic into a hierarchy.

[edit] Templates

[edit] Talk pages

The project now has a banner at {{WikiProject Games}}. This banner is for placement on article talk pages. Note: This banner should not be used if a more specific gaming project banner could apply. I.e., there are really very, very few game articles whose talk pages should have this banner on them - only those that are not under some category of games for which there is a project (board and table games, card games, etc. - see #Hierarchy definition). The banner also should not be placed on the talk pages of articles that are sports more than simple recreational games; see Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports for their banner and (more practically) for their subprojects which have their own banners.

This page is within the scope of WikiProject Games, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles on Games on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.