Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Games/Archive 3

Missing topics page
I have updated Missing topics about Games - Skysmith (talk) 10:24, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

File:Buzzybeeride.JPG
File:Buzzybeeride.JPG has been nominated for deletion; is this under the scope of your project? -- 70.24.244.158 (talk) 05:32, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Crowd (company)
The article about Crowd (company), a Japanese publisher of eroge computer games, has been tagged for speedy deletion. The article lacks references. If you can find any, you may wish to add them to the article. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 21:02, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Games At Wikimania 2014
Are you looking to recruit more contributors to your project? We are offering to design and print physical paper leaflets to be distributed at Wikimania 2014 for all projects that apply. For more information, click the link below. Project leaflets Adikhajuria (talk) 12:05, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Games At Wikimania 2014 (updated version)
Please note: This is an updated version of a previous post that I made. Hi all,

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Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Minetest
There isn't Minetest article. --Kizar (talk) 01:35, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

more info needed.
I think more info should be added to, Asphalt 8.Doorknob747 15:03, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

What does this project cover?
I'm a bit puzzled, this project acknowledges other projects in the same area, but I can't see any mention of Wikipedia:WikiProject Board and table games which would seem to be in the same area. - X201 (talk) 18:45, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Good question. I'm still trying to figure out the scope myself. This project doesn't seem to have ever fully started operating. Feel like joining up? I suppose that I see it ultimately being a project that operates in a support role for other games projects. Ensuring that all games areas are covered while paying special attention to milestones in games history. No oversight or control or any rubbish like that. There are already plenty of teams doing great work in games. This project would be more like making sure that articles are properly categorised, fielding questions, suggesting improvements, etc. Thank you for the suggestion on WP:BTG, I'll go over the scope some more. Still creating the barnstar, advert, guidelines, working on the backlog, etc... Cheers - Mattwheatley (talk) 12:04, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

American mahjong listed at Requested moves
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"Rest of the world"
The usage and topic of is under discussion, see talk:Rest of the world -- 67.70.32.190 (talk) 05:31, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Cripple Mr Onion
I found several discrepancies in rules posted in the article (if the rules on http://dragon.facetieux.free.fr/discworld/onion.html are in force). 1. visible jack of diamonds (Sender of Eight) zeroes (makes unplayable) any aces belonging to a player who used any eight (null eight or a regular one – this number shall not be named). 2. A player who plays jack of staves (Archchancellor) may not play an eight as having value 8. Of course they may play it as null eight, but also as any other card – IF EIGHTS ARE WILD. 3. Onions are spelled with a small letter "o" ("onion", not "Onion"). Only Double, Triple, Lesser and Great Onions use capital letters.

I also have some other doubts. I wonder whether I can just declare Bel-Shamharoth to kill aces of a player who used an eight, or (if it's not already on a table) it must be a part of my hand (and maybe even a hand that wins with the original hand of the player I am trying to beat – before any aces are killed). Another one, can a player declare a card already revealed on the table – e.g. dealt as one of the five cards dealt face up or in a hand already played? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Havelock V. (talk • contribs) 00:39, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Courtesy ping
Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Games/Infobox. Thank you. CapnZapp (talk) 09:49, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Paper soccer
Can someone check my sandbox? Dawid2009 (talk) 10:20, 17 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Who can give a note for this article? Dawid2009 (talk) 19:45, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

An article sourced all to one organization
Dear games experts: This article: Michael Rosenberg is sourced mainly to PDF files of the American Contract Bridge League. I don't know anything about competitive bridge; can someone at this project tell me if these are suitable references, and if this is a notable bridge player?&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 22:17, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Michael Rosenberg - are there better references than the league stats?
Hello game experts. I came across this article which is sourced mainly to a bridge tournament organization. Is this a notable player? If so, shouldn't there be some references from news sources, books or magazines?&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 21:11, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Discussion regarding WP:NCVGDAB and mixed reality games
See Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (video games). --Fixuture (talk) 21:09, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Missing topics list
My list of missing topics about games is updated - Skysmith (talk) 13:44, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

WP:GAEMS
At Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 February 27 it has been proposed to re-purpose the WP:GAEMS redirect as a shortcut to this project (as a type for WP:GAMES). If you have any thoughts on this, please comment in the linked RfD. Thryduulf (talk) 15:01, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

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Past tense for games that have fallen out of favor?
Life pool for instance. I know different projects have different rules for when things go into past tense. I assume life pool games still happen from time to time. - Immigrant laborer (talk) 21:59, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Game can still be played. Even Jousting uses present tense, despite not being done by anyone except re-enactors and movie stuntpeople.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  19:05, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Task Force on puzzles needed
I see that both Crossword and Sudoku are in this WikiProject, but I wondered whether it would be worth starting a task force on Puzzles for such articles. It might even be worth starting a separate project group, WikiProject Puzzles, to see to such articles. Vorbee (talk) 20:01, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

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Transport puzzle listed for deletion
Transport puzzle has been listed for deletion. See Articles for deletion/Transport puzzle for details. Wikiacc (¶) 01:05, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

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Requested move 3 June 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Moved as proposed. Consensus for moving. (non-admin closure) – Ammarpad (talk) 06:52, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

– Per WP:DABNAME, as most entries on these disambiguation pages use the uppercase spelling. This also makes them WP:CONSISTENT with other such card suit DAB pages like Jack of Diamonds, King of Hearts, Ace of Clubs, etc. -- Netoholic @ 00:15, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Two of hearts (disambiguation) → Two of Hearts
 * Three of hearts (disambiguation) → Three of Hearts
 * Six of hearts (disambiguation) → Six of Hearts
 * Jack of clubs (disambiguation) → Jack of Clubs
 * Queen of Clubs (disambiguation) → Queen of Clubs
 * Queen of Spades (disambiguation) → Queen of Spades
 * King of clubs (disambiguation) → King of Clubs
 * Ace of Spades (disambiguation) → Ace of Spades


 * Support ALL per nom, for WP:CONSISTENCY. Included in the list above, I support the moves to "Queen of Spades" and "Ace of Spades" - while both of which have pages on the card themselves, they're not necessarily the primary topic, and it would be consistent with things like "Ace of Hearts" (dab page) / "ace of hearts" (card). Paintspot Infez (talk) 03:17, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support; this would also force disambiguation of incoming links, many of which are likely to be erroneous. bd2412  T 22:34, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support all per nom.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 15:39, 11 June 2019 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
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Which games and game topics to list in WP:VITAL?
See Wikipedia_talk:Vital_articles/Level/5 for a related discussion. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 01:43, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of InnerSloth for deletion
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Q2 2015
Can't wait for the next newsletter. I've been waiting for five years. Le Panini Talk 05:20, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Regarding Indian Esport Article’s
Hello, I was exploring wikipedia/video games and i was surprised to find that there are none india related esport articles, for eg. esport teams/organisations in india while as india has a very huge esport industry and worth being on wikipedia, like indian teams/organisations who have played major and notable tournaments, while as other countries which are less notable have these articles present on wikipedia, also since my first article’s subject was related to esports i have had done some research so i would like to contribute, looking for someone who can guide me with the writing style. Thanks. Hums4r (Let's Talk) 08:00, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

New portal for Go
Announcing new Go portal. Coastside (talk) 17:47, 9 October 2021 (UTC)