Wikipedia:WikiProject Animation/Machinima work group

Welcome to the Machinima work group of WikiProject Animation and WikiProject Video games. 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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Scope
The Machinima work group 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.

What the Machinima work group 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: Paul Marino
 * Other organizations, publications, events, and awards primarily or exclusively related to machinima : Example: List of machinima festivals

What the Machinima work group is not
The Machinima work group 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.

Relation to other WikiProjects
Parents
 * WikiProject Films
 * WikiProject Entertainment Technology

Descendants
 * none

Related WikiProjects
 * WikiProject Computer and video games
 * WikiProject Fan Fiction
 * WikiProject Media franchises

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.

Source reliability
For guidance on reliability of sources specific to machinima, see /Sources.

Tasks
The following machinima-related articles have been identified as needing attention:


 * Expand: Red vs. Blue production
 * Cleanup: Am Ende der Distanz, Neverending Nights, PANICS
 * Stubs: Am Ende der Distanz, Devil's Covenant, Game: On, Quad God

Ongoing Wikipedia surveys

 * Requested moves:
 * Requests for comment:
 * Peer review
 * Featured article candidates
 * Featured picture candidates
 * Featured list candidates

Archived surveys

 * Requested moves:
 * Red vs Blue → Red vs. Blue — Talk:Red vs Blue (moved September 7, 2006)
 * Requests for comment:
 * Peer review
 * Red vs. Blue (January 24, 2006 – February 24, 2006)
 * Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind (October 6, 2006 – November 6, 2006)
 * 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

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.
 * 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)

Of note

 * Featured Articles:
 * Diary of a Camper
 * Red vs. Blue


 * Good Articles:
 * Dance, Voldo, Dance
 * Donut (Red vs. Blue)
 * The French Democracy
 * Machinima
 * Sam & Max Save the World


 * Featured lists

Templates
For article assessments, please see WikiProject Animation.
 *  - to be included in talk pages of Machinima related articles. Places articles automatically in Category:Machinima work group articles.

Navboxes

 * 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
 * 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

Infoboxes

 * Infobox Machinima: Use on articles on machinima productions

For main project templates, see the main project page for WikiProject Animation.

Article assessment
Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Machinima articles by quality is a complete listing of all articles within the scope of WikiProject Machinima.

Resources

 * Machinima.com
 * Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences
 * Machinima at the Internet Archive

Sister project searches

 * WikiBooks search
 * Google WikiBooks search
 * WikiQuote search
 * Google WikiQuote search
 * WikiSource search
 * Google WikiSource search