Biocrawler:WikiProject Computer and video games
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A few Biocrawlerns have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about computer and video games. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!
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Information
Goal
This WikiProject aims primarily to set a baseline for the improvement and expansion of articles related to computer and video games. Some users have complained that pop-culture topics, such as games, tend to lack standardization. This WikiProject provides a meeting place for improving articles on computer and video games.
See discussion on the talk page.
Hierarchy
The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Games. WikiProject Pokédex is a daughter project.
Similar Wikiprojects
Similar WikiProjects include WikiProject Computing, WikiProject Entertainment and WikiProject Arcade games.
Participants
Weekly collaboration
Each week a Gaming Collaboration of the week is voted upon as a focus for all participants involved in the project. The aim of the "GCotW" is to improve the quality of Biocrawler's computer and video game articles through widespread cooperative editing.
Computer and video games article guidelines
Note that these are suggested guidelines established by consensus among Biocrawlerns. Please contest them on the talk page if you disagree!
Neutral point of view
Make sure to write from a neutral point of view. Biocrawler is not the place for writing reviews. If you can provide factual records of opinions, that is of course excellent. Magazine reviews, awards and quotes from game developers (except the developer's own advertising) can and should be used - those carry weight on their own. If there is more than one take on the subject, make sure to include all and to treat all as potentially true.
Watch out for overly general and vague statements along the lines of "there are many who think Game X is great". Such weasel terms are not particularly factual and usually nothing but the author's opinions in disguise. Try to provide more specific information, and back the statement up by references to magazines, etc.
Game guides
Articles on games should give an encyclopedia overview of what the game is about, not a detailed description of how to play it. Such topics should be moved to Wikibooks computer and video games bookshelf. Examples:
- Specific moves and buttons used to do them.
- Mere lists of stats.
- Extensive strategy guides. (But, basic strategy concepts are often essential to the understanding of a game.)
Examples of articles that have been considered inappropriately detailed:
- rocketjump, Jumping in Quake, etc. (since removed; old versions: rocketjump (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rocketjump&oldid=938482), Jumping in Quake (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jumping_in_Quake&oldid=2089528))
- Super Mario 64 Glitches (since moved to Wikibooks:Super Mario 64)
- StarCraft child articles (e.g., Mineral (StarCraft)). The main StarCraft article however contains an excellently descriptive summary of the game.
Example articles
These are some examples of what we think articles about specific games should ideally look like (although, of course, none of them are perfect or in any way complete). Note the emphasis on describing general characteristics and history/culture instead of merely listing stats and items, etc.
- Counter-Strike
- Doom
Link (Legend of Zelda) (featured article)
- LOOM
- Pong
- Space Invaders
- StarCraft
- Super Mario 64 (featured article)
- Wolfenstein 3D
Disambiguating names of mods
Use the original name of the mod and only disambiguate the title if there is a naming conflict. In this case, there is no conflict with Forgotten Hope, so it can just use its name. If a mod's name clashes with the name of an existing article, then use "Mod Name (computer game)". Only use "Mod Name (mod)" if the name clashes with another computer/video game.
Screenshots and cover art
Biocrawlerns assert that both screenshots of video games and box or cover art usage is protected under the fair use provision of U.S. Copyright law. To notify others of the copyright status of such images, uploaded game cover art should include the tag {{Gamecover}}. Screenshots of a game should include the tag {{Game-screenshot}}. Some screenshots or box covers may be categorized elsewhere, in which case the uploader is still required to provide valid information on the image's source and copyright status.
Stubs
For stubs about computer and video games, use {{cvg-stub}}. This will go into the Computer and video game stubs category.
Infobox
| Grim Fandango | |
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| Developer(s) | Lucas Arts |
| Publisher(s) | Lucas Arts |
| Designer(s) | Tim Schafer |
| Engine | GrimE |
| Release date(s) | 1998 |
| Genre | Adventure game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen, ELSPA: +11 |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Media | 2 CDs |
| System requirements | Intel Pentium 133 CPU, 32MB RAM, 20MB hard disk, 2MB PCI graphic card |
| Input | Keyboard or joystick |
At right is an infobox which can be used for articles on games that have been released or will be released for single or multiple platforms.
For console games, the fields, engine, media, input and requirements can and in some cases should be omitted. For games with a version developed for the computer it is preferable that you fill in fields for input, engine, and requirements.
If the game has ever been released in arcade form, use Template:Infobox Arcade Game instead, as it includes additional arcade-only fields.
The infobox was created and modified by Mrwojo and K1Bond007 and is based on a previous infobox initially modified by ŵŞ, which was based on one created by Frecklefoot, which was based on one developed with input from many members of the project.
The use of the infobox is not compulsory, it is strictly voluntary and provided here for convenience. Many variations on this archetype are in use in various articles. See the other sections below for a history of the infobox development and for ideas on other infoboxes for games released on multiple platforms.
See also: Infobox discussion, Project template discussion, Template project, Template project discussion, Andrevan's To fix listing for infoboxes.
Infobox code
Copy and paste the following code into an article and simply fill out the fields.
- Note: All fields must be present—regardless if they're used or not—for the template to function properly.
{{Infobox CVG| title =
|image =
|developer =
|publisher =
|designer =
|engine =
|released =
|genre =
|modes =
|ratings =
|platforms =
|media =
|requirements =
|input =
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