Talk:Golden Joystick Awards

Edit request on Future PLC
There are a couple of factual fault in this Wikipedia page.

The second sentence begins with...

"Organised by Emap"

It is in fact organised by Future PLC, so could this be altered and linked through to wikipedia.org/wiki/future_plc.

Second is...

Same sentence, please delete Sinclair User as we do not publish this.

So to round up this sentence should now read...

It is organised by Future plc, publishers of magazines such as Computer and Video Games and Official Nintendo Magazine. The ceremony is in its 28th year running (as of 2010).

Thanks Ben Pester (talk) 13:51, 23 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Even though the pre-existing content isn't sourced either, it would help if you could provide sources that verify the proposed new facts. User:King4057 20:54, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * According to this MTV News story the contest was "currently sponsored by HMV and GamesMaster", which may not be the same as being "organized by". However the award's site says "HMV presents" the 2012 awards. And this Computer and Vidoe Games story says "The hmv GamesMaster's Golden Joysticks Awards are back, celebrating its thirtieth year as the world's longest-running games ceremony." That seems to be three sources in agreement, none of them agreeing with Ben Pester above. Or have i misunderstood things here somehow? this site may not be a reliable source, but it seems to agree on the basic facts. DES (talk) 22:01, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

You seem to misunderstand. It is the facts that

1. EMAP DO NOT organise the event it is Future Publishing - This link at our official site will verify this http://www.futureplc.com/what-we-do/portfolios/games/ 2. We (Future PLC) do no publish Sinclair User, out gaming titles are listed at the following link - http://www.futureplc.com/what-we-do/portfolios/games/

To clarify. HMV Is just this years sponsor and it is called the 'GamesMaster Golden Joystick Award', GamesMaster is a Future PLC publication.

Ben Pester (talk) 10:48, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * That is nice. Thank you for providing that link. Can you provide a link to any independent reliable source which confirms this? That means not a blog, nor a press release, nor a source published or controlled by Future PLC? If you can, then listing it here would be very very helpful. DES (talk) 14:59, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

No worries.

This link to the PPA (Professional Publishers Association) can verify Future Publishing produce the show - http://www.ppa.co.uk/news/industry/future-publishing-announces-29th-annual-golden-joystick-awards/ Also this is the official website for the awards, as you will see it also reference Future at the bottom - http://www.goldenjoystick.com/

I hope this helps.

Ben Pester (talk) 09:19, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I hate to say it, but http://www.ppa.co.uk/news/industry/future-publishing-announces-29th-annual-golden-joystick-awards/ does not look like an independent reliable source. In fact it appears to be a press release, starting with "Future Publishing has announced the launch of..." and later "Future said all aspects of the event..." and several quotes from Future's publisher, Simon Maxwell. Moreover, a look at http://www.ppa.co.uk/about/ shows that the PPA describes itself as "The Professional Publishers Association (PPA) represents more than 200 companies..." and "We promote the industry in all its forms, protect members through lobbying activities, and advise the industry through communications and training work." This does not sound like independent editorial control and fact checking to me. A truly independent source would be very helpful. Moreover the official site, http://www.goldenjoystick.com/ has the "Future" logo at the bottom, but now where do I find words that say anything like "Organized by Future PLC" or any clear indication of the precise relationship that the logo's presence represents. Still this just may be enough to make the change. I will refer this to the Reliable sources noticeboard. DES (talk) 11:46, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Nominations
Does anyone have any information on how nominations are carried out and processed? Insane hussein (talk) 23:19, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Is this article a joke?
DayZ, a game that is completely broken and has the first 50 pages pure negative reviews, is the best indie game 2015? This is beyond insane. If this is true, this award means absolutely nothing... There are at least 100 better indie games on Steam for sale right now... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.130.219.44 (talk) 15:20, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Sources are outdated
Hi, some sources are not correct anymore. e.g.: Winner of 2010 (ref. nr. 18) Something got wrong here--Motte001 (talk) 14:58, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

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is this vandalism?
In 13:52, 4 December 2014, someone from‎ 175.144.239.111 changed some award winners without newer ref and not the same winner in archived webpage. not sure this is vandalism or not. --Anghualee (talk) 00:29, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

Missing awards?
There are two gaps in the awards listings. The missing years are from 1993 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2001. Were the awards not awarded in those years or is the information just missing from the article? -- Millionsandbillions (talk) 19:58, 19 January 2017 (UTC)