Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/archive topics

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February 2004 - August 2004
Archetypes; Standardization; Policy suggestion; Join project; Merge video and computer game articles?; "Video game" for articles that cover both; Project template; John Crawford's Infobox; Infobox; Infobox's code; Classification of Video Game Console Eras by Bits; Tapwave Zodiac; Yu Suzuki; Dead project?; Arcade game project; Rock the vote!


August 2004 - January 2005
News section?; Joining; First infobox; Video game music Standardisation of Videogame region terminology; Bit-count/eras; Eras suggestions: STANDARDISATION; Computer and Video Games Collaboration of the week?; Lists of stats; Super Famicom/Super NES and Famicom/NES; New articles; Infoboxes art and release date: country of origin or american releases? (6 subsections); Softography/lists of games; Forwarding cleanup articles to you all?; Infobox design; Categories by year; Mod vs. modification and other naming; Terminology category; Wikipedia:WikiProject computers; Moved from WikiProject Video games talk; Assistance in Computer and video games; Save Bomberman II


January 2005 - April 2005
Articles that need fixing for infoboxes, etc; Console infobox; Stubbing Companies; Forcing font size; Another era/generation problem; Storylines; Games in (insert year here); Game Master list; Genres; Template:Infobox CVG; Re: Mrwojo's comment on my talk page; Copyright question; Still on the infobox...; Google release date; Save Goomba; cvg-stub; MobyGames template


May 2005
Recent infobox changes; Infobox gridlines; Infobox value plural(s); Ludography; Handheld confusion; Category consistency; Joining CVG Project; Hot Shots Golf; How do you want cleanup handled?; Game-screenshot template?


May 2005 - August 2005
Series infobox; Era Standardization - Take 2; setting up a CVG peer review; Infobox picture; IRC??; Watermarked screenshots from other sites; Infobox code: white-space: nowrap; Arcade Game Infobox; archive; Wikiproject and Wikiportals; Infobox color; Goomba; Infobox example; How are vg characters categorized?; Added Split Personalities; Little problem in the snk characters section; Deletion of RPG characters.; GameRankings (or similar); Moving Hammer Bro.; Cheats/Level codes; Series pages - standardization?; problem with vandalism; Simulator games vs. God-games; Why is the tekken characters category up for deletion?; Pruning participants; Improvement Drive; CVG sub stub categories; New template {{{future game}}}; Awards section; Wario improvement; Nintendo games category; Categorisation: open source games; Help from SHIT?; Criticism section; ESRB ratings templates; IMDB links; CVG offshoots?; Infobox CVG {{{image}}}; Images, screenshots & fair use rationale; New WP:CVG participant Sitearm


August 2005 - October 2005
Deletion list; Infobox float please fix; Gamerankings; Infobox CVG... 'rating'; Terminology category; Category:Computer and video games by platform; Article structure; Suggested "Style" additions; Anon. IP; Disambiguating series pages, naming conventions; Cvg-stub; Pre-ESRB ratings; New proposal "Entertainment software"; Video game industry footer; Rocketjump article; Screwed up categories; n00b Contributor for Video Games; List of gnarly video game related templates; WP:FICT and video game characters; <Year> Computer and video_games categories; Welcome!; Silly edit war; WikiProject Notice template?; The Final Fantasy series and the infobox images; Game series list templates; new optional fields for cvg infobox?; Infobox border


August 2005 - November 2005
Another category question; Way to show available gaming articles to incoming users?; Plea for Sense; The start of the re-organization; CVG encyclopedia; I've created a noticeboard; Infobox CVG creating extra space; Article naming (brackets); Add "Composer" to the infobox?; How do I join?; Infobox sales figures; what the hell happened to the metal gear characters?!; Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack; Xbox 360 screen of death; Notability Guidelines; Video Game console template; Anime game category conflicts; Infobox images; The Club; Parasite Eve; Naming of articles; Boss battles; Image for anime games template stub; Parasite Eve...again


November 2005 - January 2006
Template: Infobox CVG colors ; Critical reaction in computer games; Ken Kutaragi mess; Template:Media; Is Wikipedia:Computer and video games improvement drive dead?; Concerning Tekken; Hardware stub template; Verifiability of video game content; SNK characters sorting; Family Entertainment Protection Act; New stub?; Please comment on Talk:List of MMORPGs/Temp; New Infobox_CVG version; Release dates; Locked template(s); Distributor field for infobox; Screenshots prohibited?; Historical/Critical evaluation; Cleanup Articles; Check this out!; ELSPA atings; Game series templates?; CVG stub templates; Wonder Boy; Help with Majora's Mask; Wikibooks; MobyGames; Screenshot category division; Xenosaga; Xenogears plot information; Missing wikipedians?


January 2006 - March 2006
Scrolling shooter <- Shoot 'em up; A little merge help would be needed; Spoiler or solution?; Fair use videos?; Chrono Cross merge; Box for video game characters; Encyclopedia Gamia; Current events article; Proposed merge; To fix; Think it's time to pick this up...; Articles for the Wikipedia 1.0 project; Game designer biographies; Run and gun; Info; project notice; Mass deletions; new cvg-stub; Super Mario 64 FA status; WP:CVGPR; categorizing characters by last name?; Infobox fontsize problem; Expanding the SC3 page; Pinball stubs; Redesign of Portal:Computer and video games; x in video gaming articles; ESRB rating images in articles; Dance game stubs; Sega template; Jack Thompson insanity; What's with the Show/Hide?; Naming conventions?; Zombie Outpost?; Cancelled video games; Ansatsuken; Multiple FARCs; Changing years into Years in Compouter and video games; New category: Category:Freeware games; More Template Show/Hide rubbish; Super Monkey Poop Fight; Character redirects; FIghting-cvg-stub up for delete; Sega


March 2006 - May 2006
Retro genre; PC Engine and TurboGrafx 16; Category:PC Engine games and Category:TurboGrafx 16 games; Why teh hell was Category:Computer and video game stub templates deleted?; Video game firsts; Review Scores in game articles; Console sales data; Talk page template; Talk page template / AWB; Removal of screenshot galleries; ESRB; Template:Infobox CVG; Game development tool; List of deaths by computer or video game; Screenshots taken from other websites; Clean up; Category:PC games; Mod notability; Game Development Tools footer template; Retro?; Resizing of Screenshots; Portals; Superman syndrome; Tense! (urgent!); Resident Evil (series) ready for FA?; Wikipedia should not recommend Wikibooks for game guides; AFD; Version 1.0 articles list; Wii or Nintendo Wii?; How to join?; Hardware standardization; What the fuck is a Episodic Metagame?; New barnstar; Concern; List of Mega Man skills and attacks; E3 & Current computer and video games events; E³!; Worms (computer game); The-underdogs links; Gran Turismo (video game); ignore version-specific articles; Screenshot galleries on video game consoles; Perfect Dark featured on main page!; Copyright export info in Namco arcade game articles; coverart or screenshot for infoboxes?; Hyrule castle; Red Alert 2 related articles; cvg-cleanup?; Need removal of all E3 tags; Computer and video game clichés on AfD


May 2006 - July 2006
Revamp {{gamecover}}; Eiji Shinjo and Chaos (Toshinden Character) have been AFD; Packaging artwork sections; 3/4 top down view; List of songs involving computer and video games up for deletion; Fanfiction find; Poes; CS maps at AfD; Goomba on Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates/Goomba; Hadouken at AFD; Piracy games list on AfD; Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg; Deletion watch section; Portal; cvg-cleanup?; Krabs\d+; {{cite video game}}; Video game character infoboxes; Suikoden Characters (all 200+ of them); Infobox Code Generator; Cult computer and video games; General Structure of articles on game characters; User-created images; Categorization of games per gameplay elements; Warcraft map for deletion; The ... vote; Standards for Video game console pages; Talk:Left Behind: Eternal Forces flamewar; PlayStation 3 image; Sonic ?; {{cat year nav}}; ESRB Ratings; I have submitted an article for peer review; I've added the assesment to the {{cvgproj}}; Who Asseses?; Ubisoft Screenshots?; Onimusha needs to be split; IRC channel for WPCVG; PC categories; No strategy info; Articles I can't be bothered to babysit - Left Behind: Eternal Forces; Example article = A-class?; Updating "Example articles"; History of E3; A user for your watchlists - User:24.205.31.88; Links to other articles; Plot summaries; Proposed category; Compilations, etc in infoboxes; Gameplay sections of articles; Screenshots; Infobox CVG + Mac OS; Sony Serial numbers


July 2006
DK: King of Swing; Did I join the project correctly?; Wind Waker on FAR(C); Planetscape: Tourment; I'm considering joining this WikiProject. Does it cover online games?; 4 articles I will work on; Civ City Rome; Regional game cover differences; New page split; Heli Attack 3; Looking for a game


July 2006
Spoiler tags; Help; Houdy..; General CVG character Template; Recent video-game deletions; New deletion criterion for fair use images; Navboxes; Solid Snake; Game lists; AMIB is messing up the templates again - someone ban and desysop him; Template:Gamebox contents; RT4X; Category:StarCraft storyline; Workshop is live; Bleh Star Control 2; It's not the body, it's the personality; Gameplay articles; Proper categorization; Arcade box conversion; Empires: Dawn of the Modern World; Solid Snake infobox; Proposed FA's; Sega hybrid name; Super Metroid; Resident Evil; Bulbasaur; Wario; An online peer-reviewed ludology journal


July 2006 - August 2006
Who wants to work with me to make RuneScape a good article?; Working on the AdventureQuest article.; Started a Death, Jr. 2: Root of Evil article; Some questions Re: Browser-based games; StarCraft storyline and its child pages; Formal tone; FAC; CVGProj tag; WPCVG/New; Color of GameBoy game screenshots?; Project box; Good Articles; WikiProjects; gothic series; Please do rate articles; No Oddyssey 2 Article?; New Infobox CVG; Gaming clans; Wrong links at game list pages; Strike out arcade games?!; Requested Articles; Comment on Deletion Archive listings; Adding an item to the style page; Need help on this article; Vandals lurking...; SourceForge games?; Game icon usage; Cover art galleries; Regarding Ratings; Lists in computer and video games articles; External link templates; Deletions as Promised; Computer and Video Game stub sorting; Nintendo 64 list; In-universe detail and fictional object articles; Templates, once again; cRPG/CRPG; Arcade flyers in Infobox CVG; Browser-based games; List of commercial failures in computer and video gaming; Project Box; Do we need a music-cvg-stub?; game cover tag


August 2006
Warcraft AfDs; No formal English title; Should we be retelling backstories?; Release dates...and [{year} in video gaming]; Communication adventures and People games; {{music-cvg-stub}} created; FA; AutoCVGDeletion; Wikipedia:Avoid self-references; Game articles as a whole; Requested Articles; Rating System; Stub sorting; Copyright Help RE: Website Images; CVGproj tag update; Character notability; I joined; Computer and Video games with multiple possible endings; CVG Current Events July; Personal computer game; List of Nintendo 64 games; New Article; Pictures in the infobox; CSD on Whiplash (video game); Rating Games; Rygar NES game; Fair Use Woes; Citing the instruction manual as a reference; A Magazine Project; Japan only game category; Candidates for deletion?; Sega Mega Drive vs. Sega Genesis; Is It Just Me, or Did That List Get a Little Longer?; FARC


August 2006 - September 2006
Help me join; Biographies; Are fan translations notable?; Game Boy Help!; Unrated Articles; Fansites; Mario characters template; A Magazine Project; GameCube Optical Disc; FAs for version 0.5; Credits; Playstation 3; Flag icon for North America; Xbox 360 game library survey; Regarding Game Engines; Xbox 360 & hardware specifications survey; cleanup Category:PC game covers; I'm working on the AdventureQuest ; article.; Bishōjo game nominated for FAR; Edit war developing at Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords; I need some help; Category:PC games bloated up again.; Link; A request for peer review; FYI: List of level editors; Are all these rating categories really needed?; Bishōjo game; Link (The Legend of Zelda series); BZFlag


September 2006
Soul Calibur mass copyvio?; Adoption policy?; WIkiProject banner headers; New article archiving; Date formatting, eg Release Dates; Advice on my Next Step; Game over move.; Game guide; PC is not a platform; Time Crisis; Image gallery on project page; Join the WikiProject Dragon Quest!; Video game criticism and those critical of games; Category name, need suggestions; Proper name: Dragon Quest (video game) or Dragon Warrior?; Wii-only games?; List up for deletion; Tagging talk pages and assessing articles; MobyGames developer template proposal; Current events; Notability guideline?; fair use icon for game covers; Ubisoft screenshots; Admin help needed; WikiProject Square Enix and more; Noticeboard; WikiProject merge notices; Archiving with bot; Articles up for deletion as "game guides"; Is pinball considered a computer and/or video game?; Dead Wikiprojects; Back on track; Rating revisit - how does one go about it?; Merger; Portal CVG; 19XX in video gaming; Could I get some help?; Just Cause - Buggy As Hell; Print references for MegaMan Battle Network 5; FARC; Creation of Assessment Department; Subproject discussion part 3; Barnstar userbox; PC game cover category; Infobox CVG; Front page FA; Featured Article Removal Candidates; New video game legislation


October 2006
Luigi page moved.; Some random AFDs and prods; Per request, nav boxes; Cover art to use for simultaneously released cross-platform games (take two); List of best-selling computer and video games; Computer and video games lists issue; External Links for Video Game Articles; Acceptable genres; Request for mediation on EDGE magazine article; Game name; CVG WikiProject mascot?; Image Galleries; Please Adopt and Audit Panzer General; Lakitu; Unusual request; Emulators; Consistency for MobyGames in External Links; Low importance / no importance article assessments; Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Trenches; This page's history; various stubs up for deletion; WikiProject Tycoon Computer Games; need some help with CVG by year again; Category:Unassessed computer and video game articles - Donald Duck; BZFlag removed as FA; Doom clone deleted; VGCharts; Magazines Project - (Blowing our own trumpet); Computer Gaming World archives available for download; Talk page template stuff; Too much trivia on several video game articles; Chronology of PlayStation 2 games is in need of help; F-Zero GX GA?; Tron ni Kobun; The name PCP; Macrons in Japanese names.; Subject dates?; Flags in infobox; Regarding information considered game guide-ish; In-game advertising - Expand and Improve; Video game subtitles in article titles; Super Mario 64 review; TfD nomination of Template:Nintendo franchises


October 2006 - November 2006
Navboxes yet again; Super Mario 64; Duke Nukem Forever; Project Directory; {{Ubisoft-screenshot}}; Fangame articles; Serial Experiments Lain; What should be done with Category:Alien and Predator games?; Should links to Maps for video games be allowed?; Requesting comments; Japanese Reviews; Video game hoaxes; Everyone cool down; 100th GCOTW; Category:Pikmin should probably be cleaned; Request for Work; New FAC; Game quote referencing; Stop 'N' Swop; VGCharts (2); Video game consoles are top-importance articles, no?; Sarah Fisher (Splinter Cell) and Sarah Burns (Splinter Cell); Category:Unassessed computer and video game articles needs alot of help; Bully (video game) is in need of serious cleanup; Wikipedia:Game guide; Listing stages; Current events page; Workshop; Metal Gear Solid; Category:Level-5; Real Time Strategy; Half-Life WP; Fundamental definitions need sources; Category:Current computer and video game events; List of computer and video games considered the worst ever is a farce; Warning - fair use cvg images about to be deleted; Shrine of Data (Game Units Sold); Game Reviews; Boss (video games); Help request: Unreal Engine; White Engine; Crap going on at Sega Mega-CD; Engines; Question here; Lists on TMNT article; Flags for North American releases; Clone Farms; Berzerk; nexgenwars next vgcharts?; Metroidvania; XEvil; Some CVG-related CfD's; Copyediting Team


November 2006 - January 2007
Wikiproject; Chudah's Corner; Navboxes yet again yet again; Stablepedia; Painstation; Help requested at Medieval II: Total War; Correcting History of Game Producer; I'm glad most of my editing is around this project; Style: titles of game in series; Infobox CVG system needs a caption field; Help requested for regionalisation of video gaming; Category: 2008 computer and video games; Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon; Template:Cvgproj2?; I'm not a janitor; Mod Lists; VG citation script parameter; Two game series in need of major cleanup; Developer Template; membership; Moby Games; proposed Tekken move; Trivia again; Mario's up for Good Article Review; Sega CD 32X; Sorry shape of King of Fighters articles; move to gaming wiki template needs modification?; Resident Evil 4 and guns section; Central processing unit FAR; Re-assessment?; Merchandise; Updating Games previously known as stubs?; Nav Box change; Changes to the "style" section recommended; Proposed Gamespot/Gamefaqs template change; Current events page (again); This is the CVG +CSD Report 04:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC); Talking about illegal translations; Dispute resolution at article Console wars; So, um...navboxes yet again yet again?; IMDb links; {{Cvgproj}}; Characters in Navboxes?; X-COM main article; Need some references to get to FA; List of computer and video gaming topics; Shadow of the Colossus; Guidelines; Flags vs. Superscript; Wikipedia Day Awards; Open Call to Editors for help with Devil May Cry 2; PlayStation 3 and games?; External links at Trainer (games); New Year; Why is my article still stub class?


January 2007
User talk:WOSlinker; Working on core articles; Workgroups; Infobox color; Template page; Game covers; ARPIA2; Tips on article writing; Image and screenshot use; Video game stub creator; Adding the template to articles...; TfD nomination of Template:Cvg-workshop-nomination; First version published only or every version published?; Arbitrary application of " linkspam " rv; Category:Executable files; need help cleaning up Category:Computer and video games based on licensed properties; Request Information; Archived Gaming Articles; Section order consensus; List of terms in Xenosaga seems like a game guide; Doom should be top-priority; "List of gangs in Grand Theft Auto series" fiasco; Linkspam; Pics; mismatch; Does this article meet requirements to exist?; Your Sinclair rating; Screenshots?; Mario Party problems again; Need Help guys!; Open season: Long term, IP-hopping linkspammer; Template for game name localisation; Template on the verge of losing TFD; Ragnarok Online jobs; Stub Sorting; A good move; Spartan: Total Warrior needs a bit of work; Image filetype guidelines; Tony Hawk games still need alot of work; Buyo (Inuyasha) being considered for deletion; Timeline of Grand Theft Auto III canon; Another article in need of mass cleanup; List of Battlefield 1942 mods feedback; Request for Comment: Animal Crossing series; Mega Man Zero (video game) request for review


January 2007 - February 2007
Console generation names; Help wanted: List of GameCube games; Category question; Assessment update; Template help; Requesting input/help on PlayStation Portable talk page; List of Characters/Weapons/Vehicles/Landmarks in Game X/Y/Z; Project name; Award sections; Number of screenshots allowed; archive; Stubs are getting big, anyone want to help?; Original Research?; Naming conventions - English language vs Japanese romanization (sp?); 2 Zelda list pages that seem like cruft; CVG Assessment; List of gangs in Grand Theft Auto series fiasco; The Witcher – BioWare; Category:Computer and video game companies; Magnetica; Possible category hijack?; Game-cover category messed up; Brain Age v. Brain Training; Moderation on the PSP article needed; Listcruft discussion;Should the main article be for the series or the first game?; Games for a system list: List vs Titles name discussion; New logo ideas; Nintendo Wars; First Person Shooters; Referencing with footnotes: changing from one format to another; Second Opinion requested on Soul Unison; Keep watch in Hudson-related articles; Wii game articles are turning into guides; Guide/FAQ issue; Looking for Responsible Gran Turismo Moderators; Fair use template; CVGInfobox Template Locked; Number of screenshots allowed (revisited); Merging the bit Generation games into one article; Everybody Votes Channel; WikiProject Pinball; Atari 2600 images; Cover Art question - Wii Play; How Do I


February 2007 - March 2007
Another question; Move debate; List of Kirby magical items; Requested articles is getting a bit big; Extra set of eyes on Cydebot's cat changes, please; Issues with an incorrect template; Issues with Naruto Shippūden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX; CfD precedent for "Computer and Video Games" → "Video Games" - change of title required for this WikiProject and articles?; Link fixes; Developer info; Electronic sports in Article Creation and Improvement Drive; Amazon is a reliable source?; Peer review request; 1UP's NWN2 review saga; List of games; Video Game console definition; Total Annihilation: Kingdoms; Which cover art should be used in articles?; Quick Question; GCOTW a big letdown this week; Navgiation template RE; Game albums; WikiProject reform; Articles on unnannounced games?; Stub templates up for renaimg at SFD; Page moves again; Proposed merge of console role-playing game and computer role-playing game; Project name; Japanese transliteration of non-Japanese names; CVG; Soulcalibur; More aftereffects of the "computer and video games" to "video games" moves; Kirby move; Sega Pro and Mega Power; GamePro Reviews = Suckage?; Character naxboxes; List of places and characters in Total Annihilation: Kingdoms; Let's settle the plot thing once and for all; Lack of participation in the Gaming Collaboration of the Week; Tiberium; List of terms in Xenosaga; Cleanup requested: Vanguard: Saga of Heroes; Copyvio check at TrickStyle; talk banner modification; Land of the Legend


March 2007
Navboxes III: Son of Navboxes; Controversy over Zelda merges; Open source games WikiProject; Post-credits scene category; Torchic FAR; MobyGames policy; Setting Standards for Moby Links; Commodore 64 FAR; John Dekker; DS cartridge question; Character names in Katakana; Maintenance templates; Criteria for bosses in list of character articles; Rayman characters; Request for Comments: Splitting List of Wii Games by Region; Rule of Rose external link - spamming type stuffs; Gaming.Wikia; Request for assistance with Team Chaos and Total Chaos; Video game article assessment is almost complete; Characters of Final Fantasy VIII; Request for comments at Sonic games inclusion criteria; Final Fantasy XII box shot; Kororinpa: Marble Mania; Peer Review of Kirby's Dream Land; Screenshots vs. Package shot; Call to arms - help find a source that says that a Player's Choice title must also be a million seller; Video game character article.; Related MfD; Small alteration to your project banner; Request for more comments at Template talk:Sonic games#Totally new inclusion criteria; Problems; Rise of the Kasai; Formerly Japan exclusive video games; A Load of Useless Templates; WikiProject Tycoon Games; Land of the Legend discussion; First A-Class request up; Banning spoiler warnings on the Final Fantasy Wikiproject; (video game) naming consistancy; Celebrity / video game lists; Soulcalibur