Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20151007/Digest

Digest

Beginning with our Q3 2015 newsletter, we will be including a new feature: a digest-style summary of the biggest discussions at WT:VG, the main talk page for our WikiProject.

Archived discussions

Need opinions on plotsums – This discussion included links to some good examples of appropriately scoped plot summaries.
Satoru Iwata & List of Iwata Asks interviews – Questions were raised about whether such an article was appropriate, but it was noted that the article was a great resource for information about Iwata and Nintendo.
Humble Bundles category – The issue here was whether or not such a category made sense, with consensus being that it was not appropriate, as inclusion in bundles was not a significant characteristic of video games. The category was deleted.
Disambiguation for visual novels – The question here was whether visual novels were distinct from video games, with many agreeing they were.
Failed Kickstarter game projects – Most agreed here that Kickstarter projects should not have articles until after they meet their funding.
Ratchet & Clank – One of the biggest discussions of the quarter, this was all about excessively large plot summaries. A major discussion about revising the project's plot summary guideline followed, with a new version gaining consensus.
Should multi-platform Reception charts be removed? – Another large conversation, this focused on the issue of using single or multi-platform reception charts for video games, depending on how many platforms a game was release on.
GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of X and Y – This discussion was about whether or not to include the percentage scores from aggregate websites in prose, and how precise they should be.
Steam Spy as reliable source? – Tentative consensus here seemed to be that it might be used for estimates of ownership of games available on the Steam platform.
JRPG template input – Consensus here was that the number of Japanese role-playing games would be far too large to include in a navbox, with a list article and category being more appropriate.
List of characters and playsets – It was generally agreed that huge lists of characters and figures were not appropriate on every individual game article.
WP:VGRS question – Discussion of new potential reliable sources for video games articles, with at least one (Kill Screen) getting consensus to be treated as such.

Ongoing discussions

Potential alternative to Metacritic in the works – Discussion of a new website called OpenCritic for use as an aggregator.
Pokemon species lists (a perennial discussion, I'm sure) – One of the most timeless subjects in WP:VG history, this discussion centers on deleting or changing the lists of Pokemon species.

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