Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Templates

This page documents templates related to video 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.

Project banner
→ Tag the talk pages all WikiProject Video games related articles and project subpages with this template. It will automatically add the page to Category:WikiProject Video games articles. See Template:WikiProject Video games/doc for additional documentation on how to use the template and fill in other parameters.

Welcome template
→ A welcome template that welcomes new users to our project. Add it to the talk pages of new users who have contributed to video-game related articles, using  --~ .

Project discussion
→ Tag the related article talk page(s) or user talk page(s) with this template to direct editors to a centralized discussion on the project talk page.

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

AfD templates
Use these templates in video game-related AfDs.
 * Replace Find sources with :


 * Delsort: VG deletion (remember to subst:  and to manually add the AfD to the list):
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions.  czar  ♔  01:41, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions.  czar  ♔  01:41, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Stub types
For a generic stub about computer and video games, use. This will put the article into the Video game stubs category. However, it is advised that you use one or two (no more than two) specific stub templates listed below:


 * For a more specific stub by genre, use:


 * (action or exercise)
 * (beat 'em up)
 * (paddle-and-ball game)
 * (based on anime and/or manga properties)
 * (board video game, i.e. Mario Party)
 * (stock car racing)
 * (2D or 3D shooter)
 * (first-person shooter)
 * (run-and-gun)
 * (scrolling shooter)
 * (shoot 'em up)
 * (third-person shooter)
 * (flight simulation)
 * (American football)
 * (i.e. billiards)
 * (football (soccer))
 * (stock car racing)
 * (2D or 3D shooter)
 * (first-person shooter)
 * (run-and-gun)
 * (scrolling shooter)
 * (shoot 'em up)
 * (third-person shooter)
 * (flight simulation)
 * (American football)
 * (i.e. billiards)
 * (football (soccer))
 * (stock car racing)
 * (2D or 3D shooter)
 * (first-person shooter)
 * (run-and-gun)
 * (scrolling shooter)
 * (shoot 'em up)
 * (third-person shooter)
 * (flight simulation)
 * (American football)
 * (i.e. billiards)
 * (football (soccer))
 * (2D or 3D shooter)
 * (first-person shooter)
 * (run-and-gun)
 * (scrolling shooter)
 * (shoot 'em up)
 * (third-person shooter)
 * (flight simulation)
 * (American football)
 * (i.e. billiards)
 * (football (soccer))
 * (third-person shooter)
 * (flight simulation)
 * (American football)
 * (i.e. billiards)
 * (football (soccer))
 * (American football)
 * (i.e. billiards)
 * (football (soccer))
 * (i.e. billiards)
 * (football (soccer))
 * (i.e. billiards)
 * (football (soccer))
 * (football (soccer))


 * Or for stubs by company, use:




 * For stubs by platform, use:


 * (for Personal computers)
 * (for 8-bit computer games such as for the Commodore 64 or Sinclair ZX Spectrum)
 * (for games on the Amiga computers)
 * (for games released on Atari consoles)
 * (for Mobile games)
 * (any PlayStation platforms)
 * (any Xbox platforms)
 * (any PlayStation platforms)
 * (any Xbox platforms)
 * (any Xbox platforms)
 * (any Xbox platforms)


 * Other stub types include:


 * (computer/video game people)
 * (video gaming magazines)
 * (hardware elemenst, such as an arcade board or a gamepad)
 * (software elements, such as a 3d engine or a gameplay editor)
 * (video gaming magazines)
 * (hardware elemenst, such as an arcade board or a gamepad)
 * (software elements, such as a 3d engine or a gameplay editor)
 * (video gaming magazines)
 * (hardware elemenst, such as an arcade board or a gamepad)
 * (software elements, such as a 3d engine or a gameplay editor)
 * (video gaming magazines)
 * (hardware elemenst, such as an arcade board or a gamepad)
 * (software elements, such as a 3d engine or a gameplay editor)
 * (hardware elemenst, such as an arcade board or a gamepad)
 * (software elements, such as a 3d engine or a gameplay editor)
 * (hardware elemenst, such as an arcade board or a gamepad)
 * (software elements, such as a 3d engine or a gameplay editor)


 * For stubs based on video game series, use
 * (articles on Dungeons & Dragons-related video games)
 * (Final Fantasy-related articles)
 * (Warcraft-related articles)