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Nintendo Data Leaks articles

I was recently thinking of making an article or two surrounding certain topics in the 2020 Nintendo data leak, specifically one for the "Super Donkey" prototype. I understand notability from reliable sources are a big reason for making articles on this website, but I would like to ask a different question. Is any of the information on the subjects in the leak too sensitive for Wikipedia, for example images? CaptainGalaxy 17:14, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Technically speaking, all of the leaks are the legal property of Nintendo. They are thus stolen content and are thus illegal. Doesn’t mean we can’t report on them or describe them, as far as I know, but hosting the images would probably be a big no-no. Toa Nidhiki05 17:16, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. CaptainGalaxy 17:30, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hosting the images en masse is a no-no of course but fair-use of copyrighted material is a long-standing practice whenever appropriate. Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 21:20, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Fair use of copyrighted material is one thing, but fair use of stolen material is another. Toa Nidhiki05 21:26, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm still not sure about hosting the images, but I've noticed a lot of RSs do apparently think it's fine to host them, as a ton of the articles about the leak have of course featured screenshots, sprites, and the like. I may ask a help desk about this later. JOEBRO64 21:30, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
We barely know anything about Super Donkey other than that it was a Donkey Kong game that became Yoshi's Island. I don't see any possible scenario in which it becomes a standalone article. And like Toa Nidhiki05 I'm also not too sure about hosting images since the material was stolen. For instance, during the Sonic X-treme FAC one user had a problem with the article using an emulator screenshot from a leaked prototype because of legal stuff. JOEBRO64 19:16, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Minecraft Task Force

I'm thinking about making a Minecraft Task Force as a subset of the Video Games Wikiproject. Does anyone have any thoughts on this, or would like to participate if I did make this? Thanks, Squid45 (talk) 16:04, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A while ago somebody proposed an entire WikiProject for Minecraft; the consensus was that it was nowhere near big enough of a scope to warrant one. I doubt a task force is needed either, Minecraft is one game and there are not many articles that make a task force necessary. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 16:13, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Minecraft has 4 games, but otherwise I agree. This is not a large enough topic area to warrant a dedicated project or task force. -- ferret (talk) 16:21, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Banjo-Kazooie Good Topic Potential

The Banjo-Kazooie series is very close to Good topic status, all of the games of the series are good articles, even some of the more loosely connected stuff like Rare Replay, Diddy Kong Racing, and Project Dream. The main series article is the only one left.(Oinkers42) (talk) 16:48, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The only question might be if Yooka-Laylee needs included as a clear spiritual successor. That would add two more articles that need GA, if so. Not sure they belong though. -- ferret (talk) 17:01, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
If it's not part of the franchise it should not be part of the topic. GamerPro64 17:16, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that it shouldn’t belong.--69.157.254.92 (talk) 18:10, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
That's gonna be a "no". We wouldn't put every GTA clone in the "Grand Theft Auto" topic, for example.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 08:21, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Deeeep.io - Is Kotaku enough as reliable source?

Sorry if it isn't the right place to ask. Months ago I've created Draft:Deeeep.io but it got rejected due to lack of "notability or significant mentions in reliable sources". I've put in the references articles from Kotaku (reliable inclusion), Tom's Guide, Screen Rant, and TV Tropes. I've based it on other .io game articles like Hole.io, Eatme.io, and Jaws.io (which are less relevant, according to Google Trends). Any advice? --Dangelman (talk) 00:14, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Articles need to have significant coverage from multiple sources. Kotaku is considered reliable, but you can't make something notable by just filling the page with Kotaku articles. It's still being covered by only one source at the end of the day, no matter how many articles/announcements from them are used. TV Tropes is also not reliable, neither is Screen Rant, and I don't know about the status of Tom's Guide. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 00:21, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
If there were several articles on the level of that Kotaku one then I'd definitely agree it passed GNG. But as it is now, the Kotaku one is the only source of note that would pass WP:SIGCOV.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 08:19, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
If you need any help with what sources to use look here at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources. CaptainGalaxy 10:23, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And now for my next trick-er project...

I'm still working on the improvements and changes around the Video game console articles, but in doing so, I've hit upon the start of a general problem at History of video games. Separately sitting at the talk page is a concern that Early history of video games should be merged back into that, and while I known the weight of the console generations needs to be pulled out of the History article (given what's at History of video game consoles) I'm not sure about that merge.

But ... that got me to thinking about what I've on the console side, and when I was working to make the timeline up from the example that Rhain had made above, I had come to this example Template:Timeline_History_of_Computing that gave me an idea for a top level template to use for History of video games. In this, I can see merging a brief version of the console generation timeline, key points of Timeline of arcade video game history (at least, identifying the Golden age), key points for PC gaming, other key industry points (crash of '77, crash of '83, release of NES in West to revitalize from that crash, Brown vs ESA SCOTUS case, etc.), release of fundamentally key genre-defining/best-selling games (Adventure, Pong, SMB, Tetris, Doom, Myst, Pokemon, FF7, GTA3, etc.), and others, including outside events (like for example, I would include COVID-19 here as an event to be aware of as a global changer), grouped in those categories.

I can't see this being a bad idea, but I am solicitating to see what would be key fundamental items to include, things that if you were trying to show a holistic picture of video games to someone, items you'd want to pick off. Ideally, events that we can source as being key but I don't need that sourcing now, just presume that you can point me to it or I can find it. --Masem (t) 18:55, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This sounds like a good idea. If you wanted some input on the project, here's a few ideas:
Hope this helps! CaptainGalaxy 20:20, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
For a good look into important video games, look at World Video Game Hall of Fame. CaptainGalaxy 20:23, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not seeing where the proposal to merge the Early History article into the main History article is, but I'd very much oppose that... As far as early history games/milestones go, Bertie the Brain is a minor game of interest with little impact. Tennis for Two, while having little impact either, gets a point for being the first "video" game made solely for entertainment. Spacewar! is the first real notable game, though, as it's the first recognizable "video game", and the first one that spread to multiple computers/locations. After that, maybe Computer Space as being the first commercial game/first arcade game, not just for being first but for setting up the way "arcade" games were treated/designed/marketed- that is, being computer versions of the mechanical arcade/pinball games that went through the existing pipeline for that, not a wholly new product. And the Magnavox Odyssey, for being the first console and creating the "idea" of a console attached to a television. Beyond that... read Early history of video games and Early mainframe games, I guess. Depends how detailed you want to be. --PresN 21:44, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The question of the merge was raised at Talk:Video game#Please add the section "Terminology"; also, discussion of merges and summary style. I'm not sure if it is needed, and as I said there, as Early history is your work PResn (and a GA) I'm a little hestitant to simply say "merge". The ultimate shape of History of video games is going to depend on a summary style approach to go to the console generations, to other advances, etc. that I see no reason why the early history has to be merged in, in favor of trimming back the coverage of early history in the current History of video games. (We have SO MUCH F REPETITION in our articles on our history of VGs, I'm finding, and I'm all for trying to figure out how to clean this up, putting detail where it needs to be.). --Masem (t) 22:24, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I left a longer comment there, and mainly it's replying to the other editor (I agree that the "summary" of the early history in the main History article should be chopped down to size), but to repeat its main point here: the early history article shouldn't be spared a merge because it's a GA. It should be spared a merge because the idea that we should only have a single parent article with no deep-dive child articles for the entire 70+ year history of the medium (except for consoles, which get their own article + 8 generation articles) is ludicrous. The parent History Of article should be clean and coherent, and I applaud your project wholeheartedly, but that does not mean that we shouldn't have articles dedicated to going more in-depth on "the pre-commercial era" or "the golden age of arcade games" or whatever, just like your History of video game consoles article project doesn't include merging all of the generations articles into one. --PresN 04:07, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Some more points:
CaptainGalaxy 09:48, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Just to give an idea where I'm going with this, User:Masem/sandbox/vgtimeline is my starting point, though note the visual layout can change - the timeline code seems super finicky to play with. --Masem (t) 16:21, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I, Robot (video game) could also be added. GamerPro64 19:28, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Work from home hits everyone a bit different. :D I am happy to give Masem carte blanche to make any severe/radical changes to these VG history articles to make a set with minimal redundancy. I've always felt that this history project would take one dedicated editor who can keep the entire mass of facts and articles in their head at once to produce a coherent whole. Unfortunately I doubt piecemeal collaboration across a dozen articles will get you to that coherent final product. If he wants to take on this challenge, more power to him. Masem, you can assume you have my support. :) Axem Titanium (talk) 02:12, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Actually speaking of projects that could use more work, and should not take much work but just need editors with knowledge of the best RSes and how to use Wikidata: it would be real helpful if we could make sure data on some of the console systems in Wikidata is 1) correct and 2) given a proper reference. Data I am specifically concerned on are sales numbers, release dates, and discontinuation dates. Part of this came from making the table I have right now at video game console#Market, which most is pulled from two sources and verified to our data, but I was thinking "Gee, it would be nice to pull that data from Wikidata", which is quite possible ( eg , I can dynamically pull the units sold of PS2 as {{wikidata|property|Q10680|P2664}} (160,000,000) and its reference {{wikidata|reference|Q10680|P2664}} ([1])), but right now most of this info seems sourced to the Russian WP. Having one source of data for these would be really helpful. --Masem (t) 03:24, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Sophie McEvoy Staff Writer (27 November 2024). "PlayStation 2 has surpassed 160m lifetime sales". Retrieved 3 December 2024.

Advice needed: Bayonetta

Hi. I took on the task of reviewing Bayonetta, but the nominator has done relatively little from the suggestions and points I raised, and left no replies or status updates. Many of the points I raised either haven't been dealt with or haven't been addressed well enough. Options? --ProtoDrake (talk) 21:46, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unless someone offers to take over the work in the next day or two, fail it. More than enough time has been given for the nom to at least reply with a casual "going to work on it". -- ferret (talk) 21:54, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New Articles (July 28 to August 4)

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/New article announcements
 A listing of all articles newly added to the Video Games Wikiproject (regardless of creation date). Generated by v3.4 of the RecentVGArticles script and posted by PresN. Bug reports and feature requests are appreciated. --PresN 04:55, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I've reverted the removal of the redirect to Riot Forge, doesn't meet standalone notability. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 05:21, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
And redirected List of Outlast Characters. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 05:36, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
ASCII Corporation is not a new article, it's been around for a long time now. Maybe it got tagged for some reason. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 05:25, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
yep. --PresN 05:26, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure if Mobile gaming in South Korea needs to be separate from Video games in South Korea. No size issue, and we really need to better our coverage of mobile gaming even though our main sources tend to shy away frm it. --Masem (t) 06:39, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't got the time to check for notability right now, but from a quick glance TruckersMP doesn't seem notable, right? soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 08:45, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't seem like it. I couldn't find a single significant or even insignificant source.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 08:53, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
AfD'ed. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 15:11, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Does Pikmin 3 Deluxe need an article?

So yesterday I created the redirect Pikmin 3 Deluxe for Pikmin 3, however it has since been changed to a stub article. Do ports need a standalone article? As far as I'm aware no ports have ever had articles and are just merged into the original version's article such as New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. I'm putting this here to get some opinions before I make any rash decisions. CaptainGalaxy 12:40, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Captain Galaxy, it certainly doesn't need its own article right now, when all there is to say about it is that it's an enhanced port. If someday there's enough material about it that we need a separate article then we can make one then, though that's unlikely. Popcornfud (talk) 12:42, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
A section is the right treatment for now. Keep expanding it and see what happens. Shooterwalker (talk) 15:04, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
A section is definitely appropriate as it has new features, but as it seems like ~90% of the game is otherwise the same, not a separate article. --Masem (t) 15:07, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Same here! Relegating the DX version of Pikmin 3 is a good suggestion... Roberth Martinez (talk) 15:22, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Works for me, we usually only have separate articles for full fledge remakes. There are a few edge cases like Super Mario 64 DS but that still has far more extra content than this will.--69.157.254.92 (talk) 19:55, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I think a port can justify itself if there is enough unique development information, unique reception (ie, positive or negative comments on how well it was ported), etc. Ultimately it will depend on what there is to say about the new content of Pikmin 3, whether there's much reception unique to it, and whether the development process is well-documented. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 22:13, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I feel doubtful about that. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe has a lot of additional content compared to its Wii U predecessor, but it's just a short section in the New Super Mario Bros. U article and does not have its own article. We'll have to definitely wait and see. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 22:47, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Does it though? From my understanding, NSMBUDX is a smaller game than NSMBU and NSLU, with the new content being a power-up and a new character that replaces an old one, plus the removal of the Boost Mode. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 01:02, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Are we discussing the possibility of any port potentially needing an article, or the specific case of Pikmin 3 Deluxe? Right now I'd call it CRYSTALBALL for Pikmin. Sourcing for an independent article has not yet developed. -- ferret (talk) 01:40, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm mainly saying the standard for a port getting an article, and that we should only create P3DX once that standard is met. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 20:36, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Abryn, the standard for enhanced editions are sections on the original game's article unless it warrants an independent article due to size concerns. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 20:42, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for reiterating what I've said. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 21:25, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Panzer Dragoon Orta

Hi. For anyone who's interested in Panzer Dragoon Orta, I've been toying with doing some work on the article since it's in quite a state, but ultimately the series doesn't interest me enough. Instead, I've left all the sources I pulled together on the talk page; they include gameplay references, but are mostly interviews about the game's production. Anyone who wants to work on the article has all they need in the "refideas" bit on the talk page together with the review refs already present. I've left a similar resource for Crimson Dragon. --ProtoDrake (talk) 18:33, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Let me see if I can also dig issues of Famitsu Xbox with information about Orta, since all of the issues have been preserved online... Roberth Martinez (talk) 05:16, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
As I recall, this came up also during stuff when I was researching Phantom Dust and other attempts Microsoft had done with Xbox in Japan, so keep that in mind in looking for sources. --Masem (t) 05:20, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New peer review

Kyo Kusanagi is one of the first articles I edited so requested a peer review here in case any user finds a flaw that needs to be fixed. I'd appreciate any feedback.Tintor2 (talk) 01:11, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Getting token failed?

Hi everyone,

I just AfD'ed Skotos, but something went wrong with processing it. I got a message saying that getting a token failed. Not sure what that means. See its history, there isn't a Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skotos. It's also sort-of listed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2020 August 10 (right above List of shopping malls in Egypt) and there's a message at the creators talk page (see User talk:69.107.93.70). Any tech-savvy admins know what to do now? Izno? soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 11:44, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You can just create the AfD page manually yourself. There is a template you can use. The script seems to have done everything besides the actual page creation.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 12:34, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I suspect a network issue (your authentication token could not be retrieved or validated for some undisclosed reason). Just create the missing AfD page manually and try again with Twinkle for a different page later. Also leave a message with Wikipedia talk:Twinkle; the developers should know what the fault was. IceWelder [✉] 12:40, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Zxcvbnm, that didn't come to mind. It's up and running now. I'll leave the Twinkle project a message too, thanks IceWelder. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 12:46, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nobuyuki Kuroki and Yasuyuki Oda

I created two articles: Nobuyuki Kuroki and Yasuyuki Oda. While there is commentary about all their works at SNK, I failed to find Oda's at Dimps. I check the SNK wiki but I was super confused with Kuroki's works. It says that he worked in Sonic the Hedgehog games but I searched every article and there was no mention of Kuroki doing the series. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 16:12, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Spanish translation help request

Hey all. Since 2019, I've been slowly chipping away at my goal of getting every game by the Spanish company Pendulo Studios to GA status. GAs so far include Igor: Objective Uikokahonia, Hollywood Monsters (video game) and Runaway: A Road Adventure. Next up is The Next Big Thing (video game), which is currently around 75% complete. However, I've run into a roadblock related to my Spanish skills, namely my ability to understand spoken Spanish—it's fairly limited. There's a 7-minute video interview by HobbyConsolas that I need access to, but I just can't follow what's being said well enough and YouTube hasn't autocaptioned it. I realize this is a big ask, but if a Spanish-speaker on WPVG could transcribe this for me (I don't need an English translation, just the original Spanish), it would be a huge help. And your efforts won't be in vain: the assistance I received from WPVG in translating two sources for Hollywood Monsters and Runaway was instrumental in getting those into their current shape. This little project of mine may take me a while, but I'm in it for the long haul. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 21:41, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

One idea would be to reach out to editors on es-wiki to see if any multilingual editors interested in the topic can help you out. I have done that before, with some success. BOZ (talk) 00:01, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I hadn't thought of that! I'll give it a shot if no one's up for this (which I would understand, given that transcribing a 7-minute video takes a decent chunk of time). JimmyBlackwing (talk) 00:09, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New Articles (August 5 to August 9)

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/New article announcements
 A listing of all articles newly added to the Video Games Wikiproject (regardless of creation date). Generated by v3.4 of the RecentVGArticles script and posted by PresN. Bug reports and feature requests are appreciated. --PresN 04:26, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Got pretty far off last week because of the gap in bot reporting, so only 5 days to reset this week to be Monday-Sunday. --PresN 04:26, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding the pinball deletions we should also have a discussion for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (pinball). Also, based on content I believe NFL Quarterback Club (series) should be titled either NFL Quarterback Club (disambiguation) or List of NLF Quarterback Club games--69.157.254.92 (talk) 04:55, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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