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The Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume I, No. 1 - April 9, 2008

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As of 2008-04-07, the project has:

Featured Articles, Lists, and Topics Candidates and Reviews

Featured Article Candidates

Featured List Candidates

Featured Topic Candidates

  • None

Featured Review

Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics in March

Promoted FA:

Final Fantasy XI, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Defense of the Ancients, List of Halo media, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Grim Fandango, Spyro: Year of the Dragon, List of songs in Guitar Hero

Demoted FA:

Metal Gear Solid

Topic:

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

Promoted GA:

Grim Fandango, Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Metroid series, SimCity series, Characters of Halo

Demoted GA:

Final Fantasy III, Star Fox 64, Star Fox Adventures

News

Current proposals and discussions

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The Importance of the Lead

The lead is one of the most important parts of any Misplaced Pages article; its job to summarize the article in 2 to 3 paragraphs in order to familiarize the reader with the structure of the content that you will providing them as well as to give a quick one-minute overview of the topic. Many articles that are processed through Good Article or Featured Article assessments will be heavily scrutinized for a poor lead section.

For articles dealing with video games, a common practice has developed for leads, being a 3-paragraph discussion.

First paragraph
The first paragraph should state the name of the game (using both bold (to identify the article's name) and italics as per the manual of style), along with any other alternate names the game may go by. The genre of the game should be clearly identified as well as the developer and the publisher. If a notable person has been cited by the game as having worked on the game's development (such as Tim Schafer or David Jaffe), this should also be noted. Release dates should be given, along with the release of any ports, remakes, or sequels.
Second paragraph
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Third paragraph
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This approach should help you to write a good lead for nearly any game, though this may need to be altered for other games. If there's not a lot of reception information for a game, it may be worthwhile to combine the listed first and third paragraphs into one paragraph. There may be need to talk more about an aspect not normally covered in video game articles (such as with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600)) which should be noted in the lead.

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The WPVG Newsletter (May 2008)

The Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume I, No. 2 - May 7, 2008

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As of 2008-05-06, the project has:

Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics in April

Promoted FA/FL:

Guitar Hero, List of songs in Guitar Hero, List of songs in Guitar Hero II, Halo: Contact Harvest, Age of Empires

Topic:

None

Demoted FA/FL:

None

Demoted GA:

Air (visual novel), SimCity (series)

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24: The Game, Chocobo Racing, Crackdown, Crush 40, Dynasty Warriors 4, Geneforge, Gravemind, Guitar Hero (series), Half-Life (video game), Martin O'Donnell, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Music of Final Fantasy III, Music of Final Fantasy VI, Music of Final Fantasy X-2, Music of Final Fantasy XII, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction, Sega Mega Drive, Super Smash Bros. (series), StarCraft: Ghost, System Shock 2, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Warhawk (PlayStation 3 game), Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, CD-i games from the Legend of Zelda series, Xbox 360, Voices of the Lifestream

News

There were 256 new articles in April 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 14% 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.
Feature

Writing about Gameplay

The Gameplay section is a crucial component of a good video game article. Although it may be relatively easy for an experienced gamer to write such a section, care must be taken to maintain an appropriate focus and balance. The section should be written for readers with little or no knowledge of video gaming and should not be filled with detailed information about weapons, levels, or other such topics that are only of interest to the video gamer or that might be found in a game guide. Your goal for crafting a good section is to have people who have never picked up the game understand the basic mechanics. Do note, however, that it's safe to assume the reader has at least a minor knowledge of what a video game is.

This section often begins the body text after the lead, but is sometimes placed after the Plot section. Games with little or no story can cover the plot in the Gameplay section. When writing about a game, use your head and common sense about the ordering. Generally, start off with a broad stroke—is the game a RTS or an FPS, etc. Don't talk about why the gameplay is like it is; generally, that is better placed in the 'Development' section later on in the article.

Images can be added to better illustrate some aspects of gameplay. Generally, a single screenshot will suffice. Because of screenshots are non-free content, usage should be minimalised. Multiple images can be used, but all images should add something to the article beyond what the prose states. All non-free images require a fair use rationale to be used on Misplaced Pages.

Things to remember

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List of GuitarFreaks & DrumMania songs

All songs listed are in the both games. This is due because both games have the ability to "play together".

See Drummania#Session Linking —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fireblaster lyz (talk • contribs) 13:52, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Response.

Um, did I just get called biased for being less biased? I don't see you taking up arms in response to someone fighting to keep Australian release dates off of the list. Oh, wait, let me guess - you support him, and are using random adjectives to describe people, not caring if they're ironically misapplied.

Yeah, besides the fact that the only reason the article would require a split is the immensely excessive content on the article?

And I love how you described my complaints of there being no Australian release dates on the list as if it was some childish banter. I'll just make a note of that, so I can remember to not take you seriously the next time I encounter you on Misplaced Pages. - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:39, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

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