Talk:Wurm Online

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I believe it might be best if I just revamped the article with proper, Wiki style formatting. At this current moment, it strays from proper formatting. Schizmatic 22:10, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I contacted one of the devs from Mojang Specifications and they gave the OK to use the content of their website for this wikipedia article. Do you want to contact them directly or shall I have them contact you about posting this article?

I (Markus Persson) am one of the co-founders of the wurm online project, and I've given the ok to use this text. On a more informal note, I think WikiPedia is a truly kick-ass project, and see no problem with any of the text we put up on our webpage being copied here. (Information is supposed to be free!) How would we best go about expressing that to speed up any further copyright snags like this? 213.204.185.17 22:00, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

That’s the spirit! The best way would be to put a notice on your website saying that the content is available under (at least) the GFDL. — Daniel Brockman 02:34, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

So it is okay for me to revert the page now? - Kasuo

I rewrote much of this article to include more detail. Question: What sort of references are used for video game articles? Every game article I looked at had none or very few references at all. Jbobj 17:11, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I removed the strikethrough tags over Markus Persson's name as a designer for the game. He came up with the concept of a totally empty world and has had his fingers in most aspects of the game. He is clearly a designer even if he is still not active, and no new active designer will ever surpass him in importance. Rolfjansson 11:49, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

What the hell is an MMOFS and why does the article it links to, MMORPG, contain no information about it? 69.134.179.186 04:32, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

MMOFS is Massive multiplayer online fantasy simulator, is a name that wurm use to describe the game, because the game is mmo is a fantasy game but is more realistic (and try to be more realistic) than others games. This "sub-genre"of mmo don`t exist, so mmofs should not link to mmo. The article (at least in the start of article) should use the word mmorpg (or mmo), and not mmofs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.79.35.139 (talk) 03:03, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:VG assessment

Overall I'd say this is Start-Class: primarily because of a complete lack of sources and also due to the content of the article. A couple of example articles you could use are World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XI. Neither are perfect, but parts of each one would be useful to help you get a good idea of the structure and content of parts of this article. Here are some ideas to improve it further:

  • As I say, references. WP:CITE, WP:CITE#HOW, WP:CITET. Also, when using sources, remember to only use reliable sources. I imagine most of the information can be cited using the game's website, but do this as a last resort: secondary sources should be used wherever possible to assert notability.
  • On a similar note, to assert real-world notability you need a Reception section to give it some real-world context: how did reviewers react to it? I'm also rating this article Low-importance, so the Reception section could be much more straightforward than those in the aforementioned articles: have a look at the Reception sections at WP:VG#Example articles for some good examples.
  • Also, you should remove those reviews from the external links sections: really, they should be references for a Reception section so be featured in the Reception section - WP:CITE#HOW.
  • Lead needs expansion per WP:LS - summarise the entire article in two/three paragraphs.
  • All images need their resolutions reduced and to correspond with the licensing/templates already there, fair use rationales - WP:FURG.
  • Final Fantasy XI is a good example of how to write an MMO's Gameplay section without turning it into a game guide. Any information which isn't useful to a non-player of the game shouldn't be included in this article.
  • Lists should be removed and converted to regular prose: it looks and reads a lot nicer that way.
  • One- and two-sentence paragraphs should be merged: short paragraphs make the article less pleasant to read and should be avoided wherever possible.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask. Hope this helps, and seasons greetings, Una LagunaTalk 10:07, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Wurm1.JPG

Image:Wurm1.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:10, 12 February 2008 (UTC)