Wikipedia:WikiProject Games/Templates

This page documents templates related to games. Note that infobox templates shown below are examples, purely for demonstration purposes. Therefore some information has been omitted to reduce the size of the template transclusion on this page.

Infobox
See also: Infobox discussion, Project template discussion, Release dates.

Stub types
For a generic stub about computer and video games, use videogame-stub. This will put the article into the Video game stubs category.

For a more specific stub by genre, use:
 * action-videogame-stub (action or exercise computer/video game)
 * adventure-videogame-stub (adventure or roleplaying computer/video game)
 * anime-videogame-stub} (games based on anime and/or manga properties)
 * arcade-stub (arcade game)
 * edu-videogame-stub (educational game)
 * fighting-videogame-stub (fighting game)
 * music-videogame-stub (music game)
 * platform-videogame-stub (platforming game)
 * puzzle-videogame-stub (puzzle game)
 * racing-videogame-stub (racing game)
 * rpg-videogame-stub (role playing game)
 * shooter-videogame-stub (2D or 3D shooter computer/video game)
 * simulation-videogame-stub (simulation computer/video game)
 * sports-videogame-stub (sports computer/video game)
 * strategy-videogame-stub (strategy or puzzle computer/video game)

Or for stubs by company, use:
 * Capcom-stub
 * ElectronicArts-stub
 * idSoftware-stub
 * Konami-stub
 * NamcoBandai-stub
 * Nintendo-stub
 * Sega-stub
 * SquareEnix-stub
 * BethesdaSoftworks-stub
 * Xbox-stub

Other stub types include:
 * videogame-company-stub (computer/video game corporation or company)
 * videogame-culture-stub (computer/video game culture)
 * videogame-bio-stub (computer/video game designer or specialist)
 * videogame-musician-stub (computer/video game musician)
 * videogame-char-stub (computer/video game character)
 * videogame-fict-stub (computer/video game fictional element)
 * videogame-website-stub (computer/video game website)
 * videogame-hardware-stub (computer/video game hardware element, such as an arcade board or a gamepad)
 * videogame-software-stub (computer/video game software element, such as a 3d engine or a gameplay editor)

Our daughter projects have also created the Pokémon-stub (Pokémon), FinalFantasy-stub, and Warcraft-stub templates. These will also put articles into the corresponding stub categories.