Wikipedia:WikiProject Machinima
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Welcome to WikiProject Machinima. Some Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of machinima and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.
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| B | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| Start | 1 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 43 | ||
| Stub | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Assessed | 3 | 19 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 78 | |
| Unassessed | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 19 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 80 | |
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[edit] Scope
WikiProject Machinima aims to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to machinima on Wikipedia, and to standardize, improve, and maintain machinima-related articles. For the purposes of this definition, machinima-related is intended to be fairly broad.
[edit] What WikiProject Machinima covers
- Machinima productions and fictional elements thereof
- Examples: Diary of a Camper, "Make Love, Not Warcraft", List of characters in Red vs. Blue
- Techniques and production processes unique to or characteristic of machinima
- Example: Digital puppetry
- Production companies primarily or exclusively known for machinima works
- Examples: Edgeworks Entertainment, ILL Clan
- Voice actors, writers, producers, and other people primarily or exclusively known for their roles in machinima
- Examples: Burnie Burns, Paul Marino
- Other organizations, publications, events, and awards primarily or exclusively related to machinima
- Example: Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences
[edit] What WikiProject Machinima is not
WikiProject Machinima does not currently attempt to cover:
- General filming and acting
- Examples: Letterbox, voice acting
- General articles about games, game engines, or fictional characters used to create machinima
- Examples: Master Chief (Halo), id Tech, The Sims 2
- Note, however, that any articles specifically covering the use of those assets in machinima would be covered.
[edit] Relation to other WikiProjects
Parents
Descendants
- none
Related WikiProjects
[edit] Participants
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User WPMACH
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To join, add your name below. In addition, add the userbox {{User WPMACH}} to your user page, shown on the right. This will add you to Category:WikiProject Machinima members.
- — TKD::Talk 05:01, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
- — Drat (Talk) 07:24, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
- — Dac::Talk 07:56, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
- — The Filmaker 15:11, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
- — Viewdrix 01:14, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
- — Leader Vladimir 02:06, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
- — Psyklax 09:03, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
- — Chromium 20:45, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
- — Downskated 01:05, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
- — MakeDamnSure 19:06, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- — Cliff smith 23:42, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
- — raptor 00:22, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- — I Hate Sheep 12:25, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- — ThePoorGuy 11:11, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
- — Grievous797 23:41, 17 February, 2007 (UTC)
- — Three ways round 23:29, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- — Faraz Parsa 09:12, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- — NaotoATG 19:17, 9 July 2007 {UTC)
- —-_- Shark 20:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
- — Gozzy 23:42, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
- — AP Shinobi 14:11, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Guidelines
In a nutshell:
- Make sure that material is verifiable, reliable, and written from a neutral point of view.
- Avoid original research. This includes speculation not based on a reliable source. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.
- Avoid your own assessment of a work or character; use reliable sources for reception of machinima.
- Observe established naming conventions and style guidelines.
- Remember that fiction is usually narrated in the present tense.
[edit] See also
- Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Check your fiction
- Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)
[edit] Tasks
The following machinima-related articles have been identified as needing attention:
- Expand: Arby 'n' the Chief
- Cleanup: Am Ende der Distanz, Machinima, Neverending Nights, PANICS
- Stubs: Am Ende der Distanz, The French Democracy, Ranger Gone Bad, Ranger Gone Bad 2: Assault on Gloom Keep, Torn Apart, Torn Apart 2
[edit] Wikipedia surveys
[edit] Ongoing Wikipedia surveys
- Requested moves:
- Requests for comment:
- Peer review
- Featured article candidates
- Featured picture candidates
- Featured list candidates
[edit] Deletion links
The following machinima-related pages are currently being proposed or discussed for deletion. When adding deletion debates here, please add the following wikicode to the discussion:
* <span style="font-size: smaller;">Note: This debate has been added to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Machinima/Deletion|list of machinima deletions]]. ~~~~</span>
- Proposed deletion and speedy deletion:
- none currently
- Deletion debates (AfD, DRV, etc.):
- none currently
[edit] Archived surveys
- Requested moves:
- Requests for comment:
- Peer review
- Featured article nominations
- The Strangerhood (failed July 20, 2005)
- Red vs. Blue (promoted March 9, 2006)
- Diary of a Camper (promoted August 30, 2006)
- Donut (Red vs. Blue) (failed April 21, 2007)
- Featured picture nominations
- Featured list nominations
[edit] Requests
List requested articles about machinima-related topics here; provide a brief description and rationale the subject matter is sufficiently notable.
- Chris Burke (media artist) — Producer, director, and host of This Spartan Life. Apparently did the sound for Game: On. Has done sound for the ILL Clan in the past. Notable chiptune artist who goes by the alias "glomag".
- Randall Glass — Yup, we've delinked him for being non-notable before. But his Warthog Jump video was nominated for Best Editing at the 2002 Machinima Film Festivall and took home two Rockets on Prisoner awards. Paul Marino has cited WJ as a video that could only be practically done in machinima. Rooster Teeth has cited WJ as direct inspiration and flipping the Warthog onto the Red Base in episode 9 was their direct homage to WJ. Glass also did the voice of Vic in Red vs. Blue season 1. Another video of his, A Few Good G-Men, won Best Virtual Performance at the 2005 Machinima Film Festival.
- It recently occurred to me that an article on The art of Machinima wouldn't be a bad idea either. So long as there are some professional reviews.--Drat (Talk) 11:30, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- Common Sense Cooking with Carl the Cook - ILL Clan. Reputedly the first machinima performed live in front of an audience. - download page Don't forget the Discovery Channel video, potentially useful independant source.
- Hardly Workin' - ILL Clan. Second Lenny & Larry film. Cineplex review. Scroll down. No PPJ review available. Quake 2 version download DivX version download Machinima.com showcase Production techniques.
- Apartment Huntin' - ILL Clan's first film. Noted for cartoonish style and improv humour. Introduced Lenny & Larry. Cineplex review PPJ review. Pick a date and view source. web.archive.org seems to be down at the moment. QML review. Quake version download Quicktime download.
- Rick Jones: Master Detective 2 - Comedy. Parody of "Blaxploitation" films. High reviews, complex special effects (for the time). After The Fact article on machinima.com showcase Cineplex review. Scroll down. No PPJ review available. Quake 2 download
- A Warrior's Life 90 Minutes long. High reviews. No audio dialogue, only text. Very "art-y". Some spelling and grammar errors (English is author's second language). Cineplex review PPJ Review. Pick a link and view source. Quake 2 download.
- The Devil's Covenant - Just over two hours. Very high reviews. Cineplex review. Scroll down. PPJ Review. View source. QML review. Download links: Main files 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Director's Cut Upgrade files 1 2 3 (Optional patch of sorts). All reviews are of original version.
- Game: On: Machinima that won two awards at the 2005 Machinima Film Festival.
- Dantooine Five-O: Anarchic, Python-esque comedy. Good reviews. Cineplex review, scroll down. QML review. PPJ review. I'll upload a 'making of' story when I can. I'd write it myself but I don't know if it's allowed, as I directed it. --Psyklax 08:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Of note
- Featured Articles
- Good Articles
- New Wikipedia articles related to machinima
Please feel free to list your new machinima-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page. DYK has a 120-hour (5-day) time limit from the creation of the article or expansion of a stub.
- 2007 in machinima, 09:27, August 9, 2007
- …that the film BloodSpell, licensed under Creative Commons, is the first feature-length production made using the computer game Neverwinter Nights?
- Written by Ben sphynx, nominated by TKD
- …that one fan's elaboration of Quake's plot became the nearly four-hour film The Seal of Nehahra, the longest work of machinima at the time?
- …that the website Machinima.com got its name when the founder misspelled his original portmanteau of machine and cinema and liked the new version better?
- Written and nominated by TKD
[edit] Templates
- {{Edgeworks}}: Edgeworks Entertainment article footer
- {{machinima.com film}}: For linking to standalone films or the first episode/part of a production on Machinima.com
- {{machinima.com series}}: For linking to series pages (where they exist) on Machinima.com
- {{machinima episode}}: For including data about a machinima episode in a consistent format
- {{Red vs. Blue}}: Footer for higher-level Red vs. Blue articles
- {{Red vs. Blue characters}}: Footer for articles on Red vs. Blue characters
- {{rvbchar}}: For linking to Red vs. Blue characters
- {{rvbep}}: For linking to Red vs. Blue seasons and episodes
- {{Rooster Teeth machinima}}: Rooster Teeth Productions machinima series footer
- {{Rooster Teeth personnel}}: Footer for articles about people involved with Rooster Teeth Productions
- {{United Ranger Films}}: United Ranger Films article footer
[edit] Infoboxes
- {{Infobox Machinima}}: Use on articles on machinima productions
- {{infobox RvB character}}: For articles on Red vs. Blue characters
[edit] Article assessment
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Machinima articles by quality is a complete listing of all articles within the scope of WikiProject Machinima.
[edit] Resources
Look up machinima in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
